after another. Did either side get what they expected?
began to teach in the synagogue.
He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
about the villages in a circuit, teaching.
from an unfavorable place. That's the way it was.
other's family. He knew their stories, they knew his.
There's something about familiarity which keeps a person in their place.
Nazareth was like that. No particular person may outshine the others.
If you excel or produce too much, you make everyone else look bad.
him, plus others who followed him around and hung on his every word.
they didn't know how to interact with a celebrated miracle-worker.
Who does he think he is coming home with an entourage!
the change, and didn't like it. Certainly didn't see it as God's doing.
Something about this new Jesus displeased and offended them.
He generated distress, inflamed their emotions, ruffled some feathers.
he had not seen before and it wasn't pretty.
Jesus' line about a prophet without honor sounds a bit philosophical.
strangers would enable him to do what he was meant to do.
"What ever happened to . . . . . . . ?"
Describe someone from your past you wonder about.
Anticipation and planning can be more fun and fulfilling that the actual event.
When has that been true for you?
Why did that event or visit fall short of your expectations?
What might Jesus have been thinking as he headed home to Nazareth?
Jesus' mother, brothers and sisters are quiet throughout this story.
Does that suggest anything to you?
when they are included, along with Mary, among the believers.
trust and honor difficult within the walls of one's abode?
Think about the word "offended" and define what it means.
What are some things which offend you?
Is it true we are probably offended more at home than anywhere else?
When have you felt more comfortable with strangers than with family?
our lives long before we ever became aware of God's loving kindness.
What exactly did Jesus want the people of Nazareth to believe?
What is the relationship between our faith and God's good work?
have taken place in that town, if the people had only believed.
you because you lacked the faith to believe that it could?
Home can be the hardest place to hold on to our religious beliefs and live them.
does this story about Jesus and his hometown provide for you?


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It means I don't have to go & buy new things just for my planner, although I most likely will, but at least I can use that product for my other papercrafting & all my stuff can used in the same way but just on a planner!
It's your planner, so you should do whatever makes you happy because that will make you use your planner and motivate yourself to stay organised.
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But I love the whole makes me happy part.
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A pen: To add in all the important dates. A lot of people say that different colour pens are a must have, but for now I am sticking to one the Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen and I will use other ways to add colour. It also means I can add some doodling to get back into drawing & add my own personal touch.
Some inspiring quotes and words: There are so many quotes & words to choose from & I want to make my planner not only incredibly happy but super positive. I love getting a little punch of inspiration. I plan on adding these between pages using Picture My life cards or with stamped images on the pages.
Stickers: I am going to be using the CTMH Fundamental Stickers there are great little tabs, words & other bits & pieces & this is where some of my colour will be added.
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3 Player Chess (3 Man Chess)
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3 Man Chess
Chess can be a challenging game, depending on your opponent. But what if you had two challenging opponents at the same time? Introducing a 3 player chess game simply called 3 Man Chess, a game with a set of rules that are similar to Chess but adjusted for a round board and three players.
The three person chess game comes with a beautifully designed board that's 19 inches in diameter. Each game comes with three sets of chess pieces, black, white, and gray. Obviously, the game allows you to play the classic board game with three people. The only changes from conventional chess are some protocol changes that have to be followed to maintain the proper order. Having a third player in the game creates an all-new level of complexity that big-time chess players will appreciate. There are so many trust and doubt situations on the board that the possibilities for victory are endless.
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In its old sense the verb "bricoler" applied to ball games and billiards, to hunting, shooting and riding. It was however always used with reference to some extraneous movement: a ball rebounding, a dog straying or a horse swerving from its direct course to avoid an obstacle. And in our own time the "bricoleur" is still someone who works with his hands and uses devious means compared to those of a craftsman.
Freek Wambacq's œuvre investigates the uncertain intersection between sculpture and architecture with the devious ingenuity of a "bricoleur", diverting the everyday furniture of the world for new and unlikely ends. In the tradition of Arte Povera, the artist makes use of readily available materials, bric-a-brac, remainders and leftovers found in his studio and elsewhere. His installations draw on DIY techniques and the aesthetics of old consumer catalogues and flea market displays (including that digital flea market Ebay), and frequently find inspiration in chance encounters and discoveries. Lying behind Wambacq's multiform objects are different stories or subtle sociological commentaries, which add another dimension to their intrinsic aesthetic quality. Two important aspects of Wambacq's practice that must also be mentioned. The first is his wry, satirical sense of humor, revealed in pieces wonderfully absurd, as if the farming machine had popped a wheelie and found itself planted against the wall of a barn, thus becoming an "accidental" readymade sculpture. Another concern is highlighted equally in his works: the exhibition context and more generally, the physical and ideological framework in which things become visible. Described by the artist himself as "showing the plinth not the object", these interventions reveal in a rigorously post-Duchampian fashion, the architectural infrastructure of the gallery space and the conditions for mounting an exhibition.


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US Withdraws From Global Pact That Upholds Rights of Refugees
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The U.S. administration has pulled out of a global declaration that pledges to uphold rights of refugees and migrants, arguing that it is "inconsistent" with current U.S. policies and infringes upon U.S. sovereignty.
"Today, the US Mission to the United Nations informed the UN Secretary-General that the United States is ending its participation in the Global Compact on Migration," the U.S. mission to United Nations announced Saturday.
In September 2016, the 193 members of the U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a non-binding political declaration, the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, pledging to uphold the rights of refugees, help them resettle and ensure they have access to education and jobs.
"The New York Declaration contains numerous provisions that are inconsistent with US immigration and refugee policies and the Trump Administration's immigration principles. As a result, President Trump determined that the United States would end its participation in the Compact process that aims to reach international consensus at the UN in 2018," the U.S. statement said.
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the country would continue its "generosity" in supporting migrants and refugees around the world, but that "our decisions on immigration policies must always be made by Americans and Americans alone."
"We will decide how best to control our borders and who will be allowed to enter our country. The global approach in the New York Declaration is simply not compatible with US sovereignty."
Under President Donald J. Trump and his "America First" policies, the United States has withdrawn from several global commitments made under the administration of President Barack Obama, including the Paris climate deal.
More recently, the U.S. pulled out of the Paris-based culture and education body, UNESCO, accusing it of "anti-Israel bias."
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What Is Kubb and How Do You Play?
by Jake Pincock
Kubb, or Viking's Chess, is a Nordic lawn game. The game was invented in 1911 by Alton Kuse, though some claim that the game originated in ancient Scandinavia over 1,000 years ago. Some believe adamantly that the Vikings played with the bones of their enemies — though, if anything, kubb was likely played with blocks of wood, similar to how we play it.
Although the origins of the game are hazy, the game is still fun to play. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about playing kubb.
How to Play Kubb
Kubb is a simple yard game perfect for playing on the lawn or driveway. At a glance, the game consists of wooden blocks of different sizes, one of the reasons why the game is sometimes called Viking's chess. A kubb set includes:
10 kubbs: A kubb is a square block that is about 5 to 7 cm wide and 10 to 15 cm tall.
6 batons: A wooden baton is a long throwing stick that is about 25 to 30 cm long and 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide.
6 marking pins: The marking pins are wooden sticks used to designate the four corners and centerline of the playing field.
