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Children's Book Vexel ContestThemeDo you remember that time when you went to sleep and your parent read you your favourite story?Imagine that you can go back to those awesome times by creating a cover of your favourite book.Rules1. All works MUST be vexels. I will NOT accept any photos, photomaniplations, digital drawings, vectors etc. If you're unsure if your entry is a vexel please follow this link: The New Vexel Definition to find out what vexels are.2. You can NOT trace/copy an existing cover.3. You can use your own and/or DA stock, as long as you state in art's comment that photos used as stock were yours and/or made by other deviantArt artist.4. Don't break any DA rules.5. You can add title/author/any needed text that can be found on covers, it's all up to you!6. Please include author's name and book's title in your entry's description. This means it has to be an existing
Love is... Vexel contestAbout the contestIt's all about LOVE and what it is for YOU. Is it your boyfriend, wife, dog, playstation? Or maybe an old CD album? Whatever LOVE IS... to you I want to see it!Rules1. Only Vexels are allowed. If you're unsure what Vexels are please follow this link: http://jussta.deviantart.com/journal/The-New-Vexel-Definition-2142199792. If you're using any kind of stock please credit all artists.3. You can enter as many times as you wish but you can only win once.4. To add a little twist you must use ONE of these colour palettes, that means no adding extra colours or mixing two or more palettes (you can use different opacities and gradients of course): 1000 Lovely Dreamers palette http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/1857087/1000_Lovely_Dreamers Wh
Love Is... Vexel contest winnersHere are the Winners of Love Is... contest. http://jussta.deviantart.com/journal/Love-is-Vexel-contest-278373105 1st placesukina-kiraina will recieve:12 mth subscriptionLlama Bundle pack 2nd placemirriluna will recieve:6 mth subscriptionSuper Llama plushie3rd placezummi will recieve:3 mth subscriptionLlama keychain and Sticker Pack I Congratulations to all winners! I will note you with all details soon Thank you to all who entered this contest and to judges who helped me
The Greatest Comic ArtistsComic world is filled with great amount of talented people. John Romita Jr., Frank Miller, Alex Ross, Mike Mignola, Frank Frazetta, Bill Sienkiewicz are only few of hundreds of comic artists. In this article we're going to focus on few famous names who decided to join DeviantArt and share their wonderful work with us.:iconadamhughes: AdamHugheswebsite: http://www.justsayah.comAdam's journey with comics began in 1985. He's best known for his Wonder Woman and Catwoman covers, however he also worked on Justice League, Ghost, Tomb Raider, Star Wars Legacy, Batgirl and many other projects. He works with both- traditional and digital mediums and his renderings of super heroines are well known for all comic fans. :iconalexgarner: AlexGarnerwebsite: http://www.alexgarner.com/Alex currently is a freelance artist but the list
Vexel World in 2011Introduction1st of all Happy New Year!If you are new to Vexels, read on to find out what they are. If you're already familiar with them, read on and maybe you'll find out something interesting that is new to you Vexels are quite similar to Vectors, they look nearly the same. But if someone says they are the same he or she is wrong! Why?Term Vexel is a mix of words vector and pixel and, unlike Vectors that are made using vector layers, Vexels are made of layered shapes on raster layers. That means that if you zoom your Vexel to 600% you will get a blurry image, while when it comes to Vectors your image will stay sharp.What is allowed and what is forbidden when creating 100% Vexels: Allowed:- vector layers as long as you rasterize them before saving the final JPG/PNG- brushes if using the stroke path method- all kinds of gradients and solid shapes created using the pen tool Not allowed:
PE: Vexel Artist Spotlight:iconevertskii11: pazforward seems to always know how to pick perfect colour palettes, her works are fresh and original.How are you doing?Hi! I am doing goodCould you tell us something about yourself- what's your name, where are you from, do you work/study?Myreal name is Eve, some people know me as Paz, Im from the Philippinesand I am working right now as an effin call center agent.When and how did you discover art?Hmmm. I really don't know whenexactly but before I used to draw in every piece of paper, and againstthe school's walls. Visual art and Music are my top favorites.Are there any members of your family who also find interest in making art?Yes! My father, my sister, and my little brother in 8th grade whose doing vexels now, too.What's the story with you and vexel art? How and when did this 'fascination' start?My husband Gilbert (gilbert86ii.deviantart.com) taught me to do so, and I am still learning.Have you ever tried v
PE: Vexel A-Z FeatureThese are some random words just to show you the variety of styles in the vexel world. Please enjoy A is for Art B is for Bird C is for Cold D is for Deep _Apple in deep blue_ by windingkira deep look insp - vexel by EvanFallen-J-FanE is for EatDon't Eat The Mushrooms by pai-thagoras Anything to EAT? by PORSCHER :thumb101753948:F is for Flowerlotus by tzeqi Thorns and Flowers by theGroo stargazer by Lintu79G is for GoldGOLDEN by istian18kenji The Golden Dickens by rvivek A Lotta Lil' Llamas by pai-thagorasH is for HappyHappy and Jolly by gershonv Happy Monsters by So-ghislaine Happy Cupcake by pai-thagorasI is for IdeaGot something on your Mind? by BohemianBiverwack I've had an idea... by augusto-guto Even Monsters Have Good Ideas by pai-thagorasJ is for JoyJump for joy by Merhavel Winter Joy by GODLOCHKA Joy to the World by MirabelK is for KingCuriosity kills the cat by womanwithagun King of Pop by resurrect97 King Fisher by pixelloracL is for LiquidVampires Blood Break by RadillacVIII New Movement by hishyM is for MetalRockstar by sygnin Iron Maiden Unplugged...? by IborArt Number Of The Beast by MoyArtN is for NightOn this night of a 1000 stars. by womanwithagun Commission - Laura and Punkin by kittifiedmeow Boogie Woogie tonight by LianmanO is f
The New Vexel Definition1. Vexels- what are they?Vexels are layered raster shapes of solid colour or gradients/ solid shapes/ raster shapes with look of vector.The word 'vexel' is a mix of words 'vector' and 'pixel'.2. The difference between vexels and vectorsThe most important difference is that vexels are created using raster layers while vectors are created using vector layers.Rasters are based on pixels (little squares) and each square is given a fixed colour. When you expand it you can see pixelation.Shapes created using vector layers while expanding stay crisp and don't lose their quality.Let me explain the difference on this example.The image above is a vector. When expanding it to 300% it will still stay sharp:If the same image was created on raster layers it would look blurry after expanding to 300%:3. What is allowed and what's not when creating vexel art vector
PE: The Vexel ContestTo spice things up and make the Vexel Week more entertaining and fun I have a contest for you!ThemeWhat's your favourite thing about DeviantArt? It's a pretty open theme and it's up to your interpretation RulesThe work MUST be a vexel.If you decide to use a stock in your work please credit the stock artist.You can create up to two entries but you can only win once.If your work is done please send me a note with a link to your entry. Title of the note: PE Vexel Contest.Start and end datesThe contest starts from now on (May 7th) and ends on May 13th.The winners will be announced the next day.PrizesThere will be 3 winners. Each winner will win a 3 mth subscription to DeviantArt.If you have any questions please drop me a note Have fun!
