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"Nothing is too personal to reveal. And nothing is embarrassing. And nothing is really too painful or shameful. Because we're human beings, we all have had experiences that range from pain and heartache and sadness and embarrassment. And I think to be able to share that is a beautiful thing and really great for art, really great for comedy and really great for entertainment."
– Margaret Cho
Guy MacPherson: I feel like I know you, Margaret.
Margaret Cho: Oh, you know, you probably do.
GM: I've read everything there is in the world about you.
MC: Oh, my goodness.
GM: Everything!
MC: (laughs)
GM: And I don't know what to ask. It's all been asked. Your life is an open book.
MC: It is, sort of. But then there are lots of things people don't know.
GM: Oh tell me something!
MC: Well, how do they know I'm not lying? (laughs)
GM: I wondered that, actually.
MC: Yeah, because I mean, I could say anything. So... what do people not know about me? I don't know. They should come to the show and see. Because even though you know a lot, the experience of being there and watching me and being with me I think is different.
GM: They'll really get to know you then?
MC: Well, they enjoy it more. You know, like we're old friends. You love your friends and you're never bored.
GM: Is there something new every show? How scripted is it?
MC: It's pretty scripted. But this is a pretty new show than anything I've done before.
GM: Do you tire of it?
MC: I don't think so. I think I've had some breaks lately, which has made it a lot easier for me.
GM: What? The movie? Book? What are the breaks?
MC: I've had a little bit of time between shows.
GM: Ah! I see.
MC: About a week between shows. So every show is like an event, you know? So that's been really manageable. I've really enjoyed that. That's been OK.
GM: So you can regroup and get your mind off it.
MC: Yes.
GM: You are pretty open in the show about your life and all the ups and downs.
MC: Well, you know, I think it's really important. I think that for me, human experience is so universal that in itself nothing is personal. I mean nothing is too personal to reveal. And nothing is embarrassing. And nothing is really too painful or shameful. Because we're human beings, we all have had experiences that range from pain and heartache and sadness and embarrassment. And I think to be able to share that is a beautiful thing and really great for art, really great for comedy and really great for entertainment. A great way for me to really reach to the depths of my [garbled] and really stretch and grow.
GM: So it's kind of like your therapy.
MC: In a way. It's just love.
GM: It's just love.
MC: Yeah.
GM: What does that mean?
MC: It's love. Like, I love the audience. I love them and I want to share my love with them.
GM: As a group you love them.
MC: As a group.
GM: Individually when they come back stage . . .
MC: No, even when they come backstage, as well.
GM: That's good to know. . . So you say you don't feel embarrassed about anything? Is that just in general? You must get embarrassed over certain things.
MC: No.
GM: In person as well as on stage?
MC: I've kind of lost that over time.
GM: When you realized everybody feels . . .
MC: Everybody feels that. It's just comforting. I've just gotten to a place in my life where I'm happy all the time. I just want to love everybody.
GM: That's noble of you. So is this why you think that we can relate? Because you're talking about having a sitcom, having it fail, dating celebrities – stuff a lot of people can't really relate to. But you think that the underlying theme...
MC: Is that everybody can relate. Everybody relates. Everybody understands what disappointment is and what failure is and what sadness is and things not living up to your expectations. And everybody knows the ideas of trying to fit in where you just don't. You just can't and you want to really badly. I think that people really understand that, too.
GM: Uh-huh. So in your case it was with a network television show and with other people it's with something else.
MC: Yes.
GM: A form of success or rejection.
MC: Yeah, rejection. People wanting to change your self, because you will be rejected. The problem isn't you, the problem is that you're giving these people the power to control how you feel about yourself, which is the major issue in the show.
GM: In this instance you're talking about the TV executives?
MC: Yes. Like they had real problems with me physically and they wanted me to lose weight, which was really an unreasonable thing because I'm thin and I didn't have weight to lose. And yet I still felt like I needed to change myself to please them, so I worked out really hard and didn't eat anything and I wound up in the hospital.
GM: How much did you weigh?
MC: Oh, God, I don't think I weighed anything! I weighed very little, and then much less.
GM: Aha! There's something you won't tell us!
MC: Well, I don't even know. I probably weighed about 120 pounds and then I dieted to about 110 or 105, which is really unreasonable because I'm 5-6.
GM: And this was probably because you were new, you were young and you thought this is the way it's done, right? You didn't know enough to say I'm not going to do that.
MC: Yeah. And again, I felt like I had to please them. I had to somehow hang on to this job, hang on to this . . . whatever. It was a really painful thing.
GM: Do you ever see these executives now or have contact with them?
MC: No. I didn't have contact with them then.
GM: Oh, it was all through memos?
MC: It was all through memos and producers. And it was just a really negative experience.
GM: Are you angry towards them?
MC: No. Because everybody was trying to keep their job. There's nobody that's really at fault. The system's at fault. I was at fault for trying to be a part of the system. So there was no one person that did anything wrong. It's just the whole thing is wrong.
GM: And I understand that your show preceded Drew Carey's show.
MC: Yes.
GM: Irony there.
MC: There are different standards that we have for men and women. The narrow vision that we have for women in terms of what they can do in the media, it's really awful.
GM: What types of things don't you tell us? Either specifically or just in general. Or do you just open up about everything?
MC: I think I pretty much open up about everything. I mean, I don't really talk about what's happening in my personal life at the moment because it's happening and I don't really know what to make of it yet.
GM: There's no perspective on it.
MC: I don't have any perspective on it. I don't really have any control over it. I don't really know what it means. So maybe I wouldn't talk about that, necessarily. Maybe I won't talk about people in my life that don't want me to talk about them because it's a shared truth that I don't lay claim to. I break that rule a lot. That happens. . . Um, I don't know. I don't know what I don't say. I think I say everything. I say a lot.
GM: Do you think there's a danger in your tale in that throughout all the drug abuse, sex and depravity that you lived, that people could hear that and go, 'Well, she got over it. Don't deny me my fun!'
MC: Yeah, but the thing about it for me was it wasn't any fun. And in the show that's very clear about how not fun it was. And it's just my life. And I'm not trying to make it into a cautionary tale. I'm not trying to keep people from doing anything that I did. I'm just explaining what happened. And whatever people get out of that is their choice. But I do find that the show is helpful in the sense that it is about finding self-reliance and finding self-love in the midst of this society which is so against that. So that's what I do. But I can't control what people take from it. You know, the fact that I lived is a real fluke because I should be dead many times over in the way that I liked to live, liked to have fun - even though it wasn't fun.
GM: Would you do anything differently?
MC: I don't think so.
GM: No? So you'd do it all again?
