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A lawyer is a person who practices law, as a barrister, attorney, counselor or solicitor. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.
The role of the lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions, and so it can be treated here in only the most general terms.
In practice, legal jurisdictions exercise their right to determine who is recognized as being a lawyer. As a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place.
The burbot (Lota lota) or bubbot is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish. Also known as mariah, freshwater ling, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod and (misleadingly) eelpout, the burbot is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk. It is the only member of the genus Lota. For some time of the year the burbot lives under ice. They require frigid temperatures to breed.
The name burbot comes from the Latin word barba, meaning beard, referring to its single chin whisker, or barbel. The genus and species name "lota" comes from the old Frenchlotte fish named also "barbot" in Old French. The Inuktitut–Iñupiaq word for burbot was also used to name the recently discovered extinct presumed transitional species Tiktaalik.
With an appearance like a cross between a catfish and an eel, the burbot has a serpent-like body, but it is easily distinguished by a single barbel on the chin. The body is elongated and laterally compressed, with a flattened head and single tube-like projection for each nostril. The mouth is wide, with both upper and lower jaws consisting of many small teeth. Burbot have two soft dorsal fins; the first being low and short, the second being much longer. The anal fin is low and almost as long as the dorsal fin. The caudal fin is rounded, the pectoral fins are fan-shaped, and pelvic fins are narrow with an elongated second fin ray. Having such small fins relative to body size indicates a benthic lifestyle with low swimming endurance, unable to withstand strong currents. The circular or cycloid scales are very small, making it difficult to accurately age, and thus even more challenging to manage.
Hallalhotsoot, also Hal-hal-tlos-tsot or Lawyer (c.1797–1876) was a leader of the Niimíipu and among the most famous after Chief Joseph. He was the son of Twisted Hair, a Niimíipu or Nez Perce who welcomed and befriended the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
His name appears as early as 1836 in a meeting with Marcus Whitman, and received the nickname "Lawyer" for his eloquence. He served as a guide for Whitman. In 1855 he took part in the Convention of Wallawalla and signed the Treaty of Stevens. This obtained for him a reservation to the greater part of his territory, between the rivers Clearwater and Salmon. Later he agreed to new cessions of land, in 1868, which Old Joseph did not accept and considered it a betrayal. Therefore in 1872 Hallalhotsoot was displaced by Chief Joseph as a only head of the tribe.
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A lawyer is a person who practices law, as a barrister, attorney, counselor or solicitor. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who hire lawyers to perform legal services.
The role of the lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions, and so it can be treated here in only the most general terms.
In practice, legal jurisdictions exercise their right to determine who is recognized as being a lawyer. As a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place.
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We live in a world that rapidly connects to our fast moving environment. Our senses are bombarded with information at a rate of 2000 bits of information a second. That is a constant waterfall of information to process, analyze and "get it right".
The brain, through the senses, takes in the data and assesses and adapts… and repeat… assess and adapts all day long. The eyes are the window to the soul. We have all heard that saying. It is true. We view the world as we see it, as it is, how we interpret it and how we have interpreted it in the past.
Old patterning can hinder our interpretation of data. If in the past we saw a bed of roses, and it hurt us. We were running from danger through this bed of roses, we then go through our life interpreting roses as bad. Next time we see roses… boom… we interpret and go into survival mode.
We don't view the roses for what they are. Red. Beautiful. Fragrant. We interpret them as scary and something to avoid at all cost. One person can view the same event, through different lenses, very differently.
Our brain is always going on the past experiences and projecting or preventing based on our previous experiences. What our brain perceives as a previous situation it will project into the future – whether accurate or not.
When our nerve system is distorted in its patterning our current reality is distorted.
What changes that lens?
Movement. It is movement of our spine that sends signals to our brain to come alive. Literally waking up the prefrontal cortex. Sending blood and power to the brain. Lighting up the neuronal pathways.
Without movement of our spine our brain is dulled down. Quiet. It only has previous patterns to go by. It is like playing the PVR and watching old tapes.
The alternative. Motion. These are called proprioceptors. They are motion sensors when stimulated they light up the brain. A chiropractic adjustment lights up the brain. Motion allows our world to be in 3D. All the aspects of our life come alive .We no longer are watching the PVR, but are in 4K high definition.
Light up your brain and watch your world become 3D.
Perceive stress for what it actually is, and respond accordingly.
Dr. Laura and team
Here is a great podcast to listen to on patterning and the brain.

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The Google Wallet app, which is compatible for Android users, has underwent some changes that make the updated version much more efficient and user friendly. For people not quite caught up on the latest smartphone app innovations or for those Apple Pay users who are unfamiliar with Google Wallet, it is a free app that acts as a digital wallet enabling Android devices to securely store user's debit cards, credit cards, loyalty cards, gift cards and even store offers. An additional feature that can be used with the app is the Google Wallet Card, which is an actual debit card that allows Google Wallet users to spend their Wallet Balance anywhere Debit MasterCard is accepted as well as conveniently make cash withdrawals from any ATM.
Android's Google Wallet update includes a search tool that makes locating any transaction quick and easy. Receipts from all transactions will also provide the merchant names and their locations. These updates not only make searching for past transactions much less time consuming, but they also assist in helping users become aware of any unauthorized purchases that might occur on their account as soon as it happens. Utilizing the tap-and-pay method for merchant transactions comes with its perks. Each time a consumer taps the back of their Android against a credit card terminal, the Google Maps widget will keep a log of the precise location that transaction was made. So whenever a particular purchase comes into question, there will be visible proof of where and when an item was purchased.
For some, juggling so many different gadgets on a daily basis or the misplacing of one's Android mobile may not be a rare occurrence. If one's device is lost or stolen there is no need to panic. Disabling the Google Wallet app can easily be done online or by calling technical support, which offers support at any time on any day. This app also comes with nonstop fraud monitoring as well as its own guaranteed fraud protection. This means, any unauthorized transactions that occur on an account without the cell phone owner's knowledge will be 100 percent covered, guaranteed.
With all of the technology available to us today, it is difficult to ensure complete security when using some of these inventions that were created to help alleviate some of the stress of everyday living. Instead, they often result in adding to the stresses of life. With this Android app, security is not an issue. No matter where one shops and makes transactions, merchants are never actually gaining access to anyone's credit card information. What merchants do gain access to is an authorization code, which allows them to make one charge only. So in the event the credit card terminals from a particular merchant that is hit with malicious software, there is no longer any possibility that one's credit card information can be accessed, stolen, and then used later on down the road.
Android still continues to compete with Apple when it comes to releasing new mobile device advances that increase productivity, convenience, and of course safety. Between the two, perhaps it really does just come down to preference. According to user reports, Android has definitely made some big strides in the competition.
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I've always held the belief that I'm un-offendable. Clearly this is patently untrue. What I mean is, if you tell a dirty joke, or say a rude word, I'm laughin' mister! Presuming it's actually funny of course. Although anything about boobs, bottoms (both front and back) or poo is really a gimme… the inherent comedy is hard to ignore.
So at Em's place on Friday night, in what is essentially a room full of loud & crude women, this random guy says, and I quote –
"You girls are great. You just say 'fuck' whenever you want. I love it."
Well, jeez mister. Thanks! I feel so liberated.
I fully acknowledge that there are women out there who aren't so comfortable with 'curse words', who don't like dirty jokes and who don't have men as 'mates'. But for christs sake, are we such a shocking breed? Are we so rare that it must be commented upon? For that matter, is it so uncommon that it's even noticeable??? Really, I would have thought that for anyone below the age of about 45, that sort of language is pretty normal.
I came across this question on a random forum on the interweb
"I had just finished taking my second law school exam this week. A 3 hour exam had just finished and I was packing up my stuff when I heard this 20-something year old woman say to another 20-something, "I thought that test was shi_tty!" I used to hear men talk like this all the time, but it seems that women now use more profanity than the guys. What gives? A generational thing? Some kind of new trend?"
I should add that the questioner was tagged as a 'senior member'. I guess it's all so subjective. In 'senior member's mind, the word 'shitty' has a lot of power. Whereas to those girls it was a bland statement of fact, nothing extreme about it. I'm sure it didn't even cross their minds that it could be construed as such. Not unlike my experience on Friday night.
A response was later posted to Senior Member which I had to show because well, just read it…
"Because women think that they can do anything that men can do. This is one of the main reasons that men stopped respecting women. Women have the mentality that they are tired of being on the receiving end of everything and therefore are dishing it out as much if not more than men. Can you understand why men don't treat women like ladies anymore. I am a very traditional woman, and I feel flattered when a man holds a door for me or picks up something that I dropped, etc. Men and women were created with very specific roles and because of their rebellion, women have created nothing but problems for themselves, their families, and their children."
