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Road Trip: Gresham
Tina Lassen, Author
October 17, 2016 (Updated April 17, 2017)
Gresham's parks system comprises more than 1,000 acres of parks and natural areas, including Main City Park in downtown, which features the soothing Tsuru Island Japanese garden. (Photo credit: Scott Anderson)
On Saturdays from May through October, local farmers, bakers and craftspeople set up booths a few blocks away at the Gresham Farmers' Market in downtown. (Photo credit: Robbie McClaran)
Oregon's fourth-largest city, Gresham (pop. 109,397), feels more like an amiable small town thanks to its vibrant town center and bounty of public green spaces. Perched at the eastern edge of the Portland metro area, Gresham is a gateway to both urban pleasures and the outdoor wonders of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge. Well-served by TriMet buses and MAX light rail, this bike-friendly city makes it easy to go car free, too.
Caffeine Kickoff: Begin your day in Gresham's walkable downtown. Enjoy a cup of organic coffee at Cafe Delirium and fresh bagels at Jazzy Bagels, where your meal might be accompanied by live music on the baby grand piano. On Saturdays from May through October, local farmers, bakers and craftspeople set up booths a few blocks away at the Gresham Farmers' Market on Miller Avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets.
Park It: Gresham's parks system comprises more than 1,000 acres of parks and natural areas. Right downtown across Powell Boulevard, Main City Park features the soothing Tsuru Island Japanese garden, a skate park and access to the Springwater Corridor, a paved rail-trail bike route along Johnson Creek and a major segment of the 40-Mile Loop. Just south of the park, hike up one of the area's ancient lava domes on the Gresham Butte Saddle Trail, part of the Gresham Butte natural area.
Back in Time: Pioneers settled Gresham in the mid-1800s, recognizing the region's rich farmland and abundance of fresh water flowing down from Mt. Hood. Check out artifacts and old photos in the Gresham Historical Society museum, housed in a 1912 English Tudor that was the city's first library. The building itself is worth a look, with its herringbone brickwork and leaded glass windows that feature the intricate signature stamps of early book publishers. A few miles north, the Zimmerman Heritage Farm preserves one of Gresham's 19th-century dairy farms.
Cycle City: A centerpiece of the East Multnomah Cycling Hub initiative, Gresham offers plenty of cycling routes for all levels. A great family option is the Downtown Gresham to Pond de Lakes route, which follows quiet roads, and the car-free Gresham-Fairview Trail to the wetlands near the Columbia River. Popular road rides follow the Columbia River west along Marine Drive or east along the Historic Columbia River Highway. Mountain bikers and gravel riders can explore abundant trails and forest roads in the adjacent Mt. Hood National Forest. Check out maps and more ideas here.
Drinking, Dining and Lodging: Downtown restaurants serve up delicious diversity, with authentic Lebanese dishes like shawarma and lamb kibbah at Nicholas Restaurant and gumbo at A Cajun Life. Both The Growler Garage and The Hoppy Brewer offer plenty of rotating taps. At day's end, choose from among several franchise lodging properties in town — like Super 8 Motel and Days Inn & Suites — or homey B&B accommodations next to Gresham Butte at Forest Springs Bed & Breakfast.
Tina Lassen
Freelance writer and editor Tina Lassen writes about travel and outdoor recreation for several national publications, and is at work on a guidebook about watching wildlife in North America. Thanks to a career that lets her live anywhere, Tina happily makes her home in Hood River.
Cafe Delirium
Gresham, Portland Region
Jazzy Bagel Co.
Tsuru Island (Japanese Garden)
Gresham Historical Society
Nicholas Restaurant – Gresham
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This is basically what kept going through in my head yesterday after an asthma attack hit middle of a Spartan Saturday outdoor workout.
I am fortunate to have my asthma very controlled and it rarely acts up – mostly only when I am getting sick. And I was starting to get a minor cold. That feeling of not being able to breathe is never something I can get used to even after years of asthma. After the attack, I could have quit. My team and coach wouldn't have judged me. It was a pretty severe attack. But I knew once I had it under control that I could go on and finish if I slowed down and controlled my breathing. So I did it.
It took me pretty much double the time I normally spend on a Saturday workout but I did not quit. I found even trying to slow down was hard for me. I like to take challenges and push myself. I had to remind myself all throughout the long finish of the exercises, that today my challenge was not to push hard. But it was to simply finish the workout.
These workouts are more than just helping me become a healthier person physically. They are helping realize myself mentally too. For me, it isn't all just about overcoming the obstacles or improving in the workouts. It is how the training for all of this is changing how I think. My brain thinks a lot like the image posted above from Spartan's Facebook page.
Yesterday, my team and my coach helped push me through. When I decided to continue, they didn't stop me. Not everyone knew at time that it had happened. Just my coach and a few who saw it happen. I know they watched me to make sure I wasn't overdoing it and if at any moment, it looked like I was, I know they would have kindly insisted I stop. But when they saw that I was able to continue, very slowly, I heard words of encouragement. I was given high fives. On my last round, I remember hearing my coach say "Just take one step". I remember laughing sarcastically in my head "I think you mean, just take one breath…" Humour helps when I struggle. But I took one breath and one step. I finished. One hour 47 minutes. Usually a Saturday workout takes one hour or one hour 15 minutes. It may have not been my "fastest" or my "strongest" workout. I may not have had a "PR" – personal record. However, after this workout, I teared up a bit as I felt immensely proud of myself and felt like I just accomplished the best workout ever. Finishing this workout felt better than any other PB or PR I have yet earned. It reminded me of the reasons why I started and why I have been so fortunate to change my life. I never gave up. From the moment I was given a reason to start (testing pre-diabetic in August 2013), I have continued to take one more step and I will continue to take one more stop for the rest of my life. My end goal isn't just a goal weight anymore. My end goal is a continuous goal of health and fitness and challenging myself. My end goal is continuing to transform myself physically and mentally. My end goal is never quitting.


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First of all, the library actually has very few Christmas-themed books – if you saw any Christmas books that you liked (online, in bookstores, wherever!), please suggest they be added to the library! You can suggest additions by emailing the library or by completing our quick survey at the following link: http://goo.gl/kqAXk5.
Second, just a reminder that we have lots of overdue books. Please check to see if you have any books, and please return them at the next meeting – and don't forget to bring $1 for each book.
Members may borrow up to three (3) items per month.
Sign books out at the library table – fill out the card with your name and membership number and leave it with the librarian.
Loan Period: One month (meeting to meeting).
Extensions: Talk to the librarian at the meeting or email the librarian.
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Books published within the past 5 years will be accepted for donation. Please sign the inside cover with your name and the date donated. These books are always gratefully received but please use discretion with your donations.
We try to add books and subscriptions to the library which are of interest to Guild members. If there's a title you'd be interested in, look for the "Suggestions" list at the library table. Don't forget to put your name down, so that you get first crack at it when the book comes in. You can also fill out our ongoing survey.


