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What is your favorite source of sustainable energy?
Biomass? Geothermal? Ocean waves? Solar power? Wind?
These are energy sources we hope will someday (soon) power our economy and the tools we use in our daily lives. Even people I know who vote different from me still seem to agree on this point. Where we disagree tends to be on how to make it happen.
It seems like sustainable energy will be a big talking point in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election.
And while this has me thinking about which candidate has the best plan for powering our economy using sustainable energy, it also has me asking a question of myself:
What powers our movement?
Does our walk match our talk about sustainable energy?
I'm not talking about driving electric cars and installing solar panels.
I'm talking about what powers the spirit of our movement.
Is that energy source sustainable?
Anger is a powerful source of energy for a movement. An explosive energy source. Look around at the American political landscape and you cannot deny that anger works.
But fossil fuels work, too. In fact, they still power most of our economy.
And we all agree: They are not good for people or planet in the (not so) longterm. Neither fossil fuels nor the lifestyle they power are sustainable.
And so it is with anger. It burns hot and strong and can move millions of people at a time. But anger poisons and pollutes. It burns those who kindle it as well as those at whom they direct its fire. And it is not sustainable. Anger cannot power a healthful and long-lasting society at peace with itself and prospering for all.
So, we have to ask ourselves the honest question: What is powering our movement? Is it good for people and planet? Is it sustainable?
I believe one of the reasons VEJ exists is to ask questions like these and to call people back to the heart of what environmental justice is all about.
And I believe the heart of environmental justice is love.
Love for people--all people. Love for planet--all of the planet.
Love is the most powerful sustainable energy source in the universe. When we cultivate love, it can go on and on and on. It can keep growing to power a thousand generations to the ends of the cosmos.
Sure, VEJ will speak up for sustainable energy sources like solar, waves, and wind.
But the the sustainable energy source we practice and preach the most has to be love.
Grace and peace,
BT Irwin, primus inter pares
Voices for Earth Justice
Let's start with some housekeeping.
A month or two ago, I posted that our board is working on new mission and vision statements. We got far enough along that the board was looking at a draft. However, after talking over that draft the board decided to put it on the back burner for now.
Well, it's almost spring...and we've got a garden to grow and friends and neighbors to bless, serve, and teach. That's a lot of work for a little organization like Voices for Earth Justice! For now, we are choosing to work with our friends rather than talk about words.
That brings me to the point of this post: The work we're going to do with our friends and why that work matters now.
One thing I'll share with you from the mission and vision draft we put on hold is this little mantra: Everyday Earth Justice.
That little mantra will guide me as I guide Voices for Earth Justice.
What does it mean?
I take Everyday Earth Justice to mean making Earth justice part of our everyday lives. As habitual a practice as brushing our teeth. It means doing Earth justice wherever we are, with whatever we have, and whomever we're with. It means changing our lives just a little more each day to be a little more just.
Truth: Ordinary people changing their everyday lives make a far greater difference than the biggest organizations with the biggest budgets and biggest programs.
So, when I think about Voices for Earth Justice, I don't think about how to make it bigger; I think about how we can help more ordinary people make more small changes that add up to a bigger difference in their lives and in our world.
Are you with me?
So, the question is: How will Voices for Earth Justice help ordinary people practice Everyday Earth Justice?
Simple: We ourselves have to do Earth justice wherever we are, with whatever we have, and whomever we're with.
Let's look at each of those things:
Wherever we are: Voices for Earth Justice has been in Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood for almost seven years.
Whatever we have: Since 2011, we've cared for and cultivated Hope House & Gardens at the corner of Greydale and Puritan streets in Brightmoor.
Whomever we're with: We have a small, but passionate core group of donors, friends, neighbors, and volunteers.
So, then, Voices for Earth Justice will do Everyday Earth Justice by helping our donors, friends, neighbors, and volunteers celebrate, discover, and practice Everyday Earth Justice together at Hope House & Gardens in Brightmoor.
How will we know we're doing this well?
To answer that question, I believe we need to find answers to five other questions:
We don't yet have answers to the first two questions. This month, we hired L'Oreal Hawkes-Williams to be our garden program leader. Part of her job will be to help us answer Questions 1 and 2 so we can set some goals for 2018 and 2019.
As for Questions 3, 4, and 5, we set this goal: By June 30, 2019, 2,019 people will come to Hope House & Gardens to celebrate, discover, and practice Everyday Earth Justice. At least half (1,010) will be our Brightmoor neighbors.
So, in summary, we are setting two "mission goals" we want to accomplish by the end of Summer 2019:
Here's our plan to accomplish these goals:
What do you think? Are you with us?
If so, you have an important role to play in all of this. You can join us in practicing and supporting Everyday Earth Justice.
Here are three ways you can help today:
Helping 2,019 people--half of them Brightmoor neighbors--celebrate, discover, and practice Everyday Earth Justice at Hope House & Gardens is what we are all about in 2018 and 2019. Are you all about Everyday Earth Justice, too?
Join us! We are eager to bless and serve you as you work alongside us.
Grace and peace,
BT Irwin, executive director
What your voice can do in the New Year
Our New Year resolutions often seem to have a lot to do with what we want for ourselves. According to Google search statistics, the #1 New Year resolution at the start of 2017 was "Get healthy." The #2 New Year resolution was "Get organized." The next three resolutions had to do with learning new hobbies, living life to the fullest, and saving money.
I wonder if the individualistic and self-centered spirit of most resolutions on January 1 is the reason most of them fail by January 8. For instance, if "self" is at the center of a resolution to "eat better" in 2018, it won't be long until that same "self" falls for the instant gratification of eating poorly.
Most of the time, we set our New Year resolutions in isolation or we barely mention them even once to family and friends. When the self that wants instant gratification confronts the self that set the resolution, nobody else is around to come to the rescue.
So I wonder if it would make a difference to ourselves and to those around us if we made New Year resolutions a community exercise. What if each of us made a resolution to do something for the people and places around us? What if we brought family, friends, and neighbors together to share in it? In short, what if we made our New Year resolutions about us instead of me?
I think that's really the function of Voices for Earth Justice. When we're at our best, we are a community that encourages and supports personal efforts to practice Earth justice. In other words, if you resolve to be a better steward of the Earth and a neighbor to all those who live here, Voices for Earth Justice should be able and ready to help you do it.
Yet another way to put it: If you resolve to use your voice to make a difference, Voices for Earth Justice should be what amplifies and broadcasts it. How? By joining your voice to the harmony of thousands of other voices calling for Earth justice.
I think you can now see my New Year resolution for Voices for Earth Justice.
As executive director, I resolve that Voices for Earth Justice will move our society closer to Earth justice by giving you information, a support network, and tools to amplify your own voice. If you resolve to practice "everyday Earth justice" in 2018, Voices for Earth Justice will help you do it with people who lift their voices with yours in shared resolution.
To that end, my focus in 2018 will be on making our programs as practical and useful to you as possible. I want to make it easy and enjoyable for you to discover and learn about Earth justice--and then put it into practice and share it with the people and places around you. I want to make it simple for you to make the difference you want to make.
In January, I'm going to share an outlook and plans for how Voices for Earth Justice will amplify your voice and support your Earth justice resolutions in 2018.
As I write this on December 28, we are less than $1,500 from our year-end fundraising goal of $10,000. Our philosophy at Voices for Earth Justice is to "operate small, impact big." We believe we can make a big difference without growing a big organization. In dollar terms, that means that our $10,000 year-end campaign will fully fund one-fifth of our entire operation and programs for one year.
What does that means to you? It means that just as Voices for Earth Justice exists to amplify your voice, we also amplify your dollar. The dollar you give to Voices for Earth Justice does far more because it is a bigger part of our small budget.
Since we've already raised more than $8,500 in December, we only have about $1,500 to go before January 1. Your year-end gift today will make a huge difference.
So, make a resolution to use your voice for Earth justice in 2018. Then, make a gift to Voices for Earth Justice today. We'll amplify your dollar and your voice in the New Year.
Onward and upward!