(a) I'm gonna leave that first sentence alone cause it's just too easy
(b) I can't say that I've noticed men are less respectful… have you? In my experience, men, in fact, both men AND women, do these kind acts out of respect, kindness and politeness. The fact that I curse like a sailor doesn't seem to have made a difference. Doors are still being opened, dropped things are still being picked up…
(c) My attitude doesn't seem to have "created nothing but problems". I'm happy… my friends are happy… my family are happy… I have a great job, car, house and things… a wonderful husband and many male friends that I consider to be GREAT mates.
So I'm gonna continue in my childish way and be as crass as the next ham, male or female. Whatever tickles my funnybone. So to that end, here is a video of one of the funniest jokes I have ever heard, as told by Bob Saget… ah yes, Em it's that one!
WARNING!! if you are easily offended, fuck off because you WON'T find this at all funny… in fact, even if you are not easily offended.. be warned!
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Joe and Julia Torra, we discovered they were actually 'Pigskin Puffballs' Scleroderma Citrinum.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
After Withstanding the monsoons out here, the roof we had originally constructed failed to keep water from leaking in, so we reconstructed the entire thing! And now it is sealed and ready for the little rain we do get out here. The air system arrived yesterday and after repairing some drywall in the lab, we shall install it! All our Lab equipment is here and we should be growing ASAP!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Finally getting there
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Laetiporus Sulphureus
Lisa Pixley my mushroom hunting buddy from Maine!
Friday, July 6, 2012
Shrooms in the Desert!
Conocybe Cyanopus
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Baby Goats!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Air Systems
Well now I'm just waiting on the Family Electrician to come wire the grow rooms and laboratory and we will be Running Mycelium! So today I install the air systems!
Friday, June 29, 2012
Shiitake East
Miss Kathleen texted me this pic this morning...she just harvested a bunch of Shiitakes at the Farm she is working on back east, Silverbrook Farm. I can't say I'm not jealous! While we are almost ready to start lab work, she is already flushing! Soooo Exciting!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Might I Add...
If anyone wants the details of what the growing air systems include and how they work contact me via email: email@example.com and ill give you the goods!
Air Systems GO!
I'm really hoping to have grain spawn incubating by the beginning of the month, this way we will have the time to finish up the growing rooms air systems and build out custom 55 gallon drum Autoclaves for steam sterilizing the substrate!
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Reishi extract and a cat!
4 weeks of allowing Reishi to stew in a jar of Vodka and finally i have a 50/50 tincture of my own Ganoderma Lucidum!
Kabuki doing some light Gerrit Lansing reading/dreaming
Friday, June 15, 2012
A Young Runaway From Pittsfield Georgia
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Lab Gettin' There
Sunday, June 3, 2012
MARKET break
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Run Mycelium, RUN!
Muddin' and such
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Dryad's Saddle
Being in the desert for the spring, summer and fall is a sad state of affairs, when you wake up to other peoples finds on your phone. I got this text at 5am (AZ time) from Miss Kathleen, whose back east until Saturday...and nothing has shot me outta bed faster. This is a Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus Squamosus) an edible polypore, at the perfect stage for picking and eating. Some might say this isn't a very tasty mushroom, but given the right recipe, it is rather tasty!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Continuing to rock the sheets
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text: I didn't watch the Academy Awards, but I did google the video about representation. If you didn't see it, you can watch it here. The messages are clear. So I'm going to highlight a few of the many great things that were said, and say a few words about them. Voices being heard... Mira Sorvino … [Continue reading] The Oscars and Representation


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Starting Thursday, credit-card users are getting more time to avoid late fees and maybe rate hikes.
A new consumer-protection law won't lift all debt burdens, by any means, but supporters call it a victory against some of the most abusive practices of the bank-card industry.
Here's a rundown on what the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act means to you, both right now and in February when Phase 2 takes effect.
First, the immediate impact:
• You'll get at least 45 days' notice of any significant changes in card terms, with the option to decline a rate increase (you would pay off the balance over time at the original rate, while using those 45 days to switch to another card company for your future charges).
• You'll have at least 21 days' notice to pay your bill, before a late fee will kick in. Until now, some companies raked in extra fees by narrowing the time between billing and the payment due date. Now, three weeks is the minimum.
• For now, it means rising interest rates, as card issuers take advantage of the window before new limits go into effect in February (see below).
• It's not part of the new law, but now is the time to pay down debt if you can, says Greg McBride of Bankrate.com, which follows consumer credit conditions. Certain consumer-unfriendly practices may be ending, but credit-card debt will remain the highest-cost debt most families have, he says. And it's likely to get even more expensive, since interest rates tend to rise when the economy recovers from a recession.
"Eliminating the 'gotcha' practices is an unequivocal win for consumers and something that is long overdue," McBride says. "But some of the other provisions will have the effect of limiting access to credit or increasing the cost of credit for all consumers, even the responsible ones."
About one-third of US families have credit cards with a balance that's not paid off each month, says the American Bankers Association. Although interest rates are up in the past year, they remain low compared with prior years, the association says.
Still, a "low" rate for card debt is still above 14 percent. In the recession, many households have been turning to plastic cards as a last-ditch way to cover key bills, according to a study by the research and advocacy group Demos.
The industry warns that the tighter regulations – which bankers call the most significant reforms since the dawn of the card – will force issuers to come up with new business models. Translation: Credit will cost more and be harder to get.
Here are some of the changes due in February:
• "Any time, any reason" rate increases on existing balances will be banned. Rates can still go up for people who fall 60 days behind on payments. And rates can still vary by being explicitly linked to a benchmark such as the prime rate.
• Issuers must apply payments to the highest-interest balances first, instead of the lowest-interest ones as is typical today.
• Disclosure will be enhanced. You'll see how long it will take to pay your balance if you make only the minimum payments, and what your fees will be if you pay the balance in 36 months.
• "Two-cycle billing" for calculating interest charges will end. This practice penalized people who occasionally maintain a balance.
• Cards won't be issued to people under 21 without verifying their ability to pay or obtaining parents' permission.


