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You don't know how to waste your time?
Let us show you.
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You don't know how to waste your time? You are asking yourself "I want to waste some time but i don't know how"? Now you found the perfect website to waste your time.
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To waste your time here you just have to do one thing: Hit the button "Start wasting time" at the top of this website. If you think you wasted enough time you hit "Stop wasting time". After that you get a random message what you have missed during your wasted time.
A few statistics on how much time was wasted on "How to Waste Your Time"Over the time countless people visited How To Waste Your Time and wasted so much time. Get an overview how much time was wasted per year and how many people used to waste their time.
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When we launched UpDoc Media in 2015, we crashed our site for the better part of 24 hours because of the The PT Job Market Outlook 2.0. Since then, we created this open source job market data pool called the PT Job Market Pulse.
June 2nd, 2017 marks the one year anniversary of the #PTfam coming together, sharing information and most importantly… sharing in each other's success. In this, I am truly pleased and privileged to share in this journey of creating a truly relevant, live trended, open source movement. Today, we are pleased to share the one year anniversary edition of the PT Job Market Pulse. As always, it will be sent in a periodical via email. For now, please enjoy the short summary infographic & receive the entire PT Job Market Pulse Year One Periodical by signing up, down below:
Please Note: If you're already subscribed to the PT Job Market Pulse, you'll receive the Year One Periodical this week. If you're new the Pulse, (by popular request) you'll receive an automatic copy within 24 hours of joining the movement!

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SCi Service Agreement R2.21.2014
1. SCi HOSTING SERVICES
Sonoma County Internet agrees to provide to our Client the Services agreed upon between SCi and our Client provided in our hosting package plans www.scihost.net
2.1 In consideration of the performance of the Services, Client shall pay SCi monthly in advance the amount set forth in SCi's customer database as such records are amended from time to time for the Services during the term of this Agreement.
2.2 Client shall receive a confirmation letter via e-mail at the time Client contracts for the Services, which shall confirm the fees payable to SCi's. Thereafter, Client shall receive a monthly billing statement for the upcoming month. The monthly billing statement shall indicate any changes in fees, which fees shall become effective upon thirty (30) days' notice as set forth in Section 2.4 herein.
2.3 Client is responsible for all activities and charges resulting from Client's use of the Services. Client agrees to pay all fees, bandwidth charges, connect time charges, surcharges, and other charges incurred by Client and set forth in the monthly billing statement. Client acknowledges that no refunds will be given by SCi in the event that Client's account is terminated by SCi or Client mid-term. In the event of a breach of security, Client will remain liable for any unauthorized use of the Services until Client notifies SCi by sending an e-mail with account information to email@example.com
2.4 Current rates for using the Services may be obtained on our web site at www.scihost.com. SCi reserves the right to change fees, surcharges, monthly membership fees or to institute new fees at any time. In addition, SCi may institute special trial offers, from time to time, that shall be reflected in the confirmation letter sent to Client upon sign up.
2.5 All hosting services renew automatically. Client may opt out of automatic renewals by contacting SCi.
3.1 Means of Performance. SCi shall provide Client with the SCi hosting services, as described at www.scihost.com hereto. SCi has the right to control and direct the means, manner, and method by which the host services are performed.
3.2 Support. SCi shall provide a reasonable level of technical support to Client via email or Web page for the term of this Agreement.
3.3 Other Work. SCi has the right to perform and license products to others during the term of this Agreement. SCi may elect to electronically monitor the host services and may disclose any content or records to satisfy any law, regulation, or other governmental request or to properly operate host services and protect its Clients. SCi reserves the right to block any site hosted by SCi that contains any content that SCi deems in its sole discretion to be unacceptable or undesirable.
4. RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS OF SCi CLIENTS
4.1 Client. Client represents and warrants that (i) Client is at least eighteen (18) years of age, (ii) Client possesses the legal right and ability to enter into this Agreement, and (iii) the performance of Client's obligations and use of the Services by Client, its customers and users, will not violate any applicable laws, regulations or the rules and regulations or cause a breach of any agreement with any third parties or unreasonably interfere with other SCi Clients' use of Services. Client assumes all risks related to processing of transactions related to electronic commerce. Client agrees to provide SCi with accurate, complete and updated information required by the registration of the SCi host service (Client Registration Data), including Client's legal name, address, telephone number(s), and applicable payment data (e.g., credit card number and expiration date). Client agrees to notify SCi within thirty (30) days of any changes in Client's Registration Data.
4.2 Breach of Warranties. In the event of the breach of any of the foregoing warranties, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, SCi will have the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or terminate immediately any Services.
4.3 Fees and Expenses. Client shall be responsible for payment of all costs, fees and expenses assessed by third parties in the course of being provided Services. Such costs include, but are not limited to, the fees required to register and maintain domain names, which is governed by a separate agreement between Client and a third-party domain name registrar.
4.4 Third-Party Software. Third-party software available through the Services may be governed by separate end user licenses. By using the Services and the third-party software, Client agrees to be bound by the terms of such end user licenses regarding the applicable third-party software. Client consents and authorizes SCi to delegate the authorizations Client provides to SCi to its third party service provider(s) as SCi deems necessary or desirable to provide the applicable Services. Client agrees that the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including any of the other terms, conditions, warranty disclaimers and liability disclaimers incorporated into this Agreement, inure to the benefit of such third party service providers and such third party service providers are deemed to be third party beneficiaries of the Agreement, including any other terms, conditions, warranty disclaimers and liability disclaimers incorporated into this Agreement. Client also agrees that all reference to "SCi" within this Agreement and any incorporated terms are also deemed to include, where applicable, SCi's agents, such as the third party service providers.
4.5 Advertising, Solicitation, and Client Name Harvesting. Client may not use the Services to send unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation to the SCi clients or other Internet users unless Client receives the express permission of such individuals. Client may not use the means of unsolicited advertising to advertise a site hosted on the SCi network. Client may not use the Services to collect or "harvest" user-names of SCi clients or other Internet users without the expressed prior permission of the member. SCi reserves the right to block or filter mass email solicitations sent from sites hosted on the SCi network.
4.6 Management of Site. Client shall be solely responsible for all content available on or through its site, and shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement, SCi 's then-standard Terms of Service ("TOS") and any generally applicable guidelines and service standards published by SCi. Client warrants that its site hosted on the SCi network (i) will conform to the SCi TOS attached hereto as Exhibit A; (ii) will not infringe and will not contain any content that infringes on or violates any copyright, U.S. patent or any other third-party right; and (iii) will not contain any content which violates any applicable law, rule or regulation. SCi shall have no obligations with respect to the content available on or through any site hosted on the SCi network, including, but not limited to, any duty to review or monitor any such content. SCi reserves the right to block any site that violates any of the above-stated terms, or which in SCi 's sole discretion, SCi deems objectionable or offensive, or otherwise violates a law or SCi policy, or, in the alternative, to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.3 herein.
4.7 Compliance Laws. Client agrees that it will use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with this Agreement. Client will comply at all times with all applicable laws and regulations and the TOS, as updated by SCi from time to time. The TOS are incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference. Site5 may change the TOS, with notice, which notice may be provided by posting such new TOS at the SCi Site. Client may request a current copy of the TOS by sending or faxing a request to SCi. Client agrees that it has received, read and understands the current version of the TOS.
4.8 Proprietary Rights. Unless otherwise specified, all work performed hereunder by SCi, is the property of Site5, and all title and interest therein shall vest in SCi. To the extent that title to any such works may not, by operation of law, vest in SCi all rights, title and interest therein are hereby irrevocably assigned to SCi. All such materials shall belong exclusively to SCi, and SCi shall have the right to obtain and to hold in its own name, copyrights, trademarks, registrations, or such other protection as may be appropriate to the subject matter; and any extensions and renewals thereof. Client agrees to give SCi and any person designated by SCi such reasonable assistance, at SCi's expense, as is required to perfect the rights defined in this paragraph.
