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SpotX Appoints Gavin Buxton As Asia MD

SpotX Appoints Gavin Buxton As Asia MD

Video advertising platform SpotX has announced it has appointed Gavin Buxton as managing director of Asia to lead the company’s expansion in the region.

Buxton has over 17 years’ global experience in the digital advertising space, having worked in leadership roles at tech and publishing companies, including Microsoft, Turner Broadcasting, and LinkedIn, with the last eight years based in Asia.

Buxton joins SpotX from mobile adtech company S4M, where he led the successful establishment and growth of the business across the Asia-Pacific region.

Bruxton also currently sits on the board of the IAB Singapore.

Based in Singapore, Buxton will lead SpotX’s continued expansion across southeast Asia, south Asia and north Asia, and will focus on bringing SpotX’s video ad serving technology across digital and broadcast mediums.

Buxton joins SpotX Asia’s leadership team of Alvin Ling, Katherine McHugh, Ken Harada, and Mandy Davenport.

Commenting on his appointment, Buxton said: “I’m excited to join SpotX at such a pivotal time, given consumers’ rapid adoption of digital video in Asia across devices, as there is a huge opportunity for publishers and brands to gain greater value from the video ecosystem.

“Media owners throughout the Asian region have unique challenges and opportunities compared to their counterparts around the world, and I look forward to helping publishers in this region address their specific video advertising needs through SpotX’s advanced solutions.

“With so much competition for consumer attention, we see brands moving towards personalised messaging and addressable video advertising that is relevant for specific viewers across multiple screens in brand-safe environments.

“Drawing on SpotX’s global resources, strategic partnerships and local service focus, I’m confident that we will make good inroads into the programmatic video and TV space this year.”

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The promised post-Brexit trade deal with America may never materialise

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It is slowly dawning that signing a trade agreement will be neither quick nor easy.

WHEN pitching an idea to President Donald Trump, a fine sales technique is to tell him that Barack Obama once thought the opposite. Small wonder British Conservatives thought selling Mr Trump a swift free-trade agreement would be a doddle. This was a fantasy. With preliminary talks under way, diplomats, trade experts and business lobbyists warn that a broad British-American trade deal will not be forged any time soon, if ever.

That may startle many Brexiteers. In 2016 Mr Obama warned British voters they would be at the “back of the queue” if they left the European Union and then asked for a trade deal, because a rational America would focus on agreements with big groups of countries. In happy contrast, Mr Trump calls Brexit “so smart”. To give America more leverage, he insists that future trade deals must be one-on-one, rather than “a whole big mash pot”. Mr Trump’s treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, has said that his boss wants Britain at “the front of the line” for a bilateral trade deal.

In theory, a quick-and-easy agreement should delight Republican members of Congress, too. Boosters see a chance to wave their party’s free-trade battleflag, a little tattered just now, and to reward the land of Churchill and Thatcher for shedding the shackles of a bossy and socialist Europe. Representative George Holding of North Carolina, a Republican member of the Ways and Means committee which oversees trade policy, has told the president that a trade agreement with Britain should be a priority in his first term. Mr Trump nodded approvingly, says Mr Holding, whose office is a regular stop for Liam Fox, Britain’s international trade secretary.

Alas, congressional hearings on Brexit show a pattern. Supporters of Britain’s vote to leave the EU favour stirring but vague sloganeering, comparing Brexit to the Declaration of Independence and calling for the British lion to “roar again on the world stage, a formidable force for freedom alongside the American eagle.”

Sceptics talk about details. At the best of times, Congress struggles to pass trade deals. With a tariff-loving populist in the White House, these are not the best of times. Realistically, says an insider, any window for trade deals will close months before the presidential election in 2020.

Some in the British government would settle for a limited pact to liberalise economic sectors where British and American views align, such as financial and professional services, or e-commerce, leaving to one side controversial talks about food safety or American investment in the British health system. Other British sources think time has run out even for that modest step. They point to a speech on February 27th by Dr Fox, in which the usually gung-ho Brexiteer insisted that Britain could use a range of flexible, agile tools to boost global trade, from agreements to remove non-tariff barriers, to the mutual recognition of standards and qualifications. To liberalise in a fast-paced world, “a full-blown, gold-plated free-trade agreement may not be the only solution,” Dr Fox said.

Another question of timing concerns American business leaders. Though Britain and America are each other’s largest foreign investors, the US Chamber of Commerce has warned that much investment in Britain was made “so companies could seamlessly access the much larger EU single market”. Until Britain has concluded trade talks with the EU, it is “very hard to know” what future relations with America will look like, says Marjorie Chorlins, the Chamber’s head of European affairs.

American financial firms stand out for making contingency plans to move some staff and business units. Bankers now assume that British subsidiaries will lose their “passport” right to offer services to clients in EU markets. Some industries are shocked by America’s roughness in talks to replace European agreements that will expire on Brexit, notably a treaty regulating airlines. Other American businesses long for clarity on the movement of labour and the regulation of pharmaceuticals, chemicals and digital services, says the US Chamber. For now they are putting off investments or drawing up contingency plans.

From bridge to back door

In the halls of Congress, there is speculation that US negotiators will bully a “desperate” Britain into conceding things that America can then turn around and demand from the EU, citing the British precedent. No two countries are more closely aligned than Britain and America in views of capitalism and entrepreneurship, enthuses Mr Holding. That is why Brexit Britain “needs to be careful of signing up to any European regulations that would make it more difficult to do business in the US.” In November Wilbur Ross, America’s commerce secretary, said Britain’s exit deal should “[take] into account our commercial interests”. Mr Ross spelled out what he meant: breaking with Europe’s “highly protectionist” standards and regulations.

Dr Fox has accused critics of being “obsessed” with such questions as whether to import American chickens washed in chlorine, a technique banned by the EU. He has half a point. David Salmonsen of the American Farm Bureau Federation, an industry association, suggests that America has plenty of non-chlorinated chicken to sell, so may be flexible in that fight. British-American trade in agricultural goods is not vast. It totals about $4.5bn a year, with American soyabeans, apples and grapes crossing one way, and British cheese, biscuits and breakfast cereals crossing the other. But Mr Salmonsen also makes clear that American farmers, a potent lobby, will not tolerate talks with Britain that sidestep all controversial agricultural questions, such as whether to streamline permits for genetically modified crops. No trade pact stands alone, he explains; talks with Britain are a way to put pressure on Europe. “If there is going to be a future UK-US trade agreement, agriculture will definitely want to be a part of it,” he says.

Some pinstriped Tories boast that Brexit Britain will be a free-market, low-regulation Singapore of the north. Their voters, and supportive newspapers, meanwhile go berserk at news that British passports are to be printed by a French company. Mr Ross’s wish-list is full of tabloid provocations: more “science” in agricultural rules (eg, hormones in beef, ractopamine growth-promoter in pork), an end to geographic protections (eg, rules saying Stilton cheese must be made in England), or letting American carmakers self-certify the safety of exported models, with post-market verification by regulators.

Worse, the concessions Britain might give America are of a sort likely to sour trade talks with Europe—prepare for continental politicians calling Britain a Trojan horse for Trump. The moment Britain imports controversial Yankee crops, cries will go up for a hard border on the island of Ireland, or one separating Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.

Finally Britain must navigate what one official calls Mr Trump’s idées fixes, such as his obsession with balanced trade (a problem given Britain’s sizeable current-account surplus with America) or his desire to equalise tariffs imposed on German cars entering America, and vice versa. Insiders predict that Britain will be pressed to scrap all import tariffs for American-made cars, even if Britain is still imposing them on cars from the EU. As it happens, the largest single shipper of American-made cars to Britain, accounting for 20,000 sales last year, is a BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. That would be an ironic undercutting of Brexiteer plans to use car imports for leverage: a back door for Germany, created by Mr Trump. What did Brexiteers think “America First” meant?

