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Catholic Daily Readings 14 September 2022 || Wednesday Mass Reading
Catholic Daily Readings 14 September 2022 || Wednesday Mass Reading || Twenty-Fourth Wednesday in Ordinary Time
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Catholic Daily Readings 14 September 2022 | Reading 1
4 They left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt round Edom. On the way the people lost patience.
5 They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is neither food nor water here; we are sick of this meagre diet.’
6 At this, God sent fiery serpents among the people; their bite brought death to many in Israel.
7 The people came and said to Moses, ‘We have sinned by speaking against Yahweh and against you. Intercede for us with Yahweh to save us from these serpents.’ Moses interceded for the people,
8 and Yahweh replied, ‘Make a fiery serpent and raise it as a standard. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will survive.’
9 Moses then made a serpent out of bronze and raised it as a standard, and anyone who was bitten by a serpent and looked at the bronze serpent survived.
Catholic Daily Readings 14 September 2022 | Responsorial Psalm,
Psalms 78:1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38
1 [Psalm Of Asaph] My people, listen to my teaching, pay attention to what I say.
2 I will speak to you in poetry, unfold the mysteries of the past.
34 Whenever he slaughtered them, they began to seek him, they turned back and looked eagerly for him,
35 recalling that God was their rock, God the Most High, their redeemer.
36 They tried to hoodwink him with their mouths, their tongues were deceitful towards him;
37 their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 But in his compassion he forgave their guilt instead of killing them, time and again repressing his anger instead of rousing his full wrath,
Catholic Daily Readings 14 September 2022 | Gospel,
13 No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man;
14 as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up
15 so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.
16 For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.
Catholic Daily Readings 14 September 2022 | Reading 2,
6 Who, being in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped.
7 But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are; and being in every way like a human being,
8 he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross.
9 And for this God raised him high, and gave him the name which is above all other names;
10 so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus
11 and that every tongue should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts: Detroit, MI, 1928. Hardcover. Good. Item #21-7258
Photos, 11 x 8.5", cloth backed gilt-dec boards, 10pp of text (by "S.W.") + 44 plates printed on rectos only, covers a bit extremity-worn/bumped, ink signature of former owner and later bold ink inscription from former owners, eps toned, pp waterstained in lower margin (!). SWAF.

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A slot is a narrow notch or groove, as in a keyway in a piece of machinery or a slit for a coin in a vending machine. It can also refer to a position in a group, series, or sequence of events. In sports, a slot refers to a wide receiver who lines up between and slightly behind the outside wide receivers, but in front of the linebackers. This is an important position because it allows the offense to attack all three levels of the defense.
A Slot receiver must have excellent route running skills and an advanced ability to read the field and anticipate which defenders are where. They must also be able to block effectively, which requires a lot of practice and attention to detail. Because of their position on the field, Slot receivers are at a greater risk for injury than other players. However, if they are able to get on the same page as the quarterback and run the correct routes at the right time, they can make huge plays for their team.
To play a slot machine, you insert cash or, in “ticket-in, ticket-out” machines, a paper ticket with a barcode. Then you activate the machine by pressing a button or lever (either physical or on a touchscreen), which spins and stops the reels to arrange symbols. When a winning combination is triggered, you earn credits based on the paytable. Most slots have a theme, and the symbols vary from game to game. Some have traditional icons like fruits, bells, and stylized lucky sevens. Others have more elaborate graphics and bonus features.
Psychologists have found that people who play video slot machines reach a debilitating level of addiction much more rapidly than those who play other types of gambling games. This is because of the interaction between the player and the slot machine, as well as the psychological, social, and emotional factors that affect any individual. Many of these factors are exacerbated by myths about how slot machines work.
The majority of people who seek treatment for gambling disorder report playing slots as the main problem. These myths exacerbate the risks of addiction by causing players to believe that they can manipulate the odds by choosing a machine with better payout percentages. In reality, there is no such thing as a loose or tight slot machine; it is random chance that determines whether a machine will pay out or not. Other factors that can influence your chances of winning include the rate at which you push the buttons, the time between bets, and your overall mental state.
To maximize your chances of winning at a slot machine, be sure to check out the rules and information for each game before you start playing. Often times, the game’s payout percentage will be posted on the rules or information page, and it may also be listed as a list on the website for the casino or the developer of the slot. You can also try searching for the game name on Google with the terms “payout percentage” or “return to player” to find this information more easily.

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African American Poetry (1870-1927): A Digital AnthologyMain MenuFull Text Collection: Books Published by African American Poets, 1870-1927Author Pages: Bios and Full Text CollectionsAreas of Interest: Topics and ThemesThe Beginnings of the Harlem Renaissance: Overview and Timeline of Key EventsBlack Poetry Before the Harlem Renaissance: Overview and TimelinePeriodicals: African American Poetry Published in MagazinesAfrican American Poetry: Anthologies of the 1920sExploring Datasets related to African American poetryAbout This Site: Origins and a Mission StatementFurther Reading / Works CitedAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
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Yarmuth: Democrats might not have viable US Senate candidate
One of Kentucky's top elected Democrats said Monday he is concerned the struggling party will not be able to field a viable candidate to challenge U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in November.
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville said he has been working with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to recruit potential candidates. He said some viable candidates are thinking about running for the seat but would not say they were likely to run. He said Democrats would have to nominate someone who is already well known to voters and has the ability to raise lots of money.
Former Democratic state Auditor Adam Edelen was the most likely Democrat to challenge Paul. But Edelen lost his re-election campaign to Republican Mike Harmon in November.
The filing deadline is Jan. 26.

