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Notorious #cuckservative George Will has pronounced on Donald Trump's plan to deport millions of illegal aliens in two years. He claims that a police state would be necessary, with nightmare visions of midnight raids and millions of informants necessary to remove the 11-20 million illegal aliens in the United States. As VDare has pointed out, as has the Federale blog, its been done before without any police state tactics, Operation Wetback, and executed by a moderate Republican that Will admires, as well as advocated another moderate Republican, Mitt Romney, who proposed an enforcement system based on a self-deportation scheme that could only happen if illegal aliens were too frightened to remain in the face of vigorous immigration enforcement. And Romney was correct in his proposed plan, as was Eisenhower and Jumpin' Joe Swing in their execution of Operation Wetback.
However, besides being incorrect in general, Will in wrong on the particulars of any current move against illegal aliens and the necessity for "police state" tactics. As will be shown, the only question is Will being dishonest or just plain ignorant, for for a pundit of his ill-deserved reputation.
First, Will summons the nightmare of the totalitarian state and its network of informers that characterized National Socialist Germany and the various Communist states, as well as the dystopian novel Nineteen Eight-Four. Will asserts that to rid the nation of illegal aliens a network of such informers would be necessary. That, of course, may appear to the politically illiterate and the generally ill-informed, to be a reasonable assumption. As a writer who constantly harps on the ignorance of the both the public and those who write on the immigration subject, I must be careful, as I know how ignorant even the politically active are on the underlying facts about immigration law and immigration law enforcement. Many though, like the Treason Bar, just plain lie, as do the activist groups, and politicians. However, given Will's reputation, he doesn't get a pass. This writer will hold him to the facts. He might be getting old, but so is this writer. This writer does have an advantage of 24 plus years in the business of immigration law enforcement, but the wealthy and full-time writer Will has a responsibility for fact-checking and research.
So, will a network of informers modeled on Stalinism be necessary to expose and deport 20 million or so illegals? Well, simply no. Someone unfamiliar with immigration law enforcement or the amount of detailed knowledge available to the government, in its own databases, concerning illegal aliens. In fact, the government in its numerous databases spread across different departments, knows either where almost every illegal aliens either works or lives, or frequently both. Furthermore, tax and Social Security records have a home address, as many file income tax returns, claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit, or have available credit information linked to Social Security Numbers (SSNs) they use to a home address.
Additionally, many illegal aliens receive some sort of Federal or State benefit, either as the primary recipient or for a dependent, either illegally or legally, such as Women's, Infants, and Children (WIC), food stamps, or other welfare program. Those records held by various agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services or a State welfare agency have usually accurate home addresses. It is just a matter of database mining to get the addresses to DHS arrest teams.
The reason is that almost all illegal aliens who work, are not paid in cash, but are paid through an electronic payroll system that provides the place of work to the government. This is through the Social Security Administration's (SSA) earnings reporting system as well as that of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting system. Those illegal aliens, and their employers who wink and nod at the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) that their employees provide which are either invalid numbers, misappropriated numbers, or Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs). Most illegals just make up a number, the most common being 000-00-0000, which is duly reported by a conniving employer to the IRS and SSA. Those numbers, along with the Employer Identification Number (EIN) that identifies employers when reported to the IRS and SSA, identify the employer of illegal aliens. No network of informers needed, as both parties to the conspiracy to violate Title 8 United States Code Section 1324 and 1324a have readily identifying numbers already assigned to them, their place of work, and their residences. All the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has to do is collect that information from the IRS and SSA, and assign Special Agents, Deportation Officers, Immigration Enforcement Agents, Customs and Border Protection Officers, and Border Patrol Agents to a site to raid each day. And as the arrests mount, the illegals will begin to run for the border, as millions did during Operation Wetback.
The next of Will's objection is the number of newly hired immigration officers, as defined in Title 8 United States Code Section 1101(a)(18), needed to effect these arrests. Both Will and Trump make another error here. No new hires are needed. Remember, Operation Wetback was executed with no new hires, and only 750 or so Border Patrol Agents, Special Agents, and Deportation Officers were used. Those employees were supplemented by cooperation from local law enforcement, but, again, there were no new hires among local law enforcement agencies assisting in Operation Wetback, only existing manpower was used.
Currently there are approximately 21,000 Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs), 21,000 Border Patrol Agents, 6,500 Homeland Security Investigations (ICE SVU) Special Agents, as well as a similar number of both Deportation Officers and Immigration Enforcement Agents. So, all together, the number of immigration officers is more than sufficient to raid every employer of illegal aliens or go to their place of residence. No new hires are needed, only the judicious deployment of such current DHS law enforcement employees serving now. I'm not certain where Will came up with a number of 100,000 officers needed to deport his estimate of 11 million illegals, but clearly if 750 immigration officers could deport 1 million illegals, then the 60,000 or so badge and gun carriers at DHS could deport 20 million is two years easily. The ratio is about 1,000 badges for every 1 million illegals. But remember, fear is not only the mind-killer, but the creator of panic among illegals.
So, there we have it. Is George Will willfully ignorant or is he just lying to support amnesty as the solution for illegals. Pretty obvious he is deliberately deceiving his readers. Time to send this #cuckservative packing.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
George Will, We Know He's A #cuckservative, But Is He A Liar Or Stupid As Well?
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- Joshua Sinistar said...
Old George sold out. He knows the score, but he gets paid to write this drivel. He's so establishment that he doesn't even think bad thoughts about freedom or nationalism anymore. They trained this little system tool well. He speaks in carefully shaped rhetoric to push the false narrative. He's too old to be a Fox News bimbo, but he's definitely just fluff to fill the time between soap commercials. He hasn't said anything original since the 20th Century, but he's the kind of silly sop they need to play the losing team for this fake political circus they have every two to four years. They should upgrade to a muppet. It'd be more lively than poor old George.
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Arthur Marcel teaches at the Queensland University of Technology and he loves dancing. Dancing is part of our human culture and goes back many, many years. Arthur Marcel talks about what dancing was like in the past and he argues that there is a decline in social dancing.
Robyn Williams: Dancing is not an obvious branch of scientific research, but like singing and painting and telling stories, it's built into the fabric of human culture, going back millennia. So dancing is clearly useful, not just for fun, but for communication, exercise, even helping speech when you're growing up. Indeed we shall soon have a science program on RN about the way the arts, that's all of the arts, are the glue of civilisation, not just decoration.
So here's Arthur Marcel from the Queensland University of Technology, to say what dancing means to him:
Arthur Marcel: It's been said that the 60s didn't arrive in Australia until around 1972. Certainly the world began to change very quickly for us at about this time and the rules of social engagement have never been the same since. The 70s became a clearing house for post-colonial cultural baggage, most of which we came to believe had not been so good for us. Australia's actual 60s though were a very different decade. They saw a rigorous defence of the old order by the guardians of public decency who equated the evils of communism with those of the Mavis Bramston Show.
One particular battleground was the New South Wales public school system in which I had a box seat. I went to an orthodox school, run by orthodox people in a manner which tended towards the militaristic. We all marched from class to class in lines three abreast, we called our teachers "Sir", they called us by our surnames and every boy knew the pain of the cane. On the whole, I grew up somewhat socially ignorant and do not remember my school days all that well. There is one memory however, that I do cherish, because it is the memory of first being taught at school a skill that has given me a lot of pleasure ever since. In the 60s I had my first dancing lesson.
Dancing is an ancient human activity. Understandably it is an activity that leaves little evidence in the fossil record but there is every logical reason to believe that humans have always danced. Even before there was the music there was the beat and before the beat there would still have been meaningful movement. Like bees in a hive dance would have been used by our pre-linguistic, gesticulating ancestors to get their points across. Dance is a form of expression that plausibly pre-dates not only meaningful oral utterance but also graphic forms such as cave art. In this sense the relationship between dance and music is the opposite of what is commonly thought.
Dance is not a downstream development of music. Music is better seen as an embellishment of dance in the same way that lyric is an embellishment of language. Many musicians might scoff at such a heresy but let them consider the rhythmic movements of their arms and legs as they play their instruments, or the sway of their heads and the kinaesthetic anticipation of the notes yet to be played and yet to be heard. Remove the medium of the air and its vibrations and they are still moving to the beat for the music is as much inside them as it is without. In an ensemble they listen to and move with one another in exactly the same way as dancers listen to and move with their music.
In the most basic of contexts the spirit of music is the spirit of dance. Dance bands feed from the dance floor as much as dancers take their life force from them. The energy of the dance occasion is generated mutually by both parties. The music is the medium through which they communicate and the melody and the lyric are the poetry of a unified transcendent consciousness which lifts the spirit of both to levels singly unattainable. When Deborah Kerr, in the words of Oscar Hammerstein, proposed to Yul Brynner in The King and I "Shall we dance? On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?" she captured the very essence of ballroom.
Definitions of dance can be either descriptive or functional. Descriptively there are three necessary elements. Firstly there is dance technique. This need not be complicated, simply placing the right foot after the left and transferring the weight from one to the other in time with the music is sufficient. Of course dance technique is an open-ended concept and has its obvious refinements. A point to be made however is that an ability to execute basic steps well is far preferable to knowing a lot of steps without the ability to do any of them properly. When two people desire to dance together, they need a degree of shared and complementary technique. Otherwise it doesn't look good, doesn't feel enjoyable, toes are stepped on, even injury done.
Secondly, dancing requires open channels of communication between participants. Such communication between dancers and between them and their musicians is even more important than technique. Anyone who can walk without falling over has enough technical ability to dance, but taking subtle cues from a partner is something that gives many people a deal of difficulty. Dancers need to be in touch with one another physically and psychologically. They have to sense each other's inclinations and respond.
The third descriptive element of dancing, and one often overlooked, is the need for cultural immersion. The greater the dancer's familiarity with the traditions of the dance style and its musical evolution, the more pleasure they will derive from its execution. Dance and dance music evolved together. Taking a dance from its natural musical environment is like taking a frog from its pond. Dancers must expose themselves not to the dance and the music, but to the history. The more they dance and the more they listen, the more dancers are driven by associations which go well beyond the dance floor, associations triggered and supported by melody and lyric in the same way that people who like poetry are inspired by rhyming verse.
When it all comes together, when the band, the partner and other dancers are nailing it technically, when the interaction between all participants is both harmonious and reciprocal and when cultural cues are relevant and inspiring – in short, when the joint is truly jumping, then aeronautical metaphors are not inappropriate.
Dance bands ideally have vocalists but they don't need to sing every number. Dancers are inspired by lyrics, sung or unsung, so a good dance band never allows the floor to lose their place in a song. Dance bands sometimes improvise, but never self-indulgently. They shadow the melody, they build on it, they embellish it, they invigorate it, they never quite lose it and they always bring the dancers back to it. They usually improvise only once through the chart at a time.
If one accepts that we spend our lives liking most the music and dance styles of our formative years one might assume that dance and music are purely relative phenomena, one style equally as good as the next, just a matter of fashion so to speak. To understand why this view is incorrect, dancing must be considered from a functional perspective. Primarily social dancing has always been a mating ritual, an opening skirmish with ongoing potential for romantic renewal. Before the later 19th century however, it was a reasonably formal affair with many set piece dances. It was only after the arrival of European waltzes and polkas that men and women were freed from the formality of the set. Suddenly they were able to escape into their own space with autonomy of movement across the whole dance floor.
This licence to move together in any direction carried through into the ballroom dances of a more syncopated 20th century. The first of these dances was developed by one Harry Fox, a New York impresario who created a gliding, twirling dance he called the foxtrot. Between the world wars this dance evolved into the quickstep and a newer foxtrot was developed for slower numbers. The waltz was also slowed and merged with this new gliding style. Then, from South America, came the variously accented eight-to-the-bar Latin rhythms. Not only did all these new dances give couples the freedom of the floor, they also allowed them to hold each other more closely.
There is no doubt that the popularity of the 20th century social dancing in this style owes a lot to early American musical cinema, particularly to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The social dancers of the day must have idolised the pair and so dancing for them was as much a fantasy as it was a there and then physical activity. For some of us, nothing has changed.
At the dances I attended in my teens and twenties very few people came with partners. Everyone sat around the walls and it was the prerogative of the men to ask the women to dance. It was possible to have an intimately close but socially acceptable experience with multiple members of the opposite sex. This communicative closeness involved all the senses bar perhaps one. Dancing mouth to ear, even cheek to cheek in the ballroom hold, conversation was easy. Many people met their marriage partners at these dances.
About two years ago at a dinner party I was bemoaning the fact that we were transiting a modern Stone Age with regard to social dancing, when I was taken to task by a thoroughly modern woman who decried the bad old days when men did the asking and women were obliged to accept. Not only that, she absolutely condemned the idea of men always leading and women being forced to follow. Obviously, she wasn't a dancer. Firstly I explained that back then the most popular girls were often not the good looking ones but always the ones who could dance. Any girl could become popular simply by taking a few lessons, whereas today it's perhaps more often a matter of plastic surgery. I also explained that it is technically necessary for there to be a leader. My wife and dancing partner of 28 years then suggested that the uppermost level in the hierarchy was being overlooked, a chauffeur might drive your car, but ultimately he takes you where you want to go or loses his job.
