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The landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges represents the high-water mark in the culture wars that have afflicted the country and the church for decades. Some view the court’s decision to redefine civil marriage in order to accommodate same-sex couples as an egregious instance of judicial overreach, one that must be resisted at all costs. Indeed, there is a serious constitutional principle at stake: We the people must consider whether we want major public policy questions like the definition of civil marriage settled by judicial fiat, rather than by our elected representatives or by direct vote of the people.
Yet prescinding from the constitutional questions prompted by the case, it is clear from most national polls that the court’s decision accords with the opinion of a majority of U.S. citizens, as well as a majority of American Catholics. The court’s decision also comes on the heels of a recent referendum in Ireland in which a large majority of Catholics across that country voted for the legalization of same-sex civil marriage. Some Catholics have argued that the outcome in Ireland and the dramatic shift in Catholic opinion in the United States are a result of the failure of ecclesial leadership to clearly articulate the position of the church. That is not true. Catholics in the United States and Ireland understand the position of the church on the question of civil marriage; until recently, it was their position as well. Yet large numbers of Catholics in both countries have reconsidered this position and have now rejected it. That is the reality of the situation.
These two events are part of a larger phenomenon—the transition of Western Europe and the United States to a thoroughly secular, postmodern social politics. In the United States, this transition has been underway since the sexual revolution of the 1960s ushered in a series of social and political battles collectively known as the culture wars. With the Obergefell decision, it is increasingly clear that those who believe that the civil law ought to reflect and codify traditional Judeo-Christian values have lost not just these most recent battles but the war itself. The New York Times columnist David Brooks, a self-described conservative who is sympathetic to religion, recently called on “social conservatives” to “consider putting aside, in the current climate, the culture war oriented around the sexual revolution.”
Catholics in the United States should also ask whether “cultural warfare” is a helpful organizing principle for the church’s public witness. The church is not merely one more faction organized for public action. We are the body of Christ before we are the body politic, evangelists before we are activists. Evangelization and cultural warfare are not simply in tension with each other; they are opposites. Yet that fact does not justify the church’s retreat from public life. The church is by its nature a public body. While the separation of church and state is a prudent arrangement, the separation of the church from politics is inconceivable, for the Gospel makes radical demands on every dimension of human living.
In the months and years ahead, however, Catholics should reconsider not whether the church should engage in the public life of this country but how we will do so. The present moment affords an opportunity for Catholics of every political stripe to assume an even more robust public presence, but from a different starting point: that of human encounter rather than of tactical confrontation. As Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta observed in the wake of Obergefell, this moment affords us “an opportunity to continue the vitally important dialogue of human encounter, especially between those of diametrically differing opinions regarding [the ruling’s] outcome.”
The same Gospel that Christians seek to announce in the public square requires that we engage in such a “dialogue of human encounter” in a penitential key, with humility, so that we may better discern the signs of the times. This humility is most important, perhaps, when reflecting on matters of human sexuality, which make such dramatic and compelling claims on every human heart. While the church must hold fast to what God has revealed in Scripture and tradition, can we not also acknowledge that the same Spirit that spoke to our forebears speaks to us still? It simply cannot be true that we have learned all there is to know about human sexuality. How can we discern together, then, what the spirit is saying to us now? How can we better discern the good, the true and the beautiful in the signs of the times? As Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich, has said, “We cannot say to someone: you are homosexual, you cannot live according to the Gospel. It is unthinkable…. [If] two people in a homosexual relationship have been faithful to one another for 30 years, I cannot call that nothing.” While acknowledging and preserving what is essential, Cardinal Marx adds, “We cannot see everything in black and white, in terms of all or nothing.”
The temptation to see the recent court decision in black and white terms is evident among some of those who describe Obergefell v. Hodges as a second Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade concerns a vital question of life and death. Obergefell v. Hodges involves the question of who can contract a civil marriage. While both decisions have far-reaching moral implications, they involve different degrees of moral gravity. This view, moreover, that Obergefell is a second Roe, may lend itself too easily to the binary culture-war thinking that can impoverish our understanding of events and narrow the horizon of our public choices.
The temptation to see the court decision in black and white terms is also evident among some of those who see the court’s action only as one more attempt to marginalize the church and diminish religious freedom. We should resist this temptation as well. The church must vigorously defend its freedom; the state has no natural or constitutional right to compel religious believers to perform actions that compromise our consciences. There will be many more debates and decisions in the years ahead, however, involving contestable questions of religious freedom and the public interest. In engaging in such debates, Catholics must be careful not to develop a “Masada complex” that would reduce our self-understanding to that of a besieged minority. Such a narrow self-perception is contrary to the generous, expansive nature of the good news we seek to share.
The church’s public presence, however, is not the most important challenge before us. The church must also carefully discern how to provide better support for Catholic marriages and families. The Obergefell decision has no bearing on the church’s understanding and practice of the sacrament of matrimony. Nevertheless, it is clear that there is a crisis involving the sacrament. Marriages in the church throughout the Americas declined by 46 percent between 1980 and 2012, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. There were nearly a million fewer celebrations of such marriages in 2012 than in 1980. It is inaccurate to claim that same-sex civil marriage is the cause of this crisis. Still, the crisis is such that some level of the energy and resources that the church summoned to oppose the redefinition of civil marriage should be redeployed to pastoral programs and community outreach that will strengthen these sacramental unions.
The church must also carefully consider our pastoral approach to gay and lesbian people and to Catholic families headed by same-sex couples. This outreach should extend especially to gay and lesbian people who are also poor and are perhaps the most invisible population in the country.
In crafting a new pastoral approach, we should dispense with the facile and dangerous assumption that the “culture war” is in large part a battle between Christians and gay people. That claim, which is made often by those who should know better, is unfair and empirically false. According to a new report published this year from the Pew Research Center, 48 percent of lesbian, bisexual and gay Americans identify as Christians. Still, one of the reasons why the church’s position on civil marriage was rejected by the public is that they rightly perceived that members of the church have often failed to extend to gay and lesbian people the “respect, compassion, and sensitivity” that Catholic teaching requires. Indeed, too many among us have been too slow to recognize the unjust discrimination to which gay and lesbian people have been historically subjected.
A new pastoral approach, therefore, should be marked by basic human respect, which “must be real, not rhetorical,” as Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago has said, “and ever reflective of the church’s commitment to accompanying all people. For this reason, the church must extend support to all families, no matter their circumstances, recognizing that we are all relatives, journeying through life under the careful watch of a loving God.”
While the culture wars may be over, the new evangelization continues. The church in the United States must realize anew the true motive force of that evangelization, what Pope Francis has called “the first proclamation, that Jesus Christ has saved you.” Whatever else it is, the public witness of the church begins and ends there. For too long the public has wrongly perceived the church as one more political faction aligned almost exclusively with the forces of reaction. It is not surprising that in a country obsessed with all things sexual, the church should be seen as singularly obsessed with such matters. Our task is to change that perception in order to create a more fertile field for the seed of the Gospel. We will not change this perception, however, through the mere assertion that it is not true. A credible public encounter must begin in humility, with our humble admission of the ways in which the perception is at least partly true. Most important, we should begin with the first proclamation, with our compelling witness to God and the person we are saying yes to, rather than the litany of things we are saying no to.
Now, as always, we must heed the word of the Lord: “Be not afraid.” The world is not ending; it is changing. It is unsettling for many, surely. Yet it is also hopeful. We are at our best when we encounter any change with the certain hope that everything has within it the power to call forth from us a deeper response to God. The church has the resources to rightly discern the lights from the shadows in the changing signs of our times. Above all, we have the grace of the one who has saved us, the one who now calls us to greater faith, deeper hope and lasting charity for all.


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Atlus has announced that its barbershop quartet of upcoming Persona games will be coming to North America, as well as announcing release windows for each title.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth will launch for the Nintendo 3DS this Fall. The game is a crossover between the casts of Persona 3 and Persona 4 with the gameplay style of the Etrian Odyssey series. Both parties will be trapped in a world full of shadows and will have their own plotlines to play through. They will encounter two new characters, Rei and Zen, who may be the focal point of the adventure.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will launch for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this Fall. Just a few days after the events of Persona 4 Arena, Inaba becomes covered in a thick red fog and Mitsuru, Aigis, Fuuka, and Akihiko are shown on the Midnight Channel as prisoners. The game introduces Persona 3 veterans Yukari Takeba and Junpei Iori as playable characters and adds a brand new character, Sho Minazuki, to the mix.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night will launch for the PlayStation Vita in 2015. Rise Kujikawa returns to Inaba after spending time as an idol and hears the rumors of the "Midnight Stage". After checking a mysterious website at midnight, she ends up on the other side and learns that her idol peers from the Kanamin Kitchen group are also missing. The game is a rhythm-based game developed in collaboration with Dingo Inc., the developers of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA.
