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Wild Heart, Sweet Marrow
My wild heart beats steady and true, underneath any experience of pain, pleasure, or anything in-between. Yes, I can feel the etchings of traumas like seared brandings on the soft tissue of my organs. Yes, some of them are still seeping, weeping, desperately heaping on calls for my attention. Calling me to take care, protect, shield, defend and mend the wounds tragically imposed by unawake, hurting souls in a outrageous attempt to heal themselves by lashing out at another.
And yet,
As I travel inward on my sacred breath — deeper still — into the inmost folds of my wild heart, my solid bones, my juicy marrow and the flexible neural highways of my body-mind, I feel an unending strength and infinite awareness that reminds me:
I am not these etchings. I am not these brandings. I am the body that carries them, but they are not Me.
I will not be claimed, colonized, or conquered by anyone other than the Holy Goddess who gave me life. She is my sovereign, for I am Her, as She - and She alone - is me.
My bones, instead of being blocked-out, marked-out, hieroglyphically staked-out like property of another, will reform, re-stitch, rejuvenate with the honey-juice of my own ever-creative marrow, that sweet nectar of healing lava, whose whole purpose is to heal, mend, repair any thing that tries to harm me. Fusing with, using as a stepping stone, building with as simple piece of needed scaffolding,
My marrow will ooze into those etchings, smooth them out, and reclaim me as My Own.
Deeply breathing anew, I say, Yes, use me Holy Goddess. I am Your canvas again.

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Edward Norris and the Baltimore Police Department (B)
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The B case presents, for student evaluation, the comprehensive action plan that Ed Norris instituted when he became Baltimore's police commissioner. This tough, controversial former New York City police strategist exemplifies numerous leadership principles as revealed in the case. He builds commitment from business leaders, community activists, fellow officers, and skeptical politicians, all under intense media scrutiny. Norris reorganizes the department, seeks to effect cultural change, confronts malcontents, uses creative rewards, increases use of technology, and adopts a policy of transparency with the media. Classroom discussion helps students see what it takes to develop an action plan that deals with a seemingly overwhelming list of problems and issues. The A (UVA-OB-0776) and B cases have been taught together very successfully as a two-day class. Both cases include extensive video clips for both student preparation and faculty use in class. Although similar to the Chicago Park District series (UVA-OB-0618 through UVA-OB-0621), this series is 10 years newer.
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Brandon Carlo and Braden Purtill each scored goals, but it wasn't enough Tuesday night as the visiting Tri-City Americans lost 5-2 to the Seattle Thunderbirds in Western Hockey League play at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
The loss was the fourth in a row for the Americans who will now try to regroup with a 10-day holiday break before returning to action in late December.
Tri-City goalie Evan Sarthou made his sixth career WHL start, stopping 32 of Seattle's 37 shots.
Tuesday's game marks the halfway point of the season for the Americans, who find themselves one game above the .500 mark.
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CAMDEN, N.J. -- On a cold autumn night, Darran Johnson, 22, stands by the police tape strung between two trees in the housing complex where he lives with his mom and siblings. On a walkway 20 feet away, a middle-aged man lies dead, shot in the throat and head, sprawled on his back beside a battered 10-speed bicycle. His face is masked in blood that gleams bright red in the crime scene photographer's flash.
Johnson watches tight-lipped as investigators comb the grass for shell casings. "Kids play out here. Average people live here," he says. "I'm shaking. It's getting too close."
Gunfire rings out often in the neighborhood, he says, a regular reminder of the crime wave that has this city of 77,000 on pace to double its homicides in just three years, and has already shattered a nearly 20-year record for killings. With 59 homicides so far this year, the murder rate is on par with levels seen in Haiti in the chaotic aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
"A bullet has no name. If somebody shoots and I'm walking, I could be hit," Johnson says. "People are afraid right now. You can see it in their faces."
The crime surge coincides with new census data identifying Camden, long battered by vanishing industry, as the most impoverished city in the U.S., with 42 percent of residents under the poverty line, and an average family income of $21,191. If trends persist, Camden may soon hold the grim title of both the country's poorest and most dangerous city.
As residents decry the violence, local leaders are readying a radical plan that they call the only practical solution at hand to calm the streets: the dismantling of the Camden Police Department and the outsourcing of policing to a new, cheaper force run by the county government, to be called the Camden Metro Division. They say the closure of the 141-year-old department and the creation of a new agency is necessary because the existing union-negotiated police contract is no longer sustainable in a time of deep budget deficits.
The plan was sold to Camden residents as a security fix: by firing the existing police force, they were told, millions of savings would be redirected into hiring about 130 new uniformed officers -- a 50 percent increase over current staffing.
"It's time to reject the status quo and ramp this police department up to a level that it needs," Louis Capelli, director of the Camden County Board of Freeholders, which would control the metro agency, tells The Huffington Post.
City and county leaders approved the plan last year, and it cleared major legal hurdles this summer, opening the way for full implementation. Applications are being accepted for the new force, and training for the first group of hires will begin in November, according to Dan Keashen, a county spokesman. As early as next March, the old police department will be shut down for good. Other Camden County cities have been invited to join the new department, but none have shown interest yet.
On the surface, the shift to a county-run force resembles efforts in other cities around the country to save money by merging departments and regionalizing police services. But several experts say there are few specific parallels with the Camden plan, which involves a densely populated, high-crime city, and will not include any actual merger between police departments.
"I don't know that this has been done before," says Louis Tuthill, a criminal justice professor at Rutgers University. "I have never heard of it."
Some see the move to shut down the Camden Police Department and shift to a cheaper county-run model as a frontal attack on public safety unions. They warn the same strategy may soon be used to extract concessions from cops and firefighters across New Jersey, and ultimately the country.
"This is not a policing strategy. This is something more sinister," says Eugene O'Donnell, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. "Every cop in America should worry about what's happening in Camden."
