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Guatemala: The Face of Innocence & Genocide
Migrant Artifacts: Magic & Loss in the Sonoran Desert
Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge
Beyond and Back: The Story of X
Guatemala: The Face of Innocence & Genocide
by Michael Hyatt
Triptych of photographs and commentary that reflects on the 36-year Guatemalan civil war: its casualties, survivors and their offspring and repatriation of the remains of those massacred by the army and paramilitary forces.
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Migrant Artifacts: Magic and Loss in the Sonoran Desert
by Michael Hyatt
This work bears witness to one of the world's most dangerous journeys - the migratory passage of thousands of undocumented workers north across the Arizona-Sonora border. Michael Hyatt's unsettling perspective frames the perilous trek through images of things left behind - artifacts of a journey that has become one of the most controversial issues in today's...
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Organ Pipe: Life on the Edge
by Carol Ann Bassett / Photographs by Michael Hyatt
Deep in the heart of the Sonoran Desert lies an oasis of ebony mountains, golden poppies, stately saguaros--and the organ pipe cactus, "a prickly octopus turned on its head." A terrain where one learns to pay attention to the details: the tracks of a sidewinder in the sand, the tiny eggs of a cactus wren, the flash of a vermilion flycatcher against the azure sky. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in southwestern Arizona on the Mexican border. It is...
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Beyond and Back: The Story of X
by f Stop Fitzgerald and Chris Morris
X is a cross on its side, a type of chromosome, an axis in a three-dimensional system, an unknown quantity, an American rock 'n' roll band. X is to Los Angeles what The Ramones were to New York and The Sex Pistols and The Clash were to London. No wonder Spin Magazine named X the 4th greatest Punk Rock Band of All-Time.
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is songwriter Exene Cervenka on vocals, songwriter John Doe on vocals and bass, Billy Zoom on guitar and D.J Bonebrake on drums. Contains 9 Michael Hyatt photos plus cover shot.
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Chiropractic during Your Pregnancy
Pregnancy can be a real pain in the back!
Pregnancy should be one of life's greatest experiences but unfortunately the increased spinal stress that occurs as the baby grows sometimes means that this time can be dominated by lower back pain.
The average weight gain during pregnancy is between 8 and 20 kg which can often lead to severe discomfort. The extra stress placed on the body can affect the lower back as well as the middle back and neck.
Recent studies have indicated that over 70% of expectant mums will experience lower back pain especially during the later stages of the pregnancy.
Other difficulties that can be caused by these changes include aching limbs, Headaches, sciatica, shortness of breath, dizziness and fatigue.
How does your Posture Change During Pregnancy?
As the pregnancy progresses there is an increase in the curve of the lower back, this puts pressure on the pelvic (sacroiliac) joints and lower back which can cause back pain, muscle fatigue or sciatica.
Sometimes there can also be an increase in the thoracic curve that can cause difficulty in breathing and poor digestion, as well as rib and middle back pain. Headaches, neck stiffness and arm pain can also occur from these changes.
What types of Back Pain occur during Pregnancy?
There are two common types of back pain which pregnant women may experience:
Lower back pain: This can be extremely problematic for pregnant women and simple tasks can become very stressful. The pain typically intensifies with activities such as long periods of sitting or standing. Any lifting or bending should be avoided if it intensifies your back or neck pain.
Posterior pelvic pain: This type of pelvic pain is four times more prevalent than lumbar pain during pregnancy. It is a deep pain, felt below and to the side of the waistline and across the tailbone. It can occur on one or both sides and can often be associated with pubic pain.
Both types of pain are aggravated by twisting, standing up, sitting down, lifting or bending forward. Other aggravating factors are work stresses such as sitting at a computer or leaning forward for extended periods, weight gain, loss of normal spinal movement and muscular balance.
How Can you Reduce Low Back Pain During Your Pregnancy?
One important way to reduce pregnancy related symptoms in your spine is to maintain good spinal function before and during your pregnancy. This can be done with specific spinal techniques, such as chiropractic care, when necessary, to help maintain movement. A chiropractor will first perform a thorough examination to find out if chiropractic care would be helpful for you.
Exercise is also an important part of the process and should be added to your schedule at least three times a week. It is important to strengthen core muscles and your pelvic floor to stabilise your pelvis and low back.
Sleeping on your side with a pillow between your knees will take the pressure off your lower back and is extremely helpful and full-length body pillows are also recommended to ease backache.
If you have to sit at a computer for long hours make sure that your workstation is ergonomically sound to maximise comfort and support.
How Can Chiropractic Help Back Pain during Pregnancy?
Chiropractic treatment may be helpful throughout your pregnancy by providing relief from musculo-skeletal problems associated with your pregnancy. These problems can cause symptoms such as low back and neck pain.
Chiropractic care can be a part of your health care plan that aims to maintain a healthier and happier pregnancy by helping to improve pelvic balance, and flexibility. This in turn can help you have a more comfortable pregnancy.
What Else Can Chiropractors Do to Help You?
Our chiropractors can also offer nutrition, ergonomic and exercise advice to expecting mums during every stage of their pregnancy.
In the past there has been some limited scientific evidence which has indicated that Chiropractic care can help women during their pregnancy. One study by Dr Joan Fallon claimed to show that regular chiropractic care during pregnancy helps maintain uterine ligament flexibility and pelvic balance and may significantly reduced labour time. This study also compared mothers who received chiropractic care with those who didn't found that first-time mothers averaged 24% shorter labour times when having chiropractic care (1).
It is important to note that these studies were not conclusive in their assessment of actual effects of chiropractic care during pregnancy and further high standard research is needed to prove conclusively if chiropractic can help with issues such as labour time.
Once your baby is born chiropractic care can be part of your health care plan that aims to help your body to be as strong and as flexible as possible into the future. For more information contact us now.
(1) Fallon J DC. The Effect of Chiropractic Treatment on Pregnancy and Labour: A Comprehensive Study. Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic, 1991:24-31
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In the Eastern Cape, when rain falls and the sun shines, they call it a monkey's wedding. On the drive from Port Elizabeth into the Karoo, we're yet to sight any wildlife, but celebratory rainbows are arcing over the landscape as squalls buffet the van bouncing over the black-top.
The rain-smudged vista of scrubby plain and bleak hills unfolding through the windows is not the South Africa of the tourist brochures, but it holds a spare beauty of its own, unexpected as the optimism that you seem to find everywhere in this contradictory country.
Like the lone vineyard worker in the hills outside Cape Town, singing operatically into the winter wind as he prunes the vines. Or our driver in Johannesburg, who turns to face us when we stop at traffic lights in gritty downtown and, ignoring the rolling-eyed panhandlers rattling their beakers at the tinted windows of our glossy 4WD, smiles and says, "South Africa will be the most beautiful country in the world - don't you agree?"
