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DHAKA, Bangladesh — As Bangladesh prepared for general elections on Sunday, a truck driver named Nur Islam was trying to haul a load of potatoes to Dhaka, the capital, along a route he knew would be targeted by protesters allied with the opposition.
He took precautions, strapping on a helmet and leaving in the dead of night, but was still terrified after his truck was surrounded — not once, but twice — by young men hurling bricks. His windows and windshield shattered, blanketing him with glass, but he kept driving, afraid that if he stopped the men would set his truck on fire. He arrived in the capital battered, exhausted and more frustrated than ever by the combustible standoff between the country's two major political forces.
"Both parties are playing with the lives of common people," Mr. Islam said.
The tension could rise to a new level on Sunday, when the country will go to the polls in a vote that is strikingly noncompetitive by Bangladeshi standards. The opposition has refused to participate, leaving more than half of the seats in Parliament uncontested.
The country's main opposition party, the Bangladesh National Party, called the boycott after the government refused to put in place an impartial caretaker government ahead of the elections, which has been customary in Bangladesh since 1996 and is seen as a guard against government manipulation. Protesters have set fire to vehicles and hurled bricks and homemade explosives, demanding that the government hold new elections on terms the opposition accepts.
For weeks, it seemed as if the vote might be delayed at the last minute, in an effort to avoid the confrontation that was certain to follow. But the governing Awami League has pushed forward. As the vote approached, each side took a harder line — the opposition calling for a street campaign powerful enough to derail the elections, and the government clamping down severely on demonstrators and opposition leaders. By Saturday, the country was bracing itself.
"The fact that we are having this sort of sham election, it's not going to solve our problems," said Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of the nonprofit group Citizens for Good Governance. "It will push us to an uncertain future. We will be in uncharted waters."
Street protests often accompany elections in Bangladesh, but political violence intensified in 2013, resulting in around 150 deaths, according to Human Rights Watch.
The violence increased in part when the government began prosecuting figures from Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence for war crimes, handing down death sentences to several leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamic political party. The Awami League has also hardened its view of Begum Khaleda Zia, the Bangladesh National Party's leader and a two-time prime minister, accusing her of links to Islamist militants.
That distrust culminated last week in an unprecedented step. Police officers surrounded Mrs. Zia's home when she tried to leave for a rally, and would not allow her to leave. Since then, she has remained blockaded inside the compound, at one point behind five trucks loaded with sand. After arranging with Mrs. Zia for an interview on Friday, a reporter for The New York Times was turned away by officers at the gate, who said the meeting could not take place, out of concern for Mrs. Zia's security.
Hasanul Haq Inu, Bangladesh's information minister, said Mrs. Zia had been "unleashing violence" and was not under arrest, but "detained."
"The law of the country says a person can be detained in his house by an order of the home ministry," he said. "We are just protecting her safety. In her house, she is very safe." Asked what threat Mrs. Zia faced, he said: "Nobody knows. Some miscreants can just shoot at her."
One worry about Sunday's elections is whether they will lead to a burst of violence from supporters of the opposition. By Saturday evening, Bangladeshi news outlets were reporting arson attacks on some polling stations, ballot boxes and trucks used to transport election materials. Near midnight, police officials in the country's north reported the stabbing death of the chief at one polling station.
Osman Faruk, a former education minister and top aide to Mrs. Zia, said the party told its supporters to discourage Bangladeshis from voting on Sunday, and hoped to continue its campaign "in a peaceful way," by distributing leaflets, for example. But he went on to justify the use of violence as the only outlet available to Mrs. Zia's followers.
"When people say the movement is not peaceful, the reply is that whatever happens in the street is a reflection of the government's actions," he said.
A low turnout could pressure the government to begin preparing for fresh elections, something that happened after a similar opposition boycott in 1996. Gowher Rizvi, an adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said it was "almost without doubt" that Mrs. Hasina would call new elections ahead of schedule, noting that an election "loses its luster" when a major party does not take part.
"Is it one year? Is it nine months? Is it 15 months? I can't tell you," he said.
That step would be welcomed by many in Dhaka, where opinion polls testify to voters' frustration at being denied a choice. Bangladeshis are boisterous in their embrace of democracy, having voted out the incumbent government in four consecutive elections. A Western diplomat, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that factor might force the two parties to "step back and realize that they may be overreaching."
"This election does not appear to be credible in the eyes of the Bangladeshi people," the diplomat said. "So they have to find a way back to the table."


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Lukas DeLorenzo: My Ultimate Goal to NOT make it to the NHL
I know what you are thinking. Why would anyone who plays a sport not want to go pro?
Well, if you are still reading then the title did its job. Of course I wanted to go to the NHL! When I was 7-years old, I was going to be the next Mario Lemieux. It was inevitable.
Fast forward 25 years and I just witnessed the next Mario Lemieux hoist the cup for the second time in consecutive years, and unfortunately, that person was not yours truly.
While it would and probably should be any young hockey player's dream to be the next Mario Lemieux or Sidney Crosby or Wayne Gretzky, hockey can provide so much more than athletic accomplishments. Hockey can provide life lessons, character building and it can provide a young man or young woman a means to an end.
Let me tell you about myself and why hockey was my life. I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (hence the reference to Le Magnifique and Sid the Kid) and started playing hockey at 3-years old. There were very few days in between where I didn't pick up a stick. I had a net in my driveway and the local rink's open hockey schedule committed to memory. I played youth hockey in Pittsburgh, a few years of Junior A and B, and then ended my career at Penn State and playing for Team USA in the World University Games in 2007 and 2009.
I graduated and went to physical therapy school with my girlfriend at the time. We graduated in 2013, got married and bought our first home in 2016. This past October, we opened our own physical therapy clinic in Manasquan, New Jersey — COAST Rehab: Complete Orthopedic and Sports Therapy. Simply put, life is good and we are very blessed.
Hockey is without a doubt a collision sport that can cause acute injury. But, I highly encourage any parent who is considering registering their son or daughter in hockey to do it as soon as possible. Along the way, your son or daughter may sustain an injury or two that they will forget about, but the lessons they will learn along the way will last a lifetime.
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Competition and Sportsmanship
What is the last thing that happens after every game in youth hockey? I'll give you a hint – it happens at the end of each playoff series in the National Hockey League.
The handshake. 60 minutes of jaw-dropping, heart-pounding, edge of your seat competitive hockey followed up the ultimate sign of respect? What is better than that?
My wife and I got married a little over a year ago. It was an amazing day shared with family and friends. Most of my wife's friends and family live near where we got married. Myself on the other hand, had many people travel from far distances to be there on our special day. I'll give you one guess what most of my friends were. That's right – former teammates, coaches, billet families, men and women who I played with, fought with, grew up with and won and lost with — all of whom were there to celebrate with us.
Teamwork, Character Building and Education
A team is like a fraternity — a brotherhood — but with any close friendship, differences are inevitable. Lessons of teamwork are no more apparent than when 20 young men or women work together to achieve a common goal. The completion of the goal is important, but the process of achieving it is not far behind. One of the greatest things about the game of hockey is that not only can you use it to learn life lessons, but to receive an education.
I treat patients everyday with the knowledge and education that I developed from institutions that I attended because of my ability to play ice hockey. So, at the end of the day, I am probably not in mid-season form or even pre-season shape for that matter, but the years of playing, competing, learning and growing have conditioned me to embark on a successful career.
I met my wife, got a great education and met people who have helped me develop into the man I am today. Without a doubt, I owe most of these things to the great game of hockey (and my parents of course!)
Written by: Lukas DeLorenzo
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Main Image: DeLorenzo in action for Penn State during the 2005-2006 season. (Courtesy of Lukas DeLorenzo)
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Parrots Over Puerto Rico
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Cindy Kane Writer/Editor
Cindy Kane began her children's publishing career in the 1980s, rising to a position as senior editor at Bantam Books for Young Readers before moving on to hardcover children's books. She was editor-in-chief of Four Winds Press/Macmillan from 1987–91 and executive editor (1991–98) and editorial director (1998–99) of Dial Books for Young Readers. Books she has edited include the Newbery Honor book
A Long Way From Chicago
and Newbery Medal winner
A Year Down Yonder,
both by Richard Peck, and
Behind the Secret Window
by Nelly Toll, winner of the 1994 International Reading Association Award. After moving to educational publishing, she served as a supervising editor with Pearson Education from 1999–2007, editing classroom materials in Reading and Language Arts, and is currently a curriculum supervisor with an educational developer.