Finally, Persona 5, the sequel to the well-loved RPG Persona 4 will launch for the PlayStation 3 in 2015. Details on the game are still scarce, but Atlus posted an English version of the teaser trailer that was originally revealed last year.
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(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog July 2014, reposted to this blog with permission.)
Mikey North as Gary Windass and Cherylee Houston as
Izzy Armstrong are two fantastic actors playing two wonderful
In short, Gary and Izzy are one of my favourite Coronation Street couples, ever.
Please, Coronation Street, put them back together and make them whole and happy again.
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Candidate Forum: Tony Gonzales, Gina Ortiz Jones Neck And Neck In Texas' 23rd Congressional District
Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Tony Gonzales (R) are in a tight, heated race to represent TX-23 — a massive swing district that encompasses counties from San Antonio to the Texas-Mexico border — in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Competition in this battleground district has been rife with controversy and its outcome will play a role in determining party control of the House. Democrats currently hold 232 seats to Republicans' 198, and all 435 are up for grabs in 2020.
Republican Tony Gonzales is a former Navy cryptologist who teaches counterterrorism, government and political science courses at the University of Maryland. He was endorsed by Trump ahead of the March primary, in which Gonzales narrowly won his party's nomination.
Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones is a former Air Force intelligence officer and if elected, would be the first openly gay woman of color to represent Texas in Congress. She made a close run for TX-23 in 2018 against Rep. Will Hurd, who is not seeking reelection in 2020.
With a Supreme Court confirmation and election underway, the fate of the Affordable Care Act is uncertain. But congressional candidates Tony Gonzales and Gina Ortiz Jones disagree on the importance of healthcare in their district.
Gonzales said he believes that District 23 constituents don’t think the Affordable Care Act works as it should.
“As I've made my way around the district, time and time again, from rural hospitals, to community health clinics, to private practices, to emergency centers, everything in between, this is what I hear: ‘The Affordable Care Act is broken. It does not work,’” Gonzales said.
Jones said healthcare is a bigger issue for District 23 than Gonzales said it is.
“In the most uninsured state in the country, Texas’ 23rd congressional district is one of the most medically underserved parts of the state. And I think it's so critical that we protect and expand the ACA and ensure that we have a public option so that, you know, people will have access to quality affordable health care, even if they've lost their job,” Jones said.
Gonzales also said he believes the federal government should support those negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
“I would love to have Congress pass another stimulus package that would help PPP loans. I think that that saved a lot of companies. There needs to be more of that,” Gonzales said. “There needs to be more of this ‘Hey, how do we all just get through this?’”
Jones agreed, but said it’s an issue of leadership.
“We need leaders that are going to make sure that we're doing everything possible to protect people's lives and livelihoods and holding them accountable when they don't do that. And I look forward to making sure that we get this pandemic under control but also make sure our economic recovery is as inclusive as possible,” Jones said.
Libertarian candidate Beto Villela did not meet TPR's criteria to participate in the forum.
Early voting in Bexar County is Oct. 13-30. Election Day is Nov. 3. More info here.
- Tony Gonzales, Republican candidate for Texas' 23rd Congressional District
- Gina Ortiz Jones, Democratic candidate for TX-23
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The actress, who’s done a slew of interesting projects in 2017, including Taramani, Thupparivaalan, and now, Aval, says it’s been a ‘strange year’.
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A Press Release from the Drew Phelps for Assembly District 26 Campaign
Assembly candidate releases statement on his opponent’s refusal to support demand for timely delivery of mail ballots
Tulare, CA — The California State Assembly overwhelmingly passed HR105 on August 27th, a resolution calling on the US Senate and US Postmaster to address concerns regarding the efficient and timely delivery of mail ballots for the November 3rd election. Devon Mathis was one of only three votes in opposition to the resolution, which has some people concerned since 90% of his district will only be serviced by 22 in-person polling locations.
His opponent Drew Phelps released the following state regarding the vote on HR105:
“Since the COVID-19 Pandemic places limits on the ability of citizens to safely gather at in-person locations, I believe that secure and timely mail delivery is one of the most important steps in guaranteeing confidence in the November 3rd election. It is disappointing, but not surprising, that my opponent has no interest in defending the USPS or guaranteeing that mail in ballots are processed quickly. I know that Mathis is scared of facing an electorate that knows about his inability to govern and past indiscretions, but I never thought that would translate into a lack of support for such a revered institution as the United States Post Office.”
Drew is a healthcare advocate, land use professional and 4th generation Tularean running to represent the 26th Assembly District. Beginning in 2015, Phelps led and organized residents of the district with Citizens for Hospital Accountability, whose members worked tirelessly to save the Tulare Regional Medical Center, which was dealing with significant financial, legal, and leadership issues. As a result of the 2-year long campaign, Citizens for Hospital Accountability succeeded in defeating a bond measure that would have cost the county millions, recalling a board member who had been seated for over 20 years, and ultimately, replacing all 5 board members to ensure a fresh start for the Tulare Regional Medical Center.
Drew is running against incumbent Assemblymember Devon Mathis who recently had to gift $14,000 in campaign contributions that Mathis had received from Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) after felony and misdemeanor charges were brought against HCCA executives who had run a hospital in the district that Mathis represents. Assm. Mathis is also still a defendant in two civil suits in Sacramento County, regarding alleged wrongful termination in one case and alleged sexual harassment and pay discrimination in the other.

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We understand launching a fragrance must be uber-stressful, but not being familiar with the product – namely not being able to spell said product’s name – should be something of a PR faux pas. Not, however, for Jade Goody. At the launch party for “Controversial” at London club Embassy last night, heatworld cut through the perfume cloud and got a lesson in spelling, Goody-style. When pressed to spell ‘controversial’, Jade gave us this response, “I can’t spell this. I would have no idea. I don’t know. It’s ‘con’ C-O-N and then I’m lost. Is that even right? I wouldn’t have known.” Fair enough, but we must point out this question was asked while standing beside a large promotional background emblazoned with the name of her fragrance. Bless. Spelling aside, Jade told us she’s found her spiritual side after reading self-help book The Secret (“I’ve not completely changed, and I’ve got a lot of work yet, I’m seeing a therapist, I’m doing hypnotherapy and pilates. I’m like weirdly changed!”), and isn’t back with Jack Tweed, despite rumours suggesting otherwise . “I have been spending time with Jack, not like sleeping together or going out, but he’s obviously going through a bad time at the minute ," she said (Jack's recently been in court for attacking a teenager). "I was with him for three years, so I’m supporting him.” Jade – who it must be said, looked amazing in a little black dress and skyscraper heels – also confided in us she’s hankering for smaller boobs. She told us, “I’ll get a reduction maybe. These bastards are too big and they’re heavy. I bought my dress from my friend’s shop today, and literally, I was like this...(makes pained expression zipping herself into said dress). Why can’t I get it over these things?!” Oh Jade... she'll never change, will she?
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There's no need to wander deep into the forest to appreciate a little greenery. Matsugasaki Park and Zao Bodaira Highlands are just two of the lovely recreational spots you'll find amid this concrete jungle. Alternatively, stretch your legs and keep the kids active by taking a walk around Kajo Park or Momiji Park.
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Ask the helpful staff at the Miyasaka Museum or the Hirosuke Hamada Memorial Museum about special happenings. With so many captivating exhibits, you'll want to make sure you don't miss out. Museum enthusiasts should also pencil in stops at the Yamagata Prefectural Ukitamu Fudoki-no-oka Archaeological Museum and the Yamagata Museum of Science and Industry.
You needn't be an explorer to appreciate all of the remarkable wonders of the natural world, particularly when you've got the Yamagata Prefectural Museum. This place is loaded with fascinating specimens and interesting artefacts.
In a place filled to the brim with superb art collections, the Yamagata Museum of Art and the Yamadera Goto Museum of Art manage to shine brighter than the rest. The Dewazakura Museum of Art and the Shinichi Saito Museum shouldn't be skipped either.
