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Victoria Andrea Bullett (born October 4, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player and current women's basketball head coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College.  She played for the Charlotte Sting and Washington Mystics in the WNBA, as well as for European and South American professional teams, the U.S. Olympic team, and the University of Maryland Terrapins. Bullett played at various times as a center, small forward, and power forward. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Early years
Bullett spent her childhood in Martinsburg, West Virginia.  She grew up playing backyard basketball with her six brothers.  One of her older brothers coached her high school basketball team and helped Bullett attract the attention of collegiate scouts. Bullett's younger brother Scott played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in the 1990s.

College career
Bullett is one of the most decorated players in the history of the women's basketball program at the University of Maryland, which she attended from 1985 to 1989.  Over the course of her college career, Bullett averaged 16.9 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game.  She set Maryland records for points scored, field goals made, and rebounds recovered.  She led the Terrapins to three ACC titles and one NCAA Final Four.  In 1989, Bullett was named ACC Tournament MVP, ACC Player of the Year, and a Kodak All-American. She was also chosen for the All-ACC First Team in 1987, 1988, and 1989.

Bullett graduated from Maryland with a bachelor's degree in general studies. In 2001, she returned to school and earned an additional degree in social work. In 2015, she graduated from the United States Sports Academy with a master's degree in sports coaching.

After she graduated, the University of Maryland honored Bullett by retiring her jersey (#23).  She was also named a member of the ACC Women's Basketball 50th Anniversary team in 2003.  In 2007, Bullett was named an ACC Women's Basketball Legend.  She is also a member of the Maryland Athletics Walk of Fame.

Fellow left-handed forward Crystal Langhorne in 2007-2008 broke many of Bullett's Maryland career records.

USA Basketball
Bullett was selected to the 1988 and 1992 United States Olympic Teams, which won gold and bronze medals, respectively.
She also played on the 1986 USA Select (junior national) team, the United States team which won the gold medal at the 1990 World Championships, and the United States team for the 1990 Goodwill Games.

Bullett was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the US in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Bullett averaged 9.5 points per game.

Professional career
When the WNBA was founded in 1997, Bullett was assigned by the league to the Charlotte Sting in the Initial Player Allocation phase of the draft.  Over the next three seasons, Bullett started in all 90 Sting games and averaged more than 10 points per game.  In all three seasons, the Sting reached the WNBA Playoffs. In 1999, Bullett was named as a reserve to the inaugural WNBA Eastern Conference All-Star team, and played in the All-Star Game as a substitute for the injured Rebecca Lobo.

In January 2000, Bullett was traded to the Washington Mystics.  Over the next three seasons, she started in all 96 of the Mystics' games.  Bullett broke a WNBA record on July 3, 2001 by playing 55 minutes in the Mystics' quadruple-overtime victory over the Seattle Storm. Her cumulative WNBA accomplishments in six seasons included more than 800 field goals made, more than 1100 rebounds, more than 250 assists, more than 250 blocks, and more than 350 steals.

Bullett was also a renowned professional basketball player in Italy through much of the 1990s.  She played for Bari from 1990 to 1993, then for Cesena from 1993 to 1997. Four times during her career, Bullett was named an All-Star for the Italian league. In addition, Bullett played several years in Brazil for the Data Control/Fluminense professional team, which won the Brazilian league championship in 1998.

Coaching career
Bullett retired from the WNBA after the 2002 season, then retired from overseas professional play in 2007.  She moved back to Martinsburg, West Virginia, which renamed the street where she grew up "Vicky Bullett Street" in her honor.  She then taught for the Board of Education of Berkeley County, West Virginia and took graduate courses in education. She became a teacher at South Middle School in Martinsburg.  In January 2009, the Washington Mystics hired Bullett as an assistant coach. In June 2009, the Mystics announced that Bullett would also take on the responsibilities of Manager of Basketball Operations.

In June 2011, Bullett was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee along with Ruthie Bolton, Muffet McGraw, Val Ackerman, Pearl Moore, and Lometa Odem.

Since leaving the Mystics in 2009, Bullett has taken the head coaching job for the women's basketball team at Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown Maryland. In 2011, she signed on as assistant coach to Dr. Marlys Palmer. As of March 2012 Bullett has taken over the many roles needed to coach a successful coaching position. On May 10, 2016, she was named as the head coach for the women's basketball team at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Career statistics

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Regular season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1997
| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|28° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|28° || 31.3 || .448 || .304 || .775 || 6.4 || 2.3 || 1.9 || 2.0 || 2.4 || 12.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|30° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|30° || 31.6 || .441 || .154 || .826 || 6.5 || 1.5 || 2.2 || 1.5 || 2.1 || 13.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || 31.5 || .486 || .370 || .773 || 6.8 || 1.6 || 1.9 || 1.4 || 1.9 || 11.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2000
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || 34.2 || .486 || .324 || .714 || 5.7 || 1.3 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 1.8 || 10.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || 33.5 || .392 || .297 || .729 || 7.2 || 1.3 || 1.7 || 1.8 || 1.7 || 8.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || style="background:#D3D3D3"|32° || 29.8 || .462 || .396 || .829 || 5.8 || 1.7 || 1.7 || 1.2 || 1.8 || 8.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|6 years, 2 teams
| 186 || 186 || 32.0 || .452 || .315 || .776 || 6.4 || 1.6 || 1.9 || 1.5 || 1.9 || 10.8

Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1997
| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte
| 1 || 1 || 40.0 || .417 || .000 || – ||  9.0 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 10.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte
| 2 || 2 || 34.5 || .250 || .000 || 1.000 || 6.0 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 8.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| Charlotte
| 4 || 4 || 30.4 || .406 || .333 || .500 || 6.5 || 2.0 || 1.8 || 2.3 || 2.0 || 7.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2000
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 2 || 2 || 34.5 || .500 || .571 || 1.000 || 4.5 || 1.5 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| Washington
| 5 || 5 || 22.0 || .407 || .143 || 1.000 || 3.0 || .8 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 5.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"| 5 years, 2 teams
| 14 || 14 || 29.2 || .391 || .300 || .875 || 5.1 || 1.8 || 2.1 || 1.9 || 1.4 || 7.9
|-

References

External links
 West Virginia Wesleyan profile
 WNBA profile

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A: You can't call a instance method from class method like that. When you refer self from a class method, then it'll look for another class method of given name.
Solution 1:
Change calculation to class method
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Solution 2
Create instance of the particular class and use it:
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A: - (void)calculation declares calculation to be an instance method (the '-' specifies an instance method)
+(void)alcSubtract declares alcSubtract to be a class method (the '+' specifies a class method.
Within the class method alcSubtract, self refers to an instance of the class Class specific to whatever class you're defining.  [self calculation] attempts to invoke a method on that class (class method).  But, since calculation is an instance method, and not a class method, you get a compiler error.
From looking at the code in calculation my guess is that alcSubtract should be an instance method.  Alternatively, several methods that are currently instance methods should be changed to be class methods.

