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[Yesterday, activists held a protest in Washington DC against the FBI's efforts to compel Apple to help break the encryption of an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. MCCRC supported the demonstration with email alerts, and BORDC/DDF Executive Director and MCCRC activist Sue Udry was there and made these remarks, crossposted from the BORDC/DDF web site: FBI is Shamelessly Exploiting Islamophobia and Fear of Terrorism To Gain Encryption Backdoor]
A magistrate judge, an Apple employee, and an FBI agent walk into a bar…..
Actually, only the Apple employee walks in. You know why?
Because the bar didn't have a back door.
And, actually, because the FBI is too busy spinning this story to go drinking.
This week, FBI Director James Comey told us he wants into this iPhone because "the FBI simply must do all we can under the law to investigate"… what he really meant is that they must do all they can to leave no fear unexploited.
Because that is what the FBI is doing: simultaneously pandering to, exploiting and breeding Islamophobia to get what they want, a crow bar to get into our devices.
The only way you don't see this is if you ignore the entire history of the FBI.
Like if you go watch Mississippi Burning and you think, wow, that FBI, what civil rights heroes they are.
Just think about all the ways the FBI can pry into our lives: they can use National Security Letters to demand our phone and bank records, scoop up our metadata under the USA Freedom Act, they can use Stingrays, ALPRs, get anything off the cloud, and of course, they can ransack our homes and offices. Without a warrant, without even suspicion of any wrongdoing, FBI agents can infiltrate a social movement like Occupy or Black Lives Matter, they can send a paid informant to pose as a Muslim to join a mosque, befriend and even seduce members in an attempt to entrap them in a fake terror plot, they can dig through our trash, question our friends, co-workers and bosses about us.
Our lives, our thoughts, our relations, are an open book for the FBI. never before have they had access to so much information about so many innocent people. And they are not above using it to harass and repress members of minority groups or groups whose politics they don't like.
Ask Martin Luther King, ask Fred Hampton, ask Black Lives Matter, Occupy, Environmentalists, peace activists, animal rights activists or any Muslim, south Asian or Arab person in this country what it feels like to be targeted by the FBI for doing nothing illegal.
The FBI can't have access to every millimeter of our lives, because they screw us when they do.

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Information for the Commission on a Way Forward
An Overview of the Commission Recommendations
One Church Plan
- Removes restrictive language in the Book of Discipline
- Outlines pension responsibility for churches who cannot abide by these changes
- Leaves it to BOM [The Board of Ordained Ministry: this is the body within each annual conference responsible for determining the readiness of persons for commissioned and ordained ministry.] and clergy session on ordination of LGBT persons
- Allows each congregation to decide about allowing same-sex weddings to take place in local churches. That decision would be made in a church conference.
- Allows for clergy to marry all couples they deem fit, no one is forced to preside at a same-sex wedding
- Defines marriage in the Social Principles as "between two people"
- Inserts new wording into the "Our Theological Task" section of the Discipline, ¶105 stating that we are in disagreement as a denomination regarding human sexuality
- Allows for ministry to continue as it currently is at all levels of the church
- Makes clear that Central Conferences have adaptability regarding ordination and what weddings they will/will not perform
Connectional Conference Plan
- Requires a number of constitutional amendments
- Would take until 2025 to fully implement
- Abolishes the Jurisdictional Conferences in the US and creates three new Connectional Conferences
- Three new Connectional Conferences are established based on beliefs on human sexuality: Traditional, Both/And, Full Inclusion
- Central Conferences are renamed Connectional Conferences and have the option to join one of the newly formed Connectional Conferences in the US
- Placement in the US into the newly formed Connectional Conferences begins with a Jurisdictional Conference vote and works down, all the way to local churches and individual clergy
- A global Book of Discipline is established, with each Connectional Conference being able to supplement with their own unique Discipline
Traditional Plan
- Maintains the Book of Discipline "as is" while adding additional, clearer language regarding accountability.
- Outlines procedure for the Council of Bishops to hold their membership accountable to upholding the Discipline in its fullness regarding self-avowed practicing homosexuals
- Adds multiple layers of accountability and enforcement for clergy candidates and BOM's for enforcing the Discipline regarding the ordination of "self-avowed practicing homosexuals"
- Inserts minimum punishments for clergy persons convicted of performing same-sex weddings
- Develops extensive "Gracious Exit" plans for both annual conferences and groups of 50 or more churches to leave the denomination, circumventing existing exit policy in the Discipline
The Path to the Present
In 1968, The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church united to become the denomination we are a part of today, The United Methodist Church.
Until this point, there was no mention of homosexuality in either Discipline, no prohibitions on same-sex marriage, and no mention of the ordination of "self-avowed practicing homosexuals."
At the 1972 General Conference, a committee developing the new Social Principles for the UM Church included in it's report this statement:
"We declare our acceptance of homosexuals as persons of sacred worth, and we welcome them into the fellowship of the church. Further, we insist that society ensure their human and civil rights."
Following debate, this was added to the statement:
"though we do not condone the practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible with Christian teaching."
Since 1972, there has been significant disagreement regarding homosexuality and how to be in ministry with LGBTQ persons at each General Conference held every four years. In 2016, General Conference was in a similar place: embattled and stuck, with a split of the denomination possible. During the second week of General Conference, the body voted to table all legislation dealing with human sexuality, and instead, ask the bishops to lead the denomination on this matter. A commission was formed to devise a "Way Forward" for The United Methodist Church and this commission delivered its report to the Bishops in July.
A called session of the General Conference is scheduled for February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri where delegates will receive each of these plans and deliberate as to how the church is to move forward. All legislation submitted to General Conference is open to amendment by the body. The final outcome of the 2019 General Conference may be the passing of some version of one or more of these plans, or possibly no action at all. We simply do not know what the final outcome of the 2019 General Conference will be.
What does all of this mean for FUMCA?
As in most churches, members of FUMCA hold diverse positions regarding human sexuality and, especially, regarding ministry with and by LGBTQ people. Consequently, we cannot make "agreement" on these issues be the driving force of our life together as the followers of Jesus. Something bigger than a single issue must be the center of our life and the guiding force of our decisions.
Our life together centers on God's claim on our lives as beloved children of God and God's call to live as the followers of Jesus, faithfully living the ways of the Kingdom of God that Jesus taught and lived. The New Testament language for this center is "Jesus is Lord!" As the followers of Jesus, our commitment is to grow in and live out of the ways of the Kingdom, loving others in Jesus' name. Our purpose is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. If we are to be faithful, our commitment and our purpose must guide our response to these issues and the decisions that will be made regarding them.
Ultimately, on February 27, 2019, regardless of the action of the General Conference, we will still be FUMCA. Our commitment and purpose will not change. We will continue to seek to be faithful in our own discipleship as we love others into becoming disciples, too. In the season after the 2019 General Conference there will be decisions to be made and possible changes to be put in place.
The following are some possible effects if one of the above plans is to be passed in its entirety by the General Conference.
The One Church Plan: If the One Church Plan were to pass, a Church Conference will be held to determine if our facilities will be available for a same sex wedding. A Church Conference is a meeting in which the entire membership of the church is allowed to vote. A change in building use policy requires a 51% majority. It is possible that an openly gay or lesbian married person could be appointed to serve FUMCA sometime in the future.
The Connectional Conference Plan: This plan has an incredibly slim chance of passing the General Conference. If the Connectional Conference Plan were to pass, FUMCA would choose to become aligned with one of the newly formed Connectional Conferences. Those Conferences are aligned around theological positions, not geography.
The Traditional Plan: The primary impact of the Traditional Plan will be on clergy and LGBTQ individuals. Clergy would have to decide about their alignment with and participation in a denomination with prohibitions on same-sex marriage and the ordination of openly gay and lesbian persons. LGBTQ individuals would have to decide if they would participate in a denomination that views their sexual orientation and lifestyle as incompatible with scripture. Ultimately, individual members would also have to decide if they would participate in a denomination with this stance.
Moving Forward
Between now and the special session of General Conference in February 2019, we invite the congregation to a time of prayer, discernment, and conversation regarding these issues. Underlying these conversations are several key questions. What is the distinguishing mark(s) of a follower of Jesus? How does scripture inform our position? How we are to be in ministry with LGBTQ people? Who are we to be as the people of FUMCA?
More Information & Resources
Here are some links to resources related to the Commission on a Way Forward.
- Commission on a Way Forward's Report to the General Conference
- "Executive Summary of the Way Forward Report" from The Texas Annual Conference Website
- "Analyses of the Way Forward Report and Plans" by Bishop Scott Jones
- The "Sugar Packets" Talk by Rev. Tom Berlin
- Commission on a Way Forward information from UMC.org
- News and Updates on the Commission from UMC.org
- General News & Statements from the Council of Bishops
- Central Texas Conference website
- Living Faithfully: Human Sexuality and The United Methodist Church; A Four-Week Small Group Study. Abingdon Press: Nashville, 2017. IBSN 978-1-5018-59779


