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How the Fair Housing Act's role in combating discrimination will continue to evolve
Urban Institute researchers writing on Urban Wire are reflecting on the 50 years since the Fair Housing Act became law, and the steps needed to continue building inclusive, prosperous communities.
The 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act provides an opportunity to reflect on its history and to examine the evolving role it plays in combating discrimination when people are buying or renting a home.
Enacted in 1968, the Fair Housing Act (or Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) prohibited discrimination in the rental, sale, or financing of housing based on race, color, religion, or national origin. Congress passed the law in response to ongoing housing discrimination against African Americans and other racial, ethnic, and religious minorities.
Efforts to pass the law stemmed from the barriers that black and Hispanic veterans of the Vietnam War faced when trying to access housing, as well as from lobbying by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other entities. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. spurred President Johnson to pressure Congress to pass the bill.
A history of change
The Fair Housing Act has been amended twice since it was passed to expand legal protections and enforcement authority. In 1974, it was amended to protect against discrimination based on sex. Disability and family status were added in 1988, and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's enforcement role was expanded. There have been efforts to amend the law to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender presentation in recent decades (such as the Equality Act introduced in 2015), but no amendment has passed.
Since then, the law has been interpreted to cover groups not explicitly named. In 2017, a US district court ruled that a Colorado landlord's refusal to rent a townhouse to a lesbian couple, one of whom is transgender, violated the law. The ruling was the first in which a court extended protections under the law on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
An evolving view of protected classes
Although recipients of housing choice vouchers and other public benefits are not a federally protected class, housing advocates have pursued disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act. They have argued that although landlord practices may seem neutral, these practices can adversely affect a protected group, like families with children, who compose a disproportionate share of voucher holders. In 2015, the Supreme Court upheld disparate impact as a key tool in combating housing discrimination.
Given the patchwork of state and local source of income laws intended to protect recipients of public benefits from discrimination, advocates have argued that the Fair Housing Act should be amended to provide federal protections and guarantee that residents have access to opportunity areas, further bolstering the law's goal of dismantling segregated communities.
A recent lawsuit filed against Facebook by fair housing organizations is one example of how forms of discrimination continue to evolve. The lawsuit alleges that the social media giant discriminates against certain groups, including single mothers. Advertisers are allowed to target housing rental and other ads to Facebook users they want to attract based on demographic characteristics, likes, and interests, thereby limiting the information other home seekers receive about housing options.
Informing future efforts to combat discrimination
Although the Fair Housing Act has made headway against discrimination in housing, there is still work to do. Urban Institute research has shown evidence of discrimination and has documented the forms discrimination can take in rental and sales markets. Our studies have looked at housing discrimination based on race and ethnicity, disability, family status, sexual orientation, and gender status.
These studies have found that although door slamming may be less common than in the past, discriminatory practices that persist are harder to detect. The Fair Housing Act will continue to evolve as the US addresses new and ongoing housing challenges, and evidence can help inform how changes to the law help its mission to combat discrimination.
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For this one-day workshop, Polish electronic noise artist Ewa Justka will guide you through the creation of a unique, multi-faceted electronic instrument and effects unit – The Voice Odder.
The Voice Odder is a simple electronic circuit based on delay IC. It can generate various sounds – from echo and delay effect to reverb, extreme resonance sampling and distortion, depending on resistance and voltage.
During the workshop participants will learn how to build electronic circuits: how to solder, read schematics and data sheets, use multimeter and what are the functions of basic electronic components.
The workshop is for beginners in electronics but advanced participants will have fun too!
All of the materials will be provided and are included in price.
Participants will finish the workshop with their own fully-functioning Voice Odder to take away.
During this workshop participants will free themselves of this "parasitic resisting organism" by building a device specially designed for this purpose. This device will allow the participants to hear the invader and even see him in the form of light. Do not be afraid though! This creature is not dangerous as we will keep it in the form of electronic circuitry where it will be drifting with currents and resistances. Let it speak through your voice, let's shout it out and modulate it ! We shall not be afraid of The Other!
Ewa Justka is an electronic noise artist, self-taught instrument builder and electronics teacher, originally from Poland and now based in London. In her artistic work Ewa explores the concept of the materiality of the hidden. She investigates modes of quasi-direct perception through noise performance actions, interactive installations, DIY electronics, hardware hacking, plant-molesting, breaking, deconstructing and collaborating. Her main field of research is based on the exploration of the materiality of objects and vibrant, ontological systems (human bodies, plants, electronic circuits): a varied range of micro- and macro-environments and the relations between them.
This workshop is part of a wider Fort Process workshop programme, and is made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England.


In Washington's salmon-bearing streams, installation of log jams — a buildup of wood debris creating deep pools for salmon — has become a priority method to recover salmon habitat and reset geomorphological processes that currently suffer from the legacy effects of a century's worth of logging. But as we learned this month on the Washington coast, not all jams are created equal.
In sub-freezing temperatures, a team of scientists scouted a 2-mile length of Shale Creek, where The Nature Conservancy owns timberland and riparian forest. Our aim is to accelerate both coastal rainforest and stream restoration by integrating terrestrial forest and aquatic ecological processes. Terrestrial and forest systems are not simply next to each other on the landscape, but rather they are dependent upon one other. They are inextricably linked to one another by the flow of materials across the land-water divide.
Salmon in the Skagit River. Photo © Julie Morse / TNC.
In coastal tributaries, like Shale Creek, connections between riparian forests (trees on banks of a river) and streams are restricted by the legacy effects of stream cleaning and felling riparian trees. Termed "stream cleaning," the practice of stripping large wood out of streams was used in order to transport felled timber from the upper reaches of the watershed to mills downstream. Large wooden splash dams were constructed in high elevations, with logs collected in the temporary reservoirs. Once the winter rains fell, loggers would dynamite the dams, sending the logs and enormous flows raging down coastal tributaries. Any large wood in the stream, such as a log jam, would have impaired the transport of logs to the mill. Hence, coastal streams throughout the Pacific Northwest bear the legacy effects of stream cleaning.
But what are those legacy effects? And how can we identify them? And once they are identified, what can we do?
It takes a team of keen-eyed, trained scientists to fit together the puzzle pieces of a landscape — a forester, a hydrological engineer, a geomorphologist, a fisheries-habitat biologist and an aquatic ecologist, to be exact. By walking together, we were able to identify locations where the river no longer interacts with its floodplain and where upslope timber practices have led to landslides. We were looking for places where landslides have impacted stream channel depth, substrate and location and riparian forests have changed in age and species composition. The stream channels we were looking for lack habitat diversity (such as pools, riffles and glides) and we were interested in how salmon species respond to stream conditions by the placement of their nests (redds). It turns out that installation of logs and log jams can facilitate the biological and geomorphological processes that tie all these components together into a functioning ecosystem.
But part way through the day, we realized that we had scrambled through three natural jog jams, each spanning the width of the river. Superficially, they looked similar: about the same size, containing a conglomeration of wood sizes, difficult to navigate, evidence of side channels, etc. However, the geomorphology team had a distinctly different take.
The first jam, our team members told us, needed immediate attention in order to prevent negative feedback loops that would further cause the stream bed to sever connections with the floodplain. We noticed the second jam could use some intervention, but was not as destructive as the first. The third jam, was performing beautifully.
What Type of Log Jam?
What made one giant log jam good, but another bad?
The first jam had caught the debris from an upslope landslide, likely catalyzed by a recent cut on the steep slope above. The river was finding its new path, and because water is lazy, it was taking a shortcut by cutting a trough through the recently deposited sediments. The process, called "headcutting," can lead to channel incision that restricts floodplain connectivity. Without stable wood installed in strategic places, the river is likely to continue to cut downwards, severing connectivity with the floodplain. The problem with headcutting is that it begets more headcutting and incision, preventing the system from recovering on its own. This was a bad jam.
In contrast, the third jam exhibited the processes we aim to recover in the coastal tributaries of the Pacific Northwest. This large jam exhibited a series of side channels that dissipate the energy of the river across a wide space. The jam successfully redirects flows to the floodplain and side channels, slowing down flows to facilitate sediment retention and rebuild stream-bed elevations, creates pools and riffles and prevent further headcutting. This was a good jam.
Armed with this new information, and observing the relationship between salmon redds and large wood, we now have a clear path forward for enhancing stream ecosystem health on Shale Creek. Not only will we address major geomorphological processes, as described in the large jams, but we will also tend to the smaller types of wood installations that promote habitat complexity for salmon. Those are the short-term actions that will kick off long-term recovery, defined as more natural interactions between streams, floodplains and riparian forests. That's why we are simultaneously planting robust tree species, such as spruce and cedar, in the riparian corridor. Unlike alder, which crumble to pieces within four or five years, these trees decompose so slowly that when they finally fall into a creek, they can remain there for centuries. And that's the way it should be.
It may take decades for full recovery to be realized in these coastal stream systems. But with this integrated approach, we expect success.


