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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
A different voice from Sderot
In "'We were riveted': Founding Myths of the United States and Israel," I included the striking words of Judy Chaitin's post: "My mind has turned to mush." She lives in Jerusalem and experienced missiles from Gaza, ones that hit no target but were abruptly threatening. And she put herself in the minds of Palestinians who are routinely subject to Israeli army brutality, the Wall, hunger, statelessness and hopelessness and who are then - in addition - subjected to Netanyahu's slaughters. See here.
During the new "election war" on occupied Gaza, Nomika Zion, who lives in Sderot, wrote a fine letter to Netanyahu, saying the truth: that the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and the routine brutality of the state of Israel makes her and every other Israel insecure and is not done in her name. About the mainstream Israeli culture, she invokes a line from a poem by Yona Wallach,
"Jonathan/Jonathan,/a bit of blood,/just a bit more blood/to top off the honey."
Nomika lives in Migvan, an urban kibbutz of mainly high-tech workers who share the income. She experiences the criminality and hopelessness of Israel's wars and the tinniness of Netanyahu - a false leader in a succession and crowd of the false (he works for a capitalism of extreme inequality which eats away at Israel).
It is striking that she speaks for a onetime hope of Israel for cooperation and decency. Ya'akov Hazan, her grandfather was a leader of Mapam, the United Workers Party, which today opposes the occupation of the Territories and apartheid and is not mentioned (along with its successor Meretz) in the corporate American press. She and others have reached out to Gaza in the hope of an alternate future. Helping to found Other Voice/Kol Aher, she has pursued nonviolence and conversation with friends across the Wall.
Other Voice represents hope as do the Palestinians in the villages who act to end the occupation nonviolently or the Holy Land Trust led by Sami Awod or the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. See here, here, here and here.
Such voices represent hope as much as the Netanyahu-Lieberman coalition represents Jim Crow, militarism, fear, isolation, degradation, and despair.
She also speaks of how Israeli television found - that is, chose - a foolish representative of Sderot who would repeat like a parrot, on prompting from the reporter, the army line (this is CNN or the Times in the run up to the Iraq aggression), screaming for blood. That is how the elite media work...
Haaretz is an exception to this. See here, here and here.
The New York Review of Books courageously ran Zion's letter, along with an introduction by Avishai Margalit, a professor at the Hebrew University and the Institute of Advanced Study and member of Peace Now (h/t Ilene Cohen).
The New York Review of Books
It's Not Just About Fear, Bibi, It's About Hopelessness
January 10, 2013
Nomika Zion, with an introduction by Avishai Margalit
The following statement was written during the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip in late November by Nomika Zion, a member of Migvan, an urban kibbutz in Sderot, the Israeli city about a mile from the Gaza Strip border that has been a primary target of rockets launched from Gaza since the second intifada started in 2000. In 2008, fifty rockets a day hit Sderot, and in late December 2008 Israel launched Operation Cast Lead, leading to three weeks of armed conflict in Gaza.
The Migvan urban kibbutz was founded in 1987 by a relatively small group, most of whose members had been raised in the agricultural kibbutz movement. The first wave of residents of Sderot, which now has more than 24,000 people, came in the 1950s and was largely made up of Moroccans. A second wave came in the 1990s from the Soviet Union and from Ethiopia.
The members of the urban kibbutz in Sderot lead a communal life, handing over their incomes to a common pool that is divided equally between the families, whatever their contribution. They run a successful business providing high-tech services; according to the members, they do this and other work because it is personally fulfilling, and financial profit is not a priority.
Nomika Zion, who was raised in a rural kibbutz, is the granddaughter of Ya'akov Hazan, a leader of Mapam, the United Workers Party. A well-known figure in the history of Israel's labor movement, he was committed to the idea of the kibbutz as a rural way of life. Nomika Zion is one of the founders of Migvan and a member of Other Voice (2008), a grassroots organization of citizens from Sderot and the region who call for a nonviolent solution to the ongoing conflict. Her letter to Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu translated here was first posted on the Web.
—Avishai Margalit
Sderot, November 22, 2012
This wasn't my war, Bibi, and neither was the previous cursed war: not in my name, and not in the cause of my security. Neither were the boastful, theatrical assassinations of Hamas military chief Ahmed al-Jabari in November, and Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in 2004, and Hamas founder Sheikh Yassin, and Al-Kaysi, and Shahada and Ayash—wicked as they were—these were done neither on my behalf nor for my security. Neither was the litany of Israeli military operations, packaged in deceitful language in order to soften the depths of their destructiveness: not Rainbow (2004), or First Rain (2005), or Hot Winter (2008), or Summer Rain (2006), or Cast Lead (2009), or the recent Pillar of Cloud.1
Never have I felt an ounce of security or peace when our planes passed over the skies of Sderot at night en route to Gaza to "crush the head of the snake" of whichever senior or junior leader has been targeted, and whoever else happened to accidentally be in the way. I didn't feel safer when two hundred homes were flattened on a cold winter night in 2004, leaving two thousand refugees without shelter; when the Gaza power station was bombed, leaving half a million people without electricity. I gained no sense of tranquility when the bulldozers razed homes, sweeping up fields, orchards, and chicken coops; when tanks fired without pause, when sonic booms went off over and over, rattling windows and sowing terror. And not since the siege placed on Gaza, not when the authorities have been trying to come up with scientific calculations for the number of calories a Gazan needs just in order to survive. And certainly not in "the mother of all operations," Cast Lead, when a squadron of helicopters killed eighty-nine young men at a police academy. (How does it feel, in a matter of three minutes and five missiles, to take out eighty-nine young men?) And not since tens of thousands of homes were pounded, infrastructure crushed, and bodies lined up, row by row, children without names, youths with no faces, citizens without an identity. There are a thousand and one ways to suppress violence by means of violence but not one of them has ever succeeded in annihilating it.
