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Nathan Szabados
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Ohio State University
Swahili, Kenya
International Relations
When I traveled to Nairobi in 2009, I experienced a stimulating yet jarring culture through the juxtaposition of extreme poverty and great wealth present in and around the city. However, I felt my time spent in Kenya was not long enough for me to truly understand the people, their culture, politics or language. Eventually, I became so intrigued with East Africa and U.S.-Kenya relations that I changed my academic focus from Slavic to African Studies, and applied for a Boren Scholarship.
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In the future, I hope to use my talents and experience to improve economic recovery and humanitarian coordination in East Africa. I am particularly interested in serving as a member of USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.
Studying in Kenya was my first experience with individual, original research, and it inspired me to pursue more research opportunities, whether in graduate school or through an internship. Living and learning in Kenya opened my eyes to more than just the issues that I want to study, but also the opportunities I have for gaining experience related to those issues.
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'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Kabul. Please remain seated with your seatbelts on until the airplane comes to a complete stop and the pilot switches off the light. On behalf of Safi Airways I thank you for flying with us' was a female voice only in English with an Eastern European accent. This was the first time I flew to Kabul at night, the airport used to lack the proper lighting and navigation systems to land aircrafts. The landing was certainly a positive change. The flight was relatively smooth and nice; I didn't even realise we are about to land. I usually get blocked ears and headache as the aircraft loses attitude but with a couple of tips from Dubai airport medics, whom I befriended, I didn't feel the attitude. My condition of nasal congestion disrupts blood and oxygen circulation under rapidly changing air pressure. The remedy for which is chewing gum and blowing the nose while it is held tight by two fingers. That is not it; I didn't realise landing until the final jolt and the deployment of ground breaks. It was pitch dark from the window, even after landing I could not see the airport terminals, while the plane was circling above Kabul mountain peaks I saw nothing. A sleeping giant consisting of four million human microcosms, Asmayee, Zanburak Shah, BalaiSar and other mountain peaks stretches high –just beneath the plane- as though even strangers from the sky are not welcomed. The blanket of dust is suffocating the city like a thick piece of blanket on a child bounded by the nail like mountains, to prevent it to sneak out from under it. I occasionally saw some light. As the plane approaches the runway it comes out from the east. I saw the hydroelectric damn, very illuminated while surrounded by darkness. On Kabul – jalalabad road, there are NATO, UN and other foreign offices. Even for a new comer this is clear, the compounds are as light as the power damn. They are well generator-ed. It scared me a bit, for a moment I realised what it felt like to be taken to a concentration camp. The compounds have big searchlights and high watchtowers, so light and so high that you can tell from the plane. I don't know why the realisation was connected with concentration camps, as an Afghan I have a rich repertoire of camps; it is not a strange idea to Afghanistan. Perhaps because in my head I associate concentration camps with the west and the compounds on the ground are owned by the westerners too. it feels like a cramp on the leg, except it is on both. I didn't feel it but I realised what it feels for those who went to concentration camps. It feels hopeless, it is more like a leg cramp but there is no recovery. Hope materialised to me, it is not object like but it certainly is portable. Certainly, it can't be taken to a concentration camp. Every human has a compact portable hope which is attached to our souls and even if we abandon it; it comes back to us, it is a bit like a boomerang. Hope came to visit those in the concentration camps but it couldn't get in whenever it touch the barbwires or stepped on a boobytrapped hope turns grey, it hates grey.
The airplane door reclined open. A couple of airport crew brought a few projectors on wheels so the passengers see their steps and the luggage could be unloaded. In the light I saw a few buses and a dozen jeeps. A few heavily armed foreigners were holding a name and the person next to him was holding an American flag. I wandered why the flag was needed, I guess to show passengers they arrived to an American administered territory or perhaps a bit of their taste for patriotism. Some westerners were snatched by the bodyguards and loaded into the jeeps without processing their passports; the rest proceeded to buses for the terminal. As we are to leave a body guard jumped into the bus obstructing the closing door and shouting 'Mike, Mike, whchya doin' hir? Come with me'. A bald lad pushed his way out of the crowd and left the bus. At the terminal we all queued up, some western travellers were escorted out by their colleague. Occasionally some people were leaving the queue as their mates found them; they were stamped entrance at the stall in front of the queue. It usually takes around half an hour to be processed but it is too long for Afghanistan to wait. The bald guy, mike, arrived with his friends and walked straight to the head of the queue. 'hey Mr. Copernicus, why don't you navigate your way back to the end of the line where you belong.' I shouted. He didn't move, I thought he didn't hear me. 'excuse me, excuse me' he didn't look back, the guy standing next to him in the front of the queue looked back and I asked him to tap on his shoulder. 'don't touch me' he yelled. he pointed Mike to look at me. 'we are queuing here' I said. He didn't respond and turned back his face. 'You wouldn't do this in your own country, would you?' he said but he moved forward and left passport control area. After he left I got in to a conversation with a cop. he asked me why I was upset about it. I tried to explain it is unfair if everybody waits and a few people get special treatment. He said 300 Afs would get me out of the queue. 'it is for the officer in the booth' he exclaimed. 'I'd rather keep my 300 in my pocket and myself in the queue' I said. 'You are stingy' he said. I reserved the explanation that it is a matter of principle not money.
As I walked into the parking area I have already observed some positive changes. Things seem to be in a better order and a few new buildings have been built too. The security is tighter; roads to the airport are blocked by huge concrete barriers. Dust is the same, under the street light it looks like dense fog. The aviation industry is one of the two sectors which have witnessed a post Taliban boom – the second one is telecommunication. Khybar, Ariana, Safi, Pamir, Kam plus another one are the newly emerged airways, in addition there are half a dozen foreign airways which fly to Kabul. Afghan airways have new aircrafts and better trained crew. On the plane I was sitting next to a pilot who was coming back from a training in the UAE. He has been a pilot for over fifteen years, he goes by the nickname 'Chatakball' meaning quick-wing. He does not hesitate to introduce himself by his nickname. I functioned as his interpreter when he was conversing aviation with the eastern European crew of the plane. When he was introducing himself to the crew as Chatakball he asked me to interpret his name too. I offered to give him in writing the English translation of his nickname. Many nicknames in Afghanistan turn into first names; quite often Afghans choose their own last names. Chatakball is a very funny man; I said 'pilots and flight stewards are believed to be repetitive and not that funny; how do you put up with this profession?' Never let it be said that aviation folks lack a sense of humour! Chatakball is convinced that he is in one of the funnies professions. after every flight, Chatakball fills out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken, and the pilot reviews the gripe sheets before the next flight. Chatakball recited some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems as submitted and the solution recorded by maintenance engineers. Problem; Something loose in cockpit. Solution: Something tightened in cockpit. Problem: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. Solution: Evidence removed. Problem: landing gear grease volume unbelievably high. Solution: landing gear grease volume set to more believable level. Problem: Number 3 engine missing. Solution: Engine found on right wing after brief search. Problem: Aircraft handles funny. Solution: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. Problem: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. Solution: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
From 'grease my palm' to 'oil-fill my bellybutton': corruption has penetrated the political, economic, judicial and social systems so thoroughly that it has ceased to be a deviation from the norm and become the norm itself. Corruption had existed ever since Taliban regime was toppled but it has reached a historically record breaking level. Ordinary Afghans are well aware of this, the majority of the country is sorry, not because it existed but they are not in a position to benefit from bribery. Corruption has become so endemic that it is perceived as normal. Nothing is possible at the same time everything is possible. When a job comes to a standstill it doesn't mean there is a problem with the job, it is time to grease up some bellybuttons. If one is prepared to pay as much as needed then anything could be done. Shortcuts are introduced if one is willing to compromise. I could have thought of any word as synonyms for bribery but not compromise. A friend who has just set up a real estate agency had to participate in a week long training at the ministry of finance to learn the basics of the trade. At the end the attendants were given a log book to register their deals on which they have to pay a 1 percent tax. After thorough training the tax lawyer brought another book. It is called the shortcut book, trades registered in this book wouldn't be taxed. The lawyer said, thorough training on the shortcut will be held in his private centre for which he left some business cards. Farsi and Pashto languages are rich with euphemisms for bribe. My favourite and all time fresh is 'Shirini', the sweetener. It is generally used when you got something done. In other words shirini is post bribery bribe. It might sound confusing but for ordinary Afghans it makes perfect sense. I went to register to vote the other day. The guard at the gate didn't let me in. Apparently, I was late. After brief conversation he told me to go in and check for myself; not very surprisingly the registration centre was open. I came to inform the policemen at the gate. They laughed and said; of course, they were aware. If they let everybody in the place would get over crowded and a sabotager might slip in. as I was leaving the registration centre with my voter card a policeman called me asking for 'the sweetener', I wondered what for. He said for your card. Don't be surprised. At least I had something done, these days ordinary citizens pay bribes as much to be left alone as to get something done. They call it 'Kharcha', 'paeesi chai', 'jawani' and many more which are basically *bribe of survival*. Exactly this has changed everything; everyone attempts to be in a position to take a bribe as oppose to a sucker. Bribe takers are at the highest rank of the society where everybody inspires to be. Bribery in security forces and especially in police has reached a new height. I have always lived nearby Qargha damn in the western outskirts of the city. I often go there alone or with friends at night. I just returned from the damn; these are eid days and one would expect a buzz but the damn and surrounding areas are quiet, sort of scary. I used to hang out by the water, watching fish and the stars. Tonight was beautiful with the stars, the moon and patchy clouds, however, I didn't feel comfortable. There are plenty of new guest houses, restaurants and recreational centres. At the quietness of night I only saw the reflection of my headlights on the windows. Next to the road leading to Qargha damn is a new refugee camp, I paused to count the number of tents but my guess is around 300. They are displaced from Helmand in the last few months due to intense fighting. Security has been tightened around the camp as Helmandis can't be trusted. They look much like Taliban. It is simple; if they look like Taliban then they are Taliban. A few weeks ago French reporter who came to make a story about the camp was kidnapped but found inside a well nearby. Police check points are all around the camp, as a result more police on the way to the damn. On my way back the sentry at the third checkpoint said
- Haji, happy eid. I see you are having fun while I keep a look for you on the Taliban. Do you have a cigarette?
