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Adam Murdock
March 7, 2010
No event in sports history has received as much media attention as the recent revelations of marital infidelity by the golfer Tiger Woods. Ironically, this unprecedented coverage has had nothing to do with the game of Golf itself but rather has focused on the personal affairs of Tiger Woods and his family.
|Just as Tiger Woods has been reminded of his marriage covenants, it is now our responsibility to remind the Congress of their Constitutional covenant.
The Tiger Woods 'affair' has included an initial bizarre incident outside the Woods home, a subsequent onslaught of women coming forward to claim their involvement with the golfer, a stint in a sex addiction center for rehabilitation, and most recently a public admission of guilt by Tiger Woods himself. What Tiger Woods revealed during his recent press conference was not only a public acknowledgement of his guilt and arrogance but also a resolve to reform his actions and to reaffirm his commitment to uphold his marital vows and restore honor to his marriage and family. He admitted that only a sustained demonstration of a change in behavior would be acceptable to his wife and family.
However, before full reconciliation and a restoration in trust can occur in his marriage he will have to do more than pay lip service to the value of his marriage, he will actually have to make the tough changes in his actions, which if maintained over time will pay long-term dividends.
During this whole process, no serious commentator has suggested that the best way for Tiger Woods to reclaim his marriage would be to not stop having affairs but rather to increase the number of affairs he has been having. This is not even a question that is asked because we all know that if Tiger Woods were to increase the number of affairs he was having that he would seal the fate of his marriage and make a mockery of his marital vows.
So what is the connection between Tiger Woods, the U.S. Congress, the Federal government and the Federal Reserve?
The members of Congress have made a solemn vow to serve their constituents by upholding the Constitution. In effect, they have entered a sort of marriage covenant with the public to only make laws that are consistent with the Constitution. Like Tiger Woods, whose commitment to his marriage will be defined by his ability to uphold his marital vows, so should the Congress be judged by their commitment to their 'marriage vows,' or in other words, the Constitution.
Unfortunately, the Congress has promoted not only a change in the Constitutional covenant but also attempted to delude the public into believing that the Constitution is not important or necessary in the first place. Can you imagine what the response would have been to Tiger Woods' affairs if he had responded by saying that the marriage covenant was 'old-fashioned' and meaningless, and that his wife should be happy to support him in continued infidelities? Yet, such has been the arrogance and expectation by the U.S. Congress of the American public. They continue to act as though they can disregard the Constitution and do whatever they see fit. To add insult to injury, they expect the public to be happy to accept their 'benevolent' actions while they tear the Constitution into pieces.
How has failure to heed the Constitutional covenant lead to the current economic crisis?
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The Congress and unconstitutional Federal Reserve have taken actions over the past century, and especially the last two decades, to cause our current economic situation.
They claim that our economic problems are due to a lack of government stimulus and capitalism gone awry. Unfortunately, the reality is that a proper understanding of economics and the Constitution point to government and the Federal Reserve as the culprits. In the first place, Congress disregarded their Constitutional covenant by permitting the formation of the Federal Reserve, which has overseen and fostered the great depression, the economic doldrums of the 1970s, and our current economic problems. Over the last two decades, a policy of artificially low interest rates, easy money, and inflationary monetary policy has created a giant bubble of irrational over-exuberance in the stock and housing markets. If it was not for the Federal Reserve and government interference in the market place, this bubble and resultant recession would never have occurred.
Yet, what has been the response of Congress and the Federal Reserve to the crisis? They have responded by pouring kerosene on the fire of their own ineptitude. In effect, they are saying to the American public that even though they have been caught disregarding sound economics and the Constitution by having multiple figurative 'affairs,' that they should now be permitted to have even more affairs in order to fix the problem. They are pouring unprecedented inflationary stimulus, artificially lowering the interest rates to effectively zero, and giving money to 'critical' zombie banks and businesses. In reality the proper course of action would be to permit liquidation of insolvent businesses and to let the market place make the necessary self-corrections.
An admission of guilt by Congress and a resultant free market correction would be difficult in the short term. However, just like Tiger Woods making some acutely tough changes will pay off in the long term, so will our country return much quicker to prosperity if we take the pain now. Instead, we seem destined to permit Congress to spin an even greater web of lies, false hopes, and false dreams that will make the eventual fall even more difficult, prolonged, and painful.
According to the eminent Austrian theorist Murray Rothbard:
If government wishes to see a depression ended as quickly as possible, and the economy returned to normal prosperity, what course should it adopt? The first and clearest injunction is: don't interfere with the market's adjustment process. The more the government intervenes to delay the market's adjustment, the longer and more grueling the depression will be, and the more difficult will be the road to complete recovery. Government hampering aggravates and perpetuates the depression. Yet, government depression policy has always (and would have even more today) aggravated the very evils it has loudly tried to cure. If, in fact, we list logically the various ways that government could hamper market adjustment, we will find that we have precisely listed the favorite "anti-depression" arsenal of government policy.
Just as Tiger Woods has been reminded of his marriage covenants, it is now our responsibility to remind the Congress of their Constitutional covenant. If they fail to heed our call and to make the necessary changes to uphold their end of the covenant then we should turn them out of Congress and replace them with people who will be faithful stewards of the Constitution.
Adam Murdock, M.D. is founder of The Freemen Institute, http://www.freemeninstitute.com
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(Click To Play Audio) Halabuth on 12 July 2016
In 2012, while in deep meditation, Halabuth Bong heard an inner voice whisper to him, "I AM GOD." Since then, he has embarked on a spiritual journey that has led him to unleash the powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience. Now he talks with Angels and carries their messages on to humanity.