1 king: The king piece is the largest game piece on the field and is often decorated with a wooden crown. It is 25 to 30 cm tall and 7 to 9 cm wide.
You can purchase a kubb set or create your own from spare blocks of wood. Once you have your kubb set, you're ready to play. In the sections below, we've separated the game into four easy-to-follow sections.
Setting Up the Game
It's best to play kubb on the grass, where you can easily stake in your marking pins. However, you can also play kubb on a hard surface and skip the marking pins.
Place the four corner stakes, so they create a rough 15 feet by 24 feet court. Place the two leftover marking pins on the edges of the center to create the center line and divide the court in half. The king will sit directly on the centerline.
Line up five kubbs on either side of the rectangle (on the short edges). The players will stand behind their line of kubbs and can't walk past them unless uprighting or throwing a kubb.
If you're playing with young kids, you can shorten the length of the court to make it easier to throw the kubbs. You can play with up to six people per team.
Beginner's Luck
To start the game, each team takes a baton and throws it underhand at the king. The baton closest to the king begins that game.
The starting team (Team A) throws each of their six batons at the opposing team (Team B) kubbs and tries to knock down as many as possible. Once they throw their six batons, Team B picks up the fallen kubbs and throws them to Team A's side. Team A uprights each of the kubbs where they land. These kubbs will act as the defense and are called "field kubbs." After retrieving their batons, Team A's turn is over.
Taking Out the Defenses
Before Team B can hit any of Team A's kubbs, they must knock over all of the field kubbs (which are their own defeated kubbs). Hopefully, Team B will have thrown the kubbs so they are clumped in a single group, making it easier to knock down all of the field kubbs with a single baton.
If Team B cannot knock over any of the field kubbs before they run out of batons, the kubb closest to the centerline becomes the baseline kubb for Team A, meaning that Team A can throw from the field kubb. Team A must step back if Team B removes the field kubbs on the next turn.
Once the field kubbs are knocked down, Team B can throw the remaining batons at Team A's kubbs. If they knock over a kubb, Team A throws the fallen kubb to Team B's side, and the thrown kubb becomes a field kubb.
Team A must then take out the field kubbs before taking Team B's kubbs. The play repeats until one side knocks over all of the kubbs.
Defeating the King
When a team knocks over the last kubb piece on the opponent's side, they get to take a shot at the king kubb. They can use their remaining batons to knock it down. If the team successfully defeats the king, they win the game. If they can't knock down the king kubb with their remaining batons, the second team may get a chance.
However, if a team knocks down the king before they defeat the other team's kubbs, that team loses the game.
The kubb champion is determined by playing best out of three.
Who Can Play Kubb
Kubbs is a universal game, and it is played across the world. Kids, adults, and the elderly can all join together to play kubb as a group. There are few people who can't play kubb.
Here's who can play kubb:
Those who enjoy competition;
Those who can throw a baton at least 20 feet;
Those who enjoy working as a team.
There is no age cap on kubb. Both kids and adults can play. However, there are some things that may mean a person can't play kubb.
Here's who shouldn't play kubb:
Those who are too young to understand the rules or game play;
Those who don't like competition.
For the most part, everyone above the age of three can play the game. Those interested in playing this fun outdoor game can begin a kubb tournament in their area and gather with other players who enjoy the kubb game.
Of course, you can modify any official rule to fit your group unless you're playing in the Kubb World Championship.
Games Similar to Kubb
If you love playing kubb, here are some other games that kubb fans might enjoy.
1. Bocce Ball
Bocce ball is a game that kubb fans will love. To play, you will need a bocce ball set. One player tosses the pallina into the field. Both teams try to toss their balls closest to the pallina. The team with the closest ball at the end of the round wins the round.
2. Horseshoes
With the game of horseshoes, players try to throw a horseshoe around a stake. Each time a horseshoe lands on the stake, it's called a "ringer" and is worth three points. If no one has landed a ringer by the end of a round, the horseshoe closest to the stake wins one point. The first player to reach 21 points wins the game.
Most individuals know how to bowl, or are at least familiar with the concept. Bowling matches are typically played at a bowling alley. The sport can be played individually or with teams. Each player tries to roll a bowling ball towards a line of pins. The more pins they knock down, the more points they earn. The player or team with the most points by the end of the 10 rounds wins the game.
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Documentary method refers to a process of reasoning in which particular examples or evidence is used to document underlying patterns.
The documentary method is a term specific to ethnomethodology.
Despite its name it is neither a process that makes use of written documents nor is it a specific method of working (such as a survey).
Documentary method is also sometimes referred to as the retrospective-prospective interpretive method.
The method consists of treating an actual appearance as 'the document of,' as 'pointing to,' as 'standing on behalf of' a presupposed underlying pattern. The method is recognizable for the everyday necessities of recognizing what a person is 'talking about' given that he does not say exactly what he means, or in recognizing such common occurrences and objects as mailmen, friendly gestures, and promises.
According to Garfinkel, individuals apply a psychological process, called the documentary method, to identify patterns and order in the social world. That is, they identify features of a social setting that seem to conform to some pattern. They then attempt to understand how these features relate to this underyling pattern. They apply this pattern to appreciate the significance of additional features or facts that arise.
To demonstrate this method, Garfinkel asked studies in the psychiatry department to participate in a study about a novel form of psychotherapy. The students [n=10] were encouraged to discuss their personal issues over intercom with someone who was veiled behind a screen, called the "advisor" who could answer only yes or no. Unbeknownst to the students, these responses to the questions were random.
Although the responses were random, the students were able to extract meaning and patterns from these answers. In general, they felt the advice was helpful. Regularities were extracted even though some of the responses might inevitably have contradicted other answers. That is, the responses to almost the same question were often different. Garfinkel maintained that students were somehow able to extract some patterns from a chaotic situation. If the responses were especially bizarre, the advisor was regarded as antisocial-to ensure that some pattern could be established.
Garfinkel identified a series of processes, under the rubric of the documentary method, that individuals apply that generate this meaning. The patterns we construct direct our subsequent attention. We might not notice an event that violates these patterns-like the husband who does not notice when his wife has changed her hairstyle.
Thus, according to ethnomethodology, the meaningful, regular, and orderly nature of collectives demands constant work to achieve. In these contexts, individuals develop shared methods and procedures to maintain this order. Hence, social order is identical to the procedures that members of a society or collective, such as footballers, apply to manage a particular setting. In other words, social orders are generated within a specific setting or context and manifested through observable accounting practices of the group members to maintain this order.
Garfinkel, H., 1962, 'Common Sense Knowledge of Social Structures: The Documentary Method of Interpretation', in Manis, J and Meltzer, B (1972) Symbolic Interaction: A Reader in Social Psychology, 2nd edition, Boston; Allyn and Bacon, Inc.
Moss, S., 2008 , 'Ethnomethodology' in Psychlopedia, available at http://www.psych-it.com.au/Psychlopedia/article.asp?id=213 , accessed 22 January 2013, still available 17 December 2016; last update 16 June 2016 but the quoted section does not appear to have changed.


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Grant Park Packing recalls raw ground beef
The products may be contaminated with E. coli O103
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04/29/2019 | ConsumerAffairs | Meat Recalls
Grant Park Packing of Franklin Park, Ill., is recalling approximately 53,200 pounds of raw ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O103.