The Haynesville shale play lies in parts of North Louisiana and East Texas. Is selling all or a part of your mineral rights or royalty rights in the Haynesville shale play a good idea? Nobody can know the answer for years and even decades, so, it's wise to give it careful consideration. The risk of NOT selling is very real. And you can sell part and hang on to part, you don't have to sell of your mineral rights.
So, if you have mineral rights for sale in Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Red River Parish, DeSoto Parish, Bienville Parish or Sabine Parish, Louisiana, or Panola County, Shelby County, Sabine County, San Augustine County or Nacogdoches County, Texas, depending on where your mineral rights are in the parish or county and certain other factors, you just might enjoy a very big payday. Good luck to all Haynesville shale mineral rights owners!
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A review of the IRS Form 1023 brought up an important point. We will need to determine if we are a private foundation (specifically a private operating foundation) or a public charity. They have some different tax benefits, restrictions, and requirements. There is a section with a series of questions that help to determine this, and depending on the answers to those questions, there is an option to allow the IRS to determine which one we are. However, we should be prepared to call out the most appropriate one for us. I'm sure more info can be found, and I'll be doing more research on that end soon, but if anyone has some input on this, please chime in.
Good point. Keep us posted.
No strong concept of why one is preferable over another, let us know what you learn and we'll figure it out.
Upon further reading, we are most likely a public charity, but we could fall under the private operating foundation umbrella too.
Every organization that qualifies for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) is further classified as either a public charity or a private foundation. For some organizations, the primary distinction between a public charity and a private foundation is an organization's source of financial support.
A public charity has a broad base of support, while a private foundation receives its support from a small number of donors. This classification is important because different tax rules apply to the operations of each entity. Deductibility of contributions to a private foundation is more limited than contributions to a public charity. In addition, private foundations are subject to excise taxes that aren't imposed on public charities.
Public charities. The following 501(c)(3) organizations are classified as public charities.
Hospitals, medical research organizations, and cooperative hospital service organizations.
Organizations that receive substantial support from grants, governmental units, and/or contributions from the general public.
Organizations that normally receive more than one-third of their support from contributions, membership fees, and gross receipts from activities related to their exempt functions, and not more than one-third of their support from gross investment income and net unrelated business income.
If an organization requests public charity classification based on receiving substantial public support, it must continue to seek significant and diversified public support contributions in later years.
Private foundation. A 501(c)(3) organization that can't meet one of the specific exceptions to be classified as a public charity is a private foundation.
Classification as a private foundation has nothing to do with the name of the organization. There are many organizations that include the word foundation in their names that aren't private foundations for tax purposes.
Private operating foundations. A private foundation that lacks general public support but actively conducts exempt programs (as opposed to making grants to other organizations to conduct exempt activities) may be treated as a private operating foundation. Private operating foundations are subject to more favorable rules than other private foundations in terms of charitable contribution deductions and attracting grants from private foundations. In order to be classified as a private operating foundation, an organization must meet certain support tests. See support test at IRS.gov/ PrivateOperatingFoundationSupportTests.
Sounds like we are a public charity. We're not seeking individual donors with deep pockets.
We are definitely not a general private foundation. There is a possibility we could be a private OPERATING foundation though, since we will be conducting programs and not making grants or financial contributions directly to others. We will be getting public support, but it is in order to host our events. I agree we most likely are a public charity, but we'll need to be sure which we are and be able to defend that choice when we do the 1023. I'll do some more digging this weekend.


