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NASA satellite indicates Tropical Storm Prapiroon's rains mostly south of center
by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The TRMM satellite flew above Typhoon Prapiroon on Oct. 15, 2012 at 0632 UTC (2:32 a.m. EDT). Prapiroon's sustained wind speeds had dropped to 70 knots (~81 mph) with a large and ragged eye (black) being its dominant feature. TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) data indicated that the most intense rain bands south of Prapiroon's eye were dropping rain at a rate of about 30-40 mm/hour (~1.2 to 1.6 inches). Credit: NASA/SSAI Hal Pierce
Tropical Storm Prapiroon is still meandering in the western north Pacific Ocean, and NASA's TRMM satellite noticed that dry air and wind shear are adversely affecting rainfall north of the storm's center.
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew above Prapiroon when it was a typhoon on Oct. 15, 2012 at 0632 UTC (2:32 a.m. EDT). Prapiroon's sustained wind speeds had dropped to 70 knots (~81 mph) with a large and ragged eye being its dominant feature. TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) data indicated that the most intense rain bands south of Prapiroon's eye were dropping rain at a rate of about 30-40 mm/hour (~1.2 to 1.6 inches).
The erosion of the rainfall was still happening in satellite imagery on Oct. 16, and the bulk of the showers were occurring south of the center. Dry air has also been affecting the north side of the storm, and dry air absorbs the moisture that helps create the clouds and thunderstorms that make up the storm. The bands of showers and thunderstorms in the southern quadrant, however, are still strong.
On Oct. 16, 2012 at 1500 UTC, Tropical Storm Prapiroon, known as "Nina" in the Philippines, had maximum sustained winds near 60 knots (69 mph/111 kph). It was located near 22.2 North latitude and 129.3 East longitude, about 260 nautical miles (299 miles/481.5 km) south-southeast of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. It was still moving slowly, just 5 knots (5.7 mph/9.2 kph) to the west. Prapiroon is still meandering until a mid-latitude shortwave trough (elongated area of low pressure) moving into central China can push it to the northeast.
Prapiroon is not expected to strengthen before it begins moving to the northeast on Oct. 17. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecasts the storm to become extra-tropical thereafter.
NASA sees heaviest rainfall near Typhoon Prapiroon's center
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Richard Mourdock: God at work when rape leads to pregnancy
Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by ktbballplaya, Oct 23, 2012.
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday when a woman is impregnated during a rape, "it's something God intended."
Mourdock, who's been locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Rep. Joe Donnelly, was asked during the final minutes of a debate whether abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest.
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happened," Mourdock said.
The race between Mourdock and Donnelly has been one of the nation's most expensive — and most watched — Senate races since the Republican unseated veteran U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar in May's GOP primary. Mourdock's comments come two months after embattled Missouri GOP Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said during a television interview that women's bodies have ways of preventing pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape."
Since his comment, Akin has repeatedly apologized but has refused to leave his race despite calls to do so by leaders of his own party, from GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on down. It was not clear what affect, if any, Mourdock's comment might have during the final two weeks before the Nov. 6 election.
But it quickly placed the tea party-backed candidate on the defensive, one day after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell came to Indianapolis for a fundraiser and after the campaign released a spot from Romney asking Hoosiers to support Mourdock.
Indiana Republican Party spokesman Pete Seat referred comment to the Mourdock campaign. A spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a spokeswoman for Romney did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday night.
National Democrats quickly picked up on Mourdock's statement and used it as an opportunity to paint him as an extreme candidate, calling him a tea party "zealot."
Mourdock further explained after the debate he did not believe God intended the rape, but that God is the only one who can create life.
"Are you trying to suggest somehow that God preordained rape, no I don't think that," Mourdock said. "Anyone who would suggest that is just sick and twisted. No, that's not even close to what I said."
In response, Donnelly said after the debate in southern Indiana that he doesn't believe "my God, or any God, would intend that to happen."
Mourdock's ad featuring Romney started airing Monday and is the latest effort to break open the Senate race. Republicans need to gain three seats, or four if President Barack Obama wins re-election, and seats that were predicted to remain or turn Republican have grown uncertain.
Top Republicans have been flocking to Indiana. Arizona Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham campaigned for Mourdock last week, and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is due in the state Wednesday.
Romney's coattails carry special significance in deeply conservative Indiana, where Mourdock has underperformed Romney by 12 points in most public polls. Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS also has bought another $1 million of airtime in Indiana, making his group the biggest player in Indiana's Senate race. A message left for Crossroads GPS spokesman Nate Hodson was not immediately returned.
More recently, Mourdock, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress three times before becoming state treasurer, has been trying to woo moderate voters as Donnelly has played up his moderate, three-term voting record in the House.
#1 ktbballplaya, Oct 23, 2012
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That's pretty sick even for the republican party.
#3 roxstarz, Oct 23, 2012
What's wrong with that remark, from a Christian perspective? Is a person conceived through a rape any less of a human being? Is that person's life any less valuable? If the answer is no (as it should be), one believes that "life" begins at conception, and that all life is precious to God and He has a divine plan for living beings, then why object to his comments?
#4 durvasa, Oct 23, 2012
durvasa said: ↑
And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happened,"
So God is giving the go ahead for rape now?
David Stern Member
Using Dick's logic then God preordained the rape which caused the birth. You can't have it both ways brah.
But in response to your question, no the rape baby's life is not less important.
#6 David Stern, Oct 23, 2012
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I think people may not be okay with the idea that there is god sanctioned rape.
#7 FranchiseBlade, Oct 23, 2012
It comes down to choice. Is "god's will" aka preordained rape more important than the women's Choice to not give birth
When people start saying "gods will" that means you believe in a higher power so you should also believe that evil and the devil is real. Rape is not gods will its at the hands of the devil and its pure evil.
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something similar is said by the preacher at just about every funeral where someone has died tragically
"part of God's plan, everything happens for a reason", etc.
but hey, feigned outrage is about all Obama supporters have left at this point
#10 Commodore, Oct 23, 2012
Commodore said: ↑
Lol you're a major douche. The comment is In response to a question concerning policy / legislation he would support.
#11 David Stern, Oct 23, 2012
Are you really this dense?
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ktbballplaya said: ↑
As long as the rapist marries her, it's cool.
28 "If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her; he shall not be permitted to divorce her all his days.
#13 Cannonball, Oct 23, 2012
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David Stern said: ↑
Isn't that also the Christian belief? Every time a tragedy happens, it's common to say "God works in mysterious ways." He gave us the miracle of life. And he can have any person raped at any time. You just can't tell what he's up to at any given time.
#14 meh, Oct 23, 2012
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Statements like these make my head explode. And to think this man is running for a political office and if elected will vote on important legislature that will effect us all. It sickening. My heart goes out to the women who have to deal with these idiots on a daily basis.
#15 platypus, Oct 23, 2012
roxstarz said: ↑
It's not really new. Many may not subscribe to this and more wouldn't be willing to say so publicly, but there have been stories like this where Republicans and conservative pastors have called rape pregnancies "God's will".
There are many who believe that God's will is so far reaching that basically there is no free will and everything is predetermined. Any action we take, any thought we have is God's will. Of course they look away if you try to tell them that it was God's will that Obama was elected president and God's will that abortion be legal and that states are passing marriage equality laws.
FranchiseBlade said: ↑
But he very explicitly explained that's not what he meant. I imagine his point is that, as evil as the rape is, that doesn't make the life conceived from that rape less precious.
One may certainly question what it means for the life to be "preordained" while circumstances that brought about that life was not "willed" by God. But it goes back to the whole conflict of free-will and God being all-knowing. Apparent contradictions of this sort are simply part of the Christian theological framework, are they not?
#17 durvasa, Oct 23, 2012
Cannonball said: ↑
You serious?
#18 ktbballplaya, Oct 23, 2012
So you believe a fetus has equal rights as a women?
Not necessarily. Maybe God knew that the rape would occur (because he "knows all"), but it wasn't so much his choosing as it was him letting humans have free will. And, knowing a rape would occur, he then willed that a life should be borne from it.

