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Who would ever believe that debates about who has the skills to govern the most powerful nation on earth would degenerate into "My wife is beautiful? Yours is ugly." But before we throw up our hands and declare that it's the end of the world, take a look at the fight that broke out among Jesus' disciples about who's the greatest right after Jesus predicted He was headed for the cross.
"Now an argument started between them over who would be the greatest. Fully aware of the thoughts of their hearts, Jesus took a child and had him stand beside Him. Then He said, 'Whoever welcomes this child in my Name welcomes me. And the one who welcomes me, welcomes the One who sent Me. For he who is least among you—he is the greatest.'" - Luke 9:46-48
If we want position and power in the present kingdom, let's go ahead and pump ourselves up, tell ourselves how great we are, and ride the wave of self-confidence. Tragically, this kingdom built on pride, power, wealth, and prestige is not going to last. In the End it goes down in flames. The better alternative is to follow Jesus in humble, self-sacrifice for others, especially for the littlest and the weakest. This is the mark of greatness in God's Kingdom, and Jesus' question about welcoming a child still gives true insight into character.
Watch how a potential leader is open or closed to a child, not when the cameras are rolling, but when it's just them and the little one. Then you'll know who to trust. When the End does come, it's only the "children" standing with Jesus, who get to reign.
LORD, on this Good Friday, crucify my pride and passion to get ahead of others. Help me to rejoice when You place others in positions of influence and recognition. And thanks, especially, for my little grandchildren who make it easy to gather them into my arms for a papa hug. Encourage all those working with children in churches. Help us all to remember that this is where Your priority lies.
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OZON, the 'Amazon of Russia', continues rapid growth, hits $232M in sales in 6 months
OZON, known as the "Amazon of Russia," has had quite an impressive two years. Only back in April, we reported that the ecommerce powerhouse reached a $302.5 million turnover last year, and now the company is announcing that its half-year sales (Jan – June 30) are up 78% to $232M.
Given that last year's growth rate came in at a high 84%, maintaining a 78% rate over the past 6 months is quite impressive. In fact, if that rate can be maintained (and holiday season-willing it just might), OZON is set to reach nearly half a billion ($464M) — well over a million per day.
According to OZON Holdings CEO Maelle Gavet, the recent acquisition of Sapato.ru helped to fortify the leadership of OZON in the market place. According to Gavet, "efforts for the past six months have been concentrated on furthering the growth of OZON as a whole while blending Sapato.ru and OZON.ru to band together seamlessly."
Right now, OZON has passed more than 11.1M registered users, with more than 17.3M unique visits per month.
Additionally, the company claims the following stats:
· OZON.ru reports 2,200,000 in range of goods
· OZON.travel reports 500 airlines and 160,000 hotels are currently available for order
· Sapato.ru currently offers over 200,000 shoes and accessories
· O-Courier reports delivery of orders to 2,100 pick-up-points across the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan
· O-Courier is currently sub-contracted out by over 70 small businesses in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg
As for the future, the ecommerce company's second warehouse is in the works and OZON.ru will specifically begin testing fulfillment services for independent merchants. Clearly, there's a lot more growth and expansion on the way if OZON can maintain or surpass its current level of demand.
Back in September 2011, OZON raised $100 million in venture funding from – among others – ru-Net, Index Ventures and Japanese online retailer Rakuten.
The OZON Group was originally founded in 1998.
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Water is by far the cheapest medication on the planet. When people take their pills with a glass of water, some people think it's the water that cures and not the drugs. If you suffer from allergies, did you know that drinking more water can help by diluting the histamines in your blood? If you suffer from asthma, did you know that drinking more water and adding sea salt to your diet can improve or eliminate the symptoms?
As most of your body is made up of water – even your lungs and bones have a high percentage of it and three quarters of your brain is water – it seems to be common sense that if you don't drink enough of it, you won't feel great. Water is the only essential fluid and a few days without it, you would die but people don't take it very seriously.
Water cushions your brain, lubricates your joints, transports nutrients and oxygen in the blood and is involved in every process in the body.
Mild dehydration adversely affects mood, concentration and productivity. If you have aches and pains, you feel them more acutely if you are dehydrated. The problem is that most people have no idea if they are dehydrated or not because the thirst response is so weak.
If children constantly drink sweet and fizzy soda or fruit juice, their thirst response may not develop and researchers have discovered that the thirst response tends to get weaker as we age and in the elderly can be non-existent.
Signs of dehydration other than thirst:
- Headache
- Constipation
- Irritability
- Dry skin
- Fuzzy thinking
- Dark urine
- Urinating less than 6-7 times a day
- Pains (joint, back, muscle)
- Cramping
- Moodiness
- Obesity
- Cravings
- Hunger
Many common diseases are caused by or exacerbated by a lack of hydration. Maybe the simple solution to whatever ails you is to drink more water!


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School District 88 – DuPage County, Illinois
The tragedies at Columbine and Sandy Hook has prompted District 88 School Board and School Resource Officer Mike Brehmer to announce the need for ALICE Training. "We don't want [our students] to be passive victims," Brehmer said. In his words, Brehmer would rather be "over-trained than under-prepared" for such an event as an active shooter or violent intruder situation. As a result, schools started to implement the training and preparation of ALICE Training.
The article link below details a few of the ALICE precautions the district is implementing:
-Learning proper evacuation and escape tools and procedure
-Installing Camera systems which would allow staff or police monitoring during a crisis,
-Utilizing the intercom system to notify people of the threat's location during a crisis.
-Training staff on how to "overwhelm a shooter's ability to act or create distractions"
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The United States House of Representatives has cited Nigeria as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world, adding that impunity for those responsible for the killing of Christians in the country "seems to be widespread."
This revelation was brought to light by the Chairman of its Sub-committee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights and International Organisation, Christopher Smith, in a letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
What Ex-President Jonathan Told US Legislators About Killing Of Nigerian Christians [Full Speech]
The letter was inviting Jonathan to make a presentation to the Sub-Committee on the challenges faced by Christians in Nigeria and the Niger Delta issue.
Although, the event held on the 1st and 2nd February, the actual content of the letter is only just revealed with its labelling of Nigeria as the most dangerous country to be a Christian.
In the letter, which was made available to ThisDay Newspaper, Smith was quoted to have said: "My subcommittee has broadly investigated the crises facing Christians in Nigeria today. My staff director, Greg Simpkins and I have made several visits to Nigeria, speaking with Christians and Muslim religious leaders across the country and visiting fire-bombed churches, such as in Jos. Unfortunately, Nigeria has been cited as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world and impunity for those responsible for the killing of Christians seem to be widespread.
"In fulfillment of your foundation's mandate to promote democracy, peace and transformational change, I invite you to come to the United States next week to share your views on this matter, including the alleged Islamisation of government under the current administration and the actions your foundation is prepared to take in pursuit of religious freedom."


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I have been trying to do VNA-ish operation with libbladeRF and C code. So far, I could synchronise tx and rx with timestamp and obtained magnitude looks ok. However, I cannot retrieve phase.
What I do at a frequency is: referring to some earlier posts, tx and rx frequencies are set at a few MHz apart. Sampled waveform is Fourier transformed and a complex number is extracted at the frequency bin, which is calculated from the frequency offset of tx and rx.
