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How much does it cost to print and laminate the Letter of the Week curriculum? Is the Letter of the Week curriculum worth the money?
Once upon a time I discovered the Letter of the Week curriculum. That was a good day. I was feeling pretty stuck in the development of my preschool curriculum and wasn't sure where to go. I had figured out a lot, but I was stuck wondering what exactly to do for Language Arts. I don't remember if I was actually searching for language arts activities when I found the Letter of the Week curriculum or not, but when I saw it I knew it was gold. There are so many great activities for each letter. Everything is high quality and it teaches some really great skills. I even had to change up my plan for math a little bit so that I could include some of the math activities into the plan.
Here's where it gets a little bit tricky. While I love love love this curriculum, I don't exactly use it the way it's intended. I use it as a supplement to my preschool curriculum. Language Arts only counts for 45 minutes of the 2 ½ hour block that I teach preschool. Plus, I only use the Letter of the Week curriculum about 15-20 minutes of that time.
So, is curriculum really worth the money? It only costs $20 to buy the classroom version of this curriculum However, it will cost you a ton of money in ink and lamination if you print everything in color and laminate everything. You want an example? It cost me about $250 total. With $250 I bought the curriculum, a $30 laminator from Walmart, a ton of colored ink, and 1000 laminating sheets. So, do I think that $250 is worth 15 minutes a day of a preschool that is only in session for 2 days a week?
Yes, yes, yes yes!! First of all, I actually use several of the Math activities, too, which bumps the weekly time up to 45 minutes. Also, I only have one set of each letter, but I have 8 students in each of the two sessions that I teach. That means there are 16 students using these letter activities. Also, I plan to use these activities for several years so that's even more students who will use them. Besides all of that, this curriculum is well made. It teaches some really great skills including cutting, letter formation, upper and lowercase letter matching, fine motor skills needed for writing, letter identification, etc. Also, the colors are fabulous and fun for kids to look at. Trust me, this is important!!!
Now, I'm going to be real. If you are a homeschooling mom of a preschooler and want to use this curriculum for just one student, I probably would say it's not worth it. If you have multiple children you will use it for, or aren't going to use all of the activities, or aren't going to laminate all of the activities, or are going to cut back in any way, then I would say it's worth it. In the end, it's obviously up to you, but I personally wouldn't spend $250 on one student when I see it only as a supplement to a curriculum. That being said, it is an amazing curriculum. If the price is worth it to you, then go for it! If you are a preschool teacher who is looking for some Language Arts and/or math activities and you have several students, then I say it is very worth it to buy this curriculum.
Here is what I used for printing and laminating:
HP Photosmart 6510 All-in-one Printer


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taken during our holidays in croatia. whilst the color version is interesting in its own, i do like the graphical effect of the black and white here even more as it leads the eye more to the curve of the heads.
this abstract portrait i love for the patterns and shadows and clear areas. i am still undecided if i should crop it even a bit tighter.


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The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel (Paperback)
The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel (Paperback)
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It's the greatest WHODUNIT of our time... or a new low for "Presidential Harassment!"
It's the greatest WHODUNIT of our time... or a new low for "Presidential Harassment!"
Shannon Wheeler, Eisner Award-winning New Yorker cartoonist (Too Much Coffee Man, Sh*t My President Says, God is Disappointed in You), and veteran journalist Steve Duin (The Oregonian, Comics: Between the Panels, Oil and Water) turn their critical eye on the Mueller Report--a comprehensive, understandable, and readable graphic novel version of the book every patriot needs.
Fight the spin spewing forth from both parties and political pulpits and check out this graphic novel that brings a 400-page legal document down to size. Wheeler and Duin, in graphic form, bring to life scenes detailed in the report: from the infamous Trump Tower Meeting of 2016 to Trump exclaiming "I'm f*cked" upon finding out he was the subject of investigation. It's in the report and it's in the graphic novel!
The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel borrows style from classic private detective yarns, complete with a villainous rogues' gallery, nail-biting cliffhangers, and a lone lawman standing proud against the wave of crime.
See Trump berate his Attorney General. Watch a petulant Commander-in-Chief lob insults at the White House counsel. Witness the "witch hunt" as it happened, cataloged as only the top lawman in the country could!
This staggering laundry list of questionable contacts, misleading statements, unreported engagements, and possible coordination--enough to stun any student of the U.S. Constitution--is laid bare with a cold, satirical edge.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You may Tweet in anger. But most importantly, you will be reading the report for yourself!


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Hotel Regente's Staff Dinner 2012
Most of you already know us, but the majority of you have not seen us in our most intimate and fun moments!
Every year, our Manager Pablo Villamediana organizes –together with the Kitchen, Entertainment & Restaurant Departments-and end of the year Staff Dinner. This is an opportunity for him to make a balance of the year, mentioning any refurbishments and events that had taken place in the past year, and announces the new improvement measures that will take place in the upcoming year. And he gives us our Christmas Baskets as well!! Yoohoo!
Members of the Kitchen Department take the chance to practice and prepare the special menu that will be served on Christmas or New Year to our Guests (and I inform you in advance that it is delicious!!! Many thanks, artists!).
It is also a good moment to reward the employees who have made the best improvement suggestions. This year, the winners were Juan (Dinning Room waiter) and Encarna (chamber maid). They both won a 2-nights stay for 2 people in any of the 13 Medplaya Hotels. Congratulations!! (Juan, you promised me holidays…)
On the other hand, this dinner was quite special because we made a small tribute to our Head Chef, Luis, who has been working with us for not less than 40 YEARS!! And, as he is retiring in January, we wanted to make him a good farewell. Therefore, the Manager made a special mention to him and he was given a commemorative plaque. 'I wasn't expecting it…', sobbed our champ, who got really moved and we were touched. We will miss you, Luis! Enjoy of your precious free time for us 😉
To finish the night –and as a curious way to make the digestión-, we played 3 games. We were divided into Departments and each team had to have 2 representatives that would compete.
The first game consisted in the following: 2 people had to transfer one table tennis ball along 5 glasses, but only using a straw, inspiring.
In the second one, we had to, hand in hand, build a pyramid with plastic glasses with the remaining hand.
In the last one, one of the representatives had to sing a song (compulsory requirements were to know the lyrics and not repeating songs!) whenever our Entertainer, Luis, told them to.
So you want to know who the winners were?
1st: Bar staff
2nd: Receptionists + Reservation Manager
3rd: Maintenance Responsible + Guest Relations
Congratulations to all!
I would like to thank the Entertainment team on behalf of the rest of the staff, as Mike and Luis did a great job.
We had a good laugh. You may have a peek to our photos of Hotel Regente's Facebook and see the 'Behind the Scenes', what happens when you are not looking.
And we also have some videos on YouTube (more to come!):
Plastic Glasses Pyramid: http://bit.ly/Uz8Vnl
The children of the Regente choir: http://bit.ly/V2E6G6
A big kiss to all the staff members, who I know have been really looking forward to seeing these photos!! You are a fantastic team.


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EBay Timeshare for Sale
Schedule your FREE Consultation to CANCEL your Timeshare HERE
Many timeshare owners are trying to shed their shared property, which is reflected on the resales market, especially on online auction sites like eBay.
It is not a secret that economy is getting tough, and everybody is more conscious about the value of money. Prices increase very constantly, and the importance of economize is now huge.
The tough economy affects everyone, and timeshare owners are not the exception.
As a result of this, a big number of timeshare owners would like to get rid of their vacation properties because of the annual fees they have to pay, thereby, many of them decide to put their timeshares up for sale.