5.1 Limitation. In the event that any limited guarantees are provided by SCi, such limited guarantees are null and void if Client fails to follow SCi's TOS and other policies or otherwise breaches this Agreement in any respect.
5.2 No Other Warranty. SCi does not monitor or exercise control over the content of the information transmitted through its facilities. Use of the Services or any information that may be obtained there from is at Client's own risk. The Services are provided on an "as is" basis, and Client's use of the Services is at its own risk. Except as provided in the order form(s), SCi does not make, and hereby disclaims, any and all other express and/or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and title, and any warranties arising from a course of dealing, usage, or trade practice. SCi does not represent or warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure.
5.3 Disclaimer of Actions Caused by and/or Under the Control of Third Parties. SCi does not and cannot control the flow of information to or from SCi's network and other portions of the Internet. Such flow depends in large part on the performance of the Internet services provided or controlled by third parties. At times, actions or inactions of such third parties may impair or disrupt Client's connections to the Internet (or portions thereof). SCi cannot guarantee that such events will not occur. Accordingly, SCi disclaims any and all liability resulting from or related to such events.
Client agrees to indemnify, defend and hold SCi and its affiliates, agents, employees, and licensors (including the third party service providers) harmless from any and all claim, demand, loss, costs or expense, including attorneys' fees, made by any person arising out of Client's violation of this Agreement, State or Federal Securities laws or regulations, or any other person's rights including but not limited to infringement of any copyright or violation of any proprietary or privacy right.
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to a negligent act, will SCi or its affiliates, agents, employees, or licensors (including third party service providers) be liable for any damages of any kind that result from the use of, or the inability to use, Services, even if any such party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
In no event will SCi or its third party service providers be liable to Client or any third Party for any tort, contract or any other liability arising in connection with the use of the Services, or reliance on any information or services provided by SCi. SCi and its third party service providers will under no circumstances be liable to Client and/or any third party, regardless of the form of action, for any loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, or any direct, indirect, special, consequential, incidental or punitive damages whatsoever, even if SCi or its third party service providers has been advised of the possibility of such damages, resulting from: (i) the use of the inability to use the Services; (ii) the timeliness, deletion, non-delivery, or failure to store any user date, communications or personalization settings; (iii) the cost of getting substitute goods and services resulting from any products, data, information or services purchases or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into, through or from the Services; (iv) statements or conduct of anyone on the Services; (vi) the use, inability to use, unauthorized use, performance or non-performance of any third party, even if the third party has been advised previously of the possibility of such damages; or (vii) any other matter relating to the Services. Client agrees that Client will not in any way hold SCi responsible for any selection or retention of, or the acts or omissions of, third parties (including third party service providers) in connection with the Client Services.
Because some states prohibit the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states the limitation of liability only with respect to consequential or incidental damages may not apply to Client, and the respective liability of SCi and its third party service providers, employees, distributors and agents is limited to the greatest extent allowable under applicable law in those states.
In the event that a court or arbitration panel, as the case may be, should hold that the limitations of liability or remedies available as set forth in this Agreement, or any portions thereof, are unenforceable for any reason, or that any of Client's remedies under this Agreement fail, then Client expressly agrees that under no circumstances will the total, aggregate liability of SCi and its third party service providers, employees, distributors, agents or affiliates, to Client or any party claiming by or through Client for any cause whatsoever exceed $100 (U.S.), regardless of the form of action and whether in contract, statute, tort or otherwise.
7.1 Without Cause. This Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time during any Renewal Term for any or no reason upon either party giving to the other no less than five (5) days' prior email notice of termination. No matter which party terminates the Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1, any and all payment obligations of Client under this Agreement for Service(s) provided through the date of termination will immediately become due, and Client shall be required to prepay for any portion of the Services that have not been paid for and are to be rendered during such five (5) day period.
7.2 For Cause. In addition to any other rights it may have under this Agreement or applicable law, SCi may immediately terminate this Agreement or suspend service, effective without notice, in the event of (i) a default in payment, or (ii) Client's breach or failure to comply with the TOS or other policies of SCi. Client may terminate this Agreement if Site5 breaches any material term or written notice of same. If this Agreement is terminated by SCi under this Section 7.2, all balance of the then current term shall immediately become due and payable. In addition to the foregoing, SCi reserves the right to prohibit any conduct or to remove any materials or content in violation of the TOS or which SCi believes in its sole discretion to be illegal or potentially harmful to others or may expose SCi to harm or liability.
7.3 Neither party will be liable to the other for any termination or expiration of any Services of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
7.4 The following provisions will survive any expiration or termination of the Agreement: Section 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
7.5 Upon expiration, cancellation or termination of this Agreement, Client shall relinquish any Internet protocol ("IP") numbers, address or address blocks assigned to Client by SCi or its network services supplier (but not the URL or top level domain connected therewith). SCi reserves, in its sole discretion, the right to change or remove any and all such IP numbers addresses or address blocks.
.1.Assignments. Client may not assign this Agreement or any of Client's rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of SCi, and any such attempted assignment shall be void. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties' respective successors and permitted assigns.
8.2 Notices. Any notices or communication under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered to the party receiving such communication at the address specified below (1) on the delivery date if delivered personally to the party, or a representative of the party; (2) one business day after deposit with a commercial overnight carrier, with written verification of receipt; (3) five business days after the mailing date, whether or not received, if sent by US mail, return receipt requested; (4) on the delivery date if transmitted by confirmed facsimile.
8.3 Governing Law. This Agreement, and all future agreements Client may enter into with SCi, unless otherwise indicated on such other agreement, will be governed by the laws of the State ofArkansas, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof. This is the case regardless of whether you reside or transact business with SCi inArkansas or elsewhere. Unless a dispute would be governed by an applicable arbitration clause, Client agrees to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the County of Washington, Arkansas. If any part of the Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
8.4 Modifications. No modifications, amendment, supplement to or waiver of this Agreement or any exhibit hereunder, or any of their provisions shall be binding upon the parties hereto unless made in writing and duly signed by both parties.
8.5 Waiver. A failure of either party to exercise any right provided for herein shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any right hereunder.
8.6 Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions of the Agreement or any exhibit is invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the enforceability of remaining provisions shall be unimpaired.
8.7 Force Majeure. SCi and its affiliates, agents, employees, or licensors (including third party service providers) shall not be liable for failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any contingency beyond the reasonable control of such party, including without limitation, fire, flood, strike, and other industrial disturbance, failure to transport, accident, ware, riot, insurrection, act of God or order of governmental agency. Performance shall be resumed as soon as possible after cessation of such cause. However, if such inability to perform continues for fifteen (15) days, the other party may terminate this Agreement without penalty and without further notice.
8.8 Independent Contractors. The parties to this Agreement are independent contractors. Neither party is an agent, representative, or partner of the other party. Neither party shall have any right, power or authority to enter into any agreement for or on behalf of, or incur any obligation or liability of, or to otherwise bind, the other party. This Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed to create an association, agency, joint venture or partnership between the parties or to impose any liability attributable to such a relationship upon either party.
8.9 Terms of Services. Client agrees to be bound by SCi's TOS for all Services and products used by Client. The current TOS can be found on SCi's website at www.scihost.net. Should Client disagree with any updates to SCi's TOS, it is Client's responsibility to notify SCi of Client's desire to terminate their Services immediately.
8.10 Implied Agreement. CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES AND/OR PRODUCTS CONSTITUTES IMPLIED AGREEMENT WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND SCi'S TOS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. BY USING THE SERVICES, CLIENT AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SERVICES, INCLUDING THIS AGREMEENT AND THE TOS.
8.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the exhibits reference herein, sets forth the entire agreement, and supersedes any and all prior agreements of the parties with respect to the transactions set forth herein. Neither party shall be bound by, and each party specifically objects to, any term, conditions or other provisions which are different from or in which is proffered by the other party in any correspondence or other document, unless the party to be bound thereby specifically agrees to such provision in writing.