Take a trip back through time to discover the events and people that have helped shape this region at the Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum and the Yamadera Basho Museum. Also consider checking out the eye-opening exhibits which help bring the past to life at the Sato Museum of History and Culture and the Tendo Shogi Museum.
Time spent remembering history is never a pointless exercise. Let Clan Uesugi’s Mausoleum and Kaminoyama Castle help you better understand the area's past. If that doesn't satisfy the history nerd in you, extend your sightseeing to Yamagata Castle and Yamagata City Local History Museum.
You can get a fill of both history and spirituality at the Kasugasan Rinsenji Temple and Matsugasaki Shrine. Want to take a deeper look into Yamagata's cultural identity? Continue on to Uesugi Jinja Shrine and Akutsu Hachiman Shrine.
It is sometimes said that exploring new places leaves you speechless, then transforms you into a storyteller. You'll certainly have more tales to tell if you visit some of Yamagata's less famous attractions, like the Zao Sanroku Ropeway, Yonezawa City Hall and the Zao Chuo Ropeway.
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During a 22-week ultrasound appointment, Ashley Robinson’s doctors noticed something wasn’t right with her baby, Zeke’s, heart. Pediatric cardiologist William Ravekes revealed that her son had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition in which the left side of the heart does not form correctly.
Pediatric Pacemaker: Ellie's Story
Diagnosed with long qt syndrome (LQTS), Ellie Frankenfield has been monitored remotely by cardiac care experts at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center since she was six months old. After being told that a pacemaker would be needed, Ellie and her mother traveled from North Carolina to Johns Hopkins for a pacemaker procedure.
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Amendments and Repeals
AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE TOWN OF LAPEL, MADISON COUNTY INDIANA
Whereas, the Town Council of the Town of Lapel, Madison County, Indiana, finds that the storm water collection and disposal system of the Town is inadequate to properly provide for the collection and drainage of storm water in the Town; and
Whereas, the Town Council finds that pursuant to the provisions of Indiana Code 8-1.5-5 the Town may create a Department of Storm Water Management to provide, among other things, for the maintenance and improvement of the storm water collection and disposal system of the Town; and
Whereas, the Town Council finds it necessary and appropriate for the Town, pursuant to the provisions of Indiana Code 8-1.5-5, to create and establish a Department of Storm Water Management to provide for the management of the storm water collection and disposal system of the Town.
SECTION 1-PURPOSE AND INTENT
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the town of Lapel, Indiana by establishing a storm water utility sufficient to plan, control, operate and maintain the Town’s storm water management systems.
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning (words used in the singular shall include the plural, and the plural, the singular; words used in the present tense shall include the future tense. The word “shall” is mandatory and not discretionary.) The word “may” is permissive.
Approved Plans- Plans approved by the authorized official according to a permit and plan review which will govern all improvements made within the Town that require a storm water system or changes or alterations to the existing storm water system.
Authorized Official- Any employee or agent of the Town authorized in writing by the Board to administer or enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Board- The Town Council acting as the Board of Public Works and Safety pursuant to Indiana Code 36-1-2-24.
Classification Procedure-The method that the Town uses to determine the classification of non-residential parcels may take the following forms or any combination thereof:
- Computation of the parcel size, pavement area, roof area, or other area using onsite measurements of the apparent outside boundaries of the parcel or impervious area in or on such developed parcel, respectively, made by the Town or on its behalf.
- Computation of the parcel size, pavement area, roof area, or other area using the dimensions of the parcel or impervious area in or on the parcels which are set forth and contained in the records of the office of the County Assessor or Township Assessor.
- Computation of the parcel size, pavement area, roof area, or other area using aerial photography or photogrammetric, or using the information data from on-side measurements of like or similar property or features or as contained in the records of the Town or County.
- Computation of the parcel size, pavement area, roof area, or other area using data provided by the owner, tenant or developer. The authorized official may require additional information as necessary to make the determination.
Code-The Town of Lapel Municipal Code.
Composite Coverage Value- The result of calculations as determined by the Town that multiplies pavement times 0.90, roof areas 1.00, and other areas times 0.20 and then divides the sum of three by the total area of a particular parcel. Pavement areas include aggregate, asphalt, brick, concrete, etc. that may be used for pedestrian or vehicular traffic. Roof areas include any above ground structure. Other areas include lawns, open water, woods, etc.
Coverage Factor- The part of the non-residential rate equation representing the relative amount of impervious area on a particular parcel. For purposes of this chapter, each non-residential parcel shall be assigned one of the following coverage factor categories as determined by the Town in accordance with the classification procedure.
- Low-The composite coverage value is equal to or less than 0.5. Low coverage factor is hereby established as 2.0
- High- The composite coverage value is more than .05. High coverage factor is hereby established as 3.0.
Non Developed Property- Non-developed property shall be a lot or parcel of land which is vacant or is used for agricultural purposes. This does not include parking lots, athletic fields, front back or side lawns, or lots which are used as accessory lots to residential property or non-residential property.
Non-Residential Property-All properties not encompassed within the definition of residential property, including but not limited to: commercial, industrial, retail, multi-family residential, governmental, institutional, schools and churches.
Residential Property-Any lot or parcel existing in the Town on which a single building or mobile home is situated, containing up to and including four dwelling units.
Size Factor-The part of the non-residential rate equation representing the relative amount of surface area on a particular parcel. All surface area calculations shall be rounded to the nearest 1/10 of one acre. For purposes of this chapter, each non-residential parcel shall be assigned one of the following size factor categories as determined by the Town:
- Small- A particular parcel is made up of equal to or less than 1.0 acres. Small size factor is hereby established as 1.0.
- Medium- A particular parcel is made up of more than 1.0 acres but less than 5.0 acres. Medium size factor is hereby established as 3.0.
- Large- A particular parcel is made of more than 5.0 acres. Large size factor is hereby established as 5.5.
Storm Water-The chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen which is produced from atmospheric clouds as rain, snow, sleet and hail.
Storm Water System-All constructed facilities, including structures and natural watercourses under the ownership, and/or control of the Town, used for collecting and conducting storm water to, through, and from drainage areas to the point of final outlet, including, but not limited to, any and all of the following: inlets, conduits and appurtenant features, creeks, channels, catch basins, ditches, streams, streets, culverts, retention or detention basins and pumping stations; and excluding there from, any part of the system of drains or watercourses under the jurisdiction of the Madison County Drainage Board or waters of the State of Indiana.
Storm Water Utility-A division of the Sewage Works as defined in Indiana Code 36-9-18(8) and (12).
Storm Water Utility User-The owner of a lot or parcel within the Town.
Surface Water-Water occurring on the surface of the land, from natural causes such as rainfall, whether falling on the land in question or flowing onto the land in question.
Town-The incorporated Town of Lapel, Madison County, Indiana. (Ord 8-17-04 passed 10-19-04)
SECTION 3-CREATION OF STORM WATER UTILITY
A storm water utility is hereby created as part of the Lapel Sewage Works. Said utility shall be responsible for all storm sewers and the collection and disposal of storm drainage. Said utility shall also be responsible for the implementation of all federal and state mandates regarding storm water drainage and erosion control. (Ord. 8-17-04 passed 10-19-04)
SECTION 4-GOVERNING BOARD
- The utility shall be governed by the Town Council acting as the Board of Public Works and Safety. This utility shall have the same governing board as that which governs the Sewage Works established in Chapter 52 of the Lapel Town Code.
- Area served by storm water utility. The corporate limits of the Town of Lapel, Indiana.
- Powers and duties of utility. The Town Council acting as the Board of Public Works and Safety shall have all those powers and duties provided by such boards by Title 36 of the Indiana Code and more specifically but not limited to the following:
- The power to recommend the Town Board of Lapel enter into contracts.
- The power to recommend the Town Board of Lapel employ professionals.
- The power to recommend the Town Board of Lapel construct, maintain, and improve the storm water utility structures.
- The power to recommend the Town Board of Lapel make plans and ordinances regarding the collection and disposal of storm water within the Town.
- The power to recommend the Town Board of Lapel pass ordinances as provided by Title 36 which imposes just reasonable and equitable fees or service charges for those who utilize the storm water system and penalties to those who violate provisions of ordinances established for storm water control and drainage.
