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Portland, you have a problem.
On a sidewalk in the middle of a crowded food cart pod, another one of Portland's many homeless individuals tunes out the noises of hungry businessmen waiting for their Pad Thai and cars passing by in the nearby street.
Literally, a block away on the exact same afternoon another individual finds solace under a bench next to a busy downtown street. Portland, you have a problem. The problem isn't just an increasing issue of homelessness. The problem is that people flocking to the city don't seem to know about this issue, or care. They see the media's portrayal of Portland; a booming city that is perfect for those who got priced out of California.
Maybe the city is doing everything within their power to help resolve this issue, but the fact of the matter is, if you walk through almost any part of town you will not get that impression. I work in downtown Portland, but commute via the Max Orange Line from South East every day. Every day I see new faces who are part of Portland's growing problem.
This man was sleeping in a sitting position. I saw him sliding downward, dozing further off into sleep as it began to rain. I came back from lunch on this particular day, saw this man fast asleep in steady rain, and was thinking to myself, "what am I doing shooting all of these photos? What is the point?"
I shoot photographs of a range of subjects wherever I go, but I would feel guilty when I captured images of homeless folks living on the streets of Portland. This feeling of guilt led me to realization that I didn't really notice this problem when I was working from a previous office near my house. Even though I grew up across the river in Vancouver, and spent a lot of my formative years skateboarding in Portland, this was never something that I noticed. It is something that a lot of folks still don't notice today.
I realized that I wasn't using any of these photographs of the homeless to do anything beneficial for myself. But, I feel compelled to continue doing so and if that is the case then I should try to make them useful in some way or another. I have a camera on me every day and every day I am going to continue shooting photographs of the homeless community members who are sharing our streets. I would like to raise awareness of this issue and let new Portlanders see the side of the city that Home and Garden Magazine didn't tell them about.
I think I have a goal in mind. I will continue to post images that I capture on my blog, but I would like to compile enough images and information for a book. However, if I am eventually able to raise money to produce a book of this nature I would like to donate proceeds to local agencies who work to help the homeless community in Portland.
I guess this is the start of a new project that I am sure will take a lot of time, film, chemicals, and awkward interactions to create. In the long run, if it does some good, even just a little, it will be worth it. Portland, you have a problem.
Here are some more images that I have captured recently. Share if you feel inclined.
Two men sleeping in the same park on the same day, trying to find shade and get out of the heat.
A true rebel right here. Escaping the rain and clearly disregarding the "No Trespassing" notice directly above him.
One veteran to another... "Where are your military identification cards?"
Again, this problem spans across town. This miniature camp was behind a rundown building in deep South East off Burnside. It is unbelievable what they had going on here.
I have posted these last two images before but they are relevant so I am including them as well. The man in the image on the bottom was sleeping in terribly hot weather. I originally saw him from a restaurant across the street and couldn't tell if he was breathing or not. His arm was in the street and cars pulling up to the side came so close to hitting him time after time. I saw so many people pass right by without batting an eye. I was prepared to call paramedics but eventually, as I passed him I saw him move a bit. This is just something that is becoming increasingly difficult to not address.


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Sunday, February 21, 2010
The Paperwork Pregnancy Has Begun!
I had a friend recently describe the Ugandan adoption process as a paperwork pregnancy! Boy is it ever. We have not announced what we are doing yet so many friends may not understand why on top of my normal "busy" life, I am now even busier! I have managed to get our fingerprints done and sent off to West Virginia…………….it was no easy process! Shawn and I are almost done with our 28 page (each) autobiography, and our 4 reference letters should be done and mailed to the agency this week. We were not able to talk to Joseph today as he is now in boarding school. It is going to be very rough not speaking to him as we have done this every Sunday for the past nine months!
Joseph trying Ice-Cream for the first time!
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Released January 10, 2013 (Hong Kong)
1 hr 46 min
Rating: III
Despite what you may think from the movie poster, this is not an Asian version of Magic Mike. Young and Dangerous Reloaded is a reboot of a popular Hong Kong movie about a group of close knit friends that are gangsters. The series including this latest movie numbers fifteen in total including spin offs and prequels originates from a Hong Kong comic book also known as manhua. Unlike in the US, the Young and Dangerous franchise helped to glamorize street gangs with their sense of loyalty, easy woman and easy money.
This latest edition by rookie Director Daniel Yee Heng Chan sadly is a pale copy to the original that came out in 1995. Instead of mixing it up and adding his own stamp to the classic characters, we see all the original players in the original series albeit played by different actors. In addition, the plots does not deviate as well from the stories that have already been told making for predictable scenes that will leave you reaching out for the original movies and popping them in.
The actors starring with the two key roles of Chung Him Law as Chan Ho Nam and Lit Wai Leung as Chicken does not have the screen presence of the original actors that played those roles in Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan respectively. The two lone glimmers of light in this poor rehash is Goon Chung (Paul) Wong as Brother Bee and Sammy Sum as Ugly Kwan.
Overall, I would say shun this film even if you're a diehard fan of the franchise. Going back to the above movie poster, it's quite a mockery of Young and Dangerous 2's movie poster where they all wore white as well. Albeit less stripper like. The movie is in Cantonese with English subtitles and can be found in DVD format in online shops like yesasia.com.
