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"I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood." - Audre Lorde, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"
In November 2017 Christen A. Smith created Cite Black Women as a campaign to push people to engage in a radical praxis of citation that acknowledges and honors Black women's transnational intellectual production. It started out with t-shirts with the simple phrase "Cite Black Women." The idea was to motivate everyone, but particularly academics, to critically reflect on their everyday practices of citation and start to consciously question how they can incorporate black women into the CORE of their work. From there, the movement grew, expanding to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and establishing the hashtags #CiteBlackWomen and #CiteBlackWomenSunday. Now we are growing even more, including a new podcast, blog and this website. As Black women, we are often overlooked, sidelined and undervalued. Although we are intellectually prolific, we are rarely the ones that make up the canon. Recognizing this, Cite Black Women engages with social media, aesthetic representation (our t-shirts) and public dialogue to push people to critically rethink the politics of race gender and knowledge production.
Everyone, but particularly those people in the academy, should critically reflect on their everyday practices of citation. Because of this, we came up with our 5 Guiding Principles. Think of them as practices to live by.
#1 - Read Black women's work
#2 - Integrate Black women into the CORE of your syllabus (in life & in the classroom).
#3 - Acknowledge Black women's intellectual production.
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The Cite Black Women podcast is a bi-weekly program featuring reflections and conversations about the politics and praxis of acknowledging and centering Black women's ideas and intellectual contributions inside and outside of the academy through citation. Episodes feature conversations with Black women inside and outside of the academy who are actively engaged in radical citation as praxis, quotes and reflections on Black women's writing, conversations on weathering the storm of citational politics in the academy, decolonizing syllabi and more. For more information about our project follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @citeblackwomen and access our website at citeblackwomencollective.org #CiteBlackWomen
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It takes a village to organize a movement. The Cite Black Women Collective is our team of visionaries that drives the Cite Black Women movement out front and behind the scenes.
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Medway group needs volunteers to hold annual business event
Organizers of Medway Pride Day say the annual event may not happen this year if volunteers don't step up soon.
Pride Day, which is scheduled for May 19 at Charland Field behind Medway Middle School, celebrates the town and brings local businesses and community members together, said Pride Day Committee member Brenda Wenzel, who has helped organize the event for five years.
Many of the people who started Pride Day several years ago have moved on, and people must pick up where they left off, Wenzel said. If not enough people volunteer by March 3, Pride Day won't happen, Wenzel said.
"Next year is the town's 300th anniversary, and we'd hate to see this fall through the cracks the year before," she said.
The goal of Pride Day is to promote local business. Almost all businesses, which range from medical services to stores, donate services or gift cards to a raffle, Wenzel said. They can also rent a booth for the day for $50.
"It's a win-win situation for everybody," Wenzel said. "It's a wonderful family day."
Committee member Jodi Kairit said she helped establish Pride Day as a Medway Business Council member. Kairit owns Shear Magic & Company Salon.
Every year, more than 70 area businesses participate, she said, and more than 2,500 residents attend.
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Charles River Bank Senior Vice President Ann Sherry said the bank has participated in the event for several years.
"Medway Pride Day is a great community event that showcases the people, places and spirit that make our town so special," said Sherry, who is also on the Pride Day Committee.
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We Have Moved!
We here at the Public Relations Team for Thurktech.com and Thurktech.co.uk are proud to announce, We have move to our final location. In the next few days, We will be bring all the systems back online in preparation for the product release, Within the next few weeks.
We would like to thank the great community over at Jugoo.co.uk for supporting the development over the last year and a half, The development has not been without some issue and challenges along the way, however our leader programmer has been great and we wish "John" a great big thank you for your hard work.
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Release Date : 22 February 2017
We are planning to release the "Thurktech Antivirus Lite" on the 22 February 2017, We may Release it at a sooner date for Beta testers or for VIP' But as of yet we have not decided the exact date for the VIP and Beta testers release as many beta testers are currently running the release copy already.
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How to Apply Bronzer to Asian Skin
So, I'm going to show you how to apply bronzer to Asian skin. Asian skin tends to have a yellow undertone, so you want to just make sure that your bronzer is on the warmer side. Most bronzers are, but it's something to think about.
So, I take a bronzer; it doesn't matter if there's shimmer in it or it's mat, that's a total person preference. I like to use a more narrow blush brush. I think it gives more control versus the big fluffy brushes that you sometimes see for bronzer.
The trick to bronzer is placement. So I'm going to go ahead and dip a little of the brush into the bronzer, and then start kind of up near the ear, and I just bring it down along the cheekbone like this. You don't want to apply bronzer all over your face, and just make yourself one shade darker; that doesn't really make much sense. You want to sort of sculpt the face and hit the point that the sun would hit if you were sitting out in the sun.
So I go up on the cheek. You think about starting on the ear, and kind of working your way down to your mouth, as that's typically where you want to go. I go a tiny bit on the jaw line, tiny bit on the temples of the forehead, a little bit across the nose, because, you know, we're cheating you being on the beach for the day. And then actually I like to go just a little bit on the eyes and swoop it up to the hairline, just like that.
So a good place to find where you need to put the bronzer is right below the cheekbone. Asians are blessed with amazing cheekbones, so if you take your cheekbone and you go kind of under it, right there, that's a great way to find where you have to put it. So I just kind of carve it right into that cheekbone, right underneath it, and swirl it around.
On the eyelid it doesn't matter if you have a mono eyelid or not; whatever your eye shape is you just kind of want to start up by the brow bone and push it up along the hairline. It just gives more of a natural bronzy look. Again, taking it up on her eyelid, underneath her cheekbone, and really working it in there, on her jaw line, and her chin, and a little bit across the nose, and a little bit on the temple of her forehead.
So by placing the bronzer on her cheekbones, her nose, temple of her forehead, and up here on the lid bleeding into her hairline it creates a really natural sun-kissed look. That's the key with bronzer; you want it to be natural and sun-kissed--not two shades darker than you actually are.