MC: Maybe I wouldn't take the GHB! (laughs)
GM: The what?
MC: The GHB.
GM: What is that?
MC: It's this horrible drug. I wouldn't take some of the drugs that I took.
GM: OK. That was a bad experience, was it?
MC: That was a bad example. Yeah, I wouldn't have taken so many drugs. But really, I'm glad the way things have turned out and am very pleased with my life and the way things are.
GM: I've seen your standup. At the Bumbershoot festival.
MC: Oh yeah.
GM: You were clean then, were you?
MC: Yes, I was.
GM: Because you said that people wouldn't even know when you went on stage.
MC: Nobody could tell. But at that point I was pretty good, I was, I would say, better.
GM: So I've seen your standup on TV as well as live. How different is the show that's coming to Vancouver?
MC: It's really pretty different. It's really pretty grounded and rooted. It's just a whole story and it's really new for me. I think the people that are familiar with my work will recognize some of the same characters. I do my mother in the show a lot. But it [the show] has a whole different perspective to it. I feel a lot more adult as a performer. It feels very complete.
GM: Your mother has still never seen the show?
MC: She did come, actually. She came last year.
GM: And?
MC: So she loved it. She was very excited. And I talk about it in the show.
GM: And your father?
MC: He came, too. It was really great for them. They'd never come to see me and they were really scared to. And to open that part of my life up to them really brought us a lot closer, so I'm really grateful and glad that they were there.
GM: But they must have had some issues.
MC: No, they loved it.
GM: Oh, really.
MC: They really love my work.
GM: So they knew at the time how far you had fallen.
MC: I had to let them know about that pretty much when it was happening. So they were really involved in it. So they weren't surprised by anything in the show. But I'm sure it was hard for them to live through that, anyway, not be sure how I'd come out of it. I think it was probably one of the most difficult things they had to deal with. Yet they were great throughout it. So we're a lot closer now.
GM: And because you've come out of it, I'm sure that's a big relief. Now they can look back and you can talk about it and it's fine. . . So they owned a bookstore. Do they still have it?
MC: No.
GM: Did you grow up reading a lot?
MC: I did.
GM: Do you still?
MC: I do.
GM: What kind of books?
MC: I like a lot of really different things. I read a lot of spiritual books. I read a lot about Buddhism because I'm really involved in it. I love a lot of travel literature, which is kind of weird. Books by Paul Theroux I love. I read everything. I have a lot of friends who are writers and I'm constantly up on their stuff. You know, reading is part of my life and that's why I'm so happy to write a book because that's what I really love.
GM: Every comedian's coming out with a book. Is yours different?
MC: I think that mine is probably more harrowing (laughs). Mine is more scary.
GM: That's good in a comedian's book. . . Or will it not be a "funny," per se, book?
MC: Well, it is a funny book. I think it would have to be. But it really goes into detail about my life and what was happening and during my television show and after. The years of having incredible depression and ultimately coming out of it.
GM: Are you writing it yourself? Or is this as-told-to?
MC: No, I'm writing it myself.
GM: And is it going to offer a lot more than the show does?
MC: It will cover the same themes, but it's just a different form of storytelling. And it's just a
different type of working for me. So I'm really excited about that.
GM: Is it finished?
MC: It's almost finished.
GM: And when are you expecting it to be released?
MC: Sometime next year. So there's quite a long time.
GM: One of the things I was most amazed at was – and it's silly – you were on a Bob Hope special!
MC: Yes!
GM: I mean, the guy's 99, or whatever he is now. And you're not that old.
MC: I was on the Bob Hope special like eight years ago.
GM: He was still doing specials then?
MC: Yeah. Isn't that incredible?
GM: That is incredible. You must be like the last person...
MC: (laughs) I think he did one the year after me, and then that was it.
GM: How was he?
MC: He was, um, old. He was really old. I went to his house and everything. It was really strange.
GM: In Palm Springs?
MC: Um, no. In Toluca Lake, which is right outside of Hollywood.
GM: He had a big party?
MC: He had a little soiree there by the pool. And we sat and looked at his roses. He was just really old.
GM: As you said.
MC: I don't think I even spoke to him.
GM: No?
MC: I don't think I did. I don't think we talked at all.
GM: But that's something just to go to his house. That guy's a legend.
MC: He just sort of stared.
GM: That happens with age.
MC: He just looked very contemplative.
GM: So who were your comedy idols growing up?
MC: I loved Richard Pryor. And I loved Sandra Bernhardt. I loved Bill Hicks. I've always been a big
comedy fan. And I always knew that I would do it. I always knew that I'd be a comedian. I always knew that I'd be great. So I've always looked at comedians more as peers than role models.
GM: Do you look at the old-time comics with respect or do you look at them and go, They're hokey.
MC: I guess it just depends on who it is. Some people I don't have very much respect for. Some people I really love their work. There are some people that I just loved, like Lenny Bruce, who's great. Enduring. Really amazing. Amazing, amazing. And then there are people I don't really-- I never got it then, I still don't get it.
GM: I see a trend with people that you like, with Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce. The on-the-edge, political, working "blue", as they say.
MC: Honest. Dangerous.
GM: Not so much formula.
MC: They just all worked within the truth. That was all they did, was work within truth and revealing truth. And that was their sole purpose.
GM: Truth according to them.
MC: Yeah. I love them. People now? I think I love Chris Rock - he's probably my favourite. He's the only one who's really doing anything . . . besides me. He's great.
GM: Are you going to continue doing comedy after this tour is over?
MC: Yeah. I want to write a new show and I want to keep going and be out there and work. I love it.
GM: You're kind of a role model for Asian-American/North American TV actors. And before
you, there was, what, Arnold?
MC: Oh, Pat Marita.
GM: And Mrs. Livingston. Who else was there?
MC: I don't think... Oh, there was Jack Su from Barney Miller, who was great. He was really funny. No, there aren't many. Now there's Lisa Ling and Lucy Liu, those two people. Um, there's not a lot.
GM: Is this something you'd like to get back into?
MC: I would love to. And I would be great at it. And I really think that my experience really could be valuable when I return.
GM: Would that be acting or more like a talk show?
MC: Probably a talk show, I would imagine. But we'll see.
GM: Have you been to Vancouver? I know you were scheduled to come here a couple years ago and for some reason it was cancelled.
MC: Yeah, I was there many, many years ago. I played Yuk Yuks. I'm looking forward to coming back.
GM: Have you been through Canada much?
MC: Not really, no.
GM: Do you think the references we'll be able to relate to?
MC: I think so.
GM: Well, I look forward to seeing the show.
MC: Great.
GM: Thanks.
