USC Libraries Special Collections recently published finding aids for three archival collections that are central to Los Angeles history: the Lawrence Lipton papers, William L. Pereira & Associates records, and Floyd C. Covington papers. Combined, these three collections comprise 200 linear feet of primary source material documenting the Beat poet scene in Venice (California); an influential architectural firm that changed the landscape of Southern California; and a civic leader in Los Angeles' African American community from the late 1920s to the 1970s.
The Lawrence Lipton papers consist of correspondence, interviews, manuscripts, audio recordings, collected publications, photographs, and motion pictures created and collected by Beat Generation chronicler Lawrence Lipton. The collection documents Lipton's prolific work as a novelist, poet, and columnist through typescripts and manuscripts of his works; correspondence between Lipton and members of the Beat Generation, including Allen Ginsberg; and interviews that Lipton conducted with a variety of notable writers and musicians during the 1960s. By the time Lipton published his 1959 book, The Holy Barbarians, he had settled in Venice, California, where his home became an informal center for the arts. In Venice, Lipton was associated with documenting the Beat Generation, restoring poetry as a vocal art, and experimenting with poetry in jazz music. Following the completion of this processing project, various independent researchers have accessed the collection, many of Lipton's audio recordings have been digitized, and both photographs and recordings from the collection were recently used in the Venice-focused episode of Lost LA's third season.
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Lastly, the Floyd C. Covington papers document the life of a civic leader in Los Angeles' African American community from the late 1920s to the 1970s. Through his work as the first Executive Director of the Los Angeles Urban League and his service in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Covington redefined social welfare and equal opportunity in both employment and housing for various communities in Los Angeles. Covington's papers contain his early writings from his youth and education in Seattle and Topeka, Kansas; scrapbooks, photographs, posters, and reports from his leadership of the Los Angeles Urban League during the 1930s and '40s; correspondence, speech drafts, and other writings documenting Covington's work in intergroup relations and equal opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; family mementos—including papers and photographs from Covington's wife, Alma Covington, and his father-in-law, Thomas Augustus Greene, Sr.; and lastly, correspondence, realia, and creative works documenting Covington's strong relationships with community associations, such as the first African American YMCA in Los Angeles. Since the USC Libraries acquired the Covington papers in late 2017, the collection has been used in class visits to Special Collections and by independent researchers. It will also be featured in a spring 2019 exhibition in Doheny Library.


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Jefferson University Cannabis Innovation Competition Accepting Submissions
By Aaron G. Biros
The 2018 JAZ Tank Challenge: Cannavation is the first of its kind in academia and will be accepting submissions through August 20th.
Thomas Jefferson University's Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp announced recently that it is co-sponsoring the third annual JAZ Tank Challenge: CannaVATION Edition.
Jefferson Innovation's 2018 JAZ Tank Challenge: CannaVATION Edition is currently accepting submissions of innovative business models for a chance to compete on October 3, where finalists will each present their business ideas in a 10-minute pitch. Winning submissions could get one free provisional or utility patent application and business and clinical consulting services. The competition will be accepting submissions through August 20, 2018.
Finalists will compete for a $10,000 grand prize, legal support and business consultation services. According to the announcement, in addition to the grand prize winner, up to two other teams could win $5,000 in financial support, one free provisional or utility patent application and consulting services as well.
Zoe McKinley, director of entrepreneurship and social impact initiative at the Lambert Center
According to Zoe McKinley, director of entrepreneurship and social impact initiative at the Lambert Center, the competition is designed to have a national focus, not just on the Pennsylvania cannabis industry. "We are excited to shine a spotlight on Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson University specifically, as a hub for research in medical cannabis, but like the competition, the Lambert Center has a national and even international focus," says McKinley. She says this is also the first year that the JAZ tank is exclusively focused on cannabis.
Jefferson's Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Rose Ritts, notes "the competition is about creating a platform for emerging concepts to get a toe-hold on the path to potential commercialization. Anything that will improve patient access or outcomes …or improve the industrial hemp market in the U.S. is definitely of interest," says Ritts. "We welcome companies to jump into the Challenge, and we also welcome investors or anyone thinking about getting into this space to be in the audience for our event on October 3."
Dr. Rose Ritts, Jefferson's Chief Innovation Officer
The challenge is an annual healthcare startup competition, where new businesses with particularly innovative ideas and technology solutions for the legal cannabis space submit their business models to a panel of judges for review. "This event will bring together the most inventive minds to pitch their solutions to stakeholder problems in the still-emerging medical and medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp industries," reads the announcement. The Lambert Center is seeking applicants in a wide variety of business areas, including patient access, product design, plant science, information management, horticultural technology, sustainability, transportation, security, workforce training, community outreach, banking and public education.
Lambert Center Director Charles Pollack, MD sees the massive growth potential of the legal cannabis industry. "At our Center we are dedicated to identifying new approaches to developing cannabinoid-based therapies that help patients with various debilitating symptoms and diseases," says Pollack. "Our JAZ Tank Challenge may identify the next great idea in medicinal cannabis."
Through the Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp, Jefferson is the first major university in the US to provide a comprehensive academic resource for the medicinal, medical and industrial applications and business of cannabis and hemp. The Lambert Center, the first of its kind in academia, provides "expert-developed, unbiased information to clinicians and patients about medical cannabis and cannabinoid-based therapies," according to their website. They want to "support the development of entrepreneurial and socially responsible business and clinical approaches within the emerging medical cannabis industry and explore and develop new ways to use hemp in medical, industrial, and consumer products," reads the website.
McKinley mentions they are looking for creative approaches to solving problems in the medical cannabis and industrial hemp industry. "These could be anything from new products or supply chain innovations to patient support tools to energy management systems that lower the environmental impact of grow facilities," says McKinley. "We are hoping to see companies that have already launched, or are ready to very quickly." The third annual JAZ Tank Challenge: CannaVATION Edition is accepting submissions through August 20. Click here for more information.
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Day-by-day breakdown of highlights along RAGBRAI XLI
Posted on March 15, 2013 by IowaBicycle
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By Register reporters Michael Morain and Todd Erzen
Plane and trains on Day 1. The capital city on Day 3. America's "most unusual town" on Day 6. This summer's RAGBRAI will roll south through the state, from Council Bluffs to the tire dip in Fort Madison, giving the hordes of riders a host of new towns to explore.
DAY 1: Council Bluffs to Harlan
Council Bluffs marks the site of this year's traditional Missouri River tire dip/RAGBRAI launch. But that isn't the only tradition worth partaking in before heading east.
You will probably wish you have wings at some point during your journey, so visit the Great Plains Wing Air Force Commemorative Museum for inspiration. It includes three World War II-era airplanes and roughly 2,000 other military artifacts. The facility is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
That takes care of the planes. Now for the trains. A 56-foot- tall golden concrete spike sits at the intersection of South 21st Street and Ninth Avenue to mark the 1939 premiere of the film "Union Pacific." The RailsWest (www.historicalsociety.org/depot) and the Union Pacific (www.uprrmuseum.org) railroad museums are other chugga-chugga choo-choo highlights.
Underwood city clerk Kelly Groskurth has fond memories of how her community helped riders fuel up when they last pedaled through town four years ago. The firefighters will make pancakes, and she's hoping the Lutheran church spoons out egg casserole again, and the Optimists "always serve up something good."
Overnight No. 1 will center around Harlan's historic town square, said city manager Terry Cox, who is helping host the fifth RAGBRAI of his 36-year career.
"RAGBRAI is a lot of work, but the community has fun with it," Cox said. "We don't have a big ball of twine or anything. We just want to treat our guests like they're at home."
