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The Blessings of Wisdom
1Does not wisdom call?
Does not understanding raise her voice?
2On the heights beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
4"To you, O men, I call,
and my cry is to the children of man.
5O simple ones, learn prudence;
O fools, learn sense.
6Hear, for I will speak noble things,
and from my lips will come what is right,
7for my mouth will utter truth;
wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8All the words of my mouth are righteous;
there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
9They are all straight to him who understands,
and right to those who find knowledge.
10Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold,
11for wisdom is better than jewels,
and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
12"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and I find knowledge and discretion.
13The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
14I have counsel and sound wisdom;
I have insight; I have strength.
15By me kings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly.8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth
17I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.
18Riches and honour are with me,
enduring wealth and righteousness.
19My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,
and my yield than choice silver.
20I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the paths of justice,
21granting an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.
22"The LORD possessed8:22 Or fathered; Septuagint created me at the beginning of his work,8:22 Hebrew way
the first of his acts of old.
23Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth,
26before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.
27When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28when he made firm the skies above,
when he established8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain the fountains of the deep,
29when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30then I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his8:30 Or daily filled with delight,
rejoicing before him always,
31rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.
32"And now, O sons, listen to me:
blessed are those who keep my ways.
33Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favour from the LORD,
36but he who fails to find me injures himself;
all who hate me love death."
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Here we are, with a (temporary) new look. And just like our daily adventuring through this life, it's been full of ups and downs. I know, Mercury is still not right, and other planets aren't either. But it had to be now. No, I don't know why. It just did.
Whether we're updating websites, walking our path, or simply trying to get from morning until the night, we come across challenges. It happens. There's no stopping it.
That's what we need to realize today. That's what we need to hang on to.
Embrace (the) All
When we accept the good with the bad (everything is good and bad, FYI) we accept ourselves. We take in the lessons that will move us forward. Not all will be pleasant. But they all have one thing in common: none of them last forever.
Nothing does. Except the energy of us all. The All. We are individuals and we are the same. When we accept that, when we treat each other/ourselves with gentle hands and hearts, then, well then, we've really made a difference.
Returning to our regular rotation around the card altar this morning, this messenger brings a terrific validation. We are doing our best. And that's what is most important.
"The Arrow Master ~ 10 ~
hitting the mark, intention, detachment
The Arrow Master appears to help you target your intentions and teaches you how to shoot straight for the stars. The message is to be deliberate about focusing your dreams and desires with intention and about aligning your intentions with Spirit.
Then let them fly on the wind, directed by the Divine, until they reach their goal.
The only way to hit the target is to allow the arrow of your intention to fly unencumbered by your eagerness to see it travel exactly the way you want it to go.
You may think it needs to veer a certain way to reach your goal, but in the invisible realms, human power cannot make this happen. The Divine has its own idea of how the arrow flies and upon what wind it's carried. Nonetheless, if you don't shoot, you'll never score.
This is a fortunate message as long as you remember the Law of Detachment. If you do, then be assured that you're right on point!"
To see how VERY on the mark we are, watch THIS short clip. (Also, isn't her music nice?)
Today's Deck:
Wisdom Of The Hidden Realms Oracle Cards by Colette Baron-Reid
Today's Personal/Business Note:
is to say that no, the new site is not all done. In fact, it's barely begun. However, this is as far as I was able to get on my own tonight. (And yes, I know there's two HOME page tabs. Workin' on it!)
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The Markets
"Fascinatingly counterintuitive…"
That's how Michael Arone, an investment strategist, described the U.S. market environment to Avi Salzman of Barron's:
"'Stocks are rallying, but bond yields are reflecting much lower growth.' Stocks rose during the quarter because the Fed backed away from raising interest rates, and investors grew more confident that the U.S. and China would sign a trade deal, Arone said. The market was also rebounding from a very rough fourth quarter – 'conditions at the end of the year were wildly oversold,' he noted."
Through the end of last week, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up more than 13 percent year-to-date, despite falling corporate earnings and modest consumer spending gains.
Consumer optimism may have played a role in U.S. stock market gains. The University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers Economist Richard Curtin reported:
"…the last time a larger proportion of households reported income gains was in 1966. Rising incomes were accompanied by lower expected year-ahead inflation rates, resulting in more favorable real income expectations…Moreover, all income groups voiced more favorable growth prospects for the overall economy…Overall, the data do not indicate an emerging recession but point toward slightly lower unit sales of vehicles and homes during the year ahead."
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its report on economic growth in 2018 last week. Real gross domestic product (GDP), which is a measure of economic growth after inflation, was revised down to 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Growth was up 2.9 percent for the year, though, which was an improvement on 2017's gain of 2.2 percent.
Slowing economic growth gives weight to bond investors' expectations, while consumer optimism supports stock investors' outlook. Divergent market performance and conflicting data make it hard to know what may be ahead. One way to protect capital is to hold a well-diversified portfolio.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO MAKE MONEY? You may not have given it much thought, but it costs money to make money. In fact, the costs of the metals required to make some U.S. coins is higher than the value of the coins! George Washington and Abraham Lincoln might not approve, if they knew. Take this quiz to see what you know about the cost and value of U.S. coins.