Quirky Horoscope Contest - Now JudgingThis contest is now closed for submissions. I'll be cleaning out the category today and contacting my judges to figure out the winners Until then, you can browse the entries here http://browse.deviantart.com/contests/2012/12birthday/quirky/ (setting it to newest instead of popular works best )ThemeThe Western Horoscope is comprised of 12 signs. In this contest, using any visual media, you have to draw a representation of at least one of the Western Zodiac signs and create a daily horoscope for that sign set for the date of August 7th.The Zodiac Signs An example of daily horoscopes.There are 4 prizes to be won: most creative/weirdest horoscope and zodiac sign, funniest, best design
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PE: Artisan Crafts Week Circus ContestArtisan Crafts Week ContestEDIT: The winners have been announced here.We love crafts! We love crafting, we love watching crafts, we love talking about crafts! If you're like us you're always looking for an excuse to craft something, so we're going to give you one: join the circus! The circus contest, of course RulesYou must make an object using any artisan craft you desire, photograph it and upload it to the appropriate Artisan Crafts gallery. Also you need to submit it to the Artisan Crafts Contest folder. You need to be a member of projecteducate to submit.The work must be your own, using tutorials or resources is allowed but you must credit them. No copying anyone else's original work.You must get your inspiration from the theme "circus"and it must be clearly present in your work. How y
PE: Artisan Crafts Circus Contest WINNERSA month ago we presented you Artisan Crafts Week at projecteducate, you can find all the articles we published here. We also invited you to join the Artisan Crafts Circus Contest, and now it's time to announce the winners! But first, here's the entries we got: Chibi Sword Dancer by ElehanneTwo things to notice:1. A lot of crafters favor clay as their preferred medium.2. All of the entries were very talented!So now the winners!!Third PlaceThe tamer and his -wild animal- ? by sombra33Winner of 1000 points.Second PlaceCircus in the Nutshell by MaylarWinner of a 6 months subscription and 1000 point
Texture Your World ContestTell us the story of your world in textures!We are surrounded 24 hours a day by objects that have texture, they may be smooth or bobbly, old or new, bold, bright, shiny or dull. You might see a texture every day and never notice it until you start looking. Do you sit at a desk that's textured, or pass an interesting tree on the way to work or school?We want you, in the form of a triptych (thats 3 images forming a larger image see example here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych ) to tell us the story of your textured world. Each individual texture should stand on its own, both as a useful resource and as a cohesive part of the whole story. What story you tell through your texture triptych is up to you - but they must be textures that tell a story of your world in some way.There are 3 categories for this contest, each of which you can submit to twice.Digital stockThese are textures created digitally by
Bring Your Type to Life - A Typography ContestIt is time for another Typography contest! The theme of this contest will be…Bring your Type to LifeThis may sound abstract at first, but to keep the theme as open as possible, I choose a rather abstract title. There are many directions in which you can go. You could choose an anthropomorphic direction, where you breathe life into letters and give them human or other animate characteristics. Another route would be to create the letters out of living objects, such as plants or animals.Which direction you choose, maybe even a third or fourth one, does not matter. What matters is that your letters are brought to life!What kind of letters you bring to life, words, glyphs or sentences, is 100% up to you. This contest has a more visual approach, so you will not be judged on the creativity of the meaning you choose to give to the letters. However, don't rush it! Even one letter can appear completely different than another. Be wise with the letters, word
Text & Typography June 2012Monthly Article, featuring each month's Daily Deviations, as well as links in and outside of deviantART.com! In this edition you will find DDs featured by pica-ae from the Text and Typography galleries on deviantART. Due to a longer vacation on my side, I decided to add 3 months into one article. Daily Deviations April/May/June 2012 Somebody That I Used to Know (Finished) by samanthamuscaria Never give up hope by NoraAlgalad Robotic Alphabet by Eliasklingen Imagination by designerm To change the world .... by Waterboy1992 Reality by James-McKenzie Raven like a writing desk by Everywhen Alone together by Ace0fredspadesUpdate to the Fonts gallery!I am very happy to announce here once more, that the Stock & Resources > Fonts gallery has recently been updated to a more professional and
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The genius of Miyazaki - Art HistoryIf you haven't heard his name, you must have heard about at least one of his creations. So, who's Miyazaki? It's easier to say who he's not. Hayao Miyazaki was born on the 5th of January 1941 in Bunkyo, Tokyo, as a second of four sons. His father was a director in young Miyazaki's uncle's factory producing rudders for fighter planes - this is where Hayao became highly interested in aviation, which often appears in his films.When Miyazaki was a little kid, his mother suffered from Pott's disease (sort of tuberculosis) and spent a few years in a hospital. Some says that a very similiar motif appearing in "Tonari no Totoro" ("My neighbour Totoro") was strongly inspired by that part of his life. Also, during his childhood, Miyazaki had to change his place of residence and switch schools several times, which influenced his films a lot, too.:thu
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Hi, just need to know if a UK Provisional License with a UK CBT is ok to ride a 125cc while in New Zealand ?
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On the basis that, until you have passed a test, you are not qualified, the answer would be no.
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is right,you wouldn't be allowed to ride in OZ without a Full UK licence,and the road laws are very similar.
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ok thanks guys, so if (its my son, who is 18), goes to NZ to live for a year at least would he be best getting an NZ license and do a NZ learner test ?
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They use the same spelling in New Zealand as here as well. Looks like the choice of machinery for learners there is ... rather more liberal than here, too. Up to 660cc with a power/weight restriction - http://www.nzta.govt.nz/licence/getting/motorcycles/approved-motorcycles.htmlAlso from that site, looks as though he will need to do a theory test and a basic handling test (mod 1-lite, looks like) first, and there's a 10 pm-5 am curfew for learners as well as L plates and no pillions.
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... if he were to stay there the two years he'd need to get a full NZ licence, it looks like he could then exchange it for a full A licence when he came back here, rather than coming back to be stuck on restricted machines until he's 21+. (I'm supposed to be doing the accounts, please ask more questions that I can procrastinate around the Internet with...)
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Potter served as chief in Huntersville for nearly nine years after working for 30 years in Piqua, Ohio, where he served as chief for 12 of those years.
During his time in Huntersville, town officials said Potter oversaw a department that grew alongside the towns population which now exceeds 50,000 as well as an increasing commercial and retail base.
Officials also credit Potter with the police department being accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies since 2008.
Community-based programs such as National Night Out, Safety Town and the Citizens Police Academy were launched during Potters tenure. He also helped to guide the department through a move from its former Gilead Road location to a renovated headquarters in The Park: Huntersville, rather than constructing a new building; this saved the town millions of dollars, officials said.
A national search for the next chief will likely take about four months, Town Manager Greg Ferguson said. Assistant Town Manager Gerry Vincent will serve as interim director of public safety during the transition.
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I was the first one up this morning- as usual. I was normally the last one to crash and the first one to wake up- if you could call it that, I normally woke up and stumbled around in a zombie like state for a while before my brain wakes up. Once I was properly awake I found out that I was bored, we only got through 2 series of Red Dwarf last night before we all passed out. Oh well. I licked Ray's nose to wake him up. He looked at me with a odd expression before grinning his massive afro grin and mumbling "Morning Sunshine!"
We got up and walked to the kitchen, I flicked on the coffee machine for Ray and then pulled some Dr Pepper out of the fridge for me. It was very rare that I didn't feel like coffee, but I figured; if you don't want it, why have it? And I was craving sugar anyway so I downed my can in record time. Ray was sitting on the counter and kicking his feet like a child for a minute, cute.
"Where did you actually move from?" Ray asked, taking a cautious sip of the boiling coffee.
"Oh, we moved from England, obviously. A small village in Telford called St. Georges, you won't have heard of it." I replied, no one ever did know where it was, or even that it existed.