I found that the phase of sampled waveform that oscillating at the beat frequency is different each time as shown in below.
This is what I can get with 1 MHz beat frequency, 20 MHz sampling rate, and repeated 70 times. I expected all the lines to be overlapped.
Also there is a break later in the sampled waveform where phase also changes, although I made tx waveform for full 16384 samples long, as
Would be really helpful and appreciated if some could help me out on this.
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A BIG thank you to Matt. He was such a trooper as the chauffeur and personal photographer.
What a gorgeous view at St. Francis! We soaked it all in during out first tasting.
There may have even been a tasting in the "Cave" at Deerfield Ranch Winery.
Our last tasting was at Chateau St. Jean.
Chad, the wine expert, had a great time with us and even let Aly pour a little. Actually, he may have left to collect wine we purchased and Aly jumped right in.
After four tastings we headed back to the house, to regroup and freshen up, before heading to dinner at Estate.
What a great weekend. I can't wait to go back to Sonoma… maybe I'll take Nick next time. 🙂


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Julius started with analog BW photography at high school. After university studies went to Aberystwyth (Wales) for voluntary work at Plas Lluest Centre for people with learning disabilities.
He took one year BW photography course at the University Art Centre in Aberystwyth with well known photographer Ron Davies and built up a darkroom for people with learning difficulties.
After one year of voluntary work successfully applied for a grant for own photography project in London. He has worked nearly 12 years as a full time photographer for magazine, advertising company and on his own photography business.
Julius is now working as an Editor in chief for Nikonblog.sk, official web of Nikon Corp. and in PRO.Laika, the largest specialised camera store in Bratislava, Slovakia. He is lucky enough to have time to photograph his own themes and to choose photography genre that he loves – document, reportage and street photography.
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I was reading the blog of Video Arts the other day on the issue of happiness at work. It reminded me of the words of honorary punk rockers Rogers, Hammerstein and Captain Sensible, "Happy talk". Yes, it's nice to be happy at work, but that's only half the story. We looked at the blues and motivation previously. The Smiths' classic "Heaven knows I'm miserable now" is the mantra for people stuck in jobs that don't fit their skills, attitudes, inner or outer desires. Let's check out the dark side of the motivational equation:
What then are the reasons to be cheerful at work? Certainly NOT because the 360 degree appraisal system has been put online in full colour, because the team has won a set of fake plastic palm trees inscribed with the company mission statement, or when the HR department places a 'People are our greatest asset' plaque in every toilet cubicle.
It may be slightly quaint or even old fashioned to say this, but whatever happened to good old job design, as described by Hackman and Oldham? They pointed out that people work well when they have well designed jobs. These include some good old fashioned but not out of date factors:
- Skill variety – using an appropriate variety of skills.
- Task identity – being able to see the whole task.
- Task significance – the extent to which people identify with the task and its importance to something wider.
- Autonomy – giving some discretion over the way in which work is done.
- Feedback – gaining an idea of how well people convert effort into performance.
In practical terms, many of the tried and tested methods of improving job design at work still have value. For example: vary work where possible to encourage skill variety; assign work as a whole unit to enhance task significance; delegate tasks to their lowest possible level to create autonomy and responsibility; connect people to the impact of their work through feedback. Some of the world's best workplaces such as Prêt à Manger use these principles intuitively as they are common sense, although they are not commonly applied. Others have made significant improvements by just following them as a conscious protocol, such as I have observed in work at The Royal College of Physicians.
My latest book Punk Rock People Management offers us three chords on motivation:
- Design work according to Hackman and Oldham's principles.
- Eliminate pointless tasks from the daily grind that add no customer / stakeholder value.
- Remember that reasons to be cheerful include: being listened to; doing things that count; understanding why they matter; being part of something; not having to do pointless tasks; getting meaningful feedback on what you do and so on.
'Punk Rock People Management – A no-nonsense guide to hiring, inspiring and firing staff' is available for purchase of as a FREE download via the Punk Rock People Management webpage. If you like this extract from the book, you will also LOVE my other book 'Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll', acclaimed by Tom Peters, the daddy of them all. Contact us to book your next conference keynote based on our heady mixture of business leadership and music. Just back from Greece, and shortly appearing in Romania, South Africa and Slough – hardly a Rock'n'Roll schedule I admit! 🙂 Read a review by clicking on the picture:
I leave not with Happy Talk by Captain Sensible, but with his rather more thoughtful anti-war / eco warrior song "Glad it's all over" – The Captain 'extinguished me' with a fire hydrant at the Marquee during a Doctors of Madness gig, for which I am eternally grateful.


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These prefab sheds and studios are so amazing! What a perfect solution for those who do not have an extra room in their house to make an office or guest room. I hope to have something like this one day - a great way to separate work and living space. Check out {Kanga Room Systems} to learn more about all they have to offer ~ found via {Apartment Therapy}.
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Pinterest has kept me busy!
I have hardly been blogging lately and it has been breaking my heart. A few months ago I discovered {Pinterest} and have been hooked! Rather than blogging about the awesome things I find out there, I have been "pinning" them like crazy! In a short period of time, I have created 50+ boards and over 1600 pins!
If you have not heard of Pinterest, it is essentially a place catalog and share visual bookmarks. Rather than keeping a list of URLs to cool things you want to refer back to, taking screenshots or saving images to your desktop, Pinterest allows you to not only save of the images, but it also keeps the link to the original site from which you found it should you need to refer back as needed. The best part is the ability to categorize and organize the pins into different "boards" that are labeled (ie. For the Home or Wedding Ideas). You can connect with your friends who are using Pinterest and that has been the most fun, learning so much about someone from seeing the things they love! If you have not already done so, sign up and start pinning!
If you are interested in seeing the things I love, check out my boards {here}.
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Check Up on the Back To The Future DeLorean Time Machine Restoration
23 November 2012 - Autoblog
Since first hearing about the restoration project to bring the Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12 time machine back to life, we haven't heard that much about the progress.
The project was supposed to be "concluded" over the summer, but it turns out finding original parts or creating all new ones for a fictional time machine isn't as easy as it sounds... actually, it doesn't even sound that easy.
As an update for the museum-quality restoration being given to the neglected "A car" from the original BTTF movie, Bob Gale, co-writer and producer of the movie trilogy, shows us some of the painstaking work that goes into bringing such an iconic movie car back to life.
Joe Walser and Terry Matalas have led the restoration team, which has completely disassembled Doc Brown's DeLorean, and are working to rebuild the car from the ground up. This includes redoing the interior, all of the electronics (with the critical flux capacitor) and even the car's signature stainless steel body parts. One of the remade pieces includes the metal receptacle in which plutonium was placed to get the required 1.21 "jiggawatts" of power to make time travel possible; this was the original time machine, so no Mr. Fusion here.
Scroll down to see what's been done to the car so far, and check out the updates on the Time Machine Restoration Facebook page. Like the first BTTF move, this story is "to be... continued," but Gale says that the project is now expected to be completed next month, and it will be on permanent display inside Universal Studios Hollywood.


