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It has been one heck of week here at Back to More Cowbell. For starters, I managed to catch a bad case of tonsillitis. That's right. I am no longer a child, but somehow yours truly managed to get this painful virus randomly. Needless to say, the week has been filled with watching absurdly mind numbing television shows, attempting to write, and trying to mend. In the process of trying to heal from this illness, about the only good thing that has come out of it thus far, is that I got to listen to a lot of music for several days in a row. The issue being, I had to find music that suit the mood I was in for days on end. Obviously moments like these can cause extreme meditation, contemplation and also, just plain misery.
I'd compare this week to a break-up. A bad break-up. I looked like crap. I didn't want to leave the house. My eyes were puffy, my throat was hoarse, my nose was red and if one didn't know my tonsils were the size of golf balls, you would have been convinced the biggest heartbreak of my life had just taken place judging by looks alone. The music filling the background of this picture throughout the week would have sealed the deal for you. So what was the music in the background? Lucky for me, I surrounded myself with a dose of alternative soothing melodies to ease my pain. The more I took them in, the more I became enthralled and hooked on them. And for that, I thank Cliff Usher and Lindsay Pitts, of the music group GEMS, whose hometown is Washington, DC, although they are now currently based in Los Angeles.
As I dozed on and off throughout this past week, staring at the wall and contemplating the meaning of life, I found myself listening to their album Kill the One You Love — on repeat.
The first tune to completely draw me in upon first listen was Soak.
With a sound that channels Vancouver Sleep Clinic and Pitts soaring ethereal vocals like a back in the day Sarah McLachlan, this psychedelic sexy synthetic music group will heat things up for you if you let them. Usher's gravelly strong voice provides the perfect contrast. I allowed myself to just breathe and take in their contrasting beats and melodies that at times could potentially throw you into a chilled out state of higher conciousness and sadness. Yet, they are so perfectly balanced that depression won't necessarily linger long around you. Although their song lyrics are tend to gravitate towards the dark and deep, Pitts's angelic voice is so soothing that you believe that everything will be okay. Trust me, I just spent the week Living as a Ghost so to speak. It wasn't easy.
Check out this live performance on KEXP in Seattle of their song Scars.
Here is a great collection of tracks from their Kill the One You Love album, released in 2015, via Soundcloud for your listening pleasure. Sneaker Pimps fans will certainly find GEMS to be an attractive alternative to fall in love with pretty quickly.
I'll leave you with a throwback to a previously released track that I love called Pegasus.
Support these up and coming artists. Visit: GEMS, follow their social media, or buy their music: HERE.
GEMS: When are you heading back to DC? I'm sad I'm just now discovering your music and I want to see you perform live in the near future!
Thanks for listening and following music lovers. Have a great weekend!


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Orpheus - Friday 06/01/2012, 12:28
Titan - §§ Les Gentlemen Ténébreux §§
After having seen his plans foiled by Scott Ld, Jaxx Ld realized he couldn't take on the might of the Rescue clan all alone, so he's joined the GHEIST to better disseminate his evil ways. He can now have his ghastly revenge and is planning to start by wrecking havoc in Clint City. Could you help him do that?Jaxx Ld is a legendary character who is only available by carrying out missions connected with her. To obtain this character, you must unlock his last mission before February 5th.
Pilluminati - Friday 06/01/2012, 14:38
Imperator - URBAN MADNESS
Great card,but extremely disappointed that something worse than magenta,worse than ghoub,worse than even kawan.Thats right,the 6/7 +8 attack card with no ability thats a junkz thats been around for years is better than this card. Oh well,its a start,but im not exactly going to be using it much.
_wise_ - Friday 06/01/2012, 14:40
Imperator - the courtyard of shadows
Guys chill out and leave daigon be. just relax it unlocks eventually. try all the methods and if it doesnt work wait and try again later.... you cant be that deperate for jaxx anyway since hes pretty average
DerMagus - Friday 06/01/2012, 14:49
Legend - Tequila Sunrise- UR
LOA Daigon: I am startled by your "just clear your cache" response... Well, I do not want to clear my cache as many regularly-used sites have stored quite a bit there that I do not want to reload. I feel like you try to blame non-unlocks on "stupid users"... which is, from my perspective, clearly wrong: users should not have to do anything to make an unlock work properly that should be automatically. I clearly state that if this is a problem of an UR cache on the server, the fault is very clearly on the side of UR - it's bad coding if time and again the same thing fails due to the same (very common) reason. But just feel like the nice guy, if you want to... SHEESH.
Soundtrack-HW - Friday 06/01/2012, 14:57
Imperator - humanoid weapons
Just saying, but people playing in lost warehouse.
Please include a Non SOA card in your hand. This way both sides can inflict some poison.
(as long as both parties work together, p.s. I know 1 side will inflict some more damage, but with a great community like us, some are willing to be the 'bigger person')
We are the 99%
We must band together to stop the madness!
Minion4D - Friday 06/01/2012, 15:00
Imperator - The Fourth Dimension
Daigon your a legend, I admire your coping ability.
Some of the complaints on here are just so lame, grow up its not like you won't get another chance.
the way your all whining about this I dont understand why UR tries to do anything for you ungrateful cretins.
On a better note thankyou to the UR staff for releasing new content as often as you do.
ericAU - Friday 06/01/2012, 15:14
Imperator - aussie crusaders
For all those who cannot unlock the first mission, here is the solution that will work:
Step 1: Press PLAY button to load the new game version showing Single Player / Multi Player (wait for it to fully load)
Step 2: Sell a GHEIST card (I'm not sure if poison ability is required, I sold one with posion ability)
Step 3: Cancel the sale of above GHEIST card
This will cause the mission to be unlocked.
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Vitelli, Sheehan Out at Best Buy
Best Buy announced more executive changes Wednesday, as company president Mike Vitelli and chief administrative officer Tim Sheehan are both leaving the company.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Vitelli will retire early next year, while Sheehan will leave at the end of this month.
The changes come as new CEO Hubert Joly puts his stamp on the company. Best Buy also said that Joly will host a meeting with investors Nov. 1.
