Introduced on 09/09/16; Passed House Financial Service Committee consideration on 09/13/16; no further action.
Summary: Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to provide for a five member NCUA Board; to require NCUA to submit a draft annual budget for public comment; to require NCUA to establish a Credit Union Advisory Council; provide for an 18 month (or longer) examination cycle for certain credit unions; and require NCUA provide a report containing a detailed analysis of its expense allocation, as well as detail as to how much of the agency's expenses are funded via FCU operating fees v. the NCUSIF.
Introduced and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services on July 14, 2016. No additional action taken. To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to require the National Credit Union Administration Board to provide a rationale for any amounts the Board proposes to use from the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, and for other purposes.
Introduced on 02/11/16; Amended by House Financial Services Committee on 07/05/16 and Passed by House on 07/05/16; similar legislation pending in Senate. Provides immunity from suit for certain employees of covered financial institutions who disclose/report suspected financial exploitation of senior citizens.
Introduced on 06/09/16. No further action. Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to extend NCUA's examination cycle to 18 months for certain credit unions.
Introduced and referred to Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (07/14/16). No additional action. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to specify which depository institutions are subject to the maintenance of records and disclosure requirements of the Act. Related Bill - H.R. 4997.
Introduced and referred to Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (07/11/16). No additional action.
Requires Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to take into consideration institution risk profiles and business models when taking regulatory actions. Related Bill - H.R. 2896.
The FAST Act incorporated language that impact CUs. For example, Title LXXV,§75001, incorporates language pertaining to privacy notice requirement exceptions, Title LXXXII, §82001 incorporates languages pertaining to privately-insured credit union membership in the FHLB and Title LXXXIX, § 89002 incorporates language regarding the expansion of lending practices in rural communities.
Introduced 05/13/15; no further action.
Amends the FCUA to require the NCUA, before the annual submission of its required detailed business-type budget, to: (1) print a draft of the budget in the Federal Register; (2) hold a public hearing to receive comments from the public on the draft; and (3) include in the required integral set of accounts statements in which the budget will address any of such comments.
Introduced 05/01/15; no further action.
Requires individuals, corporations, or other non-government entities that access, maintain, communicate, or handle sensitive financial account information or nonpublic personal information to implement an information security program and to notify consumers, federal law enforcement, appropriate administrative agencies, payment card networks, and consumer reporting agencies of certain data breaches of unencrypted sensitive information likely to cause identity theft or fraudulent transactions on consumer financial accounts.
Directs entities to require their third-party service providers by contract to implement appropriate safeguards for sensitive information.
Allows an entity to delay notifications upon the request of a law enforcement agency.
Provides special notification procedures for: (1) third-party service providers that maintain data in electronic form on behalf of another entity, and (2) certain electronic data carriers.
Allows financial institutions to communicate with account holders regarding breaches at third-party entities with access to their account information.
Sets forth alternative compliance procedures for: (1) financial institutions and affiliates under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and (2) entities complying with certain health record privacy laws.
Requires this Act to be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, or a state insurance authority depending on the type of entity handling the sensitive information.
Prohibits certain state laws from being imposed for information security and breach notification purposes. Sets forth requirements concerning the application of this Act to entities regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.
Introduced 03/02/15; no further action.
Authorizes the NCUA Board to approve an application by an insured credit union to make one or more member business loans that would result in a total amount of such loans outstanding at any one time of up to 27.5 % of the total assets of the credit union, if the credit union meets specified safety and soundness criteria.
Prohibits an insured credit union that has made such a member business loan but that is not well capitalized from making any new member business loans until it becomes well capitalized and obtains Board approval.
Directs the Board to develop a tiered approval process, including lending standards, under which an insured credit union gradually increases the amount of member business lending in a manner consistent with safe and sound operations and directs the Comptroller General to study the status of member business lending by insured credit unions.
Introduced 04/22/15; no further action.
Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require a federal financial institutions regulatory agency to make a final examination report to a financial institution within 60 days after the later of: (1) the exit interview for an examination of the institution, or (2) the provision of additional information by the institution relating to the examination.
Sets a deadline for the exit interview if a financial institution is not subject to a resident examiner program.
Prescribes examination standards for financial institutions.
Establishes in the FFIEC Office of Independent Examination Review and entitles a financial institution to appeal a material supervisory determination contained in a final report of examination, etc.
Introduced 05/20/15; no further action.
Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to redefine "community financial institution" to include either a federal or state credit union.
Introduced 03/02/15; passed House on 04/22/15 and referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on 04/23/15.
Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to (among other things) direct the Director of the CFPB to establish a Small Business Advisory Board to: (1) advise and consult with the CFPB in the exercise of its functions under the federal consumer financial laws regarding eligible financial products or services, and (2) provide information on evolving small business practices.
Introduced on 02/13/15; no further action.
Amends the FCUA to empower federal credit unions to receive payments on certain uninsured non-share accounts, subject to such terms, rates, and conditions as may be established by the board of directors, within limitations prescribed by the NCUA Board.
Requires any Board-prescribed system of prompt corrective action to take into account that credit unions rely predominantly (under current law, must rely) upon retained earnings to build net worth and redefines "net worth" with respect to any insured credit union (other than a low-income credit union) to include uninsured non-share capital accounts that meet certain conditions.
*Related bills: S 372 and S 1910.
Introduced on 03/19/15; passed House on 04/13/15 and referred to Senate on 04/14/15.
Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to extend to state and federal regulatory officials having financial services oversight authority (currently only those having mortgage oversight authority) access to any information provided to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (or any system established by the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without the loss of privilege or confidentiality protections provided by federal and state laws.
Introduced on 04/28/15; referred to House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security & Investigations on 06/01/15.
This bill provides a safe harbor for depository institutions providing financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business insofar as it prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit or share insurance of a depository institution solely because it provides financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering such services.
Introduced 02/27/15; passed House on 01/07/16.
Establishes the Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission to conduct a review of the Code of Federal Regulations to identify rules and sets of rules that collectively implement a regulatory program that should be repealed to lower the cost of regulation. Directs the Commission to give priority to the review of rules or sets of rules that are major rules or that include major rules, that have been in effect more than 15 years, that impose paperwork burdens that could be reduced substantially without significantly diminishing regulatory effectiveness, that impose disproportionately high costs on small entities, or that could be strengthened in their effectiveness while reducing regulatory costs. Assigns the Commission a goal of achieving a reduction of at least 15% in the cumulative costs of regulation with a minimal reduction in the overall effectiveness of such regulation.
Introduced 03/18/15; no further action.
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to revise the definition of "member business loan," which currently excludes an extension of credit fully secured by a lien on a 1- to 4-family dwelling that is the primary residence of a member. Removes the condition that the dwelling be a member's primary residence and declares that this Act does not preclude the NCUA from treating an extension of credit fully secured by a lien on a 1- to 4-family dwelling that is not a member's primary residence as a member business loan for purposes other than certain member business loan limitation requirements under the Act.
Introduced on 03/05/15; no further action.
Requires HUD (for a covered mortgage that is owned or guaranteed by the Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and the FHFA) to prohibit mortgagees and servicers from initiating or taking action to further any foreclosure with respect to a covered mortgage for 90 days after a presidential declaration of the disaster.
Defines a "covered mortgage" as a mortgage that: (1) is secured by a one- to four-family dwelling that is the mortgagor's principal residence and is located within a major disaster area declared by the President; and (2) is insured by the FHA or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
Introduced 06/26/15; no further action.
Requires entities holding patents to disclose their identities and the identities of any real parties in interest.