Under her married name, Cindy Trumbore, she began writing children's books in 1999, publishing four nonfiction books for classrooms with Modern Curriculum Press and a fantasy novel for grades 2–5,
The Genie in the Book
(Handprint/Chronicle), in 2004. Her nonfiction picture book
The Mangrove Tree,
co-written with and illustrated by collage artist Susan L. Roth, was published by Lee and Low in May 2011 and won the 2012 Jane Addams Award, among other honors. The friends went on to collaborate with
Parrots Over Puerto Rico
, published by Lee and Low in November 2013, winner of the 2014 Sibert Medal and 2014 Américas Award. Cindy's third collaboration with Susan Roth,
Prairie Dog Song
, published by Lee and Low in Spring 2016, was a selection of the Junior Library Guild. It received three starred reviews and is on the master list for the 2018-19 William Allen White Award. Her second novel,
Huzzah for Liberty
, was published by Colonial Williamsburg Publications in 2017.
Cindy was an instructor at the Institute of Children's Literature from 2005–12 and is currently a writing mentor in the Southampton Children's Literature Fellows program, a one-year certificate program through Stony Brook Southampton's MFA in Creative Writing. She is married to the cartoonist/illustrator Harry Trumbore,


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If you follow me on Instagram then you saw a little sneak at my new desk. We spent Labor Day weekend re-arranging the bedrooms to bring in all of my craft stuff into my bedroom so that Abigail has her own room (and she stops touching all my stuff). :)
It was really nice being able to sit down and craft this weekend without worrying about picking up my stuff... It sat there until I was able to sit down again and craft some more!
With only a few weeks left of the Holiday Mini, I wanted to create some Halloween cards to show you how you can use three of my favorites for Halloween: Spooktacular Monsters stamp set, Ghostly Treats stamp set and the Spooky Prints paper pack.
This card uses my favorite paper from the pack and I kept a black and orange theme throughout the card. I didn't care for the white edges of the die cut pumpkin scarecrow or the sentiment so I added a little bit of black licorice water color around the edges. I think it makes them blend more into the background.
I also can't finish a card without some type of sparkle... You'll see some Sparkle Dust on the candy and the hat as well as the Sparkle Trim and Black Licorice Sparkle Ribbon!
How are you doing with your Halloween cards? To get your hands on some supplies, you have until September 30th to buy from the Holiday Mini so don't wait too long!
XO. Lauren
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We recently conducted an interview with the Sozialromantiker Sankt Pauli campaign, which was due to be included in the next edition of our fanzine. However, as the group continues to fight against the current plan to build a police station in the new stand, we wanted to raise awareness of the group and the campaign against it. Therefore, you can read a special edition of our "Weisse Rose" fanzine below.
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I've been doing a few things to get myself stronger this week. One thing I worry about is getting lazy. I do it all the time. Not just lazy physically, but lazy about keeping this little blog thing going even after a good start. I expect to post something at least once a week. During the week, I'll be working on various goals that will hopefully and eventually help me stand up from laying flat on the ground.
This week, I recorded a little video of where I'm at right now as far as standing up if I fall. It's not pretty. Here's what I got...
I was surprised at how high my stomach is off the ground when I'm laying flat! I'm thinking the "biggest" problem is likely my weight. I just can't lift that much Mitch off the ground! In the video, I mentioned "when I was younger" and I'm thinking I weighed almost half of what I weigh now.
My main goal this week, then, is to keep walking. Over the summer, I've been reporting step count and minutes of activity to my nephew, Johnathan, each day. I started out barely walking 3000 steps or doing much more than 30 minutes of exercise a day. This week, I'm planning on 60 minutes active time and 6000 steps each day. I'm just using the Google Fit app on my phone to do the counting for me.
So far, I can only walk just over 6 minutes at a time. Then I need to rest a bit before I move onward. I was really happy to have survived a half mile walk this week using a Walkstool that I carried to rest on every few minutes. Using that method, I made it to dinner and rested, then walked the half mile back home, as well!
I can't explain how useful the video above was! I don't visualize myself accurately, and seeing my own struggle on screen will continue to help. I've created a YouTube channel with the same name as the blog... mitch is wandering -- not lost. The blog and the YouTube channel are for both this project and for general posts and videos as I travel and otherwise move around in the world. I'm commandeering the hashtag #fall7up8 for the standing up project. You can follow just this standing up project by clicking on that link on the right of this blog.
Thanks for reading this far! I'm really excited you're with me on this journey.
See you next week! If you don't see me, feel free to chase me down and demand an explanation!


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BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson is encouraging the public to eat only food they know the origin of for one week as part of the Live Happerley Challenge.
Happerley is an organisation which works to ensure shoppers know the journey of their food. Businesses which join the network publish their entire food supply chain, right back to primary producers, providing full transparency for consumers.
Other celebrities taking part in the challenge include 'Baker Boy' Henry Herbert and MTV's Melissa Reeves, who starred in popular TV show Ex On The Beach.
The challenge, which kicks off on Monday February 26, has been designed to show how little shoppers know about where food comes from and how difficult it is to consume only food and drink which can be traced back to seed or birth.
Matthew Rymer, founding director of Happerley, said: "Consumers still ask too few questions on where the ingredients in their food originate from.
"Too often they are rewarding marketing, packaging and disingenuous labelling instead.
"We hope this challenge will capture the public's imagination and create a wiser consumer who challenges, for example, a restaurant which says 'local beef' to actually name the farm."
Plan your week and your days.
Do not leave it to what is available in the here and now. Use your fridge and freezer.
Ask lots of questions
Read the ingredients label before buying anything. Wherever the words 'fresh, 'farm' or 'local' are used, ask for the name of the farm.
Identify provenance suppliers for your food staples and stock up
Visit your nearest food markets and farm shops, but even then, challenge them to name the farm. You may be surprised how few can. You may need to use Google to find local or online suppliers.
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For bread
Buy your bread from an artisan bakery like Hobbs. There often over 40 ingredients in bread, but it only takes a handful of ingredients to make it!
If you do decide to bake your own, buy flour from companies such as Wessex Mill.
For meat and fish
Be a detective. Do not be fooled by fake farm brands or fish from fictitious places like 'Lochmuir'. With meat, too many butchers and restaurants use the word 'local' to refer to the source, not the origin. Never ask where food is from, ask them to #namethefarm.
For milk and eggs
Source your milk from local dairies who can name the farm. Chicken meat production is now highly commoditised, but you should still be able to source eggs from a named farm.
For fruit and vegetables
Nutritional values wear off with food miles, and so does any means of knowing the origin beyond a country. Research what is in season and reasonably local, and rediscover the thrill of seasonal produce. Try online too - garlic from The Garlic Farm, for example.
Cook simply and create leftovers
Create dishes which last, like casseroles and vegetable bakes. Keep it simple - let the ingredients sing!
Plan for your addictions, habits and treats
No excuses here thanks to growth in artisan beers and distilleries like Chase.
Try having it just once a week and it turns into a big treat. There are strong environmental reasons for eating less chocolate, but if you want to know where the beans were grown, try Chocolarder.
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This becomes very difficult and you will need to compromise where necessary - but always ask the questions! Try to at least know the origins of the main ingredient on your plate.


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When the idea for an wedding inspiration shoot at The Garment House on Broadway (Formerly Club 1000) was tossed around in a casual conversation, I had no idea what a life of it own it would take on. Thanks to the work of some of Kansas City's best wedding professionals the shoot was AMAZING! The attention to details that the team put in made the blank modern space full of life and class. Todays blog post is focusing on our glam black and gold wedding inspiration. The goal was to not only highlight the individual talents of each professional, but to show off the historic space in a new light. Enjoy!
Venue: The Garment House on Broadway
Planning and Coordination: Celebrations of Love
Floral and Design: Shana Vaughn Designs
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Later this month China's President Xi Jinping will visit the United States. From economics to climate change and cyber-security, there will be no shortage of issues for discussion between him and his counterpart President Obama. For more on what to expect, we spoke with Kissinger Institute Director, Robert Daly. That's the focus of this edition of Wilson Center NOW.
Robert Daly is director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center. He came to the Center from the University of Maryland, and prior to that was American Director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. He began work in U.S.-China relations as a diplomat, serving as Cultural Exchanges Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in the late 80s and early 90s. After leaving the Foreign Service, he taught Chinese at Cornell University, worked on television and theater projects in China, where he was the first American to have major Chinese-language stage and screen roles, and helped produce Chinese-language versions of Sesame Street and other Children's Television Workshop programs. During the same period, he directed the Syracuse University China Seminar and served as a commentator on Chinese affairs for CNN, the Voice of America, and Chinese television and radio stations. He lived in China for 11 years and has interpreted for Chinese leaders, including Jiang Zemin and Li Yuanchao, and American leaders, including Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger.
