BRABANTIO, the rich senator of Venice, had a fair daughter, the gentle Desdemona. She was sought to by divers suitors, both on account of her many virtuous qualities, and for her rich expectations. But among the suitors of her own clime and complexion, she saw none whom she could affect: for this noble lady, who regarded the mind more than the features of men, with a singularity rather to be admired than imitated, had chosen for the object of her affections, a Moor, a black, whom her father loved, and often invited to his house.
Neither is Desdemona to be altogether condemned for the unsuitableness of the person whom she selected for her lover. Bating that Othello was black, the noble Moor wanted nothing which might recommend him to the affections of the greatest lady. He was a soldier, and a brave one; and by his conduct in bloody wars against the Turks, had risen to the rank of general in the Venetian service, and was esteemed and trusted by the state.
He had been a traveller, and Desdemona (as is the manner of ladies) loved to hear him tell the story of his adventures, which he would run through from his earliest recollection; the battles, sieges, and encounters, which he had passed through; the perils he had been exposed to by land and by water; his hair-breadth escapes, when he had entered a breach, or marched up to the mouth of a cannon; and how he had been taken prisoner by the insolent enemy, and sold to slavery; how he demeaned himself in that state, and how he escaped: all these accounts, added to the narration of the strange things he had seen in foreign countries, the vast wilderness and romantic caverns, the quarries, the rocks and mountains, whose heads are in the clouds; of the savage nations, the cannibals who are man-eaters, and a race of people in Africa whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders: these travellers' stories would so enchain the attention of Desdemona, that if she were called off at any time by household affairs, she would despatch with all haste that business, and return, and with a greedy ear devour Othello's discourse. And once he took advantage of a pliant hour, and drew from her a prayer, that he would tell her the whole story of his life at large, of which she had heard so much, but only by parts: to which he consented, and beguiled her of many a tear, when he spoke of some distressful stroke which his youth had suffered.
His story being done, she gave him for his pains a world of sighs: she swore a pretty oath, that it was all passing strange, and pitiful, wondrous pitiful: she wished (she said) she had not heard it, yet she wished that heaven had made her such a man; and then she thanked him, and told him, if he had a friend who loved her, he had only to teach him how to tell his story, and that would woo her. Upon this hint, delivered not with more frankness than modesty, accompanied with certain bewitching prettiness, and blushes, which Othello could not but understand, he spoke more openly of his love, and in this golden opportunity gained the consent of the generous lady Desdemona privately to marry him.
Neither Othello's color nor his fortune were such that it could be hoped Brabantio would accept him for a son-in-law. He had left his daughter free; but he did expect that, as the manner of noble Venetian ladies was, she would choose ere long a husband of senatorial rank or expectations; but in this he was deceived; Desdemona loved the Moor, though he was black, and devoted her heart and fortunes to his valiant parts and qualities; so was her heart subdued to an implicit devotion to the man she had selected for a husband, that his very color, which to all but this discerning lady would have proved an insur-mountable objection, was by her esteemed above all the white skins and clear complexions of the young Venetian nobility, her suitors.
Their marriage, which, though privately carried, could not long be kept a secret, came to the ears of the old man, Brabantio, who appeared in a solemn council of the senate, as an accuser of the Moor Othello, who by spells and witchcraft (he maintained) had seduced the affections of the fair Desdemona to marry him, without the consent of her father, and against the obligations of hospitality.


