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What's a Blogger?
I'm sure that the folks at the New York Times are regularly told by everyone – analysts, tech pundits, their customers and even their peers – that their industry is doomed. So it's not hard to imagine the schadenfreude with which they reported the decline of blogging in a recent article titled Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter. In the article, they suggest that blogs are no longer the platform of choice, with sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube being the preferred way for people to make their mark online, and especially the young'uns.
I think that the data they cite are correct, but the conclusion they come to and the article title are wrong.
First, the source: the report they cite comes from a source I often rely on: The Pew Research Center, a "think tank" that seeks to disseminate facts on the issues, attitudes and trends that influence America and the world. One of "The Pew's" projects is the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which churns out some of the best reports on the impact of the internet and technology on all aspects of life: day-to-day, education, work, health care, civics/politics, and more. If you truly wish to be in charge of your career as a software developer, you need to know how your customers use technology and better still, how they will use up-and-coming technologies. To that end, the Pew Internet and American Life Project's reports are useful tools for getting "the lay of the land" and some glimpses into the future.
Now, the conclusion and why it's wrong: Scott Rosenberg hits the nail on the head in his blog Wordyard. He points out that if you actually read the Pew Internet and American Life Project's report, titled Generations Online in 2010, you'll see that blogging is still on the rise. Here's the relevant excerpt:
Few of the activities covered in this report have decreased in popularity for any age group, with the notable exception of blogging. Only half as many online teens work on their own blog as did in 2006, and Millennial generation adults ages 18-33 have also seen a modest decline—a development that may be related to the quickly-growing popularity of social network sites. At the same time, however, blogging's popularity increased among most older generations, and as a result the rate of blogging for all online adults rose slightly overall from 11% in late 2008 to 14% in 2010.
Back at the time when blogging began – I think of it as 1997, when Jorn Barger coined the term "weblog"; Peter Merholz would later shorten it to "blog" in 1999 – blogging tools were the simplest way for someone to express themselves regularly online. Before that, you've have to manually create your own web pages and manage the site structure yourself, and even people with the skill and know-how to do that couldn't be bothered. Blogging tools lowered the effort barrier and got the first bloggers going; as blogging tools and platforms improved, that effort barrier got lower and lower and more and more people became bloggers.
Even though the number of bloggers has grown dramatically, not everyone is going to be a blogger. There are still barriers to entry, and at this point in blogging's evolution, most of them aren't technical barriers, but barriers of skill and inclination. We're not all writers, journalists, pundits, storytellers or essayists, just as we're not all chefs, performing musicians, actors or carpenters. Most people just aren't going to blog, and from looking at the writing and communications skills of a lot of people, most people just can't. And that's okay.
While most people aren't going to write the sort of longer-form stuff that blogs were meant to handle, they still want to communicate and express themselves. It is, after all, a truly human desire, and luckily for them, other platforms more suitable than blogs have popped up. Facebook is a far better way to send messages and share stuff with friends and family, and I use it in ways that I don't use my blog. Most people don't have it in them to write articles on a regular basis, but they certainly have things to say, and many of those things can be said in 140 characters or less – hence Twitter. Once again, I use it, and in a different way from blogging or Facebook.
One glaring example of people being better at saying things in short form than long form is S*** My Dad Says. The guy was great in 140 characters or less, but the TV show that he parleyed his tweets into was pretty lame.
In the end, it's all blogging to me, whether you're doing it with a "blogging" platform or social media software or photo/video sharing services. It's all self-expression, managed by some application so you can focus on the content, put online in some findable, navigable fashion, and generally arranged in reverse chronological order. The how isn't relevant, it's the what that counts.
What's a Developer?
For a real blast from the past, take a look at look at "Larry" Luckham's photos from Bell Labs in the late 1960s, where he managed a data center and worked on building an information retrieval system (which we'd probably do today by setting up SharePoint). Marvel at the ancient machinery – much of which could be outclassed by your present day laptop or even your phone – as well as the fashions and oh, the hair!
Once you've done that initial marvelling, make a note of the titles of the people working the computers. "Computer operations supervisor". "Computer operator". The people designated "Programmers" were mathematicians by training. Many of them were maintaining the system and doing what we'd consider IT pro stuff today, but a lot of their work was developing software. Because of this, I'm inclined to think of all of them as developers.
What's a developer? This is a question that my manager John Oxley loves to ask us developer evangelists on a regular basis. The reason he does this is to make sure that when we're reaching out to developers across Canada, we're not mistakenly limiting our scope and leaving people out. We don't want to make the same mistake the New York Times did, in considering only those people who used traditional blogging software as "bloggers".
My own thinking is that if you, in the course of your work, spend some time turning ideas into working software, you're a developer:
- Do you build SharePoint applications by using lists, other people's web parts and SharePoint Designer? You're a developer.
- Do you build sites with HTML, CSS and some JavaScript? You're a developer.
- Are you a student or hobbyist learning how to program or taking up a new programming language? You're a developer.
- Are you what we at Microsoft call an "IT Pro" who's putting together some Powershell scripts to make your life easier? You're a developer.
- And of course, if you're building applications for any of the "Three screens and the Cloud", yes, you're a developer.
I will say it once more for emphasis: if you, in the course of your work, spend some time turning ideas into working software, you're a developer. As with what I think of blogging vs, Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and so on: the how isn't the important part, it's the what
"What's a developer?" may seem like a silly question with an obvious answer, but in the asking, we're making sure that we're helping you, as developers, sharpen your skills, expand your knowledge, grow your careers and in the uber-big picture, make the world better.
What are YOU, Online?
I started this article talking about online self-expression and I've just finished talking about what a developer is. It's now time to talk about where the two intersect.
In the recent GigaOm article Nowhere to Hide: Assessing Your Work Reputation Online, Niel Robertson writes that with all the data about ourselves online, coupled with ubiquitous processing power, "we're heading into a world of unprecedented measurability". He also posits that "Historically, great advances in society have been directly correlated to progress in two things: computational capability and measurement." Taken together, there are going to be some king-sized changes in the way we're evaluated – by our peers, employers and customers.