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The European Central Bank Fiddles While Rome Burns by Ellen Brown
by Ellen Brown
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"To some people, the European Central Bank seems like a fire department that is letting the house burn down to teach the children not to play with matches."
So wrote Jack Ewing in the New York Times last week. . . .
"The E.C.B. has a fire hose — its ability to print money. But the bank is refusing to train it on the euro zone's debt crisis.
"The flames climbed higher Friday after the Italian Treasury had to pay an interest rate of 6.5 percent on a new issue of six-month bills . . . the highest interest rate Italy has had to pay to sell such debt since August 1997 . . . .
"But there is no sign the E.C.B. plans a major response, like buying large quantities of the country's bonds to bring down its borrowing costs."
Why not? According to the November 28th Wall Street Journal, "The ECB has long worried that buying government bonds in big enough amounts to bring down countries' borrowing costs would make it easier for national politicians to delay the budget austerity and economic overhauls that are needed."
As with the manufactured debt ceiling crisis in the United States, the E.C.B. is withholding relief in order to extort austerity measures from member governments—and the threat seems to be working. The same authors write:
"Euro-zone leaders are negotiating a potentially groundbreaking fiscal pact . . . [that] would make budget discipline legally binding and enforceable by European authorities. . . . European officials hope a new agreement, which would aim to shrink the excessive public debt that helped spark the crisis, would persuade the European Central Bank to undertake more drastic action to reverse the recent selloff in euro-zone debt markets."
The Eurozone appears to be in the process of being "structurally readjusted" – the same process imposed earlier by the IMF on Third World countries. Structural demands routinely include harsh austerity measures, government cutbacks, privatization, and the disempowerment of national central banks, so that there is no national entity capable of creating and controlling the money supply on behalf of the people. The latter result has officially been achieved in the Eurozone, which is now dependent on the E.C.B. as the sole lender of last resort and printer of new euros.
The E.C.B. Serves Banks, Not Governments
The legal justification for the E.C.B.'s inaction in the sovereign debt crisis is Article 123 of the Lisbon Treaty, signed by EU members in 2007. As Jens Eidmann, President of the Bundesbank and a member of the E.C.B. Governing Council, stated in a November 14 interview:
"The eurosystem is a lender of last resort for solvent but illiquid banks. It must not be a lender of last resort for sovereigns because this would violate Article 123 of the EU treaty."
The language of Article 123 is rather obscure, but basically it says that the European central bank is the lender of last resort for banks, not for governments. It provides:
"1. Overdraft facilities or any other type of credit facility with the European Central Bank or with the central banks of the Member States (hereinafter referred to as 'national central banks') in favour of Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States shall be prohibited, as shall the purchase directly from them by the European Central Bank or national central banks of debt instruments.
"2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to publicly owned credit institutions which, in the context of the supply of reserves by central banks, shall be given the same treatment by national central banks and the European Central Bank as private credit institutions."
Banks can borrow from the E.C.B. at 1.25%, the minimum rate available for banks. Member governments, on the other hand, must put themselves at the mercy of the markets, which can squeeze them for "whatever the market will bear"—in Italy's case, 6.5%.
The Real Reason Eurozone Countries Are Drowning in Debt
Why should banks be able to borrow at 1.25% from the E.C.B.'s unlimited fountain of euros, while the tap is closed for governments? The conventional argument is that for governments to borrow money created by their own central banks would be "inflationary." But private banks create the money they lend just as government-owned central banks do. Private banks issue money in the form of "bank credit" on their books, and they often do this before they have the liquidity to back the loans. Then they borrow from wherever they can get funds most cheaply. When banks borrow from the E.C.B. as lender of last resort, the E.C.B. "prints money" just as it would if it were lending to governments directly.
The burgeoning debts of the Eurozone countries are being blamed on their large welfare states, but these social systems were set up before the 1970s, when European governments had very little national debt. Their national debts shot up, not because they spent on social services, but because they switched bankers. Before the 1970s, European governments borrowed from their own central banks. The money was effectively interest-free, since they owned the banks and got the profits back as dividends. After the European Monetary Union was established, member countries had to borrow from private banks at interest—often substantial interest.
And the result? Interest totals for Eurozone countries are not readily accessible; but for France, at least, the total sum paid in interest since the 1970s appears to be as great as the French federal debt itself. That means that if the French government had been borrowing from its central bank all along, it could have been debt-free today.
The figures are nearly as bad for Canada, and they may actually be worse for the United States. The Federal Reserve's website lists the sums paid in interest on the U.S. federal debt for the last 24 years. During that period, taxpayers paid a total of $8.2 trillion in interest. That's more than half the total $15 trillion debt, in just 24 years. The U.S. federal debt has not been paid off since 1835, so taxpayers could well have paid more than $15 trillion by now in interest. That means our entire federal debt could have been avoided if we had been borrowing from our own government-owned central bank all along, effectively interest-free. And that is probably true for other countries as well.
To avoid an overwhelming national debt and the forced austerity measures destined to follow, the Eurozone's citizens need to get the fire hose of money creation out of the hands of private banks and back into the hands of the people. But how?
Governments Cannot Borrow from the E.C.B., but Government-owned Banks Can
Interestingly, Paragraph 2 of Article 123 of the Lisbon Treaty carves out an exception to the rule that governments cannot borrow from the E.C.B. It says that government-owned banks can borrow on the same terms as privately-owned banks. Many Eurozone countries have publicly-owned banks; and as nationalization of insolvent banks looms, they could soon find themselves with many more.
One solution might be for the publicly-owned banks of Eurozone governments to exercise their right to borrow from the E.C.B. at 1.25%, then use that liquidity to buy up the country's debt, or as much of it as does not sell at auction. (The Federal Reserve does this routinely in open market operations in the U.S.) The government's securities would be stabilized, keeping speculators at bay; and the government would get the interest spread, since it would own the banks and would get the profits back as dividends.
Taking a Stand in the Class War
In a November 25th article titled "Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over," Paul Craig Roberts writes:
"The European Union, just like everything else, is merely another scheme to concentrate wealth in a few hands at the expense of European citizens, who are destined, like Americans, to be the serfs of the 21st century."
He observes that Mario Draghi, the new president of the European Central Bank, was Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International, a member of Goldman Sachs' Management Committee, a member of the governing council of the European Central Bank, a member of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements, and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board. Italy's new prime minister Mario Monti, who was appointed rather than elected, was a member of Goldman Sachs' Board of International Advisers, European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission ("a US organization that advances American hegemony over the world"), and a member of the Bilderberg group. And Lucas Papademos, an unelected banker who was installed as prime minister of Greece, was Vice President of the European Central Bank and a member of America's Trilateral Commission.
Roberts points to the suspicious fact that the German government was unable to sell 35% of its 10-year bonds at its last auction; yet Germany's economy is in far better shape than that of Italy, which managed to sell all its bonds. Why? Roberts suspects an orchestrated scheme to pressure Germany to back off from its demands to make the banks pay a share of their bailout.
Europe is in the process of being "structurally readjusted" by a private banking cartel. If its people are to resist this silent conquest, they need to rise up and, using the ballot box and public banks, throw out the new banking hegemony before it is too late.
Ellen Brown is an attorney and president of the Public Banking Institute, http://PublicBankingInstitute.org. In Web of Debt, her latest of eleven books, she shows how a private cartel has usurped the power to create money from the people themselves, and how we the people can get it back. Her websites are http://webofdebt.com and http://ellenbrown.com.
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DC Center, Capital Pride sign joint lease for new offices
LGBTQ groups to operate in historic Shaw neighborhood building
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The Adora is located at 1827 Wiltberger St., N.W. (Washington Blade photo by Lou Chibbaro, Jr.)
The DC Center for the LGBT Community and the Capital Pride Alliance, which organizes D.C.'s annual LGBTQ Pride events, announced on Wednesday that they have signed a joint lease to move their operations into a renovated warehouse building in the city's Shaw neighborhood.
In a Dec. 7 statement, the two organizations said the lease is for a 6,671-square-foot space on the entire first floor of a five-story building at 1827 Wiltberger St., N.W. called The Adora. The building is located steps away from the Howard Theatre and a little over a block from the Shaw-Howard University Metro station.
The new space is more than double the 2,400-square-foot offices the D.C. Center and Capital Pride currently occupy in the city's Reeves Center municipal building at 2000 14th St., N.W. The Reeves building is slated to be demolished as part of a new development project that will require all its tenants, including the D.C. Center, to move.
The sprawling building, which takes up about half of the narrow, one-block long Wiltberger Street, was built in 1891 as the home of the Holzbeierlein Bakery, according to the online publication Commercial Observer.
Online real estate listings show it was redeveloped about two years ago with an extension and now includes commercial condominium space on the second and third floors and nine luxury residential condominium units on the fourth and fifth floors.
The statement released by the D.C. Center and Capital Pride Alliance says the first-floor space in the building that the two groups leased currently is un-renovated warehouse space. The statement says the space is being designed for a build out renovation by an architectural firm "with the D.C. Center's specific needs in mind." It will include 10 offices and multiple workstations, the statement says.
According to the statement, the renovation is being funded in part by a $1 million grant approved by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser through the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs.
Rehana Mohammed, who serves as vice chair of the D.C. Center's Board of Directors, told the Washington Blade the renovation work was scheduled to be completed by mid-2023. She said D.C. Center officials were hopeful that the Center and Capital Pride would be able to move into the new space in June or early July.
The statement says the new, larger space will enable the D.C. Center to expand its services to include "dedicated therapy rooms, a larger food pantry for the community food distribution program, and dedicated wellness spaces for meditation, yoga, and counseling."
It says there will also be an expanded state-of-the-art cyber lounge, a larger Community Closet program, which provides free apparel, and that will incorporate a designated dressing area, and individual lockers providing temporary storage for "unhoused/displaced community members."
"This is an extraordinary opportunity for the D.C. Center to more fully expand our support offerings and provide vital and integral wraparound care to and for our LGBTQIA2s+ siblings," D.C. Center Executive Director Kimberley Bush said in the statement.
"When community members come to this new space, they'll see a broader range of support being offered and an enhanced experience for increasing their health, wellness, and personal security," Bush said.
"We are very excited to support this opportunity and come together in a new space with fellow nonprofits," said Ryan Bos, the Capital Pride Alliance executive director. "Collectively and collaboratively, we will better serve the LGBTQ+ community and combine resources to provide a much-needed safe space to gather," Bos said in the statement.
The statement by the two groups says the new larger space will also allow the D.C. Center to sublease office and desk space to other LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations. As of this week, the Wanda Alston Foundation, Rainbow Families and G3 Associates, an organization operated by local gay activist George Kerr, have confirmed arrangements to sublease space in the new building, the statement says.
"We are proud to reaffirm our support for D.C.'s LGBTQ+ community," said Mayor Bowser in a statement referring to her office's awarding a $1 million grant to help fund the D.C. Center's build out in the new space. "This investment is a reflection of our D.C. values," the mayor said.
