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As a generalist, I work with a wide variety of problems and concerns. I particularly enjoy working with: men, professionals, people working on their relationships/marriages, mental health practitioners, and LGBTQ and gender-diverse adults.
My approach to psychotherapy is genuine, engaged, and interactive. With me you will feel like you’re having a conversation with a fellow human who cares about you your struggles. What my clients say they enjoy about our work is that we are having a two-way conversation that feels productive and personal. We will definitely laugh together, and there might be some crying too. I will offer you concrete ideas and tools that you will be able to implement outside of session.
As much as I know that our relationship is the most crucial component of therapy, I also strongly believe in evidence-based treatment; In fact I once taught a graduate class on the subject. I’ll admit that I’m a total geek who loves research – you might even get a little sick of me telling you about what the research says about this or that. But I also know that psychology is a science like any other, and as such we need to be able to prove that what we are doing is effective. Your medical doctor could be the nicest, most caring person in the world, but if she wasn’t successfully treating your ailments and helping you to feel better you wouldn’t go back, would you? The same is true of your psychologist. Because of that I am driven to use what works and to continuously learn and refine what I do. These are some of the therapies I draw from that have been shown to be helpful:
- TEAM CBT – a fast and highly effective form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Processing Therapy for trauma
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Emotion Efficacy Therapy
- Gottman Method (this is a couples therapy that I apply to individuals who are working on their relationships)
I love helping people to examine career options and solve problems they are having at work. What sets me apart is that both my mental health and professional coaching training allow me greater flexibility than career counseling traditionally offers. I can use all the standard career services tools such as interest and strengths assessments and career exploration. As you may have discovered, however, the solution to feeling stuck in your career is not always about doing more testing and gathering more information. Sometimes it is about making better and deeper use of what you have already learned about yourself and discovering new insights about how you might be getting in your own way. My broad psychotherapy knowledge helps me to get to the why and examine barriers to success that you might not have recognized. I can also use my extensive academic advising experience along with counseling and coaching tools to help you identify the how. If you want to change careers, grow in your current career, take down roadblocks to your success, or solve relationship challenges at work, call me today for an appointment.
Are you wondering if you should stay married or leave your relationship? Have you tried everything you can think of to make things better and nothing has worked, but still you’re not sure you are ready to end things for good? Discernment Counseling is one of the most exciting new developments in the field of couple’s therapy, and it is the only kind of couples work I currently do. It is a short term process, only 1-5 sessions, designed to help you 1) gain a deeper understanding of what has happened to your marriage and what might be possible for the future, 2) Clarity about what direction to take for your marriage, and 3) Confidence as you move forward.
I was doing telehealth before telehealth was cool. Since 2014 I have offered all of my services via two-way video conferencing. My online system is high quality, HIPAA compliant, and couldn’t be simpler to use. During Covid-19 the state has mandated the use of online video conferencing by nearly all mental health and medical professionals, leaving many providers scrambling to figure out how to use it. I was already well-equipped to smoothly transition to the online-only environment. One major change is that most insurance is now required to pay for services delivered virtually. This makes good sense, because research shows that psychotherapy delivered via two-way video is similarly effective to in-person treatment, and the benefits have always been abundant. You can easily squeeze me into your schedule on a busy workday, or during a heavy snowstorm, because you won’t have to drive to my office. You can meet with me in your pajamas if you like - you wouldn’t be the first! You can still receive therapy if you have a mental or medical condition that makes it difficult to leave your home.
Many people who start with me are skeptical about doing their sessions virtually. They worry that it will feel too impersonal or distant. Then, after our first online session, they tell me that actually they were amazed at how positive an experience it was and that they plan to continue meeting that way. I'm not saying it’s exactly the same as meeting in person. There is person-to-person energy that is lost. But there are many benefits that compensate. In addition to the convenience, some people find that it’s easier to share difficult or shameful information in that format, which allows us to do deeper work. The only way to know for sure whether it will work for you is to try it for yourself!

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How can a plant with a nice name like sweetclover be bad?
Yukon wildlife biologist Bruce Bennett can tell you at least three different ways that this invasive species could wreak havoc on Yukon’s ecosystems and the environment.
The spread of sweetclover could affect the health of Yukon’s bee populations because bees may feed only from one type of plant and would therefore only get one type of pollen.
Sweetclover could affect Yukon’s waterfowl by crowding the birds’ stopover routes and making them too dense for birds to rest and feed during long migrations.
And, because it grows along Yukon’s highways, it could attract more wildlife to the roads, which could be dangerous for both the animals and the drivers.
“There are many possibilities,” said Bennett. Yukon biologists are not certain how the plant will impact the ecosystem until more studies are undertaken, but one thing is for sure – we are starting to see the effects it will have .
“Sweetclover is with us now and has the potential to spread until it covers every gravelly meadow and riverbank right up to the Arctic,” said Bennett.
Sweetclover is considered an invasive species, which is defined as an alien organism that caused damage to the environment, the economy, or to the health of people.
Invasive plants and animals are the second greatest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss.
But not every alien species is invasive. Of the 154 introduced species in the Yukon, just 20 are considered invasive.
Sweetclover, for example, was introduced to the Yukon through agriculture.
“It’s a green manure,” said Bennett. When put into to farmers’ fields it adds nitrogen and organics to the soil.
But when it spreads outside of farmers’ fields, it can be trouble.
In the past, climate has been a barrier to many invasive species. Colder temperatures have kept plants like sweetclover from, literally, taking root in the Yukon.
Warmer temperatures, shorter stretches of cold weather and increased precipitation, means that conditions for agriculture will improve in the North.
But the conditions that are favourable for growing things like carrots, potatoes and lettuce, are also favourable for invasive plants.
In the past the Yukon would see its first frost by mid-August.
Plants native to the Yukon have adjusted their life cycle so they shut down for the winter before September hit.
Introduced species do not have that internal clock, so almost all of the plant life that is still green along the side of Yukon’s highways come October are introduced species.
In other North American jurisdictions, invasive plants are responsible for habitat damage, loss of subsistence resources, and economic loss.
A conservative estimate shows that Canada spends between $13.3 and $34.5 billion per year controlling the damage from invasive species, according to stats from the Yukon government website.
Through close monitoring, Yukoners can prevent future plant infestations before they become so widespread that control is costly and eradication impossible.
On Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m. Bennett will talk about Yukon invasive species and climate change at the MacBride Museum.
This will be the second of five presentations entitled Adaptation and Activism: A Climate Change Lecture Series, which is being presented in partnership with the Northern Climate ExChange, Yukon College and the MacBride Museum.
Next week environmental historian Karine Grenier will speak on Climate Change and Northern Life.
All presentations are free and everyone is welcome.
This column is provided by the MacBride Museum of Yukon History. Each week it will explore a different morsel of Yukon’s modern history. For more information, or to comment on anything in this column e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.


