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The Stories
Part 1
"It was a beautiful Saturday morning. As I was exiting my metro car, a man boarding reached out, grabbed my thigh, and kept his hand there. Time froze, then sped up again. A woman beside me asked, "did he touch you?" I said, "yes." Then he was gone, and she was too.
I don't know what his face looks like, but I could tell you exactly how it felt when he touched my body. I could feel his handprint on me long after he was gone. Later, when I took a shower, I scrubbed my thigh extra hard, trying to make that feeling go away.
I've been touched without consent before, but this was the first time I went to the police. To my horror, I was met with resistance and difficulty at every step. I told my story to one.. two.. three.. four, five, six, seven different detectives, who ultimately treated the situation without much concern or follow-through." -Megan (Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C.)
Part 2
"What was the hardest part? The moments of confusion and violation I felt immediately after being touched? Having to tell my parents that this happened to me, again? Maybe it was when the police told me they had no record of my reports. Or weeks later, when the DA denied the request for a warrant, and I was told this was the end of the line, and there was nothing else for me to do. Of course, there is everything left to do.
My metro assault has rattled me to my core; it's reminded me of all the things I worked through and all the things I tried so hard to forget. Sometimes it feels as if the pain we experience through healing hurts the most: reliving events, questioning every detail...questioning yourself. And my assaults have made me question our place in the world. Who are we? Why are we here?
I'm left with many questions and few answers. But what I do know, I know for sure: No victim should ever feel like they are alone, and everybody deserves to feel safe.
If I could tell you anything, I'd say: I believe you, and you are not the only one, and I'm here - right here - with you. We can speak up together, and the louder we are, the more other people are forced to confront our reality. And if we can talk about it, we can work to change it. I just want the future to be a beautiful, safe place. Don't you?" -Megan (Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C.)
"It happened two summers ago. I was on a commuter train going to work center city Philadelphia. This particular morning I was especially tired, so I sat down at a window seat and rested my head against the window. At some point someone sat down next to me. I didn't pay any attention. I heard the click of a camera's shutter, but I didn't think anything of it. I didn't look up. I started to drift off and fall asleep. I woke up to a feeling of a hand on the inside of my leg. I slowly became more aware when the hand was sliding up and up. I was just frozen in the moment. I didn't understand what was happening.
I was not prepared subconsciously for this to happen to me. It never crossed my mind. It took me a second to understand but the hand just kept going up. Finally, he was on my crotch. I grabbed my backpack and ran down the aisle of the train. Someone started walking towards me from that direction. It was a man and he was wearing a suit and so was the person who had been sitting right next to me. I didn't know if it was him. He kept coming towards me. It was the scariest moment of my life. He came up to me and I was speechless. It was the man sitting across the aisle from me who saw it happen. He didn't say anything when he watched a stranger take photographs of a 17-year-old boy. The sound of the shutter has always been stuck in my head. I remember hearing someone's camera not too long after this happened, and the sound gave me a sinking feeling in my stomach. I will always remember that sound and what happened to me. The way his finger moved along the seam of my pants, up and up. I don't own that photograph, he does. That man owns something of me. He can put that wherever he wants, and I have no control over that." -Owen
"I went to work on September 11th in Midtown. I remember all of us going outside and I could see straight down Fifth Avenue… and there was a mushroom cloud. I finally made it off the island of Manhattan on one of the few F trains running to Brooklyn. As we crossed the water, I felt something brush the inside of my leg underneath my skirt. I must be mistaken, I thought, on today of all days. Today, how could anyone possibly have anything like that on their minds? When I felt it again, I turned around and gave the folks directly behind me a scowl face. We were in there so tightly, it could have been any one of them. But not this time - nope, as soon as I turned back around I felt those nasty fingers creeping up and I turned back around with a loud "Excuse me" aimed at the dude directly behind me. Trying to relatively keep my cool. I mean, people were falling out of buildings at that exact moment. Let's keep perspective, right?" -Nina Part 1 (Woolwich, Maine)
"Just before the train pulled into its first Brooklyn stop, it happened again under my skirt. Clearly it was intentional because it was the third time that it happened. I turned around and said, 'Get your hands off of me!' He ran off the train, saying that he didn't do anything. I must have sounded and looked terrifying, because the rest of the folks around me all shrunk away. There wasn't even any available space to shrink into but somehow they did, and a gentleman said 'Give her some space.' I remember standing there, gripping that pole in my heels, having just escaped my temp job where I thought I might have to spend the night sleeping under my desk next to the smell of my half-eaten Reuben, somehow radiating enough anger that a train full of already terrified and sardined Brooklynites were giving me a 2 foot margin in all directions. How dumb. How gross. How unfortunate that the strong memory of that day threatens to supersede the other 99% of folks I interacted with on that day in strength, compassion, and solidarity. I try my best to remember those people instead. They are the true potential of what humanity has to offer." -Nina Part 2 (Woolwich, Maine)
"It happened 3 years ago. I found solace in this gallery the day after it happened. I would continually replay it over and over in my head, wondering what I'd done wrong and how I could have prevented it. That was then. What was once an experience that left me feeling raw, damaged and powerless has made me resilient - mentally and physically - in the face of trauma. I think about 21 year old Alicia and I just want to tell her things are going to get infinitely better. Life is tough, but so am I." -Alicia
"My name is Sayema and I work as a math teacher for eighth grade. I remember like it happened yesterday. This boy comes on the metro train with me and he sits behind one of those glass panels. I am sitting there and all of a sudden, I see him moving. I thought he was mixing lemonade in a bottle. I looked in the reflection and you can see everything in the window. I see that he took his pants off and was jacking off and was looking right at me. I froze and couldn't even process what was happening. I was praying that he wouldn't come towards me. He finished. Wiped his hands on the seat. Pulled his pants up and then walked out. I remember sitting there not believing what just happened. He never touched me, but I never had felt so violated before in my life. I am not a magazine." -Sayema
"I was on my way to school one morning in 11th grade, floating in a morning daze aboard the same train I took every morning for six years beginning at age 13. I had been riding the subway alone since I was 12 and rarely feared for my safety -- the city and its tangled grid of subways that may be intimidated to many had been home for my entire life. It was early spring, and I was pushed up against the double doors of a crowded 4 train. My backpack sat at my feet to create a few more inches of space between myself the hundreds of commuters I shared my mornings with, my headphones were wedged deep in my ears to block them out. In my sleepy haze, I reviewed the assignments I had yet to complete for my afternoon classes, my weekend plans, and my upcoming final presentation for my English class. As my mental checklist grew in length, I noticed something pressing against my pelvis. When the pressure became more concentrated I realized this was not a normal morning commute occurrence. I became alert and as I looked up, made eye contact with the man I was standing face to face with. He grinned at me as he moved his hand under my dress. I was trapped in a dense crowd of unconcerned strangers and racing through a 27 block span of underground tunnel, being groped by a man who bared his coffee-stained teeth and narrowed his beady eyes at me as I stared back at him, face and voice frozen. As I tried in vain to contort my body out of his reach, I endured this violation, swallowing shame and hating myself for wearing a dress short enough to have invited this interaction. The train screeched into 86th street after what felt like an eternity and I sped out of the car and up the stairs, my heart racing and my breathing labored. I stepped onto the next train shaking. My body had been subject to verbal and physical harassment for half a decade, my height conveniently disguising me as old enough to be on the receiving end of such attention since I turned 12, but I had never been so shaken, so blatantly violated like this."
"I was on my way home from a volleyball game from DuPont. I had sweatpants on and was sweaty. It was a pretty full metro car and I was standing. This man kept tapping me on my shoulder. I removed one headphone. He stated, "Hey do you want to suck my toes?" I looked down at his feet and he had long disgusting toenails. I put my headphones back on and tried not to engage. Then he tugged on my shirt and he said, "Where are you coming from? Are you coming from the gym? Were there naked girls at the gym?" There was a man sitting next to him and who heard everything. Rather than saying anything, he averted his eyes, moved down the car and left me alone with this man." -Emily
"He asked me again if I wanted to suck on his toes. At this point I was starting to get scared. I texted my fiancé to meet me at the metro station. He tugged on my shirt again. He said, "What station are you getting off at? Do you think I am following you? What if I was following you?" At this point I am panicking. He knew what my fear was." -Emily
Rev. Dawn Sanders
"I was on the metro when…a man next to me made a comment about my dress. In that moment, you are thinking that is odd, but I didn't really think anything after that. The metro car started to empty out. I remember feeling intuitively "Am I safe?". Out of the corner of my eye the man had exposed himself and was masturbating. I realized what was happening and I ran to the call box at the far end of the metro car. In that moment, he began chasing me. He started screaming at me and was extremely irate. One man got up on the metro and blocked the man and I. I become more frantic because he couldn't hear or understand what I was saying. The man was getting more irritate at this point, so I started banging on the window to get the attention of someone else in the car. That felt like eternity. Because the windows are soundproof no one could hear me, there was a woman at the far end who saw me. The train is still moving, the man is still yelling and, and I am hysterical. All of this is happening while the train is in motion. The train opened, and the man ran away. The train conductor came and looked. He didn't say anything to me, it was almost as if it didn't happen. I went and talked to a metro employee. I talked a female employee she started yelling at me. She was annoyed by my request and report. She said that it didn't happen at her station, so I should go to the other station instead to report it. She was angry towards me not following a procedure that I didn't even know existed. Then I stood there. I didn't even have words for what she said to me. She saw I wasn't moving. She directed me toward Alexandria police officers that were outside. I was hesitant because I didn't feel comfortable telling the story to three male police officers. At the same time, I knew I couldn't let it go. I didn't know if the man was going to do it again or to someone else. I went up to them and told them what happened. One of the officers started laughing. He asked, "Did you see it? What size was it?". They did not do anything to help me." -Rev. Dawn Sanders
"I do think that you are forever changed. Now, I feel responsible as a member of this community and clergy woman to advocate for women's empowerment. I really feel committed to voicing this concern for women and girls that may never be able to tell their story. I can be a voice for the individuals who can't speak about it right now or feel shame or stigma from it. I certainly don't think anyone should have to shoulder this burden alone."
"I was taking the bus to work during the summer. A man, who appeared to be intoxicated, entered and sat down in the same area towards the back of the bus. The man starts trying to talk to a woman who was sitting across from me. She was obviously looking at her phone and didn't want to be bothered. He started touching her. Grabbing her arm. Grabbing her chest. She told him to stop but he kept going for it. To be honest, I am a small person. I am 5 4' and this guy was clearly bigger than me. Since it seemed he was on something I didn't want to confront him directly. Other people around us were on their phones and reading books and didn't seem to care about what was happening. I went to the front of the bus and told the female bus driver to stop because of what was happening to this woman. She pulled over right away, called the police on the intercom and asked the man to leave. At that point, some other passengers got involved to help remove him from the bus. Three or four people in the front of the bus started accosting me with homophobic slurs. They called me faggot, stating, "this is my morning commute!" "Why are you holding us up?" I was offended and disgusted, telling them that there was a man groping a woman on the bus. It was a very disheartening thing to witness--not only were people not willing to step up but they expressed more concern over being late for work than they did over this person being harassed."
"It happened right after I moved here. It was on a Saturday morning and I was going to go hiking with my friend. I got on the metro and there were only two other people on the train. I was tired, wearing hiking pants, and an old t-shirt. A man got on the train and out of all the empty seats he came and sat right next to me. He started manspreading, pushing his legs apart and pressing them against my thigh. I felt really uncomfortable and was trying to move as close to the window as possible. I put my bag in between us to create a little barrier. He kept pushing his leg on to me and his hand started sliding down on to my thigh. I was terrified. Looking back, I wonder why I didn't say anything then. I think I was just shocked that this was happening. I tried to squish myself as far into the wall as possible. I told him, "Would you mind giving me some space I am feeling a little squished?". He started yelling at me. That's when I realized he was drunk. I wanted to defend myself, but I didn't want to get hurt. I told him I just wanted to get out and he could have all of the seat if he just let me out. He didn't move. He just kept shouting at me. There was another woman on the train and she came up to me and asked if I was ok. She asked me if I knew this guy. I told her no and that I was terrified. She got involved and we moved him out of the seat together. There was another guy on the train who helped too. At the next stop, I bolted off the train…I am so thankful for those bystanders who helped me. I didn't know what I could do in that moment. Now I only sit at the ends of the seats. This is one of those little things that we shouldn't have to think about when we get on the metro."
"I don't wear glasses on the metro. I don't make eye contact. I don't want to give anyone an invitation to talk to me. Without my glasses, I cannot see details. I don't want to know what other people are doing around me. In the morning I never wear them. After work I will take them off before I start commuting back home."
Human Resources Professional
"I always fall asleep on the metro in a middle seat. That is the best thing in the world to fall asleep in a moving vehicle. One morning, I felt something in my lap. I didn't think I had anything in my lap so I forced myself to wake up. I looked down and there was a hand touching my crotch. I stood up, pushed the old man out of his seat and yelled at him to get off of me. No one asked if I was ok. Nobody cared. Nobody even looked up..."Unfortunately, I did not take his picture or report him to Metro. Now, I will only sit if I can find an aisle seat next to a woman. But the most frustrating thing about these incidents is people's reactions when I tell them this story. They say, "Well, you shouldn't have fallen asleep!" Unacceptable. The real question is, "Why can't a man keep his hands to himself?" If you fall asleep or wear a certain thing that doesn't give anyone the right touch you. A woman should be able to do and wear whatever she wants and not feel afraid."
"It wasn't that long ago. There were only a few people on the train with me. I could feel that someone was looking at me. I looked over and saw a man looking directly at me. He walked over and sat close to me. It was a little weird because there were so many other places to sit. His lower body was blocked by a seat in front of him. I noticed that his hand was vigorously moving. I could feel in my peripheral vision that he was staring at me while he was masturbating. My first feeling was disgust. I got up and stood by the door. When I got off the train I had an even weirder feeling. Is this the world that we live in? We just have to deal with this? Then I was disappointed in myself for not saying anything. What's really upsetting is that if we don't come together and don't say anything about this, it's going to become normalized. It's going to be a normal thing that every woman has to go through every single day. Someday if I have a daughter, what am I going to tell her? That this is just a part of life for women? I keep thinking this is just the world that we live in, but it doesn't have to be. We shouldn't have to put up with this every time we use public transportation."
Undergraduate student
"I used to live in India so street harassment is not new to me at all. I have been harassed on the DC metro multiple times but this one sticks to me the most...I was on the metro wearing shorts it was pretty warm outside. It must have been March or April. I was sitting on the first seat closest to the door. This whole group of older men got on the train and they started leering at me. There were more than 5 and less than 10. I couldn't count all of them because there were so many of them. They all started shouting at me. Some of them had kids with them, little boys. They were commenting to the little boys about the way that my legs looked. The boys looked as if they were less than 10. I was extremely uncomfortable. I got up and they all got so much louder because they saw the back of my shorts. I remember one of the comments in particular, "She got an ass on her!" They all start going on about my butt and asked where I was going. I was terrified they were going to follow me because there were so many of them. There were too many of them for me to keep track of. I exited the train and sprinted towards the exit…This was probably the most terrified I have ever been. The other top four are the other times I have been harassed."
"I got in to a half-full front metro car on a Sunday afternoon. It was great. There was even a cop there for a while. The metro car was beginning to empty out. I felt fine about it at the time, but then I was the only person on the car. It didn't matter to me at the time. A man got on the train and sat directly behind me. I thought it was a little odd since the entire train car was empty. I didn't want to make him feel bad, and I didn't want to move which is funny to me now. I remember staying there and thinking I was uneasy, but there were only a few stops left. Then, I felt something on me. Something wet. I just started looking around. You know that feeling sometimes when you are on a metro car where the windows leak? But it wasn't raining. Then I turned around and saw the man adjusting his pants and I saw a strip of his stomach. I think I knew what happened, but I didn't want to believe it. So, I said to him, 'What is on me?' He responded, 'Oh, it's nothing.' I was looking at him over my shoulder when I realized what had happened.
I got up and said, "There's something on me, what is it? There is something in my hair!' He said, 'Oh it's baby lotion, it's good for you.' And I said, 'I need to see the lotion right now.' He started rummaging through his backpack. I knew it wasn't lotion. I started yelling. 'I have allergies, where is the lotion?' So finally, I said, 'Did you spit on me or something?' I could smell it. He started curling up against the window and I started to feel very afraid. The train pulled up to Rockville. I got off the front car, turned, and was standing on the platform. I remember the woman driving the train stuck her head outside the window, as I stared at the man inside curled up on the seat. I thought to myself, I should remember this moment."
"It was when the weather started to freak out again. I was just minding my business all bundled up. Clearly going to work at the metro. I had my khakis on. As I was coming up the escalator in front of me and I realized that a man was staring at me. I just ignored it because I thought he was going to stop. But when I got on the metro platform and I stood there waiting for the train. He walked up to me and started telling me how beautiful I am and how he really wants my number and wants to take me out. I told him politely that I don't feel comfortable giving my number out to strangers. He would not walk away until I promised that the next time he sees me again that I have to give him my number because we wouldn't be strangers anymore. He was harassing me for about 5 minutes until the metro got there. There were plenty of people around especially since it was rush hour going to work but no one said anything. I didn't feel right for the rest of the day. Since then I get to the metro and I am scared he is going to be there again. Some days I try to ignore it because I haven't seen him since. But it's tough."
Do you have any advice for women on what to do in a scary situation on the metro?
"I would just tell a person pray. That's what I do. Hopefully they will have a peaceful ride to their destination and a peaceful ride back. Please God let me get to my destination in one piece. Get all these men and boys to leave me alone I just want to get where I'm going".
"I was coming home from work around 8:30 PM. I had my earbuds in and was listening to a podcast. I noticed this guy starting to get into my personal bubble on the Metro platform. I moved away and didn't make any eye contact. But then he kept getting closer and closer, to the point I started looking around seeing if anyone else was noticing this. I eventually tried to make eye contact with him to show him that I realized what he was doing. He wouldn't look at me. Eventually the train came and we got into the same car, then he started to stare at me. I decided to get off and change cars. We were in the older cars where they have windows in between the cars. I was watching him to make sure he wasn't going to get off at my station. When the train stopped at my station, he got off along with me. I could see him catch sight of me and maintained eye contact at that point. At that point I just sat down on a bench on the platform and waited him out. I didn't want him to follow me home......It's not a sex thing. It's a power thing. It doesn't matter what you are wearing. It is just that another person wants to have power over you. By showing that he is willing to stare at you, follow you, masturbate in front of you, rape you, whatever. It is him having power over you. That's what they want."
"I was with a friend and it was probably around midnight. We were going from New Carrolton to Capital South. This guy got on the train and sat across from us and he decided that because I had big breasts that it clearly meant that I wanted to have sex with him. That I wanted to perform oral sex on him. And he got up and he was standing in front of us the entire time. He was talking to me and was saying really descriptive rude terms. I froze. I couldn't really talk to him. I couldn't answer anything. And the entire time he was touching himself. He was video tapping the entire incident. Eventually, this guy who was on the same train as us who was sitting a few seats down got up and told him to back off. He started freaking out and calling this guy Captain America. Saying that he could do whatever he wanted that we didn't say that we didn't want to talk to him. Eventually we got to our stop. We got off of the train. Initially we thought he was following us off the train but he was getting off to go into another car to be away from Captain America…I sent Metro this really detailed account to what happened. The fact that the guy was drawing his nails with a sharpie. What kind of alcohol he smelled like. I sent it in. I got an email back I think the next day that said, `Thank you for your extremely detailed account of what happened. Our suggestion would be that you do not ride the metro after 8 pm, and try to wear sensible clothing on the metro." -Rowan
"What happened to me on public transportation isn't something that should be happening to a 17-year-old high school girl. In fact, it isn't something that should happening to any person at all.
Clad in my uniform, I rushed out of my last period class for the walk to my bus stop by the Medical Center metro station – the 46 Ride On. I had an English paper due the next day that I hadn't started on and wanted to get back home as soon as possible to get started on it. I knew I had a better chance of catching an emptier bus before peak rush hour, and I was right. The 5-minute wait gave me a chance to get my headphones in so I could ride the bus, uninterrupted. There were no more than 5-10 people on the bus with me, so I was able to get my usual seat – right by the back exit.
If I'm by myself, I typically tend to mind my own business while I'm taking any sort of public transportation, and this time was no different. With my headphones in, I was able to hear no more than the sounds of the stops. However, this time, I heard a booming thump from the man who decided to sit next to me – a moustachioed man with a medium-to-large build, presumably coming from work with a briefcase in hand.
I wondered why he was sitting next to me in a bus full of empty seats where he had his pick of the lot. As I continued to listen to my music and avoid eye contact with the man next to me, I started to feel a sweaty, warm hand on my thigh. My mind went blank and I didn't know what to do in that moment. I was so focused on avoiding eye contact with him, that he found himself the opportunity to do what he wanted to my body when I wasn't looking. I continued looking straight ahead and avoided any eye contact with him possible.
About 10 seconds later, the bus came to a halting stop at the request of another passenger wanting to get off. Deciding to take this opportunity, I quickly jumped up out of my seat to walk out – but not before he was able to pull on my skirt. I turned around, looking him straight in the eye with the snarkiest expression of contempt I could muster up, and walked out of the bus.
This is the first time I've told this story to anyone. In the moments after the incident, I kept on thinking to myself: "Was this harassment?" You can't help but question yourself when an act that is meant to be consensual and private is done in such a public setting. I know now, after hearing so many stories of similar occurrences, that this was harassment. In that moment, should I have said something? I really didn't know what I could have done or what would have happened if I did.
In this movement of #metoo, I am using this project as a platform to speak my mind and share my story in hopes that others might come forward too. Never forget that there is strength in solidarity."
"I was riding the metro one day. I was coming up on L'Enfant plaza getting ready to get off. I was sitting at the end of the row and I noticed a girl who was sitting in the handicapped seats. She was sitting next to man who was wearing baggy pants and a black shirt. I just happened to look up at the right time. He took his hands and started to rub her thigh. She had this actual look of fear and shock and she couldn't move. I knew she couldn't move because she didn't. She was just frozen. So I thought. Oh God. What do I do? Do I call him out. I don't want him to react violently and start a large scene. So what I did was I went, "Hey oh my god! I haven't seen you in so long! How are you? Come sit right next to me!" She looked at me, she jumped up from the seat and sat right next to me. And she said "Its been forever. He was glowering in the seat close to us. I honestly don't think he realized what I did. I am pretty sure he thought I knew her. Eventually we got off the train together."
"I was on my way to work. It was a summer morning and the train was overcrowded on the orange line. I was surrounded by a bunch of men in suits. You could not move. No one could move anywhere. When the train operator slowed down the car everyone started to shift over. I could feel a hand on my leg as the train was jerking to stop. The hand would move closer when it shifted. At first I thought this person was just shoved up against me. But the last two times that they did it his hand went into my crotch in between my legs…This is stuff that women deal with for their entire lives."
"My friend Mia and I signed up for these kickboxing classes. It was 3 for $9 which is so cheap for kickboxing and its all the way in East Falls Church. We went together. We got on the metro at GW Foggy bottom and rode it all the way to East Falls Church. We were walking because the location was 5 minutes away. I noticed this man in this glass hallway we were walking in. You can see reflection through the glass. And I started to notice this man approaching us and my friend Mia is short. I am one of the tallest of my friends so I am known as a protecter. I put her in front of me as we were walking. I just kept looking and pulled my purse in tighter. He was walking behind us for about 2 minutes. He got about a foot away from me. I turned to my left and I could see that he had a phone. And I turned around saw that he was recording my ass. I said, 'Are you recording my butt?' He was so in shock that I actually said something to him. He froze. My friend Mia said 'What is he doing?'. I responded, "He is recording my butt. He has been recording us walking'. I was so in shock. I was so infuriated because I really didn't know what to do."
"Women are powerful. I mean that literally. Our bodies are built for resilience and struggle. Our minds and spirits are built to withstand trauma and challenge and, somehow, allow us to adapt. But one day, I sat on the train coming home from work. I sat reading the paper, shockingly an article about the #metoo movement. I looked to my right and a man was staring at his lowered phone. And after a quick moment, I realized that through his phone, he was looking up my skirt. He was actively working to get an angle up the slit of my gray pencil skirt and around my crossed knees. I was embarrassed. I was mortified. When I got up to leave, he simply looked at me and grinned. He said: "I hope your day ends as good as mine just did."
I felt dirty. I felt like I shouldn't wear that skirt anymore. And then that made me angry. Why should the actions of a man, actions that made me feel like an object, actions that made me feel a lack of power, force me to feel less valuable as a woman? I worked to remember my voice. I actively worked to harness my agency. And then I remembered how many women do not have those options and it humbled my heart.
Right now, amongst the Weinstein's in the world who do not get the public shame and continue to assert a toxic masculinity that push women to feel shame in their space and body, we need to stand together. Instead of us women comparing harassment and experience in a negative way, let's support one another. Because women, as a collective and with our shared but unique experiences, have unbelievable power. And let's hold our male counterparts to this standard. To the men who will read this and be horrified because you have a daughter, sister or wife, remember that this MATTERS. And not just because of the women who touch your lives. But because women are people too. We all deserve to feel powerful and full of agency and voice in this world that we share.
So #metoo."