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Today we have a special guest, our lovely friend Ann from A Quirky Lifestyle. You may remember my handbag post a while ago and my recent illustrations post, after seeing this I have another artist to add to my list!Ann is sharing not only what's in her gorgeous handbag, but this amazing Illustration of the contents by Kristina's Hultkrantz. I've been excitedly looking forward to Kristina's Hultkrantz's illustration of what is my handbag. Kristina is an uber creative illustrator based in Stockholm and I fell in love with her work through the pages of Pinterest. Her drawings are cheerful, quirky and so very stylish. I feel very honoured to be a part of her blogger collaboration series on 'What's in my handbag?'Whilst a picture is worth a thousand words, a brief note on the contents of my handbag that help me function through the day are worth a mention. I tend to travel a lot and so my Iphone and Blackberry help me stay in touch with whatever is happening out there, be it in the world of fashion or work. My Moleskine and travel notebooks help me organise my life and thoughts. I find writing and making lists therapeutic. Other handbag favourites includes my delightful watermelon coin purse, a bright pink Chanel lipstick, Burts Bess Rhubarb Lip Shimmer, a stock of perfume samples from my favourite brands (Diptyque's Tam Dao being the flavour of the month) and Rituals Gingko Hand Balm (the best hand cream ever!). We do have the odd few sunny days in the UK and my Moschino sunnies make the world look better. A copy of the latest National Geographic magazine (or Vogue) makes late evening train journeys back from London or elsewhere much more enjoyable. And, my good old cucumber flavoured Dettol hand sanitiser is an absolute travel essential and fights the multitude of bugs I come in contact with whilst travelling around the Tube and public transport. Also, if you fancy a nice little bag like my beloved Mulberry Alexa satchel, check out my tips for buying an investment bag on a budget.
For further handbag inspiration, you must check out Kristina's fabulous Pinterest series. I would also highly recommend visiting Kritsina's Etsy page where you can commission anything from a piece of fashionable art to a whole new header for your blog!
What are your handbag essentials?
Ann x
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The Violence Destroys: Keep our Families Sacred poster was developed for use in health care and community-based programs and encourages patients to talk to their health care provider about domestic violence.
The bottom of the 17" x 11" poster includes blank space to add local domestic violence hotline and referral information.
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Customer Type List
- No Hardy: He can't get it up with his wife or girlfriend and comes to the club in order to run home with his hard on, so he can perform.
- Modern Eunich: His previous relationships (including the one he might currently have) emasculated him completely. He comes to the club to feel like a man, to be in charge, and feel a sense of power and control.
- Oldie: The sixty plus crowd whose taste for young pussy is insatiable. He craves the young girl, her taste, her company, her attention and has the money to secure her.
- Perv: He has some type of perversion. Either he is a pedophile or into some fetish (like sucking toes, being physically or emotionally abused). He feels normal and accepted the moment he steps into the club.
- Girlfriend Spotter: He is looking for a girl he can continue a relationship with outside of the club. Note: He can be single or married. Most likely if he is single he is socially awkward. If he's married, he's not fulfilled, but in total denial and too scared to leave his wife.
- Powersicko: Very rich! And that is his only power. Most likely a very ugly, disfigured, possibly handicapped man. Money buys him what he can't otherwise have.
- Curioso: Has never been in a club before. The virgin lap dancer.
- Degrader: He really hates himself and needs to degrade a girl to get off. If he is married, he most likely abuses his wife in some form.
- Doormat: He has no voice in his own home. His wife runs the house, and he tries to please her without ever succeeding. He comes to the club to pay to hear what no one will tell him in real life: You're great, sexy, and irresistible! They are always very nice customers.
- Cheapo: He comes in and wants everything for free—including lunch. He will only dance during the two-for-one special. He will not buy you a drink, and he never tip.
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COLUMBUS: Ohio will use a dose of two drugs never tried before in a U.S. execution to put to death a condemned inmate from Akron who raped and killed his girlfriend�s 3-year-old daughter, the state prisons agency said Monday.
Lawyers for death row inmate Ronald Phillips immediately sued to put off his Nov. 14 execution, saying Ohio delayed the announcement so long it didn�t leave enough time to fully investigate the new method.
The agency made the decision because it couldn�t obtain a supply of its former execution drug, pentobarbital, from a specialty pharmacy that mixes individual doses for patients, prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said. The agency had considered using a compounding pharmacy after its supply of federally regulated pentobarbital expired last month.
Instead, the state will use an intravenous combination of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, in the Nov. 14 execution of Phillips, of Akron.
Those drugs already are included in Ohio�s never-tried backup execution method, which requires them to be injected directly into an inmate�s muscle. No state has put a prisoner to death with that combination of drugs.
Florida uses midazolam as the first of three drugs; Kentucky includes the two in its untested backup method.
Phillips, 40, was sentenced to death for killing Sheila Marie Evans in 1993 after a long period of abusing her.
Gov. John Kasich is weighing clemency for Phillips following the state Parole Board�s unanimous recommendation against mercy last week.
Attorneys for Phillips filed documents in federal court Friday asking a judge to let them expand a current lawsuit to challenge the use of compounded pentobarbital. They filed an updated complaint Monday just hours after the state�s announcement that it was selecting the two other drugs instead.
The state said it�s reviewing the filing.
Judge Gregory Frost scheduled a hearing for Friday.
Phillips� lawyers also are challenging the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction�s decision to allow its director to delegate responsibilities for some execution duties. Phillips� lawyers say that breaks an agreement the agency made previously with Frost�s approval.
Ohio�s execution policy calls for it to try to buy specialty batches of pentobarbital from compounding pharmacies, which mix individual doses of drugs for specific patients. If that fails, the policy calls for the use of the two-drug approach.
A plan by Georgia to use a similar specialty batch of pentobarbital has been put on hold by a federal lawsuit challenging the state prison agency�s refusal to identify the compounding pharmacy that provided the drug.
The lawsuit also questions the drug�s safety and effectiveness.
Compounding pharmacies are under increased scrutiny following last year�s meningitis outbreak that killed more than 60 people and sickened hundreds and was linked to contaminated ingredients at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts.
Phillips� lawyers have pushed for mercy, arguing he was raped and beaten by his late father as a child and grew up in a chaotic, filthy environment.
The state says Phillips long denied suffering such abuse and raised it only as his execution became imminent.


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James Walker: Pot? The responsibility lies with the user
We are standing at the precipice of truth and dare as the legalization of marijuana rages on and enters what appears to be the final stretch.
It is a hot topic — and one that stirs deep passion from people on both sides of the aisle because much in America will change once it becomes law — and become law it will in the state of Connecticut.
I doubt you will find a columnist who hasn't put in his or her two cents about the legalization of the pungent flower that has been around since 500 B.C. in Asia, when it was likely used as a herbal medicine, according to history.com.
I have weighed in on the topic several times.
Last week, my colleague, Jacky Smith, the editorial page editor and columnist for the Danbury Times, joined in with a column that hit home and probably resonated strongly with opponents of legalization.
It was a story of a life lost on the highway due to a teen driving under the influence of marijuana. The teen was later convicted and sentenced to three years — hardly a tribute to our justice system. It was indeed a story of how smoking marijuana and driving can end with tragic results, but it is not a reason not to legalize marijuana.
And that is what prompted this column.
My colleague should be applauded for presenting the dangers of smoking weed and I admire her acknowledgment of the unfairness of the judicial system on minorities. But I don't buy her argument that in the midst of an opioid crisis, legalizing marijuana will only make things worse.
