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We were watching the news and there was some clip about a program for kids with autism.
Lauren shrieked and said "Mommy, they talk about me. I have autism"
She was so proud. You would have thought she had just discovered a cure for autism or even a treatment program that middle income families could afford.
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As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Element Fleet Management, Jim is responsible for the end-to-end customer experience and fulfilment across all products, services and departments, focused on delivering consistent, superior customer-centric service across Element's operations globally. Halliday has more than 15 years of leadership experience in the fleet industry. Prior to this role, he held senior executive, operations, commercial, and business development roles within Element and PHH Corporation, including President & CEO of Element Fleet Management International, President and CEO of North America, and President of PHH Fleet Management.


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Veteran dancers Astad Deboo and Anita Ratnam reveal their fitness mantras
For dancer-choreographers Astad Deboo and Anita Ratnam, crossing the 70 and 60-year mark has been as graceful as their moves. The artistes reveal their fitness mantras that keep them going in a physically demanding career
Astad Deboo, 70
A remarkably versatile repertoire is what defines Padma Shri recipient Astad Deboo's career spanning over five decades. The dancer-choreographer, who began his training in kathak at the tender age of six, found his calling in contemporary dance in his twenties. And to perfect the art, he trained in institutes of international repute, including learning Martha Graham's modern dance technique. He returned to India and learnt kathakali, and his unique style paved the way for collaborations with renowned artistes like Pina Bausch and Pink Floyd. He even choreographed Bolshoi Theatre's ace ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya. All these years of strenuous performances haven't deterred him from continuing to push his limits. In fact, hour-long performances are still the norm for Deboo, who turns 71 this July.
Fitness routine
A daily workout of 90 minutes, done at home without a trainer, is Deboo's fitness routine for five days a week. "As my work is all about control and flexibility, I practise yoga aasanas and Tai chi. This is something I have developed for myself, based on what I feel I need to do to keep my body fit," he shares. Deboo also likes to walk as much as he can, often covering a considerable distance, from his Girgaum Chowpatty residence to Nariman Point or Worli Sea Face, and back, for instance. Swimming is another activity that he enjoys, while building stamina remains one of his key focus areas.
Healthy eating
Though careful about avoiding fried food and red meat, Deboo prefers everything else in moderation. "Over the years, my cartilage has [suffered damage], so I need to take glucosamine tablets. But other than that and Vitamin C, I try to ensure that all nutritional requirements are met with food intake," he says.
On the day of performance
This is the day when Deboo stays on a liquid diet. The performance follows rehearsal and warm up. However, a performance in Deboo's profession is often preceded by extensive travelling. "During long flights, I get up and walk in the aisle, while for domestic travelling, I get some movement after the flight," Deboo says, as he prepares to leave for a tour of Kolkata, Delhi and Thrissur the next day, only to return to Mumbai briefly and leave again for Auroville, all packed into the month of March.
The final word
Listening to his body is something Deboo considers important. "If I feel tired, I do not exert myself because it's also necessary to rest the body," he says, adding, "As one gets on with age, you figure out what's best. At the same time, I don't want to damage my body. Better to be safe than sorry."
Anita Ratnam, 63
With over 1,300 performances in 37 countries to her credit, few artistes have embraced the natural phenomenon of ageing as elegantly as Anita Ratnam. The accomplished Chennai-based dancer, choreographer and scholar has her roots in Bharatanatyam, while she has also diversified her classical training in mohiniattam and kathakali. Known for her contemporary approach to classical dance forms, she has created a unique dance style called Neo Bharatam, which is suited for a mature body, and celebrates age and the experience that comes with it. "I wonder why dancers, when they mature, want to look young," the award-winning artiste had once told this writer.
Fitness routine
Ratnam begins her day with kapalbhati, a yogic body-cleansing technique, and then moves to a cardio workout, and weight training under the guidance of a professional. This is followed by an hour of yoga, while she also does pilates twice a week. "Yoga and pilates don't burn calories, but are important for strengthening muscles and joints," she says. She also advises artistes to go beyond the set of muscles that their dance form actively involves, and adds that swimming is a great exercise for all dancers.
Healthy eating
Dancers, Ratnam believes, must continually watch what they eat and not just work towards a performance. "At the same time, a strenuous rehearsal needs good carbohydrates. We need to ask what carbs we are cutting off from our diet," she says, adding that unpolished rice, bajra, dalia and quinoa are a part of her regular diet. Intermittent fasting has proved to be beneficial for her, too. Ratnam enjoys sipping on a variety of juices made with fruits, vegetables, or a combination of the two, sans sugar. "In fact, I add the pulp that remains to oats soaked in curd with some seasoning, and the mixture makes some yummy dosas," she shares, adding, "Food for me is a very sensory experience. So, whatever I eat has to look and taste good."
On the day of performance
Much like Deboo, Ratnam's diet on the day she goes on the stage is a largely liquid one. Apart from a serving of unpolished rice at around 11 am, she sips on watery lassi and a protein drink made of almond milk or organic whey and chia seeds. "During performance, I take sips of warm water stirred with Himalayan salt, to replenish the electrolytes lost," she says. For Indian classical dancers, the stomping of feet can get painful by the end of a performance. "Rubbing ice on your soles and even the back of your neck is very helpful," she says. On a flight, she prefers to skip all solid food as it helps her overcome jet lag faster.
The final word
"A female dancer goes through a lot. Motherhood and menopause are physically demanding milestones, and being a mother or a daughter-in-law brings expectations with it. Besides, pursuing a career in dance is still about battling prejudices, so it takes a psychological toll, especially when you are also fulfilling other responsibilities," she says, pointing to the fact that it's important to have one's moments and not feel martyred. "I have had to become gentler with my body. It's not about competing, but optimising," she says. "Fitness is different from fatness and thinness; it is a long-term commitment."
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IT 016: Are You Unique Enough to Start Your Own Business?
Interested in learning the *secret ingredient * that you must have in order to create a successful business?
Read on for the Podcast Transcript. Or click here to listen to today's episode in iTunes, or click here to listen to it on my website.
One of the most common concerns that many of my clients have is that they aren't ready yet, or that they're not good enough yet to become visible in their desired marketplace.
They are afraid to show up because they're not perfect yet and their ducks aren't all lined up - maybe they're not the perfect weight, or don't have the most gorgeous website up.
They've learned all they can, got a ton of training and certifications, and researched a LOT.
This can lead to overwhelm, and the best cure for overwhelm is... action!
But for whatever reason, they can't motivate themselves enough to move forward and take real action!
Often in this case, the deeper underlying fear is not a fear of perfection, or "not enough training".
It's a deep fear of not being unique enough, and of not having something of enough value to offer in the marketplace.
The fear-based ego says, "There are way too many insert your desired profession here, and I will just be cluttering up the marketplace even further. I don't want to do that. What will people think?"
