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Q: How to make the listener keep attached, even after an error occurs in Firestore? The documentation says that After an error, the listener will not receive any more events, and there is no need to detach your listener. But I don't want that behavior. Instead, I want the listener to be attached there itself, as in the future, there is still a chance of the listener getting permission to read from there.
Suppose if the rules say that, reading is allowed only if readField is true. Even if the current value of readField is false, it has a possibility of becoming true, so I want the listener to keep listening till I manually remove it when there is no need.

A: As the docs say, if your query fails or if you have improper security rules, the listener will not receive any more events. Unfortunately, this behavior cannot be changed.
What you might try to implement, is to attach the listener again, if you get an error message. But this might not be the best solution because if you forget to add the proper rules, you'll end up adding the listener over and over again.
What you should do is attach and detach the listener according to your app's state. For instance, in Android you do something like this:

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Kirk Douglas wrote a nice little note about the passing of his friend Elaine Stritch; you can read it at the Huffington Post.
"...Which is an important lesson for me, even at the age of 97. Keep in touch with those you care about, no matter how much distance and time separates you. Share a laugh. Share a heartbreak. Share life while you can."


Balmoral Castle is a 19th Century Scots Baronial estate house. It sits within the Cairngorms National Park between the towns of Braemar and Ballater. It is the current Scottish residence of the British Royal Family.
The royal connection to this site goes back to Robert II of Scotland. He had a hunting lodge here in the 14th Century. In 1390 Sir William Drummond built the first stone castle here. It was a square-plan tower house with bartizans at three of the corners. By the 19th Century it had been extensively modified and included a walled courtyard and gardens.
All that remains of the original castle is a commemorative stone on the front lawn and a photograph by George Washington Wilson of the old castle before its demolition in 1856.
The story of the current castle at Balmoral starts in 1848 when Prince Albert leased the castle from Lord Aberdeen. Queen Victoria quickly fell in love with the location, writing in her diary that it made "one forget the world and its sad turmoils".
In 1852, after a protracted negotiation, Prince Albert bought Balmoral Castle and its estate and commissioned William Smith, City Architect of Aberdeen, to build a new, larger house near the existing castle.
During the annual autumn visit in 1853 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone on top of time capsule. The time capsule contained all the coins of the realm along with a signed parchment recording the date. By 1856 the new castle was complete and by 1857 the old castle was completely removed.
Prince Albert took an active role in planning and designing the castle. It was built from white granite quarried from the estate at Glen Gelder. The exterior of Balmoral suggests a strong medieval fortress with machicolations, turrets and a defensive keep. In reality it is a well-planned country house.
The castle consists of two main blocks, each arranged around a courtyard. The main rooms and apartments are in the south-western block, while the north-western block is used for service functions. A tall clock tower sits in the south-east complete with battlements and turrets. In total the palace is capable of holding over 120 guests and courtiers.
After Victoria's death the royal family continued to use Balmoral Castle as a Highland retreat. King George V made substantial improvements during the early 20th Century and Prince Philip has made several additions to it over the years.
Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family still visit every autumn. The Balmoral Estate is The Queen's private property, not the property of the Crown. The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales take a close interest in the running and ongoing improvement of the estate.
Parts of Balmoral Castle are open to the public. The castle is home to several exhibitions including wildlife and art exhibits and a grand art exhibition in the Castle Ballroom. Unusually for a castle, there is good disabled access and accessible toilets.
Other facilities on the estate include a visitors' centre, audio tour, toilets, gift shop as well as walks and a guidebook to the estate. The estate runs various activities including running holidays, fishing and biking events and a Landrover safari. There are a range of holiday cottages available for rent and the estate can also cater for corporate entertainment events and wedding events.


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It was sooo cold when I went out front to shoot these curly tendrils on my spiky plant (someday I'll find out what its called…) with my macro lens. Although I've photographed them before, my attention was caught by the combination of curves and lines hit by the morning light. The colors you see in the background were present in my photograph and accentuated by the Color Burst preset in Topaz Texture Effects, turning it into a little bit of art for a Wednesday morning.
This entry was posted on December 16, 2015 by Melinda. It was filed under abstract, around the yard, texture and was tagged with abstract, leaves, macro, photography, Topaz Texture Effects.
Great picture, I don't know what those are either…………..


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Q: How to display a list as a string in a class Python? I have the following code so far. I want to display unit1 information as a string but the prereq details are stored in a list and I am not quite sure why it is blank instead of displaying math, Python
class The_Unit:

def __init__(self,code,name,prereq=[]):
    self.code = code
    self.name = name
    self.prereq =[]

def __repr__(self):
    return self.__str__()

def __str__(self):
    return  'Code: ' + self.code + \
            '\nName: ' + self.name + \
             '\nprerequisites: ' + '\n'.join((str(x) for x in self.prereq))

unit1 = The_Unit('11','coding',['math','python'])

print(unit1)
Code: 11
Name: coding
prerequisites:

A: You assign an empty list to self.prereq. The argument is prereq so you need:
self.prereq = prereq

prereq = [] means that the argument can be omitted when the function is called, and then self.prereq will be an empty list.