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Backing the plan are Camden's mayor and six of seven city council members -- all Democrats -- together with the Democratic-controlled Camden County Board of Freeholders, which represents the county's 400,000 residents. Those involved say New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie has also been a crucial force behind the proposal. In interviews and town hall meetings over the past two years, Christie has repeatedly denounced the Camden police contract as "obscene" and described the county police plan as a common-sense measure to bring down public safety costs during tough economic times.
"The taxpayers of New Jersey aren't going pay any more for Camden's excesses," Christie said in a 2011 interview on MSNBC, as the police plan began gathering steam.
Christie has unique leverage to drive the plan, as the city of Camden relies on roughly $60 million in emergency state aid every year to close deep structural budget deficits and provide basic city services. According to local leaders, Christie threatened to slash this aid in the absence of major reforms. Since Christie has veto power over much of Camden's budget, the threat carried weight. Chief among the governor's concerns was the structure of the policing contract, says Ian Leonard, a member of the Board of Freeholders.
"The governor's saying this is too expensive," Leonard says. "And when someone else is writing the checks to you, you know, he or she -- as my mother used to say -- who holds the pen holds the power."
To drive the plan forward, its backers have gone on the offensive, depicting the existing police contract as laden with extravagant perks negotiated by the union in better days and out of step with the current hard times. They say they have identified between $14 million to $16 million in savings to be had by cutting out wasteful "fringe" pay from $60 million in annual police spending in the city.
"Previous administrations, they gave the store away," Capelli says.
Keashen, the Camden County spokesman, provided HuffPost with a one-page email briefly outlining how the $14 million to $16 million in savings would be achieved. According to the outline, fringe pay -- which includes pension and health care benefits -- will cost the county roughly $25 million in 2012. Under the new county plan, nearly 65 percent of this spending will be eliminated.
The outline did not break down the specific spending categories that would be targeted for savings, however. And further detail on the finances of the plan is not available to the public, Keashen says.
Under the terms of the plan, the city of Camden's remaining cops will all receive layoff notices within the next few weeks. At the same time, they have the option to apply for a new job with the county-run force, though they have no guarantee of employment. And under the city and county's interpretation of state labor law, only 49 percent of current officers will be eligible for hire with the new force.
It is a harsh calculus for a department that already suffered sweeping layoffs in 2010 as a result of a steep budget deficit. But city leaders say it is the only way forward.
"We've been encouraging officers to move over, get ready for the new paradigm," Camden Mayor Dana Redd tells HuffPost. "This is the way we're going."
Even as city and county leaders call the metro agency a done deal, it faces a growing outcry from critics who assail it as a harsh experiment in public sector union-busting and say it's being forced on New Jersey's most economically vulnerable population by state power brokers with little interest in Camden's well-being.
They say the plan was crafted in secrecy and that basic information about the current police department's finances, and budgeting for the new agency, have never been provided to the public.
Other critics focus on the county's plan to replace seasoned officers with new recruits, with some community activists warning that an influx of young officers from outside the city could spark unrest on the streets.
The perception that older cops are being discarded as a cost-saving maneuver has also deeply embittered many in the department's ranks, officers say.
"I might not have a job in a couple of months, after risking my life for years," says one veteran cop, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears retaliation by his superiors.
Brian Coleman, the only Camden councilman to oppose the metro plan, says he has tried to get a full accounting of the police department's current spending from city hall, but he's had no success. The finances of the new police agency have never been provided to the public or discussed in detail by the city council, Coleman says.
"I've asked for an explanation and requested documents, but they haven't turned them over," he says. "The numbers don't add up. That's why they don't release them."
Brendan O'Flaherty, a Columbia University economics professor who specializes in urban finance, reviewed the one-page financial summary provided by the county to HuffPost and calls it "incomprehensible."
"I don't see how anybody could have made an intelligent decision on this based on the information they've shared," he says. "It's a serious breach of normal standards of transparency."
Without a detailed financial breakdown of current spending or of the budgeting of the new metro agency, it is impossible to verify even the most basic claims being made about the proposal, says O'Donnell.
"They're doing this under cover of darkness," he says. "It's beyond belief. This can't be anything less than a scandal."
Kevin Roberts, a spokesman for Christie, says the governor "fully supports" the policing plan. He declined to comment on questions about the plan's finances or on issues of transparency.
"Those specific questions about the savings estimates and breakdown are best directed to the county and/or city," Roberts said in an email.
At a press conference in September, Christie praised the Camden plan and called it a model for the rest of the state, according to a transcript of comments provided by the governor's office.
"I think this should be a wave of the future in places that are challenged like this, and so we're certainly going to be full partners in it," Christie said.
According to Keashen, the county spokesman, the governor's office is currently in negotiations to provide about $5 million in start-up funds for the new metro agency. Those negotiations are in their final stages, he says.
As the plan grows nearer to reality, any chance for a smooth transition between the two agencies appears increasingly dim. The Camden Fraternal Order of Police, the city's police union, is fiercely resisting the creation of the metro agency. Its president, John Williamson, continues to blast city and county leaders for what he calls a shameless attempt to crush the union and strip away rights earned through decades of collective bargaining.
"Would you buy a car sight unseen?" Williamson asks. "This deal is not being conducted out in the open. And the math just doesn't add up."
County officials reject the allegation that the plan's finances are shaky, and maintain that the metro agency's budget is simply not ready for public consumption.
"We're not going to go live with a budget until it's completely done," Keashen says. "You'll see at the end of the day that the numbers add up."
Efforts to block the county plan have all faltered, including a drive in 2011 to place the new police plan up to public vote. Petitioners gathered enough signatures to put the initiative on the ballot, but the city sued to have it thrown out and prevailed in state court.
Opponents of the metro police plan continue to fight, however, with a new focus on building public pressure to force the city back to the negotiating table, and to forge a compromise that will save the old department. They gained a major ally in this battle in late October, when James Harris, president of the New Jersey NAACP, appeared at a press conference called by the Camden police union.
In brief remarks, Harris denounced the plan to disband the Camden Police Department as "wrong" and "unjust," and pledged his organization's full support.
"The NAACP will use all of our resources to stay on this issue and to bring national attention to the disrespect and the unreasonable approach to bringing about police reform in the city of Camden," Harris said.