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world..." - Marianne Williamson
We tell ourselves, there are people more experienced, more knowledgable, and prettier than we are, who are already doing what we want to do.
The truth is, my loves, there is no one like you.
One of my mentors, Marie Forleo, says that "the world needs that special something that only you have."
Your Tribe Needs to Hear From YOU
By playing small and not showing up and shining your light, the way you were BORN to do (as a side note, the Universe plants your desires into your head!), you will be doing a HUGE disservice to not only yourself, but to those who need your service or product from YOU the most.
Yes, it's true - there's a lot of the same information out there. It's not all about the information - no one is really recreating the wheel here, and that's not even a requirement to be successful.
I myself was inspired to write this post by things I've learned from Marianne Williamson, Marie Forleo, Tony Robbins, Mike Dooley… the list goes on.
The Secret Ingredient to Success in Business is YOU
It's ALL about the packaging. Ready for the secret ingredient to success in business as a lightworker? Your personality is the packaging!
Your unique perspective on the world has NEVER been seen and WILL NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN in the Universe.
No one sees the world like you do. There is only one you.
And there are people out there waiting to hear from you.
A lot of this is about taking yourself out of the equation for a second.
I'm going to use my own coaching business as an example...
I used to think that there were so many business coaches out there, that they all looked the same and were doing the same thing, and that I didn't stand a chance at standing out.
I didn't see my uniqueness as an asset back then.
Fast forward to today. On a coaching session this morning, I had a client tell me that she's been looking for a business coach for a long time, but never found someone who resonates with her until she came across me.
This same story can easily be true for you, too.
Click to Tweet: As a lightworker, it is your divine responsibility to find and serve your tribe.
Think about it: doing otherwise due to fear & ego-based thoughts would be selfish.
If you can identify, find and serve YOUR tribe, just by being you... you are providing so much value.
Your tribe might have even heard the SAME exact things before, but they might need to hear it from you - from your perspective, your life background, your intonation.
What's beautiful is that with time, you'll develop your voice and gain confidence as you continue to put yourself out there. And you'll attract people who love you, and repel those who don't jive with your energy.
It's sort of like jogging - it's tough and clunky at first, unnatural even, but with time and repetition, it becomes easy and you start to see results.
Ready to Put This Into Practice?
So if you're like OK, Mona Lisa, I already know this intellectually, but I don't FEEL IT. I get it, I'm very feelings-based, too! If that's the case, I have some homework for you.
Prove it to yourself. Find ONE person in the world who would love to hear about your product or service (or even a theory that you love!) from you in particular.
And once you do - officially congratulate yourself for joining the game!
Once you find one person, you'll know that there are more out there. So find one person to provide your service to - even if it's free if you're just starting out (the value you'll get is the KNOWING).
If you already have clients, do a survey to your existing clients - ask why they decided to work with you, what were the key determining factors. I guarantee you'll see similarities, and you'll see your own personality as a big contributor.
You literally never know what people need to hear - don't judge it based on your own frame. People are in different places and you could be the one to tell them something that will change their life. They might NEED to hear it from you.
Did anything surprise you about today's Podcast? Let me know in the comments below, and leave me a review on iTunes!


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Uproar over teh gayz at CPAC... A Governor who drew fire from his own party because he suggested a truce on social issues... Another Governor/Prez-hopeful who announced that if he's elected to the top spot he'll work to reinstate DADT... The suggestion that atheism is to blame for the Tuscon shootings... Or how about the very notion that a man who compared homosexuality to sex with animals might have a shot at the Republican nomination?
Yes, there have been disturbing signs that the social conservatives are getting out of control.
And now, via Memeorandum, I see that they're stepping it up. Once again, so-cons are trying to criminalize victimless interactions between consenting adults based on nothing more than some lame moral superiority complex.
So never mind that prostitution is the world's oldest paid profession. Never mind Nevada's long tradition of sin as business. And never mind minding your own beeswax. The so-cons won't be stopped. Their next big priority is making said oldest profession illegal in the last place it is legal!
Huh? Say what?
It's actually Harry Reid (D-umbass) who's proposing this?! In the name of jobs?!
Bwahaha! Hey, Reid... What about the prostitutes who'll be forced to join the Nevada unemployment rolls?
Seriously now. I'm a libertarian. I say legalize it everywhere. It's yours... if you wanna rent it out, I think that's yer business. I'm of the firm opinion that if the persons involved are over the age of consent, the government has no place in the discussion.
And I just have to laugh at this. I'm accustomed to my ideas not always flying with my friends on the right. I understand where their opinions come from on this, even when we disagree. I get why we disagree, if you see my point.
But this? Oh, no. I don't get it at all. Reid actually said:
"If we want to attract business to Nevada that puts people back to work, the time has come for us to outlaw prostitution."
Yeah! That's logic! Bring in jobs by making employed individuals into unemployed criminals!
Maybe I do get it...
"Unemployed criminals"? Hmmm. When you add those folks to the organized workers, you've more or less accounted for the Democratic voting base, no?
Mystery solved!
Harry Reid is a genius!


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The Simpsons Slot
The Simpson Slot
- A fun and interactive new slot from WMS based on the famous TV series, The Simpsons
- Housed in the Gamescape cabinet, players can use their hands to play the bonuses
- Lots of rewards and big payouts available through different features, with all your favourite characters from the show
The Simpsons is one of the best known and widely loved TV series across the Globe. With its brilliant humour, and characters we can all relate to, The Simpsons has grown to become a household name that is instantly recognizable. Is it any wonder then that SG Gaming, and the subsidiary WMS have created a fantastic slot from this hit TV series?
Originally showcased at the Global Gaming Expo back in 2016, The Simpsons slot has since become hugely popular and there are plenty of reasons for this. Firstly let's start with the housing unit, the Gamescape cabinet, featuring three gorgeous HD displays including a huge 40 inch screen at the top, an extra wide display panel and an interactive 10.4 inch tablet at the bottom with multitouch support for players to interactive with. It's fair to say that even the stunning display used for Willy Wonka Dream Factory slot isn't at this high a standard. At the very top is an eye-catching, rather elegant display of some of the most well-known Simpsons characters which feature in the slot itself, and to top it all off the machine features motion detectors to add a truly immersive experience and make the bonuses a lot more fun. In all, the Gamescape cabinet really brings players into the Simpsons world and truly stands out from the crowd, so you'll know exactly where to find it at the casino.
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Going into more detail about the game itself, The Simpsons slot features a 5×5 layout, which is slightly unusual, with wins triggered from left to right. The idea is to obtain a winning combination using symbols that, of course, feature our favourite characters from the show. Here I have ranked them in ascending order based on their value:
- Duff Beer, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Blinky (Three-eyed Fish) and Milkshake (lowest value)
- Chief Wiggam, Krusty the Clown, Moe Sizlack and Apu
- Homer Simpson
- The Simpsons Logo (most valuable)
The Simpsons Logo is wild for all symbols apart from Homer Jackpot and The Doughnut symbols. The Homer Jackpot symbol is wild for the Homer symbol, and only appears on line 2. Five of these at max bet awards the Top Jackpot.