Now, let's see, what have we gained in return? More Qassam rockets, more destruction, more terror, more fear, more blood, more hatred, more lust for vengeance, a deeper loss of faith. All included. Each time, it is deeper; each time, it is less reversible. Every citizen of Sderot knows that when he hears the planes flying overhead, en route to Gaza, he must brace for the coming barrage of rocket fire. Every resident of Sderot knows that when we set out on the next military operation, Sderot will be completely overtaken by a state of emergency. Only this time it has become a nationwide mania.
It's hard to explain to people who don't live here what further escalation means to the people of Sderot, and the surrounding region, what it means to live in a war zone constantly. It's easier to endure three weeks of war than to survive a never-ending conflict. It's the continuum, the passing years, the cumulative experience, the resurfacing anxieties, the trauma with no post-trauma.
This is the "music of war" that orchestrates our lives when the planes, helicopters, bombs, and missiles scratch our ears and our souls. It's the music of war that follows you to the bathroom, accompanies you to work, rushes in with you for a hasty shower, and puts you to bed in your clothes, just in case there is a siren and you will need to jump out of bed in the great rush to take shelter ahead of the next incoming missile.
It's the again and again and again. It's the over and over and over, and always more of the same. Another military operation, mini-war, war. Once again the rough generals, again our correspondents reporting live from the scene, again the wondrous Israeli solidarity—always stored up for just these wartime moments, again, the home-front residents displaying readiness, the reserve soldiers itching to join the battle, again Roni Daniel, Israeli television's broadcaster, delivers violence from the offices of the war cabinet direct to our TV screens, and once again our finest hour is repeated ad nauseam.
A day before the conclusion of Operation Cast Lead in 2009, an esteemed journalist spoke with a woman from Sderot who had been carefully selected to be a "representative" interviewee during the days of the battle. "So, what's your opinion: should it end now or would it be a grave mistake to stop at this point?" asked the veteran reporter, couching the answer in her question. Without missing a beat, the impassioned woman replied: "Why in the world stop now?"—even as the bodies in Gaza were piling up and the morgues had run out of space to house the dead. "Hit them as hard as possible," she said. "Do not grovel before these animals. We must finish the job once and for all!" "Tell me," whispered the broadcaster, in a sultry voice, as though confiding some illicit secret, "I want to ask you something very personal. Is it true that you feel very, very Israeli right now?" Thus did the veteran broadcaster, with the help of a "representative" interviewee—who always speaks in the name of all of us—capture the essence of Israeliness: "Jonathan/Jonathan,/a bit of blood,/just a bit more blood/to top off the honey."2
Thus, over the decades, politicians, generals, and their faithful mouthpieces in the media construct the paradigm of power and the demise of an alternative. Thus, over the decades, thousands of hours of orchestrated broadcasting construct a defensive shield of consciousness. So deep is this paradigm, and so monolithically aggressive the military discourse, that no Iron Dome could succeed in interrupting it. The veteran broadcaster doesn't ask, "Why did we enter into this awful war to begin with?" (or the previous war, or the one before that). She asks only, "Why stop now?"
How did we, as a society, lose the ability to formulate questions about the feasibility of a political alternative? How did it happen that a person who suggests a nonviolent solution is the delusional one, the traitor, and the one who calls for the leveling of Gaza is the true patriot? How did peace become the enemy of the people, and war always the preferred option? How did it happen that dialogue and treaties cause more public fear than a volley of missiles? And how did these dehumanizing processes seal us off from the suffering of others? How did we lose the capacity for empathy? What does it mean that a girl from Gaza—whose school was bombed and her best friend was killed before her eyes—has to remind us that they, too, are human beings? And how has a nation that has occupied other people's territory for forty-five years continued to tell itself, with such deep conviction, that we are the single and ultimate victim in this story? And the evil of the occupation has become so banal that no one sees the evil anymore.
For five years Kol Aher (the Other Voice) has carried out a dialogue with residents of Gaza. This has been a conscious effort to avoid being swept away by the floodwaters of hatred and dehumanization. It was a decision to see people, as opposed to bombs and missiles. It was a decision to preserve human sanity within a landscape of violence. It was a decision to include another narrative—precisely because it was so difficult to witness, with broken hearts, the destruction and trauma, the endless distress, experienced by our friends on the other side of the fence. This is why it was extremely difficult for us during the war, because we always experience this situation in multiple dimensions, not just the convenient division of "good" and "evil."
Yet Kol Aher is also a clear political call for negotiations, for dialogue with Hamas—direct or indirect—to lift the siege and blockade of Gaza, to open the border crossings, to establish security arrangements and international guarantees, to promote commerce—taking into account the changes in the Arab world—and to slay the beast of occupation. It is an almost desperate attempt we make—here of all places—to raise another voice in a shrinking democracy, in which it is barely a footnote drowned out in the pervasive noise of media shouting with the intoxication of power and the ecstasy of war.
Pillar of Defense was not my war, Bibi. The despair, however, is completely mine. Private and profound, and draining and weakening. In view of past history, it's hard to be optimistic about the cease-fire negotiated under Egyptian auspices, which was announced on November 21. Twelve years of hopeless rounds of violence leave their marks. In the first years, there is still hope that things might be different in the future. Then there is only an illusion of hope. Then you are struck with the realization that violence is here to stay, and it will get worse with each escalation. That war is the most consistent and constant feature of our lives, almost a kind of ideal. That there aren't leaders now or on the horizon who are strong enough, who would have the mandate to address the most pressing questions. Soon enough there won't be any need of questions; neither will there be anyone left who cares to ask them.
Life is hard when there's nothing left to believe in. It's hard in Sderot. It's very hard in Gaza. There is a price to hopelessness, Bibi. A blocked horizon. Closed-off consciousness. Life without hope exacts a heavy mental price. We will continue to raise another voice in the dwindling light, as we wait anxiously for the next bloody round, in which we'll surely succeed at "finishing the job," and do, as always, what we seem to do better than any other: "Jonathan/Jonathan,/a bit of blood,/just a bit more blood/to top off the honey."
