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i am ready to channel and write down one of the most painful, repetitive childhood traumas that i actively remember. none of this is speculation as i have it locked in my memory, ready to replay over and over , which it does often. i also have it on a DVD by a fool that actually included it in a home movie collection because my family of origin suffers from ignorance that would be unbelievable by most.
this memory is one like a swirl, a whirlwind kind of feeling, a merry-go-round that you run around and around and then just jump on. it requires me to consciously summon up a place that is dirty and haunting, a place that i hated then and hate going back to now. when i do go there, its effects are immediate. i feel them instantly and completely. this memory has many facets to it; betrayal, child abuse, powerlessness, ritualistic and premeditated cruelty. there aren't enough vile words to describe how i feel about these occurrences; evil, ignorance, insane, devoid of any conscious, sociopathic in nature…
my nephew was only six months younger than me because my oldest sister got pregnant young and my mother got pregnant old. that put us less than a year apart even though i was technically from the generation above him. none of this mattered because he was my little brother, my buddy and pal, my best friend in the whole world, an extension of myself. i can't remember a time without him, i felt the feelings that siblings feel of just always being there. i mothered him and clucked over him as we grew up together and he loved it, he was kind and sweet, would play any game that i thought of because i was the thinker and he was the doer. boy innocence wrapped up as a gift to me, i couldn't get enough of him and he loved me the same way. sometimes, we would just walk through the yard holding hands because that is how life felt the best to me…
somewhere around four or five something different started happening around us. a switch flipped and suddenly we weren't being left alone to explore the world together, we were being prepped as if our status had changed. the men from the farms around us started paying attention to us, i suppose because we were no longer babies and under the care of our mothers but now separate beings left abandoned for younger babies in need; small persons for the men to amuse themselves with.
in the farming world, late afternoon meant coming in from the fields, taking a break from the heat; a pattern that i knew well and even though i knew it was coming, would fill me with dread as the summer sun started to make its downward turn. these vile, sweat stained animals called men would stomp in from the barn where we would hear the tractor engine turn off, the instant silence of that engine noise fading left an eerie void, giving me a cold tremor up my spine. then came the beer can flip tops hissing, they would guzzle one down quickly and have the next one ready to sip with not much conversation at first. they had to catch their breath which they eventually did by leaning up against the car or a tree, then slowly they migrated toward each other usually forming a semi circle and facing one direction. looking toward the field or standing with their backs to the sun, these vile men would look for a distraction to the chores that they had been paying attention to all day.
i'm not sure why they picked us to torture and tease, i suppose because there wasn't anything else for them to do. their lives were farming, drinking, sex with their wives or the current woman they were cheating with, sleeping and eating. too early for dinner, the wife wasn't finished with her chores yet and couldn't be distracted, they turned to the children who held a status barely above a farm animal.
as the beer began taking effect, it gave them a glazed, snarly kind of aura. one of them would start picking at something about us, noticing us, summoning us over to their circle citing some random offense in their ignorant backwoods language…"look at that sissy boy picking flowers with the girl, he's not a real boy…come over here boy…somebody oughtta teach that boy to toughen up". . .it would go something like that, my sensitive friend and brother, demonized by his own father and laid out as fodder to the neighbor men; the father maintaining his loyalty to the adult men over his own son. slowly they would taunt the boy in, pulling on his good nature and willingness to obey his elders. verbally they would begin to laugh and snicker at him as he stood before them, eyes filling with tears and head hanging low. i will myself to help but i can't, i'm already frozen; my body knows this scene too well from experience and has reacted accordingly. i know they would soon escalate their taunting so i try to get my body to move, to stop being paralyzed and immobilized by what i knew was coming. if i could provide a distraction, if i was bigger, if i could only stop them…but i was a very little girl, one tenth of the size and weight of these full grown men. once they started it would be almost impossible to stop them but then again, i had never really seen anyone try, except me.
when they bored with verbal taunting, hungry for something bigger, they would move on to shoving the boy baby from one side of the circle to another, sometimes hitting him around the circle with switches from a nearby tree, and sometimes, when they were feeling particularly cruel, they whipped him until he got his own bundle of switches gathered to be used on himself. my boy angel would grow wilder and wilder as the shoving and laughing continued; the more frenzied he got, the more frenzied they got. when he fell to the ground in the powdery dust, they would kick and poke at him to get up and he would shoot up, full of rage, fists flying at the men one of which was his father. they would hold him out at arms length by the hair on his head and let him flail the air with his rage. once he was in a full blown hysteria, they might slow down a bit because the howling shrieks of the boy child had alerted his mother inside the farmhouse…or sometimes it alerted his grandmother whom neither would do anything to stop this horror but whose presense seemed to slow the men down. maybe in some way it took the fun out of it for them. i'm not sure at all because try as i might, i can't begin to think like these animals do. even as an adult, i can't wrap my head around such evil.
the one person would defend the boy at all costs to life and limb, was me. i would flail myself at these men as i didn't care if i got hurt, that wasn't important. i would throw myself between him and the men trying to shield him from the shoving and kicking, both of us getting covered the dirt that would puff up everytime we hit the ground. the laughter seemed far off in the distance and the only sounds we heard were that of our bodies thudding against the ground and the breath leaving our bodies….it seemed to go on forever, time stood still…. i would bite the nasty, sweaty flesh of those man arms that would hurt my friend…. their slimy, slick arms picking me up and throwing me in the air…my beautiful summer sundress falling over my head and blinding me…the smell of beer, stale breath, grimy sweat that hadn't been washed off for days, lingering, lingering still, to this day.
at some point, they would grow tired of the game or the mother/grandmother would give them the look that said "even though i won't protect these children you should probably stop doing that to him but i know you are the man and i shouldn't question you because its just not done so instead i will just light a cigarette and avert my eyes from looking at my very own child being actively tortured." they would eventually shuffle off, throwing their beer cans at the dog, finding something in the barn that needed to be done next while i gathered up my boy child; my tear stained, dirty friend who had wet his pants. we would go as far from the house as we could. sometimes i would sneak back up to the house to the water spigot and find a way to bring back a drink or a wet rag to clean him up a bit and hold him until his sobbing and gasping turned into a quiet blank stare.

