Spending more time outdoors during the summer months can sometimes be hard on contact lens wearers. Increased sun exposure, wind, and sand are usually the culprits if your eyes look red, irritated and tired by the end of the day. Following are some great tips for contact lens wearers to help enjoy those long summer days.
Wearing sunglasses in the summer sounds obvious. However, you would be surprised how many people run around, even in the summer, with absolutely no sunglasses. Besides making your eyes feel relaxed and comfortable, sunglasses protect your eyes from harmful ultraviolet rays that come from the sun.
One not so obvious reason for contact lens wearers to wear sunglasses while wearing their contact lenses is that they provide protection from the drying effects of the wind. Contact lenses need adequate lubrication to function properly, and sunglasses provide at least one barrier against windy days that could significantly dry your eyes and contact lenses.
Your eyes may actually feel sore after wearing contact lenses after being exposed to the elements all day long. Also, sunglasses provide a way to accessorize a bit with summer outfits by adding some dazzling fashionable sun wear. Don't stop at just one pair...get a couple pairs to change up your summertime attire.
Certain brands of contact lenses have an ultraviolet blocking tint embedded in the lens design. UV blocking contact lenses are not a substitute for a good pair of high quality sunglasses, but they definitely will reduce the UV rays you are exposed to. Plus, combining UV blocking lenses with sunglasses is a super easy way of doubling up on UV protection.
With sun and wind exposure, your contact lenses have a better chance of causing irritation and redness instead of providing clear, comfortable vision. If you are experiencing a sandy, gritty feeling more than a couple times a day, ask your doctor if you can try daily disposable contact lenses.
Often overlooked by some people when visiting their eye doctor, daily disposable contact lenses have revolutionized the contact lenses industry in recent years. Each day you can insert a brand new, perfectly clean contact lens. At the end of the day, you dispose of the lens. Changing your lenses on a daily basis is often the answer for people with chronic dry eyes or allergies.
Do you really want to clean and disinfect your lenses every day? And let's be honest. How many of us are really doing a good job of that every evening? Plus, you never have to purchase expensive disinfecting solutions. Once you try daily disposable contact lenses, there's a good chance you will never go back to your monthly or quarterly replacement lenses.
Sometimes when people are asked if they wear glasses on occasion instead of their contact lenses, they consider it almost an insult. "Who, me? Wear glasses?" However, if you wear contact lenses every single day, it's nice to give your eyes a break one day week.
Contact lenses are medical devices fit by a professional. However, they are still a foreign piece of plastic in your eye all the time. If you wear contact lenses every day, over time, they might change the way your eye cells function. You might be surprised how good your eyes feel if you just wear your glasses a few days a week.
Don't forget, nowadays photochromic lenses are available that change from light to dark when exposed to the ultraviolet rays from the sun. They lighten up once you go back inside. Don't forget to bring your regular indoor eyeglasses if you take a vacation to give your eyes a break. Also, you never know when you might develop an eye infection, which tend to be a bit more common with contact lens wearers.
After an entire day of being active outside in the summertime, do not make the mistake of just falling asleep with your contact lenses in. Sleeping in your contact lenses raises your risk of developing an infection, sometimes a serious infection, by as much as 15 percent. That infection risk may raise significantly after spending all day out in the wind or on a sandy beach.
You wouldn't fall asleep without brushing your teeth, so don't forget to take your lenses out. It is tempting, especially for people with high prescriptions, to leave them in. However, it is not a part of good ocular hygiene. This is another great reason why daily disposable lenses are a great option. With daily disposables, you could jump into bed, remove your contact lenses, then pitch them into the trash can beside the bed without a second thought.
It's best to avoid highly chlorinated pools while wearing contact lenses, as warm environments are breeding grounds for acanthamoeba, an organism that is known for causing sight-threatening infections. Showers and hot tubs should be avoided as well.
Although this type of infection is very rare, it almost always occurs in a person with a history of water exposure while wearing their contact lenses, and usually that person is over-wearing lenses. Acanthamoeba is found in higher concentrations in stagnant, warm rivers and lakes, but not found commonly in ocean water. Most optometrists and ophthalmologists feel that you are pretty safe if you are wearing a tight fitting swimming mask or goggles. As long as your eyes are not coming into contact with the water, your risk is low.
Be sure to instill some type of contact lens re-wetting drop two to four times per day while spending those long summer days outside. Contact lenses need a very healthy tear consistency to be worn successfully. Spending a lot of time outdoors and out in the sun and wind can create environments where it is difficult for your tear film to keep up with the demand.
Instilling artificial tears or contact lens re-wetting drops frequently will keep your lenses hydrated, keep your eyes feeling comfortable, help you to maintain clear vision. Ask your eye doctor which type of contact lens re-wetting drop or artificial tear is the best for your eyes.
All eye drop products you may find at your local pharmacy or big box store are not all compatible with contact lenses. Also, depending on your unique eye physiology, your doctor may recommend a certain type of eye drop. Instilling these drops frequently will ensure longer hours of comfortable wearing time.
If you are taking a summer vacation, try to plan ahead. Make sure you schedule your eye examination ahead of time so you can make sure you have an adequate supply of contact lenses. Don't forget your sunglasses and your regular indoor eyewear to give your eyes a break. Limit your wearing time on those long summer days, instill re-wetting drops frequently, and don't top off your contact lens solutions. Follow your disinfection system's instructions closely and and be sure to dump any old solution out and fill your case with fresh, clean disinfecting solution. Always keep your eye doctor's business card handy in case you run into trouble.
Nichols JJ, Jones L, Nelson JD. The TFOS Workshop on contact lens discomfort. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2013.


PUEBLO, Colo. – CBD Body Blends, Cannabis Benefits Distribution wholesalers and the home of exceptional everyday products even before adding 100% THC-free hemp-based CBD, is now open to the public every Saturday in South Pueblo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the historic Broadway Arcade Building across from the Rawlings Library.
CBD Body Blends, located at 129 E. Abriendo Avenue in the heart of Mesa Junction and directly across the street from the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, has a beautiful, multi-level space at the landmark Broadway Arcade Building, which allows for the CBD wholesale and distribution company to create and manufacture product in the basement and showcase product in the retail space on the street level to the general public.
Duncan, who has lived in and around Colorado Springs for 25 years and is currently living in Hanover, says her husband Bill is from Pueblo and his very large family still lives here so it's important to her to work with as many local vendors as possible and give back to the community at large. Duncan invites the public to help with CBD Body Blends' charitable endeavors and says she is "rewarding kindness." Retail shoppers who bring in diapers or non-perishable items for people or pets will receive a 20% discount on all items. In addition, a portion of all sales go to help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Cancer Treatment Centers of America.
Pueblo, Colorado-based CBD Body Blends is a family-owned business that is on a mission to prove that a product-first mentality in the CBD space is possible by elevating and expanding the choice of products currently available. We create exceptional everyday products specifically designed to help with pain relief – without the high – and then amp the awesomeness with 100% THC-free hemp-derived pure CBD isolate oil, manufactured locally in Yoder by the No. 1 distributor of domestic CBD in the U.S. The CBD Body Blends product line includes tinctures, massage oils, lotions, lip balms, essential oil roll-ons and bath fizzies – all made with ingredients that are as natural as we can possibly use, along with essential oils and natural flavoring, and 0.00% THC. Our message is simple: CBD Body Blends pledges to help people and animals who suffer from various medical conditions to live happier, healthier lives by providing natural wellness options that can ease pain without impairment, while giving back to the community. CBD Body Blends is very simply about five things – Five Cs: CBD, Care, Community, Charity, Colorado. CBD Body Blends. Cannabis Benefits Distribution. Rocky Mountain Naturals WITHOUT the High.


