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Welcome back! Glad for the update.
You have no idea how happy this update made me! :D
I love all the little snippets of the past, the artwork, the amazing characters, everything!
I don't mind the wait so long as every update is as funny as the last few. Oh man, just one page and I'm cracking up!
The Civil War: How history nerds get turned on.
So true… nothing sexier than a good healthy love of the War, or anything else relating to the 1860s for that matter. Reenactments = heaven :D
Yes, yes I do want to grab him :)
(btw, that dappled sunlight look is pretty cool!)
More gorgeous tree shadows!!!! <3 Jeremy's face in panels 3 and 4 is sooooooo cute. ^.^
Also, nice … new style a little?
I know the feeling, Charlie…
Entertainingly enough, American war history is what brought my man and I together (he's a history buff and he successfully got me hooked on it, too).
I mean, my man and *me*. Grammar slip — whoops!
Ooh, I like Long haired Charlie in this later style! :D (long haired adult Charlie, I mean.)
Really, Charls? Do you really think TESS would want to do something like that? Come on-it's TESS!
Yay!!!!!! Update!!
Da'aw…those two are so adorable together…I agree with xscythe7x, new way of drawing faces? A bit more detailed now; Jeremy's face in panel 2 is so cute~ ^-^
Love it! Thanks for the update!
Oh, love the shadows from the tree, they look too cool. :]
The lighting here is really fabulous. Love the look of the page and glad to have an update!
Welcome back! Boys that blush make me squee.
I don't want to be greedy, but is there anyway to get the http://dovecotecrest.com/comic/seeing-the-sun/ strip (the kissing one) in a wide format for a wallpaper? It's just so beautiful and the lighting is so perfect.
Think before you speak, Charlie, otherwise awkward turtles may ensue.
Oh yay oh yay! Update! And a beautiful one, too — just love that dappled lighting! You did that so well, particularly Charlie's face in that next-to-last panel. I love me some smitten nerds.
Its great to see a new page! I'm still not able to use the RSS link though…it brings up lines of code and an error message. This is what I see:
XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
Location: http://dovecotecrest.com/feed/
Line Number 2, Column 1:
Ooooooohhhhhhhhh Charlie. xD You know YOU'RE allowed to want to grab him and kiss him, right? You'd've smacked Tess if she had said yes. xDDDDD
This is a very pretty page :333
Love it! Does Jeremy have some Asian ancestry? Those eyes are pretty almond-shaped…
My only comment is that Tess seems to be slouching a bit too much in the last panel if she's wearing a corset. Unless she's not, and this is, like, practice day or something. I also wasn't able to tell, in the first panel, whether she was wearing full hoops or not. Care to explain? I'm interested!
But…but…but…there needs to be MOOOOREEEEEEE!!!
So once every two months (or more?!) is the new norm?
I have now read the comic at least five times through, and I have reached the same final thought:
I'm experiencing withdrawal symptoms from it! o.O
Might I inquire why you saved these as GIF files? The horrid compression does your beautiful work no justice!
Am I the only one wondering if we'll ever get another update? I understand being busy, but come on, there hasn't even been a post about when we might see a new page!
Yup. me too.
Update? Yes please?
i've been following this web-comic since the near-beginning and though i never comment, i truly do love it…
so yea, i stand with those above me, please update soon, even if only to tell why there hasn't / will not be another page.
update plox?
An update! A gorgeous one, too. YYYYYEEEESSSS
Just found and read the comic, start to finish. Brilliant! Love the style, love the history…I could go on. I won't join in the parroting requests, but how're you guys doing?
OK, I've set my alarm clock for June. Nudge me if I'm not awake by July. Hey! The 150th anniversary of Lee taking command of the Army of Northern Virginia! (OK, I looked it up, but I knew it was about then.)
Wow!!! New reader, this is an amazing comic!! Hooked me in right at the start!!!!
Hello. I just spent the better part of my evening reading this entire comic.
I may have completely freaked my brother out because I laughed out loud (at Ben) about every five seconds.
Love the story!
I may be a hopeless romantic, but I always wonder how someone can give up love for a job, so having Charlie come back had me hooked.
The art is great. It flows so well and really supports the dialogue.
I will keep coming back often to see if you've been able to add more.
Mid-June almost here! Anniversary 149 of Gettysburg on the horizon! What awaits us in the Dovecote Crest universe?


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What does a Best Buy Merchandising Specialist do?
At Best Buy our mission is to leverage the unique talents and passions of our employees to inspire, delight, and enrich the lives of our customers through technology and all its possibilities. If you have a passion and curiosity for what is possible and enjoy people, we invite you to join us on this mission.
This position is responsible to implement assigned responsibilities from Merchandising Senior in merchandising designated areas, upstocks merchandise to ensure department is continually stocked and replenished, and confirms the accuracy and timeliness of implementing special program guidelines. You will also assist customers in locating product.
45% of your time you will:
Following weekly merchandising packet instructions, merchandises designated areas:
Checks in drop shipments, truck shipments, and GEO shuttles.
Confirms products are put on sales floor properly and in a timely manner.
Arranges product according to planogram specifications.
Performs ad set, price change, clean & bright, functionality and farming duties.
Insure check-out lanes are set with proper product in each line.
25% of your time you will:
Monitors floor merchandise:
Upstocks overstock product when necessary.
Downstocks product when necessary.
Moves all product off of the sales floor prior to opening.
20% of your time you will:
Ensures program guidelines are followed:
Confirms Raincheck Follow up is completed.
Confirms functionality checks are complete and problems reported to the manager.
Brings "lock-up" product to front checkout lanes for customer purchases.
Confirms closeout and open item program guidelines are followed.
10% of your time you will:
Greets customer and assists with locating product
What are the professional requirements of an Merchandising Specialist?
Basic Qualifications
Ability to work successfully as part of a team
Ability to work a flexible schedule inclusive of holidays, nights and weekends
Ability to lift or maneuver 50-100 pounds, with or without accommodations
Preferred Qualifications

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Dj Mustard "Anti World Tour" Vlog Episode 2 (Sweden, Denmark & Canada)
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Reducing Disparities in Late Life Depression and Metabolic Syndrome (BRIGHTEN-Heart)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01428791
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified May 2015 by Rush University Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 5, 2011
Last Update Posted : May 13, 2015
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
Linkages between depression and cardiovascular disease have been well documented. These appear to be more than associations, and may reflect causal relationships through a number of proposed pathways, including decreased physical activity, poor dietary habits, medication non-adherence, and a direct impact on inflammatory mediators. Older adults are affected by both depression and heart disease, with increased risk in African American and Latino elderly.
The BRIGHTEN-Heart trial tests the hypothesis that an enhanced primary care delivery system intervention which provides evidence-based, patient-centered mental health services targeting depression and cardiovascular risk factors can reduce the risk of development of cardiovascular disease in low-income elderly blacks and Hispanics. BRIGHTEN stands for Bridging Resources of a Geriatric Health Team via Electronic Networking, and in this intervention, specialty providers including geropsychologists, social workers, pharmacists, nutritionists, chaplains, occupational therapists, and others collaborate via the internet as a virtual team. The study will determine if such a virtual interdisciplinary clinical team collaboration can reduce depression in older (age ≥ 65) minority adults with comorbid depression and metabolic syndrome.
|Condition or disease
|Depressive Symptoms Metabolic Syndrome X Overweight Obesity Hypertension Hyperglycemia Dyslipidemias
|Behavioral: Generations older adult membership program Behavioral: BRIGHTEN Heart Virtual Team intervention
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|250 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|BRIGHTEN Heart: Reducing Disparities in Late Life Depression and Metabolic Syndrome
|Study Start Date :
|March 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2015
Active Comparator: Generations older adult member program
Rush Generations is a membership program for older adults, providing chronic disease prevention and management through educational programming, civic engagement, and individual and family consultations with social work staff.
