New York City-based Architecture Research Office (ARO) has been selected to lead the renovation and master planning of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, the home of 14 monumental panels by artist Mark Rothko. The chapel's interior was designed to the artist's precise vision. ARO will seek to improve the Chapel's interior lighting and its presentation of Rothko's panels by renovating the skylight, the interior light baffle, and the electric lighting systems in collaboration with lighting designers from George Sexton Associates. According to a press release, the project will also include improvements to the HVAC system and acoustics, and the entry vestibule will be redone to better enhance the visitor experience, all while maintaining a close eye toward Rothko's original intent for the space. The master planning portion will address the outdoor plaza and reflecting pool containing Barnett Newman's sculpture Broken Obelisk, as well as several adjacent edifices. Given that the chapel's neighboring institutions, the Menil Collection and the University of St. Thomas, are both undergoing extensive renovations, the plans for Rothko Chapel seek to elevate its visibility while maintaining its identity and function as a quiet sanctuary. ARO has a history of working with leading universities and cultural institutions and is the winner of the 2011 National Design Award for Architecture from the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.
ARO remodeled the 1928 18-story Cass Gilbert building at 130 W. 30th Street, converting former furriers' shops into CBST's first permanent home after over 40 years in rented quarters. It was first in Chelsea's Church of the Holy Apostles, then in a Westbeth loft. CBST members ceremonially marched last April 3 from the loft to the new site, where nine years of planning and design work have yielded a dignified space for Jews of every identity.
Preserving Gilbert's Assyrian terra-cotta friezes, Cassell and colleagues wove a complex program into the 17,000-square-foot building. The sanctuary's ner tamid (eternal light) is embedded into a column rising from the bimah (podium) and pews designed by London's Luke Hughes are removable for social events. A structural-concrete rear wall supporting a panel of striated glass-fiber-reinforced concrete holds the Torah ark, and tilts back to admit a 46-foot-wide skylight—and enhancing sonic clarity and increasing perceptible area without exceeding allowable floor area. Chicago-based Threshold Acoustics optimized the space to accommodate both a highly musical congregation and the residences above it. Yahrzeit memorial candles are reinterpreted as individually controllable LEDs in a gray glass wall. Revising the traditional orientation of a bimah toward Jerusalem, this podium along the southern wall creates a wide 299-person space where no seat, even in the mezzanine, is more than 35 feet from the speaker.
Rabbi Kleinbaum's brief, Cassell reported, specified that "everything had to be fabulous." The 18-foot-high lobby declares CBST's identity with lavender glazing and rainbow flags. "From day one of designing, we were designing for gay weddings; there was an assumption that they would be legalized; this took place in the middle of our working on the construction documents," Cassell noted, adding, "We don't want an outside hall to do that." CBST's Javits Center services on the High Holidays draw four-figure crowds.
Cassell found that congregants were closely attentive to the ways architectural features reflect priorities: "Everything was freighted with meaning, because this is the first time they've had a home of their own." The question of whether pews rather than chairs are appropriate in a synagogue, he recalls, occupied "probably 25 meetings.... In some ways it is radically traditional; this aligns with [the question], what does it mean as a community to share a seat?" Classroom doorways include ADA-compliant mezuzot within reach of anyone in a wheelchair.
Far from Chelsea, such a room itself might be unheard of. Still, Cassell notes, "it's not rocket science." Creating spaces appropriate to a population's diversity, this building suggests, merely requires design sense fused with common sense and common decency.
Streets occupy nearly a quarter of New York City's land, however there are limited outdoor spaces to socialize, sit, and enjoy city life outside of parks. As part of an effort to improve the quality of public space for all New Yorkers, the NYC Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has been developing new public open space by converting underutilized street spaces into pedestrian plazas. With dozens of plazas already open and functioning across the city, the NYCDOT has been looking to polish the new spaces, installing permanent designs, improved benches, and now, specially designed signs to showcase public art. Ten art display cases were on view from May through late August 2013 at Brooklyn's Willoughby Plaza—one of the city's first asphalt strips once dedicated to cars and subsequently transformed into a pedestrian space. The signs were part of NYCDOT's Urban Art Program and were part of its inaugural show titled There is no US Without U. The sail-like panels were designed by the NYC-based architectural and urban design firm Architecture Research Office (ARO) and were fabricated by Rhode Island–based custom composite construction leader Goetz Composites. Each panel is composed of three integrated elements: a sail-like field material involving an anti-graffiti coating, beveled panel edges clad in stainless steel, and stainless steel panel bases connecting the panels to the ground. The idea takes inspiration partially from recreational equipment and incorporates materials typically associated with boats. DOT sought a prominent boat builder to collaborate with the design team to create the construction details and assemble the prototype, which was exhibited last year at Bogardus Plaza and Water and Whitehall Plaza. Through an art therapy program at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, veterans created the featured artwork shown on the new display kiosks. The exhibit will now be moved other public spaces around New York City. All images by James Ewing / Courtesy NYCDOT.
If all the world is a stage, according to Shakespeare, all the city is a kunsthalle in the eyes of the New York City Department of Transportation. Bogardus Plaza, a tiny pedestrian plaza carved out of a little-used block of Hudson Street in Lower Manhattan and named for architect James Bogardus, the inventor of the cast-iron building, just received a well-deserved facelift and has now been chosen to host a prototype art display case designed by Architecture Research Office (ARO). If the design looks familiar, that's because ARO designed their sleek new case to mirror the look and feel of the city's existing bus shelters, newsstands, and benches to create a cohesive streetscape. The stainless-steel-wrapped display features a unique angled edge that creates a playful optical illusion. The rectangular shape is chamfered at the base, meeting the sidewalk at a single, stationary point, standing in contrast to the plaza's moveable cafe chairs, tables, and potted plants. "We envision the display panel as a visitor to the plaza, a temporary and flexible element that moves culture out into New York City's pedestrian spaces," said ARO principal Adam Yarinsky in a statement. ARO's design was selected after NYCDOT challenged designers to rethink the museum display case as public furniture. The display case is on a month-long trial run to test for durability. If it holds up, a series of cases will be fabricated and installed throughout the city in the fall and a new rotating art program will be implemented. The initiative is part of NYCDOT's Urban Art Program that brings art in unexpected places throughout the city.


