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Rectify: Weird As You
by Billie Doux
"No hard feelings."
Daniel takes a surreal road trip, while Amantha takes another kind of trip.
This episode made me uncomfortable. I kept wanting Daniel to get the hell out of that ugly trailer before something awful happened. Ugliest trailer ever, for a really ugly conversation between two drugged out people, both of whom had an agenda. No hard feelings? How can there not be hard feelings?
It was obvious that Trey used the serendipity of Daniel stopping by out of the blue to try to set him up to take the fall for George's death. Not to mention that Trey kept trying his best to talk Daniel into believing he actually did kill Hanna, even though Daniel doesn't remember doing it. I loved that thing about Trey looking out his bathroom window every morning and seeing a traffic light beyond the hay field that was always green. If Trey killed Hanna, and I think he did, the light has always been green; he's gotten away with murder for twenty freaking years. And Trey is smart enough not to incriminate himself, even when he's stoned.
It's been suggested more than once that Daniel was convicted of murder simply because he's an oddball. It's interesting that Trey is also an oddball. He said so many strange things during this episode. That weird thing about his second cousin once removed shooting a librarian. Wishing he had a backwards only time machine. I was hoping there'd be something in Trey's ramblings that would reveal what actually happened, but no. Although Trey did refer to Hanna as "a bitch and a slut" and said that he'd had sex with her when she was thirteen. Trey also revealed that he'd had sex with George, and Hanna had had sex with both of them.
Trey called Daniel a psycho killer, and Daniel promptly threw him into a wall hard enough to break the fake wood paneling. Now what?
Meanwhile, Jon met with District Attorney Person at a nicely set banquet table before she offered Daniel time plus ten. Daniel going back to prison is so unthinkable that I was relieved at Jon's reaction; Jon took it as a sign that Person knows she can't convict Daniel. Amantha seemed encouraged, too, which I didn't expect.
How did Amantha getting stoned with her co-worker Alesha relate to the rest of the episode? Maybe it was just that she was getting stoned at the same time that Daniel was, but in much more enjoyable circumstances. Amantha stoned was way cute. I loved the way she and Alesha barged in on Teddy at the tire store to raid the candy machine. Teddy was amused, too.
I was just thinking. If that tire store should be Daniel's, shouldn't it also be Amantha's?
I go back and forth with my feelings for Teddy in pretty much every episode. In this one, I kind of liked him again, and not just because he was nice to Amantha. Senator Foulkes and Sheriff Daggett dropped by to insist that Teddy press charges against Daniel for assault, and Teddy's response was that if he did, it would rip his family apart. Absolutely true. Then Teddy insisted he'd made the whole thing up and it was a mistake, while he looked right at the Sheriff. I'm sure thinking less of the Sheriff for breaking Teddy's confidence, especially such a humiliating one.
I wonder if it's going to come out, anyway. It probably will. This is television. You don't introduce a plotline like this one without taking it all the way.
-- The opener was a strange dream of Daniel in the pecan grove wrapped in a red blanket set to a song about a circus and death. Trey arrived and said, "Uh oh, here comes trouble" before George showed up. Maybe George's body is about to be discovered and cause even more plot confusion.
-- Trey left George's wallet, keys, cell and gun in the trailer. Why? Does Trey now think that George's body will never be found? Did Trey simply want to get rid of any possible evidence that would connect him to George's death?
-- "Did the cops give you grape soda that night?" I am completely at a loss about what that could mean.
-- Teddy said to Tawney that the baby was God's will. No, that's not manipulative at all.
Trey: "Everything that is good between men and women was written in mud and butter and barbecue sauce. Yeah. Paula Deen said that to me in a dream I had one time."
Daniel: "Who's Paula Deen?"
Trey dreamed he was white water rafting with Paula Deen and she touched his hamster. Did he mean an actual hamster or was that a euphemism?
Trey: (to Daniel) "Damn. You twist things around like a woman."
Teddy: "It's like Wonka's factory, but with rims."
Daniel: "Lorca was shot on the side of the road a month into the Spanish civil war."
Trey: "Well, my dad's cousin stabbed a librarian in the face three days into 1981."