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Mary Poppins Returns is directed by Rob Marshall and stars Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, and Meryl Streep. The plot of the movie is decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives. Rob Marshall tries his best to recapture the magic of the original film and there are moments when he comes close, but overall I was very disappointed with this film. Emily Blunt was a fantastic choice to take over the role of Mary Poppins I do think that she is missing a softness that Julie Andrews had, but she has some wonderful moments. All three of the child actors who play the Banks children are wonderful and thankfully not annoying. Ben Whishaw is also very good. His song where he sings to his dead wife is really emotional and one of the only songs I liked in the movie because I could understand the lyrics and believe me that is a rarity in this film. Dick van Dyke has very little screen time but in his few minutes he proves that he is a better singer and dancer than anyone in this movie. I also loved the callbacks to the original throughout the film. As for what I did not like about this movie the animated sequence it goes on for way too long and it didn't look that good. Lin-Manuel Miranda tried his best, but I just saw him playing himself. Meryl Streep's character in the movie I found to be extremely annoying and her song even more so. I didn't care much for the songs and I can't even tell you what the songs are about. What bothered me the most about the movie is how stupid it is. Michael is careless with an important document that has gone missing and it didn't help that I spotted this document immediately as soon as it showed up on screen, but it takes the entire movie for them to find it. 2 out of 5 stars for Mary Poppins Returns. I hope you enjoyed my review.
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Part one of my fandom definitely has to be fandom as a kid. This is when I fell in love with the band in the first place. In thinking about that time, the big moment has to be when I fell in love with the Reflex. It pushed me from casual fan to Duranie. If that hadn't happened, I doubt I would have still been a fan today. Therefore, that is definitely a worthy moment. Biggest personal one, though? I'm not sure.
The next part of my fandom surrounds the reunion and returning to being a loud and proud Duranie. I know that I have talked about this a lot on here but it is worth sharing a little again. Around the time of the reunion, I found myself overwhelmed with the beginning of my teaching career with grad school on top of that. To say that I didn't have a lot of extra time would be an understatement of epic proportions. I heard rumblings of a reunion but put blinders on as I kept telling myself that I didn't care. Interestingly enough, as I finished grad school, I found myself watching the silly TV show, Roswell, religiously. I appreciated the escape with it and the outsider as hero theme. My lonely self sought out others who were as into the show as I was. This lead me to message boards and eventually to meeting other Midwestern fans.
One of these fellow fans mentioned Duran Duran in passing one day. That is all it took. I had free time by then as I had finally gotten that Master's Degree and needed something to obsess over. My Roswell internet searches turned to Duran Duran ones and to Duranies, which eventually led me here. That moment, that one mention certainly was a big moment in terms of my Duran fandom. The biggest? I am sure that I could make the case for that, for sure. While that one comment got me back to Duran, I'm not sure I would vote for it as the biggest. Stick with me here because my biggest moment, I think, will explain why this one didn't matter as much.
After that reminder, I found Duran message boards and made the decision to attend that Duran fans convention in 2004 in New Orleans. This, of course, is the event in which I met Rhonda and so many other fans whom I'm lucky enough to call my friends. From there, this led to going on tour, seeing a bunch of concerts and so much more as part three of my fandom. I might even say that this led to so much fun that I'm still getting over it. Yet, despite all that, I'm still not sure that I would pick the convention as the biggest.
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Tuukka Rask didn't want to make too much out of his strong performance for the Boston Bruins in a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks at the 2019 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium.
"It is a special stage, but I think for me you always try to approach the game like any other game," said Rask, who made 36 saves. "I don't think in the standings it is anything special, but it is my third [outdoor] game that I got to be a part of and the second I played in. It's nice to get the win, too."
Rask started for Boston in the 2016 Winter Classic, allowing five goals on 30 shots in a 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. In the 2010 Winter Classic, he was the backup to Tim Thomas in a 2-1 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers.
But so far this season has been an up and down for Rask, one of the reasons his teammates said it was special for him to deliver a signature game on a significant stage, possibly signaling a change in fortune.
"He was the [Rask] we want to see on a nightly basis and he does it on the big stage," defenseman Torey Krug said. "His career stats speak for themselves. In order for us to win a lot of hockey games and bigger hockey games going into [Stanley Cup] Playoffs and things like that, we are going to need a guy like him to step up and play good. Hopefully it is the start of something."
Rask has had trouble getting something going this season. He struggled out of the gate before taking a leave of absence in November, opening the door for backup Jaroslav Halak to get the majority of the starts (21-19) three months into the season.
As a result, Rask wasn't a sure thing to start the Winter Classic despite being the Bruins' No. 1 goalie since the start of the 2012-13 season.
Rask, who is 10-8-2 in 21 games, has yet to win three games in a row and has played seven games where he has posted a sub-.900 save percentage. His goals-against average (2.63) is the highest since 2010-11 (2.67) and his .914 save percentage is the lowest in his NHL career.
But Rask is fighting through the struggles. He has won two in a row and four of his past six starts and passed Tiny Thompson on Tuesday for most starts in Bruins history (469).
"I thought he played well," coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Like I said before, we couldn't go wrong. It's an area of strength for us. We win either way, not in terms of the game, but in who we choose [to play]. Tuukka has strung two together now.
"I think we were good in front of him in spots. The second period got away from us. [Rask] made some big saves and I was happy for him. We want to get him in a rhythm where he is playing well and has a good chance to win every night."
Rask saved his best for last against the Blackhawks. After the Bruins took a 3-2 lead on a goal from Sean Kuraly at 10:20 of the third period, he made six saves, including a chest save against Patrick Kane alone in the slot with 40 seconds remaining.
Brad Marchand scored an empty-net goal seven seconds later.
