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Festival of the Dead, Salem, MA
Halloween is the time of year when the shades of the dead whisper from forgotten places and spirits walk among us. The Witches of Salem honor this time with Festival of the Dead, an annual event series that explores deaths macabre customs, heretical histories, and strange rituals. Presented by Salem Witch Christian Day and hosted by the foremost authorities on the spirit world, Festival of the Dead beckons guests to step through the veil into a realm where spirits await.
Festival of the Dead explores deaths mysteries through events that investigate the favored and forbidden ways in which people have honored, celebrated, and secretly delved into lifes inevitable destination.
Daily, October 1 through October 30, 2010:
The Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo, Museum Place Mall, 176 Essex Street, 10am - 10pm
Saturday, October 16, 2010:
Spectral Evidence: Ghost Hunting 101, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 8pm - Midnight
Friday, October 22, 2010:
The Vampires Masquerade Ball, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 8pm - 12:30am
Saturday, October 23, 2010:
Voices of the Dead: Spirit Communication, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 1pm - 5pm
Spectral Evidence: Ghost Hunting 101, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 8pm - Midnight
Sunday, October 24, 2010:
The Mourning Tea, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 10:30am - 2:30pm
Messages from the Spirit World: Salem's Only Authentic Séance, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 7pm - 11pm
Thursday, October 28, 2010:
The Dumb Supper: Dinner With the Dead, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 6:30pm - 10pm
Friday, October 29, 2009:
The Official Salem Witches Halloween Ball, The Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, 7:30pm - 12:30am
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Red Skelton brilliantly delivers the pledge of allegiance... This is really good until the ending.
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Maybe you should show that to the uninformed who think the words "under doG" have always been part of the pledge.
I'm for getting rid of the pledge in it's entirety.
Nice point, Judith.
I feel a pledge is a bit bizarre. The government can tax you whether you say any pretty words or not. Your 'loyalty' to the country you were born in, if you remain where you were born, is not a matter of pledging, it is either existent or non-existent. Chanting words doesn't change that. Liars can lie, hypocrites can be hypocritical. Patriots will stay patriots. The chanting part is just mumbo-jumbo.
The thought popped in my head the other day: With all the 6-7-8 yr olds reciting this pledge, I wonder what would happen if you interviewed them and asked what the words mean. What does "pledge" mean? What is "allegiance?" What is a "republic?" And obviously the answer is that the have no fucking clue. It started to feel a bit "North Korea" to me... a bunch of folks who are crazy nationalists praising the "dear leader" but not knowing why. I loved this clip up until the god part because it's important if you're swearing allegiance to actually know what you're saying.
Red Skelton's public persona and his actual personality were diametrically opposed.
I pledge to be a nice fellow, to be respectful of honesty and good questions, to have compassion, and be well read. To hand trolls their head when necessary, and offer insightful suggestions to truth seekers as time allows. To be circumspect in my sarcasm, but offer humor as good medicine, and laughter to pretentious demogogs. To face correction and mortality with a tempered courage, and hope for a future that might not include my presence.
@ Strega
It's definitely not mumbo-jumbo. I recall reciting the Pledge at government schools while growing up in a military environment. It seems patriotism has fallen our of favor with many and that the attitude of one country being a better place to live than another is not as prevalent. Certainly simple recitation does not necessarily generate loyalty, especially at the age of seven. While I have no problem with someone reciting a pledge to their country, especially if it is done freely and with no obligation, there are undercurrents of mind control involved. The government is attempting to instill national pride and unity, but for what motive?
In one respect the sense of patriotism, in the U.S. at least, is no longer held with the same convictions as older generations (those who remember WWII for instance) felt compelled to display. Is this a good thing? That is an interesting question? Should we drop our idealism and patriotism toward our motherland and adopt the new concept of no boundaries and one world government. I am not sure. Implementation of a utopia seems to be rift with problems like greed, lust of power, and religion.
@ Ed
I cannot imagine what it must be like to have brain-washing patriotism chants at school at that age. It sounds very North Korean to me.
Patriotism is a tool by which the population is engineered to feel good about things that may not be good in their own right. By chanting to the Great Leader or the Stars and Stripes, I have noticed that some Americans feel they are proud of 'defending' America.
The question immediately arises as to whether America is under attack. Other than Pearl Harbor in WWII, I don't think it is.
Oh sure, terrorists will always be a problem, and I am not brushing over the 9/11 atrocity, but that was not a country declaring war - that was simply terrorism - we have seen a lot of that over the years in the UK with the Irish IRA terrorists, and latterly with the Taliban.
I personally love the idea of 'no boundaries' but of course it would be highly difficult to transform from a system that relies so completely on the boundary concept. Nevertheless, I truly hope the internet brings virtual boundary-free zones to us so that we can all benefit from sharing good practices and modern education globally.
Religion, power and war all depend on a "them vs us" mentality to succeed, so you are right that these would be inhibitors to a real global attitude. However, as long as we keep leaning towards a global concept, we can only hope that our future generations will carry that baton forward to real understanding, because it is understanding that leads us towards acceptance.
One day, Ed, one day. Probably not in my lifetime, but perhaps in the lifetimes of those being born in this century? We can hope.
Do you really pledge to Her Maj? We don't, in the UK, I had no idea Canada did that. Other than the USA, Canada and North Korea, is pledging common?
I think the standing bit is in respect of the formality of the office, not the office-holder. If you are declaring that you do not have respect for the office, then there is most probably no need for you to stand. Does anyone really care? Isn't it used to kind of call the room to order?
I'm just asking because I really have no concept of pledge-giving or disrespecting a particular office. I'm not criticizing - I don't understand either enough to have an opinion; I'm simply curious.
The one I remember to this day is the one I recited when joining the armed services. To uphold the Constitution and defend it's principles. I am still VERY comfortable with that.

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Richmond students partner with HUM to cover smaller Olympic teams
by Michael Bociurkiw
VANCOUVER (HN, Feb 18) - Agreeing that the smaller countries at the 2010 Winter Olympics receive little attention, Grade 11 students at RC Palmer Secondary School in Richmond have partnered with HUM to draw more attention to teams sidelined at the Games.
In an assignment which has clearly generated significant excitement, the students were tasked to research about a dozen HUM countries and then build Facebook fan pages for each team. Already colourful, informative pages for San Marino, Tajikistan, Algeria and Armenia are now online and gaining fans.
Said one student: "I feel like this is a great project. We all hear about Canada, America and China but none of us hear about Ghana, Armenia, Ethiopia and other countries that no one hears about. But they are still here...they are still on the world stage. To hear about these smaller countries is very cool."
For the students, Google and YouTube have proven to be powerful tools to find information about the small countries and their athletes. The RC Palmer School administration has also given the students access to a state-of-the-art computer lab to help facilitate the project.
HUM - Human Unlimited Media is the world's first, truly mobile humanitarian news agency, covering 116 mostly impoverished countries that are not part of mainstream media coverage. A sub-unit of HUM - HUMmingbirdz - promotes and develops projects specifically for children and adolescents, to promote global understanding and networking.
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The animal you are looking at is in fact a real living species. To my surprise this sea critter is actually a living breathing slug that lives in the waters of the East and South Coast of South Africa, the European waters, the east coast part of Australia, and Mozambique. Today I will be showing you "how to draw a blue sea slug", step by step or for professional terms the Glaucus Atlanticus. These vibrant looking small slugs look like they came from the James Cameron movie 'Avatar'. People have also said that the blue sea slug looks like a Pokemon species because of the finger like tentacles or limbs. Despite what my version looks like in this drawing lesson, the Glaucus Atlanticus has a violent colored hue stripes over a greyish silver body. Their heads are small, but proportionate with their bodies. These critters only grow to be three centimeters. They are a truly amazing species that most people have never seen before. Even the folks that live near their habitats have never come across the blue sea slug. I really enjoyed drawing this fantasy looking animal because it's almost like drawing something from lore that really does exist. I will be back with another amazing species, but this time it will be a plant instead of an animal. Adios people!
