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Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer – Director Dawn Porter
In 1921, white mobs in Tulsa terrorized and burned down the Greenwood District, known as "Negro Wall Street." With the discovery of a mass grave, the city reckons with its painful past. In the early 20th century, racial violence erupted in dozens of cities across the United States. Hundreds were killed. Black communities fought back, rebuilt, and prospered in the face of extreme oppression and the evils of white supremacy. RISE AGAIN: TULSA AND THE RED SUMMER comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of hundreds of Black people and left thousands homeless and displaced. Award-winning Washington Post journalist and Oklahoma native DeNeen Brown is at the heart of the film, reporting on the search for a mass grave in her native state. Digging into the events that led to one of the worst episodes of racial violence in America's history, Brown reveals insights into racial conflict incidents that erupted in the early 20th century. Between 1917 and 1923, when Jim Crow laws were at their height and the Klu Klux Klan was resurging across the nation, scores of Black homes and businesses were razed, and hundreds of Black people were lynched and massacred with impunity. Brown's reporting highlights the revived call for justice for victims and survivors. Following a 2018 investigative report, Brown explores the current anti-racism movement in the context of the Tulsa Massacre and the Red Summer. With access to family members of those killed, city officials, archeologists, and historians, the film reveals the decades-long effort by descendants and community members to find victims' bodies and unearth truths that have been suppressed for nearly a century. RISE AGAIN: TULSA AND THE RED SUMMER also untangles the role the media played in covering events at the time in order to reveal the full extent of the nation's buried past. Director Dawn Porter joins us for a sobering conversation about the shameful abandonment of Reconstruction, the shameless racism of President Wilson, the planned, military grade assault on the Tulsa's Black community of Greenwood and the buried, figuratively and literally, history that continues to haunt our country.
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For updates and screenings go to: nationalgeographic.com/riseagain
RISE AGAIN: TULSA AND THE RED SUMMER will premiere in June on National Geographic, commemorating Juneteenth when the last enslaved Black people in Texas received news of their emancipation, and will air globally in 172 countries and 43 languages.
About the filmmaker – Dawn Porter's is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and mental health/social justice advocate who has emerged in the entertainment industry as a leader in the art of storytelling. She made her feature directorial debut in 2013 with Gideon's Army, which premiered on HBO, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and an Emmy, won Best Editing at Sundance, and is now part of the U.S. Department of State's American Film Showcase. Her 2016 film Trapped, which explores laws regulating abortion clinics in the South, won the Special Jury Social-Impact Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and a Peabody Award. She is set to direct and executive produce Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry's upcoming documentary series on mental illness and mental well-being for Apple TV+. For more go to: trilogy-films.com
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"A sober reminder of the history many want to erase, all but ensuring it'll repeat itself for the next hundred years as well." – Roger Moore, Movie Nation
"Rise Again proves itself to be an extensive deep dive into a subject that needs to be taught. It's time to remove [our collective] blindfold." – Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage