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Mormon Polygamy: A History
Signature Books, 1986 - 307 Seiten
An informative outline of the secret origins of Mormon polygamy, the peculiarities of the early practice, "unofficial" polygamous marriages at the turn-of-the-century and present-day fundamentalist Mormon groups which still practice polygamy.
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A Guide to Historic Features at Waterford Castle
Historic Features at Waterford Castle
The Fitzgerald Coat of ArmsFound above the fireplace in the Great Hall, the Fitzgerald Coat of Arms Crest reveals the story of the Norman family who became almost more Irish than the Irish themselves. The quarterly shield forms the centrepiece of the Crest. Crossed lines combine to form the St. Julian Cross. On the top left quarter and right bottom quarter of the shield are quarter crescent moons with a star in the centre. The top right and bottom left quarters of the shield is decorated with several boar heads which are a symbol of hospitality. The two angels holding the shield are protectors and guardians of the family and their helmets symbolise nobility. To the top right of the Crest, a hand holds a sword piercing a boar's head symbolising the family's graciousness and generosity in victory. The inscription at the top of the Arms 'Crom A Boo' is the family's war cry, translating as 'Dissolve Forever'. This motto refers to the family's old Norman allegiance to England and is a public declaration of their loyalty to their English heritage.
The monkey, which is an unusual symbol of Irish heraldry, is shown carrying a crescent moon and star. The crescent moon symbolises the second son and the star represents the third son. A family story revealed to successive generations explains the unique inclusion of the monkey on the Arms: Many centuries ago, the heir of the family died. His second son (symbolised by the crescent moon) acquired the title. His first two sons die, leaving the infant third son (symbolised by the star) as the only surviving heir. While the infant child was asleep upstairs, fire ravaged the home. Sensing danger the family's pet monkey made his way along the parapet and brought the infant to safety.
The Fitzgerald's preserved and paid homage to this unique story by planting a Monkey Puzzle Tree which has survived to this day and can be found standing majestically in the front of the Castle.
AntiquitiesThe castle's antiquities are an ornate and exquisitely beautiful representation of The Island's history. The Great Hall is decorated with Elizabethan Oak panelling, Portland Stone Walls, graceful arches and striking 16th century plastered ceiling. Also hanging in the Great Hall are the Aubusson Louis Seize style wool tapestries which originally adorned the Castle. One depicting an 18th century hunting party, the other depicting a christening party assembled outside a castle in 16th century costume. They were both lost at one time however relocated and returned to the Castle by Mr Kearns in 1988.
A Victorian Rococo carved giltwood over-mantle mirror hangs above the fireplace in the Fitzgerald Room. The Bar is a Victorian Louis Quinze in carved walnut, decorated with figural and animal panels, flower leaf scrolls, moulding and beading; A pair of distinguished 19th century English School oil paintings of racehorses with jockets at full pace also decorate the lounge along with portraits and photographs of the Fitzgerald family.
The Munster Room is exquisitely decorated with ceiling-high oak panelling, a carved oak mantelpiece and fine plastered ceiling. It also contains striking paintings, one of which is the portrait of 'An Architect' with his assistant at a table painted by J. Barry.
Beautiful antique furniture can be seen throughout the Castle; a carved oak settee and chairs decorated with eagles and swan heads; a pair of Victorian Jacobean style oak cabinets with upper cupboards enclosed by colour leaded glass and a pair of George III style carved mahogany cabinets. The cabinets are decorated with carved floral festoons and rosettes, which embellish the doors and yellow vein, inlaid marble tops with gothic markings; a George III style long case clock gently marks the passing of time. This handcrafted antique was made in Waterford and has a field panel door and brass dial.


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Baseball Training Aids Can Be Costly
By Guest Author: Joseph Harrison Jr
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The baseball training aids involved in teaching young players should always be the most experienced and qualified individuals found and not just people who are willing to volunteer. The league should teach the coaches as much as instruct the players to make the game of baseball enjoyable for everyone involved.
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I pointed out in my 23 January 2021 blog post Temporary Covid Measures – Planning, Traffic, Local Government: There May Be Trouble Ahead that after 6 May 2021 local authorities may not be able to hold virtual meetings given the expiry on that date of the temporary freedom provided by Regulation 5 of the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 , pursuant to section 78 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.
Let’s be clear – the Government has had ample time to bring forward emergency primary legislation to extend that regime if it considered that the issue was sufficiently important. But it doesn’t.
Instead, even in the face of litigation from local government bodies which is heading to a High Court hearing next month, MHCLG minister Luke Hall wrote to local authority leaders on 25 March 2021 to confirm that the power will not be extended.
The suggestions in the letter appear to be somewhat of a sticking plaster, compared to the proven solution of allowing meetings to be remotely conducted; appear to be pushing at the bounds of what is advised to be prudent in the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown, and leave us all without any Plan B.
To be clear, what we are talking about is not whether meetings should be able to be watched online – the letter encourages that in any event “to minimise the need for the public to attend meetings physically until at least 21 June, at which point it is anticipated that all restrictions on indoor gatherings will have been lifted in line with the Roadmap”.
Rather, the issue is whether participants in the meeting, whether councillors or other parties, need to be in physical attendance in order for the meeting to be lawfully conducted.
Meetings between 7 May until 17 May (or later)
If we go by the roadmap, when 7 May comes life will still be relatively restricted even assuming that by then we will have moved to step 2 of the roadmap. Whilst public buildings will be open again, people will still not be able to gather in groups, and wherever possible people will still be advised to work from home. Further opening up via step 3 will not be until 17 May or later.
The letter advises that during this period “options would include use of your existing powers to delegate decision making to key individuals such as the Head of Paid Service, as these could be used these to minimise the number of meetings you need to hold if deemed necessary. Additionally, some of you will be able to rely on single member decision making without the need for cabinet meetings if your constitution allows.”
As for annual meetings, for authorities without elections on 6 May, the letter suggests that these be brought forward to be held before 6 May (so they can still be held remotely). Otherwise, given the need to hold the meeting within 21 days of the election, the meeting can (just about) be held after 17 May (assuming that date doesn’t slip).
What does this mean for planning committee meetings? Well, even for authorities without elections, meetings between 7 and 17 May would now appear unlikely. For authorities with elections the process of selecting committee meetings at the annual meeting is going to be elongated, with committees not formed until after 17 May.
Meetings from 17 May (or later) to 21 June (or later)
The letter states:
“The Government’s roadmap proposes that organised indoor meetings (e.g. performances, conferences) are permitted from 17 May, subject to Covid secure guidelines and capacity rules.”
A few problems with this…
⁃ The roadmap actually says “no earlier than” 17 May. If we’ve learned anything from this pandemic it is that covid doesn’t respect deadlines!
⁃ What about individual councillors and other participants who may not by then have been vaccinated and therefore reluctant to attend in person (after all, the guidance as to working from home will apparently not be reviewed until some time during this step 3) or indeed may be shielding?
There is a real risk that authorities will be reluctant during this period to hold potentially controversial meetings which may attract significant numbers of members of the public. Indeed many authority buildings do not lend themselves well to such events on a socially distanced basis.
From the Local Government Association’s statement (25 March 2021):
“Councils are already actively considering the options the minister has suggested, including looking at alternative larger meeting venues at significant extra cost. The proposal to delegate significant decisions to officers is likely to be viewed as undermining democratic accountability due to the fact that such decisions are not subject to direct member involvement. Given the circumstances authorities find themselves in due to the imminent loss of virtual meeting provision, they now face unpalatable decisions, which include restricting member attendance and a reduction in members roles in decision making, whilst attempting to keep the machinery of local government moving. LLG & ADSO remain fully committed to presenting our case at the High Court Hearing timetabled to be heard before the end of April 2021.”
See also the Lawyers in Local Government’s statement The letter to Council Leaders from Luke Hall MP received yesterday (25th March 2021) does not change the need for our court hearing, in fact if anything, it makes the need for it more pressing (26 March 2021).
More generally, why let go of the flexibility that the current legal regime gives to local authorities, not just for public health reasons (although this is important, it would be foolhardy to think that from 21 June there will be no further outbreaks or no longer any need for caution) but equally for reasons of efficiency and inclusion?
The Government recognises the potential case for virtual meetings but instead kicks the can down the road by “launching a call for evidence on the use of current arrangements and to gather views on the question of whether there should be permanent arrangements and if so, for which meetings. There are many issues to consider and opinions on the detailed questions vary considerably. This will establish a clearer evidence base of opinion and enable all the areas to be considered before further decisions are made. The Government will consider all responses carefully before deciding to how to proceed on this issue.”
Don’t hold your breath then.
Simon Ricketts, 26 March 2021
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Honors Show 2013
- March 25 - April 3
- Ford Gallery
- Reception: Wed, April 3, 4 - 7pm
Each year the Art Department awards over $30,000 in various scholarships to students on both a need and merit basis. An annual event, the Honors Exhibition gives these talented students an opportunity to show their work and to thank their generous patrons.