8.12 No Party Deemed Drafter. In the event that any provision hereof is construed by a court of law or equity or an arbitrator, no provision herein shall be construed more harshly against either party as drafter. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabtitle]Resource Policy[/wptabtitle]
SCi Resource Policy R1.3.2012
SCi Shared Hosting Policies
In a shared hosting environment, a server's resources are what economists would call a common pool resource, meaning that although having plenty of available system resources benefits everyone, no single user has an incentive to ensure that they don't use too many resources themselves. In an effort to protect against the tragedy of the (server) commons, we have placed limits on the amount of a server's resources that any given user may consume. While these are limits, server abuse is not limited to these policies and is up to SCi's discretion what constitutes server abuse. Please note that these resource policies are applicable towards shared, reseller, and semi-dedicated hosting services.
The Purpose of These Policies
Understand that these policies are in place to protect you, our customers, from poor service quality. Generally, if we need to impose a restriction on an account for resource abuse, that account is in violation of at least two of these policies (or one policy to a very serious degree) and is adversely affecting the other clients on their server. The large, large majority of sites, at least 99.5%, will never even have to take these limits into consideration. That being said, it's good to make yourself aware of them.
It is also important to note that many of these limits can be seen as "soft" limits. They are not actively enforced, and you can run up to or even over most of them without issue. If, however, you start to affect the overall performance of a server, we do need to have limits and policies in place. Without them it's incredibly hard to explain to the customer, in quantitative terms, exactly how a site is consuming too many system resources. If an account is found to be in violation of these Resource Usage Policies, we will do our best to work with clients to give 48 hours, 5 days, or 10 days notice depending on the severity of the violation. We reserve the right as outlined in the terms of service to suspend a site if it is causing a severe problem.
[wptabtitle]Privacy Policy[/wptabtitle]
1. SCi Privacy Policy
SCi is committed to developing long lasting relationships based on trust. As such, SCi will do everything in its power to ensure that your right to privacy is maintained and protected. Our Services are not directed at children less than 13 years of age.
2. Information we collect
SCi may request or collect personal information from online users in a variety of ways, including through online forms for ordering products and services, and other instances where users are invited to volunteer such information.
The information we collect is personal information that identifies you personally, such as:
- First & last name
- Postal address
- Telephone and fax numbers
- E-mail address
- Credit card information
- Other billing information
SCi may also collect information about how users access our Services using a tracking ID unique to each user through the use of cookies or other similar means.
3. What are Cookies?
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We may use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For session ID cookies, once you close your browser or log out, the cookie terminates and is erased. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your computer's hard drive for an extended period of time.
Your browser's help file contains information and instructions for removing persistent cookies. Session ID cookies may be used by SCi to track user preferences while the user is using our Services. They also help to minimize load times and save on server processing. Persistent cookies may be used by SCi to store whether, for example, you want your password remembered or not, and other information. Cookies used on SCi websites do not contain personally identifiable information.
4. Log Files
Like most standard websites, we use log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. However, none of the information stored in our log files, including but not limited to IP addresses, is linked to personally identifiable information.
5. How we use this Information
SCi may use the personally identifiable information collected by SCi to contact customers regarding products and services offered by SCi and, to the extent the User has agreed to it, by its trusted affiliates, independent contractors and business partners.
We may also use this information for research purposes regarding the effectiveness of our Services and marketing and sales efforts. SCi will not in any way share this information with a third party either for free or by selling it, unless you specifically authorize such disclosures.
6. Disclosure of Information
SCi may also disclose aggregate, anonymous, data based on information collected from Users to investors and potential partners. In such cases, statistical information only will be disclosed and personally identifiable data will be kept strictly confidential.
7. Special Offers and Updates
Our customers and users will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and possibly a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
8. Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement, if, for instance, our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
9. Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, if we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary and required to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on Site5.
SCi websites contain links to other sites. Please be aware that SCi is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. The SCi Privacy Policy as described herein applies solely to information collected by SCi.
10. Maintenance of Information
The information provided to SCi is saved indefinitely and may be stored on one or more databases directly or indirectly maintained by SCi. SCi employs industry standard security measures to protect the confidentiality of the information.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur; we make every effort to prevent such occurrences. Any other particularly sensitive information, such as credit card numbers collected for commercial transactions, is encrypted prior to transmission by you to SCi.
SCi has certified its participation and compliance with the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the US-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the transfer of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerlandto the United States. The principles of SafeHarborcompliance are notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. Additional information about the SafeHarborprinciples and certification process can be found at the US Department of Commerce's Safe Harbor website.
12. Your Responsibility
You are responsible for the security of the login information, such as usernames and passwords, which give you access to your private information maintained by SCi. Make sure you keep login information in a safe place and do not share it with others.
Note that key-loggers, viruses, or other surveillance devices can intercept login information on the computers from which you access our Services, so you should take precautions regarding such devices, especially from public computers. In addition, you should always log out from any relevant Services when you are not actively using them.


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Crunches and Compassion: Transgender Rights and the Cisgender Community
I began referring to him privately as "The Swede." From in between my crunches on the exercise mat, I snuck glances at his pale, chiseled face. His square jaw and high, sculpted cheekbones stood out as if his face was sketched from the pages of a superhero DC comic.
I crunched. He lunged. His impossibly long, lithe legs sawing back and forth in a predictable rhythm. I started thinking of him as a preying mantis—all right angles and smooth movement. His hair was thin, the color of a Wyeth field, and from time to time I wondered if this wispy business bugged him, made him feel less masculine or made him wish it would all fall out so he could go ahead and embrace his baldness.He cycled through a strict roster of exercises—lunges, squats, push-ups, crunches, lather, rinse, repeat.
I spun his story for him.
He was a competitive biker. He was a marathoner. He was someone who did those punishing contests that involved running, biking, swimming, leaping over buildings in a single bound, saving a group of orphans from a burning school. My own workout was pathetically casual. He was intense; he was a man on a mission.
A few weeks later I was coming out of the women's locker room, my mind not yet quite awake, my body even less so, when I nearly ran into The Swede. Startled by the sudden proximity to another human, I reflexively looked up, smiled, and murmured "morning," which is when I noticed the two, small gold earrings dangling from each lobe. They were not the hardware of someone who likes to fill their skin with interesting and inventive accessories. These were more like the type of earrings you'd impulse buy off the display at the register of Ann Taylor.
"Morning," he said with a grin and a nod. Definitely not Swedish.
The additions began rapidly after that, or maybe it was that I started looking for them whenever I saw him working out. One day it was a striking, cerulean headband, catching the sweaty stays of hair. Another it was a pair of larger hoop earrings. And after that, I could see make-up. Smudges of blush resting on those beautiful, already completely perfect cheekbones, delicate slashes of blue eye shadow, red gloss on lips.
Then one morning I ambled into the locker room to see her sitting on the edge of one of the purple metal benches. She fixed her errant heel over her foot, stood up and flipped the ends of a long, blonde wig over the collar of her light spring jacket. I smiled. She smiled.
"Morning," I said.
"Morning," she replied, nodding.
"Have a good one," I said, which is like saying a book is "interesting" or that your house is full of "stuff."
I think you're brave and awesome and I'm so happy for you, I really said, silently as I watched her leave. And just as quickly I thought about being in this particular space. Though it's a no-frills kind of gym that discourages huffing, puffing, and grunting He-Man antics, it's still a space imprinted with things like strength and health and unattainable ideals of masculinity and femininity. You're on display, vulnerable. Please be okay, okay? I added as a prayer chaser.
That fifteen-second encounter sparked days of rumination for me.
I could have said a variation of those things to her and maybe I would have come off as intrusive, condescending—a white, privileged, cisgendered, woman presuming to know what it's like to wrestle with a body, an identity that does not belong to you.
