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Book Review – Behold the Dreamers
A fitting title for a desperate book. A book so caught up in the idea that happiness can only be observed in the distant future.
Behold the Dreamers tells the story of the Jongas, an immigrant family seeking happiness, wealth, and a glistening future from an America they thought they knew, but didn't really know at all. And as New York City swallows them, their lives intertwine with that of a prominent American family, who unravels at a pace nobody could predict.
It was so realistically paced that it came off boring.
I didn't find myself yearning to read it for any reason other than to put me and my noisy brain to sleep at night until about page 269. Things began to pick up nearing that point.
It wasn't bad by any means, it was just slow and hard to push through.
The writing felt like journalism, like I was reading a very long article about the trials and tribulations of immigrating to the United States. The information was valuable, and I learned more than I can remember learning from one book. I praised the moments I could fit together with things I'd already come to understand, like the subprime mortgage crisis, the historical election of Barack Obama. But it was too trapped in report mode. Too this, this, this, that, that, that. Zero experimentation with how much can be said with one magical sentence.
Here's what I knew about immigration before reading this book: Ellis Island, it's hard to get a green card, The Proposal
Here's what I know about immigration after finishing this book: A lot
I understand the enchantment of the United States. I understand Neni's desperation at the end to stay, despite how much I wanted to slap the shit out of her. I understand the need to make something yours, to claim the future, to be apart of something bigger than yourself and your hometown. I understand the anger coupled with not being in control of your destiny. I understand a lot more than I ever thought I would, and that's why this read, however tortuous it seemed, was enlightening.
But man, it was a frustrating ride. Each character took a turn being the villain. Clark, Cindy, Neni, Jende. I couldn't depend on any of them. They all did what they had to do to survive, because despite Clark and Cindy having that American dream of a life, they were just as encumbered by the future.
The one thing we cannot deny as an entire human race is that we are all alike when it comes to the unpredictability of our futures.
"No, you don't understand," she said. "Being poor for you in Africa is fine. Most of you are poor over there. The shame of it, it's not as bad for you."
I think ignorance was a really big fatal flaw throughout this book. With every character, even the ones that weren't very important.
Neni was perhaps the most ignorant of them all. But I could forgive her, despite her sort of starting the book as the hero and ending it as the villain. She was so mindless when it came to reality. She'd lost herself in a desperate motherhood where her children couldn't possibly thrive if they weren't in New York City, which isn't true. Sure, the quality of life in New York City cannot be denied, but only if you have the funds, if you have the means to live comfortably. For truth, the Jongas weren't comfortable at the end. Their marriage was falling apart and Jende was breaking himself in half trying to support the family while paying for Neni's education.
Her desperation was as frustrating as it was understandable. She'd become someone else all in the name of this invisible American dream, constantly hooded by a happiness she swore existed right around the corner. She swore just being in New York City was better than being happy elsewhere, and how unfortunate her version of happiness had become. She was a real American in that sense. Only we wouldn't return home if it meant being perceived a certain way, which was definitely part of Neni's fear.
America, to her, was synonymous with happiness.
She was too shadowed to realize that most Americans don't live the American dream, and those that do don't appreciate this American dream how others swear they would. To put it plainly, this was a great exploration of what living in a fictional destination will do when you can't ever be present in the only moment you have: this one.
Jende was a peculiar fellow in that the more you got to know him, the less you started to like him. He really was quite despicable, taking his anger with the immigration system out on Neni. I get it though, as someone who can't control her waves of irritability, it made total and complete sense how savage he became in his moments of guttural fear.
You could tell how behind the times the Jongas were from the way they refused to discuss the inevitability of things happening, so as to not jinx it. It was a total testament to how people operate this day and age. My grandparents are never ones to speak about something tragic that hasn't happened yet that very well might.
Clark was a lost cause it felt for most of the book, and Cindy always seemed like she could be revived. But they fell apart in ways that could never be repaired, and their shocking finale bled through the pages in waves of heartbreak and confusion. The sense I got from them, their purposelessness, it was sad. When others forget who they are or never find out, it's a tragic thing.
His life on Wall Street, as suffocating as it was, appeared to be what was giving him air.
Neni's womanhood was a serious complication throughout this novel, especially coming from a place of immense oppression. Her friends she'd acquired along the way came together as a sort of cheerleading squad for obeying the husband, being the perfect wife, so on and so forth. It became quite toxic, and as a side-plot, it was a great addition to the story. It told of the times, how different they were in the separate countries.
The author did an amazing job understanding both lives. She expertly managed the glamour of Clark and Cindy's. She never overdid, or over-explained the grandeur of a room, the lavishness of an outfit. She gave it to us in simple lines and examples of wealth.
[…] they sat in silence, the only noise in the kitchen from the sound of high-end electrical appliances. The kitchen floor had grown warm underneath them.
There was much to do in the city, and yet the desperation remained among many to be out of it, to be in a place where the mission was pleasure and not endurance, to sit where the air moved without burden and the water went on for thousands of miles, a place like the villages of the Hamptons.
[…] with its all-white decor and large windows as if to never lose a view of the sky.
And, likewise, she managed simple examples of poverty, so as to make sure it was never forgotten, but not forced to be noticed.
Television was on. No one was allowed to make noise when television was on.
"It's good to have a dentist," Jende said, imagining how good it would feel to have someone else clean his teeth.
We had small moments of clarity from the ever-confusing character that was, Vince Edwards. He was about the only person that seemed to grasp how life anywhere is tough, how a simple shape on the map cannot promise you this fleeting happiness everyone is so concerned with.
As the son of Cindy and Clark, I didn't expect him to be so enlightened. And while the family found his path to enlightenment humorous, he was behind the scenes, observing and making these grossly accurate observations about the suffering of his family, while living in his truth.
"And at his age, he still hasn't figured out his path, which is what happens when you go off pursuing illusions."
I loved how fed up he was. How curious about the world and the desire to suffer for material goods. It was a great break from all the longing and the let down. The book, as far as books go, was depressing. And this is perhaps because it was realistic. Positive things came of it, but after all the exhaustion and pain, they hardly seemed to be enough.
We also saw great wisdom in Natasha, the pastor at Neni's church. She was compassionate and understanding, but still resolute in her position in the world enough to question the choices of others. She was the only strong example of a woman there was. She asked the things I wanted to ask of Neni. Neni grew unrecognizable by the end of the book. Where she began sprightly and wide-eyed, she ended with this narrow vision of the world, and masked all her selfishness as a desire to make a better life for her kids.
I needed Natasha there to second-guess Neni, otherwise I would've lost Neni as a character completely.
Rejoicing with others in their times of joy and your times of sorrow is a mark of true love, Natasha preached at Judson. It shows an ability to subjugate the ego and view one's self not as a separate entity but as a vital piece of the Divine Oneness.
I appreciate the strategic time of arrival this book had to our world. It follows the 2008 election, the recession, and it felt surreal to see it from a different pair of eyes, especially as our world has fallen into a terrible case of them vs. us. We've lost a bit of our unity. We've lost a bit of our compassion. But the American dream isn't impossible, it exists but only in those that choose to believe each day is an American dream in itself.
Right now, we all need the present moment. We've forgotten life goes on.