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The state rooms for festivities
Duke's apartments
The Duchess' apartments
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The Tales of Things
Scientific Archive
Church art
French garden
The Rundāle Palace Ensemble
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Public catering
A GUIDED EXCURSION
Excursion with a tour guide is only permitted to groups of up to 24 people. Tour guide can only lead the group in the State Rooms and Duke's State Apartments. Duchess' Apartments must be viewed individually.
Excursion with a tour guide can only take place at a pre-booked time; please contact the Museums' exhibition coordinator in advance of your visit: tel. +371 63962197, +371 26499151; email booking[at]rundale.net
MATERIALS FOR PRINTING
The museum offers tours in 5 languages: Latvian, Russian, German, English and French.
The group leader/guide (of a group of at least 10 persons) entrance to the museum is free of charge. The entrance to the museum is free for one teacher, who accompanies at least 10 students. Groups of students should be accompanied by one adult for every 10 pre-school or primary school students and 15 secondary school students.
Duration of excursion along the long route: 1 to 2 hours.
Excursions must be booked at least 3 days before the visit: +371 63962197, +371 26499151 booking[at]rundale.net
Guided tours are organized by guides – individual work contractors who have concluded a contract with the Rundāle Palace Museum.
Payment for a guide service in cash or with a prepay transfer:
adult group 43.00 €
for the group of pupils 36.00 €
PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR TOUR LEADERS
Guiding permit for one tour:
for guides certified by the Rundāle Palace Museum –
Please scan the issued permit by the Palace Inspector and attach sticker on your person where it can be easily seen.
In the museum a guide can accompany a group of 24 persons, if the number of persons in group is larger, it is necessary to divide into two smaller groups.
From 1 May 2021, only tour guides certified by the Museum (holding a valid pass) will be able to lead tours in the Museum after purchasing a valid permit (anticipated cost 3 EUR). As a result, the single-use tour guide permit for guides without a valid pass will no longer be available to purchase as of 1 May 2021. Therefore, individuals without a valid tour guide pass issued by the Rundāle Palace Museum will no longer be permitted to lead tours in the Museum.
During the transition period, we would like to encourage tour guides to renew / extend / obtain the Rundāle Palace Museum's tour guide pass.
Information about certification of guides and a license obtaining see here!
CERTIFIED GUIDES
Please do not use the following broadcast frequencies in the territory of Rundāle Palace:
1) 446,03125MHz + 67Hz;
6) 446,093755MHz + 67Hz;
7) 446,00625MHz + DPL754;
8) 446,01875MHz + DPL754.
EXCURSIONS BY ELECTRIC CAR
Duration of the tour is 20 minutes. During the excursion, listening to the audio guide record, you can see the entire regular or French garden (10 hectares). Excursions are conducted in Latvian, Russian, English, Lithuanian, German, Korean, Spanish and Italian. The electric car does not run in rainy weather.
A tour around the Rundāle Palace Regular Gardens – 3.00 € per person.
Information: +371 2916 9034
THEATRALIZED EXCURSION
Individual proprietor "Eleana" offers a theatrical excursion including welcoming of guests in historical costumes.
Wider offer and prices: jelena[at]ceremonija.lv, tel. +371 29108396
WALTZ IN THE WHITE HALL
For newlyweds and other interested parties, we offer to dance waltz in the White Hall in musical accompaniment of Johann Strauss's "The Blue Danube", or other individually selected music (it is possible to play a record from a CD or flash memory).
Service price: 50.00 € + entrance tickets for each participant and photographer.
If the marriage registration is held in the White Hall, the waltz is at no extra charge.
Service must be requested at least 3 days in advance: +371 63962197, +371 26499151; booking[at]rundale.net
It is possible to organise photo sessions for newlyweds or other participants for non-commercial purposes at Rundāle Palace Museum.
Price: 50.00 € + entrance fees for each participant and photographer.
If the registration of marriage takes place in the White Hall, a photo session in the same room is possible without additional charge.
The service must be requested at least 3 days before the visit: +371 63962197, +371 26499151; booking[at]rundale.net
Use of flying cameras or drones and air dogs within the limits of Rundāle Palace Museum territory is forbidden. In special cases after coordination with the administration of Rundāle Palace Museum it is possible to acquire a permit to use flying cameras complying with Cabinet Regulation No. 737 (22 November 2016).
No silettos allowed in the exhibition area!
When visiting cafe or free exhibition on the Ground floor of Rundāle Palace it is NOT NECESSARY to buy a ticket!
CAFÉ "Ozollāde"
SIA "Ozollāde" café on the ground floor of the palace, reservations: +371 29105356, info[at]ozollade.lv
www.ozollade.lv Gallery
SIA "Kommats", reservations: +371 29224624; kommats[at]inbox.lv
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Address: Rundale Palace Museum, Pilsrundale, Rundales pagasts, Bauskas novads, LV-3921 Latvia.
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Crisis in Yemen no proxy war
Commentary | 27 March 2015
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With Saudi aircraft bombing the Yemeni capital Sana'a, it is easy to view this action as simply a reaction to yet more Iranian regional interference.
But to view the crisis in Yemen as simply another example of Shia communities in the region acting with the support of Tehran to create a Persian satrapy in the Arab world reduces it to an easy to understand but ultimately erroneous narrative.
Such an approach not only ignores the power of multiple local issues in determining the trajectory of conflicts, it also betrays a weak understanding of the nature and strength of the forces that continue to shape the region.
The Middle East is complex, with a dizzying array of differing and sometimes competing identities often sitting uncomfortably alongside each other within the same national boundaries. Supra-national loyalties resulting from shared religious, ethnic or sometimes tribal identities simply adds to the complexity. As Syria and Iraq have shown, when sufficient pressure is applied to the political and societal fault lines, the fragility of national unity is brutally exposed.
Despite the claims regarding the Yemeni unrest as being a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, it is really much more about the complex interplay of local political issues than it is about religion or regional confrontation. The use of the words Shia, Houthi and Iran in the same sentence, for example, invokes a sense of religious unity where in fact there is very little. The Houthi movement in Yemen is from the Zaydi branch of Islam and, while they share a common starting point, they have developed along different paths to such an extent that they are in many ways separate religions.
Not only have the Zaydis developed a different school of Islamic religious law and as a consequence don't study and forge personal relationships with other scholars in the great Shia religious schools in Iran or Iraq, they don't visit Shia shrine sites, don't observe most Shia commemorations and don't believe in an Awaited Imam who will reappear on Judgment Day. They certainly don't subscribe to Iran's model of theocratic governance.
But if the Houthis have little in common religiously with Iran, they do have some common philosophical ground. They see a leadership role for those who seek to counter injustice, and denounce the US and Israel.
They also both seek to counter Saudi influence. For Iran it is because the Saudis are regional rivals for political influence and for Islamic leadership. For the Houthis it is resentment at an increasing marginalisation within Yemeni society, and an aggressive program of Salafist proselytising in their northern heartland funded by Riyadh during the 1990s that threatened their religious identity. There have been accusations of Iranian funding for the Houthis and much weaker claims that training and weapons also have been provided.
Given the Zaydis have neither a diaspora nor a wealthy merchant class and that Iran is seeking allies to increase its influence, there is some credibility in the claim that the Houthis have accepted Iranian largesse, although Tehran's influence over the Houthis generally has been heavily overstated. Any relationship they have is based on pragmatism and short-term shared interests rather than a common religious identity.
There are other elements contributing to the Yemeni unrest. Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh ruled North Yemen and the Republic of Yemen for 30 years until he was ousted in 2011 after his inability to quell popular protests against his rule and to maintain the continued loyalty of his entire military, and there are reports he has used his connections and military loyalties built up across the three decades he was in power to aid the Houthi movement as a means of seeking revenge on those who replaced him. This aspect of the conflict is simply domestic politics.
President Abed Rabbo Hadi's relocation to the southern Yemeni capital of Aden and the rescinding of his previous resignation has further complicated the issue of who actually governs the country. Four Gulf states shifted their embassies from Sana'a to Aden, indicating how little regional support the Houthis have. The existence of two governments in Sana'a and Aden, however, has also revived memories of the old South Yemeni socialist government, national unification in 1990 and the ill-fated 1994 civil war that pitted the resource-rich south against a northern Yemen led by Saleh that was perceived by the southerners as being discriminatory towards them.
The emergence of a southern secessionist movement in 2007 showed just how fragile the post-civil war national identity was, and these recent events have given a fillip to those who advocate a breakup of the country.
Into all this confusing mix one should add the various tribal allegiances that continue to underpin much of Yemeni society, to say nothing of the long-term presence of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula's continued destabilising presence in the country.
The regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia is of course part of the backdrop to the crisis in Yemen, but it is neither its cause nor its reason for continuing.
Despite the military intervention of Saudi Arabia, sometimes conflicts are driven by local issues much more than we think.
Rodger Shanahan is a research fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a fellow at the Australian National University's National Security College.
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The history behind the foundation of OSI Industries lies on the immigrant experience of America. The company started as a butcher shop and a minor meat retailer that was opened and run by Kolschowsky. The enterprise aimed at serving the immediate community. After one decade, the business expanded into whole-selling and opened another outlet in Maywood, a suburb in Chicago. It shifted its operations into a family-based (Otto & Sons) enterprise in 1928. Even after the World War II, the local business maintained its success and stability as well as emerging an important part of the American community lifestyle.
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Big doings in our family today. Flynn flew home to Colorado from Russia after his visit with Mercy, and Mercy herself was on a plane by this evening, headed back here to Texas. I got up very early to take Bri to the airport. A little later in the morning, Walter, Jasper, and I drove up to Winnsboro to pick up Jasper's new forge. We had a nice visit with our blacksmith friend and got a couple bags of coal too. Jasper still needs a few items to have a fully functional blacksmithing setup, but he's well on his way.
When we got home, I had to rush and make the dough for the hot cross buns because I had decreed that our traditional Good Friday tea would take place at 4:00. Then I boiled 40 eggs so they'd be ready to dye, and Lucy set up the egg dyeing station and supervised the dyeing process (we all did some). Aren't they pretty?
Meanwhile, Spencer took several loads of his possessions over to his new apartment. Tomorrow morning he and Walter will move some of his furniture up there too. He signed the lease on Tuesday and is already paying rent, so he really needs to move in!
Daniel was unable to join us for tea, because he was getting new tires on his car—a necessary precursor to driving to Dallas tomorrow to fetch Mercy. He did, however, make it here to enjoy our supper of ham-and-swiss-cheese sourdough crêpes.
Afterward, the family scattered. Lucy went to a movie, Spencer took another load to his apartment, Walter left to do some burnishing, and Jasper went on a bike ride with his friends. I was left with the house to myself! So I painstakingly restrung a necklace that I was not perfectly happy with. I'm still not sure if I like the new version better.
Beautiful azaleas blooming outside our bedroom window.
Today was sunny! And a fun class day, because the students had to give their presentations about the inventions they did their research papers on. I enjoyed getting to watch and listen to each student and learned about everything from electromagnets to internal combustion engines. Jasper did a great job with his presentation about revolvers!
As soon as class was over, I had to rush up to Aldi to do the grocery shopping, as I will be busy tomorrow morning. I don't like going in the afternoon because it is so crowded, but today it was unavoidable.
This evening I made low-carb bagels for the first time in months. I will have one as a treat tomorrow when the rest of the family has hot cross buns.
Well, I've got an early morning tomorrow as I will be taking Bri to the airport, so I suppose I should go ahead and go to bed so I can lie awake for the next two or three hours . . .
We have had a very rainy day after a very rainy night. Of course Jasper and I had school to do, after he walked through the rain to buy donuts for himself and Lucy and Bri, who is currently visiting.
Lucy and Bri wanted to go to a movie right after lunch, and they needed me to provide transport, so Jasper and I went along. It was a nice break and a nice distraction since today was a dry fasting day. Afterward the girls talked me into taking them to a fast food place to get food and then to their favorite coffee shop, where I dropped them off. It was pouring rain the whole time.
Jasper had youth group this evening, and then there was more schoolwork to do. I'm so glad it's getting near the end of the school year!
A year ago, I got a long planter and planted peppermint on one side and spearmint on the other. I named them "Pepper" and "Spear" and pitted them against each other to see which one would spread out the most/fastest. It was kind of a tie, because Spear grew more vertically and Pepper grew more horizontally.
I assumed they would both die over the winter, because even though mint is perennial, they were in a planter on the front steps and we had a very cold winter with some long dry spells. So recently I was thinking I should go out and buy some new mint plants, but when I went to look at the planter, I saw that both plants had plenty of new growth. All I had to do was pull out all the oak leaves and pine needles, uproot a few pine seedlings, and cut back all the dead stems from last year.
They cleaned up pretty well, don't you think?
Today I drove to nearby Kilgore for another watercolor painting afternoon. It was a smaller group this time. I felt like such a poser. Everyone else seemed capable of producing frameable art, whereas my attempts appeared to have been done by a five-year-old. I was sitting next to an art major from Kilgore College whose finished painting was gorgeous. About all I can say about my finished flower is that I can tell what flower it is supposed to be!
This evening I had my critique group and writers' meeting, which I look forward to every month. I enjoy hanging out with other writers and sharing stories with them.
When I came out of the library, it was pouring rain. We haven't had rain for a while. What we have had is a lot of pollen, so the rain is very welcome!
Yesterday (Palm Sunday) I ended up staying home from church because I had an unusually miserable night and was nauseated from lack of sleep. Strange as it may sound, my sleep problems have worsened significantly since I gave up caffeine.
Most of the afternoon was spent working on a special dinner to celebrate Daniel's birthday (Mercy's fiancé). Most of the dinners I make for Sundays are good, but not terribly time consuming. Yesterday's dinner was much more labor intensive. I made a big broccoli salad, "real" mashed potatoes, parmesan-topped zucchini slices, croissants (admittedly from a tube), Korean-marinated grilled pork ribs, and carrot cake.
It was the first time we'd fired up the grill this spring, and the meat turned out beautifully. All three college students attacked the meal with enthusiasm. So did I, as I had planned all along on eating this one meal (minus the potatoes, croissants, and cake!). It sure was nice to be able to sit and eat with everyone.
This morning I followed Walter up to a mechanic shop where he had dropped off the van to be worked on. We hate to spend money on it, but at the same time he needs the van for work and if we didn't get the work done, it wouldn't pass inspection. Late this afternoon I drove back so Walter could pick up the van and then drive it straight to his evening job.
I also went on a fruitless trip to Walmart to look for flipflops for Jasper. They don't carry size 15 there, so I had to come home and order online.
I am more than a little mystified. I have no recollection of buying that stove, let alone why I would have put it inside the dutch oven. I love alcohol stoves, so it's not exactly surprising that I bought one—it's just that normally I remember things like that! I looked to see if I had bought it from Amazon, and I had—in 2014. No wonder I don't remember. Now I can't wait to go to the lake so I can make tea on this little stove.
Oh, and the oil? I actually have two identical cast iron dutch ovens. The oil was in the other one.
Well, it's been an interesting month. As promised, I have been fasting for most of it, but I have also had ten meals. I'm completely off of caffeine and all my prescription medications. I have been monitoring my blood sugar and my weight very carefully to see what effect all of this sacrifice has had.
What I've discovered is that I'm on a rough and jagged path. When I'm fasting, I lose weight. When I eat even a single meal, I gain weight—sometimes several pounds. So I start fasting again and I lose more weight—until I eat another meal. The good news is, that over time my "lows" are getting lower, and my "highs" are also getting lower. My weight loss graph, therefore, looks more like a saw blade than a knife's edge!
It is clear, however, that this battle is still ongoing. My body is not yet willing to accept my new lower weight as "normal," and it is still trying desperately to regain the weight I have so painfully lost. So this is a fight I must win. I have lost 12 pounds this month—some of them more than once! In fact, some days I actually gain weight while fasting. And I'm sure there will continue to be fluctuations depending on whether I'm fasting or not fasting.
I have also discovered I don't experience optimal blood sugar readings until the fourth day of a fast, so that's a point in favor of doing more frequent longer fasts instead of fasting every other day with just occasional longer fasts.
I plan to take a 3-day break from total fasting over Easter weekend. I'll enjoy our traditional Good Friday tea (but without the hot cross buns, sadly) and our Easter breakfast and dinner. But then I'm sure I will be returning to the only thing that works for most of April.
I know, some of you reading this think I'm being very extreme in my approach. You probably still have a functioning metabolism. You may not realize that I have literally tried all the other things, and they did not work for me—and the things that did work, only worked for a few months before I started regaining weight even while following the routine to the letter. I made a commitment this time to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, and what it takes for me is a lot of fasting. I wish that wasn't true, but it is.
So, I guess I forgot to post last night! I can't even remember what happened yesterday except that I went grocery shopping and ran some errands.
Today I tackled the big job of going through my closet, putting away winter clothes, and taking out summer clothes. I also started a substantial new "giveaway" pile because so many of my clothes are just way too big on me now. Nice problem to have!
We are going to have a special dinner tomorrow (which is why I'm breaking my fast) so I got started on some of that stuff today. Looking forward to next weekend when Mercy will be coming home!
I had a sentimental reason for requesting a red doll. At my boarding school when I was a kid, there was a red nesting doll like this in the girls' sick bay. I was so fascinated by it—but of course you couldn't play with it unless you were sick! Now I have one of my own.
I finally have a piece of this beautiful china. It is actually a large mug with a lid and saucer. I also have a big pile of guilt for asking for something that ended up being much more expensive than we expected! It sure is pretty though . . .
Did you notice the pendant that Lucy was wearing in yesterday's photo?
Ever since Christmas, I have been meaning to write about a gift I gave my daughters. The kernel of the idea was planted at a renaissance faire three years ago. A lady there had a cart with all kinds of little jars and boxes, and she would create a "charm" for you. The various elements of the charm were put into a paper napkin and they included items representing "wealth," "happiness," "luck," and so forth. When I got home, I put mine in a tiny glass vial as a souvenir of the day.
Last fall, I had the idea of creating something similar for my friend Donita, so I made her a little vial full of tiny things and gave her a list explaining what they all were.
As Christmas approached, I thought about my four daughters and about how each one of them had had a very difficult and challenging year. I wanted to create a tangible gift for them that would symbolize my love and desire to encourage them.
So I found some little clear vials that could be worn as pendants. I spent weeks finding tiny things that could symbolize various qualities that I hoped would be encouraging. And because my daughters, like me, are sensitive to metal. I made beaded cords for the vial to hang from, with clasps at each end so that not even a metal clasp would touch their necks (the clasps attach to the rings from which the vial hangs). Each girl's beads are a different color.
So what did I put inside those tiny vials?
There were two things that I couldn't fit inside the vials, so they hang on either side—a crown to remind them they are daughters of the King, and a pair of praying hands to let them know I faithfully pray for them.
I have no idea if these pendants are actually meaningful to my girls, but so much love and thought went into them, I like to think that they wear them on days when they need a little boost of encouragement. They can look at the vials and see all those things in there, and hopefully be reminded of my love for them.
Today was a rough, rough day. Day four of my current fast, and for the first time I tried "dry" fasting, which meant no food and no liquids. No hot herb tea or broth or water. Nothing. I didn't like it (at all!), but supposedly it's very good for you. Don't worry—I'll be back to drinking tomorrow. I'm not sure I'd ever want to dry fast for more than one day, but some people go as long as five days!
I had my class this afternoon, but half my students didn't make it. We are reading A Tale of Two Cities now and talking about the French Revolution. I'm sure it will be my last time to read this book, and I am savoring it, and enjoying every molecule of foreshadowing that Dickens plants into the early chapters.
Later Jasper and I finally made it to a bee meeting, after skipping several months. I just never thought about it since it is always on a class day and I am always tired after class. But Jasper is anxious to get some new bees, so I really felt we should go today.
We're so glad we did! The speaker was talking about how to trap wild bees and his instructions were so clear that Jasper is confident he can do it. We have the perfect location for it in our backyard. So let's hope some bees decide to move in. . . .
Today Jasper and I had a lot of school to do, and we didn't get it all done, but we did what we could. I also had to run some errands and cook a special dinner.
Tonight we celebrated Lucy's birthday, which of course was last week. At least we tried to celebrate. Schedules did not align as well as we had hoped. Everyone was busy until after 8:00, and when the special curry dinner was ready, everyone was here except the birthday girl!
Lucy's "big" present was a new pair of cleats for rugby. She started breaking them in during her practice this evening. They are getting ready to go to a big tournament in Nebraska this weekend.
I am so far behind in all my work because of not having a word processor for two weeks. So much catching up to do!
Lucy on her actual birthday last week.