"Pretty big event today and I thought he brought his best game of the season," forward Jake DeBrusksaid. "We needed it, especially at the end. I felt he was the biggest reason we won today."
Said defenseman Kevan Miller, "He's been our rock back there for so long. Hats off to him. He played a strong game back there and kept us in it. That is his M.O. He's always been there for us and we thank him for that."
In the end, after trying to dismiss the importance of the game, Rask admitted that the Winter Classic will eventually hold a special place for him.
"I think these are the experiences when you are done with your hockey career, you will look back and be happy you were a part of," Rask said. "I'm very, very fortunate and appreciative to be a part of three of these games."


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One year of marriage!
We celebrated one whole year of marriage on Saturday (07/07/18).
We enjoyed a simple day together:
-picked up fresh fruits, veggies, & delicious local cider (Far From the Tree - Our favorite flavor is the strawberry basil!) from the farmer's market.
-made the trek out to IKEA (3 days in a row) to pick out some furniture! Up until this point, all of our furniture has been passed down from our parents so this was a big step for us!
-drove up to Rye, New Hampshire for a photoshoot with some family that we love dearly. We ended up spending the evening at a gorgeous beach house with the family, popping champagne & enjoying each other's company.
It was lovely.
Our engagement / marriage happened so quickly because Q planned to go to Graduate school the Fall after I graduated from undergrad. I spent my last semester pounding 22 semester hours, planning a wedding (with the help of my mom & SUPER ORGANIZED mother-in-law ;) ), and trying to mentally prepare to move from NC to MA at the end of the summer.
We got married 7-7-17 at a gorgeous venue (the arbors) & packed up to move to Boston one month later. It's been a crazy year. It's been a HARD year.
Q & I have been together since 2011 (?!) but we are still learning so much about each other.
We are learning the quirks.
We are learning the flaws.
We are learning the beauties.
We are learning the routines.
We are learning how to lean on one another.
We are learning, learning, learning.
Quentin Berry,
Thank you for standing by my side.
I love you endlessly.


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Text-to-Music, "Text to Music", "Text to Melody" or even "Words to Music" (they all refer to the same thing) is a fast and powerful technique used in the WOTJA (wotja.com) generative music system.
Wotja Text to Music (TTM) takes the text or words that you input and then uses it to generate a "melodic seed" (melody).
This parameter-adjustable melody can be considered to be "imbued with meaning" as it originates from your text or words!
It is that direct linkage that makes Wotja Text to Music a key aspect of Reflective Music.
Use Wotja for free, as a player or creator, on: iOS, macOS, Windows & Android
Wotja is for: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, Laptop, Tablet, Mobile | Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV | Apple Watch
The easiest way to try out TTM in Wotja is with a Wotja Pro app. Create a New Empty Mix i.e. Wotja Pro Documents Screen > Add New > Cut-up Text (Empty Mix).
Once created, open the mix, tap on the right side panel where it says "Tap here to browse Templates" and from the Templates list then select any of the templates in the "TTM 1 Players" or "TTM 1 Players 2" paks and tap "Load" to add it to the mix. Once you have done that you should see something like the following which shows the Generator Network panel with one Generator (shown in dark green, the colour of a TTM Generator):
To select the parameters for this Generator first tap on the "Text to Music" Group in the right hand panel, shown highlighted.
Tap the Cut-up Rule parameter and select Custom. Then tap the "TTM text" field where you can add your text, the characters of which are then used by the TTM generator to generate a seed melody. This melody, depending on the settings of the various "Text to Music" parameters (see below), can repeat forever or to play a certain number of times and then mutate. Experiment away!
Tip: If the mix is already playing then you should shortly hear the melody change; if not, just stop/start the mix.
The Intermorphic Music Engine (IME) parameters available to use in Wotja are as follows (details extracted from the IME section of the Wotja User Guide):
Generator - Type Text to Music
"Text to Music" Generators are new Generator Type in V20. Text to Music Generators have their own special set of parameters and allow text in any language to generate a seed melody which, even though not visible, is in a Pattern syntax. Use English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, French - whatever language takes your fancy, you will always get a melody!
The "Text to Music" parameters govern how Text to Music Generators work.


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Shopping ahead is really important during the summer. Not only can you save yourself several trips to the supermarket when you'd rather be enjoying the warmer weather, you can also plan to have a cooler on hand to keep perishable foods at the proper temperature until you get your groceries home. Plus, if you stock the cupboards and freezer with food ahead of time, you can always have ingredients to prepare quick summer meals.
Try to shop only once a week and buy only enough produce and fresh foods to use up within the week. Buy meats on sale and cook up extra to add to salads for super quick summer meals such as lunches or light suppers. To save time, you can store cut-up vegetables and washed salad greens in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator. Carrots cut into sticks as well as other sliced or chopped raw vegetables are perfect to have on hand for snacks. All you need is some salad dressing to use for a dip.
If you find the fruit you bought starting to get too ripe, make a large fruit salad to accompany your summer meals. Most adults and kids enjoy fruit salad, and it can look quite colorful and special even if you simply chop up several different fruits and blend them together in a large bowl. Try setting the bowl of fruit salad in the freezer for five or ten minutes before serving for an extra cold refreshing side dish or dessert on a hot day.
When you make corn on the cob and have leftovers, scrape the kernels off the cob with a small knife. You can use up the corn along with any other fresh vegetables such as chopped tomato or leftover cooked broccoli in omelettes for quick summer meals. Leftover cheeses such as those from a cheese and fruit plate lunch can be grated and combined as a filling for the omelettes.
Macaroni salad makes a popular and inexpensive side dish for many quick summer meals such as barbecued chicken with a vegetable plate. You can use whole wheat macaroni for more nutrition. Many types of leftover cooked vegetables such as carrots or broccoli can be added to macaroni salad if they are chopped fairly fine. Cooked rice with chopped vegetables added can be made into a cold salad dish as well.
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Nice tips! I am going to try some of these recipes, they sound good.