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The nucleus is arguably one of the most important organelles in the cell, and yet surprisingly little is known about how its shape is maintained and what determines its size. The importance of nuclear shape is underscored by the fact that various diseases, including cancer and premature aging, are associated with changes in nuclear shape, and yet the relationship between nuclear shape and nuclear function is poorly understood. In most metazoan cells, the nuclear envelope (NE) undergoes cycles of assembly and disassembly in each and every cell cycle, and one of the key outstanding questions in the field is which proteins facilitate these processes. To gain insight into NE dynamics, we initiated the C. elegans nuclear architecture project. This project has two main components: (a) to examine in C. elegans the role of proteins identified in a yeast screen as being involved in nuclear architecture (project DK057807-06);and (b) to screen for additional gene/proteins involved in determining nuclear shape and size, and in affecting NE breakdown and reassembly. In the past year we focused on the second goal, while the first goal awaits the discovery of additional yeast genes involved in nuclear morphology. To identify C. elegans genes involved in NE processes we constructed a C. elegans strain with which we can monitor nuclear dynamics. This strain was treated with RNAi's from an RNAi collection of roughly 2000 genes known to cause embryonic lethality when inactivated. This screen resulted in over 300 genes that when down regulated cause a defect in nuclear morphology. Two types of morphologies were pursued: paired nuclei, a phenotype that is similar to that caused by lipin inactivation (see Golden et al 2009), and uneven distribution of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). The analysis of other genes whose down regulation affects nuclear morphology is ongoing. A subgroup of RNAi's that led to a paired-nuclei phenotype resulted in the formation of paired nuclei specifically in the one-cell embryo. These RNAi's all encoded genes involved in energy metabolism, and in particular genes coding for TCA cycle enzymes. We found that the defect was in progression into mitosis: these RNAi's did not affect the processes that occur immediately after fertilization, but they blocked NE break down that normally occurs after the maternal and paternal pronuclei meet. We found that under these RNAi conditions neither nuclear pore complexes, nor the nuclear lamina, disassembled. Additionally, centrosomes duplicated but did not separate. We found that the underlying defect is in the removal of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitory phosphorylation. Thus, it appears that abrogating the TCA cycle inhibits progression through mitosis in the first embryonic division of C. elegans by preventing Cdk activation (manuscript in preparation). RNAi against a group of 10 genes resulted in uneven distribution of NPCs (Joseph-Strauss et al 2012). Six out of these genes coded for Sm proteins, which are core components of the spliceosome. Down-regulation of other splicing factors did not affect NPC distribution, suggesting that Sm proteins may have a function that is independent of splicing. Down-regulation of Sm proteins also led to incomplete disassembly of NPCs during mitosis, but had no effect on lamina disassembly, suggesting that the defect in NPC disassembly was not due to a general defect in nuclear envelope breakdown. These mitotic NPC remnants persisted on an ER membrane that juxtaposes the mitotic spindle. At the end of mitosis, the remnant NPCs moved toward the chromatin and the reforming NE, where they ultimately clustered by forming membrane stacks perforated by NPCs. Our results suggest a novel, splicing-independent, role for Sm proteins in NPC disassembly, and point to a possible link between NPC disassembly in mitosis and NPC distribution in the subsequent interphase.
|Cohen-Fix, Orna; Askjaer, Peter (2017) Cell Biology of the Caenorhabditis elegans Nucleus. Genetics 205:25-59
|Rosu, Simona; Cohen-Fix, Orna (2017) Live-imaging analysis of germ cell proliferation in the C. elegans adult supports a stochastic model for stem cell proliferation. Dev Biol 423:93-100
|Rahman, Mohammad M; Munzig, Mandy; Kaneshiro, Kiyomi et al. (2015) Caenorhabditis elegans polo-like kinase PLK-1 is required for merging parental genomes into a single nucleus. Mol Biol Cell 26:4718-35
|Rahman, Mohammad M; Rosu, Simona; Joseph-Strauss, Daphna et al. (2014) Down-regulation of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle genes blocks progression through the first mitotic division in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111:2602-7
|Heald, Rebecca; Cohen-Fix, Orna (2014) Morphology and function of membrane-bound organelles. Curr Opin Cell Biol 26:79-86
|Joseph-Strauss, Daphna; Gorjánácz, Mátyás; Santarella-Mellwig, Rachel et al. (2012) Sm protein down-regulation leads to defects in nuclear pore complex disassembly and distribution in C. elegans embryos. Dev Biol 365:445-57
|Cohen-Fix, Orna (2010) Cell biology: Import and nuclear size. Nature 468:513-6
|Golden, Andy; Liu, Jun; Cohen-Fix, Orna (2009) Inactivation of the C. elegans lipin homolog leads to ER disorganization and to defects in the breakdown and reassembly of the nuclear envelope. J Cell Sci 122:1970-8


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12 November, 2014
Book Group
It was such an enjoyable thing to do, although bizarre and unnerving at the same time. I guessed everyone would be polite about it (which they were), but I was dreading the awkwardness that would occur if they were only polite about it! Luckily, they were positively enthusiastic. I'm sure some people enjoyed The Art of Letting Go more than others, but they all had interesting insights into how the characters made them feel. I even felt as if I learned something about my book by listening to a group of intelligent people discuss the motivations and desires behind my character's actions. It was certainly interesting to listen to people disagree about why Ben wanted to paint God, or what Rosemary was really looking for. My characters appear just as complicated and messy to me as they do to other readers, and it was amazing and encouraging to hear how other people had engaged with them, believed in them, given them a life of their own.
On the whole, I don't think I was a particularly insightful guest author. My comments along the lines of "don't know, I just thought it was kind of cool to put that in", or "my friend said something to me about thunderstorms, so I thought I'd write about a thunderstorm", weren't perhaps the stuff TED talks are made of, but I was honest at least! And if I'm even more honest with myself, I have to say that I still feel a bit of a fraud talking to people as an author. I don't feel as if I've earned the right yet, to call myself by the A-word. I don't have an interesting creative process, or some fascinating insights into the mind of a writer. I just make up stories and write them down.
The most enjoyable part of the evening for me, was hearing how my novel moved people. Different people were moved - even, perhaps, tearful - at different points in the book. I don't think I could get a bigger compliment than that if I were to win the Man Booker. To have made people stop and think - no - to have made them stop and feel, is all I wanted to do. I hope this won't be the last time I speak about my book as an author, but for a first time, I had fun!
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Congratulations! Just got myself a copy. :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh wow! Thanks :) I hope you enjoy it.Delete
That's pretty cool. Sometimes symbolism in novels is planned and sometimes it's not. Makes me wonder about all those novels that we learn about in college or high school. And whether or not what they're teaching is what the author intended, or if it's just what readers through the ages assumed.ReplyDeleteReplies
I've always wondered that. A lot of the symbolism in my books I went and wrote back in in later drafts. I guess that's how all writers do it to some extent but it makes me feel a bit fraudulent!Delete
I particularly like your description of characters as 'complicated and messy' - it's another way of saying 'authentic'.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank-you, Derek. I hope they are. One of the big problems I had was making one particular character believable. I had to re-write her six times at least. The first time somebody read the published book and told me they thought she was so authentic, I welled up!Delete


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There should be no controls on private trade and use of small arms
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Bear in mind that government registration and confiscation of guns has preceded most mass slaughters in the last century.
1. Guns - are we referencing all guns or just hand guns, and all ammunition or just basic.
2. "as long as they don't interfere in other peoples business" - what does this imply? No one would be against guns if individuals never used them to "interfere" as in killings,shootings, intimidation, war, or ect that involves others.
