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Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD, FACS, an author and expert on coronary artery disease, discussed the many significant health benefits of a plant-based diet during a guest lecture at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM).
Dr. Esselstyn, Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, spoke to nearly 200 students and faculty in a lecture hosted by LECOM's Student Government Association. During his lecture, he described heart disease as a "toothless paper tiger" in that it is preventable for those willing and able to adhere to a strict plant-based diet.
|Shown with guest speaker Caldwell Esselstyn, MD (fourth from right) are Ted Makoske, MD, and students Larissa Wertalik, Allen Shepard, Deepika Ram, Erin Evans, Marissa Sanderson, and Anthony Salibi.
"As a society, we need to change our biochemistry by changing our diets," Dr. Esselstyn said. "Heart disease isn't some great mystery. We are empowered to take control of it and of our lives."
He noted that in certain parts of the world, including rural China and central Africa, coronary artery disease is virtually nonexistent because of the diet of their inhabitants. In contrast, he said the "Western Diet" – with a preference for red meat and foods high in sugar and fats – is responsible for contributing to high rates of obesity and other chronic diseases. He described the endothelium, the thin layer of cells that lines the interior surface of blood and lymphatic vessels, and how endothelial dysfunction is common in patients with coronary artery disease.
He acknowledged that while adhering to a plant-based diet isn't easy, particularly at first, it offers benefits such as greater physical mobility and reductions in total cholesterol and LDL. He encouraged the attendees to the lecture to avoid all oils – even olive oil – as well as meat, fish, fowl, dairy, and caffeinated coffee. Fruits, whole grains, legumes, and lentils, along with vegetables such as kale, spinach, and arugula, are much healthier alternatives. "No one ever got taken to the emergency room from overdosing on leafy green vegetables," he said.
Dr. Esselstyn also said that conventional cardiology, by focusing only on treatments for heart disease, as opposed to the root causes, hasn't served patients well. "Cardiologists aren't pleading for fewer patients," he said.
Unfortunately, doctors in certain other medical specialties have little to no one-on-one interaction with patients, and many of those who meet with patients are reluctant to discuss sensitive issues such as obesity and weight reduction. According to the American Medical Association, many physicians don't have such discussions because of time constraints. In addition, physicians
The lecture was part of the LECOM SGA "Great Names Speaker Series."
More about Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD, FACS
Dr. Esselstyn is the author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease as well as more than 150 scientific publications. He also starred in Forks Over Knives, a 2011 documentary that suggested that many degenerative diseases, such as coronary disease, diabetes, and cancer, can be prevented or managed by adhering to a diet void of animal-based and processed foods. Noted film critic Roger Ebert called Forks Over Knives a "film that could save your life." Former President Bill Clinton is among those who have adopted the plant-based diet advocated by Dr. Esselstyn and others.
Dr. Esselstyn graduated from Yale University and received his M.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and was part of the United States' eight-man rowing team that won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He and his wife, Ann, have four children and 10 grandchildren.
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In the past two weeks, two amazing things have happened: I moved into affordable housing that I have been waiting for years to achieve, and I started my new position as the Communications and Development Coordinator at the Community Alliance of Tenants here in Oregon. It seems like a weird twist of fate that I would move on to do both in the span of 7 days, but justice has piercing vision.
By this point, many of you have heard my story and I've practiced telling it hundreds of times. I feel compelled to tell it because every time I do I feel freer. I used to feel condemned to silence, to my own discomfort, but the more I shared my story, the more solidarity and strength I have found and offered.
Years ago I was the wife of a wealthy British expat. I met him in Berlin when I was 22. I was married young, the same year I met him. He moved us to America, back to Portland where I went to college. Once he had secured American residency, I was driven out of my home and threatened with retaliation if I came back. I felt like a dog that someone didn't want anymore. There was no fight, or lead up. I was just told to pack a bag and abandoned by a man who claimed he loved me. I had gone from rags to riches to rags again, having started my time in the United States as a Salvadoran refugee.
The rental crisis in Portland was in full swing when I found myself houseless in late summer 2014. Airbnb run amock, private developers eyed corners were beggars could scarcely sleep at night without being harassed by the City. I was scared. My husband asked me if I thought I was "too good" for the life I had left behind.
No. I was afraid. Just like my parents were, just like I was when I was a child. How horrible it was to not know where to put my head. Other women my age were cuddling their first-borns, just getting married themselves. My wedding dress was stuffed in my husband's closet while other women asked him "Did a woman used to live here? Do you have a wife?"
There is a corner of my life I still do not understand – the futility of understanding a man's cruelty. When rents skyrocket the way they do here in Portland, and in the Bay Area, women like me, like us, fall into desperation.
We don't frequently think of poverty as a women's issue, per se, but the face of poverty is female. Mothers with children, Black women, trans women, disabled women, women escaping domestic violence: these are the women who cannot afford to live alone. These are women who are coerced through capitalism to live and stay in the arms of men who make more money than them. Through no fault of their own, these women are given the choice to be homeless or go back. Rent control and the rental crisis are women's issues.
When I was alone and picking through my last things in the luggage I lived with, I remember begging my husband to let me go home in voicemails. He deleted them, threw my letters away, but I cried out to him to please help me go home. When the pain grew too heavy, I tried to check myself into a mental health clinic for suicidal ideation. That is when I learned my husband had cut my health insurance. I was still married, still his wife, but I had no other thoughts than "he is trying to kill me."
I often kick myself for the sense of loss I have for that man. I can still close my eyes and see him like it was yesterday. There is not a single day I don't think about him: my husband. The only one I ever had. If there was ever a case for fate or a higher power, it was that I clawed myself out of the hole he left me in and that I am housed today.
The concierge he treated so poorly saw his actions. The neighbors he dismissed reported back to me. The baristas, the women he accosted in bars and online, many of them searched out his name and only learned who he was because of my decision to write it all down.
Years later, one of the women recognized me. She was the property manager of a new building with affordable housing. She told me I would finally have a home. I cried because I had not known that feeling for so long. I do not know where I would be now without it.
The work I am doing now represents the work that made me whole. I am letting you know that Oregon needs rent control and an end right now to no-cause evictions and extreme rent hikes. If I could have found affordable housing after my husband abandoned me, I would have been able to re-establish my life more quickly. One of the biggest indicators for whether women overcoming domestic violence can thrive is if they can find a home. You're even more likely to find a good job if you have a stable place to live. It's a catch 22, but it's the reality for thousands of women in Oregon every year.
Even if you own a home, I hope you will help me spread the word about HB2004, also known as Stable Homes for Oregon Families. Please make sure other women like me stay housed. Write or call your legislator and tell them why this matters. But go beyond that. Figure out where people are living when they lose their homes near you. Where do they go? Where do the women who suffer go? Who is profiting off their sorrow and pain?
I challenge you to follow the trail of money. See who is making money when a family loses their home. Look up how much money it is. Look up everything you need to know and do something about it. Challenge the people who kick women out to offer affordable housing and support rent control. We cannot continue to treat our poorest people like this. We cannot thrive as a society when we are hemorrhaging our young people who cannot afford to buy homes like this. Our elderly cannot simply be thrown into the streets because of profit margins. Limitless growth for the property management industry is not possible.
Our lawmakers work for us – remember that. Hold them accountable for what they do to the meekest of your peers.

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d63 wrote:It just seems to me that the pragmatic truth test should be looked at as a tool, much like that of correspondence and coherence (despite their gaps) -that is as compared to rules. I think they all 3 have their pittfalls. Nevertheless, I think they all 3 can be useful as long as we don't entertain the bad faith of thinking we'll find some kind of intellectual construct that will make everything work like some well oiled machine.
Ironically, that is exactly what this thread has produced.