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Filed under: Christmas, Economic Collapse, Transition Towns | Tags: Christmas, Christmas simplified
I got an Earth Fare gift card and a tiny blue tooth ear receiver for Christmas. I got a cold and a box of tangelos too. But I am very happy. The cold is almost gone, the tangelos will soon be too. I'll use the gift card to take advantage of those Earth Fare weekly freebies that require you to make a $5 to $10 purchase, extending its' value even further, and I'm looking at the ear piece as an investment in my health since I've heard that holding a cell phone to my ear could be unhealthy for my brain. My Ohio family members came for a visit, and my "locally grown" family members joined us for fun, food and games around the table. I'm really happy that our celebration was such a simple affair. No one had to worry about 'outdoing' one another gift-wise, or had to be concerned about how they might afford more expensive gifts and none of us have to find a place in our homes or closets for yet another doodad or article of clothing. We've left Gifts R Us behind.
Looking back, the transition we've gone through to get to this happy place has been a perfect example of what this blog is about. Transitions take time, and in my family's case, more than a decade. How long might we expect it to take a society, one based on infinite growth, using finite resources, to transition to one that's built on localized food, sustainable energy sources, resilient local economies and an enlivened sense of community well-being? If our economy and society collapse, I'd say we'll do it (one way or another!) in less than a decade, but it would be a time of great duress for everyone. Just ask Cuba. I propose that we not wait for a societal collapse but instead begin the hard work NOW of transitioning to that new way of living and being that we want to be a part of. A gradual and graceful transition to that new lifestyle is still my Christmas wish and my New Year's resolution. I hope you and your family will join me and my family for Transitions R US. To inspire you, here's a link to a full length film about the Transition movement. It's an amazing story about how Transition groups around the world are responding to the challenges of depleting and costly energy resources, financial instability and environmental change.
Filed under: Cancer, Climate Change, Community Building, Economic Collapse, Global Warming, Peak Oil, Resilience, Sustainability | Tags: beans, Christmas
This is a long, picture-less post but I've got a lot on my mind…
I had a bad day. Hell, I had a bad week! Michael had to have a second unexpected surgery on Tuesday (that went very well) , the weather's been gray and cold, I'm not 'ready' for Christmas, nor do I have any spirit for it, and I'm simply tired of cancer and all it entails. Even as I write this, I realize I'm whining and that people don't read this blog because they want to hear about my problems. I hope you're reading it because you are, like me, looking for inspiration and optimism in finding ways to deal with the challenges of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse that we're facing in our lives and our world. You can delete this post now if you can't handle some negativity because that's how I'm feeling today, with a sense of urgency about the transitions that need to take place in our lives, in our households and in our communities. Surely I'm not alone?
Over the last five years I've studied countless books, blogs and articles to try to understand the issues that I then try to relay to you in this blog, without any hysteria or hype, just the facts ma'am. However, I'm noticing a change of tone in the things I'm reading these days. Rather than authors writing about mitigation techniques, which the dictionary defines as lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, they're now discussing adaptation, which is defined as altered behaviors. In other words, it's the next step after mitigation. The latest things I'm reading are now focusing on how we'll have to adapt to all kinds of differences in our daily lives, as the energy supplies, infrastructure, resources, money and water dry up. We're wayyy past changing lightbulbs and clipping coupons folks!
Locally, I've heard stories from people I know and trust about how they're trapping and killing backyard squirrels to supplement the beans on their dinner tables. I've listened to a well-educated and intelligent family member cry over her inability to find a decent paying job, even though she's living in a major metropolis area and has put out many applications. I've seen firsthand the uptick in folks coming to the churches, food pantries and soup kitchens for food, some WHILE ON THEIR LUNCH BREAK from school or work. I've heard from car dealers about the shortage of affordable and reliable used cars for sale across the country and from renters about the shortage of affordable, decent places to live. I've witnessed the progression of gold and silver buyers, the 'cash for your title' outfits, and the "Payday Loan" sharks that are renting cheap buildings and catering to the poorest among us. I can't help but notice the number of one hundred year storms that have occurred in the last couple of years alone, while more and more cities and states are leaving the storm damages and destroyed infrastructures to be dealt with by the survivors. I've also learned that some countries are already putting into place strategies and transition plans to enable their populations to weather what's coming. In other words, we're no longer doing much mitigating, we're adapting already!
I know part of the reason that I feel as though Pollyanna has left the building is that we've almost reached the winter solstice and the coldest, darkest days of the year are upon us, and that Michael's health care is wearing us both down. But we are adapting to our new circumstances, and finding ways to not just survive this, but to improve our lives and thrive. Even on the bad days like today. And this I know too: Liveable communities that have learned to produce food, energy, water, products, and incomes locally will not only survive but thrive too. These re-localized economies will interconnect with others globally. They will prosper together. A decentralized network like this will grow very quickly as word of their success grows. Soon, these communities will not only replace the things that were lost with the demise of the global economy, they will find ways to improve upon them. To do better than what's possible in our current global systems and lives. That all makes a bad day seem better 😀
Filed under: beekeeping, Canning, Climate Change, Community Building, Community Gardens, Creating Community, Economic Collapse, Emergency Preparedness, Global Warming, Growing Food, Liveable Communities, Local Food, Mindful Consumerism, Peak Oil, Reducing Waste, Resilience, Sustainability, Urban Living | Tags: beekeeping business, food, growing food, networking, simplicity, wood fired oven
For those of you new to this blog, I moved to my 113 year old urban house in the summer of 2012 with a deliberate mission to grow a garden and cultivate a sense of community in my new neighborhood. Today my next door neighbor brought over two slices of still-warm lemon pound cake. I suspect she'd spotted my husband Michael a half hour before, trying to increase his stamina with the daily 2 minute walks he takes (still in his sleep pants!) from our back door to the alley and back, and thought to herself: "That poor old man! I should take him some cake!". Whatever her reasons, we were both happy with her decision to share. Michael's happiness was with the delicious cake. Mine was in the fact that I've FINALLY been able to 'connect' with her. (OK, I loved the cake too) All summer I'd left little bags or recycled butter bowls filled with tomatoes, peppers, herbs and more at her back door, picked fresh from our garden. We'd speak in the back yard, just polite 'hellos' and 'how are yous' but her kind gesture encourages me now to continue to get to know her, and her pound cake recipe! I've spoken lots more with her son and his pup than with her, finding out that they've lived there for over 6 years, he's a grad student, and the dog's name is Pippa. The point is, sometimes it can be difficult to 'reach out and touch someone' but almost everyone will eventually respond to small gestures of food and friendship.