John Milewski is the executive producer and managing editor of Wilson Center NOW and also serves as director of Wilson Center ON DEMAND digital programming. Previously he served as host and producer of Dialogue at the Wilson Center and Close Up on C-SPAN. He also teaches a course on politics and media for Penn State's Washington Program


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Viking River Cruises specializes in all-inclusive river cruises in Europe and China, and I will be covering the christening of its new longboats in Amsterdam for EuropeUpClose.com. Each longboat can accommodate 190 passengers, so these aren't megacruises. Upcoming highlights include awesome views from longboat balconies; a visit to the famous Amsterdam distillery, House of Bols, followed by a tour of the Red Light District (there's no way I'm letting jet lag make miss this on the first day!); a trip to the famous Kinderdijk area, known for its windmills (Van Gogh was also born near there—Will there be absinth *hint *hint?); a trip to the Hague and Rotterdam's art museums.


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Archive for April, 2015
[EDIT: This post was updated to show the winners.]
Members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation have selected the winners of the REH Foundation Awards for Outstanding Achievement in REH Studies in 2014. The nominees were selected by the Legacy Circle at the beginning of April, and now the entire membership has chosen the winners. Ballots were sent and returned before midnight on May 3. The winners were announced at Howard Days in June.
For the BIG list that our nominees were selected from, click here.
Members voted for one (1) candidate in each category:
The Atlantean — Outstanding Achievement, Book By a Single Author
(for the purposes of this award, a book is any publication which is perfect-bound and over 50 pages)
WINNER: PARSONS, DEKE – J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard and the Birth of Modern Fantasy (McFarland 2014)
The Valusian – Outstanding Achievement, Anthology
No Eligible Nominee
The Hyrkanian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Print)
(Essays must have made their first public published appearance in the previous calendar year. Short interviews, speeches, book introductions, short reviews and other minor works do not count.)
BREAKIRON, LEE– "The Cromlechers: The Story of the First Scholarly Robert E. Howard Journal." The Dark Man Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014
RICHTER, LARRY – "The Least of Bob Howard." The Dark Man Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014
WINNER: SHANKS, JEFFREY – "What the Thak?: Anthropological Oddities in Howard's Works." REH: Two-Gun Raconteur No. 17, June 2014.
The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Online)
(Essays must have made their first public published appearance in the previous calendar year. Short interviews, speeches, short reviews and other minor works do not count.)
BREAKIRON, LEE – "A Cimmerian Worthy of the Name" (5 parts) The Nemedian Chroniclers #15, REH Electronic Amateur Press Association
KOHOUTEK, KAREN JOAN – "I Put a Spell on You: Howard's Conjure and Voodoo Stories." REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
WINNER: ROEHM, ROB – "The Legend of the Trunk (8 parts)" REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
TAYLOR, KEITH – "Here Was Ragnarok, The Fall of the Gods (3 parts)" REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
The Aquilonian — Outstanding Achievement, Periodical
HALL, MARK—The Dark Man Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014
WINNER: SASSER, DAMON—REH: Two-Gun Raconteur No. 17
The Venarium —Emerging Scholar
(The following candidates have begun making significant contributions to Howard scholarship through publications and/or presentations. Besides the contributions listed here, each of the nominees was active behind the scenes in 2014, preparing various publications, projects, and presentations for 2015.)
DERIE, BOBBY – Had a significant section on Howard in his book Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos
FRIBERG, BEN – Contributed an essay on "Pigeons from Hell" to the TGR blog.
WINNER: KOHOUTEK, KAREN JOAN – Contributed an essay to the TGR blog on Howard's use of Voodoo
The Stygian—Outstanding Achievement, Website
(Eligible candidates are limited to internet sites with static content and material that is primarily devoted to scholarship on the life and works of Robert E. Howard. Websites must have been updated with new content at least once in the previous calendar year. Non-static social media like Facebook and Twitter would not be eligible.)
WINNER: SASSER, DAMON, et al. – REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (Website and Blog)
BARRETT, BARBARA, AND BILL CAVALIER – Robert E. Howard United Press Association (Website and Blog)
BREAKIRON, LEE, FRANK COFFMAN, GARY ROMEO, AND SCOTT SHEAFFER – The Robert E. Howard Electronic Amateur Press Association(Website and Blog)
THOM, BILL – Howard Works (Website)
GOLD, ERIK, PAUL MCNAMEE, DEUCE RICHARDSON, AND PETE RONCOLI – The Official Robert E. Howard Forum (Internet Forum)
The Black River—Special Achievement
(The following eligible candidates have produced or contributed something special that doesn't fit into any other category: scholarly presentations, biographical discoveries, etc.)
BARRETT, BARBARA – For her weekly "REH Word of the Week" series at the REHupa and Official Robert E. Howard Forum websites.
WINNER: CHACZYK, ED – Organizing and promoting the online drive to raise money for repairs to the Robert E. Howard house.
FRIBERG, BEN – Howard Days Panels (videos)
KAHN, RACHEL – For By Crom! an autobiographical comic strip, which features Conan the Cimmerian as her spirit guide.
The Rankin—artistic Achievement in the depiction of REH's life and/or work
(Art must have made its first public published appearance in the previous calendar year.)
WINNER: GIANNI, TOM: Cover art for Fists of Iron, Round Three (REHF Press)
GIORELLO, TOMAS and JOSE VILLARRUBIA: Cover and interior artwork for adaptation of "The Hour of the Dragon" King Conan: The Conqueror issues 1-6 (Dark Horse).
PETERS, MICHAEL L – Cover art for REH: Two-Gun Raconteur No. 17 depicting "Red Nails"
The Black Circle– Lifetime Achievement (at least 20 years)
(Given only sporadically as warranted, The Black Circle of Howard Fandom constitutes entering a highly select group of luminaries. To appear on this ballot, nominees must have at least twenty documented years in Howard fandom and receive at least 25% of all votes cast in a past year nominating cycle. The resulting nominees are put on the ballot for a winner-take-all vote. In years where no one has earned a place on the ballot, no award is given. Awards given posthumously will go to the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas.)
WINNER: WAGNER, KARL EDWARD (posthumous)
Black Circle Award – 2014 nominees
(To appear on next year's ballot, nominees must have at least twenty documented years in Howard fandom and receive at least 25% of all votes cast in this nominating cycle. The resulting nominees are put on the ballot for a winner-take-all vote. In years where no one has earned a place on the ballot, no award is given. Awards given posthumously will go to the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas.)
De CAMP, LYON SPRAGUE (posthumous)
LOVING, BILLIE RUTH (posthumous)
Current Members of the Black Circle
Glenn Lord (2004)
Rusty Burke (2006)
Don Herron (2006)
Novalyne Price Ellis (2007)
Bill Cavalier (2011)
Dennis McHanney (2012)
Damon Sasser (2013)
Patrice Louinet (2014)


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Chickpea Noodle Soup
by nomeatbarefeet
This might be one of the easiest soups to make…and it might also be one of the most delicious. Having a comforting cup of soup on a cold evening is the best way to end a day. Throw-in a good beer or a glass of wine and you had a truly relaxing meal to enjoy with family and friends.
- 1-2 cups carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 medium white onion, chopped
- 3-4 stalks of celery, chopped
- 8-9 cups of water (we did a little over 8, and then waited to see if we needed to add more)
- 4-5 vegetable boullion cubes (We use the Rapunzel Vegetable Bouillon – 1 cube for every 2 cups of water)
- olive oil (optional for sautéing )
- noodles (we used about half a box-ish of medium shells)
- 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas
- 2 handfulls of finely chopped greens (we used kale)
The How To
- Sauté the carrots, onion, and celery over medium heat, 3-5 minutes or until the vegetables have started to soften. (You can use olive oil or use a 1/4 cup of veg stock if you don't want the oil.)
- Add the water and boullion cubes. Let the soup simmer for a while; there is no need to be precise here.
- After the soup has heated through, add the chickpeas and the noodles. Cook until the noodles are soft. (If you want, you can cook the noodles separately so that they don't get mushy. I didn't want to use another pot, so I used a pasta that held up pretty well.)
- Add the greens once the noodles are cooked. Let the greens cook for a few minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
This soup is just as good the day after…or the day after that, depending on how much you eat. It is a real comfort dish. It takes no time to make, and can simmer for however long you want.
ALL recipes can be located again (once they are not the main post) by clicking on the Recipe Sunday Menu, and then selecting the recipe you want to view!


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Ghost Caught at Asheville High School and Haunted Places. The Story of Summerwind.
