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This year, voting is more than just the core responsibility of citizenship; it is an act of defiance against malicious political forces determined to reduce access to democracy. Millions of ballots on Tuesday — along with those already turned in — will be cast despite the best efforts of Republican officials around the country to prevent them from playing a role in the 2012 election.
Even now, many Republicans are assembling teams to intimidate voters at polling places, to demand photo ID where none is required, and to cast doubt on voting machines or counting systems whose results do not go their way. The good news is that the assault on voting will not affect the election nearly as much as some had hoped. Courts have either rejected or postponed many of the worst laws. Predictions that up to five million people might be disenfranchised turned out to be unfounded.
But a great deal of damage has already been done, and the clearest example is that on Sunday in Florida, people will not be allowed to vote early. Four years ago, on the Sunday before Election Day, tens of thousands of Floridians cast their ballots, many of them black churchgoers who traveled directly from services to their polling places. Because most of them voted for Barack Obama, helping him win the state, Republicans eliminated early voting on that day. No legitimate reason was given; the action was entirely partisan in nature.
The author of that law, as The Palm Beach Post revealed last week, was Emmett Mitchell IV, the general counsel for the state Republican Party. Under his guidance, party officials in Florida got thousands of perfectly eligible black voters purged from the rolls in 2000, and got a law passed last year that limited registration drives and early voting days. A federal judge struck down the registration limits, but not before they drove down the numbers of new registrants.
The law cutting back nearly half the number of early-voting days in Florida remains in place, a reaction to the Obama campaign's successful use of the system. Early voting is wildly popular, freeing people from having to cast a ballot within a few hours on a workday, and all but 15 states allow it in some form. (When will New York get the message?) But even after long lines formed last week at early-voting stations in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott refused to extend the period an extra day. In Ohio, a judge had to restore early-voting days that Republicans had tried to cut.
One of the biggest attempts to reduce the turnout of minority voters, poor people and others likely to vote Democratic has been the imposition of photo ID requirements, under the guise of preventing nonexistent voter fraud. In Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin, courts have blocked these laws or postponed them until after the election, but the issue is by no means dead, and Republicans can be expected to continue to press their self-serving case.
In Iowa and Wisconsin, the Romney campaign has given its poll watchers misleading or incorrect information — for instance, that voters should show an ID in Iowa, where none is required — which could create disputes and long lines, most likely in Democratic precincts.
One of the saddest signs of the politicization of the voting process and the counting of ballots has been the armies of lawyers assembled by both parties in the swing states where the vote is likely to be the closest. Much of this would be unnecessary if not for the requirements that Republicans have tried to put in place, which force Democrats to make sure that provisional ballots are not thrown out or mishandled. (In Nevada, Republicans are already preparing their challenge by claiming, with absolutely no evidence, that some machines are malfunctioning in Mr. Obama's favor.)
Public outcry, with support from the courts, may eventually remove these threats to democracy. For now, those who contribute to a heavy turnout on Tuesday will send a message that Americans reject any underhanded effort to place political gain above a franchise for which people have given their lives.


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Sexual fantasies are among the thoughts that cross a person's mind because it is something that is stored in the subconscious which is affected by the environment in which he lives and the scenes that he sees. These are thoughts that occur to most people, especially the youth, but they vary from one person to another with regard to their type, strength and effect.
Islamic sharee'ah is the sharee'ah of the fitrah (natural state of man) and it is in harmony with human nature, and it takes into account the psychological fluctuation that Allaah has made a part of the human make-up. So it does not go beyond human limitations or impose impossible burdens.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Allaah burdens not a person beyond his scope"
[al-Baqarah 2:286]
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Allaah has forgiven my ummah for whatever crosses their mind so long as they do not speak of it or act upon it." Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2528) and Muslim (127).
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said commenting on this hadeeth:
Whatever crosses a person's mind, so long as he does not dwell on it or continue to think of it, he is forgiven for it, according to scholarly consensus, because it does not happen voluntarily and he has no way of avoiding it.
Al-Adhkaar (p. 345).
Passing fancies come under the heading of that which crosses a person's mind, which is forgiven according to the hadeeth quoted above. So if a person imagines haraam things that came to his mind unbidden, there is no blame or sin on him, rather he has to ward them off as much as he can.
If a person dwells on haraam thoughts and calls them to mind, then the fuqaha' differed as to how to view this situation – is it covered by that forgiveness or does it come under the heading of thinking and resolving 9to do something haraam) for which a person may be called to account?
This issue was discussed by the fuqaha' in the following manner:
If a man is having intercourse with his wife and is thinking of the charms of another woman, so that he imagines he is having intercourse with her, are those thoughts and fantasies haraam? The fuqaha' differed concerning that.
The first view is that it is haraam, and that the one who deliberately brings haraam images to mind whilst having intercourse with his wife is sinning.
Ibn 'Aabideen al-Hanafi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
The view that is closest to the spirit of our madhhab is that it is not permissible, because imagining that woman as if he is having intercourse with her is imagining oneself committing a sin with a woman who is not permissible for him.