The Mystery Symbol Feature: Before the reel spin begins, The Mystery Symbol Feature is activated and each of the four corner reels contains a number of positions which are randomly replaced with symbols excluding Homer Jackpot. Each of the remaining reels contains positions which are replaced with all symbols that appear in the base game apart from Homer Jackpot, The Doughnut and The Simpsons Logo.
Cloning Feature: During the base game, if a spin doesn't contain 4 matching Respin Feature or Donut Wheel Bonus trigger symbols on the 4 corner reels, the Cloning Feature may be triggered. During this, before the reel spin initiates, any column may switch to an alternate set of reels, excluding the 4 corner reels. For each column that switches, all positions on that column apart from the 4 corner reels will stop at the same symbol. If the position on line 2 stops at Homer Jackpot, all other positions in that column apart from the 4 corner reels will also stop at Homer Jackpot.
Respin Feature: If 5 Homer Jackpots do not appear on line 2, 4 matching Homer, Apu, Moe, Krusty or Chief Wiggam symbols on the 4 corner reels will trigger the respin feature, moving the game to the associated character's location of the triggering symbol. Note that The Simpsons Logo does not count towards this feature. A single respin is awarded. Any Simpsons Logo symbols transform into the respin character symbol, while Homer Jackpot transforms into Homer if he is the respin character symbol. These are held for the duration of the feature. If the up arrow appears on the screen, pays are increased and the arrow transforms into the respin character symbol, with up to 4 of these being available. If an additional respin character symbol appears, another respin is awarded. All respin scatter pays are multiplied by the bet multiplier. Below is a table of the respin scatter pays:
If 5 Homer Jackpots do not appear on line 2 during any wagered spin that doesn't trigger the Respin Feature or Donut Wheel Bonus, then the following features with the associated locations may be triggered:
Homer's Monorail Madness – Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Each monorail car displays a credit prize of between 5x and 1000x the bet multiplier. A win window, 1-7 cars wide and 3 cars tall will appear over part of the monorail. After it stops, all credit prizes within the window are awarded.
Apu's Scrat-cha-pa-looza – Kwik-E-Mart
With the provided ticket, reveal all 6 sections to find 1-3 pairs of matching symbols before the reels stop spinning. For each pair you reveal, each of that symbol on the screen is replaced with the Wild symbol, or Double Wild when high roller bets are active. If a pair of Homer symbols are revealed, both Homer and Homer Jackpot will be replaced. One or more Double Wild doubles the pay line when involved in a winning combination.
Moe's Pranks a Lot – Moe's
Again before the reels stop spinning, choose 1 of the 4 names presented to reveal a random multiplier, which will be applied to all wins. This is between 2-50x for non-high roller bets, and 5-100x for high roller bets.
Krusty's It's Cobblering Time – Krustylu Studios
Fire the pies at Krusty before the reels stop spinning, with 3-25 pies landing on random reel positions, placing a Wild symbol when non-high roller bets are active, or Double Wild symbols when high roller bets are active. These are wild for The Simpsons logo. One or more Double Wild doubles the pay line if involved in a winning combination. Pies cannot land on either of these two symbols.
Wiggum-a-rol – Lard Lad Donuts
This feature can only be triggered if at least 3 Chief Wiggum symbols appear on the screen and is chosen for at least one of the replacements in the Mystery Symbol Feature. The Wiggum Card symbol is placed over each Chief Wiggum symbol. Choose one to obtain an award which differs for high and non-high rollers bets.
Donut Wheel Bonus: This is one of the more exciting bonuses in the game, and is triggered by four Doughnut symbols on the four corner reels. Catch between 7-26 doughnut sprinkles as they fall with your hands using the motion sensors; if none are attempted to be caught the game will automatically collect them for you. The colour of the sprinkles presents different rewards:
- Blue Sprinkles: Each blue sprinkle awards an additional free spin, with a maximum of 5 to be collected.
- Red Sprinkles: These award a Wild that locks into a random reel position at the start of the free spins and remains locked for the entire bonus. Up to 10 can be collected.
- Green Sprinkles: Up to 9 of these can be collected, each increasing the multiplier by 1 during the free spins.
- White Sprinkles: These award a mystery symbol that locks into a random reel position at the start of the free spins and remains locked for the remainder of the bonus. Between 5 and 15 of these can be collected.
After the sprinkles stop falling, the number of free spins appears on the doughnut (between 3 and 15). Homer then bites a number to award the free spins. A different set of reels is used for this bonus, with the winning combinations identical apart from Homer Jackpot and The Doughnut symbol do not appear, and the respin feature and location features are unavailable.
The Simpson's Slot is easily one of the most, if not the most, interactive and entertaining slots there is. The motion sensors add a brilliant new element to the game making it significantly more fun, and that's very fitting for a slot which is based on The Simpsons. The bonuses are plentiful with various rewards available, and if played right The Simpsons slot can bring in significant profits. It's definitely one of our favourite slots out there, and definitely worth trying out.


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I think hes a good player aswell but why would he want to go to a club where he isnt likely to play that often. Supposedly Man U want to trade Saha for him.Originally Posted by CyrilTarkwin
Hard to say how good a player like Valencia is as he's playing for Wigan. I'm indifferent to us signing him.
I think hes a good player aswell but why would he want to go to a club where he isnt likely to play that often. Supposedly Man U want to trade Saha for him.Originally Posted by CyrilTarkwin
Which is a load of crap. Because Saha would be playing for ... Wigan. I wonder if Ferguson consulted him about this proposed move?
If he has a fantastic game against United at the weekend though he'll be dead set to join i'd imagine.
Saha might be injured all the time but he is far too good for Wigan.
Well i reckon if ManU do sign Valencia it will only be to enable Ronaldo to move to a more central position which would mean they would have Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo as strikers next year so i dont see them going for a striker like Huntelaar in the summer, especially with Frazer Campbell coming back, he could do a turn if given the right oppertunities. Maybe Valencia could replace Giggs too since hes losing form and doesnt appear to ahve too long left as a key player in the squad.
Swapping Giggs for Valencia would be more realistic.
As good as Saha is, i can't see him going to a big team when he leaves Man U. He is injured so much, i just can't see him doing much in football at all. I think he could end up retiring bin the not so distant future.
Apart from spending a good amount of time injured and sitting on the pitch when he did play , what exactly did he do for Utd. Saha wont be a miss at all.
I believe these are United's real targets for the close season.UNITED are being linked with a trio of players as Sir Alex Ferguson prepares to start his summer transfer business.
Sevillas Brazilian duo Luis Fabiano and Daniel Alves are on the Reds radar, with a £30m offer on the cards.
And Fergie is favourite to beat Chelsea and Arsenal to Cardiffs Welsh wonderkid Aaron Ramsey.