Asheville High School
Ghost saw on surveillance camera at Asheville High School in Asheville, North Carolina. The camera caught a shadowy figure moving about in the school's rotunda. The school is 100 years old they seem to think it is the ghost of a little boy.
Don't you just love cameras left in the dark to catch whatever is moving about?
Do You Believe This is a Ghost?
Other Haunted Schools
In Slinger, Wisconsin there is the ghost of a former student who was accidentally killed and now haunts the hallways.
Urbana High School in Urbana, Illinois, something walks the hallways. They think it is a teacher who fell in love with a student and then hanged herself, but no one really knows. This ghost hangs out in a tower at the school.
Del Mar High School in California is haunted by a boy who was murdered by his best friend in 1942. They hear his screams.
Earl Wooster High School is haunted by very, very upset fan that shot himself on the football playing field. Visiting athletes will trip over nothing as if some unseen hand has tripped them.
As you can see Asheville is not the first haunted school.
My Family Stories
I come from a family that talked of the ghost as if it was an everyday thing. My aunts, there were 5 of them, would hide in the bushes and jump out at us when we were kids, with white sheets over their heads. All of the cousins, my brothers and sisters and me would go running away screaming. My aunts are in their 80's and 90's now, not all are still living. It was a fun childhood. I don't think kids enjoy that kind of thing now. It never hurt us.
We were recently visiting with my aunt and uncle. She told the story again of the new house they had just built. She was sitting in the living room one day and she saw a man in gray shirt and pants (work clothes) walk in and walk down the basement stairs. She told people about it and they said it sounded like the farmer that use to own the land. She never saw him again. My uncle told her not to tell that story. He said they would never get the house sold.
My Husband's Story
My husband and his friend were bird hunting earlier one morning on a back road way back in the woods. They were driving along when they suddenly saw a ghostly white figure cross the road. My husband's friend said: "Did you see that." My husband replied he had then, he said, "Let's get out of here." They never found out what it was and never went back there again. My husband explained back in the woods from the spot was an old homestead which was falling down and no one had lived in it for years. The only place he thought a ghost could have come from. He said it looked just like a ghostly figure.
We don't see this friend often now, they have moved out of the state but when we do he always brings up the ghostly figure. He has never forgotten about it.
Ghost Poll
Do You Believe in Ghost?
Most Haunted House
Summerwind located in Vilas County on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan.
The legend of Summerwind known as Lamont Mansion: This haunted mansion was the most haunted house in Wisconsin at one time. It's nothing but ruins now burned to the ground in 1988. It has been on the TV show A Haunting, located on West Bay Lake in Wisconsin. It's not far from us and I would like to go one day to just get some good pictures, but I'm sure it's blocked from anyone getting close to it.
Summerwind was a beautiful place on a lovely lake and people tried to live in it, but it was so haunted no one could last long.
It once belonged to the Secretary of Commerce to president Hoover, Robert P. Lamont. It was even haunted at the time that Lamont lived in it. He shot at someone he thought was an intruder, but it wasn't, it was a ghost.
It was purchased in 1916 by Lamont once was a hunting lodge like so many places in Northern Wisconsin. Rich and famous stayed in these lodges. Mafia also owned many places in this area at one time.
Families after the Lamont families lived in it but didn't stay long. Many homes in this area are only summer homes and I'm sure that is what it was for most of the families. There are not many of the summer people that come up here in the winter.
After all it was a fishing lodge in the first place I'm most of the time the Lamonts and the Keefer family were only there during the summer.
Arnold and Ginger Hinshaw bought it for their home, but couldn't live in it for long.
Raymond Bober bought it to turn it into a restaurant. Workers didn't like to come there to do the work. He finally gave up and had also experienced some of the hauntings. Every time the house riveted back to Mrs. Keefer. A group of investors bought it. Then a family from Canada bought it. It seems none of the families could stay long because of the hauntings which went on in the house.
When poor old Summerwind burned from lighting in 1988 there could never be another family in it. The land still stands with no building on it.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tracy of Chicago now owns it.
Lamont House in Lake Forest
West Bay Lake Vilas County Wisconsin~ S Helen Creek Rd, Land O' Lakes, WI 54540
The way it looks now SUMMERWIND. Just click.
Creepy Boy
"Amityville Horror' house back on the market, for $1.15 M: It doesn't look like such a horrible house. It looks pretty nice. I wonder if the creepy little boy is still in there. This picture was supposed to have been taken by a newspaper, but then it's also said it was taken by ghost hunters and not found until years later.
Below is a picture of the house looks like such a nice place to raise children in. So serene or is it? Would you live there?
There have been so many movies on this house and TV shows.
Old Farm House
We live in an old farmhouse now. I have been woken to people talking in this house. It sounds like a man and woman and they're carrying on a conversation. I can't understand what they say, but they are talking. I have thought the TV was on when it wasn't. I have gotten out of bed to check the TV and find it's off. Both of the late owners died here. She died in the kitchen and he died outside. Shortly after we moved in here their daughter died of a heart attack. She was a young woman, way to young to die. They are all buried at the cemetery down the road. If I look out my front window I can see the edge of the cemetery.
I have also felt cold air hit my face like someone is blowing the air at me. There's nothing I can say for sure just what I have heard and felt sometimes.
We have a cat and when he was a kitten and we first brought him home he never relaxed. He was always acting like he saw something I couldn't see. He'd sit up in bed and watch the door or he'd hang on top of my head holding on for dear life with his little claws watching the door. He's better now but still jumpy at times.
Ghost Child In Crypt. Look at him/her long enough it's like he/she is looking at you and the eyes show up more.
Copyright © 2015 moonlake
Ghost Caught at Asheville High School NC and other haunted places. What Do You Think Is It a Ghost?
© 2008 moonlake
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Do ghosts traffic is counted by HubPages?
I definitely believe in ghosts and spirits, having had my own personal experience with a few of them. There is some amazing technology today that can pick up voices, and movements and any presence of a ghost or apparitions. There are those who do not believe and that's fine. That is their believe and choice and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. There are those who not only believe, but have had personal experiences with ghosts, and that is awesome. No matter the beliefs, it is cool to think of the possibilities of ghosts who wanna just hang with ya! :)
I stayed in a house for sometime that was definitely haunted. It felt creepy going up the winding staircase and the room on the terrace gave a chilly feeling whenever one was in it. A couple of rooms attached to the main house and a bathroom also gave an uneasy feeling when in there.
I do believe ghosts are the cause for all these uneasy and unexplained uneasiness.
Voted up, interesting and shared.
I do believe in ghost.theres this one time when my sister was going to a party and told me she'll come back at 12:30 then 5 minutes later when she left she came back with a different colored dress that was black and it wasn't her then i said"that was fast" "oh i didn't feel good so i came back"she answered.then she left to her room then my real sister came and i said weren't you at your room.The end
I do believe in ghost and have encountered twice.
Hi moonlake,
My mother and I were visiting with one another one time and both experienced a fleeting moment of a girl sitting in the room with us. One moment she was there...and the next...gone. We both described what she looked like to one another and it was the same. We speculated who she might have been...but obviously we never knew for sure. That was the strangest experience! Interesting hub and I can see from the comments that many others think the same. Up votes and sharing.
This is so interesting! I love to read about ghost stories and haunted places. I have never had any type of encounter, but I won't say I don't believe in ghosts. Voted up and interesting! :)
Having had similar experiences, I can say it's not strange at all! ;D
I know! Mine did that, too! I'm usually sensitive to things like that, but when Murph would pop to attention and only his head would move as if he was watching "somebody" I wasn't seeing or sensing, my "radar" would switch on. Many times I couldn't get a read on what he was seeing, so I just chalked it up to one of those entities that only small children and animals can see. Meaning I'd never be bothered by it, only the Murphster. ;D
Okay, I'm totally creeped out! Forget that I've lived in many places with a resident ghost (or two) and had all sorts of encounters with the Not-Quite-Completely-Departed. This HUB creeped me out! 'Course it didn't help that while I was reading it and the comments, the fridge went through its nightly defrost cycle, which after almost a year and a half stills makes me jump! ;D
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This is a great hub. I am a big believer in the Paranormal and I have many of my own stories. Your hub is very well written, interesting and I look forward to reading more!
If I remember correctly the amyityville ghost claims that preceeded the original novel and the movies that came after were actually part of a real estate fraud.
Last I heard, people have lived in the house in peace for a long time.
I will make a hub later about the haunted village I went to. Thanks for the idea. :)
It took me longer to read the comments than the hub -- shows it's a good hub being so controversial! I'm a believer, there are so many things in this world we can't explain, just because we can't doesn't mean they don't exist. Voted up and interesting.
I believe in ghosts, but I'm not sure about this film.
great hub!