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New plan in works for Reid Park Zoo expansion
Noah Cullen Special for the Arizona Daily Star
Nov 13, 2021 Updated Dec 1, 2021
The Reid Park Zoo parking lot. The Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center is background, right. According to a new plan, the lot would become part of the zoo's expansion.
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City officials have come up with a new design for the Reid Park Zoo expansion after the original design that would have taken over park space was canceled by Tucson City Council.
The council voted in May to reroute expansion to the northwest of its existing boundaries after rescinding the initial plan to expand the zoo into Reid Park. The motion called for minimizing the need to use open green space for the project, maximizing the reuse of hardscape and ensuring the additional cost of the project is less than $5.5 million.
Now, city officials have presented a new layout that addresses public concerns that halted the original zoo expansion plans in March by avoiding building over existing open green space and saving the southern duck pond and Barnum Hill.
The expansion will be used for a "Pathway to Asia" exhibit with a new pavilion, tiger exhibits, reptile exhibit and aviary and is now proposed to take place entirely east of Lakeshore Lane.
The new concept for the zoo's expansion was shown in a memo to the City Council in September and suggests making room for the expansion within 4.14 acres where the Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center and the zoo's current parking lot sits and building about three acres for new parking over a park's maintenance compound.
The logistics of the expansion have yet to be officially designed, and it's not clear when construction would take place.
The plan was presented virtually on Oct. 1 by Timothy Thomure, interim assistant city manager, to community members and stakeholders who have followed the evolution of the plan.
"Over the summer, over the last 10 weeks, we've worked on a layout that really took us a step further toward honoring that stakeholder input," Thomure said during the presentation.
More than half-an-acre of expansion is planned over a smaller parking lot on the southwest side of the zoo that's currently used by zoo personnel. Thomure said this area is necessary for expansion "in order to have the zoo have a completed footprint on the southwest area."
The entrance to the Reid Park Zoo, left. The Edith Ball Adaptive Recreation Center is at right.
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Constructing zoo space over this area would require shifting Lakeshore Lane about 5 feet to the west, according to Thomure.
Molly McKasson, a member of Save the Heart of Reid Park, an advocacy organization that has been involved throughout this process, felt the idea was a success in its preservation of park space.
"It looks like a real win for the community to not have taken a huge cut out of that park," she said. "Especially one in the heart of the park and loved by so many people."
However, McKasson is concerned about the new parking lot's effect on adjacent neighborhoods and the widening of Lakeshore Lane, the street that separates the north and south duck ponds from the zoo itself.
Joaquin, an 18-year-old Andean bear, is back at Reid Park Zoo after being born there in 2002.
The roughly 400-pound bear's most recent home was the Philadelphia Zoo, but he was returned to Tucson after being deemed a potential breeding partner for Oja, Reid Park Zoo's female Andean bear.
The zoo held a special welcoming for Joaquin, whose furry parents were Reid Park Zoo's own Worf and Lucy, the morning of Oct. 19, 2021.
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"That was sort of a line in the sand for all of us in Save the Heart of Reid Park that we didn't want to see any kind of expansion beyond Lakeshore Lane," McKasson said. "I think it would be just a huge mistake to move into the hill. There's all kinds of mature trees at the base of that hill and all around the base."
Attendees of the virtual meeting also brought up concerns about minimizing parking for the adaptive recreation center, which would be built over in the current plan.
"Front and center of this is making sure the (adaptive recreation center) and its clientele are well-served," Thomure said.
Although the City Council originally approved a new plan called "G-minor," — which proposed using the park's maintenance compound for expansion — the new animal habitats would be too close to Hi Corbett Field, and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums was concerned that loud noises from the stadium would create poor conditions for animal habitats.
"We've had expertise look at that and there's a number of reasons why being right next to that stadium is a nonstarter for putting habitat," Thomure said.
The final footprint is in the works as part of the master plan being developed by the city. Lara Hamwey, the director of Parks and Recreation, said the selection of a zoo expansion plan is a first step in moving toward a master plan for the entire park.
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Anna and her foal have been under close observation at the zoo and are reported to both be doing well. The mother-son duo can be seen at Reid Park Zoo's main zebra habitat. Video courtesy of Reid Park Zoo.
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Biobehavioral Sciences
Annual Report 2016 > Inner Pages
The Department of Biobehavioral Sciences probes the biology of human communication, movement and related disorders, and offers programs focusing on the application of research to clinical, educational and community settings. Graduates become speech-language pathologists, exercise physiologists, trainers, cardiac rehabilitation specialists, occupational and physical therapists, researchers and administrators. Among the department's accomplishments this past year:
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The late Antoinette Gentile launched a new era in treating movement disorders by championing "neuroplasticity"—the concept that, following trauma, the brain can shift functions to new regions. Find the Biobehavioral Sciences scholarship that moves you!
Joseph Ciccolo co-authored several publications with his doctoral students, such as "Acute Effects of Resistance Exercise on Affect, Arousal, and Urge to Drink in Temporarily Abstinent Young Adult Hazardous Drinkers," in The American Journal on Addictions. He also continued his $1.9 million study, on "Efficacy of Resistance Training as an Aid to Smoking Cessation: Rationale and Design of the Strength to Quit Study" sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Ciccolo also recieved an R21 from the National Institute of Nursing Research to examine the impact of resistance exercise on depression and cardiovascular disease risk in Black/African men.
Carol Ewing Garber was elected an Active Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Her publications included "Physical Activity for an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Endometrial Cancer Survivors: A Needs Assessment and Pilot Intervention," in Journal of Gynecologic Oncology; and "Cardiac Conditioning for Healthy Individuals: Primary Prevention of Heart Disease," in Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports. With doctoral students Aston McCullough and Miriam Bakoyam, Garber and Helena Duch of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health continue to implement the SKIP! movement program at the Columbia Early Head Start program.
Andrew Gordon delivered the keynote address at a Satellite Symposium of the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology in Osaka. His publications included "Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Identify Corticospinal Tract Projection Patterns in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy," in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. The study builds on his work showing that intensive hand therapies he has developed for children with CP can result in a 50 percent expansion in the brain's motor cortical connections to a child's impaired hand, and that these therapies may work best for children whose brain-hand connections are organized in certain patterns.
Carol Scheffner Hammer focuses on understanding cultural and environmental influences on children's language and literacy development and creating school readiness assessments and interventions. During the past year, she received a $1.4 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to develop what would be one of the first assessments of literacy development in bilingual preschoolers. The focus will be on children's phonological awareness (i.e., the ability to manipulate sounds and words), which is critical for developing reading skills. Hammer is also co-principal investigator on a $1.5 million IES grant to develop a coaching and online training program that would help parents support the language development of their children with language disorders.
WALKING THE TALK An inclusion school for students with intellectual disabilities and autism in Effiduasi, Ghana, where, led by faculty member Catherine Crowley, students in TC's Speech Language Pathology program have worked for the past 10 years with Belinda Bukari, Head Teacher. (Photo: Josh Hays)
Erika Levy co-authored the publications "Vowel Intelligibility in Children With and Without Dysarthria: An Exploratory Study," in Communication Disorders Quarterly and "Children's Perception of Conversational and Clear American-English Vowels in Noise," in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Dysarthria is an impairment of the movement of muscles used for speech production. Levy continued to serve as Associate Editor of Journal of Phonetics.
Ongoing work by Kimberly Noble to document the link between poverty and brain development was featured in Newsweek and by the American Psychological Association and was the focus of a $1.15 million grant from the Sherwood Foundation. Noble's publications included "State of the Art Review: Poverty and the Developing Brain," in Pediatrics, and "Age-Related Differences in Cortical Thickness Vary by Socioeconomic Status," in PLOS One. She delivered the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture, sponsored by the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, in February 2016; and an invited talk, on poverty and adolescent brain development at the UNICEF symposium "The Adolescent Brain: Vulnerability and Opportunity."
Stephen Silverman co-authored Research Methods in Physical Activity (7th Edition; Human Kinetics) and numerous journal articles, including "Upper Elementary School Attitudes Toward Physical Education," in Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, and "Teaching for Physical Literacy: Implications to Instructional Design and PETE," in Journal of Sport and Health Science.
Michelle Troche co-authored several papers that were published or accepted for publication, including "Reflex Cough and Disease Duration as Predictors of Swallowing Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease," in Dysphagia, and "Tailored Deep Brain Stimulation Optimization for Improved Airway Protective Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease," in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management. Troche was also funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for a study titled "Novel Management of Airway Protection in Parkinson's Disease: A Clinical Trial."
Lori Quinn received the Irving Institute Reach for the First R01 Workshop Award, a professional development opportunity for promising younger faculty. Quinn was also the plenary speaker at the American Physical Therapy Association IV STEP meeting. Quinn's publications included the third edition of her book Documentation for Rehabilitation: A Guide to Clinical Decision Making in Physical Therapy (Elsevier), co-authored with James Gordon. She also started a collaborative project with Washington University in St. Louis and the Dance for PD program to evaluate a dance program for people with Parkinson's disease.
[Also read: TC mourns Antoinette Gentile, a pioneer in movement sciences]
from the Sherwood Foundation supporting Professor Kim Noble's research on Poverty Reduction and the Developing Brain in Omaha Neighborhoods
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Charred corn tossed with cabbage, tomato and creamy avocado dressing served alongside smokey BBQ chicken pieces. The perfect family share platter!
1. Set oven to 250ºC. Slash chicken down to the bone (for quicker cooking time). Place on a lined oven tray and roast for 30-35 minutes, or until cooked through.
2. Remove corn kernels from cobs. Cook in a frypan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp oil for 3-4 minutes, or until charred. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. Shred cabbage, slice spring onions and capsicum. Dice tomatoes. Add to bowl with corn.
4. Blend avocado with 1 tbsp vinegar and 2 tbsp olive oil using a stick mixer or processor. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Toss dressing into salad until well coated. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with chicken pieces.
You can also cook the chicken on the BBQ or stove top if preferred.


