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The Power of Collaboration
I was ready to quit.
I'd been running NGO Storytelling as my passion project for three years, and I didn't have the energy or time to do it alone anymore. My goal had always been to give back to the humanitarian storytelling community by writing about my experiences, but I hadn't written anything in months. I felt I'd let down the readers as well as myself. I planned to post a farewell/thank you letter. Then I'd archive the site's files and let the domain name expire when it came up for renewal. It seemed to be my only option.
For some reason, I never thought of collaborating on NGO Storytelling with anyone, mainly because I didn't think anyone would be interested. So I was surprised when a few weeks later, out of the blue, my good friend Crystal Randazzo suggested we revive the site together. I didn't know what ideas she had, but it was like I could already feel a weight being lifted off me. Crystal and I had teamed up on a few storytelling projects when we lived in Rwanda, so I knew our work styles complemented each other. I knew I could trust her. Also, I liked her (and still do, of course, though that's not a prerequisite for collaboration).
I'll admit, at first it was a little hard to let someone else work with my baby. But only a little bit. Crystal had good ideas, and together we thought up even more. I could see she was as committed as I was to sticking to our newly-created editorial calendar; she didn't want to let me down and I didn't want to let her down, either. I felt renewed confidence and energy that we could grow NGO Storytelling's audience through thoughtful writing and interesting interviews.
It's been about a year-and-a-half since Crystal and I started working together. We Skype regularly to talk NGO Storytelling business and catch up on our lives. We edit each other's blog posts and plan for the future. We both curate the Instagram feed. She manages the Facebook page and I manage the website. We've had a couple disagreements, but we've worked through them like the pros and the friends that we are.
I think NGO Storytelling is a thousand and one times better now than when I ran it alone. Crystal and I have created an e-book about humanitarian photography. We've started sending a monthly newsletter that now has over 500 subscribers. We've answered readers' emails, held Skype chats with budding photographers, and spoken about humanitarian photography in workshops and webinars. And this year we wrote 42 blog posts — almost as many as I wrote when I ran the website solo. Our most popular post was an interview with researcher Elisa Morales about voluntourism photography and ethical issues, followed closely by "It's Time to Tell a Different Nonprofit Story."
For me, the best part of collaborating with Crystal is knowing there's someone else who cares about NGO Storytelling as much as I do. I'm grateful we work together. To think, I almost quit all this. Instead, my collaboration with one person has turned into an ever-growing community of people as committed to ethical and honest humanitarian storytelling as we are.
Photo caption: Crystaline Randazzo, co-editor of NGO Storytelling, works on her computer during a recent editorial planning retreat in Baltimore, Md. Crystal may look like she's working alone, but a moment before I shot this photo I was sitting in the chair across from her. Photo © Laura Elizabeth Pohl.
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Prudence says:
December 9, 2016 at 4:16 am
HI Laura, please don't stop this going! 🙁 I'll be very sad if that happens! I've enjoyed reading all the insights. They have been very helpful and your experience is very valuable! 🙂 One thing I hope to see is, if the color of your post text can be slightly darker because i'm finding it a little hard to sustain reading! 🙂
Laura Elizabeth Pohl says:
December 13, 2016 at 1:09 am
Hi, Prudence! Thanks so much for your comment and for reading NGOS. Your comment really helped make my day. I definitely don't plan to stop writing here, and neither does Crystal. Also — I followed your suggestion and darkened the text. Hope that helps. 🙂
DUNCAN KATURAMU says:
December 11, 2016 at 11:47 am
Do not stop sharing the experiences you have a passion for. You are not fully aware of the impact of the legacy you are leaving behind. collaboration lets down one's guard but is a sign if not a demonstration of maturity and a welcoming attitude to consider the comparative advantages of others. of course moderation is key as is choice of who the collaborator is. thank you for the wonderful insights over the years.
Laura Elizabeth Pohl says:
December 13, 2016 at 1:12 am
Hi, Duncan! Thanks so much for your comment. You're absolutely right about collaboration being a sign of maturity. I'm so glad Crystal and I work together, and I know neither one of us plans to stop writing on NGOS.
Francisco Alcala torreslanda says:
December 25, 2016 at 4:03 pm
Laura, it is great to hear your personal experience. I know it can be tough going solo and I also have heard from other sources that collaboration can be a very positive approach to visual storytelling. Best regards from Mexico.
Laura Elizabeth Pohl says:
January 4, 2017 at 6:26 pm
What you write is very true. Thank you for your kind comment, Francisco. I hope all is well in Mexico!


