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1962 Gambling Raid9 12 2010
In December 1962, OSBI Director Ralph Venamon was on business in rural Canadian County east of Mustang. According to Venamon, he decided to pay a visit to the Canadian Club, located on the Canadian/Oklahoma county line and Highway 152.
"The chief of the state crime bureau, probably one of the most well-recognized law enforcement officers in the state, walked into the Canadian Club alone late Monday night, shut down a dice game, took four persons into custody and confiscated a truck – load of gambling equipment."
"Ralph Venamon said he was on another case in the area of the plush Canadian Club, located about two miles west of Wheatland, in Canadian County. He decided to go in and see if he could find any activity."
"I walked in there by myself and just caught them off guard," he said."
"He said he walked through two doors which are opened electronically, through the main dining and drinking area, into a lounge and then to the gambling room."
"He said he walked to the dice table where a game was in progress. He said he took $510 from the 'bank' and shut down the game. A card game was going on in another part of the room, he said, but he didn't know what kind or whether it involved gambling."
"I visit Mr. Fletcher Handley (club operator) whenever possible" Venamon said with a smile."
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My Comment On The OSBI's Bad Publicity In 2009 – 2010, part 29 12 2010
The criticism from December 2009 did not go away, and a news report on April 2, 2010 announced that the FBI was unhappy with the OSBI:
"The FBI offered the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation the assistance of its Child Abduction Response Team in the search for 7-year-old Aja Johnson , but their proposal was declined, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said Thursday."
I see two issues of interest to me in this development. One: the public criticism of the OSBI investigation of the Aja Johnson case; and Two: the FBI going public with such criticism.
The concerns over the unsolved Carol Daniels murder case of 2009 were still an on-going matter when the Aja Johnson case happened. By now it would be safe to say that publicity, the news media, and public relations in general at the OSBI may have become a "challenge."
Then, in early April 2010, the Oklahoma City office of the FBI goes public with their criticism of the OSBI. This act on their part was highly unusual. What could have caused the local FBI officials to do this?
A few days later, OSBI responded. Spokeswoman Jessica Brown defended OSBI and it's handling of high-profile homicide cases. Brown presented statistics for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 showing the clearance rates for homicide cases handled by the OSBI. The statistics showed a clearance rate much higher than the national average.
The coverage of this press conference by the news media included references to additional unsolved homicides and interviews of victim's relatives. The cases referred to by the news media were specifically from that five year time period, and were therefore a timely reference. The news media also touched on an important issue in one of it's questions to Brown:
Asked whether they are spread too thin, she replied, "We could always use more agents."
Brown had said in 2009 that "no agent has the luxury of working solely on one case" and "an average workload for agents is between 15 and 17 cases." The key administrative detail here that has not quite been addressed is simply this: the OSBI does not have enough agents and has not had enough agents for many, many years.
This is the issue that should be under the microscope. In 1960, the OSBI had about 23 agents, including the Director. You can view their group photo here. How many agents does the OSBI currently have, and, what duties are they assigned to? In 2010 the OSBI had about 81 agent positions, including the director and other supervisors. About 7 of those positions were vacant due to retirements and resignations.
The Oklahoma legislature determines exactly how many employees are allowed in a state agency, including the OSBI. There are two aspects involved: the number of agents as set by the legislature, and, the amount of money allocated by the legislature. (Sometimes a few agent positions are funded by federal grants.) Because of the financial difficulties of state government and the resulting budget cuts, the amount of money provided to the OSBI is not always the same as the amount of money needed to fund all of the existing positions. Because of the budget problems, those 7 agent vacancies are unlikely to be filled anytime soon.
Of the 81 agent positions, about 50% are supervisors and agents in specialized units. For example, there were about 11 crime scene agents in 2010. It is to be expected that, like anywhere else, there will be agents who are gone on military leave, medical leave, etc.
In the end, during 2010 there were about 39 agents classified as "general assignment" who had the main responsibility for investigating homicides. These agents handle any crime category not already covered by a specialized unit.
Any of the 81 agents and supervisors may find themselves assisting in any homicide investigation in the state. But none of them exclusively work only homicide cases. There does not exist within the OSBI a full time homicide unit focused solely on homicide investigations. The 39 general assignment agents who handle the homicide investigation duties also work numerous other criminal investigations.
So, in 1960 there were about 20 or so OSBI agents. Fifty years later, there are only about double that amount who have the main responsibility for investigating homicides.
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My Comment On The OSBI's Bad Publicity In 2009 – 2010, part 126 07 2010
During my career at the OSBI, from 1977 through 2008, never have I seen the kind of bad publicity that has happened in 2009 – 2010. As an amateur historian, I have collected information about the history of the State Crime Bureau for about 25 years. And I have had a book published, "Alive If Possible, Dead If Necessary," which describes Oklahoma law and order history of the 1920's. The agency was created in 1925, and I think I can state with a high degree of accuracy that the agency has never before received this level of bad publicity and this much criticism. So, I am going to take a look at this publicity and offer a few of my own comments.
Here are links to some of this year's OSBI publicity:
DA Criticizes OSBI Over Carol Daniels Inquiry
OSBI Defends It's Handling Of Homicide Cases
OSBI Defends It's Record Of Closing Slaying Cases
FBI, OSBI Differ On Handling Of Aja Johnson Search
Errors Lead To Firing Of OSBI DNA Analyst
Family Contends OSBI Conducted Poor Inquiry
Victim's Families, Others Have Lost Trust In OSBI
Were Oklahoma Homicide Cases Bungled
Investigator, OSBI Disagree On Arrest Tactics
Former Investigator Accuses OSBI Of Incompetence And Fraud
Ex-Investigator Says Oklahoma Bureau Flawed
December 6, 2009
This news story concerned a homicide investigation in Anadarko in 2009 and comments made by the District Attorney. The DA was quoted as saying he was very concerned about the progress of the case.
Of greater importance was the significant damage to the investigation by the news media when it worked hard to obtain the autopsy report and then publicized the details of the injuries to the homicide victim. Before this information was publicized, it was known only to a small handful of people such as the killer, the person who discovered the victim, and law enforcement. When Jessica Brown of the OSBI tells the news media "it's hard for us to bring someone in for questioning. The answers are all out there" she could not be more on target. One of the largest and most valuable pieces of information in the case had been made absolutely useless.
This news story also noted that the OSBI director had denied a request for an interview.
MY COMMENT: The damage to the investigation had already happened and the dispute between the news media and the OSBI/OSBI director was already in place. Therefore, a no-win situation existed for the Bureau. Granting an interview to the news media was not going to reverse anything that had already happened and was not likely to improve the situation. Because of the work that the OSBI does, it is sometimes placed in a no-win situation.
Jessica Brown almost reveals the most significant administrative detail when she tells the news media "no agent has the luxury of working solely on one case" and "an average workload for agents is between 15 and 17 cases."
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Tulsa's 1940's Serial Murders16 03 2010
Beginning in 1942, this area near downtown Tulsa was the scene of at least five homicides of women and at least three other attacks. In 1943 the killer was described as a "sex maniac." And in 1948 a clinical psychologist described The Tulsa Northside Killer as a "a victim of the most dangerous and vicious type of sex abnormality and insanity."
On July 16, 1942 Mrs. Helen Brown was beaten to death in her apartment. Mrs. Brown was a 20 year old expectant mother. Following the murder, the killer went to the kitchen and cooked himself breakfast. Police detective chief J. D. Bills stated a chemist's report showed Mrs. Brown's blood was not the same type as that found in the kitchen after the slaying. A blood stained hammer was found in the apartment. Mrs. Brown had defended herself with the hammer and injured her attacker.
1943 Double Murder
A mother and daughter were beaten to death in their apartment on North Cheyenne avenue, five blocks from the location of the Brown homicide. Mrs. Luzilla Stewart, age 50, and her daughter, Mrs. Georgia Green, age 31, had been beaten with an ax or hatchet. After they were murdered, they were raped. Then the killer went to their kitchen and cooked a meal.
In May 1945, another woman living on North Cheyenne Avenue was murdered. Mrs. Panta Lou Liles was found dead "under similar circumstances." She had been a twenty year old war plant worker.
On July 2nd, 1948 the killer struck a total of four victims at two locations. The first three victims survived after their screams awoke neighbors and the killer fled. Nearby, the murderer struck again.
