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The burden of proof in challenging election results falls on the person bringing the challenge, the executive director of the Alabama League of Municipalities said Wednesday.
The burden of proof in challenging election results falls on the person bringing the challenge, the executive director of the Alabama League of Municipalities said Wednesday.
"It's kind of difficult to do, because you have to have actual physical evidence of votes that weren't counted or left out," said Ken Smith. "It is an uphill battle, but (a successful challenge) does happen from time-to-time."
Smith said the challenger also has to show there were enough illegally counted or ignored votes to actually change the outcome.
"If not, then the election stands," Smith said.
Alabama law allows "any person who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town" to file a challenge in Circuit Court.
Any challenge must come within five days of the election's results being declared. The City Council is set to canvass and declare winners of Tuesday's elections on Sept. 3. And a challenge must be based on one of five reasons:
-Misconduct, fraud, or corruption.
-The election winner was not eligible for office.
-Illegal votes.
-Rejection of legal votes.
-Allegations of bribery, intimidation or other misconduct that prevented a fair election.
Once a challenge is filed, the assigned judge must consider it above any civil or criminal case pending before the court at that time.
And if the judge rules there is enough evidence for a trial, the verdict does not require a jury. It can be ruled and determined by the judge in a bench trial, although witnesses can be subpoenaed and testimony or depositions can be heard or filed.
Robert L. McCurley Jr., the former head of the Alabama Law Institute and one of the authors of the Alabama Election Law Handbook, attested to the difficulty in filing a successful challenge.
Essentially, he said, if the challenger lacks evidence that could change the outcome, then the court likely will reject it outright.
"You'd have to show a substantial error," he said.
Provisional ballots can sometimes be enough, but these ballots are counted only after the county's Board of Registrars determines that they were, in fact, cast legally.
Allegations of voter fraud can also lead to a criminal case handled by a local jurisdiction's district attorney who would decide whether the complaint merited an investigation.
Illegal voting can be considered a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the nature, and there are several ways it can happen.
For example, the Alabama code specifies that "buying votes" exists when someone "offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of intoxicating liquors or other thing of value."
This, upon conviction, is a Class C misdemeanor.
It also is a crime to intentionally provide false information in order to vote or register to vote. This is a Class A misdemeanor.
Voter fraud is a felony if a voter casts more than one ballot in any election held in Alabama. This, according to the Alabama code, is a Class C felony.
Rob Johnston, assistant general counsel for the League of Municipalities, said he was unaware of the outcome in any voter fraud criminal case influencing an election challenge.
"It could happen, though," Johnston said, "if the evidence was there to show improper votes were counted or proper votes were rejected."
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By Idrees Khawaja
Mar 14 2017 (Dawn, Pakistan)
The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report The World in 2050, that came out a few weeks ago, forecasts Pakistan as the world`s 16th largest Economy in terms of GDP by 2050, ahead of Italy and Canada.
The forecast is perceived by some to mean that Pakistan is on course to becoming a developed economy. However, a large economy is not necessarily a developed economy.
India is the world`s third largest economy, much ahead of Canada, but that does not mean it is more developed than Canada.
While development is a broader and somewhat abstract concept, a larger economy is one that has greater GDP relative to others. GDP is the total income of all individuals of a country; other things being equal, the greater a country`s population the greater its GDP. There is not much to cheer about in being a larger economy, if being larger owes to an increase in population that earns little.
PwC has projected the GDPs of 32 countries using mostly a single set of assumptions. One is that countries will follow `growth-friendly` policies. This is a big if, and what makes it even bigger is that we seem to be unsure what policies are growth-friendly and which ones are friendlier.
For example, building motorways, on which negligible cargo traf fic plies, versus putting the 25 million out-of-school children in schools which one is a growthfriendly policy and which one is friendlier? Are we following growth-friendly policies? Bear in mind that innovations like Google and Facebook are owed to human capital alone.
`Youth bulge`, ie more people entering the working age bracket than leaving it, and the level of inequality in the country are the two ticking bombs that may embarrass PwC on the projected size of Pakistan`s economy.
The PwC`s report says that a huge increase in working age population delivers a `demographic dividend`. However, this depends upon whether the young people entering the job market will manage to find a decent job. Otherwise the kind of political unrest seen in the Middle East and North Africa in recent years cannot be ruled out.
Among the countries experiencing a youth bulge and to which the scenario painted above could apply, the PwC`s report includes Nigeria, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.
One study suggests that Pakistan witnessed the onset of the `youth bulge`in 1990 which is likely to continue till 2045. Out of around 55 years of the bulge, half stands consumed.
With little evidence of reaping significant benefits from this youth bulge so f ar, scepticism prevails over its future potential. PwCassumes a 1.4pc per annum average GDP growth in Pakistan till 2050 due to population growth the second highest after Nigeria`s 2.3pc among the 32 countries examined by PwC. Given Pakistan`s poor record of benefiting from the youth bulge, PwC`s estimates should be significantly trimmed.
A body of literature suggests that income inequality impedes growth through various channels. The PwC report also cautions that high inequality in some countries could be a huge drag on their economies. Quoting research,it argues that1pcincrease in the income share of the top 20pc decreases GDP growth by 0.08 percentage points while a similar increase in income share of the bottom 20pc increases GDP growth by 0.38 percentage points in the following five years.
While including domestic (economic) policies as drivers of inequality, the report tells us that mass education, heavy taxation of the rich and large social transfers (from rich to poor) re duced inequality f rom 1945-1980 in a number of countries. Inequality measuredby the Gini coefficient has increased significantly over time in Pakistan. The question then is: should we expect inequality reducing policies in years to come? Our GDP in 2050 crucially hinges on this assump-tion. A buoyant economic scene is not in sync with increasing inequality and absence of policies that would curb it.
The return to four and eight years schooling factored in by PwC is 13.4pc and 10.1pc respectively. Studies, undertaken exclusively on Pakistan, show a much lower return on primary and secondary education.
Terrorism has not significantly affected the majority of the 32 countries examined by PwC. Therefore the report does not account for its adverse impact on the economies. But Pakistan is bearing the impact even today. The projections regarding Pakistan need to be revised accordingly.
All this is not to say that Pakistan has no economic potential at all evaluating such potential requires a separate column. This piece only suggests that regardless of what the current economic scenario is, PwC`s forecast seems exaggerated as it does not account for specific growth-constraining conditions at home. It does not, therefore, afford an opportunity to celebrate.
The writer is a researcher at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
[email protected] Twitter: @khawajaidrees11
This story was originally published by Dawn, Pakistan
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India, whose controversy-scarred cricket tour of Australia is back on after numerous disputes, is the undisputed powerhouse in the sport off the field, and has been acknowledged as such by the International Cricket Council.
It's hardly surprising then that the ICC acceded to India's request to remove umpire Steve Bucknor from the series to ensure the tour continues.
And there is a distinct feeling within the game that, given the power it wields in the sport, what India wants, India gets.
"India has the biggest cricket-watching population and it's the financial powerhouse," ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed told reporters in Mumbai late last year.