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Djinn Names
Posted 12 May 2008 - 07:58 AM
Thanks for any help.
Posted 12 May 2008 - 11:01 AM
Posted 12 May 2008 - 11:32 AM
First Rule of Summoning - Never, NEver, NEVER, summon something that you are not sure you can banish. A Djinn is not a pet.
If you are lucky nothing will happen... if you're not someone else may have to clean up after you... and that is a sure way to piss off other magickians.
I am sorry if I sound too harsh.
Welcome to the forums.
Posted 12 May 2008 - 12:54 PM
Whispers said:
Never take anything out of the box you are not sure you can put back in...
My favorite is "never stick anything in your ear larger then your elbow"
In magick though, whatever way one wishes to say it, it's true.
If you can not control something do not deal with it, if you can not banish it, do not call on it. In many cases only bad things will come if one does such a things.
I'm by no stretch of the terms a 'great magickian" but I've been called to clean up after friends in need. One of the things I've had to shove back into the box was almost too big for me. The best I got was to cleanse the basement of the home only to get the driveway haunted, lol. I left it at that, as I was in no mood to have a battle of wills out in the public on a busy road. Now they have a dog with an aversion to pavement *snicker*
From the first post, I'll make no assumptions on the power of the individual, though, I will say from the looks of it, it does seem like they do want to summon something for the sake of summoning it. Most entities specialize in this or that aspect of the multiverse. Just wanting to summon something is generally not enough, as there generally has to be a need or at least a want (above just wanting to do it) to make things happen. So personally, I'd like a background or the whims/desires that would facilitate the need to call upon a Djinn. That way, alternatives could be had, or a specific Djinn could be given to best suit the need of such a summoning.
So, shadowsyn, why do you want/need to call upon a Djinn?
Posted 12 May 2008 - 12:55 PM
They can change appearance ,animal / human ( they can have horns,tail & fur ) ,Djinn live a very long time & increase in power as they age ,they can control weather ,elements have a natural ability to magic & far more powerful than a simple mortal !
They are very carfeul about allowing humans to know their true nature ,because we the mortals bind them to servitude.
To bind a Djinn u need a Sahir ( someone with knowledge ) a personal possessions ( from the Djinn ) , to create a Talisman ,u need to know the name of the Djinn .Keeping the Djinn in the Talisman is very dangerous ,he is not bound to u ,he is bound to the Talisman.
Djinn belong to tribes ,so again u need to know the name of the tribe ,the Diabolical ones are Shaitan,Ifrit & Ghul - use for them Rubys,Iron,Emeralds or Cat's Eye.
The good tribes - Jinn,Jann & Marid - use Jade ,Copper,Agate or Obsidian.
The form of the Talismans ,the best suited are - rings,scabbards,bags etc.
Posted 12 May 2008 - 01:10 PM
if he frees himself from the Talisman (& he will do everything in his powers to free himself )
,he can kill you without remorse ! ( old sayings ....)
Posted 12 May 2008 - 03:02 PM
If you check Liber 777 by A. Crowley there are a great many names of the hd'jinni in there.
You do not have to summon an entity per se to gain a better understanding of its nature. Through divination and scrying one can safely learn things about the hd'jinni and other classes of entities without running the risk of burning the house down. I hope this was helpful. yours in Chaos, Scarlett
Posted 12 May 2008 - 05:36 PM
Posted 16 May 2008 - 07:30 PM
and i understand that the Djinn are not beings to mess around with, i am a demonolator which basicly means i worship demon of all areas and have studied alot. i am no great magian either but i'm only 22 and am working on becoming stronger. i wish to summon a Djinn for a few reason one being my health and the other knowledge. i wish to know their names to know them, and to some day summon them if i so need. those are my reasons, i would never summon a being without need and the neccesary knowledge to summon them and make sure they don't try and kill me or anything else.
anyway i have a friend who told me that the names of the goetia are also Djinn, made since, since the Goetia is a list of demons and the Djin are demons.
Posted 16 May 2008 - 11:08 PM
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 04:34 PM
Whispers said:
Just be carful I know a girl that tried to summon a demon and she was in the hospital with cuts she eventually claimed she gave herself to avoide punishment. So it did not end well for her in the end.
If you must take all of the extra precausions I don't want to hear that you got hurt.
A random comment: If you like to read fantasy I am currently reading a book about Magicians and demons. It is called the Bartimaeus trilogy, you may enjoy it.