I'm already being measured along those dimensions. Part of the "Commitments" document I create at the start of each fiscal year already includes online reputation. Audience reach is part of my job performance rating, and blog pageviews and Twitter follower counts are part of that. And yes, I know what my Klout score is.
The point of the article is best summed up in its final paragraph (with a little boldface added by me for emphasis):
The next 20 years of work activity will see an incredible change in how we are measured. If you're not thinking about your expert reputation and how to build it, it's probably time to do so. The next time you look for a job, don't be surprised if someone asks you for your score.
As developer evangelists for Canada, we're here to help you build your reputation. We want to hear and broadcast your stories and your successes. We'll help you promote yourself, your work, your projects and your company. We'll show you how to make the most of online resources and social networking to help boost your career. That's what we're here to do.
Need a hand making your online reputation? Let us know! Feel free to tell us what you need or think, whether in the comments, or by emailing me (or any of my teammates) directly.


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Mahamudra is the very essence of Buddha's teachings. It is an extremely profound subject and to understand it clearly and practice it correctly it is necessary to receive empowerment and instructions from a qualified Spiritual Guide.
The term 'Mahamudra' is Sanskrit. 'Maha' means 'great' and refers to great bliss, and 'mudra' here means 'non-deceptive' and refers to emptiness. Mahamudra is the union of great bliss and emptiness.
Mahamudra Tantra is defined as a mind of fully qualified clear light that experiences great bliss and realizes emptiness directly. Actual Mahamudra is necessarily a realization of Highest Yoga Tantra.
Mahamudra Tantra is a single mind that is both bliss and wisdom: it experiences great bliss and realizes emptiness directly. It is a collection of merit that is the main cause of a Buddha's Form Body, and a collection of wisdom that is the main cause of a Buddha's Truth Body, or Dharmakaya.
When we train in the meditations of Mahamudra Tantra we are transforming our continuously residing body and mind into a Buddha's Form Body and Truth Body. Mahamudra Tantra, therefore, gives inconceivable meaning to our life.
For more information on Mahamudra, see the book Mahamudra Tantra.

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An interesting artbike seen at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in an exhibit about love. I asked if this bike is ridable, but the museum staff would not let me test it.
This bike might be a metaphor for relations as a power struggle in which each person pulls the other to his or her direction. The "stronger" partner "wins," but it's exhausting and eventually futile for both. What a drag, huh?
The Museum of Art and History (MAH) is totally cool and you should visit if you're in the area. You can see this bike in the "All You Need Is Love" exhibit running through July 29 2012. There's also a gift shop featuring locally made crafts and prints. Little know fact: MAH Director Nina Simon is a total, hard core bike nerd.


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Ancient Greek healthcare: as contentious as today? __ "America has just voted through its biggest health-care reform in decades. But what was medical treatment like in ancient Greece?" You will find an answer here. - From historyextra.com - http://www.historyextra.com/blog/ancient-greek-healthcare-contentious-today
Ancient Greek Medicine __ Detailed description of
Greek medicine including herbs, childbirth, questions and answers and links to
additional resources along with click -to-view pictures of ancient Greek
medicine. - illustrated - From fjkluth.com -
Ancient Greek Medicine - Another good introduction to Greek medicine
for the younger student with links to other aspects of Greek culture. - From
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Ancient Greek medicine __ A good overview in a series of click-to-read sections. There may be a confusing pop-up. just close the pop-up page to return to the article. - From ancient-greek-medicine.co.tv - http://ancient-greek-medicine.co.tv/
Ancient Greek Medicine __ You will find click-to-read articles, a well annotated timeline and many resources. - From mlahanas.de - http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/GreekMedicine.htm
Ancient Greek Medicine - Beat 'da Bomb game - www.SchoolHistory.co.uk __ Here is a fun online game for students of ancient Greek medicine. Select a time limit and "defuse" the bomb by getting all the answers right. While using the word "bomb" seems politically incorrect most any place anymore, this really is a fun game. - illustrated - From schoolhistory.co.uk - http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/beatdabomb/bomb_greekmedicine.htm
Ancient Greek Medicine Healing - Healing Arts Articles __ A brief general overview. - From articledoctor.com - http://www.articledoctor.com/healing-arts/ancient-greek-medicine-healing-642
Ancient Greek Medicine - History for Kids! __ Good overview of ancient Greek medicine designed for younger students. - From historyforkids.org - http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/medicine/
Ancient Greek Medicine (an Outline) __ A history of ancient Greek medicine in a form somewhere between an outline and a timeline. - From clas.ufl.edu - http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/kapparis/GRYT/AncientGreekMedicine.html
Ancient Greek Medicine - Scored Quiz __ A fun quiz about ancient Greek medicine which could also be used in a classroom setting. - From qfeast.com - http://www.qfeast.com/scored/quiz/540/Ancient-Greek-Medicine
Ancient Greek Medicine - Types of Ancient Greek Medicine __ The three were "temple medicine, medicine connected with physical training, and the medicine of the medical schools." Learn something about all of them and find many additional resources. - From about.com - http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/doctorsphysicians/a/032211-Types-of-Ancient-Greek-Medicine.htm
Ancient Greek surgery is older than we thought __ "Anagnostis
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study of a skull from the Greek colony of Abdera. The woman had received a blow
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for another twenty years." an interesting article. - From dienekes.blogspot.com
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Doctors and Medicine in Ancient Greece __ Brief introductory overview of ancient Greek medicine. - From historylink102.com - http://historylink102.com/greece3/doctors.htm
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Greek Medicine __ "Many foundations of modern Western medicine lie in Classical Greece, from about 800 B.C.E. to about 200 C.E. During this period, Greek medicine departed from the divine and mystical and moved toward observation and logical reasoning." Read the whole story. - From National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/
Health, Economics and Ancient Greek Medicine __ "Nevertheless, current economic theory can shed light on the market for medical services in classical Greece. Furthermore, I hypothesize that similar factors account for the double-sided nature of the health market in both ancient Greece and the industrialised world, where religious and alternative medicine coexists with secular and scientific approaches." An article from Lund University - From historyoftheancientworld.com - http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2011/03/health-economics-and-ancient-greek-medicine/