If beauty is judged by ethnic and geographical riches, then South Africa is lovely indeed. This most tribal of countries - a fact exploited by past powers to ruinous effect - boasts 11 languages and ranks third in the world in terms of biological diversity, its topography running from the temperate forest of the Western Cape to the towering dunes of the Kalahari Desert.
The Great Karoo, through which we are travelling, a semi-arid expanse of 400,000 square kilometres stretching inland from the Cape, was once home to the indigenous Khoisan people and unimaginably vast herds of game. Both were decimated by wagon-borne settlers sustained by the Bible and biltong - the national version of jerky, made from beef or game.
Here in the late 1990s, some 280km north of Port Elizabeth, Sarah and Mark Tompkins bought up 11 farms that amounted to 28,000 hectares of land degraded by sheep and goat grazing. Standing among the run-down buildings and scrappy vegetation, they imagined a safari lodge and private game reserve that would reintroduce wildlife such as springbok, cheetah, zebra and giraffe. Today, Samara Private Game Reserve is a splendidly isolated realisation of that dream (the nearest town is Graaff-Reinet, about 55km away), complete with a converted farmhouse housing three luxury suites, three cottages, a mountain retreat and a manor house.
Set on the plains of Camdeboo, made famous by the 19th-century Cape Frontier Wars, Samara is a study in colonial comfort - zebra skins on the floors, red-checked armchairs, heavy linen drapes and glass lanterns illuminating the faces gathered around the beautifully laid communal dining table at night. There's a swimming pool, tennis court, library and bar, but this being Africa, the wildlife is the main attraction.
The lodge celebrity is Sibella, a cheetah rescued by the Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre in the North-West Province and relocated to Samara in 2003, where she went on to produce two litters. When we arrive, greeted with an affecting warmth and a phenomenal high tea, we're told Sibella's been spotted on the lawn in the past day or two. By nightfall, as we wrap up in fleece ponchos next to an enormous fire inside a circular enclosure known as a "boma", she still hasn't turned up. Instead we content ourselves with the ghostly vision of a white rhino standing stock-still at the far edge of the lodge lawn.
Morning game drives in Africa start off as bleary affairs. There's a pre-dawn knock at the door, a stumble outside to snatch a coffee and rusk for breakfast, then a lurch towards your Land Cruiser, into which you pile, swaddled in blankets and clutching hot-water bottles.
On this morning at Samara, Wayne Reed is our guide, grinding the vehicle in peace-shattering jolts past the native spekboom bushes and mountain aloes. We're heading up Kondoa over a steep rubble-strewn track. Somewhere out there are elephants and antelope species such as eland and kudu - their dung is visible now and again on the track - but for now, there's just an eerie, damp emptiness as we climb skywards, and the odd baboon call in the canyon below.
When the vehicle eventually creeps its way to the top, we find ourselves on an immense 1400-metre-high plateau. On this improbable grassland, our wildlife appears - a bucking line of black wildebeest charging across the horizon in a tumult of kicking hooves, tails and barking calls. Cutting the engine, we pull up on the grey-gold grasses and wait until they've poured out of sight, leaving us with a confronting silence and the lesser drama of clouds scrambling over the mountaintops.
It's startling to realise that the Samara reserve, a vastness that comprises four of the seven biomes found in South Africa, is fenced - to keep the animals in but also the poachers out, many of whom take kudu for biltong, for which there's a lucrative black market. Now and again, we hear them at work. Later, on the afternoon drive, Reed pauses near the Samara fence line as a series of sharp pops ring out. "The first four were misses, the last one was a hit," he says. "You can tell by the noise they make - when they don't hit, there's just an echo."
The lodge literature tells us that the Eastern Cape was an economically depressed area, but it's been revitalised, thanks to people like the Tompkins who have restocked the land with game to make a tourist dollar - a relatively new phenomenon in the region.
By contrast, in the Kruger National Park, which has become synonymous with safaris and the Big Five, making money from watching, rather than shooting, wildlife has been established practice for decades.
Founded in 1926, and occupying 19,000 square kilometres of the country's northern land mass, the Kruger doesn't offer up a rolling procession of wildlife across limitless savannah - that's found in Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania. The Kruger's predominantly bushveld terrain can make for scrappy sightings - a tail kinked above a grassy clearing, a horned head through the tree line, an indeterminate scrabbling in the bush. Yet it's also a place of infinite surprises. Within a few June days, I see a herd of zebra kicking up their hooves as they roll in a dust bath, hippos huffing bubbles in murky ponds, a hyena facing off a flock of vultures from an impala carcass dragged from a watering hole, and a hungry leopard frustrated by a python up a tree.
There are umpteen ways to experience the Kruger, but the best time for wildlife watching is winter, when the foliage and rainfall are at a minimum, allowing better visibility, and animals are drawn to the watering holes to drink. Places such as Royal Legend Safari Lodge & Spa, in Timbavati Private Game Reserve, are typical of high-end safari touring, featuring hefty wooden beds draped in mosquito netting, boma dinners where staff beat out traditional dances in the sand, and expert rangers and trackers who lead you to herds of elephant and impala.
But the height of bush luxury is found deep in the 11,500-hectare Thornybush Game Reserve near the town of Hoedspruit, in Phil and Liz Biden's Royal Malewane. At the end of a boardwalk shedding skittish monkeys, you are greeted by a pair of bronze cheetahs, freshly squeezed juices in frosty tumblers and cool scented towels - and the impression, under the extensive thatched reception-cum-lounge area, of White Mischief meets the Raj. The interiors are the work of Liz Biden, whose eclectic but uncluttered style meshes pieces from around the world, from Ming vases and Persian rugs to wooden doors shipped down from North Africa.
On arrival, we are seated at a white-clothed table on the hardwood deck, warthogs and their bristle-backed babies wallowing in the watering hole below. Our welcome lunch includes a salad of potato and fennel cake, smoked salmon, grilled prawns and a fillet of kingklip - the seafood flown in from the waters of neighbouring Mozambique. The grilled beef fillet served with a green peppercorn sauce comes from Johannesburg. But most ingredients, such as the citrus segments dressing the fish, are sourced locally from neighbouring farms.
In the stunning Malewane Suite, several times larger than my apartment back in Sydney, acres of richly furnished living space separate the two ensuite bedrooms. Claw-footed bathtubs, Ralph Lauren linen, private game drives and a personal butler and chef are just some of the inclusions that will be yours for the equivalent of $7500 per day in this palatial abode.
At the other end of the property in the equally lavish Royal Suite, a browse through the guestbook reveals the signatures of Elton John - who rents the entire lodge out on an annual basis - and other illustrious past guests. Bill Gates: "Fabulous." Nicolas Sarkozy: "Amazing." And, from Castro: "Gorgeous." Judging by their brevity, powerful people are busy people - even when they're on holiday.
