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Infographic: Memorial Day Driving By The Numbers
Following CAP's piece detailing exactly what it means to use gasoline to travel this Memorial Day weekend, here is an infographic that shows the cost of Big Oil. Gas prices are rising in the Midwest and spot crude oil prices for the West Texas Intermediate benchmark is nearly $5 per barrel higher than last year at this time.
The oil industry uses high prices to make big profits, spends them to keep their tax breaks, and then pushes for more dirty, unconventional oil like Canadian tar sands — which will not have any impact on gasoline prices.
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I predict that the Keystone XL pipeline will actually RAISE gas prices for people in the mid-west and Mountain states. Why? Because they are currently enjoying a glut of stranded oil from North Dakota and Alberta. When that oil can easily flow down to Texas & LA, it can easily be put on the world market and thus fetch higher prices. So a lot of red state people are asking for higher gas prices. Won't the be disappointed!
Just curious, why would Big Oil use $50 billion in lobbying expenditures to gain only $2.4 billion in tax breaks? Is that a typo??
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I'd like to see sources, as there are several estimates. OpenSecrets.org pegs Big Oil as spending a bit under $144 million on lobbying in 2012.
I was going to post similar to Henry's: that 50 billion looks very suspect…the whole *point* of lobbying is to spend pennies (millions) for a gain of dollars (billions) roughly speaking, or at least, lobbying spending is less than tax breaks and definitely less than their total profits…
Please fix and I second Joan – please put footnote references on all of these – not just for this post but always in the future too…thanks (btw on a positive note the 10% who do not use gas or diesel, what do they use?)
Between the poor captions, logical flaws and outright error on this poster, it should be ignored. The point of it is somewhat in obscurity, also.
Think Progress wants a more active role in news reporting. Let's see how it goes.
The point is that if oil companies were a bit less greedy, gasoline would cost less and everyone could afford to drive more fossil-fueled miles, and we can save the planet that way.
That's just the 'upfront' money. The 'black' money is huge, in all avenues of life, not just fossil fuels. Capitalism is built on graft, secret commissions, rewards and punishments, 'brown-paper bags' of cash, off-shore tax havens, transfer pricing, bribery and every type of fraud and confidence-trick known to the grifter.
Mordant wit.
It is sunny today. I'll generate at least 35 kWh of power from the rooftop array. That is way more than enough to power my car for all the driving I'll be doing.
Big oil is not making a lot of money from me, or my 100,000 friends. We are adding more everyday.
Same here, pretty much, except it isn't sunny. :( But in the month since we bought an EV, we've been getting about 80% of our total mileage on it. Roughly 20 gallons of gas saved vs. the hybrid we had previously.
"Lobbying" expenses typically also include advertising. Even so, $50 billion seems high, I agree.
I could be mistaken, but I don't think the Keystone XL pipeline has been built yet. If so, how can a pipeline that is, at best, under construction, and not pumping any oil, lower gas prices?
Memorial Day where some honor our troops, some just enjoy a day off, oil companies get a little more profit depending on each State. While Senator McCain is in Syria trying to make enough conflict to push the US into a War. As Obama honors our brave soldiers who are American, immigrant and illegal immigrants as all volunteer to served after 9/11 because they loved American and were willing to serve our Nation.
Slight correction:
The KXL will cause gas prices to RISE 8%-25% (due to redirecting refinery capacity from domestic gasoline production to diesel for export.)
Not to mention campaign financing in exchange for legislative favors that result in corporate tax cuts for big oil…
I like your graph. But one item is missing. Where's the info about the impact of oil futures trading on oil barrel and gasoline gallon prices? Just curious. We know from what happened in 2008 that oil futures trading is a major culprit in high oil barrel and gasoline prices. How? When the stock market crashed and all trading was disrupted for a short time (before the ballots), not only did the stock index plummet but also oil barrel and gasoline gallon prices plummeted from record highs (oil barrel: from $150 to about $30 a barrel. gallon gasoline: from over $4 to under $2 a gallon in the U.S.). Coincidence? Hardly. IOW, right now everyone who pumps gas is paying somewhere between $1 and $2 a gallon more than they would if 1990s restrictions on oil futures trading were currently in place. They aren't. No restrictions. And Dodd-Frank provisions have been stalled or negated deliberately by all the politicians in the back pockets of the oil futures speculators (like Koch Industries, Goldman Sachs, etc, plus a whole lot of overseas billionaires). And not a peep about consumers being shafted by these oil futures speculators, almost as if there is a conspiracy of silence. Great.
They're getting more then just tax brakes with that 50 million. There is faverable land easments, EPA overrules, Changes in environmental Laws, Inmate(sp) Domain issues….etc
Your statement is true, but the price of fuel has a major impact on the poorer citizens of this country. Just a couple of cents higher then it is now means some people have to decide if they pay rent or drive to work or purchase food.
Good point. So why doesn't Think Progress talk about retracting the corn ethanol mandate, which increases the price of gasoline by about 4 cents per gallon, in addition to increasing food costs?

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Identity crisis: John McCain considered joining the Democratic Party twice in the last six years.
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Recruiting on the mainland: Wealthy, high-achieving Mercer Island School District desperate for enrollment.
Decertified: Since 2007, 23 officers in Washington and Idaho have had their badges taken away.
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Bank of America (BAC): More than 40,000 December 10 calls were purchased for $0.14 and $0.15 as investors look for the bank to rally. BAC rose 3.95 percent to $9.48.
Southwest Airlines (LUV): Some 18,000 January 7.50 puts were bought for $0.10. A large block of shares also traded around the same time, indicating the use of a delta-neutral trade that profits from implied volatility increasing. LUV rose 1.09 percent to $9.03.
Charles Schwab (SCHW): Some 15,000 December 12 puts were bought for $0.15 but volume was below open interest at the strike. SCHW rose 0.47 percent to 12.84.
Intel (INTC): Some 10,000 December 19 puts were bought for $0.18 as investors brace for further downside in the chip maker. INTC rose 0.84 percent to $20.36.