But you're right about communication. Language, and everything rooted in it, is an agreement. If we all made our own rules about what that agreement was, we would be screwed. I seriously doubt civilization would have survived as long as it has if such were the case.
And herein is the common agreement; we are at struggle, but all for the same thing. We do bot struggle against each other or to overcome each other but this often is a consequence of our need to fulfill our being, which takes much other being into it.
Life is mortal because it consumes.
Capitalism is a consequence of life --- life turned to feed on itself in another convolution of natures consuming rift --the star of humanity collapses into capitalism, and a barren neutron star remains. That is the ultimate fate of unbridled capitalism.
But it is a matter of stepping back. Our collapsing star of Earth is simply the collapse of the hydrogen cloud in the mind of man, which will soon burn in fusion with its brothers. The internet has made us even more of a single organism than the word already had one. Ironically, our warring for independence asserted so much our commonalities (will to independence) that we formed a giant bubble of 'interdependent independence', which is a contradiction in terms and yet also the grand ideal of most humans on Earth. All want to be free -- free to do what?
What if freedom would entail --
No, total freedom is out of the question. Paganism is personal, and the demand for freedom produces unfreedom. It's as simple as that, the bureaucracy is the testament to the evil of trying to prevent evil.


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Hon. James B. McMillan Legal Fellowships
The McMillan Committee of the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2018 McMillan Fellowship program was able to award $29,000 in Fellowships to 10 McMillan Fellows at the following six agencies: Council for Children's Rights, Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office, Mecklenburg County Public Defender's Office, Safe Alliance, the U. S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The 2018 Fellows and the projects on which they worked will be featured in the Bar newsletter later this summer. These Fellowships are primarily funded through the annual McMillan Dinner, which was held on February 27, 2018, at The Terrace at Cedar Hill.
The deadline for receiving applications for this year's Fellowships is March 1, 2019, at 5 p.m. Applications may be sent to the Mecklenburg County Bar & Foundation Center by mail (McMillan Fellowship, 2850 Zebulon Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28208) or by e-mail (email@example.com, subject line: McMillan Fellowship).
The Hon. James B. McMillan Fellowship Fund was established in 1995 to honor the memory and example of U.S. District Judge James B. McMillan. It is a separate fund of the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, a non-profit corporation to which contributions are tax-deductible.
The Fund has a goal of promoting justice and innovation within the legal system in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, by awarding fellowships to law students desiring work experience with not-for-profit or governmental agencies. Typically, fellowships are awarded for summer positions, but the Fellowship Committee will consider applications for positions during a semester of the school year.
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text: Meeting Establishing Effective Patient Navigation Programs in Oncology: A Workshop When: November 13, 2017 - November 14, 2017 (8:00 AM Eastern) Where: Keck Center (100) • 500 Fifth St. NW, Washington, DC 20001 Topics Biomedical and Health Research, Diseases, Health Care Workforce, Health Services, Coverage, and Access, Quality and Patient Safety Activity: National Cancer Policy Forum Board: Board on Health Care Services Now playing: Patient Navigation in Oncology Workshop: What is Patient Navigation? Patient Navigation in Oncology Workshop: Personal Experiences with Patient Navigation Patient navigation programs are intended to overcome obstacles that can prevent individuals from accessing cancer care and to improve coordination of their care. The National Cancer Policy Forum held a public workshop on November 13-14, 2017 to examine the optimal conditions and components of successful patient navigation programs in oncology. The workshop featured invited presentations and panel discussions on topics that included: Stakeholder perspectives on the role that patient navigation programs play in delivering high-quality cancer care Access and utilization patterns of patient navigation programs Models of delivery and design features of navigation programs throughout the entire cancer care continuum Potential opportunities to improve the implementation and effectiveness of patient navigation programs Confirmed Moderators, Speakers, and Panelists Karen Basen-Engquist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Tracy Battaglia, Boston University School of Medicine Amy Bertrand, American Cancer Society Kris Blackley, Levine Cancer Institute Nikolas Buescher, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Darcy Burbage, Christiana Care Health System Doris Burns, Cancer Survivor Tony Burns, Cancer Survivor, Peer Mentor, and Advocate Cynthia Cantril, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation Stacy Fischer, University of Colorado Denver Harold P. Freeman, Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute Robert Green, Flatiron Health Linda Horn, Cancer Survivor and Former CEO, Sutter Coast Hospital Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, Oncology Nursing Society Alice Kerber, Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education Christopher Lathan, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School Wendy Marinkovich, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Kris McCracken, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Karen Meneses, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Nina Miller, Commission on Cancer Aditi Narayan, LIVESTRONG Foundation Sarah Oo, Massachusetts General Hospital's Chelsea HealthCare Center Raymond Osarogiagbon, Baptist Cancer Center Electra Paskett, The Ohio State University Mandi Pratt-Chapman, George Washington Cancer Center Elizabeth Rohan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lawrence Shulman, University of Pennsylvania Gregory Simon, Biden Cancer Initiative Melissa Simon, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Christine Valania, Geisinger Medical Center Cancer Services Wendy Woodward, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Planning Committee Members Lisa Kennedy Sheldon (co-chair), Oncology Nursing Society Lawrence Shulman (co-chair), University of Pennsylvania Lucile Adams-Campbell, Georgetown University Karen Basen-Engquist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Darcy Burbage, Christiana Care Health System Cynthia Cantril, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation Efrén Flores, Massachusetts General Hospital Elizabeth Franklin, Cancer Support Community Lori Hoffman Hōgg, Department of Veterans Affairs Ronald Kline, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Aditi Narayan, LIVESTRONG Foundation Mandi Pratt-Chapman, George Washington University Cancer Center Elizabeth Rohan, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Kirsten Sloan, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network George Weiner, Association of American Cancer Institutes Wendy Woodward, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Tweet #NatlCancerForum


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A lot of talk, press, and focus in this era of learning is on common core standards and 21st century skills and literacies. What is often neglected is the importance of building social emotional s...
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With the holiday break in the rearview mirror, the Monticello Buckaroo wrestling team will start the second half of their season this weekend.
The varsity team will attend the Pagosa Springs Tournament on Saturday, while the remainder of the team will attend the Durango Tournament.
Prior to the break, the team visited Aztec and Piedra Vista for two duals. The Buckaroos won the dual at Aztec by one point, 37-36, and were defeated 41-32 by Piedra Vista.
The Buckaroos won six of the eleven head-to-head matches, but had three forfeits on the night.
Against Aztec, Brayson Wilcox won 15-2; Thomas Anderson, Justin Cecil, Gage Wilcox, and Zac Musselman all won by fall. Tyler Draper won 8-3 in the final match of the night.
Brevin Olson, Matt Beh, Zach Cecil, and Kayden Draper were defeated in their matches. Dillon Slack received a forfeit. Eldean Lammert was defeated in an exhibition match.
Against Piedra Vista, Kayden Draper, Thomas Anderson, Justin Cecil, and Gage Wilcox won by fall; Tyler Draper won in a 2-0 decision; and Brayson Wilcox won by technical fall 15-0.
Brevin Olson, Matt Beh, Zach Cecil, Zac Musselman and Dillon Slack were defeated.
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Investigating validity and reliability in GCSE maths exams
Questions in GCSE mathematics examinations are often very short and isolated, because there is a high demand for questions that are easy to mark and give reliable results. However, there is concern that this kind of exam question encourages students to tackle each problem with a familiar step-by-step approach, at the cost of a deeper, conceptual understanding and appreciation of mathematics.
The alternative paired-comparisons approach requires examiners to make impressionistic, holistic decisions about which of two pieces of students' work is 'better' according to an agreed criterion. Each piece of work is compared with many others until a full ranking is achieved. There is evidence that this approach can improve validity and reliability in subjects other than mathematics.