Behavioral: Generations older adult membership program
Rush Generations is a membership program for older adults emphasizing chronic disease prevention and management through a wide range of health and aging-related programs. Participants assigned to the Generations intervention are actively encouraged to participate in activities, including:
• RUSH-based lectures by experts in the fields of health and aging providing practical information and resources on physical and mental health, functional status, and social support. • Individual and family consultations with social work staff. • Health fairs with a variety of assessment services and information about community-based social service and health agencies. • Assistance with referral to community programs such as physical activity, driver safety events, and mind-body connection workshops.
Experimental: BRIGHTEN Heart Virtual Team
BRIGHTEN Heart provides older adults with an interdisciplinary team evaluation of physical and mental health and on-going support for mental health and health behavior change for a minimum of six months. The five core components of the BRIGHTEN intervention consist of: 1) Assessment; 2) Virtual team case review; 3) Patient centered action planning; 4) Plan implementation, and; 5) When indicated, short-term evidence-based geriatric specialty psychotherapy.
Behavioral: BRIGHTEN Heart Virtual Team intervention
BRIGHTEN Heart provides an interdisciplinary team evaluation of physical and mental health and on-going support for mental health & health behavior change for 6 - 12 months, including:
• Comprehensive health risk assessment by a licensed social worker, including physical, mental, and functional status. • Virtual team case review and recommendations by interdisciplinary team including psychologist, social worker, occupational therapist, pharmacist, chaplain, dietitian, geriatric psychiatrist, and patient's primary care physician. • Development of Patient Centered Action Plan, in which the social worker assists the patient in prioritizing recommendations. • Monthly telephone calls by the social worker to support implementation of Action Plan and Case Management. • Evidence Based Psychotherapy, as needed, delivered by supervised geriatric psychology and social work fellows.
- Clinical Depression Scores, as measured by PHQ-9 [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Depression has been shown to double both the risk of developing heart disease and mortality risk for persons who do develop heart disease. The Primary Aim of the trial is to document reduction in symptoms of depression in persons receiving the intervention, relative to the control group. The PHQ-9 instrument is the most widely used symptom measure of depression, and has been validated across multiple populations, and in a Spanish-translation as well
- Cardiometabolic risk factors [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Risk for the development of heart disease will be compared via clinical measures and blood tests. Clinical measurements include Blood Pressure, Weight, and Waist Circumference. Blood tests include Hemoglobin A1c, HDL Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol, and hsCRP.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- At least 60 years of age.
- Overweight or Obese as documented by BMI greater than 25.0.
- Presence of Depression symptoms, as determined by having a PHQ-9 score of 8 or more.
- Receiving primary care through a participating safety net clinic (public clinic or FQHC)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Below the age of 60 years old at time of enrollment.
- Lack decisional capacity (due to dementia, active psychosis, or other cause).
- Are currently under active behavioral treatment of a psychologist or psychiatrist for any reason.
- Lack regular access to a telephone in their home (including cell phone).
- Are enrolled in another intervention trial
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01428791
|United States, Illinois
|Cook County Health and Hospital System
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|Mercy Hospital and Health System
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60616
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven K Rothschild, MD
|Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Erin Emery, PhD
|Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Rush University Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1P50HL105189-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|September 5, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 13, 2015
|Last Verified:
|May 2015
Older adults
Health Disparities
Health Services for the Aged
Interdisciplinary Health Team
Depressive symptoms
Metabolic Syndrome X
Microvascular Angina
Metabolic Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Body Weight
Behavioral Symptoms
Insulin Resistance
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Angina Pectoris
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases


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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Doors 7:30pm
Reading 8pm
Jess Arndt is a fiction writer and co-editor of the Brooklyn-based prose experiment, New Herring Press. Her action text Collective Body Possum toured with The Knife's Shaking the Habitual world tour and her writing has recently appeared in journals like Fence, Bomb, Aufgabe, Bone Bouquet and GLU Magazine. "Large Animals," her debut story collection, is coming out from Catapult Press in 2016. She lives in Los Angeles.
Krystal Languell was born in South Bend, Indiana. She is the author of the books Call the Catastrophists (BlazeVox, 2011) and Gray Market (1913 Press, 2016) and four chapbooks: Last Song (dancing girl press, 2014), Be a Dead Girl (Argos Books, 2014), Fashion Blast Quarter (Flying Object, 2014), and Diamonds in the Flesh (Double Cross Press, 2015). From 2011-2015, she conducted interviews with women poets, culminating in the publication of Archive Theft (Essay Press, 2015). Her poetry has been anthologized in Read Women (Locked Horn Press, 2015) and Best of the Web (Dzanc Books, 2010), and she has received a Poetry Project Emerge-Surface-Be fellowship (2013-2014) and a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council workspace residency (2014-2015). Development Director for Belladonna* Collaborative and publisher of the feminist poetry journal Bone Bouquet, Languell also works as a freelance bookkeeper for small presses and teaches at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
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Имя актрисы: Rikki Rumor
Название ролика: Lusty in lace
Подсайт и сайт: 8thStreetLatinas.com / RealityKings.com
Год производства: 2015 г.
Жанр: 1on1, Asslick, Bigass, Blonde, Blowjob, Doggystyle, Facial, Latin, Lingerie, Shaved, Straight, Tattoo
Продолжительность: 00:39:34
Here's a free tip guys. If you want to get in good with the Latina chicks, learn some Salsa or Bachata. Doesn't matter if you're White, Black, Hispanic, Indian, Asian, whatever. A good dancer always has the upper hand on the non-dancers. In this case I was trying to help out my boy Sean Lawless, who as white man with super minimal Spanish vocabulary, has trouble picking up Latinas. This is where the lovely Rikki Rumor comes in to play. I knew about some Salsa classes around the neighborhood and figured I'd take Sean there for some lessons. As we approached Rikki was on her way out. Turns out that her Salsa studio closed down due to slow business. Being entrepreneurs ourselves we knew how hard it is out there, besides how hard my dick got when I saw that ass. A fine Cuban ass at that. We settled on some private lessons and took her to our crib since she was out of a studio. Once we there one thing led to another and we somehow ended up convincing her she should model in some lingerie. From there on its all sex-y. She was dirty mouth hottie. In two languages, which is just fucking awesome! The amazing sex ended with a nice 8thStreetLatina Facial. Super hot update. Enjoy.
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This morning after reading through a few mock drafts and seeing the name Vontae Davis (from Illinois – quality CB), for some reason, it made me think about a LB I remember being dominant during his college days at Illinois. I couldn't remember his name and I had no idea if he was still on the team or if he graduated. After some research, I learned that the guy's name is Jeremy Leman. He went undrafted in the 2008 draft, but was picked up by MN as a free agent only to be cut during final cuts. Most recently he was signed by the Carolina Panthers after sitting out all of 2008.
The reason I bring him up is that I watched several Illinois games that year and remember him being one of the better college LBs I'd seen play in a while. He was positively dominant – all over the field. I can't imagine why he would go undrafted unless he got injured somewhere along the line or had a horrendous combine. After watching him play during the 2007 Illini Rose Bowl campaign, I just assumed Leman would be a quality NFL player. Anyone know what happened or why he's become an NFL afterthought?


