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Shootings (Part Six)
Shootings is a story about two men with completely different goals, and how their actions affect the same group of women. It will unfold here in serial format.
Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
The sick feeling in the pit of his stomach growing, Martin sat staring at the photo calendar on his wall. Ms. January stared back at him, a parka hood's furry lining encircling her face. She looked out as if surprised — her eyes wide open and her mouth in an "O" shape — and her bare legs suggested that the large coat was the only thing she wore.
"No, it wasn't you," he said to the calendar. He thought he had recognized the woman who had tried to catch her son running across the coffee shop parking lot. Now that the news had shown her picture, he knew why.
He pulled the calendar off the wall and flipped through the pages, shaking his head at each month's entry through winter, spring, summer — and then came Ms. July. Could it be her? Was she the woman the deflated cup had crushed along with her little boy?
"I never meant to hurt you," Martin said. "I just wanted that cup to come down. You weren't supposed to be there. Nobody was supposed to be there."
He had bought the calendar at a local bookstore. He turned it over and read the fine print on the bottom of the back cover. "Gregarious Productions," he read aloud. "See us on the Web."
Martin entered the address in his web browser and, after clicking another link from that page, found that the women in the calendar were running in an upcoming marathon. Maybe he could redeem himself.
But how?
He could turn himself over to the police. It had been an accident, after all, and his friends and family would testify that he's a good man. There was that matter of his lifelong mistrust of authorities.
Someone knocked on the front door.
Nobody ever knocked — on any of his doors. Who could it be? Had someone taken down his license plate number?
He stood up, then bent at the knees to pop his ankles. He had started that following therapeutic toe lifts prescribed to tone muscle after healing a broken ankle. Then he straightened out both arms until his elbows popped. He couldn't remember when he had started doing that.
Beginning with his right pinkie finger, he cracked his knuckles at each joint. Folded in, side-to-side, and backwards, each popped with its own distinctive sound and sensation. That, he had started in second grade.
The large knuckle on his right thumb refused to pop on the bend-back motion. He pushed it back down to "reset" it and tried once more.
The knock came again. "This is Detective Renfield with the Smoten Police Department," said a man's voice from the other side of the front door.
Martin kept working at that right thumb. Fold down, bend back. It just wouldn't pop. A bead of sweat traced a crooked line from his hairline to his eyebrow.
The voice came again. "Mr. Thandle, we need to ask you a few questions."
Damn that thumb. He frantically worked it down, then back. Pop, already. Pop! The sweat hung on his brow, threatening to drop into his eye.
"We know you're home, Mr. Thandle. We saw you through the window. We have a warrant."
Finally the thumb popped, and Martin bolted from the living room, through the kitchen, into the addition. The snooker table and shuffleboard table — relics of a bygone Thandle family era — nearly glowed in early morning sunlight pouring in through the large, sliding glass door. Pool cues stood idly by in their wall-mounted rack.
Sweat burning both eyes now, Martin reached out with one hand to open the door, the other to grab a pool cue.
Greg's alarm beeped, but it sounded a lot like, "get-your-ass-up… get-your-ass-up… get-your-ass-up," and it hurt. He smacked the snooze bar and went still again until it repeated its taunting mantra. Snooze, taunt, snooze, taunt.
"Well, do what it says, why don't you?" Raelynn said, her voice coming from somewhere in the folds of the comforter.
Greg grunted and stumbled to the television on a table in the corner. He turned it on and grabbed the remote control, then punched a few buttons. "There, just like you like it," he said as Matt Lauer's face lit up the screen, the Today Show logo behind him.
The TV's light spread from the corner and bathed the bed and Raelynn's contours in its sporadically blinking glow.
"Thanks," said her muffled voice.
Greg went about his morning routine in a mental fog. The hot shower felt good on his face, his back. After he toweled off and wrapped himself from the waist down, his shaving gel went on smooth and cool over his chin and cheeks. He started the first pull with his razor when Raelynn, her face obviously no longer buried, called to him from the bedroom.
"Honey, I think you're going to want to come see this. Like, now."
The TV's volume increased. "We go now to Bob Stimmons, live at the scene of the incident. Bob," said the local anchor woman.
"Thanks, Mia. As you can see I'm here at Ground Control, a local coffee shop. Reports are coming in now that witnesses saw a woman and child running toward an oversized, inflated cup just seconds before it collapsed on them," the reporter said. "A large tear in the fabric lead investigators to suspect foul play."
They watched as witnesses recounted their tales.
"So they think somebody made it deflate?" Greg said. "Why the hell would anybody do that?"
"Some real crazies running around out there," Raelynn said.
Greg mumbled and rubbed his head, which hadn't yet cleared. "Yeah, out there." Then, to his wife. "I'll be back in a few minutes. I need to start my coffee. You want anything?"
"No, I'm good."
Once outside Raelynn's view, he ran and plopped down in the recliner and opened his laptop. "I'm not good," he muttered. "In fact, I'm very, very bad." He went to YouTube and the browser's logo spun while the page loaded. "Come on, hurry. Please, please," Greg said.
"Daddy, what are you doing?" Alex said as he made his way down the hall from his bedroom.
Greg closed his laptop. "Oh, nothing. Just checking something for work before I eat breakfast," he said.
"But who were you saying, 'please' to, Daddy?"
"Just the computer. I'm running a little late today and it wasn't doing things fast enough."
On most weekdays Greg welcomed breakfast with Alex as a great start to his day. At that moment, however, he didn't need the interruption. He needed to take that video offline.
If only he had declared mutiny on Captain Morgan after the first couple of drinks, he might never have committed such a blunder. No, that was too easy. Had it been the need to have his work seen?
"Saying 'please' to the computer? Silly Daddy. That computer can't understand you."
"Sometimes even I don't understand me, kiddo."
(to be continued)


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- "She is fair...skin pink as a freshly bloomed peach...hair blond as the golden rising sun and lips pink as a tulip..."
- —The Magic Mirror to the Evil Queen
History Edit
Background Edit
Rose was born with the full name "Rose Red" in the castle when Snow was a year and a half. The Evil Queen hoped that this child could live up to a better name then Snow White. At seven years old (and Snow at eight and a half) their father died and the Queen raised Rose with an iron fist with Snow often acting as her mother figure. She was usually criticized for not being prettier than Snow White. However, Snow would usually calm her sister down.
Snow White and Rose Red Edit
Now, as a young woman, living on her own Rose meets Guy Williams, her childhood friend again and the two are reunited after a long time of finding her. Rose later becomes Rose Red Williams and the Queen of her own kingdom acting as an ally to Snow White and her husband.
The dwarves affectionately call her "Rosie."
Personality Edit
While intended to be the opposite of her half-sister, Rose is actually too much like her sister and her father than her real mother. She is usually meek and shy and usually hides herself from th edwarfs in fear of them at first. Grumpy included is one of those who does not like her, but doesn't be that mean to her after the fact that her sister is seemingly dead
Relationships Edit
Snow White Edit
Seeing that Rose feels unloved by her mother by the Queen's criticism, she sees Snow, her older sister as her true mother figure and best friend. Snow usually has Rose staying out of trouble, which rarely happens to Rose.