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We all have a "background", don't we? In terms of police work, every case has a background made up of evidence found at the scene of a crime, coming together to form a puzzle of pieces which eventually "fit" into a particular scenario playing out. Within that scenario there are different players, actions, and "props". In terms of your health, doctors and nurses seek to discover you medical history, including the history of your immediate family members, because it gives them the background on what may be the issues you will deal with or are dealing with right now. In terms of solving a particularly tough problem in math class, you have laid up a certain foundation of truth you have come to count on to be consistent with each "equation" you must calculate. This trust in these "formulas" or "principles" form a background by which you formulate your answer to the new math problem before you. The background of a matter gives us "foundation" upon which to understand the next object or subject in a matter presently before us. Understanding background is important, but staying anchored to background limits progress forward!
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Beginning with how the Jews were given the Law of Moses, failing to adhere well to the mandates of the Law, and developing upon the idea that the Law made it almost impossible to actually keep every letter of it, he moves with painstaking steps from their foundation as a nation (a people set apart by God the Father) to the place of Christ's death, burial and resurrection. In the midst of this unveiling of foundational truth, he sparks this idea of salvation coming to all by the means of faith in Christ Jesus and not in the keeping of rules or performance of works. In other words, as my pastor so aptly says, we stop working our way TO God and accept the fact he has already worked his way TO us. To the Jew, they may have been able to accept this idea of salvation coming by faith, but it was hard for them to totally separate from their "background" of all their rule-keeping and work-performance activities. It was part of their life - defining them as a people for so many years. In essence, they were bound to their background.
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Sometimes people want to take scripture out of context and use a passage such as this to say all "religions" are okay - since it says: It's exactly the same no matter what a person's religious background may be: the same God for all of us, acting the same incredibly generous way to everyone who calls out for help. Don't get me wrong here - God reaches out for all who will call upon his name and receive his gift of salvation, BUT there is but one way to receive this gift - through Christ Jesus and his actions ON OUR BEHALF. Any other religion which proclaims any other "background" by which we may be made right, achieve some divine status, etc., is nothing more than a philosophy or "religious pursuit" in futility. Bold words, I know, but truth nonetheless. The background of the context allows me to make that statement because it establishes the facts as they were outlined and it makes it perfectly clear there is no other means by which a man is saved - no amount of "doing good", "self-help", or "religious rule-keeping". Nothing but the grace of God makes us right - redeems us and sets us in relationship with him.
We also want to remember the very important teaching of this letter - our background matters, but it isn't everything - it doesn't "define" us and we don't have to be captive to it. We can allow grace to take the lessons of our background and make them into treasures of our present life. This is what grace does for us - it helps us take the background and keep it in "context" with what grace is doing in our present moment. We need this more than we think because all of us has a tendency to hold onto something in our background which anchors us and almost limits us from moving forward. When we are finally free to let go of the background and allow God define us by grace, not our background, we make monumental forward progress. Remember, we don't have to be defined by our background - we are defined by God's grace! Just sayin!


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Written by Peter Wood.
This scene begins with Character A frustrated with the census form. Character B then encourages Character A to properly complete the form. Character A refuses but is pushed by Character B to do so.
Some of my favorite facts from the 2016 Census Australia:
- There are more women than men.
- There are more people with "English" backgrounds than "Australian" backgrounds in Australia.
- Over 8 million people in Australia have both their parents born in overseas countries.
- Mandarin is the second highest spoken language in Australia.
- 780,000+ people are unemployed.
- Over 13 million people did unpaid work during the week of Census 2016.
- There are 650,000+ First Nations people, making up to 2.6% of the entire Australian population.
Character B gives of a George Orwell: "1984" presence as they say "You'll get into trouble if you don't do it" and followed by "They know you exist."
In Australia, for EVERY DAY you do NOT complete the census past its due date, it conjures a magical fine of $180 to appear at your door. That is $180 PER DAY. Providing misleading information also grants you a fabulous $1800 fine. Less than 100 fines were issues during the 2016 Census because those citizens refused to complete the form. They would have completed it by now, otherwise that is one hefty fine they're building up.
What a lot of people don't know is that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) hire hackers to hack their websites to make sure it's safe. They also delete all the information before the next census (which is in 2020). The Census on August 9 2016 was the first Australian Census to go digital, encouraging all of Australia to log onto a website to complete it. This would supposedly save over $100 million of taxpayer's moneys.
The ABS was so over-filled with people logging on, the website crashed. Some say it was hacked by 4 unknown overseas hackers, some say it was just overloaded by citizens. We will never know. Government officials say one thing, the ABS say another. It's hard to tell. No matter the truth, people want our information. Why? Possibly because of what Character A says - "They use it to sell us things we don't want." Businesses and governments have access to the data and CAN use it to their benefit. This is a known fact.
Come see actors Peter Wood and Paige Poulier do this scene in Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, co-presented by Metro Arts and Robert the Cat. August 2019.
Sources and more reading:
-https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/036
- https://www.oaic.gov.au/individuals/faqs-for-individuals/government/the-australian-bureau-of-statistics-has-asked-me-to-complete-a-survey-do-i-have-to-answer-the-questions-in-the-survey
- https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/why-do-i-have-to-do-this-thing-the-census-of-population-and-housing-2016-explained/news-story/52363ae0438e12305b15dd4d3a8dc1d7
- https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/the-outrageous-fines-you-face-if-you-dont-fill-out-census-properly/news-story/c0deab26de8ee81f44c37a9a5ab1d990
- https://www.cnet.com/news/the-census-wasnt-hacked-but-the-abs-still-has-a-problem/
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On Each year, Grace Chorale joins the the tree lighting ceremony on the Brooklyn Promenade at the end of Montague Street. After brief introductions and speeches by community dignitaries, the Chorale sings a medley of carols as Santa passes out candy canes and ho ho hos. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Chorale proceeds down Montague Street making singing stops at local businesses.