- I don't smoke, mate.
- Then give me the cash and I will get it myself. I will freeze to night if I don't smoke.
I don't carry my wallet around in Kabul. if something happen it would only get me into further trouble. Fumbling through my pockets I found some money.
- Take this but this shouldn't come under any bribe name.
I was wrong. At the next stop the police asked me for money and I said I don't have any, showed them my pockets inside out. I heard him talking with the police in the previous checkpoint on the radio. He said 'you had some for the other guy'. He wouldn't let me pass unless I get him some cigarettes. I had to call somebody and get him bring some cigarettes. While waiting for the cigarettes to come I had a chat with the policeman.
- The other checkpoint keeps an eye on the Helmandis, what do you do?
- I keep the dogs away.
For a moment I thought he was joking or Dog was a police name for Taliban. Then he pointed to a pack of dogs by the road. There were some thirty dogs mooching on what is left over from Eid. According to the policeman the dogs in the winter get unruly and aggressive. they often chase and often attack cyclists at night. I have noticed dog gangs have grown significantly in size, not as much in the centre but outside city centre they run in packs. My parents had to set my dog free after I left Kabul. The dogs on the street were spending most of the night barking behind our door. Dawod likes to drive at night, it is easy to get around a safe medium from dogs. I have not noticed dogs around during the day, I have heard they disperse in the nearby mountains but I plan to chase them one night. Story circulates that there are dog walkers; homeless who sleep with dogs using them to keep warm in the winter. Dogs also offer them protection during the day when they retreat to the mountains and at night when they are stroll the empty dark streets.
I told Ali an old family friend about my misfortunes with police on the way to Qargha dam. Contrary to expectations he did not slam the police and tried to explain to me why it is a natural thing to do. Ali too goes by a nickname - 'NaswarPak' sniff gulper. Ali the sniff gulper is a platoon commander at the 129 Thunder regiment. His platoon provides protection for army installations, forward bases and garrisons, moreover he is to keep the troops in the base and detain fugitives. Ali lets the troop escape the base for days in return for some bribe. he call the bribe sniff. Whenever a troop is leaving he demands some sniff; no doubt Ali is a sniff lover but that is not what he means. The thing I found shocking is how Afghans create their own morality and justification for what they do. What is going on today is open thievery yet there is strong moral position to justify it. since my arrival I have been fascinated with social morality. As human beings we morally oppose suffering of any sort, be it to another fellow human or animal or whatever feels pain; that is why no reason could justify people like Hitler, Stalin, Osama and others of the same calibre. The other day I met four old mates and told them my fascination with the morality in Kabul. The conversation led to a discussion about Hitler and interestingly nobody opposed him morally instead I was bewildered how they were amazed with Hitler's determination and rightfully enmity to Jews. There was little information about Germany, war or Hitler; the arguments are crowded with a lot of misinformation. Exactly this point is problematic when you are trying to be pragmatic and talk about daily life. Coca cola is perceived to be good for stomach-ache or Mumbai attacks were orchestrated by Americans or to have normal sexual relation a man needs four women; the last point is in Quran and scientifically proven. You can't have a conversation about it; it is either this way or any other view point is simply misguided. Often the underlying reason for such statements of fact lies somewhere else. When someone comes out to argue one man can only be sexually satisfied by four women, quite often the arguer is not a horny person. He believes so because his grandfather had four wives or Jews are monogamist or his wife has period today.
The reason for the persistent corruption is not that Afghans are genetically programmed to pay bribes or they are morally twisted, but that the state sees them as its vassals rather than its masters. The job of Afghan law enforcers is to protect the interests of the state, personified by their particular boss, against the people. in the face of persistent corruption Afghans turn to God for assistance; Taliban are now playing the representatives of God. Story has it Little Ahmad wanted 1000Afs badly and prayed for two weeks but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the 1000Afs. When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, Afghanistan, they decided to send it to President Karzai. President Karzai didn't know what to do with it and forward it to President Bush. Bush as God's rep on earth was so impressed, touched, and amused that he instructed his secretary to send Ahmad a 100 Afs note. Bush thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy in a place where they never have money. Ahmad was delighted with the 100AFs and sat down to write a thank you note to God, which read: Dear God, Thank you very much for sending the money, however, I noticed that for some reason you had to send it through Bush and Karzai offices and, as usual, those crooks deducted 900Afs. Thanks, Ahmad.
Electricity: the power situation is dire. It has been almost a week since I have been here but there is no electricity, it comes and goes for less than a minute and it is very weak; it can't be used to switch on the television. While in London one would hardly consider lack of electricity as something which would affect your life like security does. The security is not deteriorating but electricity is equally important. There is a growing kidnapping industry which targeting Afghan. On average more than three Afghans are kidnapped every week. Hundreds of businessmen have been kidnapped; a number of them have been killed. Taliban threat is serious. I am going to Islamabad via ground and I have to think real hard not to get caught. Burglary is on the rise, throughout my neighbourhood one end of streets are blockaded in order to direct the traffic into the main road. Burglars general avoid main road and their favour route of escape is through back streets.
One can't make a lot of adjustment to adapt to insecurities while some serious changes need to be made into lifestyle in order to accommodate to the darkness and cold. I have to cut on the number of hour I work, read, play and stay awake in general. I spend at least three hours every night chilling in my bed, wondering off into the world of my imagination. I can't stay out of my bed after 9pm; it is cold and dark and it is too early too sleep. My watchful eye sometimes follows the gigantic beam from NATO searchlight in the newly built garrison close to my place. Nato searchlights provide lighting for the main street, but I would rather stay at home when it is late, the dog pack from the neighbourhood doesn't like me much. Houses on the hillside closer to the garrison enjoy 24/7 power. I suppose the base want to grease their bellybuttons to create a friendly human shield. The government has announced that the city should expect a minimum of three months blackout. The hydroelectric damns are out of water and talks to import power from central Asia collapsed. Somebody didn't make enough money and called the deal off. Cable Poles were installed all the way to Kabul and cable work had started. Some poles have already been sawed off. I suppose I should work on chilling out. It is something I don't mind to do. Thinking is fun, although I won't get to enjoy, enjoying is physical. Thinking brings a feeling of satisfaction sometimes accompanied by a settled thrill. I am happy in general. Life is engaging nevertheless there is not much for interaction. The outside has little effect on our happiness, the secret lies in our perception and making use of it. some don't need much to make use of it.
Kabul: west Kabul; lack of electricity mean no water for these houses. Hundreds have been forced to leave due to severe water shortage. A phenomena not new but has never forced them out.
Kabul (1): a westerner followed by his Afghan escort is cutting in front of the line to leave passport control.
Kabul (2): security has been tightened around the airport. Concrete barriers have replaced the stop sign.
Kabul (3): Eid requires every Muslim family to sacrifice a sheep. Not good for the sheep, good for me. I got to organise quite a few barbecues.
Kabul (4): signs of 90s civil war are still visible in central Kabul.
Kabul (5): these kids work on eid days in order to make 120Afs or no food for their family.
Friday, December 12, 2008
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The second annual Food Truck Festival happens from 5 to 10 p.m. on Benton Street. The street will be closed to traffic from River Street to just west of Broadway. More than a dozen food vendors will be available with a variety of menu items for sale. The event is free and no tickets are required.
Live music at Millennium Plaza, 21 S. Stolp Ave., celebrates Cinco de Mayo and kicks off the summer season with Sones de México Ensemble at 6 p.m. and James Sanders' Conjunto at 8 p.m.
Party On! 25 Years of Wayne's World continues at First Fridays on May 5 with on-street trivia with prizes, and the last chance to see the replica of Wayne's Basement at 5 E. Galena Blvd. from 6 to 9 p.m.
Art openings are featured at several locations throughout downtown including the fourth annual Jazz Occurrence presented by Rena Church and Lewis Achenbach on the third floor of David L. Pierce Art and History Center, 20 E. Downer Pl. It is Church's last show as director of the Aurora Public Art Commission; Achenbach brings musicians Tim Daisy, Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, and Cameron Pfiffner and adds his live painting to the evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Emergent, a pop up art gallery at Metropolitan Coworking at 14 W. Downer Pl. Ste. 16, welcomes Darren Jones and his "Abstraction of Colour" from 6 to 9 p.m.
If These Walls Could Talk, 32 S. Stolp Ave., opens "Mosaic: Works by Frank Mascenic." 7 to 11 p.m.
Gallery 1904 in the lower level of 1 E. Benton St. presents "Congressional Art Competition," featuring local high school artists. Students compete to have their artwork displayed in Washington D.C. at the Capitol Building. The event is sponsored by Congressman Bill Foster. 6 to 9 p.m.
Oxie Affordable Optical, 131 W. Galena Blvd., welcomes author Nancy Hopp for "Ruth Van Sickle Ford Art Show." Hopp and other Aurora residents share their Ruth Van Sickle Ford art. Hopp's book, "Warm Light, Cool Shadows: The Life and Art of Ruth Van Sickle Ford," will be available. 5 to 8 p.m.
Repertoire Reservoir Studios, upstairs at 14 W. Downer Pl., is open with "Incendiary Gestures" from 7 to 10 p.m.
Culture Stock, 43 E. Galena Blvd., hosts Washington Middle School art teacher Samantha Oulavong's students from 6 to 8 p.m., Human Library of the Fox Valley from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Spoken Word from 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Santori Public Library, 101 S. River St., is open with an interactive STEAM event with IMSA showcasing their virtual reality tool and Dunham STEM School seventh and eighth grade students present an interactive exhibit of energy efficient houses they each designed and built. Visitors can use a cell phone to access the QR codes on the houses that explain the individual house projects. Santori's Makerspace will be open and showing off a variety of fun technologies. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
River's Edge Cafe, 14 W. Downer Pl. Ste. 18, celebrates their third anniversary with Tone Deft playing classic rock and blues music on the back deck. 7 to 9 p.m.
Leland Legends, 1 S. Stolp Ave., is open with a DJ spinning tunes starting at 8:30 p.m.
A number of downtown businesses are also open with offerings including AKA Dance, All Spoked Up, YM Boutique, Gillerson's Grubbery, and Rocktown Adventures. Rocktown Adventures, 107 Spruce St., begins their season of free 15 minute paddle rides from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Aurora Regional Fire Museum, 53 N. Broadway, continues hosting a handful of artisans at its monthly pop up shop. This month, Humane Society joins with animals on hand. 6 to 9 p.m.
Stop by the GAR Museum, 23 E. Downer Pl., and visit the Museum Shop across the street at 20 E. Downer Pl. 6 to 9 p.m.
Also open during First Fridays is SciTech Hands On Museum and Christian Science Reading Room both from 6 to 8 p.m., Zen Loft Wellness Center with mini classes from 6 to 9 p.m., and The ArtBar presents The Delirium Show at Two Brothers Roundhouse from 6 p.m. to midnight.
The Riverfront Playhouse opens "Bus Stop" at 8 p.m. for $17. Tickets are available at www.riverfrontplayhouse.com.
Paramount Theatre continues its run of "Jesus Christ Superstar" at 8 p.m. Call (630) 896-6666 for tickets.
First Fridays maps are available at all venues. Free trolley rides from 5 to 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.auroradowntown.org.