Guy Williams Edit
Rose's biggest love interest in the story is her childhood friend, Guy Williams, however, the two of them do not see each other for another three years until Rose is living in a cottage of her own.
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Thoughts from Kyiv – 60.08.2014 on Higher Education
On 1 July 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted Bill 1187-2 – a new law "On Higher Education" for Ukraine. The bill was signed by President Poroshenko on July 31 (amid rumors of a possible veto), and today the text of the legislation was officially published in the newspaper "Holos Ukrainy" making it the new law of the land. More


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Dante Alighieri, the father of the Italian language, is beaming with pride in the afterlife because filmmaker Boris Acosta and artist Dino Di Durante authentically honored his magnum opus, The Divine Comedy literary masterpiece, with two documentaries and an animated film with two versions, English and Primitive Italian in Dante's own words, and a 72-piece art collection respectively.
While many artists of the past gave their visual interpretations (such as Salvador Dali and William Blake), only Florentine Renaissance painter Sandro Boticelli was accurate in his 1480's depiction, according to Danteologists. Dino Di Durante's life's work, passion, and assistance from a committee of Dante experts helped guide his hand through his contemporary paintings, inspired to educate the world about Dante and his Divine Comedy.
Boris' documentary feature film (Inferno by Dante) will screen at Cannes Film Festival in May, 2016 and Dino Di Durante's 72-piece art collection has been published as a book on Amazon, currently #6 on Amazon's Best Seller List in the Italian Literature section. The whole art collection is available in both paperback books and Kindle. Each painting comes with a description of the passage at the bottom of each page as well as QR Codes to be scanned to read the actual text for free online while enjoying the art itself. "Inferno - The Art Collection" as the book is titled, is already translated in 33 languages, with more to come.
I had the astonishing pleasure of seeing Dante's Inferno as an Opera in Verona, studied Florentine history, and visited his home museum: Casa di Dante. For those unfamiliar with this legendary literary masterpiece, Dante wrote his Divine Comedy while in exile from his beloved city of Florence between 1302 and 1321. However, in 2008 Boris petitioned Matteo Renzi, then Florence's mayor, now Italian Prime Minister, to get Dante Alighieri pardoned from exile. Mr. Renzi put the motion on the table and the vote was 8 to 2 in favor. Dante was forever pardoned leaving Florence's door wide open for his remains to be brought home from Ravenna, where they have been for almost 700 years.
Dante's Inferno is divided into 9 circles of torment, and Dino Di Durante excellently achieves this in his artworks. Obviously this is the abridged version, but lovers of Dante's works will be delighted to feast their eyes on the original and accurate paintings by Dino Di Durante which took 8 years to complete. Further, seeing Boris Acosta's Inferno by Dante brings this artwork to life with a long list of known celebrity voice-overs, narratives, sound and video effects.
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Trans staff
Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic under the 2010 Equality Act; this includes anyone who has proposed, started, or completed a process to change their gender role.
It is estimated that 1% of the UK is gender variant to a significant degree. About one fifth of them may undergo a change of gender role, amounting potentially to 130,000 people. So far, few have made that change, perhaps 20,000. But the number of people now doing so is growing at 20% per annum and even more rapidly among those aged 18 or less. Roughly equal proportions of the people now making the change were assigned as female or male at birth.
The ECU provides guidance for higher education institutions to help them provide effective support for staff and students - Trans staff and students in HE and colleges (pdf).
Support at Imperial
Imperial is working in partnership with GIRES (Gender Identity Research and Education Society) to promote respect and provide equal treatment for trans people. You may have attended Imperial's 2014 Diversity Lecture, delivered by GIRES.
The College has developed a Trans Staff Policy (pdf):
- Trans Policy Resource A - Support Contacts (pdf)
- Trans Policy Resource B - Terminology Guidance (pdf)
- Trans Policy Resource C - Managers Toolkit (pdf)
- Trans Policy Resource D - Gender Pronouns Guide (pdf)
- Trans Policy Resource E - Gender Neutral Facilities (Excel)
GIRES has developed a free e-learning resource on transgender issues and a series of films, such as the one at the bottom of this page, for those who wish to develop their awareness of issues faced by trans individuals and learn best practice.
To help form a better understanding of the workforce so we can ensure that all staff are treated fairly, we now ask staff to declare their gender identity. You can do this through ICIS Self Service.
Trans status, your gender identity, is different from sexual orientation. However the forms of prejudice and discrimination directed against trans people can be very similar to those directed against lesbian, gay, or bisexual people. Historically the two communities have coexisted and supported each other. As a result, action and support groups often include both sexual orientation and trans status. In the College, Imperial 600 was established in 2006 to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans staff.


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Typical Wi-Fi Signal Issue
Just a week ago I was called to my colleague house to heal and improve the Wi-Fi situation. It did not look good at all. The Wi-Fi signal was regularly dropping off a few times a day and was very weak in the most important places in the house. They use the Wi-Fi and the internet on regular bases so it needed to be done as soon as possible.
Inspection Walk
When I arrived in his house, I did my walking around the place to see the whole picture with my own eyes. The Wi-Fi signal was not very strong just a few meters away from the router. All their computers and TV sets have been using just wireless connections. Their kitchen and garden when they spend a lot of their time was almost out of reach for the Wi-Fi signal. As the wireless signal was dropping off TV downloads were never finished on time. After exact investigation, I discovered that their Wi-Fi channel had a lot of interruptions from their neighbours. So, time to work for the superman.
Three Simple Steps
Firstly, I found the upgrade file for their Internet router and updated it. Sometimes out-of-date router firmware causing very strange router behaviour. Second, logging to administration panel of the router I changed the wireless channel for the least congested one. As every router has 13 wireless channels, three of them are usually very busy. My task was to change the default settings and manually attach to the least used one. Third, I installed in the kitchen the Power Line wireless extension so the Wi-Fi signal dramatically improved for better. From this moment, the kitchen and garden were covered with a very strong and stable wireless signal.
Yes For Improvement
These three simple steps were enough to change the whole picture for better. From now on, the Wi-Fi signal have not been dropped even once. Additionally, I connected their main computer with the router by the Ethernet cable so they were independent from future wireless interferences. The kitchen and garden area gives everyone a chance to use their Wi-Fi connected devices without smallest issue. Their TV sets have stable wireless connection so no more anger during watching football matches.
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What, Where, WhenAt least once a day (and that's low-balling the estimate) Bravo receives a phone call that goes as follows.
Bravo : Good Morning, Bravo, how may I help you?
Potential Customer : Hi. I need a package delivered. Can you do that and how much would it be?
Bravo : silently waits for more informatio
PC : silently waits for a dollar amount
Bravo : Oh ok we can deliver a package for you but in order to get you a rate I need to know from what town to what…
PC : interrupting Yea, it's going from *insert town name here* to *insert other town name here*.