"Do not eliminate the Camden Police Department. Find ways of improving it, but do not eliminate it," he said.
At the heart of the battle over the policing plan are Camden's 267 cops, who face the imminent loss of their jobs, even as they contend with a city that seems to some to be spinning out of control.
Times were not always so tough in Camden, which sits on the banks of the Delaware River, across the water from Philadelphia. As recently as the 1960s, the city was an industrial powerhouse, with dozens of major factories employing thousands of residents. With a population nearly 70 percent higher than today, crime was just a fraction of its current rate.
But in 1971, long-simmering racial strife exploded into riots, accelerating the flow of middle-class whites to the suburbs. Factories closed down, taking with them about 60,000 manufacturing jobs, part of a wave of de-industrialization that hollowed out the economic heart of cities across the county. As the economy tanked, crime soared.
It has remained that way for decades, making Camden among the toughest beats in all of local law enforcement, often topping the FBI's annual list of most dangerous cities.
Today, thousands of abandoned homes blight the streets, their porches often doubling as tombstones, with spray-painted tributes to murder victims. Across broad quarters of the city, drug dealers and prostitutes roost on stoops and street corners, scattering only for a moment at the approach of a police cruiser.
The intensity of police work in Camden can reach almost unimaginable levels. Just this September, officers handled two grisly crimes involving children that made national news. In one, a mother high on PCP decapitated her 2-year-old son, then called police to report the crime. Weeks later, a young man, also high on PCP, broke into a Camden home and stabbed a 6-year-old boy to death and savagely assaulted his 12-year-old sister. Uniformed police apprehended the killer after an intensive manhunt.
Several current Camden officers spoke about their situation with HuffPost on condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation by their superiors. They describe a department crumbling from within, whose demoralized officers feel abandoned by the city they pledged to protect. Bitterness runs deep over what they feel is a long-running campaign by city and county officials to paint Camden's cops as ineffective, unreliable and over-compensated.
"Camden is not a joke. Some parts of this place are a war zone," says one officer. "My friend opened up a freezer and saw a kid's head looking back at him. He's got to live with that the rest of his life."
"We risk our lives every day. And this is what you get in return," he says. "See you later and don't let the door hit you on the way out."
Another veteran officer warns that replacing seasoned Camden cops with large numbers of inexperienced, lower-paid recruits -- as the metro plan envisions -- is a recipe for disaster. He scoffs at a recent comment by Capelli, the Board of Freeholders director, announcing that the new agency had received more than 1,000 applications, including some from states as distant as Alabama.
"They're going to be thrown to the wolves," he says. "If some outsider from Alabama comes in and shoots a kid, it's a potential for some civil unrest."
In August, county leaders announced that Camden police Chief Scott Thomson would lead the metro agency once the existing force was disbanded. For months, Thomson has spoken out in favor of the new agency – while leveling harsh criticism at members of his current force, saying it is plagued by absenteeism.
Many within the department see his role in pushing the plan as a betrayal, officers say. But they add that the sense of betrayal and abandonment extends far past Thomson, from city hall to the governor's mansion.
"It's a feeling of being unappreciated by your boss, by your mayor, by your government," says a long-serving officer.
In an interview with HuffPost, Thomson, the Camden police chief, did not dispute that officer morale is abysmal. He says spirits are understandably low given the challenges facing officers, from soaring crime on the streets to the looming closure of the department.
"It is tough. And nobody has it tougher than these guys on the front lines," he says.
But he also says the department faces a crisis of absenteeism, a claim the police union calls exaggerated. According to Thomson, the department's daily call-out rate is 30 percent -- far above the average in other cities.
"There are some days when half the platoon calls in sick," Thomson says.
Redd, the Camden mayor, regularly cites the absentee rate as a crucial reason for creating the county metro force.
"Given the recent spike in homicides and an absentee rate of nearly 30 percent within the Camden Police Department, I recently announced that the city is aggressively moving towards joining the Camden Metro Division," Redd said in a statement in August.
Thomson, however, says the absentee problem is primarily due to abuse of a state family medical leave program overseen by the city, not any provision in the police union's contract. He calls it peripheral to Camden's overall public safety crisis. "You fix the 30 percent issue, that doesn't change our situation," he says. "We're still at 1962 staffing levels."
He says he has no comment on the $14 million to $16 million in fringe spending that county officials say they will eliminate by liquidating the current police force.
"I'm not intimately involved in the finance end of this. My primary focus is keeping the public safe," he says. "I'm not bean counting in the back room."
Thomson adds that he cannot agree with Christie's assessment that Camden's current police contract is "obscene" -- or even say whether it is more or less generous than the average police contract in New Jersey.
"I don't know. I don't have a baseline of comparison," he says. "Without knowing what the other contracts are, that's a difficult comparison."
Nevertheless, Thomson calls the current police contract unsustainable, given Camden's dire economic situation. Switching to the metro agency will not solve all of Camden's problems, but will boost the number of cops on the street and help bring crime to a more manageable level, he says.
"I don't think there's any other option," he says. "The status quo cannot remain."
Out on the streets, Camden residents call the city's crime rate intolerable, and condemn the economic calculus by the city and state that forced deep cuts to policing even in the face of soaring violence. A few welcome the creation of the metro police force and the promised surge of cops on the beat. For many others, the move represents a worrying leap into the unknown.
"They're experimenting with the lives of the people," says Rev. David King, a local activist and a pastor at Community Baptist Church. "They're using the city as a guinea pig."
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Cult Gaia: The Ark Bag
The bag we saw on the arm on our favorite bloggers this year was Cult Gaia's Ark Bag. The Los Angeles based label Cult Gaia managed to gain popularity this year with The Ark Bag. A bamboo crescent-shaped clutch made with a vintage feel and a timeless design.