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Those who wonder what this title is about will learn more about it as we go on. When the Humanist conference at Oslo was over on the 16th of August, I left for London from there. My plans were to go from there to Edinburgh where a good friend of mine, Dr.Jacob Copeman, had invited me for some lectures at a few places. His idea was to also let me enjoy the cultural festival going on at the same time. But there was a small change in the plan. Vidutalai Regina a research worker at the University of Aarhus, Denmark had met me in Oslo and was very keen on arranging an interaction with the faculty of his university! So, before leaving for Edinburgh I had to go to Denmark. The interaction was a very good one, going on full swing until a call from the restaurant where we were to go to dinner disturbed our session! In Denmark they close pretty early and hence were were threatened with having to do without dinner unless we moved fast. So, we had to!
After that it was back to Edinburgh for a pleasant stay with Jacob whose Ph.D.thesis was about blood donation in India. He is very much interested in our movement too and is also planning to write a book about it. So it was on a Sunday that the two of us went to Glasgow to meet the Humanists there. The Glasgow chapter of the IHEU had arranged for an interaction with their members. It went on very well and there was also an Irish Humanist present. I asked him a question which is usually asked to us here- Are you a Roman Catholic Humanist, or a Protestant one? The audience burst into laughter! He said that was the tragedy in Ireland where even Humanists were divided along such lines! So, it is not unique to India, where we are labelled Hindu rationalists or Muslim rationalists!
There were the usual questions about our superstitions, the role of the Godmen and such. After the interaction we returned to Edinburgh and went to a concert of the local orchestra which was a part of the ongoing Edinburgh cultural festival. On the next day was the interaction with the Edinburgh Humanists. The Humanists are a group of older people like us! But the Skeptics are younger. On the next day was a meet with the Glasgow Skeptics in the Pub! Yes, that is the name of the group that has a number of chapters all over UK. As their very name suggests we had to meet them at the pub! Before I met them I had some other engagements. I was in the radio station called Awaz run by the Asian community that interviewed me about our movement, the issues facing the country and my views on a variety of things. Next was a more-than-an-hour-long interview by Prof. Brown, a professor of History who is publishing a book on the atheists of India and wanted to include me in it. The meeting of the Skeptics at the pub was a tremendous success. We had to be evicted from the premises as we ran out of time. The response of the young crowd was excellent and I was also invited to their other chapters on my next visit. I met one of their members at Birmingham later too and a meeting was sought to be organized at London, but could not come through because of the short notice.
After the meetings in Scotland it was the turn of the Asian Rationalist Society, Britain to host me at Birmingham for their very important meeting to motivate people into pledging their bodies for organ donation. Its leaders, Sachdev Virdee and Bhagwanth Singh, are very dynamic persons. In fact they had hosted me on my last visit to England and they did so this time too. Virdee had in fact succeeded in prosecuting a so called godman who had promised many cures to people. In fact, it was he who had wanted me to boil eggs in Birmingham. He had previously told me that there was a Baba called the 'egg baba' who would pull out of boiled eggs slips of paper with people's names written on them. Virdee had asked me to perform the same "miracle". I had readily agreed to but got into trouble later. Anyway that deserves a separate mention!
On reaching Birmingham I was met by Bhagwanth Singh who took me to the office of the Asian Rationalist Society, Britain where we met Virdee. On the next day they organized a small meeting for the members of their association in which we had very casual interactions with some of their members. The Asian rationalist society Britain works very actively to promote rational thinking among the community and also educates them about the various benefits available to them. The organ donation campaign was a part of this activism. Cultivating scientific temper was one of the steps towards motivating people into pledging their organs for donation, and hence I had been invited for the same.
The issue of the 'boiled egg Baba' who had been exploiting the community by claiming to predict lottery winners from apparently intact boiled eggs. He would pull out the names of the family member in whose names the lottery tickets were to be purchased. I had agreed for the same as we had been doing this trick with raw eggs in India. In some parts of Eastern India there are tantriks who rub people's stomachs with unopened raw eggs to 'pull out' evil spirits and other things administered through the food. They would then open the eggs and display the 'extracted' evil items like hair, pieces of roots etc. When we went to purchase eggs, I found myself in trouble because all chicken eggs in Britain are brown! I was prepared for white eggs and my experience was only with those. So, we had to hunt around quite a bit for them and finally we settled on duck eggs which were off-white in color and of a larger size.
So, we were ready to expose the so called 'miracle' of the boiled egg Baba who was said to have earned more than a million pounds using this trick. On the 27th day of August, a Saturday, we had a meeting on organ donation by the Birmingham branch of the Asian Rationalist Society. It was a well attended meeting (by Western standards) with more than two hundred people. As per the usual custom there were poems sung by their bards, welcome addresses and all the formalities. There was a Punjabi psychiatrist who explained to them the need for proper treatment of mental illness, and on why it was very much needed for the community to be united and members to help each other since tissue compatibility is greater among people hailing for the same ethnic groups. Then it was the time for our demonstration of the so-called miracles and showing video footage of the tricks of the Indian godmen. This was received very well by the audience who had a number of questions.
Suddenly the 'boiled eggs' cropped up. We showed them intact eggs that were broken open in the presence of some of the members of the audience. We pulled out names of people from the inside of the eggs on which were written the names of Babu Gogineni who was one of the speakers, Bhagwanth Singh, Sachdev Virdee and some others. So, it was a veritable exposure of the 'boiled egg Baba'! The audience were shocked when it was explained how easy it is to perform this trick. It is just a matter of carefully snipping off a part of the shell of the boiled eggs, inserting the slips into them and resealing them with a color matched adhesive cement.
This was not the first superstition that the Birmingham Indians were prey to. In fact, the last time I had been there one Punjabi gentleman had met me with a very serious problem. He had confided to me that back home in Jalandhar some enemy of his was doing black magic to him and one of his friends had arranged a tantrik who was doing the rituals to ward them off! He told me that to date he had sent him various sums of money which would total up to about 6,000 pounds. Now, he said, there was a demand to send a lump sum of 3,000 pounds for a more elaborate ritual. He asked my advice on whether it would work! Imagine a sum of nearly a million rupees to stop the effects of black magic from a place thousands of miles away!
Later on it was time for the Rationalists in the Pub meeting with the members of the executive committee of the ARSB. It was not the first such meeting- in fact, almost every day ended with the meeting of the members in a pub nearby! The younger group of skeptics at the pub would be meeting once a month while the office bearers of the ARSB conduct most of the executive committee meetings in the salubrious environs of a pub near their office where they are regular customers even otherwise. One of the members of the Birmingham chapter of skeptics in the pub, Patrick, had come to this meeting and had recorded an interview which would be podcast on their website later.
After having come so near to the Mecca of reason, it would have been a sacrilege if we were not to perform the rationalist Haj. Close to Birmingham is Shrewsbury, the birth place of Charles Darwin, the man who struck the biggest blow to the religious views of the origin of life on the earth by proposing the theory of evolution. On the way to this place is the area where the Industrial revolution is said to have started. Anyway, the Haj of rationalism deserves a separate story which will be penned when there is time!