Akeem Saka Wopa, The Coordinator of National Agenda for grater Asiwaju (NAGA), Kwara State Chapter has congratulated Mall. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq over his victory at the just concluded governorship election.
Wopa in a statement obtained by SHO PEN ONLINE on Tuesday described Abdulrazaq as a silent achiever and a man who mean well for the people of Kwara.
He stated that his great achievements in the last three years earned him second term.
“During his first term, he was able to touch all sectors with one project or another.
“I appreciate him and wish that his second coming be better than the first term.” The Statement concluded.


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The Washington Fraternal Order of Police (WAFOP) issued the following statement strongly supporting today’s Washington State Supreme Court decision regarding the petition to recall Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher. In a unanimous opinion, the Court summarized its decision that all eight charges in the recall petition are legally and factually sufficient and may proceed to be put before the voters.
“As dedicated law enforcement officers, we are never happy to see one of our own accused of misdeeds. But the public demands and deserves all police officers be accountable to the laws they are sworn to uphold. This is especially true for those who are selected to lead local law enforcement forces,” said WAFOP president Marco Monteblanco. “When a sheriff allegedly engages in unlawful conduct and subsequently loses the respect and support of the officers he is supposed to lead, it creates a negative situation that threatens the safety of the people we are sworn to protect and serve.
“Today’s Supreme Court opinion is an important step in the due process for holding elected officials accountable under state law. The recall effort moving forward ensures that the public will have the opportunity to carefully consider the charges against Sheriff Hatcher and decide whether they want him to continue serving them as their sheriff."
He added, “Washington Fraternal Order of Police members are committed to strengthening the bond between peace offices and their communities through integrity, transparency, and accountability.”


In this edition:
- Symposium Resources now online
- Millennium Kids goes global
- Director’s international report
- Tree Cities of the World, are you eligible
- SA Parliamentary Inquiry into the Urban Forest
- Plus more…
Message from our Chair, Lyndal Plant
The term urban forestry wasn’t heard much in Australia when Treenet was founded in 1997. Arborist was used occasionally but the value of specialist knowledge and skills of urban foresters and arborists are still poorly understood by the general community. These disciplines have developed and progressed much in recent decades, both nationally and internationally. This month Treenet Director Tim Johnson participated in two international events to further advance the science of urban trees and forest management and its application to benefit communities worldwide; the Fifth Landscape Below Ground Conference in Chicago, and World Forum on Urban Forests in Washington DC.
Treenet and our supporters continue to contribute to relevant research and showcase applications of urban forestry practices on an ongoing basis. We work to progress research and education, the development and review of Australian standards, inform inquiries and legislative and regulatory reviews, support plan and strategy development, and advocate for community benefit through urban forestry and related disciplines. Some recent actions are summarised in this October Treenet News. Enjoy this edition and please forward it to friends and colleagues across your networks.


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Several months ago I bought a PPC-6700 dummy phone and sent it
to Vaja so they could create a case. Today, I received two of their
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I am not sure how Vaja manages to take an idea as simple as a
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…and turn it into a work of wearable art.
But once again they have done it.
A full review will be up in the coming month…


Russell Westbrook and the LA Lakers’ struggles had been addressed by analyst Stephen A. Smith on Tuesday.
In a video posted to ESPN’s YouTube channel, Smith talked about how a lot Westbrook deserves the blame for his workforce’s struggles.
“I imagine in Russell Westbrook, I simply assume he wants to just accept the truth that he can’t actually shoot. Assault the basket with vigor. They will’t cease you. Make them cope with you! Don’t capitulate to what they are saying you possibly can’t do and attempt to show ’em flawed.”
Stephen A. Smith on Russell Westbrook’s blame for Lakers woes
Russell Westbrook and the woes in Los Angeles
Russell Westbrook has been averaging 18.6 factors per sport, whereas taking pictures 43.7% total and solely 29.6% from 3-point vary. With such a distinction in his accuracy, one can agree with Stephen A. Smith, as Westbrook is clearly extra comfy nearer to the rim than he’s taking pictures the ball.
Recognized for his fast and aggressive basketball, Westbrook must get again to specializing in these areas. He excels when driving with pace and confidence. Most of the time, when he assaults the rim, he attracts a double or triple workforce. If the Lakers begin working with the open man on performs like that, they need to begin to do higher, stops taking pictures and “makes them deal wit (him).”
When requested in regards to the Lakers’ chance for a playoff run, fellow ESPN analyst Keyshawn Jordan mentioned:
“Watching Golden State, and watching Phoenix, until we get our stuff collectively, they gon’ be watching it with me.”
On the Lakers’ playoff possibilities, Smith mentioned:
“LeBron offers anyone a shot. The issue is LeBron has proven up by himself.”
The Lakers (23-24), who play the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, are eighth within the Western Convention.
LeBron James is averaging 29.0 factors, 7.7 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per sport this season. James can also be averaging a career-high 2.8 t3-pointers per sport, taking pictures at a 35.5% accuracy from deep. James is at the moment on a 17-game streak of scoring 25 factors or extra.
Can the Lakers return to the highest?
Anthony Davis is prone to return from his MCL sprain on Tuesday towards the Brooklyn Nets. He has been out for over a month rehabbing the harm, however he averaged 23.3 factors, 9.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and a pair of.0 blocks in 27 video games.
With Davis returning and James on a sizzling streak, if Westbrook can concentrate on his particular expertise somewhat than making an attempt to silence a story from his followers, the Lakers could have an opportunity.
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When Smith mentioned Westbrook may be an excessive amount of in his personal head after listening to a lot about his taking pictures woes. As a substitute of overcompensating within the space wherein he’s being scolded, it could profit the Lakers for Westbrook to concentrate on what he’s good at.


