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(Note from Jason: Jodi has an account here, and once in a while is inspired to write guest posts, but rarely gets them to the point where she's comfortable publishing them. Tonight, she finished one. Hooray!)
I've been told that I should write; this is why I can't.
When arguing in online debates, or just commenting on blogs, the message is too difficult to get out, simply because of the human condition. I see it in comments all the time and it intrigues me to no end. Usually it devolves into repetition — people can't figure out any other possible way to get their message out there, so they just repeat the same thing, worded slightly differently. I do it all the time. I sit and think and type and delete and re-word until I get a headache from trying to find the perfect wording; some wording that surely, surely the other party must understand. It doesn't even matter if they ever agree with the argument that I'm making, I'm just sure that I MUST have gotten my point across, must have gotten my message out there in plain view.
But that is rarely how it works. This is usually what keeps me from writing long comments or blog posts of my own. The message. I get part way through and I stop because I know that no matter what I say, no matter how eloquent my language, how precisely chosen my words, it wont matter one bit. A thousand different people will read my words and interpret a thousand different messages from it. Even those who know me well, who know my mannerisms and the way I speak, will get it wrong, at least somewhat. I would take a chance and suggest that even internet friends that agree often probably make incorrect assumptions about the other persons message at least 50% of the time.
You can't think another person's thoughts, you can't be in their heads. All this is is just text to you, I can say I'm raving mad but it wont make you mad unless there is something in this wall of text that triggers an emotional response in your own brain. Trying to get my message across the internet, the pure, original message that I intended with my first thought, is near impossible. Once I type these words and hit send it's entirely up to you.
Not that it's a lot easier in person though, body language screws up a lot too.
Communication is highly inefficient.


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A true public space is overtly political in that it is a democratized space. That is, there is no regular programming which dictates the goings on within such a space. Instead, the day to day happenings are largely decided by those who use the place. City government or other municipalities can manage or maintain public space, but cannot impose additional restrictive rules or regulations if the park or plaza is to remain truly democratic.
To enjoy such a space involves trusting strangers, and in all relationships of trust, there is risk. In the midst of food carts and outdoor chess there is also crime, and even the rare act of terrorism.
As the Project for Public Space has written in the past: "With mounting public anxiety, and the fact that the distinction between public and private space is becoming increasingly blurred, there is greater likelihood that places will be more intensely monitored, surveyed, even militarized, in order to evoke a sense of safety."
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— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 3, 2016
This is certainly true in Detroit's rebounding downtown. Once a bustling capital of midwest industry, Detroit's city center was hollowed out by freeways and parking lots. Only recently have big money billionaires like Quicken Loan czar Dan Gilbert reinvested in downtown.

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$7 for first page and $5 per additional page
PLUS an Auditor's Fee of $5 per block, addition or section of legal description
Transfer Tax is due on all conveyances over $500.
(Transfer Tax tables available upon request.)
An exemption explanation needs to be stated on the document when no Transfer Tax is due on a conveyance,
All other documents (except Plats of Survey):
$7 for first page and $5 per additional page
Plats of Survey:
$7 for first page and $5 per additional page
Mortgage Releases/Assignments referencing more than one document are $7 for each additional Roll/Image or
Book/Page cited.
Commercial Collateral UCCs (New, Amended or Continued) are filed at the Iowa Secretary of State's Office.
Commercial Collateral Terminations (G#'s) are $5 each.
(Termination of G#'s that were Continued or Amended at the State after July 1, 2001 will be Terminated at the Iowa Secretary of State's Office.)
Real Estate UCC's (Financing Statements, Amendments, Continuations and Terminations) are recorded at the County level:
$7 for first page and $5 per additional page
UCC Search (request for information) is $5 per name searched.
UCC Request for copies is $1 per page.
Federal Tax Lien Search is $6 per name.
Federal Tax Lien Copies are $5.00 per page.
Standard copy fee is $.50 per page.
Certified Copy fee is $5 per document plus $.50 per page of that document.
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Redlands Connection is a concoction of sports memories emanating from a city that once numbered less than 20,000 people. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, from the World Cup to golf's U.S. Open, plus NCAA Final Four connections, Tour de France cycling, major tennis, NBA and a little NHL, aquatics and quite a bit more, the sparkling little city that sits around halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs on Interstate 10 has its share of sports connections. – Obrey Brown
In honor of the NCAA College Softball World Series, which are unfolding …
Those telephone calls to the sports desk from Pam Martin, softball coach at Redlands East Valley High School when that campus opened in 1997, were quite a ritual. There was often cheer in her voice.
In all cases, she had something newsworthy to report.
One of Martin's top players, Allyson Von Liechtenstein, probably played in as many big games as any Redlands-based product at the collegiate level during her post-REV years.
It's simple. Von Liechtenstein, the twin sister of Elizabeth (Lizzie) and younger sister of Sarah, was part of a trio of Highland-based players who were raised under the softball thumb of their dad, Dave.
Ally Von L, a left-handed, slap-hitting, fleet-footed outfielder played four sensational seasons at REV. It was nothing for Martin to report a 3-hit game for Ally Von L. Or maybe a couple of stolen bases to go along with her two singles and, maybe, a triple. At the time, she patrolled center field.
It should've been no surprise, then, that she committed to play collegiately at the University of Arizona from 2002-2005. She was a 5-foot-5-inch slash hitter heading off to Tucson.
Arizona's Lady Wildcats' softball program should be considered among the finest in the land. Ally Von L found herself playing four straight seasons at the College World Series.
Mike Candrea, coach, might've been USA's best go-getter for UA. He went and "got" Ally Von L.
Ally Von L was a nice catch for her new Wildcats' team. At that time, anyone caught playing for UA should've been considered quite a player.
Candrea, who led Team USA to the 2004 Olympic gold medal, was a fun interview. Make that a professional interview. He knew how to take control. He knew the questions before I'd even launched them at him.
At least when you could get hold of him. Schools this big have Sports Information Directors. Got to get through them to get to guys like Candrea. The man's got coaching to do.
By the 2018 season, incredibly, Candrea was within a couple hundred wins away from 2,000.
This is the guy who landed Ally Von L. Not to mention Jennie Finch. Not to mention Alicia Hollowell. And Caitlin Lowe. And Autumn Champion. And Kristie Fox. Each of whom were teammates with Ally Von L.
Lowe hit .510 one year, swiping 27 out of 30 bases. Hollowell won 40 games in a single season. Finch went 32-0 in another. Lovie Jung hit .481 one season, stroking 25 bombs. Champion hit .489 with 26 steals one season. That same year, 2004, Lowe hit .437 with 46 steals.
These were the players Candrea landed.
On Ally Von L, he said, "Listen … (pausing for a few seconds to collect some thoughts) this is a kid with speed. She can hit. She'll run the bases. She can catch anything hit out there. She'll help us here."
Remember, he was taking a player right out of the area from UCLA should've been grabbing from (USC doesn't have intercollegiate softball). At Arizona, Ally Von L had a solid career – .321, .381, .384 and .265 as a senior.