SECTION 5-CREATION OF NON-REVERTING STORM WATER UTILITY CUMULATIVE FUND
- A non-reverting Storm Water Utility Operating Fund is hereby created. All proceeds received as a result of user fees and charges or penalties assessed by this chapter or subsequent amendments hereto shall be deposited in a non-reverting cumulative storm water utility fund. Proceeds from this non-reverting fund, shall be for the exclusive use of Town’s storm water utility, which includes but is not limited to, the following:
- Storm water management services, such as studies, design, permit review, plan preparation and development review.
- Operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the storm water collection, storage, conveyance, and/or treatment infrastructure.
- Project costs related to constructing major or minor structural improvements to the Town’s storm water-related infrastructure.
- Administrative costs associated with the management of the storm water utility user fee.
- Debt service financing of the Town’s storm water-related capital improvements.
- Funding of studies such as water quantity and quality monitoring, aerial photography, and geotechnical work associated with the planning of the storm water-related infrastructure.
- This would include but be not limited to the implementation of long range storm water plans developed and approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for elimination of combined sewer overflows and the construction of storm water drains and sewers and maintain same within the Town limits and the area served by the sewage works. All such expenditures for both capital and operating expenses must be first approved by the Town Council. (Ord. 8-17-04, passed 10-19-04).
SECTION 6-SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT
Pursuant to Indiana Code 8-1-5-5-5, there is hereby created a special taxing district which shall include all of the territory within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Lapel, Madison County, Indiana.
SECTION 7-STORM WATER UTILITY USER FEE
A storm water utility user fee shall be imposed on each and every sewer connection. This user fee is deemed reasonable and necessary to pay for the repair, replacement, planning, improvement, operation, regulation and maintenance of the existing and future storm water system of the Town. (Ord. 8-17-04 passed 10-19-04).
SECTION 8-STORM WATER UTILITY USER FEE STRUCTURE
For the purposes stated herein, there is hereby assessed a storm water utility user fee to each storm water utility user within the corporate limits of the Town, in an amount as determined below. For purposes of imposing the storm water utility user fee, all lots and parcels within the Town are classified as either:
- Non-residential or
- Non-developed property (Ord. 8-17-04, passed 10-19-04).
SECTION 9-SCHEDULE OF RATES
- The monthly storm water utility user fee for all developed residential and non-residential properties within the Town shall be $2.50. The Common Council, from time to time, by ordinance may amend the monthly charge established in this section.
SECTION 10-BILLING AND PAYMENT; PENALTIES
- Bills or statements for the storm water utility user fee shall be rendered monthly, in accordance with their regular utility billing cycle, by the utility billing division of the Town for all properties subject to the fee. Bills shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner and subject to the same penalties as set forth in the sewer utility. Any partial payment of a combined utility bill shall be applied first to the storm water utility user fee. Any unpaid storm water utility user fees shall constitute a lien on such property except the liens of state, county and municipal taxes and shall be on a party with the lien of such state, county and municipal taxes. Such lien, when delinquent for more than 30 days, may be foreclosed by the Town in the manner provided by the laws of Indiana for the foreclosure of mortgages on real property. Penalties may also be subject to any subsequent ordinances, duly passed by the Town of Lapel, to effectuate the payment of such storm water utility user fee.
- For properties normally receiving monthly utility bills for other town services, the storm water utility user fee shall be included in the monthly sewage utility bill rendered to the established customer.
- For properties not receiving monthly utility bills for other Town services, the bill or statement for the storm water utility user fee shall be sent to the storm water utility user as determined from the tax rolls. The Director may render annual, semiannual, or monthly billings, to be billed in arrears, to coincide with the property tax schedule, on such properties if determined to be in the best interest of the Town.
- The owner of a property is ultimately responsible for all fees imposed under this chapter. (Ord. 87-17-04, passed 10-19-04).
Read and adopted this 20 day of October 2011.
Date Passed: 10/20/2011

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For many organizations, the promise of the hybrid cloud is the ability to develop and run applications on-premises as well as in the public cloud, and seamlessly move data and applications between what are largely different operating environments, storage, compute infrastructure and networks. The harsh reality in many hybrid-Kubernetes environments is that it’s a struggle to maintain the proper support across the many different components that make up multiple different operating stacks. Fragmented Kubernetes distributions with different capabilities, licensing models and support organizations are just some of the challenges of maintaining a fully hybrid approach.
Fortunately, AWS brings the power of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to your own private infrastructure with Amazon EKS Anywhere, extending the consistent AWS-native tools, monitoring, licensing and deployment models to make going hybrid as seamless as possible. With Amazon EKS-Anywhere in fully connected mode, you have a single, consistent dashboard in your AWS console for connecting, visualizing, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters and applications running on-prem or AWS-managed infrastructure.
However, there’s still the challenge of consistency in data protection across divergent infrastructure. What about when you’re ready to migrate those applications from on-prem to the cloud, or protect a full cluster in the event of a disaster?
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Kasten K10 enables policy-driven, full-application exports, enabling application migrations and mobility across Amazon EKS-A/Amazon EKS clusters, AWS accounts and AWS regions. Application transforms are Kasten K10’s secret power, making applications function when moving from an on-premises storage into Amazon EBS and adjusting for networking changes, such different ingress or load balancing controllers, as well.
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Refurbishments - carried out on autoclaves, washer disinfectors and effluent treatment plants
We know that an autoclave is a major capital investment that has a projected lifespan of typically 10 to 15 years.
Bearing this in mind, should an autoclave stop working due to the control system being obsolete or out of date, yet the chamber and the mechanics of the autoclave remain in good condition, it seems a huge waste to 'throw' away the whole autoclave. Where this is the case, ESTS can help.
We can refurbish your autoclave on site by upgrading your control system to the Logiclave generation 10 software thus saving you thousands of pounds purchasing a new machine.
Logiclave offers a control system upgrade package that can be very easily installed and programmed to suit any autoclave.


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I like the Anschutz rail from Champion Shooter Supply in Ohio. That way my smallbore handstops can fit. I run it all the way through to the end of the forend. I find it easier to slide the handstop in, as opposed to a dead-ended inlet with milled out entry points. I put the rear end of the rail about an inch forward of the front action screw. Make the depth of the inlet just a little shallower than the thickness of the rail so the handstop doesn’t scuff the stock finish.
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I have little aluminum 1913 rails on all the rifles I shoot off a bipod, and I have atlas/atras bipods that get swapped around and quickly attached as needed. A few rifles have flush cups in the fore end, so these have rails just long enough for the bipod. A few others don't have cups, so those have longer rails to mount both a bipod and a sling attachment or QD cup.
You can also get rails that have a cup built into them. Plenty of options here, just my 2¢

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We've all had a friend like The Dirtbag at some point in our lives. He's cheap and a little rough around the edges. Not the kind of guy you'd want to introduce to your business associates, but he's dependable and always makes for a good time. The Dirtbag is the most affordable rack on the market, it's easy to use, and can be easily bolted to just about anything.
- $13, $19, & $29 MSRP’s make them the cheapest bike racks on the planet
- Mount anywhere
- No extra parts needed-uses your bicycle's skewer
- Works with all 9mm QR, 15 thru axle, and 20mm thru axle fork
- Steel construction
- Lifetime Warranty
- The Dirtbag 9 fits most standard 9mm quick release forks.
- The Dirtbag 15 fits most 15mm x 100mm thru axle forks.
- The Dirtbag 15 fits most 15mm x 110mm thru axle forks.
- The Dirtbag 20 fits most 20mm x 110mm thru axle forks.
- The Dirtbag Phat 9 fits most standard 9mm quick release fat bike forks.
- The Dirtbag Phat 15 fits most 15mm x 142mm thru axle fat forks.


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There has been considerable speculation and perhaps unwarranted alarm concerning the probability of the importation of various parasites from the tropics into the United States during the postwar period, both by returning military personnel and by relocated civilian population groups. It would seem desirable, therefore, to survey representative groups of these individuals at convenient times and locations prior to their return to normal activities throughout the country in the postwar period.
Early in December 1943 the Gripsholm brought more than 1,000 Americans back to this country from the Far East. Among the passengers were several hundred missionaries with many years' residence in China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines. A considerable number of the passengers had been in Japanese occupied territory and in concentration camps for variable periods of time. Sanitary conditions were not always ideal, and opportunities for acquiring intestinal parasites were good.
