August – Back to Learning Month!
I encourage you to View and subscribe to the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar at http://library.wyo.gov/services/training/calendar. (All events are listed in MT time). I get all my information from this calendar, adding suggested CE for Montana librarians seeking certification.
Do you have a training program or topic that you would like to share? Let me know! I'm happy to guide you through the webinar process so that you can share what you know with your peers.
Libraries are transformative spaces where users become collaborators and creators. Make the most of your space by creating an environment that matches the needs of your users and highlights the tech-savvy, flexible, and collaborative nature of your library.
Have you ever wanted to take your students on a journey without leaving the classroom? Perhaps you need a visual to help your students see the landscape of the places they are reading about in English or social studies. Or maybe you want your science class to take a tour that shows natural elements such as volcanos or deep sea vents. Let Google Maps take you there! In this webinar, Kim Munoz will show how to use the "my maps" feature to create an interactive tour that can include text, video, and images. In addition, she will share some examples of how this can be used in the classroom.
There is more power and leverage in one email subscriber than 100 Facebook likes or 50 Twitter followers if email marketing is done right. Problem is, 9 out of 10 nonprofits don't do it right. In this educational session, we will share the secrets of email marketing geniuses.
In this session, you'll learn why acquisition has evolved into engagement and how that shift can benefit your organization and brand. You will also walk away with new ideas for increasing opens, clicks, shares and actions leading to more supporters, advocates and volunteers.
The experiences we make for our users are made of language choices. We also depend on language to collaborate with the people we work with. Yet language is most often only tended to when you talk about things like content and copy. Controlling your vocabulary is one of the murkiest messes you can take on, but it also might be one of the most impactful ways you could impact your organization's ability to reach its goals. In this online event, we ask information architect Abby Covert to share some strategies and tactics that could help us to pay closer attention to language choices we make.
Learn about how to access Census and American Community Survey data about race, ethnicity, foreign-born and ancestry groups using a variety of online tools available at census.gov. During this training you will learn about what how the Census Bureau collects and publishes data on these topics, as well how to access and download tables, and creates maps.
Fall YA Announcements, 2017: Get the inside scoop on this fall's forthcoming YA titles in this free, hour-long webinar, featuring representatives from Disney, Harlequin Teen, Macmillan Youth, Macmillan Adult, and Sourcebooks.
Standing out from the crowd with visual storytelling is critical when trying to connect with donors. Join Facebook, GuideStar, and Best Friends Animal Society to learn how.
This session will review some of the current virtual collaboration tools available and suggest ways of using each most efficiently. We'll also talk about how and when you can incorporate a more personal touch to your communications across the virtual landscape.
What do you do when it's time to ask a volunteer to leave your organization? This webinar will give you the tools to address challenges around difficult volunteers, volunteers aging in place, and suggestions to minimize these situations in the future. Suggestions for determining when a volunteer should be terminated, and making it easier on you, other volunteers, and staff will be presented. The role that risk management plays in these decisions will also be included.
Does your website captivate and engage people or is it merely an online brochure with a few photos and a mission statement? In this session, we will share more than a decade of focus group research.
Join Susan Miller and Megan Barnes as they discuss ways that they've utilized partnerships to drive fundraising and greater awareness of the library in their community.
Join Christopher Dorobek and his panel of experts on Wednesday, August 9 at 2pm ET as they discuss the top IoT innovations and challenges that governments are facing.
Are you ready to start fundraising for your project or idea, but don't know what and how much to ask for? If preparing a budget for your foundation grant is holding you back, this class will provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to generate a standard project budget for a foundation proposal.
The Agricultural Law Information Partnership is a collaboration between the National Agricultural Library (NAL), National Agricultural Law Center (NALC), and the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law School. Participants will:Learn about basic sources for agricultural law research; identify innovative legal tools supporting the new food movement; Review information on National Gleaning, Healthy Food Policy, and Farmland Access Legal Projects.
Whether you work in a preschool program, childcare center, kindergarten, or primary-grade classroom, you have gifted children in your group right along with children who have a broad range of abilities. Why is it important to recognize and support the needs of young gifted children? What are the best ways to identify these children?If you've ever observed characteristics in young children that are beyond their same age peers, and wondered how best to nurture their unique abilities, you don't want to miss this webinar.
This webinar is about emergency planning when you have living animals in your collections, however, the concept of contingency planning for emergencies should be of interest to all.
Successful communication isn't about what you want to say or how you say it. It's about what your donor wants. Donor's don't give to you because you're great. Donors give because they're great and you help them realize how great they are. See through your donor's eyes in this thought provoking workshop loaded with tips for better donor communication, cultivation and discovery.
Part I of Establishing Tech Policies to Protect Your Nonprofit. If you don't have written policies—and regular training to ensure that people understand those policies—your organization may be facing bigger risks than you think. This course will walk you through the questions you should consider as you develop policies to protect your nonprofit.
Learn how Economic data is organized by sectors, when and what types of Economic data products are released, and how to access Economic data through the many Census data tools. See Economic data in action through various media promotions.
"Time management" is an oxymoron. You can't change it, or lengthen it, or shorten it, or 'manage' it. This course will help you identify ways to deal with the things you can manage: yourself, others, and the tasks with which you're confronted.
Building communities of readers is everyone's responsibility–and ensuring that our collective efforts deliver intended results for students, schools, and communities is equally important. Learn how our personalized approach to literacy, based upon cutting-edge technology and results-oriented research, ensures that every learner is engaged and supported in ways that foster and measure their growth.
The nonprofit landscape is changing drastically. There is more competition for funds; government budget cuts are looming; and technology is evolving faster and faster. All of this is causing nonprofit organizations to implement new practices, new ways of thinking, and new technology. While this may sound daunting, it can be a seamless and organic process that sets you up for success. Join Blackbaud's certified leader in change management, Kevin Stehr, as he walks through the best practices and core principles related to managing change within your organization.
Learn how to access to the most up-to-date demographic, socioeconomic, housing, and business statistics about our Veterans from the American Community Survey and the Survey of Business Owners using a variety of data tools available online.
You have a great recruitment and coaching plan for peer-to-peer fundraisers. But are you doing everything you can to help them tell your story? How can you empower them to communicate your impact and improve donation asks? In this webinar, we'll share lots of real-life examples and discuss techniques that successful organizations use to create mission ambassadors and super-fundraisers. This webinar digs deep into the methods of messaging in order to provide content your fundraisers will actually use.
Is the risk of failure deterring your drive to try new ideas at your library? Whether your efforts thrive or nosedive, there is much to be gained in the effort. Join Library Director Dustin Fife to learn how you can make your library a safe place to fail forward. In this webinar, Dustin will talk about the formulas for giving new ideas a go, and gaining from the results, regardless of the outcome.
Too often libraries look at volunteer engagement as something that's nice to have, and never realize the true potential of volunteers. But, our organizations become more successful, responsive, and effective when we look at volunteers as a key component to our library's success. In this session we'll discuss creating a connection between the work volunteers do and your library's mission. You'll learn how to design volunteer opportunities with real impact, and how to tell the story of that impact both within your organization and to your community. Attendees will leave with sample mission-driven position descriptions and a worksheet to help craft their library's story of volunteer engagement.
Numeracy literacy is not only a problem for individuals receiving health information but also for those providing information that contain numbers. This class is a basic introduction for anyone who wants to understand how to communicate health information that involves numeracy. The purpose of this class is to understand risk and benefits from a layman's perspective and to understand that the communication of numbers must be clear and easy to understand.
Learn why Twitter is a must for being a connected librarian, building a Personal Learning Network, keeping current with the world, and school library advocacy. Also learn how to get up and running on Twitter easily and start taking the best advantage of it immediately. The webinar will include advice on effective account settings, what to tweet, how to read through tweets, how to select good accounts to follow, how to engage in conversations, and more.
The Colorado State Library has partnered with the state libraries in Georgia, Iowa, and Maryland to offer the first-ever multi-state library virtual conference on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 from 9 am to 3 pm MDT on the topic of Community Building. We will explore how libraries are working in their communities to bring about positive change around a shared vision or goal.We have an amazing lineup of sessions for the day, featuring great presenters!The conference is be free, open to all Colorado library staff, and you can join any time during the day.
Are you creating a learning culture for your employees? We're working in environments today where change is no longer an event but a constantly occurring process. In order for businesses to maintain a competitive advantage, it's vital for their employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but how's your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What's your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure? In this webinar, CEO of BizLibrary, Dean Pichee will talk about what an engaged learning culture looks like, what types of strategies to implement to turn your ideas into a reality, how to make sure your training really sticks and how to manage the change that will inevitably occur as you implement a culture of learning.
Join Daniel Cornwall for a short exploration of the State Agency Databases Project of ALA GODORT. Daniel will show the types of resources through the project and the new auto-updating subject compilations the LibGuides platform has enabled. He will conclude with how to contribute new databases to the project and how to share content from the project on your own LibGuides and web pages.
Why are some clients or co-workers so frustrating to work with? Or more importantly, why would anyone think of YOU as a difficult person?In this highly interactive and engaging presentation, you will discover why "different" does not have to mean "difficult." Then you will learn the magic of making slight adjustments in your awareness and behavior that will have a significant impact on your ability to "click" with customers and co-workers.
Our digital worlds are inundated with misinformation, data manipulations and outright lies. In this talk, we will look at common pitfalls specifically around information visualization. We will examine different ways that information can be misrepresented with figures and graphs.
In this edWebinar, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, will share strategies for using this time to build instructional partnerships that will last throughout the year and beyond. Digital backpacks, integration with Google, Mackin Groups, Learning Management Systems, Library Management Systems, and curation will be addressed. All librarians are invited to attend this live, interactive session.
Part 2 of Establishing Tech Policies to Protect Your Nonprofit. If you don't have written policies—and regular training to ensure that people understand those policies—your organization may be facing bigger risks than you think. This course will walk you through the questions you should consider as you develop policies to protect your nonprofit.
Without some kind of reinforcement, people forget 90% of what they've learned in the classroom within one week! In this engaging webinar we'll explore six brain-based principles that result in maximum learning retention, transfer, and application. Brain researchers know that the challenge of moving information from short-term to long-term memory requires us to encode, store, and retrieve it repeatedly.
Find out about how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product donation programs. We'll show you how to access our many learning resources to help you optimize technology for your organization. During this tour and Q&A session, we will highlight the ways you can make the most of the donation and discount programs for hardware, software, cloud applications, and services available to eligible organizations.
Alex Champion introduces History Hub, a crowdsourcing platform for American history. Learn about this support community managed by the National Archives for researchers, citizen historians, archival professionals, and open government advocates.
Msic holds an exceptionally fascinating place in our development as human beings. Music is a part of EVERY culture no matter how remote. Children unlock their music potential best with playful and structured guidance of an early childhood music specialist, but because most early learning programs don't have music specialists, child learning centers can easily borrow techniques from Master Music Educators. We know the research: The first months of life through the early school age years are a period of exceptionally malleable neural growth. It is important to include music development during these stages.
Employees motivated to deliver top notch service are key to a library's success. But many in library organizations don't know how to effectively instigate employee motivation. As a critical management and leadership skill, it's important to know what motivation is and isn't, what works and what doesn't. In this session, we'll explore factors that influence motivation at work and review strategies for supervisors to keep their teams motivated and productive. No matter the size of your library or your role, you will be inspired to find your own motivation and be able to catalyze others!
This edWebinar will be presented by two high school students with a strong interest in pursuing careers in the STEM fields, dedicated to getting more girls to participate in STEM.
A memory cafe is a safe and fun social opportunity for those living with memory loss, as well as their families and caregivers. Memory cafes have been offered in the Netherlands since 1997, but only in the US since 2013. Learn how your library can start a memory cafe and collaborate with key players in the community for the perfect fit.
Join us for this complimentary Training Industry webinar, where Kathy Irish, Director of Operations at ej4 will share how video can extend the reach of your classroom and achieve your learning goals when you combine them with traditional methods.
Finding the right book for a daunted or disinterested reader can be tough. These books will open the door for even the most reluctant. This webinar features representatives from Black Rabbit Books, Lorimer, Chooseco (Choose Your Own Adventure), and Running Press Kids, who will discuss their upcoming titles, perfect for your reluctant readers in grades 3 – 12.
When we are listening to a story our brains light up like a pinball machine. Our brains are not just sitting there decoding language, but instead are fully engaged and experiencing the events of the story. This is what makes storytelling such a great learning tool. Come find out how you can use storytelling in all of your classes whether they're virtual, face-to-face or computer-based!
Don't know a formula from a filter? We've got you covered! Learn the very basic functionality of Excel. This webinar is for new users to Excel or those needing a refresher on basic Excel functionality.
Do you have speakers of other languages in your library? Do they want or need to learn English? Then this is the webinar for you. We will present and discuss free resources from U.S. Government agencies like Voice of America, the State Department, and the Department of Education, as well as some state agencies and non-profit organizations.
This webinar is a Part 2 for those who attended "Twitter 101: Why You Need to Tweet to Build a Personal Learning Network" on August 15 or for everyone who has a Twitter account but wants to take it to the next step. It will include tips on participating in Twitter chats, ways to optimize and get the most out of tweets with visuals, using Twitter as a back channel during conferences, using Twitter lists, third-party tools to enhance Twitter, and ways to use Twitter with students and for library advocacy.
Do you want to spruce up your library's graphic design? Learning and understanding the elements of design can help any artistic novice create attractive signage and advertisements. This hour-long session will cover the foundations of graphic design, including color, contrast, texture, and fonts and how they coexist in an image.
Have you ever wondered how to break up boredom for your patrons, whether they are adults, teens, tweens or families…cheap? This small town Kentucky library brings out the human-size board games, life-sized Hungry Hippos and Battleship plus more!
In this session, you'll hear how Electronic Arts (EA) created an authentic brand voice, how they are turning the tables on those difficult customer conversations, and how they are re-energizing their team and reshaping their culture in the process. You'll leave this session knowing how to supercharge your employee experience, boost engagement, and give your people the permission, tools, and support to be themselves while representing your brand.
Have you ever worried your organization could have some hidden legal risks? Often it's what we don't know that can come back to haunt us. This is why we've invited Erin McClarty, nonprofit attorney and strategist, to present a free webinar on the most common legal issues she sees nonprofits face, and what to do about them.
In this edWebinar, Diana Rendina, Media Specialist and Writer, Tampa Preparatory School in Tampa, FL, will describe step-by-step how to introduce challenge-based learning into your school library makerspace.
Part 3 of Establishing Tech Policies to Protect Your Nonprofit. We'll walk you through the potential disasters and guide you through developing a plan that will help you get your organization back up and running as quickly and as safely as possible.
Remember being bullied in grade school? The tears, fears, and anxiety of facing bullies may have shaped who you have become today. Do you ever wonder what happened to those bullies? It's sad to say but many have grown up and are now creating havoc in our libraries! This engaging session will show you how to remain calm and stay strong when coping with the bullies you work with or serve in your community.
Join Knowbility to learn how accessibility will expand your pool of potential donors, volunteers, and staff. Knowbility experts share no-cost practical tips on how you can immediately improve your website's accessibility.
According to the 2010 US Census, approximately 5.2 million people stated that they were American Indian or Alaskan Native. A recent study shows that American Indian use of the Internet to find health information is lower in comparison with the adult U.S. population. This program will introduce a variety of governmental and non-governmental Internet resources that have health information for American Indian populations.
The Association for Rural and Small Libraries, in collaboration with WebJunction, invites rural and small libraries to join this highly interactive webinar discussion to voice your opinions and contribute to shaping a unique and comprehensive IFLA Global Vision. By joining us for this webinar, you can participate in this global discussion to identify future challenges and opportunities facing the library field and help to prioritize actions that a united and connected library field can take.
Join us to find out how to implement a comprehensive digital literacy curriculum in either a computer lab or a classroom setting. You'll also hear best practices on how you can integrate digital literacy into core area instruction. Jeff and Nettie will field your questions after their presentation. Elementary and middle school classroom teachers, technology teachers, library media specialists, principals, vice principals, and technology coordinators are invited to this live, interactive event.
Join us for a refresher on your EBSCO resources! We'll focus on content geared to public library patrons. Learn how to access popular magazines like Consumer Reports, Sports Illustrated and more! Discover how journal alerts can keep your patrons connected to those periodicals from the convenience of their computer or mobile device.
Did you miss ALA Annual? Didn't make it to the big reveal of AASL Best Websites or the Exploring Best Websites Session? Don't worry we've got you covered! Join Heather Moorefield-Lang for a dive into this year's American Association of School Librarians' Best Websites for Teaching and Learning recipients. Delve into websites that fall into categories like digital storytelling, social media and communication, media sharing, and much more. A fast-paced, highly informative session about new and exciting online tools and resources.
Don't have the funds to purchase a license for Adobe Creative Cloud? Don't despair. There is a free alternative to Photoshop. This hour-long session will introduce the essential functions of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).
Get a powerful introduction to the highly popular, hands-on seminar, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, based on the international bestseller. In this complimentary online session, discover how the 7 Habits® can help you to lead yourself more effectively, engage and collaborate with others more successfully, and continually renew these capabilities. Your team and organization can also learn and harness these qualities for maximum results.


