text: As a watercolorist, I experience not only how the paint itself plays on the paper, but also how the water flows and mixes together with the paint. Water is the determining factor whether the paint is bold or muted. It blends the colors together and allows the paint to intermingle in a way that other mediums cannot. It is an active and complex partner changing both the absorbency and shape of the paper when it iswet and the outlines and appearance of the paint as it dries. I am challenged using watercolor paints because I am also anticipating and leveraging the behavior of water, rather than attempting to control or dominate it.Watching the paint and water intermingle is truly magical.It allows me to be in touch with my inner spirit and lets my inner child play. It is an experience that stops time. My artwork allows you an opportunity to experience how I view the world and how I see the "ebb and flow" of life. Please join me in my quest to see the world in a unique and colorful way.


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By Janae Jean and Spencer Schluter –
For this conversation, we had the pleasure to speak with film producer and director, Sanjay Rawal. Sanjay is the creator of the new documentary film, 3100: Run and Become (2018), as well as his previous works Food Chains (2014) and Challenging Impossibility (2011). 3100: Run and Become tells the story of the world's longest distance race, held each year in Queens, NY, organized by followers of Guru Sri Chinmoy and lasting 3,100 miles. Participants run in search of spiritual growth, enlightenment, and to become better people. The film also explores the history of running as a spiritual practice, relating the stories of Navajo runners, the hunters of the Kalahari Desert and Buddhist monks in Japan.
The following is only a small part of our 40-minute conversation with Sanjay. To hear the rest of our conversation, download or stream the episode. Don't forget to subscribe, like, review and share the Conscious Community Podcast on your preferred podcatcher app.
3100: Run and Become will have its Chicago premiere Sept. 21 – 27, 2018 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Sanjay will appear Friday and Sunday to participate in a discussion with the audience. Visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org/3100run for ticket information and more.
SS: Running as a pastime in America only dates back to the '60s and '70s. I was curious if you know, did it originate in the spiritual community and then spread as far as being a popular thing?
JJ: You mean reemerge through the spiritual community as a popular activity?
SS: Yeah, because I was thinking of yoga and how that started as a spiritual practice and has become a fitness craze.
Sanjay: Well, to go way back we've only been agrarian as a species for the last 10,000 years. Which means that prior to 10,000 years ago we didn't even domesticate animals. We evolved as animals through our feet. It's one of the points our movie, 3100: Run and Become, makes as we follow these groups of men and women who are trying to run the world's longest race, 3,100 miles. We explore the possibilities, the spiritual connections, through civilizations and cultures that still maintain a connection to these ancient practices of running. One the most profound examples are the Native Americans of the southwest, the Hopi, the Zuni, the Navajo. For them, they've always looked at running as a form of prayer. Your feet are on Mother Earth, you're breathing in Father Sky. You're running, you're praying to become a better person. They feel running is a teacher, running is a celebration of life. So, one might say that running, along with dance and other forms of movement, is the oldest form of spiritual practice.
You brought up yoga. Hatha yoga, the idea of physical practice, is not that ancient. Some people say it's less than 1,400 or 1,500 years old. At the same time, Hatha yoga was developed as a martial art. The yogis who brought it over into China taught it as the precursor to Tai Chi, which was initially a formal martial art. So, yoga was very much about moving the dynamic energies through the body. Not just for aggression or self-defense but for strengthening the physical body. You can say it's evolved or progressed into something that's much more leisurely, in terms of the way it's practiced in the west. Although many people who have gone back to India to study from Hatha yoga teachers have understood that's there's a deep layer of energetic physical fitness.
SS: I used to dance four to six hours straight or do martial arts for six hours straight without a problem. When you do that as a routine it doesn't even feel like a big deal but you tell someone what it's like and they can't believe it. A lot of people go to the gym and run on a treadmill or an elliptical for 30 minutes or an hour a few times a week and it's a lot of work.
Sanjay: Back when we were hunters and gatherers, they might spend 30-35 hours per week in the practice of foraging or in the practice of hunting, and those 35 hours are pretty darn active. You're talking five, six, seven hours per day. People would think nothing of that. In fact, if you did less than that you became dis-adapted to your environment. So, what we look at as intense physical activity is really looking at the basic state of our physiology as mammals.
SS: Modern life is particularly sedentary. If you look at the SAD (Standard American Diet), it diet gets a lot of flak for being unhealthy but going back just a couple generations ago when we were mostly subsistence farmers, eating a three or four-thousand calorie breakfast was absolutely necessary. You were going to be going from five in the morning until ten o'clock at night doing very strenuous activity. One of the problems with the current diet is we've shifted from eating like that and then being very active to eating like that and being very sedentary, and that causes all kinds of problems. I think, it's probably healthier to increase our activity level to the point where we're burning what we eat than it is to reduce our caloric intake.
Sanjay: I agree, in the film, we show runners circling these blocks for days and weeks and months on end and they're taking 10-12,000 calories a day. At the same time, they can't process that much in two or three meals, particularly because of the level of activity, so they're almost grazing all day. When you look at most omnivores, they're eating all day long, and they're storing calories all day long because the reality of existence with that constant motion and work requires a big calorie expenditure. So, in this particular race, runners are doing one hundred plus laps a day, every lap they're taking 100-200 calories. It works within their digestive system.
JJ: We were wondering, why is the race around one block? It could be from Seattle to Miami or something like that. Is it philosophical, like a mantra that you repeat over and over again, or is it just for logistical purposes?
Sanjay: I think it's a little bit of both. There is the Transcontinental Run which goes usually from San Francisco to New York. But, if you can imagine, they're going up the Sierra mountains, up the Wasatch mountains, up the Rockies. They might get hit with a headwind from Denver to Columbus, Ohio. At the same time, they're running on roads so you have to be constantly aware of the traffic around you. Secondly, you don't have access to aid, to restrooms, to calories, to liquid every half a mile like you do with the 3,100 Race in Queens. That said, when you strip away the logistics and you're circling a block over and over you can enter a flow that allows you to basically transport yourself, transport your mind away from the physical environment. You can focus on trying to become a better person, focus on feeling joy and bliss and happiness. These things sound like dictionary words when it comes to running, most of us who run don't necessarily run to experience a sheer sense of bliss. Running is hard, it's painful. But, with these ultra-distances, each of the runners in this race experiences a kind of release after about three, four or five days—a release of the mental aspect of running, a release of the energies of the heart and experience a deep sense of joy. People come and do this race summer after summer after summer, and they're very normal people. These aren't people who are trying to prove anything to themselves or to the world. If they were they'd just do it once. When people come over and over and over to do this race, we see that they're getting something very deep from within. It's a sense of joy, a sense of spiritual progress, that they're able to harness through these rightfully extreme distances.
3100: RUN AND BECOME. Trailer from Sanjay Rawal on Vimeo.