She started 105 games, playing in 172. Often used as a pinch-runner. Swiped 28-of-35 bases over four seasons. Ninety-four hits, 283 at-bats. Scored a batch of runs.
Said Candrea: "There was a time when if UCLA wanted a kid, they got the kid. We got a few breaks. We got some key kids."
Along the way, there were remarkable games played against the likes of Cat Osterman.
Tennessee's Monica Abbott.
Michigan's Jennie Ritter.
UCLA's Keira Goerl.
Louisiana's Brooke Mitchell.
Fresno State's Jamie Southern was named to the ESPN Rise All-Decade team in 2009.
LSU's Kristin Schmidt.
Georgia Tech's Jessica Sallinger.
Alabama's Stephanie VanBrakle.
These were the kids Ally Von L was playing against – the USA's most decorated pitchers.
Von Liechtenstein hit against most of them. As close to being a starting player without actually starting every game, Ally Von L was part of a team that included All-Americans almost everywhere on the diamond during her four-year stint from 2002-2005.
On Saturday, June 5, 2005: It was a Von Liechtenstein single in the 12th inning at the NCAA Women's College World Series that knocked home the winning run in a 3-2 win over Cal-Berkeley – a game played in Oklahoma City.
Ally Von L's heroics were only short-lived.
One day later, the fabulous Texas southpaw, Osterman, knocked off the Lady Wildcats, 1-0, to leave Arizona without a 50-win season for the first time in years. Arizona ended its season with a record of 45-12, having reached its 17th Women's College World Series over an 18-year span.
Ally Von L and I connected a few times on articles about her collegiate experiences, which were vast. She wasn't hamming it up, probably preferring to lay low. After all, this kid was one of REV's finest athletes.
You always got the feeling she was battling. Aggressive. Not in awe of her surroundings, but highly respectful.
In 2005, the Lady Wildcats were co-Pacific-10 Champions. Playing against the likes of UCLA, Stanford, Cal, you name it, UA was a force in NCAA softball.
Wouldn't you know it: Von Liechtenstein became a group of four Lady Wildcat players to play all four seasons without a national championship since 1987. It was quite a streak, especially when Von Liechtenstein had played behind such stalwart pitchers as Hollowell and the sensational Finch.
Finch was a senior during Von Liechtenstein's freshman season.
A year after Ally Von L's departure, Arizona – which had copped five NCAA titles over a seven-year span in the 1990s – won the NCAA World Series title again.
Who knows? Maybe it set the stage for a future NCAA Division 1 softball great. About a decade after Ally Von L, Sahvanna Jaquish, also from Highland, showed up at REV. Off she went to Louisiana State University, where she became an All-American.


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For me, paper towel dispensers fall under things I never thought needed improving. The imaginative folks at CLEANCut think differently - they've created an automatic paper towel dispenser and cutter that's sleek, touchless and probably totally unnecessary.
The Clean Cut Paper Towel Dispenser can cut any brand of paper towel to whatever length you want, and since it's touchless it's supposed to be completely sanitary and germ-free. All you do is wave your hand to dispense and wave it again to cut. Sounds fun! Also, since you dictate how much paper towel is cut, you can theoretically conserve and save. So there is all that.
But the automatic paper towel dispenser costs $US150 and solves a problem I'm not sure really exists. I don't know about you guys, but I think I'll be fine with pulling and ripping paper towels in my old-school paper-towel holder. [Unplggd]


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AC_PATH_PROG([RUBY],[ruby]) AC_PROG_RUBY_VERSION([1.8.0],[ ... ],[ ... ])
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Number of Americans with diabetes tops 29 million
Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman
The number of Americans with diabetes has increased again — now more than 29 million people have the illness.
That's an increase of about 3 million from three years ago.
In new report released Tuesday, federal scientists calculated that more than 9 percent of Americans have diabetes — or 1 in 11 people. The report estimates that about a quarter of them haven't been diagnosed yet and don't know they have diabetes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used a 2012 national survey and other data to come up with the new numbers.
Diabetes is a disease in which sugar builds up in the blood. The most common form is tied to obesity, and the number of diabetics has ballooned with the rise in obesity.


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歌曲 Harps and Angels 由 Randy Newman 演唱。
Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
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Hasn't anybody seen me lately
I'll tell you why
Hasn't anybody seen me lately
I'll tell you why
I caught something made me so sick
That I thought that I would die
And I almost did too
First me knees begin to tremble
My heart begin to pound
First my knees begin to tremble
My heart begin to pound
It was arrhythmic and out of tune
I lost my equilibrium
And fell face down upon the ground
As I lay there on that cold pavement
A tear ran down my face
'Cause I thought I was dying
You boys know I'm not a religious man
But I sent a prayer out just in case
You never know
Lo and behold almost immediately
I had reason to believe my prayer had
Been heard in a very special place
'Cause I heard this sound
Yes, it was harps and angels
Harps and angels coming near
I was to sick to roll over and see them
But I could hear them singin ever so beautifully
In my ear
Then the sound began to subside
And they sounded like background singers
And a voice come down from the heavens above
It was a voice full of anger from the Old Testament
And a voice full of love from the New One
And the street lit up like it was the middle of the day
And I lay there quiet and listened to what that
Voice had to say
He said, "You ain't ben a good man
You ain't been a bad man
But you've been pretty bad
Lucky for you this ain't your time
Someone very dear to me has made another clerical error
And we're here on a bit of a wild goose chase
But I want to tell you a few things
That'll hold you in good stead when it is your time
So you better listen close
I'm only going to say this once
When they lay you on the table
Better keep your bussines clean
'Fore they lay you on the table
Better keep your business clean
Don't want no back stabbing, a*s grabbing
You know exactly what I mean
Alright girls - we're outta here"
"Encore. Encore."
(He spoke French)
"Tres bien Encore"
And off they went into the night
Almost immediately I felt better
And I come round to see you boys
'Cause you know we ain't living right
And while it was fresh
I wanted to tell you what he told me
He said, "When the lay you on the table
Better keep your business clean
When they lay you on the table
Better keep your business clean
Else there won't be no harps and angels
Coming for you
It'll be trombones, kettle drums, pitchforks,
And tambourines."
Sing it like they did for me one time
Wish I spoke French
So actually the main thing about this story is for me
There really is an afterlife
And I hope to see all of you there
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Report explains reason for KC motel shutdown
Health inspectors find cockroaches, bed bugs at Travelers Inn
The Kansas City Health Department has released documents detailing why it closed down a motel this week.
The Travelers Inn on East 31st Street was shut down after inspectors said there were numerous health code violations and safety hazards.
In a 27-page report, officials said inspectors found dead cockroaches in several rooms and live bed bugs and feces on beds throughout the building. They also said there were dead bed bugs in dresser drawers, walls and mattresses.
"I've seen cockroaches and stuff. We had pest control come in quite a bit," said Leroy Griffith, who worked and lived at the motel.
He said when the facility was closed, he lost his job and his home.
"I don't even know where I'm going to stay tonight," he said.
Officials also said mold was a big issue, including some that was found in the dispensing chute of a first-floor ice machine. The report said that some mold was "leaching through the paint."