—Translated from the Hebrew by Avi Steinberg
1 Translator's note: the Israelis referred to this operation as "Pillar of Defense" but its literal translation is "Pillar of Cloud." ↩
2 Translator's note: these lines are from "Jonathan," a well-known 1966 Hebrew poem by Yona Wallach. ↩


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Zac Efron & Sami Miro Jet Off to Mexico for Vacation Together
Zac Efron takes a cute selfie with his girlfriend Sami Miro in this new photo she posted on Instagram!
The 27-year-old actor and 27-year-old model seemingly took a trip to Mexico together because she captioned it, "¡Viva Mexico! �"�"
While Zac and Sami keep their relationship pretty private, she did recently open up about dating him.
"I've never spoken about us before, but, um, it's definitely different," Sami told Elle.com. "I'm not trying to hide anything in my life. If I was dating someone who wasn't in the limelight, I might have more photos on [Instagram] of our relationship, but I do think it's important. I mean, it's what is going on in my life, and I think that my social media can still represent that."
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DOCC kolkata and IT Careers
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Samsung will be unveiling the Galaxy Note 8 in just over three weeks from now at an event in New York. Ruining Samsung's launch event is prolific leaker @evleaks who has leaked a press render in all its glory.
The leaked press render shows the front of the device which looks like an amalgamation of the Galaxy S8 and the Note 7. The rear render shows the dual-camera setup and the fingerprint scanner which is sadly still located at the same odd position as on the Galaxy S8.
Samsung Galaxy Note8 (in Midnight Black) pic.twitter.com/QZii9xFarQ
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 31, 2017
Overall, from a design standpoint, the Galaxy Note 8 just looks like a more squarer version of the Galaxy S8 with a slightly bigger display. It still retains the minimal bezels at the front along with the Infinity Display as seen on the S8. The gold variant of the Note 8 with a black camera set up does look a bit odd though. Samsung will likely offer the Galaxy Note 8 in a wide variety of colors similar to what it did with the Galaxy S8 earlier this year.
The rumor mill suggests that the Galaxy Note 8 will come with a 6.3-inch QHD+ display, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage, and an Exynos 885/Snapdragon 835 chipset. It will also be Samsung's first smartphone to feature a dual-camera setup at the rear. A recent FCC filing suggests that Samsung has gone for a camera setup similar to that of the iPhone 7 Plus on the Note 8, though the company will be one-upping Apple by offering 3x optical zoom.
Samsung is all set to unveil the Galaxy Note 7 on August 23.


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Beautiful, refreshing, and perfectly scented with rosemary and honey, these delicious oranges can work their way into any meal, and are especially lovely for dessert.Do you remember when I introduced you to Cara Cara oranges? An epic day in history, I know. ;-) I passionately adore them. I eat them daily when … [Read more...]
Pickled Ginger-Citrus Salad with Creamy Wasabi Dressing and Spicy Crispy Fried Rice
This salad is an explosion of spicy, sweet, fresh, and mind-blowingly delicious flavors!This salad began with an invitation to a Super Bowl party and a big bowl of Cara Cara oranges (pictured below) Yep, that's what it took to get this creation going. The sweet, super juicy oranges were begging for a spicy wasabi … [Read more...]
10 Beautiful Blood Orange Recipes
The Beauty of a Blood Orange knows no bounds -- this winter citrus should be celebrated! If you visit Cooking On The Weekends regularly, you know I often love to pause and admire the beauty of whole, fresh ingredients. A blood orange is a perfect example of a food that is art. I mean, are you kidding me!? Look at … [Read more...]
Introducing the Cara Cara Orange
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I just wanted to share my methods to naturally increase or improve your Facebook page and the post engagements. You don't need to invest money in this or try Facebook Ads. You just need to be creative and invest your time for quality content. First and foremost, before going further, if you haven't invited all your friends to like your page, kindly do that, this is the only thing that will help you to kickstart your page. After doing that, kindly follow these:
1. Correct Posting Time
Facebook Page "Insights" help us to know when our fans will be online, so that we can make use of that time to update and get good engagements. So if you want to share something on your page, you can follow this next time:
Go to "Insights" > "Posts" and on the right side you have this tab called "When Your Fans Are Online". Make use of this graph and post when you have the majority of them online. Just experiment and see the results.
2. Ask Questions
You can't just keep updating posts and expect them to comment on your posts just like that. You need to engage with them, and the only easy way to do that is, you need to ask them questions. Be creative and ask them cool questions. Here is a small example:
You can identify the kind of posts your audience love, for example, if you are running a Movie page, and if the majority of your posts about Emma Watson are getting the attraction, then feel free to post something like, which is your favorite movie starring Emma Watson, etc., something like that.
3. Use Emoticons
Okay, so this might be a little bit confusing… but this is my personal experience. Emoticons (or Emojis) help us to connect with our audience easily, and they can react the same on the post.
If you post something and use emoji for that. Then it'll impact the viewer, and there is a possibility that he/she may use the same Facebook reaction as well. It's the same for , , etc…
4. Use Reaction Pics
This is something I have been experimenting a lot and getting good results, so this is a must in your list. This is something from which you can easily get plenty of reactions/likes, and later you can invite them to like your page as well.
We recently made this one for DeviceBAR, and we got decent reactions without any promotion. I did the same for several pages with various creative reaction pics, and later we invited them to like our page, we did this asap, so that the conversion rate will be good.
As you can see, there is an option for me to invite the people who reacted/liked my post. This is pretty handy for us.
5. Use GIF images
I already posted an update about using GIF images to improve your Facebook Page + Increase traffic to your website. GIF images are capable of getting viral just like that. They are short, and they are a combination of image + video, so people always love them, and share them.
I love GIF Images personally, so whenever I watch a movie and if I like a particular scene, I'll convert that into GIF and share with our audience.
6. Tagging Friends
This is another natural way to improve your Facebook page post engagements because people love to tag their friends on funny or any other interesting posts. It's an infinite circle… they just keep on tagging, and that benefits your page/post a lot.
7. Request Your Audience To Do This!
So, this is what I'm going to do next, and you can also do the same. You can request your audience to "See First" your posts. Thus it'll help you a lot to gain more exposure naturally.