3.human right - we all know it to be an implied constitutional right but is pro going to defend self defense as inherent or univesal? or is he going to defend guns as a right?
4. power structure - please define, some hold corporations and institutions to be power structures,
Finally, please state if the people you are referencing are All U.S. citizens, or an outside nation, or just adults in the U.S.
If Pro can clear all these things up in round 2. I will simply state my agreement and we can start core arguments and the refutation in round 3
http://dictionary.reference.com... anything an average adult male can carry on his person. The description is usually limited to revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles, battle rifles, multiple barrel firearms, sniper rifles, squad automatic weapons, light machine guns, and sometimes hand grenades. Shotguns, general purpose machine guns, medium machine guns, and grenade launchers may be considered small arms or as support weapons, depending on the particular armed forces.
2: this implies there should be no controls on guns unless said guns / arms are used to harm people criminally.
3: I will defend self defense as inherent and universal and the right to bear arms as part of our inherent right to defense.
4: The BATFE in u.s., the senate, any group that makes or enforces laws regarding firearms.
And I am referring for the purposes of this debate to u.s. adults, even tho i live in Canada.
Also, less technicality, more debatey. ....
I agree to the small arms definition, I agree to the controlling forces examples, and I will take on the inherent right to self defense.
I reject that we can only reference adults for the reason that it is laws and regulations that deem only adults can purchase weapons.
Finally Pro's point 2 claim is ridiculous. I would never debate this topic with the specification that we can't reference events where guns were used criminally. No person would oppose guns if they were only used for defense in morally justified scenarios at all times and never for committing crime.This would dwindle the Con argument to metaphysics or resource management.
The Case. - my points are going to be short and simple with sources upon request.
1.security for citizens
2.dangers of gun use
3.dangers without regulation
4.human rights
Contention 1 - security for citizens
Pro attempts to argue that guns are needed for civilian safety but this proves largely untrue. An array of non lethal defenses such a tazers and mace are carried by millions of individuals. The argument may persist, what if that in not enough? The simple answer is that such an issue falls to the state or government. A state has a monopoly on violence and it is their job to provide law enforcement such as police officers and a military force. Also, under a society with no limitations on guns you assume citizenry would be safer but many are morally opposed to killing and furthermore you are assuming every man, and especially woman would want to get practice and training on accuracy and usage of guns. This is fairly implausible that most humans would be willing to do such. What we would see is a rise of vigilantes corrupting the rule of law as they try to provide street justice with their legal weapons.
Contention 2 - dangers of gun use
Gun use and ownership may be used for security in a minute number of cases but in the majority we see school shootings, mass killings,civil wars, revolutions, and other bloody conflicts. Within the past two decades a number of the worst school shootings have occurred including columbine and Virginia tech. In addition countless suicide were expedited by guns and thousands of children and youth have accidentally shot themselves of friends. Another point to look at is what could happen with gun limitation. My opponent argues government abuse but his point is null in a democracy. In scenarios with guns we either see rebellions slaughtered or the reigning power annihilated. Both are violent and terrible ends. Now let us look to gun free (or limited) scenarios such as ghandi, or mlk jr. , or the egyptian overthrow in which peaceful protest was able to create change.
Contention 3 - dangers without regulation
Without regulation on guns, society would begin to crumble as crime and drug syndicates amassed. Link this to my comments in my first argument, where we now see all criminals can aquire guns making the task near impossible for the police to manage. I suppose my opponents answer to this, is to place the entire justice system in the public's hands and allow them to use guns to manage it. This would surely end with disastrous results.
Contention 4 - human rights
The concept of self-defense as a right (inherent/universal) is false in nature. I would agree under a constitution we could acquire this right as part of a contractual agreement but outside of that it is nonexistent. the only way we achieve self defense as a inherent right is by twisting the value of life into the protection of my life. If we are to accept self defense then all people are justified in firing upon police officers that have guns drawn. That is a threat on your life. Now I know that pro will want to throw out any examples where someone has committed a crime but if we hold the principle as an inherent right the circumstance does not matter. Even the rapist is justified in counter defense if his/her victim utilizes their right to self defense. To make a final note, since self defense requires infringements and action against others I would argue it is inherent as it does protect the individual, but at the cost of the self defense of others. So essential every attack is leading to infringement on both persons right but we as society are then subjectively deciding the just by claiming the first attack was at fault. but what if the first attack was to prevent attack? Such a belief opens a can of worms, with endless uses and abuses of the idealized view.
Good luck to my opponent.
Con case is finished for now.
Contention 1 : what has proved this untrue ? The average response time as reported by the city of mineapolis is over 8 minutes. This shows that the government cannot adequately protect average people. In the span of eight minutes, a criminal can easily choke you to death, douse you in gasoline, set you on fire, run 12 city blocks away, and secure a hiding place. Most violent crimes occur between the time the victim becomes aware of them and the time the police arrive ( if they do. ) The products you mention like tazers and pepper spray are not adequate to diffuse most serious criminal situations. In the most recent L.A. riots, the vietnamese neighbourhood was the only neighborhood untouched by mob violence. Why ? Because the Vietnamese people all had people who stood on the roof with a shotguns. Non-lethal or less-than-lethal weapons are not enough to deter or stop determined criminals, guns are often not enough to stop criminals, especially people hopped up on mind-altering drugs. The common man ( who is law-abiding ) must have equal defense to the criminal class and / or the government so the criminal class / government cannot take advantage of them thru force.
Government has never had a monopoly on force, it does not have a monopoly on force, and furthermore it shouldn't ever have a monopoly on force. Guns are one of the great equalizers and for a society to recognize equality it must recognize everyone has equal rights to protect their person. Law enforcement cannot and often will not protect everyone. Look at the aftermath of hurricane katrina, where FEMA not only failed to protect the people of new orleans, but actively blocked existing local emergency response and mowed down crowds of people with machineguns who were attempting to leave the area.
Also, I never assumed every man or woman would want to carry a firearm or use or own or train with one. Never.
Your assertion that we would see a rise of vigilantism is absurd. Most people who want to own a firearm in the u.s. today already own one, or several. Rule of law means equality under the law and that means everyone has the same right to bear arms.
The u.s. justice department's statistics show that guns are used to prevent more violent crimes in america than they are used to commit.
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* Based on survey data from the U.S. Department of Justice, roughly 5,340,000 violent crimes were committed in the United States during 2008. These include simple/aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders.[13] [14] [15] Of these, about 436,000 or 8% were committed by offenders visibly armed with a gun.[16]
* Based on survey data from a 2000 study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology,[17] U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year.[18]
In switzerland, where the gun ownership rate per household is higher than any other country in the world, incidence of violent crime is lower than any other developed country, excluding smaller countries populated by less than 100,00 people.
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Gun politics in Switzerland are unique in Europe. The personal weapon of militia is kept at home as part of the military obligations. Switzerland has one of the highest militia gun ownership rates in the world.[1] In recent times political opposition has expressed a desire for tighter gun regulations.[2] A referendum in February 2011 rejected stricter gun control.[3]
the city of kennesaw, georgia passed a law mandating firearm ownership by all eligible households, and their rate of violent crime is lower than surrounding counties, and well below the national average
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In 1982 the city passed an ordinance [Sec 34-21][13]
(a) In order to provide for the emergency management of the city, and further in order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of household residing in the city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore.
