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- Integrated into the German production chain
- Close to Central European factories
- Wage competitiveness
- Support from international donors
- High levels of remittances from expatriate workers
- Denar pegged to the euro
- High level of structural unemployment and lack of training
- Large informal economy
- Inadequate transport infrastructure
- Heavily indebted private sector (93% of GDP at end 2014)
- Conflictual political landscape
- Tensions between the Slavic majority and the Albanian minority
Growth continues to accelerate
After stagnating in 2017 due to the decline in private and public investment following a political crisis, growth rebounded in 2018 and will remain on an upward trajectory in 2019. Demand, both domestic and external, will stimulate economic activity. The slight pick-up in inflation on higher food prices will not adversely affect household consumption, which will continue to increase, driven by job creation, an increase in the minimum wage and improved social protection. Demand from European countries –Macedonia's main trading partners, especially Germany (40% of total exports) – will remain robust and will support exports of automotive parts, chemicals, and construction materials. In addition, private investment is set to increase, particularly in the energy sector, helped by a more stable political situation and the new energy law, which includes measures to liberalise the electricity market from 2019. Similarly, public investment will gain momentum thanks to new EBRD support, €7 million of which will be allocated to building a photovoltaic power plant, while €10 million will go towards improving and increasing the provision of public services, in particular transport. Business activity will also be supported by easier access to credit as an accommodative monetary policy is maintained.
Fiscal discipline hampered by the informal economy
The government deficit is expected to decline slightly thanks to the continued austerity policy. The government aims to consolidate the pension system and promote social equity. This will result in an increase in the social contribution rate, a higher tax rate for capital income, as well as improved targeting of social assistance programmes by replacing the parental allowance for a family's third child by a means-tested guaranteed minimum income. However, the effectiveness of fiscal policy remains constrained by tax evasion and the large informal economy, which makes it difficult for the government to reduce the deficit. The successive accumulation of deficits, coupled with breaks granted to foreign investors (ten-year tax exemption and free access to public services), is responsible for the rise in debt. Although largely contracted with non-residents (70% of the total in 2017) and denominated in euros, the debt is not exposed to exchange risk, as the national currency is pegged to the euro.
Turning to the external accounts, the current account deficit is expected to widen due to a deterioration in the trade balance. Exports will grow less rapidly than imports of refined oil and capital goods, which are increasing with construction projects. However, the services surplus (3.5% of GDP in 2017) and remittances from expatriate workers (16% of GDP) largely offset the trade deficit. The current account deficit is financed by foreign investment (equivalent to 2.5% of GDP in 2017). Gross external debt (80% of GDP in June 2018) should be put into perspective: with two thirds of it coming from private commitments linked to foreign investments, the debt only represents 28.4% of GDP in net terms. The country's substantial foreign exchange reserves (four months of imports in 2017) cover the short-term portion, which makes up a quarter of the total.
EU and NATO membership are the primary objectives
The Social Democratic Alliance of Macedonia (SDSM), led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, took power in May 2017, ending two years of political crisis. The SDSM has formed a coalition including parties representing the Albanian minority, the DUI, and the AA, and, recently, the DPA, enabling it to strengthen its parliamentary majority, with 67 seats out of 120. The opposition, represented by the former ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, has lost popularity after former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski was accused of abuse of power, electoral fraud, and criminal ties (he has since left the country and gone to Hungary). The government's main objective is still membership of the European Union and NATO, which is why it is building peaceful relations with Greece. Greece had initially blocked the dual membership process, refusing to have a neighbour called Macedonia, which is already the name of a Greek region. The Parliament therefore voted in September 2018 to adopt a new name – the Republic of North Macedonia – which was approved by Greece. Accession negotiations can thus be resumed at the European summit meeting in July 2019, but will remain dependent on the government's ability to pursue reforms to address Macedonia's structural problems. While within the (duty-free) Industrial and Technological Development Zones, foreign companies benefit from significant tax breaks and low labour costs, they also have to cope with a shortage of skilled labour, inadequate infrastructure, insufficient resources allocated to research and development, slow domestic payments, lengthy court procedures and corruption.
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Stadium stalemate. Offseason moves. Majors-worst attendance. 2013 prospects.
Even the possibility of keeping ace David Price with the team.
"Absolutely," he said.
For the short term, Sternberg said they have had no "thoughts at all" of trading the American League Cy Young Award winner in a broadly speculated strategy to maximize their return.
And for the long term, he said it was definitely possible they could work out a deal to keep Price beyond his 2016 eligibility for free agency, noting the $100 million extension they gave third baseman Evan Longoria that ties him to the team through 2023.
"Look at what Evan Longoria just got," Sternberg said. "Once we get up to a number, they are gargantuan for us. They are extraordinary. Numbers like that are a huge commitment for any team, and for us, they're as close to being as off the table as possible. Yet we did one this past offseason."
But that doesn't mean it would be easy given their usual financial constraints, such as a low $60 million payroll this season that Sternberg said was "well higher than it ought to be" based on last season's attendance.
"There is no question that we could handle a contract like David's," Sternberg said, "but what are you able to put around him?"
Price said, like he usually does, that "in a perfect world" he'd love to stay with the Rays his whole career. He also left open the possibility of working something out, even with the constantly rising bar for elite pitchers, set most recently by Felix Hernandez's new $175 million, seven-year contract with Seattle.
"I do know what the going price for starting pitching is these days," Price said. "I don't want to sell myself short. There is a fine point between getting X amount of dollars and being happy, and if you can meet that point in the middle and just take it from there, I think you can definitely work something out."
Price, who will make $10.1125 million this season, also seemed pleased to hear Sternberg say there was no talk of shipping him out this season, though "I didn't think I was going to be traded at the All-Star break or anytime soon anyway," and it wouldn't be a distraction.
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• On the payroll remaining in the low $60 million range after finishing last in attendance in 2012:
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Today: When it comes to making crab cakes, it's all about getting your hands in there. Our head of distribution and partnerships, Maddy Martin, rolls up her sleeves.
Crab cakes are a lot like meatballs: both come together with the help of an egg, breadcrumbs, and a few common minced vegetables and herbs; both are hand-patted and pan-fried; and both have a sidekick sauce -- marinara for meatballs, tartar for crab cakes.