Bravo : Yes, we can accommodate this delivery but in order to get you a rate I need to know more information.
I, for instance, then go on to ask all the important details about this order, while trying to not forget anything that might be pertinent to a rate. How much does this package weigh? How large is this package? Does it need to be picked up or delivered at any specific time? What day is this delivery for? Potential customers, as well as current customers, may not realize this but the rate is calculated by all sorts of factors. So simply asking for a rate with no other information is equivalent to writing a paper on an unfamiliar topic without doing any research and expecting to get an A. It just isn't going to happen. Information is key .
Here's the long and short of what a potential customer needs to know when calling a courier service for a delivery they want done.
1.) WHAT: So what is it that we are actually picking up for you and delivering elsewhere? There is a vast difference between an envelope and a skid full of cartons and here at Bravo we are equipped to handle both. But just like your fruit at the local supermarket, more weight costs more money. We want to supply you with the best, quickest, and most reliable service, so knowing what we are picking up from the get go helps in dispatching the proper vehicle. It also helps us quote you the most accurate and fair rate for the delivery.
2.) WHERE: If you are calling for a delivery to be made (or even inquiring about if a delivery is possible) you hopefully know the name of the pickup point and the name of the delivery point. When quoting a customer a rate, Bravo really only needs the town (and state- please offer up the state if it is a town name that is common to multiple states). A zip code works nicely as well and knocks out any "state confusion". Rates are all different based on where the delivery is going and how far the delivery is from the pickup point. Plus, we need to know where we are going in order to dispatch a driver in the most timely and efficient fashion (all about efficiency here). Chances are we can go there, as long as you can tell us where there is.
3.) WHEN: Is this a delivery for today? Tomorrow? Next Thursday? When do you need this pickup and delivery to be completed by? Is there a time constraint of any sort? Do you need this delivery to be made ASAP or is it fine as long as it is accomplished some time today? The when of a delivery is vital, because there is a reason you are calling a courier service to handle this and at Bravo we want to provide you with the service that best satisfies your needs.
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MATHESON, Chad Avery - Age 37, of Stratford, passed away suddenly as a result of a car accident on June 8, 2018.
Beloved husband of Keri (Ramnarine). Loving father of Ezra, Alyssa and Carter.
Dear son of Gary and Betty Matheson. He will be sadly missed by his brothers Michael (Diane) and Joel (Holly).
Also survived by his grandmother Joyce Stanford, parents-in-law Sando and Malah Ramnarine; brother-in-law Keith Ramnarine; nieces and nephews Emily, Trent, Kayden and Braelyn; aunts, uncles and cousins.
Visitation at the W.G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron Street, Stratford on Tuesday, June 12th from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. with a reception to follow.
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The world sometimes feels in a state of strife. Political upheaval and social fragmentation are becoming the norm, with opinion both ceaseless and polarized. This can leave us with with feelings of anger, frustration, anxiety, or just complete confusion.
For some, making music is a form of escapism – a creative diversion from an intense world. Others find that these turbulent times challenge our notions of what it means to be a creative, and how our music can make positive contributions towards the things we care about.
Music has long history as a medium to comment on the struggles of society and as a rallying cry for like-minded individuals, a way to organise and structure, and an opportunity to build values and beliefs into the creative practice.
In this discussion, Akala, Mat Dryhurst, SHYBOI and The Nile Project's Mina Girgis and Jackline Kasiva Mutu will talk about how their music and practices respond to, embrace, reflect, or transcend the perspectives of the issues they care about. How can music form part of an activist practice? How can it be a vehicle to deal with emotions, opinions and the world around us? How can music inspire new futures? How can our music support a cause and help us support each other?


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Recycled ancient ghost carbonate in the Pitcairn mantle plume
Edited by Richard W. Carlson, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, and approved July 17, 2018 (received for review November 9, 2017)
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Lavas from Pitcairn Island are the best candidates for exploring the origin of the enigmatic EM1 component found in some mantle plumes because they show the most extreme isotopic compositions of Sr, Nd, Hf, and Pb that define the EM1 component. We find that these lavas have the lowest δ26Mg values so far recorded in oceanic basalts. Subducted late Archean dolomite-bearing sediments are the most plausible source of the low-δ26Mg feature of Pitcairn lavas. This requires that an ancient, originally sedimentary component has been emplaced near the core–mantle boundary to ultimately become part of the Pitcairn plume source.
The extreme Sr, Nd, Hf, and Pb isotopic compositions found in Pitcairn Island basalts have been labeled enriched mantle 1 (EM1), characterizing them as one of the isotopic mantle end members. The EM1 origin has been vigorously debated for over 25 years, with interpretations ranging from delaminated subcontinental lithosphere, to recycled lower continental crust, to recycled oceanic crust carrying ancient pelagic sediments, all of which may potentially generate the requisite radiogenic isotopic composition. Here we find that δ26Mg ratios in Pitcairn EM1 basalts are significantly lower than in normal mantle and are the lowest values so far recorded in oceanic basalts. A global survey of Mg isotopic compositions of potentially recycled components shows that marine carbonates constitute the most common and typical reservoir invariably characterized by extremely low δ26Mg values. We therefore infer that the subnormal δ26Mg of the Pitcairn EM1 component originates from subducted marine carbonates. This, combined with previously published evidence showing exceptionally unradiogenic Pb as well as sulfur isotopes affected by mass-independent fractionation, suggests that the Pitcairn EM1 component is most likely derived from late Archean subducted carbonate-bearing sediments. However, the low Ca/Al ratios of Pitcairn lavas are inconsistent with experimental evidence showing high Ca/Al ratios in melts derived from carbonate-bearing mantle sources. We suggest that carbonate–silicate reactions in the late Archean subducted sediments exhausted the carbonates, but the isotopically light magnesium of the carbonate was incorporated in the silicates, which then entered the lower mantle and ultimately became the Pitcairn plume source.
- ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: chenlh{at}nju.edu.cn or albrecht.hofmann{at}mpic.de.
↵2Present address: Chiba Institute of Technology, 275-0016 Narashino, Japan.
↵3Present address: Department of Geology, Niigata University, 950-2181 Niigata, Japan.
↵4Present address: Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 819-0395 Fukuoka, Japan.
Author contributions: X.-J.W. and L.-H.C. designed research; X.-J.W., L.-H.C., A.W.H., T.H., H.K., Y.Z., L.-W.X., J.-H.S., T.M., Y.H., T.T., R.S., Q.C., B.S.V., and J.-I.K. performed research; X.-J.W., L.-H.C., A.W.H., T.H., and H.K. analyzed data; and X.-J.W., L.-H.C., A.W.H., and T.H. wrote the paper.
