Testimony is underway in the first degree murder trial of Curtis Lovelace.
In opening statements...Special Prosecutor Ed Parkinson says Cory Lovelace was suffocated in bed by another--possibly during the evening of February 13, 2006.. several hours before police and emergency responders arrived. The defense team of Jay Elmore and Jeff Page say the truth rests in the testimony of the Lovelace children who say their mother was alive on the morning of February 14th before they were taken to school. The defense said in opening statements that Cory Lovelace brought clothing to one of the children as they were getting ready for school and that she was interacting with the children that morning. Jurors heard Wednesday morning from Adams County State's Attorney Jon Barnard...Cory Lovelace's mother Martha Didriksen...Doug Vandermaiden of the Quincy Police Department and paramedics Bill Ballard and Cole Miller about the events of the morning of February 14 of 2006... the state of Cory Lovelace's body and the scene in the bedroom as police and EMT's were on scene. Martha Didriksen also testified about a relationship with Curtis Lovelace that was at times friendly and at at other times contentious. Didriksen also said that while she knew her daughter was drinking--at times heavily due to knee pain in the fall of 2005-- she never saw her drunk and that she was a stay at home mom involved in church and other activities in addition to raising her children.


Reminder: Changes have been made to the Senior Social. The monthly social day of week has been changed from Thursday to Tuesday of the third week of the month. The time has been changed from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to 6 to 7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, there will be a Carol Burnett show presented by Harry Watts.
Plan to come and enjoy a fun show with your friends at the Center for Health Improvement education room. Also, you can enjoy a treat provided just for you. It's a free night out -- hope to see you there. Anyone with questions can call Opal at (785) 726-4432.
Opal Flinn, Ellis, is a member of the Generations Advisory Group.


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"Where Do You Work?" Wednesday: Katie Radtke
By Sara Nelson
Happy "Where Do You Work?" Wednesday! This week meet alumna Katie Radtke (MA '15 Higher Education and Student Affairs).
Radtke serves as the Coordinator for New Student and Family Programs in the Office of Student Development at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She plans campus-wide programs for first-year and transfer students and their families, including summer orientation, welcome week, and family weekend.
"I find joy putting students and their families at ease, whether it be answering questions about our programs or steering them toward proper resources," says Radtke. "I am grateful for the little moments that empower students and families to feel capable and ready to navigate Marquette."
Radtke is grateful to the HESA program for teaching her how to put students at the center of her work.
"My experience with HESA provided an amazing foundation for student-centered work. Our classes always emphasized keeping students at the heart of what we do," says Radtke. "Thanks to my time at Iowa, I continually reflect in my daily work on how to better serve students and their families. It has become second nature."

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Can Tech Help Improve Conditions For World Cup Workers In Qatar?
By Joe Lemire / November 22, 2017
Joe Lemire, 2 years ago 2 min read
Construction workers on Khalifa International Stadium ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar on December 30, 2015 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
After repeated criticisms from groups such as Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch, Qatar has introduced legislation to overhaul its widely criticized migrant worker employment system (known as kafala) and improve safety conditions on sites such as the venues under construction for the 2022 World Cup.
Such pledged reforms have indicated sufficient progress that the United Nations' International Labour Organization has closed a three-year-old complaint into alleged abuses that third-party observers had deemed "appalling," "repressive" and "dreadful." The ILO and Qatar will now enter a three-year period of comprehensive technical cooperation. Among the changes are a contractual system of employment, a minimum wage and permission for inspectors to monitor the workplace.
Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy — the organizing body for World Cup preparations — has implemented a pair of cooling technologies to mitigate some of the country's extreme heat: cooling helmets, towels and vests that workers could wear while on site. Another development has been the committee's partnership with the Commercial Bank Qatar (CBQ) on an app that enables workers to transfer money internationally to their families on a mobile device rather than waste some two hours traveling to and waiting at a bank location.
Among the many strategic objectives outlined in the ILO report is a commitment to providing "tools of information technology, communications and the Internet at workers' temporary accommodation to help their integration into digital society and reinforce their access to information and services."
"While we welcome and support this agreement between the ILO and Qatar, we emphasize that nice words and good intentions are not sufficient," Catelene Passchier, president of the Workers' Group of the ILO, said, according to Reuters. "Implementation of these intentions in law and practice is critical."
As recently as late September, the Human Rights Watch advocated "urgent action" to protect workers in Qatar, saying that the current restrictions on outdoor labor (from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the period of June 15 to Aug. 31) was insufficient given scorching temperatures at other hours and times.
In light of that report, the Supreme Committee said it acknowledged HRW's concerns, refuted the claim that it had "abdicated responsibility" on caring for workers and noted that medical screenings and cooling technologies had been implemented.
"We continue to co-ordinate closely with the ILO and international NGOs to implement reforms that will improve the health, safety and rights of migrant workers," Sheik Saif Al Thani, director of the Government Communications Office, told CNN in a statement.


Wu Yingjie, Party chief of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region recently emphasized the need to thoroughly implement the Xi Jinping Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, asking all to firmly establish constitutional awareness, respect, learn, abide by and use the Constitution in a bid to continually launch new phases of work in governing Tibet.
Wu made the instruction when he presided over a study meeting on the Constitution for the regional Party committee.
Leaders from across the autonomous region including Lobsang Gyaltsun, Qi Zhala, Ding Yexian, Norbu Dhundrup, Danke, Zeng Wanming, Jiang Jie, and Benpa Tashi attended the study meeting. Wang Yaqin, a professor in the Political Science and Law Department of the Party School of Central Committee of CPC, made a speech.
In the speech, Wang Yaqin expounded on the meaning and function of the Constitution and gave a comprehensive history of China's Constitution and current constitutional revisions. A detailed explanation on how to strengthen the implementation of the Constitution was given.
As presiding over the meeting, Wu Yingjie pointed out that the Constitution is the fundamental law of the country and the general method by which to ensure national security. He said it is also the basis for comprehensively implementing governing the country by law. Departments at all levels throughout the region must deepen their understanding of both the far-reaching and practical significance of constitutional revisions, earnestly promote the spirit of the Constitution, strengthen studies of the Constitution, enhance constitutional awareness, and uphold the authority of the Constitution.
Wu emphasized that the new constitutional amendments record important theoretical viewpoints and major policies as defined by the Party's 19th National Congress into China's fundamental laws. The amendments affirm the Party's leadership, and the people's right to manage themselves, which is conducive to upholding and perfecting the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, advancing the modernization of national governance and capacity to govern, and provide a solid constitutional guarantee for the realization of the China dream.
Wu Yingjie said that these constitutional amendments establish a guiding position for the Xi Jinping Thought of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in China's political and social life, and incorporate the Thought into the Constitution is a major reform measure to improve the socialist political system with Chinese characteristics, and a major political plan to uphold the authority of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core.
Wu Yingjie also pointed out that efforts should be made to strengthen constitutional study, by utilizing schools and training platforms at all levels to increase the intensity of disseminating knowledge of laws, vigorously publicize the law, deepen interpretations of the law, and create an atmosphere wherein the spirit of the Constitution has a real impact on people and strikes into people's hearts.
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the implementation of the Constitution, especially in Tibet, and to study and formulate laws that safeguard social stability, oppose separatism, and strengthen national unity within the framework of the Constitution.
Based in Lhasa, Tibet Vista is a Tibet travel agency that specialized in Tibet permit, and Tibet tours for both private and group travelers at a local price!


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Abandoned Black Refuse Bin
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Outside 75/77 Wellsway, in Bear Flat, there is a large tree with low branches which are at head height
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Bowing wall over pavement in Entry Hill
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Branches fallen onto footpath opposite 82 Holloway
Overgrown branches into private garden , no 41
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Very large hornbeam tree overhanging private gardens and pedestrian path to Calton Gardens and Calton Walk (this was the subject of a planning approval Reference: 17/01692 submitted 07/04/2017)


Sea Battle in the skies - play now!
Sirens are wailing, the enemy air fleet is approaching: let the Air Battle begin!
Take control of the command center and coordinate the air defense in your area in Air Battle. Discover enemy aircraft and command the shelling in your sector by determining the correct coordinates, just like in Battleship.
All three versions (Fleet, Space, and Air Battle) are fun to play. I like the blueprint design, and the variations on the ship designs add new challenges.
One request: for online play, I'd like to be able to see the opponent's board in the upper screen (when it's not my turn). I want to be able to plan my next moves while I'm waiting for the other player to attack.
I love playing this game. It's fast, it's fun, and there are very few computer glitches. I have something to learn from all of my opponents because no 2 games are the same. Can't stop playing it and can't stop recommending it!
This game is great... along with the fleet and space battle. Online play is quick and fun.