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Exit Music (original 2007; edition 2010)
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Exit Music by Ian Rankin (2007)
No current Talk conversations about this book.
very slow to start, characters not very likeable
Compelling final book in the Rebus series.
Rebus is winding up his final days as a cop and determined to get his arch nemesis, Cafferty, before he retires.
As usual, he gets on the outs with authority.
Great ending.
So long Rebus, it was a wonderful journey. The last book doesn't disappoint in any way.
Like candy. In this novel Rebus retires. But Rankin has a new Edinburgh detective. And in an interview on NPR this morning with Rankin, I learned that Rebus might return. I'll try the young guy in the meantime I'm sure. (Audiobook of course so I can enjoy the accent in the read.)
The creators of popular fictional detectives have always been faced with a taxing dilemma. Do they allow their characters to age in (or at least close to) real time, or do they leave them in an eternal prime, letting neither age weary them nor the years condemn. Prime examples of the latter approach might be Chief Inspector Wexford, who has been solving crimes in Ruth Rendell's novesl for nigh on fifty years, or Commander Adam Dalgleish, the former poet who investigated numerous murders in the pages of the recently deceased P D James's books.
Colin Dexter veered towards the former approach with Chief Inspector Morse, and prior to his eventual death in 'The Remorseful Day' he went through a diabetes-led decline in health chronicled in 'Death is Now My Neighbour' and 'The Wench is Dead'. Morse did, however, leap fully formed from Dexter's brow, already exhibiting a querulous middle age and bearing the rank of Chief Inspector in his first outing in 'Service of All the Dead'.
Ian Rankin showed greater verisimilitude with his creation, the 'thrawn' Inspector John Rebus, and in the seventeen novels that featured Rebus up to 'Exit Music' he aged in real time, grappling to accommodate new technology and the comings and goings of his colleagues. Rebus has, however, gone through various changes. I seem to recall that in one of the earliest novels in the canon (was it 'Hide and Seek' or 'Tooth and Nail') he was a jazz aficionado and a bit of a wine snob. Thereafter Rebus's prickly personality became clearer in Rankin's mind and crystallised into the character that has become one of the most popular of British fictional detectives. The Rebus books are all well-crafted, blending the almost schizophrenic nature of Edinburgh itself (with an all too thin patina of grace and elegance covering a seamy subculture of crime, grime and sordidness never far below the surface) with tautly plotted stories and a policeman who seldom runs away from confronting his own demons, though that particular internal conflict is seldom resolved.
As 'Exit Music' opens, Rebus is nearing retirement, with only another ten days to go before he hands in his warrant card and leaves the force. True to form, and contrary to what might have been expected, he is not slowing down or easing himself out of the saddle gently. On the contrary, he is as agitated and haunted as ever, depressed because, despite his fiercest efforts over the last two decades, he knows that he has not succeeded in taking down local crime boss Maurice Gerald Cafferty who, as 'Big Ger' has run the city, holding the reins on organised crime all across the Scottish capital.
On a freezing night in December 2006 a young woman and a rich banker out with his wife simultaneously come across a still bleeding body on the pavement of a back street now far from the glamorous heart of the city, just outside a multi-storey carpark. The police are called and the corpse is taken away for forensic investigation, where he is identified as that of Alexander Todorov, a celebrated Russian poet, who has made a name for himself on the back of his dissident views, which he is seldom slow to share with anyone who would listen. Is it a coincidence that the city is currently playing host to a visit of Russian dignitaries and leading business investors, many of whom had been publicly vilified by Todorov. It is clear that a number of high-raking business and commercial transactions are at a delicate stage, and politicians and bigwigs are eaer to stifle any public speculation about the murder, and to ascribe it to a 'mugging gone wrong'.
It is clear that the investigation should be handled by someone well-versed in tact, diplomacy and sensitivity. As luck would have it, the case is assigned to Rebus, so it is only a matter of time before sensitivities are outraged, and the 'high heid yins' are baying for his removal.
This is Rankin and Rebus at their best. The plot is involved with the whole range of Rebus's behemoths running riot. He clashes with politicians from Holyrood and Westminster, local councillors and the Lord Provost, senior politicians and also the highest hierarchy of bankers - one of the principal organisations that comes under Rebus's scrutiny is 'First Albannach Bank' (FAB), which bears ore than a little similarity to the Royal Bank of Scotland before its hubristic fall into ignominy following the international economic crisis of 2008. In the meantime Rebus is still pursuing his personal quest against Big Ger.
Marvellously crafted, and authoritatively written, this proved a worthy swan song for Rebus from his career on the force.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316057584, Hardcover)It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong.
Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus's investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history.
Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?
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It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus's investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history. Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?… (more)
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Skip to comments.Hidden Message Found in Lincoln Pocket Watch (Abraham Lincoln)
Posted on 03/10/2009 3:15:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
For nearly 150 years, Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch has been rumored to carry a secret message, supposedly written by an Irish immigrant and watchmaker named Jonathan Dillon.
Dillon, working in a D.C. watch repair shop in 1861, told family members that he -- by incredible happenstance -- had been repairing Lincoln's watch when news came that Fort Sumter had been attacked in South Carolina. It was the opening salvo of what became the Civil War.
Dillon told his children (and, half a century later, a reporter for the New York Times) that he opened the watch's inner workings and scrawled his name, the date and a message for the ages: "The first gun is fired. Slavery is dead. Thank God we have a President who at least will try."
He then closed it up and sent it back to the White House. Lincoln never knew of the message. Dillon died in 1907.
The watch, meanwhile, was handed down and eventually given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958. It didn't run anymore. No one had pried open the inner workings in ages. The old watchmaker's tale was just that.
And then Douglas Stiles, Dillon's great-great grandson, alerted Smithsonian officials to the family legend last month. He was a real-estate attorney in Waukegan, Ill., he explained. He'd heard the legend around the dinner table as a kid, but had just discovered a New York Times article from 1906, quoting Dillon as telling the story himself.