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Germany pledges 56 million euros to fund Palestinian projects in 2021
The German government announced today, Thursday, its pledge to grant the Palestinian government an amount of 55.56 million euros (66.2 million dollars) to fund projects in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, during the next year.
Advisor to the Prime Minister, Stefan Salama, said that the new German grant will be used to finance projects in the sectors: water and sanitation, infrastructure for local government bodies, support for the private sector and small companies, the agricultural sector, youth employment, and vocational and technical training.
He added during a press conference at the end of the annual round of consultations between the Palestinian and German governments on German aid to Palestine, that "all the projects that will be funded by the grant fall within the government's priorities, and cover all areas in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip."
Salameh praised the support of Germany, "which is the largest donor to the Palestinian people."
In addition to the annual support provided by Germany to the government, Salameh said that it contributes to the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) with 161 million euros per year, "increasing it in 2020 to 170 million euros."
Germany's representative to Palestine, Ambassador Christian Klags, said that his country's support for the Palestinian government for the year 2021 "will focus on the economy affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, creating temporary job opportunities and maintaining the sustainability of services."
He added that part of the new aid will go to finance the establishment of a distribution network for the desalination plant in the Gaza Strip, which serves about one million citizens in the Gaza Strip.
Clages affirmed his government's commitment to continue providing support to the Palestinian government, "which comes within the framework of achieving the goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state within the vision of the two-state solution."
An Israeli soldier was shot and wounded near Ramallah
Corona in Israel: 223 deaths and injuries exceeding 16,000
Hurricane "Vani" kills 42 people in India and Bangladesh
Erekat confirms that it has a plan to confront the annexation, and demands an immediate deterrence to the occupation's plans
Occupation detains 304 martyrs in refrigerators and tombs of numbers
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Occupation destroys eastern Gaza agricultural land by spraying it with pesticides
The European Union provides a 71 million euro aid package to tackle Corona in Palestine
The occupation government is waving open scenarios on Gaza
More than 20 million cases of COVID-19 in the United States
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Carver State Bank: Past, Present and Future
By Savannah Tribune | on February 22, 2017
By Robert E. James, President
Carver State Bank Main Office
Carver State Bank was established in 1927. We are, by far, the oldest bank headquartered in Savannah. This year, we are celebrating our 90th anniversary, and it has been my honor to serve as president of this institution for 46 of the past 90 years.
Carver has a tremendous heritage. It has been, and still is, a financial services leader and a source of pride for the entire Savannah community, especially those who are affiliated with the institution.
I learned about Carver during the summer of 1969, while working as a summer intern with Citizens and Southern National Bank (C& S Bank) of Atlanta between my 1st and 2nd years of graduate school at the Harvard University Graduate
School of Business Administration.
Carver State Bank is certainly a unique institution. There are approximately 6,500 commercial banks in the United States, but only 21 of these banks are owned by African Americans. The fact that we have not only survived, but thrived, during the past 90 years is certainly a remarkable accomplishment.
Carver is the only bank headquartered in the Savannah area that has an OUTSTANDING Community Reinvestment Act Rating from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. This OUTSTANDING Rating is confirmation that we are providing valuable services to all sectors of our community. We are the only bank in Chatham County headquartered in one of the five (5) low- income census tracts in our area.
Carver is also the only bank headquartered in the Savannah area that is certified by the United States Treasury Department as a Community Development Financial Institution. In 2010, we became the only community bank headquartered in Georgia to participate in a New Markets Tax Credit transaction.
At Carver, we have been able to respond promptly to changes in the financial services marketplace and find services that are needed by our customers and prospective customers; then, deliver them efficiently and profitably. We have been successful in cultivating new sources of revenue that are consistent with the bank's mission and business plan. This foresight enabled us to remain strong through the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Recession of 2008, and all of the economic ups and downs in-between.
The history, positioning and accomplishments of Carver State Bank are distinctive. The fact that we have thrived as an African American-owned bank in a relatively small southern city makes us unique in itself. For example, there are no African American owned banks in the cities of Charleston, South Carolina or Jacksonville, Florida, although there have been several efforts to establish similar institutions in these areas.
Two of the primary reasons for the long and continuing success of Carver are the stable leadership the bank has enjoyed from the Board of Directors and Senior Management and our commitment to a set of "Core Business Values."
Carver has had only three presidents, and all of these leaders of Carver have adopted a core business value of "Community Involvement." Our founder, Louis B. Toomer, was heavily involved in community affairs. Although most of his energy was used to develop and manage his commercial enterprises, Toomer held numerous leadership positions in local and national organizations. He was known throughout the nation for his active involvement in community affairs. Because of his influence and business acumen, he was appointed Registrar on the U. S. Treasury under the Eisenhower Administration and served from 1953 to 1956. During that period, Toomer traveled by train from Savannah, Georgia to Washington, DC each week, and returned to work at the bank on Friday and Saturday.
Mr. Toomer remained President of Carver until his death in May 1961. After his death, Lawrence D. Perry was elected the second President. Mr. Perry served as cashier from the date the bank began operation. Perry continued Toomer's legacy of community involvement. He was a leader in several civic organizations and was the first African American to be appointed a member of the Savannah Airport Commission and the Chatham County Board of Education. Perry retired on December 1, 1971.
Since I became President of Carver in 1971, we have continued our participation in community affairs and the list of organizations where I have served are far too numerous to list at this time. Most recently, I completed a successful term as Chairman of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, an organization that is considered one of the premier economic development agencies in the country. When people learn of all of the community initiatives that we support, participate in, or lead, they are usually overwhelmed. They usually think that Carver is a much larger bank than we are.
This commitment to community involvement is partially why we have the OUTSTANDING Community Re-investment Act Rating from FDIC that I mentioned earlier.
In addition to "Community Involvement," our commitment to "Staff Development" is another of these values that has remained unchanged over the years.
There is seldom a time when we do not have a Carver staff member involved in some type of job training or career enhancement program. This commitment to the uplift of our staff members has certainly paid off because of all of the technical developments and other changes in our business.
Last year, Carver developed a new, comprehensive strategic plan that we know will lead us to expanded service opportunities. In fact, we have already started one of the new initiatives. We have revised and enhanced our lending programs, including doing more SBA Lending. In fact, we envision creating an environment where our Skidaway Branch becomes a one-stop loan center for this entire region, where the loan officers that the customers talk to have the skills to analyze the loan requests and the authority to make the loan decisions.
Savannah is an amazing community, and a wonderful place to work, raise a family and live, in part, because of Carver State Bank and its tremendous heritage of service, leadership, success. We are looking forward to another 90 years and beyond.
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Outstanding! You received an A on the 2019 Courage Score report card. You've shown great courage in standing up for the needs of your constituents and facing down corporate lobbyists and interest groups that exploit Californians. Thank you for being a progressive champion of the people -- California deserves more leaders like you!
Despite being institutions of public education, charter schools have operated with limited accountability. In an effort to increase accountability and coordination with local school districts, AB 1478 requires charter schools to seek approval from local school districts to open new campuses and renew existing agreements.
Child welfare agencies are required to assess the health needs of all young people in foster care, and to ensure they receive appropriate and timely care to address the needs identified by qualified professionals. This bill makes clear that, to meet this obligation for transgender and gender nonconforming youth, child welfare agencies must ensure access to clinicians who provide gender-affirming treatment consistent with established standards of care.
The Trump administration has been actively attempting to increase offshore drilling efforts across the American coastline — including off California's shores. AB 1775 and SB 834 would protect California's coastline, environment, and economy by putting a stop to new offshore oil and gas drilling and production and making it nearly impossible to transport oil from offshore facilities.
Vulnerable workers are often subjected to workplace abuse and even coerced into signing agreements that force them to settle disputes out of courts of law, effectively stripping away a worker's ability to fight against wage theft, sexual harassment, and other workers' rights violations in court. AB 3080 would prohibit employers from requiring workers to sign forced arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, protecting vulnerable workers from coercion.
Although the passage of Proposition 64 legalized recreational cannabis use and allowed for the "resentencing and destruction of records for prior convictions," it did not specify a process for the retroactive erasure of non-violent cannabis convictions. AB 1793 mandates the California Department of Justice to search its database for eligible cases and send them to district attorneys for review by July 2019, potentially prompting the overturning of a plethora of wrongful convictions within the next few years.
Securing employment is a crucial step in keeping people from going back to prison. However, about 30 percent of all jobs require professional licenses, which are usually granted by state boards. AB 2293 was part of a bill package that would have prohibited these boards from using arrest or conviction records as the only basis to deny professional licenses to applicants with nonviolent criminal arrests or convictions. It would have prohibited denial of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification based on an individual's criminal record. The bill was significantly amended to focus exclusively on mandating new reporting on EMT certification applicants including the demographic and criminal conviction history of applicants that were approved and denied certification.
The Ellis Act allows landlords to evict all tenants from a building, in order to go out of the rental business and use that building for another purpose. If an owner chooses to do so, they may not turn around after evicting the tenants and return their units to the rental market. However, the Act contains a loophole which allows landlords to do this unit-by-unit, thus allowing them to evict all their renters one by one and still remain in the rental business. AB 2364 would have closed this loophole.
Californians struggling with loans — often minorities, veterans, students, and seniors — end up falling deeper in debt due to penalty fees, debt collection lawsuits, damaged credit, and even bankruptcy. AB 2500 would have protected consumers from being targeted by predatory lenders by capping interest rates for loans at roughly 20% for consumer loans between $2,500 and $10,000.
Currently, California's labor code prevents discrimination or retaliation against victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. AB 3081 would also prohibit an employer from firing or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against an employee because of his or her status as a victim of sexual harassment, further expanding protections for victims of workplace harassment.
Many hospitalized, unhoused people are often at risk of being discharged out into extreme weather or other unsafe conditions, making them even more vulnerable to worsened illness. SB 1152 would create a hospital discharge planning process for patients experiencing homelessness that takes into account the unique medical and social service needs of these individuals by mandating hospitals discharge homeless patients to a primary residence, health facility, or shelter facility that has agreed to accept them. SB 1152 would also require discharge planning for patients experiencing homelessness to ensure that the patient is clothed, has been offered screening for communicable disease, and has been offered enrollment assistance for affordable health care options.
Despite having some of the strongest gun safety legislation in the country, California still suffered from over 300 mass shootings in 2018. Currently, Californians are only permitted to purchase one handgun every 30 days. SB 1177 would prohibit a person from purchasing more than one long gun per month, aligning California law for both types of firearms.
As the world's fifth-largest economy and a global leader in environmental protections, California has the ability to move toward 100% clean energy. SB 100 acknowledges this and sets a goal for California to transition to 100% clean energy by 2045.
Current California law states that someone can be held criminally liable for murder if it occurs during a felony they committed, even if they were not present for the actual death. This results in hundreds of people being jailed for murders they didn't commit. SB 1437 would ensure that a person can only be convicted of felony murder if they were directly involved with the crime and would reduce the number of people unfairly sentenced.
While we need to bring more renewable energy onto our electric grid, we cannot allow the transition to clean energy to unjustly impose more burdens on communities already suffering from pollution that fossil fuel and natural gas production have caused. SB 64 would require state agencies to work together to collect data and identify ways to reduce air pollution, specifically prioritizing reducing emissions in communities most impacted by climate change.
Currently, individuals such as farm laborers, substitute teachers, janitors, and others who work seasonally are at risk of losing their savings to creditors during the off-season. SB 298 would protect two months' worth of savings at the amount of the hourly minimum wage from being taken by debt collectors so that seasonal workers are not left bankrupt.
Californians' personal data is often collected and stored by the state to help state agencies serve the public, but the data has also been used to aid mass deportations and religious registries. SB 244 would enhance privacy and confidentiality protections in state databases to ensure that personal data is only used to assess eligibility for and to provide public services. It would also prohibit disclosure of personal data from the California Department of Motor Vehicles database except in cases of warranted requests.