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The microservices design paradigm has become a prominent software design methodology now that API-first industries embrace a more decoupled operational strata. In the past we've discussed asynchronous choreography, BFF design, as well as identity control for microservices. However, one question remains: what is the most effective means for testing microservices? Read more
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"Living with beautiful objects is not a luxury,it's a necessity." -Garrett Hack
Making fine furniture begins with the right materials.I source all my timber from local sawmills and dry it in my own kiln,therefore allowing as personal an involvement in each piece as possible.
Having a large stock of all the native Irish species allows me to chose the right parts for each piece and ensures consistency of tone throughout.I also invite potential clients to browse through my timber store in search of the perfect boards!
Using finely tuned hand tools allows me to achieve smooth and crisp details in my furniture.It also lends to a quieter,more relaxed atmosphere in my workshop,something I hope shines through in each piece.
I take inspiration from the timeless designs and attention to detail in 19th century furniture.I feel there is still a place for these classics in modern day living when adapted with a contemporary twist.I believe furniture should be elegant,well proportioned and above all honest.Simplicity in design is something I always strive for,allowing the wood to speak for itself.


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Junichi Ikeda is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His areas of practice include energy and environment, product liability and safety, international transactions, real estate securitization, and dispute resolutions including commercial litigation and international arbitration. His experience in relation to product liability and safety issues includes not only product liability lawsuits, but also advising clients on product safety regulations, and assisting clients with their product safety and compliance issues, including successful implementation of multinational product recalls and other compliance-related campaigns.
Prior to joining NO&T, he served as a judge of the Tokyo District Court and of the Kushiro District Court, a Staff Attorney (i.e., a judge serving in an administrative capacity) with the Civil Affairs Bureau of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Court of Japan, and a Deputy Director of the Industrial Finance Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). He has also served as a Coordinator of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice.
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Momma's Law, otherwise known as the Standard of Care for Animals Amendment Act of 2017, passed the DC Council today with a unanimous vote, ensuring stricter animal welfare laws in the District.
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White friends, I need you to let me know you're safe./
"I'm writing a new blog series about HIV now that we're home," I told her, barely balancing the phone between my chin and shoulder as I carried the basket of dirty clothes to the laundry room. Laundry still overwhelms me now, of course. It was even harder then as I was newly adjusting to our life as a family of eight. Going from three to six kids - all aged 6 and younger then - in one adoption is no joke.
"I've heard whispers that some people at church were worried about having their child in class with mine, but no one has said anything directly to us. So, have you heard anything?"
The silence was so loud on the other end that I thought we had gotten disconnected. I said her name and "hello?"
She said, "I'm here," as I moved laundry from the washer to the dryer.
I thought, perhaps, I needed to rephrase the question. I wanted to be clear that I wasn't fishing for her to tell on anyone or name names or anything like that. This time, I asked, "Are there any specific concerns people have that I could address on the blog to clear things up?"
"Well," she started and then paused. "Well, no. I haven't heard anything from anyone else, but… well, I've been meaning to talk to you about this."
"Huh?" I dropped a couple items. I couldn't bring myself to pick them up. Something about her tone made me freeze. I waited on her words.
"Well, we've decided we aren't comfortable with playdates anymore. We love your kids. We do. But with HIV, we just don't know. [Husband] isn't okay with that. I didn't know how to tell you."
I'm honestly not sure how I ended the phone call. I know I finished swapping the laundry. I remember emailing her with fact sheets and links, in hopes that this was a simple lack of education. My husband and hers sat down to talk it out. We tried to assure them that our child with HIV posed no risk to theirs.
(After all, HIV – other than mother-to-child transmission – is spread through blood transfusions, organ transplants, and sexual intercourse. I think we can all agree that those activities should be off the table for playdates, right? So, no problem.)
They were resolute, though: they could tolerate our child with theirs in Sunday school, but we didn't want to risk any more contact than that. We could still be friends, they offered. (That didn't really work, as you might imagine.)
I felt numb for weeks. I stopped inviting people over, not knowing who else might reject us. I felt more unloved and betrayed than I had since my childhood. No one seemed safe if this best friend wasn't, I figured.
That was almost three years ago. Yet I've been thinking about that experience a lot this week. As I continue to lament what this past election showed me about our country, I'm lamenting anew at the denial of justice for Walter Scott and his family in Charleston. His name became a hashtag in April 2015 because Officer Slager shot him eight times in the back while he was 17 feet away. We watched the video. It also showed Slager depositing his taser next to Scott's lifeless body, planting evidence to match the lies he planned to tell, saying Scott had his taser when he never did. (Not while he was alive, anyway.)
If we hadn't seen the video, I think of how the narrative might have been different. If we hadn't seen the video, I think of how many of my friends would have believed Slager's lies. If we hadn't seen the video, I think white America would have ignored another black man's blood.
But even with the video, the trial ended in a mistrial, a miscarriage of justice, as the jury was able to render a verdict but proved unwilling to do their job.
I feel numb again, like I did after Tamir and Trayvon and Sandra and Keith and Philando and Alton and Eric and Levar and John and Tyre and Laquan and Ezell and Akai and Aiyana and Dontre and Jonathan and Samuel and Freddie and Rekia and others. (The list is too long, my friends. Too long. Lord, have mercy.) I grew up the daughter of a law enforcement officer, taught to respect the badge. Now I watch story after story play out of those wearing badges who neither respect their own code or the humanity of those with skin like three of our children. I feel so numb. No one feels safe when officers aren't.
And if those officers are just a few bad apples, then why the lack of accountability? Why aren't their colleagues the first in line to say that this sort of behavior doesn't represent their work? Why isn't the justice system willing to be just when the offender looks more like my father than my son?
Just like in those dreary months following my former friend's declaration, I'm not sure who I can trust now. I've heard white friends defend the hatefulness of Trump's campaign and followers, as if their words didn't sting. I've seen posts and comments about how black people just need to not run and then they won't die. I've been told, "your kids will be fine because you're raising them right," with no realization of the racist implication held in those words, the suggestion that black mothers and fathers aren't good parents like we are.