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Writing gives voice. It witnesses. In the doing, we clarify what we think, what we feel and want to say. It is a gift we give ourselves, and in publication, a gift we offer to the larger world. This course is for family therapists of color who want to bring to print their perspectives, experiences, and work in family therapy training and practice in peer-reviewed journals, popular media, or on professional websites, Writing focused on cultural sensitivity and healing from social injustice is particularly encouraged.
Participants in this course will be expected to write between classes and produce original or revised writing every month. Course methods will include writing prompts, peer and course leader feedback, identification of an author whose writing appeals to participants, and minimal didactic.
In advance of the course, participants should identify a particular focus or topics for their writing. At the end of the course, it is expected that two or more short pieces will be ready for submission or online presentation. Participants writing longer articles should expect to have made substantial progress towards a completed manuscript or completed such for publication.
This course is exclusively for family therapists who identify as people of color.
thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones, PhD is on the faculty at Ackerman Institute of the Family and the former Advising Director on Race and Social Justice. She has published many scholarly articles on race/racism and clinical issues, mentoring family therapy trainees of color, stress and African-American women and addressing social location and oppressive legacies in therapy. thandiwe is also a non-fiction creative writer who has published several essays.


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Symposium Report
& Pictures
4th Annual Peptides and Proteins Symposium Singapore
Post-Event Report
The 4th Annual Peptides and Proteins Symposium (P2S2-2018) brought together around 150 scientists and experts in peptide therapeutics and chemistry on 10-11th December 2018 at Biopolis, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). P2S2-2018 was organized by the Peptides and Proteins Society, Singapore (P2S2), officially founded earlier this year. The P2S2 aims to nucleate SG research efforts to advance peptide technologies and therapeutics. The society was also officially welcomed by the International Liaison Committee which includes all the official peptide societies around the world such as the US, Australia, Chinese, European, Indian, Philippines, and Japanese Societies.
The conference Chair and P2S2 President Dr. Charles Johannes, in his opening address, highlighted the promise of peptides in biomedical applications emphasizing the tremendous progress in affordable peptide synthesis and high throughput screening methods which has been the primary driver for the recent resurgence in peptide research.
P2S2-2018 was organized to feature emerging peptide therapeutics & diagnostics, highlighting technologies in peptide delivery to overcome challenges such as short half-life, effective cell penetration and immunogenicity.
Highlights from the keynote presentations underpin the spirit of the P2S2-2018 symposium and recognize the importance of multidisciplinary contributions such as organic chemistry, biology, engineering and computational sciences. Dr. Ved Srivastava, VP of Chemistry at Intarcia Therapeutics and President elect of the American Peptide Society, presented the development of a novel, stable, highly selective peptide glucagon analog with improved pharmaceutical properties such as increased efficacy, ideal glomerular filtration rate (GFR), improved in vivo potency/efficacy, and extended half-life achieved through Intarcia's Medici Drug Delivery SystemTM.
Dr. Roman Melnyk, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada presented his protein engineering work, which highjacks toxin delivery domains to exploit membrane trafficking functions, namely Diphtheria Toxin (DT) for safe and effective cellular drug delivery technologies. Dr. Dana Ault Richie, PhD, CEO of Reflexion Pharmaceuticals emphasized the importance and opportunities of amino acid stereochemistry (L-aminoacids Vs D-aminoacids) to circumvent the immune system and traverse the blood brain barrier.
Dr. Jonathan Essex, PhD, Professor, Computational Systems Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK, provided a fresh perspective on peptide and protein structure through the combination of molecular simulation and low-resolution experimental data.
Dr. Ratmir Derda, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada, demonstrated how creative organic chemistry can evolve genetically-encoded (GE) peptide libraries to provide novel modalities. Through clever analysis from deep sequencing of screening information, new hits for drug discovery programs can be generated in 48hrs!
Dr. Fernando Albericio, PhD, Professor, Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain, highlighted novel peptide chemistry for bi- and tri-orthogonal linkers important for bioconjugation.
The keynote lectures were inter-laced with a variety of talks and poster sessions from the Singapore research ecosystem (Duke-NUS, NUS, NTU and A*STAR) such as peptide synthesis, host defense peptides, protein cages, design and synthesis of macrocyclic peptides, bi-specific antibodies (DotBio), peptides to treat skin infections, novel endogenous peptides for cardiovascular health and diseases, gut hormones as therapeutic analogs and the therapeutic potential of bioPROTAC mRNAs. A novel home grown Singapore therapeutic ETC-670, an antimicrobial tetrapeptide for treating MRSA was also presented by Dr. Brian Chia from ETC.
Several of the recently funded peptide based programs from A*STAR were also presented underpinning the commitment to peptide based research. Dr. Charles Johannes (President of the P2S2, Head of Organic Chemistry for ICES and Principle Scientist in the p53 lab) presented the Peptide Engineering Programme (PEP). Dr. Ann-Marie Chacko ( Assistant Professor, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Programme, Head, Laboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging (LTMI), Duke-NUS Medical School and Treasurer P2S2 presented the Cancer ImmunoTherapy Imaging (CITI) programme.
The symposium concluded with a young investigator session, poster awards and closing remarks by P2S2 -2018 Co-chair Dr. Anthony Partridge, PhD, Principal Scientist, Merck Research Laboratories, MSD, Singapore. Dr. Partridge is leading several peptide based research collaborations within the Singapore ecosystem underscoring the importance of this research to MSD's presence in Singapore.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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module Softlayer
  class Network
    module Security
      module Scanner
        class Request
          class Status < Softlayer::Entity
            attr_accessor :id
            attr_accessor :name

            class Representer < Softlayer::Entity::Representer
              include Representable::Hash
              include Representable::Coercion
              property :id, type: Integer
              property :name, type: String
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Two Kenilworth homes were the target of burglars last weekend.
The first incident took place between midday on Saturday August 26 and 5pm on Sunday August 27.
Burglars attempted to force open the rear patio door of a home in Randall Road, which caused the outer pane of glass to shatter.
Damage was caused to the door and frame but they failed to get inside the house and nothing was stolen.
This is incident number 353 of August 27.
The second burglary happened between 1 and 5pm on Sunday August 27.
Burglars forced the lock off the doors of a garden shed at a home in Queens Road.
Once inside the shed, the offenders stole a Carrera Karkinos limited edition pedal cycle and a skate board. The bike was white with red handle bars and a seat.
This is incident number 120 of August 27.
Although both incidents happened over the weekend, they are not believed to be linked.
Anyone with any information should call Warwickshire Police on 101, quoting the relevant incident number.