The Kansas City Health Department said it has been trying to work with the motel owner for the past 14 to 16 months to correct the issues, but they said significant improvements had not been made.
Inspectors also said there was exposed wiring and nonworking smoke detectors in the motel.
Griffith said he didn't think the situation was as bad as the report indicates.
"When people said something, we were on top of it," he said. "We went in there. We moved them to other rooms. The owner was in there with me, taking care of it the best we could."
The owner of the business said he would like to give refunds to tenants who paid in advance, but he can't afford to do so right now.


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Can You Escape, the brainchild of MobiGrow, coaxes iPhone, iPad and Android users to employ a trial-and-error solving method to scrounge for clues, as well as sleuth out ways to escape a series of rooms. The set-ups in the game are fully functional and interactive, with every drawer, chair and fixture serving as a possible point of detection.
The latest update contains two new levels, capping the game with a grand total of ten. Can You Escape's creators claim [iTunes link] the game will have a "constant update of new rooms." Currently, the app is free for download on iOS and Android platforms. You can also add more levels and remove ads for an extra cost.
Watch the above video to learn more, and let us know what you think about the game in the comments below.
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By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Pat Bowlen, the Denver Broncos owner who transformed the team from also-rans into NFL champions and helped the league usher in billion-dollar television deals, has died. He was 75.
In a statement on the team's website, Bowlen's family said he died late Thursday night at home surrounded by loved ones. The statement did not specify a cause of death. Bowlen had battled Alzheimer's for several years.
Bowlen, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year, was the first owner in NFL history to have his team win 300 games — including playoffs — in three decades. He had as many Super Bowl appearances (seven) as losing seasons, and Denver had a 354-240-1 record since he bought the team in 1984.
Under his stewardship, the Broncos won Super Bowls in 1998, '99 and 2016.
Following their 31-24 victory over Green Bay for the franchise's first championship, Bowlen famously hollered, "This one's for John!" Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway called it the greatest moment of his playing career.
Elway the executive returned the favor on Feb. 7, 2016, when he jabbed the silver Lombardi Trophy into the sky after Denver's 24-10 win over Carolina and declared, "This one's for Pat."
That came 18 months after Alzheimer's forced Bowlen to step down from his daily duties running the team.
"I'm just glad I had the opportunity," Elway told The Associated Press in the victorious locker room that night. "I didn't want to think about it too much because I didn't want to jinx anything. But I was waiting for the day that I was able to do that. So, I was glad and really thrilled that I was able to do that and we'll take that trophy over to Pat next week and let him cherish it."
Elway delivered the prize to Bowlen's home back in Denver. And in the Mile High City, more than a million fans packed downtown for a victory parade 17 years after Elway capped his remarkable playing career by leading the Broncos to back-to-back titles.
Super Bowl 50 was the Broncos' eighth trip to the big game, seven under Bowlen's watch, and all of those with Elway's help — first as his QB and then as his GM.
Bowlen's wife, Annabel, who sat in for her husband for the team photo in the summer of 2015, and their children were on hand to accept the Lombardi Trophy on his behalf in Santa Clara, California.
Bowlen relished working behind the scenes and shied away from the spotlight. In the words of former coach Mike Shanahan, "Pat just wanted to be one of the guys."
"That's why I think he was so beloved by so many people, including myself," Shanahan said. "And you also knew that he would give anything to make your football team better or at least get a chance at the Super Bowl. At that time you would say every ounce that he had — I should say every penny he had — he wanted to go into giving the football team a Super Bowl. That was his No. 1 priority. That was it. It was not trying to buy different companies and trying to make more money. His goal was winning a Super Bowl."
Former Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said: "Most guys would tell you that played for him or worked for him that he was not only our owner, but he was your friend."
Bowlen served as a sounding board for NFL Commissioners Pete Rozelle, Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell. He was a driving force in the league's growth as a member of several committees, including co-chairing the NFL Management Council and working on the league's network contracts.
Bowlen had a deep appreciation for his players, whether or not they were stars, and it's not unusual to see retired players watching Broncos practice.
"When I retired, Mr. B. told me I was welcome anytime at team headquarters," said Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe. "He said I didn't need a pass, either: 'Your face is your credential.'"
Ownership of the franchise is held in a trust Bowlen set up more than a decade ago in hopes one of his seven children will one day run the team. Until then, Joe Ellis is doing so in a "What would Pat do?" sort of way.
Those who worked for Bowlen remember a man who put production ahead of profits; trained tirelessly for triathlons; fostered a winning atmosphere from the lobby to the locker room; and was always quick with a compliment and sure to couch his criticism.
"It's the old catchphrase 'win-win,'" Ellis said. "He was all about that."
Bowlen flashed his competitive streak whether on the road conducting league business, on the sideline watching his team, or on the StairMaster drenched in sweat.
It was evident in his dislike for Peyton Manning when the quarterback played for Indianapolis before joining the Broncos in 2012.
"I get it, and I respect that," Manning said, adding that Bowlen flew back to Denver from his offseason home in Hawaii to welcome him when he signed with the Broncos, and they were friends afterward.
"If there was a way for him to compete against what he's going through," said former defensive end Alfred Williams, "he'd beat that damn disease every time."
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. president's silence over the Keystone XL pipeline speaks volumes about his commitment to energy security, a House Republican leader said.
U.S. President Barack Obama, during his State of the Union address Tuesday, said his country "needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy."
Obama has been criticized for not doing enough to move the country from oil produced by unsavory regimes in the Middle East and Latin America. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House energy and commerce committee, said the president never once mentioned the Keystone XL pipeline that his administration delayed last week.
Upton said the president "said a lot about energy at a time when the American people recognize the jobs and security that come with energy development" but was silent on things like Keystone XL. Obama said nothing about pipeline infrastructure during his address.
Keystone XL would carry crude oil from Alberta tar sands projects, a type of crude oil considered by environmentalists as the dirtiest form of oil.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., questioned the Republican push for the pipeline before the presidential address.
"If we want to wean ourselves from foreign oil, why would we allow a pipeline to be built for 1,700 miles to manufacture petroleum products to be shipped overseas?" he was quoted by Washington publication Politico as saying.
Republicans gave Obama until mid-February to decide on Keystone XL. He rejected the permit last week.


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Islamist politics in the Middle East cracked wide open with the Arab awakening: Islamists have emerged on top in Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, and Egypt. Western publics, lulled by the sight of iPhones and other social media at work, assumed that the demonstrations, rebellions, and regime changes were all driven by Muslim wannabe Westerners and that Islamist politics were relics of the past.
But when dictators started to fall, it shouldn't have been any surprise that Islamists quickly came out on top. This wasn't a conspiracy. Islamists have paid their dues many times over for decades as the only group with a clear regional identity, a vision, a courage, and a willingness to suffer the harsh responses of dictators.
They spoke out, went to prison, and sometimes died. Brave doesn't always mean correct, but it means they garnered the respect of the public. Western-style liberals couldn't really fill up the main square on a good day, although the participation of a new generation of youth with idealism and drive is evidence of an exciting new generation of activists.