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- Explores environmental factors which affect plant growth, including rainfall, humidity, wind, temperature, sunlight, irrigation, heating, and shading. Examines methods of inducing and breeding dormancy, lighting, and shading systems, and the relationship between day length and flowering.Lecture 3 hours per week.
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This is a place to find answers to frequently asked questions.
Spencer Christian Church is a place where people can meet Jesus, engage in life-giving community, and everyone is welcome. We believe in creating a space where people can have authentic encounters with Christ, discover their gifts and use them for God's glory. Join us for our weekend services!
Is there a dress code?
Once I arrive, where should I go first or when I have questions?
What about my kids?
At Spencer Christian Church, you'll see as much variety in dress as you see in people. Some wear T-shirts and jeans . Others wear the more traditional Sunday attire. We don't judge by appearances because we know that God is interested in what's on the inside.
During our weekend services, you will be welcomed at the door by our friendly greeters. They can direct you to our welcoming Guest Relations Team right inside the doors who will be able to answer questions and help you and your kids know where to go.
Yes, loving and safe kids' programming is provided at all service times here at Spencer Christian Church. SCC KIDS is the ideal spot for infants through 5th graders. Kids' classes are high energy, interactive, and age-appropriate. You can also utilize the cry room (room 110) for crying or fussy children. If you need help finding it, just ask someone at the Guest Relations area.
What about my student?
What are the times and lengths of worship gathering?
What about music?
On Sunday morning, 6th through 12th grade students enjoy classes, activities and special events that are designed to draw them into positive relationships and keep them coming back. The discussions and teaching – led by caring and positive adult role models – help students deal with the many pressures they face and guide them toward healthy choices. On Saturday evening this age group joins their parents. Check out the Student ministry page to learn ages for each service.
About 70 minutes. Service times are Sunday 9:30 or 11am. You'll want to arrive a few minutes early to get a good seat and a cup of coffee. You will have a chance to sing or listen to some music, hear some relevant teaching, and connect with God. Watch or listen to past teaching on the watch menu button.
The purpose of our worship team is "to lead Spencer Christian Church in glorifying God in spirit and truth". Most Sunday morning services (9:30 or 11am) feature a full contemporary style worship team while Saturday evening service (5:30pm) is more of an unplugged feel and varies in worship style from week to week.
What kind of church is this?
How do I become a member?
What is Baptism?
We are a church that is all about relationship, not just religion. Longer answer? Spencer Christian Church is a non-denominational church in the historical tradition of the Restoration Movement. We have a local group of elders who provide direction and oversight for the church. We have no hierarchy or any other religious body that influences what happens at Spencer Christian Church. Go to the menu and find "What we believe" to learn more.
The "Connect Step Class" is the next logical step for you to take to learn more about membership and your path to joining the mission of Spencer Christian Church. We hold this class quarterly. Find out when the next class is scheduled or you can set up a meeting with one of our ministers, Ivan Spencer.
When we hear the Gospel Of Jesus, we must respond. Some respond with antagonism, others with apathy. The first step of Biblical response to the Gospel is to be obedient in immersion baptism. Contact a minister or the church office to learn more or to make arrangements for a public or private baptism.
What happens during communion time during worship gatherings?
What happens during offering at worship gatherings?
What is the location of Spencer Christian Church building?
Communion is the memorial Jesus gave to remind us of the price He paid – His life – for our sins. Anyone who is a follower of Christ is invited to participate. Normally, there will be a communion meditation given while our servers distribute the emblems (Bread representing Christ's broken body and the fruit of the vine – we use grape juice – representing Christ's spilled blood on the Cross) We are instructed to partake in a worthy manner so it is also a time for personal reflection and repentance. 1 Corinthians 11:26-29 Additionally, it is a beautiful moment when Christ's Church has the opportunity to commune with Him and each other.
As Christ followers, we give an offering out of love to support God's work through His Church. There will be an offering plate passed but most folks simply give online. Guests should not feel obligated to give.
5720 Taylorsville Road
Fisherville, KY 40023
Fisherville, KY 40023
Where do I park?
We have two lots, an upper and lower level with multiple handicapped accessible parking spaces. We also have a covered entrance to the main lobby for rainy days.
Will there be coffee?
Take time after service for some hot coffee and snacks then meet some new friends. Our coffee bar is in the main lobby…can't miss it..enjoy..it's on us:)