BT Irwin, executive director
Going Small to Go Big
Voices for Earth Justice started interviewing me for the executive director position back in the summer. I started the job on September 11.
Almost every day since I submitted my application letter, I've been contemplating the name of our organization: "Voices for Earth Justice."
That's a big name. A REALLY big name!
As big as Earth!
As big as justice!
The more I contemplate that big name, the smaller I feel:
"Irwin, who are you to presume that you should be 'executive director' of 'Earth Justice?'"
"Irwin, who are you to believe you can make any difference to Earth justice?"
"Irwin, what do you even know about Earth justice?"
Do you ever question yourself that way? Do you ever feel that same small feeling?
Over the three months since I started my new role at Voices for Earth Justice, I've come to the conclusion that being/feeling "small" is not a bad thing.
In fact, it may be the thing we need to take on something as big as Earth justice.
Three things I've come to believe (see if you believe them, too):
As we go forward together, let's celebrate, embrace, and make the best use of our smallness.
Let's believe in the power of the little things we choose to do each day and let's find practical ways to be a little better today than we were yesterday.
Let's believe that even the people we don't like or don't understand have as much a role to play in the world we're growing as we do. Let's seek to listen big and talk small in order to make room for mutual respect and understanding.
Let's delight and glory more in what we don't know than stagnate in what we do know.
Being small and doing small are often the excuses we use to do nothing at all.
In truth, being small and doing small are exactly what we need to be and do to start making a real difference.
Let's embrace being small. It's a big deal!
Thankful for you
You're one of about 2,400 people around the world who support Voices for Earth Justice through your interest, money, prayers, or time.
You are the "voice" in Voices for Earth Justice.
It is easy to say "thank-you" to you for what you do for our organization. In 2017, we helped more than 1,000 people learn how to be more grateful and responsible for Earth. We continued to transform vacant buildings and land into a demonstration site for loving neighbors and Earth-friendly sustainable agriculture. Indeed, none of that would be possible with you. We are thankful to you for all of that.
What nonprofit organizations like us often forget, however, is to say "thank-you" for what you do when you're not giving money or volunteering time to us.
Knowing what we know about you, you are doing good things for the Earth every day and in more ways than we'll ever know. You're loving your neighbors in little ways that nobody will ever see. You're a voice for Earth justice even when you're not working with Voices for Earth Justice.
Accomplishing the mission of Voices for Earth Justice is so much bigger than Voices for Earth Justice. In fact, the mission itself cannot and does not belong to us. It a mission as big as the Earth itself and as widespread as every inch of ground where something lives.
The only chance we have of accomplishing that mission is not through the efforts of one little nonprofit organization in Detroit; it is through the little things you do each day as you learn to live your life better.
You're doing that and for that, we thank you!
And for all you do for us, we give thanks this Thanksgiving.
Blessings and peace on you and all the people and places you hold dear.
Onward and upward,
BT Irwin, executive director
Voices for Earth Justice
How are you at doing things you know are good for you?
Things like eating five fruits and vegetables a day, flossing, putting money into savings, and working out?
Or how are you at not doing things that are not good for you?
Things like eating too much junk food, hanging out on social media for hours at a time, procrastinating, and watching too much TV?
Give yourself an honest assessment. How do you do?
Being a human being is funny. We like to think that we're rational creatures, but our behavior says otherwise.
We know what is good for us, but we don't do it--at least not consistently and often enough.
We know what is bad for us, but we persist in doing it (all while we tell ourselves we'll get around to stopping the bad behavior tomorrow).
A group of luminary scientists recently gathered at the University of Pennsylvania to begin looking for a way to solve this problem. They ask the question: Why are human beings so bad at doing the things that are good for them? And why are we so good at doing the things that are bad for us?
These scientists are looking at the obvious stuff: The things that, if we do them, will make us happier (getting enough sleep and spending time with family and friends), healthier (eating right and exercising), and wealthier (saving more and spending less). The length and quality of our lives depends on doing things like these--and we know it!--yet we don't do them or we keep putting them off.
If that's how we are with the very simple life habits that most affect our personal happiness, health, and wealth, how will we be with something that seems more abstract and impersonal? Something like climate change?
I recently read an article about how Americans overwhelmingly believe in climate change.
It's just that we Americans--human beings that we are--never get around to actually doing anything about it.
Why should we expect ourselves to do anything? We can't even order a salad, save a dollar, or stop looking cat videos on Facebook!
The real challenge of a mission like ours at Voices for Earth Justice is not ecological; it's human. We don't have to get people to agree with climate change, environmental responsibility, or social justice in theory. Most of them already do. Most of them already believe that something needs to be done.
How does believing or knowing something turn into changing personal behavior? That is the real challenge of our mission. How do we make it so people are more likely to choose to act differently?
Let's be honest: The odds are against us. Human behavior is what it is and if the brightest scientists and great religions of the world can't seem to change it, let's not presume we can do much better here.
If we're serious about this mission, we need to be deliberate, gracious, kind, patient, and thoughtful about it. At all times, we need to keep in mind that we're dealing with human beings--and human beings are highly irrational creatures.
So what about change? What kind of change can we hope to make against such human irrationality?
We can change ourselves. Each one of us can work hard to change the way we see each other, see our environment, and see ourselves in the world. This takes a lot of energy, but I believe it is the only way to change our behavior toward each other, our environment, and ourselves. Small changes in our personal behavior, taken together with changes our neighbors are making in their own behaviors, may be exactly what adds up to the global change we all seek.
That last statement is the reason Voices for Earth Justice could never be anything other than a faith-based mission. When we focus on changing ourselves, we take it on faith that those personal changes can and will become global change farther downstream than we can see.
Educating, equipping, and empowering more people to change themselves. That's the big challenge before Voices for Earth Justice. It is a very big challenge.
As primus inter pares of the Voices for Earth Justice community, I take it as my personal challenge.
I'm ready and willing to take on the challenge. Will you, too?
Please join a conversation about this subject at the Voices for Earth Justice Facebook page. I posted a question there with this blog post and I'm eager to read your answer. Please take a few minutes to share your perspectives with the Voices for Earth Justice community. Thank-you!
Onward and upward!
BT Irwin, executive director
Voices for Earth Justice
bt's blog #3: ears for earth justice
Yes, voices can change things. When enough of our voices pray, shout, sing, speak, and weep in harmony, mountains move or stop in their tracks.
Let's keep the faith that this is true and let's not assume that someone else will speak up if we are silent.
Let us encourage one another to join our voices to speak truth to power.
After all, power only speaks one language: Power.
Power comes in many forms, love being supreme (if you believe it).
Those who prefer a baser, meaner, more immature kind of power--a coercive kind of power that relies on patronizing and tranquilizing or, when those don't work, force and violence--enjoy an opponent much like themselves. They know what to do in combat and politics. Might makes right and that's how they like it.
They want bullets, fists, and shouting because they know their budgets, guns, and strings to pull are always better and bigger than ours.
And if they lose, they will make sure they take down everyone and everything with them.
So what do they fear? What will work against them?
They fear us. Specifically, they fear us together. Their power relies on cynicism, division, paranoia, and suspicion among people like you and me. As long as we're using our voices to shout at each other, we will never join our voices in harmony. Why do they fear that? Because when we join our voices in harmony, we find something in each other that is better than what they've been selling us.
And when we're no longer buying what they are selling, they no longer have power.
So while we must use our voices to speak to power, we must be even more diligent about using our ears to listen to each other. While those in power need our open mouths, our neighbors need our open ears.
Let's resolve as a fellowship to listen 80 percent of the time and speak 20 percent of the time. Let our speaking arise from the empathy and understanding we cultivate among ourselves.
Let us be Ears for Earth Justice as much as we are Voices for Earth Justice.
bt's blog #2: wonder and gratitude
What changed me from a climate change denier and opponent of those who speak for the environment?
Was it alarming facts and the latest research on climate change? No.
Was it a persuasive politician, scientist, or theologian? No.
Was it a preacher or prophet who triggered my guilt? No.
What changed my mind about earth justice was...my heart.
And what changed my heart was gratitude that came from wonder.