Rating: 2.0 Stars out of 5.0 Stars
- Singh Hartihan Bitto as Bitto
- Sui-man Chim as Bullshit Jim
- Jacqueline Chong as Wasabi
- Yue Ding as Uncle Gut
- Denise Ho as Sister 13
- Dominic Ho as Dai Tin Yee
- Timmy Hung as Prince Edward
- Chi-Sing Lam as Pou-Pan
- Shing-Bun Lam as Fatso Lai
- Chung Him Law as Chan Ho Nam
- Lit Wai Leung as Chicken
- Winnie Leung as Anna
- Ying Kwan Lok as Mr. Lam
- Simon Lui as Ghost
- Alex Man as Big Chiang
- Philip Ng as Big Head
- Yuen-Leung Poon as Yiu
- Sammy Sum as Ugly Kwan
- Bing-Man Tam as Uncle Bing
- Lap-Man Tan as Little Chiang
- Kimmy Tong as Petite
- Goon Chung Wong as Brother Bee
- Jessica Sze-Man Wong as Jasmine
- Shu Tong Wong as Uncle Tong
- Woo Yin as Chiu Ting


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How much can a baby really eat?
April 30, 2009
Ok, so last night was a little rough. It probably wasn't the worst night to date, but it was high on the list. After the boys 10 p.m. feeding, Max went down like a sack of bricks, as usual. Wes, however, would not fall asleep. We held him, rocked him, and swaddled him, all to no avail. Finally, at about 12:15 a.m. he fell asleep. Fast forward to 2 a.m. I changed Max first and he was as sweet as could be. Then it was Wes's turn, and boy did he let me know he wasn't happy! I barely got his diaper off and he is screaming bloody murder, enough to wake Kerry. No amount of shooshing or his wubbanub would calm him down. Being wide awake, Kerry jumped up and ran to get his bottle which immediately calmed him down. Since she was up anyway she helped me with their feeding, and then we were back to square one. Max was lights out, Wes was wide awake. Kerry held him for a while and he kind of fell asleep, just enough for us to get back in to bed. That was 2:50 a.m. At 3:15 a.m. he started fussing again, so I jumped out of bed and held him until we both fell asleep in the chair in our room. Once I was confident he was out cold I put him back into the bassinet. He didn't make another peep while I was trying to fall asleep, but from the looks of Kerry this morning he must not have stayed down long. We are already feeding him 4 oz every 4 hours, which is as much as the bottles hold, at least the bottles we have. We saw 8.5oz bottles at King Soopers the other night and I am thinking we will be moving to those very soon (at least for Wes). I can't imagine that his stomach could hold any more than that, but Kerry is going to call Dr. Brandon today to ask.
Hopefully it is just that he is growing super fast and he needs the extra amount. While we don't want him to be the fattest baby on the block, we obviously want him to be happy.
April 24, 2009
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I just discovered that I'm angry.
The kind of angry that makes your pours tense up and vomit.
The kind of anger that chokes your sternum and pierces you with a thousand corkscrews.
The kind of angry that makes your muscle clad bones vibrate with the force of a jet engine.
This kind of anger will always take me by surprise.
It's the kind that takes hold of you when you have been drenched in moth shaped lies.
Maybe what happened was that you fell out of your own body into that of a frail decrepit creature.
(maybe you were pushed).
Or perhaps you swam six thousand seas only to find you were travelling in the wrong direction,
And are now clambering up a red beach, sticky with fatigue and gasping for honesty.
This feeling, which has its claws all over my body, offers me new abilities.
I can hold my breath for as long as I want; my desire to fill with oxygen is forgotten and destitute.
My eyes might become dusty now that I no longer feel thåe need to blink.
And my old enemy silence now soothes my back and whispers remedies in my ear.
This anger, which washes my eyes, is a thief and a bully.
Days of a colour and clocks of an hour haunt my senses and calibrate my emotions on a steely palate.
Truth, so long elusive in the mirror, now proves my face is cracked, my lips bent like ancient metal,
And everything that my eyes used to covet is drowning in autumnal dyes, scared of my memory and ignorant of identity.


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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Raging Fire, Griffith Park
Arson is suspected in a fire that roared through Griffith Park today. This view is from Round Top Drive in the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles. (If you look very closely, the small black speck in the top center of the image just above the horizon is a helicopter, giving some perspective to the size of the fire.)
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Kirsters Baish| We can all recall back to the beginning of the year when Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed that her department had asked federal prosecutors to find a way to bring criminal charges against sanctuary cities who refuse to comply with federal deportation efforts.
The Homeland Security Secretary had explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, "The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available. Nielsen's confirmation came after the state of California put their new sanctuary city law into effect on January 1st of this year. This action severely restricted the cooperation that all local and state governments in California could offer to federal authorities
It was stated by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan that these policies put his officers as well as those living in local communities at an even higher risk because they are forced to arrest illegal aliens out in the open in these communities.
Homan explained to the Washington Times in July of 2017 that he was hoping to see local officials be charged as having complied with human smuggling if they protect illegal aliens from the federal government via sanctuary city policies.
During an interview with Fox News earlier in the year, Homan stated the demand again, which sent critics into a frenzy.
Fox News Business reported in January of this year:
Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano on Wednesday discussed the legality of when state or local governments have the ability to refuse helping the federal immigration officials.
"What the president is attempting to do is to talk local authorities into cooperating with ICE," he told FOX Business' Neil Cavuto on "Cavuto: Coast to Coast."
The Justice Department on Wednesday sent letters to 23 sanctuary cities threatening to subpoena them if they refuse to hand over documents showing their compliance with the federal government over immigration policy.
Napolitano explained that under the law, the federal government cannot compel local police to help them enforce federal law, however, local authorities can't stop or interfere with federal enforcement or else they may be the ones in legal jeopardy.
Napolitano stated, "They can't stop or interfere with federal enforcement, but they cannot be commandeered, which is the Supreme Court's expression for taking away from their other jobs and put in the service of the feds, can't do it."
Some of the cities' mayors were less than happy about the letter. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed the Justice Department via Twitter saying, "I will NOT be attending today's meeting at the White House after @realDonaldTrump's Department of Justice decided to renew their racist assault on our immigration communities. It doesn't make us safer and it violates America's core values."