AGINFRA+ is a three-year project set up to support the community working on agriculture and food research. AGINFRA+ will further develop the resources and services of the AGINFRA project's research data e-infrastructure.
The AGINFRA+ project builds on the experience and work of its partners: Agroknow, the Alterra Institute of the Wageningen University & Research Center (ALTERRA), the National Agronomic Research Institute of France (INRA), the National Institute for Risk Assessment of Germany (BfR), the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA), Pensoft Publishers (PENSOFT) and EGI.
AGINFRA+ will evolve the AGINFRA data e-infrastructure by using core e-infrastructures such as EGI to provide a sustainable channel addressing user communities around agriculture and food. The project will demonstrate how these scientific communities may carry out rapid development and deployment of innovative applications and workflows, powered by e-infrastructures. This will illustrate the value of AGINFRA as a virtual research environment for the domain of agriculture and food.
The kick-off meeting of the AGINFRA+ project was held from 16 to 17 January at the INRA headquarters in Paris.
Goal: investigate what makes strategically important crops such as wheat, maze and rice resistant to extreme weather conditions.
How: integrate high-throughput plant phenotyping data with e-infrastructures, deploy the PHIS webservice and new software to extract information from data in order to find the most resistant types.
How: scale up the computing capabilities to improve forecasts of crop and soil types.
How: improve the current software and existing tools to allow for repeatability. This will be used to predict the growth of microbes, for instance.
EGI will also participate in the collection and analysis of e-infra requirements coming out of the use cases, offering services from the EGI catalogue and bringing in relevant technologies from the EGI network. EGI will work strongly with CNR, member of the project and provider of the d4Science system, on supporting the use cases.
EGI will also contribute to the sustainability activities in the project. One of the goals of this task is to facilitate business engagement and establish an AGINFRA association that would ensure continuity for the results.
Gergely Sipos leads the EGI Foundation Technical Outreach team.


Searching for hotels in Fatima (Portugal) or Fatima accommodation? Fatima is a small town, with a population of nearly eight thousand people, in the province of Ourem, in the Centro region of Portugal.
One of the town's main claims to fame is the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, which was built to commemorate the visions of the Virgin Mary that local peasant children claimed to have had in 1917. In fact, most of the tourists who visit the town come to see the Basilica, and there are shops and stalls devoted to selling religious memorabilia. The Basilica also houses the tombs of the three children who were said to have had the visions.
Make sure that you visit Fatima on May or October the 13th, which is when the visions were said to have occurred, and when the town hosts impressive torch light processionals to the chapel built on the site that they occurred.
- Browse the Fatima Map or compare Fatima accommodation from Hotels, Motels, B&Bs, Lodging & Hostels to Holiday & Caravan Parks.
Resources, Information and guides on Fatima. For things to do, attractions, restaurants, holidays and sites refer below.
About Page: Fatima Motels, Family Packages, Holiday Stays, Caravan Parks, Apartments, Hostels, Last Minute Fatima accommodation, 5 star Luxury to 2 star Budget hotels and resort deals. Compare Fatima hotel reservations, bookings and cheap rates.


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The Diseases Prevention (Metropolis) Act (46 & 47 Vict c 35) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1883, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Earlier in the century the Metropolitan Asylums Board (MAB) had been established under the Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 to deal with London's sick poor,[1] run as a Poor Law institution. But under increasing pressure resulting from a series of smallpox epidemics in the early 1880s a Royal Commission was set up in 1881 to investigate how best to deal with those suffering from infectious diseases. The commission recommended that the provision of hospital treatment for those with infectious diseases should be decoupled from the Poor Law, and instead be considered part of London's sanitary arrangements. The commission also recommended that paupers and non-paupers should be treated alike, although there might be separate wards for those able to pay.[2] The subsequent Disease Prevention (Metropolis) Act of 1883 effectively abolished the distinction between paupers and non-paupers in the provision of the MAB's hospital care.[3] It also had the effect of permitting workhouse infirmaries to treat paying non-paupers as well as their own inmates, and by the beginning of the 20th century some were even able to operate as private hospitals.[4]
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Vapor Galleria Pittsburgh Grand Opening!
Come by the store any day this week to register for our grand prize drawing. Drawing will be Sunday afternoon the 15th @ 5pm.
Come in for a visit and maybe win something awesome!


Mirage Anti-Bot is a compact antivirus tool which aims to prevent you from accessing websites infected by the ZeuS, Palevo and SpyEye bots.
The program is fairly straightforward, in theory at least. The key point to remember is that you must launch it as an administrator (right-click the shortcut, select Run As Administrator). Then just click the Update button, and the program will download the abuse.ch blocklist (a major list of infected domains) and update your Windows HOSTS file accordingly, effectively preventing any browser you might run (or any other internet software) from reaching the malicious sites.
There are also a few small extras. Mirage Anti-Bot can log attempted accesses to blocked sites, for instance, perhaps helping you to see if it's doing anything useful. And if you'd like to prevent your kids from accessing a specific domain or two then you can add those sites to the list, too.
The program has significant limitations, of course. Mirage Anti-Bot isn't trying to detect malware on these websites, for instance, it's just blocking domains on a secondary list: if you try to visit an infected site which hasn't made it to the abuse.ch blocklist yet then the program won't be able to help you. So Mirage Anti-Bot is no substitute for a full antivirus tool with proper real-time browsing protection.
You also have to remember to run the program as an administrator, because if you forget then it doesn't seem to realise there's anything wrong, and still claims it's updated your HOSTS file even when nothing's happened at all. The simplest approach is probably just to tweak its shortcut accordingly (right-click, select Properties > Compatibility, check "Run this program as an administrator").
Still, once we'd sorted this out, the program worked well. Mirage Anti-Bot's simplicity means you'll be able to run it alongside your existing tool without any conflicts. And with the program using barely 7MB of RAM on our test PC, it's a reasonable choice to provide an extra layer of protection for your system.
Mirage Anti-Bot is a simple way to add an extra layer of security to your PC.