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Today I'm sharing a fun treat that I whipped up for the blog A Girl and a Glue Gun last Thanksgiving. It's not just cute, but it's yummy–the kids are sure to love it!
Candy Corn Turkeys
My favorite time of year is finally here, it's fall ya'll! I'm already thinking ahead to Thanksgiving, every year I host a big feast with all the trimmings. This year I thought I'd make something a little different for the kid's table, a tasty little treat that is sure to make the littles on my turkey dinner list gobble, gobble with excitement!
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10 Years (Asstt. Professor in Human Physiology) at RPM College, Uttarpara, Hooghly (University of Calcutta), (W.B.)
* DBT funded project on Effect of naturally occurring as well as synthetic cyclic molecules on inhibition of beta amyloid aggregation in vivo and in vitro. DBT, 2017--2020
* DBT funded project on "Arresting Pre Fibriller Aggregates of Alzheimer's Amyloid by Synthetic Antibodies" 2013-2016
* LSRB-DRDO funded project on ""Role of MAP Kinase in behavioral model of depression: Effect of chronic antidepressant treatment" 2012-2015
* SERB-DST funded project on "Role of neurotrophins in stress and depression" 2010-2013
* UGC sponsored project on "Role of Monoamine Neurotransmitters in Learned Helplessness Behavior and Depression in Rat Model.", 2008-2010
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* International Travel Grant from UGC, 2013
* Dr. K. Anji Reddy Prize by 23rd Annual conference of PSI & Doctors Reddys, 2011
* Fellow of UIC (Chicago), 2003-2005
* Young Scientist Award by Indian Science Congress Association, 2000.
1. Kumar S, Srivastav S, Fatima M, Giri RS, Mandal B, Mondal AC*. A Synthetic Pro-Drug Peptide Reverses Amyloid-β-Induced Toxicity in the Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2019, 69(2):499-512.
2. Fatima M, Srivastav S, Ahmad MH, Mondal AC*. Effects of chronic unpredictable mild stress induced prenatal stress on neurodevelopment of neonates: Role of GSK-3β. Scientific Reports 2019, 9 (1):1305 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38085-2)
3. Srivastav S, Fatima M, Mondal AC*. Bacopa monnieri attenuates paraquat induced toxicity in Drosophila by inhibiting apoptosis through redox stabilization and improved mitochondrial function. Neurochemistry International 2018, 121: 98-107.
4. Anand SK, Mondal AC*. TrkB receptor antagonism inhibits stab injury induced proliferative response in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain. Neuroscience Letters 2018, 672: 28-33.
5. Kumar S., Paul A, Kalita S, Kumar A, Srivastav S, Hazra S, Ghosh AK, Mandal B, Mondal AC*. A Peptide Based Pro-Drug Ameliorates Amyloid-β Induced Neuronal Apoptosis in in vitro SH-SY5Y cells. Current Alzheimer Research 2017, 14 (12) 1293-1304.
6. Kumar S, Paul A, Kalita S, Ghosh AK, Mandal B and Mondal AC*. Protective effects of β-sheet breaker α/β hybrid peptide against Amyloid β induced neuronal apoptosis in vitro. Chemical Biology and Drug Design, 2017, 89(6):888-900.
7. Kumar S. and Mondal AC*. Neuroprotective, neurotrophic and anti-oxidative role of Bacopa monnieri on CUS induced model of depression in rat. Neurochemical Research: 2016 Nov; 41(11):3083-3094
1. Ahmad MH, Fatima M, Mondal AC*. Influence of microglia and astrocyte activation in the neuroinflammatory pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: Rational insights for the therapeutic approaches. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2019; 59: 6-11
2. Mondal AC* Fatima M. Direct and indirect evidences of BDNF and NGF as key modulators in depression: Role of antidepressants treatment. International Journal of Neuroscience. 2019, 129(3): 283-296.
3. Fatima M, Srivastav S, Mondal AC*. Prenatal stress and depression associated neuronal development in neonates. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 2017, 60:1-7.
4. Srivastav S., Fatima M, Mondal AC*. Important medicinal herbs in Parkinson's disease pharmacotherapy. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2017, 92: 856-863
5. Anand SK, Mondal AC*. Cellular and Molecular attributes of Neuronal Stem Cell Niches in Adult Zebrafish Brain. Developmental Neurobiology 2017, 77(10):1188-1205


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Storage Soup
December 2018
Dell's VMware, Nutanix duke out HCI market dominance- Senior News Writer 26 Dec 2018
Minio prepares new object storage dish for 2019- Editorial News Director 19 Dec 2018
HYCU goes deeper into Nutanix protection- Editorial News Director 18 Dec 2018
Major storage and server vendors are angling for position in hyper-converged systems. But as has been the case for a while, the jockeying really is for who finishes in third place. The battle for ...
The CEO of object storage startup Minio wants to change the way people talk about his company in 2019, beginning with the way they say its name. Most people pronounce it "MIN-EO" but CEO and ...
HYCU, which sells data protection specifically designed for Nutanix hyper-converged systems, today enhanced features for backing up the platform it has hitched its wagon to. Comtrade Software ...
Legacy storage vendors gain in cloud era, IDC says- Senior News Writer 13 Dec 2018
VMware tracking stock is history, as Dell preps for public trading- Senior News Writer 11 Dec 2018
Veeam updates Availability Suite 9.5, N2WS platform- TechTarget 07 Dec 2018
HubStor adds continuous data protection, version control- TechTarget 04 Dec 2018
External storage systems are all-but-obsolete in the software-defined era. At least that's the fable shared repeatedly across the industry. But cloud and enterprise customers are collaborating to ...
It's official: Dell Technologies once again will become a public company, after gaining hard-won approval to buy back VMware tracking stock from shareholders in a transaction approaching $24 ...
Veeam updates to its flagship product and AWS data protection include the ability to migrate old data to cheaper cloud or object storage. Update 4 of Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 is scheduled to be ...
HubStor added continuous data protection and version control to its cloud storage platform. The continuous data protection (CDP) provides agentless monitoring of specific file system directories to ...