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I've decided on my next project; a D3D RichEdit replacement. I'm fed up with users complaining about my MUD client because the RichEdit sucks. It behaves totally differently between Win2k/XP and Win9x/ME, it's hard to extend, and I already subclass the hell out of it just to coerce it into doing what I want.
Also, some of you may remember (I think I made a journal entry about it) that I was wanting to get Winamp visualizations playing in the background of my DruinkEdit (subclassed RichEdit). It didn't work because I had to render my visualization to a device context, and then blit that DC to the DruinkEdit. However to do that, the DC I was rendering onto needed to be on the screen. That meant you had to have this ugly window the same size as the DruinkEdit, and it had to be onscreen and visible. If I can get direct access to the background of the control, I can hopefully render straight into it.
Another cool feature is that I'll allow the user to add callbacks to the new control, to let you change the state of the D3D device before, after, and during the font rendering. For instance, you could draw some funky particle system in the background using the "before" callback, you could set the transform matrices to make the text appear like the Star Wars intro using the "during" callback, and you could do some sort of image warping using the "after" callback.
Anyway, I'm going to try and get started tonight or tomorrow, once I have my basic plan down.

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Case: A customer bought $105.00 worth of product and paid $80.00 in cash. You need to send an invoice to the customer for the balance. How would you handle this in QBO?
First, create a new invoice using product/service item code for $105.00. Use deposit field to post $80.00 as the prepayment on that invoice. Deposit field is located right below the total. Now, the invoice will show $25 balance due.
If you do not see “DEPOSIT” field on your invoice, go to “Company Gear” settings to enable deposit field: Gear icon (upper right corner) > Settings > Company Settings > Sales > Deposit > ON > save. See screenshot below for reference.
Once you enter deposit amount, your invoice screen will expand to show the following three fields added to the invoice form. Fill out the information appropriately:
a) Payment method
b) Reference no.
c) Deposit to
You will need to select “Deposit to” field depending on your situation. If you are depositing this deposit (prepayment) to the bank along with other payments as a batch deposit, then you should select Undeposited Funds Account. On the other hand, if you are depositing just $80.00 as a single deposit to the bank, you should select the appropriate bank account.

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When it comes to eBooks vs. published publications, have you ever before wondered which is much better? The response might stun you.
Some people might believe that whether books or e-books are superior is an open and shut case. But then again, the fact that you read this suggests that there are 2 sides to this argument.
As a printing business, we definitely like publications, however at the same time, we aim to innovate as well as welcome change, so this needs us to look meticulously at the debates both means.
To begin with, in measuring publications versus books, it is essential to define which factors we are comparing. The disagreements over the prevalence of books or eBooks contain a number of classifications:
Convenience and also Relieve of Use
Retention of Information/Learning
Influence on the Atmosphere
There are great arguments on both sides for all categories noted above. Without getting too academic, right here is a list of pros and cons for digital books vs. books.
Books vs. Printed Books: Discover the Better Alternative
eBooks can be utilized in a lot of locations, so long as you can keep the reading devices billed. A lot of eReaders can even be made use of to review at night. It is also hassle-free to find free ebook download sites because you can have it in secs as long as there is Wi-Fi or a great mobile signal.
Many books will hold your area, so whenever you open your tool, you can immediately see where you quit checking out. digital books can also have countless publications at all times, allowing you to lug a whole collection with you.
Books require no power to run, so you can review them in any kind of atmosphere with light. You don’t need power to “recharge” a book. You can likewise quickly compose, highlight flows, or dog-ear pages in a publication, although some publication fans may discredit doing so.
Many individuals report having more eye pressure analysis digital versions than physical publications. On top of that, it is much easier to collaborate with numerous books as well as sources (for instance, to compose a term paper) when managing physical publications. Is it also normally simpler to monitor particular web pages or passages in physical publications considering that the pages never transform.
Retention of Information/Learning
There are some specialized situations where books outperform physical books. A few of this relies on the individual choice of private visitors. Furthermore, some visitors with physical restrictions, such as poor eyesight or dyslexia, may discover electronic message simpler because they can magnify the font style and appreciate several of the interactive functions of books.
Numerous researches verify that reviewing understanding is much better with physical publications than with e-books. Although youngsters may read more promptly on an eReader, the rate and prospective interruptions of links, scrolling, and advertisements typically imply individuals bear in mind and keep what they are reading better in physical books. Several viewers also appreciate the touch as well as feeling of holding and transforming the web pages of a book.
Effect on the Atmosphere
Taking it at stated value, you would assume that eBooks win when it involves the atmosphere. Nevertheless, reviewing the ecological effect of books as well as e-books is complicated. For one, it relies on how many books you read on an eReader or even using an pdf editor online free.
eReaders take a lot even more carbon to create than books, so researches show you require to review between twenty-two and also one hundred publications on an eReader to be much more eco conscious than just checking out hard copy publications. Furthermore, you require to consider that adobe pdf reader free need to be reused properly, need to charge on a regular basis, as well as contain some poisonous metals needing proper disposal.
When you buy a publication, you can get it new or made use of, as well as used books are definitely a lot more eco mindful than brand-new. Borrowing books from a collection is a lot more environmentally friendly, only you need it to find book store jobs near me. On top of that, when you are made with a publication, you can sell it or present it to the following reader … a task which is nigh difficult with books. Finally, if a publication reaches completion of its life or falls into disrepair, you can recycle the book.
In addition, numerous printing business that produce books adhere to “green” printing techniques that stop harmful chemicals or too much amounts of waste from getting in the setting.
Normally, digital books are priced lower than new paper publications. This reflects the fact that there are no printing expenses associated with producing e-books.
You don’t really very own eBooks when you get them. For instance, if your eReader breaks or your account closes down, you shed all guides you purchased.
Physical publications can be borrowed, gifted, or offered. You can also borrow books conveniently from the collection. Also, in the case of a book that has unique value to a reader or is an antique, it can be maintained for a life time without bothering with eReader compatibility or digital book format. Finally, books have some attractive worth as they are positioned on shelfs for later use.
Can You Publish An E-book?
Have you written and also self-published a digital book, and afterwards you understood that you wish to have physical copies of your book? Do you intend to sell copies or disperse them to close friends, family, or business partners? If so, you’re probably wondering, “Can you print a digital book?”
If you’re an e-book writer who intends to publish physical duplicates of your digital book project, keep in mind that the process is a lot more challenging than just pushing the “print” button on your computer system. Digital books normally contain vibrant computer system documents which enable the reader to transform print size, zoom in on photos, leave digital bookmarks, emphasize flows, and otherwise engage with their book. Files made use of to print publications, on the other hand, are generally fixed data such as PDF files developed utilizing Adobe InDesign.
When thinking about digital book printing, consider the complying with obstacles.
The digital book printing process is not as simple as conserving your book as a PDF data and afterwards printing it, as you have to keep factors to consider such as bleed in mind. Hemorrhage, which contains a photo running off the edge of a web page, is a crucial facet of printing items such as publications.
Besides of the pages in a book are printed, they are then lower to a consistent dimension, as well as the hemorrhage is the extra space beside the page that is removed. Adding bleed in print files is crucial, as it ensures that the pages in the published book will include correctly-sized margins and that all pages will certainly be the specific same dimensions.
Typesetting is additionally a major consideration when attempting to print book documents. The code for some characters in eBook documents does not conveniently move to static file kinds, fonts may not be compatible, as well as data conversions can alter just how the text is prepared on the page.
As a result, you could require to spend hrs or days manually typesetting the whole book, finding customized personalities, as well as making sure that every line is exactly as you mean it. If you have actually ever had to typeset– or re-typeset– a book, you understand that this process is a migraine!
Numerous e-books are protected copyright. Therefore, make certain that you have the appropriate permission to print an eBook, whether you are the writer or otherwise. Lots of publishing houses manage the copyright to their publications, so call them with any questions before publishing an e-book.
If you are self-publishing your very own publication, this task might be much easier. Before publishing an eBook, talk to a legal representative who is well-informed concerning copyright legislation and electronic civil liberties monitoring and also can help you navigate the process.
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Which Should You Utilize?
There are evident pros and cons for both eBooks vs. publications, and both media are in high demand. Interestingly, current write-ups point out that sales of both books and also digital books are increasing.
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I don’t really know what it takes to get a good wildlife shot, but I like this one shot off of a boat while on safari in Botswana.
While cruising the river in search of wildlife, on our shaded, covered motor boat, we came across these fishermen working hard in the heat of the sun. It’s no wonder they’ve stripped off. They were quite a distance away so I couldn’t really tell what they were doing until I got my big telephoto lens on.
I definitely would not want to be standing waist deep in that water. It wasn’t very far from here that we came across a crocodile with a freshly killed impala in its jaws.
They’re very careful about taking care of nature in Botswana. Looking across the river to Namibia, you could see a stark difference in the way that each country had decided to use the land. Botswana has set up nature reserves, making their income from taking tourists on safaris. Just across the river, Namibia has transformed the other bank into large swaths of farmland.
As we waited to go on our boat safari in Botswana, the waiting area of our safari operators filled with Japanese tourists. When we were told to head to the boat we managed to take off in front of the crowd. When we saw the boat we noticed it was a double decker and decided we definitely wanted to secure a spot up top. Unfortunately, they’d reserved the upper deck for the tour group so that they could all hear the translator. As a result, we were stuck with the bottom. As it turned out, we were the only three on the bottom. Apart from getting hit in the head by a lens cap dropped from the upper deck, it was actually great. It was like we had our own private boat and guide for a few hours.
I snapped this shot from the lower deck, of a mama hippo and her baby.
We’d come through rain, a lot of rain, to get to this spot. Soaking wet, pools of water collected in my guide-provided poncho. We came round a corner to discover about twenty giraffe, spread across a broad flat landscape. I carefully pulled my camera from beneath he puddle-filled poncho, spilling water all over my travel buddies in the process, and began to fire away.
When I saw these two giraffe, I knew exactly what I wanted. Both of them with their heads up, pointing towards the center of the photo. I didn’t actually manage to get this in the same photo. So when it came to producing this image, I wound up using two sets of bracketed photos. So I had two with regular exposure, two at -2 and two at +2.
I used Photomatix’s ghosting removal tool to pick the images of each giraffe I wanted and voila, the image I had in my head in Africa was now on my screen in Bermuda.
We spotted this guy on our way to safari in Botswana’s Chobe National Park. We were driving along a paved road prior to turning off onto the dirt tracks we’d spend the next few hours exploring. All of a sudden, the paved road became lined by elephants, munching away, not the least bit bothered by all the cars driving past.
As we struck out on river safari on our first morning in Botswana, I noticed the light fluffy clouds forming out on the horizons, framing the bright blue sky. When we came across these two safari boats parked up against an island, I took the opportunity to get a picture of the clouds in the background. Little did I know that these clouds were a sign of the rain that was going to lead to a miserable afternoon on the back of a safari truck. Well, it wasn’t so miserable for me. As I’m such a gentleman, I’d let the girls I was with take the two outside seats on the safari truck while I sat in the middle seat. When the rain began to fall, I was fairly well sheltered and warm sandwiched between the two of them. They, on the other hand, were regularly hit by the water crashing down from the canvas covering on the top of our open sided safari truck. When we arrived at camp, they were both soaked to the skin.

