Saddam - Ansar al-Islam - Al-Qaeda?
Two opposing reviews of possible links, neither with any proof.
Both reports agree, basically, that Ansar al-Islam "were up to no good", and that a link with Arab Islamist volunteers, possibly Al-Qaeda linked, are at the very least probable.
What the estimations vary on is the likelihood of there being any link with Saddam's regime (Ansar having been grouped in the autonomous Kurdish area), and on the scope of danger the group posed in the first place.
In any case, it's an interesting case in media comparisons - striking how two media can come up with such contrasting assessments, when there is apparently hardly a single hard proof or fact available to base them on.
Do compare and comment as you see fit!
U.S. special forces are scouring this remote frontier region for evidence to back up White House allegations that Saddam Hussein's regime is linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network. While sources familiar with the operation say there is not yet a "smoking gun" that establishes a clear link between the Iraqi leader and al-Qaida, American experts have uncovered evidence that al-Qaida militants operated openly here, possibly producing chemical weapons.
The Ansar al-Islam training camps here bear a striking resemblance to al-Qaida bases in Afghanistan, thriving in desolate areas beyond the control of local officials.
The Bush administration's allegations that Saddam has supported al-Qaida elements in northern Iraq underpin Washington's reasoning for trying to remove Saddam from power.
An American officer familiar with the search for evidence said detailed recipes for toxins and chemical agents had been discovered in the Ansar al-Islam camps. Also recovered were page-by-page translations of U.S. military tactical warfare training manuals.
When the bombing ceased on Friday, American chemical and biological weapons experts descended on the area.
Proving a link between Saddam and Islamists in a region not controlled by the Iraqi leader will be difficult for the Bush administration. Iraq's Kurdish minority has controlled the north for a decade, though Saddam's intelligence agents regularly pass back and forth, according to Kurdish officials.
Saddam is a secularist leader who banished the fiery brand of Islam familiar to al-Qaida followers. Still, U.S. officials say the Saddam and the religious extremists have been drawn together by their common anti-American positions.
Sources familiar with the ongoing U.S. effort to tie al-Qaida to Saddam say they are confident the evidence gathered so far in northern Iraq will eventually confirm a relationship.
One source, who requested anonymity, said it was just a matter of "connecting the dots."
"There is plenty here that demonstrates al-Qaida's presence. And there is plenty pointing to a concerted effort to produce chemical weapons," he said.
US special forces working with Kurdish militia have over-run the base camps of Ansar al-Islam, a small Kurdish Islamic group which achieved sudden notoriety when the US administration claimed it was linked both to al-Qa'ida and Saddam Hussein.
Ansar has been a thorn in the side of the PUK government, fiercely defending its handful of villages close to the border with Iran, but in Kurdish politics it was a small player.
It came to international attention when Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, claimed before the UN Security Council that Ansar had connections simultaneously to al-Qa'ida and Baghdad. But it was always an unlikely alliance.
General Powell said an al-Qa'ida member called Abu Musab Zarqawi had established a "poison and explosive training factory" on Ansar territory. He also said the Iraqi government had "an agent in the most senior levels of Ansar".
The claim that Ansar was linked to al-Qa'ida was encouraged by the PUK, which wanted to get rid of a local irritant, and could point to some 100 Arabs within the group who had previously been in Afghanistan. But Mr Salih said Ansar had no link to Baghdad because the Iraqi Arabs with the group were clearly anti-Saddam Hussein.
In the few villages it held, Ansar had instituted an Islamic regime similar to that of the Taliban in Afghanistan where television, dancing, girls' schools and women appearing without a veil were prohibited. There was little firm evidence, however, that Ansar was connected to al Qa'ida.
The site alleged to have been the poison factory turned out to be controlled by another Islamic group.
The Kurds are on the side of Kurdistan.
Western press has treated them as victims (they have been, by Turkey, Irak and Iran), but refuses to see their dark side.
The small bastions of Ansar al-Islam were known before the war. Taliban rule. Obviously anti-American. Enemies of Saddam. Enemies of the Kurd organizations allied to US-GB. Loose ties with Iran (they're sunnis, Iran is shi'ite).
In the context, they are peacemeal. The information war is making them bigger.
I have been intrigued by Ansar al-Islam ever since they appeared on my radar ( which is probably much more recent than fbaezer who seems to be quite knowledgeable of these people). They must be fierce fighters because the Kurds (many thousands superior in numbers) have not been able to dislodge them from their camps until now. It would seem that the Kurds are not quite as fierce as we would like.
It was reported today ( on FOX news---of questionable reliability in the opinion of many) that documents found in the abandoned camps could link them to al Queda.
fbaezer implies they are or were under Taliban control----if that is so it would be reasonable to conclude a substantial connection with al Queda.
I for one am happy they have been separated(apparently) from their habitat and they have been disrupted from their capability to produce toxic materials.
It would seem unlikely that Ansar could have survived without the support of Iran and this would support the notion that Iran will do anything to support and foster any one or any organization which is an enemy of the US and Israel.
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It's only now that a full-fledged education movement has emerged to push schools and parents to teach students how to discover a purpose early — often through counterintuitive approaches.
Because education is evolving in unexpected ways.
At the School for Tourism and Hospitality in a low-income Bronx neighborhood, high school sophomore Isaiah was constantly distracted and unmotivated in class. Then something changed. Within a single year, he became engaged and excited, in school and at home. His teacher says the transformational change came about through a new curriculum. The program, called Project Wayfinder, encouraged Isaiah to talk about his background and his personal struggles with peers. To his surprise, he found empathy and support.
Pages from Project Wayfinder's curriculum.
The emergence of these programs for kids comes when their immediate seniors appear to be struggling to focus on their jobs. A 2016 Gallup Poll found that 21 percent of American millennials say they've changed jobs within the past year. That's more than three times the number of non-millennials who report the same. Gallup estimates that this costs the U.S. economy $30.5 billion each year. It's not surprising, then, that purpose education programs are expanding fast.
The QUESTion Project, based in New York City, launched four years ago. Today, it works with low-income high school students in nine schools — seven in the Bronx and two in Los Angeles — with 1,000 students participating. At home, many of these students see frequent domestic disputes and parents who struggle with drug addiction. Noble Impact in Little Rock, Arkansas, asks students to identify their core values and share personal stories that connect to those principles. The process builds trust in the classroom and helps the teacher understand each student's motivation. Since the organization was founded in 2013, it has spread to seven school districts throughout Arkansas.
It has trained me to find strength in vulnerability.
San Francisco–based Project Wayfinder is now working with 4,000 students at 55 high schools and colleges on the West and East coasts and throughout the Midwest, as well as in 12 countries, including Australia, Canada, China, Ireland and Japan, among others — just two years since its launch. Like that of Noble Impact, its curriculum instructs students to find their core values through exercises like, "List the strengths people have observed most in you," and asks, "How can you use your core values to serve the world?" Project Wayfinder also changes the relationship between the student and the teacher, says founder and co-director Patrick Cook-Deegan, by asking teachers to share their own real-world experiences with students. One teacher shared the stigma she felt as a child when she was put in a special education class for having a learning disability.
Purpose education shares practices with other methods that have been around for decades. As the Waldorf approach, started in Germany, aims to educate the whole child, "head, heart and hands," and balance academics with practical activities, purpose education too encourages enriching the whole student. But it's only now that a full-fledged education movement has emerged to push schools and parents to teach students how to discover a purpose early — often through counterintuitive approaches.
In a Project Wayfinder activity called "Escape the Room," blindfolded students must find the exit to the classroom. As students fumble and feel their way around desks and chairs, the teacher offers assistance, periodically calling out, "Raise your hand if you need help!" Assuming they'll fail the task by seeking assistance, students often hesitate to put their hand up. But in fact, asking for help is necessary to achieve the goal — as is often the case in life.
Project Wayfinder - Find Your Way from Project Wayfinder on Vimeo.
At Metropolitan Arts Institute in Phoenix, co-founder Matt Baker says the Project Wayfinder curriculum has helped create a "greater sense of community, compassion and tolerance" among students by combating the feelings of pointlessness that can distract them.
It sounds obvious — as kids find meaning in life, they're more engaged in school — but it's not something you'll typically find in high school teacher trainings. Mostly trained to teach a single subject, high school teachers are sometimes taught not to be vulnerable in front of students. One Project Wayfinder teacher says she was advised never to smile at a new class until Thanksgiving break.
Noble Impact was founded at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock. They ask both teachers and students to share personal stories related to their values, and encourage students to think about the kind of people they want to become. It's working. Arkansas schools that use Noble Impact's curriculum have "seen classroom behavior issues cut in half," says CEO Eric Wilson.
That's easier said than done. Industry too needs to evolve, says Wilson, who finds the dominant emphasis on skills needed for today's jobs frustrating. "We have to shift policy away from the skills gap," he says.
But not all educators are gung-ho about purpose education. Two teachers from the same school once challenged Senehi's credentials on the first day of a QUESTion Project training session. The school decided against using the program. Changing the classroom dynamic can be risky too. "When you introduce haphazard reforms, it's easy to tear that bond between teacher and student," says Rick Hess, an educator and the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He adds that "interventions to develop character" in a school setting can feel alienating to parents, as character building is commonly thought to be learned at home.