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By definition, a cave is "a large underground chamber, typically of natural origin, in a hillside or cliff." If you want to get only slightly more technical, a cave is usually defined as such — rather than a rockhouse, which are even more plentiful in the BSF — if it is deeper than it is wide.
Almost all of the BSF's caves are located off the beaten path, aren't marked on trail maps, and are relatively undiscovered by the unassuming explorer who could do more harm than good if he isn't careful to avoid disturbing sensitive (and, in many cases, rare or endangered) plant life or the archaeological evidence that exists within.
So what makes this one unique? Nothing, perhaps, except how unassuming it is in appearance — which causes it to go virtually unnoticed. Nearby, literally only a few dozen feet away, is a stone passageway of sorts, created by eons of erosion and falling rocks that have tumbled onto one another. It bears the inventory tag of National Park Service surveyors, and evidence of human use from decades past. This small cave contains neither, despite being so close by, which is further evidence that most people who go by it never bother to explore it more carefully.
My brother had told me for years that he had stumbled onto a cave while hunting in the area, discovering a larger cavern than it appeared from the outside only because he decided to venture inside the small opening. On a recent trip off the trail, I discovered that he had indeed stumbled upon a cave that few people ever explore for themselves. As far as its dimensions are concerned, the cave isn't large enough to stand upright in, but it's plenty deep enough to provide a noticeable temperature difference — which explains all the cave crickets and spiders that seek refuge inside. The winter winds that howl outside the door can't penetrate this far back, nor can the sunlight that dances about the opening as the treetops twist in the breeze overhead.
The cave's ceiling and walls are also coated in places with a thin layer of actinobacteria — the colorful mats of microbes that give off such a hue that you'd be convinced you'd stumbled upon a seam of gold if you didn't know better.
The bacteria mat that covers the ceiling and walls inside the cave gives off a gold sheen — and the cave crickets nearly blend in | Ben Garrett/IH
Perhaps surprisingly, there is no evidence of animal life inside the small cave. Black bears are plentiful in this part of the Big South Fork, and it is their time of year to hole up in dens and lay low, even if they don't truly hibernate. But the BSF's caves rarely seem to be used by bears as dens; they tend to prefer dens that they can excavate in windfalls or inside the bases of large trees.
Popular hiking trails in the Big South Fork — like the Angel Falls Trail, the Grand Gap Loop, and the John Muir Trail — don't tend to lead adventurers directly to the small caves that invite exploring. But nearby, often much closer than the unassuming hiker might realize, these caves often await. They're out there — right in "our back yard." Those of us who are serious about fully realizing the geological wonders of the BSF region owe it to ourselves to discover them — and then to leave them just as we found them.
This article is the February 2020 installment of Our Back Yard, presented by First National Bank on the first week of each month as part of the Independent Herald's Back Page Features series. A print version of this article can be found on Page B8 of the February 6, 2020 edition of the Independent Herald.
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Abstract Our friends at Girl Geek Dinners Wellington have a tradition of running a networking event for women in tech the night before Kiwicon, so you can meet other hacker ladies in a quieter, less crazy space than the main 'con. Tickets are $10 for those employed, $0 for students, which you can buy here Check out http://wellington.girlgeekdinners.com/2015/11/09/kiwicon-9-meetup/ for more details.
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Abstract Because we received so many cyber submissions this year (almost 100), and we can't possibly fit them all in, we have decided to allow those who subbed a second chance to present. The Crue will install a flip-chart in the foyer and those who wish to throw their hat in the ring can put their talk title up and be voted upon by the community. The two contenders with the most likes/favs/hearts/thumbs-up will be given 15-30 minutes on stage during the afternoon break (15:45-16:15 on Thursday and 15:30-16:00 on Friday). If you want to give it a shot we ask that you be available at the allotted times with your slide deck ready.
Abstract Yes, its 20 years since Zero Cool, Acid Burn and the gang rollerbladed the streets of NYC, frustrating the feds, dumpster diving the telco, and hacking the Gibson. Get your blades, because Mr The Plague is gonna give you a flu shot.
Well, you lost at Global Thermonuclear War, Tic-tac-toe and Theatrewide Biotoxic and Chemical Warfare. Perhaps the winning move was something else? Well, whatever it was you should have picked, its GAME OVER now. Join the Kiwicon Crue as they celebrate being over-and-done with Kiwicon 9, never to say CYBER again.
We'll have the world-famous Kiwicon Bartab, so there will be plenty of food and drinks, but you might want to bring along your own cash for when the inevitable happens, and the money runs out..
Come along, share your war stories, chat about the excellent talks you just witnessed, the flames and give Snare some cuddles. (with his permission, of course).
FEAT: BOOZE, SNACKS AND METAL.
Abstract Perhaps you're in need of some sustenance after Friday night. You've cybered all the things and your body, spirit and mind are broken.
To help, the crue (in association with SoSD(LA) are organising a buffet style breakfast with all the things you need.
Totally free of cyber, pyrotechnics and death metal, this is rest and recuperation after your tour of duty.
Sadly, we are limited to 100 people, if you have a ticket you're in, if not, we're sorry you missed out.


"Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John. This book is not just a story of how one woman created and coached three soccer teams of refugee boys. It is also a book about the importance and capability we all have to not just embrace other cultures, but to become one giant mixed culture that actually thrives.
The author begins with an introduction to Luma Mufleh, herself a recent immigrant from Jordan to the USA. She was not a refugee nor did she flee her native country out of fear. After attending college in the states, she decided that there were more opportunities for herself than there were back home. Luma is a woman who works hard and plays hard. Among many of her talents, she is a champion volleyball player, a business owner, and now a soccer coach. The story follows her and the boys soccer teams she coaches. All of the boys are refugees who were granted a new life in the USA because of war and threat of violence. They are from many different countries such as Sudan, Liberia and Afghanistan. As we all know, it can be hard to get along with someone from a different culture. Yet Luma and these boys chose to work together as a team and overcome these differences. Luma created a program that involves supporting the families of each boy on her teams and academic tutoring. Players must be good students and since the program started in 2004, many of the older boys are now in college.
Creating a team, finding funding and having a simple place to practice are all hurdles that were magnified by both Luma's lack of knowledge of the soccer system, families from different cultures, survivors of violence, and the slow willingness of a small town to change and assimilate. Very slowly and sometimes terribly aggravating, views and lifes changed and the soccer teams were successful.
There are some wonderful side stories of assimilation success. My favorite was about the owner of a local independently owned grocery store. As older residents moved away and new residents with different food habits moved in , the store was going bankrupt. A clerk at the store suggested that the owner sell a more varied selection of different cultural foods. Following her advice, things turned around. Like the acceptance of the soccer team, change did not happen overnight, but this grocer is now a thriving store serving a menagerie of ethnic groups.
There is a great discussion area in the book that I recommend using as a lesson plan about both immigration and community improvement.