"Actually, the name rings a bell, lots of murders and suicides and a few cases of rape?" Ray asked
"Yeah, that's the place. How'd you know?"
"We were doing a project before you lot arrived about the most dangerous, but unheard of places in England. Why, we will never know, but St. Georges was one of the places we found out about. Lots of drugs and underage drinking too apparently."
"Yup, that's about right. I loved it there, especially at night. But the only interesting thing you could do was annoy one of the local mass murderers and hope you can run fast enough!" I replied, laughing slightly at the shocked look on Rays face. "You see, the more dangerous things are, the happier I seem to get. I'm attracted to danger, and pissing people off has always given me a kick. I love adrenaline rushes, and I will stop at nothing to get a good one!" I laughed my loud and famous cackle before hearing two people stir in the living room.
"I love you you know that?" Ray said before pushing me on the table and kissing me with everything he'd got. He jumped off when we heard a cough from the doorway.
"Jeez guys, the kitchen? People eat there dudes." Frank said before grabbing a doctor pepper and sitting on the table. A few minutes later the others all walked into the kitchen and Hollie said.
"I'm hungry now, we haven't eaten since McDonalds yesterday." She stretched and rubbed her eyes before I made everyone drinks and sat down bacon sandwiches in front of everyone and 3 poptarts in front of Frank.
"How'd you know?" Frank asked me, poptart and doctor pepper dripping down his chin.
"When Gee offered you a bite of his burger yesterday, you looked like you were gonna puke!" I laughed. "Seriously, I pick up on everything, habit."
"Oh, I thought you were just a germaphobe like my darling brother Mikey, he's such a clean freak and hates my room. Or 'the swamp' as he calls it!" Gerard mused, happily munching on his bacon butty and grinning a wide grin.
"Nah, M'm a bit of a clean freak though." Frank replied shooting a look at me and Ray, "That's why I don't approve of displays of personal affection in a KITCHEN." Ray was blushing wildly and Mikey had a look of horror on his face which made us burst out into fits of laughter. A strangled "Eeeewwwwwwww" escaped his lips as he dumped his sandwich in the bin and went "Now I'm not hungry." With a frowny 5 year old expression which only made us crack up and laugh more.
Gerards P.O.V
I had noticed that Jackie didn't eat at all yesterday, or Friday, and she hadn't eaten today either. "Jackie, when was the last time you ate?!" I asked, truly intrigued on how someone can eat so little and still bounce around like a powerball.
"Uhmmmm, dunno. Thursday maybe, possibly Wednesday. Sometime before we landed in New Jersey anyway, we only got here Thursday night and I think I had a slice of pizza then. I can't be sure though." Everyone looked at her with shock on their faces, but Hollie and Cheyenne didn't react. It was obvious that she often went days without eating, but we were still shell shocked.
"Seriously, no big deal, I can go for a week without feeding my face!" She laughed before reaching into the fridge and pulling out a tin of beer, cracking it open and taking a swig.
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Los Angeles Small Spaces: 1000 Square Feet & Under
House Tour Roundup
When we first moved to California in 2002 we had many discussions with family and friends regarding the huge difference in rents comparing California to Wisconsin. The comment that came up most often was always, "Do you know how much house you would get for the price of a studio apartment in Los Angeles?"
After we realized that being frustrated by our small living area wasn't going to change the situation, we found creative ways to make the most out of the given space since moving back to Wisconsin was not an option. In the end, we concluded that a small home can still be just as beautiful and welcoming as its larger counterpart.
We rounded up 10 of our personal inspirational Los Angeles small house tours:
Top Row:
- Alysia's Treehouse by the Lake: 900 square feet
- Bryan's Fashionable Statement: 650 square feet
- Jenika and Robert's 1944 Bungalow Renovation: 1,000 square feet
- Laurie's Thrifty Elegance: 800 square feet
- Annie's Earthy Nest in Echo Park: 700 square feet
Bottom Row:
- Genevieve and Maxwell's Mid Century Perch: 900 square feet
- Sara and Michael's Bohemian Salvage: 550 square feet
- Barbara's Boho Hillside Garden: 780 square feet
- Sara Lov's Los Feliz Charmer: 500 square feet
- Mark and Marissa's Chic Garden Party: 1,000 square feet
(Images: Apartment Therapy House Tours)
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Living in LA, I really hate hearing how much house one could buy in X town/city compared to a studio in LA. If that house is what you want, then by all means go and get it. Otherwise, let move on and concentrate on things that matter, like having fun with friends, or going to the beach, etc.
Love that first picture. I want that blue couch!
@Jose A: I agree completely. I've encountered many individuals who measure life's happiness by the size of their house or property, as if living in an apartment is somehow less fulfilling. People live in different areas for different reasons, and seek different things from their surroundings. A lot of the people I grew up with love the slow pace of a small town; I'm a city girl who enjoys having a lot going on and a lot to do at all times. I suppose it all depends on how you define "quality of life". Personally, I'd rather not have it defined by how many square feet I inhabit.
Do you know how much snow you will shovel and ice you will scrape in Wisconsin? LOL.
@jose and sarah - i think the whole "do you know how much house that could buy you in X" isn't about the house itself, but the money. Someone with a 1000 mortgage payment on a big ol' house or something probably thinks the small space and location are wonderful! but the apartment in the good location in the city probably costs twice their mortgage payment.
I agree with Melissa_B -- the money is the issue. Along with the INCOME (or income potential). Where rents are really high, I hope salaries are as well -- then it's a matter of what you can afford. My salary in NH is certainly not enough to live large in a city -- nor here, for that matter!! If I earned the same amount in LA, I'd be in some trouble. If I earned the same thing in Ohio, I'd be fairly flush. Y'know?
We left California to purchase a house, when we had kids. We thought we would need more room to raise them. Now they are 4 and 6 we are moving back to California, into a rental, and selling our big house...unused rooms, piles of stuff we don't need/want/use, having to live inside 8 or 9 months out of the year, looking out at the cold bare garden....and, well, it is just not California anywhere else, is it?
Thanks for this review, it is very timely.
I still must claim 1000 sq feet is not a small space. In cities, anything over 700 would be considered huge.
Bryan's place is amazing! It's a smaller area yet very well layed out and a fresh and airy feeling.
Pretty cool, but I'd say that at least half of these examples are actually quite large (this from someone who lives in Chicago, City of Big Apartments). Nice enough spaces, though.


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12 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
1 can (15 ounces) garbanzo beans
chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 green onion, cut into three pieces
1 to 2 garlic cloves, peeled
1/4 teaspoon salt
Assorted fresh vegetables and baked pita chips
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Peoria County GIS: Home
What is GIS?
GIS stands for geographic information systems and is a form of information technology that allows viewers to interactively explore and analyze geographic data in a map. GIS involves using mapping software, hardware, and databases in order to create, maintain, and view maps.
To learn more about GIS please see: http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis
Our Role
The mission of the Peoria County GIS Division is to provide customers with up-to-date geographic information. GIS can be used in a variety of ways; improving communication, decision making, problem solving, data analysis, zoning, querying addresses and property tax information, and much more. The Division strives to provide GIS services that are easily accessible and dynamic.
Interactive Maps for Mobile Devices
Currently, the Peoria County GIS Division has developed an interactive map application known as "Parcel Value." This mobile map application allows you to view tax assessment and sales information along with GIS parcel boundaries and aerial imagery. The Parcel Value application is compatible with Apple iOS mobile devices such an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. See the Press release, News coverage & Here or Get The App yourself. It can run on iOS 5 and higher.