"Woodshock" begins it's U.S release today. The film will have a staggered release & is currently only screening in Los Angeles and New York. The release will expand to other areas of the U.S on Thursday 28th September. Details of when & where the film will be screened can be found here.
I've added a promotional still for the film to the gallery.
Last night the Los Angeles Premiere of "Woodshock" was held at the ArcLight Hollywood. Kirsten, wearing a light-blue, floral, tulle & glittered chantilly lace dress from the Rodarte Spring 2018 collection, attended the premiere with directors Kate & Laura Mulleavy. I've added 40 pics of Kirsten at the premiere to the gallery.
Hope everyone likes the new website layout!
I've added to the gallery pics of Kirsten at the AOL BUILD Speaker Series "Woodshock" interview.
Last night the New York Premiere of "Woodshock" was held at the Whitby Hotel. Kirsten attended the premiere & looked amazing in a black chantilly lace midi dress from the Rodarte Spring 2018 collection. Also in attendance were Kate & Laura Mulleavy, who directed the film. I've added pics of Kirsten at the premiere to the gallery.
Earlier today Kirsten, Kate Mulleavy & Laura Mulleavy took part in an AOL BUILD interview to discuss "Woodshock". Here's the video.
I've added more pics of Kirsten at the "Woodshock" Venice Film Festival photocall to the gallery.
I've added to the gallery more pics of Kirsten at last nights "Woodshock" premiere.
Earlier this evening the World Premiere of "Woodshock" was held at the Venice Film Festival. Kirsten attended the premiere with co-star Pilou Asbaek & directors Kate & Laura Mulleavy. I've added 10 pics to the gallery. More pics tomorrow!
Earlier today the photocall for "Woodshock" was held at the Venice Film Festival. Kirsten attended with co-star Pilou Asbaek, directors Kate & Laura Mulleavy, & producer Michael Costigan. Kirsten wore a semi sheer, floral printed, ruffled Rodarte jumpsuit. I've added 40 pics to the gallery.
Kirsten will be a guest on "Live with Kelly & Ryan" on September 12th.


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Climate catastrophe looms but there is still hope
By Joseph Quigley - Editor | Nov. 17, 2018
After Alanna Mitchell delivered her catastrophic climate change message at the Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion Nov. 12, she offered forgiveness as the way forward for humanity.
"You look at the state of the planet, you feel grief, immense grief, paralytic grief," Mitchell said during her one-woman play, Sea Sick. "What if we could forgive our species? It's not to let anybody off the hook. It's not something warm and fuzzy and benign … it's the start of something. It carries with it the promise of action."
The award-winning journalist earned applause and laughter from the packed Haliburton theatre as she regaled the audience about her comedic encounters with scientists. The play, based on her book of the same name, details what she had learned about how climate change is severely harming our oceans.
The world-touring play was brought to Haliburton by Abbey Gardens and Environment Haliburton. Environment Haliburton Enviro-Café Committee chair Terry Moore said the performance went well.
"She's brilliant at what she does in terms of communicating science," Moore said. "The message is not great. We're in trouble. I think the message is also hopeful. That we can do it if we really put our minds to it."
Mitchell had a talkback session with the audience after her performance, with audience members asking her more about taking environmental action and people being closed-minded about climate change.
She said people should keep in mind how rapidly the world's climate is changing. "In terms of the Earth's history, this is unbelievably fast," Mitchell said. "Sometimes, it takes not looking at what's happening in the Twitter timeframe, but in a geological timeframe."
Audience member Martin Scheller said he thought Mitchell's performance was amazing, adding people locally need to take action on environmental issues.
"This is a very senior community, where a lot of people are driving down to Florida and flying off wherever," Scheller said. "They should share some of the guilt and I just wish we could have a stronger answer to how to turn that guilt into action."
Moore said there is plenty for people to do to address climate change locally, such as pressuring politicians to move forward with proper climate change planning.
He added the performance was successful in drawing in people who do not normally attend Environment Haliburton events.
"Our efforts to create environmental and climate change conversation is just beginning," he said

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we are transferring 100 mt of material from Plant A to Plant B.
But while receiving Plant B received only 95MT.
As per best practice, we will receive the whole 100 mt.
2. How to pay for transport vendor. vendor ask for 100 mt charges but we have received only 95 mt.
What are the reasons for the difference in quantities : pilferage, damage ?
And what do you mean by Sent 100mt and received 120 MT, from where do the additional 20 MT get loaded ?
For most cases, the GRN quantity = Outbound Delivery. ( Considering it is a single shipment transfer). In your case, it seems so you have to push the business guys to have a deeper visibility of the inventory transfer process so such situations do not arise. If such aberrations are happenly regularly, then its time to raise a red flag and send your entire STO process under a microscope.
We are legacy now, we are moving into SAP by march.
Might be this problem occur because of clubbing of orders/STO.
Let me check with logistics team for this.
2. For a damage in transit scenario, either you have to reverse the PGI ( Not so easy as the truck has reached the receiving plant) or receive the full Outbound delivery quantity at the receiving plant. Later, you can scrap the damaged quantity.
2. Instead of stock correction, you have to scrap the damaged quantity with MB1C 551.
3. Since a GRN of 100 MT will be doe, you can pay to the vendor for 100 MT.
It is not best practice to receive 100, as this cures only the ordering/receiving part, but not at all the shipping part.
Best practice is to analyze the situation in detail to know the root cause.
This may include to check the stock for that material in the shipping plant. They may have sent less than posted.
If you received 100 (and adjusted 5 internally) and the carrier expects to be paid for 100, then I do not see where you have any problem in this process.
Let us assume you live in a region where robbers neither remove only a part nor add the same stuff to your truck while it is on the way between two of your plants.
If you encounter a difference when doing the receipt, then it can only be caused by the fact that the shipping plant posted either too less or too much as goods issue.
If you only correct the inventory in the receiving plant, then the inventory is still wrong in the shipping plant and may cause even more problems (wrong planning because of wrong stock in SAP, overaging of stock which is not seen in SAP ....) in future until a regular inventory uncovers the differences.
Hence the best practice from my point of view is to talk to each other. Clarify the issue as soon as it is discovered, even before you post the goods receipt in SAP. The shipping plant can cancel the goods issue, can post the correct goods issue. No reason to take the burden and the costs for the adjustment in the receiving plant.
In my opinion, it is quite scarcity of your business process. Nikhil has asked you a momentous question. How can you will receive 120 MT as you have send only 100 MT ?
If you do not want to use an apposite business process, then you have to continue the same thing which you are following right now in legacy system. You need to do invoice for manually entered quantity and amount, then you need to close the PO manually for open invoiced quantity by marking the final invoice (for those which will be invoiced lower than GR quantity/amount).
If the remaining quantity is not supposed to be received in future also, you may do GR for the complete issued quantity (100MT). Based on the responsibility (business team will be able to answer this) of the loss, you may either scrap (551 movement) the lost quantity in the receiving plant itself or you may do a virtual return STO (or direct transfer posting with 301 movement) for the lost quantity and then move the stock to the first (actual supplying plant) plant and then scrap it.
Also do payment to the transporter based on KG basis instead of Trip basis and debit money for all losses.


Under the supervision of the Medical Logistics Officer and as part of the Medical Supply Chain team, the role will play a pivotal role to assist M.L.O in harmonising logistical processes including procurement, warehouse and inventory, GIK Management. Work with M.L.O, Finance, and Programme teams to ensure systems and procedures are adhered to, reviewed, and updated as appropriate.
Ensure that Save the Children minimum standards of medical supply chain procedures are adhered to.
Provide logistics support to Medical Supply Chain team based on agreed priorities.
Proceed the daily medical procurement requests from Health and nutrition programmes on timely manner to meet the standard delivery lead time.
supporting H&N programmes form all FOs regarding medical procurements, assist creating clear and understandable purchase requests (PR) and other documentation.
Performing related drugs and medical supplies market and price survey when needed.
conducting the purchase process by collection of quotations and bids along with samples of medical supplies, all to be purchased from the local medical market as per the organization standards and formats.
To be involved in medical procurement committee meetings, providing the committee with technical information, data analysis, and preparing CBA for all vendor's quotations in order to facilitate seeking the best value of money.
Participating on medical samples evaluation and facilitating process of vendor selection.
Coordination with finance team and Follow up payment status and update the suppliers.
Processing payments for completed procurements ensuring acknowledgement in terms of GRNs, Completion Certificate, waybills and suppliers invoice.
Sharing the signed POs and purchase related documents in advance with FOs to facilitate well delivery of medicines to their warehouse.
Track medical procurements including cargo movements and monitoring of supply "pipeline" to ensure more timely deliveries.
Cooperate and following up with procurement requesters from FOs, warehouse responsible, and suppliers on the reception of goods. and do all actions needed to insure good completion of the process.
Establish a robust filing system for all Medical procurement monthly reports, Framework contracts, and procurement files.
Do any other tasks related to the job title whenever assigned by line manager.
previous experience in medical supply chain with NGO.
Experience in supply chain management, including procurement, transport and distribution, warehouse, stock management and basic comprehension of cold chain.
Excellent computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite Microsoft Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access.
Excellent written and spoken Arabic and English, and with a good working proficiency of English.
Key flexibility for a roving role in a demanding, complex and insecure environment.