The two dishes part ways when it comes to protein. Ground meat is as low-maintenance as it gets -- just dump it in the bowl and start piling on the other ingredients. Ever the diva, crab meat -- even the kind you buy in tubs at the store that's already been hand-picked -- requires another once-over.
It might seem as ridiculous as booking two massage appointments back to back, but meticulously picking over the crab meat is the single most important step in making crab cakes. Nothing ruins a meal like biting into a shell fragment. (Or worse, having a guest take that bite.) You end up cautiously gumming each remaining bite as if it's about to bite back. If you didn't pick thoroughly, it might continue the assault. In my opinion, given the cost of lump crab, it had better be docile.
Turn on some music, enlist a friend to help, meditate over it, whatever. Just don't get to mixing until your crab has been re-picked.
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1. Pick that crab. Designate one little bowl for shell fragments and another bigger bowl for catching the clean crab. Try to keep the lumps intact as best you can.
2. For every pound of crab meat, add in a small handful of minced shallot, another of chopped fresh parsley, a bigger handful of diced red pepper, and another of diced green pepper. You'll use about half of each pepper. If you must, you can sub one full pepper, but it won't taste quite the same (or be as festive!).
Also add an egg, 3 or 4 heaping spoonfuls of mayo, a heaping handful of dry breadcrumbs (or toasted fresh crumbs that have been pulsed till fine), and a squirt each of Dijon and Worcestershire. A few shakes of Tabasco, Crystal, or your favorite thin hot sauce are welcome now, too. Mix everything up gently to avoid breaking up the lumps of crab. If it's too wet, add more breadcrumbs. Too dry? More mayo.
3. Form those patties -- with a pound of lump crabmeat, I get 4 patties for entree-sized cakes or 8 patties for appetizers.
4. Thoroughly dredge each patty in all-purpose flour and fry patties in clarified butter for the best browning.
5. Flip only once. Drain on paper towels, and serve hot with tartar sauce.
Now, for that sidekick sauce. To make a killer tartar, mix together the following, to taste: mayo, relish (or minced pickles/gherkins), capers, dill (preferably fresh), fresh chives, Dijon, and fresh lemon juice. The order dictates the general proportion, with mayo being the main ingredient and fresh lemon juice coming in at just a dribble. The sauce can be made ahead of time so you're not frantically mixing while your cakes cool.
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At around 9:20 local time on Friday morning, a brilliant fireball, believed to be a meteor, appeared in the sky above the Russian Urals and shot across the horizon, leaving a trail of billowing smoke. A deafening boom shattered windows and television screens throughout the city of Chelyabinsk. Serious damage was reported at a zinc factory and an ice rink. Flying glass caused over five hundred injuries, some requiring hospitalization.
The Russian Academy of Sciences announced that the fireball had been a meteor, that it had weighed ten tons and entered the earth's atmosphere at some thirty-three thousand miles per hour. It shattered over the Chelyabinsk region, where the Russian Army has reported finding meteorite fragments and a twenty-foot crater. Such events don't happen every day, but they aren't totally unheard of. In 1908, the so-called Tunguska Impact levelled eight hundred and thirty square miles of Siberian forestland. The truly new thing about Friday's meteoric event was, rather, how we got to watch it: from inside people's cars.
The dashboard-camera videos of the meteor, which proliferated on the Internet all Friday morning, represent an intersection of astronomical forces with the technological and sociohistorical conditions of Russian life. Dash cams, as reported in Animal, have become ubiquitous in today's Russia, where road hazards range from "insane gridlock" to "large, lawless areas" habited by "police with a penchant for extortion and deeply frustrated drivers who want to smash your face," and where courts rarely award damages without video evidence. A large percentage of Russian car crashes are thus captured on video and aggregated on a devoted LiveJournal page that gets more than four million views per month. The car-crash video corpus is a gold mine of piquant Russian slang, from the derogatory potsient—a hybrid of "[hospital] patient" and "putz," used to denote crash victims—to the honorific zhelezobetonnoe ochkko—anus of concrete—for drivers who navigate deadly situations without losing their cool.
Russian dash-cam videos have been around, in other words, but they were a niche taste. The meteor brought them into the mainstream, and shifted the focus: now the collision isn't between two cars, but between the earth and a celestial rock. The dash-cam videos, capturing the very first glimmer of the unawaited fireball, have a certain dramatic irony: we notice the meteor before the driver does. I found them mesmerizing. I watched them all morning.
In one video, the car comes to a stop at a red light. The turn signal starts its distinctive clacking. The oncoming cars still have their headlights on, and tram lines crisscross the darkened sky. A white, blazing fireball shimmers in the sky, glowing like a Disney shooting star—like something that would precede the materialization of a fairy godmother. As it races toward the horizon, the driver launches into an unhurried stream of Russian profanity, starting with "What the fuck is that?" and getting gradually more colorful. The light changes and, with a few parting profanities, he turns right. The whole scene takes forty-nine seconds. It's like reading a poem.
In another video, imprinted with the wrong date and time, a man drives down a country road, listening to dance music, systematically passing one car after another. The fairy godmother comes to visit him, too, but he just keeps driving.
Another driver, heading along a rural highway, listens in phlegmatic silence to an entire pizza commercial as the glowing trail shoots across the sky. He utters only a laconic, anus-of-concrete comment: "What the fuck."
With their juxtaposition of the cosmic and the mundane, the Russian meteor videos reminded me of Tolstoy's description, in "War and Peace," of the comet of 1812:
Only looking up at the sky did Pierre cease to feel how sordid and humiliating were all mundane things compared with the heights to which his soul had just been raised…. Above the Prechistenka Boulevard, surrounded … on all sides by stars but distinguished from them all by its nearness to the earth, its white light, and its long uplifted tail, shone the enormous and brilliant comet of 1812—the comet which was said to portend all kinds of woes and the end of the world. In Pierre, however, that comet with its long luminous tail aroused no feeling of fear. On the contrary he gazed joyfully, his eyes moist with tears, at this bright comet which, having traveled in its orbit with inconceivable velocity through immeasurable space, seemed suddenly—like an arrow piercing the earth—to remain fixed in a chosen spot, vigorously holding its tail erect, shining and displaying its white light amid countless other scintillating stars. It seemed to Pierre that this comet fully responded to what was passing in his own softened and uplifted soul, now blossoming into a new life.