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- Fixed control bug allowing the balloon to maintain an exact altitude without fuel consumption when leaving a slippery surface.
- The Crystal Ball now correctly displays the location of treasure hidden inside other objects and some platforms which were previously not shown.
- The visible map is now centered in the Crystal Ball's display.
- The Crystal Ball now gradually loses detail with each use, and partially recharges at the end of each Act.
- Removed thermals above lava in the Fire Ocean Zone.
- Modified placement of NPCs in rescue missions.
- The "Sprinter" trait can now not be used when followed by an NPC on foot.
- Minor RSF expansions.
And a full changelog can be read here: www.rjbsoftware.uk/afterlife3/history
Have fun, and please do feel as welcome as always to post below with any further bug reports, comments, thoughts, questions or suggestions.


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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY (CAL FIRE) TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FOR THE TERM OF JULY 1, 2009 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2012, FOR A TOTAL COUNTY’S FISCAL OBLIGATION OF $21,900,000
RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that
WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance an Agreement with the California Department of Forestry (CAL FIRE), whereby CAL FIRE will continue to provide fire protection services for the County; and
WHEREAS, the County’s maximum fiscal obligation under the Agreement is an amount not to exceed $21,900,000 for the term of July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012, which includes an amount of $7,279,678 for services performed in anticipation of this Agreement for FY 09/10; and
WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of said Agreement and said Board has examined and approved same as to both form and content and desires to enter into same.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the President of the Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement for and on the behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest to the President’s signature thereto.
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Sweden = suicide.
I accepted it as true. Hell, I wanted it to be true! What dramatic possibilities! An entire country of tragic civil servants, riding bikes, shunning bras, and courting death. Wah ha ha ha ha!
Only one problem: it's not true. I would have thought that with the advent of the Internet and smart phones that the kids today wouldn't keep passing along the same old misinformation. But, we're only human and as us humans know, old habits die hard.
And for the Goth teen in you, the rankings are Greenland 1 while the US is 34 and Sweden is 35. Naturally, I think the misinformation is probably distributed by Swedes themselves so you won't come to their country where they're toiling night and day, plotting to take over the world!
Here's another - in a conversation about livable cities, I said I thought Seattle or Portland would be nice places to build a life as they're liberal leaning, not so dependent on cars, are neither too big nor too small, etc. The person, who has spent a great deal of life living in a city he can't afford, shut it down with, "A lot of rain."
Seattle = rain.
That's the word on the street. But like the suicide rates of Sweden, it's not true. Turns out Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami, New York, Boston, Akron, and Savannah all have more rain than Seattle. Sadly, this person could probably live a better life elsewhere if only he were open to the possibility of living a better life elsewhere. But there's always a belief, a theory, an excuse.
All this got me thinking thinking about all the times I've let half truths and hearsay make decisions for me. The times when I've believed in a person or place or "fact" without anything more than repetition to back it up.
The saying is "Ignorance is bliss" but really ignorance is ignorance.

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Kids are exposed to a barrage of images every day. And experts say the message to young girls is especially clear.
"External beauty is very important, and I think these little girls are picking up on that and saying ‘if I don't have those things, I don't have anything,'" says Carrie Tucker, a clinical social worker.
She says this notion has set the stage for a disturbing trend.
Girls have been posting videos of themselves on YouTube and asking users if they would rate them as pretty or ugly. Generally referred to as an "Am I Pretty" video, the comments anonymous people make to these unsuspecting girls can be brutal.
"I think the dangers of doing this at their age is that their core sense of themselves is still developing, and so it can affect who they develop into. It can affect who they choose to be in personal relationships with. It can make people more vulnerable to things like abuse," says Tucker.
After watching some of the videos, LSU Registered Dietician Vanessa Richard said she could see how negative feedback may trigger self-destructive behaviors in kids who may already be unhappy with their appearance.
"Each semester, we probably have between 15 and 25 students that we're treating with eating disorder and body image issues," Richard notes. "It's something that develops from a young age, from middle school through college."
Then there's the issue of sexual predators. Parents we spoke with were horrified to learn kids are asking random people on the internet to comment on their looks.
And the hits -- the responses these girls are getting from strangers --can be outrageously high. Even in the millions.
Kissi Doucet is a mom. She said, "I'm actually shocked, because I didn't realize that these videos were taking place. I think it's horrible.
That just floors me that kids would worry about outsiders, and post it up there for anybody to comment."
Cheryl Cochran's daughter agrees.
"It doesn't really matter what other people think, it should just be what they think about themselves, and how they feel," she said.
But there are times when good parenting or even strict Internet guidelines are not enough to keep a child from trying something a lot of other kids are doing.
For potentially harmful online trends like "Am I Pretty," Carrie Tucker recommends parents have a very specific conversation with their children.
"Say, ‘Hey, I want you know that this is out there. This is what these girls have done and these are some dangers of doing this. It might not just be your friends at school, or the people at school who are commenting on these things,'" she suggests. "It might be completely random strangers who do not have your best interests at heart, who do not care about you."
In a world where looks are made to seem so important, there's nothing a parent can do to guarantee their kids won't make a video.
But experts do say maintaining an open line of communication and doling out generous amounts of positive reinforcement for their appearance can help --- especially for younger girls.
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Painting oil landscapes in and around New England and a few drawings and still lifes as well
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"Prepare a Table"
From a series based on Psalm 23… "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies." This is a colorful piece meant to symbolize plenty. I really enjoyed using the reds in this one. Thanks for visiting!