Mrs. J. B. Cole, age 38, lived on West Easton Street with her daughter Doris Cole, age 13. A friend of Doris, Levon Gabbard, age 14, was spending the night with the Cole's. Each victim was beaten on the head with an ax. The three victims suffered severe skull fractures. The killer was frightened away by their screams, and neighbors saw him flee into the dark.
Later that morning, another murder victim was found a few blocks away on East Cameron Street. Mrs. Ruth Norton, age 42, had been beaten on the head with an ax and then raped.
The five homicide victims and the three assault victims each had "crescent shaped wounds" on their heads from the ax used in the attacks. In 1942 and 1943, the killer committed murder and then took time to cook a meal in the victims kitchen.
Chief of police J. W. "Bud" Hollingsworth stated "this man is a cold blooded killer who plans every step carefully." Police rounded up over 200 suspects in their investigation. A polygraph machine (lie detector) was used in the investigation. The Tulsa County district attorney assigned an investigator to work full time with Tulsa police on the case. Police also consulted with "experts from the State Crime Bureau." In 1948 the director of the State Crime Bureau was veteran lawman Jake Sims.
Editor: my research has not turned up additional information and it is not known if this case was ever resolved.
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1960 Agents Group Photo11 11 2009
This is a photo of agents in 1960 gathered for a group photo. It appears to me this photo was taken on the grounds of the state capitol. My thanks to Charlie Ryan and Ernie Smith for helping to identify these agents. I have divided the photo into smaller sections.
Shown here from left to right: agent Claude Seymour; agent Lee LeFerney, assigned to Elk City; agent Mack Hyde, assigned to eastern Oklahoma; agent Golden Kennedy, Oklahoma City; agent Tollie Bogan (correct spelling unknown); agent Bud Tatum, arson investigator; agent Fred Graves, Oklahoma City.
Shown here from left to right: agent Kyle Moorehead, arson investigator; agent Bill Holt; agent Lyle Smith, assigned to Antlers; agent Ivan Gates, Oklahoma City; agent Earl Sellers; agent Ralph Venamon; agent Don K. Cunningham; agent Vernon Glenn, Vinita; agent Lyle Powell.
Shown here from left to right: director Forrest Castle; unknown; agent Walter Woods, assigned to southern Oklahoma; agent Ernest Lovett, Duncan; accountant Cliff Hirshler; agent Sid Wilson, Ponca City.
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Dixie Mafia, Part 210 11 2009
On June 18th, 1968, agents in Tennessee wrote to OSBI agent Jack Hill regarding the homicide of Pauline Pusser.
Tennessee investigators had received information from an informant naming Oklahoma outlaw Albert McDonald as a suspect in the Pusser murder. McDonald was said to be the boyfriend of Cleo Epps.
Sheriff Pusser had already travelled from Tennessee to Oklahoma in his investigation. Oklahoma and Arkansas lawmen identified Kirksey Nix Jr. as an associate of Albert McDonald. Sheriff Pusser told Oklahoma agents that it would be necessary for him to see Nix in person before he could make a positive identification on Nix as the trigger-man in the homicide.
Travelling criminals such as Albert McDonald and Kirksey Nix Jr. presented a unique challenge to law enforcement. The "Dixie Mafia" selected targets "located in towns too small to have significant, if any at all, police protection" when possible. Their robberies and burglaries involved careful planning and modern tools such as police band radios and walkie talkies. Traveling criminals were sometimes viewed as an interstate problem to be left to the FBI. But the Pauline Pusser homicide investigation brought together investigators from several southern states who began sharing information on a more formal basis. Homicide was not a federal crime and therefore not directly the jurisdiction of the FBI.
On July 9th, 1968, TBI agent Warren Jones and Sheriff Buford Pusser traveled to Oklahoma City and met with OSBI chief agent Tom Puckett. Working together with OSBI agents Ross Wade and Tony Basolo, the Tennessee sheriff was able to see Kirksey Nix Jr. in person. After looking at Nix, the sheriff was unable to be one hundred percent certain that Nix was the shooter.
In November 1968, investigators in Richardson, Texas, were tipped off to suspicious activity at an apartment occupied by a "Mike" Nix. Surveillance and investigation revealed the identity as that of Kirksey Nix Jr. The Richardson investigators learned that Nix was wanted as a fugitive by the FBI. Nix was arrested on November 18th, 1968. Found in the apartment were burglary tools and a police band radio. Apparently Nix did not stay in custody for long.
The information sharing network continued to turn up the heat. Tennessee authorities contacted the Oklahoma City Police Department in January 1969 seeking intelligence information on Nix, Albert McDonald, and Carl Douglas "Towhead" White. In February 1969 Oklahoma City police and Tulsa police were notified that Nix and his associates may be in route to Oklahoma to commit a large residential robbery or burglary. Rex Armistead of the Mississippi State Police provided vehicle descriptions and tag numbers. At least one of the vehicles was reported to be equipped with a police band radio.
Before the end of February 1969, Nix was wanted for murder and robbery in Louisiana. In order to avoid arrest for the Louisiana murder charge, Nix surrendered himself in Georgia on an old criminal complaint. He served one year in a Georgia prison.
In April 1971 a home invasion robbery in Louisiana resulted in a murder. The murder victim shot the intruder, Kirksey Nix Jr. Nix fled to Dallas and was found in a hospital there by authorities. He was eventually sentenced to life in prison. But his criminal career wasn't finished.
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If McCain doesn't do something to turn this thing around, we are looking at a possible landslide. Virginia is now leaning Obama on RealClearPolitics, which would spell certain disaster for McCain. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Colorado are solidly Obama. McCain is barely holding onto Florida and Ohio.
I think that McCain will do okay in the debate tonight, because it will be softball. He can basically give a prepared speech-like oratory and play safe. But nothing can protect Palin from ultimate exposure for what she is once everyone gets to see her go toe to toe with Biden.
Conservative writers are starting to lose their capacity for self deception. Conservative Wick Allison wrote the article I posted about recently supporting Obama.
Then George Will, archconservative, said that one of the candidates was acting like a rookie amidst the financial crisis and it was not Obama. Now conservative Kathleen Parker, originally rooting for Palin, says Aunt Sarah should step down outright.

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Beautiful weather this morning. The ocean was dead-calm and the sun was already peeking through the clouds. Greg showed up at nine, and we had one more passenger today, Paul, a Jameson marketing representative from
Today was the Addo Elephant Preserve, and our pitfall of the day was getting stuck on the road for about 45 minutes while they cleared a multi-car collision. At least four cars, maybe five, and rumor had it there were 3 fatalities.
Once traffic cleared, we were at Addo within about 10 minutes and drove for about 3 hours. The vegetation was very different from yesterday. Thick bush, making it harder to spot game, but we still enjoyed up-close and personal looks at the elephants, as well as wart hogs and kudu. It took awhile to adjust to the different appearance of the elephants and wart hogs. Here, they were covered in the red dirt so they appeared red instead of the grays we were used to seeing.
We drove alongside an ostrich who refused to yield enough of the road to get past him until Greg reached out the window and ruffled his wing feathers, at which point he moved faster until he was in front of our mini van, but now we were stuck behind him until he decided to move to the 'animal' side of things and leave the road to the cars.
We saw new birds, including a goshawk, and a new antelope, the red hartebeest. Zebra gathered near a water hole and terrapins swam inside it.
Road signs warn that dung beetles have the right of way—they're very important in recycling the elephant's output. There was also a predatory zebra snail, about the size of my hand. After a drive to the top of the mountain for some vista photographs, we stopped for lunch before the return trip to the hotel.
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Courtesy Jen Bekman Gallery
On sale this week at 20x2000.com: Bags, a photograph by Beth Dow.
Jen Bekman: Going on her nerve
By Kelly Kingman
In late 2002, unemployed and facing low demand for her Internet community development skills, Jen Bekman found herself contemplating what exactly she had to show for her hard-won earnings, besides a handful of vintage posters and mid-century pottery. I went through this process of looking at things I had acquired that had lasting value, said Bekman. Shes sitting in the office nook that overlooks her pocket-sized gallery space, currently filled with the candy hued work of Kate Bingaman-Burt. She looks slightly younger than her thirtysomething years, wearing a dark grey sheath and motorcycle boots. I never acquired art and wished that I had because I knew that it would have been something that was enduringly important to me. I didnt acquire art because I didnt think that I could. I thought to myself how come there are people like me, who work for their money, who dont feel like they can do this?