A: Firstly you need to assign the passed prereq to your class variable. Secondly, using a .format() statement would help with the formatting as follows:
class The_Unit:
    def __init__(self, code, name, prereq=[]):
        self.code = code
        self.name = name
        self.prereq = prereq

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.__str__()

    def __str__(self):
        return  'Code: {}\nName: {}\nprerequisites: {}'.format(self.code, self.name, ', '.join(self.prereq))

unit1 = The_Unit('11', 'coding', ['math', 'python'])

print(unit1)

This would print:
Code: 11
Name: coding
prerequisites: math, python


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Following the weekend double programme, it is too close to call at the top of the table.
Newly-installed leaders Burnmoor are just two points ahead of Boldon who, until Monday, had led the table for several weeks.
Burnmoor captain John Tindale said: "To say it is tight is a gross under-estimation.
"We went into pole position on Monday night but, with one game to play worth 20 points, anything can happen."
In-form Boldon appear to have the easier game.
They go to second-bottom Seaham Harbour while Burnmoor visit South Hetton.
Tindale said: "Sometimes, the form book counts for nothing.
"Certainly wooden spoonists Durham City kept us in the field longer than I anticipated on Monday when they made a reasonable score, so who is to say what will happen this weekend."
The captain was quick to accept luck was on his side, especially during the Bank Holiday programme.
He said: "First of all, I won the toss which was critical.
"It was a very flat wicket and I am not sure we would have been able to bowl out Durham City if they had batted second.
"Secondly, although we had two little showers of rain, our game went on uninterrupted while Boldon were off the field for quite some time.
"The rain eventually ended Hetton Lyons' chances since their fixture with Marsden was abandoned."
No doubt Tindale will be hoping for more of the same from his side, and especially from Mark Benfield, who is ending the season in style.
The South African made a useful 41 in Saturday's eight-wicket victory over South Shields at Wood Terrace before ending unbeaten with 72 in the 10-wicket success against Durham City, when Barry Dewes contributed an undefeated 89.
Tindale said: "Mark and Barry were in exhilarating form in the two games, and if they can keep it going at South Hetton on Saturday, we will be in with a chance.
"Boldon, though, are breathing down our necks and there is no doubt both teams will be fighting for every point."
Meanwhile, Durham City look set for bottom spot after losing by 46 runs to Whitburn, Ashley Thorpe doing the damage with 73 and then 4-27.
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EY UK acquires law firm as Big Four edge toward disrupting legal industry
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With the Big Four looking to enter the coveted legal space, and open themselves up to lucrative new contracts in the process, the foursome are weighing up merger and acquisition activity to break into the market. The UK wing of EY has struck a deal to purchase Riverview Law, as the professional services giant works to expand its legal offering.
The global legal market was valued at $600 billion in 2016, and now the world's four largest consulting firms have reportedly set their sights on expansion into the lucrative sector. According to a recent study, the Big Four, the world's largest consulting and accounting firms – consisting of Deloitte, PwC, KPMG and EY – could draw an annual revenue of $30 billion from legal services, were they to fully expand into the market. With examples of the disruption the gang of four have already wrought in the digital, design and consulting spaces, the quartet have already shown they are capable of entering new industries and consolidating their market share, and by leveraging practice areas they already serve.
In this regard, the Big Four are already gaining legal market share at a rapid pace by providing legal services in tax, finance, M&A (for lower value deals) and labour. The Big Four's legal divisions are already larger than most law firms and – as consulting firms forays into the advertising world have similarly shown – an enlarged workforce is one major route to winning over new clients. Deloitte has around 2,000 lawyers, while PwC boasts a total of 3,500. If defined by headcount alone and considered as a standalone organisation, hypothetically this would already make PwC a top 10 firm.
Now, in a further statement of intent from the Big Four, EY has confirmed it has reached an agreement to acquire Riverview Law, an innovative legal services firm that will support the expansion of EY's global legal managed services division. Launched in 2011, Riverview Law hosts a technology practice that uses a disruptive software from Kim Technologies for the delivery of its legal services. The acquisition will assist and scale the EY Law legal managed services offering, while helping EY clients to increase efficiency, manage risk, improve service transparency and reduce costs of routine legal activities. The deal will also extend the existing EY Law offering, while adding key talent in legal innovation and operating model transformation, as EY bids to eat into the market share of legal firms.
With this deal, EY Law now comprises more than 2,200 law practitioners in member firms across 81 jurisdictions. The addition of the Riverview Law platform will help organizations to manage legal instructions coming into the function, re-direct work that does not require legal input, triage work that does require legal support to the right team and manage all stages from case opening to case closing, including document creation.
The process to acquire Riverview has been led by Chris Price, EY's Global Head of Alliances in Tax, and upon completion of the deal – which is expected by the end of August – Price will become CEO of EY Riverview Law. He will work closely with the existing leaders of the newly rebranded EY Riverview Law team to bolster the EY cross-sector, multidisciplinary approach to legal services, which the firm hopes can be scaled to serve EY clients across the globe.
Chris Price said, "There is a need for a greater range of service options in the legal market that provides the right service, with the right quality, at the right price to the legal functions of EY clients. I have yet to meet a general counsel function that is under employed; so providing a simple mechanism to assess tasks, assess the requisite skills to achieve those tasks and allocating internal and external advisor skillsets appropriately while helping the legal function to drive the maximum value and service quality is what we will seek to do."
Cornelius Grossmann, EY Global Law Leader, added, "Legal managed services is one of the fastest growing segments of the legal market. This acquisition underlines the position of EY as a leading disruptor of legal services; it will provide a springboard for current EY legal managed services offerings and bolster the capabilities that we can help deliver for EY clients. We recognize the expertise that Riverview Law has in this growing market area, which when married with the global EY footprint and legal understanding will help drive significant opportunities for EY clients."
According to Karl Chapman, CEO of Riverview Law, the deal will aid the legal firm in reaching new clients with its innovative services, while the legal profession goes through a period of significant global upheaval. Changes in regulation, technology and in customer expectation have forged an opportunity for a more flexible and customer-centric approach to the provision of legal services, which becoming a part of the Big Four can help Riverview address.
Chapman concluded, "Becoming part of EY is a real strategic fit for our team and is in line with our commitment to deliver world-class service and counsel to Riverview Law clients who are at the core of everything we do. As part of EY, we will have even greater resources to help them drive business outputs from their legal inputs… We believe that the combination of the Riverview Law operating model, operating platform and people, alongside the EY brand, EY clients, existing legal services offering and global scale is a winning formula for the legal market."
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Hendersonville, TN (March 7, 2008) - Daywind Records is pleased to announce the addition of Aaron and Amanda Crabb to the Daywind family of artists. This dynamic husband and wife ministry team met with label president, Ed Leonard, yesterday to make it official.
The debut album, After The Rain, soon to be released nationwide, features incredibly powerful songs, all written by Aaron and Amanda. Their diverse musical style reaches across genres and centers on worship. Their break out single from the album, "Miracle," is impacting radio nationwide.
Aaron and Amanda Crabb are booked by The Beckie Simmons Agency. Visit www.bsaworld.com for scheduling information.
Daywind Records is based in Hendersonville, TN, and is distributed worldwide through New Day Christian Distributors. In addition to Aaron and Amanda Crabb, Daywind is home to such great artists as the Booth Brothers and Brian Free and Assurance, among others.
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First Bus fares are increasingacross West Yorkshire from this Sunday (October 21).
Most single, day and week ticket prices are being increased.
"First West Yorkshire is making changes to fares from Sunday 21st October but is continuing to offer customers the best value for money through its mobile ticketing options.
"Most single, day and weekly ticket fares will change and the bus operator is therefore encouraging customers who purchase with cash to check the new prices before they travel, or to switch to purchasing tickets in advance, via the mobile 'mTickets' app.
"Data is showing that an increasing number of customers are already purchasing tickets in advance of boarding of the bus, rather than opting to pay with cash. First West Yorkshire introduced new state-of-the-art ticket machines in January 2018, which has enabled customers to pay for their bus tickets in new ways, including via contactless. Data also shows that boarding with an mTicket is twice as fast in comparison to purchasing a ticket from the driver."