Last year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to withhold millions in federal assistance to any city that refused to cooperate with the demands of federal authorities. Sessions has voiced his criticism of sanctuary cities in the past.
Napolitano stated that if the federal government created a contract to provide financial aid to sanctuary cities, these cities would have no choice but to comply with ICE.
He stated, "If at the time the aide was offered let's say Bill de Blasio… Gets $100 million for new police cars or new computers in public school classrooms, but as a condition of the $100 million, you agree that your government will help ICE and he accepts the money, then he has a contract and he's required to help ICE."
The Trump administration is ready to crackdown on sanctuary cities, and it's only a matter of time before they all come crashing down.


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For my project I decided to go with tea just to do something different. After waffling wildly on a company name and overall layout I ended up choosing "Squirrel in a Cup" just to use a graphic I had created in Daz Studio using a 3D squirrel.
The picture of tea fields at the top is a modified version of a picture from unsplash.com.
I had to research how to do the wavy banner in Illustrator. This Youtube video was a good tutorial for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwZQM-Laf4
While the elements are different I followed pretty closely with the lessons. My layers in Photoshop ended up looking like this:
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Steam Powered Rocket Flight Stymied By Bureaucrats And Mechanical Glitches
"Mad" Mike Hughes suffered a few setbacks in his plan to fly across Amboy, California in a steam powered rocket on November 25 when bureaucrats from the Federal Aeronautics Administration and the Bureau of Land Management raised last minute objections. To make matters worse, the second hand RV Hughes bought on Craigslist for $1,500 to transport himself and his rocket to the launch site suffered a mechanical breakdown en route.
Hughes tells USA Today that officials from BLM told him that it was up to the FAA to approve the flight. The FAA told him, "We can't honestly approve it. We just know that you are going to do it there."
Hughes says that after the story of his rocketeering escapade broke on the internet last week (including here at Gas2) he thinks some agency types got cold feet. "My feeling is that one of the top executives at the Bureau of Land Management called (the FAA in) Needles, California, saying … 'What's going on? Who permitted this?'" he says.
Three days before the scheduled launch of Hughes' steam powered rocket, the converted RV that serves as his transporter and launch vehicle broke down in his driveway, stranding him and his ace team of rocket researchers until repairs could be made. "We want everyone to please stay tuned," Hughes said. Updates about the next step in his quest to hurl himself a mile down range from his launch site will be posted on his YouTube channel. He says his plan is to try again next week.
Will his homemade rocket actually fly 500 miles per hour at an elevation of 1500 feet of more using nothing but steam created by boiling 70 gallons of water? That remains to be seen. But his mission may have more to do with getting approval from grim faced government minions than the laws of thermodynamics.


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1st & 2nd September2nd September 2018
Well things have been moving in the right direction since our pirate theme fundraiser at The Vault where we were on air for a full 12 hours live.
Big thanks to all the presenters, the listeners and everyone who turned out through the day to see what we are about.
This Saturday was the official first show in Vinyl Vaughan's, our new home, presented by our youngest member of the team, Gwendoline, with her 8am show "G-Wizz" along with Chris Bale (dad).
At the request of one of her followers in the US, we now have a listen again section should you be unable to hear us live.
Simon G was back on at 2pm until 5pm with his interactive quiz each hour. Simon has also been busy over the last couple of weeks with a link up from Chorley Hospital Radio for an ABBA special presented by Alan, Terry and Jerry DLC.
Sunday morning, James Ahearne also starting his debut show "Hernie & Co." joined this week by Adam Hooper with chat of Beatles, times gone by and Facebook Live chilli sauce tasting from Guernsey Homegrown Chillies.
Sunday night sees the return of The Sunday Night Show presented by Sean & Alan (not sure if Doddy is here this week). Expect Rock, Grunge, Metal and all in-between. This week are some tracks from Japanese band riseAbove.
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Fully expecting to be a cool cucumber during last November's mediation, all was well and good until the first go around with the proposed paperwork regarding custody.
Unlike every other time I'd been faced with the reality that is divorce, that day during mediation was the first time I'd been smacked with the realization that separating from my husband meant that my kids would have to learn what it meant to live without their mother.
Naiveté, I now know, is a symptom of the longing for happiness.
Living on my own didn't worry me.
Being single again, paying my separate bills, and finding work (to support my small family) posed new challenges, but none that scared me like this.
As I was handed that initial paperwork, my calm and cool met wind and fire, illustrated by nose blowing, stuttering cries, and a head spinning above my shoulders.
I was, as they say, "A hot mess."
Considering that my daughters began their existence within my body, making them feel as connected to me as any other of my body parts...
Here, take my arms instead.
Considering that I'd been the one responsible for all their caring, feeding, and nurturing, too?
Here, take my heart, as well.
It's interesting, really, how a relatively together person can lose their cool when their children's schedule, welfare, wellness, or safety is on the table for discussion.
The Mama Bear Effect is an actual thing.
Like any mother, bear or otherwise, the initial response to big changes for her kids is fear.
How a mom deals with those fears determines how her children adapt.
Eventually the fear turns into acceptance, but time, it turns out, is the key.
Over the past few months, Tuesday nights have become "date night" for dad and his girls, and the ritual of getting dressed up for dinner has become a fun part of my daughter's new routine.
The girls come back after weekends with their father, happy and fed (if a little more sun-kissed than when they're with me).
Their first extended weekend with dad was spent swimming, and going downtown for Fourth of July fireworks, both of which they excitedly described the minute they walked back through my door.
Mama Bear learned that her babies were fine.
Mama Bear's head stopped spinning.
When I was pregnant I heard someone say a quote that has always made sense to me, but never more than now that the custody agreement's been finalized and is in effect.