Janae Jean serves as editor, social media manager, recipe columnist and podcaster for Conscious Community Magazine. She has an extensive background in new media and music education. She is also the founder of Perennial Music and Arts, an arts education and healing center based in downtown Geneva, IL. Visit www.janaejean.com and www.perennialmusicandarts.com for details about Janae's upcoming classes, lesson information, workshops, shows, articles and projects.
Spencer Schluter is the advertising account manager, social media manager and podcaster for Conscious Community Magazine. His experience includes visual communications, advertising, social media, marketing, public relations and business development. Visit www.yggstudios.com for more information about his freelance design and consulting work. He is also a master level Reiki and traditional Chinese Qigong practitioner.
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A minion is a creature you summon that can help you in combat in some way. There are four types: totems, dust devils, creeping dooms, and spectres.
Although they all work in somewhat different ways, they have some things in common.
Controlling minions
You can get minions to do things with "ask" or "order". All minions can be ordered to assist, unassist, follow, attack, focus on a particular creature, or leave. Totems and spectres can also be ordered to defend or protect.
If you order one to attack something, the target will attack you as well.
Minions cannot be successfully ordered to attack priests or followers of the same deity as the summoner (and will disappear if you attack those).
If there are multiple minions in the room, especially if some of them are being controlled by other people, it may be necessary to be more precise when you refer to them. You can refer to a specific priest's minion by prefacing the name for the minion with the priest's name (this works for your own name, too).
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You can also refer to "minions", "summons", or "creatures"--as in, "order minions to leave"--to get all the minions you're controlling.
Multiple minions
Controlling multiple minions at a time is more difficult. First of all, attempting to summon a minion when you're already controlling one or more can result in not only failing, but having your existing minions disappear. Some types--notably creeping dooms and spectres--will attack you before leaving (with spectres being much more persistant about it).
Even if your skills are up to the task, though, it will cost more gp to summon a minion if you're already controlling some. In general the extra cost seems to be half the base cost of the ritual, times the number of existing minions. So if you try to perform Dust Devil--a ritual that normally costs 50 gp--while already controlling a totem and a dust devil, it will cost 100 gp instead (50 + 25 + 25).
All minions will disappear when their time is up (the exact amount of time they'll stay on their own varies). However, you can cause them to stick around longer if you "feed" them gp.
More gp at once seems to make them stay longer (although it may be more difficult), and small amounts of gp (such as 50) seem to make them depart even sooner than they normally would.
There is a faith.rituals.special skillcheck involved--failing this can cause the minion to leave immediately, like so:
| You concentrate on the misty woman, but feel your energy dissipate into the aether.
The misty woman dissipates into the air.
Every minion has a warning message it gives--that it is preparing to depart--several seconds before it leaves for good. You can still feed them gp at this point (although it appears not to work if you've already fed them gp).
They will also disappear when they die, when you order or ask them to leave, or when you log out.
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I'm so excited to announce a new collaboration!
Yiddish Meets Ladino w/ Sarah Aroeste & Anthony Russell
In a program originally commissioned for the Yidstock Festival, I have joined forces with Yiddish vocalist Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell in a new project that explore scommon themes and approaches in Ladino and Yiddish music. Accompanied by pianist/accordionist Dmitri Gaskin (of Tsvey Brider) and guitarist Rob Sanzone, we musically reconcile these long-lost cousins of Jewish music in an interactive and genre-bending performance. We look forward to bringing this new project to a city near you soon!


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As a war-damaged country, Vietnam now boasts an annual growth rate of over 8 percent, the highest in Southeast Asia, as well as the best performing stock market in the region.
With Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), foreign companies are coming in droves.
Early this year, chip maker Intel Corp. unveiled plans to open a $300 million fab in a high-tech park outside Vietnam's commercial center, Ho Chi Minh City. This was followed by an announcement in October that Intel's venture capital arm had teamed up with private equity firm Texas Pacific Group to take a $36.5 million stake in FPT Corp., the country's main information technology provider.
Also in October, local fund manager VinaCapital and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson jointly launched a $50 million fund that will seek out growth opportunities in Vietnam's IT and telecom sectors. Other firms expanding in Vietnam include Hewlett Packard, Japan's Renesas and Nidec, Singapore's Allied Technologies, and Denmark's Sonion.
Authorities at Saigon Hi-Tech Park, where Intel's new facility will be located, recently announced that the zone had already attracted nearly $1 billion in investment, most of it from foreign companies.
Companies active in the country claim its skilled workforce and youthful population—about half of the population of 80 million is under 25—represent an unmatched opportunity. And it is a population that is increasingly tech-savvy, with Internet and mobile phone penetration growing well above global norms.


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My Niece and her wife are in Cuba.
Friends of ours- they just happened to meet while frolicking in the warm Hispanic waters, are also in Cuba. Small world.
My Sister and her Husband are somewhere in Florida- since the day after Boxing Day.
My Cousins are in the Port Charlotte area on the Gulf Coast. They left in early January and return in April. They now own their own place- after a one month stay to try it out back in November.
Tom and I are sitting in the bone-chilling cold of Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
I dunno. I just asked him that question
He said it was because of our two dogs and two cats and the requirement of a house sitter.
Poor, lame excuse!
This from the fellah who just got back from London's 10 degree Celsius temps.
Not a heat wave but 30+ degrees warmer than here.
Earlier in the week he was in Mainz- not far from Frankfurt. Some forsythia blooms were out.
Spring is coming to Europe.
Winter's chill remains here in Canada.
To be fair, on Vancouver Island in both Victoria and Sidney, temps are 10+ too and the sun is shining most days. In a couple of weeks buds will start to burst and tulips and other spring plants will peek their heads above the earth.
Sidney B.C.
Don't believe me?
Got to www.sidney.ca and look at the webcams.
I had high hopes that this might be the year he retires and we look at our future. A place away from this damn cold and snow. The year 2015, I know, is not over. I am talking the "seasonal year".
When it's minus something, I rarely venture outside. Add the feeking unbelievable wind chills we've been experiencing this winter and I turn on both fireplaces and zip up the thermostat and slip into a bare of shorts. I have a vibrant imagination and I believe I can feel the trade winds on my face.
The winter-lovers- those bastards, tell me that our green Christmas was but a month ago...
Oh go F*** yourselves.
I say that with all the love in my heart which at -27 is not much.
Well, what more can I say?
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The Ottawa Senators will give captain Erik Karlsson all the time he needs to grieve.
After the Senators announced Tuesday that Karlsson and his wife, Melinda, had lost their unborn child, the couple issued an Instagram statement of their own on Wednesday.
"At this extremely difficult time, it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we do know one day we'll get there," the statement read. "We would like to thank everyone for the love and support we have received and also for respecting our privacy and the process we need to go through.
"We feel very lucky to be Axel's parents. Even though he was stillborn, we know we will hold him again one day under different circumstances and the joy he gave us will be with us forever."
The devastating news hit the community hard and left a hollow feeling in the Senators dressing room.
Hours after hearing the news, there was no way the Senators could skate away from the tragedy and they lost handily, 7-2, to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. At times, Senators players seemed to lose their focus while chasing the puck around the ice.