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Are you a punk? Are you passionate about craft beer? Are you cool with the risks of investing in a company that "started as 2 humans and 1 dog"? If you answered Yes to these questions, Brewdog has a business proposition for you. And it comes with free beer. BrewDog is one of the UK's most successful craft breweries. James Watt and Martin Dickie began the company in 2007 using personal savings and bank loans, and second-hand equipment. Initially, their beers were bottled by hand and sold at local markets…. Read more


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This month marks the twenty year anniversary of the passing of Princess Diana. Although she is remembered for touching the hearts of so many people, she also remains a style icon for many of us. Personally I love her courageous character. Here is a look at some of her most memorable and iconic outfits as we remember this extraordinary woman.


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Religions have gone too far in the opposite direction, branding materiality to be evil and urging humanity to suppress its desires for wealth, pleasure and comfort. Some of you have had many lifetimes in a monastery, convent, or temple where you renounced everything and became the ascetic. While this may have had some temporary value in helping extricate you from your attachment to materiality, most likely the materialistic part of you was simply suppressed, locked down and out of sight from the conscious mind. A few enlightened souls have managed to free themselves from the ego's sense of deprivation and loss that usually accompanies renunciation, but the vast majority of souls have simply pushed their desires underground. Most of you are caught between trying to attain material wealth and trying to resist it.
This brings to mind another of your favorite expressions, "What you resist persists."
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The terror hit really close to home recently when a transgender woman was attacked with candles and hit with a metal baseball bat in D.C. And just a few days before that, a local trans woman was attacked with fireworks on the fourth of July. The incidents created a public outcry. Dozens of people gathered at Freedom Plaza on the hottest day of the summer to protest transphobia in the District.
These are some photos from that protest and some stories from the attendees.
"Trans women of color are human beings and we love them. We need to protect anyone that we love." -Sheva Diagne (middle), 31, DC
"The anger poured out against trans women is misguided. Trans women are not the problem. We are living our own lives. The problem with not having enough quality jobs, not having affordable housing in the black community, social services that are being slashed by the Trump administration...that is not a transgender problem. We could be part of the solution as opposed to taking it out on us."
-Dee Curry, 62, DC
"It's terrible that we have to rally and feel that we have no other options for safety but ourselves."
-Monroe Poston, 30, DC
How does it make you feel when you hear about violent attacks against trans women of color?
"Sad and scared, especially as another trans person. Trans women of color have it much worse than trans men but it makes me sad." -Annis Roberts-Terry, 21, DC
"No pride in police violence. No pride in police violence."
Protesters chant "No Justice, No Pride," down Pennsylvania Ave in solidarity with Transgender women of color who have been victims of violent crime in recent weeks.
"I think if we had more dialog, it would decrease the phobia people have against transgender people, homosexual people and all of that." -Star Clark, 32, Maryland
"We want an intersectional movement that represents all people." -Ntebo Mokuena, 21, Maryland
"Silence is violence because it creates an environment where catcalling, misgendering, name-calling, these little micro aggressions are acceptable. And it creates a culture where it okay." -Lourdes Ashley Hunter, 41, DC
Sign: "This whole d*** cis-tem is guilty as hell."
"No one talks about trans issues and we are drawing attention to something that is often overlooked. No one pays attention to the deaths of trans women of color."
-Ale Jacinto, they/them pronouns, 26, Chicago


text: Father Figures Listen Download Embed ( Getty Images ) Summary Transcript Transcript BROOKE GLADSTONE:In the second presidential debate this week, candidates McCain and Obama were both asked who they might name as treasury secretary. Both candidates, not surprisingly, mentioned Warren Buffet. The "Oracle of Omaha" is said to be the richest man in the world, and with the economy tanking, consulting the oracle seems to make good business sense. MALE CORRESPONDENT:But Warren Buffet is someone who, when he talks, the markets listen. FEMALE CORRESPONDENT:I mean, he's always the man to follow in this kind of market. FEMALE CORRESPONDENT:- to get someone who is wiser than any of us on the markets. MALE CORRESPONDENT:Can you imagine anybody better? BROOKE GLADSTONE:But what's he doing as the world waits? He's shopping. He drove a hard bargain for a chunk of Goldman Sachs and then this week picked up three billion dollars' worth of G.E. Main Street, the story goes, is angry with Wall Street fat cats who ruthlessly raked in the cash. But nobody resents Buffet's billions. It's not part of the narrative. And nobody knows that narrative better than Alice Schroeder, formerly of Wall Street, now out with a massive book called The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life. Alice, welcome to OTM. ALICE SCHROEDER:Thank you, Brooke. BROOKE GLADSTONE:So let's begin by listening to Warren Buffet on Charlie Rose. Basically here he's giving the bailout what amounts to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. [CLIP]: WARREN BUFFET:We have a terrific economy. It's like a great athlete that's had – that's had a cardiac arrest, you know. And it's, it's flat on the floor and the paramedics have arrived and, you know, they shouldn't argue about whether they put the resuscitation equipment, you know, a quarter of an inch this way or a quarter of an inch that way, or they shouldn't start criticizing the patient because he [LAUGHS] didn't have blood pressure tests or something like that. They should do what's needed right now. And I think they will, incidentally. I think the Congress will do the right thing. [END CLIP] ALICE SCHROEDER:I think the media has looked to him to play an official public role as some sort of job, and he doesn't want a job. He doesn't like to show up with regular hours or a schedule. So the talk of him becoming treasury secretary is nonsensical.He thinks of himself as a teacher and advisor, someone who's telling Americans what they need to know about the situation. But for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, he's strictly in it to make money. BROOKE GLADSTONE:[LAUGHS] You know, it's funny, though, when you talk about him being a teacher, his quotables are rather oracular. You know, he said, "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."And he also hates people who trade back and forth. He likes to hold onto stocks for a long time. So he said, "We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'" ALICE SCHROEDER:Yes, he thinks in little parables and he has great aphorisms, and that's part of what's made him so popular. And he's somebody who does care about what happens to the United States and is very involved behind the scenes politically, but he doesn't invest altruistically. BROOKE GLADSTONE:He seems practically perfect in every way, just like Mary Poppins. ALICE SCHROEDER:Warren is a very complicated person, and there's a separation between the tough, steely businessman, the dependent, needy person who needs a lot of support from people, and especially women in his personal life, and then the oracle who really is somebody who's sought out by politicians and the media to give his wisdom in public during a time of crisis like this. BROOKE GLADSTONE:And he's said to have two wives? What's that story about? ALICE SCHROEDER:When his wife Susie moved to San Francisco in 1977, looking for a broader life, essentially she split the role of a wife with her friend, Astrid Menks. BROOKE GLADSTONE:[LAUGHS] Okay. You know, there was an interesting piece in The New York Times last weekend comparing Buffet to J.P. Morgan. Do you agree? Is he the Morgan of today's crisis? ALICE SCHROEDER:Well, the roles that they're playing are very different. J.P. Morgan was more like the Hank Paulson. He directly brokered the bank solution to solving the panic of 1907. Warren, first of all, is investing and making money off of this for Berkshire shareholders, but he's also giving advice. And people have come to him and asked him to intervene directly on their behalf, for example, and go to the Treasury and lobby for – and he's declined to do that. So he's not playing a direct role. BROOKE GLADSTONE:Do you think that he's the Rockefeller? ALICE SCHROEDERWell, Berkshire Hathaway, in some ways, his company bears a resemblance to the Rockefeller empire that was assembled in the early part of the century. And Warren's partner Charlie Munger has referred to him as an "implacable acquirer," much like John D. Rockefeller, who stopped at nothing to put together the company that acquired steel business after steel business, until it became this gargantuan enterprise. And Berkshire Hathaway bears some resemblance to that. BROOKE GLADSTONE:Maybe it's just that the public is just so confused and so lacking right now in figures they can trust that they're desperate to invest everything they have in this one hugely successful businessman. Maybe they're trying to invest too much in Warren Buffet. ALICE SCHROEDER:What I've seen with Warren is that people like a very simple story of somebody who is grandfatherly and all knowing, and they tend to see him as the father figure they wish they'd had. And I think in a time like this, when people are very worried, that gets squared and cubed and, you know, taken to a higher power. BROOKE GLADSTONE:Alice, thank you very much. ALICE SCHROEDER:Thank you, Brooke. BROOKE GLADSTONE:Alice Schroeder is the author of the new book Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life. [WARREN BUFFET PLAYING THE ELECTRIC UKELELE] [MUSIC UP AND UNDER]Give it up for Warren Buffet on the electric ukulele, courtesy of YouTube. 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The Extended Street Back again Versus Poisonous Poisoning
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My vacation with poisons possibly started out about the exact same period as yours. I preferred in the direction of chat relating to my connection with poisons considering the fact that I do not consider I am unbelievably option versus greatest other people today. While the information and facts are utmost heading towards be choice, we drank in opposition to the identical faucet, ate the identical meals and breathed the identical air. By yourself could incorporate been luckier than me with your physical fitness, nonetheless your self may perhaps far too nevertheless not comprehend what it is that is generating yourself ill and exhausted.