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Serena Williams' Fitness Coach Defends Her After Controversial US Open Outburst
13 September, 2018, 02:30 | Author: Anita Tucker
Williams' behaviour divided the tennis world after she called the chair umpire a "liar" and a "thief" and said he treated her differently than male players during her loss to Naomi Osaka of Japan.
And Ramos has defended his actions by insisting that he can not ignore certain rules during matches.
The Herald Sun, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp nws , provoked outrage Tuesday with a cartoon of Williams at the U.S. Open because it portrayed Williams in a style that evoked the 19th-century 'sambo' style of depicting African Americans.
The first Japanese player to win a grand slam admitted she was "a little bit sad" her US Open triumph ended in boos after Serena was embroiled in a controversial row with the umpire. He accepted the charge later but added that he didn't think Williams looked at her. On Monday, the Women's Tennis Association came out in support of Williams, with chief executive Steve Simon suggesting the umpire showed a different level of tolerance to Williams because she is a woman.
There were fewer issued to women - 43. The ITF said that Ramos had been "in accordance with the relevant rules " and "acted at all times with professionalism and integrity".
Ariana Grande tried to help Mac Miller get sober Whether he was an addict or not, Shane explained, she was more than willing to go to hell and back to defend him. "I saw that. There's a ton of people that were always involved in trying to help Mac get better. "She was a f***ing G to him".
Ramos, however, has spoken out about the incident for the first time in an interview with Tribuna Expresso in his native country, as the Spaniard cited he was content with the decisions he made as he does not pick and choose when to apply the rule book. You are the U.S. Open champion.
Williams took exception to Ramos and accused him of being a "thief" and insisted he will never officiate one of her matches again "as long as she is on a court". "The fact that I have to go through this is just an example for the next person that has emotions and wants to express themselves and wants to be strong woman".
The second and third violations earned Williams a point penalty and then a game penalty, giving Osaka a 5-3 second set lead that effectively gifted her the title.
Ramos backed by ITF over 'regrettable' Serena rant Well Julie here's a cartoon I drew a few days before when Australian male tennis player Kyrgios at the US Open was behaving badly. During a break, Williams was still waiting for Ramos to acknowledge that she had not cheated: "You're attacking my character".
Umpire Christian Rask was also criticised after he gave Frenchwoman Alize Cornet a code violation for removing her shirt on court after she realised she had put it on back-to-front in the locker room during a mid-match heat break.
Widmaier said the feeling at USTA is that there needs to be a push to ensure consistency in the application of the rules, including coaching violations and shirt changes by women players.
"We do not believe that this was done (Saturday)".
However, these calculations don't take into account whether umpires are more likely to punish female players than men for a similar outburst during a match.
Apple is expected to unveil new iPhones on Wednesday - and leaks from China are already giving us hints of what's to come. Today's point of interest is the name of the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone which everyone has been referring to as the iPhone 9 .
And it led to mixed signals from officials in SC , whose governor had canceled mandatory evacuation for several coastal counties. Rainfall totals from Hurricane Florence will top 20 inches in some areas, the National Weather Service says.
The governors of North and SC and Virginia declared states of emergency far ahead of the approaching storm. As of 5 a.m., Florence was centred about 625 miles southeast of Bermuda, moving west at 9 miles per hour.
In July, Mr Rowley came across the poison, which had been concealed inside a perfume bottle and left in a charity bin. Prime Minister Theresa May said intelligence showed the poisonings were state-sponsored by Russian Federation .
Referring to her mother, Maryam Nawaz had said that she had dauntlessly challenged a usurper when "most men did not". There was speculation that she would become the party's president to avoid Shehbaz Sharif's elevation to the post.
Ramos interpreted the remark as verbal abuse, and awarded a game to Osaka, putting the eventual victor one game away from victory. Tim Clayton - Corbis via Getty Images Williams in action against Karolina Pliskova on September 4.
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Obama campaigned for congressional Democrats from California on Saturday, a day after he excoriated Trump in a speech in IL . Obama's appearance comes one day after a strongly worded critique of Trump at University of IL at Urbana-Champaign.
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Luis Enrique won his first game in charge of Spain as La Roja came from behind to beat England 2-1 at Wembley in the Nations League.
World Cup finalists Croatia thrashed by Spain
Spain was coached by Fernando Hierro in Russian Federation after Julen Lopetegui was sacked two days before the tournament. Lovren was fantastic alongside Vida at the World Cup, and earned his place in the official team of the tournament.
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COO Joseph Ianniello was announced as president and acting CEO "while the Board conducts a search for a permanent successor". To CBS , she said , invoking Rosh Hashanah, "in the spirit of the new year, let's make this the beginning of a new era".


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Thanks to some help from the NASA@MyLibrary program, families are coming together for a solar eclipse viewing party at the Bellmawr branch of the Camden County Library System. Children and their parents are invited to play games, do crafts, and don special eclipse viewing glasses.
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Tax bills for the Borough of Bellmawr have been mailed out and the due date for payment must be received by August 31, 2017 to avoid interest charges.
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Felix Wurmbach received the Michael S. Curwin Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to a student attending Rutgers University School of Law.
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The 2017 Annual Ryan Coyle Tournament was held on August 5 at the Bellmawr Recreation Center. This year, approximately $7,500 was raised with the proceeds being used to fund scholarships for baseball players.
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KanYe West Feat. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross & Bon Iver – “Monster”
You're gonna need this one.... naw but seriously though. The first installment of Kanye's twitter series is called monster and rightfully so. Wow @ the beat. Wow @ two dope verses from Ye and Jay. And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW @ Nikki destroying the last half of this song.


