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Down to Business

9:38 PM Tukiyooo 0

Hello blog friends! I figured it is finally time to give ya’ll {I’m not southern, but I just like to say ya’ll} an update and a few facts as to what I’ve been up to! <ul><li>I’ve been back to my week Weight Watcher meetings since April 26th</li><li>In two weeks I’ve lost 2lbs.</li><li>Over the past 2 weeks I have tracked EVERYTHING</li><li>I have not exercised…</li><li>Until 2 days ago, I joined a lunch hour class at work and got my butt kicked {in a good way}</li><li>I took my measurements the 1st of the this month. The number on the scale is just that…a number.</li><li>Hoping for another good loss this Thursday at WW!</li></ul>Adelyn’s 1st birthday isn’t too far away and I want to be as close to my pre baby weight as I can. I’m 12.8 lbs from my pre baby weight and it’s a little less than 6 weeks from today. I AM COMMITTED!!! I WILL DO THIS! I started to get down on myself that I’ve taken a whole year to lose my baby weight, but that does no good for me. This is my journey, everything has led up to this point, I can’t change the past, the future is mine! Look out blog friends this Mama is getting down to business! <div align="left">And just so I don’t have a picture-less post here are a pair of goal pants. They are size 10 and I wore them in <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2009/05/days-193-194-saturday-516-sunday-517.html">May 2009 to my cousin’s baby shower</a> and they weren’t the least bit tight. Notice I have quite a few inches to go…but I’ll be in these in no time!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPWptLbwMiplnK0vqUZFwTmlPzKZ4qVXyVk7yVO3JsQl01yTy3zkMNoAWRY9SUw1WCO9pH1zo-w9LzncXJXW8sBF9v_55ihv1eiWx3rUYMfcL-kxqJGA6tBPFDac9cBv76K7d6ZmuCdGH/s1600-h/IMG_2005%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_2005" border="0" height="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI4NRestMsXZUgAM3aO3q54ijRbo7o0Wt_QCPP7ico-0ywuLZKSEzUGSCW8NXDz1CFkQHyhqYTvw4sJy0ZTrv58wJhkAE9tXcpYLseEKMbyfvlPWDT4w_xcJ7kHhnOaoE8rsJnhe1Xe7pP/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_2005" width="254" /></a>(and yes I know you can see my B&W underwear)</div>

Down to Business

Hello blog friends!I figured it is finally time to give ya’ll {I’m not southern, but I just like to say ya’ll} an update and a few facts as to what I’ve been up to!I’ve been back to my week Weight Watcher meetings since April 26thIn two weeks I’ve lo…

Sr Application Design Engineer ( Wafer Inspection | Defect | FAB | Metrology) (#108005)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Job Title: Application Design Engineer Location: Austin, TX Duration: Full time Job Description: <div class="MsoNormal">Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's analysis software products, providing engineering analysis capabilities for defect and films data in high volume semiconductor manufacturing environments.  Includes projects related to new product introduction: definition, characterization, alpha testing, beta testing.  This candidate will be responsible for various pre and post sales application support activities engaging with customers in defining problem statements, resolving customer issues, generating best known method documents and other training material, and transferring product knowledge to KLA-Tencor's worldwide customer base. Applications will work with customers to publish papers at industry symposiums or in technical journals. This candidate will be involved in testing new features and developing new applications on current or future versions of our products, provide technical support in the installation, development and implementation of customer applications, and support customers at their site or in division for any escalation. The candidate will also be required to work towards characterization of product performance and for providing clear feedback to the engineering team for product improvement, especially during Alpha/Beta periods.  Strong technical skills are required to understand the functionality and capabilities of the analysis product and for providing root cause analysis and potential solutions for customers.  Travel will be required.  Desired Skills/Experience: Candidate must have a degree in Engineering, Physics, Material Science or related fields.  The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing with expertise in the overlay and lithography areas.  Must have excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.  Candidate must be self-driven, yet a strong team player.  Software and database connectivity skills are a plus. BS or higher degree in Material Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field.  Strong technical skills are required to understand fab process development issues and be able to provide potential solutions for customers. Such skills include (but are not limited to) techniques for statistical analysis as well as the ability to quickly pick up and understand customer requirements and processes. Willing and able to travel within the US and internationally. Experience with applications development environments is a plus. Experience with bare wafer processing and metrology is a plus. Experience with FabVision or Klarity Defect analysis software is a plus. Experience with Surfscan, WaferSight, Brightfield / Darkfield Defect Inspection or similar tools is a plus. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience. OR Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.  </div><div class="MsoNormal">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</div></div>