- How much did it cost the U.S. Mint to make a U.S. penny in 2018?
- 0.5 cents
- 1.25 cents
- 2.06 cents
- 3.0 cents
- How much did it cost the U.S. Mint to make a U.S. nickel in 2018?
- 1.25 cents
- 4.97 cents
- 6.03 cents
- 7.53 cents
- What makes a coin valuable to a collector?
- Metal
- Age
- Rarity
- All of the above
- Which of these coins is the most valuable to collectors?
- 1849 Coronet Head Gold $20 Double Eagle
- 1913 Liberty Nickel
- 1943-D Lincoln Wheat Cent Penny
- 1835 Classic Head Gold $5 Half Eagle
Weekly Focus – Think About It
According to the Federal Reserve, the estimated lifespan of a $10 bill is 4.5 years. The estimated lifespans of a $5 and $1 bill are 5.5 years and 5.8 years, respectively. A $100 bill may last 15.5 years because it circulates less frequently.
- It cost 2.06 cents to make a one-cent coin that few people use. A group of citizens has been encouraging the government to retire the penny.
- It cost 7.53 cents to make a nickel in 2018.
- All of the above.
- The 1849 Coronet Head Gold $20 Double Eagle is worth more than $16,600,000. It is one of the rarest U.S. coins.
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- Government bonds and Treasury Bills are guaranteed by the U.S. government as to the timely payment of principal and interest and, if held to maturity, offer a fixed rate of return and fixed principal value. However, the value of fund shares is not guaranteed and will fluctuate.
- Corporate bonds are considered higher risk than government bonds but normally offer a higher yield and are subject to market, interest rate and credit risk as well as additional risks based on the quality of issuer coupon rate, price, yield, maturity, and redemption features.
- The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) is an unmanaged group of securities considered to be representative of the stock market in general. You cannot invest directly in this index.
- The 10-year Treasury Note represents debt owed by the United States Treasury to the public. Since the U.S. Government is seen as a risk-free borrower, investors use the 10-year Treasury Note as a benchmark for the long-term bond market.
- Gold represents the afternoon gold price as reported by the London Bullion Market Association. The gold price is set twice daily by the London Gold Fixing Company at 10:30 and 15:00 and is expressed in U.S. dollars per fine troy ounce.
- The Bloomberg Commodity Index is designed to be a highly liquid and diversified benchmark for the commodity futures market. The Index is composed of futures contracts on 19 physical commodities and was launched on July 14, 1998.
- The DJ Equity All REIT Total Return Index measures the total return performance of the equity subcategory of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) industry as calculated by Dow Jones.
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Pictured: On April 14, 2015, the Richmond Barrister Inn hosted a networking reception at the Torero Tapas Bar and Grill in downtown Richmond for area law students to discuss the practice of law, the bar exam and network among the membership. Barrister and Student Members from Jefferson, Madison, O'Connor, Richardson and Tucker Inns attended the reception. We were very happy to have former Virginia Attorney General and Madison Inn member, Anthony "Tony" F. Troy, in attendance for the event. Also, we were very thankful for the help of Jefferson Inn member Susanne Cordner and Madison Inn member Dan Savage, who both helped assist in the planning of this event. We look forward to our next Barrister Inn event of hosting an informal happy hour this summer.
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New York City's crime rate continues to plummet, even though the city has backed away from abusive policing strategies that the Police Department once viewed as essential to keeping people safe. With a proposed court settlement filed on Monday, the city is trying to turn the page on a period when black and Latino New Yorkers in some neighborhoods were routinely stopped and frisked by police officers or issued unjustified criminal summonses for minor offenses, like disorderly conduct, trespassing or public drinking.
Under the settlement in the case of Stinson v. City of New York, the city agreed to pay up to $75 million to resolve a federal class-action lawsuit that accused it of issuing hundreds of thousands of criminal summonses without legal justification. In some cases, officers would go so far as to sniff people's coffee cups or orange juice cartons in search of evidence of public drinking.
The suit challenged the constitutionality of the summons process and argued that the Police Department had pressured officers to issue sham summonses — an allegation that the city denied. Nonetheless, as part of the deal, the city agreed to send out notices to restate that summons quotas are banned and supervisors who use such measures could be subject to disciplinary action.
The lead plaintiff, Sharif Stinson, was leaving his aunt's Bronx apartment building in the spring of 2010 when officers stopped and search him without cause, and then held him at the station for several hours. Both of the summonses issued — one for trespassing (though he had his aunt's permission to be in the building) and the other for disorderly conduct — were thrown out by a judge because they were "legally insufficient." The settlement, which needs court approval, covers at least 900,000 summonses issued between 2007 and 2015 that were dismissed for the same reason. It sets up a process for notifying people eligible for compensation — which has been set at a maximum of $150 per person per incident.
In 2015, the city and the New York State court system adopted several reforms intended to ensure that summons were properly drafted. Last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill that allows the police to use civil summonses for some quality-of-life offenses. And as part of the settlement, the city will improve the way it trains officers and supervisors. Taken together, these reforms could, at last, repair a long broken summons system.