DAY 2: Harlan to Perry
Day two gets serious right off the bat with the 2013 version of the Karras loop, inspired by one of RAGBRAI's founders and intended to make one day of the event stretch more than 100 miles. Choosing that option means a trip through the Danish villages of Elk Horn and Kimballton and taking in the windmill brought to the area from Denmark in 1948, as well as the accompanying Danish import shop — the largest of its kind in the entire United States. Also, Iowa's No. 1-ranked tenderloin busts guts at Larsen's Pub.
Moving on to Guthrie Center, where city clerk Laura Imerman said she imagines there will be the same beer garden as back in 2006 because of the "positive response" it got. A successful beer garden on RAGBRAI? You don't say.
Perry checks in as the place to lay your head at this day's end. If you want to book one of 40 themed rooms at the 100-year-old Hotel Pattee, better do it now. Call 515-465-3511. Worth a look just across the street at the Carnegie Library will be a historical celebration of one of Iowa's other premier bicycling events: the February Bike Ride to Rippey, aka the 36-year-old "BRR" ride.
For a bit more cosmopolitan taste, take a gander at Albert Paley's interpretation of Perry history via metal sculpture.
Made of farm equipment, mining tools, railroad items and used pieces of metal donated by local residents, the silver Reconfiguration Arches were welded together into four 16,000-pound pieces, complemented by a poem written by Ted Kooser, a former United States Poet Laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress and Pulitzer Prize winner.
DAY 3: Perry to Des Moines
Day 3 cycles through Dallas Center. RAGBRAI co-chair Jody Holmes said there are a lot of unknowns at this point about how her town will pull out the welcome wagon, but one thing's certain: The bar is set high.
"We're busy talking about the kind of impression we want to leave with the riders," Holmes said. "We have a strong history of putting on family-fun celebrations in our community."
Next, park your bikes at the baseball oasis of Van Meter, the birthplace of Hall of Famer Bob Feller and home to the museum built to honor him in 1995. Feller, who died in 2010 at the age of 92, spent 18 seasons with the Cleveland Indians after signing with them at the age of 17. He won 266 games, had a lifetime ERA of 3.25, threw three no-hitters and had 44 career shutouts.
Then it's on to Iowa's capital city for the first time in more than a decade and a half. Riders will first get a tour of West Des Moines before Railroad Ave., S.W. 63rd Street, Park Avenue and George Flagg Parkway steer them to the campsite at Waterworks Park. As for the route out of town the next morning, assistant to the city manager Kandi Reindl said little is known yet except that Vandalia Road will somehow be involved.
Shuttles will be available from Waterworks to downtown locations such as Brenton Skating Plaza and wherever the yet-to-be-determined band will be playing.
"We're the largest city, so we hope to have the largest crowd and the best band," Reindl said. "RAGBRAI hasn't been here for 16 years and a lot has changed since then. I think a lot of people are going to want to come downtown to experience this."
DAY 4: Des Moines to Knoxville
Depending on how early riders roll out of Des Moines, they can stop in Runnells for mimosas at the Rosey Acres Winery or something a little stronger at the town's two bars. The winery's tasting room is an 1890 bank, where co-owners Tom and Karen Diltz pour samples of Iowa-grown Paradise Mist (which goes in the mimosas), Rising Sun and a deceptively named red called Attitude.
"It's sweet but not overly sweet, with some blueberry flavor on the front and a sweet grape finish and notes of cherry," Tom Diltz said. "The name just popped into our heads one day when we were messing around."
A roadblock might slow things down in Monroe, where a line will probably stretch for miles outside the Jersey Freeze. The stand's soft-serve ice cream has a loyal following, including the folks at Thelma's Treats, who pack the ice cream into the snickerdoodle and chocolate-chip cookie sandwiches sold throughout central Iowa.
The ride into Knoxville isn't hilly, exactly. But it's definitely "bluffy," according to Dylan Morse and Larissa Van Donselaar. They're two of the local committee chairs who will help Knoxville prepare for RAGBRAI in between the Lake Red Rock Balloon Fest (July 12-14), Marion County Fair (July 12-18) and Knoxville Sprint Car Nationals (Aug. 7-10).
They talked up the town square, where bikers can gobble up barbecue, wash it down with local beer from the Peace Tree Brewing Co., and hitch a shuttle to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum.
For something quieter, stop by the historic home of Dixie Gebhardt, who designed Iowa's state flag.
Day 5: Knoxville to Oskaloosa
Before he became a soldier, buffalo hunter, bouncer, miner, boxing referee and sharpshooter, Wyatt Earp was just one of the neighborhood kids in Pella. His boyhood home is part of the Pella Historical Village near the town square.
The town's famous Dutch tulips will be long gone by July, but its other Dutch goodies are available year-round. Bikers can munch on Dutch letters from the Jaarsma Bakery, Gouda cheese and Pella bologna from Ulrich's Meat Market, and crispy-gooey caramel-filled stroopwafels, made fresh on waffle irons at curbside stands. Stick around to see the clockwork figurines mark the hour in the Klokkenspel, and then hit the road.
Bussey's claim to fame is a two-story mural that local artist Todd Spaur completed last year to thank the town for helping him recover from a near-fatal car accident. He was featured last summer on the "Today" show, and in a Des Moines Sunday Register feature, and he'll be on site to greet RAGBRAI riders as they roll by.
The sound of the Oskaloosa city band will welcome visitors to town, just like it has for more than a century. The paid musicians are carrying on a local tradition that started in the 1860s and never stopped. Their "new" bandstand was built in 1912.
Bookworms can visit the well-stocked Book Vault shop in a former bank. Real worms can make themselves useful on fishing hooks in nearby Lake Keomah. And history buffs can pay their respects to Becky and Jennie, the mule pair that rest in peace at the Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum. They pulled cannons during the Civil War before returning to the 1844 Nelson homestead, where they died years later at the ripe old ages of 34 and 42.
"They're each buried with their head lying on a satin pillow," said Kelly Halbert, the museum's administrator and curator. She plans to display a collection of old bikes, including an early chainless model, along with the museum's permanent showcase of antique farming equipment.
Day 6: Oskaloosa to Fairfield
The road out of "Osky" winds through some of the smaller towns on this year's route, starting with unincorporated Cedar and then on to Fremont (pop. 743), Hedrick (764), Martinsburg (112) and Packwood (204). Bikers won't spot many shopping malls or skyscrapers, but they can count on the essentials: decent food, cold drinks and a grassy patch to stretch out on and nap. Billy Ray's Smokehouse & Grill in Fremont is the place to go for a good burger or pork tenderloin, said Jill Schmidt, who works at the local elementary school.
Over in Hedrick, visitors can swing by the veterans' museum to see uniforms and other military memorabilia dating back to World War I.
Then there's Fairfield, the Jefferson County seat that Oprah Winfrey called "America's most unusual town" recently. Over the past decade or so, both the Maharishi School of Management and the neighboring community of Maharishi Vedic City — named for an Indian guru — have drawn thousands of folks to the area to practice transcendental meditation and sustainable living.
Fairfield is a mix of small-town Iowa and the world. There are more restaurants per capita than San Francisco, and at last count, they represented cuisines from more than 10 different cultures.
The local arts group that organizes the popular monthly First Friday Art Walks, will kick it into high gear with a summer-long installation called "Wheels, Gears & Pedals." Look for bike-themed sculptures in two dozen sites on Main Street and the town square.
Day 7: Fairfield to Fort Madison
The final dash toward the Mississippi rolls through the three Bs — Birmingham, Bentonsport and Bonaparte — with stops in Keosauqua and West Point along the way.
Riders can see the 19 mounds where woodland Indians buried their dead in a patch of land that overlooks the Des Moines River in what is now Lacey-Keosauqua State Park. The park was originally named Big Bend, for the curve in the river, but was renamed to honor the Iowa congressman John Lacey, who campaigned for conservation decades before Teddy Roosevelt took up the charge. ("Keosauqua" is a Native American term for a snowy or slushy stream.)