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British engineer Gordon Murray, who has created several Formula 1 championship cars and the road-going McLaren F1, has revealed a new image of the T.50 three-seater supercar, which his firm Gordon Murray Automotive is working on. The model will be the world's first production car with a rear-mounted fan.
The ground effect system with a 400mm fan and multiple ducting is designed to create an area under the floor for increased downforce. It will also reduce aerodynamic drag, increasing the top speed.
In total, the T.50 ground effect will receive six modes of operation. In the automatic one, the fan can be adjusted depending on the traffic situation, and in the test one will show the operation of the system when the car is stationary. Brake Mode is designed to shorten the braking distance by 10 meters when decelerating from 240 km / h, High Downforce - to increase downforce by 30 percent, Streamline - to reduce aerodynamic drag by 10 percent. The last Vmax Mode works together with Streamline - in it, within three minutes, a 40-horsepower 48-volt starter-generator comes to the ICE for additional acceleration.
The T.50 coupe will be equipped with a naturally aspirated 3.9-liter V12 developed by the British firm Cosworth. Engine power will be 659 hp. (450 Nm) and it should spin up to 12,100 rpm, which will be a record among production cars. All traction to the rear wheels will come through a six-speed "mechanics" and a limited slip differential.
The T.50 monocoque and body panels will be made of carbon. In terms of body length (4380 millimeters), the supercar is comparable to the Porsche 718 Cayman, while the dry weight of the British coupe will not exceed 980 kilograms, while the "German" is almost 400 kilograms heavier.
The full premiere of the T.50 supercar will take place in May 2020. In total, 100 copies of the model will be built, and the cost of each coupe will exceed two million pounds. The first customers will receive their vehicles in 2022.