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This is one of the kinds beautiful Westpark Vintage Plan B in an exceptional location in the city of Irvine. The Home features: Great curb appeal with double doors entry, (9 feet +) high ceiling that is hard to find, formal living room with dual pane windows shine throughout the home with natural light, nicely upgraded granite countertops and beautiful large windows in the kitchen with island, built-in oven, microwave, gas range, breakfast nook and pantry, custom fireplace. Open floor plan pair with gorgeous hardwood flooring. Two entryway to the backyard. living room and dining area. Professionally landscaped around the backyard with one of the kind cement patio perfect for entertaining. The spacious master bedroom features two walk-in closets, dual vanity, master bath and oversized walk-in shower plus the soak tub. (1) room on the first floor and (4) room in the 2nd. HOA amenities include pools, spas, tennis courts, basketball courts, parks. Award-winning school Plaza Vista School, South Lake Middle School, Woodbridge High School and the University of California Irvine.$1,395,000

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Irvine 1 Avignon

Located in a Quiet Interior Location at the End of Cul-De-Sac within the Highly Desirable Westpark Area. This Vintage Model offers 5BR, 3BA (1 BR & Full Bath Downstairs). Home Features: Open Floor Plan, Gorgeous 2'x4' Porcelain Tile Flooring, Newer Dual-Pane Windows/Sliding Doors and an Abundance of Natural Light. Lovely Double Entry Door Leads into Formal Living Room with Cathedral Vaulted Ceiling and Dining Room with Beautiful Large Windows, Chef’s Dream Kitchen with Island, Granite Counters and Custom Backsplash, Built-In Oven/Microwave and Gas Range, and Pull-Out Pantry. Kitchen Opens to Large Family Room with Custom Fireplace and Glass Sliding Door to an Oasis of a Backyard. Master Bedroom offers Two Walk-in Closets and Master Bath with Over-sized Tile Walk-in Shower, Soaker Tub, and Dual Vanity. Large Professionally Landscaped Backyard with Pond and Soothing Sounds of the Waterfall, Lots of Mature Fruit Trees (Persimmon, Pomegranate, Lemon, Lime, and Peach to name a few) and Grass is Ideal for Entertaining. Other Features Include: Separate Laundry Room, Dual Vanity in 2nd Bathroom, Large 3-Car Garage has plenty of Room for Storage, Extra Large Driveway, All Bathrooms and Kitchen Upgraded, and New Interior Custom Paint. Association Amenities Include Pools, Spas, Tennis Courts, Sport Courts, Tot Lots, Parks, and so much more! Close to Great Award Winning Irvine Schools including UCI, Irvine Valley College, Shopping, Dining, Beaches, and Entertainment.$1,275,000

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Earl and Fred

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Our family

     Susan's Great-Uncle Earl bought 80 acres at Bean Point in 1939. Hard times came, and in 1957, he was about to lose the "farm". His brother, Fred, bought it from him, and managed to pay off the note.

     When Greers Ferry Lake came in the early 1960's he found he had a beautiful view along their northern boundary.

     Over the next 20-30 years he sold a few lake view lots, having a "rough, unrecorded idea" of how to subdivide the land into building sites.

     For various reasons this never materialized. The land sat idle for  a number of years as his health failed. Fourteen years after his death, the remaining land was divided among his four children. Susan's mom gave us half of her portion and we bought more from others.

     We finished the subdividing that was begun 40 years earlier and built our vacation rental on one of the lots.

About Bean Point

     Our vision for Bean Point is pretty simple. We have eleven lots. One lot has our vacation rental on it. We envision a unique little "settlement" of rustic farm style houses that are well kept. Our lots are restricted to prevent situations that would lead to devaluation of our real estate.

     Our lots are for sale, as is our vacation rental. We envision building other homes that we will use as short term rentals.

     We anticipate that some of those who purchase lots and/or build here will be using this property as a second home. We offer services such as lawn maintainence, house cleaning, short term rental management, house design, home construction, or just a neighbor to help keep an eye on your place if you do use it as a weekend home.

    I am a "trying to retire" residential building contractor, having built custom homes around Heber Springs for over 30 years. My dad was a builder in this area before me and our two sons are in this trade as well.

    If you are considering buying or building a weekend home near Greers Ferry Lake, come visit us. We would love to show you what we have to offer.

Who was Jesse Bean?

     The high ridge overlooking Greers Ferry Lake was called Bean Point long before the lake was made in the early 1960's. The name goes back to the late 1800's to the family of Jesse Bean.

     Jesse Bean, whose family owned and farmed the land, was born in 1840. He left Cleburne County to fight in the Confederate army.

     The story is told that, as he returned home, he passed by a home several miles from here. A woman was outside working. He met her, perhaps exchanging some chores for a meal. She was a widow with several small children. They later married and she moved to Bean Point with him where they lived.

     Jesse Bean died in 1899. He is buried at Wesley Chapel Cemetery about 2 miles SW of Bean Point.


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The DJ's Take: Did you really need Rae Sremmurd to just say 'Burn slow' over and over again? I admit I didn't listen to the whole song, so maybe they actually do something more. But if not, you probably could've gotten a more distinctive voice like Fetty Wap at a similar price, right?

Anyway, kind of a mediocre track overall, but people seem to be buying it on iTunes, so do a mashup with Nothing But Trouble - Lil Wayne ft. Charlie Puth and call it a day.

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I Challenge Olamide "Baddo" To An Hour Rap Battle - Lollymade

It’s no news that “Mo MI Crooner” Adepegba ololade known as Lollymade an indigene of Ogun state (Abeokuta) is one of Nigeria’s indigenous rap Lord whose Latest single “Mo Mi” is hitting the air wave around the country.
 The Afro hip hop star “Lollymade” in a recent interview with the freshprince of rockcityfm in Abeokuta made his intention clear about challenging one of Nigerians’ Rap king’ Olamide "Baddo".

In his words “I have always loved Olamide and had to prove to him my worth and make other rappers sit tight by challenging him down to a 60mins Rap battle”.

He revealed how passionate he has always felt to be on stage with some of Nigerians finest rappers but would prefer a rap battle with some especially “Olamide”
“MO MI” the single is currently receiving massive love from DJs and OAP’s in Nigeria but the big question is ,Can Lollymade stand the heat on stage with Olamide?

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This playful Teachers Wine Glass would make the perfect end of term teacher’s gift.

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Your item will be sent in a Becky Broome box as standard. Please select below for alternative gift sleeves.

The humorous etched design features three measure lines with the words, ‘new term’, ‘half term’ and ‘end of term’. The teacher can fill their glass to suit!

Perfect as your child’s end of term teachers present or as a gift for an overworked teacher you know, this hand etched wine glass will definitely raise a smile.

Each wine glass is hand-etched in our studio in Liverpool. We create a mask with your personalisation and carefully etch the surface of the glass by hand.

As each glass is hand-etched to order, there may be slight variations, this only adds to the unique nature of this product.

As standard, the glass comes wrapped in bubble wrap and is sent in a bespoke postal box.

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Beit Emanuel Care Committee

The Beit Emanuel Care Committee are among the unsung angels of the congregation. Their task is to work quietly in the background to support the Rabbi in his pastoral work. Says chairperson Judy Hodes: “We visit the sick, the elderly and those in need. We offer an ear and advice; assist with lifts to services and medical appointments, and disseminate information on sources of assistance, financial and other.”

One of the committee’s most important roles is to make personal contact with individual members of the shul. For example, every shul member receives a birthday phone call from the committee.

Together with the Rabbi, the committee are working on producing various booklets, including advice on weddings, mourning and bar/bat-mitzvahs, readings for visits to the sick and elderly, benching cards for community dinners, and a book of meditations and prayers.

The Care Committee’s tasks include:

  • Visiting the sick, either at home or in hospital, and leave gifts. Those who are very ill are put on a ‘concern list’and more frequent contact is maintained.
  • Assisting with the mourning process, offering both practical and emotional support.
  • Assisting the elderly with lifts to functions, to shul services, to doctors, or just to the shops. Most of all, providing human contact for the elderly and lonely.
  • Sponsoring seats at Shabbat dinners and other special dinners such as Rosh Hashanah.
  • Referring people in need of financial assistance to either the United Sisterhood or the Chevra Kadisha.

Says chairperson Judy Hodes: “It is imperative that the Care Committee is kept informed if people in the congregation are in need. What tends to happen is that people indirectly mention others who are ill or are in need, and that’s how we hear about it. But it would help if people contacted us directly with names.”

The Care Committee has also established the Care Awards, which reward members of the congregation who have made substantial contributions to the congregation and to Progressive Judaism over many years. A certificate is issued at a Friday night Shabbat service as a token of esteem by members of Beit Emanuel, and a special brocha is held in honour of the person receiving the award. Previous recipients have been the late Frans Benedict, who for years phoned every congregant who had a birthday, and Leonard Singer, a former chairman who has played a key behind-the-scenes management role for nearly 20 years.