How many times do we miss out on opportunities to connect because we're sheltering in place in our silos of uncertainty? As a liberal feminist, advocacy feels organic to me in principle, but it's a whole lot stickier in practice.
That was easily a year ago. Shortly after, my schedule changed forcing me to haul myself to the gym at an hour only respectable for farmers or club dwellers finally giving in to last call. I stopped seeing her, but I never stopped wondering about her.
I thought about her a little obsessively over the last few weeks as disheartening news came out of Washington that the current administration would overturn Obama's protections for transgendered students. It was one more step on a treacherous road to eventually excoriate the rights of trans individuals, and it made my heart plummet when I thought it had already reached the sub-basement.
Why didn't I say something? The question followed me around like a toddler.
I'm at the gym later than usual this morning, my body on auto-pilot, my mind similarly adrift, and a burst of noise cuts through the terrible, techno music pulsing over the gym's speakers. It's laughter. I'm momentarily annoyed in a Liz Lemon kind of way that people would break the implicit social contract that we come here to sweat and punish ourselves in silence.
The laughter is coming from a trio of men hanging out in the space between the info desk and the medieval-looking weight machines. That's when I see her that I initially mistook for one of the three. One of the guys stretches, telling what appears to be a detailed story based on how intently they listen and how often his hand gestures interrupt his stretch poses. She throws her head back, laughs and claps, and leans forward to say something that makes everyone else crack up.
My heart shifts.
People are good. People are kind. People support one another. People see one another without blinking, without turning away. People are at their best when they understand that they belong to one another.
People don't always need to be able to say the right thing when doing the right thing can matter so much more.
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Sheila Moeschen
My name is Sheila, I'm a Boston-based writer and regular contributor to the Huffington Post; I primarily write creative nonfiction. My work has appeared on MariaShriver.com, Niche Literary Journal, and Red Line Roots. In 2015 my blog, Spirit Meets Bone was awarded a WordPress Freshly Pressed designation and featured as part of their Discover New Writers gallery.
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Creating her story in my own imagination, I cringed while waiting for a humiliating disaster initiated by the three guys. What a delight to have the story and life turn the other way. Thank you, Sheila, for this beautiful portraits of the trans woman and yourself.. Keep watching.
"People don't always need to be able to say the right thing when doing the right thing can matter so much more."
Honest essay, and so very moving. Thank you for raising awareness and compassion in a quick to judge society. I love the idea that people can in fact be kind when they take the time to understand.
Sheila, this story brings tears. I love the line "How many times do we miss out on opportunities to connect because we're sheltering in place in our silos of uncertainty?" Gosh, if I had a nickel for every time I've done that…
And the ending! I needed to hear that today. A small sign of hope in the midst of this f*cked up political climate.


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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Mitt Romney mocked Rick Santorum's debate performance during a speech here on Thursday, saying the former Pennsylvania senator spent most of the night before trying to explain away votes he has made in favor of things he says he opposes.
"He talked about this as 'taking one for the team,'" Romney said to laughs from the crowd at the Associated Builders and Contractors National Meeting. "I wonder which team he was taking it for. My team is the American people, not the insiders in Washington."
Most of Romney's speech was devoted to bashing unions, a popular topic with the conservative business group. He mentioned Santorum's votes against the repeal of right-to-work laws, and in favor of raising the debt ceiling and the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the federal government to pay prevailing wages for public works projects.
"I don't know if I've ever heard a politician explain in so many ways why he voted against his principles," Romney said.
Santorum spent much of the CNN debate Wednesday on the defense as former Massachusetts Gov. Romney, aided by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), repeatedly threw jabs his way.
"He calls it a team sport," Paul said of Santorum's insistence that he needed to vote "yes" at times as a senator to help the party. "He has to go along to get along and that's the way the team plays. But that's what the problem is with Washington. That's what's been going on for so long."
Still, most of Romney's criticism on Thursday was saved for President Barack Obama, whom he also said cares more about insiders, specifically union bosses, than the interests of the people.
"We're going to have to change that policy and make sure that instead of having a president that bows to special interests, in this case union interests, we have a president that bows to the interests of the American people," Romney said.
Romney pointed out a few times during the speech that he vetoed a card-check bill as governor, killing the state legislature-approved bill to help organize unions. Romney said he would end secret ballots in the union process and right-to-work laws, receiving cheers for his statement that he would end the government's preference towards unions when making contracts.
"In this country we would be free to pursue happiness as we choose," Romney said of the origins of the U.S. "We would not even be told we had to join a union against our will. We could pursue happiness as we choose."


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The lakefront property at 1 Candlelite Trail in Heath sits on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard. On its more than 13 acres, you'll find two fully stocked ponds, plenty of room for horses, a barn, and 5,500 fully irrigated trees of both native Texas and fruit varieties. Total paradise!
There rural amenities are complemented by the grandeur of the house, which has all the luxury of a Preston Hollow build. This is a Tuscan-style, 9,323-square-foot residence with five bedrooms, five full bathrooms, three half baths, outdoor living and dining, and a separate guest house. Think soaring ceilings and the finest finishes, luxe kitchen and room after room of well-appointed, thoughtful spaces.
I'm not the only one swooning over this Heath property — it's been featured on two TV shows!
"It's so private and it looks like the grounds of the Dallas Arboretum'" said Dee Evans, who has listed the property with the Dee Evans Group of Ebby Halliday Realtors. "The lakefront is unbelievable — 2,316 feet of shoreline — and there are ponds and bridges…it's just amazing, like a total paradise away from the city."
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|Victorian tea sandwiches, scones, and petit fours on tiered plates at The Tea Gardens
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|Mini baguette and heart-shaped sandwich, scone
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|My sister, my aunt, Grandma, Mom, and me
Just wanted to share some photos from the Mother's Day brunch last week. My sister actually flew in from Chicago and surprised everyone! We don't usually do anything big for the day, but thought it'd be nice to treat our mom, grandma, and aunt for brunch at my favorite place to eat, The Tea Gardens. In a suburban city filled with restaurant chains and fast food joints, it really is a refreshing break from the typical eats. Plus, they have the best and freshest sandwiches and teas I've ever had!
We went with a mango iced tea--perfect for such a hot day (and bottomless for the brunch, too)! For Mother's Day, they were serving traditional Victorian style tea selections, with a wonderful variety of tasty scones, tiny sandwiches (cucumber, baguettes, egg), and decadent desserts (chocolates, cheesecakes, petit fours) all served on the cutest tiered plates. I made sure to sample one of every sandwich, but hardly had room for dessert. Sure, all the food is tiny, but if you make a point to try everything like I did, you get filled up pretty fast. I'm happy that the ladies in my family enjoyed it as much as I did. It'll make for a lovely new tradition!
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Blindsided: Uncovering, Understanding & Managing Bias
Legacy Business Cultures
Friday, August 14, 2020 from 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Over the past half million years, the human brain has evolved to become the most sophisticated and successful survival computer that the planet has ever seen.
Containing over 100 billion neurons, each capable of linking into an almost infinite number of synaptic pathways, it is fast, adaptable and efficient. These characteristics have allowed humans to rise to and remain at the top of the planetary food chain. Quite simply, we can out-think any other species known.
At the same time, our brains are far from perfect. Some of the same characteristics that make them so successful actually get in our way as often as they help us. That's because efficiency and speed often come at the cost of accuracy. Without even realizing it, we take mental shortcuts that often lead us to make inaccurate assessments of the situations and people with whom we deal. Put us in stressful environments, and a whole different array of short cuts, compromises and trade-offs emerge. Welcome to the world of unconscious bias.
The purpose of this highly interactive workshop is to two-fold.