Being desperate to dump their ownerships, at the present time is possible to buy a little "piece of heaven" in a paradisiacal destination just for a few bucks; it would only take to look for an eBay timeshare for sale for you to see what we mean.
EBay Timeshare for Sale
EBay is an American multinational auction website, the world greatest and a market leader.
EBay makes possible for people and businesses to buy and sell all kind of goods and services around the world, including timeshares.
With over 70 million users, eBay seems to be the perfect place to sell or buy a timeshare.
EBay has a special section for timeshare resale, as of this writing there are at least 1200 timeshare units listed for sale, but this number changes every day.
Lots of these units are available for extraordinary prices, being the cheapest ones for one penny, namely, not even a dollar.
Needless to say, there is a large list of timeshare for sale on eBay.
Selling on eBay
Listing your timeshare on eBay will cost $35 (Insertion fee), but if you want your vacation property to stand out from the others, you can list it with eBay's Superlister Tool, which will cost an extra $15.
Many timeshare owners decide to list their ownerships on eBay due to the big number of resale companies that take advantage of them by asking them for ridiculously large upfront fees.
EBay has trading assistants that can give you an advice on how to sell your timeshare on eBay properly.
It is highly recommended that you take several pictures of your timeshare and that you have all your timeshare documents in order, which will make easier for you to list your timeshare for sale on eBay.
If the timeshare is sold, you will have to pay another $35 as a final value fee.
Buying on eBay
By acquiring an eBay timeshare for sale, you are also assuming the responsibility to pay the ever increasing maintenance fees and special assessments that are charged every year.
When you buy a timeshare on eBay, you have to keep in mind that you don't only have to pay the price you see on the ad, since there are more costs involved.
You will also have to pay the maintenance fees, the closing fee and the resort transfer fee. All these fees together can add up more than $1000.
One thing to take into consideration is that the value of a timeshare is not an investment, bust just a vacation option.
That's because the real owner of the timeshare is the resort, you only purchase the right to use the property for a specific number of weeks each year.
Timeshare resale market
What we have to understand first about the timeshare resale market, is that the supply is much greater than the demand, which means it will not be easy for you to sell your timeshare fast, being that said; listing your vacation property as an eBay timeshare for sale is not the best solution to get rid of it, in fact, it will be almost impossible for you to find a buyer for your timeshare.
If you have a timeshare you want to get rid of, do not wait any longer.
Mexican Timeshare Solutions is a legitimate company that assists timeshare purchasers who want to shed their vacation properties.
MTS works under a contingency basis and only collects fees if your issue is successfully solved, otherwise, no fees are charged.
Contact MTS for a free consultation on your matter and get a final relief of your timeshare.
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Ten Years Of I Die: You Die
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Only about 1,500 people in the world have been reported to have Erdheim-Chester disease. Twenty-eight-year-old Long Island, New York, attorney Alexa Lofaro is one of them.
Erdheim-Chester disease is one of several diseases known as histiocytic disorders in which white blood cells called histiocytes multiply and spread throughout the body, leading to organ damage. It was previously thought to be an inflammatory disorder. But in 2016, the World Health Organization classified the disease as a form of cancer.
"It's a very slow cancer that is potentially curable. People can live for many decades without treatment," says W. Oliver Tobin, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist. "Because there are multiple mutations that cause this disorder, there are many different ways to treat it."
Before coming to Mayo Clinic in August 2019, Alexa already had been to several neurologists for care. A brain MRI showed she had multiple abnormal areas that were initially suspected to be the result of multiple sclerosis (MS). When Alexa was referred to another local neurologist who specialized in MS, however, she was diagnosed with a different disease called chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids, or CLIPPERS.
This rare inflammatory disease of the central nervous system has symptoms similar to Erdheim-Chester, but it usually improves with steroid medication. Alexa started taking steroids to treat the inflammation. But after six months, her symptoms of double vision, loss of balance and changes in gait continued to worsen.
"By May 2019, I was alternating between somewhat dragging my left leg and swinging it around from the hip," Alexa says. "My speech started changing, as well. It was garbled, and I sounded as though I had marbles in my mouth."
Alexa's mother, who is a nurse, continued to search for answers and for doctors who had expertise in treating her daughter's rare condition, which had begun affecting Alexa's ability to work.
"I couldn't go to court anymore because I was too unsteady to take public transportation," Alexa says. "My mom said we were going to go to Mayo Clinic in Rochester to see Dr. Tobin, who had treated numerous cases of CLIPPERS and could tell us if my diagnosis was correct."
During an appointment on Aug. 13, 2019, Dr. Tobin reviewed Alexa's MRI images. "We had a good idea about what she had the day she got here because she had the brain lesions which are typical of Erdheim-Chester disease," Dr. Tobin says.
Alexa underwent further testing, including bloodwork, a spinal tap, an MRI of the spine and a comprehensive positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Three days later, Dr. Tobin called to say that, based on the PET scan, he believed Alexa had Erdheim-Chester disease.
"A standard PET scan is done from the eyes to the mid-thigh," Dr. Tobin says. "This disease involves the knees and leg. So if you just scanned to the mid-thigh, you would miss that her entire lower leg was abnormal."
After he saw the results of her imaging, Dr. Tobin recommended Alexa undergo a biopsy of the involved areas of bone in her lower leg. That test would be overseen by a group of specialists familiar with the rare cancer Dr. Tobin suspected in Alexa.
"We have a multidisciplinary Histiocytosis Working Group, coordinated by hematologist Ronald Go, M.D. We meet once a month and are in regular communication when we have a patient like Alexa," Dr. Tobin says. "There's a particular way a bone biopsy has to be performed when histiocytosis is suspected. Our histiocytosis radiologist, Jason Young, M.D., coordinated a high-tissue volume bone biopsy based on the PET scan results. Histiocytosis pathologist Karen Rech, M.D., directed how to correctly handle the bone biopsy to ensure that we not only reached a diagnosis, but could identify the appropriate treatment."
The bone biopsy confirmed Alexa had Erdheim-Chester. Then genetic testing on the biopsied tissue revealed the mutation that was causing Alexa's disease. "Treatment depends on the genetic mutation of the tissue," Dr. Tobin says. "The genetic testing we did allowed her treating neurooncologist in New York to identify which treatment she would best respond to."
"My doctor speaks with Dr. Tobin and discusses how I'm responding to the treatments. It feels comforting to have the team that diagnosed me also in the wings."Alexa Lofaro
In September 2019, Alexa began a targeted therapy that's used to treat melanoma. It's an oral medication she takes daily for 21 days. Then she takes a week off and begins another cycle. Alexa currently is on her fourth treatment cycle.
"My doctor speaks with Dr. Tobin and discusses how I'm responding to the treatments," Alexa says. "It feels comforting to have the team that diagnosed me also in the wings. Without that diagnosis, I wouldn't have a treatment to respond to."
Alexa's diagnosis was truly a group effort, according to Dr. Tobin. "She couldn't have had this diagnosis within a week if not for our multidisciplinary Histiocytosis Working Group comprised of hematologists, radiologists, pathologists and multiple other specialties," he says. "The combination of this multidisciplinary group and the research infrastructure provided by both the Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology and the Lymphoma SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) are critical for the accurate diagnosis of patients like Alexa, and for developing new cures for this and similar disorders."
Since beginning the medication, and with help from a physical therapist, Alexa is able to speak more clearly, and her balance and gait are improving. An MRI and PET scan in November 2019 showed the lesions in her brain and leg have shrunk.
