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Mark Milstead
Mark's first introduction to Wonders & Worries came through joining Mike Reynolds' team for the No Worries Classic in 2007.
"I really didn't understand what I was raising money for the first year," Mark said. "Until I got to the awards banquet and saw the impact Wonders & Worries made. What I heard and saw from the speaker made me want to help Wonders & Worries grow."
What he heard was John Avery's daughter, Julie Dees, talk about her chronic illnesses that keep her hospitalized regularly. "To look at her, you think she's just fine. I had no idea how complicated her world was. But the impact Wonders & Worries had on her kids, and their ability to keep the family connected. I understood the benefits of W&W immediately."
Mark followed through on his interest and joined the W&W Board, serving for six years. He is now a Committee member for the No Worries Classic, which wrapped up its 9th annual event in October 2016, raising more than $225,000. A father to two boys, Marc continues his involvement for a number of reasons.
"Wonders & Worries is unique. It serves an important need, and one that a lot of people don't think about.
"A friend of mine, who is a W&W client, told me, 'Once I knew my kids were in a good spot and could deal with what I had to go through, then I could spend time focusing on healing myself.' And that's a win for parents, kids and families," Mark adds.
In addition to the stories of hope, he also says involved because of the quality of the organization and the quality of the people. "It's easy to ask for money for something you believe in," Mark offers simply. "Wonders & Worries is a good cause, and you don't have to worry about the character behind the organization. As a Board member, I was able to see the decision-making, the forward thinking, and to see W&W growing. I was extremely impressed."
As the No Worries Classic looks to its 10th year in 2017, keep your eye on Mark, who was the second-place fundraiser this year. "I like to shoot and I like to be competitive. The mechanism for raising the money is fun, the event itself is fun, and the reasons you're doing it are outstanding and worthwhile – and the end goal is very rewarding."
The one thing he'd like the community to know about Wonders & Worries?
"They're very good at what they do."


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SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Rudy and Buddy (Lab and springer spaniel) and Garth (orange tabby cat)
Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home.
Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too old or too unwanted to find a warm bed, good food and, most of all, love. Their mission is to provide a sanctuary where older, stray, abandoned, sick, or abused animals can wait to be adopted or simply live out their lives in safety and peace.
Visiting hours are Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. Other hours are available by appointment. Call 570-333-5265 or visit bcfanimalrefuge.org for more information.
Rudy and Buddy are two older gentlemen looking for a home to spend the rest of their lives in.
Rudy the Labrador is about 9-10 years old. Buddy is 7-8-year-old English springer spaniel. These bonded boys recently lost their dad, who passed away, and have done nothing but cry and crave human attention since arriving at the shelter.
They are pure sweetness and love everybody. They get along with other dogs and would do best with no younger children due to never being around them.
Rudy and Buddy are very easy to handle and enjoy walks and snuggles. They've had a hard time adjusting to shelter life and just need a warm, loving home to settle in.
These wonderful dogs can be adopted separately, but Blue Chip is hoping to keep them together.
Come meet these good boys and fall in love!
Garfield, a.k.a. Garth, is 11 years young. This striped orange tabby cat is neutered and up-to-date on his vaccinations.
He is friendly, curious, and very social. He likes squeaky mice and rolling toys he can chase.
Garth is the sweetest guy – all he wants is a quiet home and a lap to sit on. He would be the perfect companion for someone looking for a best friend.
If you would like to adopt Garth, fill out an application at bcfanimalrefuge.org and call 570-333-5265 ahead of time to arrange a meet and greet.

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Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren
March 12, 2019
Blurb: Holland Delviss wants to be known for her talent as a hockey player, not a hockey player who happens to be a girl. But when her school team is selected to be featured and televised as part of HockeyFest, her status as the only girl on the boys' team makes her the lead story. Not everyone is thrilled with Holland's new fame, but there's one person who fiercely supports her, and it's the last person she expects (and definitely the last person she should be falling for): her bossy team captain, Wes.
I have read a fair number of YA hockey stories in the past few years, but
Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren definitely ranks as one of the best.
Although I've read about a girl playing on a boys' team before, the girl was disguised as a boy. In Cold Day in the Sun, she isn't disguised. She has earned her place on the team and is recognized as a girl, although that doesn't mean that she gets the support of everyone. There are members of the old guard who believe that girls shouldn't play hockey at all, not even on a girls team.
Besides playing hockey, going to school, and being on the school newspaper, Holland also writes a blog about rock music, hockey, and life, which is a great blend, especially for this reader!
Cold Day in the Sun is well-written with interesting and realistic characters. Holland comes across as a real teenage girl, struggling to do the right thing. She's mentally strong, but she has a breaking point and can cry just like any other girl. And, I must admit, the point when she does cry, brought tears to my eyes too. Sara Biren has created a character in Holland that I cared about. I could understand her hesitation about putting everything that she has worked so hard for on the line.
The struggles she has as a female hockey player on the ice with boys ring true. I could imagine the trash talk that would be directed toward her and how that could be taken too far and feel devastating.
The romance between Holland and Wes, an enemies (on her part anyway) to more trope, also rings true and is adorable. Wes was also a fully developed character. He admits to his initial apprehension about playing on a team with a girl, but changes his mind when he see that she gives her all every time she's on the ice.
My one gripe about the book is that it ended too soon for me. I wanted more. I wanted to see what happened!
Who would enjoy Cold Day in the Sun? This one is for YA sports fans, readers of YA romance, readers who like hard rock and grunge (lots of playlists that I might copy!) although there aren't any bands or singing (you're forewarned 🙂 ), readers who can identify with putting Cholula on everything.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.