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Photography Challenge Weeks 1-3: Rule of Thirds, SOOC, Land
Week 1 Prompt (Story): The rule of thirds is the first compositional rule most photographers learn; but most don't know why they learn it. The rule of thirds is amazing for telling a story. Tell a story using rule of thirds.
Horizontally, I've broken the rule of thirds, and instead created thirds with the sea, land, and sky to create equal weight between them, suggesting that nature is in balance. Vertically, the shelter is on the guide line but the man is walking away from the guideline, suggesting that he's on a journey, which, results from a step away from balance, or the status quo.
Week 2 Prompt (Technical): Straight out of the Camera. No Photoshop. Shoot a compelling image and post it without edits. No cheating! (Be sure and save the image file for the end of the challenge!)
Lighting and color theory are aspects of filmmaking that I've largely underrated and am still trying to master. In most of my work, I've relied on post-production to create the look that I need, but it's often time-consuming, and ultimately, can't make up for poor direction. One of the struggles I had starting out in film is that I kept asking myself, "what else do I need to start making great visuals? What lens, what camera, what dolly, what slider, what else, what more?" The trap, of course, is that I ended up making nothing - and paying a lot. In this week's photo, I took some time to give some love to basic lighting techniques: separation of subject and background, key light, fill light, rim light, color. If I couldn't "fix it in post," then the challenge was being intentional enough to get it right in-camera.
In creating this image, I've found that the path to visual storytelling just requires a bit more confidence in the creativity that already exists in my brain (it's also free). Also self-portraits are hard.
Week 3 Prompt (Artistic): Your inspiration this week is land. This could be a landscape, or an image inspired by the land in some way.
I'm late. The week this was due was so tough, that I'm resorting to going back into the catalogues to find a picture inspired by land. So here's a picture of me simba-ing a piece of ice in triumph of still being here, alive and hustling.