"When you're pregnant, you're children belong to you.
When they're born, they belong to the world."
It takes a lot for a mother to let her children go at any age, but divorce speeds up the process faster than sometimes feels fair.
At the end of the day, it's true that none of our children belong to us at all, even if we fool ourselves into believing that they do to avoid the truth behind the quote.
In four days my girls will be off on a plane for the first time without their mother. They'll fly with their dad to his favorite vacation spot where we always went as a family. They'll fish and jump off of docks, swim and play with the kids of their dad's friends.
For ten days, spanning hundreds of miles, my five-year-olds will be off to experience a world that doesn't include me.
None of it is about me.
So, I'll wait for their return (as any mother would), to hear every moment they choose to share, excited for them, and excited with them.
Quietly though, whether it's right or wrong, I'll be mourning the lie I wanted to believe.
That I ever was their one and only.


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Mussels Stuffed with Garlic and Fresh Herbs
- Serves: 4 as a starter, 2 for a main course
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Effort: easy
For the garlic butter
- 4 cloves garlic
- splashes cognac
- handfuls parsley
- dashes of tabasco
- 250 g butter, softened
For the mussels
- 1 kg mussels, cleaned and de-bearded
- handfuls breadcrumbs
- splashes lemon juice
1. To make the garlic butter, put the garlic, cognac, parsley, and Tabasco in a food processor and blitz. Add the softened butter and blend until green and smooth.
2. Preheat a grill to hot.
3. Put the mussels in a pan with a splash of water, turn up the heat, cover, and wait for them to open, discarding any that don't. When the mussels are cooled, remove the top shell of each and place the mussels in a grill pan.
4. Put a teaspoon of the mussel liquid into each mussel shell.
5. Mix the breadcrumbs with the garlic butter, placing half a tablespoonful on top of each mussel.
6. Grill until the butter has melted and the top is golden. Finish with a squeeze of lemon and serve with a rocket and tomato salad.
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Elijah wasnt sure how fast billywig stings worked. He felt a little giddy, but his feet were still securely on the ground. At least for the moment. It was ridiculous that they had been offered only gloves. Sure, the stings were actually harmless in the long run as long as you werent allergic, but having like a jumpsuit or something would have been smart for students who werent prepared for this sort of activity. It was thoughtless really and could be a danger if anyone actually did have a reaction to the stings. He could feel himself smile despite his irritation and decided that getting stung was definitely not a good option for forgetting how much he hated the class. He still hated it, he was just involuntarily happy about it.
Oh really? remarked Elijah, watching the chaos that was enfolding all around them. He had a very hard time believing that this class could be tamer, especially considering that billywigs were probably one of the least harmful species that the students worked with. But he really wouldnt know due to his refusal to continue taking the class after his third year. This class can actually be normal?
The moment the words had left his mouth, the seventh year found that he no longer had contact with the ground. He scrambled for a foothold, trying to catch his hands under the table closest to him in an attempt to keep his lower extremities close to the floor. Thankfully hed only been stung once and if he was lucky that would be it. Now that he knew that the giddiness didnt really help, hed rather be overly angry at the entire situation. One well placed foot around the leg of the table left him airborne, but reasonably close to the ground. He definitely felt sorry for the few students who were in mid-air, as well as their professor.
Id rather not think about that, Elijah said in response to Myfanwys curiosity about multiple stings. It didnt seem like he was getting that far off the ground, but he couldnt be certain if that was only a result of him hanging onto a table for dear life. If getting stung again meant floating higher, Elijah was not interested in the slightest. On the off chance it happened, hed be hanging onto the support beams in the top of the greenhouse before long. Im not planning on finding out either.
Professor said this wears off in about 10 minutes, right? Manipulating his wand from this position would prove difficult, even more so if he let go and wound up floating. All he needed to do was avoid getting stung again and this would all be over soon. Im not going to be able to cast like this. Wordless magic was one thing, wandless was a complete other and one that he hadnt really started working on yet. Glancing over at his partner, he motioned around. Anything you can think of to either make this easier or to help us both?
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Immobulus, right, Myffi nodded. She could give it a try. Her spellwork was pretty good really, at least average, and it was one of those spells that probably wouldnt cause much damage if her aim...
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Historical Information
Vesuvianite (also known as Idocrase) is named for Mountain Vesuvius, Campania, Italy., where it was initially discovered.
The name Idocrase is from the Greek words "idos" and "krasis", meaning "mixed appearance" due to its varied crystal shapes.
Vesuvianite is the approved name, Idocrase is not. It is usually found in green but also can occur in purple, red, white, brown or yellow.
Vesuvianite is found in colors ranging from green to brown and also a blue variety called Cyprine. The complexities of its chemistry leads to the wide range of colors and properties. The green variety is similar in color to Peridot gems. Cyprine, the blue variety of Vesuvianite, is colored by the addition of copper to its chemistry and is also refered to as Cupreous Idocrase or Cupreous Vesuvianite.
There are many sources of Vesuvianite such as Asbestos, Quebec, Canada; California, Colorado and the New England region of USA; Mt. Vesuvius, Italy; Ural Mountains, Russia, Switzerland, Tanzania and Kenya. However, there are only a few sources of gem quality crystals. A small amount of gemmy material has come from Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Recent finds in Tanzania and Kenya have brought some very nicely colored gems to the market. One source of material is from California, USA and has been nick-named Californiteor California Jade. This bright green opaque to translucent material comes from near Happy Jack mine, Siskiyou County and near Pulga Butte County, California.
Metaphysical Properties
Vesuvianite is very energetic stone aligns the will with the heart, bringing a wholeness and integrity that is quite healthy for the individual.