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If you don't recall this has been quite the amazing year for this blog! Just see for yourself on my recap post Merry Christmas!
My mission when I started this blog was to help advocate & find these girls families, that mission remains til they have families & then fundraising til they get home! Celine is 6 yrs old, can you imagine not having someone to love on you for that long? Cora Lynne will be 6 yrs old in May & has likely also been transferred or will be soon. Please join me in my mission by finding their families by the end of 2012! These girls have waited far too long, Cora Lynne has been listed for 1 year & Celine at least 2 years at the most! SPREAD THE WORD LIKE WILDFIRE!!!! Thats the best thing so that their families might find them and/or bring new people to donate to their grants! SO WHO'S WITH ME??? 2012 TO FIND THESE GIRLS THEIR FAMILIES!!!


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This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.
When a dog leaped from a helicopter to accompany the U.S. SEAL team on the raid of Osama bin Laden's complex in 2011, Gregory Berns was inspired. "I thought, If dogs can jump out of helicopters, we can train them to go into an MRI," he recalls. The next year the neuroscientist launched the Dog Project at Emory University, which was the first to teach dogs to lie still without sedation in an MRI scanner so their brains can be studied.
By peering into a dog's brain, researchers are able to see how it reacts to stimuli like hand signals, sounds, and smells. Activity in the reward center can show whether dogs prefer human affection to food (most like both equally), and which ones may not be fit for duty as service dogs (if, for example, they get too anxious or excited with strangers).
Now Berns wants to know how dogs learn human language: "When a dog hears a word, is it just an auditory stimulus, or does it go deeper to have some sort of meaning?" To find out, he's spent a year watching dogs' brain activity while they hear familiar and nonsense words.
Because canine brain structures and processes are potentially as unique and complex as ours, it will require years of tests to decipher how they work. "When we talk about 'dogs,' that's about as descriptive as talking about 'people,' " says Berns. "Dogs are just as different from each other as humans are."
The science of dogs
Baby Talk Like human infants, puppies respond better to high-pitched human speech than to low-pitched. Researchers in New York and France found that pitch may actually help puppies learn words—but by adulthood, dogs no longer prefer a higher octave.
In the Groove Humans and their canine companions both find solace in music. Researchers from the University of Glasgow put on five different playlists for kennel dogs while monitoring their stress. Although reactions differed, the music had a calming effect—particularly soft rock and reggae.
Test Tube Pups After decades of testing, researchers at the Smithsonian Institution and Cornell University produced a litter of pups using in vitro fertilization. Scientists hope to apply the technique to tackle genetic diseases that dogs and humans share.
In the Family When it comes to social intelligence, toddlers show patterns more similar to dogs than to chimpanzees, even though chimps are more closely related to humans. In some communication tasks, University of Arizona scientists found that both dogs and kids performed better than chimps.


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During yesterday's hearings at the Chamber of Deputies' Commission for Culture, Laura Georgescu, head of the National Audiovisual Council (CNA), explained she was the victim in the controversial recorded conversations in which she seemingly offends certain MPs and persons in the television business, according to digi24.ro. She claimed the recordings were especially edited to make her look bad.In the respective recordings made public by realitatea.net, the president of CNA refers to the level of protection certain television stations allegedly enjoy."That sleazebag Georgica Severin (editor's note – head of the Senate's Commission of Culture) forced me to give them the floor. Am I supposed to cover for that idiot Ghita (editor's note – Sebastian Ghita, PSD deputy and owner of Realitatea TV station) and Romania TV and not take advantage? How else do you think things work in Romania? Is anything legal? Am I supposed to go to them and say, 'Sorry to interrupt, but you see, I have this law?' Can I do my job in its shadow? No. Well, then you can go to hell! I'll come and blackmail you, what else can I do?" Laura Georgescu says to a yet unidentified interlocutor in the recorded conversation.The law does not allow the Parliament to demote Laura Georgescu unless she willingly accepts to leave her position as head of CNA, is criminally charged, or found in incompatibility.The MPs in Dan Diaconescu People's Party (PPDD) announced yesterday they would file a criminal complaint against Laura Georgescu.Former PNL leader Crin Antonescu commented on the recordings featuring the head of CNA live on Realitatea TV. "It's difficult to formulate an opinion. I find it outrageous. I am not familiar with the context, but if it turns out that the speaker is indeed Mrs. Georgescu, it will be yet another in a series of recordings that clearly reflects the pathetic state important institutions in our country are in, and the unacceptable and disgusting infiltration of political, biased pressure into institutions that are active in such an important field that should ensure objectivity. This fragment of conversation explains why the current state of affairs of a large part of the audiovisual sector in Romania is the way it is. Some of you still manage, almost heroically, to practice the profession of journalism," he said.
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First Second
On Sale: 11/12/2013
ISBN: 9781596437517192 Pages
Jane's new in town. When she wipes out on her skateboard right in front of Jack's food cart, she finds herself agreeing to go on a date with him. Jane's psyched that her love life is taking a turn for the friskier, but it turns out that Jack has a spotty romantic history, to put it mildly. Cue the Cute Girl Network — a phone tree information-pooling group of local single women. Poor Jane is about to learn every detail of Jack's past misadventures… whether she wants to or not. Will love prevail?
In this graphic novel from Greg Means, Americus author MK Reed, and Joe Flood, the illustrator of Orcs, comes a fast, witty, and sweet romantic comedy that is actually funny, and actually romantic.
Praise for The Cute Girl Network
"A rich and genuine skater punk romance, eloquently picking apart our notions of Good vs. Evil in dating." —Meredith Gran, author of Octopus Pie
"It's so easy to get comfortable in the world of Cute Girl Network. The beautifully rendered art completely pulls you in, and the natural, breezy dialogue never misses a beat. There is a welcome familiarity--you feel like you've known a version of these people, your old roommate, a friend, an ex. It's a testament to Greg Means and M.K. Reed's skills that they can turn a simple boy-meets-girl story into a real page-turner, and keep you guessing at whose side you're on. I hope there's more where this came from." —Kate Beaton, author of Hark, A Vagrant!
