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Editorial Staff, March 31, 2013, Longview Daily News
This time of year, hundreds of fishermen are well aware of the Port of Kalama's recreational opportunities. During the spring chinook run, anglers with boats line up to use the public launch near the port's office. Others cast their lines from the sandy shore south of the marina.
Economic development — not recreation — is the primary responsibility of a port. But the Port of Kalama has done an excellent job of providing places to boat, walk or fish.
We're highlighting the port's recreational portfolio as part of our 2013 series on local parks.
The Port of Kalama's office is next to its 222-slip marina and a few minute's walk from its 10-acre day use park. The port used to operate an RV park there, but wisely converted that to grassy fields, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, and picnic shelters. Sturdy wooden stairs lead down to the beach where anglers set their rods into holders and hope for a strike.
Even when runs of salmon aren't coursing upstream, the port's nearly 2 miles of walking paths are popular. You can start next to the mooring basin and walk all the way to the grain elevators.
The port's recreational facilities extend through its north property near the mouth of the Kalama River. A gravel path extends for 1 1/2 miles along the river behind the light industrial spaces. It gets little use despite its scenic value.
There's more public access on the wooded point, north of Steelscape. People drive four-wheelers to the water over the piles of dredge spoils. A network of user-made trails snakes for several miles through the nearby woods. It's a remarkably wild place, though just a few hundred yards from the mainline railroad tracks and freeway.
The port has big plans for future recreation, along with industry, for its property east of the freeway along Kalama River Road.
The port wants to eventually develop the land where the Kalama Fairgrounds and athletic fields are currently located, and move those facilities to its 40 acres of land further east.
That parcel has 2,500 feet of Kalama River frontage, which would be kept mostly in a natural condition, said port marketing director Liz Newman. Those developments are a few years off, she said.
However, the undeveloped land with the Kalama River access is open to the public. As elsewhere, it's well-marked with blue signs; users are asked to get a permit from the port office before using the space.
The port also has plans for an interpretive center near its office that will be a showcase for local history. The first set of bids came in too high, leading port officials to redesig the facility, which will go out to bid again later this year.
Newman said one reason the Port of Kalama has chosen to offer recreation is that in a smaller community, the port is close to its citizens. Recreation is "important to our community and to economic development and to tourism," she said. In other words, a walking path and boat launch can stimulate the economy, as can a new dock or rail spur.
Not all ports have a physical layout that lends to recreation as well as the Port of Kalama. The Port of Longview once allowed anglers onto its docks, but that ended in the post-9/11 security scare. After a waterfront is developed into docks and industry, it's much harder to carve out spaces for recreation than if some of the land is allocated that way in the first place.
To its credit, that's just what the Port of Kalama has been doing for years.


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Writers Well Youth Fellowship begins with a four-day workshop on the campus of Converse College for black girls ages 14-19 currently living in or attending school in Spartanburg County. This overnight retreat, open to eight girls, will nurture young female voices in spoken word poetry and other writing genres through writing and performance workshops. During the retreat participants will stay in Converse College dorms and eat meals with Converse food service. There will be guest speakers, round tables, and workshops on such topics are technical and professional writing. Following the retreat, participants will be mentored by faculty and staff throughout the year. The submission process takes place in the Winter/Spring. The submission process for this year is closed. To be notified when the submission process is open, complete email firstname.lastname@example.com to be added to the email list or like Writers Well on Facebook and follow Writers Well on Instagram.

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Our entire guide line up spent the weekend on Hazel Creek with a group of anglers from Ohio. The weather was absolutely perfect on Thursday and Friday. Things got pretty wet on Saturday, but the good fishing continued.
Overall, most of the fish our group caught was on nymphs, but my anglers had a good day of dry fly fishing between the Sawdust Pile and Sugar Fork on Friday. We experienced heavy rain on Saturday night, but had plenty of dry space to hang out for dinner and socializing.
Here's a quick video clip of what the fishing looked like on Friday upstream of the Sawdust Pile.
The creek was blown out Sunday morning, so we were able to make our return to civilization a few hours earlier than anticipated.
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Foreclosure Process in Alberta Part 1
As a full-time Canadian real estate investor, we must create many ways of doing deals and making money. We need to create massive and passive income for ourselves that occur on a regular basis. If you are one of those real estate investors that is relying on one or two real estate agents to bring you deals, then you will indeed starve to death.
Your real estate business depends on you. You need to think outside of the box in order to get more deals done and create an ever-growing network around you to alert you to more deals.
The foreclosure process is something that a full-time Canadian real estate investor must know intimately in order to not only help people, which is the most important thing, but make a fortune in the process.
Foreclosures in Alberta
The province that is currently suffering the most in Canada from foreclosures is Alberta. The following outlines a brief description of the foreclosure process in Alberta in order for you to see where the profits may lie.
What happens when an owner defaults?
Once an owner defaults, a courtesy letter and/or phone call will come from the bank or the lender. Essentially saying "we've noticed that your payment did not come through on the date it was supposed to. Please remit this payment immediately, and if you have already taken care of this then thank you in advance."
If 15 days goes by and they have not gotten any money, a case file will be created and sent to the lender's legal department or an independent lawyer who specializes in foreclosures.
Demand Letter
That lawyer will immediately send a demand letter to the mortgagor. Now depending on when that happens, the mortgagor will get a 15 day time period to respond. If there is no response, then this goes to the next level.
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The Patchouli plant is very popular all over the world because of its many benefits. This plant is primarily a native of Malaysia and India. It works as an antidepressant, fungicidal, antiseptic, regenerative, as well as a decongestant. It can even be used to treat skin infections. At the same time, it is also added to perfumes due to its aphrodisiac effects.
Patchouli oil, on the other hand, is primarily extracted by using steam distillation methods of the leaves. The primary components of these essential oils include Bulnesene, Pogostol, Caryophyllene and Patchouli alcohol. The resulting oil is also known because of its insecticidal and insect repellant properties.
Further Benefits of Patchouli Essential Oil
As an antidepressant, patchouli oil provides a lot of reliefs. It is very effective in removing negative feelings, filling you with new aspirations and hopes. This is the reason why it is perfectly used in aromatherapy. It also acts as an antiseptic, as it protects the wounds and ulcers from infection. This oil is also called antiphlogistic, which is quite effective in providing soothing sensation to fight against inflammation, most especially those that can lead to fever.
At the same time, if you are suffering from any type of sexual disorder, such as libido loss, frigidity and impotency, this oil can be very beneficial too. The Patchouli oil can also act as a cicatrisant, which means that it can heal cuts and wounds, while speeding up the fading of scars. This is perfect for removing the marks caused by skin conditions like pox, boils and measles.
This oil is also a good astringent, which means that it has effects in the contraction of the skin, muscles and nerves. It can also help in the strengthening of teeth gums, and at the same time preventing hair fall, skin sagging and loosening of muscles. The Patchouli oil also has a cytophylactic property which is known to help in the generation of development of new blood cells and promoting their growth. This can also result to the production of red blood cells, and in turn maintaining your skin healthy, vibrant and young.
Acting as a febrifuge, this oil can help in lowering the temperature of the body during fever, and at the same time fighting infections. It is also known for its diuretic properties, which increases the need to urinate well, thus promoting the removal of toxins from the body and increasing the appetite. And most of all, this oil is also known as a good insecticide, which even though may smell sweet, can keep insects away.
Other Forms of Patchouli Essential Oil
Aside from being available in its purest form, these essential oils are also being used for aromatherapy. Therefore, they come in a packaging that allows you to purchase one to be used in your home. All you would need is an essential oil diffuser as well as soy candles, and you can already have a taste of what this oil can offer.
Patchouli essential oil is often considered as a unique gift idea that many have already enjoyed. This means that if you are planning to give a gift to your friend for her bridal shower, a lady on her birthday or even someone who needs it for relaxation, the patchouli essential oil is a perfect choice.