To me, one has nothing to do with the other and my colleague and I see this issue a lot differently.
While studies certainly have shown that traffic accidents are rising in states where marijuana is legal, I don't see how that should be a deterrent to legalizing marijuana. After all, I don't see the state pulling alcohol off the shelves of stores or from local bars because of a drunken-driving crash.
And I never hear calls to stop the sale of alcohol that has been a menace on the roads since I can remember. What I hear is "don't drink and drive" or "drink responsibly."
Smoking marijuana is a choice — just like drinking — and it is up to the user to use the product responsibly.
So, let's just stop this demonizing, outdated view that smoking marijuana will only lead to the destruction of some young lives and kill more people on the highways. Unfortunately, I don't doubt these things will happen, but it is not the marijuana but the misuse of it.
And that is supported by the many successful "active" smokers and the many who smoked and decided it wasn't for them. And guess what? They went on to become presidents, heads of corporations and even (such as Jacky is) successful editorial page editors and columnists.
Why? Because they used responsibly.
Legalization is a tough challenge for lawmakers but, right now, these young people already know where to buy it and those who don't are being robbed and sometimes killed going into dangerous areas to get it.
And that is a problem.
Like the masters of weed themselves, Cheech and Chong, made clear in the movie "Things Are Tough All Over," when Tommy Chong said, "sometimes it's not even the drugs that'll kill you, man. What really kills you is looking for drugs."
And I simply don't believe people should be dead because they want to smoke a joint.
But there also is another reason I am a proponent of legalization. It would be vindication for the black community.
The truth is the illegal sale of marijuana and other drugs has been a cloak for racial discrimination and fodder for the persecution of young, black, urban males to bury them in a system they could never get out.
And the war on drugs is built on a lie that affected every black family.
I have made that statement before and I will scream it until the cows come home because it is the truth: Black people do not have the resources in 2019 to flood the entire United States with drugs and marijuana and they certainly didn't have the resources 100 years ago when black people could not even drink from certain fountains without the law coming down on them.
We may not like the truth when it is laid bare and we have sit in its ugliness, but in this age of social enlightenment, I know it to be true and so does everybody in the world, not just the United States.
And now, it is a matter of truth and dare. The truth we already know; the dare is for elected officials to own up to that truth and legalize marijuana and expunge the records of those caught with less than 1.5 ounces of pot when they were arrested. I don't see why this is a problem. Pot is sold every hour on the hour in Connecticut.
State Sen. Tony Hwang from Fairfield told my colleague, "we need to take pause and think about it long and hard" before legalization.
No, we don't. That would mean we are two steps behind. We need to get out in front of it. We need to think about how we are going to implement it once approved, keep our roads safe with new measures and devices, and the sale of marijuana out of the hands of kids.
Parents, clergy, politicians and other opponents should be concerned — that is their job and whether they have never smoked marijuana, smoked it and stopped, or continue to smoke it (as a lot of them do), nothing less is expected from them. They must rail against the sins of society to keep the balance.
The wife of the victim in Smith's column said, "It shouldn't have happened."
She is so right. To have your loved one taken away due to a person's irresponsibility is unconscionable and it is impossible not to feel her anguish.
But there are no real crystal balls and no one can see into the future. We don't know what legalization is going to bring, we can only surmise.
But what we do know is the war on drugs has not worked. We do know not only has it cost billions and probably trillions, it has cost lives, broken families, destroyed communities and the United States is worse off because of it.
We are at the precipice of truth and dare. We know the truth; it is time for elected officials to take the dare by owning up to what they know is true — and legalize marijuana.
Pot? The responsibility lies with the user.
James Walker is the New Haven Register's senior editor and statewide columnist for Hearst Connecticut newspapers. He can be reached at 203-680-9389 or email@example.com. @thelieonroars on Twitte


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An email from Americans For Prosperity - Ohio urges members to oppose Gov. John Kasich's proposal to increase the oil and gas severance tax in order to redistribute that extra revenue in the form of an income tax cut. They are the second group to do so.
It's the "Tell them to STOP!" campaign and here is the text of the email:
For the last several years, news of Ohio's economy and jobs picture has been bleak. But now, Ohio has a unique and very exciting opportunity -- the exploration for oil and natural gas.
The opportunity presented through shale exploration is nothing short of a boom for Ohio's economy. Whether you live on the eastern side or the western side of the state-- all of Ohio is bound to be positively impacted through the exploration and extraction of energy producing resources from our ground.
Unfortunately, some leaders in Ohio, including Governor Kasich, have suggested that taxes be increased on the oil and natural gas explorers to fund regulation and provide a tax decrease at legislative discretion -- in essence, the plan will slow or stifle energy exploration, pick winners and losers again, and fail to secure true tax reform which is necessary in Ohio.
If our elected officials want to lower taxes they should they should do it by following through on cuts to Ohio's bloated government rather than raising taxes on job creators and stifling the true creation of wealth by private landowners.
This issue promises to continue to be heated throughout the summer and fall and we at Americans for Prosperity -- Ohio aren't going to just go away.
You have responded to our calls to action before on this issue and NOW WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RESPOND AGAIN.
Please let your leaders know that you:
1. Want to them to stop picking winners and losers
2. Oppose this tax increase that will impact private land holder rights
3. Support exploring for energy in Ohio and are committed to keeping government intrusion at a minimum
4. Believe government stifling private economic growth WILL NOT lead to true job creation
Action items:
1. Email Governor Kasich (http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Contact/ContacttheGovernor.aspx) and the Senate leadership (http://www.ohiosenate.gov/leadership.html) including your Senator (http://www.ohiosenate.gov/directory.html) -- tell them you don't want to see new taxes raised on energy explorers and land holders in Ohio.
2. Email Speaker of the House Batchelder (http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=69), the House leadership (http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&Itemid=52) and your Representative (http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&Itemid=58) and thank them for standing up for landholders, job creation, and liberty in Ohio. Ask them to remain resolved to fight this proposal.
The general assembly might be "out of session" right now, but the fight for liberty and sound economic policy never ceases -- WE NEED YOU TO ACT NOW!


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Hi! I'm Brian A Evans. I own and operate Green Mountain Homes.
I started the company in June of 1998.
Wood frame residential construction is the focus of the Company's efforts. Green Mountain Homes builds new houses and remodels exisiting homes. I love design work and especially enjoy re-configuring the floor plans of exisiting homes as part of the remodeling process.
My prior professional experience was gained while working for a local builder and house mover for 17 years. During that tenure I labored, managed, designed and organized hundreds of building projects ranging from single family dwellings to multi-unit condominiums; house moving projects ranging from simple re-locations to complete remodels; subdivision developments from design to finished homes.
With a growing family, I completely redesigned our first two personal dwellings and we lived in them while reconstructing them. I currently live in a five year new home designed by and with my wife, Connie Ruffo. Two grown children, Brianna and Daniel, have moved on to their own lives and pursuits.
I arrived in Bellingham in March of 1981 from the Northeast. With more than half my life in Whatcom County I am firmly grounded here in the Pacific Northwest.