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Hilmy Bakri of Islamic School of RI to Join Whitehouse for Joint Session of Congress
Hilmy Bakri, President of the Board of Trustees of the Islamic School of Rhode Island, will this evening attend the address by President Donald Trump before a joint session of Congress as the guest of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. "On election night, President Trump pledged to be a 'president for all Americans.' But in one short month, his rash and controversial actions have provoked fear and uncertainty among millions of Americans," said Whitehouse. "As the eyes of the world turn to the Presi… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Opposes Trump's Withdrawal of Guidance Protecting Transgender Students
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse released the following statement in opposition to President Donald Trump's withdrawal of Obama-era guidance directing public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity: "Rolling back protections for transgender students is cruel and unnecessary," said Whitehouse. "Rhode Island was founded on the notion of tolerance. We were so concerned with it, we waited to join the union until we were sure everyone's rights would … Continue Reading
Whitehouse Calls On Education Secretary to Guard Against Conflicts of Interest
Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to write to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos regarding reports that President Trump has asked Jerry L. Falwell, Jr., President of Liberty University, to lead a new "task force" to recommend changes to federal regulations, policies, and procedures in higher education. Such a task force could make recommendations on the f… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Court-Ordered Release of Pruitt Emails
Washington, DC - The office of former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has released over 7,500 emails between that office and representatives of industries Pruitt is now charged with regulating as Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The release comes after an Oklahoma court ruled Pruitt's office had unlawfully withheld them prior to his Senate confirmation. The emails were requested by the Center for Media and Democracy through an Oklahoma state open records law in 20… Continue Reading
Senators Lodge Concerns About Icahn's Control of Renewable Fuel Standard
Washington, DC - The White House has ignored seven Senators' request for information on oil refining executive Carl Icahn's role in determining the fate of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)-a regulation that Icahn claims will cost his business hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Now the group has filed that request with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of its notice and comment process. In a letter sent to White House Counsel Don McGahn last Monday, February 13, the Senato… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Oklahoma Court Ruling Requiring Disclosure of Pruitt Emails
Washington, DC - Today, Oklahoma District Court Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons ruled that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee Scott Pruitt must release roughly 3,000 email communications between him and the fossil fuel industry. The ruling comes on the eve of Pruitt's confirmation vote in the Senate. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement on the Court's decision: "Scott Pruitt sat on this i… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Pruitt Confirmation
Washington, DC - The Senate confirmed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt today by a vote of 52-46 to serve as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the vote: "Allowing this nominee to scoot through the Senate without his full record before us is a plain abdication of our constitutional responsibility. Throughout this confirmation process, it has bee… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Mulvaney Confirmation
Washington, DC - Today, the Senate voted 51-49 to confirm Congressman Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement on today's vote: "In Congress, Mick Mulvaney played fast and loose with the full faith and credit of the United States by opposing debt ceiling measures and supporting government shutdowns. "At his confirmation hearing, he had a chance to pivo… Continue Reading
Senators Demand Scott Pruitt Recuse Himself from All Issues Related to Lawsuits He Brought Against the EPA to Overturn or Weaken Clean Air and Water Pollution Rules
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, joined 29 other senators in calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator nominee Scott Pruitt to recuse himself from participating in any matter related to litigation that he pursued against the EPA as Oklahoma Attorney General. In the letter, the senators specifically call on Mr. Pruitt to recuse himself from decisions on how the EPA will defend itself against the lawsuits he brought for… Continue Reading
Senators Raise Concerns about Executive Order on "Two for One" Regulatory Reform
WASHINGTON-Today, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined eight colleagues in sending a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Mark Sandy to raise concerns and questions about President Trump's executive order to establish a "two for one" rule under which federal agencies are required to identify two existing regulations for elimination for every new regulation issued. In the letter, the senators raise concerns that the arbitrary "two for one" limit on rulemaking imped… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Meeting with Gorsuch
Washington, DC - Today at his office, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, met with President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, United States Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch. Whitehouse released the following statement on the meeting: "I was glad Judge Gorsuch and I could meet today. I have heard a number of concerns from Rhode Islanders about his nomination and we covered a great deal of ground. "In recent years, the Supreme Court has deliv… Continue Reading
Senators Weigh in on Court Case Seeking Release of Critical Documents on Pruitt Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry
Washington, D.C. - Today, a group of Senators weighed in with an Oklahoma court on a legal action seeking to require the Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General to release documents relating to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee Scott Pruitt's connections to the fossil fuel industry. The Senators, all members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, had requested the information from Pruitt during his confirmation process. Rather than divulge it, Pruitt referred… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Puzder Withdrawing Nomination
Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse today released the following statement after Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination to serve as President Trump's Secretary of Labor: "I'm glad Mr. Puzder withdrew his nomination. Rhode Islanders have told me they want a Labor Secretary who will enforce the labor laws that protect working families' bottom lines, like safeguards against stolen wages, sexual harassment, and unsafe working conditions. I hope the President will replace Mr. Puzder with a … Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Mnuchin Confirmation
Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) issued the following statement tonight on the Senate's 53-47 vote to confirm Steven Mnuchin to be Secretary of the Treasury: "As the Great Recession destroyed jobs and home values in Rhode Island, Mr. Mnuchin earned the nickname 'The Foreclosure King,' by foreclosing on tens of thousands of middle-class Americans. Families and small businesses in Rhode Island deserve a Treasury Secretary who understands the challenges they face and whose top p… Continue Reading
Whitehouse and Udall Call on Republicans to End Trump's 'Rash' Behavior at Mar-a-Lago
Washington, DC - Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Tom Udall (D-NM) released the following statement on President Donald Trump's visit to the Trump Organization's Mar-a-Lago club this past weekend, where numerous accounts suggest national security information was put at risk. Earlier this month, Whitehouse and Udall wrote to the White House asking who is paying the hundreds of thousands of dollars necessary for unlimited access to the newly christened executive mansion in West Palm Beach. … Continue Reading
Senators Demand Answers About Icahn's White House Role
Washington, D.C. - In a letter sent to White House Counsel Don McGahn today, a group of Senators demand to know what role oil refining executive Carl Icahn is playing in President Donald Trump's White House, how he affected the selection of Scott Pruitt to be Trump's nominee for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, and to what extent Icahn controls the destiny of an EPA regulation that Icahn claims will cost his business hundreds of millions of dollars. Senators Sheldon Whitehou… Continue Reading
Senators to White House Counsel: You Must Stop "Buy Ivanka's Stuff" Conflicts of Interest
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Carper (D-DE), Tom Udall (D-NM), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) urged the White House Counsel to take decisive action to end the troubling pattern of apparently blatant conflicts of interest plaguing the Trump Administration. Counselor to President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, appeared on Fox News yesterday from the White House briefing room, entreating viewers to "go buy Ivanka's… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on Price Confirmation
Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement today on the Senate's 52-47 vote to confirm Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) to be Secretary of Health and Human Services: "Right now, one-year-old Henry from Warwick, Rhode Island, who's battling cystic fibrosis, can no longer be denied insurance because of his pre-existing condition. Martha from Cranston doesn't have to worry about her son, who can … Continue Reading
Reed, Whitehouse Seek Answers About Outrageous Price Hike for Anti-Opioid Drug
Washington, DC - In an effort to ensure that lifesaving overdose prevention drugs remain accessible and affordable, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are pressing for answers from a leading pharmaceutical company about the dramatic price hike for a life-saving medication used to respond to opioid overdoses. Recent reports unveiled that drug maker Kaléo Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures an easy-to-use injector device containing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, raised i… Continue Reading
Whitehouse Statement on 9th Circuit Ruling Against Travel Ban
Washington, DC - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling tonight against the Trump administration's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from certain majority-Muslim nations: "Tonight, the Ninth Circuit denied the Trump administration's appeal and joined the growing list of authorities questioning the legality of this order and whether it does anything to make us safer. That's… Continue Reading