Trey: "You're like a time machine that don't go nowhere but backwards."
Trey: "Remember you are who you are. That's forever. It's like being an Indian or something."
A frustrating and confusing episode with no resolution. How to rate it?
Billie Doux loves good television and spends way too much time writing about it.
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Labels: :S2.E7, Billie Doux, Rectify, Rectify reviews, Weird As You
Ez said...
I rather liked this episode, although I totally understand why you wouldn't, Billie. In a way I'd be disappointed if Rectify did give us straight answers about all this - it's just not the show's style. I think maybe the point is to show life and human beings in all their complexity and that real life's not that simple. "Peace in the not knowing", and all.
That said, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Trey was the one who strangled her. And I definitely think he was one of the boys who raped her. He's slippery as a barrel of eels, and a good liar. And I hate the way he speaks to his daughter and about Hanna, so we can gather he doesn't have a lot of respect for women. At least George had enough conscience to shoot himself over whatever lies or half-truths he was coaxed into telling the cops. Trey didn't.
I had no idea Sean Bridgers could be so scary from watching him on Deadwood and Justified! Amazing performances from both of them. That was about fifteen minutes straight of dialogue, and it's never boring.
The grape soda thing - I took it as part of the manipulation tactics the police employed on Daniel to make him "confess" and the kind of odd detail that he would blurt out apropos of nothing, being Daniel. It was a sad, sweet reminder too, of just how young he was when this happened, young enough to be plied with something as simple as soda. Just a boy.
One thing that bothers me about the prosecution's case against Daniel - he was found sitting next to her. If he really had killed her, why wouldn't he run? Why would he wait to be found by the cops right there, holding her hand? Presumably all the other boys had scarpered, and we do know for a fact that there were multiple assailants. At the very least, he was left by them to take sole responsiblity for something a group of attackers did. Whethere he was one of them or not remains to be seen, but it's hard to imagine Daniel participating in a gang rape.
Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 10:27:00 AM EST
What a terrific comment, Ez.
I absolutely agree about the excellence of Sean Bridgers' performance. He's got this sliminess and misogyny going on, along with the weirdness. "Weird As You" definitely applies to both Trey and Daniel -- they're both such oddballs. But it just feels like Daniel's oddness isn't evil, and Trey's is.
I also liked what you said about Daniel and the grape soda. I think you're right.
Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 5:08:00 PM EST


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Your "Angels" story still makes me cry. I tried to upload a pic of our Christmas Stocking wall with stockings for Connie, Einstein, Champaign You and Me but I can't do that in a reply. I am here babe, alive and well.
It is by far one of the strangest stories I have ever told, and completely true.. I will never know for sure, but? I choose to believe.


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WATT Podcast – Episode 2: Interview with Nicole Black
Sometimes you just need to get the right people at the table who see your vision and who appreciate you as an individual person. I think has been a very important lesson that I've learned and learning to value the people that value you.
Our second podcast guest was Dr Nicole Black, a Glicklich Healthcare Innovation Fellow at the Wyss Institute in Boston and CEO/Co-founder at Beacon Bio. Nicole is an engineer and entrepreneur who is developing novel 3D-printed elastomeric grafts to replace damaged eardrums. She combines her interests and expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, additive manufacturing and medtech to create innovative solutions that answer unmet clinical needs.
In high school, Nicole loved all of the sciences. She initially wanted to become a medical doctor, but this changed during her junior year when she listened to a biomedical engineer speaking about their career and experiences. She realised that a career in biomedical engineering would enable her to combine her passion for medicine and engineering, while also providing patient benefit as she could create devices that would potentially be used by millions of patients.
Following this exciting new idea, Nicole obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus in Nanotechnology from Boston University. She explained that her interest in nanotechnology grew as she learned more about materials science during her degree: " I really felt most drawn to those in the nanotechnology space, particularly around combinations of nanotechnology and materials science… and thinking about not just how you can engineer things that you can see, but [also] how you can engineer things that you can't see with your naked eye, and how you probe and measure those types of things".