In "War and Peace" the comet stands for one of the novel's central themes: the way world-historical forces interact with individual destinies. The ancient, cosmic power of the epic exercises its gravitational pull on the prose of the world. Every time a meteor comes close to the earth, we all think about the end of the world—but our internal soundtrack doesn't turn off. We're also thinking about pizza, or passing a slow tractor, or making a turn, and for a magical instant our lives seem to be in conversation with the stars.


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Test great Shane Warne has launched an extraordinary attack on former Wallaby Pat Howard, calling him a muppet.
Warne says Cricket Australia needs to look beyond the rugby community and get current cricket people involved in the game at administrative level.
As CA's high-performance chief, Howard has overseen the selection panel's controversial strategy of rotating players in and out of the side this summer in an attempt to avoid injuries, particularly in terms of managing fast bowlers' workloads.
Warne, who is a close mate of Australia's Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke, said on Twitter on Monday night that it was ridiculous to deprive the Aussie sporting public of seeing the star batsman in action during some of the one-day games against Sri Lanka earlier this month.
"I think CA really need to look at the people who are making decisions on all facets of cricket in Australia, we r (sic) seriously becoming a joke!" Warne said.
"Absolute rubbish re selections,rotations,resting & farcical decisions on matches, joke.. Dudding the public & to many excuses.. Wake up CA.
"Can CA please put current cricket people in charge to run the game,select teams, not ex rugby or any other sports people plse, seriously
"We have the best batsmen / captain in the world in @MClarke23 (Michael Clarke) - He needs current cricket people to help him out not muppets "
Warne was fined a total of $9500 and suspended for one match during the just-completed BBL season while playing for Melbourne Stars for various breaches of discipline including clashing with Melbourne Renegades' player Marlon Samuels and not naming himself as captain in a semi-final in a bid to avoid a possible suspension for slow over-rates.
Warne's comments were made during Australia's two-run loss to Sri Lanka at the MCG as the tourists claimed a 2-0 Twenty20 series win.


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Watching what is happening from afar I see that even the main stream media is finding it hard to continue ignoring "Occupy Wall Street" and this got me wondering why? Iconic photos such as the one to the left will sell newspapers but that may not be the entire reason. Usually the media is silent on protests against the empire.
Texanna via Penny may have an answer.
"This may be a way of redirecting the anger from the real issues that brought the protesters together. By channeling the anger toward policemen, people will start calling the police the problem, the police will hate the protesters for hating them, and eyes turn away from the financial terrorism that is causing all this."
Aside from the illegitimate arrests and violence against the 'occupiers,' the biggest problem is that there needs to be more protesters in the street.Several hundred thousand would be more like it. Peaceful and loud.
Hats off to those who are there! Wall Street just wants this gathering to go away so they can get back to their theft as usual but with the protests spreading to more cities the fat lady is far from singing.
Peter with a comment also at Penny's makes a good point.
"For me, the huge video cam presence is the real story. Never before has this police brutality story been witnessed with such clarity. This is revolutionary!
People need to have info REPEATEDLY pounded into their thick skulls That's how the Viet Nam war was presented to the people and the people turned against it. Every night the teee veee showed the atrocities of war and people FINALLY got it.
Likewise police brutality must now be REPEATEDLY pounded into the peoples awareness. If the MSM doesn't do this then the peoples(video cam) media must do it!"
Hillary Clinton had this to say about the Egyptian street protests but it seems that it will not always be applied here in the land of the bill of rights.
"We support the fundamental right of expression and assembly for all people and we urge that all parties exercise restraint and refrain from violence."Hillary has always been such a liar.
One question that has been asked for a long time is that if the SHTF will the police and military have a large enough number of those who refuse to violently attack their fellow Americans who are protesting against the machine and so turn the tide towards the people. We don't know if the report of Over 100 NYPD Officers Refuse to Work in Support of Occupy Wall Street Movement is true but it would be a big step in the right direction. We'll see.
We also don't know if it's seven minutes to midnight or perhaps it's more like 15 seconds till. What we do know is that the show is speeding up and it's always up to us as a collective to stop the hands before the whole thing blows up. If the protests continue and start having an effect, behind the scenes a decision may be made for a diversion. We'll see about that too ... and maybe soon.


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Tyler Grandsko, a recent graduate of Toledo Christian Schools, knows what high school kids do on weekends.
Student Brian Hoeflinger died in a drunken driving accident in February. Photo courtesy Brian and Cindy Hoeflinger
"They are drinking a lot," said the blunt 18-year-old.
It isn't hard to get alcohol.
"It's all about connections," he said. "It always leads up to people they know. If someone has a big party, there is always that one person there who has an older brother. You can get it anywhere."
Some teens even buy an ID from someone who kind of looks like them because getting a fake one costs about $70, he said.
Tyler said teens are drinking at their houses with their parents knowing; they are drinking at their houses without their parents knowing; they are drinking at a friend's house because their parents told them not to drink; and they are even drinking at school sometimes.
"I have a buddy of mine who would have people over and have bonfires. His parents were upstairs; they were home, but they didn't know."
And the so-called "good" kids are
doing it, too.
It isn't just one group of students. It is more than the skaters or the party kids or the "lower half" of the school, Tyler said. It is the athletes, the homecoming queens, the presidents of the class. It is everyone.
Some ways to get drunk fast include vodka shots through the eyes and alcohol-soaked tampons, according to experts. Tyler said getting alcohol directly into the bloodstream
is gaining popularity so he has heard of teens injecting vodka into their veins.
Students Kelsi and Kristen Berry said drinking eased after Brian Hoeflinger's death but has since picked up. Toledo Free Press Photo and cover photo by Joseph Herr
"I know kids will just put vodka in water bottles to drink in school and on buses to and from school or sporting events. This one is a little different, putting alcohol in cologne spray bottles and spraying it in their mouths during school."
Drinking usually starts in high school with partying becoming more prominent in the junior and senior years.