Heart research and ancient Greek medicine __ A brief text linking ancient Greek observation with modern heart research. - From pubmedcentral.nih.gov - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1767505
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outstanding figures in the history of medicine." an encyclopedic article. - From
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Medicine and Ancient Greece __ A very brief history of
ancient Greek medicine. - From Historylearningsite.com -
Medicine in Ancient Greece __ From "Medicine in Homer" to temple cures and midwifery, you will find good articles here. - illustrated - From Indiana University - http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/greekmenu.HTM
Medicine in ancient Greece __ "The first known medical school opened in Cnido in 700 BC. Alcmaeon, author of the first anatomical work, worked at this school, and it was here that the practice of observing patients was established. Hippocrates established his own medical school at Cos." an encyclopedic article. - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_ancient_Greece
Medicine in Ancient Greece-- Overview __ A lesson plan. "This lesson provides a brief look at the origins of Greek medicine and a comparison with modern medicine. Also included is an edited text of the Hippocratic Oath." Goals, procedure and materials needed. - From learnnc.org - http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/BruceSchulman7212002534
Medicine - Hippocrates __ A good overview of Hippocrates and the foundation of Greek and modern medicine. - illustrated - From Crystalinks - http://www.crystalinks.com/gkmedicine.html
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Many of the claims of desirism find their origin in the writings of the 17th century Scotish philosopher, David Hume
Sentiments Are the Object of Moral Evaluation
For example, desirism holds that desires are the primary object of moral evaluations. Actions are to be evaluated on the derived status of whether they are or are not those actions that a person with good desires would perform.
Furthermore, good desires are determined by whether the desire tends to objectively satisfy other desires, either directly or indirectly.
In David Hume's book Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Section IX, Hume wrote:
It may justly appear surprising that any man in so late an age, should find it requisite to prove, by elaborate reasoning, that Personal Merit consists altogether in the possession of mental qualities, useful or agreeable to the person himself or to others.
The mental qualities that Hume refers to are character traits – traits such as modesty, charity, kindness and the like. The way to determine the value of a character trait is to determine its impact on our moral sentiments (which desirism holds to be false). Furthermore, the favorable impact on our moral sentiments is determined by whether the trait in question is agreeable to the self, useful to the self, agreeable to others, or useful to others.
If these "character traits" are taken to be desires, and their agreeableness or usefulness to self or others is taken to be the degree to which a desire tends to objectively satisfy directly or indirectly one's own desires and the desires of others, we get from Hume a statement that is very close to desirism.
Desirism would agree that whether we approve or disapprove of something depends on its (subjective) impact on our own desires. However, desirsm answers this issue with G.E. Moore's distinction between what people do approve of and what people should (or have reason to) approve of.
What people do approve of is what impacts their sentiments given their beliefs. What they have reason to approve of, and what they have reason to cause others to approve of, and what others have reason to cause them to approve of, is found in the criteria of usefulness and agreeableness to self and others.
Reason Is the Slave of the Passions
Hume wrote in Treatise on Human Nature
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
There is a lot of controversy about what exactly Hume was trying to say here. However, in this sea of interpretations, there are some that come close to what desirism claims.
Desirism holds that there is no truth content to desires and no way to evaluate a desire as "correct" or "incorrect" on its own. We can only evaluate a desire in terms of its effects in aiding or interfering with the objective satisfaction of other desires. Desires, in this sense, are the root of all values – even when it comes to evaluating (other) desires.
Beliefs have a truth value. A belief is correct when there is a fact of the world that corresponds to a belief. An agent's belief that an invisible ancient dragon watches his every move is an accurate model of the world in which he lives if it happens to be the case that there is an invisible ancient dragon that watches his every move.
A desire may be objectively satisfied if the proposition identifying what is desired is true. However, there is nothing in this that identifies a desire as being "correct" or "incorrect".
When it comes to deciding on a course of action, desires determine the end or goal of the action. Desires dictate where the action is headed – what the final objective is. Once desires have set the goal, beliefs go to work selecting the means to reaching that goal. In this sense, beliefs work to serve desires.
Sentiments (Desires) Cannot Be Intrinsically Unreasonable
Reason is something that belongs to the realm of beliefs. Its purpose is to help belief to carry out the commands of desires.
Consequently from Treatise on Human Nature:
Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
After saying this, it is relevant to note that there is a potential for conflict among desires. In these cases, reason may argue that, to fulfill the will of some desires, other desires should either be strengthened or diminished. Reason can dictate that a person is better off with no desire to smoke – given that such a desire must either be frustrated, or satisfied to the frustration of other desires brought about by poor health, a long and debilitating illness, or an early death.
Thus, perhaps we should modify the quote above to say that it is not necessarily unreasonable to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of one's finger. However, given that the destruction of the world, even if desired, would thwart other desires, an agent may be better off discouraging in himself as well as in others a fondness for the destruction of the world.
However, even in this type of case, the motivation to rid oneself from a desire – the sentiment that marks some desires as bad or best gotten rid of - does not come from reason alone. Here, too, reason is continuing to play its role as servant to the other desires – the master desires – with which the judged desire comes into conflict.
One way often used to understanding this difference between beliefs and desires is as follows: If a proposition that is believed is not true in the world, we should change the belief. However, if a proposition that is desired is not true of the world, we have a reason to change the world.
Relationships Between Sentiments and Objects of Evaluation Are Matters of Fact
As mentioned above, desirism denies that morality depends on the sentiments of the evaluator.
Furthermore, desirism allows that moral claims have a truth value that reason can help us to determine. There is a fact of the matter as to whether a desire tends to be agreeable and useful to self and others that reason can help us to determine.