On the SitePoint PHP blog there's a tutorial posted helping you get started editing and updating the PHP.net documentation, one of the most widely used parts of the PHP ecosystem.
In this two-part article series, we'll be covering how to contribute to the PHP project. This will hopefully clarify what steps need to be taken for those looking to become more involved with PHP.
This first part will be covering how to contribute to PHP's documentation, including how to request a php.net Account and what to do once an account has been granted.
He starts with a bit about why you should contribute back to the PHP project and how the documentation is a great place to start. He then gets into the structure of the documentation, the DocBook structure it uses and points to the online editor for the first time contributors. He includes a video showing how to use the system to resolve this bug showing an incorrect MongoDB Client example. For those that would rather do it locally, he shows how to setup and configure the source and required tools. He then shows the flow of updating the documentation, building the result and verifying the update looks correct.
Finally he talks about requesting a php.net account to push the changes back upstream and provides some general tips on things like style guidelines, page ordering and correctly versioning files.
The SitePoint PHP blog has a new tutorial posted showing you how to interact with the GitHub API via PHP thanks to the KnpLabs library to create a simple automation system to perform some simple tasks.
Github is one of the best ways to share code and collaborate. In this article, we are going to learn how to consume their API and how we can use it to accomplish some of our daily tasks. We are going to explore some of the daily tasks that can be accomplished through the Github API and build a small app using Laravel to illustrate the use cases. You can check the final result on Github.
Each item includes the code you'll need to make it happen, an example of the output you'll get from the API and how to use the data on your side in your views.
Where can I find a free place to edit PHP code and see the results?
In this recent post to Reddit.com, the question is asked "Where can I find a free place to edit PHP code and see the results?"
Hey everyone, Recently I was tasked with coming up with some code for an possible job opportunity. I'm wondering if anyone could point me to a place where I can easily write and edit PHP code and see the actual program run.
Simple HTML DOM parser is a PHP 5+ class which helps you manipulate HTML elements. The class is not limited to valid HTML; it can also work with HTML code that did not pass W3C validation. Document objects can be found using selectors, similar to those in jQuery. You can find elements by ids, classes, tags, and much more. DOM elements can also be added, deleted or altered.
They help you get started using the parser, passing in the HTML content to be handled (either directly via a string or loading a file) and locating elements in the document either by ID, class or tag. Selectors similar to those in CSS are available. Finally, they show how to find an object and update its contents, either by adding more HTML inside or by appending a new object after it.
On the ServerGrove blog today there's a new post showing how you can set up Dreamweaver to be able to edit Twig templates directly, complete with syntax highlighting.
If you are a designer working with Symfony developers you will soon encounter Twig. Twig is a template engine for PHP that has been adopted by Symfony 2, and from a designers perspective, it's a major improvement over the way things are done in Symfony! For designers who have used templating systems like Smarty before, Twig is going to be a walk in the park, if you have not used a templating system before, Twig is a great place to start.
It's a simple two-step process to get things up and working. You just need to tell Dreamweaver that ".twig" files should be recognized as code and set up the syntax highlighting in the "MMDocumentTypes" XML configuration file (might be a little tricky for non-development types). This change tells the program to open them with HTML syntax highlighting.
On Webitech.net there's a new tutorial showing how to combine PHP and jQuery to create a simple content editing system when you don't need a full-blown CMS to manage the pages of your site.
I'm going to show you how to use jQuery and PHP to build a content editing system that will allow you or your client to easily edit .html pages visually. [...] Our file structure is going to be really simple – just admin.php, the wymeditor package and jquery together in the demo directory.
The tool uses PHP's file_get_contents to pull in the source of the page into a textarea and edit it with jQuery and the WYM Editor. Full code is included for your cut and paste pleasure but if you need a quicker fix, you can download the source. There's also a demo to see it in action.
The phpanywhere site boasts itself as "the easiest way to bring work with you anywhere you go - without bringing anything". The free (still in beta) service offers online PHP editing through a web browser interface.
PHPanywhere is a web based free Integrated Development Environment or IDE for the PHP language, in other words it is an application that gives developers all the code editing capabilities they need to develop PHP applications online. It includes a real-time syntax code editor with support for all web formats and a powerful FTP editor.
You can add in FTP servers and pull files directly from them to edit and upload back over. You can also use the project sharing to allow others to see the current state of your code (real-time collaboration is "coming soon"). You can see screenshots of the editor interface, setting up FTP sites and modifying permissions for the files.
Want the "quick and dirty" way to get OpenID support up and running on your WordPress blog? Check out this new post from Jamie Hemmett - short, sweet and to the point.
Some of the tools you'll need are the OpenID plugin, RoleScoper, Adminimise and some knowledge of working with the WordPress files directly to add in the OpenID support. You'll also need to set up your blog to accept new registrations.
Sample code is included for "OpenID-ing" the page with a new kind of login form.
If you're a fan of the Textmate editor for the Mac platform, you might want to check out this new post from the cssgallery website. It shows how you can get your favorite editor to check your PHP syntax for you.
You'll need to edit the PHP bundle slightly to get things working, but that's as easy as going through the UI and changing a drop-down value to activate the check. You'll need to have a php binary where the editor can use it, but most OS X installs will have that in place anyway. Check out this image to see the end result.
In this new tutorial from DevShed, they show how to take that PHP-GTK introductory knowledge a step further and create a simple desktop "notepad" application (corss-platform, of course).
If you think building a desktop application such as Notepad is difficult, think again. If you use PHP-GTK, it's almost ridiculously easy. This article will show you how. By the time you're done, you'll have a full cross-platform application in about 100 lines.
You need to already have the latest PHP-GTK version installed and have a basic knowledge of how to make an application before you start. All code is included as well as explanations as to where all of the parts go (including a simple find, time/date output, select all and how to tell if the user has modified the contents of the file).