As one of the most popular forms of music out right now, hip hop is fun, exciting, and can lead to some dynamic dance routines. What's also special about hip hop is that it often spawns its own dances that spread through the culture before hitting the mainstream at full force.
Your child can learn to "bust a move" by taking hip hop dance classes in Vaughan and Toronto at Performing Dance Arts. Our skilled instructors will teach your children the same moves they see dancers perform in their favourite hip hop and R&B videos. Our hip hop dance classes in Vaughan and Toronto are perfect to keep your child active while allowing them to express their creativity.
The dance evolution of hip hop can almost be paired with the musical evolution of the genre. Hip hop branched off from the funk and disco music which was most popular during the 70s. The dance culture of hip hop has no set rules and no set movements that need to be followed in order for it to qualify as hip hop; this makes the dance a fun, natural stress reliever. Ironically, it can help your child improve their concentration skills even further, a trait that could benefit their education. Hip hop dance lessons are not only fun and exciting to learn but will also help keep your child physically active.
Dance-In-Your-Pants: If your child is two to three years old, they may be ready for toddler hip hop dance classes. They can join our Dance-In-Your-Pants program which provides preparation for hip hop dance classes though socializing with other children and taking instruction from an adult teacher.
Pre-Dance: If your child is three to five years old, they qualify to take our pre-dance class. Here, they will be guided through fun exercises that encourage them to explore their movement range, and develop the necessary attributes—strength, conditioning, coordination, flexibility, balance—for dance.
We understand how competition can enhance a dancer by intensifying their need to prepare and giving them the experience of what it's like to work and perform under pressure. For young dancers, there is nothing more satisfying than standing tall at the end of a routine, knowing you did your best. That's why we offer a variety of competitive dance programs for children.
Part-Time: Train in a variety of styles, including hip hop dance, for five hours divided into mandatory classes over two days a week. There are also three mandatory competitions in April and May.
Micro-Mini: Your child will dance two to three days a week to attend between four to five mandatory classes. There are also two to three mandatory local competitions that occur in the Spring.
Hip Hop Intensive Program: This program is a three-day course that runs each summer. Dancers who are over the age of five will be led through a challenging program that enhances their skills and provides them with fast knowledge of hip hop moves and techniques.
Our instructors are internationally acclaimed, performing and teaching with years of experience and talent. For years, they have fostered the development of young dancers and inspired them with their own success, awards, and impressive careers. They have educational and practical background in both the art of dance, and in teaching, so you can be sure your child is getting instruction from highly-trained, experienced, and personable instructors.
Is hip hop dance hard to learn?
There is a lot of coordination, memorization, and precision required to learn hip hop dance, but the work you put in will quickly show! If your child wants to get in shape and have fun, hip hop is the perfect dance to accomplish both.
How will my child benefit from hip hop dance classes?
Through proper training from our experienced teachers, your child will develop good posture, poise, proper body alignment, and grace. Hip hop dance will increase their flexibility, improve coordination, and introduce an appreciation for the performing arts. Stage experience can also help shy, self-conscious kids feel more confidence and improve their social skills. Self-expression will be learned through dance as well, helping your child to recognize their unique talents.
At Performing Dance Arts' hip hop classes for kids, we teach the foundational hip hop elements. We also stress cohesive choreography while still respecting the youth experiences and culture that the dance represents and expresses. Our hip hop dance lessons are fun and filled with high-intensity, high-energy music across all urban genres, including R&B and dance music.
However, as fun as hip hop dancing can be, it is also very demanding. The dance lessons for kids that we offer at Performing Dance Arts are high-intensity, high-energy, and consist of other current urban genres like R&B and Dance music. But once your child is experienced enough, they will be able to embrace the freedom of hip hop, possibly inventing the next big dance that will become popular around the world!