These days, you may find gift ideas from local stores in your area. However, you may also want to try a more convenient option, that is, by purchasing online. With online purchasing option, you can get a chance to select from a wide array of options. As a matter of fact, you can also purchase the accessories that come along with it. Also, you may customize your gift so that it becomes even more special to the person that you are giving it to. The gift will certainly become more intimate if they know that you have put some efforts into acquiring it. With the advancements of technology through the Internet, this can be a very viable option for you. You can also purchase a complete gift set which include the oil and its diffusers and other items as well.
Visit Gifts Ready To Go, where you will find many perfect and unique gift ideas such as aromatherapy gifts, essential oils, fragrance and essential oil diffuser gift sets; natural and organic soy candles infused with essential oils. All of these wonderful gift ideas can help you, a friend or a loved one relax, energize and rejuvenate.
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text: Foot and Ankle Abnormalities in the Hurler Syndrome: Additions to the PhenotypeKennedy, Jim MCh; Noel, Jacque FRCS (Trauma & Orth); O'Meara, Anne MD; Kelly, Paula FRCS (Trauma & Orth)Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics: July/August 2013 - Volume 33 - Issue 5 - p 558–562 doi: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318280a124 Foot/Ankle Abstract Author Information Background: After successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation maintaining function and mobility has become the key goal in the management of patients with mucopolysaccharoidosis type 1 (MPS-1). We detail the foot and ankle pathology in 18 patients with MPS-1 managed in our unit. Methods: Functional assessment was performed using the Oxford Foot and Ankle Questionnaire for children (OxAFQ-C). Morphologic assessment was performed by means of a mirrored foot photograph box, the Foot Posture Index (FPI), and clinical photography. Standardized radiologic investigations were sought when clinically warranted. Average lateral talus-first metatarsal angle, anteroposterior and lateral talocalcaneal angles, and lateral distal tibial angle (LDTA) were determined. Results: The average patient-reported OxAFQ-C score was 44.7 (range, 10 to 60). The average proxy-reported OxAFQ-C score was 45.7 (range, 11 to 60). Ten of the 18 patients wore customized footwear. Of the 36 feet examined 11 were found scored as "highly pronated" (FPI>+9), 12 feet had a "pronated posture" (FPI +6 to +9), and 13 feet were found to have a "normal posture" (FPI 0 to +5). Thirteen of the 18 (72%) patients studied had curly toes. The average talus-first metatarsal angle recorded was 10.7 degrees (range, −7 to 30 degrees). The average lateral and anteroposterior talocalcaneal angles were 45.8 degrees (range, 16 to 62 degrees) and 31 degrees (range, 1 to 51 degrees), respectively. The average LDTA was found to be 70.6 degrees (range, 48 to 82 degrees). A single-sample Student t test shows significant divergence of measured LDTA, OxAFQ-C, and FPI from normal populations (P<0.005). Conclusions: MPS-1 is associated with a significant degree of foot and ankle pathology that has not been previously described. We found a high incidence of curly toes, ankle valgus, functional foot, and ankle disability and a requirement for customized footwear among our cohort. We recommend that careful assessment of foot and ankle pathology should be routine in the interdisciplinary management of patients with MPS-1. Level of Evidence: Level III. Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland None of the authors received financial support for this study. The authors declare no conflict of interest. Reprints: Jim Kennedy, MCh, Specialist Registrar Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. E-mail: email@example.com. © 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins


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Oil Trumps $85 on Renewed Economic Optimism
Spurred by encouraging economic data on the domestic front, increased risk appetite pushed crude futures back above $85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange ahead of the weekend.
Lifted by a weakened greenback, the dollar-denominated price of light, sweet crude oil for June delivery surged to $85.12 a barrel at the close of Friday's session. Also rallying in the oil complex, NYMEX gasoline futures climbed slightly higher to $2.35 a gallon.
Rising crude oil and gasoline supplies, especially at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery point, and still-lackluster demand pressured the new front-month contract's prices earlier in the week.
Today, U.S. single-family home sales were reported to have strengthened by 26.9% in March. The bullish economic report helped to raises spirits on Wall Street, which in turn positively impacted both the equities and commodities markets.
Additionally, May natural gas spot prices at the Henry Hub extended gains on the commodity exchange, ultimately settling to $4.26 per thousand cubic feet.


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Hundreds of Detroit bicyclists to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
DETROIT (AP) - Bicyclists in Detroit are marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day by pedaling to sites connected to a historic visit the slain civil rights leader made to the city.
More than 200 bicyclists have registered for the free 10-mile ride, which will take in such sites as Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit. That is where King gave an early version of his "I Have a Dream" speech in June 1963.
He also led more than 100,000 marchers down Woodward Avenue in what was called the "Great Walk to Freedom," about two months before he delivered his famous speech in Washington, D.C.
The ride begins at 10 a.m. Monday at Wayne State University.
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Flip to see these new stylish Banned Air Jordan 31…
The sneaker draws on inspiration from the original Air Jordan 1, specifically the "Banned" Air Jordan 1 colorway from 1985.
HNHH reports:
The stylish kicks feature a lot of elements of the original Air Jordan, including a leather upper, and the inclusion of both a Jumpman and Nike Swoosh. Additionally, the Air Jordan 31 consists of flyweave on the upper, responsive full-length Zoom Air cushioning and FlightSpeed technology.
The AJ XXXI is being billed as Jordan Brand's greatest performance sneaker to date, which will be worn by Russell Westbrook in the upcoming season.
One of the first two Air Jordan 31s to launch will be of the "Banned" variety, while the other is being billed as a "Fine Print" colorway. We also expect to see the release of the "USA" colorway which Jimmy Butler and Carmelo Anthony have been lacing up during Team USA practice.
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The Air Jordan 31 will make its retail debut on September 3rd ($185), alongside the "Banned" Air Jordan 1.
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Help! My site keeps crashing!
We run a Bollywood website called koimoi.com which means we are an image heavy site with plenty of articles and images, embedded games and plenty of videos.
When did we start with wordpress:
On the 15th Feb, 2010 and full fledged (after changing/customising the theme, etc) on the 25th March, 2010.
What exactly did we do:
We started with wordpress.com , then moved to org. We were hosted on Bluehost.
Problems: Site kept going down a couple of times, then Bluehost suffered the DOS attack when we had to move. We decided to move to amazon.
Hosted on EC2, US West –
Problems: Site was/is taking TOO LONG to load.
Our solution: Implementing load balancers (again still using ec2).
Site went down thrice in one day, and went down again the day after that, since we weren't on a support plan, we couldn't ask anyone about the problem or the solution.
We are now shifting that instance to another in the Asia Pacific zone. (Our plan is to monitor how the site runs on this instance and see to it that the site is stable for at least 15 days before we do any further modification.)
The site still goes down without warning (the error message reads: error in connecting to db) and we cant get to the controls to restart the instance.
We are still trying to figure out whether the site going down is a network issue or it is due to a setup / configuration error on our side.
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If so do you have any stories about teachers shipping students?
makes you rethink all those "random" seating plan changes doesn't it hahaha
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So you hit level 60, finished off the rather epic main story quest, ran a few dungeons along the way, and you're now looking to join the FFXIV: Heavensward endgame. Unlike those of you who joined the game late in the 2.XX lifecycle, the options for gearing up at 60 are much more limited. Let's take a look! Read More
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Hello and welcome to my not-all-that-short-anymore guide to Final Fantasy XIV's gear.
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Vote Match is an online voter quiz which aims to help you find the party that best matches your views at an election. We talk to experts to find out the top issues in an election, find out where the parties disagree and build a simple quiz which compares your views to theirs to find the best match.
1 in 5 people who don't vote say they don't know enough about the parties to decide. Vote Match aims to help people make an informed choice by making it easier to find out which policies separate the parties. We've seen that helping users get over the information hurdle can have a real impact on participation. In 2010, our research suggested that 5% of our users decided to vote as a result of taking Vote Match.