"After the game, I didn't want to excuse our performance with outside circumstances, but I have to be fair to the players," Senators coach Guy Boucher said following Wednesday's practice. "It was very difficult for everybody because of the circumstances with Erik. A lot of our players are in similar circumstances. There are couples and some of them right now are pregnant."
Boucher said Karlsson's teammates were in their own collective state of shock, almost numb while trying to support their captain.
"The human side took over (Tuesday)," Boucher said. "It's not just caring, it's disturbing, too. It puts you in a kind of weird, surreal mood. It was dead on the bench the whole game."
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At this extremely difficult time it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel but we know one day we'll get there. We would like to thank everyone for the love and support we have received and also for respecting our privacy and the process we need to go through now. We feel very lucky to be Axels parents. Even though he was stillborn, we know we will hold him again one day under different circumstances and the joy he gave us will be with us forever.
There is no timetable for Karlsson's return. The Senators are offering him whatever he needs while, at the same time, recognizing they also have a job to do.
Centre Matt Duchene said the Karlssons' situation "transcends hockey.
"I know we're all still hurting for him, but, as we're able to internalize it and digest it, I think we'll be able to put it in a place and put hockey in another place," Duchene said.
Compassion wasn't limited to the Senators dressing room. The Edmonton Oilers, who will face the Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night, were well aware of Karlsson's situation.
"Throughout the hockey community, when something like that happens, when it happens to anyone in life, you definitely feel for them," Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. "Everyone on our team is thinking about him and his family. It's so unfortunate and we wish him all the best."
More: Erik and Melinda Karlsson will have lots of support from Senators
Ottawa shows Erik and Melinda Karlsson its sympathy following tragic loss of unborn son


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Adele by Leïla Slimani
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Adèle appears to have the perfect life. A respected journalist, she lives in a flawless Parisian apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of 'having it all', she is bored – and consumed by an insatiable need for sex, whatever the cost. Struggling to contain the twin forces of compulsion and desire, she begins to orchestrate her life around her one night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. An erotic and daring story – with electrically clear writing – Adèle will captivate readers with its exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman's quest to feel alive.
About the Author: Leïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children
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Liverpool Children's Centres have an online survey regarding the types of training that parents and carers would like to access and attend at Liverpool Children's Centres.
The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and we would like as many parents and carers as possible to complete it so we know the training needs of our local communities and are able to plan relevant future training courses to suit these needs.
Could we ask that you please support us by taking part in the survey which closes on 23rd March 2018.
Please follow this link to complete the survey…
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Dragon Boat Challenge 2018
Published on 02 July 2018 03:10 PM
We are taking part in the annual York Dragon Boat Challenge this year. 36 teams will be racing in Dragon Boats down the River Ouse to raise money for charities. The event is organised by the Rotary Club of York who this year are supporting York Mind and Citizens Advice York. 1/3 of the money that Age UK York raise will go to these 2 local charities and the remainder will go to us. If you would like to make a donation, then you can find our fundraising site at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Team/AgeUKYork


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Every three years, the Federal Reserve conducts their Survey of Consumer Finances. Data is collected across all economic and social groups. The latest survey data covers 2013-2016.
The study revealed that the median net worth of a homeowner is $231,400 – a 15% increase since 2013. At the same time, the median net worth of renters decreased by 5% ($5,200 today compared to $5,500 in 2013).
These numbers reveal that the net worth of a homeowner is over 44 times greater than that of a renter.
Owning a home is a great way to build family wealth.
As we've said before, simply put, homeownership is a form of 'forced savings.' Every time you pay your mortgage, you are contributing to your net worth by increasing the equity in your home.
That is why Gallup reported that Americans picked real estate as the best long-term investment for the fifth year in a row. According to this year's results, 34% of Americans chose real estate. Stocks followed at 26%, and then gold, savings accounts/CDs, or bonds.
Bottom Line
If you want to find out how you can use your monthly housing cost to increase your family's wealth, let's get together to guide you through the process.
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Atlanta is one of the Georgia's biggest and best cities. One of the biggest and best small towns within that city is Druid Hills - home to about 15,000 people. Druid Hills boasts some of Atlanta's most important landmarks, including Emory and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (formally known as the CDC). However, it's also where you can find beautiful homes - including old and new houses, luxurious property rentals and awesome amenities. If you're thinking of moving to the Atlanta area and want a place to live that offers some of the city's best amenities but also lovely neighborhood living, then you should look no further than Druid Hills.
If you're considering moving to Druid Hills, you're in for a treat. It's one of the best cities in the Atlanta area to live in, and you're sure to find lovely rental property here. To begin your search for apartments in Druid Hills, gather all your leasing documents. Want to know what those might be? To find out what you'll need specifically, ask each landlord, since requirements can differ. In general, you'll need these types of documents: copies of IDs, bank statements, tax returns, letters of reference from landlords or friends, proof of income, proof of employment and more. Also, be ready to put down a deposit! To secure property rentals here, you'll need to put down at least two months' rent upfront, sometimes three months', so be sure to save your pennies before the move.
Want to know more about the neighborhoods in Druid Hills? Check out the list below. These details can help you understand more about what kind of people live and what kind of things happen in each area - and, most importantly, if you'll be happy calling each place home.
Emory: This is the northern most neighborhood in the area, and it's the neighborhood that's home to Emory University and all of the facilities that go along with it. That means that along with university students, it also has an excellent hospital, outstanding museums, and beautiful parks and landscapes. The area is also home to the stunning Candler Lake, so if waterfront property is your thing, then this is the area you'll want to check out.
Southern Druid Hills: Love greenery? This is definitely the place you need to look for a house. It's home to multiple parks. One of the best is the Fernbank Forest, with tons of greenery to run around on and plenty of trees that provide shade for lounging. It's also home to Druid Hills Golf Club, where golf aficionados go to play a challenging round of golf on a beautiful course. The course also has an awesome clubhouse where neighbors and community residents can congregate.
Western Druid Hills: Western Druid Hills is the cultural center of the area. It's home to Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, which draws some of the best artists in the region. Western Druid Hills is also the location of many residential properties in Druid Hills. This is a good place to look if you're looking for places to rent in the city.
Eastern Druid Hills: Eastern Druid Hills is the most residential of all the town's neighborhoods. It has lots of quiet residential streets and houses with yards. There's not too much in terms of businesses and commercial property here, so if you want to live in the midst of the hustle and bustle, consider looking in the town's other neighborhoods.
The truth is that if you're living in Druid Hills, you meant to live in Atlanta. But while Druid Hills is certainly its own town, it offers convenient access and lovely living right near the heart of the big city. Like professional sports? You can find them right nearby in Atlanta; the Atlanta Falcons are a world-class football team, the Braves are an outstanding MLB team and the Atlanta Hawks are an awesome NBA basketball team. Like theater? Atlanta's Alliance Theatre offers some of the best productions in the entire country. Atlanta is also home to some awesome entertainment that's great for people of all ages and interests, such as Stone Mountain Theme Park, Zoo Atlanta and the Georgia Aquarium.