While studying for her undergraduate degree, Nicole undertook work experiences in biomaterials labs at Columbia University and the University of Sydney, which really inspired her to pursue a career in the medical device industry. As she looked through job postings, Nicole quickly learned that the jobs she was interested in required a PhD, and so these findings guided her to pursue her PhD studies at the Wyss Institute, under the supervision of Professor Jennifer Lewis. "I really liked [Jennifer's] lab's work, because she already had some projects that were in the translational space, she had some start-up companies coming out of her lab as well and, in particular, the tie to the Wyss Institute was really powerful because their entire mission is to translate technologies and bring them to the real world. And so, I decided that would match my interest in materials science and nanotechnology in biomedical engineering, and actually use it in an innovative new way."
Nicole had not expected to join a start-up straight after her graduate studies. This materialised organically during her PhD years as she realised that a lot of innovation happened at start-ups and that there was an opportunity for her and the team to develop their product further. She added that her supervisor was very helpful and supportive in her entrepreneurial activities; Jennifer had experience in the start-up space and she directed Nicole to different programmes, such as the Harvard Activate Program, which "matches science teams with a business lead from Harvard Business School or MIT Sloan, to help with the commercialisation aspects and thinking about facets beyond the science that would be important".
Expanding on the subject of women supporting women in STEM and mentoring, Nicole shared why she thought mentoring matters: "I think mentoring matters for women in STEM for representation, of course, but also for candid advice. And actually, there's a difference between someone who is your advisor/boss and people that are your mentors, who are thinking more holistically about your experiences. And as women in STEM fields, sometimes we can face issues that can be personally very challenging: work-life balance issues, sexism in the workplace, and how you might be treated differently. And so, having a mentor who's been there and been through that, and can really talk to you on a more personal and emotional level about this, I think is a very important thing to have in your life to succeed as a woman in STEM."
If women do not have access to STEM mentorship at their university, Nicole recommended looking for STEM networks or programmes beyond university, on a national level. Research mentees have been directed to Nicole through various routes, and she thinks that it is also a good idea to directly email a prospective mentor, but you should research them before reaching out, tailor your email specifically to them and ensure that they work in a field that is relevant to your interests. When mentoring students, Nicole believes that letting students take ownership over a particular project is key to inspiring them, because the success of completing their own project gives them the independence and confidence to see that graduate school is a possibility for them.
Beacon Bio, the start-up that Nicole co-founded and is currently the CEO of, produces 3D-printed tissue grafts for eardrum repair. "Traditionally, when people damage their eardrums through chronic ear infections, blast injuries or traumatic injuries, they will undergo a procedure known as a tympanoplasty. The tissues that are used (e.g. autologous tissues) do not match the structure of an eardrum and so a lot of patients have poor hearing after the surgery. And since they don't degrade or remodel, they also usually don't integrate well with the host tissue and thus can reperforate and retract, and you might need additional revision surgeries. The 'PhonoGraft' is a biodegradable material that's completely synthetic. And we can print it in the architecture of the eardrum and implant it… So you don't actually have to isolate any human tissue, you don't have to grow patient cells, your body actually does a great job regenerating tissue – you just need a scaffold or graft in that place to guide the process."
When asked whether she experienced any gender-specific barriers to starting Beacon Bio, Nicole explained that people can view you differently when you are a woman starting a company in STEM. She added that: "A lot of investors are used to seeing companies in the medtech space and medical device space led by older white males, and on several occasions when we talk to some potential investors, they've specified that they want it run by someone very experienced. And that makes sense, but the reality is that times are changing, and yes, women are being represented more in this space. But it wasn't that way 20 years ago, and so all the people that have 20 years of experience in this space are not people that look like me… And so sometimes you just need to get the right people at the table who see your vision and who appreciate you as an individual person. I think has been a very important lesson that I've learned and learning to value the people that value you."