Why do I care so much about getting to know the neighbors? Before moving to our urban home, we'd lived quite remotely in the country and I'd missed having neighbors during that 10 years, but it's become more than that. If you've been reading this blog for a while you know that I am concerned that our country is facing an economic collapse-in our lifetime-right along with depleted energy and water sources and ever-increasing global temperatures that are already affecting everything in our lives from food supplies to wildlife. To that end, I've learned how to grow food for my family, can and preserve it, and cook our meals from scratch. That alone has given me much peace of mind, and empowered me to discover other resiliency strategies. I've learned to live by the adage of "use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without". Our home is stocked with several months worth of food, fuel and water, we stay out of debt and try to live simply but still yet, I realize there is no hope for any of us outside of a community. We must learn to work with our neighbors in developing sustainable lifestyles based upon reduced consumption and sharing of resources. What good will it do for me to have food and water supplies when my neighbors are hungry and thirsty? How long could WE eat on what I have stored? What if there were bank failures in this country, like the ones in Cyprus this past spring? How would we access cash once the ATM's were empty? What if there was a massive power failure for an extended period of time? There would be looting and rioting if folks in the South couldn't buy their Mountain Dew and Moonpies, I tell ya! How would we pump gas into our cars, light our homes, cook or stay warm? How would we flush the toilets and clean our clothes? Do you ever think about these what if's? I do, and the only way I can rest easy is by being prepared for those scenarios. That includes making sure that my neighbors are too. Then, if those things never happen, we've simply got a well stocked pantry and a productive garden, right along with extra toothpaste and a support system too.
I write often about how these changing times demand that we grow a strong local economy. Michael and I have been attending bimonthly meetings for the local 'Liveable Communities' group and are greatly encouraged by the sharing and feeling of 'we're all in this together' that we get from the group, but liveable communities really start right. next. door. This holiday season, why not use the natural conviviality of the season to get to know your neighbors better- perhaps take them a card and some cookies, signed with your name and address so they can remember you later too? (I intend to put the internet address of this blog on the cards I hand out too, hoping they'll read it and get interested in 'feeding our future' as well.) I left a card for a neighbor congratulating her on the new beehives I'd spotted in the driveway, and later, when we made a face to face connection, she told me she'd wept when she read the card because she had been so worried about having the bees and how the neighborhood might react to them. She and I are friends now, and she tells me she'll let me work with her in her hives next spring! I've begun talking to another neighbor about his struggling bread baking business, brainstorming with him on the feasibility of building a COMMUNAL outdoor wood-fired oven at the Community Garden next spring. (would the city EVER allow that? We intend to find out!) Not only are we working on ways to build a local foods network, at the same time we're having fun building friendships and feeding the future. This poster hangs in my kitchen. May it offer you some hope and inspiration too:


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>Deus EX DLC Official: The Missing Link
After the mysterious puzzles and hint dropping, we have confirmation. New DLC will be coming out October for the critically acclaimed game from Eidos Montreal.
The Missing Link DLC will contain information on the 3 days Adam Jensen went missing during Human Revolution. He has all his augments removed and starts from scratch to escape. There is some speculation this will connect to the original Deus Ex.
You will most likely be able to grab this from Steam when it hits. I still have to buy the original game, so I didn't read too much into this, but maybe you will have some thoughts on what the Missing Link could be.


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Inspirations Teen Rehab also provides tutoring, allowing individual teens to improve in academic areas in which the teen shows signs of struggle. Inspirations teen addiction treatment center also provides "Online" programs for additional program and academic opportunities, including SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) preparation and early college course classes.
Recent studies of adolescent girls and drug abuse, reveal that girls use and abuse drugs for different reasons than boys. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDP), a three-year study on women and young girls (ages 8–22) from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University revealed that girls and young women use substances for reasons different than boys and young men. The study also found that the signals and situations of higher risk are different and that girls and young women are more vulnerable to abuse and addiction: they get hooked faster and suffer the consequences sooner than boys and young men.
(National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, the Formative Years: Pathways to Substance Abuse Among Girls and Young Women Ages 8–22, February 2003)
According to the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 42.9% of women ages 12 or older reported using an illicit drug at some point in their lives. Approximately 12.2% of females ages 12 and older reported past year use of an illicit drug and 6.3% reported past month use of an illicit drug. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). However, males and females had similar rates of past month non-medical use (abuse) of psychotherapeutic drugs (2.6 and 2.4 percent, respectively), pain relievers (2.0 and 1.8 percent), tranquilizers (0.7 and 0.8 percent), stimulants (0.4 percent for both), methamphetamine (0.1 percent for both), and sedatives (0.1 percent for both).
These statistics are located on the web: oas.samhsa.gov.At Inspirations Teen Rehab, each teenage girl is provided the time and opportunity to grow in mind, body and spirit, focusing on goals and the psychological tools and life tools needed to reach her goals.
We at Inspirations Teen Rehab understand the unique challenges of being a parent. If you have any questions, please know that we are here to provide you with support and guidance, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We welcome the opportunity to answer your questions free of charge about teen drug rehab, teen substance abuse, adolescent addiction, teen intervention, teen behavior, teen depression or other related matters.


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(EMODA top, Choies jacket, Romwe pants, Kate Spade bag, Charriol St Tropez Infinte Summer watch, FashionCookie ShoeAvenue wedges) Hype this look on Lookbook here.