Clearly then, the ICC has good reason to keep India happy. The cricket-mad country, with a population of 1.1 billion, a growing middle class and booming economy, has carried the sport on its shoulders for more than a decade.
Off the field, India rules world cricket
India, whose controversy-scarred cricket tour of Australia is back on after numerous disputes, is the undisputed powerhouse in the sport off the field, and has been acknowledged as such by the International Cricket Council.
India may not have the most powerful cricket team on the field, but its clout off it is peerless because of its financial power.
The television industry estimates that an international cricket match featuring India draws 60 percent of the Indian viewing audience, almost 450 million people.
The pan-Asian ESPN-Star Sports television network, owned jointly by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and Disney, ensured itself a financial bonanza by bringing cricket to Indian audiences around the world.
ESPN-Star paid an astonishing 1.1 billion dollars last year for rights to ICC events like the World Cup till 2015 -- double the previous deal with Murdoch's Global Cricket Corp.
The network even launched a 24-hour cricket channel, STAR Cricket, to satisfy India's seemingly unquenchable thirst for the game.
"I did not know how to fulfill the demand for cricket with just two channels," ESPN-Star chief Jamie Davis said in a recent interview.
"Forty-eight hours of cricket a day is not enough."
The ICC's main sponsors like Pepsi, Hero Honda, Reliance and Emirates are looking at the Indian market to get returns from the big bucks they pay to join the bandwagon.
The ICC has acknowledged in the past that India accounts for 70 percent of the game's worldwide revenues.
Delhi-based advertising executive Rajmohan Singh said brands that associate themselves with cricket are assured of high-profile returns.
"Nothing unites India's millions more than cricket," he said. "It's the biggest reality show in town and people can't get enough of it."
Singh said 10-second advertising spots for the India-Pakistan final in the inaugural Twenty20 Worlds in South Africa last September cost 30,000 dollars each and were all sold out in advance.
Kerry Packer's Channel Nine reportedly paid 270 million dollars to renew its rights for Australian cricket for seven years.
In contrast, Nimbus Communications had to shell out a whopping 612 million dollars to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the rights to televise India's home series for only four years.
India's powerful reach within the game is long. New Zealand cricket chiefs are struggling to keep a first-choice national squad together after a rebel Indian Cricket League offered Kiwi players five times more than what they earned playing for their country.
Almost the entire Australian team -- the undisputed best side in cricket -- has signed up to play in the BCCI's own Twenty20 League in April that offers prize money of three million dollars to the winning team.
Naturally, there is discomfort within the game at the power India has. The Australian media wants the ICC to rein in India's political and financial clout.
But Cricinfo's Charlie Austin does not see that happening in the near future.
"Unless China or America starts playing cricket in a big way in the competitive arena, I don't see it coming," said Austin.
India's influence meanwhile looks likely to increase, with BCCI President Sharad Pawar taking over as ICC vice-president in June before taking the top post in 2010.


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Square Enix's upcoming, Eastern-flavoured, action-packed TPS Sleeping Dogs was, of course, originally the Activision-owned True Crime: Hong Kong, until the Big A let the game go, a move that Square Enix US' boss has labelled "crazy".
"The game was, in a sense, discovered. I'm making air quotes: 'discovered' by the folks in Wimbledon," said 'Mike Fischer, the president and chief executive of Square Enix US. "The minute they showed it to us, we really felt like we had found a diamond in the rough.
"Obviously the game was originally True Crime: Hong Kong from Activision. I can't speak to why they let that go. I'm not going to speculate on their behalf. All I know is, they've gotta be crazy. Because this game is just fantastic."
Good timing for a little bit of big talking, with E3 just around the corner. But Fischer points towards the "scale and scope" of the game, and compares his company's acquisition with some of the cream of gaming's current crop.
"The scale and scope of the game really encompasses all of everything you'd want to do in Hong Kong," he said. "The acting, the story, the characters are very deep.
"There's clearly a lot of inspiration from [the movies] The Departed and Infernal Affairs. You play an undercover cop who starts to feel mixed loyalties. But the open world feels like Arkham City, the combat feels as good as a fighting game, the driving is as good as a Need for Speed, and the story is every bit as rich as compelling as a Mass Effect. All in one game."
Fischer also noted a similarity between Sleeping Dogs and Dead Island, suggesting that the former is shaping up to be a sleeper hit like the latter.
"In a sense it reminds me a little bit of Dead Island, which Square Enix America did the sales and distribution for. Nobody had heard of that game coming into E3, and in the U.S. alone it sold over 2 million units. It's great to have a sleeper."
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This park offers local residents an attractive outlook & a quiet place to escape with the family, the dog or their own thoughts.
The area has been re-landscaped and re-planted & new seating has been installed.
Caldecotte Lake is a great choice for a family outing, with some quiet corners to explore as well.
Its imaginative mix of formal gardens, water features, woodland & open pasture mean it's an ideal spot to enjoy the changing seasons.
The Canal Broadwalk provides a direct link with the area's industrial past - but also a wealth of leisure opportunities for today's residents.
A hidden jewel, and one of Milton Keynes' most interesting wildlife sites is how the Parks Trust views Elfield Park.
The landscape is designed to flood regularly when water levels in the river Great Ouse rise, maturing into a diverse ecosystem.
Furzton Lake's open views make it a popular choice for joggers, cyclists and walkers.
Located in Great Linford near the Grand Union Canal are 2 well preserved and renovated 19th Century Brick Kilns.
One of the best features of Hazeley Wood are the enormous grass rides which cut through the woodland, opening up views.
Declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England and an opportunity to understand the lifecycle of a wood.
A visit to the Manor Park at Great Linford gives a flavour of the 18th century fashion for shaping the landscape.
Linford Wood is the largest and oldest of the Trust's three ancient woodlands. Linford Wood provides a tranquil haven for wildlife and people
The Lake is perfect for a short outing-a gentle walk around the lake edge takes about 30 minutes.
North Loughton Valley Park features include historical items and some world famous Milton Keynes' icons!
The park is the most rural of any found in Milton Keynes and is a great place to go to experience the feeling of the countryside without leaving the city.
Ouzel Valley Park has a spacious, open atmosphere with long views. Much of this land is leased for grazing by The Parks Trust.
Kents Hill Park is a small wooded park to the west of Kents Hill
Shenley Wood is one of three ancient woodlands in Milton Keynes, a wonderful spot for a quiet walk and to enjoy the abundant wildlife.
Ashland Lakes comprises a chain of connected lakes and an ornamental pond with a fountain.
Parkland at Mount Farm is currently leased out for use by the Milton Buzzard Motorcycle Club.
Tattenhoe Valley Park is a delightful place for a walk, cycle or horseride with plenty of wildlife to enjoy.
The parkland contains play areas for local children
The four Teardrop Lakes are a destination in their own right, providing fishing waters and a peaceful escape for those working in nearby offices.
The Parks Trust looks after an area of informal meadows, long grass and ponds which is managed for wildlife.
