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The Godly Sorrow of Repentance/
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Paul writes to the Corinthians a message "to make room in their hearts" to hear his corrections. He regrets causing them pain but it produced Godly sorrow that lead them to repentance. Even in their resistance he lovingly reaffirms his faith in them to follow him to abundant life, to die together and live together.


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EP104: Amanda Lynn Mayhew
Amanda Lynn was my last interview at Shot Show 2018. We got some good laughs in this episode. Amanda also tells of how she was born into hunting and how her show, Just Hunt, came about. Tune in now, and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes!
Things you will learn from Amanda
- Our first meet up
- Bringing people together from all over the nation and the world
- All you can eat sushi in Las Vegas - H20 Sushi & Izakaya
- Canada vs USA
- Running around and losing voices
- The beginning of hunting
- Single mom who needed to provide for her boys
- Working with Fitness magazine
- The start of Just Hunt
- Planning a hunt together
- Take Me Hunting - Ladies Hunting Trips
- 30 KM is 18.641 Miles
- Laura's archery rant of women vs men
- We are all in this together!!
- There is never a stupid question
- Always be safe
- Have fun
- It's not always about the trophy
- And keep it real
- It's not all about the selfie
- Never been hit.
- Get out there and be present
- Leggings tip - Wear maternity
Rapid Fire Questions
If you were ever caught dead, where would it be? In a mall
What is something that you think everyone should do with their lives? Go hunting
What would you rate 10 out of 10? Every hunting trip with my kids
What city would you like most to live in? Anywhere in Montana
If you were to write a book about yourself, what would it be? Many titles!!!
What thing do you really want but can't afford? A new truck
If you were the only human left on earth, what would you do? Cry.....
If you could make 1 rule that everyone had to follow, what would it be? Be Nice
What is your favorite smell? Vanilla
What makes a good life? Smiling
What would a mirror opposite of you look like? Listen in to hear what Amanda says!
What is the one thing you can't live without? My kids
Who has impressed you the most with what they have accomplished and why? My sister
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A report released on July 11, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows that the past three presidents have opted to send a combined $5.1 Trillion in tax cuts mostly to the nation's richest. (That's "Trillions" with a "T".)
At a time when tens of millions of Americans are suffering from deprivation and poverty, the tax cuts rammed through by George W. Bush, extended in part by Barack Obama, and built upon by Trump "have mostly benefited those who are least in need of help.
Thanks in large part to President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion tax cut package that was signed into law last December—which will send 83 percent of its benefits to the top one percent—"the tally of tax cuts will grow to $10.6 trillion" by 2025 and "nearly $2 trillion of this amount will have gone to the richest one tenth of one percent."
With $5.1 trillion, the U.S. government could provide healthcare for all Americans and make public colleges tuition free with cash to spare, Instead, the richest one percent received more benefits than the bottom 60 percent.
These policies have transferred trillions in wealth to those who were already rich.
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A few weeks ago my sensory kiddo (Champ) had an epic meltdown. He's had meltdowns before which is what lead us to pursue his occupational therapy in the first place, but this one was significant. He was sitting at the dinner table fussing because dinner was a bit late and he was hungry. Normal, and to be expected from any two and a half year old. Then Crash, his twin brother, wandered into the kitchen and happened to walk by Champ's chair on his way to his own. He was completely minding his own business, didn't poke at his brother, jeer at his brother, or even acknowledge his brother at all really when Champ literally leapt from his chair and started beating on Crash while screaming at the top of his lungs.
I was at the stove stirring the Mac and cheese, dropped the spoon and jumped over to pull them apart. Crash ended up with a bloody nose and black eye, completely freaking out because Champ jumped on him for no reason. Champ was still flailing and screaming, swinging at me and his sister. I scooped him up and put him in his room to console poor Crash, and Champ went absolutely wild. He was punching at his walls, banging his head on the floor, and nothing I could do would calm him down. Eventually it got so bad I called Hubs who rushed home, Champ's pediatrician, and his endocrinologist. I wanted to make sure his thyroid levels were stable before we pursued the emotional/behavioral aspect of his behavior toward Crash.
So as soon as Hubs arrived home, Champ and I jumped in the car and headed to the emergency room for a rushed blood work panel. We received the results the next day and much to my relief, Champ's levels were off balance. He didn't feel well and didn't adequately know how to express that aside from a meltdown and lashing out. We adjusted his medication immediately, and saw a vast improvement.
It was still a whirlwind 24hrs between trying to comfort one child while protecting him from another who obviously needed something from me as well. It was the most heartbreaking thing I've ever had to do.
I know boys are biologically programmed to be more physical than their female counterparts. It doesn't matter how you raise them, boys are just physical beings as opposed to emotional beings. Yes they have emotions, and properly learning how to express them vs repressing them is important. And they are still chemically inclined toward physical expression of their emotions. So I expect them to fight with one another. I certainly don't excuse the behavior, or even allow it but I do expect it to a certain extent.
What happened between Crash and Champ was more than that. It was violent, it was terrifying, and it was heartbreaking all at once. Even thinking back to it now sends shivers down my spine.
Champ's behavior over all has improved with his weekly therapy appointments. He's learning how to cope with his senses and expression much better. I think that makes moments like that a few weeks ago even more difficult to watch. Crash is my angel child. He loves everyone with every fiber of his tiny little innocent heart, and quickly forgave Champ for his behavior. Which I was thankful for. I don't want him to be afraid of his brother, even if he does lash out. I do worry about how this will affect Crash's boundaries in the future though… but one crisis at a time. We'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it.