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Sermon Preview: "Much to Do About Little"
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Tom Newman, Lead Pastor
Service Times
9:30 AM – Contemporary Service
11:00 AM – Traditional Service
LiveIt! at 9:30 AM (Grades K-5) | Noah's Ark Adult Class at 9:45 AM | Nursery & Preschool
***Due to the Labor Day holiday, there will be no LiveIt! Kids programming this Sunday, September 2. We will still be offering nursery and preschool. ***
Prayer after 9:30 AM Service
If you would like prayer after the 9:30 AM service, a caring individual in Room 302 will be waiting to pray with you.
Asbury Care Team (ACT)
To learn more and meet our Care Team members, click here.
Visit our LifeGroup page to learn how we create community.
Visit our page to learn more about Asbury's Kids Ministry!
Lynn Road School Supply Collection – NOW – September 9, 2018
We have one more week to go! Bring your donations and let's fill up the school supply trailer! Click here for the supply list!
Want to Serve with Asbury Church? We've got opportunities!
By volunteering to serve through our programs such as Family Promise or Habitat for Humanity, every person in the church has the opportunity to serve and to live their calling more faithfully. See below to see where you can get plugged in!
- Family Promise Volunteers Needed
We will be hosting Family Promise on September 16-23. Please be in prayer about how you and your family and/or LifeGroup can get plugged in and be of service to these families. Learn more and sign up now by clicking here!
- Habitat for Humanity/Apostles Build needs lots of loving, helping hands over the next few months! We will be helping build the next Habitat for Humanity house as part of the Apostles Build beginning on September 29. Visit our Apostles Build page to learn more and sign up.
- Backpack Buddies Gearing Up for First Meal Packing Event. All hands are needed on deck on Saturday, September 15 at 10 AM in Asbury North. Join us as we pack up food to be distributed in the backpacks of some of our Lynn Road students. Send an email to email@example.com to let her know you are coming!
- Jesus and coffee? Yes please! Asbury Church is seeking more volunteers to help serve coffee on Sunday mornings. Interested? Contact Alicia at 919-847-2818 x225 or via email firstname.lastname@example.com
Special Announcement Regarding the Third ServiceWith much prayer and careful consideration, the Asbury Leadership Board and the Asbury Lead Staff feel led to postpone the addition of the third service at this time. We look forward to the time when we have filled the vacancies in our staff and this new service can be added with excellence. In the meantime, we encourage any families or persons who have considered attending the 11:00 AM Traditional Service to continue to do so. If you have questions, they can be directed to members of the Leadership Board, Lead Staff or Pastor Tom Newman.
New Blog Post – "Kindness Always Matters"
What does kindness mean to you? What if we could start a chain reaction of kindness? What impact could be made on the world? Well, Pastor Tom explores kindness through a recent incident that surely put a smile on his face. Check out his latest blog and, in the comments, we would love for you to share one kind thing you've done recently that may have created a lasting effect.
First Sunday Monthly Prayer – THIS SUNDAY @ 5:30 PM
Join us for worship and intercession in the Asbury South Sanctuary next Sunday.
Our 9:30 AM Contemporary Service – Live on Sundays
Our 9:30 AM Contemporary Service will now play be able to be viewed directly from our website on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM. The link can be found at on our homepage or get there directly by visiting asburyraleigh.org/live.
Church Office Closed Monday, September 3, 2018
In observance of Labor Day, the church office will be closed on Monday and will reopen on Tuesday, September 4 at 8:30 AM. If you need immediate assistance, please submit a request through our Contact Us page.
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First Photoshoot
Yesterday April 22, I had my first paid photo shoot. It went from 9 AM until 6 PM; needless to say this was a big job for my first. Luckily I had an amazing model and a wonderful make up artist (who has worked with miranda lambert for the past 11 years) to work with and help me along the way. this was much more taxing and tiring than I thought it would be, but overall was a wonderful experience. I'm overjoyed with how the pictures came out and I can only hope the customer feels the same! I'm so blessed to have been given this opportunity and I'm too excited to see where it may take me. I'll attach some of the photos below!