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by Donald B. MacGowan
There are many wondrous, enigmatic and fascinating attractions on the Big Island of Hawaii, some better known than others, many out of the way and generally off the beaten track. Tour Guide Hawaii has produced an encyclopedic collection of the most up-to-date information, presented as short GPS-cued videos, in an app downloadable to iPhone and iPod Touch that covers the entire Big Island, highlighting the popular and the uncrowded, the famous and the secluded, the adventurous and the relaxing.
Hawaii Whirlwind Road Trip: I have to see the whole Big Island all in one day!
Approximate minimum time start to finish (to see every site): 14 hours.
We do not generally recommend trying to see the Big Island all in one day…there is a good reason it is called "The Big Island". However, vacation schedules and group interests vary and a surprising number of visitors evince a keen desire to tour the entire island in a single day. *sigh*. They rarely attempt it twice. However, if we were to recommend a day trip round the island, commencing at Kailua Kona, the itinerary below would probably be your best bet at hitting the greatest number of highlights in the shortest possible time.
At 14 hours driving and touring time, there is little time for dilly-dally and the unhurried visitor will of necessity trim this ambitious schedule. Easy ways to shorten the itinerary if you find yourself falling behind include skipping legs 5-7 (i.e., follow Hwy 11 all the way from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park into Hilo; time savings of about 2 1/2 hours) or skipping legs 12-13 (i.e., traveling along Hwy 19 from Hilo through Honoka'a directly to Waimea; time savings about 2 1/2 hours). You may also choose simply to skip any individual site anywhere along this route; for instance, Leg 1, Upcountry Kona, can easily be done on another morning from Kailua Kona and can be omitted from this trip simply by driving Hwy 11 straight to Punalu'u, saving you perhaps an hour.
However ambitious, this schedule will allow you, if you start out about 6 in the morning and proceed apace, to circumnavigate the island seeing everything and arrive at Hapuna Beach in time for a delightful picnic dinner (no food available at beach, so stop and buy take-away in Waimea) and an absolutely unforgettable sunset.
If you are serious about undertaking this one-day, whirl-wind tour, we highly recommend you purchase AND USE Tour Guide Hawaii's newly released iPhone/iPod App…it uses GPS, Google Maps with driving directions and has onboard maps and driving directions where cell phone service and internet are not available. It plays a video presentation with all kinds of information about history, culture, safety and the natural history about all the most fascinating sites on the island, including the whereabouts of all the public restrooms! The iPhone App gives you detailed, accurate information on where to go, what to bring, what to expect when you get there and what to do next. Available here, the App will give you much, much more detailed information than this blog post.
So what are you doing waiting around reading this for? It's a BIG ISLAND you are trying to explore and you've got to hustle! Even though you are the one who decided to try it all in one day, remember that we warned you it would be a long, long day!
Leg 1) Start at north end of Keauhou Historic District on Ali'i Drive, head south on Ali'i Drive to jct with Kamehameha II Hwy; east on Kamehameha III to Hwy 11. Take Hwy 11 south to jct with Hwy 160, just south of the town of Captain Cook. Head downhill on Hwy 160 to Napo'opo'o Village, turn north on Pu'uhonua Beach Road to Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park at end of road; this is where you view the Captain Cook Monument.
Keauhou Historic District and Kona Coffee
For almost 400 years, temples and palaces along the Kona coastline served as a kind of "Rome of the Pacific", a great political, religious and cultural center in Polynesia, until the capital was moved to Honolulu in 1850 by Kamehameha III. The most important, interesting and best preserved historical and cultural sites lie within the Keauhou Historic District, between Kahalu'u Beach Park in Kailua running south 6 miles to Kuamo'o Bay in Keauhou. The District contains perhaps a dozen fascinating sites that are easy to walk to, well maintained and quite interesting.
To see the numerous fascinating and important archaeological sites in the Keauhou Historic District, it is necessary to park your car in the free parking at either Kahalu'u Beach Park or the Keauhou Beach Resort and explore on foot. More details about seeing the many fascinating sites at the Keauhou Historic District may be found here.
Just uphill from the Historic District is the Kona Coffee District. Hawaii is the only state in the union which produces coffee, and Kona coffee is perhaps the finest in the world. Over 2 millions pounds of coffee a year are produced on about 600, 2-3 acre farms; tours of coffee farms and roasteries are available. More about justly famous Kona coffee can be found here.
Kealakekua Bay Historical District and Captain Cook Monument
A place of both dramatic historic events and unparalleled scenery, beautiful and now peaceful Kealakekua Bay (Pathway of the Gods) opens beneath steep, beetling cliffs on the ancient surfing beach along the shoreline of Napo'opo'o Village. The site of arguably the most important event in the history of Polynesia, home to pods of frolicking dolphins, providing some truly breathtaking snorkeling, Kealakekua Bay is one of the most magical spots in the State of Hawai'i.
Across the bay from Napo'opo'o stands the solitary white obelisk that marks the lonely Captain Cook Monument. It was in this broad bay that Captain James Cook made his deepest impression on, and longest visit with, native Hawai'ians when he first arrived late in November of 1778; and it was here where he met his tragic end in February 1779 during his second visit. At the State Park at the end of the road in Napo'opo'o are picnic facilities, pavilions and restrooms.
More information on the Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park, the Cook Monument and Captain James Cook's encounters with the Hawaiians can be found here. Although far too long and demanding to be contained in this whirlwind tour, many visitors enjoy the hike to the Captain Cook Monument, perhaps the finest hike on the island. Details of this undertaking can be found here.
Leg 2) Return south on Pu'uhonua Beach Road to jct with Hwy 160; Hwy 160 south to Pu'u Honua O Hounaunau National Historical Park-this is the Place of Refuge.
Pu'u Honua O Hounaunau National Historical Park; The Place of Refuge
A beautiful, peaceful, restful piece of Old Hawai'i, Pu'u Honua O Honaunau is a place of ease and regeneration for weary and jaded souls. Of enormous historical and cultural significance, the sacred grounds at Honaunau are the best-preserved remaining Pu'u Honua, or Place of Refuge, complex in Hawai'i. It is also a wonderful area to wander, snorkel, relax and picnic. For anyone who had any doubts about what Old Hawai'i was like, a trip to Honaunau will fill your imagination, your camera and your spirit.
A complex and strict order of law, known as the kapu system, controlled and governed everything in ancient Hawai'i. Under this system, judgment was death, immediate and final, unless the accused could escape to one of the designated places of refuge. There the accused would undergo a cleansing ceremony, be absolved of all crimes, and allowed to return to his family free of onus. The National Park has a Visitor's Center and bookshop, full picnic and restroom facilities. Although no swimming or snorkeling is allowed within the Park, adjacent is Two-Step Beach on Hounaunau Bay, one of the premiere snorkeling spots on the Island. A full description of the Pu'u Honua O Honaunau National Historic Park can be found here; details of snorkeling at 2-Step Beach can be found here.
Leg 3) Return to Hwy 11 via Hwy 160; continue south on Hwy 11 to Punalu'u Road; Punalu'u Road to Punalu'u Black Sand Beach Park.