The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state public health officials, are testing to determine if the recalled ground beef products are related to an E. coli O103 outbreak.
The following item, produced October 30-31, 2018, and November 1, 2018, is being recalled:
40-lb. bulk cardboard boxes of "North Star Imports & Sales, LLC. 100% GROUND BEEF BULK 80% LEAN/ 20% FAT" marked "FOR INSTITUTIONAL USE ONLY" with lot code GP.1051.18 and pack dates 10/30/2018, 10/31/2018, and 11/01/2018.
The recalled products, bearing establishment number "EST. 21781" inside the USDA mark of inspection, were shipped to Minnesota for further distribution and Kentucky for institutional use.
Consumers should only consume ground beef that has been cooked to a temperature of 160°F using a food thermometer that measures internal temperature.
Consumers with questions regarding the recall may contact Darrin Bosell at (312) 421-4096.
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Dr. Nasiru Ladan Mohammed Argungu, Director – General of National Directorate of Employment (NDE). The Director – General is a cardiologist by training, an astute politician, an expert in youth development and an unassuming administrator with varied experience. Perhaps, these explain some of the reasons for his clinical approach to tackling unemployment in Nigeria. Dr. Ladan Mohammed was born on 10th October, 1968 in the famous tourist city, Argungu, Kebbi State, North-West Nigeria.
He started his formal education career at Sarki Sani Primary School, Argungu from 1973 – 1979. Then moved on for his secondary education to Government College Sokoto between 1979 and 1983 where he obtained the West African School Certificate with superlative grade. This earned him admission into the Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto in 1984 wherefrom he graduated in 1991 with MBBS Degree, specializing in Cardiology. The desire to serve humanity in a broader medical practice motivated Dr. Ladan Mohammed to undertake a certificate course in Tuberculosis & Leprosy Control.
The Director – General possesses extensive work experience. During the mandatory National Youth Service to Nigeria, he served at Abak-Itoi General Hospital Akwa Ibom State from 1993 to 1994. After a successful completion of the one year mandatory NYSC scheme, he got employed at the Usmanu Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, as Registrar and gradually rose to the position of a Senior Registrar in the same teaching hospital.
At the Usmanu Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital, young and energetic Dr. Ladan Mohammed combined administrative and clinical duties. He distinguished himself as a medical doctor who served with complete dedication, courage and passion for humanity. This earned him a higher responsibility, through the appointment as Principal Medical Officer, in-charge of Argungu General Hospital, Kebbi State.
From 2006 to 2010 he was Head of Department (HOD), Department of Medicine, Sani Yahaya Specialist Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Through sheer hard-work, valour and commitment, Dr. Ladan Mohammed became a specialist in the medical field and rendered his services also to both indigenous and multi-national construction companies. Some of the companies where he served as a Consultant Physician include: – Gilmor Engineering Nigeria Limited; RCC Construction Company; Mother Cat Construction Nigeria Limited; Sterling Geo Nigeria Limited; Hadad Nigeria Limited; Karam Nigeria Limited; and AK Construction Limited.
The quest for greater service to our dear Country, within the ambit of democracy and good governance drove the Dr. Ladan Mohammed in to active partisan politics in the year 2011. Within the shortest time in the political landscape, he became what is seen as a tenacious bulldozer when it comes to political/youths mobilization. He was among the vibrant trio that mobilized youth support that ensured President Buhari's resounding success at the 2015 Presidential Elections.
Having distinguished himself as an amiable and dynamic leader/ administrator with the sterling qualities of integrity, honesty, resourcefulness, hard work and patriotism, His Excellency, President Muhammad Buhari, President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, appointed him the Director General of the National Directorate of Employment on 18th April, 2017.
These dynamic leadership traits are being brought to bear on the operations and management of the affairs of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). He is an amiable leader who believes in right attitude to public funds and accountability and quality service delivery to Nigeria. This is exemplified in the official request sent to all the State Governors, Principal officers of both National and State Assemblies, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Crimes Commission (ICPC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigeria Police, the Directorate of State Security Service (DSS), Religious/Traditional Rulers and other relevant stakeholders to independently monitor all NDE empowerment programmes/schemes.
Created job opportunities for 309,488 youths and women through skills acquisition training/empowerment in various vocations/businesses (including 13,000 women resettled with business start-up in cosmetology).
292 Staff of the Directorate were promoted during 2017 promotion examination.
Refurbished and upgraded 5 abandoned staff buses and 8 other programme/ operational vehicles at the Headquarters.
Upgraded vehicles in all the States and FCT Office for accelerated programme implementation, monitoring and loan recovery activities.
Improved working condition of staff in their offices by providing new furniture and equipment.
Relocated 3 zonal offices of South-South, North-Central and North-West as well as 3 state offices in Ebonyi, FCT and Headquarters annex from rented buildings to government facilities thereby saving the Directorate from paying rent.
Construction of a block of 3 offices with 2 toilets, generator and gate houses as well as fencing in Kano state office of the directorate through direct labour by NDE trainees mostly using Hydra Blocks at a very reasonable cost.
Construction of 2 skills acquisition centres were initiated in 2017/2018 and commenced in Dutse Jigawa State and Ile-Ife in Osun State respectively. The land in Ife-Ife was donated by the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II. The 2 projects are being handled through direct labour by NDE trainees using Hydra Form Blocks.
Total renovation, retooling and upgrading of 18 skills acquisition centres.
18 School-On-Wheels Prime Movers and Caravans were fully refurbished and ready to commence training in the rural areas as soon as funds received from Government. Efforts to refurbished the other ones are ongoing.
Completion, furnishing and tooling of a skills centre as well as provision of a school bus in Ganga, Daura, Katsina State donated by Late Senator (Engr.) Mustapha Bukar.
The Management working visit to Algerian Embassy in Abuja resulted in getting approval from the Government of Algeria of 1,000,000 seedlings of improve Date Palms for promotion of Green Cash Economy.
In the course of his public service duties, the Director-General is widely travelled internationally. Some of the countries travelled to include; Geneva, Switzerland, Canada, France, USA, Zambia, Niger, Algeria, among others.
A man who loves close ties with his family, friends and associates, as well as subordinate staff, Dr. Nasiru Ladan Mohammed Argungu is an achiever. He is married with two (2) wives and has five children.


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Latest News - USA - Steps to book Tickets for the Trump Rally in Florence
Steps to book Tickets for the Trump Rally in Florence
Tanvi Sinha
President emeritus Donald J. Trump will hold the Save America rally in Arizona on January 15th. Save America is a political action committee that is affiliated with the 45th president. The rally will be the former president's first since he appeared at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines in October.
1 Streaming Live – Watch Trump Rally Live from Florence
2 Venue and schedule
2.1 Tickets are now available for sale
2.2 Steps to book tickets to Save America rally
2.3 Dignitaries who will be in attendance at the Save America rally, 2022
2.4 'There will be a lot of great speakers' –Lindell.
2.5 Mike Lindell slated to be Save America rally's 'pre-show hype man.'
2.6 Lindell's speech will probably be a message of hope.'
2.7 Twitter hype surrounding the event
2.8 Arizona was the locus of 'the big lie' propaganda of 2020
2.9 Trump's rally to coincide with a rally by Martin Luther King's family
2.10 Trump's last visit to Arizona was melancholic.
Streaming Live – Watch Trump Rally Live from Florence
Mr. Trump is touting 2022 as his comeback year, and this will be his first rally for the new year. The stakes are stacked sky-high in this election year for Republicans in general and Mr. Trump in particular as he is being hailed as 'more than the leader of the Republican party, but the pioneer of a revolution in America.'