"I'm able to stand more comfortably now," she says. "Before the treatment, I had gotten to the point where I could not walk without holding on to someone for support and using a cane at the same time. Now I am able to walk in my home without use a cane."
As her treatment has moved forward, Dr. Tobin has reached out to Alexa on several occasions to check her progress. "It shows that he cares and is looking out for my interest," Alexa says. "Mayo is what medicine should be. It's the height of medicine."
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Tips for applying TO the NYU Ph.D. Program in Cognition & Perception
This page provides a guide to help you through the process of applying to the Ph.D. Program in Cognition & Perception (C&P). We begin with the most important points:
- Application deadline: December 1st
- The requirements for an application are listed here.
- We do not require or consider GRE scores.
- We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. Our priorities are to maximize opportunities for first generation students and disadvantaged individuals including but not limited to identities based on gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, immigration background, undergraduate major, and others.
- In early Fall, we hold a Virtual Preview Day to introduce potential applicants to both Psychology Ph.D. Programs and give tips about applying to graduate school. The 2023 event is over, but here are videos from previous Preview Days giving information about applying to NYU, information about some of our labs, and information about diversity, equity and inclusion.
- You will need to have research interests aligned with one or more of our faculty.
- If this guide doesn't answer all of your questions, feel free to contact our Program Coordinator or attend a webinar (the 2023 webinars have already taken place, so stay tuned for the October/November, 2024 webinars).
Should I apply to C&P?
We study all sorts of research areas, including categorization and reasoning, language, memory, perception, attention, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive and motor development, emotion, action and neuroeconomics and decision-making.
You should apply to C&P if you're interested in these topics and you want to work with one or more of our faculty. Our program is centered on basic research in these areas. While some of our faculty have research lines that involve patient populations, we are not a program in Clinical Psychology nor in Neuropsychology.
You should also apply to C&P if you are interested in our faculty located at NYU Abu Dhabi. The admissions process is identical if you are interested in working with these faculty, but the 5-year program differs and is described here.
We believe science is better when it is a collaboration among people with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. Our priorities are to maximize opportunities for first generation students and disadvantaged individuals as noted above. We strive to increase the diversity and create an inclusive professional environment among our student body and faculty. We admit students who majored in a number of areas, not just in Psychology, including Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience and Computer Science.
Related programs
C&P has overlap in research areas with several other departments (Center for Neuroscience, Linguistics, Philosophy, Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Applied Psychology, etc.) and many of our faculty have affiliations with other departments. The area of greatest overlap is with the graduate program in Neuroscience (a joint Ph.D. program between the Center for Neural Science and the Neuroscience Institute). The Neuroscience Ph.D. program emphasizes research with animal models whereas C&P exclusively focuses on human cognition, perception, and cognitive neuroscience. Many faculty have graduate students from both programs. To determine which graduate program is best suited for you, consider the faculty and the C&P and Neuroscience curricula, and you might discuss the choice with your potential mentor in the C&P program.
Who is a typical successful C&P applicant?
There is no typical C&P applicant! We admit students who majored in Psychology as undergraduates, and we also admit students who studied Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and so on. We admit students whose interests only became evident after graduating from college. We admit students who attended large research universities and small liberal-arts colleges. Although a strong college transcript is helpful, we can look past some bad grades if you provide evidence that you will be successful in our Program. Each year C&P admits 12-20 out of 200+ applicants, so the process is highly competitive.
Our highest priority in ranking applications is a clear demonstration that the applicant has the creativity, skills, and research interests to do important and innovative research in an area aligned with the interests of our faculty. For all applicants, but especially those coming from another field, the best way to demonstrate potential for success is to have experience with related research (e.g., as a volunteer, research assistant, or other involvement). Each lab has different priorities for skills and experience; whereas one lab may value computational/mathematical skill, another lab may emphasize experience conducting research online, and so on. You are welcome to contact potential faculty mentors before submitting your application to determine whether you are a good fit for their lab.
In C&P, most students are admitted with the expectation that they will join a specific lab. If your interests are broader, you should specify all the faculty members with whom you are interested in working, and that is perfectly fine. But, it is important to clearly indicate in your application the research areas and labs that are of interest to you, because no one is admitted unless at least one faculty member says that they would be interested in having you join their lab.
All students accepted into the C&P Program are guaranteed funding for five years of graduate study. Full funding (academic year plus summer) can come from a mix of funding sources including the graduate school, faculty research grants, student pre-doctoral fellowships and teaching assistantships. NYU offers a minimum annual stipend, but most of our students make additional salary through these other sources.
What will I need to write and gather to apply?
The requirements are outlined here and you can start applying here. We neither require nor consider GRE scores in our evaluation of applicants. You will need official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate schools you attended. The application includes a statement of purpose, an optional personal statement, and your CV.
The statement of purpose should describe why you are applying to our Ph.D. program. This might include experiences that inspired your interest in cognition and perception, such as a description your research experience. This should not just be a list, but a description of the research question, how to draw a conclusion from the results, and your involvement in the work. You should include a clear indication of your current research interests, including the faculty member(s) with whom you are most interested in working. You might also mention your goals beyond the Ph.D. The statement is typically two double-spaced pages.
The optional Personal History Statement is more personal than the statement of purpose. If you wish, you can describe your personal journey that led to your application to our program. The purpose of the Personal History Statement is to get to know you as an individual and as a potential graduate student. Please speak to any aspects of your lived experiences and/or attributes which motivate you to pursue a graduate degree and how these will enrich the Graduate School of Arts and Science's learning environment. You may consider discussing any of the following questions: (1) Have you worked in public service, community service and/or other outreach services which impacted your decision to pursue graduate education? (2) Do you plan on conducting research and/or working in areas that will explore and/or expand upon under-studied or under-developed areas of academia and/or serve under-privileged populations, under-represented minority populations, or other diverse populations? (3) How will your planned studies broaden ways to promote equity and inclusion and/or positively impact the NYU community?
The CV is a resume of where you've been and what you've done. It should include your education, employment, research experience (paid, volunteer, coursework), and skills (e.g., in data collection, analysis, computer packages, programming languages, areas of mathematics, etc.). It should list research talks you've given or posters you've presented at school or scientific conferences and any publications (published, under review, or in preparation). To illustrate your research experience, you may attach a paper or poster to your application. Of course, many successful applicants will not have publications or talks to list, but if you have them, please include them.
You will also need to include at least three letters of recommendation. Letters are most effective if they come from someone who can talk about your abilities in a research environment (e.g., your faculty mentor or research supervisor). A professor from a course in which you did well is less effective, because we are more interested in your ability to move on to independent research than in your skills in taking a class. Letters from an employer in a non-research, non-academic setting are the least useful. If you worked mainly with a doctoral student or postdoc in a larger lab, a letter from this person, perhaps co-signed by the lab faculty member, can be very effective. Although we prefer letters from faculty in our field, if you did research in another field (e.g., Biology), a letter from that mentor will still provide evidence of your ability to do research, read the literature, work independently, and so on. Finally, make sure that your recommenders follow through and upload their letters.
What do successful essays look like?
Here is a collection of successful essays from previous applicants to NYU's Psychology Ph.D. programs.
Where can I get further help in crafting my application and getting answers to my questions?
- Contact the Program Coordinator Michael Landy.
- Ask for a consultation with one of our faculty or graduate students
- Join us for a Zoom webinar on Cognition & Perception admissions:
The 2023 webinars have already taken place; the October/November, 2024 webinars will have registration links posted here sometime in September.
What happens next?