(b) Exempt from the effect of this section are those heads of households who suffer a physical or mental disability which would prohibit them from using such a firearm. Further exempt from the effect of this section are those heads of households who are paupers or who conscientiously oppose maintaining firearms as a result of beliefs or religious doctrine, or persons convicted of a felony.
unt from ziss vee can conclude that gun culture, citizen ownership of firearms, and free access to guns does not necessarily result in increased crime, and serves to protect the rule of law.
Contention 2 : Domestically, guns are used to prevent more crime than commit it, as demonstrated in my rebuttal to contention 1. It is true that the numbers for gun killing go up if you factor in war, but factoring in war is intellectually dishonest because we aren't talking about military defence. Guns are often the only thing that prevents mass slaughter using guns from occuring, just as civillians can defend themselves from aggressors on the street, and well-armed militia can defend themselves from governments and other groups seeking to kill large numbers of people. " Gun control ", gun control, and confiscation of arms have immediately preceded most of the mass killing of the last five centuries. Ex. : Soviet Russia, Maoist China, Nazi Germany passing gun control laws nearly identical to modern American gun control laws, etc. To quote thomas jefferson : "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good"
-- George Washington
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed."
-- Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficient... The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."
-- Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue."
-- Barry Goldwater
"I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787
woops, looks like some other great quotes about guns sneaked in there.
He also said that government should fear their people and that it signifies Liberty, the reverse being Tyranny.
If the V - tech, columbine, or countless self-shooters could not have used guns, they would have used other weapons. All banning guns does is put them exclusively in the hands of criminals. You cannot eliminate arms by banning them.
The only reason the gun-free scenarios ( barring government enforcers ) you mentioned did not involve violence was that it did not come to the point where one group was willing to fight the other.
con 3 : No guns as punishment for crime is acceptable. I should have been more clear.
aaand con 4 : Your argument is false in unnature, ppl have a right to defense, not to violent crime. :)
AgencyOfMan forfeited this round.
also, some things left out from my last rebuttal : The first part of your rebuttal makes me wonder if u really believe what you are saying.
You seem to have a fixation with not interrupting any program of the state and not challenging it, as if might makes right.
FINALLY : Your rights are inherent, and like matter, they can neither be destroyed nor created, and you cannot acquire them from a government.
AgencyOfMan forfeited this round.
to gloating with this : .
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"Overcoming the climate of mediocrity and misdirection, Mickey Factz takes us on his internal search for clarity and meaning on his journey towards self-enlightenment. We watch as the abstract psyche of an artist come into full focus as he confides in us about his aspirations, relationships, and vices. Laying his narrative over an eclectic array of music from alternative to rock to electronic while still embracing his foundations, Mickey Factz christens Heaven's Fallout as the genesis of the new sound of Hip-Hop for a new generation. Some may consider him the savior, others may consider him the messenger; he believes he's just fulfilling what he's been chosen to be."
(more after the jump + download and tracklist)
Not really our (eargoggles) idea of true Hip-Hop, but this Indie-Hop self-release, !!not just for white sub-urban kids anymore!!, from Mickey Factz is promising in some respects. At times it has some twinges of Kanye West; self-promotion and cocky-ness with loose lyrics that think they're metaphors, some other places there is evident influence from Jay-Z and other NYC area artists. Basically some sissy East Coast Hip-Hop trying to get hard with synths and a lot of post production work.
There are some gems though. When he slows it down and makes some electro/r&b type stuff–downtempo tracks 6. Stop Me, 7. Something About Us, 10. You Remind Me ft. Jesse Boy, 13. Let You Go. or the emotional tracks 14. Living Dead and 16. Jacob's Ladder are fun and well done. The last track could, and we stress could, be a nice club track. Or it could of been we used to go to clubs…or when we would have gone to clubs…or when we were at the age of people went to clubs, track 17. I Like Your Supra's.
Fun listen nonetheless, lot of good ideas that are a little different, give the team a little more time to sharpen their skills, both MCing and producing and it could be something to watch for in the next few months to years.
Let Mickey give you a quick rundown track by track below:
Heavens fallout
1) Vietnam:
All of my mixtapes start with me going off for about 60 bars or more. I did
about a 100. Its basically bringing people up to speed with what I've
been doing. I love this song alot. When it goes in reverse I'm saying
"best, the, am, I". Read it from the left. Haha
Inspiration : Previous intro's I've done
2) Never Fallout:
I give credit to Nakim for this song. His verse was already written with
the flow. 88 keys said I sounded to much like Jay-Z so we was like lets
show em I can do it all. Crush management got wind of this and thru me
on the official remix with Lil Wayne and Kanye. Then other people got on it
and it was trash. This by far is the best version. It inspired them.
Inspiration: Nakim, 88 keys, Steve-O
3) Talk Yo Ish:
Steve found this chick named Uffie from England. Originally he wanted me
to sample Pop the Glock and talk my shit on there. I wasn't feeling it
like that. I heard Hot Chick by her and decided to chop that up. At
first listen to it, it throws you off. Then the hook catches you. I made
this my single cause its so infectious. One of the best songs I ever
Inspiration: Steve-O, Mickey Factz
Bonus track:
Robot Rock
I came across this joint and didn't know what to do. Steve decided lets
make it an interlude and u just go off. So I did just that. I didn't
wanna make it like vietnam. So him and I added spice to it.
Inspiration: Steve-O, Mickey Factz, Beanie Siegal
Access Granted:
Steve once again found this amazing sample. He brung it to me and it
sounded like a classy fashion record. I wrote the verses and decided I
needed a singer on it. I told my engineer Whytebone to sing the hook.
The rest is history. This song is amazing.
Inspiration: Fashion, Steve-O, Whytebone, Saint
There's Nothing Left:
I wrote this song about my ex. Saint told me about this sample and I
quickly loved the music. It fit perfect with what I was trying to
capture. Sometimes you don't realize what love is until its gone. That's
what I was trying to convey in this song.
Inspiration: Saint, My Ex, Love
Stop Me
I heard this record and I liked it alot. Steve of course wanted me to do
it. He pushed me to record it. I wrote it really quick. Didn't take much
thought. Alot of people loved the direction I took with it. Great
Inspiration: Haters, Steve-O, Mickey Factz
Something About Us:
This record is about my love for music. Its something about music that
won't let me seperate from it. Its that attatched to me. Its probably
the most regular song on here as far as 'weird music'
Inspiration: Music
Bonus track:
This was a regular song and saint heard it and said it was too wild and
wack. Now that's hard to believe. But I trust Saint with my career. So I
listened and made it more revelant to the hook. As well as making it
Inspiration: Living, Saint
Sick and Tired:
Precize found this iPod. He always said to me, yo there's this song on
there that you could do over. So Steve hears it and says tell people
what your Sick and Tired of. So I did just that. Whytebone sounds like
he was inspired. Lol
Inspiration: America, Precize, Steve-O, Whytebone
Smack My Bitch Up
Steve wanted to record up until the release of the cd. Lol. He brought
this record to me and I was like ight lets do it. It came out hot. I
like it. We needed some type of reckless talking. So there it is. There's
a line in the second verse that I hope people catch. Has to do with peeing.
