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The Tale of Baucis and Philemon
Originally published in Parabola: Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning, Vol. 29, No. 1;
reprinted by permission
"What is marriage?" muses Joseph Campbell. "The myth tells you what it is. It's the reunion of the separated duad. Originally you were one. You are now two in the world, but the recognition of the spiritual identity is what marriage is" (1). And of course, in the rich language of metaphor this is the case. But for every folk and fairytale that concludes ". . . and they lived happily ever after," there is another that speaks of the betrayal and bitterness, the hostility and disappointment of marriage.
It would be difficult to find a human relationship that embodies a greater complexity than marriage, with its blend of the civil, the social, the spiritual, and the physical, and the stories reflect this. An examination of Greco-Roman mythology, so profound an influence on the symbolic systems of Western society, provides models of marriage that few mortals would wish to emulate. There is the tale of poor cuckolded Hephaestus, trapping Aphrodite and Ares in the act of adultery, then calling all the other gods and goddesses to witness their shame; or the kidnapping and rape of Persephone by Hades, who has arranged the marriage with the young woman's father, Zeus. And of course, there are Zeus and Hera, the very archetypes of marriage, who seem to spend eternity in battle over his philandering and her reprisals against his countless conquests and their offspring. The deities don't seem to fare much better than characters in folk tales when it comes to a long-lasting marriage.
How ironic, then, that it is in the work of Ovid, that brilliant, cynical, and gifted poet, author of the manipulative Art of Love, that we find one of the most touching and beautiful stories of marriage ever written, and that it involves both Zeus and Hermes, whom Ovid calls by their Roman names of Jupiter and Mercury. Ovid's masterwork, The Metamorphoses, focuses on myths and stories of transformation, most of which occur under duress. One of the few that has a truly happy ending is the tale of Baucis and Philemon, and it presents us with a model of an ideal marriage. This story, of two elderly people whose one remaining wish is to be united in death as they have been in life, represents not only the final days of a fulfilling relationship between two people who love and care for one another--a recognition of that unity which Campbell celebrates- -but also provides a metaphor for the ultimately enviable state of a human soul, just before death, when it has found final wholeness and integrated all its disparate parts.
In the opening lines of Ovid's tale, the poet brings the old story to life by placing the narrator on site, in the everyday world rather than the otherworld of the gods, though of course they must play a major role. We know immediately that his recounting will be on a human scale. He tells us,
"An oak-tree stands Beside a linden, in the Phrygian hills. There's a low wall around them. I have seen The place myself." (2)
Ovid then speaks of a time when Zeus and Hermes descend to earth, disguised as wanderers. They go from house to house asking for food and shelter, but are turned from the door at each one. At last they come to a tiny cottage on the very edge of the town, higher in the foothills of the mountain. At their knock, an elderly man bids them enter, and his equally elderly wife prepares a meal for them. They have little, but they share all. Ovid's loving description of the meal preparation is enchanting, rather like reading an M. F. K. Fisher essay on a memorable dinner savored in Provence decades ago. The utensils are those of a peasant household: beechwood cups and earthenware bowls. The ingredients are simple, but gathered ripe from their garden or freshly made from the milk of their own goats; provided by the labor of their own bees; or plucked from their own fruit trees and arbors. ("Remember how apples smell?" Ovid asks the reader with poignant nostalgia.) At this meal there was "nothing mean or poor or skimpy in good will" (3).
Mysteriously, the earthenware bowl of wine never empties, no matter how much is drawn out, and the old couple become fearful. At this point, the gods reveal their true identity. Zeus tells Baucis and Philemon that he is going to punish their neighbors, but that they will be spared for their devotion to his dictum that a traveler and a guest must be welcomed as a god. The old couple weep when their neighbors are destroyed as punishment for flouting the god's command. But as they stand on the mountainside, watching the flood that has swept away the town below, their tiny cottage gradually, magically, becomes an exquisite temple. Zeus tells them that they are "good people, worthy of each other" (4) and that he will grant them any favor.
Baucis and Philemon are unlike the countless couples in folk and fairytales. They do not demand a mansion, great riches, youth or beauty. Instead, they respond to Zeus's offer by asking for a few moments of privacy to talk it over. And upon their return Baucis voices their humble request.
'What we would like to be Is to be priests of yours, and guard the temple, And since we have spent our happy years together, May one hour take us both away; let neither Outlive the other, that I may never see The burial of my wife, nor she perform That office for me.' And the prayer was granted." (5)
Zeus tells them that their wish will be fulfilled. The old couple lives on until one day when "both are very old, talking the old days over, each saw the other put forth leaves, Philemon watched Baucis changing, Baucis watched Philemon, and as the foliage spread, they still had time to say 'Farewell, my dear!' and the bark closed over sealing their mouths" (6). One becomes an oak, the other a linden tree, and the two grow on together, side by side, branches entwined.
More than any other retelling of a myth from the Greco-Roman canon, this one speaks to the longing all couples have that their love can outlast death, that neither should have to bury the other. The story also dwells intimately on the beauty of lives well lived: the warmth of a harmonious household; the awareness that the most important things in life are not wealth and power over others, but rather love for one another; the delight of welcoming others into one's home; and the joy of preparing the fruits of the earth for one's guests. These are the years when the volatile flames of early passion have burned off, leaving mature coals on Hestia's hearth; still capable of a sudden flare, but primarily the radiant heart of home, providing warmth and light.
In the myth of Baucis and Philemon, we see a marriage that glows with a patina of authenticity and integration. As Ovid tells us, "It would do you little good to ask for servants or masters in that household, for the couple were all the house; both gave and followed orders" (7). This couple has found a balance in their lives together. Their simplicity has honed them down to the precious essentials, and in their generosity towards the gods they reveal a sharing of tasks developed over years of interacting in the maintenance of their home. The external transformation of the house into a temple is echoed in their own transformation into priest and priestess: as Ovid reminds his reader, "the couple were all the house." Baucis and Philemon's is a household of harmony and love, and such generosity of spirit that even those extremely cynical gods Zeus and Hermes, inured to the vices of humanity and so familiar with the underbelly of human behavior, even they are moved to grant these two mortals their final rest together. For Zeus especially, with his eternal search for union with the feminine, this relationship must touch that unfulfilled longing, must show him something which humans could achieve even if it is beyond his godly capacity. The Baucis and Philemon story demonstrates a purity of mortal love that moves the gods by its beauty.
The presence of the god Hermes in this myth also hints at the topsy-turvy ending of the story, in which humble peasants become honored priests. Ever the shape-shifter and the patron god of liars and thieves, the duplicitous Hermes sees in this old couple an integrity and honesty that allows no room for cunningness or deception. Hermes is invoked in celebrations when slaves and masters change roles, when the lord of misrule holds sway, and in a sense this attribute will play a part in the story. Ovid has told us that in the home of Baucis and Philemon, neither controlled the other; "both gave and followed orders." This unassuming and elderly couple, so poor and living simply at the edge of town, will be chosen by the gods to become priest and priestess of a magnificent temple built by Zeus himself. Their world will be turned upside down. Rather than dying and losing one another, they will live on for a while longer and then remain together in the form of venerable trees.
Both Hermes and Zeus are superb at disguise and come to the door of the humble cottage dressed as poor human wanderers. This motif assumes the doubleness of a pun: in ancient Greece the guest in one's home was to be considered as a god, but these guests are already gods. The act of grace that Baucis and Philemon commit is that they are treating the gods as gods while in ignorance of their true identity. Finally, there is the emotional satisfaction of witnessing Hermes himself shift roles: from god of instability and duplicity, and one who makes light of adultery, we see him honor the value and the beauty of a deep, loving, and lasting relationship.
In Baucis and Philemon's final request, that of asking these particular gods to grant them union in death as in life, there is an irony. Neither of these restless deities will ever experience Joseph Campbell's definition of marriage: "the two that are one, the two become one flesh" (8). I think here, as well, of mythologist Wendy Doniger's statement concerning the attraction mortals have for the gods: that the precious fleeting life of constant change is more alive than static immortality (9). When we view the integration of Baucis and Philemon as a metaphor for the fortunate person who has reached the end of life and knows that body and soul are in harmony, that the events of a lifetime have joined them, we see yet another gift of mortality that is denied to the gods. The tale of Baucis and Philemon shows a marriage that has aged to perfection. This union has weathered the storms of life, honored the beloved other and the divine, and as a result is blessed with the gift of complete integration. On both a marital and a personal level, it is "happily ever after" most profoundly expressed.
1. The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. New York: Doubleday, 1988. p. 6.
2. Metamorphoses. Ovid. Trans. Rolfe Humphries. Indiana U P, Bloomington, 1955. Lines 617-620.
3. Ibid., lines 682-683.
4. Ibid., line 705.
5. Ibid., lines 710-716.
6. Ibid., lines 719-794.
7. Ibid., lines 637-639.
8. Campbell, p. 6.
9. Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India. Wendy Doniger. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1999, p. 198