After an evening game drive that sees us pull up among a dense herd of Cape buffalo, track black and white rhino and follow a hyena sloping off down the road with a perfectly amputated baby giraffe leg dangling from its jaws, we arrive in a peaceful clearing with views to the humps and crags of the Drakensberg mountain range. Under a sweeping awning set up beneath an enormous marula tree, lanterns have been strung up, casting a golden glow across the Bedouin-themed dinner laid out before us. The table groans with tagines, Tunisian-style lamb shanks, fish and vegetable curries, and fire-grilled cumin and caraway-crusted kudu loin. Braziers and gas heaters beat back the chill of the African night as porcupines rustle in the bushes at our backs. Above us, Scorpio claws its way across the African night sky.
A day later, I'm being spoilt in an entirely different way, having been allocated my own personal tracker and guide on a walking safari across a section of private game reserve between &Beyond's Ngala Safari Lodge and its sister property, Ngala Tented Camp.
Known as CC Africa until 2008, &Beyond owns 46 lodges and camps around the world and has built a reputation as a luxury operator with a conscience, having contributed more than $6.5 million to local conservation and community projects to date through the &Beyond Foundation. The focus is on environmental awareness, HIV prevention and management, schools, health clinics and access to water.
In Welverdiend (it means "well deserved"), just outside the Ngala reserve's southern border, development officer Vusi Nkuna walks me around the community's cinderblock buildings. In a voice that could burst eardrums, he stresses that the &Beyond Foundation is not about supporting a donor-reliant culture but helping to create income-generating activities. "I empower people to get the skills to manage their own projects," he booms. "I don't work over them, I work with them."
At the local primary school, where the day is finishing early so staff can attend the funeral of the latest town resident to be claimed by AIDS, Nkuna wants to show me an example of what he's talking about - the construction of a toilet block. It looks half-built, so I ask when work started. "Yesterday," is the response.
On my walking safari, I get to know Adam Mabunda, a perfect example of how tourism creates local employment. Having grown up watching cattle for his Tsonga family, he now works as a tracker for &Beyond, partnering with Dave Waddington, a ranger from Botswana whose rifle is permanently slung across one stocky shoulder. We pick our way in silence over the rough volcanic gabbro soil, skirting wallow-holes and observed by hunched vultures silhouetted in distant trees, Mabunda occasionally gesturingslight directions to Waddington. Every now and then we pull up short, as Mabunda's eyes widen at a change in bird call, a cracking branch or the breathy "bahhh" of an impala warning. This is not the place to be surprising, or surprised by, the local fauna. Pausing amid a patch of wild fennel to examine a wisteria tree knocked down by an elephant, Waddington gives me the lowdown on what not to do in the event of unexpected animal encounters. "When an elephant attacks, never climb a tree; it will knock it down, man. And when a cat charges, don't duck and never run."
We cross over a drainage line into a semi-permanent camp which, while basic by the standards of where we've come from, could hardly be classed as roughing it. Hurricane lanterns have already been lit, and a full buffet is soon laid out. I sip alone on wine as we watch the flames dance in the fire-pan.
Sitting around the fire, Mabunda - shy and watchful but with an easy laugh - starts to unbend. His religion forbids alcohol, so he won't join me in a glass of red, but every Saturday he dances till dawn at his church, and I discover that his prized possession is a beat-up old Mercedes he calls "Used to be Rich".
Mabunda has been charged more than once, by rhino and by cats. "One night," he tells me, "a lioness was hidden in a thicket. I heard her growling and then she rushed at me and, after I fell backwards trying to run away, she pinned me down with her paws…" Here he indicates a spot either side of his chest. Isn't running away exactly what you're not supposed to do? A peal of laughter, "I just ran and ran - and when I got back to the Land Rover, oh boy, then my legs start shaking."
During the night, we hear hyena, impala, leopard and four different kinds of owl, but no night-time intruders pass through the camp. The biggest disturbance, Waddington tells me the next morning through sleep-creased eyes, was Mabunda, who was laughing in his sleep. He was dreaming he was being chased by an elephant.
We break camp the next day under a pale, buttery sunlight and walk for three hours to the designated pick-up point, where we say goodbye and I'm ferried onward to Ngala Tented Camp - a stylish set-up accented with smart timber and green flourishes that fit perfectly with its Timbavati River setting. Elephants, rhino and buffalo walk right up to the two strands of electric wire that border the property while monkeys bounce on the canvas overhead as guests lie in air-conditioned comfort in the tents.
Hot and dusty, I park myself under an umbrella by the limpid infinity pool, gin and tonic in hand and alone except for an impala drinking nervously from the water. I cast my mind back to the past few days in the Kruger. The sight of thousands of red-billed queleas, the most abundant bird in the world, blooming in diaphanous clouds overhead. And, at the other end of the scale, the pack of seven endangered African wild dogs we encountered, careering through the bushes, tossing loose branches playfully in their jaws, tails fluttering like cheerful white pennants as they took off into the long grass.
On the veranda of one of the tin-roofed cottages back at Samara, I'd enjoyed a similar moment of quiet, contemplating the idea of the Eastern Cape minus the wildlife. Before me a moody landscape of rough grass and spiky trees gave way to the mountains: a distant sequence of flat tops, saddlebacks and cones. Even without the likes of the zebra, the duiker, the Cape clawless otter, I decided, this place of spare beauty would be worth coming to.
On the veranda of one of the tin-roofed cottages back at Samara, I'd enjoyed a similar moment of quiet, contemplating the idea of the Eastern Cape minus the wildlife. Before me a moody landscape of rough grass and spiky trees gave way to the mountains: a distant sequence of flat tops, saddlebacks and cones. Even without the likes of the zebra, the duiker, the Cape clawless otter, I decided, this place of spare beauty would be worth coming to.
As if on cue, a black vervet monkey appeared, sitting up on its haunches and observing me, apparently with some disdain. And a light rain began to fall.


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I am "Donna"Posted by Everyday Healy on December 23, 2008
This is one of her famous dance performance which she learned from Donna in the movie — "Mama Mia". Lovely, aye? Mommy like it too!
May be this is little Elizabeth's adventures. Obviously she is fearless. Somehow, mommy is fearful. What if accidence happens? (She did knocked her head on the wall once) It can be serious, but definitely not something the Chicago injury lawyer can help or will help.
So, this is one of the so called growing up process? Getting more cheeky and fearless? Gosh! It's getting tougher. I mean our job as parents in taking care of a 2 years old. But look at how much she enjoyed it. After all, it is a great performance. Shall I stop her? Oh… Confusing!