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good paper analyzing the life of a company -
Managing the Transition from Maturity to Decline: Diamond Power Corporation
This case study, prepared by Richard C. Scameborn, follows the Diamond Power Specialty Company from its humble beginnings in 1903 to its decline in 1991.
The birth of Diamond came with the invention of the hand cranked soot blower. As the years and technology progressed, so did the Diamond soot blower. Along with this main product, Diamond also added several other products to its line, but none had the profitability of the soot blower. Diamond had the market to itself for a number of years, but eventually two competitors sprang up to challenge Diamond: Copes-Vulcan and Bayer Company. Competition did not become fierce until World War II, when the soot blower became a major commodity used by the U.S. Navy to clean boilers on board its ships. At this point, the soot blower industry became a seller's market and the need for strategy (both corporate and business) became a necessity for growth and survival.
Diamond Power's main mission at its beginning, to produce soot blowers that would efficiently clean the inside of boiler as it continued working, basically stayed the same up until the addition of competition into the market. At this point, Diamond had to revise its mission to include technological advances to stay ahead of it main competitor, Copes-Vulcan. With the passage of time, production efficiency and technology were not enough. Diamond eventually had to add foreign sales, customer service, and replacement part production to its original plan to keep ahead of the game. By the 1970's, the mission to supply replacement parts and service became one of Diamond's top priorities as it opened parts and service plants in New Jersey, Georgia, Ohio, Texan, Colorado, North Dakota, California,