Uniteds chief scout Martin Ferguson has watched Fabiano, a 27-year-old striker, and Alves, a potential replacement for Gary Neville, numerous times this season.
Both are Brazil regulars with Alves, 25, regarded as the best attacking right-back in the world.
He was a target for Chelsea last summer who this week swooped for Jose Bosingwa.
United are said to have already opened talks to land Ramsey from the FA Cup finalists.
The midfielder, rated at £5m, is one for the future but has already caught the attention of the Reds main Premier League rivals.
source: Manchester Evening News
Rio Ferdinand has signed a new deal with ManU until 2013...
"Rio's contribution this season has been a major factor in our outstanding defensive performance and I am delighted he has signed a new contract," said manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson also fuelled a growing belief that the 29-year-old has been earmarked as the club's next captain.
"Rio has matured into his role at the club and has shown, when needed, what a great captain and leader he can be," said Ferguson.
"It is a great honour to be part of this trophy-winning team and to share in the success, which I am sure will continue for many seasons to come.
"I would like to thank the manager, the coaching staff, the players and the fans for the tremendous support they have given me since I joined the club."


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Concept Design Workshops and Meetings
For each phase of the project, the design team has conducted a variety of meetings each with the goal of garnering feedback from diverse participants. For the architectural Concept Design, underway now, the design team has facilitated a Kick-Off Workshop of invited scholars, researchers, artists, historians, students, and cultural non-profit professionals, and hosted one Progress Meeting. As the Concept Design Phase continues, additional synopses of workshops and meetings will be added. A brief description of each of the meetings follows:
- Site Information Meeting
- Concept Design Workshop
- Progress Meeting #1 (in conjunction with Visitor Experience Plan Progress Meeting #3)
Site Information Meeting
This initial meeting to inform the site conditions for the concept design was held in November 2017. The purpose of the meeting was to garner specific information about the site and adjacent area that would physically affect the concept design of the project. Attendees to this meeting were city and contract staff that had information on public utilities, storm water, engineering, geotechnical engineering, and the previous archaeological excavations.
The meeting began with the site analysis that had been prepared by the project team. The meeting reviewed these main categories:
- Previous Archaeological Investigations and Excavations
- Storm water and Flood plain
- Utilities
- Culvert/Shockoe Creek
- 1-95
- Main Street Station
- High Speed Rail
- The Seaboard Building
- Broad Street
- Access to the Site (vehicular and pedestrian)
- Parking
- Other City owned parcels within a 10-block radius
In addition, the project team led initial site analysis discussions including interpretive and physical connections that will be paramount for the project including the Burial Ground and other auction and historical sites that connected this site to the greater interpretive story.
The goal of the meeting was for the project team to get as much information as possible to prepare diagrams and plans of site analysis that would inform the upcoming concept design workshop and provide participants of that workshop with site constraints and opportunities to consider.
Concept Design Workshop
The Concept Design workshop was held in December 2017. The purpose of this workshop was to initiate brainstorming about the physical structure that would be built at the Lumpkin's Slave Jail / Devil's Half Acre site.
The workshop had several main goals:
- To provide a bridge between the Visitor Experience Plan work done to date, linking the emotional/experience-based process with the beginning of Concept Design, which will begin to define the physical parameters for the project.
- To define the project: much of the discussion to date was on "what this will be" and one of the key goals was to focus on this definition so that programming and planning could be the natural next step.
- To craft a wish-list of visitor activities – a program – for the entity to be built at the site.
- To analyze the site: the site is full of both opportunities and challenges and a major goal was to map these in relation to the project definition also defined during this meeting and in relation to the requirements and boundaries that have been defined by the City.
- To dream: As with any design exercise, it is important to dream and think big – to imagine and then envision a future state of the project unencumbered by real world challenges like cost and physical restraints. This allows designers to think of options that might not be considered and while unrealistic, could inform real world decisions and designs in creative ways.
The project team led a variety of exercises during the workshop that were word-based, image-based, and discussion-based. The team hosted a diverse group of over 50 participants including local historians, researchers, Virginia Union University representatives, local teachers, City of Richmond staff, Richmond Slave Trail commissioners, artists, local residents, high school students and consultant team members. Participants created Emotions/Space collages, word collages that defined the type of entity they wanted to see paired with their reasons and visions, marked up, sketched, and diagrammed site/district/city maps and plans, and sketched, wrote poems, and listed blue sky ideas for what they envisioned at the site.
Progress Meeting #1 (in Conjunction with Visitor Experience Plan Progress Meeting #3)
The third progress meeting was held in conjunction with the exhibit design team and specifically addressed the archaeology, both physically and interpretively. This workshop built upon the Visitor Experience Plan workshop, previous progress meetings, previous Community Consultation meetings, and the Concept Design Workshop.
The progress meeting was held in February 2018 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. The project team coordinated with Dr. Lonnie Bunch to present to the participants a series of "Lessons Learned" from his experience developing and building the museum on the National mall. Progress meeting participants included artists, researchers, academics, city officials, community organizers, and high school students.
The project team shared the key opportunities and challenges of the project site as well as a summary of the site analysis and observations. One of the biggest questions for the project team involved the archaeology itself and how a building will mass around it and how visitors will engage with it. These questions were the focus of the exercises which tasked participants to relay where in the emotional and interpretive sequence, the archaeology should fit. The second exercise had participants evaluate and vote on concept design goals that would guide the project. Finally, a wish-list program for the entity was presented to the group for questions and discussion.


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did you guys see the sunset last night? wow. and it just really popped this truck, in spite of the matte paint job.
almost missed this bunch of chevys at the very back of the lot at the broiler. i was about ready to pack it up, but was waiting on my better half, who was playing with a lensbaby on his camera and chatting up another truck owner at the front of the lot. i always keep half an eye out for anything new driving into the show. you know what i mean—when you hear them before you see them. usually happens right after i've packed my gear up, only to be forced to decide whether or not to pull it all back out.
so this handful of cars drove through...there were no empty spots up front...it was happily busy for a change. some of the best stuff can be found in the back lot because they show up later. only complaint is the lack of lighting at the back, especially if its getting dark and i'm on my own.
anyway, i got several shots of these cars with spectacular skies behind them. i'll have to post them eventually. getting late now, so you'll have to settle for just one.


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When I was studying abroad in Germany in 2010-11, I got a chance to go to Rome between semesters. There certainly are many things to do and see in Rome, and certainly the Vatican was at the top. I spent a whole day slowly walking through both St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum. The most amazing thing about the Vatican is how much people are rushing ahead to see the famous things. At one point there was a literal crossroads- go right to see the Sistine Chapel, you know, the famous one painted by the non-pizza-eating, non-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle Michelangelo. To the left however, just more paintings. I stood at that crossroads, going through what appeared to me to be a pretty standard gallery of pretty cool art. Until I came to it: perhaps the second most famous piece of art in the Vatican, The School of Athens by (also the non-pizza-eating, non-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle) Raphael.