This project tested the robustness of the paired comparisons approach for GCSE maths exams, compared to traditional exam marking. The researchers conducted two day-long workshops and a small follow-up study. 23 mathematics education professionals (including ten GCSE examiners) attended the workshops and used paired comparisons to rank order GCSE scripts and more open-ended scripts.
The outcome was a rank order of scripts that correlated strongly with grades, and across the two workshops. In summary, the researchers found that the paired comparisons approach worked with existing GCSE scripts for which it was not designed, and also worked for more open-ended tasks (Bowland, Functional Skills) designed to increase the validity of GCSE mathematics assessments.
Dr Jones is now leading a further Nuffield-funded project, exploring whether this approach can be scaled up cost-effectively and whether it can cope with poor pupil performance.
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Editorial: The future of Steve Jobs' iPad vision for Post-PC computing, part 2
02/27/2017, 02:02 am
In 2010, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad as a new product category between the smartphone and notebook. Born into ridicule, there's still a widespread misunderstanding of what iPad actually is, seven years later. Here's a look at why.
Apple Inc. valuation now more than $134 billion greater than Alphabet's Google
02/24/2017, 07:02 pm
Shares of Apple are collectively worth $713.96 billion as of today's market close, while the market cap of Alphabet Inc (which includes Google) closed today at $579.15 billion, a difference of $134.81 billion. However, Google's search results still point to year-old stories touting Google briefly surpassing Apple in market cap twice last spring.
Amazon considering office suite to pilfer enterprise customers from Microsoft, Google
02/24/2017, 12:02 pm
To combat Microsoft and Google, Amazon appears to be in the early stages of developing its own office suite, utilizing the power and ubiquity of its AWS platform to support it.
Alphabet's Waymo self-driving car firm sues Otto and Uber for stealing key technology
02/23/2017, 06:02 pm
Alphabet's Waymo on Thursday sued Uber and its subsidiary Otto, accusing the companies of stealing key self-driving car patents covering a proprietary light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, system.
Google's Chrome Canary web browser adds MacBook Pro Touch Bar support
02/22/2017, 08:02 pm
As third-party developers slowly incorporate support for Apple's new MacBook Pro Touch Bar, Google on Wednesday integrated assets for the OLED control strip in the latest version of its Chrome Canary experimental web browser.
As Apple hypes original content, Disney & Google sever ties with popular YouTube star PewDiePie
02/14/2017, 03:02 pm
Disney and Google have drawn back their support of "PewDiePie," a leading YouTube star and the centerpiece of the YouTube Red subscription service, after a recent video featured an anti-Semitic joke. The shakeup comes just as Apple has begun teasing two upcoming exclusive programs for Apple Music.
Editorial: Why Apple ignores so much pundit innovation advice
02/13/2017, 02:02 am
Pundits are confounded by how Apple seems to ignore all their great ideas, but the company's strategy appears to be working out rather well on its own. Here's a look at why Apple has done so well while disregarding three major themes of Toxic Innovation Advice, pertaining to acquisition targets, obvious feature requests and commodity hardware.
Google's Android Wear 2.0 plays catch-up with Apple's watchOS 3, offers some unique touches
02/08/2017, 05:02 pm
In time for two new LG smartwatches, the Watch Sport and Watch Style, Google on Wedndesday launched Android Wear 2.0, an updated OS meant to put Android watches on par -- or at least closer to par -- with the Apple Watch. Here's how the new software compares with Apple's watchOS 3.
UK's BT publicly supports Google, fears Apple dominance, in EU Android antitrust case
02/06/2017, 04:02 pm
Google has received some support in's ongoing Android antitrust case with the European Commission from British Telecom, with the U.K. communications giant allegedly getting involved to help prevent Apple from becoming too dominant in the smartphone market.
Google sells off Terra Bella satellite unit to Planet Labs
02/03/2017, 04:02 pm
Alphabet's Google on Friday confirmed a deal to sell off its satellite mapping business, Terra Bella, to Planet Labs -- which despite earlier speculation is unlikely to affect Google Maps or by extension its main competition, Apple Maps.
Google ends Hands Free mobile payments pilot, iOS app will stop working Feb. 8
02/02/2017, 01:02 pm
Hands Free, a pilot app from Google that let customers perform mobile payments in stores without needing to present their iPhone or Android smartphone at the checkout, will shut down next month after almost a year of testing.
Google adds QR code scanner to 3D Touch menu in iOS Chrome 56 update
02/02/2017, 11:02 am
The latest update to the Chrome browser on iOS is providing iPhone users with the ability to scan and search QR codes using 3D Touch, while those browsing on the iPad will benefit from a redesigned tab switcher.
Google open-sources Chrome browser for Apple's iOS, promises faster development
01/31/2017, 02:01 pm
Google on Tuesday announced that the iOS version of Chrome is now open-source, something which could potentially aid developers and accelerate official releases of the browser.
Apple competitor Alphabet earnings up on Google, YouTube & hardware, supplier Intel sees profits dip
01/27/2017, 10:01 am
Apple rival Alphabet saw its revenues grow dramatically in the December quarter, while Intel -- a key Apple supplier -- saw mixed results, in spite of delivering more parts in the form of wireless chips for the iPhone 7.
Chrome 56 for macOS offers faster reload times, clearer HTTP warnings, security updates
01/27/2017, 09:01 am
The latest release of Chrome offers macOS users a number of performance and security improvements, with version 56 of the Google-developed browser claimed to make page reloads 28 percent faster than before.
Google adds instant Japanese translation to Translate's iPhone camera-based Word Lens
01/26/2017, 01:01 pm
Google Translate has received an update that adds support for Japanese to the iOS app's augmented reality Word Lens feature, one that allows users to see Japanese words and phrases replaced by English equivalents when viewed through an iPhone or iPad's camera.
Apple reportedly close to joining Partnership on AI industry group to boost Siri, other tech
01/26/2017, 08:01 am
Apple could help further research efforts in the field of artificial intelligence in the future, with a report claiming it will be joining the Partnership on AI, a non-profit group that counts, Google, Facebook, other major tech companies in its membership.
Google Maps for iOS gets real-time 'Popular Times' in latest update
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Google on Wednesday updated its Google Maps iOS app with live "Popular Times" integration, a tool that lets users see how crowded a particular location is in real time, and automatic recognition of addresses in clipboard.
Dropcam co-founder Greg Duffy reportedly joins Apple in undisclosed role
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The co-founder and former CEO of the network-connected security camera producer Dropcam, Greg Duffy, has reportedly been hired by Apple for an undisclosed position, with added speculation he could be heading up an unannounced project within the company
Final Android Wear 2.0 developer preview adds better iPhone support before expected Feb. launch
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For the last developer preview of Android Wear 2.0 before its release next month, Google has reintroduced support for iOS devices, allowing users to pair their wearable devices to an iPhone or iPad.


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Hi Bees,
Please bare with me… This might be long.
Before my current bf, I dated "Ronald" for almost three years. We met in undergrad, though he was two years older than me. He was smart as well as extremely kind and considerate of others and we really hit it off at first. Like any relationship, we eventually had our ups and downs. But as the relationship progressed, our ups and downs became extremes. We would have a minor disagreement but it would turn into world war 3, 4, and 5! He would say horrible things to me, often as extreme as saying he didn't love me, he in fact hated me, didn't see me as a woman, wasn't attracted to me, wanted nothing to do with me or my friends and family. But then the next day, he'd be back to "normal," apologizing profusely, saying he was just stressed out to the max, begging for my forgiveness, professing how much he loved me. This behavior began about 6-8 months into the relationship and continued to the end. These episodes he always attributed to stress.