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/*
 * Jitsi Videobridge, OpenSource video conferencing.
 *
 * Distributable under LGPL license.
 * See terms of license at gnu.org.
 */
package org.jitsi.jicofo.openfire;

import java.io.File;

import org.jivesoftware.util.*;
import org.jivesoftware.openfire.container.Plugin;
import org.jivesoftware.openfire.container.PluginManager;
import org.jivesoftware.openfire.XMPPServer;

import org.jitsi.jicofo.*;
import org.slf4j.*;
import org.slf4j.Logger;

import org.xmpp.component.*;
import org.xmpp.packet.*;

/**
 * SIP gateway for Jitsi Videobridge conferences.
 */

public class JicofoPlugin
{
   /**
     * The Log.
     */
    private static final Logger Log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JicofoPlugin.class);

    private FocusComponent component;
    private ComponentManager componentManager;
    private String subdomain;
   	private File pluginDirectory;

    public void initializePlugin(ComponentManager componentManager, PluginManager manager, File pluginDirectory)
    {
		boolean added = false;
		this.componentManager = componentManager;

        try
        {
			Log.info("JicofoPlugin - initializePlugin");

			this.pluginDirectory = pluginDirectory;

			String hostName = JiveGlobals.getProperty("org.jitsi.videobridge.nat.harvester.public.address", XMPPServer.getInstance().getServerInfo().getHostname());
			String domain = XMPPServer.getInstance().getServerInfo().getXMPPDomain();
			String focusUserJid = JiveGlobals.getProperty("org.jitsi.videobridge.ofmeet.focus.user.jid", "focus@"+domain);
			String focusUserPassword = JiveGlobals.getProperty("org.jitsi.videobridge.ofmeet.focus.user.password", null);

			if (focusUserPassword != null)
			{
				Log.info("JicofoPlugin - using focus " + focusUserJid + ":" + hostName);

				System.setProperty("net.java.sip.communicator.service.gui.ALWAYS_TRUST_MODE_ENABLED",  "true");
				System.setProperty(FocusManager.HOSTNAME_PNAME, hostName);
				System.setProperty(FocusManager.XMPP_DOMAIN_PNAME, domain);
				System.setProperty(FocusManager.FOCUS_USER_DOMAIN_PNAME, domain);
				System.setProperty(FocusManager.FOCUS_USER_NAME_PNAME, (new JID(focusUserJid)).getNode());
				System.setProperty(FocusManager.FOCUS_USER_PASSWORD_PNAME, focusUserPassword);

				String subdomain = "ofmeet-focus";
				FocusComponent component = new FocusComponent(false);
				componentManager.addComponent(subdomain, component);
				added = true;

			} else {
				Log.error("Focus user not setup. password missing " + focusUserJid);
			}
        }
        catch (Exception ce)
        {
            ce.printStackTrace(System.err);
        }
        if (added)
        {
            this.componentManager = componentManager;
            this.subdomain = subdomain;
            this.component = component;
        }
        else
        {
            this.componentManager = null;
            this.subdomain = null;
            this.component = null;
        }
	}

    public void destroyPlugin()
    {
		Log.info("JicofoPlugin - destroyPlugin");

        if ((componentManager != null) && (subdomain != null))
        {
            try
            {
				component.shutdown();
                componentManager.removeComponent(subdomain);
            }
            catch (ComponentException ce)
            {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            }
            componentManager = null;
            subdomain = null;
            component = null;
        }
	}
}


Diplomats at the State Department want you to like them…a lot. That's $630,000-worth, to be exact.
In the last two years, the department's Bureau of International Information Program has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to beef up the State Department's popularity on Facebook, according to a recently released inspector general's report.
But the social media push doesn't seem to be working as well as the department had hoped. Other than achieving artificial popularity, the IG found that being "liked" by millions of Facebook users hasn't yielded worthwhile results.
In fact, only about two percent of the two million Facebook users who "liked" the State Department have been actively posting and sharing on its pages.
The auditor notes that much of the State Department's targeted audience is made up of older influential people (who probably don't spend too much of their free time on Facebook government agencies). "What is the proper balance between engaging young people and marginalized groups versus elites and opinion leaders?" the report asks.
The report also revealed that while the bureau was pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into social media, there was no real social media strategy in place. There are currently more than 150 "uncoordinated and often overlapping" social media accounts throughout the department's offices and bureaus.
To save money, the auditor, unsurprisingly, recommended that the State Department streamline its social media efforts and even offered a few tips.
The department has not responded so far. But for more information, you can totally find them on Facebook.
Is Rex Tillerson Already Irrelevant – or Playing a Long Game?


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Female:Pressure is an international network of female artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts: from musicians, composers and DJs to visual artists, cultural workers and researchers. A worldwide resource of female talent that can be searched after criteria like location, profession, style or name.
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Why I Love My GPS Missional Community!!
Sharon and I get to host our GPS Missional Community every Tuesday night and each week there is not a night that goes by where, after everyone leaves, we comment how awesome it is to "do life" with these amazing people.
Recently we did a separate men's and ladies night (we try to do this once a month). Typically the guys meet at Boston Pizza and the ladies at my house. After meeting a few weeks ago, as I got into my vehicle to drive home, I was confronted again with some of the reasons why I love my missional community.
I love my missional community because this community of people consistently challenge me to focus my mind and my heart on Jesus. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen and heard people in my missional community communicate God's mission through the lens of the Gospel and the saving work of Jesus.
I love my missional community because this community of people have been a tangible display of what it means to be a Christ follower to one another and to those in their sphere of influence. I have seen people cry on the shoulders of others. I have seen encouragement, love and tangible ways by which my missional community has served and loved one another. I have seen people praying for co-workers and for neighbours and for loved ones. What I love most is how often these tangible displays of community and love are done when no one is looking.
I love my missional community because this community of people continues to grow by asking the question, "If we were family by blood, how would this look?" For example, each week my missional community has contributed to the larger group by bringing food and by actual investment into the lives of one another. My missional community actually knows one another and this knowledge far surpasses anything that could be accomplished on a Sunday morning.
I love my missional community because there is a real and tangible desire to grow in knowledge, Christlikeness and God's mission. For some reason I am always shocked at how many in my missional community take such detailed notes from the Church gathering on Sunday morning. I love that and it makes such a difference to our discussions and to our hearts.
I love my missional community because this community loves me! "Of course they love you, you're their Pastor." Actually they do love me because I am their pastor and my heart is blessed when they pray for me and Sharon and our family. The truth is that they love me for me! All my bumps and bruises, the things I get wrong and the ways I have hurt them. They love me because I am a person like them in daily desperate need to be rescued from my sin and to have my identity rooted in Jesus. I know that this is a community of people, tracking together to make much of Jesus and I love to be part of a missional community like that!
Don't get me wrong, we aren't perfect. We are messy but through the messiness, there is a sweetness, a sweetness of community as God designed it – and I love it!!