We've been running Vote Match since 2008. At the last general election in 2010, Vote Match had over a million unique users. This year, we're aiming higher. We've teamed up with a range of partners including LSE's Democratic Audit and the Oxford Internet Institute to completely rebuild Vote Match with a new mobile-friendly app and website.
Vote Match is run by Unlock Democracy, a non-profit, non-partisan campaign for democratic reform. Vote Match 2015 is supported by an independent Advisory Board.
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Vote Match is used by millions of voters throughout Europe in local, European and Parliamentary elections. See the journey that we have been on with Vote Match in the UK and take quizzes from previous elections.
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Vote Match (www.votematch.org) today launches its award-winning voter advice application in time for the 2015 general election.
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Dems Take Aim At $25B Deal On Flawed Foreclosures
Ripping "immunity for Wall Street banks," the Congressional Progressive Caucus said the settlement — which attorneys general in New York, Delaware, Massachusetts and California have already criticized as insufficient — lets the banks off the hook too easily.
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About Annu
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's recent solo exhibitions include the Royal Ontario Museum, Nuit Blanche Toronto 2015 and sepiaEYE, New York City. Other exhibitions include the RISD Museum, Newark Art Museum, Tang Museum and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and 2016 Crosslines at the Smithsonian Museum of Art & Industries.
Among the list of grants recently supporting Matthew's work include a 2012 Fulbright fellowship, recipient of the SPE Future Focus Project support grant (2013), the John Gutmann fellowship, MacColl Johnson fellowship, Rhode Island State Council of the Arts fellowships and the American Institute of Indian Studies Creative Arts fellowship.
She has been an artist in residence at Yaddo and MacDowell. Her work can be found in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, George Eastman House, Fogg Museum at Harvard, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Center for Creative Photography and the RISD Museum among others.
Matthew's work is included in the book BLINK, from Phaidon, that according to the publisher celebrates the quality and vision of today's 100 most exciting international contemporary photographers and Auto Focus: The Self Portrait in Contemporary Photography and Home Truths: Motherhood, Photography and Loss by Susan Bright and The Digital Eye by Sylvia Wolf. Her work was recently featured on the New York Times Lensblog, CNN photo Blog and Buzzfeed. Her book Memories of India, published by Blue Sky Books, includes an essay by former New York Times art critic Vicki Goldberg.
As Holland Cotter recently wrote in the New York Times "…The mostly album-size photographs in this compact but far-ranging gallery survey are about the intensities and confusions of a cultural mixing that makes the artist, psychologically, both a global citizen and an outsider, at home and in transit, wherever she is. And it's about photography as document and fiction: souvenir, re-enactment and imaginative projection. A beautiful show that could too easily slip away."
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Annu Palakunnathu Matthew is Professor of Art (Photography,) the Director of the Center for the Humanities and the 2015-17 Silvia-Chandley Professor of Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island and is represented by sepiaEYE, New York City & Tasveer Gallery, India.
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Asbestos Group's Bid For CAA Ruling Review Nixed
On Monday, Judge Carol E. Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri denied the motion to reconsider filed by the Families for Asbestos Compliance, Testing and Safety, or FACTS.
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I am sure Elon Musk is a rather busy man who if by some fate of the internet gods' willing stumbles across this post will undoubtedly not have time to read it in its entirety, but would be intrigued to know what the synopsis is. So here it goes.
On behalf of all VanLifers out there I would like to challenge Mr Musk and Tesla to produce an electric van. Not just any van, but one that would be suitable for off the grid living, this would mean including solar arrays to aid charging and maximising the interior space available.
The concept of creating an eco camper is not a new one, this beautiful adaptation of the classic VW camper was put forward by Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier back in 2008. This concept was to run the accessories, i.e. the living component off solar while the engine would be Bio Diesel. Those were the early days when Tesla had just released its game changing Roadster and people where still coming around to the potential of electric vehicles (EVs). Fast forward a few years and Tesla has three different models available with plans to introduce an 18 wheeler and a pickup by 2018. And while VW did announce that they were releasing an electric version of the Classic VW Van in 2020, Tesla's focus on EVs and production capabilities means that they could bring a van to market before this date. In addition Tesla's lead and vision in both the EV market and renewable energies means they are better positioned to make this concept a reality. Add to that Mr Musk's history of disruptive ideas, ranging from reusable rockets to universal income and Tesla's mission statement (to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy) and it is easy to see why such and idea might seem attractive to a company like Tesla.
The technology is all available today, Toyota are already adding solar roofs to their vehicles and Tesla has announced a partnership with Panasonic to create solar roofs for their models. Electric vehicles are becoming more prevalent, their millage increasingly extended as battery technology improves. VanLife has become an attractive option for those wanting to break away from the stagnant society and take their work to the road, in some cases providing couples with a way to work on the road.
The marriage of vanlife and the electric vehicle could not be more perfect. A van makes for a great electric vehicle as it has a longer chassis and thus can house more batteries extending range. In an electric vehicle the reduced size of the 'engine' and integration of the batteries in to the chassis provide greater interior space allowing for increased living area. The larger surface area of a van also provides more room on which to mount solar panels which further extend range and allow for travel to places where charging networks or electric hookups are not as accessible.
I have been living in a van for nearly two years, travelling from Canada to Costa Rica, all the way learning to live more simply and sustainably. Though every time I stop at a gas station to fill up I catch myself in contemplation that there must be a better way. It is what lead to this idea and the realisation that there is no reason for it not to become a reality in the near future. Though since I am in no way a designer like Alexandre Verdier and do not have the profile to capture the attention of those who could make such a concept come to life, I am putting this concept out there. Just like Tesla made their electric drive chain patents available for use by others to drive inovation and further facilitate the world's adoption of EVs, it is my wish that someone more skilled or connected than myself might pick it up and give it life. That perhaps my next van will be an E(V)co van.
And just in case this does catch the eye of someone at Tesla or perhaps even VW, I would gladly offer up my photography and adventure skills to tour around in a concept version.


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- The Rock spoke with CBS Cleveland reporter Chris Van Vliet to promote Fast 6 and says he's confident his last wrestling match was against John Cena at WrestleMania 29.
Rock called WrestleMania 29 a dream scenario but had this to say about his most recent run with WWE:
"The 4 month run I had in WWE was really eye opening. I was able to see a lot of young talent that are very hungry and very humble. What's interesting is there were some talent there who, it's just the nature of the business, have become very sour grapes and miserable. The younger guys were very excited and there was that hunger that reminded me of myself 10 to 15 years ago when I first started."
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In The School of Greatness, Lewis Howes shares golden nuggets of advice from interviewing some of "the greats" on his podcast throughout the years, including Olympic gold-medal athletes, world-renowned speakers (such as Tony Robbins), and other well-known personalities and entrepreneurs. This book is a framework for personal development and will give you the insight to reach your full potential. This book would make an excellent graduation gift!
2. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook, Gary Vaynerchuk
I am a big fan of Gary Vee, and listen to his podcast "The GaryVee Audio Experience" regularly. Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook is a culmination of some of his best podcast episodes to date, along with some of his other books. In this book, Vaynerchuk shares advice on how to connect with your audience and "beat the competition" by jabbing, a/k/a patiently building relationships and engaging with your audience, and throwing right hooks to seal the deal. I recommend this book for bloggers or anyone that works in marketing.
3. Daring Greatly, Dr. Brene Brown
This book was inspired by one of my favorite quotes- "The Man in the Arena." I first became a fan of Dr. Brown after hearing her Ted Talk on vulnerability (if you haven't seen it, go watch it now: here). I'll be honest, while I did like this book, it was not quite what I thought it would be. The first chapter was great, but I had a hard time focusing after that. The book was full of case studies (so it would be an excellent read if you work in psychology or social work, etc.).
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After how good issue one was, does issue 2 have the Batwings to stand shoulder to shoulder with it?
Does it improve on the foundation that that issue built, rest on its laurels, or pale in comparison?