The Care Committee is in urgent need of volunteers who can offer such help as lifts to shul or hosting of members for Shabbat. There are many people in need in the congregation, and Judy feels that it is important to send the right person to visit the person in need. The committee is also in need of donations to cover the cost of gifts for the sick and the sponsorship of seats at lunches and dinners.

The Care Committee holds alternate weekly meetings, either on Monday or on Saturday mornings. If you can assist in any way, please contact Judy Hodes on 084 596 3222.

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November News & Programs for Seniors Announced

Oct 25, 2016 11:30AM ● By Pamela Johnson

Bellingham Senior Center

  • Triad Meeting—Thursday, Nov. 3, 11 am. Learn how to prevent scams, fraud and abuse.  For those who sign up in advance (by 8:30 am on Nov. 3) a light lunch will be provided at no cost. Also, you may pick up your free File of Life.
  • Annual Holiday Craft Fair—Stop by 40 Blackstone Street on Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 am–3 pm. See this year’s array of gift options for your holiday shopping by local artists and craftspeople, including jewelry, assorted crafts, unique Christmas gifts, hand-knitted and crocheted items, handbags, totes, stocking-stuffers, embroidered items, candles, cards, country accessories, home-made baked goods, jams, jellies, spice rubs, food concessions, and more. Prizes drawings include cash, gift cards, gift certificates and baskets, four brand-new bikes with helmets, and more. Chances may be purchased in advance. All prizes will be awarded on the day of the fair; you don’t have to be present to win. Music will be provided by radio host Polka Paul.  Donated baked goods can be dropped off on Friday (Nov. 4) or early Saturday morning. Rides available; call 508-657-2709.
  • Turkey Luncheon—The Bellingham and Franklin Lions Clubs are sponsoring a free senior luncheon on Saturday, Dec. 3, for all senior citizens of Bellingham and Franklin, at the Bellingham Senior Center, 40 Blackstone Street. There will be two sittings—11 am and 1 pm. Since space is limited, all senior citizens should call or sign up at the Bellingham or Franklin senior centers to reserve a seat at the luncheon. For a ride, Bellingham residents are asked to call 508-657-2709.
  • Genealogy—Monthly genealogy workshop on Nov. 7, 2–4 pm, with Toni Picariello. Find out more about your family history at your own pace. Pick one relative to research (try to get as much information as you can on that person). Check out No fee if you are age 60 or older.
  • Nurse Trish Flu Shot & BP Clinic—Monday, Nov. 7, 10–12 pm. Stop by to meet the new town nurse, have your blood pressure checked and health questions answered, and get your flu shot (no cost with your Medicare card). Sponsored by the Bellingham Board of Health.
  • Fall Arrangement Workshop—Brian Perrico of Brian’s Country Greenery will conduct a seasonal craft workshop at the Bellingham Senior Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 6 pm. Brian provides the guidance and supplies; you pay a modest fee ($15) and leave with a completed craft with fresh flowers and a fall feel for your home. Limited to ten people; sign-up in advance by calling 508-966-0398.
  • Veterans’ Celebration—Thursday, Nov. 10, at 12 pm. The Bellingham Council on Aging will host a special veterans’ event. Vets are invited to attend for free (with complimentary ticket); all others may attend for $6/pp. Tickets may be picked up at the front desk. An Italian lasagna lunch, desSert and beverages will be followed by a concert from Howie Newman. Reserve your seat by Monday, Nov. 7. This program is made possible in part by generous COA donations.
  • Bereavement Support—Thursday, Nov. 10, 11:15 am. Join with others who have experienced a loss. Over time, you will talk, listen, and heal. Bereavement Group Leader is resident Kay Page. Anyone interested should call the senior center at 508-966-0398 and give your name and phone number. (Funded by a state grant administered by MA Association for Councils on Aging and Senior Center Directors.)
  • Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late!—Prescription Advantage is initiating an outreach campaign to encourage members with high drug costs to review Medicare Part D plan options for 2017 in case there is a plan that can lower their expenses. The University Pharmacy Outreach Program (MCPHS) will assist with this project by reviewing the Part D plans using Medicare’s plan finder and identifying any lower-cost plan options that are available; and, if the member wishes to change plans, MCPHS can assist the member with the enrollment process or refer them to Medicare or the Part D plan. If you receive a letter and would like assistance to make sure that you are enrolled in the best plan for you, call the senior center at 508-966-0398.In Bellingham Judy and Leland Katz provide free, unbiased, confidential counseling most Tuesdays by appointment. Call 508-966-0398 and ask for a SHINE appointment at the Bellingham Senior Center or call the Regional SHINE Office at 508-422-9931.
  • Ham & Bean Supper—Saturday, Nov.12, at 5:30 pm. Menu also includes coleslaw, cornbread, drinks and apple pie. Cost is $10/pp which includes entertainment; there will be a 50/50 raffle. Reserve your seat early. This is a Bellingham Elder Service Group (BESG) fundraiser to benefit the Bellingham Senior Center and seniors in need. Tickets are available from BESG Board Members and at the Senior Center. To arrange your ride, call 508-657-2709.
  • Cooking Class—Whole Foods Market’s Healthy Eating Specialist Dawn Berthelette will present the two-part “Supporting a Healthy Brain” cooking classes, covering some of the benefits of eating more brain-healthful foods, and giving simple tips and suggestions on how to incorporate more of these whole foods into your diet to promote cognitive function. There is no fee for this class, but it is limited to 10 people, so advance sign-up is required; call 508-966-0398. On Nov. 14, at 2:30 pm: Dessert First—Chocolate Pudding and Turmeric Tea; On Dec. 5 at 2:30 pm: You Are What You Beet: Let Them Beet Cake and Cold Beet and Ginger Salad.
  • BCOA Update—The next COA meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 1 pm. Learn more about the services and programs available here. Refreshments are served and an attendance prize is awarded. At the last meeting the discussion included this year’s Christmas Party. The date is set for Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 11:30 am.  Also, there are passes available for seniors interested in attending TriValley League games for free (not including MIAA tourney or ice hockey), thanks to a generous donation. Check at the front desk.  Lastly, and sadly, COA Board Chair Rita Tetrault announced that Vice-Chair Gordon Curtis is resigning from the Board because of health issues. Any resident interested in serving the unexpired term should submit a letter of interest to COA Director Laura DeMattia.
  • Welcome Tour—Are you new to town, just retired, now 60 or older? We offer an official Welcome Tour for residents interested in finding out the basics about the Center and what is offered. The tour will take place on Friday, Nov. 18, at 1pm. Call Lisa Mottola to make arrangements at 508-657-2708.
  • Bellingham/Franklin Companion Caregivers Respite Program—For more information please call Camille at 508-520-4945. This program is made available through a generous grant from the MetroWest Health Foundation. Also, the Memory Café is held on the third Thursday of each month at the Franklin Senior Center, providing a fun social event for those with dementia & their caregivers.
  • Bellingham-GATRA Transportation—If you are at least 60 years old or a younger disabled resident, we provide rides in town and the surrounding area up to 10 miles. Our vans can even accommodate wheelchairs, canes or walkers. Those requesting a ride for the first time will be screened for eligibility. While no fare is charged, suggested donations are gratefully accepted and used for transportation-related needs over and above the town’s budget. At least one day advance notice is needed for local requests. Go shopping, go to the barber, doctor, and bank or do other errands—we’ll even bring you to the Senior Center. Flyers with complete information are available by calling 508-657-2709.
  • Indian Head Christmas Tour—Depart from the senior center on Monday, Dec. 5, at 8 am, for an enjoyable day with your friends at the famous Indian Head Resort. See a wonderful Christmas show and enjoy outstanding cuisine. Price includes a deluxe full-course luncheon buffet, welcome cocktail reception and open bar, the Joy to the World Christmas Show, featuring dance band and holiday floor show, a visit by Santa, sing-a-long, dancing and more. Return to the Bellingham Senior Center around 5:30 pm. Cost is $80/pp, which  includes driver’s gratuity and $15 deposit due on sign-up. (Balance is due by Nov. 5). Flyers with rules and deadline are available at the Senior Center. For more information, call Rita, 508-657-2714.
  • Elder Mental Health Outreach Program—If you know someone struggling with anxiety and/or depression or you have other similar concerns, there is a new program that provides outreach, assessment and evaluation services for residents age 60 and over. Mental Health Coordinator Gail Bourassa works with us to assist seniors and provide services or make referrals to an agency for continued treatment. The goal of the project is to help older adults get back to being able to enjoy social activities. In Bellingham for more information or to make a referral, please call 508-657-2710 or 508-657-2708.
  • Christmas Giving Tree—Mittens, hats, scarves, socks and other handmade items are being accepted for our giving tree. Donations may be dropped off at the Center at any time through Dec. 9, when items will be given to the needy before the holidays.  Write your article here...