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February 2019 — Corrosion resistant materials need to be shielded with an inert gas while welding takes place, in order to protect them from combining with oxygen and nitrogen from the surrounding air. Otherwise welds will oxidise and can form defects that may cause weld joint failure.
Titanium, stainless steel and other corrosion resistant materials need to be shielded with an inert gas while welding takes place, in order to protect the molten weld pool from combining with oxygen and nitrogen from the surrounding air. Without this protection, welds will oxidise and can form metallurgical defects that may cause weld joint failure. TIG (GTAW) and Plasma (PAW) welding torches are fitted with gas cups, through which inert gas flows and protects the molten weld metal around the arc, however as the weld torch travels further along the weld seam, the welded metal is still hot enough to oxidise as it is exposed to air. In most cases the oxidation has to be removed to reduce the risk of weld failure. This removal costs time and money for labour hours and materials. In order to eliminate the air from combining with the remaining hot metal, it is possible to fit a trailing shield to the welding torch.One company that manufactures such devices is Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) and after more than 40 years of experience, they have developed a complete range of shields that cover most welding geometries of the above named materials.
Shields for manual welding are small and light in weight and easily fit onto TIG/GTAW of Plasma/PAW manual welding torches. The Trailing Shield is connected to an argon gas source and when the weld is started, it has extra argon flooding to the sides of the weld and covering the heat affected zone adjacent to the weld. As the welding torch is moved forward, because of the length of the Trailing Shield, the weld remains under a cold argon gas shield until the welded metal has cooled below its oxidation temperature.
For manual welding, the welder finds that with this lightweight and low cost tool, there is no difficulty with the shield following the torch along the surface being welded. One further benefit is that it carries the welding torch at 90 degrees to the weld. The "HFT Argweld" range of trailing shields have a series of variable mesh layers integrated into the body that provide a smooth laminar gas flow into the protected area to prevent any air being drawn in from outside.
In addition, they have replaceable flexible silicone strip side walls to prevent entry of air while moving alongside the weld joint. With automatic welding machines it is possible to raise the welding speed dramatically and enjoy the major benefits of automatic welding. Each Trailing Shield is delivered with a variable diameter connector so that it can fit any size of TIG/GTAW/PAW welding torch for manual or mechanised welding.


Let's get Artiphon's INSTRUMENT 1 over $1 million!
Now that Artiphon's INSTRUMENT 1 has been on Kickstarter for a week it seems like a great idea to post about it again. I can't believe how well they've done. Actually I can. It's great to see.
I'd love to see them get over the $1 million mark. I'm pretty sure that they will.
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El Catecismo de San Pío X es un breve y sencillo catecismo, escrito por el Papa San Pío X cuya primera edición data de 1905, con el importante objetivo de popularizar la enseñanza del Catecismo en la Iglesia católica y así hacer que los Católicos conozcan su fe y doctrina frente a lo que Pío X llama "la amenazante difusión de errores en los fatídicos tiempos modernos".

Historia y Características

Este catecismo, publicado inicialmente en italiano, adopta el clásico método dialógico de preguntas y respuestas para exponer lo esencial de la doctrina católica, fortaleciendo por eso un conocimiento teológico básico para todos los católicos. Este método, aliado su "lenguaje claro y conciso", se tornó por eso mucho más adecuado a la formación de los jóvenes y adultos católicos del que el Catecismo Romano (tenía también la función de resumir el Catecismo Romano, que fue un producto importante del Concilio de Trento). Supone este Catecismo una síntesis de otro Catecismo que escribió durante el Congreso Catequístico Nacional celebrado en Piacenza en 1889 cuando aún era el Obispo de Mantua. Ya en la Cátedra de San Pedro después de dos años, fue expuesto como una disciplina con la encíclica Acerbo Nimis y solicitada para la diócesis de Roma y que más tarde fue adoptado en toda la península itálica.

Ha recibido diferentes nombres este Catecismo, desde la canonización de Pío X por Pío XII en 1954, principalmente se le conoce como Catecismo de San Pío X. Hasta ese momento, su título original es Catecismo Mayor Compendio de la Doctrina Cristiana, más conocido como Catecismo Mayor en 1905 y como Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana desde la edición de 1912. En la edición de 1905, el Catecismo contaba con 993 preguntas y respuestas, mientras que en 1912 fue abreviado y corregido contando con 433 preguntas y respuestas además de publicarse con una carta adjunta escrita en términos solemnes , que le daba mayor autoridad y que según el Papa tenía ventajas sobre la anterior edición.

Entre algunas diferencias de las ediciones, por ejemplo, en la de 1912 se especifica de forma escueta y rotunda que el Papa es infalible siempre que públicamente hable de doctrina incluso en el Magisterio Ordinario, sin dejar cabida a cualquier otra interpretación.

Catecismo Mayor:

Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana:

Se distinguen varios Catecismos en función a las clases que vayan dirigidas, ya sea a niños o a adultos. Una edición reducida se imprimió con el título Primeros elementos de la Doctrina Cristiana dedicado especialmente a los niños, que contenía menos preguntas (por ello mismo se le llama también Catecismo Breve) y en ocasiones iba acompañado de ilustraciones impactantes para que puedan recordarse con mayor facilidad. Normalmente se hacían preguntas y respuestas para memorizar durante la catequesis.

En 1956 se escribió un manual para una mayor comprensión del Catecismo, Explicación del Catecismo de San Pío X, útil como guía para los catequistas o para la formación doctrinal de personas de todas las edades.

Estructura

El Catecismo de San Pío X, según la edición, se estructura de diferentes maneras.

CATECISMO MAYOR

Al Cardenal Pietro Respighi, Nuestro Vicario General (1905).

.Introducción - donde está expuestas las principales oraciones y fórmulas de doctrina católica

. Lección Preliminar: De la Doctrina Cristiana y sus partes principales:

Primera Parte: Del Símbolo de los Apóstoles, llamado vulgarmente el Credo;

Segunda Parte: De la Oración;

Tercera Parte: De los Mandamientos de la Ley de Dios y de la Iglesia;

Cuarta Parte: De los Sacramentos;

Quinta Parte: De las virtudes principales y de otras cosas que el cristiano debe saber - en esta última parte, está expuesto la doctrina sobre las virtudes, el pecado, las bienaventuranzas, la Tradición apostólica (oral y escrita), las buenas obras (con particular relevancia las obras de misericordia) y los novísimos.

.Instrucción sobre las fiestas del Señor, de la Santísima Virgen y de los Santos.