Our first goal will be to explore the nature and types of biases that affect behaviors and decision making at both individual and group levels. By understanding the biological limitations in our mental processing capabilities and how our brains attempt to compensate, we can better recognize the mechanics of faulty decisions and interaction styles. This then sets the stage for pursuing our second goal, which is to develop strategies to help minimize the potentially negative impact of bias on us both individually and as organizations.
- Learning Objectives:
Explore bias as a core human thought tendency
Identify the different types of cognitive bias that compromise decision making at individual and group levels
Discuss the nature of and how the brain uses implicit bias (bias about personal characteristics) to protect itself
Recognize how implicit bias leads to exclusion and disengagement
Learn and practice techniques for recognizing and interrupting both implicit and cognitive bias patterns
Develop a group plan of action for promoting inclusive policies and behaviors
Who Should Attend: Organization Development Professionals, HR Personnel, Training Directors, Executives, Management and Individuals looking to enhance their performance, respectful interactions and leadership abilities.
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Lee Hunter
How Long Have You Been At Broadway: 5+ years (this time)
My Family: Beth (wife), Daniel (son), Maggie (daughter), Kya (granddaughter)
Favorite Movie: Star Wars
Favorite Verse: "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them." -Romans 8:28
Favorite Vacation Spot: Destin, FL
Fun Things I Enjoy: Keeping my granddaughter, Kya, and being with family. I also enjoy teaching Sunday School and being involved in prison ministry.
Pet(s): Romeo (dog)
Greatest Indulgence: Sweet tea
Wayne Rowe
How Long Have You Been At Broadway: 40+ years
My Family: Wife: Savana, Son and Daughter-inlaw: Wes and Tiffany (Wyatt and Liam), Daughter and Son-in-law: Lindsey and Brandon Prather (Will and Emma Claire)
Favorite Movie: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Favorite Verse: "Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven." -Matthew 10:32
Favorite Vacation Spot: Destin, FL
Fun Things I Enjoy: Family vacations, watching grandkid's activities (baseball, t-ball, basketball, soccer, dancing, acting), watching movies (particularly old ones), UK sports and family gatherings
Pet(s): Miles and Marley (our kid's dogs)
Greatest Indulgence: Ice cream and milkshakes
Joe Barnes
How Long Have You Been At Broadway: 20 years
My Family: Wife- Peggy, Son- Dusty, Daughter-in-law- Nicole, Grandson- Dalton
Favorite Movie: None
Favorite Verse: "That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day." -II Timothy 1:12
Favorite Vacation Spot: My farm
Fun Things I Enjoy: Fishing, Working on the farm or on my tractor mowing
Greatest Indulgence: My wife, Peggy! Diet Mountain Dew
Greg McMorrow
How Long Have You Been At Broadway: 40 years
My Family: Wife: Linda; Son: Brian (Megan); Daughter: Meredith; Grandchildren: Dutch, Jacob and Madeleine
Favorite Movie: I don't have one.
Favorite Verse: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." -Ephesians 2:8-10
Favorite Vacation Spot: St. Thomas
Fun Things I Enjoy: Hanging out with family, reading and water sports
Greatest Indulgence: Oatmeal raisin cookies
Buddy Coleman
How Long Have You Been At Broadway: All my life plus 9 months
My Family: 6 generations
Favorite Movie: Ben-Hur
Favorite Verse: "For God so loved the world that he gave is one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life." - John 3:16
Favorite Vacation Spot: Florida
Fun Things I Enjoy: Fishing and stamp collecting
Pet(s): 1 dog: Mitzy
Greatest Indulgence: Over-eating
Jeff Sharp
How Long Have You Been At Broadway: 63 Years
My Family: My wife, Jennifer; Sons, Jeff and Jason; Daughters-in-law: Holleigh and Lori; Grandkids: Jackson, Addison and Bennett
Favorite Verse: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Favorite Vacation Spot: Myrtle Beach
Fun Things I Enjoy: Golf, ATV and motorcycles
Pet(s): Dog and cat: Toodles and Miss Kitty Blue
Greatest Indulgence: Sweet Tea


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Business Breakfast: Using Project Management to Realise Organisational Capabilities
ProjectLink Business Breakfast
Part 1: Using Project Management to Realise Organisational Capabilities
Presented by Hannes van den Berg
On the 2nd March 2018, ProjectLink held its quarterly Business Breakfast, at the Blue Valley Country Estate. The ProjectLink Business Breakfast is a knowledge sharing event, where project professionals can network, engage and discuss relevant industry topics with other professionals from various industries while listening to an informative presentation.
Hannes van den Berg MBA, PMP, OPM3 gave an insightful presentation on "Using Project Management to Realise Organisational Capabilities".
Hannes explains, "For a company to be successful in the current dynamic environment, it requires a well-developed organisational strategy and the ability to implement it. We know that an organisational strategy is implemented through organisational project management, however, a number of organisations are not able to turn their strategies into business benefits."
The organisational strategy is not to blame, nor the supporting objectives, nor the ability to translate these objectives into programs and projects. What is lacking, is the organisation's capabilities to implement and successfully execute these programs and projects.
To further explain his point, Hannes presented a case study on Nokia and held a discussion with the attendees about what went wrong. In conclusion to this discussion, it was identified that it all came down to poorly implemented organisational capabilities.
Hannes stated that "When organisational capabilities are absent, weak or otherwise compromised, strategy execution invariably falters."
The presentation continued to explain how Organisational Project Management (OPM) can be used to create Organisational Capabilities in an organisation. There are 4 enabling processes that are used to implement OPM in an organisation. These processes are:
1) Strategic Alignment;
2) Governance;
3) Competency Management; and
4) Organisational Project Management Methodology
Each of these enabling processes contains the organisational enablers that will embed the organisational capabilities of the organisation. By ensuring that these organisational enablers are in place, organisations should be able to implement their organisational strategy successfully and ensure business benefits realisation.
The Organisational Enablers will be categorised into the following three topics. These will be the topics that will form the basis for the rest of the ProjectLink Business Breakfast events of the year. These topics are:
1) Strategic Alignment and Governance
2) Competency Management
3) Benefits Realisation Management
The ProjectLink Business Breakfast is an invite-only event and is at no cost to attendees. Invites are sent to senior project, programme, programme and portfolio management professionals, senior management positions and to professionals who are involved in business improvement, change enablement and strategy.


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Help to Buy ISAs launch today
Published 1 December 2015 by Kyri Levendi
If you're looking to buy your first home, a Help to Buy ISA could help you with your goal.
In the Spring Budget 2015, the Chancellor George Osborne announced that the Government would be introducing a new Help to Buy ISA this year, and this saving scheme launches today. Help to Buy ISAs are designed to give first-time buyers an extra boost when they're buying their first home. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, we're going to walk you through how this new initiative could help you.
Help to Buy ISAs
The scheme is designed to provide you with a boost to whatever you save towards your first home. If you save money into a Help to Buy ISA, the Government will top it up by 25%. The maximum that you can save is £200 a month, so if you put this away each month the government will top this up by £50 each time.
For the first calendar month that the Help to Buy ISAs are launched, you can save an extra £1000 meaning that you could increase what you put away to £1,200. As £200 is the monthly limit after this point, you will only be given a boost of £3,000 by the government when you save up to £12,000. You are able to save more than this though and it could be worth doing if your ISA has a competitive interest rate. The minimum amount that the government will add to your ISA is £400, meaning that you'll have to save at least £1,600 to receive this. It's important to note that the Help to Buy ISAs are available for each first-time buyer and not per house. So if you're buying a home with a partner, you'd be able to get a £6,000 boost towards your home between the two of you. Whatever bonus you receive from this scheme will go straight to the mortgage lender and you'll only ever be able to benefit from it if you do come to buy a home in the future. It's also important to note that it can't actually be used until the sale has completed so it's not for the housing deposit.