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AutoIt Used in Targeted Attacks to Move RATs
Hackers, months ago, revived macros as an attack vector to primarily hide banking malware spread by spam campaigns.
Not be left out, some targeted attacks kicked off by convincing phishing emails, have been moving a few remote access Trojans and other malware via Word docs. One particular targeted campaign, researchers at Cisco said, was using AutoIt to drop malware on compromised machines. AutoIt is freeware that allows Windows administrators to write scripts that automate tasks.
The use of macros by hackers is mitigated by the fact they've been disabled by default since the release of Office 2007. But Cisco researchers said the language and spoofed senders in the phishing emails accompanying the targeted attacks could be enough to convince a potential victim to enable macros and execute the attack.
"In this case, they're impersonating a legitimate business. If the message is convincing enough, they could lower their guard and enable macros if they believe doing so will fully render a document or allow them to see the encoding of images a document may contain," said Cisco Talos threat researcher Alex Chiu. "We've seen these techniques used with several targeted Dridex campaigns. They're taking techniques that are old, and in this case, making them useful again."
The use of AutoIt is not only unique, but effective in allowing the attackers to evade detection. AutoIt is a legitimate IT administration tool and could be whitelisted in many enterprises. In the case of this particular campaign, the victim is urged to enable macros on a Word document that pretends to be from a legitimate business. Once the victim executes the attack, it reaches out to hxxp://frontlinegulf[.]com/tmp/adobefile.exe where it downloads a binary. The payloads change regularly Cisco said. AutoIt was one such payload, downloaded in a self-extracting archive. In addition to AutoIt, a 600MB AutoIt script was downloaded from the archive that included antianalysis checks, payload decryption, malware installation and persistence mechanisms. The script also installed either the Cybergate RAT, NanoCore RAT, or the Parite worm.
The RATs were used against a small number of organizations, Chiu said. The large AutoIt script would likely evade antivirus or intrusion detection systems that have file-size limits. Chiu said too that it looks for a particular antivirus installation and if detected, it sleeps for a defined period of time before executing. Once it does execute, it tries to disable Windows User Access Control (UAC) in order to establish persistence on the machine and continue decrypting its payload.
"Adversaries are using legitimate freeware to fly under the radar," Chiu said. "It can hide as white noice because it appears as a management task." Chiu said it's unknown whether the targeted organizations already were using AutoIt in their environments.
As for the RATs, NanoCore was spotted in attacks against energy companies in Asia and the Middle East before earlier this year, source code for the RAT and its premium plugins was leaked online making it widely accessible. Cybergate, meanwhile, has been available for years online and is considered easy to setup and use.
In January, Microsoft warned companies of a spike in macro-enabled malware. It said in December attacks peaked at fewer than 8,000 a day for a short time. Like the current campaign spotted by Cisco, victims were enticed to enable macros and were ultimately infected by either the Ardnel or Tarbir downloader that grabbed any variety of malware from there.
Source:https://threatpost.com
Octavio Mares
He is a well-known expert in mobile security and malware analysis. He studied Computer Science at NYU and started working as a cyber security analyst in 2003. He is actively working as an anti-malware expert. He also worked for security companies like Kaspersky Lab. His everyday job includes researching about new malware and cyber security incidents. Also he has deep level of knowledge in mobile security and mobile vulnerabilities.
Tagged: Dridex, malware, RAT