Before requesting this to them, you need to be active first, and more importantly, provide quality content.
I'll update this post frequently and share more tips, if you have any queries or if you want to share any tips, do kindly let us know.


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Keeping Norfolk's Cemeteries Alive
- Written by Peggy Sijswerda
Cemeteries are spooky places at night, but in the daytime, poignancy prevails. As you walk among the graves and headstones, names and epitaphs call out to you, saying "Remember me" or "I was once alive like you." The words that remain on the markers offer the briefest synopsis of a life that may have been long and fruitful, or perhaps recall the life of a child cut short.
Most people venture into a cemetery for a reason: to honor a loved one who has passed. But some folks explore cemeteries simply because they enjoy their tranquil beauty. Then there are the artists and storytellers who find inspiration among the symbols and statuary. Finally, there are historians among us who want to preserve these tangible links to the past.
Let's meet three Tidewater women who, along with a handful of others, volunteer for the Norfolk Society for Cemetery Conservation. They devote energy and effort to keeping Norfolk's graveyards alive.
Local historian and NSCC board member Cheryl Copper says visiting a cemetery is like stepping into a sanctuary and believes cemeteries are to be enjoyed. "People used to come in and enjoy the cemeteries like a park," she said. "Today it's different. Today when you die, it's as if it's regarded as a failure of science and medicine. We have this sense of immortality. That's not healthy."
"The reason I love cemeteries is because I love history," continued Cheryl. "I think that life is so much more than a dash between two dates on a tombstone. Cemeteries help us get in touch with our humanity, and we appreciate life more when we learn about those that came before us."
Cheryl, who recently retired after working as a public servant for 29 years, has been leading tours for NSCC for 3 years. She believes cemeteries can be a place of lightheartedness. "You'll sometimes see gravestone humor that makes you laugh out loud," said Cheryl. She likes reading epitaphs because they also make you think. "Like a tombstone that says, 'As you are now, so once was I'—that's thought provoking," she said.
In Elmwood Cemetery, a family plot features a unique tree trunk headstone, complete with detailed bark and severed branches with dates. Neatly surrounding the trunk are individual head stones made to look like perfectly cut logs, emblazoned with "Mother," "Father," and so on. Tidy blankets of ivy cover many graves, intended to keep the dead warm and cozy as they "nap."
As unique as the headstones are the stories of those who lie beneath them. Like that of Rosina Vieth, a self-made millionaire who, after emigrating from Germany, ran her own successful confectionary factory in Norfolk. Another interesting story is Professor Odend'hal, whose stone claims he was a secretary to the Marquis de Lafayette, but facts don't bear this out.
Others buried in Norfolk's historic cemeteries include the descendants of Moses and Eliza Myers, the city's first permanent Jewish residents. They arrived right after the American Revolution when Norfolk was recovering from war and lived in a historic house that's now part of the Chrysler Museum of Art. To Cheryl, Moses and Eliza and their twelve children represented "new beginnings and America as it grew [and became] an independent nation."
Stories abound in cemeteries if you take the time to do a bit of research. Another option is to take a tour with someone like Cheryl, who has spent countless hours poring over historical documents and learning about the people buried in Norfolk's cemeteries. She even wrote her Master's thesis about how cemeteries reflect the societies that build them.
During a recent tour of Cedar Grove Cemetery, Cheryl approached the grave of Elizabeth Hening, who died after a short illness in 1853 at 33 years old. She was married to a preacher and, remarkably, had been a missionary to Africa, an uncommon calling for a woman of her time.
Nearby in the Southgate family plot, an unusual stone appears to embrace two other stones, a poignant symbol for the death of triplets who died within one month in 1847. According to Cheryl, the children's father had been teaching at a college in Georgetown, Kentucky. Her research revealed that the family ended up here in Norfolk due to Kentucky's "unhealthy environment," and Cheryl thinks the triplets passed away from an illness related to this.
Cheryl, who recently bought a home in Richmond, will be working on a book about the Moses Myers family and plans to continue studying history and historic cemeteries. She loves how cemeteries bring people together. It's a "wonderful synergy that happens when people get together who love history, an amazing dialogue that goes back and forth," she said, "and you kind of feed each other that way."
Like Cheryl, Donna Groot Bluemink, researcher and founding board member of NSCC, has also delved deeply into Norfolk's cemeteries and uncovered stories of the people buried there. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Donna now lives on the Lafayette River with her husband.
When Donna first came to Norfolk, she worked in the history room for Norfolk Library, editing historic images. She was also a file manager with USGW archives for Pennsylvania and Virginia, and she transcribed a lot of historic works. For instance, she put some of Captain John Smith's writings online. After leaving the library, she became an administrative volunteer for the Norfolk Bureau of Cemeteries and began researching each burial in Norfolk's four oldest cemeteries, a task that will take a lifetime, she says with a laugh.
Norfolk's internment database lists everyone who is buried in the city's cemeteries, but some listings only include a name and death date. That is until Donna gleans information from records she finds and fills in the rest. By the time her work is done, the listing might include the birthplace and date, place of residence, marriage records, organizations the person belonged to, military orders, and place of death, so that each listing is no longer just a name but a real person.
Donna stopped at a small stone for a Confederate soldier that sits beneath a tree and recalled a small but dignified ceremony that the Sons of the Confederacy had given him recently. She explains that their group is quiet right now, not wanting to attract any negative attention. It's easy to imagine them standing beneath the tree, honoring this young soldier.
In West Point Cemetery, Norfolk's oldest African American cemetery, a life-sized bronze statue bears the likeness of Union hero Sergeant William Harvey Carney and honors all war veterans. Sergeant Carney, a Norfolk native and the first black Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, heroically kept his regimental flag aloft until handing it off to his comrades, despite the fact that he had been shot. The movie Glory, which features Denzel Washington, was inspired by Sgt. Carney's regiment.