Our to start with publicity in direction of toxic compounds happens right before we are born, and always just before we are conceived. It begins with the toxic compounds that our mother and father were being uncovered toward as effectively as their moms and dads' publicity and again in the course of the household. Ladies are born with all their eggs for daily life now built, hence any publicity in direction of poisons through their existence preceding towards being pregnant is transferring toward comprise an affect upon the creating little one. Inside of studies experiments, as plenty of as 2 hundred substitute contaminants are found out inside baby toddlers, and a proportion of this sort of are carcinogenic.
For countless of us that develop up inside of rural and suburban parts, pesticide, herbicide and insecticide publicity is merely component of daily life. Inside my childhood, against the year I was with regards to 6 weeks in direction of 2 several years, the farmers within just our Space persistently sprayed their vegetation, which intended me fairly unwell. The health professionals self-assured my mom that practically nothing significant was incorrect and saved sending me dwelling. They experienced not produced the marriage at that check more year amongst harmful toxins and disorder. My childhood following this was a continuous fight with allergic reactions, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, and meals intolerances. It was not right up until I commenced studying poisons that I found out that this sort of indicators are extremely organic for all those who include a large harmful burden. As they are starting to be much more and further frequent, and the backlink involving harmful toxins and such health conditions is not ordinarily identified, I wished-for toward make it possible for other people understand what I include identified out.
I much too experienced all the recommended vaccinations during my childhood and into my teenager several years. Already I am conscious that such vaccinations contained and nonetheless consist of mercury and aluminum, either large metals, involving other horrors. I in addition travelled comprehensively within just my 1920s and nineteen thirties therefore include experienced several vaccinations and reactions during my everyday living. Vaccinations are a lot less dangerous if your immune process is powerful, nevertheless everyone who is made up of been disclosed towards harmful toxins and significant metals includes a compromised immune course of action. Mine obviously was compromised, and I believe that that the vaccinations contributed in the direction of my exercise ailments.
My childhood was a single of a great number of mattress rests and regular prescription medicines and antibiotics, back again, which possibly did not support my now having difficulties immune approach. I as well include 2 motor vehicle- immune conditions, each inherited, which indicate toward me that the immune procedure that handed in the direction of me was in all probability way too having difficulties- my moms and grandmothers both of those endure in opposition to immune process deficiencies. I do not blame everyone, since I imagine that everybody was accomplishing the perfect they may perhaps with the practical experience they experienced in the direction of check out toward guidance me. It is ironic that the injections and the antibiotics that I was specified towards create me very well may possibly incorporate inside reality contributed considerably in direction of my sick physical fitness.
The foods we ordered at the retail outlet was taken care of with insecticides, herbicides and pesticides. Our property backyard garden was natural and organic, yet which includes other folks, we eaten our proportion of commercially built food items.
Cleansing solutions within people times ended up very similar towards cleansing merchandise of at present. There ended up substances applied within just this sort of items that are amazingly hazardous in direction of our lengthy expression health and fitness, nonetheless there was tiny expertise of the extended phrase publicity challenges. The chemical compounds that are made use of at present in direction of provide us a germ cost-free atmosphere are a lot more unsafe since we are advised in direction of place them all over the place. Once again, the irony is that if a boy or girl is discovered toward bacteria and viruses, their immune procedure strengthens and they create a impressive security procedure for on love here their own.
I was a smoker until finally around 8 several years back as soon as I kicked the pattern for Wonderful. Inside the commencing I was not conscious that cigarettes include horrific substances which includes arsenic, butane, ammonia, nicotine, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and dioxide and aluminum. It may possibly be of awareness towards realize that nicotine is on top of that made use of as a cockroach killer and is an Pretty successful insecticide. Even by now Whilst smokers notice the elements nba live mobile cheats inside cigarettes and tobacco they nevertheless progress in direction of employ the merchandise. Nonetheless, comprehending how destructive the smoke is, by yourself can live absent towards smokers if on your own would such as towards prevent your private poisonous load.
Lovable snacks and sugary desserts ended up in addition my favourite meals community. It did not cross my head in the direction of consider concerning all the substances utilized within just increasing and developing sugar. Quite possibly my dependancy in direction of the product would include intended me justify use in any case. The consequence of a frequent food plan of sugar was dental disorders, optimum ordinarily within the type of cavities. Cavities expected metallic fillings inside these times, which are finish of mercury. As we take in very hot and incredibly hot meals the mercury leaks out of the metallic fillings and contaminates our bodies. The expression "outrageous as a hatter" literally advanced towards mercury toxicity that has an effect on the mind doing work. The indications involve tremors and slurred speech as properly as other neurological impairments.
Faucet drinking water, which we drank especially, was entire of fluoride. While initially touted as a course in direction of assistance your dental conditioning it is made up of at this time been demonstrated as a toxin. It is a as a result of-solution of refining aluminum which is much too said towards include barium, beryllium, direct, mercury, copper, arsenic and cadmium. Inside the Ecu nations around the world exactly where they refused in direction of comprise fluoride within just their drinking water approach, the in general conditioning of their enamel is mentioned in direction of be considerably superior than those people in just the United kingdom.