Recently, every day has been like a "What do I pair with florals this time?" challenge! Today I wore them with this military-inspired jacket, which is slowly climbing the charts when it comes to my favorite pieces of outerwear. The leatherette part, combined with the army green sleeves, make for a nice feminine take on the military trend. I've never been a fan of it until now! I owe it all to the blinged-out crystal-embellished ones in Zara's latest collections.
I've only been a fan of the military trend for a few weeks, but most of you know how utterly smitten I am with florals! This obsession transcends seasons in such a way that I will still definitely wear them even after spring and summer are over. I feel like there are so many different kinds of floral prints that there are definitely some, somewhere in this world, that are totally wearable even in autumn or winter. This pair of pants that I'm wearing, for example, is one of those kinds that work well with both black (and all the usual autumn and winter colors such as wine red, brown, mustard, dark green, etc.) and white. When confronted with this sort of versatile goodness, I die from happiness. Guess you'll still be seeing me in these pants in the next couple of months!
Paired the two-toned jacket with a two-toned bag! This one from Kate Spade has a boxy shape to it that I really, really love. I guess it's because I also have a boxy, shapeless body (LOL) that I am drawn to anything that is squarish or rectangular? I prefer boxy jackets and blazers with no waist and boxy dresses that don't show the shape of my body over sexy silhouettes that emphasize curves. I think having 3 brothers and a mom who had pixie-short hair most of her parent life rubbed off on me and my personal style this way. I think I would even survive living on my brothers' clothes if I suddenly didn't have my own! Although I know it would be somewhat cheating on my part because my brothers have absolutely wonderful taste in fashion and they have a lot of items in their closets that can pass of as unisex!
If you're wondering what's written on my loose tank top, it's from Coco Chanel (LOVE HER!). "In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different."
So much truth in this statement, I can't even
And finally, saving the best for last, a close-up photo of this gorgeous Charriol that was sent straight to me from Switzerland, the land of watches (and chocolate)! My wrist can't handle this perfection. So elegant, and it suits pretty much everything that I wear.


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Here's a curiosity for those with deep pockets. According to its listing:
This catalogue contains images of 40 of Barbara Shermund's New Yorker cartoons. It has a one page introduction of her contributions to the Magazine. The cartoons pictured are from the late 1920s and early 1930s. The cartoons are matted and framed.
Puzzling why the work is bracketed from 1926 through 1936, when Ms. Shermund's work continued to be published in The New Yorker until the issue of September 16, 1944. Also puzzling: that the cartoons are "matted and framed" — I suppose just like the catalog's cover image. If someone buys this (it costs $125.00) I'd appreciate hearing what you make of it.


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Being the voracious reader that I am, a library was always a small hillock to conquer. Thanks to the eBook revolution that has swept over us now, we now have peaks to scale. One of them just happens to go by the name of a jungle – Amazon. Or to be more specific, the Kindle Store. The Kindle Store is heaven sent for us bookworms. I am not even talking about paying a dime here because there are absolutely legal ways to download free books from the Kindle Store.
Did you know that there are more than 50 websites that tell you all about the availability of free books on Kindle? From the known Project Gutenberg to the well recommended Hundred Zeros and Pixel of Ink. Then there's the horse's mouth too which tells you all about the Top 100 free books on Kindle. Subscribe to their feeds to stay in the know.
But I don't want to buy a Kindle
You don't have to. It's Christmas and someone might gift you one. I am kidding, because with the range of free reading apps from Kindle, you don't really have to make anyone plonk down $100 or more. The free Kindle reading apps cover the gamut – from smartphones and computers to tablets. My friend Ryan should you how to use the Kindle Cloud Reader which is entirely on the browser. Just a few months back, Yaara gave you a quick peek into ways to enjoy books without an eReader. She hinted at the Kindle desktop app for Windows and Mac. It's the free Kindle reading app for Windows (available for both 7 and 8) that I will be looking at here.
Get started with a free Amazon account
After quickly installing the 32 MB sized download package, all you need is register the eReader with your Amazon account. Even if you don't have one, you can create a new one straight from the first screen.
In a flash, Kindle for PC will sync all your purchased or freely downloaded books. You may use any Kindle reading app across the devices you own; your books and collections are all kept synchronized. Amazon Kindle uses Whispersync technology to automatically sync your books across apps and this gives you a seamless reading experience as you jump from the Kindle reader to the PC or to the Android smartphone.
Reading with Kindle for PC
Kindle for PC mirrors most of the features you will find on any other version of the Kindle. On first use you may have to download the books and other elements like the dictionary, but it all happens in a jiffy. If you have loads of books, it's always better to arrange them in collections. As you can see in the screen below, organizing collections is a simple matter of right clicking the book thumbnail and creating a new collection or adding to an existing one.
You can jump to a bookmarked page, or a specific location from the options on the right-click menu. The right-click menu also gives you the shortcut to view any notes you might have saved for reference. Remember, all bookmarks, annotations, and notes are also synced across all your installs of Kindle thanks to Whispersync. The last page read is automatically saved and synced. You can also refer to the page numbers that correspond to a book's print edition page numbers to easily cite passages.
Adding highlights and notes is something we usually do during the course of our reading. It's very smooth – click on a passage to add highlights, and also if you wish to append a note.
All you notes, highlights, and also bookmarks are viewable on the left pane. A note icon is also visible on the text body which you can click to expand the note.
A right-click on a relevant work can also bring up the dictionary meaning, and a few other tools like a link to Shelfari and reference information on the book. It could include extras like character sketches, quotes, Dewey classification, reading level of the book and other supplemental material. You can also use the Wikipedia link to get a quick page of information.
These extra tools do not interrupt your flow and help to give you more context around your reading.