Donna has been with the NSCC since its inception in 2013. She enjoys bringing historic information to the forefront, especially when it relates to Norfolk's earliest residents. "These people have no one seeking them, yet they were a part of the community and were the backbone of Norfolk's history," Donna explained. "They weren't prominent, but yet they were workers. Many of them were international or military."
Last November, Donna was responsible for the placement of a Yellow Fever monument in Elmwood Cemetery to honor Norfolk residents who fell victim to the fever. Currently she's researching the lives of people who are buried in the cemeteries. She talks excitedly about a woman reportedly buried in the LeKies Mausoleum near the back of Elmwood. A beautiful building with pointed arches and swooping buttresses, the mausoleum stands off by itself. Wrought iron bars protect a stained glass window.
Inside a woman from Philadelphia is supposedly buried, but there are conflicting claims that her body was reinterred in a graveyard in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, the key to the mausoleum has been lost, so the location of the woman's remains is unknown. "I want to see if she's there," said Donna.
The following Tuesday the NSCC board meets. Sitting at the head of the table is Diana Ramsey, NSCC president. After raising her family and founding a non-profit in California, Diana and her husband moved to Norfolk in 2005.
"When I moved here, I didn't have a niche," she explained. "I've been volunteering since I was sixteen years old, finding that right spot." That spot turned out to be NSCC. Diana is also the president of the Friends of False Cape State Park, which also has a historic cemetery. The park is along the Atlantic Coast near North Carolina's border.
Like Donna, Diana is a nature lover and says she and her husband became involved with Norfolk's cemeteries after going on a Tour of the Trees at Elm-wood, where they met John Dill, the operation manager of Norfolk's eight cemeteries. They were impressed with the work he was doing.
John offered to help Diana restore the historic cemetery at False Cape, which is nestled beside a dune, shaded by live oaks dripping in Spanish moss. It was the original site of the Wash Woods community. All that remains today is an old steeple of a quaint church and the surprisingly legible old gravestones. Diana, John, and a group of False Cape volunteers worked together to restore the stones and bring the mysterious, beautiful graveyard back to life.
Diana says she enjoys working in cemeteries because it shows respect for our fellow human beings who have passed on. "Many people who are buried in Elmwood probably no longer have relatives to keep up their plots," said Diana, who gets satisfaction from repairing gravestones that have either been distressed or been in ruins for a century or more. She explains that stones and the grounds themselves suffer due to vandalism, weather, and settling. "Bringing those [stones] back to their natural positions" is very rewarding, she said.
Diana details some of the items she has found left behind in Norfolk's cemeteries, including clothes, books, and an old film canister containing stills belonging to the city library. For three years Diana and a team of volunteers have been going to Cedar Grove every Thursday, setting stones, cleaning, and landscaping, weather permitting. Diana is especially thankful for the military community who have joined in and helped NSCC restore this beautiful, historic cemetery. Now that Cedar Grove is pretty much finished, she is eager to cross the street to Elmwood and focus the group's attentions there.
Cemeteries offer a link between the past and the future. Whether you choose to stroll among the graves of Norfolk's cemeteries at your leisure, take a tour, or become a volunteer, you just might hear the voices of the people buried there and hear their stories.
For more information, visit www.norfolksocietyforcemeteryconservation.org.
Check out these events and ways to get involved:
• History, Mystery, Mayhem and Murder Tours will be held October 20 & 27, 2017 from 5:30-7 p.m at Elmwood Cemetery.
• From Here to Eternity: Run like a Victorian, a 5K fundraiser, will be held Oct. 21, 2017 at Elmwood Cemetery. Check in is 3:30-4:30 p.m. race @ 5 p.m. Costume contests for best steampunk/Victorian-era outfits. Volunteers needed.
• Day of the Dead party, a fundraiser for NSCC, will be held on Nov. 1, 2017 at MJ's Tavern, 4019 Granby St. Costumes encouraged.
• Volunteer on Thursdays - 8 a.m.-Noon. Help trim trees and scrub stones.
• Read Kelly Fish's blog on the cemeteries at norfolksocietyforcemeteryconservation.wordpress.com
• Find people in Norfolk's Cemeteries at www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/norfolkcitycem.html
• Become a member of NSCC.
• Donate to NSCC.
• Buy the Lionel Brown-Grover Franklin historic map of Norfolk. Proceeds from the sales support NSCC, send a text to Cheryl Copper at 757-621-3710.
Lisa Bowditch contributed to this article.
Peggy Sijswerda
Tidewater Women Magazine, Editor & Co-Publisher.Website: www.peggysijswerda.com


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ELLSWORTH COUNTY– The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office are investigating an aggravated battery that occurred Thursday night in the town of Lorraine.
The Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the KBI on Thursday night at approximately 10 p.m. Agents and a crime scene response team responded.
Preliminary information indicates that at approximately 8:55 p.m., Sept. 28, the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office responded to 242 Harry St., Lorraine, after neighbors called law enforcement reporting a disturbance and gunshots fired.
When sheriff's deputies arrived, they found an injured 55-year-old white male of Lorraine, and a 49-year-old white female who resided at the home. It appeared that the two subjects had been involved in a confrontation that became violent. EMS was immediately called and the male subject was flown to a Wichita hospital due to a life threatening head injury. He is currently in critical condition.
At this time no arrests have been made. The identities of both subjects are currently being withheld pending family notifications and in order for the initial stages of the investigation to conclude.
This investigation is ongoing. No further information will be released at this time.


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Hi there, I know I am not the only one to be knocked for six every month when our hormones kick in. I have tried looking back for an older post but didn't manage to find one.
I am 41, have been sterilised and also have APS. Every month a few days before my period starts I go down hill rapidly with increased joint pain and tiredness etc, then I end up flat out for 3 or 4 days while it takes me another 3 or 4 days to pick up again.
ladies what is the solution???? I obviously can't take the pill but I think I (and my partner) are getting to the end of our tether as each month the flare seems to be getting worse.