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Posted 20 May 2008 - 04:45 AM
Out of curiosity's... what knowledge do you seek? Perhaps there is another avenue of learning that can give you what your looking for?
Posted 20 May 2008 - 04:29 PM
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Posted 21 May 2008 - 04:32 AM
Don't worry the demons have no need to harm me, i worship all demons and i have been told that the demons of the goetia may be hostile to cm's but not to a Demonolator. As long as you invoke them and not evoke them they are usually good and not don't wish to harm anyone.
i have heard of spells going wrong or completely backfiring, i known a friend who has had to banish a few beings some fools who had summoned some nasty entitys.
Posted 21 May 2008 - 04:43 AM
And if thats the case, what exactly defines a demon as a Djinn?
Must have got some bad sources
Safety and peace all ~ Frost
Posted 21 May 2008 - 03:05 PM
Goetic hierarchy - Kings ,Marquizes,Dukes,Prelates,Knights,Presidents,Princes.
btw- in Goetia the aerial spirits are partly good & partly evil
About the Djinn - they are spirits in asian mind eastern tales ,sometimes associated with succubi( female demons ).
doesn't matter how u call them ,djinn,demons,succubi,incubus,fallen angels ,unclean spirits ,so in other word they are all demons!
Posted 21 May 2008 - 03:51 PM
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Posted 21 May 2008 - 06:34 PM
All the words of caution given here are correct and it is well-advised to heed them.
To explain my terminology a bit more: Angels and demons are "deific thought forms". That is to say, they came from the collective mind/mind of God, and not from me. They were here when I arrived on the scene, I did not consciously create them unless it was in some previous state of mind which I have forgotten.
Deific thought forms are loosely categorized into two groups:
The angelim (angels) are those that will obey the collective mind/will of God, and only intervene in mundane affairs when specifically asked. They tend therefore to be relatively easy to recognize to someone with basic occult knowledge. (That does NOT mean, however, that they are easy to work with. Always use caution in dealing with the non-corporeal beings, regardless of what you may think they are.)
The hd'jinni (demons) are those deific thought forms that will intervene in mundane affairs for their own purposes. That is to say, they operate outside of the collective mind/God's will and go here and there, appearing in many guises, and doing whatever the hell they please.
The angelim will not necessarily always help you--whether they will or won't help depends on "what God wants".
The hd'jinni will not necessarily always harm you--whether they will or won't depends on their individual purpose and whether you are helping THEM or not.
The classifications of jinn in for example Liber 777 are culturally specific references. They are to help the magician who may know a particular h'djinn in one of its guises, but not another.
Again--always be cautious in your dealings with non-corporeal entities, regardless of what you think they are.
I hope this was helpful.
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I am looking for information on my ggrandfather, George Pye, and his family. He was born around 1825 and lived at 67 Mersey St in Longridge. George was the Band Master for the Longridge Band and work at the cotton mill. His brother(do not know name) lived on same street.
George Pye was married twice (do not know name of first wife). I belive names of some of children from first marriage wwere Mary Alice(married Jim Pinder) and Mary Jane.
His 2nd wife was Mary Ann Yates. Some of the names of children from second marriage were Alfred, Bill, George,
Gertrude (married name was Seed. Her son's name is Norman who is married to Marie and they have a son named Andrew), Ada (married Bill Dalton - both moved to Ottawa Canada. Ada and Bill had 2 children Bill Jr. (has 2 chilren Linda and Bill Jr) and Gordon (do not know names of wife or children). Another one of children from 2nd marriage was Margaret, who is my grandmother, She married George Gray-a policeman from St. John's Wakefield, Yorkshire. They had 2 children, George Jr. and Margaret. They all moved to Ottawa, Canada. George (my father)married Winnifred Gray and has 2 children, Milton (married to Carole Tyrrell and have 2 sons, Evan and Mark) and Cameron (married to Carole Savignac).
I am particularly interested in names of parents and brothers/sisters of my ggrandfather, George Pye and names of children of 1st marriage.


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Authors: Carwell, L.E. ; Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: September 22, 1854
L.E. Carwell wrote from Boston on the behalf of Thomas Webb, Secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Society, to James Abbott, regarding travel arrangements for his family. Abbott, along with his wife and children, would depart by train the following Tuesday for Kansas Territory, where they would make their new home.
Keywords: Abbott, James Burnett; Emigration and immigration; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Railroads; Travel; Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Letter, A. Oestreicher To Mr. Eli Thayer
Authors: Oestreicher, A.