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Lot 360: Pablo Picasso
Lot 360: Pablo Picasso
Le Viol, VII (from La Suite Vollard)
1933; published 1939
Etching on Montval paper with Vollard watermark
From the edition of 260
Published by A. Vollard, Paris
Bears the inscription in pencil "350 32" lower left sheet; date in reverse plate upper right image
Image: 7.75" x 10.875"; Sheet: 13.25" x 17.375"
Provenance: Ambroise Vollard Estate, Paris, France;
Baron Henri Petiet, Paris, France (acquired directly from the above);
The Estate of Ruth and Dalzell Hatfield, Los Angeles, California (acquired directly from the above, September 19, 1973);
Thence by descent
Literature: Bloch, Georges. Picasso: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, 1904-1967. Berne: Editions Kornfeld & Klipstein, 1968. #202.
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HARRISON, N.J. – The US national team may have defeated Turkey 2-1 in their second warm-up match, but there was no celebratory rhetoric in the post-game.
That may have something to do with the fact that the USA were outshot 23-8 and were out-possessed 57-43 percent.
Welcome to the diamond midfield formation. Against Turkey's 4-3-3, the USA's tactical set-up which was employed for the third straight exhibition, was cut open and exposed.
"Overall what we expected – a Turkish side that can create problems for you any time," Klinsmann began his post-game press conference, highlighting the opponent's play instead of his own team's. "Already in the first half, they exploited us here and there. But overall I think it was a good game. It was quite an open game."
And the US played a big part in that.
The Turks exploited the flanks as the USA's wide midfielders and fullbacks pushed up into the attack. But the main issue came in the middle of the field, where lone defensive midfielder Jermaine Jones was outnumbered 2-to-1. And with no defensive pressure on the Turkish midfielders, the visitors easily played their way through to the US penalty area.
After the USA's opening goal in the 26th minute, Jones says he took advantage of the break in the game to talk to Klinsmann about making some tactical changes.
"I was telling him that we have to drop one back and that [forward] Clint [Dempsey] had to go on [Turkey's deep playmaker Nuri Sahin] and that [US attacking midfielder] Michael [Bradley] had to come back a little bit. If we didn't do it, I would always be two against one."
But the changes suggested by Jones didn't take effect until the team went into the halftime locker to talk it over.
"What we needed to do earlier there is to drop Michael Bradley beside [Jones] to make it defensively a flat four and use the diamond going forward," acknowledged Klinsmann, echoing Jones's thoughts. "And so we corrected that at halftime and it then looked better. Even Clint [Dempsey] dropped a little bit more to look after Sahin, the No. 10, and it looked better."
Although an argument can be made that it's a coaching staff's responsibility to shift tactics, the players pointed the fingers at themselves and their inability to make the adjustments and react to the events of the first half.
"We were just narrow defensively and [Turkey] obviously sensed that right away and they used the flanks," said US veteran goalkeeper Tim Howard. "We also have to be able to adapt on the fly because not every game looks the same. And you study the opponent and you think it's going to happen one way and it doesn't. Having that adaptability is important. We're going to need that in the next couple of weeks [at the World Cup]."
"The hope would be that now, depending on how the other team plays and depending on the game, for the guys on the field to understand what's going on and to be able to tweak little things on the fly," Bradley said. "In the first half, we were not as organized as much as we would like. They [Turkey] were able to use some of their skill and technical ability to play through us at times. In the second half, with Kyle and I next to each other, that gave us a little more of a solid foundation."
Does the experience against Turkey compel Klinsmann and the USA to move away from the diamond midfield? Or is the USA now at a point of no return with the attack-minded formation, designed to result in more possession and better attacking plays?
Klinsmann wasn't panicking … just yet.
"We need to close the gaps a bit better," Klinsmann noted about the team's defensive issues. "We still have some work ahead of us to be more compact and more connected between the players and make it more through difficult for opponents to come through there."
At least Klinsmann has one thing working his his favor: There are a full two weeks left until the opening match against Ghana on June 16.


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Update (9:54 PM EST): Billionaire chocolate magnate Petro Poroshenko wins Ukrainian presidency
The Guardian reports:
The pro-European businessman Petro Poroshenko has won a landmark presidential election in Ukraine with 56% of the vote, according to exit polls, clearing the 50% threshold to win outright without a second round. Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was trailing far behind, with about 13%.
Ukrainians flocked to the polling stations on Sunday in what was seen as the most important election since independence. Millions of citizens in the restive east, however, did not vote at all, either because of separatist sympathies, feelings of intimidation by pro-Russian militias or simply a lack of polling stations.
"Today we can definitely say all of Ukraine has voted, this is a national vote," said Poroshenko from his campaign headquarters shortly after the exit polls were released. "The first steps that we will take at beginning of presidential office should be focused on stopping the war, to put an end to this chaos and bring peace to a united Ukraine." Poroshenko promised to hold parliamentary elections before the end of the year. "When there is a parliamentarian crisis, the only solution in a democracy is early elections," he said.
In what has proven to be a contentious day across Ukraine, on Sunday citizens across the country were given the chance to cast their ballot for the next democratically elected president following the ouster of former president Viktor Yanukovych.
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The winner is expected to take the reigns from the interim government, led by acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov, who called the snap elections.
The election has drawn international attention with over 3,000 international observers "pouring into Ukraine," reports the New York Times, including elected officials from the United States, Europe and Canada. Roughly half of the observers were called by the the international Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
According to reports, voter turnout was high in Kiev and other western-aligned regions while in cities in eastern Ukraine, where voters recently elected to secede from Ukraine and pro-Russian insurgents have seized numerous government buildings, polls remained vacant. Most media outlets reported high levels of voter intimidation and some violence by rebel groups.
AFP reports that in the Donetsk region alone, only 426 out of 2,430 polling stations were open, and none in the main city. And in the Russian-annexed region of Crimea, no vote was held.