Personalize your book
The Kindle App for PC allows you to personalize your reading experience. For instance, I generally prefer to read my books in the full-screen view. Sometimes I switch on multi-column to do a bit of speed reading or if the material really demands it.
The Options window allows for a few customizations as you can see in the screenshot. What's always nice to play around with are the three color modes available.
You can't cuddle up with a book but…
You can do so much more apart from cuddling up under the blanket with a good book. The Kindle for PC application gives you an unified interface for all your books. If you are nitpicky, you can arrange them in collections and use notes to record useful information. Best of all, it is synced across all your devices, so reading a book on your Android wouldn't require you to thumb through the last read page. Kindle for PC has found a place on our Best Windows Software page. Has it, or will it find a place on your PC?


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A Month of Giveaways!
November is a month of book giveaways! First, I'll be giving away 20 (yes, 20) signed copies of The Sower Comes, book three in my award-winning Solas Beir Trilogy. This is a fantasy series filled with adventure, magic, and romance. Head over to Goodreads by November 21 to enter.
Next, I'm giving away a signed copy of my newest book, Pitcher Plant. This suspense novel is set on the Oregon coast and features murder and restless spirits. It was inspired by a delightfully creepy fixer-upper I almost bought, near the beach in Seaside. To enter the giveaway, like my Facebook author page, or, if you've already done that, comment below. This giveaway ends November 28.
Finally, I'm giving away a signed copy of Sunset Empire, which is set in Astoria, Oregon. This novel blends history with fantasy and adds a twist to local monster legends. There's a ghost in this one too. To enter the giveaway, follow my Twitter account (or, if you've already done that, comment below). This giveaway ends November 28 as well.
Best of luck!
© Melissa Eskue Ousley 2017
Marked by Fate
Defined by Their Choices — Marked by Fate.
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The friendships are real and the romances are breathtaking. Travel through new galaxies, explore fantastic fairy tales, take down dystopian governments, and escape urban fantasy worlds. Full of time travel mysteries and paranormal lore, Marked by Fate is a box set with a message — that all women, no matter the age, can conquer their fears and heartaches to become the fierce, strong heroines they were always meant to be.
Will you fall in love…save the world…or become the villain? Who will you be?
The set features the following authors:
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How many books do you read in a month? One? Ten? 30?! (I wish.) The Marked by Fate box set contains a whopping 25 books! Some of the top young adult fantasy and sci-fi writers in the world have combined to give you the best of the best in this collection. Even better? It is on pre-order sale for 0.99c right now. Don't miss your chance to discover and devour! Secure your copy today.
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© Melissa Eskue Ousley 2017
I do believe it's time for an adventure…
The floor is lava. No, really, it is. Yeah, it's 2,000 years old and relatively safe to walk on, aside from those pesky grooves and holes that make it easy to twist an ankle, but still, it's LAVA.
I'm stumbling around like one of the living dead today after a weekend full of adventure. Everything aches—arms, legs, and feet, in particular. I've got scabs on my knees and shins, and my tailbone is bruised. But it was a crazy fun trip.
Early Saturday morning, my husband, fourteen-year-old twins, and I drove to Maupin, Oregon to go white water rafting on the Deschutes River. We booked our trip through Forward Paddle, who I highly recommend. Our guide, Jim, is the owner, and was wonderful. He kept us entertained with stories, coached us on upcoming hazards, and most importantly, showed us a good time while keeping us safe. (Safety is very important when one, you're no spring chicken and your limbs don't bend like they used to, and two, you're putting your favorite people in an inflatable raft and braving class 4 rapids).
We went through a set of rapids aptly named Devil's Hole, rushing over a wall of water and submerging in a swirling whirlpool before bobbing up and going on our way. It was quite a ride.
Halfway through the trip, Jim asked how we felt about going over an eight-foot waterfall. This was met with silence as every passenger looked around, wide-eyed, at the others. "You okay with that?" I asked my boys. One was cool with it, though he looked a bit nervous. I'm sure I did too. The other, my adrenaline junkie and rollercoaster enthusiast, was all for careening off a waterfall. "Yeah," he said. "Let's do it."
We went through a practice run—row, row, row, and then pull in your oar and stuff your butt in the bottom of the raft as fast as you can. "The most important thing is to stay in the boat," Jim told us. "You do not want to fall out." He didn't care if we lost our oars, hats, or sunglasses—we just had to do whatever we could to hold on. There was a reason for this: the Diaper Wiper. If we fell out, the river would swallow us up, give us an ultimate wedgie, and then spit us out on two large rocks called the Meat Grinder and the Cheese Grater. Not a pretty picture, but an excellent motivator.
We beached the boat to watch another raft in our group go first. I have to say, it did not give me a great deal of confidence to watch them disappear over the edge of the waterfall and then see their guide fly out of the boat. (The guide was fine, by the way. When we caught up to him, he laughed it off—though he did get teased by his fellow guides. All in good fun.)
Then it was our turn. We dug in our oars, rowed furiously, and then tucked in as quick as we could. I grabbed the handle on my bench and hung on tight, which was a very good thing because I felt my body fly up and land on the inflated edge of the raft. Aside from one of us losing an oar and all of us coming up sputtering water, everyone was okay, and we let out a cheer as we zipped past the Cheese Grater. I believe we now have bragging rights for surviving the Diaper Wiper. Maybe I'll put that on a t-shirt.
So that was Saturday. On Sunday, we headed up to Mount St. Helens, to explore Ape Cave, one of the longest lava tubes in the United States. The lower cave is 1.5 miles round trip, a nice walk down a gentle incline. If you go, take two flashlights in case one goes out.
It's not terribly dangerous in the lower cave since the tunnel is huge, but you wouldn't want to trip and fall over a boulder or ridge in the lava floor. There are some cool features—a suspended boulder called a meatball, and ridges that narrow to look like train tracks.
At the end of the cave is a tunnel that grows increasingly narrow. You'll have to army-crawl if you do it, but it's not too scary if you're not claustrophobic.