Sr Application Design Engineer ( Wafer Inspection | Defect | FAB | Metrology) (#108005)

Job Title: Application Design EngineerLocation: Austin, TXDuration: Full timeJob Description: Responsibilities: Responsible for supporting KLA-Tencor's analysis software products, providing engineering analysis capabilities for defect and films data …

Church Gossip: 1/8 Vent; 7/8 Practical Pointers

3:07 PM Tukiyooo 0

Beneath this headstone<o:p></o:p> A lump of clay,<o:p></o:p> Lies Arbela Young Who, on the 24th of May<o:p></o:p> Began to hold her tongue.<o:p></o:p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">                                English epitaph quoted by Charles Swindoll </div>                                in Killing Giants, Pulling Thorns<o:p></o:p> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><o:p> </o:p>Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.<o:p></o:p></div>For anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness . . . .<o:p></o:p> If someone believes he is religious but does not bridle his tongue,<o:p></o:p> and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.<o:p></o:p>                                                 James 1: 19-20, 26 <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">                There was a notably healthy moment in a recent meeting of the Ministry Development Commission. Unrelated to the topic of the meeting, one person asked me, “Is it true you have closed our church in Tonopah?” I truly am not telling this story to vent (well not just to vent), but to teach a point I hope will be helpful in our congregations.</div>               “No,” I said. “I did not close our church in Tonopah.” I went on to explain that St. Mark’s has for several years had an Average Sunday Attendance of 2, that there are a 4 people who attend on occasion – 2 of them actually keep the church running. Those 2, the doers, have moved to Henderson. Before moving, they called a congregational meeting to ask the other members to take over. The other members declined. I am doing my level best to recruit a priest from out of state to move to Tonopah to revitalize our work there.  As I understand Episcopal polity, bishops do not close churches. What happens in Tonopah is up to the Standing Committee, but we are doing our best for the mission in Central Nevada. I am quite hopeful we will see new life in coming months. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">                I explained all this, but the person who rightly asked the question, told me that the word on the street is “The bishop closed Tonopah.” And it was fairly clear, after my explanation, that others on the Committee still suspected I was somehow behind the closing of that congregation. They had heard it on the street, in the pews, the sacristy, or the parish parking lot. Where there is smoke, there is fire, right? And so the suspicion will be a little bit greater among small rural churches that the bishop wants to close them because they are small and rural. There is also a suspicion among large urban churches that I want to close them because they are large and urban – but that’s another story. </div>                Moral: rumors undermine the church. In this case, small congregations are made to feel threatened and devalued. Suspicions of conspiracy spread. Trust is eroded. Some people don’t trust me because they think I am a church killer; I don’t trust some people because they may be the ones spreading the rumors. Since I don’t know who is actually saying these things, I am apt to suspect people who are perfectly innocent. A little chunk of ice is thereby dropped into our relationship. The few spreading the rumor understand each other to be the good guys sitting in judgment on the bad guy or bad guys. And so the church is divided between the ostensibly good and the ostensibly evil.  The opportunity to join in such rumor-mongering is enticing. It has an energy to it almost as delicious as scandal.                  I tell my own story because I know it best and am free to relate it in more detail without compromising anyone else. But I am not a special target. This is how we often treat each other. I once met with a church group that was uniformly angry at a particular person. They were mostly angry about things they had heard he said or did. As to most of the allegations, I had no personal knowledge of what actually happened. But as to those events I did know about, the version of facts the group was angry about differed significantly from what the eye witnesses had told me. In a few cases, the group was in sync with the version of the story told by one person but not by the other.  Ultimately, the facts did not matter as much as the story that was told. The version people repeat and the version people choose to believe has the power to build up the community or to tear it down. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">                I cannot count how many people I have known who were driven out of churches by gossip. The congregation almost always loses the person who is the target of the gossip and it usually loses a few more as collateral damage. Gossip is an effective way to keep the church small – and yes there are those in almost every congregation  who like to keep the group small enough to be cozy, and in some cases, small enough they can control it. The agenda (usually unconscious) to drive people out and disrupt community is, in my experience, the most common reason people start negative rumors. Sometimes those motives cause people to repeat them – but more often, the repeaters and spreaders of rumors are even more unconscious. They are caught up in the energy of being in the know and letting others in on the secret. Such sharing creates a pathological but seductive intimacy. “How beautiful upon the mountain are feet of the bearers of good news” (Isaiah 52: 7) but “popular in the valley are the faces of the bearers of bad news and dark acts.”</div>                So what to do about it all? If one is inclined to start or spread destructive rumors in the church, it would be better for that person’s emotional and spiritual health that they hit the pause button to check their motives. The problem James cites with rumor-mongers is that they “deceive their own hearts.” If one really wants to split a community, undermine a spiritual leader, cast the church in a bad light, then they should fire away, take their best shot – but do it consciously, with intentionality. Another option would be to look back to the source of their anger, find what is really bothering them, and go to the person who has offended them and look for some resolution. By the grace of God, that is possible. I have seen it happen.                 And when we hear the rumor, what then? The member of the Ministry Development Committee did a very healthy thing. First, she checked the facts. Second, she let the person targeted by the rumor know what is being said and give him (me) a chance to respond. Here are some steps a rumor recipient might take if they want build up the family of God and strengthen the mission. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">1.       Ask the rumor spreader the source of the information; and go check the facts.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">2.       Ask the rumor spreader what his or her purpose is in sharing this information with you.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">3.       Urge the rumor spreader to talk directly with the target of the rumor.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">4.       Talk to the target of the rumor yourself to let them know who is saying what about them. The secrecy of gossip is poison to the community; so shine a light on it.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">5.       Notice any urge you may have to join in the gossip game, check what it is you might get out of it, and ask yourself if there is a less destructive way to meet that need.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">6.       Take the rumor, the rumor monger, and the target of the rumor all into prayer. Pray for truth and reconciliation in the community. Pray for your own serenity and differentiation in the midst of the challenge.<o:p></o:p></div>