Haashiyat Radd al-Muhtaar (6/272).
Imam Muhammad al-'Abdari, who is known Ibn al-Haaj al-Maaliki (may Allaah have mercy on him), said:
A man should refrain from thinking such thoughts and tell others to avoid this behaviour too, i.e., this obnoxious characteristic that has unfortunately become very common, which is when a man sees a woman whom he likes, he goes to his wife and has intercourse with her, and starts to imagine that woman whom he has seen.
This is a kind of zina (adultery) because of what our scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) have said about the one who takes a tankard and drinks water from it, but he imagines that it is alcohol that he is drinking – so that water becomes haraam for him.
What we have mentioned does not apply only to men, rather it also includes women, and it applies even more so to them, because what is common nowadays is that they go out or look out from windows, and if they see someone whom they like, they start thinking about him, then when they have intercourse with their husbands they bring that image that they have seen to mind, so each of them may be committing zina in some sense – we ask Allaah to keep us safe from that.
He should not only avoid that himself, he should also draw his family's and other people's attention to it, and tell that this is haraam and is not permitted.
Al-Madkhil (2/194, 195).
Ibn Muflih al-Hanbali (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Ibn 'Aqeel stated in al-Ri'aayah al-Kubra that if a man imagines the image of another woman who is forbidden to him whilst having intercourse with his wife, he is sinning, but a passing thought that he cannot prevent does not constitute a sin.
Al-Adaab al-Shar'iyyah (1/98).
The evidence for this opinion is the view favoured by a number of scholars, that if thoughts that cross the mind become entrenched and may turn into something that one resolves to do, then they come under the heading of things for which one is accountable, and that haraam fantasies that a person deliberately calls to mind are not covered by forgiveness, because they have been thought of deliberately and the person will be called to account for that.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The reason why passing thoughts are forgiven is what we have mentioned above, that they cannot be avoided. But it is possible to avoid dwelling on them. Hence dwelling on them is haraam.
Al-Adhkaar (345).
The second view is that it is permissible, and that there is no sin on the one who does that. This is the view of a number of later Shaafa'i scholars, such as al-Subki and al-Suyooti.
They said: That is because there is no resolve or determination to sin in fantasies. He may imagine that he is having intercourse with that woman, but there is no resolve in his heart or any plan to do that, rather he may refuse if given the opportunity to do it.
It says in Tuhfat al-Muhtaaj fi Sharh al-Minhaaj (7/205, 206) – which is a Shaafa'i book:
Because when he thinks of that or imagines it, it does not occur to him to actually commit zina or do any of the things that lead to it, let alone resolve to do it. All that is happening to him is that he imagines something reprehensible as something good. End quote.
See: al-Fataawa al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kubra (4/87).
It seems that the correct view is the view that such fantasies are makrooh, even if we do not say that they are haraam. That is for the following reasons:
1-Many psychologists regard sexual fantasies as a psychological disorder if they dominate a person's thinking to such an extent that he cannot enjoy any pleasure except through these fantasies, and that may lead to abnormal sexual fantasies.
2-Islamic sharee'ah teaches the principle of sadd al-dharaa'i' or blocking the means that may lead to haraam things and closing every door that may lead to evil. It is to be expected that sexual fantasies may lead to a person committing haraam deeds. A person who frequently imagines something and wishes for it will inevitably develop the motive to do it and will try to do it a great deal. So he starts by looking at haraam images, and his eyes become accustomed to looking at haraam things, then he will try to fulfil his fantasies.
3-Most of these fantasies comes to people's mind by haraam means in people's minds, such as permissive satellite channels and by watching scenes of decadent societies from kaafir lands all over the world, where there is no modesty and watching sex scenes is becoming a daily habit, as is obvious to anyone who live or works in those countries.
4-Finally, such fantasies may lead to spouses losing interest in one another, so the wife is no longer attractive to her husband, and vice versa, which leads to marital problems, and then sufferings and problems start.
For all of these reasons, our advice to everyone who is tested with such fantasies is to hasten to put a stop to them and rid himself of them. The following means may be of help:
1 –Completely avoiding everything that may provoke such fantasies, such as haraam movies and TV shows which are shown on satellite TV, as well as avoiding reading stories that generate such fantasies. We have already discussed on our site the fact that it is haraam to read such sexual stories. See the answer to question no. 34489.
Al-Ghazaali said in Ihya' 'Uloom al-Deen (1/162):
The way to ward off distracting thoughts is to cut off their source, i.e. avoid the means that could create these thoughts; if the source of such thoughts is not stopped, it will keep generating them. End quote
2 – Regularly reciting the adhkaar that are prescribed in sharee'ah, especially that which is said before having intercourse: "Allaahumma jannibna al-shaytaana wa jannib al-shaytaana ma razaqtana (O Allaah, keep the Shaytaan away from us and keep the Shaytaan away from that with which You bless us)." Narrated by al-Bukhaari (141)and Muslim (1434).