Venue and schedule
Trump will address the rally at the Country Thunder music festival grounds in Florence, Arizona.
Trump's rally at the Country Thunder Festival Grounds in Florence will take place nine days after he was set to hold a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on January 6—the first anniversary of the insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol.
The updated timeline for the event is as follows:
2:00 PM- Doors Open
3:00 PM- Live Stream of Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State
4:30 PM- Program begins with Pre-Program Remarks
7:00 PM- 45th President Donald J. Trump Delivers Remarks
Tickets are now available for sale
Tickets to the Save America rally are now available for sale. Available on a first-come-first-serve basis, ticket reservations are limited to two tickets per mobile number. You can book your tickets right now by clicking here.
Steps to book tickets to Save America rally
Head over to https://events.donaldjtrump.com/events/save-america-rally-in-florence-az and fill in the requisite details
You can only book two tickets per mobile number.
Make payments via credit/ debit card, and you're done!
Dignitaries who will be in attendance at the Save America rally, 2022
One of several Republican candidates for governor in Arizona, Kari Lake, announced her attendance for the upcoming rally on Twitter. The former president endorsed her in late September.
Lake's official declaration of attendance on Twitter reads as follows:
"President Trump is coming to Florence, Arizona, on Jan 15 for a Rally.
There's a state prison in Florence…
LIKE if you think the 2020 Arizona elections were Corrupt."
'There will be a lot of great speakers' –Lindell.
Mike Lindell confirmed that he would be in attendance at the event, saying, "There's a lot of great speakers. They were crammed in," Lindell was quoted saying. "They said there's gonna be 30,000 people. I say there's gonna be 60 to 70,000. It's gonna be huge."
The special guest speakers who are slated to take the stage in this event are as follows:
Secretary Mike Naig, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, United States Representative from Iowa's 2nd Congressional District
Representative Ashley Hinson, United States Representative from Iowa's 1st Congressional District
The Honorable Matt Whitaker, Former Acting Attorney General of the United States
Chairman Jeff Kaufmann, Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa
Senator Chuck Grassley, United States Senator from Iowa
Governor Kim Reynolds, Governor of Iowa
Mike Lindell slated to be Save America rally's 'pre-show hype man.'
"I will be speaking in the pre-rally," Lindell said. During the Wednesday evening edition of "The Lindell Report," Lindell announced a nightly broadcast on his website, Frank Speech.
Speaking to Insider on Wednesday night, Lindell said he was initially planning to get tickets to the Trump rally like "everyone else," but decided to approach Trump's team to see if he could get on stage to say a few words and give a "short message of hope."
Insider has reached out to Trump's team to confirm that Lindell will be speaking at the January 15 event.
Lindell's speech will probably be a message of hope.'
"Most of my speeches are, you know, evangelical. I'm gonna speak out and probably give people a message of hope. I expect a huge, huge crowd," Lindell said.
Lindell added that he had approached the Trump team and asked for a slot to give a speech.
"I'm speaking at an event (in Arizona) the day before, so it lined up pretty well. I asked his event team if there's a possibility for a few minutes to speak, and they let me know this week that I have a few minutes," Lindell said.
"I've been to probably 30, 40 rallies," Lindell added. "Usually, I just go there and take pictures, meet people, and talk to the media."
The pillow executive added that he wasn't sure what he would say at the rally because he "doesn't plan anything."
Twitter hype surrounding the event
In support of the Republican propaganda, Twitterati is brimming over with enthusiasm regarding the event, whereas leftists are busy drawing attention away from the rally. Leftists criticize Trump because of the canceled press release on the anniversary of the Capitol attack, citing the move as a classic case of a guilty conscience needing no accuser.
Dr. Carol M. Swain tweeted, "Brit Hume is attacking #Trump for lying about the election and blaming him for January 6th. I find it offensive. #Foxnews #BritHume"
Andy Ostroy tweeted, "It started with the Little Lie and ended with the Big Lie… #Trump."
This string of tweets, which feature many others, is nothing but a diversion tactic to divert public attention from the hype surrounding the Save America rally in Arizona.
Arizona was the locus of 'the big lie' propaganda of 2020
Trump and his supporters have considered Arizona a key focal point of the "big lie" narrative being pushed by Republicans that the 2020 election was rigged in favor of President Joe Biden.
For weeks, the state's most populous region, Maricopa County, was the subject of an audit by conspiracy theorists as part of attempts to overturn the election results in favor of Trump due to false claims of voter fraud.
In September, the audit found that Biden still won the state of Arizona by roughly 10,500 votes, but Trump had received fewer votes than the original count.
Trump's rally to coincide with a rally by Martin Luther King's family
Trump's rally is not the only political action Arizona will see that Saturday. Arizona will also host another rally on Jan. 15, which will ensure that the vote is accessible to all eligible participants by Martin Luther King's family.
The date marks what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 93rd birthday, and Martin Luther King III, the son of the slain civil rights leader, is coming to Phoenix with members of his immediate family to rally Congress to pass national voting standards.
Trump's last visit to Arizona was melancholic.
A melancholic two-hour rally hosted by Turning Point Action in Phoenix comprised Trump's last visit to Arizona on July 24. He reiterated his false claim that he lost the Grand Canyon State to Joe Biden due to massive voting fraud. He came to the state seven times in 2020 before the election.
Trump Rally in Arizona- Location, Schedule, Tickets and more
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Chief Fred Ewan on growing older and frying fish
He may be a little slower these days, but his mind is still sharp and his fish-cooking skills unmatched.
Traditional First Chief Fred Ewan turns 100 this year. He says he doesn't feel any older and that the trick to being young is to just tell yourself what age you are and be it.
Born at Crosswind Lake in 1916 to John and Katie Ewan (Tsisyu-Raven Clan), he lived a traditional life with little formal education. He was a good trapper and hunter – but was known best for how fast he could cut fish.
Chief Ewan married Stella (Gene) in 1938, and the couple adopted Stella's sister's sons Norman and Harry. He worked as a grader operator for the Alaska Road Commission and helped build the Gulkana Airport. He and Roy Ewan owned and operated the E&E General Store in Gulkana, which also sold traditional beadwork under consignment.
Chief Ewan was named Second Chief in 2006 when his long-term friend Ben Neeley became First Chief. Then after the passing of beloved Chief Ben Neeley in 2014, Fred became Traditional First Chief.
"Lord willing, we all live a long life. The future of Ahtna is in how we treat each other today. Take care of the land, families and each other, and work hard."
Chief Fred Ewan
A few weeks ago, Brianne Island, corporate communications coordinator for Ahtna, visited the chief. Below is her story from her visit.
Fred lives in Gulkana Village, north of Glennallen on the Richardson Highway. His home is easily recognized by a few of his old vehicles parked outside and faithfully watched over by his tiny dog.
Dressed in his beaded traditional chief vest, I watched his granddaughter Marcia Ewan help pick out a beaded choker from a beautiful selection and help him straighten out this chief's strap, worn over one shoulder and across the front. Only once everything was in order would we set out for a drive.