"We know that when we foster community, and when we support organizations that invest in the community, D.C. is stronger and our residents have more and better opportunities to reach their full potential and live happy, healthy lives," the mayor said.
'This is an extraordinary opportunity for the D.C. Center to more fully expand our support offerings,' said D.C. Center Executive Director Kimberley Bush. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)
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Rainbow History Project holds first panel for city-funded Trans History Initiative
Seated from left panelists Earline Budd, Rayceen Pendarvis, and Gabrielle 'Gibby' Thomas are joined by Rainbow History Project officials and supporters. (Washington Blade photo by Lou Chibbaro, Jr.)
Longtime D.C. transgender rights advocates Earline Budd and Gabrielle 'Gibby' Thomas gave personal accounts of their transition as transgender women and their work as trans rights advocates Tuesday night, Jan. 24, at a "Talking Trans History" panel discussion organized by D.C.'s Rainbow History Project.
Joining them as a panelist was Rayceen Pendarvis, the acclaimed local event host, public speaker, and LGBTQ community advocate. Pendarvis, among other things, told of being nurtured and taught by dynamic transgender women who proudly affirmed their identity not only as trans people but productive citizens in the community at large.
Vincent Slatt, Rainbow History Project's director of archiving, served as moderator of the panel discussion. He told the audience of about 25 people who gathered at the Southwest Branch of the D.C. Public Library that the event was the first of many such panels planned by the project's recently launched Trans History Initiative.
Slatt noted that Rainbow History Project received a $15,000 grant for fiscal year 2023 from the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs to conduct the Trans History Initiative. The initiative plans to "better integrate the often-under-represented histories of trans people into our programming," according to a RHP statement.
Budd, 64, who has been a trans-identified activist since the 1970s, became involved in the 1980s with supporting people with HIV/AIDS before founding the D.C. organizations Trans Health Empowerment and Empowering the Transgender Community (ETC), for which she currently serves as executive director. She has received numerous awards for her work in support of the trans community and her self-proclaimed role as "the advocate" for the trans and LGBTQ community.
In her remarks at the panel discussion, Budd told of her childhood upbringing in a religious family where, like many trans people, her parents didn't approve of her early identity as a girl.
"I want to say that around eight or nine my mother found me to be different," Budd said. "The difference was she would lay my clothes out, my sister's clothes and my clothes for us to go to school. And when I would come downstairs, I would always have on my sister's clothes," Budd told the gathering.
"And she would say why do you have on your sister's clothes?" Budd continued. "I said mommy, it fits. No, it does not, you're a boy," Budd quoted her mother as responding. "And let me tell you, that went on and on and on," said Budd, who told how she eventually parted ways with her parents and left the house to embark on her role as one of D.C.'s leading trans advocates.
Among her many endeavors was successful discrimination complaints, including one against a D.C. skating rink and another against the D.C. Jail for discrimination based on gender identity. Budd told how she won in both cases, with strong backing from the D.C. Office of Human Rights.
Pendarvis, among other things, spoke about how an association with trans women as a young adult helped to shape Pendarvis's longstanding and award-winning role as co-founder of Team Rayceen Productions, including 10 years as leading host of "The Ask Rayceen Show," which highlighted topics promoting the LGBTQ and trans community in D.C.
Similar to Budd, Pendarvis has received numerous awards and honors, including recognition from the D.C. City Council, for work as a host and speaker at LGBTQ-related festivals, fundraisers and other events.
"As an activist and host, I have been blessed to do many things," Pendarvis told the panel discussion gathering. "For many who do not quite know how to identify or ask me to identify, first of all, I'm a human being," Pendarvis said. "I am a father of five and a mother of many."
Pendarvis added, "I'm a human being first and foremost, a child of God. And my trans sisters uplifted me first, embraced me first. I came out in a community where our transgender sisters were always on the front line."
Thomas, 65, told the panel session she is a native of North Brentwood, Md., located just outside D.C., but D.C. became her home since shortly after finishing high school. She began her work in the LGBTQ community in 1989 as a caregiver for people with HIV. She has since worked for the local organizations Us Helping Us, Transgender Health Empowerment, and Terrific, Inc. She currently works for Damien Ministries and its "Trans Specific" programming called Shugg's Place that, among other things, focuses on providing services for transgender older adults.
She told of her growing up as one of seven children in a family whose mother and father, she said 'were very loving." But like other trans kids, Thomas said her parents were uncomfortable over her desire to identify as a girl. A more understanding next door neighbor allowed Thomas to spend time in her house as Thomas helped with household errands.
"I would go to the store and things like that for her," Thomas said. "But what's most important, I could dress as I wanted to in her house. She would give me dresses that I could wear. And I could go up there and put on my dresses and watch TV," Thomas continued. "And then I would get to take my dress off and go home because mom and daddy wasn't standing for that."
At around the age of 10, Thomas said, she was aware of current events and observed that her father was a strong supporter and admirer of Martin Luther King Jr. and his civil rights leadership. "I said you can march with Martin Luther King for everybody else's rights but you are going to deny me mine," she recalled telling her father.
Thomas said she initially began patronizing D.C. gay bars after befriending gay men from her high school. A short time later, after realizing that the gay scene was not who she was, she discovered the then D.C. gay drag bars Louis' and The Rogue and had a chance to meet "people like me." But she said someone she met at one of those two bars introduced her to the then D.C. Black gay bar called the Brass Rail, where transgender women hung out.
"And I said, oh my God, I am home. This is heaven," Thomas told the panel gathering. "When I came to the Brass Rail I felt like I was home" as a trans person, Thomas said. "I met so many terrific people."
She went on to tell about the trials and tribulations of fully transitioning as a trans woman and her growth as a transgender activist with a career dedicated to supporting the trans and LGBTQ community.
Japer Bowles, director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs, spoke briefly at the start of the Talking Trans History panel discussion. He said the mayor's office was excited to be supporting the Rainbow History Project's newly launched Trans History Initiative.
"I'm really, really excited to work for a mayor who not only is fighting for things for our community, but truly funding these opportunities," Bowles said. "This is about you and our trans communities. So, I'm here to listen."
Slatt also announced at the panel session that Rainbow History Project has a paid job opening for one or more positions to help run the city funded Trans History Initiative. He said information about the job opening for people interested in applying can be obtained through RHP's website. He said a video recording of the panel session would be posted on the website in a week or two.
Annual event benefits housing, mental health programs
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A previous SMYAL fundraising event was held at Red Bear Brewing. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)
SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders) is hosting its annual SMYAL for the New Year fundraising event on Thursday at Red Bear Brewing Co. The event will kick off a series of fundraisers supporting the non-profit's new street outreach and mental health programs.
"SMYAL for the New Year serves a dual purpose," said Hancie Stokes, director of communications for SMYAL. "One is to fundraise for the organization and the programs and services that we provide for LGBTQ youth, but the other is also to be an introductory event for folks in the community."
For more than five years, the Young Donors Committee and SMYAL Champions have held SMYAL for the New Year to engage young professionals in philanthropy. The Young Donors Committee is comprised of new philanthropists between 20 and 30 years old and operates under the larger SMYAL Champions network of donors who give roughly $10 to $35 a month.
This year, SMYAL is directing those funds to a new bilingual street outreach program aimed at connecting LGBTQ youth to services such as legal aid, healthcare, hormone replacement therapy, and housing. The non-profit is also fundraising for its free mental health counseling program, which opened last year.
SMYAL's commitment to assisting and empowering LGBTQ+ youth in Washington D.C. dates back to 1984, but the non-profit recently underwent programming changes. In March 2020 when COVID-19 hit, most of SMYAL's programming went online, connecting members on Discord and Zoom.
While SMYAL aims to engage those in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, the virtual platform allowed the organization to reach youth in Texas, California, and Florida who are unable to access local centers like SMYAL.
"We did about two years of virtual events and we had folks still showing up and listening to what our programmatic updates were," Stokes said. "But it is really nice to be able to share physical space with folks again."
SMYAL continues to offer two virtual events a week alongside two in-person events, however, many of the larger fundraising events are back to fully in-person.
Last year, SMYAL's new year event centered around two housing programs, which opened in spring 2022 and has since made the non-profit the largest LGBTQ youth housing provider in the region. But since Casa Ruby – an LGBTQ community center and housing provider – closed last September, more youth are in need of housing.
"One of our main goals as we head into 2023 is to really grow that program," Stokes added.
SMYAL receives funding from the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ+ affairs and Capital One, but Stokes says more support is crucial to continue investing in services that are accessible to non-English speaking youth.
Meanwhile, as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric gains traction in legislation across the country, Stokes emphasizes the importance of maintaining a safe space for LGBTQ youth.
"Our role as a service provider is to make sure that young people have places that they can turn to people that they can talk with, where they can just be a young person, understand their LGBTQ identity and find community and support," Stokes said. "That's what our programs really strive to do, everything from our housing programs to our mental health services, even just our weekly drop-in programs."
Winter Hawk to cover issues of interest to local queer youth
Winter Hawk and Andrés Jové Rodríguez.
The Blade Foundation this week announced the recipient of a new 12-week fellowship focused on covering issues of interest to queer youth in D.C.
Winter Hawk, a senior majoring in multiplatform journalism at the University of Maryland College Park was named recipient of the fellowship, which is funded by a grant from the D.C. Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs.
"The Washington Blade and Blade Foundation have been a crucial voice for the LGBTQIA+ community and movement since 1969," said Japer Bowles, director of the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs. "Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs believe it is essential to support the next generation of LGBTQIA+ journalism."
Hawk started her new position on Monday. Her work will be featured in the Washington Blade and she will be mentored by Blade editors and reporters.
"Despite covering LGBTQ+ news in art and culture for the past year, I feel like I've only skimmed the surface on true and just LGBTQ+ news coverage," Hawk said. "As a queer woman, I cover LGBTQ+ stories because I want to highlight the LGBTQ+ community in ways its community thrives, not only to cover the community when it faces heterosexism. I'm incredibly grateful and excited to delve deeper into the stories that represent and impact the LGBTQ+ community in D.C. through this fellowship, especially as I seek ways to incorporate and elevate disenfranchised voices."
Meanwhile, the Washington Blade this week welcomed a new winter intern. Andrés Jové Rodríguez is a third-year student at the University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo.
He is majoring in Tele-Radio Communications with an emphasis on News, Production and Direction. Andrés is interning with the Washington Blade this semester as part of a continued partnership with the Washington Center.
"My goal is to one day be able to report on international and national political news on broadcast media so as to keep the general public informed of the to's and fro's of not only our political system, but also the ones abroad," he said. "Likewise, I believe it's imperative that as a reporter I properly educate myself on evolving trends that are taking the world by storm in order to have a conscious mode of communicating."
Blade Editor Kevin Naff welcomed the two new contributors.
"The best part of my job is working with the next generation of LGBTQ journalists and we're all thrilled to welcome Winter and Andrés to the team," Naff said. "They will help the Blade continue our mission of telling the stories of our local queer community and elevating underrepresented voices."