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Submerged is a combat-free exploration game from former BioShock devs
By Shaun Prescott published 27 July 15
One of the most interesting games I saw at GDC earlier this year was Submerged, a combat-free exploration game by Australian studio Uppercut Games. The game has been in development for a while now, but it's finally releasing next month on Steam – August 4, to be precise.
Submerged follows Miku, who's tasked with tending to her sick brother in a flood-ravaged city. It sounds like a familiar post-apocalyptic scenario on paper, but you won't be killing anything in Submerged. Instead, there's an aquatic open world to explore, and the game is designed to be played slowly: it's a meditative experience above all else.
It brings to mind a mix of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, but instead of a horse you've got a boat, and instead of killing giant monsters you're marvelling at whales. Miku's most prized tool is a telescope, which she uses to spot points of interest thorughout the world. Expect to scale crumbling skyscrapers in search of any resources that might be useful to your ailing brother.
Created by former Irrational Australia devs (they had a hand in BioShock, XCOM and Tribes: Vengeance, among others), the game has a Steam page, and a new trailer.
Shaun Prescott
Shaun is PC Gamer's Australian editor and news writer. He mostly plays platformers and RPGs, and keeps a close eye on anything of particular interest to antipodean audiences. He (rather obsessively) tracks the movements of the Doom modding community, too.
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VM Motori S.p.A. is een Italiaanse fabrikant van dieselmotoren die eigendom is van Stellantis. Het hoofdkantoor en de belangrijkste productiefaciliteiten zijn gevestigd in Cento. Naast automotoren produceert VM Motori ook industriële en scheepsmotoren.

Geschiedenis
VM Motori werd in 1947 opgericht door Claudio Vancini en Ugo Martelli. De bedrijfsnaam is een verwijzing naar de achternamen van de twee oprichters.

In 1971 fuseerde VM Motori met Stabilimeni Meccanici Tiestini in Triëst, waarna Finmeccanica een meerderheidsbelang nam in het gecombineerde bedrijf. Het bedrijf werd jarenlang "Finmeccanica VM" genoemd.  Bij een herstructurering in 1989 deed Finmeccanica VM Motori weer van de hand.

Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) kocht VM Motori in 1995 en werd op zijn beurt in 2000 opgekocht door DaimlerChrysler.

Sinds 2007 hadden Penske Corporation en General Motors elk de helft van de aandelen van VM Motori in handen. Fiat Powertrain heeft de aandelen van Penske in 2011 overgenomen. In oktober 2013 kwam VM Motori volledig in handen van Fiat.

Producten
De dieselmotoren van VM Motori werden lange tijd gekenmerkt door het gebruik van individuele droge cilindervoeringen met een gemeenschappelijke cilinderkop of met een eigen cilinderkop per cilinder. Dit modulair ontwerp maakte een grote flexibiliteit mogelijk bij het ontwikkelen van motoren met verschillende aantallen cilinders.

In 1988 gebruikte Land Rover een 2,4 liter VM Motori dieselmotor in de Range Rover. Dit project liep onder de projectnaam "Beaver". De Rover 2400 SD Turbo, gebouwd van 1982 tot 1985, had ook een Italiaanse dieselmotor, net zoals zijn opvolger de Rover 800.

Tot de klanten van het bedrijf behoren onder meer Chrysler, Ford, LTI, General Motors, Alfa Romeo en Rover. Zo was bijvoorbeeld de Jeep Wrangler JK vanaf 2007 verkrijgbaar met een 2,8 liter VM dieselmotor. Ook de exemplaren van de Chrysler Voyager die specifiek voor de Europese markt gebouwd werden waren beschikbaar met een VM-motor.

De Jeep Grand Cherokee ruilde in 2011 zijn Mercedes-dieselmotor in voor een 3,0 liter V6-dieselmotor van VM Motori. Voor de Maserati Ghibli III die in 2013 op de markt kwam leverde VM Motori een high-performance versie van deze 3,0 liter V6-dieselmotor met 275 pk en een koppel van 600 Nm. De derde generatie (Eco) van dit motorblok wordt gebruikt in de Ram 1500.