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A few weeks ago I started working on this thing, but I was interrupted by work, school, projects, and a show. This is basically all I've completed so far and it's in a very rough state, but I wanted to give a preview of it. Why did I use Street View imagery you might be asking? Well, for one, I'm too lazy to find somebody to drive me around San Francisco all day. I also saw some other person do one of these some time back and I was inspired to do my own. Of course, his was much better, but everyone has to start somewhere, right? Also, I feel like maybe recycling Street View imagery into something other than its intended purpose is artistic or something. Right? ........ Right?
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Where do I find inspiration?
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I've been struggling to find motivation and inspiration recently (thanks to uni exams -_- ) so I might have to employ some of these tips. I'm kind of thinking I might need a break to reread some old favourites. I've also been colouring and listening to audiobooks which is super relaxingReplyDelete
I like running as well! It definitely does clear your head and it's a nice break from reading :) I only do about 3km at the moment but it's so good to see how I'm improving. Mostly I find inspiration from other art (books/movies/TV shows etc) or my friends, who often say the weirdest things. Haha.ReplyDelete
I started running early in the morning about 1.5 months ago. I'm still a beginner, but it is my BEST brainstorming time!!ReplyDelete
These are the BEST tips! Definitely saving this post. I'm always losing inspiration- I'll be trying some of these for sure!ReplyDelete
The pick up a new hobby idea is one I haven't really thought about a lot, but I can totally see that helping. Sometimes being creative in a new way and trying something out of the ordinary can be enough to get you out of your rut. Love these tips Simona!ReplyDelete
These are all great ways to find inspiration! I'm too unfit for running really, but I definitely find that taking a walk inspires me, and if I'm feeling a little low on inspiration I will dabble a bit with some paints or something to see if it will spark any writing ideas.ReplyDelete


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Welcome to my blog. What started out as "A bit of this and a bit of that" has grown into the journaling of the process of converting my van into my little RV and the dogs and I will, eventually, tour the country in it. We'll still have a bit of this and a bit of that, but the main focus now will be the conversion and eventual journaling of our travels. Thank you for coming along for the ride!
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Garden party.........
It's not exactly the party you are thinking of, but it is definitely a party in my garden. A planting party. It's cold here in the mountains of northern California and our growing season is pretty short, especially when it comes to tomatoes and melons ---- actually there are only a few plants that are not frost tender this time of year. I planted my peas last week, and they should be fine as will the rhubarb plant. I also put in 1 tomato plant and used one of those wall-o-water thingys around it to keep the plant warm at night where it is still getting into the low 20s. I have used these W-O-Ws before and they work very well. Now pepper plants are also very tender but I wanted to see if I could get one planted this early and have it survive. I paid a buck for a small bell pepper plant in a peat pot and put it in the ground at the same time as my tomato plant. In addition to the wall-o-water, I used a plastic milk jug with the bottom cut off and no cap. The order is: pepper plant, milk jug, wall-o-water. My thoughts are that you should use plants in peat pots so you can plant pot and all. This will prevent shock. So far my little pepper plant has survived and thrived. I am thrilled with the results. We had a storm come through this past weekend so I am anxious to see what happens when the night time temps drop even lower, possibly into the teens as it usually does after a storm. If all is well I will be planting my entire garden this coming Saturday ----- a full 2 months before normal planting time in our area. Wouldn't it be wondeful if this works? I will keep you posted on the results! Thanks for stopping by.
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Natural Cider Festival
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- When?: To be confirmed 2020
- Where: Gijón
- Autonomous region: Principality of Asturias
- Province/Island: Asturias
- Category: Festivity of Tourist Interest
- Theme: Gastronomy
This festival in the city of Gijón (Asturias) is a genuine homage to cider, the typical drink of this area.
One of the culminating moments of the festivities is when thousands of people come together on the beach. 30,000 litres of cider and 10,000 glasses bearing the festival logo are given out, and a photo is taken to commemorate the mass gathering. There are numerous other activities for visitors to enjoy: a traditional cider-pouring contest in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento square and a cider and apple market.
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It is a fact of life that our greatest strengths can also be our greatest weaknesses. Gardens are no different.
The new owners of this house quickly discovered that the bamboo provided great screening but required energetic maintenance, and some of the garden spaces, whilst large, were not particularly welcoming or usable.
Our proposed concept uses the existing pool and established trees to provide the structure for three distinctly different garden spaces which reflect the day-to-day lifestyle of the residents.
By design, the circular lawn in the shady backyard is set to become the family dog's favourite hang out - and we hope her Mum and Dad will love it too!


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- Thanks to everyone who came out and checked out our shows last week in Cleveland. See you at the Happy Dog West on Friday the 13th, 2018!
- Yellowstone Apocalypse just finished recording their first full length album. Listen here
- Yellowstone Apocalypse is teaming up with Helio Terra Cafe for a night of vegan food and sonic bliss at Now That's Class. This event will take place on Thursday, March 2nd 2017 and will be FREE!!! Food from 8-11pm. Music starts at 9pm.
- YA just finished our first run of shows out of town. Thanks to all in Erie, PA and Rochester, NY who came through and supported us.
- August 25th, 2017 Yellowstone Apocalypse will be releasing their self-titled album at The Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH!


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We are a local family, (three siblings) born and raised in the area for over 30 years.
Our vision was to create a vibrant, homely, family run coffee shop that aids in building a collective culture that supports the communities we serve through quality, ethics and sustainability.
Our overriding passion for this venture was the challenge in creating and promoting a wholesome and positive community culture.
Our mother and father literally opened their doors of our home to all of the kids and families we knew and grew up with.
We are passionate about recreating the same vibration and hope to use this venture as an extension of our family home where people feel welcome, nourished and enjoy being a part of the sugar Pot family.
We believe in using wholesome ingredients that are fresh, free range and organically produced from sustainable sources that are as local as can be. Served with love and a smile.
Our belief is to be part of a conscious movement of social responsibility and environmental awareness both locally and globally.
In working alongside other independent local businesses together we can help to elevate, nourish and support each other through a collective culture.
For example simple gestures, the coffee grouts from sugar Pot are donated to bee urban in Kennington park. Who in turn recycle them for compost for their bee keeping epiculture.