The primary candidates, including frontrunner Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire chocolate magnate, are promising closer ties with the West in defiance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports. Among the 21 total presidential candidates on the ballot, the other leading candidate is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
In remarks on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would honor the outcome of the election, though he cautioned leaders in Kiev adding that, after the vote, he expected that "all military action will stop and national dialogue will begin."
On Thursday and Friday, eastern Ukraine saw a dramatic uptick in violence with reports of clashes between Ukrainian troops and separatist forces that left many dead on both sides.


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Is there any video proof that Cel 'worshipped her juggs'?? None on the website yet.
uuuups!.. my bad.. I wanted to say "examined", and got carried away.. thanks for pointing it out!
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Proof? Or I call bullshit. Why isnt it anywhere on XX-cel.com then??
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The young woman seated next to us at the sushi bar exuded a vaguely exotic air; her looks and style, we thought, made it likely that she was not American born.
But then she spoke in perfect American English, even ending her declarative sentences in that rising questioning lilt characteristic of many young Californians.
As it turns out, however, she wasn't from these parts after all; she was born in Iran and spoke only Farsi until her arrival here two years ago. What classes, we wondered, had she attended to learn the language so well?
"I didn't," she said. "I used RosettaStone."
Those yellow boxes sold at shopping-mall and airport kiosks may be the most recognizable example of PC-based language learning, but it certainly isn't the only one.
With the growth of broadband connectivity and social networks, companies have introduced a wide range of Internet-based language learning products, both free and fee-based, that allow students to interact in real time with instructors in other countries, gain access to their lesson plans wherever they are in the world, and communicate with like-minded virtual pen pals who are also trying to remember if bambino means baby.
Learning a language sometimes seems as difficult as dieting. The solution is to figure out how to stay interested after the novelty wears off.
To counter boredom, online language programs have introduced crossword puzzles, interactive videos and other games to reward users for making progress.
Online courses are either fee-based, free or a combination. Starter kits of fee-based programs may cost just a few hundred dollars, but the cost to reach higher levels of comprehension and speaking can easily be $1,000.
While that may sound expensive, language company executives say it isn't; college courses often cost many thousands of dollars to reach the same level.
So, cost aside, how do you choose which program to use? The answer is that one size doesn't fit all.
"The quality of feedback is important," according to Mike Levy, head of the school of languages and linguistics at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. "Sites with human contact work best," he said. "This shows the advantage of humans compared to computers. A computer is never as subtle or intelligent."
PAY AND LEARN RosettaStone, the best-known language program, now offers Totale, (rosettastone.com) a $1,000 product that includes RosettaCourse, a traditional lesson-based module; RosettaStudio, a place where a user can talk to a native speaker via video chat; and RosettaWorld, an online community where you can play language-related games.
"We offer modern-day pen pals facilitated with voice over I.P.," said Tom Adams, the company's chief executive.
RosettaStone uses things like colorful flash cards to help students first learn basic words, and then connect those words to concepts and sentences. The idea, according to Mr. Adams, is for the user to let go of the adult "technical questions and just get into a comfort zone, learning new sounds and trying to make sense of them."
One of RosettaStone's main competitors, TellMeMore (tellmemore.com), believes it has an advantage because its software not only teaches words and phrases, but includes a speech recognition component that analyzes pronunciation, presents a graph of speech, and suggests how to perfect it. Other videos show students how to shape their mouths to create sounds difficult for native English speakers, like the rolling R in Spanish.
With 10 levels of content, a 10,000-word glossary, videos of native speakers and more than 40 practice activities, TellMeMore believes it has enough material to keep a user motivated.
TellMeMore charges $390 for a year's access to its resources for six languages; those looking for a quick refresher can buy a $10 daily pass. Weekly, monthly and half-year passes are also available.
The company's product is currently available only on CD-ROM, but online versions for both Mac and Windows that will include real-time coaching are coming later this year.
FREE NOW, PAY LATER Livemocha (livemocha.com), a two-year-old Web start-up, offers free basic lessons in 30 languages. Users can upgrade to advanced courses with additional features on a monthly or six-month basis.
For $20 a month, students can submit up to eight voice recordings to a native-speaking tutor, who will then review and make recommendations for improvement within 24 hours. For $70 every six months, students can submit up to two examples a lesson.
All students, whether using the pay or free model, can join social networking groups and speak live (using VoIP) to people around the world who are native speakers interested in learning English.
As with all social networking sites, this feature is open to misuse. Within hours of signing up for Livemocha, I received a note from a young woman, ostensibly from Poland, "wanting to meet me."
The company says it has "the world's largest community of people learning languages," with five million registered users in 200 countries.
Financed in part by the European Union, Babbel (babbel.com) offers paid instruction (and a free trial lesson) in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish for $12 a month, or $6.62 a month for a six-month commitment.
In addition to extended grammar and vocabulary, users can communicate with others in their desired language via private or public chats, or arrange to get in touch via voice.
FREE LANGUAGE LEARNING If money is truly an object, a variety of free language learning is available from a number of sites.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc.com/languages) offers varying levels of instruction for 36 languages, with features including audio and video playback and translation.
Looking to visit Deutschland? The German television network, Deutsche Welle, can help you make yourself understood (bit.ly/ts6x7). And for those who not only want to learn another language but another alphabet as well, try japanese-online.com, or learn-korean.net.
Apps for a smartphone No program would be complete without an accompanying smartphone app, and many exist for the iPhone and other devices.
Several are simple providers of useful phrases, including the Lonely Planet Phrasebooks ($10 for each of 18 languages), the Oxford Translator Travel Pro ($10 for each of five languages), and World Nomads (free; 23 languages). The Ultralingua Translation Dictionary ($20 a language) offers simultaneous translation of English and six languages.
Both RosettaStone and TellMeMore say that they are developing smartphone apps as supplements to their online programs, but neither has announced a release date.
Livemocha expects to have an app later this year for both the Android and iPhone operating systems. The company plans on integrating text with a native speaker pronouncing the language, and providing the option for voice recording and live video feeds.