I actually don't like having proper meals in the summer. It's very hot as is, so if I have heavy food with oil or meat, I don't feel very good and I get sleepy at work. I turn towards vegetable dishes and fruits in the summer.
I also like cold salads, like potato salad and salads with greens, especially Greek salad. I really like having boiled or oven cooked potatoes filled with pickles, peas, corn, catsup and mayonnaise. Or I can have a sandwich with fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil pesto. Organic foods markets sell fresh mozzarella and different pestos that you can buy
and make sandwiches at home.
I especially love cool desserts like ice cream, frozen yogurt, Italian ice and fruit salads. I have fruits with whipped cream or sweet cream a lot which makes it into a really tasty dessert.
This is how I eat the entire summer. I just have to keep it fresh and light.
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I don't know why but when it's summer, I feel like I need to eat fish, especially if I can get it fresh.
I love having salmon with a side dish in the summer. A very easy and healthy way to make salmon is to put it in a pan with a little bit of olive oil and water with the lid closed and on a low stove setting. I add spices to it like whole black peppers, a bit of turmeric for color and bay leaves.
It cooks on low heat but that's fine because salmon cooks fast anyway. I flip it over when one side is cooked and close the lid once again. It's ready to eat in ten minutes. You can add any side to it like a salad, maybe a salsa salad with corn, or some sauteed green beans. It's really tasty, give it a try!
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My favorite food in the summer is yogurt. It is so refreshing and it has a lot of water content and I feel like it helps keep me hydrated.
A dish with plain yogurt I particularly like is made with zucchini and broken wheat. It is so simple! I cook onions and add chopped zucchini, broken wheat, tomato paste, water and salt. All of these ingredient cook really fast, you can have this meal ready in about 15-10 minutes. I like to have it with cool plain yogurt, but you can let the zucchini cool down and have it plain as well.
Zucchini is a vegetable that also has a lot of water content, the broken wheat is
very healthy and keeps me full. Yogurt is of course fantastic because it has protein and calcium. I feel so good after having this meal, it is light, tasty and quick to cook. Wonderful for the summertime!
You can also make mango lassi with yogurt as a smoothie in the summer. It's an excellent snack or dessert!
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Transmission fluid temperature is the single biggest contributing factor to the lifespan of your automatic transmission. Having an accurate, realtime measurement allows you to know when to downshift or when to take your foot out of it. Whether you're towing or simply trying to harness the power of a built or boosted motor, AutoMeter's Trans Temp Gauge will give you the most accurate possible measurement for the exact temp of your trans fluid. A single wire 1/8" NPT temperature sender included to be installed in your transmission, transmission pan or with an optional transmission cooler line manifold is available for easy installation into a transmission cooler hard line. Officially licensed Jeep product.
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What happens if your body lacks folate? The National Institutes of Health in the US says it's important to consume 400 mcg of folic acid every day. This vitamin is crucial for our health as it helps our body make and repair DNA and produce red blood cells. With folate deficiency, you may develop anemia, a condition in which your internal organs can't get enough oxygen to work properly. Here are 8 common signs that your body needs more folic acid.
8 Signs Your Body Is Asking for Help
- If your body lacks this vitamin, you might struggle with depression, have trouble concentrating, and feel forgetful and irritable.
- In severe cases of anemia caused by folate deficiency, your brain gets less oxygen than is ideal. In response, your brain's arteries start swelling, and you get a headache.
- Hemoglobin, a protein contained in red blood cells, is responsible for transporting oxygen from your lungs to all your body tissues. When your body lacks folate, you don't have enough red blood cells (and, therefore, hemoglobin) to provide your internal organs with the necessary amount of oxygen.
- If you notice that you're out of breath when doing things you'd normally handle without any issues, this means that your oxygen levels are low because your body lacks red blood cells.
- Such gastrointestinal symptoms as nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, and diarrhea after meals may be the first signs that your body lacks folic acid.
- Mouth sores and a swollen tongue usually occur when the lack of folate is quite severe, so you shouldn't neglect them.
- A deficiency in folic acid may result in trouble tasting food. This happens because your taste receptors, called papillae, can't send messages to your brain via your nervous system owing to the existing tongue problems.
- Pregnant women or women who are planning to get pregnant should take a daily dose of folic acid. If this warning is not taken seriously, neural tube defects or NTDs (birth defects of the brain and spinal cord) may happen to an unborn child while it's developing inside the mother's womb.
- The easiest way to resolve folate deficiency is through your diet. To keep an adequate folic status, you should eat more dark green vegetables like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, spinach, and asparagus. As for other foods, it's better to consume citrus fruits, avocado, beef liver, beans, mushrooms, and whole grains on a regular basis.
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Love Is In The Eyes
If you asked 100 people today what they think is the biggest indicator that somebody finds them attractive, they might say eye contact. This isn't surprising considering 80% of all human perception is visual.
We've all experienced that electric moment where you lock eyes with a stranger. Strong eye contact can make you feel vulnerable and exposed. At the same time, if you are looking at another person it is a huge indication of your own interest in them. This is why you're more likely to make it with someone that you feel comfortable with, or someone you would like to get to know better.
The Proof
Over the years countless psychology experiments have been conducted to find out exactly how much impact eye contact has on a connection between two people.
In 1998 professor Art Aron conducted an experiment at New York State University in which the participants were grouped into pairs and were to look into each other's eyes for periods of 2 minutes, without speaking to each other. Afterwards they were asked to rate the level of attraction that they felt to one another.
The results were astounding as the participants reported feeling overwhelmingly attracted to each other. They felt a strong connection with the other participant despite having not exchanged a single word with them. Some of the participants went on to date, and two even on to happily marry!
An earlier experiment in 1970 by Zick Rubin looked at eye contact and love, rather than eye contact and instant attraction. It was called the 'love scale' and the participants were real couples. He asked them to privately record the level of attraction and love they felt for their partner. They were then observed as they spent time together.
The average time that people make eye contact during a conversation ranges between 30-60% of the time. The results of this experiment showed that couples who rated themselves as deeply in love made eye contact for 75% of the time they were talking to each other. While couples who felt less strongly for one another held eye contact for significantly less time than the average.