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Have you ever wondered what clean eating contains? Well, olives fall within clean eating and there are many delicious olive recipes. These are some of the best. They go great with chicken, pork, pasta, you can eat them marinated or in a sauce. Olives are very good for the health and they can be prepared in many ways. Below you can choose any from these healthy, delicious recipes and believe – you won't regret it!
Whether you will eat them with meat or in a salad, olives will give an amazing, relish flavor which no one can resist. You can have them as an appetizer, for breakfast or lunch. Even if you're on a diet you can eat them. They give a burst of delicious flavors and succulence to anything you eat in combination with olives. So, choose any of these wonderful, healthy olive recipes and enjoy your clean eating!
Roasted Chicken with Oil-Cured Olives and Pancetta
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Chicken meat is good for the health. And so is this amazing roasted chicken recipe. It goes great with olives and you will love this delightful recipe. It's easy to cook and absolutely delicious. Enjoy!
Spicy Marinated Olives
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Marinated olives make a perfect, healthy appetizer and very tasty too. So, if you want to eat something lighter or as an extra food despite some other dish, spicy marinated olives is ideal for that. If you want to consume what's best for you, olives is something you should add on that list!
Sicilian Cauliflower and Black Olive Gratin
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Wonderful idea for a relish lunch! The delight of the flavor of mixed cauliflower and olives will give the best taste ever. Absolutely lovely and delicious, you should definitely try this amazing traditional Mediterranean black olive recipe!
Fish Fillets with Warm Tomato Olive Vinaigrette
Fish is really good for the health and you will like this recipe a lot. Everything you cook with fish goes amazing, but this may be the best fish recipe ever. With tomatoes and olives and some other vegetables, you'll make yourself a delicious, healthy lunch. So, take pleasure in this tasty dish!
Olive-Goat Cheese Bruschetta
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Bruschetta with olives and goat cheese-perfect combination! This makes an amazing breakfast, appetizer or a light dinner. It goes great with yogurt or sour cream. Try this wonderful recipe and satisfy your needs of delicious food!
Marinated Olives and Feta
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As previous said, marinated olives are excellent for the health. This recipe, with marinated olives and feta cheese, will definitely take place in your favorite food list. Relish and full with enjoyment, this is definitely a must-try recipe!
Pasta Salad with Tuna, Olives and Parsley
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Everyone likes the good taste of pasta and when it's with olives, even more! You should try this tasty pasta salad and you can add something extra, like some vegetables or anything you think will go good with it. Amazing!
Lemon-Olive Grilled Chicken
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Another delightful olive recipe which you should definitely try. This grilled chicken has a burst of flavors thanks to the amazing flavoring of lemon and olives. Every woman should know to cook a chicken in different, delicious ways and this one is one of the best!
Pork Medallions with Olive-Caper Sauce
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Pork is tasty, but with sauce it's even tastier! This olive-caper sauce gives the meat a flavor of great enjoyment and complements the whole dish with delight. Try this amazing pork recipe and enjoy its deliciousness!
Green Olive Hummus
This healthy recipe is truly amazing. Green olives extend the olive oil flavor in the hummus and that makes it even tastier. Everyone will love this delicious dish. You can add some other flavors if you like, but it will still be absolutely delightful. Yummy!


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Your Bali FIRE & ICE Fitness Retreat
NEXT RETREAT: 10th – 16th September 2017
Imagine…. you've escaped the every day and immersed yourself in a Balinese oasis where everything is taken care of for you, so you get to focus on the most important person in the world… YOU.
Your 6 Day/5 Night Bali Fitness Retreat is designed to boost your fitness, re-vitalise your health and energise your mind and body!
Your week's activities are carefully selected to fulfill all of your needs. Energising cardio, strength training and toning, invigorating treks and equally as important, time to relax your mind and body and rejuvenate the soul.
You'll experience clean eating as all of our food is sourced locally from the surrounding farms. All of the produce is fresh and delicious with so much flavour.
With no processed foods your body will experience a natural detox that will leave you feeling lighter, refreshed and with a clear mind. It will also double your energy levels allowing you to enjoy your fitness holiday even more. All of this in an environment of clean mountain air surrounded by lush, green rice paddy fields.
It's the total package giving you the perfect balanced holiday so that you return totally re-energised and refreshed, and ready to take on life full-steam ahead.
This is a unique Balinese fitness and holiday experience you will never forget.
Bring a friend (or three) – a great opportunity to spend time together with friends or your partner and have a quality holiday that allows you to nurture yourselves.
Who is this fitness retreat for?
- Need a kick-start to get your fitness and health back on track?
- Love to exercise but like to mix it up and combine your fitness with travel?
- Open to advice from a fully-qualified exercise science and nutrition expert on how to get the body you've always desired?
- Wanting practical information and a plan on how to keep your new healthy habits once you return home?
Then this Fitness Retreat is for you.
- Perfect for beginners to Intermediate fitness level.
- Learn the fastest way to remove body fat (without a scalpel).