I of course saw the Sistine Chapel, which I am not going to put in a little image box next to this paragraph, because if you can't mentally imagine it at this point, I don't know that you deserve to see it here. However, the thing that I will always remember is seeing a little marker next to John Paul I's tomb deep in the crypt of St. Peter's Basillica, "The Smiling Pope." Well, never to be outdone, I now officially, publicly declare my intentions to be remembered thusly: Pastor Paul Richards-Kuan, "the Laughing Pastor."
Fr. Gregory Boyle, noted LA priest who founded Homeboy Industries, once gave an interview with Krista Tippet on her show "On Being." She began by asking him why he does what he does, his opening stuck with me, "I was educated by Jesuits, so I — for me, they were always sort of this combo burger of absolute hilarity and joy and the most fun people to be around. And they were prophetic. So, this was during the time of the Vietnam War. So we'd laugh a lot, and I'd go with them to protesting the war. So the combination of the prophetic and the hilarious — I loved that. So I thought, boy, I'll have what they're having, you know? So that's what I did. It's not very deep, but that's kind of — the reasons you join an organization like the Society of Jesus aren't the reasons you stay. But that kind of was my initial hook."
A combo burger of absolute hilarity and joy. What whimsical language. And yet, I might have to contest what Fr. Boyle said a little bit- is it shallow to see absolute joy and be attracted to it?
Another Jesuit, Fr. James Martin, wrote the book on faith and humor, Between Heaven and Mirth. There he writes, "Joy, humor, and laughter show one's faith in God. For Christians, an essentially hopeful outlook shows people that you believe in the Resurrection, in the power of life over death, and in the power of love over hatred. Don't you think that after the Resurrection Jesus's disciples were joyful? 'All will be well, and all will be well, and all manner of things will be well,' as the fourteenth-century mystic Blessed Julian of Norwich said. For believers in general, humor shows your trust in God, who will ultimately make all things well. Joy reveals faith."
One person who is constantly joking and laughing is somebody I work with- Bill Kerley. Bill is best known by the Houston Chronicle as one of the most dedicated submitters of terrible one line jokes. For Christmas he decided to really spread the laughter by giving us all solar-powered dancing Jesus figurines. I personally stuck mine on my car dash. Now, every time I get in I am reminded of a goofy dancing version of Jesus. People comment, "look at that Jesus go," or "Dance Jesus Dance!" but they also sometimes start following along the dance of Jesus, his hips swinging with the power of the sun.
Now that Easter has come, now that we celebrate the joy of the Resurrection, are you dancing? Are you laughing and singing with joy? Do you live the kind of life that insists that you are full of joy?
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Obama Taps Labor Expert to Head Council Of Economic Advisers
(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama announced Monday that he is nominating labor economist Alan Krueger to lead his Council of Economic Advisers, saying he expects Krueger to provide him with "unvarnished" advice on the economy.
Ahead of his much-anticipated announcement next week outlining a new jobs initiative, Obama said Monday that it's "more important than ever" that the council provide "recommendations not based on politics, not based on narrow interests, but based on the best evidence, based on what's going to do the most good for the most people in this country."
"We need folks in Washington to make decisions based on what's best for the country, not what's best for any political party or special interest," Obama said in the Rose Garden.
The president called growing the economy "our urgent mission" and, once again, said he will unveil "a series of steps that Congress can take immediately" to create jobs. Obama has been calling for lawmakers to increase investments in infrastructure, extend the payroll tax cut and reform the patent system, among other measures.
Describing him as "one of the nation's leading economists," Obama said Krueger will being a "wealth of experience to the job."
Krueger, 50, previously served as the Chief Economist at both the Treasury and Labor Departments. He is also a Princeton University professor. If confirmed, Krueger would take the place of Austan Goolsbee, who left the position earlier this month to return to teaching at the University of Chicago.
"It's going to be tough to fill the shoes of Austan Goolsbee, who's been a great friend and adviser who I've relied on for years," Obama said. "But I have nothing but confidence in Alan as he takes on this important role as one of the leaders of my economic team."
Monday's announcement completes a shake-up of the White House economic team that has left Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as the only remaining official from Obama's original circle of advisers.
Previous Council of Economic Advisers chair Christina Romer left in September 2010, National Economic Council director Larry Summers returned to Harvard in January, and Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag left last July.
Following speculation that Geithner was also readying to leave, Treasury announced earlier this month that the Secretary is in fact staying in his current position, despite growing calls for his ouster from leading Republicans.
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DC teacher hopes a missed connection reads Petworth News and contacts her/
Jenny reached out to me on Monday night asking for a favor: would I help try to find a "missed connection"? Apparently, her special fellow lives in or near Petworth.
Hello! So this is a crazy long shot and I promise I'm a normal human being and just hoping for a serendipity situation. I met a guy from Wrentham, Massachusetts on a flight back to DC a few months ago. He was super nice and we had a lot in common. I was getting out of a serious relationship so we didn't exchange numbers or names, but I always regretted it.
One of my friends just had a missed connection opportunity and I decided to try and find this guy if at all possible! If you have any ideas how to get the word around or people that might know something that would be a HUGE help!
Seriously? Of course I'm gonna help.
If you know who she's looking for, or if it's you (hey man, I hope you read this blog!), you can email Jenny. Here's her email to her missed connection:
"I met you on a bus after a Boston Southwest flight in April.
We sat next to each other on the parking bus at BWI. We both had been on an evening flight on Southwest from Boston. I was visiting family for Passover and you made a joke about how you were visiting family, but not for Passover. We talked about an NPR article you had just listened to about a special Passover Seder in an unexpected part of the world. You've got tan skin; I'm guessing you're either of Middle Eastern or Indian descent.
You're from Wrentham, Massachusetts. Great outlets there, by the way.
You asked me what I did and I told you I was a teacher. We talked about our opinions of charter school because I had worked for one. I asked you what you did and you said you're an engineer at either Andrews or Bolling base.
We talked about how my part of town, 14th Street, is super crowded and expensive. You are the luckier of us two, living either in Petworth or Mt. Pleasant.
When we got off the bus, I realized I had taken the wrong one to the wrong garage and we waved goodbye.
My name's Jenny. I don't think I ever told you that."
So if you know an engineer in his late 20s or early 30s who lives in or around Petworth and works at Andrews or Bolling and listens to a lot of NPR... share this article! And if it's you... email Jenny!
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On September 24, the new NBC drama Manifest will debut at 10 PM.
When Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they're all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
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In a series that began on Sunday and will continue through the Crimson's season opener on Nov. 10 against MIT, men's basketball beat writer Stephen Gleason will look at Harvard's 13 nonconference opponents. Coming in at No. 11 is Fordham.
No. 13: MIT
No. 12: Holy Cross
2017-2018 Matchup: Wednesday, December 6 at Rose Hill Gymnasium, Bronx, N.Y. (7:00 p.m.)