Her résumé already included stints as a poetry major, switchboard operator, jewelry designer, jazz publisher and producer, and of course, online community developer. But in March of 2003, she added one more title gallerist and opened her gallery with a cashed out 401(K) in a former jewelry store in Nolita. I read an article about the area a long time ago, about how the scale of the buildings would prevent them from becoming superstores. I didnt want the Gap to move in across the street. I wanted to be in a neighborhood, says Bekman. And I love the layers of diversity its Little Italy thats become Chinatown thats become hipster. I wanted to be in a place where people were doing other things besides art, because Im interested in other things besides art.
Her goal was to curate interesting shows of emerging artists and appeal to both the established and the new collector, and hope for the best. Ive made significant personal sacrifices to stay open since Im not on the beaten path in Chelsea and Im showing emerging artists, says Bekman. I dont come from this world. I came into it with no connections. Through following her instinct for unique artists and unusual group shows, shes gradually built a following, and used her Internet savvy to draw new people to the gallery.
Last month, the Jen Bekman Gallery launched its latest innovation, a twice-weekly edition of prints called 20x200 (www.20x200.com). Inspired by similar sites like TinyShowcase.com, the name refers to editions of 200 small prints that are available for $20 each. A medium-sized edition of 20 is offered at $200, as well as a large-sized edition of two for $2000 each. My frustration all along has been having people come through and I see that they want to buy things but they cant or they just werent ready, says Bekman. I really wanted to address a range of collectors existing collectors but also to give new collectors a path to follow. Its been really fun. Since the official launch of 20x200, word has spread quickly. Now some editions of the small prints sell out in a few hours after they go online. I dont think that something has to be expensive to be good. Its a very personal experience, says Bekman.
The personal experience of collecting, Bekman feels, is not a one-way street. When a collector buys from me theyre having an impact on someones career, theyre making it possible for that person to continue to make art. There arent a lot of consumer behaviors that have that same kind of feel-good hit, she says. You can really have an impact on someones career and also get to enjoy the art, too.
With four blogs one each for the gallery, the quarterly photo competition she runs, 20x200, and a personal blog shes a self-proclaimed poster child for digital media. At the same time, she is aware of her role as a gallery owner. Its very important to me that while I do all this populist stuff, that my artists are doing work that is informed by a credible thesis, says Bekman. Its a bit of a balancing act. Im not interested in being the affordable art gallery.
Jen Bekman is not one to sit still. She is working on developing her database List of Women Speakers for Your Conference and a website dedicated to a Bowery arts district. In the meantime, she hopes 20x200 will encourage people to consider themselves collectors. Until youve actually bought something and understood the specialness of it, I think theres big shift with that. With 20x200 its a way that anyone can try it. She also continues to believe that anything is possible if she trusts her instincts. My blog is called Personism from a poem by Frank OHara and one of the lines is you just go on your nerve, Bekman tells me. Im definitely not always right and Ive definitely made mistakes, but theyre my mistakes and not because Im trying to listen to someone externally.
Kate Bingaman-Burt: Obsessive Consumption runs through October 27 at Jen Bekman Gallery, 6 Spring Street, near Bowery, 212-219-0166, jenbekman.com.
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
The hooks is moving once again!!!!! And it is feeling good!!!!
Like I said the hook is moving!!! Hooray!!!! You know for me not to feel like moving the hook, I felt lost, like a part of me was missing. And now it is back..I feel like my old self..I am so loving it....What have I been doing you ask...let me show you!!! I love what I have finished in the past weeks...I love the color..I love the patterns..although the runners had to have some adjustments made in order to get the sizes I wanted to make it look good..but I am quite happy with the results..you know I am feeling better when I tell you they are completely finished..blocked and all...These were made with someone in mind and I hope he is pleased..we will see. Oh yeah the color is 437...again.....clearing throat..there is a blog friend out there that understands the clearing of throat thing...the moral of the story is not to try and fill orders after taking meds...one might end up with the wrong color....oops..anyway..take a look at my creations...
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- Julie Wineman said...
- July 20, 2014 at 5:41 AM
- Sherri said...
WOW oh wow, I love your work. Beautiful!
I'm happy your feeling like your old self again. I know what it's like to not feel upto crocheting such a lost time.
Be blessed with great health my friend.
- July 20, 2014 at 5:48 AM
- homeschooljewelrymom said...
So glad you're feeling better :-) Love your finished projects. Take care.
- July 20, 2014 at 7:05 AM
- Debi Y. said...
They are beautiful Vikki. I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better. Have a great day. :)
- July 20, 2014 at 7:59 AM
- Charlotte Huffman said...
Glad to hear you are feeling better and the hooks are moving again. These doilies are gorgeous! I especially love the second one. Don't forget the thread eater!
- July 20, 2014 at 10:16 AM
- CrochetBlogger said...
So glad to hear the hook is moving again. And it's all looking great!
- July 20, 2014 at 11:34 AM
- Mereknits said...
I am so glad to hear you are feeling like your old self again and your hook is smoking!!!!! Wow I just love everything you have made, and I LOVE the color.
- July 20, 2014 at 1:30 PM
- Stitchy Mc Floss said...
Beautiful doilies (as always). You so crack me up with the clearing of throat and color thing. :)
So very thankful you are feeling better my sweet friend. Dang every time I see your doilies it makes me want to crochet...I must resist....must...can't look...no, no...hmmmm where is my hook again?
Blessings to you always sweet friend.
- July 20, 2014 at 3:17 PM
- Naida said...
Beautiful work!
- July 23, 2014 at 10:38 AM
- Pammy Sue said...
Soooooo pretty!! Glad you got your crochet itch back. I'm feeling lost at the moment because I can't decide what I want to make. I'm going to sew that blue squares blanket together one of these days soon. What is wrong with me?? I spent all that time on the squares and now I just leave them sitting there. The THREAD calls me! I'm loving the THREAD!
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- July 25, 2014 at 3:22 PM
- Mindy said...
Wow!!! So glad to hear you're back at it. They're really beautiful. What a fascinating color, too. Way to go!
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Lucradis's insomnia. progress?
RE: Lucradis's insomnia. progress?
(03-01-2012 06:51 PM)lucradis Wrote: I don't have a doctor but I'm sure that within the next little while I will acquire one. But still I have an addictive personality so I like to keep away from anything that could entice me. Being aware of my weaknesses is integral otherwise I'd be a junkie by now. My kid wouldn't like that, but she's bossy.
I find these few things help me: Make sure your room is dark as can be when it's time for bed, light breaks down melatonin. At least two hours before bed (this one's hard) stop using electronic devices like your computer, phone, TV. Don't eat anything or drink anything but water a couple of hours before you go to sleep. And make getting ready to sleep a ritual, something that will tell your body it's time to sleep. And remember this, it's okay and perfectly normal to wake up in the middle of the night. If this happens don't worry, studies suggest this was the norm before artificial lighting and that if you relax, keep the lights off and let yourself go back to sleep you will feel great the next morning. I feel your pain!
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RE: Lucradis's insomnia. progress?
Sorry to hear about your sleeping issues.
Try some of these tips and see if you can fall asleep and stay sleep:
- Soak in a hot tub or shower
- Exercise every day
- Turn off the television and pick up a book to wind down and relax
- Don't consume any liquids at least two to three hours before bed
Alternatively you can download a free ebook with tips on how to beat insomnia from iSleepBetter.com. They also have an online radio with ambient music 24-7. Hope that helps...
RE: Lucradis's insomnia. progress?
When I have a worry during sleeptime I tell myself that there is really nothing I can do about this worry right now and that I'll think about it in the morning. This usually allows me to put it out of my mind for the night.
Also, is there a podcast that you listen to on a regular basis? If you're accustomed to the person's voice, you might find that listening to the show at low volume will allow your mind to focus on the voice and not think about anything else, which for me allows me to drop off into sleep quite quickly.
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RE: Lucradis's insomnia. progress?
The racing mind can keep one awake. Calming, or pulling that mind to nothing, will focus it, and let it sleep.
I have advised friends with the insomnia problem, with a single natural herbal supplement called Passion Flower. It has helped myself and other people I know to simply stop the mind from racing. My personal rule of thumb: natural is healthy, so only use any substance as a supplement once in a while, and only if/when necessary.
The Solaray brand seems to be fairly consistent with it's parts per capsule. (Don't bother with the directions to take three @four times a day - they just want you to buy it more often.) You can take it and operate machinery because it does not make you tired, it just stops your mind from racing. It doesn't really do anything else. There is nothing to be addicted to. The bottle will probably last you a long time.