MC: You sound just – can I say? – It's crazy, because you sound just like my ex-boyfriend (laughs).
GM: The one that you decided you hated?
MC: No, no, no, no, no. It's somebody I still love very much. But it's really uncanny.
GM: Really?
MC: I think that you're him and that you're playing a joke on me.
GM: Well, I've got a surprise for you, Margaret! . . . No, I'm not him. What's his name?
MC: Wayne.
GM: Is he American?
MC: Yes, he is. But you don't really have a Canadian accent, I don't think.
GM: Well, you know, we don't have accents.
MC: We do.
GM: You do. But that's interesting.
MC: That's funny.
GM: I hate my voice, so he must have a really ugly voice.
MC: No, he doesn't. He has a lovely voice and so do you. You sound just like him. It's so weird. So I'm going to tell him.
GM: Tell him there's a guy up here. . . What does he look like? Maybe I look just like him, too.
MC: Oh, he's very handsome.
GM: Oh, yeah! That's me.
MC: (laughs)
GM: Exactly.
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I've not really cried yet—been floating in a zombie-like cloud of shock since about noon. Bureaucracy strikes again and this time it struck me and my partner of nearly fourteen years. I supposed I could be mad at the workings of government of Baltimore—but I'm not. The lady on the phone, who has been so good and so kind, she was in tears. No. It's Kansas City, MO—all the way.
For us to get married in Baltimore we have two options.
1) Go to the courthouse on one day and fill out the paperwork, and then return on the second day. That day we can get married.
Unfortunately, that option does not work for us. We arrive on Saturday (and they are closed on Saturday) and we leave on Monday. We won't be there two weekdays.
2) The second option that Maryland has so kindly offered couples; they send you an affidavit. Non-residents take this affidavit to the court/circuit court for the county in which they reside. At the bottom of the form is this small place, a few inches high, that you do not fill out until you get to your city's equivalent of where marriage licenses are issued. They check your ID, then fill out the few lines, allowing Maryland officials know that you are who you say you are. It is the same thing as if we showed up in MD one day, and returned the next to get married.
Notice that the city of residence is not providing a marriage license. They are not marrying you. They are not giving you legal permission to get married. All they are doing is proving to MD that you are a resident of your county and that you are who you say you are. Then that form is mailed to MD and they proceed as normal, sending you your marriage license so you can then show up and get married.
So that is what we tried to do. We started with the department that issues marriage licenses and they had us call the City Councilor who had NO idea why we called them. They called us a few days later and told us the Secretary of State could help. Why they would help we did not know, but okay….
So we headed down there, and the people in that office read the paperwork, and yes! Just as we thought. They told us we needed to go to the department through the circuit court that provides marriage licenses—just like the paperwork said. So we went there in person and they told us to go to circuit court. So we went there and they wanted us to go to the department that does notary public stuff—even though it clearly says on the paperwork that is good enough. So they sent us to the Kansas City head of the circuit court and he was out of the office and they contacted him and he said he couldn't help us—that Kansas City doesn't issue licenses for same sex marriage!
We told them, like everywhere we went, that they weren't ISSUING us a marriage license. ALL they were doing was looking at our ID, and saying, yes, they are who they say they are and they live in Jackson County, MO.
They sent us back to the marriage license people who had THE City Councilor come down and talk to us.
This is what he said. "No one will sign this because no one wants to stick their neck out…."
We explained that no one was sticking their necks out! All they were doing was looking at our ID! That was it!
He wouldn't do it and sent us back to the Secretary of State.
They did it all. Signed everything, notarized everything, and gave us this gorgeous piece of paper with this gold foil embossed seal and we sent it off to the city of Baltimore with an $85 check….
And Baltimore couldn't accept it. Not wouldn't. Couldn't. Their <i.law says it has to have a court seal. And our courts wouldn't give it to us.
I could tell the Baltimore people were upset. Tammy, this incredibly sweet lady, had to finally sign off because SHE was starting to cry. The manager for the Baltimore marriage license department asked us why we just couldn't fly in a day early….
Because I would have to take an unpaid day off AND because the hotel is around $300 a night. We have no family or friends or even acquaintances that we could stay with on Friday night and we do NOT have the money to stay another night in the hotel. This whole trip is already costing close to $2,000 and we do NOT have the funds to make the one more day in Baltimore work. We are already having to skip getting wedding bands and were using these old $10 battered up silver rings. We didn't and don't have any more funds. I already can't imagine what we'll be eating in Baltimore. McDonalds?
So there you have it. I am crushed. I still can't cry. I've gone for a long walk with a friend—I've floated around in a stunned fog for eight hours—I've written about it—and I can't even quite cry. Almost. But I am still so stunned.
There it was. Marriage. After close to fourteen years, we WERE getting MARRIED!!!
And now we're not. That's it. Case closed. NO one will budge and we can't go a day early.
You know I really am a positive person. People who know me know I can turn almost anything around—that I find the silver lining. But wow…. I'm not finding it.
Raymond reminds me that we're going to Baltimore to get away—to be together—to have fun—to see a city we would never have had the chance to see before. That the marriage was the cherry on the sundae.
But for me I guess it had become the sundae. I wanted to look at people and hold out my hand and say, "I's married now! I's married now!"
I heard someone saying that at church just the other day and I now think… "Wow. You can get married. I guess I'm not good enough…."
To have it soooooooo close, and then just have it SNATCHED away!
I believe everything happens for a reason. I will find it. Somehow I will find it. We can always go to Iowa. They'd be happy to marry us. So many people we know went to Iowa. But the thing is, for some reason R was inspired by this trip. Finally it was his idea instead of mine. Suddenly HE wanted to get married.
We know we were married Novemeber 5th, 2005. And we believed, we told each other, that a license was just a piece of paper.
But you know what? It's not. It's NOT just a piece of paper. It's not.
You know I never really dared imagine that I would be legally married one day.
Then I thought I would. That it was actually going to happen.
And now?
Now I am being denied a piece of paper.
It might make a good book, huh? What do you say Elizabeth? And Rick? It's not too close to your book, right? I don't think so…. In the meantime, we've called the Kansas City Star. Who knows? Maybe they'll do a story too?
BG Thomas

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Amazing Laser For Pain ReliefPosted by: | Comments
I just heard from Sandi Radomski from Allergy Antidotes. She was raving about her new laser that is amazing for pain relief.