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When Lenovo's Yoga Pants and Yoga Pants 2.0 arrive with a new model
Lenovo is introducing two new Yoga Pants with new models that come with a lot of new features.
The Yoga Pants c930 and the Yoga Pants II have new design features and a new price tag of $799.
It also comes with new hardware, but we'll get to that later.
Lenovo's new Yoga pants have a very thin, soft-touch fabric, which is a bit less comfortable than other Yoga pants we've tried.
Lenovo says the new pants are more breathable than its previous ones, but our testers didn't like that.
They felt like they would slide around more and the fit was a bit tight.
The material also felt slightly less soft than the original Yoga pants.
The new c930 comes with a 3-day battery life.
Lenovo is also rolling out a new Yoga C930 smartphone with a larger screen.
It's the first Yoga C-series smartphone that has a 4.7-inch screen, but it has a smaller screen.
Lenovo calls the c930 "the most advanced wearable yet" and it has an all-metal design.
It comes with Android 5.1 Lollipop and runs on Android 7.1.1 Marshmallow.
The c930 is powered by a Snapdragon 820 processor, and the screen is 4.3 inches, making it larger than most Yoga pants, but smaller than the c935.
Lenovo has included a fingerprint sensor in the new c965.
It has a 2.4GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.
The front of the c910 is now more curved, but the c940 and c930 still have a similar design.
The Lenovo Yoga Pants C930 and Yoga C935 come with 2GB of internal storage, and you can get up to 128GB for $399.
Lenovo hasn't included a charger in the c925 or c945, but you can connect it to a USB Type-C port on the back.
Lenovo also says the c950 comes with two additional battery packs.
It includes 2,800mAh of lithium-ion battery, and 2,200mAh of Li-Ion battery.
The company is selling the new Lenovo Yoga pants with the c970, and it comes with the same design as the c990, but Lenovo is rolling out its own model, the c900.
Lenovo isn't releasing the exact model number for these pants, so we can't say if they're for sale in the US or Europe.
The price for the new Yoga c930 goes up to $799, while the c920 is $499.
The newest version of the Yoga pants has a new battery capacity, which means the c905 is a little more expensive, but if you're not looking for the latest design, you can still get the c915 for $499 with 64GB and 128GB storage.
Lenovo will start shipping the c975 in the fourth quarter of 2017, which will be available for $799 and the c909 in the second quarter of 2018.
Lenovo Yoga C970 review Lenovo Yoga c970 review The c995 is a slightly larger version of its predecessor, the Yoga c990.
It sports a new design and a larger battery.
Lenovo includes a fingerprint scanner in the back, and Lenovo is selling it with a 2,600mAh battery.
It still runs on a Snapdragon 835 processor and packs a 4GB RAM and 64 GB of storage, but this time it's on a 2GB and 4GB version.
Lenovo claims that the new version has a better battery life and better performance.
The C995 also comes in a variety of colors and is available in black, white, and green.
Lenovo offers two new colors in the Yoga C950, the black and the white version.
The white version costs $499 and is offered with 16GB of memory and 64 gigabytes of storage on a 64-bit Snapdragon 839 processor.
Lenovo said the white Yoga C925 will be released in the first quarter of 2020.
Lenovo c975 review Lenovo c975 review The Lenovo c930 features a bigger screen, a bigger battery, a new fingerprint sensor, and a better screen temperature rating.
The original c930 also had a bigger, brighter screen, which could make it harder to see through some light, though this new version is brighter and has a lower ambient light level.
The screen temperature is also better, and this new model has a higher one.
The laptop comes with 32GB of DDR4 RAM and a 64GB SSD.
The storage is 8GB.
The battery is 1,600 mAh, which can be charged via USB-C and the same USB-A port on your phone.
Lenovo uses a removable battery case for the c985, which includes a headphone jack, USB-E port, and microSD card slot.
The back of the case has a camera hole, which we found really nice. Lenovo
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I'm always on the hunt for like-minded folks who I can partner with, and bring needed products, services, and tools to the API space. If someone is selling something to the API space, its likely I have had a conversation with them about the sector at some point. I always enjoy these regular encounters, but its the handful of them that continue, and evolve into deeper relationships that I enjoy the most.
One of most recent relationship which I have been cultivating, is with a new API startup called Hitch. I have a long history with both the founders Bruno Pedro (@bpedro) and Luke Miller (@lukeam), in their previous lives with API Changelog and 3Scale, but began talking with them more heavily bout their vision for Hitch earlier this year. I have spent considerable time with Luke and Bruno discussing the current state of the API life cycle, from design to deprecation, helping contribute to their vision and road map in any way that I can.
As Hitch prepares to shift into higher gear, helping API providers build community, the Hitch team asked me to join the team in an advisory capacity. I am always happy to share my thoughts, experience, and views on the space, but I'm stoked for the opportunity to help advise them on their road map. As Hitch evolves, you'll hear me tell more stories about the solutions they are bringing to the API life cycle. I'm hoping I can influence what they bring to the API life cycle, while also using them as another valuable source of stories about the API space.
Hitch is just getting going so there isn't much for me to focus on yet, but I'm looking forward to continue sharing my research with the team, to help them in any way I can. I just wanted to put it out there that I was involved, and turn up the volume my public storytelling about building community, and the API life cycle in preparation for what Hitch is bringing to table. I'm looking forward to being part of what is cooking over at Hitch--stay tuned!