2016-2017 Record: 13-19 overall, 7-11 Atlantic Ten
2016-2017 Matchup: Harvard, 64, Fordham, 52
Head Coach: Jeff Neubauer (3rd season)
Key Returning Players: Jr. G Joseph Chartouny (was second on last year's team in points per game and led the team in assists); Sr. G Will Tavares (started nine games a season ago and averaged 5.6 points per contest)
Stat to Watch: 12: Harvard's margin of victory over the Rams a season ago; it was Harvard's second-largest nonconference margin of victory over a Division I team
Overview: The Rams struggled to rebound a season ago and return a very inexperienced frontcourt. While Fordham's wings kept it in many games last year, it will need contributions from largely untested players, only two of whom started more than 10 games a season ago.
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Ciro Quintana
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Ciro Quintana graduated from the "20 de Octubre" Elementary School of Visual Arts (1979), the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts (1983) and the Superior Institute of Art (1987), all in Havana. He also attended a Photoengraving Workshop at the Cuban Photographic Library in Havana in 1989 and an International Workshop on Silkscreen at the René Portocarrero Serigraphy Workshop in 1990, both in Havana. He has received several awards, including an Honorable Mention at the 4th International Triennial of Drawing in Wroclaw, Poland (1988); and the Gold Medal at the First Biennial of the Caribbean and Central America in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1989). In 1996, he received a fellowship from the Southern Art Federations and the National Endowment for the Arts; and in 1997 the "Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Artists at Giverny" Fellowship, granted by the Claude Monet Foundation in Giverny, France. His works are part of the collections of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, the Pori Art Museum in Pori, Finland; the Peter Ludwig Collection in Cologne, Germany; the Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Carla Stellweg Gallery in New York, NY; Krings-Ernst Gallery in Cologne, Germany; the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst in Aachen, Germany.


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3,500 in Nepal (2019 SIL), decreasing. Mostly in original area. High language loss among those who have left the language area. Ethnic population: 4,000 (2019 SIL).
Mechi zone: Taplejung district, Phaktanglung, Miwakhola, and Bhotekhola municipalities; Kosi zone: Sankhuwasabha district. Major villages include Olangchung Gola, Ghunsa, Lungthung, Simbuk, Thudam, and Papung.
6b (Threatened). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Walung, Topkegola.
Walungge, Dhokpya (Topke Gola), Thudam. High intelligibility of Thudam [thw]. Reportedly similar to Tibetan dialect in Tingay District of Tibet. Lexical similarity: 71% with Lhasa Tibetan [bod], 68% with Dolpo [dre], Loke [loy], and Kyerung (Kyirong) [kgy], 66% with Lhomi [lhm] and Helambu Sherpa [scp], 64% with Nubri [kte], 57% with Jirel [jul], 55% with Sherpa [xsr].
Many school age children are shifting to Nepali [npi] when they are educated outside their homeland. There is widespread growing bilingualism, but it may not be a stable Diglossia (2019 SIL). Home, Community, and Religion. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes.
Literacy rate in L2: 43%–72% in Nepali [npi]. Taught in primary schools in one school for teaching the Tibetan writing system starting from Class 1.
Tibetan script [Tibt].
Cut off from the Lhomi, with more links to Tibet. Some intermarriage with Lhomi and Tibetan. The people call themselves Sherpa. They do not have a specific language name which groups all varieties of the language together and distinguishes the language from other Tibetan languages. The word "Walungge" comes from a name of one of the main villages in the language area. Buddhist.


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Nothing to do in the summer? How about hours and hours of Witcher?
Though the game was delayed several months from its original late 2014 scheduled release, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt will release later this month on PC, Xbox One, and PS4. The cheapest deal is of course, on the PC, where you can snag 25% off the game to $45.If that price is too rich for your blood, GameStop is running an 85% off sale for The Witcher 2 and The Witcher Enhanced Editions dropping the prices to $2.99 and $1.49 respectively. They're both Steam keys, but you can also redeem a backup DRM-free copy over at GOG.
There are a ton of other deals listed below this week, but a few that might be eye catching are old school Star Wars games on the cheap. May the 4th is on Monday this year, but over the weekend GOG is running a sale on Star Wars PC games. Their "Blaster Bundle"gets you 7 re-released X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter classics at a 37% discount. They've also got a "Saber Bundle" marked down 77% off which gets you 10 classic Star Wars games such as Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast, and Knights of the Old Republic.
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Andy Tennant is aiming to round off 2013 in style by adding a World Cup gold medal to his European success last weekend.
Tennant and his teammates Ed Clancy, Owain Doull and Steven Burke rode their way to victory in the team pursuit in Holland, pipping their Russian counterparts by just a fifth of a second.
And Tennant, from Wilmslow, aims to go one better when the Track World Cup comes to Manchester next month.
"I'll be at the Velodrome in Manchester later on this week, actually," he said.
"But, because the European Track Championship and the World Cup are so close together, there isn't any time in between the two events for us to put in any work or do any training.
"All our work is virtually done, and it's just about going out there next month and doing the business.
"Obviously, I hope and I believe that the team can go all the way and win the team pursuit again, but of course, a lot of things can happen between now and then.
"We have just got to concentrate on staying fresh and healthy in the weeks between now and the start of the World Cup."
But Tennant, 26, admits that winning gold in a home event will be very tough due to the strength of rival teams.
"Russia are a very solid team," he admits. "They've been gradually improving over the past three or four years, and they proved that at the Euro's, and Denmark as well, although they didn't perform to their best in Holland, they will be right up there.
"It won't be easy."
Tennant also has his sights set on securing a place in the Olympic team that will compete in Rio in 2016, but insists that there's no danger of him getting carried away.
He said: "The only thing I am completely confident of doing is trying my best. Rio is a very long way away and there could be 10 riders competing for just four places on the team.
"The team were massively disappointed that they didn't fare better than they did in London last year, but hopefully, we can use that to kick on and go one better when the opportunity comes around again in Rio.
"But, that is too far in the future to focus on at this point in time.
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10 Things People Do For Postpartum Moms That Aren't Actually Helpful
After having three babies and living through some postpartum moments that were embarrassing, awkward, and infuriating, I now have some basic rules for people who want to visit and "help" me during childbirth recovery. For starters, ask first, get vaccinated, bring food, expect to clean, and don't expect to hold the baby while I make you lunch, because I just grew a human and pushed it out of my vagina. I need help, not people to entertain. Sadly, there are so many things well-meaning people do for postpartum moms that aren't actually helpful. Like, at all.
In my honest opinion, we totally minimize the postpartum recovery needs of new moms in our culture. Their number one priority ought to be healing from childbirth. Instead, their priority ends up being living up to other people's unrealistic expectations. Yeah, that's not OK, especially when it starts way before they're home from the hospital or have had their first postpartum shower. Please, for the love of all that is good, don't visit a new mom in the hospital, unless you have her express permission to do so. In fact, even then, check in before you come to make sure she's not sleeping, topless, or just not in the mood for visitors. The same goes for after her hospital say, when she is finally in the comfort of her home.