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Mysteries of The Pine Tree State: Maine's Most Haunted Places
June 29, 2017 By Chelsea T.
Home > Haunted Places > Maine Haunted Places
Who doesn't love a good ghost story? Well, in Maine, there's a whole lot of them! From hospitals and asylums, to cemeteries, schools, theaters, restaurants, parks, bridges, and even roads, there's an endless amount of places throughout the state that are said to have some ghostly spirits lingering.
Some of these creepy spots are located in the biggest of cities that everyone knows about, and others in small towns that only locals may know of. Take a peek below to check out our Top 10 Haunted Places in the state of Maine!
1. Fort Knox - Prospect, ME
Photo by Shawn Kinkade, via Flickr
Now known as Fort Knox State Park or the Fort Knox State Historic Site, this fort is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in Prospect. It dates back to 1844 and sits on 124 acres, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Due to its history, it's no surprise that the area is believed to be one of Maine's most haunted destinations. The site has been featured on an episode of TV's "Ghost Hunters" and has had haunting reports that include apparitions, electronic voice phenomena and people who have claimed to be physically touched by something unseen.
2. Strand Cinema - Skowhegan, ME
Photo by Strand Cinema, via Facebook
This restored historic venue offers three theaters and is a well known spot for paranormal activity in Maine. There have been a number of haunting reports made at the location, some including power tools that work without being plugged in, a ghost that likes to smear paint on the walls, papers flying off desks, a shadowy apparition that once threw a piece of balcony ceiling into the sets and hand prints that have been found on the movie screen. The ghost that lingers here is believed to be angry, and the location has been written about in several books due to its hauntings.
3. Mount Hope Cemetery - Bangor, ME
Photo by Lawrence Whittemore, via Flickr
Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor is the second oldest garden cemetery in the country and dates back to 1834. It was designed by architect Charles G. Bryant and built by the Bangor Horticultural Society. Sitting on 300 acres, the cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and is believed to be quite haunted. The location for Stephen King's Pet Sematary, the grounds are home to a number of soldiers who served in a variety of wars. Witnesses have reported shadow figures at the cemetery and an overall sense of feeling uneasy, which most cemeteries provide, but not quite like this one!
4. Wood Island Lighthouse - Biddeford, ME
Photo by Mark, via Flickr
Biddeford's active Wood Island Lighthouse is located on the eastern edge of Wood Island in Saco Bay. It first opened in 1808 and stands at 46 feet high on Maine's southern coast. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 and is Maine's second oldest lighthouse. Many believe that its hauntings may be attributed to the murder-suicide that took place there in the 1890s. A lobsterman and local squatter were living on the island's west end, and the squatter had been in an altercation earlier on the mainland and had been approached by a sheriff's deputy in his shack on the island. The squatter murdered the sheriff's deputy and after realizing what he had done, he attempted to turn himself in to Thomas Orcutt, a lighthouse keeper. Orcutt was afraid, and turned him away and the squatter went back to his shack and killed himself. Legend is that the ghost of the murdered deputy still haunts the island and the lighthouse.
5. Kennebec Arsenal - Augusta, ME
Photo by The B's, via Flickr
Located on Arsenel Street in Augusta, this historic arsenal was developed between 1828 and 1838 in part because of border disputes with neighboring New Brunswick. After it was used for military purposes, it was purchased by the Maine State Hospital and expansions were made. A number of mentally ill children and adults called the place home, and were subject to horrific treatment, like most hospitals and asylums in its day. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 and is rumored to be one of Maine's most haunted places. Apparitions and odd sounds are among the haunting reports here, which come as no surprise due to its history.
6. Museums of Old York - York, ME
Photo by Smilla4, via Flickr
This multi-property historic museum preserves the rich history of York and is believed to be haunted by a friendly woman in white. Stories say she was hung here long ago for practicing witchcraft, when the building was used as the town hall. Some call her the "White Witch," and her ghost has been reported on the grounds. Other eerie activity reported here includes chilly breezes, items that move on their own, and doors that open by themselves.
7. Kennebunk Inn - Kennebunk, ME
Photo by Jeff Myers, via Flickr
The Kennebunk Inn is located on Main Street and is situated inside a building that dates back to 1799. The property is haunted by at least two different ghosts, one believed to be the former owner and the other a clerk who once worked there. Witnesses have reported activity such as glasses falling off shelves, items moving on their own and eerie noises that some say sound like voices.
8. Haynesville Road/Route 2A - Hainesville, ME
Photo via Flavor Verse
Haynesville Road is one of the most infamous roads in Maine and the particular stretch of road that is believed to be haunted runs through what is known as the "Haynesville Woods." Although a number of stories surround the road, one of the most popular is that of a lady who appears out of nowhere in front of vehicles. The other involves a young girl, who has similar reports to the lady, and has been seen walking along the roadside, offered a ride by some, but then vanishes.
9. University of Southern Maine - Portland, ME
Photo by Corey Templeton, via Flickr
This public university features three different campus in Maine, including Portland, Gorham and Lewiston. Haunting reports at the university include objects that move on their own, electrical appliances that turn on and off, disembodied footsteps and cold spots. Legend says that the Robie-Andrews Dorm has at least five spirits and that the 4th floor is haunted by a female suicide or murder victim who's apparition has appeared a number of times. Another spirit is said to be an 1800s student who committed suicide after her boyfriend left her upon learning she was pregnant.
10. Beckett's Castle - Cape Elizabeth
Cape Elizabeth's Beckett's Castle features a Gothic style and dates back to 1871. It was built by a Portland publisher, attorney and poet, Sylvester Beckett and is a well known spot for paranormal activity in Maine. Beckett himself is said to linger the place in spirit and is known to appear as a blue ball of light, causes cold spots, and even pulls the blankets off freshly made beds.
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A group responsible for installing a plaque dedicated to infamous road rage sensation Ronnie Pickering has defended its decision after facing criticism on social media.
They take the mickey out of pedestrian crossings in Castle Street, celebrate chip spice and Dead Bod, and now one has appeared celebrating Hull grandad Ronnie Pickering's moment of madness which went viral across the globe.
The 57-year-old was filmed rowing with a moped driver in Sutton four years ago and now a blue plaque has been installed in the same spot where the spat took place.
However, in a poll on Hull Live which has received over 500 votes, 79 per cent of readers said that Ronnie did not deserve his own "alternative heritage" plaque.
After some comments came to light about the decision to award Ronnie a plaque, the official Alternative Heritage account posted on Twitter about why the sign was created.
It tweeted: "We celebrate #Hull's history - whether good/bad. We don't judge, we don't say what's right or wrong, but there's no denying that #RonniePickering is a part of our history.
After finding out about the plaque, Ronnie revealed his road rage video has received more than one billion views on YouTube.
However, he thinks he deserves more than a standard blue plaque.
"They should have done it in gold or platinum," Ronnie, who lives in Kingswood, said. "It deserves more than blue – it was a worldwide phenomenon.