Somedays it's easier to just avoid you, white friends, unless you've explicitly told me or shown me you are safe. I know silence doesn't equal racism. I'm not saying it does. I'm not saying that being quiet and white equates to being racist. But I am saying that silence from white people right now equates to uncertainty for me. It means you're a wild card. It means you might be safe for us but I can't know that for sure. It means that if I've never seen you show solidarity with those who have experienced racism, then I can't know where you stand when we do.
And when I'm feeling particularly raw, I won't turn to you if I don't know you're trustworthy. I can't. I've been hurt too often for that. While for many white friends, the Slager mistrial feels like just another news story, it feels personal to people of color (and those of us raising black children). As I see white friends shocked by the mistrial, most of my friends of color aren't surprised; they're weary from carrying pain we've refused to even acknowledge. How can we heed the words of Galatians 6:2 to fulfill the law of Christ by bearing one another's burdens if we try to pretend they don't exist?
Please, friends, try to understand. Listen. Ask. Engage. Enter the hard conversations so that we can all grow. (As an example, you'll find an amazingly helpful conversation under my friend Laura's comment on my post here. That might be a good starting place.)
And once you can empathize, even just a little, then do something. I'm not asking you to speak out in all the ways I do. What a boring world it would be if we all used our voices in the same way! If posting on social media isn't your thing, I get that. I really do. (Some days, it maybe shouldn't be my thing either.)
Maybe doing something means having a conversation with a neighbor. Maybe it means texting a black friend to say, "I know the past month has been full of heavy race-related news… how are you feeling?" Maybe it means clicking "like" on something to let a friend know they aren't alone. Maybe it means something more, something bigger, something bolder. Or maybe it means something simple, something in your school, something in your church, something in your home.
I tried to patch things up with my old friend, but our relationship basically ended with that phone call. She wasn't willing to treat our child like anything but a threat. I learned then, though it broke my heart, that sometimes you have to walk away from friendships. I still love her. I still miss her. It's been almost three years, and I still can't type these words without tears. My heart is still broken over this loss, to be honest. I'm still grieving.
But a friend isn't a friend if she can't see my children as fully human and worthy of love and belonging. A friend isn't a friend if he chooses the fear of my children over the truth about them, whether the topic be HIV or race or immigration or disability or gender. A friend isn't a friend if I share sorrow and the knee jerk reaction is defensiveness instead of care again and again. (Once or twice gets a pass, though I'll call out that behavior for what it is. But we all have bad days. I don't think it helps any of us to drop friends lightly.)
What I'm trying to say is that it's hard to know which friends are true friends right now. It's hard to know if all our friends are safe. It's hard to know who would stand with us if it had been my son murdered with evidence planted next to him instead of Judy Scott's son.
In other words, white friends, I need you to let me know you're safe. I don't know how to guess at that anymore. Too many people who have shown us love in every other way have surprised us with indifference or hurtful responses about racism.
And – while I know HIV status and race aren't the same – I can't bear to have one more conversation with someone who I think is safe who instead replies, "Actually, I'm the one who doesn't want my kids playing with yours."


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While every process is rather different, as well as frequently distinct, I think, it might streamline everyone's understanding, is I committed a post to a few of the principles of OFFERING a house. Several of these are based upon my individual experiences, not just from dealing my own residences as well as properties, however, also, from over a years of representing and offering customers and consumers, as a Qualified Property Salesperson, in the State of New York.
- Strength; solution; offering cost: Select an agent that places solution and devotion to his customers, initially! This person will ideally follow something comparable to my trademarked motto, I will certainly constantly tell you what you require to know, not simply what you intend to listen to (TM). Representatives need to be prepared, and also show their strength, not merely by giving a good presentation, or charming someone, but by dealing with adversities and also/ or obstacles, which may emerge! Choose someone that aids you determine your listing rate, and also discusses his rationale very carefully, so you completely understand, setting a high listing cost is not going to obtain a greater selling factor, however might, without a doubt, have quite the contrary effect. Price it right, from the beginning!
- Quality; compassion; outside: Whatever has some influence on a potential customer, so seek excellence, regularly! Both, the representative has to have empathy for his client, as well as a vendor needs to value and understand, with what the potential customer, is experiencing! Remember, the all – crucial, visual appeal, as well as resolve any kind of outside concerns, which might end up being negatives!
- Pay attention; leads: The home owner should pay attention to what his representative says and recommends, because, otherwise, why did you select that individual? The representative should efficiently pay attention to the vendor, in addition to possible customers. Frequently, the figuring out factor, is how one complies with – up, on leads.
- Find out; living: Just how swiftly both the agent and also customer discover, and also recognize, what possible buyers are claiming, and also adapt suitably, commonly is critical! While Realtors earn their living by marketing residences, comprehend, a purchaser's assumption, of whether, they 'd delight in living in your house, is a vital variable!
- Creative imagination; stability; passion: Because couple of individuals can absolutely value the bones of a house, and also are influenced by what's apparent, do not assume others will have the creative imagination, to see just how wonderful your house is! That's why staging a house, typically makes a substantial distinction! It boosts passion in your residential or commercial property, because it makes clear, what could be! You require a professional, with the integrity, to not just compliment you, but to honestly tell you the real realities!
- Nuances; notification; needs: What touches might your home need, to far better setting it, in the marketplace? Exist details subtleties, which should be highlighted and highlighted? Exactly how will you get it better observed, in a commonly – competitive market?
- Create a good reputation; plant; objectives: A few little touches, like some beautiful plants as well as flowers, purposefully placed, inside and outside, might help! Exactly how can you much better generate goodwill, in order to make your residence, really feel more comfy to visitors? Focus on your objectives, and do not obtain distracted!
Certainly, this checklist hardly touches the surface area, in terms of basics tips of selling a home in a fallen market. Nevertheless, you have to begin someplace!


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How to Tell If You Need Root Canal Therapy in St. Augustine, FL
Do you find yourself trembling at the thought of undergoing a root canal therapy? Millions of knees probably start to quiver by just simply hearing the term "root canal." Often, people associate the procedure with intense, excruciating pain. But in reality, it is not the treatment itself that is painful – it is a severe toothache that shouts for a root canal therapy instead.