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Lots of reissues have dropped onto my desk recently. A ton of intriguing stuff has arrived from the Cherry Red stable, variously on the Rev-Ola, Five Four and El labels. I like all this stuff enormously, and wish I were better equipped to write about it. Naturally with the copyright restrictions on a load of great material expiring now, it's very much a case of having an eye and an ear for the most intriguing and poignant moments, and whilst others peddle the same old tired stories, these labels excavate the more esoteric sides that maybe would otherwise pass us by. For example I can't think why I might otherwise be spending afternoons listening to the likes of this great Boswell Sisters collection. Maybe this is just the sort of thing one starts listening to at this age, who knows. And who cares? For this is a charming crackly and cracking sound that captivates and casts the mind back into era's glimpsed only through faded or romanticised media. Now I somehow knew that the Boswell Sisters were pretty much the blueprint for the Andrew's Sisters but I did not know that Ella Fitzgerald patterned her vocal stylings after Connee Boswell. I love that story, and I love it because it points out the two-way dialogue between 'black' and 'white' music and culture that has made Pop so great. Those who insist on a notion of 'authenticity' based on anything other than the concept of whether something is great or not great surely misses the point. And they miss the point so many times.
Elsewhere on El there have been great collections of material by Carmen Miranda, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Tito Puente, and remember that these kinds of things really were the kinds of source texts that all those hipsters making records for the '80s incarnation of the label would have been digging. It's all to do with a fascination for the unexpected, the glamorous, exotic and of making strange connections.
So if El covers the exotic end, Five Four certainly pours on the cool factor, with the fabulous Brubeck in Wonderland and Ahmad Jamal Trio's Pavanne For Ahmad sets. The latter is a classic of modern jazz piano; effortlessly elegant, immensely cool. The Brubeck offering is equally so, and showcases some essential moments of the Dave Brubeck Trio and Quartet from 1946-55. Sure, it's not the wild-eyed manic release of, say, the Charlie Parker sides so beloved of the Beats, but it's nevertheless essential listening, conjuring as it does visions of headlights on the ocean highway down to Santa Monica; beach houses populated by sharp cats in Italian suits and impossibly svelte young things in Dior sipping cocktails and discussing existential dilemmas.
Speaking of which, the Giant Steps label gives us the fabulous thirty-one track Crime Scene USA collection of "classic Film Noir' themes and jazz tracks". All the great moments are there, from The Maltese Falcon, Asphalt Jungle, High Sierra, The Big Heat and The Man With The Golden Arm to my own personal favourite, Kiss Me Deadly. But then I'm a sucker for Mickey Spillane, so go figure. Va Va Voom, indeed.
Rev-Ola meanwhile has given us some treats too. The H-Bomb Ferguson and Tiny Bradshaw collections are great snapshots of early '50s R'n'B and blues, but the real treasures for me have been the Octopus and Bonnie Dobson sets. The Octopus CD collects their sole 1971 Restless Night album with a brace of extra tracks, including some the group recorded under their previous moniker of The Cortinas. It's quintessentially early '70s UK rock, with marvellous psych undertones and guitar riffs that thankfully owe more to the proto-metal/prog blueprints laid down by the The Kinks than to the likes of Black Sabbath. That I prefer the softer moments, like the lovely 'I Was So Young' or 'Council Plains' to the harder rocking 'Summer' or album closer 'Tide' is likely inevitable, but regardless, this is a fine spotlight on forgotten pop-psyche sounds from the late '60s and early '70s.
Bonnie Dobson on the other hand is surely more well known. Surely you have heard at least her 'Morning Dew', possibly via Fed Neil and Vince Martin? Or through Lulu? The Jeff Beck Group? Perhaps via the excellent Episode Six? Maybe even through The Grateful Dead? For all of them covered the song, almost contemporaneously, and as John Carney has said in the past, it's a great loss to the world of Pop that such vogue for the widespread variety of simultaneous versions of the same song has long since disappeared. Dobson herself didn't record the song until 1969 when she made this orchestrated version for her RCA 'comeback' set, and it's that epoynmous album that Rev-Ola have issued as the first of a promised series of Dobson titles. There's a neat return nod to Fred Neil on the album with a glorious upbeat take on the classic 'Everybody's Talkin'', whilst elsewhere there are classy highlights in the likes of her versions of J P Bourtavie and Hal Sharpe's 'Time' and Gilles Vigneault's exquisite 'Pendant Que'. For anyone with a penchant for either orchestrated baroque pop or folk, this is a splendid treat. Her Good Morning Rain set is the second release in the series, out at the end of February. I can't wait.
Speaking of series, the Hyped To Death label out of Westminster, Massachusetts, is home to one called Messthetics. I have two volumes that I've been playing today, each of them collecting 'D.I.Y.' recordings from London and the Home Counties between 1978 and 1981. They are fantastically intriguing sets, heavy on the kinds of punk and post-punk intrigues that made the times such a fascinating treasure trove. There is even a link out to the Cherry Red and El labels, with Mike Alway's band Scissor Fits opening up Messthetics #101 with the very fine 'I Don't Wanna Work for British Airways'. Many of these tracks originally appeared on ludicrously rare independently pressed 7" singles or as part of the cassette label scene that hit it's peak around 1981. There are numerous highlights on both collections, such as the Steve Treatment tracks recorded at the same time as Swell Maps' A Trip To Marineville (Swell Maps play on the recordings), the Metrophase track that similarly features Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks, the Lines' fabulous Subway Sect sounding 'On The Air' and of course Rejects' 'Stir Crazy' just because I can never resist songs about school. There should be further instalments exploring D.I.Y scenes outside the Capital, and it all promises to be a rather stimulating archaeology lesson.
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Join us at the next the Quarterly All-Member Meeting, at the Brooklyn Public Library!
REGISTRATION IS LIVE for our next All-Member Meeting, with a community land access workshop from 596 Acres! It's on Tuesday, July 25 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Central Library (Brooklyn Public Library) (10 Grand Army Plaza) in the Information Commons. It's great for: people and groups planning new community spaces, seeking stable work and cultural space, organizing to preserve existing ones, or interested in supporting grassroots real estate development! Find more more information and RSVP at reic4nyc-july.eventbrite.com!
At the meeting, we will be hosting a community land access workshop presented by one of our founding partner organizations, 596 Acres. Co-op members will begin by presenting a short play about how we work. 596 Acres will follow with a presentation helping us discover pathways to transform vacant lots and buildings into stable community places. 596 Acres, NYC's community land access advocacy organization, will guide us in interactive learning activities, and will share community land access success stories.
We will hear from potential project partners, about projects that people are already organizing across NYC and that we might vote to invest in! We will connect with these potential project partners to support the next steps in their planning. Show up and share with us your creativity and passion, and get your project idea into our Possibilities project bank!
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Shape our future Board: Join our Nominations Committee!
Board elections are coming up in September 2017! Your Founding Board (formerly your Steering Committee) will appoint a Nominations Committee to select candidates. Are you interested? Here's what you will do:
- Recruit, vet and recommend candidates to run for the Board
- Prepare the list of candidates (the ballot) and share that list with all members at least ten (10) business days before the September voting meeting
- Count the votes!
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (718) 316-6092 ext.5 if you are interested. Thanks for all you do!
Why are we doing this? Like many co-ops, we elect representatives from among our members to coordinate and facilitate our activities, and to make sure all that is needed gets done. As we will explain in more detail in the forthcoming Summer Edition of the Newsletter, we are entering a new phase in our development, and to graduate from having a Steering Committee (elected in January 2016) to electing the First Board of Directors!