Islamists make Westerners nervous, sometimes with good reason. We have seen what the most fanatic and worst of them can do – 9/11, primitive Taliban forces, and backwards views toward women. But Islamists have also been driven by a Muslim nationalist zeal, fueled by hostility to past Western political domination and wars brought to their own lands.
Islamists were in a way lucky for a while. Excluded from the system, they could only deliver Islamist critiques but never had to shoulder the burden of office, the responsibility to make things work.
That has all changed. Islamists are being elected into office and will be assuming the daunting policy problems of their neglected societies. The voting public is excited at the change and will give them a grace period to start improving things. But that period will be limited. Islamists can't go on winning elections on the basis of pious religious slogans or even anti-Westernism (assuming the West is no longer there with boots on the ground).
Islamists, too, will eventually be chucked out of office if they can't deliver the goods. And they know it. They will have to make hard policy decisions on complex issues – or they too will soon lose their hard-acquired luster.
In the exhilarating new field of more open Middle Eastern politics, the once oppressed and cornered Islamist spectrum is now opening out, expanding into new space: liberal or conservative, pragmatic or rigid, cautious or bold, skilled or unskilled, politically savvy or not.
We see this spectrum in Tunisia and Egypt today: ultra-conservative Salafis, more moderate Muslim Brothers, a smaller segment of liberal Islamists – all in competition. What's more, the field is not static. Islamists, now free to play, are evolving rapidly, gaining experience in the face of the hard political and policy decisions ahead of them.
The process has brought some heartening developments. Ultra-orthodox Salafis in Egypt have now surprisingly backed for president the most liberal Islamist candidate in the pack. But should we be surprised? Salafis, too, want to win elections, to back the candidate most likely to win.
Islamists, united by shared years in the dungeons, now differ with each other in the atmosphere of greater political freedom. They are not rejecting, but playing in, the political game. If a pious, well-meaning but isolated bearded sheikh can't play in the political arena and manage the country, Islamists don't want to go down with the ideological ship.
In Turkey 10 years ago, a secularized public voted for a party with Islamist roots, the ruling Justice and Development Party, not because it was pious but because it proved it could run municipalities, and it went on to major successes at the national level. It wasn't about Islam, it was about the economy, services, smart politics. And it has prospered now for over a decade to become a model of what an Islamist party can become.
There are smart and stupid Islamists, competent and incompetent, popular and unpopular. Some will come to office and quickly flail and fail; others will demonstrate vision and management skills. Public demand and expectations will soon sort them out.
Above all, the West must allow these processes to unfold unhindered inside each country. Past Western support to Middle East dictators to "keep the lid on" have cost the West dearly, stirred up deep hostility against it, and have severely retarded the political learning curve of Middle East societies. Will some of them prove failures? For sure.
As the spectrum of Islamist politics widens, there will be periods of chaos, learning, and uncertainty. Look at the excesses of numerous Western countries during the 20th century – Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Russia, Greece, or Japan – and the massive institutional corruption that characterizes so much of Western politics today.
Muslim political behavior in the end is just like that of other groups of people: similar hopes and aspirations, similar angers against oppression, similar hatred of invaders, similar resistance to hegemonic powers. There are no mysteries here. The daily tumultuous unfolding of events shows that Muslim politics are slowly crawling back on the road from the frozen tundra of the autocrats.
Graham E. Fuller is the former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA; his most recent book is "A World Without Islam."
© 2012 Global Viewpoint Network/Tribune Media Services. Hosted online by The Christian Science Monitor.


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The short fiction of a writer who helped to shape the course of American literature. With a determined commitment to the history of his native land, Nathaniel Hawthorne revealed, more incisively than any writer of his generation, the nature of a distinctly American consciousness. The pieces collected here deal with essentially American matters: the Puritan past, the Indians, the Revolution. But Hawthorne was highly - often wickedly - unorthodox in his account of life in early America, and his precisely constructed plots quickly engage the reader's imagination. Written in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s, these works are informed by themes that reappear in Hawthorne's longer works: The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance. And, as Michael J. Colacurcio points out in his excellent introduction, they are themes that are now deeply embedded in the American literary tradition.
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LIMERICK - A moment of silence was held by the Spring-Ford Area School Board at the start of Monday night's meeting in remembrance of longtime former board member Donna Williams.
Williams, 65, died Friday at Pottstown Memorial Center. She served on the school board between 1989 and 1997, then came back for a second round stretching from 2003 to 2011, serving as president for some of those years.
'Donna was a committed member of the community,' said current Board President Joe Ciresi, who served on the board with Williams for six years during her second term. 'We had our differences but that's part of the process. She passed and I'm sorry to see that. ... she served the community for a long time.'
In addition to the school board, Williams also was one of the original members of Limerick's open space committee, served as a member of the township's building committee and was on the board advising on the township comprehensive plan, according to her obituary.
She'd also been elected the municipal leader of the Limerick Township Republican Committee by its members.
A minute-long moment of silence was held following the Pledge of Allegiance at the outset of Monday's agenda.
'On behalf of the board, I'd like to pay our condolences to the Williams family,' Ciresi announced.
Following her final meeting as a board member, Williams explained why she spent so much time on the school board.
'Spring-Ford is all about kids,' said Williams. 'I have been very humbled and very blessed to serve with many board members, too many to count, and no matter what, I think the common core was that we are for the kids.'
'She was very, very concerned, very diligent. She put a lot of time in. She put a lot of time in in committees,' said Bernard Pettit, a current board member who also served with Williams throughout her second term. '(She was) very hard-working. She made the commitment for a very long time.'
In her retirement from the board, Williams said she planned to read more.
'I like Tolkien,' she said. 'I can read through him again and again.'
Williams, nee Carrig, is survived by her husband, William, her son, David Williams, her daughter, Kelly Hughes, and a granddaughter, Alexandra Williams.
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Learner Outcomes: At the completion of the course, the learner will be able to:1. Demonstrates basic technical skills that facilitate an optimal level of functioning for the client, recognizing individual, cultural, and religious diversity. (Disciplinary Learning)2. Provide personal care to clients. (Disciplinary Learning, Social and personal responsibility)
3. Identify psychosocial characteristics of all clients including persons with mental retardation, mental illness, dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and related disorders. (Disciplinary Learning)
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5. Demonstrate behaviors that maintain and respect client rights and promote clients' independence, regardless of race, religion, life-style, sexual preference, disease process, or ability to pay. (Social and personal responsibility)
6. Use effective communication skills in order to function as a member of the nursing team. (Literacy)
7. Use procedures and techniques to prevent the spread of microorganisms. (Disciplinary Learning, Social and personal responsibility)
8. Demonstrates the ability to identify and use safety and emergency procedures (Disciplinary Learning, Social and personal responsibility)
9. Deliver sensitive care to the dying patient and the family. (Social and personal responsibility)
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Share your iMovie project on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with your Mac using AirDrop, then import the project directly into Final Cut Pro X. Once in Final Cut Pro, you can do advanced editing, audio work, and additional finishing.