Contrary to what many believe, Milton Keynes does have its own cathedral. But like the city itself, this cathedral is unique - made from bark and leaves rather than bricks and mortar.
North Loughton Valley Park features include historical items and some world famous Milton Keynes' icons!
Originally built as a 'balancing lake' for the River Ouzel, Walton Lake is one of the richest spots in Milton Keynes to enjoy wildlife.
Stonepit Field is the location for many events including wildflower walks and fossil hunts. It is also a great place for dog walking.
Waterhall Park is the perfect place to spot wildlife. Waterhall is a wonderful spot to study the life of the riverbank.
Passenham is a mix of arable land and flood plain meadows and ancient ridge and furrow pasture.
Willen Lake North is home to one of Milton Keynes' best-known landmarks, the first Peace Pagoda to be built in the western world.
South Willen Lake is the busiest park in the region. Take part in water sports, high ropes, and is perfect for jogging, picnics, walks & play.
A 37 hectare wetland wildlife site consisting of a large lake, woodland and small meadows interlaced with a series of ponds and smaller lakes
In 2008 work began to re-establish Stony Stratford Nature Reserve as a major local wildlife park.
Evidence of the old pond cascades can still be seen in the undergrowth between the canal and the railway walk which transacted the site in the 19th century
Brooklands Meadow forms a linear park through the new estate of Brooklands in the east of the city
The BMX track at Pineham is open to anyone who wants to ride BMX. MK BMX club regularly use it for training and competitions
Millfield is an island within the river Ouse which forming part of the Ouse Valley which runs across the north of the city
Located just south of Willen Lake, the Poplar Plantation connects the bustling lakeside to the tranquility of the Ousel Valley
A 57 hectare site of former agricultural land with the remains of St. Peter's Church and small woodland known as Joan's Piece
Pastured area around the earthworks of a 13th century motte and bailey castle called the Toot.
An area of the Ouse Valley north west of Stony Stratford, often grazed with cattle or sheep
A small woodland situated in Tattenhoe Park within easy walking distance of Howe Park Wood.


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Empire magazine sat down with JJ Abrams, who revealed that Disney already offered him the chance to direct "Star Wars: Episode VII," but he turned it down.
There were the very early conversations and I quickly said that because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek,' and also just being a fan, I wouldn't even want to be involved in the next version,
" he explained. "
I declined any involvement very early on. I'd rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making [the films].
"Star Wars: Episode VII" is still without a director, but Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass) is rumored to be up for the job. Production will begin sometime in 2013 and then the movie will hit theaters during the summer of 2015.
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on December 26th, 2012 at 12:01:19 AM
sh*t is just being made to sell merchandise anyway. They make billions off that sh*t alone. Its the reason Dinsey/Pixar even made a sequel to 'Cars'.
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on December 26th, 2012 at 12:06:49 AM
Here comes another Minkowski rant about how much Abrams screwed up Star Trek.
on December 26th, 2012 at 12:40:26 AM
this reminds me of STAR WARS for some reason
on December 26th, 2012 at 2:47:17 AM
Not sure about Mink, but JJ has turned Star Trek from a social and thoughtful look at mankind in the future to a generic action sc fi series. Just your typical fast food cinema hollyturd pans out.
on December 26th, 2012 at 3:22:40 AM
Confirming the fact that nobody at Disney has likely ever even seen Star Wars before.
"Hmmm. Star Wars. Star... Hey, what about that Star Trek guy? It's like the same thing, right? Space and lasers or something?"
I also can't deny that Abrams drastically changed what Star Trek is. However, it's not even close to the first time someone has ruined Star Trek. Three words: Deep Space Nine. (I won't even talk about Nemesis.)
This Star Trek was (mostly) a reboot. There'd be no point in remaking the exact same series again. Sure, it's lost a lot of its deeper meaning, but let's face it- people are too f*cking stupid in general these days to care about things like that anymore. (The fact that there are THREE Transformer movies is a testament to this. So is the fact that Shia Lebouf still has a job.) The old version had a lot more time to flesh things out as well, since they actually had entire seasons of television episodes in which to work with, as well as the films. I really don't think he did that bad of a job, given that he had 2 hours (give or take) to restart a story that's been going on since 1966, as well as reintroduce "alternate" versions of the characters we already knew so well.
Just remember, it could have been Michael Bay. Or Uwe Boll..
on December 26th, 2012 at 3:23:23 AM
The very fact that Kathleen Kennedy and Disney offered him the job is deppressing in and of itself. Clearly, they're not thinking about what is best for the franchise.
In any event, I'm gladd Abrams said no.
on December 26th, 2012 at 5:12:12 AM
I'll direct it.
It'll suck, but I'll get paid.
And that's all that matters at the end of the day.
on December 26th, 2012 at 6:09:53 AM
^^ Can I co-direct the alien orgy scenes?
on December 26th, 2012 at 6:31:57 AM
Hear, Hear!
on December 26th, 2012 at 6:42:40 AM
@ Attos, JJ did make the "Micheal Bay" Star Trek movie only he added lens flare.
on December 26th, 2012 at 9:44:34 AM
Well at least he's being Honest..
on December 26th, 2012 at 11:59:20 AM
We knew he wasn't gonna direct anyway.
on December 26th, 2012 at 3:23:35 PM
Star Trek died before Abrams. Some time around when Paramount realized the dwindling BabyBoomers weren't bringing in the dough.
They tried to keep the ship afloat by taking TNG big screen, and they tried again with Enterprise, but the demand wasn't there. Not enough Boomers, and those that were were still watching either were burned out on Star Trek since Voyager poorly recycled TNG tv plots or they just got bored and moved on to other more important things, like prostate cancer.
I did like Nemesis, sort of, and it did continue the legacy of Roddenberry, sort of, by topically exploiting Data's mortality, but I felt that was a crude grasp. They shouldn't have killed Data just to give the film a social commentary, and instead they should have either really strengthened Picard's struggle with the Romulan clone guy, like they did with Kirk and Khan, or else they should have just done something else entirely.
As for Deep Space Nine, I hated it. A lot of people loved it and they thought it was the Beast Wars to TNG's G1. Better stories, better acting, blah blah blah. I despised it. I know it was trying to compete with Babylon, but Roddenberry probably would have never signed off on that sh*t, although I hear he gave an early approval for the initial concept before he died, or something like that.
I also know I hated the ugly, dark, metallic sets set statically in space, and I hated the plots with the Bajorans and the Cardassians and I hated Sisko. He was like the black Kirk, or tried to be, with the way he pronounced everything like a retarded robot king reading miniature decrees. He sucked. And so did the Ferengi and Odo and Dax and all the rest of them. sh*tty cast, sh*tty setting, mostly sh*tty stories, and I also felt they were trying to buy off black viewers, as if to say, hey, we know you won't watch a show with whitey because you're racist, so here's one with a black running things. Will you PLEASE watch now, because we really need the ratings.
