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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post5337110036984932524..comments2018-06-19T10:09:05.032-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Why a war on poor people?Daniel firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-48625514458796805972013-11-02T21:41:36.774-04:002013-11-02T21:41:36.774-04:00Doug, I agree with you - and many others do too!Doug, I agree with you - and many others do email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-70541947043195452212013-11-02T12:57:00.820-04:002013-11-02T12:57:00.820-04:00Well, take a look at how the Republican party has ...Well, take a look at how the Republican party has hijacked "Christianity" for their own in this country. The Republicans have made religion a huge focus of their party, by picking a couple very minor pet religious issues and blowing them up monstrously into major focuses, all as a distraction, just smoke to cloud what they are really up to. And somehow a large number of folks who claim to be Christian have been brainwashed through scare-tactics into abandoning the actual teachings of Jesus Christ and following the Republican party, because they are buying the nonsense that this is the party run by Christians. Few things matter more to some Americans than their money, guns, and religion, and the Republican party knows this and is using it the best they can, since the other portions of the population (the educated, non-religious, non-whites) are now firmly voting Democrat. The wealthy white have been working fervently to scare, manipulate, and divide this country, and it is working. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-37609658040028085452013-11-02T10:37:45.312-04:002013-11-02T10:37:45.312-04:00In Florida, as elsewhere, for the poor--no matter ...In Florida, as elsewhere, for the poor--no matter their race--it is almost impossible to survive without assistance, public or private. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, housing and utility supplements, school lunches, free community clinics, and food banks are part of what is necessary to keep an often multigenerational family from becoming homeless. Most adults work or provide child care. There are no "welfare queens," black or while, just people trying to survive in the face of the mostly Republican state legislature and its reprehensible firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-76161126783096884032013-11-02T10:36:14.201-04:002013-11-02T10:36:14.201-04:00An enlightening stream of posts above; thank you t...An enlightening stream of posts above; thank you to all who took the time to reply. I sit here on a Sat morning with my 17-year old daughter talking about these issues of wealth and poverty...not to burden her at an early age but to hopefully enlighten; not to strike fear but to instill the courage to think and act.

In my humble opinion, this is the central issue America is faced with today and will be for decades to come.

I, too, reject the slacker theory used in 2012. This explanation is a cop-out and enables the well-to-do to detach themselves from the reality of the problem. Yes, there are undoubtedly folks who have grown complacent with welfare but for those who rail against them, take a month and live with the working poor or those who depend on social welfare programs to eat; to live.

Is this causing more harm to the fabric of America or is it the inability of our government to develop policies and programs that can change this dynamic?

We have policies that support 85 billion dollars a month! (over how many years now?) in bond buying and easy credit for the large investment banks who then sell bonds to the US government. All to prop up the stock market and keep the wealthy happy with their capital gains tax advantages, etc. And this won't change until unemployment reaches 6.5%??? Sounds like a rigged system AGAINST adding jobs...besides, these people have jobs...what is their skin in the game? Where is the incentive to change? (Maybe have capital gains taxes raised and the difference goes directly to SNAP and other programs??) Here lies the ultimate hypocrisy. Actual policy that helps the well to do...and has created how many new jobs???

Sadly, with technology changing the employment landscape (fewer people-based retail jobs and even manufacturing), who sees a flood of jobs coming back? It will take ALL the baby-boomers retiring to open up employment opportunities, but how many jobs will be back filled? As the entitlement burden grows and grows something has to change. That change has to focus on putting people back to work and generating revenue.

JOBS! Tax reform! And leadership in DC. Where is the coalition of great Americans that can push aside the partisan reality-show and get things done? There are rational people out there who have answers and can promote compromise but they are unfortunately not in DC. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-28454160385684518272013-11-01T19:31:37.833-04:002013-11-01T19:31:37.833-04:00Excellent article. Got to you though Paul Krugman...Excellent article. Got to you though Paul Krugman's citing. As a psychologist, I would add that part of the hostility to the poor has to do with a projection of unacceptable aspects of self onto the poor (made easier by seeing them all as Black- them not us). That includes the fear of experiencing normal emotional neediness (I am a rock, I am an island). We all need someone to lean on from time to time, and emotional support is the necessary base for building autonomy and independence (conservatives see them as opposites), but those who deny this need in themselves (while experiencing it unconsciously), need to find a target to hate that which they hate in themselves.peter firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-73057387113010341942013-11-01T17:34:06.800-04:002013-11-01T17:34:06.800-04:00Progressives in Congress should propose a CCC styl...Progressives in Congress should propose a CCC style jobs program. We have more than enough infrastructure that needs repairing and building. Let Conservatives try to defend their votes against creating jobs at the same time they condemn people for not email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-14946460106583629422013-11-01T16:37:12.243-04:002013-11-01T16:37:12.243-04:00The truly poor really rarely lead effective sustai...The truly poor really rarely lead effective sustained social movements in advanced industrial societies. The question is what's preventing a mass of people made up of the lower-middle, middle, and upper-middle class from *decisively* turning against Republican and conservative policies that are neither in their short or long-term interest. Wouldn't even need to be anything amounting to revolution. Just decisively rejecting and delegitimizing GOP "answers" and "centrist" claptrap from incumbent out-of-touch media email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-75558758306916667812013-11-01T15:37:44.824-04:002013-11-01T15:37:44.824-04:00Finally! Somebody has recognized this basic reason...Finally! Somebody has recognized this basic reason for the political impotence of the poor. The other big ones are ignorance and the widespread belief that the political system is rigged by the wealthy, and activism is futile. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-5780995247443996192013-11-01T13:29:05.240-04:002013-11-01T13:29:05.240-04:00"Most white people would be happy if they nev..."Most white people would be happy if they never had to deal with black people. "

Please do not push your issues on the rest of the world. Your statement is very incorrect and racist. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-37995457695649618822013-11-01T06:16:25.411-04:002013-11-01T06:16:25.411-04:00Here's another reason why poor people don'...Here's another reason why poor people don't rise up politically: Poverty is exhausting. Working two or three minimum-wage jobs while scrambling to put together affordable child care and deal with emergencies like car repairs doesn't leave a lot of time for activism.Connie Boydhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-31420079825736097042013-11-01T04:38:00.959-04:002013-11-01T04:38:00.959-04:00When Spanish president Mariano Rajoy announced ben...When Spanish president Mariano Rajoy announced benefit cutbacks for the poor and the unemployed at the Spanish Parliament on July 2012, Andrea Fabra, representative for the conservative party PP, exclaimed at the very same Parliament: "¡Que se jodan!" ("Fuck'em!).

She was just showing what's the real and genuine spirit of neoliberal economics. Neoliberal economists speak Straussian speeches with cool sounding neo-words that in reality belong to the same and old academy: The Fuck 'em School of Economics.

http://capitaclismo.com/2013/09/19/fuck-em-que-se-jodan/capitaclismo.comhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-65469562724254364302013-10-30T09:06:14.631-04:002013-10-30T09:06:14.631-04:00Indeed anonymous @ 3:35. The unassailable, empiric...Indeed anonymous @ 3:35. The unassailable, empirically verifiable fact is that right now, in the United States, there are not enough jobs for all the people who want one; and that many jobs that people do have do not pay enough for them to subsist without additional (government assistance). Lots of those people who get food stamps are working. Walmart even recommends that their employees get food stamps. These folks haven't logically decided that it is preferable to live off the efforts of others, nor are they penalized by the government for working. They are working. And lots of people who aren't working want to work. There aren't enough jobs.

Those are facts.Cervanteshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-73506226336263248082013-10-30T08:15:51.167-04:002013-10-30T08:15:51.167-04:00President Clinton was able to over come the stereo...President Clinton was able to over come the stereotyping with his message of "Make Work Pay" and running the economy to create jobs. A majority agreed with the idea that those who work hard and play by the rules should have a living wage.