In the near future, the Division plans to provide a more robust mobile map application that would be compatible with most types of mobile devices.
Peoria County GIS - Silverlight
This mapping application is the Assessment Front Desk Tool. This robust Geographic Information System (GIS) site will still meet your needs for comparable sales and assessment information as well as much more.
It has been enhanced for Public and County staff use. We continue to edit, modify and improve the application as we get feedback and suggestions. Now it works on Mac computers!
This requires Microsoft Silverlight Browser Add-on, Get it here.
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> Location: Mapleton, Minn.
> Partners: Karl and Jackie Duncanson, Pat and Kristin Duncanson
> Children: Four in each family
> Crops: Corn, soybeans, wheat, peas
> Livestock: Hog finishing unit, cattle feedlot
> Size: 4,600 acres
> As Top Producer of the Year finalists, the Duncansons received an expenses-paid trip to the 2009 Top Producer Seminar in Chicago. Click here for information on the contest or click here for information on the 2010 seminar.
As Karl and Pat Duncanson greet this wandering journalist, gazing around at their currently empty cattle feedlot, Karl notes, "This is never going to be a showplace farm." That is not a lament, nor an apology, however. The Duncanson partners never aimed for white-fence-and-manicured-grass pastoral loveliness.
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D.C.'s Marijuana Reform Rabbi
Jeffrey Kahn and his wife are set to open one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in Washington, D.C.
It's not just Reform rabbis, either. A number of rabbis across the spectrum of observance believe prescribing medical marijuana to relieve suffering is acceptable under Jewish law.
"Basically, Jewish teaching is extremely supportive," said J. David Bleich, an Orthodox rabbi and professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and head of its postgraduate institute for the study of Talmudic jurisprudence and family law. "The beneficial purpose of marijuana seems to be countering the side effects of chemotherapy and other symptoms … and there's no reason society shouldn't take advantage of it." Jurisdictions that approve and regulate medical marijuana, Bleich said, "certainly are to be lauded."
The Kahns hope they'll be able to serve their first patients by the beginning of December. For now, though, there is no marijuana to dispense, because in Washington, the dispensers of medical marijuana won't be the ones growing it. In addition to approving four dispensaries out of 17 applicants, the health department approved six cultivators from among 28 applicants. (One of the six is a company co-owned by former talk-show host Montel Williams, a Maryland native who uses medical marijuana to treat his multiple sclerosis.) The cultivators still need to make structural changes to their facilities and haven't yet started growing marijuana, Akhter says; once they begin, it will take 90 to 100 days before they will be able to supply the dispensaries.
No patients have yet been approved by the health department to receive medical marijuana, either, although many have expressed an interest, Akhter says. They must prove that they live in D.C. and receive a prescription from a doctor licensed to practice in the city. This process, too, will take time.
Once they open their doors, the Kahns' have a business plan based on serving 500 patients their first year, although at best that's a guesstimate. Their dispensary will serve patients by appointment only, making it less like a retail store and more like a doctor's office, Kahn says. He and his wife also plan to partner with Takoma providers and refer patients to a wide array of complementary health services available in the laid-back neighborhood.
The Kahns hope that their dispensary will serve as a model for Congress to see that marijuana can safely be used to treat appropriate patients without ending up being diverted to people who aren't ill. Kahn summed up his mission: "There's no reason for people to be suffering and not getting the help they need."
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Lima Open-Top Sightseeing Tour with Optional Callao Tour
- Lima sightseeing tour by open-top bus
- Choose from four options to suit your interests and schedule
- Visit the Monastery of San Francisco, Plaza San Martin, Plaza de Armas and Love Park
- See a fountain show on the night tour
- Visit the port city of Callao and Real Felipe Fortress on a 7-hour tour
- Experience the artistry and history of Lima's past on an evening cemetery tour
What You Can Expect
Morning or Afternoon City Tour
Head first to Kennedy Park (Parque Kennedy), a peaceful park located between Lima's tall skyscrapers. Then venture downtown to Parque de la Reserva, where you'll see the large fountain that lights up with a water show at night. Visit Plaza San Martin (San Martin Square), which is bordered by the Colon Theater and is home to many gardens and monuments celebrating Jose de San Martin, a leader in South America's independence from Spain. Make your way to Plaza de Armas (Parade Ground), the city center's main square. See the Government Palace, the Cathedral of Lima and the Archbishop's Palace, and then walk through the Monastery of San Francisco (Convento de San Francisco) and admire its beautiful Spanish Baroque architecture. The last stop is Love Park (Parque del Amor), where you can look out on the Pacific Ocean and walk around the park's many sculptures.
Night Tour
See Lima at night! This 3-hour evening sightseeing tour takes you to the sites listed above, plus includes a spectacular water show at Parque de la Reserva.
Evening Cemetery Tour
Experience the serene beauty of the Presbítero Maestro Cemetery by moonlight on this 4-hour tour. Delve into more than two centuries of history and art carved into the magnificent masoleums such as the Crypt of Heroes, the final resting place of the heroes from the War of the Pacific in the late nineteenth century. It is a fascinating glimpse into Lima's past not to be missed.
City Tour with Callao and Real Felipe Fortress
This 7-hour option takes you to the sites listed in the city tour above, as well as the port town of Callao, where you'll visit Real Felipe Fortress, built to defend the Peruvian port during colonial times. You'll also visit the Naval Museum and the Abtao Submarine (subject to tidal conditions). This all-day tour includes a delicious lunch.
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January 2014
Our 15:15 tour was cancelled by the company but we thoroughly enjoyed the 19:00 tour. The laser light show at the fountains in the park was amazing. We had to leave the tour in the central park area to make it back to our ship. I would highly recommend this tour but due to the fact the company cancelled the 15:15 tour I would suggest Viator look into one of the other tour companies we saw pass us by all day long.


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Part 5, in which there is tonsil hockey and childhood memories.
Warnings: Zilch
Spoilers: None. All this "history" was made up by us.
A/N: Part 5 of Nameraka nagara Kami-Yasuri (it finally got a name!), which makes it the sequel to Kizuato. We decided to give Alfeegi a break. He's going to need it. . .
Lykouleon sometimes wondered if people really noticed when he was gone. Indeed, the only time others seemed to care if he left was if there was some crisis in his absence. Half the time, the only person who even noticed he was gone was Alfeegi. He loved his people, he truly did, but he was no good at the day-to-day running of the kingdom. He didn't understand why he had to compromise some things and just say no to others, why some trades must be protected and why some urgent problems had to be put on the back burner, or any of the thousand other little details of administrating an empire as large as his. His dragon officers were so much better at it than he was. Take Tetheus, for example. He was giving the same report on the state of the standing army he had given every quarter for as long as he had been in charge of it. Word for word and everything. Only the numbers ever changed because whatever came up, Tetheus promptly dealt with. They didn't really need him.
Maybe if he got a body double. . .
His train of thought was interrupted by a faint, unfamiliar sound from a room off the hall he was walking down with the black dragon officer. He only had time for a quick peek as he walked by, and only eons of politeness ingrained into him kept him from doing a double take. It shouldn't have been surprising. After all, it was nothing he hadn't done himself. But he was married. Ruwalk wasn't. So why was he playing tonsil hockey in his office?