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Event FAQs
1) What is the Torch Run?An Olympic-style torch relay for Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center pediatric patients, their loved ones, sponsors and celebrities. Each child carries a torch as they run, walk, wheel or are carried the 1/8 mile victory lap. At the end of their lap, each child passes the torch to the next runner as a sign of hope. Sixteen-year old Jonathan Jaques inspired the creation of the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center when he gave his life savings to his parents in 1976 and asked them to help other children in the future. Although Jonathan eventually lost his battle with cancer, his legacy lives on through the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer that was dedicated in his name at Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach in 1983.
2) When is it?Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
3) Who may participate?Runners – current or former patients of Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer and their familySponsors – Family, friends, businesses, corporationsVolunteers – Anyone
4) How can I help?
5) Where is it?Shoreline Aquatic Park200 Aquarium Way, Long Beach(Next to the Aquarium of the Pacific)
6) Where do I park?The Pike Parking Garage for a discounted rate of $8
7) Who can I call for additional questions?Annie Santos at (562) 933-8600
8) Who benefits from this fundraiser and how are the funds used?All funds support the patients and families at the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center and their programs and research.
9) What about food?Please feel free to bring a picnic for yourself and family. A snack shop will also be available to purchase light snacks and drinks.
10) How do I support the Torch Run?Visit our website and make an online donation and/or mail your Sponsorship Form with a check made payable to:Memorial Medical Center Foundation / Torch RunMail to:Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer CenterAttn: Torch Run2801 Atlantic AvenueLong Beach, CA, 90806
11) Do I have to fundraise?Fundraising is a great way to show your support of the Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center, but it is not manditory.You can ask your family and friends for donations through email, Facebook, and Twitter using the personal fundraising page you create when you register online.
12) Is my donation, and the donations I collect, tax-deductible?Yes, your donation and the donations you collect are tax deductible.Online donations will receive an email with their donation information that they can use as their tax receipt. If a donor would like a mailed copy of their tax receipt, please call the Foundation's Events Department at 562.933.4483 or email firstname.lastname@example.com donations (donations that come in through the mail) will receive a tax receipt via snail mail.
13) How do I make a donation to a participant online?From the Torch Run home page, hover over the Donate menu and select "Donate to a Patient."Type in the name of the participant in the search tab. Select his/her name and you will be walked through the donation process.
14) I made a donation online and it is not showing up on the Participant's Fundraising page.You have to select the participant from the list of walkers, and then make your donation through his/her personal fundraising page.If you made a General Donation, your donation went to support the general Torch Run event fund.Please contact us so that the participant can be properly credited. For more information please call the Foundation's Events Department at 562.933.4483 or email email@example.com.
15) Who do I or my supporters make our checks out to?Checks can be made out to "MMCF" or "Memorial Medical Center Foundation."If you are supporting someone who is fundraising, it is best practice to include "Torch Run – PARTICIPANT'S NAME" in the memo line of the check.
16) What do I do with checks and cash donation?Please send all cash and check donations to: Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center Attn:Torch Run 2801 Atlantic Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806Please include a list with the names, addresses, and phone numbers of those who donated and the amount they gave. Also make sure your contact information is included so you get credit for the donations.
17) What credit cards are accepted?Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are accepted. 18) How can I see who has donated to me?All online donations will appear in "My Home" on your personal dashboard.Login to 'My Page' with the username and password that you created during registration.You can then view your activity and the amounts that have been donated. If you select the notification box on your page, Torch Run Event will notify you via email for donations made online. 19) Donations I mailed in are not appearing on my personal fundraising page, why?It takes at least 7-10 days for offline donations to be received, processed, and posted to your personal fundraising page.If you still don't see a donation, please contact the Foundation's Events Department at 562.933.4483 or email email@example.com. 20) Are donations accepted all year long?Yes, as a charity organization, we accept donations to the Memorial Medical Center Foundation/Torch Run throughout the year. 21) How do I modify my personal fundraising page?Login to 'My Page' using your username and password created during registration.Click on the "My Page" button and then select "Edit My Web Page."Here you will be able to build/edit your page.Check out our detailed HOW TO to help personalize your fundraising page >> 22) I can't remember my username and password.Click on the "Forgotten username or password" link on the login page and you will be sent an email with instructions on how to change your login information.
23) Do you need volunteers for the event?Yes, we are always looking for enthusiastic and responsible volunteers before the event date and the day of the event. If you would like to volunteer, please click here to register >>> For any questions, please contact Annie Santos at firstname.lastname@example.com or 562-933-8600


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Not so much a rom-com but a chick lit adaptation (of the similarly titled novel by Emily Giffin), Something Borrowed is aimed squarely at the female audience. And the women who attended the same preview screening as me lapped it up, that's in spite of the film's heroine Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) doing the dirty on her BFF with her soon-to-be-husband.
Rachel and Darcy (Kate Hudson) have been friends since early grade school, and sharing in each others' big days from then on. Now Darcy is about to marry Dex (Tom Cruise clone, Colin Egglesfield), a former law school classmate of Rachel's whom she has always had feelings for but never dared acted on.
Turns out Dex has always felt the same way about Rachel and when they've had a little too much to drink at Rachel's 30th birthday party the two fall into bed, setting in motion a supposedly comic love triangle with Rachel and Dex conducting a stop-start affair behind Darcy's back. That Darcy is pitched as a selfish, self absorbed cow – kudos to Hudson for daring to play ugly – is supposed to negate this treachery. It certainly – strangely – had the women in my screening on side with Rachel.
Like Bride Wars, another matrimonially-themed Kate Hudson movie (aren't they all?), Something Borrowed pedals the notion that women are their own worst enemies, prepared to turn on even the best of friends in a heart beat. As a heroine, perhaps Rachel's flaws are designed to make her more relatable and forgivable, but she – along with Egglesfield's Dex – is, for the most part, a doormat and, ultimately, a rat.
Obviously director Luke Greenfield and screenwriter Jenny Snyder (and original author Giffin, for that matter) don't subscribe to the 'once a cheater, always a cheater' school of thought given the film's 'alls well that ends well' denouement. Then again, these characters deserve each other and everything they get.
The cast, however, which includes a scene stealing John Krasinski as Rachel's best male bud Ethan, deserves better. As do female audiences generally.