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Does this already exist in literature? The closest Ive been able to find is circumscribe intersection of two ellipsoids with a common center by W. Kahan (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/Ellipint.pdf).
I am looking for a method to circumscribe an ellipsoid over the intersection of two ellipsoids. The ellipsoid do not have a common center.
PS: We can assume that the ellipsoids always intersect and they are full dimensional ellipsoids (not enclosed in a subspace). However, the ellipsoids can be infinite cylinders (if the matrix W for (x-c)^TW(x-c) is not invertible).


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What's Your Favorite Irish Food in NYC?
With St. Patrick's Day a couple weeks away, we're thinking hard about our favorite Irish food and pub grub: the corned beef, the pot pies, the fish and chips. Keep an eye out next week for full itinerary on the Irish food and markets you should be hitting up.
But in the meantime, let's hear it from you: where do you go for good Irish food, and what do you get there? Share your favorite restaurants, pubs, and markets in the comments.


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CBT For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help you to see and think about yourself and situations in your life from different and more productive perspectives. This commonly involves fighting through fear and prescriptive negative thoughts, establishing and building towards viable goals, and keeping yourself in check along the way.
Defeating Depression
You can prevent depression from taking control of your life by trying out some positive practices. Try these simple techniques, and take the first steps towards making depression a thing of the past:
Take a compassionate and self-accepting mindset to reduce any shame you may feel.
Reduce rumination by focusing your attention on the external here and now.
Recognise your negative thoughts as symptoms of depression, not facts.
Gradually reintroduce reinforcement back into your life by scheduling your activities.
Fast-Tracking Your Way from Fear to Freedom
Facing and overcoming your fears can leave you experiencing not only relief but a surprising amount of freedom too. With the following steps you can begin to categorise your fears in order to cut them down:
Make a hierarchy of the situations you fear. Start with your least dreaded situation and progress to your most dreaded situation.
Make a list of your safety behaviours – things you do that you think keep you safe.
Work your way up the hierarchy, dropping your safety behaviours and remaining in the situation.
Stay in the situation until your anxiety decreases by at least half without you doing anything to control it.
Repeat your exposure to your fearful situation over and over again until your fear lessens.
Record your results.
Maintaining Optimum Health with CBT
Making some easy lifestyle changes can help you to keep your health at its best. Here's a short list of simple tips and suggestions that can help you reach and keep up optimum health. Take a look and give them a try.
Eat well and eat regularly. Avoid fast foods and junk foods. Feed your body with wholesome stuff. Make an effort to cook, or learn to cook.
Take lots of exercise. Find sports that you enjoy and join a gym or sports group. Do enough to work up a sweat: Exercise releases a lot of feel-good chemicals called endorphins into your system.
Establish a good sleep pattern. Develop a bedtime routine that gets your body into sleep mode. Try to get up at around the same time each day so that your bedtime also becomes pretty consistent.
Strike a work/life balance. Be sure to make time in your schedule for leisure activities.
Pursue interests. Get yourself absorbed in activities that you enjoy and find rewarding.
Look after your living environment. Make your home a place you like to spend time in – maybe do some essential DIY or redecorate.
Relish your relationships. Spend time with people and socialise on a regular basis. Pay attention to the significant others in your life. If your social circle is limited, make an effort to join clubs and meet new people.
Hold a self-accepting attitude. Give yourself permission to be humanly imperfect and expect the same from others. Turn down your perfectionist tendencies or unrelenting standards.
Aim high. Set yourself goals to overcome any emotional disturbance or for personal development. Many people find that they're happiest when they're working toward a desired outcome.
Have a laugh. Humour really can be the best medicine. Try not to take an overly serious view of yourself and life: Find the funny side in everyday situations.


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Are You Grinding Your Teeth -- in Your Sleep?
Other than forgetting to floss, you might be doing something that severely damages your teeth every night: grinding your teeth. And you might not even know it.
Nearly 10 percent of adults and up to one-third of children grind or clench their teeth in their sleep (and sometimes unconsciously during the day too), a condition known as bruxism. In fact, according to the American Dental Association, more than 95 percent of us will grind our teeth at some point in our lives -- but most of us will go undiagnosed.
The Dangers of Teeth Grinding
Teeth grinding can lead to poor sleep, headaches, earaches and jaw aches, as well as worn tooth enamel, making teeth highly sensitive or even fracturing them. It can also damage your jaw joints.
What causes this strange behavior? According the American Dental Association, bruxism can result from ongoing stress or an abnormal bite. Other suspects include obstructive sleep apnea, heavy alcohol use, caffeine, smoking and certain antidepressant drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro and Paxil.
Get Teeth Grinding Under Control
Most people don't realize that they grind their teeth until their sleep partner tells them (it can be very noisy!) or they visit a dentist who can see the evidence. This is yet another reason that regular visits to your dentist are so essential.
If you suspect you're grinding your teeth at night, visit your dentist ASAP. She can assess the damage, help you figure out the causes and come up with a treatment plan. She might suggest one or more of the following:
· Relaxation exercises: Could psychological stress be a possible cause of teeth grinding? Then meditation, breathing exercises or applying a warm, wet washcloth to the side of your face might help. In more serious cases, counseling or hypnosis might be called for.
· A dental splint or mouth guard: These clear dental appliances are worn on the upper or lower teeth to prevent teeth grinding at night and sometimes during the day. The most effective -- and most comfortable ones -- are those custom-fitted by your dentist. Experts advise against buying mouth guards on the Internet or at a drugstore without your dentist's input.
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· Botox: Yes, the same stuff that can relax wrinkles on your forehead can also relax your jaw and stop you from clenching and grinding. According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, a double-blind, randomized clinical trial found that bruxism decreased "significantly" in the group that got Botox. The effects last several months.
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BARSTOW (AP) — A former Nevada assemblyman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a freeway chase that police in California said ended with a violent struggle hours after he was ousted from office for bizarre behavior.
Steven Brooks, 41, entered the plea in San Bernardino County Superior Court to four counts that include resisting an officer, felony evading and assault on a police animal. A preliminary hearing is set for April 9.
If convicted of all the counts, Brooks could face a maximum sentence of five years, four months in prison. A phone message left for attorney Mitchell Posin, who represents Brooks, was not immediately returned.
Last week, Brooks became the first person in Nevada history to be voted out of office by his colleagues in the Legislature after they cited concerns for their safety and a bizarre series of public incidents.
Brooks was arrested Thursday near the California city of Victorville after police say he attacked a police dog with a wrench and had a struggle with officers.
The chase followed a call from a tow truck driver who argued with a motorist about the cost of fixing a flat tire on a freeway shoulder in Barstow.
It was the third time Brooks has been arrested this year, and it came just hours after his colleagues deemed the Democrat from North Las Vegas to be too dangerous to serve out his term.
Brooks was first arrested on Jan. 19 for investigation of threatening other legislators, including Assembly Democratic Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. Police said a search turned up a gun and ammunition in his car.
He was arrested again on Feb. 10 — less than a week after being sworn into office — following a domestic dispute at the home of his estranged wife, where he allegedly tried to grab an officer's gun.
Brooks faces a court hearing in May in Las Vegas on one felony and three lesser charges.


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In the tradition established this summer at Search Engine Strategies in San Jose, there are more video interviews here in Chicago with interesting people that work in the search marketing industry. I've been shooting short videos with my trusty Sony Cybershot which you can see below.
First up is Gord Hotchkiss from Enquiro who discusses a few details of their most recent eyetracking report which compares Google, Yahoo and MSN search results. Online Marketing Blog did a short review of this report in November.
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Princeton Review Names Ithaca College School of Business Among Nation's Best
ITHACA, NY — For the eighth year in a row, Princeton Review has included the Ithaca College School of Business in its listing of the top business schools in the country. The educational services company features Ithaca's ...