This week - more talk of a new team for 2019, this one from somebody who previously launched a bid to start a team.
We're closing in on the date for Silverstone to exercise it's exit clause. All signs point to them doing so, but that might not be a bad thing for the track or the sport.
The power unit working group met - and there were some new attendees at the meeting.
Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Baku - need we say more?
Carlos Sainz Jr thinks he won't be driving for Toro Rosso next year, Christian Horner thinks otherwise.
Posted on July 9, 2017 by Michael.


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Birthing modernity: the BBC's Count Dracula (1977)
HOPKINS, Lisa (2017). Birthing modernity: the BBC's Count Dracula (1977). Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 10 (3), 217-226.
Hopkins-BirthingModernity(AM).pdf - Accepted Version
Official URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect...
Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1386/jafp.10.3.217_1
The BBC's 1977 Count Dracula is cast firmly in the mould of a BBC classic serial, privileging fidelity, frocks and location shots. However, a surprising amount of cultural work is done by the adaptation's few but striking deviations from its general principle of fidelity, such as the total omission of Arthur Holmwood, the turning of Lucy and Mina into sisters rather than friends and Dracula's speech in defence of vampirism, coupled with the absence of any suggestion that vampirism might be a metaphor for something other than itself. This adaptation's focus, I suggest, is to precipitate the arrival of modernity, as a half-glimpse of the Simone Martini Annunciation in the crypt of Carfax leads into Dracula materializing in Mina's bedroom as white smoke like an Unholy Ghost, suggesting that a new era is about to dawn and that sexuality is out of the coffin in which the Victorians sought to imprison it.
https://doi.org/10.1386/jafp.10.3.217_1
Jill Hazard
http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17352


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There are fewer smartphones that have not yet reached headlines but Samsung's Galaxy S looks a bit different in this lineup. While the Galaxy S9 was upgraded this year, the company is now focusing on the S10.
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According to the report of Hong Kong's GF Securities, Samsung S10 5G Update can be given a RAM of 12 GB.
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Update smartphone can store up to 1000 GB of storage. However, it seems impossible because the company has not even given a 10 GB RAM in any device. If the company goes directly to 12 GB then the price can also be much higher in this device. Please tell that Xiaomi's Black Shark HELO smartphone is such that it has come with 10 GB RAM.
If some repoter thinks, 4 cameras can be given behind the S10 5G Update phone while the dual camera in the front. The handset will have a 6.7-inch screen and 5G Update capability. The Galaxy S10 can be given 8150 SoC. It is being said that the phone will be launched in MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2019.