Some students drink to be cool; some do it just to get drunk. Usually it's a combination of both, Tyler said. Beer and liquor are equally popular.
The first — and only time — that Tyler got falling-down drunk he did it as a way to just kick back and relax with his buddies.
He drank 12 Bud Lights and a full grape
Four Loko.
"I wanted to forget about everything that was going on and just have a good time," he said.
"Because the alcohol was there, I drank it."
At the time, Tyler was a sophomore at Toledo Christian, a school that has minimal underage drinking, he said.
"I moved away from Anthony Wayne in fifth grade. I came back in eighth grade and then by freshman year, there were people drinking and smoking weed."
While some people might think underage drinking is an urban problem, Tyler said it is sometimes worse "in the boonies."
"I walked upstairs and I was so out of it. I thought this one girl was upstairs, but it was [my friend's] mom," he said. "I tripped and fell down the stairs. She knew I was drunk and she told my parents about it."
Tyler got in trouble. His family was moving, so as a punishment he was grounded and couldn't visit any of his friends to say goodbye.
From that day, he made a decision that he would not drink for the rest of his high school years. He continues to honor that pledge as a freshman at Bowling Green State University.
"It isn't worth it to get in trouble. The feeling is terrible. I don't want to throw up every night or not be able to open my eyes until noon," he said. "Be your own person; set your ground rules for how you want to live and don't let anyone influence you. That is how I have been living my life since that day, ever since I got into trouble."
What is even more amazing is he made this socially unpopular decision before his friend Brian Hoeflinger died in a drunken driving accident.
Wake-up call
A makeshift memorial at the site where Brian Hoeflinger died in February. Toledo Free press photo by Sarah Ottney
Kelsi Berry was in charge of setting up for a dance at Ottawa Hills High School on the morning of Feb. 2.
"Everyone was talking about how we can't have the dance anymore. I said, 'What happened?'"
Someone said, "Brian Hoeflinger has passed away."
"I didn't know what to do; none of us knew what to do," Kelsi said. "I walked into my mom and dad's room and told my mom. She was in shock. She used to take him to the dentist."
The close-knit community of Ottawa Hills would soon learn that the 18-year-old senior had been drinking at a party the night before. He was southbound on Edgehill Road and his vehicle went off the side of the street, struck a tree and caught on fire. His blood alcohol level was .15.
Kelsi, a sophomore, said she did not associate drinking with Brian. She can usually tell who is a drinker, she said, and she didn't think Brian hung with that crowd.
"You would never think of him drinking or anything. It was strange and hard to grasp," she said.
But more teens drink than those who don't, experts say. If you think your child drinks, he or she does. If you think your child doesn't drink, he or she probably does. The statistics are compelling.
Nearly 30 percent of adolescents report drinking by eighth grade, and 54 percent report being drunk at least once by 12th grade, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Amy Barrett, director of AWAKE Community Coalition, an Anthony Wayne-based coalition dedicated to preventing substance abuse, said if parents think underage drinking is only a Toledo problem, they are taking a "head-in-the-sand approach."
"We have found that it is everyone," Barrett said.
In 2011, the results from a local health assessment mirrored national trends. The survey indicated that 54 percent of Lucas County youth in grades seven through 12 had consumed at least one drink in their life. Thirty-seven percent of those seventh- through 12th-graders who drank took their first drink at 12 years old or younger.
The survey also revealed that more than half of the seventh- through 12th-graders who reported drinking in the past 30 days participated in binge drinking, while 6 percent of all youth drivers had driven in the past month after they had been drinking.
Tyler was at a basketball game when his dad called to tell him about Brian's car accident.
"Dude, your buddy just died," his dad said.
"Who are you talking about?" Tyler asked.
"I was like, 'No way.' I had just played golf with him two weeks ago. There is no way that just happened. It was kind of a shocking-type of feeling. I was just sitting with my girlfriend and buddies. You aren't aware of anything. I just flashed back to memories."
Tyler knew Brian through their golf rivalry. Tyler played for Toledo Christian; Brian played for Ottawa Hills. Before his senior year at Ottawa Hills, Brian had attended St. John's Jesuit High School.
"Once he came to Ottawa Hills, there was a big rivalry between us," Tyler said. "Me and him had the same drive when it came to athletics. We always loved to win and do our best, and our best was never good enough."
Tyler said he didn't know Brian was a drinker. While most students seem to get alcohol through an older sibling, Brian's alcohol came from a liquor store the night he died. The clerk who sold it to him has been charged.
"When alcohol was involved and in the headlines and stuff, I thought he had gotten hit by a drunken driver," Tyler said.
Does Brian matter?
After Brian's death, his parents, Brian and Cindy Hoeflinger, began a crusade. They want to ignite a frank discussion about underage drinking.
"We wanted to get it out in the open and not be ashamed of it," his dad said.
Brian was a good boy — but even good boys like to experiment.
"Parents need to talk about it; they need to start a line of conversation," Brian's dad said. "Millions of parents don't think of talking about it because they don't think their kids are doing it."
Bottom line: Err on the side that assumes they are drinking.
The Hoeflingers founded "Brian Matters" as a way to continue the conversation at local schools and offer students an opportunity to take a pledge against underage drinking.
Tyler supports the Hoeflingers' mission. Initially, "Brian dying was a huge eye-opener," he said. But it didn't last long.
Within two weeks, some teens had gone back to their old ways. Some students even removed their pledges from the wall, according to a sophomore at Ottawa Hills who didn't want his name used.
The 16-year-old said many of his friends drink, which puts him in a tough spot because he doesn't want to lose all of his friends. Although it is mostly a weekend thing, people will even leave for lunch to drink.
Tyler said it is frustrating.
"Because it didn't happen to them, they can keep doing it. They think it is fun to get trashed. I don't understand how you can do all that stuff and then have a friend from your school, who you said you were so close to, die."
Kelsi said when the Hoeflingers talked to their school about taking the pledge, some seniors got up and left. Some took it — and broke it.
"Why take it and not follow it? That is making a bad promise to Brian and his parents," Kelsi said.
Her sister, Kristen Berry, a junior, said the drinking decreased for a week after Brian died. Then, everyone went back to partying. Her observation is that they care about Brian and his family, but they continue to drink because of the pain of his death.