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Archive for March, 2003

all revved up and know where to go

Friday, March 7th, 2003

dunno why i am writing in here really, just seems like so long since i last said anything, i sit at a computer all day doing absolutely nothing :)
should this entry be private or public? i really don’t know, but it seems perhaps i should speak out loud so at least everyone knows what i’m going on about.

i’ve seen a load of backstabbing and two facedness over the last few weeks, and (combined with my own stupidity) really do wonder whether we are such a great species after all..

i mean, who should ever hurt the one they love:?: and why should people be nice to someone simply because there is no one else there?

i’ve become really screwed up over these last few weeks, people say i should get over it, after all it is gowry who is hurt, and perhaps fair play, but you can’t just kill emotions, how ever hard you try.

gowry is everything to me, and as hard as i try (not that i want to mind) i can’t get rid of my feelings for her. i guess she really is in the middle, but it just seems weird that the people with the strongest opinions don’t seem to practise what they preach…. double standards or what?!?

i’ll continue to try my hardest with gow, do all the things i need to, becuase i do love her to death and am not just going to give in.

i’m not out to hurt her, or do anything stupid again, i really dont want to (not that i ever did, hmm, i see… :(), when things (thoughts, feelings, whatever) fall into place, the world view changes. my world is completely upside down, but at least i can see clearly.

a lot of people seem to have a lot of anger, but really, it’s not helping to let it all out … if things happen things will happen.. no amount of pressure or persuasion will change that (that includes me, i know :o)

so what to do, things are odd, confusing and hurtful, however, there are a few simple things i know in my head (even if you lot don’t… :P)

people make mistakes, some more than others, but its the lesson you learn at the end that is important, i’ve made some big mistakes, and maybe it is too late, but in my head i know exactly how i feel and am willing to try and put everything right.

no excuses, no ‘but i…’, just regret. lots of it, for many things….

anyhows, my eyes hurt now, and i’ve still got some invesitigating to do, many many logs to read through, what joy….

signing out…


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State cuts shouldn’t hurt BUSD

By David Scharfenberg, Daily Planet Staff
Wednesday May 22, 2002

xGov. Gray Davis’s proposed education budget shouldn’t inflict much harm on the Berkeley Unified School District next year, according to one highly-placed district official. But concerns about health care costs, special education and mentoring programs at two Berkeley schools linger.

“I don’t think the May revision will have a significant impact,” said Associate Superintendent for Business Jerry Kurr, referring to the budget document the governor released last week in an attempt to address a nearly $24 billion shortfall.

But Kurr said state education funding may not keep pace with escalating health care premiums. The district is now projecting increases of 17.5 to 25 percent next year, he said.

The governor, meanwhile, is proposing a roughly 1.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for school district budgets.

“A higher COLA certainly would help,” Kurr said.

The federal government’s Department of Commerce sets the minimum COLA each year – 1.66 percent this time around. Davis has proposed a 1.66 COLA for some programs and a two percent increase for others, resulting in the aggregate 1.9 percent figure.

Robert Manwaring, senior fiscal and policy analyst for the Legislative Analyst’s Office, which advises the legislature on the budget, said the adjustment should theoretically incorporate rising health care costs, but may lag behind the realities facing districts on the ground.

The May Revise

Gov. Davis made education a top priority in his May revision. While health and human services and county government sustained heavy hits, Davis held the line on education spending and transferred roughly $1.7 billion from this year’s school budget to the next in order to maintain the funding guarantees established by voters with passage of Proposition 98 in 1988.

There was speculation before last week that the governor might ask the state legislature to suspend Proposition 98, which dedicates about 35 percent of the state’s general fund to schools. Instead, the governor has proposed a roughly $2 billion increase in education spending over the current year — with cuts in some areas and increases in others.

Discretionary funding concerns

“The budget generally avoids the kinds of reductions that hit local districts,” said Kevin Gordon, executive director of the California Association of School Business Officials, or CASBO. “(But) there are going to be some impacts if we don’t get some shifts within the budget.”

Gordon raised particular concern about a proposed reduction of $200 million in discretionary funding for school districts statewide. He said districts have come to depend upon that funding. CASBO will push the legislature to shift the $200 million in cuts to new or expanded programs so local administrators will not feel the impact as strongly.

A Senate budget committee voted Saturday to restore a portion of the discretionary funding and shift the cuts elsewhere. If those restorations survive the legislative process, some of Gordon’s concerns may be answered.

But Kurr said that even if the discretionary cuts pass, they should not have a significant impact on next year’s Berkeley Unified School District budget. The district had already projected some of the cuts, he said, and does not qualify for some of the money in question anyhow, because of lofty local revenues.

Special education

The Davis plan would maintain special education funding at current levels next year. But part of the governor’s proposal involves cutting roughly $118 million in state funding and plugging in new federal dollars to make up the gap.

The proposal does not sit well with Berkeley Board of Education member John Selawsky.

“We’re supposed to be getting more this year because the federal funding is going up,” he said.

Gordon said CASBO does not expect to restore the state funding this year, but is pushing legislation, sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Dickerson, R-Redding, and Senator Dede Alpert, D-Coronado, that would prevent the practice of substituting federal for state funding in the future.

Berkeley Board of Education member Ted Schultz said ultimately the federal and state governments must provide full funding for costly special education programs that impinge heavily on districts’ general funds.

A recent study by California School Services, Inc., a Sacramento consultant, found that special education spending “encroached” on the Berkeley Unified general fund to the tune of $4.5 million in 2000-2001, well above the statewide average. But the report noted that the costs of special education in the Bay Area tend to be higher than they are in other parts of the state.

Davis has proposed a $4.3 million cut to the Academic Volunteer and Mentor Service Program’s $10 million budget. The state program funds mentoring programs at over 300 school sites statewide, including Emerson Elementary School and Willard Middle School in Berkeley.

Program officer Janet Lopez said the office will continue to fund mentoring programs in the midst of three-year grants. But if the Davis proposal passes, the state will not renew grants at schools like Emerson, which is just finishing its third year. It will also cut $1.2 million in one-year “phase-out” grants for schools like Willard that have completed six years of service.

“We were pretty shocked,” said Monica Santos, coordinator of the Emerson program, describing her reaction to the news last week. She said she is scrambling for foundation money to keep the program going next year.

Administrators, teachers and students at the school plan to write letters to the legislature urging protection of the program. Santos urged Berkeley residents to do the same and voiced hope that Berkeley businesses might provide financial support for the program.

Barry Fike, president of the Berkeley Federation of Teachers, said if the state is going to cut, it should start by eliminating the standardized testing system, which he labeled a “fiasco.”


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Blythe: habitat, healing, and a suppressed play unchained

Carol Denney
Saturday November 26, 2016 - 10:48:00 AM
Dan McMullan, director Leah Joki, and the cast of Blythe answer questions at the forum after the performance.
Carol Denney
Dan McMullan, director Leah Joki, and the cast of Blythe answer questions at the forum after the performance.
Ferry passengers on their way to Alcatraz.
Carol Denney
Ferry passengers on their way to Alcatraz.
Dan McMullan during his incarceration at Blythe.
Thomas McMullan
Dan McMullan during his incarceration at Blythe.

This is an unusual story of habitat, creativity, punishment, redemption, and recovery which won't be obvious for several paragraphs. It begins with some observations about a native California bird, pelicanus californicus, which almost disappeared a few decades ago.

The California Brown Pelican Recovery Plan by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1983 is 179 pages of earnest, early effort to save a species from pollutant and habitat-related reproductive failures. The only viable colonies of the bird once plentiful along the west coast by the 1960's were in Florida.