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Dance Review: Don Quixote at American Ballet Theatre
By Carlos Stafford, the Model Reviewer
Gillian Murphy and Ethan Stiefel headed up the sterling cast for ABT's 2010 Spring/Summer productionof Don Q, and the adventures of the knight of the woeful countenance. What an unforgettable night it was. As Kitri and Basillio, the two sparkled throughout the evening's performance I saw. Murphy, a great talent, with incredible available technique, projected her character's necessary strength, sharp footwork, and precision Sometimes a cool persona, Murphy used the blazing choreography to her advantage and smoldered.
Ethan Stiefel, as Basillio, has always been astonishing. He has a rare facility of sharp power and speed, and combines it all with a confident ease. Add to that stage presence, humor, and incredible bravura dancing, and he becomes a pleasure to watch; he owns the stage.
This venerable version of Don Q has deep roots in the history of ballet, and comes to us from the Imperial Russian Ballet, first performed in 1869, to the choreography of Marius Petipa. It is no doubt the same ballet, but one can imagine the changes that may have taken place throughout its' evolution in Italy, France, Denmark, England and America. Nonetheless, the ballet has the unmistakable
stamp of other master works by Petipa and his era–Swan Lake, La Bayadere, and Giselle; lush music created especially for the ballet; dream sequences with large corps of female dancers appearing in gauzy white; lovers finally united in this life or in death. This was Grand Ballet! Here, the beautiful, energetic score by Ludwig Minkus is also original and was created for this story ballet. It finally entered the repertory of American Ballet Theater in 1978.
As for the story of Don Quixote de La Mancha, we can say that it only loosely resembles the original novel by Cervantes, but is properly placed for the purposes of dance. The Don and his squire, Sancho Panza, make appearances as we see Kitri transformed into the Don's vision of beauty, purity and true love that Dulcinea represents; windmilled monsters, emblematic of invading Muslims into Christian Spain, are attacked with his lance; and of course Don Quixote's dream. But mainly the ballet is filled with the crackling dance of matadors, toreadors, lovers, and gypsies.
As Espada, the matador, David Hallberg is superb. His princely carriage, articulate dancing, and incredible cat-like jumps were perfect. Also appearing briefly, but remarkably, was Daniel Simkin. A new arrival, and son of former dancers from the Kirov, this young man is someone to watch. In the brief solo he performs as a gypsy he also leaves the audience with his own indelible vision of a brilliant dancer in the making with his of uncanny leaps and crystalline pirouettes.
The lighting by Natasha Katz, especially in the gypsy camp and in the Dream Maiden scenes were very evocative. I especially liked the costumes that blazed with rich earth tones of apricot, ochre, dusty greens and pinks on the women's skirts, to the bright, clarifying blues worn by the proud toreadors, and the bold "suit of lights" in white for Espada, the matador. Their costumes along with their dances con brio created an exciting affect. However, at times, because of the speed of the music, and the demands of the choreography, the toreadors were uneven. Stella Abrera, as Mercedes, had some beautiful moments, especially her solo when she executed five difficult, and not often seen, Italian fouettes on pointe. The audience loved it.
But all was overshadowed by the Grand Pas de Deux at the final wedding scene of Kitri and Basillio. All the energy of the evening exploded into fireworks as Murphy and Stiefel held nothing back and got the reward of a remarkable, flawless performance. Their timing, musicality, and technical prowess was magic. In their pas de deux they were brilliant, in their solos both had an intensity and sense of abandonment in their jumps and footwork, while Murphy did the most balanced, and fastest pique turns I've ever seen. The final feeling in the house was electrifying. I then remember what the great Martha Graham once said. Even though she was from another dance discipline it was well worth remembering. She said dancers were "acrobats of the gods." It was certainly evident here.
Dance, Theatre, Theatre Reviews
American Ballet Theatre