I also know Brannon Braga was there, writing his ass off, ruining everything he touched and I know lot of Trek fans hated him, hated his stories, hated his direction for the series. I certainly couldn't stand his stupid plot ideas and looking back, he was like the Lindelhof of Star Trek which is funny now that Lindelhof is the Lindelhof of Star Trek, which I'm sure means all kinds of good things for the franchise.
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@taco: exactly. And we could use some more thoughtful sci-fi.
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I trust Matthew Vaughn with this....and i didnt mind star trek but was never a huge fan of any series past the first.
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@Taco - Yeah, I'll give you that one. It had been a long day when I wrote that, and it wasn't until after I posted it that I started laughing at myself for comparing it to something Bay would do. Yes, it was 'splosions from start to finish. Though I imagine the casting would have been a thousand times worse if Bay had actually done the movie himself, so there's that.
As far as Nemesis goes, I really WANTED to like that movie, but at a point that late in the series of things, I had higher expectations (however unreasonable they may have been) for it than it ever reached. I have a slightly higher appreciation for it now, though, as I somewhat enjoy Tom Hardy these days and didn't realize it was him until I went back and watched it not too long ago. (Having no clue who he was when it came out, and not exactly remembering it that well afterwards.)
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Nissan truck comparison guide: If you've decided to buy a Nissan truck, but cannot pick a model, this Nissan Titan vs Nissan Frontier comparison can help.
When it comes to the most popular pickup truck brand in the United States, Nissan is quickly gaining on Ford, Chevrolet and the others. If you're considering purchasing a new truck from this manufacturer, you might want to look at the Nissan Titan vs. Nissan Frontier. These two vehicles are Nissan's flagship pickups, but choosing between the two will ultimately come down to exactly what it is you're looking for and what you need the truck to do.
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The first thing you need to know when looking at the Nissan Titan vs. Nissan Frontier is how they compare in terms of size. For all intents and purposes, the Nissan Titan is considered a full-size truck, while the Frontier falls under the category of compact trucks.
While the Nissan Frontier is definitely smaller than the Titan, it still has quite impressive cargo space and a decent towing performance. Nonetheless, if you plan on hauling big loads or towing larger trailers, you'll probably want to stick with the larger Titan, which has a 9,500-pound towing capacity.
When it comes to performance, both trucks are quite impressive, but again the Titan outperforms the Frontier. This shouldn't be a big surprise since the Titan also has a much larger V8 engine compared to the relatively small four-cylinder engine found in the Frontier. Still, despite the small engine, the Frontier compares favorably with most other small trucks in its class, so it will come down to a choice of how much power you need.
Both trucks come with very classy, stylishly designed interiors that stand heads above most of their competitors, making them perfect for someone looking for the performance of a pickup but with a level of comfort that used to only be found in luxury cars and SUVs.
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A lesson before trying
Before last night, I had never tried Ethiopian food. A friend and I had dinner plans and were feeling adventurous so we decided to hit up Addis Abeba of Evanston.
Upon arriving, the two of us were seated at a small table, surrounded by about twenty other small, but empty, tables. The waitress had to juggle her time between what seemed to be an Ethiopian family and two ignorant (about Ethiopian food) Americans.
Having browsed the menu prior to said plans, I had my stomach set (pun intended) on ordering some steak tartare, also known as kitchu. Whatever desire I had for this raw ground beef completely escapes me now, but prior to the meal, there was no talking me out of it. After skimming the menu a bit further, my friend and I noticed some combination platters, and asked the waitress what she recommended. Since we had no idea what anything tasted like, we let her talk us into the Chef's Combo for two.
Me: Does that come with the steak tartare?
Waitress: Oh no, it has two other kinds of meat.
Me (in a slight panic): Ok ok, we'll take the steak tartare appetizer then.
Waitress: Ok, would you like that rare (lublub) or raw(tere?)
My friend: Raw please!
We both figured we needed the full effect, but boy did we not know what we got ourselves into. Here is what was brought to our table:
On the right, you are looking at some rolled up pieces of injera, the Ethiopian form of bread. Set down next to it was this bowl of mush, which to be honest, since she didn't say right away, we had no idea was the steak tartare. We thought maybe this was the "bread and butter" of Ethiopian restaurants. Nope, that blood red bowl of mush was what I had 'wanted' all day: a generous helping of seasoned and marinated raw ground beef…
We studied for a minute then dug in, because that's what we came to do, right? Yea, there enlied the mistake that would ruin the rest of the meal for us, as well our impressions of Ethiopian food. Not only was the meat really unappetizing, but we had to slather it all over roll after roll of that damned injera.
I do apologize if I offend anyone now, but I am no such fan of Ethiopian bread. To me, it is like eating foam. So, needless to say after eating foam covered in raw meat, our stomachs were quite the opposite of excited for the rest of the meal. But our minds weren't! What's next?
The waitress set this giant colorful platter of foods in front of us and then quickly distinguished each food. I'll do my best to recount most of it now but you'll forgive me if I fail in my accuracy.
The two meats were the dark brown and light brown piles that surround the white circle in the center (cottage cheese.) The darker brown meat was called doro wot, also known as chicken legs cooked in a red pepper sauce among other seasonings. The lighter brown, was some kind of beef that had a sweeter taste to it (unfortunately I'm not sure which entree it was, maybe YOU can figure it out from the menu?) The yellow section, to your bottom left, was the azifa which are "cold lentils, tomatoes and jalapeno seasoned with ginger,garlic, olive oil and lemon juice." To its right (the reddish brown section,) was some mitin shiro, also known as "roasted, powdered chick peas simmered in spiced butter with cinnamon and cloves." The other yellow section on the bottom right, is a medley of carrots, cabbage, and potatoes, called tekil gomen. I think these bottom three vegetable entrees were my favorites, and luckily they were closer to me! Woo.
Next (if you haven't noticed, we're going around the circle to the right) we have an Ethiopian salad, which while my friend enjoyed it, I pretty much hated and I'm not sure why (maybe cause I had to eat it on the bread??) Following the salad was another medley of zucchini, carrots, and potatoes simmered in a tomato sauce. Above that was the fosolia which is green beans and carrots simmered in vegetable oil. And finally (I don't know why I'm ending on something I'm completely unsure of) we have what I believe to be the kinche, an Ethiopian cracked wheat pilaf seasoned with spiced butter. Oh, and more salad. How'd I do?
Most of the food was actually pretty delicious. There were just two problems: we had queasy stomachs and no utensils in front of us, how were we going to eat it? Enter: MORE FOAM, I mean… injera!
Not that I expected to be given forks necessarily, but knowing how this bread tasted made my stomach take a pitfall when the waitress instructed us to scoop up all this food with pieces of it. I've learned that in Ethiopia (as well as a whole slew of other African countries like Somalia, and Kenya) the injera is not only considered food, but also a utensil, and…..get this, a plate!
That's right, if you look closely at above photo (hint look where the salads used to be) you might see that under all of those vegetables, spices, and meats, was ANOTHER entire layer of injera! Supposedly the meal isn't over until you have eaten the bottom layer (plate) of the bread that has soaked up all of the entrees' juices. If that's the case, my meal is still not over, and I will never have closure to my Ethiopian meal for the rest of my life. Damn.