Inspiration: Recklessness, Steve-O
You Remind Me
I give full credit to Steve on this. I had never heard this commercial
before. As usual Steve calls me taking me out of my zone to do something
else. So I wrote the song in about 20 minutes cause I didn't wanna do
it. Even when I recorded it I aint like it. Who woulda thought everybody
would love it including me. Haha. It was the first record recorded for
heavens fallout. We threw Jesse on their for the final touch.
Inspiration: Steve-O, Cavemen, The Finest Chick.
Freaky Girl:
The last song recorded for the mixtape. My man Freaky Will from ed
banger records came thru and blessed the song as a feature. It was about
a freaky girl. The extra shit that happened was really recorded by me
having sex. Crazy right? Lol.
Inspiration: Fiona, Freaky Will
Loud Whispers:
Apparantly Pre, Pre, Precize was playing around one day and made a beat.
The shit sounded weird as hell but because we're doing Heavens Fallout
it was perfect. I didn't know what to talk about till a certain
situation involving my sister happened. She was the reason for this song
and the reason why I don't speak anymore.
Inspiration: Saint, My Sister, Precize
Let You Go:
During the recording process for this mixtape my engineer, Dub-B A.k.A
Whytebone changed his sound along with me. He started digging up records
and suggesting things. This song he sang to and came up with a hook for.
I heard it and recorded it in 40 minutes. Alot of real shit was spat in
that song. Me and Whyte went back and forth on the final results but its
still hot!
Inspiration: Whytebone, Chicks
Living Dead:
For this cd I've expanded my range in music and I came across Bjork. Now
I thought she was weird as hell but musically she's amazing. This
paticular song talks about 3 situations. 1) For non-believers in Mickey
factz, writing me off as dead. 2) My family members. 3) Hip Hop.
And of course Whytebone without me saying anything came up with the
hook. Amazing. He's a star.
Inspiration: Bjork, Bullshit
My favorite record on the mixtape. The intro alone zones me out. I've
heard people say this is an amazing song that is so refreshing. I'm just
happy to breathe. That's why I wrote it. I broke down Microsoft Word
applications in that shit. Find it. Lol. Kudos to Saint.
Inspiration: Saint, Life.
Jacobs Ladder:
Wow. This song right here means alot to me. As I was writing the hook to
this song at 5 am, Saint was writing the thesis of the mixtape. Without
us knowing what each other was doing. Because of that, I put his thesis
as the intro and outro of the record. It may be long but that aint no
coincidence. That's me singing on the record too. I love this record. So
Inspiration: Life, Saint.
The Supra Song.
We came back from China pumped. So the first night we got back together
we fooled around and made a song about Supra's. Steve killed it, Saint
murdered it, I was ight. Lol. Jocelyn didn't wanna be on it and Precize
manhandled the hook and beat. Instant classic. Don't be surprised if we
get our own sneaker.
Inspiration: GFC, Fashion
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Changes in student behaviour as a result of this work were also considered.
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Even the most popular novelties in pop music have a shelf life of about nine months, so you might figure that the second Lilith Fair would be less of an attraction than the first.
Then again, maybe the popularity of the 1997 fair, one of the year's most successful tours (it grossed $16.5 million), had more to do with the talent it showcased than with its maiden principle: There's no better chromosome better than an X chromosome.
This year's festival has grown from 37 to 57 shows and is expected to do even better than last year's. Maybe it's because the 1998 lineup is more diverse and star-studded than last year's, which was a relatively homogenized blend of melodic pop-folk singers/ songwriters.
The nearly 40 new artists will make Lilith much more diverse, ethnically and stylistically: women like Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Queen Latifah, and Erykah Badu (hip-hop), Neneh Cherry (jazz/hiphop) Me'Shell Ndegeocello (funk,rock,hiphop), Beth Orton (techno-folk), Emmylou Harris (country), and Luscious Jackson (pop funk/hiphop).
"We've gotten bigger, and bigger is better - primarily because it increases the money that will go to charities," McLachlan said. "We have grown, but primarily in the amount of corporate sponsorship we'll get and in the number of shows we'll do.
"Because of the venues where the festival goes, our space is restricted We can't add any more stages, and we don't want to cut into each artist's performing time. So to allow 40 more artists in the show, we've added 20 shows. Everyone will join the tour for about two weeks, except Bonnie Raitt and Natalie Merchant, who will do about 20 shows each."
Last year's tour raised $75,000 for local and national charities, McLachlan said. Like last year, $1 from each ticket sold this year will go to a local women's shelter. McLachlan said she expected this year's tour to raise about $1.5 million, thanks in big part to the 10 corporate sponsors.
"The most gratifying part of every stop is handing over a check for $20,000 to a women's shelter and hearing how important that donation is to them," she said. "The festival is about more than just music. We give organizations like Life Beat (an AIDS awareness group) and Planned Parenthood space to set up booths and inform people without preaching, I might add. I really like being able to provide those platforms."
Whether or not it'll still be a charm, McLachlan is already committed to a third Lilith Fair.
"We started this with a three-year plan," she said "and we'll carry that through and then reassess things. Maybe we'll put it to bed for a year, or maybe we'll start something altogether new. Whatever we do, I want Lilith to remain fresh."
Nearly a year to the date after the first Lilith Fair began - a year nearly filled from start to finish with touring - McLachlan said she was eager to get the second fair on the road (it opened June 19 in Portland, Ore.)
"I had the entire month of May off, so I'm ready," she said. "Lilith is like summer camp."
Who, then, is the poison ivy hiding in the woods?
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Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux broke the news in a French-language tweet, saying Cimino died "in peace, surrounded by his family and two women who loved him. We loved him too."
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Cimino, a native New Yorker who got his start directing commercials, burst into prominence with 1978's "The Deer Hunter". The Vietnam War picture, which starred Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken, scooped five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cimino, who only had one other feature film directing credit to his name at the time.
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Charity Bribes is a platform to bribe celebrities to do "a little awesome for a lot of good." After submitting an idea, anyone can contribute money to a bribe. If the celebrity takes the bribe, all the money goes to a predetermined charity. If not, nothing happens.
We successfully bribed Larry David to join Twitter, Raising $10,163 for the NRDC.
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What is Propane?
Propane is made by combining equal amounts of natural gas processing and crude oil refining and is one the cleanest burning fuels available to the commercial market. Thanks to the 1990 Clean Air Act and the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 propane has been labeled as a clean fuel source. Nearly 97% of propane consumed in the United States is produced in North America.
Can my vehicles be converted?
Almost any commercially available gas-powered vehicle is suitable for propane conversion with very few exceptions. It's important to contact a specialist in your local area to find out if vehicles in your fleet are propane-conversion-ready.
Will my drivers have convenient propane fueling station access?
There are currently over 2,500 propane fueling stations in operation across the United States. To review a map of the various fueling stations in your fleet service region, please see: www.AFDC.Energy.gov
Where can I find Information on the cost-efficiency of propane?
As the price of gasoline continues to rise, the amount of savings fleet operators achieve by converting to propane fuel increases. On average, fleet operators can save as much as $5,000 per vehicle when converting from gasoline to propane. See how much your organization could save by utilizing our CALCULATOR TOOL.
As propane use is grows throughout America each year, its advantages are becoming more widely known and publicized. Whether a conversion is installed for environmental, financial or operational reasons, propane embraces a multitude of advantages for the modern American fleet operator. Here are a few of the benefits of propane use.