When we started the business we thought it was about making photo albums and guest books. How wrong could we be! We're in the business of preserving memories. Creating a special book so those few precious moments can be preserved. A book to keep near at hand so it could be viewed and memories recalled. The photo conjures up a memory and is a snap shot of time especially for the parents whose children have grown up or the person whose partner has passed on.
Clients use our products for various occasions. Retirements and leaving gifts are a popular option for companies and their staff. Another example is a client using our album as a journal for her baby daughter when she reaches 21. Their daughter would appreciate not only the book but the time her mother had spent to produce it. Something she would treasure all her life, We have created a PDF with the best ideas for gifts. If you can't think of anything, contact us and we'll send you a copy.
Before you start, wherever your precious photos are currently stored, make sure you have copies stored somewhere else other than on the same medium as the originals. This includes old film originals. Scan them or have them scanned by someone with the facilities and be sure to have more than one digital copy. If you really want to be sure you could send a download to a family member so they have a copy on their PC.
You need to prune them but the trouble is where to start! Remember they are not just a random collection of photos. You're telling a pictorial story of your wedding, babies or friends life, so choose photos which reflect this. You need to think about the pivotal moments and choose photos accordingly. Try making a pictorial collage on your computer before you start to make sure the story moves forward. Cut the number of photos by half and leave them for a few days, then half the number of photos again. If this is too hard, then focus again on those special moments while you go through your photos. This applies whether it's a record of your babies, friends or your wedding day. You want your story to be appreciated by your family and friends for years to come.
There are so many out there but you need to consider how it will look say 10 years from now. Cost is a factor so get the best you can afford and take particular notice of the quality of the album. You don't want to find it has fallen apart a couple of years later. We make several ranges catering for all pockets and tastes as do other companies.
If it's a wedding or 21st album you don't have to think about adding photos later as the album is all about your day or a specific period in the past, so once the album or book is completed you won't want to add more.
I'm going to concentrate on a baby album or keep sake book because there is another question for you when choosing a book or album. Will you or the person you're buying it for want to add more photos? In this instance you may like to get a book where you can remove or replace photos as time goes on. See how easy is it to remove pages and is there room to take plastic sleeves or even dividers? It seems obvious but people choose by the look of the album and forget the practicalities of using it.
If you're buying online for albums or books ask questions. We often send photos of the album fronts so people can choose, particularly with Swamp Kauri which has a reflective quality. We encourage customers to ask questions and produce artist impressions of any inscription or art work on their album.
Do you ever think about how many photos you have on your PC? If you're like us you've got lots. It's so easy now with digital cameras and various mobile devices. Just aim and click. You suddenly find you've hundreds of discs or your hard drive is stuffed.
Our PC sulks every time we come back from a celebration or holiday! Oh not more photos it groans as we add more to that ever increasing mountain of photos on the hard drive. It's no better having them on discs or memory stick Somewhere in those hundreds (may be thousands of photos!) there is a photo you want to find but can you find it! You scan lots of photos and even resort to blaming the computer, who after all is the innocent party.
Trust us it doesn't get any easier! What happens if your PC or external hard drive crashes you'll loose them all! You need to prune those photos and have another copy on another device. The trouble is where to start!
To start the process off you need to think about what photos we really don't want to lose. Go through your photos and cut them down by half. Leave them and come back a few days later and half them again. These are the ones you need to make sure you keep. Send a copy to other members of the family or print them but don't just leave them to build up on discs or PC You could use the cloud to keep them but then that encourages you to keep all of them.
If you find this too hard think about family, friends, or places which have special memories. If you were asked what special moments could you remember over the last 10.20 or even 30 years what would you say? If you were searching your family tree what photos would you like your ancestors to have? Milestones in your family's lives or historical moments in history. Sometime the person involved is too young to understand the impact of an event. I remember reading that on September 4th 1939 a young girl had written in her diary that nothing happened today!
The challenge with online shopping is how to differentiate between low or high quality products. If you click on two sites one could be cheaper but are they the same quality? In a shop you'd pick the items up and compare them.
We believe people who complain about online shopping have either been disappointed with the quality or found hidden costs when they go to the shopping cart. We are constantly asked to confirm our price or delivery cost even though they are on the prices page. We bend over backward to ensure the customer knows exactly what they will receive. They choose the panels from the photos we send, receive an artist impression of any inscription or logo and even get a photo of their album with inscription to get confirmation before posting were possible. We do this to re-assure customers. When there is a challenge we do everything in our power to address it. We understand this isn't the case with some companies which is a pity as it gives everyone a bad name.
Like the online florist whose bouquet of flowers you can view, but can't enjoy the flowers fragrance. On our site you can't experience the sweet aroma of Swamp Kauri enhanced by the Tung oil before you receive the product. The fragrance lingers in the air when you first open the box, reminiscent of that slight hint of perfume left on an article of clothing.
The biggest disadvantage online is photos don't always reflect the quality. Wood is such a tactile product it invites you to run your hands across the surface. The silky finish just can't be represented but perhaps one day! After all, today we see and talk to someone on the other side of the world, which would have seemed like science fiction not too long ago!
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France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour
A spiritual adventure and ascension journey to the sacred sites of France
September 1st – September 15th, 2019
Travel Sacred France: Join us on an empowering, inspirational spiritual adventure to the sacred sites of France – a timeless wonder which feeds your soul as you journey in search of Mary Magdalene, Black Madonna, Knights Templars, Cathars and mystical Lourdes, Chartres and Paris.
We invite you to join us on this spiritual, inspirational and transformational journey to France where we experience a land steeped in mysticism, the lore and tradition of Mary Magdalene, the legends of the Holy Family, the Black Madonna, The Holy Grail, Cathars, Knights Templars and the healing power of Lourdes and its water!
This is a journey of a lifetime, a life changing experience where you feed your soul in one of the world's most sacred destinations. This France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour is a spiritual journey of ascension and awakening to that still inner voice and the golden flame that dwells within your heart. Each day we will experience sacred ceremonies, discussions, and meditations which will serve to deepen your sacred connection.
On this sacred journey you are being asked to feed your soul as it awakens to the many wonders of the miraculous and the mystical. On our France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour we will experience the timeless wonder of being a pilgrim, one more unique than the ordinary traveler. As pilgrims, we share in a special journey as we weave a tapestry of group consciousness/Oneness. Pilgrims are humble, open to unique people and experiences in this great land of enchantment.
Journey through the sacred destinations of France on a mystical 15-day spiritual adventure, beginning in Nice and ending in Paris, through a land rich in tradition and the lore of Mary Magdalene with Finbarr Ross. Finbarr is a facilitator on Mary Magdalene and the Grail legends.
Absorb the energies of this ancient European culture and its Celtic roots, where later Christian, Gnostic, Jewish, and Muslim traditions recognized the 'Sacred Feminine Ethos' with equal enthusiasm. Although you journey within the 21st Century, you will discover the threads of universal consciousness that feed your soul and predated Christianity still alive today. You will experience many wonderful power sites held sacred by those who have sought the Holy Grail, the presence of Mary Magdalene and Black Madonnas including: Rennes-le Chateau, Grotte de Baume, Maries de La Mer, Arles, Carcassonne, Montségur, Collioure, Lourdes, Rocamadour, the mystical Languedoc.
Visit Chartres Cathedral, and Paris with its many mystical sites, for a 15-day spiritual journey to some of the world's most sought after sacred destinations.
France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour Itinerary:
Sept 1st/2nd – Sunday/Monday – Day 1/2: Grotte de la St Baume
We begin our France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour as we depart Hotel Vendome in Nice. We will journey to St. Baume where we will feel its essence and experience a wonderful chapel with Mary Magdalene and its frescoes as we connect with Mary Magdalene.