Speaking of 'tradition,' I think I could have used a little more explanation during my meal. While the waitress had to put up with a lot of our obliviousness, I would have appreciated some sort of "this is how we do things" to get the full effect. I've heard that if you're a first timer to Ethiopian food, you're supposed to get your first bite hand-fed to you. Did this happen? No. Did I know this at the time? Nope. First bite over, I might now be doomed among Ethiopian tradition. Has anyone else heard this before?
Overall, it was a fun experience that was only ruined by my stupid decision to order the steak tartare. If we hadn't started off with this, we would have no queasy stomachs, and we may not have been so sick of the injera. I should have ordered this instead:
While I'm in no hurry to have more, I know I need to try at least another variation of Ethiopian cuisine before passing any real judgment.
-Hillary, wondering if all of her friends that recommended the restaurant liked the bread…
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A call to divide California into six states is getting a lot of attention. "Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper claims 'political representation of California's diverse population and economies has rendered the state nearly ungovernable.'"
The office of California's Secretary of State gave the go head to collect petition signatures.
"At least 807,615 voters — representing eight percent of the total ballots cast for governor in the 2010 election — will need to sign the petition by July 18 to make it on to the ballot.
"The proposal aims to split the state — America's most populous with around 38 million inhabitants — into 'six smaller state governments, while preserving the historical boundaries of the various counties, cities and towns.'"
Let's suppose the six-state moment gets the needed signatures and it gets on the ballot and a majority of people actually vote to divide the state. First, there's no guarantee that the vote will count.
Remember what happened when a majority of voters passed a law prohibiting same-sex marriage? A single judge nullified the vote. Liberals are lawless. They have little regard for the law when it does not favor them.
Second, if Democrats saw that they were going to lose political power as a result of the six-state division, they would tie the whole process up in the federal courts or call for a do-over. When the union thugs lost the vote to unionize the Chattanooga VW plant, it didn't stop them from trying to win another way.
"After a narrow and devastating loss at the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant last week, the United Auto Workers union has asked the federal labor board to set aside the election results because of 'a firestorm of interference' from outside groups and politicians, including Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn).
Third, a six-state division sounds good on paper until you consider what would happen in the Senate. California would get 10 more Senators bringing the total to 12, most of whom would be liberal Democrats. There's no guarantee that the division will help conservatives, especially if there's a fight over how the divisions are made.
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It is always appropriate to thank a granting entity for the money they give to your school. Foundation boards are pleased to know they have chosen grateful schools with worthwhile projects, but state and federal grant contact persons like to receive a school's positive feedback, too.
When you first receive grant money, it is a good time to acknowledge the gift. Another good time for a "thank you" is when you complete your grant program or it is nearing completion.
Always remember when you are thanking a grantor that it is not about the money. Grants are about student achievement, student growth, and student change. When you first receive your grant money, it is good to write a short letter thanking the grantor for the funds and reminding them of the changes you will be able to make because of their gift. Although the details of your program will have been listed in your application, reminding a grantor of the good that their funding will accomplish is always a plus. Make sure your excitement is evident. Your program would not have been possible without the support of that grantor.
As a grant program is winding down, you should also send a thank-you letter to your grantor. The details of the growth and change that have taken place because of the grant program should be sent in an evaluation report, but a thank-you letter can express your appreciation and enthusiasm for the positive impact the grant had on your students in a way that is not possible in a formal report.
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Professional Reference articles are designed for health professionals to use. They are written by UK doctors and based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. You may find one of our health articles more useful.
There is a growing body of evidence to support myocardial perfusion imaging as a clinically effective and cost-effective method of managing patients with actual or suspected cardiac disease. It is becoming increasingly used as the investigation of choice for several clinical indications. The British Nuclear Cardiology Society was founded in 1981 to promote the use of this branch of science in the UK.
Using techniques such as cardiac single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) has achieved excellence in coronary artery disease diagnosis and risk stratification. However, developments in other cardiac imaging modalities (eg, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI and echocardiography) have raised expectations in terms of diagnostic accuracy and achieving high-quality images with little or no ionising radiation exposure.[2]
One review found that SPECT, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and PET all achieve high sensitivity, although a broad range of specificity was seen. SPECT is widely available and most extensively validated. PET achieved the highest diagnostic performance. CMR may provide an alternative without ionising radiation and a similar diagnostic accuracy as PET.[3]
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy imaging
- Radionuclide myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) has become established as the main functional cardiac imaging technique for ischaemic heart disease (IHD).[4]
- MPS with SPECT uses a radio-pharmaceutical that is taken up into heart muscle in proportion to localised blood flow and stays in myocardial cells whilst scanning is performed. Most use either thallium 201 or technetium 99m in proprietary compounds.
- Guidance released by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in 2003 recommended that MPS with SPECT should be used in the following circumstances:[5]
- As a first-line diagnostic tool for the exclusion of coronary artery disease in patients for whom exercise stress testing poses problems in interpreting or where sensitivity is poor. This may include women, patients with cardiac conduction defects (eg, left bundle branch block) and for people who have difficulty using a treadmill for whatever reason.
- As part of an investigation strategy in patients with a lower risk of coronary artery disease (based on risk factor calculations) in the prediction of likely future cardiac events, as a less invasive alternative to coronary angiography.
- In patients with established coronary artery disease with persistent symptoms after a myocardial infarction or after a reperfusion intervention.
- Results:[6]
- Infarction causes matched perfusion defects during stress and at rest. Reversible ischaemia shows defects during stress which re-perfuse at rest.
- Severity, extent and number of reversible defects are a good prognostic indicator. A normal study implies a risk of an adverse cardiac event of less than 0.5% per annum.
- Less sensitive in multiple small vessel coronary disease - eg, diabetes mellitus.
- Infarct-avid imaging:
- Can be used in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
- Commonly uses technetium99m stannous pyrophosphate concentrating in damaged myocardial cells for 'hot-spot' scanning.
- Scans are best performed 24-96 hours after myocardial infarction. Alternatively, cold-spot scanning can be used where non-viable heart muscle does not take up the radio-pharmaceutical.
- Unfortunately, because of the delay, this method is of no value in identifying patients suitable for thrombolytic therapy.
Cardiac single photon emission computed tomography[4]
- Cardiac SPECT is widely used and non-invasive nuclear imaging for investigating IHD.
- SPECT is appropriate for all aspects of detecting and managing IHD, including diagnosis, risk assessment and stratification, assessment of myocardial viability, and evaluation of left ventricular function.
- Hybrid images combining the functional imaging of SPECT and CT coronary angiography enable improved diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment planning for patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
Radionuclide ventriculography - multiple gated acquisition scans
- Scintigraphy can be used to estimate ventricular ejection fraction as an indicator of left and right ventricular function.
- In first-pass method, technetium 99m pertechnate is injected as an IV bolus and its passage through the heart recorded every second. The change in radioactivity recorded with time is related to the ejection fraction.