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Sacred Heart Church celebrates 50 years
July 31, 2009 heraldguide Lifestyles, Social
By Lea Trusty
Many churches are not fortunate enough to last 50 years in a community, whether it be because of financial issues or lack of response from the community. Sacred Heart of Jesus is not one of those churches.On June 28, 2009, the church celebrated its 50th anniversary, with activities from 2008 leading up to the special day.
When asked how the church remained in St. Charles Parish for so long, the church's secretary, Earline Brady, gave a simple, yet strong explanation.
"We just have a very close community that's built on deep faith."
Several of the church's supporters from 50 years ago are still here, helping us to continue our spiritual journey. It's just a really nice church, and a nice school, for people to come together, which is why I think it's lasted so long."
To mark the grand occasion, the church began different activities last year. In September, the church held a fun-filled family day, and in October, they hosted a living rosary.
Of February of 2009, there was a festive wedding celebration for all married couples of the community; in April, they celebrated the 30th anniversary of the new church building after Hurricane Betsy damaged the original; and in May, the Sacred Heart of Jesus school held a Golden Gathering, a celebration for all alumni, parents, family, and friends to attend and enjoy.
On the actual anniversary, the church had Mass as usual, but invited all past pastors and associates of the church to attend and celebrate.
Although their present pastor was unable to speak because of back injury, he was still able to attend the memorable service.
Though the church has progressed over the years, from the new building to a larger number of attendees, if there's one thing that's stayed the same, it's the faith.
"It's always been and always will be a close-knit parish. The people have such an enduring faith and devotion to God, no matter what comes about. And perhaps one of the greatest thing the church has done is create a certain unity between its members; we are always there for each other," says Earline.
The church would like a few changes in the near future, such as seeing their school grow in the number of students they receive.
"But mainly," says Earline, "We hope and plan to focus on growing spiritually as a church and community, in order to essentially build a greater Kingdom of God in the world."
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The Blinking Light of Fairy Heights: Shine a Life on Faye
Today, I sit quietly at my desk, the fog rolling off the river and into the leyland cypresses that stand as sentinels at the far reaches of our lot, and I ponder who to write about, which woman to celebrate first in my Shine A Life series. The fog attempts to blot the sun this morning, but it still manages to glow from behind the wet, winding gauze. I know it will burn through soon and shine its warmth again. And I am struck by the parallels to one who has steadily been a warm and guiding soul in my life, and how she, too, is currently struggling in the gray, suffocating gauze of grief.
I have known her since I was six, or somewhere thereabouts. She has seen me at my best, and she's seen me at my worst. She has known me from the sandy creek-beds and maypop fields of Mississippi to the concrete gutters and asphalt acres of Texas. And though we haven't seen each other in years, she knows me now, through the blue and white posts and profiles of Facebook.
And those blue and white posts are what have me thinking about her today. Particularly the profile pic of her with her husband and their only son in his Air Force dress blues. Because this week, she lays that Air Force Academy graduate and pilot-hero son to rest.
I never had the privilege of knowing him, but I know his mother well. And his mother's eyes are there in his portraits, along with her aquiline nose, and the way his smile lifts his cheeks (and everyone who catches it) in glowing and genuine warmth.
This woman, this beautiful mother of four, and grandmother of four, and mentor to me and thousands of others has unknowingly nudged her way into my heart and my blog today.
I remember when I first met Faye (for that is her name, and it means any number of things, from fairy to loyalty to believe — and she thoroughly embodies all three), she was working toward her PhD at Ole Miss: a tall glass of milk with coal-colored hair and chicory-root eyes. She amazed my six-year-old self because she studied novels in her graduate classes. I never knew you could study novels. Physics, yes. My dad and my uncles did that. But novels? Rooting around in prose like an archaeologist in soil – unearthing various and sundry truths and philosophies and polishing them up for the world to see? This was mind-altering stuff.
Plus, she and her roommate were the first women that I, as a youngster, had ever known who lived independently. This was equally mind-altering.
I remember their apartment building. It was at the top of a wicked-steep, small-town hill – perhaps the steepest in our little university town. Our nursery school, The Busy Bee, was at the bottom of that hill, and at the top — just outside the paved entrance to her apartment building — perched a blinking caution light.
Funny, I didn't remember that blinking light until just now. And simply writing about it reminds me of perhaps the most famous light in all of literature: the mystical, green light of Gatsby fame, symbol of promise and potential and the great chase of gargantuan dreams.
But this light on Faye's hill was a blinking yellow — a signal to slow down because there, at the apex of the hill was a blind drive. It served as a reminder to look out for others after that long, precipitous climb to the top.
To me, it is a symbolic reminder of how Faye has lived her life. After long, difficult climbs, she has reached so many celebratory pinnacles in her lifetime. She acquired that PhD. She's been an educator. Now she's a school board trustee. She's also a regional director of United Way. But most importantly of all, she is a wife and mother and grandmother and mentor.
She is loved, and she is revered because people have been her life work — not titles, not accolades, not money, not prestige — not any of the things Gatsby pursued while chasing his elusive green light across the bay.
Faye has dedicated her life predominantly to children – her own, and her community's. And I see myself as one of them. She will never understand the impact she had upon me as a six-year-old girl, nor as a sixteen-year-old, not even as one nearing sixty (ok, I've still got a few years till then, but you get the point…)
In this world made up of the fast and furious pursuit of things, it's a rare thing to find a blinking yellow light. I will forever more think of them as Fairy lights, after my beautiful friend Faye. They symbolize wisdom and love — the two things of value in this green glass goblin world of greed. They will remind me to pause and always make room for others. Because when all else slips away under cover of fog and darkness, Wisdom and Love remain. And the greatest of these is Love.
This week is the hardest week that I hope Faye will ever have to endure. It will be a wickedly steep, achingly-hard climb for her. I can't even imagine the pain, the cracking of all the what-ifs and why-Gods inside her chest. Her baby boy, one of her brightest, most perfect contributions to this world, has gone on to fly with the angels. And not a one of us knows what to say or do to help.
But I pray she feels all the hearts she has touched along the way as we send our sincerest outpourings of love and prayers from every corner of the world. I am confident in saying thousands are standing still with her in spirit during this, a mother's darkest hour, as she celebrates the life of her beautiful boy, gone way too soon.
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Human rights advocates, LGBTQ fear impact of KOSA
Samuel Grayson
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A bill that could restrict access to LGBTQ resources could be passed by Congress by the end of the year.
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would require platforms to guard kids from harmful content using new features and safeguards and to make privacy settings "on" by default for children. The law also mandates privacy audits and more transparency about privacy policies.
KOSA is argued by many to be flawed, with many of the themes of this bill being pro-censorship, anti-LGBTQ resources and content, and a push for a mass surveillance system.
The addition of KOSA would allow states that have enacted harsh anti-trans and and anti-lgbtq legislation, such as Florida and Texas – including their state attorney general's to sue if they believe the platforms are not protecting minors. One of the potential harms listed in KOSA, includes the now heavily politicized term "grooming." Companies could face legal action for even having LGBTQ content, and sex education resources – despite there being no factual basis to the claims that LGBTQ individuals are "grooming" children.
Far-right conservatives and including groups like the Heritage Foundation have "openly stated attorneys aligned with them and other far right types will abuse this silence LGBTQ+ or sex ed content for you if it (KOSA) passes," according to reporting on the Daily KOS.
Over 90 human rights and LGBTQ organizations, as well as law centers and schools, have all co-signed a "Coalition Letter On Privacy and Free Expression Threats in Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)."
"Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Chairwoman Cantwell, and Ranking Member Wicker:
We, the undersigned organizations, believe that the privacy, online safety, and digital well-being of children should be protected. However, S. 3663, the "Kids Online Safety Act" (KOSA), would undermine those goals for all people, but especially children, by effectively forcing providers to use invasive filtering and monitoring tools; jeopardizing private, secure communications; incentivizing increased data collection on children and adults; and undermining the delivery of critical services to minors by public agencies like schools. We oppose this bill."
Excerpt from the "Coalition Letter On Privacy and Free Expression Threats in Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)."
Despite the bipartisan support of KOSA by U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). There were several other endorsements for the bill as well, including: "Common Sense Media, the American Psychological Association, the 5Rights Foundation, American Compass, the Internet Accountability Project, American Principles Project, and the Digital Progress Institute," some of which are conservative groups aimed at limiting rights.
Ultimately society must decide if mass censorship and surveillance of our children, and thus of ourselves. Is KOSA more beneficial or harmful? Human rights advocates, and LGBTQ orgs are concerns that should be taken seriously, as they fear KOSA would be harmful to youth and society at large.
The 90 plus organizations that signed onto the Coalition Letter On Privacy and Free Expression Threats in Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), closed with, "In short, while KOSA has laudable goals, it also presents significant unintended consequences that threaten the privacy, safety, and access to information rights of young people and adults alike. We urge members of Congress not to move KOSA forward this session, either as a standalone bill or attached to other urgent legislation, and encourage members to work toward solutions that protect young people's rights to privacy and access to information and their ability to seek safe and trusted spaces to communicate online.
Read the complete letter here.
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I am eagerly awaiting the impact of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the requirement to comply with data breach notification. That should be a good one. Have you ever noticed that companies, particularly US ones, initially claim they don't know they had a data breach, sometimes for months? Where are their heads? In the sand, I guess. How can you not know? Also, after they know, it appears that they like to keep it a secret. Makes you question their integrity doesn't it? Should make us question if we should do business with them. I vote No.
Sadly, the US is proposing a bill that essentially gives free reign to businesses to keep mum about a data breach. Really. Companies would have to abide by a too casual notification trigger — warning people of a breach only if there's a "reasonable risk" that harm has been caused. This gives companies ample wiggle room to either go slow on announcing the breach, or keep it to themselves, which means consumers can be left in the dark.
The financial services industry lobbied for the exemption because they're already covered by a separate law, known as Gramm-Leach-Bliley. It says that if a firm learns it's been hacked, and that "misuse of its information about a customer has occurred or is reasonably possible," the company "should notify the affected customer as soon as possible." Should notify. Not must. This lets Equifax of the hook. Nice.
In its own statement, the National Retail Federation, which opposes a notification exemption for the financial sector, observed that about a quarter of all data breaches involve financial firms. Oh, and it wipes out California's law that requires a data breach notification. The California law does not specify a time frame, but states companies are to provide notice "in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay" and "immediately following discovery." To add to the uncertainty, notice can be delayed, to avoid interference with law enforcement investigations or, if necessary, to determine the scope of the breach and to restore the integrity of the data system.
I guess the government feels the victims are not important. Not so says California. The California Attorney General's 2016 Data Breach Report found three out of five Californians were victims of data breaches, and that data breach victims were significantly more likely to experience identity theft. Notifying consumers of a data breach promptly after it happens allows and encourages them to take proactive measures – such as cancelling susceptible credit cards, purchasing identity theft prevention services, and so forth – to prevent identity theft.