Ron always had a negative outlook on life. He always deemed himself a failure because he had never made it to med school (but still got his degree from the Ivy League, so I never understood his angst). He had about $120K in student loans. He stayed home after school to take care of his mom and the rest of his family (not because they were unable to work, more so dysfunctional). He was an emotional wreck upon graduating and securing his first job. To me, it was a great opportunity with tons of potential, but for him, the fact that he wasn't a doctor or lawyer just about killed him. Still, with loans and family pressure, he had to work.
At this point, we were long distance as I was still finishing school. He was only six hours away, though, and we saw each other about every 2-3 weeks. I also tried to offer as much emotional support as I could. It seemed things were going well at the new job, but about a month in, things got odd. Adapting to a new job is stressful enough, but he started saying people were against him. He said the people at work would smile at his face, and whisper behind his back. I was worried and bummed out. This just seemed like another issue that he didn't need, but I thought all workplaces have people you won't get along with and you just suck it up and keep pushing through.
But things got really bizarre. He started telling me that they were tapping his phone. He said his coworkers would whisper private conversations that we had on his phone. This kept escalating. He was convinced they were following him and even broke into his car and rewired the system. He even said he heard coworkers laughing about injecting aids into his lunch that he keeps in the lunchroom fridge.
I was floored and so concerned. I had never heard of this before, but thought he had no reason to lie. At this point, I thought it was "us against the world" and I wanted to believe him and support him because no one else seemed to. He bought a new prepaid phone to contact me on. When we met up, he would make me take the battery out of all my electronics. He threw away personal items (like a watch I gave him) because he said coworkers had access to it and had tapped it. When we were in his car, we were not allowed to discuss anything because he was convinced that a tracking device was somewhere in the car.
All this took a toll on our relationship. We started fighting even more, and we were both totally stressed out. Eventually, we broke things off. He said he was tired of providing for everyone and being strong for everyone else (including me). He said he didn't think God approved of our relationship and that he needed to focus on himself and date other people because he was sick of the distance and sick of everything else.
I was completely crushed, even with all the stress. But my family and friends all thought it was for the best. So I moved on with life.
Fast forward to now. I finished grad school a year and a half ago, where I met my current bf. He's great and more than I could ever ask for. We moved to a new city after school to start our careers and our life together. Close friends from undergrad and grad school also live in the same city, and overall, I'm pretty content with life right now.
Ron and I talked on and off over the last 3/3.5 years since we broke up.
Current bf knows about Ron and that we speak from time to time, and has been fine with this, as he's also cordial with his ex.
A few weeks ago, Ron and I talked after not speaking for months. I asked how he was, and he revealed that he had a stroke recently (he's only 28). I was shocked and concerned. After more discussion, he revealed he was on leave from work. He said the people at work began stalking him again and he couldn't take it anymore. He fell into depression and had a stroke. He said it was good to hear from me, as he had basically cut out all his friends by this point. But he said he trusted me and was glad we were still friends. He also said God was allowing him to talk to me.
Over the next few weeks, I checked on Ron from time to time. Just to see how he was recovering. He started revealing more. He had just finished grad school as well, but now was in rehab. At first, I thought it was physical rehab related to the stroke, but a few days ago, he reached out to me for my birthday and broke down. He told me everything.
Said he's been possessed by demons. Said he's been to hell and back and is unsure of his faith and where he stands with God. Said he's heard voices and sees things like horrific entities. He said the voices have told him to kill himself and he's tied but hasn't been successful. He admitted he's tried to burn the house that he and his family lives in down, but wasn't successful either. Now he says he has no reason to live. That he's down for 200 lbs to 140 and is a zombie. Doesn't eat, doesn't sleep. Just spends his hours feeling like he's a failure and warding off the evil that exists around him.
Words can't even describe how I feel! Shocked doesn't cut it. My best friend is a social worker for the mentally ill so I turned to her for advice. I'm not sure what he's in rehab for (he made it seem like it was just depression), but I think he has some sort of psychosis with delusions. Possibly schizophrenia, but I'm not a mental health professional. I care about him and I'm sad he's going through this, but looking back on our relationship, it all comes together.
My question is, what can I do? He just finished rehab, but I don't think he's anywhere near to being ok. I reached out to his sister because I was so concerned. She said he doesn't talk to ANYONE and is surprised he's opened up to me, since many of his friends can't get in contact with him. I'm worried about his health and his safety, as he seems to be completely checked out. I've moved on from our relationship and I don't want to be the only one he can turn to, but since he doesn't have any close friends, I worry that I'm the only one who can provide some support. I don't want him to end his life.
Has anyone else dealt with this? What did you do?
Typed this from my phone so apologies for typos.


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Again, there had to be a regret, not just moving down the path of life, but something you didn't do, maybe thought it was too late, that you were too old now, or too stuck, but then thought better of it and did it.
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"It's just important to have a safe place for our kids to go to continue to enjoy prom," said Lisa Melby, co-chairwoman of prom-a-rama with her husband, Kyle. "Prom is such a memorable experience in the high school experience. As parents, we want to make sure there's a happy ending."
Prom-a-rama for Loveland, Mountain View and Thompson Valley high schools will be midnight to 4 a.m. at the Chilson Recreation Center. As in past years, the theme will be Casino Royal and include casino games, inflatables, a computer game room, a food booth, music, prizes and other entertainment.
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The root chakra is the very base of the system of chakras or energy wheels in our bodies. When the chakras are balanced or awakened and function properly, we have a peaceful and harmonious life. The root chakra is the first of all the chakras and is associated with red color. The first chakra is related to all the necessities of human existence like food, water, shelter, comfort, mental peace, acceptance, and trust. When blocked or weakened, the Muladhara can manifest into several problems in life, making one feel lost his place and purpose in this world. Also, since the root chakra is the very foundation of the entire chakra network, if its imbalance is left unaddressed, any subsequent imbalanced chakra cannot be adequately healed.
What is Muladhara Chakra?
The Sanskrit name for root chakra is Muladhara where Mula means 'root,' while Dhara translates to 'support.' Being the basis of the chakra network, this is the energy center where our survival instincts are formed, i.e., the fight or flight response is created. The root chakra is the foundation of grounding, stability, and vitality. The chakra is associated with the element – earth.
Where is the Root Chakra Located?
The root chakra spirals at the very base of the spine, at the floor of the pelvis and more precisely around the first three vertebrae.
Characteristics of Root Chakra
The root chakra is associated with the basic needs of life necessary for survival, security, and safety. For example, the necessities like food, shelter, physical self-identity – all come from the Muladhara. This chakra is the founding energy on which we create our life. Not only does it supports our growth but also gives us the feeling of safety and security as we gradually expand our being exploring the various aspects of life. The safe and secure feeling can be physical as well as metaphorical like financial security, housing, and the likes.
A Balanced root chakra
A balanced root chakra makes you feel safe in your surroundings. You will feel safe in life as you will have the sense of purpose in life and will experience harmony in finance, relationship, and career. A functional root chakra makes you feel content, emotionally stable, happy, positive and peaceful. Often a person with a balanced root chakra exudes a serenity that is contagious and has a calming effect on the others around him.
Imbalanced Root Chakra
Imbalance in the root chakra can manifest in the form of health disorders, most of which are related to the lower abdomen and the lower part of the body. One may complain of urinary issues and various kinds of bowel disorders. Some people may suffer from muscular problems in the legs and hips.
Males suffering from a blocked first chakra often complain of prostate problems. Individuals with over-active root chakra display aggressive behavior and draw a false sense of security by proving themselves superior over others. Over active root chakra often leads to impulsive behavior and overindulgence in materialism and harmful sexual inclinations.