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New York Times brings magazine experience to the web
The New York Times Magazine has been re-imagined for the web, built with HTML5 technologies and following a responsive design
Posted: 12 June 2013 By: Alastair Reid
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"It's clear that the tenurable model of tiny little navigation links that run across the top is not very well suited to the way people are consuming and reading these days. We have a lot more exploration to do."
John Niedermeyer, as lead designer of digital news at the New York Times, has spent much of the last month considering how people best consume online content, in anticipation of the latest issue of the Times's Magazine.
The Sunday supplement has been re-imagined for the web and an online version of this month's 'innovations issue' went live on Friday, featuring 48 pages of responsive magazine content, complete with responsive advertising, built through HTML5.
"When you translate things for digital, frequently there's a loss of a lot of the things that make a magazine such a great thing to thumb through," explained Niedermeyer, speaking to Journalism.co.uk.
"So one of the goals of this project was to bring part of that art direction – typography, photography, the sort of nice magazine lay out – to the digital side."
The tactile nature of this project – creating something "that was designed to be touched first" – was central to making it attractive for mobile and tablet users; incorporating gesture navigation to swipe between content either on a mobile or tablet device or using keys on a desktop.
"We really wanted to be able to design something that would be a great experience for more and more readers coming to us from all these different devices and we thought we could explore that," he said.
For web designers, creating pages that can quickly adjust to different screen sizes is still the most complex issue – "we still don't have the tools that a print designer would have" said Niedermeyer.
Building adverts that could adapt to window adjustments or alternative screens was an additional test. "I think as we were throwing out all the assumptions about templates and the way that we would present the content, we also wanted to challenge ourselves to come up with a different kind of ad experience," he said, "one that would feel much more at home in our apps."
HTML5 is still a relatively young language for designing and building content and as such Niedermeyer says it demands "a lot of work, fast" for designers and programmers who want to make pages that offer the best experience to the reader. But what is the reader looking for?
"First and foremost they want to be able to read the content," said Niedermeyer, "especially when we're talking about smaller and smaller devices. Every bit of 'crust' that is added, or promotion, or all of these things sort of detract from actually consuming and experiencing reading so I think that's something that readers are looking for.
"It's the age old question of 'can I read the content? Can I find things I might be looking for?'. I just think that the patterns have to change and the hardware changes in these devices have enabled us to do things that we couldn't do 10 years ago."
The attractive, responsive and intuitive nature of these HTML5 projects – of which Snow Fall and Firestorm are much larger, more complex versions – are at the forefront of web design for presenting content digitally. Yet the developing technology's uses is still at an early stage, said Niedermeyer.
"I think everyone in the industry has to pick and choose where to apply this level of effort," he said. "This is about a week of really intense work to get this out the door and you can't do that with every story or every feature.
"But I think there's enormous potential to improve the templates that we use to just run articles as they're published every day."
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No.5 – The 90-Point Club
By: Ted Stovin Thursday, March 8, 2018 @ 8:00 AM
Jared Parsonage rides Johnny Ringo for 90 points to win a $12,500 bonus at the Glen Keeley Memorial Bull Riding in Stavely, Alberta. Photo by Covy Moore / CovyMoore.com
CALGARY – Only 15 days remain before the launch of the 2018 PBR Canada Monster Energy Tour, set to begin its third season as the nation's premier tour. Before we begin the season in Calgary on March 24, we look back to the Top 10 moments from the 2017 PBR Canada season.
Coming in at the No.5 are the season's 90-point bull rides, a rare feat in the sport with less than 1% of all outs ending in the result.
Last season, Pérola, Brazil's Fabiano Vieira put up the first 90-point effort of the season on K-C/Josie McElroy Bucking Bulls/Spark-lin Acres' Jammin' Jackson's Handsome Jeff, marked 90.5 points in the Championship Round of the PBR's first International Major in Québec City, Québec. Held in June, the event was the first stop for the Monster Energy Tour in 2017.
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The ride propelled Vieira to a second place finish inside the Videotron Centre, collectively going 2-for-3 at the landmark event. Prior to the recording the first 90-point ride of the Canadian season, the Brazilian rider covered Cornwell Bucking Bulls' Mud Duck for 86.5 points in Round 2.
The finish earned him $23,100 and 120 points towards the world standings, elevating him from No.21 to No.18 in the world in a season which saw him end the year the No. 10 in the world.
On the heels of the successful event in Quebec City, PBR Canada will once again return to the Videotron Centre with the Monster Energy Tour in 2018, set to hold the second-ever International Major on May 18-19. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.ca.
RELATED: PBR Returns to Québec City for Second International Major Event on May 18-19
The 90-point effort in Canada was Vieira's high-marked ride of the year which saw him go on to earn two event victories, one in Calgary, Alberta at the Ranchman's PBR Bullbustin' in Support of the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre on July 6, part of the Canadian Touring Pro Division, and another at the PBR Major in Nashville, Tennessee on August 18.
The second 90-point effort obtained in Canada in 2017 would come at a prestigious event, the Glen Keeley Memorial Bull Riding in Stavely, Alberta on September 2 in PBR Canada Touring Pro Division competition.
There, Jared Parsonage would tie with the eventual 2017 PBR Canada Champion Zane Lambert for the event win where both would face a ride-off bull for a check worth $12,500 for the top score.
RELATED: Lambert and Parsonage Split Event Win in Stavely
Lambert, also the 2013 PBR Canada Champion, began the night covering Dynamite Buckers' Star Dust for 83.5 points in Round 1, which he followed with a round-winning 87-point ride aboard Skori Bucking Bulls' Monkey Nuts in the championship round.
For Parsonage, he opened the Saturday night event riding Girletz Rodeo Stock's Dilly Gaff for 84 points in Round 1. In the championship round, he started off with an 81-point effort on Wild Hoggs Bucking Bulls' Tykro Checkered Flag but took advantage of re-ride option on Smiling Bob, also from the Wild Hoggs, scoring 86.5 points to match Lambert.
As co-event winners, both Canadian riders had their shot at a Glen Keeley Memorial Bull Riding bounty bull.
Lambert bucked off Vold Rodeo/Prescott's Blow Me Away), but Parsonage covered PBR World Finals bucking bull Johnny Ringo, also from Vold Rodeo/Prescott, for 90 points to earn the $12,500 bonus. The 90-point ride was Parsonage's first of his four-year PBR career.
Parsonage left Stavely with a grand total of $16,179.65 in prize money and finished the 2017 PBR Canada Season in the No.8 spot with $32,669.00 in earnings and the No.63 spot in the broader PBR world standings.
Holistically, the 2017 season was a career-high for Parsonage despite breaking his jaw, sidelining him for nearly three months. On the year he boasted one of, if not the highest riding percentages, going 16-for-24 (66.6%) with two event wins. With the potential for a full season in 2018, there's no telling how high Parsonage can reach. Shoot, he's pretty tall already.
Parsonage began the 2018 season this past Saturday in Lethbridge, Alberta, finishing 17th after riding Girletz Rodeo Stock's Blue Print for 79.5 points in Round 1.
This week, friend and travelling partner Jordan Hansen mentioned the Saskatchewan-native as one we might expect to see represent Team Canada at the second-ever PBR Global Cup in Sydney, Australia in June.
RELATED: Hansen Reay to Ride for Canada at PBR Global Cup
Stay tuned next week for the seventh entry in the countdown, No.4.
Biggest Moments of the 2017 Monster Energy Tour Countdown
The 90-Point Club
West Heats Up Out West
The PBR's Debut in Toronto
Robbins Wins Rookie of the Year
The Biever Breakout
Durazo Splits Monster Energy PBR Canada Finals Event Title
PBR Canada's Monster Energy Tour begins its third season on March 24th, 2018 starting at 7:00pm at the Agrium Western Events Centre on Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com


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Tuesdays class was my first experience with a video conference call, we met with Ian Landy, Principal at Edgehill Elementary in Powell River. Next time I will make sure that I get there early so that I am not in the front row, I was a bit uncomfortable with being on the big screen and the camera moving to wherever the sound was coming from seemed to have a mind of its own.
Ian talked to us about technology as assessment in the form of e-portfolios, fresh grade , just one example of a digital portfolio/ assessment platform (currently being used in SD61) provides educators with a way to report student learning rather than reporting student achievement (what the old fashioned report cards did). It allows teachers to document, capture and communicate learning to parents and students in a secure way, student data is stored in Canada but does spend a few seconds in the US. Through this platform teachers can also share resources and provide their students with formative descriptive feedback. All this capturing and documenting sounds like teachers would spend a lot of time using devices to upload student content, Ian suggested adding archivist as a class job which I think is a great idea that teaches students how to upload to their own e-portfolios. One thing that is great about e-portfolios is that it gives the students the opportunity to document and share their own learning, providing a sense of responsibility. Ian suggested scaffolding independent use of e-portfolios starting at around grade 5 or 6.
Each student comes to class with their own experiences and worldview, no two students are exactly the same so why would we assess them in the same way? As Ian pointed out " we can't compare students… E-portfolios allow for personalized achievement".


HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwest Federal Credit Union's President and CEO, Jeff Bentley, was recently appointed to the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors. Northwest Federal opened its first branch in Maryland on November 5th, 2018 in Rockville.
"We are thrilled to welcome Northwest Federal Credit Union to Montgomery County. We applaud Northwest Federal's commitment to support our community. As the only credit union on our Board of Directors, we look forward to benefitting from their unique perspective," said President and CEO of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Georgette "Gigi" Godwin.


For those who are aware of my being maid-less for two months, there's good news. I finally worked up the courage to ask the chowkidar to send me some maids needing extra work, something very convenient about living in an apartment complex, a place usually teeming with maids but which I didn't avail of as it took me some time to mentally prepare myself for the invasion of a person other than Zahooran into my life and the inner precincts of my home. Either that or I've had it with doing all the work myself!
The first one that turned up at my doorstep was tightly wrapped in a black scarf and a svelte burqa and introduced herself as Shagufta. She worked at That Woman's place… something that should have immediately disqualified her if I wasn't desperate! She was young and giggly and seemed willing enough to take up the job offer, provided her ability to clean passed my exacting standards. 😛 That is, until she learnt about the existence of Fuzzy. Apparently, she'd had an 'incident' with a cat at someone's house that caused her to break a considerable amount of crockery and ruin a carpet with spilt food, and that was enough to make her decide she wasn't too keen on working in a house that housed a cat as well.
Next was an older woman with a pathetically woeful expression on her face from whom in the course of a 10 minute conversation I learnt her name was Aisha, that she had five grown up daughters and a bit of debt that needed to be paid off. Her husband died after being electrocuted two years ago, and she was searching for work that would be close to her home (in Neelum Colony) which paid her a decent amount for a couple of hours of work a day, and didn't exploit her. She had just had a tooth extracted, which added to her woebegone look, and she talked with a palm pressed against her cheek. I told her to come and work the next morning so I could assess her and gauge her level of annoyingness (as of course, ALL maids manage to grate on my nerves a bit, through perhaps no fault of their own, just an occupational hazard I suppose).
The same day, another maid showed up, a nymph-like pixie called Mumtaz. She heard through the chowkidar and Shagufta that I needed help so came to enquire. I have known Mumtaz since the early days of living here as she worked as a part-timer across the landing at a neighbour's place as a laundry and dusting maid. She came to my rescue once when I had been abandoned by Shehnaz, Zahooran's niece. Looking at her you can't tell that she is a mother of four, but you can easily tell that she is far more knowledgeable about surviving in a rough city and wise beyond her years when it comes to the occult. Yes dear readers, she can detect the presence of evil spirits from a mile away and can easily interpret strange occurrences as signs from the supernatural world. But more on Mumtaz and her powers later. For now, suffice to say that she superceded the forlorn Aisha in my preference. Perhaps because Aisha didn't turn up the next day like she was supposed to. Or maybe the mention of debt, a large brood and a dead husband meant potential for me getting sucked into a cycle of pity and sympathy that might be hard to extricate myself from a few months down the road, when she would have borrowed money and further increased her general indebtedness.
So Mumtaz it is, and I'm quite glad of it, as she has an unobtrusive presence in the house, does her work quickly and efficiently, and most importantly, saves me from my own ADD and OCD. The question is….do I keep her for the long run…or only until Zahooran comes back from the village as she professed she would? Do I stay loyal to Zahooran for her hard work and her honesty, or do I betray her for being an annoying cow…? I know she is worried about losing her job here for being away more than two months and I am completely justified in employing another maid without any obligations to her…..
Or am I…? Is there such a thing as fidelity to hired help?
Fidelity is perhaps an indulgence of those whose stomachs are full, and here I draw the line at empathy. They can at the very least keep us informed.
As for me, I neither expect loyalty from them nor do I plan to give them any…. the sense of stupidity they leave me with is not worth it.
What happens to Zahooran if you don't give her old job back to her? Can you help her find another one where she won't be so annoying to her employer?
Well, if/when she gets back, she won't really have much difficulty finding work…she's a good maid. The only reason I wouldn't recommend her to anyone anymore is because her annoying-ness somehow reflects on me….! I find people giving me accusatory lectures about her, which is rather intolerable really!
So if I let her go, there shall be no strings attached….hopefully. Then again, I'm still in two minds about her…….
I think you need to do what's best for you (I don't think that's being selfish) at this moment and cross the Zahooran bridge when you come to it, if at all. I think you've been a fair employer so far and as you said…she'll probably be able to get a good job if she does return. Maids are always in demand no?!
Lol! I don't think the spirits need to be consulted. A mere cell phone is enough! I got a call from Zahooran just the other day saying she's coming back at the end of this month….
Stressful? You have no idea! And Fuzzy is a pain in the behind, going around leaving wet little souvenirs for us to clean up 😛 Little weasel.
I must tell you all about Mumtaz's dream, the one that foretold the birth of her first son..
You should also know, she's nowhere NEAR as conscientious about dusting as Zahooran..


In this adventure Bill (Sookie's boyfriend) has betrayed Sookie. I found Sookie's reaction to this disappointing as she seems to still want to hold onto Bill despite the blatant disrespect he has shown to her and their relationship. This was disappointing to me as Sookie has always seemed to be a strong character and I wanted to see more resolution from her. That said her indecision is probably more realistic.
On the brightside, the search for Bill leads us to meeting Alcide, a werewolf who owes Eric a favour. I really loved this character especially as he is one of the first people in the series to seem completely and genuinely nice. It was also a nice change to see more of the werewolf scene and other supernatural creatures. Alcide also broke the stereotype of a rich/educated person which was refreshing as he treated Sookie as an equal, throughout the books we`ve seen Sookie face some discrimination for being an uneducated waitress.
Overall, I think that Charlaine Harris succeeded in creating her desired emotions in me as the reader. I think that one of the main goals of this book was to change our opinion of a few major characters. She succeeded in this by having some characters act despicably (Bill) whilst sweetening our opinion of other characters (Eric) by having them show a sweeter more human side to their nature.