It is still the case that these moral facts cannot exist in a world without passions. Relationships between states of affairs and desires (passions) cannot be known by reason or by any other means in a world where no passions exist. However, in a world where there are passions, the relationship between objects of evaluation and those passions are knowable.
Many would say that this conflicts with Hume. However, this may not be the case.
There is a point at which Hume discusses relationships between objects of evaluation and desires where he states:
Take any action allowed to be vicious: Willful murder, for instance. Examine it in all lights, and see if you can find that matter of fact, or real existence, which you call vice. In whichever way you take it, you find only certain passions, motives, volitions and thoughts. There is no other matter of fact in the case. The vice entirely escapes you, as long as you consider the object. You never can find it, till you turn your reflection into your own breast, and find a sentiment of disapprobation, which arises in you, towards this action.
Yet, if you were to continue this to the very next sentence – the words people cut off in trying to argue that Hume denied the possibility of moral facts – one gets:
Here is a matter of fact; but it is the object of feeling, not of reason.
That is to say, relationships between objects of evaluation and the sentiments are matters of fact. They can be expressed as true propositions. The truth of the proposition can be known in the same way that any other proposition can be known. However, they are facts about feelings and their objects. They are not facts about objects independent of feelings and discoverable by reason alone.
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The Book Wakeboard Complete Series is the most thorough instructional ever made. The series contains 9 dvd's spanning almost 13 hours! World-renowned coach Kyle Schmidt designed this series from the ground up with proven methods he has developed over the years while being head coach at The Wakeboard Camp and Wakeboarding Magazine's instructional editor. The Book is the most in-depth and accurate instructional on the market. Whether you are picking out your first wakeboard and wakeskate or learning your next mobe, we've got a dvd for you.
This Box set includes all 13 DVDs from this instructional series. With over 13 hours of footage you cannot go wrong with this box set. Every DVD from the Wakeboard Series and EVERY DVD from the Wakeskate series + the Book Mobile are contained in this box set.
This DVD is designed to give newcomers to the sport of wakeboarding all of the information they need to get started. It also gives seasoned riders more info about their equipment so they can better understand how it works on the water. Knowing how the equipment functions is a big part of progression and it will also give you the tools to help you purchase the ideal setup for your style of riding. After the equipment section, we will take you through boat driving, boating safety and getting ready to ride. To finish up, you will learn the basics of getting up and riding your board behind the boat. DVD Chapters: Intro, Equipment, Boating, Getting Ready to Ride, Getting Up, Riding Positions, Edging, Edging Positions, Types of Edges
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This DVD focuses in on the base tricks that lead to the harder more technical moves. This DVD is designed to teach you everything about wake jumps, shuvits, your first spins and so much more. Watch and learn as you take the right steps to becoming a better wakeskater. Featuring coaching by top pro wakeskater - Aaron Reed. Also featuring riding by some of today's top professionals. DVD Chapters: Wake Jumps, Grabs, HS FS 180, TS FS 180, Body Varial, Suvits
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During October, one of my biggest decisions is "what am I going to be this Halloween?" I love homemade costumes because I find it so interesting to see how people's creative juices start flowing.
Last year, MG and I made minion hats for our costume.
This year we're going to be… Can you guess from the items below?!?!
Do these colors remind you of any Pixar movies? Perhaps Monster's Inc. MG will be Mike Wazowski, and I will be his companion, Sulley.
This year, my costume will be a double-duty outfit. If you've been following along, then you know what these costumes were used for (my Disney half marathon!).
In this post, I'm going to show you how I created these looks.
First let's start out with Mike Wazowski. What you'll need is a bright green shirt and 3 different colors of fabric (white, black, and dark green). Cut out a circular eyeball on the white fabric, a smaller dark green circle for the cornea, a smaller circle for the pupil, and then a small white circle to use as the reflection of the eyeball.
Find circular items around the house as your guides – I used a variety of bowls.
Iron the eyeball flat:
And simply sew each piece onto the t-shirt. I kept the sewing simple, so the edges are raw and a bit frayed (I chose this since MG will only be wearing the shirt twice). If you want the costume to last longer, definitely sew with a zig-zag hem. Another option is to use Fray Check by dotting along the edges and letting the liquid dry (it works like clear nail polish).
Now for the Sulley costume! I wanted to keep it girly and cute still (ideally, I don't want to look like a huge fluffy monster). What I came up with is a tutu with a cute set of horns.
If you're looking to make a tutu – this is the perfect tutorial for you!
What you'll need for the tutu is: 10 feet of tulle, an elastic band (or ribbon), scissors.
Cut the tulle into strips of 4-5 inches. Measure our your elastic band/ribbon around your waist, and tie the tutu around the elastic band or ribbon (tutorial on how to tie below). Keep going around the band/ribbon until you're out of tulle.
Tying the tulle:
Keep the band around your waist to tie the tulle on easily.
For the Sulley costume, I needed to add spots of purple. I purchased purple tulle pom poms and simply hand-sewed them onto the tutu.
Now for the horns. I purchased a blue headband and cut out horns from felt. I stuffed the felt with some extra fabric and sewed the horns together and slipped them through the headband.
Then I made some pom poms from yarn and glued them onto the headband (pom pom tutorial here).
And that's it! A cute Sulley costume to match an adorable Mike Wazowski! Creating costumes is so much better than purchasing. It's unique and a great way to show off your creative skills.
What will you be this year for Halloween? Will you be making your costume?
Happy Halloweek!


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Peace is possible!