Truth? Lore?
This morning, in a small conference room on the first floor of Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, officials decided to find out.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
ping-Thanks for posting.
Quite a story. It also says a lot about how people remember things.
"dear 0bama:stop using my name in vain"
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That was really interesting. Thanks.
General Tojo was hanged by US authorities, but before that his USN dentist drilled into his dentures in Morse Code, "Remember Pearl Harbor".
He got hanged with that in his MOUTH..!
True story..!!
If the latter day defenders of Confederate secession are to be believed, the watchmaker should have inscribed a message about tariffs instead. But the overriding issue sparking the conflict was the fate of slavery and even an immigrant watchmaker knew it.
"Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861. Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels on the above date. Thank God we have a government."
You didn't read the article did you?
Thanks for the interesting post! I'm going to print the article for my husband who always puts secret messages/photos in our walls, etc whenever we remodel (he thinks someone will be interested someday when they tear down our house!)
My husband was a carpenter/remodeller who loved to find old newspapers and other messages in walls.
What do you think a watchmaker would engrave inside Barry's Jorg Gray 6500 Series Chronograph?
Even more remarkably, it was further determined that the stopped watch had been right exactly 100 more times than Obama has been right in the 50 days he has held the office of President. The stopped watch is right twice per day.
I helped a friend strip wallpaper from a house that dated from the early 1920s.
One wall had "not sized" written on it in large cursive letters.
I commented that we were looking at something written by someone who had passed away...
You didn't read the article, did you?
One would have thought the Smithsonian would have opened it to clean it upon arrival in 1958.
I didn't read the whole thread before I posted either; hate when that happens.
"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world."
Isn't it interesting to have a little tie to the folks of the past?
I have always tucked away something of ours and about us in the places we have lived.
I would love to see what has fallen in the cracks in our current home throughout the years. We live in a mid 19th century farmhouse, the upstairs flooring is from an older structure and has some cracks and gaps. There is a hollow space between the floor and the downstairs ceiling. I would love to know what is in there.
When we remodelled our house, we ripped out a built-in desk. In the back of the drawer a child had written "I hate homework". I met the woman who is now in her 50's.
None of that has anything to do with the thread, you didn't read the article and made a stupid sounding post.
"story, and your partially correct"
I remember hearing a similar story, except that the child was named ODumbo and in the back of the drawer he had written, "I hate America". I hear that the guy is now President or something...
Again I admit I did not read the whole article the first time. I merely engaged in preemptive thread hijacking. Sort of like the Austrian Empire's decision to invade Serbia in 1914.
We live in a 40 yr. old house on 10 acres. Until we had the various holes and cracks patched up, there were mice everywhere. Most likely you would find a graveyard of tiny skeletons.
sometimes myths turn out to be more truth than fiction
Feeling silly yet?
I call BS. Lincoln may have had many things in mind at the beginning of the war, but even he stated that ending slavery was not one of them.
Better for me to be the first injector of silliness here prior to a decent into denunciations of "Dishonest Abe" and "Tyrant Lincoln".
Time to show your Birth Certificate??
Almost Yes BUT ... here is a link to an active article about it and the Dentist, Dr. Jack Mallory. General Tojo, IJA, was imprisoned until he was hung on December 22, 1948.
The pertinent facts are quoted below ...
The military procedure for dental appliances was to engrave the name, rank, and serial number of the individual on the dentures themselves, Mallory explains. His colleagues pressured him instead to put the phrase Remember Pearl Harbor on the dentures.
After thinking it over, Mallory decided to go through with the prank, but to do it in a way that was less obvious and thereby saferby using Morse code to write the message. He carefully drilled the dots and dashes into the dentures, engraving them with an unforgettable slogan forever ingrained in the American peoples minds. Only his roommate, Foster, knew what he had done, however.
However the outcome was that when the story got out locally, upper command had Dr.Mallory grind the message off of the dentures. I do find it interesting that one of the most notorious and defamed leaders of Imperial Japan got dentures from the US Government for the last 6 months of his life. Thanks for bringing this piece of history to my attention.
In 1861, Lincoln only sought to preserve the Union and the secession was driven by a desire to protect and promote slavery. The evidence is clear on both counts.
Yes, I've come to understand that you are a firm believer in pre-emptive silliness, over time. Particularly where the War Between The States is concerned.
Carry on.
You beat me - I found the same story and got too deep in reading it! /smile
I hope his wish comes true someday and someone finds his messages. That would be fun for everyone.
Whenever I hear about this sort of thing, I'm always reminded of the Warner Bros. cartoon titled One Froggy Evening. A construction working finds a frog (Michigan J Frog, for trivia buffs), which sings show tunes... but only when the man around to hear and for no one else. It soon drives him to ruin.
One Froggy Evening(^) at YouTube.
That's an awesome picture of Lincoln.
But the hidden message didn't mention slavery.
In fact, what he did write hardly seems worth the trouble.
Reminded me of this Gif I had in my collection
Pretty cool story,
If it were my boyhood home, you'd find (really) old Playboys, an Aurora slot car that pissed me off, and perhaps a fossilized doobie or two...
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|Saint Simplicius is represented with a pennant, on the shield of which are three lilies, called the crest of Simplicius; the lilies are a symbol of purity of heart. Saint Beatrix has a cord in her hand, because she was strangled.
Saints Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix (or Beatrice, Viatrix) were a group of Christian Martyrs who died in Rome during the Diocletian persecution (302 or 303).
The legend about them is that the brothers Simplicius and Faustinus were cruelly tortured on account of their Christian faith, beaten with clubs, and finally beheaded; their bodies were thrown into the Tiber (according to another version a stone was tied to them and they were drowned). Their sister Beatrix had the bodies drawn out of the water and buried.