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Pam Brown, Curator, Pacific Northwest
Areas of Expertise
Pam Brown's curatorial work focuses on First Nations communities on the Pacific Northwest Coast in British Columbia. Her specific responsibilities include MOA's Heiltsuk, Wuikinuxv, Tahltan, Tlingit, Ktunaxa and Tsimshian (with Jennifer Kramer) collections. Pam has directed the Native Youth Program since 1994, a summer program that engages six urban First Nations high school students each year in a two-way exchange of knowledge and skills relating to their culture and traditions.
Research Interests
Pam's research interests include material culture, urban Aboriginal art and issues, oral history, collaborative research, community exhibitions and Aboriginal internships.


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As we walked into the first floor of Powerplant Mall we were serenaded by cool jazz music. It didn't sound tinny or canned. We followed the source of the sound; peering over the glass dividers to the basement floor, we saw a four-piece band.
They played impeccably, effortlessly, reminding me why Filipino musicians are in demand all over the world, in lounges and bars, on cruise ships and stages, entertaining people with their talent .
After their set, I clapped. The saxophonist heard me, looked up, and smiled.
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I love public music where ever it is. In New York City you find it often in the subway system. My favorite experience there was coming across someone playing a theremin. Talk about the unexpected!
Hi Jenny! It's rare to see these jazz quartets. I am a fan of mainstream jazz. One place to see jazz jamming is at Ten02 bar at Sct Ybardolaza cor Timog, QC on Mondays. Unfortunately, I think that's too far from where you work. Ingat palagi!h
I bet you sweetly remembered a drumbeater.
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Another novelty and the game "Crabman.io" will please the meeting with the cute-looking crab. This multiplayer is created in the style of the legendary Pakman, which in our case was transformed into crab. The difference from the famous arcade is that now you have to fight with real players online, and not with conventional opponents.
It is necessary to move your ward through the labyrinth, while collecting stars and shrimps. If the first increase the speed, then the following simply add points. Motion control using the keyboard arrows. For the attack, use the Z key, press the X key, apply to activate the shield, the space is the acceleration. The game "Crabman.io" is an opportunity to play with gamers around the world in a retro game that is experiencing a rebirth.


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Buccaneers return to the top flight of club rugby in Ireland, hosting Lansdowne in the opening round of this season's Ulster Bank League division 1A at Dubarry Park, Athlone, on Saturday (2.30 pm ).
Although a massive step-up for the midlanders, they will be looking to build on their superb campaign last year when they won 15 of their 18 games.
With a new coaching team of Darin Classen and Mike McCarthy, and captained by former Connacht and Ireland Sevens player Shane Layden, Buccaneers have already won the Connacht Senior League and Cup double.
Although a youthful squad, there is an abundance of promise. Outhalf Alan Gaughan has developed in recent seasons, Callum Boland, Luke Carty and Rory O'Connor are exciting and versatile backs, while Conor McKeon and Frankie Hopkins vie for the scrumhalf role.
Up front the club has been boosted with the return of Cian Romaine and Conor Kenny, in addition to new recruits, New Zealander Dan Law and Connacht's Peter Claffey and Conan O'Donnell, and recent Ireland U20 captain Paul Boyle from Lansdowne, who join Martin Staunton, John Sutton and young Simon Meagher.
Connacht and Ireland Sevens player Jordan Conroy, who was last year's leading try scorer, is ruled out through injury, as is Mata Fifita.
Lansdowne had a trio of ex-Buccs in their ranks last season. Lock Josh O'Rourke (sometimes undervalued during his sojourn at Dubarry Park ), prop Jacob Walshe and versatile back Charlie McMickan were all regulars until the latter sustained a cruciate injury that rules him out of Saturday's joust. Other key players for the Dublin club could be outhalf Scott Deasy, No 8 Willie Earle and tighthead prop Ian Prendeville.
Lansdowne have been highly successful and consistent in recent seasons, winning the AIL title in 2012/13 and 2014/15. They finished top of the table last season, but were knocked out in the play-offs.
Coached by the experienced Mike Ruddock, Lansdowne are once again among title favourites, but Buccaneeers will be looking to hit the ground running.
Lansdowne pre-match
Mick Grogan is the guest speaker for the pre-match event in The Bounty prior to Saturday's match against Lansdowne. It includes a three-course meal with wine, free admission to a seat in the stand, and 100-page souvenir programme. For more information contact Geraldine 0861732711 or Pat Hynes 0876883833.