Next, we'll experience the Grotte de la St Baume. Be prepared for a forty minute ascent to approach this mystical cave with all its transformational energy and sacred water where the Magdalene is said to have done water initiations and to have passed the last years of her life and written her memoirs. Feel the mystery of this special mountain which was and is sacred to Isis and has been considered holy ground for thousands of years. The natural water that accumulates here is believed to have miraculous healing powers. Here we will participate in a Magdalene water initiation.
In the afternoon of the 2nd we will depart St. Baume for Arles where we will overnight. On the 1st we will overnight near St. Baume. (B, D)
Sept 3rd – Tuesday – Day 3: Arles/St. Trophimus Church/Maries de la Mer
Our France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour continues as we experience a walk around Arles, which contains wonderful monuments and remains of the highly developed Roman Empire. These were contemporaneous with the Grail family's arrival in this region, approximately 2015 years ago.
We will visit St. Trophimus Church with all its mystery, and the Church of Mary Magdalene; starting points of the journey to St. James in Compostela. There was also a major Templar stronghold here and the ruins of the commandery still stand.
Noon departure for Saintes Maries de la Mer to visit the basilica associated with the mystery of the arrival of the Grail Family from Palestine, with its holy well, and to meet the most beautiful and powerful 'Black Madonna', revered by the Gypsies of Europe as St. Sarah and much, much more. In the Basilica there is a sweet water well along with the relics of Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome along with some amazing vortexes.
In this magical village of Saintes Maries de la Mer, set in the dramatic Camargue amidst herds of wild horses, black bulls, and flocks of flamingos., we will experience a picnic lunch on the beach and paddling or swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. We will end the day with a group ceremony on the beach before returning to our hotel in Arles where we will overnight. Group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 4th – Wednesday – Day 4: Carcassonne/Basilica of Saint Nazaire
We continue our France Sacred Sites Tour with an early morning departure for Carcassonne where we spend the day exploring in the Old City of Carcassonne, a unique example of a fortified medieval city, known for its Cathar beliefs and history. In ancient times, Carcassonne was a major commercial and ceremonial center for the Druids and the Phoenicians. We will visit the Basilica of Saint Nazaire with its vibrational energy and connection to Mother Mary, Saint Rock, a beautiful energetic sculpture of Mary and Anna, and another sculpture showing the filtering of the energy streams of consciousness.
We will overnight in Carcassonne with group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 5th – Thursday – Day 5: Minerve/Aigne
We depart Carcassonne and journey to the small, unchanged town of Minerve, the place of Cathar burning where 150 'Parfaits' were burned as heretics on the feast day of Mary Magdalene in 1210. This is a very transformational experience for many people as we immerse ourselves in meditation and on the Cathar Prophecy of 1244.
Next, we will experience the Dove of Minerve, the village church, Cathar Museum, and the beautiful art colony at Aigne, the tiny one thousand year old "snail village", which was built, consciously and purposefully, in a spiral. We will tune in to its unique energies and experience a very special medieval church where a beautiful Black Madonna was found in the wall in the 18th century.
In the late afternoon, we depart for our hotel near Rennes le Chateau for 4 nights, followed by a group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 6th-8th – Friday-Sunday – Day 6-8: Montségur/Rennes le Chateau/Limoux
Today, our France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour takes us to see many spectacular sacred destinations in France. We will begin the day with a trip to Montségur, Cathar seminary and citadel of their last resistance. In May 1243, in order to appease the pope, the King of France instigated a ten-month blockade of Montségur. A fifteen-day truce was negotiated in March 1244, at the end of which the Cathars had to choose to either, renounce their faith, or perish at the stake - 220 Cathars chose death on the pyre.
Montségur, a sacred mountain, is a place of inspiration, learning, balance and unity consciousness for the Cathars. To reach will Montségur, we will ascend for approx 45 minutes on foot; a crowning achievement for an unforgettable adventure. Though Montségur's ascent might seem difficult, it is a pilgrimage worth attempting for those who are physically able. Montségur is the eternal symbol of Catharism and "The Church of Love".
After our time at Montségur, we will travel on to Rennes le Chateau, former Visigoth capital of the region, to visit the famous church of Abbe Sauniere's Villa Bethania. We will tour the church, museum, gardens, and the environs of Magdala, and absorb the atmosphere of this ancient, mystical place with its hidden mystery depicted in symbolism.
We will visit and experience the Arques, Mount Bugarach, the Goddess Chair and the source. Here, we will experience a ceremony and meditation which takes deep within ourselves.
We will continue our tour with a journey to a very beautiful Black Madonna and Healing Well in Limoux. In Limoux, we will experience ancient wisdom in all its glory as we enter into a world of mysticism.
We will return to our hotel near Rennes le Chateau, with time for sharing, integration and journaling, etc. in the gardens of our hotel, followed by a group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 9th – Monday – Day 9: Lourdes Grotto
Our France Sacred Sites & Ascension Tour continues with a morning departure to Lourdes, arriving there in the afternoon. Here, we will immerse ourselves in the magic of Lourdes with its miraculous healing waters. We will bathe in its waters and allow ourselves to be held in the arms of the Divine Mother. At 9:00 p.m. we will have a mystical and transformational visit to the Lourdes Grotto and its sacred healing water.
Tonight we overnight in Lourdes with a group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 10th – Tuesday – Day 10: Rocamadour/Basilica of Saint Sauveur
At noon today we will depart Lourdes for Rocamadour!
Rocamadour was a famous goal of Medieval pilgrims coming to worship the Black Madonna. The 12th century Basilica of St. Sauveur is built into the cliff face, and at its entrance is a sword dangling from the rock. The sacred crypt of St. Amadour, the hermit, holds powerful energy. Taking the lift to the upper town one gets not only breathtaking views of the valley below and of the surrounding mountains, but of a most powerful Black Madonna reputed to have been carved by Saint Amadour himself. The buildings of Rocamadour rise in stages up the side of a cliff on the right bank of the Alzou, which here runs between rocky walls 400 ft. in height. Flights of steps ascend from the lower town to the churches, a group of massive buildings half-way up the cliff. The chief of them is the pilgrimage church of Notre Dame (rebuilt in its present configuration from 1479). In the upper village we will encounter the second powerful Black Madonna of Rocamadour. Tonight we will overnight in Rocamadour, group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 11th – Wednesday – Day 11: Rocamadour
Today we continue to enjoy Rocamadour with it magical Black Madonnas and its mystical places, as well as free time for shopping.
Overnight in Rocamadour, group dinner. (B, D)
Sept 12th – Thursday – Day 12: Toulouse
This morning we depart for Toulouse. In the afternoon we fly from Toulouse to Paris, where we will transfer by bus to Chartres. Overnight in our hotel in Chartres. We will share a group dinner in a local restaurant. (B, D)
Sept 13th – Friday – Day 13: Chartres/Chartres Cathedral
We depart our hotel early to fully experience Chartres Cathedral, with a history dating back to the 4th century. Chartres Cathedral was erected during a time of religious peace brought about by the Emperor Constantine. Chartres is rich with mysterious sacred imagery and sacred geometry and is said to be encoded with the secrets of the universe. It was established on a hilltop, where a sacred forest once stood. A well beneath the cathedral was sacred to the Druids and is said to be a miraculous source of healing water. It is said to house the tunic of the Blessed Mother, the Sancta Canisia, since 876, when it was given by Charlemagne after he received it as a gift from Jerusalem.
The Cathedral today is one of mystery and majesty. It is a holy place of rare architectural beauty, with its 160 stained glass windows, crypt, labyrinth, and unique silhouette above the landscape. The standout feature at Chartres is the labyrinth, installed into the Cathedral floor in the year 1200. Finbarr will explain the history of the Chartres labyrinth and address the path of enlightenment that is opened to us via the 11-circuit Chartres labyrinth. Free time to explore and ponder on your own.
Return to our hotel in Chartres, group dinner in a local restaurant. (B, D)
Sept 14th – Saturday – Day 14: Paris/River Seine/Church of Saint Sulpice
Our Chartres/Paris Extension continues today with an early departure to Paris where our hotel is splendidly located close to both the Louvre and the lovely River Seine. We will travel to the Left Bank to the historic Church of Saint Sulpice in search of "The Magdalene Line" and much more, including clues to her children.
Next, we'll visit the Louvre, to view the paintings associated with Mary Magdalene and the Grail legends. We will have free time to explore this world famous museum on our own and/or shop its gallery stores or the adjacent Carousel du Louvre mall.
This evening, the tour ends with a farewell dinner in celebration for all we experienced on this sacred journey. Overnight in Paris. (B, D)
Sept 15th – Sunday – Day 15: Depart Paris for Home City
Today we depart for our home city, or continue to explore Paris, grateful for all we experienced on this sacred journey.
Interested in sacred travel to France?
View our current France sacred journey tours:
Saint Sarah Festival and Sacred Destinations of France Tour