Vesuvianite encourages enthusiasm for life and imparts the courage to change. More benefits of this beautiful stone include: Releases negative attachments. Helps one find a true path in life refurbishes courage by releasing hidden fears. Aligns truth with daily life.
Vesuvianite brings us closer to the higher realms and provides an easier link to our sense of higher self. It facilitates the seeing and the understanding of things on this earth that have no substance.
Psychologically, Vesuvianite releases feelings of imprisonment and restraint, dissolves anger and alleviates fear and negativity. Vesuvianite helps to create a sense of inner security, opens the mind and stimulates inventiveness and the urge to discover, linking into creativity. Vesuvianite banishes depression and clears negative thought patterns so that the mind can function more clearly.
Some lore say Vesuvianite can drives away fear and melancholy. Other, they can help creative and intuitive aid, helps fight depression, fear, and negativity. Vesuvianite can works with the corresponding color chakra to the color of the stone.
Healing Properties
Physically, Vesuvianite strengthens the tooth enamel and restores the sense of smell. It also assists in assimilating nutrients from food.
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Disclosing this at a special interactive session/launching of almanac of the South East zonal chapter of the Campaign for Democracy, CD, Bianca regretted that the country they were struggling to get into was not better off than Nigeria, adding that on managing to get there they became jobless.
According to her, "as an ambassador to Spain, you come face to face with the trouble people are going through. I am sad that because things are not going on well in Nigeria the way they should, people now board ships to Spain and on their way, they get drowned."
Regretting that it was hardship and suffering that made them to leave the country, she urged the state and Federal Governments to create enabling environment to help curtail the rush abroad.
On the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Spain, Bianca stated that it has been very cordial, adding: "Nigeria has signed a lot of memorands of understanding, MoU, with Spain on various areas, cultural cooperation, education as well as transportation and infrastructures."
She commended Dr. Okei-Odumakin, National President of CD, for her role in activism, saying she has made Nigeria proud, nationally and internationally.
Earlier, in her brief remarks, Prof. Okei-Odumakin had commended the South East branch of CD for its efforts in helping to better the welfare of the people.
In his welcome address, the chief host and chairman of CD in the South-East Zone, Dede Uzor.A Uzor expressed joy that Bianca left her tight schedules to be physically present at the function and urged her not to relent in her good works.
Dignitaries in attendance at the occasion included the Special Adviser to Governor Peter Obi on Political Matters, Chief Fidel Okafor who represented the Governor; the State police commissioner, Ballah Nasarawa who was represented by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in Fegge, Mr. Makudi Shehu; the Chairmen of the five South East States of CD; Chairman of Vigilance group, Onitsha North, Chinenye Ihenko (a.k.a. Okpompi) and the President of Anambra Markets Amalgamated Traders Association, AMATAS, Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo


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VIDEO: Australian Man Invents Delicious Looking Hamdog
The meat mash-up predictably consists of a hotdog and a hamburger joined together in a single bun
Move over, power drills and polymer bank notes — there's a new Australian invention poised to change the world.
Aussie entrepreneur Mark Murray has given birth to the hamdog, which is exactly what it sounds like: a hot dog and a hamburger nestled together comfortably on the same bun.
Murray first patented the product in the U.S. in 2009 and brought his idea public last year on Australia's version of "Shark Tank," but it didn't go well. Now he's selling hamdogs on his own at fairs and markets in Western Australia, where he's found some success.
"We launched our marquee two months ago and we had people come from everywhere just to experience the Hamdog," he told News.com.au. "At one stage the crew were knocking out about one every 15 seconds. It was amazing."
Murray's currently seeking franchises interested in distributing his creation. Thus, if you own a few Burger Kings and you're struggling to make ends meet (or even just hoping to make meats meet), you might consider giving Mark a call.
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First of all, the dude responsible for the deplorable song, "Smack That," can never speak for me. While I've previously ignored his sexist and degrading lyrics upholding the status quo of female objectification, I will remain silent no more. As a woman of color— a black woman specifically— who dedicates a significant portion of her resources to international travel, I wholeheartedly reject Akon's unfounded and characteristically simple statement that African-Americans don't travel to Africa for vacation.
This just in. Breaking news.
Most Americans don't travel. And most Americans don't travel to Africa for anything, much less vacation.
Americans as a whole are notorious for their sedentary behavior, even when it comes to international travel. Of the US population, only 38% now hold a valid United States passport (while 71% of Europe trample through airport security lines like a herd of elephants). To be fair, it doesn't take much for a European to travel abroad, as "abroad" can mean a short, affordable, high-speed train ride. Still yet, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean aren't that far or ridiculously expensive places to fly from the US. But guess what? Americans aren't going there either.
In fact, the most popular international destination for Americans is Europe, with an average of 35% of Americans travelling there each year.
Let's me honest. From Mali to Morocco to Madagascar, Africa is far. There's literally a whole ocean to cross and limited direct flights to get there. Flying to Malawi from Seattle takes 30-35 hours of travel time; the fight from New York City to Johannesburg alone takes 15 straight hours. I can't even sit that long at home much less to sit on a plane. My direct flight time from JFK to Accra, Ghana took about 10 hours. Those Americans who get paid vacation time—and sadly some don't—only get 14 days. Allocating 4 days just for flying for one trip is a big ask.
Perhaps Americans would accept the 4-day commute to visit a country or two in Africa. Do they even know where to go and what to do? At least once a day you'll happen upon a tourism ad for some Caribbean island, enticing American viewers with sandy beaches, tropical colors and drinks with umbrellas. I've never seen an ad for family friendly safaris, cultural tours or adventure sports. Have you? There are no messages of African tourism in America. We only hear of charities, terrorism and Nollywood.
Back to Akon.