Multiple factors have been responsible for the decline in social dancing. Particularly pervasive had been the popularity from the early 60s onwards of the snare drum driven, eight-to-the-bar pop rock beat. Then there was the discotheque phenomenon of the 70s and 80s, again with its simplified percussive rhythms. Worse still has been the electrical amplification of live music, often making conversation impossible to the point of hearing damage. Also, young people are perhaps not as fit as they used to be. However, the most insidious enemy of healthy dance culture in this country has been the emergence of excessive alcohol consumption as the dominant cultural symbol of a good time.
Furthermore the decline in social dancing has been part of an overall decline in attendance at live music venues in general due to the ubiquity of high fidelity recorded music. Within this diminished whole, a dichotomy has arisen between the concert venue and the dance venue. Benny Goodman took jazz from the dance halls to Carnegie Hall in 1938 and since then the two streams have steadily diverged. Jazz for sitting, for listening to, for eating to and for drinking to is currently in the ascendancy. Jazz Clubs for instance often do away with their dance floors to make room for more bums on seats. The quasi-classical master class mindset where musicians play interminable improvisations in collegial demonstrations of technical prowess is increasingly prevalent, due in part to the incorporation of the genre into university courses. Matters have become so esoteric at times that it is impossible to tap one's foot to the music.
In this neo-stone age it is women who most miss their chance to dance. Often they are to be seen gazing wistfully at other couples moving around the floor, somewhat bored with their sedentary male companions. It is quite a common sight these days to see girls dancing together or simply standing around the floor. They are instinctively drawn to it but their ignorance of dance culture often creates very forgettable moments. One night recently my wife and I went to a nightclub, the name of which intrigued us. We walked into a large three- storied atrium and were immediately disoriented by an array of strobe lights and tremendously loud music. Several young women staggered about a tiled dance floor, clearly inebriated, holding and sipping from their glasses. The irony was that this nightclub was called Cloudland after the most famous of Brisbane's 20th century dance halls, built in 1940 but wantonly destroyed overnight in 1982 by the wrecker developer cronies of Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
To quickly conclude this talk, let me simply say that the 70s were indeed a clearing house but not quite everything that was thrown out was so bad for us. I find it unfortunate that so many younger people today will never have the unique pleasure of flying on a bright cloud of music.
Robyn Williams: Yes, it's a petty to miss out, like I did, having three left legs and shoes made of concrete. One thing that could be worse than Arthur's last example of the dance hall suffused with strobes and booze could be, and I've yet to see it, dancers looking down as they hold their smart phones and thumb their messages. It will happen, trust me. Arthur Marcel lectures at the Queensland University of Technology.
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Your dog is your best friend… and it would never bite anyone. But if it did, you could be held liable, and your homeowners insurance would have to pay out for it. That means your insurance company is very interested your dog.
Insurance companies keep a list of dogs that are likely to be involved in a costly attack. If your dog makes the list, you may have to pay higher premiums for your homeowners policy. You might even be denied coverage.
These breeds of dogs are on this list because of their strength and temperament — and because they have a history of incidents.
Here are the top ten troublemakers:
Plenty of dogs go through life and never bite anyone. So owners aren't pleased to see these breeds singled out. And paying higher insurance premiums doesn't make them very happy, either.
So if you own one of these dogs, what should you do? Here's what the American Kennel Club recommends:
Before you choose your next canine companion, decide whether owning one of the dogs on this list will add too much to your insurance bill.
You might also want to get an umbrella policy. If you are found liable for an attack, an umbrella policy will provide you more protection than just having a regular homeowners policy.
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I was so delighted to find a blog that reflects my personal experience, that I am sending you the link to read it yourself:
When my first child was born, IBM had just hired its first female researcher. Being a working mom was new and exciting, but challenging. Many "glass ceilings" had to be penetrated.
With all due respect to those mothers, I was a stay-home mom. I was educated, and I left my career behind; staying home was not a "default" choice. I wanted to be a stay-home mom, and I did what was necessary to be able to afford to do it.
Many experts warn women that a choice to stay home with one's children is a step backwards, career-wise. I would like to differ: The time a woman takes to stay home can allow her knowledge to ripen, sharpen her people skills, and deepen her understanding of the problems she love to solve. Stay-home moms have the opportunity to read widely and deeply, to gain more complex perspectives on any number of fields, and to be able to come up with an interdisciplinary view of issues–and so to become more powerful and creative when she chooses to return to her career.
Maybe the return will not be into the corporate world–a loss to the corporations, but not to the women. But there is a growing trend of entrepreneurial ways to monetize one's expertise and establish, grow, and nurture reputation.
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Melissa Etheridge made her Broadway debut last night as St. Jimmy in Green Day's American Idiot, performing the role while Billie Joe Armstrong (reprising his fall stint as St. Jimmy in a 50-show limited engagement) is on break. As the first female to perform the role, Etheridge's vocals were in top form, bringing a gospel-tinged soul to the punk-rock musical.
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In talkbacks last fall, Armstrong and director Michael Mayer said they were open to a woman taking on the role of the show's darkest character – the drug dealer and source of temptation for Idiot's main character, Johnny, who leaves his home of Jingletown in search of meaning in the big city. Etheridge's entrance came about a third of the way into Idiot, and she quickly overcame a missed cue at the start of "St. Jimmy," performing the song with gusto. Throughout her other solos in "Know Your Enemy," "Last Night on Earth" and "Death of St. Jimmy," Etheridge was measured, taking her time to reach the full power of each note, proving herself vocally fit for the rigors of a Broadway show.
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In contrast to Armstrong — who performs the role as a punky demon, playfully egging Johnny to explore a party lifestyle and abandon his burgeoning love with Whatsername — and Tony Vincent — who originated the role as an alternately scary and sexy androgynous creature — Etheridge's St. Jimmy came across as a kind of temptress, trying to seduce Johnny into a life of drugs. There were no changes to the song's lyrics or production to accomodate a female St. Jimmy, save for a moment at the end when St. Jimmy takes off its shirt and draws on its chest; Etheridge unbuttoned a jacket to reveal a shirt with the illustration. Etheridge's age and lack of acting experience proved negligible concerns, as well. Though some moments could have benefited from a more fleshed out interpretation, Etheridge's voice more than made up for any theatrical shortcomings.
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While the frenzy did not reach the same heights as it does when Armstrong performs, Etheridge's fans made themselves known with shouts of "I love you!" during the show's quieter moments. Idiot cast members also showed their awe during as Etheridge kick-started the show's encore performance of "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" (watch it below). Etheridge's bio states she's embarking on a Canadian tour after her stint in February, and Armstrong is done at the end of February, leaving open the question of which rock star (or not) will take over the role in March.