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Amanda Horgan
Ms Woman United States 2019
Mile #1
As the founder of Fit With A Purpose, I am sponsoring Mile 1 for one of our yearly events, The Susan G Komen More than Pink Walk! Join our team or donate to help end breast cancer:
http://info-komen.org/goto/Fitwithapurpose
Cheyanne Buhrts
Miss Preteen Eastern Panhandle United States
Mile #2 Partner
Cheyanne's platform is: HOP - Help, Overcome, Prosper, and All About Volunteering. Cheyanne wants to help her community and state Overcome and Prosper by volunteering for different entities and organizations. Some of the causes she is passionate about are Veterans, The Humane Society, Hunger, abused and addicted youth, the homeless, senior care facilities and anti-bullying.
Check out several of the non-profits she volunteers with and supports, you can learn more and donate by clicking the links below:
Kidz Power Pac:
https://communitycombined.org/donate/
Berkeley County Humane Society
Berkeley County Backpack Program:
http://feedbcwvkids.org/get-involved/
For more info. on Cheyanne:
https://www.facebook.com/preteenepwvus/
Alaya McKinney
Miss Santa Clarita Valley
Alaya's platform is The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Multiple Sclerosis is an
neurological auto-immune disease that causes chronic pain and debilitation. MS affects over 2.3 million Americans, 70% of those that are diagnosed are women.
This organization is important to Alaya because, in 2010 at the age of eighteen, she
was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She currently serves as a member of the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society's District Activist Leader Program, Emerging
Leaders Board, and the Services Advisory Committee. As a District Activist, Alaya
educates members of Congress and Legislature on the Society's Federal Initiatives
to serve and better the lives of individual's affected by Multiple Sclerosis. Having
MS has motivated Alaya to attend Law School, and pursue her Masters Degree in Public Health with the aims of becoming a Disability Rights Attorney.
You can learn about MS and get involved with the organization through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's website:
www.nationalmssociety.org
Amanda Ford
Miss Santa Monica United States
Amanda's platform is Autism Awareness and Acceptance. Amanda was inspired to raise awareness and support for this cause by her little sister Kaitlin who has Autism Spectrum Disorder. 1 in 59 individuals are born with autism in the United States and it is estimated that one third of individuals with Autism are non-verbal. Amanda is raising her voice for the voiceless and aims to help make this world a more understanding and inclusive place.
Amanda would like to encourage you to check out some of the following websites where you can learn more and help donate to support this cause:
https://www.autism-society.org/
https://researchautism.org/
https://autisticadvocacy.org/
https://awnnetwork.org/
Trena Myers
Ms Woman Metro Atlanta
Trena J Myers is an intuitive abstract artist; an Emory University trained health coach and a creative mindset coach. She empowers busy people to ease stress and anxiety through creative tools. Her workshops and clients are national and global. She has mentor and guided thousands of students as they discern their next steps, from high school to
college to graduate school and beyond.
Having over 20 years' experience as a professional public speaker, Trena has spoken to national organizations across the country to include Georgia HOSA (which is the largest organization in the World) and the Association of Family Medicine Administration. She is a
2014 Gwinnett Neighborhood Leadership Institute (GNLI) graduate; a service of the Gwinnett Coalition, her team designed a community service project to raise awareness about the mental health impact of
sexting. She served as chair on the GNLI advisory board where she was a vital part of redesigning the program.
In 2017 she began working with resident physicians on the wellness initiative by providing emotional wellness painting workshops which developed into her platform.
Trena travels the US conducting workshops and fundraisers for various organizations. Trena is an artist who works in a variety of media. By replaying the work for each exhibition and
pushing the evocative power of the work a little further, Myers creates intense personal
moments masterfully created by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring
the viewer round and round in circles. Her artworks are characterized by the use of everyday objects in an atmosphere of middle-class mentality in which recognition plays an important role. By applying abstraction, she often creates work using creative game tactics, but these are never permissive. Play is a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo transubstantiation. Her works are presented
with the aim not to provide an idealistic view but to identify where light and the environment
are important. The energy of a place and its emotional and spiritual vibrations are always
important. By taking daily life as subject matter while commenting on the everyday aesthetic of
middle-class values, she tries to focus on the activity of presenting. The character, shape or
content of the presented artwork is secondary. The essential things are the momentary and the intention of presenting. Her works don't reference recognizable form. The results are
deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes
multifaceted.
More information can be found to book appearance, schedule a workshop or to donate to her platform:
www.designsbytrena.com
www.facebook.com/designsbytrena
To donate to her platform: https://mailchi.mp/b425c5e0e2b8/msmetroatlantawoman
2 Feet 1 Goal
Leah Grace Gomez - Founder
2 Feet 1 Goal, Inc.'s mission is to use sports to create Christian leaders and athletes worldwide.
2 Feet 1 Goal's vision is to encompass this world as one through sports and to provide the resources for an athlete to progress in their God-given gifts and talents to make this world a better place. 2 Feet 1 Goal, Inc. is Christ-centered but will not discriminate against a person or organization due to gender, race or religion.
Leah and her husband John, through 2 Feet 1 Goal started the the Grace Gomez Soccer Academy in Wampewo, Africa. The children receive boots, shin guards, uniforms, water bottles (the number one request) and all the equipment they need to be successful. Agility ladders, jump ropes, portables goals, training bibs, stop watches, timers, whistles, first aid kits, cones, balls, you name it, everything. They deserve a fighting chance to be successful, and together we can do it!
For more information on how you can help and to learn more about 2 Feet 1 Goal, please visit:
https://2feet1goal.com/
Ms United States 2019
Amanda's passion for sustainable cooking practices led her to start Menehune Chef, a non-profit education program for the Hawaiian Islands. Menehune Chef program takes place in and after school, offering private cooking lessons, public educational demos and much more. The aim is to educate students on how to cook, using sustainable foods grown in their own communities. Menehune Chef collaborates with local Chefs in each community to teach basic cooking skills as well as farming practices. Amanda has created a six lesson curriculum for Elementary to High School levels. She aims to grow the program beyond the Hawaiian Islands bringing Menehune to the main land.
To learn more about Menehune Chef please visit:
https://www.menehunechef.org/
The Alzheimer's Association
The Horgan Family
Alzheimer's disease is relentless. So are we!
Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Our future is at risk unless we can find a way to change the course of this disease!
Join your 2019 Ms Woman United States and her team, "Fit With A Purpose" to raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer's Association. We will be walking in the 2020 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Beach Cities, CA event, Saturday, September 26, 2020.
http://act.alz.org/goto/fitwithapurpose
Not in the LA area? The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's is held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide and is the world's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease!
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Monica Fisher
Miss Pacific Coast
As the creator and founder of Brains Compliment Beauty, Monica's mission is to remind young adults that they are special, unique, and that they can do everything and anything they put their minds to. Many people struggle in math and science, and fail to see these subjects' importance (not to mention how fun they can be!), and Brains Compliment Beauty strives to fill in these gaps.
Monica's platform focuses on encouraging, exciting, and empowering the next generation to go into STEM careers as well as sheds light on what to expect when inside these careers. Brains Compliment Beauty puts emphasis on education and how vital it is in today's fast-paced world. It accomplishes this by giving the necessary tools and skillsets to others so that they have the background to be able to go further in education and their career path.
One of the ways Monica is able to have her platform reach worldwide is through youtube, where she not only teaches Math Tutorials but also does different experiments/labs to showcase some cool concepts in engineering.
For more information check out her youtube channel, Brainz R Beautiful:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWF5jEHAj9oQ-u93K8O_zg
LA Marathon Official Animal Charities
Angel City Pit Bulls, Kitten Rescue, K9 Youth Alliance, Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue & Westside German Shepard Rescue
Mile #10
Angel City Pit Bulls is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to creating a better future for pit bulls through education, public advocacy, adoptions, and owner support.
To learn more and donate:
http://www.angelcitypits.org/
Kitten Rescue is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization devoted to finding loving homes for homeless cats and kittens. They rescue animals from the streets of Los Angeles and from City Shelter euthanasia. Since 1997, Kitten Rescue has found loving homes for over 18,000 animals, while thousands more have been helped through our volunteer-fueled education and outreach programs.
https://kittenrescue.org/
K9 Youth Alliance is a grassroots nonprofit that enriches the lives of young people while they help prepare abandoned dogs for permanent homes. Their programs aim to empower young people by showing them just how much they have to give to some of our community's most vulnerable members, abandoned shelter dogs. The shelter dogs in their programs receive much-needed socialization and training and learn it's safe to trust again.
https://www.k9youthalliance.org/
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue aims to leverage the canine-human bond to save death row dogs in Kern County. Through programming such as Miracle Mutts Therapy Dogs, and Pawsitive Change (Prison foster/training program), rescued dogs are rescuing people.
https://marleysmutts.org/
Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles is a non profit 501(c)3, no kill rescue committed to saving all types of German Shepherd Dogs from high kill shelters and adopting them to loving, qualified homes.
To learn more or donate:
https://runforwestside.com/
Alice Bradley
Ms. Woman Sherman Oaks United States
Mile #11 Partner
Alice's platform is to raise awareness on the importance of health and fitness. She aims to help educate others on the benefits of exercise and proper nutrition.
Alice works as certified personal trainer and sports nutritionist.
https://www.instagram.com/alicebradley.fitness/
Walk for Wishes
Join Team Fit With A Purpose and others for a day of "wish magic" at the largest annual gathering of wish families, volunteers, and mission supporters - Walk for Wishes on Saturday, April 4th at the LA Memorial Coliseum!
The event's "Step Up for Wish Kids" theme will challenge participants to log 10,000 steps across a variety of activities including a silent disco, fun sports drills with professional LA teams, field-day picnic games and other ways to get you moving! By participating, you can help bring the life-changing impact of a wish to children in Los Angeles who are battling critical illnesses.
If you would like to join us for the walk or make a donation please click below:
Walk for Wishes LA
Not in the LA area but interested in participating in an event or donating:
www.wish.org
Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center
Alive and Running
Alive & Running is an uplifting, life-affirming event that remembers loved ones lost to suicide while raising funds and awareness for the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center.
The first in the nation, the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center is a national and world leader in training, research and services for people who have thought about, attempted or lost someone to suicide.
Their Center has a 24/7 English/Spanish Crisis Line (1-800-273-TALK) that takes calls from around the United States and is the back-up for crisis centers throughout California. It is also one of only three in the U.S. that answers calls on the National Disaster Distress Helpline.
They have support groups for people who have attempted or lost loved ones to suicide which have been replicated around the nation and world. They train more than 20,000 people each year—including LAPD's SWAT teams, the FBI, firefighters and other emergency responders—how to recognize and respond to warning signs.
For more information on the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center please visit:
https://didihirsch.org/
For more information on how you can donate or participate in Alive and Running, please visit:
https://support.didihirsch.org/AliveandRunning/
The American Red Cross &
The American Cancer Society
Give Blood to Give Time
This year, 1.8 million people will be diagnosed with cancer, and blood is often essential to their fight. For those undergoing chemotherapy treatments, a blood transfusion can give them the strength to keep fighting.
Cancer patients use nearly 1/4 of the blood supply – more than patients fighting any other disease – but only 3% of Americans donate blood in a given year. That's why the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society have teamed up to encourage people across the country to Give Blood to Give Time.
When you donate blood or make a financial donation, you're helping ensure cancer patients receive the lifesaving treatment and access to care they need.
For more information on how you can donate (blood or money), please visit:
https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/american-cancer-society.html
Sending Care Packages to those who Serve
Demonstrating that actions speak louder than words, Operation Gratitude, a 501(c)(3) organization, provides tangible ways to strengthen communities and bring together grateful civilians with the men and women in uniform who serve and protect them. Through its customized Care Package programs, Operation Gratitude has provided opportunities for countless Americans to say "Thank You" to more than 2.5 million of our nation's Heroes since 2003.
To learn more about how you can help, please visit: www.operationgratitude.com
The United Way of Greater Los Angeles
HomeWalk 2020
With more than 58,000 people experiencing homelessness, this is the critical issue of our time. This means that each night, more than 58,000 men, women and children do not have a safe and secure place to sleep or have a place to call home.
For the past 12 years of HomeWalk, the United Way has raised over $9.7M, mobilized 105,000 walkers, and housed 20,000 of our formerly homeless neighbors, but their work is not done. Our support will power the ideas and creative solutions that increase the supply of affordable housing and impact United Way's work to end homelessness in L.A. County.
United Way of Greater Los Angeles fights the root cause of poverty by moving people out of homelessness and into the safety and stability of a home, preparing students for high school graduation and beyond, and guiding hard-working families towards economic mobility.
Help them continue their work! For information on HomeWalk 2020 or if you would like to join team Fit With A Purpose, please visit: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/team/859587-fitwithapurpose
For more information on the United Way of Los Angeles: https://www.unitedwayla.org/
Operation Blankets of Love
Adoption is the Best Option
Operation Blankets of Love 's mission is to improve the health of homeless animals and increase their chances for survival and adoption. They aim to eliminate animal homelessness and euthanasia.
They hope to accomplish this by:
Donating pet food, treats, blankets, towels, pet beds, leashes, collars, toys, crates, pet clothes and other supplies to shelters, rescue groups, pets of the homeless, animal transporters, foster caretakers, and wildlife sanctuaries, including during natural disasters.
Advocating for animal welfare through service-oriented humane education to 1,000s of children each year.
Promoting "Adoption is the Best Option."
Donating pet food and supplies to homeless and low-income pet owners including veterans, the disabled, families, seniors, and people of all backgrounds.