A good thing to start getting into, which might help is meditation... it can help to bring your mind to a nothing state, so you can more easily focus. It can help you place your worries into a separate place. Don't worry; your worries will be around when you need them.
Just a couple of natural suggestions for you.
Hope things get better - sleep is such tremendous part of good health.
A new type of thinking is essential if mankind is to survive and move to higher levels. ~ Albert Einstein
RE: Lucradis's insomnia. progress?
have u consulted a psychiatrist? (a good one, not one of those that make u fill a questionnaire and then give u a prescription).
can help u with
2-relaxation techniques
3-a prescription
there are good medicines for sleep disorders, like zopiclone, wich is not addictive. but consult a shrink, some of us are good people
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Named Small Agency of the Year in the Southeast
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AUGUST 2015) – In recognition for its groundbreaking advertising campaigns and innovative brand ideas, the Dalton Agency was presented the prestigious Small Agency of the Year Award for the Southeastern U.S. at the Ad Age Small Agency Awards 2015. Presented by Ad Age, the leading global source of news and intelligence for the marketing and media community, the Small Agency Awards are the premier honors saluting outstanding work created by independent advertising agencies with 150 or fewer employees.
The Dalton Agency was founded by Jim Dalton 26 years ago this November in Jacksonville, Fla. As business opportunities increased and client demand grew, the agency expanded to include offices in Atlanta; Columbia, S.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Orlando; Savannah, Ga. and Tampa. Along with geographic expansions, the Dalton Agency grew from its start as a traditional adverting agency with creative and media services to a full-service agency that provides integrated advertising, public relations, social media, interactive/digital and video post production services.
Dalton Agency has created award-winning campaigns for clients in a myriad of industries including, not-for-profit, retail, sports, military and defense, law enforcement, education, real estate, travel and tourism, automotive, information technology, product manufacturing and entertainment.
"At the center of our work is our clirents and this recognition is a testament to our creative, hardworking team who work collaboratively across every office bringing their talents together," said Jim Dalton, CEO, Dalton Agency. "Our clients tell us that our driveand commitment is a reason they stay with us and their belief in our work allows us to create outstanding campaigns on their behalf. While we are an organization that is motivated by our work and not awards, this one is a true honor."
The Small Agency Awards were presented during the annual Ad Age Small Agency Conference, which brings together hundreds of marketing, advertising, design, media, and brand professionals from around the nation to explore trends and issues impacting the nation's small advertising agencies.
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The Dalton Agency, with offices in Jacksonville, Fla. (headquarters); Atlanta; Orlando; Tampa; Savannah, Ga.; Columbia, S.C.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C., is a national advertising and public relations firm that represents a wide range of regional, national and international clients. The agency provides award-winning creative designs and brand development, strategic communications and social media strategies, public affairs, media placement, crisis communications, interactive and digital design and programming, and television and radio production services. www.daltonagency.com.
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Jammu's 100-yr old shop is the only one of it's kind
If you live in the city area or you pass through very often, there are chances you have seen this man shining and repairing utensils in his shop at Moti Bazaar. His name is Om Prakash Pahalwan and he is working here for last 70 years.
The shop he works in belongs to his forefathers. It was established before the time of independence and is now more than 100 years old .
Om Prakash who is now more than 80 years old is a well known person among our elders since it is the only shop in Jammu that deals with polishing and repairing of old utensils. Our mothers or even grandmothers might have visited him at least once in their lifetime with an old, worn out piece from the Kitchen that he might have made into new.
Eighty years old and still working in a small shop, it might have painted a sorry picture in your mind. You must be thinking that Om Prakash has to do this in order to survive but the story is completely opposite. Om Prakash belongs to good household. He has 4 daughters and 3 sons, all are settled enough to take care of this aged father. Om Prakash comes to work because he wants to. He is not forced upon by circumstances.
"There was time when people used utensils made of different metals like copper, brass, steel etc. Now, these are used as just decoration pieces," Om Prakash said.
"Eating food in metallic utensils is something that belongs to our heritage and it has some health value too," he added.


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Picture From Today's Anti-War Rally ("9-II Was An Inside Job")
One of the main problems that liberals have in this country (other than a myopic naïveté about how the world really works) is their failure to come up with a consistent message. Today's anti-war rally in D.C. might have been an opportunity for them to demonstrate some organizational skills; unfortunately, they couldn't quite figure out how to make themselves not look ridiculous on TV:
So why is the person who made the sign concerned about something called "9-II" being an inside job? (Even the DUmmies are upset about it.) And why invite Jane Fonda to speak if they hope to convince Middle America that they're not complete jerks?
Update 1441 27 Jan: While this isn't really related (other than belonging to the same general category: politics), and I don't think that has anything to do with her fitness (or lack of same) to be President, I figured I might as well post the video of Sen. Clinton "singing" the national anthem -- just because everyone will be talking about it later:
It sounds like she got the words wrong in one place...


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She's written the best overview yet and crossposted it at Americablog.
What with this last week's extreme DUI of his Deputy Field Director Brett Keeter. Then the subsequent two-week suspension without pay. But as MissM points out at BlueNC, why not wait until a verdict? Innocent until proven guilty and all that American patriotic stuff.
I wondered if a 31-year-old blows a point one three perhaps he should be fired. It's not like it's the first overindulgence of a young man, new to college or trying to recover from his first big break-up. But Robert P and lcloud at BlueNC make the find points that McHenry should be helping this guy get the therapy he needs. That we as democrats might want to practice what we preach and think in terms of rehabilitation. Good ideas, if we were dealing with people who could consider that others can change and improve. That, of course is the obvious solution. Just not likely.
Then, we have to look at the week before last, which might have led to this overindulgence of mind-altering substances in a staffer.
The week before last you learned that Pat might not live where he votes. That's potentially the fourth case voter fraud he's been tied to. And over the weekend, McHenry spokesman Aaron Latham tried to put that pesky old voter fraud/residency question to rest. Latham told the Gaston Gazette's Amanda Millard that Pat "lives in Cherryville. That's still his primary residence." But, he told her, McHenry splits his time between Cherryville and Hickory when he comes home on weekends. Boy, Pat, that's a lot of splitting. You live in DC, you split your weekend time between Cherryville and Hickory. You own the Hickory condo but your legal residence for voting is a house in Cherryville you don't own and that other people use. I wonder what the North Carolina laws regard as a legal residence. We'll have to find out.
And the one question still unanswered: how'd you get that financing for the Hickory condo. Since you're on the House banking committee, I think your banking deals (especially ones you've been trying to cover up) should be public record. After all, you were all excited about disclosing the people behind earmarks. What about disclosing the financing deal on an asset you haven't told anyone about. Because if the Hickory condo was your legal residence and as Latham told Millard, it's been this way for some time, you had plenty of time to update your bio and your website to say you live in Cherryville AND Hickory, not just Cherryville.
There are a lot of reports from the week before last that still have not been cleared up. Like Pat's involvement with recent murder victim Ralph Gonzalez of Florida and Georgia ethics issues (including ties to Jack Abramoff and vote manipulation. But the North Carolina Conservative told us that not only McHenry was also tied to Jason Drake, who police say was the shooter.
People have commented extensively on this website and elsewhere that Drake's ties to a gay porn murder in Pennsylvania have only one source. That source has a lot of people who hate him OR he's a lying, website-destroyer.
Either way, these questions are not dependent on tying Drake to other murders and the porn industry, are extremely relevant and remain unanswered:
- What exactly are McHenry ties to high level murdered Republican dirty tricks consultant Ralph Gonzalez and of his alleged shooter Jason Robert Drake. And why has McHenry tried to hide his political past by stating on his website and official bio that he is either a real estate broker, a small businessman or in sales.
- Why have the police given such premature and unprofessional comments to the media in this case?*
- What is going on with the traditional media's response to this news item. Google and see for yourself. Can you imagine them ignoring the murder of two prominent young gay Democratic operatives. Of course not.
- Is the disinformation campaign about Drake initiated by a gay porn blogger or by McHenry's staff? The former makes not sense, the latter is sheer stupidity but IS muddying the waters somewhat. And is one more reason for questioning a traditional media's response. Who can ignore a story that includes a gay porn blogger? Come on.
- Why have no media outlets in the 10th Congressional District will covered, much less done any research on this story.