If you want to occupy yourself in your hometown and you live in Druid Hills, you can certainly do that as well. Emory offers a slew of activities, from outstanding theater productions to world-class art shows. The area is also home to some great parks where you can spend time outside in the lovely Georgian outdoors: Deepdene Park, Fernbank Forest, Herbert Taylor Park and Ira B. Melton Park. All in all, Druid Hills is a great place for lovers of culture and entertainment, and it's also an awesome spot for anyone who wants to be able to have a quiet night's sleep after their exciting day in the big city.


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Country singer Kylie Rae Harris caused a three-vehicle crash in northern New Mexico that left her and a 16-year-old girl dead, authorities said.
Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe told the Taos News that investigators believe Harris caused Wednesday's crash and that speed appeared to be a contributing factor when she clipped the back of another vehicle, sending her into oncoming traffic. She then crashed head-on into an SUV driven by Maria Elena Cruz.(Billboard)
Tragically, she wrote the song 'Twenty Years From Now' for her daughter, Corbie, 6, about how not everyone gets to know their parents when they are adults.
Kylie Rae Harris (May 15, 1989 – September 4, 2019)
Fuel range is 46 miles and I'm 36 from the nearest gas station
Dear baby Jesus please don't let me get stranded in NM
— Kylie Rae Harris (@KylieRH) September 4, 2019
Harris and the Taos High School student died at the scene. The responding emergency crew included the teen's father, Pedro Cruz, the deputy chief of the San Cristobal Volunteer Fire Department.
Kylie Ray Harris' last Instagram stories hours before she passed away. pic.twitter.com/j0CqtFX3L5
— FanzForever (@forever_fanz) September 5, 2019
The singer, who grew up in a small town near Dallas, was traveling to perform at the Big Barn Dance in Taos, according to Saving Country Music, which first reported the death. Harris tweeted about the trip the day of the fatal crash. "Fuel range is 46 miles and I'm 36 from the nearest gas station. Dear baby Jesus please don't let me get stranded in NM," she wrote.
On the day of her death, Harris posted a video on her Instagram story of her in the front seat of a car explaining through tears her personal connection with Taos. She said, "I spent the last 20 years of my life coming to Taos with my dad, my sisters, my grandparents lived here, my uncle still lives here. Literally everybody that was here has passed away, except for my uncle, and including my dad. Driving these roads today — I've been driving for almost 12 hours — you would think that's so exhausting and boring. The last couple of hours driving through the mountains and remembering my place in the back seat as a little kid when my dad was making these treks here — and I started getting really sad."
Authorities also have said evidence at the crash scene indicated alcohol may have been involved, though they declined to provide details. They were awaiting a toxicology report from the coroner's office.
The Taos News reported that Harris, 30, had a prior DWI conviction in Collin County, Texas, in 2017 and had been ordered to install an ignition interlock device on her vehicle, according to court records.
A single mother, Harris was in Taos to perform at an annual music festival. She had posted on social media earlier that day that she was low on gas and 36 miles (58 kilometers) from the nearest gas station. "Dear baby Jesus please don't let me get stranded in NM," she tweeted.


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harlem fetty Fetty was robbed for cash and his chain on Sunday morning, which led to a shootout that sent 3 people to the hospital.
harlem fetty Fetty was robbed for cash and his chain on Sunday morning, which led to a shootout that sent 3 people to the hospital.
This is crazy. In a recent video, we see a shootout taking place at a apartment complex. We can see bullets flying and men dodging them. We also see parking lot footage of men hopping out of a truck sneaking up on someone with a gun. The men then hop back in the truck and pull off.
A couple seen in an Atlanta shoot out video is now speaking out. The video went viral after the shooting took place at what appears to be a gas station.
Wednesday morning law enforcement set up road blocks surrounding an Oregon wildlife refuge. The block off comes after after a series of arrests resulted in a shootout leaving one activist dead and eight others in custody. The activists have been in an ongoing standoff with police for more than three weeks, after a group of men and women took over a remote facility in southeastern Oregon. The group is protesting the imprisonment of two local ranchers convicted of committing arson on public lands. Read more below.
Mississippi police report that two men have been killed and two have been wounded after two father and son teams had a violent shootout after an argument over a $25 firearm repair fee. The incident occurred Saturday near Picayune, Mississippi, where a gun store owner and his son, had an argument with two patrons, also father and son over a firearm that was dropped off for repair. According to police, the customers became infuriated after being told their firearm was not ready for pick up and their would be a $25 service fee. The argument turned into a shootout and the owner and his son were reported dead after "multiple gunshot wounds" while the customers were transferred to intensive care. Read more below.
Guys Get Shot At While Talking Sh*t On Camera In the middle of recording a video talking all types of shit, portraying themselves as "about that life", the two men were shot at as soon as he mad a gun reference. Hop into the post to see for yourself #IFWT!
Imagine going to the hospital because you have a headache and thinking they will just give you some medicine and be on your way, not for this Florida teen… He had way more going on then just a headache! Read more after the jump…
Nas probably said it best, "Shootouts is similar to Wild West, broad daylight, face to face, without a vest." That time it was written, this time it's caught on tape. It went down in a Philly motel where after a dispute, shots rang out. The scene was right out of a cartoon… See it after the jump!
Inside of Dan Foley Park in Vallejo, California, Lil Scrappy was most likely performing, "Paws," when the show was cut short. Outside in the parking lot, a shooting accorded between some fellas, but the result ended in one woman getting killed and another injured. According to police, "They [the women] are not believed to be the intended targets." Crossfire is sick.
Albuquerque officers are currently trying to piece together what happened during a chaotic chase and shoot out resulting in the hospitalization of three officers, hit the jump for more!


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|The Universe, God, Whatever! There Seems To Be Something
Out There!
Honestly, it has been a delight to see the Dude so happy in his new school here in Canada. School and the Dude are not a natural fit and it has been a battle to get him to go ever since he started way back in Kindergarten.
|Kindergarten Dude - Looking Decidedly Unsure!
I was fully expecting a complete nightmare sending him to a new school in a new country and at the worst possible time of year - final term. However, he has taken to the Canadian education system like a duck to water! And the day before yesterday I happily shared my delight at this fact with anyone who would listen! It would seem this was a mistake - I should have said nothing!
Yesterday came and it was a disaster! In his efforts to make friends at his new school he has played with both boys and girls and in the past few days has had great fun playing with two girls. So yesterday he was teased by some other girls and boys for playing with just these two girls.
It was probably harmless teasing along the lines of, "you've got a crush...blah, blah, blah" but the Dude takes all these things very much to heart and now he doesn't want to go to school! And when my stubborn, single-minded boy doesn't want to do something then he REALLY doesn't want to do it!