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The Multiverse Idea Is Rotting Culture
What looks at first glance like an opening up of possibilities is actually an attack on the human imagination.
You might not like what I'm about to say about the multiverse. But don't worry; you've already had your revenge. If there are an infinite number of parallel universes, there will be any number of terrible dictatorships, places where life has become very difficult for people who like to string words together. Somewhere out there, there's a society in which every desperate little essay like this one comes with a tiny, unremarkable button: push it, and the author will be immediately electrocuted to death.
Maybe your hate is more visceral—you already know I'll die some day, but you want to see it happen; you need to see me groveling. You can if you want. Fly upwards from the plane of our solar system, keep on going, through the endless huddles of galaxies, never forgetting your purpose, until space and time run out altogether. Eventually you'll find yourself in another universe, on a damp patch of grass and broken concrete, unwatched by whatever local gang or galactic empire rules the city rising in foggy shapes beyond the marshes. There, you'll see a creature strangely similar to yourself, beating me to death with whatever bits of scrap are lying around.
Somewhere in all the possible worlds you're skipping about in a luxury yacht, while I'm chained, terrified, to the bow, gasping through mouthfuls of seawater. Somewhere your band of riders burned my village to the ground, and you're drinking a toast to the gods from my jewel-encrusted skull. You can want all of this, and there's no need to feel guilty: it could happen, so it happened; that's all.
Most interpretations of quantum physics tend not to leave many cultural ripples. They're strange and complex, and there's too much algebra; it's just not very sexy. For the vast dim hordes of lay people, myself included, all you need to know is that it has something to do with putting cats in boxes. For a few devoted mystics, the main lesson is that you can get whatever you want if you wish for it hard enough. The many-worlds interpretation is different. It's everywhere; it bubbles like universes through pop culture—because it taps into something very basic.
Unlike all the others, it seems to approach us not as ungainly lumps of seething quanta but as human beings. Everyone has regrets, everyone has done things they wish they hadn't, everyone wonders what might have happened if things had gone another way. The many-worlds interpretation consoles us and wards us off all at the same time. Everything really did go the other way. You really can be happy. But not here; never here.
It might be true. I'm not really interested in the science of multiverse theory so much as its impact on the way we think about ourselves, but it helps to state the problem. That problem is wave function collapse. At a quantum level, particles don't exist as solid objects in space but as probability waves describing the various positions that could potentially be occupied. This is demonstrated by the famous double-slit experiment: set up a laser to fire electrons one by one at a screen through a metal plate with two slits, and then see where they land. If each electron were to pass through one slit or another, you'd get two straight bands of light; instead, you get a pattern of rippling bands. Interference—as if rather than one particle, there had been two waves. The electrons have passed through both slits, simultaneously. However, if you set up a recording device to monitor the slits themselves, the wave function collapses back into solidity: all that's observed is one electron passing through one slit.
The hidden question: who decides which slit?
In his 1951 book Der evangelische Glaube und das Denken der Gegenwart, the German academic Karl Heim gave us a perfectly workable answer: God did it. The Almighty, in His infinite benevolence, carefully tends to the waveform collapse of every particle, working on the tiniest levels to create a world kinder to human life.
Heim's work has been enormously influential in the field of theology, but for some reason it's generally rejected by the scientific community. Instead, thousands of physicists—big names like Stephen Hawking (who called it 'trivially true'), Brian Greene, and Neil deGrasse Tyson included—pay lip service to the many-worlds interpretation: the particle still passed through both slits; one here, and one in another universe, created especially for the occasion. It certainly sounds more scientific than Heim's theory, which tries to shoehorn a Bronze Age concept into an increasingly inhospitable reality. The only snag is that there's actually very little difference. There's no way we could ever carry out any experiment to test for the multiverse's existence in the world, because it's not in our world. It's an article of faith, and not a very secure one. What's more likely: a potentially infinite number of useless parallel universes, or one perfectly ordinary God?
There's nothing wrong with faith, but if it's not recognized for what it is then monsters start to spawn, not in some distant reality, but right here. No religion is complete without a moral code, but how do you live ethically in our shapeless foam of worlds, invisible to telescopes but throbbing close at the moment of every decision? In 2014, the New Scientist published an article called "Multiverse Me," revealing that various lonely boffins take succor from the fact that alternate versions of themselves are leading fun lives full of emotional and sexual fulfillment, instead of solitudinous slogs through the stupid infinity of high-level algebra.
They're not jealous; they want the best for their alternate selves, they want them to be happy. How can you help? The answers given are all cop-outs; the scientists have decided to keep on living as if the multiverse didn't exist ("The multiverse," one says, "tells us that we should behave as if we were valuing the risks according to probabilities in a classical universe"), because if it does exist the implications are horrifying. Right now, infinite versions of yourself are dying in really horrible ways, not in spite of the fact that you're lazily giving answers to a New Scientist reporter, but because of it. Every second you live, their suffering increases. If you stand on a cliff-edge and decide not to die, how many billions are smashed on the rocks? Jump now, and save them all.
But as much as I might think these calculations are faulty, the multiverse is on the side of its believers; just invent another universe for you to be right in, and you never need to be wrong again. It's a fringe community, but there are tens of thousands of people who subscribe to something called the 'Mandela Effect,' a new name for the phenomenon previously known as "being wrong about things." The theory posits small quantum fluctuations that allow people to slip through the cracks between universes, arriving in a world where everything looks so similar that they don't realize this is not their real home and these people are not their real friends. It's not until something big happens—Nelson Mandela's funeral, for instance—that they notice. But didn't he die in prison in the 1980s? Surely I can't have been wrong about that. There must be a simpler explanation. I'm a voyager from another world. Don't laugh; it might have happened to you too. What kind of color is chartreuse? Red, right? Wrong. In this universe it's green, and you're a long, long way from home.
The Mandela Effect is silly, but is has its roots in the philosophical precursors to multiverse theory. What looks at first glance like an opening up of possibilities is actually an organized assault on the unreal: the delicate networks of falsehood, the boundlessness of counterfactuals, the imagination as such. It goes back to Leibniz, who got analytical philosophers talking about contingency in terms of 'possible worlds' for tedious centuries—actually, it goes back to Democritus, twenty-five centuries ago—but there's no purer instance than the 'modal realism' of David Lewis. In a series of books, the Princeton philosopher argued that counterfactual statements ('There is a possible world in which 'chartreuse' describes a shade of red,' 'If the author-electrocuting button existed, I'd be dead now') could not be intelligible unless they refer to an actually existing state of affairs. If the author-murdering button doesn't exist here, it must necessarily exist in another universe. What this means is that the human capacity to imagine a different world is really nothing of the sort. It's all just the same washed-out reality, and your hopes and dreams are as drearily physical as a sack of potatoes. Want to write fiction? Want to build a better life? Don't bother. Everything that could happen has already happened, and nothing can ever change.
The multiverse is a prop, a way to explain away things that can't otherwise be explained. It's supposed to induce a Copernican vertigo, your own tininess in a hall of mirrors where every reflection can strut around asserting its primacy, but in fact it's a strangely comforting doctrine. Go back to the double-slit experiment. What the 'God did it' theory of waveform collapse and the many-worlds interpretation both do is cut out all the uncomfortable messiness of life, the contingency, that spectral 'could have' trembling on the other side of 'is.' If there's a divine hand that chooses, or a cleavage in the universe that delivers both results, then there's some kind of order in the universe. The multiverse excuses every injustice; it's all been made good somewhere else, in the static infinity of the possible. Leibniz was right when he said that we live in the best of all possible worlds; his only mistake was the axiom that there's only one of them. Drop that, and his theodicy becomes a limpid tautology. We live in the best of all possible multiverses, because by definition no other multiverse could ever exist.
All wrongs are balanced out, and all things happen for a reason; we live in a sensible world and not a wild one, a meaningful world and not a stupid one. But look around you, at whatever strange world you happen to be in, with its death by audience feedback, its arbitrary empires, or its close and sweaty tents humid with blood. Is that really true?


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Apparently, non-royals aren't the only ones scrambling to find dresses similar to Meghan Markle's gorgeous wedding-reception gown in the post-Royal Wedding market. On Thursday, Princess Sofia of Sweden attended an event wearing an emerald-green ensemble that reminded many of the Duchess of Sussex's white Stella McCartney. The Meghan Markle effect is real, people!
Elle reports that Princess Sofia walked the turquoise carpet at the Polar Music Prize Award ceremony at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm in a gorgeous floor-length sleeveless dress with a wide, choker-style halter neck and a slightly fluted train—a silhouette that bore a strong resemblance to Markle's second ensemble for her May 19 wedding in Windsor.
For reference, here's Princess Sofia's version, which she paired with a small gold purse and metallic pointed-toe pumps.
And here's Meghan Markle's, which she wore with an emerald-cut aquamarine ring that once belonged to Princess Diana.
The differences between Sofia's and Meghan's gowns are minor, the main one being that the Swedish princess's was slightly more fitted and, of course, in a different color. Still, the halter-neck silhouette does seem to be having a resurgence.
If you, like Princess Sofia, are feeling inspired by Markle's stunning gown, you're in luck: Stella McCartney announced this week she'll be making 46 dresses inspired by the Duchess of Sussex's reception look, as part of her upcoming "Made With Love" capsule collection; each is expected to retail for £3,500 (just over $4,650), and requests to purchase will be vetted by the designer. May the odds be ever in your favor!
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Refashionista/writer/fairy godmother of flea (markets) Cree McCree wrote so well about the most recent Greek Fest on Bayou St. John, I don't feel the need to embellish it. In her review, she describes an event that shares its culture graciously, has good logistics for getting all of the food/drink, and with a open invitation to join in on the dancing (or toga-wearing) fun. Just click the link below and be transported into a camp chair while she (in her unmistakable lilting/gravelly voice), her super-smart husband Donald and their tribe debate any number of subjects, as you do your best to keep up verbally and beverage-wise.
What I DO want to add is an exhortation for locals to consider the record of this festival hosted by a single church on and around its grounds in order to simply support its community's historic life in our city. And one done without co-opting any other group's culture or adding more stages or more tents 'til the space is positively unsafe and then unable to serve the musicians or vendors or attendees well. That may it serve as a good example of how not every event has to have VIP tents, to outsource every inch of space around its commercial interior or to run roughshod over people relaxing at the edges there just to soak up good ol' New Orleans togetherness, aka good vibes.
In other words, wannabe Quint Davises: if you really want to know how to do it, check your ego and your greed at the parish line and bring a chair next year to some of these neighborhood or church deals to learn about what works. And look for Cree; she'll give you some good intel.