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Q: Doing a task after a view became invisible I'm writing a screenshot app using Android MediaProjection Api in which an overlay button is shown on top of everything and user can click it to capture a screenshot anywhere. Since MediaProjection records screen content, overlay button itself is in captured screenshots. To hide the button when capturing screenshot, I tried to set view visibility to INVISIBLE, take screenshot and revert it back to VISIBLE but since changing visibility is an async operation in Android, sometimes overlay button is still present in recorded shots.
I Changed to below snippet and it worked in my experiments:
floatingButton?.setOnClickListener { view ->
    view.visibility = View.INVISIBLE
    view.postDelayed(100) {
        takeShot()
        view.post {view.visibility = View.VISIBLE}
    }
}

But it's basically saying I feeling good that in 100ms, button would be invisible. It's not a good solution and in the case of videos, in 100ms content could be very different from what user actually saw at that moment.
Android doesn't provide a onVisibiltyChangedListener kind of thing, so how could I perform a task after ensuring that a view visibility has changed?

Edit 1
Here's the takeShot() method:
private fun takeShot() {
    val image = imageReader.acquireLatestImage()
    val bitmap = image?.run {
         val planes = image.planes
         val buffer: ByteBuffer = planes[0].buffer
         val pixelStride = planes[0].pixelStride
         val rowStride = planes[0].rowStride
         val rowPadding = rowStride - pixelStride * width
         val bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(
                width + rowPadding / pixelStride,
                height,
                Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888
         )
         bitmap.copyPixelsFromBuffer(buffer)
         image.close()

         bitmap
    }
    bitmap?.let{
        serviceScope.launch {
            gallery.store(it)
        }
    }
}

The codes are inside of a foreground service and when user accepts media projection, I create ImageReader and VirtualDisplay:
imageReader = ImageReader.newInstance(size.width, size.height, PixelFormat.RGBA_8888, 2)
virtualDisplay = mediaProjection.createVirtualDisplay(
            "screen-mirror",
            size.width,
            size.height,
            Resources.getSystem().displayMetrics.densityDpi,
            DisplayManager.VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAG_AUTO_MIRROR, // TODO: DisplayManager.VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAG_OWN_CONTENT_ONLY | DisplayManager.VIRTUAL_DISPLAY_FLAG_PUBLIC ??
            imageReader.surface, null, null
        )

mediaProjection.registerCallback(object : MediaProjection.Callback() {
            override fun onStop() {
                virtualDisplay.release()
                mediaProjection.unregisterCallback(this)
            }
        }, null)

I've tried without suspension and coroutine stuff and result was the same, so they most likely are irrelevant to problem.