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Dvorak: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3
By BBC Music Magazine
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm
COMPOSERS: Dvorak
LABELS: Decca Double Decca
ALBUM TITLE: Dvorak: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3
WORKS: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3
PERFORMER: LSO/István Kertész
CATALOGUE NO: 466 739-2 Reissue (1967)
Kertész's inspired performances, now more than a generation old, of Dvorák's early symphonies revealed the towering imagination and extraordinary fertility of the young composer. That Dvorák was writing symphonies at all in the symphonic desert of the 1860s is remarkable enough, but it is the quality and sheer originality of the works that impresses with their hints of Bruckner, whose music he didn't know, pre-echoes of Strauss and abundant signs of the mature Dvorák. The first two symphonies are too long, but Kertész's committed and intelligent performances transcend these failings while uncovering many treasures. His rendition of the superb Third Symphony encompasses both the magnificent symphonic logic of the first movement as well as the depth and sensuality of its Adagio, one of Dvorák's most ravishing scores. Landmarks in their day, these superb performances remain unsurpassed; indeed, no conductor has risen more convincingly to these symphonies' challenges and rewards.
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Eddie Alvarez was approached by the UFC to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov this weekend but couldn't make the weight.
It appears Eddie Alvarez was another man who was in touch with the UFC to potentially replace Tony Ferguson against Khabib Nurmagomedov this weekend at UFC 223.
Alvarez, Brian Ortega, and the eventual replacement Max Holloway appear to be the men the UFC turned to during their hour of need.
"It would've been great to step in and save the day, but unfortunately, I'm way too big to make it to the 155-pounds limit on just 6 days notice," Alvarez said.
"I think most guys at 55, especially in the top-5 can't make that 55 limit on just 6 days notice.
Alvarez went on to reveal that he's well in excess of the lightweight limit and that he'd offered an alternative solution to fighting at 155-pounds.
"I'm every bit of 190-pounds right now," Alvarez said. "There wasn't even a small chance I could make 155.
"What I did do was I spoke with the UFC all day long and we explored other options.