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Bushman Equipment, Inc. designs and builds several types of hydraulic upenders with fully integrated, heavy-duty hydraulics for precise positioning. Bushman Equipment, Inc. thoroughly tests each hydraulic upender at our factory.
The hydraulic upender's power unit provides an ideal power source for secondary functions such as shifting saddles and pallet centering.
Bushman roll upenders are designed for changing rolls and coils from one orientation to the other. A roll upender is used to safely reposition large and odd shaped objects.
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This is a hydraulic tilt-test table. E-One makes customized crash and rescue vehicles and needs to test at what angle the vehicle becomes unstable since many of them operate in off-road environments. Maximum lifting capacity of the table is 150,000 pounds and the maximum tilt angle is 40 degrees.
This Bushman Equipment, Inc. hydraulic roll upender is designed to palletize and de-palletize loads of laminated paper or other materials.
The unique design of this hydraulic coil upender, hydraulic coil tipper, allows it to unload slit coils from a turnstile, rotate the coils, and down end them onto a pallet. This traveling upender includes a track mounted platform to shuttle the coils to different load areas.
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Miranda stopped. I stopped. My loopy thoughts stopped. I breathed in the chilled air. This came next. "Wait a minute. Because I have this challenged body, I lift weights twice a week. I practice yoga three times a week. I walk twice a day. This is all good. I will keep aging as well as possible." My mind changed. My body felt better.
Our walk continued. Miranda stopped. I stopped. I noticed an old feeling. Not good. What was it? I investigated. It was attached to two recent breaks from my spiritual practice around food.
It was that old way I used to feel — letting myself down day after day, eating and drinking everything I wanted… which was nothing of the nourishment that I really, really wanted deep down inside.
Words came up — shame, guilt, misery. Not words I like.
Deep breath. Chilled air. We started walking up the steep hill. I focused my attention on the touching sensation of breath at the nostrils, my expanding chest, the work of my legs.
Hey! Wait a minute. Could I think of these two breaks as fuel, helping me up the hill? Yes. They are the kindling. My deep breaths are the oxygen. This epiphany is the match. The fire is purifying my emotional body.
These scraps of wood of my imperfection create the setting for progress… for honesty… for questions. My body wakes me up. My mistakes focus my attention.
I felt so much better. I asked G-d out loud for the willingness to practice my food program fully and cleanly, just for today. I'm so much happier when I do. It is such a gift to feel confident and assured that I am leading my best life.
I can be happy around happy people. I can smile and really mean it. I can notice the things that go right. I can enjoy simple pleasures. I can be of service. I can really listen to others. I can see defeat as temporary, not my fault, and a challenge to do better. I can allow myself sacred time to be Quiet and connected to a Higher Power.
Thanks to Jon Katz for his photos, blog and books, especially Izzy & Lenore… which brought me back to reading in 2011. Meet Jon at http://www.bedlamfarm.com.
Thank you, Roberta. That means a lot to me.
Thank you, Amy. Your comment really touched me. It's so nice to feel this connection with you and other people.
Happy New Year to you, Valerie!
Thank you for these words of wisdom. Again, so timely and personal. Learning self-forgiveness means letting go of the habits of self-condemnation and shame, which run soooo deep. It is part of the practice of mindfulness … the operative word being practice.
How delightful to receive your message! Thank you!
When I saw the quotation marks around "My mistakes focus my attention," I thought, "Did I write that?" I actually had to look back and re-read my post.


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I Wasn't In Abuja On Day Of The Crime - Accused Tells Court
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The Police alleged that Paul and the others had armed themselves with dangerous weapons and robbed one Francis Ejiakuamu of his Toyota car at Dutse Alhaji.
A middle-aged man, Sampson Paul, told an FCT High Court that he was not an armed robber and that on the day the Police alleged the crime took place, he was in Auchi, Edo State, attending a wedding.
The Police had charged Paul with four counts bordering on criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and attempt to commit murder.
Testifying during cross-examination by the prosecution counsel, Mr. Kufruabasi Ebong, Paul said that on July 6, 2017, the day the Police alleged the offence took place, he was with his fiancée in Auchi, Edo for her sister's wedding.
"I work at Interconnect Hotel at Dutse Alhaji and I was given four-day casual leave to attend the wedding.
"I left Abuja on July 4, 2017 and returned on July 11, 2017," he said.
When asked to show evidence that he traveled to Auchi on the day of the incidence, the defendant said the Police seized his letter of approval for the casual leave.
He also said the ticket given to him by Peace Mass Transport was destroyed because it rained heavily that day.
"The Police tortured and forced me to sign a written statement on something I know nothing about," he said.
NAN reports that the Police alleged that on July 6, 2017 at about 8 a.m, the defendant, with one other now at large, conspired to commit armed robbery contrary to Section 6 of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions ), 2004.
The Police alleged that Paul and the others had armed themselves with dangerous weapons and robbed one Francis Ejiakuamu of his Toyota car at Dutse Alhaji, contrary to Section 1 (2) of Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) 2004.
The prosecution also alleged that the defendant, in an attempt to steal the car, inflicted grievous injury on the victim, which was also an attempt on his life, contrary to Sections 229 and 250 of the Penal Code.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
After his testimony, his counsel, Mr. I.G. Abah, informed the court that they were closing their case.
Justice Peter Kekemeke then adjourned the case until December 5 for adoption of final written addresses.
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Franco loses his girlfriend, Julia, a promising young journalist, in a car accident in downtown Bogotá. Days after his death and almost to the point of suicide, Franco discovers that Julia was investigating the strange case of an old man who has a fantastic gift: he can make a person return to live a memory with a deceased loved one to say goodbye.
These states are called the "dead time". After many inquiries, Franco discovers that the dead times are not a myth and finds the mysterious old man; then he decides to travel through time through a memory to save Julia. But Franco will realize that Julia misused one of those "dead times," and changed, unintentionally, the course of her own life.
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Senate Republicans Reject Trump's Call to Immediately Dismiss Impeachment Charges: 'Both Sides Need to be Heard'
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Senate Republicans seem unlikely to follow through with a request from President Trump to dismiss the impeachment articles before a Senate trial.
"Our members generally are not interested in the motion to dismiss," Missouri Senator Roy Blunt said Monday, according to the Associated Press. "They think both sides need to be heard," Blunt added, arguing that Trump "deserves an opportunity to get a fair hearing, make his case and I think that's ultimately what will happen."
On Sunday, the president tweeted "I agree!" in reference to the claim that an impeachment trial "gives the partisan Democrat Witch Hunt credibility that it otherwise does not have."
Many believe that by the Senate giving credence to a trial based on the no evidence, no crime, read the transcripts, "no pressure" Impeachment Hoax, rather than an outright dismissal, it gives the partisan Democrat Witch Hunt credibility that it otherwise does not have. I agree!
With Republicans wielding a 53-47 majority, but needing only 51 votes to approve motions, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and fellow Republican leaders have been attempting to determine the best path forward without losing votes.
"This is about Chuck Schumer getting 2020 Republican incumbents into tough voting situations," Texas Senator John Cornyn said — in reference to Schumer's vow to force the subpoena of witnesses. "It won't surprise you that we're thinking about that too and how to avoid that as much as possible."
Last week, McConnell signaled that the caucus had secured the minimum 51 votes to move forward with a trial mirroring that of former president Bill Clinton — voting to call witnesses after hearing opening arguments.
"We want to have the Clinton rule applied to the beginning of the process and then deal with issue of witnesses at a later stage," Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R., S.D.) said. "I don't think there's any questions that there will probably be that vote at some point."
The model is supported by moderate Republican Susan Collins of Maine, who has been working with a "fairly small group" of GOP senators to arrange a vote on witnesses and documents. Collins also said she would oppose any effort to dismiss the charges ahead of a trial.
McConnell issued an ultimatum Thursday to House Democrats who were holding the articles of impeachment as leverage, and forced Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hand after saying that the Senate would "move forward next week with the business of our people," if she stalled further.
Missouri Republican Josh Hawley had proposed a resolution to throw out impeachment if the articles were not transmitted in a timely manner, a move that McConnell and 15 other senators had signed on to as of Monday, but that move look unlikely to happen.
Tobias Hoonhout is a news writer for National Review Online. @TJHoonhout