In Practice
While we perhaps don't need the confirmation of psychology experiments to know how powerful eye contact can be, it has had quite significant implications to one new form of dating.
Eye Gazing Parties
Eye gazing parties are the new twist on speed dating. The principles are all the same, you move around the room, spending 2 minutes with each person. The difference? You cannot speak, you must simply gaze into each other's eyes for that 2 minutes, much like Art Aron's experiment in 1998.
The idea was concocted by Michael Ellsberg who attributes their success to the fact that "2 minutes of staring into someones eyes tells you more about them than 10 minutes of talking". The idea is to move past the frivolousness of early conversation, and to reach a deeper connection early on.
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We had a great evening yesterday with our visitors from The Faith Mission college in Edinburgh. The hall was packed, with extra seats put out at the back. Both the interviews with students and the preaching by John Townend challenged us to live lives of commitment to Christ.
Tonight I've added another three months of details for Sunday evenings, and also edited the page for Thursday evening Bible studies.


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Alapomeji Ancestral Records head huncho – 9ice, serves us another banging single tagged "Ayo Ni".
"Ayo Ni" was released together with "Epana" and it serves as a follow-up to his previous and buzzing single "Arami".
The up-tempo tune was mixed and mastered by prolific sound engineer, Olumix.
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Tower Defense + RTS game for people who like to play RTS game and like to micro units. In the game, player must to control their units well enough to defend waves of enemies.
In the current build, player can train units from command center and need to secure 3 waves of enemies to win the game.
Current Progress (To get the best experience, play in FULLSCREEN):
- Character behavior:
- Flocking, Obstacle avoidance, Path finding
- Attacking Move(AMove), Focus Firing Move(FFMove)
- Grid Controller:
I used grid to track units position. Therefore, unit only check it's neighbor grids for collision. It also being used for A* path finding.
- Camera/Minimap
- MainCamera: Translate, Zoom in/out.
- Minimap: I used an orthographic camera as minimap and each unit draws a GUI color block to that minimap to show their position. I'm planning to generate terrain background procedurally.
- Input
- Unit selection: When MouseClickDown, I cast a ray from camera to the ground/Grid. When MouseClickUp, I cast another ray. Using these two selected grids, I can select all the units within this area from Grid Controller.
- Hotkey
- SoundManager
- Network (Possible in the future)
- Gameplay:
I need to keep working on units behavior to have a smoother units control. And there are also many features to be implemented, such as Team formation, Patrolling, Destinations Queue(Shift Move).
- Design:
Each level should be focusing on some specific micro skills. For example, you have to perform "Kiting" well in order to complete the demo level. I will work on level design after I'm comfortable with the unit control.
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Hey there. My name is jennifer Edwardson and I live in Parksville, a beautiful seaside community located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. I am a wife to the most amazing husband, Mom to Emma and Alexander and the proud owner of the Island's favourite scrapbooking store (Scrapbookin' Adventures)!!! I have always been very creative and began scrapbooking shortly after Emma was born 10 years ago, and have never looked back. Being surrounded by color makes me so happy and I am never without 3D foam and a sanding block !! I have designed and taught hundreds of workshop since opening my shop 5 years ago and absolutely love what I do. My work has been featured on blogs and idea galleries and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share my Bella Blvd projects with you here......I hope this inspires you to sit down with your own Bella Blvd stash and create something wonderful.....have fun !!!
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Today was a good result in regards to be P&L line but I did some awful things in running, it was near impossible to focus when I was flicking in between each race over to the cricket, and that was so good it was impossible not to flick. It was very hard to go straight into in running, I was turning over as the race went off, terrible idea. The only two things that saved me today was Banyan Tree winning in Killarney and someone getting their colours wrong with Dandy Man in running, no idea what they were watching but I was delighted laying it anyway! Apart from those two results, the rest were pants. You really have to be 100% committed and focused for the whole day in running or its kaput, its amazing how easy it is to lay a winner, when its insanely difficult to pick one.
Still a winning day to keep moving forward even though I wasnt at my best, just kept calm all day and had a bit of patience. Seriously looking forward to seeing Cape Blanco again tomorrow, although wont find out how good he is in this race, he should win handy enough without being asked a question.
Over in the 5th test, Australia are the new England! With a total mid-innings collapse, the pitch is a minefield. I still dont think its over, no point doing anything now until England are all out and set a target, then I might have a bet. I cant see Australia failing twice in one game, but they arent going to chase down 400 on this pitch, its a tough one to call. Glad I havent had a bet so far really.
Horse Racing: EUR27.30 Total P&L: EUR27.30
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RTI & Data: Opportunities, Issues & Challenges
Submitted by Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) on Jul 1, 2012
You'll understand what kind of data you can get from the government and how you can use this data, challenges faced when asking for information, with the data you receive.
To explain: - What kind of data can you get from the government via RTI - What this data can be used for - How to get government data using RTI - Issues faced when asking government organizations for RTI. Examples and case studies - Issues with Data received via RTI - To discuss ideas for making government data public
Projector and a laptop
Speaker bio
Nikhil Pahwa is the founder, Editor & Publisher of MediaNama, a news and analysis website chronicling the development of the digital business in India.
We've been using the RTI since March 2011 to get information on government policy and for extracting data which should be in the public domain. We've filed for data, been rejected, got incorrect data, filed appeals and published charts and data analysis.
We also launched a site called MediaNamaCharts.com, with interactive charts using Tableau, which we couldn't sustain.


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Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension
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Alderson, J. C. (2000). Assessing reading. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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SCOPE OF WORK: Development, Construction and Tenant Improvements
Burger Theory Restaurant was a 7000 sq ft remodel of the interior Kitchen, Dining, and Buffet area of an existing outdated restaurant. We completed a ground up addition on the patio and added additional parking in the back lot of the property. It's known for its unique lighting, wood finishes, and open concept to the outdoors. The restaurant opens to the Courtyard of the Holiday Inn and Suites.