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Fox Company reunion brings Marines together for Veterans Day: 'It's always bittersweet'
By Evan Peterson
Fox Company reunion brings Marines together for Veterans Day
MILWAUKEE -- In honor of the 243rd anniversary of the Marine Corps' founding and Veterans Day, a battalion of Marines gathered for a "Combat Reunion/KIA Memorial" at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, near Old World 3rd and Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee and the Milwaukee County War Memorial on near Mason and Lincoln Memorial on Friday, Nov. 9 and Saturday, Nov. 10.
Deployed from Milwaukee and serving in Iraq twice, these men and women have seen it all. The group was responsible for providing the residents in the area referred to as the "Triangle of Death" the opportunity to vote for the first time. Nowadays, the members of Fox Company's 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, hope to see more of each other.
"This time of year is tough," said Morgan Mann, Marine.
For these Marines, the inscriptions at the memorial aren't just names on a plaque -- they're the names of the soldiers that they served with.
"It's always bittersweet," said Mark Smith, Marine. "We had a run and gun battle for four months."
In honor of the 243rd anniversary of the Marine Corps' founding and Veterans Day, these Marines found their way back to each another.
"So this is a very tight unit, ever since we deployed in 2004 and returned in 2005," said Mann.
These Marines have met up only sporadically since returning home over 10 years ago. As time has moved forward, so has their desire to be a part of each other's lives.
Morgan Mann
"We've made an extra effort to stay in touch -- to see the people in your most challenging times, but also your best times. They are your brothers," said Smith.
It was clear by the volume of the conversations that echoed during the reunion that these Marines were happy to be together -- but not every conversation was easy to have.
"As we always do in this battalion, we always start by honoring those who didn't come home," said Smith.
On the other side of the world from where these Marines became family, at the reunion, they continued to smile and celebrate all lives lived.
"Take pride in being a Marine, and keep this group tight," said Mann.
Outside of keeping in touch on Facebook, organizers hope to make this event annual so that the Marine, and their families can see each other more often.


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Tsitsernakapert (o tzitzernakaberd, en armeni), és un memorial dedicat a les víctimes del Genocidi armeni perpetrat pel govern Joves Turcs entre 1915 i 1916, situat sobre un dels turons de la capital armènia, Erevan. Tsitsernakapert significa el fort de les orenetes en armeni (tsitsernak = oreneta, pert = fort).

Història
El 24 d'abril de 1965, en el moment del 50è aniversari del genocidi, més d'un milió de persones es van reunir a Erevan durant 24 hores. En resposta a aquest impuls popular, el govern armeni de l'època convenç Moscou el 1966 de finançar un petit memorial. Petit sobre els plànols, el monument resulta ser colossal al final dels treballs el 1968.

Arquitectura
El monument està compost de diverses parts:

 Una punta de granit de 44 metres d'alçària representa el renaixement de la nació armènia.
 12 esteles de granit disposades en cercle simbolitzen les 12 províncies perdudes, avui turques. Al mig, a 1,5 m de profunditat, la flama eterna és el lloc de recolliment. Tots els 24 d'abril, milers de persones hi dipositen una flor.
 Al llarg del passeig de l'estela a la punta, un mur llarg de 100 metres porta les inscripcions dels principals pobles armenis de l'Imperi Otomà en els quals han tingut lloc les massacres.
 Més recentment, d'ençà 1995, les personalitats polítiques (en sentit ampli) del món sencer planten un arbre i signen unes poques paraules sobre una placa daurada.
 El 1995 s'ha obert igualment un petit museu circular subterrani a l'entrada dels cotxes. S'hi troben clixés de fotògrafs alemanys (Alemanya era l'aliada de Turquia durant la Primera Guerra Mundial) i diverses publicacions relatant els esdeveniments de l'època.

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 Vista satèl·lit del memorial a WikiMapia

Edificis d'Armènia
Símbols
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Genocidi armeni

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My advisory students are now seniors. We started together four years ago, along with the school. It's a humbling journey to spend four years with the same group of students, helping them navigate through high school, getting them ready for whatever adventure follows.
We do a lot of work in advisory – research about "Life after Baxter," prepping for student-led conferences, creating and maintaining digital portfolios, keeping track of academic progress, and completing any required paperwork, for starters. Even though we meet three times a week for about 35 minutes each time, we still have some "down" time.
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Q: android thread pause /resume not responding after home button pressed I am making my first android game and I have a problem with my game thread. The thing is that when I pause it and press back or home button, I get an error. "the activity (in my app game) is not responding. My code:
public class GameLoopThread extends Thread {
static final long FPS = 10;
private GameView view;
private boolean running = false;

private Object mPauseLock;
private boolean mPaused;

public GameLoopThread(GameView view) {
    this.view = view;
}

public void setRunning(boolean run) {
    running = run;
    mPauseLock = new Object();
    mPaused = false;

}

@Override
public void run() {
    long ticksPS = 1000 / FPS;
    long startTime;
    long sleepTime;
    while (running) {
        Canvas c = null;
        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        try {
            c = view.getHolder().lockCanvas();
            synchronized (view.getHolder()) {
                view.onDraw(c);
            }
        } finally {
            if (c != null) {
                view.getHolder().unlockCanvasAndPost(c);
            }
        }
        sleepTime = ticksPS - (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
        try {
            if (sleepTime > 0)
                sleep(sleepTime);
            else
                sleep(10);
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }

        synchronized (mPauseLock) {
            while (mPaused) {
                try {
                    mPauseLock.wait();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                }
            }
        }

    }

}

/**
 * Call this on pause.
 */
public void onPause() {
    synchronized (mPauseLock) {
        mPaused = true;
    }
}

/**
 * Call this on resume.
 */
public void onResume() {
    synchronized (mPauseLock) {
        mPaused = false;
        mPauseLock.notifyAll();
     }
   }
  }

What am I doing wrong?