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The Biewer Terrier is an offshoot of the Yorkshire terrier dog. There are some theories that different breeds may have been used in developing this breed, but one thing is very clear: The Biewer Terrier is strong in the bloodlines.
After some
research on the internet , I found out that the main person who was credited with this off-shoot of the Yorkie also was known for breeding Shih Tzu dogs…And because of this, many jump to the conclusion that Shih Tzu were mixed into the bloodlines along
the line. Many disagree with this theory, as the coloring would be off….With a Shih Tzu brought in, that 1st generation puppy (the offspring) would not be tri-banded (colored) unless the Yorkie also happened to carry the genes for that…and the
chances are slim.
However, with this being said, the coat of the Biewer is softer, more akin to that of a Shih Tzu…and this does bring one to think about the possibility.
Another theory is that the pure white Maltese plays a role in the development of the Biewer.
The only way to put theories to rest would be a DNA test from the first original Biewer Yorkshire Terrier,but it is too late for this
Mr. Biewer spent 5 years selectively breeding his dogs until he was able to establish and breed—true to a unique standard—the Biewer breed. The dogs were then registered as Biewer Yorkshire Terrier a la Pom Pon.
In 1989, when Mr. Biewer signed the standard for this wonderful new breed, it was that of the Yorkshire Terrier with the coloring being White-Blue-Gold. Mr. Biewer was not a man of many words, so the standard was short and brief. Mr. and Mrs. Biewer kept a close reign on the Biewer breeding programs in Germany, so their quality breeding dogs were hard to come by and quite costly. Mr. Biewer died in 1997, and his wife Gertrud Biewer discontinued their breeding program shortly thereafter.
Our Kennel is proud to be taking an active part in the development of this remarkable new breed.
History of the Yorkshire Terrier
The Yorkshire Terrier originated in Yorkshire and the adjoining lancashire, a rugged region in northern England. In the mid-nineteenth
century, workers from Scotland came to Yorkshire in search of work and brought with them several different varieties of small terriers. Breeding of the Yorkshire terrier was "principally accomplished by the people--mostly operatives in cotton and woolen mills--in
the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Details are scarce. Mrs. A. Foster is quoted as saying in 1886, "If we consider that the mill operatives who originated the breed...were nearly all ignorant men, unaccustomed to imparting information for public
use, we may see some reason why reliable facts have not been easily attained.
What is known is that the
breed sprang from three different dogs, a male named Old Crab and a female named Kitty, and another female whose name is not known.The Paisley Terrier, a smaller version
of the Skye Terrier that was bred for a beautiful long silky coat, also figured into the early dogs. Some authorities believed that the Maltese was used as well. "They
were all originally bred from Scotch terriers (note: meaning dogs from Scotland, not today's Scottish Terrier) and shown as such...the name Yorkshire Terrier was given to them on account of their being improved so much in Yorkshire. Yorkshire Terriers
were shown in a dog show category (class) at the time called "Rough and Broken-coated, Broken-haired Scotch and Yorkshire Terriers". Hugh Dalziel, writing in 1878, says that "the classification of these dogs at shows and in the Kennel Club Stud Book is confusing
and absurd" in lumping together these different types.
the early days of the breed, "almost anything in the shape of a Terrier having a long coat with blue on the body and fawn or silver coloured head and legs, with tail docked and ears trimmed, was received and admired as a Yorkshire Terrier" But in the
late 1860s, a popular Paisley type Yorkshire Terrier showdog named Huddersfield Ben, owned by a woman living in Yorkshire, Mary Ann Foster, was seen at dog shows throughout
Great Britain, and defined the breed type for the Yorkshire Terrier.
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This strange grub gurgles as you approach, its mouth bubbling with caustic saliva.
Nailhead, Larva (CR 1/8)
N Tiny vermin
Init -1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 11 (-1 Dex, +2 size)
hp 5 (1d8+1)
Fort +3, Ref -1, Will +0
Speed 10 ft.
Melee head butt -1 (1d3-3)
Space 2½ ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks digestive acid
Str 5, Dex 8, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2
Base Atk +0; CMB -3; CMD 4 (can't be tripped)
Skills Acrobatics -1 (-9 to jump)
SQ screech
Special Abilities
Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Digestive Acid (1/day) (Ex) A nailhead can spit a glob of its highly corrosive digestive acid up to 10 feet as a standard action. This is a ranged touch attack with no range increment. Creatures struck by this attack take no damage, but the acid deals 1d6 points of acid damage per round to any metallic armor worn by the target. If desired, the target can use a full-round action to wipe off the acid to prevent additional damage.
If the acid reduces the armour's hit points to zero, it disintegrates into a foul smelling ooze. This ooze serves as a food source for the nailhead, nourishing it and allowing it to build upon its carapace.
Screech (Ex) When put into danger, a nailhead larva will release a high-pitched scream. Although barely audible to most humanoids, any nailhead without 120ft can clearly hear the noise and will attempt seek out its source.
Environment underground
Organization brood (10–50 larva and 1 queen)
Treasure incidental
Nailheads are small anthropods that reside in mines and other caves that are rich in ore. In their natural form, nailheads have soft limbless bodies, resembling oversized silk worms, and pose no threat to adventurers. However, if allowed near any sort of metal, nailheads are capable of ingesting the material and excreting it as metallic silk. The silk has the same qualities of whatever metal was ingested and can be spun into webs and other constructs. Nailheads specifically use this material to craft durable exoskeletons for themselves, complete with their eponymous large spiked horns. Nailheads become aggressive and territorial when armoured in such a manner and can pose a major threat to unprepared adventurers – especially if they've been feasting on particularly remarkable ore.
In their larval form, nailheads are extremely fragile. As they feed, they slowly grow and begin to form a metallic shell around themselves. Their trademark horn is the last element of their carapace to take shape, at which point the larva becomes a full fledged nailhead and takes on duties within the colony.


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Never one to call attention to myself, I've mentioned my national tour of a few years ago in "Split Ends: The Tammy Wynette Story" only once before, here.
Astonishingly, like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream, my one-woman theatrical triumph has washed ashore like a misty watercolor memory to reclaim my heart!
Late last year I was contacted by Melbourne's "The Production Company" and legendary director Nancye Hayes about reprising my show in Australia – and from there throughout South America, Johannesburg, parts of India, and Japan.
Of course, Virginia Wynette Pugh's rags-to-riches-to-ruin story plucks universal heartstrings, especially as showcased by me. From her earliest days at beauty school till her untimely death at 55, she always maintained her cosmetology license ("Just in case –") and never forgot her roots.
My acclaimed New York concerts and my national reviews were an apex for me. In fact they led Nancye to invite me on this revival tour and I'm thrilled.
"Must be seen to be believed!" – New York Times
"Appallingly sad!" – Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Lip-synching plumbs new depths in tragic Tammy's trajectory!" – Christian Science Monitor
It looks like the money's going to work out so, assuming it does, I want my Razorbabies to know that though I'll be gone for awhile I know that I'll be smilin' with my babies by-and-by . . . and by . . . with my BABIES . . . by and by!


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Limited Edition (250)
Size: A1 841mm x 594mm
£275 – artwork
£435 – framed
Collection from:
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35 Thurloe Street, Kensington,
London SW7 2LQ
Want to go people watching? Then take a wander through the winding streets of New Delhi and you will see middle-class Indians rubbing shoulders with migrant labourers. 21,000,000 people from all walks of life, working together to make New Delhi one of the most dynamic and attractive cities on earth, even the street dogs are cute. It has some of the best street food stalls, hand-crafts markets and festivals anywhere, so whatever you do, don't leave town without visiting them.
Oh, and there's a little attraction down the road (you may have heard of it), that if you didn't visit, then it would be something that you would regret for the rest of your life. It's called The Taj Mahal and yes it is stunning at anytime of the day or night. But remember there are other ancient monuments and temples in town too, go and visit them as well, because everything in New Delhi is awesome.
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Observations of Sicily
Observations/Thoughts on Sicily: • Sicilians often don't speak English. • People take siesta like Spanish, such that the city is DEAD between 2-5 p.m. but CROWDED afterwards. It's been over a year and still, this phenomenon amazes me. • Crazy … Continue reading
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La Scuola Adotta la Città
La scuola adotta la città, literally "the school adopts the city," is a program in Palermo since 1994, where students research on certain monuments/sites of the city and then give out tours to the public. This year, 102 schools and … Continue reading
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During the last five minutes of a Chronicle editorial board meeting with Bernie Sanders, I asked the Vermont Senator if he had thought about how he would use the president's pardon power. His answer was: "A little bit. We have too many people in jail."
Sanders added that many inmates "are disproportionately African American." He mentioned an Iowa event at which two ex-offenders appeared. He saw a need to focus on "how we get people out of jail who are not going to be violent. I know that it's easier said than done."
When I followed up with a mention of turmoil in the Department of Justice and President Obama's slow road to issue commutations, Sanders added "The issue is above and beyond commutations. The issue is how we reduce our prison population. The more profound issue is how do we make sure that young people do not end up in jail."
In short, in this insanely chaotic campaign season, Sanders has not given much thought to presidential pardons.
I understand. He's busy. So let me take this opportunity to put in a good word for a near-absolute power granted to the president in the U.S. Constitution. Congress cannot override the president's pardons (for federal offenders who have served their sentences and seek forgiveness for their crimes) or commutations (for inmates still serving their sentences for federal crimes.) In his second term, Obama has stepped up commutations, but not pardons.
George W. Bush wrote that as a president leaves office, he is crushed with requests for pardons and commutations. In his memoir "Decision Points," Bush wrote that he advised Obama on Inauguration Day: "Announce a pardon policy early on, and stick to it." Obama did not take that advice. Bill Clinton famously issued a spate of commutations to cronies and other undeserving recipients on his way out the door. Arnold Schwarzenegger got tripped up with the power in California during his last hours as governor. I appreciate how busy Sanders is, but he should bone up on a power so unfettered it can get a president in a world of hot water.