In the past twenty-four hours we have run the gamut of emotions from anger, to sadness, to tears, and only a mixture of threats and bribes got him out the door this morning.
I hope he has a better day today, maybe even a good one but I'll tell you something right now - you won't hear it from me if he does!
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I would think that combining rugby, religion (specifically, the concept of grace), racism and politics in the same article would be a reach, but Petersen gives it a crack. - Wes
Parable of the kingdom: rugby and grace (South Africa)
by Robin Petersen
(The Christian Century, 1/17/96)
Karl Barth once described good politics as "parables of the Kingdom." By this he meant that political choices and programs are grasped theologically by the analogical imagination that moves from the gospel to the situation. Reflections on the miracle of reconciliation that is occurring in South Africa reverse the direction of this analogical procedure; a theological reading of the politics of the African National Congress in general, and Nelson Mandela in particular, illuminates the gospel in a new way. For what Mandela is practicing can only be described as a politics of grace - grace in the full-blown, unadulterated sense of forgiveness and restoration that is undeserved, unmerited and unearned.
A rugby match prompted my reflections. After six years of study in the U.S., I arrived back in Johannesburg during the rugby World Cup final between South Africa and New Zealand. Having kept abreast of local politics and sports via the Internet, I had heard that the World Cup, and in particular the performance of the Springboks, the South African national team, had gripped the imagination of the whole country. I harbored a deep suspicion of these reports. After all, unlike other national sports, rugby remains almost exclusively a white-male Afrikaner preserve. I had also been home a few years earlier after the ANC requested that fans not sing the old national anthem or display the old South African flag. The 60,000 spectators at the match between the Springboks and the Wallabies (the Australian national team) defied this request with a recidivist vengeance. Never had the old flag been so extravagantly displayed. In the moment of silence that was to replace the singing of the anthem, the crowd burst into song as if their lives depended on it.
But that was then and this was now. In the interim, South Africa held its first democratic elections, unfurled a new flag, crafted a new anthem (which combined the famous Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika of the liberation movement with Die Stem, the old anthem of Afrikaner pride), and, most important, inaugurated a new president. In the months leading up to the World Cup tournament, it seemed as if rugby would again shatter the fragile sense of national unity. The South African rugby team, it was argued, was simply not representative of the "Rainbow Nation." Only one black player had made the squad, and an injury threatened his participation. There were raging debates over the Rugby Union's poor record in developing programs to rectify the imbalances and injustices of apartheid, and bitter memories of the flag-waving defiance that had marred the previous international tours. Many black South Africans questioned the propriety of hosting the World Cup matches in South Africa. At best, there seemed to be a studied lack of interest in the whole affair as the tournament date approached.
From the side of the rugby-loving white public, another debate ignited passions to a fever pitch. The national symbol of all previous South African national teams had been the springbok, an indigenous leaping gazelle. Recognizing the identification of this symbol with the tragic history of apartheid, the national cricket team had replaced it, and the National Sports Council had urged that it be replaced in all sporting codes. But as Redskin and Illini fans know, changing well-loved if offensive symbols is an emotional undertaking. [Southerners fond of the Confederate battle flag know this, too. - Wes] True to form, the rugby board hesitated, arguing that the springbok could not be changed. But under intense pressure, it agreed that after the World Cup was over, the symbol would change to the protea, the South African national flower. This deal seemed to annoy everyone. Many blacks felt that the rugby board was proving that it could not adapt to the new political realities; many whites, with breathtaking historical amnesia, carped about the "interference of politicians in sport."
Into this potentially explosive cauldron stepped the man whose political sensibilities have proved impeccable, whose understanding of the power of symbolic acts to make or break community surpasses that of the most canny of religious leaders. A few days before the opening game of the tournament, Mandela visited the South African team. He emerged from the meeting and went on national TV. He stated that until 1994 (the date of the elections), he, along with most black people in the country, had always supported whichever team was opposing the Springboks. But now he urged everyone in the country, black and white, to unite behind "our boys." Standing beside him was the captain of the Springboks, a white Afrikaner, who told the nation that the team was going to win the game "for our president."
This simple act of political courage and gracious accommodation by the president turned the tide. The whole nation seemed to swing behind the team, and to everyone's surprise, the Springboks won the opening game convincingly. The stadium was awash in the colors of the new flag, and there was a palpable sense that Bishop Tutu's vision of the "Rainbow Nation" was receiving a new set of symbols.
The Springboks eventually qualified for the finals, with the whole count united behind them. Once more Mandela showed his symbolic acumen. At the pregame ritual of presenting the teams to the various dignitaries, the president appeared on the field in the rugby jersey of the Springbok captain. (He later wore the same jersey at an ANC rally in the townships and endorsed the continuing use of the springbok as the rugby emblem. Once more he mobilized a symbolic logic of almost salvific power. The crowd (predominantly white, male and Afrikaans) burst into a sustained chant of "Nelson, Nelson, Nelson," transferring to him the attention usually reserved for the sporting icons. In this wonderfully graceful, extremely insightful gesture, Mandela was able to channel the religious, psychic and ritual energy to himself and to his vision of the nation. The Springbok team, inspired no doubt by this affirmation, went on to win the game and the World Cup.
The cynic, of course, sees in this manipulation of symbols a crass mobilizing of mass emotions for the sake of political projects. There may be some of that. Three things, however, undermine such suspicion. The first is the project to which these actions are directed--the reconstruction and reconciliation of one of the most divided, alienated and violent societies, in which ethnic and cultural difference continues to threaten an emerging and fragile sense of nationhood. The second is the man himself. Mandela has shown such a consistent integrity that few, if any, accuse him of hypocrisy. There is a substance .to his acts that cannot be reduced to clever (or dumb) campaign politics. Third is the consistency of this "politics of grace" when it is politically unpopular. The rugby incident is just one of many instances of a pattern of reconciling grace that has been salvific for the country. If reports from the most reactionary quarters are to be believed, many former members of the Afrikaans Weerstands Beweging, the paramilitary Afrikaner resistance movement, have abandoned membership in the organization and some have even joined the ANC.
The apostle Paul discovered, however, such a practice of grace, in its very recklessness and profligate abundance, is not always received in the manner intended. Two of the dangers that have emerged are not unfamiliar to those who understand the primacy of grace. The first is the real problem of resentment among those who feel that such grace is undeserved, unnecessarily extravagant and too easily given--that is, without the necessary quid pro quo being negotiated up front. Politically, those who have long been victims of the system of apartheid look with understandable disdain on the president's attempts to reconcile with the former oppressor. They view these attempts as an appeasement that undermines their legitimate anger and demands for retribution. They resemble the prodigal son's faithful brother, who resents his father's excessive grace toward a profligate brother.