What prompted him to go in and commit that crime remains undetermined and may never be known," Picanzo said. "We have had so many different and conflicting statements from people.Since when do the police say the crime motive will never been known this early in an investigation? It makes no sense.


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Another story on National Library of Wales - a major fire has destroyed part of the building's roof today. The area affected was mainly used for office space and new acquisitions - book holdings seem to have escaped any damage. The BBC has the story at www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22312017
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Friday, 26 April 2013
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Foccacia with Type 00 flour
After many rounds of the foccacia, I finally got to do the foccacia using the type of flour used in Dan Lepard's demo. The friend who gave it to me told me that it was the last bag at Culina. This was the reason why I couldn't just squander it. It had to take 3 practice bakes before I would contemplate using it. The dough smelled fragrant during the mix and now, I am wondering if it really was the flour that gave the bread that wonderful aroma.
I am really glad to have learnt first hand from Dan how this bread is made. It is a bread that will be welcomed in any party. Given the Singaporean preference for soft bread, it will surely be preferred to the other types of bread that I make.


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Alien Invasion
Thursday, December 5, 2013
This last week was a tough week in terms of time allotted. We have been working hard day in and day out, and finally it has paid off in our completed version of Alien Invasion: Champion of Earth. Scott and I came up with the second part of the name yesterday. This week was filled with all of the finishing touches on reference cards, resource cards, character cards, and the game board. Aleks was in charge of designing everything using photoshop once again. Scott cut out all of the cards, and Ahmed put the cards in the sleeves. Lastly Scott and I wrote the rulebook yesterday, and the game is finally complete. It has been a long ride, but totally worth it, I am happy with our game and I genuinely have fun playing it.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
The pieces are all coming together
Today was an important day for our game because all the flaws became noticeable and we had to think about solutions. We had to come up with a specific set of rules that our classmates would be able to follow during the next class period. We had previously decided to make 3 regions per continent but we were not too sure of how the alien species would be able to take the regions over. The decision we made was that each region would be taken over by a set amount of native resources to the region and 2 random resources. We also decided that each region that the player has control over allows the player to draw 1 native resource to the region each turn. The other difficulty we came across was on deciding how players would battle each other for regions. Our group came into many disagreements at first but decided on an overall strategy. The players battling for regions would compete in a battle of resources and the player with the highest number of points would win the battle. We decided that if the attacking player wins, the region would be annihilated and would not be used again. This allows for a closer interaction with the players since the size of the playable map gets smaller and smaller. After deciding on a set of rules for the game we decided to split up the work for creating the game prototype. I was to design the cards and send them out to everyone in order for them to print and cut everything.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Building Mechanics
Today in class after establishing a cover for our board game brought in class by Aleks we started working on what cards would look like and the tpe of Alien civilizations we would use for our game. After collaborating for a while we reached a conclusion and each delegating a certain number of cards we would create for next weeks Alpha testing of our game. I was delegating to create the Alien civilization Narnians from Neptune and their main resource for the game which is ice. Each group member also was to create the cards for the other alien civilization and resource cards. We Also discussed some modifations to the board game map, where we decided to color code each region based on either its civilization or if it was completely destroyed. We also came up with the begining of the game mechanics where each player after choosing an alien civilization is given three resources of there respective native region. Nearing the end of the class with some of our professors help we added an end game mechainic to help run the game more smoothly and quikly. That mechanic is when a certain percentage of the world is destroyed from the alien invasion,the game automaticaly ends and the player with the most regions wins the game.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Foundations of Alien Invasion : Blog 2
Our group is creating a board game called Alien Invasion. The first real meeting that my group and I had was productive because we were able to brainstorm and create a foundation and layout for the physicality of our game. We concluded that the board will be a map of the entire world and that there will be at least four different alien races that are attacking. These races will be the player roles and each player is randomly assigned an alien race which corresponds to a specific region on the board where you will start. Obviously we are still developing functional mechanics to the game but we have decided that there will be resource cards that are crucial to the game play. Each player starts out with three resource cards and is granted an additional card every turn. The different continents will be divided into 3-4 regions and in order to control a continent you must first destroy and conquer the regions. To make the game exciting and somewhat realistic there will be human uprisings. The humans will try and take back what was theirs by starting war, each player must be able to fend off the humans with their resource cards in order to continue playing. We have brainstormed a few different potential resource cards; water, carbon, uranium, human slaves, oxygen, plutonium, and of course cows. Instead of the standard wood, water, and rock resources we felt that it was necessary to stick to our theme and add some galactic flair to our game design. Sorry humans the world is at a loss and is being completely depleted of its resources, it is now controlled by us aliens and there is no escape.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
First week in a new group
This week, for the second time this semester, my game proposal was picked yet again to my surprise. Due to how well the first project went in my group, I am extremely excited to get going on this one. Our game is called Alien Invasion, and it is based on the premise of a multi-species alien takeover. Once again my game is a violent one, based on ridiculous events that one would hope never to truly happen, but in theory is very cool and entertaining. This week we are just brainstorming as individuals and as a group in order to figure out the core mechanics of the game, considering my guidelines were very vague. I cannot wait to meet up and start making this hilariously explicit game, with a few guys who I'm excited to get to know.
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Truth be told, Sony's marketing efforts are some of the worst. Not only does Sony spend very little to promote their games and hardware via advertising, but when it does, it's usually a disaster. SIXAXIS-controlled eggs? Crying babies, anyone?
But with the PlayStation Vita, Sony is preparing its "largest platform launch in terms of marketing investment" ever, said John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing, SCEA. A full $50 million smackers, to be precise.
The campaign slogan, "Never Stop Playing" will be featured everywhere from TV commercials, to billboards, to social media and everything in-between.
Sony believes the PlayStation Vita's target market is the 20-year old male who plays games up to eight hours a week or more, and will attract this demographic by airing commercials for the Vita during shows like Tosh.0, South Park, and the upcoming 500th episode of The Simpsons.
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text: Scientists have discovered a gene that is strongly implicated in hereditary pancreatic cancer and say it ultimately might serve as a target for screening and early diagnosis of a malignancy that long has been diagnosed in a late and untreatable stage. Dr. Teri Brentnall, an associate professor of gastroenterology at the University of Washington in Seattle, announced the discovery last week during a news briefing in New York, saying the discovery marks one of the biggest advances in pancreatic cancer. With the gene now in hand, scientists have a marker that can be spotted in blood tests. Brentnall has used such a test in her Seattle studies. By testing for the cancer, she said doctors can mount an assault on the cancer before it starts. The gene, which has been dubbed "palladin," was unmasked with the help of an 18-member family, nine of whom have died of pancreatic cancer over a period of four generations. The remaining nine members have shown signs of the disease. "The way we were able to find this gene was to develop a surveillance program," said Brentnall, the lead investigator of the study, referring to a highly sophisticated research protocol in which scientists create a precise technique for spotting the gene in blood tests. A 21-year-old family member has tested positive for the palladin gene and has chosen to have his pancreas removed, Brentnall said. The pre-emptive strike is to avoid the fate of his father, who died of pancreatic cancer at 33. Hereditary pancreatic cancers account for 10 percent to 20 percent of the total number of cases diagnosed annually. Brentnall said it took a decade to hunt down palladin and to understand its role. "Palladin was discovered about five years ago, and not in the context of cancer," Brentnall said of a serendipitous discovery in which scientists zeroed in on the chromosomal neighborhood where palladin resides. It was not until a few months ago that she and her team found the gene's precise address. She and her team documented their work in the current issue of the scientific journal PLoS. The gene produces a protein that leads to a very important part of a cell's structure -- its skeleton. "A normal cell has a normal skeleton," Brentnall said. "But you know that something is wrong in pancreatic cancer because palladin is very abnormal. "Not only does it look bizarre, it allows cells to move 50 percent faster -- and that's a feature of cancer when a cell can migrate rapidly and move to places it doesn't belong." Robert Vizza, president of the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, called the announcement a major advance. "We're very enthused and excited," Vizza said. "This disease has been characterized as an orphan disease because of the paucity of research. This is the most significant breakthrough in the field." The Lustgarten Foundation has been intimately involved in funding pancreatic cancer research and spreading the word about the cancer, which ranks as one of the deadliest. About 33,700 people in the United States are diagnosed with the disease annually; 32,000 die.


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Structural CodesLamar County in the unincorporated areas does not have structural building codes. If you are planning on constructing a structure however, you must come in for all other appropriate approvals through the Planning Department and Board of Supervisor's. This however does not absolve those constructing within Lamar County from meeting other agency's standards as administered by such other agency.