Primera parte: Fiestas del Señor;

Segunda parte: De las Solemnes fiestas de la Santísima Virgen y de las fiestas de los Santos.

.Breve historia de la religión.

Principios y nociones fundamentales.

Primera parte: Resumen de la historia del Antiguo Testamento

Segunda parte: Resumen de la historia del Nuevo Testamento

Tercera parte: breves toques de historia eclesiástica

.Apéndice: Oraciones y fórmulas.

.Índice

CATECISMO DE LA DOCTRINA CRISTIANA

Carta de San Pio X al Cardenal Pietro Respighi (1912)

.Indulgencias

.Oraciones y fórmulas

.Primeras nociones de la Fe Cristiana.

.Parte I: Credo o principales verdades de la Fe Cristiana.

.Parte II: Mandamientos de Dios - Preceptos de la Iglesia - Virtud o moralidad cristiana

.Parte III: Medios de Gracia

Sección I - Sacramentos o medios productivos

Sección II - Oración o medios impetrantes

.Apéndice I: Breve historia de la Revelación Divina

.Apéndice II: Notas muy breves sobre las vacaciones del Año Eclesiástico

.Apéndice III: Advertencias a los padres y educadores cristianos

.Índice general.

CATECISMO BREVE, PRIMEROS ELEMENTOS DE LA DOCTRINA CRISTIANA

.Indulgencias

.Oraciones y fórmulas

.Principales verdades de la Fe Cristiana.

.Moralidad Cristiana

.Medios de Gracia

.Oraciones diarias

.El Santo Sacrificio de la Misa

.Oraciones para la Confesión y la Eucaristía

.Índice de materias

Actualidad

Después del Concilio Vaticano II, el Catecismo de San Pío X generalmente cayó en desuso y fue gradualmente abandonado a favor de otros más recientes como el Catecismo Holandés  y el Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, publicado en 1992.

En 2003, el entonces cardenal Joseph Ratzinger, afirmó que el Catecismo de San Pío X continúa todavía válido, porque:

Sin embargo, Ratzinger advirtió que el nuevo Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica y el de su Compendio podían «responder de la mejor manera las exigencias de hoy».

El documento de promulgación del Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica declaró: "Este Catecismo no está destinado a sustituir los catecismos locales aprobados por las autoridades eclesiásticas, los obispos diocesanos o las Conferencias episcopales, sobre todo si han recibido la aprobación de la Sede Apostólica. Está destinado a favorecer y ayudar la redacción de los nuevos catecismos de cada nación, teniendo en cuenta las diversas situaciones y culturas, pero conservando con esmero la unidad de la fe y la fidelidad a la doctrina católica." Ejemplos de tales catecismos anteriores son los de Ripalda, Astete, Mazo y Arcos.

Hoy en día, el Catecismo de Pío X es conocido por muchos como uno de los símbolos del Catolicismo tradicionalista por su contundencia y ausencia de ambigüedad. Por ejemplo, el protestantismo es definido de la siguiente manera:

Referencias

Véase también

 Catecismo
 Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica
 Compendio del Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica
 Doctrina de la Iglesia Católica

Enlaces externos

 Catecismo de São Pio X, versión en línea (en portugués)
 Catecismo de São Pio X, otra versión en línea (en portugués)
 Catecismo de São Pio X, una versión en línea del The Catholic Primer (en inglés)
 http://bibliotecadelcatolico.blogspot.com/2013/09/catecismo-mayor-de-san-pio-x.html?m=1 (PDF en español)

Teología católica
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Iglesia católica en 1905
Magisterio de la Iglesia

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Governor Raimondo signs "red flag" policy, says legislation still needed
February 26, 2018 Steve Ahlquist Guns
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed a "red flag" policy today, a step towards keeping guns out of the hands of people who might pose a danger to themselves and others. Raimondo is the first governor in the United States to take such an action. Though there is now a policy in place, red flag legislation, such as that proposed by House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (Democrat, District 15, Cranston), would still be needed, as there is no law on the books that would allow the police to remove guns from a person's possession, and Raimondo cannot establish such a policy by executive order. Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Democrat, District 5, Providence) has introduced similar legislation in the House. She told me she wasn't yet sure what the differences between the two pieces of legislation might be. Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin (Democrat, District 1, Providence) is introducing legislation in the Rhode Island State Senate.
The signing took place in the Warwick City Council Chambers:
"The heartbreaking shooting in Parkland has once again proven that if the federal government won't act, states need to do more to prevent the gun violence that has become far too common. We cannot wait a minute longer for Washington to take action to prevent gun violence," said Raimondo. "The executive order I signed today is an immediate step we can take to make residents safer. It sets the table for a complementary legislative effort."
Raimondo's executive order::
Directs law enforcement agencies to consider all red flags, including recent threats of violence made in person, in videos and on social media and take all available legal steps to remove firearms from any person who poses a threat to themselves or others.
Calls for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Commissioner of Education and the Department of Public Safety to launch a public information campaign to raise awareness of red flags that indicate a person could be a violent threat
Convenes a new Gun Safety Working Group. The group will develop recommendations to address gun violence and support Rhode Island's efforts in the new multi-state gun-safety coalition. Raimondo said that the working group will have mental health advocates appointed to it.
Red flag laws have been passed in five states: Connecticut, California, Washington, Oregon and Indiana.
Raimondo said that in the wake of the Parkland shooting her 13-year-old daughter, Cici, asked what she was doing to prevent such violence in Rhode Island. The red flag policy is part of Raimondo's response. I asked Raimondo if Cici would be participating in the school walkouts planned across the country for March 14.
"I don't know, I'll ask her," said Raimondo. "I'd support her, if she would."
"Gun violence has become a growing epidemic across the country, and one that needs to be addressed immediately, not only by lawmakers, but society as a whole," said Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, who emceed the event. "When people worry about their safety in places like schools, shopping malls or movie theaters, that's when we know the situation has become dire. We must work together, have the tough conversations and find ways to educate and eliminate the very real threats of gun violence in our communities."
"We have no doubt that having a Red Flag Law in Rhode Island will help us keep guns out of the hands of people when they are desperate and/or dangerous," said Colonel Ann Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Superintendent of the Department Public Safety. "In addition, we hope that taking away the opportunity to use a gun will present these individuals with a new opportunity – to seek the help and treatment they need."
"We need more than thoughts and prayers from our elected leaders, we need action," said Jennifer Boylan, from Moms Demand Action Rhode Island. Passing a red flag bill is one of the group's highest priorities this session. "We need them to pass laws and enact policies that will save lives, like the red flag policy Governor Raimondo is establishing today, and the General Assembly should prioritize tomorrow."
Last week, Governor Raimondo joined with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in creating a new States for Gun Safety Coalition to combat gun violence. Raimondo noted that Massachusetts, under Republican Governor Charlie Baker, joined the newly formed coalition, making it bipartisan.
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It's December and the holiday gift-card-giving season is nearly over. I know one operator that sold an entire year of revenue in gift cards in just the last couple of months. I've had conversations with other operators bemoaning the need to do a better job promoting gift card sales to enhance loyalty and generate incremental revenue next year.
With all this talk of gift cards, I spent a few minutes looking up some statistics and came across one estimate that gift card sales grew from $19 billion in 1999 to an estimated $160 billion this year. That's a huge jump in sales and popularity for what was once the go-to gift at company Christmas parties or a stocking stuffer when you just didn't know what to get someone. It's a big pot of potential revenue with numerous competitors — so how do you get your unfair share?
Part will be the bonus, or incentive you offer, such as pay $20 to get a card with $25 in value. The bigger challenge and opportunity, however, is cultivating a base of loyal customers who want to gift your service and share it with loved ones — regardless of the discount offered.
Customer loyalty is everything in today's highly competitive business landscape. Customers are demanding more value and we need to find ways to exceed their expectations to compete with other businesses, not only car washes, for the available gift card business out there.
How easy is your gift card program to use? Can customers purchase and replenish cards from your website or pay station? Do you offer rewards promotions like bonus points, dollars added, or other similar perks?
The more relevant and personalized you can make the customer experience the better. Some operators offer perks such as a free exterior wash with a purchase of $50 or more in gift cards. Others provide volume discounts such as buy 10 wash cards and get one for free. However you slice it, the message is a clear demonstration of appreciation to customers for gifting your service.
A gift card program should be just that, a year-round program that is continuously promoted. If you think you can just dust off the signs each November and expect people to buy, you will likely find yourself disappointed with the sales. Most washes I know with strong holiday sales actively promote gift cards every day and increase the discount incentives during the holidays. Many — after only a few years — have a line of customers waiting for the holiday promotions, resulting in a huge spike in revenue.
The moral is that you must work all year to expand the awareness and reach of your gift card program. Utilize everything from local media, in-store displays at non-competing businesses, social media networks like Instagram and Facebook, your website, e-mail communications, and other marketing vehicles.
Sponsor fundraisers and other local events that allow you to distribute promotional gift cards for a free basic wash. If the event is a fundraiser, this is an excellent way for others to identify your wash as a de facto "preferred local business." The expected result will be a win-win for your wash business and the community.
Some of the most successful gift card programs I know take advantage of the holidays leading up to Christmas to energize sales. Steep discounts on Black Friday, and Cyber Monday if you sell online, are most notable, but any holiday is fair game.
Discounted multi-pack gift cards, along with a brief media advertising campaign can work for any holiday that people buy gifts. Valentine's, Mother's, and Father's Days are obvious, but what about Boss's Day, Administrative Professional's Day, or a program for local businesses to gift their employees a wash on Labor Day?
Keep your eyes open for events that are expected to be well attended like local concerts, street fairs, and green markets. Don't be afraid to test these types of events and rent a table to promote gift cards to your wash —they don't always work but they certainly have for some.
Your employees are often your first point of contact with your customers. Hopefully they've established a rapport with your repeat customers. Make sure employees at all your locations are trained to actively promote gift cards and let customers know about upcoming promotions.
Also consider giving employees an incentive to help boost your gift card sales with monthly contests. The employee selling the most gift cards could be offered a prize like a cash bonus or a gift card to another retail store or restaurant or an extra paid day off.
You may have to experiment with different contests and rewards until you find one that works best, but having your employees onboard will factor importantly in your overall gift card sales plan.
Explore opportunities to get some gift card shelf space at other locations. Auto parts stores and other retailers with complementary products are often receptive if you agree to market their gift cards in return. Some regional grocery chains also have programs that are worth evaluating, though you'll typically have a setup fee to participate in their network, and they may take a significant chunk from sales.
If you are willing to jump through a bunch of hoops, a partnership with a big box warehouse club may be an effective way to fast-track your gift card sales. Clients of these membership-based clubs are famously loyal to their products and services making them a desirable target for any car wash.
The process is not exactly simple though. Some will require you to submit a substantial amount of paperwork as part of the application process. They may require financial statements, business licenses, income tax records, and payment of an application fee for each location where your cards are sold.
It is likely that you'll need to establish a relationship with a third-party card processor. They may also require a trial period whereby they evaluate how well your gift cards sell before greenlighting you as a vendor.
Be aware that you may have to follow their terms for discounting your cards. You may also have to adhere to certain standards regarding packaging for retail display, which you will have to budget for. If you think partnering with a big box warehouse club may be financially beneficial and logistically possible, your next step will be to research their process online and connect with the regional and local managers responsible for the programs.
Crafting a gift card program that will grow revenue and increase customer loyalty requires a lot of work and more than a little bit of creativity. Some will be put off by the steep discounts extended to both customers and promotional partners necessary to really grow sales. That said, for every owner I hear argue that it's not worth it, there's another exuberant with the results. Those, mind you, are the owners who have trained staff to convert discounted gift-card trial customers into monthly unlimited wash club members producing thousands of dollars in recurring revenue — the type of leverage you can take to the bank.