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Wauter Mannaert (b. 1978) graduated as a master in animation film at Sint-Lukas Brussels in 2002. He currently works as a graphic novelist, illustrator and cartoonist in Brussels. After his studies and before turning towards comics, he specialized in media education and worked for years as a youth worker in one of Brussels' most deprived neighbourhoods.


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Choose Your Own (Summer) Adventure
As camp-kids through and through, we are constantly amazed at how today's teens can spend their summers. Some of them, like we did, "live ten months for two" to escape to their home away from home. But a new type of teen is emerging, one who is both thrill-seeking and knowledge-hungry, eager to explore an interest or passion, to volunteer, or just to find a space to escape from it all.
In a recent survey conducted by Rosov Consulting of the New York Teen Initiative incubator programs, 75% of teens said they were looking for summer experiences that sounded like fun. That may not be surprising. But 63% of teens expressed that they actually wanted to learn something from the program. Jewish program providers have become savvy to this new type of teen and their need for something more beyond the "conventional" summer experience. A plethora of trendy, contemporary, and diverse programs have emerged as a result.
For six weeks last summer, we hopped between the 10 programs incubated by the New York Teen Initiative. The New York Teen Initiative is jointly funded by UJA-Federation of New York and the Jim Joseph Foundation, and operated by The Jewish Education Project with a goal of increasing the number of teens participating in Jewish summer experiences. Each program offers something unique – from working in a lab to repelling to road tripping to filmmaking. Collectively, these programs shared a central goal: showing teens that there is more to staying engaged in Jewish life beyond their Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebration.
In six weeks, we experienced Jewish life in new and practical ways: we meditated on the beach with Sababa Surf Camp, laced up our hiking boots to camp in the wilderness at Eden Village Food and Farm Trip, and helped seniors download apps for their iPhones at DOROT Summer Teen Internship Program. In Israel, we brushed up on our sheepherding at Roots Israel Service Learning Adventure and spent a day on the job in Startup Nation through Next Step: Israel Internships. As we immersed ourselves in the world of these teens, we realized, first hand, that FindYourSummer.org's tagline "Experiences for every teen" is more than just lip service – there really is a program out there for every interest and personality.
In The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Barry Schwartz comments, "Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard." As options for teens continue to grow, we asked ourselves, "How can we help each person connect to the right Jewish summer programs?"
With this, FindYourSummer.org's Summer Planner was born.
The goal of Summer Planner is to help narrow down choices while continuing to offer an ever-growing list of unique activities. It is an all-in-one tool designed to help the user browse through the FindYourSummer.org catalogue of 380+ programs and craft their summer without feeling overwhelmed.
Say you're a parent with a teen who loves to travel and they're entering 10th grade. Seems simple enough to find a program, right? Well, then add into the mix that you've decided you only want them to travel domestically, Kosher food is a priority, and also, it would be ideal if there was financial aid available. Now it gets a little more complicated to find with a simple Google search. However, with FindYourSummer.org, all you need to do is punch in your criteria and there's a number of applicable programs at your fingertips.
Now you've found over twenty programs that your teen might love. With Summer Planner, you can save them all in your planner and send them to your teen or partner to figure out the best fit. If scheduling conflicts are a concern, you can check out multiple programs on your very own calendar. If you're searching for programs for more than one teen, you can put labels on each program to keep you organized as you plan.
So whether your teen wants to fly to Israel to learn about science and technology or you think they need to pad their college application with an internship, don't let the paradox of choice scare you away from making a decision. Choose both. Throw in a week of surfing while you're at it. The world – or at least summer – is yours.
Rebecca Ruberg is Project Director, New York Teen Initiative and Keryn Price is Marketing and Communications Manager, New York Teen Initiative, at The Jewish Education Project.


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"Christians Sentenced to Prison as 'Moderate' Comes to Power in Iran," from Morning Star News, June 19:
ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Six more Christians were sentenced for practicing their faith last week, while Iran's presidential election of a moderate politician was not expected to soften the regime's persecution of religious minorities. After eight years of the hard-line rule of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Rouhani proclaimed a "victory for moderation … not extremism," expressed desire to rebuild bridges between Iran and the United States and promised to reopen stalled nuclear talks, according to The Christian Science Monitor.
While there has been optimism that the election of Rouhani and promises of reform will bring greater freedoms for persecuted religious minorities in Iran, an analyst said little will change as long as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei controls the country's political destiny.
"[Khamenei] remains at the helm, and he has set course for utter destruction of the Christian faith in Iran," Tiffany Barrans, international legal director for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) told Morning Star News. "His course was well-laid long before this election, and there is no sign that he plans to change course."
The Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, 571 miles (920 kilometers) south of Tehran, issued prison sentences of 44 months to Mojtaba Seyyed-Alaedin Hossein, Mohammad-Reza Partoei, Vahid Hakkani, and Homayoun Shokouhi for "attending a house church, spreading Christianity, having contact with foreign ministries, propaganda against the regime, and disrupting national security," according the Mohabat News Agency. They were tried in absentia.
They had been arrested in February 2012, when police raided their house-church meeting. Officials rejected their appeal for release on bail. Hossein and Shokouhi, previously arrested in 2008 on similar accusations and handed five-year suspended sentences, received an additional eight months of imprisonment above last week's sentence of 44 months. Additionally, Shokouhi's wife, Fariba Nazemina, and their son, Nima Shokouhi, each received two-year suspended prison sentences.
The four men are being held in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, which houses hardened criminals and often lacks heating or health facilities. Officials also routinely deny medical treatment to prisoners, and as a result, Hakkani is in critical condition due to internal bleeding, according to Mohabat. Prison doctors say he is in urgent need of surgery but has little chance of receiving treatment.
The accused have not been able to contact their families since they were declared guilty. They have the option of appealing the ruling within 20 days.
Iran cracked down on non-Muslims in the run-up to the presidential elections. Last month security forces arrested an Iranian Assemblies of God pastor in Tehran and closed down his church.
Pastor Robert Asserian was a senior leader of Jama'at-e Rabbani, the Iranian branch of the Assemblies of God, which has many converts from Islam. He is one of many Christians arrested in Iran in the last several years under the guise of protecting national security. Christians have also faced church closures, interrogations and threats, and extensive monitoring of religious gatherings....