Santa Monica doesn't care about Playstation All Stars!
Since SuperBot Entertainment's unfair lay-off from PASBR, the game's support has rapidly decreased. At first Santa Monica and Seth Killian involvement probably looked promising to hopeful fans but as the months roll on, everyone can see the 'promised' support has become non-existent.
The thing is people still DO play this game, you can find online matches all the time, yet the only dead thing about this game is the company support which falls solely on the backs of Santa Monica, who quite frankly don't care about the future of PlayStation All-Stars. Let's be real here, PlayStation All-Stars would've had more luck if it had kept with it's birth parents who actually cared about it's success and of course better marketing.
Santa Monica can still fix this problem and give PlayStation All-Stars the true sending off it deserves by actually making an effort and putting their best foot forward but unfortunately that's highly unlikely, so for now could we have one minute's silence for Superbot Entertainment underrated Playstation All-Star, we know knew thee well.
In truth maybe someone else should handle PASBR affairs, like maybe someone with an harder work ethic like say.. Naughty Dog who managed to handle two highly successful ips at once and were once home to wacky and creative projects such as Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter.
I want new characters, but there's NOTHING. This is worse then when Superbot was handling pasbr, at least we had patches and news.
Screw Sony Santa Monica. Until they actually freaking do something they're on my boycott list.
The game, unfortunately, has too many glaring issues to just ignore and Santa Monica hasn't really shown us that they care for this game (aside from empty promises).
That's just it...this game has gotten to the point to where it just isn't fun anymore. The reasons behind the game not being as fun as it used to be could be very easily remedied, but Santa Monica refuses to lift a finger to support this game other than to say "we support this game 100%."
At this point, they need to say something else. They haven't really earned any faith from this game's fans.
I really wish Sony did not fire superbot. They were doing an awesome job with the game.
Where does Sony get off just firing them? This is a GOOD GAME to have on your roster!!
People look at new PS3 games they see the same crap thats been released over and over. Everything is a **bleep** sequel. Nothing is origonal. Then they would see PSASBR and think, "holy crap something different I totally have to try this!"
This game actually did decent is sales, people just all left after the support was done because the online is so glitchy. Causing Sony to believe that they had wasted their money and time when all they needed to do was give it some more time for more success. I mean, it seems like they were ONLY given a few months of work to patch things up. Which they were well on their way of doing.
Maybe it really did just cost too much to develop. A sacrifice not worth making, in my opinion. If this game was given a chance to be completed, I believe it would have a constant success. I'm not saying it would even be the top played games, but it wouldn't ever stop selling.
Spot on! Sadly a good chunk of the publishers that allowed them to use their content were only doing so to promote their own games. SSM being the biggest. To them it was just a marketing tool and nothing else.
Allowing Santa Monica to take over All Stars was a TERRIBLE IDEA. To begin with, Santa Monica worked with Titan Studios to create a game called 'Fat Princess' This game was amazing!!! However, Titan Studios let go of Fat Princess and gave it to Santa Monica, to support it with patches and DLC. Santa Monica gave ONE patch and ONE DLC for Fat Princess. SuperBot promised DLC before the game even launched!! Fans want more Characters! and better gameplay. For example, anybody who has played Fat Princess knows the online connection is complete crap, unless you are the host. Now i am not sure if Santa Monica runs the servers for Fat Princess, but if they are, Online experience will become garbage if it is moved to a server such as Fat Princess. I say keep SuperBot and to hell with Santa Monica. From Santa Monica's past, their idea of "support a game with patches and DLC" is about 2 - 3. Please Sony, this is an atrocity on your part.
somuch hope and promise unfulfilled. we could had EVO moments too.