For a couple of summers I was a painter and would consist of in the direction of paint making use of gloss paints in just shut, badly ventilated quarters. I often felt Extremely sick as soon as this sort of work nonetheless ongoing in the direction of exertion there, not figuring out the contribute and additives I was respiratory inside of. As a Quite busy do-it-yourselfer I truly won't be able to picture the amount of poisons I include inhaled or developed make contact with with in the course of the decades.
Natural beauty goods comprise moreover extra in the direction of my harmful load. I was cursed with prematurely gray hair and against the age of 18, and consequently I commenced toward enjoy above with hair colouring. My hair is darkish brown and it was not till not long ago that I acquired of the large ranges of carcinogenic compounds and substances that are utilized within the dim hair dyes. Fortunately I just permed my hair the moment, nonetheless quite a few women of all ages and adult men perm consistently, which on top of that provides in direction of the toxic compounds inside of our physique.
Substitute styles of natural beauty and cleanliness items ongoing in the direction of insert in direction of the poisonous stages I was having fun with. I employed deodorant that contained aluminum as perfectly as fragrance and generate-up products that include any variety of poisonous chemicals.
In just addition towards the products and solutions pointed out around and in the direction of retain the record workable I far too realize I include been disclosed in direction of:
• Food stuff toxins which includes TBT, mercury, guide, arsenic and cadmium
• Picket remedies (arsenic and some others)
• Dry cleansing substances
• Hearth retardants
• Nail polishes
• Varnish removers
• Bogus spray tan
• Swimming pool substances
• Automobile fumes
• Commercial cleansing products and solutions
• Plastic food items boxes
• Detergents
The listing is likely countless as a lot of toxins are consequently well known within just our international we merely can not escape make contact with. Through the season I was an grownup I endured in opposition to critical melancholy, persistent respiration conditions, aches and pains and enhanced allergic reactions in the direction of a wide range of components.
Right after reading through "Tranquil Spring" by means of Rachel Carson and turning out to be excess conscious of how we are polluting the world I made a decision in the direction of generate a difference. I read through as substantially as I may possibly within this neighborhood. It experienced normally fascinated me, nevertheless moreover started off in direction of glimpse at how I may possibly strengthen my personal exercise as a result of reducing poisons.
The very first factor that I did was change towards organically developed foodstuff this kind of as culmination and veggies. This was to some degree uncomplicated however the up coming move, finishing my habit in the direction of cigarettes, was even further of a problem. At some point I was equipped towards provide up cigarettes and ingesting comprehensively, moreover I in addition commenced utilizing just natural and organic and toxin no cost cleansing products and solutions and resources. Not basically did I get rid of poisonous products and solutions in opposition to my natural environment nonetheless I far too produced the option in the direction of get rid of poisonous americans as perfectly.
Just one solution I did increase in direction of my refreshing exercise schedule was Activate Liquid Zeolite. Upon my excursion toward cleaning and detoxification of my overall body I contain modified each my actual physical as perfectly as psychological staying. I am bodily healthy with practically no breathing complications and I consist of amplified electrical power and drive for daily life. Not simply just does this product or service take away the toxic compounds and chemical compounds that we consist of precisely eaten still it on top of that can help in direction of clean up the entire body of held deposits of the very same harmful toxins.
By way of furnishing your system the likelihood in the direction of turn out to be nutritious yourself will interest sizeable modifications. Whilst by yourself may well incorporate believed that your deficiency of electrical power, ailment or physical fitness ailments were being owing in direction of natural and organic growing older, yourself are much more probably pain towards a poisonous overload that your system only can not regulate. The toxic compounds trick your overall body and stay clear of the organic methods of regeneration and therapeutic. By way of detoxifying your physique it can start off in the direction of operate inside the route it was intended in the direction of.
I am amazingly romantic relating to sharing my tale in excess of how contaminants impaired my conditioning and how this procedure can be slowed, and therapeutic can get started, no matter of your present age and health and fitness diseases. I understand that if oneself offer you your human body the easiest probability it will answer and your self will appear much better, healthful and happier than oneself contain for a extensive whilst.
Everywhere on your own stay these days, your self are surrounded through poisons. It is extremely hard toward escape them. Unfortunately, these days if by yourself get in the direction of train your self and produce alterations toward your surroundings and everyday living, your self can get rid of your publicity toward toxic compounds and start in direction of really feel the rewards. At some point, we contain a selection, and there is a improved direction.
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On August 31, 2017, a Texas Federal Judge struck down the new Overtime Rule that was passed during the Obama administration, and subsequently challenged by 21 states and additional business groups. Judge Amos Mazzant ruled that the salary test as defined by the Department of Labor (DOL) did not meet the intended guidelines regarding the overtime rule.
The new overtime rule was set to create overtime pay for any workers who fell under the threshold of $47,476. The court ruled that creating overtime for workers who fell under the salary threshold without regard to their duties or job functions.
Employees whose duties were primarily those of executive, administrative, or professional (EAP) pass the duties test, which is one of the requirements for exempt status. In addition, the employee must be paid a salary and not be an hourly employee. Under the current rules, the employee must also be paid at least $23,660 annually.
In other words, workers who should have qualified for exempt status under the duties test would be eligible for overtime simply because they fell under the salary threshold issued by the DOL.
The Court's opinion ruled that Congress did not intend the EAP rule to exclude the duties test and base exemption solely on salary level.
Lastly, the Court also determined that the new Overtime Rule did overreach the DOL's authority by making the salary test the primary determination for exempt status.
Although employers won't need to worry about employee's salary for new overtime rules, they should still be aware that the Department of Labor issued a Request for Information (RFI). An RFI is the first step in the process of issuing new rules regarding the Overtime Rule. Employers can respond to the RFI if they would like to have input into the changes the DOL is considering implementing.
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I'm pRaying that I didn'T accidentally kill my niece's giant goldfish.
We're still housesitting, and the tank has been fine. Not super super clear, but not gross, either. The filter was going, fish were fine... then, this morning, I notice that the tank went from "decent" to "Omg disgusting" basically overnight.
I figured out how to change the filter, cleaned what I could (it's a big tank... 50 or 60 gallon, I'd guess about a dozen fish of several varieties), put the filter back in, and added a couple of gallons of fresh water and some water conditioner (as I had been directed).
I checked a couple times during the day, and the tank was really not improving. The filter is working, the bubbler is working, but the tank is brown and murky and just gross. One of the small fish was most definitely dead when I checked it right before dinner. (We had a burial at sea...*flush*)
This is the point at which my youngest confessed to putting in a HANDFUL of fish food flakes yesterday.
I pulled out the filter again to check if I'd put it back together right, and the new one was almost as clogged and nasty as the old one had been. I scrubbed it as best I could (don't Have any other extras), put it back together, and put it back in.
She's got 2 huge goldfish in there, and I noticed one was acting weird, kind of sticking it's face up and gasping, and then the other started floating on it's side and looking sick. The other small fish appear to be ok, still.