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A Week Ahead
I've complained a lot about my online college class but one of the good things about it is the fact that not only have I been able to stay current, I'm even almost a full week ahead of schedule. I like the fact that I have my assignments are posted so far in advanced. I TRY to get things accomplished as early in the week as possible because my weekends are so packed with activities, I can't afford to leave anything for the last minute. The reading has been the most difficult part.
I'm really going to try and stay ahead. Our schedule for the month of October is not nearly as crammed as September, but I like the feeling of this class not hanging over my head all of the time. (I do work well under pressure, however.) There is a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm going to keep focused on it. I know the subject matter will probably become more difficult, so I'll need to allow more prep time, but I have to say, so far, so good.


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Liverpool travel to Portugal to face Primeira Liga leaders Porto off the back of an important 2-0 win against Southampton to close the gap on second-placed Manchester United to two points in the Premier League.
Netherland's international Georginio Wijnaldum knows the importance of the away fixture but believes the first leg will only set up a grand finale at Anfield on March 6th.
Europe's most elite club competition resumes this week, with the Reds facing the challenge of visiting a side who sit unbeaten at the top of their domestic league and who have lost just once at home across all competitions this season.
But with a second leg still to come, Wijnaldum believes that both teams will still have plenty to play for in the second leg - regardless of the outcome in Portugal.
"I think that's the most important thing," the Netherlands international told Liverpoolfc.com, after being asked whether it's significant to keep in mind the fact Wednesday's clash only represents the first half of the tie.
"The game will not be decided in one leg, it's over two legs. In the first leg you must make sure you have a good result for the second leg. That's what we have to do because you know you can't win it in one leg. You can see with other games and other clubs that strange things can happen.
"Last season, PSG against Barcelona - everybody already thought that Barcelona was out [after the first leg] but they still changed it. So I think the most important thing is to have a good result for the next game."
Reds 'must get a result'
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has decided to take a 25-man squad, believing that a four-day training camp after the game - due to Liverpool not being involved the FA Cup - will be beneficial even for those who are unavailable.
Porto go into the tie unbeaten in their last 23 matches in all competitions, and only lost once at home - 3-1 against Besiktas in the group stage of the Champions League.
The 27-year-old also believes that the prospect of playing the second leg in front of their own fans will not affect the way in which Liverpool approach this week's game.
"No, not really, because you can look at two sides of it. On one side, you can think 'OK, first it's the away game and I think that'll be more difficult and we can finish it at Anfield', but on the other side you can also say 'OK, if we start at Anfield we can have a good start and then we can finish it in Portugal'," he explained.
"I don't think it matters where you're playing first, you must get a result."
He did, however, acknowledge that scoring an away goal would be advantageous to Jürgen Klopp's team ahead of the second meeting in three weeks' time.
"I think if you score away it's already a good result because it counts more than when you score at home," Wijnaldum said.
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Retail project challenges blueprint (The Press 27.6.16)June 28, 2016
The McKenzie and Willis site development is located opposite the new Vodafone and Kathmandu buildings which are managed by MHP. Let us know what you think about the proposal to include 55 shops in this location within Christchurch's Innovation Precinct.
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Get ready to speed test your favorite costume! The race starts and finishes at Father Hennepin Park. The race course is beautiful and will feature great views of the Mississippi River and historic sites such as Mill City and the Stone Arch Bridge. Our themed water stops will keep you refreshed and entertained all the way to the finish.
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Walgreens 17074 - S 5TH ST - Hartsville, SC
844 S 5TH ST Hartsville , SC 29550
Walgreens 17074 - S 5TH ST - Hartsville, SC - retail for lease
- Type: Retail
- Deal type: Lease
- Space available (ft2): 10,822
- Price ($USD): Contact us
- Former Rite Aid building
- In the heart of Hartsville retail shopping area serving NW Darlington, Mcbee, Patrick, Bishopville, and Society Hill.
- Across from Hartsville Mall Shopping Center, featuring Roses, Belk, & Lowe's, and adjacent to Piggly Wiggly.
- Hartsville is home to Coker College & a branch of Florence-Darlington Technical College.
- Hartsville is home to several major corporations including Sonoco Products Company, Duke Energy's H. B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station, Novolex, and Stingray Boats.
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Article in the Virginian-Pilot, November 25, 2004:
By CATHERINE KOZAK
NAGS HEAD — Way before tourism became an Outer Banks industry, Mattie Midgett's store served
a summer population at what is now Soundside Road and the Cottage Row Historic District. Over the
years, Midgett's daughter, Nellie Myrtle Pridgen, had appointed herself the tough-as-nails guardian
of the cottages.
But Pridgen's most notable legacy is her astonishing bounty of beachcombing booty: glass, porcelain,
pottery, arrowheads, bottles, jars, tiny dolls, rare shells and stoneware, fulgurite, ancient rocks
and plastic toys.
The Mattie Midgette Store – the name is also spelled Midgett – and the family's house were approved
this month by the state for submission to the U.S. Department of the Interior to be listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Next, the goal is to have The Beachcomber Museum, housed
at the store, open year round.
"It fits right in with the Lost Colony, the First Colony and the Wright Memorial," said Carmen Gray, 67,
Pridgen's daughter, as she stood in the museum, surrounded by her mother's treasures. "I feel like
we are just as an important part of the history to the county. We don't have any people that come
in that don't seem to be interested. They all want to stay for hours."
Nags Head has a case of Pridgen's relics displayed at Town Hall, but Gray said that few, if any,
town officials have come to the museum or seem to appreciate its value to the town.
"It's strange," Gray said. "They're not that interested."
After a visit in May, Bruce Bortz, the deputy planning director in Nags Head, told museum organizer
Chaz Winkler that a number of things would need to be done before a museum would meet with
town building codes, and he suggested that a proposal be submitted to the planning board.
Bortz said last week that the building, zoned commercial, does not meet setback requirements and
would have to make some adjustments to accommodate parking, including the possibility of more
paving. The historic designation, he added, could perhaps relax some of the building code regulations.