A blog post is too small a space to tell the whole story. That may come over the weeks, months, and years ahead of us.
Here and now, I'll share one scene from the story of how gratitude and wonder changed my heart.
It was Thanksgiving Day 1998. I was 22 years old and spending Thanksgiving away from my family for the first time. They were gathered in my hometown of Ashland, Ohio. I was 800 miles away in Searcy (pronounced "sir see"), Arkansas. Searcy is home to Harding University, where I was a fifth-year senior that fall. That year, I moved off campus and into my own apartment. To buy groceries and pay the rent, I got a job as the night shift DJ at KWCK 99.9 FM, a country music radio station.
As the DJ with the least seniority, the station manager asked me to cover a shift or two on Thanksgiving Day. It would mean being away from my family, but time-and-a-half pay for two shifts of work. I took it.
What was supposed to be two shifts turned into 21 straight hours on the air as two other DJs never showed up. I worked from 11 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving until 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. When I finally left the station, I stepped out into a ghost town. Everyone in Searcy was inside a home, celebrating the day with family and friends. The streets were empty and still. I was alone. And lonely.
As I walked the two miles back to my apartment, something mysterious and wonderful came over me. The air was calm and chilly. The night was perfectly silent. Something made me look up at the sky. I gasped and then sighed at the sight: I'd never seen so many stars shining so bright and clear.
Suddenly, I didn't feel alone or lonely anymore. In the absence of family and friends, I felt the earth and sky themselves were keeping me company, saying "I love you" in a way that touched every one of my senses. The beauty of the moment overwhelmed me inside and out. I'd never felt so close to God. I'd never felt such love. I'd never felt such wonder. All I could do was whisper "thank-you" again and again and again.
When people ask me to share my conversion story, this is the story I most often share.
Years of Bible study didn't do it. Political arguments and scientific research didn't do it. Facts couldn't change my heart, nor could guilt.
But that night in the cold air under the stars filled me with a wonder that overwhelmed my old ways of thinking. The love washing over me was too much for my old stubbornness. All I could do was succumb to the gratitude pouring out of my heart like an artesian spring.
I've never been the same.
That's what drew me to Voices for Earth Justice. Look at our mission:
Voices for Earth Justice is an interfaith network of people committed to prayer, education, and actions that deepen our sense of wonder, responsibility, and gratitude for all creation.
The truth is, we won't change too many minds with arguments, facts, or even guilt. That's not how people change. People change from the heart and that change always starts with what Christians call an epiphany. What I like about our mission is that it rightly identifies wonder and gratitude as the catalysts for that heart-changing epiphany.
I'm living proof.
Now I'd like to hear from you. Please tell me in the comment section or in a personal email (firstname.lastname@example.com):
Onward and upward,
Are you willing to do a little favor for the "new guy"?
Here it is:
For one day, listen closely to the voices in your life. On that day, use your imagination to hear every voice as a whisper so that you'll have to lean in close to listen carefully.
Don't forget to listen to your own voice. Listen to what you say to other people. Listen to what you say to yourself. What tone do you use? What words do you choose?
You may wonder: "Why is the new executive director of an 'earth justice' nonprofit asking me to listen to myself talk?"
Maybe "earth justice" calls to mind things like clean air and water, fair trade and local sourcing, renewable and sustainable energy.
Those are big things. Hard things. Those are the kinds of big, hard things that make us feel helpless and small.
"Earth justice." What to do? Where to even start?
What if we start with voices?
We can clear the air by listening to other voices more than we use our own.
We can be fair by asking people to use their voices to help us empathize and understand.
We can renew good energy within and without by using our own voices to speak kindly and tell the truth.
We may not know how to solve the big, hard problems today.
But we can do something today.
Let's listen and speak with care and kindness.
Onward and upward,
BT Irwin, executive director
Voices for Earth Justice
September 2019


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Sinopec completes Chesapeake deal
BEIJING -- China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) said on Saturday that it has completed the purchase of 50 percent of Chesapeake's share in its Mississippi Lime assets for $1.02 billion.
Chesapeake is the second-largest natural gas developer in the United States and its Mississippi Lime oil and natural gas assets are in northern Oklahoma.
Sinopec signed the agreement with Chesapeake on February 23 through its wholly-owned subsidiary Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation.
The deal means Sinopec acquires 425,000 acres (171,991 hectares) in the Mississippi Lime shale formation, with estimated proven and probable (2P) oil equivalent of 245 million barrels.
Sinopec bought one-third of the Devon Energy Corporation's gas reserves for $2.5 billion in 2012.
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Jackson Township trustees approved new regulations regarding customer registration at township hotels.
KEY ACTION Trustees approved new regulations regarding customer registration at township hotels.
DISCUSSION Law Director Michael Vaccaro said the regulations will require hotels to collect certain information from customers — such as the make and model of their cars and the license plate numbers — and keep the records open for law enforcement. He said the change is for the safety of law enforcement officers and the public because it will help police match vehicles to people if necessary. Vaccaro said the practice is common in metropolitan areas. The regulations take effect at the end of March.
Approved the resignation of two part-time firefighters.
Approved a resolution for stop signs for the Scotsbury Glen allotment.
Accepted sponsorships to the 2014 Community Celebration and approved contracts.
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ATLANTA, Georgia – A 6th lawsuit was filed today in the Northern District Court of Atlanta, Georgia on behalf of William Lopresti as a parent of his two daughters who were infected with E. coli O157:H7 from romaine lettuce. The lawsuit was filed against Texas Roadhouse, Inc. by Marler Clark, the food safety law firm and Moraitakis and Kushel, LLP, a local Atlanta firm.
On April 8, 2018, Mr. Lopresti's daughters consumed romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona region while eating a side salad served at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant located at 2475 Barrett Creek Pkwy in Marietta, Georgia. Two days later they both began to experience symptoms of fever, abdominal cramps, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. On April 13, Mr. Lopresti took his daughter "E.L." to the emergency room, where she was admitted to the hospital for ongoing treatment. E.L. was released 5 days later but continues to recover as of the date of the complaint.
"Our goal in filing lawsuits against the place of purchase of the contaminated romaine is to force the disclosure of where in the chain of distribution – grower, shipper or processor – the E. coli contamination occurred," said William Marler, managing partner of Marler Clark. "Only when we find out where the contamination occurred can we do something to prevent the next outbreak," added Marler.
To date, Marler Clark has filed six complaints in relation to the nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak including this complaint against Texas Roadhouse, along with one in New Jersey against Panera, one in Pennsylvania against Freshway, two in Arizona against Red Lobster, and one in California against Papa Murphy's. Marler Clark currently represents 86 people sickened in the outbreak, including 11 who developed acute kidney failure.
According to the CDC, as of May 15, 2018, 172 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 32 states. Alaska (8), Arizona (8), California (39), Colorado (3), Connecticut (2), Florida (1), Georgia (4), Idaho (11), Illinois (2), Iowa (1), Kentucky (1), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (3), Michigan (5), Minnesota (12), Mississippi (1), Missouri (1), Montana (8), Nebraska (1), New Jersey (8), New York (5), North Dakota (2), Ohio (6), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (21), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (3), Texas (1), Utah (1), Virginia (1), Washington (7), and Wisconsin (3). One death was reported from California.
Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to May 2, 2018. Ill people range in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age of 29. Sixty-five percent of ill people are female. Of 157 people with information available, 75 (48%) have been hospitalized, including 20 people who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure.
Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is the nation's leading law firm representing victims of E. coli outbreaks and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The E. coli lawyers of Marler Clark have represented thousands of victims of E. coli and other foodborne illness infections and have recovered over $650 million for clients. Marler Clark is the only law firm in the nation with a practice focused exclusively on foodborne illness litigation. Our E. coli lawyers have litigated E. coli and HUS cases stemming from outbreaks traced to ground beef, raw milk, lettuce, spinach, sprouts, and other food products. The law firm has brought E. coli lawsuits against such companies as Jack in the Box, Dole, ConAgra, Cargill, and Jimmy John's. We have proudly represented such victims as Brianne Kiner,Stephanie Smith and Linda Rivera.