Today, more and more elders, ages 65 to 95, are living active, interesting lives.
Some live at home and explore activity and learning opportunities at senior citizen centers or adult day care facilities. Others are residential participants at retirement communities or assisted living facilities. As health care improves and becomes more widely available, this age group will grow to become a large portion of the population. Roughly one-fourth of the U.S. population will be over 65 by mid-century.
Many of these older people appreciate a yoga education that addresses their special life situations. Two age-related circumstances that elders often face are mobility impairment and intellectual impairment. As people age, they may experience illness such as arthritis or injury from a fall and need the assistance of a cane, walker, wheelchair, or a motorized scooter. Some elders experience sporadic or sustained memory loss or a speech impediment as a result of Alzheimer's disease or stroke.
Loss of mobility and intellectual quickness are not best thought of as limitations on life activities. They are simply the particular circumstances of an age cohort, and all age groups have their special needs.
A regular yoga practice offers health benefits to people of all ages. (Timothy McCall (2007), Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing. New York: Bantam Books, especially Chapter 4).
(d) an ability to quiet the mind.
In the case of elders with special mobility or intellectual needs, Chair Yoga is a safe and effective practice. All four of Elder Yoga's benefits are addressed through an educational class that sits and stays in the chair.
Elders' special needs necessitate thoughtful collaboration. When approaching a senior citizens' center, day care center, retirement community, or assisted living facility, yoga education begins with staff.
The typical elder service organization has an Activities Director, and that person's support is crucial to the yoga program's success. The yoga teacher will want to fit a 45-50 minute class into the activities schedule at that facility. The class will need a quiet, climate controlled space equipped with chairs that have no arms arranged in a semi-circle facing the instructor. One will want to clearly explain the four benefits: posture, breathing, flexibility, and quieting the mind.
The Activities Director will need to understand that the participants will remain seated throughout the class. It will be helpful to demonstrate or show illustrations of what Chair Yoga exercise involves. One explanation technique is to offer a sample class to staff. The Activities Director or another designated staff member should be encouraged to be a regular class member to insure good communications and participant follow-up.
A regular class routine might start with a simple review of the four benefits as participants establish good posture in the chair. Recall that these participants commonly have memory issues, so it never hurts to always start at the beginning.
Posture. In adopting a good seated posture, all participants are asked to "sit tall" in their chairs with their feet and knees hip distance apart. Bare feet or sock feet are a great option to ground the sense of balance on the flatness of the floor. Establishing good upper body posture is achieved by asking all participants to lower their arms beside the chair with their hands facing each other under the seat. Then ask them to rotate their hands outward so that they can feel the upper arm bone settle back into the shoulder socket. Briefly talk with them about how good posture can help allay "stooped shoulders" and attendant stiff neck and shoulder soreness.
Breathing. Sitting tall with the shoulders back and down allows the lungs to inflate freely within the chest cavity. Explain how deep inhalation brings needed oxygen through the lungs into the blood stream and how full exhalation expels dust, pollen, and pollutants from the bottom of the lungs. Share some deep breathing exercises, "excusing" any coughs needed when expelling stale air from the lungs.
Edeltraud Rohnfeld (2012). Chair Yoga: Seated Exercises for Health and Wellbeing. Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publications: first seven chapters.
Alice Christensen (1999). Easy Does It Yoga: The Safe and Gentle Way to Health and Well-Being. New York: American Yoga Association.
Anna Shapiro (2015). Gentle Yoga with Great Benefits: For People who are in Recovery, Over the Age of 60, or Have Physical Limitations. Lulu Publishing Company (privately published): except pages 75-92.
Clarissa C. Adkins, Olivette Baugh Robinson, and Barbara Leaf Stewart (2011). Chair Yoga for You: A Practical Guide. (privately published): 14-42 and 61-72.
Which exercises one selects and the order of their presentation is an individual teacher choice, but one might want simple poses and transitions to precede more difficult variations. For example, one might warm the neck joints before starting neck rolls and warm shoulder joints before doing bent arm lifts. Spinal twists can precede forward folds for the lower back, and opening the hips might precede leg lifts.
Elders often have noisy minds. They are constantly stimulated by broadcast media. They have many interactions around the senior citizens' center, adult daycare facility, retirement community, or assisted-living facility. And elders may be restless with sensitive memories and restive speculations about the future. They often mention how a restless mind disturbs their rest, sleep, meditation, or worship. Their maturity allows them to reflect on this constant mental noise, but a mental impairment such as Alzheimer's disease previously may have interfered with addressing it. So, toward the end of class, yoga can offer a quiet breathing time.
The posture, breath, and exercise aspects of the class will have quieted elders' bodies. The students then can relax, breathe, and focus their minds' attention on the sound and rhythm of their breath. At the same time, the teacher can move around the room, gently massaging each student's neck and shoulders. Yoga teachers often work with individuals at the later, restful phase of a yoga class. They have always been counseled to ask permission before touching a student, and that advice applies here. Yet over time, elders each look forward to a couple of minutes of appropriate touch. Many of them may be alone and without nurturing touch, and this can be an important part of their yoga class.
In most yoga classes for younger adults, the teacher leads an often fast-moving series of shapes and transitions. The teacher models the activity, and the student quietly follows the lead.
In yoga education for elders, the teacher still models poses and transitions, but there is no hurry. In fact, with elders the benefits of good posture, improved breathing, flexing and bending, and being still are best accomplished slowly.
Neither is there total quiet. Elders want to express themselves. Communication is an important ingredient in building yoga's acceptance. Elders want to know how an exercise is beneficial or what options are available if an exercise is uncomfortable. They also may want to ask questions, talk about their sensations, or share a greeting and a smile. This does not mean that discussion gets out of control. But communication is an important part of building trust with a teacher who is bringing yoga's "new ideas" to their health program.
Educating elders about issues like how their bodies work, patiently listening to where and when they are experiencing stiffness problems, or suggesting which exercises might help them with sleep are hallmarks of a yoga educator (generally see Leslie Kaminoff, YogaAnatomy.net). Seniors are smart, experienced adults. Many of them may have some short-term memory loss, so they won't mind you orienting each class and teaching each posture anew. Then they are free to relax and enjoy the class without worrying about remembering techniques, mastering terminology, or grappling with an unfamiliar philosophy.
Ram Dass (2000). Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying. New York: Riverhead Books.
Rachel Naomi Remen (2000). My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge and Belonging. New York: Riverhead Books.
Mitch Albom (1997). Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson. New York: Doubleday Publishing.
A successful yoga educator needs to develop good listening skills and the ability to speak clearly and calmly. Those abilities only come with experience.
Bringing yoga education to elders is a delight. They need to feel healthy despite life circumstances such as mobility loss and intellectual impairment. They are active, eager learners showing interest in yoga and the teacher. And they are appreciative of volunteer time spent at their center or facility. Mentoring flows both ways. The elders learn new health habits, and the yoga educator learns about the wisdom and grace that come with age.
George Cox (Ph.D. Emory University) is a retired university professor teaching Elders' Yoga in Savannah, Georgia. He completed his RYT200 Teacher Training with YogaWorks in 2010 and the RYT 500 Advanced Yoga Studies program at the Asheville Yoga Center in 2013.