"Progress and priorities for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child" by Emily C. Keats, Anthony Ngugi et al.
Background: Progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in Kenya has been inconsistent over the past two decades, despite the global push to foster accountability, reduce child mortality, and improve maternal health in an equitable manner. Although several cross-sectional assessments have been done, a systematic analysis of RMNCH in Kenya was needed to better understand the push and pull factors that govern intervention coverage and influence mortality trends. As such, we aimed to determine coverage and impact of key RMNCH interventions between 1990 and 2015.
Methods: We did a comprehensive, systematic assessment of RMNCH in Kenya from 1990 to 2015, using data from nationally representative Demographic Health Surveys done between 1989 and 2014. For comparison, we used modelled mortality estimates from the UN Inter-Agency Groups for Child and Maternal Mortality Estimation. We estimated time trends for key RMNCH indicators, as defined by Countdown to 2015, at both the national and the subnational level, and used linear regression methods to understand the determinants of change in intervention coverage during the past decade. Finally, we used the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to model the effect of intervention scaleup by 2030.
Findings: After an increase in mortality between 1990 and 2003, there was a reversal in all mortality trends from 2003 onwards, although progress was not substantial enough for Kenya to achieve Millennium Development Goal targets 4 or 5. Between 1990 and 2015, maternal mortality declined at half the rate of under-5 mortality, and changes in neonatal mortality were even slower. National-level trends in intervention coverage have improved, although some geographical inequities remain, especially for counties comprising the northeastern, eastern, and northern Rift Valley regions. Disaggregation of intervention coverage by wealth quintile also revealed wide inequities for several healthsystems-based interventions, such as skilled birth assistance. Multivariable analyses of predictors of change in family planning, skilled birth assistance, and full vaccination suggested that maternal literacy and family size are important drivers of positive change in key interventions across the continuum of care. LiST analyses clearly showed the importance of quality of care around birth for maternal and newborn survival.
Interpretation: Intensified and focused efforts are needed for Kenya to achieve the RMNCH targets for 2030. Kenya must build on its previous progress to further reduce mortality through the widespread implementation of key preventive and curative interventions, especially those pertaining to labour, delivery, and the first day of life. Deliberate targeting of the poor, least educated, and rural women, through the scale-up of community-level interventions, is needed to improve equity and accelerate progress.
Keats, E. C., Ngugi, A., Macharia, W., Akseer, N., Khaemba, E. N., Bhatti, Z., Rizvi, A., Tole, J., Bhutta, Z. A. (2017). Progress and priorities for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health in Kenya: a Countdown to 2015 country case study. Lancet, 5(8), e782-e795.


An environmental disclosure questionnaire must accompany each application.
A maximum 640 acres or 1 whole section is permitted per application.
An exploration permit is valid for one (1) year, renewable up to five (5) years.
Lease boundaries, access routes, mine workings, roads, water sources, residences, utilities, etc. must be plotted separately on a USGS Topographic Map included with the application.
The processing of an Exploration Permit takes a minimum of sixty (60) days.
Application is reviewed by the ASLD Minerals Section and if necessary, other ASLD divisions, outside agencies and any interested parties.
Rent is $2.00 per acre for first year which includes the second year and $1.00 per acre per year for years three thru five.
An Exploration Plan of Operation must be submitted annually and approved by the ASLD prior to startup of exploration activities.
If any surface disturbance is planned as part on the exploration activities, Archaeological and Biological surveys as well as any other applicable permits must be submitted for ASLD review (three (3) copies of each and an electronic copy in pdf format).
A bond is established based on the proposed exploration activities. Typically a $3,000.00 bond is required for a single permit or a blanket bond of $15,000.00 for five or more permits held by an individual or company.
- Proof of work expenditures must be submitted to the ASLD Minerals Section each year in the form of invoices and paid receipts. If no work was completed on-site, the applicant can pay the equal amount to the department.
An exploration permit is NOT a right to mine.
If discovery of a valuable mineral deposit is made, the permitee must apply for a mineral lease before actual mining activities can begin.


This adult assumes responsibility for all items checked out on the child's card.
The first time you use your card, you may check out any combination of five books, audiobooks, CDs, or movies.
You are responsible for all items checked out on your card. If you lend your card to someone else, you accept responsibility for the materials they check out on the card.
You may download the Library Card Application (PDF), complete and sign the form, and deliver it in person to the Rowlett Public Library's Circulation Desk. Appropriate identification is required before your application will be processed by staff.