Along for the ride were Marcia Ewan, Fred's granddaughter and primary caregiver, along with Corie and Reina, the late Harding Ewan's daughters.
Armed with a few fishing poles, we drove north on the Richardson Highway to Popular Grove. The grayling were active, hungry, and it looked to be quite promising for all.
Fred watched the fishing action perched on a big rock, giving stern instructions on where to cast, how to bring in and unhook a fish. He showed us his secret – use the fisheyes of a fresh catch if you are out of bait.
We drove back to Fred's house, prepared to relax and settle in for a good chat about Fred's life. But Fred went straight to work cleaning and preparing the afternoon's catch. We girls watched as Fred scaled and cleaned. We watched him dig out seasonings, heat and oil a giant skillet and then load up the skillet with about a dozen grayling. Unsure of this cooking method, we watched in amazement as the fish sizzled and popped, packed in the pan with a lid barely teetering atop the piled fish.
As he cooked, Fred talked about his love of all Native foods: moose, salmon, a tree fungus used to make a strong chew (not for the faint of heart, I'm told). He talked about how important it is to protect the land that feeds us.
When the first pan of grayling was ready, Fred served it straight up. The best way to eat grayling was whole, he said, head, guts and all. And that is just what he did.
"I wished more young people would talk with Elders and be interested in what we have to say. We are survivors, and hard times are coming, and I don't know if they know how to survive."
Fred went on to talk about why it is so important to work hard for the things that matter – land, people and culture.
While Fred is the oldest living Ahtna shareholder-owner, as Traditional First Chief, Fred still attends as many Ahtna events as he can. He provides invocation and speaks about how we should lift each other up and take care of one another, a message reminiscent of what his best friend and former Chief Ben Neeley would say.
Fred had a seriousness about his tone when talking about being chief, but as soon as that little dog of his jumped up on his lap, Fred smiled and beamed, he seemed to take stock of the moment surrounded by a younger lot listening to his every word. It is clear that Fred has a big heart and a lively spirit. Fred is an avid supporter of traditional singing and drumming, teaching the youth and providing guidance to the dance groups. Fred is known to sing and dance at potlatches, but if you really want to see him kick up his heels, take him out to listen to some old time fiddlers.
We had so many questions, but by his look, we would have to make more than the one visit to really appreciate his wisdom, the stories and to learn about strength and perseverance as a people.
As for his upcoming 100th birthday celebrations, all I could get Fred to say he wanted for his birthday were "cars, fiddle dancing and traditional foods". For all else "go to the chief for advice".
Calendar Join us for Chief Ewan's 100th birthday celebration August 13 at 4 p.m. in the Gulkana Community Hall
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It's been a rough year for the actor, but at least he has his millions of dollars to ease the pain. 56-year-old Sean Pertwee has taken the No. 1 spot on People With Money's top 10 highest-paid actors for 2021 with an estimated $82 million in combined earnings.
Sean Pertwee tops annual list of highest-paid actors
In 2018 it looked like the actor's spectacular career was winding down. Suddenly, he was back on top. People With Money reports on Thursday (January 14) that Pertwee is the highest-paid actor in the world, pulling in an astonishing $82 million between December 2019 and December 2020, a nearly $50 million lead over his closest competition.
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In compiling this yearly list, the magazine considers factors such as upfront pay, profit participation, residuals, endorsements and advertising work.
The English actor has an estimated net worth of $245 million. He owes his fortune to smart stock investments, substantial property holdings, lucrative endorsement deals with CoverGirl cosmetics. He also owns several restaurants (the "Fat Pertwee Burger" chain) in London, a Football Team (the "London Angels"), has launched his own brand of Vodka (Pure Wonderpertwee - England), and is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Sean) and a fashion line called "Sean Pertwee Seduction".
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NPR's immigration coverage has been honored by the Radio Television Digital News Association with the Edward R. Murrow Award for continuing coverage three years in a row, most recently for reporting on the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico policy and its impact on migrants. That body of work also has been named a finalist for an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
Prior to joining NPR in January 2017, Smitherman worked at The Baltimore Sun as the assistant managing editor for enterprise and investigations. In that role, she oversaw a news operation and investigative team that was honored by the National Press Club, the American Society of News Editors, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Online News Association, the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and other organizations.
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Things like insulin sensitivity may change during the day, a previous meal may still be digesting and there were clearly residual hormonal effects from the first meal that impacted how the body responded at the second meal (I'm not getting into this but there are a huge number of hormones, incretins, etc. released when people eat that impact on all of this).
I mentioned training last time (and how the more aerobically trained the lower the GI response) and I'd mention in passing that the idea that insulin sensitivity is always highest or lowest at some point is always measured in diabetics. If you train at night, your insulin sensitivity is high no matter what a non-training diabetic with god knows what else is going on may be.
A second major issue is that GI is invariably tested with a single source of carbohydrates, either the reference food or the test food. And people don't eat like that in the real world generally. As soon as you start mixing carbohydrates things change. As I sort of mentioned last time (when I talked about sucrose being an average of glucose and fructose), the net GI of a meal is the weighted average of the grams of each type of carbohydrate times it's GI.
So if someone eats 25 grams of digestible carbohydrate with a GI of 25 and 25 grams of digestible carbohydrate with a GI of 75, the net GI ends up being ((25 grams * 25 GI) + (25 grams * 75 GI)) / 50 grams = 50 GI. At this point you need a freaking spreadsheet to track your meals, hence the researchers comment that GI was deceptively complex.
Ignoring the sheer stupidity of food combining, the fact is that people rarely eat carbohydrates in complete isolation (well, some do but they shouldn't). Rather, they eat meals that may contain carbohydrates, protein, fat and fiber and this changes the picture for a number of reasons ranging from hormonal responses to altering how quickly a meal digets.
One interesting early observation was that higher fat foods often had a lower GI (ice cream is about 51 and full fat milk about 31 due to the fat content). This was primarily due to fat slowing digestion which slowed the blood glucose response. This led to the truly moronic idea in the late 80's or early 90's that the way to decrease the problems with high GI foods was to add a bunch of fat to them. Which is about as intelligent as adding a stick of butter into your diet to lose weight. You don't decrease the problem with fat gain or a lack of weight loss or diabetes or anything else from eating something by ADDING a ton of fat to it.
As noted above, fat slows digestion. So does fiber which may has it's own separate health benefits. And then there is protein. One early observation is that protein invariably lowered the GI (and one super old book I have on controlling blood glucose for diabetics talks about adding protein to carbohydrates specifically for that reason.
As much as I imagine that readers know what insulin in and what it does, here's a primer. Insulin is a hormone released from the pancreas (trust me, click that link) that is involved in overall nutrient storage. It pushes glucose into skeletal muscle, turns off glucose release from the liver, pushes glucose into fat cells, impairs fatty acid release from fat cells, decreases protein breakdown and a host of other stuff. Random note: if you're still hung up on the bs "Insulin Hypothesis of Obesity" I entreat you to read James Krieger's series on it.
Insulin responds to food intake (in some cases, the smell of food can cause what's called a cephalic insulin response, a small increase that occurs in preparation for food intake). When blood glucose goes up, insulin goes up to try to bring it down. When blood glucose goes down, insulin goes down and glucagon goes up stimulating the liver to release glucose. Fat has no direct impact on insulin and I'll talk about protein in a second.