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Depending on your point of view, it’s either a glimpse into the future of development in southern Ontario, or a dangerous waste of good farmland.
Either way, the proposed Orbit development planned for Innisfill, a town of 37,000 just southeast of Barrie, is making residents take notice.
“It’s going to be a world-class, cutting edge community,” Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin said. “We know growth is coming … We have to say to ourselves, ‘Do we want growth to happen to us, or do we want to take the reins?'”
The centrepiece of the Orbit will be a new GO station to serve the 83 per cent of residents who commute to work in Toronto, either by car or from the Barrie GO station.
Arranged in concentric circles around the station would be commercial and residential properties, with the highest densities — including condo towers — at the centre. © John Badcock CBC/Town of Innisfil The proposed site of the Orbit now, beside an artist’s rendering of the project.
The new community is designed to help the town cope with an expected doubling of its population in the next decade or so, according to Innisfil town planner Tim Cane. He said the entire community will include 7,000 homes and cover about 56 hectares, within two kilometres of Lake Simcoe.
And that proximity to the lake has some locals like Donnie Crowder concerned.
As the owner of Gail’s Hot Box Huts, an ice fishing operation on Lake Simcoe, Crowder worries about what the runoff from the development’s concrete and steel surfaces could do to the health of the lake.
“I have great concerns for the future of the lake. Our population is increasing at a great rate. The fishery is going to change, one hundred percent; the lake is going to change,” Crowder said. “It’s not going to be the same lake moving forward.
“We need to protect the lake, and the lake will help take care of us, too.”
Crowder says he understands a town that’s within commuting distance of Toronto has to grow. But he believes that growth should be carefully managed. And he’s especially concerned about the method the town wants to use to fast- track the development.
It’s a called a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO), which allows a developer to sidestep local planning watchdogs, like conservation authorities. It’s the same kind of order that triggered so much controversy in Pickering, where developers were recently poised to destroy a local wetland.
“We’re just hoping that, if the Orbit does come into existence, that the wastewater and the storm water runoff is handled accordingly and that everybody — all the developers and everybody involved — protects Lake Simcoe first, because that is the draw to the area,” Crowder said.
“If the lake wasn’t here, those houses wouldn’t be here, either.”
A group called the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition shares those concerns.
Executive director Claire Malcolmson and member Steven Kirschenblatt both told CBC Toronto the development would make more sense in another, less environmentally-sensitive area.
“The Orbit would add 150,000 people to rural Innisfil on shores of Lake Simcoe via a Minister’s Zoning Order,” the group says in a news release.
“[It would] bring a new GO station to the middle of farm fields. The community wants transit, but they don’t want it attached to sprawl accelerated by a MZO.”
‘Green-washed sprawl project’
Malcolmson fears the development could lead to a dramatic increase in the amount of environmentally damaging phosphorous that makes its way into the lake, in violation of the province’s own Lake Simcoe Protection Plan of 2008.
“There’s no information about how water and wastewater will be managed,” she said. “I think this is a green-washed sprawl project.”
But Cane, the Innisfil planner, says sprawl is exactly what the Orbit is designed to avoid.
“You [can] build smarter around infrastructure, transit infrastructure in particular, and start building up instead of out,” he said.
“And that’s what Orbit is all about. It’s about capturing that growth that’s going to come in anyway and putting it into it to a more responsible form.”
Town takes environment seriously, planner says
Cane, who believes there will be shovels in the ground by next spring, said Orbit’s planning reflects how seriously the town takes its responsibility to the health of the lake.
“Ironically, the genesis of Orbit is to grow more responsibly, so that we are, in fact, reducing our impact on the environment, and by result on the lake as well,” he said.
“We think that Orbit’s footprint is going to be much less than what traditional development would be.”
Innisfil town council voted to apply for the MZO late last year, and a town spokesperson said he believes that application has been sent to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval.
But Stephanie Bellotto, a spokesperson for Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark, told CBC Toronto the province has not yet formally received an MZO request from the town.
“As with all municipal requests, we expect that the municipality has completed their due diligence, including consultation with local communities who will be impacted by the MZO, before a request is sent,” she wrote in an email.