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The Hard Economics Of High Holy Days
By Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Published September 27, 2011 at 3:39 PM CDT
Over the next 10 days, some 5,000 people will fill the sanctuaries at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., to pray, worship and remember their spiritual roots.
"Rosh Hashana is a time of renewal, and it's a time of reconnecting with what really matters for us as a Jewish people," Rabbi Gil Steinlauf says.
The Jewish New Year is a time of spiritual awe — and practical considerations. Unlike churches, most synagogues charge membership dues to keep the lights on and fund the programs, because they are autonomous and do not receive funding from a national body.
"The bread and butter of how you make a synagogue run is membership dues, that's how it works," he says. "Obviously, we also engage in fundraising, but to keep the lights on and to keep everything running on a weekly and daily basis, we run on the dues that come in from memberships."
And this year, the staff is a bit worried.
"It's as bad as I've seen in my 30-some odd years doing this," says Glenn Easton, the synagogue's executive director and finance officer. Easton says the recession is hitting everyone, even in this relatively wealthy congregation.
"More lawyers are out of work, more business owners are out of work — people who are in categories of employment who have been extremely generous over the years," he says, are unable to be as generous as in previous years.
As a result, many are not showing up, embarrassed they can't give as they did before. Easton tells everyone that they do not need to pay dues, or their full dues, to participate, although Jewish tradition has it that everyone should give of themselves whatever they can. So, Easton says, the synagogue is thinking about ways people can contribute other than by giving money — for example, unemployed lawyers contributing legal advice, or contractors doing repairs.
He has no doubt Adas Israel will do just fine. Others may not fare as well, says Rabbi Dan Judson, who teaches at Hebrew College Rabbinical School and is an expert on the history of money and synagogues.
"What I think a recession does is exacerbate a trend," Judson says. "If you're in a synagogue that has been hanging on — that is, you've managed to maintain some membership but it's slowly declining as people are moving into the city, or moving to another town — in better economic times, you're able to survive. But at a time when it's hard for people to dig deep into their pockets, those synagogues are left fewer options."
Judson sees parallels with the Great Depression: membership dropping off, a sort of spiritual malaise, particularly among Reform and Conservative Jews. And as in the Depression, fragile congregations are having to take drastic action. For example, Judson says some synagogues are replacing their rabbis and searching for others who can energize the congregation.
"Some synagogues are selling their building, trying to move to a model where they don't have a capital cost, but are renting from churches, renting from community centers. Some synagogues are making the hard decision and thinking about: Is this the time that we stop being a synagogue?"
And other congregations are merging.
Just before the holidays, Rabbi Peter Levi was showing off his refurbished synagogue, Temple Beth El, in Orange County, Calif. He paused at the kitchen.
"We have two kitchens, one upstairs and one downstairs, so this is our kosher dairy kitchen."
The reason they have two kitchens is that Beth El merged last year with another nearby synagogue, Congregation Eilat. Over time, Congregation Eilat lost members. The members couldn't afford its mortgage, and they asked Levi's congregation to let them in. Levi says it was bittersweet for them.
"It was very painful for them," Levi says. Despite all the "warm fuzzies" and enthusiastic welcome his congregation gave them, "it was a very difficult and painful decision to make — but ultimately they knew it was one they had to make in order to continue."
He and others say synagogue mergers are happening across the country. But what's extraordinary about this one is that Beth El is a Reform congregation and Eilat is Conservative. And that's why they have two kitchens — one kosher, one not — and why they have two different sanctuaries so the congregations can worship in their own way.
"Half my colleagues think I'm utterly crazy, and half think it's fabulous," Levi says.
It's complicated, he says, but it's working. And the merger has given him a solid two-year cushion for his budget.
"I think this is really part of the way of the future even if the economy gets phenomenally healthy, and will be a model for a lot of communities out there."
One thing is certain: The recession is prompting synagogues to do some soul-searching about how they pay their bills, even during the most sacred of holidays.
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Barbara Bradley Hagerty is the religion correspondent for NPR, reporting on the intersection of faith and politics, law, science and culture. Her New York Times best-selling book, "Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality," was published by Riverhead/Penguin Group in May 2009. Among others, Barb has received the American Women in Radio and Television Award, the Headliners Award and the Religion Newswriters Association Award for radio reporting.
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Robert Lindneux ~ his art and life
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Lindneux art privately owned
Lindneux art at the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
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History of the Lindneux Art Publishing Co.
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NOTE: If you are selling a painting or reproduction by Robert Lindneux you may use this short biography written by Christina Smith. We would appreciate the courtesy of letting us know you are using this by sending us an email. (Click on the word email for a link to our email address.)
According to his memoir, Robert Ottokar Lindneux was born in New York City in 1871. Demonstrating a talent for art at a young age he traveled to Europe and attended the Art Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany; the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France; and the Munich Academy. In 1889 Lindneux saw the Buffalo Bill Wild West show in Paris; this was a pivotal experience that sparked his passion for the American West. Lindneux returned to America in 1898 and worked his way west to Montana. He worked as a trapper, horse wrangler and cowboy, learning about the life he wanted to paint. Settling in Denver, Colorado in 1918 Lindneux embarked upon a prolific career. Lindneux died in 1970. Lindneux's best known works are the life size portrait of Buffalo Bill at the Buffalo Bill Museum on Lookout Mountain near Denver, Colorado and Trail of Tears on display at the Frank Phillips Woolaroc Museum, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The Colorado History Museum houses several of Lindneux's significant historical works including Sand Creek Massacre.
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Biography of Robert Ottokar Lindneux:
According to his memoir, Robert Ottokar Lindneux was born in New York City in 1871. His father was a silk buyer whose family had immigrated to Switzerland from France; and his mother was born in France. The family came to America in the 1860's eventually settling in New York City. Robert's parents died when he was very young and Robert was raised by his Aunt Lucile who taught languages such as French, German and English. Lucille of course taught Robert these languages. Robert demonstrated a talent for art early, so to encourage this skill, his Aunt Lucille hired a private teacher for him.
When Lindneux was sixteen his Aunt Lucille arranged for Robert to travel to Germany to further his art training at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany under the tutelage of German genre painter Benjamin Vautier. While in Germany in 1889, Robert heard that the Buffalo Bill Wild West show was going to be in Paris and borrowed some money from a friend to travel there to see it. This show was a pivotal moment in Robert's life and he knew from that point on that he wanted to paint images of the American Wild West.
Robert finished his studies at the Art Academy and encouraged by Vautier continued his studies by taking classes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1890 to 1892. During this time Robert also studied with Hungarian painter Michael von Munkacsy until 1893. In 1894 Lindneux applied to the Munich Academy and was accepted into Franz Stuck's class and attended for one semester there. The next few years Robert spent traveling and working under various master artists in Berlin, Dresden, Vienna and Buda-Pest. He returned to Paris and in late 1897, and then drifted to London, England.
In 1898 Robert was urged to return to America and fight for his country in the Spanish American War. He worked his way across the Atlantic on a cattle boat. Upon arriving in New York he discovered that the war was over. He drifted to Boston where he earned some money painting portraits. Then in 1899 he traveled to Denver in hopes of finding the West he had seen portrayed in the Buffalo Bill show. However, Denver was too civilized and so he traveled to Billings, Montana and indeed found the remnants of the Western way of life. He spent the next few years living and learning about the life he wanted to paint working as a trapper, horse wrangler and cowboy.
During this time Lindneux met up with the well known cowboy artist Charlie Russell. At one meeting in 1904 at Russell's log cabin in Great Falls, the two men discussed coloring techniques. To demonstrate his technique to Charlie, Robert had Charlie sketch out a familiar image, which Robert then painted. In a later conversation Charlie suggested that Robert might be able to find a good market for his paintings back in New York City. Robert took this advice to heart and moved to Brooklyn, New York.
New York did not end up being the boon he had hoped for though, and Robert ended up having to do commercial art work to make ends meet. In 1908 Robert went to the Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Far East Show and was introduced to Major Gordon W. Lillie. This was the beginning of a lifelong friendship between the two men. In 1912 Robert had the opportunity to attend the consolidated Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West show. Robert looked up his friend Pawnee Bill who introduced him to William (Buffalo Bill) Cody. Robert asked if he could paint a sketch of Cody, which Cody gladly said yes to. The next day Cody sat for Lindneux again and Lindneux finished his first portrait of his lifelong hero.