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Tonight, as always, I'm grateful for so many things in my life. I have so much to be grateful for, and, instead of listing all the things that warm my heart, I'll simply say it means the world to me to have been given so many opportunities in my life.
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Creative Team of Oscar Wilde's Vera; Or, the Nihlists Will Participate in a Talkback on February 14 at HERE Arts Center
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What are you doing on Valentine's Day? You could spend a lot of money on wine and dinner at a fancy restaurant. You might want to sit at home eating chocolates and watching Olympic figure skating on TV. Or, you could head down to HERE and see Femme Fatale Theater's production of Oscar Wilde's Vera; Or, The Nihlists, the first New York revival since its 1883 debut. On February 14, the show will host a special talkback with Iranian human rights activist Ramin Haghjoo. TheaterMania reporter Zachary Stewart will moderate.
Set in Czarist Russia, Vera follows a group of scrappy nihilists aiming to overthrow the Russian government and spread liberty throughout the land. While the language is distinctively Wilde, the setting is unique, which perhaps explains why Vera is so rarely performed. It's like The Importance of Being Earnest, but instead of sitting in a garden and munching on cucumber sandwiches, the characters are hanging out in a garret and munching on nothing...because they're poor.
In light of the Sochi games and rising anti-gay violence in Russia, Femme Fatale co-directors Robert Ribar and Stephen Gribbin have adapted their production to focus on the global struggle for queer rights. An all-male cast will take the stage, with drag performance artist Chris Tyler starring in the title role. Gribbin and Ribar will join Haghjoo and Stewart for the post-performance discussion on the 14th.
A consultant for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, Ramin Haghjoo was expelled from Islamic Azad University in his native Iran, solely on the basis of his sexual orientation. He fled Iran shortly after his participation in the 2009 "Green Movement" protests against the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad landed him in the hospital. Now a resident of Philadelphia, he continues to campaign for human rights here and abroad.
So forget all the V-Day clichés. Wouldn't you much rather spend your night in the theater?
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Pranab on Indians killing in Afghan: We wont succumb to TalibanApril 12th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin
Baharampore, Apr 12 (ANI): The day on which three Indian engineers were killed in Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that India would never succumb to the threats being posed by the Taliban in that country.
Despite the Taliban attack, India will remain firm on its stand and not succumb to the pressures of the militia, Mukherjee told reporters here.
We will take necessary measures to safeguard Indians working in Afghanistan, he added.
Three engineers of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were killed and six others injured when a suicide bomber blew up in the remote southwestern Afghan province of Nimroz.
No one has claimed responsibility so far. However, the Taliban is said to be behind the attack.
Mukherjee said that injured would be brought back to India for treatment. (ANI)
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How much does creativity depend on our well-being?
Many of us acknowledge a creative bent. We are committed to creativity. But how much, and would we benefit from more?
Investing in personal creativity is a process of discovery. We can augment our senses by daily journaling. In 8 specific ways, I have learned the art of keeping a journal from actions taken after reading Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. You can probably find the book on Amazon. I have written daily in my journal for two-digit years, now. What this exciting practice does is nurture the inner being in content and quality of spirit and soul. Writing in a daily journal deposits differences in one's life. It makes you a more creative, productive artist.
1.By increasing our commitment to the inner person, we lose fragmentation. We start with signing a contract with ourselves that increases our commitment to ourselves. We respond by toughing out writing three journal pages every morning, in helter-skelter, error-filled, random mutterings before we leave our nest. My best moment is first thing in the morning when my husband brings me a cup of coffee where I sit on a nice couch and between sips of strong brew, I pen stream of consciousness outpourings without correcting. I resist the urge to make an essay, or in any way to perfect what emerges. Sometimes I make random lists. I use a black gel pen from a dollar store that has good ink-flow. In this manner as the weeks have flown, I have worked my way to big decisions, surprising revelations, and the germs of literary products. If you are like me and are "here, there, and everywhere," this integrates your person into continuity, enough to surprise the talkative extrovert.
2.Valuing yourself and your thoughts. We owe ourselves the luxury and time of processing what happens to us. We need to take time out to understand things–who said, the unexamined life is not worth living? Other people do not exist for that purpose. While they may listen to us occasionally, it's a serious time drain, which works up to a relationship drain. Therefore, talk to yourself. Ruminate. Writing fixes the unfocused mind in a way that verbal, spoken interchange does not. If you let others in too far, their thoughts will supplant yours, and you may never know what you would have thought. Value your thinking space. One good morning processing is a dip into the well, equals a smoother, more creative day.
3.Writing things down brings an internal order. Internal order is also a by-product of consistent journal writing. Most artists–writers or visual–do not think in linear fashion. We leap to conclusions. Chronology links things together, even if in a written exercise. While you can use your page time for making grocery lists, you must do it in as organic and informal a way as possible. Then recall will occur as a natural outcome to your day. Uncanny, really, how this works. Artists are not easily ordered externally. It is not rebelliousness, as some like to think. Such people cannot enforce order on themselves from outside; it must come from within.
4.Journaling decreases second-guessing and waffling. Creatives are not always good decision makers. Your writing nest is the best place to try out alternatives. Write what comes to your heart each day. Verbalize why you feel one way, why you tend to the other. Insights will begin to seep in, tell you why you can't decide, why others think you are doomed to continual flipping. Eventually, what is really bothering will come to the fore. It might be some choice you don't want to have to make between two good things. Being mathematically inclined, one day I began figuring out just how much time—driving, teaching, preparing, marketing, I was doing to teach in a town 40 minutes away. When I arrived at the grand total figure in terms of months in a year, I stopped writing and got vocal. I don't want to spend that kind of time on it! Within 2 weeks, I quit, and brought my whole business closer into my home town. In the same way I figured how much time staying in the beautiful building I loved and that looked so much like the art gallery of my dream vision cost me in meetings with the landlord, swarming of termites, interviewing pest control, rushing to take my paintings out of the beautiful rain forest windows—and as I wrote and added sums of time lost–suddenly, the answer was clear. Two weeks, and I was free.
5.Fertile ideas come in the mornings. Poems and paintings are not just an intellectual process that have to be drummed up and designed. One doesn't sit down and start doing them, or rarely. Many times my heart would pour itself into words heavy with pathos, a treasured memory or some lilting spun lyrical phrase. Even articles began in the twilight of my sitting couch. The ideas came spontaneously, but needed work. So I do the seed work in private, dark, intimate time on the couch. By the end of the three pages, the idea can stand the light of day in a cold, clacking re-write.
6.Insights that approach the intensity of revelations come as bonuses. This happens in the write time, or any time, so it's always good to have a small notebook to catch these dew drops. Struggling through words in the morning brings new connections like clustering does, where one word leads to another, to puns, to things out of context. This is the wellspring of all—visual or mental—that takes you new places. New thoughts, revelation, connections newly forged—this is the magic of discovery. Childlike fun is at the heart of creativity.
7.By delving into yourself you go outside yourself in a sort of abandonment. In accepting yourself, you escape rejection. Confidence leads to being carefree, making wiser decisions. Even your doodling becomes the beginning of good work. My whole gel pen series began as a part of playful doodling. "Grand opening" is the 24 x 24 inch painting shown here.
8.A sense of continuity and uniqueness emerge. Artists with deep-seated issues don't arrive here easily, but in a growing awareness that comes when composition books pile up, when you realize some disasters have been averted, and you have produced exemplars of which you are proud. You have actually become your own best friend, a reasonable assurance against self sabotage.
Read Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way, for more, because this is my takeaway of eight bonuses journaling has brought to me as an artist. Validation, authority, and assurance come from committed journaling, and lead a string of other friends by the hand. Happy writing, painting, and healing.
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We loved the cruise. But the first two days were very rough waters. I should have asked if there was another room available because we were in the very first room. And we could feel every wave we hit all night long.
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text: "The tasks which fill'd beginners with dismayThis little book has banish'd clear away."John Napier had already discovered and published an epochmaking treatise on logarithms when in 1617 he turned to "rabdology" or rod-reckoning as yet another means by which to confront the problem of simplifying the huge calculations involved in multiplication, division, and the extraction of roots. This first English translation of Napier's Rabdologia provides a clear and readable introduction to a group of physical calculating devices, which, long overshadowed by Napier's logarithms, have their own intrinsic interest and charm. Book I describes the first device, a set of rods known as "Napier's Bones," which were inscribed with numbers forming multiplication tables and used in conjunction with pencil and paper. Book 11 presents a series of simple calculations that readers can solve by using the rods, and a series of tables of ratios useful for division. Napier then describes the second mechanical device for calculation, a forerunner of the modern calculator that he named promptuary or "place where things are stored ready for use." The third device, similar to a chessboard, allowed calculations to be performed by moving counters around the squares. Observing that the numbers had to be represented in what would now be called binary form, Napier provides instructions for changing from ordinary to binary numbers and back again, a method that worked equally well for multiplication and division and that had a particularly elegant symmetry when applied to the extraction of square roots.