I know i need to speak to the docs (about as much use as a chocolate fire guard) they tell me to speak to the rheumy but my 3 monthly app for one reason or another will actually be 9 months by the time i get there (unless it gets moved again) so i want to go forearmed with ideas so I don't get phobbed off before my foot is even through the door.
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Here it is! Thanks to wonderful B1 owners around the world, we have what could be the very first ever B1 calendar! The calendars are 24cm x 24cm. They are also all drilled for easy hanging.
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The inside of the calendar; a 'spare' page with two extra Australian B1s, January is an Australian Fox and February is a Dutch Passat variant.
March is Frank, the only Dasher in Australia, April is a Norwegian Audi and May is the oldest car in the collection, a 1973 VW Passat.
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September is an Australian TS Passat, October is an American Dasher and November is an American Dasher variant.
And finally December is an Irish Fox.
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Introducing Sharry Mann with 'Yaar Anmulle'
YouTube has been a great platform for budding singers to showcase their talents.Sharry Mann has broken all previous records for an unsigned Punjabi singer on the internet.
Sharry Mann's new song 'Yaar Anmulle' is based on college life and reminiscing about the good times had with friends that we all have regardless of where we have grown up be it skipping classes, cruising with mates or pursuing girls. The song has been very popular in Punjab, Australia, US, Canada and UK. Within one week of the of the song video, which features pictures of Sharry Mann and his friends, being uploaded to YouTube it had reached 200,000 views which far exceeded any recent video released by a UK Bhangra artist for the same time frame and the current view count after one month was over 450,000.
Sharry, currently working as a civil engineer, also has another song to his name 'Kudiyan te Bussan' which was another hit with fans on the internet. He is planning to release his debut album in two months time
Yaar Anmulle has been written by Landran (Mohali) College student Babbu, he has been writing songs for the past four years but still only 20 years old and Yaar Anmulle is his first studio recorded song. Babbu regards Gurdas Mann as his favourite artist and is now also learning to sing and will release his album in the future. The music for the song has been provided by Nikk from Canada.
Words; Aman Uppal.
Check out the Youtube Video Below!
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If you've been reading my blog regularly, you would know by now that I'm quite addicted with nail polish. I think I have more nail polish bottles than the lady who comes to my house for my nail pampering sessions. Haha!
So when my Dec-Jan BDJ box came with a full sized nail enamel, I was so happy! Again, this is the first time for me to try out the brand and based on my research,
(verbatim) Flormar, born in 1970's in the city of Milan of Italy, carried all its production to Turkey in 1972's starting a 40 years of adventure. By increasing its success which was gained with the nail polish it entered the market; Flormar has become an irrevocable brand in women of Turkey's nail polish choice. Taking its success a step forward after a short time beginning to operate in Turkey, Flormar started to offer its product range from blush to foundation, eye shadow to mascara, lip stick to nail polish with high quality and budget prices to its consumers.
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Based on what's written on their site, their Supershine Nail Enamel gives extra/intensive shine and provides an easy application because of its creamy texture. It also promises long wearability. Let's see…
In the photo below, I applied 2 coats of Flormal Nail Enamel. No top coat applied.
In the photo below, top coat has been applied 🙂
My verdict : I so loooove this nail polish!
1. I love the consistency of the nail polish. Not too thick, not too watery. It was just right for an easy application.
2. Opacity. AMAZING! I really needed just one coat to full cover my nails (but I still applied 2 coats just because that's what I'm used to, haha!)
3. Shine. It wasn't really shiny but it does have a little shine to it. It was totally OK for me as I always use a top coat to seal off my nail polish application 🙂
4. My nails lasted for a good 7 days! Yes! Believe me! At the end of the 7th day, all my nails were all still properly covered with nail polish, except for the usual nail growth on the ends and a slight chip on my thumbnail (which was caused by a hard peanut I tried to crack, haha!)
5. Since I got a red nail polish and dark nail polishes tend to leave your nails "yellowish", I was quite expecting that to happen after I remove them, but amazingly, my nails didn't turn yellow AT ALL!
6. AND LAST, BUT NOT THE LEAST, how could you ever go wrong with a nail polish this great for only P99!?!?
Ps. Top and Base Coat used, Orly 🙂
Reviews of other products included in my Dec-Jan BDJ Box:
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In this classic flashback episode, Carrie and Doug recall the first day they said I love you – Thanksgiving Day. In the flashback, Carrie is talking about her boyfriend Doug to her father and his then wife, Lily – played by the incomparable Florence Henderson, (if you are going to have a sitcom mom, isn't Florence Henderson the one all of us would want?)
While Arthur makes disparaging remarks about Doug's job prospects, Lily asks if Doug has said 'I love you' yet. Carrie says that Doug isn't really the 'I love you' type, and Lily offers some interesting advice. We have all heard the adage 'why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?'; well, Lily's advice is slightly different, 'if you want to make a sale, you have to let them sample the merchandise!'
Throughout the conversation, a fabulous Fiesta Apricot covered vegetable dish can be seen on the retro kitchen counter.


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In a continued absurdity that is Bhutanese Politics, a new page was written five years ago, you know when road constructions were completed, schools built, developmental works over and our politicians were left without a job; Tobacco Control Act was born. Okay, after much trepidation I decided to publish this article anyway. Why talk about it now? Because firstly I am an asshole and secondly this is not a news site.
When asked why the obvious answer was that Tobacco imposes danger to both spiritual and social health. It is quite correct till here but hang on… And the religious activists started adding to the debate with their asinine logic of it being a Demon plant grown to doom humanity. Because it is fine if you consume it, but not if you sell it –quiet right interpretation of Guru Rinpoche's prophecy. And this has only furthered my staunch belief that religion mixed with politics is a recipe for disaster.
Halt, before you think that this blog is running some cancer promoting campaign, I am a non-smoker and I support it as long as its motives are concerned but to force it upon people against their will is extremism and belittling of human rights. Why be like the Muslims that banned pork or the Hindus that banned beef for the supposed 'collective good?' Just because other regressive nations dictate how their citizens should lead their respective lives doesn't mean we should too. I get it; we have a history of self-pride; for the first decade we kept bragging about how great it was for our country to be in isolation, and for the next decade we realized what a stupid idea that was all together and we never brought that subject again into discussion. But we are a country known for its degree of patience and tolerance also.