By 1915 rumors of war had greatly diminished Robert's income stream so he headed back to Billings, Montana working as a horse wrangler and occasionally doing some painting. During this time Robert also began taking photographs of various frontier and rodeo events, and would put these photos into sets and sell them to tourists.
In 1916 Robert married his wife Gertrude, (whom he had met while in New York) and in 1917 they moved to Wyoming. During this time Robert learned that the Cody family, (after the death of William Cody) was negotiating to sell the T E Ranch and Robert was offered the opportunity to help with the work of rounding up the cattle and horses. After this he also found work as an assistant guide for a two dude hunters from the Eastern US.
Robert and his wife moved to Denver, Colorado in 1918. In 1921 their only daughter Marcella Roberta Lindneux was born. In Denver Robert solidified his standing as an exceptional Western American Artist and was often referred to as the historian of the west. Colorado remained their home until Lindneux's death on October 24, 1970. This synopsis covers a fraction of Lindneux's adventures and the unique individuals that he met in his lifetime.
The strongest influence on Lindneux's style and technique clearly comes from the Dusseldorf school. His paintings have clear, precise color, utilize dramatic, sometimes staged elements, and were always created using the same disciplined procedures as taught by the German masters. Lindneux also developed his own distinctive atmospheric effects used to represent the vast Western American vistas.
Lindneux's subjects varied tremendously, though the American west and history were his primary focal points. His portraits include many historical figures, Native Americans, and animals. Many of his portraits incorporate background elements representing significant events and locations related to the subject, adding depth of understanding and historical insight. His best known portrait is the life size equestrian painting of Buffalo Bill on his favorite horse Isham on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum and grave on Lookout Mountain near Denver, Colorado.
His other subjects ranged from the dramatic to the serene in landscapes, many Western and Native American life scenes, dramatic and significant historical events, and several extraordinary allegorical works. Lindneux strayed from his pure realistic style with only two paintings, Modernistic Conception of The Grand Canyon and Modernistic Conception of Moose Lake, both owned by the Colorado History museum. The Colorado History museum also houses the Sand Creek Massacre, Beecher Island, Thornburg Massacre, Fort Lyon, one of Lindneux's allegories, Death the Victor, and others. The Frank Phillips Woolaroc Museum has many Lindneux paintings including his well recognized Trail of Tears and many portraits including Sitting Bull, Pocahontas, Christopher Columbus, General Custer, and others. Many of his paintings are in private collections.
Lindneux Bibliography:
This is not yet an exhaustive bibliography, but it does list the majority of sources about or relating to Robert Lindneux that you might find interesting.
Art Digest, The. "Lindneux's 'Death the Victor,' and Symbolism That Will Not Die" 9 no. 1 (1 October 1934): 8.
Chandler, Mary Voelz. "Robert O. Lindneux at Home on the Range." Denver Co. Rocky Mountain News, Sunday, 17 November 1991, final edition, Sunday Magazine/Travel section, 12M.
Dial, Scott E. "Robert Ottokar Lindneux, 1871-1970." Southwest Art, April 1976, 40-47.
Forrest, James Taylor. "Robert Ottokar Lindneux: The Last of the Cowboy Artists." Great Plains Journal 6:1 (fall 1966): 32-35.
Halaas, David Fridtjof. "Robert Lindneux: Western History, Patriotism, and Art." Colorado History Now (November 1998): 3.
Hedren, Paul L. "The Contradictory Legacies of Buffalo Bill Cody's First Scalp for Custer." Montana: The Magazine of Western History , Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring, 2005), pp. 16-35
Rocky Mt. News, "Denver Artist Will Paint 32 Most Famous Indians," Sunday, 3 September 1933, Main News Section, 6.
Spring, Agnes Wright, "Rosa Bonheur and Buffalo Bill," The Western Horseman, April, 1962.
Wolf, Mark. "Historian Calls West Cradle of U.S." Denver Co. Rocky Mountain News, 2 November 2000, final edition, Lifestyles/Spotlight section, 3D.
Carr, James F., comp. Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers: With Addendum Containing Corrections and Additional Material on the Original Entries. New York: James F. Carr, 1965. 217.
Dawdy, Doris Ostrander. Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary. Chicago: Sage Books Chicago, 1974. 145.
Falk, Peter Hastings, editor-in-chief. Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America. Vol. 2. Madison: Sound View Press. 1999. 2030.
Fielding, Mantel. Dictionary of American Painters Sculptors & Engravers: From Colonial Times through 1926. Flushing: Paul A. Stroock, 1960. 217.
Friesen, Steve. Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary. Golden, Colo: Fulcrum Pub., 2010. 78, 154.
Harmsen, Dorothy. Western Americana. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1971. 128.
Opitz, Glenn B., ed. Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers. 2nd ed. Poughkeepsie: Apollo, 1987. 544.
Young, William ed. and comp. A Dictionary of American Artists, Sculptors and Engravers: From the Beginnings through the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: William Young and Co., 1968. 286.
Lindneux, Robert. "Robert Ottokar Lindneux Interview, 1964 Nov. 14." Interviewed by Sylvia Loomis. Sound tape reel transcript, Denver CO, 14 November 1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Oral History Collection.
Lindneux, Robert. 2002/1949. Oral history interview of Robert Lindneux. Denver, Colo: Colorado Historical Society.
Amon Carter Museum. Catalogue of the Collection 1972. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1973. 52.
Lindneux, Robert. Pictures of the Great West: Catalogue of The Lindneux Art Publishing Co. Lindneux Art Publishing co., Denver CO. 1923.
Patterson, Patrick. Woolaroc Museum. The Frank Phillips Foundation, Inc., 1965. 30, 31, 40, 46, 50, 52, 53.
Sotheby Parke Bernet. Exhibition by Robert Ottokar Lindneux from the Estate of Ben E. Bond, Tulsa. Public Auction Monday, March 4, 1974, Lo Angeles.
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The regal sapphire has been cherished for hundreds of years and in 1912 was named the official birthstone of the month of September by the American National Association of Jewelers. The sapphire is also one of the stones for the Zodiac signs of Pisces, Taurus, Virgo and Sagittarius.
The sapphire gets its name from the Greek word for sappheiros, meaning blue. For me, I close my eyes and picture the deep blue seas of Santorini. When we think of sapphires we generally think of "blue" but we do get sapphires in other colours too. Green and yellow as well as the more rare deep pink sapphire. Hues of orange and brown, clear and the exceptional colour change sapphires, which shift their colour slightly, other more expensive stones changing dramatically.
Tradition states that the tablets containing the Ten Commandments were composed of sapphire, making it the most sacred of all gemstones. Because of its heavenly approval, the sapphire was the choice of royalty throughout the ages and thought to have brought good fortune, holiness, faithfulness and loyalty. The British Crown Jewels to this day remain heavily encrusted in sapphires.
Another belief is that the ancient Persians believed that the earth rested on a giant sapphire and its reflection colored the sky.
Today celebrities are drawn to the blue stone, admiring its classic beauty and often adorning themselves in it for red carpet events. For me, Princess Diana stands out the most when I think of celebrities wearing sapphires. Here she is seen in a seven strand pearl and sapphire choker. The large sapphire with two rows of diamonds surrounding it was originally a brooch, given to the Princess by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother as a wedding gift. The Princess wore it as a brooch on two occasions, but decided to have it altered to be the center piece of a pearl choker. And course the famous engagement ring; a dazzling oval blue 18-carat sapphire and diamond ring that now sits on the beautiful Kate!
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Two members of the ReconcilingWorks Board of Directors have vacated their positions, which were filled on an interim basis at the board's meeting earlier in March.
Jeannine Janson, Yachats, Oregon, resigned from her position as Vice-Chair of Development. Her resignation signifies a retirement from many years of service on the organization's board. She was the board's Co-Chair from 2002 to 2008 and Vice-Chair of Development from 2011 to 2013. The Janson Distinguished Service Award was established in her honor in July 2008. She remains an active part of the development effort through phone and email contact with recent donors.
John Carter, Baltimore, Maryland, resigned for personal reasons from his position as Secretary. He continues as Convener of the Maryland Chapter of ReconcilingWorks and as a member of the Synod Council of the Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA.
Both Janson and Carter were elected to their most recent positions on the board at ReconcilingWorks' biannual assembly in July 2012 in Washington, D.C.
The board, meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, March 15 and 16, voted to fill the two positions for the remainder of 2013.
Taking Janson's place as Vice-Chair of Development is Cheryl Persigehl, Minneapolis, Minnesota, who specializes in organizational development, communications, and marketing. Taking Carter's place as Secretary is Phil Soucy, who was a board member and Director of Communications from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2011 to 2012.
Eastwood added that she is delighted to have Persigehl lend her expertise at this time because of renewed efforts by the board and staff in the area of fund raising, which will help ReconcilingWorks meet a goal to solidify and expand its presence and effectiveness in church and society.