Bonaparte, like its namesake, is small but mighty. The riverfront district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and locals have preserved many of the old red-brick buildings. The Meek Pants Factory is now a B&B. The old grist mill is now Bonaparte Retreat, a restaurant that could feed a French army.
Save room for some sweet corn in West Point, which hosts one of the state's largest sweet corn festivals every August. Last year volunteers shucked 17 tons of the stuff at Shuckfest, a party in its own right on the day before the official to-do.
The 406-mile ride ends in Fort Madison, where bikers can dip their tires at "one of the most beautiful and accessible riverfronts in Iowa," Fort Madison Chamber coordinator Sarah Cantrell said.
Afterward, bikers can pedal their wet tires over to the city's namesake fort, a replica of the original 1809 building. The museum nearby tells the story of the city's history on the river and the railroad, which still carries more than 100 trains through town each day.
Visitors can eat at the Wild Whisk Bistro (featured in Midwest Living) and the Ivy Bake Shoppe (featured in Time). They can play the Midwest's only 36-hole disc golf course, gawk at giant wind-turbine blades produced at the Siemens factory, or just hang out at the party on the riverfront.
"I'm like a kid at Christmas," Cantrell said. "I can't wait."
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June is National Indigenous History Month, a time for all Canadians to reflect upon and learn the history, sacrifices, cultures, contributions and strength of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
LKDSB will be recognizing June 21 as National Indigenous Peoples Day. On this day and throughout the year, we honour the history, heritage and diversity of Indigenous peoples in Canada. LKDSB is committed to working with and alongside local Indigenous communities to promote learning and understanding of Indigenous rights, histories, knowledge, culture and perspectives. Staff, students and families are encouraged to learn more about the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
LKDSB continues to work in partnership with Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiit (Delaware Nation), Kettle and Stony Point First Nation and Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) First Nation to support student success and well-being. Learn more about Indigenous Education at LKDSB.
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Fangirl's Guide to Andy Samberg
Kendra Beltran
When you fall in love, you start to overlook the horrible things your partner does. Hands up if you believe this — okay, so a few of you admit it, that's good. Well, when it comes to Andy Samberg, there is quite a bit to turn the other cheek about. His choice in movies hasn't always been the best and his dopey smile is one only a mother and a devoted fangirl can love, but when it all boils down his good outweighs his bad so all is forgiven. Well, at least for the sake of this piece.
Name: David A. J. Samberg
Place of Birth: Berkeley, CA
Twitter: @thelonelyisland
It's hard to imagine a world in which that goofy grin wasn't a part of our everyday lives. However, there was such a time but then he started doing small things here and there until he hit the jackpot and joined Saturday Night Live in 2005. During that time he perfected his Nicolas Cage impression, made girls swoon as one of the youngest on the cast and, of course, made the show go viral thanks to his digital shorts. From "Lazy Sunday" to "Dick in a Box," Samberg and the rest of The Lonely Island helped the then 30-year-old show get with the times and become a YouTube sensation. Like all greats from SNL, he left the show to do movies. Some became cult favorites like Hot Rod, some he merely stole the show like in What's Your Number, and then there are ones like That's My Boy — the ones you try really, really hard to forget. Movies were treating him so-so and in 2013 he jumped back on TV, headed to FOX, and managed to score a Golden Globe for his role on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Now he's gearing up for the release of Hotel Transylvania 2 and preparing to host the Emmys next month.
5 Quick Andy Samberg Facts
Samberg was born to a teacher and photographer.
He's not only a gifted actor, but a musician as well. He's been nominated for a Grammy, ya'll. Yup, "I'm on a Boat" got a nod in 2010.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is shot in the same studio Spin City was. The thing about that is Samberg worked as a PA on the Michael J. Fox show back in the day.
Jimmy Fallon is actually the one who got Samberg and his Lonely Island buds their auditions at Saturday Night Live.
Will Ferrell was actually supposed to be the lead in Hot Rod.
Reasons You Love Andy Samberg
There's rarely a person into Andy who didn't fall in love with him when he was on Saturday Night Live. That's where the infatuation with him started for everyone but then it was about how far everyone decided to take it. Whether it just stayed on the small screen or you dove into the movies, we're talking about you right now.
So I'm not sure how old you were in 2005, but Andy was popping up in these pre-recorded bits and you thought, "Who is this boy with mop hair that now owns my heart?" You did a quick Google search and that was it. Andy Samberg. That was the name of the man you swore would be your husband one day. You started to tune in to SNL more religiously than usual. Your friends started to worry that you never wanted to go out on Saturday night anymore but you assured them you were fine, you were hanging with your man. When they found out it was an actor on a show, their reaction was half relief and half — well, still worried. Nevertheless, to this day you could deliver any and every line he said during his eight years on the show.
Of course, The Lonely Island love wasn't far behind and you even went back in time and found their stuff before they went viral thanks to the show. That's how hardcore the obsession got. Some may say it's weird you fancy yourself a rap fan because you can spit Lonely Island rhymes so well.
Anyways, there's no denying his time on SNL is why everyone should love Samberg, but his movies? That's debatable to most, but not to you. While some turn their noses up towards Hot Rod and That's My Boy, you bust a gut. To you they are up there with the greats like Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. It's not outlandish to say that, you swear!
You can't lie though, you were happy to see him back on your TV every week with Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Yes, it was hard to understand that he would be playing the same character every week and that it wouldn't be on a Saturday but a Sunday, but you got used to it and now love him as Jake as much as you did as any of the countless characters on SNL.
The bottom line is that you're the type that loves to laugh be it from a well scripted punchline or a silly smile. That's why it's no surprise that you've been in love with Andy Samberg from the get go and why you'll love him for the rest of your days.
Reasons I Love Andy Samberg
Am I one of the five people who loves Celeste & Jesse Forever? Okay, I get it — comedies about couples aren't that cool, but I swear this one isn't like the rest, man. That's not why Andy Samberg is on my radar. And while he was hilarious in The To Do List, that's not why either. I'm all about Jake Peralta on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
I'll admit — I thought that show was going to be the stupidest thing FOX has done since Traffic Light. I thought, it has maybe three episodes and then it's going to get cancelled. Within five minutes, I knew I was so wrong. It was one of the best things that channel has done in a long time that didn't involve Zooey Deschanel or Mindy Kaling. Luckily it and Samberg won those Golden Globes, so it was hard for the network heads to just go and cancel it because that's what FOX likes to do.
I love the show as a whole and Andy just happens to be a part of an amazing ensemble that works well together. It's a well oiled machine, that Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and that's why I'll always have a soft spot for that dude.
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Kendra lives somewhere in between reality and believing she'll marry Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. After two years of stress thanks to a job she grew to hate, she left and focused 90% of her attention on the one thing that had been her right hand man since she was 13: writing. Currently she writes often for Fandomania, Roni Reports, MTV Geek, and her own music blog, Golden Mixtape.
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Calico – $11.99 @ Nintendo eShop
What Remains of Edith Finch – $5.99 @ Nintendo eShop
Final Fantasy IX – $10.49 @ Nintendo eShop
One of my friends reminded me about Calico on Facebook, and I immediately went to check it out/buy it. The graphics are…a bit rough, and the controls are a little weird, but who gives a fuck YOU GET TO PET ALL THE ANIMALS.
I've seen What Remains of Edith Finch (it's actually how I found about about The King in Yellow from a book on the grandmother's shelf), but it was hard to turn down a copy for such a low price. Plus I do like to both play and watch a game before I review it, and I've seen both it and some of the analyses of the same. With those in mind, I want to go through it again. Plus, it's just an excellent game.
Snagging FFIX for the Switch has always been a planned move, and it was half off for year end so I just went with it.
Title: Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
Date Started: 9/7/20
Still haven't picked this up, but I might tonight. I've been thinking about it, and I definitely still want to finish it.