It occurred to me that it might
MOST H. INTESTINAL PARASITE SURVEY OF REPATRIATES FROM THE FAR EAST. JAMA. 1945;129(1):24–26. doi:10.1001/jama.1945.02860350026006
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Wireless Thermometer – Dual Probe – Meat, BBQ, Smoker, Grill, Oven, Cooking Thermometer – Monitor Food Up To 300′ Away (Black)
This long-range wireless meat thermometer makes your cooking, grilling and BBQ’ing much easier and far more precise, the thermometer has a wireless range of up to 300 feet. The wireless receiver clips onto your belt or sits in your pocket, enabling you to monitor your BBQ from indoors or from across the street! While your
This long-range wireless meat thermometer makes your cooking, grilling and BBQ’ing much easier and far more precise, the thermometer has a wireless range of up to 300 feet. The wireless receiver clips onto your belt or sits in your pocket, enabling you to monitor your BBQ from indoors or from across the street! While your meat is grilling, the receiver talks to the probe to update you in real time. The meat’s temperature is constantly displayed and an alarm sounds at any temp you desire for a perfect cook every time. Two stainless steel probes are included so you can effectively monitor two independent heat signatures at the same time. Monitor your grill’s chamber and a meat; monitor a meat and a chicken; or even monitor two cuts of meat for different levels of doneness. Each probe features a 3-foot wire that’s rated at up to an incredible 716°F. This Meat Thermometer also Features a loss-of-signal alert that sounds an audible alarm if you remain out of range for more than 60 seconds or if the receiver has lost connection to the transmitter. In addition, all your personal temperature settings are stored on the unit even when the receiver is turned off.
– Receiver beeps and flashes when meat temperature goes above or below your programmed temperature.
– Count up and Count down timer.
– LCD of receiver has back light for use at night
– Temperature Range is up to 572°F
– Receiver has belt clip and built in stand.
– Transmitter has removable wire stand that also becomes a hanger.
– Both probe wires are heat resistant to 716°F
– Can be used in oven or smoker too!
– Alert warns you if your transmitter is out of range or has lost the radio frequency signal.
– Your temperature and timer settings are stored even if the unit is turned off.
– Operates on 4 AAA batteries (2 Per unit) NOT INCLUDED
- This Meat Thermometer Features Easy Remote Monitoring: Monitor Internal Temperature of Meat from 300 Feet Away; Wireless Receiver with LCD Beeps & Flashes When Meat Temperature Exceeds Your Programmed Temperature
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What's up with the Boyle Heights Community Plan?
JANUARY 2014 UPDATE
The Boyle Heights Community Plan staff are in the process of finalizing maps and spreadsheets that show where all of our proposed land use and zone changes will be, the preliminary policies and programs of the plan, and the initial draft Community Plan Implementation Overlays (CPIO), which will be covering TOD Planning, neighborhood conservation, industrial land use, and tienditas. We feel that we have heard tremendous input from several organizations and stakeholders at large, and that the initial concepts of this plan are in great shape. Once these initial components have been finalized and are made presentable, we will organize workshops with the community as a last-round "temperature check" on the plan's project description. We hope to be able to accomplish this by Spring at the latest.
Following these workshops we will have a project description which will allow us to begin preparation of the plan's EIR, and assembly of all of the ordinances and technical documents. We call this our technical phase. Following the technical phase (which we hope to conclude by the end of 2014 or first quarter of 2015), we will begin our adoption process, which will involve a public hearing, and meetings with the CPC and City Council. Closer to that time we will again want to collaborate with stakeholder organizations on an effective and efficient outreach strategy.
Please feel free share this message with your neighbors and with members of your organization who are interested in the Boyle Heights Community plan. Please stay tuned for workshops this upcoming Spring!
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Average Price: $30 and under
Dress Code: Smart Casual
||1.7 miles from HANOVER center (as shown on map)
We are the seafood and steak destination! A full service family restaurant, deli and convenience store that serves the best quality food and crab cakes and beverage in the Greater Baltimore Washington area in a clean, comfortable and welcoming atmosphere with a staff dedicated to providing knowledgeable, memorable and happy service to our customers. We are dedicated to being an active and giving member of the community.
Timbuktu serves lunch and dinner daily and offers dine in, carry out and banquet catering. Lunch and dinner at the restaurant offers an array of appetizers, soups, salads, entrées, sandwiches, burgers, Southwest fare, pasta and seafood on the menu.

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31342- NAVY ARMS CO. CIVIL WAR REPRODUCTION REMINGTON 1863 ZOUAVE RIFLE. 33” rifled .58 cal. barrel. Lock signed “Navy Arms Co.” and stamped with the Federal Eagle above. Barrel stamped “MADE IN ITALY”. Excellent quality 1970’s import. Fine to excellent overall with only very light use. 99% blue and case colors. Brass mounts nicely aged. Walnut stock near new. Perfect working order and excellent bore.


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When love simmers between a reclusive scientist and a wealthy debutante, will they abandon ship or is it full steam ahead?
Nicole Renard returns home to Galveston, Texas, to find her father deathly ill. Though she loves him, Nicole’s father has always focused on what she’s not. Not male. Not married. Not able to run Renard Shipping.
Vowing to find a suitable husband to give her father the heir he desires before it’s too late, Nicole sets out with the Renard family’s greatest treasure as her dowry: the highly coveted Lafitte Dagger. But her father’s rivals come after the dagger, forcing a change in Nicole’s plans.
After a boiler explosion aboard the Louisiana nearly took his life, Darius Thornton has been a man obsessed. He will do anything to stop even one more steamship disaster. Even if it means letting a female secretary into his secluded world.
Nicole is determined not to let her odd employer scare her off with his explosive experiments, yet when respect and mutual attraction grow between them, a new fear arises. How can she acquire an heir for her father when her heart belongs to another? And when her father’s rivals discover her hiding place, will she have to choose between that love and her family’s legacy?
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This is the second book I have read by Karen. I loved Stealing the Preacher so I was anxious to read her newest release.
Well, Full Steam Ahead did not disappoint.
She has crafted another well written book with characters that are quirky, spunky and charming.
And as the title says, once you pick up this book it is full team ahead with the story. Chapter after chapter adds a new layer or twist to the plot.
Nicole is on a mission to find a husband so she can save her father’s business but there’s danger after her so she takes a little detour. But I think it’s more of a Genesis 5020, if you ask me. This detour leads her to Darius.
At first I wasn’t so sure about him. He seemed a bit too strange, but really he is on a mission of his own. He wants to save peoples lives due to what happens in the prologue of the book. As he gets to know Nicole he becomes more demensional, there’s a softer side to this guy and not only does he find himself wanting to save other people, he also wants to protect Nicole.
Karen is an excellent writer and if you like historical romance this is one you will enjoy.
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Affiliation: University of Zurich
- A simple method for evaluating the rejection of grafted spleen cells by flow cytometry and tracing adoptively transferred cells by light microscopyS Oehen
Institut für Experimentelle Immunologie, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
J Immunol Methods 207:33-42. 1997..Furthermore, we developed a method to trace adoptively transferred fluorescent CFSE-labelled cells by light microscopy by converting in situ immunofluorescence staining into immunoenzyme staining...
- Differentiation of naive CTL to effector and memory CTL: correlation of effector function with phenotype and cell divisionS Oehen
Institute for Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
J Immunol 161:5338-46. 1998..This finding suggests that two types of memory CTL exist. The correlation between CD62L expression, effector function, and Ag persistence is discussed...
- Naïve cytotoxic T lymphocytes spontaneously acquire effector function in lymphocytopenic recipients: A pitfall for T cell memory studies?S Oehen
Institute for Experimental Immunology, Zurich, Switzerland
Eur J Immunol 29:608-14. 1999..Therefore, some of the conclusions based on transfer of T cell populations into irradiated recipients to investigate T cell memory may have to be reevaluated...


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'Tis the season for festive design stuff. First up, I designed these ornaments for Westland distillery and had them produced with my factory partners. I then finished and packaged them in house. Westland has always been a pleasure to work with in every sense and this ornament was no different. They're for sale down at their SoDo distillery and tasting room for $10.