The Malefactors of Great Wealth don't want this. They like cheap labor. They don't want to pay taxes to achieve this goal. This is why Clinton was impeached and why the right hated Clinton when he was in office. Democrats have lost this message and the poor have suffered from too much focus on taxes and deficits and not enough focus on jobs, inequality and economic growth. - jonny bakhobakhohttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-71786246519180359852013-10-19T18:56:49.065-04:002013-10-19T18:56:49.065-04:00@Anonymous (October 15, 2013 at 3:35 AM) You chal...@Anonymous (October 15, 2013 at 3:35 AM)

You challenge the author's assumptions. That's fair and legitimate.

You, too, advance your own assumption: "Many have logically decided that it is preferable to live off the system, and the efforts of others, than to work and produce and be penalized by the government."

In the passage above, you are making an eminently empirical claim. However, you offer no evidence whatsoever to support it. That's neither so fair, nor is it so legitimate.

This lack of support becomes more remarkable since you mentioned several figures (but not a single source!) against the author's contention; while you appear to consider the pronoun "many" precise enough.

From where I stand, the inexplicable absence of data in support of your claim looks like a double standards case.

After all, what's sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-14945412095366838072013-10-15T03:35:27.270-04:002013-10-15T03:35:27.270-04:00If someone's basic assumption is faulty, all o...If someone's basic assumption is faulty, all of the reasoning built upon it will be faulty. Here, I quote your assumption, stated in the form of a fact: "In order to create programs and economic opportunities that would significantly reduce poverty, it takes government spending -- on income and food support, on education, on housing allowances, and on public amenities for low-income people. Government spending requires taxation;..."
Your basic assumption that it takes government programs to do any of this is faulty. If you will just check the facts: since 1965 when LBJ launched our "War on Poverty," the federal government has spent over $10 TRILLION on exactly the kinds of programs that you say we need more of, to help the poor. After 47 years of fighting the war on poverty, no one recalls the promise that LBJ made: "We will eradicate poverty in this country by the end of the decade (1970)."
47 years and over $10 Trillion and the result? We now have more people in poverty than when we started, and now they are entrenched in systemic, multi-generational poverty that they will never emerge from. If we simply took the money thrown at the problem by the myriad of federal programs, everyone currently living in "poverty" would be a multi-millionaire instead of subsisting as they now do.
As opposed to your basic assumption, more government obviously is NOT the answer. Recent studies have shown that the average "poor" person living in America would have to have a job that paid more than $30,000 to replace all of the benefits that they are currently receiving from the government. And you wonder why we have high unemployment? Why would you want to work? If you work hard, they just take your earnings in taxes!
Many have logically decided that it is preferable to live off the system, and the efforts of others, than to work and produce and be penalized by the government.
More government subsidies are not the answer. Hunger is a great motivator. Take away the free ride and watch how many people living off of "entitlements" suddenly find themselves able to firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-78243230915238020522013-10-13T06:54:49.908-04:002013-10-13T06:54:49.908-04:00Prof. As yourself, I am puzzled by the "poli...Prof.

As yourself, I am puzzled by the "political powerlessness of the poor".

I understand that in the U.S. the situation of the poor has deteriorated much more than in Australia, where I live. Nonetheless, here we can see pretty much everything you mention.

That's why I believe the gerrymandering and the increased voting requirements cannot be the main cause of this apparent apathy: here those two things are virtually unknown.

There must be something else at play, but I don't know what.Magpiehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-86660485447441689292013-10-09T20:06:12.329-04:002013-10-09T20:06:12.329-04:00As Mararet Thacher won wisely said "Socialism...As Mararet Thacher won wisely said "Socialism works until you run out of other peoples money to spend". See what is happening in Greece, Italy and Spain. Our elites have created an underclass that they want dependent on them, so as to have control and their support. Once they don't need them anymore, or feel they cannot afford them anymore, or can't make money off of them, they will let them, they will foresake firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-85775865089877498482013-10-09T19:21:13.628-04:002013-10-09T19:21:13.628-04:00I totally agree, Doug. And thanks for sending me t...I totally agree, Doug. And thanks for sending me to this blog. Cherylhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-38359941038721980642013-10-09T15:27:28.062-04:002013-10-09T15:27:28.062-04:00America, your Calvinist roots are showing again!America, your Calvinist roots are showing email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-71901132270152591732013-10-09T12:45:32.562-04:002013-10-09T12:45:32.562-04:00"It is puzzling to consider why the millions ..."It is puzzling to consider why the millions of people who are the subject of this hostility do not create a potent electoral block that can force significant changes on our political discourse. "

Dan, half of the economists in the United States are unable to think clearly about the usefulness of short-term stimulus to fight the downturn, nor think clearly about the relatively benign aspect of future deficits. This is among educated professors. Given this intellectual debacle in the educated classes, how can we expect poor people to be educated and nimble enough to counterattack the broad assault of neoliberal nonsense thrown at them? Do you see that people are being made to BELIEVE that they deserve what is happening to them, whether it is good or ill? That billionaires deserve their billions, and that poor children deserve much, much less?

Let me turn it around: What do you think the causes of income inequality are? NOT the current causes of the increased inequality (e.g., gov't tax policy changes, capital-biased technological change, globalization, etc. etc.) They are a little different. But what are the basic causes of income inequality, prior to those? Is it luck, skills, etc?

If everybody had the same luck and skills, would incomes be equal? Or is there something else, is there a positional aspect to the distribution of incomes, a localized winner-take-all effect?

In other words, are there very different center-making structures, like 1) socio-political structures, 2) geographic centers, 3) mass manufacturing, and 4) financial markets, that all produce localized "centers" that can extract some of the surplus in the form of rents? Surplus that was generated by both a) specialization of labor and trade, and b) reduction of transformation/ transaction costs?