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The high rate of glucose uptake to fuel the bioenergetic and anabolic demands of proliferating cancer cells is well recognized and is exploited with 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG–PET) to image tumors clinically. In contrast, enhanced glucose storage as glycogen (glycogenesis) in cancer is less well understood and the availability of a noninvasive method to image glycogen in vivo could provide important biologic insights. Here, we demonstrate that 18F-N-(methyl-(2-fluoroethyl)-1H-[1,2,3]triazole-4-yl)glucosamine (18F-NFTG) annotates glycogenesis in cancer cells and tumors in vivo, measured by PET. Specificity of glycogen labeling was demonstrated by isolating 18F-NFTG–associated glycogen and with stable knockdown of glycogen synthase 1, which inhibited 18F-NFTG uptake, whereas oncogene (Rab25) activation–associated glycogen synthesis led to increased uptake. We further show that the rate of glycogenesis is cell-cycle regulated, enhanced during the nonproliferative state of cancer cells. We demonstrate that glycogen levels, 18F-NFTG, but not 18F-FDG uptake, increase proportionally with cell density and G1–G0 arrest, with potential application in the assessment of activation of oncogenic pathways related to glycogenesis and the detection of posttreatment tumor quiescence. Cancer Res; 74(5); 1319–28. ©2014 AACR.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Cancer Research Online (http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/).
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- Revision received December 6, 2013.
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- ©2014 American Association for Cancer Research.

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Nora and I are headed to Pennsylvania for a quick trip to visit my grandmother, where we will catch up with family and participate in one of my all-time favorite activities: sitting around over coffee in the morning. For hours. This is what the women in my mother's family do. J hates this. We wake up, serve ourselves whatever kind of delicious breakfast pastry my grandmother bought that week and talk forever in our pajamas. Gossip. Life lessons. The good old times, whatever.
After experiencing this for the first time, J was like, "Are you kidding me?" He had, of course, awoken before everyone else, showered and assumed we were going to, well, do something. Maybe that's the male mentality, I don't know.
He's staying here this weekend because he's got a ton of work to do. So while I was packing this morning, I showed him the bathrobe I was putting in my duffel bag. "Do you know why I'm packing this?" I asked him. "It's for sitting around in the morning and -"
Before I could get the words out of my mouth he was all but yelling, "OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO BE HERE BEING SO PRODUCTIVE DURING THAT TIME."