Church Gossip: 1/8 Vent; 7/8 Practical Pointers

Beneath this headstone A lump of clay, Lies Arbela Young Who, on the 24th of May Began to hold her tongue. English epitaph quoted by Charles Swindoll in Killing Giants, Pulling Thorn…

Lending Services Assistant - Farmington Libraries

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Lending Services Assistant - Farmington Libraries. Do you thrive in a busy and dynamic atmosphere? Would you enjoy meeting and greeting the public and assisting them in making their library experiences productive and enjoyable? The Farmington Libraries are seeking a part time Lending Services assistant to work at the Lending Desk at the Main Library. The successful candidate will assist in setting up the desk, charging and discharging materials, conduct financial transactions, answer the telephone and enter customer data . He/she will also assist in preparing circulation notices and maintaining the hold shelf. Strong customer service skills and a positive attitude are essential for this position. Education and experience required include: High school diploma. Library experience preferred. This year round 15 hour position will include evenings and week-ends on a rotating basis. There are no benefits with the exception of Social Security. Hourly rate: $16.00/hour. E-mail a cover letter and resume to <a href="mailto:bknibbs@farmingtonlibraries.org">bknibbs@farmingtonlibraries.org</a> by 5 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2012.

Lending Services Assistant - Farmington Libraries

Lending Services Assistant - Farmington Libraries. Do you thrive in a busy and dynamic atmosphere? Would you enjoy meeting and greeting the public and assisting them in making their library experiences productive and enjoyable? The Farmington Libr…

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Church Gossip: 1/8 Vent; 7/8 Practical Pointers

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