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I am very happy to see some of my Photos in 2 Brasilian magazines: « Claudio Novas » and « Contigo ». The wedding of Carol and Alex has been shortly featured to highlight the typical french style in a Chateau. Chateau d'Artigny is one of the most charming in Touraine and Loire Valley.
Organization and logistic planning by « Chateau & villa wedding » I will post soon an article about this very nice wedding.
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Orange County sure loves its dogs. Our pups are really important to us and we enjoy spoiling them silly just as much as keeping them healthy. It's no surprise that there are many excellent dog parks in the area. We've listed out the top 7 dog parks in Orange County where you and your dog will be sure to have a fun time!
1. Huntington Dog Beach
100 Goldenwest St. Huntington Beach
Hands down the most well-known and appreciated dog park in Orange County is Huntington Dog Beach. Located at one of the most famous beaches in the world, being the site for the U.S. Open of Surfing every year, Huntington Dog Beach is a special space for man's best friend. The beach is open from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm every day of the year. Legally dogs must be on leash but the website explains that typically only aggressive unleashed dogs are removed or cited. Most dogs at the beach are left to roam around and make friends. It's a great atmosphere for dog enthusiasts. Tips from visitors include bringing fresh water for you and your dogs and also spending an early morning at the beach to avoid the crowds and take advantage of free parking before 8am.
2. Irvine Central Bark Dog Park
6405 Oak Canyon Rd. Irvine
At nearly 3 acres the Irvine Central Bark is one of the premier dog parks in Orange County for pups to run and play off-leash. The park is open daily 6:30 am to 10pm, but closed Wednesdays for maintenance. Expect healthy, real turf, doggy water fountains and bowls for refilling, separate small and large dog areas and tennis balls to play with. The park is also handicap friendly. A tip from other visitors: weekdays are relaxed with fewer dogs. Also, be advised that the park is not easy to spot from the road so be sure to drive slowly in order to catch the entrance.
3. Laguna Beach Dog Park
20672 Laguna Canyon Rd. Laguna Beach
If you're looking for one of the most posh dog parks in Orange County, the Laguna Beach Dog Park is the place to go. This 2-acre park is a beauty. The healthy green grass contrasts beautifully against a backdrop of chaparral and bare rock encrusted canyon walls. The park is open daily from dawn to dusk, but closed Wednesdays for maintenance, as well as during and after rainy days. The park is separated into individual small breed and large breed areas. Parking is along the street and metered from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm daily.
4. La Paws Dog Park in Mission Viejo
25100 Felipe Rd. Mission Viejo
Another gorgeous, highly rated location, La Paws Dog Park is a pristine, must-try park for your pooch. The park features great views of Saddleback Mountain and surrounding foothills along with typical dog park amenities. The 3-acre park features 3 separate areas, 1.5 acres for large dogs, .5 acres for small dogs and .1 acres for single owner use. The dog park was designed for minimal environmental impact and thus has an unpaved parking lot and other environmentally friendly landscaping features. La Paws is open daily 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, but closed Thursdays from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm for maintenance.
5. Olive Hills Dog Park
700 S Nohl Canyon Rd. Anaheim
Located on the east side of Anaheim, Olive Hills Dog Park is a beautiful and popular new facility. The park is open daily from dusk to dawn. The space features ample parking, artificial turf, separated small dog and large dog areas, water fountains, fun agility equipment and lots of rocks and plants to explore. One tip from visitors is that the artificial grass makes it difficult to "fully" clean up dog waste, so come prepared if you can (wet wipes might be in order).
6. Costa Mesa Bark Park
890 Arlington Dr. Costa Mesa
The 2-acre park is located right next to the OC Fair Grounds. Costa Mesa Bark Park features separate small dog and large dog areas, water fountains, lots of shade and ample parking. The park is easy to get to right off the 55 Freeway. The park is open daily 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, but closed Wednesdays for maintenance. Visitors do advise that some owners bring aggressive dogs, so be extra cautious. Besides that it is very popular!
7. Arbor Dog Park
4665 Lampson Ave. Los Alamitos
This park is a favorite in the area due to its spaciousness, plenty of parking, water fountains, waste bags and seats for owners. Arbor Dog Park is a great place to let your pups roam free off-leash and meet other dogs. There is no separated space for small and large dogs. The park is open from dawn to dusk daily, but closed Thursdays from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm for maintenance. Other visitors advise to always keep an eye on your pet, as there is no separation for smaller and larger breeds. In addition, there is no lighting so be ready to head out when the sun sets.


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SculpSure is a breakthrough fat reduction device and procedure that can help remove fat in certain problem areas including love handles.
This treatment is ideal for people who want to shed large amounts of weight in a gradual way, with results apparent in as little as six weeks. After 12 weeks, most patients are likely to see optimal results.
How Does SculpSure Work?
SculpSure is an FDA-cleared procedure that has been clinically tested on over 100 patients. It's deemed a safe and effective light-based weight loss treatment.
As a non-invasive lipo procedure, SculpSure targets fat cells beneath the skin to remove up to 24 percent of treated fat over a 25-minute session.
Weeks following the initial treatment, SculpSure eventually absorbs and removes fat cells from patients' bodies, and the results are usually visible by the six-week mark. After three months, patients should see more dramatic results.
Staten Island plastic surgeon John W. Decorato, M.D., was one of the developers of the SculpSure device and treatment, and a research consultant with Cynosure.
He has explained that the SculpSure technology involves the hyperthermic injury to fat cells, heating them to cause injury. From there, the body naturally removes these cells, resulting in a more shapely figure.
The procedure involves three main steps to promote fat reduction without any need for surgery or other invasive procedures. These steps include:
- The SculpSure device targets fat cells under the skin using a selective wavelength
- An infrared wavelength is used for controlled delivery of energy through the device
- The body takes over and works to naturally eliminate fat cells
Benefits of SculpSure Over Other Treatments
One of the main benefits of SculpSure is the comfort level that patients experience. Patients who undergo SculpSure weight loss treatments are typically comfortable throughout the procedure itself, simply experiencing a warm sensation.
Another convenience with this procedure is the lack of recovery time that is often required with other more invasive procedures.
Once the procedure is completed, patients can resume normal daily activities without any recovery period, while simultaneously losing weight naturally.
Unlike other weight loss procedures, SculpSure also doesn't affect the surface of the skin. The procedure merely involves heating and damaging targeted fat cells, which the immune system then works to remove from the body.
The result is a significant reduction of fat in those stubborn areas that won't sculpt regardless of diet and exercise, with minimal discomfort during the procedure.
Where is SculpSure Available?
SculpSure continues to grow in popularity, which means that more clinics are adapting it throughout the U.S. There are many locations where you can receive this treatment, and it's easy to find a location near you that offers it.