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16 Beautiful Ways to Decorate With Thanksgiving Sayings
Want to show your gratitude this holiday season? Spell it out around your home with these fun ideas for crafty word art.
Want to show your gratitude this holiday season? Spell it out around your home with these fun ideas for crafty word art.
Each letter of this countdown banner is actually a pocket, hiding an "act-of-kindness" card inside. Include a fun activity inside each one that will remind your family of Thanksgiving's true meaning.
Get the tutorial at The Dating Divas.
A rustic chair makes an eye-catching base for this cute display. To change it up from season to season, simply write a new message on your chalkboard.
See more at Sugar Pie Farmhouse.
Inspire your family to give thanks this November with a burlap banner hung from your mantel.
Get the tutorial at The Frugal Homemaker.
Write something you value on each leaf of this wreath for a truly festive door decoration.
Get the tutorial at Bubbly Nature Creations.
Inspire thankfulness at the dinner table by including fun quotes on crafty utensil holders.
Get the tutorial at Craftaholics Anonymous.
Keep the feeling of gratitude around year-round by framing a word art print for your wall.
See more at Your Homebased Mom.
This pretty pallet sign will add a touch of rustic charm to your home.
Get the tutorial at I Heart Nap Time.
This beautiful mantel puts family front and center.
See more at The Bungalow Blog.
Looking for a last-minute Thanksgiving centerpiece? It doesn't get easier than painting a quote on a Mason jar.
Get the tutorial at The Country Chic Cottage.
Keep this quote nearby during the Thanksgiving feast by placing it on a bar cart near your dinner table.
See more at Dear Lillie.
Decorate with the values most important to you with this homemade sign.
Get the tutorial at Home Made Interest.
Show your gratitude by gifting the host or hostess of your Thanksgiving feast with this lovely photoboard.
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On this decorative tree, wooden chalkboard tags allow guests to get involved by writing out what they're thankful for.
Get the tutorial at Simply Vintage Girl.
Most thankful for your impressive dessert spread this year? Yeah, us too.
See more at The TomKat Studio.
Frame this printable and display it on your mantel to create a festive focal point.
Get the tutorial at Paper Daisy Design.
To get your kids into the Thanksgiving spirit, have them write out something they're grateful for each day of November. Just imagine how fun it will be to look back on their answers from year to year!
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Intentional Beauty
The title for this episode was taken from a statement made by the great Harold Budd, albeit a paraphrase. He spoke of his intent to deliberately create beautiful music in the face of the experimental music "dogma" of dissonance and atonality that chaffed him. That has always struck me as a cool statement. I'll leave it to others to determine if there is anything beautiful about this episode.
About the music: There are 12 different guitar loops as I attempted to create some textures. It does get muddy at times but...this was an improv, off the cuff effort...soooo..
As always, I feature a charity for those who would be so inclined to direct any impulse to support this podcast towards a more noble cause. This month, the charity is Agape International Missions, an outreach mission. Here's a statement from their website:
"Agape International Missions (AIM) was founded on the ground in Cambodia in 1988 as a humanitarian aid and church planting organization in Cambodia. Since 2005, our ministries have focused on ending the evil of child sexual slavery."
I learned of this organization through watching a very well done....and horrific documentary called "The Pink Room" that showed the systemic problem of sex slavery in Cambodia where young children are sold into prostitution by their families and subjected to rape. A horrific situation. AIM is literally on the ground in Cambodia fighting the good fight to address the root causes of the issue.
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Leigh Brackett's THE COMING OF THE TERRANS collects five of her Martian stories written from 1948 (Beast Jewel of Mars) to the early 1960s (The Road to Sinharat and the luridly titled Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon). They suit my love of pulp perfectly, and I think there's enough of interest to make them worth a blog post of its own (obviously)
The stories are set on Brackett's decadent, dying Mars, starting in 1998 with Beast Jewel (the story doesn't include a date so I'm guessing either Brackett or the editor assigned dates for the book). Said jewel is part of the ritual of Shanga, which a Martian cult uses to regress humans, allowing them the chance to slip the bonds of civilized behavior and act out their fantasies of sex or violence without inhibition. Burk's lover became addicted to Shanga and vanished into the cult; Burk now follows her. This has its risks because he's experienced the addiction himself. And after a certain point, Shanga followers begin to devolve into their ancestral forms. The Martians, an ancient race who despise their human occupiers, take great joy in this.
The final story, set 40 years later, is Road to Sinharat. While the title lost city is certainly a great pulp invention, the story itself seems more in tune with the mood of the late 1950s and early 1960s, when colonies were declaring independence right and left. Earth is determined to take over Mars' slim water resources for the Martians' own good, bringing the best of Earth's technology to bear. As the protagonist struggles to prove, this has happened before, and it didn't work well.
Brackett's Mars is a good example of how to borrow from another writer without ripping them off. Her Mars is clearly shaped by Edgar Rice Burroughs' planetary adventures, which Brackett freely acknowledged. Like Burroughs' Barsoom, Brackett's Mars is a once great world, now dried up and dying. But ERB's Martians were stoic, proud, passionate warriors. While Brackett's Martian barbarians fit that mold, city dwellers are corrupt, decadent, frequently malicious but in small petty ways (rather than duel, they'd knife you in the back). Coupled with Brackett's lusher style of writing (she's definitely the better wordsmith)it feels very different.
The stories also show that amazing worldbuilding isn't necessarily necessary for a good story (I include the modifier because I know a lot of readers value detailed worldbuilding more than I do). Brackett's Mars isn't all that alien; the stories of sinister cults, lost cities and ancient super-science aren't that different from the stories other pulp writers told about the Third World. Mars could almost be Egypt under British imperial control: we have the sinister ancient cults, the angry resentment of the natives, the decadence, the secret ancient wisdom — standard pulp portrayals of far-off lands. But that doesn't bother me much (YMMV of course); the stories are still good, and Brackett doesn't make it feel as if it's "just" the colonized Middle East (the dead seas, the dwindling canals, they all give it an alien feel).
But I think that also shows why so many people do find specfic from the olden days so distasteful. Mars isn't the British Empire but the tropes are there; I know some people who don't like them used for the Third World don't feel they're improved by giving other planets the same treatment. The hero of Sinharat is a "white savior" doing for the natives what they can't do for themselves. I still like the stories, but I can understand if someone else took issue with them. But for me, the charms outweigh the flaws.
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Anastasia Gilliam and Zay Harrison joined forces in 2011 to become Butterfly Breakdown. They are very versatile with a vast repertoire of original songs and cover tunes ranging from R&B, Pop, Rock and Blues. In 2015, they were joined by keyboardist Fern Young, though she was on vacation this night, taking the duo back to their roots. As they played the Garage Door at McMenamin's Grand Lodge, the sets consisted of 50% original material, with covers by the likes of Amos Lee, Marvin Gaye, Tracy Chapman, Louie Armstrong, Led Zeplin, Stevie Wonder and others.
In addition to a great variety of entertaining music, you should catch Butterfly Breakdown live someday for the equally entertaining story-telling between songs. I've capture an example for you. Enjoy!