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David Lynch's 'Lost Highway': a Black Magick Interpretation
Posted on June 8, 2015 , updated on June 8, 2015 by c0micsK1p
By Skip McRobert
Say, please humour me for a few moments. I know the explanation for the David Lynch film Lost Highways's plot is that the main character has psychological problems, hallucinates. I do, though, find it fascinating that if black magick principles are used you can make a solid explanation for every plot point and character motivation. Again, I'm not writing one of those articles pretending that I know more about the actual plot than do the film's authors. I merely am saying that I find it fascinating that there can be another explanation. So, if you will humour me, and read further, I believe I can make a pretty solid explanation for an alternative plot.
This article is an informal discussion on the plot topic. So, there are no footnotes or references. I did, though, use the Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology to help flesh out some of my thoughts.
It starts like this. For me, the key to deciphering the black magick plot of Lost Highway came through making an interpretation of the film's character The Mystery Man, played by Robert Blake. Mystery Man can be interpreted as a demon seeking to recruit the character played by Bill Pullman, Fred, wanting to turn Fred into a type of shaman.
The relationship between Mystery Man and Fred is similar to that of the relationship a demon or demons have with a shaman. There are a number of references in the movie that I believe point toward these conclusions. First, however, I'll discuss a few points about shamanism that will give insight into Mystery Man and Fred's relationship.
In our era's popular religious culture some people think it is desirable to be drawn into the lifestyle of a shaman. In most native cultures, though, being called as a shaman is not seen as desirable. The experience of Siberians shamans serves as an example.
I've read that in Siberian nomadic tribes most individuals try to reject the calling to be a shaman. The calling as a shaman comes from evil spirits, spirits needing a human figure to work through.
The newly demon approached tribe member has seen what happens to shamans. Tribe members consider their shaman to live a life of mental illness, driven by the evil spirits. The chosen initiate usually makes every attempt to refuse to be taken over by the spirits. These attempts, though, are usually futile.
A newly demon initiated shaman's immediate family will be emotionally devastated by the demands of the demons made on the shaman. The rest of the tribe will benefit from the shamans work. It is work, though, that most tribe members want to be done by someone other than themselves. Think of this while watching Lost Highway.
In native cultures the initiate and the rest of the tribe would recognize what was happening. What about cultures denying the existence of the shamanistic process? I believe that in every culture demons look for individuals to possess and work through. What I see in Lost Highway is an example of this recruitment done in a society not religiously sophisticated enough for the individuals to recognize what is happening.
Here are some examples from the film. For instance, when Mystery Man and Robert Loggia's character, Mr. Eddy, are making a phone call to Balthazar Getty's character, Pete Dayton. Mystery Man tells Pete that "In the east, in the far East…" and goes on to describe an execution technique. This reference can be seen to show Mystery Man is familiar with the Far East nomadic life. Nomadic Central Asian cultures practice shamanistic religion.
Can Mystery Man be interpreted to be a demon? Here is a definition of 'demon': an unclean spirit, often malevolent, a fallen angel, or a spirit of undefined type, demonstrating extra-natural abilities. Think of Mystery Man as a malevolent supernatural being recruiting an unwilling human initiate and the movie's story gains black magick coherence.
One example of Mystery Man's supernatural abilities could be seen when Mystery Man and Fred are killing Mr. Eddy. Mr. Eddy asks, "What do you guys want?" Mystery Man gives Mr. Eddy a small video player. In the video player we see moments from Mr. Eddy's decadent, arrogant and evil life. How did Mystery Man record these moments? Why at the end of the videotape do we see Mystery Man and Fred moving just as they are in real movie time? One answer is that demons are said to be able to manipulate electronic/magnetic recordings.
Another telling incident is when Mystery Man says that Fred had invited him into Fred's house; "I am not in the custom of going where I am not invited." A tenet of demonic, supernatural accountability is that a demon can only overtly enter a person's life unless first the person asks that specific demon, or another demon into their life.
I see two ways to explain how Fred made this invitation. One, is that Mystery Man is a succubus with Renee/Alice (Patricia Arquette's character) as his female disguise, and Fred invited the succubus into his life. The other explanation is that Renee opened herself to control by demons. When Fred brought Renee into his life the demon Mystery Man came along.
The succubus theory works well for a number of reasons, but may have a flaw. During the party at Andy's house Mystery Man and Renee appear on the screen almost at the same time. If we see the two characters at the same time, then they most probably can't be two different manifestations of the same being, unless explained by bilocation.
The flashbacks shown of Renee's past sexual behavior show she has engaged in activity ego driven to an extent that would open the door, would act as an invitation to demonic control. A demon is a being purely driven by ego, incapable of the minutest altruistic act. Human acts of extreme egotism are an act of consent toward the source of egotism, the demonic realm, and therefore an invitation for the demonic into the human's life.
Once the lower demons are in her life by implication she has also invited in more powerful demons, such as Mystery Man.
Consider Mystery Man's knowledge of Fred's attitude toward video cameras. Fred tells two detectives that he doesn't like video cameras. Fred says he likes to "remember things as I want to remember them, not as they really happened". Toward the end of the film Mystery Man aggressively confronts Fred with a video camera. This could demonstrate Mystery Man's knowledge of Fred's attitude toward video cameras. How did Mystery Man acquire this knowledge? It could be through demonic supernatural knowledge.
It could also be said that the "mysterious" videos that appear on Fred's doorsteps came from Mystery Man. One indication of this could be when in the second tape the images on the video tape jump from outside the house to inside. During this jump the tape displays a high increase in static. If the entrance into the house were done by simple burglary methods the tape would not need to have an increase in static. If, however, the being doing the videotaping physically dematerialized in order to pass into the house this would explain the increased static. Dematerialization disrupts the electric fields of beings and electric devices. A demon such as Mystery Man would be capable of dematerialization
Towards the end of the film Alice makes her statement, "You can never have me". This could be a reference to Alice/Renee being a succubus. Or a bilocated projection; the ability of distinct personas of a person or entity to be located in more than one distinct place at a time.
In Western and Eastern magic traditions it has been determined that demons can physically and psychically combine two humans, with the consciousness of one human having dominance. In the film I believe Pete and Fred are physically and psychically combined in this manner. I will later go into more detail about implications from this combined reality. Right now I will say that if Mystery Man is a demon he would be capable of producing this combining.
As I've said, the action of Lost Highway could result from Mystery Man choosing to call Fred as a shamanistic initiate. This calling involves Mystery Man revealing himself to Fred and bringing Fred in on the vengeance against Mr. Eddy.
When the film opens Fred sits in his house. He is distraught, and appears to have been so for quite some time, worn down by the ordeal. Fred's emotional state is comparable with that by native shaman initiates at the beginning of their demonic calling.
How about when after a sex scene Renee pats Fred on the back? Fred responds to the touch with a startling realization, highlighted by foreboding music. And Renee wears black nail polish; a sign of evil? Renee being a succubus or bilocated projection could explain this scene.
During the sex scene, and before the back patting a white light flash obscures the screen. This could indicate that Fred's shamanistic senses are heightening. After the flash Renee appears more emotionally blank. A human puppet of a demon can appear this blank after a session of being used to communicate.
Shortly after the touching incident Fred looks at Renee and sees a man's face on Renee's body, a face we later learn to be Mystery Man's. This is the first overt revealing of Mystery Man to Fred. This could signify the demon Mystery Man's use of Renee.
Bilocation, the ability of distinct personas of a person to be located in more than one distinct place at a time, could explain how Mystery Man and Renee could be manifestations of the same entity. Mystery Man would be the original projecting source. Renee would be an extension of Mystery Man's etheric energy field. The image of Renee would appear to be a separate living entity, but would in fact be more like a puppet, controlled by Mystery Man. Bilocation may apply here.
Bilocation could be a way to explain an incident during a party at Andy's house. Mystery Man hands Fred a cell phone, and tells Fred to "call me, I'm at your house". Fred calls, and the voice of Mystery Man answers. This dual location of Mystery Man can be explained using bilocation.
Later, Fred arrives home from Andy's party, and sees light flashes in his house; again, a possible indication of bilocation. During bilocation projection an astral or etheric body is produced, a duplicate of the original physical body. When the astral duplicate is recalled to the original physical body the dissipation of the duplicate results in light flashes. This process could explain the flashes in Fred's house.
In prison Fred has a premonition of the cabin scene toward the end of the film. This can be seen as evidence of the development of Fred's shamanistic abilities.
After Fred and Pete combine in the prison we see Pete with a distended face. This could be seen as evidence of two forms having been combined. As the combining settles Pete's outward appearance takes predominance.
There is one short scene where we see Fred rolling violently on the prison floor. The camera speed is so fast that even in slow motion it is difficult to make out Fred's face. After watching this scene a number of times in slow motion I believe it is clear that at the beginning of the scene Fred is laying on the floor. At the end of the scene Pete is laying on the floor in place of Fred, explained through psychic and physical combining.
Earlier I mentioned that I would go into more detail about Pete and Fred's combining. In shamanistic theory it is said that it is impossible to completely separate the two consciences. At the least, the repressed personality becomes the dominant personalities subconscious.
One character in the film states that Pete is not the same after "that night". Sheila does this when she is confronting Pete over his infidelity. I think Sheila sensed Fred's presence.
When Pete hears the jazz music in the garage this causes him discomfort. This is because focusing on the jazz music begins to bring Fred's consciousness into dominance.
Renee becomes Alice through a combining of Fred and Pete's perceptions of the world. For the dominant personality the world becomes something like a mirage. The world has a physical reality, but is altered, something like how drugs can alter the perception of reality.
Alice is drawn to Pete because she senses the presence of Fred. Alice/Renee does love Fred, she is just promiscuous.
As to why Mystery Man chooses to use Pete this could be either because Mystery Man wants to also initiate Pete, or just needs a vehicle to serve as protection and a means of vengeance for Fred. There is an indication that Pete and Mystery Man have met. When the Dayton's talk to Pete about the night Pete appeared in the prison cell they say Pete was with a "mysterious man" who they had never seen before. I think this man was Mystery Man. Mr. Eddy values Pete as a mechanic. Therefore Pete is a vehicle for producing confrontation with Mr. Eddy.
Andy being killed begins the process of bringing Fred's personality to dominance. This shows in Pete's bloody nose. This is an indication that the physical/psychic separating of Fred and Pete is approaching.
When Alice disappears into the cabin this is the point where Fred is separated from Pete. I say this because the next time we see her, Renee has been separated from Alice. Alice was the product of Fred and Pete's combined psychic personality.
Now Fred exacts his revenge on Mr. Eddy. At the Lost Highway motel we see Mr. Eddy in an illicit encounter with Renee. Fred instinctively knows how to handle Mr. Eddy because Pete's memories linger in Fred's subconscious.
Why did Mystery Man kill Mr. Eddy? Demons show no mercy. If a human isn't useful to the demon, or the human's manipulation of the demon is disrupted, the demon can retaliate. Mr. Eddy has been arrogant, hasn't given proper homage to Mystery Man and must pay.
Mystery Man knows Mr. Eddy's must die. He needs another human to control, and Mystery Man has decided Fred is due justice. This is not altruistic, Judeo-Christian justice. This is ego centered justice, justice without mercy, an ego exceeding their proper universal position. Mr. Eddy's arrogance and decadence exceeded the demonic realm's honor due him, and impinged on Fred's ego. From the demonic realms ego centered perspective Fred deserves vengeance against Mr. Eddy.
Towards the end Fred drives, pursued by police, going through physical changes as when he combined with Pete. I think Mystery Man is combining Fred with someone else other than Pete. The authorities will stop Fred's car, see a driver other than Fred, and be in a similar predicament as when Pete was discovered in Fred's prison cell. The combined Fred will be set free, then at a later date Mystery Man will separate Fred from the other person. Mystery Man will then use Fred as his shaman.
I base the latter interpretation on Mystery Man's whispering to Fred after the killing of Mr. Eddy. I think that Mystery Man was bringing Fred into his confidence. Mystery Man told Fred to go back to his house and utter into the intercom, "Dick Laurent is dead." Mystery Man also gave Fred some of the details I have mentioned.