"I just hang out with kids who don't like to do that stuff. I know a couple of people who do. I know that isn't something I want to do because of my morals and values. I don't want to drink; I don't see any reason to."
The elder Hoeflinger said he knows some teens only take the pledge because everyone else is doing it.
"I don't expect everyone to change. We are just out to change who we can. We are trying to give them a different way of thinking," he said.
"If you don't have any intention of following the pledge, don't sign it. If you don't think you can — don't do it."
Why still do it?
The reasons for drinking are individual. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, youth often view drinking as a rite of passage and want to see who can be the bigger rebel. They like the feeling of getting drunk and they like that it makes them feel as if they can talk to anyone even though they are normally socially awkward. Sometimes drinking leads to drugs, but drinking is the first risk that many students take — that or marijuana.
Andrea Loch, a ProMedica St. Luke's substance abuse counselor for Anthony Wayne and Maumee schools, said underage drinking isn't a new problem, but parents are sometimes oblivious. They operate under the "Don't Ask" system and "kids are obviously not going to tell them," said Loch, a mother of four.
The first sip usually comes in junior high school or freshman year. The excess drinking becomes popular as upperclassmen. Wine coolers are attractive to younger drinkers who eventually discover beer and liquor.
Brian's sister, Christie Hoeflinger, said kids in seventh grade joke about drinking, but she knows it will eventually be a reality.
"They are going to drink and be like, 'Oh, come on, it is just one.'"
But she knows it won't just be one. She believes her brother only drank a couple of times — and he died.
"I miss his silliness and goofiness. It annoyed me at the time, but he always used to playfully slap the dog and then he would sometimes slap me and say, 'I thought you were Nautica.'"
Until recently, the dog would still wait for Brian to come home, she said.
Loch said teens drink to feel grown-up, to be bold and to rebel. Drinking is especially dangerous for teens because their brains aren't fully developed and it could further impair their already-weaker judgment, she said.
Ronald Birchfield III, who attended St. John's with Brian, said his classmates didn't care about the risks. Some began drinking as early as freshman year. By the time he was a sophomore, teens had parties when their parents were out of town.
"I am not sure why they drink. I think they feel the need to have something in their system to not have as much self-control," said the premed student at The Ohio State University.
Ron said he knew that Brian drank, but he didn't know to what extent. Ron attended parties, but he didn't feel pressured to drink.
"Losing one of my best friends, practically my brother, I don't even find it appealing," Ron said. "I am definitely not average. I don't drink and I am not just saying that."
Kelsi said the sophomores at Ottawa Hills drink to fit in with the upperclassmen.
"Someone in my grade had a birthday party and some of my friends went to it. There were some girls I know who didn't drink anything, but they pretended to be drunk so upperclassmen would talk to them."
Kristen said some students will drink a little and others will binge.
"Last year, a lot of the upperclassmen would get pretty drunk. They would show up to functions like dances. It sometimes gets to the point where you can't even tell if they are drunk because they do it so often they have gotten good at hiding it."
She fears asking the wrong person for a ride.
Most teens don't drink and drive, though, she said. They spend the night; they walk. They try to be responsible when it comes to that.
But not always … Brian left.
"You could not only hurt yourself, you could hurt your friends. If Brian had someone in the car with him that would have been terrible," Kristen said.
One reason some Ottawa Hills teens keep drinking is because Brian died.
"They don't think it will happen to them. It has already happened; it won't happen again," Kristen said.
Don't be naive
Talking about underage drinking is the first step to curbing it, according to Hoeflinger. Parents and school administrators need to work together.
Jeff Gagle, superintendent of Toledo Christian, said he would be a fool to think none of his students drink.
The reason the problem is less pervasive at Toledo Christian is because the school, parents and students are a team.
"We do a lot with student leadership," he said. "They police our own culture. There is positive peer pressure."
Gagle said when upperclassmen plan the homecoming dances and participate in activities without drinking it impresses upon the younger students.
"Use the students, give them opportunities so they have to stand up to conflict; they have to stand up against the norm," Gagle said. "Our parents in our school, we refer to them as partners. Sometimes we have had parenting seminars. You have to make the parents aware of what is going on."
Gagle said public awareness of underage drinking, and drinking in general, is helping. Law enforcement takes drunken driving more seriously than ever.
He believes Brian's death has made an impact.
"Young people at that age think they are indestructible. It was a message," Gagle said.
Kevin Miller, Ottawa Hills superintendent, said losing a student like Brian affects everyone.
"There is an empty desk where a wonderful, vibrant student had been sitting," he said.
Miller said he is sure that Brian's death made some students stop drinking or, hopefully, never start. However, that is hard to prove.
"We will never know, though, because those kids aren't lying in a ditch."
Statistically, the longtime educator can't say more students are drinking, but it seems like teens are more bold and brazen than they were 20 years ago.
Even before Brian's death, Ottawa Hills addressed underage drinking and drug use, beginning with D.A.R.E. in sixth grade. The high school is home to a Challenge Crew, which promotes positives changes in the community.
After Brian's death, though, the discussion in Ottawa Hills has moved to a "village solution," not a "school solution," Miller said.
"We do our best to influence kids, but no one has a greater influence than parents. Brian's death has made parents acutely aware of their role."
Loch said parents need to set clear rules, follow through on consequences and talk to their kids about alcohol. Too many parents think because the student might have heard about the dangers of drinking in school they don't need to talk about it again, she said.
That is dead wrong.
"Hands-down, parents are the single biggest influence, while schools provide additional support," Barrett said. "Teens and kids in general rely on the adults in their lives to help them make those tough decisions and provide them with good advice."
But kids won't ask for this advice, she said.
"Initiate it. It is never too early to start talking about it."
For example, cigarettes are now considered "bad, bad, bad," she said. It is time to frame underage drinking in the same manner.
"Check on them. Be vigilant. Ask the questions. Don't be afraid to check up on things and make that phone call," Barrett said. "Have kids leave things at the door. Years and years ago, it was beer. Now it is vodka in Gatorade, vodka in the water bottle. Chances are it is happening right under your nose."