Ithaca College School Of Business Makes Princeton Review List Of Best In The Nation
ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca College School of Business has again been included among the top business schools in the nation in a listing compiled by the Princeton Review. The education services company features the school's Master of Business Administration degree programs in the 2010 edition of "The Best 301 Business Schools" — the fourth straight year Ithaca has...
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Ithaca College's MBA program is one of 15 graduate business programs named to the Princeton Review's "Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools" in the operations category. The list appears in the April 2009 issue of Entrepreneur, the nation's leading publication for and about entrepreneurs.
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ITHACA, NY—The new "green" home of the Ithaca College School of Business will be formally dedicated on Thursday, April 24, as the Dorothy D. and Roy H. Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise. The name represents the support provided by Mrs. Park for the construction of the...
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In 13th century Germany, Medieval Hamelin Town is way too big for its lederhosen! Governed by a spoiled Mayor, his Mommy and stuffy corporate types who have no interest in its hard-working townsfolk, the town is primed to learn some important lessons in life from our heroes, 10-year-old twins Celeste and Ralph. When it seems that no one, other than their Opa Johannes, ever keeps their word, they come up with a plan to make the grown-ups wake up and smell the strudel. After the ridiculous new taxes render this tight-knit family homeless, desperate for help, they encounter a hapless "Minstrel", a flute that has seen better days and of course, lots and lots of rats! Full of comedic twists and live music, this high-energy, original adaptation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin fable is sure to delight audiences of all ages.
Winner of a 2015 Jessie Richardson Award for Design Concept and Execution. Please contact the Sunday Smiles Entertainment Series to purchase tickets to this public performance!


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Art Supplies & Craft Supplies
Whether you're stocking your classroom or your craft room, Quill has everything you need. Stock up on the art supplies you need for DIY kids' crafts or your own fun projects. Browse our selection of quality craft supplies, including everything from colorful construction paper and kid-safe scissors to grown-up crafts made just for you, like adult coloring books, scrapbooking and more.
Art supplies for kids of all ages
DIY kids' crafts are fun for you and your children. While they're actively engaged in making something special, you're able to multi-task. Arts and crafts for kids can be as simple as a box of crayons and a coloring book or as creative as you want. Some items you'll want to keep on hand might include colored construction paper, glue, glitter, crayons, markers, pompoms and Popsicle sticks. Often times, all you have to do is give your kids the tools to be creative. They'll do the rest, occupying their imaginations with fun and creative projects to hang on the fridge.
Craft supplies for school or home
Arts and craft projects offer a great chance to spend quality time with your kids. Making homemade Christmas ornaments, creating Thanksgiving turkey handprint paintings and macaroni art builds memories you and your children will cherish forever. Plus, it's a wonderful learning and development activity that builds your child's confidence that they'll bring with them to school.
Kids art supplies
School Art Supplies: Wonder which school art supplies you'll run out of first? Glue — you can never have enough glue sticks. Another frequently needed item is crayons and markers. Crayons easily get broken by eager little hands and markers dry out quickly without the cap. If you're stocking your classroom and hoping for a cost-effective option, you could buy a bulk pack. Look for multi-packs, like 8-Color Crayola Crayons 400-Count ClassPack or 8-Color Crayola Markers 200-Count ClassPack.
Bulk Craft Supplies
Ask parents to pitch in or split the cost with other teachers. Buying in bulk saves you money and time wasted hunting for more supplies later. Finger painting, pipe cleaner decorations and coloring are great kids' activities for toddlers to kindergarten age kids. Hands-on crafts help young minds grow, developing essential motor skills. Fun craft projects using textiles, like colorful felt, fuzzy pompoms and pipe cleaners are great for sensory development.
Modeling clay, watercolor painting and coffee filter art projects are perfect for elementary age students. For students Grade 5 and older, try teaching more advanced skills, like shading with colored pencils or painting portraits. Collages and decoupage projects are great options for older audiences who want more creative freedom.
Crafting supplies for you
Crafting is therapeutic, not to mention fun! If you're Pinterest boards are brimming with fun craft projects, it's time to get started. Whether you're working DIY gifts for the holidays, décor or simply destressing, you'll find everything you need to unleash your inner creativity at Quill. Coloring books are not just for kids anymore. Adult coloring books are widely popular. Spend some time unwinding with an adult coloring book and some colored pencils and let your hectic day melt away.
Maybe scrapbooking is your thing. Find all the paper craft supplies you need to fill the pages of your memory book with creative layouts that will last a lifetime. If you're just getting started, try a scrapbook kit. They often come with themed scrapbook pages, paper picture frames, stickers and other embellishments to create a beautiful book. As you build your scrapbook supplies, you'll want to stay organized. Try a handy scrapbook paper storage container to protect pages.


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Writer Brian Heater joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of virtual reality porno, Brian's visit to a murder hotel, and Jordan's new update to the Summer Boi protocol. Plus, the guys make a new dank meme and cater to the ASMR community.
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Some bands thrive in the cultural middleground. You can play their music in the grocery store, and no one objects. Neither the jam band Phish nor the horrorcore hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse plays that kind of music. Each group has a rabid, devoted following of fans, and on the flip side, has inspired intense loathing. Phish's noodley covers and original songs are derided as music for druggies and hacky-sack playing college students. Insane Clown Posse and their dark, often violent music is for "Juggalos", their group of Faygo-drinking, clown makeup- wearing fans.
As a longtime culture critic and former Head Writer of The Onion's AV Club, Nathan Rabin thought he was immune to the draw of either group. Their music and communities weren't high-brow. They weren't terribly fashionable or cool. So he set out to write a kind of sociological text about the groups, and find out why they had such die-hard fans. He didn't know he would end up a convert.
Rabin's new book is You Don't Know Me, But You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, And My Adventures With Two Of Music's Most Maligned Tribes.
Rabin tells us about his psychedelic experiences at their concerts, his mental breakdown halfway through researching the book, and finding solace in music and community among Phish Heads and Juggalos.
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Brian Heater and Alex Zalben stop by to recommend their favorite graphic novels as of late.
Brian recommends Aesthetics: A Memoir by Ivan Brunetti. A self-taught artist, illustrator for the New Yorker, and currently on faculty at Columbia College Chicago, Brunetti examines his many influences and how they combined to make his unique, simple, DIY style.
Alex suggests Matt Kindt's Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes. In the town of Red Wheelbarrow, no crime gets by Detective Gould. But can this hardboiled detective connect the dots between a young woman who obsessively steals chairs, a man who carts dirt around town, and a photographer whose subject matter is others' private tragedies?
Brian Heater is the author of BoingBoing's comics column, Comics Rack. He also hosts the new podcast, Recommended if you Like.
Alex Zalben is a producer for MTV Geek and host of the Nerdist podcast Comic Book Club.
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This interview originally aired in 2008.
Benjamin Nugent's book American Nerd explores a people and their history. Nerds have been an archetype for decades now. But where did they come from? What is a "nerd", anyway? Benjamin Nugent set out to write a loving portrait of nerds and nerdiness -- including his own.
He talks to us about the origins of "nerds" in the humor pages of college newspapers, Saturday Night Live's first dig at nerds , and the underappreciated toughness of his nerdy friends in middle school.
Nugent released a novel, Good Kids, earlier this year.
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Jesse recommends the 1981 noir Thief, starring James Caan. It's a crime thriller about one last job, but it's just as much about running from loneliness as it is about running from the cops. Director Michael Mann infuses it with a cool, dark beauty unlike any robbery film you've seen.
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BoingBoing comics editor Brian Heater and MTV Geek's Alex Zalben are here to talk comics. Brian suggests checking out Peter Bagge's Other Stuff, a collection of the cartoonist's side projects since the 90s. Alex's pick is Relish: My Life In The Kitchen, a unique comic that's part memoir and part cookbook.