3 – Focusing on the present enjoyment instead of that which is absent. In both spouses there is that which will keep the other from thinking of haraam things. If each spouse focuses on the attractions of the other, they will not be distracted by fantasies of other things.
4 – Imagine if your husband had fantasies like you do, would you accept that? Wouldn't that make you feel unhappy? How can you accept to make your husband feel like that? Try to use this thought to get rid of what you are feeling.
5 – Consult psychologists. There is nothing wrong with your going to a female psychologist or family doctor and asking her for advice; you may find something to help you in sha Allaah.
I ask Allaah to guide and bless you and your husband.
And Allaah knows best.


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Radix Saposhnikoviae
Fang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong's Herbal)
The Processing of Radix Saposhnikoviae
The root of perennial herbaceous plant Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. of family Umbelliferae.
Mainly in the northeast of China and the east of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.
Collected in spring and autumn.
The real smell and taste
Slightly fragrant smell and sweet taste.
Best quality
Big strip with dark brown skin, slightly brown on the cross section of bark and greyish yellow of woody part.
Sliced, unprocessed or stir-baked to charcoal.
The Effect of Radix Saposhnikoviae
Pungent, sweet, slightly warm; lung, liver and spleen meridians entered.
Dispel wind and release exterior, expel wind-damp, alleviate pain.
A. Exterior wind-cold, wind-damp and exterior wind-heat syndromes
This herb primarily dispels wind and releases the exterior pathogens. Its property is mild, sweet and slightly warm. For this reason it can be used for exterior wind-cold, wind-damp and exterior wind-heat syndromes. It is indicated for exterior wind-cold syndrome, marked by headache and body pain, aversion to wind-cold. It is usually combined with herbs that disperse wind-cold. For instance, it is combined with Jing Jie and Qiang Huo in Jing Fang Bai Du San from She Sheng Zhong Miao Fang (Excellent Prescriptions for Health Prescription). It is indicated for exterior wind-damp, marked by binding headache, heavy body and limb pain, and is usually combined with herbs that dispel wind-cold and expel dampness. For instance, it is combined with Qiang Huo and Chuan Xiong in Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang from Nei Wai Shang Bian Huo Lun. It is indicated for wind-heat exterior syndrome, marked by fever and aversion to wind, throat pain and thirst. It is usually combined with Bo He, Lian Qiao and other herbs to dispel wind-heat. Because its dispersing action is mild, it is indicated for situations where the defensive qi and the exterior is deficient and for those with wind-cold pathogen. This herb is usually combined with herbs that benefit the defensive qi and consolidate the exterior, and they have the effect of supporting the healthy qi and expelling the pathogens. For instance it is combined with Huang Qi and Bai Zhu in Yu Ping Feng San from Dan Xi Xin Fa (Danxi's Experiential Therapy).
B. Rubella and itching
This herb dispels wind and stops itching, and can be used for all types of skin diseases. It is usually used for urticaria and itching caused by wind pathogen. It is usually combined with herbs that are good at dispelling wind and alleviating itching like Bo He, Chan Tui and Bai Xian Pi. Itching usually belongs to blood deficiency and wind dryness, and for this reason it is usually combined with herbs that nourish blood and moisten dryness like Dang Gui, Sheng Di Huang and Mu Dan Pi.
C. Wind-damp arthralgia and pain
This herb is usually used to dispel wind-damp and stop pain of arthralgia. It is indicated for wind-cold-damp arthralgia, marked by joint pain, sinew spasms, and is often used with herbs that dispel wind-damp and alleviate pain of arthralgia. For instance, it is combined with Qiang Huo, Gui Zhi and Jiang Huang in juan Bi Tang from Yi Xue Xin Wu (Medicine comprehended). It is also indicated for wind-cold-damp pathogen stagnation transforming into heat where the joints are red, swollen, hot and painful. This is called heat arthralgia. This herb can be combined with herbs that clear heat, expel dampness, and dredge the meridians such as Yi Yi Ren, Di Long and Wu Shao She.
Aside from this, this herb has the ability to alleviate spasms. It pungently disperses exterior wind and extinguishes interior wind to stop spasms. It is indicated for wind toxin invading the interior and meridians inducing interior wind which leads to tetanus marked by muscle spasms, twitching limbs, stiffness of the nape, neck and back, or arched back rigidity. It is usually used with herbs that dispel wind and alleviate spasms. For instance, it is combined with Tian Ma, Tian Nan Xing and Bai Fu Zi in Yu Zhen San from Wai Ke Zheng Zong (Orthodox Manual of External Medicine).
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 5~10g.
It should be used with caution for blood deficiency and internal wind induced by heat because of its warm property.


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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, and wounds that won't heal. It is also used for infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen.
For this therapy, you enter a special chamber to breathe in pure oxygen in air pressure levels 1.5 to 3 times higher than average. The goal is to fill the blood with enough oxygen to repair tissues and restore normal body function.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was first used in the U.S. in the early 20th century.