Solemn Feast of Mary, Mother of God, Theotokos
New Year's Day 1973
Blessed Pope Paul VI's Message for the
6th World Day of Peace - 1 January 1973
- in English, French, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish
You upon whose shoulders rests the responsibility for guiding the vital interests of mankind: statesmen and diplomats; and you, representatives of the nations of the world; men of philosophy, science and letters, industrialists, trade unionists, military men and artists, all you whose work influences the relations among peoples, states, tribes, classes and among the families of the human race; and you, citizens of the world; young people of this rising generation, students, teachers, workers, men and women; you who know what it means to search, to hope, to despair, to suffer; and you who are poor, who are orphans or victims of the hatred, selfishness and injustice that still exist in our world - do not be surprised if again you hear our voice. It is a voice that is weak but yet strong, like the voice of a prophet of the Word standing over us and filling us. I am your advocate who seeks not his own interest, for I am the brother of every man of good will, a Samaritan to whoever is weary and waits for help, a Servant - as I call myself - of the servants of God, of truth, freedom, justice, development and hope. In the year 1973 I raise my voice to speak to you again of Peace. Yes, of Peace! Do not refuse to listen to me even though Peace is a theme about which you may be fully informed.
My message is as simple as an axiom: peace is possible! A chorus of voices assails us: we know it. Indeed it besets us and stifles us - peace is not just possible, it is real. Peace is already established, we are told. We still must grieve for the numberless victims of war whose blood has stained this century more than all centuries past, this century which is the highpoint of progress; the horrible scars of recent wars and civil strife still mark the faces of our adult generation; and even the still open wounds renew in the limbs of the new population a shudder of fear at the thought of the mere hypothesis of a new war.
But wisdom has finally triumphed; weapons are still and are rusting in the armouries, useless instruments of a madness which has been overcome; worldwide and serious institutions guarantee safety and independence to all; international life is organized by now undisputed documents and instruments which immediately work to solve, through a listing of rights and justice, every possible controversy; dialogue between peoples is continuous and sincere; and, in addition, an immense intertwining of common interests brings about solidarity among peoples. Peace has now come to civilization. Dc not disturb that peace, we are told, by calling it into question. We have other new and original questions which need to be treated: peace is a fact, peace is secure; it is no longer a matter for discussion!
Really? Would that it were so!
But then the voice of these spokesmen of peace victorious over every contrary reality becomes more timid and uncertain, and admits that there are truly unfortunate situations here and there, where war continues to rage fiercely even yet. Alas! It is not a question of wars buried in the sands of history; it is a question of wars here and now. Nor is it a question of passing episodes, but of wars which have been going on for years; nor is it a matter of superficial disturbances, because these wars weigh heavily upon the ranks of well-armed men and upon the unarmed masses of the civilian population. Nor are they easy to solve; they have exhausted and rendered impotent all the skills of negotiation and mediation. Nor is the general equilibrium of the world left undisturbed, since they breed an ever growing amount of injured prestige, of unrelenting desire for revenge and of endemic and organized disorder. They are not something than can be ignored, as though they will solve themselves with time, because their poison seeps into souls, corroding humanitarian ideologies, becoming contagious and transmitting itself to the youngest generation and carrying with it a fatal inherited commitment to revenge. Violence becomes fashionable again, and even clothes itself in the breastplate of justice. It becomes a way of life, abetted by all the ingredients of treacherous evildoing and by all the wiles of cowardice, of extortion and of complicity, and finally presents itself as an apocalyptic spectre armed with the unheard of instruments of murderous destruction. Collective selfishness comes to life again in the family, society, tribe, nation and race. Crime no longer horrifies. Cruelty becomes fatal, like the surgery of hate, declared legal. Genocide is seen as the possible monster of a radical solution. And behind all these horrible visions there grows through cold-blooded and unerring calculations the huge economy of arms, with its hunger-producing markets. And so politics resumes its unrenounceable programme of power.
And peace?
Yes, peace! Peace, it is said, can survive equally in and to some extent exist side by side with the most unfavourable conditions of the world. Even in the frontline trenches, or in the lulls in warfare or amid the ruins of all normal order there are quiet corners, quiet moments. Peace immediately adapts itself to them and, in its own way, flourishes. But is this vestige of vitality, which we can speak of as true peace, mankind's ideal? Is it this modest and wonderful capacity for recovery and resistance, this desperate optimism that can slake man's supreme aspiration to order and the fullness of justice? Shall we give the name of peace to its counterfeits? Ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant (Tacitus). Or shall we give the name of peace to a truce, to a mere laying down of arms, to an arrogant exercise of power beyond revoke, to an external order based on violence and fear, or to a temporary balance of opposed forces, to a trial of strength consisting in the immobile tension of rival powers? This would be a necessary hypocrisy, with which history is filled. It is certainly true that many things can prosper peacefully even in precarious and unjust situations. We must be realistic, say the opportunists; the only possible kind of peace is this: a compromise, a fragile and partial settlement. Men, they say, are incapable of a better sort of peace.
And so, at the end of the twentieth century, will mankind have to be content with a peace deriving from a diplomatic balance and from a certain regulation of rival interests, and nothing more?
I admit that a perfect and stable tranquillitas ordinis, that is, an absolute and definitive peace among men - even if they have progressed to a universal high level of civilization - can only be a dream, not vain, but unfulfilled, an ideal, not unreal but still to be realized. This is so because everything in the course of history is subject to change, and because the perfection of man is neither univocal nor fixed. Human passions do not die. Selfishness is an evil root that can never be completely removed from man's psychology. In the psychology of whole peoples this evil commonly takes on the form and power of a raison d'etre. It acts as a philosophy of ideals. For this reason we are menaced by a doubt, a doubt that could be fatal: is peace ever possible? And in the minds of some this doubt very easily changes into a disastrous certainty: peace is impossible!
A new, indeed an ancient anthropology arises : man is made to fight against man: homo homini lupus. War is inevitable. The arms race - how can it be avoided? It is a basic political necessity. And then it is a law of the international economy. It is a question of prestige. First the sword, then the plough. It seems as though this conviction prevails over every other, even for some developing peoples, which are struggling to enter into modern civilization, which are imposing upon themselves enormous sacrifices in the resources essential for life's basic needs, cutting down on food, medicine, education, road-building, housing and even sacrificing true economic and political independence, so that they can be armed and can inflict fear and slavery on their own neighbours, often with no more thought of offering friendship, cooperation, a common well-being, but showing a grim face of superiority in the art of offence and war. Peace, many people believe and say, is impossible, either as an ideal or as a reality.