Once you're in the presence of a postpartum mom, please don't offer to hold the baby. That's not helpful. Also, while I love it when people cook or clean for me, please don't rearrange my kitchen cabinets or refrigerator in the process. (Mom, I'm talking to you. I love you, but the last thing a sleep-deprived new mom needs is to not be able to find the peanut butter or coffee filters). The next time a friend or family member has a baby, please consider what they really need.
Visit Them In The Hospital Without Their Permission
When my first two babies were born, we let anyone who wanted to visit come see us in the hospital. It was so stressful. I didn't feel or look my best, I was trying to figure out breastfeeding, and I couldn't get any sleep. The last thing I needed was for people to expect me to entertain them. This last time, my husband and I cherished the first night alone with our new baby. After that, I only wanted my parents and older children around.
Come To Their House Uninvited
Not everyone wants or needs company right away (or at all) when they're recovering from childbirth.
I, personally, need adult contact to feed my extrovert personality. Having said that, you better let me know you are coming first, unless you want to see me topless or not wearing pants. In fact, you better bring food, because if I am putting pants on there had better be pie.
Buy Them A Spa Gift Certificate
When my first baby was born, my lovely co-workers bought be a gift certificate for a spa day. I was so touched. Plus, every new mom can use a spa day, right? Except, I literally couldn't.
I didn't have a chance to use it until almost a year after my daughter was born, and then I only used it because it was about to expire and I felt guilty. I had to seriously re-arrange my schedule to make it happen. Self care shouldn't cause stress, right?
Hold The Baby While They Clean Up
I get it, baby snuggles are the best. Still, and especially during their fourth trimester, new moms probably don't really need or want other people to hold their baby. When people would come over and immediately ask to hold my baby, or worse, expect to hold the baby while I cooked or cleaned, it made me feel like they didn't care about me. It also made me feel like they were coming over solely to get a baby snuggle fix. Understandable, but not that helpful.
Give Them Breastfeeding Advice
When I was struggling to figure out breastfeeding, the last thing I wanted was unsolicited advice about things to try (which I likely had already tried) or dirty looks when I got out a bottle to supplement. It's none of your business how someone is feeding their baby, and really not your place to comment or offer unsolicited advice. Just stop.
Give Them Tips For Losing The Baby Weight
No new mom wants to think about losing weight right after she's had a baby. No matter how you frame this advice, she will likely hear, "I think you look bad," and, that's not kind or helpful at all. Stop. For your own safety.
Re-organize Their Kitchen
I love it when people clean or cook for me, but please don't move my stuff. I like that way. Seriously. Even if it's better your way.
Offer To Breastfeed Their Baby
This is something that some breastfeeding moms think is helpful (because they think breastfeeding is awesome). However, unless someone asks, offering to breastfeed their baby or to give them your extra breast milk is not helpful in any way. In fact, it may put them in a really uncomfortable position.
When my friend asked me, I looked at her like she'd grown horns and I had no idea what to say. You see, even if someone is struggling with undersupply, they might not want to use someone else's breast milk to feed their baby, and they may not know how to politely decline your offer. For me, personally, offering to breastfeed my baby seriously crosses a line. It also implies that you think breast is best, which is the last thing a new mom needs to hear if she's suffering from undersupply.
Suggest A Product To Get Their Body Back
This one is usually accompanied by an offer to sell me the next greatest product or workout plan guaranteed to work. Please don't. Again, my postpartum body is my body, and it's a badass body that just grew a human. I don't need to get my body back. I need to feel comfortable in my own skin.
Take Their Picture
Ask me before you take my picture, and FFS, don't post it on social media, or tag me, without my permission. Same goes for pictures of my baby and/or birth announcements. No. Stop. It's so not helpful.


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I was going to sit and take notes about this subject, and then write on it, but then I remembered--I don't like taking notes. I'm the kind of person who will take well-intentioned notes on something, start writing about it, and then never finish. I'm best when I take quick notes in my head, and then get to writing.
So, yes, my friendships mirror my romantic relationships. And that's not good. Because I want to overhaul both those troubling aspects of my life.*
That being said, I'm quick with emotions. What can I say? I don't believe in beating around the bush. I feel like I have established certain quota that can quickly gain you access into my circle--like whether you watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special every year or not--so such strident criteria eliminate the need to wait agonizing days, weeks, or months to figure out whether you're good to go, whether we're in a relationship or a friendship. Some people call it picky; I call it knowing what you like and more importantly, what you don't like.
For instance, I'm pretty damn sure that a man who goes around referring to women as bitches or men who don't meet his standards as faggots is somebody I'm not going to be attracted to.** That being said, the same goes for a girl who spends all her time dogging out other women, talking about how ugly they are and how she looks so much better, or a girl who goes about complaining that all men are dogs and she's so over men. As far as I'm concerned, as friends, we don't have shit to talk about.**
Anyhow, I'm getting beside myself. Okay, so I'm the one who doesn't believe in beating around the bush. So, I'm quick with it. When I like you, I make up my mind pretty quickly. The only problem with this, though, is that when you don't take time to deliberate, the chances of your being wrong increase. (Yeah yeah yeah, they say follow your heart and shit, but my heart has been wrong before, so blind allegiance to an entity that can't see isn't really my idea of smarts, but I digress.)
Hence, I fall into the "honeymoon period" with people pretty quickly. Friends and lovers alike. With friends, we become bosom buddies faster than I can change my hairstyle, and suddenly we're sharing all types of thoughts, joys, letdowns, maybe even secrets. Because I'm so joyful to be bosom buddies with someone again, I forget all previous encounters, all previous hesitation about being that close to a friend again--I figuratively lose my damn mind and attach myself to this friend, wondering if we're BFF... should I give them the BFF label? Should we get matching bracelets to proclaim undying devotion?
Same thing with relationships. All of a sudden, I'm in like, and I'm hanging on your every word, thinking you're the smartest thing since Bill Nye the Science Guy, and I'm telling these same honeymoon period friends about my (unrecognized) honeymoon period guy. Because I'm so excited to be all in like with a guy again, I forget all prior hesitation with the opposite sex, I forget about what made me into a
I know, I know. That shit is ugly. It's so ugly I couldn't bear to continue the thought. But, the truth is often ugly.
But, when you fall into a honeymoon period so fast, the end of the honeymoon period is inevitably fast approaching. Because at some point, that person on the other end of my fantasy does something to shock me out of the honeymoon I was so relishing.*** Whether it's a guy I'm "talking" to (don't even get me started on that phrase) cussing me out for questioning his character and intentions, or a friend ceasing to invite me out, all at once, I realize that the indelible line**** John Mayer so infamously introduced me to, has been crossed, I just crossed it by myself, my feelings aren't going to be the same, and that friend/lover isn't the person I thought they were.