To learn more about OBOL and ways you can get involved or donate, please visit:
https://www.obol.info/
The Carey Family
March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. They believe that every baby deserves the best possible start. Unfortunately, not all babies get one and they are changing that!
For 80 years, March of Dimes has helped millions of babies survive and thrive. Now they're building on that legacy to level the playing field for all moms and babies, no matter their age, socio-economic background or demographics. They support moms throughout their pregnancy, even when everything doesn't go according to plan. They advocate for policies that prioritize the health of moms and babies and support radical improvements to the care they receive. They also pioneer research to find solutions to the biggest health threats to moms and babies.
Today the March of Dimes educates medical professionals and the public about best practices; they support lifesaving research; provide comfort and support to families in NICUs; and advocate for those who need us most, moms and babies. They are stronger and more committed than ever to guiding moms through every stage of the pregnancy journey.
The March of Dimes is fighting for the smallest among us and advocating for their health each and every day. And they do so with the tools, technology and knowledge needed to build a brighter future for us all.
To donate or find out more information about the March of Dimes:
https://www.marchofdimes.org/
and the March for Babies, please visit:
https://www.marchforbabies.org/
Women's Golf Team - Chip in Club
I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a part of the Kent State Women's Golf Team from 2000-2005. The skills learned on and off the course have propelled me into the women I am today. The benefits of being a student athlete live long past graduation.
I am running mile #19 to benefit the Women's Golf Team - Chip in Club. Having benefited from scholarship opportunity, I would like to pay it forward so that others can benefit from the same opportunities and experiences.
Check out the women's golf team this spring as they continue their run towards the NCAA finals and as they go for their 22nd consecutive MAC Conference title!
To Donate to the Kent State's Chip in Club program please visit:
www.kentstatesports.com/chipinclub
For more information on the Kent State Women's Golf Team please visit:
https://kentstatesports.com/sports/womens-golf/
Share Our Strength
1 in 7 children in the United States lives with hunger and more than 11 million children in the United States live in "food insecure" homes. That means those families don't have enough food for every family member to lead a healthy life. This doesn't always mean that there is nothing to eat. But it can mean that children get smaller portions than they need, or parents aren't able to afford nutritious foods.
No Kid Hungry is a national campaign run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. After 25 years of successfully investing in local nonprofits and helping find the best approaches to eradicating poverty and hunger, Share Our Strength launched No Kid Hungry in 2010.
As a child hunger organization, ending childhood hunger is the primary focus of No Kid Hungry. We have plenty of food in the United States and we have child nutrition programs that work. The problem is that not enough kids are able to access them.
That's a problem the No Kid Hungry knows how to solve. Some of the ways they are helping are by providing school breakfasts, after school meals, summer meals, and providing food education.
For more information on how you can get involved or donate, please visit:
https://www.nokidhungry.org/
David H. Weiss
On Monday, February 24th, 2020 my dear friend and coworker David Weiss lost his battle with cancer.
The 21st mile of the LA Marathon passes right in front of the Howard Capital offices and continues down the road and into the heart of Brentwood, the city David called home. In honor of "The Baron of Brentwood" I am running Mile #21 in his loving memory and for two organizations that David supported:
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute-
www.theangelesclinic.org
The UCLA Women's Gymnastics Program-
https://woodenathleticfund.com/giving/individual-sport-giving.html
Joanna Trailov
Ms West Coast
Joanna's platform is Love.
She chose this platform because it is in the highest vibration of being and the one common denominator among us all.
When we are in the vibration of LOVE we are present and when we are present we able to receive all things that are good. Feeling good is what heals us.
LOVE heals it doesn't hurt.
LOVE levels us, grounds us, and brings us in the now.
LOVE comes from within us all.
Joanna is thrilled to announce the birth of her nonprofit called "Iamlov."
Joanna opened this nonprofit from the depth of her heart to pursue all that need Love and support on their journey. Her first endeavor is to raise awareness of the pain and trauma that is cycling in our world under the umbrella of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Her intentions are not only to raising awareness but also raise funding so that her organization can create healing retreats for survivors and celebrating the grace of love, cultivating in healing, education, and empowerment.
In addition, Joanna would like to support hospitals and birthing mothers with the support of on call volunteer Doulas. She volunteers as a Doula and can personally can share thru her experience just how powerful Love is during birth. A Doula provides mindful support with LOVE during labor and delivery.
There are so many things you can do with LOVE and Joanna feels so grateful to have a voice and a heart to give and support with.
To learn more about Joanna and her non-profit Iamlov, please visit:
https://www.iamlov.org/
Viki Phuocle
Miss West Coast
Viki Le's purpose in life is to love through serving. Her love for serving stems from her parents who were missionaries in Vietnam. Viki was born in a small village in Dak Lak, Vietnam and immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 5 years old.
Growing up, she loved serving her community and developed a deep passion caring for children. With this burning passion in her heart, she graduated with a bachelor degree in nursing and became a pediatric emergency department nurse with the intent to use her knowledge and skills to someday return to her birth country on a medical mission trip. Last summer, she made her dream a reality.
Viki's platform, the Good Samaritan Medical Dental Ministry is a nonprofit organization that reaches out to the people of Vietnam through the healing Ministry of the church by providing state of the art medics-dental care through annual medical missions, education and in country healthcare facilities.
Last summer, Viki volunteered as the only clinic nurse with GSMDM to provide free medical and dental care for the rural and poor areas of Vietnam for 2 weeks. They set up clinics at 7 different locations in local schools to provide medical care for approximately 300 people daily. For the majority of the patients, this would be the only medical care they received for the whole year. Some even traveled many miles by foot just to receive medical care.
The heart of GSMDM's mission is sharing love with the people of Vietnam. Inspired and eager to serve, Viki is set to return again this summer to make an even bigger impact than she did last year. With your prayers and financial support, we can make a even greater impact together.
For more information about GSMDM, please visit: www.gsmdm.org/
To contribute or if you have any questions, you can email Viki at: vikiphuocle@gmail.com
To follow Viki's journey, visit her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikiphuocle/
Sarah Daniels
Sarah's platform is "Small Change for a Big Change" in support of the Ronald McDonald House. Her message is that you are never too small or young to make a difference. Your time and any amount of contributions is never too small to count in making the world a better place.
Many families travel far from home and spend several weeks or months to get treatment for their seriously ill or injured children – a long time to be away or to divide a family. And, for children facing a serious medical crisis, nothing seems scarier than not having mom and dad close by for love and support. A Ronald McDonald House provides a place for families to call home so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little to no cost.
Ronald McDonald Houses are built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on the health of their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest. When a child is hospitalized, the love and support of family is as powerful as the strongest medicine prescribed!
To Find out more about the Ronald McDonald House and how you can donate please visit:
https://www.rmhc.org/
For more information about Sarah:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarah-daniels-us-nationals-state-pagent
www.instagram.com/sarah_daniels_actress
Jaime Salai
Miss Morgantown United States
Jaime's platform is #IBelieveYou, which is designed to advocate for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence while raising awareness of the issue. As a survivor of sexual assault, she wants to use her story to advocate for other survivors and give a voice to those who do not have one.
To learn more about sexual violence or how you can get involved, you can go to https://www.rainn.org/get-involved.
To get in contact with Jaime, you can go to: https://www.facebook.com/missmgtnwvus/.
Dr. Laurel Henderson
Miss California United States
Dr. Laurel's platform is Consent Culture: a movement to eliminate sexual violence and raise funds to end the backlog of untested rape kits in the United States. This is a continuation of her Albert Schweitzer Fellowship winning GLOW program which is barre fitness classes for survivors of sexual violence.
Dr. Laurel is raising funds for the Joyful Heart Foundation by selling consent culture t-shirts. Click here to purchase and help this leading national organization with its mission to transform society's response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors' healing, and end this violence forever!
Focus Nation
Alyssa DelTorre
26.2 Partner
Alyssa, the 2018 Ms. United State's mission is to build Focus Nation into a direct selling company hat empowers everyone to find, train, and embrace their inner and outer strength while providing a vehicle that can support their dreams and goals. This is just the beginning!
Fit With a Purpose has partnered with Focus nation for the 2020 LA Marathon. You can see Dr. Laurel Henderson and Amanda Horgan sporting some of their apparel at the LA Health and Fitness expo.
In honor of Alyssa's platform & the service mission of the United States National Pageants, Alyssa will be donating a percent of all proceeds to the charity, RAINN.
To shop some of Alyssa's amazing fitness wear, please visit:
https://www.focusnationexclusive.com/shop
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Super Air Nautique GS22E as winner of the most prestigious award in recreational boating, Boat of The Year. Voted by the editorial staff, this coveted award celebrates the most innovative and impressive boat model in all types, sizes and categories tested.
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Ingenity Launches Tahoe Experience for its Groundbreaking 100% Electric Towboat
HOMEWOOD, Calif., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — This summer, Ingenity Electric, an innovative electric boat company under the Correct Craft family of brands, is giving guests the opportunity to ride the world's first 100% electric towboat and experience the power of sustainable boating on Lake Tahoe.
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Learn Italian online with One World Italiano's free Italian language course. Unit 1: how to introduce yourself, the verbs to be, to have and to call yourself. Numbers. Unit 1: how to introduce yourself, the verbs to be, to have and to call yourself.... Learn Italian online with One World Italiano's free Italian language course. Unit 1: how to introduce yourself, the verbs to be, to have and to call yourself. Numbers. Unit 1: how to introduce yourself, the verbs to be, to have and to call yourself.
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Monster Energy Outbreak Tour Presents: Fetty Wap – Welcome to the Zoo
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"I'm like, "Hey, what's up? Hello."
Seen your pretty ass soon as you came in the door
I just wanna chill, got a sack for us to roll
Married to the money, introduced her to my stove
Showed her how to whip it, now she remixin' for low
She my trap queen, let her hit the bandooooo…."
–Fetty Wap [Trap Queen]
Ayyy yeeeah…
Although catchy, the song "Trap Queen" is simply the story of a Bonnie and Clyde-esque "hood love," but this catchy tune by Fetty Wap was a radio hit that caught the ears of many and introduced the term "trap queen" as a summer staple. The term glorified "hood love" and was almost transitioned into a term of endearment. Ooooohhhh how a good beat can hypnotize the masses…. And then evolve into a fan favorite that energizes arenas full of people. The catchy hit "Trap Queen", amongst other songs like "Make It", "679", and "Again" are just a few of the many songs Fetty Wap performed during his Monster Energy Outbreak Tour at the House of Blues in Chicago, IL.
Fetty Wap's portfolio is known to feature memorable tunes that catch listeners' ears with melodic hip hop antics. While his songs mesmerize fans with addictive beats, his performance introduced me to the real artist behind the Fetty Wap name. An artist who stunned me with his ability to actually harmonize and carry notes. I witnessed that beyond the typical radio designed music, Fetty Wap was hitting notes that I didn't even know were within his talents! Now, I'm not saying that he is anywhere near a Whitney Houston, or even a Beyoncé, but I'll say imagine the Drake effect with a lot more soul!
During the show Fetty Wap, presented himself as an artist who genuinely appreciates his success. He gratefully admitted that after his motorcycle accident back in September of 2015 he never even went to physical therapy and that instead the love from the fans and this tour was his rehab. His high energy performance seemed to be proof that this form of rehab is working for him. Throughout the night Fetty Wap's animated character entertained the audience as he danced and partied with the fans through his playlist. And, even though he took a moment to explain that he wasn't a dancer, his stage presence and signature dance moves definitely proved differently. He killed the stage whipping it up to "Trap Queen", and bopped around as he shouted out Chicago with the lyrics from his song "Make It" emphasizing, "I started to scoring and sh*t, CHICAGO BULLS '96, I'M JORDAN AND SH*T!!!" His energy fed the crowd and after giving a packed house a fully loaded set he left his fans with a show to remember.
Check out the photos below from the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour which featured Pastor Malone as the opening act for Fetty Wap.
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"Your beliefs reflect the current relative state of health that your body is in, just as much as your diet and exercise regimen do. If you desire a gloriously healthy body but behave in unwholesome ways, you're obviously going to be out of balance. But even more telling are the kinds of thoughts and beliefs that you have about your health.
Obviously, just like everyone else, you want to have perfect health. So let's put this idealistic wish at the top rung of an imaginary ten-step ladder. There, at the apex of your desires regarding your health, is this longing for a body that's healthy and feels great. Now, visualize this ten-rung ladder with these two questions in mind.
At what rung of the ladder are your behaviors in relation to your tenth-rung desire?
At what rung of the ladder are your beliefs about your behaviors in relation to your tenth-rung desire?
I'd make a calculated guess that anyone who's overweight, and so out of shape that walking up a few flights of stairs leaves them breathless, is contributing second-rung energies to tenth-rung desires. In other words, they're way out of balance. The same is true for people with any number of physical maladies attributable to lifestyle, such as ulcers, high blood pressure, indigestion, palpitations of the heart, and so on.
To create a balance where you can honestly say that your body is enjoying its optimal level of health and that you're grateful to live in such a glorious House of God means making some new decisions around the two questions I've posed. It may be surprising to read that I'm not suggesting a radical change in diet or advocating that you embark on an exercise program designed for a bodybuilder or a marathon runner (although these are distinct possibilities). No, I'm suggesting a radical realignment in the energy of the beliefs you give to the tenth-rung desire.
If you're overweight, out of shape, and suffering unnecessarily from physical maladies that are related to your lifestyle, this radical idea may require a lot of determination to overcome your disbelief. Isn't it strange to think that your diet or lack of exercise aren't completely responsible for the state of your health? Maybe it has to do with what you believe.