In anticipation of the launch today, 14 organisations have signed up to provide these Help to Buy ISAs. Halifax have come forward to offer a 4% interest rate on its ISAs, while Nationwide and NatWest have said they'll pay 2% interest to prospective homeowners. Be aware though that these rates of interest may change going forward.
Who qualifies?
As we've said you need to be a first-time buyer to qualify for the Help to Buy ISA and you must also be over the age of 16. The ISA can be used to buy any home worth under £250,000, or under £450,000 in London.
A Help to Buy ISA doesn't have to be used in conjunction with a Help to Buy mortgage but you won't be able to open a Help to Buy ISA and a normal Cash ISA in the same tax year. If you already have an ISA this year, you won't be able to transfer more than £1,200 held in in into a new Help-to-Buy ISA. The accounts can be opened from today (December 1st) to 30th November 2019. To receive the bonus you must use the money to buy a house before the end of 2030.
If you decide against buying a home, the ISA can be closed and the money withdrawn to use for something else but try to avoid doing this (and risk losing the additional bonus) if you intend to buy a property in the future.


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The 20 Greatest DC Comics By Geoff Johns
For well over a decade now, Geoff Johns has been one of the most important creative voices at DC Comics, not just in the world of comics, but in television and film. This was made evident last year when he was named the President of DC Entertainment (as well as retaining his previous title of Chief Creative Officer). Of course, that doesn't mean he has stopped writing, as Johns also recently hinted that he might be writing a "Watchmen"-related comic book in the future.
RELATED: DC Comics: The 15 Biggest Moments of 2016
With the news of Johns returning to comics creation in the near future, we thought we'd spotlight the greatest DC Comics stories that he has done over the years. We were going to do 15, but there are just too many good ones! NOTE: With so many to choose from, we decided to eliminate "52," since he co-wrote it with three other guys (Grant Morrison, Mark Waid and Greg Rucka), so we thought it best to spotlight only comics Johns wrote by himself (or with a single co-writer).
In 2003, Geoff Johns rebooted "Teen Titans" with artists Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza. The set-up was an attempt to embrace the history of the "New Teen Titans" while staying true to the general idea behind the Teen Titans, which is that it is a team made up of the main teen heroes in the DC Universe. That had not been the case in well over a decade before Johns relaunched the team with Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash (Impulse is revamped as Kid Flash in this series). Classic Wolfman/Perez Titans Cyborg, Starfire and Beast Boy are along as mentors to the younger generation.
They first face off against Deathstroke, who does not want to see the Titans reform. As it turns out, Deathstroke was being possessed by his son, former Titan Jericho, so it was Jericho who did not want to see any more teenagers get killed (a recurring theme throughout this arc is everyone still trying to come to terms with the then-recent death of Donna Troy). Superboy gets a new secret identity as Conner Kent in this story, which worked particularly well with fans.
The first major companywide crossover following the New 52 reboot of the DC Universe, "Forever Evil" saw the Crime Syndicate from Earth-3 arrive on Earth and quickly conquer the planet by more or less eliminating the Justice League (save for Batman). Geoff Johns and artists David finch and Richard Friend then showed that the Crime Syndicate planned to offer a deal to the supervillains of Earth to work with them.
It therefore falls to the villains to win their planet back, and Lex Luthor, Catwoman, Black Adam, Sinestro and Captain Cold play the biggest role in doing just that, working alongside Batman to overcome the occupying force of the Crime Syndicate. Along the way, Nightwing is unmasked to the world and almost killed, changing his status quo dramatically. Eventually, the rest of the heroes fight their way back against the Crime Syndicate and team-up with the villains to save the day. A few of the villains -- most notably Lex Luthor -- remained as members of the Justice League following the event!
"Kids," from "JSA" #29 by Geoff Johns and Peter Snejbjerg, is sort of Johns' answer to John Byrne, Chris Claremont and Terry Austin's classic "Uncanny X-Men" #143, where Kitty Pryde was left alone on Christmas and had to fight a powerful demon. Here, the two teenage members of the Justice Society, Star Spangled Kid and Jakeem Thunder, are left alone on Halloween while the rest of the team goes out to find their missing fellow members.
This was a crossover with the "Last Laugh" event, where Joker used a variation of his Joker Venom on all of the villains of the DC Universe, making them all Joker-esque bad guys. Star Spangled Kid and Jakeem have to take on a Joker-ized Solomon Grundy, while knowing that Grundy killed the previous Star Spangled Kid (back in the Infinity Inc. days). Johns does a wonderful job with the character work between Star Spangled Kid and Jakeem.
This graphic novel by Geoff Johns, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino continued the classic tradition of the Justice League and the Justice Society teaming up every year, only done in a brand-new way, as the Justice League and the Justice Society were now both on the same planet (and the Justice Society had just recently received their own ongoing series). They met up in this issue to spend Thanksgiving together.
Things go poorly when the Seven Deadly Sins end up possessing seven members of the teams -- Batman, Shazam, Plastic Man, Green Lantern, Mr. Terrific, Doctor Fate and Power Girl. The Justice League and the Justice Society now have to hunt down and stop their own friends by finding a way of getting the sin out of each of them (you try to get Batman to stop feeling anger!). This was a dynamic and widescreen updating of a classic comics tradition.
For many comic book fans, there was never any need for anyone to "make" Aquaman cool, as he was always cool. Still, it's safe to say that there are still many people out there who, due to Aquaman's broad exposure on "Super Friends," know him more than they know most other superheroes... even if it is mostly as a joke. It's sad that was still a stigma attached to the character nearly 40 years after "Super Friends" debuted, but that was what Geoff Johns was working with when he rebooted Aquaman following the New 52.
The character was now given an ongoing series with top artistic talent in Ivan Reis and Joe Prado, and Johns addressed the elephant in the room right away, by having the public treat Aquaman as a bit of a joke. Of course, Johns made sure to portray him as a total badass. He even tied in the whole "talks to fish" stuff, which remains oddly contentious. Johns handled the (pardon the pun) "fish out of water" aspect of Aquaman and Mera extremely well and the evil Trench were great villains.
It was with this 2001 story from "JSA" #22-25 that Geoff Johns first began to get a name for himself in comic fandom as the guy you would go to if you wanted a property "fixed." In this storyline (drawn by Stephen Sadowski and Michael Bair), the Justice Society reunited with their old friend, Hawkman, as Johns and co-writer David Goyer came up with a way to simplify the overly-complicated backstory of Hawkman, which was so bad that at the end of his last series, he was literally thrown into Limbo just to get rid of him.
Their take was that Hawkman and Hawkwoman are lovers from ancient Egypt who are tied to each other through reincarnation. So they have been together in many different incarnations over the centuries. Johns would later take this clever hook and launch a "Hawkman" ongoing series based on it that he co-wrote with James Robinson.
Hunter Zolomon was an acclaimed criminal profiler who had suffered a great deal of tragedy in his life, with a mother who was killed by his serial killer father. He ended up in Central City where he became a police profiler. He became good friends with Wally West, the Flash, but in a fight with Gorilla Grodd, was paralyzed. He asked Wally to go back in time and change things to help him avoid being paralyzed. Wally explained that he couldn't do that, so Hunter tried to use the cosmic treadmill himself and it exploded, making him "out of sync" with time. It would look like he was running fast, but really he was doing a series of small feats of time travel.
Zoloman then determined that Wally wasn't a good enough hero because he didn't have enough tragedy in his life to spur him on, so he devoted himself to "helping" Wally by becoming the villainous Zoom and murdering Wally's wife, Linda Park. This was the final story arc of the acclaimed "Flash" creative team of Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, as Kolins left the title with the final issue of this arc, "Flash" #200.