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–– (Google translate) I stayed with my projector calibration because I thought that I already have a good enough image that I do not need ...... after Maciek's calibration I saw with my own eyes how much I was losing on the image quality. The colors and shades of gray, white and black have taken on a different dimension. As I saw after switching to the old image on which I was watching and compared it to the calibrated it was the first thing that threw me at the first fire washed out colors and image blurring. The difference in shades of colors of grass and trees was also very good, where in the image before the calibration one shade was practically dominated, and after suddenly it turned out that individual areas on the lawn have different shades ... ;-) In summary, calibration is really worth doing if it depends us on natural colors and we want to refine our image in 100% ... ;-)
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Erotica collection, 1940-1969 0.75 Linear Feet — 400 Items
This collection contains an archive of original illustrations, four sketchbooks, and erotic stories, depicting transgressive sex acts including (but not limited to) lesbian and heterosexual sex, incest, pedophilia, sadomassochistic behavior, and copulation with objects as varied as sex toys, produce, and household appliances. The stories and illustrations appear to be the work of a single individual, with nearly all narrative told from a female's point of view. Also includes some amateur pornographic photography and magazine clippings.
The stories included in the collection range in length from one page to 46 pages. Two of the four sketchbooks include drafts of multiple storylines. Most stories are handwritten in the style of a graphic novel; some are typed. All include accompanying hand-drawn illustrations. There are also loose, miscellaneous illustrations in the collection with no correlating story. The collection's photographs and magazine clippings appear to have been used as models for some of the sketches and artwork. The photographs include at least one image of a hermaphroditic woman who appears in some of the accompanying stories.


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Farmhouse for sale in Le Marche - Le Aquile
€ 670,000
Casale le Aquile is a beautiful restored farmhouse in the Marche set near the town of Civitanova Marche, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region. This farmhouse thanks to its location enjoys magnificent views of the surrounding Le Marche countryside, while retaining extreme privacy due to the lush vegetation. Moreover, its location is very convenient due to its proximity to the sea and to the surrounding villages. The house was carefully restored in 2009 with high quality materials for both the exterior and the interior. Both the floor of the ground floor and the outdoor courtyard is covered by typical terracotta tiles, whereas the floor of the first floor and the staircase is made of parquet. The farmhouse for sale is on two levels totaling 180 square meters:
-on the ground floor there is a spacious living room with a large fireplace, a 'large dining room with kitchenette and a bathroom with shower;
-on the first floor there are two spacious double bedrooms, a bathroom with a jacuzzi and a small room used as a studio.
The first floor is accessible by the internal staircase as well as the external staircase with loggia, typical of the farmhouses of Le Marche.
The property has also an outbuilding of 70 square meters used as a B & B. It is divided into three double bedrooms, each with private entrance and bathroom with shower.
Furthermore there is also a porch of 30 square meters, a pergola coverd with vines, a laundry - boiler room, a barbecue area, a tool shed, a carport for three cars, three wells for the irrigation of the garden, a total lighting the street of the house and an automatic gate. The property includes a fenced courtyard, approximately 1.3 hectares with 30 olive trees, oak trees and a large garden.
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A child's health can be compromised not only by a mother who smokes or drinks during pregnancy, but by the obesity and poor diet of both parents well before the act of procreation, researchers said Tuesday.
What a mother and father eat, and whether they are seriously overweight, in other words, can have "profound implications for the growth, development and long-term health of their children before conception," they warned in a trio of studies.
The findings, reported in The Lancet, a leading medical journal, should heighten awareness of "preconception risk factors," the researchers said.
"Evidence for preconceptional effect on lifetime health is now so compelling that it calls for new guidance on parental preparation for pregnancy, beginning before conception," they concluded.
The studies -- combining a review of earlier literature and new research -- showed that the lifestyle habits of fathers, not just mothers, can have a direct impact on the wellbeing of offspring.
"The preconception period is a critical time when parental health -- including weight, metabolism and diet -- can influence the risk of future chronic diseases in children," said Judith Stephenson, a professor and University College London and lead author of the series. "While the current focus on risk factors such as smoking and excess alcohol intake is important, we also need new drives to prepare nutritionally for pregnancy in both parents."
Obesity in either or both parents, for example, increases the chances of heart attacks, stroke, immune disease and diabetes in offspring.
Maternal obesity is thought to enhance levels of inflammation and hormones, which can directly alter the development of the egg and embryo. This, in turn, boosts the odds of chronic disease later in life.
In men, being obese leads to deficiencies in sperm associated with many of the same conditions.
Consequences across generations
Malnutrition in mothers can also lead to developmental problems in their children, the review found.
"Consequences can extend across generations, but awareness of these links is not widespread," the authors noted.
"Poor nutrition and obesity are rife among women of reproductive age, and differences between high-income and low-income countries have become less distinct, with typical diets falling far short of nutritional recommendations, especially among adolescents."
The conclusions were based in part on two new analyses of women of reproductive age -- 18 to 42 -- in Britain and Australia.
These studies showed that women are often not "nutritionally prepared" for pregnancy, the researchers said.
Some 96 percent of the women, for example, had iron and folate intakes below the recommended levels, 14.8 milligrams and 400 micrograms per day, respectively.
Adjusting diet after a pregnancy has begun is often not good enough.
"Micronutrient supplementation started in pregnancy can correct important maternal nutrient deficiencies, but it is not sufficient to fundamentally improve child health," they concluded.
Schools should prepare young adults -- boys and girls -- for future parenthood, the studies recommended, pointing out that some 40 percent of pregnancies worldwide are unplanned.
"Efforts to improve nutrition and health behavior at a population level are needed to support individual efforts among those planning ahead of the pregnancy," the authors concluded.


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Fiction: Constraints Of QuirkBy Jon Curley
Quirk has become a mainstay of contemporary fiction and also something of a malady.
In Conversation
MATVEI YANKELEVICH OF UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE with Jon Curley
Ugly Duckling Presse (UDP) is a Brooklyn-based, internationally acclaimed small press, a community of artists, artisans, and creative enterprises. The vitality of the organization is manifested in the antic energy of its 14 collective members and their various editorial and literary ventures.