If you or a family member became ill with an E. coli infection or HUS after consuming food and you're interested in pursuing a legal claim, contact the Marler Clark E. coli attorneys for a free case evaluation.


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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Cook, Frederick Albert
COOK, Frederick Albert, American physician and explorer: b. Callicoon Depot, Sullivan County, N. Y., 10 June 1865. He was graduated at New York University 1890. He was surgeon of the Peary Arctic expedition 1891-92, and of the Belgium Antarctic expedition 1897-99. He has received the decoration of the Order of Leopold, the gold medal of the Belgian Royal Society and tne silver medal of the Belgian Royal Geographical Society. He claimed to have reached the North Pole on 21 April 1908. Upon his return in 1909 "from the Pole" — as he said — he was received with great honors at Copenhagen, Denmark, and then, hastening to New York, he at once began making large sums of money by his writings and lectures. Doubts soon began to arise as to the veracity of his story — his companion on the journey he made in 1906 to Mount McKinley, Alaska, made an affidavit that no ascent of that mountain was made as described in Cook's narrative, and the Eskimos who were supposed to have been his companions on the dash to the Pole told the Peary party that they had spent the winter of 1907-08 at Jones Sound. This was followed by the sworn statement of a man who had been hired to prepare for Cook a set of observations for latitudes and longitudes on his journey to the Pole, to send with his other data to the University of Copenhagen for examination. In the meantime Cook disappeared from view, and the learned scientists at Copenhagen decided that his proofs were not sufficient; but the sale of his book 'My Attainment of the Pole' (1909; 3d ed., 1913), was very large. In 1913-14 he lectured in England. He has written articles for the leading magazines, describing life in the polar regions, and a valuable account of his Antarctic experiences and scientific observations, entitled 'Through the First Antarctic Night' (1900); 'To the Top of the Continent' (1906); 'North Pole and Bradley Land,' with E. S. Balch (1913).


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Will Conservative Talkers Take On Immigration Reform?
Back in 2007, when President George W. Bush pushed for new immigration legislation, PEJ research showed the degree to which conservative talk hosts attacked the measure. And, they themselves took credit for helping to kill it. Will these hosts reprise their staunch opposition this time around? The early indications suggest that perhaps not.


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AceShowbiz - Rocker Vinnie Vincent has sparked speculation suggesting he is returning to music with his own version of his former band KISS after filing trademark applications for the name.
The guitarist, who replaced Ace Frehley in the KISS line-up from 1982 to 1984, recently announced he will be making his stage comeback in Memphis, Tennessee this December for his first concert in more than 30 years, and now it appears he is also gearing up to head back into the studio.
According to Blabbermouth, Vincent filed two applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on 23 July to reserve the rights to the phrase "Vinnie Vincent's KISS" for use in a variety of live performances, as well as in print for publications and merchandise, and "compact discs containing music".
The musician, born Vincent Cusano, has not revealed what he intends to release under the new name, but he will be performing a mix of old KISS songs and tracks from his subsequent band, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, at the December gig.


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Read what Dr. Barry Krakow, author of Sound Sleep, Sound Mind: 7 Keys to Sleeping through the Night, has to say about my new book, Totally CPAP. This is Part 5 of a multi-part in-depth, critical review. This is taken from his blog. Read Part 1, Part 2 Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, and Part 9.
Continuing with our review of Totally CPAP, written by Dr. Steven Park, this next section discusses implementing a program for CPAP therapy success. Dr. Park has developed a very interesting seven-step, seven-day program to help someone integrate all the major instructions from the book. His goal is to enhance your first week of efforts to use the PAP machine, although as you will read below, the focus is more on the seven steps and not actually seven consecutive days. And, he begins quite rightly with the question, "Where do I even start?"
His first step is all about "Education and Goal Setting." He believes individuals should start with a sleep journal to track various data points such as how much you are sleeping with the mask, how you feel the morning after and related themes connecting CPAP effects to your sleep. Obviously, this step involves more than just one night or day, but the idea behind it is to capture data to provide feedback to create realistic expectations and appropriate goals.
I'm not a big fan of sleep diaries/journals, although they certainly have their place in treating insomnia. And, I certainly appreciate Dr. Park's perspective here and believe this approach will work for a certain segment of CPAP attempters, particularly those who tend to be well-organized and function in an orderly, rational way when approaching tasks. My concern is that an extremely large proportion of CPAP attempters do not react rationally to PAP therapy. Instead, many people are highly reactive to it, exhibiting an almost exclusively emotional response. Now, when you imagine all the possible emotional experiences associated with PAP therapy, there is no question fear, anxiety, guilt, embarrassment, and shame could individually or in combination thwart any efforts to use the device. In the worst case, the emotions converge into a traumatizing, impossible to forget adverse experience after which many patients drop out immediately, never to revisit PAP following the very first encounter.
Which brings us to Dr. Park's second step, "Practice, Practice, Practice," which I believe is the best first step for a sizeable number of patients. Here, Dr. Park and I agree that a hierarchical desensitization approach is optimal for many patients, but many DME programs may not be set up to accommodate patients. Specifically, he writes about the hypothetical scenario where a patient could receive just the mask first and practice wearing it in various settings throughout the day to deal with this issue straightaway before the person ever attempts to experience pressurized air coming through the mask. Practically, a person could fill their prescription for the mask, tubes, and PAP device, but simply work on the mask issues first.
My only objection to the instructions is the notion a person could fall asleep with the mask on when it's not hooked up to the machine. I see the idea behind it, because if a person could fall asleep with the mask on, it may give them confidence the process is progressing well. The problem arises when you might have a breathing event once sleeping, since no pressurized air is flowing; then, you wake up gasping for breath with a mask stuck on your face. Such a scenario would not only be traumatizing, but it also connects the wrong dots in which the individual would experience the mask as somehow triggering the breathing event. Thus, I would never recommend someone falling asleep with a mask on, unless they want to sit upright in an easy chair and doze off briefly.
In step three "Apply Pressure," Dr. Park brings up some excellent experiential points when you start using the pressurized airflow. Not only does he want you to learn to distract yourself from the sensations, he also wants you to experience some of the side-effects of PAP so you won't be surprised by them in the middle of the night. I really like his idea to intentionally open your mouth as well as intentionally move the mask around so you experience the sensations associated with leak, that is, leaks through mouth breathing or leaks through the mask itself. These steps are sound ideas to make you aware of some of the major barriers to successful PAP use.
A key point in this step is the problem of anxiety or claustrophobic tendencies when breathing out against pressurized air. As you know from our work, these side-effects are unacceptable, which is our rationale for switching patients to bilevel modes as soon as possible. Dr. Park's comments suggest that a certain number of patients will report these experiences, but he expects these side-effects will abate if the patient proceeds slowly. We do not find such outcomes to be so common, but we accept that others might presume we give up on CPAP too quickly. Nonetheless, I believe patients should be informed about bilevel up front so they can request a quick comparison while in the sleep lab or at the DME, after which I would predict the vast majority would choose dual pressure (BPAP) over fixed pressure (CPAP).
Step four is where Dr. Park has his patients begin using CPAP to sleep. I want to reiterate here that while Dr. Park and I have different opinions on aspects of his first three steps, the overarching theme of his initial steps are exceptionally well-crafted, because they are all about effective preparation. So many people feel as if PAP therapy is thrown at them not only in chaotic fashion, but worse they feel the "use it or lose it" stress right from the get-go. Dr. Park's system, like some of the strategies of Classic SleepCare, encourages you to slow down and learn about the process and put your toe in the water and try to feel what's going on before you jump in the deep end of the pool. Regrettably, so many sleep professionals do not offer this approach, which is why I want to single out Dr. Park's wisdom and commend him for integrating his approach into a book where PAP users will learn that slow and steady wins the race.