Why do we need a Board of Directors? As a real estate investment cooperative, our mission is to legally pool our money and resources to help small businesses and community groups purchase commercial real estate property and ensure that these properties remain permanently affordable. We ensure the permanent affordability of these properties by putting the land under them into public stewardship arrangements: we put people, not developers, in charge of land. A lot of coordination is needed to accomplish our mission, and electing a small group of us to take the lead on this time-consuming work helps us accomplish our goals. Think of it as circular accountability: our Board keeps us accountable to our goals, and we keep the Board accountable to the membership!
What is the difference between the Steering Committee and this new Board of Directors? The Steering Committee has a limited mandate. You elected us to establish the basic infrastructure of the cooperative's business. We have incorporated a not-for-profit corporation to house our decision-making and administrative activities, and we have just about finished the planning and paperwork work necessary to legally pool our money.
The Board of Directors will replace the Steering Committee and will have a broader mandate. It will have general authority to lead the business, administrative and managerial work of the cooperative, including management of the pools of money we raise to invest in New York City. However, the Board does not lead us; it represents us. Important decisions, such as approval of projects, must be decided by the entire membership.
Other Steering Committee/Founding Board News: Founding Board members, Todd and Adele are taking part in CEANYC's Cooperative Board of Directors Training – with huge thanks to CEANYC for offering us a partial scholarship – and we will adapt that training for our own incoming Board this fall.
The renewed Outreach Working Group will relaunch at the upcoming July All-Member Meeting. You may also join us through the old mailing list: nycreic–email@example.com
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The former PBIG: Public Buildings Inventory Group/CORB seeks new members with great community organizing skills. We are looking for those who can help us build our community engagement model and educate the membership in best practices in how to reach out to communities and work together with them, in a horizontal, democratic, grassroots way. We are looking for professional community organizers who might "train the trainers."
We are also looking for members who can help with translation, where necessary – whether from Spanish, Chinese, Russian, or other languages. We agreed in our May 7 break-out discussion that we should always come prepared with interpreters!
Possibilities WG: Project Inventory Management
The Possibilities WG has been meeting at Prime Produce and organizing our spreadsheet of current potential projects, as well as developing an intake and vetting process for new potential projects, with a "Suggest a Project!" form on our website to receive ideas from members of the public. Prime Produce is at 424 West 54th Street between 9th and 10th Aves in Hell's Kitchen.
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Educational & Social Programming
The Educational & Social Programming Committee organized a picnic in Prospect Park this past June! Old and new members alike joined for an afternoon of sunshine, food, frisbee, and thoughtful conversation. The Working Group has more plans for social and educational events for the REIC later this summer! If you'd like to join us, please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or John Guzek: email@example.com
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Communications / Art & Media Update
NYC REIC New Graphic Identity
We launched our new graphic identity at the May 7 meeting, and this is our first full newsletter to incorporate the design. We owe huge thanks to Roy Rub, Seth Labenz and the Topos Graphics team for their pro bono work! Thanks to Caroline Woolard for getting them on board!
Do you have strong feelings about the new look? Suggestions? Compliments? Let us know about them! Contact us at email@example.com and by voicemail at (718) 316-6092 ext. 5.
Are you a video editor who cares about affordable space? Do you want to help us by editing footage of NYCREIC members, shot by The Laura Flanders Show, down to a few 30 second clips each for 10 members? If so, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with subject heading "NYCREIC editor" and share any links to your editing / video work.
Grievance Committee Update
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South Oakland Shelter bringing hope to the homeless
(WJBK) - It's an ambitious goal - to end homelessness altogether, but that's exactly what one local shelter is trying to do. With an emphasis on homeless prevention, sustainable housing solutions and career development, the South Oakland Shelter is well on its way.
"I never dreamed I'd find myself in this position, being homeless. No one ever does and it happened," says Greg Allen.
It's something you often hear when talking those without a home.Things are going well and then all of a sudden the bottom drops out.
"I lost my job and there was just not enough money to live," he says. The nightmare became a reality for Allen and what he thought was going to be two weeks on the streets became years.
"You get broken. I mean, it really starts to break you. You're ready to just give up, and when I got here that was the first amount of hope I'd had in probably two-and-a-half years," he says about the South Oakland Shelter, or SOS. It's a year-round rotating emergency shelter with the mission of ending homelessness.
"The need is immense. We estimate there is between three and four thousand people that are homeless in Oakland County of varying degrees of need," says Ryan Hertz, CEO of SOS.
Each week, a different metro Detroit church or synogogue hosts the SOS guests. They provide overnight accommodations, three daily meals, transportation and fellowship.
"Of all the places that I've been of all the shelters I was in, this is the one that actually gets you housing and gets you on your feet so that you can really start your life again," Allen says.
Over the last five years the SOS has evolved into a housing organization the provides short term rentals assistance, permanent supportive housing and other services to people so they can get back on their feet. Former Rochester police officer Mark Van Poppelem is one of SOS's many volunteers.
"It's so important that people have self worth and many times when in these situation you lose that," he says. "I feel blessed."
Since its founding, SOS's emergency shelter has cared for close to 11,000 adults and 1,400 children, and their commitment to families doesn't end after they find a place to live. SOS offers in-home case management services for a year to assist clients in maintaining their housing and meeting other goals. Goals Allen says he may not have been able to meet without them.
"I would still be homeless, I have no doubt," he says. "South Oakland Shelter has been a real beacon, a real blessing for me."
You can support the SOS by attending an advanced screening of the indie film '99 Homes'. The film stars Andrew Garfield and Laura Dern. The advanced screening is Wednesday, September 9 at the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak at 7 p.m. A $10 donation at the door will get you in.


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Her blue eyes stare up at me, full of trust. So naïve, so innocent. No idea of the injustice of this world. Her tiny hands reach for my hair, fingers closing around the blonde curls. I brush my hand over her own blonde curls, trailing my fingers around her beautiful ears, down her soft shoulders, coming to her fingers and loosening them to free my hair. Four months ago, I didn't even know her, now she's the love of my life. Her face fills my dreams; her soft coo is always in my ears.
Suddenly she smiles, and I smile back. She has her daddy's smile, that's for sure. That smile that could make my heart stop and my stomach flutter, is now permanently imprinted on this beautiful baby. Such a beautiful smile. I wonder if she makes him smile like that. I wonder if that smile has the same effect on her as it does me. I wonder if she knows that his smile doesn't mean what she thinks it does. I wonder if she knows that his smile is just a part of a bigger lie.
A baby begins wailing and I remember Abby's not the only baby here; this is a daycare after all. Gently, I put her back in her crib and tend to the other babies. The others are cute, but not beautiful like my baby. Gradually the room calms down and I make my way back towards my baby, my Abby. I'm almost there when a baby two cribs down begins to cry. I sigh. Deep breath. I remind myself why I wanted this job; it pays and I can see my baby all day.
"I'll get him," Tamah says. "You've changed diapers all day. Sit down for a minute."
"Thanks," I breathe. Scooping Abby out of her crib, I pull the rocker out of the corner and sink into the faded blue cushion with relief.
"It's almost 5:00 and we've still got seven left. We better get rid of one before 5:00 because I'm not staying late again today, and you can only have six by yourself." She chats casually as she changes the diaper. "You holding Abby again? Girl, you're going spoil that baby."
"Look at that face, Tamah. You can't say no to that face."
She glaces at me and laughs, "well, we don't have to deal with her at home, so what do we care? You spoil that baby as much as you want."
The half-door creaks as a mother walks in. I settle Abby back in her crib and walk to gather another sleeping bundle from his crib and hand him lightly to his mother. He stirs a little and begins to fuss.