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Dropbox Announces Fiscal 2019 Third Quarter Results
Revenue of $428.2 Million, Up 19% Year-Over-Year
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2019-- Dropbox, Inc. (NASDAQ: DBX), the world's first smart workspace, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2019.
"We had a strong Q3 highlighted by 19% top line growth and margin expansion," said Dropbox Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Drew Houston. "We're excited about the early momentum we've seen with our new desktop app — millions are already using it since it was made generally available on September 25. Together with the launch of Dropbox Spaces, we're making great progress towards building the world's first smart workspace where people can focus on the work that matters."
Third Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results
GAAP operating margin was (4.3)%, as compared to (2.5)% in the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating margin, which excludes stock-based compensation, acquisition-related and other expenses, and amortization of acquired intangible assets, was 13.1%, as compared to 12.8% in the same period last year.
GAAP net loss was ($17.0) million, as compared to ($5.8) million in the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income was $55.9 million, as compared to $45.0 million in the same period last year.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $149.7 million, as compared to $128.0 million in the same period last year. Free cash flow was $102.5 million, as compared to $120.0 million in the same period last year.
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $1.031 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2019.
(1) Non-GAAP diluted net income per share is calculated based upon 418.7 million and 420.0 million diluted weighted-average shares of common stock for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Dropbox will provide forward-looking guidance in connection with this quarterly earnings announcement on its conference call, webcast, and on its investor relations website at investors.dropbox.com.
Dropbox plans to host a conference call today to review its third quarter financial results and to discuss its financial outlook. This call is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET and can be accessed by dialing (877) 300-7844 from the United States or (786) 815-8440 internationally with reference to the company name and conference title, and a live webcast and replay of the conference call can be accessed from the Dropbox investor relations website at investors.dropbox.com. Following the completion of the call, a telephonic replay will be available through 11:59 PM ET on November 14, 2019 at (855) 859-2056 from the United States or (404) 537-3406 internationally with recording access code 1636338.
Lev Finkelstein, Vice President of Corporate Finance & Strategy, will be presenting at the RBC Capital Markets Technology, Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference in New York, NY on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 4:05 p.m. ET.
At the time of this event, a live webcast will be accessible from the Dropbox investor relations website at investors.dropbox.com. Following the event, a replay will be made available at the same location.
Dropbox is the world's first smart workspace that helps people and teams focus on the work that matters. With more than 600 million registered users across 180 countries, we're on a mission to design a more enlightened way of working. Dropbox is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and has 12 offices around the world. For more information on our mission and products, visit dropbox.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, among other things, statements regarding Dropbox's strategies and new products and features, future financial and operational performance, the demand for and engagement with our platform and product features, and the benefits from new product experiences and acquisitions. Words such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "plans," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Dropbox has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions including, but not limited to: (i) our ability to retain and upgrade paying users; (ii) our ability to attract new users or convert registered users to paying users; (iii) our revenue growth rate; (iv) our history of net losses; (v) our liability for any unauthorized access to our data or our users' content, including through privacy and data security breaches; (vi) significant disruption of service on our platform or loss of content; (vii) any decline in demand for our platform or for content collaboration solutions in general; (viii) changes in the interoperability of our platform across devices, operating systems, and third-party applications that we do not control; (ix) competition in our markets; (x) our ability to respond to rapid technological changes, extend our platform, or develop new features; (xi) our ability to manage our growth or plan for future growth; (xii) our acquisition of other businesses and the potential of such acquisitions to require significant management attention, disrupt our business, or dilute stockholder value; and (xiii) the dual class structure of our common stock and its effect of concentrating voting control with certain stockholders who held our capital stock prior to the completion of our initial public offering. Further information on risks that could affect Dropbox's results is included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019. Additional information will be made available in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other future reports that we may file with the SEC from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. If the risks materialize or assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. Dropbox assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release, except as required by applicable law.
Cost of revenue(1)
Loss from operations
(18.6
(482.0
Interest income, net
Other income, net
Loss before income taxes
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes
Net loss
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
Trade and other receivables, net
Operating lease right-of-use asset
Accrued and other current liabilities
Accrued compensation and benefits
Operating lease liability
Finance lease obligation
Operating lease liability, non-current
Finance lease obligation, non-current
Other non-current liabilities(1)
Additional paid-in-capital
Accumulated deficit
(1,718.1
(1) As of December 31, 2018 the Company had non current deferred rent of $81.0 million. As of September 30, 2019, deferred rent is now included in the determination of the Company's operating lease right of use asset due to the adoption of ASC 842.
Stock-based compensation
Net losses (gains) on equity investments
Amortization of deferred commissions
Tenant improvement allowance reimbursement
Business combinations, net of cash acquired
Proceeds from sales of short-term investments
Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments
Proceeds from initial public offering and private placement, net of underwriters' discounts and commissions
Payments of deferred offering costs
Shares repurchased for tax withholdings on release of restricted stock
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of repurchases
Principal payments on finance lease obligations
Change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
Property and equipment acquired under finance leases
Three months ended September 30, 2019
GAAP
Acquisition-
related and
Non-GAAP
Cost of revenue margin
Research and development margin
Sales and marketing margin
General and administrative margin
Income (loss) from operations
taxes related to the
release of two-tier RSUs
GAAP net loss
Acquisition-related and other expenses
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
Employer payroll taxes related to the release of two-tier RSUs
Income tax effects of non-GAAP adjustments
Non-GAAP net income
Non-GAAP diluted net income per share
Weighted-average shares used to compute Non-GAAP diluted net income per share
Free cash flow margin
Capital expenditures related to our new corporate headquarters, net of tenant improvement allowances(1)
(1) Capital expenditures include cash outflows related to the build out of our new corporate headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Net cash provided by operating activities include tenant improvement allowances related to our new corporate headquarters, and represents cash received from our landlord to partially offset this build out. These amounts are presented net in the table above.
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding Dropbox's results, we have disclosed the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP cost of revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating expenses (including research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative), non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income, free cash flow ("FCF") and non-GAAP diluted net income per share. Dropbox has provided a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure used in this earnings release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Non-GAAP cost of revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, income from operations, and net income differs from GAAP in that it excludes stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, other acquisition-related expenses, which include third-party diligence costs and compensation expense for key acquired personnel, and employer payroll tax expense relating to the release of two-tier RSUs in connection with our initial public offering during the six months ended June 30, 2018. Non-GAAP net income also excludes net gains and losses on equity investments, and includes the income tax effect of the aforementioned adjustments, including the tax effects of acquired intangible assets. FCF differs from GAAP net cash provided by operating activities in that it treats capital expenditures as a reduction to net cash provided by operating activities. Free cash flow margin is calculated as FCF divided by revenue. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share differs from GAAP diluted net loss per share in that the numerator utilizes the non-GAAP net income as described above, and the weighted-average shares used in the computation include certain shares that are excluded from the GAAP diluted net loss per share calculation because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.
Tessa Chen


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"On any given day in the United States, an estimated 36.6% or approximately 84.8 million adults consume fast food," said Cheryl Fryar, first author of the report and a health statistician at the CDC.
Fast foods tend to be high in calories, fat, salt and sugar, which — when consumed in excess — can be associated with obesity, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, among other health risks.
"What surprised me was the finding that income was positively associated with more fast food," said Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, an associate professor and director of clinical research at the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who was not involved in the new report.
Cheskin, who is also director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, emphasized that foods high in sugar and fat can raise the risk of certain chronic health problems. "People have the lowest health risk when they eat fruits and vegetables and whole grains," he said.
The report also found that a higher percentage of non-Hispanic black adults — 42.4% — said they consumed fast food than non-Hispanic white adults at 37.6%, non-Hispanic Asian adults at 30.6% and Hispanic adults at 35.5%.
The report has some limitations, including that the subjects' dietary information was obtained through in-person interviews during which the adults recalled what they had eaten in the past 24 hours. Such recall interviews could lead to underreporting and other issues.
All in all, the report's findings are what most experts would expect and mirror fast food consumption patterns found among children, said Jennifer Harris, an associate professor in allied health sciences at the University of Connecticut and director of marketing initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, who was not involved in the new CDC report.
"Other studies that have looked at 24-hour dietary recall like this have found a similar thing: that about a third of kids on any given day eat fast food," Harris said.
Last month, a Rudd Center report said that 91% of 871 parents who took an online survey said they had purchased lunch or dinner for their child in the previous week at one of the four largest fast-food restaurant chains: McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's or Subway. The survey was conducted in 2016.
"On average, they'd gone 2½ — actually 2.4 — times per week. So those numbers are pretty comparable to about a third on any given day," Harris said.
"We do know that fast food advertising has gone up during that time by pretty large amounts. We do know that parents take their children, they say, because it's convenient, it's a good value, and their kids like the food. So all of those are driving purchases of fast food," Harris said.
"The other thing that we suspect is also that the restaurants have been introducing healthier items with their kids' meals," she said, adding that even though there are some healthier options on menus, several items are still high in calories, fat and salt.
"We know for children, on days that they consume fast food, they eat about 120 more calories that day. They also consume more sugar and sodium and fat on the days they eat fast food," she said.
Although fast food is typically higher in unhealthy saturated fat, sodium and calories, it tends to be low in several key nutrients that adult bodies need to flourish and that children's bodies need to grow, said Liz Weinandy, a registered dietitian at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, who was not involved in the new CDC report.
"It is funny, when we see news clips of a shark swimming near a beach, it scares us into not going near that beach. However, what we should be scared of is double cheeseburgers, French fries and large amounts of sugary beverages," Weinandy said.