This section on "Sleeping with CPAP" is succinct and focuses on two main points. First, did you notice any problems using the device? If so, then track them for future discussions with sleep professionals, or ideally see if you have enough information and skill to solve them yourself. I like his recommendation to leave the mask on when you must get up at night to use the bathroom, but I would add the caution you might want to practice walking back and forth twice, that is, once with the lights on and once with the lights off to determine how safely you can navigate the trip. Some full-face masks clearly interfere with your line of sight; moreover, if you are sleeping with another person, you may not be able to turn on the lights in the middle of the night.
His second point is about your ratings of the sleep experience and any side-effects from using it, for example taking the mask off in your sleep, waking with a dry mouth, and most importantly how well did you sleep. Many of these factors require immediate attention because their persistence may be so aggravating you quit using the device. For example, dry mouth can become quite exasperating, and the solution is not to drink more water, but often means you're going to need to try a chinstrap or a variant to hold your mouth closed. Yet, lots of people refuse to use a chinstrap, or if they are motivated to pursue it, they may discover lengthy delays in trying to get their sleep doctor to write the prescription and send it to the DME, after which there might be further delays if the DME cannot readily dispense what's needed. Such a scenario would demonstrate the classic negative conditioning influences that emerge when PAP experiences are unpleasant or disturbing. Would you want to keep trying your CPAP device for a week or two while you wait for the chinstrap? All the while waking up with a dry mouth that's so problematic you are beginning to develop sores inside your oral cavity? Or, should you stop using CPAP even though you were beginning to experience some clear-cut improvements in the quality of your sleep?
As you can imagine, a risk-rewards interplay drives most decision-making in this process. In the worst case, however, the dry mouth means you're mouth breathing and therefore a sizeable leak is occurring that diminishes the necessary pressurized air. As a result, this leak allows apneas and hypopneas and flow limitations to return from the lack of air pressure. In other words, not only do you experience a dry mouth, but your sleep remains fragmented and of poor quality. We would not expect this patient to continue using the device while waiting for the chinstrap. But, what if the patient doesn't recognize the connection between all these factors? In fact, this lack of knowledge occurs frequently, thus setting up patients for failure, because no one may have connected the dots for the patient so he or she could solve the problem immediately.
In the best-case example, the sleep quality is improving no matter what the side-effects, so the patient remains highly motivated to maintain the momentum. Later at follow-up, which could occur 30 to 90 days later, the patient is reporting various gains from continued use of CPAP, but he or she also now has the chance to discuss the side-effects in the context of real progress being made. When these side-effects are effectively managed, further gains are achieved.
Which brings us to Dr. Park's fifth step for "Troubleshooting." This section is very short, because Dr. Park wants you to refer to the Part II of his book, chapters four through eight, which provide an enormous amount of troubleshooting information, and which will now make even more sense as you have begun your experience with CPAP. The most important and powerful statement in this section is the following, "Communicate with your DME or sleep physician ASAP." Truer words were never spoken. Basically, my variation on this theme is to inform patients, "If something's wrong, then something's wrong." You are not supposed to feel pain or side-effects or discomfort, even though there might be some unpleasant sensations in the early adaptation. Nonetheless, I tell my patients at my sleep clinic in New Mexico to be finicky, because no one will ever adapt to PAP therapy if it hurts or causes consistent periods of discomfort. You are not going to adapt to this pain or discomfort, so why give it more than one or two nights to determine? This problem must be fixed ASAP.
Among the patients who struggle more with the process, I may have to give them a bit more information that they may not enjoy hearing, but which can at least enlighten them enough to know why things aren't going well or might take longer than anticipated. The monologue goes something like this:
"You appear to be suffering from at least five factors that are going to interfere with your getting a good response to PAP. In no particular order, you cannot get the mask to seal well, you are mouth breathing, psychologically you have not adapted yet to the foreign and sometimes threatening sensations of pressurized air, you haven't really embraced the idea of PAP yet, because you are still suffering some embarrassment issues about having to use it. Compounding all these factors, we cannot be certain yet whether you are suffering an independent leg movement disorder or not."
Undoubtedly, all this information cannot be given to certain patients who would be overwhelmed. On the other hand, a fair proportion of patients appreciate knowing that their sleep professionals, technologists and doctors truly understand the barriers they face.
In Dr. Park's sixth step, "Modify and Try Again" he is mostly reiterating how important it is to continue troubleshooting, because there are so many little tweaks that might be needed. By paying attention and solving each of these problems, things should continue to improve on a nightly basis. A major emphasis here, which I strongly endorse, is the need to reevaluate whether you've got the right mask or not. Unfortunately, there has been a great deal of flak targeting full face masks, but in reality, a huge proportion of patients are ultimately going to need to switch to the FFM for numerous reasons, one of which Dr. Park points out regarding any sort of nasal breathing difficulties.
He also mentions the importance of returning to the care of a sleep technologist where you might be able to undergo a desensitization program. He also mentions our PAP-NAP procedure, which is available at some sleep centers around the country. At this point, we would add the use of the laboratory for a retitration study, including our REPAP protocol, because so many patients just cannot get over the hump of the PAP experience itself. They not only need more coaching, but more importantly they need more experience using PAP under the skilled direction of a technologist where the troubleshooting is literally nonstop for your entire study.
In Dr. Park's seventh step, "CPAP Success," he makes a few points I might disagree with, but again his overarching approach to the problem of CPAP adaptation appears much more comprehensive and therefore likely to be successful than most efforts I have seen written about in other books, research articles or blogs. When he remarks that most people will get the hang of things in that first week, I am not sure whether he is talking about his own personal experience with his clinical population or whether he is making a prediction about what will transpire if you follow his steps. In our clinical and research experience, we believe one of the two largest problems leading to early dropouts are that CPAP is the wrong device for nearly all the patients who fail CPAP, and they should have been switched to BPAP or other more sophisticated technology within one or two weeks of their initial struggle with CPAP.
The second largest obstacle relates to the first: when someone is not given the chance to use an advanced PAP mode such as BPAP, ABPAP or ASV, their chances continue to dwindle for long-term adaptation and regular use. At my sleep center, we have repeatedly conducted quality assurance statistics, and I am pleased to say that on every occasion where we looked at 100 consecutive patients who filled their PAP prescription, that is, got a device and started using it, 85% to 92% were using the device 6 months later. Ever since changing my system to regularly prescribe our patients ABPAP and ASV more than 98% of the time, we have conducted this in-house evaluation and arrived at the same results each time.
Notwithstanding, Dr. Park makes the corollary observation that, "don't think it's [a good response] going to last forever." He delves into this phenomenon in several ways including whether your device and equipment are being properly cleaned, whether you've gained weight, whether other intercurrent health factors are affecting your sleep, and of course the process of aging, which can also worsen your sleep apnea. He points out the absolute necessity for vigilance about your sleep quality. Are your results being maintained at the level of your most optimal benefits, whenever you achieved this benchmark? Are you suddenly noticing a bit more fatigue in the afternoons; are you a bit more irritable in the evening and snapping at your spouse or children? Or are you suffering an increase in trips to the bathroom at night?
How you monitor this information is a big deal. Dr. Park quite rightly recommends his sleep journaling ideas, which are a smart strategy for individuals who might let things slide. On the other hand, the larger problem arises among some individuals with sleep problems as well as many medical professionals outside of sleep medicine, both of whom tend to still disrespect the value of sleep. In such circumstances, you may not naturally harken back to recall what things were like before you used PAP therapy and your regular doctors may not remind you of your past symptoms. If so, you may then point your finger at something else to explain the slippage in your results, like a medication side-effect, or you are stressed out, or you are squabbling with your boss. All of these factors are valid reasons for worse sleep at some level, but the very first item on this agenda could be to check whether your response to PAP is fading, which more often than not is the primary troublemaker.
Obviously, reconnecting with your DME or sleep center resources is critical in these times as well as working with online support groups, such as this blog site at Classic SleepCare. Online support may prove pivotal for many patients, because you can lay out precise details in print about your struggles with PAP, after which several commenters who might be more experienced than you will delve into a range of solutions. However, even with all this support, professional or otherwise, you still have to realize that identification of a problem must begin with you, which means you must develop reliable metrics to assess your experiences over the course of months and years.