text: Anovulatory bleeding; Abnormal uterine bleeding - hormonal; Polymenorrhea - dysfunctional uterine bleedingAbnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is bleeding from the uterus that is longer than usual or that occurs at an irregular time. Bleeding may be heavier or lighter than usual and occur often or randomly.AUB can occur:As spotting or bleeding between your periodsAfter sexFor longer days than normalHeavier than normalAfter menopauseIt does NOT occur during pregnancy. Bleeding during pregnancy has different causes. If you have any bleeding when you are pregnant, be sure to call your health care provider.Every woman's period (menstrual cycle) is different. On average, a woman's period occurs every 28 days.Most women have cycles between 24 and 34 days apart. It usually lasts 4 to 7 days.Young girls may get their periods anywhere from 21 to 45 days or more apart.Women in their 40s may start to have their period less often or have the interval between their periods decrease. For most women, female hormone levels change every month. The hormones estrogen and progesterone are released as part of the process of ovulation. When a woman ovulates, an egg is released.AUB can occur when the ovaries do not release an egg. Changes in hormone levels cause your period to be later or earlier. Your period may sometimes be heavier than normal.AUB is more common in teenagers or in premenopausal women. Women who are overweight also may be more likely to have AUB.In many women, AUB is caused by a hormone imbalance. It can also occur due to following causes:Thickening of the uterine wall or liningUterine fibroidsUterine polypsCancers of ovaries, uterus, cervix, or vaginaBleeding disorders or problems with blood clottingPolycystic ovary syndromeSevere weight lossHormonal birth control, such as birth control pills or intrauterine devices (IUD)Excessive weight gain or loss (more than 10 pounds or 4.5 kilograms)Infection of the uterus or cervix Symptoms AUB is unpredictable. The bleeding may be very heavy or light, and can occur often or randomly.Symptoms of AUB may include:Bleeding or spotting from the vagina between periodsPeriods that occur less than 28 days apart (more common) or more than 35 days apartTime between periods changes each monthHeavier bleeding (such as passing large clots, needing to change protection during the night, soaking through a sanitary pad or tampon every hour for 2 to 3 hours in a row)Bleeding that lasts for more days than normal or for more than 7 daysOther symptoms caused by changes in hormone levels may include:Excessive growth of body hair in a male pattern (hirsutism)Hot flashesMood swingsTenderness and dryness of the vagina A woman may feel tired or fatigued if she loses too much blood over time. This is a symptom of anemia. Exams and Tests Your provider will rule out other possible causes of irregular bleeding. You will likely have a pelvic exam and Pap/HPV test. Other tests that may be done include:Complete blood count (CBC)Blood clotting profileLiver function tests (LFT)Fasting blood glucoseHormone tests, for FSH, LH, male hormone (androgen) levels, prolactin, and progesteronePregnancy testThyroid function testsYour provider may recommend the following:Culture to look for infectionBiopsy to check for precancer, cancer, or to help decide on hormone treatmentHysteroscopy, performed in your provider's office to look into the uterus through the vaginaUltrasound to look for problems in the uterus or pelvis Treatment Treatment may include one or more of the following:Low-dose birth control pillsHormone therapyHigh-dose estrogen therapy for women with very heavy bleedingIntrauterine device (IUD) that releases the hormone progestinNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) taken just before the period startsSurgery, if the cause of the bleeding is a polyp or fibroidYour provider may put you on iron supplements if you have anemia.If you want to get pregnant, you may be given medicine to stimulate ovulation.Women with severe symptoms that don't improve or who have a cancerous or precancerous diagnosis may require other procedures such as:Surgical procedure to destroy or remove the lining of the uterusHysterectomy to remove the uterus Outlook (Prognosis) Hormone therapy often relieves symptoms. Treatment may not be needed if you do not develop anemia due to blood loss. A treatment focused on the cause of the bleeding is often immediately effective. That is why it's important to understand the cause. Possible Complications Complications that may occur:Infertility (inability to get pregnant)Severe anemia due to a lot of blood loss over timeIncreased risk for endometrial cancer When to Contact a Medical Professional Call your provider if you have unusual vaginal bleeding.ReferencesAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website. ACOG committee opinion no. 557: Management of acute abnormal uterine bleeding in nonpregnant reproductive-aged women. Reaffirmed 2017. www.acog.org/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Gynecologic-Practice/Management-of-Acute-Abnormal-Uterine-Bleeding-in-Nonpregnant-Reproductive-Aged-Women. Accessed October 27, 2018.Bahamondes L, Ali M. Recent advances in managing and understanding menstrual disorders. F1000Prime Rep. 2015;7:33. PMID: 25926984 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25926984.Ryntz T, Lobo RA. Abnormal uterine bleeding: etiology and management of acute and chronic excessive bleeding. In: Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, Lentz GM, Valea FA, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2017:chap 26.Schrager S. Abnormal uterine bleeding. In: Kellerman RD, Bope ET, eds. Conn's Current Therapy 2018. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2018:1073-1074.BACK TO TOP


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Thursday, November 7 2019
"Serving Those Who Serve": Veterans/Military Families Summit
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Place: New Carrollton Branch, PGCMLS
This one-day Summit will bring together Veterans/Military Families library liaisons to share and plan activities, resources, services, and programs to support veterans, military families, and military-connected youth in MD communities. Liaisons may invite a local community partner to attent this event in order to broaden the conversation and nurture partnerhsips in this work. Outside organizations will also be invited to extend their understanding of the services libraries offer to veterans and military families. This training is free and hosted by the Maryland State Library. Lunch will be provided.
Registration closes on 10/11/19. All attendees, including community partners, should register in Evanced at this link:
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Why it sucked
Economists, int'l media and our local media say
The TPP, which brings together 12 Asia-Pacific countries accounting for roughly 40 per cent of global GDP as signatories, is often hailed as a seminal trade framework that will enable exporters to benefit from the removal of duties on more types of goods than previous trade agreements provided for.
Well this letter made it to the Economist's "best letters from our readers in 2016. Our letters editor picks submissions that sum up the year". It tells us what conventional wisdom omits
Why they're right
A lot of what you said in your leader on trade and globalisation made sense, but those who oppose trade deals are not "wrong" ("Why they're wrong", October 1st). Free-trade deals have changed remarkably since the repeal of the Corn Laws in the 1840s. Accords such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement are more about protecting the interests of large multinational corporations than they are about reducing costs for consumers and promoting competition.
These deals expand intellectual property rights, increase patent protections and enable foreign companies to sue governments for alleged losses of potential profits in supranational courts through "investor-state dispute settlements". This is what the protesters are most opposed to: noxious provisions that boost the economic power of large corporations at the expense of democratic governments, smaller businesses and individual citizens.
Canadian Union of Public Employees
And there was this too:
Globalisation is inevitable, but the current configuration favouring neoliberal politics and economics is not. It is entirely possible to integrate domestic economies in ways that do not favour capital over labour or inequality over equality. More social democracy would address that.
The case for free trade has rested on a confusion between two notions of efficiency: Kaldor-Hicks and Pareto. Free-trade agreements are Kaldor-Hicks efficient because they produce overall net gains to welfare, but they are not Pareto efficient in that they do not make some better off without making some worse off. Economists and politicians have been too quick to point to the former type of efficiency but ignore or downplay the latter, thus producing a backlash.
Something is Kaldor-Hicks efficient not only if it actually maximises net wealth but also when losers are compensated for their losses. Somewhere along the line economists and politicians forgot this part of the equation.
Journal of Public Affairs Education
St Paul, Minnesota
But why it matters to us
But for its faults, the anti-PAP cybernuts like the TRE ranters, Tan Jee Say, Goh Meng Seng, Philip Ang if they really care about their fellow S'poreans (which incidentally I don't think they do. They are S'pore haters.) are wrong to cheer the defeat of an initiative where PM invested so much time, and effort.
As BT says
The setback for the TPP comes at a crucial time for Singapore, which is in the middle of drawing up a blueprint for its future economy – one in which internationalisation figures prominently, in order for its economy to grow externally.
And growing Singapore's external pie has become increasingly crucial, given that its economy can expect a "new normal" of only 2-3 per cent annual growth, said Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in September.
Although it is expected to boost Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) by only 2 per cent by 2025, the increased trade activity is expected to strengthen the city state's role as a regional entrepot hub.
Forget the BS about "a blueprint for its future economy" (such a plan comes around once every decade) but we benefit from globalisation especially in trade and finance, both of which are slowing down.
Martin Wolf of the FT on the global trade slowdown
"Between 1960 and 2015, world trade increased at an average rate of 6.6 per cent, in real terms, while output grew at an average rate of 3.5 per cent. Between 2008 and 2015, however, average annual growth of world trade was 3.4 per cent in real terms, while world output grew at 2.4 per cent. Not only has the growth of trade slowed, but the gap between trade growth and that of output also fell sharply."
And as PM said, S'pore would find it very difficult to get as advantageous terms, in bi-lateral deals. We are too small.
So even if PM is gross over-paid compared to Ah Beng, Mat, Gregoh or Ah Neh, let's not diss him for trying to secure the TPP and failing. Juz KPKB that he should take a 90% pay cut but won't for failing a KPI that is really impt for S'pore.


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Synonyms for inexpiable
Antonyms for inexpiable
A new Ahasuerus, cursed by inexpiable crime, yet sustained by a great purpose.
Where, then, was the inexpiable crime of those who fulfilled the beneficent intention?
There were stories of inexpiable crimes, but stories also of guilt that seemed successful.
Yes, yes; it was terrible guilt, an inexpiable crime, and she feels it to be so.
Yet the error was not inexpiable; and in his expiation he could put the seal to his devotion.
A second marriage in a woman is considered in India an inexpiable breach of conjugal fidelity.
Travelling in search of her he meets a girl, loves her, and all unwittingly commits an inexpiable offence.
The treachery of Jehu, in addition to his inexpiable cruelty, terrified the faithful, even while it served their ends.
Inexpiable though the injury she had wrought against me and mine, still the woman was human—fellow-creature-like myself;—but he?
Inexpiable, in-eks′pi-a-bl, adj. not able to be expiated or atoned for, implacable.


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What is Wycombe Arts Centre?
It is…
… the name of the collaborative arts centre based at the former St John's Church buildings in High Wycombe Town Centre on Desborough Road.
… a set of unique 'for hire' spaces that we call the Cafe Space and old church Theatre Space (amazing Grade 2 listed building), specialising in alternative arts events.
… an open collective of local people getting inspired by creativity; local musicians, artists, theatre and more!
… the brand name of Wycombe Community Arts Centre Ltd, the charity established to manage the centre. (LImited by guarantee, registered charity No. 1136161).
… was previously named 'Arts4Every1' since inception in 2009, it transformed in spring 2018 through local independent sponsorship. We are funded by our events and hires, run mainly by volunteers, and supported by Wycombe District Council who own the buildings.
Our Top Ten Aims
- Provide an Arts Centre that is welcoming, whether visitors come to see, listen, perform, participate, learn, or just to relax and enjoy.