Date: September 23, 1854
Oestreicher, writing from Cincinnati, Ohio, informed Thayer of the establishment of a Kansas Actual Settler's Association in that city. He indicated that the association, which was comprised primarily of German-Americans, planned to create a settlement in Kansas in the spring of 1855.
Keywords: Antislavery; Cincinnati, Ohio; Free state supporters; Germans; Kansas Actual Settler's Association; Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Oestreicher, A.; Ohio; Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
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Date: November, 1854
This portrait of Shalor Eldridge, his wife and their four daughters was taken in Westfield, Massachusetts in November 1854. Eldridge was involved with the New England Emigrant Aid Company and operated a company hotel in Lawrence, Kansas Territory which was a center for the free state movement.
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Date: December 24, 1854
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Date: December 31, 1854
Cyrus K. Holliday wrote from Topeka, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He described living conditions in Topeka. Holliday expressed his intent to write to Mr. McFarland and his thanks for letters recently received. He mentioned Samuel Y. Lum, a Congregational minister, who was sleeping in his cabin. He also mentioned his presidency with the Topeka Town Association, agency with the New England Emigrant Aid Company, and his own business. Finally, Holliday expressed hopes of a sawmill and referred to the possibility of trouble with Missourians. A few lines have been cut and removed from the lower part of pages 7 and 8.
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The establishment of Chuka University College was foretold way back in 1951 by a famous philanthropist and seer by the name Jerusha Kanyua ( in photo right in berret), who said that a mountain would come up at Ndagani.
The seer was known for her passion for education even though she never went to any formal school. Surprising to the people of the time, Jerusha could follow Bible verses and sing from hymn books though she was illiterate.
The advice she had for the young people then was that a pen should be like a spear and a book should be like a shield. With the establishment of Chuka University College at Ndagani 58 years later, the vision of Jerusha has been fulfilled.
The University College
Chuka University College is a public institution established through a legal notice No. 161 of 2007. It is a constituent College of Egerton University and the successor of the former Egerton University Eastern Campus College, Chuka.The Campus College was established on 27th September 2004, by Egerton University Council to enhance access to high quality and affordable University education to the people living in the Eastern region and Kenya at large.
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Lyme Disease is a common and serious tick-borne illness that can be difficult to diagnose, and both early recognition of infection and prompt treatment are important. Unfortunately, a new study says many hikers on the Appalachian Trail are unable to recognize one of the key indicators that an individual may have contracted the illness.
The study, conducted by four health-care professionals, is being published in the journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, and the authors note, "Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infectious disease in North America. With nearly 2,500 Appalachian Trail (AT) hikers entering the endemic area for as long as 6 months, exposure to the disease is likely."
The Appalachian Trail runs for nearly 2,200 miles from Maine to Georgia, and is "managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers." Along the way, the route pass through several NPS areas, including Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Shenandoah National Park, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Lyme Disease is Most Common in 13 States
There's plenty of magnificent scenery along the AT, and although there's no need to be paranoid about the risk, it is important for hikers to know that part of that route is through areas where Lyme disease is endemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says about 300,000 cases of Lyme disease were diagnosed in the U. S. in 2012, and 95% of those cases were reported from 13 states in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, from Virginia to Maine and then westward to Minnesota.
Although awareness of Lyme disease by the public and medical professionals is improving, there are two key factors in effective treatment: early recognition by an individual that he or she may have been infected, and prompt medical attention. According to the recent study, both of these may be a challenge for hikers on the AT, especially those who are engaged in a long trip on the trail.
A successful hike of any distance on the AT or any similar trail requires both preparation and determination, and once they're embarked on a long trek'especially a "thru-hike" of the entire trail, it would not be surprising for hikers to be determined to forge ahead despite not feeling quite up to par. When you're pushing your body to cover a lot of miles of trail every day, it's easier to shrug off a headache, muscle and joint aches, a stiff neck, fatigue, and even a fever as simply part of the physical price to be paid for a challenging hike.
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It's the very general nature of those common symptoms of Lyme disease that make it so easy to overlook'or misdiagnose'and that makes the recognition of the single most distinctive indicator of this illness especially important. According to the CDC, more than 70% of patients diagnosed with Lyme disease have a red, expanding rash called erythema migrans (EM); this rash is by far the most common indicator of an infection. The rash may have a "bulls-eye" appearance, as shown in the photo below, or it may be uniformly red or reddish-blue. This link from LymeMD provides some additional details about the rash and other symptoms.