Games Alive: 1980-2017
April 22, 2018 April 22, 2018 / The Shameful Narcissist / 15 Comments
The Well-Red Mage asks: "What's your favorite game every year you've been alive?" I'm one of the last to answer, because I'm always late to these types of parties. I've seen plenty of "Favorite Game" posts, but never one quite like this, and it was both challenging and enjoying to put together over the last two months. I'm one of the oldest people to respond, meaning I have quite a lot of years to go through, so without further ado…
1980 – Pac-Man
This one was more difficult than I'd like to admit, but there weren't too many games I could draw from at this point in time, which led me to this classic among classics. I wasn't very good at this game, but if you stick your finger in your ear and wiggle it around, I think you'll hear something familiar 😀
1981 – Donkey Kong
Back when Mario was merely Jump Man and Pauline was a kidnapping victim, long before she was the mayor of New Donk City, there was this arcade classic. I was better at this than Pac-Man; I've always been better at platforming than avoiding random enemies.
Final Fantasy Friday: Creepy Caverns
October 27, 2017 / The Shameful Narcissist / 13 Comments
Hat trick of creep this week. Bonus: it rhymes, too! Also reminder that this will be the last Final Fantasy Friday post until December. I'm going to make an official announcement post about what's going to be suspended throughout November, but I figured a reminder in the final one isn't a bad notion either.
I'm currently recovering from anesthesia. No, I didn't get bionic limbs (though I did ask for them), just something weird but simple that required your favorite Narcissist to be knocked out. Never fear, I woke up even more beautiful and amazing than ever, and when I returned home, there were offerings to my greatness at my door. The peasants do love me ♥
I usually try to tie the week's question with something going on, and I suppose waking up from brief, medically induced unconsciousness could be considered coming out of a dark cave so….
Final Fantasy Friday: The Key of Creep
In case you haven't noticed, I am doing a sort of Halloween themed question series for the month of October, and quite a few motifs in Final Fantasy lend themselves to the frightening. Per that vein we're going to explicitly talk about musical motifs in asking…
What is the spookiest music?
Let me attempt to find the creepiest song in my most well known games.
Opening with Final Fantasy IV, I think "Golbez Clad in Dark" is a really safe bet. I mean, it has both the villain's name and dark in the title!
It goes along with the "Tower of Zot" music, too. I have to give mention to some of the moon music: "Another Moon" and "The Lunarians." Anything (literally) otherworldly is a good bet for insta-eerie
For Final Fantasy VI I think it's definitely the "Fanatics Tower." Discordant harmonies and regimented drumbeats are always good for a scare.
I'll throw in "Omen" as an honorable mention, though it's not particularly scary to me, it still follows a "horror" pattern. Plus it sounds like gothic church music, which is also what I say about parts of "Dancing Mad," making a nice musical bookend in VI to go along with VII's visual and musical one.
Final Fantasy Friday: Character Crush
August 4, 2017 / The Shameful Narcissist / 37 Comments
One of the best things about being a fangirl or fanboy (though they apparently have nuanced differences beyond suspected gender, which I'll explain momentarily) is our ability to crush on anyone (and sometimes anything). Hell, the term "fangirl" is now a verb meaning (among other things) to flail wildly, crush, and/or obsess over a character, and this is one of the areas the two terms have slight differences.
While fanboy and fangirl should only denote the gender that the particular person identifies as, their meanings go a bit beyond. Fanboys are usually the ones who nitpick, weed out, and formulate theories about their favorite works and characters. They argue over what's canon, what's head canon, what's non-canonical, and what's just plain crackpottery/tinfoil. Fangirls stereotypically freak out and flail over their crushes, write fanfiction, swoon over pictures, and create and disseminate gifs and fore mentioned pictures. Both fanboys and fangirls cosplay, and fanboys seem to be more connected with fanart as fangirls are connected to fanfiction (this could also be why fanart is held in higher regard than fanfiction, something I continually critique and that you can read more about here).
By these definitions, I am both a fanboy and a fangirl. The difference is pretty sexist if you ask me, where fanboys are implied to be more interested in the narrative, characters, and foundation whereas fangirls are portrayed as more vapid and insipid. This is sadly common where things girls and even women like are viewed as less valuable (e.g. fanfiction, romance novels, boy bands, etc.), and they're often mocked for it. If they try to be more "fanboyish," they're accused of being "fake geek girls," *rolls eyes* and the accusers will then force them to prove their devotion in ways that would never be demanded if they were male.
So…I got a little bit ranty and venty.
Enough venty to hold all the coffee
My point was being a fan of any type usually means you have at least one crush, and Final Fantasy plays host to so many beautiful people, you have the crème de la crème from which to choose.
Final Fantasy Friday: The Final Act
July 14, 2017 March 9, 2018 / The Shameful Narcissist / 33 Comments
Even the most epic stories must eventually come to an end. Even The Neverending Story had a final page, and I suspect even the freemium Brave Exvius will eventually come to a halt. Stories rely on their endings for resonance. You can't truly talk about them until you know where they end up and how all of those threads draw together. So with that in mind…
What is your favorite Final Fantasy ending?
A story doesn't have to have a happy ending in order to be satisfactory. In fact sometimes a happy ending is woefully misplaced. The ending should fit the narrative.
In light of that, this is a really .hard question for me to answer lol. FFVI was the first Final Fantasy ending I ever saw, and I absolutely loved it. It was so joyful, so full of hope, and I remembered being inspired by it for days afterwards. It perfectly exemplified and framed the theme of hope in the game and could very well be the reason my favorite stories are the kinds that are dark and sorrowful with a joyous conclusion. This bleeds into writing, as well. Oh, I'll make my characters (often literally) crawl through hell before they can bask in the light. They have to earn their happy ending.
30 Day Video Game Challenge: Day 19
June 19, 2017 June 20, 2017 / The Shameful Narcissist / 16 Comments
<–Day 18 Day–20–>
Day 19: Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Lord Blumiere and Lady Timpani by Triple-Q
This is the final scene from Super Paper Mario. I'd never leave that hill…but if I had to have a city to go back to I'd choose…
…the Lindblum Theatre District. I like the arts, but if I was feeling more in the need of technological advancement, I'd have to go with…
Mass Effect 2 Citadel by Artfall
…the Citadel from Mass Effect. Yes, I'm aware some really bad things happen there (hell, bad things happen everywhere), but I've had ideas for a vast, technologically advanced city of the future for a long time, and the Citadel is literally a gigantic metropolis in space.
Where would you reside in video game land?
June 5, 2017 June 6, 2017 / The Shameful Narcissist / 21 Comments
Day 5: Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)
I've answered this question before in my Final Fantasy Friday: To Thine Own Self Be True post. It sums it up better than I could ever repeat.
Let's discuss. You can comment on this post or the FFF one. Doesn't matter to me 🙂
Final Fantasy Friday: A Grand Introduction
May 26, 2017 May 26, 2017 / The Shameful Narcissist / 38 Comments
A Final Fantasy (et al) post to welcome you to the glory of Friday (if you don't have weekends off then may this hopefully brighten the midst of your work week) with more located here!
Last week I substituted a review for my typical post, which I'll probably opt to do every now and then when I have a review prepared. Now we're back with a typical question and discussion, and this one was garnered from the extensive discussion on my Un-Final Fantasy post. I'm sorry I don't remember who mentioned it, but if you're reading this, let me know in the comments so I can give credit where it's due!
Which Final Fantasy would you recommend to a series newcomer?