A: Seems my problem is related to MediaProjection and that would be a separate question, but this question itself is relevant.
I ended up using this (almost copy-pasting core-ktx code for doOnPreDraw()). Pay attention that:

*

*This doesn't work for View.INVISIBLE, because INVISIBLE doesn't trigger a "layout"

*I don't endorse this, since it's GLOBAL, meaning that every visibility change related to "someView" view hierarchy, will call the onGlobalLayout method (and therefore your action/runnable).
I save the accepted answer for a better solution.
// usage
// someView.doOnVisibilityChange(become = View.GONE) {
//     someView is GONE, do stuff here
// }
inline fun View.doOnVisibilityChange(become: Int, crossinline action: (view: View) -> Unit) {
    OneShotVisibilityChangeListener(this) { action(this) }
    visibility = newVisibility
}

class OneShotVisibilityChangeListener(
    private val view: View,
    private val runnable: Runnable
) : ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener, View.OnAttachStateChangeListener {

    private var viewTreeObserver: ViewTreeObserver

    init {
        viewTreeObserver = view.viewTreeObserver
        viewTreeObserver.addOnGlobalLayoutListener(this)
        view.addOnAttachStateChangeListener(this)
    }

    override fun onGlobalLayout() {
        removeListener()
        runnable.run()
    }

    private fun removeListener() {
        if (viewTreeObserver.isAlive) {
            viewTreeObserver.removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this)
        } else {
            view.viewTreeObserver.removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this)
        }
        view.removeOnAttachStateChangeListener(this)
    }

    override fun onViewAttachedToWindow(v: View) {
        viewTreeObserver = v.viewTreeObserver
    }

    override fun onViewDetachedFromWindow(v: View) {
        removeListener()
    }
}

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Our escorted tour, In the Shadow of Vesuvius, allows guests to encounter and understand life beneath the infamous volcano both today and in years gone by.
Our eight-day escorted tour is led by expert guide Diana Blumberg and takes in many of the ancient sites surrounding Vesuvius, including the famous ruins of Pompeii, as well as places off the beaten track, such as the remains of the hedonistic Roman town Baiae.
The trip is based in Naples, a vibrant city with thousands of years of history contained within its buildings and under its streets.
Two of the historical highlights of this escorted tour are the visit to the Catacombs of San Gennaro and the time spent in the National Archaeological Museum. The Catacombs sit beneath a part of modern Naples known as the Valley of the Dead. This underground complex is surprisingly spacious (in some places the ceilings are six metres high) with large caverns carved into the ground. Here you will find examples of paleo-Christian burial and worship sites.
Emerge into the light and head towards the National Archaeological Museum. This important building is home to some of the more intriguing objects uncovered during the Pompeii excavations, including ancient scripts, mosaics and other artefacts.
On day six of our escorted tour, our guests enjoy free time in Naples. This is your chance to explore and connect with this exciting city in your own way. Of course, I do have a few recommendations on how you can get the most out of your short time there.
Though I don't usually suggest travellers head straight to the shops, I'll make an exception here. Via San Gregorio, in the old urban centre, is a fascinating street inhabited by talented craftsmen who create and sell intricate nativity figures in the traditional Italian style. The figurines on sale include shepherds and angels, as well as peasants, politicians, celebrities and more.
Italy is known as the birthplace of pizza – why not sample the delicacy while you're there? After all the walking and shopping, you'll be starving. Look for places where the locals are queuing to get in and you won't go far wrong. If you are pushed for time, there are plenty of takeaway options offering freshly-fired pizza for those on the go.
To learn more about our In the Shadow of Vesuvius escorted tour get in touch with our friendly team of advisors.