Nonfiction: Darkness At The Edge Of TownBy Jon Curley
Most writings about drugs or drug cultures are as puerile as their subject mattersensationalistic or moralizing, effusive in condemnation but offering no solutions, limited in scope anddare I say?substance. Whether a casebook study of addiction, a memoir regaling in past pharmaceutical misbehavior, or grassroots or governmentally-mandated literature, treatments of the topic rarely address the range of problems,
NONFICTION: The Slimy BottomBy Jon Curley
In July 1997, I discovered a human skull in front of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. From a distance and in the haziness of an exceptionally humid night, the luminescent orb looked like some awkward artificial lighting fixture. It looked intentionally placed there.
TokensBy Tatiaana Laine, Jon Curley, and Ray Abernathy
John Wray (Canaans Tongue) delivers another fast-paced novel which takes us through the New York City subway system, tracking a schizophrenic sixteen-year-old boy who, like many of the citys paranoid residents, believes he has been made privy to information about a pending apocalypse.
NONFICTION: Prison Cages, Death RowsBy Jon Curley
Both law enforcement officials and readers the world over have a fetish for incarceration. There are now roughly 2.3 million people behind bars in this country, five times more than in 1978. With so many imprisoned individuals there is sure to be a proliferation of prison memoirs and a readership hungry to live vicariously in the confines and conditions of an existence they may know cinematically, but generally not by experience.


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EIA: 90% of natural gas used in the US in 2018 was produced domestically
Published by Aimee Knight,
Editorial Assistant
World Pipelines,
Natural gas is one of the main sources of energy in the United States. In 2018, more than 90% of the natural gas consumed in the United States was produced domestically. EIA's US natural gas flow diagram helps to visualise the elements of US natural gas supply (production, imports, and withdrawals from storage) and disposition (consumption, exports, and additions to storage).
US natural gas production and consumption have both generally increased since the mid-2000s, and both dry, or consumer-grade, natural gas production and consumption reached record highs of about 30 trillion ft3 in 2018. In both 2017 and 2018, annual dry natural gas production exceeded consumption for the first time since 1966.
US natural gas production has increased in the past decade as the widespread adoption of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques has allowed producers to more economically produce natural gas from shale formations. Shale gas now makes up a higher percentage of total US natural gas production than natural gas produced from both traditional natural gas wells and from crude oil wells as associated natural gas. Smaller volumes of natural gas are also produced from coal seams, called coalbed methane.
In 2018, gross withdrawals of natural gas and other compounds extracted at the wellhead in the United States totalled 37 trillion ft3, with more than half coming from shale gas wells. Marketed natural gas production, which excludes natural gas used for repressuring the well, vented and flared gas, and any non-hydrocarbon gases, was nearly 33 trillion ft3. US marketed natural gas was further processed into 30 trillion ft3 of dry natural gas and 2 trillion ft3 of natural gas plant liquids.
As US natural gas production has increased, exports of natural gas have also increased and recently have started to surpass natural gas imports. The United States became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017. In 2018, the United States exported a record of nearly 4 trillion ft3 of natural gas, either by pipeline to Mexico and Canada or shipped overseas as liquefied natural gas (LNG). Natural gas imports that year were 3 trillion ft3, the lowest since 2015.
In the United States, significant amounts of natural gas are also added to or withdrawn from storage throughout the year. Natural gas is added, or injected, to storage during periods of low demand, typically during the spring and fall, and is withdrawn from storage during periods of high demand, typically in the winter and summer. Natural gas is stored in large volumes in underground facilities and in smaller volumes in above-ground tanks, sometimes as LNG.
In 2018, more than two-thirds of the dry natural gas consumed in the United States was used by the electric power and industrial sectors. Smaller amounts of natural gas were consumed by the residential, commercial, and transportation sectors; exported to other countries; or added to storage.
The U.S. electric power sector has been the largest end user of natural gas in three of the last four years, surpassing the industrial sector for the first time in 2012. In 2018, about 35% of the natural gas consumed in the United States was used by the electric power sector to generate electricity and heat.
The industrial sector consumed 34% of natural gas in 2018 for process heating; as fuel for combined heat and power plants; and as raw material (feedstock) to produce chemicals, fertilizer, and hydrogen. The residential and commercial sectors use natural gas mainly for heating.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/special-reports/10072019/eia-90-of-natural-gas-used-in-the-us-in-2018-was-produced-domestically/
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directed by Stacy Peralta
by Walter Chaw Winner of the Audience and Director's awards at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, the kinetic social history document Dogtown and Z-Boys suggests that the amalgamation of art and sport created a unique brand of protest performance art centred around eight kids growing up in the "dead wonderland" of Venice Beach (and the surrounding urban wasteland referred to by the locals as Dogtown). Directed by Stacy Peralta, a member of the legendary Zephyr Skating Team that almost single-handedly defined the modern X-Game at the 1975 Del Mar Nationals Bahne-Cadillac Skateboard Championship, Dogtown and Z-Boys accomplishes several tasks at once, evoking the ethic that captured the imagination of American punks, portraying the dangers of stardom, and telling a rags-to-riches fable about how boys (and a girl) from the wrong side of the tracks sometimes make good on their own terms. The film is so intent on harnessing the off-the-cuff spirit that informed the Zephyr Team ("Z-Boys") that we hear narrator Sean Penn cough and clear his throat.