The therapy was tried again in the 1940s when the U.S. Navy used it to treat deep-sea divers who had decompression sickness. The therapy was also used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning by the 1960s.
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Be aware that HBOT is not considered safe and effective for treating certain conditions. These include HIV/AIDs, brain injury, heart disease, stroke, asthma, depression, spinal cord injury, and sports injuries.
HBOT helps wound healing by bringing oxygen-rich plasma to tissue starved for oxygen. Wound injuries damage the body's blood vessels, They release fluid that leaks into the tissues and causes swelling. This swelling deprives the damaged cells of oxygen, and tissue starts to die. HBOT reduces swelling while flooding the tissues with oxygen. The higher pressure in the chamber increases the amount of oxygen in the blood. HBOT aims to break the cycle of swelling, oxygen starvation, and tissue death.
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy uses two types of chambers:
Monoplace chamber. This is a chamber built for one person. It's a long, plastic tube that looks like an MRI machine. The patient slips into the chamber. It's slowly pressurized with 100% oxygen.
Multiplace chamber. This chamber, or room, can fit two or more people at once. The treatment is largely the same. The difference is that people breathe pure oxygen through masks or hoods. A technician may also be in the chamber with you as you get the treatment.
Only a healthcare provider should prescribe HBOT. A number of hospitals offer these chambers. People relax, sit, or lie comfortably in these chambers and take deep breaths. Sessions can last from 45 minutes up to 300 minutes The time depends on the reason for the treatment.
Your ears may feel plugged as the pressure is raised. This is similar to when you're in an airplane or the mountains. Swallowing or chewing gum will "pop" the ears back to normal.
Your blood carries the extra oxygen throughout the body. This infuses the injured tissues that need more oxygen so they can start healing. You may feel lightheaded when a session is done. Mild side effects include claustrophobia, fatigue, and headaches. Always have someone drive you home after HBOT.
Several sessions are often needed. Best to check beforehand to see whether your insurance company, Medicaid, or Medicare covers the cost.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is not for everyone. It shouldn't be used by people who have had a recent ear surgery or injury, a cold or fever, or certain types of lung disease.
The most common complication after HBOT is trauma to the middle ear. Other possible complications are eye damage, lung collapse, low blood sugar, and sinus problems. In rare, severe cases, a person can get oxygen poisoning. This can lead to seizures, fluid in the lungs, lung failure, or other problems. Considering the possible risks and benefits, the decision to use hyperbaric oxygen therapy must be carefully made after a discussion with your healthcare provider.


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2015 is behind us now, but there are trends we saw develop in the real estate industry, that certainly reflect key focus points for 2016. One of these key areas of conversation is relocation, where people moved within the united states. So who moved? Where did they move to? How much money did they pay to facilitate this moves and what motivated their decision to relocate? What were the general patterns in terms of distances covered?
Why Americans moved in 2015
People moved away from existing homes because they were looking for cheaper options, convenient locations and new environments. There were also those who moved because they wanted better quality housing even if it meant having to pay more. Reports also indicate that some Americans left rentals in the search of locations where they could buy their own homes. Thats one of the more significant trends to focus on now that we're in 2016.
Some people chose to move in order to start their own households. This includes those who got married and young people who wanted to leave their parents' homes in the pursuit of independence and privacy.
In other instances, people secured jobs away from their homes and chose to relocate to be closer to their new areas of work. The jobs included new challenges or transfers within the same line of work. Most of the movement in this category involved those taking new jobs altogether.
There were other less common reasons for relocation, and these included the search for new environments or better schools and colleges.
What were the patterns of movement?
The West and Southern areas of the country had more destinations than any other area, with an interesting 3 out of the 5 routes of movement ending in California. Florida and Texas rounded off the remaining available routes.
States to which most people moved
California topped this list, followed by Texas, Washington, North Carolina, with Colorado coming fifth. Others in the top 10 include Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina and Nevada in that order.
Where did most moves emanate from?
New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania took a huge hit in terms of movements to the outside, with other states in the top 10 being Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Virginia and Ohio.
Who moved within their own states?
Those who relocated within cities and towns in the same states did so out of a need to find better places without having to move too far away from home. Below is a look at the states affected, in descending order:
- California
- Florida
- Texas
- New Jersey
- New York
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Georgia
- Massachusetts
- Ohio
Here is a look at the cities individuals moved to, from the ones that received the most people to the ones that took in the least:
- Denver
- Seattle
- Portland, Oregon
- Houston
- San Francisco
- Dallas
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
And below is a ranking of the cities from which people moved, from the most affected to the least:
- New York City
- Chicago
- Washington, D.C.
- Pittsburgh
- Milwaukee
- Baltimore
- Philadelphia
- Arlington, Virginia
- Minneapolis
- Columbus, Ohio
Additional facts
- Professionals in teaching, business, health and the military moved the most in 2015.
- The average moving costs ranged from $2600 to $4400
- June was by far the busiest month of the year in terms of movement.