This is what she says about her experience of using it:
"First, I saw the results for my significant other Howard. Two weeks ago he woke up with a crinked neck. He was unable to turn his head and was clearly guarding his movements. He looked pretty bad and certainly not in shape to go to our dance class two days later. I suggested using the laser but he kept saying it always takes a long time (at least a week or more) when this happens to his neck. He used the SL50 for a few moments. He easily programed the timer for his desired three minutes. He repeated again that it always takes a long time to get better. He lasered several times during the day. The next morning he woke up able to turn his head. He said he was "amazed, absolutely amazed" because he had relief in so short a time. And he was ready for our dance class. Mission accomplished.
Are Your Beliefs Making You Older?Posted by: | Comments
How often have you said, "Now that I'm (insert your age), I'm too old to go back to school, learn a language, fall in love, learn to dance, drive at night, get fit?"
We've all been there. I love clubbing but I haven't been for ages and there is a belief that has crept in recently about being too old now. After watching this video I realise it's only a belief which I have picked up from society. It's not a fact! Bring on that Deep House music! Ooh I'm really in the mood now to go and have a dance.
I have a fascinating, eye-opening video to share with you today that's going blow away your beliefs about what causes our aging. It will reveal secrets to you that will have you turning back the clock with just your thoughts!
Conjunctivitis – My Self Help TreatmentPosted by: | Comments
I wanted to document my recent successful self help treatment for conjunctivitis/pink eye so that it might help you if you are a sufferer.
It's quite a long one so grab a cuppa and settle in……….
It all started with itchy, watering, pink eyes. Then waking up with lots of gunk. Yuk!
I looked on the internet where I found lots of conflicting advice, nothing new there then! It's so scary when you look up symptoms on the internet isn't it? I read that I could go blind! The internet can be brilliant for research but sometimes it can terrify you! Thankfully I know what I know – that there is always an alternative.


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Kellynch and Jane
Is there anyone in the Western English speaking world who has not heard of Jane Austen? I hope not, since Miss Austen is one of the most beloved writers of the English language.
She is primarily remembered for writing six books: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) (my favorite), Emma (1815) and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (1818), both which were published after her death in 1817.
Miss Austen is known for her use of satire and her ironic wit in her novels and anyone who sees them only has romance novels misses the point entirely. Her fan base is stronger today than during her lifetime and most of them are proud to be called "Janeites." I find it hard to believe there is anyone out there who does not know Keira Knightley acted as Lizzy Bennet and Colin Firth was Mister Darcy? Not in the same movie however.
Persuasion was completed in August of 1816, though as earlier mentioned, it was not published until 1817. In celebration of the one hundred ninety-ninth anniversary, I am writing a sequel which will be called "Kellynch." Kellynch is the name of the estate much of the story takes place on.
My story follows the story created by Miss Austen herself. The characters do not become vampires or shape shifters, they do not fly to Mars and they don't travel through time. Having said that, it is a story rich with the activities of the Royal Navy, which was hard at work interdicting the slave trade, there are dishonest business dealings and even the Prime Minister of England, The Earl of Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson makes a cameo appearance.
I always do research for my novels, to keep the stories grounded and the research on this one is energizing and deeply interesting. I hope you will follow along as I share some of the insights I discover in my efforts to make this sequel one Miss Austen would be proud of. Hang around and I will tell you of my love affair with the lady.Let's Connect. Follow on social media.


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Level C Course in Ljubjana completed
The 1st GPTCA course in Slovenia was held on 20-22 October 2017 in one of the most beautiful capital cities of the world, Ljubljana. 70 coaches from 17 different countries (from Brasil to India) became new members and got diplomas for Level C and B.
At the Tennis Academy Breskvar, which served as the official venue, participants enjoyed the on and off court presentations given by Alberto Castellani, Gonzalo Lopez, Tamas Bogyo, Jean Cyrill-Lecoq and Niel Alvarez.
The GPTCA Slovenia would like to give special thanks to the Slovenian Tennis Federation for their support in organising the event and also to all the Slovenian coaches. The dates of the next year's course will be announced soon.
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Is All the Hard Work Really Worth It?
One of the most common questions most of us have is, "Is all the work that goes into writing and publishing really worth it?"
Admit it. Even if you haven't actually verbalized the question, you have asked it inwardly at least once.
I've gotten plenty of emails from other writers who've asked "is it worth it" in one form or another:
After rejection after rejection, can I really keep going
Is the endless waiting (on agents, editors, contracts, etc.) really worth the emotional turmoil?
Why should I work so hard only to put myself through the torture of painful feedback, criticism, and poor reviews
Will the writing, editing, rewriting, re-editing really help me improve? Or am I just wasting my time?
Is all the time away from family, friends, hobbies, etc. really worth it in the long run?
Is all the hard work of writing and marketing ever going to pay off
The above questions have crossed my mind at one time or another. It's all too easy, especially nowadays, in the rapidly changing publishing industry to second-guess ourselves, to have
a lot
of doubts about what we're doing, and to wonder if the work is
worth it.
In some ways, I guess the answer depends on what your ultimate goal is.
We're all writing for different reasons.
But no matter our personal goals, ministries, or aspirations,
I think ultimately every author wants to gain
money and recognition from their writing and publishing endeavors
Will you become the next Suzanne Collins making millions of dollars a year? Highly unlikely.
And will you gain the worldwide fame that JK Rowling now possesses? Probably not.
That kind of fortune and fame will not come to many of us.
Only an elite echelon will reach epic proportions.
But chances are very good that you will achieve some measure of success as a writer . . . if you want publishing success badly enough and are willing to work hard enough for your dreams.
Just because we won't become a household name like Collins or Rowlings doesn't mean we can't continue to dream big. I'm reminded of what author Debbie Macomber once said about dreaming big at a conference I attended. Her message was that if we ever want to "make it"
we have to practice the power of positive thinking
She asked us to write down five goals. The goals could be anything, even the desire to become a best-selling author or have a movie made from one of our books. She also encouraged us to
write the goals on paper
. When we write down our goals, our subconscious works toward them.
Our heads will follow the dreams in our hearts.
However, when we fill our minds with "is this really worth it?" we're essentially talking negatively to ourselves. While we're wise to evaluate our situations from time to time, we can't let those negative thoughts cloud our view—at least for long. We can't walk around threatening to quit every time something discourages us.
Instead, we need to pull out our list of dreams, review them, and tell ourselves that if we keep working hard to reach the dreams, we'll get there eventually.
Whenever I'm tempted to question if all the waiting and rejections and sacrifices and heartaches are really worth it, I try to remind myself of the good things about my writing journey: the love of telling stories, the friendships with other writers, the growth that's come through trials, the miracle of completing a book, the joy that comes from a job well-done, and the pleasure of sharing my word with others.