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10 Dining Rooms from Our Midwestern House Tours
Here in the Midwest, we're fortunate to have space to spread out, and many of us like to use that extra elbow room for entertaining. Our house tour participants have been kind enough to share their dining rooms with us, from large to small, casual to formal, modern to traditional. Start in the dining room, then click through the links below to see the entire tour. Cheers!
• 1 Jason Weinbeck's Mid Century Frugal Fix Up
• 2 Lindsay's Bold West Loop Style
• 3 Kevin and Dop's Playful Uptown Loft
• 4 Francesco's Well-Curated Flat
• 5 Sarah & Steve's Attic Aerie
• 6 Melissa and Henry's Small Live/Work Home
• 7 B, Joe & Rachael's Eclectic Split-Level
• 8 Kathleen and Chet's Antique Market Style
• 9 Terisa, Colin & Lauren's Family Home
• 10 Kim's One Room at a Time
Photos: Jason Weinbeck / Greg Jansen (1), Lindsay Segal (2), Evan Thomas (3, 4), Sarah Coffey (5, 7, 9), Melissa and Henry (6), Kathleen Day (8), Kim Johnson (10)


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Odd Year Elections comprise city and town councils, primarily home rule communities that elect council members and retain judicial appointments. Odd numbered years may also serve Special Districts. These are non partisan contests.
The Approval Voting method can be used in Non-Partisan elections to avoid costly run-off elections. This is an effect of the simplicity of method itself. Unlike Instant Run-Off or numerically ranked voting, the tally of votes is transparently the sum of all votes cast. Other alternative methods, such as Ranked Voting, involve more complex math and are not readily understandable for voters and elections officials.
Colorado has several cities in which leadership is replaced in a manner similar to a parliament, where the voters are polled to see if they like the present leadership (ie: mayor) and failing a certain percentage another vote will be taken for replacement. Rather than two tiered voting, Approval Voting could be used in one election to determine if the leader had maintained his/her percentage of Approval, or elect the new leader.
|Mayor Jones needs 40% Approval to avoid being replaced. If he gets this Approval, all others lose. If he doesn't, then the one candidate with the most votes is the new Mayor.
|Some voters may Approve of Mayor Jones and also support the best person seeking the seat. All on the same ballot at the same time.
At-Large Elections in which four or more seats are to be filled are a good use of Approval Voting, especially when there are a large number of candidates. A recent Boulder election had fourteen candidates seeking five seats.
CU student government recognized this difficulty and now use Approval Voting for their at-large elections.
Local election supervisors in counties, cities/towns, and special districts need election rules from the Colorado Secretary of State.
Home Rule communities may already use Approval Voting without SoS rules, but find them valuable.
Approval Voting for Colorado seeks additional rules, not a change to existing rules.
Use of Approval Voting will be strictly voluntary by communities and districts that want to try it.


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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled April 3, 2012, that the state's cap on non-economic damages is constitutional in medical mapractice cases involving wrongful death. This decision does not address whether non-economic damage caps in medical malpractice cases not involving death are constitutional. This issue will be determined this year by the court.
Plaintiff Ronald Sanders argued that the Jackson County Circuit Court was wrong in entering a judgment providing $1.2 million in non-economic damages, instead of the $9.2 million awarded to him by a jury.
Sanders sued over the care, and eventual death, of his wife, Paulette.
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A jury later awarded Sanders $920,745.88 in past economic damages, $1.7 million in past non-economic damages and $7.5 million in future non-economic damages, for a total of $10,120,745.88.
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The law also allows the court to adjust the cap for inflation.
Sanders appealed, challenging the constitutionality of the cap.
Ahmed also appealed the trial court's judgment, specifically its denial of reduction and periodic payments.
Sanders argued that periodic payments violate the Missouri Constitution.
The state's high court ruled that both the cap and the periodic payments are constitutional.
As for the trial court's denial of reduction, the Court reversed and remanded the issue to the lower court.
Justice William Ray Price Jr. authored the majority's 30-page opinion.
"Provisions within section 538.210 limiting non-economic damages in wrongful death suits do not violate article I, section 22(a) of the Missouri Constitution," he wrote. His argument was that since wrongful death is a statutory right and not a right available under the common law, the legislature could cap the non economic damages and not run afoul of the constitution.
"The fact-finder -- whether judge or jury -- makes a factual determination when returning its verdict. The judge then enters judgment by applying the law to the fact-finder's determination."
The limit on damages, Price explained, interferes neither with the jury's ability to render a verdict nor with the judge's task of entering judgment. "Rather, it informs those duties," the justice wrote.
As for the trial court's denial of periodic payments, Price said the statute is "simply a limitation on a remedy."
"As the amount of noneconomic damages recoverable after applying the caps is less than the total amount of past non-economic damages determined by the jury, it is within the discretion of the trial court to assign the entire $1,265,207.64 as past noneconomic damages," he wrote.
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Yesterday a catalog for "Great Courses" came into my hands, and it was pretty good reading. I'm even tempted to invest in some of their audio courses or DVDs, to tackle something I missed in college, like comparative religions or a history of European art. This isn't a program that shies away from tough topics: I could even learn the "neurological origins of individuality," or perhaps "how to listen to and understand great music."
But then I started looking for anything about Nature as naturalists seem to think of it, and came up short. There is, in a course called The Joy of Science (one of fifty in the category Science and Mathematics), one lecture on "Ecosystems and the Law of Unintended Consequences." At the risk of stating the obvious, perhaps getting acquainted with Nature isn't something we get—or can ever get—from school or from such media-based self-improvement opportunities.
Why not? Why couldn't a gifted teacher take us on a walk through an unfamiliar landscape and help us understand and appreciate it? Couldn't something of that field trip experience be captured in a video or DVD?
Dr. John Marr, great Rocky Mountain ecologist at the University of Colorado, used to take his students on field trips. Driving up the canyon west of Boulder, he'd drop a student off every mile or two, asking them to explore the surroundings in which they found themselves. As he picked them up on the return trip, each student got to "show-and-tell" what he or she had figured out. The discussions that followed surely enlightened all.*
Perhaps there truly is no substitute for the personal experience and exploration of nature, but it seems like a knowledgeable introduction could help us get on the path.
* This story came to me from one of Dr. Marr's students, Dr. Oakleigh Thorne, who has made "bringing nature to life for kids" a major part of his own life, through Thorne Ecological Institute.
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- Dave said...
Nature study classes used to be a standard part of the public school curriculum in this country - Anna comstocks Handbook of Nature Study was one of the major textbooks. But sometime after WWII, I think, it was dropped in favor of more hard science. (Who wants to be soft, after all?)
- Natural Patriot said...
The famous 19th-century zoologist Louis Agassiz admonished his students to "Study nature, not books." These words, somewhat paradoxically, are framed in the library of the Marine Biologocal Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA. We need books, but we will learn much more deply about Nature from wandeding in the woods than wandering in the library (or slinging DVDs for that matter).