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Hair and loss conditions
Alopecia is the overall medical time period for hair loss. there are numerous forms of hair loss with amazing signs and causes.
some of the more commonplace styles of hair loss are defined below, consisting of:
male- and woman-pattern baldness
alopecia areata
scarring alopecia
anagen effluvium
telogen effluvium
Male- and woman-sample baldness
Male-pattern baldness is the maximum common kind of hair loss, affecting round half of all guys by means of the usage of 50 years of age. It generally starts across the past due Nineteen Twenties or early 1930s and most guys have some degree of hair loss by way of their past due Nineteen Thirties.
It normally follows a pattern of a receding hairline, accompanied through thinning of the hair at the crown and temples, leaving a horseshoe shape across the again and factors of the pinnacle. every now and then it may development to finish baldness, despite the reality that that is unusual.
Male-sample baldness is hereditary, due to this it runs in households. it is concept to be because of oversensitive hair follicles, associated with having too much of a sure male hormone.
further to affecting men, it could sometimes have an effect on ladies (girl-sample baldness). in the course of girl-sample baldness, hair commonly only thins on pinnacle of the top.
it is not clean if lady-pattern baldness is hereditary and the reasons are less properly understood. however, it has a tendency to be extra good sized in girls who have been through the menopause (at the same time as a lady's intervals forestall at round age fifty two), perhaps because of the truth they've fewer woman hormones.
Alopecia areata
Alopecia areata reasons patches of baldness about the dimensions of a large coin. They typically seem at the scalp but can arise everywhere on the body. it could arise at any age, however ordinarily influences young adults and teens.
In maximum instances of alopecia areata, hair will grow once more in a few months. earlier than the whole thing, hair may additionally additionally expand returned exceptional and white, but through the years it need to thicken and regain its ordinary colour. some people go without delay to expand a extra immoderate form of hair loss, which encompass:
alopecia totalis (no scalp hair)
alopecia universalis (no hair at the scalp and frame)
Alopecia areata is as a result of a trouble with the immune gadget (the body's natural defence in opposition to infection and infection). it is more commonplace among humans with other autoimmune situations, which includes an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), diabetes or Down's syndrome.
it's also believed some humans's genes motive them to extra liable to alopecia areata, as one in 5 people with the circumstance have a circle of relatives information of the condition.
Alopecia areata can arise at any age, although it's extra common in humans elderly 15-29. It impacts one or two humans in every 1,000 inside the united kingdom.
Scarring alopecia
Scarring alopecia, additionally called cicatricial alopecia, is typically because of headaches of some other situation. on this type of alopecia, the hair follicle (the small hollow in your skin that an person hair grows out of) is completely destroyed. this means your hair may not develop once more.
depending at the condition, the pores and skin wherein the hair has fallen out is likely to be affected in a few manner.
conditions which could reason scarring alopecia encompass:
scleroderma – a state of affairs affecting the frame's connective (supporting) tissues, ensuing in hard, puffy and itchy pores and skin
lichen planus – an itchy rash affecting many regions of the frame
discoid lupus – a moderate form of lupus affecting the pores and skin, inflicting scaly marks and hair loss
folliculitis decalvans – an amazing shape of alopecia that maximum typically influences men, inflicting baldness and scarring of the affected regions
frontal fibrosing alopecia – a shape of alopecia that affects put up-menopausal girls in which the hair follicles are broken, and the hair falls out and isn't able to increase returned
Scarring alopecia takes region in each women and men, however is a good deal less not unusual in youngsters than adults. It bills for about 7% of hair loss instances.
Anagen effluvium
Anagen effluvium is large hair loss that may have an impact on your scalp, face and frame.
one of the most not unusual reasons of this sort of hair loss is the maximum cancers treatment chemotherapy. In some cases, different most cancers remedies – such as immunotherapy and radiotherapy – might also cause hair loss.
The hair loss is typically substantial inner some weeks of starting treatment. however, now not all chemotherapy capsules cause hair loss and on occasion the hair loss is so small it's miles not often vast.
it may be viable to reduce hair loss from chemotherapy via the use of wearing a completely unique cap that keeps the scalp cool. however, scalp cooling is not constantly effective and no longer widely available.
In most instances, hair loss in anagen effluvium is transient. Your hair must begin to develop lower back a few months after chemotherapy has stopped.
Telogen effluvium
Telogen effluvium is a common kind of alopecia in which there is large thinning of the hair, rather than unique bald patches. Your hair also can experience thinner, however you're now not in all likelihood to lose it all and your special frame hair isn't always commonly affected.
Telogen effluvium may be resulting from your body reacting to:
hormonal modifications, inclusive of those who take region when a lady is pregnant
extreme emotional stress
severe physical stress, which encompass childbirth
a quick-time period contamination, which includes a immoderate infection or an operation
an prolonged-term infection, in conjunction with cancer or liver sickness
changes for your diet, which includes crash weight-reduction plan
a few medicines, including anticoagulants (drugs that lessen the capacity of your blood to clot) or beta-blockers (used to deal with some of situations, consisting of immoderate blood stress)
In maximum instances of telogen effluvium, your hair will forestall falling out and begin to broaden returned within six months.
How is hair loss dealt with?
extra commonplace sorts of hair loss, consisting of male-sample baldness, do now not want treatment because they are a herbal a part of developing older and do not pose a danger to your fitness.
but, any form of hair loss can be distressing, so you want to see your GP if you're involved about it.
Your GP want so that you can diagnose your sort of hair loss by the usage of examining your hair. They also can communicate feasible remedies with you so it's truely useful to go to your GP in advance than trying a non-public consultant dermatologist (pores and skin care professional).
in case you need treatment for male-sample baldness for splendor motives, medicines referred to as finasteride and minoxidil can be used. Minoxidil also can be used to treat girl-pattern baldness.
but, the ones treatments do now not paintings for all people and best artwork for so long as they're endured. they may be now not to be had at the NHS and may be expensive.
Alopecia areata is generally treated with steroid injections, although it's on occasion feasible to apply a steroid cream, gel or ointment. A treatment known as immunotherapy can also be used. This includes stimulating hair increase by using causing an intentional hypersensitivity inside the affected areas of pores and skin.
if you have big hair loss of any kind, you could determine to position on a wig. Wigs are available at the NHS, but you could ought to pay until you qualify for help with prices.
There are also a few surgical options for hair loss, consisting of a hair transplant and synthetic hair implants.
Emotional problems
Hair loss may be hard to come back back to phrases with. The hair for your head may be a defining part of your identification. if you start to lose your hair, it may enjoy as in case you're dropping part of your identification. this could have an effect on your self-self assurance and from time to time bring about despair.
speak to your GP if you're finding it difficult to deal with your hair loss. they may endorse counselling. you can additionally gain from becoming a member of a assist group or talking to different humans inside the identical scenario – for example, thru on-line forums.
some of charities, which includes Alopecia uk, have assist agencies and online boards wherein you can talk to others who are experiencing hair loss