Bachelors Degree, University of Vermont, Engineering
Director Meridian School Board since 2004
Director BIAWC since 2005, member since 2001
CAPS, CGP designations – National Association of Homebuilders
Built Green Builder of the Year – BIAWC 2010
Member of Sustainable Connections since 2004
Cancer Survivor – Sarcoma – 6 years and counting – Amen
Biking, kayaking, skiing, travel and yes, building my own shelter, round-out my journey through this remarkable life.
I am blessed.
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F1 News: 2014 Abu Dhabi GP Preview – Pirelli
November 18, 2014
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Preview, November 20-23, 2014
Milan, November 17, 2014 – The final grand prix of the season will take place in Abu Dhabi, using the soft and
supersoft tyre: a step softer than last year's nomination of medium and soft. Yas Marina is a circuit that Pirelli knows well, having completed some of its private testing there before entering Formula One back in 2011, with Abu Dhabi being a well-known venue for official tests as well. This year is no exception, with the final two-day test of the season taking place straight after the grand prix, from Tuesday to Wednesday.
The track surface is quite smooth, featuring a variety of 90-degree corners. The other defining characteristic of the grand prix is that, like Bahrain, it starts in the late afternoon and ends in the evening – meaning that the track tends to cool down as the race goes on, which affects strategy.
This year double points are on offer, so the stakes are even higher and teams will be concentrating on strategy harder than ever, while prioritising a safe finish.
The weather tends to be warm and dry, with the track well-suited to the supersoft and soft compounds: the fastest tyres in Pirelli's range.
Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director: "It's always a pleasure to return to Abu Dhabi and this year's event will be even more significant than usual, with the drivers' championship being decided and double points available. The strategy is normally greatly affected by the unusual track evolution, due to the falling temperatures caused by the late afternoon start. This was the case in Bahrain as well, which turned out to be one of the most exciting and unpredictable races of the season earlier this year. As a result, the free practice sessions will be particularly crucial, as the teams try to gather as much information as possible about how the car will perform on both compounds: not just with different fuel loads, but also with different track temperatures. As so many points are on offer, there is a big opportunity for teams that have less to lose to try an unexpected strategy, in order to make some potentially significant gains."
Jean Alesi, Pirelli consultant: "I've never driven a Formula One car in Abu Dhabi but I like the track, especially because of its high levels of safety and the long straight that provides a few overtaking opportunities, thanks also to the use of DRS. As the race starts at 5pm, with ambient and track temperatures gradually dropping, the ability to adapt to a changing situation is essential. These varying conditions affect tyre pressures too. Having said that, the biggest stress for the drivers this year will be the fact that the race counts for double points. Even with his normally qui important point advantage, current Championship leader could see it all taken away from him by just a simple mistake."
The circuit from a tyre point of view:
The supersoft tyre is a low working range compound, capable of achieving optimal performance even at a wide range of low temperatures. The soft tyre is a high working range compound. With the two softest compounds in the range and a smooth track surface, warm-up should not be an issue.
We can expect a certain degree of thermal degradation that could influence the strategies and the setup of the cars. The first and third free practice sessions are usually run in conditions that are not representative for qualifying and race due to much higher temperatures experienced during the day.
The first part of the circuit effectively consists of a series of non-stop bends, which heats up the tyre compound. The compound then gets a chance to cool down on the long straight, with the cars on full throttle for around 15 seconds, with the equivalent of around 800 kilograms of downforce.
To help gain maximum traction, the cars are often set up with quite a soft rear end at Abu Dhabi, but this can lead to increased rear tyre wear. If the set-up is too stiff at the back, the opposite problem can occur: excessive wheelspin, which also takes life out of the tyres.
The winning strategy last year was a two-stopper. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel started on the soft tyre, pitted for the medium on lap 14, then pitted again for the medium on lap 37 never losing the lead.
The tyre choices so far:
P Zero Red P Zero Yellow P Zero White P Zero Orange
Australia Soft Medium
Malaysia Medium Hard
Bahrain Soft Medium
China Soft Medium
Spain Medium Hard
Monaco Supersoft Soft
Canada Supersoft Soft
Austria Supersoft Soft
Great Britain Medium Hard
Germany Supersoft Soft
Hungary Soft Medium
Belgium Soft Medium
Italy Medium Hard
Singapore Supersoft Soft
Japan Medium Hard
Russia Soft Medium
USA Soft Medium
Brazil Soft Medium
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Six years ago today I started more than just a new job. To call it a "career change" is correct as things go, but fails to capture the enormity of how it felt … like looking at a full moon through the wrong end of a telescope. It took a lot of thought, prayer, and wise perspective from my Wife for me to become willing to take the leap. When I had agreed to accept the invitation to leave the legal world of the courtroom and become an executive in the corporate world, I fully expected it to feel like traveling to a foreign country where the language and customs would be new to me.
Instead what I found was what felt more like landing on an alien world where the very laws of physics were different. Professionally, the transition was very challenging, to say the least. Psychologically, though, it was at times disorienting. I had moved from a profession and environment in which I was a bona fide expert into one where I was more clueless than the newest unpaid college intern. While the challenge of learning so many new things was definitely invigorating intellectually, it was quite humbling emotionally.
Now, six years later, I've made yet another career change and this one may be even more radical than the last. After standing for awhile at the intersection with the freedom to go any number of directions, I've decided to embark on the entrepreneur's journey by launching my own leadership and communication consulting practice:
It is an interesting exercise to look back through time with the perspective of distance to see how the road of life's journey has unfolded. A few of the pivotal moments that have brought me to this point:
- If I didn't get myself fired in 2005 (the subject of my TEDxDayton talk), I would probably still be there 13 years later, because I was utterly content and had no interest in growing or doing new things;
- If I didn't experience the ugly underbelly of local politics and lose my job once again in 2010 as a result, I would never have had leadership aspirations;
- If I had gotten the assignment with the US Attorney's Office that I interviewed for in November, 2011, I wouldn't have been around for LexisNexis to come calling for me in February, 2012 … nor would I have been interested;
- If I didn't start blogging again after ten years of being afraid to do so, I wouldn't have developed the IDEAS concept that is now the basis of my new venture's analytical framework;
- If I didn't lose my job via layoff last November, I wouldn't have had the motivation or the time to survey my options and step out into the direction of what I actually want to do.
To see how these experiences all played a part in me arriving at this exciting point is not to pretend away how hard they were. Quite the opposite, in fact. Losing your job for any reason is painful, whether because of your own mistake (#1), the dishonest dealings of another (#2), or the cost-cutting of a corporate layoff (#5). Facing the fears that come from the scars of that pain (#4) and the disappointment of not getting the job you want and know you're qualified to excel at (#3) is hard too.
The point is this: if you're looking for them, you can find supremely valuable lessons to take into the future with you from painful events like this. Without the introspection that came from the suffering of twice losing my job as a prosecutor, I would not have been in the frame of mind to take advantage of the huge opportunity LexisNexis offered me when it came knocking: not only would I have had no interest in growing my skillset and experiencing organizational leadership at a corporate scale (learned after #2), I would have been unable to conceive of myself without the identity of "prosecutor" (learned after #1).
Ironically, it is from these experiences as much as (or more than) the successes that I have found both the unique perspectives that are at the heart of the value 5×5 will be bringing, as well as the courage to undertake this venture in the first place.
I hope by sharing this, you will be encouraged to do the same: use yesterday's pain and disappointments as insight and fuel to seize tomorrow's opportunity.