- Fire up your metabolism – your fat-burning engine.
- Start your day with a personal victory – moving your body is the perfect way to start your morning and gives you unstoppable positive energy.
- The ULTIMATE stress-buster and feel-good activity.
- Tighten and tone all the right places and transform your body shape – plus your BONUS take home program.
- Make new, supportive friends.
- Instruction, coaching and support for taking care of the most important person in your life – YOU!
- The fitness for life "recipe" – puts you totally in control of your body and your health the FUN way…which is the ONLY way to lasting results!


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In the past few years I decided that disabled people have a lot of paperwork. This is an understatement. This year I have decided that poor people have a lot of paperwork. I'm really not sure which paperwork is more, partly because some of it overlaps (vocational rehab, CHIP or Medicaid applications). I guess with the disability paperwork I'm not as disabled as many and don't require home health care, don't have Medicaid yet, etc. Or maybe I am that disabled since I can often only sit up a few hours a day. Suddenly I feel as if I am writing a Margaret Atwood novel, setting down one sentence and then contradicting it. But: there's lots of paperwork.
The upside is the kids are on free school breakfasts and lunches. I worried how they'd handle going in the cafeteria in the morning(especially my son, who gets confused with changes in routine, since my daughter had to veer off to choir practice) the first day and not knowing whom to go sit with. It can be uncomfortable near the end of the school year when everyone has their groups they normally sit with. But they do know friends who have been on the program and have sat with them. My son doesn't remember who he sat with on the first day, only that he likes the person.
My daughter has been accepted to the week-long Girl Scout camp she prefers and for free except the application fee and money for snacks/drinks. We bought a swimsuit a size larger last year for a couple of dollars, and I hope it fits her. I think that's about all she needs unless she outgrows her jeans. Thank goodness for these scholarship programs.
I've been worrying about how we'd afford my daughter moving to a full-size violin this year (our son will inherit her 3/4), and it just occurred to me today they finance instruments or rentals for families who can't otherwise afford them.
The insurance company is illegally forcing us and other families to pay the entire premium, $1250 per month, rather than the 1/3 we owe (government picks up 2/3). I don't even know who to complain to, but I can definitely say that's an extra $1600 (two months of premiums we've had to pay) we don't need out of the bank account right now, especially as we're still waiting on our sizeable tax refund. They said they'll reimburse us 30 days after the government pays them.
There's another camp I wish the kids could participate in through the school, but I don't think there's financial aid. I should call and see.
The appointment with the vocational rehab counselor went well. It seems that she'll be very helpful. Yesterday was a lengthy intake appointment only, so no services yet. Apparently they can probably can help with educational expenses (yay!) including a medical transcription course, which is an ideal occupation for me for a while (I type 90 words per minute). My sister says I can quickly work my way up to being a medical proofreader, which pays more. There are some part-time jobs I wouldn't mind applying for in the meantime, only everything feels so contingent on what my husband does and whether he gets work. If I *knew* what he would be doing and how much he'd be making, that would influence my decision makign greatly, as I would be choosing to greatly stress my body and health for some kinds of jobs that would pay more, though that's contingent on an interview and a lack of disablism.
Aside: it's not nice for kid 1 to yell, "I WON!" when her mother's sleeping. Game of Risk. That was the board game. But I'd say winning like that incurs another risk, aggravating the mama.


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Trentino Collaborations is an exciting new initiative connecting British designers with Trentino-based manufacturers. These collaborations allow designers to use industrial and handcraft processes to create design-led, cutting edge works. The new creations will be launched at London Design Fair this September.
The commissioned British designers are Max Lamb, Sebastian Cox, Lucy Kurrein and Giles Miller.
Max Lamb is using the expertise of Pedretti Graniti to produce granite furniture, intent on beautifying the medium. Sebastian Cox is working with Arte Del Legno to produce furniture from local hardwood rather than green wood, a first for the designer, alongside weaving techniques from Trentino. Lucy Kurrein is designing leather upholstery, inspired by leather household objects, with help from Molinari Design, and Giles Miller will take his first foray into natural stone tiles with Euro Porfidi.
The four collections will be shown in specially commissioned wooden structures at London Design Fair this September. These structures are inspired by large-scale, natural sculptures shown at Arte Sella, Trentino's open-air art exhibition, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2016.
London Design Fair founder and director, Jimmy MacDonald said, "We were invited to propose a project by the trade commission of the Trentino region of Italy. The result is Trentino Collaborations, which connects four British designers with four Trentino-based manufacturers to create new products for retail. This is a significant project to launch in our 10th year because its core – connecting designers with manufacturers – is something we've always done. Relationships are fundamental to us."
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UNC WR Dwight Jones Reinstated for Independence Bowl
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones has been reinstated and will play in the Independence Bowl. Interim coach Everett Withers said before practice Wednesday that the NCAA cleared Jones to play December 26 against Missouri in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The move came one day after the school declared Jones ineligible and applied to the NCAA for reinstatement following a secondary violation in which the senior allowed his name and photo to be used on a flyer promoting a New Year's Eve party at a club in his hometown of Burlington.