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What Type Of Conversation Are We Having?
A great way to look like a jackass is to misunderstand what type of conversation you're in.
When someone comes to "run something past you", they're not always looking for a blunt, honest opinion.
They may just want validation.
If you then give them a blunt honest opinion, you come across poorly, even though your heart was in the right place.
I've seen this happen all the time; I certainly got this wrong in the first few years of my career.
One helpful trick I learned is the 30-90 question:
When someone comes to ask your opinion on a presentation they're about to give, ask them if they're 30% prepared or 90% prepared.
If it's 30%, then they're probably looking to check that they're talking about the right topic, or that they're using the right style of presentation.
Don't try and critique their posture or grammar, that's not the point.
If it's 90%, they may want advice on which parts of the talk made the most sense, or how well they hid their cue cards.
Maybe you can tell them which parts to lengthen or shorten.
What they do not want to hear is your suggestion for a different topic, or that they should go back to the drawing board, there's no time for that.
"But Isaac, isn't it my job as a friend to help them out to the best of my ability?"
No it isn't.
Your job is to give them the kind of advice that can be implemented, that solves their most pressing problem.
You've definitely had this happen to you, where someone has undermined you whilst trying to be "helpful".
The best tip I've heard came from one of Col Duthie's facilitation workshops (Col writes a great blog at colduthie.com).
He explained a system called Tell, Sell, Test, Consult, Co-Create and it's brilliant.
The idea is that there are five types of formal conversation at work, and you should always know which one you're in.
They are:
Tell: Someone needs to get a message across, there is no discussion or input required.
E.g. "We are having our Christmas Party on the 22nd of December, everyone needs to be there"
Sell: A decision has been made, and now the speaker wants the audience to buy in.
E.g. "We've decided to start a running group before work, you should join us, we'll keep each other motivated!"
Test: A decision has almost been made, but the speaker wants to check if it will work.
E.g. "If we created a new version of our product aimed at people your age, do you think they'd buy it?"
Consult: Someone wants your input into a decision they're making or a problem they're facing. E.g. "How do you think we could increase our sales in the next three months?"
Co-Create: The speaker is looking to start a new project from scratch, with you as a partner.
E.g. "Let's do something cool that increases traffic to our website"
The trouble occurs when you misread the situation.
When someone says "Our new product rolls out next week", now is not the time to state your opinion on what different product they should have gone with.
That's not helpful.
Vice versa, when someone says "What can we do to increase morale?", don't shrug your shoulders and say you'll go along with whatever they think.
That's not helpful either.
This also applies in reverse.
Before you go to speak, ask yourself what type of conversation you want to have.
In fact, at my office we often state upfront "This is a (tell vs test vs co-create) conversation…" so that everyone's on the same page.
It's surprisingly not awkward, and it means nobody puts their foot in it.
Sometimes it's right to challenge the type of conversation you're in.
This requires you to have a good relationship with the speaker, and you need to be prepared to accept the response you receive.
Your bravery here can prevent a bad decision, or it can get you in trouble.
Go with your gut.
Above all, thinking before you speak means you have the best possible chance of being helpful, and the least chance of overstepping your bounds.


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The recording of the Abundance University Teleseminar is now available on my website for only $10.00.
This was a very powerful and transformational event.
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"The change that we are experiencing now is different from what has happened before. We are shifting into another dimension, from a Matrix of duality and polarity to one of expansion and oneness. We are moving from a reality based on fear and scarcity to a reality based on love and abundance. The New Energy is not simply an improvement of the Old Energy. We can't just take the old systems and tweak them. Instead, the old paradigm and the institutions that are based on that have to be dissolved. Then we have space to create the new paradigm based on love."


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Jiahao KangAugust 24th (Thursday), 10:00am
The unprecedented growth of Internet of Things (IoT) and the 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) not only demands dimensional scaling of device technologies but also new types of applications beyond today's electronics. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, a group of layered crystals (such as graphene and MoS2) with unique properties, have emerged as promising candidates for IoT/Industry 4.0 electronics since they can not only extend the scaling with unprecedented performance and energy efficiency but also exhibit high potential for novel devices. However, such nanomaterials suffer from significant challenges for device applications, especially in the formation of interfaces with conventional bulk materials. My doctoral dissertation has been focused on solving those fundamental issues (such as contacts, interfaces and doping) and identifying applications uniquely enabled by 2D materials.
First, I will present my work on metal contacts to 2D semiconductors, which has been a huge hurdle for 2D transistor technologies. In my pioneering study, new interface physics originating from the unique dimensionality and surface properties have been revealed [IEDM 2012]. I will describe solutions to minimize contact resistance though techniques of hybridization [Phys. Rev. X 2014] and seamless contacts [APL 2013; Nature Materials 2015]. These techniques transform 2D semiconductors from solely scientifically-interesting materials into high-performance field-effect transistor (FET) technologies, such as MoS2 FETs with record-low contact resistances [IEDM 2013; APL 2014] and the first demonstration of monolayer n-type WSe2 FETs with record-high drive current and mobility [Nano Lett. 2013].
Beyond metal interfaces, a comprehensive computational study for dielectric interface has been conducted, which is crucial for preserving the 2D carrier mobility [SISC 2014]. Moreover, the vertical van der Waals interfaces between 2D and 3D semiconductors, have been studied and exploited into a novel beyond-silicon transistor technology – the first 2D channel tunnel FET [Nature 2015] demonstrated by our group, which beat the fundamental limitation in the switching behavior of transistors. I will describe recent results from the engineering of such 2D-3D semiconductor interfaces by surface reduction /passivation, exhibiting a significant boost in tunneling currents.
While conventional diffusion/ion implantation methods are infeasible for 2D materials, I will present two specific doping techniques for 2D materials – surface doping [Nano Lett. 2015; Nature Nano. 2016] and intercalation doping [EDL 2016], the latter of which has been employed to demonstrate the first graphene interconnects with excellent performance, reliability and energy-efficiency by our group [Nano Lett. 2016; IRPS 2016].
Finally, by uniquely exploiting the high kinetic inductance and conductivity of intercalation doped graphene, a fundamentally different on-chip inductor technology has been demonstrated [IEDM 2014; Nature Electronics (under review)], with both small form-factors and high inductance density, that were once thought unachievable in tandem. This 2D technique provides an attractive solution to the longstanding scaling problem of analog/RF electronics and opens up an unconventional pathway for the development of future ultra-compact wireless communication systems. I will conclude by providing my vision for how a 'smart life' can be realized in future by harnessing the capabilities of various 2D technologies in the era of IoT and Industry 4.0.
About Jiahao Kang:
Jiahao Kang is a Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Student Researcher in the Nanoelectronics Research Laboratory (NRL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, advised by Prof. Kaustav Banerjee. His doctoral research has played a pioneering role in the understanding of interfaces to 2D materials, leading to a number of breakthrough device innovations in NRL, uniquely enabled by 2D materials. He has authored or coauthored nearly 50 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals and highly-selective conferences (such as Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Nano., Nano Lett., IEEE EDL, Phys. Rev. X, APL and IEDM), which have received over 1,500 citations (as of Aug. 2017) with an h-index of 17. For his significant research contributions and academic excellence, he was awarded the 2016 Peter J. Frenkel Foundation Fellowship from UCSB's Institute for Energy Efficiency, as well as the prestigious IEEE Electron Devices Society PhD Fellowship in 2016 as the only recipient from the entire Americas.
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ATASCADERO — The Greyhounds and Bearcats met each other for the second time this season with major PAC 8 implications on the line. With the Bearcats defeating Arroyo Grande on Wednesday, Friday's game was for second place in
The Greyhounds are 16-4-1 on the season and 9-3 in league. Atascadero came into the game riding a three-game winning streak after defeating Righetti, Mission Prep and St. Joe.
The Bearcats came into the game 12-5-3 on the season and 7-3-1 in league. Last Wednesday, the Paso Robles girls beat third-place Arroyo Grande at home, 2-1. It was a huge win for the Bearcats, who lost to AG the first time the two teams played in
Friday night, Atascadero High School hosted a doubleheader between Atascadero and Paso Robles. The girls played first at 4 p.m. with the boys starting their game at 6 p.m. The Lady Bearcats beat the Hounds in their first matchup, shaking up the PAC 8 standings, but this time the Hounds entered the game with another level of focus.
"It was definitely a big deal because it was for
The Hounds took control of the match early. Junior forward Hailey Pires and sophomore Kiana Subia kept constant pressure on the Bearcat defense, forcing Serna to make a number of great saves to keep the game scoreless.
A Serena Ramirez header clanked off the top post as the crowd grew
After several chances, the Hounds finally broke through. Pires found some open space inside the 18-yard box, looked up to see a charging Serna, and precisely lifted the ball in the air over the head of the keeper and into the back the of the net.
Atascadero did not let look comfortable with a one-goal lead, especially against a team with such an effective counter-attack, and continued to push. Paso trailed Atascadero 1-0 at halftime.
The second half played out very similarly to the first. For the Hounds, Setting was the main playmaker and finally got her shot at goal a few minutes into the second period. The senior captain struck the ball from nearly 30 yards out and everyone watched as the ball spun in the air with the warm tones of the evening sky painted behind it. After what seemed like a minute in the air, the ball finally touched the back of the net and the celebration was on.
"I just thought 'Take a shot, it's worth it, we are only up one,'" Setting said. "So, I just took it and I was actually surprised it went in. I didn't think it was going to go that well."
Atiana Stratman had a chance late to score for the Bearcats but Greyhounds goalie Claire Lohayza came out for the sliding save. The Greyhounds won the game 2-0 taking control of second place in the PAC 8.
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Both teams will finish their season this week and begin preparation for a potential postseason run.