Despite the gender barriers that exist currently, Nicole is optimistic about the future for women in medtech. She thinks that "our culture is becoming more innovative and more focused on creativity. And this is an area where I think women can really succeed. And also attention to detail and thinking about things that some people might not think about, for example, when you're designing a medical device, there are a lot of aspects to it to ensure that it's ultimately adopted by the surgeon or clinician, as well as aspects that the patient might care about. And so there are a lot of facets that could be under-appreciated if you don't have the right people at the table, realising these different design aspects. With this emphasis on creativity and innovation, I feel that there will be a lot of strong women leaders at the forefront, because they're willing to think outside of the box and think of other things that might ultimately lead to the success of this innovation."
Finally, Ola asked Nicole if there is any book, podcast or movie that she would recommend to our listeners. "There's a great podcast that I was lucky to be featured on called 'Good Morning Science'. And I've been reading different start-up books: 'Lean In' by Sheryl Sandberg and 'Life is a Startup' by Noam Wasserman."
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Sprinkles of Life: Snow Day!
It's a snow day for us in Central Iowa! Yay for a white Christmas!!
It started raining yesterday around 4:00pm and by the time we got home after picking Kaydin up from school it was snowing pretty hard. With it being the first significant snowfall of the year Kaydin couldn't wait to get out in it. She bundled herself up and headed outside!
It only picked up and snowed harder as the night went on. I figured school would be cancelled for the next day but we didn't get official word until about 10:00pm. When her school closes the daycare also closes so a snow day for her meant a snow day for me! Tim was still determined to make it to work, though, as he was supposed to have a board meeting.
I was woken at 4am by Tim doing some researching on the news websites and telling me it really came down and he may not make it work work after all. A while later I got the text alert that my office would be closed for the day. Tim also read that DART, the metro bus system, was closing down for the day. This was only the 3rd time that's happened in 20 years!
Once daylight hit and Kaydin woke up we decided it was time to head outside and do some shoveling in the driveway and see if Tim really could make it to the office today. While shoveling we at least got word that he didn't have to travel and could join by phone later in the day.
Between shoveling breaks I set out around the house to get some pictures while the snow was still pretty.
It's always fun when we finally get some snow to hook the dogs up to the sled and have them pull Kaydin behind. Today they were just too excited for all the snow and to be able to run around that we didn't keep em hooked up too long. We set them free so they could explore.
After I finally got Squeaky into the house, I joined Tim and Kaydin inside and had a good breakfast of vanilla cinnamon French toast and some over easy eggs. I need to have Tim make my eggs every time because they were perfect! The yolk wasn't too runny but perfectly creamy!
Great pictures of the snow and love the dog!! We have a german short hair. She loves the snow too!! Winter sure did show up on the first day of winter!


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Aunt Sally's seminal 1979 debut album, finally reissued in a beautiful official reissue. A testament to glorious rule breaking.
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Mesh-Key reissue of a true desert island disc, criminally out of print for nearly 40 years. They've spared no expense bringing this classic back to life in a format befitting its brilliance, carefully orchestrating transfers of the original analog reel-to-reel tapes for remastering, and packaging each record in a heavy Stoughton tip-on jacket with film lamination, and a double-sided, printed inner sleeve.
In the murky post-punk era of the late 70s, young artists globally worked through the ashes of pop music to sculpt their own idiosyncratic visions of what music could be. At least that's one cliched version of the story, postulating punk music as some carte blanche, a scorched earth event. The reality is that curious musicians and thinkers plugged into a universal desire for the new, the out there, the novel that pre-dated punk. While inspired by the democratisation of the means of production (cheap instruments, the demonstration that "anyone could do it"), visionaries like Osaka, Japan's Aunt Sally were looking beyond the brutal aggression of punk to an experimental tradition that took in anything from Can to ESG Records anything-goes mentality to surrealism. The result is one of the most coveted post-punk records of all time, an impossible cult that introduced the artist Phew (aka Hiromi Moritani) to the world. Originally released in an edition of 400 on Vanity Records in 1979, it's finally been reissued by Mesh-Key. This edition is the second pressing of the reissue, with the first pressing having sold out in a matter of days direct. This edition is now sold out source for the time being.