I will not focus on HEALTH!
-Chose BRAVE as my word of the year.
-Started a website/blog with monthly entries (written and in audio) on the 1st of each month.
-Fell head first into all things social media.
-Finished writing my first book.
-Co-sponsored and organized two free ABA trainings, one for teachers and one for parents.
-Planned out the ultimate conference for 100 M.o.C.h.A.s.
Sooooo there you go. Pretty sure we are on the same page now regarding my luck with word-of-the-year selections.
All of a sudden I was thrown into this weird space of "health". Now that I had cancer, did that mean I wasn't healthy? I had no symptoms, no lump, no mass, no tumor just the beginning cells of cancer sprinkled like sea salt all over my right breast. So was I sick? Ill? I didn't feel sick or ill. I was overweight per BMI which most health professionals know is stupid but whatev… maybe 5-10 pounds. Nothing excessive. I was eating pretty balanced meals during the week with my usual splurges of chips and salsa, those dang-near raw buttery rolls from Texas Roadhouse and all the other "things" on my carb-packed weekends. I was exercising twice per week max and that was on a good week. I had spent the last seven months with about as much sleep as a mom with a colicky newborn. My sleep was constantly broken with ideas for my website and blog and I spent super late nights and two all-nighters (eek not proud of that) to YouTube and Google all the crap I didn't know how to do (which was everything) like make a website and basic CSS coding and how to send mass emails, maintain subscription email lists, design and sell T-shirts. On top of that I was writing, rewriting, editing and re-editing my book and keeping up with direct messages and contact emails…. this list continues. At the most my lifestyle maybe gave way to more frequent headaches and more appearances of Lisa the Grouch, but cancer? Geezus. It didn't add up to me. What did add up was that I have extensive family history of breast cancer. What did add up was that as I watched super young athletes, male and female at the prime of their physical fitness sit around MD Anderson with chemotherapy tubing and IV stands, the genetic factor was obvious.
I began to ask myself a question I thought for sure I knew the answer to before cancer happened to me, is health a choice?
So I gave my Nancy Drew alter ego the go ahead and started researching, this time not about autism, but about health and wellness and all the stuff in between.
The definition of health is "the state of being free from illness or injury". The World Health Organization takes it a little further and says health is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or illness". OK so it's more than physical — it's about emotional and social fitness too BUT still free of disease or illness to be considered healthy.
So those 6 weeks before surgery when I "had cancer" I had zero shot at being healthy? What about the 2-3 years before that or really only God knows how long as those cells were slowly growing and replicating unknowingly inside me … that whole time I wasn't healthy?
So I turned towards "wellness" hoping to find a distinction and what I found was that health and wellness go hand in hand but are in fact, different things.
The definition of wellness is "the state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal." The National Wellness Institute defines wellness as "a conscious, self-directed and evolving process of achieving full potential." Wow. Isn't that such a powerful definition? Wellness is not a stagnant state of being. It is an active process that requires you to make CHOICES toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Wellness goes beyond being free from disease or illness, it is an evolving process of growth and change.
Wellness is the action while health is the desired outcome.
The thing is, we can't always choose the state of our health or have full control of the desired outcome. Some metabolic diseases and cancers are largely genetic. Some people are born with heart defects and other organ defects that are inoperable. Some people survive through physical trauma that lasts a lifetime. But wellness, on the other hand, is a CHOICE regardless of what state our health is in.
Depending on what resource you use, there are six to eight areas of wellness. The National Institute of Wellness defines six dimensions of wellness so let's stick with that.
Physical wellness includes regular exercise (like you have to actually do it yourself and not watch it on social media, I know… total bummer), eating balanced meals (which means no coke as your carb serving and no Reese's Peanut Butter cups for the fat serving, don't be mad at me, I double checked this one for you and I am only the reluctant messenger), maintaining a weight that keeps your energy levels high (like higher than being able to walk to the fridge several times a day *facepalm), taking your vitamins/supplements, avoiding smoking and drugs (duh), getting adequate sleep (ouch! OK, OK), and limiting your alcohol intake which are all CHOICES that we make to be WELL. If you think about it, even wearing seat belts and keeping up with doctor check-ups are active CHOICES that require action in the attempt to maintain your health by prevention. The best part is that all of these CHOICES can be made even when you have cancer or any other disease or illness.
This one was a big component of 2018 for me. It includes living your life happy, mindful, positive, optimistic, content, stress free, holding no grudges, at peace with your life and those around you. When we are not emotionally WELL we become needy, miserable, stressed, never satisfied, negative, resentful, and bitter. Anyone know someone who is in optimal physical fitness, with perfect vitals and lab work on their physical BUT treats everyone around them like crap? Healthy but not well. Anyone know someone who could walk straight out of the pages of Shape magazine but let's others treat them like crap, belittle them and abuse them? Healthy but not well.
This one is a soft spot for me. Eek…here I go. This aspect of wellness has to do with our careers and our everyday work life.
Hey Lisa, are you happy going to work? Um, can I just answer UGH?
Hey Lisa, do you feel a sense of purpose and opportunity for growth in your job? May I have a blanket to hide under please?
Hey Lisa, does your job pay you adequately for the work you do? Yes, absolutely. Whew!
Hey Lisa, are you rewarded appropriately? I plea the fifth.
Hey Lisa, are you a workaholic and let work stress you out to the max? Nah. Honestly, not really.
Hey Lisa, do you have a passion for what you chose as your career and love that you can use all of your skills to their fullest potential? OK I need some chocolate pronto!
Unfortunately, I have come across a lot of people that seriously hate their jobs and simply show up, go through the motions and pick up a paycheck. What's wrong with that you ask? Maybe nothing if you feel wellness in every other aspect of your life but the reality is that if you work full-time you spend a large portion of your every day, a huge portion of your LIFE doing something you have no passion for, that doesn't challenge you enough and is not rewarding at all which may eventually affect other dimensions of your wellness. Gonna end this one quick. Thank you, next.
I really like this one because I think people assume this has to do with going to church on the regular. I think that for some people it does include a specific religion but it doesn't have to. One definition of spiritual is "relating to religion or religious belief" but another is "relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things." OH, so cool.
I know a lot of people think this spiritual stuff is a bunch of kumbaya nonsense but I think everyone gets to a point in their lives when they start really contemplating the meaning of their life, the purpose they were meant to serve. I have found that making time for daily reflection is critical. This could look like meditation or simply quiet time to process your day, your week, your connection to others, your thoughts and desires. Being able to forgive freely, practicing kindness, helping others with no intention of getting anything in return, feeling true empathy, handing out grace like candy, showing unquestionable compassion and having a strong sense of right and wrong I believe are all components of someone who is spiritually well.
Social wellness is all about relationships. It speaks to the quality of our relationships with others, making time for our dearest friends, our ability to be our true selves when we are with other people, and being involved in our community. It speaks to allowing ourselves to experience love, having a family that practices unconditional love and a deep connection with each person in that family. It speaks to learning from others, sharing your talents, skills, thoughts, feelings and ideas. Have you noticed that some of the most miserable people on the planet go home to either no one or other miserable people? Yup.
This is another one that I think is so freaking cool and so, so true. As human beings we were designed to mature, change, and grow even in our intellect. Can you approach any situation critically and fairly? Do you expose yourself to new ideas and concepts on the daily? Do you appreciate and accept people who are different than you? Before you complain about anything in your life do you actively try to find solutions? What ways do you exercise your mind? What ways do you leave your comfort zone and challenge your way of thinking? Of all of the dimensions of wellness I think this one gets overlooked quite a bit. But whatever side you're on, pretty sure you will agree some added wellness in this particular dimension could do our government some good right about now.
OK. Time for a real life scenario. Here is a scenario that I KNOW you have either heard people discuss or maybe you have questioned this yourself: Super healthy fit dude, maybe eh, 50. Runs marathons, trim, maybe even a vegetarian, limits alcohol maybe a glass of red wine occasionally, doesn't smoke, doesn't do drugs. Really cool guy that loves his church, would give the shirt off his back and maybe even has a hot wife that also thinks he is hot too. Dies at 51. Heart attack. Let's just say extensive family history of heart disease that was never detected because the dude was never sick… he was HEALTHY. Sooo… what's the point? Some people ask. Why try to maintain such a HEALTHY life just to die young of something HEALTH related? Why didn't this guy just "enjoy life", and drink all he wanted and eat brownies by the barrel and smoke whatever his heart desired and binge watch Netflix on the weekends instead of train for marathons? I mean he was going to die young anyway. Right?
After 36 years on this earth, 10 years allowing autism to affect the total wellness of my life, and 1 ginormous year of light bulbs going off for me in every single aspect of wellness, I finally have that answer.
We all have a number. We all have the year we will die. All of us. That is not a choice. So all along this hypothetical guy was going to have 50 years. The only thing he had a choice about, was how he would spend those 50 years. How he would feel during those years. How he would treat others during those years. He could have drank all he wanted and maybe gotten some DWIs that came along with humiliation and debt. He could have eaten brownies by the barrel and spent his time with no confidence, avoiding the beach which he loved, buying shirts several sizes too big to hide a huge gut, and treated others like crap all the time because he felt like crap all the time. He could have smoked whatever he could get his hands on and ended up with lung cancer or whatever else that would have caused his last months or years to be plagued with chemotherapy and radiation and surgery and pain. He could have binge watched Netflix on the weekends instead of train for marathons and lost all connection with nature and others and been so out of shape and tired that he could not help others when they needed him. As for the hot wife, I'll let you decide whether she would have existed or not. Maybe he would have lived 50 years regardless, fine. But he chose to live those 50 years, happy, confident, loved, helpful, kind and joyful instead of sad, alone, out of shape, in hiding and a total jerk.
WE CAN NOT CONTROL THE QUANTITY OF DAYS THAT WILL MAKE UP OUR LIFE. WE CAN ONLY CONTROL THE QUALITY OF OUR DAYS THAT WILL MAKE UP OUR LIFE.
WE CAN NOT FULLY CONTROL HEALTH. WE CAN FULLY CONTROL WELLNESS.
My mind keeps going back to this year and how many celebrity suicides were covered by the mass media. It is so easy to assume that people with mansions and one million Instagram followers have nothing to complain about. Nothing to worry about. But all I can think of is that there were many other components of wellness that were severely lacking in their lives.
This is exactly why even with a cancer diagnosis I didn't feel sick or ill, because I. WAS. WELL. I was well emotionally, spiritually, socially and intellectually. Even though I had a couple of the factors of wellness missing or falling behind, the majority of my life was well. The more we work on each dimension of wellness, the easier it will be to bounce back when one dimension is hit hard. The others will compensate.
So from now on I am changing the way I talk about health. My main goal is not to be healthy on paper, my goal is to be well in as many aspects of my life as possible. I also understand now that wellness is not a destination point that I will actually reach. It will require daily effort. It is an active process. Just like being Isla's mom, a mom of a child that has autism, a M.o.C.h.A. requires grit for life, so will maintaining authentic wellness for life.
So my friends, in 2019 I will NOT focus on HEALTH. My word for 2019 is WELLNESS. I don't know what tomorrow will bring to my health but I do know I can make conscious decisions every day and take full control of what I choose to feed my body, how I choose to move my body, who I choose to spend my time with, what I choose to fill my mind and what I choose to pray for in my life so that I can be well. Of the six areas I will be focusing on physical and occupational this year … what will you focus on?
I wish you a year of actively working towards authentic, total wellness.
Hola! I am Dr. Lisa Peña a coach's wife and a busy, busy full-time working mom of three. I fiercely love my family and chocolate chip cookie dough...why lie. I wear way too many hats in my life and even though sometimes I complain about that I would have it no other way. I am a rookie author but a professional mother of a child with an incredibly unique subset of autism. I am the founder of The M.o.C.h.A. Tribe (M)oms (o)f (C)hildren that (h)ave (A)utism which is a tribe of women working together to squash the idea that autism has a single story. I have big dreams of changing the whole wide world but most days I have to settle for working to change my daughter's world and the tiny section of the world that directly surrounds my family.