Yes, I hope for more. I still cling to those dreams I wrote down at that conference. And I know if I want to see them come true someday, I'll need to keep working hard. Keep the talk positive. And hold onto hope.
Whether unpublished or not, to be successful in the writing industry, we have to keep a long-term vision. Nothing happens overnight. Nothing.
I always love the saying that the writing journey is a marathon not a sprint.
So don't give up when it seems like it's taking too long. Those who find success are the ones who say, "Yes, it is worth it" and they keep running.
How about you? Have you ever asked yourself if all the work that goes into writing and publishing is really worth it? What negative talk is most common in your mind these days?
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Culture and the Making of Identity in Contemporary India
First Edition
Edited by:
- Kamala Ganesh - University of Mumbai, India
- Usha Thakkar - Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development
June 2005 | 276 pages | SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
This collection of 17 original essays provides insights into the various ways in which the interrelated issues of culture, identity and Indianness are expressed in contemporary times. The contributions range from detailed and scholarly essays to critical reviews of literature and reflections on experience. The contributors, distinguished specialists writing for a general readership, outline and evaluate significant developments since Independence in their respective fields.
B G Deshmukh
Kamala Ganesh
|Fields of Culture: Conversations and Contestations
Kapila Vatsyayan
From Interior Landscapes into Cyberspace
|Fluidity and Dynamics of Tradition
Ashok Ranade
From Sankara to Fusion
|An Indian Musical Spectrum
Tapati Guha-Thakurta
Lineages of the Modern in Indian Art
|The making of a National History
Meenakshi Mukherjee
Divided by a Common Language
|Novel in India, in English and in English Translation
Dilip Chitre
Translating Sensibility
U R Ananthamurthy
What does Translation Mean in India?
Anuradha Kapur
Interculturalism and the Question of Body
Vijaya Mehta
Interculturalism and Intraculturalism in Theatre
|A Personal Response
Vimla Bahuguna
Stri Shakti
|Dimensions of Woman Power in India
Usha Thakkar
Vimla Bahuguna and the Legacy of Gandhian Politics
Vidyut Bhagwat
Heritage of Bhakti
|Sant Women's Writings in Marathi
Devaki Jain
Feminism and Feminist Expression
|A Dialogue
Uma Chakravarti
`Re' Inscribing the Past
|Inserting Women into Indian History
Mariam Dossal
The Humanist Perspective and the Civilising Role of History
Claude Alvares
Indigenous Knowledges and the Hegemony of Science
Gita Chadha
Towards an Informed Science Criticism
|The Debate on Science in Post-Independence India
Truly interdisciplinary in nature...The articles are written by some very distinguished scholars and practitioners including poets and activists...All the articles provide a discourse on Indian culture, providing a link between knowledge, culture and identity. This book will be of immense interest to researchers working on Indian culture
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Luke 8:22-25 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
22 One day He and His disciples got into a boat, and He told them, "Let's cross over to the other side of the lake." So they set out, 23 and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger. 24 They came and woke Him up, saying, "Master, Master, we're going to die!" Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. So they ceased, and there was a calm. 25 He said to them, "Where is your faith?"
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If you open solution.properties in a text editor you can find two important properties that are personal to any running TDI Server:
- The port that the Server listens to for RMI API calls: api.remote.naming.port
- The port that the Server listens to web calls: web.server.port (dashboard, FDS, CURI and REST APIs)
This is also where you provide the paths to keystores and truststores. By default, those for the TDI Server itself are named 'testserver' and found in the Solution Directory. Those used for SSL connections are by default under the serverapi sub-folder and are called 'testadmin'. The password for 'testserver' is 'server, and for 'testadmin' is 'administrator'. To import your own certificates use keytool (found under the jvm/jre/bin sub-folder of your TDI installation directory) or the Key Manager button in the TDI CE (Configuration Editor).
If you remove all properties in solution.properties that you are not explicitly setting, then a TDI version upgrade could affect settings for your Server.
Leveraging the Solution Properties folder to make your solutions more portableThe Solution Directory is also the "current path" whenever you run TDI, either the CE or the Server. As a result, if you use relative filepaths then your solution is easily moved between TDI Servers. For example, edit the Editor tab of your Resources > Properties > <Project PropertyStore> and set the Collection Path/URL to a filepath that is relative to your Solution Directory - for example: MyProject/MyProject.properties. Also, always use forward-slashes for paths, that way your solution runs on Windows and *nix.
Once your properties are stored relative, right-click on the topmost folder of your Project in the CE Navigator View and select Properties. Choose Tivoli Directory Integrator properties at the bottom and set the Linked File parameter to a relative path that points to a config file under this same folder, like MyProjext/MyProject.xml.
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Help with childcare from grandmothers at an early stage of human history could have resulted in an evolutionary change which caused women to live long past the menopause, researchers said.
Female chimpanzees rarely live beyond their 30s or early 40s, when their fertility typically ends, but a computer simulation showed that the influence of grandmothers could extend their lifespan to human levels within 24,000 to 60,000 years.
A popular theory known as the "Grandmother Hypothesis" suggests that older women had an evolutionary benefit by caring for their grandchildren after their childbearing years were over.
The new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B journal, backs up the theory by demonstrating that grandmothers alone, and not other factors like the development of larger brains, could result in women having longer lifespans.
Researchers suggested grandmothers may even have been responsible for increasing humans' brain size by allowing mothers to have larger families, which increased the pressure of natural selection on their children.
Most primates and mammals collect their own food after they have been weaned, but when African forests began to be replaced by dry savannah two million years ago, children were no longer able to forage for themselves.
The Grandmother Theory suggests that older women began performing childcare tasks such as cracking hard nuts or digging up tubers from the dry ground, which allowed their daughters to keep producing and caring for new babies.
This meant long-lived and healthy grandmothers could pass on their genes to more descendants, increasing the number of women who would survive beyond childbearing age.
Mathematicians simulated the impact of childcare from grandmothers on a society of animals which only lived for 25 years after reaching adulthood, similar to chimpanzees in the wild.
They found that thanks to "grandmothering" female chimps would evolve to live for 49 years as adults – a level similar to human hunter-gatherers – within the space of 24,000 to 60,000 years.
Prof Kristen Hawkes of the University of Utah, senior author of the study, said: "Grandmothering was the initial step towards making us who we are."
It resulted in "a whole array of social capacities that are the foundation for the evolution of other distinctly human traits, including pair bonding, bigger brains, learning new skills and our tendency for co-operation," she said.


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The Persuaders conceived and designed the Pringles View Tube, which is a sofa designed specifically to help stop those huge arguments that seem to rear their ugly head whenever couples want to watch different films… now they can share the same space – and a tube of Pringles of course – whilst watching their own choice of film!