"It's alright, Sweetheart, Mommy's here."
At the sound of her familiar voice, he quiets, looking up and smiling at his mother.
Walking to the closet, I grab the black and green diaper bag. I slip his bottle inside and hand it to the mother, who shifts her baby to reach out and grab it and makes her way to the door.
Tamah finishes disinfecting the diaper-changing area and opens the cabinet. Pulling out her purse, she turns to me.
"I'm out of here, Girl. And on time for once. I'll see you tomorrow."
I bid farewell and she's gone, leaving me with five babies and Abby.
Slowly the numbers dwindle, as parents come one by one to retrieve their children. By 5:50, it's only me and Abby. Reluctantly, I place Abby in the crib and begin to shut down the room. Wipe off the tables, sweep the floor, empty the trash, extra bottles and cups in the sink. I bend to lock the bottom cabinets and hear the door creak one last time. Footsteps pad across the carpeted floor until they reach her crib.
"There's my baby girl," a voice coos. A voice that sends shivers up my spine no matter how many times I hear it. "How was daycare today? Did you have a good time?"
Steeling myself, I turn to face the voice. She stands in front of me, still dressed from work in a suit and heels. Her perfect blonde curls make mine look limp and dull; her clear blue eyes make my green eyes look faded and aged. Her perfect posture befits her as a lawyer, while my slumped shoulders make it apparent that I've bent over too many cribs today. She's the obvious choice. She's has everything. Everything. She has him and Abby too.
"Tell Ms. Jacqueline you'll see her tomorrow, Abby," she coos in her too-sweet voice.
"Bye-bye, Abby," I coo back, my own voice a sickly sweet echo of hers.
I watch as she carries Abby off, buckles her into the car seat in the back of the Mercedes, and drives away.
I should be in her place. Abby should have been mine. She could have been. She would have been, if she hadn't come into the picture. If she hadn't come along, he wouldn't have left me. I know he wouldn't have. We could have been happy if she hadn't come along. We would have settled in to our marriage after a few more months. In a little while, we would have decided to have a baby. And Abby would have been mine. As it is, she could be mine. If I were to take her and carry her around Wal-Mart, everyone would assume she was mine. She'll grow up to look like me too, only prettier and with blue eyes.
I should resent Abby as much as her mother. I should hate her. If he hadn't got her pregnant, maybe he wouldn't have left. I should hate Abby for what she did to me and my marriage. But I can't.
I had no idea when I applied for the job that this was Abby's daycare. But as I walked in that first day, and saw her in the crib, instantly I knew she was my baby. I cooed over her all day and Tamah laughed.
"Her momma's not gonna like it if you spoil that child," she told me.
But I didn't care; this was my baby. And then, at 5:55, her mother walked in. And suddenly, I realized. But it was too late. I had already claimed her and there was no going back. In a way, once I knew, it made me love her even more.
At first, I assumed her mother would be uncomfortable with the idea of me being with her baby all day. But after days of not saying anything, I realized: she didn't know. She honestly had no idea who I was. And why should she? She didn't find pictures of me in his brief case and memorize my face. She didn't see me at the bookstore and casually follow me around, seeing if I would meet anyone. Even my name was different. After years of being called Jacki, I suddenly couldn't handle it; it reminded me of him, so I switched back to Jacqueline. So how could she know? She couldn't. And he never picked Abby up from the daycare. So I was just another anonymous worker as far as they were concerned. Which is the way I preferred it to be.
No one knows. Not even Tamah. It's my secret. And I intend to keep it for as long as I can. This way, I can silently watch over my baby. Until that day. That day I've planned for so long. The day when everything is ready. The day when I've finally saved up enough money to support us. When I have enough money for a plane ticket to take us away from here. The day, after Tamah's gone home and Abby's the only baby left, when I scoop her out of that crib for the last time, and settle her into the back of my Honda, into her carseat that's been waiting in my garage for months. The day when I quickly drive out of the parking lot and turn left, taking the long way home so I don't pass her on the road. The day I drive away and never return, taking with me what should have been mine and indeed is mine. The day I no longer have to share what's mine with her. That day. My heart beats a little faster thinking about that day. It cannot come soon enough. On that day, Abby will be mine forever, just like it should be.
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If you want me to be honest, the first sentence I thought was, "Ugh, another teenager pregnancy story."
Somewhat interested, I kept reading, just to see how it would end.
By the time I finished it, I sat in my chair, eyes wide, saying out loud, "That was not a teen pregnancy story."
There were a couple of spelling/punctuation errors here and there, plus the paragraphs looked a bit too meshed together (I think we have the format of the Teen Ink website to blame for that) but the story and plot itself is...Wow. Intense, depressing, hopeful, unpredictable. In a way, I wish this was a book, so I could continue reading and see what happenes next; however, I know it's perfect just the way it is on its own.
Such an inspiring, well-written story. Excellent job! I hope you continue writing for this category :).
Kidnapping the baby is morally wrong, but you really have this story make you question it (even though I still came up with the conclusion that it is wrong pretty quickly). Awesome job!!
BTW-I had read Perfect and just had to read more!!
This was great & you kept me guessing the whole time :) I don't know if i like perfect or abby better, they're both so well written ! Keep it up :)


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S. Korea seeks US military drill delay for Olympics
SEOUL – Agence France-Presse
South Korean President Moon Jae-In has proposed delaying annual joint military exercises with the U.S. in an effort to reduce tensions with the nuclear-armed North during next year's Winter Olympics.
Moon's comments were the first confirmation that Seoul is seeking to postpone the annual Key Resolve and Foal Eagle drills, which usually start in late February or early March and run until the end of April.
South Korea will host the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang from Feb. 9 to 25 next year, with the Paralympics scheduled to begin on March 9.
But the host area is just 80 kilometers south of the tense border with nuclear-armed North Korea, and tensions tend to rise during the drills, which Pyongyang condemns as rehearsals for invasion.
Moon told U.S. television channel NBC that the two allies were considering postponing the exercises.
"I have made such a proposal to the U.S. and the U.S. is now reviewing it," he said on his way to Pyeongchang to promote the Games.
"However, it will all depend upon how North Korea will behave."
He also expressed hopes the Olympics will help ease tension running high over the North's relentless nuclear and missile tests.
Games organizers and Seoul are both keen for the North to take part in what they have proclaimed as a "peace Olympics," but the North's participation in sporting events in the South has largely depended on the political and military situation on the Korean peninsula.
Pyongyang has so far given no indication whether it will send its athletes -- two pairs of figure skaters have qualified -- to Pyeongchang.
Last month, the South's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon warned the North could deliver a "fatal blow" to the Olympics if it launches a missile or stages another provocation before the event.
But Moon said: "Foreign tourists coming for the Pyeongchang Winter Games won't need to worry about security. I don't think North Korea will do anything that may undermine the Olympics.
"Everything is now in place and I hope these Olympics will serve as an opportunity to help ease tension with the North," he added.
But conservative opposition parties reacted angrily, saying that delaying the drills would weaken the country's defense.
"This amateurish government is risking national security and rattling the South Korea-U.S. alliance," a spokeswoman for the main opposition Liberty Korea party told journalists.
Yoo Seung-Min, the leader of the Bareun Party, a splinter opposition group, said that security should take precedence over the Olympics.


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Like an old warrior, it holds its ground.
It stands in defiance of changing times. . .
changing priorities, changing insurance regulations,
and a changing of the environment around it.
Wounded, perhaps. Down, but far from being out.