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The wind comes from every direction. In today's age we have professionals that can use satellites and computer programs that can tell us where the direction the wind will come from. Even with all the computer programs and the new technology it is still not 100% accurate. It is always changing.
We can now get a good idea on what way the wind will blow, but just knowing what way the wind blows won't help us catch it. You can harness it, you can use the wind, but you cannot catch it. The wind will blow and the wind will stop. The wind can be destructive and it can also be used for good. In all of that, you still cannot catch it. Next time the wind is blowing strong go outside with a jar and lid, and as fast as you can allow the wind to go into the jar and quickly close it up. Now gather everyone you know and say you want them to feel the wind on their face. Get them to gather around you and quickly open the jar towards them all. Will the wind come rushing out? No, you will have everyone looking at you like your crazy. You can tell them all "I know I caught the wind, it was in this jar". You caught some air, but not the force causing the wind. What does all this mean? Why such a pointless story. I'm filled with pointless stories just ask my kids.
Many are trying to catch, hold onto, or keep something that they will never be able too. Like when a dog chases its tail, it will run in circles all to catch something that caught it's eye for a second. When or if the dog catches its tail, its content for a moment, and then it will go to the next thing that catches it eye. This is how several live in the world today. I think of the movie "Up" where the dog is talking about how the dogs master made the collar for the dog to be able to talk, and the dog then stops and turns his head and says, squirrel. Are you like this? Are you chasing after something that once or if you get it, it will just fulfill you for the moment.
What is the wind you are trying to catch? You can fill your time with Drink, Drug, being a busybody, gossiping, or to sum it up anything that does not drive you in a positive direction. Where will it lead you? What kind of fun are you looking to have? Is the fun you have all temporary, it fills the time with a temporary happiness, but when you wake up your seeking the wind yet again? When we were children we acted like children, we made choices without thinking past the choice; we did things without understanding the full damage of the choice we were / are making. As we get older we MUST let the ways of our youth leave our life and be focused on teaching others though our actions. Our actions are who we are regardless of whom we want to say we are, or who we pretend we are when everyone is looking. Who are you when no one is looking makes the difference of the truth of who you are, and who you are pretending to be.
"For you have been called to live in freedom my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then, you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the Law of Moses.
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!"
The question is: Are you okay with being like this, or do you even know who you want to be? A better question is do you know who you are, or are you still finding yourself? Are you more concerned with how you are perceived than being the real you. Yes, perception can be reality in the eyes of others, but that does not mean that's who you really are. Who are you? When your faith falters, do you seek God for help or raise your fist in anger? When you are confronted on your beliefs, on your actions, on your life, on who you love, what are your answers? Are they what you think others want to hear? Do you justify your actions right away, or do you stand firm in what you believe. This tells a lot about a person. If you stop in your quite place and come to the conclusion that you are not being the person you want to be, the person 0that you know God wants you to be, than make the change here and NOW. Do not wait for tomorrow, because tomorrow may never come.
"When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love"
"Jesus replied, "I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don't be surprised when I say, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit."
Are you willing to give up a diamond for a rock? If you are its only because you have been blinded and cannot see the difference between the two, you don't know, or care to know the value. If you open your eyes you will see that one is unbreakable and one is only a rock. The rock may shine but it's not worth anything. The rock will always be a rock and will never be changed into a diamond. The diamond will remain one throughout the end of time. The real catch with a diamond is, its worth is of little value until its been properly cut. Look at your life as being the uncut diamond, and look at God as being the One to perfectly cut you in to the proper shape. Once you are cut and reshaped, your value increases. Your value to your family, to the world, to yourself, and to God Himself will increase.
The question is, are you willing to allow God to use His Word to cut you in the perfect shape. His Word says He is the potter and we are the clay. Now we just need to let ourselves be molded into who He wants us to be.
If we are so focused on catching the wind we will lose sight of what and who we are called to be. We miss our calling. We will always be seeking things that are never able to be held onto. Let's call the wind happiness. Happiness does not come from a man, a woman, a drink, a drug, or anything that satisfies a passing moment. You will mask the deep issue or the thing you truly need to seek by doing these things but you will never catch it. I have found that people will always disappoint you, that no matter what you do to try to do to ease the pain or run from the truth, the truth will always come out in one form or another. Have you heard the saying you're stepping over a dime to pick up a penny, don't fall for a penny that shines 0brighter for a dime that does not have that same surface shine, It's shine is only on the surface, but its true value is on the inside.
Every day you look at yourself in the mirror. Do you look in the mirror and once you turn away forget what you look like. No, you know what you look like, but what if people could see your heart, what if they could see the "true you". Would they see two completely different people? Some people work so hard to be someone they are not. I have always wondered why, it must be so exhausting trying to be someone you're not. Be you, be the person God wants, and calls you to be.
If we live our lives as plastic people what are we teaching our children? Do not try to teach your children
something that you are not practicing yourself. I am currently a smoker and this is an area I must change! I must for my health, but at the same time, I need to lead by example and not as a hypocrite. God does His business with those that mean business. We put more time and effort into our work, our hobbies, and trying to catch the wind that we lose sight of who we are called to be and how we are to raise our children. Lead by example not by words. Words are good if you're a man or woman of your word. However if you are a person of word only, you will quickly be discovered. All we can be is men and women of our word and if others can't count on our word what good are we.
Who are you surrounding yourself with? Are they truly good people or do they do most of their fun after the sun goes down. I tell my children that nothing good happens after midnight. The saying the freaks come out at night, well seems to be true if you look at the world today. Enjoy life, but don't run from it or mask it with something will only help for the moment.
Our thought life drives our actions. Where your heart is, is where you will be also. Why is this? Well, because the more we think about being or doing something, the more it will become. If you are always talking down on yourself " I can't", "I won't be able to", these are all things that prevent you from receiving ALL the blessings God has ready in store for you. Speak positive things, "through Gods grace I can do all things", "God's favor is already shifting in my direction". I encourage all of you look at yourself as someone of high class! Act this way and blessings will rain down one you. Be cautious, high class does not mean you shop at all the posh stores, it does not mean you look at everyone from the tip of your nose. No, it means you do all things out of goodness, out of love. Do not allow yourself to become someone you're not called to be. Be strong in your thought life and work on you before working on others. We all have walked down wrong roads, but when we are following others down the wrong road and can't see the danger in front of them. By doing this we have placed ourselves and our family in danger because we are blinded by seeking the wind or by following someone that is seeking the wind. Don't become so focused on catching the wind we can't see dangers that are right in front of us. You can say anything you want to try and justify your actions. Its fun, it's nothing important, it's not a big deal, it's this or that, but in reality anything you need to justify is probably wrong. Allow God to direct your heart, and your hands and feet will follow. Close your ears to Gods Word and you will find yourself following the blind.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Stop trying to catch the wind, and refocus yourself. If your father was watching you, watching all you do all the time, ask yourself would he be proud. You have a Father that is watching all the time and knows your heart. He knows you by name and Loves your enough to let His Son die for you. What can we do to repay this gift? Love, and live in a way that would make Him proud to say "that's my son or daughter". Overcome evil with goodness, and be willing to stand apart from the world.
You know what is right, it's already in your heart. Many will not listen to what they already know is right but this does not have to be you. If you feel for a moment that what your about to do is wrong, STOP, and turn the other direction and get yourself back on the right path and don't look back! Always looking back or in your past will never allow you to see the beautiful things directly in front of you.
Ask Him for the answer to your question and He will provide it. Seek his direction and He will provide it. Knock on His door and He will open it with loving arms and embrace you.
The wind cannot be caught, once you stop being so focused on catching it, you will see clearly once again.
"The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace."'
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Skip to comments.Gay pride march again banned in Serbia
Posted on 09/27/2013 12:03:45 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Serbias prime minister says a gay pride march scheduled in Belgrade on Saturday has been banned because of threats by right-wing groups against the participants.
Two other scheduled gay pride marches in 2011 and 2012 had also been banned by authorities.
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Some folks take offense to naked men with ball gags walking around in public. It is a shame that it is welcome here..
I expect that attendance at homosexual displays will be mandatory in the future.
From what I've observed, Gay Pride parades are more of a pornography celebration.
Does this mean that the US/NATO will bomb Serbia again?
I can see there are a whole bunch of non PC people in other countries.
The Serbian people standing up against perverts.
"...threats by right-wing groups against the participants."
Freedom of assembly. Let them march. ;-)
GOOD!!!! Ziveli Srbia!!!!
Serb Patriarch Irinej called the "gay" parade a "parade of shame". Such parades are parades of shame not only in Belgrade, but in San Francisco, LA, NY, Boston, and throughout our country.
It is TOO BAD that the GLBT crowd has turned the entire month of June into a month of shame in nearly all of America's cities. It is Orthodox Christian Serbia and Russia that are taking the lead in opposing these travesties. America and Western Europe need to follow their lead!!!!
"Ziveli Srbia" should be Ziveli Srbija!!!! Long live Serbia!!!!
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Kailey Strachan for E! Online
Kailey Strachan for E! Online
There's perhaps no beauty look as enduring as the classic red lip. And with stars like Taylor Swift following in the lineage of women who make the look their signature (see: Gwen Stefani, Marilyn Monroe, Dita Von Teese), there's no better time than now to adopt the look for yourself.
Committing to an all-day, everyday red lip doesn't mean blotting on color from the same tube of lipstick all week. Here's how to go red all week without repeating the same look.
One of the greatest beauty breakthroughs of the decade? Glossy stains. These lip hybrids deposit bright pigment and last like a stain, but with a high-shine finish. On manic Mondays, make like Elisabeth Moss, swipe on a glossy stain and get out the door fast.
Kick things up a notch by giving your red lip a twist—try an orange-tinged shade, like Kate Bosworth. If you don't have such a shade in your makeup bag, don't fret. Try making your own bespoke take on standard red by layering a few shades instead.
E! Style Collective member Tina Turnbow suggested starting with a matte shade as the base color, then layering with a satin-finish lipstick or gloss on top. Looking for a winning color combination? "Try layering a hot pink gloss on top of a matte true red," she said.
Now that you've had a few days to ease out of weekend mode, step up your red lip look by going for a full Swiftian pout. Like many aspects of Taylor Swift's style, nothing about her lipstick game is sloppy.
Replicate the style by using a liner to outline the lips. Top lips with a classic red shade and commit to sipping through straws all day to help prevent fading and bleeding. To ensure color stays put, Turnbow recommended blotting the lips with a tissue lightly dusted with translucent powder, then adding a final layer of pigment on top.
The work week is almost over. Add a little edge to your lip look by lining lips in a shade ever-so-slightly darker than the crimson you choose to wear on the rest of your lips. After using a shade one gradient lighter to fill in your lips, you'll have achieved a look with added dimension like Gwen Stefani's.
To gear up for the freakin' weekend, amp up the edge of your lip look by going ombe, like Jessica Alba, Emily Blunt and Rihanna all have done for recent red carpet appearances.
Just like with foundation application, the key to creating a beautiful ombre lip is blending away any hard lines. "Start by outlining lips in a pencil, then blur the edge with your fingertip," Turnbow instructed. "Use a shade lighter or a sheer, shinier shade to color the center of the lip. After blending shades at the edge, finish the look by applying a shiny gloss to the center of the lips."