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|Wangduephodrang Dzong was built in 1639 by Zhabdrung and since then it served
as the centre of administration and monastic education.
It was a national heritage of immense value and presence.
|On the fateful evening of June 24th in 2012, the great fortress became a history
due to a fire that we couldn't source the cause.
The heritage and everything that we lost with it was one of the greatest loss we suffered
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Sweden & Islam again
Specific laws are required when it comes to the legal protection of the Muslim minority. With such protection we can request corrections of the Swedish family law to adapt it to Islam. It is this law that is the most important to Swedish Muslims: marriage, divorce, child protection, and raising underage children.Savour the irony of that last paragraph.
A mosque in every city or county... Financed by interest free loans. The counties should take the responsibility to either provide security for these interest free loans or to lend money without interest for the construction of mosques for its Muslim inhabitants. The Swedish state should introduce the term interest free loans and borrowers should have the right to deduct payments on interest free loans from the tax returns on the same grounds as loan interest.
Integrating Islam into Swedish schools... where Muslim children have the possibility of being educated in homogenous groups using their own native language and their own religion in the County schools. Imams and native language teachers should have status as ordinary teachers in Second Native Language and religion.
the establishment of Islamic elementary schools in densely populated areas with many Muslims where Muslim students would have the opportunity to study in homogenous groups could reinforce the students cultural and religious identity..
Every county ought to have one night a week that should be a woman's evening, and respectively a mans evening, in the gym and the swimming hall.
We demand that county politicians should deliberate this matter immediately.
...create a law that gives Swedish Muslims the right to take vacation time during the Islamic holidays of Eid al fitr and Eid al Adha... We demand special legislation in this matter that is the right to two days paid vacation in connection to the celebration of these holidays... Muslims in other words demand special treatment in terms of legislation...
Two hours of time off for Friday prayer, between 12-14 o clock winter time, and between 13-15 o clock summer time… The state, as the biggest employer, ought to be an example for other employers in the private sector...
As late as in 1992 a study made by the ministry of agriculture determined that ritual slaughter cannot be accepted in Sweden. Now however there is a new study being made by the department of agriculture and we hope that the decision makers will come to a positive conclusion.
Muslims demand that the Union of Congregations [head organ] in the Swedish Church co-operates with the country's counties to reserve burial plots in all counties that have Muslim inhabitants. Muslims also demand that the ombudsman in each province will, in matters of funerals, take full responsibility to accommodate the Muslim demands for burial grounds.
Starting Imam education in Swedish universities and colleges is a demand from the nation's Muslims and from Swedish authorities...
Muslims demand that the community should treat them in the same way as you treat native Swedes and the Muslims want to live under the same circumstances as their Swedish neighbours.
Thankfully Sweden's equality minister Jens Orback has called the demands "completely unacceptable" and even moderate Muslims have rejected them. More at the Gates of Vienna.


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Monday, April 6, 2009
Mountain Adventure
This painting is one of two on display in the Nomadas Del Arte plein air show at the Southwest Gallery in Dallas (I included the other one in my last blogpost). The opening this weekend was great fun - especially meeting all the other fabulous artists who participated. This piece sold on Friday night, so I went home recharged, with a big smile on my face!
7 comments:
- Barbara M. said...
Hi Laurel,
I'm not surprised it sold, it's just
- April 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- Kim Morin Weineck said...
Luminous color and exciting brushwork. I love it!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Catherine Jeffrey said...
Wow Laurel, you really have something "going on" with these paintings. Such a sense of time and place, the little pathway leading to some special spot, warm breezes rising up from the misty distant hills. I am there. Thank you for such wonderful visual moments.
- April 6, 2009 at 9:17 PM
- LSaeta said...
Congrats! You should be happy - a wonderful painting and a happy new collector! The colors are wonderful. In fact, looksing at your last few paintings, they are all amazing!
- April 7, 2009 at 1:16 AM
- Jala Pfaff said...
But of course it sold! Just look at it!
I love the unexpectedness of the orange hue.
- April 7, 2009 at 1:51 AM
- Karen said...
Congratulations on the sale! Well deserved. These two pieces are stunning...I like them as a pair, also...that amazing blue in the previous one, the orangey-ness here!
- April 7, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Nancy B. Hartley said...
Laurel, congratulations, beautiful painting!
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Carle Donor Wall
Urbana, IL
Description93% of top-level healthcare executives say patient experience is one of their top five priorities. How does a hospital build trust with staff and patients when there are so many challenging issues? You share your story with them. A well-crafted story builds trust, loyalty, and understanding—the foundation of all good relationships. We told Carle's story through a history wall. It is a bright, colorful splash of fun on what was a sterile wall. The history wall also reinforces their brand in a high traffic area. Carle is a repeat client. They have also engaged us in telling their story at their 75th anniversary gala. Several recognition walls have also been designed and built matching preexisting architectural elements while creating the optimal experience for patients and staff.


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Something else happened that I didn't mention in my last post. Something pretty disturbing that I wanted to elaborate on.
On December 22, 2015, my cousin, Sarah, went to wake up her vibrant 3 year old daughter, Lily, and she was dead.
This has affected me more so than I thought it would. I don't mean to sound selfish or take away from what Sarah and her fiance, Jeremy, are feeling. It just completely makes you rethink your whole life.
First and foremost, I could not and do not EVER want to imagine what Sarah and Jeremy are going through. It absolutely breaks my heart. Whenever I found out, it left me speechless. There are no words or actions that can heal the parents when they lose their child. If this was Raelynn, you might as well take me with her. In my opinion, what is the reason to live? Raelynn gave me LIFE that I didn't know I had. I know Sarah and Jeremy feel the same way. There wasn't anything wrong with her. NOTHING. And they found her, dead. A healthy, normal, lively 3 year old, dead.
Every day since I've found out, I think to myself, "What if Raelynn doesn't wake up?" Honestly, what would I do with my life? I try to make sure I tell her I love her every single day, multiple times. I try to shower her with love and affection so she knows I care. I don't know when she will remember all of this, she is only 16 months old. But I feel like I have to do this stuff so she knows.
As if I'm already not on edge enough, now I worry about this stuff.
Then, I just read on FaceBook about a girl Scott and I went to school with; she had to be induced because an ultrasound of her son at 37 weeks pregnant showed an enlarged liver and spleen, but they weren't sure of the reason. Within the first 24 hours he was on this earth, he was diagnosed with leukemia and had to get his first round of chemotherapy. Like, WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK? What is this world? What kind of world do we live in where a tiny, helpless baby who has been growing in his mother's womb, which is supposed to be the safest place on this earth, has developed leukemia while in the womb? I'm totally baffled. On top of this, she already has an autistic son. She is one strong woman to be dealing with all of this.
All of this makes me question whether or not we are really ready for another kid or not. I really want Raelynn to have a sibling. I really, really do. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to experience the baby stage again. Even typing that made me cringe a little. I want the chance to have a happy, non-colicky baby so I can actually enjoy the baby stage. I want the opportunity to ENJOY my baby instead of wish the seconds of the day away.
But, there is all of this nonsense that I will always worry about. What if Raelynn dies? What if my future baby has something wrong with it? What if I have another miscarriage? The miscarriage…I'm not too sure I'm prepared for.
Scott and I are not currently trying since we are still living with his parents and sharing a room with his nephew. I'm not totally upset with this. I like not having the pressure to be pregnant right now. I'm sure this will quickly end once we get settled in our new house. I never know what an emotional toll this would take on me. It's SO many emotions. Mostly exhausting, mentally taxing, depressing…etc..etc..etc..
The price of being a worry wort…all demonstrated in this post.
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A MR Interview with Michael D. Yates
by Farooque Chowdhury
Farooque Chowdhury: You know miners' life well. What's your reaction to what the world witnessed in the San Jose Mine in Chile?
Michael D. Yates: There is a special solidarity in mining communities, because of the danger of working underground, where at any time you could die. People live in constant fear of this. My reaction was to assume that the owners were lax in terms of safety, and this appears to be the case. Hopefully this episode will fuel more militancy among the miners and their communities. On a purely human level, I cannot imagine what it must have been like to be trapped like that. But now the men will be expected to work as always, and the fame they have now will soon enough fade. They will be affected in many negative ways, psychologically not the least. However, the media won't be around to report on that, and the concern the world has now will disappear.