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By Briana SpringerIn Economic News
Baby boomers give room for Oregon employment to grow
Baby boomers give room for Oregon employment to grow, Oregonian (June 13, 2016)
Between 2014 and 2024, 6 out of 10 job openings in Oregon will have been created by retiring workers, according to a Monday release from the state Employment Department.
The release said a total of 440,100 jobs will be created by retiring workers in that time, while another 260,200 will be created as a result of job growth. (Read more…)
Warning over shortage of endoscopy nurses
By Briana SpringerIn Healthcare Provider/Access News
Warning over shortage of endoscopy nurses, Nursing Times (June 16, 2016)
A shortage of specialist nurses is compounding a capacity crisis in endoscopy, a leading nurse in the field has warned.
Endoscopy nurses and healthcare support workers are "often missed out" in discussions about how to improve endoscopy capacity in the NHS, according to Irene Dunkley, a nurse consultant in gastroenterology and endoscopy. (Read more…)
Oregon projects strong growth for health care jobs
Oregon projects strong growth for health care jobs, State of Reform (June 14, 2016)
The Oregon Employment Department has updated its long-term industry and occupational projections, forecasting more strong growth in the health care sector.
The state's total employment is expected to grow by 260,000 jobs between 2014 and 2024, according to the projections. Health care and social assistance will account for just over 46,000 of those jobs, adding the most of any industry. (Read more…)
Lawmakers discuss rural health care issues
May 29,2016June 15, 2016
By Briana SpringerIn Regional Allied Health Medical College News
Lawmakers discuss rural health care issues, The News-Review (May 29, 2016)
Southern Oregon's struggling economy and growing health care work force needs received attention from lawmakers last week as supporters of Oregonians for Rural Health provided testimony during hearings held by the State Interim House Committee on Higher Education, Innovation and Workforce Development and the Senate Education Committee.
Those testifying called for building a regional allied health medical college to grow the economy, provide jobs and ensure health care access. (Read more…)
Migration in of retirees, migration out of youth pose economic challenges
Migration in of retirees, migration out of youth pose economic challenges, The News-Review (May 22, 2016)
Southern Oregon — the state's longtime Timber Belt — is gaining a reputation as a retiree magnet. Drawn by the lower cost of living among other factors, retirees, ages 60 to 65, are moving into the region in higher numbers than any other age group. This is a stark contrast to the pronounced out-migration of youth, ages 20 to 29, the region has experienced. As the region struggles to recover from the recession, such demographic shifts pose both present and future economic challenges.
"One of the biggest obstacles facing rural and southern Oregon is demographics. An aging population can result in a lower labor force participation rate, which is cause for concern in stifling future economic growth," said Josh Lehner, senior economist with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. "Rural Oregon, like its national counterparts, faces population losses among young working age groups. Those in the root-setting years, between 25 and 34 years old who are beginning careers in earnest and settling down, are important to the long-term vitality of the economy." (Read more…)
Health care workers needed as demand grows
Health care workers needed as demand grows, The News-Review (May 15, 2016)
An aging population coupled with substantial increases in health care insurance enrollment is driving up the demand for services in many communities across Oregon, particularly in rural areas. That has health care providers steadily expanding services and working steadfast, often creatively, to ensure an adequate number of health care workers are available to deliver care.
"Health care demand has spiked in recent years," said Chris Guastaferro, executive director of the Area Health Education Center of Southwest Oregon, a nonprofit that works to improve health in underserved or unserved communities in the region. "This influx of new patients comes at a time when there are already not enough health care providers to meet growing community needs, especially in our rural areas. (Read more…)
Mental health crises rising among Coos County children, teens
Apr 30,2016June 15, 2016
By kmaloneyIn Healthcare Provider/Access News
Mental health crises rising among Coos County children, teens, The World (April 30, 2016)
COOS COUNTY — Suicide attempts and other psychological crises among Coos County children as young as 4 are on the rise, and Bay Area Hospital isn't equipped to deal with them.
In 2011, Bay Area Hospital logged 27 child psychology consultations and six admissions. By 2014, the last year for which statistics are available, those numbers had grown to 101 consultations and 62 admissions. (Read more…)
Northwest faces nursing shortage, report says demand will grow
Northwest faces nursing shortage, report says demand will grow, KATU (April 25, 2016)
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon and Washington will be short a combined 13,000 registered nurses by 2025, a federal report finds.
The report, released by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), predicts Oregon will need about 6,000 more nurses than it will have trained by 2025. (Read more…)
Timber execs, county officials slam BLM plan
By kmaloneyIn Economic News
Timber execs, county officials slam BLM plan, News-Review (April 22, 2016)
Adopting the latest plan from the Bureau of Land Management could lead to the financial ruin of Douglas County, timber executives and a county official said Thursday.
Timber industry executives, advocates and Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman spoke to The News-Review, emphasizing that the bureau's recently announced plan for managing forestland in Western Oregon continues to squeeze timber harvests so downsizing, for private companies and the county itself, is inevitable. (Read more…)
BLM's Western Oregon forest plan disappoints everyone
BLM's Western Oregon forest plan disappoints everyone, Capital Press (April 13, 2016)
Timber industry groups believe the federal Bureau of Land Management's proposed new forest management plan for Western Oregon is a disaster that locks up 75 percent of the land, will cost jobs and leave forests more vulnerable to fire.
One group called it a "lose, lose, lose" plan for the environment, wildlife, and rural communities. (Read more…)