Dogtown and Z-Boys is blessed with archival stills and footage taken by photojournalists Craig Stecyk and Glen E. Friedman showing the Z-Boys first as surfers, then as backyard "urban guerillas" during a statewide drought that hit California in the early '70s. The severe water shortage caused some homeowners to drain their pools, leading the Z-Boys to inventing the "vert" (vertical half-pipe), taking their skateboards up along the sides of a concrete pool's deep end: emulating surf gods in oceans of industry. In the film's best sequence, Peralta edits and superimposes images of legendary surfer Larry Bertleman cutting a wave over images of the Z-Boys mimicking the man's style in those pools and on the asphalt crests of Dogtown's schools, where giant canals had been created in an attempt to even the rolling landscape.
The real heart of Dogtown and Z-Boys comes in the documentation of the ferocious graffiti that festooned the concrete ruins of the tribalistic Z-Boys' stomping ground ("locals only") before it became the basis for the designs of decorating Jeff Ho and Craig Stecyk's legendary Zephyr Shop surfboards. The graffiti is a revelation because Peralta's film suggests that the skateboarders themselves were creating a kind of inner city revolt, utilizing the sterile architecture of man in the twentieth century as every bit the canvas for dissidence as the graffitists who came before them. Like the images of those spray-paint Rembrandts, the Z-Boys eventually were hijacked by industry and corporate sponsorship, victims of their own visibility and success.
Dogtown and Z-Boys is as flamboyantly executed as the Z-Boys' aerial exploits, invoking blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of James Dean. Like Peralta himself, the most successful of the Z-Boys in the years following their heyday, the film betrays a surplus of intelligence and passion. Dogtown and Z-Boys makes believers out of squares, presents a compelling socio-political education as it entertains, and best of all, motivates you to go down to the store to buy a skateboard, some Vans, and a helmet to recapture a little of that lost impetuousness of youth. It's distilled adolescence seasoned with proper portions of nostalgia, bottled with craft and served cool. Drink deep, it's the fountain of reckless creation and we could all use a little of its inspiration. Originally published: October 14, 2001.
by Bill Chambers Sony reissues Dogtown and Z-Boys on DVD in a Deluxe Edition cross-promoting Lords of Dogtown, the long-awaited biopic based on the exploits of the Zephyr skating team. Much of the bonus material that's been added to the previous line-up of supplements for this release therefore specifically pertains to Lords of Dogtown, although the hardcore demo will be more interested in--if ultimately underwhelmed by--the addition of a 2-minute slideshow of Pat Darrin photographs from 1974 (snapped at the "Bricknell Hill Session"), a silent Super8 reel (2 mins.) of Jeff Ho showing off new surfboards outside his Oahu workshop in 2000, and a 3-minute video of Stacy Peralta, Scott Juergens, and Dogtown and Z-Boys editor Paul Crowder (explicitly labelled a "rookie" as though his moves aren't a dead giveaway) horsing around on their skateboards in the reservoir behind Mar Vista School between editing sessions.
For what it's worth, over-the-hill skateboarders are in better shape than most grumpy old athletes, something that's abundantly clear in the "Lords of Dogtown Sneak Peek" (6 mins.), wherein 47-year-old ex-Zephyr Tony Alva looks fit enough to double for the young punks of the feature film's cast. (Indeed, according to reports, he did that very thing.) We discover that Lords of Dogtown helmer Catherine Hardwicke (thirteen) grew up in Dogtown, which isn't half as surprising as Hardwicke's ability to get through her intro to the "Lords of Dogtown Webisodes" (6 mins.) without once saying "like" or "y'know." Originally produced as Internet-exclusive content, this block of featurettes finds the real-life Skip Engblom interacting with personally-requested onscreen avatar Heath Ledger (Engbloom admits that Jack Black's name was brought up in casting sessions) and artist Jim Muir--in a piece rendered all but unwatchable by a patronizing mix of ADD editing and ersatz grain--explaining the genesis of his iconic Zephyr board designs. Aesthetics aside, a nice balance of the promotional and the educational.
Extras carried over from 2002's Special Edition DVD include a 3-minute "Alternate Ending" in which Alva partakes in a modern-day "pool session" with successors to the throne like Lance Mountain, as well as the "Freestyle Experience," a 'white rabbit' viewing mode that opens the door to outtakes (a.k.a. "raw footage") whenever a particular glyph appears onscreen. (This option unfortunately disables subtitles.) Also recycled is the fullscreen, direct-from-tape transfer--which, considering the variety of media involved, is both impeccably encoded and impossible to appraise with any objectivity. Apart from throwing some projector noise over the shoulders during the opening credits, the Dolby Digital 5.0 audio feels more like stereo, albeit richly-recorded stereo. Peralta and the British Crowder's amiable film-length commentary from the older disc resurfaces here, and though they're spinning their wheels by about two-thirds of the way in (i.e., once two-time FILM FREAK CENTRAL interviewee Peralta returns to the exhausted subject of Wentzle Ruml's sidesplitting Q&A), the years have not diluted the integrity of this comprehensive yakker. Trailers for Dogtown and Z-Boys, Riding Giants, Lords of Dogtown, xXx Deluxe Edition, Boogeyman, D.E.B.S., and The Cave round out the platter, while the keepcase packaging contains a free ticket to see Lords of Dogtown. Originally published: May 2, 2005.