I'd also mention that a number of other hormones increase when food is eaten (and this is distinctly different from when insulin is injected). Amylin is a critically important one and it's interesting to note that a synthetic form has been trialed with injectable leptin for weight loss.
While diabetes is really an issue of blood glucose response, there is also the issue of insulin since either insulin deficiency (Type I and the extreme end situations of type II when the pancreas craps out) or insulin resistance are a big part of why blood glucose levels become uncontrolled.
Insulin deficiency means that insufficient insulin can be released to control blood glucose whereas insulin resistance is a situation where insulin can't do it's job to push glucose into cells, leaving it to hang out in the bloodstream. Treatment of Type I diabetes revolves around insulin injections of one sort of another while Type II treatment is usually drugged in many different ways that I won't get into (it includes drugs that increase insulin response or increase fat cell numbers, etc). Of course, this is where the idea of modulating carbohydrate intake came from in the first place; by reducing blood glucose changes in the first place, the decreased role of insulin is less of an issue.
Now one assumption that was always present was that a lower GI food automatically meant a lower insulin response. As above, insulin goes up when blood glucose goes up so this seemed to be fairly logical. Lower the GI and you lower the insulin response and this was always the basis of the physique athlete's focus on low GI foods while dieting. To avoid inhibiting fat loss, the idea was to keep insulin low although, as I talked about last time, this may not matter since even small increases in insulin (from eating anything) basically shut down fatty acid release.
But this is where the assumption turns out to be wrong. A long while back, I described a study where a low GI food actually caused a larger EARLIER insulin response than a high GI food. If this seems confusing remember what insulin does which is to push glucose into tissues such as muscle. The blood glucose response is ultimately related to how much glucose is exiting the bloodstream as well as how much is entering. If you push glucose out of the bloodstream faster than it is coming in, you get a lower measured GI response. But it's because insulin is going more quickly to a higher level.
Similarly, I noted that adding protein to carbohydrate invariably lowered the measured GI response. And it turns out that it was because adding protein to carbohydrate INCREASES the insulin response. This means that blood glucose is pushed out of the bloodstream more quickly. The measured GI response is lower but it's because insulin is going up MORE. Even in the bran cereal study linked above, the researchers thought that the increased insulin response was due to the higher protein content of the bran.
In one study, in diabetics, mind you, it was shown that the addition of either whey or casein to the same amount of carbohydrate increases the insulin response by 190-270%. However, insulin action was decreased so the overall effect was the same. But this is also in diabetics. In the brain study, healthy males were studied. It's also been known for a while that, at least when carbohydrate intake is too low, adding protein to the carbohydrate increases the insulin response and glycogen storage after exercise.
The point being that one of the huge primary assumptions about either low GI foods having a lower insulin response or how adding protein to carbohydrate lowered insulin since it lowered GI as was assumed in the physique community turn out to be wrong. And being snarky again, given the insane obsession with insulin in that community and given that nobody would argue that increasing protein or adding it to carbohydrates somehow INHIBITS fat loss, maybe it's time to rethink this whole insulin thing.
And that's where I'll wrap up. Next time, next week if I get my head out of my rear end, Part 4th and the final.


Make the AFP San Antonio Chapter your chapter!
When you join AFP, you join an international professional association. All memberships are processed by the international office, so please visit the International AFP website to join online or download the printable form here. Current AFP members can renew their memberships online with a login and password. If you need assistance with either, please contact AFP's Membership Services department at 800/666-3863 or by email at mbrship@afpnet.org. You can also contact Elizabeth Macias with questions about membership for the San Antonio Chapter.
Professional Membership- Full membership in the Association shall be open to individuals (a) who, among other responsibilities, hold some degree of accountability for income-generation within the fundraising process; (b) who must hold some degree of responsibility directly for fundraising; (c) who are compensated for their services; and (d) who subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Active members in good standing may vote, serve on chapter or Association committees and task forces and hold Association or chapter office. Click here for Membership Scholarship Application. $250.00 plus chapter dues.
Young Professional Membership- Young Professional: Open to persons who hold some degree of responsibility directly for fundraising, work within the U.S. and Canada and are compensated for their services, and are 30 years old or younger, must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and its bylaws and promote the Donor Bill of Rights and be employed, or have been employed by an organization that provides benefits to society. Click here for Membership Scholarship Application. $75.00 includes chapter dues.
Retired Membership- Retired membership in the Association shall be open to individuals who no longer practice as paid fundraising professionals but who, at the time they seek Retired Member status, have been Professional members of the Association for the immediate past five consecutive years and subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Retired members in good standing may vote, serve on chapter boards, committees and task forces, as well as Association committees and task forces, but may not hold any Association office. $75.00 plus chapter dues.
Collegiate Membership- Collegiate membership in the Association shall be open to (a) students in a two- or four-year full time degree granting, certificate, or diploma program at an accredited college or university, or (b) individuals who serve as a faculty advisor for a collegiate chapter of AFP. Collegiate members must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Membership in this category is limited to those students affiliated with a Collegiate Chapter of AFP. Collegiate members in good standing may vote, serve on chapter boards, committees and task forces, as well as Association committees and task forces, but may not hold any Association office. $35.00 plus chapter dues.
Global e-Membership- Global e-membership in the Association shall be open to members outside of the U.S. and Canada who wish to join in an electronic-only based membership category. Global e-membership members must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Global e-membership members in good standing may vote, serve on chapter boards, committees and task forces, as well as Association committees and task forces, but may not hold any Association office. $50.00 plus chapter dues.
AFP Business Membership- AFP's Code of Ethical Principles and Standards had been amended and expanded to apply to for-profit businesses involved with or supporting Fundraising. The changes, which include the addition of seven new standards and the alteration of one standard, now allows for-profit businesses to join AFP as members and actively promote ethical and effective fundraising. Business membership in the Association shall be open to for-profit organizations whose work complements the fundraising profession. The Executive Circle Business member shall be entitled to designate two employees to receive full benefits as Associate members of the Association. Endorser Business Members shall be entitled to designate one employee to receive full benefits as an Associate member of the Association. The designated individuals, as well as the organization which constitutes the Business member, must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Business members in good standing may, through their designated employees referenced above, vote, serve on chapter or Association committees and task forces and hold Association or chapter office. Executive Circle: $5,000, Endorser: $1,500.
AFP Nonprofit Organizational Membership – Large- AFP's Nonprofit Organizational Memberships champion effective and ethical fundraising, promote philanthropy and charitable giving and grow the fundraising profession. A Nonprofit Organizational Membership will provide long-term value to the profession through broader representation in our public policy initiatives. Nonprofit Organizational Membership also brings public recognition of an organization's commitment to foster ethical standards and professionalism in fundraising. Shall be open to nonprofit organizations who wish to have multiple members in the association. The organization will designate a minimum of eight (8) to receive Professional member benefits. The memberships may be transferred to another individual if the original member leaves the organization. Must subscribe to the AFP Code of Ethical Principles and Standards and promote the Donor Bill of Rights. Nonprofit Organizational members in good standing may vote, serve on chapter or Association committees and task forces and hold Association or chapter office. Starting at $2,000 for eight members.