Another ornament I came up with this month was inspired by one of the greatest neon signs ever made. Also produced with my direct factory partners, it is gold plated and hand tied with festive red string. The elephant ornament is available at Porchlight and online at Porchlight Design Co. Because these are displayed prominently in-store, I wanted to make sure the packaging looked nice and professional, and could be used for past and future ornaments as well.
Corrie is a former teacher and brilliant cook. At the end of October she asked me to come up with some branding for her private chef business. She envisioned incorporating a wheat stalk without looking too cheesy or overused. With some unique type, stalk placement, and colors; we agreed that loved it and it didn't fall into the aforementioned cheesy category.
I've designed quite a few fun things for Sera Cahoone, and this fun wintery one was inspired by the Monorail and its route here in Seattle. The show is coming up on December 21!
Neal Haley is a fitness instructor with a big style crush on the 60s and 70s. She's also an avid boxer who trains non-stop. To launch her personal training venture, I came up with some branding inspired by classic ringer tees of the 1970s with a color palette I knew would appeal to Neal. Taped hands are a signature of boxing and I wanted to incorporate a taped, gripping hand for a tiny bit of grittiness in a pretty easy riding design.
The grand finale of the month is something I actually designed a year ago. Urban Artworks is a Seattle-based non-profit that provides opportunities for underserved youth to partner with artists to create public art. When Urban Artworks asked if I wanted to design a small mural in honor of the late Dave Niehaus, I was beyond excited. I grew up listening to Mariner games on the radio, watching them on TV, and going to the Kingdome; so Niehaus and his voice hold an incredibly special place in my heart. I'm not much of a painter, but I designed the entire mural, then helped outline the design on wood which was later painted by some great Seattle teens. Initially the mural was set for a square wall in SoDo, but due to some building issues, the mural was moved down near the Starbucks headquarters on Occidental to a much larger wall (which makes the square mural look a wee bit small).
And as always, my favorite photos from the month...
Early in the month, I was asked to design a couple posters for Ben Gibbard's solo shows out in the Midwest. The first shows a little flower shop on the ground floor of an apartment and some lucky person that scored an armful of plants.
The next was a drive-in movie inspired by movie titles of the 50s and 60s, as well as children's author M. Sasek.
I wanted to update the Porchlight gift cards in time for the holidays, so I came up with a new design on a thick, textured card stock.
Another poster from the month was Yoke Lore at Neumos. The venue and I had decided to keep the design to two colors and they were printed by the talented Broken Press, here in Seattle.
At Porchlight, we have a small display of greeting cards at the counter, all of which I've designed at various times. I was feeling antsy for a couple new designs which include the celebratory long dog with balloons and the for-no-particular-occasion seal balancing coffee dishes.
To finish off the post, my favorite photos from the month:
Summer in Seattle is very, very dead now so it'll be a little easier to stay inside and work on design projects. First from September is a two-color 18" x 24" print for the sold out Cigarettes After Sex show at The Neptune. Most of the band's imagery is black and white, so I wanted to keep it simple with a two color, minimal approach. The band name itself is pretty obvious and sexual, so the design didn't need to get too literal, beyond the cigarette pack imagery.
Next up, another poster—this one was for Elder Island playing at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The band has used a lot of 70s/80s audio/electronic-looking imagery in some photography lately, so I wanted to play into that for this design.
The third poster of the month is for AJJ in December. The show is being put on by The Vera Project, but at the larger Neumos on Capitol Hill. Back when I played music, my band played with AJJ here in Seattle at a couple DIY spaces, and down in their hometown Phoenix. In the earlier years of Porchlight, they played an all-ages in-store as well, so I was happy to do this poster when the Vera Project asked. My illustration style isn't perfectly aligned with the bands on the bill, but I think everyone wound up happy with my weird laundromat illustration.
The nice boys of Cataldo have a really great new record out called "Literally Main Street". This year I have done a handful of designs for them and this Cat-aldo shirt is one of my favorites. The idea was the band's, so I can't take full credit.
The nice folks down at Pacific Science Center let me go in and take a ton of photos of the Minoru Yamasaki-designed courtyard (possibly my favorite spot in the entire city). To read more and see all the photos head right here.
Over a decade of Porchlight, I've designed around 6 or 7 different diner mugs that are available to purchase in the shop. This time I went a very, very serious route...
September also brought a new round of Clif Bar pins—a few thousand of 'em. The folks at Clif Bar are really great to work with and always make the process super smooth.
Lastly, my favorite snaps of the month. A few are from an Ebbets Field Flannels photoshoot I helped out with (if you're curious about those sporty NFL photos).
The folks behind the long-running Sasquatch! started a brand new festival called Thing. It featured Kurt Vile, Jeff Tweedy, De La Soul, Violent Femmes and more at Port Townsend's Fort Worden. The sold out festival was a big ol' success and I was lucky enough to design a tiny piece of merch for it. A focal point of Port Townsend is the iconic Point Wilson lighthouse. The folks at Thing asked me to create an enamel pin that represented the city more than the festival itself, so I decided to use the lighthouse. As a fun addition, the backing card was made to reveal a flying bird once the pin is removed.
The main reason anyone follows my Instagram, is just for photos of my fluffy orange cat Junior. For a new slipmat design, I decided to give the people what they want--a two-color screen printed slipmat featuring a curled up orange cat. It's available via Porchlight Design Co.
Musician Jeremy Elliot is transitioning his music and giving it a bigger sound, so he and his management asked me to come up with a logo. Along with some desert imagery and branding influences, they showed me some of the new music and this is what I came up with.
Earlier in the year, I released Visitors, a collection of maps and brochures of Washington from decades ago. The cover features a confused traveller and I created some stickers of his image to throw in with online orders.
And for the monthly photo recap, my favorite photos from August:
First up is a reprisal of the "Coffee & Records" design I had originally made for crew neck sweatshirts. This month, I brought them back to Porchlight on super comfy tri-blend t-shirts for Summer. This was also the first time I decided to go with custom printed tags on the tees. Since I'm in the process of consolidating Porchlight merch over with Porchlight Design Co. it seemed like a good time to make the tags applicable to both. These are available at Porchlight and online at porchlightdesignco.com!
Next, a logo and business cards for my pal Rachel Demy. She is a wonderful photographer and specializes in tour photography, giving insight into green rooms, tour buses and side stage. She's taken great shots of Death Cab, Chance The Rapper, Jenny Lewis, The Shins and more.
Rachel's initials are R.A.D. and without being too obvious, I wanted to incorporate the initials into her name, so you can see that it obviously spells her name, the logo goes from "r" to "a" with a connection down the "d".
Another logo I created was for Part-Time PR, a small firm focusing on punk, indie and DIY bands. The branding is very different from the one I designed for Rachel and shows a little more playful, gritty imagery.
To continue celebrating 10 years of Porchlight, I spent two days giving away enamel pins of Dandy Man, the coffee-and-record-toting happy guy. The miniature man was pinned to a celebratory birthday candle card.
As always, my favorite photos from the month:
A big June highlight is the release of Mid Seattle Volume Three. For each issue, I include an enamel pin and postcard in the orange/red/white color scheme of the Mid Seattle logo. I made a quick promo video to show the pin and interior pages of the new volume, and recorded a super brief instrumental soundtrack to go with it.
In June, Cone & Steiner asked if I would have a little Porchlight Design Co. pop up at their Pioneer Square location. I designed the poster and organized a Happy Hour and Mariner game outing to go with it as well.
Whenever I get to make stuff for Cataldo, it's a good time. Eric asked me to help with their lyric video for "They Don't Know About Us". The lyrics and illustrations were meant to look like a high schooler's sketches, done in scratchy ballpoint. I also lettered the video's titles and credits. KEXP premiered the video right here.
As an exclusive for the Porchlight Design Co. pop up at Cone & Steiner, I designed a Dave Niehaus/Mariners-inspired "My Oh My" enamel pin. The shop is in super close proximity to the ballpark, and a lot of attendees stop in C&S before games, so it seemed like a good fit.
I also designed new labels for the candles I make for Porchlight Design Co. Over the years I've had a couple different label designs for these, and this brand new one is sure to stick as my favorite.
The final June design was for the Spanish Ballroom in Tacoma. The poster will be used for a monthly DJ night featuring Sub Pop founder, Bruce Pavitt. Umbrellas are probably overused in Northwest-based designs, but when it's raining records, I think it's okay.