To illustrate how pleasant a stroll the trail is, here's a photo of me in the lower cave. See, not breathing hard at all.
The upper cave is an entirely different animal, and I don't recommend it if you go alone, if you're in poor health, or if you have small children with you. It's an amazing, but strenuous, experience. Even though it's only 1.5 miles long, it takes hours to get through because you have to climb over 27 (yes, 27) piles of boulders, each mound of rocks as big as a house.
Between those, you have to climb up several rock walls, formed by spilling lava. The largest, an eight-foot wall, had few handholds. It was good thing we were with a group, because it took teamwork to scale that one. Here's a photo of me after surviving that.
Dear Diary,
It has been five days since we entered the cave. The water has long since run out, and we lost Uncle Archibald to the mutant cannibals who inhabit this God-forsaken place. I fear I shall never see the sun again.
On the bright side, my boys had a fantastic time. It's an experience they won't soon forget. (Neither will I. I bruised my tailbone on a rock and have that to remind me.)
We celebrated each obstacle conquered and enjoyed climbing up on rock shelves to shine our lights and look up and down the tunnels. Where the lava tubes narrowed, we could feel gusts of cold wind. The lava flows were different textures—smooth, rolling mounds and hard ridges on the floors, and spiky ripples on the ceilings.
Near the end of the tunnel is a skylight, which was a welcome sight after all that darkness.
Finally, we reached the ladder and emerged from the cave. (The tunnel goes on even further, but we'll have to come back to explore that part. It was late in the day and we had another 1.3 miles to hike before we made it back to the parking lot.) See the hole in the ground there? Yeah. That's the exit.
I'm sure we'll return. Mount St. Helens is huge and there's much to explore. We hope to head to Lava Canyon for our next adventure. Maybe next time we'll encounter Sasquatch. I hope he's not a mutant cannibal.
© Melissa Eskue Ousley 2017
Free Writing Workshop!
I love scary stories. I read them, I write them, and I probably watch more horror than is healthy for the psyche. When I stumble upon a great horror book or film (I'm looking at you, Babadook), I want to shout about it from the rooftops. My poor book club has been bombarded with my suggestions for spooky reads, and I can't blame them for backing away slowly, reminding me that my tastes run a bit darker than most. Having said that, I completely understand if you'd rather not spend an evening or two with me, talking about the supernatural.
If you're feeling brave, however, join me on Friday, August 4, at 5pm at Book Warehouse (1111 N. Roosevelt Dr. in Seaside, OR) for a book talk on the paranormal. I'll tell you some ghost stories (including something crazy that happened to me last week–shudder), and I'll be signing my novels, Sunset Empire and Pitcher Plant, both of which are set on the north coast of Oregon and feature murder and restless spirits.
Then, on Friday, August 11, at 5pm, come back to Book Warehouse for a workshop on writing spooky and suspenseful scenes. I'll share my secrets for scaring the socks off readers. You might not sleep that night, but you'll learn how to write an engaging story.
© Melissa Eskue Ousley 2017
More Sunset Empire
Much appreciation to everyone who came out to Lucy's Books last Saturday for the Second Saturday Art Walk! It was fun to chat with so many readers–some of you I've known for a long time, and some I met that day. I'm glad you came out to enjoy the sunshine and talk books with me. Many thanks to Lisa Reid for hosting me and being a champion of my work. (Thanks for the wonderful reviews and Lucy's Books bag too!)
I wanted to share a new excerpt from Sunset Empire with you. I hope you like it.
From high above the forest floor, the hunter watched the girl. She was pretty, but she was too busy talking on her cell phone to watch where she was going. He had to suppress a laugh when she almost stepped on the deer carcass. That would teach her to hang up and walk.
Where had she come from? He glanced down the path—probably from one of the houses on the edge of the forest. The more pressing question, however, was where was she going? He doubted she knew. She seemed to be wandering the path aimlessly, with no idea of the trouble she could get into.
From his perch, he could clearly hear her side of the conversation as her voice echoed among the trees, even though she wasn't speaking overly loud. With dismay, he realized this was because the forest had gone eerily silent. The wind picked up, and in the breeze he could smell death.
Go back, he thought, as if he could will her to hear him and take his advice. Wherever you came from, go back. She didn't, of course. She just kept walking, chatting on that stupid phone of hers.
He narrowed his eyes, irritated. What was this girl's problem? Surely she could sense that something was wrong in this part of the forest. All the birds had flown away. There were no squirrels chattering from the trees, or any other sounds of wildlife. But no, she was too busy talking to notice. She had barely given the dead deer more than a glance.
He checked his weapon. He couldn't just stand by like last time—not now that he was sure it worked. He was going to have to reveal himself. He was going to have to save her.
Then, something curious happened. The girl stopped and looked around. "I'll have to call you back," she said. She hung up her phone and slipped it into her pocket. She turned a slow circle on the path, staring into the forest. Then, she shivered and wrapped her arms around herself, starting back the way she had come.
The hunter followed her with his eyes, and then surveyed the forest. The smell of decay was fading. Maybe the creatures weren't coming after all. Silently, he inched his way down the tree, watching for trouble. Six feet from the bottom, he heard a scream.
He dropped the rest of the way to the ground and ran up the path after her, ducking behind a tree when he saw she had stopped and wasn't dead. She was staring at a spot on the ground, her delicate features contorted with disgust. Whatever was on the ground was smoking. She shuddered in revulsion and then took off down the path, back to civilization.
When he was sure she wouldn't see him, the hunter emerged from his hiding place. He approached the blackened thing on the ground cautiously, toeing it with his boot. A banana slug. The only reason he could identify it at all was because he could see the piebald yellow and brown markings on the end of its tail. The rest of the six-inch creepy-crawly had been burnt to a crisp.
Who was this girl?