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Our introductory range of Max & Milly stamps that we were orginally going to launch on 1st February have arrived with us from the manufacturer. Rather than keeping you waiting until February we have decided to lauch these stamps early. All the Max & Milly stamps are in stock and available for dispatch within 24 hours.


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Call Senators to Demand AHCA Bill is Seen and Public Hearings are Allowed
In the next few weeks, the US Senate will vote on their own version of the AHCA. Behind closed doors, a small group of GOP Senators is preparing the bill right now – with no plans for hearings or opportunities for public input, without the CBO score, i.e. without full understanding of the impact it will have.
We know the AHCA, proposed by Trump and already passed in the US House, will end coverage for at least 23 million people, cut Medicaid by $800 billion, all in order to give 100 of billions of dollars of tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations. The AHCA will also impact coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, it will defund Planned Parenthood and raise premiums.
It is crucial we stop such a bill from being passed in the Senate. Even if you have taken action on this topic already, please pick up the phone again and get calling. It makes a difference.
Call Sen. Klobuchar (202 224 3244) and Sen. Franken (202 224 5641) and ask them to demand to see the bill and to demand that public hearings be held so that we can all know what is in the bill before it gets voted on.
Contact friends and family in other states with GOP senators, and particularly in the 10 key states listed below. Share with them what you know about the AHCA, how it will affect you and those close to you, and find out how it might affect them. Urge them to call their US senators as soon as possible to tell them to oppose this bill.
Here are the key states to focus on and the US Senators on those states:
AR: Tom Cotton 202 224-2353
AK: Lisa Murkowski 202 224-6665
AZ: Jeff Flake 202 224-4521
CO: Cory Gardner 202 224-5941
LA: Bill Cassidy 202 224-5824
ME: Susan Collins 202 224-2523
NV: Dean Heller 202 224-6244
OH: Rob Portman 202 224-3353
PA: Pat Toomey (202) 224-4254
WV: Shelly Capito 202 224-6472
This is a very useful toolkit put together by Indivisible to provide information on these 10 key states. https://www.trumpcareten.org/
Please consider passing this toolkit onto your friends and family in these states, as well as this suggested script (thanks to Alana Slavitt) to use when talking to their senators:
"I do not support AHCA because it hurts the disabled, children, the working poor, includes an "age tax" and allows those with pre-existing conditions to be charged more. If this bill is so great then why are the AARP, AMA, hospitals and the insurance companies opposed to it? If it is so great, why is the Senate trying to pass it without any hearings or opportunities for public input. I will absolutely fight against Senator xxx's re-election if I do not see a NO vote on AHCA."


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October 25
Pink Anniversary Party - Torrance, California
Thursday, October 25, 2012
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Total Woman Gym & Spa – Torrance
2755 Pacific Coast Highway
Torrance, California 90505
2755 Pacific Coast Highway
Torrance, California 90505
Total Woman is celebrating its 47th Year Anniversary Party in October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month for all their members. Each club will be hosting a celebration that will include food, refreshments, fun, fabulous specials, raffles, prizes, give-aways and lots more! Plus Total Woman will be asking woman who attend to donate to National Breast Cancer Foundation to raise awareness and support.


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Guest Blog by Caroline Doman from Blanchards Bailey
Continuing our series of Guest Blogs, Caroline Doman from Blanchards Bailey discusses how you can prevent the sale or purchase of a property falling through.
Don't let your sale or purchase fall through
Searching for a new home or selling a current property can be an uncertain, yet exciting time in life. Moving home often coincides with larger life changes and can come with a wide array of emotions. One thing is certain though– the buyer or seller will want to be sure that their sale or purchase will complete. Unfortunately, many things can happen between an offer being accepted and exchange […] Read more


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The state of our waters – an Irish angling perspective
Experienced freshwater ecologist and lifelong angler Ross Macklin gives his honest account of modern Irish angling
Issue 6 (Sep – Oct 2015) Ross Macklin
It is the year of 2015 and the low pressure fronts hit Irish shores hard and heavy, akin to an Iwo Jima bunker. The angling inhabitants of Ireland peer with forlorn faces at the 50 Shades of Grey that passed in 24 hours, signifying a very different summer from the two previous. Indeed the weather is not the only running topic that invades angling discussions on our banksides and shorelines in changing times. The state of our waters mirrors the damning report on the Status of EU Protected Habitats in Ireland, which was, in summary, poor. Some say the state of our waters is an ecumenical matter, and indeed perhaps only divinity can shape our ends but many believe the solution is simpler than that. First let us examine the current situation, at least as I and the majority of anglers see it, in order to define what the main protagonists are…
Our rivers start high up in the mountains as torrents of clean water, full of speckled trout that have developed in evolution for millenia. For thousands of years they have survived and I hope a thousand more they will last, perhaps in the last piscatorial Nirvana there remains. Downhill and downstream, population growth and land use practices add weight to a laden camel that has a long and weary way to travel before reaching the estuary. More people, more energy, more waste; inevitably everything goes into the water. Before long the metaphoric camel is on his knees. With open borders and trade, invasive species unpacked their bags and went viral, effectively becoming a new concept to most people. While one might forgive some of these terrifying problems that are a product of living and economics, other problems outside of globalisation start with the nature and nurture of the people themselves. Through a lack of education and laws that are ineffective, new anglers arrived and took pike, perch, bream and other coarse fish by the net full. It cannot be argued that exploitation of the coarse stock was relatively limited before the turn of the millennium.
The net result was millions of euro lost to the economy and a country that is no longer angling tourism-friendly. Some of these folk argued that because the State killed pike they should be able to do it… and yet the State fined the same anglers for an act they undertook themselves under the guise of salmonid stock management. A divine comedy, many said, was unfolding. Many anglers cried into their hands while watching the stage and could not believe the state of affairs. The well-being of the people sharing the resource was being diminished at a rate equivalent to the stock and something occurred to us all; the environment is all we have and we need rules but, most importantly, hard enforcement of the law when the will of people cannot be relied upon. The alternative that is developing is the brutal degradation of our rivers, lakes and seas.
"The net result was millions of euro lost to the economy and a country that is no longer angling tourism friendly"
Moving towards the marine environment, the opening of the Irish box, meant the plundering of rich seas that have systematically, with scientific evidence, been denuded of fin and gill. This is not only a removal of the fish but the very habitat to which they rely by the dredging away of the reefs and nurseries, the scars of which are visible all around our shores. Meanwhile the public see gleaming white fish fillets on branded boxes and laughing seafood chefs, with a minority (such as Rick Stein) reminding us of the fragility of the resource. Somewhere in the backs of our minds there is an anxious thought that is overshadowed by consumerism, but we all know something is not quite right.
The Irish Conservation Box (ICB) of 2004, it may be forgiven, was not intended as an oxymoron. The ICB which extends along the 200m contour zone replaced the Irish Box which encompassed a much larger rectangular 50 mile conservation limit around the coast of Ireland. In summary, the change means more large international commercial vessels can fish in a much larger area of Irish coastal water and the word 'conservation' has been added just to confuse us. Bizarre, but then again we must remember that currency is all-powerful and apathy is an easy way out to dampen the harsh reality. Indeed it epitomises why I rarely use the word conservation today. I liken the word to a beaten dog that gets dressed up and jumps through hoops for the audience during the day and sleeps in a dark unhappy place during the night. Coupled with the pillaging by international vessels of the sand banks, the long-lining of rough ground, the systematic destruction of wreck fishing by gill nets, tangle netting of rays on the sand banks, pair trawling of the aggregations of mullet before seaward migration and, most recently, the illegal netting of bass by unlicensed vessels and I am out of breath. One last mention for the migratory salmon snapped up in the draft nets busy at work in the majority of our large river estuaries, because even after the official banning of drift nets it's just as easy to get them right on the doorstep.
"Meanwhile the public see gleaming white fish fillets on branded boxes and laughing seafood chefs"
So, is there a solution to this madness and mayhem? Indeed there is. Everyone reading this can educate themselves and exercise their democratic right to demand governments to save our rivers, lakes, estuaries, harbours and offshore nurseries by officially lobbying for harsher penalties for laws broken, making the habitats reserves for fish and / or Marine Protected Areas. Draft netting should be banned outright. Rays and sharks should be protected in all our bays and estuaries. Mullet and bass should be protected equally as they also are economically important as both an angling and biodiversity asset. In our rivers and lakes fines should be grossly increased and the sentence commensurate to the impact to the environment and the fishery. A non-governmental organisation with governmental support equivalent to the Angling Trust in the U.K. should be created to preserve the national asset of angling. The engagement of the youth in this industry will ensure that they have a sense of ownership of what belongs to all of us anglers and preserve it into the future.
"plundering of rich seas… is not only a removal of the fish but the very habitat to which they rely"
Things need to change. Things must change, before it really is too late.
Ross Macklin