Munster’s head coach, Abbeyside’s Niamh Briggs and Nicole Cronin with the trophy after their Vodafone Rugby Women’s Interprovincial Championship Round Three win over Connacht in the Sportsground, Galway clinched them the championship for the second year in a row. Photo: Inpho/James Crombie.
After victories over Ulster and Leinster at home in Musgrave Park, Niamh Briggs’ Munster travelled to Galway on Saturday knowing that victory over Connacht would see them retain their Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship for the first time since 2015 and they didn’t disappoint.
With their all-international back-row in devastating form, again, Munster rampaged to a 50-24 win that saw them crowned as deserving champions with all three wins coming with bons point hauls.
One of Ireland’s greatest ever performers as a player, this was Abbeyside native Niamh Briggs’ first year in charge of Munster, she’s also Ireland’s assistant coach and is a campaign that will long live in the memory.
‘REALLY ENJOYABLE CAMPAIGN’
Speaking at the Sportsground after Saturday’s win, Briggs said, “The brand of rugby that we wanted to play, we wanted to be brave and courageous and test our skills. I think we did that and everybody stood up to the plate exceptionally well.
“What we wanted to do is have a notable difference in terms of the pace and the intensity from club, and I thought we pushed that really, really well.
“It’s not always perfect, it’s never going to be, but I just thought it was a real good squad collective.
“I’m incredibly proud of the whole group, not just the players that were playing today but the effort over the last few weeks,” she added.
“It’s been a really enjoyable campaign. We’ve squeezed a lot into a very short space of time, and I’m just delighted that the girls got their reward today.”
Well done Niamh and of course all the Munster players and management.
The Munster team celebrate in Galway.


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It was a tiny bright red fruit that first drew entrepreneur, inventor and farmer Charles Lowe to Riwaka in 1900.1 Fresh off a contract handling horses for the...Read more about "Charles Lowe"...
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The myths and legends of Te Tau Ihu tell of significant events in the history of the region. Some are Polynesia-wide legends, including creation myths, adapted to local landscapes;...Read more about "Myths and Legends of Te Tau Ihu"...
*The ideal settler* When William Harkness, and his older brother John disembarked from the Thomas Sparks[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/ThomasSparks1843.htm] at Nelson on 26th February 1843, it was to be the beginning of a productive...Read more about "William Harkness"...
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(Free ad: you can see this tarpaulin at the gate of Lifetime; Chloe, raising both her arms)
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
If a child lives praise, he learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.
Where lessons learned last a Lifetime…
(Extreme right: Chloe raising her left arm)
I love this poem so much. I was in my 4th grade when I read and learned about this poem. Although I have forgotten some of the lines when I grew up, I am so thankful to have found this poem at the back of Chloe’s baby book. I hope that we, parents, should try to apply this to our children to make them confident, competent and mold them into a better person as well.


University of Colorado football players looked into the sky with bewilderment Monday along with much of the country, gazing through disposable safety glasses with gaping mouths as the solar eclipse made its way over Boulder.
“Ohhh,” quarterback Steven Montez said in CU video release, “that’s dope.”
The Buffs had just run off the field, their 20th practice of fall camp, and to ensure players wouldn’t be looking upward as 93 percent of the sun was blocked by the moon, head coach Mike MacIntyre instructed his team to snag a pair of specs afterward to catch a glimpse.
“They were pretty much blown away when they looked up,” MacIntyre said. “It was pretty amazing.”
The tone was a bit different in Fort Collins where Colorado State players weren’t practicing as the moon made its way across the sun, up to 96 percent blocked, all while classes were in session. CSU coach Mike Bobo said he looked at the eclipse for about “two seconds” before moving on. He hoped his players did the same.
“There are about 10,000 people on the intramural fields watching the eclipse,” Bobo said. “Our guys aren’t excused, they better be in class. … In between their classes they can look up there and look at it.”
But CU took it a step further on social media, tweeting out a GIF image of CSU’s Rams head logo in the sky, only to be covered by a glowing CU Buffalo logo. The text “11 DAYS” then flashes on the screen, the amount of time before the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Sept. 1 at Mile High Stadium.
“They better be worried about winning football games,” MacIntyre said, then laughed. “But no, it was good. I think today is a pretty special day in the whole world, but especially here in this part of America, in Colorado, Wyoming, and down this whole belt here is pretty cool.”