- Present a range of accesible quality entertainment including music, theatre, dance, spoken word, paint jams, family events, comedy, film screenings and other participatory activities.
- Provide support & activities for both professional and amateur creative communities based in South Bucks, Berks etc (target within 10 miles of Wycombe).
- Create a variety of ways for the public to participate in learning opportunities– classes and workshops for children, young people and adults, and with working opportunities- through volunteering/ work experience programmes and outreach projects.
- To take work and presence out of Desborough and Wycombe and into much wider communites by implementing a creative network.
- To build support and enthusiasm for Wycombe Arts Centre in crossover sectors and make positive connections.
- Engage visitors, customers, staff and volunteers to ensure constant friendly and efficient service.
- Generate constant fundraising efforts: individual giving, membership, project opportunities, corporate sponsorships and outside Grants (eg Arts Council) to support the venues and arts projects.
- Ensure that the buildings, grounds and services are maintained to a high standard.
- Manage the activities and finances of Wycombe Arts Centre to ensure long-term sustainability and future growth.
Any thoughts? Can you help us? get in touch.
about Wycombe
High Wycombe is halfway between London and Oxford in Bucks, nestled around the River Wye in The Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. These semi-rural surroundings have a long history of skilled workers and talented makers within industry.
Wycombe was a market trading town initially, famous for all the Mills manufacturing paper and flour etc, then came our amazing furniture industry for the industrial revolution, and later incredible war efforts- Did you know? Wycombe factories made over 8,500 Mosquito airplanes for the war effort in the late 1940's!
The skilled workers and craftspeople are still around today, we just have other creative, service and manufacturing industries driving us forward. From a rich heritage to award-winning artists and pop cultural icons, High Wycombe is not just a place to pass through!
For more info on the town, visit South East England tourist website
01494 445517
When are we open?
Sorry, this is not an Arts Centre where you can just walk in!
As a series of spaces for hire, you will need to come to a club meet, organised event or workshop.
We are however working to be able to open our Cafe Space to the public every friday and saturday.
Watch this space.
Where can I park?
We have a dozen parking spaces in front of our 2 main spaces, inside the railings. These are for our staff, customers and service users.
However, as we are only a 3-4 minute walk from Wycombe Bus Station we recommend you use public transport. If you have to drive, please use parking at Eden Shopping Centre, near House of Fraser for convenience.
Can I hire the spaces?
Sure, that's how it works! We'll work with you to organise your event.
Events, festivals, weddings, parties, you name it.
We even have an in-house specialist for kids parties:
Learn more about hiring our spaces here


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Whenever we talk about collecting photography, we usually refer to fine art prints collections and, regardless of whether it's digital or analogue photography, the rules of making one are more or less the same. But photographic image-making has another, lesser known but nevertheless worthwhile form of a collectable item - photography books, or photo books. You often see them at photography exhibitions, as they accompany the images on view. They introduce us to a certain era or a location, often as part of an artistic trend of their time. They represent a proper dissemination of a photographer's work, either focusing on a specific project or making up an entire retrospective. They provide an insight into an artist's way of creating and broaden appreciation for the art of photography. Throughout the history of the medium, photography books played a rather underappreciated part, but it would seem that their value is finally getting recognized. Although the first ever photo book was published over a century ago by one of the pioneers, William Henry Fox Talbot, it is curious how they came to collectors' attention only during the last two decades, and how collectible photography books now keep close pace with the prints market.
It's no secret that people bought photography books ever since they started being published - it is their popularity on the art market that came much later. The reason behind this lies in the simple structure of the production of these items. If you think about it, a photo book is like a collection of many photographic prints within one very often beautiful physical object, which contains nice reproductions, paper, printing and design. Add to this special signatures and inscriptions and you got a proper work of art. But the truth is that, as such, photography books are expensive to produce, and because of a low demand, they do not have long print runs or multiple reprints. Yet, even the demand like that is large enough to keep the books in the game.
Take an average photography book buyer from twenty years ago: they bought a book for pure pleasure, not for a second thinking of it as an object of art, for a full price of a regular book. After some time, that same title gets remaindered or sold on sale, and before long it is out of print, remainders are gone and the book gets really hard to find again. Let's say our collector-to-be took good care of his sought-after copy - it is highly likely that a $30 book will now go for couple of hundreds, maybe even thousands. With the same logic, new editions and reprints that now have a regular price will probably have their value doubled or tripled in as little as two or five years, because they too will become rare like their originals over the last few years.
To give you an idea of just how successful a photography book can be at an auction, we will revisit the 2010 dedicated Christie's London sale. Among the lots, there was the first edition of Richard Avedon's autobiography, signed by the artist and with as many as 284 black and white photographs inside. It went for $6,831. A very rare edition on the art of Nobuyoshi Araki, whose first edition only had twenty copies, went for $11,684. Among the historic photography books, that constitute the very history of the medium, were also Brassaï's Paris de Nuit, sold for $3,056, and Henri Cartier Breton's legendary The Decisive Moment, which achieved $19,773 (having been estimated at $4,000). The absolute winner of the night was surely The Americans, a book by Robert Frank, dating back to 1959 and now worth $62,194.
For collectors on a limited budget there are other options, such as investing in emerging photographers and focusing on nevertheless breathtaking publications by less-known artists. In 2015, making it among the most successful photography books of the year are, for instance, Alec Soth's Songbook, selling at $60, or Gilian Laub's Southern Rites, at $50; Wim Wenders, with a couple of successful exhibition this year as well, has a photo book himself, entitled Written in the West, Revisited, at $40, and Pieter Hugo's KIN also aims to be worth your while, at $75. Among the most striking and moving of this season's photography books, there are Tiny: Streetwise Revisited, an updated 1988 monograph by Mary Ellen Mark, which she was able to finish shortly before her death this year, and Catherine Opie's anthropological look at Elizabeth Taylor's belongings. Of course, it's all first and foremost based on what you like, your favourite photographer or photography genre, and within such a versatile medium and a variety of artists, there's always something for everyone.
What's also common when it comes to photography books is the fact that some photographers publish on their own. This doesn't mean that their work isn't good enough for an esteemed publishing house - it's simply about an artist deciding to take the matter in their own hands, quite literally, and to do all the relative work by themselves - design, marketing, text if there's any etc. For photographers, this represents a much cheaper deal, as many traditional and independent publishers ask a lot of money up-front. Many agree that the best way to do so is through print on demand and e-publishing, and there are a few websites out there that specialise in this sort of thing, such as blurb, selfpublishbehappy and indiephotobooklibrary. Sometimes these photography books don't get a physical edition and are only released as .pdf forms and other times they do become tangible, and good examples of their craft too. Let's not forget many photographers who sell through their own websites, so make sure you look for them while you're browsing.
If you're a newbie at collecting photography books, the best way to start is to buy from established dealers and publishers. But before you do, when deciding how to put together a collection of photo books, apply the same criteria as you would for photographic prints. Rarity, condition, provenance, and especially the artist's signature are all key factors in determining the current and future value of a collectible book. Like prints, they also come in editions, so it's always good to check how many copies are there, as this too affects the price. Once you got it all figured out, you can check out the many high quality books publishers, such as Aperture, Lodima Press, Lumber Press, Nazraeli Press, 21st, powerhouse books, Taschen, and Twin Palms. Specialized online dealers include photobookstore, photo-eye and abebooks. Of course, big international publishers such as Rizzoli, Phaidon, Thames and Hudson and others offer photo books too, so be on the lookout for those as well.
Like for books in general, making your own collection of photography books is a great pleasure, which requires time, knowledge and patience. But once you see it grow, it turns into a proper little treasure, of which your shelves and bookcases just can't get enough.
All images used for illustrative purposes only.
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Seeking the Silver Lining in Grief
"Understanding why they're suffering can help, as can talking to others and trying to resolve issues that cause significant emotional pain, such as feeling guilty for a loved one's death."
Support and Bereavement Groups/Mayo Clinic
Is it Fear of Abandonment? Is it Depression? Or, is it just another day? Professionals have told me that I have suffered from fears of abandonment since I was eight years old, resulting in chronic depression. Putting a label on your problems may be necessary, but as a psychologist and social worker Claudia Black explained, the causes of your pain must be understood and guilt for loss and injury beyond your control must be relieved before you can heal.
Abandonment experiences and boundary violations are in no way indictments of a child's innate goodness and value. Instead, they reveal the flawed thinking, false beliefs, and impaired behaviors of those who hurt them. Still, the wounds are struck deep in their young hearts and minds, and the very real pain can still be felt today. The causes of emotional injury need to be understood and accepted so they can heal. Until that occurs, the pain will stay with them, becoming a driving force in their adult live.