Akon has no business, better yet, no authority to call out "African-Americans" for not wanting to vacation in Africa. Moreover, is he talking about African-Americans as in African-migrants to America? Migrants from the African diaspora? Native black Americans? Black people in general? Because quite frankly, if we're including Africans in this equation, I doubt they'd consider "going to Africa" as going on vacation. I was born in Jamaica and a good portion of my family still lives there. Going to Jamaica, where 5% of American tourists go each year, is not considered a vacation to me.
For the sake of argument, let's say Akon in all his genius is talking about all black people. Get ready for some numbers. Black people, or "African-Americans," make up just 13.2% of the US population, roughly 41.7 million people. According to a recent study highlighted by Attorney General Eric Holder, 25% of them do not have a government issued identification (ahem, oppressive voter ID laws). Assuming that black people attain passports at the same rate as white people, which is unlikely, only 11.9 million black people have passports. Potentially. That means that 9.9% of all US passports in circulation might be held by a black person. This is just 3.8% of the entire US population. Given these numbers, hey, I wouldn't know any black people travelling either.
The long and the short of it is this: it's not that African-Americans aren't going to Africa for vacation. Americansaren't going much of anywhere. Statistically, black people aren't going much of anywhere either. This emphasis on "statistically" is important because I'm not saying that black people don't travel. I'm saying that it's low chances meeting a black person on the street and hearing about their last international travel itinerary.
As I wrote in my essay, "You'll Have An Easier Time": Reflections on Being Black and American in Malawi: There are grave inequalities stratified across race and class in the United States. This may present a structural limitation on the ability for people of color to travel to remote places in the Global South. It may also be possible that first or second generation immigrants of color travel to their familial origins instead of other places. Perhaps it's this idea that our parents have already migrated from the Global South, why voluntarily return to the dirt roads and cold water bucket baths? Why aren't there more black Westerners traveling to the Global South? This is a complex question with layers of complex answers.
Whether black people travel, where they go, how often why. The questions go on and so do the answers. Black people are not a monolith and what we do, when and how is a rich, textured and beautifully complex issue.
Cue the social media "black travel movement."
Social media groups show there are definitely other black people out there like me, who make travel a crucial part of their budgeting, time and even their identity. Groups like Nomadness Travel Tribe, Travel Noire, Black Adventuristas, Black Women Only Travel Group, African Americans Abroad, Black Travel Blogger Chronicles, Door to the Outdoors and countless others including my own, For Colored Girls Who Travel, aim to create a community of "urban travelers." Perhaps meeting a black person on the street who travels religiously is low, but on the social media streets, the block is live. These online communities serve to connect those with this common interest, and form friendship and community in the real world as well.
This social media explosion of black people showcasing their travel adventures encourages me. We need it. I need it. Akon needs it. Because if Akon was hip to it, maybe he wouldn't be running his mouth saying that we're not out there. Oh, we're out there. Just check-in online.


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New Castle, Kent Conservation Districts to sponsor annual conservation poster contest
DOVER (Sept. 14, 2015) – The Kent Conservation District and the New Castle Conservation District are sponsoring a conservation poster contest this fall with the theme "Local Heroes - Your Hardworking Pollinators." The contest is open to students in public, charter, private or home schools.
The annual conservation poster contest provides kindergarten through 12th grade students an opportunity to convey their thoughts about soil, water, and related natural resource issues through art. It also highlights the educational outreach efforts of conservation districts and their state associations, auxiliaries, and agencies. The contest follows the annual Stewardship theme which is developed and sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts.
Posters will be judged by grades: K-1, 2-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. First, second and third place winners in each category will receive a cash prize valued at $50, $25 and $15 respectively. The state level winning posters will also be given a cash award by the Delaware Association of Conservation Districts (DACD). The first-place posters in each grade level will be entered into the national poster contest. Winners will be selected and displayed during the national conference in Reno, Nev., next February.
The deadline for poster entries is Friday, Oct. 30. In addition to regular posters, a special category of computer-generated posters is available to all high school students in grades 9-12 who take a graphics art/computer class or program of study. These posters will be judged at the county/state level only and will not be eligible for national judging.
This year's theme, "Local Heroes - Your Hardworking Pollinators," reminds us of the importance of beneficial insects such as flies, beetles, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths and bees to our nation's food supply. Birds, bats and small mammals also play important roles as pollinators.
For more information and educational resources about the theme and poster contest guidelines, please visit www.nacdnet.org/education/contests/poster/. For an informational flyer about the Delaware poster contest guidelines, please visit www.newcastleconservationdistrict.org, or www.kentcd.org. The contest will not be available to Sussex County schools this year.
Each of the two participating conservation districts will submit the first place posters in each grade category for judging at the state level. State level winners will then be submitted to the national contest. In the event that an insufficient number of posters are received at the county level, the county level judging will be eliminated and all posters will be judged at the state level.
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When the maintenance team goes out of its way to treat you with respect, you know the organization has something special taking place. This truth was vividly illustrated for me recently while out on a run.
I don't usually run on rainy days, but because I was training for an upcoming marathon I faced the elements and ran one of my favorite routes. Stone Mountain Park, just outside Atlanta is an ideal place to run with rolling hills, well kept paths, and a touch of nature and suburbia. There are many routes to run within the park and on this day I choose the most popular—a 5 mile loop on Robert E. Lee Boulevard around the huge granite rock, better known as Stone Mountain.
I was on my fourth and final lap on this Monday morning and the rain, which had been intermittent, was now steady and a slightly stronger wind was beginning to blow. I rounded a curve and came upon one of the park's maintenance trucks with two of the workers clearing leaves and small limbs that had fallen along with the rain onto the road. As I passed the two park employees they didn't simply acknowledge me, rather they greeted me with a smile and small talk that helped to take my mind off the pain in my legs for a brief moment. We joked about "shoveling leaves" as I slowly made my way around them. As I kept running, however, I couldn't help but think, "That certainly backs up what Michael said!"