Punalu'u Black Sand Beach Park
A truly remarkable place of great peace, beauty and spiritual healing, Punalu'u's black sand beach is world-renowned. Endangered Hawai'ian Green Sea Turtles swim the waters here and bask on the beach. The wildness of the ocean and the serenity of the freshwater fishpond and coconut palm-shaded beaches make this an ideal place to spend some soul-recharge time. The ocean here can be rough, so use caution when swimming.
Available services include water, picnic tables, restrooms, electrical outlets, and pavilions, parking; camping is by permit only. During peak tourist time, there is a souvenir stand with some packaged food items and canned drinks for sale, otherwise the nearest food, gasoline and other services are in either Pahala or Na'alehu. More about Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, the turtles and the archeological sites in the park can be found here. More about the endangered Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle can be found here.
Leg 4) Return to Hwy 11 on Punalu'u road; continue east on Hwy 11 to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Entrance and jct with Crater Rim Drive; take Crater Rim Drive west to Kilauea Visitor's Center to Jagger Museum.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is a magical, spiritual, wondrous, strange and beautiful place comprised of great contrasts and contradictions: dry as dust desert to teeming tropical jungle; frigid sub-arctic wasteland to steaming black sand beaches to rivers of flowing lava.
The star attractions in the Park are a pair of active volcanoes; Mauna Loa is the largest mountain on earth and Kilauea is most active volcano on earth. However, there are numerous other wonders from lava tubes to crawl down, black sand beaches with sea turtles to watch, mysterious petroglyph fields to explore, tropical jungles to hike through, endangered bird species to find, happy-face spiders to amuse and an otherworldly volcanic landscape so fresh it's still steaming.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. During daylight hours, an access fee is charged. The Visitor Center has a 24-hour information line at 808.985.7017 and there is a 24-hour eruption hotline at 808.985.6000. Within the Park tune to A.M. radio 530 for continuous information broadcast. There tourist items available for sale and one restaurant and in the park, however generally shopping, restaurants and gasoline are only available in the nearby village of Volcano.
Although a full exploration of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is not possible on this whirlwind tour, a thorough road trip description of the whole park can be found here. Many decide that the Park is just too interesting to leave and decide to curtail their full-day island adventure in favor of a more thorough investigation of this area. A wonderful way to complete your day with an exploration of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, a delving quickly into Puna and finishing with lava viewing can be found here.
Kilauea Visitor Center
Newly remodeled and updated, the Kilauea Visitor's Center is an outstanding resource of information on Hawaii's volcanoes and the National Park; the not-to-be-missed first stop in the park you must make. The Center is run by enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff that has the most up-to-date information on viewing the eruption, hiking and camping, bird watching, stargazing and just about any other topic of interest to Park visitors. Available for sale in the Center are maps, guidebooks, books and videos about the volcanoes, Hawai'iana, history, plants and every topic you can imagine pertinent to the Park, even souvenirs. There are free brochures and pamphlets on various trails, attractions, hiking safety and lava viewing hazards and precautions.
The Visitor Center is open daily from 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.; there are public restrooms, water and pay phones available. Starting at 9 a.m. and showing every hour on the hour is a 20 minute informative movie about the Park; the film changes from time to time, but always contains spectacular footage of eruptions, information on volcanology and the natural and human history of the Park. A brief video highlighting the Visitor's Center can be seen here.
Jagger Museum and Hawai'i Volcano Observatory
Famed for its fabulous views of Mauna Loa and Kilauea as much as for its interesting exhibits, The Jagger Museum (named for geologist Thomas A. Jagger) is open daily from 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. Exhibits include murals by Herb Kawainui Kane, seismograph charts of eruptions and earthquakes, geological displays and display about the natural and human history of the Park.
When entering the parking lot of the Museum/Observatory, be especially careful of the Federally-protected Hawaii Goose, the Nene, who seem to congregate here. The Nene is the State Bird of Hawai'i, and this parking lot and its surrounding area constitute one of the best places for viewing them. A brief video highlighting the Jagger Museum can be seen here.
Leg 5) Follow Crater Rim Drive back to Park Entrance and then to Hwy 11. Go east on Hwy 11 to jct with Hwy 130 at Kea'au; take Hwy 130 south to Pahoa.
Puna District and Pahoa Town
Uncrowded, off the beaten track and largely undiscovered by tourists, Puna District is a magnificent wonderland; from incredible tree-tunneled roads, geothermal fields of steam vents, lovely beach parks, hot ponds, hikes on raw lava flows and jungle trails, and unequaled snorkeling, the land cries out for the visitor to explore a little bit. More about Puna District can be found here.
At the center of Puna is Pahoa Town; wild, untamed and even a bit unruly, with its false-front, western-style buildings and raised wooden sidewalks, Pahoa looks more like it belongs in Wyoming. But Wild West isn't the only subculture evident here…tie-dye banners and the general "flower-power" ambience some businesses and citizens lend Pahoa give it a decidedly "'60's" feel. It has been said of Pahoa that if it weren't for counter-cultural influences, it would have no cultural influences at all.
The charm and allure of this way of living is evident when you consider that the region around Pahoa is the fastest growing portion of the island. Pahoa has some of the best restaurants on the island, THE best natural foods store and a great public pool. You can learn more about Pahoa Town here.
Leg 6) At Pahoa, get on Hwy 130 to Kalapana.
Kalapana Disaster of 1990/Kaimu Black Sand Beach
In 1990 the volcano goddess Pele determined it was time for some serious housecleaning in Puna. Lava flows from Kilauea's East Rift engulfed the villages of Royal Gardens, Kaimu and Kalapana, destroying virtually everything. Buried were a centuries old fishing village and a world famous black sand beach. When the lava came, it wiped out not just material possessions; it wiped out a way of life and a landscape cherished by generations. For more about the disaster of 1990 and the rebirth of Kalapana, please go here.
The Big Island's newest black sand beach, Kaimu Beach, is a lovely, if barren, crescent of sand at the end of an unforgiving expanse of lava from the 1990 flows. The trail to the new black sand beach is marked with hundreds of young palms, numerous lava casts which include palms, pandanus fruit and even some fish that were caught in tide pools.
From the lava hillocks along the trail you can get nice views of the eruption plume at Pu'u O'o, up on the flank of Kilauea, as well as the steam clouds down a few miles along the coast where the lava enters the sea. Restrooms and fast food are available at the end of the road. Although for reasons of time it is not part of this tour, near here is the County of Hawaii Lava Viewing Area at Waikupanaha, from which it is sometimes possible to see flowing lava. You can read about it here. Between Kalapana and Lava Trees State Monument, you will pass through some other interesting parts of Puna that are not included on the current tour. You can read about Isaac Hale Beach Park at Pohoiki Bay here and Ahalanui Hot Pond here.
Leg 7) From Kalapana take Hwy 137 to jct with Hwy 132 at Kapoho; take Hwy 132 northward to Lava Trees State Monument.
Lava Trees State Monument
Under a lacy canopy of monkeypod trees, casts of ohi'a trees stand as monuments to a fast-moving pahoehoe lava flow that passed through here in 1790. When the lava hit the water-saturated ohi'a trees, it cooled and began to congeal around them. The original ohi'a trees burned away but the quickly cooled lava around them stands here today, hollow, with imprints of the tree bark inside.
Lava Trees Park offers trails to hike and a restful, bird-filled jungle to sit and listen to. You can spend between 20 minutes to an hour wandering the trails, here, exploring and discovering. Be careful, however, the area is riddled with hidden cracks in the ground which can make exploring hazardous.
You may wish to avail yourself of the restrooms here; they are the last public facilities for some distance. More about Lava Trees State Monument can be found here. Surrounding the Lava Trees State Monument are the famous Puna Tree Tunnels, which you can read
about here.