That information caused a group of medical professionals to ask an interesting question: If this distinctive rash is the most reliable indicator of Lyme disease, how many hikers on the AT would actually recognize that rash if they saw it? The answers obtained by the recent study weren't exactly encouraging.
During the project, 379 responses were collected from hikers "at three geographically separate locations at or proximate to the AT from June 2011 to May 2012." As part of the study, hikers were shown photographs of the rash typical of Lyme disease. Only slightly more than half (54%) recognized the rash and its significance. The study also provided one indication of the prevalence of the disease among hikers on the AT.
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Six percent of the hikers in the study "had seen [such a rash] either on themselves or on another hiker while on the AT" and nine percent of the hikers stated that they had been diagnosed with Lyme disease by a healthcare practitioner. Of those diagnosed, only about a third had actually seen an embedded tick on their body, a further indication of the importance of the rash as a warning sign of an infection.
Awareness of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses is important for anyone who ventures into the out-of-doors, not just hikers on the AT, so this study offers a timely reminder for all of us as we look ahead to warmer weather.
The photo to the right is one example of the signature rash, which the CDC says "begins at the site of a tick bite after a delay of 3-30 days (average is about 7 days). Rash gradually expands over a period of several days, and can reach up to 12 inches (30 cm) across. Parts of the rash may clear as it enlarges, resulting in a 'bull's-eye' appearance. Rash usually feels warm to the touch but is rarely itchy or painful."
You'll find more examples of the rash on page 13 of a helpful CDC publication on tickborne diseases at this link.
Finally, keep in mind that perhaps 30% of patients don't display a rash, so if you have other symptoms and have been in areas where ticks occur, don't hesitate to check with your health care provider.
Prevention and Treatment
Some tips for prevention and some good news are offered by the CDC: "most cases of Lyme disease can be treated successfully with a few weeks of antibiotics."That said, this is not an illness to ignore; left untreated, this disease can lead to serious complications.
The CDC has prepared a number of useful materials in an on-line "toolkit" available at this link, including a Lyme disease prevention fact sheet for hikers. This information is well worth reviewing before your next outdoor trip.
So, don't hesitate to enjoy a hike on the AT or anywhere else in the country. Just use common-sense techniques to reduce risks of tick bites, remove ticks promptly if you find them on your body, keep your eyes open for signs of a possible problem, and get medical help when it seems appropriate. This is one situation where "rash decision" to see a doctor could be a very good thing!
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— IBEW International President Lonnie Stephenson
"Stanley's Girl shows us once again that Susan Eisenberg is one of our most powerful voices writing poetry about working life. She draws us into her experiences as a pioneeringwoman in a male-dominated profession with the authority of a survivor and the eyes and ears of an experienced poet."
— Jim Daniels, author of The Middle Age
Third Rail, 2016
Perpetual Care
a book of poetry with 14 color photographs
"Incisive, lively, witty, Perpetual Care brilliantly defies its subject matter. Using an impressive range of forms, styles, and metaphors, Susan Eisenberg draws us deeply into the emotional complexities of a "flock of illnesses." Whatever your background — as patient and/or provider — you will find this book difficult to put down. The poet's striking photographs add resonance to both the title and these surprisingly hopeful poems."
— Martha Collins, author, Blue Front
"In this powerful collection, Eisenberg captures the essence of being a patient in the modern health care system. Always poignant, at times playful, Eisenberg's economical and evocative words allow the reader to experience the full array of emotion associated with being a patient. I have shared these treasures with my patients and professional colleagues alike. So real, so true, so honest — at times breathtaking!"
— Donald I. Abrams, MD, Chief, Hematology-Oncology, San Francisco General Hospital, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California San Francisco
ILR/Cornell, 1998
New York Times Notable Book of the Year
We'll Call You If We Need You:
Experiences of Women Working Construction
"[Susan Eisenberg] introduces us to the feminist pioneers who first ventured onto building sites, braving hatred, abuse, physical suffering, and even mortal danger. . . . This is an inspirational and life-affirming book constructed so skillfully that the reader is kept constantly engaged."
— Samuel C. Florman, New York Times Book Review Full Review
"Eisenberg captures the strength and intelligence of tradeswomen through the simplest of devices–hanging back. She comes in only to introduce and frame their voices–with clarification, personal accounts, a bit of history or context. Eisenberg's book engenders a new respect for the women in the trades and the difficult work they do."