Aunt Sally's debut album is a menagerie of minimalist punk diffidence, re-cast Nursery rhymes thrown abruptly into Dadist theatre, Collaged Joy Division basslines and screwy guitars, distorted Hammond organ strangled to all hell and the imperious, if impetuous, Phew's vocal centre stage, contorting into twisted new shapes and using various techniques to continually throw the listener off-balance. Aunt Sally initially began playing punk covers with youthful abandon, much like their peers on the Osaka punk scene, before branching off into the openness they presented in the studio. The recordings are testament to the glory of rule breaking while maintaining a consistent aesthetic unity. Opening with the eponymous Aunt Sally, presumably a kind of theme song, the band present a drunken, off kilter dirge with stereo-panned drums and guitar drowning in phaser. Phew intones in the eye of the dirging storm, the sound is like a Chrome jam with a dude who's taken a couple of drumming lessons from Jaki Liebetzeit but then wondered off to figure it out for himself. Don't get settled in though, because soon we're sailing down a crisp river, swaying and harmelodic before sinking into a doomed waltz.
On Hi Ga Kuchite, Phew's voice is whispering over harmonics and a hammered percussion instrument tenderly tapped, reminding us of the considered, happenstancial pleasure of Tenniscoats or Maher Shall Hash Baz, recording a couple of decades later. Subete Urimono is the overtly punk song, with a Jah Wobble bassline high up in the mix, Phew performing Patti Smithisms, whipping up the energy into a swirling storm. It actually brings to mind Crass, Flux Of Pink Indians though of course pre-dates the squat punk scene by a couple of years again. The fusion of punk minimalism and pop focus makes a winning team. But listen to I Was Chosen, where Phew seems to approximate the middle ground between Moe Tucker and Ari Up. Brooding closer Loreley feels stitched together with silly string, the band play with dissonance, there's a guitarist who's off on his own path, a bass player who seems to be trying to out smart the drummer as it slowly spirals into entropy. It feels like an essential No Wave cut slowed down to half speed before you realise it's a warped version of Frere Jacques. Who is Phew's Frere Jacques in this story? Is he OK!?
Aunt Sally split up after the release of their debut album having already decided that punk was dead. If it is dead, Aunt Sally definitely contributed to the murder. With a rush of ideas borrowed from everywhere and nowhere, endlessly innovative despite an enthusiastic, if not overtly proficient, musicality ( JUST AS WE LIKE IT), Aunt Sally presented a world unsettling, bizarre and enthralling.
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SOS! Save Our Sportsmen's Club!
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I am creating this petition as a private citizen and member of the Los Alamos Sportsmen's Club.
As you may know, the US Department of Energy (DOE) grants a license to LASC on an annual basis. That license expires December 31, and recent communication from DOE, as reported by the Los Alamos Reporter's Facebook page, indicates the Club may be facing permanent closure with an order to cease operations and will include an order to vacate the property based on nebulous terms for a new annual license, which more than likely will be viewed as untenable.
The good news is that we may have a short period of time that can be used to gain public support to voice opposition to this untenable situation.
You might agree with me that LASC provides a robust, valuable and critical community-based outdoor sporting service and safe location for residents of Los Alamos to include a vast number of citizens in northern New Mexico.
LASC offers all residents of northern New Mexico a safe and structured environment for a variety of sporting endeavors to include a rifle range, archery facilities, an indoor range, specific areas for handgun use, competitive events for handgun, shotgun, and rifle aficionados, a variety of shotgun-related sporting disciplines, and a classroom facility as a location for imparting firearm safety training to members and the public.
In short, outside of the NRA's multi-million dollar facility in Raton, we proudly believe LASC is the finest such multi-faceted sporting facility north of Albuquerque. To lose such a valuable community asset would be tragic to the residents of not just Los Alamos, but to those of northern New Mexico as well.
I am asking for your help and support in communicating the devastating effect of possible LASC closure to public officials by signing this petition. You are also able to add comments along with your signature.
Thank you in advance, and please - stay safe...