Other-husband filled a ziploc bag with water and a drop of the conditioner and we got the 2 big fish into that while we figured out a better solution. He found an old cooler and scrubbed it out, filled it, and put the bag in it to equalize the temperature so as not to shock the poor fish any more than necessary. After about 20 min, we put the fish into the tub.
The one that had been gasping was doing ok... looked a little befuddled at all the moving around and changes, but was swimming around pretty normally. The one that was on it's side FREAKED. It started flipping around, swimming in circles while still on it's side, jumping almost entirely out of the water, and ramming into the sides of the cooler. It did this in bursts, hanging motionless in the water on it's side in between.
I have never seen a fish act that way. Wtf did I do to it???


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Natalia B. Owen was born in Kazakhstan in 1952. Below are the key dates and positions from which she has been able to foster international cooperation in the arts, sciences, health care and diplomacy.
1975: Graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages in Minsk, Belarus.
1977-1989: Aide to the President of the Academy. Of Sciences in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
1983-1989: At the Soviet Academy of Sciences, served as aide and chief interpreter for institute directors in the Soviet Space Programwho were attempting to develop cooperative experiments with the United States (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA).
1989: Immigrated to the United States after marriage to Dr. Tobias Owen, professor of astronomy at the Institute for Astronomy at UH, Hawaii.
1992: Established the Russian Community of Hawaii. Served seven years as its president.
1992-2006: Member of the Hawaii Association of Interpreters and Translators.
1997-2000: Represented Hawaii Pacific University in Russia.
1998-2012: Member of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.
1999: Appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia to the position of Honorary Consul General of the Russian Federation in Hawaii. Appointment certified by the United States Department of State.
1999-2012: Member of the Consular Corps of Hawaii.
2000: Founded the Children of Russia Foundation in Hawaii, an NGO helping children with cancer and blood diseases in Russia. Using donations from individuals and corporations in twelve countries, the foundation succeeded in building a rehabilitation center for children with cancer and blood diseases, the first such center in Russia.
2009: Had five short stories published in two literary magazines in Vienna.
2010: Had six short stories published in the literary magazine "Glagol" in Paris.
2010: Published the short story collection "Kokotut" in Moscow.
2012: Moved to Sacramento, CA and resigned from her position as honorary consul of Russia in Hawaii.
2012: Co–founded and chaired the advisory board of the charitable foundation, "Wings."
2013: Appointed to the position of honorary consul of the Russian Federation in Sacramento.
2013: Joined the Historic Society of Fair Oaks, CA.
2013: Joined the Consular Corps of California.
2013: Published a second book of short stories in Moscow.
2013: Founded Russian Drama Theater Studio and became its production director.


text: I had my first BBQ of the season with members of my close family for Easter and used my charcoal BBQ to roast a whole Pork Shoulder. I made an aromatic Tandoori style marinade which combined delicate spices and yoghurt that both tenderised and added flavour before cooking. Taking three hours on a slow burning charcoal, the whole joint cooked through beautifully. I made a spicy coconut curry sauce, some Asian style coleslaw and fresh bread to accompany a great simple BBQ meal.


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It's been a tough week.
On a personal note, my dad, Peter Hughes, passed away this week. He bravely battled cancer for three years after being given 6 months to live. A tough and loving guy, he will be missed by everyone who knew him. He was very excited about Passel and always asked what we were doing, even when he had far more important things on his mind.
You may remember that we've decided to donate 1% of our revenue to charity. At launch, that charity is the Cancer Council of Australia (http://www.cancer.org.au/).
The night before, Julian and I pitched the Melbourne Angels. I'll write more about that experience later. It was, to say the least, interesting.
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Because we're guaranteeing the delivery, there are going to be jobs where we need to outsource the delivery to either a traditional courier or one of the trendy new ones who have apps. We'd like to minimise that because couriers are really expensive!
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I nearly forgot.
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The fairytale didn't exactly continue in Tashkent .
Anish on Univé match and the Tashkent Grand Prix with game analyses
Univé festival
Held as a part of the yearly Univé festival in the Dutch city of Hoogeveen, the match against Shirov was an experiment by the organizing committee. Previously the tournament was always a double round-robin of 4, which was substituted this time by two entertaining matches. That was fine by me, as already for a long time I was looking for a way to learn something from the great attacking player, the 'Fire on Board' Alexei Shirov and this match was a great opportunity to do that.
Before the match I decided to do all I can to achieve the best result possible, rather than just creating chaos and enjoying Alexei giving me lessons at the cost of my rating. Therefore I came very well prepared in the opening, which was clearly the weak point of my opponent. This created a rather unfair fight and I was basically taking a handicap in every game, especially since all of my intentions worked out perfectly, which can only happen when the wind of fortune is blowing your way. The result of that was the final score of 4.5-1.5, which of course looks quite exaggerated, considering how strong an opponent I had.
I won the very first game with black, which I consider my biggest achievement, as it was earned in a 'fair' fight. My second victory came already in the second game when I caught Alexei in one of his pet-lines of the Slav. He played reasonably well and it wasn't easy to convert, but fortunately I managed to do that eventually and since then the match seemed pretty much decided. Games 3, 4 and 5 were drawn the first two of which were good fights. The final game I won after I managed to use an interesting novelty in the old variation of the Sveshnikov defense. After my preparation was over, I had to find a winning tactic and the game was effectively over. Once again, it all went my way.
Game 1: A. Shirov - A. Giri (Click here to view the game analysis in Chessbase viewer)
Game 2: A. Giri - A. Shirov (Click here to view the game analysis in Chessbase viewer)
Game 6: A. Giri - A. Shirov (Click here to view the game analysis in Chessbase viewer)
The fairy-tale didn't exactly continue in Tashkent, though. I had travelled more or less directly from Hoogeveen to Tashkent and arrived there well in time for the opening ceremony. The Grand Prix cycle had already begun with a tournament in Baku, which was won by Caruana and Gelfand. The event in Tashkent was a second leg with 2 more to follow.
The line-up was obviously very strong. Amongst my opponents were Caruana, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Gelfand, basically I can continue listing all of the players, so it is easier to refer to the tournament table. Speaking of the tournament table, I had a very disappointing event, playing solid throughout but not winning a single game and losing one. I failed to convert two technical positions, in round 2 and round 10 and I lost a rather interesting game against Karjakin, deservedly, no doubt, but it could have very well gone differently, had I remained focussed throughout the whole game.
Since I failed to use any chances, I decided to comment on the ones I missed, my 2nd round game with Mamedyarov and my only resultative game- my loss against Karjakin.
Game 1: A. Giri - S. Mamedyarov (Click here to view the game analysis in Chessbase viewer)
Game 2: S. Karjakin - A. Giri (Click here to view the game analysis in Chessbase viewer)
The Grand Prix series is such that every individual result contributes to the overall standing, so from that point of view the 9th place that I ended on doesn't really help. Nevertheless, there is not all that much time to get overly depressed, with World Championship match going on at the moment and some new events starting soon, for myself as well. Next on the agenda is the impressively strong Qatar Masters Open and then the elite event London Chess Classics.