I'd want them to start with either Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy VI like I did with the latter. Now that I've played IV, which I like a little bit better, I'd want them to start with that one since it's earlier and the first Final Fantasy with a cohesive story, deep plot, and well developed characters. Final Fantasy VI has a simpler, more straightforward story line, but it's a huge fan favorite and manages to have enough plot for all 14 possible characters. This might also be a good reason to start a newbie there. Some people argue that VI exemplifies the series, but I'd have to disagree a little bit since VI has a simpler plot than the rest with a more blatant and straightforwardly evil villain whereas other games go into more depth with motivation and background. VI did set an example for the JRPG world, and there would be numerous attempts to duplicate the magic it created.
Final Fantasy Friday: A Cid in Every Sequel
May 5, 2017 March 9, 2018 / The Shameful Narcissist / 33 Comments
Final Fantasy has quite a few universal themes running throughout the series, and it pretty plainly has character archetypes (I'll have more to say on that in later essays), but it also has a recurring character who's first appearance was in Final Fantasy II, though per the FF Wiki he was retconned to be in the original. I'm talking about non other than the ubiquitous Cid.
Who is your favorite Cid?
My Cid.
Yes, I named my cat after the ubiquitous Final Fantasy character; fight me. He's my favorite real life Cid ♥
For Final Fantasy, hm, this is a tough question. I don't just want to pick Cid Highwind because he's from VII, but I do love his crusty, brusque demeanor that's hiding a true heart of gold. No one in VII is one-dimensional, and I can understand Cid using that gruff exterior to cover up how much he truly cares.
I'm a little annoyed he doesn't smoke anymore in Advent. I mean of course smoking is bad for you, but it kind of reminded me of the Solid Snake in the Metal Gear loading screens, and it was Cid's signature thing.. If I were going to pick a voice actor for Cid, it would probably be Hugh Laurie, but I don't know if I'd want him to use his typical English accent or the American one he has for House. I'm learning towards the latter though.
But…I also like Regent Cid Fabool from Final Fantasy IX. He's kind of the Edgar/Edge archetype due his philandering and position of power. I know what that sounds like, but surprisingly none of these characters are really assholes (even though I don't like Edge very much). They'd never abuse their position in order to get a woman into their bed; they'd just use their charms.
Also IX's Cid certainly gets his comeuppance when his wife Lady Hildegarde finally tires of his lecherous ways and turns him into an oglop, a little bug-like creature.
He then winds up as a frog when he tries to reverse the spell, and it takes a kiss from Lady Hilda to return him to a man again. It's a cute little side story.
Despite his adulterous ways, I liked that Cid was the first person Garnet thought to turn to when her mother's erratic behavior reached critical levels, and the princess was willing to do anything, even get herself "kidnapped" in order to reach Lindblum. The fact that Garnet was willing to risk all said a lot for how much she trusted her uncle. He was also integral to Zidane and company's quest, and like most Cids, was mechanically minded and able to *spoiler* adapt to a world without Mist, their primary energy source. Like VII, IX had the "runs on souls" paradigm, and *end spoiler* craft airships despite this.
Who's your favorite Cid? Let's discuss in the comments!


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Main Entry : Hou-Feng Li
Title & Author : Phylogeography, interspecific competition, and control of Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in TaiwanHou-Feng Li
College : University of Florida
Abstract : Tokuichi Shiraki and Masamitsu Oshima were the first entomologists who studied termites in Taiwan in the early 1900s.The identification of Coptotermes species in Taiwan and southern Japan was a controversial issue that involved several Japanese entomologists as well as European authorities of termite taxonomy. The key point of the debate was whether the common termite pest species in Taiwan was a new species, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, or C. gestroi (Wasmann) of southeast Asia. Recent evidence indicated that both species existed in Taiwan at the time. Coptotermes formosanus was found to be distributed throughout the island whereas C. gestroi was limited to the south. I speculated that entomologists involved the debate in the early 1900s had collected or obtained Coptotermes samples from different localities of Taiwan and Japan. These collections might include either one of the two species or both species; hence, each researcher drew different conclusions. By analyzing partial mitochondrial sequences of COII, 12S rRNA, and 16S rRNA, I found that most Taiwanese C. formosanus populations were closely related to Japanese and some Chinese populations, and that Taiwanese C. gestroi populations were most closely related to those from the Philippines and Hawaii rather than populations from Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The intraspecific variation of C. formosanus was 0.7-0.8% for three genes among seven Taiwanese populations whereas all Taiwanese C. gestroi populations had identical sequences. The results support that Taiwan may be a center of origin for C. formosanus , but it is a recent introduction site for C. gestroi . The distributions of the two species currently overlap in Taiwan, and interspecific competition is likely to occur. The results of the foraging arena bioassay supported the long-held assumption that interspecific competition is an important regulatory factor in maintaining termite colonial territories. Tunnel interception of the two species resulted in minor fights and then both species quickly buried the connected tunnel at multiple locations, which prevented further combat and heavy losses. Termite cadavers resulting from agonistic behavior are a stimulus for tunnel blocking and a deterrent for reopening these blockages. I speculate that tunnel interceptions would offer information on conditions of neighboring colonies in the field. If both neighboring colonies are active, the agonistic interactions resulting from tunnel interception would delineate the colonial boarder. If one colony is dead or weak, the healthy colony could invade the vacated territory quickly through the existing tunnel system. Of the 17 named termite species found in Taiwan, C. formosanus and C. gestroi were the most destructive and responsible for >87% of termite structural infestations. More than 75% of infested buildings were residential premises. The liquid termiticide, containing the active ingredient fipronil, accounted for [approximate]75% market share, and baiting accounted for [approximate]20% market share. The revenue of termite control industry in 2008 was estimated as [approximate]4 million USD.
Subject : Biological sciences; Coptotermes; Interspecific competition; Subterranean termites; Urban pest; Taxonomy; Taiwan; Entomology; 0353:Entomology
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Added Entry : University of Florida


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What does society look like if your consciousness can be saved to a device and installed into a new body making death theoretically impossible? While this sounds like the plot of an episode of Black Mirror, it's actually the main conceit of Altered Carbon, published in 2006 (and adapted into a series on Netflix this year). At birth, every human has a cortical stack implanted at the base of the skull that contains their consciousness. Only the destruction of the stack results in what's known as Real Death. It's in this world that we meet Takeshi Kovacs, a former elite soldier who has fallen on the wrong side of the law. Kovacs' stack has been put on ice which is what now serves as a prison sentence in the 25th century. He is brought to earth and put into a new body by Laurens Bancroft, an ultra rich business man who wants Takeshi to solve his own murder. The police have written it off as a suicide and are unwilling to put any more time and effort into investigating the "death" of a man who can never really die. The ultra-rich are able to have their consciousnesses backed up to a secure facility every day or two, so that even if their stack is destroyed, they still live. Death is no longer the great equalizer.
Takeshi's investigation takes him through all levels of society and naturally, nothing goes smoothly. There are twists and turns and sex and violence throughout this hard boiled cyberpunk detective novel. I'm not even halfway through the Netflix adaptation so I can't tell you how how true to the source material it is, but the book follows in the footsteps of cyberpunk authors like William Gibson.
"The Sky is Falling. Life is Apalling"
Reading this book was a bit of a chore. Not because N.K. Jemison's work isn't amazing, but because I checked it out as an ebook from my library, not realizing that I couldn't renew it if other people had it on hold and it would be automatically returned before I could finish it. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I did its predecessor, The Fifth Season, but it is still an intense read that gives us a deeper understanding of Essun, the main protagonist along with her allies in the underground city of Castrima. It also adds the point of view of Nassun, Essun's daughter who it was believed was lost or killed in the Season that started at the beginning of the first book.