Because if there is, then the current subject of economics has barely scratched the surface of what needs to be done. Lee A. Arnoldhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-45875045029733399802013-10-09T10:50:49.789-04:002013-10-09T10:50:49.789-04:00Perhaps this information is hard to find, but I...Perhaps this information is hard to find, but I've often wonder why poor whites vote overwhelmingly Republican, which I think one could easily argue is against their own economic interests. They are much more concerned about what someone else is getting than what little they have or why that is the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-22811263584634817782013-10-09T09:02:28.707-04:002013-10-09T09:02:28.707-04:00Thank you!!! but really no explanation needed - i...Thank you!!!
but really no explanation needed - it just needs to change. And ironically, this is an issue where you can have your cake and eat it too. We can all be wealthier, by paying for social safety nets.Danhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-74745604570205055222013-10-09T08:06:25.280-04:002013-10-09T08:06:25.280-04:00Good points, but I personally think incentive theo...Good points, but I personally think incentive theory is an important cause of the war on poor people, and of poverty: http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/the-causes-of-poverty-72-unemployment-and-the-incentive-theory/Filip Spagnolihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-63548478882599658042013-10-09T06:50:56.838-04:002013-10-09T06:50:56.838-04:00I think race has a great deal to do with this. Mos...I think race has a great deal to do with this. Most white people would be happy if they never had to deal with black people. Integration has failed. And poor whites are considered trailer trash, almost as bad as blacks. Many aspects of our media and culture reinforce these feelings. Great posting. Keep fighting.Doug Kortyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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It will come as a shock to some of my readers, but I promise that it is true: among my friends, I count several liberals (in the modern sense) and several of what are commonly referred to as "gun grabbers", anti-second-amendment types. As you might suspect, there is considerable overlap between those two categories.
Recently, I crossed swords with one of them (both categories, naturally) over the issue of 'how easy it is to buy a gun over the Internet'. Many of you will already be chuckling at such naïveté, but what a golden opportunity to increase others' level of awareness. I am unable to resist.
Eloise is in the business of selling guns. She has a store in Palatka, Florida. She also appears at several local gun shows and she has a website on which she advertises guns for sale. When someone buys a gun at her Palatka store, Eloise must (by federal law) have that person fill out an ATF Form 4473 and pass a background check. When someone buys a gun from Eloise at a gun show, Eloise must (by federal law) have that person fill out an ATF Form 4473 and pass a background check. When someone buys a gun from Eloise over the Internet, Eloise must (by federal law) have that person fill out an ATF Form 4473 and pass a background check. As a matter of fact, there is no circumstance under which Eloise, a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) will not have a buyer fill out an ATF Form 4473 and pass a background check before that buyer takes possession of a firearm from her. Eloise doesn't want to go to prison.
George is a stockbroker living in Ocala, Florida. He also has several guns. When George decided to sell all his revolvers and go strictly semi-auto, he advertised on a website known for faciitating sales and trades of firearms. The S&W .38 Special he gave to his niece was not included. His niece did not fill out a Form 4473, nor did she have a background check. The Colt Python .357 Magnum George sold to his neighbor also did not result in a Form 4473 or a completed background check. George hoped no one would make him a decent offer on his Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army in .45 Long Colt, but when a buyer from Key West offered him $8,400 for it, he buckled. That buyer didn't want to drive all the way to Ocala to pick it up, so George's regular dealer shipped it to Griswold's Custom Firearms in Marathon where George's buyer filled out a Form 4473, passed a background check, and paid an additional $35 fee to Griswold's when he picked it up there. A similar scenario played out for George's .44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk when he sold it to a buyer in Wyoming. A tourist from Texas visiting locally made George a generous offer for another of George's guns, but George knew he couldn't legally sell a firearm in Florida to someone who didn't also live in Florida. Like Eloise, George also didn't want to go to prison.
Greg lives in Oviedo, Florida. The guns in his collection are very special. Greg owns a 1929 Thompson submachinegun (the 'Chicago typewriter'), two WW-II-era M3A1s ('grease guns'), a 3.75" rocket launcher (bazooka), a German Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher, four MG43s (the original assault rifle), a full-automatic AK-47, and a Finnish Lahti 20mm anti-tank cannon. Of course, he has ammunition for all of these. His basement is a vault. At this point, he estimates his collection to be worth around a million dollars. He doesn't sell; he buys, and every time he does, it takes 6 months for BATFE to finish all the paperwork approving the new addition to the collection. Every few years or so, someone from BATFE rings his doorbell and personally examines each and every piece of his collection and each and every piece of documentation regarding each and every piece of his collection — a marvelous waste of taxpayer money, but, hey, there's more where that came from, right? Greg is considered a 'Class III dealer' even though he has never sold a single firearm — ever.
Can everyone see the pattern? Guns not covered by the 1934 National Firearms Act can be sold person-to-person without a background check as long as neither of those persons hold a federal license to deal in firearms and as long as both of those persons reside in the same state, and are in that state at the time of the sale. In every other case — every other case — a Form 4473 (or in Greg's case, a Form 3) will be filled out and filed, and a background check will be done. Every other case.
The notion — widely held among those who don't actually know the law — is that anyone can go on the Internet, find a machinegun for sale, buy it, and have it shipped to their door, no paperwork, no BGC, no nothing. Failing that, they can just visit the nearest gun show and walk out with a crate of hand grenades, no questions asked.
Don't listen to such people. They have no idea what they're talking about.


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Book Review: Delicacy
By: David Foenkinos
Published By: Harper Perennial
Publication Date: February 14, 2012
Page Count: 250
Buy it at Amazon or IndieBound
Source: Kindly Provided by the Publisher for TLC Book Tours
Audience: Adult - Realistic Fiction
Delicacy is novel that dances across your mind leaving behind small footprints of thought. At its basic level, it is a novel of love and tragedy paying homage to the resilient nature of the human spirit, but there is so much more lingering within these pages. The prose is sparse yet eloquent and thought provoking. There are no adjectives to hide behind - just an evaluation of what it means to love deeply, mourn lost love, and find new love in the most unlikely of places.
Natalie and Francois have one of those storybook romances. They meet on a street in Paris and from that moment on they are a couple. Although their romance is a very small portion of this book, I found myself wrapped up in it. They have so many similarities between my husband and I. Therefore, when tragedy strikes and Francois is killed on his Sunday run, my heart was broken along with Natalie's. I couldn't stop imagining how I would feel in her situation. I cannot fathom being without my husband - he is my partner and best friend. It doesn't make sense to me that he could kiss me while I was lounging about reading and take off for a run and then just be gone. A few tears were shed on my part as I watched Natalie navigate the rocky waters of widowhood.
The remainder of the novel focuses on Natalie's return to work and her attempts to keep living when everything she lived for is gone. She throws herself into work and for three years cuts herself off from emotions. However, all that changes with a chance encounter with a quirky co-worker named Markus. Could Markus really be the key to Natalie waking up from her tragedy induced slumber? Could he really help her see that there is still joy to be had?
I love the language Foenkinos uses in his writing. It's gorgeous and haunting. Here are three examples of some lines that took hold of me and refused to let go:
- "Can you keep reading a book interrupted by the death of your husband?" (pg. 34)
- "On her body, the sentinels of death paraded nonstop." (pg. 47)
- " Truth often had the look of an iceberg." (pg. 62)
The writing is minimal yet speaks volumes. I love that the writing style and plot mirrors the very definition of delicacy.
I really only have one complaint with this one. There were some elements and references that didn't make sense to me. I am not sure if this is a product of my ignorance of French culture or a product of the translation process. Overall, the few things that I had no schema around didn't cause a barrier to my enjoyment of the novel, but there were moments when I had to consult google to figure things out. I also feel like I may have missed some key points that were better explained in the original French version.
One Last Gripe: I enjoyed that the format of this one was different - there were interesting little tidbits placed between chapters - but at times it was an unwelcome distraction.
My Favorite Thing About This Book: The writing style
First Sentence: Natalie was rather private (a kind of Swiss femininity).
Favorite Character: Natalie
Least Favorite Character: Charles
Reminiscent of novels by Nick Hornby, Muriel Barbery, and Jonathan Tropper, internationally acclaimed novelist David Foenkinos delivers a heartfelt and deftly comedic tale of new love brightening the dark aftermath of loss--and of wounded hearts finding refuge in the strangest of places. After her husband's unexpected death, Natalie has erected a fortress around her emotions--and Markus, clumsy and unassuming, will never be her knight in shining armor. Yet slowly but surely, an offbeat romance begins between these two mismatched, complex souls, and contrary to everything Natalie knows of affection, her perfect suitor may turn out to be love's most unlikely candidate--the fool, not the hero, who is finally able to reach her heart.
David Foenkinos is a French novelist and screenwriter. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages and garnered ten awards around the world. Delicacy, which was first published in France, garnered nominations for all five major French literary prizes and has sold one million copies. Delicacy is now a film starring Audrey Tautou of Amelie and will be released in the United States in March 2012. David lives in Paris.
Check out the other great stops on this tour:
Tuesday, February 14th: The Lost Entwife
Wednesday, February 15th: Reading Lark
Thursday, February 16th: For the love of books
Thursday, February 16th: Sara's Organized Chaos
Monday, February 20th: Book Hooked Blog
Tuesday, February 21st: Life In Review
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There have been times in my business when my friends have become my clients, which is always fun. But there are also some times when my clients become my friends, as is the case with the Couture family! When I met them, they were in need of some photos of their sweet youngest girl, so they opted for a family shoot and emphasized that they wanted some good pictures of her alone. Well, I had a great time getting some nice shots of her, but I didn't stop there. In fact, the four of them were so fun to photograph all together that I got many more whole-family shots than I usually do!
It helped that we were surrounded by some beautiful Washington scenery (Sunnyside Park in Steilacoom), and that they were just radiating the kind of happiness and love that make a good photo shoot GREAT. Take a look at some highlights and see what you think! (Oh, and as with all of my posts, double click on a picture to see it larger!)
Aren't these two just so sweet together?
This one wasn't posed, it just sort of happened during a mid-shoot clothing "fixing" for the little one. :)
This one (below) may be my favorite from the whole shoot- what a beautiful family!
So, of course, when I took these, little miss wand was feeling quite goofy... ;) I'm just glad she peeked out from behind said wand in time for me to catch this shot!
Note to future client-Moms: the accessories make the picture! I am always glad when clients think outside the box a little and bring fun props for our photo shoots!
Notice the pouty little sandy lips below. Priceless.
This one was literally the last shoot of the session. I looked at it on the back of my camera and knew it was the perfect finishing touch.
Thanks for looking and getting to know the Couture family a little better! I'm sure glad I did!