Unfortunately, one of the leading metrics that far too many patients want to rely on is the data coming from their machines. Sadly, much of this data is misleading, inaccurate, or downright distracting from what's going on in your actual sleep period. Take for example the AHI numbers. Suppose you have seen a decrease down to say 2 events per hours (AHI =2). Would you be satisfied? We teach our patients to respond, "heck, no." Why wouldn't an AHI of 2 be a good thing? It is good, but it's not predictive. If you continue to show an AHI of 2, you are probably continuing to suffer a lot more flow limitations, but you might never see these events until you go into your sleep center or call/see your DME to capture a full data download. Thus, you could see an AHI of 2 but no matter how you feel, you might think to yourself that "this must be as good as it gets."
Another common misconception would be leak values. Many manufacturers use symbols like smiley faces to let you know you had a good night with low or no meaningful leak. I cannot count the number of times the smiley face was giving the wrong information to the patient, because unequivocally, all leaks not related to natural ventilation of CO2 is a bad leak. In contrast, PAP machines are often calibrated in some ways to allow for a certain level of leak with the understanding the machine somehow compensates for this problem. In our experience, this compensation does not lead to an optimal response. How do we know this point to be true? Easy. We have witnessed more than 1000 patients whose leak was NOT zero (yes, not big fat 0…we're not kidding) but instead suffered leaks ranging from 4 to 100 liters of air per minute. In nearly all these cases, when we could work the system to bring the leak down to 0 or let's say less than 2, the patient always felt better, even if the starting leak was in the 4 to 10 range, which many sleep professionals for some reason think is acceptable. We cannot guarantee every patient can attain zero leak, but we strive for it and encourage patients to strive for it too, because all the evidence points to their receiving a better response with no leak whatsoever.
I would like to mention sometimes I can register 0 leak for months on end and other times the leak runs between 2 and 8 liters per minute. There is no question in my mind that zero leak correlates with a better night of sleep.
This wraps up Dr. Park's 'seven steps program' in Chapter 9, from which I believe many CPAP users will benefit. In his final chapter of the book, which I hope to review next, he pulls together several areas to help individuals with poor results as well as those who might need to consider different options beyond PAP.


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Let's learn how to draw the most depressing character in the Dragon Ball Z series – Piccolo. He is the most important character in the story so I decided to upload a drawing tutorial on how to draw him. Sadly in the show, Piccolo dies while taking death over Gohan when Vegeta shot a ball of energy. For memories of Piccolo, I put together a drawing tutorial just for him. You can find more information on Piccolo on the characters page. There's useful information there. I think you'll enjoy the twists that I share. So how do you draw Piccolo? First off, Piccolo doesn't look anything like the other characters in the series, which makes this more difficult to draw. The clothing is more different and the culture he came from is more different. The more different, the more difficult, in the Dragon Ball Z category anyway. Why is it more difficult? It's because normally all characters look the same in Dragon Ball Z, and then you draw someone who looks different. It's like trying to get use to a cold environment when you lived in a hot environment. Think about it – it makes lot's of sense. Now that said, try getting the face of Piccolo correct. There are 2 ways to draw Piccolo which is drawing with his suite on and drawing his battle uniform. The uniform when his suite is off? I really prefer with his suite or for beginners, you can start without his suite because less detail and less stuff to draw. As shown below, I found 2 drawing videos and one shows you how to draw Piccolo with his suite, and the other shows how to draw Piccolo without his suite. I like them both and think I should just share these drawing videos from YouTube.
Enjoyed the videos? If not, I have found a drawing tutorial that shows you how to draw Piccolo. Yeah I know, I did it again. Sharing is just my thing. The drawing tutorial has some detail. It's not good with tips but does do the job showing you how to draw Piccolo, which I find good enough. The tips where mostly shared on the first paragraph and some where on the 1st drawing video. If you don't like the drawing tutorial below, then I would view Dragoart's tutorial here: how to draw Piccolo. It's something worth looking for. Other than that, view the drawing tutorial that I've shared located below and tell me what you guys think.
The drawing tutorial is finished and now it's time for a quick summary, as always. When your drawing Piccolo, it would look cool but think it's more cooler if you color him. NOT with crayons but with color pencils. Color pencils are for teens and crayons are for kids. I really hope that you enjoyed the drawing tutorial and hope you will share this with your friends or even share it online to people. I put a lot of effort on this site and would appreciate it if you could help out. Questions? Leave a comment about what you think. Thank you and there's more drawing tutorials coming soon.


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Sunday, April 12, 2009
The butterfly effect downwind
Tatiana and Juliana's Butterfly Effects are non-profit events bringing together water-women, of all skills levels, for a fun non-competitive gathering, with the aim of instilling self-confidence in girls from many different water-sports and encouraging them to experience and do something that they haven't done before (e.g. launching from Ho'okipa, doing a down winder etc). Many girls who are now regularly ripping at Ho'okipa launched there for the first time during a Butterfly effect.
Post update: here's websites with photos of the event:
- Tatiana
- mystery bob
- Bart's blog
- Dan Rayburn
Never seen so many women all together in Maui.
These must be ALL the women of the north shore. The situation went back to normal at the evening party at Jaques when the guys largely outnumbered the girls again. Oh well...
I clearly couldn't miss the opportunity of snapping some portraits.
Somebody really didn't want to miss out.
A one man canoe race launched from Maliko a few minutes BEFORE the girls got in the water... the other way around would have been interesting.
The stretching session was my favorite.
KP too enjoyed taking photos of the ladies.
Elena Pompei was showing off a butterfly bikini of her creation. Warning, checking the models on her website can cause headache.
The wind was light and most girls were on standup boards. Kitesurfers had no problem, windsurfers probably had one of their longest schlogs of their life...
Oh, talking about Olukai slippers, they're organizing a double OC-1 and SUP race on May 16-17. Here's more info.
A few months ago I promised to take a photo of a couple of incredible Irish eyes. Finally they are back in Maui. Ladies and gentlemen: Katie the cutie.
Got to love today's fashion.
Jeff Henderson. Sorry Jeff, a little out of focus.
Mo' better now.
Need a hand?
Late in the afternoon I went to Kanaha where a Gaastra photoshoot was taking place.
Classic shot.
This is me instead on my ex Bjiorn Dunkerback 15 years old slalom board custom shaped by Peter Thommen. Still going fast.
Also thanks to my 6.0 Hot Sails Speed demon.
Sunday morning the NW buoy shows a new swell hitting at 4 feet, 15 sec from 330 (still only 2 feet at the Waimea buoy). Not a big one, but still a fun one. Should be better than this.
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Bet you felt you had all your birthdays and Christmases in one day on this particular photo shoot.
The stalker succeeds would be my title for your blog.
- Jamin said...
Congrats to all the woman who took part! And to Tatianna and Julianna for pulling this off.
Many of the windsurfers did in fact plane most of the way downwind. Just enough wind for a 4.7 for most of them. Then the wind died once everyone reached Kanaha. Actually a perfect day in terms of winds/waves for this event.
Just a note that not one windsurfer, or sup-er freaked or batted an eye about kiters weaving in and out of everyone (indeed I was high five-ing SUP'ers & holding the nose of windsurfers boards) That was the great thing about this event, the purpose was to have fun while celebrating the ocean...... on any board. And it should be like that every day. In stark contrast I did a kite downwinder the next day on my own and got cut off a couple times by (male) windsurfers and told to leave upper Kanaha whilst riding one crappy, measly wave on the way to kite beach. What a load of bollocks. I think it just goes to show all the sport segregation on the water (and mountains) is mostly a male thing.
- cammar said...
Men suck.
That's why I'm into women.
- Tim said...
Tatiana and Juliana's Butterfly Effects are non-profit events bringing together water-women, of all skills levels, for a fun non-competitive gathering, with the aim of instilling self-confidence in girls from many different water-sports and encouraging them to experience and do something that they haven't done before (e.g. launching from Ho'okipa, doing a down winder etc). Many girls who are now regularly ripping at Ho'okipa launched there for the first time during a Butterfly effect.