The action does slow quite a bit in this second installment of The Broken Earth trilogy. Essun spends the entire book learning to navigate her new surroundings in the city of Castrima, which is unique not only in the fact that it exists underground using ancient technology but because it contains Orogenes and Stills (non-Orogenes) living side by side in relative peace. She also must deal with her former lover Alabaster, who was revealed to be alive at the end of the previous book. Nassun's story fills us in on where she was at the start of The Fifth Season and catches us up until both mother and daughters stories are on the same timeline. We see her come upon her father, Jija, after he has just beaten her younger brother to death after discovering that he is an Orogene. Much of the emotional impact that was contained in the first book is to be found in Nassun's chapters. Though we understand her motivations, it is frustrating to watch this young girl try to maintain her father's extremely conditional love. She also unwittingly allies herself with an old nemesis of her mother's.
Though it may not have the action of the first book, we learn so much more about the characters who inhabit the world of The Broken Earth trilogy and see the setup for what promises to be a stunning finish in The Stone Sky.
And the worms ate into his brain
I would have liked to read this book over a day or two without interruption so that I could immerse myself in it. Reading it in fits and starts while I was on hold at work (I have the Kindle app downloaded to my desktop) and before bed it at night really didn't allow me to feel the growing feeling of unease and dissociation that Margaret Atwood's book conveys. Though I wouldn't call it my favorite work by Ms. Atwood (Cat's Eye wins that hands down), it's a thought provoking short novel.
Surfacing follows a nameless protagonist as she returns to her childhood home on an isolated island in Quebec after the mysterious disappearance of her father. Though very little as far as action happens in the novel, the woman's experience of suddenly being immersed in a a past that she fled from slowly drives her into delusion and madness. Many of the themes, such as not fitting in with your childhood world or your current one and the societal expectations put on women, I found very relatable. I must confess that running theme of Canadian independence was beyond me.
Surfacing is one woman's story of leaving home because she did not fit in, only to find the new life that she's constructed is equally foreign to her. She confesses that she does not love Joe, the man she lives with, and that her career is something she fell into. Though most of us aren't driven mad by alienation, most of us can relate to it.


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Last school year, I tried to implement more full curriculum into our homeschool. I figured since my daughters are getting older than maybe my approach to teaching them should change. I've heard many times in the homeschool community that as the kids get older parent-teachers start to feel pressure to change up their homeschooling approach. I didn't think I would be that parent, but I was. After struggling with the unnecessary changes in our language arts for most of last school year and part of this school year, I decided to go back to what works for our homeschool which is working through resources that focus on specific grammar skills versus combining all the areas of English in one text.
This year my eighth grade daughter is using Daily Reading Comprehension and Daily 6-Trait Writing along with one other grammar resource and participating in a book club with other girls who homeschool for her English course.
Daily 6-Trait Writing is a twenty-five week five day writing program that covers ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, and voice. The units include five weeks of lessons that cover different aspects of the main topic. For example, the unit "sentence fluency" covers rhythm, structure and length, poetry, quotations, and writing a smooth paragraph. The weekly lessons are consist of a daily activity in the form of a worksheet for days one to four with a writing assignment on day five.
As a parent-teacher, I appreciate the rubric that is included in the writing program for evaluating the week five writing assignment. Since week five is the last week of lessons for each specific topic, there is a expectation of progress from week one to week five. The rubric allows be to grade without bias based on what my daughter has done, and what Evan-Moor's curriculum expects to accomplish.
Daily Reading Comprehension is a thirty week reading program that covers a variety of comprehension strategies including monitoring comprehension, making connections, visualizing, organizing, determining important information, and asking questions. The program also covers comprehension skills such as making inferences, cause and effect, compare and contrast, predicting, and author's purpose. The first six weeks of lessons focus on strategies, and the last 24 weeks focus on both strategies and skills. Each weekly lesson consists of five passages and questions related to the passage.
Using the "Daily" programs from Evan-Moor helps us stay on track with continually building English Language Arts skills. My daughter is a great English student and does really well when it comes to most assignments English related, but with all things there's always room to learn more even in areas that are going well. I like that the "Daily" books highlight areas that I have not taught her explicitly. For us, these English grammar products aren't teacher heavy which allows her to work independently. We do discuss the objective for the lessons, but she truly has freedom in doing the work without being held up by me unlike some of the other curricula we've tried to use. I've also found throughout our homeschool journey that short, straight forward lessons have a lasting impact versus heavy lessons.
If you're looking for a way to include more ELA in your homeschool without the use of a cumbersome curriculum, consider including some of the Evan-Moor resources in your homeschool arsenal. It can make a world of difference especially if you are often feeling behind or if your child isn't a fan of writing tons to prove he or she understands the concept.


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February 5, 2020 RadATL Podcasts & Interviews
Atlanta Music News: Soul Food Cypher turns 8 + new music from Upchuck, Arbor Labor Union, DKA, and more in the February issue of CL
THE CREW: Soul Food Cypher is calling on 100 emcees to join their ranks. Photo courtesy Soul Food Cypher
Since 2012, Soul Food Cypher has convened on the fourth Sunday of each month to showcase the positive and constructive role that rap music can play in shaping daily life. By concentrating on expanding consciousness through the craft and ingenuity of freestyle rap and spoken language, SFC builds structure by facilitating regular cyphers (a group of freestyle rappers rhyming in a cyclical motion, following each other's lead) that foster creativity and a sense of camaraderie within the city's underground hip-hop scene.
"Our aim is to provide Atlanta's lyricist community with a safe and nurturing environment where their voices and artistry can grow," says SFC's executive director Alexander Acosta. "We look to solidify the art of freestyling as a genuine aesthetic to the wider artistic community and carry this rich tradition to the next generation." Continue reading at Creative Loafing.
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Investigation at Air Force Academy
DAN ELLIOTT | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — The military is investigating allegations that two senior officials at the Air Force Academy provided misleading information about faculty credentials to an organization that accredits colleges and universities, The Associated Press has learned.
A document obtained by the AP says the Air Force inspector general ordered a formal investigation into complaints that the academy's dean and vice dean of faculty gave incorrect information to the Higher Education Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
The document says the vice dean was accused of making ''a false official statement'' and the dean was accused of ''inaccurately portraying'' faculty credentials. It does not say whether they are accused of doing so deliberately.
The Higher Education Commission, which reviews the quality of education at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities, said in an email Tuesday to the AP it ''is aware of the inspector general's investigation at the United States Air Force Academy.''
Spokesman John Hausaman declined to provide any other details.
Maj. Joel Harper, an Air Force spokesman at the Pentagon, and 1st Lt. Meredith M. Kirchoff, a spokeswoman at the academy in Colorado Springs, declined to confirm or deny an investigation.
Kirchoff said the dean and vice dean of faculty would not comment.
The investigation was disclosed in a Sept. 7 letter from Air Force Col. John R. Taylor, director of senior official inquiries with the Air Force inspector general.
It does not identify the dean and vice dean by name. Brig. Gen. Dana Born has been dean of faculty since October 2004. Col. Richard Fullerton is the current vice dean. It wasn't immediately clear how long Fullerton has been in that position.


Topp Dogg has just released their music video for their comeback track "Cigarette"!
This song is an R&B track with some rap mixed into it. It was produced by member Gohn as well as singer-songwriter Deez. Actress Park Seo Yeon also signed on to be the main actress in the MV.
The song is about a boyfriend who is in love with and is addicted to his girlfriend, just like how one becomes addicted to cigarettes.
This track is a huge change from "Say It", which was almost purely a rap song and was much more… swagger-y.
This song is much more relaxing, and it really showcases Topp Dogg's vocals well. Thank God there was no auto-tuning in this song.
I'm surprised at how well most of the members can sing.
Unfortunately, in this music video, it looks like the maknaes Atom and Yano aren't present. I wonder why.
Topp Dogg's repackaged album for "Dogg's Out" will be released on December 13th!
It will feature two new tracks, including Cigarette and the Chinese version of "Say It".