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By Katherine Carpenter Staff Writer With the sudden departure of former Professor of Music Dr. Mel Wilhoit at the beginning of the semester, the music department was left a little short-handed. But perhaps what we didn't count on was the loss of the theater department's big spring musical, "The Sound of Music." While Wilhoit's absence Read More
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FORMER APA PRESIDENT REVEALS HOW HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS BULLIED APA INTO REMOVING HOMOSEXUALITY FROM LIST OF DISORDERS
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By Jerry A. Kane
In 1970 homosexual activists began a program of intimidation aimed at the American Psychiatric Association (APA):
"It was never a medical decision—and that's why I think the action came so fast…It was a political move…That's how far we've come in ten years. Now we even have the American Psychiatric Association running scared." Barbara Gittings, Homosexual Activist
The following year, 1971, homosexual activist Dr. Franklin Kameny wrote an open letter to the Psychiatric News threatening the APA with more and even worse disruptions:
"Our presence there was only the beginning of an increasingly intensive campaign by homosexuals to change the approach of psychiatry toward homosexuality or, failing that, to discredit psychiatry." Franklin Kameny
Members of the "National Gay Task Force" managed to get the addresses of APA members, and with-out identifying themselves, sent out harassing letters to all members demanding they vote to remove homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), the APA's classification guide for mental disorders.
No new fact, set of facts, or scientific breakthrough triggered the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in the 1974 seventh edition of DSM-II. It was dishonesty and intimidation by homosexual activists that moved 32.7 percent of APA's total membership to approve the change and normalize homosexuality.
Against the wishes of two-thirds of the organization's members, homosexuals were "cured" overnight by a vote. A psychiatric disorder that had been classified as a mental illness for 25 years (1948-1973) was suddenly banished by vote, by fiat, but not by valid science or by evaluating the pathology or lack of pathology surrounding homosexuality.
In the youtube clip below, Dr. Nicholas Cummings is interviewed by a representative from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). Dr. Cummings is a former President of the American Psychological Association (APA). He introduced the motion to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness to APA's Council of Representatives.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR PART 4
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An African proverb says, "Don't tear down a fence until you know why it was put up." In other words, don't discard a tradition or a practice until you understand why it was established and followed.
Heterosexuality and homosexuality are not moral equivalents. Civilizations have erected a metaphorical fence limiting sexual activity to men and women constrained in marriage. Throughout history, people scaled the fence to engage in premarital, extramarital, and homosexual sex, but the fence remained and the limits were visible and known to everyone. Climbing over the fence has always been recognized as a breach of those limits, even by the climbers themselves.
But now homosexual rights advocates are saying that there should be no fence, and that to tear it down is an act of liberation. Once the fence is torn down, adultery, polygamy, and pedophilia will become socially acceptable. Because no visible boundary to sexual expression will exist, civilization will ultimately collapse and disappear
Homosexual author Gabriel Rotello writes of the changes in homosexual behavior in the last century:
"Most accounts of male-on-male sex from the early decades of this century [20th] cite oral sex, and less often masturbation, as the predominant forms of activity, with the acknowledged homosexual fellating or masturbating his partner. Comparatively fewer accounts refer to anal sex. My own informal survey of older gay men who were sexually active prior to World War II gives credence to the idea that anal sex, especially anal sex with multiple partners, was considerably less common than it later became."
According to a 2001 New York Times story, the practice of anal sex increased, condom use has declined 20 percent and multi-partner sex has doubled in the last seven years, despite billions of dollars spent on HIV prevention campaigns. "In many cases, the prevention slogans that galvanized gay men in the early years of the epidemic now fall on deaf ears."
As societal approval of homosexual behavior increases, so does the behavior. A 1993 Newsweek story reported that the increased social acceptance of homosexual behavior led teenagers to engage in homosexual sex, viewing it as chic. The Associated Press reported, "the way gays and lesbians appear in the media may make some people more comfortable acting on homosexual impulses."
Studies show that some people change their sexual behavior, which makes it impossible to define that person as homosexual. For example:
"Does a man who has homosexual sex in prison count as a homosexual? Does a man who left his wife of twenty years for a gay lover count as a homosexual or heterosexual? Do you count the number of years he spent with his wife as compared to his lover? Does the married woman who had sex with her college roommate a decade ago count? Do you assume that one homosexual experience defines someone as gay for all time?"
Despite the difficulty in defining homosexuality, what is clear is that those who engage in same-sex practices or identify themselves as homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual constitute a very small percentage of the population. The most reliable studies indicate that 1-3 percent of people consider themselves to be homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual, or currently engage in homosexual sex.
Homosexual rights advocates are doing great damage to America's social fabric and the American people. In promoting homosexuality as the moral equivalent of heterosexuality, they are killing Americans, killing society, and destroying the nation's identity.
Nearly 11 million people in America are directly affected by cancer, while slightly more than three-quarters of a million are affected by AIDS, yet AIDS spending per patient is more than seven times that for cancer. And the inequity for diabetes and heart disease is even more striking. Consequently, the disproportionate amount of money spent on AIDS detracts from research into cures for diseases that affect more people.
In denouncing and marginalizing anyone who opposes and criticizes the gaystapo agenda as homophobic, homosexual rights advocates are destroying people's humanity, physical being, and soul, and robbing researchers of funds that could help them develop treatments and cures for diseases that afflict tens of millions of people.
This 7:15 youtube video was taken from The Millstone Report web cast, a two-hour show that aired Tuesday, March 4, 2014.
The TMR was broadcast live M-F from 10:00 am – noon on channel 2 on the Resistance Radio Network.
For more clips from The Millstone Report web cast visit I.M. Kane 2012 on youtube.
OBAMA THE MESSIAH PARTS 1 & 2
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Obama the Messiah Part 1
During a December 2007 campaign rally for Barack Obama in Columbia, South Carolina, Oprah Winfrey recalled a scene from the 1974 film "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."
Winfrey said Pittman, who had survived slavery and the Civil War, would ask every child, "Are you the one? Are you the one?"
Then Winfrey said, "I do believe today we have the answer to Miss Pittman's question "Is he the one? South Carolina – I do believe he's the one."
I never thought I'd ever see American news agencies and Hollywood celebrities deifying a president of the United States.
The two-hour show aired Tuesday, November 5, 2013. TMR was broadcast live M-F from 10:00 am – noon on channel 2.


This 4 minute and 22 second video may or may not convince you that social media is a fad, but it's worth watching. With base thumping `get the juices' flowing techno, the video recites some incredible statistics about the lightening fast growth of social media to the refrain "right here, right now." It'll pump you up more than Hans and Franz.
-- If Facebook were a country, it would be the fourth largest. It just added another 100 million users in a mere nine months. It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million; TV 13 years; the Internet four years and the iPod three years. The Republic of Facebook doesn't quite cut it for me.
-- In nine months, iPod app downloads hit a billion.
-- Youtube now has 100 million videos. I've only watched a couple of million so far.
The Socialnomics09 video has 674,000 views since it was posted July 30 which makes me wonder if the creators effectively used social media to promote it (my favorite, United Breaks Guitars , was posted in early July and has 5.5 million). The 621 comments are more down to earth. Many ask how money is to be made from social media to comments while others complain about the music. There are as many places to express one's self these days as there are opinions!
There's a warning too. "What happens in Vegas, stays in, er, on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg....you get the idea.