Miller said to remember it could be a kid who otherwise seems like a model teenager.
"I have seen great, great kids make a bad choice. When they make a bad choice, you hope they get caught and learn and move on," Miller said.
"Brian didn't get that opportunity. It cost him his life."


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An easy to use .png files also included with 22 image with both chef and waiter mascot. The image are high resolution file with 3000×3000 px.
Other file included with this package : Guides tool contain read me.txt and Instruction.jpg file
Font can be found here : https://www.opendrive.com/files/MF8zNzA3MjAxX1ZGYVJTXzVkOGY/Woodbrush.ttf
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Version 2.5
Added New Apron
Added Pizza
Added New Mustache
Added Drinks
Added Shadow
Added 6 more PNG ready to use images (Now total 22 png's)
Minor polishing on character
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Just south of Central Park, Midtown is the New York as seen in a thousand films – a street-scene of yellow cabs, pretzel vendors and soaring skyscrapers. On the West Side of Sixth Avenue, the neon billboards of Times Square and the theatres of Broadway dominate. On the East Side, the Radio City Music Hall and St Patrick's Cathedral surround the Art Deco Rockefeller Center, home to broadcasters NBC and a 70th-floor observation deck. Along Fifth Avenue, shoppers duck in and out of grand department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman browsing acres of clothes and jewelry. A few blocks south is the imposing Grand Central Terminal station and gleaming spire of the Empire State Building.
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Above Midtown to the east of Central Park, the genteel Upper East Side's streets are lined with palatial apartment buildings and stately brownstone townhouses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum are part of Museum Mile, a stretch of museums and galleries that line Fifth Avenue alongside Central Park. To the east is the upscale shopping of Madison Avenue and the cool sports bars of Second Avenue. Lush Central Park is the city's backyard, filled with well-groomed paths, gardens, playgrounds, lakes, fountains and more than 9,000 benches. The American Museum of Natural History stands across the street on the West Side.
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South of Greenwich Village, art and designer fashion come together inside SoHo's cast-iron lofts. Broadway is the busy shopping street, but discreet cobbled side streets hide restaurants, galleries and intimate boutiques. Get a taste of Little Italy on Mulberry and Mott Streets. Below that is Chinatown. Canal Street buzzes during the day with stalls and shops selling electronics, Chinese trinkets, fresh fish and vegetables. The Lower East Side is a blend of hipster funkiness and immigrant heritage. Trendy restaurants, designer New York hotels and shady bars sit amid tenement housing, delis and used clothing shops.
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While sitting at 44 Stone this past Sunday, I sat back and watched the morning unfold in front of me-
- My son interacting with the wait staff, and they truly looked like they enjoyed themselves.
- I met someone from Twitter ( @ScottMRowson ) face to face – which was cool.
- My wife make her first Tweet (from @Debi_Bell ) "for real"
- I talked with Dave on upcoming beers that will be going on tap (I'm looking forward to the Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti)
- I met another regular (Mike), and had a great conversation about the state of Craft Brewing, Breweries in CoMO and we compared Beer Adventures across the US.
- I saw friendly faces everywhere and people enjoying them selves.
How does a business get to this point in just over a year – especially when the owners/staff had huge shoes to fill with taking over from Hemmingway's.
I think it can be summarized by them following three basic steps -
They listen to criticism and positive feedback
If you are a frequent reader, you know that I attended their Soft Opening back in February 2011. There were some things I was critical about, and some I was positive. I gave feedback – and to be honest, they reviewed and took action. Dave and Mark are constantly "Visible" in the restaurant and are always keen for feedback from patrons.
They Care
As I said above, when you have the owners being this visible, you know they are committed to excellence at every level. This trickles down through the staff, and I love how everyone will go to great lengths to make things right. The entire staff goes out of their way to recognize return customers, and that translates into even better service.
Anecdotal evidence I have heard – One waitress remembered a customer more than 6 weeks later after his last visit, recalling what he had to drink then and thus making a recommendation based on the current tap selection. I think he was flattered that she remembered, but its been my experience that this level of attention to detail spills over to the entire staff.
For me, I find the staff incredibly knowledgeable about the various offerings they have behind the bar. Not only do they know the products, but I find them continuously trying to improve that knowledge and learn more each time there is a change in rotation. This is paramount to success.
They are innovative and constantly changing
44 Stone has one of the most aggressive menus and beer lists in Columbia, hands down. Their daily specials are exciting, their brunch is excellent and without a doubt they have the best rotating beer list in Columbia.
When they say – Imitation is the greatest for of flattery, one only needs to look at other restaurants in CoMO to see the impact 44 Stone has had – both Broadway Brewery has trended now towards a Gastro-Pub menu, and Flatbranch have recently copied the 44 Stone Burger with the Chefs Burger - down to the egg on top.
44Stone Burger vs Flatbranch Burger
In addition, many of the sauces and condiments are freshly made in-house – from the Beer Ketchup, exceptional hollandaise (shown here on the Steak and Eggs)
The tap list is a continual evolution, and for beer connoisseurs – this may be the only opportunity to try unique beers. Throw in the proposed expanded Tap – and I would say the pub will have THE best beer selection in Mid-Missouri. Throw in the unsung premium whisky and Scotch listing behind the bar, plus the competent bar staff mixing drinks and there is something for everyone.
I cannot speak highly enough about 44 Stone – they are a shining light in Forum area of Columbia. If you are looking for a nice night out, or maybe a delicious Sunday Brunch – this is one of the few places where you cannot go wrong.
To me, with just a little over a year under their belt, I think Mark and Dave have gone a long way to standing above the rest – and I have almost forgotten about Hemmingway's – it is nothing but a distant memory.


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This New York Times article outlines charges against the city that alleged discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring and promotions at CUNY. Women's Studies Program co-coordinators and Brooklyn College Women's Organization members [...]
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"Not sure I can talk about my 'career' just yet--I'm still just getting started!" freelance photographer Camille Lepage told the photography site Petapixel in October 2013.
Less than a year later, Lepage's body was found in a car in the Central African Republic, according to news reports citing the French government. She had been traveling with fighters of the anti-Balaka Christian militia and was killed in an ambush, the reports said.