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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Chef Taylor, age 9
I love this May 20 Roanoke Times photo, by Eric Brady, of 9-year-old Taylor Maddox at the Young Chefs Academy in Salem, Va., but it doesn't seem to have made the online version of the story. Nice use of supplemental audio and video, though.
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A popular vitamin brand boasts a new brand purpose.
SUNDOWN NATURALS is one of the largest brands in the Vitamin, Mineral, Herbal, Supplement category. They came to BrandtBrand with a tremendous opportunity grow further with a new and differentiated product story and brand purpose.
The SUNDOWN NATURALS Brand had been hard at work to create the category's first "broadline-brand" to be 100% FREE OF…most of the stuff consumers today do not want. Free of GMO's, Artificial Colors and flavoring, Gluten and far more.
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VMHS also faces quite a challenge from private label as well, avid vitamins consumers spend a lot for the supplements they desire, SUNDOWN NATURALS needed to break through and shout outstanding quality.
A fresh bold brand identity was created first. We created the SUNFLOWER icon to communicate a "closer to nature image", fresher and different from any other brand and consistent with SUNDOWN NATURALS brand essence.
We then carefully thought through every detail on the packaging to clean it up, assure easy to read labeling, and a clear way to strongly deliver the brand's powerful differentiated promise of "100% Free Of…"
NBTY was able to enter a new channel, all doors of the largest retail chain in the world, giving SUNDOWN NATURALS the burst of growth it so deserved.


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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
George Bernard Shaw
What a difference it makes to look through a shiny, clean window out onto the world. Everything seems clearer and colors seem brighter. Contrast that with a window that hasn't been tended to in a while - dust, dirt and general dimness comes on slowly and almost imperceptibly over the course of days, weeks, months or years. Less light makes it inside through that window and affects the mood inside the home.
Life is like that too...when we don't tend to ourselves because we are rushing from work to housework to family and social responsibilities, our internal windows get pretty dingy. The dimness creeps in silently until one day you just are exhausted.
So, figure out what keeps your internal windows clean and bright. Music, dance, prayer, art and laughter are like the window cleaners of your soul. When you take the time to shine your windows, the world seems like a kinder, more colorful, beautiful place. So let that light shine in!
For your real windows in your home, here is a window cleaner that will make them sparkle. It is now part of my regular cleaning tools and part of my MaryJanesFarm Cleaning Up - Going Green Beginner badge. I hope you will try it.
Homemade Window Cleaner
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 cups water
3 drops peppermint essential oil
Place all ingredients in a spray bottle and shake well to combine.
Spray on window and clean with a microfiber cloth or newspaper. If you don't prefer peppermint, try any essential oil you like.
Tomorrow is Skills Saturday and I will discuss the basics of making soup. I hope to see you then!
Peace be with you,
Star Schipp


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There are a few excellent websites for advice about many medical conditions. There are also excellent leaflets that can be printed off.
NHS24 - covers self help advice as well as providing information about symptoms, tests and treatments available in the NHS
Patient Uk - is an invaluable source of very useful leaflets about many medical conditions. Many of which are used by GPs to hand out in the practice.


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Yorketown is at a junction of five roads leading to other towns all the same distance away. Take the town walk to discover the area's history.
You'll also find two friendly hotels, a caravan park, playground and a good variety of shops to stock up on supplies, including a seven day supermarket.
Rightly known as the hub of southern Yorke Peninsula, the town also has a hospital, banks, churches, oval and facilities for all sports.
In the early days, Yorketown was called 'Weaners Flat', because it was where the pastoralists separated the lambs from the ewes. Surrounded by around 200 salt lakes, the town has a history based initially on harvesting those lakes. Today, the crystal formations are a boon for photographers and the red pink to white of some of the lakes catches the eye.
Things to do:
- Yorketown's Old Courthouse photographic display.
- Yorketown Historical Society Town Walk.
- Pink Lake & Lake Sunday
- Yorketown playground & walking trail
- Yorketown Golf Course.
- Weaners Flat
- Salt lakes.
Yorketown owed most of its prosperity in the early days to the salt industry which reached its peak during the First World War with 57,000 tonnes farmed in a year. Production ceased in the 1950s when the salt refinery closed in Edithburgh.
Yorketown's Old Courthouse contains over 1000 photographs depicting early pioneer days and the Yorketown Historical Society has mapped out a town walk.
Getting Here & Around
Coastal Way Road Trip
Suggested Itineraries
Yorke Peninsula Visitor Guide
Yorke Peninsula Fishing Guide
Visitor Information
Copper Coast Visitor Information Centre, Kadina
Ph 1800 654 991
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I'm young at heart and independent, but long for close companionship with the right man.
How had one of the oldest libations ever produced by humans — dating back to the BC era, recorded on the palimpsests of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia — escaped us?
We decided to learn all we could about craft beer; there was no better locale than Corvallis.
Some of them can be tapped directly from the cellar to the bar.
Jeffrey was an amateur brewer and he happened to have his wares on hand. He had just stocked up at the Corvallis Brewing Supply, the ultimate fermentation supply shop for the DIY beverage enthusiast.
"Some beers take a minimum of two weeks to brew; others, as long as a year." "Why do you think there is such a desire for craft beers? "A lot of it relates to breweries bringing back old styles of beer that had died off, like the wild and sour beers. The styles Chris was talking about require brewing naturally through barrels, which is inherently unpredictable (and a process many modern brewers avoid). We listened to the beer aficionados wax poetic about a beverage that used only four main ingredients: malted barley, hops, water and yeast. It was getting late and he was making an ingredients list from Jeffrey's recommendations.
That's why some beers take months to ferment and can take years to mature. We spent the remainder of our weekend touring the rest of the downtown breweries, talking with every brewer we could find.Corvallis is considered a small-yet-potent epicenter of craft beer, with four breweries located in the heart of downtown and two others just a few miles outside the core.Oregon State University even has its own pilot brewery as part of their Food Science program. I understood why Riverfront Park is considered one of the Seven Wonders of Corvallis."There's something really satisfying about being a part of a tradition that has been around for thousands of years." "Even if we are only sharing its pleasures," I said."Corvallis seems to be a cradle of civilized living, wouldn't you say? After a day of trail running, shopping, sharing a Spanish-inspired tapas lunch at the upscale Del Alma's overlooking the river, followed by our now customary craft brew tasting, I couldn't agree more. Craft Beer Weekend Saturday, July 25 Corvallis Beer Week Friday, September 11 – Saturday, September 19 Corvallis Craft Features more than 45 fantastic craft beer events and beer sampling.The brewery is used for teaching, research, product development, and, of course, the fun part: ingredient testing. " he said, not entirely joking, as he closed the trunk of the car. It bustles with life in spring and summer with farmer's market energy and color, street musicians and multi-generational fun.


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Electronic Stability Control
Electronic stability control utilizes onboard computers to monitor vehicle direction and stability. If the vehicle is not going in the direction the driver is steering, the system uses individual wheel brakes to maintain control.
Using input sensors the control module continuously monitors vehicle steering and direction. These sensors include the four wheel speed sensors mentioned earlier, the vehicle speed sensor, and a few other directional and speed inputs. It estimates the direction of the skid and applies different brake units in order to counter and regain stability and control. It uses several other input sensors including the:
Steering Wheel Position Sensor: The steering wheel position sensor is used to inform the control module of the drivers intended direction. It takes this information and compares it to the vehicle's actual direction in order to make an informed braking decision. These decisions are based on factory set parameters. The sensor is located on the steering shaft and looks like a small clock spring.
Yaw Rate Sensor: This sensor is located somewhere in the passenger's compartment under the center console or front seat. It too is used to sense vehicle direction. Its purpose is to sense when a vehicle is beginning to fishtail and spin sideways.
Lateral Acceleration Sensor: This is known as the G-sensor and is capable of sensing the speed and force the vehicle has while entering a turn. Note that the Yaw Rate and Steering Wheel Position sensors are sometimes combined together into a single unit.