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Who said business and education can't be fun! Kahoot definitely did not. Kahoot is a online platform that uses quiz and trivia type games to drive learning in school and in the office. You can either use previous games or make personalized games. A great way to engage the next generation.


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Monday afternoon or evening gatherings at park, outdoors, or at a public space to discuss and share open source knowledge, experience, and learning.
Maybe teach each other some programming and tools.
Have discussions about bring open source into the the communities to help in communication, giving better access to support and knowledge, and open up everyone to a brighter and more involved future.
We teach each other, learn from each other, inspire each other, and enjoy the fresh air at the same time.
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Bill Elliott has responded to allegations that he reneged on an agreement to appear in a Super Late Model race at Nova Scotia's Riverside International Speedway next Saturday.
"I steadfastly deny that there was ever a final contract, spoken or written, in which I agreed to both attend and compete in the event at the Riverside International Speedway," said Elliott today. "Riverside International Speedway officials contacted my representatives in April 2007 to gauge my interest in competing in this event. Race officials sent a lengthy appearance schedule in conjunction with the event. Although my family and I strongly considered attending the event, on May 15th we communicated to race officials that we were leaning against attending, due in large part to the excessive amount of travel time the commitment would involve.
"Speedway and event officials were notified in writing on June 5th, 2007, that I had declined their offer to participate in the event. My family and I are disappointed that speedway and event officials continue to portray us in a negative light as a result of this matter."
Speedway officials announced today that Ginn Racing driver Regan Smith will replace Eliott in the July 21st event.


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Proposed Settlement for Shutdown Costs
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The San Onofre Nuclear Generator Station (SONGS) closed in June 2012 due to premature failure of the new steam generators. The costs of closing SONGS including loss of energy generation were assigned to both ratepayers and investors, with initial costs to ratepayers estimated at $2.8 billion. After it was revealed that this bill to ratepayers was privately negotiated at a meeting between former California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) Chair Michael Peavey and Southern California Edison (SCE) executives in Prague in 2013, SCE was fined for improper ex parte communication and the original settlement was set aside. On January 30, 2018, a new settlement was agreed upon that reduced the cost to ratepayers to about $1.9 billion and ended ongoing ratepayer charges as of December 2017. The CPUC must still approve this proposed settlement during the next 6 months, but all parties to the settlement have signed off on the agreement.The parties are: The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, the California Large Energy Consumers Association, California State University, Citizens Oversight, the Coalition of California Utility Employees, the Direct Access Customer Coalition, Ruth Henricks, The Office of Ratepayer Advocates, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, The Utility Reform Network, and Women's Energy Matters. The estimate by SCE is that the average ratepayer will save $68 over the next 4 years if the CPUC approves the settlement. In essence, this settlement means that ratepayers no longer have to pay for electricity that has not been generated since SONGS closed.
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Discussion in 'Discussion' started by Mia[24550857], Sep 17, 2018.
When we can expect our rewards to be sent? It's like a joke...
Ok guys, we are rightfully a little annoyed *heerhum * BUT.... we know these adjustments - let's call 'em like this - require time. We know the devs struggle to set things right real fast... so let's not get frustated. Hard, I know!
I had 4 skill books and other stuff I'd like to receive back on main account because as said we would have gotten them with a recharge. Hopefully, devs will send them through soon.
If not, may I suggest they send us a decent pack to amend to whatever mistakes they cannot amend? That would be nice and a proof that they care about us spending and caring for the game.... just sayin'.
I`m losing my patience. They burning the bridges with this nonsense.
Got my tourney server rewards. Thanks
Well I got my rewards but didn't get all the stuff I was meant to get. I reached 400k bp and got nothing for it.
That's because they had to get the 2.1 million skill books they sent some players from somewhere...
Skill books were taken back, still waiting on rewards to be sent from summertime contest.
Still waiting for my rubies and summertime rewards, but my tourney rewards were given.
Sue, be so kind and send ticket concerning your rubies from tournament server.
Thank You
Did send ticket. And the ticket I still got no answer to the ticket.
as a mindful organization 101 ought to report what pay we ought to expect straight away. Such a large number of individuals were exhausted and choose to not partake in the occasion. If it's not too much trouble think about that later on.
Audy, all your posts I've seen so far include random links...you might want to delete them in future.


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If you don't remember the show BattleBots, you need to go revisit the history books and check it out. It was one of my old favorite shows. The premise was pretty simple, two teams of tech guys designed robots that would fight to the death in a ring with a bunch of obstacles. I think it was a bit ahead of it's time, but now director James Cameron wants to make a similar show that he has dubbed Robogeddon. I would love to see what type of crazy robot death fighting machines people could make nowadays.
Similar to BattleBots and Robot Wars, the program will feature a competitive death match of sorts, where robots tear each other to shreds in pursuit of being the last machine standing. In addition to Cameron's participation, the show will also feature the stamp of Mark Burnett — famous for such reality television titles as Survivor, Shark Tank and The Voice. It's also said that Donald Hutson, the two-time Super Heavyweight Champion of BattleBots, will be among the show's competitors.
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I'm guessing that the letter written by the unnamed and undocumented Friday Harbor High School student in the Feb. 1 Journal touched hearts on several levels.
The immigration debate aside, one sentence he/she wrote particularly impressed me: "As a child, you don't realize everything that your parents have sacrificed for you until you question why they push you as much as they do to succeed in life."
I have to believe that the three new Eagle Scouts in Friday Harbor and every Wolverine athlete would say exactly the same thing.
"Thank you" are two words not spoken often enough. So on behalf of the children in our community, thank you, parents, for often working two jobs to put food on the table. Thank you for sitting in a cold car until my sporting event was over. Thank you for not giving up on me when I resisted you every possible way. And thank you especially for putting in the time to make a difference. You are my hero and the unsung heroes in our community.
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The Github for the examples I share later on in this article can be found at https://github.com/codyde/faas-functions.git
An Introduction to "Function as a Service"
What is Function as a Service (FaaS)? It's the concept of a platform that will run functions "on-demand", spinning up the resources as needed, executing the function, and destroying unused infrastructure (for the most part, more on that later). For my efforts, I've been leveraging OpenFaaS. OpenFaaS falls into the current trend of "Serverless" technologies; which isn't really meant to imply "no servers involved at all". It's more meant to be around the concept of leveraging resources on demand; so that what's happening from a server perspective is an after-thought. The platform is managed as code - and spins up and down dynamically as needed.
OpenFaaS has some very progressive features to it; auto-scaling, ability to leverage functions from multiple programming languages, a slick user-interface, Docker integration, built in monitoring via Prometheus (also making it easy to bolt on Grafana to collect data) just to name a few! I've been primarily leveraging Python and JavaScript; but I'm excited to hear about some Golang work being done as this is a space I really want to start developing in.
Tell Me More About OpenFaaS
OpenFaaS is an open source FaaS platform (go figure; being called OpenFaaS and all…). It's currently got over 6,000 stars on GitHub and is rapidly growing in popularity. Essentially the way OpenFaaS works (with lots of other black magic buried in…) is a function is configured to run within a Docker container. This container is built using the OpenFaaS "faas-cli" commands. The lifecycle of a function follows the build -> push -> deploy -> invoke lifecycle. The container scrapes the "response" from a function and returns it back. What this means is that if you can build a function around it; you can build an "as a service" out of it. OpenFaaS runs on either Docker Swarm or Kubernetes. My implementation leverages Kubernetes, since I've been doing a lot of prep work for it regarding our internal Kubernetes initiatives - but the easier path to get started with is Docker Swarm.