– The Progressive
Backwaters Press, 2006
Blind Spot
"Susan Eisenberg, in these plain-spoken, not-for-the-faint-of-heart poems, resists the historical amnesia and denial American culture propagates. Funny, harrowing, loving, fierce, political, personal–she aims for the blind spot, for what we can't see; connects the '60s to the present, and, in the act of honest remembering, reminds us who we are."
— Eleanor Wilner, author, The Girl with Bees in Her Hair
"With Eisenberg's signature precision, humor, emotional intensity and, above all, perspective, these poems never shy away from the complex nature of good and evil as experienced by actual human beings."
— Tom Wayman, author, I'll Be Right Back
ILR/Cornell, 1998
Pioneering: Poems from the Construction Site
"Susan Eisenberg is the best kind of political poet–tough, plain-spoken, but alive to the human complexities that can derail the expected moral. She has learned her trade from real masters–and her pacing is unerring."
– Alan Williamson, author, Love and the Soul
"This is a powerful book filled with honest, unpretentious, fearless, and beautiful poems."
– Thomas Lux, author, Split Horizons
Whetstone Press, 1984
It's a Good Thing I'm Not Macho
"The 'ideas' in this book are firmly embedded in the 'things'; one can find here the symbolic resonances that bring one back to reread a book of literature many times. These cleanly crafted poems are also about fear and the courage which overcomes it, about the journey of any fearful, determined and courageous spirit into any unknown."
– Denise Levertov, from the Foreword
Poetry Chapbooks
Susan Eisenberg Greatest Hits 1982-2003. Johnstown, OH: Pudding House Publications, 2004.
Editor, Coffee Break Secrets. Boston: Word of Mouth Productions, 1988.
Susan Eisenberg's poems and essays are included in these anthologies:


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Main :: James Tyler Variax Guitars
Support community for JTV.
by mgarrido on 2013-04-06 07:17:23.5310
I was wondering if we are ever going to hear an acoustic nylon string model for the JTV's. I heard one on a Fender VG strat. It sounds ok but I think Line 6 can do a better sounding model than that.
by DrFunk on 2013-04-06 07:41:37.5330
We had Nylon guitar from Line 6 on the Variax 700 Acoustic. It was pretty good. So. clearly Line 6 knows how to do that, and have already done it. But your guess is as good as mine if they will offer it again. If you are into samples, the EMU nylon guitar samples are teriffic. I used to play them thru midi that I used with the Roland VG88.
by mgarrido on 2013-04-06 07:50:22.9450
Wow never heard of that. I guess emu is a keyboard huh!. through midi.
by DrFunk on 2013-04-06 21:35:50.5220
Emu made samplers/keyboards. Recently they have packaged all their software to be used by computer (software samplers). Anyway, if you have a guitar that triggers midi signals (say a Roland Hex PU into one of the VG units- you can trigger really any midi keyboard or sampler). This way you could conceivably get the sound of any instrument on earth (including nylon guitars) from the comfort of your favorite electric guitar.
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Now that I'm no longer jet-setting about, I decided that the best way to generate blog content would be to recycle my own work as much as possible. To that end, I'll post my weekly LFB columns here, starting with this one:
"For Public Use"
Here's a seemingly easy multiple-choice question. When the Nissan corporation builds a new auto plant, does that constitute (a) private or (b) public use of the land? If you're itching to hit the "a" buton on your keyboard, don't. First, because I'm too lazy to build JavaScript interactivity into this column, and you'll look silly fruitlessly tapping away. Second, because at least according to the state of Mississippi, anything that creates jobs within the state counts as a "public use." What that means, to Nissan's delight, and the dismay of the Archie and Bouldin families, is that the state can use its power of eminent domain to seize privately held land and convert it to that most traditional of state functions: car manufacturing.
As ABC News reported recently, the story begins with a competition between several southern states for a potentially lucrative Nissan factory. Mississippi tried to woo the car makers with over a quarter billion in subsidies, but these were spurned like so many wilted flowers and cheap chocolates. No, to really win Nissan's affections, the state had to promise a dowry consisting of huge, huge…. tracts of land. And if getting that land meant throwing poor landowners off their property… well, all's fair in love and statecraft, right?
This case is unusual because, unlike the scads of other abuses of eminent domain it managed to generate national attention. That's probably due at least in part to the fact that the families being evicted are black, which calls to mind the myriad other times government has found it expedient to give minority groups the shaft. Not only was "forty acres and a mule" a load of bull, Mississippi seems to be saying, but whatever land your ancestors managed to buy is also up for grabs.