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I use java to develop libreoffice extension. I have already drawn a tree view on a dialog, but I need to add a listener on the tree now, by selecting or double-clicking on the bottommost item and performing some actions.
I want to use XSelectionChangeListener to achieve, but I haven't found a way yet to link it to my tree
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A proposal by student group GU Fossil Free calling on the university to avoid investments in tar sands oil has received the support of about 200 members of the Georgetown community.
The proposal was submitted to the Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility, which advises the university on socially responsible investing policies, on November 6 . The CISR has received the proposal and is expected to discuss GUFF's proposal at its next meeting, according to Rachel Pugh, the university's senior director for strategic communications.
GUFF's proposal argues that investments in tar sands oil extraction are inconsistent with the university's Socially Responsible Investing policy, approved by Georgetown's board of directors last June, which requires the university to take social and environmental impacts into account when making decisions concerning the university's endowment investments. GUFF worked closely with administrators to establish the SRI last summer.
The greenhouse gas emissions associated with the process of extracting and refining tar sands oil are significantly greater than that of conventional crude oil, according to a 2009 report by the Department of Energy. Advocates argue that tar sands oil, primarily extracted in Alberta, Canada, contribute to climate change and environmental degradation in parts of Canada and the United States.
In its proposal, GUFF provided a list of 16 companies that receive most of their revenues from tar sands that Georgetown should avoid investing in.
The proposal is the latest divestment push for GUFF, which successfully lobbied the Board of Directors to divest the university's funds from coal companies in 2015. The board also approved a student proposal to avoid direct investments in private prisons last month after three students submitted a broader proposal in January, bolstered by a three-month promotional campaign launched by the student group Georgetown University Forming a Radically Ethical Endowment.
The environmental implications of tar sands extraction make divestment from the industry a crucial step toward fulfilling Georgetown's
commitment to social justice, according to Samantha Panchèvre (SFS '19), a GUFF member.
"Georgetown is educating its students to be leaders in the world, to fight for a better political and social environment, and climate change is throwing all of that into disarray," Panchèvre said. "So, by funding climate change, it's very counterintuitive for an institution like Georgetown to fund climate change and also tell its students to go out and fight climate change."
If CISR approves the proposal, it would be presented to the Committee on Finance and Administration within the board of directors for approval.
Pugh said the university takes non-investment proposals seriously.
"Georgetown University takes seriously matters related to social responsibility and its investments," Pugh wrote in an email to The Hoya.
GUFF argues the production and refinement of tar sands oil in Canada and the United States is a social issue as well as an environmental one. The group's proposal notes the extraction process damages tracts of land sacred to indigenous North Americans, and also contaminates their drinking water and harms animal populations culturally significant to the First Nations groups.
Proponents of the tar sands extraction process argue that tapping North America's vast reserves could reduce the United States' dependence on oil sourced from Middle Eastern states.
GUFF member Celia Buckman (SFS '21) said the university has a moral obligation to divest from an industry with such environmental and social problems.
Panchèvre said GUFF enjoys a close relationship with administrators after having worked closely with the administration to develop the SRI.
"We've had a really good relationship with administrators, and I think that's evident by the passing of the Socially Responsible Investment Policy. We had one-on-one meetings with administrators," Panchèvre said.
GUFF argues in its proposal that Georgetown cannot negotiate a change in tar sands oil companies' production strategies or policies to make investment morally acceptable. At the heart of the unchangable problem are the production methods and products themselves, not the company policies, according to Buckman.
GUFF's push for divestment from tar sands oil is a part of its greater effort to end Georgetown's investment in fossil fuels, Buckman said.
Universities and institutions in both the United Kingdom and the United States have divested from tar sands oil, including Oxford University, the University of California system and the Church of England in 2015,and Boston University and Cambridge University in 2016.
Panchèvre said accepting the proposal would reaffirm Georgetown's support for environmentally conscious policies.
"It's just good press for Georgetown. It's really a no-brainer," Panchèvre said.


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Ford has put the traditional instrument cluster of a car under the knife. After much experimentation and creative thought, the operation is complete.
The American car manufacturer is touting a 10-inch digital display that shows all the vital information of the car in clearly legible text that the company says is meant to reduce driver distraction.
The main point of the display is its versatility - the 5 driving modes: normal, wet, sport, track and V-Max each alter the display of the instrument cluster according to the situation.
You can cycle through the different modes using a knob mounted on the wheel, here you can also make further adjustments like changing the ride height or putting rear spoiler up or down.
Each mode means different information is placed at the front and centre of the driver, in normal mode for instance, the speedometer has the greatest presence with gear selection to the right and fuel and temperature taking the top left of the 10-inch display.
However, sport mode is completely different in both theme and focus, you'd expect that if you're going to be taking full advantage of 3.5-litre V6 engine inside this monstrous supercar.
In this mode the gear selection takes top priority with the speedometer taking a less prominent position on the right hand side. All of this is displayed in an aggressive orange theme that dares you to red-line every gear change.
V-Max takes the title of the most exhilarating mode however. This mode is all about pushing the over 600 brake horsepower car to its limits. This mode is all about pursing maximum top speed, so naturally the speedo is displayed large and centre while further details such as coolant temperature, oil pressure, oil temperature and turbocharger boost decorate the big number in focus.
Although the 10-inch display in the cockpit is making its debut with the GT when it released later in 2017. Ford is emphasising this is just the beginning in a switch to digital instrument clusters in all their manufactured cars.
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I have a 2.5 year old, would it make sense to attend this session or is one of your other sessions (i.e. preschool as opposed to kindergarten) here (http://christinewhitley.tumblr.com/post/8651671997/get-the-jump-on-kindergarten-admissions-at-fantasy) better suited for us?
Also, the description says "Cost $30 per family", does that mean I can bring my child? Is that productive with the little ones running around the workshop?
It is sad that something like this is even necessary.
I agree with MarketingMom – this is so sad! 😦
The process is designed as a litmus test to weed out the less motivated parents, so I applaud Christine's efforts to beat CPS at their own game. Certainly her expertise and information packets are worth $30.00. Leave the young ones at home with a sitter and plan on both parents attending – you need a united front to tackle the beast that is CPS.
$30 per family means you can bring your husband, partner, baby daddy, or co-parent. You may also bring your child although I wouldn't recommend it. You will need to be able to focus!
That's why I decided to have alternative sessions held at Fantasy Kingdom for people who need to bring their children. The fee is slightly more but includes 2 hours of open play for up to 2 kids.
Email me if you have any questions!
And I agree that it's sad that workshops like mine are helpful or necessary. But if I can help people feel less intimidated and overwhelmed, and maybe give city schools a chance, that's my goal.
Christine Whitley
Great idea. I am sure there are many of us (with older kids) who would have benefited from this rather then figuring out the ropes on our own. One thing I would suggest is having the suggested age range for each class. I don't know if people know how soon they really should start looking into options.
Oh, great idea IB&RGC mom! I will add that to my info.
Is this serious? Why would anyone pay for something you can get for free? The office puts on presentations at libraries AND gives you literature to take home….
@ 8 Confused: I've never seen a presentation done by a CPS employee that was worth a bottle cap of spit other than Ron Huberman, who obviously had speaker training.