The Fun House at Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts is a symbol of what was - and what could still be. It's had more past lives than some celebrities claim to have had. Whalom Park closed after the 2000 season.
Most of its rides have been sold off. The park grounds are deteriorating. Yet the Fun House is still there, with reminders of its prime years tucked away. It is believed to have been built in 1945, the year after a fire destroyed a small portion of the midway.
Right: Whalom Park Funhouse 1975
Below: In the mid-80s
Its appearance and layout resembles the work of Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) and
some floor tricks may have been built by National Amusement Devices, yet no blueprints survive in the park. PTC was very active in New England,with fun houses at Massachusetts's Lincoln Park and New Hampshire's Canobie Lake Park.
Upon entering the Whalom Fun House, patrons' legs were put to the test. They'd climb a steep staircase up to the top floor, take a sharp right and find themselves trying to keep their balance on two alternately moving planks. At the same time, patrons would provide entertainment for the midway crowd, who could view the balancing act through a cutout window. The moving planks are still in place although have not been operational since 1978. The window cutout has since been boarded over.


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The opening scene in 12 Years a Slave shows the main character, Solomon Northup, an African American born free but fraudulently sold into slavery, standing with other enslaved black men amidst sugar cane stalks rivaling their height. It's the 1840s, Deep South Louisiana, and the men have no more value than the sugar around them. A white slave driver demonstrates how they should swing their machetes to shear the cane stalks and roots with precision, so as not to render the crop unfit for processing.
"Don't be scared of 'em," the driver implores.
The enslaved men could use the blades as instruments of liberation, especially given that they clearly outnumber their drivers. But throughout the movie you watch in horror as their masters swing whips, boards, and even bottles at them with the same overarm fury demonstrated in the cane stalking, breaking any defiant spirit in the process.
12 Years a Slave, which opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, is the cinematic rendition of Northup's memoir of the same name, first published in 1853. His story of how he was kidnapped and separated from his wife and children in Saratoga, N.Y., and tossed into the vortex of Southern chattel slavery was an awakening account of the atrocities of slavery during a time when many believed Southern slaves were unbothered by their condition.
It's a classic American tale of white supremacy, evinced by the slave owners' frequent fondling and flogging of innocent black laborers, and by the way slave owners pillage almost every sign of life they encounter on the Southern landscape. "The existence of Slavery in its most cruel form among them, has a tendency to brutalize the humane and finer feelings of their nature," Northup wrote of the slave owners under whom he suffered.
In a recent piece in the New York Times, Harvard history professor Walter Johnson describes the economic and environmental climate of the time period during which Northup's enslavement occurred, and how it became the basis of the kind of disregard-the-environment capitalism practiced today. It was a climate built not only on African slave labor, but also on land stolen from the original inhabitants of the place — the Cherokees, Seminoles, Creeks, and Choctaws — and a steady flow of money from overseas, and from the North.
"Indian land, African-American labor, Atlantic finance and British industry synthesized into racial domination, profit, and economic development on a national and a global scale," wrote Johnson, author of the book River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom. Here's more:
[Native Americans'] expropriated land provided the foundation of the leading sector of the global economy in the first half of the 19th century. In the 1830s, hundreds of millions of acres of conquered land were surveyed and put up for sale by the United States. This vast privatization of the public domain touched off one of the greatest economic booms in the history of the world up to that time. Investment capital from Britain, the Continent and the Northern states poured into the land market.
Without slavery, however, the survey maps of the General Land Office would have remained a sort of science-fiction plan for a society that could never happen. Between 1820 and 1860 more than a million enslaved people were transported from the upper to the lower South, the vast majority by the venture-capitalist slave traders the slaves called "soul drivers." The first wave cleared the region for cultivation. "Forests were literally dragged out by the roots," the former slave John Parker remembered in "His Promised Land." Those who followed planted the fields in cotton, which they then protected, picked, packed and shipped — from 'sunup to sundown' every day for the rest of their lives.
Steve McQueen, who directed 12 Years a Slave, captures these transactions and the ensuing environmental destruction in the film. In one early scene, we see black laborers singing Negro spirituals while toiling amidst lush green and white cotton fields and sky-scraping cypress brushing peach-blood skies. As the movie progresses, becoming more violent and oppressive, the skies turn grayer, and milky willow trees blow about, lynched slaves hanging from their branches — what blues singer Billie Holiday called "strange fruit."
The visual message is that as goes the slave owners' humanity, so goes man's capacity to appreciate earth's treasures, other than for profit. In one scene, enslaved men hack away recklessly at any tree trunk or branch in their sight while their master, John Tibeats, claps his hands, merrily singing "run, nigger, run," encouraging them to sing and clap along with him. It's the height of insult on top of injuries.
So land exploitation went hand-in-hand with the subjugation of human beings. One could not have happened without the other. And the two are still intertwined today. Recent documentaries like Leah Mahan's Come Hell or High Water, Monique Verdin's Louisiana, My Love, Lisa Biagiotti's deepsouth, and Luisa Dantas' Land of Opportunity deal with the similar issues in the same region today, where land is exploited to produce luxuries and comforts for the nation at the expense of both natural and human communities.
That is why 12 Years is more than a slavery story. It's the story of America, with blood on the leaves of both Southern and Northern trees.


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Issaya – Siam Club – Bangkok
Updated: Mar 29, 2020
Issaya is a Thai restaurant.
If you don't like spicy you need to be very precise and let them know.
For appetiser I had the Yumhua Plee, the salmon Phad Thai salad and the Seamgwa Phoo which is a crab salad.
My favourite dish was the Goong Pad Char – a tiger prawn dish. It was exquisite. But make sure you ask for non spicy!
As dessert I had a cheesecake that looks like a lady bug. Inside it is filled with chocolate, it is mouthwateringly good - yum!
I also tried the different ice cream and sorbets which are delicious.
That's it - my mini-miche review!
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Splashy! is Voodoo's latest endless arcade game for iOS devices. The French company, which is responsible for other addicitive titles such as Go Plane, Infinite Golf and Dune! to name a few, has released a new game, where your goal is to guide a ball as it bounces on an unending series of platforms on top of poles. Each bounce of the ball makes a small splash sound, hence the name. As with any of Voodoo's games, the controls are very simple. You just need to touch the screen and move your finger in order to guide the ball. And of course, it is also never as easy as it sounds. Each game starts off slow and steady, making it easy for you to bounce the ball forward. As the pace picks up, though, it will be harder and harder to keep the ball going. You will need to maintain focus, or you will end up losing. If you find yourself struggling to score points, just check our Splashy! tips and tricks for getting better scores!
1. Aim For Multipliers
Jumping from one platform to the next will reward you with one measly point. If you don't mind playing a single game for hours, then simply jumping forward is enough for you. However, if you really want to get top scores, you will need to pay attention to where you land. Platforms have white circles on them. Hitting the white circle will give you a multiplier. This multiplier will keep increasing for as long as you keep hitting the white dot. This is a good way to rake in major points. If you miss even once, the score multiplier will automatically end.
2. Make The Platforms Bigger
As you progress through Splashy!, you will notice several rainbow tiles scattered about. Hitting these rainbow tiles will make the platforms bigger. Continuously hitting rainbow tiles will keep making the platforms bigger, allowing you to land with no worries. If you fail to hit one rainbow tile, all the platforms will return to their original size, so be careful.
3. Unlock Balls And Platforms
There are several balls and platforms available for you to unlock. The ball skins in the game are purely cosmetic and have no impact on gameplay. The platform skins, on the other hand, can be useful. Some of them are square in shape, making it easier hit targets without worrying too much. Keep unlocking news skins even if you already have ones that you like. It is not just for fun, it can help you progress further in the game as well.