(https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-many-faces- addiction/201006/understanding-the-pain-abandonment)
Too often I find myself standing on a slippery slope. Trying not to slide down the slope into the quagmire of my memories. Why don't I just think good thoughts? Dr. Costas asked me that very question when I started therapy. "Why don't you just think about happy thoughts?" Frustrated, I blurted out, "I can't!"
The Doctor looked at me and smiled, "Of course you can't... there is a chemical imbalance." Doctor Costas has helped me through so many other difficulties before..." Why shouldn't I listen to him?" Several years have gone by and I am still on medication? I'm still sliding down this slope. People around me who know I am on medication tell me it helps. My question is, "Does it help me, or does it help them?" The truth lies somewhere in both camps. The medication lessens my outbursts of frustration. It helps maintain my blood pressure, making me more tolerable to be with. The medication is the mask I wear to protect me. It allows me the opportunity to search within my deepest core to find balance and purpose.
"You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be."
Marianne Williamson, an American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer.
It is a lifelong goal that I have been working through. For years, depression has been my way of thinking. The depression manifests itself in feelings of abandonment, insecurity, scared, inadequate, and anxiousness. The "depression" can hit me like a tsunami. It's as if the Greek god Poseidon had risen up from the sea and ordered the tides to turn against me leaving me decimated by my thoughts. How is any one expected to deal with wave, after wave of ugliness, abandonment, physical abuse, death and hopelessness?
I hear my voice saying the opening lines from the old Simon and Garfunkel song:
"Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk to you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sounds of silence."
We can make excuses for ourselves. We can blame others for our failures. The lies we believe are the lies we tell ourselves. Is one of those lies the notion that my depression is the nobler experience of a crisis of faith? It is the absence of faith where the emptiness lets your thoughts echo throughout your being with no refrain to answer your despair? If it's that I'm in fine company.
Mother Teresa wrote a letter to her spiritual confidant, the Rev. Michael van der Peet. "Jesus has a very special love for you," she assured Van der Peet. "[But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, __ Listen and do not hear ___ the tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak … I want you to pray for me __ that I let Him have [a] free hand."
Mother Teresa experienced her "Crisis of Faith" for over fifty years of her life.
Depression and the Dark Night of the Soul often co-exist entwined. The veiled memories that feed depression can be vanquished only when one's spirituality accepts the presence of God or some glimmer of hope on the horizon. As Victor Hugo wrote in Les Miserables, "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."
Marcel Proust, who spent years ruminating in bed, wrote: "The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." "We don't receive wisdom: we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us, or spare us." "Happiness is beautiful for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."
This is my journey! I take ownership of this quest! Whether it is me struggling with depression, a chemical imbalance, or a crisis of faith, it will bring me to a new and better place.
The questions of "Abandonment, Depression or a Dark Night of the Soul?" They are not issues that I seek a definitive answer to.
Exposing a few snapshots of my life, will give you a glimpse into the clouds that threaten to obscure the many good things in my current life.
Fans are oscillating; the air heavy with wetness suffocates every breath you take. Someone's sandals stuck in the melting asphalt where they tried to cross the street. Steam rises from the concrete sidewalks where a panhandler begs for money to get a drink. No relief in sight. "Hotter than Hell" as they used to say.
It is not always the weather that brings the rain, or the afternoon sun that beats down on your brow, causing you to sweat and wonder whether are not you will make it through the day.
Peering out my apartment window I anticipate what tomorrow will bring. At the corner market a huge sail fish flying through the sky above the entrance to the store. What incredible bright colors, midnight cobalt blue, the coral reefs aqua marine, the roaring sea foam green and the shimmering lights of the city.
I could almost feel the refreshing waters on my face as the sail fish re-entered the pristine blue waters, soaking my face on a humid summer day in Chicago. I could hear the roar of the underground train beneath the sidewalks. I leaned out the window to capture a breeze from the train as it "swooshed" by our building. I couldn't believe my eyes and ears! The sun was shining bright, humidity that could be cut with a knife, lightning flashes and thunder like the sound of "kettle drums" fills the sky, but it isn't raining on my side of the street, it's raining across the street! A waterfall of rain, like a skyscraper of refreshing water for the other side of the street? My Mother walked by to see what I was doing.
Mom, look at this! She saw the amazement on my face and smiled, "It's just The Devil beating his wife".
When my Father called out to me: You better get a good night's sleep you are going to work with me early in the morning. I had no idea why I was going with him to work, but it was a new adventure for me. Something my Father had never done before, taking me with him, just the two of us.
Morning arrives. Mom makes sure my face is clean and the part in my hair is straight. Dad yells out "It's time to go".
As we entered the American Medical Association where my Father worked, he is a paper-cutter in the bindery. The marble floors are cold as ice-cubes, but quickly the coldness is swept away by the warm smiles that strangers are giving to me, but they're not strangers to my Father. I got a feeling of pride. My Father is known and liked by all these nice people. They'll probably like me too!
We entered a crowded elevator. I had never been in an elevator. Everyone facing forward I don't know why, but I turned and faced the door. Some looking straight forward others gazing upward. I don't know what they were looking for, but maybe that's because I'm distracted by the feeling of falling.
Suddenly, a gentleman dressed in a three piece suit looked down at me and then at my Father and said, "George, you can't dis-own that one he is the spit-ten image of you!"
The door abruptly opened and everyone exited the elevator, except for me and my Father. As soon as the door closes again my Father grabbed me by the shirt collar, bending over toward me as he lifted me up against the wall, his face "red with anger", mine "white with fear". He shouts in low tones that rang loud and clear to me, "You are no blood to me, you are not my Kin!"
I want to disappear. I want to curl up and die. What's wrong with me? Sure, he's spanked me. That's what parents do! Every time he has spanked me, he told me, "This hurts me more than it does you."
But this hurt more than any spanking. This was a complete and final rejection. It mattered not what my day was like, for I was no Kin to him.
Going back to Dr. Claudia Black's insights in the Psychology Today, "When a child is not protected from physical and emotional abuse the child is also told overtly or by implication: It is not okay to show feelings. The way you feel is not true. You have nothing to cry about and if you don't stop crying I will really give you something to cry about. That really didn't hurt. You have nothing to be angry about. This condition, the child is repetitively being exposed to becomes toxic and cancerous to him/her and future relationships." I was exposed to this toxic combination of abuse and the strict order not to show my feelings over the pain.
Through the timeworn window frame... a summer night in 1966, in a Chicago neighborhood called, Logan Square. Two friends were out wandering the streets, seeking any kind of entertainment, a little self-indulgence, a distraction, an excuse not to go home. Home? That wasn't somewhere... either of us wanted to be.
Lost, but not alone, two friends wandering the streets, in the comfort and solace of knowing, that we had each other. Thrown together by happen stance, Larry lives in the "Polish Penthouse," a third floor walk-up and me in a basement again. (I often wondered what it would be like not to have bars on the windows and hot water pipes overhead.)
Running and jumping! Shooting imaginary basketballs! Leaping upward to touch the signs, an activity we have shared many a night. The signs hang extended from the exterior walls of the drug store, the corner store and the record shop, dangling over the sidewalks...to simply touch them gives us such a feeling of "glee." This is our way to measure how much we have grown and devour the hours of time.
And Crazy Jeanie singing. "I left my heart in San Francisco," __"Because he had high hopes, he had high hopes, and he had high apple pie, in the sky hopes "and "Tut, Tut, Tut It's Butter-nut." Jeanie, to us she seems old__ must be thirty something. She walks the streets of our neighborhood, dressed like a Polish Busha right off the boat. She will entertain anyone and everyone by singing songs she heard on the radio, or jingles from the T.V. commercials. No matter what the weather... bitter cold, or smoldering hot, she is wearing her dirty old raggedy overcoat, several sweaters, a pair of white tennies and bold colored wool babushka. Your heart weeps for her, but your face wears a smile, because of her songs and carefree attitude.
Through my aging eyes: Larry and I continue down the street, cloaked by the darkness of the starless sky.
An ominous cloud now covers the eyes of the Man in the Moon. There were to be no witnesses to my demise.
I've been in precarious situations... too many times before. Recognize danger? "Yes indeed!" Whether like a disease or a cancerous tumor I could sniff out danger even at sixteen It, has a rank aroma of rottenness. This hoard that approached had a smell of its own, it was forging toward us, and it could not be ignored. You could hear the snorting, snarling, guttural growls, the sniffing about, and the hideous laughter, as they wreaked havoc on the cars, the stores and the homes.
The pack of two legged dogs was getting closer. There were at least five, maybe six, or more? I didn't want to bring attention to us; therefore, I kept them in my sight out of the corner of my eye.