Share your iMovie for iOS project to your Mac
You can share your iMovie projects on your iOS device with your Mac using AirDrop. Before you try to share using AirDrop, make sure to set up your devices for AirDrop.
- In iMovie for iOS on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Projects at the top of the screen. If you don't see Projects at the top of the screen, tap Done until it appears.
- In the Project browser, tap the project you want to share.
- Tap the Share button, then tap the Mac you want to share the project with in the AirDrop section.
- On your Mac, click Accept. The project is saved in the Downloads folder on your Mac.
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- Create and select a new library, or select an existing library you want to import the project into.
- In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Import > iMovie iOS Projects.
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Compared with the peripheral capabilities of a pair of standard human eyeballs, most digital cameras with even the widest angle lenses are sadly lacking. Grand vistas lose more than a little in the translation to digital image but this software enables you to take several photos as you pan both vertically and horizontally around a scene, and then stitch the resulting images together into an altogether bigger and therefore higher-resolution picture.
There's a fully automatic stitching process available which works quite well most of the time, but for when things get a little tricky, as they often tend to do with panoramic images, the new version of Stitcher Express has a semiautomatic, manual and even a fearsome sounding 'forced' stitching mode to bring everything together with an excellent degree of precision. Extreme zoom can be applied in the preview mode to help you pinpoint areas in images that you want to join together.
Once an image is stitched, you can preview, check and then render your final panoramas into snapshot or cylindrical views, as well as complete 360x180-degree scrollable spheres in QuickTime VR format. A neat 3D interface provides for drag and drop simplicity, although rendering the final image can take several minutes to complete.
For larger sizes of images we found that our reasonably well equipped PC with 1Gb of memory ran out of steam altogether, with an 'out of memory' message being flashed up before the program quit completely, without even saving the current project first. So if you're planning to work on large projects, you'd better get a memory upgrade!
Several on-screen tutorials are included in order to help you to get to grips with the software, which is fast and precise for automatically or manually stitching images into a panorama. Previewing and rendering final images and QuickTime VR panoramas proved rather trickier and prone to error in our tests. It's advisable to upgrade your PC's memory first.


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RIPLEY - The art of tattooing has been practiced for many centuries in various cultures, particularly in Asia, and spread throughout the world.
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, tattoos were as much about self-expression as they were about having a unique way to identify a sailor's body should he be lost at sea.
Today, in America, the art form is still all about self-expression and individuality. Once a mark of blue-collar pride and rebellion against the system, more and more white-collar members of society are inking up. You may be surprised if you were to roll the sleeves of professionals across the country.
Reality television has certainly softened the perception of the art as tattoo artist are conveyed as passionate artists and not kings of a dark counter culture where the traditional values of the American family are challenged.
Tattoo artist Rich LeMay of Ripley's Church Street Tattoo Studio holds a bachelors degree in computer science but has forged a path that is most satisfying. He has seen the image of the industry change of the last decade and a half.
"Over the last 17 years, I think I have inked just about every walk of life. I think that speaks volumes about the public perception of people who have tattoos," said LeMay who proudly speaks of his children Jackson and Psyron.
When owners Mike Staats and Jennifer Steele-Staats decided to open their shop, they wanted to create a unique atmosphere that was more professional and accessible than other tattoo parlors.
"We had a vision for a business that was involved in the community and image conscious without losing our artistic identity," says Jennifer who is a West Virginia University graduate and spends her days as an Autism Specialist at Ripley High School.
Mike, who is as personable and friendly as his wife agrees and added, "We have children and we work hard and value family time like everyone else. We are just passionate about tattoos and art in general."
The couple, who have known each other since sixth grade, opened shop in June and has had positive feedback from the community.
"Mayor (Carolyn) Radar is very supportive and she came in and spent time talking with us after we opened the doors," said Jennifer.
The couple lives with Jennifer's children Isabella and Zander on their farm in the Sandyville/Leroy area of Jackson County. Mike is a Ravenswood High graduate and Jennifer was a Lady Viking of Ripley High.
While they may be traditional in some of their values, their taste in housing is like nothing else in the county.
"We are in the middle of a five year plan to build our own earth ship," says Jennifer.
An earthship house is made up of rammed earth and tires. The tires are stacked (staggered) like bricks. Each tire has earth pounded into them until firmly packed. Once the tires are packed, they are very difficult to move and form quite a dense wall. The walls are load bearing and provide thermal mass, which is an important attribute to any energy efficient house. Thermal mass stores heat and releases the heat slowly. This keeps indoor temperature constant while outside temperatures fluctuate. Once the walls are in place, the walls are quite often plastered over and appear very similar to an adobe style house.
"We acquire tires from various towing companies and we offer to remove tires from property around the county. We observe all of the laws in the storing of tires and their removal, said Mike.
While their new home is being built, they live in a house on their farm.
The shop is quite a site, as it is spacious and inviting with vibrant colors, a leather sofa and a reception desk where Jennifer does much of her paper work.
"We want people to be comfortable and have something to look at while they wait," adds Jennifer.
Mike also serves as an artist for the shop as does Tabitha Hudnall, a student at WVU Parkersburg who after an evening class reported to the shop for some scheduled work.
"My schedule is tight but we make it work. This is a great place to work and learn," she said.
Mike's room is equipped with a vintage parlor style tattoo chair and decorated in classic artwork and antique furniture and lamps.
Rich's work space is more modern and cutting edge. All of the artists use as much disposable equipment as possible and make cleanliness and sterilization top priority.
The shop boasts an autoclave, ultrasonic cleaner and an impressive dating system for virtually every moving part in the shop. The workspace is clean, organized and inviting to the customer.
"Working here feels like family. I can't say enough about the organization and attention to detail in this shop," said LeMay.
Justin Johnson of Specer sat in Rich's chair on this night and explained why he is a repeat customer.
"I trust Rich (LeMay). His work is amazing and my experience has been great."
Rich has self-published two books on sterilization and cross contamination. To this date, it has 550,000 downloads. The book can be downloaded at http://www.ebookl.com and many other online sources. The books in the shop filled with his personal artwork are tributes to his creativity when working up a mock-tattoo on paper for a customer.
LeMay's resume has brought in customers from as far away as California, Tennessee, Florida and Virginia who also seek his expertise on microdermal and transdermal piercings and implants.
"We are always amazed when someone flies to West Virginia and comes to Ripley for a Tattoo or piercing," said Jennifer.
"It is a testament to Rich's work."
You can visit the shop at 123 South Church Street or call 304-685-3363 for an appointment or consultation. Visit their Facebook page at http://facebook.com/churchstreettattoo. Watch Lemay at work in a video at www.jacksonnewspapers.com
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RIPLEY - The art of tattooing has been practiced for many centuries in various cultures, particularly in Asia, and spread throughout the world.


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In 1999, Margot Bentley, then in her late 60s, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The diagnosis horrified her. As a registered nurse, she had cared for Alzheimer's patients. She knew what awaited her.