Then for seven months she lived with a pious woman named Lucina and together they secretly helped persecuted Christians. Finally she was discovered and arrested. Her accuser was her neighbor Lucretius who desired to obtain possession of her lands. She asserted before the judge that she would never sacrifice to demons, because she was a Christian. As punishment, she was strangled in prison. Her friend Lucina buried her with her brothers in the cemetery ad Ursum Pileatum on the Via Portuensis.
Divine punishment soon overtook the accuser Lucretius, who at a feast was mocking the folly of the martyrs. A small child cried out, "Thou hast committed murder and hast taken unjust possession of land. Thou art a slave of the devil", who at once took possession of him and tortured him three hours and drew him down into the bottomless pit. The terror of those present was so great that they became Christians.
Of these martyrs, apart from their names, nothing is known except that they were buried on a July 29 in the Cemetery of Generosa on the Via Portuensis. Their feast day is thus July 29.[1] Because of the extremely limited knowledge about them, they are no longer included in the General Roman Calendar,[2] but, since they are included in the Roman Martyrology, they continue to be officially venerated worldwide and may be included in local liturgical calendars. From the time of the Tridentine Calendar until 1969, the General Roman Calendar included a commemoration of them within the liturgy of Saint Martha on July 29.
Pope Leo II (682-683) translated their relics to a church which he had built in Rome in honor of Saint Paul. Later the greater part of the relics of the martyrs were taken to the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Saint Simplicius is represented in art with a pennant, on the shield of which are three lilies, called the crest of Simplicius; the lilies are a symbol of purity of heart. Saint Beatrix is portrayed with a cord in her hand, because she was strangled. Their feast day is July 29.
- ^ "Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
- ^ "Calendarium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 132
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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Well I made this MOC a while ago. It's my first all technic set.
Overall View
This front part has the most system in it. The wheels were those from heavy hauler, but I had these laying around at the time, so I stuck with them.
This is the mid-section. it comprises of the cockpit. The steering wheel unfortuanatly doesn't turn, but that's okay. The cockpit is rounded thanks to the two curved bricks.
Next is the engine. The engine can't be removed, as it was built on the dragster. It comprises of gears, pipes, and more. also here is the gear box. more on that later.
Back View. The silver part on top adjusts the spoiler.
Now, we have the bottom view. See the gear box? When the back wheels turn, it turns the drive shaft that goes all the way up the middle of the dragster. it works very well.
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Students at the Callahan Elementary were recently treated to the delights of "Johnny the K". Through song, jokes and change of hats, 'Johnny the K' spoke of ways to treat others that support Callahan's new initiative of PBIS: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Students cheered and clapped as they learned songs that incorporated the Callahan Core Values: Safety, Ownership, Attitude and Respect.
Excitement abounds as the students continue to learn and practice these songs during music.
Thank you to everyone who came to support our school at the holiday show! Congratulations to all of the students who had perfect attendance last trimester!
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Boys and Girls, As we begin a New Year I want to remind you to:
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About Dr. Fay
Dr. Brian T. Fay holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Management, a Masters of Special Education, and a Doctorate of Education in Management of Educational Programs.
Dr. Fay began his career in education as a fourth grade teacher at the Connery Elementary School in 1994. In addition, Dr. Fay has held the positions of an English Language Teacher and the Elementary Science and Technology Coordinator. Prior to becoming the Cobbet Elementary School Principal in 2008, Dr. Fay served for four years as the principal of the John E. Burke Elementary School in Peabody, MA. Dr. Fay is an adjunct professor at American International College.
He has served as a contributor on the Massachusetts Education of Elementary and Secondary Education committees for the MCAS Science and Technology/Engineering Standard-Setting Committee and the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Frameworks.
Dr. Fay has been an active member of the Lynn community serving as a youth basketball coach, mentor, member of the Classical Alumni Association, and the Friends of Lynn Woods.
Dr. Fay is a graduate of the Lynn Public Schools and a lifelong resident of Lynn. Along with his wife Kristin, he has three sons, Derek a graduate of Bridgewater State University, and sons Jared, and Jake both attend Fordham University.
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I'd like to once again thank the PTO for sponsoring our annual Monster Ball. What a wonderful success. With this event in the past and Halloween fast approaching I believe it's best for our school not to host individual classroom costume parties. Most of our students celebrate this holiday in many ways and I don't believe we can afford losing any valuable academic time to do much more. That said, we are encouraging students to leave costumes at home to be enjoyed for Trick or Treating or other special eventsin the neighborhood.
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Atlanta: Operation Rescue
By Leilani Corpus
Published November 1, 1988
ATLANTA GA (FR) – Atlanta became the center of the nation's media attention in early October as television viewers watched pro-life rescuers being kicked, punched, hit and dragged to arrest for protesting abortion at the city's major abortion clinics in early October. During the turbulent week, city officials were shocked at the brutal police treatment of the hundreds of pro-life activists that poured into Atlanta between Oct. 2nd and 8th as part of an effort called Operation Rescue (OR).
An extreme example of police brutality was the case of one of the "rescuers," Pastor Doyle Clark, who almost died while imprisoned. He was brutally treated, and hospitalized for a short term. Clark passed out when a policeman, who was doing a classic "civil rights" compliance hold, jabbed his thumbs into his ears instead of the pressure points on his neck.
A United Brethern pastor, Clark had traveled from Indiana to take part in the rescue mission. He was one of the activisits who were thrown into a bus while protesting three major clinics: Hillcrest, Feminist Women's Health Center, and The Atlanta Surgi-Center.
Observers have compared the rescue effort to that of the late author Corrie Ten Boom who was renowned for her effort to rescue the Jews during the holocaust of World War II. "Corrie Ten Boom went beyond the law of the day when she rescued the Jews and we are here to rescue the unborn." said a participant. Rescue participants base their involvement on a scripture: "Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death" (Proverbs 24:11).
To discourage the massive protests, police donned riot gear, carried billy clubs, and erected a steel barricade to prevent demonstrators from the entrances of the clinics. Police were instructed by Maj. K.E. Burnette in heavy-handed tactics such as twisting arms and the use of pressure points. Several police officers, though, strayed beyond the official boundaries of "compliance holds," and were kicking, punching, and hitting rescuers with their billy clubs. One priest had his clerical clothes torn off and his collar stuffed in his mouth.