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Independent filmmaker and the founder and CEO of Regina International film festival John Thimothy's personal film explores complex issues such as sexuality and stigma set to premiere at the 41st BigMuddy Film Festival.
Today's world is all about targeting stigmas and taboos. In today's day an age being in a global village, a lot of such issues are discussed pretty openly. One of the platforms where such stigmas are discussed is film festivals. Films evoke emotions in a way that the stigma is visually experienced by viewers which makes them understand these more.
This recent short film by John Thimothy called 'The Notion' Featuring Critically acclaimed South Indian actress Kani Kusruti highlights the issue of same-sex relationships. The story goes on with telling about a well-known activists and former NSG Commander and Mumbai Terror Attack survivor who has recently committed suicide. The reason is unknown. His wife is a well-renowned writer's whose book has been one of the best sellers amongst Indian authors. Due to the man's accident, most of his time is spent with his wife due to which the police also suspect that his wife has something to do with his death.
The late activist wife is now mentally disturbed due to which she is admitted to a mental health institution. Later in that movie, the real cause behind her husband's death is revealed. The cause behind his death was that he caught his wife being involved with the same-sex partner due to which he shoots himself.
By this, we can see that even an activist who's basic purpose is to break stigmas get so affected by a stigma when it happens in his personal life. People often portray themselves as open-minded and very understanding but when it comes to things which directly affect them, they tend to change that frame of thought in an instant. Such stigmas are often shunned by the media especially in some countries. Due to this reason, people suffer from so much mental damage and huge losses in their lives.
This movie depicts all of this in just a matter of 13 minutes. It clearly shows all the aspects of our society. The hypocrisy behind faces who actually earn so much respect and fame just due to the empowerment they promote are actually people who do not truly believe in such stuff. No matter how many people speak up about this, there never true acceptance in their hearts. Because of this reason no matter how aware society gets, there is never true acceptance.
This movie actually identifies the intensity of this situation and stigma. It shows how serious this is and how hypocritical people are about this. It shows that as long as people do not accept such taboos in their own lives, these issues will never go away. This movie is the depiction of where our society lacks and how badly it can affect people's lives. Be it mentally, or physically, people suffer. These effects then last for a lifetime and keep on damaging the person's reputation and standing. This will only end once people face it and make peace with it.


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NEW BEDFORD — Detectives seized 129.6 grams of marijuana and cash when they stopped a vehicle late Monday night, police said.
Detectives from the department's Organized Crime Intelligence Bureau pulled the vehicle over about 11:25 p.m. on Parker Street for a motor vehicle violation, said Lt. Ricard J. Rezendes, a spokesman for the New Bedford Police Department.
OCIB detectives found the marijuana and about $1,500 in the vehicle, he said.
The operator, Mason Noah Kuliga, 18, of 99 E. Clinton St., New Bedford, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and operating an uninsured motor vehicle, according to the New Bedford Police Department logs.
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Year-round Women Lit program elevates female authors
It's the only major event series focused on elevating the voices of female authors and fostering literary community among Bay Area women. (By women, Women Lit means anyone identifying as such.)
Festival Director Cherilyn Parsons launched Women Lit in early 2018, initially as a way to raise funds to bring more female writers to the annual festival.
"There were writers I wanted but simply couldn't afford," she said. "Women in the community stepped up to help."
The momentum surprised her.
"When I began presenting some of these writers in public events year-round, that was at first simply a way to thank our donors. But suddenly the demand was huge," Parsons said. "Women really wanted to hear female authors and come together around books."
While juggling the demands of the main festival, Parsons began to plan additional Women Lit events around the Bay Area. Since Women Lit isn't tied to a particular venue, it can produce events wherever a publisher, author or audience is interested. She also started planning more of the special receptions and salons, held in private homes, accessible to higher-level donors.
Journalist Rebecca Traister sold out a large venue in Berkeley for a Women Lit event just days after the Kavanaugh hearing. Pakistani activist and memoirist Khalida Brohi spoke at the Women's Building in San Francisco and dined intimately with a smaller group the next night. Recently, preeminent novelist Rachel Cusk appeared in Berkeley (some attendees also shared a high tea with her before the event).
Receiving two standing ovations, Gloria Steinem appeared with Women Lit at a sold-out event at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in February. Steinem's conversation with activist Favianna Rodriguez was moderated by Lauren Schiller, host of Inflection Point, the PRX podcast and national radio show produced out of 91.7 KALW, which is Women Lit's media sponsor. Inflection Point has been a partner for many of Women Lit's public programs, which can be heard at inflectionpointradio.org.
Upcoming Women Lit Events
Eve Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues," speaking about her memoir "The Apology" on June 13 in Berkeley, with a reception beforehand.
Jennifer Weiner, author of numerous bestselling novels, discussing her new novel "Mrs. Everything," in a special Girls' Night Out Women Lit event (add-ons include cocktails and dinner) on Saturday night, June 23, in the East Bay.
See womenlit.org for details.
Videos and complete audio of all Women Lit events are at womenlit.org.
"Publishers are taking notice," Parsons said, "and beginning to reach out to us. So are sponsors, excited about reaching many women in thoughtful, female-centric ways."
EO Essential Oils, Kikoko teas, Hello!Lucky and She Writes Press have been among sponsors.
Parsons notes that the basic membership level of Women Lit will drop from $100 to $50 in recognition that Women Lit has surged far beyond its original fundraising purpose.
"Women Lit is becoming its own force," she said. "I absolutely love bringing truly special female authors to other women and creating magical experiences for both."