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Stimulate Your Thought Processes: Meet Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer, III at Michigan Tech This Week
Kim Geiger
"Why shouldn't we invent, and wake up every day wanting to go to work to find a better way to do something for other people?" says global innovator and inventor Dr. Edmond O Schweitzer, III, Chair, President and CEO of Schweitzer Electronics.
Global Innovator Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer, III, who comes from a family of inventors, will be on campus at Michigan Tech to deliver a lecture, "Creativity and Innovation," this Wednesday, October 2 at 4:15PM in EERC 103. All are welcome.
Dr. Schweitzer is recognized as a pioneer in digital protection and holds the grade of Fellow in the IEEE, a title bestowed on less than one percent of IEEE members. He received the IEEE 2012 Medal in Power Engineering, the highest award given by IEEE, for his leadership in revolutionizing the performance of electrical power systems with computer-based protection and control equipment.
Earlier this year, Schweitzer was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of the first microprocessor-based digital protective relay. According to the NIHF, "Digital protective relays detect electrical faults that cause power outages. The first protective relays relied on coils and were electromagnetic. Schweitzer's first microprocessor-based digital protective relay, the SEL 21, was multifunctional, protecting power systems, recording data and detecting faults in lines more effectively. His design has led to reduced costs, flexible operation options and increased reliability."
He is the founder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) based in Pullman, Wash. The company invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids worldwide. SEL's products also protect homes, hospitals and businesses in 163 countries around the world.
Dr. Schweitzer's visit to campus is sponsored by Calumet Electronics Corporation, key supplier-partner to SEL of printed circuit boards. Their goal for the visit is to share ideas, advance innovative thinking, and build new bridges.
"SEL has supported the Power System Protection Lab here in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Tech since 1993," said Professor Bruce Mork. "SEL employs at least 40 Michigan Tech ECE graduates, as well."
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Dean Kamen Visit Featured in Daily Mining Gazette
During his day-long visit to Michigan Tech last week to recruit engineering and computing students, inventor and innovator Dean Kamen also met younger students on FIRST Robotics teams from 18 middle and high schools across Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Photo by Matt Monte, monte.net.
HOUGHTON — Dean Kamen is looking for his next engineers. Having already hired Michigan Technological University students, he knew where to look.
"I love their kids," he said. "They're smart, they're focused, they're mature, they're earnest. And we want more."
Kamen, president of DEKA Research and Development, visited Tech Thursday. He spoke to engineering students and met Upper Peninsula students participating in the FIRST Robotics program, which he co-founded.
"They've been great to us at FIRST, they've supported FIRST teams for a long time," said Kamen, whose 440 patents include the Segway. "Now we can return the favor and start hiring some of their graduates and it'll be a win-win. We want the kids, they want careers."
Read the full article by reporter Garrett Neese in the Daily Mining Gazette.
Undergraduate Engineering at Michigan Tech Climbs Higher in US News & World Report 2020 Rankings
"We're different from most other universities because of our central focus on engineering and technology. What this means for students is that if they love solving high-tech problems—they belong here," says Janet Callahan, Dean of the College of Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University has moved up in the latest US News & World Report ranking for Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs. Michigan Tech is now ranked 66th among 206 undergraduate engineering programs at colleges or universities that offer doctoral degrees in engineering. Michigan Tech's ranking was 75th in the same rankings last year.
Janet Callahan, Dean of the College of Engineering at Michigan Tech, said that while she is pleased to see the rankings increase during her first year as dean, she is not surprised. "The faculty at Michigan Tech are incredible. The rise reflects the growing reputation of Michigan Technological University's strong engineering programs," she says. "We're different from most other universities because of our central focus on engineering and technology. What this means for students is that if they love solving high-tech problems—they belong here!"
The US News rankings of undergraduate engineering programs accredited by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, are based solely on the judgments of deans and senior faculty at peer institutions. Additional details on the methodology may be found here, which states:
US News surveyed engineering school deans and faculty members in spring 2019 and asked them to rate each program they were familiar with on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished) for these rankings. Two peer assessment surveys were sent to each ABET-accredited engineering program.
US News has separate rankings for 206 undergraduate engineering programs at colleges or universities that offer doctoral degrees in engineering and for 210 engineering programs at colleges where the terminal degree in engineering is a bachelor's or master's. Two separate surveys and respondent groups were used, which means that deans and senior faculty only rated engineering programs within their institution's ranking category.
Research at the graduate level often influences the undergraduate curriculum, and engineering schools with doctoral programs in engineering tend to have the widest possible range of undergraduate engineering courses and program offerings.
In spring and early summer 2019, of those surveyed in the group where the terminal degree in engineering is a bachelor's or master's, 51.7% returned ratings; 71.6% did so for the doctoral group. This compares to a response rate of 33% in the engineering bachelor's or master's survey in 2018 and 58% for the doctoral survey in 2018.
US News used the two most recent years' responses to calculate weighted average scores of programs in both categories. For example, a program that received 55% of its total ratings in 2019 and the remaining 45% in 2018 would have 55% of its overall score determined by its 2019 survey results and 45% by its 2018 survey results.
Learn more at mtu.edu/engineering.
Finding a Research Mentor Workshop for Undergraduate Students
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Are you interested in conducting research? Are you unsure how to locate a faculty member to work with? Join this interactive discussion featuring practical advice and tips for finding and approaching a faculty member for a research position.
In addition, learn about paid research internship opportunities at Michigan Tech and beyond. The one-hour workshop will be offered from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 10, 2019) in Fisher 133 and from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13 in Fisher 133.
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New High School STEM Internship Program at Michigan Tech
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Biological sciences graduate student Chris Adams works in the GLRC fisheries lab with STEM intern Riley Stoppa.
A total of 13 high school students from throughout Michigan are participating in a 5-day internship at Michigan Tech July 15-19, 2019. Faculty and their graduate students voluntarily host the students in engaging research activities during the week. The faculty's department, along with the College of Engineering and College of Sciences and Arts, together provide a $600 scholarship for the student that covers their transportation, lodging and meals.
The interns work with Michigan Tech faculty and graduate students in their research lab or doing field work outside. During the week, students tour the Michigan Tech campus and local area, 'experience college living' in a residence hall, and meet students from across Michigan and beyond!
In Dr. Parisa Abadi's Mechanical Engineering Lab, students will be 3D printing nanomaterials. Dr. Tara Bal in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences (SFRES) will conduct invasive species monitoring and forest health assessments. Dr. Will Cantrell in Atmospheric Physics will have the intern investigating why some clouds rain, while others do not.
Dr. Daniel Dowden in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) has his intern investigating which technologies will allow buildings to sustain minimal damage and be easily repairable after large earthquakes. Four faculty–Drs. Deering, Waite, Oommen, and Gierke in Geological and Mining Sciences and Engineering are providing a broad introduction of mapping geological features, conducting geophysical surveys, and working to construct a 3-D model of a geological feature. Dr. Casey Huckins and graduate student–Chris Adams in Biological Sciences–are monitoring Pilgrim River and measuring the results of a fish survey in the lab. Dr. Daisuke Minakata in CEE and Dr. Paul Doskey in SFRES, along with graduate students, are researching innovative drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies.
Dr. Michael Mullins in the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) has his intern researching ways to remove PFAs contaminants from water. Dr. Rebecca Ong in ChE has her two interns investigating biofuel production from native grasses. Dr. Chelsea Schelly in the Department of Social Sciences and Dr. Robert Handler in the Sustainable Future Institute are measuring food, energy, and water consumption in residential homes and looking for ways to reduce household resource consumption. Dr. Kuilin Zhang and his graduate student Qinjie Lyu in CEE have their intern studying traffic data collection, traffic signal timing, eco-driving, and using traffic simulation software.
The program is coordinated by the Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach, in partnership with Summer Youth Program who provides logistical support and supervises the students in the residence halls in the evening.
Funding for the program is received from the Michigan Tech College of Engineering, the College of Sciences and Arts, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, the Department of Chemical Engineering, the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, the Department of Biological Sciences, the Great Lakes Research Center, Youth Programs, and an anonymous donor.
The STEM internship program is coordinated by Joan Chadde at Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach.
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Mining Engineering Returns to Michigan Tech
Michigan Tech field geology students stand at the entrance of the Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Steve Chittick.
Starting this summer, Michigan Technological University offers a new, multidisciplinary Mining Engineering degree program for graduate and undergraduate students.
Administered through the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, the multidisciplinary program includes core mining and geological engineering courses as well as classes from almost all of the departments in the College of Engineering.
"At Michigan Tech, it's a part of our heritage, and it's part of the future, too," says Leonard Bohmann, associate dean of engineering. "There's a definite need for mining engineers, now and into the future. We can help fill that need, which extends far beyond renewed local mining concerns," he adds. "There's a global need for mining engineers."
Paige in the mine
"Complex endeavors require skilled people with the technical understanding and innovative mindset to design systems to safely address multifaceted challenges," says John Gierke, GMES department chair. "To develop mineral resources in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, we need mining engineering professionals who are adept at solving complex problems."
Although the Michigan Mining School was created to train mining engineers in 1885, dwindling enrollments led to shelving the program 15 years ago. "Thanks to strong engagement from our alumni, coupled with the advancing digital revolution that is changing how the industry moves into the next generation, the foundation for reintroducing the mining engineering program at Michigan Tech allowed for its reinstatement," says Gierke. "Sometimes, one does not fully appreciate what they have until it's gone."
Today, 134 years since its founding, students can pursue a degree in mining engineering at Michigan Tech to gain an understanding of the technical aspects of the mining industry and an appreciation for mining as a business; and an awareness of social-environmental issues and how these issues affect their roles as future professional engineers working for the general benefit of society.
Matt Portfleet shows safe rock drilling practices to Michigan Tech geology major Elana Barth in the Adventure Mine in Greenland, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Matt Portfleet.
Mining engineering students learn about health and safety best practices from practitioners. They are involved in multidisciplinary, hands-on, and field-based courses; learning and research opportunities in exploration and resource development; complementary coursework in mineral processing and business; advanced technologies for mapping, exploration, and education; and advanced computing and data science for optimizing mine design and operations.
Across the entire country, now, only 14 mining engineering degree programs exist in the US. Michigan Tech offers students several important advantages. "Students will learn about mining engineering in a collaborative academic department that is home to non only mining engineering, but also geological engineering, geology, geophysics, and volcanology," says Gierke. "Our expert faculty work together in applying and developing new technologies to better understand geologic processes—and better understand how to safely develop and manage Earth resources from discovery to closure."
Aeromagnetic survey, courtesy of Michigan Tech geological engineering alumnus Benjamin Drenth, '03. A magnetometer is aboard or towed behind an aircraft. It is similar to a magnetic survey carried out with a hand-held magnetometer, but allows much larger areas of the Earth's surface to be covered quickly.
"Another great advantage for our students is Michigan Tech's location in Michigan's historical Keweenawan native-copper district," notes Gierke. "Our students will have an abundance of hands-on, learning opportunities in working mines," he says.
"The new way of mining is more data intensive. For instance, drone mapping makes it easy and possible to map a pit every day, versus mapping a pit once or twice a year via surveying," adds Gierke. "Our students will become adept and experienced with new technologies. We'll be educating mining engineers of the future."
Want more info on mining engineering at Michigan Tech? Learn more online.
You're invited: Write a Guest Blog for the Michigan Tech College of Engineering News