Since i'm leveraging Kubernetes (the specific deployment is here; CFCN formerly known as Kubo) within my environment, this post is going to be focused on the Kubernetes path.
Getting Started
Alex and his merry band of contributors have done a great job documenting out the various paths. The documentation is extremely solid; and I'm not going to go too deep into it here because it really is quite simple to get started with. The links to the necessary repositories are below.
First, you'll want to get FaaS CLI to manage the lifecycle of your functions
Then choose your path for installing openfaas
At a high level, the process for installation looks like this..
- Clone faas-cli
git clone https://github.com/openfaas/faas-cli
- Clone your path of OpenFaaS (faas-netes for me)
git clone https://github.com/openfaas/faas-netes
- Customize the yaml file if desired (more replicas? ingress-controller? loadbalancer?). This is optional.
- Apply faas, monitoring, and rbac YAML files
kubectl apply -f ./faas.yml,monitoring.yml,rbac.yml
- Access service through web browser (using NodePort by default) and faas-cli
Installation with Helm
Another option is to leverage Helm to complete the installation. Helm is an up and coming package manager within the Kubernetes community. You can check their github out here. The OpenFaaS team has been hard at work on perfecting the Helm charts for the platform which simplifies the installation and configuration of OpenFaaS. The Helm chart includes functionality for setting up some of the Ingress Controller resources as well as providing install switches for the different versions of OpenFaaS (async, arm, etc…).
You can see the details for leveraging Helm with OpenFaaS here - faas-netes with Helm. I haven't worked with Helm a ton - but expect that this is going continue to grow, and likely become the more common practice path to installation for the Kubernetes platform due to the level of configuration you can achieve on first install.
Pulling in VMWare API Functionality
The beauty of OpenFaaS is that we can take some of our previous work around the vSphere and vRA API's and easily consume it here too. To that end; I've made a boilerplate repository for some of my OpenFaaS functions
vSphere and vRA Boilerplate GitHub
If you clone that repo down, you'll notice you are provided the following
When we review the stack.yml file we see a lot of entries that look like the following
name: faas
gateway: http://10.0.1.185:8080
lang: python
handler: ./vra-token/
image: yourdockerhub/vra-token
cloud_fqdn: yourvra.fqdn.com
user: email@example.com
pw: yourpass
tenant: vsphere.local
These effectively correspond to docker containers which are created and pushed up to Dockerhub when you build your functions. We are able to feed in environment variables here that will be automatically passed into our container as its built. Conversely; Alex from OpenFaaS recommends (for good reason…) leveraging environment files where it makes sense as well. This is applicable to things like usernames and a passwords. This allows us to include an environments.yml file that would be consumed to provide the data for the above. You can read more about that on the openfaas documentation, under the secrets section.
Within this stack.yaml file, we will need to update it with
- The functions we are going to be using (if you are going to add anymore; if not, don't worry about it)
- Appropriate IP Address and port for our OpenFaaS gateway service in K8s
- The path to your Docker Hub account and container name. (Yes, you'll need a Docker Hub account. They are free. You'll also need to make sure you do a "docker login" on your terminal and provide the credentials).
- Your vCenter and vRA details
This file effectively manages the functions within your environment when interacting with faas-cli. if we do a
faas-cli build -f stack.yml when faas-function directory, it will step through each of these containers and build it using a docker build command. Next, if we do a
faas-cli push -f stack.yml the file is pushed up to Docker Hub and into the repository you setup. Finally, when we run
faas-cli deploy -f stack.yml faas-cli will deploy our functions into openfaas, adding them to our gateway for consumption. If we log into our gateway service over the 31112 (default) nodePort (note in my environment I have NSX load balancing my nodes; which has a NAT in place to allows communication over port 8080 instead…technology is fun :)) you should see something similar to the picture below…

If we click on one of the functions, such as vra-resources, we are presented with a screen that lets us run the function from within a GUI.

Taking a step back to the terminal and listing out the directory, we see a that it holds all of our function (which are also stored on git here). We can do a
cd vra-resources to get into the directory where the code lives. We can see that it inclues a single python function called
handler.py, and when we run a
cat handler.py we can see it's the function to actually do a REST call for both our authentication as well as the API endpoint for all vRA Resources, as seen below…

For the sake of detail; the code within this function is below; but can be viewed in github here as well
import requests
import json
import os
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning) # Disable SSL warning
def handle(req):
Builds an authentication token for the user. Takes input of the fqdn of vRA, username,
password, and tenant
vrafqdn = os.environ['cloud_fqdn']
user = os.environ['user']
password = os.environ['pw']
tenant = os.environ['tenant']
url = "https://{}/identity/api/tokens".format(vrafqdn)
payload = '{{"username":"{}","password":"{}","tenant":"{}"}}'.format(user, password, tenant)
headers = {
'accept': "application/json",
'content-type': "application/json",
response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers, verify=False)
j = response.json()['id']
auth = "Bearer "+j
vraheaders = {
'accept': "application/json",
'authorization': auth
vraApiUrl = "https://{}/catalog-service/api/consumer/resources".format(vrafqdn)
reqs = requests.request("GET", vraApiUrl, headers=vraheaders, verify=False).json()['content']
The important callout here is that there isn't any major customization needed for the OpenFaaS functions to be integrated; the only major callout is the need to have the primary function being ran named "handle", and have some data able to be passed into it (even if its not being used).
This model for consumption of code allows you to do some pretty interesting integrations. For example, it's easy for us to leverage a project like Russell Popes vRealize-PySDK to abstract a lot of these "raw" API calls into more pythonic functions. It would be as simple as including those imports in your code that you build so that it is built into the container, and then those functions and methods would be exposed.
I used raw REST calls in my example to demonstrate interacting directly with the REST API from scratch - but ultimately in the "big picture" I'd want to leverage the SDK as it makes interacting MUCH easier. If you haven't checked out the project; you need to!
Back to the GUI
Returning back to the OpenFaaS GUI, if we select invoke, and we configured our environment variables correctly - you should receive the following response

Notice how we're getting object over and over again. This is because OpenFaaS is simply returning what the python function received back in text format. Since the python function returns back a JSON object; all it sees is the actual object. If we switch OpenFaaS to return a JSON back…we're presented with something quite different!

Very cool! It'll actually parse out the JSON for us and show us the data. Another cool tip is using
faas-cli and its invoke capability to run the function. Taking a look at an example, if we do a
faas-cli list --gateway http://10.0.1.197:8080 we can see all of our functions read out from the gateway we provided. Note, if we want to use a YAML file to return this data, you could use
faas-cli list -f name.yml.