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I love that you get to watch two nests!
And I hope you had the best Mother's Day yet!
Oh my goodness those little birds! And your boys are too cute! Looks like you had a perfect Mother's Day!
Oh my gosh! Our baby robins also just hatched (we have FIVE!) and they are so fuzzy now. The mama bird makes a nest every year on the magnolia wreath on our front door. Nature is so cool :) Oh and your boys are precious!
That hug!!! Oh my goodness. So sweet!


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Altered tobacco low in nicotine coming
By - The Washington Times - Sunday, February 17, 2002
WASHINGTON (AP) From cereal to corn chips, Americans consume a variety of products made from genetically engineered crops. They soon can add cigarettes to the list; new smokes are due this spring with tobacco genetically altered to be very low in nicotine.
A new Agriculture Department study confirmed the low levels of nicotine, the chemical that gets smokers hooked, in the biotech tobacco and found that the crop poses little risk to the environment.
Tobacco from crops grown on department-supervised test plots last summer is going into the cigarettes made by Vector Group Ltd., parent company of cigarette maker Liggett Group.
The company has asked the Agriculture Department to remove restrictions on where and how the tobacco can be grown, and the agency probably will go along. The tobacco was genetically altered to block the production of nicotine in the plant's roots.
"This thing could be a home run, and it could flop. We think the odds are that it is going to be a successful product," said Donald Trott, an analyst with the brokerage firm Jefferies and Company Inc.
Vector, which makes Eve-brand cigarettes and various generic and discount products, has not said where it will sell the biotech cigarettes beginning in the spring or what they will be called.
Mr. Trott said people who have tried the cigarettes say they light, smoke and taste like ordinary cigarettes.
Government approval would make the tobacco one of the first biotech crops to have a consumer use. Gene-altered soy, the most common biotech crop, can be sprayed with weedkiller without killing it. Other crops resist pests or diseases.
Tobacco industry critics fear low-nicotine cigarettes could encourage more smoking. "A nicotine-free cigarette could still deliver very high levels of harmful toxic substances," said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Many tobacco farmers and Vector's rival cigarette manufacturers are concerned about the product, too. Growers say the biotech tobacco could get mixed with conventional leaf and jeopardize U.S. exports.
"It is a big issue. It has the potential to change tobacco and tobacco production and the production controls that we have had on tobacco for many years," said Larry Wooten, a partner in a tobacco farm and president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. "Many of our farmers are not, I would say, aware of the serious implications that this has."
The government traditionally has controlled tobacco prices and production through the use of quotas, which entitle the owners to market a given amount of leaf each year.
Penalties on non-quota tobacco make it uneconomical to grow in the handful of states that have quotas, such as North Carolina and Kentucky, so Vector is setting up production elsewhere.
The company grew the crop on 5,200 acres in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mississippi, Louisiana, Iowa and Hawaii.


Loving the Lashes :) — Kat Lane lives HERE!
Looking for the perfect lash? EYE might have just what you're looking for!
It certainly can be a journey to find the genie in a bottle when it comes to mascara. So many factors - the perfect color, the perfect brush, perfect size, waterproof, smudge proof, what really matters - and which of these really is the best?
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Prof. dr. Aleksandar Goldštajn (15 July 1912 – 20 October 2010) was a prominent Croatian university professor, law scholar, writer and constitutional court judge.

Early life
Goldštajn was born in Vinkovci to a Jewish family. He completed elementary and high school in Vinkovci. Goldštajn attended the University of Zagreb where he studied law. In 1938 he was awarded with his law Ph.D. degree.

Later life
After graduation and his Ph.D. he began his work in Osijek as an apprentice and attorney at law. At the beginning of World War II Goldštajn was arrested and held as a captive in Dalmatia by
Italian Fascist. In 1943 he has joined the Yugoslav Partisans, where he managed the civil courts. Since 1945 Goldštajn was a member of ZAVNOH, he also worked on the legislative affairs in the SR Croatia government. After the war he moved to Belgrade where he worked on similar tasks in the government of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Career
Goldštajn was the main founder of the judiciary in the SFR Yugoslavia, defending the principle of legality. In 1954 he became the first President of the Supreme Economic Court of Yugoslavia. Goldštajn returned to Zagreb in 1959, where he became a regular professor at the Faculty of Law of University of Zagreb at the Department of commercial law. At the university in 1968 he introduced the rights of international trade. Goldštajn attended many international legal specializations in England, France, Switzerland, United States and Germany.

In addition to research and teaching at the university, Goldštajn was named the judge of the Croatian Constitutional Court in 1967. In the meantime, he was also engaged at the international arbitration courts and legal institutions. Since 1958 he was the member of the Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, and member of the International Center for payment and investment in Washington since 1974. Goldštajn was also a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague since 1982.

His scientific interest was in the area of commercial law, international commercial arbitration and contractual rights and the problems of the legal system in Yugoslavia. Goldštajn published numerous books, textbooks, monographs and technical legal debates in the periodical publications of the Institute of Economics in Zagreb and in other national and international publications in London and Zurich.

Death
Goldštajn died in Zagreb on October 20, 2010 was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery. He was 98 years old.

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Over the last couple of years, I have been more or less obsessed not only with the work of the American artist Cy Twombly, but also with writing poems that enter into conversation with his drawings and paintings, many of which contain lines of poetry or are themselves responses to poems or poets or writing. My next book is a collection of these poems along with the Twombly pieces they talk to and is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press, but until then, here are some samples that have appeared already in journals, books, and Websites.
P O E M S
Four poems with accompanying paintings and drawings by Cy Twombly in the beautiful Air/Light Magazine (thank you David Ulin).
"Studies for Excursis," another poem that talks to Twombly's Fifty Days at Iliam + some cool images in the lovely Canadian journal, Brick (thank you Michael Helm + Allison Lasorda).
Four poems with the accompanying images by Cy Twombly in the 4th anniversary edition of On the Seawall (thank you Ron Slate).
"Beyond the Borderless: Dean Rader/Cy Twombly" Two new poems alongside Cy Twombly paintings in Narrative (thank you Michael Wiegers + Carol Edgarian).
"The Inscrutability of Influence" (a poem talking to Twombly talking to Keats) & "In Advance of All Parting" (a poem talking to Twombly talking to Rilke) in The Harvard Review (thank you Chloe Garcia Roberts).
"In Which Twombly & Rader Consider the Letter" in Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy. Eds Simmons Buntin, Elizabeth Dodd, and Dereck Sheffield. Trinity University Press, 2020 (thank you Simmons, Elizabeth + Dereck).
"The Fire that Consumes All before It," a poem that enters into conversation with Twombly's massive ten-part painting Fifty Days at Iliam, accompanied by an interview about the poem, painting, and ekphrasis in Rappahannock Review (thank you Emily Saunders & Julia Manuel).
"Meditation on Circulation," a poem responding to Cy Twombly's Untitled (1967) in the inaugural issue of The West Review (thank you Despy Boutris).
"Troubled by Thoughts about Infinity and Oblivion, I Exit the Twombly Retrospective at Dusk and Walk the High Line with the Ghost of My Father," a new poem featured at The New England Review (thank you Rick Barot).
"Once Again in Thought about Rilke, Twombly's Orpheus Paintings, and Fatherhood, I Consider the Inevitability of Creation and Loss" in New England Review, Winter 2019 (thank you Rick Barot).
"Unending Octet," a poem from a larger series that enters into conversation with Cy Twombly's Untitled (1969) in Waxwing (thank you W. Todd Kaneko).
"Octet: A Fragment" + "Unfinished Sonnet" with drawings by Cy Twombly, in Zyzzyva 112, 2018 (thank you Laura Cogan & Oscar Villalon).
"Meditation on Mimesis: Cy Twombly's Poems to the Sea" in Southern Review, Winter 2020 (thank you Jessica Faust).
"Octets after Cy Twombly: The Ferragosto Series" in Cherry Tree, issue 5, 2019 (thank you James Allen Hall).
C O L L A B O R A T I O N S W I T H T H O M A S I N G M I R E
Two unique artist books with calligraphy by Thomas Ingmire and poetry by Dean Rader
E S S A Y S
"Poetry, Painting, History, Hermeneutics: On Cy Twombly: Making Past Present" in Jacket2.
"Notes on Williams, Abstraction, and the Line," an experimental essay on William Carlos Williams, abstraction, poetry, and Cy Twombly in The Kenyon Review.
I N T E R V I E W S
"Goth Tendencies, Cy Twombly, and Turnstile Hearts: A Conversation with Melissa Stein & Dean Rader" in The Kenyon Review.
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A view of the new NIH Training Center
If you've ever considered taking an NIH training course and it seemed remote, you'll now be much closer to taking one. The NIH Training Center is moving to a new spot more accessible to campus.
In July, the Training Center will move its headquarters from Rockledge to 11601 Landsdown St., North Bethesda, adjacent to the White Flint Metro, where they'll share the building with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the FDA.
Your NIH badge will expedite your entry into the building through a dedicated NIH employee turnstile. Upon entering, trainees will pass under an archway into the new Training Center on the first floor that features three state-of-the-art classrooms with spacious seating, two breakout rooms, coffee service and a lounge.
The new Training Center is centrally located, within easy walking distance to many dining spots along the Pike, and there are multiple ways to get there from campus. The center is two subway stops from the Medical Center station. There also will be a stop along an NIH shuttle route.
Last year, Training Center staff sat around a conference table making a wish list for their ideal new facility; most of their ideas were incorporated into the build-out. They envisioned a bright, welcoming space with plenty of natural light, new computers and audio-visual equipment and breakout rooms. In fact, the staff custom-designed the space from paint colors and podiums right down to outlet covers.
"The new space has floor-to-ceiling windows, offering lots of natural light, and a soundproof WebEx recording room, which will allow for more online classes," said Barb Leclair, Training Center deputy director. "We're trying to appeal to students by making learning accessible and more engaging."
To optimize space, all rooms are multi-purpose. They're designed to be convertible for in-person or online classes, personalized training, team meetings or extra work areas.
"Every room is wired for maximum versatility," said Elena Juris, Training Center director. "We're ready for just about every contingency."
As Juris and her team prepared for the move, they used the opportunity to assess training needs and trends.
"It's been a good exercise to think about what training will look like as we become a much more dispersed population," she said. "People are more comfortable with WebEx, smartphones, remote training, [so we're assessing] what's convenient and what's just shiny technology versus what's a lasting trend."
While the Training Center aims to expand online course offerings, Juris said, they continue to evaluate how people learn differently and what they want most.
"We're trying to build more of this technological versatility into the platforms we offer, while not getting rid of our core business, which is the face-to-face training," she said.
The Training Center offers all kinds of courses: from acquisitions to travel, powerful presentations to project management, professional development to supervisory training and the perpetually popular retirement prep classes.
Said Juris, "There's more variety in what we offer now than ever before."
As the Training Center makes this transition, be sure to check all course confirmation emails for the latest class locations. The Training Center is committed to a smooth move and will help direct you to the new building so you can start building your new skills.
The Training Center will hold an open house at its new location sometime this fall.
For more information about the move, visit hr.nih.gov/training-center/about/nihtc-rockledge-facility-relocation or email NIHTrainingCenter@nih.gov.
To search Training Center course offerings, see https://hr.nih.gov/training-center/course-catalog.
The Training Center maintains a second site in Natcher Bldg., which will be unaffected by the move.