- With the gated cardiac blood pool method, the patient's own red blood cells are labelled with technetium 99m pertechnate. Regional wall motion studies can also be performed with this method.
- Indications:
- Can assess both left ventricular and right ventricular function after myocardial infarction.
- Left ventricular ejection fraction measurement.
- Monitor anthracycline cardiotoxicity.
- Uses:
- Monitor treatment response in cardiac failure and cardiomyopathy.
- Useful for serial measurements during anthracycline therapy.
- Reliable in unechogenic subjects. Otherwise the procedure carries a high radiation dose and echocardiography is preferable for most patients.
- Cardiac dysrhythmias may interfere with results.
- One study found that this method contributed to a significant improvement in risk stratification and secondary prevention strategy in patients with known coronary artery disease.[8]
Magnetic resonance imaging[9]
- Cardiac MRI is non-invasive, has high spatial resolution and avoids use of potentially nephrotoxic contrast agents or radiation.
- It has an important part in diagnosing congenital heart disease as well as disorders of the pericardium, cardiac tumours, atrial or ventricular thrombus, pericardial thickening, myocardial hypertrophy and valvular disease.
- It may also be used to image the coronary vessels and disease of the aorta, including aortic dissection.
- Stress cardiac MRI is a non-invasive option for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The advantages of cardiac MRI are that it does not pose the radiation burden associated with SPECT, can also assess left and right ventricular dimensions, viability, and cardiac mass, and may also avoid the need for invasive diagnostic coronary angiography in patients with intermediate risk factors for coronary artery disease.[10]
- It is contra-indicated for many prosthetic valves and for patients with cardiac pacemakers.
- The slowness of scanners available at most centres limits its usefulness but the introduction of new faster techniques will allow breath-hold and real time scans.
- One study found that MRI might be more sensitive than scintigraphy in detecting small areas of myocardial necrosis.[11]
- MRI is considered to be the gold-standard imaging modality for the assessment of aetiology, myocardial anatomy, regional and global function and viability in patients with ischaemic heart failure. In patients with non-ischaemic heart failure it also allows assessment of fibrosis, infiltration and iron overload.[12]
- Various enhancements have recently been developed including cine MRI. Stress perfusion MRI is superior to stress perfusion SPECT in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. MRI is not as widely used as other modalities in the investigation of cardiac disease because it is technically difficult. However, education and training should eventually rectify this.[13]
Computed tomography[9]
- Cardiac CT has several advantages over cardiac MRI. It is much faster and can accommodate patients with implanted devices. It is the imaging modality of choice for the assessment of vascular rings or slings.[14]
- It is mainly used to demonstrate aortic dissection, pericardial thickening and fluid, cardiac tumours and coronary calcification. CT with IV contrast is the most reliable and practical technique for the investigation of aortic dissection.
- Spiral CT is the investigation of choice for pulmonary embolism.
- With latest spiral CT, scanners can acquire whole volume of heart in a single breath-hold but still needs 0.3 seconds for a single slice so needs ECG gating and IV contrast with a very fast electron-beam scanner to image the heart.
Further reading and references
; Advances in cardiac SPECT and PET imaging: overcoming the challenges to reduce radiation exposure and improve accuracy. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Mar29(3):275-84. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.10.003. Epub 2012 Dec 21.
; Diagnostic performance of noninvasive myocardial perfusion imaging using single-photon emission computed tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance, and positron emission tomography imaging for the detection of obstructive coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 May 859(19):1719-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.040.
; Recent Trends in Nuclear Cardiology Practice. Chonnam Med J. 2013 Aug49(2):55-64. Epub 2013 Aug 22.
; NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance, November 2003
; Thallium Scintigraphy, Nuclear Cardiology Seminars
; Incremental prognostic value of stress/rest gated perfusion SPECT in patients Circ J. 2009 Dec73(12):2288-93. Epub 2009 Oct 2.
; Diagnostic Cardiac Imaging Modalities, Nuclear Cardiology Seminars
; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: an evidence-based analysis. Ont Health Technol Assess Ser. 201010(12):1-38. Epub 2010 Jun 1.
; Magnetic resonance vs technetium-99m pyrophosphate scintigraphy in the detection Arq Bras Cardiol. 2008 Aug91(2):113-8.
; The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Oct 654(15):1407-24.
; Cardiac MRI in ischemic heart disease. Circ J. 2009 Sep73(9):1577-88. Epub 2009 Aug 10.
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Principal horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, since 2010. Was featured in a July 2010 New York Times article for having won both the MET Opera position and the Los Angeles Philharmonic principal horn position in the same week. Prior to joining the MET Orchestra, was a member of the New York Philharmonic for 17 seasons; appeared as a soloist with the orchestra more than a dozen times. Previously, associate principal horn with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and principal horn with the Vancouver Symphony, Florida Symphony, and Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestras. As a chamber musician, has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, MET Chamber Ensemble, New York Philharmonic Ensembles, and Music Academy of the West, and at the Seattle, Vancouver, and Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festivals. Current member of the Philharmonic Quintet of New York, a wind quintet of first chair players from the New York Philharmonic. Recent CDs include Take 9, with members of the N.Y. Philharmonic horn section and the American Horn Quartet, as well as a recent Naxos release of chamber music by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Paul Moravec. Current faculty, Manhattan School of Music and Mannes College the New School for Music.


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Obama's Abominable Obeisance: Cultural Perspectives
In light of the West's ancestors' utter contempt for proskunesis, let us now examine Obama's prostration in context:
First, it must be affirmed that, as with ancient Greeks, Americans find bows, prostrations, and other servile gestures distasteful. Interestingly, the Muslim world shares this same view, particularly so-called "radicals," who are constantly condemning "manmade" governments, such as democracies, as systems of "human-worship" to be eschewed at all cost. Writes Ayman al-Zawahiri: "Know that democracy, that is, 'rule of the people,' is a new religion that deifies the masses by giving them the right to legislate without being shackled down to any other authority" (The Al Qaeda Reader, p. 130).
This, by the way, is why the Saudi monarch does not tamper with Sharia: doing so would be tantamount to self-apotheosis. Expecting prostrations from others would be viewed little better by the theocrats surrounding him. (Watch the video and note that, while the king proceeded with an extended right arm, Obama dived in with a bow, almost taking the former aback.)
In short, both Muslims and Americans (at least until very recently for the latter) find bowing to be an odious enterprise and therefore do not offer it to, nor expect it from, others.
Conversely, some Far Eastern cultures incorporate the bow. Had Obama been in Japan and bowed (and received a reciprocal bow signifying equality), his actions would have been culturally appropriate (not to mention expected). Yet, Obama had as much reason to bow to a Muslim as he would have to a Christian or Jew.
Yet surely he didn't bow to Abdullah due to the latter's exalted status in the Muslim world ("Guardian of the Two Sanctities"), but rather out of politeness, because Abdullah is a king, royalty. Not so. Were this true, upon meeting the British queen -- equal "royalty" -- Obama would have stooped to her as well. (Nor can his iPod gift be considered surrogate.)