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Volney Meece
Tuesday-type Trivia: Paul Bryant, the university professor, instead of Bear Bryant, the football coach? That switch was in the works for the all-time winningest coach, who died suddenly less than two months after retiring.
Charles Scott, University of Alabama vice-president and faculty representative to the Southeastern Conference, said, "Paul called me about five days before he died. I'd written him a letter saying I hated to see him retire but I hoped he enjoyed his retirement. And I suggested he might want to teach a course and act as a consultant to the university.
"He said, "What kind of course did you have in mind?' I said, "Well, I've heard you talk to your squad at halftime and at the pre-game meals. You've made a lot of sense."' Scott continued, "Paul's talks were simple but made sense. I heard him tell the players one time, "Just do on the field what we've told you to do. If you get knocked down, jump up, remember what we've told you and don't worry about it. We'll take care of the worrying on the sideline."' When Bryant called, Scott said, "He said, "What would we call the course?' I said, "Life.' He said, "OK, I'd like to do it. But I only want to teach one day a week. And on the week of the World Series, I don't want to teach at all.' "He was looking forward to teaching the course. We'd have put the class in the biggest room we had at the University of Alabama because everyone would have wanted to take it.". . . Joe Gibbs, who coached Washington to the Super Bowl championship of the league that plays pro football in the fall and winter, says there's a similarity between the emphasis placed on football of the Redskin and Oklahoma Sooner varieties. "Washington's like Oklahoma," Gibbs said at a recent Fellowship of Christian Athletes breakfast in Norman. "The football team is it!
"In Washington, there's a waiting list of 10 years to get tickets. After the strike, when other teams were playing before 10,000 empty seats, our stadium was filled every game. And if you're not winning, hey, you're charting another route home at night. It's the same here, I know.". . . Speaking of the FCA, former Sooner center Chuck Bowman is now leader of the Southwest Region, which consists of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Bowman headquarters in Edmond. . . Dallas Cowboy ball-lugger Tony Dorsett says the first thing he thought about when he heard the USFL New Jersey Generals had plucked Herschel Walker out of college football before his senior season was that the Georgian wouldn't get the 823 yards he needed to break Dorsett's NCAA career record of 5,259.
"I'll probably be at the top for awhile," Dorsett said. "Well, at least until Marcus Dupree (of OU) gets there."
The second thing Dorsett thought about, of course, was money. Walker reportedly got $1 million-plus for signing and a first-year salary of $600,000. Dorsett is making $325,000 per, with three years remaining on his contract. Dorsett said Walker's pay has nothing to do with the fact he plans to go into Cowboy vice-president Gil Brandt's office to renegotiate.
"We plan every year to go in," Dorsett said. "The question is whether they let you in the door.". . . Don't invite Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight to a session planned to praise the three-point shot several conferences experimented with this winter. Knight's opinion of the gimmick, designed to excite and entertain fans: "It's like lowering a bunch of canaries to sing National Anthem. I just don't like it."
He added, "Why don't they make it like diving? Judges could put up 9.5 or 9.6, for which you get seven points, etc. If a guy makes an easy layup, he doesn't get any points, just the ball out of bounds.". . . Oklahoma State coach Paul Hansen also has a dislike, the now-almost-standard practice of using three officials. Hansen prefers two, explaining, "One official I respect said, "You've got to have three.' I said, "Why? I handled the ball out of bounds in the game at Iowa State this year, threw it to Raymond Crenshaw and down the floor we go. Everybody in the arena sees it but the three officials.
"But I'm in the minority on that. A lot of coaches coach the way the game is gonna be played. It's called a non-contact sport. If the emphasis is on speed and finesse and quickness, you don't have all that trouble. But if you've got a muscle game and start banging around, then four or five officials won't help 'cause they won't call fouls.". . . By the way, 15 games remain to be played in the 1983 NCAA basketball tournament but ticket applications already are available for the 1984 Final Four show in Seattle's Kingdome, 201 S King St., zip 98104. Ticket requests won't be honored if postmarked before April 5.
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FTC Votes to Keep July 1 Compliance Deadline for COPPA; California Bill Would Require Removing Children's Personal Information from Social Networking Sites
Client Alerts/Reports May 2013
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously this week to keep the July 1, 2013, compliance date for the new COPPA Rule. Representatives from several industry groups had asked the FTC to delay the compliance date to give businesses more time to make the changes necessary to comply with the new Rule. However, in a letter to these representatives, the FTC explained that businesses have been able to follow the rulemaking process for the past three years and that the new Rule was announced in December 2012, leaving companies six months to study the new Rule and make any necessary changes.
The FTC also stated that "the Commission will exercise prosecutorial discretion in enforcing the Rule, particularly with respect to small businesses that have attempted to comply with the Rule in good faith in the early months after the Rule becomes effective. Further, the Commission follows a policy for reducing, or in appropriate circumstances waiving, civil penalties for violations of a statutory or regulatory requirement by a small entity."
The FTC reminded businesses that it has set up a hotline at CoppaHotLine@ftc.gov so that businesses can ask specific questions about the new Rule and recently updated its COPPA FAQs to include information about the new Rule.
We summarized the new Rule in a previous Alert.
California Considering a Bill Requiring Removal of Personal Information from Children's Social Media Accounts
The California Senate has approved Senate Bill 501, which, if enacted, would provide significant fines for social networking sites that fail to remove the personal information of a child within 96 hours of receiving such a request. The bill provides that "a social networking Internet Web site shall remove the personal identifying information of a registered user in a timely manner upon his or her request. In the case of a registered user who identifies himself or herself as being under 18 years of age, the social networking Internet Web site shall also remove the information in a timely manner upon the request of a parent or legal guardian of the registered user."
A request submitted by a registered user must include sufficient information to verify the identity of the user and must specify any known location of the information that is the subject of the request.
A social networking site that willfully and knowingly violates any provision of the bill would be liable for a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation.
"Personal identifying information" is defined as a person's address, telephone number, driver's license number, state identification card number, Social Security number, employee identification number, mother's maiden name, demand deposit account number, savings account number, or credit card number. "In a timely manner" is defined as within 96 hours of delivery of the request.
According to the Los Angeles Times, several companies, including Google, Zynga, and Tumblr, oppose the bill and sent a letter to the bill's sponsor, calling the proposal unnecessary, unworkable, and in violation of teenagers' free-speech rights. The bill now goes to the California State Assembly.
This client alert is a publication of Loeb & Loeb LLP and is intended to provide information on recent legal developments. This client alert does not create or continue an attorney client relationship nor should it be construed as legal advice or an opinion on specific situations.
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yes, god, yes
movie review
by carson timar
Yes, God, Yes (2020)
Following her screenwriting debut on 2014's Obvious Child, Karen Maine is back not only with a new screenplay, but for the first time as the role of director for a feature film with Yes, God, Yes expanding from her 2017 short film by the same name. Following a young girl named Alice (Natalia Dyer) as she is caught in the middle of growing up both as a regular teenager and of the catholic faith, Yes, God, Yes is an incredibly fun and gratifying debut that is sure to put Karen Maine on the map as one of the brightest young new directors out there today.
Mixing the scintillating humor of Booksmart with the emotional catharsis of Lady Bird, Yes, God, Yes shines as a charismatic yet honest reflection of growing up in a religious environment without over-sugar-coating or condemning the experience either. Rather than trying to capture the haunting effects this environment can have on the scale of projects such as Them That Follow or The Miseducation of Cameron Post, it also doesn't try to show the experience as being easy. The film exposes the natural struggles and unfairness that youth are put in where their natural urges and desires are condemned with the threat of permanent damnation word around every corner. When mixed with typical teenage drama, this can be a very hostile environment and where the conflicts are on the smaller scale they still stand out as bitter pieces of the truth for so many.
So much of the balance found between emotion and comedy comes not just from the screenplay, but from the setting the film takes place in. This is a movie whose identity is based on what growing up in the early 2000's really meant and for audiences who can relate to growing up in this era, there will be an undeniable sense of nostalgia. From the selection of songs to the now ancient corners of the internet and technology revived for the film, the film for all of its criticisms, also serves as a love letter to the experience of growing up during this era which is sure to put a smile on the faces of plenty younger audience members.
The film also embraces a younger cast giving multiple actors the chance to rise up and showcase their talents like never before. Most will recognize Natalia Dyer for her supporting role as Nancy Wheeler on Stranger Things but now in a leading role, she shows just how talented she really is. From the comedy to the pain, Dyer nearly carries the film being a well-crafted mixture of innocent and mischievous not far off from the character of Lady Bird from the 2017 film by the same name. The supporting cast including the likes of Alisha Boe and Wolfgang Novogratz also supply plenty of entertainment and characters for Dyer to play off of even if they individually lack much substance to be truly memorable.
For those craving a comedy of substance this summer, Yes, God, Yes absolutely is a great option to turn towards once it comes out both in select theaters and on VOD later this month. Karen Maine is a name that people should watch out for as with her proven talent both writing and now directing, she easily could be one of the brightest modern filmmakers and it will be exciting to see where she goes next.
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Janet traveled to India in 1996, where she dedicated herself to a conscious evolution through yoga. Janet blends a wealth of knowledge and yoga experience to create a unique, vigorous-yet-sumptuous approach to Vinyasa yoga. She teaches in San Francisco and leads retreats internationally.
Benny Holloway is a soulful sound-o-phile travelling the world sharing healing vibrations. He creates deep atmospheric ambient soundbaths that encourage the listener to take a compelling introspective journey.


WARSAW Polish President Andrzej Duda and hundreds of mourners on Friday attended the funeral of Lukasz Urban, the Polish truck driver who was killed and his vehicle used to crash into a Berlin Christmas market last week.The 37-year-old father of a teenaged boy was among 12 people killed in the attack claimed by Islamic State.Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office said on Thursday Urban had died shortly before the attack and forensic tests were needed to determine whether he had been shot with a gun later found on the attacker in Milan.Mourners packed a small church in Banie, the driver's home village, for mass, while several trucks parked nearby honked their horns to honour the driver, private television channel TVN24 showed.
Duda laid a wreath and briefly kneeled in front of Urban's white coffin, after attending mass in the village in northwestern Poland, 15 km (9 miles) from the German border.Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said earlier Urban's son and wife would receive a special pension, while an internet crowdfunding campaign started by a British truck driver has raised more than 177 thousand pounds ($218,000) for the family.
"Poles have fallen victim in terrorist attacks before," Szydlo said in a letter to the family read during Friday's church service. "But the tragedy in Berlin is extraordinary in terms of its ruthlessness and brutality."The suspected Berlin attacker, 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri, was shot dead by Italian police on Friday after a European-wide manhunt.


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Gordon Milne, född 29 mars 1937, är en engelsk tidigare fotbollsspelare och sedermera fotbollstränare.

Gordon Milne spelade 14 landskamper för det engelska landslaget.

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Spelare i Preston North End
Spelare i Liverpool FC
Spelare i Blackpool FC
Spelare i Wigan Athletic FC
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Tränare i Coventry City FC
Tränare i Leicester City FC
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Tränare i Trabzonspor
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The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 94A pause in my top ten – it is after all FA Cup final today. So we go to Carnaby Street and a mecca for 'soccer' fans where you can get everything and anything. I wonder if they sell the 'viva la fulham' CD? If you look carefully you can even see some Gooner shirts in the shop!
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 06Forgive me for being a bit sentimental today but it's my little boy's birthday so how about this little independent toy shop in Clapham, been there for over 30 years.
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 136Wimbledon ladies' final today so we go to SW19 and we ought to buy some tennis gear shouldn't we?
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 15Amazing! A perfect example of the 'dual role shop' genre to round off this week! Now if it was clothes and beer – even I may just be enticed to go shopping at the weekend…This shop is in Hadley Green, High Barnet.
The Tower of Babel – Shop of the Day 133Hackney! Where else to go for a single speed or fixie eh?!