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Kim Kardashian has been in the news a lot this week after she tried to break the internet after a fairly revealing magazine cover hit the world wide web.
However she was the source of one of the funniest moments in the NBA this week too as she came into play during the Washington Wizards vs Toronto Raptors match.
Playing in the match was Kardashian's ex-husband, Kris Humphries who had the worst moment of his career whilst preparing to take a free throw.
Playing in Toronto, the arena was filled with a Raptors crowd determined to see their team pick up the win.
Some fans were that determined that they even tried to get in the mind of the Wizards Humphries.
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- NBA star reveals plans to own beloved franchise
- Cavaliers superstar has terrible news for Lakers fans
TMZ revealed a video from within the Raptors fans close to courtside as they chanted 'Kanye' at the former husband of the reality TV star.
Kardashian is now married to rapper Kanye West and the Raptors fans mind games clearly worked since Humphries missed the shot.
Humphries - who was married to Kardashian for a very brief 72 days has never stopped being reminded of it.
He has been made fun of it at the hands of Kanye West himself and multiple sets of NBA fans in the last few years.
Kim still causing problems
Humphries was distracted for his free throws in Toronto but it can't be blamed as the reason for Washington's performance in the game.
Washington went on to lose the game 84-103 in a rare slip up this season.
Since the loss to the Raptors, the Wizards have claimed victories over the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons.
Despite their loss in Toronto, the Wizards are still having an amazing season this year as they currently stand at 6-2.
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Are we winning or losing the public relations battle on Marcellus Shale?February 21, 2011
What could be the most important new source of clean, domestic energy has hit headwinds in the court of public opinion. New research shows that public sentiment about Marcellus Shale development is positive, but that sentiment is falling. The oil and gas industry now needs to act to shore up public opinion and guarantee that America benefits from this vital natural resource.
America's most important new source of clean, domestic energy is a massive geographic structure buried 9,000 feet beneath some of the most economically depressed regions of our country.
Stretching from West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania through Western New York State, Marcellus Shale, a geographic formation formed some 400 million years ago, holds more than 10 years of domestic natural gas supply for the Northeast, and that estimate could be low.
For years, the gas was inaccessible. But new drilling technologies are liberating this vast national resource, and bringing it to the surface to warm U.S. hearths and homes, and power businesses. If ever there was a good news story about U.S. energy, Marcellus Shale is it.
It should fall on the right side of everyone's best interests, even environmentalists. Gas is clean. Development technology creates jobs in the Appalachian Basin, which has been economically depressed since the Kennedy administration.
The Marcellus Shale band also lies close to Northeast markets where energy is most needed. The natural gas flowing from these formations is a surefire silver bullet to reducing our trade deficits and reliance on imported oil, providing a more stable America.
Yet, the critics are circling, throwing up phantom environmental issues and clamoring to tax a nascent industry out of existence while other, less economical and environmental energy sources sop up a huge number of taxpayer dollars in the form of government handouts.
These forces are trying to derail what is a certain windfall for American consumers, the environment, our economy, and our competitive standing. How much impact are they having? For a long time, very little.
But in a study conducted by Gregory FCA, a top-30 national public relations firm, and using Nielsen's BuzzMetrics tool to survey more than 100 million online and traditional media comments, it was discovered that positive public sentiment to Marcellus Shale development in both traditional media and social media is slowly eroding, as some environmentalists make Marcellus Shale their cause célèbre, and as the media take a more negative turn in their reporting.
Since the beginning of 2010, the positive sentiment in traditional media for Marcellus Shale has fallen dramatically, from a high of +3.1 to a low of -0.3 in January 2011. The rating falls on a 10-point scale with -5 being the most negative sentiment and +5 being the most positive sentiment. Zero reflects neutral sentiment.
An investigation into social media, or online discussions and conversations about Marcellus Shale, shows a similar deterioration. For most of 2010, online commenters were positive to Marcellus Shale development, averaging a positive sentiment that ranged between +3 and +4. But late in the year, that goodwill and sentiment began to turn less positive, and was only +1.1 in January 2011.
What does this mean to the industry? Marcellus Shale offers the oil and gas industry a rare opportunity to catalyze public sentiment to align with its business objectives. What's called for is an industry-wide effort to tell an overwhelmingly positive story that will swamp a few, vocal critics and move our combined national energy agenda forward. Here is what is required.
1. Beat them on the facts and publish an ocean of information about the value of Marcellus Shale. Prima facie evidence shows that Marcellus Shale is good for consumers, the economy, the environment, and our country. The problem is that naysayers — who often aren't under the same time constraint as gainfully employed Americans — have more idle time to plant falsehoods, raise suspicions, and demonize the oil and gas industry. Marcellus Shale has every fact on its side. Those facts need to be pushed out again and again through digital and traditional media, and embedded in every message radiating out of the industry. Facts are powerful, and when they are in your favor, they must be leveraged in every story that is told.
2. Never respond to the supposed negatives. Too often, the industry only amplifies the criticism of the lunatic fringe by addressing falsehoods. The industry needs to speak in a clear, positive voice that constantly focuses the conversations on the common-sense value of development. Marcellus Shale is about domestic reserves of clean energy of natural gas that will reduce our nation's carbon footprint. By only speaking to the positives and never addressing the negatives, the industry will assure its story is more accurately told.
3. Make it about people. Marcellus Shale will do more good for the Appalachian Valley than anything since the Great Society programs of President Lyndon Johnson. As a boy growing up in Western Pennsylvania, I remember the open sewers and the abject poverty of places like Sykesville, Pa., where my parents grew up, and how small investments in roads, rail, and water treatment yielded huge benefits. The people of Marcellus Shale are fierce, noble individuals who have been ignored for generations. The industry needs to celebrate the opportunity that Marcellus Shale offers them, and make their stories of economic renewal a mainstay of the storytelling. Reality TV paves the way with shows such as "Ax Men," "Deadliest Catch," and "Gold Rush: Alaska" reeducating the world to the value of honest work, risk taking, and the responsible harvesting of natural resources. The industry should underwrite a similar show to illustrate how Marcellus Shale is giving an entire generation of blue-collar Americans new hope and opportunity.
4. Dominate the online discussion. Traditional media appear to be turning the conversation negative. After all, it's the media's job to be skeptical. But digital media provide the means to craft and distribute a narrative directly to the ultimate consumer. The industry needs to dominate online conversations as a way to positively impact consumers, regulators, influencers, and ironically, the traditional media, which often find the spark of their reporting through online buzz.