On the other hand, people with under-active chakra, find it hard to assert themselves in the world and find it difficult to connect to others. Sometimes, one may feel disconnected from his own body. An overly blocked Muladhara can prevent one from having the energy to go forth and interact with the world. They may not even feel motivated enough to do so.
Typically, a person with a weakened root chakra switches from one project to another and his mind is always racing with different thoughts. The person doesn't even have the energy or the drive for self-care. This naturally drains out the person, and he/she feels lethargic, demotivated and uninterested.
Individuals with a Muladhara imbalance may also exhibit depression or may suffer from anxiety issues. Panic attacks, nightmares, stress, financial issues could plaque an individual with root chakra imbalance. These apart, reduced immunity, anemia, weight gain or loss, irritable bowel syndrome, and laziness are also symptoms of a blocked root chakra.
Ways to Awakening the Root Chakra
Balancing the root chakra means releasing the excess energy from an over-active chakra or stimulating it with more energy if it is underactive. Here are some useful methods of bringing true balance to a disturbed root chakra –
Yoga – Yoga has several postures which are especially useful for the root chakra. Perform the yogic postures like Sukhasana, Balasana, Malasana, Uttanasana, Tadasana, Sun Salutations, Warrior-II, Bridge pose, and Savasana. Set positive intentions like trusting yourself, letting go, feeling purposeful, creating personal balance, releasing anger and fear. With every inhale, focus on your positive intention and release all negativity with the exhale.
Meditation – Root chakra meditation is an effective way of bringing balance to the disturbed root chakra. Although there are several meditation techniques for correcting the Muladhara, the most common practice is to relax in a seating posture with the back straight and imagining the red root chakra. It is a visualization meditation which concentrates on the location of the root chakra and focusing on its red color. Since the first chakra corresponds to smell, many meditation instructors emphasize the importance of an emphasis on the nose when meditating on healing the root chakra.
Affirmations – Affirmations when practiced alongside other effective methods like yoga and meditation, is a great tool for chakra awakening. Some affirmations to awaken your sense of grounding and connectivity to the world include – "I belong to this beautiful world," "The world is a safe and an excellent place to live in," "I am in divine peace with the people and things around me."
Mantra chanting – Chanting the single syllable mantra "LAM" while focusing on the root chakra during meditation can have immensely healing effects on the root chakra. This mantra can be chanted vocally or in mind.
Color therapy – The idea of color therapy in chakra balancing is to introduce more of the color in your lifestyle that corresponds to that particular chakra. In case of the root chakra, it is red. People who wish to heal the root chakra can also wear more of red clothing. You can eat more of red foods like red apples, tomatoes, etc. Plus, the color can have a more enhanced impact in your life through makeup like a red lip and nail paints, jewelry like ruby or garnet necklace, ring or earrings and so on.
Gemstones – Crystals like azurite, smoky quartz and citrine and gemstones like bloodstone, garnet, yellow topaz are known to balance the disturbed root chakra.
Mudras – The little finger and the ring finger are interlaced and folded into the palm of both the hands while the middle finger is extended to make the fingertips touch. This is an unusual mudra used during meditation to heal the Muladhara.


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The short answer: Don't. Not that they're evil or bad or anything remotely like that. But you are allowing another entity to drain you of your precious energy and if you're living here on planet Earth (and let's just assume you are!), you will need all your own energy.
The long answer: Yeah, don't hang out with them.
Let's talk first about what astral entities are so if you're new to this topic, you'll be on the same page.
I've blogged about them before but as a refresher, astral entities are energetic pieces of a deceased's astral body. For whatever reason, those parts have not made the transition from the Earth plane and sustain themselves by glomming onto the life force energy of other humans.
Again, let me stress that there's no possession or evil intent on the part of those energetic pieces. They are just not ready to leave here.
Those who shine big lights out into the Universe (most if not all Lightworkers) are welcoming beacons for these energies precisely because our lights are so bright. And if you don't take care of pulling in your energetic boundaries, you could be the unwelcome recipient of a visit by them!
They also like to visit those who may not be sending out big lights but who have holes in their auric field, allowing bits of their energy to peek out. I've learned that those who are addicted to alcohol, drugs and other lower-vibrational activities offer an especially rich environment for these entities. They feed off the energies of shame, rage, compulsion, fear and self-pity (among others).
Now, onto why you might not want them hanging out with you.
As I mentioned above, they feed off your energy. That's how they exist. It's also how YOU exist. You don't need to be providing energetic sustenance to anyone but yourself, right?
Here are a few examples of how hosting these energies takes away from your daily life:
1) Are you experiencing intense cravings for junk food, sugar, drugs, sex, etc? That might be a result of having an entity (or multiple ones) in your energy field. Especially if this craving is new or hits you out of the blue.
2) Ever feel "not like yourself"? I have that happen every once in a while where I'm bored inside and nothing makes me happy or brings joy. Like that Bruce Springsteen song "Dancing in the Dark", you just get "tired and bored with (your)self" – that's when I know I need a nice clearing of my aura.
3) Violent thought forms (this is, obviously, on the extreme side of the scale) – if you are feeling especially hateful toward others or find yourself driving aggressively when you usually don't, it's definitely an indication that something is going on. It could very well be that you've got some energies skulking around who are causing some of this.
These are just a few examples of how you can be affected by these energies. There are lots more all up and down the continuum. I've heard it said that a good deal of what looks like mental illness is caused by extreme forms of astral entity possession and I would not be surprised to find out the truth of that.
What you can do to avoid hosting these lovely little critters
It's so important to have good energetic boundaries. So, so important. And especially so if you are one who works with others in that arena. I was fortunate (thanks, Universe!) to find excellent teachers at the beginning of my journey who taught me habits to keep my aura in good shape. (And if you're an empath, oh lordy! That goes double for you!!)
Here are my suggestions for hanging out your "closed for business" sign to astral entities:
* Start by consciously closing off your energy every day. Here's a snippet of an affirmation I use (found in a book by Susan Shumsky): "I close off my aura to all but my own higher self and those beings of only the highest vibration who are with me at the choice of my soul" – note the free will piece in there – "at the choice of my soul" – you are taking conscious ownership of your energetic boundaries.
* Note any time you feel "not like you" and look back to see if you've been visiting a lot of bars, hospitals, nursing homes, cemeteries – these are all places astrals like to hang out. Even if you've not been visiting those establishments, if you're feeling not like yourself, start doing the affirmation mentioned above several times a day. When you start routinely denying them space, no one will be knocking on your (auric) door after a short time.
* Everything is by intention so if you feel like there's some stuff in your energy field that doesn't belong to you, say outloud 3x "All that does not belong to me, please leave." Call in Archangel Michael if you wish – he's aces at removing what no longer belongs. Ask him to take what does not belong to you and transmute it with love and light and power for the highest good. He's always at the ready to help. Take advantage of that help – he can't intervene without you asking for it.
There's lots of info out there on the web about astral entities and I've listed a few below that I find are accurate according to my experience. If you happen across information that frightens you or intimidates you, click off that page.
There's no need to be afraid of any of this, truly.
I've been in this realm for over ten years and have never, ever been afraid of anything I've come across in personal experience. Remember, too, that fear is one of those lower vibrations that allows entities to sneak their way in, so turn away from that energy and keep moving in the direction of Light and Divine Power.
Here are some resources I recommend should you want to read more about astral entities:
Clearing lower astral entities – excellent article on how to remove them once you realize they've gained entry into your precious energy.
Freeing yourself from Entity Possession – don't let the word "possession" freak you out. We're not talking Exorcist here, K? This is a good site with lots of info on what astrals are, how they affect you and ways to help them move along.