- Propane-powered vehicles significantly reduce emissions, with 12% less carbon dioxide, about 20% less nitrogen oxide, up to 25% less greenhouse gases, and up to 60% less carbon monoxide than gasoline-powered vehicles.
- Propane fuel conversions can provide significant benefits in fighting global climate change. Propane contains less carbon per unit of energy than either gasoline or diesel, resulting in significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions when burned.
- Propane exhaust creates 60% to 70% less smog-producing hydrocarbons than gasoline.
- Over a 15-year average, propane prices have remained about 30 to 40% less expensive on a per gallon price basis than gasoline.
- The Federal and state government offers fleet operators a range of conversion incentives, including tax credits on fuel and partial reimbursement for fueling infrastructure.
- Propane-powered vehicles have more driving time between refills than other alternative fuels. For example, propane vehicles can travel 60% farther than methanol-powered vehicles, and 25% farther than ethanol-powered vehicles.
- Propane is the only alternative fuel with fueling stations in every state. Incentives from the federal government provide drivers of propane-powered fleet vehicles with increased high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane access.
- Propane is a widely-studied product with over 270,000 propane vehicles in the United States, including school buses, shuttle buses, trucks, vans, and taxis.
- As with any major decision regarding vehicles, it's imperative to conduct full research beforehand to explore the benefits of converting your fleet to propane. GAS has specialists standing by to respond to any questions. Contact us today to learn more.


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Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady, who trails Gov. Pat Quinn with 99 percent of precincts counted, leaves a press conference in Bloomington, Ill., after saying he is "optimistic" about winning. (Scott Strazzante/Chicago Tribune)
Republican challenger Bill Brady reiterated today he wants all the ballots to be counted in the governor's race, but the fate of the contest may hinge largely on how many uncounted ballots are left in GOP-leaning areas.


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This past week I had a guest speaker attend one of my classes and something happened. I don't know if this is just something that happens to me or what the deal is, but I have this really bad habit of laughing at the worst possible times. It is so embarrassing and no matter how hard I try, it is impossible to control. I like to call it, "The Inappropriate Giggles."
This is the scenario. I am sitting in the room for my management class and our guest speaker, who is not only a retired employee from a major corporation, but was also on the board of trustees for the previous dean of my college, was giving us a lecture. So he is pretty important and had a lot of really amazing things to say. He was in the middle of giving a really impressive speech about equal rights in the workplace and how things have come leaps and bounds since he started working but still have a long way to go. It honestly was a riveting lecture and he had the right amount of sarcasm and seriousness to keep me interested. About three quarters of the way through class, I made the ultimate mistake. I looked down at my phone.
Obviously since I was in class it had been on silent. When I glanced, I noticed that I had a text message from one of my best friends, who happens to be one of the most unintentionally funny people that I know. Thinking that maybe she was just sending me info about her flight because I am picking her up from the airport this week as she returns home for Thanksgiving break, I thought it was a pretty safe thing to check out. I was wrong. The text message read something so simple and so stupid that I started laughing out loud. Uncontrollably. I had a fit of the inappropriate giggles so badly that I had to pretend to cough like I was just having a cough attack. I couldn't stop laughing and the more I thought about the text, the harder I would laugh. People around me started to notice and it just got worse. Thankfully it went unnoticed by the guest speaker, but if he had seen me, I would have felt like such an ass*ole. He had just got to the part about back in the day when he had to lay off a friend of his as requested by his boss and how it was a terrible thing that haunts him to this day and here I am, cracking up in the back row.
The Inappropriate Giggles are a plague that can't be stopped. No matter the situation they will find you and they will make you look either like an ass*ole, stupid or just down right crazy to the people around you. But I say, to hell with the bystanders. Life's too short to not laugh at what you find funny, no matter how inappropriate it is.


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What's the difference difference between cocoa and cacao? Find out more about the differences and health benefits of cocoa, and in particular cacao, on this page.
At source, cocoa and cacao are the same as they both come from a South American tree called the Theobroma.
Pods are produced by the tree which contain cacao beans (that look a little like a coffee bean). Once the pods have been harvested, the beans are taken out of the pods and dried in the sun. What happens next determines whether the beans become cocoa powder, cacao powder or cacao nibs.
Cocoa is produced by extracting the seeds of the Theobroma cacao tree from their pods, then removing the mass of soft, white and sweet pulp which surrounds them. In the case of Food Thoughts cocoa, the seeds are allowed to dry as naturally as possible in the sun.
After the beans have dried, they are roasted to high temperatures before grinding to make cocoa. This roasting process loses some of the nutritional benefits which is why cacao is viewed as healthier than cocoa, but Food Thoughts cocoa is as minimally processed as possible so that we can produce a wonderfully rich and wholesome, fine quality organic 100% cocoa powder.
Some cocoa powders have additives such as sugar or milk but ours remains as natural as possible – just the way nature intended and to benefit you in the best way we can.
Cacao goes through as little processing as possible. Once our cacao beans have been dried naturally in the sun they go through a 'cold-pressing' process to remove the fat (cacao butter) allowing the natural nutrients to be retained before the cacao beans are ground to create natural cacao powder or crushed to produce our roasted cacao nibs. The various forms of cacao are as follows:
Cacao Powder – Produced by milling the cold-pressed cacao beans into powder. The taste is unmistakably chocolate but a more bitter form.
Cacao Nibs – These are the cold-pressed cacao beans chopped into pieces like chocolate chips. They are less sweet than chocolate chips but have a rich, bitter, chocolatey taste.
Cacao Butter – The cold-pressing processes removes the fat from cacao beans. This fat is used to make cacao butter, which has a rich texture and a taste that resembles white chocolate.
Cacao is less processed which makes it the healthier choice compared with cocoa. The additional processing that cocoa goes through removes some of the essential nutrients from which you may benefit. In its final form the cacao powder which simply has been ground, is packed with nutrients making it the perfect choice for healthier baking. Cacao is also a fantastic antioxidant and is called a 'superfood' by many due to its many health-giving properties which include the following:
· Cacao powder or nibs contain more calcium than cow's milk
· It protects your cells against the damage that free radicals can cause
· Cacao has 50 times more vitamin C than blueberries
· Helps to improve your mood
· Boosts cognitive performance
· Lowers blood pressure
· Keeps your heart healthy as well as reducing the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease
· Helps to regulate levels of insulin, even in people with diabetes
· Helps to protect the nervous system
· It contains more antioxidants per 100g than acai, goji berries and blueberries
The extra processing that the beans go through to make cocoa powder does not mean that all the nutrients are lost from it. Cocoa also delivers a wide variety of health benefits still as it contains fibre, protein, fats, other nutrients and antioxidants. So, even though cocoa comes in second place to cacao (as far as retained nutrients are concerned), it is still a wonderfully healthy choice so long as you make sure that the brand you choose does not have added sugar.
The chart below shows the difference in trace elements per 100g for Food Thoughts cocoa and cacao powders
Even though organic 100% cocoa powder is produced with minimal processing it is still more processed than natural cacao.
Cocoa, such as ours, that does not contain additives like sugar or milk makes it a healthier alternative for baking than others. It produces a unique and very different flavour to cacao when used in cakes, biscuits or brownies for example.
Cocoa powder has a rich, chocolatey smell and is often sweeter to the taste than cacao.