Critics say that race is a red herring, unrelated to the core issues in this case. In one sense, that's true enough: seizing people's property is pretty awful whatever their pigmentation. But race is not wholly irrelevant here. The Constitution's Fifth Amendment throws property owners one meager bone: it requires that government compensate citizens whose property is taken for corpor… sorry, "public" use, which usually means paying something close to market value for the land. This is, I suppose, better than nothing, though it's clearly not full compensation. Market value is an aggregate measure of people's subjective valuations of the property in question, but the current owner's valuation is going to be higher than the average, pretty much by definition. After all, if the land was worth less to its owner than the market price, wouldn't he have sold it already? In any event, this otherwise useful check also gives government an unfortunate incentive: to target the poorest citizens for expropriation. Not only will their land have the lowest value, saving the state cash on compensation, but they're least likely to be able to put up a fight. States seldom condemn the summer homes of billionaires. If a disproportionate number of the poorest families in the South just happen to be black, that's not the government's fault, now is it? Oh wait… yeah it is.
Despite all that, we shouldn't let the racial overtones of this particular seizure prevent us from keeping our "eyes on the prize." The real problem is that as long as the state is entitled to determine what counts as a "public use," wealthy private entities will be tempted to let government spare them the inconvenience of actually having to negotiate with property owners before seizing land. Worse yet, when states adopt a policy of offering companies taxpayer-funded benefits for deigning to move into town, they set up a potential arms-race. Instead of deciding where to set up shop on the basis of more traditional economic considerations, companies can let local governments bid against each other, with taxpayer money, until the basket of goodies offered is roughly as valuable as the prospective benefit of the company's presence to the community. Or rather, to those members of the community who are lucky enough to secure jobs, rather than having their homes bulldozed. This is, perhaps ironically, a version of the anti-globo crowd's "race to the bottom" — except that this one has the distinction of being real.
It is probably too late for the Archies and the Bouldins, and the hundreds of other families whose homes are taken on a variety of pretexts, environmental as well as commercial. It is not too late to demand that in the future, if our government is going to exercise a Consitutional power to steal from its citizenry, it at least stay within the prescribed bounds of that power. We've already allowed our wise and noble leaders to invent their own novel interpretations of "no law." Let's not be quite so accomodating about "public use."


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When the iPhone 4S was announced almost everyone was bitching about how dissatisfied they were with the new device, and yet Apple just announced that iPhone 4S preorders topped more than 1 million in the first 24 hours — a new record.
The iPhone 4S surpasses Apple's previous single day pre-order record: 600,000 preorders for the iPhone 4. Still you need to remember last year, the iPhone 4 was available for preorder on only AT&T. This year, the iPhone 4S is available on three carriers: AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.
Here's the press release:
iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours
CUPERTINO, California—October 10, 2011—Apple® today announced pre-orders of its iPhone® 4S have topped one million in a single day, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4. iPhone 4S is the most amazing iPhone yet, packed with incredible new features including Apple's dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
"We are blown away with the incredible customer response to iPhone 4S," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "The first day pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been the most for any new product that Apple has ever launched and we are thrilled that customers love iPhone 4S as much as we do."
iPhone 4S will be available at all 245 Apple retail stores in the US beginning at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, October 14. Every customer who buys an iPhone 4S at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone 4S by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store™ and more, so they'll be up and running with their new iPhone before they leave the store.
iPhone 4S includes iOS 5, the world's most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features, and iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services that work seamlessly with your iPhone, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices.
Pricing & Availability
iPhone 4S comes in either black or white and will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the new 64GB model.* iPhone 4S will be available from the Apple Online Store, Apple's retail stores and through AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and select Best Buy, Target and Walmart stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers. iPhone 4 is available for just $99 (US) and iPhone 3GS is available for free with a two year contract.
iPhone 4S will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries by the end of October including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
*Qualified customers only. Requires a new two year rate plan, sold separately.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.


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The Master Chief is back, and Cortana is with him every step of the way to keep him abreast of the situation. There's some extremely exciting action here, butt the game also explores Cortana's over-extended lifespan, which results in an AI insanity, rampancy. Action and emotion: It's the breast of both worlds.
And if I'm milking this imagery too much (<--see what I did there), perhaps it's because I didn't expect everything to look as crisp and real as it did (especially so soon after I had written two articles about sexism and gaming, here and here.) Halo 4 is shaping up to be an adrenaline-producing game that happens to be extremely, um, eye-catching.