Meeting, April 27, 2 pm. Members of the Fairport Finnish Heritage Museum genealogy group will present a program, " The Rannila Project", an international search for lost relatives. Refreshments following the program. Please RSVP to Elsa: 440-998-2061. Visit to Fairport Museum on Saturday, May 11. Meet at the FACC, 10 am, to car pool to Fairport. Lunch at a local restaurant, reservations with Elsa at above number.
Museum open by appointment only weather permitting. Call Elsa 440-998-2061.
The first meeting of the FAHA will be Saturday, April 27, 2 pm, at the Finnish American Cultural Center. More info to come.


Marion Johnson (1917 - 1998) was born in Geneva, Georgia and moved to Atlanta in 1936, joining his sister who worked as office secretary for the Atlanta Constitution. At her suggestion, Johnson took a job doing errands for the paper. While there, he was approached by Kenneth Rogers, head of the photography department, who encouraged him to study photography in his spare time. After serving as a photographer in World War II, Johnson returned to the Atlanta Constitution and was eventually named head of the photography department, a position he held from 1951 – 1980.
The collection provides documentation of the Atlanta urban environment, especially of the 1950s and 1960s through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. This is documented by scenes of interstate highway development, the construction of high-rise buildings in the central business district, and completion of Atlanta Stadium. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves is represented by posed publicity shots, training and awards events, and game scenes. A number of individual players and coaches are included, such as Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige. Other sports images include photographs of sports teams at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.
Southern politics is comprised of images of both state and presidential races, including governor's races, especially those of Eugene Talmadge, the "Two Governors" controversy. The 1948 "Dixiecrat" convention in Birmingham, Alabama is included as well as campaign visits to Atlanta by presidential candidates Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater. The collection includes dozens of images of the Ku Klux Klan marches and cross burnings on Stone Mountain and other locations in rural Georgia. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is included as well as scenic views of rural, mountain, and coastal Georgia. Photographs of rural Georgia document local lifestyles and scenic vistas of local beauty. Miscellaneous images are also included, ranging from wedding photos, and portraits of individuals.
The Marion Johnson photographs contains 3,901 black and white and color negatives and transparencies, 999 of which are digitized and available on this database.