Cacao powder, or nibs, are more healthy than cocoa powder as all the natural nutrients of the cacao bean are retained.
Cacao powder or nibs have naturally high levels of flavanols, fibre and protein.
Cacao is said to be one of the highest sources of antioxidants of all foods.
Cacao nibs may be used like a chocolate chip but brings a firm crunch and more robust flavour experience.
Cacao contains slightly less calories than cocoa.
TRACE ELEMENT CONTENTS PER 100g
Energy 1749kJ / 418k cal
Table of Nutritional Information
- Cocoa
- Cocoa
Energy 1634kJ / 332k cal
Table of Nutritional Information
- Cacao
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You can rely on Food Thoughts for the high quality of our cocoa beans which originate from a single source and meet the 'Cacao Fino de Aroma' standards (only around 7% of cocoa meet these standards of excellence). Our organic 100% cocoa powder, natural cacao powder and roasted cacao nibs have an exquisite aroma, rich and velvety chocolate taste and are ideal for healthier baking. Food Thoughts cocoa and cacao are naturally gluten free, nut free, soy free and suitable for vegans.


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My second novel, Once Upon a Storm, is set mostly in New England against the backdrop of the 1960s with its Civil Rights and Anti-War Protests as well as its Sexual Revolution. It was also the era of the American folk singer with Theodore Bikel, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Harry Belafonte and many others enthralling my generation. The novel, while exploring themes of race relations, is also a fast-paced mystery, and a love story of two unlikely people: a folk singer of West Indian heritage and a white debutante who is fleeing the law. (See the Synopsis and the Press Release for more details, or, better, buy the book.)
I wrote the first version of this novel some years ago when recently out of graduate school, working full time for a New York business magazine and teaching in the evening sessions of City College (now CUNY). My agent at that time placed this version in a first writer's contest of a major publisher where it became a finalist. They suggested I rewrite the first two chapters, but it was off to Washington and then a long career as a US Foreign Service nomad in various demanding assignments. It wasn't until recently that I was able to return to the book, spending several years editing and updating it.
Life Experiences
My paternal grandfather who served as my guardian during my teenage years and who was a stabilizing force in our family, was from the then British West Indies. Both he and my father knew a number of black writers, artists and entertainers of the 1940s,50s and 60s. My grandfather's two nephews from Trinidad were pilot officers in the fully integrated Royal Air Force during World War II. My paternal grandmother, active in the Civil Rights movement for which she received various awards, was herself a published author of social protest novels and plays performed at the Yale School of Drama. One of these novels, Hope's Highway, is still available through Amazon.com. My mother's family which included an Irish grandmother, had vacation cottages on Cape Cod's Martha's Vineyard where I spent many a summer in the black enclave of Oak Bluffs.
My first 21 years found me in mostly white neighborhoods,schools and college throughout New England. In the late '60s, however, recruiting for the Peace Corps at universities throughout the United States including predominantly black colleges in the Deep South, I did see a turbulent and racially divided America first hand. A professor from Mississippi's Alcorn State took me to the tree where the Civil Rights workers,Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, were lynched in 1964. I was the first from Washington to appear on the campus of South Carolina State the morning after State Troopers shot several protesting black students. And in early April of 1968, I was invited to a midnight supper in Atlanta for Martin Luther King and his acolytes. This was indeed a last supper, for the Reverend King was assasinated days later in Tennessee. Additionally, I was asked to intervene when the Klu Klux Clan burned a cross on a Peace Corps language training campus outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All this during a period of 16 months for a person who's family warned him never to travel south of Washington's Potomac River.
Seconded from the Foreign Service in the mid 1970s, after my return from West Africa, I served two years as Executive director of the EEOC overseeing 2,200 employees in 44 offices as well as witnessing the successful conclusion of several major class action suits of discrimination against US corporations.
As you will understand in reading Once Upon a Storm, these life experiences are woven into the very fabric of the novel.
Hal Fleming
September 2010


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In the concluding moments of the April 1974 conference, President Spencer W. Kimball touched on some expansive and fascinating themes that we do not hear spoken about frequently. In particular, he spoke about the nature of the Celestial Kingdom and how we will experience Eternal Life:
"We have a commitment to serve our Lord. We have an assurance that the cause is just and worthy. But, above all, we have a knowledge that God lives and is in his heavens and that his Son Jesus Christ has laid out a plan for us which will bring us and our loved ones eternal life if we are faithful. That life will be a busy, purposeful life with accomplishments and joys and development.
If you can think of the greatest real joys that have ever come to you in this life, then think of the next life as a projection of this one with all the purposeful things multiplied, enlarged, and even more desirable. All in these associations of our lives here have brought to you development and joy and growth and happiness. Now when life ends, we shall return to a situation patterned after our life here, only less limited, more glorious, more increased joys."
This promise is one that drives me as I continue to serve. Recently, as I went to the Philadelphia Temple, I reflected on things I had given up in order to join the Church. As I thought about those sacrifices, I was reminded that in reality I had lost nothing, but instead gained so much more. I had received a promise of eternal bliss and joy beyond imagination.
In my most powerful spiritual moments, I have felt a small slice of what heaven will be like. In those moments, I have known that no matter what challenges I face, it will always be worth it. God will deliver on all of his promises.


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I created this packet for my daughters who are leaning to read. It includes flashcards, worksheets, reading practice, and an assessment for the -an word family. More word families to come!
On the other end of the spectrum, I have been polishing up some Civil War products that I have been working on for middle and high school. Ken Burns Civil War is amazing and these questions will help your students stay engaged with the material - it can be a little overwhelming without a guide.
Episode 6 of the Ken Burns Civil War documentary covers Grant and Lee, the battles between the two generals, and Sherman's march for Atlanta.


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Belmont Park: Rob N Gin Stakes looks like Saratoga prep
ELMONT, N.Y. – Thursday's $60,000 Rob N Gin overnight stakes should serve as a useful prep for upcoming Saratoga stakes, but looking at the eclectic group of nine older males entered in the 1 1/16-mile race scheduled for the Widener turf, the question is, which ones?
Those with an eye toward the Fourstardave (July 31) and/or the Bernard Baruch (Aug. 26) might include any among Beau Choix, Boots Ahead, Cherokee Artist, Monument Hill, and Voodoo Swinge.
Voodoo Swinge won five in a row from August 2009 to February 2011, before finishing fast to just miss in back-to-back Grade 3 stakes in Florida for trainer Christophe Clement, who developed his dam, Voodoo Dancer, into a seven-time graded stakes winner on grass. The lightly raced 5-year-old had trained recently at Saratoga before being relocated to Fair Hill with Michael Matz last month.
"We'll see how he runs and learn more about him, but he looks like an honest horse," Matz siad.
Pocket Cowboys and Uncle T Seven, who won the Mohawk and Ashley T. Cole, respectively, last fall, appear to be targeting the West Point (Aug. 18). However, the other New York-bred in the field, last year's Grade 3 Discovery winner Stormy's Majesty, is harder to gauge as he tries the grass after beating half the field in the Met Mile for Dominic Galluscio. If the experiment fails, he could always go back to dirt in a spot such as the Evan Shipman (July 25).
Stormy's Majesty, whose half-brother and stablemate Dream Drop Kid wired maidens on the Widener first time on turf here in May, breezed five-eighths over the course in 58.67 seconds Saturday.