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BAGHDAD- Suicide bombers and roadside blasts targeted police across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens on the second day of serial bombings in the Iraqi capital in less than a week.
The string of apparently coordinated assaults heightened worries about the ability of Iraq's security forces to contain a stubborn insurgency, despite a drop in violence as the last U.S. troops prepare to withdraw by the end of this year.
One bomber rammed an explosives-filled vehicle into a police station in central Alwiya district, killing 14 including 8 police and wounding 28, and another blew up his car at a police building in northwestern Hurriya, killing 8 people and wounding 27, police and hospitals said.
"A car approached and... the driver smashed through the checkpoint and exploded the car when he hit a concrete barrier," Police Lt. Nadeer Adel told Reuters. "Smoke was everywhere, we all took cover. Minutes later we found a crater and some of our police were dead."
The Hurriya blast burned out police vehicles and damaged the station's blue protective blast walls next to the large crater in the road. In other districts blasts blew out windows from nearby homes and shops, scattering streets with debris.
A car bomb also targeted a police patrol in southern Ilaam district, killing at least three, while a roadside bomb hit an army patrol in Hurriya, killing one civilian and injuring 12 people, mostly soldiers, police said.
Two police officers were killed and seven people wounded when a roadside bomb hit another police patrol in the mainly Shi'ite Washash district in western Baghdad.
None of Iraq's insurgent or militia groups claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suicide bombings are usually the hallmark of Iraq's al-Qaeda affiliates who often target local authorities.
At least 10 people were killed on Monday in three successive blasts in Washash district. The first blast was followed by two more when emergency services arrived at the site to tend to the wounded.
The two days of Baghdad attacks came just after the government said it was postponing the army's handover of security in the cities to the police because it was concerned over their readiness.
The number of bombings and attacks in Iraq has fallen sharply from its peak during the sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but Sunni Islamists tied to al-Qaeda and radical Shi'ite militias are still a threat in the OPEC producer.
Insurgents this year have increasingly targeted local security forces and local government offices outside the capital in what Iraqi officials say is an attempt to show that the government cannot provide security as U.S. troops leave.
More than eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, the last 44,000 U.S. troops are preparing to pull out of Iraq when a bilateral security pact expires, though Baghdad and Washington are in talks about whether some will stay on as trainers.


The ChrisMartenson.com website developed a strong following based on the bold thought leadership found in the Crash Course video series and the Crash Course book . To broaden the audience and provide a platform for future growth, ChrisMartenson.com re-branded themselves as "Peak Prosperity" and partnered with the Shimshock Group to deliver their grand vision. The result of this effort is the Peak Prosperity website, an online community dedicated to providing insights for economic and financial prosperity, and Resilient Life, a sister site of Peak Prosperity focused on sustainability, resiliency, and preparedness.
The Shimshock Group was responsible for every aspect of the project, from initial conceptual design to migration and delivery. Our work began with a kickoff process to discuss options, benefits, and risks, and to create a big-picture roadmap. The kickoff helped us to prioritize high-level requirements, which took into account business needs, member needs, and Return on Investment. While there were many new features to be considered for the Peak Prosperity site, the features needed to be balanced against foundational technical requirements. The project would require new feature development, a significant software upgrade, and the migration / integration of the existing ChrisMartenson.com site (and data) into the new platform. All historical data regarding site members, subscribers, and hundreds of thousands of posts and comments needed to be seamlessly transitioned to a new site. To ensure all the issues were taken into consideration, we performed a series of requirements definition sessions with the client.
The requirements definition phase covered each cornerstone area of our implementation work: user interface design, information design, functional design, and technical design. The result of requirements definition was a finalized project scope for the first release of Peak Prosperity, a list of functional requirements to be implemented as part of future releases, and specifications to be used to shape the creative vision for the site. User interview data and personas information were used to create design wireframes, and the approved wireframes were used to develop creative comps for client review. The Shimshock Group's creative team was responsible for delivering the final creative design, graphic design, and graphical elements used to build the site.
When the wireframe concepts had been approved, the implementation team was assembled and began the project delivery phase. Our team members brought a wide-variety of skills to the project, including technical infrastructure, technical architecture, data migration, database management, programming, theming, graphic design, information architecture, and project management. Work was organized into functional areas that could be iteratively reviewed with the client throughout the delivery effort. We also conducted regular status meetings to ensure the client understood our progress, tasks completed, roadblocks, and potential risks.
As well, the site's newly implemented technical infrastructure is very robust and flexible, and provides a solid platform for future scalability.
The response from the user community to the changes has been extremely positive, and has led to many new users joining the site and becoming paid members.
With deep appreciation, we'd like to acknowledge the professional talent involved in designing and building this site ... namely the Shimshock Group ... In particular, we're grateful for the expertise, perseverance, and patience (!) of Ron Shimshock which were critical in making our vision reality.
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AREA YOUTH PREP REPORTING SERVICE WILL COVER OUR LEAGUE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING.
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KCYBA IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE BEST YOUTH BASKETBALL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MIDWEST AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE BASKETBALL IN OUR AREA. THIS COMMITMENT WILL SHOW IN OUR LEAGUES!
OUR PRIMARY LEAGUE GOALS ARE TO (1) PROVIDE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT & STRUCTURE FOR TEAMS TO HAVE COMPETITIVE GAME OPPORTUNITIES AND (2) GIVE COACHES THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AND BUILD ON PLAYER & TEAM DEVELOPMENT.
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Studying sharks off the coast of Somalia would seem hazardous at the best of times, but a group of marine scientists now find themselves caught in a war between desperate pirates, gung-ho Navy SEALs and Hookjaw, legendary great white shark, and her back of angry pack!
Synopsis: It's Kong vs. Kong as they tear through Skull Island, fighting to the death.
From James Asmus (Thief of Thieves, All-New Inhumans) and Carlos Magno (Lantern City, Planet of the Apes) comes the authorized origin of Kong.
Two fractured and combative civilizations are forced to unite when their island is destroyed.
Washing up on the shores of Skull Island, they must defend their people against an endless horde of dinosaurs and monsters. With the help of Kong lies hope for survival.
Collects issue #1-4 of the ongoing series.


Looking at the microbial communities that grow on students' desks, a team of Yale researchers found that the bacteria and fungi overwhelmingly came from the children sitting at the desks. They also found that, even after a desk cleaning, the microbes were back in full force within a few days.
The results, published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, suggest that in times of outbreaks or for children sensitive to allergens, school officials should consider more rigorous desk-cleaning practices.
The research team in the lab of Jordan Peccia, the Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, analyzed samples from the surfaces of classroom desks from three Connecticut schools, grades 7 to 12, in one school district. Each desk was tested before cleaning and then tested five times over a period of 21 days during the school year.
Analyses of samples taken 30 minutes after the desks were cleaned found that only about half of the bacteria and fungi were cleared. Within two to three days, the microbial communities were as plentiful as before the cleaning. Also, their makeup was close to what was found in the initial sample. Between 70 to 80 percent of the microbes were of human origin—specifically, from the skin, mouth, and gut.
Sarah E. Kwan, a Ph.D. candidate in Peccia's lab and lead author of the study, said they were surprised to find that there was almost no change in the microbial makeup over all of the samples.
"That means the bacteria and fungi are coming from one dominant source—humans," she said. "It's not coming down from the air, not from environmental factors—the kids at the desks are depositing the microbes on the desk."
The desks, used by multiple students each day, are normally washed once per semester.
"That means these desks are a tremendous vehicle for the exposure of one person's microbiome to another," Kwan said. "That might not mean anything if the students are healthy and have a good immune system, but it could have a profound effect on the health of children with compromised immune systems, or if there is some kind of outbreak in the school."
The good news is that, under normal circumstances, parents of children in schools shouldn't worry too much—exposure to microbes can even be beneficial. However, other studies have shown a correlation between the cleanliness of classrooms and how frequently students are out of school due to illness. Kwan said, schools experiencing a viral outbreak or that have students with certain health conditions should consider more frequent desk cleanings.
To test the samples, the researchers used a process known as quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to determine the total number of bacteria, fungi, and human cells in each sample. Then, with next-generation DNA sequencers, they determined the specific types of bacteria and fungi. It's a powerful analytical tool, but not an easy one to use. The Peccia lab is currently working on a cost-effective and convenient way to test on site the cleanliness of desks.


It's another slow week, because it's late January and almost everyone's at Sundance. But instead of Utah, I get to go to France this week: From Paris with Love (opens in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on February 5) might make me feel like I'm traveling. A little bit, maybe? Please? Maybe I'll get a chance to glimpse the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triomphe in the background as John Travolta and Jonathan Rhy Meyers zoom by mid-car chase?