Here on the contrary is our message, your message too, men of good will, the message of all mankind: peace is possible! It must be possible!
Yes, because this is the message that rises from the battlefields of the two world wars and the other recent armed conflicts by which the earth has been stained with blood. It is the mysterious and frightening voice of the fallen and of the victims of past conflicts; it is the pitiable groan of the unnumbered graves in the military cemeteries and of the monuments dedicated to the unknown soldiers: peace, peace, not war. Peace is the necessary condition and the summing up of human society.
Yes, because peace has conquered the ideologies that oppose it. Peace is above all a state of mind. Peace has at last penetrated as a logical human need into the minds of many people and especially of the young. It must be possible, they say, to live without hating and without killing. A new and universal pedagogy is gaining ascendancy - that of peace.
Yes, because the maturity of civilized wisdom has expressed this obvious fact: instead of seeking the solution to human rivalries in the irrational and barbarous test of blind and murderous strength in arms, we shall build up new institutions, in which discussion, justice and right may be expressed and become a strict and peaceful law governing international relations. These institutions, and first among them the United Nations Organization, have been established. A new humanism supports them and holds them in honour. A solemn obligation unites their members. A positive and worldwide hope recognizes them as instruments of international order, of solidarity and of brotherhood among the peoples. In these institutions peace finds its own home and its own workshop.
Yes, we repeat that peace is possible, since in these institutions it finds again its fundamental characteristics, which a wrong idea of peace easily makes one forget. Peace must be based on reason not passion; it must be magnanimous, not selfish. Peace must be not inert and passive but dynamic, active and progressive according as the just demands of the declared and equitable rights of man require new and better expressions of peace. Peace must not be weak, inefficient and servile, but strong in the moral reasons that justify it and in the solid support of the nations which must uphold it. There follows an extremely important and delicate point: if these modern organizations which are to promote and protect peace were not fit for their specific function, what would be the fate of the world? If their inefficiency were to cause fatal disillusionment in the minds of men, peace would thereby be defeated, and with it the progress of civilization. Our hope and our conviction that peace is possible would be stifled, first by doubt, then by mockery and scepticism, and in the end by denial. And what an end this would be! One shrinks from thinking of such a downfall. It is necessary to repeat once more the basic statement that peace is possible, in these two complementary affirmations:
Peace is possible, if it is truly willed;
and if peace is possible, it is a duty.
This involves discovering what moral forces are necessary for resolving positively the problem of peace. It is necessary to have - as we said on another occasion - the courage of peace. Courage of highest quality: not that of brute force, but that of love. We repeat: every man is my brother; there cannot be peace without a new justice.
Men of strength and conscience, who through your collaboration have the power and duty to build and defend peace; you especially who are leaders and teachers of peoples: if ever the echo of this heartfelt message reaches your ears, may it enter also into your hearts and strengthen your consciences with the renewed certainty that peace is possible. Have the wisdom to fix your attention on this paradoxical certitude; devote your energy to it and, in spite of everything, give it your trust; with your powers of persuasion make it a theme for public opinion, not in order to weaken the spirits of the young but to strengthen them to more human and virile sentiments. Establish and build up in truth, in justice, in love and in freedom peace for the coming centuries; beginning with the year 1973, vindicate its possibility by accepting its reality. This was the programme which our predecessor John XXIII traced out in his Encyclical Pacem in Terris, the tenth anniversary of which will fall in April 1973. And just as ten years ago you listened with respect and gratitude to his paternal voice, so we trust that the memory of that great flame which he kindled in the world will strengthen hearts to new and firmer resolutions for peace.
We are with you.
To you, brothers and sons and daughters in the Catholic communion, and to all united with me in the Christian faith, I extend once more the invitation to reflect upon the possibility of peace. I do this by indicating the way in which such reflection can be greatly deepened: through a realistic knowledge of anthropology, in which the mysterious causes of evil and good in history and in man's heart reveal to us why peace is always an open problem, always threatened by pessimistic solutions and at the same time always encouraged not only by the obligation but also by the hope of happy solutions. I believe in the real though often hidden sway of an infinite Goodness, which we call Providence and which rules over the destinies of humanity; I know the strange but tremendous reversibility of every human situation in a history of salvation;(1) I bear engraved upon my memories the seventh beatitude of the Sermon on the Mount: "Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called sons of God;" (2) absorbed in a hope that does not deceive,(3) we hear the Christmas proclamation of peace for men of good will;(4) we have peace ever upon our lips and in our hearts as a gift and greeting and a biblical wish deriving from the Spirit, for we possess the secret and unfailing fount of peace, which is "Christ our peace." (5) And if peace exists in Christ and through Christ, it is a possibility among men and for men.
Let us not allow the idea of peace to perish, nor the hope of peace, nor the aspiration towards it, nor the experience of it; but let us renew the desire for peace in men's hearts, at all levels: in the inmost sanctuary of consciences, in family life, in the dialectic of social conflicts, in relations between classes and nations, in the support of initiatives and international institutions that have peace as their banner. Let us make peace possible by preaching friendship and practising love of neighbour, justice and Christian forgiveness; where peace has been cast out let us open the door to it through honest negotiations brought to a sincere and positive conclusion; let us not refuse any sacrifice which, without offending the dignity of any generous person, will make peace quicker, more heartfelt and more lasting.
To the tragic and insuperable contradictions that seem to make up the grim reality of history in our day, to the attractions of aggressive force, to the blind violence that strikes the innocent, to the hidden snares that work to speculate on the big business of war and to oppress and enslave the weaker nations, to the anguished question, finally, that ever besets us: is peace ever possible among men? true peace? - to this question there springs from our heart, filled with faith and strong with love, the simple and victorious response: Yes! It is a response that impels us to be peacemakers, with sacrifice, with sincere and persevering love for mankind.
Let this be an echo to our response, carrying with it blessings and good wishes in the name of Christ: Yes!
From the Vatican, 8 December 1972
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
(1) Cf. Rom 8:28.
(2) Mt 5: 9.