The February Revolution (Russian: Февра́льская револю́ция; IPA: [fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə], known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution) was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. It was centered on Petrograd (now known as St. Petersburg), then Russian capital, on Women's Day in March (late February in the Julian calendar). The revolution was confined to the capital and its vicinity, and lasted less than a week. It involved mass demonstrations and armed clashes with police and gendarmes, the last loyal forces of the Russian monarchy. In the last days, mutinous Russian Army forces sided with the revolutionaries. The immediate result of the revolution was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire. The Tsar was replaced by a Russian Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov. The Provisional Government was an alliance between liberals and socialists who wanted political reform. They set up a democratically-elected executive and constituent assembly. At the same time, socialists also formed the Petrograd Soviet, which ruled alongside the Provisional Government, an arrangement termed Dual Power.
This revolution appeared to break out spontaneously, without any real leadership or formal planning. Russia had been suffering from a number of economic and social problems, which were compounded by the impact of World War I. Bread rioters and industrial strikers were joined on the streets by disaffected soldiers from the city's garrison. As more and more troops deserted, and with loyal troops away at the Front, the city fell into chaos, leading to the overthrow of the Tsar.
The February Revolution was followed in the same year by the October Revolution, bringing Bolshevik rule and a change in Russia's social structure, and paving the way for the Soviet Union.
A number of factors contributed to the downfall of the Imperial government in the spring of 1917, both short and longer term. Different historians apply different weights to different factors: liberal historians emphasise the turmoil created by the war, whereas Marxists emphasise the inevitability of change.
Despite its occurrence at the height of World War I, the roots of the February Revolution date much further back. Chief among these was Imperial Russia's failure, throughout the 19th and early 20th century, to modernize its archaic social, economic and political structures while maintaining the stability of ubiquitous devotion to an autocratic monarch. As historian Richard Pipes writes, "the incompatibility of capitalism and autocracy struck all who gave thought to the matter".
The first major event of the Russian Revolution was the February Revolution, which was a chaotic affair, caused by the culmination of over a century of civil and military unrest. The causes of this unrest of the common people towards the Tsar and aristocratic landowners are too many and complicated to summarise, but key factors were ongoing cruel treatment of peasants by patricians, poor working conditions of city workers in the fledgling industrial economy and the spreading of democratic ideas from the West by political activists, leading to a growing political and social awareness of the lower classes. Dissatisfaction of proletarians was compounded by food shortages and military failures. In 1905, Russia experienced humiliating losses in its war with Japan, then Bloody Sunday and the Revolution of 1905, Tsarist troops fired upon a peaceful, unarmed crowd—further dividing Nicholas II from his people. Widespread strikes, riots and the famous mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin ensued.
In August 1914, all classes supported and virtually all political deputies voted in favour of the war. The exceptions included the Bolshevik Party and specifically Vladimir Lenin who argued it was not a war worth fighting, and were called "defeatists". The declaration of war was followed by a revival of nationalism across Russian society, which temporary reduced internal strife. The army achieved some early victories (such as in Galicia in 1915 and with the Brusilov Offensive in 1916) but also suffered major defeats, notably Tannenberg in August 1914, the Winter Battle in Masuria in February 1915 and the loss of Russian Poland during May to August 1915. Nearly six million casualties—dead, wounded and missing—had been accrued by January 1917. Mutinies sprang up more often (most due to simple war-weariness), morale was at its lowest, and the (newly called up) officers and commanders were at times very incompetent. Like all major armies, Russia's armed forces had inadequate supply. The pre-revolution desertion rate ran at around 34,000 a month. Meanwhile, the wartime alliance of industry, Duma and Stavka (Military High Command) started to work outside the Tsar's control.
In an attempt to boost morale and repair his reputation as a leader, Nicholas announced in the summer of 1915 that he would take personal command of the army, in defiance of almost universal advice to the contrary. The result was disastrous on three grounds. Firstly, it associated the monarchy with the unpopular war; secondly, Nicholas proved to be a poor leader of men on the front, often irritating his own commanders with his interference; and thirdly, being at the front made him unavailable to govern. This left the reins of power to his wife, the German Tsarina Alexandra, who was unpopular and accused of being a spy and under the thumb of her confidant Grigori Rasputin, himself so unpopular that he was assassinated by members of the nobility in December 1916. The Tsarina proved an ineffective ruler in a time of war, announcing a rapid succession of different Prime Ministers and angering the Duma. The lack of strong leadership is illustrated by a telegram from Octobrist politician Mikhail Rodzianko to the Tsar on 11 March [O.S. 26 February] 1917, in which Rodzianko begged for a minister with the "confidence of the country" be instated immediately. Delay, he wrote, would be "tantamount to death".
On the home front, a famine loomed and commodities became scarce due to the overstretched railroad network. Meanwhile, refugees from German-occupied Russia came in their millions. The Russian economy, which had just seen one of the highest growth rates in Europe, was blocked from the continent's markets by the war. Though industry did not collapse, it was considerably strained and when inflation soared, wages could not keep up. The Duma (lower house of parliament), composed of liberal deputies, warned Tsar Nicholas II of the impending danger and counselled him to form a new constitutional government, like the one he had dissolved after some short-term attempts in the aftermath of the 1905 Revolution. The Tsar ignored the advice. Historian Edward Acton argues that "by stubbornly refusing to reach any modus vivendi with the Progressive Bloc of the Duma... Nicholas undermined the loyalty of even those closest to the throne [and] opened an unbridgeable breach between himself and public opinion." In short, the Tsar no longer had the support of the military, the nobility or the Duma (collectively the élites), or the Russian people. The result was revolution.
The first major protest of the February Revolution occurred on 7 March 1917 (O.S. 22 February) as workers of Putilov (later called Kirov Plant), Petrograd's largest industrial plant, announced a strike to demonstrate against the government. By 1917, the majority of Russians had lost faith in the Tsarist regime. Government corruption was unrestrained, and Tsar Nicholas II had frequently disregarded the Dumas. Thousands of workers flooded the streets of Petrograd (modern St. Petersburg) to show their dissatisfaction.
On 8 March (O.S. February 23), Putilov protesters were joined in uprising by those celebrating International Woman's Day and protesting against the government's implemented food rationing. As the Russian government began rationing flour and bread, rumors of food shortages circulated and bread riots erupted across the city of Petrograd. Women, in particular, were passionate in showing their dissatisfaction with the implemented rationing system, and the female workers marched to nearby factories to recruit over 50,000 workers for strike. Both men and women flooded the streets of Petrograd with red flags and banners which read "Down with the Autocracy!". By the following day [O.S. February 24], nearly 200,000 protesters filled the streets, demanding the replacement of the Tsar with a more progressive political leader. The protesting mob called for the war to end and for the Russian monarchy to be overthrown. By 10 March [O.S. 25 February], nearly all industrial enterprises in Petrograd were shut down by the uprising.
The Tsar took action to address the riots on 10 March (O.S. 25 February) by wiring garrison commander General Khabalov to deplete the crowds with rifle fire. At least 180,000 troops were available in the capital, but most were either partially trained recruits or older working-class reservists from the Petrograd area recalled for duty. The reserve battalions of the Imperial Guard, which made up the bulk of the Petrograd garrison, had a serious shortage of officers and the morale and discipline of these units was low. Historian Ian Beckett suggests around 12,000 of the soldiers could be regarded as reliable, but even these proved reluctant to fire on the demonstrators, both out of fellow feeling and because the crowds included so many women. Rumors spread that police had been armed with machine guns and placed in the upper stories of buildings throughout the city. While apparently unfounded, these reports resulted in attacks on individual policemen throughout the city. Meanwhile, some soldiers mutinied. Then, on 11 March [O.S. 26 February], the Tsar ordered the army to suppress the rioting by force, but troops mutinied and joined the protesters. On the morning of 12 March (O.S. 27 February), mutinous soldiers of the fourth company of the Pavlovski replacement regiment refused to march when commanded, fired shots onto the commander, and joined the protesters on the streets. Other regiments quickly joined in the mutiny, resulting in the hunting down of police and the gathering of 40,000 rifles which were dispersed among the workers.
By nightfall of 12 March (O.S. 27 February), General Khabalov and his forces faced a capital controlled by revolutionaries. The protesters of Petrograd burned down government buildings, seized the arsenal, and released prisoners into the city. Army officers retreated into hiding and many took refuge in the Admiralty building of Petrograd. In all, over 1,300 people were killed in the protests of March (O.S. February) 1917.
— Rodzianko's first telegram to the Tsar, 11 March [O.S. 26 February] 1917.
Nicholas' response on 12 March [O.S. 27 February], perhaps based on the Empress' earlier letter to him that the concern about Petrograd was an over-reaction, was one of irritation that "again, this fat Rodzianko has written me lots of nonsense, to which I shall not even deign to reply." Meanwhile, events unfolded in Petrograd. The bulk of the garrison mutinied, starting with the Volynsky Life Guards regiment. Even the Cossack units that the government had come to use for crowd control showed signs that they supported the people. Although few actively joined the rioting, many officers were either shot or went into hiding; the ability of the garrison to hold back the protests was all but nullified, symbols of the Tsarist regime were rapidly torn down around the city and governmental authority in the capital collapsed — not helped by the fact that Nicholas had prorogued the Duma that morning, leaving it with no legal authority to act. The response of the Duma, urged on by the liberal bloc, was to establish a Temporary Committee to restore law and order; meanwhile, the socialist parties re-established the Petrograd Soviet, first created during the 1905 revolution, to represent workers and soldiers. The remaining loyal units switched allegiance the next day.
The Army Chiefs and the ministers who had come to advise the Tsar suggested that he abdicate the throne. He did so on 15 March [O.S. 2 March], on behalf of himself and his son, Tsarevich Alexei. Nicholas nominated his brother, the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, to succeed him. But the Grand Duke realised that he would have little support as ruler, so he declined the crown on 16 March [O.S. 3 March], stating that he would take it only if that was the consensus of democratic action by the Russian Constituent Assembly, which shall define the form of government for Russia. Six days later, the former Tsar, addressed with contempt by the sentries as "Nicholas Romanov", was reunited with his family at the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. He and his family and loyal retainers were placed under protective custody by the Provisional Government.
The immediate effect of the February Revolution was widespread excitement in Petrograd. On 16 March [O.S. 3 March], a provisional government was announced. The center-left was well represented, and the government was initially chaired by a liberal aristocrat, Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov, a man with no connections to any official party. The socialists had formed their rival body, the Petrograd Soviet (or workers' council) four days earlier. The Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government shared dual power over Russia. The Soviet had the stronger case for power because it controlled the workers and the soldiers, but it did not want to be involved in administration and bureaucracy.
— Point 4 of Order No. 1, 1 March 1917.
Vladimir Lenin, exiled in neutral Switzerland, arrived in Petrograd from Zürich on 3 April 1917 O.S. He immediately began to undermine the provisional government, issuing his April Theses the next month. These theses were in favour of "revolutionary defeatism", as opposed to the "imperialist war" (whose "link to Capital" must be demonstrated to the masses) and the "social-chauvinists" (such as Georgi Plekhanov, the grandfather of Russian socialism), who supported the war. Lenin also tried to take control of the Bolshevik movement and stirred up the proletariat against the government with simple but meaningful slogans such as "Peace, bread and land", "End the war without annexations or indemnities", "All power to the Soviet" and "All land to those who work it".
Initially, Lenin and his ideas did not have widespread support, even among Bolsheviks. In what became known as the July Days, approximately half a million people came out onto the streets of Petrograd in protest, including soldiers and sailors; Lenin was unable to direct them into an organised coup. The demonstrators, lacking leadership, disbanded and the government survived. However, the Provisional Government considered it a Bolshevik coup attempt and issued arrest warrants for prominent Bolsheviks. Lenin fled to Finland and other members of the Bolshevik party were arrested. Lvov was replaced by the Socialist Revolutionary minister Alexander Kerensky as head of the government.
Kerensky declared freedom of speech, ended capital punishment, released thousands of political prisoners and did his best to maintain Russian involvement in World War I, but he faced many challenges, most of them related to the war: there were still very heavy military losses on the front; dissatisfied soldiers deserted in larger numbers than before; other political groups did their utmost to undermine him; there was a strong movement in favour of withdrawing Russia from the war, which was seen to be draining the country, and many who had initially supported it now wanted out; there was a great shortage of food and supplies, which was very difficult to remedy in wartime conditions. All of these were highlighted by the soldiers, urban workers and peasants, who claimed that little had been gained by the February Revolution. Kerensky was expected to deliver on his promises of jobs, land, and food almost instantaneously, and he had failed to do so.
Another issue for Kerensky, the Kornilov Affair, arose when Commander-in-Chief of the army, General Lavr Kornilov, directed an army under Aleksandr Krymov to march toward Petrograd with Kerensky's agreement. Although the details remain sketchy, Kerensky appeared to become frightened by the possibility of a coup and the order was countermanded. (Historian Richard Pipes is adamant that the episode was engineered by Kerensky). On 27 August, feeling betrayed by the Kerensky government who had previously agreed with his views on how to restore order to Russia, Kornilov pushed on towards Petrograd. With few troops to spare on the front, Kerensky was forced to turn to the Petrograd Soviet for help. Bolsheviks, Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries confronted the army and convinced them to stand down. Right-wingers felt betrayed, and the left wing was resurgent. Pressure from the Allies to continue the war against Germany put the government under increasing strain. The conflict between the "diarchy" became obvious, and, ultimately, the regime and the dual power formed between the Petrograd Soviet and the Provisional Government instigated by the February Revolution was replaced in the October Revolution.
Nicholas and Alexandra a biographical film of the Tsar and his family.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Acton 1990, pp. 107–108.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Fitzpatrick 2008, p. 38.
↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Browder & Kerensky 1961, p. 40.
↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Beckett 2007, p. 523.
↑ Tames 1972, p. [page needed].
↑ Service 1986, p. [page needed].
↑ Pipes 1997, p. 51, "There is no evidence of a Kornilov plot, but there is plenty of evidence of Kerensky's duplicity.".
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Silver is a color with great range and it goes well with many other colors. For this reason it has always been popular with fashionistas and decorators as well as brides. Silver describes everything from the palest gray to metallic sheen of gun metal. In the context of silver moonlight and silver fairy wings it is associated with romance and whimsy. It is hardly any wonder now that brides are becoming even more enamored with silver wedding dress options….
Every bride has an ideal gown to wear on her special day. May it be a regular one, something from a designer collection, a hand-me-down from the women in the family or a themed wedding dress, this prop is really what will make the whole occasion memorable especially for the blushing bride. Special Day Wedding is a special union of two lives into one. This occasion celebrates love and the beginning of a future together for the people involved….