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US Senator Martin Heinrich: Click here
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STATE CONTACTS:
State Senator Leo Jamarillo
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County: Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & Santa Fe
Capitol Phone: (505) 986-4487
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Welcome J L Beck/ Cover Reveal Dangerous Ties
Dangerous Ties (A Ties Novel) by J.L. Beck
Genre: Dark Romance
Release Date: Feb 1st 2016
Bestselling Author J.L. Beck brings you the next best thing in dark romance. Dangerous ties, a love story so raw and powerful it will set your lady-bits on fire.
"I was one of New York's most dangerous criminals. She was the good girl from down the street. I should've know what fate had planned the moment her name showed up on my kill list."
Reader Warning: Please be advised this is a dark romance. Some themes may cause triggers. 18+ Only.
He was bold, intoxicating, and held a darkness that pulled at my heart-strings.
I wanted him from the very first moment I saw him across the dance floor at the club.
She was quiet, but her eyes, and body said everything her words couldn't.
I didn't know who she was when I took her and made her my own.
We had already crossed a dangerous line that there was no coming back from.
We were on the run. From who I didn't know, but he told me it would all be okay. That he would do whatever he could to protect me from the people that were hunting us.
What I failed to see was that the monster had always been right within grabbing distance.
Now that I was apart of his world, his life, and hopefully his heart could I survive the carnage that was about to take place?
The ties that binded us, were also the ties that would end us.
I loved him, and now all that was left for me was death.
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Welcome Jennifer Lesher/ Raising John
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TITLE: Raising John
AUTHOR: Jennifer Lesher
PUBLISHER: Booktrope Publishing
RE-RELEASE: December 15, 2015
How do you go on living when you have done the unforgivable? Robert Lewis isn't surprised to wake up in the drunk tank. He assumes that, as usual, he'll sleep it off, then return to the routine of golf games, broker meetings, symphony dates and nightcaps that make up his life.
Then his lawyer delivers the news: Robert is responsible for an accident that has killed a young mother and orphaned her young son, John.
Robert is quickly yanked from his life of privilege and sent to prison to atone for his crimes. Defiant at first, Robert believes he's better than his fellow inmates and that unlike them, he has no room for improvement.
But, as the months wear on, Robert's fellow inmates push him to confront his actions and the choices that brought him to prison.
Meanwhile, as John grows up under the care of his maternal grandmother, he must come to terms with losing his mother and decide whether he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood.
Spanning three generations, Raising John tells the story of John's bittersweet childhood, the history of the mother he never knew, and of Robert's collapse and redemption.
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Jennifer Lesher is an author, blogger, mountain biker, travel junkie, non-sufferer of fools, and graduate of the School of Hard Knocks.
She is the author of the "Modern Love?" series of Kindle short stories and the novel Raising John.
Recently Jennifer effected a career change, leaving her job in the high-tech industry to pursue certification as an airplane mechanic. She will complete her schooling in the spring of 2015 and, FAA willing, will be certified shortly thereafter.
She lives in Seattle, Washington.
Welcome Addison Kline/ Miles Away
I love Mafia books and this is a great one. Unfortunately, with a new job and the holidays on the way, I haven't finished it yet but I am already giving the story 5 stars!!
Title: Miles Away
Author: Addison Kline
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
The mafia couldn't kill him.
Prison couldn't break him.
Going home threatens to do both.
Miles Capadonno has made some mistakes. Once part of the Capadonno crime family, he took the fall for another member of the crime family who once tried to kill him. At age 17, they put a contract out on Miles' head for neglecting to complete a job. It was a matter of priority. Miles went to his dying mother's side instead of picking up stolen merchandise from the ship yard. When you're in with the Capadonno's, whether you're blood or sworn in, when they say jump you jump, when they say kill you kill. Ignoring an order is an offense of the highest degree. When they couldn't kill him, they let Miles take the fall for another Capadonno family member. Now 15 years later, Miles is being released. He is ready to put his past behind him. There's only one problem. There is still a contract on Miles' head. This time, Miles is man enough to collect on owed debts, and he will not back down from the family that stabbed him in the back.