I also think it is not coincidental that pornography is prominent. It has been said that extreme ego centered sex produces a corruption of the soul that is food for the demonic. A demon such as Mystery Man would use this corruption to empower his ability to achieve his schemes. Mystery Man therefore has a good reason to be around people involved in pornography.
One point I haven't discussed yet is when we see and hear early in the film that Renee has been killed, yet we see her alive at the end of the film. One possibility is that towards the end of the film Fred has traveled to the past, and encounters Renee at the Lost Highway motel before her murder. Proof of this could be that further on towards the end of the film we see Fred delivering the intercom message that Fred hears near the beginning of the film. When we heard the intercom message in the beginning of the film we also heard screeching tires, cars driving fast and police siren noise. When Fred actually delivers the message all of the noises we previously heard are matched with action. So, I believe that at the end of the film Fred has gone back in time, before Renee's murder.
So, that's my thoughts, for what they are worth. Black magick can make for an interesting alternative plot for Lost Highway.
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The United States Capitol Guide Service was a guide service charged by the United States Congress to "provide guided tours of the interior of the United States Capitol Building for the education and enlightenment of the general public, without charge for such tours." It existed under 2 U.S.C. § 2166.
Created in 1876 in honor of the United States turning 100 years old, the Capitol Guide Service was subject to the direction, supervision, and control of a Capitol Guide Board consisting of the Architect of the Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. These same three officials also made up the Capitol Police Board. Key Guide Service personnel included the Director, four Assistant Directors, as well as a large number of regular guides.
Personnel of the Capitol Guide Service could also be transferred to the United States Capitol Police force at the discretion of the Capitol Guide Board to provide ushering and informational services, and other services not directly involving law enforcement. This sometimes happened during major events, such as presidential inaugurations and Lying in State ceremonies.
The Capitol Guides operated out of facilities located on the south side of the United States Capitol. Visitors were processed through the South Visitor Facility which included security screening and then directed into the Capitol, itself, via a walk around the west front of the building to enter through a west terrace door. Behind the South Visitor Facility was a trailer, which served as the temporary rest area and locker facility for the guides. Upon the opening of the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) on December 2, 2008, both buildings were removed and all guide-related operations as well as the guides themselves were transferred to the jurisdiction and oversight of the Architect of the Capitol, specifically the Visitor Services Division of the Capitol Visitor Center.
Tours began every ten minutes.
The Capitol Guide Service had two uniforms, a full dress and summer uniform. The full dress uniform was notable for its striking red blazer with a circular patch on the left breast. It was accompanied by a white shirt, navy blue tie, and navy blue pants. It could be accompanied by a navy blue vest. It was required for ceremonies and other formal occasions, as well as cold weather. The less formal summer uniform was a red cotton short sleeve polo shirt with circular patch on the left breast. It was accompanied by navy blue pants. The summer uniform was generally not worn until temperatures were above 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
1876 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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The time has come. 2013 is officially the year of the Ironman. In a little less than 10 months I will be toeing the starting line of Ironman Florida. I'm excited, nervous, and anxious all at the same time. This isn't just a race, it's a full commitment, and I'm ready for it.
Now the question becomes – where does one begin? After two months off, I'm basically starting from the beginning with fresh legs and a fresh spirit. I don't plan to dive completely into training (it's way too early for that!), but gradually work myself back into it by building a base: three days a week of running, two days a week of riding, and two days a week of swimming with some strength training thrown in. Gradual, easy stuff to keep my legs fresh and my spirit motivated. In April I'll start to follow a specific Ironman training plan that I have set aside, but for now it's easy going.
Tomorrow I'll join back up with my XP friends for Tuesday and Thursday swim practice. I was all set to return last Thursday when practice was cancelled. darn. I've never been much of a swimmer, but training with XP last spring/summer developed a new passion for the sport that I didn't know was there. It helped having a team that held me accountable to show up for practice, as well as a knowledgeable coach who wasn't shy about telling me what I was doing wrong or right in order to help me improve.
The twice-a-week practice will bring me back to swimming speed and remind my body what it needs to be doing in the water.
I need a new bike. I need a new bike. I need a new bike.
Man, do I need a new bike.
I just need to bite the bullet and get one. The problem is I know NOTHING about bikes. Bikes aren't my passion and, when something isn't your passion, researching it feels like a tedious, boring thing (on the flip side, reading about the latest running shoe is my idea of a good time!). What I need is someone who knows something about bikes to just tell me what to get and where to get it. Oh, and it can't cost a million dollars. That's another thing – bikes are pretty expensive and the post-wedding budget is tight right now.
I was proud that I took my bike out for a solo ride on Sunday. I'm hoping to do one semi-long ride on the weekends and one mid-week shorter ride (maybe on the trainer?) in the future. I fell on the trainer earlier in the summer and I haven't worked up the courage to hop back on it since, I think it's time to change that. Gulp.
I figured since I'm working on building my endurance base I might as well work on building my speed as well. My 10k and 15k PRs are beyond outdated. In fact, I managed to beat both of them during the St. Pete Rock 'n' Roll Half last year. I figured since I have all this extra training time on my hands (and don't want to burn out on any big races) I would work on beating my 10k time (I'll save the 15k PR for another day).
I did a little research and found a Runner's World Smart Coach plan via Pinterest that I plan to follow (I tried making my own Smart Coach plan, but the site was down. bummer.).
I've never trained specifically for a 10k before, so this will be a new adventure for me. I like that the plan is only 3-4 days a week of running with a day dedicated to speed work. I plan to adapt the plan a bit for my own goal (I'll actually be gunning for a sub-48, not sub-50), but still follow the overall gist of it.
My goal race is the 32nd Annual Strawberry Classic 10k on March 23.
It's a small local race that's chipped time, strawberry themed, and budget friendly. Score!
I'm going to keep up with CrossFit as long as I can. I've really enjoyed the workouts and the people at the box – it's a pretty addicting workout that provides some great results. However, it's not cheap and pretty soon Ironman training will take priority. As soon as it gets to be too much to do everything, I plan to cut out CrossFit and focus on Ironman training, it's as simple as that.
Way to go! This sounds like a great low stress plan before you really get into training!
I think it is absolutely amaaazing you're doing an Ironman. I've never followed a blog through the training of it – very excited for you!
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Why buy a new bike if you hate cycling so much? You can easily do an ironman on a road bike…in fact, some of the courses beg to be raced on a road bike (though, I will concede IMFL is not one of those). If this is going to be a one time thing and you hate cycling and bikes, it seems like a waste of money.
I don't hate cycling, it's just not my passion of the three sports. I'm also afraid my bike won't last all 112 miles or through training.
I love all of these plans and building your base! My 5k and 10k PRs are a bit outdated, so I'm thinking about making that a side goal during the spring and trying for a half PR. I can't wait to follow your Ironman training!
So exciting that you are starting your Ironman training. Can't wait to hear more about it!
For your bike shopping, go out NOW to shops – the 2012 tri bikes are probably still out and available at a deep discount. Go find what they have in your size and test ride them. Felt makes some good entry level tri bikes. Cervelo is popular, but I found their lower-end models to be clunky.
But really, don't wait. Go today or tomorrow. The 2012 closeouts are too good of a deal.
They usually last through about February, when the new bikes are in full force. Quintana Roos are good too for an entry bike-I love my Chiquilo and have done 2 ironmans on it. It all comes down to comfort, doesnt have to break the bank. Ive seen lots of people do IMs on entry or even road bikes.
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I am SO EXCITED to follow your training for the ironman! I know it sounds corny, but you are serious inspirational. I'm also hoping to PR in some shorter races this year, after being out with an injury for nearly 3 months now I'm going to focus on shorter distances and maybe a couple halves. And it might be hard to put down some serious cash on a bike, but it's a huge investment in yourself and your goals, completely worth it.
3 days of running, 2 days of biking, & 2 days of swimming… Why no rest days?
Trust me, there will be rest days! I'll be doing two-a-days, so I'll be running in the morning and swimming in the evening. Or running in the morning and riding at night, etc.
Let the Ironman training begin! Like other readers said, tri bike are on sale now, so grab one before they're gone. 😉 I love my Trek road bike (recently had aerobars installed so I can wait another year before buying a TT), and I've heard good things about Cervelo and Felt as well. You'll have to let us know how the bike-buying process goes!
Good luck with the training! Sounds like you have a good plan and support system.
A bike trainer is something to lock your bike into to keep it stationary. Here's a post I wrote on the one I have: http://mealsandmiles.com/2011/04/25/the-motivator/ It's very unstable, which is how I fell.
I would suggest buying a bike this month/next month if you can. Bikes are like cars and the shops need to move last years models to make room for this years models. I scored a great deal on a bike that way-I got a $1100 bike for around $800.
what about strength / lifting? you'll need it to keep strong for all that cardio! and no, running and cycling doesn't count as strength, even if it feels like it!
I plan to keep up with strength training. Did you miss the last section on CrossFit? My plan is to keep up with CrossFit as long as I can while training for the Ironman.
I admire your guts for doing this Ironman. I would be nervous as heck just to register for one!
When I purchased my bike I pretty much knew what I wanted, I had test ridden my friends bike for the day. I searched on Craig's list and found the exact bike lightly ridden and a few years old. I saved lots of money this way. You could even test ride at the shop first and see if you luck out on Craig's list. I even had a cycling friend go with me to check it out too.
Having a nice base is a very important thing for sure! As is trying the stick with weight training–it makes you a faster & stronger racer. I am excited for you!
Im thinking of doing my first triathlon (Olympic or Sprint) this year after I finish my goal of running 3-4 half marathons this year. Its my goal to run at least 3 this year! What type of training do you recommend in terms of swimming? Are you part of a masters swim club? Good luck with your base!
I think its a great plan for building a base until you really start to ramp things up in the summer. but don't forget to continue SOME strength training even after you leave crossfit to focus on IM!
Wow, I wish you best of luck with your training, remember to take it "easy", don`t be too hard on yourself and most of all stay healthy and injury free and try to enjoy every step of it. Personally, I`m looking forward to following your training! It will be a long way to go but I`m sure it will be so worth it! Do you have many races planned for the time between now and the Ironman? A 70.3 perhaps?
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Due to a limited budget, my race season will be relatively limited this year (new bike + full Ironman registration = there goes my budget), but I do have a few triathlons I'm looking at. I'm still debating on a 70.3, if I do one in the fall it will be a local one.
My bike buying advice would be to visit several different stores, find a knowledgeable salesperson, bring a friend who knows something about bikes and try LOTS of different kinds (w0men's specific, carbon, road/TRI, etc). The store should let you ride them for at least 20 minutes (up and down hills, around town), otherwise you won't know what is comfortable. Once I picked out my specialized, I went back to the store for another 30 minute ride to make sure that was the one I wanted. You can also find what you want in the store, and then look on craigslist for a bargain. My husband found a giant road bike, all carbon, nice components from a few years ago for $800. Good luck!
Love your plan for training, fascinating to read about. Bikes are super expensive, but if it's a sport you're dedicated to and that makes you really happy, it might be worth the money to get one you really want. Justify it by spending less in other areas for a few months. Just an idea!
YAY IMFL Training! Sorry I didn't make it to practice tonight! Did you sign up for the HITS Ocala tri? Race is on March 24th. Race weekend for Meghann!!
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I like that runner's world training plan… is that one of the one's that they sell to runner's on their website? if you can contact me about it I would very much appreciate it as I have been looking for some training plans for myself.
For bike questions, go to Carrollwood Bike Emporium…they're really helpful and have a ton of bikes/bike gear for sale!