- A huge chunk of people (60.6%) moved out of state.
- July 31 was the most packed day of the year, where people moved the most compared to any other date.
- Only a paltry 9.6% of those who relocated made use of vehicles.
- Most people chose to move either on Friday or Saturday.
- Those living in units with one or two bedrooms moved most, some in search of bigger houses and compounds.
- Among the areas from which people moved, the Midwest was the most affected as people sought better working places and cheaper residential areas.
- While there was plenty of movement in many areas Across the US, the only significant increase in general population resulting from relocation was the south.
The statistics above show a growing pattern when it comes to movement in the population,with people choosing different parts of the country for general reasons like the cost of real estate and standards of living. Other decisions were made based purely on individual preferences among different age groups.
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From bubble to bubble.
In early March I left the Boulder bubble of people who mostly think like me (spiritual, but not religious, into greens and free-range eggs, yoga, the mind-body connection) and I drove a total of 1900 miles to and from another bubble of fringy thinking, Austin, TX.
In a city whose slogan is "keep Austin weird," I pretty much felt right at home in the oasis of wackiness, just as I had felt immediately comfortable in Boulder amongst the yogis and green juicers. What is more intriguing, however, is what's going on in the 950 miles between these two bastions of liberalism.
I often forget that the vast majority of people in our country not only don't think the way I do, they think completely opposite. I was raised in a household that believed in everything: God, Goddess, tree divas, mermaids, fairies, Santa, the Easter Bunny, Jesus, Allah, OM-ing, Mother Earth, and the Divine Mother were all fair game. The response of a friend of mine in college when I asked her what she believes in religion/spirituality-wise sums up my philosophy perfectly: "There's so much magic. Why choose?!"
The world is flat.
About an hour south of Denver on my drive I began to get this distinct feeling that I wasn't in Kansas anymore. Billboards shouting about the evils of abortion (sometimes including disturbingly graphic pictures) and the virtues of our savior, Jesus Christ, began interrupting the surprisingly flat land. (It turns out that just ever-so-slightly east of the Rockies, America is FLAT!)
Yep, I was making my way through The Bible Belt. Here's what I saw: lots of grass and farmland, cows galore, tumbleweed, a great deal of beauty, and a whole boatload of religion. Call me naïve, but having stuck to the coasts most of my life and immersed myself in communities of either an agnostic or spiritual, rather than a religious, nature, I just never really got it about how much religion is a driving cultural force in large portions of our country.A combination of serendipity and Facebook found me in Amarillo, TX having a delightful down-home meal with my friend Judith. That morning on the way from Austin to Amarillo I passed a covered wagon on the side of the highway being pulled by two Clydesdale horses. The side of the wagon read: "Jesus saves. Just ask him." I immediately thought, "Saves us from what?"
Over dinner, Judith looks at me and says: "So, Kate, tell me about your spiritual life." It was phrased so directly and simply that I was caught off-guard and I didn't know what to say.
The first thing that popped into my head was, "What spiritual life?" Despite having started daily practices such as meditation, Morning Pages, Pranayama, yoga, dancing, and a gratitude journal, I've never really stuck with something that I do every day. I don't pray in any sort of recognizable fashion and on Sunday mornings I'm usually at brunch with friends or sleeping in.
The whole enchilada.
But after a beat, I realized my whole life is my spiritual life. Just as there is little divide between work and play for me, every waking and non-waking moment is infused with the Divine. Smiling at babies is a spiritual practice. Flirting at a bar is a spiritual practice. Taking a deep breath is a spiritual practice. I commune with the Divine through chocolate, romantic comedies, sex, asparagus, a good novel, and a good cry.
As I wrote this post this morning at a Starbucks in a strip mall in Arvada, CO, a guy came up to me and asked what The Freedom Tour was. He saw the logo on my car and wanted to know more. I explained what I was up to: touring the country (and possibly the world) on an indefinite road trip to explore, teach, and inspire people to create financial, emotional, and spiritual freedom.
This guy teaches Christian teens how to share their faith in a non-creepy way. Pretty cool, I thought. He told me about a documentary he filmed with young people from different faiths coming together to have an open dialogue about their belief systems.
I noted that when you really drill down to the core of the world's major religions, the heartbeat (and I choose this word purposefully) is essentially the same: it's all about love. He completely disagreed and explained how the Christian view is all about faith in Jesus, and that faith in this one being is what it's all about.
Bind me up.
He told me all about how each religion is actually completely different AND he informed me that the root of the word "religion" means "to bind." Woah. As he spoke he took one of his hands and clasped it tightly around the other wrist to demonstrate just how strong of a bind he meant. I was more than a little surprised that this man teaching youth how to have dialogue between people of different belief systems fundamentally believes that there is only one way of looking at the world. And that it's about being bound.