She talked at length with her husband and children about the care she expected to receive. In 1991, she had made out a living will, and in it, she specified she was to receive "no nourishment or liquids" if there was "no reasonable expectation of recovery from extreme physical or mental disability."
She expected that, when the time came, her family would carry out her wishes.
In the early stages of the disease, her husband cared for her at home. That soon became impossible. About five years ago, she could no longer recognize members of her family or function normally. A couple of years after that, she was unable to speak. She had to be diapered.
Her family admitted her to a care home in Abbotsford. Her condition continued to decline.
She is now in a near-vegetative state — silent, slumped over, her eyes mostly closed. She can no longer talk or walk and must be hoisted in and out of bed.
"It's the very state," said her daughter, Katherine Hammond, "she desperately wanted to avoid."
Despite the instructions of her living will, Bentley continued to be fed at the care home.
Wrote Hammond in an email to me: "She is semi-conscious, vegetative and unresponsive, and is being kept alive by being 'force fed' (as defined by her doctor). My mom has the basic primal instinctive response called the 'rooting reflex' seen in newborn infants and severely brain damaged adults; when a spoon (or any other object) is pushed repeatedly against her lips, she will eventually open her mouth and then puréed food is scraped in and she eventually swallows."
About a year and a half ago, Hammond said, the family asked that the care home honour the stipulations of Bentley's living will. The family, she said, was led to believe that the care providers would follow the family's instruction.
But soon after that, in 2012, Hammond said, representatives of the Fraser Health Authority interceded — alerted possibly, Hammond suspects, by someone in the care home with religious or moral objections to ceasing Bentley's feeding regimen.
Bentley was then assessed for palliative care but was denied.
The family then reiterated their request that the stipulations in Bentley's living will be honoured by the care home. Representatives from both Fraser Health and the care home refused.
The family then asked she be moved to a care home that would honour her wishes, and Fraser Health refused again.
Finally, Hammond asked that her mother be allowed to be moved to her home, where she would hire palliative care nurses and, under the direction of her family doctor, be given end of life care. That would entail, Hammond said, comfort measures and pain relief, but no forced feeding.
At this, Fraser Health told the family that if they attempted to move Bentley, it would intercede and pursue guardianship through the Adult Guardianship Act. After getting a legal opinion, it began the process to wrest guardianship from the family.
Faced with this, the family relented. Hammond and her siblings maintain legal guardianship of their mother, but Bentley remains in the care home, and the family has reluctantly agreed to allow the feeding regimen to continue for one year, at the end of which her care will be re-evaluated.
To families like Bentley's, the wishes of living wills or a patient's advanced directives would seem straightforward.
But to the legal community, and especially the medical community, they aren't. While provincial jurisdictions like B.C. and Quebec are challenging the prohibition against euthanasia, passive or assisted suicide, the federal government is adamant they remain illegal under the Criminal Code.
And not only does the medical community grapple with the issue legally, it struggles with the ethics of it as well.
"I think these situations are very difficult," said Dr. Doris Barwich, Fraser Health Authority's program medical director for end of life care. "They're difficult for the families, they're difficult for the care providers, they're difficult for those who oversee or manage care. I think everyone's trying to do their best within the current legal framework, which basically is very clear that not providing the necessities of life is a contravention of the Criminal Code ... which stipulates that we are required to do so."
Barwich was asked what she felt personally about a situation where a patient, beforehand, requests to be allowed to die under certain circumstances.
"I don't feel that it is something a patient should be asking a health care professional to do. I think it basically violates the oath I took as a health care professional. And it's against the law."
But the medical community is by no means united on the issue.
Bentley's family physician, Dr. Andrew Edelson, feels differently. While he says he understands the legal stance Fraser Health Authority has had to take, it has done so at the expense of Bentley's rights.
"The legal aspect of it as seen by the Fraser Health Authority is at direct odds with the patient's choice and the family. Margot did not want to live in the condition she is. I think Margot's rights are being trampled on, and I think the family's rights are being trampled on. And the situation has got way out of hand."
Edelson, who said he did consider Bentley's care as forced feeding, said that there are physicians and care homes who will quietly accede to a patient's or family's wishes for end-of-life care.
"I know it happens," he said. "I have no doubt it happens frequently."
In Margot Bentley's case, it will not happen, caught as she is in the legal limbo between life and death.


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Issues that Matter to Community College Forums (2007-2008)
A series of day-long meetings with community college leaders to discuss a variety of topics that impact community colleges. MS Word (27K) | PDF (17K)
2007 Community College Virtual Summit
Clips and proceedings report from the summit. Issues discussed included 1) Two-to-Four Year Transitions, 2) Adult and Non-Traditional Students, 3) Accountability, and 4)Leadership.
Initiated by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, the symposium will bring together academics, practitioners, and policy experts to hear, discuss and learn about key issues related to student transitions.


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The City of Santa Clara Traffic Engineering Division offers multiple traffic cameras around Levi's® Stadium.
Traffic cameras provide an opportunity for drivers to make travel decisions based on road conditions. Knowing if there is congestion, an incident blocking the roadway, road closures, extreme weather or other condition can help you decide to forego travel or detour the area, making for an easier commute and safer roadways. Santa Clara Traffic cameras are currently available at the following locations:
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Similar to the Neglected Tropical Diseases (or NTDs) that plague developing nations, neglected infections of poverty exist in the United States and are impairing the physical, emotional and mental development of African American and Hispanic children nationwide. In the June 2008 edition of Public Library of Science' Neglected Tropical Diseases journal, Dr. Peter Hotez identifies these diseases of poverty and calls on policy makers to increase measures that would support national surveillance to fully understand (and treat) the impact of these infections.
In his article, Dr. Hotez outlines the diseases causing the most damage, including toxoplasmosis, which is most common in Mexican Americans and African Americans. If a mother becomes infected with toxoplasma, for example, during her pregnancy, the newborn infant is at risk for congenital toxoplasmosis, a syndrome that can include mental retardation, as well as vision and hearing loss. Other major infections Dr. Hotez highlights include: helminth (or worm) infections, strongyloidiasis, ascariasis, cysticercosis, intestinal protozoan infection trichomoniasis, and some zoonotic bacterial infections, including leptospirosis. Vector-borne infections such as Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, trench fever, and dengue fever, as well as the congenital infections cytomegalovirus (CMV), toxoplasmosis, and syphilis are also reviewed.
"Due to lack of knowledge and political will to study this problem, these diseases of poverty have been allowed to simply remain neglected….if these diseases were common among the wealthy in the suburbs we would never tolerate it," said Dr. Hotez.
Currently, there is a lack of data on exactly how pervasive these problems are and the need exists to increase surveillance. According to Dr. Hotez, people will continue to get sick unless politicians and scientists can determine which populations are at the greatest risk, assess the burden of the diseases already infecting people in the U.S. and identify a cost-effective public health solution.
Major news media outlets picked up this story, and detailed reports and interviews on this topic appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Reuters.
Read the full article, "Neglected Infections and Poverty in the United States of America."