Nags Head is willing to work with Winkler and the museum, he said, but the town needs information.
He said that nothing has been presented to the planning board.
"I think the difficulty he sees is he comes in with a vision, and that vision does not meet our zoning,"
Bortz said. "It has to go beyond that. ... The town hasn't said no to anything. They have shown us
some surveys that wouldn't work. He would need to present to the town an array of
town zoning amendments."
The grocery store, built in 1914, was rolled on timbers from the sound side to the ocean side after
the 1933 hurricane. When the store was in place, the family's house was built behind it. In the 1970s, after the death of her parents, Pridgen moved into the old store, where she began carefully
organizing the best of her collection.
Although it has been reorganized somewhat, much of it is as she left it. The museum also displays
ledgers documenting the 58 years the store was in business.
Winkler and his partner, Dorothy Hope , live upstairs from the museum, which fills the space where
the old store once displayed its goods for sale. He said that the idea is to run the museum like a
business, with people living there and making a living from running it.
"That's the tradition of it," he said. "We're going to restore that back house and refurbish the site
in the original condition. ... At some point, our vision is that people could come here and see what
old Nags Head used to be like."
The town has allowed the museum to be opened on an informal basis, with the restriction that it not
advertise or charge admittance. Last year, the museum opened for 40 days around the time of the
First Flight Centennial, and for two nights especially for the town officials. But none came, Gray said.
When the museum reopened on a recent Saturday, Gray said, she guesses at least 150 people came.
One recent museum visitor was impressed by the enormity of Pridgen's collection.
"There's a little bit of everything there, from human to natural," said Stan Riggs, distinguished
research professor, department of Geology at East Carolina University.
An old glass candy jar is now filled with polished red cedar heartwood.
"A ware of the Renaissance period, fired at a temperature so high as to vitrify the body and render it impervious to liquids, without a coating of glaze. The body was relatively coarse, the forms roughly "thrown" and the surface covered with molded pictorial ornament. Some of the earliest of this stoneware is ascribed to Cologne, where the so-called Bellarmine (q.v.) or greybeard jugs are thought to have originated. Many pieces of this stoneware found their way into England early in the 16th century."
He could tell that some of the items came directly from the
tropics, pushed in from the Gulf Stream. Others were thrust
onto the beach during storms, often stirred up from the sea
floor. Barnacles on bottles and other artifacts also tell stories about their origins.
Riggs said that much of what Pridgen scooped up off the beach and dunes may have been from hundreds of years ago.
The fulgurite – lightning glass – displayed at the museum,
or the pieces of polished heart wood of pine likely will never
be found again, Riggs said. Same with much of the more
interesting artifacts that she found, like the top of a German
stoneware bottle that perfectly matched one from a 1629
shipwreck that Pridgen saw in an edition of National
"They've been mined," he said. "The possibility of finding the
kinds of things that she found is virtually impossible – even
after a storm." But Riggs said that the collection's value is
more historical and educational than scientific.
"If I knew exactly where all that stuff came from, then it would be different," he said. "The fact that it was just on the beach is more of a curiosity."
(continued below)
Below: A 16th century "Bellermine" jug top Nell found on the beach in 1982.
For most of her 74 years, Nellie Myrtle – as everyone called her – walked at dusk and dawn, day in and day out, along the oceanfront, the sound side and the dunes at Jockey's Ridge, scouting for beach glass, bottles, old dolls, anything interesting that the sea tossed aside or the sands gave up. By the time she died in 1992, she had amassed jar after jar of sea glass, sorted by color; seashells of every distinction; colorful plastic toys that fill a big basket; bottles of every color and size, some containing messages; and numerous artifacts dating back hundreds of years.
To Joanne Schreiber, founder of Between the Tides for SEA Glass Enthusiasts, just seeing a sample of Pridgen's collection was impressive. Schreiber is also the producer of the First Northeast Seaglass Festival, held October 9, 2004 Rockport, Mass.
Carmen and Billy Gray, along with museum volunteers Dorothy and Chaz, took some items to display at the festival, which was attended by 575 people from 14 states. "What I did manage to see of their exhibit was phenomenal," Schreiber said. "Definitely, Nellie Myrtle's collection was so enriching."
Schreiber said that as far as she is aware, there is no other beachcomber's museum in the country.
And there might be no other place that encapsulates the evolution of Nags Head better than the Midgett store or Nellie Myrtle Pridgen.
"Let's put it this way," said Outer Banks historian David Stick, "I would say next to Jockey's Ridge and the Wright Brothers Memorial, it is the most historically significant place on the northern Outer Banks. It is an integral part of the Nags Head Historic District."
Stick, 84, who went to elementary school with Pridgen, said she had few friends "because she irritated everyone." But he enjoyed her intelligence and vision about the environment. He also reveled in her propensity to express strong opinions, which she freely told him in her very distinctive voice.
"She was right about so many things, " he said. "We kidded each other back and forth and she was quite a character."
Nellie Myrtle, circa 1942
Carmen Gray said she believes that, although her
mother disliked tourists, she would want folks to
appreciate her beachcombing treasures and see
what her beloved community once offered.
"What a wonderful calling card for Nags Head
and for Dare County," she said.
Photo: Carmen Gray searches for answers to
an Open House visitor's question as museum
volunteer Martha Price photographs a rare,
newly discovered Dutch Gin bottle bottom in the
Fall of 2006.
Here the Gin bottle bottom Nell found is seen with a page from "Pure Sea Glass", a book by Richard LaMotte featuring a collection of old bottles that are likely to be the origin of some of the beach glass pieces picked up by seekers of these vanishing gems.
Photo by Martha Price
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…the whole of you, must be at the same level,
at the same time, with the same intensity…
In the secret recesses of the mind, truth has been pushed aside by symbols, words, images; in them there is no mystery, they are the churnings of thought. In knowledge and its action there is wonder, appreciation and delight. But mystery is quite another thing. It is not an experience, to be recognized, stored up and remembered. Experience is the death of that incommunicable mystery; to communicate you need a word, a gesture, a look, but to be in communion with that, the mind, the whole of you, must be at the same level, at the same time, with the same intensity as that which is called mysterious. This is love. With this the whole mystery of the universe is open.
Krishnamurti's Journal, April 10, 1975