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Mintel believes that the packaging of a product is just as important as what is inside. So, the company's research division, Mintel Research Consultancy, has launched The Packaging Appreciation Club (PAC), for companies interested in packaging innovation.
Every quarter, Mintel's experts will send club members a selection of 10 new products from around the world, each with a pack design that really stands out from the crowd. Members will also receive a presentation explaining exactly why these products were chosen and how the ideas can be adapted to work successfully in different categories and markets.
"We are very excited about the launch of The Packaging Appreciation Club. We set the club up in response to our clients asking for examples of innovative packaging that use new formats, designs or materials and with membership to the Club they will get just that," comments Helen Osman, Head of MINTEL Research Consultancy.
Each product is selected from the Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD), which monitors worldwide product innovation in consumer packaged goods markets. With over 650 new products added to the Mintel GNPD every day, Mintel's experts are placed to pick out those products that really are breaking the mould when it comes to packaging.
Mintel has associates in over 130 countries who source products with innovative packaging from all four corners of the globe for the PAC members.


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Directory Content Printer 2.0 Directory Content Printer is a Shareware Mac OS X application that can be used to browse Finder directory trees and print directory content listings.
Unfortunately, this program didn\'t work with my version of OSX (Leopard).
I tried this software to print an outline of a file directory on my desktop. The directory downloaded just fine to my desktop in a pdf file in outline format. The problem was trying to print the file... It was six pages and it wanted to print it to fit on one page, so the size was really really small. I tried many different way to print the file, but could not get it print in six pages. I would say the program sort of worked toward my goal, but failed in the printing stage.Thank you.
Mac OS X Tiger - doesn`t work It opens and closes -- nothing happens.
Great little program I was searching for a program that enabled me to make a cd-cover for my backups that said exactly what was on it. Directory Content Printer did just that. It was easy to use and I was happy with the clean mac environment. And it's free! Yay!
Iran Directory 6.4.01 Discover Iran with Iran Directory. Iran Directory is constantly updated and is most up-to-date Iranian directory for Businesses, Companies, Organization, Manufactures, Restaurants, Real States, Shops and Universities etc.
Print Directory 2.2.0.0 No more hard work for printing directory structures anymore. Print Directory will print file list or directory listing about all your files in different folders and directories. Print Directory 2011 makes your directory printing task easier and more enjoyable. Print folder structures or contents of your files, convert them into PDF files or create an HTML page suitable for publishing on a website, do everything with a single click.
Great - except for............ Great product & very easy to use, except for one point. Why does every item in the directory you are saving (or printing) have inverted commas (""). If there was a way round this I would certainly buy the Full Version.
Missing Basic feature It doesn't list hidden and system files.


The Bible is the word of men, not God. The Bible has been copied so often over time that we don't know what it says.
There is little evidence outside the Bible for Jesus and Christianity.
to Answer these objections, we will utilize the Bible, portions of the DVD series The Bible on Trial, and several books. The class will be taught by Rick Page in Room 118. Class begins May 10, 2015.


This neat, tucked away property occupies a fantastic location of a quiet Court, close to the Werribee River and parkland.
-Main bedroom with WIR and ensuite.
-Living/dining area with sliding doors to undercover decked area.
-Functional kitchen with gas cooking and pantry.
-Bathroom with shower and bath.
-Separate laundry with external access.
-Single garage and single carport.
-Large low maintenance garden with mature trees.
This is a great little home with huge potential and although situated in a secluded spot is only a short walk to the Train Station, Shops and Cafes.
© 2018. Joe McFall Real Estate.


According to communication theorists the process of communication consists of three elements: A Sender (encoder), a message (code) and a receiver (decoder). According to the apostle Paul, spiritual communication contains a fourth element: Understanding given by the Lord.
There is a condition, however. The hearer needs to "consider" or, as some translations put it, "think about" the message. Only then will the insight come.
The implications of this verse are quite astounding. Paul is, in fact, prescribing a profound spiritual discipline to the church of Jesus Christ. The Greek word for "consider" literally means "to exercise the mind". Understanding the Word of God is the conclusion of a deep and serious meditative process, in other words.
The New Testament uses the metaphors of meat and milk to distinguish between the nutrition of mature and immature Christians. When we consider that one of the primary differences between drinking milk and eating meat has to do with the respective digestive processes associated with it, Paul's advice makes a lot of sense. Milk requires no digestion as it is pre-digested. For meat to be absorbed, however, it needs to be broken down by the body, and this takes time. It is therefore not farfetched to suspect that one of the fundamental differences between the mature and the immature believer lies in their ability, or inability, to digest the meat of the word – to consider, think about and meditate on it.
We are a culture who has lost their ability to reflect, many believe. We prefer soap operas, not Shakespeare. If this is true, then Paul's challenge is all the more relevant.