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DDT Danger: The Myth That Kills
(Fox Business Network) — Richard Tren, author of "The Excellent Powder," argues fears of DDT are overblown and are costing lives in poor countries with Malaria.
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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.


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...the journey of discovering and becoming who i am meant to be...
I love socks!!! Just in case you forgot... Toe socks are especially fun, but they always leave my toes feelin' funny aftewards!
These toe socks are quite impressive, they don't have that toe-strangling feeling! very comfy.
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Grizzly Bear Fishing with Photographers
A group of wildlife photographers shoots photos of grizzly bears fishing for salmon in Katmai National Park Alaska. Someone accused me of photoshoping this picture, but I assure you it is real. Groups of photographers sit on the ground near wild grizzly bears all summer in Katmai N. Park.


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Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound Hank Williams
[E]I've got a good woman at home who [A]thinks I do no [E]wrong
[E]But sometimes lord, she just ain't always a[B7]round
And you know that's [E]when I fall, I can't [A]help myself at [E]all
[E]And I get whiskey [B7]bent and hell bound
[E]Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put a [A]cold one in my [E]hand,
'cause you know I love to hear those guitar [B7]sounds
Don't you play 'I'm So [E]Lonesome I Could Cry' cause I'll get [A]all balled up[E]
And I'll get whiskey [B7]bent and hell [E]bound
[E]Sure enough about closing time, (I'm) about st[A]oned out of my [E]mind
And I end up with some honky-tonk special I [B7]found
Just as sure as the m[E]orning sun come, thinking of [A]my sweet girl at [E]home
And I need to get whiskey [B7]bent and hell [E]bound
[E]Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put old [A]Jim Beam in my [E]hand
'cause you know I still love to get drunk and hear country [B7]sounds
But don't you play 'Your [E]Cheatin' Heart' cause that'll [A]tear me all a[E]part
I'll get whiskey [B7]bent and hell [E]bound
Yeah, old Hank's songs always make me feel low down
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Arnprior, On., Canada
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Romenesko on Barnhart mystery: "Is it anybody's business?"
Media blogger Jim Romenesko attempted to find out what's happened to Star TV critic Aaron Barnhart, and asked Star public editor Derek Donovan to explain Barnhart's absence, and why the paper hasn't mentioned anything to readers.
Donovan said that a newspaper is a public trust, and readers are interested in knowing about their favorite writers, but…
But a newspaper company is also a private business, with all the legal responsibilities to its workers that any other employer must follow. As long there hasn't been a violation of journalistic ethics, the conditions of a journalist's employment are a private matter. The employee may choose to divulge more, but the newspaper company can't — and shouldn't.
Barnhart, a cancer survivor, hasn't written for The Star since January.
UPDATE: Romenesko reports friends tell him Barnhart's absence is health-related.


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New Year's Eve is a great time to celebrate the coming of a new year with anticipation of what positive things lie ahead, while reminissing on fond memories from the past year. Although it can be a fun filled celebration for humans, it can be a rough night for animals.
Here are some helpful tips to keep in mind as you celebrate this New Year's Eve with your pets.
If you are hosting a New Year's Eve party at your house, make sure your pets are placed in a comfortable area that is away from the activities and loud noises. Popping open a bottle of champagne may be fun to you, but it's a perfect way to scare your dog or cat. Whenever possible, avoid keeping them outside, as fireworks and other neighbors celebrations can lead to unnecessary pet anxiety, as well.
Be aware of alcohol and pets, especially after the party is over, when there may be glasses of beer or liquor left behind. Consumption of alcohol can be very dangerous, even deadly, for pets, so be sure to keep a close eye on pets when alcohol is around, and never give them any alcohol as a treat or just a joke.
If you decide to celebrate this New Year's Eve with a quiet night at home, be sure to include your pets in the celebration. They love the attention and will probably want you closeby to cuddle up with if the fireworks outside get too noisy! :)
Happy New Years to everyone!
Ruff Ruff


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They went to Peru. I've never been to Peru, but according to Samaritan's Purse, my shoeboxes are there now- waiting to be given to a dozen girls who really could use some Christmas.
Last year, I did a dozen boxes for the older boys. Those boxes went to Indonesia.
This year, I decided to do them for the older girls. I didn't budget it out month by month like last year. This year I figured that since I didn't really need anything for my birthday, I would have a shoebox party. (Hey- If they are going to cut my pay at work, I'll figure out a way to rope everyone else into my charity giving!)
Since I wanted to build seven shoeboxes, I asked people to bring seven items (Because 7 times 7 is my age. I am prime squared.). We had great fun as we passed the boxes around the table and loaded them with goodies.
Combined with the five boxes I did with Ab, this made an even dozen. And now they are in Peru!
Check out the Samaritan's Purse website for more details on this ministry.