Sony has made the sure-to-be controversial decision to go back to Dogtown and Z-Boys' 35mm blowup for the documentary's Blu-ray debut. Thus, while the 1.33:1, 1080p transfer looks more faithful to the theatrical presentation than the tape-sourced DVD does, it also looks like shit. As a lot of the skating footage was shot on film, it's now on its fourth generation, having gone from celluloid to tape and back to film, only to be digitized for this release. I assume the DV-shot interviews are not native HD and that rescanning and reintegrating the super8, 16mm, and 35mm material at even 2k would've broken the bank, but if they were worried about Dogtown and Z-Boys having too camcorder-y an appearance for its HiDef debut, even running the video master through a 24fps strobe editor would've been preferable to this. Ghosting artifacts abound and the image has a consistently harsh, electronic, removed quality. If you own it in standard-def, there's no reason to upgrade: not the 5.0 DTS-HD audio (the mix hasn't become any more active in the interim) and not the two BD-exclusive featurettes produced by Vans "Off the Wall," "The State of Pool Skating with Tony Alva and Bucky Lasek" (13 mins., 1080i) and "Tony Alva's Art Show" (4 mins., 1080i), neither of which expands much on its respective title. We learn that "bowls," no longer acquired by trespassing, have gotten bigger in recent years--gratuitously so, according to the old-school Alva, who eventually just starts proselytizing in his familiar way. In other words, skateboarding's arc is that of all professionalized sports: lawless diversion turned heavily-regulated spectacle. Disappointingly, the segment on Alva's art show--an exhibit devoted to paintings by fellow skaters called "Die Poser Die"--all but ignores the pieces themselves in favour of vacuous soundbites from the featured artists. Meanwhile, the belowmentioned Deluxe Edition's extras were ported over intact, the raw footage as a menu-based option rather than as part of any special viewing mode. HD previews for The Da Vinci Code, Ghostbusters, This Is It, 2012, Armored, and The Stepfather (remake) round out the platter. Originally published: January 4, 2010.


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I never was a sprinter-
perhaps I wanted to be
bleached concrete
& bright lights
smelling of broken dreams
called to me since age three.
But higher powers had a plan for me-
ancestors whispering
walk with great faith to your fate
that's your destiny.
See me-
I'm a long distance runner
built to go the distance
not so much for speed.
The sleeper,
natural late-blooming prodigy-
eyes intently set on eternities,
time has no meaning to me.
Who measures oceans-
when their destiny
is to flow into
them like seas?
Thunder does not fear lightening.
I have come to Rumi's garden &
lingered to stroll beyond it
to his open field.
I am a long distance runner.
I have sat at the feet of my Baba
as North 'Merikan Afrikans
consumed by coerced evolution
studied revolutions in
China, Cuba & Bolivia
as windows once open shattered
as doors slammed shut.
I have witnessed the fall of
Camelot, a King and a shining Prince
as Panther's roared but were snared
in nappy nets as sons set
before fully rising.
I am a long distance runner-
blood of conquering conjurers
Hannibal & Queen Nzinga.
I walk a path worn smooth by
the makers of a way out of no way-
All say Ashe to the path makers
guardians of the seasons,
sunrise, birth & death,
keepers of eternities,
wind keepers, rainmakers
the line that winds back to
the beginning of time-
I am without beginning or end.
I am built to go the distance-
not so much for speed.
Time has little meaning-
When you are looking at the sky
it has no end-
just places you can't see.
Time is a silk thread
on which I am a bead
strung in a succession
of beautiful beads
each a life,
a world,
hanging from the neck
of the Godz true love.
Multiple verses in a sonnet
being re-membered by the multi-verse.
I remember when there were
no astronomers only
Dog Star people who
re-membered the invisible.
In memory of them
I resurrect no mo
speaking invisible
to visible to unite those
dispersed like chafe
seeding a Diaspora
without a tongue.
Thank the Godz for drums-
beating the time of hearts
un-captured waiting time
our feet learned to speak
the unspeakable
dancing on oppression
we are dangerous
daring to be us
when in rhythm.
Long distance runner
driven by vision-
I re-member dancers
-warriors dipping fluid frames
breaking time as shields clash
with dreams as alien as the dreamers-
the builders of fences,
turning fire works into guns,
trafficking cocaine, opium & rum,
sickness, madness & death
since they come,
dividing and poisoning
under one flag
cross bones & currency,
pale-eyed true believers
with a long view-
time has no meaning
to script writers unfurling
distortions of reality in 3D,
see, believe, & follow or
be the vibration of the drum
watch the horizon for that
long distance runner
oblivious to time
constant as the tide
in possession of persistence
built to go the distance
not so much for speed.
Done gone digital
mega global
maximizing the local
counting strands of resistance
numbered like stars in
countless constellations.
Long distance runner dreams
one struggle, one nation,
ever forward
cross borders,
many tongues
new dances,
air broken by
militant fists
and a million lips
proclaim their
disdain of denials
de-conjuring the constraints
not asking
taking reparations
agents of change,
cyber drums
aligned in the chaos
flash micro-revolutions
fade the ever evolution
may the way makers will be done.
All say,
no band aids just solutions.
An eye on the prize
kind a ride
push the pendulum
with every stride
creating the vortex
we travel in
the eye of the whirlwind
running viral across airwaves
invisible – tremble,
if we become indivisible.
I re-member when
music was invisible,
crossing Jordan
charting by the North Star
movement got us this far
swing down chariot
dreams of 'Trane still wanna
ride in memory of Miles &
Pullman porters & losses
to other folks wars.
We still water-
running through the blues
marching the gospel of loco-motives
we got dreams of distance
and different circumstance
growing from blood stained trees.
We got funk soaked aspirations &
realities carved at the high cost
of constant resistance.
Who can be well in sickness?
Much time fighting
need more time building
new dances
got to stay
limber in this limbo
of post colonial smelting
in this pot of post racism.
Form a second line
and fearlessly cheer
without fear of time
that has always had its own mind
in a world that has forever been
full of clear & present danger.
Second time for a second wind
you can savor the journey
if you are sure of the inheritance
new music
the constancy of drummers drumming
and long distance runners
that come to run…
A. Nzinga
Originally published: March 9, 2011 edited 1/18/16
Also published in the Journal of Black Poetry


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Thanks to amazing support from the community, the epic 'Battle of the Badges' hockey game between Red Deer RCMP and Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) on April 20th raised approximately $35,000 for the players and families of the Humboldt Broncos.
The event began with a fundraising barbeque in the Servus Arena parking lot, followed by a silent auction and raffles for several high-end prizes including a signed Connor McDavid jersey valued at $2,500.