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Arsene Wenger has hit back at reports he could leave Arsenal this summer.
Arsene Wenger has hit back at reports he could leave Arsenal this summer after he insisted he always 'respects his contracts'.
The Frenchman was the subject of media speculation earlier this week as claims were made against him seeing out the remainder of his two-year deal at the Emirates, amid pressure from sponsors over a need to make the Champions League.
Speaking to the London Evening Standard, however, Wenger refuted this suggestions and pointed to his loyalty to the Gunners throughout his 21-year career in north London as a reason why nobody should believe the tabloid rumors.
He remarked: "I have always respected my contracts. I would like to remind you I said no to all the biggest clubs in the world to respect my contract so that's always what I try to do.
"After that we have as well to accept in our job that the future is the future but for me that's to win the next game. We have to perform better in every single game and show until the end of the season a complete hunger to win every single game. That's what it's about for us.
"The players who came in, have they the quality to give us something special? Yes. But it is about proving that on the field."
Arsenal sought to strengthen their backroom team to aid Wenger last summer by bringing in a new head of recruitment, head of football relations and experts in fitness and contractual deals.
That new team has led to the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Sead Kolasinac, Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all joining Arsenal since last June, and a new improved deal for contract rebel Mesut Ozil.
The Gunners have seen former stars such as Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott depart during the same time, but Wenger added that he felt his senior squad was much stronger now with the additions to - and departures from - his first team.
The 67-year-old said: "That's all to prove now. I say yes but we lost a game at Spurs 1-0. What is in front of us is what we have to show until the end of the season."