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In the late 1970s and early 80s, NBC had a lot in common with...well, NBC today. The network was consistently behind in the ratings, with not a whole lot to lose. That might partially explain why a young executive named Warren Littlefield was able to approve a couple of shows that, on paper, didn't look all that promising. One of them found itself with the lowest ratings in all of TV at the end of the first season. The other show was a family sitcom that ABC rejected, after executives there proclaimed that family sitcoms were dead. Not the best odds, right? But those two shows – Cheers and The Cosby Show, respectively – went on to become two of the most important sitcoms in television's history, leading directly to the development of the Thursday night powerhouse that was Must-See TV.
Littlefield left NBC in 1998; since then, the network's fortunes have changed pretty dramatically and Must-See TV no longer exists for ANY channel. So Littlefield is taking a look back at NBC's glory years in an oral history called Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV, which was just released in paperback. Littlefield joins us to discuss how NBC's shows changed primetime, how the shows forged intimate connections with viewers, and the pleasures and sorrows of working with a pre-rehab Kelsey Grammer.
BUT WAIT -- there's more. If you want to know why Warren thinks Norm MacDonald was fired from SNL, or why he backed Leno as the successor to the Late Night throne... Listen here for an extended cut of our interview with him, and share it with your friends.
In Canonball, we take a flying leap into the canon of popular music. We're joined by professor and music writer Oliver Wang to talk about an Al Green album that deserves your attention. No, it's not Green's chart-topping record Let's Stay Together. Wang says that it was Al Green's followup to that album that really rattled him to his core.
Wang talks to us about 1973's I'm Still in Love with You, the record that created a new kind of soul music. Green's beautiful, if flawed voice, was merged with Willie Mitchell's innovative rhythm section and a new sound emerged.
You can find Oliver Wang's thoughts on soul rarities and more on his blog, Soul Sides.
Special thanks to Chris Berube, who edited Canonball for us this week.
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What do you do when you're mad? Not just a little miffed, but angry – so angry that you're shaking? Jesse finds a way out through Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are.
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Brian Heater of BoingBoing and Alex Zalben of MTV Geek join us to talk comics. Brian's pick is Wimbledon Green by Seth, an unusual and wonderful sketchbook story about "the greatest comic book collector in the world." Alex recommends Jason Brubaker's reMIND, a graphic novel about a woman and her cat, who mysteriously gains the ability to talk.
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Almost everyone experiences trials and tribulations in childhood to come out as a reasonably functioning adult on the other side. But in the case of comedian Moshe Kasher, that change was virtually miraculous.
He was a child shuttled between two divorced deaf parents, a Hasidic father in New York and a hippie mother in Oakland. By the age of twelve, he'd been in psychoanalysis for eight years. He had a burgeoning interest in drugs. And he was just getting started. He's chronicled his early years in a memoir called Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16, and that title should give a good idea of the wild stories it contains. The book is engaging, redemptive, and wildly funny. We spoke to Moshe last year, and the book is out in paperback this month.
Moshe joins us to share stories from his upbringing, and shed some light on how he eventually got right and saved himself from addiction, anger, and violence.
This interview originally aired in March 2012.
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Lateef the Truthspeaker is an Oakland MC and one of the founding members of the hip-hop collective / record label Quannum Projects, whose members include DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Blackalicious. He talks to us about the song that changed his life, Cloudburst, by the jazz group Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross.
Lateef and longtime collaborator Lyrics Born released a new EP, Disconnection, late last year under the name Latyrx. A full-length album is due out in 2013.
This segment originally aired in March 2012.
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Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin are the directors behind the Academy Award-winning, emotionally-charged sports documentary Undefeated. The film follows a challenging season for the Manassas Tigers, an underdog football team in North Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers had traditionally been a team with troubles both on and off the field. Its fortunes changed under volunteer coach Bill Courtney, dedicated not only to excellence on the field, but in fostering resilient players off of it. As Coach Courtney says, "There's a story under every helmet," and Undefeated tells a few of them.
Dan and T.J. talk to us about developing the story of the film, the challenges of shaping a narrative when the events unfolding are out of your control, and the experience of following a handful of teens throughout their senior year of high school.
After a long wait, Undefeated is now out on DVD and on VOD.
This interview originally aired in March 2012.
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Jesse shines a light on one of the lesser-known members of Atlanta's Dungeon Family hip-hop collective. Witchdoctor (born Erin Johnson) might not be as famous as Family members OutKast, Cee-Lo Green or Goodie Mob, but his 1998 album A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual just might be the best record of its time and place.
This segment originally aired in March 2012.
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Brian Heater and Alex Zalben join us this week to share some comics picks. Alex suggests you check out Matt Fraction's Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon, a superhero comic about everyday stuff -- like attending a BBQ. Brian recommends Anders Nilsen's Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, a very moving pastiche of a couple's relationship.
Brian Heater curates Boing Boing's comics column, and Alex Zalben writes about comics for MTV Geek.
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George Saunders could have been a geophysicist. In fact, he was one. He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and worked in the oil fields of Sumatra. He came to fiction writing a little later in life, attending Syracuse University's creative writing program (where he now teaches).
Saunders is now well-recognized as one of the greatest short story writers and satirists of our time. He's been awarded a MacArthur "Genius" grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship, along with piles of literary accolades for his collections, which include Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. His stories often explore a world much like our own, just slightly more grotesque -- societies that are terrifying and recognizable. His writing is incisive, sad, and also really funny. His new collection, Tenth of December, is out now.
Saunders talks to us about how people interpret luck and what they do with it, drawing inspiration from a disturbing dream, and unyielding financial pressure (the kind that doesn't even lift when you win a major award).
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Maria Bamford's comedy is weird and wonderfully distinctive. She's just released a new special, recorded at her home, where she performs a stand up set with breaks "off-stage" to take cookies out of the oven and administer medicine to her pet pug. Her comedy takes on a number of difficult issues, ones that are personal to her -- mental illness, suicidal thoughts, or tough family dynamics (she describes her family's favorite pastime as "Joy Whack-a-Mole"). But she doesn't use humor as a shield. She uses it to confront an issue, point-blank.
Bamford talks to us about why she chose to perform a special in front of her parents, processing awful experiences or feelings into jokes, and why she describes herself as "the orchid of comedy".
The Special Special Special is available now. Her new Comedy Central CD / DVD special, Ask Me About My New God, is due out later this year.
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Jesse ruminates on alone time and... William Carlos Williams' "Danse Russe".
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Brian Heater and Alex Zalben join us this week to share some comics picks. Alex suggests you check out Derek Kirk Kim's Tune: Vanishing Point, a charming, insightful graphic novel with a great twist at the end. Brian recommends the 73rd issue of John Porcellino's King Cat, a long-running, autobiographical mini-comic featuring tight, minimalist artwork and storytelling.
Brian Heater curates Boing Boing's comics column, and Alex Zalben writes about comics for MTV Geek.
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Judd Apatow is a man who wears many hats: director, producer, screenwriter, husband, and father to name a few. His new movie, This is 40, explores the struggle many married couples face as they try to keep careers and children sorted while nurturing a strong relationship. Apatow talks about his relationship with his wife and collaborator, Leslie Mann, grappling with insecurity, and the source of his lifelong aversion to being the "bad guy." He also fills us in on the latest Pee-Wee Herman movie news.
This is 40 opens in theaters December 21st.
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Jason Reece of the band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead spent many of his teenage years listening to stereotypical punk music from the 80s, and while he loved music, he felt stuck and uninspired by the genre. Fortunately, he stumbled across the Fugazi album 13 Songs in a record store. The song "Waiting Room" changed his perception of what punk music could be.
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's most recent album is called Lost Songs.
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Dolly Parton's beautiful voice could have easily carried her through life. Parton's unwavering drive and embrace of hard work meant she was ready and willing to carve her own path, however, despite the great sacrifices such commitment required. Parton joins us this week to discuss some of these sacrifices, how they have affected her life, and how she feels about them now. She also shares stories from her childhood (having grown up in a large family in the mountains of Tennessee, Parton has no shortage of fondly remembered anecdotes) and relates the story behind one of her most well-loved songs, "I Will Always Love You."
Dolly Parton's new book is called Dream More, and it is available now.