Statistically, mining is one of the deadliest occupations. Why do people get into mining?
People work in mines because they need work. Their mobility is not great, and if their communities have always sent men into the mines (I don't know if women work in the mines there or not), then it is a natural thing for young men to follow suit. There may even be notions that mining is a way to win your manhood. Then too unions are usually strong in mining, so the pay, etc. are usually above average. Working-class life is hard and full of dangers in any event. It is not as if the average worker has unlimited opportunities. Quite the contrary.
Looking into the pages of mining history, one finds that a lot of changes have taken place in mining and miners' life. On the other hand, a lot of things have remained the same. What have changed, and what have not changed?
Mining technology has changed considerably, with a good deal of mechanization replacing hand labor. Much more of this should occur, so as few people as possible have to be miners. This won't happen under capitalism, however. What has remained the same in most of the world is the constant danger, the callousness of the owners, and the collusion between the owners and the government. Where the unions of miners are strong, conditions are always better, but this is a constant struggle that waxes and wanes over time.
What are the reasons behind it?
Always the profit motive -- the goal of accumulating capital is behind nearly everything that matters in working-class life. You see what happens when capital is in charge in a country like China, where mining disasters are not at all uncommon, all the more so as the nation becomes increasingly capitalist.
Is there no way out from the life in which miners are trapped?
Strong unions are the best hope inside capitalism. Only the abolition of capitalism can liberate miners and all other workers.
What are the obstacles to improving the working and living conditions of miners?
They are the same as for all workers: the power of capital, the power of the state, divisions of all sorts among the workers. As miners overcome their divisions and come to see more clearly the root causes of their oppression, they begin to take actions to get out of the trap.
Is improving working and living conditions for miners costlier than the "price" of their lives? How does such improvement affect productivity and returns?
Of course, a life is always worth more than profits. The owners don't see it this way, and that is why the miners must organize and force the owners to accept a different calculus. Then the owners will try to keep profits up in the face of higher wages and better conditions, including safety. The owners always have the upper hand at the workplace since they own the capital. So miners have to organize politically as well. In purely technical terms, union miners are probably more productive as they will be better trained, etc. But they may not be more profitable. Hence, there is constant class struggle.
In Capital, Marx refers to a note by Liebig that mentions the South American mine owners who compelled the miners to eat bread and beans though the miners disliked beans. The owners did so because they, having "found out that the men cannot work so hard on bread [alone], treat them like horses, and compel them to eat beans; beans . . . are relatively much richer in bone-earth (phosphate of lime) than is bread." Marx observes with irony that "All the capitalist cares for, is to reduce the labourer's individual consumption as far as possible to what is strictly necessary, and he is far away from imitating those brutal South Americans, who force their labourers to take the more substantial, rather than the less substantial, kind of food." Today, it seems, labor is less important than material. The lives of miners in many lands -- inadequate safety mechanisms at work; ramshackle, overcrowded homes, without running water, a sewage system, or a proper ventilation system; diseases; meager wages, constant fear of unemployment, abject poverty -- are not different from the conditions of the working class in England that Engels described, or rather more miserable than them. These are now better documented. Even the mainstream media sometimes mention them. Is it that miners' living condition is no longer a factor for capital regeneration, unlike what Liebig suggests above, as there is a huge reserve army of labor now?
This may be true in many parts of the world. We have to expect owners to calculate costs with no concern for the workers, as they think of the workers as implements of production, no different that the materials and machines used. Whatever lowers costs and raises profits will be done, absent strong class organization.
And, has that intensified the rate of appropriation of surplus labor?
Yes, it always does.
We know the legendary John Henry, the "steel-driving man," a symbol of humanity's determination. How shall the San Jose miners be remembered?
Unless the miners force the issue by radically strengthening their organization, they will be just another footnote in history. As Mother Jones, the legendary miners' angel and organizer, said, Don't mourn, organize.
Thank you.
You are welcome! Solidarity!
Farooque Chowdhury is editor of Micro Credit: Myth Manufactured. A different version of the same interview was first published in the 4 November 2010 issue of New Age, one of the leading English dailies in Bangladesh.
URL: mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/chowdhury041110.html


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so i've decided on a curriculum for next year. it involves collecting about fifty children's classics - or at least great stories - from a list that coincides with the unit study. i'm finding that a good chunk of the titles are out of print, and very hard to find. so i've been on a treasure hunt, trailing through ebay, alibras, homeschool book sales, and anywhere else i can think of. it's quite exciting to find them one by one, and i'm looking forward to this new approach at homeschooling - spending lots of time on the couch reading to my kids. you'd think, bookworm that i am, that this would be a regular thing in our home, but sadly, as of late, it's been hard to make the time. i'm too free-spirited to be much good at scheduling, but i'm going to try in the fall.
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I will miss your insights into the glamour spots of London. Keep enjoying life in the capital and I'm sure that big acting role will come soon.
Jenny, THANK YOU! I'm arriving in London on the 25th and have very much enjoyed your topical and lively articles. I do have to look out for one bit, OK a lot of bit, of information you have kindly put forth. Restaurants! If I visit them all I'll be as big as a house and broke. Have a happy life and may all your aspirations be fulfilled.
Good luck Jenny with your acting career. I shall miss your upbeat missives about swinging London. Maybe you ought to start your own journal about 'eating out in London'!?
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Dear Jenny - Please rethink your retirement from the Lantern, I look forward to reading your adventures each month. Good luck for the future.
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I certainly have enjoyed this writer. As a Yank, who is planning an extended holiday in London, I will certainly miss this column. I live in a waterfront community in Florida and enjoy the climate; but I am looking forward to the UK. With a drink in my hand and this aspiring actress guiding the way, I feel the atmosphere of the clubs and restaurants already! Thanks for a job well done!
Thanks so much for your kind responses to my column. I've really enjoyed writing about London and I hope I've given visitors ideas of things to do in town, mostly eating and drinking it would appear! Isn't that what it's all about?
Yes, I too will miss your articles, they are such fun and one feels they are sharing the joy and problems along with you, very well written. Maybe you should do a website of your own, I know that actors are doing this more and more as a promotion device. Break-A-Leg what ever the future holds for you.


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Where moderate conservative ideas are not howled down as reactionary hateful precursors to Nazism.
You've just imagined a world without Socialism.
This is both an observation and an assertion of fact; the Argumentum Ad Hitlerum tactic is more than modus operandii; it is the very lifeblood by which leftists everywhere operate.
With the fact in mind that ridicule often requires it's target's assent to be fully effective (whether willing, unwilling, silent or vocal) I formulated the term "Naive Right" to serve as a replacement for "Far Right", "Extreme Right", etc. This post will try to explain why its adoption might help to take away the only toy our Socialist opponents posess: righteous scorn.
If you haven't read Jonah Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism", you should. It is epic. Crammed cover to cover with history & facts, it somehow still manages to present a coherent narrative. One of the main themes surrounds the proposition that principled ideals occupy thr extremes, and intolerant totalitarianism arises from the mushy nihilistc middle ground. Truth itself is, after all, an extreme position. This runs counter to the idea purportedly favoured by the P.C. types that run the media, academia, etc. who claim salvation lies with moderation in all things & that all extremes are, perhaps, as bad as each other. Maybe like me, you learned the horseshoe theory of politics at school, developed by French Postmodern philosopher poet Jean-Pierre Faye which explains how left & rightwing ideas both end up in the same place?
This is nonsense, of course...
For example, one might either have a principled belief in free markets, or a pragmatic belief in protected markets. Once he has staked out his position, the principled man from whichever side presents his system to stand or fall on its merits. However, the centrist chancer who lands a position of power will have nothing but appeals to emotive rhetoric to bolster his personality cult, which he will then use to jerry-rig favoured markets against failure & maximise private gain from successful investments. Thus is authoritarianism born.
Birth of the term "Far" Right:
One interesting chapter in the book relates how the label "Far Right" first came to be applied to the Nazis of the NSDAP. Did you know that this linguistic artifact came from none other than Joe Stalin himself when it suddenly dawned on him that he badly needed to distance himself from his former ally Adolf H. post Operation Barbarossa? Mr Goldberg goes on to expose how laughably hypocritical this is given that, prior to Hitler's invasion of Russia, National Socialism (Fascism) was understandably viewed by International Socialists (Marxists) as a step on the path towards communism. "First brown, then red" was the phrase used to describe progress the brownshirts were making on their behalf.
Standard Operating Procedure.