Jones has apologized for creating a distraction and said he has canceled the party being given by a family member. The school's compliance office sent a cease-and-desist letter to the party promoters.
Jones had 79 catches for 1,119 yards and 11 touchdowns.


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FeverLet go of desire, I say.
I am trying this out on the drive home.
I picked up the antibiotics for my child's fever from the drugstore.
The drive home is sunset and you are in my eyes.
When I think of you, I want you
I want you, but I can't have you.
Such longing you cannot imagine
Even you, yes you, longing for her
Even that is not equal to my longing for you.
I let go of the steering wheel.
Let go, I tell myself, let go
And for a moment you are gone
And such relief in this nothingness but
Then too soon it is back
And I am home
And here is the medication
For the fever.
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Holly is a psychiatrist working in Phoenix. In her poetry she tries to catch and elaborate on those moments that otherwise would slip quietly by, expanding upon the spaces between the stitches. Her poetry can be found or is forthcoming in The Front Range Review, The GW Review, Crack the Spine, Crack the Spine Summer 2013 Anthology, Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Write Room, Wild Violet, ginosko, Summerset Review, Red Ochre Lit, and Midway.


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I only know Rob McElhenney as an actor in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which I only know as 'that sitcom about nasty people being nasty to each other which a former flatmate really liked', so the announcement that he'll be directing the Minecraft [official site] movie is baffling to me. I've had a quick scan of his IMDB page and… no, co-creating and starring in a comedy of unpleasantness is by far the biggest thing he's done. Well then! This might be interesting.
The idea of a Minecraft movie still sounds a bit like a cash grab, and a cynical side of me imagines simply a blocky version of your standard children's movie. I'd thought about the same of Telltale's episodic adventure game Minecraft: Story Mode too, though, and that has turned out to look sorta interesting – the LEGO Movie meets YouTuber adventures.
"Hey Mojang let's do something strange and wonderful" McElhenney said on Twitter. I definitely imagine it'll be strange.
That said, the footage of Duncan Jones's Warcraft movie that recently leaked out of San Diego Comic-Con looked boring as all heck – and his Moon is one of my favourite sci-fi films of recent years. Who knows what Minecraft might turn out to be!


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It's no secret that the behavior of our state representatives has declined in recent years, (or maybe we just didn't know about it before). The fact that the majority of the country agreed that this act was wrong says something about our values; that it is inappropriate and unacceptable behavior for those who run our country.
Whew. I was beginning to worry a little about that lately. The report last year about the partying that took place at a National convention made me wonder what kind of people run our country.
Well, I'm still not 100 percent sure, but knowing that so many agree with me on this one, helps put it back into perspective.
There are still a few who think that we were way too harsh on the poor schmuck (especially with a name like Weiner-can you imagine his childhood?). Maybe the psychologist on Good Morning America was right when she said that he could suffer from low self-esteem and was looking for ways to raise his confidence.
OK, I can understand that, but why not buy a new suit or get a cool haircut? Get a hobby or do something really cool for humanity. And I do get that male ego. They need to be reaffirmed that they are manly. That's perfectly fine. Unfortunately, some people just don't think before they act and get themselves in a whole bunch of trouble they didn't anticipate.
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Pangkalan Susu power station
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Pangkalan Susu power station is a 440-megawatt (MW) coal-fired station North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. An additional 400 MW has been proposed at the same location.
The map below shows the location of of the plant, in Pasir Village, Pangkalan Susu District, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province.[1]
Background on Plant
The Pangkalan Susu power station is a two-unit, 440-MW coal-fired power plant being built by PLN.[2][3] Unit 2 went online in July 2014, and Unit 1 was in testing as of February 2015.[4][5] In June 2015, PLN said that Unit 1 was operating.[6]
The introduction of the plant was delayed in February 2015, after steel was stolen from the three of the plant's transmission towers, causing them to collapse.[7] It was unclear whether the person responsible was trying to steal and sell the metal, or trying to stop the plant from operating.[4]
In August 2018 PT PLN Persero announced that Units 1 and 2 of the plant would henceforth be operated by Indonesia Power.[8]
Proposed Expansion
In July 2013, PLN announced that it had signed a construction contract with Chinese company Sinohydro to build two additional 200-MW coal-fired units at the plant. At the time, PLN stated that it hoped to bring both units into operation in early 2017.[9] In June 2014, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance approved financing arrangements for the two units' construction. An updated construction schedule was not given at the time.[10]
Google map images in late 2015 show site preparation underway south of Units 1 and 2. The 2015-2024 PLN long-range plan shows these units coming online in 2018 and 2019.[11] The 2017-2026 long range plan (page VI-40) lists the project as under construction with completion expected in 2018 and 2019.[12] Google Earth images dated May 28, 2017 show boiler erection has begun. The 2019-2028 long-range plan lists Units 3 and 4 as beginning operations in 2019.[13] Unit 3 was commissioned in June 2019 and Unit 4 was commissioned in September 2019.[14]
Environmental impact
In June 2019 fisherfolk staged a protest near the plant and called on the government to close the plant and move away from using fossil fuels. Protestors blamed the existing Pangkalan Susu plant for contributing to the deforestation of mangrove forests, increased soil erosion, lost water sources, and air pollution.[15]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Indonesia Power
- Parent Company: PT PLN Persero
- Location: Pasir Village, Pangkalan Susu District, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
- Coordinates: 4.12071, 98.25823 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Gross Capacity: 840 MW (Units 1 & 2: 220 MW; Units 3 & 4: 2 x 200 MW)
- Type: Subcritical
- Start date: 2014 (Unit 2); 2015 (Unit 1); 2019 (Unit 3); 2019 (Unit 4)
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing: China's Exim Bank (US$373 million)[16]
Articles and resources
- ↑ PLTU Pangkalan Susu, Wikimapia, accessed Mar. 2015.