© Melissa Eskue Ousley 2017


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Jennifer and I worked together what seems like centuries ago — before kids, before husbands, and dare I say before wrinkles? I loved spending the morning with her and her family. Ava's dark curls and Emerson's creamy pink skin had my heart doing flip-flops immediately. I loved the details in their outfits, like Ava's pink boots and Emerson's pink bow (made with care, especially for our session, by Jennifer!) It was a Thursday morning and we played in the sand, ran in the woods, and captured this family's love and joy. Here are some of my favorites from our time together.
Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "i love you"
Birds singin' in the sycamore trees
Dream a little dream of me


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Indian Law & TaxationSLN #: 15929
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 008
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Irvine
Course Description:
This course deals with issues of federal, state, and tribal taxation within Indian country. The course will survey the leading cases, statutes and administrative rulings. Transactional problems and tax planning opportunities will also be discussed.
Federal Indian Law I or Federal Income Tax is a prerequisite to this course. Federal Indian Law I provides a general background for the concepts of sovereignty and federal preemption that are more fully developed in this course as specifically applied to tax issues. This course will apply the general concepts to situations that frequently arise for Indian law practioners.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numeric Grade and ONE-Time Pass Option is Available, or Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Experiential Learning: No
Prerequisite: Federal Indian Law I or Federal Income Tax
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Paper Or In-Class Presentation: Short Paper
Participation Points: Per College of Law Policy
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Additional Attendance Policy: Per College of Law Policy
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"Mom, you're moving too fast," my eldest son said, as I chopped, scooped, and tossed a butcher knife full of veggies in a sizzling wok, nearly slicing my wandering husband in the process.
I froze, mid-step, in the center of my narrow kitchen and assessed the scene. Sure enough, I had been zipping like The Flash from one cooking station to another in frantic dash to get my gourmet dinner on a perfectly set table before any of the seven courses dropped in temperature. However, as my son so accurately pointed out, I was not The Flash. No one is.
That was the moment I made my resolution to slow down in the New Year.
Hóng, hóng, huǒ, huǒ!
Red, red, fire, fire!
Bring in the Year of the Fire Rooster!
Because of my heritage, tradition, or simply my Eastern belief system, I orient myself according to the Chinese zodiac and the Lunar New Year. I follow certain rituals to focus my mind. I clean my house before (but not on or within three days following) New Year's Day. I eat lucky food. And of course, I check out the predictions and cautions for the new year. Lucky for me, the Year of the Fire Rooster promises good fortune for the Metal Ox. And, yes, I'm both a Metal Ox and a Taurus—draw from that what you will.
So there I was in my kitchen—hyper beyond measure, food flying, family banished to the perimeter in fear of getting trampled, mere minutes before sitting down to Christmas Eve dinner—when this revelation that I'm moving too fast smacks me the face.
What a cliché, right? I mean, who hasn't heard about the proverbial rose sniffing? But that wasn't the kind of slowing down I needed to do. I didn't need to learn how to relax and appreciate the nuances of life; I needed to actually move slower. Not an easy task for someone whose natural pace resembles Speedy Gonzales (if you're too young to know who he is, Google it) and whose energy level could power a small apartment building. However, once my son had pointed out the obvious, I couldn't un-see it.
During the heavy demand of 2016, I shifted my speed into overdrive, becoming a highly efficient writer, caretaker, good-daughter, good-wife, good-mother, globe-trotting dynamo. Regardless of the fires that erupted on a near-weekly basis, I refused to let my writing lag. The house was a freaking disaster! But the writing progressed on schedule.
But… and this is a big but…
I was forgetting and making more mistakes than my Alzheimer's-suffering mother and ninety-year-old father combined! Seriously, it had me very concerned. I read up on Early Onset Alzheimers and checked in constantly with my husband, sisters, and sons to see if they noticed a decline in my mental acuity. So when my eldest pointed out the obvious problem (I wasn't just moving too fast then, according to him I habitually moved too fast), I felt relieved.
As with my writing, if there's a fixable flaw in my behavior, I want to know about it!
Which brings me to the day before Chinese New Year's Eve—otherwise known Cleaning Day. The idea is to clean out the energy and any lingering bad luck from the previous year to make room for health, luck, and prosperity of the new. After the challenges of 2016, I had my work cut out for me, a task made doubly hard since I still had my Christmas tree, decorations, dishes, and linen to pack away. Don't judge: Even Speedy Gonzales procrastinates, now and then.
There wasn't anything to be done. I had a house to clean and de-Christmas, a short story deadline for a next Never Fear anthology releasing this April, and a novel I desperately wanted to finish. Oh. And apparently, this blog to write.
How was I going to accomplish any of this while moving slower?
As I often do, I considered my ninja training. When I taught and actively trained in To Shin Do ninjutsu, I used to practice my techniques slowly and carefully. Slow became smooth. Smooth became efficient. And efficient movement manifested as speed and magic.
So, as I cleaned the house, I concentrated on doing everything a few notches slower. Walking, sweeping, folding, even speaking! Whatever I did, I made sure to do it with calm, smooth deliberation.
Let me tell you, it wasn't easy. Every time I caught myself starting to speed up, I noted the error, and corrected the behavior. My nine-hour cleaning day evolved into an advanced exercise in mindfulness.
A broken glass ornament reinforced the consequences of my unmindful bursts of speed, as did close calls with cuts and bumps. I welcomed the reminders.
Progress was made at what was, for me, a slow and steady pace. I took breaks to eat a baked char siu bao, stretch by back, and reverse my blood flow with impromptu wall handstands. And guess what? The job got done. Perhaps not quite as much as I was capable of doing (trust me, I accomplished a helluva lot), but unquestionably with better results for the house, me, and my family. (No near collisions with a charging housekeeper or knife-wielding cook!) I even had a nice, quiet phone conversation with my Dad.
I spent an entire day in a mindful practice that produced quantifiable results.