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19 Weeks Pregnant
How far along: 19 weeks and 2 days!! Since I'm being induced early...tomorrow is actually my 1/2 way mark!
Total weight gain: I think I've gained a little more weight this week so my guess is 5-6ish lbs. I mean, whose to say.
Best moment of this week: We had a pregnancy scare last week. LUCKILY (!!!) it was just a combination of sitting on a spin bike and the blood thinners they have me on, but it scared me to death! I cried all the way to the Doctor's office. I realized just how much I love our little baby already. I've felt connected to her ever since we found out she was a girl, but I've never felt so much love for something I haven't met. I was so scared of losing her! It was the best moment of the week because I was/am so grateful she was okay, AND I got to see her on the ultrasound again (with her little bum sticking up in the air the whole time hahah).
Movement: NO!! I'm starting to get really impatient about it! Most people have felt their babies move by now. The doctor who did my ultrasound last week said the placenta is still cushioning her kicks, and she showed me on the ultrasound. I can't wait to feel her little body moving around in there.
Food cravings: Not really. I've been craving ketchup still...and eggs and avocado (as always), and orange juice. I craved little caesar's pizza this week haha - that was a low point.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Really sweet stuff. I don't really want it anymore because I know it will make me throw up (insert all the sad face emojis)
Have you started to show yet: YES!! Not a ton...but definitely a little more this week! There's always a small bump now...even when I see if I can suck it in ha. That means my clothes are getting tight, but I don't fit into maternity clothes yet, so I basically just look like I'm gaining weight. It's an awkward stage all around really.
Looking forward to: Again, feeling her move!!! And also Christmas this week (and my birthday). If she moves on my birthday I'll forgive her for taking so long!


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It occured to me today that shmivejournal may now be targeted by pro-Saddam loyalists, assuming they have no sense of humor. And my page is linked from there. At least it's not pork jerky.


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Beauvoir and women today
August, 24th 2011
On September 2011 I published a new essay, Simone de Beauvoir and women today (Editions Odile Jacob, Paris 2011), in which women from different backgrounds and countries- farmers, doctors, lawyers for women rights, diplomats, cooks, journalists, delicatessen owners, mothers who built their own business at home, artists, painters, academics, testify on their condition and on the future of their lives.
Some men also bring their support to women's causes and tell Dr Monteil about how they want their wives, mothers, daughters, to be respected and treated with equity.
These women who testify also recall how Simone de Beauvoir's body of work still inspire them, give them a feeling of empowerment, hope and strength, sixty years after the publication of The Second Sex. Thanks to her experience of travelling around the world and having been an activist in women's issues for more than forty years, Dr Monteil offers new avenues of research and actions to follow up in this XXIrst century.


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Bobo and I dragged ourselves out of our homes to visit Books Actually late last Friday night when the bookshop was doing a crazy open-for-24-hours thing. We were there in service of Ms. Pooja Nansi, one half of the hilariously-named Mango Dollies, which hilariously-named duo was performing that night. MD is a poetry-and-blues double act. Pooja reads poetry, Anjana Srinivasan sings the blues, magic is generally created. Pooja and I have only properly hung out once, but ours is a sort of kindred liking, and we like each other very much. I like her even more now that I've heard her poetry, read with such generosity over really great music, much of it singer-songwritten by Anjana herself.
It was a special night because I'd recently had such a consistent slew of soul-destroyingly bad theatre that being so beautifully sung to, artfully spoken to and generally being galvanised to a state of overflowing communal emotion, I felt the most nourished and inspired than I'd been for a long time. It was a series of poems and songs about a terrible sort of love– the kind that pours out of a hole in one's heart: self-doubting, yearning, ravenous and always terrified of confronting its absence, of running out. Many feelings.
Oddly enough, one of the poems in a set of otherwise contemporary stuff and originals, was this one by Tennyson. Odd because I've always been quite allergic to the gushing lyric quality of his poetry, but spoken with Pooja's raspy… gravitas.. and layered over Anjana's pained-heart singing, there was something truly awesome about it. Particularly in the line "all my wooing is done," which has a powerful sense of a major threshold being crossed, not necessarily for the better because all the radiant sunshiney imagery going on at the same time acknowledges a fore-knowledge of the entropy of passions, the dimming of light.
Entropy is a major point of interest for me now because I've been thinking a lot about the songs of Edith Piaf for a project I'm working on with Sing Theatre for Piaf's 100th Anniversary next year. I'm curious about the burning passion in her songs, a vision of love that is all-consuming and bleeding-out-of-a-hole-in-a-heart way. It's a frightening sort of love, one that you see fizzle off (or sublimate?) over the years rather than froth on and on and on. I think there's something scary about the death of passion, and the question for me is whether or not the process is more purification– into something more stable, solid and sublime—than entropy. I've always wondered if Piaf and Marcel would've stuck it out had Marcel not died so tragically early in their relationship, if her songs would've lost their incandescence, if she'd have stopped singing; or if she'd have broken it off in search of someone new rather than stick around in something that was no longer fire-hot and blinding.