Finally, there is the question of what to make of Sangaree, a half-brother to five-time Grade 1 winner Congaree who returns to the United States for Godolphin Stable and trainer Saeed bin Suroor.
Sangaree has started 20 times, all on synthetic tracks, including three straight runner-up finishes at Hollywood Park last year in the Mervyn LeRoy, Californian, and Triple Bend.
"You just don't know how that's going to translate to turf, but he should be competitive off his best form and it gives us some options if he handles it," assistant trainer Rick Mettee said. "But we really did bring him back [from Dubai] to try him on the dirt, and the Suburban and races like that were just going to be too tough."


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"And just like the fictional long winter, everyone knows that the economic depression is coming—but no one knows when. Prediction of seasons falls unto the shoulders of the "Maesters," who literally live in high towers and study subjects like alchemy and history. This is not unlike modern economists, whose skills lie in concocting incentives in markets, but are given the task of predicting the unpredictable."
"In the show, King Robert ran a deficit every year when the time was good—because he could. His "Master of Coin," Littlefinger, was a resourceful man who found a way to borrow gold at a good rate whenever the king wished. Real life politicians, whose re-election odds depend on the amount of favors they can pass out to constituents and donors, are also always pushing to spend more. Financial deregulation and globalization, combined with seemingly good credit ratings, make such borrowing incredibly cheap and easy for national and local governments. It should not be a surprise, then, that these very governments end up borrowing and spending more than they should in good times."
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text: A person 81 Posted August 9, 2017 BGM: Yggdrasil's Embrace The sun began to crest over the eastern horizon, its golden rays showering down upon the lands, each alerting those sleeping on the surface below that it was finally time to awaken; the darkness and mystery of night no longer plagued the lands. Creatures of various different shapes and sizes did as commanded, and rose from their slumber, beginning to go out and seek out the first meal of the day: breakfast. The golden rays bathed the plants with the energy they would need to create their own food, their coloration intensifying in the sunlight. The light reflecting off of the various oceans of the world gave the skies above a blue hue, and the lack of clouds around mixed with the cool temperatures and slow breeze made this new day almost perfect. In a forest covering a rocky hill with a cave entrance upon its southern facade, some of the land's creatures were going about their normal day until an anomaly occurred. BGM: Danger! A large portal opened up in the middle of the forest, a roar not of this world being heard as it quickly expanded, the creatures around fleeing the scene as fast as they could. The portal seemed like it would swallow everything around indiscriminately with the rate it was expanding at, several small rocks and some loose vegetation being pulled into it as well. As it was pulling in all of the small objects it could, however, it also threw something out of itself: a person. They tumbled upon the ground due to the momentum at which they were thrown with, their blue, over-sized coat throwing all kinds of dirt and decaying vegetation into the air, a sort of trail being formed by their path. Eventually, they came to a halt upon a rock, letting out a low groan as they hit it. After throwing out what could be considered its "previous meal", the portal closed as fast as it opened, the groaning of the person being the only thing able to be heard. BGM: Mother Earth of Dishonesty ~ PART 1 A few coughs escaped the person's throat through their mouth as they laid within the sediment upon the forest floor, seeming to be quite exhausted from something. After about ten minutes of laying down, they slowly moved their arms underneath their body to push themselves up somewhat, revealing a long, brown hair with a green ribbon tied to a hank of hair at the top, though it was ruined by various leaves, rocks, and twigs trapped within her locks. She pushed herself up enough so that her face could be seen, revealing her emerald eyes and dirt-spotted face. She winced as the pain from before still hadn't receded, but still took the time to look around the area, a pained growl escaping her mouth. ???: Urgh...dammit, Daniel! I told you that wouldn't go...so...well... Her voice trailed off as she saw that nobody was around, including the creature she was fighting, thankfully. ???: ...Guys? Are you all hiding? Come on, this isn't funny! Urgh! She gripped her right side as a sharp pain coursed through her body from it. She removed her right arm from the coat sleeve it was in and put her hand upon the spot for a moment, then removed it, checking the palm. No blood, thankfully, so she wasn't going to have to bandage anything. Hopefully. Maybe they were trying their best to hide from her. ???: Guys, come on! It got me really good and I might be bleeding! Elizabeth! Elizabeeeeeeth! She let her cry echo through the forest for a while, hoping that the kindhearted girl she knew would come to her aid after hearing that a fellow party member was badly injured, let alone the leader of the party. She let out a sigh and lowered her head to the forest floor. ???: I swear, if I get up and I find you all hiding somewhere, I'm going to make sure it's the last time you do anything in your miserabl- Agh! The pain shot through her body again. It felt like something was hitting it every so often, causing the pain to flare up once it did. She looked down at where the pain was coming from again, and, of course, her- ???: W-wh-what the hell?! Where are my things?! Except for what she first left home with, everything that she once had was now all gone. She dug through her coat frantically, hoping to find all of the treasure and weapons she had stashed up misplaced within the coat or in a sleeve, maybe even a pocket, but there was nothing. However, she did find what was causing the occasional pain in a pocket: a strange orb that shook occasionally. It was something she had never seen in her life. ???: ...where'd this come from? I don't remember getting anything like this on any hunt... She examined the object closely, but gazing at it started to hurt her eyes, so she threw it aside. After doing so, however, it felt like her energy started to come back to her. Finding it rather odd, but having no good reason to question why it was happening, she finally stood up and dusted herself off entirely, making sure to remove the sediment within her hair carefully, so as not to ruin it. As she did this, she took another glance around herself. Still no sign of the others. ???: You guys must be really determined. I saw you all get pulled into that portal, and I wouldn't have followed you in if you hadn't gone in, now come out here! And give me my things back, too! I promise I won't kill any of you if you do...I'll just make sure you regret ever doing it! She walked around the area as she spoke, looking for any signs of the presence of another person. (Chance make.) (Let this also mark the beginning!) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Senate is the highest authority in the University for all academic matters. It is chaired by the Vice Chancellor and the membership comprises of the following:
- All Deans of faculties/academic centres
- Three (3) representatives from the Rectors of campuses, appointed by the Vice Chancellor
- Three (3) senior members of the academic staff, appointed by the Board of Directors of the University
The Registrar of the University is the secretary of Senate, assisted by the Academic Affairs Division as the Senate secretariate.
Functions and Authority of Senate
1. Senate shall make recommendations to the Board of Directors on all matters relating to:
a) the content and organization of academic programs held at the University;
b) methods of learning, teaching and training at the University;
c) the standard of teaching, learning and training conducted at the University;
d) curriculum and academic programs conducted at the University;
e) the feasibility or otherwise of curriculum proposals/reviews for academic programs at the University;
f) the determination of the entry qualifications into any academic programs offered at the University;
g) proposals for the establishment of new academic programs to be carried out , or termination of any existing program conducted at the University; and
h) the award of academic honors , fellowships , graduate , diplomas, certificates , prizes, scholarships and other academic distinctions.
2. Senate is responsible for endorsing the results of student assessments and awards of all academic degrees at doctoral , master, bachelor, diploma and certificate levels.
3. For the purpose of enabling it to discharge its duties, Senate may appoint any committees or sub-committees consisting of Senate members and any persons co-opted as a member , where the co-opted persons do not have voting rights.
4. The Senate may empower or delegate any of its duties and responsibilities to committees or subcommittees .
5. Senate may determine its own procedure subject to Act 173.