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STEVEN GERRARD will need more time to fully adapt to being the second striker for England – but the Liverpool captain is confident he can "make things happen" in the role behind Wayne Rooney.
Gerrard played just behind Wayne Rooney in Wednesday night's 1-0 defeat against France in Paris and looked dangerous in the first half when Fabio Capello's side dominated possession, before falling behind to a Franck Ribery penalty.
He has enjoyed success in the position in partnership with Fernando Torres at club level but concedes he is still learning what is required if he is to become fully effective.
Gerrard said: "I've been playing that role for Liverpool. I've been enjoying it. To play with players like Torres and Rooney is always a pleasure, and I'm involved and I can get forward.
"I don't know if it's my best position. I'm a central midfielder; I've played there all my life but I do feel as if I can cause problems in there and I can adapt to the role – but I'll need more time.
"I am still learning that position. I think I've played it 10 to 15 times but I am confident I can make it happen in there."
Gerrard believes Rooney, who has sparkled himself in the past in the second striker role, will have to adapt his game and play further forward."
He said: "I think Wayne slightly has to adapt his game as well – because, for me to get space in there and for it to work, he has to play a lot higher and stretch the defence.
"I think that is why I and Torres are having a lot of joy, because he is so direct and plays high up.
"With two holding midfielders behind us, the team are a lot more secure when they lose the ball. Wayne will have to adapt his game – but if anyone can do it, it is him.
"I've seen him do it with Manchester United. He destroyed us at the weekend with his direct running and making it difficult for defenders. I am sure both of us can make it work.
"It is going to take time. We've had two games together, four or five training sessions – and it is a brand new set-up, not just the manager but the whole coaching side.
"It will take time for us to adapt to each other, but I think there were signs of improvement there against France."
Gerrard can see positive indications from the two games Capello has been in charge – but has called for patience in giving time for things to gel.
He said: "You don't want to lose a football match. But you look at the game as a whole, and there was a slight improvement on the performance against Switzerland.
"It is all about patience and getting used to what the manager wants. I think there were signs of that in Paris, certainly in the first half.
"We were happy, controlling the game.
"But we conceded a stupid goal – which we will have to eradicate in the future.
"The message is that everyone has to be patient." We need time to work on different formations and tactics."
The intention is that England are ready to start the World Cup qualifying campaign as a well-organised team.
"The important thing is we peak in September," said Gerrard.
"We all know when the important games are in the World Cup qualifiers, but it is important now to start getting it right before we go into those games.
"The manager wants us to be a lot more aggressive without the ball and pass it a lot more – and we controlled the game first half.
"Without the ball, France couldn't play. Up until the goal, which was a stupid goal to concede, we were comfortable and in charge."


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Barclays says will buy Citi's Portuguese credit card arm1 min read . Updated: 29 Sep 2009, 04:18 PM IST
Barclays says will buy Citi's Portuguese credit card arm
Barclays says will buy Citi's Portuguese credit card arm
London: British bank Barclays on Tuesday said it had agreed to buy US banking giant Citigroup's Portuguese credit card division for an undisclosed amount.
"Barclays Bank plc, acting through its Portuguese branch, has agreed to acquire the Portuguese credit card business of Citibank International plc, Sucursal em Portugal," the British company said in a statement.
The deal is expected to complete before the end of the year subject to clearance from regulatory authorities. Citi cards are expected to be rebranded under the Barclaycard name.
"Barclays intends to integrate the Business into its existing Barclays Portugal business, which is part of the Global Retail and Commercial Banking - Western Europe division," the bank added.
Barclays will acquire 400,000 credit card accounts and gross assets of around €644 million ($939 million ) under the terms of the transaction.
"Barclays' business in Portugal has grown rapidly over the past three years, adding more than 130 branches across the country," said Frits Seegers, chief executive of Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banking.
"With this acquisition, we will deliver a real step change in our business, significantly increasing Barclays Portugal's customer base and providing extensive cross-sell opportunities."
Unlike some of its rival British banks, Barclays has successfully avoided state control, despite a ferocious global financial crisis that erupted back in 2007.
Barclays survived the international credit crunch by courting investment from wealthy Gulf states.


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Briefcase - With Strap
Briefcase - With Strap
These days we don't need to carry much. This briefcase has plenty of room for your daily essentials between meetings, class or field work. Designed to fit the Ipad pro and any other large tablets or small laptops. Also, enough room for small notebooks and folders. Made from one piece of English Bridle leather reinforced with an elegant stitch row on both sides. This model features a shoulder strap and hand stitched shoulder pad in addition to the standard hand stitched handle and custom brass logo snaps.
Dimensions: 13.5" x 10" x 1.25"
Double Sided Shoulder Pad
Hidden removable shoulder strap connection
Made from 6-7oz. English Bridle leather, sourced from Wicket & Craig, Curwensville, PA
Custom brass logo snaps, sourced from YKK of America, Lawrenceburg, KY.
Hand-stitched with orange thread, sourced from the Maine Thread, Lewiston, ME
Exposed edges burnished to a slick protective shine.
This is a made-to-order product and current production time is 5-10 days.


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ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management System
ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system. It helps organizations improve their environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage and the trust of stakeholders.
ISO 14001 is suitable for organizations of all types and sizes, be they private, not-for-profit or governmental. It requires that an organization considers all environmental issues relevant to its operations, such as air pollution, water and sewage issues, waste management, soil contamination, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and resource use and efficiency.
Consultancy Services:
Orient MCT supports companies in the process of getting certification by developing an apt 14001 Management System with appropriate to the company's nature. We also provide consultancy services for companies to update their Manual and Procedures to satisfy 14001:2015 requirements from the existing Environmental Management System.
Lead Auditor Training:
Orient MCT provides the ISO 14001:2015 Lead Auditor Training through a CQI IRCA approved training partner. The training helps the Environment professionals to gain the knowledge and accreditation to become a proficient environmental lead auditor.
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This 2 days course to enable EMS Lead Auditors in the 14001:2004 standard to train and transition them into the new 2015 revision of the standard. This course focuses mainly on the changes and interpretations for the revised standard.
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Used bookstore opens in AF
Craving a nearby location for used books beyond the local thrift shops, Heidi Rowley, a former journalist and single mom, decided to do something about it. She will celebrate the grand opening of HideAway Books in American Fork on Saturday.
The store features thousands of quality used children's books, organized by reading level, and a few thousand books for moms, dads, grandparents, and other grown-ups in the family as well. Rowley, a Highland resident and book lover, found that while Provo and Salt Lake County had great used book resources, the growing area of northern Utah County did not.
"I am an avid reader of books for the same reason I was a newspaper reporter for several years, I love stories," she said. "I'm most attracted to either real stories, or the what-if stories that could be real. But my children are drawn to completely different types of books."
The store's grand opening will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 67 N. Center St. in American Fork, across from the city's Fire Department. There will be face painting, giveaways, drawings, and a visit from children's author Adam Sidwell, who wrote the Evertaster series, as well as "Fetch" and "Chum."
"Nothing makes me happier than watching children get sucked into a new story. I love it," Rowley said. "I can't wait to bring that bookstore experience to children and families in our community."


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I only order once
It stands out in my eye
Oshawa Ontario
Wildlife is a breathing expression of the land. This ethereal connection permeates the art of Canadian artist Jayson Fuerstenberg. In his first coin design with the Mint, Fuerstenberg captures the inner nature of the Arctic fox with a mesmerizing double image. A fox sits poised on a background of gold-plated snow. But look closely at its silhouette. Subtle engraving and unprecedented finesse reveal the invisible—the inner landscape of the fox's existence, complete with its prey.
Add this stunning 5 oz. pure silver coin with reverse gold plating to your collection today!
Designed by Canadian artist Jayson Fuerstenberg, your coin features an Arctic fox poised on a background of gold-plated snow. The fox's compact ears and muzzle are clearly distinguishable in its ¾ profile. Its distinctive long tail warms its legs. An Arctic landscape is engraved within the fox's silhouette. It features snow-covered tundra, mountains, and a North American brown lemming, the fox's preferred prey. "CANADA 2019 50 DOLLARS" appears to the right of the fox's back. Its engraving follows the contours of the drifting snow. On the obverse, the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt with "ELIZABETH II D.G. REGINA" is engraved along the outer edge of your coin.
"My artistic style is 'magic realism.' It's anchored in reality, but I add mystery or fantastical elements to tell a story or reveal a deeper meaning. The Arctic fox was perfect for my first coin with the Mint. It's part of the landscape, like the snow and ice, as it travels great distances in search of lemmings, its primary food." Jayson Fuerstenberg, Fine Artist
"The challenge is creating the landscape as a projection. It is not tangible like the fox, yet has to be recognizable without overpowering the main subject. Creating such a subtle effect by cutting lines into metal is very different from gradually building up an illustration." Steven Stewart, Engraver
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It stands out in my eye
Oshawa Ontario
This is a very nice coin! The pictures do not do not show off the incredible engraving that has been done. Great design on a large coin.
Wonderful to display.. already had so.e nice comments on it.