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Remember these? We sure do! Photo by Bernard Hermant.
Michigan Tech electrical engineering alumnus Charles L. Hand '62 recently authored a guest blog, Circumnavigating Lake Superior, featured on the College of Engineering news website. Now that Chuck has paved the way with his wonderful article, we hope more alumni will want to do the same!
If you are a Michigan Tech engineering alumni, and you'd like to share a story on our news blog, please email your idea and/or article to Kimberly Geiger, outreach coordinator in the College of Engineering, kmgeiger@mtu.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Michigan Tech Alum Sirak Seyoum Attempts Mount Everest
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Sirak Seyoum admires the dynamic Khumbu Glacier on Mount Everest
This past spring Michigan Tech ECE alumnus Sirak Seyoum, an electrical engineer living in San Francisco, took time off his professional position at Cargill to climb Mount Everest. His goal: to become the first Ethiopian to conquer Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
As a young boy, Sirak Seyoum grew up in Gondar, Ethiopia, idolizing sports legends like soccer superstar Pelé and Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila. After discovering his own passion 11 years ago, Seyoum has been climbing mountains pretty much nonstop ever since, some more than once, about 21 in all. (Scroll down to the end of this post to see the full list.)
Seyoum and members of his rope team started their trek from Lukla to Everett Base Camp on April 5th. Their bid for the summit took place 41 days later. Starting at Camp 4 at 9pm on May 15th, the team climbed throughout the night. By 9:54 AM the next morning, Seyoum was just 200-300 meters from the summit of Everest, at 28,210 feet. "I could literally feel the summit and how beautiful it was, but obeyed the order from my Sherpa, telling me to go back down."
Check out Seyoum's Everest Power BI chart, to see the live data gathered from his Gen3 satellite device throughout his climb.
Now back home in the Bay Area, Seyoum is already preparing for next year. He's planning to climb Everest once again, but this time via the north side in Tibet, China—a more challenging and difficult route.
At Everest Base Camp for the first time, sitting in the dining room.
Q: When did you first start to climb mountains?
I began climbing in 2008 while living in Las Vegas, Nevada. It started out with a small hike up a 5,000 ft. mountain after declining a coworker's repeated invites and then finally accepting. I was hooked right away and spent every weekend hiking and climbing.
Q: Does being an engineer help you as a mountain climber? And how does being a mountain climber help you as an engineer?
Interesting question. Being an engineer helps support part of my mountain climbing with the necessary funds needed to train for such climbs. Being a mountain climber helps me purge thoughts, and sometimes great ideas come to life during my climbs.
Q: This year especially, there were many news reports about overcrowding on Mount Everest. What was your experience, and how might the problem best be solved?
Overcrowding has always been an issue over the years but what makes this year stand out most is the amount of inexperienced climbers and Sherpas. The combination of both together is deadly. This year there were only a few days to plan the summit bid, due to bad weather. Our team went for the summit during the coldest period of the 2019 season which didn't attract most climbers hence traffic was minimal. The temps were at -40 degrees. The winds were estimated at 35-45 km/hr.
Q: Is descending the mountain harder than climbing up? Is there a greater risk of falling?
Very true. Descending is more challenging because of muscle loss and fatigue due to not having enough calories during the entire climb.
Q: During your bid for the summit, while climbing at night at such a high elevation, how did it feel?
The stars are way closer and the sky seems to be running out of room for them. What's also incredible is that at Everett Base Camp, during the day when the sun is out, we could hear the melting of the glaciers all around us, sounding like a tropical island with a nearby stream or waterfall. In the evening, melting stops and sounds of avalanche cascade one after another throughout the night. It was incredible.
Q: What was the biggest lesson you learned by attempting Mount Everest?
Never ever stop supplementing your body with electrolytes, water, and energy bars (Ollybars) during and after climbing, especially on the summit bid day.
Q: What was the best part?
The views from Lhotse Face. Reaching Camp 4 with ease and feeling the summit.
Q: What was the biggest challenge?
Lhotse Face. Standing just below Hillary Step, feeling the peak and deciding to turn back around.
Q: You plan to climb next year, via the North side. How will you prepare—mentally, emotionally, physically—for this more difficult route?
Though every step of climbing via the south side was challenging in every way, I have learned a lot about my abilities, and most of all nutrition. My tolerance for high altitude was much higher than I expected, which provides me with a huge boost of mental confidence. The rest will come in line because the hardest part of training is the mental confidence.
Q: Anything more to add?
I would like to recognize and thank my sponsors, Walia and Ollybars. I'd also like to thank Brenda Rudiger, Assistant Vice President for Alumni Engagement at Michigan Tech, for mailing my MTU neck gator and MTU stickers. I have one showing on my mountaineering suit, top left side.
Seyoum's conquest of some of the most challenging mountains around the world is testament to his level of fitness. Visit Sirak Seyoum's Facebook page to read posts and watch videos from his climb of Mt. Everest, and learn more about his second attempt.
Last, but not least: While a little anxious, Seyoum's mother, Dr. Fantaye Mekbeb is his number one fan. Seyoum's father, Dr. Seyoum Taticheff, passed away in 2011 but was always proud and supportive of his son's mountain climbing ambitions.
Crossing the Geneva Spur, on exposed rocky sections. Around the bend is Camp 4.
Seyoum at Camp 2 prior to heading up to Camp 3, and higher. Walia beer, a product of Heineken primarily sold in Ethiopia, was one of Seyoum's climbing sponsors.
April 2019: Sirak Seyoum at High Camp Lobuche, Nepal
At Gorakshep, a small Himalayan Village at an elevation of about 16,942 ft. Note the iconic sign, "Way to Everest Base Camp".
On the trail, shortly after leaving Hotel Everest View at about 13,000 ft.
On the way back down, at one of the many suspension bridges, a final selfie
Sirak Seyoum with fellow climbers Keval Kakka and Avtandil Tsintsadze in Lobuche, Nepal.
A previous climb: Sirak in the lead on Mt. Chopicalqui, Peru (2015)
Atop Mt. Chopicalqui, Peru (2015)
All the mountains (excluding Everest at 8,848 meters) Seyoum has climbed to date:
Mt. Rainier, WA, 4392 meters
Mt. Whitney, CA, 4421 meters
Mt. Shasta, CA, 4321 meters
Mt. Wilson, NV, 2056 meters
Mt. Charleston, NV, 2289 meters
Griffith Peak, NV, 3371 meters
Black Mountain, NV 5092 meters
Bridge Mountain, NV, 6955 meters
Mummy Mountain, NV 2264 meters
Rainbow Wall, Red Rock Canyon, NV
Nevada de Toluca, 4680 meters
Mt. Kalapathar, 5644 meters
Island Peak, 6189 meters
Lobuche East, 6119 meters
Mt. Chopicalqui, 6345 meters
Mt. Pisco5752 meters
Mt. Urus, 5423 meters
Mt. Ishinca, 5530 meters
Mt. Cotopaxi, 5897 meters
Mt. Chimborazo, 6263 meters
Mt. Antisana, 5704 meters
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Expanded Online Engineering Programs, Certificates, and Course Offerings
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Using computer simulation to design new materials and guide new processing methods.
Michigan Tech's College of Engineering is expanding undergraduate and graduate online course offerings. This will enhance learning opportunities for undergraduate students who are off-campus for an internship or coop experience, and also significantly increase graduate level opportunities for learning new skills.
Lifelong learning and professional development are desired by many employers. Get a leg up on your career advancement or take courses to fulfill continuing education requirements. Learn more about what online programs are currently available and to apply for regular admissions or non-degree seeking graduate student status.
Available online course offerings exist in civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, engineering, materials science and engineering, and mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics. A sample of courses offered this Fall 2019 include MEEM5650 Advanced Quality Engineering, MEEM5655 Lean Manufacturing, CEE5212 Prestressed Concrete Design, EE5455 Cybersecurity Industrial Control Systems, and MSE5760 Vehicle Battery Cells and Systems.
A series of new graduate certificate offerings are under development, to be launched in 2020, including topics in Manufacturing, Industrial Applications and Practices, and more. These graduate certificates will typically have 9 or 10 credits, and can be "stacked" with each other over time, leading to a master's degree from Michigan Tech.
Learn more about what online programs are currently available and to apply for regular admissions or non-degree seeking graduate student status.
Questions? Please contact College of Engineering Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Dr. Leonard Bohmann.
Karl ('85 BSME) and Christine LaPeer ('85 BSMT) to Receive Humanitarian Award
Karl and Chris LaPeer
Karl and Christine (Blood) LaPeer practice their humanitarian efforts at Michigan Tech, funding seven, four-year scholarships—and also around the world. The LaPeers are both 1985 Michigan Tech graduates, Karl with a BSME degree, and Christine with a BSMT degree. Michigan Tech's Alumni Association will present them with the University's Humanitarian Award at the upcoming Alumni Reunion on August 2.
The Michigan Tech Humanitarian Award is presented to those alumni and friends who, through their outstanding involvement and dedication, have made a significant contribution of volunteer leadership or service which has improved or enriched the lives of others and the welfare of humanity.
During his time at Tech, Karl vividly remembers the second day of classes as his most memorable, saying "I met my future bride (now wife of 32 years) on the second day of classes in a calculus class. I would have to say that was the best thing that ever happened to me at Michigan Tech."
After graduation, Karl joined Fanuc Robotics to design industrial robots for the automotive industry. He returned to his studies, in business this time, at the University of Michigan where he became a Henry Ford Scholar, graduated first in his class, and earned his MBA in 1993. After a few years working in the business world, Karl helped start Peninsula Capital Partners, an investment company, where he works to this day. His diverse background in engineering and business allows him to assess both the financial and operational aspects of an investment opportunity. He is a licensed professional engineer, speaks fluent German, and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, a global association of investment professionals. He is also an active member in his church and frequently serves as a lay minister.
Over the course of the last decade Karl and Chris have helped fund one of the largest mission movements in history, and funded ministries ranging from Christian bands to missionaries and evangelists.
Between 2013 and 2014, the LaPeers and their children, working through the Angel House initiative, funded the building of three Angel House Orphanages (25 children each) and two freshwater wells in India. Angel House is a focused rescue initiative for abandoned orphans and trafficking victims throughout India and Southeast Asia. In May 2013 Karl, Chris, and their daughter, Elayna, dedicated an orphanage. In December 2013 their daughter, Heather, dedicated an orphanage and village well; in December of 2014 their son, Nate, dedicated another orphanage and village well.
The LaPeers served as part of the 1Nation1Day (1N1D) 2015 mission outreach in the Dominican Republic as part of a team of over 2,000 foreign aid workers providing pairs of shoes to children, distributing meals, training business leaders, and providing clean water. During this time Chris also worked in medical clinics around the country treating patients for free, while Karl and their daughter Elayna led the campaign's University Forum program where 5,600 university students were empowered in 38 forums led by 33 business leaders from around the world.
In Nicaragua in 2017 (1N1D) Karl and Chris were part of a team of 2,800 foreign aid workers in which 8,941 people were treated for free at eight medical clinics, 270,000 meals were distributed, 438 small homes were built, 1,220 business leaders were trained, 16,000 people were provided with clean water, over 100,000 primary school students were given hope in school assemblies, 6,111 women were empowered at conferences, and 3,600 attended pastor conferences. Karl and Chris also headed the 1Nation1Day team in the department (state) of Boaco.
Most recently, the LaPeers traveled to Peru for 1N1D Un Solo Peru 2019, joining the team in Tarapoto, in the Amazon Region of Peru. They co-led the state, working with the 150 foreign missionaries. Chris ran a medical clinic with over 30 medical professionals that treated, at no cost, nearly 1,500 patients in five days. Karl gave lectures at universities, spoke at leadership and business conferences, churches, press conferences, and also gave media interviews.
Their son, Nate (25), daughter-in-law Elizabeth (25), and two daughters, Heather (29) and Elayna (12) also made the trip. "They spent the week in the schools, helping kids understand that they are special and uniquely designed to make a difference in the world by a personal God," says Karl. "Along with our coworkers, we helped fund two clean-water projects, as well—one in Tarapoto and one in Cusco—that are now providing clean, safe water to people who have never had a drink of safe water in their lives."
Their goal now, as a family, says Karl, is to "dig deeper to reach more people with a message of hope, purpose, and eternity—not just on foreign mission trips, but each day where we live and work," says Karl.
The LaPeers are already planning future trips. First, a return trip to India to visit the four orphanages and two water projects they dedicated five years ago. Next summer a trip to Los Angeles, California to join with 20,000 missionaries from around the world. "We're also being tugged back to Tarapoto, in Peru, to do some follow-up work with business leaders, university students, and churches—and there is an invitation to visit both Cambodia and Pakistan with organizations we know." Adds Karl: "We can't see how we can do it all, but we'll see."
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The annual Pillsbury Bake-Off concluded today in Orlando, Fla. The $1 million winner was annonced live on "The Martha Stewart Show."
Here is Christina Verrelli winning recipe for Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream.
Among the 100 finalists were two Baltimore area residents. Susann Studz competed in the Entertaining Appetizers category with Sushi-Style Crescent Crab Rolls, and Laura Majchrzak competed in the Sweet Treats category with her original Carrot Cake Tart recipe.
Check out the Pillsbury Bake-Off Pinterest board.