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Before long, Nigerians will lose count of the number of federal government-owned organisations whose boards have been sacked and members sent packing back to their homes.
On the other side of the non-descript coin, is the nagging internal security issue which to many Nigerians, demands stern measures to combat.
In the last one week, the sack of former military Service Chiefs and that of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, reverberated across the country. But before the reality of the incident dawned on all, non-career ambassadors in foreign lands were recalled home quickly, followed by the sacking of the boards of non-statutory federal government-owned parastatals. And these were aside the sacking of individual chief executives of similar companies.
We fear that developments which were ordered by the presidency can easily engender tension in the land as mere speculation or flimsy petitions by some faceless persons against some hitherto political office holders, board members and the likes, are more than enough to convince the presidency to come smoking down on anybody.
To most dangerous part of the whole idea behind the peculiar anti-corruption war being prosecuted by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, is the fact that no other fellow Nigerian appears to know who is taking what decision to sack affected public office holders so far. Had the administration appointed a substantive Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, his office should be the clearing house for the very many actions including appointments made by the President so far.
While like other watchers of events in the presidency, we guess that somebody or some persons inside Aso Rock are already performing the constitutional roles of the SGF, we must state that the finesse and diplomatese with which an SGF would cause such information on the dissolution of boards of parastatals and related matters to be made public, is lacking in all ramifications in the current dispensation.
To call a spade a spade, the manner the news of these sacks are being churned out to the public is much in the military fashion rather than as it should be done in a democracy.
The danger in it is that all eyes are set for the next day when some news of arrests, sack or dismissal must come.
Added to the foregoing, is the groundswell of worries over seemingly internal security issues in the land. Whereas the federal government is concentrating virtually all its counterinsurgency efforts on ridding the North-East region of the country of Boko Haram, not much is being done in the fight against cattle rustlers and related militias in the North-Central region, kidnappings in parts of the country and unending communal clashes.
We hold that a multi-pronged approach is required to confront the evolving monster of insecurity in the land. Apart from community-assisted policing, intelligence-gathering, as well as needed equipment and tools to do the work, government must demonstrably lead the way by committing itself towards this war.
Before long, Nigerians will lose count of the number of federal government-owned organisations whose boards have been sacked and members sent packing back to their homes.