My skin started to crawl and I was grateful when he exited the Starbucks. Given my newfound knowledge of the etymology of the word "religion," I understand The Bible Belt in a whole new way. To bind. It gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Let me be clear and say that I have no judgment about anyone's religious beliefs. To each his own. What I believe in is freedom and I'm grateful for the freedom I was given growing up to choose my own beliefs. Unbound and unfettered, I've always known that I'm a spiritual being having a human experience, and thus, life has been a far richer and more magical experience than if I didn't believe in anything beyond what I can see, touch, feel, or understand.
My spiritual roots and believe-in-everything-ness have led me to be on the faculty of Reveal, an annual conference for the next generation of female spiritual leaders. It's happening on May 7th at Urban Zen in NYC. It will be a gathering place for women of all ages to reveal their innermost soul callings, whatever those may be. In the spirit of true freedom we'll come together to share the inklings, whispers, cries, screams, songs, and invitations that we've heard from within.
Wouldn't it be great if we could loosen the Bible Belt a bit, unbind ourselves, and clear out the static enough to hear the truth once in a while? Simply believing in the Goddess and knowing that a spark of her lives within me as I drove route 285 in eastern Colorado and northern Texas felt like a loosening. I don't feel the need to start a religious debate. I didn't feel the need to get into an argument with the man at Starbucks or go around Archer, TX talking up the Divine Feminine. My spiritual life is my life, and my living it that way is a revolutionary act in and of itself.
Reveal with me.
Please join me and the other unbound, loose, spiritual souls for our spiritual throw down at Reveal, May 7th at Urban Zen in NYC. Register here.***Editorial comment post-publication: I wanted to make it really clear here that I have NO judgment about people's personal choice and religious beliefs. I was actually baptized Episcopalian! What I'm talking about here is freedom. The freedom for us all to tap into what's right for us and what stirs our soul in the most beautiful way possible. I've had some comments over at crazysexylife.com that made me realize perhaps I hadn't made my tolerance clear. Thanks!***


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State and Local Coverage Changes Under Full Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 includes a number of new policies intended to substantially reduce the number of people without health insurance. Key provisions to be implemented in 2014 include new health insurance exchanges, subsidies for coverage in those exchanges, health insurance market reforms, and an individual mandate. The ACA also includes an expansion of Medicaid coverage to individuals with incomes up to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level ($15,856 for an individual or $26,951 for family of three in 2013).1 The Medicaid expansion under the ACA became a state option following the Supreme Court ruling in June of 2012. At this point, it is not clear how many states will elect to expand Medicaid coverage.2 If all states were to do so, enrollment in Medicaid is projected to increase nationwide by about 18.1 million and the uninsured would decline by 23.1 million.3
This brief provides highlights from new state and sub-state estimates of how the number and composition of individuals enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP would change with full implementation of the ACA, including the Medicaid expansion. These estimates provide more detail on the projected coverage changes under the ACA at the state level than in prior research.4 They also provide new information on the expected coverage changes resulting from the ACA at the local level in all states. This analysis demonstrates that there is substantial variation across and within states in the magnitude and composition of the population that is projected to gain Medicaid coverage under the ACA. These estimates also provide guidance on the areas that are likely to experience the largest declines in the uninsured and where the residual uninsured are likely to be concentrated.
The analysis uses the Urban Institute's American Community Survey – Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (ACS-HIPSM). This model simulates decisions of individuals in response to policy changes, such as Medicaid expansions, new health insurance options, subsidies for the purchase of health insurance, and insurance market reforms, using data from the American Community Survey (ACS). The estimates draw on a sample of approximately 7.5 million individuals from combined 2008, 2009, and 2010 ACS data. All three years of data were combined to achieve sufficient precision at both the state and local level. The data was reweighted so that the distribution of the population by age, race, and sex in the pooled file matches 2011 population estimates published by the Census Bureau. For more detail on the ACS-HIPSM model and the methods underlying this analysis, see the Methods Appendix. For further information, see Documentation on the Urban Institute's American Community Survey-Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (ACS-HIPSM).


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Johnny Depp donates $8 million to charity from the sale of NFTs
The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles has received a donation from Johnny Depp over a month after he won a defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. In the past, Amber had failed to donate her divorce payout to the same charity as she had promised. Johnny Depp is winning hearts with his recent donation to charity organizations. Actor Johnny Deep recently sold off his NFTs from his art community, Never Fear Truth, and donated the proceeds to charities. The donation also was made to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, associated with the actor's ex-wife Amber Heard. A total of $8 million was raised from Depp's NFT sale.
Never Fever Truth NFT (non-fungible token) tweeted, "Johnny Depp's Never Fear Truth NFT sale was always intended to benefit charities and we are pleased to be able to confirm that nearly $8 million in total donations have been contributed to the following organizations: Perth Children's Hospital Foundation (via CAF America), Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (via CAF America), The Footprint Coalition, The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA)."
After filing for divorce in 2016, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard separated from each other. It was reported that Amber had pledged to donate her divorce settlement to the Children's Hospital as soon as they divorced. In Johnny and Amber's recent defamation trial, it was revealed that Amber had not done so and cut a sorry figure in front of the lawyers in a televised case where she claimed to pledge the money to charity and suggested that it meant the same thing as donating to charity and was corrected by Depp's lawyers.