This provides us an easy way to check out the amount of invocations and replicas for each of our functions from a CLI interface. We can also use faas-cli to invoke our functions easily (as opposed to CURL which we will show a demo on shortly…). If we run a
faas-cli invoke -h we can see the help file for the invoke command…

Using the help file, its very easy for us to pull together a simple invocation against the gateway using
faas-cli invoke --gateway http://10.0.1.197:8080 --name vra-resources which returns us…

As mentioned earlier, if you have users that want to call the functions without "installing" faas-cli, you could use something like CURL to return the data back. A simple
curl http://10.0.1.197:8080/function/vra-resources -d '' can serve this purpose well. We can see the actual "return" back will actually come out as a readable JSON dump

This in itself isn't always going to be a very useful thing; but consider the fact that we can actually consume these URL's via other types of extensibility. Take my favorite tool from the toolbelt; python for example. It's very easy for us to run a post against this URL with the standard requests library and then start to parse out the data we specifically want. Using the following sample code; we're able to return back the name of the first object in the list
import requests
r = requests.post('http://10.0.1.197:8080/function/vra-resources', data='')

We can even take this a step further, and loop over the JSON objects that are returned, pulling data back out.
import requests
r = requests.post('http://10.0.1.197:8080/function/vra-resources', data='')
for i in r.json():

An important think to note is that all of REST calls against OpenFaaS are actually POST requests in the REST world. I made the mistake several times of falling into the traditional verb trap of "I'm getting data so it has to be a GET". Wrong. We always need to send up data, even if it's blank.
Let's take a look at another example, where we need to feed our function a value in order to return data to us.
Below, we have a JavaScript function written for NodeJS that will return the vSphere API data about a machine when you feed the hostname. It's a fairly complex API call in that there are multiple API call's happening within this single function…
- Calling the vSphere REST API's Authentication service to get a SID
- Calling the Virtual Machine list API to return the object ID
- Calling the Virtual Machine "single VM" API endpoint to return the individual machine in question, from the object-ID
"use strict";
var rp = require('request-promise');
var _ = require('lodash')
process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0";
module.exports = (content, callback) => {
var opts = {
method: 'POST',
uri: process.env.ENDPOINT + '/rest/com/vmware/cis/session',
auth: {
'username': process.env.USER,
'password': process.env.PASS
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Accept': 'application/json',
'vmware-use-header-authn': 'test',
'vmware-api-session-id': 'null',
json: true
rp(opts).then((res) => {
var opts2 = {
method: 'GET',
uri: process.env.ENDPOINT + '/rest/vcenter/vm',
resolveWithFullResponse: true,
headers: {
'accept': 'application/json',
'vmware-api-session-id': res.value
json: true
rp(opts2).then((res2) => {
var vmid = _.find(res2.body.value, function (vmobj) { return vmobj.name == content; }).vm;
var opts3 = {
method: 'GET',
uri: process.env.ENDPOINT + '/rest/vcenter/vm/' + vmid,
resolveWithFullResponse: true,
headers: {
'accept': 'application/json',
'vmware-api-session-id': res.value
json: true
rp(opts3).then((res3) => {
callback(null, res3.body.value);
In OpenFaaS, we call the function's URL and feed it in a VM's hostname. Let's use my favorite jumpbox, hlcentos19 as an example. Note that we automatically "tick" the JSON box because we know it's going to ultimately return a JSON object…

You can see we return back data about this virtual machine from the vCenter REST API. There are a lot of practical uses for this kind of information. Think of the potential of integrating this call into a Webpage that a team can feed a hostname into to get a virtual machine specification back for some type of reporting or troubleshooting as an example. Or, think about crafting another function out of this that powers the machine of. Or one that deletes it entirely…well…maybe not that one. That one can be a resume generating event :).
You can see, it's very easy to get started with OpenFaaS and building functions. Using the boilerplate I've provided, you have an easy jumping off point to start building additional REST calls into vCenter or vRealize Automation to pull data out. I promise this isn't the last you'll hear about Serverless and OpenFaaS on my blog!


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Made of acid washed denim.
Featuring a basic denim dungarees.
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Contact details for all staff are listed within the staff directory.
Switchboard service charter
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Effective Outcomes We aim to provide a high quality service and so will assist callers to the Switchboard to have a good resolution to their requests. Requests for new or changed telephony facilities will be handled in line with established procedures.
Compliant Service We will ensure that the service we provide will be compliant with the University's policies and procedures.
Professional Approach We will act in a professional manner in all our dealings with you: we will be courteous, helpful and ever-mindful of the need for absolute discretion. We will constantly extend our knowledge about the University for the benefit of our callers.
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Hosted by the Noosa Country Show Youth Committee.
A Fun Few Hours for the Kids and Pets (all children to be accompanied by an adult).
Entries open to all children up to 17 years of age.
18th March 2017 at Pomona Show Grounds.
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The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News.The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among those that have requested permission from Trump's State Department to fly the pride flag on their flagpoles and have been denied, diplomats said.Although the pride flag can and is being flown elsewhere on embassy grounds, including inside embassies and on exterior walls, the decision not to allow it on the official flagpole stands in contrast to President Donald Trump's claim to be a leader in supporting LGBTQ rights overseas. Trump's administration has announced a campaign to decriminalize homosexuality overseas and this month issued a tweet and formal statement to "celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made."
I still think obama was damnable for projecting "pride" (UGH!!!) colors on the White House.ReplyDelete
What an absolute disgrace. WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER!
"This win by our president shows he understands that politely asking other countries to change their behavior when it harms us isn't always enough."ReplyDelete
Yet, liberals complain and criticize... because they want that chaos on our southern border. Why? Two reasons:
1. It makes Trump look bad. That is, except when he turns the tables and uses executive power.
2. Democrats want that welfare demand/dependence in our cities, because that dependence increases their power.
That is, if Mexico does what it says it will do. If not, re-instate that 5% tariff without any future warning. The tariff can always go back down... or up higher.
It has gotten to the point where there's no cooperating with the democrat party anymore. America just has to see how bad they really are and make a choice.
Do we want to be the worst of our urban blight-scapes, with uncontrolled drugs and crime? Vote democrat.
Or, do we want to be the best America ever was, with a good economy, jobs, and a less frequent need of our criminal justice system? Vote Trump