On Sunday, the Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa showcased Lepage's work in a memorial service at the Kuona Trust Art Gallery in Nairobi. Although only 26, Lepage already had an impressive array of photos published at media houses around the world.
Lepage felt a certain frustration toward the media industry and believed some important stories were not being told. Her photos featured the more remote areas and less covered stories. "So many serious stories were missing from the headlines simply because they don't fit within [the media agenda] or the advertising company's interests," she told Petapixel.
Freelance journalist Tristan McConnell said he met Lepage in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan in late 2012. "I was there five days--in and out--and just as I was going to leave, I met Camille," he recalled. "She had been in the Nuba Mountains on her own for five weeks, and she was only hitching a ride to a nearby refugee camp because she was sick."
"She was a very committed photographer, who would devote a lot of time to get the story and picture right," he said.
Close friend and fellow freelance photographer Christena Dowsett also remembers Lepage's devotion to her subjects: "She always focused on the story more than the money. If she believed in a story, she would follow it to the end--regardless of whether there was income or not."
"Of all the photographers I've worked with, her rate of progression was one of the fastest I have ever seen," said Carl De Souza, chief photographer for Agence France-Presse in East Africa.
Lepage's untimely death is a reminder of the risks and challenges that freelance journalists face when covering a story with no institutional backing.
"Her death, like other journalists' deaths, should really stiffen our resolve to defend freedom of speech and make sure our governments defend it on our behalf," Andy Chatfield, her former tutor at the U.K.'s Southampton Solent University, told the BBC.
The photos in the slideshow come from Lepage's work in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and the Nuba Mountains in Sudan. They have been re-published here with permission of the Hans Lucas photography company.


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Man. I can't believe this comic has been around for so long... it's been what, three years?
And it never really improved at all, either.
Well, it's all come to an end now. I'm ditching Parallel Wood.
More or less.
There will be no more new comics related to PW on my page, however I will keep the old ones archived.
As for what's replacing PW... That's a secret until I've completed the first chapter. (Which could take awhile at the rate I'm going, but I don't want it to suck.)
The entire site needs a major facelift, too... o.O
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Is Social Media Causing Inappropriate Teacher-Student Relationships?
Social media boundaries sure are blurry these days. Cell phones, texting and Facebook are hot new tools in the classroom, but there's growing concern that tech has brought students and teachers too close for comfort.
It was the end of a long day when high school teacher Larry Liu turned on his computer during final period to review the work his students had submitted for a recent assignment. He had asked the seniors in his AP psychology course to find true-life examples of positive or negative reinforcement, capture them with photographs, video or audio on their smartphones, and then upload them on a Facebook page he'd created for the class using a school e-mail address. The account was set up in a way that required the teens to "friend" him, which meant he could see everything they posted on their own accounts. Liu didn't know about the unrestricted access; he had simply set up the page the best way he knew how at the time. No sooner had he logged on than he spotted something alarming: "I feel like ending my life," a student had posted. Liu, then a teacher in Northville, Michigan, said he remembered that "this boy had seemed depressed and withdrawn lately, so it was a huge red flag." Within minutes, he phoned an assistant principal and a school guidance counselor, who then contacted the student's family. (Before we go any further, here's everything you need to know about monitoring your child's social media presence.)
It turned out the senior wasn't really suicidal—his comment was a joke, expressing his frustration over not having received any college acceptance letters. But the incident clearly illustrates how deeply social media and mobile devices have infiltrated our schools—and how social media boundaries are blurring between students and instructors, the personal and the private. These days teachers routinely send text messages about everything from exams to projects and homework. Kids use cell phones to vote in polls, post their academic work online, and go on Facebook to discuss study topics with one another and their instructors. In other words, teachers and teens are able to connect anytime, anywhere. "It's allowing them direct, unsupervised contact beyond the classroom," says Doug Phillips, director of Educator Investigations of the Texas Education Agency, which looks into allegations of educator misconduct—including with teacher-student social media policies. "And that's a very slippery slope."
The downside is evident in the slew of tech-related scandals over recent years. A Pennsylvania math instructor pleaded guilty to texting a 16-year-old student and asking for naked photos, promising extra credit if he was "turned on." In Texas, a high school teacher was sentenced to five years in prison after exchanging hundreds of pages of texts with an 18-year-old student before inviting him to her home and having sex with him and four other students. (Teens and texting...the force is strong.) "The vast majority of inappropriate teacher-student relationships now involve cell phones, texting or social media," says Phillips. But most transgressions are not nearly so lurid, he adds. Many occur when someone makes a misstep and breaks the rules of decorum and propriety—the instructor who sends a late-night text or makes a wisecrack, or the teen who friends her teacher and starts treating him like a confidant by sharing too much. "It's complicated for everyone—educators, students and their parents," says Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D., author of CyberSafe. "But children are the most vulnerable, and they need to be protected."
What are the Most Common School-Related Social Media Boundary Issues?
Our kids are a wired generation, and many educators—especially those under 30—view texting and Facebook as not only the easiest, quickest way to connect with students, but also as valuable tools to engage, motivate and even excite them. "Teachers can send or post thought-provoking questions about what they're going to be discussing and let kids respond," says public school educator Lisa Nielsen, co-author, with Willyn Webb, of Teaching Generation Text: Using Cell Phones to Enhance Learning. It's an opportunity for everyone in class—not just the eager beavers who always raise their hands—to participate in the discussion and for kids to bounce ideas off one another. "Say we're studying Romeo and Juliet," says Webb, who teaches 9th- to 12th-graders at Delta Opportunity School in Delta, Colorado. "I'll text a question like, 'What was Romeo's motivation for pursuing Juliet?' By the time class meets, the kids have texted in their ideas, which are shared on a screen, and everyone can start writing an essay the minute they sit down. It makes class time much more effective."
But with all that instant interaction, adults and adolescents can find themselves suddenly in dangerous territory. According to a Canadian program, students who were issued cell phones by their school to improve communication with teachers did better academically, but they also discussed personal matters with their instructors more often. "Problems typically start with concern for a child," Phillips explains. "A grown-up says, 'If you need help or somebody to talk to, call or text me.' That can develop into a relationship, emotions get involved, and the situation evolves into something inappropriate."