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Sunday, December 31, 2006
2006: You Were Awesome, Smell Ya Later
Well, Blogger's pushing me to switch to their new version by hobbling the old one, and I'll be forced into it. Even posting this holiday-themed photo of the skyline from our balcony has been a nightmare. I'll conform. Tomorrow. But posting today, for the last time this year, I'm using my Christmas laptop for the first time! Surprisingly, my five year-old one doesn't really stink, but this new one is much more mobile and cleanly designed, with a better set of capabilties and horsepower. I look forward to being able to do much more multimedia-- like posting videos and audio podcasts-- next year.
2006 was actually a pretty great year, feeble in personal woes and strong in progress. I hope it's been so for you, but if not, it's over. Onward and upward. I'm going to try to continue to get narrow and deep, like the Marianas Trench, merging my disparate activites into more central places where they can all feed each other. I'm looking forward to new audiences and playing around with enhanced bells and whistles, especially since my regular readers all have new machines that simply gobble up the higher bandwidth goodies. I expect to revise a bunch of things, migrate some to a different web site, and get a little more frequent, if a little more focused, in my posting. Oddities will remain, however. What's life without wonder?
Also, in the last couple of days, as a sort of late Xmas gift (yet certainly before Three Kings Day), I finally got an idea (THE IDEA) for my next stand-alone suspense novel. It's a tremendous Whew. Now that an agent's repping the first, a prospective publisher might want another in a similar vein, or at least might consider one with the same sort of tone and approach. My agent asked me what else I had or thought might be next. Well.... uh.... What do you think they'd like? I had nothing. Sure, I have my comic/absurdist/mystery thing I'm working on, something I love but which is weird enough that it'll have to sell itself after completion, and I might need a pseudonym depending upon how distracting to my non-existent career it's considered. Problematically, it's also not easily prepackaged or even explained, but I think if I don't disappoint myself and take my time (simple enough since nobody wants it), it could be fantastically entertaining and I'd be very proud to see that. However, every time until last Friday that I thought about writing a follow-up thriller, I just felt a hollow bonging in my skull. To feel barren of ideas is anxiety-making in the extreme for someone who's supposed to be full of 'em, but I tried to stay calm while waiting for something to happen. And a notion did emerge, in the manner it does for me, almost fully formed.
A few years ago, the manuscript-now-for-sale's plot came up over lunch at Bennigan's with my Ideal Reader, and after bullet-proofing the motives and action through the back-and-forth tennis of "What if?", I wrote up a chapter-by-chapter outline that evening, just a paragraph of the important stuff in each one so I wouldn't forget. Over the course of writing and revision, things changed and were added and refined, but if you read that outline today, the eventual novel's storyline is unmistakeable, and all the juiciest surprises would be wrecked for you.
So last Friday night over steak with my previous plot collaborator, into existence sprang a new idea, starting with a simple solution to one basic problem. Since I'm no law enforcement/emergency procedure/medical/legal expert, if I set the next book in Manhattan versus anywhere else, how do I keep a story of dramatic content including death (deaths?) from being quickly swept into one giant institutional flow or another about which I can't and don't wish to write? And I conceived an answer based on circumstances which have always felt to me as magical as they are dangerous. Perhaps greatest of all, the story also includes another theme/setting that I had seriously intended to use a year or two ago and had therefore researched with great interest, even developing highly-regarded and knowledgeable contacts in that industry as resources. Then, I had some characters rattling around in my mind, but I couldn't ever spark the story into independent motion. Discouragingly, the bones of the storyline never soldified, and it never jumped to its feet and sprinted. At a certain point, for me, the story I want to tell has to start leaping ahead with possibilities faster than I can keep up. I'll imagine conversations, lines of observations, flashes of scenes that overlap and begin interlinking as they pop into being, all jockeying for position in my final scheme.
In my experience, if ever a story "writes itself", it's now. Once my ideal plan exists and is documented, the work of making sure my Wren cathedral blueprint doesn't finally manifest itself as an outhouse is sheer, arduous labor. That's why I have to love the idea so much, because writing it purely sucks. That's my process, different than other people's and I daily wish I sat scribbling like them with joy in my heart, but this is how my deal works. And it does eventually work, no matter how gruesomely my sausages are made. Anyway, that fabulous compunding, metastasizing story effect happened to me Friday night, and the additions and enhancements have continued through today, like a rock sugar crystal that's added elegant structures and strength every time I think to look at it.
If you don't care about all my personally blathery B.S., enjoy Dave Barry's year-end wrap-up as ye may.
Long link form to copy-and-paste instead of nifty short form (or color or bold) since Blogger's pulling the old carpet runner out on me.
Next year, the look of things here will be new, if I can't guarantee they'll be improved. My affections toward you, dear pals, are nothing new and cannot be improved upon. To a cheery 2007!
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So in the interest of making sure, I don't know, that people getting Texas personal i.d.s and drivers' licenses are really, truly, Texans, the Department of Public Safety needs to see documentary evidence that people have been living here for at least 30 days.
And of course the whole process of getting an I.D. in Texas, (whether for driving or voting) has become encrusted with the externalized legislative response to various fears, obsessions, and anxieties about "outsiders," "foreigners," "strangers," the different, and so on.
A while back, my sister and fellow attorney asked how it could be the case that the Texas voter I.D. law could exclude voters from using forms of I.D. issued by other states when voting in the polling place. She pointed out that Texas would seem to be violating Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which states in part that:
Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
So if a state other than Texas has records that confirm my existence and identity, why doesn't that confirm my existence and identity to the satisfaction of poll workers in Texas?
Well … because …, because ….
In fact, the power of "full faith and credit" and the related common law concept of comity among jurisdictions is and should be a powerful one. In fact, the Texas law suffers from the same vulnerability as the Pennsylvania voter I.D. law recently declared unconstitutional (to be fair, that Pennsylvania court decision didn't cite or rely on the "full faith and credit" clause, and instead reviewed the law in part in the context of state constitutional guarantees of suffrage. Further, the Pennsylvania court explicitly did not rule that the law was applied to different voters in disparate ways, merely that the law was infirm on its face for burdening the act of voting).
When a State (in effect) sneers at and discredits the documentation and records of a sister State, such behavior is tantamount to a closing of the borders. Of course, failing to give full faith and credit to the records of other states may also violate the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, by granting differential levels of rights of citizenship based on false or pretextual criteria.
While people may not point it out often enough, the problems with Texas voter I.D. laws aren't just Voting Rights Act problems or Civil Rights Act problems. The laws are also likely infirm when viewed in the context of the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution, and additionally subject to intense scrutiny and criticism under pre-Constitutional foundational principals of the common law (such as comity).