4. How To Turn Off The Ads
Focus is the most important thing in this game. Any distractions can mean the end of your run. Unfortunately, there are random ads that pop up from time to time. If you want to get rid of them, you will need to make a two-dollar in-game purchase. An alternative to that is to turn off the connectivity of your device in order to keep the game from accessing the ads online. No access to ads means you will be able to play the game in peace without spending anything.
5. Collect The Gems
Gems are available for you to collect throughout the game. It is supposedly the premium currency of Splashy!, but there is no store available at the moment for spending these. Since they do exist, though, that means the developers have plans of offering premium content in the future. Just keep collecting gems, and you will eventually be able to find use for them once the developers add more content.
It is time to get bouncing and rake in those points in Splashy! Remember everything you learned from our tips and tricks in order to improve your high score!


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News agency: 1,000 dead, 1,500 injured in Afghan quake
20:10 JST, June 22, 2022
KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's state-run news agency says an earthquake in the country's east has killed 1,000 people and injured 1,500 others.
That latest figure came from the Bakhtar News Agency as officials tried to help those affected by Wednesday's temblor.
Rescue efforts are likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year and the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. military from the longest war in its history.
Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 temblor near the Pakistani border, but quakes of that strength can cause severe damage in an area where homes and other buildings are poorly constructed and landslides are common. Experts put the depth at just 10 kilometers (6 miles) — another factor that could increase the impact.
The disaster posed a major test for the Taliban-led government, which seized power last year as the U.S. planned to pull out from the country and end its longest war, two decades after toppling the same insurgents in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Rescuers rushed to the area by helicopter Wednesday, but the response is likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.
Neighboring Pakistan's Meteorological Department said the quake's epicenter was in Afghanistan's Paktika province, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of the city of Khost. Buildings were also damaged in Khost province, and tremors were felt as far away as the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
Footage from Paktika showed men carrying people in blankets to waiting helicopters. Others were treated on the ground. One resident could be seen receiving IV fluids while sitting in a plastic chair outside the rubble of his home and still more were sprawled on gurneys. Some images showed residents picking through clay bricks and other rubble from destroyed stone houses, some of whose roofs or walls had caved in.
The death toll, given by Afghan emergency official Sharafuddin Muslim, made it the deadliest quake since 2002, when a 6.1 magnitude temblor killed about 1,000 people in northern Afghanistan immediately after the U.S.-led invasion overthrew the Taliban government. Muslim said 600 more people were injured.
In most places in the world, an earthquake of this magnitude wouldn't inflict such extensive devastation, said Robert Sanders, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. But a quake's death toll more often comes down to geography, building quality and population density.
"Because of the mountainous area, there are rockslides and landslides that we won't know about until later reporting. Older buildings are likely to crumble and fail," he said. "Due to how condensed the area is in that part of the world, we've seen in the past similar earthquakes deal significant damage."
Earlier, the director-general of state-run Bakhtar news agency, Abdul Wahid Rayan, wrote on Twitter that 90 houses have been destroyed in Paktika and dozens of people are believed trapped under the rubble. The Afghan Red Crescent Society had sent some 4,000 blankets, 800 tents and 800 kitchen kits to the affected area, he added.
In Kabul, Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund convened an emergency meeting at the presidential palace to coordinate the relief effort, and Bilal Karimi, a deputy spokesman for the Taliban government, wrote on Twitter to urge aid agencies to send teams to the area.
The "response is on its way," the U.N. resident coordinator in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, wrote on Twitter.
That may prove difficult given the situation landlocked Afghanistan finds itself in today. After the Taliban swept across the country in 2021, the U.S. military and its allies fell back to Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport and later withdrew completely. Many international humanitarian organizations followed suit because of concerns about security and the Taliban's poor human rights record.
In the time since, the Taliban has worked with Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on restarting airport operations in Kabul and across the country — but nearly all international carriers still avoid the country, and reluctance on the part of aid organizations to put any money in the Taliban's coffers could make it difficult to fly in supplies and equipment.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement offered his condolences over the earthquake, saying his nation will provide help. At the Vatican, Pope Francis offered prayers for all those killed and injured and for the "suffering of the dear Afghan population."
In just one district of Khost province, the earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured over 95 others, local officials said.
Some remote areas of Pakistan saw reports of damage to homes near the Afghan border, but it wasn't immediately clear if that was due to rain or the earthquake, said Taimoor Khan, a disaster management spokesperson in the area.
The European seismological agency, EMSC, said the earthquake's tremors were felt over 500 kilometers (310 miles) by 119 million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
Mountainous Afghanistan and the larger region of South Asia along the Hindu Kush mountains has long been vulnerable to devastating earthquakes.
In 2015, a major earthquake that struck the country's northeast killed over 200 people in Afghanistan and neighboring northern Pakistan. In 1998, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tremors in Afghanistan's remote northeast killed at least 4,500 people.
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I hate when I get like this, but I'm starting to get the shakes. Not the good kind of shakes that you get when you're about to bite into a delicious double cheeseburger after you've been hungry all day, but the kind of shakes you get when you feel you're about to be let down by a new horror movie. Oh those are the worst, aren't they? I was damn near convulsing before I saw the Nightmare On Elm Street remake and now I'm getting that same feeling for Insidious: Chapter 2.
Look….I dug Insidious and recently re-watched it. Was I blown away the first time I saw it? Not particularly, but I jumped a few times and thought it had an overall great "creep" factor. Still think the daytime scene of the little boy dancing in the living room to "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" is as good as scary daytime scenes come in a horror movie. When the sequel was announced, it was a predictable announcement, but I understood it. And when I heard that it would immediately pick up after the first one, I was even more intrigued (I hate sequels that just start 5 years later or never even acknowledge the original). Then I saw the first trailer and it just felt so…..I don't know…..forced?
James Wan knows horror and he's proven that, especially with this year's triumph, The Conjuring. I don't doubt his abilities as a filmmaker at all, especially in the horror genre, but what I do doubt after viewings of TV spots and trailers is that Insidious: Chapter 2 needed to be made at all. Like I said earlier, forced seems to be the best way to describe my feelings towards it and overall, it looks like a complete rehash from the original. I've also read that there's more comedy in this one, which is what I didn't like about Insidious when the bumbling paranormal team shows up. Skip the comedy and give me the horror!
Early buzz from screenings isn't great, which is even more of a letdown. I am however going to remain optimistic and hope that James Wan has enough tricks up his sleeve to put a grin on my face and walk out of the theater with a full tummy of horror goodness. For the record, the Darth Maul looking red demon from Insidious didn't bother me like it did most. What did bother me was the guy in the leather trench coat with the long hair. Ugh. Hopefully the old pervy "He's got your baby!" guy from the trailer replaces trench coat guy in Insidious: Chapter 2. It's the little things in life that matter most.


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P&O Cruises has announced that its new flagship, Iona which is set to launch in 2020 will cruise to the Norwegian Fjords during its inaugural season.
Iona is the largest cruise ship ever specifically designed for the British cruise market. The vessel will be powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) making it the most environmentally friendly ship ever built for P&O Cruises.
The 5,200-passenger ship will cruise exclusively to the Norwegian Fjords from Southampton offering a selection of seven-day cruises, visiting ports of call which include: Ålesund, Bergen, Geiranger, Olden and Stavanger.
Iona is currently under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The ship will depart Southampton on her maiden voyage in May 2020. Cruises on Iona will go on sale in September 2018.
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