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Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $498,000 For Violating State Rules On Pharmaceutical Consultations
Rite Aid of California agreed to pay more than $498,000 to settle a consumer protection lawsuit, alleging its pharmacists frequently failed to comply with state rules that require consultations when customers get new prescriptions, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced Monday.
Rite Aid agreed to pay investigative costs of $78,250 and civil penalties totaling $420,000. The San Diego County District Attorney's Office will get a third of the penalties, or about $140,000, and $18,500 of the investigative costs.
Deputy District Attorney Tom Papageorge said the required consultations are supposed to happen when a patient gets a new medicine, new dosage level, a different form of a drug, or when a patient simply requests one.
"Rite Aid is not alone. There are other pharmacy chains that have had these problems," Papageorge said. "We're working right now with the state board of pharmacy, and the other DA's offices, to investigate the practices of all the major pharmacies and makes sure that everybody is playing by the right rules."
Defendant Thrifty Payless Inc., a California corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid Corp., a Delaware corporation. Thrifty Payless Inc. owns and operates the 582 California Rite Aid-branded pharmacies on behalf of Rite Aid Corp.
In 2011, the State Board of Pharmacy brought to the three District Attorneys' Offices the problem of health risks to California pharmacy customers after pharmacies fail to properly provide needed personal consultation to prescription drug customers.
The uninformed or improper use of prescription drugs harms an estimated 150,000 Californians each year and contributes to an estimated $1.7 billion in economic losses throughout the state, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Regulations require pharmacists to discuss with customers how to use prescription drugs when they ask for help, when getting a new prescription or a prescription where the dosage, form or strength the drug has changed.
Working with the Board of Pharmacy, prosecutors conducted an undercover investigation into the consultation practices at several pharmacy chains.
With regard to Rite Aid, the Board of Pharmacy provided prosecutors with copies of 10 citations issued to Rite Aid between March 2008 and August 2012 for violating consultation rules.
Under the settlement, entered without admission of liability, Rite Aid is permanently enjoined to comply with California's standards for patient consultations and must implement a compliance program.
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A SOAS Law student has given a powerful testimony at a UN session on human rights in Eritrea.
Vanessa Tsehaye, who attended the UN Human Rights Council Regular Session on 11 March 2019, spoke about the lack of political reform in Eritrea and the unjust treatment of dissidents who have publically demanded regime change.
#HRC40 Next starts dialogue on #HumanRights situation in #Eritrea with: @UNHumanRights Kate Gilmore Deputy HC; Daniela Kravetz SR on Eritrea Amb. Gerahtu Tesfamichael @Eritrea_UN Geneva; @vanessatsehaye Founder @onedayseyoum; Daniel Eyasu National Union of Eritrean Youth&Students pic.twitter.com/GHbyVwgz2a
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Among these is Tsehaye's uncle, Seyoum Tsehaye, a journalist and photographer who has been imprisoned without trial since 2001.
Having fought for Eritrean independence and finally seen this come to fruition in 1991, Seyoum Tsehaye had expected democracy to follow. However, unhappy with the post-war regime, Tsehaye was among several other journalists who spoke out publically to demand change. For this, he was sent to prison, where he still remains without trial or hope of release.
Vanessa Tsehaye told the council the story of her uncle, who had hope in a new State and government. However, in 2019, Eritrea's constitution has still not been implemented and their parliament has not convened since 2002.
In a moving testimony, she addressed the council:
So I am wondering, what does it take for hope to die?
When the human cost of the Eritreans' regime rule has been so high, and they have shown no signs of improvement, what makes so many people and governments around the world remain hopeful?
What we have been seeing from the European Union, from their individual member states, from the United States, from Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and many other countries, is not hope, it cannot be.
Because hope cannot exist in a vacuum. Hope needs at the very least evidence of intent to exist and evidence of progress to persist. Hope has an expiration date and in the Eritrean regime's case, it is long overdue.
Tsehaye went on to urge the council to consider the 'hurt test', a technique she learned from her favourite Law professor, when considering how to proceed with Eritrea: 'If I do this, who will be hurt?' From the imprisoned individuals and their families, to those facing indefinite national service, Tsehaye asked the Council to consider the impact of their continued support of the Eritrean regime on its people.
Watch Tseyahe's speech at the UN in full below.


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Season 1
Episode 1 - The Train Job Episode 2 - Bushwhacked Episode 3 - Our Mrs. Reynolds Episode 4 - Jaynestown Episode 5 - Out of Gas Episode 6 - Shindig Episode 7 - Safe Episode 8 - Ariel Episode 9 - War Stories Episode 10 - Objects in Space Episode 11 - Serenity Episode 12 - Heart of Gold Episode 13 - Trash Episode 14 - The Message
In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Director: Joss Whedon
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202 year, Bartolo, Fossati, italy, Rhine Riesling, v, vineyard, white wine
The Rhine Riesling grapes are one of the most ancient and revered in the world. Its small bunch in the palm of one hand and the grapes have the reflections of the sun. The wine, from the first yellow, greenish, slowly takes on more nuances and aromas designed, primary fruit evolve, gradually, into sensations minerals. Pleasantly nervous, with the passing years, acquires softness and roundness. It's grows in the town of Barolo, Vineyard, Fossati. Exposure to the east, means that the grapes are not attacked by the summer sun, but capture parsimoniously the very last rays of autumn. Year: 2002. 2,363 Bottigli "albeise" 75cl. Alc: 12% vol. We tried it with some white chicken meat and tomato salad. Cheers.


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Maaser Is Needed For The Spiritual Correction Of Humanity
A question I received: To give a tithe or Masser, one needs to be employed or have an income. This is where the problems arise. I observe many 10 hour working days, I sleep 7 or 8 hours, and the rest of the time, 6 hours or so, I spend eating, doing chores around home, and spending time with my family. It does not seem to leave much time for any spiritual pursuits.
In a way society has us trapped. Big homes and fancy cars all play a role in taking up the time that we have. Also, some choose to tithe to religious organizations so they can build bigger edifices than the other churches down the street, and pay big salaries and perks to the leaders.
How does one trust, or know in his heart that this Masser is indeed a Law of Nature, and is just and not contrived?
My Answer: Living according to the laws of one's society and paying the Maaser for the spiritual correction of humanity is a law, while donating is not.
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Recipe: Sweet Potato Friesposted by Jeff Mullins on September 1, 2013
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Sweet Potato Fries
1 large sweet potato
1 Tbs olive oil
1 Tbs fresh and organic thyme, chopped
½ Tbs fresh and organic rosemary, chopped
½ tsp Salt
Yields: 3 portions
First peel the sweet potato. Cut thin slice off one side so that there is a flat surface the potato can lay on. Then cut half inch slices off the potato. After that cut the slices into half inch sticks that looks like a fry. Place in a sauce pan, fill the pan with cold water and bring to a boil, then boil for 3 mins. Take out of the water and allow to dry. Then coat with olive oil and seasonings. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 mins at 350. After baking broil them for about 5 mins keeping an eye on them to not burn, brown is ok. Serve.