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Uganda's experience since independence
Uganda became "independent" in October 1962. In October 1969 President Obote's announced the "Common Man's Charter" as a set of "First Steps for Uganda to Move to the Left" – not, if I may add, "ultra-left" but "centre-left". Obote was a nationalist. He argued that the country's resources were needed to develop the people of Uganda. In May 1970, he nationalised eighty-five private enterprises, including the three British banks which, directly or indirectly, controlled some 80 percent of commercial assets in Uganda. Obote promised to compensate them. But this was not enough for the British Empire. On 25 January 1971 Obote was removed from power by a military coup engineered by Britain and Israel – a fact whose evidence is now available in public documents.
That was my first real-time experience of neocolonial imperialism. I was then still a young radical nationalist … and naïve. I had helped Obote draft the 'Common Man's Charter', and had imagined that political independence opened the doors to economic independence. It is possible that Obote, though a very astute and mature nationalist, had thought the same. We were both wrong. Britain and Israel took advantage of ethnic and historical divisions among the people and leadership of Uganda, carried out a "regime change" using Uganda's army, and restored British control over Uganda's resources and economy.
As for me and my family, we were forced out of Uganda by the military regime of Idi Amin. I joined the democratic struggle against Amin's brutal regime. In 1979, eight years after Amin's installation into power, he was ousted by the combined action of Tanzanian and Uganda guerrilla forces. I went back to Uganda, now as member of the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF). In May 1980, there was yet another military coup – backed by underhand imperial forces – that ousted the UNLF government. I was forced into my second political exile.
I will not go further into this story. The point is made. Uganda is a small country, physically almost the same size as England. But England controlled the destiny of Uganda – of course not without resistance from the people of Uganda. But it is a struggle. After the Second World War, British imperialism was replaced by the collective imperialism of Europe over Africa. Europe has used the threat of trade sanctions to force on the East African Community an unequal treaty – the Economic Partnership Agreement – that would seriously damage East Africa's prospect for industrialization.
But now – to make a point to connect with the main thesis of this paper – the rise of BRICS gives Uganda and Africa options to attempt to decouple from the Anglo-American Empire.
Strategic distinction between primary and secondary contradictions
In the brief experience narrated above, one major theme comes to the fore. It is the distinction between primary and secondary contradictions. It is a strategic distinction. "Strategic", because it relates a long term planning which guides the immediate to short term "tactics" of the struggle. Africa's principal contradiction is with the Anglo-American Empire. Russia and China might become "imperialist" in relation to Africa. They might; but for now they are "tactical" allies of Africa.
Africa's struggle for political independence was a long struggle and was won mainly because people subordinated their inter-ethnic and inter-class "secondary" differences in order to fight the principal enemy – the European imperial powers. In this struggle – for some 30 years, and in the case of South Africa, nearly 50 years – the Soviet Union and China were "tactical" allies. They provided diplomatic support (for example, in the United Nations) as well as military support to Africa.
Did the working classes of Europe and America come to our support in Africa? No, they did not. Coming to the present, the working classes in Europe and America are NOT our "tactical" (let alone "strategic") allies in our struggle against Euro-American military and economic domination of the continent. The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), for example, benefit the working classes of Europe just as they benefit their corporations. Consciously or unconsciously, the workers and capitalists in Europe and the West are in cahoots to exploit African working classes, and oppress African nations as nations. (There is no space in this short paper to clarify the distinction between "exploitation" and "oppression").
Within the United Kingdom and France, the working classes are fighting against their capitalist exploiters. But when it comes to receiving "refugees" from Africa and the Middle East – victims of military interventions by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) – the working classes do not have an ounce of "proletarian consciousness" to open the doors to these victims of imperial invasions. If anything, they are more likely to join neo-fascist populist political parties to shut the doors to the "migrants" and "refugees" that are trying to escape from the tyranny of Imperial military interventions.
Whose capital, whose state?
There is much confusion on this important issue. Let us take two examples from Africa – Kenya and South Africa.
Let us look at Kenya's industry first. Here are a few examples.[1]
CMC Motors Group Ltd is in automobile business owned by CMC Holdings Ltd. In 2014 it was acquired by the Al-Futtaim Group, which is a large conglomerate operating in the United Arab Emirates, and is now not only in automobiles but also in property development
East African Breweries, whose majority share owner is Diage plc. – a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, the world's second largest distiller with headquarters in London.
Eveready East Africa is an affiliate of the American Eveready Battery Company. In addition to manufacturing and marketing batteries, it also distributes a wide range of products such as shaving razors, blades and accessories under brand name Schick and Clorox household products.
KenolKobil Limited is a downstream oil company, owned by Kobil Petroleum Limited, Delaware, USA. In 2008 Kenol acquired 100% shareholding of Kobil Petroleum Limited, hence the current company name KenolKobil. The group's operations span seven countries across Eastern, Central and Southern Africa and encompass the supply, storage, distribution and retail of a wide range of petroleum products.
The Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) is a Kenya government-owned parastatal whose primary objective is to facilitate the investments in the economy and provide financing to businesses and manufacturers. However, you have to look at its sources of funds, for most of it is owned by foreign investors and banks.
Let us turn to South Africa.
In a piece I wrote for Pambazuka News on August 31, 2017, I argued:
Briefly stated, my view is that it is not in the parliament or even in the ANC where the real problem (or its solution) lies. In other words, even if President Zuma were to leave (and replaced by say Cyril Ramaphosa), the country is nowhere near getting out of its political crisis. Why not? It is because the problem lies, essentially, in the captured polity of the South African state and economy. This has deep historical and systemic roots…[2]
In this piece I also referred to my debate in the 1970s with Joe Slovo – for a long time the leading Marxist theorist in the South African Communist Party. Joe maintained that the capital in South Africa was South African, owned by global capitalists but only temporarily. Once apartheid was defeated, this capital would be nationalised. I agreed that the capital should be nationalised, but contended that this was not such an easy matter as Joe seemed to suggest, because that capital was not "South African", as he contended, but imperial capital, owned and controlled mainly by British and American banking and industrial corporations.
The liberation from apartheid was only the first step. The next step was to tackle the challenge of imperialism. The "independent" government inaugurated the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) program. Up to a point the imperialist capital played ball by offering shareholding (and even selling off minor assets) to Africans, including, for example, Cyril Ramaphosa. But the BEE is nowhere near creating "national" capital. In fact, according to my analysis, there is really very little "national capital" in South Africa.
Now that Ramaphosa has taken over from Zuma as the President (as I anticipated in August, 2017), let us see if he can tackle the imperialist capital. In my view he is seriously handicapped, precisely because he is now part of not "national" but global capital. He partly "owns" McDonald's South Africa, and on the board for MTN and Lonmin, formerly the mining division of Lonrho and listed on the London Stock Exchange. In other words, Ramaphosa has been "compradorialised". [3] His estimated net worth is over R6.4 billion ($550 million) as of 2018.[4]
I said that Ramaphosa is now part of not "national" but global capital. However, I would maintain that politically he is a "nationalist" and has always been. It is in the economic domain that he is compromised. The question is: would his political identity overcome his compradorial identity? On December 20, he guided the ANC to adopt a resolution calling for the nationalisation of the central bank and land expropriation without compensation. This is a blatant confrontation with imperial capital. Mugabe had succeeded in his nationalisation of land, but he lacked a strategy to follow through partly, I would suggest, because the ruling party – ZANU – was never a vanguard party.
The ANC is also not a vanguard party.
The question is: Can South Africa learn from the experience of China? Can it find support from BRICS?