The CPS process was designed to confuse. If Christine – or anybody else with the time, motivation and skill set – wants to take on the onerous task of compiling information and presenting it in an organized and concise fashion, along with timelines and checklists, this would be worth $30 to alot of families.
Personally I have my MBS in CPS Processes (Master of Bullsh*t) but I am passing the workshop info on to young families in my neighborhood. If only there was a .pdf flyer I could print out…
You should do it for High school Christine. I'm surprised at the number of people that do not cover their bases, not aware of the available options, don't apply to schools that are the best fit for their child. I'm also surprised at the lack of guidance available for 8th graders.
@8 I think you were referring to the very good presentations put on by Ellen Lorden at CPS. I have heard her position was eliminated and that CPS hasn't had these presentations in 2+ years. I think that it's great that Christine stepped up to filled the void.
Mayfair Dad (or anyone really) who wants a PDF, I can do that! Drop me an email and I will gladly provide the goods.
There is a calendar on the OAE website with their Options presentations and some of the open houses. Their Options presentations are held at public libraries. But they do have presentations in Spanish, which is great!
@ 15 Christine:
Can you be more specific where this calendar can be found? I spent the past 10 minutes on the OAE website (www.cpsoae.org) to no avail. Thanks!
Oh and cpsmom, I have been thinking about adding high school services to my line-up. It seems that there's a lot more support and information for them out there and almost none for Kindergarten.
I know plenty of parents who are relocated to the city and don't have the first clue where to start, I was one of them and I just gave up and moved to the suburbs, much to my regret. I agree that it's sad that parents have to play this game to have even half a chance of getting their children the education they deserve, but sadly this is today's reality.
Thanks for statring the ball rolling with this insight.
What do you think?
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Last night, I must have done something right… This morning François (my husband), woke me up with breakfast in bed!
…I am talking about dinner of course.
I wanted last night to be a relaxed dinner party and not have to get up in between courses and worry about food on the stove so I opted for an "Apéritif" served in the living room and a 1 course meal at the table.
For dinner I made Tiger Shrimp in banana leaves served with coconut mashed carrots and chinese cabbage with mushrooms .
As I mentioned on Thursday, I found a great Thaï store right by the organic market at Sainte Catherine and there I bought giant tiger prawns, kaffir leaves, lemon grass, banana leaves, fish sauce and other wonderful ingredients.
Start by preparing a marinade for the shrimp with the following ingredients:
3 lemon grass stalks
2″ of Galangal root
1 clove of garlic
Fresh cilantro
1 tsp of turmeric
1/4 cup of fish sauce
Juice of 1 lime
and if you like a little kick, 1 spicy pepper
Chop all the ingredients finely and mixed them in a large bowl. Next cut a slit down the back of the prawns and remove the vein .
Mix the prawns into the marinade and refrigerate an hour or until ready to use (up to 6 hours).
Before cooking, you can stuff the marinade into the pocket you created on the back of the shrimp.
To cook: Put banana leaves in a steamer making sure to leave a few holes for steam to circulate freely , added the prawns and steam them for 5-8 minutes until done.
For the mashed carrots (I actually used carrots and potatoes to break the sweetness of the carrots), peel and cut the potatoes and placed them in cold water, boil them until nice and tender to the fork.
Peel the carrots, boil water with kaffir lime leaves and thaï basil with a tbs of sea salt and cook the carrots until very soft. Next mashed the carrots and potatoes together with 1 tbs of olive oil and a glass of coconut milk. Add to that dome fresh thaï basil, some ground coriander and ground ginger.
To make the chinese cabbage, my nieces favorite dish of the evening, chop the following:
1″ of fresh ginger
a small bunch of fresh coriander
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
sauté them in a tbs of olive oil until fragrant, then add the sliced mushrooms and cook them for 5 minutes, add the cabbage, cook that for another 3 minutes and done!
I used pieces of banana leaves, that I oiled, to decorate the plates and dinner was served! The preparation took about 1 hour but the cooking less than 20 minutes so I was able to enjoy the company and the meal stress free.


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Renowned author of young-adult fiction Walter Dean Myers, who made a mark for himself by writing books about young African Americans, has passed way at 76, the Los Angeles Times reports.
"Walter's many award-winning books do not shy away from the sometimes gritty truth of growing up. … He wrote with heart and he spoke to teens in a language they understood," Susan Katz, president and publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books, said in a released statement, according to the Times.
The author passed away on Tuesday after a short illness.
The brutal honesty in the West Virginia-born, New York-raised author's books came from his own experiences always getting into trouble as a youth, the Times notes. Myers, who admitted to hanging out with gangs, eventually dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the Army, where he started to write.
"A turning point for me was the discovery of a short story by James Baldwin about the black urban experience. It gave me permission to write about my own experiences," he once wrote, according to the Times.
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Hi everyone! Slowly but surely I am getting this blog transitioned to more of a website. It certainly takes a lot of time to get stuff done, rearranged, updated, designed and looking the way I want it to but I think you will agree, (at least I hope so), I am getting there!
You will notice that I have added some pages... I have decided to give you all a glimpse of all the art work I have done over the years and what I am working on currently. My studio is brimming with little character people, which I absolutely adore but there is a growing space limitation. I need some room!!! With that in mind, I have decided to sell some of my pieces and will be posting some them in the new pages you can find at the top of this page.
Now, needless to say, this is going to take me some time to get all together. In addition to creating these "galleries", as time permits, I will put a link back on each photo to any earlier blog post on this site (or facebook) about it for those of you who would like to read about the piece when it was originally introduced to the world!
One piece of exciting news happened quite recently. Following adjudication of some of my "little people" art pieces, I was accepted as an apprentice into the Professional Doll Makers Art Guild in the U.S... Being mainly self taught (through trial and error, error, error GRIN) in the art of sculpting little people and not personally knowing or being able to chat in person with someone in my area who knows what I am talking about around sculpting these little guys, I am really looking forward to being able to have a whole bunch of folks to chat about our favourite subject!! Imagine... not having to try and wrack my brain trying to figure out how something is done... all I need to do is ask and someone will supply the answer. That is just too cool!!
Wishing you all a wonderful summer coming up! Get out there and enjoy it... I know I will!!


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Day 889 to Day 904: Community Input Wanted: Military Module
Well after a month of really no military action, High Commanders finally got into gear this past week or so, and launched into battle. The result is as I feared as this module was being developed through Closed Beta. The game mechanics don't allow for all those who want to be involved, to get into the fun. So, we are a point of trying to rethink the military module, and are reaching out to the community to get some insights. Here are the six major issues with the military module as it stands now.
- Movement/Getting into battle is not soldier-led
- Fighting is time-based. You must be on at the right time to participate fully. Your citizen does fight when you are offline, but not much fun just logging in and seeing what happened.
- Citizens can't own their "own unit"
- Citizens can't own and equip their own weapons
- Soldiers can't select a Unit or Crew to be a part of
- Movement and Fighting disrupts a citizen's activity queue, by deleting all items.
My attempt was to make the game as realistic as possible. So, in real-life your average Joe, can't just create a military unit for their country. Soldiers typically don't bring their own guns to the military, etc. I realize now to make it more enjoyable, that we need to bend the realism rules a little. So, here are some suggestions we would like to make, to change the gameplay. We are looking for our community to let us also know their thoughts.