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Century: 1st Century
Patronage: Papacy, Workers
Feast Day: June 29th
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader and one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Jonah, and was from the village of Bethsaida, in the province of Galilee. He was born in the year 1 BC, and was martyred in the year 64. His brother was Andrew, and was also an apostle.
Peter is venerated in multiple churches and is regarded as the first Pope in our Catholic Church. After working to establish the church in Antioch, living there for seven years as the leader of the city's Christian community, he preached to scattered communities of believers. Seven years he did this, after the crucifixion, and then he went to Rome. He became the first Pope and held that chair for 25 years.
Peter was originally a fisherman, and he was assigned a leadership role by Jesus and was with Jesus during events witnessed by only a few Apostles, such as the Transfiguration. Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean, "Rock". According to the New Testament, Peter confessed Jesus as the Messiah, was part of Jesus' inner circle, walked on water, witnessed Jesus' transfiguration, denied Jesus, was restored by Jesus, and preached to the crowds on the day of Pentecost, just to name a few things.
Peter is the Rock on which Jesus said he would build His Church. Peter was chosen as the first Disciple of Jesus. Peter was crucified under Emperor Nero, wih the cross being upside down at his own request, since he saw himself unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus Christ. Catholic Tradition holds that Saint Peter's mortal bones and remains are contained in the underground Confessio of the St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Paul VI annouonced the excavation discovery of a First Century A.D. Roman Cemetary in 1968. Since then, starting in 1969, a life-size statue of Saint Peter is crowned every year in St. Peter's Basilica with a Papal Tiara, Ring of the Fisherman, and Papal Vestments every June 29th, commemorating the Holy Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.
St. Peter was amongst the very first Aposltes of Jesus, and witnessed first hand the saving Grace, the uncondintional Love, and the great Mercy of our Lord. He was entrusted with the Keys to the Kingdom. Peter spent his life in service to others, to bring that message of hope to all Christians. He even was martyred for his faithfulness to Jesus. With his human limitations, and his even denying Christ, Jesus was able to see through this, forgive him, and entrust him with such an important role as being the first Pope to our wonderful Holy Mother Church. What more can you and I do, to continue to build up the Church, by serving all of those around us, who unlike St. Peter, never walked with Jesus? Let's call on St. Peter, who is so relevant and alive with us today, to help us answer that same call. Always draw from the body of our Church "Triumphant" and you won't be disappointed.


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