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Wanna read about my hernia operation, Part One?
I know very well that neither you nor anyone else wants to read about my operation—well, okay, perhaps one in a thousand does wants to read about it so I will offer it up for that one in a thousand, that one that is willing to wade through such drivel just in case it might be educational or funny or foolish or all three—just in case.
I recently managed to shed fifteen pounds of avoirdupois from my 67-inch frame—that's five feet and seven inches in height, a total of 67 inches. Okay, perhaps by now it is more like 66 inches due to the compaction of vertebrae in my backbone—that's one of the privileges, or perhaps the vicissitudes of aging.
Mind you, I am not stooped or hunchbacked as was Quasimodo the Bell Ringer, nor do I ring anyone's bells—in fact, I never have and probably never will. As for my height, whatever the total number of inches I rise from the ground upwards may be, I am militarily erect, and in my not-so-humble opinion I would stand tall even if I were the little fellow on television that was always saying, "Zee plane, boss, zee plane!"
Had I been taller I would have ruled the world, but as it is I'm content to be in charge wherever I may be.
Out of respect for any reader that may take umbrage, I will refrain from repeating something that Mae West said in one of her films when she responded to a tall stranger's knock on her hotel door. She looked up and told him that he was "a tall one," and he responded that he was "six feet, six inches."Oh, well, what the hey! I'll tell it anyway, and if anyone takes umbrage they shouldn't have read it. What Mae West said was something on the order of, "Well, come on in, big boy, and we'll talk about the six inches."
But as is my wont, I have digressed—-back to my operation. On a fateful morning in late December 2011 while waiting for the water in the shower to reach a reasonable temperature (I'm a wuss when it comes to cold showers), I was admiring my image in the mirror, an image sans clothing, while examining the areas that still needed slimming down (just as an aside, cold showers don't work for me).
In my pinching and lifting and rearranging for effect while holding my breath (stomach in, chest out) I found something that send me scurrying to the physician who was unfortunate enough to have me on the list of people assigned to him to monitor their health, a doctor in the Internal Medicine Clinic at the Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio TX. I first called his nurse and confided my fears, and after enduring my plaint she checked with the doctor and returned my call, telling me to "Come on down!"
I told the doctor that I had discovered a lump in my lower left abdominal area, a lump that was present when standing but one that disappeared when I sat down or lay down. He suspected that the lump was an inguinal hernia, but then used a hands-on search—with my trousers and under-wear on the floor—and said, "Yep, you have an inguinal hernia in the left groin and also a smaller one in the right groin." What he actually called the hernia on the left was "a potential candidate for surgery."
He said the smaller hernia could merely be followed, and at this stage he felt that surgery was not necessary. He set up an appointment with a doctor in the proper clinic at BAMC (Brooke Army Medical Center, now renamed as SAMMC, San Antonio Military Medical Center). He said that BAMC/SAMMC might decide that surgery would not be necessary and then added, "But they really like to do surgery over there."
On that cheerful note I will conclude the first part of a quadrilogy, one comprised of the suspected hernia, its diagnosis, the surgical repair, and recovery. I am breaking the series into four parts because I have been criticized for making my postings far too lengthy. It's something similar to the old joke about two drunks in a bar, a bar bet and a cuspidor. Click here to read the joke—it's funny and you can share it with your children. However, you'll probably need to define the word cuspidor. The joke is in the last paragraph, and the post is a long read, but don't be discouraged, and please don't fast-forward to the joke—you'll miss a lot of excellent prose!
As an aside, the Free Online Dictionary defines quadrilogy as "A series of four related dramatic, operatic, or literary works." This posting definitely qualifies to be classified and presented as a quadrilogy. My discovery and its diagnosis were dramatic, the surgery was operatic (Get it? Operatic, as in operation?), and this carefully couched and presented 4-part series is the very epitome of a literary work.
This constitutes the first part of my dramatic, operatic and literary quadrilogy and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by thekingoftexas on April 30, 2012 in health
Tags: anguinal hernia, Brooke Army Medical Center, doctor, hernia, Mae West, operation, quadrilogy, Wilford Hall
A surgical solution to illegal immigration . . .
Our land border with Mexico cannot be closed.
The military could link hands from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California and the line would not slow the illegal entries. They will go under, over, through or around any barrier constructed, living or otherwise, by land, sea and air, and through tunnels.
Anyone who has lived or worked on the border for any significant length of time knows the border cannot be closed. I worked on the Texas-Mexico border for 12 years, with extended assignments at three land border ports as a Customs inspector trainee, journeyman and supervisor, and in a three-year stint at Customs Headquarters I covered every port on the Mexican border (also most international airports, seaports and land crossings on our border with Canada).
I know the border cannot be closed.
Bill O'Reilly at Fox News believes the border can be closed. He's wrong—the border cannot be closed (he hasn't asked me about this, but I would be glad to brief him).
I began my 26-year career with the United States Customs Service at the international border crossing in Progreso, a small town in the Rio Grande Valley a few miles south of Weslaco, Texas. The port director at Progreso had, in my opinion, a sure-fire way to dry up the flood of illegal immigrants—such persons have historically been called wet-backs, a highly descriptive term that has fallen prey to the current atmosphere of political correctness. I plan to discuss the term in a subsequent posting.
The then-port director at Progreso suggested that, regardless of nationality or country of origin, one finger be removed from the illegal immigrant the first time he (or she) is intercepted, then return him (or her) to Mexico, and remove another finger if that person is again intercepted entering our country illegally. If adopted, his suggestion would result in numerous nine-fingered illegals, significantly fewer eight-fingered, and virtually none with only seven fingers.
My only suggestion to his plan at that time was to remove the middle finger of one hand for the first offense and the middle finger of the other hand for the second offense, then another finger for the next illegal crossing, etc., etc. My rationale for that sequence was, of course, intended to prevent the offender from flipping the bird at any US federal officer in any future encounter. This led to the development of Operation FRET (Finger Removal Each Time).
I have since fleshed out my plan to control unauthorized immigration, and have also developed a plan to prevent members of Congress from growing old and rich in the "service" of their country. To that end I offer the following concepts: Operation FRET to control illegal immigration, and Operation OFFER to clear out some, perhaps most, of the deadwood in our Senate and our House of Representatives. Operation OFFER, over time, might even clear out all the deadwood and ensure that none of it reappears in Congress.
Operation FRET (Finger Removal Each Time) should not be confused with the acronym for fluorescence resonance energy transfer, a condition related to fluorescent lighting. Operation FRET is my term for a system that, if properly applied, could staunch the flow of unauthorized entries across our national borders. The system is suggested to control entries from Mexico, but to avoid any semblance of bias it should probably be instituted along our northern border as well, and for consistency the system must apply to illegal entries at any point in the nation, whether by land, sea or air.
Operation OFFER (One Finger For Each Re-election) is recommended initially for elections to our Senate and our House of Representatives, but the concept can be applied effectively to lesser elections, ranging from local school boards up to gubernatorial races. I would oppose any suggestion to make Operation OFFEE retroactive for sitting electees—now that would really be cruel!
I would also oppose any suggestion to extend Operation OFFEE to the highest elected office in the land—that worthy needs more fingers, not fewer, to accomplish his complex duties and responsibilities. Besides, any hint of such a suggestion, whether satire or otherwise, would bring down on the suggester the accumulative weight and heat of every national, state and local law enforcement agency.
A fellow blogger made these comments on my suggestion concerning digit removals for illegal immigrants, and his comments inspired me to develop Operation OFFER:
I think your immigration penalty may be a tad cruel.
Could we, however, use it for membership in Congress?
Yes, we can! (I must admit that I pilfered that slogan from the 2008 presidential campaign). If the OFFER concept (One Finger Removal Each Re-election) became law, it's doubtful that we would ever have more than a handful (so to speak) of nine-fingered senators or representatives, even fewer with only eight fingers and probably none with three fingers missing. I assume the writer meant to remove one finger on the initial election to Congress, whether to the Senate or to the House of Representatives, and the second on the first re-election, etc. And I also assume the same sequence (middle fingers first) would apply to the members of Congress. However, I feel that the system should apply to re-elections only. Under Operation FRET, the illegal immigrant has broken federal law, while the first term electee to Congress has broken no laws. Operation OFFER would ensure that no senator or representative would serve more than one term unless, of course, they would be willing to sacrifice a digit in order to remain on the federal dole and continue feathering their nest—not likely, that.
It is doubtful that the law could be made retroactive, principally because many of the senators and representatives would be minus all fingers as well as both thumbs. And there is actually the possibility, albeit it very remote, that reelections to the Senate and the House of Representatives would be eliminated—one can only dream.
I would oppose any suggestion to make Operation OFFER retroactive for sitting electees—now that would really be cruel! I would also oppose any suggestion to extend Operation OFFER to the highest elected office in the land—that worthy needs more fingers, not fewer, to accomplish his complex duties and responsibilities. And any such suggestion, whether satire or otherwise, would bring down on the suggester the accumulative weight and heat of every national, state and local law enforcement agency in the nation.
A special note for anyone who peruses (reads) this posting and believes it, or is repulsed by it, or considers it cruel and un-American:
Hey, lighten up!
This is satire and nothing more—no investigation by the AFRC (Anti-Finger-Removal Czar) is needed, nor do we need a BOLO for international border crossers with fingers missing from either hand, specifically middle fingers.
Our newspapers, novels, movies and television presentations are saturated with crime reports, either true or fictional, so everyone should know the meaning of BOLO. However, this explanation is provided for the edification (enlightenment) of the three persons (estimated) in our population of 330 million (estimated) that do not know:
BOLO is an acronym for Be On Look Out (for). Don't you just abhor (hate) it when someone uses a word, whether verbal (spoken) or written, then immediately defines (explains) it in the belief that the reader lacks eruditeness (having great knowledge) and won't know the word's meaning?
I also hate it when someone does that, whether speaking or writing.
I completely understand, and I feel your pain.
Posted by thekingoftexas on January 10, 2010 in Humor, law enforcement, politics
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Beatrice de Gelder received an MA in Philosophy, an MA in Experimental Psychology and a PhD in Philosophy from Louvain University in Belgium. Her current research focuses on face and body recognition and, recently, the neuroscience of art. She has received seven previous research grants and in 2012 was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) scientific grant for the study of cultural differences in emotional body expression. In the last ten years her research has resulted in 155 peer-reviewed articles and 22 invited chapters in professional books.
In May 2010, Scientific American published an invited article expanding on the broad impact of her work on unconscious vision and in July 2011, Discovery Science (a subsidiary of Discovery Channel) broadcast an episode covering her work as part of the US science program "Through the Wormhole." She has authored or co-authored three professional books covering her work and is currently has a fourth in preparation for Oxford University Press entitled "The Emotional Body."
She has served on the editorial board of several professional journals and is currently Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Emotion Science. Professor deGelder has been Ad hoc Member of advisory panels in the US NIH and NSF and, in Europe, a member of the NWO (Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research)/Veni commission, the Heart Foundation, permanent member of the Belgian Science Foundation/Psychology commission, a frequent advisor for ANR, CNRS (France), INSERM, The Wellcome Trust.
She has also been a Member of several advisory research panels of the European Commission for FET, ICT programs of FP6, FP7, the ESF and outside EU, NIH and NSF.


The Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) database. ISSS produces immigration eligibility documents (I-20 and DS-2019) and maintains records with regard to F and J visa holders on SEVIS. Although full use of SEVIS was mandated by August 1, 2003, DHS began to collect the SEVIS fee on September 1, 2004. The fee is paid directly to DHS and is being assessed to cover their SEVIS operational costs.
Each new student or scholar whose initial (original) I-20 or DS-2019 form is issued after September 1, 2004 will be required to pay the SEVIS fee (in addition to the other visa application fees). The SEVIS fee will not be charged to those students and scholars whose eligibility documents were issued prior to September 1, 2004 (exceptions noted in the paragraph below).
In certain circumstances, a current student or scholar (whose initial I-20 or DS-2019 form was issued prior to September 1, 2004) will be required to pay the fee. The fee will be assessed if the student or scholar applies for a change of status, reinstatement, change of category (J-1 only) or after absences from the U.S. for more than five consecutive months (except those on an approved study abroad program or approved research abroad).
Note: the issuance date is when the ISSS staff member signed the Initial I-20 or DS-2019 form. Not be confused with the program start or arrival date.
The fee can be paid only after the I-20 or DS-2019 form has been issued. The fee must be paid prior to the visa interview. It is wise to have at least a three-day gap in between fee payment and the visa appointment. Payment of the fee is valid in the SEVIS database for a maximum of 12 months.
Note: It can take from two to five weeks if paying by mail to process, so planning is essential, if this payment method is selected.
DHS created a website to facilitate the collection of the SEVIS fee, using the "I-901 Fee Remittance for Certain F, J, and M Nonimmigrant" form. The fee can be paid online by credit card at www.FMJfee.com. Alternatively, the I-901 form can be downloaded at http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/I-901.pdf to pay via mail. If, paying by mail, a U.S. casher's check or check drawn from a U.S. bank should be used.
The student or scholar, the academic department, or any other party can pay the SEVIS fee. However, key information about the visa applicant is needed, including address, passport number, and information from the I-20 or DS-2019 form. In either case, it is important that the visa applicant bring a receipt of the payment with them to their visa interview appointment.
Canadian citizens do not have to obtain a visa in order to enter the U.S. However, they need to pay the SEVIS fee in advance of their entry to the U.S. (a minimum of three days in between is recommended). Fee payment is verified at the U.S. Port of Entry.
Dependents on F-2 or J-2 visas are not subject to the SEVIS fee, regardless of when the initial I-20 or DS-2019 form was issued. However, if they apply for a change of status, change of category (J-1 only), or reinstatement, the fee would be assessed.
The information and instructions on-line, http://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/index.htm, are fairly comprehensive and easy to understand. In the case of general or case-specific questions, student, scholars or departments should contact the SEVIS FEE Help Desk by e-mail at fmjfee.SEVIS@dhs.gov or (212) 620-3418, which operates during normal business hours (weekdays, 8am – 8pm EST). This phone number is for international callers only.


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Tech Savvy Frontiers
Beware the Paradox of Automation
What's happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
Theodore Kinni October 20, 2016 Reading Time: 4 min
Tech Savvy was a weekly column focused on new developments at the intersection of management and technology. For more weekly roundups for managers, see our Best of This Week series.
The paradox of automation: Earlier this year, Facebook exorcised those pesky human editors who were introducing political bias into its Trending news list and left the job to algorithms. Now, reports Caitlin Dewey in The Washington Post , the Trending news isn't biased, but some of it is fake. Turns out the algorithms can't tell a real news story from a hoax.
Facebook says it can improve its algorithms, but errors of judgment aren't the only pitfall in transferring human tasks to machines. There's also the paradox of automation. "It applies in a wide variety of contexts, from the operators of nuclear power stations to the crews of cruise ships, from the simple fact that we can no longer remember phone numbers because we have them all stored in our mobile phones, to the way we now struggle with mental arithmetic because we are surrounded by electronic calculators," says Tim Hartford in an excerpt published by The Guardian from his new book, Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives . "The better the automatic systems, the more out-of-practice human operators will be, and the more extreme the situations they will have to face."
Hartford borrows William Langewiesche's harrowing description of the crash of Air France Flight 447 to illustrate three problems with automation: "First, automatic systems accommodate incompetence by being easy to operate and by automatically correcting mistakes. … Second, even if operators are expert, automatic systems erode their skills by removing the need for practice. Third, automatic systems tend to fail either in unusual situations or in ways that produce unusual situations, requiring a particularly skillful response."
The excerpt is worth a read — especially if it prompts you to ask if your company's automation initiatives might entail similar risks.
AI stimulus from the U.S. government: In August, this column included a link to IBM's response to a call from the White House for information on artificial intelligence. Last week, the White House issued its own AI report and a strategic framework for developing a national AI capability. And U.S. commander in chief Barack Obama discussed it, along with MIT Media Lab director (in chief) Joi Ito, in an extensive interview with Wired editor in chief Scott Dadich.
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There's news and possibly opportunities in all this for companies that are pursuing AI-related initiatives.
Theodore Kinni is a contributing editor for MIT Sloan Management Review. He blogs at Reading, Writing re: Management and tweets @tedkinni.
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A 15-year-old has been arrested for posting violent Eminem lyrics on Instagram.
The Fresno Bee reports, the teen has been charged with the felony of making terrorist threats, as well as for disrupting school activity.
After officials at the kid's school heard about the post, they quickly called authorities who went to the kid's home Monday night. There cops found a replica AK-47 Airsoft rifle, a handgun, a .357 Magnum revolver, a 12-gauge shotgun, ammunition and a bulletproof vest that were concealed in the subfloor of a closet, said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer.
The 15-year-old has reportedly been having a rough time lately. His mother passed away last year, he quit the football team, he broke up with his girlfriend and he wasn't doing well in school. Dyer said that he saw these factors as warning signs.
The teen is now in a juvenile detention center, but says that he's innocent. Claiming that he never posted the lyrics on his Instagram, he's telling authorities that he was hacked. He and his father are also saying they don't know about the guns police found in their home.
I'm glad the teen's school discovered the post before disaster struck. We definitely don't need anymore tragic school shooting happening. The more schools that can stop situations like this before they happen, the better.


I've decided to compile a list of resources for Computer Science students, or really anyone to learn online at anytime.
I plan to keep the list updated with new resources I find. Please comment with suggestions.
This year I have decided to work on an application for WWDC 2015. Students are encouraged to either create an application using Swift or a combination of Swift and Objective-C. I have decided to take the all Swift approach.
Apple has increased the number of students selected to 350 and added a diverse set of STEM organizations. It's clear there's a push for change and Apple is leading the way.