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Exploris Aquarium, Portaferry enjoyed a double celebration today (20 July 2017) when it welcomed its 150,000 visitor during an official visit from HRH, The Duke of Kent.
The hugely popular Aquarium has enjoyed an incredibly successful year of operation since it reopened to the public in August 2016 following a £1.5M refurbishment. Funding was provided by Ards and North Down Borough Council and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to secure the future of Northern Ireland's only aquarium and seal sanctuary. A further £500,000 has been invested by the operators, Aquarium Exploris Ltd (AEL) managing the visitor facility.
The Duke of Kent toured the attraction, including the discovery pool in the 'Strangford Viking' room, tropical zone with its vibrant fish and corals, the new jelly fish section and an education programme that has attracted more than 150 schools and over 5000 children in the past year. Visitors can also experience the powerful presence of the resident African Nile Crocodile, while the recent birth of a small-clawed Asian Otter pup has been a particularly exciting addition to the Exploris family.
The seal sanctuary remains a firm favourite and the DAERA funded seal rehabilitation programme has proved highly successful. Twenty two seals have received high quality care and been released back into Strangford Lough.
Mayor of Ards and North Down, Councillor Robert Adair, welcomed the royal visitor and commented: "It was my great pleasure to join The Duke of Kent at Exploris today and to be part of the celebrations of the fantastic success of the attraction over the past year. The number of visitors and the immensely positive reputation that the facility has built up are testament to the commitment and enthusiasm of the whole staff team. As the centre continues to develop, with the new zone called 'The Rise of the Jellies' will showcase species found around our coastline and our 'Ocean Pollution Zone supports the education and learning for our school groups. I am confident visitor numbers will continue to grow providing a vital economic boost to Portaferry and the surrounding area. I am thrilled at the success thus far."
Ann Moreland, General Manager of Exploris commented: "We are delighted by the visitor response to Exploris. We have continued to listen to the public and acted upon feedback. We believe that by constantly striving to make positive changes such as developing a soft play area, introducing new seating and menus in our licensed restaurant and a wide range of new visitor collateral to guide our visitors through the facilities. We have improved the visitor experience in a way that will ensure Exploris continues to be a top attraction in Northern Ireland."
Exploris Aquarium has gone from strength to strength since it reopening and is developing strong partnerships with QUB, Ulster Wildlife Trust, AFBI that will help the centre to continue to develop and improve. The Aquarium has also been awarded a 5 star Food Hygiene Rating and is currently working towards full membership of the British and Irish Aquarium and Zoo Association (BIAZA).
With the summer season now underway Exploris Aquarium will look forward to continuing to offer day-trippers a first class visitor experience. Our birthday celebrations on Tuesday 15 August including a Pirate & Mermaid Competition.


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Newly refubished boutique 18 roomed hotel adjacent to fabulous beach at Dongwe on south east coast
Newly refubished boutique 18 roomed hotel adjacent to fabulous beach at Dongwe on south east coast
The Dongwe Ocean View is a recently refubished hotel lying on the south east coast of Zanzibar. The hotel is made up of two main buildings with a central pool and bar area connecting the two.
The hotel has 16 sea facing rooms and 2 garden view rooms, each are exclusively tailor made, tastefully furnished in Tarran style. Rooms are equipped with modern amenities including air conditioning, ceiling fans, minibar, tv and safe. This is a good option for those seeking a more concrete rather than mikuti style accommodation.
The restaurant and bar overlook the sea, allow you to enjoy the breeze and spectacular view whilst taking enjoying international and local cuisine or the much acclaimed barbecue.
This hotel offers classic simplicity in a stunning environment. The unique position on Dongwe beach means that guests can experience everything from peace and tranquility, kite surfing or diving as well as the active night life in the vicinity.
The hotel had previously been a bit tired and the new injection of style and a lot of energy has produced some very positive reports from returning guests. A good mid value option.
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Sapphire has today introduced a new model, the SAPPHIRE EDGE HD4 mini-PC, that is based on the latest mobile processor technology from Intel that boasts of less than 30W power consumption even under heavy load, that is about 10 times less than conventional normal size desktop PC – and less than many notebooks – making it one of the Greenest PC solutions available.
The Sapphire EDGE-HD Mini PC is the smallest PC in the world with its slim, stylish outline and less than half a liter in volume and is powered by 1.66Ghz processor and includes 2GB of memory, a 250GB SATA 2.5-inch hard drive, high resolution graphics from NVIDIA with a full HD (1920×1080) HDMI interface, integrated WiFi wireless connectivity and 4 USB ports.
The SAPPHIRE EDGE HD4 shares the same slim, stylish outline as the earlier models but delivers increased performance as a result of incorporating the latest Celeron 847 processor from Intel. Like the earlier models, it is slimmer and smaller than most wireless access points, in fact around the size of a paperback book! Its stylish design and simple pedestal mount make it equally at home next to a TV or a business monitor whilst occupying the minimum of desk or shelf space.
Despite its small size, the SAPPHIRE EDGE HD4 is a fully featured PC for home, education or business use. In the home, its compact size is a welcome replacement for a bulky traditional PC whether for browsing the internet, children's homework or home office tasks, with many applications accelerated by state-of-the-art technology. Built in HD video capability enables the smooth streaming of video content over HDMI to a TV or monitor and the stylish design is just as at home in the living room as in the study.
For business, the industry standard Intel processor in the SAPPHIRE EDGE HD4 accelerates Office tasks and many business applications, whilst occupying a fraction of the desk space of a regular PC and consuming many times less power. In education, it is more than capable of running the multiple applications required, and its small size allows easy transfer to different locations as needed. In both cases the built in networking by cable or wireless is easily configured, and inclusion of the socket for a Kensington lock ensures security against unauthorized removal.
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The SAPPHIRE EDGE HD4 Mini PC is ideal for integration into an office or education environment. The end user or system integrator has a free choice of keyboard or mouse, which can be either wireless or USB connected. The new SAPPHIRE EDGE HD4 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 or 8, Vista or Windows XP. All appropriate drivers are supplied on CD.
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Originally published in 2007, Randy Singer rewrote False Witness and it's been recently published again by Tyndale. With all of the new technology over the past few years he felt it deserved a facelift.
I was a little intimidated by this book each time I walked by it. It looked deep and I'm more a reader of lighthearted women's fiction. Once I picked it up and started reading, I was hooked. Randy Singer took the legal thriller and made it easy to follow and easy to understand. I felt so connected to the characters that I cringed when something bad happened to them. I could almost see the entire thing playing out in my mind. Very well written and engaging, it's broken down into six parts and has a lot of characters, but not so many that it's hard to follow. The Chinese mafia, law students, the US Witness Protection Program, the FBI...this book has it all. Probably my favorite of Singer's writings.
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An adrenaline-laced thrill ride, False Witness takes readers from the streets of Las Vegas to the halls of the American justice system and the inner sanctum of the growing church in India, with all the trademark twists, turns, and intrigue Randy Singer fans have come to expect.
Clark Shealy is a bail bondsman with the ultimate bounty on the line: his wife's life. He has forty-eight hours to find an Indian professor who created an equation so powerful it can crack all Internet encryption. If he fails, his wife pays the price.
Four years later, law student Jamie Brock is working in legal aid when a routine case takes a vicious twist: she learns that her clients, members of the witness protection program, are accused of defrauding the government and have the algorithm. Now the couple is on the run from federal agents and the Chinese mafia, who both know the formula's power and will do anything to get it.
All royalties from False Witness will be donated to the Dalit Freedom Network, which works to provide Dalit children a first-class education and free them from the bondage of human trafficking.
Randy Singer is a critically acclaimed best selling author, veteran trial attorney, and pasto who is deeply passionate about ending the human rights struggles in Indea mentioned briefly in this novel. Visit his website here.
This book was provided for review by The B&B Media Group