Last, but not least, my favorite photos from the month:
One of my favorite people/musicians to design for is Sera Cahoone. Whenever I'm designing for a client, I'll ask if they have any imagery in mind for their poster and luckily Sera and I are always on the same page. She mentioned the flicker, a bird in the woodpecker family, and I snuck it into the signage of a mid-century building. The show is coming up June 21 with some great openers as well.
RIght before Dave Hause was leaving for a European tour, I was asked to come up with a shirt design to take on the road. Dave and co. had an idea for fireflies in a jar, loosely based on one of his songs and this two-color print is what I came up with based on the idea.
Next up, some more fun stuff for Cataldo. I designed these two-color shirts based on the red Volvo wagon I put in their show poster in March.
To go along with their new album and shirts, we stuck with the teenage, post-high school theme and came up with an 18" x 24" art print filled with pieces of younger years such as an old iPod, rolling papers, a lighter and pocket knife.
And here are some of my favorite photos from the month:
Last fall, I sent a copy of the first Mid Seattle along with a letter to now-retired architect Audrey Van Horne asking if she'd let me take photos of her home for the next issue. The house that she and her husband John designed in 1953 is one of my favorite residential buildings in the city. It has huge windows, but still feels private. It's classy and elegant while still feeling genuinely lived-in and Mr. and Mrs. Van Horne added little touches of playfulness that make the entire home so well-rounded.
I was beyond excited to get a call from Audrey Van Horne and quickly found out how warm and welcoming she is. Her home is only a couple miles from Capitol Hill in the Portage Bay neighborhood, so it was a quick trip down the street. We chatted for hours in her living room. She told me about her old office, we talked about Architecture West (the now-defunct magazine where my grandfather worked) and the geometric structure in their yard that her grandchildren played on.
The one request she asked of me was that I show her the photos before I publish them. A few weeks later I brought her a one-off volume that showed all of the edited photos I took, with 5 or so in consideration to be published. We looked through it together, she pointed out some of her favorites, and smiled a bunch. Since only four photos were ever published, I wanted to share the rest.
The highlight of April was designing a poster for comedian Tom Segura and his five-show stint at the Moore Theater. Playing on a few of his jokes from his Netflix specials and affinity for sports, I designed a three-color screen print of trophies featuring the man himself.
Every April, record stores around the world celebrate Record Store Day and at Porchlight we do the same. To promote the holiday, I had to create some marketing material for the shop.
For Urban Artworks' annual gala, we reprised their paintbrush logo pins in new colors. Urban Artworks is a wonderful non-profit benefiting teens and the arts.
And a handful of my favorite photos from April:
This Spring has brought a cool string of collaborative work with Cataldo. The new Cataldo album comes out in a few months and it's spectacular. Eric Anderson is the man behind the band, writing heartfelt songs and consistently cranking out wonderful music. The new record is heavily steeped in Eric's (and our collective) early 20s, so most of what we've come up with represents that. Look for t-shirts, posters and videos in the next couple months.
Another great human in Seattle is out on tour supporting a new record--Telekinesis aka Michael Lerner. Michael and I share the same affinity for mid-century design so I wanted to come up with one pin design that represented that. The color scheme of the hyphen sign pin was inspired by some 1960s Disneyland advertising. The glasses are little replicas of the ones he wears himself.
Hey I made it onto TV! This month I was featured on Seattle Refined, weekday show on channel 4 KOMO. The show highlighted Porchlight as well as all the enamel pins that I've designed for businesses, bands and other organizations. The show also had me design and deliver pins specifically for the show. You can still see the whole episode and read about it here.
To celebrate the fact that Porchlight has been up and running for a decade, I've been designing material to remind folks all year long: window decals, posters, quotes from customers etc. Here are a few examples so far.
Lastly, here are some of my favorite photos from the month.

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LynnNYC, the thing about The Zuni Cafe Cookbook is that you really can't get a sense of it by flipping through it. When I first started work at Petersham Nurseries Cafe in London, Skye Gyngell plonked this book in front of me and said, Read it, from cover to cover. Don't skip a thing. She will tell you how to cook. And honestly, Skye's right.
I learnt so much when I first read this book it was overwhelming. Reading it is just the first task. Slowly, as the seasons cycle round and the ways I can apply and explore Judy Rogers' ideas have opened up, I return to it again and again, and find something new. Yes, little gems are buried everywhere in it. You really don't have to look to find them, you just need to return and return and return. I hope you do.
For a couple of years, I just admired and read through this beautiful, dense cookbook. I was a little afraid of disappointing Judy by attempting to cook out the book. Her tone and instructions are so concise and revelatory, I didn't want to mess up!
After going to Zuni for the first time for my 28th Birthday dinner and having one of the best meals I've ever eaten, I decided to start cooking out of it. Judy's recipe for polenta changed my life, as did recipe for tart dough and the Best Roast Chicken Method ever.
I'm writing out my thoughts rather tentatively, because I'm still so very much on the surface of this cookbook. I take to heart what thegoodsoup says about not skipping a thing, because I'll learn how to cook. I’ve heard that reading certain passages of the hefty introduction is like being in culinary school, and I’ve already learned quite a bit about seasoning, tasting and adjusting. She also recommends spending an extended amount of time with one recipe or one ingredient, so as to become well acquainted with its variations. So yes, I'm learning things, but there's still so much more. I will say that while reading along, I've learned that I'm a cut-to-the-chase kind of person. Some of the minutiae in the book I could very well do without, and would probably feel much less anxious. As the mother of a toddler and an infant, I have no intention of warming up any platter on which anything will be served! But still, I've loved this experience and intend to keep my library copy around for while.
Judy Rodgers teaches you to be a more intuitive, more natural, more effortless cook. Basically, a better cook. She tells you engage all five senses when cooking. This book emphasizes the importance of observing the ingredients at the market. Befriend the farmer, the butcher, the baker. Note how a perfect apple looks, smells, feels, how heavy it is, its color, its shape.
The most crucial lesson? Taste, taste, taste your food. Taste as much as possible (obviously we can't taste the seasoning on raw meat, although my grandmother would disagree). Taste often, after every major step, after every time you add seasoning. Before reading this book I would spend hours cooking something only to have to throw it away because it was inedible. How many times I could have transformed an insipid meal into an extraordinary one by tasting more.
Strangely, there's no recipe for bread even though many recipes, including the famed Bread Salad, call for a specific type of bread. However, David Tanis has a bread recipe that fits in one of his books.
Me three! I agree. It is a lovely gift book.
A few of my favorite recipes are for the Cornmeal Biscotti, Orange-Currant Scones and the Fruit Crostatas.
I bought this book, having read enthusiastic reports from cooks I admire. I love the way the book is written and agree with the comment that reading it from cover to cover reveals such a wealth of knowledge, so generously given.
I recently plucked up the courage to cook chicken the Zuni way, and now it is our favourite way to cook a small bird for Sunday lunch! So simple (although I think the recipe makes it look very complicated - which is why I only just got round to actually trying it!)
I'm so pleased to have come across this book.
I really like this cookbook. Although it doesn't have many photographs, it is rich with images and simple in language. The Arugula Salad with Raw Sweet Corn and Sweet 100 Tomatoes is refreshing, and the Arugula Salad with Cucumbers, Radishes, Cracker Bread, Feta, and Mint contains a complimentary combination of tastes and textures. I've also prepared the Butter Lettuce with Oranges, Avocado, and Shallot Vinaigrette -- good as well.
I'll be sitting this one out, but I was looking to see if I could find any of the recipes online, and I found this forum thread that contains several links to some of the book's recipes online in case you're like me and not interested enough to seek out the actual book... http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/355994 I make no claims as to whether the links actually work or whether the recipes were posted with permission, just thought I'm probably not the only one looking for links and wanted to share!
I agree with Heidi -- a wonderful book to give as a gift, but give it to yourself first! I especially like the vegetable recipes and the simple recipes for various pickled preserves: red onions, zucchini, etc. The range of recipes is very diverse.
To be fair, I don't own this book.
I made a tart crust a few weeks ago experimenting with a crust recipe from an on line site which referenced this book as her inspiration for the crust. The crust product was presented with such enthusiasm and explanation I decided to try it.
The crust in the Zuni book is essentially the recipe I used and it is awesom (as desscribed by lisap). I made fig tarts and apple tarts and they were the best ever. This crust has become my new crust first choice.