Reacting to the actor's donation, a fan wrote on Twitter, "And this, ladies and gentlemen, is philanthropy. And the difference between an unfulfilled pledge, and a straight donation." "No wondering about pledge or donation synonymously or not here. Every time I think I couldn't be prouder of that man, he proves me wrong. AMAZING," added another one.
Amber's legal team recently asked the Fairfax court to set aside the verdict against her or seek a fresh trial after she lost the defamation trial against Johnny. Johnny's legal team dismissed the appeal, according to Court House News. In an email, lawyer Ben Chew, who represents Johnny, called the appeal "what we expected, just longer, no more substantive."


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A Great Crowd Follows Jesus
7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.
The Twelve Apostles
13And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15and have authority to cast out demons. 16He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,2 19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit
22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." 23And he called them to him and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
28"Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, 29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"— 30for they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit."
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
31And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers3 are outside, seeking you." 33And he answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 34And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother."
The Present Kingdom — Part One
Matthew 1:1 – John 21:25 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 37:00 • ID: 2392Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.


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Fix Network Name Resolution
The GNU C Library getaddrinfo
API is the core name resolution API for C library. The API interprets and implements the requirements of several RFCs and harmonizes the requirements as needed by the project. Unfortunately some of the cases of name resolution are difficult implement and up for interpretation depending on the RFC. This has lead to sometimes different behaviour between OS implementations. In some cases the getaddrinfo()
function in glibc return the wrong results.
This feature aims to fix a number of name resolution bugs in glibc that prevent applications from fully using name resolution functions without workarounds. The fixes should bring glibc closer to other OSs and their interpretations of the RFCs.
- Name Carlos O'Donell
- Email: carlos at redhat.com
- Name: Pavel Šimerda
- Email: psimerda at redhat.com
- Name: David Jaša
- Email: djasa at redhat.com
- Name Tore Anderson
- Email: tore at fud.no
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 20
- Last updated: 2013-03-14
- Percentage of completion: 10%
Detailed description
Currently the getaddrinfo()
function doesn't work as it was designed. Many of its features are buggy and cannot be used without extensive workarounds. Many software packages are using getaddrinfo()
with such workarounds. Many can trigger its failures. And many packages that don't use getaddrinfo()
will be ported in the near future.
We are submitting this bug fixing effort as a Feature because:
- It is a high-impact change that will (positively) affect almost all networking software
- Developers will be able to use
without ugly workarounds for new code - We are going to publish guidelines for proper
usage - Documentation for
bugs will be available - Possible workarounds will be offered for backward compatibility
- Comments and errata will be sent to standards organizations
- We want to receive critical response during the whole process
- It will be part of the next networking testweek
Problem statement
The behavior of getaddrinfo()
is often nonstandard, undocumented, surprising, or just plain wrong. We already identified a number of problems. The most prominent examples are here.
may return duplicate or even wrong addresses from /etc/hostsgetaddrinfo()
with NULL servname may return duplicate addressesgetaddrinfo()
with AI_PASSIVE may still return address list not suitable forbind()
with AI_ADDRCONFIG may fail to translate literal addressesgetaddrinfo()
with AI_ADDRCONFIG may fail to resolve /etc/hosts addressesgetaddrinfo()
with AI_ADDRCONFIG may send unwanted AAAA queriesgetaddrinfo()
has a bad choice of default flags
Whether or not the problematic actually occurs depends on /etc/hosts
configuration, /etc/resolv.conf
configuration, getaddrinfo()
input parameters, runtime kernel network interface configuration, and more. While testing the known bugs or reading the source code, more and more bugs are discovered.
Bug reports related to getaddrinfo()
can be found upstream:
Affected software
The above problems affect software that wants to use getaddrinfo()
- Get parameters for
to start communicating - Get parameters for
to listen on specific addresses - Build IP address based accesslists
- Perform name resolution for other purposes
Although it would be nice to also test and fix all software in Fedora using getaddrinfo()
, that is not feasible. Therefore we are going to concentrate on checking and fixing the GNU C library, checking and fixing the most important toolkits dealing with networking, and documenting a set of guidelines for daemons and application software.
Fedora bugs related to dualstack networking including name resolution problems should be added to the following tracker bug:
Benefit to Fedora
Most Fedora installations are being used in networking environments. Many of them are laptop installations that connect to various networks or even work offline. As name resolution is a critical part of networking experience, Fedora will benefit from being able offer reliability and avoid surprising and buggy behaviour.
Bugs addressed by this feature page are especially tricky because an ordinary user is usually not able to properly report them, not to say analyze them. Especially bugs affecting plain old IPv4 services should be fixed and avoided in the future.
And there's a bonus. As all the documentation will be on Fedora Wiki, attracting attention of other members of the community. Together with other network-related efforts, Fedora could be seen as the leader in linux networking.