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I am always happy to post reviews and promote charity collections, I think the beauty industry is worth around 17 billion or something ridiculous like that so if companies can help a charity out here and there then I'm right behind them. When I got the press email about this candle I was taken back to when my grandma was alive. She was about 78 or 79, I can't remember exactly however she went to bed being able to see everything, she woke up the next morning completely blind. The condition was giant cell arteritis is actually pretty common, especially in the over 50's, I think my grandma had a pretty severe case of this as I believe permanent vision loss is the worst case scenario, Nevertheless, I can only imagine how scary it is to lose your sight, It must be horrendous for everyone, especially children. L'Occitane has joined forces with Unicef to supply children with Vitamin A supplements in Bolivia, Myanmar & Papua New Guinea & many more. 100% of profits from 1 solidarity Candle supplies 5 children with one year worth of vitamins with the hopes that their sight will remain and they live to have a healthy, Happy Future.
The candle is packaged in a lovely little tin. As soon as you remove the lid, You are greeted with a beautiful light floral scent that fills the room in moments of being lit. At only £9 per candle I personally think its a great little gift for a friend or relative or if you are well into your Christmas shopping, This would be a great stocking filler.
Grab yours from L'Occitane or pope into one of their stores. Don't forget to tag them on social media using the #LightForSight hashtag.
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I am in love with Improv Anywhere. I think its because they do things I wish I could be a part of…but most are in NY. No pants day in the subway. Freezing in Grand Central. The equivalent flash mobs here, like Santacon and Brides of March are awesome…but I want to be a part of Improv Anywhere.
Only Improv Anywhere can pull off one of the funniest things I've ever seen. You ever fascinated with shows, musicals and movies where people just break into song? They did it in real life….and well I may add. Just watch and see. If you want to see the process, you can check it out here. I want to be an agent. I want to participate in shit like this. I want to be a twin and ride the subway in a human mirror. I just want to be a part of it. Luckily they have branched out and have shit listed on this Urban Prankster site…but its not the same.


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To empower women and their children fleeing abuse by providing safety, support, and a range of services and to raise awareness about root causes to end the cycle of violence and abuse.
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We seek a socially just community where all women and children are free from violence and abuse.
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Gillian's Place is the only organization offering emergency and transitional shelter and supportive services for women and children who have experienced abuse in St. Catharines, Thorold, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Lincoln, Grimsby and West Lincoln.
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Prepositions in German are quite different from English, that's why very often it's required a lot of patience before the student is able to master the topic.
We use to build the topic throughout all the levels, let's have a look how you progressed up to the B1 level.
If you have problem don't forget to have a look to my German lessons in Munich.


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5 Adorable Farmhouse Style Tier Trays
Let's talk about tier trays! ❤ So adorable for your counter in the kitchen. Layered trays are perfect for displaying little items you love! I've used mine for candles, mini boxwood wreaths and mugs! ? I've found this selection from my favorite store – Amazon!!
Simple and galvanized! ? Can it get any better? Yes, it actually can because this Galvanized Two Level Tray is VERY reasonably priced! So adorable.
Are you a lover of black metal? Well, this tray is for you! Annnnd it's got an extra tier for displaying more items! This Black 3-Tier Tray would look great in any home!
Cream, wood and slightly distressed? Yes, I'll take it! Is this 3-Tier Wood Tray not the cutest! Please note – this particular tray is selling fast, so order now if you're going to order!!
Check out the detail on this lovely piece! The stem is adorable! Wood Aluminum 2 Tier Tray can make any space look cozy!
Here's another galvanized option! I love the detail of the base and it's an extra tier! Metal Galvanized Tray has so much farmhouse charm!!
Alright, so there you have it! ? These are all options I would totally use in my own farmhouse. If you're in the market for a tier tray, I hope this helps! Thanks for reading! ?
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Love all the different trays!
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Mine holds my spices on my counter.
Great choice of trays…


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For the vast majority of people, getting cash back is much preferred over air miles, products, services or any other reward, and if you like to use your credit card frequently, you will find that cash rebate credit cards give you a lot of money in return for using them.
Ordinarily, cash rebate credit cards carry higher fees and APR (Annual Percentage Rate) than most other credit cards. You will not want to carry a high balance on these cards at any time, as it typically ends up being very costly. If possible, you should pay off your balance at the end of the monthly pay period. Then, your APR will not have a negative effect on the interest fees you pay. Paying off your bill monthly will also allow you to take full advantage of the cash rebate reward.
Cash back percentages will vary from credit card to credit card, most cards normally have 1% cash back applied for general purchases and 5% cash back applied for specific purchases the card has been designed to make. For every purchase you make using your cash rebate credit card, you will get some amount of cash back. Using your credit card on a regular basis will give you a lot of cash back by the end of the year.
If you are an individual who makes big credit card purchases, you will get a lot of cash back by using your cash rebate credit card. Some cash rebate cards have a limit on how much of a rebate you get back. If it is within your planning to purchase large items such as furniture, you should check into your cash rebate credit card, rebate information, to find out what the rebate is on those types of purchases. The better rebate card companies are quite content to send a lot of rebate cash your way for purchasing expensive products using their cash rebate card.
Before you decide upon a cash rebate credit card, you should find out how much reward you will get with each purchase, and what the cash rebate limit will be. Once you have reached the cash rebate limit, banks will send you a check, deposit the reward into your bank account, or add the reward to your credit card. All three rebate methods are good options, however most prefer to have the money added to their bank account, so it may draw interest income.
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"Lady Sunlight" Rep Janice Arnold-Jones just announced that Friday will be the last day for her radio show, New Mexico Now.
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The Royal Conservatory School (RCS) is part of The Royal Conservatory, an institution founded in 1886, with an established tradition of music education and assessment that unites communities across North America.
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In DeHaan Services, "Recent Articles about Furniture Styles, mainly Wood Furniture" explains why I chose to remind my readers of those articles. One hint is that January is a typical month for furniture sales.
Although my "DeHaan Lens for Coat Rack Stands" remains my most popular overall, I think the more important lenses cover styles of furniture. "The Clean Style and Quality Manufacturing of Amish Furniture" is one example of that type of article.
These articles are found in Suite 101 and Squidoo.
One Rather Wooden Writing Tip
I could have reminded people on Facebook or Google+ about each of my earlier articles. Or I could have updated them and hoped that search engines would notice.