More importantly, who was he playing it with? Blue ponytails were not normally seen. Especially on men. And, as far as Lykouleon knew, the number of men with blue ponytails currently in the castle that would be even categorically interested in his best friend was exactly zero. It could be someone from the city, but he highly doubted it, simply because he couldn't remember the last time Ruwalk was out of the castle. Then again, he reminded himself, just because I didn't see him go out doesn't mean anything. Lykouleon frowned slightly. It stung a little, not knowing if his friend was involved with someone else. It really wasn't any of his business, but that thought didn't make the sting go away.
Tetheus noticed that his lord wasn't paying any attention. Normally he wouldn't have minded, but it was pretty blatant and it was the third time today someone had ignored him. For the lord to make it so obvious, something must have deeply perturbed him. Probably Alfeegi and Ruwalk, he thought. He doubted that the Dragon Lord disapproved of the relationship but the lord didn't look to happy. He cut his report short and asked, "Is something wrong, sir?"
"Ah. . .no. Please continue."
Tetheus would have smiled if it wouldn't have been rude. "I finished it, sir."
"Oh, yes, so you did."
The black dragon officer rolled his eyes. The other man was definitely mentally somewhere else.
"Why didn't he tell me?" Lykouleon muttered under his breath a few seconds later, clearly thinking out loud.
It clicked then. Alfeegi and Ruwalk had plainly not told anybody. Dumb idea, that. It could only lead to trouble. So when they had seen the couple, the Dragon Lord hadn't been able to identify Alfeegi and was now feeling all depressed because Ruwalk hadn't told him anything.
"It was Alfeegi."
"It was Alfeegi. With Ruwalk. They were kissing."
"What?!" Lykouleon said, then mentally slapped his forehead. It made sense now. While there was nothing wrong with it, in his opinion, not everyone agreed. Of course Ruwalk wouldn't want to tell anyone, not after what happened before. . .
My favorite thing to do was to sneak out of the castle. I enjoyed the challenge and the freedom I earned by meeting it as only a royal personage could. The best part, though, was the privacy I got. In simple, worn clothing, nobody looked at me twice. Except for girls. Girls almost always looked at me, and I truly enjoyed flirting with them because I knew they were flirting with me and not my rank.
I was looking forward to having some fun that night as I slunk down a back alley. Not really watching where I was going, I bumped into someone accidentally. "So sorry. . .Ruwalk?! What the hell?"
"Hell" was a pretty accurate description of the other boy. So was "loser in a fight with a good-sized mountain."
"The old man kicked me out," he said dully.
"Well, that's obvious," I grabbed him by the arm and steered him towards the castle's kitchen door. Weren't you supposed to put meat on a black eye?
Ruwalk smiled. Or grimaced. It was hard to tell. "No, he really kicked me out. Told me to never come back and everything."
I stopped dead, at a total loss for words. I noticed that Ruwalk was shaking under my hand and I threw my arm around his friend's shoulders. "Come home with me," I suggested, "and I'm sure you can go back home in the morning. Day after at the worst." Knowing Ruwalk's father, it would be the day after Judgement day before he admitted he had done wrong and let Ruwalk come back home. "What'd you do, anyways? Did he find out about Kaeru?"
"No. Worse."
I tried to think of anything Ruwalk could possibly have done that was worse than their unauthorized, unsupervised and expressly forbidden trip to the other city. "Worse than Kaeru? Did you do something and not tell me?"
"Remember the girl your mother tried to set me up with?"
"Ruri, right? Nice girl. Pretty, too."
"Yeah, I thought she was nice. So nice I had to tell her why I couldn't marry her." Ruwalk said bitterly. "She told my mother."
"Oh, man," I didn't know what to say. "Jeez."
"Ma was in rare form," he continued, "Going on and on about decency and shame and how I was going to kill her. At least she gave me the benefit of the doubt first. Dad didn't even do that when she made him kick me out." Ruwalk stopped, but I noticed the catch in his voice anyway.
"I hate them."
There wasn't really anything to say after that, so we walked the rest of the way home in silence. He didn't say anything until I handed him the pilfered key to an out-of-the-way bedroom. "Thank you."
I hugged him then. I couldn't help it. He was my friend and he was in trouble and that was all I could do. He cried quietly into my shoulder for a few minutes while I mumbled some meaningless vague things.
His mother must have sent a note to my mother first thing in the morning because no-one questioned Ruwalk at the breakfast table. My mother did, however, ask him for a word afterwards. I found some excuse to hang around outside the door until he came out.
"Well?" I demanded. "What'd she say?"
He looked like someone had killed his puppy and I assumed the worse. "She said I might as well live here now, seeing as I was going to in a few years."
"That's good news," I said encouragingly.
"Not really." I blinked at him. "It means," he said sounding like he was trying to not strangle me, "that I can't go home. My father won't let me unless I get married. My mother has to be behind this."
For the first time in my life, I actually hated someone. What kind of people would kick their own child out of their house for being honest? It wasn't like he was really a demon or anything. They were just being intolerant and asinine, probably feeling betrayed because their little golden boy tried to live his own life.
"Hey," I said. "This is your home. You can always come back. No matter what, I promise."
"Oh, man," Lykouleon said, unconsciously reverting to the outdated slang of his youth, "his parents are gonna flip."


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August 14th 2012
The first stack of Post Club postcards left the HQ today, and I must say, our fabulous screenprinters, The Half and Half, did an amazing job printing them. The colours are bright, the registration is tight, and they carry with them, that fresh ink smell.
The cards are making their way across the country from Calgary, to places as far as New York, Toronto, San Francisco and beyond. Once they've reached our subscribers, we'll post some images for the rest of you.
If you haven't subscribed yet, this is the place to do it. Also - with each monthly release, we'll be giving away postcards on Twitter and Facebook, so make sure you follow along!


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PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State offense exploded with big second-half run that turned a tie game with 10 minutes remaining into a 108-88 victory over visiting University of Oregon at Beasley Coliseum Sunday.
The Cougars outscored the Ducks (13-14, 4-12 Pac-12) 48-24 over the final 10:18 to post the most points since beating Southern Utah 109-79 Jan. 13, 1997. Four players scored in double figures for Washington State who improved to 15-13 overall and 9-7 in conference play, the most conference wins since the 1994-95 team went 9-9 in the Pac-10.
Junior guard Tia Presley recorded her third 32-point game in the last four games and sophomore guard Lia Galdeira added 27 points to go along with her five assists. Sophomore forward Mariah Cooks added a seaso-high 13 points and junior center Shalie Dheensaw finished with 12 points. Sophomore guard Dawnyelle Awa dished out a career-high eight assists for the Cougars who scored 26 points off of 21 Oregon turnovers.
WSU shot over 66 percent in the second half and held the Ducks to 33 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes.
The Cougars were off and running in the opening minutes as Galdeira scored seven straight points in the first three minutes. Midway through the half, Cooks provided a spark off the bench, hitting a jumper from stiraght way and a five-point WSU lead.
Oregon answered with a 10-1 run to build a four-point lead, 26-22 at the 9:06 mark. Romberg knocked down a three and Presley followed with layup before the Cougars later strung together seven straight points as Cooks scored on a baseline drive and fastbreak layup as she was fouled. Cooks made the free throw and Presley finished off the streak with another runner.
Washington State took a 44-43 lead into the break following another drive and free throw from Cooks with under a minute to go. Presley and Cooks led WSU with 10 points apiece while the Ducks hit seven 3-pointers in the opening 20 minutes.
The Cougars opened the half with a three by Presley but the Ducks slowly built a five-point lead a couple minutes later.