"Michael" is Michael Dombrowski. He is the Vice-President at Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation, (HFE), the company operating Stone Mountain Park. Prior to his corporate role at HFE, Michael was the Director of Human Resources at the park.
I heard Michael recently as he addressed the HR professionals gathered for a meeting of the Human Resource Management Association (HRMA) of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce. Michael began his presentation with this question: What do you measure when it comes time for employee appraisals? Referring to HFE, Michael shared "Fifty-percent of our leadership appraisals are based on love." I doubt many of us at the meeting, even with our HR credentials, could say we worked for organizations where love was the focus. Nor could many, if any of us, tell of a dramatic turn-around story within our organizations like the one we were about to hear.
Michael shared the story of how Stone Mountain Park went from an organization with guest ratings which were far from acceptable, to guest ratings with consistent superior scores. It wasn't easy, but with specific and intentional effort they transformed the experience of guests at the park. As a result, today when you interact with the park's employees you have an experience in line with other organizations such as QT, Publix Super Markets and Chick-fil-A who are known for their superior customer service.
My observations have led me to believe customer service training is often reserved for front-line employees. For Stone Mountain Park, customer service training is obviously critical for the attendants at the park's entrance gates, the employees operating the attractions and for the staff who continually interact with guests. Yet, what impressed me about the two workers removing debris from the roadway is they were not on the customer service front-line. At Stone Mountain Park it is obvious there is a culture of treating guests with kindness and respect and it is a culture that permeates all segments of the workforce.
Speaking of his experience as Director of HR at the park, Dombrowski shared seven steps to harnessing the power of culture. These seven steps were part of the process of transforming the park and making it a profitable business while also providing a greatly satisfying experience for guests. Each of these steps is rooted in love—the love described in the Apostle Paul's "love chapter" in the Bible, (I Corinthians 13).
7 Steps to Harness the Power of Culture
- Communicate: Communication is to be clear and repeated. Employees at the park know the motto: "We create memories worth repeating."
- Accountability: "No accountability," he states, "equals no results." The park has a unique approach to discipline where the employee has to write up their own improvement plan and commitment to correct wrongful behavior.
- Training: At the park, training goes beyond the simple requirement to be clear. Here training must also entertain, evoke emotion and imbue meaning.
- Coaching: Training without coaching is fruitless. Therefore, at the park training is reemphasized through coaching.
- Assess & Measure: "Inspect what you expect." The park utilizes a Mystery Guest Program to assure employees are applying what they have been taught.
- Recognize and Reward: It's not enough to recognize or reward employees. At the park there is an emphasis on both.
- Selection: Do you have the right people? In recruiting new employees, the park fishes in a different set of youth organizations which are more likely to be made up of young people with values shared by the park and who exercise discipline and responsibility.
Most CEOs can't tell you whether their culture is strong or weak. They know culture is important but they can't measure it. At Stone Mountain Park they can measure it. They measure it via guests' ratings and profitability. And what they find is rewarding. Customer service is more than a façade; it is a part of the organizational culture.
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For more information about HFE and their focus on love, I recommend reading HFE's CEO, Joel Manby's Love Works.
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This time next week, I'll be up north, ready to start a week-long break at the Mighty Waikato. The original plan was for me to go to Hawaii but that fizzled out so I considered booking a flight to Rarotonga instead. Somehow that didn't materialise so I thought maybe I should head off to Norfolk Island … but a friend said that Norfolk Island is ideal for newly-weds or nearly-dead. Hmpft. I'm neither so … I finally ended up in Huntly. From Hawaii to Huntly – that's a bit of a "dive", isn't it? Heeheehee!
I really don't mind spending a week at the Waikato. I get to go back to my "roots" – that's where I first lived when I moved to Hobbit-land, and stayed there for 6 years before the Winds of Wellington beckoned. It's my 2nd home (with Manila being my 1st home) and it would be good to be around wide open spaces and mostly flat lands instead of the narrow streets and hilly terrain that is Wellington.
I'm actually going to be staying at a farm off of Huntly, not Huntly itself. It's one of those blink and you'll miss it towns you drive past en route to Auckland or Hamilton. I'll be spending a whole-lotta-quality time with perhaps a dozen ducks, half a dozen chickens, 3 doggies, 2 turtle doves and a partridge in pear tree. Well, they don't have a partridge but there are doves where I'm staying – and in the daytime, they sit just on top of the kitchen window and coo.
I'm also looking forward to doing some gardening – nothing serious – just minor stuff, like pulling out weeds and perhaps trimming some hedges. No, I'm not going to dig up all of my mum's rose plants (yes, I'm staying at my mum's) and replant them somewhere else. I just want to admire their flowers, tend to their tomatoes, and take pictures of their grapes. I doubt if there'll be lots though, with it being winter and all, but who knows.
AND … since I'll have my big camera with me (and also, a small P&S my sister got for me), I'm so looking forward to taking pictures again! I'll take pictures of the ducks, the dogs, the doves, the chickens, the tomatoes, the grapes, of flowers, and maybe try to get photos of star trails. I've always wanted to do that and, mum's place is the best area for it because they have an unobstructed view of the sky! It also helps that there's very little artificial light in the evening. I think I've seen a bit of the Milky Way Galaxy a couple of times – I know I've seen that when I was still at Hamilton (during those nights when Darling Doggie would wake me up at 3:00 am so she can go out and have a poo!), so I'm sure it's even more visible at Huntly.
It'll be an amazing week. I'm hoping for sunny skies but whatever the weather, it will be great! I'll make it great!