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Archive for April, 2011
a star is born
As a newly proud uncle, I'm ecstatic to welcome my niece, the beautiful Isabella Sophia DeVore, into the world. Born on April 22nd, she was the cause for a celebration that brought my brother, myself, and my sister together for the first time in several years. In honor of the baby, and in memory of […]
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After being away for six years, I've finally returned to Sonoma County for an extended stay. A large part of the excitement I had about returning had to do with being able to experience a sense of the physical place again, though an even larger part had to do with the fact that I would […]
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North Bay spring
It's beautiful weather here in the North Bay, the first time for six years that I've been back in Sonoma County during the spring. It's taken a bit of time to readjust to the paces and rhythms here, country suburbia being just about as opposite as possible from the deep urban space of Osaka. Here […]
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After six years of living in Japan I've gotten on an airplane and flown back to live in the States, where I'll be living for at least one year. My last few weeks in Japan were spent meeting up with all of the friends who have helped to make my time in Japan so wonderful, […]
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Joe "Pera" Castillo Perez passed away on Saturday, May 13th, 2017 after a long illness with his loving son by his side. He was born in Elgin, Texas on June 17, 1940 to the late Isabel Perez and Maria Castillo Perez.
Joe served his country for twelve years in the army. Joe enjoyed being surrounded by family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Janie Gamez Perez; sister and brother-in-law, Lupe and Julio Torres; brother-in-law. John Christopher Castillo, Sr.
Joe is survived by his son, Joseph Perez; brother and sister-in-law, Isabel Jr and Tommie Perez; sister, Nellie Castillo.
Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 2620 S. Congress Ave.
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Friday, May 19, 2017 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 126 W Oltorf Street.
Interment will follow at Assumption Cemetery.
2620 S. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78704
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This page is designed to answer questions about your baby and vitamin D, a subject which often causes confusion for parents.
PLEASE NOTE: The information given here is meant as a guide only and does not replace professional medical advice. You should always discuss your baby's nutritional needs (including possible vitamin supplementation) with your doctor.
How does my baby's body use vitamin D?
Vitamin D helps your baby's body absorb calcium, which is needed for the healthy development of strong bones and teeth. A deficiency of vitamin D can result in rickets, which affects the way bones develop and grow. The bones of a child with rickets are unable to sufficiently support his body weight, resulting in bowed legs.
How can I ensure my baby is getting enough vitamin D?
The answer to this question can vary greatly from one culture/country to another, which is why you might come across lots of conflicting advice on the subject.
The most important source of vitamin D is not food... it's sunlight! In fact, vitamin D isn't actually a vitamin at all, but is a steroid hormone that the body produces using UVB rays from the sun. Vitamin D deficiences in babies can arise if babies receive inadequate exposure to sunlight.
Other risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in babies include
darker pigmented skin
premature birth
vitamin D deficiency in a breastfeeding mother
lead exposure
offering babies low-calcium foods in place of breast milk
We are all used to protecting our babies from the sun - in fact, AAP guidelines say that babies under 6 months of age should not be exposed to the sun at all and that older babies should be fully protected with sunscreen... but then we discover that they NEED sunlight in order to make vitamin D! So how do we safely meet these needs?
Well, babies don't actually need a lot of sun to make vitamin D - in fact, casual sun exposure is enough. As this helpful article in Mothering Magazine advises...
"To make enough vitamin D, a baby in a diaper needs a total of only 30 minutes of sunlight a week-less than five minutes a day. Fully clothed and without a hat, a baby would need two hours of sunlight a week, or about 20 minutes a day. Medium to darker skin tones need a little more time in the sun."
And to allay parents' fears about exposing their babies to the sun WITHOUT sunscreen, Becky Saenz, MD, IBCLC, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, points out...
"There is a vast difference between recommending that it's okay for baby to sit in the grocery buggy while mom puts the groceries into the car in the early morning or late afternoon, and recommending nude sunbathing at noon."
Clearly, the best approach is to use common sense - avoid taking your baby out unprotected during the hottest part of the day. Instead, make sure he gets a little sunshine before 10am or after 3pm.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Your Baby And Vitamin D
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Studer, Jacob Henry, 1840-1904. / Birds of North America
Plate XV. The gray or sea eagle. (Haliaëtus leucocephalus.), pp. 15-16
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-~ ~ ~~~~ELTL-E EALE 1 These birds are quite helpless on the surface of the ground, which they avoid as much as possible. They can not walk as other birds do, or even hardly stand upright. They crawl along instead of walking, supporting themselves by their bills and using their wings to aid a forward movement. Their flight is much better than one would suppose it could be, with their heavy bodies and small wings. To get fairly on the wing, they make a long preliminary movement; but as soon as they have gained a certain height, they speed quickly forward, although compelled to flap their short wings in rapid succession. Loons are distinguished from all other sea- birds by their loud and sonorous voice. Many ornithologists speak -f the voice as harsh and disagreeable; but the writer can not avoid confessing to a partiality for the loud morning call of the Loon. Its voice, especially at night, resembles a long drawn out "Aaweek I Aaweek I" So penetrating is it as sometimes to produce an echo in the surrounding rocks or mountains, sounding like the cry of a man in imminent peril of life. Loons are shy and cautious, trusting no one. Strange creatures they avoid as much as possible, and do not seem to care much even for their own kind. They are often found single, and, during the breeding season, in pairs, greatly attached to each other. It is seldom that two pairs are seen on the same pond, and more rarely still can even a single pair be seen on a pond occupied by other birds. During their migrations, or when in captivity, they always keep at a distance from other birds, and snap at them if they come near. When brought to bay, Loons fiercely defend themselves, inflicting ugly wounds with their strong, sharp bills. They swallow small fish whole; but, as such as are of the size of the herring cause them trouble, larger ones are torn into small pieces and so devoured. It has been observed that captive Loons never pick up a dead fish; while freshly caught birds, placed in a large reservoir well stocked with fish, commence immediately to dive, chase, and catch and eat the fish. Fishermen on Lake Erie are in the habit of inclosing a small piece of water, three or four feet deep, with a kind of network reaching above the surface, for the purpose of keeping fish for market. Oftentimes, a Loon, attracted by the multitude of fish, alights in one of these inclos- ures, and is easily caught, as it can not again get on the wing, for want of a place from which to make its launch into the air. These birds select for their breeding-places quiet fresh-water ponds or lakes, often preferring those situated at a considerable ele- vation above the level of the sea. During the breeding season, their loud, sonorous voices are oftener heard than at other times. The nests are usually found on small islands, but in case there are no such islands, the birds build nests on the shore near the border of the rushes, constructing them of rushes and rank grass, carelessly put together. No attempt is made at concealment, and the female bird, sitting on the nest, can be seen from a great distance. She lays two eggs of an oblong shape, with a coarse-grained shell, and of an oil green color, sprinkled with dark gray and reddish brown specks and dots. Both the male and female sit alternately on the eggs, and mutually feed and take care of their offspring. The eggs are usually laid in the latter part of May, and the young are to be seen by the end of June. If food is lacking in the pond or lake where the nest is located, one of the parents takes care of the young while the other flies off to some point on a fishing excur- sion. As soon as the young birds are fledged, they leave the home of their infancy, and follow their parents to the larger lakes or the sea. The flesh of the Looi is unfit for human food; it is rancid to the taste, and its odor is disgusting. The natives of Greenland use the skins of these birds for clothing, and the Indians about Hudson's Bay adorn their heads with circlets of Loon feathers. Lewis and Clarke's exploring party saw, at the mouth of the Columbia river, robes made of Loon skins. While they wintered at Fort Clatsop, on that river, they observed great numbers of these birds. The female is smaller than the male Loon. The bill is yel- lowish, and only the upper ridge and the top black, or of a black- ish horn color; the crown, back, and part of the neck and the whole upper parts are pale brown; the plumage of a part of the back and scapulars is tipped with pale ash; the throat, lower side of the neck, and the whole underparts are white, but not so purely white as in the male, as these parts in the female have a dirty yel- lowish tinge. The quill feathers are dark brown. The female has neither the streaked bands on her neck nor the white spots on her body. The Tell-tale, Tattler, or Godwit. (Gambetta 3felano Zeuca.) Fig. 2. This bird is well known to our gunners along the sea-coast and marshes. They stigmatize it with the name of Tell-tale, for its faithful vigilance in alarming the Ducks on the approach of the hunter, with its loud and shrill cry. This cry consists of four notes, uttered in rapid succession, and so loud and shrill as to alarm any Duck within hearing. But gunners, aware of this fact, look out in the first instance, for this bird, and often hush its warning voice forever, before it is aware of their stealthy approach. This elegantly formed bird appears on our coasts about the be- ginning of April, breeds in the marshes, and leaves for the South in the middle of November. Not only do these birds build nests in salt-water marshes, but also in fresh-water swamps; sometimes on the dry ground, and even in an old stump. The nest is simply a hollow, made usually in a tussock of rank grass, inlaid with a few dry leaves of grass, a little moss, and with pine needles or leaves. The eggs, four in number, are proportionally large, pear- shaped, and of an oil green color, sprinkled with brownish gray specks and dots. The female bird hatches the eggs; but her mate is always at hand and on the watch. The young run about, fol- lowing their parents, as soon as they are out of the shell, and con- ceal themselves, as all their kindred do, on the approach of danger, by lying flat on the ground, or in the grass or weeds. As soon as they are full-fledged, they look out for themselves, but remain with the old birds, flying at will from place to place, making longer and longer excursions, and at length, on some fine evening, setting out for a grand wandering tour. In their winter-quarters, Tattlers associate with many other birds, but seldom form large flocks. It seems as if the company of strangers suited them better than that of their own kind. Their manner is pleasing; their walk elegant, quick, and striding, and their flight easy and rapid. They wade in deep water, and swim if necessary. They are generally seen, either searching for food or standing on the watch, alternately raising and lowering the head, and, on the least approach of danger, uttering a shrill whistle, their warning cry, and then rising on the wing, -generally accompanied by all the shore birds in the vicinity. Occasionally they rise to a great height, and their whistle can be distinctly heard, when the birds are beyond the reach of the eye. They become very fat in the fall, and their flesh is in high esteem for the table. Nature seems to have intended this bird as a kind of guardian or sentinel for all other shore or aquatic birds. They feed on the shore, or in the bogs or marshes, with a feeling of perfect security, so long as the Tattler is at hand, and is silent; but the moment his whistle is heard, there is a general commotion, and directly not a bird is to be seen, the disappointed gunner, in his vexation, uttering between his teeth something the reverse of a prayer. PLATE XV. The Gray or Sea Eagle. (Ha/iaetus leucocepha/u,.) This formidable Eagle lives in the same countries, on the same fooa, and frequents the same localities as the Bald or White-headed TELL-TALE-SEA EAGLE. la
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recalcitrant: stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority, discipline or guidance
The recalcitrant child refused to listen to his teacher.
inexorable: not to be moved by entreaty; unyielding; relentless
entreaty: an earnest request or petition; a plea
In the boxing ring, he was an inexorable opponent.
proliferate: to quickly reproduce or spread
Wildflowers proliferate in the meadow outside out home.
meadow: a tract of glassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay
pasture: glass or other vegetation eaten as food by grazing animals
tract: an expanse of land or water
treachery: perfidy, disloyalty, or treason
perfidy: deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery
His treachery was eventually discovered.
grouse: complain; grumble
He frequently groused about his computer's poor performance.
occult: secret; esoteric
esoteric: intended for or understood by only a particular group
She takes her passion for the occult a little to seriously
waft: float, as on the wind
With a gentle puff, she sent the seeds wafting into the summer breeze.
puff: a short, forceful exhalation of breath
caustic: corrosive; that which can destroy tissue by chemical action
Caustic substances should be safely stored in sealed containers.
pundit: actual or self0professed authority
profess: to affirm openly
The former journalist was now a political pundit on a a cable television talk show.
exhort: urge
To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice or appeal
admonition: mild, kind, yet earnest reproof
reprove: to voice or convey disapproval of
The energetic cheerleaders exhorted their team to win.
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October 6, 2012 by marceladevivo
Question and Answer sites have become very popular on the Internet in recent years. Popular Q & A websites like Yahoo Answers attract millions users every day and are popular among consumers and businesses alike.
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At the beginning of the month we began potty training my son. He has the concepts down, but we are still working on perfecting it. I've found a lot of good resources along the way that I thought I would share with you.
Books for Parents:
Potty train your child in just one day by Teri Crane
Potty Training 1-2-3: What Works, How it Works, Why it Works by Gary Ezzo and Anne Marie Ezzo
Books for Kids:
I checked out about all the children's potty books out there and these were mine and my son's favorites.
The Princess and the Potty
Everyone Poops
The Potty Book for Boys (or Girls)
The New Potty (Little Critter)
Max's Potty
Potty Power - For Boys and Girls
Potty Time with Elmo
Potty Charts:
You can print out a great chart for boys here and girls here. Then grab some great stickers to post on the chart each time your child uses the potty.
Potty Supplies:
Gerber Training Pants - I like these because they are underwear (and not Pullups) but they are padded so if your child does have an accident they absorb a lot of it but still don't feel like a diaper like a Pullup does.
Safety 1st Comfy Cushy 3-in-1 Potty
I prefer the potty seats that connect to the toilet for easy cleanup, but I also like having a potty seat for times when I am busy and can't sit in the bathroom with my son. He can sit on his potty seat and watch a movie in the living room while he sits and waits. It isn't fun to cleanup but it isn't as bad as cleaning up messy underwear. It also doubles as a stool which is handy for washing hands after using the potty.
Mommy's Helper Contoured Cushie Tushie Potty Seat
This is a great little seat. It is soft and it also has a fairly big opening (unlike the potty seat, which is pretty small).
Treats and prizes - I give my son a sticker on the potty chart after using the potty and a small treat for going number one and I have big prizes for going number 2 (like a hotwheels truck).
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What Turns up on an Offender Background Examine - Sample Background Reports
What to anticipate from online rap sheets
There are lots of online web sites that supply you the possibility to do criminal background checks yet it's commonly difficult to work out what it is that you will in fact receive from the reports without initial joining the site. Would not it be good if you could see some sample records from the website prior to you subscribed?
Online background examinations aren't excellent. They don't guarantee that the info in their database is proper neither could you sensibly anticipate that each and every single sheet of information about every person is offered.
The amount of details provided varies from one state to another and also authority to authority but on the whole, based upon my experience, there is an excellent chance that you will be able to locate some info on the visitor that you are having a look at. I've handled to figure out a great deal of information about a lot of the people I have actually looked for. Several of original site it was really interesting I could tell you.
Just what does a criminal background check contain
When you look for background concerning somebody online you get a great deal greater than just their rap sheet. Even if they don't have a criminal past history you could discover a great deal of other appealing features of them. Here is a list of a few of the things that you may be able to discover:
Call and also take care of, address past history, email addresses, loved ones and also partners, neighbors, arrest warrants, civil filings, commercial property possession, state criminal records examine, neighborhood examination.
Using sample background check records to find out just what to expect
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All the frames are of really great quality and as you'd expect, I looked good in just about all of them. You'd think I'd have some pictures of me to show you guys but what can I say, I'm a bad bad blogger. Anyways, the question is: WHICH PAIR DID I CHOOSE?
Colton Whiskey Tortoise. YESS. Ultimately I wanted a cool pair of glasses that would set me apart from the rest of the pack
[as if I need anymore space]. I've gotten a lot of good compliments since their arrival and so far I've been pretty well received. It's awesome because no matter what I'm wearing the frames just take me to a whole nother level, and you can't get any better than that can you?
Please excuse the pedo stache. It looks fuller in real life I promise.
Since I'm pretty sure I don't really live near any of you, I'm almost guaranteed to be the only kid with these frames. That being said, I'll share the link willingly. Warby Parker and all of their options can be found right HERE. ENJOY.