(3) Cf. Rom 5:5.
(4) Cf. Lk 2:14.
(5) Eph 2:14.
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Hai Kang Seafood Restaurant: A Chinese Gem in Greenhills
Located along Wilson Street in Greenhills, Hai Kang Seafood Restaurant is a twelve-year old Chinese dining destination formerly known as Harbour City Restaurant. And while it changed its name three years ago, its time-tested menu remained to carry the same flavorful Chinese fare that its loyal patrons love. However, as the Chinese community evolved to include an adventurous bunch, Hai Kang Seafood Restaurant has decided to add new and modern items sure to satisfy the foodies of this generation.
To start off, we had the Seafood Pumpkin Soup (S P500; M P750; L P1,000). While seafood is already a staple in Chinese restaurants, this is my first time to have tried one which is infused with the hearty goodness of pumpkin. Unlike the pumpkin soup in most Western cuisine restaurants, this bowl is not too thick nor too heavy yet very smooth, earthy and calming on the palate. It also has generous amount of shrimps, scallops, clams, squids, crab sticks and fish, perfect for seafood lovers like me.
We then had the Eggwhite Seafood (S P600; M P900; L P1,200) which is a light, fluffy and airy ensemble of egg whites, assorted seafood shreds and pork floss. While I wouldn't normally go for an egg white item, I really liked how flavorful this simple dish is. Aside from being satisfying taste-wise, it's also healthy and wouldn't mess up your diet.
My favorite for the night are these Laksa Prawns with Fried Mantou (P180 per piece). While everything we got to try was out of the ordinary when it comes to Chinese restaurant dishes, this serving was the most unusual yet the most satisfying. Each prawn is plump and very succulent with a thick coating of the rich, savory, spicy and coconuty laksa sauce. Seriously, never leave the restaurant without ordering this!
Runner-up is the Soft Shell Crab with Salt & Pepper (S P600; M P900; L P1,200) which comes breaded, crisp-fried and served with salted eggs. Although this dish may look simple, it definitely tasted amazing and really had me digging in. It was flavorful, very well-seasoned and with a harmonious blend of savory, salty and peppery.
We also had the Fried Tao-Pe Roll with Country-Style Sauce (S P500; M P750; L P1,000). While you may think that this is just your regular spring roll, don't be fooled. Instead, these are minced pork covered with fried bean curd skin, and served with a rich and creamy shrimp, potato and mushroom sauce. Every bite unlocks not just an explosion of flavors, but also a lovely crisp yet delicate texture from the bean curd skin.
Last viand for the night was the Shredded Beef Tenderloin Strips with Japanese Sauce (S P600; M P900; L P1,200) cooked with onions, flat beans and cut corn cobs. And while beef tenderloin is already a regular on most, if not all, Chinese restaurants' menu, Hai Kang updates this time-tested favorite by using its own recipe of a Japanese sauce which is generally sweeter than most salty Chinese-style beef tenderloin sauces.
To cap off our meal, we veered away from the regular mango sago and went with a comforting Hot Almond Soup Dumpling (S P250; M P375; L P500) instead. Being a big fan of everything with almonds, I was glad that this bowl really tasted like almond, just sweetened. It also had sticky rice balls which complements the hot soup really well.
We also had some Masachi (P80 per 4 pieces) which is similar to buchi, but contains black sesame paste instead of lotus or red bean paste. They're also not covered with white sesame seeds, but are crusted with finely chopped peanuts. And while I personally prefer this than buchi, make sure to eat with care 'cause these treats can stain the teeth.
If you've been a regular reader, then you've probably known how much I try to avoid eating in Chinese restaurants because of taste fatigue. However, after this trip to Hai Kang Seafood Restaurant, I've realized that I can still enjoy our family visits to Chinese restaurants, especially those that offer new and exciting modern takes on Chinese fare. And since Hai Kang still carries its tried and tested dishes on top of the newer ones, I can get my fix while the rest of the family can enjoy their good ol' Chinese favorites.
Ambiance - 4/5
Service - 4/5
Price - 3.5/5
Overall Value - 4/5
Hai Kang Seafood Restaurant, Greenhills
227 Wilson St., Greenhills,
San Juan City, Metro Manila
(02) 570-6325; 570-6177; 381-2833
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I have not written much about cointellect lately, but I've been monitoring its activities from many others forums, blogs and off course social media such as facebook.
It is no surprise that many of the top earners referrals still going strong trying to get people into cointellect to buy contract so they can profit with a big referral bonus, while letting the people who got in suffer. These are the referrals people that joined cointellect from the beginning and earned much money from referring people into cointellect, they make money for each referrals earned and also a one time 10-20% if I recall back correctly. I could have mistaken the referrals % with coingeneration.com
Sadly many people already know this is a ponzi scheme scam, fraud your money, but they still doing it. Again, it's those greedy people that want to refers more people into cointellect and let them suffer while the referrals pocket good amount of money and doesn't care or need to do anything else, in fact some of the referrers calling the people whom purchased cointellect contract stupid as it the fault of the people buy them.
Now let get to the business side of cointellect.
- Yes Bitcoin price had fallen, but it's moving up a little bit. Cointellect uses this advantage to change its plan and stop paying old contract and allow people to request refund, but had anyone confirmed to get their Bitcoin refunded? For those that are lucky to have a good credit card company will fight to get the money back, may have their fund frozen, but it will takes months, and hope cointellect don't fight back to win over your bank.
- Swiss Card? – have anyone confirmed of receiving the Swiss Card? I don't think so, and it's been months since the announcement. If anyone filled out those forms for Swiss Card, probably got their identity stolen, and I hope that you don't send a picture of you holding your ID and send it to them also.
- Mining? – no more pool mining on ASiC, as I've mentioned on many of my previous blog that cointellect asic mining will end soon and indeed it did. Today mining with their software so call "Coinminer" is not a good idea, we don't really know what it mining or what it do, but it does use up a good portion of CPU usage depend on your settings 0-100%, and NO I don't think it uses the GPU much, FAKE. As for cointellect datacenter with a live webcam? As I've already mentioned, it's fake, just a video looping making it realistic with door open and close and light flashing randomly.