The surveys and documentation in the plan are followed by articulate, unemotional discussions of habitat needs for species survival and frank discussion of the fact that at the time there existed "little or no protection" of colony sites aside from the Mexican Navy, which accidentally protected certain breeding sites from human disturbance.

"The basic habitat needs of the California brown pelican are: 1) a disturbance- and predator-free nesting area, 2) offshore habitat with an adequate food supply, and 3) appropriate roosting sites for both resident and migrant pelicans." - California Brown Pelican Recovery Plan, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Pollutants, notably DDT, had reduced egg shell thickness by 50% by 1969, so that most eggs collapsed during incubation, work shared by both parents. Noise pollution played a role as well, making habitat protection even from aircraft a priority for the pelicans' survival along with anchovy harvest quotas and other protective measures.

It took years, but it worked. Now the tourists on the ferry to Alcatraz Island, the Spanish word for pelican, can see a sight not seen since the early 1950's; long strings of pelicans fishing together on the bay, their elegant profiles backlit by the sun.

Alcatraz is home to another recovery; the transformation of its notorious prison, established in 1868, to a national landmark in 1986 which acknowledges in its rangers' interpretive talks the nineteen month-long occupation by protesting native tribes with a hint of pride.

On November 5, 2016, about a hundred people took the ferry to see the Poetic Justice Project's presentation of Blythe, a play by local author Daniel McMullan, in the former industrial arts building on the island, a building with no facilities except for its 360 degree view of the bay and a large area with seating and a simple stage.

You probably know Danny McMullan if you live in Berkeley. He may or may not use a wheelchair, depending on his health on any given day. He is often accompanied by his sparkling wife Katy and their whip-smart boys Nicolas, 16, and Thomas, 14, who took the train with him to see the play's opening in San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande. He's a commissioner, an activist, and the guy with the quick wit and the broad smile who can disarm an entire room with a perfectly timed joke while keeping his eye on a collective goal. He says his wasn't the worst prison in California -- people only got killed every other day. And he never thought Blythe, the play named for the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in the California's southeastern desert would ever be performed.

The play won first prize twenty-five years ago in a state-wide contest for formerly incarcerated people and had been scheduled for a reading at the Ivar Theater in Los Angeles sponsored by Ed Asner and Edward James Olmos. But the warden stopped the play from being performed, concerned that his prison would receive an unflattering portrayal.

He needn't have worried. The play is a comedy, rich in timeless human shortcomings, set in a cafe near the prison which, except for the distinctive fonts and fashions of the time, could have been written about the same issues today. The cast of actors, all formerly incarcerated, beautifully illustrate a small town's hopes for the economic boost the prison's promoters promised for the local people. In the deceptively ordinary movements of an ostensibly ordinary day, they wrestle with themes of redemption and punishment with deft, moving, and humorous performances, hitting a boom box for brief accompaniment and floridly raking the hands of the large clock forward to show the passage of time.

It's a tight performance without a wasted moment or word. Not a single word has been edited from the original script, according to the director. Attention was rapt and the helpless laughter sincere. And what followed, a discussion of the show's origin, the Poetic Justice Project's work, and the personal journeys of the cast, author, and director, was equally compelling judged by an audience that stayed for every word. Their personal recoveries from trauma, their amazement at how wearing an officer's costume affects the way they feel, their sense of the clarifying challenges of working together and helping each other as a theatrical team were discussed with a riveting honesty.

Danny McMullan seems pretty relaxed about it all. His play Blythe, twenty-five years after its suppressed debut, has now had performances in Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Alcatraz Island, Studio City, Hollywood, and includes an upcoming performance in March at the Los Angeles Arts Festival.

The Poetic Justice Project, founded by Artistic Director Deborah Tobola, has had 16 productions involving around 100 formerly incarcerated people since its beginning in 2009. Dan has attended some of the Blythe performances, most recently in Los Angeles, and the memoir, "Juilliard to Jail" written by Blythe's director, Leah Joki, is currently being developed into a film.

"It was the Two Roads in Studio City where I met Joe Manganiello and his brother Nick, who bought the book "Julliard To Jail" that has two chapter; one about the play, and one about me called named 'Black Irish'," said McMullan. "I told Joe, "You can play me....if you work out some."

Perhaps it seems obvious that "La Isla de los Alcatraces,", or Alcatraz, the island named for a native bird once close to extinction in California now one of its most obvious environmental successes, the island converted from a notorious prison to a national recreation area with a ridiculous gift shop which only recently hosted an art exhibition by suppressed, imprisoned contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, is the perfect setting for a larger meditation on habitat, freedom, creativity, and recovery.

Danny McMullan had never written a play before writing Blythe. "I wrote the play at the urging of Leah Joki, director of Arts-In-Corrections (AIC) at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison. I was her inmate clerk." McMullan now supports and speaks publically about the new era of AIC.

"She heard about a play writing competition and we were working on a book of monologues called 'Monologues From A Cold, Roach Infested Cell' in which my contribution was 'Tales From My Leg,' a collection of crazy stuff that happened to me because of my prosthetic leg. She thought I might be good at it."

"The idea came from reading the local paper and reading a story about the new prison guard populations' dislike for the city and a bumper sticker going around saying 'Happiness is seeing Blythe in your rearview mirror' and imagining what a person that lived their whole life there would feel, react, and who they would be."

The play is more than successful at painting this portrait, a portrait that at the time of McMullan's incarceration he could only imagine. The small town that surrounds a prison is doing its own kind of time, making the best of its own confines whether a dead-end job or a very small pool of social and sexual options. The cast of Blythe is masterful at subtle comedic elements which craft a deeply moving story in the middle of comic opportunity.

McMullan "studied other plays for a day or so" then retyped his effort in those pre-word processor days over 22 times. He has another play, "A Man Down in the Warehouse", that he's finally going to finish, and says maybe he'll "write a couple more." When the play's initial performance twenty-five years ago was scratched by the warden at the time, Julian Marquez, who allowed the second-place and third-place play readings to go on, McMullan says he let it go; the warden's decision came at the same time as the police killing of Rosebud Denovo, an activist in Berkeley who was shot in the back. As McMullan puts it;

"This all went down at the same time that Rosebud was killed so I never would of made it to the play anyway. And though I was disappointed that I didn't get the promised internship with Paramount Studios, who knows where that could of led, I didn't want to hurt the Arts-In-Corrections program as a whole or Leah Joki particularly. Raising too much of a stir could of hurt her and she was so kind to me. So I let it go."

"I think now is the time that the universe intended for this," McMullan continued. "And it has been fun and moving to be a part of the whole process. To work with Poetic Justice has been my poetic justice and it is complete and beautiful."

McMullan took the ferry to Alcatraz with family, friends, a few reporters, and dozens of long parades of once-rare brown pelicans skimming the waves, sailing the skies, and fishing from schools of species returning to bay waters in steady recovery. The Poetry Justice Project was launched in the same year that pelicanus californicus was finally removed from the endangered species list, a victory which took decades of stewardship by generations to secure.

McMullan now sits on the nationally acclaimed Street Spirit's advisory board, founded and directs the twenty year-old Disabled People Outside Project, is a current commissioner on the Human Welfare and Community Action Commission for the City of Berkeley, and is a tireless activist on human rights issues throughout the Bay Area. Winning first prize as a playwright came as a complete surprise to him, as much of a surprise as the play's suppression. But the play, the poetic justice, and the program that brought it to life is having an unexpected renaissance during an otherwise confounding political moment in time.

The turnaround for pelicans' survival was a deceptively simple one: 1) a disturbance- and predator-free nesting area, 2) offshore habitat with an adequate food supply, and 3) appropriate roosting sites for both resident and migrant pelicans. These relatively simple needs have great relevance for human survival and recovery, for issues of homelessness, and for art to thrive as a full-throated part of a healthy community which may depend, more than it may presently realize, on art to help a broken society move toward healing, health, and the realization of our shared creative opportunities.

Danny McMullan's moment of recognition may seem improbable from some perspectives. But his moment also offers us an opportunity to consider how, given a nurturing and receptive habitat, our brothers and sisters behind bars might literally play a role in helping us heal.

The Poetic Justice Project advances social justice by engaging formerly incarcerated people in the creation of original theatre that examines crime, punishment and redemption, and can be contacted at:

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The Bone Bed

by Patricia Cornwell

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada.

Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist’s disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.

When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator Pete Marino and FBI husband Benton Wesley have secrets of their own.

Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.

“The tight plot keeps a local focus, the disconnected deaths are neatly tied together…and there are plenty of stomach-churning autopsies performed with cutting-edge equipment.” The New York Times Book Review

“An ingenious murder method, more hours in the mortuary and forensics lab than usual, an uncharacteristically muffled killer, and all the trademark battles among the regulars and every potential ally who gets in their way.” Kirkus Reviews

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About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell's first crime novel, Postmortem, was published in 1990 and became the first novel to win all the major crime awards in a single year.  In 2011 she was awarded the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Often interviewed on US national television as a forensic consultant, Cornwell is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, NYC and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. Fox have acquired the film rights to the Scarpetta novels, featuring Angelina Jolie as Dr Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell's books are translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries, and she is regarded as one of the major international bestselling authors.

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BHC Merced is a collaborative of a diverse group of partners working together to create sustainable and positive health outcomes in the area of Southwest Merced and East Merced County. Our partners include adult residents, youth residents, faith leaders, community based organizations, local foundations, government officials, school representatives, public health officials and many more that are getting involved! Everyone has a role to play in creating change in our community.
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Ketchum's Bigfoot DNA Broken Down

Finally! I've been waiting for this for a very long time, as I'm sure many others out there have been as well.
Melba Ketchum's Bigfoot DNA project has finally been broken down and explained to where I can even understand it. It doesn't look good for the "Doctor of Habituation". It is even suggested that there might have been certain motives taking place to guide the results of the project in certain directions. That sounds awfully familiar. Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, I suggested that it might be the case way back here:

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The following article was written by John Timmer and published by I encourage everyone to read it all the way through, as Timmer does an excellent job of explaining the process, and the mistakes that were made.

On page three of the article the writer clearly states "By taking this approach, the authors pretty much guaranteed they'd get something out that looked a lot like a human genome."

The cat's been out of the bag for quite some time in regard to Ketchum being a supporter of habituation, and the "Bigfoot are people" line of thinking. Which I'm not knocking her or anyone else for their beliefs. However, as this article and many other clues have indicated, it appears that Dr. Ketchum and her team may have reached their desired results intentionally in an attempt to validate their own beliefs as to what they are, and to protect the species they love so much.

While wanting a species protected is a noble gesture, everyone knows the species has to be proven to actually exist. I believe Ketchum was trying to do just that. Unfortunately you can't make something be what you want it to be. It can only be what it actually is. I also believe ego did and still does play a role. I think Ketchum bit off way more than she could chew, and  was unwilling to come up empty handed. I feel that her desire to be the one that finally proved their existence through scientific methods is what eventually consumed her. Unfortunately she took a lot of good and innocent people down with her. In my opinion this is just as bad, if not worse than, oh I don't know, lying about having a Bigfoot body.

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Thursday, July 6th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Hot Jazz, Chicago Style — On Tour!
Ray Skjelbred and his Cubs
canyon moonlight series — occasional Thursday and Sunday nights

A 5-piece group led by Chicago native Ray Skjelbred, this band includes Skjelbred on piano, Kim Cusack on clarinet, Katie Cavera on guitar, Clint Baker on bass and Jeff Hamilton on drums. $20 cover charge.

All but Hamilton share the vocal duties in this band, and do so with elan!

The Cubs are on a mini-Bay Area tour they typically make each July, and this is their only San Francisco public appearance on the trip, though you can catch Ray solo at Pier 23 on Monday the 11th.

Skjelbred is down from Seattle, while Cusak is in from Chicago and Cavera is up from L.A. Baker and Hamilton both live in the Bay Area. (Don’t fail to mark your calendar now for September 23rd, when drummer Jeff Hamilton will be back, but this time in the piano chair with Clint Baker moving to trumpet, joined by Robert Young on reeds.)

Ray Skejbred, center standing, with Diane Holmes, vocal, Jim Goodwin, cornet, Bob Helm, clarinet, Dick Oxtot, banjo, Jim Cumming, bass

Ray Skjelbred, in the words of Michael Steinman in his wonderful blog called Jazz Lives, “is a poet…of…shadings and tone-colors, of the rhythms of the train heading through the darkness.”

Steinman notes and we imagine we’ll concur, “We are fortunate to live on his planet.”

Read more on Ray at

Hear Ray play “Stompin’ em Down” at this link!

L-R: Clint Baker, Kim Cusak, Katie Cavera, Ray Skjelbred, Jeff Hamilton


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Adopt-A-Bird birds are adopted at monthly meetings and you must be a member in good standing to qualify.
Also, time in membership will specify which category of bird you are eligible to adopt.

      RMSA is licensed in Colorado to operate a rescue, rehome and adoption program called Adopt-a-bird.  Most birds enter the program simply because their families can no longer keep them and they need new families to accept and love them...

Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture

Welcome to the best bird club in Colorado. Our meetings are a great place to meet other people with one of the same interests as yourself, find out new information about your birds, buy new toys and other bird items and have a fun and social evening.

Founded in 1961, RMSA celebrated it's 50th anniversary in 2010. We have grown to @ 350 club members and are very proud of the club and the things we are able accomplish through the club.

Join us! We love to meet new people and new birds.

Our club is a non-profit entity and fully funded by our fundraiser events and our members. Your membership gives you the monthly RMSA newsletter that has interesting avian articles, letters from the board and club members, advertising space and information on upcoming events. It gives you access to endless avian resources and supplies; it also gives you an opportunity to vote in many club decisions, directions and for your board members.

Club members come from all parts of Colorado and surrounding states and all different professions so everyone is bound to fit in and feel like they are a vital part of our club.

Originally started as a canary club, we has grown to include all cage birds and their people in a friendly atmosphere where we can discuss birds.

We host two major Expos a year at the National Western Complex, one in May one in November. Both are great events attend and to volunteer for, we always need all the help we can get at these events. It's a great way to support your club, meet new people and learn more about our bird companions.

In April we have an Items and Cage Auction, this is our best fundraising event of the year; bring in all your old junk and bird supplies and take someone else's junk and supplies back home.

We have our club summer picnic in August which is another opportunity to socialize and get to know other members. All of these are great family events.

Our Bird Rehome and Adoption program is on hand during each of the general meetings, there are birds looking for new families constantly, maybe you'll meet one that will fit into your home. They are available for adoption to all members who meet the requirements. Our Adopt A Bird program is always looking for volunteers, they need foster homes and help to pick up and transfer birds in need. Just talk to our Adopt A Bird manager and sign up.

RMSA meets the second Friday of each month at 4755 Fox Street, Denver Colorado at 7pm. Call the RMSA Information Line at (303) 456-0068 to hear what birds are up for adoption or to make inquires about RMSA. Join us today! You'll see why we are so proud of our club.

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The Cloud Catcher Comes Yonder in May.

This afternoon, Prideful Sloth, an indie developer made up of veterans from Rocksteady and Activision, announced that their Zelda-like RPG, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, releases on the Nintendo Switch May 17th, 2018. Check out the trailer below and let us know how excited you are for this version.


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A Milestone

Yesterday marked a major milestone for Black Sun Journal. Over 100,000 visits since October 28, 2005, and approaching 250,000 page views! This is thanks in no small part to Web 2.0 and specifically to StumbleUpon, my top source, which has driven repeated and large traffic spikes. This is especially gratifying, because pages do not remain on StumbleUpon unless they keep getting thumbs up from readers. So when an article keeps generating traffic, people are reading it and sharing it. There’s not a much better vote of confidence than a personal referral, which is essentially what a thumbs up is.

I have to mention my other top traffic sources for the last year, which are in this order: Google, scienceblogs,, Wikipedia, Skeptico, Goosing the Antithesis, Kill the Afterlife, Crooks and Liars, Reddit,, Skeptics Annotated Bible, Daylight Atheism, Atheist Revolution, Planet Atheism,, and Friendly Atheist.

This article is also in reference to the Evolution Blogmeme. I followed this as far back as I could, which was far outside the atheist blogosphere. It started as the 5 old posts meme, for which I was tagged by tobe38 from A Load of Bright, and Heather and TW from Why Don’t You Blog?