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ego trip's Big Book of Racism takes the beloved coffee table book genre and flips it on its head – it's a book you might hesitate to display in your living room, just based on its provocative title. The content, however, is a pitch-perfect analysis of the absurdity of racism in modern and historical times – observations any host should be glad to broadcast to his or her guests.
Brian Heater and Alex Zalben join us this week to share some great comics. Brian recommends Skyscrapers Of The Midwest by Joshua Cotter, a beautifully illustrated story of growing up and imagination. Alex suggests Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson, an exploration of young adults living in New York in the 90s, informed by the author's life experiences.
Brian Heater curates Boing Boing's monthly comics round-up, Comics Rack. You can also find his work on Engadget. Alex Zalben covers comics for MTV Geek and hosts Comic Book Club Live in New York City.
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Ice-T is a rapper and actor with more than ten albums and nearly eighty acting credits to his name. He's also one of the forefathers of west coast hip-hop. He's added "filmmaker" to an already diverse resume with his directorial debut: the hip hop documentary Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap. The film is now available on DVD and VOD.
Ice sits down with us to talk about his desire to bring an artful appreciation to hip hop's origins and about going through his phone book to sit down with friends to discuss the craft. He'll also answer that lingering question: did he ghostwrite for an 80s rap album by Mister T? This interview originally aired June 12, 2012.
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For much of his musical career, Aaron Freeman might have been better known to you as Gene Ween, guitarist and co-founder of the experimental rock band Ween.
In May, Freeman released his first solo record, Marvelous Clouds, a collection of covers of songs by 60s poet/songwriter Rod McKuen. Earlier this year, Freeman announced he was retiring the Gene Ween persona for good. This week he tells us about the song that changed his life: Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry". This interview originally aired June 12, 2012.
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Greta Gerwig is an actress and filmmaker, whose starring role in the 2007 comedy Hannah Takes the Stairs put her right at the heart of the mumblecore movement. She's since gone on to leading roles in bigger indies alongside Ben Stiller in Greenberg, as well as major motion pictures like Arthur, opposite Russell Brand. The indie darling has had a particularly prominent year in 2012, with starring roles in Damsels in Distress, Lola Versus, and Woody Allen's To Rome with Love. All are available now on DVD.
Greta joins us to discuss her artistic upbringing in Sacramento (complete with dreams of being a ballerina) and her meteoric and slightly serendipitous rise as an actress. This interview originally aired June 12, 2012.
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On this week's Outshot, Jesse misses the old days of pure wacky comedy insanity exemplified by the unfiltered goofiness of Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I. This segment originally aired June 12, 2012.
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Brian Heater and Alex Zalben return with more of their favorite comics. Brian recommends Gabrielle Bell's collected diary comics in The Voyeurs. Alex Zalben suggests you check out The Manhattan Projects: Volume 1, which begs the question -- what if the creation of the atomic bomb was a cover for even more sinister and weird activities?
Brian Heater is the founder of indie comics site The Daily Cross Hatch and the new comics contributor at BoingBoing. Alex Zalben writes about comics for MTV Geek and hosts NYC's Comic Book Club Live. He's also currently Kickstarting a new mystery comic called Detective Honeybear.
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The Nigerian band leader Fela Kuti had a vision for a new kind of music that would synthesise traditional African rhythms, highlife and pop music and American jazz and funk. He decided to sing in pidgin English, so the music could be understood and enjoyed throughout Africa. The music became known as afrobeat, and Fela is widely celebrated as a pioneer of the form.
Martín Perna and Jordan McLean continue in Fela's tradition with their NYC-based afrobeat orchestra Antibalas. Perna founded the band in 1998 and was joined by lead trumpeter McLean and a host of other musicians to create a sound reminiscent of both Fela's Africa 70 and Eddie Palmieri's salsa-fusion group Harlem River Drive.
Their new album is the self-titled release Antibalas.
Perna and McLean discuss the virtues of the bari sax, a pan-American sound, and the Broadway production of Fela!.
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Brent Weinbach does stand up comedy, but his past records have included lots of tracks recorded without an audience -- alone, in a studio. His particular brand of weird, brooding and often dark comedy earned him an Andy Kaufman Award just a few years ago.
His new album, Mostly Live, was recorded at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles and has more audience interaction. In fact, he gave one lucky audience member a short impromptu acting lesson.
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Wayne White's name may not ring a bell with you, but his artwork likely would. You may have been of the age to regularly watch Pee-wee's Playhouse on Saturday mornings in the late 1980s and early 90s, when he designed sets and puppets for Pee-wee's amazing and kitschy playhouse. Or maybe you've seen the visually striking music videos he worked on for The Smashing Pumpkins and Peter Gabriel. Eschewing the idea that people should "do one thing, and do it well," White has experimented throughout his career with animation, puppetry, set design and fine art.
Neil Berkeley befriended White when they worked together in design and wanted to showcase White's cultural impact. He's made his directorial debut with a documentary about White's life and artwork called Beauty is Embarrassing.
White and Berkeley talk to us about deconstructing puppetry, White's Southern roots, and the backstage world of Pee-wee's Playhouse.
Beauty is Embarrassing is in select theaters nationwide and rolling out throughout the fall; you can find a theater near you on the film's site.
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Self-released mixtapes often end up consisting of the dregs of an artist's work. If you're looking for a mixtape that's carefully crafted, Jesse suggests LiveLoveA$AP by A$AP Rocky.
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Brian Heater joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the mile high club, a dog beach in Southern California, Bob Mould, and Jordan's psycho neighbor.
Brian Heater and Alex Zalben bring some of their all-time favorites to the table this week.
Brian recommends Cleveland by Harvey Pekar, the self-deprecating writer best known for American Splendor. Alex Zalben suggests you check out Concrete: The Human Dilemma by Paul Chadwick.
Brian Heater is journalist and the Editor-In-Chief of The Daily Cross Hatch. Alex Zalben writes about comics for MTV Geek and hosts NYC's Comic Book Club Live.
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Michael Ian Black is an actor, comedian and author perhaps best known from his work with the sketch comedy troupe The State, or from his subsequent collaborations with State-mates both on television (Stella, Michael & Michael Have Issues) and film (Wet Hot American Summer). His charming smarminess made him a perfect fit for the talking-head format of VH1, but that public persona is a troubling aspect of his life -- one of many issues discussed in his memoir, You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations. He goes in-depth on the issues of his marriage, parenthood, and personhood, and the result is a book that is shockingly honest, informative, and incredibly funny.
Michael talks about re-committing himself to marriage in six week intervals, getting into stand-up comedy late in life, and his obsession with Googling "Fat Kevin Federline." He co-hosts the podcast Mike & Tom Eat Snacks and has two new books out this year -- a political commentary with Meghan McCain, and his memoir You're Not Doing It Right. (Originally aired May 1, 2012)
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If you watch the Super Bowl, or even just television, you probably know comedian Pete Holmes best from commercials, where he adorably doles out financial advice as the voice of the E-Trade baby. Last year he was named one of Variety's Ten Comics to Watch, and with good reason. As a stand-up, Holmes has a mostly goofy and positive energy. But as he reveals on his new album Impregnated With Wonder, there is one thing that can really set him off: a bad sandwich.
You can find Pete's podcast You Made It Weird on iTunes, or by visiting Nerdist.com. (Originally aired May 1, 2012)
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Tom Bissell is a journalist, video game critic and author whose latest book, Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation, is a series of pieces attempting to capture all angles of the creative process, in all sorts of artistic forms: from Herman Melville, writer of Moby Dick, to Chuck Lorre, creator of Two and a Half Men; from the mind of filmmaker Werner Herzog to the madness of The Room's Tommy Wiseau. Magic Hours collects the best of Bissell's ten-year career, with essays featured in The New Yorker and Harper's, as well as several pieces written solely for the book.