- ↑ "Electricity Policy Development & Investment Opportunity in Indonesia," presentation by Ministry Energy and Mineral Resources, Directorate General of Electricity, March 2014
- ↑ "2014: Batara Consortium Supplies PLN Coal" Wilda Asmarini, Finance Today, June 25, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dirusak Oknum, PLTU Pangkalan Susu Stop Beroperasi, Liputan 6, 19 Feb. 2015.
- ↑ Ahad, PLTU Pangkalan Susu Mulai Produksi Listrik, Tempo Bisnis, 19 July 2014.
- ↑ "2015, 2600 MW generating capacity increase," Listrik.org, 24 June 2015
- ↑ Tower Dicuri, PLTU Pangkalansusu Stop Operasi, Tribun Medan, 19 Feb. 2015.
- ↑ Indonesia Power Sebagai Pengelola PLTU Pangkalan Susu, Industry COID, Aug. 29, 2018
- ↑ Perkuat Kelistrikan Sumbagut, PLN Siap Bangun PLTU Pangkalan Susu, PLN press release, 15 July 2013.
- ↑ Dana PLTU Pangkalan Susu Segera Disetujui, Republika, 20 June 2014.
- ↑ "Executive Summary: Electricity Supply Business Plan PT PLN (Persero) 2015-2024"
- ↑ Rencana Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik (RUPTL) 2017-2026, PT PLN Persero
- ↑ Rencana Usaha Penyediaan Tenaga Listrik (RUPTL) 2019-2028, PT PLN Persero, 2019-2028
- ↑ PLN: PLTU Pangkalan Susu Unit 3 dan 4 Genjot Pasokan Listrik Sumatera Utara, Warta Ekonomi, Mar. 11, 2020
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Nelayan dan aktivis desak penutupan PLTU Pangkalan Susu, Antara Bengkulu, Jun. 22, 2019
- ↑ Exim Bank loans $373m to Indonesia for Pangkalan Susu Steam Coal Power Plant, AidData, Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset, Version 1.0, 2017


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Last week, California governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to extend California's cap-and-trade program to 2030 rather than letting it expire in 2020. To garner enough bipartisan support to pass the bill, lawmakers included industry handouts that weaken the program and could increase the public health impacts on low-income and minority communities.
IATP's recently-released report, "Don't Believe the Carbon Market Hype: Why states should not pursue carbon markets and what they can do instead," outlines how carbon markets in general, including the California market to date, have not led to meaningful greenhouse gas reductions and have disproportionately harmed rural communities, low-income communities, and communities of color. The recent extension of California's cap-and-trade program plays right into these predictions.
Among the concessions to polluters, the California bill prohibits local air quality agencies from "adopting or implementing an emission reduction rule for carbon dioxide from stationary sources that are also subject to a specified market-based compliance mechanism." In other words, local agencies cannot go above and beyond to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. This is especially damaging because facilities emitting the highest levels of greenhouse gases (which also emit particulate matter and other harmful air pollutants) are more likely to be in low-income communities and communities of color, and these communities are now prohibited from passing more stringent regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition, the California cap-and-trade extension gives away billions of dollars of free carbon emissions allowances to polluters. In a perfectly conceived cap-and-trade program, emissions allowances would be auctioned off at a high enough price to financially incentivize polluters to reduce their emissions. Instead, this program offers many emissions allowances to polluters for free, allowing them to continue business as usual at the expense of the health of California residents and the well-being of people around the globe depending on the urgent action to combat climate change. Although carbon market revenue in California has raised significant funds that the state has used for projects that reduce greenhouse gases and environmental burdens, including sustainable agriculture, the revenue generated has been less than expected overall. A carbon market's main goal should always be emissions reductions, not revenue generation.
The Trump administration has left a policy vacuum on climate action, and the states have a real opportunity to lead. As states create their climate change plans, it is essential that bottom-up actions and protections be supported, not undermined. States should strive for deep community engagement and inclusive processes that respond to local concerns, and incorporate local ideas and action. Rural, low-income and minority communities can benefit greatly from investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, from increased jobs in the clean energy sector, and from local ownership that retains wealth in the community. But these benefits will only be gained through better engagement with rural and minority voices throughout the policymaking process.