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Maurice Mitchell 12/20/2012 08:10:00 AM BattlestarGalactica, Firefly, Matrix, Poll, Terra-Nova, Waterworld
So, supposedly, the Mayan calendar says world ends tomorrow. It's a pretty common theme in science-fiction.
Above Image: Earth 2 (1994) Wright Morris, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Debrah Farentino, Rebecca Gayheart Bess Martin, J. Madison, Clancy Brown
Instead of focusing on the negative. Why not focus on the positive? Once the world ends, where does everyone live? There are some pretty cool options.
Here are some of the best places to live when the world ends. Which do you feel is the best place to live?
Travel Through Time
Instead of going to another world, why not travel through history? In the television show Terra Nova people fled our polluted world into the age of the dinosaurs. In the movie Millennium (1989) time travelers went into the past and saved people from death to live in the polluted future. I guess there's no point to going to live in 1985, although the music is cool.
On Spaceships
If all the humans are driven off the Earth where do we go? Battlestar Galactica (2004) suggests we all live in spaceships drifting through the stars. It's not a bad way to live until cabin fever hits. It all depends on how big a ship you live in. Location. Location. Location.
If the Earth goes belly up, why not travel to another solar system? In the TV series Firefly (2002) people travel to another solar system, terraform planets and make a new life. This is a common theme and many films and shows, including Earth 2 (1994), have us living on another planet. It would all depend on how good the terraforming is though. Mars has some really rough summers.
Live in Virtual Reality
Maybe you don't want to go anywhere when the world ends. Maybe you want to live in a computer world. In the movie The Matrix (1999), after losing a bitter war against machines, humans spend their lives in a computer simulation of reality. Would you take the blue pill or the red pill?
Live at Sea
Sometimes the end of the world is just the end of dry land. In the movie Waterworld (1995) people live on giant floating cities. In 2012 (2009), human live in giant floating ships to wait out the flooding. Not a bad way to live, but make sure you don't get sea sick.
Live in the Air
In next year's film Oblivion (2013), the remnants of humanity live in the sky. As long as you're not afraid of heights, it's a pretty good deal. The views are great. Just make sure you get first class tickets.
Live Underground
If there's nowhere to live on land, maybe you can live underground. In the Matrix trilogy all the people that weren't turned into Duracell batteries live in underground cities. The food's not great, but the raves are "off the chain."
Using the poll below, or the comments, tell us your answer:
Where Would You Live If The World Ended?
Where would you like to live if the world ended in a science-fiction way?
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I'm all for hopping on the Serenity and heading out to space!
Unfortunately most of those are not feasible at this time so if the world ends tomorrow we are fracked. I'd end up like one of those people in the Twilight Zone episode where a doctor builds a bomb shelter and when the sirens go off everyone wants to pack in there except they can't because they'd all die of a lack of oxygen and he screams at them that they should have planned for this instead of having block parties and stuff. The classic ant and the grasshopper scenario. Maybe I'll just find a bank vault to hide out in as the bombs start dropping.
Maurice Mitchell December 20, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Live at sea! And hope those arks are ready and they just haven't told us yet. Or at least provide video feed to watch the lucky few survive...
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to the programme. Needless to say the sound quality from such a device did not really do justice to the show, and it was only when I upgraded to a Grundig Satellit shortwave radio with a 7W amp and 2-way speaker that I really came to appreciate the deep sounds of dub and reggae and the novelty of hearing crashing cymbals in the clarity of FM (or VHF as it was better known then). Most of Radio 1's output was in muddy MW/AM at the time so top marks to whoever successfully kicked Radio 2 off the frequency for those last two precious hours of the evening!
It wasn't until 1982 that I actually had a means of recording the shows and this was on a mono portable attached to the radio. In my student days I relied on snap judgements to hit the record button in time to catch a track, though when I was home at weekends and out of term time I had the luxury of being able to record higher quality sounds on my dad's separates system, a Technics ST-7300 Analogue tuner and a Dual C814 cassette deck.
In 1988 I started recording entire shows when I was working on night shifts, using a stereo hifi video recorder attached to my Denon tuner. The sound quality was so much better than I could achieve on any cassette deck at the time, and a 3-hour tape could record 6 hours of audio with no apparent loss of quality. This recording method was then used to create my mixtapes but with a greater facility to go back to the start of a track that I decided I liked half way through!
I have therefore amassed a large selection of tapes of tracks and sessions from around 1982 onwards. Each one of these is like a microcosm of a Peel show, with dub tracks segueing sharply into thrash into minimalist dance. I just wish that I had had unlimited funds and tapes to record and keep all the shows!