This danger is fueled by the second danger, which has to do with the reception of this grace. James lamented the misuse of Paul's understanding of the faith-works dialectic; white South Africans too often misuse the miraculous grace which has been offered to them, and confirm the suspicions of the elder brother. To be more specific: one can detect in radio talk shows, in the conversations of families and friends, in newspaper articles and letters to the editor, a certain self-righteous carping about the new South Africa which begins with "I was never for apartheid, but...," and then goes on to list complaints about the decline of white privilege, couched in the general terms of "declining standards." In complaints about crime, about squatters, about the disruption of services through strike action, about corruption and fraud, there is very little reflection, let alone a self-criticism that sees the legacy of white domination in these horrendous social crises. Forgiveness has been interpreted as a carte blanche to criticize and condemn the new and fragile democracy. Instead of accepting the miracle of grace with humility, repentance and a desire for conversion, many treat this grace as a right, as a natural product of a democracy.
One wonders if this grace was given too easily, if it has become a "cheap grace" that demands neither repentance nor the conversion of attitude and life. But the offer of grace always implies a risk that it will be spurned, that it will be abused. Why take the risk? Because it is clear that its salvific power remains enormous. While revenge would have been satisfying for many, and would clearly have been more just, its consequences would have been horrific, not only for whites, but for the whole nation.
Mandela's politics of grace is one of the most theologically remarkable political experiments in history. If it succeeds, it will not only have saved the country but will also offer a political model for other countries emerging from bitter strife and division. What will it take for it to succeed? In terms of the analogy of grace, it is clear that what is required from white South Africans is conversion in its full, evangelical form: recognition of sin, confession of sin, acknowledgment of the miracle of grace and a life transformed in attitude and action. White South Africans need to hear the timely and insistent reminder of James: that we not cheapen grace, that we continue to hear the cries of dispossessed workers, and that we restore, re-create, recompense and reconstruct all that the previous system had destroyed.
Robin Petersen is a senior lecturer in the faculty of religion and theology at the University of the Western Cape in Bellville, South Africa.


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Bridges works to create systems change by helping equalize access to postsecondary education, so that more first generation to college, low‐income, minority and nontraditional students will be able to overcome access barriers that otherwise may prevent them from enrolling in colleges and completing their course of study. These student demographic groups, underrepresented in higher education, benefit from individualized support through the college admissions and financial aid process. Comprehensive admissions and financial aid counseling is the heart of Bridges' work because it addresses the unique needs of our student population and rural Taos County communities.
We have witnessed that as members of a family learn how to navigate the admissions process the experience becomes a part of their vocabulary. An increasing number of clients come to Bridges because another family member has been helped, and the effect has rippled through our tight-knit, family-focused communities. Sisters follow brothers; parents are inspired by their children; husbands follow wives; and friends refer friends. Empowered by their own experience, and possessing the language and tools to assist others, many Bridges clients have become educational advocates themselves. As they are able to help others in their family, negative cycles begin to break down. Change can then take place gradually over the course of generations.
Our belief is that the benefits of higher education for students, their families, their communities and beyond to encompass our society at large are broad, deep and numerous. A college education can impact an improved quality of life for the individual and their family – more career choices, better health, longer life expectancy and greater income – their community – increased civic engagement, community service and social mobility, along with stronger interpersonal relationships – and our nation – a democratic and informed citizenry educated in the skills and understanding required to create and sustain a 21st century America based on the indisputable right for all people to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." While higher education is not the right choice for every person, Bridges is an advocate for access to higher education for anyone who feels it's the best choice for them.
There are many ways to show your appreciation and support for Bridges Project for Education. Your gifts help students of all ages in Taos County and Northern New Mexico access higher education, especially those among the first in their families to seek vocational certifications and college degrees.
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By Sarah Snebold on October 19, 2016 Original publication
After this second Presidential debate, I am utterly appalled. I am sure many of you read or heard about Trump's leaked commentary regarding women. This, in itself, made me disgusted.
However, his excuse of this being "locker room talk" and "words are just words" is the epitome of facilitating and condoning rape culture.
Further, the politicians who are removing their endorsement are in no way spineless. Have we not considered that they may not want their name associated with such a disgusting ideology?
I know this story has filled the media, and I am sorry if you do not want to see another article on this garbage, but I feel a strong need to address a few underlying issues that have been exposed. The ideas I would love to squander are the ideas of this being okay as "locker room talk," that "words are just words," that Trump is a billionaire so what do we expect, and the idea that this is the same as consensual situations.
First of all, something I think needs to be clear, yet isn't for some unfathomable reason, the necessity of consent. A man or a woman can say no at any time. Once this happens, the other individual must stop pursuing them. Consent must be given, and this goes for both men and women.
I heard the argument floating around on social media that it is nonsense for women to be upset over these remarks and allegations against Trump when we let ourselves be used to "Netflix and chill" at 3 a.m. For those of you who are not aware with what "Netflix and chill" means, please use Urban Dictionary at your discretion. But, these two situations are not the same.
Why? Because in the latter, I am consciously making a consensual decision, and in the former, the women Trump is speaking of/violated gave no consent. As an individual, I can decide what I want to do with myself sexually. If I, or anyone else, is more sexually active than another, that does not deprive them of their right to give consent, nor that they cannot be upset when situations of sexual violence occur.
Consent is real. Consent is necessary. And any situation where this is not present is a violation to another human's body and thus, never ever okay.
Second, why would anyone, Trump or any of his staff, think that "locker room talk" or "words are just words" is an accepted excuse? Overall, the actions are not okay, never were nor will they ever be. But to pass this off as, "boys will be boys" is the epitome of condoning and facilitating rape culture. The normalization of sexual violence is what has placed us in an alarming situation.
Here are the facts as of 2015:
• One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives.
• 46.4 percent lesbians, 74.9 percent bisexual women and 43.3 percent heterosexual women reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes, while 40.2 percent gay men, 47.4 percent bisexual men and 20.8 percent heterosexual men reported sexual violence other than rape during their lifetimes.
• Nearly one in 10 women has been raped by an intimate partner in her lifetime, including completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration or alcohol/drug-facilitated completed penetration. Approximately one in 45 men has been made to penetrate an intimate partner during his lifetime.
• 91 percent of the victims of rape and sexual assault are female, and 9 percent are male.
• In eight out of 10 cases of rape, the victim knew the person who sexually assaulted them.
See more information at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Anyone who believes this is not a real issue is sadly mistaken. And no, ignorance is not bliss here. It is further condoning the violence being perpetrated on these individuals. Trust me, I could go on and on here with the gaps for victims to prosecute their perpetrator, victim blaming, etc. But, I will save that for another time.
Here, I want to stress upon the idea that Trump's words were not just words. They were actions, taken by him and/or other men across the nation that violated the bodies of individuals, destroying their idea and future ability of intimacy, destroying their self-worth, self-esteem, and idea of themselves. Destroyed their comfort of privacy and security. Eliminated their voice. So no Trump, and all others who believe this myth, words are not just words. Words normalize the actions that have destroyed the lives of individuals, regardless of age or gender, around the world.