Leticia "Letty" Alves is a saucy Latina and Miles' old high school girlfriend. She was only 16 when Miles was arrested, but she hasn't stopped wondering about the boy who charmed her all those years ago. Now working as a nurse for a home health agency, Letty's priorities are to take care of herself and her 18 month old son, Gabriel. But when Miles walks back into her life everything changes, and suddenly, the family that she had avoided all her life, is now breathing down her neck looking for Miles. Letty is no damsel in distress, though. She's a fighter, and she never backs down from a challenge.
Sparks fly when Miles and Letty reunite. Can they put their differences aside to become one again? Can Miles set down his pride and accept the help and love that Letty can provide? Will Letty get over her resentment over being left so long ago when Miles was arrested? Only readers know for sure.
Welcome to Carrion, New Jersey, where the Capadonno's call the shots. Miles was away for so long, but now the prodigal son has returned. One thing is for sure, the family business isn't ready for a bastard like him.
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Pennsylvania with her husband, their sons and two rambunctious dogs.
Addison has had a love affair with the written word since before she
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It's release day for Men of Mayhem!!
Book Title: Men of Mayhem: A Mafia Anthology
Author: Various Authors
Genre: Romantice Organized Crime Fiction
Publisher: Limitless Publisher
Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions
Sometimes the line between good and bad simply depends which side you're on…
Good guys can have unsavory secrets, while so-called criminals can live by a code of ethics rivaling that of any law enforcement agency. Bending the law for money, power, or revenge is one thing, but what if you're bending it for your family—for love?
Who would choose to become involved with a man who walks on the dark side…
Some men will go to any lengths, legal or not, and make no apologies to protect their way of life and all they hold dear. But you don't always choose who you love, and sometimes you just have to decide if you're bold enough to risk it all and go along for the ride.
Thirteen masterful authors come together to present Men of Mayhem.
Compelling stories of loyalty and passion, love and lust, in which the moral and ethical lines are blurred, and call into question the notions of right and wrong.
What could be more exciting than taking a leap of faith…and landing in the arms of the last man you'd expect—but the only one who truly makes you feel alive?
What if your road to happiness leads to…
Men of Mayhem
Amy Rachiele – "Enforcing Fate"
Amy Rachiele is a widowed military spouse who spent many years volunteering and on staff for the Army National Guard and Department of Veteran Affairs with family support, family readiness, as well as, families of the Fallen. Amy devoted 10 years to teaching at-risk students in the Providence School System. She holds a Master's degree from Rhode Island College in English and Secondary Education. Besides writing, she is a reader, tea-er, shifter-lovin', Sci-fi junkie, who enjoys scrapbooking, sewing, and traveling. Amy lives in Massachusetts with her son.
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Ashlee Taylor – "How We Came To Be"
Ashlee Taylor has always loved to read. She was practically born with a book in hand. She even wrote short stories and vignettes for fun at age eleven.
As she grew up reading was put to the side but the book Fifty Shades of Grey brought back the love of the written word. Swallowing every book she could get her hands on while befriending authors. Eventually becoming a beta reader and helping authors work out critical scenes and plot progressions.
Through this process, Ashlee decided to write the stories in her head.
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Douglas Esper – "A Late Night Bang"
For a man as nonathletic as Douglas Esper is, he sure enjoys juggling. Well, juggling projects anyway. Writer, blogger, musician, producer, and scotch drinker, Douglas always has something to do. His recent publishing credits include a novel, A Life of Inches (Limitless Publishing), a short story, My Wife's Favorite (Scout Media), an essay, It's Just a Bag of Peanuts (AHTI publishing), and a collection of songs with the band Indoria titled, There's a Gleam (ApproachingStorm records). Douglas is currently ghostwriting a book with rock vocalist Chuck Mosley and editing his second novel, a suspense thriller titled, In the Watershed.
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EJ Fechenda – "Drago"
E.J. Fechenda has lived in Philadelphia, Phoenix and now calls Portland, Maine home where she is a wife, stepmom, and pet parent all while working full time. Crazy is how she likes it. She has a degree in Journalism from Temple University and her short stories have been published in Suspense Magazine, the 2010 and 2011 Aspiring Writers Anthologies, and in the Indies Unlimited 2012 Flash Fiction Anthology. In addition to writing The New Mafia Trilogy, she is working on The Ghosts Stories Trilogy. E.J. is a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and co-founder of the fiction reading series, "Lit: Readings & Libations" which is held semi-quarterly in Portland.