Despite the brutality, some policemen were visibly moved and were reluctant to force the crawling rescuers to stand up. One policeman cried, and asked another for assurance that a pregnant woman they were dragging away from the clinic would not be harmed.
The city of Atlanta did not respond favorably to the brutality, however; Maj. Burnette was given a stinging indictment from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The day before the first rescue, Burnette had informed reporters that he intended to inflict severe pain because the rescuers had a "warped theology." When asked to define "warped theology," he refused to comment. However, Burnette explained, "I will use any physical incentive necessary that will bring these people to their knees. They will not tell me what to do."
Later that week, Burnette changed his tactics due to phone calls and a formal complaint from the ACLU filed with Mayor Andrew Young's office. Rescuers, reporters, and observers contend that police officers were extremely brutal in their treatment.
OR Spokesman Juli Loesch said she didn't know anything about the ACLU complaint. "They haven't contacted us about their activities." She added that she saw Atlanta-area ACLU Director Gene Guerrero escorting women into a clinic. "If they assisted us legally, it would definitely be a conflict of interests," she stated.
Randall Terry, International Director of OR, called for the removal of Maj. Burnette after the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial. Terry was arrested on Monday, October 3rd, on charges of conspiracy, and had a $75,000 bail posted. Ironically, Terry's cellmate, a cocaine dealer with charges of deadly assault, had a bail posted at $54,000. An Atlanta couple paid the bond on Terry's bail.
Terry had been arrested outside a Catholic church by two plainsclothes policemen while training rescuers on the evening before the event began. At the onset of the training session, a priest told the audience that if anyone had any intention of arresting Terry, he should take care of it outside since they were meeting in a "house of God." Terry was then escorted outside by the two officers.
Rescuers were trained to take the "most non-aggressive posture you can take while attempting to occupy the door," said Loesch. "They were trained and instructed to walk and not run. There was no shouting, chanting, or picket signs." When they were within 15 feet of the policemen, they were instructed to stay on their knees and crawl. "They were as aggressive as a throw rug," she said. "This was to display the humility that Christ had before His accusers."
Besides protesting at the three abortion facilities, the rescuers also went to MidTown Hospital. "As a policy we don't protest at hospitals," said Loesch. "But MidTown's services are solely geared towards giving third trimester abortions."
Arrested and charged with failure to disburse, unlawful assembly, and failure to give their names, (some had given their names, however,) bail was set at $2,000 for most rescuers. When the bond had been paid, and the paperwork had been processed, Loesch said, jail authorities continued to delay their release.
The rescuers weren't the only ones harassed by police. Several major news stations said they were also threatened with arrest if their cameramen filmed rescuers being arrested. Al J. Briganti of CBS News said he and his crew were told by police, "You can shoot in this direction (toward the clinic) and we won't arrest you. Shoot in the other direction (where rescuers would be arrested) and we will arrest you." While following OR leader Randall Terry, Briganti said they were stopped by police and the news van's license number was taken. "It was clear we were the only people stopped," said Briganti. "The only people they were interested in stopping were the television cameramen."
Former 1960's civil rights demonstrators who are now city and state officials agree that the police action was unnecessary. A black City Councilman, Hosea Williams, who marched with the late Martin Luther King, Jr. in the civil rights movement, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "I think what is happening in Atlanta right now is just terribly anti-American. It hurts me so bad that we who were the leaders of the movement in the 50's, 60's and 70's, are now the political leaders, and we are doing the same things to demonstrators that George Wallace and Bull Connor and those did to us."
Williams also blasted the department and the city for their unwillingness to tolerate peaceful dissent. "When I saw the police twisting arms and bending fingers and using pressure points, well that's the way Adolf Hitler got started," he said. "I was very hurt and surprised at the way the anti-abortion demonstrators were mistreated."
The police department is currently being investigated by a city council committee in response to complaints filed by the demonstrators – particularly the case of one rescuer who was kicked by an officer. Councilman Dozier Smith said, "I think it was a sad day for the city of Atlanta when a police major is (seen) on television kicking a person."
Although abortion clinic staff attempted to continue operating with volunteer escorts leading clients through the crowds, sources say the clinics were actually closed the entire week and experienced a dramatic decline in business. By the same token, several local pro-life pregnancy centers said that they experienced a significant increase in their case loads – from 50 percent to 100 percent.
The Atlanta police brouhaha may escalate into a federal "civil rights" lawsuit filed by Operation Rescue as more stories such as the case of Father Norman Weslin, who was put in solitary confinement for saying mass, are revealed. As the indignation of state and city officials, and media spokesmen are aroused, the rescuer's cause – abortion – may become the most pivotal issue of the presidential election and the next decade.
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Party of Five gets all Zen
Welcome to another edition of Page 2's Party of Five, where five writers tackle five questions that the world needs answered right now.
(Or later, depending on how much time you have to kill.)
Today, we cover Phil Jackson's last-last-last-last goodbye, Ohio State's no-cash for non-clunkers program, Rashard Mendenhall's upcoming appointment to the Council on Foreign Relations, the Apple of sports, the appropriateness of shirtless running and the bodice-ripping inappropriateness of Navy SEALs and the romance writers who love them:
1. What will you remember most about Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who reportedly will retire?
Patrick Hruby: That if you work in sports and show any sort of interest in books, people will instantly assume you're some kind of inscrutably wise real-life Jedi master. As will referees. Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Jim Caple: I wonder how the class-action suit charging him with false advertising -- for the title of his 2004 book, "The Last Season" -- turned out.
Hruby: I think you're confusing that with the class-action suit over "Three Cups of Tea."
Caple: Which sounds like a book Phil Jackson would write!
Thomas Neumann: I'll remember how he carefully cultivated the Ted Kaczynski look in Chicago, then seamlessly adopted the appearance of Colonel Sanders in Los Angeles.