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Drinking a cup of tea in the morning before work or taking a moment to pause in the afternoon with a cup of your favorite tea are sacred moments in the day. There are so many blends and options for tea in stores across North America but have you ever considered growing your own tea garden?
Here at Rise Gardens, we are committed to growing our own food. As we’ve grow vegetables, greens and herbs with our smart gardens, we come to realize how many other things we can do with the garden. We can grow sage and make our own sage sticks. We can grow flowers like these gorgeous sunflowers and borage. We can teach our kids about science, food, nutrition, and nature. The possibilities are endless.
What if we could grow our own tea gardens? Tea is amazing but would it be better if we grew our own tea? Yes! The same principles for herbs, veggies, and greens apply to the ingredients in your tea. If you grow your own ingredients, you know exactly what’s in and on the plants. They are grown and harvested at the peak of flavor and nutrition. Many tea blends are herbal-based and can be grown in your Rise Garden.
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These herbs provide a solid base to many of the tea recipes that you can find on blogs, websites, and cookbooks. As you grow as a gardener, you can always add your own herbs to the mix too.
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NCAA Softball Scouting Report: No. 4 McNeese St.
BATON ROUGE – Leading into to Friday’s NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at Tiger Park, LSUsports.net will profile each of the visiting schools. Take a look at the field, and get all-session tickets for the softball regional in Baton Rouge.
All-Session tickets go on-sale to the general public Wednesday at 8 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.LSUtix.net as well as in person at the LSU Athletics Ticket Office or by phone at 225-578-2184 or 800-960-TKTS. The ticket office is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the first floor of the Athletics/Administration Building.
Location: Lake Charles, La.
Colors: Royal Blue and Yellow
Home Field [Capacity]: Cowgirl Diamond (400)
2009 Record: 38-25 (17-13 Southland)
NCAA Appearances: 3 (Last in 2005)
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The McNeese State Cowgirls are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005 and their third overall.
On the season, the Cowgirls have a record of 38-25 (17-13 Southland). They claimed the Southland Conference’s automatic bid by defeating Texas State, 3-2, in the conference tournament championship game.
McNeese has not faced Texas A&M this season but compiled 2-3 mark versus LSU and Louisiana-Lafayette. The Cowgirls dropped a 7-2 decision to the Tigers in Lake Charles but rebounded to take a 3-0 victory in Baton Rouge. The Southland Conference champions also managed to take one of three from the Cajuns during the regular season.
The Cowgirls are led by junior Molly Guidry, who recorded a team-high .354 batting average. She also displayed the ability to hit for power as well as average, blasting eight home runs and piling up 32 RBISs.
On the mound, McNeese relies on freshman Meagan Bond. Bond has pitched more than half of the team’s innings this season and notched an impressive 22-10 record with a 2.58 ERA. She averages more than one strikeout per frame and held opponents to a slim .210 batting average. The Cowgirls also will count on junior Kayla Shepherd to give them quality innings. Shepherd is 10-8 on the season with a 2.51 ERA. She has given up only six home runs in more than 100 innings pitched.
McNeese State placed a total of nine players on the All-Southland Conference squads in 2010. Guidry, Morvant and Bond each earned spots on the second team, while Marissa Koetting and Lindsey Langner were named to the third team. Four other players received honorable mention status.
While Texas A&M is the only team they haven’t faced in the regular season, there will be some familiar faces if they compete in the regional. The Cowgirls boast 10 players from the Lone Star state and Lindsey Langner played high school softball with two members of the Aggies, Kelsea Orsak and Rhiannon Kliesing.
McNeese State is coached by Natalie Poole, who has a record of 69-54 in two seasons. She has played some part in two out of the school’s three NCAA appearances, coaching this year’s team and playing on the 1994 team that earned the school’s first-ever postseason appearance. At her previous school, she led Georgia Southern to its only NCAA Tournament bid in 2006.
27 Meagan Bond
Freshman 5-4 Pitcher
22-10, 2.58 ERA, 252 strikeouts, .210 Batting average against
Pitched in 40 of the team’s 63 games this season … Compiled a 22-10 record, including a complete game shutout of LSU in Baton Rouge … Led the conference in strikeouts, sitting down 252 batters in 225.1 innings … Displayed control in only walking 61, a ratio of more than four strikeouts per walk … Second Team All-Southland Conference selection.
13 Kayla Shepherd
Junior 5-7 Pitcher
10-8, 2.51 ERA, 78 strikeouts, .222 Batting average against
Pitched in 24 games this season, starting in 14 … Allowed a team-low 2.51 ERA while putting together a record of 10-8 … Only gave up six home runs in 111.2 innings … Struck out 78 batters and walked 47 … Opponents hit only .222 against her this season.
11 Whitney Corbello
Junior 5-5 Catcher
Moss Bluff, La.
.244 avg, 12 runs, 18 RBIs, 1 home run
Played in 48 games this season … A defensive standout behind the plate, recording 272 putouts while earning a .990 fielding percentage … At the plate, hit .244 while knocking in 18 RBIS and scoring 12 runs … Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference Selection.
12 Heather Mosser
Senior 5-7 First Base
Mont Belvieu, Texas
.277 avg, 12 runs, 26 RBIs, 3 home runs
Played in 59 of 63 games this season … Made only four errors and recorded a fielding percentage of .988 … Hit .277 and scored 12 runs … Launched three home runs and batted in 26 runs … Also notched nine doubles for the season … Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference Selection.
6 Marissa Koetting
Freshman 5-9 Second Base
.257 avg, 27 runs, 34 RBIs, 7 home runs
Played in 55 games this year … Compiled a .257 average while plating 34 runs and scoring 27 of her own … Also belted seven home runs, second-most on the team … Tied for the team lead in triples with four … Third Team All-Southland Conference Selection.
10 Molly Guidry
Junior 5-7 Shortstop
.354 avg, 37 runs, 32 RBIs, 8 home runs
Played in all 63 games this season … Was the team’s offensive catalyst, putting up impressive totals in several prominent categories … Led the team in batting average (.354), hits (69), home runs (8) and doubles (16) … Stole 19 bases in 21 attempts … Recorded 32 RBISs … Committed a team-high 24 errors … Second Team All-Southland Conference selection.
3 Dani Price
Sophomore 5-4 Third Base
.245 avg, 24 runs, 24 RBIs, 2 home runs
Played in all 63 games this year … Scored 24 runs and also batted in 24 runs … Hit 10 doubles as well as two home runs … Served as a capable defender at the “hot corner” with a .929 fielding percentage … Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference selection.
5 Claire Terracina
Sophomore 5-5 Left Field
Lake Charles, La.
.332 avg, 36 runs, 16 RBIs, 1 home run
Played and started in all 63 games … One of three Cowgirls to break the .300 mark, hitting .332 … Finished second on the team in stolen bases with 29 … Scored 36 runs and batted in 16 runs … Collected four triples, tied for most on the team … Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference selection.
23 Liz Morvant
Senior 5-9 Centerfield
.340 avg, 41 runs, 36 RBIs, 6 home runs
Played in all but one game this season … Scored a team-high 41 runs and belted a team-high 36 RBISs … Finished second on the team in batting average (.340) and hits (66) and third in home runs (6) … Lead the team in stolen bases with a remarkable 33 steals in only 35 attempts … Struck out only 16 times, the least amount among regular starters … Second Team All-Southland Conference selection.
21 Lindsey Langner
Junior 5-3 Right Field
.297 avg, 31 runs, 19 RBIs, 0 home runs
Played in 59 games this year … Was the only routine starter to put up a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage this season … Also demonstrated talent at the plate, hitting .297 and scoring 31 runs … knocked in 19 RBISs and stole nine bases in 11 attempts … Third Team All-Southland Conference selection.
8 Katie Shumaker
Junior 5-11 Designated Player
.227, 5 runs, 9 RBIs, 1 home run
Played in 36 games this season, splitting time with fellow designated player Alex Corbello … Notched five runs and five RBISs while hitting .227 … Also pitched in two games this season, allowing five runs over 1.1 innings.
# Name, Pos Ht Cl Avg, Runs, RBIs, HR
1 Kourtney Kober UT 5-6 Fr. .185, 11, 12, 0
4 Kelly Lindley OF 5-7 So. .000, 0, 0, 0
7 Jessica Wilson C 5-10 Jr. .148, 2, 4, 0
15 Holly Lawrence UT 5-3 Jr. .185, 12, 1, 0
25/26 Alex Corbello DP 5-8 Fr. .243, 8, 5, 0
36/16 Lauren Lewis OF 5-7 Jr. .000, 0, 0, 0
# Name, Pos Ht Cl W-L, ERA, K, BAA
2/20 Kelsey McClain P 5-3 Jr. 3-5, 3.40, 23, .324,
18 Tiffany Denham P 5-9 So. 3-2, 3.91, 19, .252
24 Brianna Granger P 5-7 Fr. 0-0, 1.62, 3, .313