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David Bowie 1978-04-10 Dallas ,Convention Center (Pre-Broadcast, LPCM Audio) – SQ 8,5
David Bowie 1978-04-10 Dallas ,Convention Center (Pre-Broadcast, LPCM Audio).
Sound Quality Rating
01. Intro.flac
02. What In The World.flac
03. Blackout.flac
04. Sense Of Doubt.flac
05. Speed Of Life.flac
06. Hang Onto Yourself.flac
07. Ziggy Stardust.flac
08. Outro.flac
Audio Source: audience
Sound Quality : very good. Equals record or radio apart from a slight noise and some dullness.
Attendance: 9.820
Artwork: None.
A film crew of the American TV filmed the whole concerL,but only the above numbers were broadcast. This film was sold to many TV programmes in a large number of countries, and it has been often broad-cast partly or wholly,especially Blackout and Ziggy Stardust. Whenever in a documentary film or some other programme on Bowie you seeparts of these numbers,they are sure to stem from thisrecording.
An excellent concert. Here,too,most of the people did nut yet Know which songs were going to be played,but Bowie gives some of it away by saying,when the first half of the show is over: "We'll see you in ten minutes time,with some very old songs". "I'd like very much to introduce you to the gentlemen of my band,I'm sure you'd like to mee t them!".
Tour band 1978 – The Low and Heroes World Tour :
David Bowie – vocals, chamberlain
Adrian Belew – lead guitar, backing vocals
Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (music director)
George Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Davis – drums, percussion
Roger Powell – keyboards, synthesizer ,Moog Taurus bass pedals ,backing vocals (except 11–14 November 1978)
Dennis Garcia – keyboards, synthesizer (11–14 November 1978 only)
Sean Mayes – piano, string ensemble, backing vocals Simon House – electric violin
Simon House – electric violin.
David Does Dallas. In 1978.
I have some notes from the weekend–something about "vote for Chris Bell, I guess," "look into the price of foreign steel" and "find out more about this Terrell Owens"–but before we get to all that, here's something from the archives worth opening your Monday with: David Bowie in 1978 at the Dallas Convention Center Arena. Among the selections is one of my favorite Bowie songs, "Hang on to Yourself" from the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars–one of 23 songs he played that April 10 night on the Low tour. Was gonna show you just that one song–the clip was added over the weekend, which makes it brand-new…to you–but, hell, we'll just give you all of the clips we can find from the show, which apparently aired on network TV as David Bowie on Stage, with 21 minutes' worth of material and six songs, including "Speed of Life" and "Ziggy Stardust." All but one of them, organized in the order in which they were performed according to various set lists from that night, are after the jump; you can go here to see the broadcast's opener, "What in the World." If nothing else, Google's gonna pay $1.6 billion for stuff like this. We go get it for you at no additional charge. –Robert Wilonsky
David Bowie performs "Blackout" at the Dallas Convention Center Arena, April 10, 1978
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admin	on November 11, 2018 at 10:16 am
very nice, I want a copy 🙂
waffles2go	on November 11, 2018 at 1:15 am
I may have this entire show shortly (pre-fm).
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A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened.
Genre : Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Actors : Amitabh Bachchan, Amrita Singh, Antonio Aakeel, Begonia Villalba, Daniel O'Kane, Denzil Smith, Manav Kaul, Mark Mansfield, Tanveer Ghani, Tapsee Pannu, Tony Luke
Director : Ankit Dahiya, Chandrika Chandran, Dane Ross, Shome Makhija, Sujoy Ghosh
Before the Border
A highly driven law student eludes her entitled rival as she retraces the path of the underground railroad.
While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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When a wealthy woman and her son die in a hunting accident, it's up to Conan Edogawa to solve the case. Meanwhile, Lupin the Third is after the Queen Crown, owned by the Vesparand royal family. When these two legendary characters meet, who will win the day?! Followed by "Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie" (2013).
Genre: Animation, Mystery
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called 'anesthetic awareness', which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Road House 2: Last Call
Shane Tanner, the son of a legendary cooler named Dalton, learns that his uncle Nate got beat up by a group of men because he doesn't want to sell his bar, The Black Pelican, to a bunch of drug dealers. To help out his uncle, Shane teams up with local school teacher Beau Hampton, who is a regular at the Black Pelican, and takes down the baddies.
With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life – her son. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over.
Newlywed Diego Diaz heads down to Miami Beach for a few weeks to finish his latest novel, but when he becomes emotionally intimate with a sexy bartender, he and his wife are left to examine the true state of their young marriage.
You, the Living
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman (Jessica Lundberg) remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden
Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening.
Kaito Kid strikes again in this new annual installment of the Detective Conan movies. An actress asked for Mouri Kogoro to protect a precious jewel of hers which Kid has vowed to steal. On the day of the theft, Kaito Kid dressed up as Shinichi and matched wits with Conan, and fled in the end. To thank them, the actress invited Kogoro and family and friends to Sapporo, but a bigger scheme, and a great emergency is just about to unravel high above the clouds in the plane that they're taking…
Since women are banned from soccer matches, Iranian females masquerade as males so they can slip into Tehran's stadium to see the game between Iran and Bahrain. The ones who are caught and arrested are taken to a holding area and guarded by soldiers. One sympathetic soldier agrees to watch the game through a peephole and recount the action to the impatient fans.
Country: Iran
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport


Gleeman and The Geek - An Unauthorized Minnesota Twins Podcast : Episode 264: Swap Santana, Bring on Berrios?
Episode 264: Swap Santana, Bring on Berrios?
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She sways in tempo on the train, subconsciously, unaware of the public display of her private overture. A slight glide to the left as she stands holding a pole, head down, lost in thought. Her head rises, eyes closed, exalting in the crescendo she alone hears. A faint staccato tap against her purse. A pause between movements. A subtle jerk of her elbow, like a violinist, as her inner sonata builds. Her head rolls, her lips faintly counting time, as the music in her mind comes to a grand finale.
At least we didn't all have to hear the tinny bass line from her headphones!
Great tale, I see this every day.
No phones for this gal! Thus making her the perfect commuter.
I just thought of you and your writing style when I was reading it.
Kat, you are too awesome; thanks!
When you love music that much, time stands still or nothing else exists in your mind except the music! I can totally relate!
Right?! And there we go.
When seeing people completely caught up in their music during my commute I'm sometimes tempted to ask if we could exchange earphones if only for a few moments. I want to hear what is so moving to them. Of course I don't do this…a friend of mine jokingly reminded me that it might lead to 'hearing AIDS'.


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Updated on March 7, 2016 9:29pm EST
Raising Airline Taxes to Cut Deficit?
By Elizabeth MacDonald FOXBusiness
The U.S. Travel Association sent a letter to Congress asking it oppose any increases to aviation taxes in order to cut the federal deficit or fund the extension of the payroll tax cut.
In a statement, the association's president and CEO, Roger J. Dow, notes: "Raising aviation taxes as a 'pay-for' is a budgetary sleight-of-hand that works in the halls of Congress but discourages travel, hampers job creation and slows economic growth in the real world."
Dow added: "I urge you to oppose any proposal that raises aviation taxes as a means to 'pay for' the tax cut extension or to fund government programs unrelated to travel."
The federal government assesses aviation taxes in a variety of ways. It slaps excise taxes on base ticket prices, on international travel facilities for overseas flights that begin or end in the U.S., or even flights that begin or end in Alaska or Hawaii, as well as taxes for things like transporting property by air.
Last August, members of Congress had blasted airlines' decision to boost base fares after these taxes temporarily lapsed because Congress failed to approve the extension of a bill to keep the Federal Aviation Administration running. That meant the FAA didn't have the authority to impose these federal taxes that airlines add to the price of each ticket.
The Wall Street Journal reports that members of Congress and the White House have backed new legislation that would increase aviation taxes as a method to pay for deficit reduction or government programs unrelated to travel, the U.S Travel Association notes.
"Travel is not tobacco," Dow says in the statement. "Treating it as such demonstrates a lack of recognition for the enormous tax burden travelers confront today and the benefits that travel brings to communities across the country."
He adds in his statement that: "Today, the average tax on a commercial airline ticket is 20%, which is higher than so-called 'sin' taxes on alcohol, tobacco or firearms that are levied to discourage their use."
Dow also says higher aviation taxes will hurt jobs in the travel industry. "The 7.4 million (and growing) employees of the travel industry cannot afford Washington policies that punish Americans for traveling," says Dow in his statement. "Our $1.8 trillion U.S. travel industry remains a rare bright spot in the U.S. economy that is experiencing modest growth, adding new jobs and serving as an economic multiplier throughout the country."