Main focus:
- Name service switch
- DNS module
- hosts module
Secondary libraries:
- GLib networking API
- Qt networking API
Other output:
- Guidelines for daemons and applications
- Backward compatibility guidelines
- Documentation and hints for testing
- Comments and/or errata for standards organizations
How to test
- Reproducers will be always documented in the (usually upstream) bug reports
- The best way to test
is with Python's socket module - Qt and Glib can be also tested in Python
- Some test programs in C could also be helpful
- Lot of tests can be done with actual software using
or one of the libraries - Everyday use can help, too
Please note that we are going to test this feature as part of the next Fedora Network Test Week.
User experience
- Users will be less likely to see confusing and hard-to-reproduce errors
- Some configurations will start working that didn't work before
- Name resolution bugs in applications will be resolved more quickly
- Developers will be able to concentrate on their real work
Almost all development will be done via contributions upstream. Each library will have to be either updated or the fixes backported. Networking APIs are fairly independent from the rest of the libraries.
Libraries that may need updating or fixing:
- GNU C Library
- GLib
- Qt
Contingency plan
In case the fixes are not ready in time, all packages would continue to use workarounds that make them work with the buggy versions of glibc and/or other libraries.h
If, on the other hand, there are packages negatively affected by the changes, we will offer help with fixing the package and/or revert the changes for the next Fedora release. We do not expect any negative impact, though, and we are analysing any potential problems in advance.
We plan to publish a list of packages that might be directly affected by our modifications.
Currently, new documentation for name resolution is being drafted on the Fedora Wiki:
Existing documentation:
- RFC 3493 (informational)
- RFC 2553 (obsolete informational)
- Current getaddrinfo manpage: mostly like RFC 3493
- Ulrich Drepper: Userlevel IPv6 Programming Introduction
Release notes
Name resolution for network host and service names now works as expected and in line with the standards and user needs. Daemons and applications will now resolve names correctly without extensive workarounds. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are fully supported.


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This pandemic has been like a fog, a cloud, over what we once considered to be normal. But as we move through it, people are re-discovering what life will be like when it clears.
"I mean we, here, don't consider us America. We joke when we're going to Costco, 'Hey, we're going to America today, do you need anything?'" said Farhad Ghatan, mayor of Friday Harbor, Washington.
Friday Harbor is an island town near Canada. Here, Ghatan's responsibilities go beyond entertaining the guests at his bed and breakfast, the Friday Harbor Grand.
"It's great to be able to make a comeback after a tough year, but it's almost pretty tiring," he said. "We had one hospitalization. We have a population of 7,500, approximately 7,500 on this island."
San Juan County, which is made up of multiple islands--including San Juan, Island, which is where Friday Harbor is located--is reporting five hospitalizations related to COVID-19.
The mayor says strict measures, like an early mask mandate, kept COVID-19 cases from climbing and the town's vaccination rate is more than 80 percent, as tourists flock by ferry here each day.
"I've had zero openings since the beginning of June, and I probably won't have any until the beginning of September," Ghatan said of his B&B.
As the US-Canada border is expected to open later this summer, Ghatan has mixed fillings.
"I have mixed opinions on that. I know business will go down because people will now have options of going across the border," he said.
Most visitors to Friday Harbor are Americans.
"The exchange rate doesn't make it appealing to Canadians to come here," Ghatan said.
On this island, keeping up with traffic from the mainland is hard enough.
"It's ridiculous. Right now, I'm turning five to six people a day," Ghatan said.
Washington State has allowed restaurants to go full capacity, but Debbie Rishel's restaurant, Downriggers, still isn't at 100 percent.
"Right now, actually, I could have more of my restaurant, but I don't have enough people upfront to do it," she said.
Finding enough help isn't just a problem for a remote island like this.
"Not all of them have the luxury of having a full staff right now, so they're only open part-time or five days a week," explained San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Becki Day.
More than 90 percent of chambers of commerce nationwide say worker shortages are hurting their economies. Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Vermont are among the states struggling the most, according to the US Chamber of Commerce.
Experts say a shrinking number of working-aged people could mean this shortage will continue for years, even beyond a pandemic recovery.
"My crews are already tired, and it's not even the summer," Rishel said.
Step into Irene Herring's coffee shop, San Juan Coffee Roasting Company, you will feel the pace of a busy season, lost in many tourist towns last year.
"We kind of jump in with both feet," she said.
But for Herring, COVID and coffee do not define her path through the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She says she's doing fine now but will be selling her shop after 32 years, in order to enjoy this edge of America, which is her home.
As many work to charter a path beyond the limits of a pandemic, she says do not forget to go in the direction of what you value the most.
"A time like that that has lasted as long as it has, it's nice to have something that brings you some pleasure," Herring said.


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Check to make sure the brim of your helmet lines up nicely with your goggles, or you may run into the notorious gaper gap (bare skin on your forehead). On bitter days, your forehead could freeze and on lovely spring afternoons, you might wind up with interesting tan lines.
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