Unsurprisingly to Halo fans, the action is absolutely astonishing. The intensity, the flow, the precision at which the enemies struck—none of it compared to the moment when O'Connor, at the controls, tossed a grenade at an enemy, only to see our opponent pick the grenade up and fling it right back at us.
Let me repeat that: An enemy flung our own %^*@! grenade right back in our faces.
That (and the naked naked naked) was the stand-out moment in a demo that was full of gorgeous gunplay, brightening Halo 4's multiple shades of black with muzzle flashes.
The enemies we were facing at that moment, according to O'Connor, are called Crawlers, AIs devised by the Forerunners. "They're pretty easy to deal with, but their pack behavior make them challenging some times. The fact that they can crawl on any surface means they can flank you."
Flank they did. The Master Chief had a helluva time trying to shut down a communication's relay, but thanks to some advanced weaponry, he managed it. It turns out that killing Crawlers doesn't just lead to personal satisfaction at keeping the galaxy safe from infestation: Crawler-killing can lead to some very cool loot, something the Master Chief will obviously need in his fight on Requiem, a Forerunner planet, against the Prometheans, the enemies of the new "Reclaimer" Trilogy.
"They obviously come with their own technology." O'Connor pointed out a pistol and a rifle of the Forerunners, something you can loot from an enemy corpse. "Halo fans like getting new equipment to play with."
These nice new additions to your arsenal may also include a "hardlight shield." "A lot of alien technology is based on the fact that light has mass, like a physical object. That will become part of the story." (As we know, regular light, as in photons, has no mass. But alien tech is allowed to Higgs it up.)
But Halo 4 isn't just about guns and shields. The story also involves Cortana, and the relationship between the AI and the mostly silent Master Chief has given the series a depth that has engaged the players on an emotional level. O'Connor said, "AIs have a life span of seven years, and she's almost eight, the time when an AI starts to decay and overwrite itself. [Halo 4 is] about her degenerating condition and its effect on her relationship with the Master Chief and on the game itself.
"The Master Chief is a little stiff and robotic and she's the more human of the two. Cortana is an unusual AI because she was cloned from the brain pattern of her creator, a scientist named Catherine Halsey, and she's the only AI based on a human brain pattern, which has its advantages and disadvantages." What kind of disadvantages? "You'll find out."


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This may be one of gold's worst years in a while but don't expect gold to get any better in 2014, say two strategists.
Gravity affects all things. And, in 2013, it appeared to have an effect on gold's price chart.
Since the start of the year, the yellow metal has lost nearly 29% of its value. With the Fed now tapering its bond-buying stimulus by $10 billion to $75 billion per month, gold took another hit and is down 3.5% over the last five days. According to two strategists, the shiny yellow metal may have some dark days ahead.
CNBC contributor Andrew Busch, editor and publisher of The Busch Update, says gold is very near the key technical level of $1,180 per ounce.
"If you get a close below $1,180, that would signal additional downside – and maybe even $1,000 – once you get past that," says Busch. Nonetheless, he believes gold's current levels are somewhat encouraging. "The fact that we're holding in at around $1,200 is a good sign for gold."
Still, gold faces serious headwinds, Busch notes. "The short-term problem with gold, of course, is that short-term US rates have been rising, especially the 10-Year [US Treasury bond]," says Busch. "US growth is accelerating [and] stocks are doing great – All the reasons why you wouldn't want to own gold."
Busch also believes that gold would actually benefit if it were sold off by large hedge funds. Should gold continue to keep its current levels in the face of that kinds of a sale, Busch believes it would prove gold's strength. "I'd really love to see them dump more of their holdings and then have gold hold in there," says Busch. "That would tell me that there's upside. But for right now, their positions are kind of overhanging the market."
CNBC contributor Gina Sanchez, founder of Chantico Global, says rising US interest rates are negative for gold prices, even if those rates move up slowly. "You're looking at a situation that isn't supportive in the long-term for gold," says Sanchez of increasing rates.
Several other factors are also not giving Sanchez much hope for gold. "In the short-term, you see the dollar strengthening. You see a lot of that risk premium is really not out there anymore. The markets are quite complacent. And, the economy is recovering, slowly but surely. All of those things bode poorly for gold."
Sanchez says gold prices still haven't taken into account all of these aspects. "I don't think that's all priced in yet," says Sanchez. "I think that there is still quite a ways to go."
To see the rest of the analysis by Busch and Sanchez on what's next for gold, watch the video above.
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