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Identifying Your Strengths as a Prelicensed Person/
As a pre-licensed individual, sometimes we can start to feel as if you don't have a lot to offer. Especially in this funky economic time where paid positions are sparse and supervisors are sometimes overworked and underperforming.
Today's blog posting helps you explore your strengths as a person, an intern, and as a professional. I want to share with you some questions that might help you to mine yourself for your strengths:
1. What brought you into this field in the first place? I doubt it was about the money ;0) Think about to what inspired you- and where you imagined your degree would take you.
2. What inspired you while you were in school? Where did you feel "at home" as you talked about certain clinical populations, theories, or mindsets?
3. What skills did you bring with you from previous careers? You would be suprised at how some of this experience can be a huge asset to your process.
4. What experiences do you bring personally that, if healed and used properly, have developed particular strengths or aspects of your character?
5. Where do your "business" strengths lie? Do you love writing, editing, numbers, chatting with people at an event, taking photographs, Facebook, graphic design, interior design, I could go on. These are just a few of the skills that might be useful to you, your business, or your employer along the path to becoming a successful MFT.
Take some time and explore this. REALLY explore this. Write it down. Reflect, ponder, and validate the strengths that you have. If you don't honor and identify them- who will? And if you don't realize they are there- can really make the most use of them in interviews, clinical, or business situations?
Hope this finds you well.
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- Weekly challenge is up on the white board. 800m Run for Time!
- Please do not put knots in the jump ropes. The handles can be adjusted to whatever length you desire.
Olympic Lifting
Clean & Jerk: Warm up as if in a meet (10 minutes), then 3 attempts to establish heaviest single
5 Rounds for Time
10 Power Cleans (135lb / 95lb)
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Songs for the End of the World
This album is available for purchase from AMAZON.COM!
Songs for the End of the World was released on October 9, 2012. Four different covers were made available with a couple featuring bonus tracks. Each CD album version featured access to unique digital, cloud based bonus content that could be accessed by scanning an image inside the CD Booklet using a Rick Springfield Interactive App.
Armageddon Cover
Mayan Cover
Cold War Cover
- Wide Awake
- Our Ship's Sinking
- I Hate Myself
- You & Me
- Gabriel
- A Sign of Life
- My Last Heartbeat
- Joshua
- Love Screws Me Up
- I Found You
- Depravity
- One Way Street
The Bug
My DUI (European Import Only)
Made available via DIGITAL DOWNLOAD from iTunes only unless you purchased the European Import.
Tarot Cover
- Wide Awake
- Our Ship's Sinking
- I Hate Myself
- You & Me
- Gabriel
- A Sign of Life
- My Last Heartbeat
- Joshua
- Love Screws Me Up
- I Found You
- Depravity
- One Way Street
Let Me In
Jet (Live)
Her Body Makes Vows
Was exclusive to Best Buy
No longer available.
Additional Details…
Bestbuy.com was selling the TAROT version EXCLUSIVELY. This deluxe version of the latest release from Rick Springfield includes four bonus tracks:
- "Let Me In"
- "Jet"
- "Lust"
- "Her Body Makes Vows"
Bonus digital content included on this EXCLUSIVE Best Buy version:
- Bonus video from the studio sessions with Rick discussing the bonus tracks
- Cover concept with descriptions written by Rick
- Download of new acoustic version of '"Love Screws Me Up"
- 30 min fan version of "I Hate Myself"
This version is NO LONGER AVAILABLE from Best Buy but may be found from places like eBay.
Amazon.com sells the ARMAGEDDON and MAYAN versions ONLY… What version you receive will be RANDOM according to Amazon's inventory. There is no way to order a specific album cover.
Bonus digital content on the Armageddon version (ordered from Amazon):
- Video including acoustic performance videos of Wasted & Eleanor Rigby (Zoot Version)
- Rick on the cover concept
- Rick going through old song lyrics
- Rick showing off his guitars and Titanic memorabilia
- Time lapse slideshow of the studio sessions
- Download of new acoustic version of "You & Me"
- 30 min fan version of "I Hate Myself"
Bonus digital content on the Mayan version (ordered from Amazon):
- Video of Rick describing the tracks on the album
- Album cover concept
- Rick with is personal collection of steam punk ray guns & guitars
- Special photo gallery from the studio sessions & photo shoots
- Download of new acoustic version of "Joshua"
- 30 min fan version of "I Hate Myself"
The iTunes COLD WAR version includes a bonus track called "The Bug" plus digital content including download access to a 30 min. fan version of "I Hate Myself "and album art via Rick's Official website.
ONLY THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION of the COLD WAR cover includes My Dui. You can try getting the international version via NEH Records. Best Buy also lists the import CD as an option but it says that it can take a couple weeks to ship.


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I decided that I want to make this year of travelling more than just me traipsing around the globe seeing pretty sights. I want it to be impactful and more than anything I crave self growth, so I've decided to challenge myself and hold myself accountable to, at the very least, one thought of gratitude every day. I'll be documenting my #365daysofgratitude on instagram and here on my blog. I'll be updating it everyday with a photo and a short excerpt on what I'm grateful for that day. Travel involves many challenges and unknowns so I'm so excited to see what these next 365 days bring. If at any point you feel inspired to do the same, and commit to 365 days (and then maybe a lifetime) of gratitude JOIN ME and use the #365daysofgratitude so I can see your posts as well!
Day 1: I am forever grateful to my home. Although I'm leaving it today for who knows how long, I will never forget what this beautiful land has taught me. It's shaped my affinity for nature, thirst for adventure, and craving for beauty. This home, this city, these trees, those mountains, they are what have given me my spirit and ambition. So even though I leave my home today, I will carry with me in my heart everything you've shown me.
Thank you.
. What are you grateful for? #365daysofgratitude