Larry and I stood drooling over a sleek black 1966 Ford Thunderbird with a fiery red interior that was parked at the curb just outside the parking lot of the National Tea grocery store. Larry, still oblivious to the perils that approached was startled by the crashing sound of a broken bottle. Without any thought of his friend, fear took hold... Larry, or should I call him, The Hawk, was off and in flight. He was gone like the wind!
One of the dogs peeled off from the pack, the chase was on, nipping at Larry's heels, looking for the opportunity to pounce on his back.
I positioned myself in front of the Thunderbird to minimize the onslaught of my foes. I stepped forward, standing tall, not to cower and show my fear. There was nothing left to do, but feign an aura of self-confidence. Sizing up my predicament, I quickly decided which of my foes presented the most danger and went to war.
Blow, after blow, I strike him repetitively! A left jab to his nose, a right cross to his left eye, I step in close and administer several rabbit punches to his abdomen and kidneys, pulling away with a right upper-cut to his chin! I step back to catch my breath and look in the eyes of my opponent. Blood is streaming down the left-side of his face from the right-cross I landed to his eye. He begins to smirk and all of a sudden, he bursts out in a low crescendo of laughter.
Oh Shit! What have I got myself into? I must have hit him with twenty sledge hammer blows to the head. And he laughs!
This sawed-off son of a bitch hauls off and kicks me square in the groin, lifting me high onto my tip-toes. Oddly enough I don't feel any pain. It must have been all of the adrenalin flowing. A reflex response finds my hand around his throat, pulling him toward me across my body smashing his face into torpedo shaped hood ornament just above the headlight of the Thunderbird. The hood ornament breaks off falling onto the sidewalk followed by this Fool bleeding like a stuck pig shouting directions, "Hit him Vick!"
Suddenly, through the grocery store doors the butcher with cleaver in hand, followed by stock boys and cashiers, like the cavalry to the rescue, scatter the dogs.
My left eye is swollen shut. I want to say, "Thanks." But a fat lip gets in my way of talking. Blood is flowing from my nose, but all I can think of is how much trouble I'll be in, if I go home. If I came home crying, it would be another beating waiting for me. I'll be sent back out to make sure those guys who messed with me, think twice, before they screw with me again.
I decide to go to my girlfriend's house. It is only a few blocks away. I knock on the front door and Mr. Kamien opens the door. "Can I help you?" He doesn't recognize me. I look like Quasimodo minus the hunchback. When I try to speak... Mr. Kamien startled says, "My God, son! What happened to you?" He puts his arms around my shoulders and helps me inside to tend to my wounds. I started to feel relief, because I am finally with someone who cares about me. His voice is soothing; his kind face displays genuine concern. He gives me some fatherly advice: "Think about those you keep company, especially, those you call a friend! When friends get into difficulty, they don't leave their friends in the lurch."
Through this timeworn window frame... those words of advice that Mr. Kamien gave me that night, ring loud and clear, and here I sit, wondering... "Whatever happened to Larry?"
I can remember the guttural laugh of my attacker when I hit him with everything I had, but the most vivid memory is, watching Larry. as he ran away.
It was a couple years later in an English class when I came across the Aesop Fable: The Travelers and the Bear; I remembered what Mr. Kamien said to me that night. I had no idea he was referencing Aesop's Fables.
The Travelers and the Bear; Two friends were traveling on the same road together when they met with a bear. The one in great fear, without a thought of his companion, climbed up into a tree and hid himself. The other friend, seeing that he had no chance, single-handed, against the bear, had nothing left but to throw himself on the ground and feign to be dead, for he had heard that the bear will never touch a dead body.
As he thus laid, the bear came up to his head, nuzzling and snuffing at his nose, and ears, and heart, but the man immovably held his breath, and the beast supposing him to be dead, walked away.
When the bear was fairly out of sight, his companion came down out of the tree, and asked what it was that the Bear whispered to him; "for," says he, "I observed he put his mouth very close to your ear."
"Why," replied the other. "it was no great secret. He only bade me have a care how I kept company with those who, when they get into a difficulty, leave their friends in the lurch."
Black asphalt serpentines between the knolls of tobacco farms, camouflaging what waits just beyond. Anticipation is running rapid! Thoughts of a new beginning fills the interior of the car, as the wind blows against our faces, as it swishes through one window and out another. The smile, and the laughter that resonates from Britain, my daughter, is contagious as the wind blows back her hair. Her happiness and pleasure from the simplest innocent acts, puffs up my chest with fatherly pride. God! I'm lucky to have the family I have.
Linda my lovely wife caresses our fourteen-month-old daughter in her lap, as we talk about... "What if?" We recently found a house with an option to buy. I have gotten an appointment to teach at a small college in Kansas. "What if?"
The black top county road continues to meander through the picturesque surroundings, abruptly coming upon a straight-away into section lined with an umbrella of trees. The brightest of days.
Darkness Shadows...Silence! The silence is deafening. Flashes of light burst! Repetitive explosions amongst blackness, propelling me into a spiraling abyss.
Into a void of nothingness!
"Mr. Stolz...Mr. Stolz can you hear me? Lay still. You're okay. Be careful of all the tubes, you were in an accident."
Where am I?
"KU Medical Center. You were medic-vac-ed by helicopter."
Where's my family? They're alright? Aren't they! They are okay? I want to see my family!
"Mr. Stolz, calm down. You'll pull out your tubes."
I want to see my family!
"Mr. Stolz your entire family was killed."
When I was told that my entire family was killed... the doctors and nurses weren't aware, that I had two other daughters that were in school.
Art, my spiritual guide at St. Francis Hospital, Geila, my incredibly loving sister who saw to it that I never hit bottom, and Pauline, my now wife of thirty-four years have been my navigators back to wholeness.
Pauline is the huge reason for my survival. She has listened and empathized with me when needed, held me in her arms, and given me the encouragement to go forward.
Pauline helped me raise my daughters, and her daughters, as one family. She gave the love and guidance that only a mother can. "Thank you for your amazing grace. Thank you... for all those things, words just can't say! I love you."
Terry Stolz, is a graduate of the Masters of Written Communication Program at National Louis University. He is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and a member of SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society. Terry's folktale: "The Bear and The Hare" and his poem, "Blindman" were published in the Mosaic 2015 literary anthology. Terry's memoir "A Son No More" was chosen for the 2016 Mosaic. Four of Terry's poems have been published in the Cowboy Chronicle Magazine. Terry's poem "He Walks with Me" was published in The Write City Magazine. "Desert Goddess" and "Need for Another" were published in the Rockford Writes 2015 anthology. Mr. Stolz's essay "Good Morning World" was included in the 2016 RWG's Rockford Review. August 23,2017 his poem, "Stranger in Church" was published in Z Publishing's book: Illinois' Best Emerging Poets.
Work Cited:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-many-faces- addiction/201006/understanding-the-pain-abandonment
http://www.darknightofthesoul.net , Prescott, Gregg, M.S., Author, Founder and editor of In5D and BodyMindSoulSpirit
http://aesopsfables.org/ mayoclinic.org Jung, Carl – College of Rochelle. The Jungian Approach to Symbolic Interpretation, 29 January 2013
Rogers, Carl- Theory of Personality
Time Magazine, Fall 2007, Mother Teresa
The Bear and the Travelers is a fable attributed to Aesop
John Tenniel's page design for the fable from the 1848 edition of Aesop
John Tenniel - http://books.google.com/books?id=rUbRa8jtSz8C&pg=PA51&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
A page from the Thomas James edition of 1848, illustrated by John Tenniel, Public Domain
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Father Gerard Hammond, M.M., has received the highest honor bestowed by the Knights of Columbus for his service to the sick in North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea) and for his selfless bravery in carrying out his ministry.
The Gaudium et Spes Award is named for the landmark 1965 document that was released as part of the Second Vatican Council. It is offered only during special circumstances and only to individuals of exceptional merit. The first award was presented during 1992 to Mother Teresa of Kolkata. As the 12th recipient, Father Hammond was honored for his missionary work during the Knights' 135th annual international convention in St. Louis on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. The award included a $100,000 honorarium.
A veteran Maryknoll missionary in South Korea (the Republic of Korea), Father Hammond had long wanted to minister in North Korea. The opportunity to do so was facilitated by the Eugene Bell Foundation, a U.S.-based Christian organization that sponsors programs, projects and exchanges of a humanitarian nature in North Korea that focus on medicine along with the diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Father Hammond first traveled north during 1995 and has since made more than 50 trips across the demilitarized zone.