The Persuaders worked closely with Grayling PR to develop the View Tube in answer to a brief from the client. - Pringles quizzed 2,000 people to uncover the top 10 biggest tiffs between men and women and found picking a movie both people like is one of the main sparks. The research found the average person wastes 590 minutes of their life every year watching movies they don't want to, just to keep their partner happy. Men are the biggest victims, with 80pc admitting to biting their lip over film choices every month, while 23pc of women go along with rubbish flicks to avoid a bust-up. Rom coms like Love Actually are the worst offenders when it comes to film hates for men, while women find horror flicks such as Saw a real turn-off. The research marks the launch of a new movie promotion that offers consumers the chance to download a digital HD movie when they buy two tubes of Pringles.
In response to the results, The Persuaders designed and developed the world's first ever couples' sofa called the 'View Tube ' to ensure arguments over what to watch are a thing of the past. Couples can recline in style on two upholstered lazy boy chairs with three foot rest positions for ultimate relaxation. The 'View Tube' caters to all your needs with a fridge for movie nibbles and a wine cooler to keep your favourite tipple at the ready. A centre console area even has room for a selection of Pringles tubes.


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March Madness
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Don't worry, I'm not doing an in-depth analysis of why your NCAA bracket is in shambles. If you want to know how to pick a perfect bracket, read the rest of the sports section, or follow my lead, and don't start filling it out until after the first few rounds are over! My "March Madness" is due to the fact that I am again writing a springtime column while the mercury in the old thermometer is plummeting. ...
Mildred L. Robbins
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Mildred L. Robbins was born in Portageville, MO on March 29, 1937 to Sylvania Phillips and Lovell LeSieur. She passed away on March 30, 2014 in Portageville at the age of 77. Mildred was united in marriage to Bobbie Joe Robbins on October 29, 1952 in Hernando, MS. He survives of the home...
Brooklyn Reese Martin
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Spencer and JoBeth Martin would like to announce the birth of their daughter Brooklyn Reese Martin. Brooklyn was born March 5, 2014 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, AR. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long. Brooklyn is the granddaughter of George and Tina DeLisle, and Steve and Judy Martin, both of Portageville. ...
Pit bulls would be considered equal to toy poodles under a measure before Missouri lawmakers
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JEFFERSON CITY - The battle for dog equality has reached the Missouri Senate, where a bill aimed at outlawing breed-specific ordinances was heard before the Senate General Laws committee. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington, would prohibit a local government from enacting any law that limits the ownership of a dog based on its breed...
Missouri lawmakers urged to allow trespassing on private property to retrieve hunting dogs
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JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri hunters would be allowed to trespass to retrieve their hunting dogs under a measure presented to a legislative committee. Members of the House Committee on Agriculture Policy heard the plan Tuesday, March 11. The legislation would limit trespassing to hunters trying to retrieve their hunting dogs, and stipulate that they could not enter the property with a firearm...
Move Over for Work Zones -- It's the Law National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 7-11
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JEFFERSON CITY -- Every spring, the Missouri Department of Transportation starts preparing for the summer season of roadwork across the state. Part of that preparation includes the observance of National Work Zone Awareness Week, which is April 7-11...
Spring turkey outlook good for much of Missouri
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JEFFERSON CITY--Missouri turkey hunters have reason to be optimistic about the 2014 spring turkey season, according to the state's turkey expert. Missouri's spring turkey season runs from April 21 through May 11. The youth season takes place April 12 and 13. This year's hunting regulations are nearly the same as last year...
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COLUMBIA, MO - The 15th Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference, organized by USDA- Rural Development, was held on March 19, 2014. Over 100 attended the conference including consulting engineers, regional planning commissions, community planners, grant writers and other consultants from across the state. Many local, state and federal officials were also in attendance...
AgFuel Energy Systems Furnaces to Be Used in Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Challeng
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Columbia MO (March 28, 2014) -- Two AgFuel Energy Systems biomass furnaces have been purchased by the Climate Foundation, one of several research groups commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to participate in its Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. The systems will be used to convert human waste to heat and energy and produce biochar, a byproduct of the conversion that can be used as soil amendment...
HSLDA Releases Common Core Documentary
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PURCELLVILLE, Va. -- The Home School Legal Defense Association today released its highly-anticipated documentary Building the Machine, a film that investigates the Common Core State Standards Initiative and how it will affect the American education system...
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On Sunday, our local Film Club had the unique opportunity to screen Albert Maysles' final documentary, IRIS. In this film, he introduces audiences to the Rare Bird of Fashion, Iris Apfel. This was a funny, insightful, and detailed story of a 90+ year old woman and her inspiration on a world dominated by looks. Two of the producers, Laura Coxson and Rebekah Maysles were kind enough to offer our group a bit of an introduction to the film and I wanted to share this with our followers. Just like with MANOS SUCIAS, you never quite know who will be at Film Club! See you next time!
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Norm Cates, publisher of Club Insider, will be the recipient of Club Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Club Industry Show on Oct. 5 at the Hilton Chicago.
Cates will be the 15th recipient of the award, which the magazine first gave in 2003 to Joe Weider of Weider Publishing. Other recipients have included Joe Gold, founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym; Jack LaLanne, a former health club owner and early TV fitness pioneer; Dr. Kenneth Cooper, founder of Cooper Aerobics Institute; Alan Schwartz, co-founder of Midtown Athletic Clubs; Judi Sheppard Missett, founder of Jazzercise; and Augie Nieto, co-founder of Life Fitness.
When notified he would be receiving the award, Cates indicated he was stunned and honored. He and his son, Justin Cates, who is assistant publisher of Club Insider, a monthly tabloid for health club operators, said they were grateful for and extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to all their readers, contributing authors and advertisers.
"Club Industry is honored to award Norm the Lifetime Achievement Award as he epitomizes what the award represents," said Marty McCallen, managing director and brand manager for Club Industry. "The real winner is our industry because it has had Norm as one of its leaders."
For more than 40 years, Cates has served in various capacities in the health and fitness industry. In 1976, he and his three partners—Rich Boggs, Ray Irwin and Fred Streck—created a group of racquetball-oriented clubs called CourtSouth. Over time, the clubs, which were in Atlanta and the Southeast, were reconfigured into multisport facilities.
Cates gave back to the industry by serving as president of the National Court Clubs Association in 1980 before that association combined with another to become the International Racquet Sportsclub Association (IRSA), a group that he co-founded. He then served as that group's first president in 1981. IRSA eventually became the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). In 2001, Cates received the first annual Dale Dibble Distinguished Service Award from IHRSA.