BRICS summit in South Africa
Understanding imperialism
Some comrades advocate "Bricks from below thrown at BRICS from above". [5] But that is a gimmicky hyperbole which lacks any understanding of strategy and tactics in the larger geopolitical context and contradictions. I have no wish to engage in this debate again.[6]
Before we get to BRICS, there is an important issue that we must address – that of imperialism. Imperialism is a historical phenomenon created during the rise of capitalism and its byproduct, colonialism. China and India traded with Africa for a thousand years but never colonized Africa. There are undoubtedly asymmetrical power relations between China and African countries, just as there are asymmetrical power relations between the US and Europe. But in terms of their relationship, the US does not have imperial relations with, for example, the United Kingdom. In the same vein, Chinese (and Russian and Indian) relations with Africa are not imperial, nor sub-imperial.
To repeat a point made earlier, for some 30 years, and in the case of South Africa, nearly 50 years – the Soviet Union and China provided diplomatic as well as military support to Africa to fight against imperialism and apartheid. Western imperialism at all levels – political, economic and military – is still the principal enemy of the people of Africa.
The New Development Bank: An Alternative to OECD and the World Bank
The theme of the 2018 BRICS Summit was "BRICS" in Africa. Perhaps the most important issue discussed was the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) – a Bank of the Global South, one without the OECD members (OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). The OECD was founded in 1960 to stimulate development – in particular in the global South. The facts on the ground belie its promises. Let us be clear: the OECD is a Euro-American imperial instrument of domination and "underdevelopment".[7] The only members outside the Euro-American geographic sphere are Chile and Turkey. It is interesting to note that Turkey was the only OECD country present at the 10th BRICS Summit; Turkey may be aspiring to break from the OECD and also NATO, and join BRICS.
The World Bank (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) is one of the Bretton Woods institutions founded in 1944. It too is essentially a Euro-American imperial institution committed not to development but "underdevelopment" of the countries of the South. There are exceptions in the North such as Greece that has become a virtual colony of the "Troika" – namely, the IMF, the European Commission and the European Central Bank. [8]
The BRICS New Development Bank is based on a different set of principles than those of the OECD and the World Bank. There is no space to go into this in detail, but a couple of points need to be mentioned.
The 1973–75 recessionwas a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western economies. By contrast Russia, China and India managed to survive; not only that but they also rapidly developed in the ensuing years. It is interesting that in 2014, BRICS made up for 21.2% of the World GDP but only 11.04% of the IMF's voting rights. Ergo, BRICS was obliged to create its own development bank given the hostile environment of the Western-dominated global financial and development institutions.
BRICS NDB is founded on different principles from those of the WB and the IMF. Two of these principles are notable. One: unlike the WB/IMF, the NDB does not impose austerity measures on the borrowing countries.[9] The NDB allows considerable policy autonomy to the borrowing countries. Two: unlike the IMF/WB, the NDB lends money to the borrowing countries of the South with a view to investing back in those countries for long term development goals.[10]
Summary of the argument and Conclusions
In order to properly understand the historic significance of the rise of BRICS, you need not only to locate the rise of BRICS in its proper geopolitical context, but also to challenge some of the basic analytical tools used by the "Ultra Left". Their analytical tools are essentially unhistorical and Eurocentric.
In this paper I drew upon my experience in Uganda since independence to show that the Western Empire remains the dominant player in the political-economy of African neo-colonies, and to make the strategic distinction between primary and secondary contradictions without which you cannot work out a long term strategy not short to immediate term tactics of the struggle.
Africa's principal contradiction is with the Anglo-American Empire. Russia and China might become "imperialist" in relation to Africa. They might, but for now they are "tactical" allies of Africa. In this struggle – for some 30 years, and in the case of South Africa, nearly 50 years – the Soviet Union and China were "tactical" allies. They provided diplomatic as well as military support to Africa.
The working classes in Europe and America are NOT Africa's allies in our struggle against Euro-American military and economic domination. I gave the example of African peoples' struggle against the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), which benefit the working classes of Europe just as they benefit their corporations. If anything, the workers are more likely to join neo-fascist populist political parties to shut the doors to the "migrants" and "refugees" trying to escape from the tyranny of Imperial military interventions. The workers and capitalists in the Empire are in cahoots to exploit African working classes, and oppress African nations as nations. The concept of the so-called "unity of the world proletariat" must be challenged, even – indeed especially – if you are a Marxist. Marxism is a living science, not a dead Eurocentric dogma.
On the section on "whose capital, whose state?" I drew on the examples of Kenya and South Africa to show that these are in essence neo-colonial states whose citizens do not own or control the resources of the country. These are effectively owned and controlled by the financial and industrial imperial corporations. South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) program did not lead to the creation of "national capital". Cyril Ramaphosa may hold a big pot of gold courtesy the imperial capital, and is – at the economic level – compradorialised. I do not know him too well, but in my few meetings with him, I know that he is – at the political level – a "nationalist". Which particular identity – comprador or nationalist – will triumph is for the future to tell.
Coming to the 2018 BRICS summit in South Africa, I focused on BRICS New Development Bank, and drew a sharp contrast between the principles of the NDB and those of the OECD and the Bretton Woods institutions. The NDB definitely offers a positive alternative to OECD and the World Bank.
People may hedge their bets between the US and China. The USA, though declining, is an economic – but more significantly military – power house. But as "little" North Korea has shown, the "giant" United States is a paper tiger.[11] Most objective analysts of the global geopolitical shift know that with all the economic and military might, the US is a waning power and China a rising power.
I would conclude this essay by laying down my case that for Africa and the global South, BRICS offers a promising tangible alternative to the declining Western powers and their institutions of global economic and political governance. These have lost their credibility and legitimacy.
As for the "Ultra-Left" comrades, you may throw bricks at BRICS but these will land, surely, on your own feet.
@Yash Tandon
5 August, 2018
[1] For a more extensive list both in agriculture as well as industry, see: Yash Tandon, "Reflections on Kenya: Whose capital, Whose State?" https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/reflections-kenya-whose-capital-whose-state
[2] https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/reflections-south-africa-whose-capital-whose-state
[3] A comprador is a person who essentially works for global financial and industrial (i.e. imperial) capital.
[4] https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=yd5iW5SkJ4vOgAbkpYCIDw&q=cyril+ramaphosa+net+worth
[5] See: BRICS Politricks new subimperial power plays: A brics-from-below reader for the Johannesburg Teach-In July 23-24, 2018. https://peoplesbrics.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/brics-politricks-for-july-2018-johannesburg-teach-in.pdf
[6] . See my piece "On sub-imperialism and BRICS-bashing", https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/sub-imperialism-and-brics-bashing
[7] I put the word "underdevelopment" in inverted commas as a reference to the underdevelopment or "Dependency theory". It is a theory argued by critics of the mainstream economic theory. They argue that resources flow from the "periphery" of poor and underdeveloped global South to the rich countries of the North, further enriching the latter at the expense of the former. Take note that this concept is absent from the vocabulary of the Ultra-Left.
[8] See: Yanis Varoufakis (2017), Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe's Deep Establishment, London: Vintage
[9] Austerity measures refer to the conditionalities the IMF and the World Bank impose on the borrowing countries – such as budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, privatisation of state-owned assets, and opening up the domestic market to external global corporations
[10] For further analysis of the BRICS' NDB, see Riaz Tayob, Lecture on New Development Bank at the BRICS meeting, July 2018 https://politicaleconomy.org.za/2018/07/political-economy-review-the-new-development-bank-in-context/.
[11] For a more detailed analysis, see: Yash Tandon, "Lessons Africa can learn from North Korea". https://www.pambazuka.org/global-south/lessons-africa-can-learn-north-korea