I'm starting at Asheville High next year, and I really hope it's a ghost!
I tried to share this with a friend and think it went to all my followers. So you might be getting a lot of traffic here.
Hi the 'ghost' looks like what they refer to as a 'shadow' person. Very common form of appartition in homes and in buildings. I feel that the 'shadows' tend to be 'spirit' rather than just a play-back ghost.
This hub was really fascinating and I love the story about Summerwind. I remember seeing this in the TV show A Haunting and the story still fascinates me yet. Many thanks for sharing this great hub.
Darn moonlake, you got some near hub length comments on this one. Wee hours indeed. Out-standing hub and that was definitely a bona-fide apparition. The question is what kind?
You are welcome & thanks for the comment on my ghostly hub moonlake, but unless you were stationed at this military base in Germany, you probably wouldn't of heard of this story. Today as we speak they are constructing houses on the land where this base was located. Makes one wonder if those spirits will move into the newly constructed houses after they are built? I guess time will tell.
This is a great hub that has withstood the testing of time. You have the most comments that I have ever seen. I find this subject to be totally fascinating, and I have put a link from your hub to my own ghostly hub, "which has become known as Ghost Central". Hopefully you'll get even more traffic this way. If you don't like the link, then just please let me know, and I will remove it for you. Keep on hubbing.
I Think Its A Ghost, Good Video.
great hub
ghosts should not be mest with because you dont eather
Great hub I will bookmark this and rate up. Loved it
wot a load of rubbish!!! computers u can do everything on them !!! a load of rubish
well i do believe in ghost...but i dont think tht they willl be appeared in phootoes...well muslims do believe in ghost...they have to...but it says, that ghosts will not appear on pics...well, fellows...a good way to fool people...thanks for fooling almost everyone in the world....:)
yes, i believe in ghost i have seen them throughout my life. when i was a little girl i lived in luna pier and their were ghost in my house!! they used to move my stuff around and play mean and scary tricks on me and most of all they haunted me, when i would tell my dad he would not believe until one day he was watching a movie with me and he had seen the same shadow as i did he told me you were right we will move out tomorrow morning as fast as possible
i do believe in ghost because i have seen them before
Yeah...I have seen things. throughout my life. My dad used to talk about the llorona and how she is seen walking around all over Mexico. She is evil...if you see her legend is that bodes ill to you.... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
My farther always told a story about seeing a woman at dusk as he was on his way home from school who suddenly disappeared with no place around to hide. And I believe my best friend who was killed in a head on car collision by a drunk driver heading the wrong way on a major highway visited me one night. So yes I do believe and what a great hub.
Who doesn't love a good ghost story, real or not? I've always been fascinated by ghost sightings, and orbs in pictures. This story makes me wonder how many things like this actually show up on tape. Most stores have cameras now.
Don't know, my husband is obsessed with the supernatural...I'm beginning to open up to the possibilities
OK, Moonlake, I'll put that on my todo list. Were the three lights on the corners of the object or someplace else? (sometimes people report lights in the center, for example).
Hi, Moonlake,
If you can describe it I might know of a source. I don't have weird connections but I've done a lot of research for my own reasons.
David,I noticed the double tail (or shadow). There are wasp like insects which have that build, two egg laying organs or tail-like wings instead of one. This isn't a moth, because it isn't the right shape, but it could be a wasp or a type of fly. The shadow is the weak part of my argument anyway, because the angle of it is always correctly in line with the light source. That could just be coincidence, because insects are often drawn to face a light. It certainly has the jumpy movement of a bug. A similar ghost video in my area of Indiana was shown to be a bug on the security camera lense just recently. With models on the lense people were able to reproduce the event. Proof has to be pretty spectacular and unique to be acceptable. If there's an ordinary explanation people tend to go with that even if it's wrong.Looking at the video of the orb in the gym (hope that's the one you meant, I couldn't get the links to pull up the right one so I did a search) I still see something that's very close to the camera and out of focus. Motion sensors probably aren't supposed to trigger for objects the size of bugs, but all sorts of things go wrong with them, especially the cheap ones.I guess most of the orbs I've seen were all in the same area, the Brown Mountain and Linville Gorge region of North Carolina. Ghost lights are very common there. Alice and I have both seen them while camping there, and sometimes hundreds of cars are parking along the highway at night watching the lights. Many colors and lots of variation in movement, obviously not bugs. Closest one to me was about ten feet away one night when I was camping on Brown Mountain in the area with the most activity, hoping to see one up close. I woke up in the middle of the night with a plane going overhead, way off in the distance, and shadows moving across the tent roof. Thought for a moment it was from the plane, then woke up all the way and realized the lights of a distant plane don't cast shadows. Poked my head out of the tent to look, and an orb the size of a soccer ball was moving slowly through the tree branches above me, throwing shadows of the branches on the tent. It drifted off in a straight line, went behind the trunk of a tree, and never came out from behind it, just vanished. It didn't look like the bug versions, no interior shadowy structures that show an object is just out of focus. Yellowish orange, a little transparent, perfectly round, not bouncing in the breeze or at all affected by the wind. Some people think they are geological phenomena, some think they are spiritual, and I don't see any reason they can't be a mix of both. I had many strange experiences in that area that weren't geological but they might have been triggered in some way by the area.
moonlake, Can you tell me if there is a "skylight" above the camera?
I dont know,it must be something,not a bat though.check out my paranormal site.paralore.com
I would like to propose a hypothesis that arises out of quantum physics for pondering. It is said that the human spirit possesses electromagnetic forces. Also, scientists have just perfected technology that can read thoughts by reading a person's brain waves and translating them on a computer screen as words and commands. You can read more about electromagnetic human forces here:
Could it be possible that this electromagnetic energy is our spirit and each electromagnetic wave functions with different and unique frequencies like a radio that can be recorded and stored in a database by using specialized electromagnetic meters like an EEG?
If such a recording is applied to Hindu and Buddhist beliefs of reincarnation, meaning, if this electromagnetic force survives a person's death and then enters into a host embryo and is born again, can the recorded electromagnetic force of the new born be compared with the electromagnetic record stored on the database to determine the prior life of the child? So whenever a child is born, their electromagnetic print can be taken and entered into the database and their parents can be given a record of their prior life….this doesn't sound good. Especially if their child was a murderer in a prior life. Also, if this unique electromagnetic impression of a person's life can be recorded and it is fleeting after a person dies then it would be important to record the impression right after death and birth.
Since the brain contains the cells that hold memories, which are lost upon the electromagnetic spirit leaving the human host at death, the new born will not have memories of a prior life except for the electromagnetic impressions created by the prior life that would probably be fleeting. The electromagnetic impression would be more defined by a prior life that had strong emotional ties. Emotions are made from electrical impulses that are transmitted by the nerves and stored in the brain cells, and which can create an electromagnetic impression of the person that survives their death for a period of time. For example, the death of a person can create such a strong emotional reaction, which can create a strong electromagnetic impression that survives the person's death for some time. This would explain why professionals believe that these electromagnetic impressions display themselves as images. The stronger the electromagnetic impression created from the prior life is, the more defined the image is, which I believe would be fleeting during the passing of time. This could also explain why some electromagnetic images display more of a human image while others display an unrecognizable image or shape and others simply a small floating bulb. For example, the videos above are a perfect example. In one video, you only see a small white floating orb. In another video, you see a dark undefined image that has a shape of a human, and in a third video, you see a full image of a human. The third video involved three (3) fatal accidents where people died in their cars. The cars were then towed to the yard the same day of the accident and then the image of the person appeared. The fatal accident could have created very strong emotions that could have in turn created a very strong electromagnetic impression of the person at the time of the accident, which could have then caused it to display itself as an actual image of a human on the above video. The weaker the electromagnetic impression is, the weaker the image. For example, it would appear as a floating orb or an unrecognizable image as in the above videos.
Could this electromagnetic impression of the person's prior life be transferred to the new born? In other words, could the child remember glimpses of a prior life due to the electromagnetic impression of the prior life; but not entire memories? For example, in the video above where you can see a complete image of a person, can the electromagnetic impression of that person's tragic ending be transferred to a new born where the new born's brain cells interpret the electromagnetic impression and the child will have some memories of the prior life where s/he died tragically? Does time deplete the electromagnetic impression of the prior life to only start taking on a new impression of the new born it is now hosting? Does the lack of any memories of when a human was a baby upto 1 to 2 years, or longer play a roll on allowing the electromagnetic impression of the prior life to deplete so a new impression of the current life can start to form?