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An ugly vile man, he farts and yells on a daily basis. He has many good qualities...oh wrong there. He is usually described as a non beautiful beast, he seems to think everyone is laughing with him, but they are actually laughing at him. This ugly fool, I mean man, also has no friends and can often be described as an annoying, sexist, descendant of Hitler. He is from the Bahamas and hates young people, even though he's dumber then they are. He is tall and fat, usually has a pretty big poo belly.
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Introducing new clips from Midori! A new design in the clip series following on from the D-Clips is the E-Clips. E stands for etching and these Etching Clips have been laser cut from fine stainless steel to highlight the shapes of the animals. The fine work animates each animal and includes details such as fur markings and facial expressions. Each clip is sliver-thin and extremely light yet holds up to 10 sheets of standard paper.


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For a good beginning, instead of New Year's resolutions. Taken from the back cover of an art notebook The Myths of the Unforeseen (2008).
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Start of the day was a bit slow but only because not all of us came prepared. Unfortunately I fell in that category as since Christmas I am struggling to pull myself together and get back to my good old routine. I absolutely hate coming in unprepared and now I know that I won't do this to myself again :). Rest of the day was awesome and thanks to our tutor Heather we got inspired and had so much fun.
Working in my group didn't quite work out but luckily there was a group of enthusiastic people that I joined in. I like working in the group but only if I work with people that do care about this course otherwise I don't mind working on my own.
Here are some of the crazy outcomes.
Lonely fish washed out on the beach.
I have tried to fix the exposure, hue and saturation etc in Photoshop as the image not always looks as good as you thought it would after downloading it.
Here is my attempt to stick it on the new background and I must say that I still need to watch few more tutorials on how to make the backround work better with the image.
I have changed the exposure on this picture as well because it looked bright on my computer but on my iphone it looks too dark. It just shows that the resolution of the equipment that we use is important and I know that my laptop is not the best to be honest.
Dude looks like a lady.
What I have found most difficult was to set the camera on Manual and adjust aperture, shutter speed and exposure by myself. As a hyperactive person focusing is quite tricky for me and I must say that photography does require patient. Now that I have the basics covered I can use it to work independently on my projects.


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A WONDERFUL MOTHER (-IN-LAW)
Delivered 5/12/96 Text: Ruth 1:1-18
Mothers' Day. I like Mothers' Day, as I know we all do. There is something very special in taking time out of the hustle and bustle to celebrate those special ladies who have given us life. The "Mother" of Mother's Day is Anna Jarvis who spent forty years developing the concept. Her drive to create the holiday reached fulfillment in 1914 with a presidential proclamation by Woodrow Wilson. Anna had two fears, both of them well-founded. She was afraid that her effort to honor mothers would be exploited by what was then known as "the floriculture industry." She was also afraid that Mother's Day would become the financial backbone of the greeting card industry.(1) And, if she had only lived in a more technological era, she would have found that the chief mother honored on the second Sunday in May would of course be "Ma" Bell. Restaurants do not do too badly, either. No matter, in coming up with the idea, Anna Jarvis did us a real service.
For Mothers' Day this year I want to focus on someone who made her mark in history as a MOTHER-IN-LAW. Strange, perhaps, especially in light of our normal attitude toward in-laws. You have heard the classic definition of mixed emotions: watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new Rolls Royce. I even heard of one preacher who exhorted his congregation at offering time to "give as if you're giving to send your mother-in- law back home." It is an OLD problem. Even in ancient Rome, the writer Juvenal said, "Domestic concord is impossible as long as the mother-in-law lives." Well, none of that is really fair. There are lots of genuinely terrific mothers-in-law...I know...I have one.
The mother-in-law to whom I would call your attention this morning is Naomi. Of course, she was a mother too (you do not get to be ONE without first being the other). She was probably a GOOD mother, but we do not know much about that. She was a SUPER mother-in-law, and we DO know about that.
Do you remember the story? Times were hard. A famine had struck the land of Israel. Families were forced to do anything they could just to come up with enough food to survive. At least ONE family (and who knows how many others) even came to the place of leaving the country all together. Just as the Irish left their native soil in the 19th century because of the potato famine and came to America to seek a better life, Elimilech, his wife Naomi and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, left their native Bethlehem...the town whose name ironically means "house of bread"...and went to Moab.
That was a BIG decision because, as chauvinistic as nations are in our own day, things were even MORE so back then. Israel and Moab had a certain common heritage, the Moabites having been said to be descendants of Abraham's nephew, Lot. Through the years though, as relatives often do, they had had their troubles. During Israel's wilderness wandering toward the land of Canaan, they had come to Moab and asked for permission to cross through that territory, but the request was denied. As a result, Israelite law prohibited any Moabite from coming into the Jewish congregation for ten generations...not FOREVER, but for a long, long time.
Eventually, things got back to some semblance of normal between the two nations, and by Elimilech's time, they were getting along pretty well. So, he and his family moved, and probably would have been pretty pleased at the whole situation considering that food was readily available to everyone for a change. I say "probably WOULD have been," except for the fact that Elimilech up and died. Can you imagine what a blow that was to Naomi? It would be bad enough being left a widow with two young sons to raise, but even worse being left like that in a foreign land: no relatives to give support, no long-time friends to offer consolation, no shoulders to cry on. It must have been a terrible time.
To Naomi's eternal credit, she managed in spite of it all. She raised those two boys; she somehow found ways to support them, she brought them into manhood as best she could. As I say, I think we can presume she was a good mother.
Of course, when Mahlon and Chilion were finally grown, they took wives for themselves - two Moabite women, Orpah and Ruth. The boys obviously saw no problem with that. To be sure, they knew of their Israelite heritage from their mother's instruction. They probably would have been perfectly happy to find Jewish wives for themselves, but there were no Jewish girls around. And anyway, these boys had lived more than half their lives in Moab, so they were quite content with the local lasses.
I wonder what Naomi thought about that in her heart of hearts. It must have distressed her. She knew how much intermarriage was frowned upon in her homeland. During some periods of Israelite history, it was absolutely prohibited by law. Now, here were her two Jewish sons marrying non-Jewish girls. Even in OUR day, Jewish mothers have a problem with that. But, you know, there is not one word, not one indication, that Naomi ever let her inner feelings be known. As far as Orpah and Ruth were concerned, they were now as much a part of Naomi's family as if they had been born into it. There were lots of wonderful things about Naomi, and this was just ONE of them: Naomi ACCEPTED them...and they knew it.
That is not typical of our vision of a mother-in-law. If there is any accepting to be done, the daughter- or son-in-law must do it. There is that classic story of the woman who was being congratulated by a friend after both her son and daughter were married within a month of each other. "What kind of boy did your daughter marry?" asked the neighbor. "Oh, he's wonderful," gushed the mother. "He makes her sleep late, wants her to go to the beauty parlor everyday, won't let her cook and INSISTS upon taking her out to dinner every night." The neighbor said, "That's terrific. What kind of girl did your son marry?" The mother sighed, "Not so good. She's lazy. She sleeps late every morning, spends all her time at the beauty parlor, won't cook, and makes them take all their meals out." There is an old German proverb that says that most mothers-in-law forget that they too were once daughters-in-law." Ah, yes. Acceptance. Fortunately, that was not Naomi.
There is more to her story, of course. More tragedy. Both Mahlon and Chilion died. Now Naomi had lost not only her husband but both her sons as well. One wonders how she was able to bear it...but she did. When such things happen to people, they begin to think of better times, if only to keep from thinking about how rotten the current times are. For Naomi, those thoughts turned to home...Israel...Bethlehem...memories of the joys of young love with Elimilech...memories of two little boys playing in the fields outside of town. Those memories were like a siren song in her grief calling "Naomi, Naomi...come home...come home." And so, she resolved to do it. After all, there was nothing in Moab to keep her: husband...sons...gone. When word came that the famine in Israel was over, that was all the incentive she needed. All that was left for her in Moab were her two daughters-in-law. So they ALL decided to go, and off they went.
But before they had gotten too far, Naomi began to think. "This is not fair. These girls should not have to be uprooted from THEIR home just because I want to go back to MINE." And she told them so. "Go back to your own mothers, girls. You will be better off there. You will find new husbands for yourselves and build a better life. You will be fine. I know you will."
You see, Naomi BELIEVED in those two young women. She had gotten to know them just as if they had been her own flesh and blood. She knew that they had a lot to offer the young men who might marry them. She had seen them offer a lot to her own sons, especially at the time of death. She knew these girls would be all right.
That does not fit very well with our concept of a mother-in-law either, does it? It often seems that the in-laws are the absolute last ones to ever be convinced of the worth of the one a son or daughter chooses for a spouse. And, on the other side, we so often hear someone credit their success to the fact that someone BELIEVED in them. We need to remember that, whether we are dealing with sons- or daughters-in-law or anyone else, for that matter. Naomi knew it...and Orpah and Ruth came to KNOW she knew it. And that is why they did not want to leave her.
You remember. The daughters-in-law protested, "No, we want to go with you." But Naomi persisted: "Listen, you two. You know I love you and you know I would be pleased to have any sons of mine take you for wives. But be practical. I HAVE no more sons, and it is unlikely that I ever will. Why, if I got married tonight, and got pregnant tonight, it would be twenty years before that would do either of YOU any good. Are you going to tell me that you would be willing to wait around all that time for something that is nothing more than an impossible dream? Of course not. Go home. You will be better off."
That was painful for Naomi to say. She had come to love Orpah and Ruth, and no one wants to be separated from those they love. But Naomi was practical. She was well aware that, in her culture, the life of a woman was totally dependent upon the man. A widow could not simply decide to pick up the pieces of a broken life, go out, get a job, and start all over again. The only way life could REALLY begin again was in the home of a new husband. Naomi was CONCERNED for them, so she was willing to sacrifice her OWN happiness for theirs.
Again, we get a picture that is different than one we might expect of a mother-in-law. At least in popular mythology, the only thing evident among in-laws is an apparent LACK of concern. How many times have in-laws been informed that a certain relative-by-marriage is coming to stay for awhile with resulting moans and groans all over the house? It happens all the time. There is no real concern there for the welfare of the one who is coming to visit; the only concern is SELF-concern. But Naomi was not like that.
That is why what eventually came of her relationship with Orpah and Ruth was possible. If you recall, Orpah reluctantly went along with what Naomi said. Orpah knew that Naomi had accepted her, believed in her and had concern for her. Naomi had Orpah's best interest at heart, and Orpah knew that. So she decided to do what Naomi suggested: she stayed in Moab and went back to her family and friends.
But for Ruth, it was different. She too had felt accepted; she too knew that she was believed in; she too knew that Naomi was concerned about her. And no doubt her decision to stay with Naomi was based on that; she was not willing to give that up. And who could blame HER? That kind of relationship between two people was all too rare in HER day, just as it is in our own.
Of course, once that kind of relationship HAS been established, some marvelous things can result. In Ruth's case, history has been treated with one of the most beautiful statements of loyalty that has ever been uttered. What she said to Naomi has endured through more than 3,000 years as an expression of what genuine RELATIONSHIP is all about. Even to our day, what Ruth said has expressed a bond of union so close that it is even repeated in wedding ceremonies to reflect undying devotion. In the beautiful expressions of the King James Bible in which so many of us were nurtured, "Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God, my God" (Ruth 1:16). What a magnificent pledge!
What would prompt such a thing? Only that rare combination of loving qualities that supposedly are so rare in an in-law... acceptance, belief, concern..."ABC's" of building any kind of true relationship...acceptance, belief, concern.
One more thing should be added. Naomi's traits should not be thought of as being limited to the making of a good in-law; they would make a good ANYONE! Do you want to reach people for Jesus Christ and his church? You can talk till you are blue in the face, but "Actions speak louder than words." The good news of Christ's abiding presence in our lives will most assuredly be communicated by what we DO at least as much as by what we SAY. We have no idea what Naomi might have said to Ruth about her God during the years they lived together in Moab...something, no doubt, but what we do not know. We DO know what effect Naomi's LIFE had on her daughter-in-law: that marvelous affirmation, "Your God...MY God."
Acceptance, belief, concern...not only the ABC's of being a good mother-in-law, but also of being a faithful witness for Jesus. Do you want to be a good ambassador for Christ? Let Naomi show you how. ACCEPT the other person as one whom God loves and for whom Christ died. BELIEVE in the other person - trust them to respond to the leading of the Spirit. Show CONCERN for them...genuine concern...for their well-being - physical, emotional, spiritual. When you can put those elements together you too are liable to hear, "Your God shall be MY God."
Thank you, Naomi, for the lesson. We celebrate Mother's Day, and that is good - we OUGHT to...and for that we thank Anna Jarvis. But on THIS Mother's Day, let us include Mothers-in-Law... in honor of one wonderful mother-in-law who has taught us so much. Happy Mothers' Day.
1. Leigh Eric Schmidt, Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays, (Princeton, 1995), pp. 245-256.


Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department and Las Cruces Police Department are both hosting Rolling Surveillance law enforcement training in September and October 2018, respectively.
Rolling Surveillance is the top in mobile surveillance courses in the country. Tim Lewis, the instructor, originated taking rolling surveillance training for law enforcement into the field, with real life scenarios in uncontrolled environments. This is the first week of a two week course. Be sure to take Rolling Surveillance II to complete your training.
On Monday you learn the techniques and lingo, then on Tues, Wed, and Thurs you will go out into the field and work what you learned on Monday (with occasional debriefs to help you clean up your techniques) , getting the top hands-on training available. Friday is a thorough debrief to see how well you employed what you learned throughout the week and how you can improve upon it!
Be sure to register online today to reserve your spot in the class before it's full. We hope to see you there!
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Join us for a Wine Down redux! This year, Charles Smith Wines presents The Rhythm & Vine Concert Series at 3Ten. The series opens on Friday, May 17 with music from Austin's Latin-funk powerhouse, BROWNOUT. Tickets to the event are on sale now, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit AMF.
9-piece outfit formed fifteen years ago by members of Grammy Award-winning Latin revival orchestra Grupo Fantasma, Brownout has evolved into a musical force all its own. After garnering three Austin Music Awards, the band has continued to produce music that is unflinchingly progressive, while evoking the classic influences of artists such as WAR, Cymande and Funkadelic. They've performed at events including Bonnaroo, High Sierra Music Festival, Pickathon, FFFFest, Bear Creek Music Festival, Utopia Festival and Pachanga Fest, while regularly touring the U.S. Brownout's also served as a highly in-demand backing band for artists including Prince, Daniel Johnston, GZA and Bernie Worrell.
After a surprise national hit in 2014 with their Black Sabbath inspired 'Brownout Present Brown Sabbath' album, the band released Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath Vol. II in 2016 via Ubiquity Records. The recording includes reimagined versions of "Fairies Wear Boots," "Snowblind" and "Supernaught." The tracks "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and "Symptom of the Universe" features vocals by Ghostland Observatory's Aaron Behrens.
Prior to the Brown Sabbath series, Brownout released three albums – Homenaje (Freestyle Records 2008), Aguilas & Cobras (Six Degrees 2009) and Oozy (Nat Geo 2012).