Official Website of Univé Chess Tournament 2014
Official Website of Grand Prix Tashkent 2014


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>My Bookshelf: The Mindful Writer… and Reader
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A quick glance at what I'm reading right now:
In hardback:
The Mindful Writer by Dinty Moore. I walked to The Tattered Cover Bookstore here in downtown Denver last week and bought this wonderful little book and have almost finished it. Dinty does a wonderful job of pulling together quotes from writers and artists and then reflecting on them and how their wisdom relates to what he's learned from his Buddhist experience, but even moreso from his experience as a writer, an editor, and a teacher. Using the "Four Noble Truths" concept, he comes up with "Four Noble Truths for Writers" as the four sections of the book. Each one is so full of insight that I want to savor each page slowly, but instead I find myself turning the pages, wanting more. I know this is counter to the whole idea of mindfulness and being in the moment, so I'm trying to slow down and ingest and apply the wisdom of these pages to my life, and especially to my writing.
Robert Leleux's latest memoir, The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving is a great read to couple with Dinty's book, because Robert is so mindful in his writing. I met Robert a couple of years ago when he was the guest MC for the Pulpwood Queens' Girlfriend Weekend in Jefferson, Texas. The Living End is about how Alzheimer's changed the relationship between his grandmother and his mother, who were estranged for years until the disease caused his grandmother to forget why she didn't want to have anything to do with her own daughter, Robert's mother. It's about that and so much more, and I can relate to it on many levels.
Of course I'm continuing my journey through Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality, which contains my essay, "Chiaroscuro: Shimmer and Shadow." The anthology just got an excellent review, here at the Alabama Writer's Forum. It's available at lots of independent bookstores now, and I'm hoping to participate in some readings/signings beginning in May, so stay tuned.
When I visited The Tattered Cover Bookstore last week, in addition to Dinty's The Mindful Writer, I picked up a few more titles and hope to dive into them soon:
The Writer's Home Companion (1987) in paperback
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankle (1959) also in paperback, which I read about ten years ago and want to read again
Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth (also in paperback)
And one more in hardback:
Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham. Cunningham's book, The Hours, provided lots of inspiration for my current novel-in-progress, and Specimen Days provides another look at interweaving the lives of three main characters from disparate places and times. Where he used Virginia Woolf to tie the characters' lives together in The Hours, he uses Walt Whitman as the connecting thread in Specimen Days. Saint Mary of Egypt, a fourth century prostitute-turned-saint, plays that role in my novel, Cherry Bomb.
I'm trying to wrap up my novel-in-progress while feeding my soul (it's Holy Week for Orthodox Christians) and continuing to learn about writing from those who do it so well. My plate is full with all that and exploring Denver and hanging out with my children and grandchildren. I'm beginning to learn my way around, and to appreciate the beauty of this place, which is so "other than" the South, where I've spent the first six decades of my life. I can see how the South has shaped so much of who I am and how it informs my writing, especially my fiction, just as my spiritual journey has shaped much of my nonfiction writing, like my essay in Circling Faith. I am thankful to be where I am in my life right now, spiritually and geographically. And I'm also thankful for these mindful writers who also paving the way for me.
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Curtains is a musical with a book by Rupert Holmes, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, with additional lyrics by Kander and Holmes.
Based on the original book and concept by Peter Stone, the musical is a send-up of backstage murder mystery plots, set in 1959 Boston, Massachusetts and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star of Robbin' Hood of the Old West is murdered during her opening night curtain call. It is up to Lt. Frank Cioffi, a police detective who moonlights as a musical theater fan to save the show, solve the case, and maybe even find love before the show reopens, without getting killed himself. (source Wikipedia)
"Edmund Keefe Auditorium" at 117 Elm St, Nashua, NH 03060
Producer: Chuck Emmons
Directors: Larry Pizza and Kim Cassetta
Music Director: Judy Hayward
Choreographer: Bobby Fonacier
Technical Director: John McAllister
Lighting Design: Craig Brennan
Sound Design: Alan Amaral
Set Design: Don Smith-Weiss
Costumes: Lindsay Vago(Chair), Lorraine Louie, Joann Duhamel, Alice Pascucci, Lorraine Cote, Bev and Kelly Frasca
Audition Board: Craig Brennan (Chair) Larry Pizza, Kim Cassetta, Judy Hayward, Bobby Fonacier, Tom Ritrovato, Mark Ferman
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Audition Accompanist Jed Holland
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Publicity: Tom Ritrovato, Glen Grimard, Chuck Emmons, Mike Bradbury, Lorraine Cote, Val Levesque, Lou Duhamel
Program: Daryl O'Bryant, Donna O'Bryant Metzger
Cast Photographer: Paul Sandler
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Cast Coordinator:/Afterglow: Kathy LeClair
Dance Captains: Tina Cassidy, Jen Sassak
Tickets: Kerry Schneider (Chair), David Miller, Raelene Liljeberg, Martha Holland, Howie Levine and Jackie Levine
Hair/Make up: Carol Gorelick
Properties: Diana Hill (Chair), Gretchen Gray
Spot Operators: Joe Reilly, Michael Holland
Light Crew: David Nelson, Paul Metzger, John Franzini, Rick Brooks
Sound Crew: Michael D. O'Keefe, Barb Amaral
Stage Crew: Corynne Breen, Arianna Curley, Ashley Pitchford,Louis Duhamel, Heidi Decato
Poster Design: Paul Metzger
Ad Sales: Chris Wenrich
Concessions: Chuck Emmons
Rehearsal Refreshments: Dan Pellitier
Subscriptions: Kerry Schneider
T-Shirts: Paul Metzger
The posters for "Curtains" are available for download. Click on one of the following links: 8.5" x 11" or 11" x 17"
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The joy of study
When I work on sermons, I will spend hours working on proper wording and flow. There will be time to add illustrations and relevant personal application. But first of all, I want to understand what was actually being said by the original biblical author. Which also can take hours!
In a post modern world, what was intended by the original author is often considered secondary. Current interpretation of literature is the following: what the author wrote about is irrelevant or at most secondary — what is really important is what you get out of this, what you find and how you interpret what is written. Your ideas do not have to concur with the original author. As a matter of fact, you can be completely contrary to the original authors intent.
So, we can read the Apostle's creed and interpret it to mean what we feel in our hearts – which can be totally different than the original crafters had intended. With a clear conscience two religious people can say they agree with the Apostle's creed and yet believe totally different things (a little rant there on ecumenical ministerials!).
Now, I prefer to give respect to the original authors. I'm not so caught up on my own personal feelings that I want to disregard what has been said. If I disagree, I'll say so. Nicely, but . . .
Therefore, back to the first paragraph. I think the most important part of sermon writing is not checking out psychology or sociology or demographics or marketing – although we should not disregard their discoveries. The most important part is to understand what the biblical author, under the inspiration of God, was actually saying. That's hard work . . . tonight I'm working on the first letter Peter wrote! Been at it for awhile. And I sense I'll be at for awhile longer!!