Or can it invade another person's mind? It is well known that a person's mind operates under electrical charges. Thus, is it possible that third-party electromagnetic forces can invade a person's mind. For example, the person sees images of an electromagnetic impression of the other person's prior life? This idea would go to explain how some people could claim to speak with the dead. This idea would also hold that these people don't actually speak with the dead; but instead, they are conduits from which the third-party electromagnetic force enters and uses the person's brain cells to interpret the electromagnetic impressions from the prior life. This idea would also explain why some people who claim to communicate with the dead say that some communications are strong while others are week. This could depend on the strength of the electromagnetic impression. The stronger the impression, the stronger the communication a person would receive. Can electromagnetic forces be involved in interpersonal communications where electromagnetic impressions are transferred from one person to another? For example, a husband and wife who speak the same words at the same time, or a person you just met and an attraction is created, or when a person feels a "vibe" from another person that is interpreted as a bad or good vibe?
It is fact that electromagnetic forces are around us every day. Thus, the issue rests on whether we can see them, and the strength of the electromagnetic impression could dictate if we will.
There is a lot that we don't know about life; but I believe we are about to make some incredible discoveries due to new technologies that have been created, and which have already uncovered some extraordinary discoveries. Never accept that something is not true simply because you cannot see it with your own eyes.
Remember, this is just a hypothesis that may be proven wrong; but there is a lot of evidence and more being discovered that is supporting a theory with this idea. Only time and new discoveries can tell us more.
I can't agree with your explaination because if an insect was sitting on the camera then why is it casting a secondary shadow below the original shadow on the floor.
I think I saw a skylight on top of the camera. August 1, 2008 was the day of the new moon. Someone could have been walking on the skylight and their image could have been reflected down through the skylight. That would explain why it appeared on top of the wall. You should also look for lights radiating from the outside of the school through the skylight.
This could be an issue of traspass. If there is no skylight there, you've got me.
I think I saw a skylight on top of the camera. August 1, 2008 was the day of the new moon. Someone could have been walking on the skylight and their image could have been reflected down through the skylight. That would explain why it appeared on top of the wall. You should also look for lights radiating from the outside of the school through the skylight.
This could be an issue of traspass. If there is no skylight there, you've got me.
I think I saw a skylight on top of the camera. August 1, 2008 was the day of the new moon. Someone could have been walking on the skylight and their image could have been reflected down through the skylight. That would explain why it appeared on top of the wall. You should also look for lights radiating from the outside of the school through the skylight.
This could be an issue of traspass. If there is no skylight there, you've got me.
I think there are two major things to consider with any film like this. First, many of the modern ghost clips were photographed with digital cameras, and there's a whole new range of "photo flaws" with the digital technology that people see without understanding. This could be a bug sitting on the camera lense and moving around in the zone that's out of focus. That explains why in one segment it's apparently standing in a doorway and in the next it's at the top of the door, at an angle. The second series shows a "shadow" which could be the ovipository of a flying insect. It moves appropriately for that, along with the object, even though it seems to fit a shadow's pattern of movement. If at any point part of this ghost had wandered beyond the doorway and been partially obscured I'd be more convinced.
But secondly, I do believe in ghosts and I've had many strange personal encounters with things I can't explain away. In fact, digital technology seems sensitive to things that the old chemical film was not. Some of those new phenomena are real. I know that even if you can puzzle out a mundane explanation for something unusual, that's not necessarily the right answer to the puzzle.
Interesting but I don't believe in ghosts. Demons yes, ghosts no. Why one and not the other? Because ghosts are supposed to be people who have died but not left the earth. For the Christian, when a person dies they enter eternity - either Heaven or Sheol (the lace of the death otherwise known as hell). Demons on the other hand are are the henchmen of Satan (Devil) and are about the business to deceive mankind and keep them from believing in God.
I too have had my fill see my hub on supernaturals.
That was odd and could be kinda weird. Great Hub
I never scoff at things like that, as have had several encounters with Things that go bump in the night, see my latest hub.
Not too sure what that was but I'm all creeped out over here :S
Yes, looks like a real ghost to me!


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Congress passed the California Wilderness Act in 1984 designating over 94% (704,000 acres) of Yosemite National Park as Wilderness. The park's current Wilderness Management Plan was written in 1989. The purpose of this planning effort is to review the management direction in the 1989 Yosemite Wilderness Plan and update it as necessary to better align with contemporary use patterns and National Park Service policy.
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I know by now you all are sick of me and my father recent passing. So this will be the last post on my father's transition……maybe.
I LOVE THIS.21 Jul
Memories of my enslavement. **a re-post**18 Jul
It's been really hectic with here after my father's recent passing. Things have come together really well with help of family and friends and of course all the well wishers. I want to thank you all for prayers sent this way, they have been felted and well received. With that I would like to re-post a very personal piece for all that didn't read it the first time and for the new subs that may have missed it. Please enjoy.
I dread sun rise.
Spanish moss hung from trees like the raggedy dress on that old hag from up the line.
The swamp on the other side of the plantation always haunted me. Thick, bottom heavy cypress standing like sentries warned me of the dark places where a little boy could get missing. Many went missing in that swamp.
The midday heat laced the air with what seemed like black strap molasses that stuck to a little boy like an old quilt; dense, heavy and inescapable. Something like ol' miss's eyes, she had hate in her–from birth.
Cotton could be seen from one end of the Earth to the other or what was Earth to a little boy. A little boy also knew white meant nothing good, be it soft bolls of cotton or ol' miss.
As a little boy, I was still in the fields along side grown folks, but I couldn't work like them. Their lives depended on their work and their lives ended because of their work. I have seen with my two eyes how this work breaks people and makes them nothing more than hell spun cattle. The mind of a little boy could think of nothing but work and punishment. I had lost my before and never knew an after.
On soft, slow half way nights, a little boy would often wonder what kind of god would allow this. Did this god hate Black people also? He had to, look at us. The people still called out to this god that could not see nor hear them. I asked this god that if you could hear me, to please strip this skin off of me so I could breath free air. A little boy driven crazy before he could stand on his own, only wanted to breath free air and if this god couldn't do that then this little boy would leave him alone. As he had been left alone.
I dread sun rise.
A little boy has not known peace since he first opened his eyes, never knew his mother either. She died with me tied to her back, in that midday heat shortly after giving birth to me. She'd given this world all she had. From that day a little boy's life was not his, but the highest bidder. He saw his mother treated like a dead mule, kicked to the side so work could continue. That does something to a little boy and it did something to me.
This little boy never knew his father at all. Like most fathers his job was to make as many little boys as he could. Little girls came, but where not wanted as much, just something to play with when they got ripe.
My bones were made out of hate and fear and they fought often. Fear won most of the time as I can tell this story. On most days I was mad enough to chew nails and spit rust, but that meant nothing. Git yo ass back in that field boy!!
As a little boy I picked up on a few things. The others didn't speak much during daylight, nor did they speak to anyone they suspected. A little boy had stop speaking before he speak good. He gotten all the talk beaten out of him one night for stealing some rotten ham from the dog's bowl. The dog got some fresh ham to replace what I had choked down.
As a little boy I knew that to stop this world from hurting me was to die. I had seen many people die and they didn't want for anything after they stopped kicking. Tight ropes didn't swing anymore and empty stomachs didn't crave. Tears stop flowing and hardened faces were now soft and full of peace. They weren't hated and they didn't hate after that rope was cut. They were put in the ground and a tree planted over top of them. That's what I wanted for myself, but I was afraid to die because I didn't know what was after that. Maybe that deaf and blind god would continue to be deaf and blind and let me stay in the cold ground. Much like now.
'BICYCLE MAN' MOSES MATHIS DEAD AT 7615 Jul
Moses Mathis, who created a charity that gave thousands of bicycles to needy children in Fayetteville over two decades, died this morning after a long period of poor health.
He was 76.
Ann Mathis, his wife of nearly 46 years, said he died in his sleep at home shortly before 5 a.m.
"He had a peace with him," she said.
Mrs. Mathis was with her husband at the time, as was a hospice worker.
Mathis had been battling health problems for months and had been confined to medical facilities as he tried to recover his strength. Recently, though, he returned home under hospice care.
Mathis, who served in the Navy and worked at Black & Decker before it closed, became known as "The Bicycle Man" for the Christmastime bicycle giveaway that he orchestrated each year. Mrs. Mathis has headed the charity during her husband's illness and said it will continue.
Funeral plans have not yet been set.
THE SINGLE BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE HAS LEFT US. HIS NAME IS MOSES MATHIS, THE BICYCLE MAN AND MY FATHER15 Jul
My father left me this morning about 4:00am. I had a chance to see me and talk to him Saturday before I left to come back home. I told him that I loved him and I wanted him to let go so his pain would stop. Just before he died last night my mother had the same conversation and that's when he finally felt he could start the next leg of his journey.