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I was wondering about these costs being bandied about. I found an article at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kc-767.htm
which is informative. It says, among other things,
According to a December 2001 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) estimate, the lease plan would cost $26 billion, nearly three times the cost of simply purchasing the planes.
A big chunk of cost here is due to leasing rather than buying. Congress is allergic to appropriating current money, if they can put of the problem for later, when another Congresscritter may be in office anyway. Boeing would rather just sell the planes as military tankers.
More cost inflation cited in the article:
This leasing program also will require between $600 million and $1.2 billion in military construction funding to build new hangars, since existing hangars are too small for the new 767 aircraft. The government would also pay another $30 million to $60 million per aircraft on the front end to convert these aircraft from commercial configurations to military; and at the end of the lease, the government will to pay for $30 million more, to convert the aircraft back.
Some of the cost is due to construction, and is not going to Boeing. More is due to the insane idea of building commercial planes, converting them to tankers, and reconverting them to commercial airliners later, another absurdity of the whole leasing idea.
If the government decides to lease 330s instead of 767s, all these cost inflators will still be there.


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Dozens of Indiana laws take effect today, including a new tax on vaping products, a ban on transgender females playing on girls sports teams and the elimination of handgun permits.
Overall, more than 150 bills passed during the legislative session but some went into effect immediately. Most kick in on July 1.
Here’s a rundown of the notable laws:
A law banning transgender females from competing in girls school sports will take effect despite a veto from the Republican governor and repeated pushback from opponents who argue the measure is a bigoted response to a problem that doesn’t exist.
Republican lawmakers voted in May to override an unexpected veto from Gov. Eric Holcomb, who said the bill did not provide a consistent policy for what he called “fairness in K-12 sports.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana immediately filed a lawsuit following the override in hopes of blocking the law from taking effect. Indiana’s Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita — who has vowed to defend the law — opposed the ACLU’s motion for a preliminary injunction in court documents filed earlier this month.
Indiana joins more than a dozen other states adopting similar laws in the past two years.
After heated, final-hour debates, the end of the 2022 legislative session saw the passage of a Constitutional Carry measure that says Hoosiers who are 18 and older don’t need a permit to carry a handgun.
There are still exceptions to who can carry a handgun, however. That includes individuals who have been convicted of a felony or have a pending felony case — the same as under the previous permitting system. But it will be harder for police to immediately know if a person is prohibited or not.
Anyone who has been convicted of domestic violence, domestic battery or criminal stalking, and those who have been dishonorably discharged from the military are also not allowed to have a handgun.
Violators of the handgun law face, at minimum, a misdemeanor charge that carries a maximum penalty of 365 days in prison.
The crime is elevated to a felony — punishable by up to six years in prison — if the individual has past felony or domestic violence convictions, or if they carry a handgun on or near school property.
Permits still will be available to those who want one through the Indiana State Police.
Vaping products will become more expensive in Indiana, beginning Friday.
E-cigarette cartridges and vape pods will be taxed at 15% of the wholesale price. Other vaping products are also subject to a 15% retail tax.
Lawmakers originally planned to impose a 25% tax on e-cigarette cartridges, but legislators lowered the tax to 15% during the 2022 session. They argued the vaping device tax change was made to bring it in line with the 15% rate set last year for refillable vaping products.
The new law takes effect after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that Juul, an e-cigarette maker, must stop selling its vaping device and its tobacco and menthol flavored cartridges.
A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the government ban, however, allowing Juul to sell its electronic cigarettes while it appeals the sales ban.
As lawmakers prepare to propose new abortion restrictions in a special session later this month, a separate new law requires personnel at abortion clinics to ask pregnant individuals if their abortion was coerced. It also requires clinics to inform patients that coerced abortion is illegal.
If clinic staff suspect or are informed of a coerced abortion, they are required to contact law enforcement, who must investigate the report.
The law states that coercing someone into an abortion is a Level 6 felony. A facility that fails to report a coerced abortion could additionally face a Class C infraction.
Effective Friday, Hoosiers will no longer be able to participate in net metering when they install rooftop solar panels or other types of distributed generation systems.
Meant to provide an economic incentive for homeowners to install solar, net metering has provided credits to homeowners for excess energy they generate and send back onto the grid.
The phase-out means those who install solar panels on their roofs will no longer be eligible for the retail credit for their solar energy.
Anyone who installed solar by the end of 2017 will still qualify for full net-metering credit for 30 years, or until 2047. Hoosiers who installed solar panels up to June 30 will receive the credit until 2032.
Under a new law, charitable organizations can only pay bail for people charged with misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies as long as the person hasn’t been previously convicted of a violent felony.
Organizations are also not allowed to bail out more than three people in a 180-day period without a license.
The law was widely considered to be aimed at The Bail Project, which worked with the the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana to file a legal challenge against it.
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to block the law from taking effect as scheduled, however.
Judge James Patrick Hanlon in Indianapolis denied a request from The Bail Project and the ACLU of Indiana for an injunction, ruling that the groups hadn’t shown a likelihood that they would succeed in proving the law unconstitutional.
School Board Meetings
School boards are now required to accept oral public comment at each meeting.
The measure allows individual boards to set time limits on comment periods, and to take measures necessary to keep meetings orderly — including removing anyone who is being intentionally disruptive. School boards are also allowed to meet virtually under certain circumstances.
The legislation stemmed from confrontational or disruptive school board meetings over the last year that saw some boards suspend or restrict public comment sessions.