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Over 300 People Killed As Earthquake Rocked Afghanistan
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An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, authorities said.
Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6 temblor that struck Paktika province, but it comes as the international community largely has left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year amid the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. military from the longest war in its history.
That likely will complicate any relief efforts for this country of 38 million people.
The state-run Bakhtar news agency reported the death toll and said rescuers were arriving by helicopter. The news agency's director-general, Abdul Wahid Rayan, wrote on Twitter that 90 houses have been destroyed in Paktika and dozens of people are believed trapped under the rubble.
Footage from Paktika province near the Pakistan border showed victims being carried into helicopters to be airlifted from the area. Images widely circulating online from the province showed destroyed stone houses, with residents picking through clay bricks and other rubble.
Bakhtar posted footage of a resident receiving IV fluids from a plastic chair outside the rubble of his home and others sprawled on gurneys.
"A severe earthquake shook four districts of Paktika province, killing and injuring hundreds of our countrymen and destroying dozens of houses," Bilal Karimi, a deputy spokesman for the Taliban government, separately wrote on Twitter. "We urge all aid agencies to send teams to the area immediately to prevent further catastrophe."
In just one district of the neighboring Khost province, the earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured over 95 others, local officials said while warning the death toll would rise without urgent government help.
From Kabul, Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund convened an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace to coordinate the relief effort for victims in Paktika and Khost.
The U.N. resident coordinator in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, expressed condolences to the victims and said that the world body's agencies were responding to the earthquake's devastation.
"Response is on it's way," he wrote on Twitter.
Neighboring Pakistan's Meteorological Department put the earthquake at a magnitude 6.1. Tremors were felt in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, and elsewhere in the eastern Punjab province. Some remote areas of Pakistan saw reports of damage to homes near the Afghan border, but it wasn't immediately clear if that was due to rain or the earthquake, said Taimoor Khan, a disaster management spokesperson in the area.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement offered his condolences over the earthquake, saying his nation will provide help to the Afghan people.
The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the earthquake's tremors were felt over 500 kilometers (310 miles) by 119 million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
Mountainous Afghanistan and the larger region of South Asia along the Hindu Kush mountains, where the Indian tectonic plate collides with the Eurasian plate to the north, has long been vulnerable to devastating earthquakes. Poor construction for homes, hospitals and other buildings put them at risk of collapse in earthquakes, while landslides remain common across the mountains of Afghanistan.
In 2015, a major earthquake that struck the country's northeast killed over 200 people in Afghanistan and neighboring northern Pakistan. A similar 6.1 earthquake in 2002 killed about 1,000 people in northern Afghanistan. And in 1998, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tremors in Afghanistan's remote northeast killed at least 4,500 people.
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Last week, I had an intake with a man dealing with what he is reluctant to call his second burn-out. He is smart, heartful and gentle. We had a beautiful conversation about what he wanted, what attracted him and worried him about having an intentional psychedelic session.
Right when he was about to leave, the conversation flowed back to the main thing he'd love to do. How he has more experience with it than many people his age, but no 'proper' education. Which is part of what holds him back from diving in.
Goodness, do I know that one!
Long story short: I basically have a made-up job, though I know many named and unnamed people have gone before me, and I am more than grateful. (And dedicated to developing their amazing legacy!). It took me a while to claim the title of Trip Guide, or Trip Coach as I dubbed myself for an article in the Dutch Vogue this month ;-).
The theme of 'not good enough yet' comes up pretty regularly in my surroundings. For instance, a few weeks ago I visited someone I don't know really well; we just have one of those 'I like you and I'm pretty sure you like me, too' connections. The cork board in her beautiful airy apartment was full of sweet memories and inspiring pictures. And a list of courses to take and books to read (with parallel list of insecurities in her mind).
Goodness, do I know that one, too!
Some things are just not plannable. Or preparable. You take an inspiring course and it turns out the people that are attracted to you hardly have any need for your painstakingly explored methodology. You spend years (and a lot of energy and money) becoming certified but your clients hear about you from friends – a much more trustworthy channel anyway. Or getting yourself reimbursable through insurance, and your clients don't care about this because most of them can pay you out of pocket without blinking, and the ones that can't also can't afford the extra package for alternative stuff anyway. You wade through the book and it turns out you already intuitively do 80% of it, making it an exercise in confirmation rather than learning. Or, like me, you read the included assignments with interest and then turn the page to the next chapter without doing them.
Your being and skills are useful for someone. Now. If you're even just one step ahead, you can help. What if for them, going to your teachers (or waiting until you're at your teachers' level) is a bridge too far; has them feel incompetent, stressed, and worlds away from their goal? (Csikszentmihalyi's famous Flow-model looks for the sweet spot between the difficulty of your goal and the required level of competence to reach it (relative to your existing level).
Who do you talk to that expresses gratitude for your input? What if you saw those conversations as data, beta tests? And those people as models, avatars for your clients? That you could serve, like, right now? (Ok, maybe next week :-P.) What if they came away from those (introductory so: reduced price?) meetings refreshed, more aligned, more alive, joyfully empowered, with perspectives and re-frames they didn't have access to 90 minutes ago?
Here's what I know, even without knowing who you are and under what circumstances you're reading this: You have a valuable offering.
Whether you decide to start charging people or organisations for it, is up to you, but you could. Among other things, you deserve to live without financial worries, so you can, well, live without financial worries, which is just nice. And so you can serve your people more freely than if you are skimped (because having financial troubles makes you less smart and probably also less good at 'doing you').
Oh, and especially for the ladies (and any human who also has a feminine side, which I imagine is practically everyone), here's an extra tidbit.
The masculine (and therefore most widely validated) planning method is to decide on a goal, plan out the steps to get there and then take the steps, regardless of what's in the way. The feminine method (and therefore anywhere between somewhat to heavily frowned upon, if it's even recognized as a 'method') is to do the thing that feels best right now, what evokes more of you, and from the next place feel into what's next.
The quality pulling you forward is important. This distinguishes it from short term, conservative, numbing habitual stuff.
The sweet spot here is to dream about something that has you smile and feel excited and have that as your dot on the horizon, which you commit to. But then not to get too hung up on the route to take. Maybe you restrict the choices in each moment to those more or less in the 'right' direction, but please *do* have fun along the way and see how small you can make a step to still be satisfied with today. You just keep your feelers out/eyes peeled/mind open for opportunities that will invariably show up to help you move there.
Because maybe the voice in your head saying there are already too many people doing what you want to do, or so many people more qualified than you, or that no-one is holding their breath waiting for what you have to offer, is really a well-meaning internalized protection mechanism. One that's unfortunately a bit crude and unable to differentiate between actual danger and the discomfort of growing into more of you, your fulfillment and your unique positive impact.
I hope you'll indulge me here and take a moment to pause and check in how reading this impacts your system: your belly, your chest, your legs and arms, your spine, your thoughts, your emotions, your sense of connection to the world, to your possible futures and the history that got you to where you are now. The concrete, the subtle, the abstract.
What would your future self, the one standing firmly where you can hardly imagine yourself now, want you to know? It's probably something much better than any of the quotes I bombarded you with above, because it's yours.
Where have you climbed to already, that you can help others navigate to, because you know where they are now? From there I trust the next step will come into focus, like the landscape in a computer game being generated in more detail as you get closer to it. Asking of yourself that the shrubbery 2 miles away be as 'in focus' as the rock right next to you, before you decide to move towards it, is as demanding of your RAM as it is pointless.
I wish you well and am already thrilled for the people you'll be lifting up, so they in turn might do that for others. They may even overtake you sooner than seems comfortable. And wouldn't that just be perfect?
And PS: It's ok to want a bit of support for yourself if any of this resonates with you. It's not a small thing, but it can be reduced to a lot of small things . Help can come from friends, people who have done something similar with seeming ease, a coach, or maybe from me. But you *have* to ask. Because (yep, cue another quote): the thing that generates trust more than anything, is asking for help; not offering it.
PSII: The man that started this blog off, is taking big steps in showing up and helping his people. Without even doing a session – go figure. And case in point.


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Catahoula – A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Laurence Dugas Latiolais at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at St. Rita's Catholic Church. Fr. Richard Fabre was the celebrant. She was laid to rest in Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery following the Mass.
A gathering of family and friends was held at the Dion Hall in Catahoula on Monday, June 4 from 3 p.m. and remained open all night until service time Tuesday. The Rosary was prayed at 7 p.m. Monday.
St. Martinville – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Notre Dame Catholic Church for Powleta Leon Solomon, 90, who passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Notre Dame Catholic Church from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday.
A rosary will be prayed by The Legion of Mary at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Rev. Darrell Kelly, S.V.D., will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville.
St. Martinville – A Funeral Service was held on Sunday, June 3, at Pellerin Funeral Home for Harold Picard, 89, who passed away on Friday, June 1, 2018.
Mr. Picard was a veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard.
He is survived by his daughters, Barbara Picard, Mrs. Glenn (Betty) Mouton, Mrs. Tony (Patricia) Treadway, Mrs. Danny (Melissa) Galloway, Mrs. Larry (Diane) Grucaz, Mrs. James (Tina) Gaspard and Mrs. Jimmie (Tammy) Lopez; 21 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren; brother, Joseph Picard; and sister, Josephine Capritto.
Breaux Bridge – A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, June 4, at St. Bernard Catholic Church for Russell John Vincent Sr., 80, who passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at his residence.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Ella Mae Borel Vincent; sons, Corin, Timothy and Russell J. Vincent Jr.; daughters, Mrs. Mark (Sharon) Lanclos and Mrs. Matt (Desireé) Boudreaux; brothers, Carl, Winston and Manfred Vincent, and Ed Devillier; and ten grandchildren.
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Lafayette - A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 2, at Family Life Church for Josie Stokes Weatherly of Breaux Bridge, 43, who passed away on Monday, May 28, 2018.
She is survived by her sons, Blaze and Bailey Weatherly; daughter, Katherine Weatherly; one grandchild; parents, Rex Stokes Jr. and Katherine Dore Stokes; brothers, Joe, Louis and Rex Stokes III; and grandmother, Sadie Stokes.