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The remake of a classic horror film made in 1977 by Dario Argentino. A young American dancer starts her studies at a European dance school but soon she discovers that the school is merely a cover for bloodthirsty witches and their evil schemes. Her life turns into a nightmare and she must find a way to escape.
Luca Guadagnino has not only made a remake as the new version is a quite different experience compared to the classic. This film is significantly longer, there are some extra subplots and the dominant color is grey. But the focus is still on the witches leading the dance school and the heroine's struggle against them. The choreography is really amazing, and there are a lot of brutality in this version too. Still,, it is definitely not a masterpiece as it feels too long and the subplots are meaningless. As The Guardian has put, it "Luca Guadagnino's horror remake has sex and style but fails to bewitch."
Hungarian title: Sóhajok
American-Italian horror, 152 min, 2018
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Premiere: 08 November 2018
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Master Media and Cultural Politics - Máster en Medios de Comunicación y Políticas Culturales
The course covers a wide range of curatorial approaches, from management of historical collections to creative curating of cutting edge contemporary art, craft and design. Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds; we challenge you to develop your interests, while understanding what you share with others across our discipline.
Engagement and understanding audiences are central to curatorial practice. You'll develop experience in ways of sharing and presenting ideas throughout the course.
You'll study either in two modules per trimester (one year full-time) or one per trimester (two years part-time).
Admission is normally based on a good undergraduate degree in an appropriate discipline together with an interview. Applicants with a good honours degree in a related discipline and/or with relevant work experience will also be considered.
Overseas applicants will be assessed on the basis of their qualifications and statement included in the application form.
To help applicants – especially those from overseas – to decide if this course is appropriate for them, it is advisable to contact the Course Leader prior to application.
We normally accept individuals with a good first degree (2:1 or above) in a relevant subject. However, you can apply without such a qualification if your personal and professional experience shows a high level of commitment and understanding in a relevant field.
Taught by curators, working with a rich group of diverse partner organisations in the sector.
Combines contemporary practice with theory in a flexible approach.
Highlights the roles of audiences, collections and new contexts.
Research Methodologies
Introduces generic research methodologies and the ways subject specific material, analysis and evaluation techniques can be a vehicle for personal study. This is shared with other Masters programmes in the School of Art and Design, and so gives an opportunity to share ideas with artists, designers and curators from across disciplines.
The Role of the Curator
Considers the changing role of the curator, the ´politics´ of curating and real-world issues through first hand contact with working curators in our region and beyond. It addresses developments in critical theory and their impact on curatorial practices such as representing communities, ethnicities, gender issues, ´interventions´, gallery learning, the ´post-museum´ and curating in the public realm.
Collections and Collecting
Considers the nature of collecting and the influence of collecting on curatorial practice. We assess the way collections act as a ´ground´ for new work by artists, makers and in specialist creative project work, as well as traditional interpretation. You can study private collectors, the transition of ´private´ to ´public´, and the process of defining objects as ´collectible´. It covers material culture, collecting the digital, oral history and its methods, research in archiving and management of historical and contemporary collections.
Reaching Audiences
The module allows you to present or study a live project to a real audience. You'll study current discourse around engagement, participation and learning, and link this to exploring how curatorial practices reach audiences.
Master´s Project
The Master´s Project can be either text or practice based. It accommodates a variety of approaches for assessment, that can include the traditional written dissertation, the study of historical or archival case studies, curating an exhibition or project in a venue, or forms of digital production, the construction of a museum or gallery specific web site. Many long studies come from the student's own practice, and can be used to broaden or reflect upon work-place or voluntary experience.
Recent graduates have found work in:
Curatorial work in museums and galleries;
Galleries/arts administration;
Self-employed freelance curatorial work and consultancy;
Publishing and media work;
Education, gallery and museum learning and teaching;
General project management outside the visual arts and museums;
Critical writing; and
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Join us for some camping on a private 400+ acre camp and earn your AWLS certification among the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in NY. With a private lake, beautiful fall season, and many trails to choose from, this course will be packed full of fun and learning. Check out our page for pictures from last year. Limited to 25 students. Make sure to reserve your spot. We filled up quickly last year!
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There are many reasons to build a custom WordPress plugin for your solution. As a stakeholder, you want your content to sing. You want it to stand out from the crowd. You probably chose WordPress because you heard how customizable it was. With so many free plugins to customize the user experience and how your WordPress site functions, you might even think spending money on a custom WordPress plugin is a bad idea. Is that true?
Free plugins can definitely be a motivating factor for many when putting together a new website, but the problem is there are no guarantees that the developer will have adhered to the WordPress coding standards, always use best practices and design for easy maintenance and use. When implementing a free plugin to solve a problem, you will likely find that it isn't meeting the expectations of the development team and others. Unfortunately, this only reveals itself after you've already invested a lot of time and money into the path you chose. This is not to say there aren't some really good commercially available plugins, but their best features are not always free. You have to carefully do your research before buying any plugins. The long bulleted list of features may not all be available at the basic level. Many commercially available plugins offer various licensing options for their product, making the license expense greater and greater. Some even limit how many sites you can use the plugin on. This can create issued depending upon your own circumstances.
If It is Free, You Get What You Pay For
Free plugins move from developer to developer as one developer picks up the sack for a previous developer who lost interest in the project. This is a problem when you want your site operational for at least the next 5 years before any further major changes are done to it. Commercially available plugins have a better chance of remaining relevant because their developers have a vested interest in keeping their product up-to-date and viable in the WordPress community.
If true quality and longevity are what you desire, it might be time to consider a custom WordPress plugin. When you develop your own custom WordPress plugin, you maintain control of the code. You can, of course, use GitHub to open it up for development assistance from other developers, but even then, you control what does and does not make it into your actual codebase. You can be sure to thoroughly test and approve any and all changes before merging them into your existing codebase, thereby maintaining a high level of quality.
Even Commercial Plugins Can Suck
I cannot tell you how many times I've worked on a WordPress project and the client rejected the idea of a custom WordPress plugin in favor of an off-the-shelf plugin, only to find out at some point that the plugin doesn't adhere to those WordPress Coding Standards, follow good practices, and most definitely doesn't spit out quality markup for our designers and developers to work with. This is where the hidden cost of off-the-shelf plugins comes into play.
When I've experienced issues with off-the-shelf plugins, my estimates are that it takes me triple the time to overcome the issues the plugin itself presents. Many times addressing the issues means making changes to the plugin's code. That is a time-consuming process that you avoid with a custom WordPress plugin. Even when you overcome the issues, there is still the possibility that a future update ruins all the customizations done, which wastes the money originally spent on those customizations.
We Should Have Developed a Custom WordPress Plugin
This decision isn't always easy, but thankfully, asking the right questions will help make the decision as easy as possible. Does the plugin developer know your needs? Do they understand your workflow? Do they empower your website to do the job you intended? If the answer to these questions is no, you should probably develop a custom WordPress plugin.
What Can a Custom WordPress Plugin Do?
The purpose of a WordPress plugin is to provide additional functionality the platform itself doesn't already provide. A custom WordPress plugin can provide customizations to existing functionality of an e-commerce website. They can integrate outside APIs into the site or potentially merge the data from two existing plugins. They can even change some of the built in functionality of tools like Woo commerce.
As previously mentioned, building a custom WordPress plugin can save time and money. Instead of hoping the off-the-shelf plugin meets your needs, the custom-built plugin will definitely meet your needs because you are driving its development. You will likely find that the more customizations you need, the more money you save doing it from scratch. This ensures your custom WordPress plugin uses WordPress Coding Standards, making it less likely to be hacked. It makes future maintenance easier and insures that features are not broken during an update process. Your developer knows your needs. S/he knows your workflow. They will empower your site to do what you intended with your custom WordPress plugin. These are all good reasons to have your own custom WordPress plugin.


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Our pedigree is independent music. Our aim is to create a catalogue of music, which is accessible and functional, while maintaining the attention to detail and authenticity of the music we love. Our priority is to work with our writers to develop a catalogue, which is indistinguishable from commercial music in terms of both quality and creativity.


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But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's victory parade. God uses us to spread his knowledge everywhere like a sweet-smelling perfume. Our offering to God is this: We are the sweet smell of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost. To those who are lost, we are the smell of death that brings death, but to those who are being saved, we are the smell of life that brings life. So who is able to do this work? We do not sell the word of God for a profit as many other people do. But in Christ we speak the truth before God, as messengers of God. 2 Corinthians 14-17
What intimidates you about being God's messenger?
When have you avoided being God's messenger?
How has someone been God's messenger to you?
We assume the responsibilities of being God's messenger are going to be more than what we can handle – or more than we want to handle. Sometimes we're simply too lazy to do that which is required of us. God gives us what we need. He often gives us more than what we want to handle, but it's not about us. It's about the big picture of what God knows needs to be done to further his kingdom and fulfill his will. Our role isn't to figure it out, know all the details, or carry the entire burden of God's will. Our role is to listen and be obedient. We can easily overstep our boundaries and take on a responsibility that is not ours to take. In the process, we are not only disobedient but we impact others' obedience as well. We take the role or responsibility intended for someone else. We can also understep our bounds, not taking care of the territory God has specifically given to us. The ball is in our court, but we're sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone else to show up and play the game. We make being God's messenger much more difficult than it needs to be. As we live out the life God is leading us to live, being God's messenger is simply part of the journey.
Watch for God to provide an opportunity for you to reflect him today. It might be a simple smile, encouraging word, help with a burden, sacrificial service, or personal testimony. Let God guide.