Washington State eventually knotted things up at 64 with10:18 remaining before exploding for a 10-0 run over a 1:12 stretch and never looked back. Awa tied the game and started the run with layup, Romberg then scored after Galdeira dished a nice entry pass to Romberg who finished on the right side. Presley converted to free throws and followed with a driving runner in the lane before sophomore guard Alexas Williamson capped the run by stealing the inbounds pass and dropping in a high-arcing floater for a 72-64 lead at the 9:06 mark.
Oregon later cut the lead to seven but the Cougars with another layin from Presley and a jumper by Cooks pushed the lead back up to double-digits with under seven minutes remaining. Washington State slowly pulled away as Galdeira added two more threes before putting the Cougars over the century mark on two free throws with 2:33 remaining.


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It is likely some of the most widespread and oldest art in the United States. Pieces of rock art dot the Appalachian Mountains, and research by University of Tennessee, Knoxville, anthropology professor Jan Simek finds each engraving or drawing is strategically placed to reveal a cosmological puzzle.
Recently, the discoveries of prehistoric rock art have become more common. With these discoveries comes a single giant one—all these drawing and engravings map the prehistoric peoples' cosmological world.
The research led by Simek, president emeritus of the UT system and a distinguished professor of science, is published in this month's edition of the journal Antiquity.
The researchers proposed that rock art changed the natural landscape to reflect a three-dimensional universe central to the religion of the prehistoric Mississippian period. Read more.
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In a recent interview with Country Countdown USA, Taylor Swift told Lon Helton that she sees a bit of herself in Warner Music Nashville's newcomer Hunter Hayes. She spoke about his charisma, stage presence, and how he brings everything he has into every performance he makes. She also discusses his quiet confidence, how he meets his fans every night, and why she thinks he has something that other artists don't.
Listen to the audio clip HERE. What do you think? Could Hunter be the next Taylor Swift?


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—Krista Tippett, on editing and scripting around her interview with theoretical physicist S. James Gates during today's editorial meeting
~Trent Gilliss, senior editor
—David Dubal, excerpted from the pianist's recent article "Let's Tickle the Ivories" inThe New Criterion
~Susan Leem, associate producer
—Meredith Monk, from Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art & Politics, no. 17, 1984
~Nancy Rosenbaum, producer
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Check out the friendly repartee we had with Nicholas Kristof this morning. When I first read his tweet, I'll admit my heart sank a little bit. Krista's journal reflecting on this week's show "Journalism and Compassion" begins:
"I wasn't always a fan of Nicholas Kristof's columns in The New York Times. I'd found them at times simplistic — seeming to reduce the dramas of entire nations to individual stories of despair and/or hope. But I've discovered that there is an art and science to this approach. It was fascinating — and quite inspiring — to sit down and get inside his head on all of this."
Sure, we're journalists, but we always want to extend hospitality to guests of On Being. So, I reached out to him in the only way I knew how, with a bit of good humor. And, of course, the hardened journalist took this all in good stride, even acknowledging the bittersweet edge of his reporting.
But do listen to Krista Tippett's interview with him about his journalism as a form of "humanitarian art." It'll give you lots to think about whether you're a reader or a journalist.
by Arezou Rezvani, guest contributor
Shia mourners splash water onto a tomb during a traditional burial ritual in Bahrain. (phoot: Al Jazeera English)
When a video of U.S. Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban fighters became international headline news last month, national dialogue around the incident centered mostly on its impact on U.S.-brokered peace talks, the safety of military personnel in the region, and the military culture that some argue contributed to the dehumanizing act. Largely absent from mainstream news media coverage, however, was any meaningful attempt to understand how the global Muslim community viewed the desecration of the corpses.
What took place in January was not unique. In 2010 images of a group of U.S. Army soldiers dubbed the "kill team" posing with mutilated Afghan corpses emerged and were eventually published in Rolling Stone magazine. Now, just over a year later, a similar war crime has been committed by American Marines, sparking a fresh but familiar conversation about how the psychology in and around war is not well understood by the American public.
It is indeed an important conversation to be had, particularly if there is any sincere interest in helping the latest and largest wave of U.S. troops that left Iraq in December transition back to civilian life. What is equally important, however, is a discussion around the recurring theme of desecrating the dead in a Muslim country.
In Islam, desecrating enemy corpses was forbidden by the Prophet Muhammad and is regarded today by practicing Muslims as a sin and a crime. The religion also rejects cremation as a proper rite for death as it is believed that the tailbone, which is thought to regenerate the complete human being on the Day of Resurrection, would be destroyed. Another interpretation within Islam condemns any desecration of a corpse on the premise that the resurrected body will appear as it did at the moment of death.
When one considers the funeral rites and regulations in Islam, from the process of washing the body — a step that in itself entails a very particular set of instructions — to the act of shrouding a corpse in white prior to interment, it becomes clear that the rituals associated with the transition between life and death are an integral part of the faith.
The most recent incident of depriving the dead Taliban fighters of that ritual could have been an opportunity to start a dialogue around Muslim religion and culture. Instead, most of the coverage further enabled the American public's blindness toward the "other." This disinclination to examine the global consequences of collective ignorance, which in this instance manifested as an indifference toward the desecration of Taliban corpses, only serves to exacerbate tensions between Americans and the broader Muslim world.
American news media have an obligation to offer comprehensive coverage and fine-grained contextualizing of events that the public is not always ready confront. To be sure, debates around whether the incident will prompt another wave of anti-American sentiment in the region, or whether military culture is to blame for the dehumanizing act, makes for good television and two-page spreads in print publications. But ultimately it's cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue that will help to avert similar future acts of dehumanization and diffuse tensions. Until the news media are willing to create the kind of broad narrative understanding of events that makes such dialogue possible, their tacit enabling of collective ignorance means that they will be complicit in any future acts of dehumanization.
Arezou Rezvani is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles, California. Her work appears on NBC Los Angeles and American Public Media's Marketplace, where she explores themes related to business, religion, and foreign affairs. You can see more of her reporting at Spectrum.
I don't even know what to say about these finding. I see parents negotiating on the playground, but in the workplace for a 22-year-old college graduate? Oy.
From nprfreshair
Bring Your Parent To Work Day: So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews.
~reblogged by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
by Becca J.R. Lachman, guest contributor
Photo by Daniel Peckham/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0
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February 1. 65 degrees in SE Ohio. Our minds shift to "April" "earth," "skirts." We check lawns for daffodils-in-the-making, our laundry remembering how to flap. No one checks the 10-day forecast. We don't want to know.
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On my way to play piano for a ballet class, I spot a sunflower the size of my palm on the sidewalk ahead. Escaped from a bouquet? I think, excited, Or a sign that spring's settled in? I reach down to be its rescue—find out it's plastic. The rest of my day feels the same.
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A college town openly displays its secrets, especially when snow finally melts. Crushed green glass and leopard bikini briefs, abandoned; an open pizza box with a necklace inside; cigarette butts, the tail-ends of conversations never finished. This time of year, the ground can reflect us.
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For seven weeks, I gently build up to two questions, give my poetry students hard homework: What does it mean to be a writer in a time of war?, What would you ask a soldier if you could ask anything? Only half the class shows up to answer. I come home and pull covers up over my head, just another bulb.