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Guns don't kill people; violent people kill people
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At some point, we must recognize that out of all the humans, a small percentage are going to be screwed up in the head, and there's nothing we can do about it!
We shouldn't take away the freedoms of law abiding citizens
in a feeble attempt to protect us from the small percentage of psychopaths
. Banning guns or increasing regulations is just a feeble way to make the public feel better, it won't change anything, except the good guys become less free. That's my problem with it.
I think that bolded sentence neatly summarises the difference between gun control and gun advocates stance. I firmly believe that people's right to life far, far outweighs the right to bear arms. Do other things kill people? Of course! But you must start somewhere in limiting it. Also I find the argument that 'Oh well, criminals can get guns whenever they like anyways', well that's assuming that the government bans guns and doesn't actually do anything to regulate or restrict firearms, which is just downright stupid. Of course if guns are banned, then the government/police will have to step up their efforts in confiscating and shutting down all gun manufacturers!
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Hello my lovely ladies :D,
I thought I'd do a "eye color" series :D where I can give you tips about what colors you should use to make your own eyes pop :D. Let's get started:
Green eyes
If you ask me, green eyes are the best :D I'm so so so jealous that I don't have green eyes :(...even if I love my brown eyes :)). So, from what I've seen and heard, various shades of pink and purple make green eyes stand out. Other colors that go really well with green eyes are brown and taupe shades, gold and peach :D, but not overdo it :D simple and subtle colors always make your eyes stand out. And who says that you can't use green eyeshadow on green eyes is totally wrong :D. Green shades that are darker that your eyes can make your eyes mysterious and sexy :D (try a smokey eye :D ). There is one rule in choosing the right colors for green eyes: use worm shades, not cool ones, avoid if possible blue, grey, silver and even purple and pink that have a blue undertone to them. Anyway....you can't fail if you use purple and pink :D that have a worm undertones :D.
When it comes to eyeliner, use one that is close to your natural eye color....every shade of green works, from turquoise and lime green to dark green with sparkles (my favorite :D )and even black. And again avoid blue and silver :D.
Green eye look
Blue eyes
Blue eyes are to die for if the make-up is done well :D. There are some colors that appear to be made only for blue eyes :D. Pink with blue undertones, silver, purple, lilac, hot pink and fuchsia :D all make blue eyes stand out. And again the stupid rule "don't use the same color as your eye is" bla bla bla :))....no...blue eyeshadows make blue eyes pop even more, especially in combination with a black or a dark navy blue, for a smokey effect :D . if your eyes have green undertones to them, you could even use turquoise shadows and even a mint green. But if you don't, then green and brown shades are a No No.
For liners, choose a darker tone of blue to make them really stand out. You could even use silver, black and white (to make your eyes look more awake).
Blue eye look
Hazel eyes
The eyeshadow shade that works best for hazel eyes is gold, it brings out the natural shade of the hazel eyes. Try pairing it with brown shades and smoking it out :D, because another color that works well with hazel eyes is brown, soft brown, goldish brown :)). Other shadows like pearl, peach and light rose shades can also make your eyes stand out. For a more dramatic look, try using shades of deep green paired up with gold or brown.As for liner a dark brown eyeliner would be the best for hazel eyes, though I prefer shades of green for a pop of color :D. You can also use black and grey eyeliner for a more dramatic look.
Hazel eyes look
Brown eyes
Last but not least brown eyes....I left them for last, not because they are boring or ugly, no way...but because I have brown eyes and there are a lot to say about them :D. When people say that brown eyes don't stand out, have nothing special to them, I disagree. Brown eyes have the biggest variety of colors that you can use to make them stand out. From my experience, shades of brown and gold make brown eyes pop :D. My first make-up look was with brown eyeshadows from an Avon palette, so yeah, brown shades work wonders. Taupe colors are beautiful on brown eyes, then green shades, purple and lilac and even peach. To avoid...pink and blue...not that it doesn't look good, it just doesn't make your eyes pop.
As for the liner...well...I've discovered that brown eyes are gorgeous when I do a neutral look on the lid and on the waterline and lower lashline I apply a green liner (or a turquoise eyeliner, or a purple one, or a black one, or a gold one :)) yup a lot of colors there :D ). You could use blue or silver, but it's best to leave them for blue eyes.
Brown eyes look
All in all my friends, I hope that these tips and tricks helped you and gave you an idea of what to use for your eyes. Please feel free to comment and let me know what you thought of this post :D and please follow me for more. Thank you all for your support. xoxo