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Master Class for Composition
Detlev Müller-Siemens
Ensemble in residence: Fractales, Belgien
Ensembleleitung: Jean-Bernard Matter
Target Group, Course Structure and Course Language
Graduate and postgraduate students or highly advanced undergraduates.
Arrival: 16 August
Departure: 27 August
Welcome meeting & Commencement of activities: 17 August
Participants are taught individually and in groups.
The participants will work to finish the compositions they have brought with them to the course; these works will be prepared for their première performances under the guidance of Jean-Bernard Matter and leading specialists as part of the workshop "Just composed!".
1–5 instruments in any combination chosen among the following instruments: Strings (violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass), Winds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn), Piano
Workshops, Lectures and Coaching Sessions
Alongside the master classes given by well-known, leading artistic personalities, isa also offers participants additional learning opportunities in the form of workshops, lectures, and coaching sessions.
All supplementary workshops and lectures are accessible only in combination with a master class and are included in the course fee.
Application and Application requirements
A prerequisite for participation is having attained a high artistic level.
Following files are required:
Two demo recordings (video)
2 compositions: recordings (video link) and scores (.pdf)
(Upload video links)
Application deadline: February 15- May 15, 2023
Application fee: € 100
Course tuition fee: €350
Master class including practice opportunities
Participation in workshops, lectures, and competitions
Free admission to all concerts of the isaFestival
The course fee is to be paid after confirmation of participation by July 15, 2023 at the latest.
From July 15, 2023 the course fee can only be reimbursed in proven cases of force majeure (e.g. illness, accident, death in the family, etc.). In no case will the registration fee be refunded!
Travel and accomodation
Participants are responsible for making and paying for their own travel arrangements.
We do offer a shuttle service at each course location that runs between the local train station and the hotel on the arrival and departure dates, as well as to concerts and by special arrangement.
PARKHOTEL HIRSCHWANG
Trautenberg-Straße 1
2651 Reichenau an der Rax
Accommodation includes
Full board (11 overnight stays and 3 meals daily)
Accommodation costs (per person/ night)
Twin Room € 82,90


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