Many crimes happen because of alcohol; it affects society badly why not ban it? Because we manufacture alcohol, and it would hamper our business? Pork is responsible for epilepsies, Why not ban it? Diabetes kills more than TB, should we ban food? Sex spreads HIV/AIDS, why not cut penises out? If these things sound irrational so should tobacco ban. Problems are looked into, tackled, solved. Not omitted, dismissed or banned. At one point, It became safer and cheaper to do drugs than smoking. Where is the logic? I watched the debates on BBS, after a point it became quite clear to us that politics have somewhat turned into a scene where two matured oxen beat the shit out of each other for the purpose of gaining superiority till the other ox runs away frantically or shits diarrhea.
But despite all the frenzy and uproar it caused, did it do a little good? To answer that we have called your Alcoholic dad here at our Bhutan Pundit studio.
Bhutan Pundit: So, Azha Changzey what do you think are the possible shortcomings of the Tobacco control act as reflected in the lives of smokers like yourself?
Azha Changzey: Jadha laab.
Bhutan Pundit: Thank you Azha Changzey, good digging.
Azha Changzey: Jadha, Jadha.
Anyway, continuing… Need for amendment of a Law itself is a proof of its failure. And while they go about bragging success, mark this, not a single smoker quit smoking, not that I know of; they only paid more for a puff. One thing is true; tobacco act has only paved a broader way for the black market and illegal smuggling. A single packet of cigarette costs as high as 150 bucks. Where is the logic behind "you can smoke one but you can't buy one?"
An average person smokes a packet a day, multiply that by a month and he spends at least Nu. 4500 a month and Nu. 54,000 a year just on cigarette, unless they manage to smuggle a year's worth of supply across the checkpoint by hiding it in their underwear or shoving up their ass. Smuggling Tobacco has become a very lucrative low-cost high-output business for the Black marketers. An average smuggler earns, suppose he has around 100 customers a day, about Nu. 54,00,000 a year of un-taxed money.
What should have been done instead?
1. The government should have built smoking houses around the city or ordered Hotels and bars to allocate smoking zone. Yes, public smoking should be strictly prohibited and punished because passive smoking kills.
2. Selling of tobacco products to youths should be banned.
3. Smoking Tobacco use in front of Children should be banned.
4. Run various awareness campaigns.
5. Influencing another person to smoke should be a serious offense or even a felony.
The Act
Many innocent Bhutanese were convicted under the act. It was havoc, faceless Atcharas masquerading across Facebook groups yelling cries for Amendment. And the Government fear mongering the citizens by imposing rules pertaining to personal life is a dangerous trend, especially with things that were very much legal a week ago. In many religious countries, even in Bhutan, we have seen how disastrous it is for the social fabric of the nation.
Somebody should really nominate our politicians to a boiling bucket challenge for the purpose of conscience awakening which will happen in the next paragraph.
The Act was amended two years after under which possession limits were increased, and penalties were decreased. Fourth-degree felony- a punishment equivalent of that of sexually assaulting an elderly woman reserved for possession of four times the limit. However, the ban on the sale of tobacco was not lifted. And Prime Minister stated that the amendment was duly because of "pain and the suffering" the act had caused after some 59 arrests. Because you have to experiment with the lives of 59 people just to understand how much you sucked.
The joke
The National Council, today, decided that supply and distribution of tobacco products in the Country will be permitted. The manufacturing of tobacco, however, will remain banned as stated in the Tobacco Control Act. –source: BBS


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Daily Wisdom: A Conversation with Ilana Kurshan (If All the Seas Were Ink)
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At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world's largest book club, learning daf yomi, Hebrew for "daily page" of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic teachings spanning 500 years. Her practice carried her through the next seven years, a new marriage, and the births of her three children. In If All the Seas Were Ink, Kurshan provides an accessible and personal take on the Talmud, shedding new light on its stories and providing a modern, inclusive take on its life lessons. Her memoir, which has garnered praise from Dara Horn ("a stunning, gorgeous memoir") and Avivah Zornberg ("an intimate and eloquent portrait of a young woman's passionate loves and fears"), will entertain and enlighten, and perhaps even inspire you to embark on daf yomi yourself!
Author Ilana Kurshan will be in conversation with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt (Adas Israel). Rabbi Holtzblatt was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, and she currently oversees all adult education at Adas Israel, in addition to her many pastoral and service leadership duties. She co-created three nationally recognized projects now operating out of Adas Israel, and was recently listed on the Forward's Most Inspiring Rabbi's and was a 2016 Jewish Women International (JWI) Women to Watch honoree.
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Hi guys,
New video by me. Hope you enjoy...
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Hey Phil,
Well said. I have a master degree in sociology, and have learnt how much norms, values, and group thinking weight on us, and yet, i agree with you.
There is a big discrepeancy in the fact that we on the one hand, we have valued the realisation of oneself as a unique person or individual, but on the other hand, most people are failing to meet their standarts.
I think your video is especially interesting for people who are already at the onset of their self-transforming journey, like me. These people have already a sense of the ideal, but sometimes Wonder how to proceed and step from thinking and daydreaming to action.
In the adult psychology jargon, what you just said is called the shift from an externaly determined to a self authoring life. One milestone of this transition is when you stop blaming the world and accept the part of responsibility of your own actions.
(If someone is interested to know more about the theory, here is a great book. Its quite an Advanced reading, and more marketted towards university readers, but this stuff is awesome :
Also, an interesting thing that you mentionned too in your videos is that taking responsibility is NOT thinking that you now have unlimited willpower. You start to think about how your environment influences you and start adjusting your environment so that it is more in tune with your ideal (for instance, making new acquintances).
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August 19, 2014
Thanks for sharing Quentin!
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NORWALK, Conn. - ADVERTISING has found its way onto the names of sports stadiums and the roofs of taxis. Now city officials in Norwalk are discussing allowing the placement of ads on new trash bins that would be spread around the city.