Over the years, the Legion of Super-Heroes had become extremely complicated. The original Legion, who we saw grow old over the decades, had been seemingly wiped out of continuity due to their close ties to the "Superboy" mythos. DC then introduced a new blank slate Legion following "Zero Hour." Years later, Mark Waid and Barry Kitson were allowed to create a third brand-new blank slate Legion of Super-Heroes. During a Justice League/Justice Society crossover in Brad Meltzer's "Justice League of America" and Johns' "Justice Society of America," they had brought back the original Legion (the ones who had aged). In this mini-series (that was ostensibly tied in to the "Final Crisis" crossover series), Superboy Prime (from Johns' "Infinite Crisis" series) traveled to the future, where he took on the Legion.
We then learned that the other Legions of Super-Heroes were each the Legion of different Earths! They all teamed-up together (along with a time-traveling Superman) to take on Superboy Prime. During the event (which was drawn by George Perez and Scott Koblish), both Superboy and Kid Flash were brought back to life!
One of Geoff Johns' first major events that he wrote for DC was early in his career at DC. It was the crossover "Day of Judgement," dealing with the effects of a Spectre running loose on the DC Universe without a host (as its original host, James Corrigan, had been allowed to go to Heaven). Hal Jordan, who had died in an earlier crossover, took over as the Spectre.
A few years later, Johns was given the chance to bring Hal Jordan back as a Green Lantern. In this mini-series (drawn by Ethan Van Sciver and Prentiss Rollins), Johns revealed that Hal Jordan had never become evil in the first place, but had been possessed by a fear entity known as Parallax (the name Hal used as a villain). During this series, the Green Lantern Corps was reborn along with Hal, as well as former Green Lanterns John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Kilowog, who joined up with then-current Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner to restart the Corps. Also returned to life was Sinestro, who Johns would have big plans for in the relaunched "Greeen Lantern" Series that followed this miniseries.
The "Earth One" series of graphic novels were sort of like the Ultimate Universe for Marvel Comics, only they went a step further than that. The Ultimate Universe was essentially about doing the same basic superheroes, but without years of continuity dragging them down (they quickly moved on from that, but that was the basic original approach). The "Earth One" graphic novels, though, gave their creators a good deal more freedom. They could do pretty much any take on the basic idea of Superman or Batman that they chose.
In his "Batman: Earth One" graphic novel, Geoff Johns (working with artists Gary Frank and Jonathan Sibal) completely re-imagined the Bruce Wayne/Alfred Pennyworth dynamic, as now even after Bruce had become a vigilante, it was Alfred who did much of the dirty work. Bruce did not just automatically become "the" Batman when he started dressing as a bat to investigate his parents' murder at the hands of crooked Gotham City mayor, Oswald Cobblepot. By the end of the first book, though, the proverbial switch had been turned in Bruce Wayne going forward.
DC spent a lot of time leading up to "Infinite Crisis," with a powerful one-shot (co-written by Johns) that ended up with the death of Blue Beetle at the hands of Maxwell Lord. That then led into a series of miniseries that finally culminated with "Infinite Crisis" by Geoff Johns, Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning. The basic idea is that there were a group of survivors at the end of "Crisis on Infinite Earths." They were the Earth-1 Superman, the Earth-1 Lois Lane, Superboy Prime and Alexander Luthor. While they started in a little pocket universe, they saw the DC Universe continue and grew very critical of what had happened. Over time, Luthor and Superboy Prime went crazy, feeling that their sacrifice had been wasted by these grim and gritty heroes.
So, they vowed to restart things, even if it meant destroying these universes along the way. Superman was tricked into going along with them. Ultimately, the heroes of the DC Universe managed to stop Luthor's mad plans, but in the process, they also revealed the existence once more of alternate Earths! The Multiverse was soon on its way!
"Secret Origin," which ran in "Green Lantern" #29-35, was the first big follow-up to the epic "Sinestro Corps War," and it helped to serve two notable purposes. First, it streamlined Hal Jordan's origin. Secondly, it set up future events that would lead to "Blackest Night." Geoff Johns and artists Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert re-told the classic tale of Abin Sur crash-landing on Earth and giving his ring to a young Hal Jordan; but this time, the young Hal Jordan is attacked by the future Red Lantern, Atrocitus.
We also see how Hal's origins coincided with Hector Hammond being transformed into a telepathic villain, as well as William Hand's new, twisted origin and path to the Black Hand he would become. Carol Ferris also got some strong development in this new origin. It was basically this stream-lined and engaging origin (complete with the fascinating pairing between Hal and his training officer, Sinestro) that was used as the basis for the "Green Lantern" film in 2011, dubious though that film is remembered as being today.
Geoff Johns' first ongoing series for DC Comics was the delightfully charming "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.," with artists Lee Moder and Dan Davis. The idea behind the series is that a teenage girl, Courtney Whitmore, has grown up with a single mother most of her life. Her mother, though, fell in love with a stodgy middle age man who decided to move them to the middle of smalltown U.S.A. in Blue Valley, the city best known for being where Wally West lived as a child.
Courtney discovered that her stepfather Pat was actually a superhero, the former sidekick to the Star Spangled Kid. He still had the Star Spangled Kid's power equipment, which Courtney stole to became the new Star Spangled Kid. Pat had been working on a suit of armor and went into action as S.T.R.I.P.E. He wanted Courtney to stop being a superhero, but the problem was that Pat was keeping his identity a secret from his new wife, so if he told on Courtney, she would tell on him. Thus, they formed an uneasy new superhero alliance. Johns really nailed the personality of young Courtney, who was a good kid put in a difficult position, who was striking out at her step-father, despite knowing that he really was a good guy. The whole series was a blast, but if we had to pick one story, we'd go with the initial arc in "Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E." #1-3, where they first form their team.
When the DC Universe was rebooted with the New 52, Geoff Johns actually launched the whole endeavor with the first all-new number one, which was, of course, "Justice League" #1, a title he helmed alongside superstar artists Jim Lee and Scott Williams. This first story arc, "Origin," was set at the start of the rebooted Justice League's tenure, when seven heroes had to join together to take on the invading forces of Darkseid.
The most striking aspect of this initial story, besides how Cyborg was now a founding member of the Justice League, was how well Johns used humor to humanize the heroes. These were new heroes just getting to know each other, so of course there was going to be plenty of ill-at-ease humor between them (especially between Flash and Green Lantern, who had been teaming up with each other before the other heroes met). When the chips were down, though, they came together and were true heroes during a huge, world-threatening crisis.
"Blackest Night" served two major purposes. On the one hand, it was the culmination of a series of "Green Lantern" storylines that had introduced Yellow Lanterns, Red Lanterns, Blue Lanterns, Violet Lanterns and Indigo Lanterns. This event, as is subtly implied in its title, introduced Black Lanterns and, ultimately, White Lanterns. On the other hand, it also served as a meditation on the very nature of superhero "death." Superheroes had been dying and coming back for years at this point and now, in this series, there was a sort of explanation for how this went on, and a backlash against it.
The conflict revolved around Black Lantern Rings suddenly reanimating the corpses of every dead superhero and supervillain in the DC Universe, corrupting them and sending them against the living heroes as an army of (effectively) zombies. By the end of the series, Geoff Johns and artists Ivan Reis and Oclair Albert had reconfigured the very notion of "death" in the DC Universe, as well as bringing back a number of major characters like Aquaman, Martian Manhunter and Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
Geoff Johns finished out his run on "Justice League" with the epic that he was building up to from his very first issue on the series. The two powerful god-like beings, the Anti-Monitor and Darkseid, went to war with each other and in the end, Darkseid was killed. In the process, the Justice League all became Gods themselves. This was all part of a secret plot by Grail, the daughter of Darkseid. She killed the Anti-Monitor and then set her sights on the League, who had found themselves not dealing well with godhood.
In the end, Johns and series artist Jason Fabok not just gave the series a satisfying conclusion (especially how one of the Leaguers earns their way to becoming a full-fledged Green Lantern), but it all tied into the next phase of the DC Universe, DC Rebirth. The whole thing flowed together seamlessly, as well as excitingly. It worked for longtime readers of "Justice League," but it also served to get readers excited about what was happening next with Rebirth.