California has been hailed as a climate leader in the U.S., and the rest of the nation is looking to California for precedent on how to tackle climate change. As such, it's particularly damaging that a market-based program perpetuating environmental racism is our country's gold standard.
You can read more of IATP's analysis on carbon markets and what states can do instead here.
Correction: August 8, 2017
A previous version of this blog incorrectly used the term pollution rather than greenhouse gas emissions.


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I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
Series: Scandal & Scoundrel #3
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The one woman he will never forget…
Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven, has lived the last three years in self-imposed solitude, paying the price for a mistake he can never reverse and a love he lost forever. The dukedom does not wait, however, and Haven requires an heir, which means he must find himself a wife by summer's end. There is only one problem—he already has one.
The one man she will never forgive…
After years in exile, Seraphina, Duchess of Haven, returns to London with a single goal—to reclaim the life she left and find happiness, unencumbered by the man who broke her heart. Haven offers her a deal; Sera can have her freedom, just as soon as she finds her replacement…which requires her to spend the summer in close quarters with the husband she does not want, but somehow cannot resist.
A love that neither can deny…
The duke has a single summer to woo his wife and convince her that, despite their broken past, he can give her forever, making every day
Also by this author: The Rogue Not Taken
In The Day of the Duchess, the incomparable Sarah MacLean returns to the tales of the Talbot sisters, aka The Dangerous Daughters. The quintet earned the moniker after the eldest daughter, Seraphina, trapped the Duke of Haven into marriage. Upon learning of her treachery, Haven's wrath was swift and severe — and very quickly regretted. His recriminations and her regret sent Seraphina into hiding. Seraphina has now returned to demand her freedom so she can forge her own future. Seraphina persists in her quest to end her marriage before her heart allows Haven to claim it once again.
Malcolm, the Duke of Haven, behaved like a complete and utter ass to Seraphina when he was first introduced in The Rogue Not Taken. There was NO way that cad could ever redeem himself in my eyes. Oops, my bad. I forgot we were dealing with the master of romance, Sarah MacLean. Forgive me, Oh Brilliant One! 😉
Not going to give anything away, but simply urge everyone to read this book. The Day of the Duchess deals with grief, regret, passion, and injustice with a sense of humor, honesty, historical accuracy, and beautiful, evocative prose. Translation: READ THE BOOK, IT'S BRILLIANT! Thank you, once again, Sarah MacLean for being an advocate for women and love, in past, present, and future.
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Chapter 1
August 19, 1836
House of Lords, Parliament
She'd left him two years, seven months ago, exactly.
Malcolm Marcus Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven looked to the tiny wooden calendar wheels inlaid into the blotter on his desk in his private office above the House of Lords.
August the nineteenth, 1836. The last day of the parliamentary session, filled with pomp and idle. And lingering memory. He spun the wheel with the six embossed upon it. Five. Four. He took a deep breath.
Get out. He heard his own words, cold and angry with betrayal, echoing with quiet menace. Don't ever return.
He touched the wheel again. August became July. May. March.
January the nineteenth, 1834. The day she left.
His fingers moved without thought, finding comfort in the familiar click of the wheels.
April the seventeenth, 1833.
The way I feel about you . . . Her words now—soft and full of temptation. I've never felt anything like this.
He hadn't, either. As though light and breath and hope had flooded the room, filling all the dark spaces. Filling his lungs and heart. And all because of her.
Until he'd discovered the truth. The truth, which had mattered so much until it hadn't mattered at all.
Where had she gone?
The clock in the corner of the room ticked and tocked, counting the seconds until Haven was due in his seat in the hallowed main chamber of the House of Lords, where men of higher purpose and passion had sat before him for generations. His fingers played the little calendar like a virtuoso, as though they'd done this dance a hundred times before. A thousand.
And they had.
March the first, 1833. The day they met.
So, they let simply anyone become a duke, do they? No deference. Teasing and charm and pure, unadulterated beauty.
If you think dukes are bad, imagine what they accept from duchesses?
That smile. As though she'd never met another man. As though she'd never wanted to. He'd been hers the moment he'd seen that smile. Before that. Imagine, indeed.
And then it had fallen apart. He'd lost everything, and then lost her. Or perhaps it had been the reverse. Or perhaps it was all the same.
Would there ever be a time when he stopped thinking of her? Ever a date that did not remind him of her? Of the time that had stretched like an eternity since she'd left?
Where had she gone?
The clock struck eleven, heavy chimes sounding in the room, echoed by a dozen others sounding down the long, oaken corridor beyond, summoning men of longstanding name to the duty that had been theirs before they drew breath.
Haven spun the calendar wheels with force, leaving them as they lay. November the thirty-seventh, 3842. A fine date—one on which he had absolutely no chance of thinking of her.


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Square Enix's Wada and Japanese Game Management
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There's an odd little article in the WSJ's College Journal which basically outlines why Square Enix president Yoichi Wada never got an MBA, or went to a business school. Well, actually, it does more than that, since at the time of his graduation, there were only three business schools in the nation. There are lots of little interesting bits of info peppered throughout the article, such as Wada's wrangling of an investment from Sony, which I hadn't seen explicitly stated (though maybe it was), and the fact that most managers in Japan aren't actually trained for it, but are rewarded based more on loyalty to the company.