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Release Date: March 24, 2017
Berry College sophomore Leif Atchley will compete in the 2017 National
Trumpet Competition this weekend.
National Trumpet Competition is the largest instrument competition in the world
consisting of several divisions including high school, undergraduate, graduate,
trumpet ensembles and jazz.
from Chickamauga, Ga., is the first Berry student to make it this far in the
competition and was selected among several hundred video submissions. He is one
of 40 soloists who will compete March 23-25 in the live rounds at Metropolitan
State University in Denver.
contestants selected from the semi-finals will go on to the finals where they
will compete for prize money.
also competed at the national level as a senior in high school.
owe my success to the fantastic faculty, facilities and opportunities I am
graciously afforded here on campus as well as the amazing Berry community that
is a constant source of love and support," he said. "I am very proud and
honored to be representing Berry on this national level."
more information on the competition visit, nationaltrumpetcomp.org/ For information about Berry's music program check berry.edu/music.
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Ports may provide ballast treatment services, but responsibility for their output is not yet clear
Port-based treatment systems are likely to see a surge in interest and importance in the coming years. IMO recognises them as acceptable alternatives to shipboard systems and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to do the same next year.
In October 2015 the EPA lost a court case when the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York said it had been wrong not to consider shore-based treatment solutions when it prepared its 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP). It allowed the existing VGP to remain �until the issuance of a new VGP,� without setting a deadline.
EPA confirmed to BWTT at the time that this would not be before its planned expiry date on 18 December 2018. No details are available about the form that the next VGP will take, but if it takes account of the court�s ruling, it should include a policy on port-based treatment.
Under IMO�s Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC), there is scope for �other methods� to be approved to treat ballast water, beyond those anticipated by the regulation, under its regulation B-3.7. That allows for the development and approval of alternative treatment methods, provided they give equivalent protection to the environment as other approved methods.
When its Marine Environment Protection Committee held its 70th meeting (MEPC 70) in October 2016, its Ballast Water Review Group (BWRG) considered whether a specific example of a self-contained BWMS should be viewed as an �other method�.
It looked at the BWTBoat concept that has been developed by India�s classification society, IRClass, and decided that it did not need any special consideration as an �other method�, declaring that �the concept as described is within the regulatory framework of the BWMC � and no approval as an �other method� � is required.�
In a statement to BWTT at the time, IRClass said �BWTBoat is not a new �treatment technology�. Instead it is an innovative method of using existing technology.� Where appropriate, it said, recognised organisations such as class societies could assure port states that, for example, USCG type-approved systems are installed on BWTBoats.
BWTBoat could either treat ballast water at discharge or serve as a ballast provider, delivering treated water to departing vessels. An IRClass representative had advised BWRG that ships would receive delivery notes for treated ballast water and that port state control authorities should only be concerned about whether the water complied with Regulation D-2, rather than whether the ship had a BWMS.
This invites a question about responsibility for ballast water that has been treated by a port-based system. If it is found not to be compliant, is the ship, the port or the system operator liable to be sanctioned under the BWMC?
BWTT raised this point during discussion at the Sixth IMarEST Ballast Water Technology Conference in January, at which papers had been presented by Matthijs Schuiten, product manager of Damen Green Solutions, and Edo Donkers, business development manager at MEA-nl, a ballast water research and testing organisation.
�This is one of the things that we are working on really hard,� said Mr Schuiten, suggesting that it has not been clarified at IMO. He proposed that the question should be dealt with direct with the treatment service provider, in much the same way that a bunker delivery contract will set out who would be responsible for any spill. Mr Donkers agreed that it could be managed as part of the treatment contract. As long as the contractor has clear instructions, �I don�t foresee many problems with this,� he said.
Speaking from the floor, Sahan Abeysekara, Lloyd�s Register�s lead specialist in engineering systems, suggested that it would be the treatment facility�s responsibility. If the ship is following an approved ballast water management plan, once the water has been discharged to the port facility, �most responsibility of the shipowner will end from that point,� he said.
Also speaking from the floor, Markus Helavuori, a technical officer in IMO�s Marine Environment Division, confirmed that this point has not yet been addressed by IMO. �If nothing is agreed and developed within IMO it would probably be up to the port state administration to determine how these responsibilities are handled,� he said.
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The Other Side
Photography is only a new road from a different direction, but moving toward the common goal, which is life. -Paul Strand
Another view from this weekends visit to the other side of Florida. I used to live in this beautiful area a few years ago but did not have a camera, have a great Tuesday -;0)
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Waiting in for a delivery. Bloody cold.
They are putting up the Ore Village Xmas tree later today - on the roof of our newly refurbished public toilet ( male, female and disabled catered for ), I may go to the ceremony - it shall be the jewel in our crown, and probably not the first magnificent erection these toilets have seen.
On the radio earlier - they were trying to explain why student's personal statements for University applications are generally better if you come from a private or independent school. NO SHIT!!!! Did someone actually get paid to write that? I used to plough through dozens of the bloody things - all state school PS's are identical - they are written to a formula, partly because the teaching staff can't cope with their workloads and have no choice, and partly because they are so restricted in what they can actually do - the dark shadow of a school inspector looming large over their shoulders, checking that they do what they are supposed to - ticking a few boxes and making sure they don't deviate from prescribed dogma. Students would regularly turn up for interviews with a 20 minute rehearsed speech - always identical, that covered everything I was apparently supposed to hear - which you would then need to sit through politely and then attempt to extract some truth from - quite often you would find that the students didn't really want to do the course anyway - but were following orders - or had been told by someone in 'careers' that it was 'for them' and they had no choice. I once had a careers officer come to me with a 16 year old boy - and informed that they were developing a 'learning pathway' for him so that in 2 years he would be ready for me to accept onto my degree course. The boy in question had no interest in my subject - but I suspect the careers officer had 'targets' and paperwork to complete. She was quite put out by my lack of compliance.
Students from middle class families with more money and better schooling are bound to have more advantages - I remember one day when I sat through a dozen dull, uninspiring, identikit interviews with state school students - some of whom had traveled from great distances - none of whom really understood the subject and who had been trained carefully in what to say, and none of whom could answer an indirect question or deviate from the script, I couldn't possibly tell from the allotted 20 mins per interview if any of them were suitable candidates - they were just a beige blur.
At the end of the day, a less talented student than I would have liked from a private school arrived - not a great interview, not great work, but clearly more sophisticated, better traveled, more experienced and more articulate than any other student. Multilingual - family working in fashion in Milan, home in one of the best parts of central London, lovely parents who came to the interview with him and clearly wanted to support him in a creative industry, having had a number of FANTASTIC work experiences already - including working in a top magazine, design agency and as a fashion model - and a very well crafted and individual personal statement from a very good private boys school in central London ( that he clearly didn't compose himself ). Did I offer him a place? Of course I did. I also ended up spending a huge amount of extra time with all the state school students trying to get them to open up and divine if they were actually interested in the course or had any possible chance of succeeding, not for my sake - but for theirs - they are about to piss away 30K and the three most important years of their lives - they should really be committed to the subject. I'd regularly get answers to my 'why do you want to do this course' question along the lines of - "because my teacher told me to' -or, more annoyingly 'it's part of my lesson plan to go to an interview to see what it's like, I have to write a report on you to get my grade'.
Students from better schools with more resources have usually had more staff contact - have better personal statements that they clearly invested time in and have been worked on in conjunction with a staff member, who actually wants to help them, and has the time to do so. They usually have parents who understand their choices and support them, and are comfortable with the financial commitment, and have no prejudices towards creative industries. They usually have extended, professional, middle class families who are happy to help with work experience and references ( working in Top Shop on Saturday is not as flash as working at Vogue in the summer holidays, tru-fact). They are generally more sophisticated, aware, and articulate - and have no 'fear' of anything - because they have never really had anything bad happen, or been denied things ( it's not unusual for a student of 17 to put 'ipad app developer' on their CV, assuming they come from a family where all the kids have ipads).
I was lucky that I ran a small course and only had to trawl through about 100 interviews, at least I could take some time to try and give everyone the same chances - courses with 8000 applicants often filter 70-80% out online - so many potentially great kids get a line drawn through their name rather than under it without ever having the chance to try.
No, life isn't fair.