Well, it does a bit of all three actually.
Lets get to it.
The Cover: I REALLY liked the first cover, but this one makes the first look like a cave painting!
This has amazing action and drama, the depth, the shading, the giant moon in the background!
This is a stunningly beautiful piece of work that I cannot compliment nearly enough.
I want this cover framed and hung on my wall!
Interior Art: Once again, Dario Brizuela has done great work.
For the most part, the issues I had with his art the first time around are gone or fixed.
There are still some panels that feel very empty. Not nearly as many as there were in the first issue but the ones that are there are even bigger this time making the emptiness seem even more vast. Ace looks a little bit plain next to everybody else as well. But on the plus side, there are 2 great visual references to the very famous "jumping lightning strike" cover of The Dark Knight returns that I really dug.
The Scarecrow and his henchmen look pretty damn great, and Batman looks even better and more heroic!
Art wise, there is way more good than bad for sure.
The Story: Who's Scared written by Sholly Fisch.
First off, big points for the titular reference to the early stages of the development of Scooby-Doo!
It starts with Scooby day dreaming about crime fighting alongside Bats and Shaggy shaking him out of it.
The Gang has made their way to Bat territory for a meeting of the Mystery Analysts Of Gotham City!
As the Gang mingles, Ace the Bat-Hound provides Scoob with a brief lesson about the history of the club when suddenly a giant spider attacks. Scarecrow appears to make sure that all of the humans are paralyzed, either in fear or in defense, against his fear gas so that he and his henchmen can rob the city blind.
Probably the best thing about this story is the interaction between Scooby and Ace.
It's all to rare that we get to see Scoob actually talk or hang out with anybody outside of Mystery Inc. or his family, much less a member of his own species.It sucks that it couldn't have lasted just a wee bit longer though. While everybody is effected by the fear gas our Dog-Namic Duo rises to the challenge and races after Scarecrow and crew to get the antidote and save their respective humans. While they are away doing that the humans realize they're all seeing different monsters and creatures, which somehow breaks the hold the gas has on them.
Now this is where my problems start to come in and the story begins to fall apart.
Once Batman figures out its Scarecrow and his head clears he comes to Ace and Scooby's rescue…meaning they don't need an antidote. Ace should know this better than anybody being the Dog Wonder and all.
Before they left to chase Scarecrow, Ace tried getting Batman's attention and Bat's told him to stay behind him.
Scooby tried talking to Shaggy but he was too afraid.
Had they swapped, ya know, and have the talking dog tell Batman "uh, hey dude, settle down. It's Scarecrow's Fear Gas" the whole specious, at best, chase for the antidote could have been avoided.
I know this is essentially a kids book but come on.
Now, there are some cool and fun moments that save the issue from annoying me completely.
There is a blink and you'll miss it mention of a Jason which I really hope is a Jason Blood cameo!
There's also a bit of a running gag between Fred and one of the unnamed Mystery Analysts about pulling masks off that is kinda funny.
But anywho, in the end, Batman comes to the rescue yet again.
Overall: The Art is great but the story leaves you a bit unfulfilled.
Though this issue doesn't feel nearly as short as the first one did, the story of the first is much better and holds up upon rereading. I'd really like this issue a whole lot more if Batman, Robin, and The Gang had been saved by the dogs. The way it is it just comes off poorly planned and like Scooby and Ace need to be saved by the Bat and company.


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This week for Feel Bad Friday, I had been planning on playing through 69F4 again — flipping that red switch finally. But, as you'll see in the video, that doesn't quite pan out.
So instead, it's No Waste, by A Random Player. And oldie but goodie – this is a level from a simpler era. Does that mean the level itself is easy? You'll have to watch to find out…
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Salmon, celery, garlic, and parsley get tossed together in with whole-wheat pasta for this simple dish.
Level: Moderate
Serves: 4
- 12 oz. whole-grain or artichoke-flour pasta
- 12 oz. salmon fillet
- ¼ c. pasta water
- 3 stalk celery
- 3 clove garlic
- ¼ c. packed parsley leaves
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. Pepper
- Cook pasta 2 minutes less than label directs.
- Add salmon chunks to pasta water. Cook 3 minutes; reserve 1/4 c. pasta water, then drain.
- In bowl, toss pasta, salmon, pasta water, celery, garlic, parsley, and salt and pepper until well mixed.
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In truth, I tell you one thing. Happiness can only be found when one chooses to let go of all the conditions that made them unhappy in the first place.
These conditions are self-imposed. False perceptions or desires that we adopt, under the notion that when we obtain them, we will suddenly reach a state of happiness.
Happiness is Internal
What we fail to understand is that this "state of happiness" is a state of mind. It's internal. It's the one thing you have control over, whether good or bad goes on around you externally.
Isn't that nice to know? There's comfort in knowing that you have a choice in how you feel. But there's also angst in forcing yourself to be happy, when clearly you feel the other.
So, you may be wondering then, how do I improve my mood? And I ask you in return, what do you desire so much, that in wanting it, it is making you unhappy? What conditions have you built your life around that are in fact limiting you from achieving inner peace?
Did you tell yourself that you needed to be a certain weight to feel beautiful? Did you believe that you will only feel complete when you make a certain amount of money? Whatever goal that you linked your happiness to, it's not helping you. It's time to let that condition go.
Happiness is About Accepting the Present Moment
I often use the words happiness and acceptance synonymously. Happiness is in the "now." It's about accepting where you are in the present moment while still looking to the possibility of the future with excitement.
I'm not saying to throw all of your desires out the window. The negativity, the inner critic and the conditions on these desires that put your happiness out of reach are the things you cannot keep.
I'm sure you've heard the phrase before that when you are happy, everything flows. For now, focus on what feels good and watch how more good comes into your life. Trust that your deepest passions will soon be achieved and your life journey will unfold the way it is meant to be.


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Sustainable living is doing everything I can to rely less and less on forces outside my home for my daily life. There are so many skills we can acquire, enabling ourselves to rely on our own skills without needing the others. I know how to make soap and shampoo and own (and know how to use) a washboard though I prefer not to do these activities if I don't have to. I'm not one of those who wishes they were living in the 1800's because I sure do enjoy the conveniences we have in our current day and age but when there is a time when you need to survive without a washer, stove, electricity, running water, a roof over your head, or food at a grocery store NOW is the time to learn those skills.
So many of us, when it comes to cooking food, would be lost if we didn't have access to the foods we eat every day. What if you relocate to a different part of the country and the foods you are so accustomed to are not available? Do you know how to make those foods yourself? Can you get (raise or grow) the ingredients needed for those foods? If not, what will you eat? I'm not talking about just survival. Just surviving is good but can you imagine eating the same things day in, day out, for months on end because that's all you have? Life doesn't have to be that way! With proper planning and education, variety can truly be the spice of life without breaking the bank. The key is expanding your recipe repertoire NOW so you have a variety of skills to fall back on.
While I don't focus solely on wild edible foods, I was very lucky to have been a member (and eventual owner) of a wonderful Yahoo group about wild edible foods that began in 1999. Thanks to the generosity of the members, we have a huge amount of recipes and information that I just do not want to see disappear into the nether regions of closed groups and websites on the internet. That is why, through my website http://www.wildforager.org and this blog you will see recipes, articles, and information attributed to many others. I will note when something is my creation but I was no where near as prolific in my wild edible explorations as much as the former owner of that Yahoo group, Melana Hiatt. You will see many, many pages of information and recipes by her.
I am also an information junkie with A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder). I love to not only learn by reading but by doing. Attaining new skills … I guess that would be my hobby! I don't just like to know, I like to do. I love the challenge of learning something new (most of the time, skills that are completely foreign to me, having had no exposure to it throughout my life). Most of the time, I learn something until it's "good enough" then move onto another skill (the perfect example of this is using my wash board … I truly appreciate my washing machine way too much). Then again, there are some things that just reel me in and I cannot stop until I am truly proficient at them (right now, that's wood carving).