It would have been nice if your post focused on the accomplishment of these two amazing water girls (Tatiana and Juliana) and the hours and hours of time and effort both of them put into organizing this event so over 100 girls could have a day choice day on the water together, rather than putting a whole lot of provocative photos of the participants on the internet! One or two of these photos of the girls would have been sweet as but putting around 10 is a touch over the top (and creepy) and contradicts Tatiana and Juliana's aim for their butterfly effects.
- cammar said...
thanks for your comment, I copied the first part of it at the beginning of the post. I totally agree with you on that.
I don't agree at all on the second part though, so I left the rest of the post the way it was.
Don't forget I linked other sites that covered the event, so I think the readers had a good idea of what the event was like.
I know that some of the photos I took are considered "provocative" or "creepy" (as you call them) by some readers.
I honestly don't see what's creepy about those beautiful women. Eyes, butts, legs... I like them and I have no problem at taking photos of them and publishing them.
I'm not lacking respect, I'm appreciating.
The cultural differences in this field are remarkable.
Don't forget that I come from a place where if a beautiful woman passes by men turn their heads instead of pretending not to have seen her.


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Convenience Foods (Part Two)
The ground beef can be thawed ahead of time, thawed in the microwave, or cooked from a frozen state. My usual method is to brown several pounds of ground beef right after I go grocery shopping, package it in meal-size portions, and freeze.
The recipe was originally given to me when I was a new bride by a long-time neighbor, Mrs. Thompson (even when I was grown up I could never call her by her first name, even though she asked me to. I'd known her for too many years as "Mrs. Thompson".) The original calls for sauteed onions and green peppers, etc., but I took the shortcut of using stewed tomatoes instead of plain canned tomatoes to eliminate some extra steps when I'm in a hurry.
Chili Mac
1 pound ground beef, cooked and drained
2 cups elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
1 can stewed tomatoes (or diced)
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp chili powder (I use a "packet" of my chili seasoning)
Heat and serve. If it's too dry, I add either some tomato sauce or ketchup. The ketchup adds a little touch of sweetness that I like.
Serve with crackers or corn muffins, and a side vegetable or salad.
Part One
Please leave a comment about your favorite convenience food!
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- Anonymous10:07 AM
I think my favorite "go to" meal is similar to yours. We call it goulash. In a big pot throw in 1/2 lb cooked ground beef, 1 can tomatoes with extras (italian, mexican, whatever), 1 can beef broth, 1 can tomato sauce, 1-2 cans water and 2 c uncooked pasta. Cook over medium until it boils. Put on the lid and cook over low until it's done.ReplyDelete
This is really forgiving and you can make it with all kinds of substitutions.
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On Thursday, January 14, Moorestown Friends School hosted the 2016 Mock Primary Election (MPE). The program included the traditional entrance parade, political speeches and debates from the candidates, final campaigning efforts, educational workshops, and casting ballots. The keynote speaker was SJ Magazine Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Marianne Aleardi, who provided an informative presentation to students about women in politics. A diverse offering of workshops covered topics and featured activities related to politics or governance, but involved a wide spectrum of activities, including Harry Potter and leadership, introduction to Islam, social activism, ISIS and foreign affairs, the musical Hamilton, the current state of affairs of Venezuela, Black Lives Matter, and the impact of public speaking.
Twelve students represented the men and women in the presidential race: John Barton '17 (Bernie Sanders), Andrew Cates '16 (Martin O'Malley), Connor Cronk '17 (Chris Christie), Dragon Ding '17 (John Kasich), Andrew Landesman '18 (Jeb Bush), Andrew Lin '18 (Ben Carson), Ian Millstein '18 (Marco Rubio), Emily Mitchell '18 (Carly Fiorina), Isaac Munoz '17 (Ted Cruz), Tyler Rutherford '18 (Rand Paul), Nick Tursi '17 (Donald Trump), Rachael Whitley '17 (Hillary Clinton). Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump were the winners of the primary. The selected running mates for each nominee were Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz.
Notable Quotables from the 2016 Candidates
"Ten years from now, I'll remember the feeling of walking into the gym and seeing so many people, excited, and embracing this MPE tradition and enjoying American politics. I loved seeing the
community unified together, even if they didn't agree, and still willing to listen. To me, it was a testament to how great the MFS community is and I think the experience really showed what America is really about. It's important for young people to understand things that are going on in our country. Sometimes young people make judgments without understanding the situation or the context, and MPE can help students understand the political process better." – Isaac Munoz '17
"As a Democrat, I did not expect to agree with many of Marco Rubio's stances on various issues, but by representing him and learning about the logic behind his ideas, I began to see the some of the light behind Republican party ideas. Representing Marco Rubio has taught me that regardless of political party affiliation, all candidates' ideas are aimed towards creating a better America." – Ian Millstein '18
"The day of MPE felt more real and authentic to me than I expected. I felt actively engaged and it was easier for me to get into character as Hillary. For the full day, I wore a pantsuit just like Hillary, the yearbook staff followed me around all day to livetweet, and I also took over Trump's booth for 20 minutes. I learned so much about candidates and policies, I don't know if I'll ever be
as educated about another election again since I really lived as a politician campaigning for five months." – Rachael Whitley '17
"MPE was more than just a simple extracurricular activity. It was a great way for me to expand my horizon in politics and real-world issues. As a child, I never watched the news or followed politics, but now, especially because I am growing older, I need to be able to keep up with how the world is evolving. Whoever is elected will become the new leader of the United States, and being knowledgeable about what he/she may do is very important. Especially because I will be voting in the next election, this is a great way for me to introduce myself to the world of leadership and politics." – Dragon Ding '17
"I saw over the summer that Donald Trump was running, and I thought representing him would be fun since his opinions are much more memorable than any other candidate. I knew MPE was going to be a lot of work, but being Donald Trump was the best way to have the most fun with the political process. I did have many conversations with Mrs. van Tijn though on the necessity to tone down quotes or how to portray Trump in a Quaker environment. I think Trump ended up winning the Republican primary because, as Mrs. van Tijn likes to put it, Middle Schoolers can be compared to a swing state. I wanted to get the Middle School to laugh and connect with them by making myself funny, but still take the process seriously and discuss policy too." – Nick Tursi '17


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This week, Noise Narcs answers the age-old question: What five bands would you travel back in time to see in their prime? To see other responses, jump in the hot tub.
This is part one of David G's Hot Tub Time Machine post. See Part 2 here.
There is really only two good things about being a music blog's editor: you can break your own rules and split a post into two parts. And every once in a while, you get to do what you couldn't get away with at the bar: close out the argument and pretend your choices are the ultimate.
Even though I was the one who insisted on this list and have been asking barstool neighbors and bartenders this question for months, I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with my list of top 5 bands I'd time travel to see in their prime. Sure, it's difficult to parse exactly what's important (ha ha) in going back in time to see a show, as Chris and Material Lives have both pointed out. But that's not my problem. My problem is that I'm going see Pavement next Friday. Pavement. And I have sweet seats. And did I mention that I'm seeing Pavement?
So right now, I'm having a lot of difficulty not just ranking Pavement 1-5. Or, for that matter, using my imaginary time machine to jump a week AHEAD to the show (and, why not, travel back in time first, so I could switch my 12th row tickets for 1st row). But, well, that's probably not entirely a good idea. And, since I set up the rules, I might as well obey them.
My list, in chronological order, is guided by three principles. That choosing a live show should both be about the brilliance of the artist live and, to a lesser degree and in the most etymological playful of the word, the momentousness of the show. And that there'd be some lack of 20/20 vision about the concert: at a fickle artist, you could end up time traveling back to see a dreadful show. In short, I'd time travel to see an act with it feet planted fiercely in the now of the past, with one eye cocked to the future. Of course, my list cheats all over the place.1. The Miles Davis Sextet, Philadelphia, 1958
Tenet #1: No musician in the twentieth century had as great an artistic output in a year as Miles Davis did in 1958. Go ahead, ignore that he created his greatest album, Porgy and Bess, that year. But playing with a (drug-free) Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Philly Joe Jones, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, and Jimmy Cobb. Recording Milestones? Undeniable.