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Spare tire mount holder bracket for rims 7”-9” Mercedes G-Class 460 461 463 stainless steel
Spare tire mount built in stainless steel fitting for 460, 461 and 463 version with single back door. When mounting this bracket the rim design turns to the outside so that you can use your spare tire without any cover. This longer version is made for rims with a width of 7”-9”, so it is usable for original alloy rims 7×15” till 9,5×19” with tire width of 255 till 295. If you need it for larger rims and tires, please tell us the dimensions of rim and tire and we will check.
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DURHAM, Conn. (WTNH) — State police are searching for a man who they say robbed a bank in Durham on Thursday afternoon.
According to police, a man walked into the Liberty Bank at 357 Main Street in Durham around 1:50 p.m. Thursday. Troopers say an undetermined amount of cash was taken, no weapons were displayed, and no injuries were reported.
The suspect is described as a white male, early to mid-30s, approximately 6’0″, thin, with an athletic-type build and some facial hair. The suspect was wearing a blue and white baseball style cap with a “Coors Lite” logo on the front. He was also wearing a blue striped long-sleeve style dress shirt, light colored cargo shorts and athletic sneakers.
Troopers say the suspect fled the bank on foot and left the area in a green older model sedan.
The Connecticut Bankers Reward Association is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the suspect.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call Troop F at (860) 399-2100 or Detective Patrick Dwyer at (860) 250-6817. All calls will be kept confidential.


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Tuesday, May 28 Hope you had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! Of course, having yesterday off makes today feel like a Monday... We had perfect weather for all of the Memorial Day remembrance events. It's so important to take a moment and honor those who...
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If anyone thought the recent University of Miami pledges by Northwestern CB Artie Burns and Southridge S Jamal Carter were going to start a sudden influx of Miami-Dade prospects committing to UM, don't look for a trend leader inBooker T. Washington LB...
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Two tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in Maryland on Thursday are among seven tornado reports from the storms, with several others spotted in Tennessee and Georgia.
The tornadoes here were in Montgomery and St. Mary's counties. Both were rated...
| Feb 21, 2013
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The winter storm that walloped the Great Plains today entered the Chicago area late Thursday and will linger through the morning commute on Friday, possibly dumping up to half a foot of snow here.
As of 9 p.m. a winter weather advisory is in effect for...
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A winter storm that buried the Great Plains in more than a foot of snow lost some of its punch as it blew through Chicago overnight, but it still managed to slow the morning commute with slick roads and dozens of spinouts on expressways.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The University of Arkansas announced Wednesday the first recruiting class of new head coach Bret Bielema.
The Following Student-Athletes Signed Letters of Intent on Feb. 6, 2013
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A tornado watch and flash flood warning are in effect for the Baltimore region, with heavy rain and gusty winds expected through the night.
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ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say the storm that has slammed a Georgia town has killed at least one person there.
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Around 5 p.m., ComEd officials said more than 24,000 people were without power, most...
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Kishi Bashi will release a new live album, String Quartet Live!, via Joyful Noise on November 15th.
Kishi Bashi fans, rejoice! Joyful Noise Recordings is releasing a brand new Kishi Bashi live album, String Quartet Live!, on November 15th.
Recorded live with string quartet, the new album (appropriately titled “String Quartet Live!”) consists of nine songs from both “151a” and “Lighght” (and one Talking Heads cover!), performed live by K and an accompanying string ensemble. Where his first two releases featured an array of percussion and electronic elements, the new live album finds K’s familiar songs reimagined, allowing his soaring vocals to take center stage above a foundation of interweaving strings. -Joyful Noise
String Quartet Live! will be available in a few different variants, including an autographed, VIP exclusive variant that’s limited to 500 copies.
- VIP Exclusive Vinyl
- Limited to 500 copies on Cyan & Red split color vinyl w/ Yellow splatter. Includes bonus flexi-disc, and each copy is SIGNED by Kishi Bashi himself.
- Blue Vinyl
- Black Vinyl
Pre-order String Quartet Live! via Joyful Noise Recordings here.


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I have made a Christmas-card today:)
Image: Winter Birdhouse, Tina Wenke, Stampavie
I have colored the image with my Promarkers.
DP from Maja Design.
TH snowflake border-die, TH tag - die, MS heart border-punch, Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval, pom-pom, Vintage Seem Binding, button, snowflake-charm, pearls, paper-rose from WOC
Crackle Paint; Picket Fence, Crackle Accent, Stickles; Star Dust and Frosted Lace
WOC: Bingo; Charm, flower, button
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CLEANUP OF CLOSED RETAIL OUTLETS TO BE COSTLY IN CANADA
Cleanup costs for closing service stations will cost Canadian majors more than $1 billion, an industry spokesman predicts. Brendan Hawley of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) estimates the cost at $1-2 billion (Canadian), depending on how many stations are involved. CPPI says the cost of removing underground tanks and cleaning up contaminated soil, with a separate tank for each pump, will be $25,000/tank. Costs will be borne by companies or their agents.