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Can Chinese Democracy Survive…
by Katie St. John July 16, 2008, 5:27 pm 2 Comments
Word is out that Guns N' Roses will be included in the all-star lineup of bands featured on Rock Band 2, MTV's musical video game. However, the GNR track featured isn't "Paradise City," but a track from Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy, the album that has been forthcoming for over a decade now.
The featured track, "Shackler's Revenge" will be featured on MTV's Rock Band 2 due out in September. Including the track gives GNR fans hope that their long-awaited album might finally be released this fall after 14 years in the works, but frontman Axl Rose can't commit. Rose claims the album is complete, yet a release date for Chinese Democracy remains unannounced.
It may seem odd for a band to allow an unreleased track to be included in a video game centered around classic rock songs, but rising popularity of the games gives bands great exposure and could potentially double their income. Rock Band and Activision's Guitar Hero have benefited musicians by licensing their songs and selling the tracks through online networks for gamers to buy and play on their Rock Band or Guitar Hero sets. The tracks for the video games normally sell for $2, while they're sold on iTunes for only $1.
MTV has been especially aggressive with selling the online tracks for Rock Band, reportedly selling over 15 million tracks for the game to date—a hefty amount for the hard-rock genre. Rush, another group featured on Rock Band, experienced so much success with the video game that they are considering releasing an album exclusively throughRock Band. Mike Davis, executive vice president of Universal Music Enterprises said of the $1 billion per year product category, "These games absolutely have an impact because the opportunity to hear these songs on the radio is dwindling…This is becoming an important piece of the marketing puzzle." We'll see if Chinese Democracybenefits from the game's success.
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A longstanding paradox in vision shows that the complexity of neural encoding increases along the visual hierarchy even as visual resolution dramatically decreases. Put differently, how do people simultaneously recognize the face of a child, while at the same time visually resolving individual eyelash hairs?
The idea that sensory transformation discards low-level detail to yield invariant classification is a central core of many models of brain function. Some complex models then invoke large re-entrant loops to solve this fundamental paradox of increasing complexity vis-à-vis decreasing selectivity.
Primates can identify objects in the 10-degree central visual field within 150 milliseconds, suggesting an initial fast cascade of largely feedforward processing. How they can effortlessly perceive both global and local features of objects in such a short time and in great detail remains a mystery. The main question in vision study is how the cortex integrates local visual cues to form global representations along the object-processing visual hierarchy.
In a recent study published in Neuron, Dr. WANG Wei's lab at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed an unexpected neural clustering preserving visual acuity from V1 into V4, enabling the spatiotemporal separation of processing local and global features along the hierarchy.
The work from Dr. WANG's group aims at evaluating the core concept of whether low-level information like spatial resolution is preserved along the visual hierarchy, and if so, what are its functional implications. This is fundamental to understanding how the brain does sensory transformation.
Dr. WANG's lab studied the simultaneous transformation of spatial resolution (i.e., visual acuity) across macaque parafoveal V1, V2, and V4. Spatial resolution is often measured as spatial frequency (SF) discrimination. The researchers particularly focused on spatial analysis in V4, which links the analysis of local features by V1 and V2 with the global object representation provided by IT.
Surprisingly, they discovered clustered "islands" of V4 neurons selective for high SFs up to 12 cycles/ degrees, far exceeding the average optimal SFs of V1 and V2 neurons at similar retinal eccentricities. These neural clusters violate the inverse relationship between visual acuity and retinal eccentricity.
They proceeded to show that higher-acuity clusters represent local features, whereas lower-acuity clusters represent global features of the same stimuli. Furthermore, the clustered neurons with high-SF selectivity were found to respond 10 ms later than those in low-SF domains, providing direct neural evidence for the coarse-to-fine nature of human perception at intermediate levels of the visual processing hierarchy.
The study demonstrated that neurons in V4 (and most likely also in IT) do not necessarily need to have only low visual resolution. The research will prompt further studies to probe how this preservation of low-level information is useful for higher-level vision.
The study for the first time showed an unexpected compartmentation of area V4 into SF-selective functional domains that extend to high visual acuity. Higher acuities are preserved to later stages of the visual hierarchy where more complex visual cognitive behavior occurs, and may begin to resolve the long-standing paradox concerning fine visual discrimination in visual perception.
Data provided by Dr. WANG's lab has informed a conceptual reevaluation of processing models that currently dominate system neuroscience and artificial neural networks such as Deep Neural Networks (DNN).


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Our second Sunday had a very different feel to the first, but was equally good and encouraging for us at Christ Church Fareham. We had 26 people at the service, we put on kids work for the very first time, we had two new visitors from Fareham, as well as connecting with a lady at the front who said she'd come back next week with her husband.
This is what we aspire to be as a church. Consequently I challenged everyone there to confess sin and ask for the Holy Spirit's help in one area where they felt weak. And I invited members of the Church to recognize where they were strong and commit to bringing leadership in that area, so that the whole church can learn from their example.
We also recognised on Sunday that church life like this flows from the Gospel of Grace that Peter preaches at the Day of Pentecost. This is my hope and prayer, that Christ Church Fareham would be devoted to Christ and show these 8 marks in everything we do.


On this fabulous Friday in June, I sit here considering what I'll include in my inaugural blog post. The pressure is on to write something witty or include some insightful piece of information. Do I discuss food finds that I've bookmarked in hopes of making when my refrigerator is restocked and Flyboy returns? Should I rattle on about the design world and how my heart skips a beat when I see a beautifully restored barn or a crisp and industrial new kitchen? To be honest, I've followed the greats like Design Sponge and decor8 for awhile now. I've got a special folder on my computer with my favorite inspirational images and decor do's to prove it. I've wanted to start a blog of my own for awhile, but I could never convince myself to take the plunge. I was too afraid about the little things like whether or not I'd ever choose the perfect font or get the spacing right in my header. Now that I have folders upon subfolders of ideas and recipes, it's time to consolidate. While I'm a little late to jump on the blog bandwagon, it's time to share this passion and excitement!
Friends often ask me about the blogs that I follow. Once I've flooded their inbox with links, they probably regret asking. It brings me such joy! If you're around me often, you probably get tired of hearing, "I saw this one thing on a design blog..." To be honest, this little blog world is my hobby and as silly and lame as it sounds, a friend. It's the kind of relationship I can rely on. This military lifestyle is ever changing. My family, dogs and my favorite blogs bring me peace. They become a constant in my life. They're there when I need a pick-me-up. They make me feel creative and free. I can't wait to share some of these finds with you often!
Our dogs, Tripp & Beesly -- my little four-legged shadows.
That's Happy gets my award for NEW favorite blog! It's precious.
It's one of those instances where I think, "We could SO be friends!"
I adore these felt party hats!
or maybe bake this Strawberry Cheesecake Filled Yellow Cake.
Fact: The real reason I want to bake a cake is so I can buy a pretty cake stand. Don't judge.
Anyone out there watching Million Dollar Decorators on Bravo?
Are you obsessed with Kathryn Ireland's French housekeeper, Jacqueline, as much as I am?
And finally, who doesn't love a great gallery wall?
TOODLES! Have a great weekend!
It's so perfect and so you, I've got smiles on, head to toe. AB and I always talk about your colorful vocabulary and it's how you use it so eloquently. This just gives us more of a reason to celebrate it, yay! This is going up as a permanent bookmark, right this minute. Job well done, Ash!


Our annual Mass at Notre-Dame de Bon Secours is scheduled for Wednesday May 16th at 7:00pm. Should you be requiring transportation please call the office and we will make arrangements. Note that there will be no devotions or Mass here that evening.
May is the month of Mary, a good way to remember her is to pray the rosary daily.
The practice became especially popular among the members of the Jesuit Order — by 1700 it took hold among their students at the Roman College and a bit later it was publicly practiced in the Gesu Church in Rome. From there it spread to the whole Church throughout the world.
With the view of honouring Our Lady, why not learn how to say the rosary, and commit yourself to saying the rosary daily throughout this month, or making a novena to our blessed mother for a special intention. Our new Archbishop invites us to join him at the Cathedral Mary Queen of the World every Monday night at 7:30pm to pray the rosary and receive a meditation on our mother the blessed Virgin Mary. May this month of Mary bring you renewed joy and peace, as we honour the mother of God.
Join us and Boardwalk Rental Communities on Sunday June 3rd for a 5km walk or 10km run. This fundraiser has been set up to help support our soup kitchen. The minimum donation is $20 per participant and Sam Kolias, Chairman and CEO of Boardwalk Rental, will match each donation $2 for $1. You can register at the Church on May 13th.
ALL DONTIONS WILL BE MATCHED!!
We will be visiting the shrine of St. Anne just outside of Quebec City; travelling together by coach bus, (air conditioning and washroom on board), departing from the parish at 8am returning to the parish by 8pm. The cost is $40.00/person. Please make your reservation with us soon as we are booking up fast!!. GREAT MOTHER'S DAY GIFT IDEA!!
Don't forget to come and check out the flea markets, held on the 1st Saturday of every month! Got items to donate? Yes, we are still accepting donations of goods, such as household articles, but only on the day of the sale at which time they will be sorted and sold. We can no longer keep inventory on hand as we are continuing to use our basement for special events. Any goods left outside will be disposed of!