Now, that's not to say that this isn't a good thing. Usually in my relationships, this has turned out to be a blessing in disguise. All the foolishness of me mind-lounging in the sand, hand-holding a fantasy ends, and I usually get to know the real person I was failing to see. In one instance in particular, I ended up liking the real person much, much better than the person I initially fell in quick like with. That relationship/friendship thing has weathered the test of time not too shabbily so far.
But with friends, the rule becomes the exception.
I will leave you with this anecdote.
Though I've dealt with my share of relationship woes, my heart seems to have recovered from those much better than my friendship ones. (Surprise surprise to me.) When I was younger, I had a best friend, and I had another good friend. I still, to this day, haven't figured out exactly what comprises a best friend, but back in the day, the one girl came first, so I called her my best friend. Well, my best friend used to
My other friend was bi-racial, and she didn't know that I thought she was so pretty because of this. Her light skin and "different" hair (though, looking back, her hair was just as kinky as mine), not to mention her smarts and apparent confidence in herself made her someone I idolized. She used to call me, apparently, in an affectionate manner, "big cherry nose," because my nose was "big." Looking back, my nose wasn't that damn big, and I've since gotten over my problems with my nose and thinking it was huge, but for the time, it hurt my feelings greatly. Somehow, my African-American nose (and how my friend saw it) represented how I felt about myself. Everything was all off, everything was all wrong, I was different, and not in the right way. But, I don't think I said anything.
My friends at the time didn't mean any harm by what they said. They were sweet girls, and they still are great, funny people. They had the confidence of childhood--I have since worked with children, and learned that the majority of them are fearless. They are curious little beings, and they point out everything, meaning no harm. They just like to point out their observations. Working with them has helped me learn this, and has helped me to understand that the childhood confidence my friends had was something I lacked. So while they were pointing out things that were obvious to them, I took them personally, feeling like I was being attacked; being dragged underwater by the current of my low self-esteem.
But, even now, I hold grudges easily against friends once I've been snapped out of the honeymoon period. On the surface, I easily gel with friends, but apparently, my friendship heart is much harder to break into than I thought. Once that line has been crossed with a friend, even if I've crossed it alone, things are usually never the same. Not in a good way, either.
*--yes, they are both troubling parts of my life. No, I'm not talking about everyone I know, so if you're reading, please don't assume I'm talking about you. Though, I could be, but don't be alarmed.
**--no, we're not taking into account the fact that sometimes you like people despite their presumed faults. Use your suspension of disbelief and pretend that it's impossible to do so, for the sake of this reading. (Yes, I've been attracted to men like that and I've had girl friends like that also. So, it's possible, I know.)
***--sure, I do shit too, but it's usually the other person who does something to shock me out of the honeymoon, because I didn't realize I was honeymooning in Cabo by myself, while the other person has been pacing it slow, never letting go of other friends, contacts, etc.
****--"My Stupid Mouth" by John Mayer. I used to know this song by heart, because it was the story of my life.
*****--unfortunate only because certain Black folks use this as a method to determine your Blackness, kind of along the lines of "if you pronounce your words correctly, you aren't Black, and you talk like you White."


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I know this may not surprise you, but Chief Keef is in trouble with the law again. According to TMZ, Sosa currently has a warrant out for his arrest in California after missing his court date earlier this month.
Apparently Chief Keef was involved in a small fender bender with his vehicle back in September in the Hollywood area. When cops arrived to the scene, they ran Sosa's information and found out that he was driving on a suspended or revoked license. So as a result, the GBE rapper was cited and ordered to show up in court earlier this month, but he never made it in and the judge issued a warrant for his arrest due to it.
Chief Keef missing his court date isn't anything new however. Back in 2014 Sosa had a warrant issued for his arrest after missing a court date back then, and another time before that in 2013 he was a no-show at court. I guess he hasn't learned that missing court isn't a good idea.
Earlier this year, Chief Keef was arrested in Sioux Falls, North Dakota for drug possession at its local airport. The Chicago rapper had been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and between two ounces and a half-pound of marijuana. Airport security found edibles & four blunts on him.
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Italian footballer, Federico Zini, has been found dead along with his ex-girlfriend after a suspected murder-suicide, according to reports in Italy on Saturday.
Zini, 25, who played for Serie D side Tuttocuoio, shot his 30-year-old former girlfriend Elisa Amato following a violent dispute and then took his own life, police said.
The bodies of the pair were found inside Zini's car at San Miniato, near Pisa in Tuscany on Saturday morning.
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"It was a murder-suicide," police told Gazzetta Dello Sport.
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The acting US defence secretary has claimed that the alleged threat from Iran has receded as the result of an American show of force in the Middle East.
"We've put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans," Patrick Shanahan told reporters before briefing Congress on the situation in the Persian Gulf and the military deployments that the US said were a response to a danger of imminent attack.
The arrival of an aircraft carrier and its accompanying ships was recently accelerated, and B-52 bombers were sent to Qatar. Tensions increased with mysterious sabotage attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf, and drone strikes on Saudi oil installations, claimed by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Nerves in the region were put even more on edge on Sunday by Donald Trump's tweeted threat that any conflict with the US would mean "the official end of Iran".
The remarks from Shanahan appeared to be a sign that tensions were easing.
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Asked what he meant by saying that the threat was "on hold", the acting defence secretary said: "There haven't been any attacks on Americans. I would consider that a hold.
"That doesn't mean that the threats that we've previously identified have gone away," Shanahan added. "Our prudent response, I think, has given the Iranians time to recalculate. I think our response was a measure of our will and our resolve that we will protect our people and our interests in the region."
The Trump administration did not make public the intelligence it claimed showed an imminent Iranian threat to the US in the Middle East.
An investigation is under way into the sabotage attacks on four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates last week. The UK and Norway are helping the US with the inquiry, which was expected to report on Monday, but has been delayed for reasons that have not made clear.
One of the tankers attacked was Norwegian-flagged. The secretary of state, spoke on Tuesday with the country's foreign minister, Ine Søreide, about the incident.
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Officials briefing the media have also claimed that overhead photography showed missiles being loaded on to dhows on the Iranian coast, and chatter about potential attacks on US facilities and personnel in Iraq. The state department withdrew non-essential staff from its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Erbil.
It was unclear what Iran's aim was supposed to be in loading missiles on to dhows. Experts said that it would be very difficult to fire a missile from a small boat and if the intelligence reports were true, it was more likely they were being shipped to the Houthi movement in Yemen, or moved for safekeeping.
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The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), together with its partners – the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, and the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs – have been organising regular human rights dialogues between civil society and government representatives. These dialogues, which follow the format of a 3-day seminar, are intended to foster discussion and exchange of ideas on the promotion and respect of human rights in all 53 members of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
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