Tom joins us to discuss the dumb luck that makes some books resounding classics of literature while others fade from the collective conscious, and the value (or lack thereof) of a journalism degree. You can find his video game writing online at Grantland.com. Magic Hours is now available in bookstores everywhere. (Originally aired May 1, 2012)
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On this week's Outshot, Jesse recommends one of his absolute favorite shows, the brilliantly profane political satire The Thick of It -- particularly its foul-mouthed protagonist Malcolm Tucker. The show is now available to US audiences on Hulu. (Originally aired May 1, 2012)
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Weekend Links is a collection of the interesting bits and pieces that I've come across on the streets and online. The weekly post is my chance to share with you a few things that I have enjoyed, in a list compiled during the weekend. I hope you enjoy them as well.
A few things I experienced this week: 1. Listening to Inside the Icelandic Music Scene on KEXP 2. More planning for a (mostly) vegetarian Thanksgiving celebration (pictured above). 3. Wanting this cute owl (via Elsa May) 4. Reading about Jonathan Safran Foer's unique formatted upcoming book (pictured below via simonvanoldenbeek) 5. Wishing for the Portland Farmer's Market in my backyard when I look at these photos (via @blueeyesbren) 6. Scouring the program of the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam, which begins on Wednesday 7. Planning for a trip to Porto, Portugal this week and Cologne, Germany this weekend


text: Some Common Objective Test-Taking Strategies Set up a mental schedule for progressing through a timed test. For example, make a mental note to check whether you're one-third finished when a third of your time is gone. Don't waste time pondering difficult questions. With DSST and CLEP exams, there is no deduction for a wrong answer, so make your best guess, or come back to it later if you have time. Don't "read into" questions. Often simple-looking questions are just what they appear to be. Don't make the question much more complex than it is intended to be. As you read the stem of each multiple-choice question, try to anticipate the answer before looking at the options. If your answer is among the choices, it is likely to be correct. Always read the question carefully and completely. There may be a better option down the list. Learn how to quickly eliminate options that are implausible. Discard these answers fast. Understand that information relevant to one question is sometimes given away in another test question. In contrast, options that carefully qualify statements tend to be correct. Note words like not, but, except. You might try rephrasing the questions. Think vocabulary. Study specific terms, facts, names and key words; become proficient in the language of the subject matter. Flashcards may help. If you need extra time or other accommodations due to any disability, please notify the testing center BEFORE registering for the exam. Tips on Dealing with Test-Taking Anxiety Try to get into a "fighting" attitude and "attack" the questions. Start with the easy questions to build confidence. It is also often recommended that students do not talk with other test takers because anxiety can be contagious. Catch your breath before starting the exam. Remember that test-taking skills are acquired gradually and test-taking gets easier with practice. Be patient with yourself. GOOD LUCK!


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Native snake of the Nebraska Sandhills
When I was a child on the ranch in the Sandhills, the three snakes we saw most often were garter snakes, bull snakes, and sand adders.
In the previous sentence, I linked the words "bull snakes" and "garter snakes" to photographs, but I didn't link "sand adder" because I've never been completely sure what sand adders are!
Toad Eaters
Apparently, "sand adder" is a local name for the snake. A Google search for "'sand adder' Nebraska" has only one result -- Shirley Baker Jipp's mention of the sand adder in the online sample chapter from her book, Sand Beneath My Shoes. "Occasionally a saucy, brown sand-adder, gliding through the sandy path, startled us."
After reading about and looking at snakes on the internet this evening, I suspect that the sand adder was a hognose snake. The size, coloration and markings of the hognose are compatible with the sand adder.
I found several types of hognose snakes mentioned as residents of Nebraska -- plains hognose, western hognose, and eastern hognose. They are all fairly similar in appearance, and apparently all of them like sandy areas.
One other reason that I believe the sand adder was a hognose snake is that hognoses eat amphibians, especially toads. I remember several times finding a sand adder in the process of consuming some poor toad.
My mother was always very fond of the toads in her garden, and she once killed a sand adder with her hoe because he was eating one of them. I don't know what happened to the toad. I hope he survived!
Hognoses have an upturned upper lip which is the surefire identifying characteristic of this snake. I never looked closely enough at a sand adder's mouth to know if its upper lip was curled or not.
Dangerous As They Look?
Many Sandhill folk believed that sand adders were poisonous snakes, or at least had heard that they were poisonous and weren't taking any chances to disprove the rumor. As children, we certainly believed they were poisonous, and a few years ago, I mentioned sand adders to my Sandhills friend, Sammie, and she too had grown up thinking they were poisonous.
Despite our fear of the sand adder, I've never seen it listed as one of Nebraska's poisonous snakes. But after researching them this evening, I understand why sand adders (which were probably hognoses) were widely rumored to be poisonous.
The Fort Riley (KS) Army website notes, "These snakes have an interesting defense mechanism. When threatened, they will first hiss loudly and flatten their hood similar to a cobra. If that doesn't work, they will then regurgitate food, roll over and play dead."
The Audubon Magazine gives more detail:
It is probably no coincidence that the eastern hognose sometimes resembles the timber rattlesnake, while the western hognose appears to be modeled after the prairie rattlesnake.
Also known as "puff adders" and "blow vipers," hognose snakes respond to perceived threats by coiling and rattling their tails against leaves or grass, puffing up their bodies and flattening their necks, hissing and striking (though almost never biting).
If this fails, they roll on their backs and feign death, sometimes emitting drops of blood from gaping mouths and cloacae. Turn a "dead" hognose on its stomach and it will roll over on its back again.
The nonvenomous hognose lacks fangs, but it has enlarged rear teeth, perhaps designed to puncture toads that have inflated themselves as a means of defense.
I never threatened a sand adder, so it never had to go into the radical Phase 2 behavior with me. Phase 1 was enough to send me speeding away.
Trailquest.net comments that the easiest way to distinguish between the eastern hognose and a cottonmouth moccasin is the hognose's upturned lip. Apparently they look a lot alike, otherwise.
The University of Nebraska's website, "Poisonous Snakes in Nebraska," urges caution of snakes with a triangular head that is larger than the neck, then comments, "However, several other snakes, including garter snakes, hognose snakes, and bullsnakes may also display this characteristic, especially when alarmed."
Reasonable Caution
All in all, it's not surprising if Sandhill folks thought the sand adder (hognose?) might be poisonous. Our parents and grandparents wisely passed on to us a message of caution that they had heard in their own childhood days about this little snake.
I was an adult before I had a flash of insight one day and realized that the name of the snake was "sand adder" not "san-dadder" as I had always heard, pronounced and visualized the word. Now it seems I must admit that they weren't even poisonous. Somehow, I'm a bit disappointed.
Photographer: LA Dawson
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With Portal 2's arrival, lemons replaced cake as the game's edible meme. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, read up here) So before this one is totally played out, let's acknowledge one of its more creative applications: these prop lemon hand grenades, by flickr user ammnra.
A creator of Portal-themed props, ammnra saw some fake lemons in a craft store "and couldn't resist." They're made of the plastic fruit; airsoft bb loaders forming the spoons; "random springs to make the spoons fly off when you pull the pins," and hacked chips from musical greeting cards that play Cave Johnson's lemon rant, followed by a boom.
Not for sale. (We think).
Combustible Lemons [by ammnra; Flickr. Via boing boing. H/T karnie]


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Many of the details of events that lead us into the disastrous invasion of Iraq are fading, like too many other important details tend to do. One of the things the Bush administration did was to get rid of the director of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, José Bustani. Bustani got some justice when he won the Nobel Peace Prize, To Ousted Boss, Arms Watchdog Was Seen as an Obstacle in Iraq
But Mr. Bustani and some senior officials, both in Brazil and the United States, say Washington acted because it believed that the organization under Mr. Bustani threatened to become an obstacle to the administration's plans to invade Iraq. As justification, Washington was claiming that Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi leader, possessed chemical weapons, but Mr. Bustani said his own experts had told him that those weapons were destroyed in the 1990s, after the Persian Gulf war.
"Everybody knew there weren't any," he said. "An inspection would make it obvious there were no weapons to destroy. This would completely nullify the decision to invade."