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PHOENIX, Ariz., April 2, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Author RAINMAN announces the release of his new book, "Black Man Hates Obama: OUTRAGED 2.0" (ISBN: 978-1-4507-9302-5; paperback, 269 pp; RainMan SEZ, LLC).
According to the "RAINMAN," the book's controversial author: "The Fantasy: Barack Hussein Obama. Hailed God Of All Things, Savior of The World, The One, The Cure to all of the ills of the world, The Equalizer of Economic Disparity, a Modern Day Robin Hood, God in the flesh, 'Possessor of a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth,' Mr. Fix-It."
However, says the author in his book, "The Reality: Barack Hussein Obama. Peter Principle. A failure, a weak leader; perhaps a traitor, a pathological liar, a race-baiter; some say a Muslim empathizer, a Black Nationalist, a divider, a Constitution breaker, a lover of terrorists, Esau's Hamitic Zionist Puppet, King of Governmental Expropriations, killer of the true Israelites through his billion dollar donations to the International Planned Parenthood Eugenics Program, and facilitator of implacable legislations designed to entrench us in the mire of the madness of their agenda – Total World Domination. Who is Barack Obama, Really? I believe he is an unconscionable predator."
America is in deep trouble. We reached our Rubicon once we unwittingly surrendered our sovereign status as Nationals to the foreign corporation, the U.S.A., Inc. through adhesion contracts and reception of its benefits; and we became transmitting utilities for our Straw Man to conduct Uniform Commercial Code transactions in their unlawful and illegal world Matrix."
How long will we continue to ignore the plagues that have rocked society? Will we persist in playing the evil and insane game of the elite, 'The Fourteenth Amendment Slaves Who Believe They Are Free'; or will we rise up to take back the liberty we were given by our Creator, to be free, private, independent, sovereign flesh and blood men and women before it's too late?"
Decisions we make in regards to leadership in 2012 will make us, or it will break us. Are we so morally broken as a society, that, as the Declaration of Independence claims, 'mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed?'
The question is, after a long train of abuses and usurpations will we finally assume our right, our duty, to throw off such government, provide new guards for our future security, and institute new government?"
The book is available on Amazon.com now. For more information visit: http://blkmanhatesobama.com .
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"Oh my God. It's you! Hi!"
The young man behind the counter at the Big Gay Ice Cream shop in Manhattan's East Village has just recognized Tig Notaro, who responds with a sort of "it's me" gesture and says, "Hi," back, smiling big.
"I just watched your documentary last night," he says, flustered.
"The one on Netflix? Did you like it?" Tig asks, followed by a request for a recommendation. "What's the thing to have if you're never going to be here again?" It's as though she still thinks about things as if she's going to die tomorrow. She goes with the Salty Pimp.
Notaro is preparing for the release of her first one-hour special for HBO, Boyish Girl Interrupted, but this summer has also included a documentary about her, Tig. She says she can sort of tell who, like her fan at the ice-cream shop, has seen the documentary, in which viewers relive her battle with a deadly infection, breast cancer, her mother dying, and witness her fall in love and try to become pregnant. After watching it you feel like you know her personally.
"Yeah, it kind of trips people up talking to me. Because they feel embarrassed that they know so much. But it's like, I know you know everything."
The stories and jokes she tells in this special exude her current state of happiness, a far cry from Live—also known as the "hello, I have cancer" set—a deeply personal and raw performance about both her cancer diagnosis and her mother's death. In this new special, she notices the funny ways in which people laugh. She offers a slew of pig puns. She tells a story about her fiancé, Stephanie Allynne, meeting her gregarious, party-loving Mississippi family for the first time, barefoot at the New Orleans airport. She gets a huge applause when she mentions her engagement. (She tells me she's planning what she calls a "pretty traditional" wedding—"I mean, not completely traditional, you know, there's no groom"—and that she and Allynne are "neck-deep in kid plans" but keeping tight-lipped about it until there is concrete news to report.)
"I'm definitely in a much different place this time around; then, not knowing if I'm going to live or die. Luckily it's been 'live' so far," she says, sipping sparkling water back at the hotel lobby. "I don't thrive on misery, myself. I mean, I've obviously created during a time of misery, but I also create from a place of joy."


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Forgiven | August 13
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.
You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned– in these ways we continue; and we need to be saved.
But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
And there is no one who calls on Your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of You; for You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us because of our iniquities.
But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand.
Do not be furious, O LORD, nor remember iniquity forever; indeed, please look– we all are Your people!
Isaiah 64:4-9
Father, indeed, ear has not heard not eye seen, Your equal. Those who pursue false gods are looking in the wrong places. You, Father, have revealed Yourself to all mankind; we all are Your people. Your truth is written upon our hearts and it is revealed and made known to us if we would but seek You.
Help us, this day, to be joyous about Your presence in our hearts and righteous in our attitudes and works, seeking to be like You, Jesus. Our righteousness is as filthy rags, a verse we should never forget. When we do well, as good and faithful servants, it is because we have been blessed with the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit, a gift of immeasurable value when the difficulties of life are upon us. None of us feel worthy. Help us be more dependent upon You, hungering and thirsting for Your Word. In Jesus' Holy name, we pray, amen.
Bruce Caldwell
The Sola Scriptura Project


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Language-Learning Through the Five Senses
Young children are naturally curious about the world around them. They touch, feel, see, hear, and taste. Paying attention to what their senses are telling them can spark interaction and teach new words. This can happen anywhere—riding on the bus, walking past a restaurant, while preparing dinner—just about every time and place holds an opportunity for developing language!
How does it feel? Touch is often how children experience the world. Let kids feel certain textures. Then help them give each a name ("Your sweater is really soft" or "The carpet is fuzzy.").
Breathe deeply. When taking a walk, point out the smells in your world ("Mmm…this bread from the bakery smells fresh! Let's smell it!").
Do you see what I see? Even looking out the window together and pointing at what you see is an opportunity for conversation. (Kids' babbles, coos, and gestures count!)
It's a matter of taste. Talk about how things taste in your mouth ("Does that juicy watermelon taste sweet?") This will help build kids' vocabulary.
Sounds are everywhere. Listen up! When you are out, talk about what you hear ("Do you hear the cars beeping?" "The wind is rattling the branches."). Helping kids tune in to sounds is also a great way to build listening skills.


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Handpresso – espresso on the go
The Handpresso is a portable espresso maker powered by your car, but for what purpose? I haven't quite figured that one out for myself yet, especially when it's selling for over a hundred dollars at Amazon. It's a cool gadget, but one of those things I see using once or twice and then forgetting about. Being powered by a car's cigarette lighter gives it some nice mobility, but you do still need to plan ahead – you need to have water and an espresso pod (E.S.E pod) on hand, and if you're that good at planning you could instead just plan on driving by a Starbucks to grab some espresso there. It'd work well for camping perhaps.
While this does require the use of pods, keep in mind that you can make your own pods instead to save money and also maximize quality.