with the help of Kids on Their Way!
Kids on Their Way is the perfect camp to get ready for school! Age-appropriate projects, daily activities, and outings focus on developing social skills, encouraging reading, and improving early writing skills.
Trained Y staff combine plenty of fun and learning in a small group setting with weekly themes woven into the day's activities.
The only limitation is your imagination in the Creation Station! Find items around camp and use them to invent and create!
June 24 - 28 Jungle Adventure Get to know the animals of the jungle through art, stories and games!
(Closed 7/4-7/5) America The Beautiful Celebrate America's birthday by tasting regional foods and learning about the different cultures within our great country.
July 8 - 12 Butterflies, Bees, and Bugs From deep in the dirt to high in the sky, learn all about bugs from beetles to butterflies! Plus, explore the life of a caterpillar as it turns into a beautiful butterfly.
July 15 - 19 Sports of All Sorts Get in the game! Check out a new sport everyday with this jam-packed camp! Learn the rules and play hard with tons of new friends.
July 22 - 26 Under the Sea Dive into discovery! Explore water, sea creatures and sand though crafts, games, science activities and more!
July 29 - August 2 Jurassic Journey Journey back to when dinosaurs big and small roamed the earth. Explore fossils, volcanoes and dino dances to learn more about this amazing Jurassic world.
August 5 - 9 Construction Junction Dream big! Invent and build skyscrapers, bridges and much more using a variety of fun materials each day.
August 12 - 16 Animal Planet Come along on our next big adventure and explore the animal kingdom near and far!
August 19 - 23 3-2-1, Blast Off! Want to know what astronauts know? We'll orbit the earth and explore the stars, comets and planets along the way.
August 26 - 30 On the Farm From animals to fruits and vegetables, learn how farms work during this week of agricultural excitement.
Wrap Around Camp provides supervised activities and structured programs before and after camp hours. Wrap Around Camp is available for an additional fee.
There's tons to learn, play and explore at YMCA Summer Camps. Kids grow, build skills and gain confidence in a safe, values-based environment. We offer camps serving Issaquah, Sammamish, Fall City and Carnation.
Ready for the challenge? We've combined some favorite camp activities into fun, week-long, learning adventures.
Throughout the week you will gain the confidence and knowledge to volunteer as a YMCA Junior Lifeguard.


We also work closely with other organisations including the Ribble Rivers Trust and Friends of Towneley Park; we have helped them complete large scale tree planting operations and have also assisted with coppicing and other landscape management practices. Consequently some of our pupils have now become skilled users of potentially hazardous hand and power tools; we are very proud of how they have responded to our trust and encouragement.
Activate takes place every Wednesday from approximately 10.30 until the end of the school day.
The Rose is a school for young people with complex social, emotional and mental health needs. We want our pupils to feel safe and cared for and also to be in the best possible condition to acquire all of the knowledge and skills that they need to lead successful lives. Our own professional experience has taught us that the traditional classroom can be a very challenging environment for many of our pupils and there is now also a good deal of high quality research that proves the value of learning and play experiences outside in nature.As well as learning about key facts and systems in relation to all of the sciences, geography and local history our pupils develop their social and emotional skills when they are outdoors working with and meeting other teenagers and adults. Their language and number skills are often challenged and developed and they gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of how communities operate and also how the natural world is cared for.
The Activate programme is intended to be largely therapeutic but we also try to develop personal, and employment based skills and abilities and hope to inspire some children to consider alternative career options. The main aims of the Activate programme are also very closely aligned with the principals that underscore the Friends Wellbeing Programme https://www.friendsresilience.org/ which is now delivered to all children at the Rose.
Well done once again to everyone who was involved, a fantastic piece of work!


Today you stand atop a mountain. All your past failures and setbacks lie behind you. You gave upon the possibilities in your future. You get to choose where you go from here.
Helping others become financially free and live the life they desire.


When I have free time from work and board gaming (very rare), I do enjoy playing video games as well. And the best video games I think I have ever played are the Uncharted series on the Playstation 3 system. If you've never heard of them, just imagine the pure cinematic joy of the Indiana Jones movies combined with the cocky attitude and humour of some Bruce Campbell films and you'll get the idea. In addition to that, the main protagonist in the series, Nathan Drake, is the most swoon-worthy pixellation ever to climb his way on to a console (yes, my name is Eric and I have a crush on a video game character).
Seriously, though, the gameplay and puzzle-solving in all the Uncharted series is unparalleled and the writing and stories are top-notch. The games truly feel like cinematic experiences and are far better than most action flicks coming out nowadays. So now that I've read that Bandai is releasing a board game version, I can't help but be curious. I own the Resident Evil Deck-building Game, also from Bandai, and despite its level of chaos, it's very thematic, quite fun, and true to the video game. I'm excited to see what they do with my favourite series.
Haven't posted in awhile due to time and other things. Kinda feel like I've been neglecting this here bloggy thingy. Part of this has been practicing for my driver's test (yes, my name is Eric, I'm 31 and I have no driver's license).
But I have gotten a little bit of game playing in and we tried out Last Will this past St. Patrick's Day. If you haven't heard, Last Will was one of the darlings of Essen 2011 and a release from Czech Games Editions and Rio Grande. CGE is known for producing most of the Vlaada Chvatil games so they have a record of fun and beautifully produced yet extraordinarily complex games.
Last Will, designed by Vladimir Suchy, is quite an unusual bird in that the goal is to get rid of your money as fast as possible. Yes, it's a race to be the first to bankruptcy. Story goes that your rich uncle wants to leave all his wealth to the person who will enjoy it the most so you're all given a sum of money and you need to be the fastest to squander it all go into debt (Hmmm..... I should be REALLY good at this one!) What it ends up being is a very cleverly constructed engine-building card game with some worker-placement and action selection. It's all rather more complex than I expected, not in a rules sense, but in the way the cards interact with each other and the symbology involved.
And the theme is integrated quite well, I must say, as this game would be dry as a bone without the feeling that you're going on a wild spending spree. For example, one particularly powerful event card 'Wild Party' costs you an action to bring the value of one of your estate homes down three levels (get it? You party like crazy and destroy your mansion so you can sell it for cheap later). In the driest sense, you spend one action to decrease the marker on one of your cards by three but in play we were laughing out loud and scrambling to capture the card. You see, the idea of buying and selling real estate with real expenses and hired help makes this game a fascinating experience, especially when you have to sell low to earn the LEAST amount of coin. In fact, this is one of the most integrated themes I've seen since a game like Galaxy Trucker, yet another great CGE release.
It's clear to me that this game has levels and nuances that we haven't even thought of after one round and yet it's all wrapped up in a really enjoyable package. And now that I've played it once it should be a much easier experience explaining it to others. Definitely worth a look if you get the chance as spending tons of money has never been this challenging. At least not for me. Ha.
The classic trading game Bohnanza is a bit hit-or-miss for me. I recognize the genius of it but I find it rather long and exhausting and I tire of all the haggling about halfway through every game. And since the game really is nothing but haggling, well, there you go. So I have been searching for awhile for Emanuele Ornella's Oltre Mare from 2004 as I had heard it was a bit like Bohnanza in terms of set collection but with a more fleshed-out game surrounding all the trading.
And boy was I right! What an elegant and lively game. Oltre Mare combines the trading of the bean game with more hand management, a simple economy, and cleverly integrated action selection. And there is even a light memory element incorporated into the play that is reminiscent of one of my favourite card games, Mamma Mia. And okay, one could argue the gorgeous ships and board are superfluous to the gameplay but I think they add greatly to the theme of trading in the Mediterranean.
I love this delight of a game and can't wait to play it again. It's not too deep but still thoughtful, fast-paced, and very interactive. I feel like this one will pair perfectly with bottle of fine Italian wine, some tapas, and a few very animated friends. Definitely glad I finally picked it up.
But Chaotic Connections, cleary inspired by TransAmerica, seemed like a silly enough mashup of that game and your classic card-based game Sorry. Now that I've played it, I can say it feels a bit more like the classic but dated game of chaos, Nuclear War. I must be honest right now and say that this game just isn't for me. But considering the outstanding success of something as god-awful boring and chaotic as Killer Bunnies (which really is just a bloated rip-off of Nuclear War), I think this game may be enjoyable for many. It's definitely a lot shorter and simpler than KB, which already makes me think it is a much better game.
Before I discuss the gameplay, though, I really need to mention the main issue I have with the game and the thing that may just hold it back from getting a wider audience: the production values. To say this isn't your usual Days of Wonder production would be an understatement. The graphic design is not only very bland but it also works against the game. The square player chips don't actually fit on the spaces that well and we found ourselves rearranging them a bit mid-game to try and fit them all on a path between cities. The cards have no indication on them of where on the board the cities lie (unlike, say, TransAmerica or Ticket To Ride) so we searched a little at the beginning. Besides this, the cards are very, very cheap stock. One of our city cards got a little wet in the first 5 minutes started to warp immediately. No glossy protection for you! The worst offenders, though, are the standup signs which get placed on the board to mark detours, road closed, and intersections. They come with some generic black stands (which don't fit) to hold them up but unfortunately they are printed only on one side. So unless you're all playing on one side of the table, half the people can't make out the signage. This could have so easily been fixed by either printing on both sides of the card stock or maybe offering a fold at the top so it would be folded into a two-sided piece.
Then the game proceeds with players playing 1 of 4 cards from their hands every turn, some of the cards being a forced play if you have them. Cards allow players to add mileage markers (chips), take away opponent's markers, block routes temporarily or permanently, or even add or remove cities from a players goals. It's all quite random, and, well, yes, chaotic and players continue adding their chips and removing their opponent's until someone connects all their cities and wins. The game moves quite quickly and our games averaged 20-30 minutes.
It is fairly clear to me that I am not the target audience for this game. The choices are very simple - "player A is going to win. I should remove his markers", "I have add 300 and add 500 miles cards. I should play the add 500 miles", etc. - but the board play is rather interesting. Connecting to someone else's network will get you further but also may help them with their goal. These are some great lessons for kids but a bit simplistic for adults. As well, the frustration of being randomly handed more cities to connect to while the player beside you gets to remove his is, well, chaotic. And having all your cities spread across the board while the other players manages to start his within 10 spaces of each other is also, well, chaotic. And to add 4 mileage markers and then have them removed by others before your next turn, and then add them again, and then have them removed, and then added again. And then you win! Well, that is pretty chaotic. I think you get the idea.
One of the comments from another player is that this game could be house-ruled tons to make for a much better experience. Other ways to determine cities would make for a much better game, I think. For example, you pick one of your cities and then the other players pick 3. That would make for a much better experience and a far more interesting game. In fact, it's something I think I'd like to try.
Still, the fact is the very similar and much better-produced TransAmerica offers a way more balanced approach to the game set-up and removes the chaos completely by not using cards and giving each player the same number of plays a turn. A game of TA is usually very close each time and offers much tougher decisions. But maybe that's not what you're looking for. Maybe you enjoy the randomness of a classic like Mille Bornes or the nasty take-that of Sorry and you think that would improve a game like Ticket To Ride or TransAmerica. Then I actually think you may enjoy Chaotic Connections. Hey, on the website they even advertise that a game could take 5 or 45 minutes. If that's okay by you, and you've got some young kids to play with, this could actually be a decent one. For my money, though, I prefer a much more balanced game - I like to feel like my decisions aren't entirely obvious each turn and that I have some semblance of control over whether I win or lose.