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In the Broncos' 42-28 preseason loss to the Minnesota Vikings, there weren't many players that made the highlight reel, but one of the ones that did needed a highlight-reel play more than almost anyone on the team.
Following a season in which fumbles and questionable decision-making offset his extraordinary speed and agility, Isaiah McKenzie saw young wide receivers Courtland Sutton and DaeSean Hamilton added to the Broncos' roster and watched River Cracraft and undrafted rookie running back Phillip Lindsay gain ground on him as a returner, to boot.
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A second Liberal senator who blew the whistle on bullying during the leadership spill has accepted that complaints will now be dealt with internally, despite earlier calling for public consequences for the alleged bullies.
On Wednesday Linda Reynolds joined Lucy Gichuhi in saying she was now satisfied with processes set up by the new prime minister, Scott Morrison, as the pair backed down on earlier warnings including Gichuhi's threat to publicly name alleged perpetrators.
In question time on Wednesday, Morrison said he had consulted the party whips and members and, although there was "intense lobbying" around the leadership ballot, he was satisfied there was "no gender specific lobbying or pressure placed on members".
On 23 August – the day before Malcolm Turnbull lost his job – Reynolds told the Senate she was "distressed and disturbed" by backroom behaviour that she said had "no place in my party or this chamber".
Reynolds also told Sky News that after the leadership ballot she hoped that "bullying and intimidation" would be "brought to account".
On Wednesday Reynolds did not resile from her earlier claims but said allegations of bullying were "the last thing that Australians want us to be canvassing publicly".
"Clearly there are issues we need to address and I'm now dealing with them internally in the party in the processes the prime minister and the whips have set up because Australians are heartily sick of us digesting and speaking publicly about these things," she told Sky News.
Reynolds – who was promoted by Morrison to assistant minister for home affairs – cited her new role as something Australians needed the government to focus on instead.
Reynolds said the Liberal party "does have a lot of work to do" to find ways to bring women into the party and leadership positions without using quotas.
At a later doorstop, Reynolds denied that the internal party processes were "opaque" but refused to elaborate on what was being done or whether bullies would be punished.
"As a soldier I believe you go through a chain of command and you do things internally," she said.
As the Liberal party took its bullying controversy in-house, the sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins, told the National Press Club that politics was undergoing a "me too" moment as participants questioned whether the "cut and thrust" environment was delivering the best representation.
Jenkins said that since 2006 Australia had fallen from 15th to 35th on the World Economic Forum rankings for gender equity and received its worst score on the "political empowerment" metric.
Jenkins said that the United Nations was "extremely concerned" about Australia's efforts to boost representation of women in politics, despite both major parties aiming for gender parity by 2025.
Asked about bullying allegations in the Liberal party, Jenkins said women on "all sides of politics" were now questioning the political environment and whether "attitudinal and systemic barriers" were deterring women from politics.
"I'm a bit of an optimist, it feels like we're having a bit of a conversation that's not just about one bad incident but it's about saying can we lift the tone across the board?"
Jenkins said there was not "some wondrous, impartial and fair system of merit" in many workplaces. Australian businesses were tackling underrepresentation of women with "targets with teeth", with managers held accountable and even losing bonuses if targets were not met.
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Last week Gichuhi suggested that she had been bullied, which was validated implicitly by the minister for women, Kelly O'Dwyer, who said government MPs had been intimidated.
But on Tuesday Morrison said Gichuhi told him she was not bullied by anyone in Canberra and no names of any perpetrators had been provided to him.
On Tuesday Gichuhi took to Twitter to address "bullying in [her] political career".
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In the week after the leadership spill, the Liberal MP Julia Banks announced she would quit at the next election, blasting the "cultural and gender bias, bullying and intimidation" of women in politics – both from her own side and from Labor.
A spokesman for Liberal whip, Nola Marino, said that no official complaints had been made and refused to elaborate on the internal processes that Reynolds alluded to which are being used to deal with the claims.


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Friends 3.5 or 4&5 Christina and Katy
I had tried to meet up with Katy and Christina two times already but the public transportation in LA leaves something to be desired. First time was on last Friday where they suggested we meet up at an art show which was right up my alley as far as things I like to do (free art, party, free beverages, goodtimes), however it was not right up my alley as far as location so I would have to chalk that one up under the missed connections folder. Second missed connection was at El Cid in Silverlake where there was a Vice magazine party with free colt 45's the only problem being by the time they had arrived the line was super long and public transit only operates until just after midnight so I had to bounce before we met up. Third time is a charm though and I got a call to take the 2 bus down sunset to swarthmore. It seemed like a hundred mile journey and I thought if my stop wasn't soon we might end up in the ocean. But I did arrive and met up at a Starbucks and decided on going to take a hike. We drove for a bit up to the hills in Pacific Palisades parked the car and started our hike to the "top of the world". The top of the world is the code they used for this chill spot way up past the clouds where kids come to chill, make out, smoke, drink 40's, etc. It had the most beautiful view of the pier, the airport, the ocean at night and was totally bitchin. To make it authentic, we got slammed down some 40's(actually 32oz but that is just semantics) After the hike and the beverages we cruised down and stopped at this artsy coffee shop called cacao that had an acoustic performance that night and one of their other friends met us there. after the show we hopped in their friends car and cruised on up to the hills again, this time to a different location, and met up with two more people, so a total of 5 friends plus me. We made a hike to the summit and did what young people do on hikes in the hills at night, and sipped on some drank as well as some other debauchery. All in all, a good night, it was about 2 in the morning at this point so we left and Katy dropped Christina off at her place and was sweet enough to drive me to my house as well. So Friend 4/5 you pretty much rocked as cool friend to chill with maybe I will get a return friend on this one. who knows