With spring in the air and summer around the corner it's time to start thinking about grilling outside. Nothing says summertime more than the smell of meat grilling on the barbecue.
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Survivor, The Voice, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Bachelor, Dancing With the Stars … we love competitions. We love to see the underdog win and to be honest, we don't mind watching epic meltdowns either. James Kim, a producer at Dinner Party Download, has crafted a beautiful audio version of what we love to watch in the aptly named The Competition.
The first season of the show follows the journeys of several contestants in the 2017 Van Cliburn piano competition, held in June in Fort Worth, Texas. This prestigious competition features just 30 contestants from around the world, is only held every four years, has an age range limitation, and puts the pianists through the wringer. The reward for taking home the top prize is a management contract for three years, international tour dates, a recording partnership, and oh, $50,000.
I first heard about The Competition several months ago, but I often have such a long queue of episodes I'm dying to hear that it's hard to work in a serial show that's really best listened to in one fell swoop. But last week I cleared out my queue and just threw The Competition on play. After one episode I knew how I would spend my next listening block.
Kim introduces the audience to a handful of contestants throughout the first few episodes, and then we get to attend the Cliburn in what feels like real-time, even though it is now several months later. Each contestant shares how they came to play piano in the first place, why they're passionate about playing classical music, and how they're feeling about the upcoming contest. Kim narrates how he's feeling about the contestants and the competition as well, and it is very effective.
When the episodes get to the actual competition, we listen as the contestants profiled in earlier episodes are interviewed before and after playing. Kim's earnest hope for their success translates as if he is a genuine friend to these pianists. We also get to hear from a former Cliburn jurist and competitor who provides an insider perspective about how the featured contestants fared in each round. This commentary became one of the most anticipated segments of each episode as I was listening.
It was an exquisite choice to profile a competition that may seem on the surface to be less than dramatic: there are no epic falls or injuries, no double crossing, nothing remotely faked as it is often on television. Because the tension is authentic, the drama is real, completely non-manufactured, and human, and it has a gorgeous soundtrack as a backdrop. The classical music is played romantically, carefully, and often triumphantly throughout the show. Again, the Cliburn competition features piano phenoms from around the world – it was so enjoyable to lose myself in these pieces.
The first season of The Competition was thrilling; the next season can't come quickly enough and I can't wait to find out what competition James Kim has picked out to profile. Very well done.
I loved learning about the Cliburn competition, something I'd never heard of. Can't wait to see what competitions the show profiles in the future!
The awe and excitement of host James Kim as he listens to each live performance is infectious and pure.
There is tension, self-doubt, self-confidence, gratitude, joy …. all terrific elements to a personal narrative, and they're embedded within a greater story of a competition. Terrific.
It's a serial podcast, you must start at the beginning and resist looking up who won the competition!
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The Present Prize Finalists
August 14th, 2012 by matt - blog The Present Prize
Thanks to 204 voters who cast a grand total of 3,152 votes, public voting for the Present Prize is complete! We'd like to congratulate our three finalists: Maria Molteni, Packard Jennings, and collaborators Carlos Saez and Claudia Mate.
It was a very close race and other competitors were not far behind.
About half of people coming to the site voted just once, indicating a direct link from that artist's social network. However, the second highest percentage of people (ten percent,) took the opportunity to vote on all 91 matchups, making their opinion heard in much greater force. Of the remaining 40%, people seemed to tire out of voting all across the gamut. While the direct links certainly had an impact on the final results, as soon as people voted more than once, they contributed to a scenario where the effect of internet popularity was diluted.
Here are the the three finalists again. It's interesting to note that each of these winning works engage a larger community as contributors to their projects.
Cloaque by Carlos Saez and Claudia Mate
"Cloaque works as a digital landfill. It is the result of the collection, treatment and joining together of a series of images found online or self produced work, to create a column of digital compost. It is a collaborative project hosted on a tumblr platform where artists are invited to continue the previous work developing an endless vertical collage."
Claudia Maté is a spanish web developer working on a large area of online based projects. She experiments with different programation languages and 3D softwares, using platforms as Tumblr and exploring new posibilities with HTML5.
Carlos Saez is a multidisciplinary artist. He has been working in fashion, creating his own brand. Also with video through his audiovisual project Multi-Movies and lately as creative director of Room Mate Hotels.
New Craft Artists in Action by Maria Molteni
"The NCAA team captain launched MOLTENi Net Works in response to cases of Empty Net Syndrome in Boston. This yarn-bomb initiative, executed via workshops, pickup games & internet cataloging, aims to create functional, hand-crafted basketball nets for neglected public hoops. Inspired by a mapping process and DIY form of slow production, we make use of neglected courts & the internet as public venues across the globe. The project aims to build pro-active relationships between artists, athletes, & neighbors, tracing connections between such networks via hoop coordinates logged on our public gmap. When it comes to love for the NET, NCAA assumes Triple Threat."
Maria Molteni grew up in Nashville, TN, a misfit in the bible belt where differences are settled on the court. Swallowed by team jerseys for 10 years, she swore to become an "Art & Basketball Star". Her neighbors expressed their support via MOLTEN brand basketballs with bold i 's scribbled on the end. This anecdote illustrates concepts & processes of Maria's current practice, approaching art as the reassessment of authorship via appropriation/technology & expression of support/protest by DIY craft.
Destructables.org by Packard Jennings
Destructables.org is an advertising free Do It Yourself website for projects of protest and creative dissent. The site features user generated step-by-step video and photo/text based instructions for a wide range of dissenting actions, including (but not limited to): art actions, billboard alterations, shop-dropping, protest strategies, knit-bombing, making protest props, interventions, methods of civil disobedience, stencil work, performative actions, and many other forms of public dissent – from the practical and tactical to the creative and illegal. It is a living archive and resource for the art and activist communities.
Packard Jennings is a visual artist who uses appropriation, humor and interventionist tactics to address political and corporate transgressions against public interests. A native of Oakland, California, he received his MFA from Alfred University in New York. He has garnered critical attention across a variety of media, including: Artforum, Playboy, Flash Art, the Believer, New American Painting, the Washington Post, and the front page of the New York Times.
Now it is up to our grant contributors to pick a final winner! If you are a TPG web hostee or a buy-in contributor, go here to cast your final vote.
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I like Caves. My family has been to six different caves on three different vacations.
Soon the day will dawn. Soon the sun will shine. Another day will begin, a fresh start will be made. But not for me, not for any of us who believed in Him. My sorrow is so heavy upon my heart, the weight seems almost more than I can bear.
My task is done. There is no more I can do. I have served my Lord as well as I could, and given him the best that I have. But my service will never be remembered, my gifts are overcast with gloom and despair.
Oh, my son, my son! I cannot bear to look upon your suffering and pain! Your lips are so dry and parched in the heat! The same lips that sweetly whispered "Mama" as a child years ago. The lips that as a 12-year-old spoke to the learned men at the temple—teaching, even then, and doing his Holy Father's will. As amazed as Joseph and I were, did I realize it would end such as this?
I have nothing to worry about—no nothing at all. It's settled, it's decided, and I'm free of the matter. It was a small matter, actually—but dealing with these Jews and their petty concerns and holy rituals can be so exasperating, so time-consuming! Time! Three times I told them Jesus would be released! But the crowd was so insistent, so demanding, I had no choice but to agree to his crucifixion. But it's over now, the matter is settled. It's of no concern to me. I must attend to other things. My wife will be expecting me.
And they were going to crucify him.
What have I done? Oh, my Lord, my Lord! What have I done? Jesus, my Lord, my Master, will die, and I am his murderer! How brightly those pieces of sliver once shone, as I counted them over and over. Thirty pieces of silver! How much I anticipated what it could buy! And respect! Yes, I finally had respect and importance! The chief priests and elders needed me! I was their confidante; they depended on me.
How could I have failed him? My Lord! My Friend! My Master! He knew! He knew I would deny him! Jesus, the Master who taught me, cared for me, showed me the truths of God!
I have always enjoyed rainbows, and since I did some studying on them, I realized their are multiple applications.
Rainbows, so very beautiful. At the very time storm clouds move in, we can see these beautiful phenomena. It can be the same in our own lives. We first learn about rainbows in the bible with Noah.
As the scripture said, the rainbow was a reminder of the covenant between God and all living flesh, human and animal; that he would never flood the whole earth again. This made me wonder if animals could appreciate the wonder of a rainbow.
What is it that you are called to do? In what ways is the hand of God upon you for a specific work?
Did you know that a rainbow is a personal experience? Each rainbow is perceived depending on where the raindrops are, the angle of sunlight to rain, and YOUR position relative to the sun and rain. Even if someone is right next to you, they do not see the same rainbow that you do.
The power of unbelieving prayer. It sounds like an oxymoron, but it is something we see in Acts 12.
The backdrop to the story is severe persecution. "Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also." Acts 12.1-3.
Music is woven into the very design of our universe.
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
The stars were singing, according to God, when He "laid the foundations of the earth" (Job 38:4) They continue to sing today, according to NASA.
Of course in this case I am talking about the Math version.
Pi is always the Circumference divided by the diameter. The older way to say it is Pi is the Circumference divided by the Radius squared. Pi is interesting since it is an irrational number, so it never repeats.
Back in 8th grade when I was learning in Math class the teacher said something about Pi that shocked me so much I almost fell off my chair.
February 2014 the Kepler Science Team announced the discovery of 715 new planets outside of our solar system.
How do we know that it's a planet and not something else in the way? We keep watching. If we see the same star, dim by the same amount, for the same amount of time in the future; we know we have a planet.
So if you think about it, scientists look for planets outside of our solar system, not by what we see, but by what we don't see. When the Kepler team are convicted that what they have NOT seen is a planet, they announce it.
A bright future and hope are dawning on the horizon, but they may not be as close as we think.
Have you ever thought about the planets and the solar system in relation to the Bible?
Many other cultures thought that the earth was supported by different animals, but way back in the time of Job we are told it is hung on nothing. A very good description of space.