After "Infinite Crisis" and "52," Booster Gold found himself in a fascinating situation in his ongoing series, written by Geoff Johns and Jeff Katx, and drawn by Booster Gold creator Dan Jurgens and inker Norm Rapmund. Booster, you see, was now tasked with keeping the timeline of the DC Universe protected, but to do so, he had to make sure that no one knows that he is protecting the timeline of the DC Universe. As a result, he has to intentionally pretend to everyone else that he is a buffoon. He has to sacrifice everyone's respect to protect them. It's a wonderful hook.
There's one story in this first volume (where Booster and Rip Hunter travel through time fixing incursions) that stood out so much that we almost included it just by itself. In "Booster Gold" #5, in an issue called "No Joke," Booster tries to save Barbara Gordon from the events of "The Killing Joke." However, that was not why he was there. Thus, he could not ever actually fix it, as time is too resilient. So, no matter what he tries to do, the Joker somehow still does what he set out to do. The only thing he could change is that Booster could die himself. It was a heartbreaking and yet still somehow beautiful issue.
As noted earlier, Geoff Johns and Brad Meltzer had re-introduced the classic Paul Levitz version of the Legion in a "Justice League of America"/"Justice Society of America" storyline. Now, in "Action Comics" #858–863 (along with artists Gary Frank and Jonathan Sibal), Johns was teaming Superman up with the Legion for the first time in many years.
Superman visits the Legion in the future and discovers that Earth has turned against aliens and that the Legion are now outlaws. Not only that, but the very basis for this xenophobia is a distorted version of Superman's mythos, where he has been reworked from an alien visitor on Earth to being a protector of Earth from alien outsiders. The problem is that the bad guys have found a way to neutralize Superman's powers, so he can't even prove that he really is Superman. The Legion and Superman have to find a way to discredit the bad guys before the Legion is destroyed for good.
During his run on "Flash," Geoff Johns was perhaps best known for the great work he did in the development of both new villains for the Flash, as well as the original Flash Rogues. Johns would devote spotlight issues to most of the Rogues, as he made them major figures in the book (without making them heroes). The most famous and well-regarded of these spotlight issues was "Flash" #181 by Johns and Scott Kolins, which was a spotlight on Captain Cold, whose main motivation was avenging the murder of his sister by another supervillain.
Throughout the issue, we learn the history of Leonard Snart and his sister, Lisa; how their father abused them and how Leonard just needed to get out, even if it meant leaving Lisa behind. Johns added a fascinating wrinkle by establishing that Cold's gun actually emitted an aura around him that slowed down the Flash, which would explain why Captain Cold was able to fight the Flash at all. In the issue, Cold talks about his various codes of honor and discusses where he draws the line and when he is willing to cross it. It's a fascinating look into the mind of a villain whose heart is not nearly as cold as he would like you to believe.
After the return of Sinestro and the reveal of the existence of the fear entity, Parallax, Geoff Johns built up to this epic storyline, where Sinestro and Parallax team-up to form their own Lantern Corps. This time, instead of finding people who could overcome fear, they are looking for people who instill it! These Yellow Lanterns serve in the Sinestro Corps. In an initial attack on the Green Lanterns, they capture Kyle Rayner and expose him to the Parallax entity so that he becomes the new Parallax.
The Green Lanterns are soon pitched into an epic battle with bloodthirsty enemies, all of whom would gladly kill them. The whole crossover comes down to an epic battle on Earth, as the Green Lantern Corps must defend the planet from the Sinestro Corps. Johns wrote the crossover, along with the writers of "Green Lantern Corps," Dave Gibbons and Peter Tomasi. There were a number of artists involved in this crossover, with Ethan Van Sciver and Ivan Reis taking point. This was the story that began what eventually became the rainbow spectrum of Lantern Corps, which in turn became arguably the most defining aspect of the "Green Lantern" titles this past decade. It is Johns' most famous story and it will be hard to ever be surpassed.
What's your favorite Geoff Johns DC story? Let us know in the comments!


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Before there was AfriGeneas...
Before that we were a mailing list hosted by "The Black Net" and Idette Vaughn out of Brooklyn NY. Over the holiday I read many of those historical notes. Many brought smiles of tears. I am retrieving and re posting some of those messages and data we posted in those early 1989 days. So read, download, and enjoy.


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CLASSIC DEVILED EGGS — This recipe for traditional deviled eggs is always a hit at potlucks and Easter celebrations. Hard boiled yolks are mixed with mayo, mustard, vinegar and spices for a delicious deviled egg filling everyone will love.
I don't know why I don't make deviled eggs more often. I love them! And these Classic Deviled Eggs are my go-to recipe for this traditional filled egg appetizer.
These deviled eggs are such a good way to use up all those hard boiled eggs at Easter time, but they're also great to bring along to picnics and barbecues.
They always go quickly, and even kids (at least the ones who are willing to try them) like them. My kids aren't willing to try them, but my husband devours these deviled eggs every time I make them.
And at a cost of about 10 cents per serving, they're inexpensive too. You really can't go wrong when you show up to any get-together with a platter of deviled eggs.
There are so many gourmet variations on deviled eggs these days, and most of them are amazingly good. But it's always good to have a tried and true recipe for a classic party food in your collection.
I like to put my filling into a zip-top bag, snip of the end, and pipe the yolk mixture into my hollowed out egg-white halves. But a good old spoon will work too.
And I always boil a few extra eggs and toss a few additional yolks into my filling mixture. That way I can use a generous portion of filling in each egg.
Don't forget a sprinkling of paprika for garnish. I like to add a few chives or chopped green onions for additional color as well.
However you finish off these deviled eggs, they'll be one of the first things to go at your next party or potluck.
Be sure to save this Classic Deviled Eggs recipe to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Here's what you'll need to make Classic Deviled Eggs
- Eggs
- Mayonnaise
- Dijon mustard
- Vinegar
- Spices: salt, cayenne pepper, paprika
Classic Deviled Eggs
This recipe for traditional deviled eggs is always a hit at potlucks and Easter celebrations. Hard boiled yolks are mixed with mayo, mustard, vinegar and spices for a delicious deviled egg filling everyone will love.
- 12 large eggs
- 3-4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Dash of cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- Place eggs in a large saucepan and cover with water by one inch. Bring to boil; lower heat to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes.
- Fill a large bowl halfway with ice and water. When eggs have cooked, transfer them with a slotted spoon to ice bath. Let cool completely. Peel eggs and cut each in half lengthwise.
- Remove yolks and place in a bowl. Mash yolks with a fork until smooth.
- Add 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, salt and cayenne pepper. Mix until well blended. Add additional tablespoon of mayonnaise if desired for smoother consistency.
- Transfer yolk mixture to a piping bag fitted with a plain or star tip, or to a Ziplock bag. If using a Ziplock bag, seal bag and snip off one corner. Pipe yolk mixture into empty egg whites.
- Sprinkle filled eggs with paprika. Chill until serving.
Nutrition Information:Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 52 Total Fat: 4g Saturated Fat: 1g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 94mg Sodium: 83mg Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 0g Protein: 3g
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Who Dished It Up First: I'm not sure where the first deviled egg originated. I've heard that stuffed eggs were featured in medieval cookbooks, so they've probably been around for awhile. This is my version of deviled eggs.


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Chocolate covered cake imbued with honey and warm spices and a filling of your choice
INGREDIENTS: 66.8% dark chocolate (30%), flour (WHEAT), muscovado sugar, BUTTER, EGG, organic honey (Brazil), MILK, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg. Sprinkles may also include: SOYA
Cake decoration and packaging may vary slightly
Pão de Mel - literally, honey bread - is a favourite confection in Brazil, but has its origins in Europe when it was discovered that spiced bread could be covered with melted chocolate to prolong its taste and moisture and over the years the recipe has changed to include a deliciously sweet centre.
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