- Related: Helping Teens Navigate Social Media
So should teachers and students be friends on social media? Social media have their own kinds of hazards. Despite being tech-savvy, teens often don't realize that once they "friend" a teacher on Facebook, he can see everything they post on the site—party videos, snarky comments, soul-baring confessions. And that can place educators in an awkward position. An instructor, for example, might find it impossible to judge a student fairly after reading profane comments or viewing compromising photos. Teachers also have a legal obligation to report suspected abuse. "There's a misperception that caring, supportive teachers are the ones most involved with students' personal lives, girlfriend/boyfriend troubles or problems at home," says Charol Shakeshaft, Ph.D., professor of the Department of Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. "Wrong. The best teachers urge kids to talk to a professional counselor or a parent."
Where Do We Draw the Line When Teachers Interact with Students on Social Media (and Vice Versa)?
As more educators embrace mobile and social media as teaching tools, states and school districts have been scrambling to develop or revise their tech policies. Some have prohibited texting on private cell phones, while others have attempted to outlaw student-teacher Facebook friendships or online interactions altogether. On the other hand, organizations like the American Association of School Administrators argue that stringent banning mandates—what Nielsen refers to as "ban-dates"—aren't the answer. In fact, they've been shot down in states that tried to implement them on the grounds of violating free speech, or because of pushback from parents and educators. "We don't want to over-regulate," says Patrick Larkin, assistant superintendent of schools in Burlington, Massachusetts.
"That's the problem with a black-and-white approach, which throws out resources for great communication." Seeking a middle ground, many schools now emphasize "responsible use" policies that educate students and teachers about appropriate conduct. But they can be maddeningly vague, recommending only that everyone exercise "good judgment" and treat others in "a respectful, positive and considerate manner." To some experts, maintaining social media boundaries digitally is no more difficult than in any other setting. "If the conversation is about school, and the medium is transparent and open, there's no problem," says Shakeshaft. That would mean teachers connecting with kids only on social media accounts on school servers, which are public and policed by administrators, or through group texts, never private ones.
Some educators, however, take a broader view. "We need guidelines that teach safety, etiquette and respect, with students and teachers not only collaborating on the language but also bringing parents into the conversation," says Nielsen. "Let's face it, texting and social media are here to stay. We need to help everyone be smart about them." (And yes, you and your teens could use a break from social media.)
As far as moms and dads go, parents should know how to take advantage of tools that allow kids and teachers to communicate and collaborate without compromising safety.
Advocates of e-communication and social media in the classroom like to point out that people, not technology, are to blame for any inappropriate student-teacher interactions. And when they occur, it's easy to identify those who've crossed the line and overstepped the teacher-student social media policy. "In the past, incidents took place entirely out of view, but now everyone leaves a trail," says Patrick Larkin. Cell phones and websites record every call, text or post, and any kind of message, sent or received, can be forwarded to others. But there are ways to maximize social media's benefits while minimizing the risks. For example, instead of setting up a class page on a regular Facebook account that lets users see other people's personal pages, teachers can create one that students and parents subscribe to by "liking" it; everyone is able to view the teacher's posts—and add their own—without revealing private information. There are also middleman texting services designed for classrooms available free on the Internet, like Remind, which enables teachers to text students and parents on their subscriber list while blocking phone numbers.
What Can Parents Do to Set Social Media Boundaries For Students?
Virtual communications between teachers and students can be a minefield. Help your kids steer clear of problems by following these expert tips.
- Learn your school's teacher-student social media policy. If administrators plan to use texting and social media, you should receive written notification. Make sure individual instructors establish ground rules that all students agree to, and ask for a copy. Also request to be a member or have viewing rights of any online platform. (Take a sneak peek at what your kids are *really* doing online.)
- Talk with your teen about teachers interacting with students on social media. Review the class rules with your child and make sure she understands what constitutes unacceptable behavior—a "friend" request from her teacher or vice versa—and why. Explain that discussing anything personal with teachers is strictly out of bounds.
- Check logs. Let your teen know in advance that you'll be monitoring his cell phone records and computer history. Ask for his Facebook password so you can see what's happening on your child's page even if you don't friend each other. If you are friends, check the privacy controls and ask him to set them so that you can see everything. Find out if your child is on Twitter or Instagram (you can type in his phone number or name, though he might use a different one), since kids often migrate there to avoid parents lurking on Facebook.
- Remain aware. Your child may not tell you straight out that a teacher's behavior is making her feel annoyed, confused or uncomfortable. Stay alert for subtle clues and attempt to get her to open up. Watch out for signs of favoritism or special treatment: Late-night texts, one-on-one study sessions and rides home are all potential red flags.
- Voice your concerns. If you suspect something improper but really aren't sure, talk with a school counselor. In cases where you have clear evidence of inappropriate behavior with teachers interacting with students on social media, arrange a meeting with the principal or other high-level administrators.


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kaiyzen needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 103 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
We are in the need of a dope logo and icon for a new open source web project. A font and an icon are needed initially for our website.
We are starting a new web project and community that focuses on image and video manipulation tools. We are setting up a website and posting our first projects and services soon. We want something that will set are community apart from a design perspective.
A great reference project for similar type style we are picturing is the Hadoop project.., url here:
- a cross between modern and 70's style design
- possibly curvy type font
- simple color scheme
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- monkey for the icon
- monkey can be head shot only or full body
- picturing monkey somewhat along the lines of curious george type monkey, maybe with a tail.., maybe not
- nothing too 'bubbly' or round for the font
- nothing with all browns just because there is a monkey for the icon
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Way back deep into the brain
Back where there's never any pain.
And the rain falls gently on the town.
And in the labyrinth of streams
Beneath, the quiet unearthly presence of
Nervous hill dwellers in the gentle hills around,
Reptiles abounding
Fossils, caves, cool air heights.
Each house repeats a mold
Windows rolled
Beast car locked in against morning.
All now sleeping
Rugs silent, mirrors vacant,
Dust blind under the beds of lawful couples
Wound in sheets.
And daughters, smug
With semen eyes in their nipples
There's been a slaughter here.
Don't stop to speak or look around
Your gloves