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Damselfly is thrilled to be at the Theme Park this week, where the theme is "Some Like It Hot." Shylah has made this sassy, Marilyn-inspired 'do for ladies who want to play Sugar from the movie. "Boop boop e doo." Find this hair from August 15 to September 12 at the Theme Park.
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Sheet Music: Score
The golden gecko / by Glen Carter-Varney.
by Glen Carter-Varney (2005)
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The golden gecko is a very tiny lizard which, it is said, brings good luck to those whose path it crosses. These little lizards dart around and seem to like being around houses where people congregate. There are many different varieties and many colours. This one is gold and very special.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (6p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Medium — AMEB Grade 6+
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First performance by Glen Carter-Varney — 16 Dec 05. Performed at A Collective of original Australian Art and Music, Graydon Gallery, New Farm Qld
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Female vocal leads are strong this year – stronger than I have noticed them to be for awhile. Overall, 2013 has been a good year for music that I like. The fact that much of it is led by a woman is a happy surprise. I thank NPR for introducing me to a number of my new finds, and I am happy that some artists that I have enjoyed in the past have resurfaced with new music over the last 9 months.
I will take a few posts to go over some of my listens – provide you a brief intro, give you some sample lyrics, and link to a performance. I hope that you might find something that you enjoy too
Boy – Mutual Friends
Naturally, the group Boy is composed of two women. One is German; one is Swiss. There is nothing amazing about this album, but it fun to listen to. The lead singer has a good voice with a lovely hint of accent in it. The two harmonize well and sing songs about love, relationships, happiness and disappointment. It is easy to like.
The trunk is filled with records
And books and tears and clothes
I'm smiling on the surface
I'm scared as hell below
And the rear view could picture
What we leave behind
Drive darling, drive darling,
Drive darling, drive darling, drive
Drive Darling – Boy
Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
It has been four years since the band Camera Obscura has released an album.Desire Lines again shows the dreamy, lavish, rich sounds of this Scottish band, led by the vocals of Tracyanne Campbell. The arrangements are wonderful, and her voice swayingly pulls you along with each song.
New year's resolution – to kiss you like I mean it
With cheeks the colour of Rhubarb we'll be fine
Everybody's rushing around like they got a meeting
I just want to be here with a friend of mine
We decided to brave the elements of Spain
Because The Seven Year Itch was on telly again
– New Year's Resolution – Camera Obscura
Giant Drag – Waking Up is Hard to Do
Giant Drag is Annie Hardy – a thirty something Californian who has been performing for several years, but is releasing only her second full album. By accounts, Annie has had a pretty crazy existence over the last few years, but she has her stuff together now and is feeling okay. She says, however, that this will be her last album as Giant Drag. She is a fun lyricist and her voice is a mix of punk rock singer/50s girl group. If you can imagine it, "Garbage Heart" a take-off on "You're just too good to be true." "Heart Carl" is lovely.
Still got your trash in my car
Minus that old garbage heart
Make no mistake when I say
That I prefer it that way
Garbage Heart – Giant Drag
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell – Love Has Come for You
This is a treasure of an album. Edie Brickell has been a favorite of mine since her New Bohemian days. Here she is teaming with Steve Martin on a collection of songs that they have written together. The style is bluegrassy, but there is much contemporary about them. Edie still has that raspy voice that has drawn me to all of her albums, and Steve Martin plays a mean banjo.
When you get to Asheville
Send me an email
Tell me how you're doing
How its treating you
Did you find a new job
Did you find a new love
Is it everything that
You were dreaming of
– When You Get to Asheville
I hope you take a listen to a few. Let me know what you think.


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Sally Young, Chief Executive
In summer 2018, I was asked by the Newcastle Voluntary Sector Liaison Group to provide a paper around food poverty in Newcastle. Newcastle City Council had done a significant amount of work in relation to their response to the impact of Welfare Reforms. Newcastle was the first city in the UK to experience full service Universal Credit.
I wanted to do a paper that provided a nuanced approach; not just refer to the well-known West End Foodbank, which is the largest in the UK and the well-respected People's Kitchen which has been active for over thirty years, but how other organisations approached the obvious rise in food poverty. Also, and indeed more importantly, how did food poverty affect people and particular communities?
I asked voluntary sector members of the Liaison Group about their organisation's experiences and also about the people they worked with. It was never intended to be a comprehensive piece of research about every network and offer. In fact, our previous experience of producing a leaflet about foodbanks, ended when a number of organisations asked us to withdraw their information as they couldn't cope with the numbers of people asking for support.
Newcastle CVS often acts as the 'canary in the coal mine'; we pick up bits of information, evidence, data, stories that indicate a bigger issue. Our reports from 2012 onwards have often raised food poverty and what this meant to the health and wellbeing of people and communities.
The study shows how many 'mainstream' organisations changed how they worked to incorporate a response to food poverty – offering food as part of the offer, basing activities around a meal, having to issue vouchers (for the foodbank) and deliver food parcels.
The case studies show where the voluntary and community safety net worked; and people were found in time so that they didn't go days without food. The case studies we can't know are where people slipped through, as some surely did and do, and individuals and families are going hungry.
There is a real danger of normalising what should be an abnormal, and unacceptable, situation. We have accepted 'holiday hunger', where children are going hungry as they don't get access to a school meal; the street soup kitchens that have sprung up in the city centre run usually by faith groups; the queuing for a food parcel; the boxes in public places (often food supermarkets) asking for food donations.
But the key issue is not response, creativity, generosity and kindness but one of policy. A month after the first draft was written, Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visited Newcastle and the West End Foodbank. His statement reminds us that
"The UK is the world's fifth largest economy…….a fifth of the population live in poverty……to be poor in twenty-first century Britain is not just a disgrace, but a social calamity and an economic disaster, all rolled into one."
Read the full report: Food Poverty in Newcastle : the voluntary and community sector view and response
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Power to Heal
Release God's Healing Power In Your Life!
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Randy Clark, a noted international speaker, is a graduate of United Theological Seminary, where he received his D.Min. in 2013. He also received his M.Div from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and his bachelor's degree was in Religious Studies from Oakland City University. He was used of God to birth the revival that broke out in Toronto, Canada, in January 1994 that continued six nights a week for over twelve years.
Release God's Healing Power In Your Life!
Every Christian has been sent and empowered by Jesus to heal the sick. The problem is that many of us don't know how to practically complete this task. We either think that miraculous healing has passed away, that the healing ministry is only available to special leaders, or that God simply picks and chooses who He decides to heal.
In Power to Heal, international evangelist, teacher and apostolic voice, Randy Clark, gives you eight practical, Bible-based tools that will help you start praying for the sick… and see them supernaturally healed!
You'll learn how to:
- Receive and share words of knowledge for healing
- Pray with authority to release God's power
- Keep ministering to people when they don't instantly get healed
- Use the five-step prayer model
- Step out, take risks and watch God do the miraculous
Discover the amazing truth about supernatural healing—that God wants to use you to release His miraculous power today!