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The full moon pulls out dreams like silk pajamas from open drawers. For weeks, my sleep's been filled with characters in plain dress, actors in bonnets or suspenders pretending to be something they're not. I am the one who calls them out, reveals their false identity. Exact accusations from these dreams: "Who's your bishop?," "What have you given up?," "What's your favorite cheese?" The question I get most often about my upbringing: "What makes you different from me?" Sometimes, it also feels like accusation.
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Last night, I was going to build a house on the edge of my grandpa's farm—but in the dream, I didn't recognize the land. I wake up frightened.
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The wind stirs up more questions, allergies, afternoons under the quilts. How long can a Mennonite last without community?, Have the squirrels eaten all the daffodil bulbs?, Could my students spend a whole day in silence? Could I?, Who will shake our lives gently, tell us, 'Shhhh—You've just been dreaming'?
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Even Thoreau kept secrets hidden by the louder things he said, had his mother do his laundry. The wind blows our socks from the clothesline and into the woods. The president gives a speech. We forget what we're funding. It's too warm to care. I may never know what my students have learned from me.
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Accepting the shape of one life takes practice. Remember asking for someone to help you trace the outline of your body on a sheet of torn-off paper? Did you recognize yourself as only border? I swear, just now, I smelled what the garden could be.
Becca J.R. Lachman is a poet, college writing instructor, and singer-songwriter living in Athens, Ohio. Her first book of poems, The Apple Speaks, investigates her Swiss Mennonite roots along with being an "AMK" (adult missionary kid), and is slated for release in April 2012.
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Dear Anonymous—
We most certainly do. We've received hundreds of poetry submissions in the past few months and have accepted a few of them. Publishing poetry is a subjective business when it comes to editorial discernment; and we're a bit fussy about the types of poetry that appears on this blog and how it relates to our mission of asking the big questions at the center of human life and how we can find deeper meaning in them.
All the best and looking forward to reading your work,
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—Steve Gleason, suffering from ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease, in response to Peter King's question, "How you thought to yourself, how long do I have to live?"
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by David McGuire, guest contributor
As we begin Black History Month, here's a letter from 1865 making the rounds. In it, Jourdan Anderson, a former slave, responds to his former master Colonel P.H. Anderson, who had written to invite him back to the plantation — this time, with pay.
"Mandy says she would be afraid to go back without some proof that you were disposed to treat us justly and kindly; and we have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you."
The calm and polite language is a brilliant juxtaposition to the raw anger and hurt we associate with such a shameful part of American history.
On Being's show this week focuses on these types of personal entry points to difficult history with Tiya Miles. This letter is another great example of how one far-from-famous person's words can open a whole world for us, nearly 150 years later:
Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865.
To my old Master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee.
Sir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again, promising to do better for me than anybody else can. I have often felt uneasy about you. I thought the Yankees would have hung you long before this, for harboring Rebs they found at your house. I suppose they never heard about your going to Colonel Martin's to kill the Union soldier that was left by his company in their stable. Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living. It would do me good to go back to the dear old home again, and see Miss Mary and Miss Martha and Allen, Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them all, and tell them I hope we will meet in the better world, if not in this. I would have gone back to see you all when I was working in the Nashville Hospital, but one of the neighbors told me that Henry intended to shoot me if he ever got a chance.
I want to know particularly what the good chance is you propose to give me. I am doing tolerably well here. I get twenty-five dollars a month, with victuals and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy,—the[266] folks call her Mrs. Anderson,—and the children—Milly, Jane, and Grundy—go to school and are learning well. The teacher says Grundy has a head for a preacher. They go to Sunday school, and Mandy and me attend church regularly. We are kindly treated. Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master. Now if you will write and say what wages you will give me, I will be better able to decide whether it would be to my advantage to move back again.
As to my freedom, which you say I can have, there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the Provost-Marshal-General of the Department of Nashville. Mandy says she would be afraid to go back without some proof that you were disposed to treat us justly and kindly; and we have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you. This will make us forget and forgive old scores, and rely on your justice and friendship in the future. I served you faithfully for thirty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Add to this the interest for the time our wages have been kept back, and deduct what you paid for our clothing, and three doctor's visits to me, and pulling a tooth for Mandy, and the balance will show what we are in justice entitled to. Please send the money by Adams's Express, in care of V. Winters, Esq.,[267] Dayton, Ohio. If you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past, we can have little faith in your promises in the future. We trust the good Maker has opened your eyes to the wrongs which you and your fathers have done to me and my fathers, in making us toil for you for generations without recompense. Here I draw my wages every Saturday night; but in Tennessee there was never any pay-day for the negroes any more than for the horses and cows. Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire.
In answering this letter, please state if there would be any safety for my Milly and Jane, who are now grown up, and both good-looking girls. You know how it was with poor Matilda and Catherine. I would rather stay here and starve—and die, if it come to that—than have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their young masters. You will also please state if there has been any schools opened for the colored children in your neighborhood. The great desire of my life now is to give my children an education, and have them form virtuous habits.
Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.
From your old servant,
Jourdon Anderson.
Wondering whether Anderson took up the colonel's offer? Check out Jason Kottke's research for the answer, as near as he can tell.
(via Letters of Note)
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Barrels of the Vann House basement.
While researching the Chief Vann House in Chatsworth, Georgia, we happened upon these vivid images of bourbon barrels in the basement of the historic Cherokee plantation home. A hearty thanks to photographer John A. Lees, who was kind enough to permit us to use his photos in a slideshow for our recent show "Toward Living Memory" with Tiya Miles.
The barrels read "Sour Mash Bourbon Whisky 1787" vintage even at the turn of the 18th century.
Amusements at the Vann House.
—Maya Deren (1917-1961) describing the Vodou spirit Erzulie.
The experimental filmmaker was the first person to win a Guggenheim Fellowship for film. She used her grant to travel to in Haiti during the 1940s, immersing herself in Vodou rituals. Her 1953 book Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti introduced many Western readers to the complexity and depth of Vodou for the first time.
Photo of Maya Deren by bswise (Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0)
-Nancy Rosenbaum, producer
by Muqtedar Khan, guest contributor
A Muslim man holds a protest sign on Pennsylvania Ave NW in front of the White House. (photo: M.V. Jantsen/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0)
Islam has become an important part of American discourse leading up to the 2012 federal elections and candidates everywhere appear eager to take a position on Islam for political gain. Across the country, rising Islamophobia has made it difficult for some Muslims to build mosques and practice their faith, although their right to do so is enshrined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
In the current race for the presidential nomination, some presidential candidates are invoking Islam and Muslims in a negative fashion in an attempt to bolster their popularity with populations they perceive to be suspicious of Muslims or Islam.Herman Cain promised not to appoint Muslims to his cabinet.
This is representative of recent trends. In 2010, some Republican Congressional candidates used the proposed Park 51 Muslim community centre, famously branded as the "ground-zero mosque", and fear of sharia, the principles from which Islamic law is derived, to rally voters to their cause. And elected Congressional leaders, such as Peter King (R-NY), have used their committee appointments to argue that American Muslims are deeply radicalized, a fact repeatedly debunked by several surveys and reports.
However, there are others within the Republican Party who eschew this rhetoric, such as presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, as well as others like Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, who appointed American Muslim Sohail Mohammed as a state judge despite much opposition.
—Jackie Robinson (January 31, 1919–October 24, 1972), from the epitaph engraved on his tombstone in Brooklyn, New York
The Hall of Fame baseball player is credited with being the first African American to play in the Major Leagues, debuting with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He not only excelled athletically and professionally in a segregated society but became a vocal advocate for civil rights reform in the United States.