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Labor sectors across the world have prescribed employers to provide their employees with work boots. This is emphasized considering the nature of job and workplace environment. Work or industrial boots serve multiple purposes that include overall safety, protection, and comfort. While your work boots appear to be strong and durable on the outside, is it comfortable and supportive enough on the inside? So it's necessary to find the best insoles for work boots.
It is not sufficient that the exterior of the work boots appears tough and durable, as the inside of the shoes must likewise be constructed to provide maximum comfort and support to the feet. Without the proper and necessary support, the bones and joints of the feet will be strained, thereby resulting to painful and serious conditions like plantar fasciitis and shin splints, among many others. The problem, however, rests on the fact that custom insoles cost about $400 to $500. Thus, experts have created over-the-counter insoles that provide similar benefits but with more convenience and definitely for a fraction of the price. So here are five best insoles for work boots that you can choose from for a healthy and pain-free hardworking feet.
- 1 At a Glance: Five Best Insoles for Work Boots
- 2 Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gel Work Insoles
- 3 Footminders Comfort Orthotic Arch Support Insoles
- 4 Timberland PRO Men's Anti-Fatigue Technology Replacement Insole
- 5 PROFOOT Dura-Sole Insoles
- 6 Superfeet Premium Shoe Insoles
- 7 Conclusion
At a Glance: Five Best Insoles for Work Boots
|Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gel Work Insoles
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|Timberland PRO Men's Anti-Fatigue Technology Replacement Insole
|Leather and Synthetic Sole
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Designed primarily for the hardworking feet, the Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gel Work Insole makes a desirable insole for your work boots. Made from rubber and gel, this work boots insole helps provide support to the overworked arch area, which needs all-day support. It has an impressive cushioning, thanks to the Massaging Gel waves technology that acts like tiny springs to consistently give excellent comfort and support. It is made of vents that keep the feet cool and dry especially inside the tight and tough work boots.
Things we liked:
- Ensures all-day shock absorption and comfort when on hard surface
- Cushioning and cooling vents maintain comfort and dryness of the feet
- Easily contours to the shape of the foot
- Can be trimmed to get the perfect fit
- Durable
- Inexpensive
Things we did not like:
- Acts as a replacement insole and you need to remove the original insole
- Some feet, especially larger ones, may not find the arch support too close to the heel
- Limited color available
For people who prefer a versatile insole that they can use in any other footwear most especially with work boots, then you have to check out the Footminders Comfort Orthotic Arch Support Insoles. This offers arch support and cushioning, thru the dual-layer advanced orthotic technology, which are vital for people who are engaged in jobs that require the use of work boots. The same technology provides biomechanical support and realignment to provide relief and prevent conditions like Achilles Tendonitis, Metatarsalgia, and Plantar Fasciitis. The dual layer of EVA and 2mm forefoot and heel pads make the load of work bearable to your feet.
Things we liked:
- Excellent arch support and comfort ideal for all-day relief when wearing work boots
- Versatile and may be used to a wide range of footwear
- Relatively less expensive than custom orthotics
Things we did not like:
- May feel odd in the beginning and needs getting used to
- Material is not as strong as other insoles
From the maker of work boots, here comes Timberland Pro Men's Anti-Fatigue Technology Replacement Insole. Knowing that this insole is made by work boot maker themselves, you can expect that it has the features of what a work boot insole should be. It has a footbed that contours to the foot to ensure comfort and support. Recognizing the different types of feet, this insole utilizes a dynamic arch design to conform to the shape of the foot. Timberland insole features an anti-fatigue technology for a lightweight, yet resilient, strong, and shock absorbing work boot.
Things we liked:
- Effectively absorbs shock perfect for the hardworking feet
- Lightweight design allows you to easily and comfortably wear your work boot all day
- Outlast top cover prevents anti-microbial odor and regulates temperature
- Has an ortholite top layer that manages moisture in the work boots while maintaining premium comfort
Things we did not like:
- Relatively more expensive than other insoles for work boots
- No trimming guidelines so if you intend to trim down the insole, you have to be extra careful
- Only a replacement insole and since it is pretty thick, it may not fit into tighter work boots
When it comes to taking care of your hardworking feet, this Profoot Dura-Sole Insoles is among the five best insoles for work boots that you have to see. This insole features unparalleled arch support, which is necessary for stability and support. Considering the nature of activities that require work boots, it is important that your insole is well-cushioned for comfort and support. It has soft cushioning to prevent irritation of and to provide protection to the toes. It comes with silverplus protection that controls odor.
Things we liked:
- Soft cushion to keep your feet inside the work boots comfortable
- Inexpensive
- Prevents odor
- Excellent shock absorber and effectively prevents fatigue
- May be trimmed to fit into the boots perfectly
- Slim design gives enough room for the toes
Things we did not like:
- Does not provide as much arch as others would prefer
- This is a thin insole, which may not be enough for some who prefer thicker ones
If you are looking for an insole characterized by its high volume and high profile features, then the Superfeet Premium Shoe Insoles is ideal for you. It is a professional-grade orthotic that costs definitely lower than the custom-made orthotics. This fits in medium to high-volume footwear like most work boots. It will make your old and not so new work boots or any footwear feel like it was new. The high-profile feature provides ultimate support and shape for the feet. Underneath, the stabilizer cap ensures stability and provides structure to the entire insole. Moreover, the Superfeet shape with deep heel cup aids in absorbing shock from intensity activities that may be involved in your work.
Things we liked:
- Provides premium support and stability
- Constructed to effectively absorbs shock and prevent injuries
- High-density foam layer gives long-lasting comfort perfect for an all-day wear of work boots
- Uses natural coating that stops and prevents odor-causing bacteria
- Biomechanical shape helps reduce stress not only to the feet but also knees
Things we did not like:
- Not suitable for smaller or tighter work boots by reason of the height of the insole
- Relatively more expensive than other insoles
- Not designed for low-arched feet
When it comes to the finding the best insole for your work boots, it is important that you look for something that provides long-lasting arch support for stability and better weight distribution, as well as excellent cushioning and durability. A combination of these features and knowing that it is the perfect fit for you make a big difference in terms of comfort and support that you need from your work boots insole. We hope that you found the right insole from this list of the five best insoles for work boots.
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Apple's iBeacon is being rolled out to a total of 254 retail stores across the U.S. The way it's able to direct patrons is through the use of Bluetooth technology as shoppers are guided to where they need to be within the Apple Store to conduct their business at hand.
iBeacon isn't just a guide, but it can also help keep you informed of when your order is ready to be picked up and can even inform you when you can upgrade to a new iPhone as you walk by the store. Those who would prefer not to be tracked will be happy to know you'll need to give Apple permission for its iBeacon to work on your device and can be adjusted to specific distances.
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Acoustic 4 A Cure Thank You
Acoustic 4 A Cure is becoming so much more than I originally thought it could be. It's taking on a life of its own and the artists are bringing it big time. I've seen so much love coming off that stage and I know the fans feel it to! There's something about doing things for the right reason that makes it even more special. The artists are not being paid, they donate their time and talent and you can feel it from each and everyone of them. Everyone keeps asking me which year has been your favorite and I guess the only way to answer that is to say 'hopefully next year' ha! Every year I say there is no way we are going to top that. I'm humbled by the fan reaction and the artists that have given so much. All I can say is: thank you, thank you, thank you, and see you next year!
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So great to see the big names that show up for this wonderful cause. I would like to make a small suggestion though. How about giving a couple kids from local hospitals tickets to the show? We lost a son to cancer 2 years ago, age 20, that was being treated just down the road at Stanford. I know how it always cheered him up to have celebrities, sports figures, etc. come in to visit. Just a thought on how this show could be the opportunity of a lifetime for a few kids a year. See you in Cabo!!