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No longer protected by distance or time, we live in the whole world at once, like postmodern gods, experiencing our own flesh and surroundings only disruptively.
- R.M. BerryOn the way to the cabin, I kept seeing ghosts of myself. An eighteen-wheeler that read "Aslan Logistics". A large homemade sign that read "Kat's Bakery". The general store had one small bottle of Crown Royal Black, my favorite, next to several larger bottles of regular Crown Royal. One small bottle just for me. In the waning afternoon as I sat on the porch, the biggest crow I've ever seen flew across the yard. It was the size of a small goose. I wondered if it was a raven, if that's just the expected size of ravens, and then I heard caw caw caw and went nope, that's a crow.
(I used to think crows were bad luck, but one day I decided to think of them as good luck. My life has been lucky ever since.)
The first night, I watched Manos: The Hands of Fate while I drank whiskey and thought about the work I had to do. My hands kept reaching for my phone. But my phone didn't work. No reception, no wifi. I'd been severed from my life. So I could only pay attention to Manos, instead of Manos + four other things.
I woke to birds doing what they do in the morning. I noticed that they sang with the gray part of dawn and then quit once the light started to rise. Sunrise and sunset were different on the middle of the mountains; the light fell at imperfect angles, and the actual circle of the sun didn't appear consistently with its beams. I ate breakfast and started work. I worked all morning, listening to my iPod (a Classic, now a dead breed and an antique by technology standards. But it's the only model that holds as much music as I need) and not bothering to change out of my pajamas.
At lunchtime I touched my phone, and then looked out the window. Rabbits blended with the chaparral but for their bright white tails. Steller's jays hopped everywhere. Small mammals I couldn't identify (size and appearance of squirrels, with short, sparse tails; way too big for chipmunks, too skinny for groundhogs) dug and quivered in the yard.
I worked for most of the afternoon. I finished 2,700 words: the second chapter of the Casablanca project/the final paper for my narrative writing class. I delved my fingers into my Singin' in the Rain essay and cat's-cradled it, burrowing deeper, finding the elements I'd dashed by on the first pass and hanging them out on the line. I added something over 1,000 words.
Dinner and some wine. The heater had been running on and off all day. The cabin had no central heating and didn't warm up much during the day, and it was genuinely cold, not just cold by California standards, at night. That is a fear I've faced and defeated, and here I was facing it again, during a few days' span when my creativity was the only thing at stake.
The following morning, Saturday, I took my time getting started. I'd accomplished the two main things I needed to. Writing on my thesis could certainly have kept me for another week, but it wasn't really what I wanted to do. I need to turn in 40-75 pages of material in mid-May, and all semester, though I've been fairly dutiful about work on the manuscript, I've had the sensation that what I turn in will be nothing like a finished product. In part because 40-75 pages is not a full-length memoir manuscript by anyone's standards, and in part because I knew it would take unencumbered, untethered, untimed work, for months or years, before I had a finished product I could stand for other people to read.
And, in all honesty, I have never felt good about this project. I didn't want to do it when Chris told me he saw the book in it, and I didn't want to do it when my adviser told me she thought it was a more worthwhile project than anything else I was working on. I didn't want to do it when I'd written a project proposal, when Jesse sketched the line of music I needed to preface it, when I found epigraphs, when I got feedback on the stuff I brought in to my small group, when my adviser told me I was doing great but needed to dig even deeper, when I nailed down present-day experiences to integrate with the old ones, when I uncovered memories I'd forgotten, when I constructed a skeleton to work from, when I found a theme to anchor, when I read Heroines and understood what was missing. No amount of progress made me want to do it.
Departing from this chronological narrative of my trip to Frazier Park, I didn't want to do it when I finished the draft on Saturday (May 6), when I revised it on Sunday, when I printed it out on Sunday afternoon, when I considered how to bind it and hand it in today. I still won't want to do it when I read from it on Friday, May 12. I don't feel ready to write it, even though I've written it. I don't feel old enough. I don't know when it will see daylight as a finished project. I need to reread Bachelard and come to terms with what I've already put on the page, what remains to go on it. I need to decide whether I find myself boring, whether I want to see this book in print, what this is all for. Never have I known such uncertainty. It's good work, I know, good writing, but it feels wrong, in instinctual ways I can't defend or explain.
I drove fifteen minutes down the road, to where I had cell service, and called Matt. "I think I'm going to come home today instead of tomorrow," I said.
"Is everything all right?" he said.
"Of course," I said. "I'm very happy. I'm just finished, or almost finished, and I miss you. I see no need to stay."
"All right, then," he said. "Yay."
I refreshed my inbox. I had 17 new emails. I opened Facebook. I had 26 notifications. I put down the phone and looked up at the mountains, at the falling dust spun up by my tires, at the pines around me.
On the way back, I drove by the Jim Whitener Tree, one of the biggest ponderosa pines in California. It has been growing since before the printing press. The road was too narrow for me to stop and take a picture with my phone. I fixed the look of it in my mind: branches themselves as large as trees, a trunk extending far below the elevated route I drove on, roots so deep, I imagined, they could dig straight through the earth's mantle to its warm core.
Back in the cabin I spent, no kidding, 15 minutes on my feminist manifesto. I wrote two paragraphs, and it was finished. That's work I've been waiting to do since November. It's true that I needed to be in the right frame of mind, but I was still disgusted with myself that it took so long. The DVD player, paused on a Rifftrax short, didn't even have time to go to its screen saver between when I started the two paragraphs and when I finished them.
I went downstairs to sit on the porch and brought my notebook. Suddenly, words arrived. I wrote about the Steller's jays, and about the men working on the house next door, and about the cold I lived through in the winter of 2005. I don't know if I'm finished writing about it - this is the nth time I've done so, I've lost track - but what I wrote felt definitive. As if it was the codex entry. I wrote about the day I took my shirt off in the winter at Mount Holyoke, an incident I still don't understand. I wrote about what happened when I went to the opera in November, just after the election.
Birds. Small mammals. Sunlight.
I went inside, ate lunch, typed what I'd written. I started packing my things, which I'd strewn in disarray all over the bedroom. I gathered up the trash and washed the dishes.
I went back outside to the porch, and while I sat there, thinking, listening to the wind in the green leaves, I heard what sounded like either a small child's shout or some kind of bird's cry. As the sound got closer, I determined it was definitely a bird, although I couldn't imagine what kind. Then a man walked past the cabin with not one but two enormous white cockatoos on his shoulders. He talked in a conversational way - to the birds, I learned shortly.
The man saw me and said hello, and I walked up to the street. I wore pajama pants and flip-flops and a Star Wars t-shirt and you could have fried clams in my hair. He didn't care. He greeted me and introduced me to the more friendly of his two cockatoos, who stepped onto my arm, walked up and over my shoulders and down my other arm, and then walked back again. His feet gripped but did not pinch. His beak and tongue were both black, worn, used; only a tinge of yellow colored his white feathers.
He, the bird, was thirty years old.
After a very pleasant conversation, after the man (Greg) and his birds had headed back toward home, I returned to the porch and sat down. I looked around the yard, my head completely empty of reactive thoughts. "That sure did happen," was the closest I could come. Nothing like it had ever happened to me before.
I decided to leave. Any other possible occurrence would have been a disappointment after meeting Greg.
On the way home, I looked at the mountains. I took the same way home as I took out, but I never once checked my phone, so it all looked completely different. The wild poppies like spilled paint on a hilltop; the clover tinging the yellow grass purple. The sky, and the whipped clouds across it. A hitchhiker and a handmade cast-iron ranch gate. Two trees, one bleached and one blackened, fallen and entwined in a clearing. The leaping engine of a Camaro. An overloaded Dodge Caravan with peeling paint.
I saw the world, is what I'm trying to convey. I saw the world. I didn't see it through a screen, like a concertgoer more interested in recording the show than being present at it. I saw it at its normal pace, not scrolling by with the speed of my finger. I saw it with its own colors, not an Instagram filter. I saw the goddamn world, and nothing about it looked old or small to me. I fell back in love with it. My heart rose with the San Gabriels and fell with the sun.
And I fell out of love with screens, temporarily at least. I realized I'd been allowing the world to shrink to the size of my phone screen, and I'd been seeing everything through that little rectangle. I had missed the real thing for the sake of the simulacrum. Yes, there can be more human connection through the little rectangles than out there in the real thing, I'd be the first to agree with that. But I'd lost track of what I love about the world - its indifference to us, its thereness - in favor of something that would react to me, conform to my needs, be forever novel and new.
I got done almost everything I needed to get done to finish my M.A. that weekend, but I also picked up perspective I desperately needed. My attention had become a baby feeding on pixels, and I needed to grow up again. I owe that to a few days in a cabin, to Greg, to my own words, and to the wind in the pines.