A: First, did you try to press the power button while application is running? If the application still running when you re-open the app after you tried that, then your thread code and surface class are fine. To solve your problem(the home button part), add this method to your appcompatactivity.
public class Game extends AppCompatActivity {
public int i = 0;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
    getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);

    setContentView(new YourSurfaceGame(this,"player1"));
}
//Add this override method to your appcompatactivity
@Override
protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    //Re-declare your surface game class is the main solution here
    setContentView(new YourSurfaceGame(this,"player1"));
}

@Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();
}
}

It took a hours for me to solve the button home problem though I noticed something odd when I compared between pressing the home and power button. If you try this code and starting notice that all of your game progress is gone, then https://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_shared_preferences.htm is the answer.
I did the same thing for other game application and my conclusion was right. The game get paused after I press either the home or power button. Actually, you will find this problem if you are using thread as extended and it is different thing when you use timertask as extended inside your mainthread class. Though, I never try that before.

A: Most likely your applications is attempting to start up a stopped thread when it resumes. This is causing an error and causing your application to crash.
Take a look at your Logcat logs to check.

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Bryan and Jim hit the big 6-0 this week, which made them feel old. This week, they covered a trio of tips on finding free or discounted local books, writing 5,000 words a day for a month, and perfecting your book's title. They also touched on news stories about 12 essential book marketing tips, giving away books for free, discrimination against indies, Google Play's shutdown for new authors, and the pros and cons of going pro. This week's Question of the Week: Does the traditional publishing industry's behavior toward indies count as sanctioned discrimination? Why or why not?
Question of the Week: Does the traditional publishing industry's behavior toward indies count as sanctioned discrimination? Why or why not?


Coolangatta Estate is situated on the South Coast of Shoalhaven Heads and is a gorgeous Country Wedding Venue, Winery and Accommodation all in one.
Coolangatta Estate exudes enormous charm from a bygone era with its history stretching back to the early 19th Century. Set on acres of beautifully manicured gardens and sweeping vineyard and mountain views, photographic opportunities are endless as you stroll through the stunning grounds – your guests will be delighted with its magnificent setting and surroundings and will bring your dream wedding to life!
Set on a wine-producing estate, this traditional retreat occupying 19th-century, convict-built workshops and cottages, is also 3.5 km from Seven Mile Beach.
We would like to thank the wonderful Ben and Monica and their team at Coolangatta Estate who are always lovely to work with..
Floristry: Libby from Libs Little Studio.
Bridal Gowns: Tanya at Cheboom Bridal & Formal Boutique.
Hair and Makeup: Kat – Kat Quinn Make-up Artist.
Photography: Kate from Love Stories by Kate – Photography.
Beautiful Weddings at the amazing Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast offer magical ocean views from the Horizons reception room, blue lagoon pools and beautiful wedding ceremony gardens.
Just a short walk for a beautiful beach ceremony and wedding photography opportunities.
Our Beautiful Weddings Gold Coast team are preferred stylists and we can't wait to design your dream wedding at the Sheraton Mirage.
Toowoomba and the surrounding areas would make the perfect setting for your Toowoomba garden Ceremony.
We are spoilt for choice in and around Toowoomba with many fabulous parks and gardens, whether it is the stunning Queens Park gardens, the Divine Laurel Bank Park, the tranquil surrounds of the Japanese gardens or the fabulous Roses at Newtown Park your Toowoomba Garden Wedding will be amazing.
At Beautiful Weddings Toowoomba we can show you a range of gorgeous options to make your Toowoomba garden wedding picture perfect.
There are also some stunning Toowoomba wedding reception venues in this lovely city.
Gabbinbar Homestead is a stunning wedding venue which exudes a charm from a bygone era. Set on 25 acres adjacent to Toowoomba's escarpment, Gabbinbar Homestead is secluded and hidden from outside view when you pass through the entry gates and follow the winding, pebbled drive through an avenue of trees. Photographic opportunities are endless as you stroll through the grounds and your guests will be delighted with the setting and surroundings.
Middle Ridge golf club is a wonderful choice for a relaxed cocktail party on the deck overlooking the stunning Golf Course or indeed a formal 3-course dinner in the Diamond Room. Either area can be immaculately styled by us to wow your guests!
Fitzy's is located in the heart of Toowoomba and offers function rooms from small gatherings to 150 and more – each with its own unique charm. Their new reception room at front of the hotel is beautifully appointed with stylish decor and just made for weddings. Undoubtedly the locals favourite place to meet up with friends for a drink, Fitzy's is a great choice for your wedding celebration in Toowoomba!


Thinking about putting in a solar pond aeration system? The "best" pond aerator, may not be the best when you factor in a few important considerations. In fact, there are a lot of fancy models out there with lots of bells and whistles, but aren't necessary for the average pond.
Before you make a purchase, and perhaps a costly mistake, let's cover the five basics of purchasing a solar pond aeration system and improve the life of your pond.
The most important consideration for a solar powered pond aerator is quite simply the size of your pond. See how to calculate the size and volume of your pond.
At Harrietta Hills, we've been in the water management business since the 1950s. In that time, we've become experts in preserving and promoting health for Michigan's ponds and lakes, and we've seen many, many do-it-yourself jobs that can't keep up with the needs of the pond, resulting in wasted energy, time and money. We've also seen a fair share of pond owners that have been oversold on the aeration needs of their pond, and not enough attention paid to the stock of fish, the right mix of plants, and the overall balance of aquatic life.
In your research, you may have noticed that solar pond aeration systems have many parts and features. From the compressor to the diffuser membrane, back up battery or banking system, and tubing, a cooling fan, the pressure gauge, to the solar panels themselves, the quality of each part makes up the dependability of the product as a whole.
Sometimes the more complicated the system is, the more likely it is to require maintenance or break down. At Harrietta Hills, we focus on simple, yet effective systems that are easy to install, quiet and dependable.
Another consideration is how easy the diffuser membranes are to clean and replace, if necessary, and how often will that be required. Feel like getting into your scuba suit?
At Harrietta Hills, our diffused air systems are much easier to maintain because the compressor is onshore as opposed to submerged in the pond.
Some pond aeration systems require electrical service and don't allow for much wiggle room on equipment placement.
At Harrietta Hills, our systems can be custom built in many ways and one big advantage is the compressor can be located up to 2000 feet away from the pond's edge. It is much more cost effective to trench in the air tubing than it is to install electrical service to the pond edge making these systems the best choice for ponds without electric nearby.
You may have seen other systems promoting the life of their back-up battery and the convenience when there's not been enough sunlight. However, most of Michigan's lakes and ponds receive enough sunlight to utilize a more economic banking system over a system backed up with expensive rechargeable batteries.
At Harrietta Hills, each of our solar pond aeration systems operate on direct sunlight during daylight hours with no batteries.
How do "bank" systems work?
The solar powered compressor is shore mounted and sends air through tubing to bottom mounted diffusers for safe and effective aeration. The stream of bubbles rising from the diffuser(s) create a large circulation pattern in the pond, bringing low oxygen water to the surface where it comes into contact with atmospheric oxygen. This circulation releases gasses that can be harmful to your fish and infuses the water with life-giving oxygen. Operating during daylight "banks" oxygen in the water for later use.
This method of diffused pond aeration is an excellent way to maintain pond health in warm weather as well as winter. Specifically, the winter operation of solar pond aeration systems helps to prevent winter-kill by maintaining open water for oxygen transfer and preventing the build-up of harmful gasses below the ice.
Solar Pond Aeration Systems are easy to install, quiet and dependable. We offer three systems to choose from. For full specifications and features information, check them out here.
We're here when you need us! Give us a call today at 877-389-2514 with any questions or to schedule an installation consult.