A root canal therapy is provided by many dental offices today, including us at Salt Run Family Dentistry. The procedure involves three steps: preparation, cleaning, and polishing. Your Salt Run Family Dentistry dentist will apply a local anesthetic to the site where the root canal therapy is necessary for the patient to feel more calm and comfortable while on the dental chair. To get the infected tooth ready to be cleaned, the dentist will first create a tiny hole that will serve as an entryway. Next, the affected stuff found in the canals such as the pulp and other infected structures will then be removed. Finally, fillings will be placed into the hollow tooth. In some cases, the dentist will use a crown to avoid further reinfection.
Only a dental professional can tell if the patient is required to have a root canal therapy. So, if you experience these following symptoms, consider seeking the dentist's help:
Teeth Sensitivity
It might be confusing to tell if one needs a root canal therapy by merely basing on teeth sensitivity as an indication since many people usually suffer from such. It is even reasonable to feel a stinging pain when drinking frozen beverages. Nevertheless, constant sensitivity is already a sign that you might need to undergo the procedure.
A toothache
Indeed, tooth pain is the last thing that everyone likes to experience. Once the pain starts to creep into the tooth, it is as if your whole system is deteriorating too! Worst is, the condition might even cause you difficulty in eating and talking. If you notice that the discomfort become severe especially when chewing, then it's time to approach your dentist for a root canal therapy.
Gum Infection
Make sure also to check your gums for potential warning signs. Healthy gums are not swollen and tender. If you see any unnecessary signs such as those tiny bumps on the soft tissues in your mouth, talk to us right away.
For inquiries about Root Canal Therapy in St. Augustine, FL, book an appointment with us at Salt Run Family Dentistry. You can also visit us at 700 Anastasia Blvd St. Augustine FL 32080.


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Why would anyone continue to support Bombardier?
Philippe Couillard, Quebec's Prime Minister, is asking that Quebecers continue to love and support Bombardier. Has he seriously lost his mind? The sheer brazenness of it all is stunning. He truly takes Quebec citizens for idiots.
Bombardier is a business in financial trouble. Back in 2015, they asked the government for a subvention to help them out and it was accepted. They were given $1,3 billion, which they invested in C-series aeroplanes. We all know where does funds are coming from. Then they turn around and do the following:
- In 2016, the company lay off more than 2,000 workers in Canada (1,500 in Quebec) and 5,500 more worldwide (Europe). They plan to eliminate 10% of its workforce by the end of 2018. According to Bombardier leaders, this is to ensure the company's survival.
- Their employment website is showing numerous new jobs in Mexico.
- The C-series aeroplanes are sold at a lower price than cost, which means that their "debt" will only grow.
- After all of this, Bombardier leaders try to vote themselves a ridiculously large augmentation (48%) of salary.
Then we are asked to love this company? Are they serious?!
Quebecers and our government, who is supposed to represent us, should instead be openly opposed to the remuneration raises of Bombardier's management team. If you use the excuse that the company isn't doing well enough to keep jobs in Quebec, then it's certainly not doing well enough to give raises to the management team and certainly not a 48% increase! Especially after receiving bailout money from the governments (aka taxpayers).
I don't care about the history of the company and its ties to the province. It is a business after all. We, as a population, do not owe them anything. Mr Couillard is insulting our intelligence.
I think it's too late at this point. The government has given too much. The company has demonstrated that they are not using the money appropriately and that it doesn't care about its local employees. To ask us to turn the other cheek is asking for too much at this point.
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Excerpt from Grace Burrowe's blog.
This post was a great AHA! moment and really covers how I have been feeling. I haven't given up. I won't give up.
"He's Given Up
I know a fellow, a friend, who will say upon seeing a fat person, "He's given up."
My friend is not fat. I suspect his version of struggling with weight is to decide about two weeks out he ought to lose five pounds so he'll fit into his black suit a little better at his niece's wedding. He skips desserts and all five pounds fall off.
I carry extra weight and have for most of my adult life. I have excuses—thyroid disease, Lyme disease, stress (my fave)—but I could be doing more to achieve a healthier weight. I could be obsessing, which strikes me as about as unhealthy as toddling around in my well padded, mostly happy, form.
But I have by no means given up, damn it. Every meal, I struggle not to eat more, not to eat the things that will trowel on the lard, to stick to the stuff my naturopath insists will give me "good energy." I struggle to make myself take walks, to get the heck out of bed every morning and do my barn chores. I struggle when I grocery shop to make good choices, or at least not very bad ones. (Love that little bitty single serve Dove ice cream. Love it.)
As I sit the live long day at my computer, I struggle moment by moment not to get up, hit the fridge, and grab not a carrot stick, but rather, a shortbread cookie. Or a bag of shortbread cookies.
Every moment of every day.
I have not given up, and I have yet to meet the overweight person who has. We still hope, we still try, we still pray, we struggle and struggle and struggle.
But somebody has given up. The person who looks at me and sees only my overweight has given up on my humanity. To them, I am my weight, and they can walk on by, dismissing me with a single word, or a number. They don't know I have worlds of creativity and humor and heart inside me. They've given up—on me.
This happens to blondes, to children, to people who talk funny, people who are short, people who wear pocket protectors, people with babies screaming at them in the produce section, and people with white hair or no hair. They are given up on regularly.
And this is why the company of writers is so cheering. Writers don't give up. You see a geezer, the writer will see a World War II romance. You see a screaming baby and an overwrought mother, the writer sees a Meet about to happen. You see a tall guy get out of a vintage Volkswagon, and I see an alpha hero about to be mistaken for a beta because he tuned up his little sister's bug........."
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Friday, May 19, 2006
Life in the bowels
At fakie central life isn't always skateparks and introspection! Here we painstakingly gather samples of pavement from around the world and catalog them for future reference. Even if dimensional vortesies transform tape machines into croccodiles, we roll on.
6 comments:
- flatlander said...
I've got the tekkies working on that pan-dimensional croccodile, but the thing just won't leave! He says he's got some kind of message, but he will only deliver it to Overseer Q--in person!