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With education as a goal, The Kinsey African American Art and History Collection has been on national tour since 2007, and has been seen by over 10 million visitors. The collection has exhibited in 25 cities, at notable institutions such as the California African American Museum, The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati), The DuSable Museum of African American History (Chicago), The Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach), and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (Washington, D.C.), to name a few. A portion of the collection was on display at EPCOT, Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida from 2013-2018. The exhibition made its international debut in Hong Kong, at the University of Hong Kong Museum and Gallery in 2016. Celebrities and personalities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Morgan Freeman, Kerry Washington, Katie Couric, Lance Gross, Diane Sawyer and Angela Bassett have endorsed and lent support in the exposure of the collection.
The Kinsey Collection is unique in that it is where art and history intersect, telling the often-untold stories of African American achievement and contribution through primary source historical objects starting from 1595, as well as 2 and 3 dimensional artworks from the 19th, 20th, and 21st century. The collection has been cited in 3 national awards, including the President's National Award for Museum and Library Services.
|California African American Museum (Los Angeles, CA)
|September 2006 – March 2007
|The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
|April – June 2007
|The DuSable Museum of History (Chicago, IL)
|July 2007 – March 2008
|Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, FL)
|April 2008 – July 2008
|The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science (Tallahassee, FL)
|September 2009
|The California Museum (Sacramento, CA)
|February -May 2010
|Smithsonian Museum of American History (Washington, DC)
|October 2009 – May 2010
|San Francisco Historical Society (San Francisco, CA)
|January – April 2011
|Vacaville Museum
|May – July 2011
|Museum of The African Diaspora (San Francisco, CA) Presented by Wells Fargo
|Barrett Art Gallery (Santa Monica, CA)
|American Heritage Gallery-Epcot,Walt Disney World (Orlando, FL)
|Harvey B. Gantt Center (Charlotte, NC) Presented by Wells Fargo
|Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
|Reginald F. Lewis Museum (Baltimore, CA) Presented by Wells Fargo
|Atlanta History Center (Atlanta, GA) Presented by Wells Fargo
|Houston Museum of African American Culture (Houston, TX) Presented by Wells Fargo
|Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)
|Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, FL) Presented by Toyota
|Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (Santa Cruz, CA)
|Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (Little Rock, AR)
|Hong Kong University Museum and Gallery (Hong Kong, HK)
|The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
|ArtCentre of Plano (Plano, TX)
|Toyota North America Headquarters/Toyota Experience Center (Plano, TX)


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Letters and Phone Calls Needed – Still Time to Write!
***Hearing Date Moved Back to Wednesday May 2 at 12:30 at Columbia Court House. ****
111 East Mullett Street, Portage WI 53901
Portage resident Paul Greiner will be in court Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 12:30 pm for allegedly trapping at least nine house cats in his backyard, killing them, and throwing them on a woman's property miles from his home. Greiner originally denied killing the cats , however he has since admitted to the crime.
Currently the formal charge against Greiner is "littering", however reports say he is facing charges of animal cruelty, which may be punishable by a Class I Felony (see below).
Please write a polite letter to Columbia County District Attorney Jane Kohlwey urging her take this matter seriously and to prosecute Mr. Greiner to the fullest extent of the law. firstname.lastname@example.com
Columbia County Case Number 2018FO000166
Columbia County District Attorney Office: 608-742-9650
The full story can be read here; video footage can be found here, but briefly, Lewiston resident Liz Masterson started finding dead cats three weeks ago, eventually finding nine. She spotted a man in front of her house on March 26 throwing a dead cat onto her property. Detectives from Portage Police and the Sheriff's office investigated and a search warrant was executed at Mr. Greiner's house where they collected a large live animal trap, a small animal trap, black gloves, an open can of tuna, and a DNA sample.
Wisconsin statute 951.02 states that:
"No person may treat any animal, whether belonging to the person or another, in a cruel manner."
Penalties: "Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any of those sections is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Any person who intentionally violates s. 951.02, resulting in the mutilation, disfigurement or death of an animal, is guilty of a Class I felony."
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How to Get Pine Sap Off a Table
Pine sap nourishes the tree and emits a pleasant fragrance, but it can leave unwanted stains on your table or other pieces of furniture. Sap is often released from pine trees during temperature changes or by an injury to the tree bark. The sap can drip onto nearby items and harden into a tough, sticky mess. You can safely remove pine sap from virtually any surface with water-displacing spray, which is found in most retail and home improvement stores.
Hold an ice cube on the pine sap until it hardens. Hold a plastic scraper to the edge of the pine sap and scrape away as much sap as possible, taking care not to gouge the table.
Apply a liberal amount of water-displacing spray to the pine sap.
Rub the pine sap firmly with a cloth or nonabrasive scrub sponge to remove. Reapply the water-displacing spray as needed.
Wipe the table clean with a separate cloth.
Things Needed
- Ice cube
- Plastic scraper
- Water-displacing spray
- Cloth
- Nonabrasive scrub sponge
- You can use mineral spirits to remove pine sap from unfinished wood.
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So I'm new at this. As a matter of fact, I'm on this website and my husband doesn't even admit he has a problem. I know he has had a problem with pornography but to my understanding has not used it since January. I recently listened to a program on the mormon chanel and the wife of an addicted drug user seemed to have almost every feeling that I experienced. Yet how do I know if my husband is addicted to pornography? Even if he currently isn't, the side effects must thriving strong. Maybe he is in denial?
So I feel like I'm the most unattractive woman in the world to my husband. It seems that he finds my body not good enough. About every week or few days he has these confessions with thoughts about me. Such as a big nose, no shape to my legs, and so on. I wouldn't say I'm inattractive. Actually I used to feel quite good about myself. I used to think of myself as beautiful and I truly don't see what is so bad about me. Does pornography make me ugly to my husband? Even if I'm not an ugly person, I truly believes he views me as unattractive. Will I ever feel beautiful again?
On top of this he is awful mean I me. I feel like he has no heart or its just cold. Almost like two different people. Nice to everyone else then mean to me. It feels so bad.