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March 30, 2009
Kroger recalls pistachio nuts
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the Kroger Co. is recalling its Private Selection-brand shelled pistachios due to possible contamination.
The nuts, which might be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, were sold in Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Fry's, King Soopers, Smith's, Dillons, QFC, City Market, Foods Co., Jay C, Scott's, Owen's, Baker's, Gerbes, Hilander and Pay Less stores.The recalled pistachios were sold in 10-ounce containers with a
Sell bydate of
DEC-14-09with UPC Code: 11110 73615.
The pistachios were sold in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Consumers with questions can contact Kroger at 800-697-2448.


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Land of Car Alarms and Longhorns
The last couple months for me have been quite a whirlwind. Last year, the company I've now worked for for the last seven years made its first major steps to move its headquarters from sunny Santa Monica, California. After the decision of where the company would call its new home, everyone in my department was gathered for a meeting and we were all offered the option of moving…to Austin, Texas.
Some people wanted to stay, some wanted to go. I found the opportunity intriguing and exciting, but I didn't really know much about Austin. There was no rush or pressure for any of us to move, and the new office was just getting established, so I gave it a little thought, teetering back and forth. Part of me wanted something new, and another part wanted to stay and be a part of the birding community I'd found myself deeply involved in.
In June, the company sent a group of us to Austin for a weekend to see if it would be a place where we'd want to relocate. I'd heard a little about Austin from others who'd made the trip before me, and those that knew me said they thought I'd like it. As our plane made its final approach into the Austin, I discovered how green the area was. I was amazed at how many trees there were. It was definitely a good first impression. Our hotel was downtown, right along beautiful Town Lake, and right next to the Congress Avenue bridge where the famous Mexican Free-tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) roost. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million bats, and they clear out about 10,000 to 30,000 pounds of insects each night!
On Saturday, our group had a short guided tour of some of the residential areas of town and on Sunday we were each assigned a realtor to take us around and show us some homes that were available. I hadn't made up my mind fully about moving, but looking at homes was enticing. With the prices of homes in Austin, I could finally own a house! Night life was great too. Downtown Austin is easy to access, and there are plenty of places to go. Live music abounds! Austin is also home to the University of Texas, and Longhorn fans and memorabilia are quite abundant. It reminds me of the Husker spirit I experience every time I go home to Nebraska.
The only thing that might outnumber the Longhorn fans in Austin (besides the bats, who are probably UT fans as well) is a certain species of bird. These guys (and gals) are everywhere. They have several distinct calls, and one of them is reminiscent of a common sound in Los Angeles…car alarms. Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are everywhere you go. They're greeting you as you park at the grocery store…they're picking up twigs in the parking lot at Target…they're hiding in the plants at the Lowes Garden Center…they're pooping on your car while you're in the restaurant. You name the time and place, and they'll meet you there. There are also a number of other birds (and other wildlife) in Austin as well, but if you ever need to take a photo of a Great-tailed Grackle, you're sure to get it in Austin.
Though it was only a weekend, I got a good feel for what Austin is about. There are many things to do, and lots of nature-oriented activities. After more consideration, I felt that Austin could fulfill some life quality items that Los Angeles couldn't. I'd spent over 18 years in Los Angeles, and I knew it would be difficult for me to leave my friends, as well as my Los Angeles Audubon family, but I felt that I couldn't pass up this opportunity. That week at work, I started the ball rolling on my relocation.
At the end of August, I returned to Austin to do some house hunting. I found exactly what I was looking for on the first day and made an offer. It was accepted. With everything I had to do for closing and preparing to move, the next several weeks are now a blur.
I've been here in Austin for nearly a month now, and I'm still unpacking. I've been mostly occupied with getting settled in (going from an apartment to a house is such a big change!), so I haven't really ventured out much yet. But I will soon, and there will be plenty of experiences to share!
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What Is an Electronic Cigarette?