Water slides at Life Leisure's Grand Central in Stockport has welcomed almost 10,000 visitors in first month.
The 50 metre flumes at Grand Central in Stockport, which have been extensively renovated after four years of closure, have been a huge hit with swimmers.
They are accompanied by a brand-new children's splash pool with water fountains and play equipment, and a luxurious health spa, which has also been a big hit with adults.
Malcolm McPhail, CEO of Life Leisure, the not-for-profit company that runs the facilities on behalf of the council, said they have extended the slides' opening times to cater for the huge demand.
"The slides have been an absolute hit.
The new updated health spa has also proved really popular with members and non-members, boasting a sauna, steam room, hydrotherapy pool, aromatherapy room and a special relaxation area.
The extensive renovations are part of Life Leisure's ongoing mission to help boost the health, fitness and wellbeing of Stockport residents, and complements Grand Central's famous swimming facilities including the town's only 50m swimming pool.
"We've worked really closely with existing members, the Council and the general public to understand what changes and improvements would make a difference to people's lives. That's why, as well as introducing aspects such as a new health spa and an upgraded splash pool, we've looked at practical measures such as parking.
The pool at Grand Central, in the centre of Stockport, is open daily, with the splash pool and slides open from 11am – 3pm on weekends, and from 4.15pm until 8pm during the week. Opening hours will also be extended during half term.
In addition, all users can get two hours of free parking at the neighbouring NCP car park.
For more details and extended opening times go to www.lifeleisure.net.


It's matched more than 2 million married couples. Now, eHarmony wants to help people find jobs that they love.
On Friday, the company launched Elevated Careers, which has the lofty goal of matching people to jobs that will fulfill them.
eHarmony hasn't exactly been shy about its plans to apply its algorithms to the job search.
81-year-old founder and CEO Dr. Neil Warren has been teasing the idea since 2013.
"So many people don't like the job they're currently in," Warren told CNNMoney in February 2016. "They usually perceive it as a problem with their boss."
Indeed, the vast majority of U.S. workers are unhappy with their current jobs. A recent Gallup poll found that less than 1/3 of workers are actually engaged at work.
eHarmony's patented algorithm for love is based on 29 aspects of compatibility -- and it'll do something similar for jobs. It's matching people to employers based on 24 dimensions of culture, values and personality. Job seekers upload a resume and then complete five brief surveys.
Questions range from basic facts like where you live, your gender and age (though it says this information won't be shared with employers). Then, it asks about your dream company. Is it innovative? Does it have flexible hours? Free snacks?
Next, it gets more personal: Do you get frequently irritated? Are you competitive? It also asks about your current job and company culture: How often do you think about quitting? This information is used to find matches for job seekers -- but also to build internal company profiles on employers.
It takes about 25 minutes to complete -- but take your time: I tried to speed through the questions and got reprimanded: "Slow down speedy! Getting your best job matches requires accurate answers. Think before you choose!"
At the end, you'll get a compatibility scorecard for your current job and a look at how you compare to the general U.S. population in terms of job satisfaction. You'll receive about five potential job matches a week -- or you can also search the listings, all of which will offer a compatibility score.
Elevated Careers is working with Simply Hired, which will supply it with roughly 2.5 million job postings a day.
It's partnering with five companies to start with, including AT&T (T), American Airlines (AAL), and HomeAway (AWAY).
Warren has said that eHarmony's couples have a better chance of staying together. Will it be able to improve the job satisfaction rate, too?


New and unique and fascinating: Duška Radosavljević on Rachel Mars's exploration of envy and desire.
There is so much to admire in Rachel Mars's show. Fans of her writing and wry comedy are treated to another exquisitely sharp satire on social media-induced envy. Those new to the work are provided with a rousing initiation ritual. Musically-inclined audiences get to encounter an altogether new take on the notions of recital, choir and pop. And there's even something there for older siblings, coffee enthusiasts and seekers of inner peace.
Dramaturgically, it is a complex but clear construction consisting of several intersecting planes: there is Mars the parody preacher delivering a sermon on envy, there is Mars the delicate prose writer lurking in the shadows and Mars the comedy storyteller narratively holding the whole thing together with the question of: what if a fairy came to you in the middle of the night promising anything you want on condition your neighbour got twice as much of the same thing?
Even the choice of the venue on this occasion – the Dissection room at Summerhall – seems significant and is acknowledged as such. And then there are other perks too – like the chorus of Spandau Ballet's Gold repurposed as a personal affirmation and turned into an earworm you will struggle to shake off for at least 24 hours.
Invited to welcome the ugly part of ourselves, we, the audience definitely get all our buttons pressed – we laugh, we think, we question, we sing, we admire, we envy, we make confessions, we congratulate our rivals on their success (and learn to mean it), we exorcise our own demons, and ultimately we emerge out of this show lighter and with a spring in our step. If it sounds like therapy, it's even better than that. Go and see for yourselves.
Our Carnal Hearts is on at Summerhall until 26th August. Click here for more details.


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Rate-your-GP site lands SHA contract
By Ian Quinn
Exclusive: Controversial GP-rating site IWantGreatCare.org has landed its first contract with an SHA, as it seeks to steal a march on NHS Choices in an increasingly tense battle for control over online GP ratings.
The deal with East of England SHA will allow NHS chiefs to monitor real-time feedback about GPs and the site said it was in talks with several other NHS bodies about providing similar services.
The privately-run website will soon compete head-to-head with the Government–run NHS Choices site, which will launch a 'Trip Adviser'-style scorecard for patients to rate practices in the next few weeks.
But IWantGreatCare.org founder Dr Neil Bacon said: 'Why spend millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to create something that's already there?'
Dr Bacon has been encouraged by the Conservatives, who have indicated they would scrap the Department of Health's ownership of NHS Choices and allow private companies to take over IT contracts, even singling out IWantGreatCare.org.
'A year ago people were saying that this site was a ridiculous crazy thing,' he said, 'and now we've got the NHS doing it.'
A spokesperson for the Conservatives said it would welcome a bid from IWantGreatCare.org to run GP feedback if it was in power, adding: 'We have already said we do not think it is the Department of Health's job to be posting comments about GPs.'
But a Department of Health spokesperson said NHS Choices was 'the best place for patients to post their own feedback and read the views of others.'
Dr Neil Bacon: 'A year ago people were saying that this site was a ridiculous crazy thing and now we've got the NHS doing it.'