Protecting Public Trust in Vaccines
While vaccination rates in the U.S. remain statistically high, there is a strong need to continue reinforcing the vast public health benefits proven over decades of vaccine development and use. To address growing concerns, Sabin focused its annual colloquium on "Protecting Public Trust in Immunizations." The meeting took place in late 2007, resulting in a special report for Pediatrics (July 2008). The follow-up report was assembled by the colloquium co-chairs Louis Z. Cooper, Heidi Jane Larson and Samuel L. Katz, and discusses what government, industry and non-profit groups can do to encourage public support of immunizations.
The report recommends investment in immunization-safety science, which includes research on the short- and long-term risks and benefits of vaccine combinations and timing of multiple vaccines. Other recommendations include emphasis being placed on effective communication within the vaccine community to ensure all aspects of the issue are presented to the public in a clear and reliable manner.
To read the full article, click here.
Fathering Autism - A Washington Post Exclusive
Over the last year or two, with the growing debate over vaccines - allegations they contain harmful ingredients including mercury, are given too frequently and even can lead to autism - a grassroots campaign has been growing among parenting groups, which are feverishly discussing who is at fault and debating whether or not to continue vaccinating their children. Recently, the issue has gained traction with actress Jenny McCarthy's interview on CNN , where she discussed her experience as a parent of an autistic child, and outlined the need for vaccine reform.
As a parent of an autistic child, leading vaccine expert and pediatrician, Dr. Peter Hotez couldn't disagree more. In an exclusive interview with Washington Post reporter, Shankar Vedantam, Dr. Hotez talked about the realities of parenting his autistic daughter, as well offering his professional perspective on the issue.
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Perhaps the best way to impress doctrine upon our hearts and minds is through the singing of songs. Therefore, we should think carefully about the lyrics of the hymns that we sing in our churches. Today, pick out a favorite ...Read More
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The relationship between young people and social media is often misjudged by adults, giving it names like frivolous and addictive. Author danah boyd debunks some of these conceived notions in her book.
Public spaces where you can hang out with friends, find new friends, and talk with them about concerning matters have always attracted teenagers. They don't want to do it in front of their parents or other authoritative figures. And social media happens to be the ideal platform for all these gatherings essential for human development. Social media helps them develop a sense of independence from parents and other adults. Image Courtesy: Getty
This kind of behavior doesn't go very well with parents. Adults are usually puzzled and sometimes appalled by the amount of time teens spend online and by what they seem to do there. A new book by danah boyd (she spells her name without capitals), is entitled It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens debunks some of the simplistic myths about teens and technology. These myths are quite popular in the media or are heard in conversations among adults. Image Courtesy: Getty
Sometimes, it's just a matter of perception. While adults may think that a computer or smartphone makes a teenager socially isolated, the reality could be that the teen is using that device to overcome social isolation imposed by adults. Social media often becomes mode of communication for teens with their friends which they can't do otherwise because of poor reach. Image Courtesy: Getty
Teens do enjoy social media so much that they lose track of time but it is not clear if the harm outweighs the gains. Adults usually blame technology for giving teens addictive qualities; but they forget to reflect that this addiction could be a result of their own behavior and social conditions that deprive adolescents of the freedom to meet in physical places, away from interfering adults. Image Courtesy: Getty
Adults don't like it when teenagers put information up on the internet that is supposed to be "private." But, according to the young ones, they used social media in order to achieve privacy. Parents worry about information getting seen by inquisitive eyes of strangers while teenagers want to keep it away from their parents' curious eyes. To support this statement, boyd writes in her book, "In 2012, when I asked teens who were early adopters of Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram why they prefer these services to Facebook, I heard a near-uniform response: 'Because my parents don't know about it." Image Courtesy: Getty
Boyd and her colleagues did a nationwide survey where they found that 93 percent of parents were concerned that their child might meet a stranger online who would hurt them. These parents expressed fear against "sexual predators," "child molesters," "pedophiles," and "sex offenders" who might contact their child through their online participation. The fact is, child molestation is far more likely to be committed by people who are well known to the child, such as relatives, trusted family friends, priests, and teachers, than by strangers. Image Courtesy: Getty
There have been some tragic cases of cyberbullying or online bullying as we call it but their frequency isn't as high as parents of teens think of it to be. According to boyd and the teens she interviewed, there is lots of teasing on line, lots of crude language, and lots of what teens call drama and pranking, but not a great deal of noxious bullying. In fact, she found that teens consistently reported greater distress from bullying at school, in person, than from bullying online. Image Courtesy: Getty
Every time parents snoop on their teenagers, every time they ban another activity reasoning it to "for your own good," every time they limit their access to public spaces, they send the message "we don't trust you." Teens are not completely mature; they make mistakes; sometimes the mistakes outrun the maturity. But they must be allowed to make mistakes, because that is how they grow up. Image Courtesy: Getty
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Puck lights are small fixtures that can be recessed into the cabinet or mounted on surfaces. WAC Lighting also offers a line of miniature recessed lighting that gives you the ability to recess a fixture right into the top of a cabinet or a shelving system. Puck lights are a very popular and minimalist way to light your countertops.
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WAC Lighting linear tracks are limited to a run of 20 feet on a 12 volt system. The maximum wattage per run is capped at 240 watts. When purchasing fixtures, keep this maximum wattage in mind.
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Both puck lights and miniature recessed lights require a class 2 transformer, which is limited to 60 watts per output. Generally mini-recessed and puck lights use 20 watt bulbs, therefore you would be limited to three fixtures. However, WAC Lighting has created transformers that allow for multiple outputs on a single transformer, making the number of fixtures you may use as high as 300 watts (15 fixtures). With the LED puck lights, a special driver is required which can power from one to four fixtures at the same time.
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InvisiLED tape light requires only two basic components to operate: a transformer and the LED tape itself. You also have the choice to add joiner cables, connectors and mounting clips to customize your layout.


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The Farm Wife Mystery School
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Put yourself on the path to independent, conscious living by reclaiming the lost skills and healing arts of the traditional farm wife. In the old days, the farm wife knew how to grow, preserve, cook, nourish and heal her family. She could take a small leaf from the garden and turn it into a healing salve, or preserve it for a winter's meal. Wouldn't it be great if there was one fun series of classes that could teach you all this and more?
It's the perfect sunny day just begging for a family outing with friends. You grab your picnic basket and load it up with odds and ends from your personal pantry: bits of cheeses, some membrillo, subtly spiced sausage, canned fish, pickled asparagus, crusty bread, dried fruits and kombucha. Your friends pull out their standard grocery store fare and marvel at your lovely spread, every bit of which you made yourself in season from your local foodshed. "How did you find the time or even know how to do all this, and how can you afford it?" they ask, enviously. You smile humbly. "Oh, I have some farm wife friends who made it easy," you answer, keeping the mystery alive.
If this sounds like a scenario you can imagine yourself in then Nelly, are you in luck. Patti and Annette, farm wife extraordinaires, are offering for the first time ever a year-long course designed to put you on the path to farm wife independence and style.
The Farm Wife Mystery School is the premier 21st century guide to practical home arts that will help you reclaim that old time wisdom of traditional homemaking.