Father Gerard Hammond joined by Fathers Joseph Everson and Raymond Finch, Vicar General and Superior General, respectively, of the current Maryknoll General Council.
"Father Hammond has facilitated donations for thousands of patients and he has a knack for loving everyone and gaining the confidence of others. Even in the North, everyone calls him 'Father' Hammond and if he wears his Roman collar, no one is bothered. He's probably the best-known American in North Korea. He is a legend; there's only one Father Hammond."
Tributes To Father Hammond
A native of Philadelphia, Father Hammond was ordained during 1960 and soon after began serving in South Korea. During his 57 years as a Maryknoll priest, Father Hammond has served as a teacher, the pastor of two parishes and vicar general of the Cheongju Diocese. He has served as Maryknoll's regional superior and in other leadership posts in Korea. A member of the Knights of Columbus since 1960, Father Hammond has been a champion of the organization's development in South Korea, serving in leadership roles on two local councils.
"In Father Hammond, the Knights of Columbus recognizes a courageous and untiring missionary priest who has ministered in a most challenging field for good of people in need," said Knights of Columbus CEO Carl Anderson. "Although almost no one he meets in North Korea knows what a priest is, they see that he represents something greater than himself."
During a 2014 visit to South Korea, Pope Francis personally commended Father Hammond for his missionary work in North Korea. From Pope St. John Paul II, Father Hammond received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Medal in recognition for his service.
Previous Honorees
Previous recipients of the Gaudium et Spes Award:
- Mother Teresa of Kolkata
- Cardinal John O'Connor, former archbishop of New York
- Cardinal James Hickey, former archbishop of Washington, D.C.
- Cardinal William Baum, former archbishop of Washington and Major Penitentiary of the Vatican
- Archbishop Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche and co-founder of Faith & Light
- Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former cardinal secretary of state
- Cardinal Jaime Ortega, archbishop of Havana
- Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Kraków and former secretary to St. John Paul II
- Virgil Dechant, former supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus
- Cardinal Francis George, former archbishop of Chicago


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Week 3 of Marathon Training
Along the way it sure is nice to have small races in between – less daunting that way I guess. This week I have a 4 miler! And a 10K in our near future. ^_^
Day 1: Stretch and Strengthen.
Day 2: Weight Training + 3.5 mile run. I did weights at lunch, then running after work. Was brutal today for some reason.
Day 3: Weight Training + 4 mile run.
Day 4: Cross training light. Elliptical 50 minutes
Day 5: REST for tomorrow, we race!
Day 6: 4.2 M Reindeer Romp with my friend Sarah Jane! Our husbands were waiting right at the finish line shouting and arm-flailing to cheer us on! They are awesome.
Day 7: Weight Training + stretching.


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"The story has enough twists to satisfy mystery readers, and Dickson's exploration of the truth behind the façade will draw in those who appreciate women's fiction with a dash of suspense."—Booklist
"Cleverly plotted…Dickson sets the stage for a stunning mid-novel plot twist…[T]his is a diverting poolside entertainment."—Publishers Weekly
"A whopper of a novel…a clever and sinister read that's never less than engrossing."—CrimeReads
"Fans of The Woman in the Window will eat this one up."—The Real Book Spy
"Has all the makings of a Peyton Place beach read."—The Lansing City Pulse
"Deliciously devious, I got caught up in the twists and tangles between these women, desperate to unravel them through the very last page."—Chandler Baker, author of The Whisper Network
"A splash of wine, a dollop of murder, a pinch of betrayal—the recipe for a thrilling page-turner!"—Gina LaManna, author of Pretty Guilty Women
"Chock-full of tangled twists and domestic treachery, The Other Mrs Miller will take your breath away and not give it back until the very last page. I devoured this book."—Christina Dalcher, author of Vox
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Guests: John Dvorak, John Havens and Parker Conrad. Who can you trust when looking for investment and financial advice? We discuss Trust and Transparency in the modern age.
There is so much information out there and we take a deep look at the problems with mixing amateurs and pros in the analysis and recommendation of investments. The main question we all ask is how the end user can discern if the information they are reading or listening to has embed bias. There is a growing concern as Web 2.0 has made it relatively easy for anyone to broadcast their opinions and comments without any significant oversight.
Parker Conrad (wikinvest.com) argues that credentials are not very important while John Havens (BlogTalkRadio.com) wants references and track records. John C. Dvorak (dvorak.org/blog) thinks that nothing is different today and skepticism is prudent. Watch out for the fluff.
We also examine the idea of; who is to be believed in the blog/newsworld as well as TV, radio and podcasts? Also, what about Wikis?
About Wikinvest.com: "The audience target is anyone who is trying to learn about a company in more details, or is trying to understand how to invest in an issue or trend. I think there's room to be appealing to both retail investors, who don't have a lot of places to turn to for investment research, as well as institutional guys who need a brief primer or update on a company or topic they're not as familiar with."… Parker Conrad, Founder
John C. Havens – Vice President of Business Development for BlogTalkRadio (www.blogtalkradio.com), and Lead Organizer for PodCamp NYC . As the first About.com Guide to Podcasting, John published numerous articles and white papers and interviewed dozens of top media experts for his site and in his About.com Podcast. He has also written extensively on the topics of marketing in new media for ADOTAS and other publications.
John is a founding member of the Association for Downloadable Media and is currently working on a project focusing on Transparency with Shel Holtz.
John C. Dvorak – Current PC Magazine Columnist writing Inside Track, an essay and a weekly online column. These articles are licensed around the world. Also a weekly columnist for Dow-Jones Marketwatch, Info! (Brazil) and BUG Magazine (Croatia). Previously a columnist for Forbes, Forbes Digital, PC World, MacUser, PC/Computing, Barrons, Smart Business and other magazines and newspapers. Former editor and consulting editor for Infoworld. Has appeared in the New York Times, LA Times, SF Examiner, Vancouver Sun. Was on the start-up team for CNet TV as well as ZDTV. At ZDTV (and TechTV) was host of Silicon Spin for four years doing 1000 live and live-to-tape TV shows. Also was on public radio for 8 years. Written over 4000 articles and columns as well as authoring or co-authoring 14 books.
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Creamy Onion Soup: Inexpensive Dinner for a Cool, Fall Evening
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This quick, easy and inexpensive Creamy Onion Soup had dh raving about how tasty it was … even after I told him that it was healthy too! This creamy soup doesn't contain any dairy products. (The creamy consistency results from the use of a potato. Who knew? LOL!) And can be thrown together with items most people keep in their pantry. Add some warm bread and a simple green salad and we had a nice, satisfying, yet inexpensive meal.
This recipe is from a really great blog that I've only recently discovered: Dutch Girl Cooking. The blog is full of great ideas and amazing photos. Be sure to check it out for detailed step-by-step Creamy Onion Soup photos. And while you're visiting Dutch Girl Cooking, be sure to check out her recipe for Stuffed Zucchini that I'm planning to make this weekend!
Creamy Onion Soup
Recipe from Dutch Girl Cooking
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 large onions
1 teaspoon dried thyme
3 cups beef broth
1 potato
2 slices white bread (stale)
grated cheese
1 tbsp oil
Coarsely chop onions and potato. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil or 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large sauce pan. Add onions, potato and 1 teaspoon dried thyme. Stir; lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Cut 2 stale slices of white bread (I used wheat) into cubes. Add some chopped fresh herbs. (I used basil and parsley.) Mix with a little olive oil and salt and pepper.
Stir onion mixture. Add salt, pepper and a touch of nutmeg. Replace lid
Place bread crumb mixture into an oven safe baking dish and liberally sprinkle with grated cheese. (I used Parmesan.) Place in an oven preheated to 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Stir and return to oven until bread cubes are browned and crunchy. Remove from oven and crumble slightly.
Add beef broth to the onion mixture. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Using a blender or food processor, puree the soup until smooth.
Serve in a bowl with croutons sprinkled on top.
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Have you ever had the opportunity to look at the names of God?
I had just that chance earlier this week. In an effort to prepare for this upcoming year in Bible study, those of us who are in leadership – a very loosie goosie term for all of us, especially me, to say the least – were given a list of the names of God and asked to choose one, research it and share what we found out when we all met for training.
Now, if you're anything like me, this is a momentous task. I looked at the email with the names of God listed on it and there looked like there were a bazillion there. And, I just went, 'no way, there is no way, with everything else going on, my son going back to school, me catching up with work among a trillion other things, that I'm going to have time to look up more than one of these.'
I literally put my head down right there in front of my computer screen, and said, "God you need to show me which name, because there is just no way."
And, the amazing thing about God is that He did.