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U.S. Naval vessels off the coast of Somalia. Occasionally fire guns and cruise missiles at the mujahideen in Somalia.
U.S. Navy vessel along with the vessels from a number of different nations from around the world patrol off the coast of Somalia to supposedly stop Somali pirates from raiding ships traveling in international waters.
U.S. drones occasionally attack mujahideen in Somalia.
The U.S. and other western nations helped take down the Islamic Courts government in Somalia, who finally brought a little stability to Somalia. The U.S. installed a weak puppet Somali regime, backed by soldiers from the African Union, mostly Ethiopians and Ugandans.
U.S. backed, puppet Somali government camp called Al Jazira is the main military base in Mogadishu.
Al Shabab and other Islamic militias initiate guerrilla warfare against the puppet regime and at some point controlled the majority of Somalia. The puppet government of Somalia was initially confined to only a few blocks in Mogadishu.
Breakaway region of Somalia. Relatively stable region.
106mm recoilless rifles on utility vehicles?
Considered an autonomous region in Somalia.
Does not seek independence from Somalia.


DJ's is committed to providing our customers with the freshest and finest varieties of strawberries and other spring and summer produce. The fall brings pumpkins and mums. DJ's Berry Patch is a pre-picked or pick-your-own Strawberry and Produce Farm.
In addition to our deliciously sweet berries, you'll find tomatoes, sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe and more available at our farm market each spring. You can also find our produce at local markets including: Holly Springs Farmers Market and Apex Farmers Market.
Cabbage and leafy greens (collards, kale, mustard greens, and turnip greens) are important commercial vegetable crops in North Carolina. Although growers in the state supply only about 4 percent of U.S. cabbage production, during the month of June they produce one-fourth of the do-mestic supply. Leafy greens are shipped from the state year-round, but the bulk of the crop is shipped in late spring and early summer. Mishandling can easily damage these crops, but most serious postharvest losses can be prevented.
Nature's Circle Farm now grows potatoes, turnip, rutabaga, carrots, beets, cabbage, parsnips, squash and grain, all USDA certified organic.
Nature's Circle Farm also grows double-certified Maine organic seed potato (16 varieties). We are proud to have a wonderful crew of employees who work very hard to maintain operations and provide consistent high-quality Maine organic produce. We are very pleased to be able to serve the Eastern Seaboard with our organic products.
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Jesse Smith Blydenburgh Papers, 1856-1900
Blydenburgh, Jesse Smith, 1832-1900
Jesse Smith Blydenburgh Papers
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7 boxes and 3.8 linear feet
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Consists of correspondence, both personal and business, five ledgers (1859-1880), two photographs, and a diary (1869) of Jesse Smith Blydenburgh, a nineteenth-century importer-exporter in New York City.
The collection consists of Blydenburgh's correspondence, both personal and business, five ledgers (1859-1880), two photographs, and a diary (1869). Letters, originals and copies, written by Blydenburgh to his brothers, Judson and Richard, during trips to South Carolina, California, Yokohama (Japan), and Hong Kong, form the bulk of the family correspondence. The business correspondence deals with Blydenburgh's New York City import-export business, much of it in the tea trade, and includes letters from associates such as the firm of Smith, Baker & Co.
Unprocessed.
Jesse Smith Blydenburgh operated an import-export business, much of it in the tea trade, in New York City in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Gift of Mrs. Vail Blydenburgh.
The contents list was compiled by Rafael Abrahams in July 2010.
Jesse Smith Blydenburgh Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
Brothers -- United States -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
Tea trade -- China -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- Japan -- 19th century.
Tea trade -- United States -- 19th century.
Trading companies -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Business records -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Commercial correspondence -- 19th century.
Diaries -- 19th century
Blydenburgh, Judson
Blydenburgh, Richard
Smith, Baker & Co


Why did we record an album in 432Hz?
Have you ever heard something so outrageous that it rings true? For me that thing is the 432Hz conspiracy. If you have no idea what I am talking about just google "432Hz" and read some of the info that pops up.
The thing is, your body is at least 60% water at any given time and all of matter is theoretically just energy held together by vibration (everything is sound). I'm not positive that there is any truth to these theories but we thought it would be a lost opportunity not to try it out.
We toured through 13 National Parks for two months gathering samples of nature for this album. Nearly all the percussion and ambient sounds are from boulders, hiking footsteps, fallen redwood trees and tones pulled out of canyon winds. It took a lot of extra time to tune all of these songs to 432Hz but we are excited about the results.


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Out of control online behavior calls for in-school digital citizenship campaign
Linda Catoe, Guest Writer • December 6, 2013
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When cellular companies hire film and stage icons like James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell to parody bad online behavior in their commercials, are they saying that online ethics have bitten the virtual dust?
As early as 2006, in his December 6 New York Times article, "Whatever Happened to Online Etiquette?" David Pogue, then NY Times Technology Columnist, worried about the erosion of online ethics. According to Pogue, a number of factors including online anonymity, hostile role modeling by media personalities and parental oblivion had eroded online communications to name calling and "spitting on each other."
Pogue added, "Many parents haven't been teaching social skills (or haven't been around to teach them) for years, but Web 2.0 is suddenly making it apparent for the first time." More to his main point, Pogue said, "The real shame, though, is that the knee jerk 'everyone else is an idiot' tenor is poisoning the potential the Internet once had."
Pogue laments the dashed dreams of a "global village…where direct communication might make us realize that we have a lot in common after all, no matter where we live or what our beliefs."
In her October 6, 2010 article, "Schools Urged To Teach Youth Digital Citizenship," Nancy Solomon addressed the need to get youth back on the digital ethics track on NPR's "All Things Considered" program. Solomon cited John Palfrey, of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, who said, "We need education; we need mentoring; we need parenting …We need to have social workers figure out how to reach out in cyberspace, as well as in real space … It's an all-hands-on-deck kind of issue."
Solomon offered solutions for a digital citizenship education campaign. Her article spotlighted Common Sense Media, a nonprofit source for kids' movies, video games and technology information, who had gone as far as to write a digital citizenship curriculum to assist schools in teaching children "to think critically about the Internet and make ethical decisions about its use."
According to Solomon, Common Sense founder and CEO, Jim Steyer
thought that technology had "outpaced schools' ability to keep track of it," adding that he (Steyer) was "flooded with requests for the curriculum as soon as it was released."
Still, as 2013 draws to an end, some school systems don't appear to be concerned with including digital citizenship in their curriculums. Lynchburg, Va.'s Brookville Middle School librarian, Laura Harvey Light told The Guilfordian, "Most middle school educators are so concerned with SOLs, (Standards of Learning test scores), that subjects like the Arts and the Internet kind of get pushed to the side."
Delores Figg, Brookville's Art Instructor agreed.
"Like Art, Internet etiquette isn't a priority in middle school," Figg said. "Also, the school system can only do so much. If proper etiquette isn't mirrored at home, it doesn't really take hold with middle schoolers. Respect and appropriate behavior start at home. I know that sounds old-fashioned, but it's true."
But there's hope. In true digital fashion, like Common Sense Media, more digital entities teach online ethics and citizenship and offer courses for educators, parents and children. UniversalClass.com offers several levels of study and certifications in their online courses.