The hockey game kicked off with a ceremonial puck drop by Deborah Carpenter, the sister of Humboldt Broncos coach Darcy Haugan, who lost his life in the collision. Between the first and second periods, Thomas Miller performed a tribute song he wrote after the tragedy; Miller is a scout for the Red Deer Rebels.
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Governor Colley made the statement in his keynote address on the observance of Bankers Day on Saturday organised by the Bankers Association.
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46 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Leave it to Gary , he is thinking, aha if everyone grows corn, the seeds will be contaminated and not saleable, so maybe make a little money, a little trouble. It's an old idea. Guess he never grew corn or he would know it is always direct seeded, not a potted plant not to mention needing at least a 4x4 plot for pollination. Happy farming.
- November 16, 2016 at 6:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Joan, am thinking Hooser likely has no real objective to grow corn to eat at any meaningful scale but rather his "corn angels" are intended as political statements with only a few plants in back yard gardens. No doubt he will instigate planting near existing test fields possibly contaminating the ge crops with this organic sweet corn pollen. Reed between the lines.
- November 16, 2016 at 6:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
Just what the world needs, more Cornell Alliance for Science zombies regurgitating what they are told.
- November 16, 2016 at 6:33 AM
- Joan Conrow said...
That is so insulting to the highly intelligent Fellows who come in to the program with a wealth of knowledge and are perfectly willing and able to think for themselves. Maybe you should actually talk to a few, or check out their bios, before you make such an ignorant (and racist?) remark.
- November 16, 2016 at 6:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
We have on this island people that I categorize as "Fukatares"= fucking stupid like 6:33
- November 16, 2016 at 8:38 AM
- Lorie Farrell said...
Well said Joan!! I was being genuine in my thoughts but Gary chose the low road and got ugly. That being said you rock, love this especially needed after yesterdays passing of Clift, a great man who I'm proud to call my friend. I was appalled by Babes "Insincere" comments about Rep. Tsuji, the audacity astounds me; no class considering her behavior over the past few years and her lack of common courtesy and respect to the Representative whereas he always was a gentleman.
- November 16, 2016 at 8:40 AM
- Manuahi said...
Gary thinks he has figured out a way to get at the seed companies by growing organic corn near their fields with the hopes that the GE corn will infect his organic corn so he can file nuisance suits. He's just a little shitty fly hoping to be a pest to those are are actually doing something positive for the world. No worries, his little venture will crap out just like his Council candidacy.
- November 16, 2016 at 8:48 AM
- Unknown said...
My goodness, that is pitiful looking sweet corn. I have volunteer corn with bigger ears than his corn. I'd be ashamed of.... well, that's not a positive statement. *sigh* at least he's trying, but he might consider reading a book, or something, before he starts giving organic farming advice.
- November 16, 2016 at 9:23 AM
- Anonymous said...
Modern day Manifest Destiny, "we are going to save the earth and the poor" with our products.
- November 16, 2016 at 10:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hooser is a proven liar and a cheat. He will do and say anything to advance himself regardless of who he hurts; including is starry-eyed followers.
- November 16, 2016 at 10:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Right on cue, the Nebraska guy chimes in
- November 16, 2016 at 10:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Corn starts.....to think that this guy has been in leadership positions for a couple of decades blows my mind. He gets the last laugh though because we'll be paying his bloated retirement.
- November 16, 2016 at 10:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think you're confused. THEY are sharing research and valid information...YOU are regurgitating what you have been told.Read more research.
- November 16, 2016 at 11:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
Darn that "Nebraska guy" chiming in with facts and a successful track record in agriculture! Who does he think he is? Better to listen to a Caucasian north shore transplant who's been here a few years, with no experience or education in agriculture or plant biology!!!!
- November 16, 2016 at 11:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Volunteer corn". I suspect more volunteer corn will be volunteering in cornfields all around the state very soon.
- November 16, 2016 at 11:50 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ever wonder what that pollinator plane is spewing in the air near kealia, anahola and kapahi?
The plane flies in the same path above these areas for hours.
Down the bird!!!!!!!!!!
- November 16, 2016 at 12:22 PM
- Unknown said...
Gary Hooser's 2491 horse shit show didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of surviving a legal challenge. Even the county attorney said as much. Further, Monsanto wasn't going to skimp on a legal challenge either. Now, corporations are not known for eating legal fees, and those cost are going to be passed onto farmers in the form of higher seed cost. Higher cost takes money out of farmers pockets. That's revenue that I can spend on food, cloths and home heating. Taking money out of my pockets puts a target on Gary's back. In Nebraska, we have a saying, "Don't bitch about being shot at when you willingly put a target on your back." SO, Gary posting a pathetic 8 row around ear of sweetcorn (so over mature my dogs wouldn't even eat it) is going to draw cheap shots from me. Then, the guy brags about giving away food that people wouldn't eat, and are going to throw away; all the while, casting dispersions on farmers who grow healthy, affordable and safe food, that people actually eat. SO, ya, I'm going to chime in about that…. The fact that I'm from Nebraska doesn't matter, because his actions in Hawaii have ramifications for all Nebraska farmers.
- November 16, 2016 at 1:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
A real farmer would be too busy being a farmer and wouldn't have time to but into another communities business.
- November 16, 2016 at 2:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
Bradley! You have such thin skin! Suggest you stay home in Nebraska behind the safety of your computer key board where you can take safe shots at the big fist.
- November 16, 2016 at 3:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
Fuck a Nebraska!!!! Go fix Nebraska's problems and stay out of Kauai's problems.
Gary did it all wrong and the incompetent state of hawaii made him a scape goat for their own laziness.
If anyone has problems at the county or state levels, follow the process then go federal but if you have a OSHA or EEO/Civil rights complaint then go federal because the state of Hawaii is as incompetent as a county of Kauai parks and recs employee. Shit will stay and stain the area for years before they even look at the problem.