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Anywhere and Everywhere
It's day 1 of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National, Paris, France and we are there with NBC & CTV. With a similar set-up and configuration to the British Open earlier in the year, we are running a number of Avid systems with Interplay and EVS integration for a seamless workflow delivering features and turn around VT's for NBC's production. As has now become the norm, file transfer to and from NBC's US locations also has to be taken into account, to ensure content can be shared between NBC Sport's teams across the pond.
Meanwhile since our last post, it's been go, go, go; with a busy but productive IBC show in Amsterdam, Champions League of Darts in Brighton for the IMG and the BBC with CTV, Formula 1 in Singapore for Presteigne, with Whisper Films, Formula One Management and other production companies, This summer saw us in Palembang Indonesia for the Asian Games with Gearhouse Broadcast, of course we can't forget the whole cricket season with our bespoke Adobe 50P edit system for Sky sports with CTV.
This weekend see's no rest for our team with the Russian F1 Grandprix in Sochi, the continuation of the Ryder Cup and the World Grand Prix of Darts beginning in Dublin.


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Mpulse has partnered with the Center for Performance Learning to provide ICD10 Preparedness and certification.
The ICD-10 training can ensure your coding staff is effectively prepared for the transition to ICD-10 on October 1, 2015. Restructuring of current code sets is substantial, and the number of code sets will at least quadruple - increasing to approximately 69,000 codes.
An ICD-10 Learning Strategist will work with your team to design an ICD-10 learning solution specific to your needs, and based on where your organization is in the ICD-10 preparedness process.
Coding and billing staff will need to not only learn ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, but also be prepared for the increased clinical specificity required by the new code set. To assist in the impending ICD-10 code set transition, Center for Performance Learning (CPL) will lead your coding staff through an engaging and practical learning journey - either virtual, or in-person, or a combination of both.


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In the Spring of 2015, I had the chance of going to Japan for only about five days. I went with my friend and the coder of this site, Adeeb. We went to Tokyo and Kyoto, but five days only allowed us to really visit a few tourist sites, not much of actually experiencing the "real" side of Japan. In the fall of 2016, Adeeb and I went back for over two weeks. This is our story.
We landed in Tokyo, and were to go to Okinawa in the morning, but a typhoon delayed our flight for a day, so we spent two days there. The first thing that jumps out at me when I land in Tokyo is how much order there is to the city. There is no trash in the streets, perfectly clean. The train runs on time, every time to the very second it is supposed to. Homeless people are not to be seen to the untrained eye, although I'm sure there are some. This is an interesting phenomenon that is pretty unique to Tokyo.
We then left for Okinawa. We were supposed to originally be there for three days, but the typhoon made it so we were only able to stay for two. Ninety-five degrees with ninety-percent humidity; being outside for long periods of time was simply unbearable. The nature there was great, and it was a beautiful city, but outside almost every bar and restaurant where we were staying read "No Americans Allowed"; you can imagine the frustration this created.
Ah, yes. Nature. Nature in Japan is something to behold. There is so much of it outside of Tokyo. Yet, no matter how much there is, it is always strongly controlled. Moss grows where moss is supposed to. Trees are placed and trimmed exactly how they are supposed to, and fields of grass are perfectly square, cut to perfect length. While Tokyo is perfectly in order in terms of man and man-made creations, outside of Tokyo is perfectly in order in terms of nature.
Adeeb and I traveled across the Kumano trail, only in reverse. We went to Kii-Katsuura, explored the small port-city famous for it's raw tuna, traveled to Nachi, explored the old temples and buildings there, spent a night in Hongu, a tourist town, and then finally ended up in Shirahama, a city famous for the beaches it provides. While we didn't quite plan properly for this trail, it was still a lot of fun and excitement.
After we finished exploring the old temples and ruins of Nachi Taisha, we discovered the busses quit running. We were stuck at an old temple surrounded by nothing but forest and a single windy road that scales a mountain. Adeeb scared me and said that forests in Japan are famous for bear attacks. I still don't know if he was ever serious or not. We trekked several miles down the road until we got a driver that kindly drove us to town.
The next town we went to was Osaka, and the first thing we visited was Osaka Castle. It was an absolutely beautiful castle surrounded by an absolutely beautiful park. The architecture was magnificent. Adeeb and I discussed castles and the difference between eastern and western castles. We both found it interesting how western castles were more utilitarian in nature, while eastern castles were more about being symbolic icons.
We stayed in the poorest neighborhood in all of Japan while visiting Osaka. Shinsekai. I couldn't resist the grungy, punk-rock atmosphere, and spent an entire night walking around by myself, documenting a story of the area with my camera.
We then landed in Tokyo, and took much-needed rest by relaxing at Edo Castle. It was a 15th century castle that was burned down in a great fire, and now all that remains is the foundation surrounded by a park. Standing on old ruins or historical sites always fascinated me. It unlocks my imagination as I think of what people, battles, or celebrations happened to be there years ago.
Going back to Tokyo the second time around was a very rewarding experience. We got to go to some of the less tourist-oriented areas and simply relax and enjoy everyday life. Ramen shops, bars, markets, and street food.
Using English is the "in" thing to do in advertising in Japan, and this ends up with some pretty hilarious results. I am not quite sure why it is so cool to use English there, but I suppose there are some people in America who are deeply in-love with Japanese culture and would be interested in a product if an aspect of Japan was included in an advertisement. To each their own.
Making a return to Japan gave Adeeb and I a greater perspective on Japanese society and people. There are many things to love about the country. The people are nice, although a bit shy. Food is plentiful, cheap, and tasty. Destinations are clean, maintained, and beautiful. All-in-all, I can say that this trip was enlightening, memorable, and fun. I'll remember it.
To another day, Japan.