Whatever prompted that rather instinctive bow -- Obama may be used to bending the knee to Saudi royalty, considering that Saudis may have paid his college tuition -- and regardless of antiquated notions of "honor" and "dignity," merely diplomatically, it was a bad move.
Not only is the Wahhabi king a symbol of the most "radical" form of Islam -- it's not for nothing that 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers, not to mention bin Laden, were Saudis -- but his Sharia-enforcing kingdom is cited as one of the worst human rights violators in the world. Bowing to this man was therefore symbolically a bow of submission to radical Islam and all its attendant human rights violations.
This is compounded by the fact that, immediately preceding this ignoble bow, Obama was busy profusely apologizing to the Islamic world, insisting that the U.S. is not at war with Islam -- and "never will be." Jihadis the world over must have been relieved to know that not only does the leader of the most powerful Western nation have no intention of naming them or placing them in context -- so much for that first strategy of warfare, "know your enemy" -- but that nothing they do in the future will ever cause the sleeping infidel giant's leader to arouse it.
Similarly, Obama's obeisance should give nuke-seeking Iran even more hope in its endeavors. After all, if the leader of the free West so readily bends the knee to Wahhabi despotism, how long before he bows to Iran, the true heir of proskunesis-Persia? And if he does not fully bow willingly, that is only more incentive for Iran to hasten and acquire nukes, so he can be made to bow unwillingly.
Finally, any would-be "moderates" or assertive governments who may have been serious about combating radical Islam and its attendant humanitarian abuses via Sharia have, through Obama's bow to the personification of radical Islam, just received a clear message: aside from occasional, perfunctory lip service, you're really on your own.
As for all those who would defend Obama's bow by saying he was being "diplomatic," because, you know, we "need" Saudi oil, how does that justify bowing, unprecedented from an American president, unexpected from the Saudi king?
When Alexander the Great, drunk with hubris, took on despotic ways, demanding that others prostrate themselves before him, the Macedonians revolted; some were put to death. What a long way Western civilization has come when today the leader of the free world and heir to democratic ancient Greece, far from despotically demanding that others offer him obeisance, voluntarily opts to prostrate himself -- and in essence, all of America -- before another. And what another.


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With all the recent talk about Darren Criss and the possibility that this actor may soon become a series regular on Glee, it's easy to forget about the other star that joined the cast on season two.
But E! News spoke to Chord Overstreet over the weekend and touched on a number of topics with the teenager who portrays Sam Evans. Among them:
- What will happen between Sam and Quinn? "There's some tension, some drama, that happens here and there. There's some good fun stuff."
- What can he say about special guest star Gwyneth Paltrow? "She's so talented. She's super funny. She's got a great voice."
- Can he share any Glee spoilers? [Silence.]
Watch the full interview with Overstreet, and listen to his take on posing in Playgirl, below.
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Penned by a guest blogger. This is her very first blog post and it is extremely powerful and moving. Again, this is the unedited version that she wanted to be shared so all who choose to can experience her words in 'full force'.
I have to first start by apologizing profusely. I am not a writer of any sort, although when I tell people my story they say I should write a book. But quite the contrary, a lady whom I may call friend found me in a slump of sorts, and suggested that I submit an entry to her blog in attempt to help with my revival. Whelp. Here I am, not a writer at all, doing none other than……..writing. So, to make a long story short, please bear with me. I will try to make this as painless as possible.
Well, I have to confess. When I was asked to write about what inspires me, I was stumped. I had been going through a depression of sorts. I probably still am. But at the time that I spoke to her, I had just had a conversation with a co-worker in which the highlight was smoking legal weed. Yup. I was telling him how I wished that I had some form of terminal cancer so that I could get the prescription. How I would carry a "QP" in my backpack and my paperwork and tell the cops where they could stick it…..yesss indeedy, this was one of those conversations. There was a fellow co-worker who suggested that I wished for high-blood pressure instead of the cancer. But when he met my eye, he saw something that made him squint. He said," naahhhh. Don't do that", then he averted his stare. I thought nothing of it. Just a conversation, right? I did however notice that I had started drinking and smoking cigars more frequently, and I have been gaining back the weight that I lost. Feeling heavy and ugly and yet alone, I had been going back and forth in my head. "Should I do all of this work to keep the weight off? For what? I have been single for almost 15 years, almost as long as I have had my job, which I hate. I was in school, doing great, and that dream got deferred too, me having run out of money and opportunity. What am I living for? I have tried to do right, tried to be right, tried prayer, meditation, yoga, bathed in the river, ocean, and in mud, read the Bible, Koran, Torah, and been well versed in the I Ching, and still. Here I am. At square one. Is it worth it? What has this entire life been worth?"……. I would just sit on my couch and think and think and drink and smoke and eat and sit. "I know I can't take my own life because that has consequences, but what if I got cancer?" Then suddenly I would feel better. Just the thought of me being terminally ill made me feel so happy. It just felt right. I felt lighter. Liberated. So free. Like death would be the best thing that could happen in my life. It would end all the problems and all the pain. Just easy. I mean, I really have nothing to live for. No children. No family of my own. I am nearing 40 years of age and have been on my own all my life. Alone. And I still am. Well, not really. The spirits are there, right? I'm joking. But, seriously. I am well beyond childbearing age, in my mind, and this is not at all how I thought my life would be or wanted it to be, yet, here I am. Just living to pay bills and to consume. But I have done all that I described earlier, so I would consider myself…..umm….spiritual. Surprised? I know. Me too. I would have thought that I would be floating on a mountain by now…..all the Ohms that I have chanted…smdh. But nope. I am just here on my couch just like so many people wondering if my life is even worth the effort. I mean, like I said, I have done all the spiritual things that I described so I know good and dammed well what I need to do. How to meditate to lift my energy levels and plant seed-thoughts to counter negative feelings…..yup. I know. I have consulted so many gurus that I have 30 different ways to move up the same street. So why the funk??
Well, what I can say is that over the years all the opening of chakras has enabled me a very keen sense of hearing and a deeper and more elaborate sense of what is going on around me. I have been able to experience many things. But one of the most important things that I have learned is that I am my own savior. At no point in this testimonial have you heard me blame anyone for any predicament that I have been in, or for my present state of depression. I haven't done that because I know that I have the power inherent in me of the eternal poolspring of energy to which I owe my existence, and because of this I was born with everything I need to succeed. So why am I sitting on my couch rotting, you say? I heard you. Well, we learn all of these things, but when the "schlep" hits the fan, we want them to exist in a neutral space where everything is Zen. No. that is not how the ancestors intended for them to be used. It is precisely when you feel like death is a better option that meditation becomes your sword and shield. It is when you feel like your life is not worth fighting for that the movements and asana of yoga become the grace by which you are saved. But it is you who must become the plow in order for that to happen.
The Psalms do work to uplift the mood if prayed meaningfully and consistently. Most of the time, we are our own failure. We never give our lives a chance. We get so much in every step we take and we just forsake all and look at what we don't have, because life doesn't follow our "script".