5. Connect the dots for the public. How does Marcellus Shale provide a cleaner world? What is the economic impact on the real people of Marcellus Shale? How can we create a more stable world by reducing our dependence on foreign oil? How can our government ever hope to balance a budget if far-off cleaner energy, such as wind and solar, requires tremendous government subsidies, at the very time we are laying off teachers, firemen, and policemen? The connections are obvious to those inside the industry. But to outsiders, it's not so clear. The new narrative of Marcellus Shale must connect the dots so the public understands the vital national importance of this all-too-good-to-be-true opportunity for our country.
6. Language is important. The very term "fracking" has a negative connotation, and scores lower in public sentiment than terms such as Marcellus Shale. A better, more positive term is warranted. The industry needs to identify negatively charged words and replace them with positive language. The Marcellus phenomenon is liberating clean energy. It's reducing dependence on foreign oil produced in unstable regions of the world. It's creating a safer, more competitive America. It's eliminating the need to transport highly volatile energy halfway around the world. It's building lives, growing businesses, offering hope where hope has disappeared. Words drive public opinion. The industry needs to control the story by controlling the lexicon through creative, positive words that tell a vivid story and lock out the language of critics.
All and all, Marcellus Shale is a once-in-a-lifetime story that connects with the most important issues of our time. The need for clean energy. The power of private enterprise. The ability to transform lives and the drive to keep our country competitive. The industry must beat back critics through oceans of facts, human-scale storytelling, positive words, and positioning to tell a story that is bigger than this single moment in time.
Marcellus Shale is the America energy story of our age, as important as the day Edwin Drake discovered oil locked beneath the very lands that define the Marcellus Shale region. It's vital that the industry takes control of this story in order to assure the benefits of Marcellus Shale for generations of future Americans.
UPDATE 3/8/11: I have responded to all of the comments in this post.
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To Greg Matusky – Great paper on the falling public opinion and the steps necessary to overcome this declining opinion. I particularly liked making the arguement about people and not addressing lunatic assertions because even addressing such assertions lends some credibility they do not deserve. Nice work.
Jim Daley, Director of Natural Gas & Energy Programs at Greenhorne & O'Mara
(This comment was submitted via e-mail and posted with Jim Daley's permission on his behalf.)
I hope you post negative comments. I find your use of rhetoric to control the public and get what you want (ie cash) reprehensible. Call me a lunatic fringe but I will not be led by the nose to believe that "fracking" is a good thing. Case in point; Dimock PA.
Larry Bennett, Cooperstown NY.
Labeling all who question fracking the Marcellus and other shales as part of "the lunatic fringe" is absurd. There are plenty of open questions about the efficacy of the technology, about the potential of financial gain, even about where the gas will ultimately be sold. In this country we get to decide on critical issues by free and open debate, and demonizing others is typical of spin-doctoring and not of honest debate.
Fracking ruins the water and while there are many substitutes for gas, there is no substitute for water. Heavy metals and many contaminants are forever. They can't be filtered out. For example – they dissolve the membranes in reverse osmosis.
Environmentalists, otherwise known as sensible people who understand science, will not support a process that ends with contaminated water.
I am a taxpayer not a "lunatic" or enviornmentalist and I know that local taxpayers are expected to accept increased local taxes to pay for the following effects of fracking: road ruin, excessive traffic, increased demand for social, police, jail, drug, & emergency services, short and long term effects of dust & air pollution, while residential property values go down and rents go up driving long term residents out. All this with no ability to charge high profit energy companies with the costs. Its not boom/bust for locals, it is bust/bust.
Well said, thank you
Looks as though my comment contained too much truth. Here is another fact you won't like. Our leading oil and gas imports are from Canada and Mexico.
Now, if a nation really hates us, they would support you all the way, as you are destroying parts of the Rocky Mountains, Wyoming, Texas, Louisiana, and threatening the Finger Lakes of NY as well as the cities of Philadelphia and New York City.
I knew my comment wouldn't make it…you don't want the facts. I'm going to encourage every person who has gotten ill from the effects of drilling to write you and speak out. This is what is referred to as "yellow" journalism. Truth was too hard to take I guess.


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All those teams that imagined Ray Allen as a catch-and-shoot threat in the corner, adding a late-season, potentially game-changing acquisition just in time for the playoffs, well, they and their fans can go back to daydreaming about Powerball and MegaMillions.
Ray gone. For now, anyway.
Allen announced Wednesday afternoon that he would not play in the NBA this season but that he would consider the possibility of returning for 2015-16. The news came via Allen's representatives at Tandem Sports+ Entertainment, so no "Reports:" disclaimer or anonymous sources are necessary.
"Over the past several months, I have taken a lot of time to deliberate what is best for me," Allen said in the news release. "I've ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season. I'm going to take the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming offseason, to reassess my situation, spend time with my family and determine if I will play in the 2015-16 season."
That last part might be reworded as: "…see what sort of crazy free-agent offer some needy team makes to bring me back."
Allen will turn 40 in July. As recently as three seasons ago, he ranked fourth in 3-point shooting (45.3 percent) and eighth in true shooting (60.7 percent) and he was the NBA's fifth-most accurate foul shooter in 2012-13 (88.6 percent).
He's always had the work habits of a monk and, especially since altering his diet in recent seasons, the body fat of a greyhound. But stepping back into the NBA after a year's layoff, at Allen's age, would be the sort of thing only Wilt Chamberlain or Karl Malone ever pondered. Allen has been healthier by far than Steve Nash, a Class of 1997 draftmate, and Nash – still on the fringes of the Lakers while they pay him what's left of his $9.7 million this season – broke down last season after 15 games with a bad back.
As for performance, Allen averaged 9.6 points and 26.5 minutes for Miami last season, helping the Heat to their second straight NBA Finals with him aboard. He made 37.5 percent of his 3-point attempts in the regular season and 38.8 percent in 20 playoff games.
But the 10-time All-Star from UConn, who also played for Milwaukee, Seattle and Boston, had a modest 12.8 player efficiency rating (PER) both in the regular season and playoffs. Taking a career high 56.9 percent of his shots from 3-point range meant he shot a career-low 2.2 free throws, pro-rated to 36 minutes per game.
In a league in which every GM and coach is looking for an edge, interest in luring back Allen this season was high. "Ray has received enormous interest from a number of NBA teams throughout this season," agent Jim Tanner said. "We will communicate with interested teams as Ray makes a decision for the 2015-16 season."


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- New ad comes as debate over transgender rights heats up
- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's son is transgender
(CNN)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen doesn't often break ranks with her conservative colleagues.
But new ads from the fiery Florida congresswoman fly in the face of arguments some fellow Republicans have been making as a debate over transgender rights heats up.
The ad campaign, released Monday by Florida-based gay rights organization SAVE, features Ros-Lehtinen, her husband and their transgender son. And it opens with a message that organizers of the new campaign say is key: "Family is everything."
"Our son is transgender," Ros-Lehtinen says. "We loved him as Amanda and now as Rodrigo."