If you've logged into EverQuest II today, you might have noticed some new blood-sucking neighbors. The Freeblood vampire race has arrived on the Station Marketplace. The new race is available for 2000 Station Cash ($20 USD) or as part of the February package of Velious Winter Rewards to qualifying players. The Freeblood race comes with a few new abilities like Reveal Inner Self, which lets you flip from a peaceful looking character to a sharp-fanged vampiric monster.
Arriving to the Marketplace with the Freeblood race are new Freeblood accessories, which are only available for purchase once you have acquired the Freeblood race. The three new items: an exclusive Freeblood Lair Estate, Cloud of Bats ability and Ferocity of the Freeblood, can be bought individually or all together in the Freeblood Accessories Pack.
You can learn more about the Freeblood race and accessories on the EverQuest II website.


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#include <PiDxe.h>

#include <Protocol/ExtendedSalServiceClasses.h>

#include <Library/SalLib.h>
#include <Library/ExtendedSalLib.h>

/**
  Makes a SAL procedure call.

  This is a wrapper function to make a SAL procedure call.
  No parameter checking is performed on the 8 input parameters,
  but there are some common rules that the caller should follow
  when making a SAL call.  Any address passed to SAL as buffers
  for return parameters must be 8-byte aligned.  Unaligned
  addresses may cause undefined results.  For those parameters
  defined as reserved or some fields defined as reserved must be
  zero filled or the invalid argument return value may be returned
  or undefined result may occur during the execution of the procedure.
  This function is only available on IPF.

  @param  Index       The SAL procedure Index number
  @param  Arg2        The 2nd parameter for SAL procedure calls
  @param  Arg3        The 3rd parameter for SAL procedure calls
  @param  Arg4        The 4th parameter for SAL procedure calls
  @param  Arg5        The 5th parameter for SAL procedure calls
  @param  Arg6        The 6th parameter for SAL procedure calls
  @param  Arg7        The 7th parameter for SAL procedure calls
  @param  Arg8        The 8th parameter for SAL procedure calls

  @return SAL returned registers.

**/
SAL_RETURN_REGS
EFIAPI
SalCall (
  IN UINT64  Index,
  IN UINT64  Arg2,
  IN UINT64  Arg3,
  IN UINT64  Arg4,
  IN UINT64  Arg5,
  IN UINT64  Arg6,
  IN UINT64  Arg7,
  IN UINT64  Arg8
  )
{
  SAL_RETURN_REGS Regs;

  //
  // Initial all members in this structure.
  //
  Regs.r9     = 0;
  Regs.r10    = 0;
  Regs.r11    = 0;
  Regs.Status = EFI_SAL_INVALID_ARGUMENT;

  switch (Index) {
  case EFI_SAL_SET_VECTORS:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalSetVectorsFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_GET_STATE_INFO:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_MCA_LOG_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_MCA_LOG_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalGetStateInfoFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_GET_STATE_INFO_SIZE:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_MCA_LOG_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_MCA_LOG_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalGetStateInfoSizeFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_CLEAR_STATE_INFO:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_MCA_LOG_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_MCA_LOG_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalClearStateInfoFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_MC_RENDEZ:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalMcRendezFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
   break;

  case EFI_SAL_MC_SET_PARAMS:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalMcSetParamsFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_REGISTER_PHYSICAL_ADDR:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             EsalRegisterPhysicalAddrFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_CACHE_FLUSH:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_CACHE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_CACHE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalCacheFlushFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_CACHE_INIT:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_CACHE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_CACHE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalCacheInitFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_PCI_CONFIG_READ:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_PCI_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_PCI_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalPciConfigReadFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_PCI_CONFIG_WRITE:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_PCI_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_PCI_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             SalPciConfigWriteFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_FREQ_BASE:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             EsalGetPlatformBaseFreqFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_PHYSICAL_ID_INFO:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_BASE_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             EsalPhysicalIdInfoFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  case EFI_SAL_UPDATE_PAL:
    return EsalCall (
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_PAL_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_LO,
             EFI_EXTENDED_SAL_PAL_SERVICES_PROTOCOL_GUID_HI,
             EsalUpdatePalFunctionId,
             Arg2,
             Arg3,
             Arg4,
             Arg5,
             Arg6,
             Arg7,
             Arg8
             );
    break;

  default:
    return Regs;
    break;
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Bedford used the Griffin logo of Vauxhall Motors which had been derived from the heraldic crest of Fulk le Briante, who was granted the Manor of Luton by King John. Through his marriage, he had acquired property in London, known as Fulk's Hall, which over time, came to be the Vauxhall, the original home of Vauxhall Motors.
Vauxhall had been founded in Vauxhall, London by Alexander Wilson in 1857 and was originally called Alex Wilson and Company. Originally an iron works, they didn't produce their first car until 1903; it was a crude 5hp model using a tiller for steering. They did go on to better things and Vauxhall was soon characterized by its sporting models. Much of Vauxhall's early success was due to. Laurence Pomeroy who had joined Vauxhall in 1906 as an assistant draughtsman, at the age of twenty-two. His first design, the Y-Type Y1, had outstanding success. Vauxhall made large numbers of the D-type automobile during WWI primarily for use as staff cars for the British forces. Times were tough after the war and Vauxhall actively looked for a major strategic partner. In 1925 it was acquired by GM for US$2.5 million.
The company's image and target market were quickly changed heralding the introduction in 1931 of the first Bedford truck which was based on Chevrolet models. The subsidiary of Bedford Vehicles had been formed in 1930 specifically to produce commercial vehicles. This was a direct result of the Stockmarket crash of 1929 which had made the importation of American trucks financially unviable. During WWII the company built around 250,000 lorries for the war effort and 5,600 Churchill Tanks. Bedford Vehicles became a leading international truck manufacturer, with substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy trucks throughout the world including Australia.
Until 1925 General Motors had manufactured trucks in Canada and assembled them in Brazil which allowed them to import into Britain under the Imperial Preference Policy which reduced import duties on products from the British Empire. As such, these trucks were marketed as 'British Chevrolet'. After GM took ownership of Vauxhall Motors, production was transferred toVauxhall's headquarters with production commencing there in 1929. Some vehicles were marketed as Chevrolet Bedford for a short period but the 'Chevrolet' name dropped with the production and release of a two ton truck model in 1931.
Part of Bedford's huge success in the UK and British Empire markets can be attributed to its overhead valve (OHV) six cylinder inline Chevrolet engine, today known as Chevrolet Stove Bolt Six. It was considered to be well ahead of its time and was the basis of Bedford and Vauxhall petrol engines almost until the marque ceased.
Many changes and versions of Bedford were created in the years following including the WT series in 1933 and the K, M, MS, ML, O and Q series vehicles prior to and during WWII. Many of these were requisitioned for the war effort primarily in civil defence roles but certainly some found their way to the war front where nterestingly the German forces were using the Opel Blitz which was also part of the GM empire. Thousands of Bedfords were also supplied to the Soviet Union in WWII. One radical departure from Bedford's traditional design came with the development of their QL 4WD forward control lorry which was almost immediately nicknamed the "Queen Lizzie". The British War Office at the time designated 15cwt vehicles as trucks and anything larger as lorries but in Australia they were all simply trucks. Civilian production resumed in 1945 with the QL forward control cab foreshadowing post war truck design.
The CA van was a huge seller both at home and in overseas markets. Known affectionately as the 'Tilley', the CA remained in production, as did the RL, until 1969. It was replaced by the CF which didn't enjoy such a big success thanks to the Ford Transit van.
The 1950s heralded the arrival of the Big Bedfords including the popular S series which brought Bedford into the seven ton range, although in Australia, the tyranny of distance usually meant they carried much heavier loads. Likewise, the SB bus which was also a big seller for Bedford in Australia. The Bedford TK range replaced the S type in 1959 and was also popular in Australia. The 'T' designation meant 'truck, but the range is generally referred to as the A series with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and identifing the weight rating. A factory-fitted diesel Perkins engine was optional. The TA (A) series was updated in 1957 eventually becoming the TJ, or J series in the early 1980s but they did not enjoy the success of its predecessors despie being available with payloads of up to 42 ton. The C series of 1957 was a forward control derivative of the S models. The Bedford KM was very similar to the TK but with a slightly restyled front end and was marketed for heavier duty applications generally for loads of 16 tons and over. The company also made a number of bus chassis, its low price catering for the cheaper end of the coach market.
In 1986, the Bedford van factory was set up as a joint venture with Isuzu becoming Isuzu Bedford Company (IBC) Vehicles. After producing the Frontera, and a range sold under the Vauxhall and Opel labels the Bedford name was dropped completely with exception of the Midi which was sold for a few years as the Bedford Seta.