I told you that I have a keen sense of hearing, right? Well there is a voice in my head that talks to me in times that I am depressed. I would tell you what happened the last time I felt this way, but this is just a blog, not a book. Anywho, the voice, right? It's a she. And she says to me, "Look at you. All that you have. All that you know and you just let it all go. Then you blame us for your problems. You just don't get it, do you? Oh, you get it alright. You just don't want to do the work. Ok. Just sit there. Eventually I will leave. And so will the rest of us. It is not your time, it is Gods time. You know this. You also know that you are being challenged to develop yourself. You have been told what you have come here to do. You have many people to help. It is okay to be tired. We understand that this life has been truly difficult for you, so we let you go. Drink and smoke. Do your thing. But don't act like you don't have what you need. There are so many things that you have learned. And you just sit. You to the river and then you come back home and sit. You know better. So we don't even talk to you anymore about it. But at the end of the day, you only have yourself to blame and you know it. You sulk and brood and try to kill yourself. Don't think that you will succeed. You will fail. Your life will be long and miserable. And the next time you come it will be worse. You know it is up to you. You have been given far more than many, yet you sit here and brood. Your own life is your only testimony and it is your best. Yet you throw away your magic tortoise and look in the mirror and make your mouth droop?"……….. Oh yes. This is what I heard.
A few days later, I had a conversation that was very similar with the person who invited me to do this entry for her blog. The conversation was similar, but not as admonishing. That is because she had been feeling similarly and did what she knew to deliver herself. And as a result she is renewed and strong and duly blessed. She was very inspirational to me. And that voice that I heard? She has been with me for a long time. These two have managed to inspire me to continue to fight for my life. To have a life and really live it. I have begun meditating again, and I have resolved to go back on my diet full force. I will buy a new juicer, as my old one died, and start with a juice fast. How do I feel? Pretty much the same. But I have resolved within myself not to give up on my life. To let my future success be my inspiration. And with the little energy that I have, I will fight for my life. To really and truly live and not just survive.
I would like to thank my ancestors for being with me, and never letting me go. It is because of you that I have been bent, but never broken. And I would like to thank you blog lady for really living your life without scripts or the limitations that come with them. Allowing yourself the leeway to make mistakes and move on, seizing triumph in your own personal struggle. Thank you for allowing your life to be an inspiration for me in living my own.
Lastly, I would like to thank you all for reading. Please, for the sake of this world, be your own inspiration. You already have all you need. We need you.
Peace, love and light be unto all of you from this day forth and forever more.


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SF Investor Accused of Art Scam
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – In a federal indictment, prosecutors accuse real estate investor Luke Brugnara of mail fraud: ordering and receiving more than $11 million worth of art and then claiming it was a gift.
Brugnara, 50, of San Francisco, allegedly told an art dealer – who is not named in the indictment – that he wanted to buy several works of art for approximately $11 million. He claimed that he wanted to place the art in a museum he was building, according to the indictment.
Brugnara agreed to pay $7.32 million for 16 paintings by Willem de Kooning, $3 million for an Edgar Degas sculpture, $450,000 for a painting by American realist artist George Luks, $160,000 for a drawing by Joan Miro and $145,000 for etching by Pablo Picasso, according to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Jeremy Desor, included in the criminal complaint .
But Brugnara had almost no income, no assets, no way of paying for the art, and a substantially negative net worth, the indictment states.
The art was packed into five crates and shipped from New York to an address provided by Brugnara in San Francisco. The art dealer traveled to San Francisco to ensure that the art arrived, which seemed to surprise Brugnara, according to the affidavit.
Brugnara had the delivery people leave the crates in his garage. He told the dealer that he was very busy and would arrange a later time to open the crates and inspect the artwork. The dealer's attempts over the next two days to set up a time to inspect the art were to no avail, as Brugnara repeatedly stated he was too busy, according to the affidavit.
Brugnara later told the dealer that she would have to deal with his attorney. He claimed the art works were a gift, the affidavit states.
"Law enforcement authorities obtained a search warrant for Brugnara's home and seized four of the five crates of art that had been shipped to Brugnara. The fifth crate, which contained a work of art worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, remains missing," the Department of Justice said in a statement.
Brugnara, who is in custody, was arrested on May 28 in San Francisco and made his initial appearance in Federal Court that morning. He was to appear in court today (Wednesday) for arraignment, preliminary examination and bond hearing.
This is not the first time Brugnara has been in trouble with the law. In 2010, he was convicted of several federal crimes, including filing false tax returns, making false statements, and violating the Endangered Species Act, resulting in a 30-month prison sentence, according to the Department of Justice.
"Brugnara was still on supervised release from some of those convictions when he allegedly committed the fraud offense for which he was indicted" on June 5, the Justice Department said.
The maximum penalty for mail fraud is 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, forfeiture and restitution.
According to a 2002 SF Weekly article, Brugnara was a self-made commercial real estate mogul who by his mid-30s had acquired a fortune he estimated at $200 million.
The article called Brugnara "San Francisco's most bombastic and, perhaps, pugnacious commercial landlord."


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This Happy Feeling is based on the F. Hugh Herbert play . Debbie Reynolds plays impulsive Janet Blake, who develops a crush on retired stage star Preston Mitchell (Curt Jurgens). Rejuvenated by Janet's ardor, Mitchell decides to return to the stage, where he must contend with predatory leading lady Nita Holloway (Alexis Smith) and pretentious method actor Tony Manza (Troy Donahue). Meanwhile, Janet begins evincing a preference for Mitchell's neighbor Bill Tremaine (John Saxon), who is closer to her own...more
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'The Any Music Singers' performing in Canton
CANTON -- The Any Music Singers will present two concerts, to help raise money for the Canton United Methodist Church's Steeple for the People restoration project.
The concerts, titled "Audience Favorites!," will showcase favorite songs selected by audience members from the community.The wide variety of styles includes classical music, jazz, spirituals, barbershop, pop music, and folk musics from South Africa, Bulgaria, Ireland, and Russia.
The concert will first be presented Friday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m., at Peterson-Kermani Hall on the St. Lawrence University campus. The concert will be presented again Saturday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m., at the United Methodist Church in Canton.
Donations made at the concert will go towards restoration of the UMC steeple.
The Any Music Singers is an open community chorus, directed by Paul Siskind. Formed in 2012, TAMS attracts singers from around the North Country.
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NSPF Awards College Scholarships
The National Swimming Pool Foundation board of directors has awarded $17,000 in scholarships and fellowships to nine college students for the year 2012-2013.
These two award programs have been funded annually, now entering their ninth year.
As the economy continues to be soft, and educational funding programs continue to be reduced, the NSPF board is pleased to help empower these nine students in their professional development.
The National Swimming Pool Foundation's Certified Pool/Spa Operator (CPO) certification graduates and their family members are recognized with the Scholarship Program to help them pursue their college dreams.
Providing fellowship assistance to young researchers also helps young scholars as they chart their careers.
"There are few things we do any given day that will have an impact for decades. Giving to students to help them on their way is one such thing," said Bill Kent, Scholarship Review Committee Chair.