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YouTube to allow creators to monetise Shorts from early 2023
YouTube has also announced that creators will keep 45% of the revenue, distributed based on their share of total Shorts views
BuzzInContent Bureau Delhi, September 22, 2022
After Meta announced its plans to build a revenue sharing model with its creators, YouTube has followed up by revealing a plan to help Shorts creators earn money through its platform.
According to a Redseer Report, short video monetisation which currently stands at $150 million can reach $19 billion in 2030 with the advent of YouTube Shorts.
As per a blogpost by Amjad Hanif, VP, YouTube Creator Products, creators who make Shorts can apply for YouTube Partner Program (YPP) if they have 1,000 subscribers and have 4,000 valid public watch hours in the last one year on YouTube Shorts.
However, while highlighting what's the new block on the table, Hanif said that Shorts-focused and live creators who garnered 10 million valid public views in the past 90 days with a threshold of 1,000 subscribers will also now be able to make money on YouTube, starting early 2023.
As YouTube Shorts has gained popularity and momentum all over the globe, YouTube has launched a temporary Shorts Fund to start rewarding its new creative class, the blog post stated.
Furthermore, Hanif also went on to point out that YouTube is expanding its unique business model for Shorts, and starting early 2023, it will allow revenue sharing for Shorts, wherein both current and future YPP creators will be eligible.
"In Shorts, ads run between videos in the Shorts Feed. So, every month, revenue from these ads will be added together and used to reward Shorts creators and help cover costs of music licensing," he said through the blogpost.
"From the overall amount allocated to creators, they will keep 45% of the revenue, distributed based on their share of total Shorts views. The revenue share remains the same, no matter if they use music or not," the blogpost read.
In the blogpost, Hanif also highlighted that the members of YPP Fan Funding will have access to exclusive benefits and will be entitled to receive support in addition to earning money with Super Chat, Super Stickers, Super Thanks and Channel Memberships.
"We expect the majority of our Shorts Fund recipients to earn more money under this new model, which was built for long-term sustainability. Instead of a fixed fund, we're doubling down on the revenue sharing model that has supercharged the creator economy and enabled creators to benefit from the platform's success," he stated in his blogpost.
Adding to this, he also stated that revenue sharing on Shorts ads is yet another way for creators to make money as it adds to YouTube's full suite of products, which enabled the video-sharing platform to pay creators, artists and media companies over $50 billion over the past three years.
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Talk about a food truck…
A Titan by Mack now greets visitors to the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks, an arts and cultural center and the former site of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Mack Truck Stop is scheduled to open today; food for the concession stand will be provided by Mr. Bill's of Allentown, Pa.
A red, white and blue Titan by Mack cab was installed to the side of the concession stand, giving the appearance that the cab is pulling the concession stand as a trailer. The concession window is surrounded by a building wrap that includes four themed panels with photos depicting Mack history.
Mack partnered with ArtsQuest, which manages the Levitt Pavilion, and the Lehigh Career Technical Institute on the project.
Mack Trucks provided the Titan cab to students in LCTI's Diesel/Medium Heavy Truck, Autobody Collision Repair, Welding and Drafting/CAD technology program. More than 35 students reworked the cab to ready it for its new role at SteelStacks.
"We are proud of our heritage in the Lehigh Valley, and the opportunity to partner with LCTI to give students real-world experience in their chosen career paths," said Kevin Flaherty, president, Mack Trucks North American Sales Marketing.
Students at LCTI disassembled and rebuilt the truck cab, which included creating schematics for and designing new parts and a number of required modifications.
"The LCTI Diesel Medium Heavy Truck Technician students were able to learn hands-on how a truck is built," said Randy Schock, LCTI Diesel Medium Heavy Truck Technology instructor. "The students got real world experience on construction and engineering concerns facing the diesel industry today. They were able to hold parts that normally do not get serviced or changed. This gave them a deeper appreciation for the construction and engineering that goes into each truck."
Calling Mack a longtime partner, ArtsQuest President Jeff Parks says "The Mack Truck Stop is a great example of their continuing support, as well as a visual reminder of Mack's past and present contributions to the Lehigh Valley, and in fact, the entire nation."
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"There are 3.5 million truckers in America, and only 200,000 of them are women, and only a fraction of them are black women, and only one of them is Sputter." That's how an article in this month's issue of Oprah's O magazine starts out, …
5/17/2012 – NYT highlights dangers of oil/gas well trucking
Exemptions to hours of service regulations for oil-field workers are killing workers, according to a story on the front page of Tuesday's New York Times, and it's a situation that could only get worse with the boom in oil and gas well drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking….
5/8/2012 – History in high-rez
If you're interested in trucking history or just enjoy photos of old trucks, here's a website for you: Shorpy Historical Photo Archive…
4/30/2012 – A look back at the LA Race Riots, a trucker beating and the heroes who came to his aid
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of an ugly event in American history — the LA race riots. …
3/9/2012 – Are "tough truckers" on "deadliest roads" good fun or bad image?
Looks like History Channel's Ice Road Truckers "Deadliest Roads" offshoot has inspired another channel to feature truckers in a "reality show," which looks like part "Deadliest Roads" and part "The Amazing Race."…


I love animals, which is why I went vegan in 2012. Initially I went vegetarian in 2008, and pescaterian in... '94? Somewhere around there. I want to meet all the animals, including the scary ones. Maybe not right up close, face to face while I'm wearing honey or something that a grizzly bear would find appealing, but I'd still love to meet every animal possible in some situation that's safe for us both. At a really well-run animal sanctuary for instance.
There's a a "wildlife trek" place out here in WA that my cousin and I visited a few years ago. Overall, the place actually made me sad because many of the habitats were grossly under-sized and looked poorly kept for the animals inside, though the one giant, open area with grazing animals was pretty neat. I got to pet a buffalo! I don't think it knew I was petting it. Us tiny humans were rolling through this massive prairie-type area and the bison were just chilling in the road, being the size of VW bugs, as you do. Finally, after some honking, the driver coerced the bison into moving out of the road, though not very far. We drove by and I reached out and ran my hand over the bison's stinky back just to see what it felt like. It was pretty awesome.
This weekend, I visited Pasado's Safe Haven, an animal sanctuary in Monroe, WA. It has lots of animals from domestic cats and dogs to farm animals like goats and chickens and cows. I've always wanted to meet a cow. I've seen plenty from afar in cramped and gross conditions grazing on poop-colored grass in Tracy, CA near where I grew up, but I've never seen any up close. Saturday, I got to check one item off my bucket list!
For a donation of $25/person, Pasado's runs tours a few times a year, taking you through their grounds and letting you meet and treat various rescue animals, many of them taken from factory farm situations, and learn about their history and their personalities. It was raining nearly the entire time I was on the tour, but it was so worth it.
We met some pigs, who were all snorty and delightful.
One of them even enticed me into a game of tug-of-war.
There were goats, with their googly-eyes and floppy ears.
Secrets were shared with some of the other tour participants.
This one had a secret for me, but I don't speak goat, sadly.
We met cows! COWS! This was Norman. He was really shy, but he hung around to say hi, anyway.
I don't remember this beauty's name, but she said hi, too.
The llamas might have been my second favorite after the cows. I mean, look at this stunning face.
Miracle had to be enticed into sharing her hair-do secrets.
I wanted to befriend all the llamas, but these two weren't having it.
I believe this was Pixel. She's a resident of kitty city and, while her face said "back off" her snuggles said, "take me home!" So someone should definitely go take her home. Or one of the other many needy residents of Pasado's Safe Haven!


Dr. MarkDavid Hosale (b. 1971) is a media artist and composer. MarkDavid holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California, an MM in Music-Composition and Theory from UIUC, and a BA in Music Composition from the College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara. Currently he holds a position as an Assistant Professor in Digital Media in the Fine Arts Faculty of York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. MarkDavid has had works exhibited and performed internationally works in media arts and music at conferences, universities, and festivals and has given lectures and taught internationally at institutions in Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, and the United States.
MarkDavid's interests are interdisciplinary, but the connecting tissue comes from thinking of art and music as a narrative. In particular, the kind of narrative that is structured using nonlinear representations of information, time, and space. Nonlinear narrative is an inherent aspect of new media that provides a common baseline whereby media artworks can be evaluated and understood. His dissertation, Nonlinear Media As Interactive Narrative (University of California, Santa Barbara: 2008), is an exploration of the question, "what is the form of nonlinear interactive narrative?" providing the impetus for a theoretical discussion, and a formal approach to the understanding his works, while providing a basis for the creation of new works that have a dynamic nonlinear structure and reflect on our modern understanding of knowledge and nature.
In addition to non-linear narrative, MarkDavid's interdisciplinary interest in art and music comes from the exploration of the connection between the physical and the virtual world. Whether as part of an installation or performance work, the virtual spaces he creates are technologically transparent, sophisticated and virtuosic, as well as intuitive to experience and use.


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Shown here is the Winnebago Fuse, a Class C model based on the Transit, featuring a choice of floor plans, allowing buyers to select a rear slide-out with a queen bed or a front slide out with dual twin beds and a rear bath. The preferred engine for the motorhome configuration is the torquey and efficient 3.2L I-5 Power Stroke turbodiesel.
The Transit is also expected to make a big impact in the Class B RV category, known as "camper vans" with accommodations packaged within the standard interior dimensions of a van. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is the current leader in the Class B category. However, the more attractive starting price of the Transit promises to make it a contender in the Class B segment.


When it comes to standing up for what she believes in, Rachel Winard does not just "talk the talk." And that goes for everything: from well-made, natural skincare, all the way to social issues of acceptance and equality. Through her brand Soapwalla, Rachel makes her beliefs a reality.
Rachel's existence permeates her natural, vegan skincare line, Soapwalla. A classical violinist-turned-lawyer-turned-skincare entrepreneur, Rachel taught herself how to formulate beauty products after being diagnosed with systemic lupus.
"Literally overnight, my skin went from hyper-sensitive and by hypersensitive I mean full-body breakouts, blisters, hives, scarlet fever-like rashes, you name it I've had it," she says. Though it has now turned into a career, Rachel's interest in skincare really started out as a necessity for better products more than anything else.
Before launching Soapwalla, Rachel didn't feel that she had a place in the beauty industry, not as a consumer, and definitely not as a producer. She saw the industry as overly polarized in its marketing—brands had product offerings targeted towards the "hyper-feminized, ideal straight woman," or towards the "straight mountain man with a beard who wants to smell like a forest and camp smoke." She didn't see a place for anyone who fell outside of these two categories.
Soapwalla is a company that walks the walk and marches the march. It's not a brand that will just talk the talk. Rachel's values go deeper than a quality skincare product, and she has made that clear throughout her brand mission.