It looks like Stardom Entertainment was being serious when they said that they were designing these boys to compete with EXO. They're starting their advancement into the Chinese market… though Stardom might be a little off-base, because unlike EXO who has 4 Chinese members, Topp Dogg only has one Chinese member. It'll be harder for them to break into the market.
Well, wherever Topp Dogg decides to go, we hope success follows them. Be sure to check out their music video for "Cigarette" below!


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ON Stage is both a digital and an annual print publication of ON Media. ON Stage started in 2014 as a collaborative arts season preview guide in Phoenix and Tucson that is direct mailed each September to the collective mailing list of arts partner patrons. ON Media has been the official publisher of Arizona's most revered performing and visual arts groups in Arizona for over 40 years. If you've been to a performance or exhibit at Arizona Opera, ASU Gammage, Arizona Theater Company, Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix Art Museum, The Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, or any of our 25+ arts partners, you've held an ON Media publication.
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Ever wondered how the Japanese think differently about their diet? Here are some key perspectives that can make all the difference in your approach to health.
Recently, I had the opportunity to ask a large group of foreign women living in Tokyo if they research their health information in English (or their native language), Japanese, or both. It was almost unanimous that they research health tips in English, even if they have a good understanding of Japanese.
I found this to be interesting because Japan has such a different culture around food that it seems tricky to tailor western advice to an Asian lifestyle. Reading an article from someone living in the United States while living in Japan makes me feel like I have to search for uncommon western ingredients like quinoa and kale, scout out a green juice shop that opens before breakfast hours, or figure out a way to bake foods when it's not that common in Japan to even own an oven.
So, I felt inspired to share with you some differences in the Japanese and Western diet approaches to show you a new perspective and raise your confidence in the Eastern methods.
There was a point in time when we didn't have diet science to help us explain what was nutritionally sound for our bodies. So in the East (countries like Japan, China, and India), people developed a way of looking at nature for clues on how to stay healthy, and how to rebalance ailments in the body.
The most obvious one would be to eat according to season, because the idea is that the earth offers us exactly what we need to acclimate our bodies to our climate. You'll notice in a Japanese teishoku (set meals) that while the main setup of the meal is the same throughout the year with some kind of animal or vegetarian protein, vegetables, rice, soup and pickles, that the vegetables are always interchanged as the seasons change. Other attributes would be how fast or slow foods digest in our body, whether they make us feel uplifted or relaxed, and if the foods cause our body to contract or to expand. In other words, they look at properties you can understand with your senses.
Westerners, on the other hand, like to talk in detail about the nutritional makeup of individual foods. They use language like "protein", "carbs", "calories", "vitamins", "minerals", "fiber" to talk about the best way of eating.
The pros of thinking in this way is that you can get very specific on how to make a change to your body, but the cons is that almost none of it is intuitive. You can't feel or sense with your body just how much Vitamin A you got from eating a carrot — you'd only be able to know that information if you went onto Google and typed in the amount that you had eaten to get that kind of knowledge.
So while the scientific way of looking at diets is specific and logical, and can be really beneficial for someone like an athlete who needs these specifics to improve their performance, it's not really intuitive.
Continuing on about the Japanese teishoku, you'll also notice that the Japanese eat a variety of foods. Instead of having larger quantities of two, three food items (like steak with potatoes and a side salad, in the West), they eat smaller quantities but with more varieties of foods (i.e. fish, soup, rice, pickles, green vegetables, root vegetables, and a side salad).
In Western culture, people usually try to diet by cutting out one kind of food group or highlighting another, be it limiting carbohydrates and sugar, or increasing protein. But the Japanese and many other Eastern cultures choose to have a variety of everything which helps them maintain overall health balance. When you eat a bit of everything, you're providing your body with a wide spectrum of nutritional content as well as flavor to satisfy your palate.
The Japanese are very conscious about combining foods in a way that optimizes digestion. Whenever you have oily or fried foods in Japan, you'll notice that they serve it with grated radish or cabbage as a garnish that helps the body digest fatty foods.
Other fermented food items like pickles and miso soup contain healthy bacteria that help our body digest foods from our overall meals. So even if you're having something heavy like animal products, or something refined like white rice, the bacteria from fermented food items can help with digestion.
Even if you're having western fried foods, creamy foods, or hard to digest animal proteins, aim to add in foods that ease the digestion. This includes mushrooms, burdock, radishes, leafy greens and citrus like a drizzle of lemon juice.
The most common solution to "staying hydrated" in the west is to drink more water. I often hear of people frustrated that they didn't get in their recommended eight cups of water per day, or that they would drink more if it didn't feel so uncomfortable to have that much water quantity sloshing around in your stomach.
But instead of thinking about getting hydrated solely from drinking more water, why don't we take a look at if our meals themselves are hydrating or dehydrating?
In the west, if you have a sandwich with a coffee for lunch, the bread itself is dry (because water is baked out), cold cuts have zero water content and the coffee is dehydrating. In a Japanese teishoku, however, the rice has been cooked in water, the vegetables themselves have high water content and traditional meals include hydrating soups.
Instead of trying to hydrate your body by drinking a lot of water, it's important to eat more hydrating meals in the first place.
Stemming off the previous point on hydration, you might also notice that Japanese people don't really drink a lot of water with their meals. If you go to a Japanese restaurant for lunch, you might receive a very small cup of water or tea, but in the United States for example, you're usually provided with a large glass of ice water that constantly gets refilled throughout your meal.
In Eastern health philosophies, it's believed that water can "douse" your "digestive fire." That's code for that water can make it difficult for your body to digest foods. Many studies (including in the West, too) recommend that you don't drink a lot of water with your meals because it can interrupt the digestive process by diluting your stomach acid.
So as I mentioned in the previous point, instead of adding even more water to your meal, go for hydrating foods that contain high water content like soups. Then, have your water in between your meals. The point of this isn't to say you should never have water with meals, but to help you recognize that having a little bit if you're thirsty is fine as long as you're not glugging down glasses and glasses while you're also trying to digest other foods.
So as you can see, there are some important aspects to how Japanese people eat that aids in health and digestion and goes beyond just looking at food from a scientific perspective. Eastern philosophies help us understand how to rebalance our bodies from both a mind and body perspective, using our senses, and that can give you a lot more confidence in the choices you make in your daily food life. Give it a try!
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Private Vernal W. Ross
Private Vernal W. Ross; Born 10 Apr 1901 – Salt Rock, WV; Died 14 Oct 1918 – France; Co. B, 7th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division – US Army
Vernal W. Ross
Vernal Wedsel Ross was born on April 10th, 1901, in Salt Rock, Cabell County, to Stanton and Eliza (McComas) Ross. He lived in Salt Rock and entered service on June 29th, 1917. He trained at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and was a part of Company H of the 150th Infantry Regiment (part of the West Virginia National Guard). He was assigned as a Private, serial number 1559801, to Company B of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, US Army. He was killed in action in France on October 14th, 1918. His remains were sent home from Antwerp on the USAT WHEATON on August 6th, 1921, and arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, West Hamlin, West Virginia.
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Woodard, Benjamin. In the Service of Their Country: The Story of the Soldiers from Cabell County, West Virginia, Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in the Great War. Sixth Printing. Benjamin Woodard - Lulu, 2019.
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Decision: Suspension
Keyword(s): Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Books and Records; Employer Policy Violation
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article-13.4; Article-13.1; Article 3(d); Article 3(a); 4.6; 4.3
Matter Type(s): Employer Action; FINRA Discipline; CFP Board
Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he failed to reasonably supervise his assistant, who had primary responsibility for preparing and processing applications and other account paperwork for customers. Respondent's assistant (a) altered documents relating to customer accounts, including by reusing signatures from forms that previously had been completed by customers, (b) caused the falsified forms to be maintained in the customers' files, and (c) falsified documents to expedite transactions as an accommodation to customers (the firm's compliance manual prohibited altering documents in the manners employed).