(Overseer Q hasn't visited Fakie Central since the great skateboard hi-jacking of '89. Nobody even remebers what he looks like.)
I suspect The Adjuster might be behind this.
- 19 May, 2006 08:54
- mgc said...
that looks too much like work!
- 19 May, 2006 12:26
- Gyrobo said...
Reminds me a little of the back room. Who knows what goes on in that room back there? Sorting? Shipping? Mailing? Postage due-ing?
No. I think I know! The answer is simple: taping. They're taping the whole thing for television!
- 19 May, 2006 18:06
- jin said...
"coil coder" is an anagram of crocodile
- 19 May, 2006 23:36
- mizfit said...
hey give Dogaon back the part of the pavement u took...wait...dogaon has no pavement! sorry...:)
- 20 May, 2006 05:35
- em said...
I think that without coffee, there would be so many jobs people just wouldn't do.
- 21 May, 2006 11:10


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GT: The topic of tarot cards and readings has always been a sort of magical mystery to me. I wanted to interview my friend Haley about her experience as she's an avid tarot gal. She's also a fellow spiritual queerdo (read: queer weirdo). I knew I wanted her on the blog. During this interview, we explore a bit of her background and introduction to tarot reading. I really had a doubtful attitude about tarot readings that shifted after this interview. You have to read through the article to find out how Haley casually blew my mind while reading my cards!
My name is Haley Sherif. I graduated this past May from Emerson College with a B.F.A. in creative nonfiction. So far I've been published in various places including: Elephant Journal, Eco-Chick, and Perversion. Currently I live in Brooklyn. You can find me dancing along to wordless Christmas at The Strand where I've worked for four weeks. One day I hopes to complete and publish my memoir.
What exactly are tarot cards/tarot readings?
Tarot to me is a secondary way to access truths we already have about ourselves and others. It's a medium to connect with something greater than ourselves: the whole universe.
A tarot deck is usually 78 cards (22 major cards and 56 minor arcana). Oracle decks can vary, but are usually less than 78 cards. The two can be used in tandem or on their own. One thing I love about tarot is that it's more up to the user than it is to the maker. A reader can use any deck how they would like to. While there are specific ways a deck may be explained by the maker, a reader might have a totally different way of doing things!
I just got a brand new deck - an Inner Hue Lumina Tarot Deck. IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
Tell us about your start with tarot.
I was a born and bred Upper East Side New Yorker who got everything new out of the box. I had absolutely no experience with ancient practices and the word magic sort of gave me the creeps. I totally had misconceptions (and sometimes still do).
I began learning about tarot three years ago when my friend started studying it. She worked in publishing and loved her work, but decided to quit and become a tarot reader full time. At the time I thought that was so weird because there are a lot of sketchy tarot readers, but now I think it's so cool! She even opened her own shop: Everyday Magic in Durham, North Carolina.
She was the first person who read tarot for me and has done it five or six times over the last few years. I'd see her when I was at school for writing and what she was doing was attractive to me. She could look at a deck of cards and tell me advice I already knew, but didn't understand or want to come to terms with. I was unhappy and having difficulty facing that truth.
You took a tarot class. What was that like?
I took a six month course called The Brooklyn Fools with Jeff Hinshaw. He was a great teacher. We met every Thursday from 9-11pm from January to June. It was my last semester of college. I was so tired, but it was awesome. We went over every card in the deck and meditated on them. We'd bring altar items every week on a specific topic and did a drawing every day.
My favorite card is The Fool. It's 0 in the deck, the first card. I love it because I think we're all fools sometimes. I definitely thrive on fool energy: I make decisions right away and just go for them, I am always moving and shaking, and have trouble slowing down and thinking through things. I can't remember what I brought to the altar for The Fools gathering which was our first meeting together, but we would bring significant items that carried that energy. Examples include: crystals, jewelry, animals (yup, someone brought their dog once), photos, etc. If you search #bkfool on Instagram you can see some beautiful photos!
After taking the class, though, I started to believe you could teach yourself the tarot. My teacher was wonderful and I'm glad I studied with him, but I don't think it's necessary. Learning and doing it is all about intuition and learning to trust yourself.
Say more about that: intuition and learning to trust yourself.
We all have access to our intuition if we begin to sit with ourselves. Often we hear someone say about something or someone shady, "I knew it in my gut." What we're saying is our bodies knew it before our minds did. The hair pricked up on our arms, we got a bad feeling, we suddenly felt like we just needed to leave. Our bodies know so much more than we do.
Accessing that part of ourselves is a practice in itself. For me, it came as a result of beginning to heal from my childhood. I grew up in a very chaotic home where I had to learn to survive and cope. As a result, I spent many years growing as a human and trying to figure out who the fuck I am. Intuition came from years of having to learn to trust myself.
Elizabeth Gilbert and Glennon Doyle Melton, who are two of my favorite authors, both talk about intuition. Both ladies discuss their bathroom floor moments in their respective books, "Eat, Pray, Love" and "Love Warrior." Both of which are awesome! They hear the next right action down on their knees because they're asking for help. They're cashing in their chips. They don't know how to do this alone. I'm a big believe in doing the same at times. I think that voice is our intuition knowing what we need to do next. They refer to these voices as something outside themselves, I find comfort in believing it was something within.
In Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert says: "We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace."
You don't have to believe in God to believe in your intuition. They can be separate. They can be called whatever you want. They can be dismissed and ignored, but they will never leave. Listening to that tiny little voice is all it takes to read tarot. People will disagree and say there's a million right ways to do it and a million wrong, but I think it's simple.
Being in a community of other witches has also helped me. Instagram has a great community. We're better together than alone. I'm a baby witch. An aspiring witch. I believe that carrying a rock in my pocket is going to get me through the day. I like rituals like buying a crystal when I'm nervous. They help me to connect.
What does reading tarot for yourself and others look like?