- Earning changes? – yeah it changed big time, and it's NOT what indicated in the chart. You will earn a lot less if you purchase a contract. This is for new members, for old members you're earning nothing, it's funny sometime to see your balance in the hundreds and even thousands but you can only withdraw 10 cent. If cointellect are doing this to the old members, what makes you think they will not do it to the newer members? Their terms of service changes overnight without any notice, they reserve the right to do so, you can't do anything to change that.
- Employees at cointellect? – it's funny that I got a couple email from them, but I don't really know if it's from them or some referrers people profit from cointellect … asking me to stop talking about cointellect is scam, stop posting link and pictures or else I will get arrested, they will report me with my blog to the police. So funny. I hope that person or persons success with cointellect scamming more people and their life will be successful scamming, don't know how they can sleep at night, or know where their career is heading.
- Lack of communication? – if there is communication at all from cointellect. Every communication news cointellect posted are just stories using words such as we "will", "soon", "big plan" coming … so on and so forth. No different than coingeneration.com communication. "soon" we will pay all members in full, "soon" as in soon we will live on mars more like it. I have not seen cointellect deliver what they promised. Please don't tell me that cointellect was working great at the beginning and because of bitcoin price drop which led to cointellect being iffy today. If so, this is indeed a ponzi, it is how ponzi scheme work, great pay out at the beginning to get lots of people invest, then run away with their money.
Bottom line, for those of you who plan to invest with cointellect. I think it's better that you buy bitcoin directly at whatever price it is at the moment and forget about it, less head ache, wasting less time. If bitcoin down, just giggle, if it goes up be happy and you can sell it if you want or just watch it go up and down. Don't invest or buy a contract at cointellect, it will give you more grieves than enjoying your daily life. If you're a risk taker then go gambling, don't gamble with cointellect, you will loose and dies slowly miserably, while gambling at casino you can win and loose big within seconds – quick painless death 🙂


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Meet the Artists Who Refused Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions
You don't often hear of artists refusing to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, but Axl Rose, who did just that with a much-publicized open letter back in 2012, was hardly the first to turn up his nose at this exclusive offer.
Perhaps the most famous, public and scathing rejection came in 2006, as the Sex Pistols were being inducted into the hall. The group did not attend, and Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten posted a note on the group's website staying "Next to the Sex Pistols, rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain," going on to say, "We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention."
Rotten's note was very critical of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame's financial motives as well, suggesting the band could have "fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table or $15,000 to squeak up in the gallery," in an apparent reference to the fee requested from the hall for attending the ceremony.
2006 just might have been the biggest year to date in terms of trouble-makers being inducted. Black Sabbath were also on the honor roll that year, despite the fact that front man Ozzy Osbourne had written an open letter of his own to the organization approximately seven years prior, telling them:
"Just take our name off the list. Save the ink. Forget about us. The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans. It's voted on by the supposed elite for the industry and the media, who've never bought an album or concert ticket in their lives, so their vote is irrelevant to me. Let's face it, Black Sabbath has never been media darlings. We're a people's band and that suits us just fine."
Ozzy ended up having a change of heart with respect to Sabbath joining the hall of fame, appearing at the 2006 ceremony with his Black Sabbath band mates Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Geezer Butler.
Compared to those two letters, Rose's screed was actually very measured and polite. He explained that being inducted as part of a Guns N' Roses lineup that's completely different to the one he now fronts would put him in a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" position:
"Maybe if it were you it'd be different. Maybe you'd do it for this reason or that. Peace, whatever. I love our band now. We're there for each other when the going gets rough. We love our fans and work to give them every ounce of energy and heart we can.
So let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense."
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Hello friends, the new academic session has started from 8th June 2020 but due to the current Koro epidemic, children cannot be called to school so as not to spoil the academic work of the students. Based educational videos and educational lessons are broadcast on TV through Doordarshan Kendra DD Girnar channel.
This educational video has been started from 15th June 2020. Apart from this, classes have also been started for the students of Std. 9th to 12th. This educational video is being aired on DD Girnar Doordarshan. In addition, a video is also sent through a PDF every day.
For the educational programs broadcast for the students of Std. 1 to 12 from 19th November to 30th November 2020, the questions of the study process under the syllabus as well as the schedule of the virtual class for the students of Std. 6 to 12 have also been sent by the government. Merge is sent in pdf format through youtube link as well as through DD Girnar and through this the children study daily.
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Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt:
The District of Columbia celebrates April 16 as Emancipation Day. On that day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which ended slavery in Washington, D.C., freed about 3,100 slaves in the District of Columbia, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed women and men money to emigrate. The Act came nine months before President Lincoln issued the broader Emancipation Proclamation.
As a member of Washington, D.C.'s community NOW celebrates Emancipation Day and acknowledges the the continued struggle of African Americans. As we reconcile our country's past, it is our duty to rectify the ramifications of that past on the present.
The U.S. has gone from slavery, to racial segregation, to the industrial prison system of today. The "New Jim Crow" disproportionately criminalizes African American men for low level offences with longer sentences that any other race in the U.S. Mass incarceration–as we all know–is merely the tip of the iceberg. Our country's storied and dark history of discrimination is seen in gross racial disparities in income; neglected Black and Brown communities such as Flint, Michigan; increased segregation in public schools across the country; and even a lack of adequate reproductive care for Black women.
On Emancipation Day, NOW calls on our white sisters and brothers, to not only educate themselves on the true history of our country's treatment of African Americans, but to uplift organizations such as Sister Song and The Black Women's Blueprint that specifically help and address the needs of communities of color. It falls upon all of us as Americans to stand up, speak out, and move in solidarity whenever we see or hear injustice.
The struggle for emancipation is far from over for any of us until we all have an equal chance at economic and health security, education, safety and peace.
Dee Donavanik, email@example.com, 951-547-1241