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A skilled facilitator can help your co-op work through complex or contentious issues using community dialogue and mediation tools. We do not provide mediators for disputes that are not the responsibility of the board, but we can direct you to find the appropriate service.
One of our consultants can help your board develop an annual or five-year plan, prepare an annual budget, revise co-op policies or make board or committee meetings more effective and productive.
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Could VALUE be the Great Disruptor? YNot....?
There is a lot of talk these days about disruptors, disruptors in the market place, disruptors in business, technology, books on how to be a disruptor. 2017 will go down in history I am quite sure as a year of political and social disruptors.
VALUE! All of these issues came down to value, or the lack thereof for our ourselves and our fellow human beings.
If we valued all humans like we claimed in our founding documents "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." If we really did this, then the media would have had very little to talk about last year and love would have reigned. If we loved others as ourselves according to the Bible to which many in our country hold, well all of these things would be non-issues.
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A year ago, the new diagnostic bible for psychiatrists, the DSM 5, was published and a new disorder was invented. Hoarding disorder is defined as the acquisition of and failure to discard possessions that are of limited value, leading to clutter and rendering rooms non-functional whilst compromising safety and hygiene. Thankfully, the celebrated Australian artist, Margaret Olley, passed away 2 years before the invention of a disorder that would have boxed her into a treatable diagnosis, rather than respecting her as the inspiration and National Treasure that she was.
Olley's 'clutter' from the terrace house she owned in Paddington in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been meticulously transported to the Tweed Regional Gallery in Murwillumbah where an exact recreation of part of her home and studio now stands as the Margaret Olley Art Centre (MOAC).
Olley, who was born in Lismore NSW, initially bequeathed the contents of her home and $1 million to The Lismore Regional Gallery. However, the Lismore City Council weren't convinced of the benefits of building an Olley wing, so the next choice was the region where Olley spent much of her childhood on a sugar cane farm on the Tweed River. The Tweed Council had a more welcoming attitude and Lismore's loss became Murwillumbah's gain.
Susi Muddiman, Tweed Gallery's Director, grew up in Lismore herself. She says she has now "gotten over the guilt" of the Tweed Regional Gallery winning the new art centre over Lismore and is clearly thrilled to have MOAC based in the Tweed.
Muddiman was hands on with the painstaking move from Sydney to the Tweed, even packing a few boxes herself. There are 22,000 pieces in the recreation of Olley's house and more in storage. Even some of the original door frames and windows were brought to their new home at MOAC. Although much of the dust and smell of the old house still permeates the rooms, the only items that were professionally cleaned before being laid out at the gallery were the kilim rugs. However, any clean freaks viewing the exhibition will soon be won over by the fact that the apparent chaos is more organised than it first appears.
All vases, flowers, bottles, pots, ribbons and brick-a-brack are thoughtfully placed as if in readiness for the artist's next still life painting. Many items were also deliberately stacked as props to help Margaret move around the house as she became increasingly debilitated with age. Where there were no props to help, there was 'Moses', her walking frame, replete with Chanel ribbons and a horn.
The entire house was crammed full of items to enable Olley to paint in all parts of the house depending on where the light was. Where she painted was at the mercy of the light.
The famous Yellow Room, which Olley painted numerous times, was the brightest room until the garden became overgrown and covered the windows. Olley loved the ramshackle nature of the garden. She even kept dead flowers in the house because they too represented life.
Muddiman says she admires Margaret's resolve in choosing early on to paint still life and interiors, and to stick with that decision. In the 60's there were plenty of Dobell-esque landscape paintings around that were a little dark and foreboding. The art world was very much a man's world at the time.
Olley could not command the same money for her paintings as her male counterparts, yet she was uncompromising in painting her genre, and indeed, making art the centre of her world. However, she did become overwhelmed at the attention she received after William Dobell won the Archibald prize for his painting of her in 1948. She left Australia for the UK at the time because the media attention she received was so intrusive.
Susi Muddiman wonders about the reasons for the attention.
In 2011, Olley was the subject of a painting by a second Archibald prize winner, Ben Quilty. While that painting is on loan to the Art Gallery of NSW right now, Muddiman is confident that Quilty will eventually loan his painting to MOAC. There are already 33 paintings gifted to the Tweed gallery painted by Margaret herself, as well as other artists' works she had owned. They are on display inside the house at the centre. The gift is enduring, and more works will be acquired in July this year.
It is hoped that private collectors will be encouraged to gift their works to the gallery in future. Already, one Brisbane collector has donated a painting of Farndon, the Olley family home in Brisbane that burnt down in 1982. Many of Olley's early works were unfortunately lost in the fire, so it was particularly exciting to have had that painting donated only one day after MOAC opened.
While Muddiman says the Margaret Olley Art Centre is a huge commitment to have, she is buoyed by the "sensational" feedback she has received. She is finding interest in MOAC incredible, and while she expected interest to have plateaued by now, it is just getting busier and busier. The Margaret Olley Art Centre is a local gem we are very fortunate to have in our region.
Margaret Olley paintings from Philip Bacon Galleries Brisbane are on loan to the Margaret Olley Art Centre until September this year.
The Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre is open 10am to 5pm Wednesday to Sunday. Admission is free.


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Vermont's largest private health insurance provider is ending its affiliation with an organization that has been working to change the way healthcare is paid for in the state, the company said Tuesday.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont said it would forego a contract with OneCare Vermont for 2023 due to the lack of tangible quality outcomes, inability to reduce costs and what it feels is a "new data approach" that introduces concerns about security and privacy.
"Despite our best efforts, we were unable to arrive at an arrangement that serves our members for the next plan year," Blue Cross Vice President Andrew said in a statement.
The insurer said that none of its members whose care had been covered, or attributed, to OneCare would see any change in their plan benefits. Just under 25% of Blue Cross's 200,000 members are currently covered through the program, the company said.
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Xie Zhenye (né le  dans le Zhejiang) est un athlète chinois, spécialiste du sprint.

Détenteur du record d'Asie du 200 m en 19 s 88, il a détenu pendant 3 jours seulement (du 19 au ) le record de Chine du 100 m en 9 s 97.

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En 2010, il remporte la médaille d'or du 200 m lors de l'édition inaugurale des Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse à Singapour.
Le , il devient champion d'Asie à Pune sur  en 20 s 87.
Après avoir été célébré dans le Stade national de Pékin pour avoir battu, dans un premier temps, le record de Chine du , il est disqualifié lors des Championnats du monde 2015.

Le , Zhenye échoue au pied du podium des championnats du monde en salle de Portland sur  en 6 s 53. Le , lors du World Challenge de Pékin, il contribue au 38 s 21 de l'équipe chinoise de relais composée de Yang Yang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian et Zhang Peimeng, le  temps de l'année.

Le , il réalise 9 s 91 sur 100 m à Clermont mais cette performance ne peut être homologuée à cause d'un vent trop fort (+ 4,1 m/s). Le , lors du meeting Diamond League de Shanghai, Zhenye se classe  du 200 m en 20 s 40 et établit un nouveau record de Chine. Le , il remporte les Jeux nationaux sur la distance reine en portant son record à 10 s 04. Deux jours plus tard, il s'impose sur le 200 m en améliorant son propre record national en 20 s 20.

Le , Zhenye remporte le meeting d'Osaka sur le 200 m en améliorant son propre record de Chine, cette fois en 20 s 16 (+ 0,9 m/s). Le , lors du meeting de Montreuil, alors qu'il est placé au couloir n° 1, Xie remporte la course en courant en 9 s 97 (+ 0,9 m/s) pour devenir le nouveau détenteur du record national, battant les 9 s 99 de Su Bingtian de 2015. Il devient par la même occasion le  homme le plus rapide de l'histoire en Asie, derrière Femi Ogunode (9 s 91). Mais ce record de ne tiendra que trois jours : le , à Madrid, Su Bingtian le reprend en égalant le record d'Asie en 9 s 91. Le  juillet, à La Chaux-de-Fonds, il confirme en remportant sa série en 9 s 98 (+ 0,2 m/s) puis termine  de la finale en 10 s 06 (- 0,3 m/s) derrière le Sud-Africain Emile Erasmus (10 s 02) . Sur sa lancée, il remporte le 200 m de la Coupe du monde à Londres.