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6/20/2012—Montana’s funeral industry just keeps on giving. Back in 2007 we wrote about the state trade association trying to strip families of their rights to perform their own funerals and attempting to legislate low-cost cremation businesses out of existence. Thankfully the state legislature caught on to the undertakers’ racket and refused to play along. That hasn’t stopped them, according to Bill Spoja, a retired lawyer and owner of Central Montana Crematorium, Inc. Spoja is the crematory operator targeted by the 2007 legislation, and his recent letter to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer details what looks like another case of legal harrassment by his competitors (who, lucky them, sit on the state board regulating the funeral trade).
The board suspended Spoja’s operating license after he testified before the legislature in late 2011. Spoja’s crime? Removing pacemakers from bodies before they go into the crematory, a universal safety precaution in the cremation business and a legal requirement in the state of Montana. Pacemakers can explode under the intense heat, injuring staff and damaging equipment. The board claims—wait for it—that since state law doesn’t specifically say crematory operators can remove pacemakers, that means they can’t. Even though the very same state board that suspended Spoja’s license wrote this rule:
“The crematory operator is responsible for the maintenance and safe operation of equipment used in cremations.”
It’s another case of Circling the Hearses. Whet your appetite for absurdity; Spoja’s full letter is below.
May 24, 2012
Governor Brian D. Schweitzer
Montana State Capitol Bldg.
P.O. Box 200801
Helena MT 59620-0801
Dear Governor Schweitzer:
In a letter (attached) dated April 24, 2012, written to Roberta Borland, the following statement was made by Colleen White (Department of Labor counsel):
The source of the complaint against CMC was Mr. William Spoja testifying at the Economic Affairs Interim Legislative Committee on October 6, 2011 that at his crematory, CMC, ‘we remove a pacemaker or other such implant from a body before placing it in a crematory retort . . .’ It was on this basis that a summary suspension of CMC’s license was imposed by the Board because that particular task is not defined by the legislature to be within the scope of practice of a crematory operator.
From reading this explanation, one would never know that the following facts surround this issue.
Richard Brown, Chairman of the Funeral Board, filed several complaints against Central Montana Crematorium (CMC) and its operators in March of 2004, objecting to CMC removing pacemakers, among other things. CMC was forced to defend against these complaints. Ultimately, Mr. Brown’s complaints were dismissed and CMC continued removing implants for the next eight years, never once denying and often openly stating it was doing so.
What laws controlled this matter in 2004? The very same laws which govern this issue today. They are:
Section 37-19-705 (3), MCA, provides: “A body may not be cremated with a pacemaker or other potentially hazardous implant, as defined by the board, including any toxic or explosive-type sealed implants, in place. The authorizing agent is responsible for disclosing the existence of any pacemakers or other hazardous implants.”
Section 24.147.1101 (5), ARM, as adopted by the Board of Funeral Service, provides: “The crematory operator is responsible for the maintenance and safe operation of equipment used in cremations.”
Thus, unless one insists on only protecting the business interests of the morticians of Montana, the following conclusions are inescapable:
(1) No one may cremate a human body with a pacemaker or other implant in place in said body; and
(2) The crematory operator is responsible for the safe operation of the cremation equipment. The operator is therefore responsible for the state of the bodies to be cremated, and for obvious safety reasons, this necessarily includes the legal duty to remove hazardous implants. This language is from the administrative rules which govern crematories; it has nothing to do with morticians because morticians are not required to remove implants such as pacemakers when preparing bodies for burial.
In 2007, a Screening Panel of the Board (which included Mr. Brown) voted unanimously to abandon additional complaints lodged in 2005 against CMC and its operators for removal of pacemakers, among other complaints. However, despite this history, the Funeral Board decided again (in 2012) to file repeated complaints against CMC and me. This is doubly ironic when one considers the fact that the Board prosecuted the 2005 complaints as far as it wanted to and then ultimately realized – two years later – that the complaints did not state a viable claim – so the Board dismissed the complaints with prejudice.
The current complaints were initially filed in 2004 by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Brown. The present complaints complain of the same matters, but were filed pursuant to a new “Board rule” which allows the Board, with Mr. Brown continuing to act as chair, to initiate complaints. Notably, Section 37-1-131, MCA, was amended last session to put an end to the precise facts present here – where a board member acts to restrain trade or competition. See 37-1-131(1)(a)(ii). CMC, however, has never had a single complaint filed against it by any patron – only by competing Board members, the local morticians and their accomplices. It is also ironic that my public service, in testifying before a legislative committee, has caused this most recent round of complaints.
The actions of the Funeral Board have made it impossible for us to do our business in a quiet and decent political environment. We fully expect to and intend to follow the law religiously; we do not believe, however, that we should be bedeviled at every turn by Board members who are competitors and whose only real interests are the business interests of the morticians.
Both Mary Helen and I are in our eighties. We have been fortunate to live good and full lives. However, the continued harassment by the Funeral Board has caused us serious health concerns and severe emotional distress – all at great expense to us incurred in defending against the same baseless claims.
I request that the present complaints be dismissed, like the previous complaints. The State’s continued prosecution of the complaints is highly offensive to not only me and my family and employees but also other law-abiding citizens who have gone out of their way to express their anger and frustration at this ongoing miscarriage of justice. To prove this point, I have attached several unsolicited letters to the editor of the Lewistown News-Argus.
Obvious reasons dictate that the State needs to put an immediate end to this highly egregious and oppressive conduct, which is at once malicious, discriminatory and anti-competitive. Although I am loathe to request that you take personal cognizance of this issue, after over eight years of abuse by the Funeral Board, I do not know what else to do.
Please help us.
William A. Spoja, Jr.
President, Central Montana Crematorium, Inc.


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Rock Walk for Imran: The Tribune India
Imran Khan had a very different entry and rise in Pakistani politics from virtually all of his predecessors, ranging from Mohammed Jinnah to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. The planning of Imran Khan’s entry and rise in politics, however, was not carried out through a political party. It was facilitated by a former ISI leader, Lieutenant General Hamid Gul.
There are too many imponderables. Army takeovers and regime changes are not unheard of in Pakistan.
I met Hamid Gul personally in Islamabad. Conversations with him at the height of the Kargil conflict revealed how ruthlessly longtime military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq ruled the country as president and army chief. Zia led the country to embrace radical Islamic practices and policies nationwide. As DG (ISI), Gul played an active role in fomenting conflict by radical Islamic groups, both in Afghanistan and in J&K.
Despite his efforts to portray himself as a Cambridge-educated liberal cricketer, Imran Khan was in close contact with Gul, who became a founding member of his now-ruling Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Pakistan. Unsurprisingly, Imran Khan’s increasingly Islamist party was built on support from the Pakistani military. Guided by Gul, Imran became a radical Islamist, articulating fiercely anti-Indian policies, while portraying a “liberal” image to his Western friends. He also has the dubious distinction of ruining Pakistan’s relations with former good friends, such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, through thoughtless actions, such as its growing ties with Turkey and Malaysia. This, even as India’s relations with Arab Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have grown stronger.
Pakistan has a reputation for living beyond its means and racking up debt. Imran Khan has no choice but to tighten his belt and accept the increasing conditionalities imposed by creditors for allocations from the strictest international lender, the International Monetary Fund. According to recent studies and Pakistani government reports, Pakistan has nearly doubled its external debt to over $85 billion in the past three years, while setting new records for external borrowing. Sri Lanka, however, showed foresight by not repeating its folly of borrowing more than it could repay from China for the port of Hambantota. Pakistan, however, appears to be digging an even deeper hole of unpaid debts, including to its friend China. Pakistan continues to borrow recklessly from China for its vaunted CPEC. At the same time, China has taken near-total control of the Gwadar transport corridor, even as Chinese fishing boats make extensive use of Gwadar to strip fish resources from the Arabian Sea. US President Biden did not speak to Imran Khan after taking office. Moreover, Washington will not forget the humiliation that Pakistan inflicted on the United States in Afghanistan.
Successive Pakistani prime ministers have recognized that while they can shape the direction of the country’s foreign and security policy, it would be dangerous for any leader to assume military leadership of the country, especially on national security issues and on relations with neighbours, India and Afghanistan. Imran Khan, however, seems to have set a course for himself, which is increasingly at odds with Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Imran Khan has forgotten the reality that if he could look for ways around some of the policies that the army chief does not support, it would be dangerous to undermine the role of the army chief.
Imran Khan’s problems with the military stem from the personal rapport he developed with his flamboyant and ambitious ISI leader, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed. The ISI boss made a big mistake in seeking to become the center of global media attention as the last Americans flew/fleed from Afghanistan. The ISI chief subsequently oversaw, amid global publicity, the removal of senior Taliban leaders like Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who were forced to flee Kabul to Kandahar. However, they quickly returned to seemingly less important, but influential positions. This decision was carried out with the help of the Taliban’s powerful ISI-backed Haqqani network, which operates in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Furious, Bajwa reacted swiftly, transferring the ISI chief to the post of commander of the Pakistan-Afghan border troops corps, which deals with the challenges the Pakistani military faces from the Afghan Taliban, the alongside the separatists and Pashtun nationalists Tehrik-i-. Taliban, Pakistan, operating on both sides of the Durand Line.
Neither the Taliban nor the Tehrik-i-Taliban properly respect the Durand Line as the international border separating Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Stanikzai noted on January 6: “The Durand Line is a problem that concerns the whole nation, not just the government. It does not belong to the government. We will give the responsibility to the nation, so that the nation will make the decision. The political clock is now ticking in Pakistan on Pashtun territorial claims across the line. Meanwhile, amid disputes with General Bajwa, Imran Khan also faces a restive Baloch population, angered by violations of their maritime borders by Chinese fishermen, and the erosion of their rights in Gwadar.
The next 18 months will see significant changes in Pakistan. Bajwa is expected to retire in September. Meanwhile, the opposition is flexing its muscles to secure enough defections to bring down Imran Khan’s government. This can only succeed if the army gives the green signal to all concerned. In addition, Bajwa will have to recommend the name of his successor. Imran Khan would prefer to appoint his protege Faiz Hameed as the next army chief, with whose support he can secure re-election, before October 12, 2023. This could cause ripples within the army, as Faiz Hameed is the most three-star junior general among corps commanders. Would the military respect such a decision by a discredited prime minister in such circumstances, or would it act preemptively to enforce its priorities? There are too many imponderables right now. Army takeovers and regime changes are not unheard of in Pakistan!