In 1993, Cates moved into the publishing world when he started Club Insider. The goal of the brand was and still is to help the industry improve its reputation. His son Justin Cates, who grew up with the publication, has now joined Cates in working on the brand.
The brand will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2018, but an early anniversary celebration is being discussed for occurring at the 2017 Club Industry Show in conjunction with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Rick Caro, president of New York-based health club consulting company Management Vision, is a longtime associate and friend of Cates. He said that Club Insider featured a lot of clubs that no one knew about and highlighted many unsung heroes in the industry.
"He was not afraid to take positions where he felt others had hurt the industry and damaged customers, violated laws or were causing great harm to the industry," Caro said. "He was known for 'telling it like it is.'"
Caro said that Cates has taken positions when all other publications have not.
Caro added, "He is full of passion about the industry. In fact, many say that he 'bleeds the health club industry.'"
The Club Industry Show is Oct. 4-6 at the Hilton Chicago. Cates will be given the award at 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 5 prior to the keynote address by Nick Sarillo of Nick's Pizza and Pub.


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The Gaming Intelligence HOT50 of 2018 - Recognising the most innovative and inspiring individuals in the iGaming industry.
Chief executive officer
Authentic Gaming
2017 was a breakthrough year for the live dealer specialist, and Jonas Delin is the mastermind behind Authentic's growth. He is a stickler for details and has a strong vision of his product.
Backed by LeoVegas, the company has made inroads in the live casino sector and closed the year with a landmark deal with Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino, which will be the first time that live casino will be streamed from a US casino to European players. Delin has made the industry take notice of Authentic, the next step could be even more exciting.
Head of responsible gaming
Mr Green
While Devine Monaghan has joined an operator with a sympathetic attitude towards responsible gaming, she has ushered it into a leadership position with the Green Gaming tool that offers players a deeper insight into their gambling behaviour than has ever been seen before. She will need to continue on this innovative route to ensure it stays ahead of the pack.
Chief product officer
As NetEnt expands into new jurisdictions such as the Czech Republic, Mexico and Serbia, Fagerlund is the man in charge of maintaining the supplier's product position and growing its technological reach. After a year of successful rollouts, which included the launch of mobile slot game Finn and the Swirly Spin, Fagerlund will lead a push into Virtual Reality in 2018 that is set to take NetEnt to the next level of growth.
Chief investment officer
Sazka Group
As chief investment officer of Sazka Group, Dlouhý is the man tasked with identifying key acquisition opportunities, then pushing the deal through. So far this has seen him lead the acquisitions of majority stakes in Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries, as well as helping Sazka secure an Italian gaming licence. If rumours are to be believed, he will turn his focus westward in 2018, with a huge national lottery in his sights.
If he pulls off this deal, he will have more than earned his place in the Hot 50.
Founder and CEO
Instant Win Games (IWG)
Having originally focused on partnerships with lottery companies, IWG has recently branched out to work with some of the leading iGaming operators.
Founder and CEO Rhydian Fisher has been key to the company's expansion, and deals with the likes of GVC, 888bingo and William Hill in the past year have helped IWG become a notable casino supplier. Lotteries and operators across the world are recognising instant-win games as an integral part of their portfolio, and IWG is positioned to reap the benefits of this.
Head of content
Gilboa is the creative mastermind behind the provider's blockbuster Age of the Gods series. Gilboa has led the entire process, from concept to production, development and deployment, overseeing games which immediately entered the company's list of best-performing slots, and establishing a reputation for seamlessly delivering large-scale, multi-channel projects.
Joint chief operating officers
GVC Holdings
Andy Hornby and Shay Segev will be jointly responsible for ensuring the GVC juggernaut rolls on. When GVC completes its acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral, Hornby will be responsible for retail business in the UK and Europe and all digital marketing, while Segev will assume responsibility for technology, product, customer service, and leadership of operational and technology integration. Their partnership will be a crucial factor in making a success of the GVC-Ladbrokes combination.
While integrating Coral and bwin in their current roles, Hornby and Segev showed they are capable of making consolidation run smoothly. Delivering £100m in synergies while building a new culture and continuing to hit revenue targets will dwarf their past achievements. The company's future rests on their shoulders.
Chief executive officer
Karaui's company is Africa's biggest iGaming success story since Microgaming. He has grown SportPesa from a small Kenyan business to an international operator that is hard to ignore. It is building a new European headquarters in the UK, and moving into Italy through the acquisition of RCS Gaming. It is on course to become a major player in the coming years.
Chief executive officer
Mr Green
Jesper Kärrbrink is a refreshingly different sort of CEO. As such he is probably the perfect CEO for Mr Green. The company was launched with the idea of hardwiring social responsibility into its soul but had perhaps lost track of just what that means. He has ensured that Mr Green has regained its unique selling point and he has only just begun.
Mr Green was once the future of gaming, Kärrbrink has made it so again.
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Gaming Intelligence HOT50 - Part 2
Gaming Intelligence HOT50 - Part 3
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"Paul Weller said to me his 30s was the best time of his life. So, yeah, bring them on"
Miles Kane has recalled words of wisdom he received from Paul Weller.
Kane, who along with Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner is preparing to release The Last Shadow Puppets' second album, recently told the story in an interview with Q.
Kane said: "Paul Weller said to me his 30s was the best time of his life. So, yeah, bring them on. I can't wait. I'm going to be shagging!"
The musician, who turns 30 in March, added with emphasis: "Shagging, lad! Shagging this and shagging that! Shagging the teacups! I'm gonna shag that tree later!"
In the same interview, Kane explained why he decided against joining Arctic Monkeys ten years ago.
Asked whether Kane ever came close to joining Alex Turner's band when the Sheffield band replaced former bassist Andy Nicholson in 2006, Turner replied: "Well… no. I think because that was when [Kane] just started [short-lived band] The Rascals. That was just all happening as well".
Kane attributed his decision to never join the Monkeys as his desire to be in the lime light. He is quoted as saying: "I really wanted to be a frontman at that time. I hadn't been a frontman. I had a hard-on for that."
The Last Shadow Puppets recently announced details of their second album 'Everything You've Come To Expect', which will be released on April 1.
The band will also head on tour in the spring. See those dates in full below.