From BSJ’s About page:

I started Black Sun Journal in 2001, ironically, weeks before the September 11 attacks. I had intended the journal to be a forum where I could discuss my views and experiences against the backdrop of my earlier life as a minister and VP of Church Universal and Triumphant. I wrote two original pieces called, “What is Black Sun Journal?” and “Why is Black Sun Journal?” Things have developed quite a bit since since I wrote these early posts, but they still capture the original spirit of what I intended to accomplish.

After September 11, 2001 much of my discussion centered around the national crisis.

But I also kept true to my central purpose, which was to explore the depths and Jungian “shadow side” of human nature and human psychology as they related to political and social events. A central theme was also the almost entirely negative effect of organized religion on the human experience. This topic for me is both intensely personal and political.

A total of eight issues of Black Sun Journal were published, at first on a monthly schedule. (All the original content has been re-posted in the current BSJ archives.) As my job responsibilities began to interfere, I cut back on my blogging, and eventually stopped altogether in late 2002. It had been a little ambitious, given my limited web skills at the time, and was also a little too early on the blogging curve. The constant updating of .html pages took away from the joy of writing, and eventually became way too much work.

In April of 2005, in honor of my mom’s 66th birthday, I launched Black Sun Journal 2.0, as a Typepad site. I also wrote about the last conversation I had with her before her mind was completely destroyed by Alzheimer’s.

The Typepad format was a much better and more interactive and immersive experience for me. I learned a lot and met a lot of new friends on the net. Special thanks to the crew at Goosing the Antithesis, Aaron Kinney at Kill the Afterlife, and Matt Crandall at 10,000 Reasons to Doubt the Fish. Later, after launching BSJ 3.0 as a custom wordpress application, I became friends with Tobe38 of A Load of Bright, John P from Spanish Inquisitor, John Blackman of Evolutionary Middleman, and Heather and TW from Why Don’t You Blog? I also helped Ebonmuse of Daylight Atheism to get the Humanist Symposium started, hosting the 3rd edition of that carnival. In August of ’07, John Blackman submitted my article Atheist Metaphysics and Religious Equivocation to the Richard Dawkins site which resulted in about 10,000 unique visitors.

Thanks also to my webmaster, B.R. at Hexanet communications. My traffic has grown from almost nothing at first to averaging nearly 2,500 5,000 15,000 unique visitors per month. I’ve written about 300 670 750 posts and responded to hundreds of emails and comments. Though it’s been a lot of work, it provides not only an empowering platform, but an amazing atmosphere for learning from and interacting with others. Thank you, everyone, for being that mirror for me.

I’ve also introduced some new authors on BSJ, and it’s quickly becoming a team effort. Morgaine has written on shadow work and Simone de Beauvoir, and shady character and Laurence have contributed heavily to the Atheist of the Week feature.

Here is what BSJ readers have to look forward to: More and better Atheist of the Week articles, more direct reporting, starting with an upcoming story on my meeting with David Borden of DRCNet at the 2007 NORML conference, Morgaine’s upcoming interview with a 12-year-old female atheist, and much more. Since all this work is entirely pro bono, I’ll be looking for ways to monetize the effort and make it self-sustaining, possibly through a small number of ads, possible 501(c)(3) status to allow for grants and contributions, and a possible merchandise store. But the primary focus will always remain ideas and activism.

Thanks for reading. If you were mentioned in this story and have not yet been bitten by the "Evolution Blogmeme," consider yourself TAGGED!

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shady character / October 14th, 2007, 1:14 pm / #1

Congrats to BlackSun and everyone on the team!

Thanks also to everyone who visits, comments, and makes this an interesting forum for free-thought and discussion.

Here’s to the next hundred thousand!

The Gay Black Jew / October 15th, 2007, 1:22 pm / #2

Congrats…when I found this blog, it was very comforting to find so many views I hold articulated so well…the shadow, the damage religion causes humanity, the absurdity of the Drug War, environmental issues…all right here. I’ve learned a lot and I hope to learn more. Keep up the great work!

olly / October 30th, 2007, 10:17 am / #3

Here I am 2 weeks late, but congrats Sean!!!!! :)

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

craft "t" crimson

My sister-in-law, Tara, just became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator
and we came up with a name for her new blog...
"craft T crimson".  "Craft" stands for, well, the obvious;
"T" is for Tara; "Crimson" is for the University of Alabama
(she lives in Birmingham) and the fact that she has red hair!

So, I made a card for her in MDS (of course!)...

What do you think?

Please visit her new blog and watch her get started!

And, here's another to congratulate her!

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VickersTree, Shamanism, Virginia O'Hara joins us.

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This show provides an in depth view of modern and ancient shamanism, energetic healing practices and study. Cynastry is an avid student of metaphysics presently studying shamanism and look forward to sharing my journey with you. This week Virginia offers insight into her work. Virginia O'Hara is a delightful and insightful intuitive who has been and continues to be here serving Earth and all who dwell here with information from this earth and beyond for 30 years. She has trained and presented in 42 countries, with love, humor and hope. The simplicity with which she shares has a wonderful clarity that assists in a profound way your journey here and beyond this level. http://www.voharaconsulting.com/


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More Match Photos | Blyth Spartans 3-0 Brackley Town

A selection of images by Bill Broadley from the Blyth Spartans v Brackley Town game, which saw the Spartans inflict Brackleys 4th defeat of the season with a dominant first half display that saw the Spartans two up after only five minutes.

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BMO Institute for Learning (IFL) is the perfect place to meet, eat, play, and stay. Our unique space has been paired with memorable food offerings, social activities, and best-in-class service. When you host your trade show, meeting or conference with us, your attendees will connect and learn in ways you never imagined.

The Forum Meet

With the support of our hospitality partners, Dolce Hotels and Resorts, we design and plan meetings that deliver experiences that make an impact by helping you connect and inspire your attendees. Our innovative space, expert conference planners, team building activities, onsite AV and IT professionals and business services, will turn your meeting into an experience that will be remembered long after the event ends.

Executive Chef Murray Hall Eat

Delicious, healthy food plays an important part in energizing attendees so they stay focused and engaged all meeting long. From all-day dining to custom menus, our award-winning Executive Chef and his team source fresh ingredients, and serve wholesome dishes.

Stay Stay

We offer 150 comfortable guest rooms, most with a view of the beautiful courtyard garden. Supported by impeccable service and attention to detail, our guests can relax in comfort and style, and awake refreshed for a new day of learning and collaborating.

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What happens between meetings is just as vital as the meeting itself. That's why we've created spaces that inspire attendees to relax and unwind – a Social Lounge, Fitness Centre, an English Garden and green spaces. Our holistic approach goes beyond the meeting to engage attendees, and enrich your meeting experience.

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The IFL is BMO’s flagship learning and collaboration space. It’s where we design and deliver world-class learning experiences that help our employees develop new skills for their jobs, grow in their careers, and connect in ways that matter to them – and the company.

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Our hospitality partner, Dolce Hotels and Resorts, provides great service to create memorable experiences for all our guests. Whether they are checking you in at the front desk, assisting with your audio visual needs for your meeting, or serving a delicious meal, it's their personalized service that makes each visit special.

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Communication on top in Davos

01 Jun 2013

Wojtek Mierowski, Creative Director and Partner at bna/ – speaker (lecture on branding) and participant in the debate “Images vs. words” with dr. Alfred Koblinger, CEO at BBDO Holding (Austria)

The Fourth World Communication Forum in Davos “Communication on Top” was held on 7-8 February, 2013, again in Davos Congress Centre, Davos Platz, Switzerland. It summoned a great number of participants from nearly 30 countries! The forum welcomed for the first time PR and communications professionals representing the industry in Hungary, Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Malta, China, Estonia, and Ukraine! The event focused on “Local vs. Global” and “Social vs. Traditional” PR and business communications. Hot topics were also the “Viral change”, “Trust of millions”, and “Copy vs. Image” in today’s digital reality.


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Published On: Wed, Jan 31st, 2018

Fifth Annual Voice Awards Luncheon Honors Those For Understanding, Commitment and Action For “Breaking the Silence” For Mental Health

Boca Raton’s Promise and its affiliate Palm Beach County Action Alliance for Mental Health presented the fifth annual Voice Awards Luncheon this month to honor understanding, commitment and action by key community leaders in “breaking the silence” for mental health. Demonstrating that a use of various platforms — individually and collectively – are needed to “move the mission” forward in meaningful and impactful ways, Voice Awards were presented in a variety of categories.