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TechnologyApple, Samsung continue growth as North American wearables market hits $2B
21:30 15 august 2019 Source: techcrunch.com
Apple, Samsung continue growth as North American wearables market hits $2B 2019-08-15 2019-08-15
Apple loses more ground in smartphone market
Apple lost more ground in the shrinking smartphone market last quarter, with a sales tracker saying the tech giant was pushed off the top-three seller list by a Chinese rival. Other smartphone market trackers such as Counterpoint Research and International Data Corporation concluded that while iPhone shipments sank in the second quarter, Apple remained in third place what it came to global shipments. Huawei, meanwhile, saw smartphone shipments rise despite the overall market contracting and US-China trade tensions, market trackers reported.
New numbers out of Canalys show strong continued growth for the North America wearables market for Q2. The market hit $2 billion value for the quarter, according to the firm, marking a 38% year over year growth.
It's not exactly earth shattering, but it's steady for a category that felt almost dead in the water a year or two back. Growth for the quarter was lead by Apple and Samsung, which marked 32% and 121% growth, coming in at first and third place, respectively -- at 2.2 million and 400,000 units.
The smartwatch category is growing, as Apple remains dominant
Fitbit, meanwhile, retained its number two position. The company show a modest 18 percent growth, owing the slow down to fewer smartwatches (versus fitness bands) shipped. That tracks with the company's disappointing quarterly results as the new Versa Lite failed to hit the mark. The move marks a misstep for the Versa brand, which has otherwise contributed well to Fitbit's bounce back.
Samsung's midrange phones helped its market share surge in Europe
Samsung might have good reason for suggesting that midrange phones could help it escape its profit slump. Canalys estimated that Samsung was thriving in Europe in the second quarter of 2019 thanks partly to its midrange phones, surging to 40.6 percent share versus 33.9 percent a year ago. That's 18.3 million phones in total. It had three of the top five shipping phones, all of which were more affordable A-series models like the Galaxy A50 (which represented about 3.2 million units by itself). Flagships like the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note might have been the stars of the show, but it was the lower-cost models that really got people into stores.
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Interestingly, while North America is the number two wearables market in terms of units shipped, it continues to be the most valuable. That's likely due to higher unit prices, with the Apple Watch leading the pack, versus Xiaomi's super cheap fitness bands, which have a much stronger foothold in their native China.
Airbus garners close to 200 orders in one day in Farnborough
Auspicious day for Airbus at the Farnborough Air Show. On Tuesday, the second day of the show, which is held alternately with that of Le Bourget, the European aircraft manufacturer signed a contract with the low-cost airline Air Asia for the firm order of 100 A321neo, worth 12.5 euros. billions of dollars at the list price. It is in addition to firm orders for 25 A320neo passed by the company Germania (2.6 billion dollars) and 4 A321 by WOW air, the low-cost Icelandic company, which signs its first order in own.
72 A320neo for GoAir
Airbus also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian group Go Air for the purchase of 72 A320neo worth 7.5 billion euros.
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Tribune Some orders for Boeing
Boeing has revealed the finalization by tour operator TUI Group of an order of ten 737 Max 8, the competitor of the A320neo, accompanied by an option for a long - courier 787-9, for a total amount of $ 1.4 billion.
The American aircraft manufacturer has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese company Kunming Airlines for 10,737 Max 7, the smallest version of its medium-haul, without specifying the amount of this transaction. At the list price, the contract amounts to $ 902 million.
He also announced a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition by an unidentified Chinese company of 30 single 737 corridors, re-motorized Max and 737 generation devices, for a total of 3 billion dollars.
Marked market forecasts
After both Tuesday presented optimistic forecasts for the u market for the next 20 years , Airbus innovated by unveiling its outlook for commercial aviation services over the same period of time, that he estimates at $ 3 trillion.
According to the European aircraft manufacturer, maintenance of aircraft will be 1,800 billion by 2035 and 560,000 new pilots will have to be trained to meet the growth of air traffic.
Airbus predicts that growth in the maintenance segment will rise from 53 to over $ 132 billion a year, an average annual growth of 4.6%.
Airbus and Boeing set the tone the day before, anticipating a doubling of the commercial aircraft fleet over the next 20 years, a market exceeding $ 5 trillion.
Boeing estimates 39,620 new aircraft demand during the period, representing $ 5,900 billion, according to its annual market study first published at Farnborough.
Airbus has confirmed these forecasts (although on a different perimeter since it does not take into account aircraft with less than 100 seats), while also revising its forecast of market growth. It assesses the needs of companies to 33,000 new aircraft, worth $ 5.2 trillion, and traffic up 4.5%.
The announced orders are for the time far from the previous edition of Farnborough, during which firm and optional orders had reached a record $ 201 billion (181 billion euros).
Samsung ends mobile phone production in China .
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One of the emotional pictures that eclipsed Saturday night's Copa del Rey final was of the warm hug between Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta following the influential playmaker's goal. Between Leo and Iniesta, they have won everything there is to win in football as the ideal time for one of them to bow out draws near.
Football players are often reprimanded by fans for not celebrating goals adequately, but rather as Messi and Iniesta wrapped in a warm hug on Saturday night there was something more than exceptional about the goal celebration.
With Messi's eyes shut and every player passionately clinging to the next, it was so surreal this was about something other than just Iniesta goal.
From various perspectives, the emotional image transcends football, the enthusiast, passion, and friendship between the duo with a profound regard for each other, one of whom realizing that was an actual farewell.
Iniesta and Messi have turned out to be synonymous with Barcelona throughout the years, to the point that they have won 62 trophies with the club between them, 31 each, a figure which will rise to 63 when the Catalan giants hoist their impending Laliga title.
Saturday's triumph over Sevilla implies they have both now won six Copa del Rey title, something unmatched by any other player for the club.
To lovers of the beautiful game, Iniesta is a player that characterized a generation. His balance, exactness, precision and perfect passing are relatively expected of a playmaker nowadays after the influential midfielder from La Masia spent so much time making everything look so natural, while he additionally had an innate ability to beat two or three players with his tactfulness and body balance.
Unfortunately, it appears his time at the Camp Nou is closing up, with speculations developing ever stronger that he will make the move to the Chinese Super League within the near future.
On the off chance that, that proves to be the situation then he couldn't have asked for a better approach to bow out than a comfortable Copa del Rey victory over Los Rojiblancos, marked with a superb goal.
With Iniesta due to make a decision on his future this week, Messi and Iniesta relationship is coming to an end. As delightful as it has been watching every one of them separately, their combination play has taken the breath away more often than not over the past decade.
Messi and Iniesta do and always have dovetailed perfectly and while Neymar may also have leave Messi recently, it's a well-known fact that Iniesta vacuum will be significantly more difficult to replace.