How many times have you wished for the knowledge and courage to plant, grow and use forgotten herbs like horehound, feverfew, valerian, and chamomile? How to clean your home with pantry items instead of caustic agents, estrogen disruptors and carcinogens? How to eat like a king while spending like a peasant?
Gain the know-how to fearlessly:
can, cellar, and dehydrate
ferment vegetables, dairy and kombucha
cure meat
make cheese, yogurt, kefir, and other cultured dairy delights
grind, soak and bake grains
turn those mystery parts the butcher offered you into free yet deeply nourishing meals
make tinctures, salves and compresses to create your own home apothecary
forage for food and medicinals
plan and plant a kitchen garden along with basic seed saving skills
master simple home nursing skills
develop your own line of homemade body care products
employ natural, effective cleaning techniques and products
bring back frugal like it's 1938
This class will fill in gaps and provide the hands-on knowledge you just can't find online. Farm wives Patti and Annette will invite you into their kitchens and guide you through the material like only old friends and farm wives can do.
It's January and your wee ones have coughs, ear aches and sore throats Do you know how to turn plants from your medicinal and tea garden (along with a few simple pantry staples) into herbal healing solutions? Patti and Annette will share that old fashioned know-how.
It's March and the days are getting longer. Do you know which seeds to start when, and how to ready your garden? Patti and Annette do.
It's June and the flowers and herbs in your garden are blooming and lush. Do you know what time of day is best to pick them so they will be at peak healing powers? The first fruits of summer are coming in – do you know when to look for things so that you don't miss out? Annette's calendar of when things ripen will come in handy.
It's September and summer's sweet produce is fleeting. How do you know if you have enough of everything to last all year? How can you possibly juggle all those pots, boxes, baskets and canning jars? Can you even find your kitchen counter?
Learn to plan, prioritize, and tackle the most important things your family needs, Patti's secret to slowly reducing fruits into delectable butters without a stove burner, and non-canning methods of preserving produce. Gain the courage and organization you need to plow through September without melting into a puddle of tomato sauce. Patti and Annette know how, and you can too.
One Course to Gain the Skills You Need!
The Farm Wife Mystery School is a comprehensive course packed chock-full of skills sure to amaze your friends and family and improve the quality of your diet and life. Patti and Annette will help you build that all-important farm wife support network of friends who also crave a life out of the norm. As part of each class, there will be time to share collective experiences (both frustrations and joys) as you integrate these skills into your family life, along with a good dose of practice so it soon feels old-hat.
Patti and Annette will pack each monthly lesson chock-full of skill building while helping you explore how to bring the natural expression of the Earth's seasons into your home in simple, yet beautiful ways. They will show you how to add healthy self-care to the hectic pace of your modern family, and how all this knowledge works together to reduce your financial burden and footprint on the planet.
You will leave each class with serious skills and goodies to share with your family or friends. It might be a jar of berry jam to top homemade ice cream, sauerkraut for your home corned beef Reubens, kefir to boost your energy, herbal tea mix for sore throats, soothing bath salts that detox, or some other new favorite thing.
The mystery will be how you ever managed to live without this class.
The Details
When: The Farm Wife Mystery School is a hands-on, participatory class that meets one Sunday a month from October 2015 to June 2016, from 10 am to 4 pm
Where: Class location will rotate between Patti and Annette's two farms in Snoqualmie and Carnation
Cost: $1500 plus a $300 supply fee that will cover all ingredients for the year
Questions??? Contact Patti Pitcher at (425) 765-2375 or email email@example.com
Who? Adult and mature teen aspiring farm wives of all genders
To Register: Send a non-refundable $300 deposit to made out to Patti Pitcher 39819 SE 60th St Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Who are Patti and Annette? Instructors Patti and Annette are friends who have spent years unraveling the mysteries of traditional homemaking in a modern world. They both live on small farms of their own with larders full of things they have grown and preserved.
Patti Pitcher is the mother of four now grown children (ages 34-20). Since she was a teenager, she's been actively studying and practicing traditional home arts and herbalism. She lives on a small farm in Snoqualmie where she grows, preserves and cooks as much of her family's food as she can. On her farm there are orchards, berries, herbs, vegetable gardens, bees, cows, goats, chickens, turkeys, ducks and sometimes lambs. Her house is filled with various pots brewing and projects needing finishing. Always interested in trying something new, she loves learning, experimenting and concocting with plants and food and she loves sharing what she knows. She teaches practical home arts classes with Sound Circle Center in Seattle. In addition, she co-authored Under The Chinaberry Tree: Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parenting, Random House 2003.
Annette Cottrell is the mother of two active and curious boys (ages 9 and 12) who pine for sugared cereal and candy. She lives on a small and heavily wooded permaculture farm in progress just outside of Carnation with hugel orchards, silvo-pastures, a large and increasingly perennial vegetable garden, medicinal and tea garden, bees, turkeys, dairy goats, chickens, and rabbits. She breeds Black Copper and Cuckoo Marans (fine French table and dark egg laying chickens,) and Mini Nubian dairy goats that provide high yielding, flavorful cheeses and tasty fluid milk. Annette teaches various farm life classes through the WSU Winter School program, around the Seattle area, and out of her own farm kitchen. She masterminded and co-authored The Urban Farm Handbook: City-Slicker Resources for Growing, Raising, Sourcing, Trading and Preparing What You Eat, Skipstone 2011.


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The fight card for BAMMA 7 is taking shape, and two solid fights have been tapped co-headliners.
The Sept. 10 event features a middleweight title fight between champion Tom Watson (14-4) and UFC vet Frank Trigg (21-8), and Joey Villasenor (27-8-1) drops a weight class to fight welterweight Che Mills (13-4).
The event takes place at The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. North American broadcast/streaming plans have not been announced.
As part of today's announcement, officials stated they booked the headliner because of fan interest.
"Watson said he was open to fighting Trigg if the fans were interested in the match-up, and the fans were definitely interested," BAMMA executive Liam Fisher stated. "The fans wanted it, so we made it happen. After Trigg's impressive performance against John Phillips and Tom sending 'Ninja' Rua into retirement, this is going to be a very interesting fight to watch."
Watson became the first BAMMA 185-pound champ with a victory over Matt Horwich, and he's since defended the belt with victories over Alex Reid and Rua. Now 10-1 over his past 11 fights, Watson puts the belt on the line against Trigg, a two-time UFC title challenger who briefly considered retirement following his latest UFC release. However, the PRIDE/Strikeforce vet opted to keep fighting and since has scored TKO victories over Roy Neeman at Israel FC 1 and Phillips at BAMMA 6.
Villasenor, a recent Strikeforce and Shark Fights fighter, looks to snap a three-fight winless streak when he drops a weight class to fight Mills, a British fighter who's won four straight fights and 12 of his past 14.
Additional BAMMA 7 bouts include lightweight champ Rob Sinclair (10-2) vs. Leonardo Santos (9-3), "The Ultimate Fighter 8" winner Efrain Escudero (15-3) vs. Tim Radcliffe (11-4), and Matt Ewin (22-9-1) vs. Valentino Petrescu (11-2).
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