This time, however, the approach was to use keywords in the new article to make it popular enough for readers to find.
The next step for those readers should be, one hopes, to click and follow the links.
The articles might discuss wooden furniture built according to Shaker tradition or in the Mission style, but the business


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The 2019 Summer Festival is now completed and I would like to thank sponsors, attendees, volunteers, performers and all other contributors for your kind and generous support.
This year, we have made every effort to broaden the appeal of the festival to a wider audience by offering more diverse events and by involving more clubs and organisations throughout Hungerford.
We are now busy investigating and considering events for 2020 and we are aiming to provide a diverse and eclectic mix of events which we will be revealing in the Spring.
If you have any questions or suggestions for future festivals or if you would like to help out with the Festival or offer sponsorship, we would love to hear from you via this link.
To sign up for our newsletter and to be kept informed of events for next summer, please follow this link.
The Hungerford Summer Festival is run entirely by volunteers and is funded by Hungerford Town Council, The Town and Manor of Hungerford, and Greenham Common Trust, together with sponsorship by local businesses and individuals whose generous help enables ticket prices to be kept as low as possible. Please see our list of supporters here. Box office facilities are kindly provided by Newbury Building Society (Hungerford branch) and tickets are also available online.


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Thanks to some fine enterprise reporting by Emily Walkenhorst of this newspaper, we've learned the index created by academics at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville to measure levels of potentially contaminating phosphorus leaking from the surfaces of agricultural fields during rain has failed to include that which invariably drains through and into underlying karst terrain.
To that revelation I say: Oh, come now. You have to be kidding.
Excess nitrogen and phosphorus in water, both fertilizers generated by animal waste, cause algae to grow faster than ecosystems can handle, and result in danger to aquatic life from explosions of algae blooms and resulting low dissolved oxygen. Did you try canoeing through the mess along some 70 miles of the Buffalo last summer?
Agvise Laboratories reports that many states, out of environmental concerns over excess phosphorus application and runoff, are now regulating animal manure application, focusing first on its phosphorus content, followed by nitrogen.
I'm assured that streams such as our beloved Buffalo National River don't care whether contaminants originate from runoff or subsurface fissures and cracks.
The excess fertilizer that attaches to soil particles and becomes trapped in the subterranean fractured limestone openings becomes known as legacy phosphorus. Unlike runoff, it can steadily pollute for decades and much longer.
The so-called Arkansas Phosphorus Index, developed in 2010, is primarily used by farmers, although processing plants and municipal wastewater plants have started applying it as well.
The index was established by Andrew Sharpley, a professor in the Agriculture Division's Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at UA, and others. Sharpley also heads the Big Creek Research and Extension Team.
That group, comprised largely of members of the University of Arkansas Agricultural Division, has received hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars over the past six years to monitor potential waste discharges, including phosphorus, from C&H Hog Farms.
I wonder, with all that expertise and an obviously inadequate Phosphorus Index, why this monitoring group hasn't been taking carefully measured accounts of all known ways phosphorus enters natural waters statewide, especially where it is widely known the Buffalo watershed surrounding C&H is riddled with karst.
Walkenhorst quoted Brian Haggard, director of the Arkansas Water Resources Center at the UA's College of Engineering, saying the variability of karst terrain means it shouldn't be factored into the index. I suppose that means let's pretend like it doesn't exist. I'd sure want karst included in Mikey's Imaginary Updated and Remarkably Complete Phosphorus Index.
The existence of pervasive karst in our Buffalo watershed is well-documented, including in caves and underground springs that honeycomb the rocky hills and mountains.
Water flow tests voluntarily conducted by emeritus Arkansas geoscientist and noted hydrologist Dr. John Van Brahana—not by our state—showed that dye he injected into property surrounding C&H traveled rapidly, was widespread and emerged as far as 12 miles downstream in the Buffalo.
"The state's hog farms—and neighboring fields where hog manure is used as fertilizer—are often in karst areas in north and southwest Arkansas," Walkenhorst wrote. "More often than not, the soil on which the manure has been spread has phosphorous levels that are considered excessive for plant nutrition, according to an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette review of the permits and soil analysis samples of about 100 Arkansas hog farms."
The index, Walkenhorst wrote, "assigns a phosphorous-runoff risk value to land upon which a farmer wants to spread animal waste. Manure can be applied only on land deemed to have a 'low' or 'medium' risk of runoff, according to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality."
The index multiplies three things together, according to the story: "phosphorus source potential (based on soil tests and the phosphorous application rate), transport potential (how easily phosphorus might move, based on the slope of the land and other elements), and best management practices (such as ponds, fencing or buffers on the land). Each of the three factors has its own factor that determines its value. Factors are assigned numeric values, even when they are not actual measurements, such as … how often an area of land floods. … Soil samples help to recalculate the land's risk every year.
The Department of Environmental Quality (cough), which should never have approved the factory with up to 6,500 swine in this incredibly environmentally sensitive region without extensive testing, last year denied it a new operating permit.
The factory's initial Regulation 6 permit issued in 2012 was discontinued and expired two years ago. Yet the factory has operated as usual since because of ongoing legal appeals.
In part, the agency, in its final permit denial last fall, was concerned about the presence of karst, the measurably increased phosphorus levels and the now-documented impairment of the nearby Buffalo River, Walkenhorst wrote.
C&H sprays the swine manure as fertilizer on surrounding fields along and near the Buffalo tributary, Big Creek, flowing six miles down into the Buffalo.
Jessie Green, executive director of White River Waterkeeper, told Walkenhorst the phosphorus index should have accounted for subsurface leakage. The fact it doesn't is "a considerable failing." Hmmm, ya think?
Sharpley said the index was designed only to measure surface phosphorus runoff in rain and is finally being updated to account for local conditions such as karst.
The original C&H permit application and nutrient management plan failed to account for the acres of karst upon which it has freely operated. Where was the Department of Environmental Quality in 2012?
Unbelievable stuff, eh?
Mike Masterson is a longtime Arkansas journalist. Email him at [email protected]