Sterling's leadership and coordination functions by the many volunteers who serve on committees. Committees are great ways to get involved at Sterling by sharing your gifts in these unique ways. If you have questions or ideas for any of these committees feel free to contact them or contact us.
Sterling's church council is responsible for the operation and function of the church. They meet together monthly to discern the direction of Sterling and to make check in with all the various ministries. Meetings are open to all Sterling members. See the Events Calendar for the next meeting date.
The Pastoral Care Team (PCT) is responsible for the overall care (spiritual, physical, emotional) of Sterling members and attendees. Through pastoral visits, crisis care, spiritual discernment, prayer, special worship services, help in big life events, and care groups, the PCT seeks to encourage community life at Sterling.
The Family Ministry Team seeks to grow young people in faith so that they can have safe places to have fun and learn more about God. Through Sunday School, VBS Camps, youth groups, College and Career Groups and the mentorship program, The Family Ministry Team provides opportunities for young people to get involved and grow in their faith.
Sterling's Worship Committee finds new and creative ways of planning our Sunday morning worship services. They meet to discuss ideas, choose sermon topics, plan special services and themes for the different church seasons, and to continually ask questions of what it means to gather together for worship.
Sterling is involved in many missions programs and service initiatives. The Missions and Service Committee encourages Sterling by providing various opportunities to support missions in our own church or around the world. They meet regularly to grow the relationships we have with various organizations and workers, as well as to find new and creative ways to encourage Sterling to be involved in mission work. The Food and Social committee plans and looks after the various events and gatherings at Sterling.
The trustees take care of Sterling's physical space so that we can have a safe and beautiful space to meet and worship. They make sure things run smoothly and are in charge of changes and renovations.
The Pastoral Congregation Relations Committee (PCRC) cares for the relationship between the pastor and the congregation. They meet regularly with the pastor and members of Sterling to hear how things are going and how we can grow together. They are also responsible for the pastoral review.


Who is behind Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters?
The couple behind at Maple Leaf (Alex and Lynn) started out drinking coffee obsessively at too young an age (well, Alex did). As with a lot of obsessions, we took it further and started roasting coffee at home. Fast forward some time and the circumstances worked for us to give this a try professionally.
At Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters, we are often asked questions like, are you Canadian (basically, yes), how did you get into this (3oz at a time in the kitchen) and when will you get to opening a cafe (read all about that here).
While we love these questions, we also know you may wonder what Maple Leaf Roasters is all about. It's not often that us residents of the great Midwest region are able to walk in to a small, specialty coffee roaster and see the process in action. But you're probably still wondering what we are.
We research, source and roast coffee in small batches and tell you on every bag when we did it (roasted on date). We are dedicated to putting quality into everything we offer and carefully crafting each and every batch to be a truly stellar cup of coffee.
No matter what you drink or how you drink it, we are going to have something that fit your taste. It doesn't matter if you are a Starbucks, Dunkin or McDonald's coffee drinker or patronize one of our friends in the artisan roaster community — we have something for you. Most times, we feature over 10 different roasts from light to dark. Some of our coffee is available year round and some change from time to time.
At Maple Leaf Roasters, you won't find a limited selection, high prices, only light roasts, obnoxious attitudes, a lecture about why you're "doing it wrong" (especially if you like how you make your coffee) or anything else to make you feel unwelcome. Our customers fit no single demographic of coffee drinker. We serve anyone as long as they love coffee.
Maple Leaf Coffee Roasters is proud to be part of the Roselle business community and give back to the place we live. We partner with Roselle businesses like Little Red Ribbon, Pollyanna, Chocolate Inspirations and Orange Theory. We support local charities and organizations like the PTO, Girl Scouts, 5k's and Trunk or Treat events.
Alex started in the kitchen and just kept growing until he had to move into a bigger space. Lynn started drinking coffee after Alex put some of the customer favorite Indonesian Bali Blue Moon in her hands. We both want to get big enough for this to be one of our day jobs (and create more jobs!).
We are eager to introduce our friends and neighbors to the great big world of specialty coffee. We are committed to being a source for regular human beings and coffee addicts alike (Alex falls into the latter, Lynn falls into the former). And most of all, we are eager to learn about you and your tastes — no kidding, we have enough regulars to have memorized their tastes!