…..Getting Mr. Bustani fired took some doing. Washington failed to obtain a no-confidence motion from the chemical weapons watchdog's executive council. Then the United States, which was responsible for 22 percent of the agency's budget at the time, threatened to cut off its financing and warned that several other countries, including Japan, would follow suit, diplomats have said.
Former UN ambassador John Bolton ( and unbelievably also mentioned to be a possible presidential candidate in 2016) said that Bustani did not make the chemical weapons argument until after the invasion. Which is ridiculous considering the timeline, Bustani was working on getting Iraq to join the OPCW since the late 90s and was getting more and more cooperation. Bolton was and still is a very good neocon, he believes in the doctrine of the Big Lie, repeated loud and often, he is a master of bull. He probably suffers from something like O.J. syndrome, he has been BSing for so long he has begun to believe the twisted narrative in his head.
Grand Bal poster for a Swiss film festival, March 23, 1929. They're difficult to see, but the Cubist-style jazz musicians are an especially nice touch.


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How To: Care for Color Treated Hair and Extensions
Part of the allure of hair extensions is being able to change your entire look in the matter of an afternoon. You can go kinky, straight, or wavy, with locks down to your feet or a short bob. In addition to changing the length and texture of your hair, you can also change the color. Many women get extensions specifically to try out a new color that would be too drastic a change or too damaging on their own strands. Hair extensions are a costly endeavor in and of themselves, and you've had to learn how to take care of the hair to make it look good for as long as possible. If you've colored your hair extensions, you've now added an extra chemical process on them. Chances are, they may have already been chemically processed to begin with, so now it's really important that you know what to do to in order to protect your investment.
- Use shampoos and conditioners that work best with color-treated hair. The wrong type of shampoo can be loaded with sulfates that can strip the hair. The best color safe shampoos and conditioners safely cleanse the hair while deep conditioning it as well. Color safe shampoos can even be specific to a certain color, so if you've dyed your hair a rich, bronze red, look for color safe shampoos that can enhance the color. Check with the manufacturer of the hair dye to see if there's a shampoo and conditioner that they recommend. They may manufacture a color-safe shampoo themselves.
- Try and use virgin, human hair extensions if you can. They've not been chemically treated, and will be less prone to damage by the process. This is especially important if you're trying to lighten black or brown-black hair. You'll have to first lift the color from the hair before applying your desired color, and human hair that's already been processed prior to dyeing probably won't escape unscathed. If you can, buy human hair extensions that are as close to your desired color as possible.
- Use a good quality, permanent dye on your hair. Make sure to get good coverage the first time around because you don't want to have to do it again later. Dyeing is a chemical process that can dry out the hair causing damage, so it's not something that should be performed twice on extension hair. To be safe, have an experienced stylist color the hair so that it's done right the first time.
- Before applying the dye, do a strand test first. You want to make sure that the color will take, and that it will turn the exact color that you want. If you're going to leave some of your own natural hair out when you are wearing the extensions, you'll probably want to have your own hair match the color of the extensions. If you're trying to match the extension to your hair own hair color, you're fine. If you need to dye your own hair to match the desired color of the hair extension, dye your own hair prior to installing the extension. That way you can ensure proper coverage on every bit of your own hair that you need to dye.


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What do Albert Einstein, Margaret Atwood, and Neil Peart have in common?
On the surface, not much. Einstein was a famous scientist, Atwood is a well-known author, and Peart is the drummer from the legendary Canadian rock band Rush. Though they have diverse backgrounds, these people do have one thing in common: They're all humanists.
What is a humanist? A humanist is someone who values evidence over opinion, who values rational thought over reactionary thought, and who believes that human beings can solve their own problems without appealing for help from the supernatural. They value compassion over hate, facts over faith, and they tend to think that one of the best things to do in life is to serve their community in some way.
The Comox Valley Humanists was started several months by Tony de Castro. He wanted to bring together people who share some or most of the above values and talk about issues in the world from a humanist perspective.
What have Tony and the other members liked about the group so far?
"The fact that we all get to know people we would not normally have a chance to meet. Our group has members from all sorts of backgrounds. We don't always agree on everything, but it is a wonderful learning experience and it teaches us to be more tolerant of other peoples' views."
The Comox Valley Humanists invite everyone who is interested to come to their next meeting. Check out their website, cvhumanists.org and e-mail email@example.com for more information.
The meeting starts this Saturday at 10 a.m. at Serious Coffee in Courtenay. The topic for discussion will be Funding Faithful Science.


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Signs of Life: Spring 2011
Domestic Workers Win Bill of Rights
A long-excluded workforce finally gets the protections it deserves.
The first law in the United States establishing rights for domestic workers—privately employed nannies, housekeepers, and elder-care providers—went into effect in New York state in November.
"This is a workforce that has been excluded from the labor laws of this country, whose work has never been seen as real work … who work long hours—sometimes 50 and 70 hours per week for less than minimum wage," says Joycelyn Gill-Campbell, organizing coodinator of Domestic Workers United (DWU).
A study by DWU found that of more than 200,000 domestic workers in New York state, 26 percent made wages below the poverty line or below minimum wage, 43 percent worked 50 hours a week or more, an 67 percent didn't receive pay for overtime.
The new law, the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, requires a minimum of one day off a week, three days paid vacation a year, overtime pay, and protection against discrimination and harassment.
DWU, a New York-based organization that informs workers of their rights at the neighborhood level, campaigned for six years for the new law. It is now advocating for inclusion of domestic workers in the New York State Labor Relations Act, which would provide them the right of collective bargaining.
In California, a domestic workers rights bill passed by the state assembly in 2006 was vetoed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Organizations working to pass another law in the state are encouraged by the success in New York, while domestic workers in Massachusetts and Colorado are campaigning for domestic workers' rights laws in their states.
The National Domestic Workers Alliance, an association of
33 member organizations, is aiming for reform of regulations at the federal level that will allow the Department of Labor to improve enforcement of laws protecting domestic workers.
—Caitlin Battersby is an editorial intern at YES!
Fair-Labor Logos Find Factory Home
A new wave of campus clothing that's made with a livable wage.
For more than a decade, activists urged college-logo clothing manufacturers to end poverty wages and labor rights violations in their factories. Campus-based organizations like United Students Against Sweatshops pressured companies to allow monitoring by the labor rights watchdog Worker Rights Consortium (WRC).
These campaigns won a major breakthrough when Alta Gracia Apparel adopted a new business model designed to provide high standards for fair-labor conditions. The Alta Gracia factory, owned by American company Knights Apparel, opened in the Dominican Republic in August 2010 to produce college-logo clothing in cooperation with the local garment workers' union.
Alta Gracia exceeds industry norms by paying a living wage—more than three and a half times the Dominican minimum. Based on a WRC cost-of-living study, this salario digno, or "dignified wage," enables Alta Gracia workers to support their families, covering the costs of food, housing, health care, transportation, and education for their children.
Higher wages from the factory have had a ripple effect in the surrounding community. Food stands have opened to greet the lunch rush, shiny new motorcycle taxis scoot workers to and from the factory, and construction companies are building more secure and livable homes.
The Alta Gracia model also extends the notion of "school pride" beyond the American college campuses where the company sells its products. Workers' children have access to early education, and workers themselves can now afford to attend weekend continuing-education classes.
"Alta Gracia has given my family the chance for a better education," says union leader Yenny Perez. "The factory even has a free daycare where my 4-year-old can play while I'm working."
Alta Gracia products are stocked in 350 college bookstores in the United States. They retail at the same price as comparable college-logo apparel, but are the first brand to carry a tag from the WRC confirming that Alta Gracia pays a living wage, respects workers' rights, and allows unrestricted, frequent labor-condition monitoring.
-Rachel Taber is Alta Gracia National Organizer and a University of Washington and United Students Against Sweatshops alumna.
Dealing With U.S. Deficit: Outdoor Playtime For Kids
New Yorkers throw the "Ultimate Block Party" to reclaim play for city kids.