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Women suffering from nausea during their pregnancies are turning to cannabis as a potential solution.
Alarm, horror and recrimination followed the finding, released last year, that cannabis use among pregnant women had doubled since 2002.
A whopping five percent of pregnant women reported using marijuana during their pregnancies, according to a report published in JAMA — and of 12,000 women surveyed, 3,500 used cannabis during the first trimester.
Unlike prenatal tobacco use, which we know is bad, it bears mentioning that nobody is sure exactly what motherly marijuana use does to a developing fetus. (Although according to some very famous studies out of Jamaica, prenatal marijuana use had no appreciable effect on a young person's development, which has everything to do with what happens in the years after a baby is born.) That knowledge gap didn't stop the predictable prohibitionist mob from accusing the marijuana industry of organized poisoning of the unborn and smearing any marijuana-using mother with a similarly ugly brush.
So why do pregnant women do this, despite the uncertainty, despite the warnings, despite the mob (of men, mostly) telling them they are bad and wrong and stupid to do this to their babies? Because being pregnant makes them feel terrible and using some cannabis makes them feel better, according to a new study published in the March 1 issue of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Confirming anecdotal reports and fulfilling common sense, researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, led by Kelly C. Young-Wolff, took a look at survey data from 220,510 women who'd used their hospital system for their natal care between 2009 and 2016. Of those, 17 percent reported nausea and vomiting symptoms severe enough to qualify as a pathology categorized as "nausea and vomiting in pregnancy" (or NVP). While NVP is most often just plain unpleasant, and not connected to birth defects, it can become so severe that the mother can't stay hydrated and loses up to 5 percent of her body weight.
About 11 percent of women with NVP reported using marijuana during pregnancy — compared to 5.8 percent of women who did not.
"The elevated prevalence of marijuana use across years among pregnant women with NVP is notable," the authors wrote.
One reason why is women do this is that they fail to see the harm, "despite potential risks and national guidelines that advise strongly against marijuana use in pregnancy." In other words, it would appear that when faced with the choice of feeling like trash or smoking a little bit of weed, an increasing number of women are choosing the latter.
The study authors suggested that clinicians inform mothers that diet choices and other interventions might be able to solve their nausea woes — and to not smoke weed, even if medicine isn't quite yet sure what harm it poses.
In some states, this trend has led lawmakers to propose slapping warning labels on marijuana. In Michigan, the labels would say all we can say at this point: that smoking weed might harm the fetus.
In context, it would seem energies are better focused on getting mothers to eschew tobacco during pregnancies, given that more women smoke cigarettes during their pregnancies than use cannabis, and given that we know it's bad. Until we know more about marijuana, it's probably wisest to advise mothers to also steer clear of weed, but that's an argument you have to have in context, with a woman who is very tired of vomiting and is eager for any solution.
TELL US, have you ever used cannabis for nausea?