En , il remporte, six ans après Pune, la médaille d'or du 200 m, en 20 s 33, lors des Championnats d'Asie 2019 à Doha. Le , il remporte le London Grand Prix sur 200 m en descendant pour la première fois sous les 20 secondes, en 19 s 88, et améliore le record d'Asie de la distance détenu depuis 2015 par Femi Ogunode en 19 s 97.

En 2021, aux Jeux olympiques de Tokyo, avec ses coéquipiers Tang Xingqiang, Su Bingtian et Wu Zhiqiang, il remporte la médaille de bronze au relais 4 × 100 mètres.

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Athlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2012
Athlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016
Naissance en août 1993
Naissance dans la province du Zhejiang
Athlète (homme) aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020
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Q: python functools.partial of which function I have the following code:
import functools
import random
import inspect

def myfirst(a, b):
    return a + b

def mysecond(c, d):
    return c - d

def returnAPartial():
    myrand = random.randrange(0,2)
    if myrand == 1:
        return functools.partial(myfirst, 1)
    else:
        return functools.partial(mysecond, 2)

I load it into python interactive and run:
myfunc = returnAPartial()

I want to check (programmatically) if myfunc is a partial application of the myfirst or mysecond function (not by calculating, the example is a bit contrived) So far I have used inspect.getmembers() but I couldn't find a suitable attribute to check?

A: partial objects have a func attribute, which is what you want:
 myfunc = returnAPartial()
 print myfunc.func # <function mysecond at 0x10c918488>

A: Internal help command can give you some hints:
>import _functools
>help(_functools.partial)
...
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 |  Data descriptors defined here:
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 |  __dict__
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 |  args
 |      tuple of arguments to future partial calls
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 |  func
 |      function object to use in future partial calls
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 |  keywords
 |      dictionary of keyword arguments to future partial calls
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25th CAB provided on-the-spot refueling during RIMPAC
Imagine being on an active runway far from an actual airport refueling military helicopters one after another while their rotors are still turning.
Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2018 concludes
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The world's largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 2 following more than a month of training events conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.
Army trains with Avenger air defense system during RIMPAC
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An air and missile defense crewmember with the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, prepares a remote control apparatus for the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger air defense system, during RIMPAC 2018 at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands Hawaii, July 24.
Army conducts 1st RIMPAC joint live-fire sinking exercise
"Attention in the TAC! Target is Colorado."
25th Sustainment Brigade, Marines test fueling systems during RIMPAC at PTA
U.S. Army Soldiers with the 25th Sustainment Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, set up an Expeditionary Mobile Fuel Additization Capability system during a field test as of part Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 18, 2018.
SOCPAC jumps during RIMPAC
Multinational special operations forces conduct a static line airborne insertion from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on to a mountain clearing on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 19, 2018
MASCAL exercise enhances readiness at Tripler
U.S. Army Soldiers and civilian staff at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) conducted a mass casualty exercise, July 12, as part of a statewide coordinated response to a humanitarian and disaster relief (HARD) event during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2018.
SOCPAC conducts airborne exercises with Multinational Special Operations Forces during RIMPAC
About 150 special operations forces members from seven countries flooded the skies during airborne operations in Wahiawa, July 17 and 19.
Gray Eagle UAS prepares for first flight in Hawaii during RIMPAC 2018
Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare an MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system for its first flight from Schofield Barracks, July 6.
Schofield Barracks health clinic supports mass casualty drill during RIMPAC
U.S. Army Soldiers and staff trained for a mass crisis on July 11 as the casualties arrived by the dozens at the health clinic on Schofield Barracks.


A takeaway boss has been jailed for four years after a court heard about a catalogue of food hygiene offences, including selling rotten food.
Kasim Ali Ahmed, who ran Harvey's Chicken and Pizza on Poulton Street, Kirkham, had previously pleaded guilty to 12 food hygiene breaches.
During the sentencing hearing on Friday, at Preston Crown Court, Judge HHJ Knowles acknowledged the 'squalid, revolting conditions and the blatant disregard for food safety that had placed the public at an unacceptable level of risk'.
The judge heard how environmental health officers had worked to improve food hygiene conditions since July 21, 2016, and had noted little sign of improvement.
Offences included a persistent poor level of cleanliness, poor maintenance of the premises and the sale of unfit and putrefying food.
The council issued enforcement notices, including having the shop closed down to protect public health.
Ahmed received 12 six month prison sentences for each food hygiene charge, to run concurrently. He also received a sentence of four years and two months for breaching a 2016 suspended sentence for handling stolen goods.
Fylde Council has received information to suggest the takeaway is due to reopen.