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Coalition-Backed Syrian Forces Close in on Raqqa Despite ISIS Tactics, Official Says
By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2017 – Syrian Democratic Forces continue to progress every day in their fight to retake Raqqa, Syria, from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria control despite the enemy's fierce and suicidal tactics, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve told reporters at the Pentagon today.
"Fighting in Raqqa continues to be intense as fanatical ISIS dead-enders and foreign terrorist fighters left to die use the dense urban environment to try to cling to territory," Army Col. Ryan Dillon said from Baghdad by teleconference.
ISIS continues to use the closely spaced buildings and tight streets of the city to hide large improvised explosive devices, attempting to slow the advances of the SDF, which is clawing away at remaining hiding places, the spokesman said. More than 80 percent of the ISIS attacks against the SDF stem from hidden IEDs, he added.
Small Gap Between Two Axes
The SDF is advancing from three axes from the east, the west and south of the Euphrates River, Dillon said, adding that as of this morning, a 250-meter gap, about 820 feet, remains between the east and west axes.
"That can be covered by fire, but it's only a short amount of time before there's an actual, physical linkup there," he added.
In cleared sections of the city, the volunteer Raqqa internal security forces are making sure terrorists neither escape from nor return to Raqqa, Dillon said. The force is about 800 strong, with 230 newly trained members added this week, he noted.
Mosul Clearing Continues
In Iraq, the coalition continues to support Iraqi security forces as they clear Mosul and prepare for offensive operations in Tal Afar, the spokesman said. "[The] Iraqi Army Emergency Response Division and Counter Terrorism Service will transition security to hold forces in West Mosul here shortly," he added. "The [Iraqi forces] are firmly in control of Mosul."
As areas in Mosul become more secure, the colonel noted, humanitarian aid and multiple projects can get underway in the hardest-hit neighborhoods following the collapse of ISIS control.
"There was a surge this week of engineers that assessed some 200 schools, 20 electrical substations, seven sewage treatment plants, two hospitals and several police stations in West Mosul," Dillon said.
Schools have reopened in cleared parts of the city, and electricity has been connected to a water treatment facility that is expected to soon provide clean drinking water to several hundred thousand Moslawis in West Mosul, he noted. "And these are just a few of the many projects decided by local governments to return to life after ISIS," he added.
The enemy poses a global threat because of its commitment to plot, direct and incite terror attacks and its ability to recruit, move and finance the terrorists who commit those attacks, Dillon said.
"The coalition will not stop targeting ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria until this threat is removed, the region is secure, and our homelands are safe," he told reporters.


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MotoGP: Davies set for Ducati GP test
Published: 16 December 2016 Updated: 16 December 2016
Jorge Lorenzo won't be the only rider to step onto a factory Ducati MotoGP machine in 2017, with Ducati confirming to MCN that World Superbike racer Chaz Davies will be rewarded for his 2016 success by getting his own test on the machine later next year.
Davies was in contention to replace the injured Andrea Iannone in the latter half of the 2017 season, but was held back by Ducati due to the impressive run of form that saw him take seven wins in the last eight rounds of the season, according to Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti.
"We thought about asking Chaz to replace Iannone, but it would have been in between two rounds of World Superbikes and he was doing great at the time. We wanted him to finish his season on a very positive note.
"But we also thought that he deserved a better chance, one where he was able to test the bike beforehand. It could have been a risk for him coming to Australia, and seeing the weather conditions there we were glad it didn't materialise. Four dry sessions and a warm-up aren't enough, never mind in the conditions we had there."
Instead, he'll be repaid for his successes with a day to learn the machine before any potential wildcard appearances, taking part in a test at some point during the season under better conditions.
"Next year, we have a clear mission to win World Superbikes. With the points he scored in the last part of 2016 we could have been title contenders, and that will be our main target for 2017.
"Having said that, Chaz would like to do a full test where he has one day to fully experience the bike and make all the adjustments he needs. We'll try and find that possibility next year, because we're curious to do it. We just need to find a time in the season to do it with the minimum of risks, because next year we have a very important mission and a real chance of being title contenders if we can maintain the momentum."
The Welshman's previous Grand Prix experience is limited to three wildcard rides in 2007, deputising for Alex hHoffman on the Pramac Ducati while riding full-time in the AMA Superbike series, finishing 16th and 17th and crashing out of the Australian Grand Prix.
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This is the second part of the Photoshop pen tool tutorial featuring how to select a complete shape and extract parts of an image. If you are new to the Photoshop pen tool I recommend you reading the first part of the tutorial which will show you the basics of the pen tool and how to make basic lines using the tool. The pen tool is commonly used for extracting parts of images when you want to select something specific in your document.
This sign would be good practice as it has curved corners that you'll learn to maneuver around using the pen tool.
Let's say you wanted to select this sign and separate it from the sky background. Click anywhere on the edge but I recommend starting on a straight edge and not on a curved corner (feel free to zoom in for some accuracy).
I started at near the top left corner and made another anchor across from it near the top right corner before the curve started. Then I clicked on the corner and dragged in a southeast direction so that the directional handles would appear and the path would turn into a curve that starts to mould around the edge of the sign.
As I clicked again but nearer to the end of the corner and dragged downwards a bit, my path got a little distorted as you can see. To fix this, hold the alt button and pull the directional handle closer to its anchor to fix the path. It might be hard to see the path in the screenshot so I drew an example of what my path and anchors look like.
Remember that with straight edges and corners like the bottom of the sign, you do not need directional handles and instead just click without dragging.
From here you can continue to select around the sign and repeat the steps in the corners. When you find yourself back at the first anchor you started the path at, click it again to close your path. You'll know that Photoshop is asking you to close the path when the pen tool has a circle beside it while you hover over the anchor.
In your paths panel, click the small dotted circle icon to turn your path into a selection. Once you get these dotted lines (marching ants) around your object of interest, that means it's "selected". You can now click the masking button which will separate your selection from the background so that only your selection shows.
A box will appear next to the layer that you masked. What is white is visible, black is invisible.
Masking in Photoshop allows you to make what you want visible/invisible in a non-destructive manner in case you change your mind later. To bring back the background, or even just some of it, go to your layers panel and click on the black and white box next to the thumbnail of your layer, making sure it is selected. Fill in any spots you wish to no longer be transparent with black, or take away more of what's visible with white.
I used a brush and painted black where the handle is because I no longer wanted it there. I also used the rectangle marquee tool to select the top half of the image and filled it with white to get half of the sky back.
Even though this is sort of a basic shape, you can use the exact same method and instructions to even extract let's say, a rose.
When there is a lot of detail and many corners, feel free to click and make many more anchors than usual like I did at the top of the rose petals.
When there are curves however, you're allowed to relax and make more curves with less anchors so that the path flows smoothly.
Now this may seem intimidating at first, but I assure you that the same rules apply, just that this of course would take a bit more time. Once you get the hang of the pen tool, all of these steps will come naturally and you'll find yourself using this as the easiest way to make lines or close-crop an image.


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EXCLUSIVE: STX Studios: Female 'RUSH HOUR' Reboot in the Works
Skyler Shuler March 5, 2019
Female centric reboots are becoming the big thing. We have already seen Ghostbusters, Ocean's 8, and What Men Want. A female-centric 21 Jump Street is also in the works, but that's not the only buddy-cop franchise getting the female reboot treatment.
We have learned that STX studios are in early development on a female-centric reboot of the popular action comedy Rush Hour.
Details on the series are being kept under-wraps at this time. However, we have learned that the studio has offered one of the leading roles to The Meg star Bingbing Li, in the Jackie Chan role. No details to who would star opposite Li.
It is not known at this time if the long-awaited Rush Hour 4 will still happen. Back in January, The films co-star Chris Tucker shared an update on the project.
"We're working on a few things on the script right now, so we're trying to get into production, but we're working on it and trying to get it going. Jackie Chan wants to do it, I want to do it, the studio wants to do it, so we're trying to get it together. I was definitely down as long as it comes together right – and it looks like it's coming together right."
The three previous Rush Hour films were a success at the box office. Grossing a combined $850 million at the worldwide box office. In 2016, CBS took Rush Hour to the small screen with Justin Hires and Jon Foo in the respective roles made famous by Tucker and Chan. The series was cancelled after one season.
Skyler Shuler
Skyler has been writing about film for 5 years now. His strengths and knowledge are in the Disney Company and its enormous library of past, present, and future film content. His work can also be found over on TheDisInsider.com Skyler is currently enrolled at LA Film School taking Entertainment Business.
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Warner Bros. is gearing up for a live-action/CGI big screen …
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Youve got to be fucking kidding me….