Astral Entities and Spirits: Can they make you go insane or do crazy things: by the marvelous Anna of Psychic But Sane. Anna and I studied with the same teacher and we hold similar views on these topics. I know and respect Anna a lot and you can't go wrong with any information she shares on a variety of topics.
Have you had an experience with an astral entity? Please share in the comments section.
And if you think you might have some hanging out with you and need some help identifying them or getting them gone for good, email me. I can help.


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Right, so since we are all thinking and talking about love and romance, and I am a self-acclaimed romance enthusiast, who loves watching romantic movies, there are some favorites that are ALWAYS on my list- and with an obvious reason, they are amazing.
While there is a long list of movies that I can watch again and again, these ones are when I want to feel some love and giggle through my tears.
Tell me some of your favorites!
- When Harry Met Sally
- Love Actually
- Pretty Woman
- Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 50 First Dates
- Sleepless in Seattle
- 13 Going 30
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- Dirty Dancing
- Pride and Prejudice- Colin Firth one. He is the ONLY Mr. Darcy
- Sweet Home Alabama
- The Notebook
- Letters to Juliet
- You've Got Mail
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Barfi!
- Jab We Met
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
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Saturday, 8 January, 2000, 20:27 GMT
Row mars Tranmere giantkilling
Tranmere 1-0 Sunderland
Tranmere's latest act of cup heroics was overshadowed by controversy, as the First Division side replaced a sent-off player with a substitute at the end of a fourth round thriller at Prenton Park.
The Football Association is to look into the incident and will make a decision on Monday morning. A spokesman told the BBC a replay was an option, although Sunderland had not made an official complaint.
Rovers justified their reputation as expert giantkillers by taking their fourth Premiership scalp of the season.
This time it was high-flying Sunderland who were the victims of a speciality Rovers smash-and-grab.
But the victory, earned by skipper Wayne Allison's first-half goal, was marred by an explosive finish.
Tranmere defender Clint Hill was sent off in injury time - but that did not stop the Merseyside club bringing on a substiute for the dismissed player.
Initially play continued - but once the officials had noticed that Tranmere still had 11 men on the pitch, the game degenerated into chaos, with both benches embroiled in a fierce row.
Rovers boss John Alridge will not be unduly concerned by the debate, though, as he saw his side add Sunderland to an illustrious list of teams turned over by the Nationwide underdogs this season.
West Ham, Middlesbrough and Coventry have already been beaten as Tranmere continue to progress in the FA and Worthington Cups.
Wayne's world
Tranmere started brightly and Jason Koumar tested Sunderland keeper Thomas Sorensen with a curling free-kick in the opening exchanges.
Rovers went ahead in the 25th minute when a deep free-kick from Dave Challinor - more renowned for his enormous throws - caused flutters in the Sunderland area.
Allison was the first to react, sending a well-placed diagonal volley past Sorensen.
Within two minutes Sunderland could have levelled as Nicky Summerbee, back in action after his high-profile clash with Wimbledon's Ben Thatcher last week, made a break on the right.
Phillips connected with Summerbee's telling cross - but Tranmere defender Hill somehow diverted his point-blank header onto the bar and the danger was cleared.
The goal ignited the tie, with both sides creating a host of openings.
For Tranmere, Allison fluffed a chance for his second and Koumar saw another long-range effort saved by Sorensen.
And at the other end Rovers had John Achterberg to thank for keeping them ahead.
The Dutch keeper produced stunning saves to keep out Alex Rae's header and divert a Summerbee strike that looked destined for the back of the net.
Philipps was a constant threat and twice headed wide as Sunderland dominated the closing stages of the first half, while Summerbee sliced a glorious chance over the bar.
Rovers hold firm
Sunderland laid siege to the Tranmere area after the break as they desperately sought an equaliser.
But the Rovers defence was equal to the task and Achterberg continued his superb individual display, athletically turning away Chris Makin's rising 30-yard strike.
Sunderland were becoming frustrated at their inability to force their way back into the match - and captain Paul Butler was perhaps fortunate to escape with only a booking when he pushed Gareth Roberts in the face after accusing the Rovers defender of time-wasting.
Tranmere still had their moments on the break and former Sunderland striker David Kelly was denied by Sorensen from a trademark Challinor long throw.
Sunderland continued to pile forward at every opportunity and in a tense scramble Makin's shot was blocked by a despairing Tranmere leg.
Andy Parkinson, goal hero in the Worthington Cup victory over Middlesbrough, twice had chances to wrap up another giant-killing - but Sorensen saved on both occasions.
The closing stages proved too tense for some of Tranmere's players and Hill was sent off in injury time - for the third time this season - when he was given a second yellow card for dissent.
At first no-one appeared to notice that Tranmere had brought on substitute Stephen Frail for the dismissed Hill.
But it did not take long for Sunderland to realise - and the match was suddenly halted by a stand-up row on the touchline between coaching staff and officials.
Tranmere: Achterberg, Yates, Challinor, Hill, Roberts, Parkinson, Henry, Jones, Koumas, Allison, Kelly. Subs: Nixon, Taylor, Mahon, Frail, Hazell.
Sunderland: Sorensen, Makin, Bould, Butler, Gray, Summerbee, McCann, Rae, Roy, Schwarz, Phillips. Subs: Marriott, Craddock, Williams, Oster, Reddy.
Referee: R Harris (Oxford)
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IMPURE WORSHIP – Interview with Fallen Angel Of Fornication
IMPURE WORSHIP are the proof that for one to find devastating as well as firmly executed bestial black/death metal, they don't have to look exclusively into Canadian or Finnish releases. Especially now, that IW's new "Chthonic Litanies" tape overcome by far the bounds of a sterile pounding by embedding various dynamics and changes into their songs, I think that they deserve the attention of an audience broader than the fans of BLASPHEMY copycats (however good or bad they are). Guitarist Fallen Angel Of Fornication responds to the call of the Anti-Flesh Nimbus and further explains…
I) My respect to you Fallen Angel Of Fornication and welcome to our dungeon. If one were to visit your page at Metal Archives, they would find that you began as HELVETE many years before, back in 2001-02, yet you stopped after one demo, only to return in 2010 (in terms of new material release) with the new form of IMPURE WORSHIP. What happened during all these years and what was the motive to become active again?
Good evening. You are welcome and good luck to your new effort (editor's note: he means the printed version of the Anti Flesh Nimbus 'zine).
About 3-4 months after the HELVETE demo, I went in to serve my time in the army so there never was any serious promotion of that release. When I returned to Athens, our then drummer had no interest anymore so the band became on-hold but always on the back of my mind (the tracks of the first IMPURE WORSHIP demo were rehearsed from the HELVETE era). So, after some years, when I met Vassilis (Black Priest of Impurity) I knew I'd found the right person to continue what I had started back then.
II) The new promo tape "Chthonic Litanies" was unleashed a few weeks before 2013 waved goodbye through one of the most serious European labels, Iron Bonehead. How was the deal done and what feedback have you received so far?
The tape was initially to be released through Nuclear Winter Records (hails!) like the 7''. But the label is on hold now for the last few months and the material was already created some time ago, so after communication with Anastasis we were "granted the approval" to search for another label.
Patrick and Iron Bonehead were our first choice, since he's created a really strong roster of band and does great work on distribution. He was already familiar with us since he had distributed the demo tape and the 7'' EP so after listening to the new tracks he immediately accepted. We've got some very good reviews and the demand for the tape has been surprisingly high.
III) The two new songs of the promo are fantastic, a natural evolution I'd say from your self-titled EP. Should we expect a full-length any time soon? Although from what I know you have some other plans going on in parallel.