I looked back at the list and the name "El Hay" popped out. Now, I'd never seen this name of God before which is no big surprise, and I had no idea what it meant. But, being internet-centric, I immediately did a Google search.
The definition? The living God.
So the too numerous to mention references to God in the Bible seemed to run through my mind, 'He holds out His righteous right Hand', 'all day long He calls', 'I go to prepare a place for you', 'I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob'. All of the references to Him that I could think of are in the present active tense, the tense of someone who is very much alive and active.
Then the picture of what Ezekiel saw when he encountered God for the first time came to mind. This God who Ezekiel saw can only be described as living. Not only did Ezekiel fall down with fear every time he saw Him, but God was so infused with light on His throne that Ezekiel could barely look at Him, couldn't really see Him for all the light.
Then Isaiah 46: 5 came to mind, "To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?"
No one, because who can you compare a living God too? Absolutely no one.
But, the most amazing thing to me was that all the other names of God that show us His character, His nature, the way He cares for each one of us, hinge on the fact that He is living.
El Emunah, the faithful God, can't be faithful if He doesn't live.
Elohim Ozer Li, God my helper, can't help us if He doesn't exist.
Jehovah Jirah, my provider, can't get you what you need when you need it if He's not active and alive.
I could go on with every name of God, but the bedrock is the same, without the understanding that He is the living God, the only one, we have a really difficult time grasping the rest of His names and what they represent about who He is.
And that's part of the problem we have isn't it? Because we can't see Him, touch Him, hear Him all the time, we tend to forget that He is living. We forget that He is alive and active, working all the time, caring about us all the time, seeing the lost, the outcast, the brokenhearted all the time.
And we don't tend to treat Him as if He is living. We have a way of treating Him like He is an inanimate idol, or a god to be taken down off the shelf when times get rough and to be put back when times get better, instead of a vibrant living God who we can have the best relationship of our lives with.
Because at the end of the day, that's what this living God wants from us, the best relationship of our lives and He paid a heavy price to offer that to us.
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When can I go and meet with God?"
Psalm 42:2


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Archive for March, 2013
Metal Carport Kits
The advancements made in the construction industry are providing convenient solutions for car ports. A large amount of recycled steel is used to construct steel buildings, which are commonly used for garages and carports. If you are looking for the best way to build a car port, be sure to check out what metal carport kits provide. The process of manufacturing steel buildings involves the use of 95 percent recycled water. Every year in North America, there is roughly 80 million tons of steel that is recycled. A lot of the steel that is recycled goes into metal carports and metal garages. One of the major advantages associated with a metal car port is the fact a metal carport does not experience wood rot. Furthermore, a metal car port is resistant to natural elements. Steel is recycled more than plastic, paper and aluminum in America. A metal car port is perfect for keeping an RV safe from the natural elements. RVs experience UV damage, wind and snow damage as well if no proper shelter is being used. During 2011, 32.2 billion dollars worth of boats and accessories was generated by marine companies across the country. More information about the benefits of a metal car port is discovered easily online.
Quality Boring Heads
A lot of people don't realize one of the first machining tools was created in 1483, which consisted of a screw cutting lathe. Today, machining equipment and tools are very sophisticated in order to handle intricate job tasks. Collets, for example, are tools used as a holding device. The collet is a tool that acts as a collar around the object being worked. This tool creates a strong clamping force to make sure the object being worked doesn't moving during cutting procedures. Boring heads are another popular tool used in the machining industry as well. If you are looking for quality machine tool manufacturers, the internet is the best place to do some research. After the financial collapse in 2008, reshoring began to emerge and many manufacturing companies started pushing the United States economy forward. Today, boring heads are available at affordable prices because of reshoring. Reshoring is a term that is used to explain the return of American manufacturers from overseas operations. Shipping costs and complicated supply chain logistics are some of the reasons why reshoring is being experienced. Collets and boring heads are more affordable than ever thanks to the return of American manufacturing companies. This trend may continue for quite some time. Boring heads are primarily used for boring projects, but there are a few different boring procedures to be aware of. One type of boring involves a boring bar that is supported on both ends. Another boring operation involves support on only one end of a boring tool. Tool holders and tap adapters are other common tools that are used in the machining industry. It is best to read reviews and compare prices online if you are looking for boring heads. In some cases, additional tools are required for accuracy in some boring procedures. More information about machining tools can be found online.
Protecting Your Assets Can Mean Big Returns Down the Road
There are a lot of ways to get rid of the old property you no longer need or desire and they can make things a little less hectic. Garage sales, donations to charity organizations, and even estate tag sales in virginia beach are a great way to unload unwanted or old property in a quick and profitable manner. Tag sales work very similarly to automobile auctions in Virginia Beach in the sense that a professional company handles the auctioning off of estate property. Allowing shoppers to browse through a house as opposed to the antique store in virginia beach or places that sell vintage furniture in Virginia Beach, there are great advantages to offering items through auctions in Virginia Beach. The good news is that people coming to automobile auctions in Virginia Beach know what they are coming for. Either they are a collector and in search of collectibles in Virginia Beach VA or they are simply browsing for a good buy at one of the many automobile auctions in Virginia Beach. Considering that automobile auctions in Virginia Beach will feature a lot of options, it is a good idea to work with an auctioneer company who can professionally get you the money you deserve and find a suitable buyer. Explore your options when it comes to selling cars at one of the automobile auctions in Virginia Beach and talk with companies who have experience running automobile auctions in Virginia Beach and even other types of auctions. In the event that you are looking to buy a car and are exploring automobile auctions in Virginia Beach, there is no better outlet to find cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs. Automobile auctions in Virginia Beach are a great resource to explore and find your next car because of the wide selection available. Start exploring your options by checking out auction listings in your area or simply by contracting companies who handle the auctioning off of property or automobiles. Be sure to keep your budget in mind as well because of the wide range of selection at the various automobile auctions in Virginia Beach can range from high end luxury vehicles to economical autos that have been repossessed by government agencies. Take the time to understand what you are looking for as well as your options when it comes to automobile auctions in virginia beach.
Tool Holders and Presetters
The machining industry is huge, with around 939,700 employees in this field during 2010. This number is expected to grow as long as reshoring is being experienced. A lot of manufacturers are returning back to the United States because of complicated shipping procedures and prices. Tool holders and tool presetters can be found online at affordable prices. However, you must first know what you are looking for because tool holders and presetters come in a variety of styles and sizes. In fact, tool holders are designed to work with certain machines and tools. A tool holder is typically made of less expensive material than tool cutters. The reason why tool holders are typically made of less expensive materials involves offsetting costs. Cutting tools, on the other hand, must be made of high quality materials because they are used to cut a variety of metals and other materials. Tools are designed to cut, bore, grind and shear, depending on their design or intended purposes. Shaping machining metal and other types of rigid materials requires the proper equipment and tools made from quality metal and steal. One common type of equipment used for machining purposes is the CNC machine. A CNC machine operates on programs that are automatically executed. A series of machining operations are programmed into software that is used to guide the cutting path of the tool. Tool holders are needed for operations that are cut with CNC machines. Machining tools are basically designed to serve two primary functions. Holding the work piece in place and providing guided movement are the two primary functions that machining tools are designed for. Be sure to compare prices and reviews between manufacturers that produce tool holders. Not all manufacturers are created equal and it is important to use quality tool holders for accurate cuts. Learn more about this topic here.


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As I've previously mentioned, the murder rate in Chicago is up 18% this year. Instead of hiring additional police, or at least maintaining the same number of police, Chicago has intentionally allowed hundreds of vacancies to remain unfilled in the police department to cut costs:
As ridiculous as it sounds to cut police protection as crime increases, it seems to be a popular thing to do these days. The suburb of Oak Park, which is also experiencing a crime wave, decided to cut police protection too. Both Chicago and Oak Park have also vowed to keep their handgun ban laws, despite the fact that the criminals commiting armed robbery, home invasion, and murder just ignore the handgun bans.
Since it appears that Mayor Daley and the Chicago Aldermen are having difficulty fighting Chicago's rampant crime, I humbly offer the following suggestions:
- Repeal the handgun ban – The handgun ban doesn't stop criminals from having guns, but does stop law abiding people from defending themselves.
- Increase police protection – With the money saved by no longer having to fight a losing court battle to keep the handgun ban, Chicago can expand police protection. The money saved obviously won't be enough to hire all the new cops that are needed, but it is a start.
- Promote lawful gun ownership and education – Law abiding citizens use guns in self defense about 2.5 million times each year, preventing countless people from becoming victims. Promoting safe and responsible gun storage and gun handling would help self defense, while preventing the unintentional shootings that occur with depressing regularity.
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