The electronic cigarette is a non-tobacco product that delivers nicotine to the user via a vapor that is inhaled into the lungs.

Electronic cigarettes are fashioned to look like real cigarettes made from tobacco, many of them consisting of a white cylindrical tube with a brown filter and a red, glowing tip. Contained within are a rechargeable battery, mouthpiece, and a heating element.

Instead of tobacco, e-cigarettes contain a cartridge inside of the mouthpiece that is typically filled with liquid nicotine and other chemicals, including propylene glycol or glycerin. Flavorings such as tobacco or menthol and food flavors like vanilla and caramel may be added to the nicotine solution. The nicotine in cartridges is available in different strengths, including cartridges that supposedly do not contain any nicotine.

When smokers draw on the business end of the tube, the battery heats the nicotine in the cartridge, creating a nicotine vapor that is inhaled into the lungs. The excess cigarette-like "smoke" vapor is then emitted from the end of the electronic cigarette, completing the cigarette smoking illusion.

In an effort to begin looking at the chemical composition of electronic cigarettes, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis conducted preliminary tests on two leading brands of electronic cigarettes. Highlights of their findings include:

Carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines were found in half of the samples tested.

One cartridge contained diethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient found in anti-freeze.

All but one of the cartridges labeled as having no nicotine did contain nicotine.

Three nicotine cartridges labeled as the same appeared to contain significantly different levels of nicotine.

The FDA cautions that the results of this testing shouldn't be used conclusively because ingredients vary so widely between brands. That said, it does accentuate the fact that more testing of this unregulated product is needed.

For a couple of important reasons, electronic cigarettes are not a good choice as a quit aid for the person who is trying to quit smoking.

1) Electronic Cigarettes are Not NRTs

Unlike traditional nicotine replacement therapy that has been developed to wean a person off of nicotine dependence in a gradual, controlled way, electronic cigarettes have no such medically-endorsed program associated with them. They are largely untested and because they are not regulated, the amount of nicotine in them can vary, as well as other possibly harmful chemical ingredients.

Marketers of electronic cigarettes often assert that their product is a viable quit aid, but according to Douglas Bettcher, Director a.i. of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Tobacco Free Initiative, these claims are off base.

"If the marketers of the electronic cigarette want to help smokers quit, then they need to conduct clinical studies and toxicity analyses and operate within the proper regulatory framework," Dr. Bettcher says. "Until they do that, WHO cannot consider the electronic cigarette to be an appropriate nicotine replacement therapy, and it certainly cannot accept false suggestions that it has approved and endorsed the product."

The Downside of NRTs

It is also worth noting that NRTs are not without risk. Because they contain nicotine, the addictive component in tobacco, nicotine replacement therapy carries with it the danger of re-addiction if the product isn't used properly.

It is important to follow the manufacturer's directions carefully and wean off the NRT of your choice as specified. If this is done, NRTs can be a safe and comfortable way to end your smoking addiction.

2) Electronic Cigarettes Reinforce Smoking Behavior

When we quit smoking, it is counter-productive to substitute a nicotine delivery device that looks, for all intents and purposes, just like the cigarettes we are working so hard to break free of.

Recovery from nicotine addiction involves two things:

healing from the physical addiction to nicotine.

reprogramming old associations that involve smoking with new associations that do not.

Choosing a cigarette-like nicotine product to help us heal those associations is risky and puts unnecessary stress on an already challenging task.

If you wish to use a nicotine-based quit aid to help you quit smoking, it's better to use one that is carefully regulated and approved by the medical community.

A Word About Smoking Alternatives

As defined, a smoking alternative is a tobacco or non-tobacco substitute for regular cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes qualify as a smoking alternative, not a quit aid.

The risks associated with electronic cigarettes are largely unknown at this point.

In Summary

When ready to quit, you have a wide variety of medically endorsed quit aids on the market today to choose from.

Selecting a quit aid that is a good fit for you is essentially a matter of preference, barring any medical concerns you may have. It's always a good idea to check with your doctor about quit smoking options and discuss what might work best for you before making a decision.

Research and select your quit aid/method of approach, add some support and education, and you're on your way.

Remember, if at first you don't succeed, learn from what went wrong and try again. Most smokers have a few failed quit attempts under their belts prior to finding the quit that fits for life. Work on making your resolve solid, and nothing will be able to stop you.

Sources:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Warns of Health Risks Posed by E-Cigarettes. http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm173401.htm

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Summary of Results: Laboratory Analysis of Electronic Cigarettes Conducted By FDA. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm173146.htm

World Health Organization. Marketers of Electronic Cigarettes Should Halt Unproved Therapy Claims. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2008/pr34/en/index.html


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Ashtrays And Action Figures – Interview With Linnea Quigley
Episode eight of Ashtrays and Action Figures aired a couple of weeks ago, and the interviews featured were not to be missed, but we have you covered just in case you did! While the Demented Duo had Michael Berryman featured in the "5 Questions With A Superstar" segment, they also spoke with Linnea Quigley! Much like the former, Quigley has been in dozens of films, mostly within the horror genre. Give the exclusive interview a listen below!
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Published a new Android website for Google IO 2016.
Published site for Android for Work developers
I published a new website for Android for Work developers at developer.android.com/work for Google IO 2016. This includes a new Developer Guide. This technical documentation is to help developers make apps for Android phones used in businesses and … [Read more]
Interview with Tony Award-winning actor Daveed Diggs
Oakland rapper/actor Daveed Diggs won a Tony Award on June 12, 2016. I interviewed him for 7x7 Magazine about how his Oakland upbringing influenced his portrayal of Lafayette and Jefferson in Hamilton. We also spoke about what San Francisco Bay Area … [Read more]
Burning Man: The Musical Mixtape
Gene Back (composer) and Matt Werner (lyricist) are busy working on a song cycle featuring half of the songs from Burning Man: The Musical. They plan to publish the song cycle online as "A Burning Mixtape" in time for Burning Man–August, 2016. For … [Read more]
Support Burning Man: The Musical on Indiegogo!
We launched our campaign to fund the next songs and videos for Burning Man: The Musical on August, 24, 2015. Please support our project! … [Read more]
Burning Man: The Musical live on YouTube!
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Burning Man: The Musical, a satirical look at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada launched today, and it's already a Kickstarter Staff Pick! Learn more about the project on Kickstarter. … [Read more]
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BOSTON (WWLP) – A new comprehensive domestic violence bill was proposed by state lawmakers that will add new criminal offenses, up the penalties, and boost prevention efforts.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a new bill that aims to combat domestic violence in the state.
House Speaker DeLeo told 22News, "This bill represents some of the strongest most comprehensive domestic violence legislation in at least a generation."
Right now, the first offense of domestic violence is considered just assault. The new bill will make the first offense domestic assault to better identify repeat offenders in the future. It will also make choking a crime, an act that's statistically proven to lead to homicide in the future.
A.G. Coakley said, "The bill also strengthens ways in which we give supports to women to say this is not about you having to get out of the house and hide. This is about making sure someone who is dangerous to you is going to be held accountable."
The bill will streamline records, which will provide judges with an offender's complete criminal history so that they make better decisions. Lawmakers also aim to boost prevention efforts by mandating more training for law enforcement and the judiciary.
If the bill is passed into law, it will increase the penalties of a second offense to five years in prison.