Mike Philbrick: I'll remember that it takes a big man to stick with a soul patch, but it takes a bigger man to mess around with the boss's daughter and to build your entire career off someone else's idea.
DJ Gallo: Ha! The old "What will you remember most about retiring Lakers coach Phil Jackson?" question. Sorry, but I'm not falling for that one again.
Hruby: Speaking of falling, who showed more fight: Shane Mosley or the Lakers? I say the latter. They tried to hurt the other guy at least twice.
Gallo: I agree. The Lakers. If only the two had been switched, we would have had a better sports weekend. The Lakers could have traded punches with Pacquiao, while Mosley running for 12 rounds suggests he might have been able to keep up with Jason Terry on defense.
Philbrick: Who has the more promising side career: Andrew Bynum, as an MMA dabbler, or Manny Pacquiao as a karaoke cover god?
Hruby: Pacquiao. He's way better than William Hung. Also, there's no way to tell from the video if Bynum has a ground game.
2. Apple reportedly has overtaken Google to become the world's most valuable brand, with an estimated value of $153 billion. What are the most and least valuable brands in sports?
Neumann: Most valuable: Manchester United? Dallas Cowboys? New York Yankees? Formula One? No. Tim Tebow. Least valuable: the Original Whizzinator. With the abrupt retirement of Manny Ramirez last month, there are no longer any active athletes using this product.
Hruby: We can put a web browser, "Angry Birds" and an HD video camera in a cell phone but we can't come up with better drug-evading technology than the Whizzinator? I've said this before and I'll say it again: No wonder America isn't winning the future.
Caple: Most valuable? Whoever owns the copyright, Pat Riley-like, on the phrase "BLANK sucks!" Least valuable? The guy who holds the license to make Milton Bradley replica jerseys.
Hruby: Jim, it's a good thing no one owns the copyright to "Milton Bradley sucks!" Half your paycheck would be eaten up.
Caple: Only half?
Philbrick: Most valuable: Elin Nordegren's checking account. Least valuable: Antoine Walker's checking account.
Hruby: Most valuable? Coach K, which probably saves America -- and this is just an estimate -- at least $1 billion annually in office man-hours that otherwise would be spent wrangling with spellcheckers. Least valuable? "Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball."
Gallo: Most valuable: Yankees. Least valuable: Elton.
3. Ohio State reportedly is investigating at least 50 used-car purchases made by Buckeyes football players and their relatives at two Columbus-area dealerships, including a Chrysler 300 with a purchase price of $0. Thoughts?
Hruby: A purchase price of zero? I think maybe the auto bailout worked too well.
Neumann: Woody Hayes must be spinning like a turbine. Not because of alleged improprieties -- because Ohio State might be hooking up its players with vehicles manufactured in the state of Michigan.
Gallo: Used cars? USED? How adorable. Now we know why this program struggles to beat the SEC.
Caple: I just hope they got Tru-Coat sealant on them. You don't get it and you'll get oxidation problems. (There really is no occasion where a line from a Coen brothers movie is not appropriate).
Philbrick: Careful that could lead to Kevlar vests and getting your Goose on.
4. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall claimed he was misunderstood after reacting to the death of Osama bin Laden by tweeting:
(A) "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side."
(B) "We'll never know what really happened [with 9/11]. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style."
What was Mendenhall actually trying to say?
Gallo: "Sometimes my thoughts don't come out right when I'm not wearing my tinfoil football helmet."
Caple: "And how do we know he's really dead? Where's his long-form death certificate?"
Philbrick: "Help! My Twitter account was hacked by the dumbest person in America! Crap that's still me."
Neumann: "I majored in sport management at Illinois and once willingly appeared on 'The Best Damn Sports Show Period.' You really shouldn't be looking to me for political insight in the first place."
Hruby: "When I wrote that it's amazing that people can hate a man they have never even heard speak, I was referring to Steely McBeam."
5. A Boston-area high school track coach was fired for allowing male members of his team to run shirtless in practice. Fair or foul?
Neumann: Fair. This might seem innocent enough, but it's a slippery slope. Nobody wants to admit it, but shirtless sprinting is the gateway drug to naked distance running. Yep, it's all fun and games until someone gets Tased while running the Flying Pig Marathon in the buff.
Gallo: Wait is this the same Boston area that produced these guys? The old days were much more funky.
Hruby: DJ, that picture needs more Vince Young.
Philbrick: And more former New York Mets executives.
Caple: Most foul. Though at least he was able to get a job as the coach of the Hooters' cross country team.
Hruby: Hooters has a cross country team?
Caple: That was a joke.
Hruby: Pity.
Philbrick: Fair. Most kids in New England want to be Tom Brady, and no one wants to see this on a nice spring day.
Hruby: Foul. The only person who should be fired for allowing shirtless sprinting is whoever signed off on former Alabama tackle Andre Davis' 2009 pro day.
Extra credit: According to The Washington Post, there is a thriving market for Navy SEAL-themed romantic fiction, with prose such as "it wasn't right for any man to be so dangerous and so sexy at the same time. Her adrenal glands and her ovaries were locked in a shouting match, the former insisting she needed to run away fast, the latter wishing he'd kiss her again."
With the above as inspiration, use any current sports event and give us your best -- worst? -- literary howler:
Hruby: "It wasn't right for any system to be so worthless and so lucrative at the same time. His sense of basic fairness and his wallet were locked in a shouting match, the former insisting he file an anti-trust lawsuit against the BCS, the former wishing John Junker would invite him to a strip club business meeting again."
Gallo: "It wasn't right for any man to be so dangerous and so sexy at the same time. Her adrenal glands and her ovaries were locked in a shouting match, the former insisting she needed to run away fast, the latter wishing he'd kiss her again. In the end, her ovaries won out and she went with Antonio Cromartie."