Tenet #2: No group of musicians ever assembled played together were as great or played as well as the Miles Davis Sextet of 1958. John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Miles Davis. I'll respect you if you'd argue the first or second Classic Quintet, but not that much.
Tenet #3: Some of my friends have been replaced with pod people. For the Noise Narcs who love Miles Davis (Chris T, Trent W) and wouldn't use a time machine visit to see Miles in this incarnation, I have to wonder: what have you done with my friends? There are at least three musicians in this lineup worth wasting a time travel trip separately for.
In 1958, Davis invited my favorite jazz pianist, Bill Evans, to try out for the sextet in Brooklyn. Several days later, Evans joined them in Philadelphia as part of the greatest sextet of all time. I love Philly so much I'd probably waste a time machine trip just to see it in its 1950s heyday. Getting to see Bill Evans first gig with the sextet in Philly? Sign me up, friend, and how do you want me to deliver my first born? FedEx? Delorean? Also, do I get to stay at either Coltrane's or Philly Joe Jones' Philadelphian homes?
I can't find a recording of that Philly show, but these recording at New York's Plaza Hotel in 1958 and Newport 1958, will have to do. Oh my will they do.
Miles Davis Sextet, "My Funny Valentine (Live, 1958 Sessions)" [Buy]
Miles Davis Sextet, "Two Bass Hit (Live, 1958, Newport)" [Buy]
2. James Brown, Apollo Theater, 1962
Jesus' Son is not a very good movie. It does, however, have the definitive line on music.
FH: I wanna know everything about you. All of it.
Michelle: Ask me.
FH: Like, like, what do you like?
Michelle: Like what?
FH: Well, like, what kind of music?
Michelle: James Brown
Exactly. What kind of music do I like? James Brown.
Specifically, the kind of music that James Brown was playing in the early 1960s, while he was still transitioning from soul to funk, when soul was bleeding through his funk, and funk through his soul. Specifically, the kind of music that he was playing with his spotless band on October 24th, 1962 at the Apollo Theater, which he captured, using his own money, on arguably the best live disc of all time. But really, the specifics don't matter: my kind of music is James Brown.


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Stalin's Secret Pogrom: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (Annals of Communism)
In the spring and summer of 1952, fifteen Soviet Jews, including five prominent Yiddish writers and poets, were secretly tried and convicted; multiple executions soon followed in the basement of Moscow's Lubyanka prison. The defendants were falsely charged with treason and espionage because of their involvement in the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, and because of their heartfelt response as Jews to Nazi atrocities on occupied Soviet territory. Stalin had created the committee to rally support for the Soviet Union during World War II, but he then disbanded it after the war as his paranoia mounted about Soviet Jews.
For many years, a host of myths surrounded the case against the committee. Now this book, which presents an abridged version of the long-suppressed transcript of the trial, reveals the Kremlin's machinery of destruction. Joshua Rubenstein provides annotations about the players and events surrounding the case. In a long introduction, drawing on newly released documents in Moscow archives and on interviews with relatives of the defendants in Israel, Russia, and the United States, Rubenstein also sets the trial in historical and political context and offers a vivid account of Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign.
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Kim Kardashian: Miserable! Feeling "Trapped" by Kanye West!by Kelly Lynch at . Updated at .
Dear God. It's like a bad version of Sleeping With The Enemy.
Or so the tabloids would have you believe about the state of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's marriage.
Now is one of those times to apply those vows of "for better or for worse" to their relationship, because according to Radar Online, things are...not great.
"Kim's trapped in this marriage and it's dawning on her that he'll never let her go, no matter how bad things get between them," a source close to the Kardashians told the site.
"She's desperately miserable," said source added. "Kanye's lost the plot and he's out of control with his anger right now.
"All communications have broken down and while he's trying to repair his image online, he's not doing anything to make it up to her."
West's public outbursts, botht in-person and on Twitter, have "humiliated her and her family," the source continued.
And if last night's tweets are actually the work of West, then that will make matters worse for the couple.
Yesterday, Kardashian posted a throwback nude selfie, which prompted celebrities including Bette Midler and Piers Morgan to criticize her thirst for attention.
The responses to these tweets from Kardashian's account were obnoxious and slightly insane, leading many to believe that West had gotten ahold of Kardashian's Twitter handle.
Yesterday, West tweeted from his own account, "please avoid trying to talk me out of being me in the future."
Ok, so long as you please (allegedly) avoid hijacking your wife's tweets, you kook!


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Haden: Joining Steelers feels as if it's going to be special
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cornerback Joe Haden wished to go to a place where he felt wanted and had a chance to make the playoffs.
He believes he's found both with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The 28-year-old Haden joined the Steelers for their preseason game Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers, but did not play after signing a three-year, $27 million contract the day before. He beamed with delight talking about his new team.
"This just feels like it's going to be something special," Haden said with a wide smile.
Haden said his new Steelers teammates have welcomed him with open arms and that it didn't take long to sense there's a different atmosphere in Pittsburgh than Cleveland, where he spent his first seven seasons and started 81 games but never made the playoffs.
"In Cleveland we were always trying to grind, always trying to get there. ... You talk Super Bowls in Cleveland, but here it's just a different feeling," Haden said.
"It's just like the way coach (Mike Tomlin) talks about it and everybody talks about just winning, winning, winning.
"We were turning it over in Cleveland, but I don't know how to explain it — especially when you have high-powered guys like Ben (Roethlisberger) in your locker room. When you have an Antonio Brown that is putting up crazy numbers.
"When you have (Martavis) Bryant and you have Le'Veon Bell. You just have those types of weapons all over the place. ... These dudes just carry personalities and they are confident in their abilities."
Haden spent most of the preseason game walking alongside Steelers cornerback William Gay on the sideline, trying to pick up the defensive play calls.
He doesn't believe it will be a huge adjustment for him.
"It's the same concepts, but a little bit different terminology," Haden said.
"Obviously I have a great deal of respect for Joe Haden," Tomlin said. "He is a top-notch guy. I have known him for a long time. ... We are thankful to have him."
Haden hasn't been assigned a jersey number yet.
Steelers veteran safety Mike Mitchell currently wears No. 23, but Haden said if he can't get that number he'll wear something in the 20s.
Right now the number on his back is the least of his concerns.
"They were super interested in me and I just felt like once I was free I wanted to have a chance to be able to play in some meaningful games," Haden said of the Steelers.
"I know the Steelers don't really miss the playoffs so I'm like, 'I just want to be a part of something where I could play in the playoffs."
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text: Do you like Sesame Seed Balls? I do. I love the rice paste ball and the red bean paste filling. Here in the Philippines we call it Buchi. We actually have two varieties of Buchi - the familiar one which is covered with Sesame Seed Balls. The other one is not covered with Sesame Seeds - but covered with toasted sugar. Both are yummy. I got both varieties in one package at a stall in Salcedo Market. This is a great food find.


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This selection of muffin recipes are of a lower GI than the standard muffin recipes yet are still tasty and moist.
This is a great healthy substitute for fattier counterparts. You can use plain flour instead of wholemeal if desired. Other fruits can be substituted as well!
These are awesome to start you off for the day, get the metabolism working.
These muffins are perfect for breakfast, providing the energy the body needs in the morning. They are healthy too, using wholemeal flour, wheat germ and raisins.


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The Los Angeles County Alliance for Boys & Girls Clubs is holding a Celebrity Fundraising Basketball Game at the Challengers Boys & Girls Clubs at 1 p.m. on July 9, 2016 with NBC4 Sports Anchor and Reporter Mario Solis as emcee, and NBC4 Southern California as a media sponsor.
The day will feature two 20-minute halves with an exciting halftime show along with games and giveaways. Teams will consist of celebrity athletes and entertainers playing with corporate representatives to help raise awareness of the impact the Boys and Girls Clubs have on youth.
This event benefits the 26 Boys and Girls Clubs in Los Angeles County and special programs to help youth with college and career readiness.
Visit alliancebballgame.eventbrite.com to learn more and to participate.