On a crisp, clear day last October, 50,000 parents and children gathered in New York's Central Park to play. There was a drum circle and dancing, a giant game of "Simon Says," and an adventure playground built by kids out of wood, cardboard, and fabric.
The Ultimate Block Party, organized to demonstrate the importance of play, drew five times as many participants as the organizers had expected.
With overbooked family schedules and restrictions on physical freedom, experts in child development worry that many American children are missing out on playtime. According to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, American children spend an average of 7.5 hours per day in front of a TV or computer screen.
"For a child to reach their full potential, unstructured outdoor play is essential," says Fran Mainella, co-chair of the US Play Coalition at Clemson University. "Without the opportunity for play, decision-making, creativity, and imagination are restricted."
The US Play Coalition, an organization of educators, is just one of many groups around the country who are working to correct America's play deficit. Another is KaBOOM!, a nonprofit that helps parents set up neighborhood playgrounds. Their play campaign has established
1,900 playgrounds so far, often starting with community-building play day events.
Play for Tomorrow, a new coalition of educators, researchers, and businesses, organized The Ultimate Block Party in New York, and is working with other cities to host similar giant play day events throughout North America. —Alyssa B. Johnson is an editorial intern with YES!
Tolerance in a Small Town
Residents rally for their Muslim neighbors when authorities target the local Islamic center.
Last summer, during the "Ground Zero Mosque" controversy, the battle for tolerance spread to upstate New York, where the sleepy town of Sidney, population 5,993, suddenly found itself in the media spotlight.
A Sufi Islamic center and farm in the town contains a small cemetery on its grounds. When a member of the Sufi community was killed in a car accident and buried there, Sidney's town supervisor Robert McCarthy called the cemetery illegal and said its two graves might have to be moved. In August 2010 the town's board of supervisors tasked its attorney with researching how to close down the cemetery.
The Sufis, who had in fact obtained the necessary burial permits, expressed outrage at a heated town meeting in October. "Nobody called me. Nobody sent us a letter. You made assumptions about us that were not true," said Meryem Brawley, one of the center's owners.
Amid an overflow crowd of 150 people, one community member after another spoke out in support of the town's Sufi neighbors. In reference to the media's coverage of the controversy, town resident Patrick McElligott said, "For a while, Sidney was put in the hot seat and started to look like the butt of a national joke, but we've overcome that because everybody came together."
The repercussions of the controversy have gone far beyond the town meeting. Two groups—Impeach Bob McCarthy and Sidney First—formed to change the town's leadership.
According to McElligott, more Sidney residents are reaching out to their Muslim neighbors and visiting the center.
Tom Schimmerling, the Sufis' lawyer and the son of Holocaust survivors, was so inspired by the events that he plans to travel across the country in his new turban (a gift from the Sufis) this spring to see for himself what it's like to be Muslim in America. —Sven Eberlein
"We should hope for another American social movement from the bottom—and then join it."
-Frances Fox Piven, longtime scholar of social movements, suggesting that the unemployed mobilize for government investment in public-service programs, infrastructure, and green energy.
Benefit Corps, a New Kind of Company
Corporations committed to both profits and people could change the mindset of the business world.
For-profit corporations have become known over the past two decades for layoffs, outsourcing, and determination to maximize profits for investors—no matter the cost to employees, consumers, or the economy. But such practices may be waning: States across the U.S. are considering laws to enable entrepreneurs to create corporations that do as much for society as they do for their shareholders.
Maryland was the first state to pass Benefit Corporations ("B-Corps") legislation. Co-sponsored by State Senators Jamie Raskin and Brian Frosh and Delegate Brian Feldman, the law, which went into effect in October 2010, creates a new class of corporation committed to having a positive impact on the environment and society. Vermont and New York passed similar legislation in June. Legislators in other states, including California, Colorado, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington, are considering the issue.
Businesses incorporated under B-Corps laws have social goals and commitments written into company bylaws. This ensures that companies will no longer face the hard choice of sacrificing their socially beneficial goals in order to fulfill their responsibility to investors when, for example, an acquisition offer is on the table. Under traditional corporate law, company heads can't refuse such an offer for fear of a lawsuit from shareholders.
"There have been a number of socially conscious companies that have been forced to sell out to large corporations and end up sacrificing the public side of the equation," explains Raskin. "Ben & Jerry's is an excellent example. The directors of the corporation were required to accept a handsome buyout offer even though they knew the business would lose its soul."
B-Corps may choose any goals that will have a measurable "general public benefit." They can go totally "green," offer worker training or literacy programs, or host activities that promote the arts and sciences. Companies incorporated under the law will have to submit an annual report detailing not only their finances but also their good works.
According to Sean Smeeton, president of Taharka Brothers, the law is just the right match for his Baltimore-based ice cream company. The company works to dispel misperceptions about young men from Baltimore's underserved communities, while helping them gain work experience, leadership skills, and the opportunity to become stockholders in Taharka Brothers.
"The Benefit Corp movement should bring a change in mindset to the business world and entrepreneurs," says Smeeton. "The two will be able to acknowledge the vital role business can play in making the world a better place." —Walaika Haskins
According to a poll by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair, most Americans want to protect Social Security.
To balance the U.S. budget, 61 percent favored taxing the rich, 20 percent chose cutting military spending, and only three percent were for cutting Social Security.
RootsAction is a new organization for "economic fairness, equal rights, civil liberties, environmental protections—and defunding endless wars." Supporters include Naomi Klein, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Bill Fletcher Jr.
Public Pressure Saves 2,200 Mountain Acres
An Appalachian victory in the battle against mountaintop mining.
One of the most environmentally damaging mining practices may be on the way out.
In January 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency blocked a proposed West Virginia mining project that would have been among the biggest mountaintop removals in Appalachia. Mountaintop removal is a method of mining that involves blasting the tops off mountains to excavate coal.
The EPA used its authority under the Clean Water Act to veto a permit for Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 Mine to dispose of coal-mine waste in nearby streams.
Had it been allowed to move forward, the project would have destroyed more than 2,200 mountain acres, dumping more than 110 million cubic yards of coal-mine waste into more than six miles of adjacent streams. The pollution would have been carried downstream.
"The science is overwhelming in showing the detrimental impacts on the water and the community health impacts," says Sandra Diaz of Appalachian Voices, an activist group working to end mountaintop removal. While this decision represents a victory in the fight to protect Appalachia's communities, wildlife, and forestland, mountaintop removal persists. Already 500 mountains have been blasted, and more than 2,000 miles of stream buried.
Activist organizations have cultivated a nationwide movement against mountaintop removal by pushing legislation and raising awareness of the method's harmful effects. The EPA received over 50,000 public comments about Spruce Mine. —Rebecca Leisher is an online editorial intern at YES!
Visit ilovemountains.org for more information.
A Dutch parliamentary committee heard complaints that Shell ignored human rights abuses and understated its responsibility for oil spills in Nigeria. The hearing also considered what authority Dutch courts should have over multinationals.
"Hope knows that unless we physically defy government control we are complicit in the violence of the state. All who resist keep hope alive."
-Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winner and former war correspondent, explaining why he joined a civil disobedience protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, outside the White House on December 16, 2010.
Signs of Life: Spring 2011 is part of , the Spring 2011 issue of YES! Magazine.


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I was getting a lot of questions about RGP from people interested in purchasing it-- and it did so well at my art show that I figured I would print more and sell them online for $4. If you're interested in buying it, please leave me a comment with your email and I'll get back to you. Payments can made via Paypal through the "Donate" button on the right side of my blog. This is first issue of what I hope will be many more to come!
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202 Overflow crowd expected for 150th anniversary of Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, so the 150th anniversary is this month. It will be the featured as the 11th Annual Lincoln Legacy Lecture at UIS from 7-9 pm in Brookens Auditorium. This has become a signature event at UIS and always brings nationally known speakers. It will be webcast live.
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Posted on November 11, 2013