A Solar Return chart is cast based on when the Sun returns to the exact same position it was at your birth around the time of your birthday. The actual date may vary a day one way or the other from your birthday and of course the other planets are in different positions. This chart provides a very accurate view of what you might expect in the coming year with an approximate three month overlap at the beginning and end. This means you might start seeing the next year's theme come into events in your life starting three months prior to your birthday and it may take approximately three months for the previous year to fade.
A Lunar Return chart is one that is calculated for the exact moment that the Moon returns to the same sign-degree-minute where it was at birth. This occurs every month. These charts are used to see where one's energies will be applied and the sphere of activity during the coming month.
Psychic Eye Return Charts come in Deluxe format or can be included with your Natal Chart in Bi-Wheel format.


This all-inclusive club sits on the sandy beaches with waves just outside. Score the breaks of Taghazout, Tamraght, and Agadir.
Sol House Taghazout Bay is a luxury lodge located in one of southern Morocco's best surf villages. With the waves just meters away, Sol is the perfect escape for anyone looking to spend some quality time with the Atlantic, while also enjoying one of the most pristine eco-villages in Morocco. Expect great food, perfect weather and classic Moroccan cuisine.
Munga Guesthouse is an exceptionally unique boutique concept, located in the centre of Taghazout on the shores of Morocco's sun-kissed and wave-rich Atlantic coast. Munga fuses boutique hotel with surf, yoga and amazing food seamlessly, creating a truly unique travel experience.
Gaining popularity with surfers since the 1950's, Morocco is an essential destination for surf and surfers that are doing a trip around Europe. This is the ideal country to escape the cold winters and go in search of sun and warm water.
Morocco is one of the northern most points of Africa, separated from Europe by a mere 13kms of the Straits of Gibraltar. It is dominated by the Atlas Mountains, which separate the fertile coastal regions from the harsh Sahara desert. It is the 3rd most populated Arabic country, with the Moroccans generally speaking their own dialect of Arabic as well as some speaking Spanish and French and a bit of English.
Surfers will find several first-class surf spots along the whole Atlantic coast, from Tangier to Agadir and further. There are rocky bottoms alternating with sandy ones and reef breaks together with beach breaks, offering surfing opportunities for all skill levels. Morocco is full of point-breaks, and the coastline around the Agadir area is packed with spots that come alive with the swells. The most famous surf spots lie just north of Agadir, around the fishing village and surfing mecca of Taghazout. Anchor Point as a must if you are going to surf Morocco, when it is on, it can break for up to 1km. Consider learning surf in one of Morocco's surf camps.
It's best to fly into Agadir and use the town of Taghazout as a good base to surf some world-class waves. Finding where to stay, whether you're looking for a luxurious and peaceful yoga retreat to relax and have some down time, or looking to hang out in a bustling bohemian shared surf house with friends, visit one of the notoriously busy medinas for restaurants, shopping and culture, we will find the perfect spot for you.
Highlights of any trip to Morocco are the experienced and friendly staff and the affordable personal luxuries that keep many visitors returning every year. Affordable extras we can arrange include honeymoon packages, family surf trips and spa treatments to keep you relaxed and in shape for the next days adventures.
Looking to do more than just surf in Morocco, we can recommend and book activities beyond the beach. Ask about tours and day trips to suit Honeymooners, active kids, shopaholics and those seeking unique cultural experiences. Whatever your preference, we'll match you with activities so that you can enjoy the ambience of this beautiful location.
Morocco weather is at its best in spring (mid-March to May), when the country is lush and green, followed by autumn (September to November), when the heat of summer has eased. Morocco generally gets over 300 days of sunshine a year, with temperatures generally between 21C - 30C.
Surf season for Morocco is best in September through to March when you will find consistent swell, warm water and warm air temperatures. Spring and autumn have similar conditions with hotter air temperatures and fewer crowds. Beware of the summer months, May through to August, as flat spells are common.
The coastline of Morocco has a diversity that offers seemingly endless areas of sand covered points, reefs, and beach breaks. 50km either side of Agadir is an area densely saturated with world class spots. With a consistent source of Atlantic swell, and a constantly changing shoreline of exposed and sheltered points, reefs and beach breaks, you can find 10ft points, endless mellow 6ft walls or perfect beginner waves.
Tamri – A friendly beach break suitable for all levels, Tamri is a swell magnet - one of Morocco's best beach breaks. Always offshore in the mornings.
Boilers – Fast, long right hand point break with a great inside barrel section. This is one of the most consistent breaks and is recommended for intermediate to advance due to the currents and rocks. Offshore most of the time.
Killers – Famous sand bottomed, world class right hand point break, 250m rides are likely when there's decent swel. There's a great lefthander when small.
Mysteries and the Source – Beautiful right hand reef with sand channels. Steep and hollow take off then mellows into a fun and very rippable right hand wall..
Anchors – Probably the most famous wave in Morocco. It is a long world class right hand point break with long, mellow walls providing some of the best fast peeling barrel sections. Anchors is suitable for long and short board riders, intermediate to advanved only.
Devils Rock – Peaky beachy right in front of a village, fun for all levels.
Banana Point – mellow right hand point that breaks over sand, long walls perfect for longboarders.


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American actor
Matthew McConaughey 2011
Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor, producer, model, writer and director.
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Yeah. The guy's up against massive challenges, dealing with consequences, and figuring how to get what he wants and what he believes is right. He's living his worst nightmare, and he's doing everything he can. He's a damn good lawyer and he knows the system, but he's having to pull jokers out of his sleeve and win certain things on sheer willpower and gamble and meddle, you know? So that's what dramas allow, more so than a comedy. It's real-life consequences. The blows, the punches really hurt. The bullets really land. The people really bleed. People really cry. People really enjoy victory. People really feel pain and defeat. You can love harder. You can cry harder. You can be more angry, harder. That's what dramas allow.
"Exclusive interview with Matthew Mcconaughey" on hollywood.com, March 18, 2011: On playing Mick Haller in the The Lincoln Lawyer
I've lost 38 pounds. I feel good now. Overall, probably got 35 percent less energy, but there's been plateaus, like getting past 170 was really hard, but then once you get [to] 167 the next seven come off easy. Getting past 160, really hard. But then you fly down to 150. Getting past 150 was really hard and then, bam! Got down to 143 and that's where I want to be. So, once you get past the plateau, your body seems to understand, 'O.K., this is where we're leaving now, this is where we are' and so the energy rises.
"Matthew McConaughey reveals how he lost 38 pounds and ponders a 'Magic Mike' sequel" on hitfix.com by Gregory Ellwood, November 14, 2012 : On his weight loss for the film The Dallas Buyer's Club.
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Ceremony Planning – special music, readings, candle and many more options.
A child baptism is a celebration of the birth of your child where the parents dedicate their child to God and promise to raise them in their specific religious faith. Rev. Ron is available to perform your child's baptism in your home, hall, venue any North Carolina location. He has been ordained for 30 years and served as a Pastor for 35 years. For more information about what takes place during the ceremony and its signifigance please read our Child Baptism-Frequently Asked Questions.
The role of the Godparents or Sponsors is to provide special assistance and encouragement to the child and the family in their spiritual journey. You may or may not wish to invite people to serve as Godparents/Sponsors for your child. Godparents or sponsors must believe in the Christian/Catholic faith and need to be present at the baptism and will stand with the family during the Sacrament. They may wish to provide a special baptismal gift of a meaningful and permanent nature such as a silver or gold cross, the child's first bible, or a baptismal bowl to be used by the minister in the baptism service.
Call or email Rev. Ron to discuss his availability for the date, time, location and details of your baptism. Once availability is determined you can go online to confirm your date by paying a $100 non-refundable deposit. Should you cancel you have up to one year to reschedule your ceremony. We accept most major credit and debit cards through PayPal. Once your deposit is received your date and time is confirmed and you will have unlimited phone and email access to Rev. Ron to assist you in the planning of your child's baptism.