- November 16, 2016 at 3:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow Bradley. You saying Hooser should be shot?
- November 16, 2016 at 4:24 PM
- Joan Conrow said...
Dear Bradley,
I'm sorry you are experiencing the provincialism of some Kauai residents -- ironically, they are likely malihini (newcomers), anyway -- as well as the hypocrisy. The activists think it is perfectly all right for them to stick their noses into an industry they know nothing about, as well as in activities the world over, but they get all huhu when a Nebraskan dares to join the conversation. Why? Because you know what you're talking about, and they can't stand that because it exposes their own ignorance.
Thanks for joining the conversation.
- November 16, 2016 at 5:35 PM
- Manuahi said...
Let's not forget that when one posts anonymously, the same person can throw up multiple inane postings to make it look like there's more than one dolt:
2:07, 3:24, 3:37 and 4:24.
- November 16, 2016 at 5:58 PM
- Unknown said...
Bradley, thanks for defending real agriculture. As a farming Nebraska native who has spent the second half of my life growing corn in Hawaii, believe me when I say you're in every right to chime in on Kauai activities. I don't wish this misconception about agriculture on any community, Thank You for all the food you provide! Kirby
- November 16, 2016 at 6:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Does anybody else find it amusing and Trumpesque that some guy is making fun of another guys corn size and bragging his corn is bigger and better
- November 16, 2016 at 8:28 PM
- Unknown said...
Gary should be given a shot of reality, not shot with anything else....
- November 16, 2016 at 8:50 PM
- Unknown said...
@ 2:07 a real farmer finished harvest two weeks ago, calves are weaned, the cows are on stalks, all the winter fence is made, I'm almost done cleaning up the sprayer/harvest equipment, and I'm ready for the big blizzard to close in. That gives me plenty of time to address the silly little misconceptions of Kauai.
Thanks for the compliments Kirby and Joan... I love chiming in.
- November 16, 2016 at 8:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Manuahi, the word is "Schizophrenia". Multiple dolt personalities. Ha!
- November 17, 2016 at 6:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
@8:28 - Farmers who know what they're doing will make fun of a competitor that tries selling inferior product with good marketing. Which is exactly what Gary is trying to do.
Facts: 1. transplanting corn seedlings is inefficient and will damage young roots leading to smaller plants and potential plant death. 2. People that want to plant in their backyard should go to the store, buy a pack of good hybrid seeds, and plant in a block of ~16-20 plants so self pollinating can occur. 3. Corn needs good nutrients in the soil available for a fast growing HUGE plant... do a soil test!
I just feel that Gary is selling a myth, and non-farmers (or people that have really never grown anything before) are going to pat themselves on the back for growing 'something'... see how easy it is, then continue to degrade farmers for being 'weaklings' for using fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
It makes me sick when looking at the Ag stats for Hawaii, that the VAST majority of 'farmers' make less than $10k, yet these are the people that are trying to dictate all the rules and perceptions of Farming. These rules created from those voices of 'farmers' will decide how a farmer trying to make an actual living in Hawaii from farming (~$50k) can farm. Also... it is disgusting that ~50% of agriculture income in Hawaii is from 'Agritourism' (farm tours and Ag-zoned bed + Breakfast type rentals), and there is a serious push to make this 'agriculture tourism' more prominent.
- November 17, 2016 at 7:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
I've been involved in ag policy here for almost 30 years and YES, you are spot on. It's not the food-production farming that the public is clamoring for but it speaks to how difficult it is to make it as a farmer in Hawaii.
Thank you, Joan, for honoring House Ag Chair Clift Tsuji, a kind man who advocated for all Hawaii farmers, contrary to this typical mean-spirited and untrue comment by retired-to-Maui pro-golfer, now woofer "farmer" Bill Greenleaf (former president of Maui Farmers Union United), from his 2-acre gentlemen yard:
"I tried meeting with this guy at the capital...he had plenty of arm in arm with lobbyists...for me...no time...he was monsanto man of the year a couple of years ago...maybe a few too many tours of the biochem operations."
- November 17, 2016 at 8:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Grandma still barking at the moon? Or is this just another Santa Maria dry BBQ?
- November 17, 2016 at 10:07 AM
- Anonymous said...
You guys are kidding me right? You actually believe Hooser wants to farm? He is interested only in the politics of this! He is intending to try to sabatouge the GE corn and contaminate it with organic pollen. Watch next for seed bombs and drones spreading organic pollen over west side fields. This guy and his fistees will stop at nothing.
- November 17, 2016 at 10:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
I don't think you understand that this is what the Chem/bio companies did all over the US and real farmers lost their crops and lands to these tactics.
- November 17, 2016 at 10:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
Farmer 1- Ha, ha, my corn is bigger than your corn!!!
Farmer 2- It's not how big your corn is, it's how you wiggle it.
- November 17, 2016 at 12:31 PM
- Unknown said...
@ 10:44 BULLSHIT.. Post one real example where the farmer didn't blatantly violate the TUA (technology Use Agreement) and lost his farm to cross pollination. There are real examples where farmers planted seed from the elevator illegally and were sue by seed companies. Also, farmers illegally crossed GM crops with their own heirlooms seed, then illegally applied GM chemicals to those crops. There was one farmer in Australia that didn't use a buffer strip along his conventional neighbor and lost his organic certification. That's kind of his fault, which is why he lost his lawsuit. Red Shirts are notorious for taking stories out of truthful context, and it's growing OLD....
- November 17, 2016 at 12:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
Did hubby pass or is he gonna pass another drug test? Anybody married to you would be playing video games and smoking weed 24/7.
- November 17, 2016 at 1:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
Don't just read one report, article, blog post, or news investigation; read at least 5 or more to gather information that you know guys like Bradley can't get through their reptilian brains.