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"They are the closest taste to what we used to grow in the garden here," said Wilma R. Caldwell of Haddonfield.
The problem for Caldwell and other fans of the UglyRipe is that Procacci Bros. Sales Corp., the Philadelphia company that developed the tomato, planted only 100 acres for the current winter season because it was unsure it would get a long-sought exemption from regulatory restrictions in Florida.
"Now we're going to proceed and grow 400 to 500 more" and started to plant seeds yesterday in greenhouses, said Joseph G. Procacci, the company's chairman and president.
But for now, the tomatoes will be in short supply.
The exemption - published Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture - freed UglyRipes, bred for taste rather than appearance, from the shape requirements for tomatoes shipped out of Florida's main tomato-growing region from mid-October to mid-June.
Procacci Bros. said it spent $3 million over 20 years developing the UglyRipe tomato, but was blocked from distributing it nationally three years ago by the Florida Tomato Committee, a group of farmers - including Procacci - authorized by federal law to set marketing standards.
The committee's standards are geared toward round tomatoes that are picked green and gassed to turn them pinkish red. Many UglyRipes, which are misshapen with pronounced ridges, do not make the grade.
The Agriculture Department's change requires that the UglyRipe follow a new identity-preservation program that uses the unique genetic fingerprint of a produce variety to assure that it is, in fact, the product claimed by its grower. In this case, the program would ensure that other misshapen tomatoes do not make it into distribution.
Procacci estimated that federal monitoring would cost the company $150,000 to $200,000 a year. He said he expected major supermarket chains to charge $2.99 to $3.99 per pound for UglyRipes.
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How about you post what you actually "meant to say". Dont blame us for your issues dude...
When I bought the season pass I was under the understanding that I was entitled to all content that was purchasable during the "Black Ops 2 Season".
We pointed out to you that it doesnt say all content.
So then you change your story that you SHOULD have gotten the DLC for free. sounds like you got more issues then the DLC.
Do you see at what point you lost this "serious" customer complaint ? You cant have a serious customer complaint if you didnt read what you bought.
Oh look another "I deserve this for free" thread. The camos are optional and you only have to buy one if you want it. They are only $2 each. The devs of this game don't owe you anything. Learn to read not only what the season pass is but the forum rules too. This thread is nothing but spam because this has been talking about so much.
You arent paying more than anyone else OP. You are paying less for the map packs and the same for the camo packs.
Well, the argument against the OP is valid. We paid for maps. However, we also paid for Nuketown 24-7 and that was "taken" from us. Thus, they do owe us something. False adevertising doesn't sit too well with anyone.
So weigh in, who is right? The "company" who told us you have Nuketown 24-7 and removes it or the "consumer" who wants something in its stead? At the company I have worked 28 years for "the customer is always right".
Nobody paid for Nuketown 24/7. We got Nuketown 2025 Free with Pre-Order.
We were never promised a playlist. The facts are important in any argument.
You did have Nuketown 24/7. It was on your drive, you could play it any time you wanted to. And now it is free for everyone, and in the playlists. All we were promised was first access to it.
The map wasnt taken from you. You could still play it in other game modes.
You only paid to have the maps, the back of the box states you didnt pay for what game type it was played in.
The back of the box says NOTHING in MP is ours. We pay for the right to play what they provide. Thats it thats all.
Why do you care? Bacon, and hello kittie camo? Just another way for Activision to milk tryhards out of money.I don't even put the camo that comes with the core game on my weapons. A suckers born every minute.
Not sure why you believe the others are flaming you.
I mean the camos and the other gimmicks are not compulsory. You don't have to equip it to play the game or to gain an advantage.
Don't expect everything in life to be free. Businesses are here to make profit and if you don't agree with Activision charging for extra camos or whatever, just ignore it.
Purchasing these camo won't impact the gameplay, they're cosmetic items.
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"Remember Who You Are. Remember Why You Are Here"
By Steven Pressfield | Published: May 26, 2014
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I am visiting the 101 Squadron at Hatzor Air Base in the Negev desert. We're talking about the concept of En Brera, "no alternative."
What is it that makes the Israel Defense Forces—in particular, the air force—so exceptional? Is it something in the institutional culture? If that quality could be identified, could it be exported? Could a different army, a different air force use it? Or is it unique to Israel and to the Jewish people?
The first hour of our visit is spent in the pilots' briefing room. The young fliers and their commanders are honoring Lou Lenart, who was one of the founding members of the squadron in 1948. I'm watching the pilots. I have never seen such a good-looking bunch of guys. They laugh and horse around; there is nothing remotely "macho" in their attitude or bearing. What is unmistakable is their supreme level of professionalism—and how committed they are to their mission.
Lou has to wipe tears when he speaks to them.
I am moved too.
When the ceremony is over, the squadron commander takes a few of us back to a classroom. "I want you to see," he says, "an abbreviated version of a program we present to the pilot candidates in the flight school."
The first part is a short film.
It's about Auschwitz.
On September 4, 2003, at the invitation of the Polish Air Force, three F-15 fighter planes of the IAF performed a fly-over of the extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Between 960,000 and 1.1 million Jews were killed there during World War II.
The overflight was supposed to be executed at 10,000 feet but the Israeli pilots, all of whom were children of death camp survivors, insisted upon passing over the site at the lowest altitude possible. They carried aboard their planes the testimony of a number of victims, murdered on that same day sixty years earlier.
The film is very short, only a couple of minutes. It's grainy and not particularly well produced. A critic, if he wanted to, could make the case that its message is clumsy and heavy-handed, lacking in subtlety. But such quibbles cannot diminish the emotional impact.
The first time you see the camp, that awful gate, the railroad tracks, the selection platform, and the crematoria [says Amir Eshel, commander of the IAF contingent in the film and one of the pilots performing the flyover] … you look at the terrible annihilation below and look to the other side and see the strength of this people today, how far we have come in just sixty years … from the terrible injustice to the situation in which we now stand.
The young pilots-in-training watch this film. After it, there's a short PowerPoint-type presentation. One of the elements of emphasis is this:
Remember who you are. Remember why you are here.
On the wall of the classroom hangs a map of Israel. You can see the waist of the country, the pre-'67 borders, just nine miles across. A jet fighter today can take off from Cairo and penetrate the Israeli frontier in twenty minutes. Flying time from Amman, Jordan is under five minutes.
Remember who you are. Remember why you are here.
I have to raise my hand. Do those words mean what I think they mean? I ask the squadron commander if he would care to expand upon them and make them more specific.
"They mean what they mean," he says. I cannot get him to say more.
Later I speak privately with a couple of pilots, a captain and a major. I ask them what those sentences in the presentation mean to them. The captain answers first.
They mean we are Jews. We have seen what our enemies do to us when they have us in their power. We are pilots. Our role is to defend our people. We can never forget who we are and why we are here.
The major adds this:
In America when you fight a war, it is thousands of miles from home. You can fail to win, you can even lose, but when you return to the States, there is everything just as you left it—your family, your town, your country.
We Israelis live in a different neighborhood. Here there is only one kind of war—a war of survival.
Win or die. En brera. No alternative.


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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, has dedicated the club's 2-1 Community Shield win over Leicester City to former manager Louis van Gaal.
Winning under the arch
It had already been a great afternoon for the Red Devils, having confirmed the imminent return of Paul Pogba earlier in the day.
They carried that on as Jesse Lingard gave the side the lead just before the break. Jamie Vardy equalised for the Foxes but a late header from Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured the victory.
The opportunity to secure their 21st Community Shield was handed to the side by van Gaal, having won the FA Cup last season, and after the game Mourinho dedicated the win to the Dutch coach.
He said: "I would like to dedicate this victory to Louis van Gaal" and admitted "I don't mind him having one more trophy, and I remember when I have left clubs who have gone on to win things they don't always recognise who helped them get there."
He continued: "So this win is for him and in addition I dedicate it to the Manchester United players who were not involved in the game."