However, for me, the book was a disappointment. I consider myself an excellent reader of recipes. But this pastry recipe is burried in this book, I never would have tried it and it would have been a big miss. The recipe's significant benefits are not described. I have a perfectly satisfactory tart crust recipe that is easier, so why would I have tried it?
There may indeed be more gems burried in this book, but even with this new found sensitivity to the nature of recipe presentation in this book, my perusal at the book store did not reveal any recipes that made me want to purchase the book. I may need to revisit this decision as least with respect to corn polenta based on lisap's recommendation.
Presentation does not mean only pictures it means letting the reader know something special about the recipe--especially for basics like pastry crust and polenta.


Planners for the DCCC merger into FHSU say there wouldn't be enough time to hold a public vote on the issue before the Kansas Board of Regents needs to set its budget requests.
If the plan for Dodge City Community College to become a Fort Hays State University campus is to be included in university budget requests this year, Ford County voters will also have no direct say in the issue.
Kansas Board of Regents member Shane Bangerter, a Dodge City resident, said he wrestled with the issue, but the consensus among planners was that the DCCC Board of Trustees was elected to represent the interests of its constituency.
Channels for public concern, criticism, support or ideas exist through the trustees and through the public and private agencies being consulted on the decision, Bangerter said, including the school district, city and county governments, the Ford County and Dodge City Development Corporation and the Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce.
"I think the community will have a very broad opportunity to communicate with their representatives... and could certainly make their voices heard through those channels," Bangerter said. "Obviously you can't have a vote in the next few months."
"If this is not something the community wants, if we don't want this $50 million opportunity, someone else will take it up," he added.
Bangerter spoke of the merging plan at the Board of Regents April meeting last week. Response was positive, according to the Board of Regents communications staff relaying information through the official Twitter feed.
"It's important for these kinds of decisions to be driven locally," Chairman Fred Logan reportedly said.
Bangerter followed up by confirming that the DCCC Board of Trustees had voted unanimously for the proposal.
DCCC Trustee Jeremy Presley said it would be impossible to set an all-county election within the coming months and even if they could, he said the board was better equipped to make the decision than the voters, as they might not understand the issues.
Under the DCCC and FHSU agreement, Ford County taxpayers would continue to pay a mill levy to the DCCC taxing entity, though the property tax could be reduced from its current level of 32.310 mills per thousand dollars of property value. If the planners have estimated a tax reduction, they have not said it publicly.
Ownership of the campus will remain with the DCCC taxing entity. Academic and administrative functions would be handled by FHSU.
DCCC would also be responsible for expanding the campus, aside from the $10 million sought from the state to build the technical institute.
To meet the housing need for the influx of students, Rep. Bud Estes said it would be unlikely the school would need to fund the construction. Property developer Tim Volz of Volz Builders said he would be eager to build apartments for the guaranteed clientele. Another prominent Dodge City property developer, Ric Marboeuf of MR Builder, has also attended public meetings regarding the merger.
As a result of the non-voting session on Saturday, DCCC Board Chairman Merrill Conant said the trustees will set up workgroups with various stakeholder groups to hammer out the details largely lacking from the 5-page framework approved by the board last month.
"If we don't talk, if we don't discuss, we're all going to be at loggerheads," Conant said.
Absent an organized response from non-affiliated Ford County residents, the college faculty and members of the administrative staff have become the most present group applying criticism to the process, which weeks ago was described by proponents as a matter of years, not months.
The instructors have questioned the mix of speculated enrollment numbers thrown out by proponents and whether it is accurate to call the proposal a plan for a four-year school in Dodge City. The proposal mostly focuses on the technical institute, likely consisting of two-year degrees. According to statements made by Bangerter and FHSU President Ed Hammond, four-year programs at the upper division college would be based on demand.
The faculty has also taken criticism for concerns over their jobs and potential loss of contractual protections, including due process rights, previously negotiated by its bargaining unit.
"I need people in the community to know they are asking the faculty to take a significant leap of faith," faculty member Marg Yaroslaski said, noting the absence of hard numbers and with a deadline looming.
Officials with public and private agencies have been publicly bullish on the idea. Both Dodge City Commissioner Kent Smoll and Ford County Chairman Chris Boys have voiced their approval for the plan. Boys has also floated ideas about the city and county unloading downtown property to the new venture to bring college students to the city center.
Joann Knight, the director of the quasi-public development corporation, said potential business investors have passed on Dodge City in the past due to a lack of four-year college and four-lane highway.
Likewise, Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce President Dan Schenkein sees the plan and the speculated injection of college-age residents to the area as a way for retailers to find a workforce in low-unemployment Dodge City.


Moscow, July 29 – AIF-Moscow.
United States President Donald Trump intends to change the head of the National Intelligence United States Dan Coats, according to the publication Axios.
What are the chances for Donald Trump to remain a president for a second term?
It is expected that in place of Coates, the American leader intends to propose the candidacy of Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe, who has no experience in intelligence services.
It is known that Coates displeased Trump when he criticized his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview on NBC. Earlier, the head of the US National Intelligence also stated that North Korea would not give up its nuclear program, which is contrary to the line of the American president.
Earlier, Trump also stated that he considers the office of the Director of National Intelligence as an extra bureaucratic layer.
According to the publication, at the time Ratcliffe was among the candidates for the post of Prosecutor General, but later Trump opted for William Barre.
Note that earlier Daniel Coates also said that Russia is coping with the sanctions imposed against it.


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On Friday afternoon, the EFN 50 show took place from St. Petersburg, Russia and aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
In the main event of the evening (video highlights here), MMA legend and former longtime PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko fought in an epic, memorable battle with former UFC contender Fabio Maldonado.
The opening round of the Fedor-Maldonado bout was one for the ages, as Fedor brought the onslaught from the opening bell, only to quickly find himself nearly being stopped by Maldonado. Fedor was dropped and rocked multiple times standing in the round, and took a ton of punishment from Maldonado on the ground as well. Fedor was bleeding profusely, but survived and managed to get out of the first round, which Maldonado won huge.
Things didn’t calm down any in the second round, as both guys were tired, but managed to have another very eventful round. Fedor attempted a flying knee early in the round, which was quite the sight, before connecting and hurting Maldonado with a number of big shots. Things got a lot more competitive in the second half of the round, however.
Finally, what will likely end up being a candidate for Fight of the Year in 2016, Fedor and Maldonado reached the third and final round. Both guys were tired and their faces were a complete mess as a result of the big shots each landed in the first two rounds.
Throughout the majority of the final round, it was Fedor blasting away at Maldonado, seemingly trying to finish the fight to ensure a victory after the hellacious first round he endured. Once again, however, there were several moments where Maldonado landed big shots on Fedor as well. While the fight may not have had a finish, you certainly can’t say both guys didn’t try their hardest to get one.
In the end, it came down to the judges scorecards and despite what most would score as a pretty clear-cut 10-8 first round in favor of Maldonado, apparently the judges felt different. The scores came in 28-28, 29-28 and 29-28 in favor of Fedor, giving the MMA legend the victory over Maldonado by Majority Decision.
Below are quick-match results of the entire EFN 50 event:
EFN 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado Results
– Fedor Emelianenko def. Fabio Maldonado via majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Vitaly Minakov def. Peter Graham submission (armbar) in RD 1
– Kirill Sidelnikov def. Ruben Wolf via decision
– Akhmet Aliev def. Matej Truhan via decision
– Anatoly Tokov def. Vladimir Filipovic via decision
– Sergey Pavlovich def. Chaban Ka via TKO (strikes) in R1
– Vadim Nemkov def. Mikolaj Rozanski via TKO (strikes) in R1
– Rasul Mirzaev def. Dioginis Souza via TKO (strikes) in R1
– Abdulsupyan Alikhanov def. Artem Shokalo via decision
– Georgy Kichigin def. Vladimir Tyurin via submission (armbar) in R1
– Jack McGann def. Abdula Dadaev via TKO (strikes) in R1
– Alexander Dankov def. Dmitriy Maryukhin via TKO (strikes) in R1
– Valentin Moldavsky def. Daniel Doerrer via submission (guillotine) in R1
– Vasiliy Zubkov def. Sergey Tovkan via submission (triangle)
– Marina Mokhnatkina def. Ekaterina Torbeeva via submission (armbar) (R1, 0:25)
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