Edinburgh, Usher Hall (March 26)
Paris, Olympia (March 29)
London, Hackney Empire (April 1)
Liverpool, Olympia (April 2)
Sheffield, City Hall (April 3)
Amsterdam, Paradiso (April 7)
New York, Webster Hall (April 11)
San Francisco, The Fillmore (April 17)
Los Angeles, The Theatre at Ace Hotel (April 20)
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To Portugal
My heart still soars a little bit every time I hear the word "Lisbon". Wyat and I are lucky, we haven't had to spend much time apart, let alone on separate continents. But in 2015 Wyat studied at a Catalan Institute in Barcelona, and we were Facetime lovers for 4 months. After a tearful goodbye in India, and 74 more not-so-easy days, I ran into his arms in a Portugese airport, and we took on Europe together for a second time.
We woke up this morning to texts, messages, and phone calls from loved ones, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief that I was by Wyat's side, and not across the world praying to hear from him. Paris had been attacked, and all of the world was feeling something very vulnerable. I'll always remember reading "Paris is burning" and the feeling that ignited in my stomach and heart. This morning was quiet, subdued, and warm as we walked hand in hand through the streets, and shared grief and mourn with the city.
To Porto
Mid-day we caught a train to Porto. We ran, packs on our back, down some very steep hills to catch the train on time. I had read Porto is a place of romance, drama, and wine.
Porto is a place very high on my list to return to, our 24 hour stint was filled with all of the best things it had to offer (under 5 euro), but I don't know if I could get enough of it in a weeks time. We settled into our Airbnb, on the most beautiful street i've ever laid eyes on (see window view below) and headed out for what we had no idea would turn into a self guided alcohol + food tour of Portugal.
We began at a fancier spot, where we had a smoothie like sangria, and some salmon sliders. We continued to a second place for 50 cent beer, and ham and cheese sandwiches. Next, we hit a burger joint (somehow still going?) which we washed down with beer. Popped into a cafe for a quick espresso, seeing as it was only 11PM and bars don't get going until 1ish, and we were good and drunk. Next was another upscale spot, I believe I had a red wine, and Wyat a Jameson straight (accidental order..). We stumbled down a road to a bar our host had mentioned, and into a few others along the way. When we finally came out we found the streets absolutely flooded with people. Hundreds, and hundreds. Drinking, smoking and being merry. We joined in, and I kept Wyat from buying a street hot dog from one of the many vendors. We headed up the road towards our place, and found a second road filled with bar-goers, so we joined in again. This time with some white wines and no food, but stayed out in the street to enjoy the crowd. When we finally made our way through the windy roads home, I blessed myself with a kebab (abiding by my strictly enforced rule to eat every kebab I see while abroad). We slept very, very well that night.
Early Morning
After somehow making it out of bed at a reasonable hour, we spent our day in Porto strolling, with nowhere in specific to go. We sat on a bench for a few hours, actually we sat on multiple benches for hours. We stumbled into a beautiful park with a lookout over the river. We may have ended up missing some of the classic spots and things, but we were mostly just happy to be with one another.


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With the rest of the political world gearing up for the 2012 elections, the Office of Special Counsel on Monday released a long overdue report that said that George W. Bush administration's Office of Public Affairs in 2006 was essentially an extension of the Republican National Committee in the White House.
The report found that the Bush administration regularly broke the Hatch Act, which prohibits the use of federal tax dollars for political activities. The Office of Political Affairs in Bush's White House, overseen by Karl Rove, dispatched cabinet officials to campaign for Republican candidates on the federal dime and forced federal political appointees to attend political meetings during work time, the report concluded.Their efforts to propel the Republicans to electoral success wasn't very successful — 2006 was the first year that Democrats took control of the House and Senate in decades. But the violations the investigation found (including 75 illegal political briefings by GOP appointees at top federal agencies from 2001 to 2007) demonstrated a "systematic misuse of federal resources," according to the OSC.
The consequences for those violations? Nada. OSC has no teeth and is only capable of terminating employees — a sanction that became null-and-void when all the Bush administration left office. A spokesman said that the office had not made a formal referral to the Justice Department to ask it to pursue any possible charges.
By this point, broader recommendations included in the report intended to reform the Office of Political Affairs are also irrelevant. The Obama administration indicated last week they were restructuring their political operations and moving the political staff to the Democratic National Committee. That should help avoid any investigations by the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, whose new Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) wrote a letter to the OSC last summer asking why the report was taking so long. Issa had also requested investigations into allegations of Hatch Act violations during the Obama administration.
Still, it's useful to walk through just how this investigation came about and what it found.
To start, OSC's sordid legacy during the Bush administration could have a negative impact on the legitimacy of the report itself, at least in the eyes of those eager to dismiss it. After all, the investigation started under the reign of Scott Bloch, who headed the office until his resignation in 2008. He's now awaiting sentencing for contempt of Congress for calling Geeks On Call to wipe his computer free of information being sought by Congress. (His sentencing was supposed to be today, but has been bumped back until Feb. 3, according to court records). Bloch didn't respond to a request for comment.
Since Bloch's resignation, the investigation — which was the result of a review of 100,000 pages of documents and interviews with 80 administration officials over the course of three years — has been overseen by an acting director, William E. Reukauf.
OSC's investigation found that in some cases, briefings by the OPA for political appointees were mandatory and that attendance was recorded. An invitation to political appointees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) read: "This meeting is mandatory. It will essentially be the same large meeting that we had last year about this time. So, please clear your schedule, put your pom-poms on, and let's go!!!"
Not only were appointees encouraged to help in Republican races, White House liaisons at several agencies tracked appointees' leave requests made for the purpose of working on campaigns.
As assistant to the chief of staff at the Peace Corps said she kept a spreadsheet showing the agency's appointees and when and where they were volunteering. She said the OPA wanted to know the level of participation, and that she felt the OPA expected all appointees to volunteer.
White House liaisons said political briefings should "put the fear of God" in appointees so they'd sign up for 72-hour deployments around election time.
Some of the most egregious violations of the Hatch Act took place leading up the the 2006 midterm elections, when the report concluded OPA employees "methodically coordinated administration support to aid the campaigns of Republican candidates."
One former OPA intern told investigators that OPA's goal was, in sum, to "get Republicans elected."
OPA rolled out an extensive plan to increase the traveling schedules of cabinet officials in the lead up to the 2006 elections. Surrogate Scheduler Mindy McLaughlin sent an e-mail to White House liaisons at federal agencies on Dec. 12, 2005 telling them that "This year and next promise to be very full of activity as we prepare for the midterm elections. In the coming months you will be receiving more and more requests for travel in targeted regions."
The report concluded that when campaigns "contacted OPA to seek administration appointees to speak at their events — which, by itself, shows OPA's cooperation with and support for political candidates — OPA used the target list to guide the allocation of assets and deploy appointees as speakers to best achieve Republican success in close races," the report said. All of these activities constituted political activities under the Hatch Act.
Additional reporting by Melissa Jeltsen.


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