The way we approach our songs has not changed, neither we try intentionally to move forward, so that natural evolution is a product of the more collective work now done in the band. There some tracks completed but we don't push ourselves, ideas arise on their own. For the time being, the "Monomaniac vol.4" compilation will soon be released where we participate with one song, and sometime in the next few months we'll probably have a split with NECROHOLOCAUST (Canada), NECROBLOOD (France), WEREGOAT (USA) and OGDRU JAHAD (Denmark) out there.
IV) How do tracks of IMPURE WORSHIP come out? Is composition your own business or is it a shared job with Black Priest of Impurity?
The demo tracks were a more personal situation since as I already mentioned they existed from many years before. But from that point and onwards we work completely as a team. I go to the rehearsals with some ready riffs and we find everything as we are playing. Structures changes, riffs go away so everything is liquid until we're all satisfied. Also, the addition of a third permanent member in the band (bass) has made things even easier in terms of composing.
V) In the way I perceive your course starting with the raw brutality of "Goathorns", you have now proceeded to a more structured treatment of your songs, while a suffocating, claustrophobic feeling emerges. Has your way of approaching how an IMPURE WORSHIP song should sound like become any different?
As I already stated, we are now working as team so it's a natural result for the material to sound more cohesive. Our approach is always the same; we write songs we would like to listen to in our homes. Some parts may lean more to death metal while others are blacker but we don't restrain ourselves. If we like something and it's compatible with the song's aesthetic we keep it.
VI) In my opinion, there are three elements in your music that distinguish you from many other similar sounding bands in the last decade. These elements are: a) The crawling doomy parts (like "Praise The Goat" or the ending of "Impurity Prevails"); b) The occasional nicker solos we once loved in SLAYER and other thrash bands; and c) the emphatic sound of bass, especially in the tracks of "Chthonic Litanies". What sonic background and influences made you incorporate each of these in the band creative logic?
The doomy parts come mainly from the inspiration we've drawn from the Finnish death/black scene (BEHERIT/BLACK CRUCIFIXION/ARCHGOAT etc) as well as bands like early SAMAEL, AlASTIS and more. I hold the slow parts as an integral part of our sound and they are (almost) necessary in order to create a climax in each track.
The SLAYER solos, I believe are best for band in our style. This is where we were influenced by BESTIAL WARLUST who, for me, are and of the top bands of their genre yet unfortunately only few have given them the attention they deserve.
As for bass guitar, we have no specific influence on that part. We just want it high on the mix in order to provide the necessary volume and an extra filth.
VII) You are only two people in the band! Shall I assume that the duet function better in terms of understanding and decision making regarding your next moves? If I'm not mistaken you two are good friends also.
We began as a two-member band and that's how we recorded our first demo (with the help of UNHOLY ARCHANGEL's Iapetos in vocals). In our 7'' I took control of the vocals too and so that release as well as the new tape was recorded solely by the two of us.
As of now, we have a permanent member on bass and thus the band consists of three people. Vaggelis (Festering Ghoul from the Beyond) initially began a session member for live performances but apart from being a good friend he also showed great interest in the band, had some very nice ideas and has the right listening preferences so his addition in our lineup became necessary.
VIII) What did you acquire from your first two live gigs you gave last year? Especially for Goatlust Festival, I must say to you I was very impressed that given the nature of your sound and the technical issues often present at 7 Sins club, you appeared not simply but with an aura of an experienced band on stage. There was heavy work in rehearsals I'm guessing, right?
For me, our first gig was really stressful since apart from being the first, I would play with IMPURE WORSHIP as well as EMBRACE OF THORNS too. As you said, we did a great deal of rehearing so from the moment we entered the stage the stress disappeared and we were able to perform our material very well. In our second gig we were even more comfortable and bonded so everything went great. There is more to come!
IX) Well, we have in order: demo tape – 7'' EP – promo tape! Why are CD followers left out until now? Only analog is real, huh? I'm kidding of course but I would like you to tell me how you view this whole analog revival with vinyl and tapes (especially in some cases like the Crepusculo Negro phenomenon) having achieved a huge fetish status.
The reason is simple enough. I grew up with the vinyl records of my parents and the tapes we copied for each other in our circle of friends. CDs I never held them as something special and I never had an interest in them; and since I wanted to have my band's releases, even when we had an offer for a CD, we declined, haha. It has nothing to do with any trend or "underground" attitude; I just don't like the CD format.
Now as far the whole vinyl revival is concerned there are positive and negative aspects. To state the positives first, we see old and out-of-print material rereleased, which previously would be an utopia to even think acquiring. Important releases, which were available to very few people, now can be obtained by those with a desire to search for them. Also there are still lost diamonds of the past exhumed and as a result, we can have a better view of what happened in the beginnings of the underground scene.
Now the negatives; the existence of a larger shopping target group of people has pushed many labels to unnecessary exaggerations. Labels that didn't give the slightest attention to vinyl (Century Media, Napalm etc) now release 10 different versions of a record. 5xLP box sets are sold for bands with 2 demos and one 7'' (i.e. TREBLINKA). A 40-minute album is rereleased in the form of a 3 vinyl box-set (i.e. ABSU) and so on.
The guys that belong to the Crepusculo Negro circle, even though they're in bands I like a lot (ARIZMENDA, VOLAHN, DOLORVOTRE and more) are total clowns. While they are aware of the existing demand for their releases, they put out editions of one hundred copied and have already announced the second press even before the first one is released. They actually promote their records not for the music itself but for the limitation fetish. Also the way they continue to sell like crazy while they rip-off almost everyone is something beyond my understanding.
X) What's going on with cover songs? You obviously like them, but if we consider those on IMPALED NAZARENE, BESTIAL SUMMONING and PROFANATICA somewhat expected, how did the ones on CHAOTIC END and ANTIDRASI came up? Is it true after all that the energy lines of punk (part of it at least) and those of black metal cross paths on certain occasions?
I love covers! I always like to listen to a good cover song but even more I like to do them myself. One of my first (if not THE first) tapes as well as the first vinyl I ever bought was a PANX ROMANA album. As a student, in every excursion, apart from "Kill 'Em All", the record "Enantia" by ANTIDRASI was always on the playlist.
So, my/our black metal roots aside, we have grown up with greek punk/hardcore as well. I always believed that punk, aesthetically (album covers, collage artwork etc) has much in common with black metal. As for the music aspect of that, you can easily track the punk inheritance in the bands that influenced black metal the most. For me, early BATHORY, HELLHAMMER/CELTIC FROST, SODOM, ONSLAUGHT etc sound more punk than metal (when we take metal of that era –IRON MAIDEN, PRIEST, SAXON into account).
XI) In continuation of the above, which are your influences as a musician but also you preferences as a listener in general?
I can't state my influences exactly, because on some level all the bands I listen to have played, more or less, a role in my personal perception of "melody". Mainly, I listen to black metal, as well as some death metal bands (the majority of them coming from Finland) and a lot of –mostly greek– punk. BEHERIT, SAMAEL, ANCIENT RITES, BLASPHEMY, EMPEROR, ROTTING CHRIST, NECROMANTIA, DEMIGOD, ALASTIS ("Just The Law" is a huge black opus), IMPALED NAZARENE, ROOT, ABIGOR, ARCHGOAT, AETERNUS (another underrated band), MASTER'S HAMMER, PURTENANCE, DISSECTION, SIGH, THERION, ABSU, DEMONCY, PROFANATICA/HAVOHEJ, CONVULSE, SUMMONING, BURZUM, BESTIAL WARLUST, MAYHEM, CARNAGE, SENTENCED (OLD), TIAMAT and many more, but also newer acts such as MGLA, CULTES DES GHOULES, THE RUINS OF BEVERAST, URFAUST, MARE, BLACK CILICE, RIDE FOR REVENGE and many others.