Leg 8) Return to Hwy 130; Hwy 130 north through Pahoa to Kea'au and jct with Hwy 11. Hwy 11 North to Hilo.
Hilo Town
Beautiful but wet, metropolitan but decrepit, bustling but laid back, Hilo is a lovely, maddening, heartbreaking, addictive study in contrasts. In can rain all day long for 50 days in a row, yet when the sun does shine, the views of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea from the Liliuokalani Gardens, or of Hilo Bay as you drive down from the mountains, or the rain-forest and waterfall choked gulches with lovely beaches along the highway north of town, make Hilo one of the most truly, achingly-lovely spots on earth.
More laid back and sleepier than bustling Kailua Kona, Hilo is the largest town on the island, and the county seat. The Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, Tsunami Museum, Lyman House Missionary Museum and the Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo are all wonderful places to learn about various aspects of Hawaii. There are numerous shopping districts, two large malls and the Historic Old Hilo downtown shops to browse through, a variety of sprawling green parks, a fabulous tropical arboretum right downtown and a mile-long black-sand beach fronting the bay to explore. Hilo's Farmer's Market is a "must see" for any visitor who is spending time on this side of the island. More about touring Hilo can be found here; a personal, darker vision of Hilo can be found here.
Leg 9) In Hilo, go north on Hwy 11 to jct with Hwy 19; take Hwy 19 to jct with Waianuenue Ave; head southwestward on Waianuenue Ave (Hwy 200) to Rainbow Falls.
Rainbow Falls and Wailuku River Park
The subject of recent and ancient legend, Rainbow Falls is the lovely emblem of Hilo town. The characteristic wishbone shape of Rainbow Falls is best seen at moderate river flows…too little water and only a single drizzle remains, too much runoff and the falls merge into a single, roaring flume. At any time, however, it's a beautiful place and worthwhile to visit. The rainbows within the falls are best seen in the mid to late morning. Follow the trail to the left along the river bank to delightful swimming and wandering; please note, however, that swimming in rivers and near falling water is dangerous. Don't go in if the current is swift or if recent rains have swollen the river.
Restrooms are by the parking lot and a souvenir shop is located across the street. More about Rainbow Falls can be found here.
Leg 10) Return on Hwy 200 to Hwy 19, head north on Hwy 19 to Hwy 220 at Honomu; continue through Honomu to Akaka Falls.
Akaka Falls
There is a reason that Akaka Falls rates as the most visited tourist site on the Island of Hawai'i. Simply put, the 420 foot, free falling plunge of clear water down a fern festooned cliff is an amazing and beautiful site. Leaving the parking lot, the paved loop trail of about one mile, winds through a wonderful jungle of exotic flowers, ferns, orchids, ginger and bamboo. Two smaller falls are also seen along the way to the stellar Akaka Falls. Akaka Falls has restrooms but no other facilities.
When visiting Akaka Falls, be sure to save some time to explore the shops, galleries and cafes of Honomu on the way back to the highway; it's unlike anywhere you've ever been before…guaranteed.
Leg 11) Return Hwy 220 through Honomu to Hwy 19, then north on Hwy 19 to Honoka'a. More about Akaka Falls can be found here.
Honoka'a Town
Built in the era of sugar great plantations and left culturally and economically isolated after the industry collapse, until recently Honoka'a was content to drowse along through the decades. A boom in real estate and return of vital human energy to the area has made a literal renaissance of the town. It boasts numerous wonderful restaurants, gift and boutique shops and the highest density of antique shops on the island. Be sure to stop to explore a little on your way to or from Waipi'o Valley…it's a fun, happening kind of place and always steeped with aloha. More about the town of Honoka'a can be found here.
Driving north or south out of Honoka'a, remnants of old sugar mills, fields and wild cane can still be seen. When Captain Cook arrived in 1778, only wild sugar cane was growing; at its height in the mid-1960's one in 12 people were employed in the sugar industry which produced in excess of a million tons of sugar annually. Though the business is gone, what is left are the people who once worked the fields and mills. The melding of the rich cultures of Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Portuguese, and others is what gives today's unique Hawaii lifestyle its sweet flavor. More about the Hawaii sugar industry can be found here. A personal story about the impact on the people of Hawaii of the death of the Hawaii sugar industry can be found here.
Leg 12) At Honoka'a, turn north on Hwy 240 to Waipi'o Valley.
Waipi'o Valley is arguably the most magical place on the Big Island. The steep canyon walls and verdant fields of the valley floor, the mile long black sand beach and numerous immense waterfalls that line the valley walls all call out to the visitor for exploration.
Always listed among the most beautiful spots in the State of Hawai'i, this valley is as hauntingly lovely as it is difficult to see in its entirety.
Tours down into the valley in vans, on horse drawn wagons and ATVs can be booked in Honoka'a.
Over-flights in fixed wing aircraft and helicopters also offer fine venues from which to see this amazing piece of Hawai'i. Hiking down and wandering the immense black sand beach, exploring the ironwood copses and sand dunes and discovering the hidden waterfalls is also a popular way to see the canyon. Although the hike down is only a little over 1 mile and a thousand feet elevation loss, the climb back up is sweltering in the ferocious sun and heat. Think twice before hiking down. Facilities at the Scenic Overlook include a pavilion and restrooms; there no facilities beyond port-a-potties within the valley itself. More about Waipi'o Valley, especially the hike down in, can be found here.
Leg 13: Return to Honoka'a on HWY 240; at Honoka'a take HWY 19 to Waimea.
Waimea Town and Cowboy Country
Snuggled between Mauna Kea and Kohala Volcano in Hawaii's scenic mountain heart, seemingly always shrouded in mist and chilly, Waimea is definitely Hawai'ian cowboy country. Although jeans and flannel shirts appear to be the town uniform, Waimea is very sophisticated, boasting some of the finest shopping and restaurants and the most modern hospital on the island. More about Waimea Town can be found, here.
Additionally, the cattle industry centers in Waimea. In 1793 British Navigator George Vancouver presented cows to King Kamehameha which were allowed to roam free and soon became a problem. Shortly after horses were brought to Hawaii in 1804, Kamehameha recruited California vaqueros, whom Hawai'ians called "paniolo"–a corruption of the word "Espańol"–to control the wild herds, and the generations-old ranching lifestyle here was born.
The vaqueros also brought their guitars and their love of music. A deeply musical people, the Hawaiians were intensely interested in these, the first stringed instruments they had seen. They quickly learned to work-out their own tunings, called "slack key guitar", which more suited the style of their indigenous music. More about the history of ranching and Hawaii music can be found here.
Leg 14) At Waimea, continue on Hwy 19 (also called Kawaihae Road) to Kawaihae; at Kawaihae, turn south on Hwy 19 to Hapuna Beach. If you have timed your trip right, you will arrive at Hapuna Beach before sunset. This is a most amazing place to watch the sunset over the Pacific Ocean with Haleakala on Maui looming on the horizon. If it is already dark, proceed on Hwy 19 south to Kailua Kona.
Hapuna Beach
Always rated in the Top 10 of American beaches, Hapuna Beach is the premiere beach destination on the Island of Hawai'i. Long, wide and phenomenally sandy, it has everything one dreams of in a Hawai'ian beach: abundant sun, surf, clean, clear and quiet snorkeling water, shade and well-maintained facilities.