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The ACLBookClub Is Back! Atticus Finch, Scout, "Boo" Radley, and the Auburndale Community Library invite you to join our lively book club discussion of "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
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Books are available at the Auburndale Library. We plan to meet every 6 weeks or so.
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The Rebirth Of Yardfest At Howard University
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On October 21, after a two-year hiatus, Howard University Homecoming Steering Committee resurged one of Howard's greatest homecoming traditions-International Yardfest. The rebirth instilled enthusiasm and excitement from Howard students which erupted from performances of Common, Lil Uzi Vert, Faith Evans, Wale, Fabolous, and Will Tha Rapper.
Due to crowd control issues, Yardfest banned live music from the scene leaving Big Sean as Yardfest's last headliner in 2013. Undoubtedly, complaints and disapproval from Howard students overflowed.
2016 Howard graduate, Matthew Holmes shared his experience:
"The homecoming committee wanted us to understand the power of yardfest and its meaning to homecoming. I was aggravated but understood why it was taken away for a while."
Senior, Safir Monroe, expressed his thoughts:
"I felt angry. Homecoming is supposed to be an event to have fun and having performers at Yardfest was the one aspect that was missing from it. I am happy that it was able to return for my senior year."
Although Common and Evans' career launched before the birth of most of Howard's undergraduate population, both acts were accepted with uncontrollable energy. "I was actually surprised to perform at Howard. Initially, I thought my performance would be for alumni- assuming that the students wanted someone fresher and younger," Evans said. "Overall I was honored and excited."
Common performing "Black America Again" at International Yardfest.
Common performed "Black America Again" allowing the audience to focus on social issues and challenges affecting the black community which to some students was labelled as "preaching." A poignant moment occurred when he rapped, "I know that Black Lives Matter and they matter to us," ensuring his consciousness of reality.
I was actually surprised to perform at Howard. Initially, I thought my performance would be for alumni- assuming that the students wanted someone fresher and younger.
The heavy rainstorm did little to dampen the students' spirit. Reactions from the sight of Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert confirmed this. His performance of "Money Longer", "You Was Right" and "Ps & Qs exhilarated the crowd. Sophomores Bryce Ellen and Kaitlyn Whiting recounted their encounter with Lil Uzi Vert.
"Since I was near the front, I could hear the weight of the crowd behind me. As soon as Lil Uzi appeared, everybody started screaming and tried to bum-rush the stage," said Ellen.
Whiting agreed, "Everyone went crazy when Uzi came out. Somebody's drink wasted all over my white shirt and my friend dropped her phone and got stepped on and now it's cracked."
The five-hour free concert concluded with unexpected D.C. natives Wale and Will Tha Rapper. Although Wale's set was no more than twenty minutes, his rendition of "Bad" had the crowd emotionally attached leading to an outbreak of chaos that transformed its way into a rhythm with "No Hands."
Will Tha Rapper's "Pull Up Hop Out," according to sophomore Sherielle Henry, "had the crowd going from one to ten. Everyone was LIT. It was full of singing, dancing, and jumping."
The reappearance of Yardfest left freshmen like Rebecca Johnson in awe:
"I was unaware of the two-year gap, but aside from the rain, it was amazing. The vibe was great, there wasn't really much conflict. Wale and Lil Uzi Vert surprised me. It was like a real Coachella type thing. I loved it."
Yardfest's revival received positive reviews from current students and alumni via social media. Howard's music festival was thoroughly enjoyed by all classifications eagerly waiting for the potential 2017 has.
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Tim Giago: Venezuela steps up for Indian nations
Native American journalist Jodi Rave Lee of Lee Enterprise Newspapers was recently lambasted in a letter to the editor to our local daily for having the temerity to laud the donation of funds for heating fuel for the very poor Indian nations of the Northern Plains.
The criticism was initiated by the fact that the donor was the Citgo Petroleum Corporation based in Houston, Texas and headed by the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, the man reviled by many Americans for referring to President George W. Bush on the floor of the United Nations as the "Devil."
How did it happen that the President of Venezuela reached out to help the poor and the indigenous people of the United States? After two major hurricanes devastated the Southern U. S., a group of U. S. Senators sent out a plea to the major oil companies to help low-income families with energy assistance. Most major oil companies were coming off of scandalous profits because of the sharp rise in fuel costs. Only one company heeded the plea of the senators and that was Citgo Petroleum Corporation headed by Chavez.
Federal and state funding for low-income energy assistance programs has dropped dramatically in the past few years. A late winter blast in the Northern Plains hit at a time when most of the federal dollars for low-income energy assistance had run out. The late winter freeze left many indigenous people in dire straits. When it comes to a matter of surviving, Indians and other impoverished people reach out to any assistance available. Olympic Gold Medallist Billy Mills, an Oglala Lakota, used his non-profit Running Strong Foundation to raise energy funds for some low-income households, but even his generosity could not fill the need.
Many tribes in Montana and North and South Dakota were advised to attend a meeting in Polson, Montana on December 13, 2006 to listen and discuss how they could avail themselves of the money for heating assistance. Rafael Gomez, Vice President of Citgo, and Brian O'Connor of the Citizens Energy Corporation of Boston attended the meeting. O'Connor's non-profit organization administered the program last year and would be charged with administering the program for the Indian tribes.
Although major oil corporations like Exxon had reaped more profit last year than at any time in their history, they declined the invitation to lend a helping hand to the poor people of America. Hugo Chavez stepped in to fill the gap. What motives would prompt him to do this? Certainly it would not help him politically, at least not in America where one of this Nation's top religious figures, Pat Robertson, called for his assassination.
Some of the very poor Indian tribes like the Chippewa Cree of the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana, the Cheyenne River and the Oglala Sioux Tribes in South Dakota needed the funds in order to keep their people from freezing to death and accepted the donation from Mr. Chavez willingly. Where was the rich casino owning tribes? Busy counting their money I would guess.
There is an old saying out here that goes, "You will know me better when you walk a mile in my moccasins." Hugo Chavez is a member of an indigenous tribe in Venezuela. He has been called "Indio" and worse while growing up as the child of very poor parents. He has walked in the moccasins of the indigenous people.
In America it is very easy to hate someone who verbally attacks the president of the United States. Chavez has never held his tongue even amongst his own people or in criticizing other nations in South America. I am told that he was appalled when the major oil companies in America did not step forward to help their own poor and low-income people when called upon to do so. He saw this as the kind of colonialism he has grown to despise.
Chavez is not alone in his mistrust of America. In fact, America's status is at an all-time low in many Central and South American countries. Chavez did not create this situation and he is not above using it as a tool to annoy Bush and his administration.
Hugo Chavez is a controversial figure to America, especially amongst its politicians. But he has done much to improve the living conditions, the health care and the educational opportunities for his own people in Venezuela, especially for the very poor and the indigenous. As a matter of record Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani's law firm lobbies for Citgo Petroleum Corporation. Does he keep his fingers crossed behind his back when he attacks Chavez?
However, if the profit mongering oil companies of this Nation had stepped forward when called upon, there would have been no reason for Chavez and Citgo to step up.
There is a lot of respect for President Chavez among the Indian nations of this country. He didn't make promises that he couldn't or wouldn't keep, but instead put his money where his mouth is. American Indians appreciate that form of directness.
Go to some of the blogs so prevalent in America and you will find all sorts of names for President Bush and most of them are considerably worse than "Devil." Chimp and Chimpy are two that come to mind. But, I suppose most Americans feel it is their inherent right to speak out against their president, but they would damn to hell any outsider that does likewise.
Jodi Rave Lee didn't think of the politics of the low-income energy assistance offered by Chavez. Instead, she thought of the people that would have suffered unnecessarily if Citgo had not been willing to do what the American petroleum companies and the United States government refused to do. She didn't have to read about the plight of the indigenous people of America to understand it because like Hugo Chavez and me, she has lived it.
McClatchy News Service in Washington, DC distributes Tim Giago's weekly column. He can be reached at najournalists@rushmore.com. Giago was also the founder and former editor and publisher of the Lakota Times and Indian Country Today newspapers and the founder and first president of the Native American Journalists Association. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard in the class of 1990 – 1991. Clear Light Books of Santa Fe, NM (harmon@clearlightbooks.com) published his latest book, "Children Left Behind."
Tim Giago: Day of reckoning for Oglala Sioux Tribe (8/29)
Tim Giago: Tribes giving up their sovereignty (08/08)
Giago retires as editor and publisher of magazine (8/4)
Tim Giago: States looking for ways to take from tribes (8/1)
Tim Giago: Religion invaded Native America (7/25)
Tim Giago: Daily screw ups in tribal governance (7/18)
Tim Giago: Happy Birthday to Van Cliburn and me (7/11)
Tim Giago: South Dakota tilting further to the right (7/3)
Tim Giago: Americans still the invaders in Iraq (6/27)
Tim Giago: Tribal colleges in Bill Gates' backyard (6/21)
Tim Giago: Gaming brings new wealth, new problems (6/13)
Tim Giago: 'Oz' author called for genocide of the Lakota (6/6)
Tim Giago: Too much uncertainty in gaming (5/30)
Tim Giago: Deny gaming to newly recognized tribes (5/23)
Tim Giago: Congratulations to the class of '06 (5/16)
Tim Giago: Rich tribes should help poorer tribes (5/9)
Tim Giago: Fighting substance abuse at Pine Ridge (5/2)
Tim Giago: Censorship in the mainstream media (4/25)
Tim Giago: Brainwashing on Pine Ridge Reservation (4/18)
Tim Giago: The growing pains of tribal sovereignty (4/11)
Tim Giago: Indians most affected by immigration (4/4)
Tim Giago: Little attention for Native American Day (3/28)
Giago: Oglala Sioux president on state abortion law (3/21)
Tim Giago: The road to true tribal sovereignty (3/14)
Tim Giago: The basketball miracle of 1936 (3/7)
Giago: Real problem in South Dakota is race relations (2/21)
Tim Giago: Yes, Virginia, Indians do pay taxes (2/14)
Tim Giago: Gas-guzzlers, Indian cars and the Big Three (2/7)
Tim Giago: Lions, Tiger, Bears and Indian mascots (1/31)
Tim Giago: Christians and Muslims still at war (1/24)
Tim Giago: Bush started Iraqi war over 'dark lie' (1/17)
Tim Giago: Fire Thunder out of limbo after 66 days (1/10)
Tim Giago: The Olympics of Indian basketball (12/20)
Tim Giago: BIA schools turned abused into abusers (12/13)
Tim Giago: Fire Thunder shakes up establishment (12/6)
Tim Giago: Della Warrior steps down from IAIA (11/29)
Tim Giago: Deloria gave Indian people a voice (11/22)
Tim Giago: Indians never forced religion on others (11/15)
Tim Giago: Exposing false medicine men (11/8)
Tim Giago: Government ignores Indian health problems (11/1)
Tim Giago: Indian newspapers revise history (10/25)
Tim Giago: Two friends make journey to spirit world (10/18)
Tim Giago: Politicians need to know Indian law (10/11)
Tim Giago: Doors opening to Indians in South Dakota (10/4)
Tim Giago: 'Indian' myths and misconceptions (9/27)
Tim Giago: Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina (9/20)
Tim Giago: NCAA loses its spine on mascot policy (9/13)
Tim Giago: The Indian 'scandal sheet' phenomenon (08/30)
Tim Giago: Indians became refugees in own land (8/23)
Tim Giago: Censor tribes for supporting mascots (8/17)
Tim Giago: New addiction takes over in Indian Country (08/02)
Tim Giago: Tribes trade sovereignty for dollars (7/26)
Giago: Seminole Tribe wrong on Indian mascots (7/19)
Giago: Underground Railroad to escape boarding school (7/12)
Giago: Skeletons hidden in Rapid City's closet (07/07)
Tim Giago: Air Force base not a blessing to Lakotas (6/30)
Tim Giago: Tribes to claim downsized military bases (06/07)
Tim Giago: First revolutionary was a Native man (5/31)
Tim Giago: Many 'wannabe' tribes seek recognition (05/17)
Tim Giago: South Dakota press censors Indian writers (05/10)
Tim Giago: White lawyers growing fat off tribes (04/26)
Tim Giago: Gay marriage debate killed Democrats (4/19)
Tim Giago: It's time for wealthy tribes to think Indian (04/05)
Tim Giago: Wealthy tribes don't need federal funds (03/31)
Tim Giago: Gaming leads to addiction, crime (03/22)
Tim Giago: Discrimination in the media and advertising (03/08)
Tim Giago: Black Hills land theft a dishonest deal (03/01)
Tim Giago: Committing slow suicide with foods (02/15)
Tim Giago: Bush probably still against Indian gaming (01/25)
Tim Giago: Calvary re-enactors should know better (01/18)
Tim Giago: Racism continues in South Dakota (11/30)
Tim Giago: Should we listen to Osama bin Laden? (11/23)
Tim Giago: GOP moral values will hurt Indian Country (11/09)
Tim Giago: Indian reformists stamped out tribes (11/02)
Tim Giago: I'm not a racist and I haven't seen NMAI yet (09/29)
Tim Giago: Eastern tribes are African-American (09/15)
Tim Giago: Indians have cause to fear Republicans (07/21)
Tim Giago: Casinos create culture of 'us' and 'them' (06/30)
Tim Giago: Boarding schools cause of many ills (06/14)
Tim Giago: 'Real' Indians don't fight over money (04/05)
Tim Giago now plans to run for Senate as independent (03/31)
Tim Giago: Indians pay no taxes, and other myths (01/26)
Giago: Indian gaming erodes tribal sovereignty (01/07)
Giago: Gays were highly respected by Sioux Nation (09/22)
Tim Giago: I'm a fully recovered Catholic (09/11)
Giago: State should refund tax money first (08/06)
Giago: Oprah show changed minds on Indian mascots (07/31)
Debate: Was naming Piestewa Peak the right move?
Indian health care push heads to House