Here are some solutions we have thought of, in no particular order
#4. Allow Soldiers to buy and equip their own weapons
#5. Allows Soldiers to select their own unit/crew. Ability to make a unit/crew by application only
#6. Have activity queue pause until soldier returns home
#3. Allow citizens to create their own unit. Unit still must be tied to a country and city and can be moved by appropriate High Command.
#1. With #5 soldiers can now choose which unit they want to be a part of, and obviously if they are in battle or not. Also #3 allows them to create their own if they wish.
#2. This is the most difficult one. We've bantered about maybe having a collective Health Bar, that you can damage the other side, and add to your own with health items whenever you login. Every say ½ hour the health damage is then applied to all soldiers and vehicles, probably in a weighted fashion. This does take away the PvP element we were trying to instill though.
So, there you have it. Looking forward to hearing what the community has to say about our Military Module. We would like to get all input by June 23, so we can start to implement next week.
Note: According to my word count, I've surpassed 15,000 words in my DevBlogs!
If you do add Guerilla warfare and make it so that civilians can wield and fight against the government you should add police to handle these things. They could be run by the mayor and if things get to much out of control then they could order "martial law" . Which means that soldiers will come in to put down the revolt. But there would have to be a benefit for being a criminal. Like you can rob banks or rob houses and the home owner won't know who did it unless they had a security alarm. Also add in insurance so I they lose their stuff the insurance will give them the amount of money that the items were worth.
June 30, 2013 | Steve Smith
Add optional mini-games at every aspect of the game, not just for the military module. I would like to have the option of playing mini-games for work (mining, farming, etc.) and training (weapons, tanks). The payoff could be something as small as +20% xp if you do good in the game, or -10% if you for example do nothing. The point is to have the option of going deeper in the game wherever you want, and that should apply to the military module as well. You shouldn't have to play minis or pvp to participate in a battle, but you should have the option to, with greater reward and risk if you choose to.
June 25, 2013 | Andy-G
#2 You can make battles last for 24h in order to give the citizens from all timezones the chance to fight. #3 Allow the creation of private military units. It will add more interesting strategic opportunities. Private units can act as merc units or go Pirate. At strategic level, I suggest you implement hexagonal tiles to the map. It is better than the square, it offers more maneuverability. Add roads and railroads which can be used by armies to transport their troops and for companies to transport their goods. If armies don't use transportation lines, they get a travel speed penalty. Make landforms count! Mountains should give big defensive bonuses to infantry, but penalties to tanks (its kinda hard to travel in mountainous regions with vehicles). Plains should give offensive bonuses to tanks and artillery. And so on for the rest of landforms you plan on implementing. Perhaps you can also add weather so it may further influence battles (and agriculture?). For this war module to be successful it needs to be fun and from my experience, I can say that for this type of game, PvP is the best way to go. Don't make a collective health for soldiers to gun down, it is far less fun than actually defeating a real player (speaking from experience). Make a queue for players to join and fight on a first come first serve basis. A tile is conquered when the defending team no longer has any remaining troops while the attackers have at least 1 left (after a certain time has passed). A PvP fight should look something like this. 2 enemy players fight each other until either of them remains with less than 25 health. If they both go under 25, then its a draw. Add a battle score for players (wins, defeats, draws), it is one of those little things that make the experience more interesting (again speaking from experience). Also, add the possibility for the winning player to keep fighting until the goes below 25. Nothing is more satisfying than steamrolling through 10 enemies at once. Of course, only very strong players should have the capability to do sustain so many fights. Add armor as clothes for soldiers to wear. This can differentiate regular units from elite ones. Obviously, armor should be expensive in order to balance the game. An elite soldier with strong guns and high quality armor should be able to take down multiple enemies before going down himself, while regular troops would be able to fight 2 or 3 battles at most. To add more tactical possibilities, add a fight bonus from the win-defeat ration so that it encourages players to fight smart and commanders to carefully plan their tactical moves during battle. While you develop the war module have a few things in mind: - Make it fun - Easy to learn, hard to master - Balance between free and paying players (don't make players buy power, it ruins the experience) - Depth (make the module complex enough to keep veteran players interested) - User-friendly interface
June 19, 2013 | Walenstein
Good ideas. I would like to point out one thing, though, and that is the nature of guerrilla warfare. In large modern nations, citizens -generally- (witness American militias) do not organize themselves with their own equipment. In smaller countries though, it's actually very common. Small bands of soldiers will organize into small, independent units and often operate with great autonomy. They even go criminal sometimes, turning against their own populace and becoming bandits--another interesting idea. Building this concept into the game, you could allow situations such as what's happening in Syria right now, wherein a portion of the populace has banded together with some outside support to fight and overthrow their government militarily. In guerrilla warfare, a weaker group will use it's small size and mobility to it's advantage, attacking supply and communication lines and stealing equipment and ammunition from their larger, more organized opponents. Because their logistics are so simple, they can operate in difficult terrain that larger organizations find difficult to control and evade the large pitched battles that would see them easily overcome. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to code, but if farms and mines could be required to be outside of cities themselves, they could be made vulnerable to small operations by these independent units, who could then hurt the country they're fighting economically, depriving them of production and ultimately tax dollars. Similar to Sid Meiers Civilization games, and tearing up the improvements on resource tiles, except these wouldn't be destroyed, just having their production temporarily halted. I think another important aspect to consider for allowing small unit warfare would be realistic logistics. Armies require supply lines to deliver food and ammunition. If there was a transport cost for these materials associated with the distance a given military unit is from it's base of operations, it would complicate larger unit combat sufficiently to give small units (which could live off the land and use captured ammunition) a realistic chance at having a real effect. Additionally, you could add the concept of military bases and forward control posts, which could be created by large nations and reduce the logistical costs of a large country deploying it's military while at the same time giving small units another object to attack when the larger units leave their bases to do battle. So to put it all together, I think the game needs two separate types of army. Nation controlled army, and militia army. Nation controlled army would follow similar systems of organization and control as it does now, and would have the ability to become very large, powerful and -expensive- to maintain. Militia armies could be organized by any joe schmoe with a newspaper and would be under the control of the organizer. They would be self supplied, and thus capped at a low level of power due to the difficulty of acquiring and keeping artillery and armor. They would be quick and mobile, though, and cost nothing to support once they're out in the wilderness. Dotted lines on a map could indicate supply lines connecting a major army to it's supply center, with the lines themselves able to be attacked to penalize the army at the far end of the line with a sudden unexpected loss of food supply. Additionally, the longer the dotted line, the more alphacoins the nation would have to pay each day to support the deployed army. Military bases on the map could be established with EarthBucks in friendly or neutral (or even hostile but protected) territory, which could be used to supply forward armies, shortening the dotted lines and saving the nation money, at the expense of giving it another map object it needs to protect. I think you should also implement the ability for a nation to do a draft, and to put citizens into it's military against their will. Then you could have draft dodging with citizens fleeing to other countries when theirs performs a draft. :)
June 19, 2013 | Mingre
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Carl Icahn has joined Twitter, according to Forbes' Steven Bertoni.
Here's his first Tweet. It's pretty tongue-in-cheek, but we confirmed with an Icahn Associates rep that it's really him.
Twitter is great. I like it almost as much as I like Dell.— Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) June 20, 2013
So far he's not following anyone.