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05/06/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
04/28/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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Центральный банк Мальты () — центральный банк Мальты, основанный 17 апреля 1968 года. После присоединения Мальты к Европейскому союзу в мае 2004 года Банк стал членом Европейской системы центральных банков. До вступления Мальты в 2008 году в Еврозону Центральный банк Мальты отвечал за выпуск мальтийских лир.

Основными функциями Центрального банка Мальты в соответствии с законодательством являются:
 контроль и управление внешними резервами,
 проведение кредитной политики,
 стимулирование развития рынка капитала и создание прочной структуры финансов,
 оказание банковских услуг Правительству Мальты,
 кредитование коммерческих банков,
 приём средств от коммерческих банков,
 консультирование Правительства Мальты по финансовым вопросам.
Центральный банк Мальты действует как правительственная банковская организация и совершает от имени и в интересах Правительства банковские операции, он принимает средства Правительства в депозиты и в случае бюджетного дефицита гарантирует временное (до конца финансового года) авансирование до 15 % рассчитываемого нового бюджета. Центральный банк Мальты может регулировать уровень цен на кредитном рынке посредством приема от коммерческих банков срочных вкладов, а также посредством купли-продажи финансовых обязательств.

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Buying a condominium is the easiest way for a foreigner to buy real property in Thailand. The Or Chor 2, or Condominium Title, establishes condominium ownership. The Or Chor 2, lists the location and deed number of the plot of land the condominium is built on. The title also includes a sketch of the condo unit, its dimensions and area, and identifying information such as the unit name, number, floor, and building. Finally, the title lists the ownership ratio of common property.
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Politics / Arnold Ahlert / November 13, 2017
Billionaire Tom Steyer: World Class Hypocrite
Democrats worry about the Koch brothers while happily lining their pockets with Steyer's cash.
"What is un-American is when shadowy billionaires pour unlimited money into our democracy to rig the system to benefit themselves and the wealthiest one percent. I believe in an America where economic opportunity is open to all. And based on their actions and policies they promote, the Koch brothers seem to believe in an America where the system is rigged to benefit the very wealthy." —former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, denouncing the $14.5 million spent by Charles and David Koch on Senate races, March 4, 2014
"California billionaire hedge fund manager turned political activist Tom Steyer announced in a press conference on Thursday morning that he is 'doubling down' and committing another $10 million to his Need To Impeach campaign against President Donald Trump. The additional capital, which would bring Steyer's total dollars spent to $20 million, will fund new advertisement buys and at least one new commercial which will be released next week." —Forbes Magazine, Nov. 9, 2017
For terminally hypocritical Democrats, some billionaires and their spending are "more equal" than others. Thus Tom Steyer, a charter member of the "Archenemies of Liberty Club," is their latest hero, not only because he spends money on their agenda but because he's just as comfortable with rank hypocrisy as they are.
"The president is doing some awful things. That's the point we're trying to make in those TV ads: 'Let's come together and stand up against somebody who's doing awful things,'" Steyer stated in an interview with Newsweek. "But [I'm] as disturbed by the good things that he's not doing as by the awful things that he is doing."
Steyer's first ad is quite melodramatic. He accuses Trump of bringing America to the brink of nuclear war, obstructing justice at the FBI, taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down media organizations that report the truth. "If this is not a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become?" he asks.
What our government has become is largely a self-serving enterprise where the needs of the American people have been ignored for decades. That reality — no doubt to Steyer's chagrin — is why Trump got elected in the first place.
Moreover, if Democrats still want to rail about the excess influence of shadowy billionaires, perhaps they might take note that no one contributed more of his own money to federal candidates, parties, political action committees, etc., during the 2016 election cycle than Tom Steyer. He donated a whopping $91.1 million, solely to Democrat and leftist entities.
The Koch brothers? Pikers by comparison. Only Charles made the list's top 100. His total contribution? A little over $4 million.
Steyer is free to spend his wealth as he sees fit, but the man who likened Trump's withdrawal from the Paris accord on global warming as "a traitorous act of war against the American people" is as self-serving as anyone on the planet. His group, Next Gen Climate, is a super PAC that aims to move the nation to a 100% renewable energy future within 25 years. And while it's framed as a noble enterprise, a July 2016 report by the non-profit watchdog Energy & Environment Legal Institute reveals otherwise. Entitled "Buying the Democrat Party Lock, Stock and Barrel," the report details Steyer's efforts to "protect his solar energy investments by spending tens of millions of dollars on key 2016 races, buying a plank in the 2016 Democrat platform, and trying to silence debate from those who challenge his view on 'climate change' by using select attorneys general to prosecute 'dissenters.'"
That would be Steyer's current solar investments. After a career on Wall Street that included stints at Goldman Sachs and equity firm Hellman & Freidman, Steyer took $15 million in seed money and founded Farallon Capital Management in 1986. By 2011, Farallon had become the 12th largest hedge fund in the world, with $21.5 billion in assets.
How? Among other things, Farallon provided funding for acquisitions and expansions to six of the largest coal mine and coal power plant buyouts in Australia and Asia since 2003. Steyer's hypocrisy is so egregious, a group of Yale students created the website UnFarallon.info to keep track of it.
It is hypocrisy that also surrounds his opposition to the Keystone pipeline. As a 2014 Wall Street Journal article noted, "Mr. Steyer and the [Democrat] party's liberal financiers are climate-change absolutists who have made killing Keystone a non-negotiable demand." Yet 2014 was also the year it was revealed Farallon had $40 million invested in Kinder Morgan, an entity building a competitor to Keystone. That inconvenient truth elicited a promise from Steyer to sell his stock shares and donate the profits to charity.
In May 2016, leaked corporate documents also showed that Steyer helped to finance a company used by the family of former Chinese premier Wen Jiabao "to park investments in overseas tax havens," The Washington Free Beacon reported.
That revelation was part of the Panama Papers scandal precipitated by a leak of 11.5 million files from the database of Mossack Fonseca, the world's fourth largest offshore law firm. The files detailed how the rich exploit offshore tax havens. "The documents shed light on the activities Steyer engaged in to earn his estimated $1.6 billion fortune, but that run counter to many political principles and causes he is now using that fortune to support," the Free Beacon explains.
In short, Steyer was for anti-environmental profit-making before he was against it.
What about Steyer's "conversion" to green energy? As The New York Times explained in 2014, Farallon "has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into companies that operate coal mines and coal-fired power plants from Indonesia to China." It further notes an examination of those records "shows that even after his highly public divestment, the coal-related projects his firm bankrolled will generate tens of millions of tons of carbon pollution for years, if not decades, to come."
The Times thought this might "cloud" Steyer's image as an environmental crusader. No doubt. But it certainly clarifies his image as a first-class fraud, one reportedly considering a run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat.
In the meantime, Steyer remains focused on Trump's impeachment. "I believe we're in an urgent political crisis," he insists.
Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Ahrens isn't particularly concerned. "If Democrats want to appease the far left and their liberal mega-donors by supporting a baseless radical effort that the vast majority of Americans disagree with, then have at it," he told Newsweek in an email.
An American Left that believes it is entitled to rule, irrespective of election results, will undoubtedly do just that, embracing every effort to delegitimize the presidency of Donald Trump — by any means necessary.
Tom Steyer is leftists' chief financier, a man so arrogant he believes global warming "deniers" should be prosecuted and that impeachment proceedings can literally be bought.
Along with Democrat politicians. "We need people like Tom Steyer," Harry Reid stated on May 20, 2014, two months after hammering the Kochs — and three days after it was reported that Steyer contributed $5 million to the Senate Majority PAC run by former Reid aides.
Apparently some efforts to "rig the system" are also more equal than others.
Tom Steyer