There are generally lifeguards, several pavilions, barbecues, picnic tables, restrooms, showers and a small café. The center of the beach is for wave play and boogie boarding, the north and south coves are quieter, for snorkeling or gentle floating. Although most patrons must walk about 100 yards down a path from the parking lot, Handicapped Parking exists right on the beach. More about Hapuna Beach can be found here.
Leg 15) Proceed on Hwy 19 south to Kailua Kona.
Although not intended as part of this particular day trip, a walking tour of Kailua Kona can be found here.
This whirlwind tour was designed to give you a taste of the Big Island Experience in a single day—not an easy task. For more detailed day trips, designed to focus on specific areas of Hawaii Island, please see the following:
Best Scenic Drives on Hawaii #1: The Saddle Road…Kona to the Summit of Mauna Kea, Kaumana Cave and Hilo: http://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/best-scenic-drives-on-hawaii-1-the-saddle-road-kona-to-the-summit-of-mauna-kea-kaumana-cave-and-hilo-2/
Best Scenic Drives on Hawaii #2: North Kona and Kohala, Ancient History, Sumptuous Beaches: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/scenic-drive-2-north-kona-and-kohala-ancient-history-sumptuous-beaches/
Best Scenic Drives on Hawaii #3: Kona to Hamakua and Hilo: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/best-scenic-drives-on-hawaii-3-kona-to-hamakua-and-hilo-2/
Best Scenic Drives in Hawaii #4: Kona Coast to South Point and Ka'u https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/best-scenic-drives-in-hawaii-4-kona-coast-to-south-point-and-kau-2/
Best Scenic Drives in Hawaii #5: Kailua Kona to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Puna and Lava Viewing: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/best-scenic-drives-in-hawaii-5-kailua-kona-to-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park-puna-and-lava-viewing-2/
Exploring Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; The Most Interesting, Amazing and Diverse Scenic Drive in Hawaii: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/a-scenic-drive-through-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park-the-most-interesting-amazing-and-diverse-place-in-hawaii/
Historic Kailua Kona Town on the Big Island of Hawaii: A Walking Tour: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/historic-kailua-kona-town-on-the-big-island-of-hawaii-a-walking-tour/
Kona Heritage Corridor Scenic Drive: An Exceptional Day Trip Exploration of Historical, Lovely, Up-Country Kona!: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/kona-heritage-corridor-scenic-drive-an-exceptional-day-trip-exploration-of-historical-lovely-up-country-kona/
Road Trip Through Keauhou Historic District, Big Island, Hawaii: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/wwwtourguidehawaicom-presents-a-road-trip-through-keauhou-historic-district-big-island-hawaii/
Explore Hawaii's Hidden, Romantic and Mysterious Places: The South Coast of Hawaii: https://lovingthebigisland.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/new-iphoneipod-touch-app-helps-you-explore-hawaiis-hidden-romantic-and-mysterious-places-the-south-coast-of-hawaii/
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Tell Obama that the world will be watching his upcoming visit and people all over our planet will look to his visit with hope and expectation. Tell him not to disappoint humanity by carrying on U.S. politics in the Middle East as usual.
Tell Obama when he visits us here to stand by the values that he reiterates in almost every speech: freedom, independence, equality, and justice for all.
Tell Obama that if his coming to Israel and Palestine is going to be another American political circus to keep the media busy, or please a certain interest group in the U.S., that he need not come this way. No one here is dying to see him, but many have died and will continue to die if the U.S. continues with its failed policies in the Middle East.
Tell Obama to have his eyes open to see what is happening on the ground rather than offer his ears to politicians that have perfected the art of deception. Tell him to see the expanding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Tell him to take a look at the separation wall that is not only dividing Israelis from Palestinians but also dividing Palestinians from Palestinians and their land. Tell him to visit an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and a Palestinian refugee camp. Tell him to walk through one of the Israeli checkpoints.
Tell Obama that he will be coming to visit the Holy Land at a time when Christians are celebrating the passion of Christ and his resurrection. Tell him to let Christ be his example in being courageous and not yielding to political pressures. Have him remember that Jesus bravely gave his life to make peace rather than succumb to political expediency.
Tell Obama to have courage, because most Israelis and Palestinians desire peace and that only the radicals, the racists, the greedy individuals, and those who promote segregation will be disappointed if he commits to the cause of peace.
Tell Obama that repeated visits have taken place by American presidents that did nothing to ease the pain of the Palestinian people. The Palestinians today hope that this upcoming visit will be different then all other visits; it can be the one that will change the course of history in the Middle East.
Rev. Alex Awad is the director of the Shepherd Society, a local ministry of Bethlehem Bible College, serving marginalized families in the West Bank.
Photo: A Palestinian youth confronts Israeli soldiers at a nonviolent demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Al Ma'sara. Photo courtesy Ryan Roderick Beiler, ryanrodrickbeiler.com.
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After upgrading from 2.63a to 2.64a, my Cycles tile rendering behavior is strange and decidedly less usable. I normally render with 8x8 tiles, and previously a tile would be rendered once for each sample. Now, only the first 9 tiles will render. (This means the middle four, and then the 5 tiles to the left and below.) Once they have completed all passes, the remaining tiles are rendered.
This isn't great since I'll often do a quick preview and cancel the render as soon as there's enough quality to see what's going on. Now, I have to wait for some parts to complete rendering all samples first. The only way around it that I've found so far is to limit tiles to 3x3--which is perhaps not the most efficient setup, although I haven't run benchmarks to determine this. I assume the default is 8x8 tiles for a reason.
I searched a bit but couldn't find any information about this issue. Does anyone know the cause, or how it can be addressed? Thanks.
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Salisbury is a town in Merrimack county, New Hampshire. It was formed in 1736/37 and has gone by the following other name/s: Baker's Town/Stevenstown/Gerrishtown. Its parent county/ies is/are Hillsborough. For more information, contact the county at P.O. Box 180, Salisbury 03268. On the attached map, Salisbury is shown as 10 in Merrimack.
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I am a retired pediatrician in Chicago. I also have a PhD in pathology and trained for six months in forensic pathology observing and participating in autopsies including many gunshot victims. In addition I was medical director of a mental health care group practice. I know what I am talking about as I have treated babies and children who have been boiled, beaten, shot, and shaken. I have smelled their burned flesh and held their brain tissue in my hand. I have attended their autopsies. The destruction of tissue by high-powered weapons is unbelievable. Tissues explode inside of you as the tissue is vaporized and the bullets wobble and gas from heated vaporized tissue expands the damage. There is absolutely no reason for high-powered, high magazine capacity weapons for civilian use. I fear though that it will take decades to confiscate them all as there are millions out there and millions of high capacity magazines. Too many people do not secure their weapons and too many can buy them without background checks. The ratio of weapons to people in this country is so astonishing it is beyond belief. No weapons ban will fully work until we start taking this ratio down.
However we have to start somewhere like limiting the availability of high-capacity magazines and certain types of bullets. Although limiting guns in UK and Australia has worked well, it won't work so easily in America where 5% of the world population has 50% of weapons owned by civilians! What are we going to do? Have a massive confiscation campaign? Eliminate the 2nd Amendment? NO! We must close the loopholes concerning background checks. We must start banning semiautomatic weapons to some extent and slow down their proliferation. The number in this country already is more than we will ever need. We must link all background registries at the national level. BUT! How are we going to define mental illness that makes a person dangerous and that deserves to put them on the registry? How are we going to help wrongfully convicted felons clear their names. Are all felons deserving of having a ban on owning fire arms? I think NOT!