Right now I feel kick in the head, but I did get my chance to say good-bye and he acknowledged me one last time.
I'm not much into prayer, so I just ask that the Most High receives him and bless him.
NOT GUILTY!!!13 Jul
Anonymous Message For Hawthorne Police6 Jul
HAWTHORNE (CBSLA.com) The group "Anonymous" — self-described "hack-tivists" — have targeted the Hawthorne Police department in response to authorities fatally shooting a man's dog.
The video of that dog's shooting has gone viral with more than 4 million hits on YouTube.
CBS2′s Suzie Suh said the cyber threat is being taken seriously and Hawthorne Police are on high alert.
"Anonymous" is known for hacking into — and shutting down — computer networks of major companies like Bank of America and organizations like the Tea Party.
The threat was posted Wednesday and Hawthorne Police immediately called in a computer specialists to work through the holiday.
The threat begins, "Hello fellow citizens of Earth. We are 'Anonymous.' Police of Hawthorne, you should know you are our primary target. This matter will not remain unresolved. We are 'Anonymous.' We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
Hawthorne Police Sgt. Joel Romero said that all IT technicians were called in to minimize the threat.
"They are working around the clock to start upgrading and they are working on our information systems and firewall systems," said Romero.
The FBI and LA County Sheriff's are both monitoring social media to investigate any threats.
Three detectives involved in the shooting have been reassigned for their protection.
Meanwhile, Hawthorne dispatch has been bombarded with phone calls — including death threats from around the world.
The City of Hawthorne's website was hacked Monday and it's been down ever since.
The city is hoping that public outrage over the dog's shooting will subside over the holiday weekend.
The Police have announced two separate investigations regarding the shooting.


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It seems like most places that we travel we find some kind of jewel that was unexpected. It was no different on our latest trip to the Portland, OR area. We stayed in McMinnville which is about 40 miles or so from Portland and in the middle of wine country. Well, to our surprise, it is also home to one of the most interesting aviation museums that I have seen. It certainly doesn't receive the notoriety of the Air and Space Museum in Washington or the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but it is well worth your time and the entrance fee Continue reading Into The Wild Blue Yonder – Evergreen Aviation Museum
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Left the RV Behind for a Trip to Oregon!
If you full time or "most of the time" RV as we are doing now, there comes a time when you probably have to leave the RV behind. We just traveled to the Portland, Oregon area this week to attend the wedding of our nephew, Ben. We had given thought to driving the RV out there, but decided that we weren't ready for an extended west coast trip and it would be too expensive to just take a couple of weeks to drive to the wedding and back. If we were full timers already, we may have taken a different approach, I'm not sure. I will Continue reading Left the RV Behind for a Trip to Oregon!
Hideaway for a Getaway!
We have only been RV'ing since October of 2014, but since then we have traveled around 20,000 miles in 15 states. Some of those miles have been over the same territory, but nevertheless we seem to have different experiences each trip. There are certain places that we have become attracted to and want to return. Either we didn't see everything that we wanted to or the area's offerings are something we want to experience again. It could even be both of these reasons. For example, Lajitas and Terlingua, TX near Big Bend Continue reading Hideaway for a Getaway!
What a Peach – Freightliner Chassis Service
We just left the Freightliner Service Center in Gaffney, SC where we had our first year service completed. It's strange, but Freightliner figures your service date from the time the chassis is manufactured, not the date of sale. We didn't take delivery of our coach until October but it was manufactured in May so we decided to get it serviced, as we knew we would be traveling near Gaffney this month. You can get service at any Freightliner center but many of these centers prefer servicing the commercial truck line and give priority to them over RV's. The Gaffney service center has six bays and only works on RV's.
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"I don't give a frog's fat ass who went through what. We need money! Hey, Russ, wanna look through Aunt Edna's purse?" Clark Griswold
It's only fitting I put a quote from National Lampoon's "Vacation" up, as yesterday we traveled to Wally World, aka Magic Mountain.
Nat and I took a Summer Day (a perk to corporations) and headed to Valencia, California to enjoy some Six Flags action. We had a great time, but my calves and feet are so stiff I can barely walk today. I obviously didn't wear shoes condusive to walking around all day -- I thought flats would be a great option but should have committed to tennis shoes.
We left around 8:30 and got to Valencia around 9:30. I love Valencia! So adorable. Very clean and spread out, with abundant parking lots (my favorite) and plenty of back-home staples like Chili's, for one. We grabbed breakfast at Noah's Bagels and Starbucks, which obviously initiated the "no carb left behind" adventure we were about to embark on.
Once we got to the park, we did some ample waiting until they let open the flood gates and let all the patrons stampede in like a pack of wild hyenas.
It's kind of eerie when you're one of the first people at an amusement park. Really creepy, actually. We were running around and there were no lines at all -- no people around. So bizarre. However, it was nice for the lines considering there weren't any until around 1:30-2:00.
However, I did notice a fair amount of teenagers were at the park, which is normal given theme parks are tailored to that crowd. But why is it that any time I'm in line for any kind of ride -- at an amusement park, a carnvial, what-have-you, that the teens feel like they can play JTT in the public eye? And I'm not talking about Jonathan Taylor Thomas, friends.
It's just offensive really, watching these kids hang on each other and hump in the middle of The Riddler's Revenge. Woof. It was hotter than three hells yesterday as well... just thinking of someone trying to hold me or kiss my neck in that type of heat is enough to send me on an unjustified outrage.
Nat gave me some great advice for our first ride. "Make sure you pull the restraint all the way down so there is no space..." as she motions to her crotch. "That's a whole different kind of scream." Amen sister. I don't need my lady bits to be in as much pain as my head is while being slammed side-to-side.
While waiting in line for some white water rapids line, there was a fountain that people were throwing pennies in. This obviously reminded me of the time I fell in a fountain when I was six. I was wearing the oh-so-glamorous sweatsuit and dress heels combo that I often sported (I liked the sound the heels made on the ground, didn't give a crap that they didn't go with all outfits -- a fashion renegade, if you will) and was waiting for Mom by the fountain when I decided I wanted to grab a penny from the bottom. Not sure about my logic here but God punishes in many ways and my punishment for stealing someone's "wish" was falling in. I just remember my mom's face when I came up soaking wet and how we has to haul around the mall looking for tiny enough clothes to fit me -- 6x(small) to be precise.
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to steal coin from fountains these days. So rogue of me.
We rode a few rollercoasters, ate a lot of terrible food (well, a moderate amount) and then peaced out after waiting on hour for Superman, only for them to tell us our car was being shut down and we needed to exit the coaster line. Super indeed.
We concluded our trip to Valencia at Chili's, obviously. We don't have any in the LA metro area, so any time I'm near one, I have to stop in. I can't resist. It just reminds me of home! I really loved Valenica and could totally see my parents living there. I tweeted that it actually looks a lot like Addison, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), with hills and mountains. Really pretty views and a home-y feel.
Can't wait to take a PTO day this October or December and hit up DISNEY WIELD!!!! Yes, wield. That's how I pronounced "world" as a child. I think when you work a full-time job it's essential that you try and keep some of your youth alive. And that's exactly what I plan to do!


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The Bridge ~ Step 43 ~ Creating Your New World
To participate on another level, you need not know how.
Just know that you want to.
In The Code: 10 Intentions for a Better World we purposely added a section at the end of the book called The Ninth Intent Revisited that is designed to have you share your visions and know that you have done something, in that moment, to contribute to the creation of a better world.
In fact, over the last three years, many people have shared their visions with us and the overall feeling we get from rereading these inspiring visions is that the people who told them to us had awakened from their indifference and were now more enlivened and empowered to make their world a better place in which to live. What excited us most was that these people frequently mentioned that they felt so empowered by what they were doing that they couldn't wait to get together with their friends and ask them the question: If you were already living in your ideal world, when you look around yourself, what do you see?
You will also see that we've left a space at the end of this step for you to jot down some visions of your own. If you'd like, you can even share your visions with the world by writing them on our new Blog at www.highestlightholders.com.
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Now it's time for you to create your own vision. But before you do, it might help to take a deep breath and imagine for a few moments that everything you see around you is made out of light, and that you can have a direct effect on your world by using your imagination. Now breathe deeper, and let go even more. Let go of any immediate cares for your survival needs; let go and feel your true joy settle in as all of your Earthly cares and concerns disappear. This is where you find your safe haven. This is where you are free to create to your heart's content.
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Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition
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vi has been the standard editor for close to 30 years. Popular on Unix and Linux, it has a growing following on Windows systems, too. Most experienced system administrators cite vi as their tool of choice. And since 1986, this book has been the guide for vi.