Anyway, I think I enable his bad behavior. I've said I would leave many times but stay. He has no consequence to his bad actions. It's so horribe to feel this over and over. I don't know how to set boundaries that stick. I'm contemplating leaving.
He gives me "updates" everyday. It's our way of being honest. Within those updates is every sexual thought or look or desire he has. Is this unhealthy? How can I get over these updates without constant anxiety?
Im so lost. I have no idea where to start. Is this all because of the phonographs problem? Is he just rude? Will he ever admit of the impact of our lives and get help? Even if he isn't looking at it I feel like it's still an addiction. :(
Welcome Humbled
"Hello my friend...I'm Maddy.
I could have written this post verbatim a couple years ago. Husband with a porn problem...check. Feeling ugly...check. No boundaries....check. Thinking of leaving...check. Husband treats me mean....check. Daily TMI updates.....check.
Humble, I am a broken record on here, but the truth is worth repeating. It is time to let go of your sweet husband's addiction. The best way for you to support him to let go of it is for you to let go. But that isn't why you are going to let go....you are going to do it for you first.
So what do I mean by letting go of his addiction? Well, I mean that you can begin to live a life where his addiction doesn't effect you. Your thoughts, your feelings, your actions are not dictated by him and especially by his sins. You get to be totally free of it. It is a piece of what unconditional love looks like, but the great secret is that you love best when you love without that kind of attachment to the other persons behavior.
Humbled I will validate something you said and the addicts on here will back me up. Pornography use does effect a person's brain. They do become more mean and critical. They don't want to but pornagraphy addiction comes from a place of pain and it is a mishapen and corrupt form of coping with that pain. It is exactly like a drug addiction...well, to be fair it is a drug addiction. The drug is dopamine and it is made in our own brain. Each person makes their own dopamine and so it is chemically PERFECT for that individual's receptors. It is the custom made heroine and is so potent because it is tailored for it's user, by it's user. The drug dealer is inside your own head. You can never get away from that dealer. Makes it a double punch deal.
Is he in denial? Well, I don't know him. But probably. There is a reason that step one is honesty. We lie to others, but our biggest lies are to ourselves. Is he lying? Well, addiction and lies go hand in hand. Accept that but don't try and force him to be honest. He has to make that choice when he hits rock bottom. Start working on YOUR recovery and start working your steps...focus on you. It is the only thing you can do.
Ok so you asked some great questions: Will I ever feel beautiful again? Yes. I said we lie to ourselves. Well sister, you are listening to lies and starting to believe them. Time to get honest. When you start telling yourself the truth then you will feel beautiful again. Because that is the TRUTH!
You asked about the updates....here is some advice that I'll hand to you from the school of hard knocks. The devil is in the details. Stop asking for them and stop letting him share them. He gets to say to you what he would say to a bishop if he was confessing. Nothing more and nothing less. Trust me, that is enough. You do not need to know every stupid, sinful thing that pops into his addict head. He is an addict for goodness sake, of course he is going to think gross stuff. It is part of the disease so knowing that is knowing plenty. "I struggled with my thoughts today." Is an appropriate confession. I laundry list of an addict brain binge is not going to do either of you any good. "I look at porn today." Ok, got it. You do not need to know what he saw. He is bad enough that he has to carry that. It wont help either of you if you carry it too. Does he need to tell you if he relapses? Yes. You need to know the truth. But you need to NOT BE HIS SPONSOR!!!! Too many spouses try to sponsor their spouse and that is rule number 1 that you do not do. When he gets into recover and gets a sponsor then he can tell that person the details if necessary. But not you. There is a line there that you need to guard and you'll have to figure it out for yourselves where it is. It'll come with trial and error and I bet you are carrying way too much already. There is no easy or damage free way to figure that out.
Is it all because of porn? Nope. Humbled, we all have character flaws. He isn't perfect and if you took away his addiction he'd still be a jerk sometimes because we are all jerks sometimes. A LOT of it comes from the habits formed due to the selfish nature of addiction but when he gets sober, he's still going to have to deal with the rudeness and temper and whatever else is in his dirty laundry bag one by one. Addiction just makes it almost impossible to deal with those other issues. But luckily recovery will give him tools so he can face those issues too.
Is he an addict if he isn't looking? Yes ma'am. You'll get difference answers on this one if you can become a nonaddici or if you are a recovered addict. I tend to be in the 'recovered addict' camp. But regardless, there is such a thing as a 'dry drunk' and a 'white knuckling porn addict'. They are the addicts that aren't in recovery but are not actively using. What's the difference? It's in their head. No one knows for sure except God I guess. And it really isn't something I try to worry about.
And last you asked, will he get help? I don't know. I hope so. But I know YOU CAN. And that is your job. Click on the manuals to the left side. Download them. Study them. Work them. The Recovery manual is for addicts. The Family/Spouses Manual is for addicts to but primarily for a codependant addict, which is what I am.
Next, look up your local ARP and PASG meetings and start going to them. After that, please, please get counseling. This is a heavy problem and you'll need to do a lot of healing. Go for you. You can do marriage therapy too at some point but my advice is start with you.
Ok this has been a huge novel. I still have so much to say. Please know that there is hope. My hubby and I have come such a long way from our beginning days. I am almost two decades into this world addict and about five into the world of recovery. I've seen such miracles and am so happy today. My fight isn't over and neither is my husbands, but I love my life, myself, and my husband. I know anything is possible.
Again, welcome. If you've read all of this then I apologize for it's length but hope there is something in here that helps you!
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March 19, 2015
Been there
"Just wanna let you know your not alone in these feelings. Check out a post I did awhile back about self- esteem. I think you'll understand my feelings the way only a wife of a porn using husband can. I'm sorry you're in this club. It helps to feel less alone but it breaks my heart when other sisters can understand this kind of pain.
I was in the same boat of saying I would leave but don't. And yes it did make the problem worse. He walked on me and treated me like garbage. Fast forward to today...we are working on attachment issues, he is attached and I'm not. He knows I'll leave and I know I'd leave. When it comes to boundaries I now make sure to say only things that I will follow through with. And yes leaving is one of the things I could do, his actions have brought me to that point. On a positive note he treats me with more respect when I respect myself. I understand now that I am worth having boundaries. I wasn't meant to be walked on.