Sitting with her family at a kitchen table, the congresswoman describes what it was like to find out her child was transgender.
"At first, we had lots of questions," she says, "but as parents, we love and accept our children."
Organizers say they hope to reach Latino families with the ad, which was filmed in English and Spanish and comes as the debate over transgender rights is gaining growing national attention.
Last week the U.S. Justice Department and North Carolina filed lawsuits over the state's controversial bathroom law, which bans people from using public bathrooms that do not correspond with their biological sex. And on Friday, the Obama administration issued guidance directing public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity.
Ros-Lehtinen doesn't mention the lawsuits or recent legislation in the ad, but she says transgender people shouldn't face discrimination.
"Every transgender person should be protected from discrimination and have the opportunity to earn a living and take responsibility for their lives on the same terms as everyone else," Ros-Lehtinen says as the ad comes to a close.
Ros-Lehtinen has been outspoken about her support for her son, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, and is one of the most outspoken advocates for the LGBT community on Capitol Hill.
At an event unveiling the new ad Monday, Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen shared details about the process of coming out to his family.
"Just as we transgender people go through a journey, our families go through a journey, too -- of learning what acceptance means," he said. Heng-Lehtinen first revealed his gender identity to his parents through a letter.
"I wrote a letter, left it on their bed and left the house fearing the worst," he said. "I was ready to stay out if I had to, which is something that was terrifying for me. (But) I was lucky. When I told my family, they said, 'We love you.'"
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen also noted that the questions she and her husband had weren't the only thing on their minds when Rodrigo came out.
"Above those questions, we had one concern: his safety," she said. "It's a tough world out there for everyone, but it's even more evident now as we hear about bills that only seek to divide and discriminate against LGBT youth. It creates a hostile environment, and that's why as family members, we must stay united, we must be that safety net for our children, and support them in any way that we can, so that they can go on to live authentic lives. That's what family's all about."


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On Thursday night we attended a packed private screening of "The Kite Runner" at the Regal Eagan 16 in suburban Minneapolis courtesy of Paramount and Grace Hill Media. We held the last Power Line Night at the Movies at the same venue a few years ago for "Serenity," a film that the viewing public somehow knew to stay away from in droves. "The Kite Runner" opens in mid-December and the screenings give the audience plenty of time to get out positive or negative word of mouth on the film. Paramount must think enough of the film to take its chances.
I have not read the novel on which the film is based and reacted to the film solely on its own terms. I was impressed by the film on a number of grounds. It is a film for adults, addressing a serious subject with a dramatic and engaging story. The film is rated PG-13, but it is not aimed at a dumbed-down teen-age audience. I found it a powerful look at pre-liberation Afghanistan and a moving portrait of the protagonists' emigration from Afghanistan to America.
The film also ingeniously manages the balance between the characters' speaking in their native language at the opening of the film with a transition to English through most of the rest of the film. It is an aspect of the film that, along with its lack of a recognizable star, gives it an air of authenticity.
The moral center of the film appears to be the father of one of the two boys whose friendship gives rise to the story. His condemnation of theft as the law from which all others are derived is therefore ironic in light of the secret at the heart of the story revealed toward the end of the film. His son attempts to redeem both his own and his father's failings.
The one character who is not so flawed is the son's friend Hassan, who embodies the meaning of true friendship, and his example remains in my mind. The film's portrayal of the father in Afghanistan and as a man of reduced stature sacrificing for his son in the United States also remains stamped in my mind.
It seems to me that the film captures some of the complexity and irresolution of real life in a satisfying and thought-provoking way. I would add only that I was intrigued by the film's mix of graphic realism, symbolic imagery, and myth. These somewhat discordant elements are imperfectly brought together, but they add to the film's power.
The novel on which the film is based seems to have been loved by everyone who has read it. My wife is one of them, and she loved the film as well. She found the film's portrait of radical Islam in action (I won't soon forget "the beard patrol") especially worthy. She wants pretty much everyone to see the film to see what the Taliban were and are all about. We sat with Mrs. Rocket, who was also moved by the film.
I stuck around in the lobby afterward to debrief the Power Line readers in attendance. With one exception (an opthamologist who was repelled by the chaaracters' flaws and the mythic slingshot about which I can't say more without spoiling the plot), they were profoundly moved by the film. "A thousand times over" is the verbal token of deep friendship expressed in the film which I have borrowed to amplify the "thumbs up" rating of our Power Line readers in attendance.
UPDATE: A history graduate student in the MIddle East doctoral program at the University of Texas-Austin writes:
I recommend the book also (has anyone not?), and hopefully it was not spoiled for you by the movie. It is one of the most eloquent and touching works on Afghanistan (my historical and anthropological interest, especially on Pashtuns and Hazaras). Indeed, it is recommended reading in some classes on Afghan history. I also recommend you read A Thousand Splendid Suns as atonement for not reading The Kite Runner before seeing the movie! The second book by Khalid Hosseini deals with women in Afghanistan, especially under the Taliban.
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Action, children, computer, Concentration, Dads, family, Focus, fun, Generation, Health, internet., iraq war, jamba juice, love, mattresses, Military, parenting, participation, partner, Perspective, shopping, sleep number, smart phone, Writing
Today is the fourth day I have gone with limited internet exposure and without my smartphone. I am feeling great. Thus far I recognize my ability to better:
- Focus time with my son (I have noticed a lot more about his habits and where I play into them). We have enjoyed cartoons, T-ball and daily bike rides.
- My studies are more intense and now that I am solely concentrating on one thing at at time, the computer material seems to be better penetrating my numbskull.
- I find myself with more time in the day and rather than feeling it with technological crack, I have more time to help my spouse around the house and take care of the yard.
- The worries of the world are beginning to leave me. The latest scandal on the web has no time in my life, It's their problem.
Granted focusing and obsession could just be my problem but dealing with it in a new way is helping.
For example, yesterday me and my family went to grab a Jamba Juice. In this particular shopping center there is a court yard outside the parking lot where you can stroll and shop around. The three of us strolled into sleep number, where there is an intensive plethora of knowledge and computer generated statistics for mattresses. Who knew? Usually I would of been wrapped in my phone, the reading of my pressure points, listening to the sales associate, all while telling our youngster to quit jumping on the 5900 dollar bed next to us. But since my fiance was indulged into the concept of these beds, I decided to take one for the team and ensure he was acting civilly.
What I really found out was, he wanted to participate and enjoy the beds like us. When we ignored his participation in order to listen to the sales associate, he began to act out in order to get attention from us. He was craving attention even if it was negative. So I decided to become his sales associate, showing him how to operate a sleep number mattress and trying to get him to fork out 5900 dollars. He enjoyed it and was relatively calm for the rest of our time. Who knew?


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