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Advanced Camp 2018: Ages 7 – 13 and 9 – 13
June – July – August
Matilda for Ages 7 – 13
Wicked and Footloose for Ages 9 – 13
Advanced Camps for ages 7-13 and 9 – 13 are 2 weeks long per session.
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Advanced Camps for ages 7-13 and 9 – 13 are $900 per session.
Final performance on a professional stage; tickets are $10.
What To Expect
What To Expect At Camp
Engage in a full theatrical process culminating with a final performance for family and friends. Build confidence as you work with your ensemble on all the different aspects of a production.
- Create a character, build an ensemble, and utilize the actor’s tools
- Learn songs and choreography, practice lines and scenes, create costumes and props
- Use formal theater skills during rehearsal process
- Performance master class from special guest artist
- Theatrical skills: character development, musical performance, stage directions
- Life skills: following directions, confidence building, teamwork, and risk taking
- Motor skills: movement, rhythm and music
- 45 – 60-minute final performance on a professional stage; tickets are $10
- Campers have individual roles, memorize lines, and perform musical numbers with choreography
7 - 13
August 6-August 17
ADVANCED CAMP: Matilda
Go on a magical journey led by Matilda, the smartest and most clever girl in school! Based on the beloved Roald Dahl novel, this is an extraordinary tale of underdogs who win big. Armed with sharp minds and vivid imaginations, campers will work their magic to defeat the Trunchbull and learn songs from the Tony Award-winning musical. On the final day of camp, students will perform in a plucky, heartwarming show for family and friends. Admission into this camp is by approval only. Please fill out an application online; you will be notified if approved.
- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM at Menomonee Club
9 - 13
Advanced Camp: Wicked
June 25 – July 6, 2018 at the Menomonee Club
SELLING FAST – Three slots left.
Take a trip to the Emerald City with Elphaba, Glinda, and Fiyero. A smash-hit musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz, Wicked will take campers to the next level in their performance skills with fantastic music, dance, and a story of being true to yourself. Learn what makes the Wicked Witch wicked, and the Good Witch good. Campers will be sure to defy gravity during their final show. Admission into this camp is by approval only. Please fill out an application online; you will be notified if approved.
Advanced Camp: Footloose
July 23 – August 3, 2018 at the Menomonee Club
Campers will go on a journey where dance is brought back to the heart of a small town in our Footloose camp! In this stage musical phenomenon, students will rock out to classic 80s anthems including, “Holding Out for a Hero”, “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” and, of course, “Footloose!” With this high energy pop score, each camper will act, sing, dance, and, of course, ‘cut Footloose!’ Based on the hit movies and stage show, campers will work on vocal techniques, dance training, and scene study. There is just no stopping the music! All students will present a rockin’ final show on the last day of class. Admission into this camp is by approval only. Please fill out an application online; you will be notified if approved.
Emerald City Theatre has the right to cancel a camp up to one week prior to the start date. Refunds will be processed if a camp is canceled.
No refunds available if purchaser drops a camp unless the spot can be filled from the waiting list. If a spot can be filled, a refund will be given after the deduction of a $25 administrative fee.
Switching of days/titles of a camp will also incur a $25 administrative fee.
Camp enrollment is only valid toward the season enrolled and cannot be applied to a camp in a later season.
Emerald City Theatre’s classes and camps are NUT-FREE environments. There is a strict no-sharing policy at all of our campuses.
Drop-off begins 15 minutes prior to the start of camp of class. Children must be picked up no later than 15 minutes after camp or class ends. After the 15-minute pickup window closes, a late fee of $1/per minute per child will be charged and due upon arrival.

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Helastel celebrated success last month, winning The Hardware Award at the SPARKies 2021 for our work with Digital Interlock Software (DIS).
Organised by TechSpark, the annual awards showcase and celebrate the organisations, projects and individuals leading and inspiring the tech and digital sector in the South West. With 17 awards categories spanning everything from Best Use of VR to Best Mentor, the SPARKies are some of the most hotly-anticipated awards in the growing UK tech region.
Winning The Hardware Award was a huge achievement for the Helastel team and an endorsement of our ability to solve problems and push new digital frontiers for our partners and their clients across the many varied sectors we work in.
Learn more about our innovative partnership with Digital Interlock Software here: https://t.co/txuTBzILNO
Thanks to the team for hosting such a vibrant event 🌟 pic.twitter.com/GKD6qijjbi
— Helastel (@Helastel) October 19, 2021
In the case of our award-winning partnership, we helped DIS inject a fresh new revenue stream into the bar and restaurant industry at a pivotal point in the sector’s recovery from lockdowns, making their connected beer pumps a reality.
Conceptualised by DIS and delivered with our technical expertise, the technology enables brand owners and pub landlords to create and distribute HD visual content to overlooked but prime real-estate: their own beer pumps. The product comprises a connected OLED display powered by Raspberry PI single board computers, and is remotely operated via a sophisticated custom-built CMS. As a result, traditional beer pumps can be retrofitted with the hardware to host real-time, targeted visual messaging in the customer’s eyeline.
But the potential of the underlying technology isn’t limited to the bar and restaurant sector – with practical applications in any retail environment. You can read more about the project here.
“I truly believe that the possibilities for this technology are endless”
“It means a lot being recognised for this award,” said Edward Almond, software engineer at Helastel and heavily involved in the project the beginning. “We thought this was a great idea and that it could really build momentum – that’s now been validated by influential members of the UK tech industry.”
“In addition, the actual delivery of the project has been a huge success. I truly believe that the possibilities for this technology are endless – for DIS and for applications within other sectors. We have already expanded on the range of products we can offer and really our only limitations will be our imaginations.”
Helastel was up against very worthy competition in The Hardware Award category. Fellow shortlisters included Smartbox, (assistive technology helping disabled people to communicate and be independent) Marble (cutting-edge hardware & software to protect maritime environments) and GroundWaves (haptic sneakers that enables wearers to ‘feel’ music at live events).
Helastel was also shortlisted for Best Place to Work in Tech, while our newly-launched no code application development platform Intelastel was in the running for the Data, Data, Data Award.
A drive to innovate underpins every project we take on at Helastel. Our goal is always to create amazing solutions for our partners that shatter expectations. That said, it’s a great feeling when our efforts are recognised in the wider tech community as well.
Find out more about our work here.