What better way to enter the Year of the Fire Rooster?
Fun Fact: The protagonist in my recently completed ninja mystery-thriller, Lily Wong AKA Dumpling, is born under the sign of the rooster, making this a rough year for her. Not surprising considering the hell I put her through! However, as a metal ox, 2017 is an outstanding year for me. I'm taking this as a very auspicious sign.
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African Violets are known as a difficult plant to grow and maintain indoors. However, they are beautiful plants that bloom all year long, they also live for years and are inexpensive to buy. They also do not require alot of care. Here is a few simple tips that may help you.
Don't soak the plant
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Every Thursday rm 15 go to play Baseball with Cola at the bottom field. When we got there Cola divided us in to two teams, one team was called Cola the other was called Pepsi. I was in Cola.
My team was batting first. When I was waiting for my turn to bat I had butterflies in my stomach, because I was thinking that I was going to do a very bad hit or miss the ball. It was almost my tern I felt like I wanted to walk away but I didn't because I was also excited.
Finally it was my turn. I hit the ball as hard as I could and I thought that I did a pretty good hit. Running as fast as I could I sprinted on the bases but Brodie already had the ball. I thought that I could make it but he got me and I didn't get a home run.
After the game it was time to go back to class. I had a great day. I can't wait for next Thursday.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Holiday Highlight
Excitedly rushing to get out of the car, I quickly grabbed a fishing rod and and ran as fast as a eagle swooping down from the sky. I went fishing with my mum, dad, two brothers our CFC friends. My mum didn't know how to cast the fishing line so she asked my dad to our friends dad caught the first fish it was very small my. My mum and I almost caught a fish but we caught a pies of plastic. While the kids where looking at the fish they caught, my mum caught her own fish, my mum was thrilled. After that we kids kept looking at the fishes we even named the fishes. Then it was time to go home.
I hope we can do this again.
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Editor's note: This story contains spoilers about "Making a Murderer."
(CNN) — There are two types of people in the world: Those who are totally into the Netflix docuseries "Making a Murderer" and those who haven't watched it.
We get it. You are bingeing on other shows, or — the more popular excuse of many who miss out on pop culture phenomena — you're busy "reading books."
Whatever the reason you haven't gotten hooked on the addictive true crime series a decade in the making, don't worry; we are here for you. Here are five things to know about "Making a Murderer" so you can join in on the conversation.
Steven Avery spent 18 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault.
Avery, a native of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was convicted of rape in 1985 and imprisoned for 18 years.
He maintained his innocence, and family members gave him an alibi for the time of the crime. The victim, Penny Beerntsen, identified him from a photo lineup (with some assistance from authorities, the series says), and a forensic examiner testified at the trial that a hair recovered from her shirt was consistent with Avery's.
Years later, Avery was exonerated after DNA evidence linked a hair found on the victim to Gregory Allen, a convicted felon who bore a resemblance to Avery.
The Netflix series investigates how Avery's arrest came after other run-ins with local authorities, which included his threatening a female cousin who was married to an law enforcement officer.
Beerntsen recently told The Marshall Project that she offered Avery an apology, to which he responded, "It's OK, Penny. It's over."
"One of the things that really troubled me is that I was one of the only people who apologized to Steve," she said. "It would have been nice if the prosecutor and sheriff had said, 'Actually, we all got it wrong.' I felt like I was the only one taking any responsibility."
Avery filed a $36 million civil suit for wrongful incarceration; he was later arrested and charged with murdering Teresa Halbach.
Avery was released in 2003 and filed suit against Manitowoc County for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. He settled the suit for $400,000.
Two years later, he was arrested for the death of car photographer Teresa Halbach, who had visited his family's auto salvage yard.
The prosecutors laid out their case: Halbach's Toyota RAV4 (which had blood in it, including Avery's) was found on the Avery family's lot. Tissue and bone fragments that matched Halbach's DNA profile were found outside Avery's mobile home. In addition, Avery's then-16-year-old nephew, Brendan Dassey, confessed to authorities that he had assisted his uncle in raping and killing her.
Both men were sentenced to life in prison and remain incarcerated.
Many viewers believe that Avery and his nephew were railroaded.
Dassey recanted his confession, and Avery has insisted that he was framed for the murder by authorities angry over his lawsuit. "Making a Murderer" documents many of the elements of the case that have bothered observers.
For example, Dassey, who has a low IQ, was questioned without his mother present and appeared to be eager to tell sheriff's officers what they wanted to hear. Some viewers believe that the sheriff's office planted evidence to frame Avery for the crime.
Hundreds of thousands have now signed petitions calling for Avery and Dassey to be pardoned and released.
Former Calumet County district attorney Ken Kratz has accused "Making a Murderer" filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos of presenting only evidence that vindicated Avery, a charge they have denied.
The pair now say an unnamed juror from the murder trial reached out to them because the juror believed in Avery's innocence but was afraid to say so at the time.
"They said they thought that the world needed to know what happened," Demos told CNNMoney.
But not everyone is sold.
David Harsanyi, senior editor for the online magazine The Federalist, wrote a story headlined " 'Making A Murderer' Subject Steven Avery Is Guilty As Hell."
Manitowoc County Sheriff Robert Hermann has said he believes that justice was served, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told CNN affiliate WQOW that he would not intervene.
His defense attorneys are now Internet heartthrobs.
Dean Strang and Jerome Buting have been passionate about justice being served, and now the Web is heated up about them.
Strang and Buting are now the subject of lots of Internet crushing, with one Twitter user saying, "If it's okay to be in love with two men that aren't your husband, I'm in love with Dean Strang and Jerry Buting."
Even actress Kristen Bell is into them.
Fans are trying to crack the case.
Reddit is on the case.
The Internet forum is now the scene of all types of theories, and fans are gathering there to discuss such topics as evidence an alternative suspects.