Reading for myself: I will probably sage my deck (cover it in cleansing smoke), shuffle it, meditate on an intention, and pull a card or two. I don't like to read for myself and I don't do it often. While I trust my intuition, I don't really trust my intentions all the time, especially if I am wanting a specific outcome. When I do pull the cards basically say, "no bitch."
I use the tarot when I feel like I need it, but I'm not pulling the cards to see if i'm going to date someone in the next three days. That's not the way I want to use the tarot. I think there are just certain things that you need to let the universe take care of on it's own. I have had the experiences where I've craved instantaneous information and thought i could get it/it could make me better, but it never does.
Reading for others: Usually I do half hour or hour readings. I ask them what their intention is for the readings. I try to speak from my gut and share what the cards are saying. Sometimes it takes some time for me to get going, but I get there… I get plugged in to what the universe is saying through them. I think it's probably most similar to when people tell their stories in 12 step meetings. It's a feeling that something beyond me takes over. It's really cool.
When I read for others, I share more about my own experience to make the reading more tangible. I'm not going to say you're broken if I don't first tell you I am too. I think it's unfair. I think we gotta level the playing field a little bit. I'm reading Glennon Doyle Melton's, "Carry On" right now and she has a moment where she's like, we all put our guards up and the only way to even hope yours goes down, is to pull mine down first. If I am open and honest, I hope my friend/client will be too.
What do you say to critics?
What's working for you in your life? Is it running, 12 step meetings, religious confession, writing, tarot? We all have ways we try to heal, comfort, and connect. We all have to do what's best for us. I'm respectful of the fact that people have certain practices that work for them. I don't question if something works for people.
Cool, I could read for you and maybe it'd change. If you're not "believing" tarot it's probably because you're closing yourself off to it. If you go to a tarot reading thinking "this shit isn't going to work," you're probably right. Your attitude facilitates the outcome.
The reader can say whatever they want, but the person whose cards are being read needs to be ready to hear it. For example, I was told I should stop drinking so much and I wasn't ready to hear it. We're stubborn human beings. We like to push back on what we don't agree with.
How can people learn tarot themselves?
Buy a deck. Read for someone. Just do it. A lot of people start with the Rider-Waite deck. I'd suggest using whatever deck feels good to you. Our level of connectedness shifts depending on how we're living our lives. If we're constantly high or drunk, in a negative place, or with negative people, our connection to our intuition is weakened. If we're surrounded by positive people, having conversations with God, reading good books, and doing what's good for our soul, our connection to our intuition heightens.
Can you read my cards? Specific to work?
The 3 of Pentacles was pulled.
Do what you need to do to make sure you're being good to yourself. If you feel like your job is something you need to stick out, I would say make sure you're doing what you need to do in order to stay emotionally wealthy. Remember whatever emotional currency you're using to excel at work, you're losing that bank elsewhere in your life.
Make sure you're not letting someone else dictate the place you need to be in and what you're doing. Make sure you say "no, that's not what I need to be doing."
Don't fall back on old habits. Despite familiarity, bad habits don't equate comfort. If you do fall back on bad habits, recognize them for what they are. Next time fall back on something healthier. Leave work when you're supposed to leave work. Come into work later if you have to. Don't worry about a couple extra hundred dollars. This might not make you monetarily rich, but you don't want to lose the part of yourself that's healthy and happy. You need to think of your emotional well-being first.
GT: At first, I was like "okay, this reading is very vague and universal advice. Fine." THEN, she started getting closer and closer to what was going on without me saying a word. Actually, all I said was: "I'm curious about work. That's my intention." That's it - Haley didn't know anything about my current work situation.
She introduced this concept of emotional currency that I hadn't heard ANYONE use prior to these last few months. It's actually been a theme for me lately. My sponsor has been saying it to me left and right. "Do you have the emotional currency in the bank? No? Then, that action is not worth it."
Just a few hours prior to Haley reading my cards, I had a mandatory conversation with HR at my work about how my pay is changing and I'm now eligible for overtime. I panicked and began to fantasize about how I could return to my old workaholic ways and make so much money. I got myself all wound up all day. Cried to my new boss. Exhausted myself. Then, Haley reminded me (having no idea this was all going on) that there are more important things than stockpiling money… my emotional well-being, for example.
Hm, so I guess tarot works for me, as I was willing to hear it!


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Homebuyers at a property exhibition in Dongguan, Guangdong province.[Photo/For China Daily]
China will actively push forward property tax and personal income tax reforms as it continues to overhaul its fiscal system, a senior official said on March 7.
The drafting of a reasonable and appropriate national taxation system on property ownership is in full swing, said Shi Yaobin, vice-minister of finance, at a news conference during the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.
After drafting the necessary rules, the government will fully empower the local governments and introduce the tax step by step, Shi said.
"Like most of the countries that have already implemented a property tax, the tax in China will be based on the estimated value of the property and will have appropriate tax reductions for low-income families," he said.
The local taxation authorities will be in charge of the property tax and use the proceeds to improve local development such as infrastructure, education and healthcare, Shi said.
The Government Work Report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on March 5 at the ongoing first session of the 13th National People's Congress called for "prudent advances in the legislation on property tax".
NPC spokesman Zhang Yesui said during a news conference on March 3 that the country's policymakers aim to submit a draft of the property tax law to the NPC Standing Committee for review at an early date.
Experts expect the legislation, under discussion for several years, to be an essential part of the structural reform to improve the country's tax system, and some of them predict that this could mean introduction in parts of the country at the end of 2019 or during 2020.
"Progress on the long-awaited property tax fits with the apparent intent to reform the inter-governmental fiscal system and better matches the expenditure responsibilities of local governments with their revenue base," said Louis Kuijs, head of the Asia Economics Department at Oxford Economics, a British think tank.
Another tax reform measure in the works is the higher personal income tax threshold, which was confirmed by Shi at the news conference. The current threshold is set at 3,500 yuan ($553).
"We will also introduce policies for tax deductible items in the commercial pension insurance scheme," said Shi. This will be a supplementary measure of the personal income tax reform.
He also said China will for the first time include children's education and medical care for critical illness in the items that are eligible for tax deduction in the personal income tax category.