Perhaps you've noticed the way that real life enemies who genuinely might rob/hurt/kill are waved away as imaginary. On the other hand, challenges to lefty moral superiority (which I maintain is the sole source of their political authority...) from more historically/socially/economically/scientifically literate opponents are declared to be the biggest threat to civilisation since the Nazis.
This is not a coincidence. No "Progressive" movement ever has advanced its goals by acknowledging that things have actually progressed quite well up until now, but that further progress could be made if things were just organised a bit better. Each follows the same script - regardless of wealth or level of technical and industrial advancement, the arguments are the same; tear down defenders of the status quo as being venal, exploitative merchants of death.
Consider two hypothetical societies at different stages of advancement:
Consider two hypothetical societies at different stages of advancement:
Society A) has grown wealthy & developed radiotherapeutic nanorobots to cure all kinds of cancers.
Society B) has not progressed technologically beyond use of the left hand as toilet paper.
In either case, you might choose to acknowledge the progress that has already been made in the battle against debilitating tumours or e-coli contaminated bar snacks. From there, you could try to argue that more needs to be done to extend this progress to all & that this could better be acheived with central planning. Alternatively, you could loudly point and shriek at the inequalities inherent in the current system and angrily insist that bathroom sanitation/lifesaving medicine is somehow being stolen or withheld from those who dont have it.
The fact that the logical position is never attempted should tell you all you need to know. Socialism is not asserted by rational means & cannot therefore be countered by reason. Countering emotional appeals with emotional appeals is just messy. The way to do it is simply to disrupt their ability to assert their emotional appeals to moral authority. Von Mises asserts that when this is acheived, Socialism will cease to exist.
As I see it, there are effectively only four possible stances you could strike in reaction to the idea that Fascism/Nazism is an extreme rightist position.
Position A) Agree willingly & embrace Fascism. (Neo-nazi)
Position B) Agree reluctantly to the use of the term "Far-Right". Make concessions to occupy the centre ground by accepting various "codes of conduct", "Non partisan" measures & the idea that certain things are just off limits. (Cuckservative)
Position C) Oppose the idea entirely. (Libertarian, Right wingnut, Teabagger, Kipper, etc.)
Position D) Oppose only the ordering. Agree that neofascist nationalist movements are former socialists mugged by reality that are gradually moving rightwards & position yourself at the end of that path. (Enlightened Conservative)
For many years, I have believed position C) to be the correct one, diligently pursuing it by tediously correcting every reference to "far right" to "far left" and reminding anybody who posits these terms that the movements they are referring to espouse(d) socialist policies. It continued to baffle me that this approach has less than zero traction, even with otherwise intelligent people. I had yet to fully comprehend that socialism has literally no foundation whatsoever in reason and is entirely dependent on appeals to the emotions. Marx's genius was not in formulating coherent logical positions, but in cementing criticism of his ideas as being rooted in a hateful "class based consciousness" that could not & should not be reasoned with.
Ludwig Von Mises understood this very well as early as 1932 when he wrote:
"Let anyone measure Socialism by the standards of scientific reasoning, and he at once becomes a champion of the evil principle, a mercenary serving the egotistical interests of a class, a menace to the welfare of the community, an ignoramus outside the pale... the question is settled in advance - Socialism is good and Capitalism evil"
Further, nationalism is actually quite hard to attribute to left or right. Consider the following observations:
- Both Stalin & Mao were fervent nationalist dictators, but for some reason are never ascribed the "Far Right" moniker.
- Hitler openly admitted to basing his whole National Socialist ideology on Marx, but is rarely acknowledged as a leftist thinker.
- Historically, Marx favoured free trade as a means to hasten the inevitable revolution.
- Cold war Communists used to build walls to prevent migration.
- Contemporary leftists claim (third world) migration to Western nations is a human right.
- Hipster leftists promote localism in everything they do.
- Globalist capitalists espouse the virtues of free movement of goods and, by extension, labour.
Somewhere near the bottom of the pile, traditional working classes and indigenous welfare state client classes have turned their back on the leftist politicians who have historically presumed to represent their interests, and are now the chief opponents of large scale unskilled immigration.
The following more or less describes the major fault lines in modern political thought:
From the right wing / conservative axis, the view is that free movement of goods and labour are intrinsically an economic or civilizational good, whereas undermining and destabilising traditional industries and communities is bad.
The left wing / (eco)socialists see the importing of cheap goods feeding consumerism, undercutting wages and outsourcing labour to the third world as a terrible thing for all involved but embrace diversity as an endless source of domestic job opportunities and social vibrancy.
Neither view is internally consistent, so one might reasonably conclude that none of this is set in stone...
So the question of whether nationalism is essentially leftist or rightist seems a rather arbitrary one. However, the fact remains that core concepts of conservatism, right-wing politics and nationalism currently resonate rather nicely, especially among right thinking persons, so the question is really how to give that the maximum emotional resonance so as to make it maximally upsetting for the open-borders-eat-the-rich-eco-anarcho-EU-fascists who just know we need to import loads of cheap workers to help us spend our way out of the great big debt hole we're in.
I suggest frequent use of terms such as "Naive Right", "Recovering Socialists", "Nascent Right", "Exiles from the left" will have the following effects:
- Having an enemy in the middle acts as a kind of endocrine disruptor to their virtue glands. The main animating feature of Socialism is virtue signalling against their evil opponents. It is emotionally essential for them to be able to position themselves in a comfortable moral hierarchy with themselves on top wagging ther fingers at their moderate opponents in the middle whilst pointing ominously at the devils beneath them.
- The other animating feature of leftist thinking is terror/fear. History shows this developing with alarming speed, to shocking effect when aroused. If the nascent movements are placed in the centre where they belong, this fear creates a blind spot where leftists are unable to criticise moderates on the other side of the bogeyman. Hopefully this will create enough breathing space to rebuild the conservative movement before the left assimilates the fear into their mechanisms. (when all hell will literally break loose...)
- Suggests the associated violence is akin to growing pains which will abate as movements mature, rather than get worse as they grow bolder.
- Correctly attributes the aggressive nature of reactionary grassroots movements arising from disaffected working classes to Socialism rather than Nationalism.
- Avoids "The lady doth protest too much" associations of position (C). They already think we are all closet Nazis anyway & nothing will persuade them otherwise. This is their last redoubt, they've bet the house - they are well and truly dug in, prepared for the frontal assault. We should flank them instead.
- Is a dominant, reactionary position. Unlike (A) or (B) which both tacitly accept the moral superiority of leftist ideas.
What's to lose?


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Jingo Unchained
Are you patriotic? Are you proud of your nation? Do you think your country is the best, east or west?
If yes, then I have a question for you.
Does it physically hurt you when you start counting in double digits? Do you never question that your country's flag is called 'the tricolour' despite it distinctly having four colours in it? Did you thoroughly enjoy that last Akshay Kumar movie?
I know those are several questions but the answer to all of them is roughly the same.
"If you hate your country so much why don't you leave and go to America?"
"Fuck you, if I could I would."
"See, you DO hate your country!"
"I don't hate my country. I love myself. I love myself WAY MORE. And I owe it to myself to not have to witness a slum dweller excreting his daily wage on the railway tracks right before Kurla Station. KURLA STATION! As if THAT icing desperately needed a cherry!!! And a country is a concept. It's geography. It's not a living, breathing hive-mind that feels anything. Being proud of a country is like being proud of sunlight. You had NOTHING to do with it! You're granted citizenship just by being BORN in it! That's how LOW a country's standards are. Every country in the world exists ONLY to divide the world into economic clusters. And you're PROUD of one? PROUD? And it's not even it's like the best. What are you? A parent of retarded child? 'Oh he failed. But he failed ONLY by 10 marks this time. He's getting better at failing. We're SO PROUD of him.' We are a shit country. But here's the thing – The moment we ADMIT to being a shit country is also the moment we stop BEING a shit country."
"So you wanna watch Roadies or something?"
End of rant.
2 Responses to "Jingo Unchained"
your US visa got rejected for being Indian or something?
Well you belong to a region, or religion, or speak a particular language, or are children of certain 2 individuals BECAUSE you are born as you are.
It's more to do with an innate urge of belonging that each one of fiercely clings to a certain form of identify. The country is fucked up. Yes. But before patronizing the very idea of love for motherland, why don't we envisage leading a life in Burkina Faso and feel glad about what we have, even if it is so just by being BORN here.


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