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Sam Hamilton's Wife: East of Eden and the Failure of Feminism Sarah L Klotz 12th Grade
In 1950's America, women were ensnared in suffocating gender roles. It was a retroactive decade in feminist history compared the power women had in the work force in the 1940s and the progression to come in the 1960s. Bound to the home and pressured by high beauty standards, women found themselves cornered, bored and desperate. Since the public did not value the female voice, women needed was a powerful male member of society to speak for them. John Steinbeck did not step up to this challenge. With his influence and popularity, he could have done a great service to women by advocating for them using his incredibly famous novels as a medium. Instead, in East of Eden, Steinbeck shies away from the idea of revolution and only succeeds in creating underdeveloped, unlikable and weak female characters. Liza Hamilton is the most prominent example of such a character. Unscrutinized, she may seem like a strong, powerful woman. Liza runs a strict household; she expects respect from her husband and children, believes the bible literally, and does not tolerate any drinking. Yet as the novel progresses, each of her expectations, which are really just Steinbeck's feeble attempt at character traits, are disrespected thereby making her a weak...
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package xprocessor

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"log"
	"os"

	kingpin "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
)

var Envs map[string]string

var Logger = log.New(os.Stderr, "", 0)

func init() {
	Envs = map[string]string{
		"PIPELINE_UUID":         os.Getenv("BF_PIPELINE_UUID"),
		"PIPELINE_WORKING_PATH": os.Getenv("BF_PIPELINE_WORKING_PATH"),
		"PROCESSOR_DATA_PATH":   os.Getenv("BF_PROCESSOR_DATA_PATH"),
		"PROCESSOR_NAME":        os.Getenv("BF_PROCESSOR_NAME"),
		"PROCESSOR_LABEL":       os.Getenv("BF_PROCESSOR_LABEL"),
	}
}

type Runner struct {
	Opt Options

	Description      string
	ShortDescription string

	configure func() error
	start     func() error
	receive   func(interface{}) error
	stop      func() error

	enc *json.Encoder // TODO use interface
	//dec *decoder // TODO @see Run
}

func New(
	configure func() error,
	start func() error,
	receive func(interface{}) error,
	stop func() error,
) *Runner {
	return &Runner{
		Opt:       Options{},
		configure: configure,
		start:     start,
		receive:   receive,
		stop:      stop,
	}
}

func (r *Runner) option(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue interface{}) *Option {
	return &Option{
		Name:         name,
		Alias:        name,
		Doc:          doc,
		Required:     required,
		DefaultValue: defaultValue,
	}
}
func (r *Runner) OptionBool(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue bool) {
	r.Opt[name] = r.option(name, required, doc, defaultValue)
	r.Opt[name].Type = "bool"
}
func (r *Runner) OptionString(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue string) {
	r.Opt[name] = r.option(name, required, doc, defaultValue)
	r.Opt[name].Type = "string"
}
func (r *Runner) OptionInt(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue int) {
	r.Opt[name] = r.option(name, required, doc, defaultValue)
	r.Opt[name].Type = "int"
}
func (r *Runner) OptionStringSlice(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue []string) {
	r.Opt[name] = r.option(name, required, doc, defaultValue)
	r.Opt[name].Type = "[]string"
}
func (r *Runner) OptionIntSlice(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue []int) {
	r.Opt[name] = r.option(name, required, doc, defaultValue)
	r.Opt[name].Type = "[]int"
}
func (r *Runner) OptionMapString(name string, required bool, doc string, defaultValue map[string]string) {
	r.Opt[name] = r.option(name, required, doc, defaultValue)
	r.Opt[name].Type = "map[string]string"
}

func (r *Runner) Logf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	Logger.Printf(format, args...)
}
func (r *Runner) Debugf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
	Logger.Printf("[DEBUG] "+format, args...)
}

func (t *Runner) Run(maxConcurrent int) {

	// Spec Options
	for _, spec := range t.Opt {
		varName := spec.Name
		f := kingpin.Flag(varName, spec.Doc)
		if spec.Required {
			f.Required()
		} else {
			f.Default(spec.Default()...)
		}

		switch spec.Type {
		case "string":
			spec.Value = f.String()
		case "bool":
			spec.Value = f.Bool()
		case "int":
			spec.Value = f.Int()
		case "[]string":
			spec.Value = f.Strings()
		case "[]int":
			spec.Value = f.Ints()
		case "map[string]string":
			spec.Value = f.StringMap()
		}
	}

	kingpin.Flag("help-json", "output spec as json").Bool()

	action := func(pc *kingpin.ParseContext) error {
		for _, pe := range pc.Elements {
			switch v := pe.Clause.(type) {
			case *kingpin.FlagClause:
				if v.Model().Name == "help-json" {
					mapB, _ := json.Marshal(
						struct {
							Description      string
							ShortDescription string
							Options          Options
						}{
							Description:      t.Description,
							ShortDescription: t.ShortDescription,
							Options:          t.Opt,
						},
					)
					os.Stdout.Write(mapB)
					os.Exit(0)
				}
			}

		}
		return nil
	}

	kingpin.CommandLine.PreAction(action)
	kingpin.Parse()

	// Configure Processor with flags values
	if t.configure != nil {
		err := t.configure()
		if err != nil {
			Logger.Println(err)
			return
		}
	}

	// Start processor
	if t.start != nil {
		t.start()
	}

	t.enc = json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
	// TODO : pass decoder to processStdinDataWith
	processStdinDataWith(t.receive, maxConcurrent).Wait()

	// Stop
	if t.stop != nil {
		t.stop()
	}
}

func (t *Runner) Send(data map[string]interface{}) error {
	return t.enc.Encode(data)
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In the case of Teresa however, I don't think she's the primary culprit. Rather, the peanut counters at the Vatican is where the real blame needs be placed just as I'd place it on the accounting department of the Southern Baptist Convention the PTL, etc. When accountants get involved with the cash the idea of compassion and fulfilling one's "mission" goes right out the window. In her case their "out" was the fact that her whole ministry centered on the claim of poverty which gave them all the excuse they needed for stealing millions... but hey, we're talking about the Vatican... how many billions of dollars of art, religious artifacts, temple treasures, etc. has it usurped over the past 1700 or so years of its official existence?