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TALK HEATHEN
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Host: Eric Murphy and Jamie Boone
5:45 'Objectively Dan' of Texas, an atheist, co-host of Epistemic podcast with Anthony Magnabosco and Reid Nicewonder, and a former Christian shares a brief history of his deconversion thru Street Epistemology(SE). He also announced his first speaking engagement, a SE work shop at the Secular Student Alliance (SSA) in Ohio.
11:38 Mike from Tampa, Florida, an atheist and a former Lutheran wants to talk about capital punishment and symbology or religious symbolism and iconography, specifically of Christianity.
20:28 Benji of Southaven, Mississippi, an atheist talks about dishonesty of presuppositional apologist. He also shared his religious protestant background starting with his father, a Hyper-Calvinism and bible-literalist preacher.
34:17 Adam from Tennessee, atheist discusses about the principle of charity or charitable interpretation in debates.
56:08 Jon of Oregon, an atheist and a science educator shares about the nature of genetic code. He also commented on a previous caller two-part argument on the existence of god by means of the genetic code. The first part of the argument was the genetic code is a real coding language, and second is only intelligent minds can invent coding language, that concludes as an evidence of an intelligent designer.
1:15:50 Josh from San Antonio, Texas, a theist inquires about virtual particle in physics.
1:20:44 Craig of Las Cruces, New Mexico, an atheist shares his near death experience.
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9:05 Tom (3rd time caller) from North Hollywood, atheist calls to talk about miracles under an atheist context.
29:35 Juan in Dallas, Texas, a bible believer but not a Christian asks about vibratory energy. He claims that the bible is scientific and historical evidence.
1:00:04 William (2nd time caller) from Tacoma, an atheist asks if Talk Heathen found another Victor. He is also conveying a question for the previous caller, Juan, if god of the bible would not provide a miraculous faith healing and why not just tell those people to go to the hospital. He also expressed his concern for the current US secretary of state who believes that "the rapture" is a real event that is going to happen and only trusts fundamentalist Christians.
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3:50 Mr. Atheist (4th time caller) talks about the Catholic pope comforted a little boy about his atheist dad being in heaven.
11:10 John (2nd time caller) in Arkansas, an atheist thanking the show for the life changing advice shared from last call.
28:20 Kyle from Canada, a theist calls in to talk about if the atheist community ignores the effects of religious organization that are outside the church.
48:45 Carlos in Minneapolis, a theist who claim to be a former atheist asks about "Darwinian"- based truth and people are atheist would be a better future for humanity.
1:08:50 Josh from Atlanta, a/theist?? discusses the variety of comments and expects better response from atheist community on gender pronouns discussion.
1:18:57 Eva from California, a theist shares how god communicates to her through dreams.
1:30:00 Derek from California, an atheist asks about mythicism.
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2:40 Rusty from California, a/theist?? discusses about pronouns and English language.
20:30 Tyler from Las Vegas, an atheist talks about pronouns, androgynous pronoun, and reason of pushback.
34:44 Nathaniel from Mexico City, theist shares how he liked the Atheist Experience show when he was an atheist. He also talks about morality and argument for god.
53:24 Jimmy from San Antonio, Texas, a/theist?? asks about the experiment in Baltimore where neuroscientist delved into psilocybin mushrooms and mystical experience. (Dropped call due technicality)
1:00:41 Matt in Ohio, atheist discusses about being 6 years sober, AA meetings and higher power. He also briefly talks about a lawyer who asked for secular option for non-believers. He shared Cleveland resources for atheists who seek sobriety, such as a Buddhism recovery road and a cognitive behavioral change, called smart recovery.
1:10:03 Hunter of Lavant, Texas, a recent atheist inquires about how to come out and inform others.
1:18:00 Charles from Cleveland, Ohio, a theist asks about the beginning of the universe came to be.
1:29:50 Karl (2nd time caller) from California, confirms Eric's inquiry if he heard the conversation from a previous caller, Rusty.
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Episode 02.11 03/25/2018
S2 E11
15:40 Michael atheist thanking the ACA shows for helping him realize he was atheist. Theists say that "you can't prove a negative", but Michael called in to say that he has a way to prove a negative.
39:03 Jose atheist saying his family is Jehovah's Witness and shunned him after he announced he was atheist. Jose called in looking for answers as to how he might be able to reconnect with his family.
1:00:15 Karen atheist called in to talk about how strange it is for her to be the only atheist in her very Catholic family. She talks about watching the movie "The Bible" as a child and how it set her on the path to atheism. Her family also advised her to have a talk with her priest uncle, but that conversation turned out to further confirm her atheism.
1:06:59 Damon theist called in to try to explain why there is a god and the potential proof of god. He considers himself a "scientific theist" and wanted Eric and Jamie to try to poke holes in his argument.
7:13 Mike theist called with a lot of woo that started with a hypnotic experience that led him to a premonition/revelation of abuse of a friend.
41:13 Tom atheist asking why is religion such an important issue
52:30 EJ atheist calling about modeling good behavior that "I don't know" is acceptable. EJ also said their pronouns are they/them and corrected a small mistake made during their appearance regarding the moon moving away from the earth.
59:38 Kyle theist called in to question if mental health is tied to the moral health of society. Family ideals have decreased. He also discussed "spiritual growth", "spiritual death" and "spiritual rebirth."
1:15:36 Mr. Atheist (2nd time caller) called in to discuss EJ being on a future video on his channel. He is also going to discuss Mormonism in a future episode and wants help answering a question. A Mormon said he can't prove the existence of god to an atheist any more than you can prove a color to a blind mind.
1:24:32 Mason atheist discussing the education in the south/bible belt
1:29:10 Emily atheist discussing how parents can deny medical treatment due to religious exemptions and the harm that religion can do to health
1:40:52 Lawrence atheist asking if theist arguments just play games with language/semantics/definitions
S2 E9
3:50 Adam atheist discussing ableism and the secular community
14:10 Sophia atheist discussing lack of community and support wanting to feel less isolated
23:29 Joseph atheist calling to discuss Mexican witch doctors and how believing in these things are dangerous because they don't seek treatment from doctors
42:10 Kendall (4th time caller) atheist wanting to know if it's important for atheists to read and/or be knowledgeable about the bible
55:35 Janet (5th time caller) atheist discussing growing up in a family who believed in the supernatural and a "haunted house" where strange things happened
1:10:51 Phil (2nd time caller) atheist discussing the abundancy of empathy and how religion puts god above humanity
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The Elms: Convicted and forgiven in an instant
The Elms rocked the house last night at the Vogue in Indianapolis. I convict them of excellence; but they have such fun in what they do I forgive them too.
I had the chance to talk briefly with Owen Thomas before the show; be wary if you get the chance to do the same because the man is intense. Even running on a sleep deficit he was up for a detailed discussion of the creative process. I got to share my gratitude - the Elms is the first band whose music my kid likes (I was despairing that the kid might never develop musical taste until he found them). Owen spoke of the mental process a performer goes through to be ready to be in the moment on stage and how he struggles to set aside James-Brown style perfectionism to be happy in the moment of a performance. As much as I was swept away with the band's frolicing performance last night, I couldn't help but see how that intensity from Owen was playing out as well. He's balancing there during the performance, between neurosis and joy, pushing his bandmates to step up and play better and stronger, and they push right back. That's serious fun they're having in their rambunctious, melodic act.
The Elms' set started with "The Strut," headed strong over to "Unless God Appears First," and of course included the popular treat "Back in Indiana" from the Elm's discography. The boys from Seymour also picked up the most joyful version I'd ever heard of the hymn "I'll Fly Away." My personal favorite of their collection, "Nothing to Do with Love," finally came up after I'd been anticipating it through the whole set. A version of Jimi Hendrix's "Fire" closed it out.
During a pause between songs, the audience began to clap out a rhythm; the Elms drummer Chris Thomas picked up the crowdsourced rhythm, built it into something more, was joined by Thom Daugherty then Nathan Bennett with Owen Thomas providing kinetic counterpoint all the while. The riff lasted less than a few minutes, and was astonishingly intense and authentic - and the ability of the players to gel together around what the crowd was giving and make it so much more was impressive.
My date had alerted me to keep an eye on the drummer's antics during the show, and he did not disappoint - while maintaining a certain reticence that is not unusual for a musician who's role is to hang out backstage, Chris Thomas pulled off many a visual prank for the audience's amusement. At least twice, I heard the crowd shouting out "CHRIIIIIISSSS!" which is probably the first time a drummer has been cheered with such enthusiasm during a performance. Second time if you count Florida A&M's marching band.
Front man Owen Thomas made a heartfelt plea to the crowd to be good to one another before launching into "This is How the World will end." (An acoustic recording from the Elms is available from Africa Water is Life.)
Thom Daugherty was first and last onstage; he came out to play a solo from a cover of Tom Petty's Free Falling with Green River Ordinance. I had the sense that he was so keen to play he had to get out there and do it (and notably Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is cited by the Elms as a major influence). At the end of the night, his chords were still ringing in my ears.
Most of the songs played were from their latest album, "The Great American Midrange." Opening for the Elms were Green River Ordinance and Henry French & The Shameless. GRO, kudos for your final acoustic play, it was solid - and HF&tS, thanks for your fun set. Note to the guitarist from GRO: my father in law called, and he wants his hat back.
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Black Crowes at the Moscone Center November 18
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Doing some things wrong beats doing nothing.