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Most of the meetings of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous take place online, which is more sensible than it sounds. Colloquy via web-based conference call might help tech burnouts clear the first hurdle in recovery: asking for help. If your idea of social life is a four-day Twitch bender played under a codename, at least you don't have to leave behind all the comforts of home—screens, anonymity—when you're demoralized enough by digital compulsions to bust open a FreeConferenceCall.com tab.
Four English-language ITAA conference calls take place each week, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and weekend days at noon. Live meetings, where addicts in folding chairs share wisdom and complaints with other addicts, don't seem to last long; in-person groups meet for a year or so and then fizzle. Only the very first ITAA group, which started near Seattle around 2009, has been in continuous operation. That may be because it's connected to an opulent residential program called reSTART ($37,000 for nine weeks) that heavily filigrees the 12 steps with behavioral therapy, classes in horticulture, and no end of physical exertion. Eclectic treatments, including something called "sand tray therapy," address problematic texting, gaming addiction, and much more.
Like many who get sober in traditional AA, I tend to be skeptical of any therapy more sophisticated than meditating, making amends, and helping people. Still, reSTART intrigued me. Based in Bellevue and Fall City, Washington, it promotes not total abstinence from screens but "a sustainable digital lifestyle." That sounded promising. On my virtual tour of the tranquil, woody facility, I began to imagine a nine-week getaway where my main obligation would be to steer clear of my phone and become a sporty Pacific-Northwest-before-Microsoft-and-Amazon person. In the rousing promo on reSTART's site, a cadaverous-looking insomniac is shown quitting his videogame console; then a similar young man is shown mountain-biking down a brutal path to an existential victory no leaderboard can match.
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• In a nutshell, development editors scrutinize for big ticket items: character, plot, theme and transitions. They consider other aspects, too, like grammar, punctuation and spelling, but their strength is the big picture.
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ATTENTION: Sciotoville Community School is accepting applications for an Intervention Specialist to be assigned to work with students in grades 9-12 for the current 2019-20 school year.
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How to Set Friends & Family on Verizon Wirelessby Sampson Quain
Verizon Wireless offers a number of smartphones and tablets with operating systems that include Android, Apple IOS, BlackBerry, Palm and Windows. The company also offers a variety of calling plans, including "Friends and Family," which allows you to add as many as ten numbers -- including home phones -- on any network, and lets you talk for as long as you want without using your airtime minutes. Verizon's website makes it convenient for you to add your new numbers.
Step 1
Visit VerizonWireless.com. Locate the top menu bar and click "My Verizon."
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Enter your user ID and password under the heading "Manage Your Account." Click "Sign In." If you have not previously set up your account, you will need to register by entering your mobile phone number and following the registration prompts, which include setting up your profile and creating a new password.
Click "My Services" and select "Friends and Family" to generate the phone list. Add the phone numbers of friends and family. You can also use this feature to delete numbers. The phone numbers you add will become effective the next day.
- Outgoing calls and incoming calls from numbers that you add will not have unlimited airtime until the next day.
- Only account owners can add and delete numbers on the friends and family list.
- You cannot add directory assistance numbers, 900 numbers, numbers from Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico or the U.S. Virgin Islands or your own mobile phone number.
- Some plans require a two-year minimum term, while others allow a month-to-month commitment. There is also an activation fee per line associated with these plans.
- You can change the numbers on your "Friends and Family" list anytime you want.
- If you select a plan with 900 anytime minutes or more, you can add as many as five friends and family. If you select a Family SharePlan with 1400 anytime minutes or more, you can add as many as 10 friends and family.
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Tim's little sister Lacey graduated this last week in Laguna Beach & we went out there for the occasion. Here's a few photos.
LACEY McCleve
~2008 High School Graduate ~
kay, tim, lace & me
lacey & parents
lacey & her boyfriend jordan
The Girls-(lacey's sisters, mom & neices)
*Lacey & her friend Kaitlyn walking in at the beginning of the ceremony. Congratulations Lacey! We Love You and know you have big goals and dreams to fulfill Good Luck! ...oh yea and Thanks for letting us stay in your room:)


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a web-documentary about people from the past and New Lampsacus
Song for Soundrack
The Research Centre for Greek Singing has recorded with its vocal ensembles two (2) traditional songs (a Greek and a Turkish) for the soundtrack of the web documentary "New Life". The theme of the documentary is setting the New Life, created by the first and second generation refugees of Lampsacus Propontis to the New Lampsacus province Halkida in Evia. The recorded two songs are: a) the Turkish "Çadırımın Üstüne Şıp Dedi damladı", better known as "Rompi Rompi" and b) the Greek "Se kainourgia varka mpika" (On new boat I entered). For the purposes of documentary has used only the first song.
Web Documentary: www.lampsakos.com
Documentary Film Premiere: 7th Festival Documentary Chalkida, Wednesday, October 9th, 2013, Hotel "Palirroia"
Music Archive: Research Centre for Greek Singing [ER.K.E.T.]
Scholar Supervision & Music Conductor: Vivi G.. Kanellatou
Sound Editing: Nikos Assimakis
Recording Studio: Music Art Lab Studios
ER.K.E.T. Vocal Ensemble: Vaso Dimitropoulou Vaso Xanthaki, Vivi G. Kanellatou Dimitra Niaounaki, Dionysia Kioleides, Cleo Karataidou-Kouzeli, Christina Vassalou, John Tsapatsaris, Nikos Moraitis, Fotis Michalopoulos.
Percussions: Nick Souliotis, Vivi Kanellatou
Period of Recordings: 12.2012 - 02.2013
General Editor: Nikos Martzikos & Anna Podara
Production Scenario: Anna Podara
Coordination & Production Assistant: Nikos Martzikos
Graphics: Chris Tzaferis
Video Editing & Montage: Michael Alexakis
Photographic Archive Material: Cultural Association of New Lampsakos "Anaxagoras"
Digital Photography Editing: Nikos Martzikos & Christos Tzaferis
"Çadırımın Üstüne Şıp Dedi damladı" [Rompi Rompi]
(documentary's version)
"Çadırımın Üstüne Şıp Dedi damladı" [Rompi Rompi]
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"Se kainouria varka mpika" [Syrtos Dance from Propontida]


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This problem with the deployed troops voting system has been going on since the 90's maybe even longer. It appears to be intentional that it's not fixed. In fact Military Voter Protection Project has been working to get this problem corrected but Eversole continues to see the same problems in the broken system. Twana
California Watch May 30, 2012 | Stephanie Snyder
Elections officials throughout California missed a deadline to send 8,250 ballots to overseas and military voters for next week's presidential primary, prompting a lawsuit and swift settlement over the weekend between the state officials and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Eleven of the state's 58 counties violated the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act by failing to send ballots to voters abroad on April 21 – 45 days before the primary. While about 5,450 of the late ballots were sent out within two days of missing the deadline, some were delayed as much as a week.
On Saturday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit [PDF] against California for missing the deadline, but Secretary of State Debra Bowen reached an agreement on the matter that same day, federal officials said. As part of the settlement, the secretary of state's office will hold training sessions with at least one election official in each county before the general election in November.
David Tom, elections manager for San Mateo County, said his county was on schedule to send ballots to the 739 overseas voters who requested their ballots through the mail. But at the last minute, a county Board of Supervisors candidate had to be removed from the ballot.
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Mini Wishes Wedding Spotlight: Aynsley & Andy
Today, Aynsley Logan-Smith shares the story of her ceremony at Yacht Club Gazebo, reception at The Attic, and dessert party at Eau de France in Epcot. She discusses the logistics of planning a Mini Wishes Catered Event from the UK, including where she saved and where she splurged (think: Carousel of Progress-themed cake!), plus which… Read More


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I know its not recommended but is there a safe amount to turn up the pump 7.3 non turbo gutless diesel? I ordered a pyro gage and going to leave truck siting till I get it hooked up but I turned it about a 1/3 of a turn and dose it ever pore the coal out of the stacks under load
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Also I was looking at a parts truck for the transmission...my overdrive light is on the blink shifting hard probably do for a rebuild...the parts truck is 6.9 wondering if the transmission will bolt on my7.3 already have pedals want to switch to standard same truck just older figured use the driveshafts to
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overdrive light blinking is a fault. look at the speed sensor that is part of the speedo assembly. bob
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