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This is a typical citation to a UK government document. It is held in the UK National Archives, which was created in 2003 by merging the Public Record Office (PRO) with the Historical Manuscripts Commission. Note that the National Archives of Scotland and of Northern Ireland are separate institutions.
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Public Record Office (PRO), London: CO 879/24/318, Rowe to Holland, 23 Feb 1888.
Go to http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue -- type "co 879/24" in the box on the left and click "Go to reference." Don't include the individual document number. You'll see that the document is part of "War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print." You can also click on "Browse from here" to see more detail.
Now, check the tab for Colonial Office documents. You'll see that we own microfilm of all of CO 879. So to see this document, all you need to do is to go to Microforms Services on A floor with the call number. You'll have the document in your hands in no time!
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Also up for election is the mayoral position. Incumbent Mayor Ann Marie Nafziger is being challenged by current city council member Manny Baeza. However, Baeza was unable to attend Monday's forum.
Over the course of 90 minutes, candidates answered questions on affordable housing, large-scale music festivals, and a municipal homestead exemption for property taxes.
You can hear Monday's forum in its entirety here. Below you'll find highlights, including the time you can hear that question or moment.
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We built this Mudhoney SL with our friends at Wheat Ridge Cyclery in Colorado. It is Michael's second Seven. A tall rider, with a prior back injury, Michael still loves to ride hard, so we built this one to keep him comfortable while maintaining agility and power transfer in the rear triangle. The bike's finish, with black components and a bead blasted decal, is subtle, but classy.
I just received my Mudhoney SL, THANKS!!! It's equipped with Enve 3.4 disc wheels and Ultegra Di2.
Thanks again Seven for fulfilling my cycling dreams!