Neumann: "It wasn't right for any man to be so opportunistic and so unfulfilled at the same time. His 5-15 record as head coach of the Raiders and his bachelor's degree in leisure service management from Fresno State were in a shouting match, the former insisting that he vindicate himself from stinging accusations once leveled at him via overhead projector, the latter wishing he had chosen a less stressful career path -- perhaps as a bellhop at the luxurious Raisin Kingdom Inn and Suites in Visalia."
Philbrick: "It wasn't right for any man to be so valued and so overrated at the same time. His pride and his wallet were locked in a shouting match, the former insisting that he get paid A-Rod money, the latter, well, hoping for the same thing because of the house he just built in Tampa. Anyway, now the Yankees are stuck with Derek Jeter until he's 40-something."
Caple: Hold on. Are we mixing up SEAL-themed romantic fiction with Rick Pitino's next book?


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I think DH and I are going to wait as long as we can to tell everyone. Our ds is two and we told everyone at 8 weeks with him. We miscarried a year ago and we told everyone right when we found out we were pregnant... then we had to tell them that we miscarried.
It's really hard not saying anything! I just want to tell the whole world! LOL!!!


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you version of luka is super beautiful
Impressive! Nicely proportioned.
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STAFF WRITER | January 09,2013Three years after paying more than $20 million to close almost 30 priest misconduct lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic Church settled a dozen new cases Wednesday just minutes before the first was set for trial.
The state's largest religious denomination had hoped to rid itself of nearly a decade of lurid headlines and legal headaches in 2010 when it sold its historic 32-acre Burlington headquarters and 26-acre Colchester Camp Holy Cross to make good with all its then-known accusers. But that settlement didn't preclude other former altar boys and young male churchgoers alleging sexual abuse from filing later lawsuits.
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In what could be the most powerful organized labor union ever established, the League of Heroes formed in the mid-1940s to protect the rights of costumed crusaders. It was a golden age of solidarity.. until it all fell apart.
âThe League,â a short film directed Kyle Higgins and co-written by Alec Siegel, explores the rise and fall of the heroes' union through the eyes of a dark figure operating outside the system. CBR News spoke with Higgins about the film, grown-up sidekicks, and the true value of education.
âThe Leagueâ begins in 1946, with Chicago-based heroes campaigning for an organized labor union. Together, the Grey Raven, sidekick Sparrow, and the Blue Blaze make up the League of Heroes. Twenty years later, the League is ready to go national--but much has changed between the founding members, and the Sparrow has struck off on his own, a near-fatal battle having left him a much grimmer hero.
âI was fortunate in the sense that the story, the time period, the characters, the location all kind of ended up meshing together,â Kyle Higgins told CBR. âAlec [Siegel] and I worked really hard to make them all mesh. Obviously, labor unions are a very strong part of Chicago's history, so naturally it made sense to set the super hero labor union in Chicago--and we're from Chicago, so that made sense to us. But what really made things start to click into place was making it a period film. The idea first came to me to do a period version of super heroes, the 1960s version, because you have more of the noir element to get away with. And also it's a play on the Silver Age comic book characters of that period, by putting it in the '60s.â
Higgins, who created âThe Leagueâ as a final project for his film degree at Chapman University, noted that some story elements emerged from practical concerns. âTo be perfectly honest, the reason I first thought of that was the costume design. I knew I wasn't going to have $20,000 per costume like the Spider-Man films did, so something like Spandex is just going to look incredibly ridiculous on screen,â he said. âI'd been reading Darwyn Cooke's 'New Frontier' and some other works, and noticed that any time there are throwback costumes, they look more 'of the period'--they look like actual clothing. From there, it all made sense: labor unions, Chicago, Silver Age comic book characters. Starting it in the '40s, it's kind of a play on the Golden Age. One of my friends brought this up when I was making the film, he said it starts as a Golden Age DC story and turns into a Silver Age Marvel story.â
|Scene from "The League"
In its earliest incarnations, Higgins had been considering making âThe Leagueâ into a comedy, possibly as a comic book. âWhen I got to think about doing it a thesis film for Chapman, I thought, why not do this and combine everything I've ever liked about superheroes and that genre as well as film into this one piece,â he said. âOriginally, Blaze, the Green Lantern-type guy, was supposed to be the main character, but Nightwing has always been my favorite character, so why don't I do something along those lines?â
This affinity for Nightwing, the original sidekick coming-of-age character, comes from a tendency to relate to the character, Higgins said. âI think it has a lot to do with where I'm at in my own life. It all comes down to, great characters have relatable traits for readers and viewers. The thing about Nightwing, or Winter Soldier, or even Scarlet Spider (hey, I grew up in the '90s, alright?), is that the underlying metaphor is 100% relatable for anyone, the idea of growing up and getting out from under someone else's shadow, and making your own life. Where I'm at in my life is just finishing college, finding my path, what I'm going to do career-wiseâknock on wood it's something in film, but that's not guaranteed by any meansâand it's finding your own identity. So when I really got into comics and I was reading 'Nightwing' back in the [Chuck] Dixon/ [Scott] McDaniel era, that really spoke to me on a subconscious level. Just the whole nature of the former sidekick, there's a great dynamic there, the whole unspoken father/son relationship between Batman and Robin, Captain America and Bucky, etc.â
Though some of the Leaguers may roughly correspond to established comic book characters, Higgins created his own versions of popular heroes to avoid the pitfalls of other recent short superhero films. âA couple years ago, there was 'Batman: Dead End' and 'Grayson,' fan films which were really cool,â he said. âBut the only thing about those is that you can't do anything with them once they're done because you don't own any of the characters.â
|Scene from "The League"
The director indicated that there are more stories to be told in this universe, though whether these eventually appear as comics, short films, or a feature length production has not been decided at this point.