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"But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings." Malachi 4:2
Righteousness brings healing, just as unrighteousness brings death and destruction.
The imagery here represents the coming promised One, the Lord Jesus Christ, who brought in everlasting righteousness and undid the destruction our unrighteousness brought with it. He is our righteousness (Jeremiah 23:5-6).
The LORD warned Adam, "In the day that you [sin] you shall surely die." (Genesis 2:17). Sin brings death. It is most evident then that righteousness brings life. In fact Paul says this very plainly: "Just as sin reigned in death, grace also [reigns] through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 5:21).
If we are to be healed, body and soul, we must have righteousness. We don't. But the God of grace and mercy loved us and sent his Son to provide us with the righteousness he requires from us. The result is that, if we trust in Christ, his spotless perfection is imputed to us, is considered ours, and we get treated accordingly, because it is ours in Christ.
So the healing starts now, and will be finished when the sun of eternal day rises on a new creation. Death is being undone. All who trust in Christ are even now new creatures within, and will be brought to completed newness, body and soul, in glory when we will stand (and run and jump and, who knows, even fly) in resurrected bodies on a resurrected planet in a resurrected universe, "in which righteousness dwells" (2 Peter 3:13). In other words, we will be "swallowed up by life" (2 Corinthians 5:4).


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ARRA Newsletter
May 2008
Access to Cape Hatteras
If you think that access issues are the exclusive domain of the western part of the United States, think again. For the folks who live near and/or visit the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, beach access is becoming a life and death issue especially as it relates to their local economy.
By way of background, back in 2007, the National Audubon Society, the Defenders of Wildlife and Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit in a Federal District Court against the National Park Service because the Park Service did not have a travel management plan for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. In an attempt to resolve the lawsuit, the Park Service negotiated an interim agreement to satisfy the concerns of the plaintiffs. The long and the short of it is that the interim plan would ban OHV travel at night during the peak summer and shoulder seasons and altogether at certain breeding grounds. The proposed plan is subject to approval by a Federal judge and that approval could occur within a matter of days. The interim plan, once official, would remain in effect until a permanent OHV management plan is completed by a deadline of April 1, 2011.
Needless to say, sport fishermen, OHV enthusiasts, and the County Commissioners for Dare and Currituck Counties are less than pleased. To be blunt about it, they are livid. The national economy is hurting local real estate sales, high gas prices are cutting down on vacation travel, and limiting access to some of the most exciting sport fishing grounds on the east coast seems to be the last straw. To those who like to cast out that first line at the crack of dawn, the new regulations will make that a little more difficult. Perhaps they will have to pitch a tent for a sleepover on the beach, but then, I'm not sure that's legal either.
A number of ARRA members have contacted me and have asked why we haven't focused on the Cape Hatteras issue. They are exactly right. We should have and for this oversight, our apologies. We do know that a number of citizens in North Carolina have been contacting their congressional delegation in hopes that the Congress will intervene to ensure that OHV access to Cape Hatteras remains unrestricted. For them, beach driving and surf fishing are beloved local traditions dating back far before this particular National Seashore was created in the 1930's. Congressional pressure is certainly needed to change this situation. The Park Service claims that the interim plan will not adversely impact access to the Seashore. That's not what local folks think. We will check back in a couple of months to see who is right, but on the face of it, it seems like the Park Service is trying to put a positive spin on a bad outcome.
More Access Issues for the National Park Service
A class action lawsuit by a group of disabled Americans has been filed in a Federal District Court in San Francisco against the National Park Service. The plaintiffs claim that gaining access to National Park Service sites is difficult, if not impossible, in some cases due to physical barriers. The suit charges that park administrators have "systemically discriminated against plaintiffs on the basis of their disabilities." One plaintiff said that to a certain degree this is a money issue since the Park Service lacks sufficient funds to retrofit parks and exhibits to remove physical barriers, and to a larger degree it is a lack of commitment to the overall concept of accessibility.
The National Park Service has responsibility for hundreds of sites and facilities throughout the country. Many are historic structures were built in the 19th and 20th centuries when addressing disability issues was not a factor in architectural design. While the Park Service has made some progress in making its facilities more accessible, we find it rather ironic that other policies being implemented will make facilities and public lands less accessible. Cape Hatteras is a case in point. It's a vicious circle. Some lawsuits demand accessibility while others seek to limit it.
Participate in the Travel Management Survey
ARRA, in cooperation of with a number of other national groups, is sponsoring a survey on the U.S. Forest Service Travel Management Rule process. If you have participated in the implementation process or even if you haven't, your input is important. If you haven't already completed the survey, please visit this URL for more information: <http://www.arra-access.com/ct/kdzUY291TSdT/>
2008 Elections
A couple of weeks ago, I made a promise to myself that in the May newsletter I wouldn't write a single word about the ongoing 2008 presidential primary process. I did so because I figured you are probably tired of me writing about it. But, I must confess, I can't help myself. Every day provides a new twist in presidential campaign lore. Former President Bill Clinton continues to stir up controversy by saying things that are best left unsaid like mentioning Hillary's sniper fire incident and Senator Obama probably wishes he had attended a different church. His former pastor is now an albatross for the Obama campaign due to inflammatory remarks he made when preaching a sermon and speaking before the National Press Club.
Neither candidate seems close to giving up the fight and may well take it all the way to the national convention. John McCain seems to be enjoying the fact that the Democratic Party is still preoccupied with the primaries rather than focusing on the November elections. Maybe so, but he can't take much comfort with a slowing economy and skyrocketing gas prices.
Despite all the campaigning and public appearances, the presidential candidates barely whisper anything about public lands other than comments for or against the use of public lands for the exploration of new energy sources. Food prices are going through the ceiling because we are converting corn to produce ethanol and some areas of the world are facing food shortages, but somehow using our public lands for energy independence seems very controversial. The Congress would rather designate more wilderness areas so oil and gas production is out of the question. But the whispers are certainly going to get louder come 2009. And one thing is certain, rather than dealing with hard issues like new energy sources and food supplies, some folks will want the new Congress to make OHV recreation on public lands a major issue. Maybe it will take empty gas pumps and grocery store shelves before we get our priorities straight.
Be warned and be prepared. 2009 is going to be a tough year. OHV recreation on public lands will be an issue next year. Responsible use and practices on our part have never been more important.
Larry E. Smith
Executive Director
Americans for Responsible Recreational Access


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