~Susan Leem, associate producer
Photo of Jackie Robinson courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection (cc by-nc-nd 2.0)
by Susan Leem, associate producer
After listening to our On Being's Civil Conversations series, Michigander Carolyn Peterson wrote us expressing her hope for real-life opportunities to engage civilly with others differing in perspective:
"I would like someone to set up a website in which people could find political pen pals for civil, substantive conversations. For example, I am a liberal Christian Democrat who would like to 'talk' with a fundamentalist Christian Tea Party supporter. We would agree to stay engaged, to share sources, to treat each other with respect."
We're curious about this possibility as well. One of the objectives of The Civil Conversaions Project was "beginning new conversations in families and communities." Maybe it could it function like a Match.com site, which, instead of pairing you with a romantic partner, would pair you with your political opposite — though the two need not be mutually exclusive of course! Many of us could get behind Ms. Peterson's ground rules to "stay engaged, share sources, and treat each other with respect."
How might we going about doing this? Have you experienced a positive "substantive conversation" in this kind of intentional manner? How would you design such a regular encounter or opportunity in everyday life?
About the image: A self-portrait of a woman with two titanium rods secured in place with long screws and other hardware who is looking for some "old school style pen pals" that "want to talk about the world, art, music, share ideas, etc." and "connect with people" she "would normally never get a chance to meet." (photo: Katie Dureault/Flickr, cc by-nc-sa 2.0 )


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Published on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 3:11pm
On Jan. 18, the Petworth Children's department hosted the first session of Tween Creations!
We built roller coaster tracks for marbles using only colored paper and tape. Our participants cut out paper templates for the center tower, support shelves and narrow turns and then folded and taped the pieces together to make wonderful spiral roller coasters.
Be sure to check our calendar for more upcoming events for tweens!


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"The English translation for the title of this 1961 Czechoslovakian book, Monolecky, Muze s Plnovousem translates to Monolecky, Man With a Beard. It was written by Jiri R. Pick (1925-1983) and brilliantly designed by Milos Noll (1926-1998) who took great liberty with the display of the text."
I've always liked this pinup, I'm shallow, it's probably just because there's a parrot in it.
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OK, so I kind of liked this analogy, until I came across the following use of a similar analogy in The New York State Reporter, a book of New York State court decisions published in 1894.
At common law, if a person intended to steal an article take it with the the owner's consent, it is not larceny. … In such a case the completed act, accomplished as intended, not being a crime, none of the steps taken being ingredients of the offense, would constitute a crime, and the taker could not be convicted of an attempt to commit the crime of larceny.
If an assault should be made on a man dressed as a woman with the intent to ravish, the assailant believing the person assaulted to be a woman, he could not be convicted of an attempt to ravish, because in such a case the commission of the crime of rape would be an impossibility. So in the case at bar, it was a legal impossibility to commit the crime of extortion as against the woman Ames, because she inveigled the defendant to commit the act and was not in fear by him. [Emphasis added.]
In the case of The People v. Gardiner, Catherine Ames, who ran a "house of prostitution," was coerced by Charles W. Gardiner, who threatened to have her prosecuted, to pay him $150. The court ruled that it was a "legal impossibility" for Gardiner to extorted money from Ames, claiming that she was not in fear.
While not exactly the same as the "mugging" dialog above, the two cases have significant parallels. Both coerce someone to give the other person their money, main difference is the one uses the threat of a gun and the other uses the threat of criminal prosecution. While the hypothetical mugging is used as a rape analogy, in the real life case of The People v. Gardiner the court itself makes an analogy to rape.
Only in real life case, the attempted rape of a trans woman or male cross-dresser is actually deemed an "impossibility," and is not recognized by the court as a crime. Moreover, in a clear case of "victim-blaming," it is suggested that trans women and cross-dresser actually "inveigled" their assailants to attack them.
While this may be a case from the nineteenth century, this view of the "impossibility" of rape of trans women is still predominant in our society.
I never much liked this song until now. John Smith, from his new album Eavesdropping.
This happened at the Webby Awards last night. The winners are only allowed a 5 word acceptance speech.
SUBMISSION: Album artwork for Hellogoodbye's album Would It Kill You?
President Obama to Betty White: Where's your birth certificate?


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Lindsay Lohan recently appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show where she bared all about her slpit with Samantha Ronson.
When asked What's more difficult than enduring a painful breakup in the public eye? "When you don't know you're breaking up," says Lindsay Lohan. "Really weird."
Lohan, 22, claims that her breakup with Samantha Ronson, 31, earlier this month "came out of nowhere." "I had no idea what was going on. I just hadn't seen her in, like, a week. She, like, disappeared," Lohan says.
Lohan refrained from discussing what may have led to it after a "really tough night" but denied infidelity was the cause. "I don't believe in cheating on someone," says Lohan.
DeGeneres, who is no stranger to public break-ups herself, said that after her own public breakup with Anne Heche in 2000, "I kind of lost my career for a little while and I went away … and I literally hibernated and got myself back together."
"You know when people are together so much it gets really difficult and you forget who you are because you're more concerned about being with the other person," said Lohan. "I think it's been really good for me. I thought it would be so much harder and it hasn't been. My sister's been here with me."
And Lohan still holds hope that the split won't be permanent. "I really care about Samantha and we'll see what happens," she says. "Maybe when we're fully in the right place. And I love her."


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Sorry, that pic of Plush looks like the psychotic love child of Adrien Brody and Billy Idol!
[CENTER]I'm wondering if that expression on Evan Lysacek's face has something to do with his Kaballah bracelet. [/CENTER]
No matter how many times I watch Shen and Zhao, I'm always amazed with the height of ther twists and throws, she is just floating in the air!
The moon! at first I didn't understand it until I saw the pic! thank God I wasn't drinking my tea then, or I would be cleaning my computer now
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My friend Tony and I are starting a new genre of rap
Its called Self-Depreciation rap.
We've had enough of MC's who use every single song to talk about how great they are and tell you how much awesome stuff they have or how many girls they have sex with.
We're gonna flip this game on its ear and blast open a whole new market. We're takin the rap game to the next level.
The gutter.
Yo Yo
Lets bust it.
My names Sketchy T and I look bad naked and I can't make you cum so bitch you better fake it. I aint got no job, aint got no class and all the bitches I fuck are straight white trash.
I dropped out of school cause I couldn't make the grades gonna drop out of life cause I can't get laid. My tanks on E and I'm countin dimes, runnin out of gas, runnin out of time.
We aint got no money
Aint got no jobs
Cant afford nice clothes
So we dress like slobs
Dont have the style
Dont have no skills
Aint got no cash
Cant pay the bills.
My names JP and Im fat as fuck. Never been cool yeah Ive always sucked. Cant talk to girls I get too nervous so I just watch porn like a big ass pervert. All day long on the internet. Still a virgin I aint lost it yet. I talk to girls in chatrooms online but I cant close the deal they'll never be mine. So I'll just jack off all day long and smoke the resin from my uncles bong.
We aint got no money
Aint got no jobs
Cant afford nice clothes
So we dress like slobs
Dont have the style
Dont have no skills
Aint got no cash
Cant pay the bills.
Yeah we're white trash losers and we're cheap drug users. We're dirty ass hooisers and we're bottom shelf boozers. We can't afford to live in style and we're too damn dumb to live in denial. Shoulda read more books shoulda learned to cook, shoulda studied in school, shouldnt act like fools. But now its too late and we're broke as fuck and we'll never get paid cause these rhymes plain suck.
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