An excerpt from the article states that: "The typical Japanese approach is illustrated by Toyota, which despite being the subject of countless business-school case studies, has only three MBAs among its 26 highest-ranking executives." Rather crazy.
It goes on to map Wada's rise from a lowly door-to-door bonds salesman to his current position as president of one of the most influential game companies (for better or worse) around. " So is there anything Mr. Wada would have learned in an American MBA program that he couldn't get on the job? 'Yes,' the Japanese executive replies instantly: 'English.'" Thanks to our old pal Scott Mollett for picking this up!


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They had curtains up, but the missionary's wife (Mrs. B) said they had been up for several years and they were ready for a change. This is one of the old curtains:
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Panama Curtains
On our missions trip to Panama in July of this year, I was enlisted to make curtains for the church auditorium. This all happened after I started this blog, but silly me I didn't even think about putting this project on my blog! I do have a lot a pictures, but I wasn't thinking "take pictures for my blog" while I was sewing, so it may seem like I have a ton of the same pose and nothing to show the process, but I do explain with words.:-)
They had curtains up, but the missionary's wife (Mrs. B) said they had been up for several years and they were ready for a change. This is one of the old curtains:
The green material swagged down in the middle and came to a huge bow on either side. You can see in the picture the colors of the browns and greens. I drew out some ideas of curtains I thought I might be able to make with no pattern. Obviously, for a church auditorium, they wanted the new curtains to be fancier than just plain hanging curtains. But I honestly couldn't think of any other style! Mrs. B asked about adding ribbon onto the curtain, and I remembered about those curtains that sort of look like Roman shades. After I figured out a drawing that I thought I could work with, we went to the store to buy material. This is a shortcut we took:
I seriously thought we were going to fall into the ditch. That road was so narrow! To top it off, Mrs. B said that she only goes this way when it's light out and if she has someone else in the car with her. Um, thanks? Anyway, we got to the store, and I just had to take a picture:
Their prices are so cheap! I wanted to come back and buy material to bring back to America with me. But alas, there was no time. Next time I go to Panama, I'm coming here again and I'm going to buy cheap fabric!
Notice there are two sewing machines next to each other? Also notice my shirt in the very first picture is gray, and this one is orange. That's because when we got back to the church with the fabric, I took some extra pieces and "practiced" on that old machine over there. Mrs. B (far right) had warned me that sometimes it doesn't work right, so I wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing before sewing the actual curtains. She was right. The machine wasn't working at all. I tried everything short of calling my mom in America for advice! So the next morning we went to Sam's Club and bought a new sewing machine, compliments of the mission team. Here I am with one of the other girls from the team exploring and explaining all the pieces of the new machine. It was nice. The needle threaded itself.
Here I am trying not to be embarrassed. Not having an actual pattern, I kind of just made it up as I went along, and I hemmed the top before hemming the sides, meaning in the end the back would show across the top (or something like that). I don't know that it would have been a problem. The old curtains had a splash of blue in them, and this material was double sided in that all the dark brown you see on this side was a light blue on the back. But we all agreed it would look better with all brown. Mrs. B didn't have a seamripper (don't worry, I have since sent her one!) so one of the boys from their church volunteered to snip the hem with scissors. Apparently he just said something funny. :-)
Working as hard as I could with people coming in every five minutes asking how it was going
and taking a picture of me:
There's the pile of material and wad of ribbon. That fabric was thick and luxurious, and it was only 5.99 a yard. Can you believe it! Material like that in America would cost between 11-15.99 a yard. The ribbon was only 60¢ a yard. Oh, I want to go back to that store so badly! And there's the knife that didn't work as a seamripper:
Still working, still having my picture taken every five minutes by someone new:
Finally, the music class began. People from the missionary's church came and learned choir songs with the members of the missions team. I had to finish the curtains, so with everyone else otherwise occupied, I finished in peace. Which also means my pictures go from not done at all to completely finished. I cut a strip of material off the main piece and sewed it right back on with the end of the ribbon in between the main piece and the strip for the top. (Read: there was a lot of pinning, measuring, repinning, wondering if I was totally crazy for attempting this project with no pattern, remeasuring, and repinning and THEN cutting and sewing.) I sewed another ribbon the same length to the back, so the ribbon can be tied to make the curtains any length. Somehow (it always happens) we measured at the fabric store for extra ribbon but when I was all finished there was only about 6 inches left. I was going to sew a ribbon bow on the corners of the curtains, similar to the old curtains (but not as big and poofy). Obviously there wasn't enough ribbon to make 4 bows, so we just did this with the extra instead:
The new curtains are brown and green just like the old ones were. Maybe they aren't as fancy, but I think they are simple and elegant.
9/14/2012 05:19:37 am
Glad you didn't call me from Panama just to ask what was wrong with that machine!!! LOL
9/14/2012 11:21:48 am
Quite the seamstress!
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