Voice Award Recipients: Pamela Fraizer, Gabriela Regalado,Lauren Zuchman. Cindy Wides, Ed Frontera, Alle Sealy, Dr. Michael Kane, Peter Davey

Gerda Klein, Rita Thrasher, Dr. Michael Kane, Dr. Bruce Saltz

Maria Kovachev, Elaine Rotenberg, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, Marla Kosec, Poppi Mercier, Dr. Seth Bernstein

Jenny Ceasar, PBSO Chief Deputy Michael Gauger, Ann Faraone, Ann Marie Dilbert, Ro Robozzi, Ana Cristina Lerner

Dr. Bruce Saltz, Gabriela Regalado, Andrea Gurvitz, Sgt. James Hightower, Dr. Brandi Baumkirchner, Maria Kovachev

PBSO Detective Matthew Ott, PBSO Deputy Andrew Ford, Inger Harvey, PBSO Sgt. James Hightower, Shana Bush, PBSO Chief Deputy Michael Gauger, (Seated) Voice Award Recipient Bill McDonald

These ranged from film production, community education, community organization, volunteerism and youth and family guidance to student leadership, community collaboration and education and media productions.

Attending the luncheon held at Broken Sound Club was a diverse cross-section of the Palm Beach County community, including residents, educators, government officials, healthcare and business leaders, employers, employees and religious leaders. All gathered to celebrate at the high powered, inspiring and healing call-to-action program that recognized those in Palm Beach County who have encouraged, stimulated and/or held critical community conversations to increase support for families, friends, neighbors and colleagues in crisis.

Holly Katz, Ann Marie Dilbert, Eileen Sands, Gerda Klein, Dr. Bruce Saltz, Bonnie Kaye

“It is more gratifying each year as we add more game-changing individuals and organizations to our coveted five-year ‘Voice Awards’ champions roster,” noted
Boca Raton’s Promise Co-Founder and Palm Beach County Alliance for Mental
Health Chairman Rita Thrasher. “The ripple effect of these dedicated, passionate
and compassionate honorees reaches wide and deep to benefit so many in our community.”

The 2017 Voice Awards recognized the variety of ways in which professionals, students, volunteers and organizations have “amped up the volume” on mental illness and educated many to enrich and save lives by recognizing those struggling and encouraging them to seek help. Using their voices and encouraging others to find and/or use theirs, awardees and presenters were as follows:

  • Gabriela Regalado, ITV Network: Film Production
    Presenter: Ana Cristina Lerner
  • Cindy Wides, MHFA: Community Education
    Presenter: Rick Lewis
  • Pamela Frazier, West Palm Beach Mental Health Coalition: Community Organization:
    Presenter: Priscilla Taylor
  • Lauren Zuchman, Healthier Delray Beach: Leadership
    Presenter: Tammy Fields
  • Bill McDonald, Volunteer PBSO: Organization
    Presenters: Sgt. James Hightower and Detective Matthew Ott
  • Peter Davey, NAMI-PBC: Youth & Family Guidance
    Presenter: Katherine Murphy
  • Allie Sealy, BRC High School: Student Leadership
    Presenter: Jordan Hernandez
  • Michael Kane, School District: Community Collaboration
    Presenter: Keith Oswald
  • Ed Frontera, Boca Raton’s Promise: Education and Media Production
    Presenter: Bonnie S. Kaye

“Because when it is not taught, nor talked about, the ‘deafening silence’ only breeds fear and shame that prevent those who need help and their loved ones from seeking it,” added Thrasher.  ”We will continue to raise the volume and educate on mental illness at home and in neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, houses of worship and on the student and professional sports fields. This is our promise.”

For more information on the Boca Raton’s Promise, its mission, vision and programming
and/or its affiliate Palm Beach County Action Alliance for Mental Health, visit www.bocaratonspromise.org, email info@bocaratonspromise.org or call (561) 866-1850.

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Barbara Pierce Bush: Her Enduring Legacy Will Serve to Inspire Others

She was one of the feistiest yet dignified first ladies we have had in years.

And to the end of her long and eventful life, Barbara Pierce Bush, 92, the wife of the 41st president and the mother of the 43rd, faced her failing health with courage and grit.

When I heard the news on Sunday that she decided to spend her final days in her home surrounded by loved ones – instead of in a hospital bed – I said that was so indicative of her characteristic candor.

Mrs. Bush, who served in the White House between 1989 and 1993, embodied strength, grace, and dedication to family and faith.

She was very involved, particularly in serving others. A tireless advocate for volunteerism, she helped countless charities and humanitarian causes during her years in public life.

As first lady, she was famous for her quest to make sure that everyone can read.  Since she left the White House 25 years ago, she continued that work with The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, which has raised more than a billion dollars for charity.

There were a few things I like about Mrs. Bush. Among them was that she had a lot of integrity. She reminded me so much of former Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She was gracious, not glamorous.

And as she walked the world stage as wife of the most powerful leader, she left political matters to her husband of 73 years. Still, beneath her grandmotherly aura, she maintained a stand by your man stance. In fact, cross her the wrong way or say something not nice about her sons and I am sure you would have experienced her blistering wrath. She also had a tart tongue, which occasionally got her in trouble.

I recall in 1984 when she said she could not reveal the term she would use to describe Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro, “but it rhymes with rich.” Ferraro had campaigned against her husband as Walter Mondale’s vice-presidential running mate.

Not once to mince words, her sage advice to high-powered young women at Wellesley College during their 1990 commencement, will long be remembered.

“Cherish your human connections: your relationships with family and friends,” she told them. “You’ve had impressed upon you the importance to your career of dedication and hard work. And, of course, that’s true. But as important as your obligations as a doctor, a lawyer, a business leader will be, you are a human being first. And those human connections … are the most important investments you will ever make.”

After congratulating them, she added:

“At the end of life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend or a parent.”

Let us face it, “Barbs” did not try to be something she was not. She was human and I admired that in her.

I will always admire her heart for children and her desire to improve the lives of others.

The 1989 photos of her cradling H.I.V.-infected infants at a home she visited in Washington, as well as an infected adult man is still etched in my memory.

This was at a time of irrational fear about the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Her action sent a powerful message of compassion, love and acceptance.

Mrs. Bush and I shared a passion for literacy, education, and service to others. It is humbling to know that we have traveled the same path of dedicating so much of our lives to the issues we care deeply about.

Those fond memories, among others, will live on long after she leaves this world.

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“Man has not nature, he has history”

by José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher (c. XX)

Historic Legacy

Indebted to the Jesuit Friars

Casa Los Frailes is named after the Jesuit Friar Order which used to lived in the house from the XVII to the XVIII century. They introduced viticulture and farming in order to produce wine for mass celebration.

Nowadays, we are still using the old clay jars and concrete tanks built by the Jesuit Friars.

The vinification, production and ageing is 100% in-house and in a single estate.

Concrete tanks, c. XVIII

In these historic concrete walls are our wines elaborated.

Our old winery is dated back to c. XVIII and it is made of concrete tanks (capacities varies from 110 to 260 hl). These old tanks are nowadays used for fermentation and aging our Monastrell wines, being suitable for its porosity allowing such a reductive variety as Monastrell to be micro-oxigenated.

In addition to the old concrete tanks, we also have new and modern facilities. We have a buried large room for barrels of 250 m2 surface.

Clay amphoras

Bringing back scents from our terroir

Clay amphoras do exist in Casa Los Frailes back to XIII century after the Moors were expelled from the Spanish Peninsula and first vineyards were planted. Since then, the winery counts with clay amphoras buried in underground cellar.

Currently we are aging wines in those clay amphoras in order to obtain as pure as possible bouquet, in contrast with wood scents.

Working in the cellar

Less intervention as possible respecting each vintage character

We respect to the utmost the characteristics of our vineyards. In the cellar, we limit our work to some battonages, small sulfites quantities before bottling and light filtering.

We try to respect as much as possible the best of our musts and wines thus following the lunar calendar in our work schedule.

Every year is a challenge, it is each vintage what makes every year singular and we simple listen to what it is happening, playing close attention to make the most of it. We implement plenty of experiences as the result of an open-minded approach to changes in mother nature.

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