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Getting your tech startup covered in press isn't easy. Nonetheless, it's one of the most valuable activities which provides your endeavor with links and mentions it needs so badly, especially during its early days. Many people understand this importance, yet, they go the passive way and start with press releases in hope that their news get on the radar of industry journalists.
But how about looking for press mentions actively? Manual search for coverage opportunities is what you need to reach out to new audiences and put your startup on the tech radar. In an ideal world, a PR agency would do it for you… if you could afford it. But since you're a startup, every cent matters.


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You may not think plenty about buying an aftermarket Auto guaranty on your automobile, but it is something very important to have. An auto warranty will help cover the cost of fix on your vehicle, which can save you a lot of cash when things go bad.
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Today, all new automobiles and even some pre-owned ones will carry some form of extended car, but the wording in that paperwork can vary. An example would be the dealership supplying a warranty of three years or 36,000 miles. The "kicker" is it's figured out to whichever comes 1st. But your concern should be if the aftermarket auto warranty is "bumper-to-bumper" what does that really mean? Well, dealers use that "bumper-to-bumper" desist generously because it is a true statement that everything is covered ; typically not the tires that are covered by the maker. While many American and Foreign auto makers provide a Ten year, 100,000 mile powertrain warranty, it really only covers the engine and transmission.
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Happy Friday everyone! Well, NASA is being a little bit of a killyjoy- or establishing realistic expectations. Guess it depends on how you look at it, I suppose. They have stated that the meteor shower that's supposed to happen on the 13th will not be "the brightest ever", despite what all of your friends say on Facebook.
It should still be impressive however- check out the article and have a great weekend everyone!


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Committee members will work with the AAEM Diversity and Inclusion Committee to plan and execute the Resident and Student Track at the annual ACMT meeting, outreach to underserved medical schools, and create resources for minority residents and students in emergency medicine.
Get Involved - Join the AAEM/RSA Diversity & Inclusion Committee!
The AAEM/RSA Diversity and Inclusion Committee educates, supports and celebrates diversity within the field of emergency medicine. We welcome and nurture diversity of religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity and other forms of individuality.
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The International Committee will have the opportunity to contribute to international medicine projects and resource development that are helpful and beneficial to students and residents.
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We, the members of AAEM/RSA Advocacy and Diversity & Inclusion Committees', would like to address the recent murders of African Americans by police officers and armed vigilantes in our country. These murders are the physical manifestation of institutional and societal racism that has subjugated the African American community for centuries. Even though targeted violence against black men and women only intermittently reaches news headlines, the ideas that engender that violence persist and are oftentimes expressed in insidious ways. We understand these past few weeks have been difficult for all, but we must devote the emotional energy that has been released by our distress to addressing the racism in our country, in all of its forms.
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This map represents emergency medicine residency programs that have opportunities specifically for medical and undergraduate students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine. These opportunities range from funded away rotations to research opportunities.
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RSA sponsors two resident members to attend this conference.*
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Intersectional Diversity in Medicine
In this episode, Jordan Powell, and Lisa A. Moreno-Walton, MD MS MSCR FAAEM, talk about intersectional diversity in medicine. Ms. Powell is a student at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Northeastern Regional Representative on the RSA Medical Student Council and Vice-Chair of the RSA Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Moreno-Walton is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research, Director of Diversity and Director of HIV and Viral Testing at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, as well as serving as the President-Elect of AAEM.
Cultural Competence and Health Care Disparities
In this episode, Jordan Powell, and Bernard Lopez, MD MS FAAEM discuss cultural competence and health care disparities. Ms. Powell is a student at Xavier University of Louisiana and the RSA Diversity & Inclusion Committee Vice Chair. Dr. Lopez is Department of Emergency Vice Chairman at Thomas Jefferson University hospitals and a member of the AAEM Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Physician Burnout, Racism, and Corporate Misrepresentation
In this episode, Jordan Vaughn and L.E. Gomez, MD MBA FAAEM, discuss physician burnout, racism, and corporate misrepresentation. Mrs. Vaughn is a student at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Northeastern Regional Representative on the RSA Medical Student Council and Vice-Chair of the RSA Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Gomez is an AAEM at-large board member, Chair of the AAEM Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Assistant Professor at Howard University Hospital.