Mourinho admitted that it was "difficult" to leave out "good players like Memphis Depay, Phil Jones and Ashley Young," but he says he "had to make choices," before concluding that he told those players that "we are a team and they understand that."
What a way to start the season
The Community Shield was the first time for many fans to see Ibrahimovic up close, and the Swede shared his delight at scoring the winner.
He told manutd.com that "It feels amazing to win the first official game" and admitted "I've been here a couple of weeks and I get to win my first trophy with United. I mean this is what we play for."
Ibrahimovic concluded: "We play for the trophies and I'm super happy and super excited for the goal - but especially for the win because it's a trophy for the team. This is what we work hard for and sacrifice."
Manchester United will take on AFC Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday, August 14 with kick-off 1:30pm BST.


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Source: Crime Against Humanity: Blood on Your Hands
How to Handle Heathens in the Deep South
If you are not from the Deep South, you might find it odd that blessings are bestowed upon you when you are buying french fries at the McDonald's drive through, but I assure you it is considered proper manners here.
What seems to really stump people is dealing with those of no faith. I have yet to find an etiquette guide to help handle heathens in Dixie. I thought I might offer some pointers to you good people because I am not the only atheist you know. I probably shouldn't tell you this, but next time you are at a secular event where you are supposed to bow your head during the illegal Christian prayer, you know in the next few days, look around and see who is looking around to see who is looking around. I'm never the only one.
Do not say you'll pray for me. Look. You can pray to whomever about whatever in the privacy of your home for as long as you like. But when you say you will pray for me, you've just found a really easy way (for you) to tell me everything I think and feel is morally wrong, I am irredeemable, and you're telling God. Nobody likes a snitch. "Have a blessed day," is a habit for you, I know. But it's really no better.
Do not say you want a dialog and then just preach at me. I know the difference. And none of that How to Convert an Atheist in 10 Easy Steps shit. I hope you didn't pay money for that book.
Do not quote the Bible at me. Yes, I have read it. Damn. Almost as long as The Stand. And a whole bunch of other books, too. Interested in book club?
Do not assume I am angry at God. Are you angry at fairies?
Do not tell me this is why I am single. I'm doing fine, thanks. Actually, I usually date other atheists. There are more of us than you know. We have parties and listen to death metal. Naked.
Do not ask me if my life is meaningless or dark or filled with fear of death. I assure you it is not. If I told you it was, would that validate your own belief that God is necessary? Do you really need that?
Do not ask me to go to church with you. I know you think your particular church and your particular minister can teach me something I don't already know. They can't. If you'd like to spend time with me, I'd love to go for Chai.
Do not tell me I should believe "just in case" so I have insurance against going to hell. I am going to respect you enough to assume the threat of hell is not the only reason you believe. Why should it be mine?
Do not ask me why, if I have no fear of eternal damnation, I'm not out there killing people. Seriously, do not ask me that. It scares the shit out of me. You please keep going to church. Do that Wednesday thing, too.
Do not start in on evolution without realizing I have an anthropology degree, and I will nail you to the cross in your living room. I do not have time for your why are there still monkeys crap. Read a book. No. One of the other ones.
Do not put crosses up all over my children's public school. Unless there is a vampire problem. Then it's fine. Student safety should be everyone's first priority.
And don't tell me I am sending my children to hell; they tell me that every time they get in trouble and I cut off the internet. It's not working for them either.
Lastly, just be aware that not everyone around you is a believer. Most of us atheists look pretty normal. The universe is not your own private house of worship. It would be especially polite if you remembered this when you vote.
Want to Feel like You're Helping? You Can Buy That.
I was sitting at Waffle House yesterday afternoon because coffee. As I was caffeinating myself, a homeless woman began to speak behind me. I thought she was randomly ranting about her life and how it was crazy that homeless people cannot get food stamps, and I cringed and pretended I didn't hear. Which actually turned out ok because she wasn't talking to me at all, but on a phone lent to her by the waitress. On a second call to a Sister Janet, she left a lengthy voice mail. I'm at Waffle House, said the woman. I need to get to the Howard Johnson for the night. I have half the money. I need someone to pick me up and drive me there and use their ID to get me a room. I just need one night. She carefully repeated the information several times. I'm here. This is what I need. For just one night.
From the corner of my eye, I could see her, sitting next to a wheel chair in a too big camo jacket on a day people were being warned to stay inside because of the heat. I could see an aura of pain around her, or maybe it was sweat. She was articulate. She probably had a job once, a family. Now she had Sister Janet and the kind Waffle House waitress. And me! How lucky for her I stopped to get coffee and actually had a small amount of cash on me.
I went over to her table and set a single bill on the table. "Excuse me ma'am," I said. "I'd like to help you get your hotel."
She said nothing.
"She can't see, "said the waitress. I was startled. I had not realized she was blind as she sat rubbing her eyes.
"I'm just going to leave this here for you," I say.
"Just tell me what it is," said the woman.
"It's a Ten." I say. I had another five in my bag somewhere. Why hadn't I pulled it out? "I'd like for you to get your hotel room tonight."
For a long moment, she said nothing, then "Thank you."
That's it. Just a firm, emotionless thank you. No joy, no gratitude, no resentment. Nothing at all. Just the expected acknowledgement of my paltry gift.
I think she was tired. Tapped out. Tapped out of hope, tapped out of optimism, tapped out of momentum. That last one-sided conversation took all the strength she had. Now she was waiting. For Sister Janet. Or whatever happened to her next.
I was surprised. Caught off guard, even. I had expected effusive levels of gratitude. I had expected multiple "thank yous" and "bless yous" and probably even a "you are a good Christian," which I get in this type of situation a lot. It's really awkward. Is this really the time to explain to someone that you are, in fact, not a Christian, and that people who are not Christians are also capable of acts of kindness? Way to lecture the homeless person and make it all about you.
"Try to stay cool," I told the woman, thinking about how the hotel would get her out of the Heat Advisory.
"I'll try to stay alive," she said, letting me know air conditioning might not be her first priority. "I'll try to stay alive."
Well. That was a downer. This was supposed to make me feel good about myself. But I felt just as shitty as before I paid my guilt tax. My ten dollars did not cure her homelessness. I could have given her a hundred and that wouldn't have gotten her off the streets or the permanent address you need to get an ID so you can get a hotel room or food stamps or a voter's registration. I could justify the inadequacy of my gift by claiming it was better than nothing. But isn't it her job to tell me that, to make me feel better about sleeping in my own bed? Is that not the least she could do after I had done the very very least that I could do? But she refused to play. Either she would get the hotel or she wouldn't. Either she'd survive the night or she wouldn't. Anything I had to offer was too little, too late, and she did not feel obligated to make me feel ok about that. Had I given her money because I wanted to help or because I hoped it would make that icky feeling in the pit of my stomach go away? Both probably, but I'm not sure I got either.
Feeling good about helping is not the same thing as actually helping. I talked to my brother about this when he got back from a short Mission trip to Haiti where he had helped a few native men build a device for collecting fresh water. They appreciated his help, he said, and while it was a humbling, life-changing experience for him, he had spent money to get there to experience it that could have gone to raw materials. It's not as if, he said, they have a shortage of labor. He would have helped more by staying home and sending cash.
Orphan tourism, which you can read about here, is so bad some places that children who have parents drop out of school to "work" as orphans to support the tourist industry. But go right ahead and feel good about those band aids you took over in your suitcase. Take some of those selfies with brown children, too. Put them on Instagram. Tell people at cocktail parties how much you helped. Open your eyes to the horrors of the world and then pay what you have to pay so you can still sleep at night.