However, Unix systems are not what they were 30 years ago, and neither is this book. While retaining all the valuable features of previous editions, the 7th edition of Learning the vi and vim Editors has been expanded to include detailed information on vim, the leading vi clone. vim is the default version of vi on most Linux systems and on Mac OS X, and is available for many other operating systems too.
With this guide, you learn text editing basics and advanced tools for both editors, such as multi-window editing, how to write both interactive macros and scripts to extend the editor, and power tools for programmers -- all in the easy-to-follow style that has made this book a classic.
Learning the vi and vim Editors includes:
A complete introduction to text editing with vi:
How to make full use of vim:
Coverage of three other popular vi clones -- nvi, elvis, and vile -- is also included. You'll find several valuable appendixes, including an alphabetical quick reference to both vi and ex mode commands for regular vi and for vim, plus an updated appendix on vi and the Internet.
Learning either vi or vim is required knowledge if you use Linux or Unix, and in either case, reading this book is essential. After reading this book, the choice of editor will be obvious for you too.
Table of Contents
Basic and Advanced vi
Chapter 1 The vi Text Editor
- A Brief Historical Perspective
- Opening and Closing Files
- Quitting Without Saving Edits
Chapter 2 Simple Editing
- vi Commands
- Moving the Cursor
- Simple Edits
- More Ways to Insert Text
- Joining Two Lines with J
- Review of Basic vi Commands
Chapter 3 Moving Around in a Hurry
- Movement by Screens
- Movement by Text Blocks
- Movement by Searches
- Movement by Line Number
- Review of vi Motion Commands
Chapter 4 Beyond the Basics
- More Command Combinations
- Options When Starting vi
- Making Use of Buffers
- Marking Your Place
- Other Advanced Edits
- Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands
Chapter 5 Introducing the ex Editor
- ex Commands
- Editing with ex
- Saving and Exiting Files
- Copying a File into Another File
- Editing Multiple Files
Chapter 6 Global Replacement
- Confirming Substitutions
- Context-Sensitive Replacement
- Pattern-Matching Rules
- Pattern-Matching Examples
- A Final Look at Pattern Matching
Chapter 7 Advanced Editing
- Customizing vi
- Executing Unix Commands
- Saving Commands
- Using ex Scripts
- Editing Program Source Code
Chapter 8 Introduction to the vi Clones
- And These Are My Brothers, Darrell, Darrell, and Darrell
- Multiwindow Editing
- GUI Interfaces
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Enhanced Tags
- Improved Facilities
- Programming Assistance
- Editor Comparison Summary
- Nothing Like the Original
- A Look Ahead
Chapter 9 Vim (vi Improved): An Introduction
- Overview
- Where to Get Vim
- Getting Vim for Unix and GNU/Linux
- Getting Vim for Windows Environments
- Getting Vim for the Macintosh Environment
- Other Operating Systems
- Aids and Easy Modes for New Users
- Summary
Chapter 10 Major Vim Improvements over vi
- Built-in Help
- Startup and Initialization Options
- New Motion Commands
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Customizing the Executable
Chapter 11 Multiple Windows in Vim
- Initiating Multiwindow Editing
- Opening Windows
- Moving Around Windows (Getting Your Cursor from Here to There)
- Moving Windows Around
- Resizing Windows
- Buffers and Their Interaction with Windows
- Playing Tag with Windows
- Tabbed Editing
- Closing and Quitting Windows
- Summary
Chapter 12 Vim Scripts
- What's Your Favorite Color (Scheme)?
- Dynamic File Type Configuration Through Scripting
- Some Additional Thoughts About Vim Scripting
- Resources
Chapter 13 Graphical Vim (gvim)
- General Introduction to gvim
- Customizing Scrollbars, Menus, and Toolbars
- gvim in Microsoft Windows
- gvim in the X Window System
- GUI Options and Command Synopsis
Chapter 14 Vim Enhancements for Programmers
- Folding and Outlining (Outline Mode)
- Auto and Smart Indenting
- Keyword and Dictionary Word Completion
- Tag Stacking
- Syntax Highlighting
- Compiling and Checking Errors with Vim
- Some Final Thoughts on Vim for Writing Programs
Chapter 15 Other Cool Stuff in Vim
- Editing Binary Files
- Digraphs: Non-ASCII Characters
- Editing Files in Other Places
- Navigating and Changing Directories
- Backups with Vim
- HTML Your Text
- What's the Difference?
- Undoing Undos
- Now, Where Was I?
- What's My Line (Size)?
- Abbreviations of Vim Commands and Options
- A Few Quickies (Not Necessarily Vim-Specific)
- More Resources
Other vi Clones
Chapter 16 nvi: New vi
- Author and History
- Important Command-Line Arguments
- Online Help and Other Documentation
- Initialization
- Multiwindow Editing
- GUI Interfaces
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Improvements for Editing
- Programming Assistance
- Interesting Features
- Sources and Supported Operating Systems
Chapter 17 Elvis
- Author and History
- Important Command-Line Arguments
- Online Help and Other Documentation
- Initialization
- Multiwindow Editing
- GUI Interfaces
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Improved Editing Facilities
- Programming Assistance
- Interesting Features
- elvis Futures
- Sources and Supported Operating Systems
Chapter 18 vile: vi Like Emacs
- Authors and History
- Important Command-Line Arguments
- Online Help and Other Documentation
- Initialization
- Multiwindow Editing
- GUI Interfaces
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Improved Editing Facilities
- Programming Assistance
- Interesting Features
- Sources and Supported Operating Systems
Appendix The vi, ex, and Vim Editors
- Command-Line Syntax
- Review of vi Operations
- vi Commands
- vi Configuration
- ex Basics
- Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands
Appendix Setting Options
- Solaris vi Options
- nvi 1.79 Options
- elvis 2.2 Options
- Vim 7.1 Options
- vile 9.6 Options
Appendix Problem Checklists
- Problems Opening Files
- Problems Saving Files
- Problems Getting to Visual Mode
- Problems with vi Commands
- Problems with Deletions
Appendix vi and the Internet
- Where to Start
- vi Web Sites
- A Different vi Clone
- Amaze Your Friends!
- Tastes Great, Less Filling
- vi Quotes


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My partner and I just returned from the airport. We picked up my partner's lover who just arrived on a red-eye from California. We had a lovely breakfast and walk on the beach. They have not seen each other in 5 months. When we arrived home they quickly made their way to the bedroom. They are making love in our bed as I write my blog. Sounds of pleasure emanate throughout the house. I am happy they are enjoying each other.
David and I were just at a 6 day naturist gathering in West Palm Beach. People from all over the country attended. We did several presentations on the subject of polyamory. For many, it was really the first time they'd been exposed to concepts like "ethical non-monogamy" and "compersion." They could understand the benefits of honesty in relationship as compared to "cheating." Generally cheating is much more acceptable to the masses than open relationship since it's a familiar and known dynamic within the "monogamy paradigm." When I happened to mention that my partner's lover was arriving soon to stay with us, they were all speechless for a moment and then flooded us with questions. "Where are you going to sleep?" "What are you going to do while they're together?" "Are you really okay with this?" And finally the drawn conclusion of these people that choose to be naked wherever and whenever they can be was "that's just plain weird!"
Then there's our circle of friends most of whom have traveled the world, lived various alternative lifestyles, and searched the guru circuit and the depths of their souls to find enlightenment. They are accepting enough when we talk of our poly lifestyle with their "live and let live" philosophy. But when I told them I'd like them to meet David's lover while she's here, they looked at each other, rolled their multiple pairs of eyes and mumbled, "that's just plain weird."
My friend Miriam has been married and divorced 5 times. She is still sure she is going to meet "Mr. Right." She is the most shocked by our multiple lovers. She is a "serial monogamist." She has multiple lovers, just not all at the same time.
One friend insisted that I was mentioning our upcoming guest "a little too much." I was really worried, sad, angry and/or confused in his eyes. All I was aware of was excitement. I really like my lover's lover. I consider her my friend. She is intelligent, witty, interesting, considerate and communicative. Of course I'm excited! We all get to spend some quality time together.
It seems that everybody has ideas of what's normal and acceptable. Polyamorists believe loving more than one person is normal. Some believe it is our very nature and that is why there are so many problems in monogamous relationships. To me, it's one of many valid forms of relating that works well for me. I love my freedom. I respect my partner's freedom. In the words of the Zen master Osho, "love is authentic only when it gives freedom." (The Hidden Splendor #23)
How do you feel about freedom in relationship? Jealousy? Compersion? Love?