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Then once again, she followed the footsteps of another Filipina Broadway star, Lea Salonga, and became the second Asian to play Eponine in the western theatre production of Les Miserables.
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A Review of 2019-2020
The following is from the President's Report from the recently-released 2019-2020 FTPML Annual Report.
The Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that supports our community library. Each year, the Friends of the Takoma Park Maryland Library engages with members and the Takoma Park community to promote and fund the library's incredible array of programming.
In the previous year, we have continued to support our mainstay programs for children, including Spanish and French Circle Time, storytelling and craft programs, and the ever-popular SummerQuest and WinterQuest reading programs. For adults, we continued to fund speakers for our Big Book Group sessions in the spring and fall, and the Friends sponsored a panel discussion in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards with Jason Reynolds, Eloise Greenfield, and Deborah Taylor.
Our book sales continued to bring the community together. Through our spring, fall, and winter book sales, we raised $8,719.00. Over the past year, our sales have become an even greater draw through partnerships with the Piney Branch and Takoma Elementary School PTAs, which have hosted bake sales to keep our book buyers and library patrons well-fed and well-energized.
In addition to this work, we have focused on enhancing programming and conducting outreach to underserved populations. This past year, we secured funding from the Takoma Foundation to continue the highly-regarded Piney Branch Elementary School English as a Second Language Community Book Club series during the 2019-2020 school year. The Book Club Series helps children who speak English as a second language catch up to grade-level English, provides participating families with hands-on opportunities to engage with school and library staff, and highlights many valuable community resources for attendees.
The Friends also launched an outreach campaign with presentations and resources for seniors and people with disabilities living in Takoma Park to encourage their use of the library. This initiative provides information to seniors and people with disabilities about the many offerings of our library and how to access the resources remotely and in person.
Donations and membership dues continue to play a critical role in funding library programming. Last year, we received a slight increase in membership dues and donations, pulling in $6,396.00, an increase of $448.00. The Friends are still working to identify outlets to reach new potential members and to offer our enthusiastic members with opportunities to have fun and socialize all while raising money to support the Friends. One way we accomplished this was through a February fundraising event at the Takoma Park VFW. Headlined by a local band and 80s pop music powerhouse – the Airport 77s – the event was full of music, dancing, and friends. Thanks in large part to member support, the Friends brought in $2,300 to fund the Takoma Park Library's 2020 SummerQuest and other library programming.
While we are incredibly proud of the work we have done as a board in collaboration with our members, it is critical to understand that the library continues to need our support, as we work to secure and enhance the library's future. Without a new library building, the current space will eventually become unusable as a public space. Our library has many deficiencies, and the problems will only continue to grow in the future. The much-needed renovation will ensure that our library will respond to the needs of our community. Specifically, the library renovation project will: Provide community program and meeting rooms with AV capability; include computer rooms on-site; provide appropriate space for children, young adults, and adults; use sustainable and LEED Certified design principals in the design and operation; centralize staff to ensure that they can monitor all activity for a safe and secure environment; visually and physically connect the library to the community center; and address a myriad of deficiencies, including ADA non-compliance, lack of sprinkler system, outdated HVAC and electric system, and eliminate the wood roof framing, which presents a fire hazard.
We are incredibly appreciative of all of the public support our members have shown to advocate for the renovation project. There is no doubt that your letters, testimony, and videos of support have had a tremendous impact on the Takoma Park City Council. RR/MM Lukmire Architects is currently working on a final design and construction estimate to present to the City Council in September 2020. We are looking forward to seeing the final designs, and it will be especially critical that members and other supporters continue to advocate for the City to move forward with the renovation project.
This year we say farewell to three board members who have made invaluable contributions to the trajectory of the board and to our community. I want to thank Anand, Sylvie, and Rebekah. Anand for his dedication to crafting innovative outreach opportunities for youth in our community; Sylvie for her artistic flair and key role identifying children's literature and programming; and Rebekah for her tireless contributions to the success of the board, including her invaluable leadership as a two-term board president. Recognition for any success must also go to the library staff for their work and for the initiatives they have launched that make our library an outstanding community and cultural center.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, our next term will likely look much different than previous years. We have already had to postpone our annual meeting with guest speaker, Kevin Blackistone, and we had to cancel our spring book sale. That being said, as we embark upon the library's 85th year, the board will continue to support the library, albeit in socially distant ways. We are grateful to the members and supporters of the library, and we look forward to another year of working to ensure the success of our library.
Francis Nugent, President
2020 Annual Meeting August 18
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