On the Well Trained Mind forum, poster Camy, asked, "Anyone familiar with universalclass.com online courses?" Commenter jibaker103 replied, "Yes, my library offers it free. My son is taking the English Composition 101 course right now and likes it very much."
School systems may look to their own libraries as one source for online guides in educating students about digital ethics. Common Sense Media currently includes The California State Library Association, The California State PTA, Apple, Google, Disney, MTV, PBS and Teach For America in its extensive list of digital citizenship education partners. With plenty of available resources for a digital citizenship education campaign in place, could all parents and school systems please report to the principal's office, ASAP?
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These days growth hacking is integral to any successful online business. Ensure you're taking advantage of these tips and more to grow your sales.
Learn these simple hacks that can increase your sales big time in a short amount of time.
The ultimate goal of every online business is to drive sales. All marketing strategies implemented are geared toward the achievement of this goal.
However, the fast-paced and competitive sales world have made sales hacks more necessary now than ever.
It is important you stay on top of your game to continuously beat your current performance.
To help you with that, we've put together 5 sales hacks.
A study by Skyword found that 56% of consumers have a fear of missing out on the latest on social media.
These are the same people who buy from your store.
This means you can leverage this FOMO to your gains by inciting a sense of urgency with offers on your website.
The key is to create offers that customers feel like it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. This will encourage them to make purchases right away as they wouldn't want to miss out.
Live chat is an essential addon for every eCommerce website. Having a live chat customer support means you can be more proactive instead of reactive.
When customers' have any questions or encounter any problems during the shopping process, they can be resolved almost immediately. This will lead to higher conversions and more sales.
A study by Smart Insights confirms this. They found that visitors who make use of live chat on any website are 8 times more likely to convert than the ones who don't.
The importance of page load speed cannot be overemphasized. Consumers are impatient. It has been established that a lot of visitors won't stick around if your website takes more than 3 secs to load for them.
This means having a website that loads pretty fast is the first step towards getting visitors to stick around to see your offers.
If you want more sales, start by reducing your bounce rate.
Let's face it, we all hate filling out text forms. Whether it's signing up for a newsletter, creating an account or going through the checkout process, you have to fill out information.
Consequently, a lot of people will avoid the process entirely if you ask them for too much information.
Therefore, to avoid losing prospects, optimize every form on your website collect only the most relevant information.
Another classic trick is to break out fields and into parts spread them across different pages on your website.
For example, instead of taking all information like email, password, address, and payment details upfront during the sign-up process, you can break them into parts and take only email and password first. The rest can be spread out through the checkout process.
One of the easiest ways to increase your sales to your business is through referrals.
If you can convince each of your existing customers to give you one referral, you could potentially double customers in a short amount of time.
You can achieve this by creating a referral program for your business. The best referral program offers a two-way reward to both the referrer and the referred.
Do you know any additional hacks that can help eCommerce owners increase sales?


Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads Of Great Students) is an innovative father involvement, educational initiative of the National Center For Fathering. Watch DOGS are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for at least one day each year at an official WATCH D.O.G.S. school. During the day, WatchDOGS may read and work on flash cards with students, play at recess, eat lunch with students, watch the school entrances and hallways, assist with traffic flow and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own students, but other students as well. Many school principals have reported that the mere presence of a WatchDOG dramatically reduces reports of bullying. On the day of their participation, WatchDOGS are given a brief review of their involvement and they wear an official WATCH D.O.G.S. t-shirt and an official visitors sticker identifying them as a safe and important guest!
WATCH D.O.G.S. Launch a HUGE Success!
Thank you to everyone who made it out to our Dads and Kids Launch Event on October 22! Over 100 guests enjoyed fun and food while learning about bringing this terrific program to Northern Hills. A special thanks to our volunteers who supervised children, those who helped take T-shirt orders, and to our amazing Top D.O.G.S. Team who did a fantastic job presenting the details to our dads and father figures!
Missed the Launch? Need more info?
During our big launch event, hundreds of fathers, uncles, grandpas, and other father-figures committed to volunteer at NH for at least one day this school year. Our master D.O.G.S. Days Calendar through January was rolled out on the stage, and each dad placed a sticker on the day(s) he would come and be a NH Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer. If you were unable to attend the launch event, but would still like to volunteer, that's terrific! Below are some links that will help!
Every Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer needs to complete Registration Form. Please click on the adjacent link, fill out the form, and send it to the office. If ordering the Watch D.O.G.S. t-shirt, checks can be made out to Northern Hills PTO.
Step Two: Select a few options for dates to volunteer!
Most Watch D.O.G.S. like to volunteer on a day when their child's teacher has signed up to "host." Click the adjacent link to help you determine what day you may want to come! Coming soon!!!
Step Three: Check the calendar for open days!
Step Four: Email your date to the Watch DOGS team!
Step Five: Get ready for a fantastic day as a Hero!
We are thrilled by the enthusiasm our dads have for supporting education!
THANK YOU for your interest in serving our school as a Watch D.O.G.S. volunteer! YOU ARE OUR HEROES!


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Solitary Watch with Jean Casella, Jeanine Oleson and Laurie Jo Reynolds: Photo Requests from Solitary
This ongoing project invites people in long-term solitary confinement in U.S. prisons to request a photograph of anything at all, real or imagined, and then finds volunteers to make that image.
This Eastern State Penitentiary installation features astonishing new requests from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and range of photographs made for the project. Visitors are invited to fulfill requests by uploading their own images to www.PhotoRequestsFromSolitary.org.
These photos will be sent to the people who requested them, and displayed on the website. Some will also be exhibited here at Eastern State.
The two-cell installation was designed and fabricated by Jennie Shanker. The website and exhibit graphics were designed by Platform.
About the Artists
Jean Casella is Co-Director and Editor of Solitary Watch, a national watchdog group that investigates, reports on, and disseminates information about the use of solitary confinement and other forms of extreme isolation in U.S. prisons and jails in order to spur public debate and catalyze change on one our country's most pressing domestic human rights issues. In 2012, Jean was named a Soros Justice Media Fellow by the Open Society Foundations for her work on solitary confinement. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Mother Jones, The Guardian, and many other print and online publications, and she is co-editor of the 2016 anthology Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement as well as two earlier anthologies.
Laurie Jo Reynolds is a policy advocate and artist who challenges the demonization, warehousing, and social exclusion of people in the criminal legal system, often long-term efforts at the margins of political viability. Focusing on the retributive extremes of solitary confinement and public conviction registries, Reynolds collaborates with justice advocates, state officials, cultural workers, and people directly affected by violence and incarceration to encourage policies that truly prevent victimization and restore and rehabilitate, rather than damage, people in the justice system.
Jeanine Oleson is an interdisciplinary artist working with images, materiality and language that she forms into complex and humorous objects, images, videos and performances. She has exhibited and performed at venues including: Hammer Museum; Commonwealth & Council; and Atlanta Contemporary. Oleson has received a Rema Hort Mann Artist Community Engagement Grant, Creative Capital Artist Grant, and Puffin Foundation and Foundation for Contemporary Art emergency grant; and was in residence at Smack Mellon Studio Program, NY in 2009. She also published two books about performance projects in 2012, "What?" and "The Greater New York Smudge Cleanse." Oleson is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Department of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Eastern State receives arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Eastern State's Halloween fundraiser, Halloween Nights, provides additional support.