Not much of a traveler? Bored with handing cash to winos? You can participate in the White Savior Industrial Complex from home. May I present Feeding Children Everywhere, a charity out of Orlando. You give them money, and they throw you a party. They bring everything you need for you and your friends to package single-serving meals of dried beans and rice for the low low price of $.25 per meal. They'll even bring music! Everyone loves music! It's fun and it only takes a couple of hours. There isn't much on their website that tells you where uncooked single serving meals actually go. To hungry children. Obviously. The meals are really just a by-product of the experience, after all. And they do not pretend otherwise. So if you can get past the image of a hungry child staring forlornly at a baggie of food she can't actually eat until someone with a pot and a fire cooks it for her, you might just have a really great day. You should go out for drinks afterwards. You deserve it!
I don't really have a better answer for addressing other people's suffering. I don't even know if giving a pan-handler spare change at a stop light makes the problem better or worse. I just know that we all need to take a step back and make sure our actions match our motivations. And we need to make sure our motivation is not merely momentary relief from guilt. Ending homelessness and hunger are not easily solvable problems. Let's not pretend our spare change makes these problems go away.
As for the homeless woman, I hope she got her hotel room. And I hope I find another way to get rid of that nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach that she refused to assuage. Maybe I need to stay angry, stay hungry. She's going to. If she survives.
The Reader
Good morning. Factory doors are now closed. It is 9 hours until the next break. Weather: warm. Smog: Moderate. Chances of acid rain: minimal. Taxes: Due in 12 days. Schedule: All workers will report for double shifts until further notice.
News: Our favorite little family- Monny, Poppi, and little baby Steepo are scraping by on the Outside where they are hard at work under the ashes, growing our vegetables. They have used our taxes to plant new fields of berries and build fences to keep out the Lupines. How brave they are to labor in the dirt, knowing they could be attacked at any time, while we work comfortably inside the safety of the factory. It is because of them, that we eat. Because of them, that we have not seen Lupines near the factory for a generation. Because of them, that we work until there is no day or night.
They asked her, sometimes, how she learned to Read. When she was feeling surly, when the smog was high or the vegetable trucks were late or the tax collectors had been out all night with the dogs, she said she didn't remember. Other times, she told them the hours she spent each day Reading at the factory were a gift from an unknown celestial benefactor. Both of these things were true. It was also true that she had the vaguest of recollections of sitting on her father's lap with her head against his rasping chest, the candles flickering as he struggled to murmur words from the pages of a yellowed newspaper. She squinted at the words in the dim light, the tiny symbols dancing and wiggling even as she blinked to steady them. But then, when the blackness in his lungs bound him to his bed, she took the crinkled pages in her tiny hands, and the words came. From her eyes to her lips, they came. Her voice was that of an angel, he said, come to guide him home. And when he grew too tired to breathe, he closed his eyes and smiled. And died with the sound of her voice echoing through his body.
News: Monny sweats as she kneels in the rusty dirt to pull weeds. Steepo clings with one hand to her indigo skirt as he uses the other to trace patterns in the soil with a stick. The air is wet today, and the dark grooves he carves look purposeful, as if he is telling a story. Monny is thinking about Steepo's birthday, his very first. She knows they don't have much, not since the Lupines destroyed the herds, but still, they will celebrate, and the rest of the farmers will come and drink orange flavored mead and toast her son who is already walking. "Won't that be fun, little one?" she murmers. Poppi should be back by now, she thinks with some concern. She tries to contain the butterflies of panic that start to flutter in her stomach. Was there trouble on the fences?
It was dark in her little house. It was always dark. She remembered moments of sunshine from her childhood, sprites dancing in the sunbeams by the window, but that was before she became the Reader, and the meager hours of daytime were spent in the factory. She didn't mind, didn't especially care if it was morning or evening as she rinsed her hair in the large kitchen sink. She dried it carefully before combing a handful of flour into the straight locks, turning the lengths from chestnut to grey. She examined the results in the mirror, lit by a single taper. She looked like her grandmother, she thought. She was even beginning to develop a few wrinkles around the eyes, maybe, and a roughness was appearing in her hands even though she was freed from the manual labor of the other factory workers. She tied back her hair and bound her breasts, dressed herself in the androgynous clothing provided by the Supervisors, and headed to work.
News: Poppi stretched his tall frame and searched heavenward for the sun. The dull globe confirmed his location, the East fence, which was supporting a brand new hole. He knelt to examine the damage. Lupines? No. Just dogs looking for food. Well, weren't we all? He'd need to keep an eye on the corn where the dogs liked to scavenge for rodents. He had wood and twine to make the repair, but he'd be late getting home, and the weak sun would be waning. The Lupines, if they had gotten through the broken fence, would be on the prowl. He suspected they could smell fear, so he would give them none, and he made his mind go blank with a picture of green trees and a pond and the fish his Uncles had told him about.
Her father and grandmother, by mutual agreement, did not speak to each other unless absolutely necessary, so the silence now that they were both gone was nothing new, although it carried with it a certain amount of emptiness that at times was almost deafening. She tried to fill the void with singing but found this made her hoarse the next day and also angered the cat, her only companion. One evening, or maybe it was morning, when the smog was so thick you could feel the grit settling into your skin, a knock came to her door. She found no one there, but a child-sized guitar missing a string. A gift from a Supervisor, perhaps, who liked the way her voice played over the single sheet of paper he handed her each morning. She taught herself to play in the chair by the fireplace, and the cat sat at her feet in approval.
News: Poppi should have heard the heavy breath of the Lupines behind him, but he was distracted by the laughter of the farmers who greeted him as he reached his home. Someone had cut down a tree, and a bonfire was growing, casting light on the dirty faces of the farmers who had come. At one time, the fire would have protected them, before the Lupines became hungry and bold. Before they developed a taste for human blood and a lust for the kill. It was Monny who first spotted the pack, although she could not say if it was a flash of white fur or the glow of their eyes that gave them away. She let out a cry, but they had already sprung on the farmers, their teeth finding flesh before she could scream. She saw Poppi reach for his son and clasp him to his chest, but then all she saw was blood, dripping blood –black in the moonlight, then red as torn bodies fell towards the fire.
She kept broth of vegetables simmering on the stove whenever she was home. It was not that she had much of an appetite, but someone might stop by, and she wanted to be hospitable. No one stopped by. The cat favored turnips, and she picked out little bits from the pot and fed them to him. She made bread in misshapen loaves that burned on the outside and were doughy on the inside. Her grandmother used to chastise her for her poor cooking skills, and then she would laugh and promise her that her talents were surely to be discovered outside of the kitchen. Maybe she would be a great beauty and marry a supervisor, and live in one of the fancy houses farther away from the factory, and she would never want for fluffy white bread made by the hands of her husband's own baker. Of course, that was before her purpose became apparent, and she became the Reader.
News: Poppi and Steepo are gone now. Monny sits alone, but she does not cry. The supervisors are sending a hunting party to track down the pack that attacked the farmers. Please expect a 30% tax to fund this operation. Collectors will be making rounds immediately.
The floor needed sweeping, so she swept it. The fire was dying, but she saved the last of the fire logs to feed the stove to keep the thinned soup warm. There had not been any turnips for many weeks, and the cat had left to go hunting and had not returned. She paused by the window as a low howl broke the night's silence, but it was just the wind. She was safe. And tomorrow she would Read.
On Inauguration Day, Let the Band Play
I have no desire to see Donald Trump sworn in as president today. Also, I have a job. Also, this is probably the 11th inauguration in a row I have missed watching live. I'm not sure that counts as a boycott. Still, I will take a small satisfaction in refusing to bear witness to the installation of the country's least popular incoming president. It's a day where I'll take what I can get. But, my friends, some of you, in your enthusiasm for political action, are throwing some mighty shade at the Tupelo High School Marching Band and the Girl Scouts of the USA for their participation today in the festivities, and you should cut it out.
These kids are not going in support of Donald Trump. If anything, they are going in support of democracy. Mostly they are going because it is really cool to get to go somewhere and see something that happens only once every four years in the nation's capital. And most importantly, they have been invited to participate in the political process. And that's important. I'm not saying that if a Brownie or two got close enough and decided to spit on the incoming it wouldn't make my day, but more likely they will develop a greater awareness of how politics affect their daily lives, and that's a good thing. As much as I hate it, I think we all need to take a moment to appreciate the peaceful transition of power here. This should not be taken for granted. It's really more the exception than the rule, globally speaking, so if it helps you, think of the inauguration as a celebration of that, not of Donald Trump.