I was wrongfully convicted of aggravated battery of an officer for "bumping" him with my wheelchair and sentenced to two years in prison, a false charge as Sgt. Anthony Salemi actually attacked me in my wheelchair, falsified his records and committed perjury. Now Chief Judge Evans in Cook County is banning all cell phones from courthouses as the eavesdropping law was declared unconstitutional so no citizen can document corruption of Sheriff officers and judges in courthouses even outside of the courtrooms!
We have no choice with this amount of weapons in our country and t he impossibility of banning them due to the numbers already out there, but to make schools as secure as courthouses. This is the sorry reality and it will cost us dearly – causing fear in our children and enormous government expenditures. Our 2nd Amendment with the technological advances in weapons and astonishing proliferation of weapons in the hands of citizens in America make us a dangerous overly armed population.
We MUST increase the requirements for police officers training and education. We have a pitifully under trained and corrupt law enforcement legacy in this country. Read my blogs in the following. We are now even killing a whole lot of people unnecessarily with Tasers!
We also must MASSIVELY increase our funding for mental health care. We need 30,000 certified child psychiatrists but only have about 5,000 in this country. We have been forced to choose between drugging people and providing cognitive or talking therapy. Drugging won as our healthcare system won't pay to talk to anyone. I believe however that talking therapies are critical and drugging often does more harm than good!
Those doctors who do procedures (cardiac and ortho surgery for example) get obscenely high payments while psychiatrists, psychologists, and general practitioners, as well as pediatricians and family practitioners are the lowest paid. We also pay by the pound. My patients (Vincent triplets) are in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "lightest triplets in the world" (1997 edition), yet I was paid $50 to put in central lines into ultra premees while vascular surgeons were paid $500 to put in central lines into adults! Go figure! Our priorities are goofy.
Our justice system is so corrupt that honest harmless people like me are wrongfully convicted (in my case in retaliation for whistle blowing against corrupt police and officials – see my other blogs links to the right) and criminals know all the loopholes. Some of the most dangerous people are very intelligent and also mentally ill yet are not even in the mental healthcare system.
I fear the backlash against most mentally ill people who are harmless.
I fear that people with post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD) will be discriminated against and labeled wrongfully as dangerous. I suffer from PTSD and although I am a non-violent pacifist, I cower and swing my arms in front of my head trying to defend myself against flashbacks of being beaten by corrupt police (I have been beaten several times and falsely accused of attacking these officers – see my blogs: http://cookcountysheriffdeputies.wordpress.com and http://cookcountyjudges.wordpress.com). This massacre in Newtown has caused me to have more flashbacks revisiting seeing wounded and dying children in the emergency rooms where I worked in Chicago 10-20 years ago.
There is NO mental health care in America; no understanding, respect and compassion for the mentally ill; no support for their families; no help available; just disdain, disrespect, hatred, blame, and ignorance. LaPierre's and others' descriptions of mentally ill shooters as "lunatics" and other derogatory terms I would rather not repeat makes the defamation against the mentally ill even worse.
Would you blame a person for becoming sick with cancer or being born with a deformity? Yet we blame the criminally insane and defame them as evil! We are a very sick society!
I treated a boy who attempted suicide and when I was releasing him from the hospital, the major university children's hospitals in Chicago and its suburbs said they didn't take these kids in transfer who didn't have insurance (Loyola University, Northwestern University Medical Center, Rush Medical Center, Christ Hospital affiliated with the United Church of Christ and part of Advocate Healthcare) they had a year-long waiting list (Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical Center), they only took transfers to their mental health unit of persons on Medicaid who lived in their zip code (University of Chicago); or such other lame excuses all due to the country refusing to pay for mental health care.
I tried to testify in juvenile court that an aunt who was trying to help her nephew, whose parents were in prison for murder, had a child who was dangerous due to his mental illness, a liar and that the aunt was not a child abuser. Instead the child needed hospitalization and mental health care for life. He may grow up to be a mass murderer. His aunt was falsely labeled a child abuser due to the child's lies without a legitimate fair due process court hearing. The aunt lost custody of the boy and his brothers. The children were placed in foster care or given to their criminal drug dealing and gang member relatives who the aunt had protected them from. He has already become a rapist and was in prison for a year. His brothers have become burglars and teen drug dealers under the wings of their relatives and the lives of the brother who were doing well with the aunt have been ruined by the Cook County judges and court system. We need extensive judicial reform! I would love to testify before Congress.
Instead the judge threw me out of the courtroom, declared I was not a reliable witness, instead listened to a child welfare worker who had a few months training after getting a bachelor's degree in psychology, ended up destroying my career and now corrupt officials arrested me on many false criminal charges and jailed me in retaliation after I began this campaign to get help for these people. Read my other blogs: here, here, here, here & here. The corrupt officials who divert Social Security Title IV-D funds from helping families to judicial pensions and fees for incompetent court-appoint hacks who claim to do mental health evaluations and claim to evaluate family situations (child representatives and guardian ad litums in divorce and custody cases), vilify anyone who tries to change the system and get the country to really look at mental health care, custody decisions, divorce courts, and misuse of government funds because we threaten their illegal funding stream. Read about that here.
Until the Affordable Care Act (ACA) known as "Obamacare", patterned after "Romneycare" in Massachusetts, is in full swing and expanded to deal with mental health care and cover all Americans as a universal single payer health care system, none of these mothers will have help and the shootings will continue. Victims also need access to mental health care.
See my suggested 15 point plan to address gun violence and gun deaths in America here: https://twitter.com/DrLindaShelton (1/2 of them are suicides and most are not mass murders but are murders by people known to the victims – 11,000 per year in the U.S. – compared to about 35-50 in either England or Australia who have both banned and confiscated weapons after mass murders in schools).
Please consider joining the group "Newtown United" on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/NewtownUnited
The following is a MUST READ that has begun this conversation: http://anarchistsoccermom.blogspot.com/2012/12/thinking-unthinkable.html
The following poem expresses all of our grief and sadness: http://newtown.patch.com/blog_posts/dear-santa-7cbef59a
Statement by former Representative and victim of shooting Gabby Giffords husband Kelly at her shooter's sentencing excoriating the government and Gov. for not dealing with gun violence and mental illness: http://jezebel.com/5959149/gabby-giffords-husband-stares-down-her-shooter-gabby-and-i-are-done-thinking-about-you
Tags: assault weapon ban, Aurora shooting, Columbine massacre, Fort Hood massacre, guns in America, Health Care, mass murder, Mental Health, mental health care and shootings, Newton United, Newtown, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Virginia Tech shooting


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Unidentified man, pole raising, Haida Gwaii
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Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image is a portrait of a man wearing what appears to be a ceremonial headdress. The man is not identified, but it is likely Chief Weah (Willie Mathews).
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Pistorius was remanded in police custody until February 19, when his bail application will be heard.
The application for the postponement of the bail hearing was made by Pistorius's legal counsel, advocate Barry Roux, who said the defence required time to "investigate and research" the matter to allow the team to "put ourselves in a better position to argue the schedule of the offence".
The state's case is being led by high-profile prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, who has successfully prosecuted, among others, disgraced former South African police chief, Jackie Selebi. Nel told magistrate Desmond Nair, that they "will argue premeditated murder" in the Pistorius matter.
According to the prosecuting team's advocate Andrea Johnson, Pistorius had yet to be charged as he was not asked to plead at this appearance, but she told the Mail & Guardian that the charge sheet stated that he "unlawfully and intentionally shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp" and that he would face one count of murder.