It took forever for my husband to understand he had a problem...FOREVER!! I hating waiting for him to come around.
Here's the link. Prayers for you sister.
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March 21, 2015
"Both of your comments have helped me so much already. I mean in all reality, if one person spends years and years submerging their minds in filth, there is no possible way to flush that all out and the mentality behind it. I'm sure spending year with unvirtuous thinking has trained your brain to think nasty. I have not yet stopped with the daily updates. I'm not sure if my body and anxiety can handle not knowing quite yet.... But I look at the updates differently. Instead of hearing them and being upset my very own eternal companion is thinking such sickening stuff about everyone I know, I see it as a personal problem on his part. I know this is not MY fault.
Summer I read your post and my heart aches for you... As a matter of fact it's actually really hard knowing that there are so many people suffering. I've felt so alone for years. I meanI have some other issues going on with my husband which are emotional abuse... But never the less, knowing someone else suffers this way truly saddens me. I don't know how I will establish boundaries that will stick. I get treated wrongly but I'm still here. It feels like the only way things will ever change is if and when I pack up myself and the kids and leave."
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"You lived with your Heavenly Father in a premortal life. You were there with Him. Your spirit knows what it is like to live in celestial realms. You can never be truly happy in an uncelestial environment. You know too much. That is one of the reasons that for you, wickedness never can be happiness. What a great thing it is to decide once and for all early in life what you will do and what you will not do with regards to honesty, modesty, chastity, the Word of Wisdom, and temple marriage. "
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Our world today is designed to be instant, connected, and fast.
Us software people say the apps we make help people do more, in less time. We are more productive than ever. We live, make, and work in a world where more is supposed to be better — but at a cost.
Some of the original makers at Facebook and Google now say "our minds are being hijacked." The price to live in a beautifully connected world is putting up with the frenetic 24-hour news cycle, empty swipes for dates, and endless little red badges on our phones like stubborn pimples that won't pop.
Our state of mind is visualized in the products we create. How can a designer in a mental state of chaos create something calming and joyful to use? It's hard to conceive. Even worse, that chaotic software then goes out into the world perpetuating an already distracted society.
Less but better
I believe technology can be calming and joyful to use. It should improve the quality of our lives, including our mental state. But that must start from us, the makers of technology ourselves.
The faster my life moves, the less I get done. I make mistakes, forget important details, and take longer to generate good ideas. It is our responsibility as makers of tools and services to take care of our own minds and bodies to make thoughtful decisions about our products for our users.
Even in the Bauhaus School, Professor Johannes Itten dedicated the entire first year to teaching students to build an intimate familiarity with their own body, mind, and materials. He believed it was required for creative success. The Bauhaus movement went on to directly influence designers like Steve Jobs and Dieter Rams
"My first morning periods in class began with relaxation, breathing, and concentration exercises to establish the intellectual and physical readiness which make intensive work possible. The training of the body as an instrument of the mind is of great importance to a creative person.
How can a hand express a characteristic feeling in a line when the hand and arm are cramped? As we breathe, so we think and conduct the rhythm of our daily routine. People who have achieved great success in their lives always breathe quietly, slowly, and deeply. Those who are short of breath are hasty and greedy in their thoughts and actions." —Design & Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus by Johannes Itten
Every weekend, I do a hard reset. I take my mind and turn it off, then turn it on again. It files away the week behind and prepares me for the week ahead. It's my happy hour.
Nina's Happy Hour
Saturday mornings are a special time in San Francisco. The city rests under a quiet blanket of fog for a short relief from calendar invites, side projects, and last minute bookings to wherever.
All I see from bed is a soft infinite white sky thinly veiled behind my grey linen curtains. The cool wet air diffuses the colors in the what-would-be-sunrise. It mutes the morning tweets and jangling dog collars that are out walking my neighbors.
I look at my phone when I wake up. I would love to be someone who doesn't.
Usually I have about an hour in bed to slowly read nice emails I snoozed until Saturday at 8:00 am. These are wandering reads without any focus on replying or achieving inbox zero. It is a distinctly different read than on a given Tuesday.
My Saturday mornings hinge around a 9am yoga class in the Castro with someone who started teaching before most startup founders were born. She knows me there. They know me there. We see each other and smile and never have to talk.
I roll out my matt on the hardwood floor. Everyone is on airplane mode.
Sometimes in downward dog, I wonder if this is why people go to church on Sundays. Not so much for actual scriptures or path to god. But for a reliable and predictable time to do not much more than doing nothing at all.
Sometimes while laying in corpse pose at the end of class, I fall asleep for what feels like an hour. I roll up my mat and sling it over my shoulder and bet myself how long I can go without checking my phone.
When I re-emerge on Castro street, the Muni bus screeches by and the sun has burned through the fog. I see waiters pouring boozy mimosas at Harvey Milk's diner around the corner from the row of kinky sex shops.
But I never miss the stroll across the rainbow sidewalk to see my guys at the florist. At this point they know me too and know my routine. The air is cool and sweet in their small rainforest of fresh cut flowers.
I pick a $5 bouquet from the black painters bucket on the floor in the back corner. I buy one every Saturday. Sometimes tulips, sometimes lilies, and sometimes lavender spiky stems I've never seen before. They wilt away with the week because, hey, they're from the $5 bin.
Nina's Happy Hour goes all morning. After a shower, I give my space a quick tidy. I toss away last weeks flowers, clean the vase, refill the water, and start again fresh. Marie Kondo says a cluttered home is cluttered mind. I feel relief when my laundry is neatly put away.
It's barely noon and I can still make it for brunch. I could have slept in. It's easier to sleep in. But I get more out of my week by doing less on the weekend. Rhythm is essential for a city without seasons.
The weekend is my time to daydream, take care of my home, and check in with my neighborhood. It's a time to strengthen my body and soften my mind so I can bring intellectual and physical readiness to intense and productive work. After all, how we live is how we make.