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WHITTIER >> Thousands of car lovers attended the 17th annual Uptown Whittier Car Show on Saturday.
They saw more than 400 cars and trucks — and even some motorcycles — some dating back to the 1920s.
The event — hosted by the Whittier Uptown Association — helps bring people to the Uptown area where they also can shop at many of the stores, said Olivia Rios, the association’s operations manager.
“Our goal is to bring car enthusiasts into the area and showcase our brick and mortar businesses and restaurants,” Rios said.
She said the day can be relaxing for the car lovers, who meandered around the area looking at different vehicles.
And there was more than cars — the show included several events, including a calendar girl contest to compete for a chance to appear on the cover of the association’s 2018 car show calendar, a little Miss Vintage Classic Contest for your favorite little girl and a Young Gents Classic Contest for your favorite little boy.
Numerous bands also performed.
There also was a military vehicle display with more than 20 vintage jeeps, trucks, and other specialty vehicles,
The show took up 12 blocks in the Uptown area.
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The strongest link
Blow out preventers can make the difference between safety and disaster at offshore drilling sites. Installed to protect lives and the environment, there can be no room for error. MacArtney’s new American Petroleum Institute (API) approved connector helps ensure Hydril’s new blow out preventer system will function if needed.
When failure cannot lead to disaster
Critical to safety and to the environment, blow out preventers, or BOPs, are advanced valves that react to sudden pressure at an oil well, shutting down the well and averting blow outs. They are essential for preventing loss of life at drilling sites and for stopping leaks that are potentially catastrophic for personnel, for the environment and financially.
Risks and standards
Automatic BOP systems constantly monitor the well and are designed to be fail-safe devices. Not only must they be periodically inspected and tested, the American Petroleum Institute sets standards that are clear about the types of risks against which such equipment must be protected. New designs are rigorously tested and certified and each element must meet stringent requirements before being API certified.
The size of the preventers and the depth at which they are deployed makes them impractical to bring to the surface often for testing. And as drilling sites are in increasingly deeper waters, BOPs have become more advanced. They must withstand the increased pressures at depth and they must also be reliable enough to permit increased intervals between tests or servicing. Systems and equipment on the BOP can be submerged for up to a year between servicing and must therefore be resilient to the harsh underwater environment.
When Hydril was designing their new BOP Control System, they needed a complete infrastructure package that met the strict standards for testing and reliability stipulated by the American Petroleum Institute. The connector system within the complete unit needed be able to withstand submersion for extended periods and accommodate several failure modes stipulated in the American Petroleum Institute Pressure Controls guidelines.
These stipulations included the requirement for the umbilical or termination assembly to function even when fully flooded with seawater and continue to operate for an extended period without conductor failure. A comprehensive design, build, test and deploy, programme was implemented to fulfil the requirements of outfitting Hydril with three rig packages and just as many spares and test units. The brief was to fulfil American Petroleum Institute standards 16D for testing when assembled and the harder to attain 17E for functionality when flooded.
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Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky
Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky is a novel that accurately depicts the horrors of the Guatemalan civil war fought out in the 1980s. In these pages we encounter the distinct voices of the elderly, the children, and the men and women whose stories from the Left and from the Right which Mario Morales collected and then wove together in this articulate, powerful, candid, vividly recounted, memorable work. -- Provided by publisher
Indigenous peoples -- Guatemala -- Fiction; Guatemala -- History -- Fiction;
Department of Languages and Literatures
xiv, 142 pages ; 22 cm
Morales, Mario Roberto and Hood, Edward Waters, "Face of the Earth, Heart of the Sky" (2000). Faculty Book Gallery. 66.


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Census shows new private schools aren't setting up as charities
Independent schools are abandoning charity status, according to a report.
The Independent Schools Council’s (ISC) annual census shows that only 75% of schools have charitable status, with figures steadily decreasing for a decade.
There is a trend for new schools to not establish themselves as charities.
However lawyers working in the sector say they have increasingly been asked by schools to sell their assets to overseas companies, and use the proceeds to establish charitable trusts to support education.
The ISC said that 32 of new schools which joined its membership were non-charity schools.
“In addition, nine existing schools changed their legal status from charitable to non-charitable this year,” the ISC said.
“No schools converted the other way.”
Independent schools have faced a steady increase of pressure on their charitable status over the past few years, and there have been warnings that this would push them out of the sector.
ISC chairman, Barnaby Lenon, said: “In recent years independent schools have raised money to subsidise the fees of lower income families, widening access. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are on bursaries at ISC schools, often go on to secure further financial help in order to attend top UK universities.
“This Census tells us that a third of pupils at our schools benefit from reduced fees. Independent schools are committed to educating the broadest spectrum across society.”


News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Aug. 5, 2013: Dear Mr. President,
It’s sad to hear the White House has no back-up plan if Republicans fail to push pass an immigration reform bill to a vote.
White House director of the Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz made that clear in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with Fox News Latino’s Juan Williams recently. And now after listening to both Rep. Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan ‘poo hoo’ on Sunday morning talk shows about not letting the Senate’s immigration bill see the light of day, one can’t help but feel despondent.
Despondent for the millions in need of relief from this measure who live in this country and pay taxes; despondent for those children who could see their parents deported and their lives ripped apart and despondent for the fact that despite professing Christianity, most of the lawmakers and their Tea Party supporters blocking the measure have no real spirituality but are simply consumed by racism.
It is why Congressman Charlie Rangel’s comments to the Daily Beast recently, is so profound. In case you missed it, Rep. Rangel said he “sees in some of the reluctance to move forward on immigration reform a fear, one that white people have of non-whites.”
To quote him directly from the Beast: “Every white son of a gun from Europe has found a way to get here, and these barriers I think have a lot to do with color and the awkwardness or the uncomfortableness that a lot of whites feel about people of color.”
He is absolutely right. For there is no denying that if the 11 million undocumented persons living in the United States were all Europeans – then there would be no dragging of the feet, no talk of border security first or of amnesty as if it was such an ugly word.
No – there would be a haste to ensure we live out those American values that are quoted only for a segment of the population – “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ….”
So what can you do in the midst of all the other issues – including terror claims and a slow job report?
With 2014 around the corner, the time is now to push those Republican supporters of immigration reform and big business leaders to rally their House lawmakers to pass this measure.
Getting Karl Rove, former Vice President Dan Quayle; Tom Stemberg, a founder of Staples; Frank VanderSloot, the founder of Melaleuca Inc. and Carlos Guiterrez showing support for this is a big step but Silicon Valley, Corporate America and farmers who desperately need immigrant laborers must also be harnessed in this rally.
It cannot be a left versus right rally but a push that is business and economy driven. One hundred Republican donors have already written a letter urging Congress “…to take action to fix our broken immigration system.”
Now it’s time for you to show Republicans who is Boss. Tell them to either deliver a solution to the problem – either they deport 11 million people or they deliver temporary residency with a pathway to citizenship. It’s the only way!