I would have let my kids go, had they been presented with the opportunity. And I wouldn't need to sit them down first and explain to them my feelings about the incoming administration. I'm pretty sure they know. But I hope there are band parents and Girl Scout parents who are doing that very thing today. And I hope they are proud that their children are entrusted to behave appropriately in the absence of adequate public bathrooms.
There is something to be said for activism as self expression. Perhaps standing up for what you believe in, it of itself, is enough regardless of whether or not this affects public policy. But lets not allow blind hatred of all things orange take over our lizard brains. We are better than that. If your idea of political activism is not buying Thin Mints this year, I am supremely not impressed. Do better than that.
I know what you're saying. Every warm body feeds The Orange One's ego. Well, the sun rising in the morning feeds his ego. This is not a political rally. I don't know how much effort you put in to not going to your local Trump rally before the election. But if no one had shown up for those, we might not be in this predicament. If no one shows up for the inauguration, he will come up with some reason that makes him special, and he will still be president.
If you are using your political power to yell at 15 year old trombone players and to boycott Girl Scout cookies, you really need to pull it together. At this point, the best case scenario is that Trump turns out to be a mediocre president who pushes through some policies that we really hate. But we all know that is it entirely possible that he is going to do something dangerous, illegal, or bathshit crazy. If that happens, deflating his ego will not be our primary goal. He's not going anywhere voluntarily. What we will need is the help of the congressional representatives we elected. These women and men have your ear, and you should be calling them weekly to tell them you expect them to keep the president in line. Closing your eyes and humming through the inauguration is not going to do it.
And for God's sake. Buy some cookies. It will help raise women to believe no one can grab their pussies. Even if they witnessed the inauguration of a man who thinks he can.
We Need to Talk–About Science
One might argue that science is enjoying a bit of an upswing in terms of pop culture. Science fiction movies are in at the moment, documentaries about actual scientists are also box office hits, Bill Nye is a household name, and there's The Big Bang Theory on television (Not a fan. Don't have cable. Also it's painful to watch other people think Asperger's is funny.)
So maybe it's cool to be a scientist- at least in some abstract, aren't nerds cute kind of way. But what about science itself? I'm sorry to say science is not sexy. The plodding work involved in the scientific method is not glamorous. Lab work is downright tedious. And that whole thing about having to replicate scientific results—how boring.
But we don't all have to be scientists to appreciate what science brings to us ordinary humans—a way of understanding the world around us. A way of possibly even improving the world around us. This is not new, right? From the polio vaccine to Tang to solar panels, science brings us new technology that improves the life of everyone. But we also have to have the wisdom to use what we are given.
My own personal favorite celebrity scientist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, embraces pop science, saying it gives him a vehicle to communicate to a larger audience. He urges scientists to learn to communicate better, to reach people who may have other things on their minds than the physics of Star Trek. "You testify to Congress and you say they don't get it there's something wrong with them. Noooooo. There's something missing in your lexicon because everybody else is fluent here."
Well, it's past time for learning to talk about science. We have completely failed at imparting even a rudimentary standard of scientific knowledge on the general public. I see no other possible conclusion when the incoming Trump administration is riddled with anti-science buffoons. This goes well beyond a Republican tendency to prioritize short term economy building over long term environmental consequences. We have an incoming administration of anti-vax climate change deniers, and I'm scared.
Let's take global warming. On record as rejecting the overwhelming scientific evidence for human-created temperature increases, we have, based on my 4 minutes of research, Pence, Pruitt, Perry, Carson, Mulvaney, and Sessions. So much for the 97% scientific consensus. We're screwed.
I'm not really sure how we got here. Was it Oprah? Was it Oprah giving platforms to anti-vax hot bod turned concerned mom Jenny McCarthy and Dr. (there really is nothing behind the curtain but I'm pretty and I have an MD) Oz? Was it evangelical-fueled anti-intellectualism insisting God and Einstein couldn't both be right? Was it the dumbing- down of America that began once we won the space race? Reagan-era materialism over knowledge?
Is it just our own self-centered natures, unwillingness to embrace unfortunate truths, the stubborn human trait of lack of foresight? Are we all like Donald Trump who complained that those irritating scientists were threatening to take away his hairspray? "So if I take hairspray and I spray it in my apartment, which is all sealed, you're telling me that affects the ozone layer?…I say no way, folks. No way. No way." If only Donald Trump's apartment were a closed system. I'd be the first to encourage him to use all the hair spray he wants.
But none of us live in a closed system. We're all in it together. Well, you people who live in Miami are going first, but the rest of us could very well suffer real consequences if scientific policies backslide over the next four years. I wish I had some sage advice as to how to temper the impending apocalypse, but all I can say is stay angry, and stay vigilant. And help us, Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're our only hope.
New Normal
As the inauguration looms ahead, I've been trying to ease into a new normal. It should be said that the protections I enjoy as a white hetero cis American citizen may make this easier for me than for some of my friends who are wondering if they are about to be deported, if their marriage will still be valid, and if they will be able to afford medical treatment. The increase in gay weddings and IUD purchases illustrate the specific fears of groups who feel vulnerable, who feel like rights and privileges granted to them are no longer guaranteed.
Those who speak out are not only criticized by Trump supporters, but also have to deflect a possibly deserved rhetoric from the down-trodden for not doing enough. If the backlash against Meryl Streep for her impassioned anti-Trump Golden Globe Speech doesn't make you want to hide under your bed, you are made of stronger stuff than I am.
In a previous post, I called upon you to mobilize, to finish your grieving and to act. Since then, I have….well…I've made a few phone calls. That's not really very impressive. I keep waiting for something to happen. I dreamed of a rogue electoral college, a stray New Year's bullet, a miracle.
If you still hold out hope for divine intervention, today may be a good day. The news is filled with unsubstantiated claims that the Russians have both financial and personal dirt on Trump. This seems entirely plausible to me, but fake news has made me both wary and weary. And I am left to wonder what Trump could possibly have done that would conceivably turn his voters against him. I do not think paying hookers to urinate on him is enough, but what do I know? I already think he has committed any number of more egregious acts than that in public, and here we are. I am sadly not in the mood to enjoy the myriad of pee jokes already hitting social media. Still, we should be concerned. While our security is thankfully not dependent on the sexual proclivities of one man, it is dependent on having elected leaders who cannot be blackmailed.
Still, Donald Trump is very likely to be president 9 days from now. What are we going to do? It's never fun to lose, but this particular loss has exposed the dark underbelly of the right-leaning disenfranchised, and sooner or later we are going to have come out of hiding and decide if those people are still our enemies.


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Business organisations can be cunning and the Angel Group of Companies proved to be such a brand when it staged its annual Adonko Aseda Bash at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
Although the Angel Group of Companies, which operates Angel TV in addition to manufacturing herb flavoured liquor, Adonko Bitters did not charge an entry fee to the stadium, it cunningly obligated attendees mostly the youth to purchase a bottle of Adonko Bitters liquor at GH¢10.
The effect, after billed artistes and other entertainers including Shatta Wale, Bisa Kdei, Ofori Amponsah, Agya Koo and Afia Schwarzenegger had long taken their cash and moved to their bases, hundreds of revellers according to graphic.com on Easter Monday were still in a drunken stupor and lying on the pitch and other surfaces having consumed copious amounts of the bitters.
With its tagline "Adnko fa mi ko o, fadei ….. (Adonko take me away)", the patrons were truly taken away on the night.
Stadium authorities are also peeved organisers of the show breached an agreement to stay off the pitch so football matches can take place without hitch.
The penalty is for the Angel folks to cough up GH¢5,000 or have their impounded vehicles and equipments stay in custody till they defray their debt.