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Fog/Mist
Eye catching, part 2
Here's the part of Terry Bartlow's story about losing an eye as a young boy and some of the ensuing experiences that resulted. — J.T. Knoll more
J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net | 10/27/22
Bettors beware
Next month's 469 midterm congressional elections pit Republican candidates against Democrats in a vital struggle for control of Capitol Hill. But there are other ways than through the prism of party to view the November campaign. more
By David M. Shribman, Syndicated Columnist | 10/27/22
Bland, rubbery cheese need not apply
As the saying goes, if it's not broken, don't fix it. I agree with this philosophy, but with one caveat: You can always add more cheese — especially when making a potato gratin. more
By Lynda Balslev / news@morningsun.net | 10/26/22
Thanks to all who cheered on the staff as we walked alongside the bookmobile in Saturday's PSU Homecoming Parade. more
By Carol Ann Robb, Pittsburg Public Library | 10/26/22
The bacon grease gospel
A short time ago, my wife made us some BLT sandwiches. Well, as I don't eat iceberg lettuce, mine was a BT sandwich, but I digress. more
By Bobby Neal Winters, Morning Sun Columnist | 10/25/22
Just how and when did Halloween start?
Where have the first 10 months of 2022 gone? Time seems to pass so quickly and now we are getting ready to celebrate Halloween in just a few days. more
By Lois Carlson, Morning Sun Columnist | 10/25/22
Big swings
Eight feet swing. I recently took a boat ride in a tidal river in the Carolina low country. My friend handling the boat told me the water was 24 feet deep but could swing eight feet either way, depending on the tide. more
By Dr. Richard Baker, AIF, Steadfast Wealth Management | 10/25/22
Game warden's job completed by new partner
According to him, Kansas Game Warden Austin Sievert has the perfect job. After all, he gets to hang out outdoors all day long and play with his dog. more
By Olive L. Sullivan, Morning Sun Columnist | 10/22/22
There's a lot more to voting than just electing public officials
We are in the midst of another election season. This means that we as a community have the opportunity to engage with elected officials from the governor to our local county commissioners and exercise the power of our vote to influence the direction of our state, towns, and counties across the board. more
I discovered a couple of weeks back that I have a lot in common with Anne Rice, the Gothic novelist best known for "Interview with the Vampire," the 1976 book that in 1994 became a popular film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. more
By J.T. Knoll, Morning Sun Columnist | 10/22/22
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Patients with coronary artery blockages may have minimal or no symptoms during rest. However, symptoms and signs of heart disease may be unmasked by exposing the heart to the stress of exercise. During exercise, healthy coronary arteries dilate (develop a more open channel) than an artery with a blockage. This unequal dilation causes more blood to be delivered to heart muscle supplied by the normal artery.
In contrast, narrowed arteries end up supplying reduced flow to its area of distribution. This reduced flow causes the involved muscle to "starve" during exercise. The "starvation" may produce symptoms (like chest discomfort or inappropriate shortness of breath), EKG abnormalities and reduced movement of the heart muscle. The latter can be recognized by examining the movement of the walls of the left ventricle (the major pumping chamber of the heart) by Echocardiography.
The patient is brought to the procedure room where a "resting" study is performed. This provides a baseline examination and demonstrates the size and function of various chambers of the heart. Particular attention is paid to the movement of all walls of the left ventricle (LV). Similar to a regular echo test, sticky patches or electrodes are attached to the chest and shoulders and connected to electrodes or wires to record the electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG). The EKG helps in the timing of various cardiac events (filling and emptying of chambers).
A colorless gel is then applied to the chest and the echo transducer (as described in the Echocardiogram section) is placed on top of it. The echo technologist then makes recordings from different parts of the chest to obtain several views of the heart. You may be moved from laying on your back to turning over to your left side. You may also be requested to breathe slowly or to hold your breath. This helps to obtain higher quality pictures. The images are constantly viewed on the monitor. Your chest pain might get worse or is happen more often.
12 leads of the EKG are recorded on paper and the blood pressure is taken. Exercise is then initiated using a treadmill (most common). Stress Echo is made up of three parts: A resting Echo study, Stress test, and a repeat Echo while the heart is still beating fast. Exercise is started at a slower "warm-up" speed. The speed of the treadmill and its slope or inclination is increased every 3 minutes. The treadmill is abruptly stopped when the patient exceeds 85% of the target rate (based upon the patient's age).
Exercise may be stopped earlier if the patient develops alarming symptoms (chest discomfort, marked shortness of breath, weakness, dizziness, etc.), if there is dangerous elevation or drop in the blood pressure, significant EKG changes or a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm. The above problems are uncommon and you are far safer if they occur in the presence of an experienced medical team rather than having them happen while you are exercising in a spa, jogging, or running up a flight of office stairs.
EKG recordings are made during every minute of exercise and then again after exercise is stopped. The blood pressure is recorded at three minute intervals during exercise and then again at rest.
Immediately after stopping the treadmill, the patient moves directly to the examination table and lays on the left side. The Echo examination is immediately repeated.
Multiple views of the resting and exercise study are compared side-by-side. They are then analyzed by the physician. Normally, one expects an increased EF or ejection fraction (a measure of how well the heart is pumping). Also, the LV walls do not show any exercise-induced abnormal movement. In contrast, a drop in EF and/or a new wall motion abnormality is an indicator of disease.
A patient should allow 1 1/2 to 2 hours for the entire test, including the preparation, echo imaging and stress test.
How safe is a Stress Echo test?
There are no known adverse effects from the ultrasound used during Echo imaging. The risk of the stress portion of the test is rare and similar to what you would expect from any strenuous form of exercise (jogging in your neighborhood, running up a flight of stairs, etc.). As noted earlier, experienced medical staff is in attendance to manage the rare complications like sustained abnormal heart rhythm, unrelieved chest pain or even a heart attack. These problems could potentially have occurred if the same patient performed an equivalent level of exercise at home or on a jogging track.
If a patient is able to achieve the target heart rate and if the ECHO images are of good technical quality, a Stress Echo is capable of diagnosing important disease in more than 85% of patients with coronary artery disease. Also, it can exclude important disease in more than 90% of cases when the test is absolutely normal.
The physician conducting the test will be able to give you the preliminary results before you leave. However, the official result may take a few days to complete. The results of the test may help confirm or rule out a diagnosis of heart disease. In patients with known coronary artery disease (prior heart attack, known coronary blockages, previous treatment with angioplasty, stents or bypass surgery, etc.), the study will help confirm that the patient is in a stable state, or that a new blockage is developing. The results may influence your physician's decision to change your treatment or recommend additional testing such as cardiac catheterization.


The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real, nor present to the senses is an act of imagination. The imagination, though not utilized by everyone, is a part of each individual that can help them to create the concept of new theories, or escape reality for a short time. Without the imagination people would be unable to conceptualize products, or services that do not already exist. Fortunately there is no lack for imagination in the world, which means new products and services are continually being brought from imagination into reality through different manufacturing techniques as a result. The imagination is limited in that it cannot directly create objects or situations in reality and so it requires people to take the idea out of the imagination to manufacture, or create it. With psi the imagination is important in conceptualizing new ideas for techniques and to come up with new theories to test in reality; however the imagination does not allow a psi ability to manifest directly into reality as this is not a function of the imagination.
Psi abilities rely on the concept of creating in realty in order to realize the goal expected from each technique. While imagination may have aided in building the technique being used it will not help in bringing the outcome to fruition since imagination isn't able to cross the reality boundary. In order to bring a technique into reality an individual must actually utilize two concepts.
The first necessary component of bringing abilities to realization is focus. A person must clearly perceive the overall technique from beginning to end without interruption in order to start towards a psi goal. In focusing for a technique an individual must be aware of every detail in the carry-out process of an ability as well as have clear understanding of the action/reaction of their expected outcome. Those people creating the focus must be careful though since over-focusing can be as detrimental to a technique as no focus at all. The ideal focus level in any technique is similar to the kind used when juggling objects. While the juggler is aware of the details, such as where each object is, where their hands need to be, and whether or not they need to move their body to properly align themselves, they are not concentrating their focus on any one specific detail. During their show of juggling ability the juggler focuses on the overall act of juggling and that is important in ensuring the proper outcome. The same overall focus mentality is essential in psi technique to ensure that nothing gets dropped.
The second concept necessary for proper psi technique outcome is intent. An intent is both the end purpose for the technique, and the state of mind carrying it out. Psi techniques each have a specific goal in reality, which leaves little unknown about the final purpose of them. The state of mind is a more difficult aspect to understand, but if broken down can be made easier. Where psi intents are concerned the state of mind refers to understanding the purpose of the technique and focusing on that purpose. So, as long as an individual grasps the concepts of the technique they're using and holds focus on it they will be in the correct state of mind to create an intent in psi.
In combining the two concepts necessary for a proper psi outcome an individual is actually left with visualization. A visualization is the overall formation of a mental image concerning what is happening and how a technique is carried out. In combining focus with intent a person is ensuring the proper variables are in place to successfully create a psi outcome in reality. To further the psi ability visualization should be carried out consciously within the psi control centre, but this isn't necessary when first working with techniques since visualization will unconsciously manifest in that area of the brain regardless.
As can be seen there are distinct differences between the imagination and visualization with each having necessity for psi. It is important to realize the differences so the correct one can be harnessed for proper psi techniques.


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