The Bank of England kept its rates on hold at 0.75%, as expected, in a unanimous decision despite rumors of the contrary.
As the deadline to leave the EU looming (29th March ) and currently no Brexit deal which has depressed spending and confidence, the Bank of England said that "uncertainty had intensified," and forecasts 1.2% growth this year, down from 1.7% predicted three months ago. This is largest downgrade since the 2016 referendum according to Bloomberg. The global backdrop has also weakened, as highlighted in the European Commission's sweeping cuts to the euro-area economic outlook on Thursday.
The messaging was not a positive one even as potential growth offsets the debate around slack in the economy, meaning less growth is required for inflation; the GBP tumbled on the release, with the 10Y gilt now down at 1.1650.
The Bank of England's decision follows recent hawkish statements from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.
U.K. officials noted the impact of China's slowdown and said trade wasn't contributing as much to growth as they expected.
The forecasts came alongside the latest policy decision made by Governor Mark Carney. It voted 9-0 to hold the key interest rate at 0.75 percent, as predicted by all economists in a Bloomberg survey. The bank last lifted the rate in August.
With the final Brexit terms still unresolved, the BOE said that its forecasts would need to be updated "once greater clarity emerged about the nature of EU withdrawal." Acknowledging the huge impact of uncertainty, it ran an analysis showing that less uncertainty would lead to much stronger growth – 1.6% this year and 2.2% in 2020.
Assuming a smooth Brexit, policy makers reiterated that limited and gradual rate increases will be necessary. Nevertheless, the forecasts suggested that just one more quarter-point hike would be needed in the next three years to return inflation to close to the 2 percent target, down from almost three hikes seen in November.
The MPC also cut their prediction for business investment to a 2.75% drop this year, having previously forecast a +2% increase.
Why Brexit outcomes are so important: On GBP, the MPC highlighted that their forecasts are especially sensitive to moves. A 5% depreciation in GBP would lift inflation to 2.4% percent by the end of 2021, versus 2.1% in the current projections – while a gain of that magnitude would drop the rate to 1.8%.
As a result, investors now see almost no chance of a quarter-point rate move by the end of the year. Furthermore, the BOE bank said that productivity is recovering more slowly than it had thought and that the supply capacity of the economy had shrunk. Officials said that potential supply growth is now a "little below" the 1.5 percent previously estimated.
In two years, the BOE sees demand outstripping supply, implying some inflationary pressure building in the economy. In the near-term, however, inflation will drop below the BOE's 2 percent goal due to lower oil prices.
The committee also noted how sensitive its forecasts are to swings in the pound. A 5 percent depreciation in sterling would lift inflation to 2.4% by the end of 2021 versus 2.1% in the current projections, while a gain of that magnitude would drop the rate to 1.8 percent. Judging by today's GBP drop, more inflation, or rather stagflation, may be in the cards.


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It is Like Losing a Limb
Monday, November 17. This was a black day in our calendar. At seven o'clock in the morning, it being our watch below, we were aroused from a sound sleep by the cry of "All hands ahoy! A man overboard!" This unwonted cry sent a thrill through the heart of everyone, and hurrying on deck, we found the vessel hove flat aback with all her studding sails set; for the boy who was at the helm left it to throw something overboard, and the carpenter, who was an old sailor, knowing that the wind was light, put the helm down and hove her aback. The watch on deck were lowering away the quarter boat, and I got on deck just in time to heave myself into her as she was leaving the side; but it was not until out upon the wide Pacific, in our little boat, that I knew whom we had lost. It was George Ballmer, a young English sailor, who was prized by the officers as an active and willing seaman and by the crew as a lively, hearty fellow, and a good shipmate. He was going aloft to fit a strap round the main topmast head, for ringtail halyards, and had the strap and block, a coil of halyards, and a marlinspike about his neck. He fell from the starboard futtock shrouds, and not knowing how to swim, and being heavily dressed, with all those things round his neck, he probably sank immediately. We pulled astern in the direction in which he fell, and though we knew that there was no hope of saving him, yet no one wished to speak of returning, and we rowed about for nearly an hour, without the hope of doing anything, but unwilling to acknowledge to ourselves that we must give him up. At length we turned the boat's head and made toward the vessel.
Death is at all times solemn, but never so much so as at sea. A man dies onshore—his body remains with his friends, and "the mourners go about the streets," but when a man falls overboard at sea and is lost, there is a suddenness in the event and a difficulty in realizing it, which give to it an air of awful mystery. A man dies onshore—you follow his body to the grave, and a stone marks the spot. You are often prepared for the event. There is always something which helps you to realize it when it happens, and to recall it when it has passed. A man is shot down by your side in battle, and the mangled body remains an object and a real evidence; but at sea, the man is near you—at your side—you hear his voice, and in an instant he is gone, and nothing but a vacancy shows his loss. Then, too, at sea—to use a homely but expressive phrase—you miss a man so much. A dozen men are shut up together in a little bark, upon the wide, wide sea, and for months and months see no forms and hear no voices but their own, and one is taken suddenly from among them, and they miss him at every turn. It is like losing a limb. There are no new faces or new scenes to fill up the gap. There is always an empty berth in the forecastle, and one man wanting when the small night-watch is mustered. There is one less to take the wheel and one less to lay out with you upon the yard. You miss his form and the sound of his voice, for habit had made them almost necessary to you, and each of your senses feels the loss.
All these things make such a death peculiarly solemn, and the effect of it remains upon the crew for some time. There is more kindness shown by the officers to the crew, and by the crew to one another. There is more quietness and seriousness. The oath and the loud laugh are gone. The officers are more watchful, and the crew go more carefully aloft. The lost man is seldom mentioned, or is dismissed with a sailor's rude eulogy—"Well, poor George is gone! His cruise is up soon! He knew his work, and did his duty, and was a good shipmate." Then usually follows some allusion to another world, for sailors are almost all believers, but their notions and opinions are unfixed and at loose ends. They say, "God won't be hard upon the poor fellow," and seldom get beyond the common phrase which seems to imply that their sufferings and hard treatment here will excuse them hereafter—"To work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all, would be hard indeed!" Our cook, a simple-hearted old African, who had been through a good deal in his day and was rather seriously inclined, always going to church twice a day when onshore, and reading his Bible on a Sunday in the galley, talked to the crew about spending their sabbaths badly, and told them that they might go as suddenly as George had, and be as little prepared.
Yet a sailor's life is at best but a mixture of a little good with much evil, and a little pleasure with much pain. The beautiful is linked with the revolting, the sublime with the commonplace, and the solemn with the ludicrous.
We had hardly returned on board with our sad report before an auction was held of the poor man's clothes. The captain had first, however, called all hands aft and asked them if they were satisfied that everything had been done to save the man, and if they thought there was any use in remaining there longer. The crew all said that it was in vain, for the man did not know how to swim, and was very heavily dressed. So we then filed away and kept her off to her course.
The laws regulating navigation make the captain answerable for the effects of a sailor who dies during the voyage, and it is either a law or a universal custom, established for convenience, that the captain should immediately hold an auction of his things, in which they are bid off by the sailors, and the sums which they give are deducted from their wages at the end of the voyage. In this way the trouble and risk of keeping his things through the voyage are avoided, and the clothes are usually sold for more than they would be worth onshore. Accordingly, we had no sooner got the ship before the wind than his chest was brought up upon the forecastle and the sale began. The jackets and trousers in which we had seen him dressed but a few days before were exposed and bid off while the life was hardly out of his body, and his chest was taken aft and used as a store chest, so that there was nothing left which could be called his. Sailors have an unwillingness to wear a dead man's clothes during the same voyage, and they seldom do so unless they are in absolute want.
As is usual after a death, many stories were told about George. Some had heard him say that he repented never having learned to swim, and that he knew that he should meet his death by drowning. Another said that he never knew any good to come of a voyage made against the will, and the deceased man shipped and spent his advance, and was afterward very unwilling to go, but not being able to refund, was obliged to sail with us. A boy, too, who had become quite attached to him, said that George talked to him, during most of the watch on the night before, about his mother and family at home, and this was the first time that he had mentioned the subject during the voyage.
— Richard Henry Dana
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DN Poolside says:
i recently read the Aubrey & Maturin books, and this point of the fragility of life was a frequent occurrence. O'Brian did a good job of killing off well liked characters, and spent considerable time highlighting the ships' emotions, or lack thereof. Sure there were lots of stiff upper lips, but that didn't mean they didn't care, just that they had a more solemn acceptance of death. He really covered the broad range of reactions and emotions well.
Now I'll have to read some Dana.
The Aubrey Maturin books were excellent.