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Company : Budget Volunteering
Location : Buenos Aires, Argentina
Duration: 2 weeks to 1 year
Approx Costs: 750 to 3000+ £ Pound (UK)
Teach children of all ages in a choice of schools, orphanages and social assistance centres. You can help with English, Drama, Sport, Maths or Music.
Teach children of all ages in a choice of schools, orphanages and social assistance centres. You can help with English, Drama, Sport, Maths or Music.
You'll work in a school where the children come from a mix of class backgrounds. You'll have the chance to help them with English mainly, but also Drama, Sport, Maths or Music, particularly if you have an interest in one of these areas. You will nearly always be an assistant to the regular English teacher.
You'll provide basic English teaching through playing or singing with the children. They are starved of affection, and volunteering in any home can be challenging but highly rewarding. It will help if you have a basic understanding of Spanish, but it's not a requirement.
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Adult courses are spread across a variety of institutions and Social Assistance Centres. You could be asked to teach adults of all ages. Often class sizes are small and you will usually be in sole charge of the class. Teaching is available to adults all year round. Students here are usually 20 or older and are very eager to learn English.
You may be asked to teach children or adults depending on the time you're there and whether the schools are on holiday or not. You'll usually teach from 10 to 12 to 12 hours a week, in a variety of institutions during your stay, giving you a rounded experience. You'll have plenty of free time during your placement to enjoy all of the attractions that Buenos Aires has to offer!
The Teaching placement is available all year round. However, the schools do have holidays so during these times teaching is only available to adults or in the Children's Homes. The school terms are as follows:
Term 1: Last week of February to the second week of July
Term 2: Last week of July to the third week of December.
During your placement you may attend the LP Community Centre twice a week, usually in the afternoon for 2 hours, to help with English workshops. You work with children and adults and can also get involved with other classes. such as Yoga, Arts & Crafts, Music, Dancing, etc.
You'll live a hostel situated in a beautifully renovated historic building in Downtown Buenos Aires, very conveniently located for exploring the city and doing shopping. It's big enough to be sociable and fun, yet small enough to feel at home; a real chance to immerse yourself in Argentine culture.
You'll share a dorm room and have access to kitchen facilities. The hostel has several amenities, like internet and WiFi, a common area, DVD room, library, book exchange and a housekeeping service.
FOOD: You'll be given an allowance for breakfast and dinner (not lunch). This arrangement is to give you the flexibility to sample the great Argentinean food. Right on the door step of the hostel there are many cafes and restaurants with great priced menus just waiting for you….the choice is yours!
All year round subject to term times
Costs vary depending on length of placement, but starts at £895 for two weeks. You may be able to participate for up to one year, subject to visa requirements.
Included is full support from the moment of booking and throughout your placement to your return home. There are support staff 24/7 in all our destinations worldwide and a 24 hour emergency international telephone line direct to the Head Office. All meals are provided, unless otherwise stated. Accommodation is provided (whether a rented house, a hotel/hostel, homestay, apartment or flat).
You'll be met at the nearest airport on your arrival by our in-country manager who will take you to your accommodation and give you a full induction into the area. He/she will also be on call 24/7 and you'll see them frequently.
Pre-departure you'll receive an information pack about your placement and necessary preparations, ranging from what to pack, to what to do on your weekend travel in the country. Your safety, well being and happiness throughout your placement are our primary concerns and we will keep in touch with you throughout. International flights not included.
No qualifications or previous experience are necessary, just a good dose of enthusiasm! Everyone is welcome on a BVOL programme, whether gap year, undergraduate, on a career break - or even retired! From 17 years old upwards, and all nationalities. This placement would suit anyone who wants to make a real difference, wants first-hand experience of a different culture and has initiative.
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BACKGROUND:Little evidence exists regarding how many patients continue to use their Malone antegrade continence enema (MACE) at long-term follow-up. We hypothesized that a majority of patients continue to use their MACE to achieve fecal continence even at greater than 10 years of follow-up.METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed for all patients who underwent an appendicocecostomy and had at least 10 years of follow-up. We excluded patients who were over 21 years of age at the time of surgery. Patient demographics, MACE usage, MACE volume, stomal location, subfascial or stomal/skin level revisions, and indications for revision were reviewed. Our primary outcome was continued use of MACE in patients with greater than 10 years of follow-up.RESULTS:Of the 153 patients who had a MACE procedure performed at our institution over 10 years ago, 90 had sufficient long-term follow-up. Mean follow-up was 12.2 years (range 10.0 - 17.2 years) with an average age at initial procedure of 8.2 years (range 2.9 - 20.5 years). 78 of 90 patients (86.7%) continue to use their MACE. Of the remaining 12 patients, 4 abandoned their MACE (4.4%), 2 converted to percutaneous cecostomy tubes (2.2%), 2 converted to colostomy (2.2%), and use of the MACE could not be determined in 4 (4.4%). Mean MACE flush volume at last follow-up was 783 ml. Overall, 15 patients (16.7%) required at least one revision, with 2 (2.2%) undergoing a subfascial revision, 12 (13.3%) having stomal/skin level revisions and 1 (1.1%) requiring both a subfascial and a stomal/skin revision (1.1%). In addition, 3 patients (3.3%) required a second revision, with 1 patient (1.1%) requiring a subfascial revision, 1 patient (1.1%) needing a stomal/skin revision, and 1 (1.1%) requiring both a subfascial and a stomal/skin level revision.Notably, 63 patients were lost to follow up within 10 years of having their MACE and thus had insufficient follow-up to include in final analysis. To account for possible selection bias and provide a more realistic assessment of long term MACE use, worst-case and best-case scenarios were calculated. Assuming either none (0/63) or all (63/63) of the 63 patients with insufficient follow-up use their MACE after 10 years, 51.0 - 92.2% of the overall cohort continues to use their MACE after 10 years.CONCLUSIONS:In a large cohort of MACE patients with long-term follow-up, we demonstrate that the vast majority continues to use their MACE a decade after initial surgery.


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Trip logging for BMW i3I'm an iOS user and a BMW i3 owner and I'd like to contribute to the data for my trips. I have read discussion about trying to log the data and can see it's probably a no go on iOS, but I cannot work out whether this does work on Android with Torque Pro? I already own a Vgate iCar Pro BLE OBD2 reader, and am happy to purchase a cheap Android phone to be able to log the data if this works. Is it possible to log the required data using Torque Pro?
Max DC fast charge %Description: When calculating a route I think it would be useful to have the option to select a max percentage for a DC fast charge session unless it was impossible to get to another charger with less. Settings currently has "start depart charge %", "charger arrival charge %" and "goal arrival charge %" but I would really like an option to set a "charger maximum charge %" which could be overridden if required. As we all know, charge rates drop quite considerably as the battery capacity nears completion, this increases time and cost (on time based charging) for a charging session as the battery gets closer to its maximum capacity, so I feel it could be advantageous to finish a charge session earlier but make another charge stop to top up to be able to complete the journey. Here in New Zealand it is generally frowned upon if you use a DC fast charger to charge your car above 80%, and the Tritium Veefil chargers which are popular here automatically select 80% before charge starts and you need to override if you want to charge past 80%. As the charge rate over 80% is actually quite low, it is not only slower but it's also more expensive to charge above this figure than it would be to add an extra charge session to the journey. I understand at times that a journey would not be able to be completed as the distance between chargers is too great, but this is the only situation I would like to charge to a higher level. Use Case: When planning a route I would like to be able to set my maximum DC fast charge percentage to 80% (or possibly lower) so it will automatically route me via more chargers for shorter/more efficient charge sessions instead of having some charge sessions go over 80% but pass other chargers on the route which you don't use. I currently have planned routes that take individual charge sessions over 90%, which I know in my 60aH BMW i3 will take longer to complete than the planner is suggesting, and will cost more as we are charged 25c/kWh + 25c/minute. Automatically planning more charge sessions would make my journey planning easier as currently I am editing them to work under these rules.


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Martin Drug Co. is the original tenant that occupied the space on the corner of Congress & 5th street until the 1940s or '50s. It was Tucson's first soda fountain, general store & pharmacy. The Martin family operated nine drugstores in Tucson from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, several of them along Congress Street downtown.
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What is a camera?
In the broadest sense, cameras turn the light around them into an image. No matter if the camera is digital or analog, the appearance of that image is determined by the same set of factors: how much light is allowed into the camera, how sensitive the apparatus is, how the lens focuses the light, and how long the light is allowed to accumulate.
Most cameras, from the most expensive digital SLRs to homemade pinholes, cluster around the same range of values for these factors. They allow a small amount of light into a very sensitive sensitive sensor through sharp optics for a short amount of time.
But what if you chose a radically different set of values? For example, what if you made the camera incredibly insensitive, but then let it build up an image over an extremely long period of time to compensate? This is somewhat like what a pinhole camera does in comparison to a DSLR, but what if you went a lot further in that direction?
If you went far enough, you might hit the follow reducto ad absurdum: a camera with a single pixel that moves around step-by-step in order to form a full image.
I built this "camera" by attaching a TAOS light sensor to two servos. I programmed an Arduino to scan the servos in a grid pattern while reading the light value from the TAOS sensor at each point along the grid.
To my great surprise, the image formed is actually somewhat readable: you can start to see the side of the table and the floor that were in front of the apparatus. Because the image updates so slowly it ends up being a combination of the different things that happened to be in front of it at different times. Also, because the servos move the sensor in a kind a curved grid, the space of the image is highly non-square. Finally, since there's only the most primitive lens on the sensor, the image has a soft quality despite its ultra-low resolution pixellation.
Obviously, this version of a Single Pixel Camera is extremely primitive (it was built in a single class period on the last day of last semester), but I think it's an interesting topic with intriguing aesthetic possibilities that I'd like to explore further in the future. I've included the Arduino and processing code below if you'd like to experiment yourself.
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