Creating a twenty-seven minute film can be not only very challenging, but also incredibly expensive, especially with production value as high as it appears in âThe League.â Higgins said that he was able to obtain some funding from family members and other investors, but that having access to Chapman University's facilities and other resources was essential to creating this project. âI was going into my final year at Chapman, and I set this project up as what they call the Senior Project Workshop, which is the highest film project at the university at the undergraduate level,â the director explained. âThat allowed us access to everything from editing facilities to digital intermediate workflowâwe shot on Super 16mm film and then at Chapman they had a 4K Spirit Scanner. We went through what's called a digital intermediate so all of our film was scanned into the computer and then we edited from that and then we did a conform and color on the film all at the university.
âThe thing about the project is, there's no way we would have been able to make it if it wasn't a student production for the amount of money we made it for. I think it came in between $35-40,000, all in. At the student level, that's a lot of money, but at the same time, we were working with three Super 16 Panavision cameras all running at the same time on multiple days, through a grant at Panavision. We got a lot of our film donated from Kodak. A lot of the costs were cut down there.â
Aside from the benefits simply being a student afforded him, Higgins described the film program at Chapman as âfantastic.â âThe facilities are second-to-none, really. The sound stage we were working on, we built the sets ourselves there, and we did the entire post-production workflow there. I did all the sound myself, the full 5:1 mix, at the school. There's no way we would have access to a lot of these facilities and equipment without Chapman.â
|Scene from "The League"
While enrolled at Chapman, Higgins had another experience that immersed him in the world of superhero filmmaking, serving as an intern for Richard and Lauren Donner's production company. âIt was a really, really cool time because 'X-Men 3' [produced by Lauren Donner] had been released a couple months earlier, and then Dick was finishing up his version of 'Superman II' and starting up with 'Action Comics' with Geoff Johns.â
Higgins also credited the Donners and their assistants with helping him formulate his ideas for âThe League.â
Around this time, Higgins became acquainted with âSuperman: The Movieâ writer Tom Mankiewicz, who also taught at Chapman. Though still an undergraduate, Higgins became one of Mankiewicz's teaching assistants. âTom is an incredible person and I feel very lucky to call him my friend,â Higgins said. âHe was so supportive of both me and the project. When we were doing pre-production on it, I was with Alec working on the script and Tom would get on the phone with us for two or three hours just talking through different ideas and exploring the universe. When we went to actually shoot the film, we had, as you can imagine, a lot of difficulties to overcome--on the creative side, on the technical side, as well as some people [at the university] like the project, some people don't like the project. You have to swing through that murky water, and Tom was wonderful at giving me a sounding board throughout it all.
âAnd he's been there. Not only is he a fantastic writer but he's a director, as well. So there are all sorts of different insights that he has, that I just don't have the experience yet. It's great to have someone who's been there and done it all to rely on.â
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DO NOT ORDER if you want the one that's pictured. I bought the sheets set (which did come with the pillow case) and the curtains from the local Wal Mart and they didn't have the comforter. So I ordered the comforter online and when I picked it up, it was more of a Dark Knight Batman on the comforter rather than the that one matches the curtains and sheet set. (The one that's pictured). Very Disappointed!!!!!!
I ordered this, and picked up in store. I checked the picture on the package, and it matched the website. Inside is a different Batman image with different colors, the one in the package is more Dark Knight. Not exactly what I ordered. It will do, but disappointing to have picked out yellow paint and receive a comforter with orange. I also bought the sheets that were supposed to match, and now they don't. I specifically ordered from Wal-mart because the one shown was unique; instead I got one just like every other site. Fortunately or unfortunately, my son loves it, so it stays, but I will be wary about ordering another ship-to-store item again. The overall quality is fine, it is made for kids and not meant to last forever, hopefully it will last a few years until the next phase. Just wanted to warn everyone that what you see may not be what you get.
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I ordered this product online in combination with the matching Nocturus twin set. I was very disappointed when I went to make my 5 year old's bed and found that I was sent the wrong design. Like many others who have reviewed, I also received the Dark Knight comforter. Thankfully I was able to exchange it for the matching one at a local Walmart store. Be prepared to make an in-store exchange if you purchase this item.
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There seem to be many ways to define 'field' – mostly, though, it seems just being 'outside' and observing. So what is it that you want to document? What's your field of interest? If you're not sure, take a look through any photos you've taken in the past year. If you were to index them by topic, what topics keep showing up?
Most people think of field journals having to do with recording nature. I have an entire other site/blog devoted to the geysers and hot springs of Yellowstone as well as this one that includes more information locally to where we live now. But I think field journals can encompass more than just observations in nature. My grandma kept a 'field journal' of sorts to document my uncle's first year – Dayton's Baby Book. Does that count as field journaling? In my opinion, yes.
Field journals traditionally are something kept by researchers. Taking Field Notes, scribbled down observations as a brain prosthetic of sorts simply because we all know memory is elusive. It tricks you in to thinking you'll remember all the various details, only to forget it 24 hours later. How many actually remember what they had for dinner last night? Two nights ago? Three?
Whether you're working to record all the details of your family's everyday life, or want to follow the progress of spring, or a nest you've found, or even your budget, or perhaps your exercise and weight management – whatever you record will suddenly become easier to notice. By jotting down notes, you're increasing your awareness of your 'field.'
The process I use works for almost anything you want to document. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Just follow your inspiration. Maybe you want to see what helps you to have a great workout, or perhaps you need to better remember what you have planted in your garden and what works to yield the most harvest or biggest flowers. Or maybe you just want to record all you do to better help you find the stories of your life to tell in more detail. No matter what the topic, the process works the same:
I've been a bit quieter here mainly because I'm actually devouring a new book that shows how many different ways there are to keep a Field Journal: Field Notes on Science and Nature edited by Michael R. Canfield.
This book is an absolute delight because it gives a glimpse into the process various professional naturalists use in their own work. In it, you will find something that seems to work for you and what you wish to record.
No matter what draws you in to field journaling or nature journals, just follow that interest and start.
I like what I have around me, the contentment that nature (in my small town or out in the wilds of the gamelands) brings me. I seem drawn to the seasons and watching my dogs enjoy themselves when we head to the gamelands. I also seem to enjoy my kids, where we go, the events we attend together.
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