Decision: Letter of Admonition
Keyword(s): Books and Records; Conflict of Interest; Disclosure to Clients; Client's Best Interest
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(d); 4.4; 4.3; 2.2(b); 1.4; Article 3(a)
Matter Type(s): Regulatory Action; CFP Board
Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he failed to: (a) seek best execution for clients when investing them in share classes that charged 12b-1 fees despite the availability of corresponding share classes without the fees; (b) disclose in his firm's Forms ADV and advisory agreements the conflicts of interest that existed regarding his recommendations to clients of mutual funds that contained 12b-1 fees; and (c) perform required annual compliance reviews.
Keyword(s): Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Professional Discipline; Employer Policy Violation; Diligence; Court Order Violation; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; 606(b); 607; 606(a); 701; 201
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Churning; Misrepresentation; Professional Discipline; Bankruptcy; Suitability; Forgery; Employer Policy Violation; Customer Complaints; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Unauthorized Transaction; Fitness; Disclosure to Clie
Standard(s) Violated: Article 2.1; 606(a); Article 3(a); 606(b); 201; 607; 406; 102
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) was the subject of at least five customer arbitrations alleging unsuitability, unauthorized trading, misrepresentation, churning, fraud and violations of both state and federal securities laws; 2) was alleged to have falsified customer account documents; 3) was permitted to resign from his firm due to unacceptable business practices; and 4) filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
Keyword(s): Suitability; Fitness; Misuse of the Marks; Settlement; Arbitration; Customer Complaints; Professionalism
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 601; 607; 4.2; 606(a); 201
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when she: 1) engaged in a pattern of recommending that clients invest their entire retirement savings in unsuitable variable annuities and sub-account allocations, as evidenced by four National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD," now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or "FINRA") arbitrations; and 2) when she used "cfp" after her name on her Web site.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Felony-Tax; Fraud Related to Professional Activity
Standard(s) Violated: Article 102; 607; 606(b); 606(a); Article 3(a); Article 3(c); 201; 406
Matter Type(s): Criminal Court
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) set up a fraudulent tax scheme that he sold to clients; 2) assisted clients in filing false tax returns; 3) was convicted of tax fraud conspiracy felonies; and 4) was convicted of tax fraud felonies for his individual tax returns.
Decision: Private Censure
Keyword(s): Diligence; Disclosure to Clients; Fitness; Customer Complaints; Arbitration; Employer Policy Violation; Professionalism
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 201; 406; 606(a); 607; Article 3(a); 701; 102
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) failed to clarify his lack of involvement in recommending and endorsing a particular investment to his clients; and 2) executed transactions on a client's behalf without first confirming that the proper written authorization was in place.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Customer Complaints; Suitability; Settlement; Diligence; Record-Keeping; Fitness; Disclosure to Clients; Client's Best Interest; Lawsuits Involving Financial Matters; Negligence; Competency
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(a); 201; 401(a); Article 3(a); 405; 402; 606(b); 607; 102
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) treated a client's payments as nontaxable gifts rather than taxable income; 2) did not disclose the income on his 2000 and 2001 state and federal tax returns; 3) did not disclose to a client the potential for a conflict of interest in serving as the appointed trustee of a trust and as an investment adviser for the trust; 4) double and triple charged clients for services; and 5) failed to disclose commissions.
Keyword(s): Misrepresentation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Professionalism; Professional Discipline
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(c); Article 3(a); Article 3(e); 607; 102; 201; 606(a)
Matter Type(s): Civil Court
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct ("Standards") when he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit tax evasion and one count of tax evasion.
Keyword(s): Employer Policy Violation; Misrepresentation; Professionalism; Professional Discipline; Diligence; Fraud Related to Professional Activity
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(a); 606(b); 406; 102; Article 3(a); 201; 607; 701
Matter Type(s): FINRA Discipline
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he obtained waivers of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges ("CDSCs") for approximately 14 customers by claiming that these customers were disabled, when, in fact, they were not.
Keyword(s): Fitness; Misrepresentation; Advertising; Disclosure to Clients; Professional Discipline; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Diligence
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 101(b); 201; 402; 607; 606(b); 102; 606(a); 705; 401(a)
Matter Type(s): Professionalism
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he knowingly offering securities despite inaccurate financial projections set forth in a private placement memorandum.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Fitness; Professionalism; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Misrepresentation; Professional Discipline; Advertising; Disclosure to Clients
Standard(s) Violated: Article 102; 401(a); 402; 201; 606(a); Article 3(a); 606(b); 607; 101(b)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when she knowingly offered securities despite inaccurate financial projections set forth in a private placement memorandum.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Employer Policy Violation; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Securities Laws Violation; Diligence; Serious Crime; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 406; Article 3(e); 201; 606(a); Article 3(c); Article 3(a); 607; 102
Matter Type(s): SEC Discipline
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when when he did not respond to a Complaint issued to him by CFP Board.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Felony-Theft; Embezzlement or Other Financial; Securities Laws Violation; Competency; Fitness; Misrepresentation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Interim Suspension
Standard(s) Violated: Article 201; 607; Article 3(c); 606(b); 606(a); 102; 406; 302; Article 3(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) sold securities to clients while not licensed to do so; 2) promised investors large returns and guaranteed their principal on fraudulent investments; and 3) pleaded guilty to a felony investment fraud charge.
Keyword(s): Employer Policy Violation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Felony-Non-Violent Crime; Misrepresentation; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article 102; 607
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct by pleading no contest to a third-degree felony for transmitting materials harmful to a minor, when adjudication was withheld.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Customer Complaints; Arbitration; Unauthorized Transaction; Professional Discipline; Securities Laws Violation; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 701; 606(a); 607; 201; 606(b)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when she executed trades in a trust account without the trustee's authorization.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Professional Discipline; Misrepresentation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Settlement
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 102; 607; 201; 606(b); 606(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he advised and assisted his clients in falsely reporting their federal income tax liabilities.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Client's Best Interest; Forgery; Misrepresentation; Professional Discipline; Unauthorized Transaction; Employer Policy Violation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Settlement
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(d); 201; 406; 102; 103(c); 607; 202; 606(b)
Matter Type(s): FINRA Discipline; Client Dissatisfaction
Summary: Whether a candidate for CFP® certification violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he signed clients' signatures on documents without their authorization.
Keyword(s): Fitness; Outside Business Activity; Employer Policy Violation; Unauthorized Transaction; Arbitration
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 406; 606(a); 606(b); 607
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when his employer ("Broker Dealer") found that he had violated its policies by signing documents for a client without written authorization from the Broker Dealer and by not reporting outside activities to the Broker Dealer.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Professional Discipline; Supervision; Securities Laws Violation; Fitness; Failure to Notify CFP Board
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 607; 701; 606(a); 201; Article 3(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) failed to conduct adequate due diligence of investments that he recommended to clients; and 2) entered into a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in which he agreed to a one-year bar from associating with any investment adviser.
Keyword(s): Commission/Compensation; Supervision; Professional Discipline; Fitness; Employer Policy Violation
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; Article 3(a); 607; 606(b); 201
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) persistently failed to properly document customer transactions and was subsequently terminated by his firm and investigated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA", formerly known as the National Association of Securities Dealers, or "NASD"); and 2) continued to act as a compliance officer in some capacity, despite entering into a Letter of Understanding wherein he agreed to no longer act as a compliance officer.
Decision: Denied But Allow Reapplication
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Employer Policy Violation; Diligence; Forgery; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Professionalism
Standard(s) Violated: Article 701; 201; 607; 606(b); 406; 102; Article 3(a)
Summary: Whether a candidate for CFP® certification violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) signed clients' names on documents that the clients did not authorize Respondent to sign; and 2) violated the corporate policy of his broker-dealer in doing so.