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Mercury's Place in a Fallen World
We've been born into a world that fell along with humanity, and so our best plans—more often than not—go off course. Still, we wake up every morning and must make the best of things. It is only with God's grace that we can hope to make our corner of creation some small degree better.
All this is prologue to an issue raised by a writer to this paper responding to a column I'd written mentioning the use of a certain type of lighting to reduce energy consumption, and so lessen energy bills and greenhouse gas production. While I've written before about climate change, and our Holy Father's very real concerns on the matter, the lighting issue raised in that letter deserves particular attention because it not only teaches good ecological (and economic) lessons, but theological ones, too.
The writer was correct that so-called compact fluorescent light bulbs (or "CFLs" for short) contain mercury—a small amount, but enough to raise questions. Mercury, we know, is a bioaccumulating neurotoxin. In sufficient quantities it causes severe illness in humans. Most vulnerable are unborn babies, which is why governments and environmental advocates would like to remove the chemical from our industries and homes. (It is interesting that many pro-abortion advocates decry the effects of mercury on the unborn; in doing so they argue against their own position … but that's another column.)
As for CFLs, a recent study in Maine highlights the dangers if a bulb were to shatter in one's home. And yet even those working to reduce mercury emissions still urge the use of CFL lighting. As reported in the Boston Globe, Michael Bender, the director of the "Mercury Policy Project," a nonprofit group working to do away with mercury use, says, "using compact fluorescent bulbs is still the brightest idea out there … people should not be afraid but informed and prepared and learn how to dispose of (CFLs) properly."
All this raises a question. If mercury is bad for us, why are governments and ecologists praising the use of CFLs, which have the stuff in it?
While CFLs are more expensive than conventional incandescent bulbs, they last about ten times longer, and they use only one-quarter the electricity. Considering that lighting accounts for about twenty percent of most people's electric bill, using CFLs around the house will reduce your monthly utility check. Moreover, the environmental benefit of compact fluorescent lights is sizable; if everyone switched just one light bulb in their home to a CFL, reductions in electrical demand (and so, generation) would result in a reduction of pollution equivalent to the amount produced annually by 800,000 automobiles.
All this is good. But then there's that catch: compact fluorescent lights need about five milligrams of mercury in them to function, which is about the amount of ink in the period at the end of this sentence. (To put that in perspective, it would take 250 to 1,000 of these light bulbs to equal the amount of mercury in just one typical mercury thermometer.)
Still, no matter how small the amount, mercury is bad. But here's the upside: by cutting electrical demand, CFLs actually reduce more dangerous mercury emissions from many power plants, especially the coal-fired variety. And while mercury emissions are not necessarily an issue for local natural-gas powered plants, cutting energy usage means less dependency on fossil fuels, as well as cutting emissions of other pollutants, which is always beneficial. Most importantly, however, is if we use CFLs correctly, their mercury won't enter the environment. (Importantly, like all household hazards, special care must be given to CFLs should one break—information that should come with the bulb.)
Of course, mercury vapor is needed not just in energy-saving CFLs, but also in commonly used fluorescent bulbs (used in overhead office lights), neon signs, and about a half-dozen other lighting systems that we all use in our homes, schools and work places. Small amounts of mercury are also used in many electronics, computers and even in the LCD displays of our cell phones.
Then again, many products we have in our homes are toxic. Pesticides and cleaning products certainly are, but simple items like flea collars and nail polish removers are so toxic that they should not be thrown in the garbage. They should be handled as household hazardous wastes and disposed of only at special collections (which in Rhode Island are held dozens of times annually in various communities and at the Central Landfill).
All this is a reminder that we live in a fallen world. In a perfect world—dare I say, in the Kingdom—mercury will take its proper place in creation, whatever that is. But for now, here outside Eden, as scientists devise even better options for low-energy lighting and hazardous waste disposal, CFLs are our best low-energy choice for lighting homes and workplaces. Perfect? No. But then, what that humanity creates ever is?