XII) Expecting only the best from IMPURE WORSHIP (and also EMBRACE OF THORNS of which you have been a member lately), I thank you for your participation in this new Anti-Flesh Nimbus effort (editor's note: again referring to the printed fanzine). The last unholy words are yours.
Thank you very much for your interest in IMPURE WORSHIP. You can expect our new tracks in "Monomaniac IV" and the 5-way split. As for EMBRACE OF THORNS, this autumn will see the releases of our 4th full-length album through Nuclear War Now! and a 12'' split with MAVETH through Dark Descent (editor's note: this is out already). Both IW and EoT material is recorded so when the layouts are finished, they will be out there.
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~ by antifleshnimbus on September 14, 2014.
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We officially launched the Sports Broadcast Institute at the Rockdale Career Academy in the Fall of 2015.
As I prepared to launch the program, I scoured the internet for collegiate sports broadcasting courses. I stole every syllabus I could get my hands on. I was very excited to see that the University of Georgia's Grady School of Journalism started their sports media certificate a year prior. This told me there were opportunities for my students at the next level without having to go too far from home. Our campus is 1 hour and 3 minutes away from the UGA Campus, more on how we know that later, but for most of my students it is a world away.
There is an attitude among a large number of our students that UGA is too elite for them therefore, the students don't think they can do anything there. This is a byproduct of
trying to encourage the students to push themselves to be better by giving them the information about the school in relation to the number of students that apply along with the grades, test scores, etc from those that get accepted. When I started the program, I made sure to tell the students they were getting a leg up on others that wanted to get into the school and the sports media program.
The relationship with Vicki Michaelis the director of the program at UGA started innocently enough. All of my sports broadcast students have to complete a capstone project and as a part of that the students have to find and work with a mentor. One of my students found a mentor with the UGA basketball team. While my student working at basketball game, she met Vicki and talked up our program. Two weeks later, Vicki, sportscaster Bob Neal, and academic advisor, Carlo Findlay were in my class talking about their program and experiences.
Not long after the initial meeting, Vicki and crew came back to talk about an idea for a partnership. The idea was to use my students and our productions to give their students opportunities to broadcast football games. Our program produces hundreds of live broadcasts each year and in the last year worked to build more advanced shows so it was a natural fit.
As we began to plan, It seemed to get better each time we talked. We went from doing a couple of games to doing every game from September until the end of the season as well as the class meeting in my classroom each week prior to going to the game. This was a great bonus for me as I got to mooch off the guest speakers and lessons to bring back to my classroom. The first meeting was interesting for me listening to the students debate on the exact amount of time it took to get to the school. There was a very exciting buzz among the students that completely energized me.
My thought was that this would be a great opportunity for my students and the teams we work with to get additional exposure to more professional broadcasts. I was also excited to see what we could actually do when given the opportunity to grow our broadcasts. I initially was not prepared for how far and fast we would grow our broadcasts. When you expand from simply a couple of cameras, a couple of mics, and a crew of about 8 producing a game to 3 wired cameras, 1 wireless camera, 3 headset mics, a wireless field mic, and 2 wireless mics for studio talent, a pregame show, a halftime show, a postgame show all with replays from the game, produced packages, and a crew of about 35, there are A LOT of growing pains. There were several times in the first couple of weeks that Miles Moraitis, the executive producer from UGA, got "the look" as we worked through the kinks of the situation.
The hardest part of the entire situation was trying to guess what problems we are going to experience and how to beat them to the punch. The other problem was that each week of the first 4 we were at a different location with completely different work areas. We serve Three schools and their pressboxes are as different as possible. One school has a huge pressbox with AC (remember it's Georgia in September 90+ degree temps), another is essentially a really long desk with a vertical ladder to the roof, and the third is a huge open air pressbox with just enough room for you to sit and do a job but not move so each week, we were trying to figure out what was going to work on the fly. While we have done dozens of events in each, we have never done anything like we were attempting. We had a plan each week but you know how that goes. There were many times I wondered if I bit off more than I could chew.
The problem with doing major live broadcasts each week for me is that I don't have a ton of time to setup and test ideas to solve problems... that teaching habit gets in the way! That leaves the day of or during the broadcast to make things happen. That caused several problems including issues with comms, bad audio, lost camera shots, missed cues, etc. For the most part, the problems were not something the audience would notice or the problem was something just made our jobs more difficult. We tried a ton of different things to make the broadcasts as professional as possible in every way but had to overcome different setups and the ever looming deadlines to achieve that goal.
This partnership was meant to show my students opportunities that exist at the next level and how to push our broadcasts to that level but the biggest win from this entire partnership has been the fact that my students learned to keep pushing through the problems during a live broadcast. One of my students asked me after a broadcast how I know how to do fix all of the issues during a broadcast. My response was "I don't know how to fix them, I just keep trying until it is fixed." This lesson is going to take my students much farther than they could ever imagine.
Tom White is a video production teacher at the Rockdale Career Academy in Conyers. GA. Tom is also the director of the Sports Broadcast Institute, which is One of Five Georgia Governor's Innovation in Education award winning programs and the NFHS Network Best Overall Program. The Sports Broadcast Institute works to produce live broadcasts, newscasts, sports documentaries and more for the Three schools, Rockdale Co, Salem, and Heritage High schools, that the career academy serves. Prior to teaching, Tom was a marketing, promotions, and online content director for a major radio corporation in Atlanta. Tom studied exercise science at High Point University prior to his radio career. Despite his winding career path, his mother still thinks he is special.


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ROAD, by RODA
Inspired by the '50s and '60s Scandinavian furniture design, Road Collection, designed by Rodolfo Dordoni, combine design, crafting, tradition and technology into an innovative project. Road is a collection composed of chairs, armchairs and modular sofas where seats are made from a stretched net anchored to a "clean" teak structure, with an essential but very comfortable shape. Road is a transverse and flexible collection, which fits in every setting, suitable both for indoor and outdoor.


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I gave a little peek at my chalkboard in my last post, but I don't think I did it justice. It's one of 1,000 pins that I hoped to move from my boards to my house this summer. And it's one of about 10 that I actually did (and let's not get too proud of me - one of my 10 accomplished pins was using a bread clip to fix a flip flop...)
I've actually been dreaming of the idea of converting our crib to an easel since I saw this pin. Max was still comfy in his crib, but I was itching to kick him out. So I did. And then we fought the Bedtime Wars of 2012 forever and the crib parts took up all kinds of room in our house because I never made the easel. I did use the headboard of the crib as a barrier to trap him in his room at night after he conquered the baby gate (I still had to reinforce with two HEAVY chairs or he would squeeze out!) And I finally got around to painting with chalkboard paint, so the kiddos did use them before I finally completed the project. And here's how I (finally) did it:
Take apart crib. This was, by far, the hardest part of the process. You have to remove hardware except for a piece at the base where you will attach a chain. It was a puzzle to figure out how to take it apart. Then, there were two or three stripped out screws that I blame for the 6-month delay. I tried. I failed. I gave up for 6 months. Then, I got mad and wrenched them out with pliers. Well, I got mad and had my husband wrench them out, but still...
Tape off border and paint inside panel with chalkboard paint.
Lay the headboard/footboard upside down and top to top. Attach with a hinge (more would be sturdier, but I couldn't make it work with the curved top).
Realize you installed the hinge backwards. Smack forehead. Remove and redo.
Use chain (I found it in the swing set area of the home improvement store, but I think it was for bird feeders or something - smaller-sized links) to connect the base of each part. This will keep the chalkboard from laying out flat.
That's it! Now you have a cute and memory-evoking chalkboard easel for
you to illustrate points on during arguments with your husband your kids to scribble on.