Third, what locker room have you ever been in Trump? I have worked for the Montana State Football team for four years now. I have been in a workplace surrounded by men, and the majority of my close friends are student athletes. But have I ever heard any of them lightly discussing matters of sexual violence they or others perpetrated? Just because you, Donald, have no integrity, respect, or character, does not mean you can create the assumption that all other men, particularly athletes, are also lacking in these areas.
I want to take the time to applaud Chris Conley, a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, for his remarks on this matter.
He stated, "Just for reference. I work in a locker room (every day) … that is not locker room talk. Just so you know … Have I been in every locker room? No. But the guys I know and respect don't talk like that. They talk about girls but not like that. Period." You can see his tweets here.
Lastly, I want to demolish the thinking produced by Tomi Lahren, which further condones Trump's behavior and facilitates rape culture. Let me pick apart a few statements, which exemplifies her ignorance and allows all her following to continue in ignoring the prevalence and issue of sexual violence.
She starts her argument saying "it sounds bad," but "she isn't surprised," as Donald Trump is a "billionaire business man, a reality TV star, not the pope." She goes on to condemn the "never Trumpers" and tells them to shut the h*ll up, as they are acting "holier than thou, as if you've never heard anyone say anything like that before."
Let me stop here, as she is only a minute in and I am baffled. I am a college student at Montana State University, with 15,688 students. I work for a D1, FCS, college football team. And guess what Tomi, I have never, in my life, heard someone say they could grab women by the p—y, because they "can do anything" (see an overview of the Trump footage here).
Further, why would we want to elect someone when this rhetoric isn't surprising? Barack Obama has not spoken in this manner, neither did Mitt Romney, John McCain, George W. Bush, Albert A. Gore, and the list goes on. Do we really want to have the leader of the United States, the symbol of democracy and freedom (up for debate, but please bear with me) to showcase onto the world that this is acceptable?
If we Americans condone Tomi and Trump's facilitation of rape culture, what hope would women in less democratic, more suppressive countries, have?
Tomi goes on to say that no one should be shaming the women who support Trump, as because they aren't crying in the corner about this doesn't make them any less "woman."
The one piece I will agree with out of her entire three-minute ordeal is that no one should be shaming the women who support Trump. I may not understand or agree with this segment of the population, but I respect their voice. Anyone can vote for whom they wish; if you want to vote for a Libertarian, great. That is the point of our elections.
But Tomi, why then can you shame on the women who are appalled by Trump's rhetoric on sexual violence? I apologize if this is rash, rude, or uncalled for, but Tomi, just because you have not been a victim/survivor of sexual violence, does not mean you can silence those who are and those of us standing by these individuals.
Your acceptance of this rhetoric is what normalizes the culture. You, with 18,465,325 views on your "Trump Tapes" video, are giving excuses to the public who accept and condone this behavior already. Honestly, I blame you for the remarks I have heard this past week from women who claim that, "rape isn't real, as anyone can defend themselves. So obviously anyone who claims rape wanted it."
Tomi, please tell those of us who have experienced first or secondhand sexual violence that we are making it up. Please tell me that I have been upset countless nights over nothing. Please explain to us how we wanted to be violated, we wanted to be objectified, wanted to feel as though our mind, body and spirit are nothing, as anyone, especially "billionaire businessmen and reality stars" can do whatever they please to us without our consent.
Please Tomi, please explain to me how this is okay, and that I have no reason to be upset about it.
And lastly, how are the politicians, equally appalled by this rhetoric, "spineless" for pulling their support? Whether it is Democrat, Republican, or whatever party, if a congress member feels disgusted by this facilitation of rape culture, or any rhetorically similar situation, they can pull their support. This is not running and saving themselves. Instead, it is action against the normalization of sexual violence and a symbol of support for those who have experienced such repulsive actions or words.
I understand your frustration with the lack of work done by the Republican held Congress and the White House in 2002-06. This was a good point made, but again Tomi, you ruin your argument by belittling the situation in saying these congress members (current or former) are pulling their endorsement due to a "leaked recording and the P-word."
Tomi, the situation is MUCH, MUCH, larger than that. Please, I beg you, as someone aspiring to have an influential journalistic voice, please understand how deeply rhetoric can affect and facilitate actions.
Sarah Rense puts the hypocrisy of Tomi's commentary into perspective:
"But Lahren will remain where she's well-protected, behind a teleprompter and on your Facebook wall, where reality can't touch her. And from there, she will continue to speak for young American women, whether they want her or not."
See Tomi's full video and Rense's article here.
So now, for my final thoughts, I beg for us all to understand the magnitude of sexual violence and the necessity of consent. I desperately wish for Tomi Lahren to stop silencing us and speaking for us, where she facilitates and condones rape culture.
Let us take Trump's leaked footage for it is, instead of only in its electoral importance. It speaks to the issue of sexual violence and leaves us, the public, to choose if we want this voice to lead our nation, or if we would rather facilitate an environment where women and men can thrive, without the threat of their body, mind or spirit being sexually violated or objectified.


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For more than forty years, Todd Barton has worked as a composer, sound designer, multimedia performer and analog synthesist specialising in Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments. As well as Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd has collaborated with artists the calibre of the Kronos Quartet, Anthony Braxton and Zakir Hussein.
"Listen outdoors and the creek water you hear in Le Guin and Barton's songs may sync up to the muddy river you're passing; listen during a city's winter and the percussive rhythm and bell-like tones will commune with your apartment radiator. These are sounds that seek to speak from then and beyond, to right now." - Pitchfork
"Le Guin and Barton create a whole other world and they are inside it rather than outside looking in. And they invite us in, not even needing to invite us really because they know this world they've made is ours as much as theirs. There's no Other here, we are all It." - The Quietus


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Leaked Playlist: Sad songs for Sam Bradford
Sam Bradford is sad. And angry. And hurt. The Philadelphia Eagles want him around, but not in any kind of serious way. He's their fallback guy, their summer fling until something better comes along. Sad Sam is ready for long-term commitment, but Philadelphia is just not that into him. We've all been there. It sucks to not be wanted or to be more invested in a relationship than the other. Sam is only human and, like all hurting humans, he is drowning his sorrows in moody music while crushing a few too many pints of Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
While Sam isn't returning anybody's phone calls, we were able to get a hold of the playlist he's been sulking to on repeat since the Eagles traded up for the second pick in the 2016 NFL draft and drafted his future replacement – Carson Wentz. To listen to the songs straight through, hit play on the playlist at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way?
Sam kicks things off with a classic break up jam by Lauryn Hill. What does it all mean? Is football worth all this pain?
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in.
I can see through you
See your true colors.
If you're not familiar with this track, God bless you, just move along, but if you listened to the radio at all in 2001, this track was unavoidable. Poor Sam feels left out of the Eagles plans and Staind helps him wallow in it.
Somebody said you got a new friend
Does she love you better than I can?
The only thing worse than the breakup is knowing it's because there's someone else. Nobody wants to be rejected, but being replaced is even worse. Sam's in the corner watching Eagles fans kiss Carson Wentz. He'll keep dancing on his own.
Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes.
While the lyrics attempt to comfort and uplift, this song is a classic self-pity anthem. Hold on, Sam, everybody hurts.
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Things were fine until they weren't. Yesterday, Sam was the quarterback of the future (or at least had the chance to be), now he needs a place to hide away. Poor Sam.
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear.
You are someone else
I am still right here.
First, Johnny Cash owns this song – Nine Inch Nails is just gonna have to take the "L" on this one (it joins Jimmy Hendrix's Watchtower redux as one of the few covers to surpass the original). Sam is feeling bitter and alone. He hasn't changed, the Eagles have.
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo,
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
Sam's feeling the rejection. Maybe he is the problem, after all. Maybe a big city and bright spotlight isn't the place for simple Sam Bradford. *NSFW version
My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose.
Sam's in a lose-lose situation since he demanded to be traded and the Eagles shrugged him off. There's no real desire for him outside of Philly – if there was, he wouldn't have signed the short-term contract that he did – and now he is despised by Eagles fans. Sam is between a rock and a hard place – with or without the Eagles.
And if you hate me,
Then hate me so good
That you can let me out
Of this hell when you're around.
Sam's sadness is turning to anger, by this point. If Philadelphia doesn't want him, screw 'em, just let him go. This one was definitely on repeat when Sam told his agent to demand a trade. *NSFW
I hope he buys you flowers.
I hope he holds your hand.
Give you all his hours
When he has the chance.
Sam's slowly coming around to the idea that maybe he could have been better. By the time all this shakes out, he'll look back with a wistful thought about what could have been. Harboring no ill will, Sam graciously wishes Carson Wentz the best and hopes that he gives Philadelphia, what Sam couldn't.
Got a recommendation for Sam's sad time mix? Got a song to cheer him up (or otherwise)? Leave it in the comments below or let us know on twitter.


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Roseau, Dominica – October 07, 2008……. The late Hon. Alleyne Carbon, described by many as one of the most industrious Ministers of Communications and Works in the history of Dominica, has now been immortalised in the annals of Dominica's history, with the naming of a road in his memory in his home village of Capuchin.
A ceremony attended by Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Cabinet Ministers and Mrs. June Carbon, widow of the late Alleyne Carbon among others, took place in the village of Capuchin on Sunday, during the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The Road is now known as the Alleyne Carbon Ring Road
In his remarks at the ceremony, former friend and Cabinet Colleague, Hon. Charles Savarin said the loss of Alleyne Carbon at sea in 1996 was a " tremendous loss, a terrible tragedy to all of Dominica, to the constituency of Cottage, to his friends but more particularly to his wife June and his children ".
"I believe it is entirely fitting that something in the constituency should be named after Alleyne Carbon. He worked exceptionally hard for his community and exceptionally hard for his country. And it is fitting, absolutely fitting, that he should be immortalised by naming after him a road in his native village of Capuchin, so that all who come afterwards who did not know him will ask and be told why this road has been named after Alleyne Carbon, " Hon. Savarin said.
In an address at the event, Historian and former friend, Dr. Lennox Honychurch chronicled the achievements of Mr. Alleyne Carbon as a Parliamentarian and a community man over nearly two decades.
Hon. Alleyne Carbon won the Cottage constituency in the huge Dominica Freedom Party landslide in the July 21st 1980 General Elections. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Tourism in the Government of Miss Mary Eugenia Charles.
Following the dismissal of Hon. Henry Dyer in August 1983, Hon. Alleyne Carbon was appointed Minister for Communications and Works. Following his success in the Cottage constituency in the General Elections of July 1985, he was appointed Minister for Communications, Works, Electricity, Telecommunications and Feeder Roads.
As Minister for Communications and Works during the 1980s, Mr. Carbon oversaw the largest island-wide road rehabilitation programme since the road building boom of the 1960s which totalled some $48 million ECD.
It was under his watch that the Long House Jetty in Portsmouth was rehabilitated, the Cabrits Cruise Ship Berth was constructed and the Port at Woodbridge Bay in Roseau was rehabilitated. The Roseau Bay Front project and the vast DOMLEC Hydro Plant at Laudat were also built during his tenure. New feeder roads were constructed all over the country.
It was also in the era of Mr. Alleyne Carbon in 1987, that Dominica achieved a first by becoming the first country in the world to have an entirely digital telephone network.
Dr. Honychurch also highlighted the hands-on and practical approach of Mr. Alleyne Carbon and described him as one of the most popular ministers in the Cabinet of Dame Mary Eugenia Charles.
"It can be frankly said that Dame Eugenia Charles favoured him perhaps even over many of her other ministers. He was loyal and trustworthy and was keen to learn from her expertise. She also had an affinity for members of her party who were hands-on and practical people interested in farming and fishing in a way similar to her family, particularly her father in his early days at Point Michel."
Current Parliamentary Representative for Cottage, Hon. Reginald Austrie, described the ceremony as "very emotional " and described politics as a "funny game" as he reminisced on his political battles with Alleyne Carbon in the 1990 and 1995 General Elections.
Described by many as a model " parliamentarian " Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said the late Alleyne Carbon was a "simple man who dedicated his entire life for the development of his constituency and Dominica". The Dominican leader also highlighted the tremendous sacrifices that persons in public life and in Parliament have to make.
" I can tell you that being in public life, a member of Parliament or Minister of Government calls for untold sacrifice and you can only know of the extent of that sacrifice if you have been a member of Parliament or a Minister of Government. It speaks about setting your family's priorities aside, it speaks about putting the people first, so it is important we don't forget the contribution of people like Alleyne Carbon ," the Prime Minister concluded.
Mr. Alleyne Carbon was born in 1952 and died in 1996.


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When sharing the video, Dilip saab explained what it was about: "Just finished Iftaar on the terrace, with Saira, few friends and the household staff"
Sanjay Dutt skipped Baba Siddique's iftar party, Salman Khan chatted up Katrina Kaif and then vamoosed to meet Iulia Vantur at a suburban hotspot while Shah Rukh Khan made a fashionably late entry. Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover entered the party hand-in-hand
Super Khans Shah Rukh and Salman attended politician Baba Siddique's annual iftaar party in Mumbai on Sunday. In the years before they ended their feud, the Khans, both 50, were photographed hugging at Baba Siddique's parties
"Since Ramazan is going on, our producers thought of a small Iftaar party," Juhi Chawla said
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez and several other celebs attended politician Baba Siddique's annual iftaar party, held on Sunday night in Mumbai.
Bollywood A-listers like actors Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan attended politician Baba Siddique's Iftaar party in Mumbai on June 19
Salim Khan attends's Shaina NC's Iftaar party in Mumbai, along with Bollywood veterans Dilap Tahir and Subhash Ghai.
This is getting to be something of an annual event now. For the second time in two years, feuding superstars Shah Rukh and Salman Khan hugged each other warmly at an iftaar party hosted by Congress MLA Baba Siddique in Mumbai on July 6.