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text: The sole member of the genus Garrodia, although it is sometimes also placed in Oceanites, Gray-backed Storm-Petrel breeds on scarcely more than a handful of archipelagos scattered virtually throughout the Southern Ocean. In the Neotropical region, it is confined as a breeder to the Falkland Islands, as well as just outside it on South Georgia; however, the species' current status on the first-named group is unclear. This is a diminutive storm-petrel characterised by its all dark head, throat and upperparts, with a square ended tail, pale gray rump, and white breast and posterior underparts. Its flight is fast and fluttering, on conspicuously buoyant wingbeats, as it almost bounds forward close above the sea's surface, searching for small fish and crustaceans. Less pelagic than many petrels, it prefers waters close to the continental shelf. On land, it breeds in colonies, more occasionally alone, in dense grassland or steep terrain, and lays a single egg. Although its overall population is not large by the standards of many seabirds, being variously considered to lie between 100,000 and 200,000 breeding pairs, the Gray-backed Storm-Petrel is not considered to be globally threatened, despite that cats and rats are known to take adults and young, and Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus) are thought to be a significant predator on the Falklands.


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CRIME/COMEDY – One couple investigate love's mystery. One couple investigate murder. One couple collide.
Premiered at the Gothenborg International Film Festival 2014 and was featured at International du Court Métrage at Clermont-Ferrand after being aired on Swedish public service, SVT.
Director: Molly Hartleb. Producer: Kim Buisson. DOP: Marek Septimus Wieser. Actors: Cecilia Frode, Simon J Berger, Ulla Skoog, Kristofer Kamiyasu, Krister Kern. Learn more here.
FEATURETTE (30 min.) Original title: "När sugfiskar krockar"


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SOE has this Player Studio program where you can make content for their products, and if the devs give it the thumbs up then your stuff gets to be in the game.
So what content did I submit for an epic, modern FPS with notoriously high system requirements? Low-res sprites! 16x16 pixels, to be exact, and I guess Planetside 2's art lead was having an off day when my crap ended up on his desk because it passed and now it's in the game!
They're little soldiers dudes from each of the three factions, and they're vehicles decals so you can slap them on the side of your badass sci-fi death machine so the noobs know you're hardcore!


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Sometimes I go to the Goodwill a block a way and spend hours sorting through the items and amusing myself.
One game I play is finding two objects that belong together that have been scattered and place them back together (based in a childhood game I played called "Memoria" which is technically the Spanish version of "Concentration"). Another is the stacking game. It started when I would stack pieces of silver plate to create "Stupas". Then it was stacking ceramic cups and bowls, exploration for a project called "Beauties of the Western Regions", a play on the Ukiyo-e "Bijin-ga". Long story.
At one point it became a game called "Jellyfish" where I would stack glassware to form organic shapes which I began to call Jellyfish. This came about in part because I was imagining objects that would play the roles of sea life in the backgrounds of my found object installations about the Fisherman and the Princess of Atlantis, a body of work called "Atlantis, Full of Cheer".
With the Jellyfish becoming a stand-alone body of work, there's a nod to oceans, and a nod to overproduction and waste, but there's also just the visceral recombinant play that keeps showing up for me. At first I would leave these assemblages behind, but eventually I collected some of these forms, and photographed them at the Grocery, using my Calumet 8x10. My thought was to contact print them as Cyanotypes, but lately I have been exploring printing them as large silk banners so they can capture a bit of movement. Ongoing.


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Discovering Silk Road Tea in Victoria's Chinatown
Earlier this year, I posted about my first article in an American magazine, Fresh Cup Magazine, based in Portland. Today, I'm sharing my second article in that same magazine, an article on Silk Road Tea, a company from Victoria, B.C. that is well-known and well-loved by locals.
I love writing about tea—there's more to it than the beverage; there's the experience, the history, the culture, and traditions. This article allowed me to delve into the history of Victoria's Chinatown, the oldest in Canada. Much of my research on this topic was conducted with the help of a project affiliated with the University of Victoria called Victoria's Chinatown: A gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians.
I wanted to explore the history of the building Silk Road Tea is housed in, to show why the company's flagship location is special and unique. I thought I'd have to go look in dusty old city archives to find it; instead, I stumbled onto that website and found it had everything I needed—and more than I ever expected to find digitized and in one place.
If you were intrigued by the bit of history I detailed in my article on Silk Road Tea, I think you'll enjoy exploring this website on Victoria's Chinatown. I was amazed at what I learned, and it helped me place Silk Road Tea in a larger historical context for you, my readers, so you could experience how interesting the shop is.
I recommend perusing the site while sipping a steaming cup of Silk Road's Berry Victoria blend.


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I've been waiting for the cover to be posted eversince a friend tweeted Kojima Lalako will be on the cover—-AND HERE IT IS! ❤ morning just got better. /;w;\
Ahh I missed her so much sob. Lately she's only been releasing novels she illustrated for, and I still can't read Japanese novels so I've been sulking while waiting until she finally gets something released. orz;
Some pretty interesting stuff from Dear+'s latest issue:
→ Kakine's new series entitled "Kuchizuke wa Niji no Ue de ". Her art looks extremely adorable ;w; will put her works on my to-read list now, lol.
→ A new oneshot by Kitabeppu Nica, "Cashmere, Wool, Mohair, Boku." HNNNGGHH. THE CUTENESS. /;A;\ I'm jut starting to get hooked on her works and I'm already loving them. ;w;
Really tempted to purchase this issue. ;;
→ Another cover I've been anticipating to see was Mio Junta's "Best Ending?"! Amazon.jp finally posted the cover together with Takaku Shouko's "Oishii Otoko". \o/
Ahh that gorgeous Mio Junta cover! ;A; I wish December would come sooner.


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CLEVELAND- Police released photos of two suspects in a fatal shooting that happened on Cleveland's west side.
Officers found a shooting victim in a hallway on West 83rd Street in Cleveland on Feb. 26. The 24-year-old Euclid man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where he died.
On Monday, the Cleveland Division of Police released two photos of men wanted in connection with the hospital. Both men appeared to be in their 20s and were wearing grey hooded-sweatshirts.
Anyone with information should call the homicide unit at 216-623-5464.
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