Steenkamp (30) was reportedly shot four times: in the head, chest, hand and pelvis in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Early, unconfirmed, rumours had suggested that the 26-year-old Pistorius, a world-renowned Paralympian who had also competed against able-bodied athletes at last year's London Olympics, had mistaken the FHM model for an intruder.
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However, police had told the M&G that witnesses, including neighbours, had confirmed that they had heard loud voices and shouting on the night and that this was followed later that night by gun-shots.
Pistorius's lawyers had received permission for him to be held at Brooklyn Police Station, rather than the more cramped Pretoria Central Prison. His bail hearing is scheduled to last both Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
The case has attracted the attention of the world's media with several British, European and American media houses in attendance. Steenkamp, a former FashionTV presenter, is set to appear from beyond the grave this weekend with the South African Broadcasting Corporation reportedly confirming that they will flight the Tropika Island of Treasure 5 in which she appears this weekend.
Nair had earlier ruled that proceedings would not be filmed or photographed after Pistorius's counsel had argued that the application by various television news stations would prove a "serious impediment" to the athlete's case and that it had "probable prejudice … written all over it".


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
Henry Home, Lord Kames, a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, argued in Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (1779) that the "hoarding appetitie" was universal among mankind and that it was the basis of the idea of property rights:
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible of, and of which every other is equally sensible. Yours and mine are terms in all languages, familiar among savages, and understood even by children. This is a fact, which every human creature can testify.
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Like Adam Smith, a fellow member of the Scottish enlightenment, Lord Kames believes that the "hoarding instinct" is innate and that even children and bees (compare Bernard Mandeville) have a sense of "mine and thine". This is the powerful natural origin of property rights in human society.


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Preston Sturges was a 20th-century Renaissance man who, at Paramount Pictures between 1940 and 1943, wrote and directed eight original movies unlike anything before or since. All but one were high-energy, brilliantly detailed, and very, very funny comedies that became instant classics. No one ever dreamed up a more colorful assortment of characters, wrote more lovingly textured dialogue for them, or sent them hurtling and skittering through more outrageous situations, with undertones often darker than most dramatic films. Seven of these pictures comprise this boxed set; The Miracle of Morgan's Creek is missing because it remained with Paramount when most of the studio's pre-1949 inventory was acquired decades ago by Universal/MCA. (It's on DVD via Paramount.) The omission of a single film from the cycle--and one of the very best--is regrettable, but there's plenty here to relish. Sturges was already an established playwright and screenwriter when he cajoled Paramount into letting him direct one of his own scripts. The Great McGinty won him the 1940 Oscar for best original screenplay, the raffish tale of a bum (Brian Donlevy) who ingratiates himself with the political machine of a heartland city by successfully voting 37 times in one election, then rises to become "reform" candidate for governor. The film is a glowing example of Sturges's penchant for filling the foregrounds as well as backgrounds of his movies with flavorful, mostly nameless character actors and according each of them star status, if only for one world-class line of dialogue. They and Sturges stood by one another throughout the cycle, and the result was a richness variously--and aptly--likened to Dickens or Bruegel. Christmas in July (1940) followed, a sardonic but big-hearted comedy about a young working-class couple (Dick Powell and Ellen Drew) duped into believing one topsy-turvy afternoon that they've struck it rich by winning a slogan contest. Then came the film widely regarded as Sturges's most side-splitting, The Lady Eve (1941). Barbara Stanwyck is merciless--and breathtakingly sexy--as a second-generation con artist who targets brewing heir Henry Fonda, a clueless amateur herpetologist who has spent entirely too much time up the Amazon. Then again, there are people who name Sullivan's Travels (1942) among the best films ever made. Joel McCrea plays a successful director of Hollywood comedies who decides he must make a social-consciousness allegory, O Brother Where Art Thou? His exploratory road trip disguised as a hobo, with starlet Veronica Lake for companionship, combines Hollywood satire with starkest drama verging on horror. The film is utterly unique and shatteringly powerful. The Palm Beach Story (1942), a return to screwball comedy, dances a goofy tarantella on the American obsession with wealth. There are a couple of dozen millionaires at large in this movie, every one of them insane: Robert Dudley as a comic deus-ex-machina ("the Wienie King"), a railroad club car filled with Sturges stalwarts ("the Ale and Quail Club"), and '20s crooner Rudy Vallee ascending to character-actor immortality as the devoted suitor of Joel McCrea's runaway wife, Claudette Colbert. At that point (still in 1942) Sturges embarked on his most tortuous project, Triumph over Pain, the fact-based chronicle of the Boston dentist (Joel McCrea) who discovered the use of ether for anaesthesia. Instead of being canonized, he was destroyed. Sturges, whose 1933 screenplay The Power and the Glory had anticipated the fractured time scheme of Citizen Kane by eight years, tried for even more complicated narrative-in-reverse here--and also studded the tragic story with startling bursts of slapstick humor. Paramount recut the film drastically and changed the title to The Great Moment; the fitful results would not be released till two years later. Meanwhile, Sturges scored a pair of best-screenplay Oscar nominations in 1944 for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero, two small-town comedies starring Eddie Bracken as a nebbish ill-made for heroism yet obliged by wartime circumstance to rise to the occasion. Each of these films is a comic masterpiece, each asking discomfiting questions about cherished, arguably destructive American values, yet finding its own cockeyed way to affirmation. Miracle isn't available here, but Hail the Conquering Hero casts a lingering spell, beyond satire. To quote its last line: "You got no idea." --Richard T. Jameson
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Bernie LaPlante:
You remember when I said how I was gonna explain about life, buddy? Well the thing about life is, it gets weird. People are always talking ya about truth. Everybody always knows what the truth is, like it was toilet paper or somethin', and they got a supply in the closet. But what you learn, as you get older, is there ain't no truth. All there is is bullshit, pardon my vulgarity here. Layers of it. One layer of bullshit on top of another. And what you do in life like when you get older is, you pick the layer of bullshit that you prefer and that's your bullshit, so to speak.
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Is there a distinction between catechesis and proclamation? According to the GDC, yes:
61. Primary proclamation is addressed to non-believers and those living in religious indifference. Its functions are to proclaim the Gospel and to call to conversion. Catechesis, "distinct from the primary proclamation of the Gospel", (Catechesi Tradendae 19) promotes and matures initial conversion, educates the convert in the faith and incorporates him into the Christian community. The relationship between these two forms of the ministry of the word is, therefore, a relationship of complementary distinction. Primary proclamation, which every Christian is called to perform, is part of that "Go" (Mk 16:15 and Mt 28:19) which Jesus imposes on his disciples: it implies, therefore, a going-out, a haste, a message. Catechesis, however, starts with the condition indicated by Jesus himself: "whosoever believes", (Mk 16:16) whosoever converts, whosoever decides. Both activities are essential and mutually complementary: go and welcome, proclaim and educate, call and incorporate.
Two halves, if you will, of a very important ministry. Do Catholics feel and live out that "haste," that urgency, of leaving the friendly confines of home, church, circle of friends? Not as much as we are called, I suspect. And even that second aspect, catechesis: is it as fully realized as it could be? Note the two-pronged effort there: faith education and social incorporation. In our overly rationalistic culture, I suspect that too much of lassoing new believers is about making sure they possess the knowledge and information. Only to have an intellectual curiosity languish and perhaps die once they are initiated.


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