GMO patent controversy 3: Does Monsanto sue farmers for ...
https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org › ...
AMP - Jan 4, 2016 - ... sue farmers for any cross pollination from GM seeds that might ... So how is it that this myth about Monsanto suing farmers still ...
Top Five Myths Of Genetically Modified Seeds, Busted : The ...
NPR › sections › thesalt › 2012/10/18 › t...
Oct 18, 2012 - Back in 1999, Monsanto sued a Canadian canola farmer, Percy ... of GMOs that were introduced into fields simply through cross-pollination.
Monsanto Has Sued Farmers For 16 Years, Never Lost A Case | Food ...
www.fooddemocracynow.org › blog › sep
Sep 6, 2014 - This includes when farmers tried to sue Monsanto over cross-pollination of their organic crops with ...
Agricultural Giant Battles Small Farmers - CBS News
CBS News › news › agricultural-giant-bat...
Apr 26, 2008 - Monsanto sued him claiming he was "aiding and abetting" farmers, helping them to violate the patent ...
Monsanto vs Farmer | The Grand Disillusion
WordPress.com › thegranddisillusion › ...
Personally, I think that the cross pollination was schemed up by Monsanto because once .... farmers has sued Monsanto over GMO seed contamination of their ...
Monsanto Wins Lawsuit Filed By U.S. Organic Farmers Worried ...
Huffington Post › 2013/06/10 › monsant...
Jun 10, 2013 - June 10 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co. on Monday won another round in a legal battle with U.S. organic ...
I have read that Monsanto has sued farmers whose fields have ...
https://gmoanswers.com › ask › i-have-re...
I have read that Monsanto has sued farmers whose fields have exhibited ... plants to cross pollinate, leaving the farmers no choice but not to grow corn or soy, ...
Monsanto vs. Farmers - Personal ...
Drexel University › pages › the_issue
This is why some people must pay for the effects that cross-pollination has on ... a leading company in genetically modified seeds, has sued 145 farmers in the ...
Monsanto Sues Farmers for 16 Yrs over GMOs, NEVER Loses ...
naturalsociety.com › monsanto-sued-far...
AMP - Aug 29, 2014 - This includes when farmers tried to sue Monsanto over cross-pollination of their organic ...
- November 17, 2016 at 1:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
@ 1:57 - Or you could actually try to find the ACTUAL court case (Percy, Canadian Supreme Court) as the evidence for or against the claim.
If you actually read the court documents for Findings of Fact, you will then see that all your 5+ sources are click-bait shit that rehash the same myths.
The number of sources don't matter if the content is all derived from the same erroneous information.
- November 17, 2016 at 2:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Let the spin begin! "The pest control company is one of four in Hawaii under investigation for the alleged misuse of pesticides.
A January Kauai incident at Syngenta when 10 workers were hospitalized after enter a field too soon after spraying the pesticide chlorpyrifos is also under EPA investigation. In addition, EPA is investigating pesticide violation allegations at Monsanto, and Wonder Farms on Oahu."
- November 17, 2016 at 4:13 PM
- Unknown said...
LOL, I mentioned the Percy case, but not by name. That guy is a crook. He crossbreed his canola with his neighbor's Roundup Ready canola crop. He then planted that seed, sprayed it with Roundup to kill all the conventional plants, harvested the seed and was able to plant a canola crop that was 100 Roundup Ready. He even sprayed that crop with Roundup for weed control. That's how he stole the RR technology from Monsanto. Monsanto sued for patent violations and won (hands down). Percy's crop wasn't accidentally cross pollinated. You don't get pure RR seed that way. He intentionally stole the technology (because he is a CROOK).
- November 17, 2016 at 4:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
You focus on one article and yet leave out the rest and all aren't from one of the same source(s).
Sheep are herded for a reason.
- November 17, 2016 at 5:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is the exact route that Hooser and his people should have taken. Like I've posted many times before, there's many org's that have experts that have done superfund sites so Hooser could have added more merit to 2491 if he had not chosen to play the HERO.
- November 17, 2016 at 6:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Looks like you're the spinner.
1. EPA (and DOA) are investigating pesticide violation allegations ....isn't that contrary to what all you antis have claimed----that there's no pesticide regulations and no enforcement?
2. These are investigations---can we wait until the agencies complete them so we can learn the facts, rather than spinning prematurely?
And anyway, what's your point, that pesticides are bad/that no one should be using pesticides? Well, Little Fire Ants have just been discovered on at least 12 acres at tourist-heaven Kapalua, Maui; near the beach, and near an endangered seabird colony, which they could destroy. Pesticides will be used and I, and other conservationists, are thankful we have these tools.
- November 17, 2016 at 7:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
Heard Feds were coming down hard on syngenta and soon.
- November 17, 2016 at 9:18 PM
- Unknown said...
@ 5:56 You didn't post complete links, and it's not my job to make your case. However, the organic propaganda machine usually spin lies to make their case. That being said, farmers are happy Monsanto sues farmer that don't pay the technology fees the rest of us honest farmers pay. Plus, they donate their court judgements to charity.
- November 18, 2016 at 6:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
Well if EPA does come down hard, it's likely a 'justify your expensive existence' and make a giant deal over minimal infractions thing---the kind of over-zealous thing EPA Region 9 is known for.
Sure, Syngenta should be fined if they violated pesicide law, but if the fine is not in proportion to the infractions, you can bet that EarthJustice and the activists have been working with EPA to make this national media-worthy so that EJ and CFS can continue their destruction of Ag in the islands.
Oh, except for yardening, and WWOOFER gardening.
Mistakes are made and should be dealt with....to punish, remediate where appropriate, and to ensure that they dont happen again. But not for self-serving reasons.
Would be interesting to know what these holier-than-thou people eat.
- November 18, 2016 at 7:13 AM


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