Harold Alvord, Norwalk's director of public works, who is shepherding the idea, said Creative Outdoor Advertising of North Palm Beach, Fla., which had placed similar bins in other cities, was proposing to bring them to Norwalk.
The company would provide the bins, find advertisers, empty the trash and also pay the city $5 to $10 a month for each bin, depending on the amount of advertising they attract. The company said it required a minimum of 50 bins. It would keep the ad revenue, which it estimated at $5,000 to $7,500 a month for 50 bins.
Mr. Alvord said he liked the proposal. "In the past, the city used wire-basket receptacles because they are cheap," he said. "Unfortunately, they disappear very easily, and when full, look like a bucketful of garbage. We have been looking for cost-effective alternatives to get receptacles out there."
The trash bins offered by Creative Outdoor Advertising are too big to be easily stolen, and they are not see-through. The stainless steel bins are more than four feet high and six feet wide, with separate slots for recyclable and nonrecyclable trash. On the front of the bin is an area 30 inches high and 5 feet wide for the ads.Continue reading the main story
"Years of experience have taught us where to put and not to put bins," Peter Gray, a company manager, said. "They are not overly cumbersome."
The Zoning Committee is scheduled to discuss the idea this Thursday. It has to decide whether to change restrictions on signs in residential neighborhoods so that the bins can be placed at bus shelters and other curb sites that extend into private property, and whether to allow the bins at city parks and beaches.
Mr. Alvord noted that some critics, including some Zoning Committee members, had said the bins were ugly.
"It appears to be win-win for the city, but the issue of aesthetics certainly is there," said Robert Keyes, the chairman of the Zoning Commission, who also serves on the commission's Zoning Committee. He said he was concerned about placing ads in city parks.
Mr. Alvord said there may not be a better solution to the city's litter problem. "They tell me these units are ugly," he said. "What I say to them is: 'O.K., give me an alternative that isn't ugly.' "
If the proposal is denied by the Zoning Committee, the city can still place bins on other city property, for example, along roads and sidewalks. But it will need at least 50 such locations for Creative Outdoor Advertising to participate. "A certain mass is needed for the economics to make sense," Mr. Gray said.
"As part of our contractual obligation, we also pick up the area around the bin," he said. "We have to make sure the sponsor's message looks good and is presented in a clean environment."
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PAUL MURRAY has issued the Rangers support with a rallying cry ahead of this morning's agm by insisting: This is your day – make sure you have your say.
The former director will take his place among angry fans at Ibrox this morning for the shareholders' vote which will shape the club's future.
Murray is one of four rebels hoping to bring down the current regime and even though it has been reported that his group have been routed already, he insists every vote will still count.
He also says Rangers supporters must use the first agm in three years to grill the board on their plans for keeping the business safe from further financial trauma after burning through almost all of the £22m raised in last December's IPO.
On another day of drama, Murray demanded the club launch a probe to find who leaked a story to the BBC on Tuesday declaring the requisitioners had lost.
And he reiterated his stance that he would not work with finance director Brian Stockbridge after Dave King said earlier in the day Murray should be offered a place on the board regardless of today's vote.
Murray told Record Sport: "This is a massive day in the history of our club, our first agm in three years.
"With that in mind my message to the fans is simple: Make it count.
"I have seen it suggested there is little point in fans bothering to attend because it's a forgone conclusion. That's ridiculous. Every vote will be critical.
"So I would say to the fans and shareholders, 'Come along, cast your votes and ask the questions you want your board to answer.'
"This club does not belong to the current board. It never has. It belongs to the fans.
"It was not Charles Green who saved the club after Craig Whyte tipped it under. It was the fans who saved it by buying season tickets and rallying to the cause.
"That is why they deserve their day at this agm. My group fought in the Court of Session to give them this day. I'm sure they will make the most of it."
Murray and his group – former chairman Malcolm Murray and business high flyers Scott Murdoch and Alex Wilson – will all stand for board seats today.
Chairman David Somers, chief executive Graham Wallace, finance director Stockbridge and non-execs James Easdale and Norman Crighton will also face a vote for re-election.
Appointments account for nine of the 14 resolutions.
But Murray has also stressed the importance of probing the regime, and Stockbridge in particular, about resolutions nine and 10 which relate to the possible issuing of new shares in the company.
Stockbridge has claimed these proposals will allow Rangers to raise around £3m to help fund the club.
But fans' groups have expressed fears these resolutions could be used by board members and allies to make a killing by snapping up shares for 1p and flogging them on at full market value, banking overnight profits of around 3500 per cent on their investment.
Murray said: "Stockbridge must be asked to clearly explain the mechanics.
"He stated previously he would look at the wording of resolutions nine and 10 but he hasn't. Or, if he has, he has chosen not to change it."
Murray also wants the club to find the mole who told the BBC the result was already beyond doubt.
Both Rangers and Capita (the company who will verify the poll) released statements yesterday denying they had released the voting figures after Murray had claimed the leak could only have come from the club or Capita.
Murray said: "I've noted the statements of both Capita and Rangers today, which I have to accept.
"But it's now incumbent on the board – even from their own point of view – to find out who leaked this."
A spokesman for Rangers said earlier: "The board have noted with great concern statements made over media stories speculating about the votes cast. We feel this is an attack on the integrity of board members.
"We deplore the latest tactic of Mr Murray's which can only serve to inflame supporters."
Capita's statement read: "We have conducted a detailed investigation. We are confident all necessary protocols were rigorously adhered to and that no information was shared inappropriately."
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I am working on the documentation to be able to run your own call scheduler. I've been busier than I expected since getting back from the conference so it's been hard to make happen. I'm hoping to get it done over the next few weeks.
In other news, I'm making progress on solving the problems that will enable removal of the Caller Pool system, and that will make scheduled calls truly portable, allowing them to be migrated in a trustless manner into newer versions of the service. I'm still working out some of the math and game theory so stay tuned for a write-up on how it's being solved.