One of the very great products that I've recently found is King Arthur Flour's Gluten Free Bread Mix. Now, I've tried some store bought Gluten Free breads and couple of bread machine mixes…. blech. For the most part, I don't really miss sandwich bread, but I do occasionally crave a cheese sandwich. I've replaced peanut butter sandwiches with peanut butter on apple slices… just as tasty, healthier, yay! A cheese sandwich though…. it needs bread.. it just does! Yay for King Arthur Gluten Free Flour!
I've found King Arthur Gluten Free Products (all purpose flour, pizza dough mix and bread mix) at Schnuck's and Whole Foods, but you can also purchase it online. On King Arthur's website you have to pay shipping and it ends up costing more than it does in the store. I emailed King Arthur to ask if they ever have coupons and they said that they didn't have in-store coupons, but said to join their newsletter and they offered online sales. The online price is about what it is the in store. So far I have yet to come across a sale that lowered the cost enough to counter the cost of the shipping charges. It is also available from King Arthur on Amazon… and with Super Shipper Savings it costs about what it does in the store…. if you can find it…. I'm buying mine from Amazon.


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Note: If you don't feel like manually pressing the Spin button every couple of seconds, then the game has a great auto-play feature. To set it up, click on the Auto-spin button to the left of the Spin button, and choose the number of auto spins you'd like it to play for you (10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750 & 1,000). If you'd like to choose your loss and single-win limit, then click on the tiny, red 'Advanced Settings' button below. When all is set, click on main Spin button. Before doing so, do keep in mind that if your XXXtreme Spins are turned on before this, your auto-spins will also include them.
Like any other video slot out there, Starburst™ XXXtreme comes with both advantages and disadvantages. Here's what we think works in its favour and against it:
Classic game with boosted features
Amazing 200,000x-your-stake jackpot
Accepts both small and large bets
No bonus games or free spins (but does have a respin feature)
XXXtreme Spins feature is quite expensive
Wild symbols don't fall super regularly during base game
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To win the massive 200,000x-your-stake jackpot, the Random Wilds' multipliers for one spin need to add up to 450x the winning combination and, of course, have a winning combination that results in a large win. This is difficult to achieve in the base game and in the XXXtreme Spins, but with up to £/€10,000,000 at stake (if you bet £/€50 per spin), it's well worth a try. Of course, never exceed your budget while attempting to do so – it's far more important to manage your bankroll properly and to stick to your budget.
Is Starburst™ XXXtreme better than Starburst™?
This is one of those questions that impossible to answer. The truth is that both games are great, and while the XXXtreme version has some better features, the original is still wonderful.
What is the Starburst™ XXXtreme max win?
The max win you can get on Starburst™ XXXtreme is 200,000x your stake.
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The Amphibious Commandos Group (, APCA) is a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps.

Role
Trained to perform quick and objective amphibious reconnaissance, assault raids, and direct action operations.

Training

The amphibious command course lasts 1 year and is physically and mentally exhausting. 95% of applicants do not succeed.

Training course consists of the:

amphibious warfare course
mountain warfare course
parachute course

Operatives are also trained as demolitions experts, multiple weapons experts and trained in Close quarters combat.

History

It was created in 1952 as the Vigilance and Security Company of Submarine Bases (at Base Naval Mar del Plata).

In 1960 the group received its first advanced training course of amphibious reconnaissance, airborne, and HALO/HAHO parachuting in the Military Diving School and in the Argentine Army. With the personnel of the 7th Marine Corps Company, formed in 1966 the Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, it took new tasks and responsibilities.

The commando course was incorporated in the training in 1973, and in the next year the unit was renamed Amphibious Commandos Group. The members of this group wear green berets with unit badges.

The group participated in 1978 and 1979 in the Marine Corps force deployed to Tierra del Fuego, in the course of the Beagle crisis, executing many special operations missions.

During the late 1980s, the group was moved from Mar del Plata to its current base in Puerto Belgrano.

On 2 April 1982, the unit was part of the Amphibious Task Force leading the assault on Port Stanley, taking part in the battle of Government House and the assault on Moody Brook barracks. Members of the group also saw action of at South Georgia Islands and carried out a couple of reconnaissance missions from Port Stanley since 1 May. The group was awarded the Honor al Valor en Combate decoration.

Weapons
 Browning Hi-Power
 Heckler & Koch MP5
 Daniel Defense M4A1
 FAMAS
 M249 SAW
 FN MAG
 Heckler & Koch HK21
 M24 SWS
 Barrett M95
 AT4

See also

Argentine Navy
Rapid Deployment Force
Tactical Divers Group
601 Commando Company

Notes

Special forces of Argentina
Naval units and formations of Argentina
Mar del Plata
Military units and formations established in 1952
Military units and formations of Argentina in the Falklands War
Falklands War in South Georgia


The real Butch wasn't bad looking at all. He had rather a nice face. Friendly. He wore a hat and suit very well. I don't know if he rode a bike as well as Paul Newman, but I guess it wasn't a job qualification - he had a horse.
Sundance Kid and Etta. Very elegant robbers. Of course they didn't have wardrobe people brushing them off every five seconds, but I think they looked grand.
Same deal. Clyde had a bit of an ear thing going on, but Bonnie was really pretty. As a matter of fact, she looked more delicate than Faye Dunaway.