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Sensitive Segments —by Jinny Batterson
A long time ago, before I became totally technically obsolete, I worked for a number of years in what was then called data processing—now more often labeled "information technology." The media and the structure of the data I worked with changed over time. First there were punched card files, later storage on computer tapes, then multi-plattered disk drives, and, still later, all sorts of increasingly dense mass storage devices. At first, each separate computer application had its own files, so there was a tremendous amount of duplication among the various files, with a high probability for errors and mismatches. Later, someone figured out that it would be possible to create a data hierarchy, with a top level "executive" or "parent" piece that controlled access to all the others. This reduced duplication and mismatch difficulties, but meant that to access any piece of data required understanding a rigid data structure, with its different levels and dependencies.
During the final decade of my data processing work, I was introduced to what were then called "relational databases." As the expense of computer hardware continued to decline and the speed of data retrieval continued to increase, any data hierarchy that might be lurking in the background was masked. Given a properly constituted database, it became possible for programmers to compose relatively simple inquiries into multiple data fields, no matter how they were positioned in the overall data structure. To me, this way of viewing data was much more intuitive than trying to remember whether "segment A" was a parent segment to "segment B," or whether both were same-level children of "segment C" in some artificially constructed hierarchy. The catch, in the somewhat hierarchical organizations where I worked, was that some data was deemed off-limits or unnecessary for some members of the agency or firm. For example, the Personnel Department might need to access personal information that was considered either too sensitive or irrelevant for the Accounting Department or the Education Department, and vice versa.
So some smart computer software guru introduced the concept of "sensitive segments" for data base access. All the data was stored somewhere, but if you were in the Personnel Department, you could only retrieve data from those segments to which you were given access. If you were in Accounting or Education, you would be blind to those segments whose data was reserved exclusively for Personnel. They did not relate to your job description. From your perspective, they did not exist.
In the glut of our current information environment, it may seem as though the concept of "sensitive segments" is obsolete. In theory, any of us can access most of the data stored online anywhere in the world via the "world wide web." However, precisely because there is so much information available in electronic form, it becomes totally impossible for any single person or group to retrieve it all, let alone make any sort of sense of it. Therefore, the Googles and other search engines of our age have devised ingenious algorithms to bring us just those "sensitive segments" they believe will most interest and/or please us. Our search-engine-mediated levels of sensitivity have only increased.
Amid the cries of horror at the polarization and dysfunction of our political and social systems, relatively few point to this sensitization as a partial cause. Few stop to remember that any topical query will bring back the "most popular" web pages on that topic first. For example, if I do a Google search on the word "bias," it brings back about 207 million results, one screenful at a time, with several dictionary definitions as the leading entries. Such a ranking system helps to make sense of lots of relatively simple topics, yet it also opens a way for more and more extreme distortions of the more complex aspects of reality. Unless I type in a specific web address, I are going to be shown just the information deemed by the search engine software as a "sensitive segment" first.
Each of us reaches adulthood having certain segment sensitivities, based on our genetic make-up, our upbringing, and our exposure to various life events. Some of us, for example, are drawn to emphasize the role of individual initiative in fostering success; others are primed to stress the role of luck. Some feel entitled to a large share of the world's material goods; others remark on patterns of systemic discrimination and oppression that deprive many of even a small share of such goods.
It is very difficult, a whole life's work and then some, to unlearn layers of bias and discrimination we learned early in life. It's crucial that we minimize the distortions fomented by our increasing dependence on Internet-mediated "sensitive segments." We need the balance of maintaining and strengthening interactions with real people with real lives whose opinions and experiences may be quite different from our own.


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In the mix – workplace diversity in 2016
The idea that a workforce should reflect the social and cultural make-up of society is still relatively new. Triggered by a rapidly changing social mix in many UK cities, a significant number of companies now have active diversity policies. At SThree, parent company of Computer Futures, Natasha Clarke is in charge of ensuring not just that there are people from varied cultural backgrounds - and a better balance between the sexes - but that the company as a whole is supportive and encouraging of this mix. However, this is not an exercise in 'tokenism'. There are, she argues, clear business reasons for this approach: "Diversity isn't about coming into a room and seeing lots of people that look different – it's about diversity of thinking, opinions and contributions, which people from different backgrounds bring into the workplace".
These can have two distinct benefits. In the first place it widens the pool of potential insight and experience to speed innovation. Secondly, SThree, like many other companies, must do business in different countries with varying cultures. Clarke notes, "If we want to drive innovation and improve performance, studies show that more diverse workforces perform better in this respect. Equally, in a context where our customer base becomes more and more global, there is a real need for your own organisation to be representative of the customers they are dealing with."
Inclusivity and meritocracy are perfect partners
There are various ways to bring about a more varied workforce but the vital one, according to Clarke, is to ensure the internal culture is supportive. "For me" said Clarke, "the question is: have you got an environment that supports inclusivity – do you have an environment where people are open and understanding of the biases that they have and stereotypes that they hold?" Bringing about a more open and supportive culture is underpinned by codes and policies agreed with management, to achieve, as Clarke sees it, "an environment where everybody has the opportunity to succeed, regardless of background and where people are valued for the different experiences they bring."
The role of the diversity team at SThree faces two ways. It looks internally to ensure a broader social mix in their own work force but also outward to help client companies attract the staff they seek as well. For example, the ICT industry has become a challenging environment in which to find the right talent, across Europe in particular. It has never been more important, therefore, to ensure those with skills who leave the industry, for whatever reason, are able to return. In other words, this is about encouraging women to re-enter the workplace after having children or to help re-integrate those with other caring responsibilities.
The importance of effective communication
There are a number of ways to make small changes that can help encourage women back. These start with job adverts themselves. Women often tend to be put off by overly aggressive or competitive or 'target-oriented' language. Moreover, they tend to focus in jobs to which they believe they have fully corresponding skills - compared to men who will have a go at applications where the match is less certain. So, more collaborative language in the job description, coupled with attention and confidence building by consultants during the process, can make a real difference. There are obvious benefits according to Clarke. Having addressed some of the unconscious biases working against female applicants among the consultants in their own company, they discovered that, with more help and coaching, women were 30 per cent more likely to be placed in roles with SThree's clients than men with identical experience.
Encouraging change and creating opportunities
SThree's efforts to bring under-represented groups into the workplace also takes in outreach programmes like the recent project to coaching and mentor fifty underprivileged students in London, studying STEM subjects at 'A' level, to encourage them to take up a role in the technology world.
All this activity is about encouraging change: "I passionately feel that if we don't feel an obligation to hold ourselves to account - internally and in the way we operate with our customers - then we are not fulfilling our duty of care. We have the ability to make a difference in the world in which we operate and in the service we deliver."
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Presenter: Takehiko Ochiai (RyukokuUniversity)
Date: July 20 (Sunday), 2:00pm-4:00pm
Place: Nishinomiya-shiDaigakuKoryuCenter
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2 min. from the North Exit of Hankyu Nishinomiya
Kitaguchi Station. Tel.(0798)69-3155
Fee: 500yen for members and students, 1.000yen for non-members
Language: Japanese
Description of the Presentation
Violence, particularly wars and armed conflicts, are one of the most extreme forms of "communication". The aim of this presentation is to examine various aspects of conflicts in postcolonial Africa such as the reason why Africanists are increasingly hesitating to use the word of "ethnic/tribal conflicts", the cases and types of modern conflicts in Africa, actors of conflict and conflict resolution (e.g. guerilla forces, private military companies, regional organizations, western powers), issues relating to African conflicts (e.g. small arms control, conflict diamonds, drug abuse in post-conflict society).
Profile of the Presenter
Takehiko Ochiai is Professor of International Relations at Ryukoku University. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1965. He started to read African Politics in his undergraduate years and continued his study and research at the graduate schools of Keio University and the University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests include Sierra Leonean civil war, Nigerian politics, and regional security in West Africa. He is married to the psychiatric social worker, Tomoko Kanata, who is working for Kobe College. He likes taking London, their pet dog, out for a walk. The URL of his website is http://www.law.ryukoku.ac.jp/~ochiai/index.htm


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Atlanta may not be the first city that comes to mind when you think of sustainability – but perhaps, it should be.
As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business, we offer reflections on sustainability developments at the Center and in Atlanta at large.
One of Atlanta's most significant moments for achievement in sustainability came in 2016, when the city was selected from among 1,000 global applicants to join the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities initiative.
Speaking of "Green" building, the GreenBuild conference will come to Atlanta in 2019, and headline attractions are certain to include Georgia Tech's Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Atlanta-based transnationals have also developed strong sustainability programs: The Coca-Cola Company is gearing up to tackle its World Without Waste goals here in Atlanta and internationally; UPS continues to roll out sustainable urban delivery solutions both here and abroad; and Delta Air Lines, among many other corporate sustainability initiatives, recently became the first participant in the Corporate Sustainability Program Executive Council here at the Center.
The CSP will facilitate corporate/academic thought leadership across four strategic areas – Circular Economy, Carbon-Conscious Business, Social Performance, and Sustainability Innovation & ESG Leadership – through activities such as joint research, workshops on sustainability topics, and guest lectures.
In 2016, the Center helped found Serve-Learn-Sustain, an Institute-wide initiative to equip Georgia Tech students around the theme "Creating sustainable communities." In addition to establishing a minor in sustainable cities and a diverse undergraduate curriculum, SLS also co-led the formation of RCE Greater Atlanta.