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Issue 2013 -- Issue 1 (Feb/March)
Coal Report
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Impoundment Safety Called Into Question
Questions and criticism followed a Nov. 30 accident at a CONSOL Energy-operated coal slurry impoundment in West Virginia that left one worker dead. A few days after the incident, The Charleston Gazette reported that records "outlined company concerns that construction to enlarge the dump had not been moving fast enough to keep up with slurry waste generated by the preparation plant at CONSOL's nearby Robinson Run Mine."
On Jan. 10, the Office of Surface Mining reported that regulators had not done enough to prevent impoundment breakthroughs into abandoned underground mines. In response, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection announced new regulations for impoundment construction.
OSM plans to conduct similar studies in six other states including Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
Interior Department Under Fire for Stream Buffer Zone Delay
A coalition of environmental groups reopened litigation against the U.S. Department of Interior for its inaction on a rule to protect streams from mountaintop removal mining that was removed in the final weeks of the Bush administration.
While the Interior Department and the Obama administration agreed the removal of the "stream buffer zone rule" was unlawful, a new rule has not been issued. Under the stream buffer zone rule, surface mining was prohibited within 100 feet of streams.
Environmental groups say the Bush repeal allowed coal companies to place valley fills and waste impoundments, byproducts of surface mining, directly into streams.
Southeastern Coal Plants Retire and Convert
The growing share of electricity generated by natural gas and recent announcements of coal plant retirements are rapidly changing the energy sector across the southeast. On Jan. 7, Georgia Power announced its plans to retire 15 coal- and oil-fired units at four plants across the state.
The same week as Georgia Power's announcement, Duke Energy touted three facilities that came online at the end of 2012. The new units include natural gas-fired generation at the Dan River Power Station and the H.F. Lee Plant, both in North Carolina.
Duke Energy has also received approval from the N.C. Utilities Commission to convert the Sutton Steam Station in Wilmington, N.C., to natural gas and said it plans to retire the Riverbend and Buck plants this April, two years ahead of schedule.
Senate Investigation to Scrutinize Coal Export Royalties
As U.S. coal exports hit a record high and the industry attempts to expand ports in the Pacific Northwest, the winners of the Powder River Basin bonanza, including Arch Coal, Peabody Energy and Cloud Peak Energy, are coming under fire.
On Jan. 4, members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee directed the U.S. Department of the Interior to investigate whether coal companies are avoiding paying royalties by underpricing coal mined on federal and tribal lands. Federal officials are auditing export sales from the past few years to determine whether coal companies fairly priced and paid royalties on coal shipped overseas.
Near Future Could be Bright for Coal
According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the percent of electricity generated by burning coal will get a bump this year as natural gas prices increase. The agency predicts that coal will provide around 40 percent of total generation this year.
If natural gas remains cheap, however, coal's share could be lower than predicted. Over the long-term, Appalachian coal production will continue to decline and coal-plant retirements will far outpace generation coming online.
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2013 -- Issue 1 (Feb/March)
Carbon Plan must account for affordability
Statement on rolling blackouts in areas served by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Crowded lame duck session in D.C. brings dangers and opportunities for Appalachian communities