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La Revuelta Dungan (1895–1896) fue una rebelión de varios grupos étnicos musulmanes chinos en Qinghai y Gansu contra la dinastía Qing aquello fue originado debido a una disputa violenta entre dos órdenes Sufi de la misma secta. El Wahhabi fue inspirado entonces unida en la organización Yihewani y animó el revuelta, la cual estuvo aplastado por lealistas musulmanes.

Revuelta
Después del rival Sufi Naqshbandi, las órdenes espirituales habían luchado y acusaron cada cual al otro de varias fechorías, en vez de continuar la violencia decidieron utilizar el sistema legal Qing para solucionar la disputa. Archivaron los pleitos en la oficina del prefecto Xining y el juez en el caso decidió que no emitió un decreto que decía qué grupo era superior al otro en asuntos de todos los asuntos islámicos, y les instó a comportarse. Un taotai () estuvo enviado por el gobierno Qing para aplastar a los perpetradores de la violencia, el cual acabó en varias muertes.

En Xunhua, Qinghai, masas de Hui, Dongxiang, Bao'un, y Salars estuvieron incitados para revelarse contra el Qing por el multicolor dirigente de la Mezquita Ma Yonglin. Los soldados tuvieron órdenes para destruir la brigada del general Tang Yanhe. Ma Dahan arregló un trato con el socio Dongxiang, Ma Wanfu cuándo, rebelándose contra el dinastía Qing Hezhou, Didao, y Xunhua dirigieron a sus partidarios para unir la rebelión. Guanghe, Sanjiaji, y Tiaoheyan estuvieron de acuerdo a unos puntos en una posición defensiva y ellos prometieron que no se rendirían.

Ma Wanfu Wahhabi inspirado en la secta Yihewani la consideró una "secta de enseñanza". El Yihewani animó la rebelión.

El gobernador general Yang Changjun envió tropas para aplastar la rebelión.

Dong Fuxiang, el Comandante en Jefe de Kashgaria (Kashgar), recibió un telegrama que ordenba que él y el general Ma Pi-sheng tenían que aliviar los distritos en rebelión. Su lealismo hizo las tropas musulmanas chinas fueran dirigidas por agentes musulmanes como Ma Anliang, Ma Guoliang, Ma Fuxiang, y Ma Fulu aplastó a la rebelión. Dong Recibió el rango de generalísimo.

En 1895 Ma Anliang se levantó del asedio de Xining con cuatro ying (ying es una unidad china para batallón).

Ma Wanfu se rindió como el chino musulmán lealista Ma Anliang y Dong Fuxiang llegó para aplastar la revuelta musulmana, y Ma Dahan fue asesinado mientras luchaba.

Ma Yonglin (Ma Yung-lin), su hijo, y encima otros 100 musulmanes se rebelaron, los dirigentes estuvieron capturados y fue decapitado por Dong Fuxiang.

Referencias
 Este artículo incorpora texto de la Encyclopædia de religión y ética, Volumen 8, por James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gris, una publicación de 1916 ahora en el dominio público en los Estados Unidos.
 Este artículo incorpora texto del registrador chino, Volumen 26, una publicación de 1895 ahora en el dominio público en los Estados Unidos.

Años 1890 en China
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Q: How to pass size_t parameter to function by reference and get the result back in C programming I am trying to implement a simple hash function in C, and given most of my knowledge of programming is in Java, I need some help please. I defined size_t with the following typedef statement:
typedef unsigned int size_t;

I then proceeded to define a simple; really a place holder for a hash function.
size_t hash(char const *input) {

    const int ret_size = 32;
    size_t ret = 0x555555;
    const int per_char = 7;

    while (*input) {
            ret ^= *input++;
            ret = ((ret << per_char) | (ret >> (ret_size - per_char)));
    }
    return ret;
}

I then used the function in the main() section of my code as follows:
 size_t myInput = 546;
 size_t myHash;
 ...
 myHash=hash(&myInput);

But I get a compiler error stating:
warning: passing argument 1 of 'hash' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
error, forbidden warning: tos1.c:52

What am I doing wrong please? How can I fix it?
The feedback was right on point and fixed my issue. I'll mark the comment as answer as soon as I am allowed and thanks.

A: You should not need to define size_t; it should already be defined.
The problem is that your function definition takes a const char * parameter, but you're calling it with a value of type size_t *; the types are not compatible.
Your input should be a string of some sort, like
char input[] = "This is a test";
...
myHash = hash( input );

Remember that C strings are simply sequences of character values terminated by a 0-valued byte; they are stored as arrays of char (or wchar_t for wide characters), but not all arrays of char contain a string.

A: If you want to call the function with arguments of any type, you can write the prototypes to look like, for example, memcpy() and memset().  That is,
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef uint_fast32_t hash_t;
hash_t hash( const void* src, size_t size )
{
  const uint8_t* p = (const uint8_t*)src;
  /* We can dereference p now and do pointer arithmetic with it. */
  /* … */
}

extern struct data_t foo;
extern const char* message;

hash_t value = hash( &foo, sizeof(foo) );
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For years I've been trying to solve the stuffed animal dilemma in our home. We have enough to populate a small plush city. I can't bring myself to give them away because the girls love them so much and they all have some kind of special meaning to them. Yesterday I spent the entire day cleaning up the basement because it had partially flooded with really disgusting water. The water ruined so many things I had in plastic bags on the floor. One of which was a sack of stuffed animals I couldn't find a place for upstairs.
So I've been thinking of making something like this for our overabundance of stuffed animals. It would also solve my need for bean bags.You can buy one for $450.00 but that's just madness! I think it would be comfy if it were stuffed with only plush animals and not dolls or mechanical plush toys. But we have so many of both I think it would still work. I wonder how the kids would feel about sitting on their stuffed animals.
A short cut idea might be to purchase a cheap bean bag, take out all the stuffing, cut a large hole in the cover, sew a see through mesh in it's place and fill it with your stuffed animals. That way you don't have to install a zipper.
Thanks Drew! That's awesome! I wonder why the other one is so expensive?
We have a similar problem at our house. Our solution was to take the shoe storage and sweater storage hanger boxes and hang them on a horizontal pole in a bedroom. Each animal has a roommate, and the kids can see each one.
To solve your other problem you could make them waterproof, then you could store them without worrying about water damage.
We have this problem. My daughter Anne-Louise loves her "stuffdies" as she calls them. We recently moved so I had to part with a lot of them. I really applaud you for recognizing the importance of them to your kids. The majority were from my daughter's hospital stay. There ain't no shame in stuffdies!
These are great! I instantly thought of a similar beanbag redo to yours when I saw them. I was thinking of somehow putting a smaller bag in a larger one so some of the" beans" would be between the stuffed animals and the person, for comfort and better shape. It would be super cute to do a few individual ones in different colors, scattered around a playroom.
When my sister and I were young, my mom hung a net hammock in one corner of the room (attatched at three points to really spread it out), and all of our stuffed toy animals lived there. It was really cute and functional, all of our favorite plush toys were within our view, and cleaning them up was a matter of some tossing. It was definitely one of her smarter moves.
We have a single one that was much less expensive. Its cute but dd takes all the stuffies out of it all the time so it really isn't all that helpful.
Wish I had one of these when the beanie baby craze was going on!
This is stinkin' genius!! I had no idea such thing existed :) I just ordered a single from Amazon to corral the madness. I was also thinking of sewing a bean bag chair so this may work for both....we shall see! Thx for sharing!
That may make it more cost effective to purchase than make.
You can buy unstuffed bean bag chairs at Wal-Mart; they sell the beans separately. I wouldn't even bother making a mesh panel, LOL.
I made one for my son, I made it like a short squat cylinder shape. For the top circle, I put the mesh window. Instead of a zipper, I just did velcro on the side (where the seam was on the long rectangle that made the side of the cylinder shape). It was pretty easy and it works great!