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Ginger Ring – "Madison's Mobster"
Ginger Ring is an eclectic, Midwestern girl with a weakness for cheese, dark chocolate, and the Green Bay Packers. She loves reading, traveling, watching great movies, and has a quirky sense of humor. Publishing a book has been a lifelong dream of hers and she is excited to share her romantic stories with you. Her heroines are classy, sassy and in search of love and adventure. When Ginger isn't tracking down old gangster haunts or stopping at historical landmarks, you can find her on the backwaters of the Mississippi River fishing with her husband.
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JL Drake – "Code of Silence"
L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children.
When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, travelling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing.
An avid reader of James Patterson, J.L. Drake has often found herself inspired by his many stories of mystery and intrigue.
She hopes you will enjoy her stories as much as she has enjoyed writing them.
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JL Beck – "Infringe"
J.L. Beck is the best selling author of numerous books including Indebted, Inevitable, Invincible, and The Bittersweet Series. She's best known for weaving a tale, that ends with your mouth hanging open, and your hands gripping the edge of your seat.
She's a no holds bar author who enjoys spending time with her husband of seven years, three year old hellion, and Hatchi the fur baby. She calls Wisconsin home, but loves to travel. In her free time you can catch her watching bad reality tv, cooking, reading books, or spending time outdoors.
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Elle Raven – "Calabrese"
Elle Raven is an Aussie author who lives in Adelaide, South Australia with her husband and three young children. Elle can usually be found with her iPad or laptop computer permanently glued to her. She began writing from a very young age. In fact Elle used to write plays and musicals when she was in high school. Having such a flamboyant personality she even performed in them herself Always an 'actress' and always the star.
Elle loves reading and writing about an alpha-male hero. If she can't read about one that is alpha enough to suit her she will take it upon herself to write one.
Elle's books will feature an alpha-male hero who will come tumbling to his knees in lust and love when he finally meets the heroine of his dreams. Rest assured that in an Elle Raven book, the hero will never cheat.
Elle would love to hear from you. Please email her or visit her Facebook page. She loves connecting with people and having a chat with the readers about her books or any other books you may have in common.
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Lisa Cardiff – "Gian"
After spending years practicing law and a million other things, Lisa decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer and she must confess that inventing characters is so much more fun than writing contracts and legal briefs. A native of Colorado, she lives with her husband and three children in Denver. When she isn't managing the chaos of raising three children and owning her own business, she can be found reading or writing a book.
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Marita Hansen – "Vincenzo"
NATIONALITY AND CULTURAL CONNECTIONS: I'm a true blue Aucklander, born and bred in New Zealand. I tend to write about cultures I have connections to, such as Croatian and Maori. I would love to visit Croatia again as I have family there. At the moment I'm living in Singapore, but will be back in New Zealand next year, possibly earlier.
SPORTS: As a teen my favourite sports were karate, badmington, and running. I also did unarmed combat and played in a touch rugby team (my gym teacher made me do the last one!) Now I stick to running and have completed a marathon.
CAREER PATH: I started off as a Graphic Designer, then went to Auckland University, where I got a BA degree in Art History and Italian Studies and a post-graduate Honours degree in Art History. I worked in the Art History field, then became a full-time artist, doing commissions. I eventually lost all of my senses and gave it up to be a poor, starving writer, smh.
FAVOURITE FOODS: I'm vegetarian. I love pasta based foods, tofu, chocolate mousse and golden queen peaches.
BAD HABITS: I'm a major procrastinator that can't seem to earn money to save myself!
STATUS: Married to my high school sweetheart (which he hates me calling him). We have two kids.
Mia Hoddell – "One Shot"
#1 Amazon bestselling author, Mia Hoddell, lives in the UK with her family and two cats. She spends most of her time writing or reading, loves anything romantic, and has an overactive imagination that keeps her up until the early hours of the morning.
Mia has written over ten titles including her Seasons of Change series, the Chequered Flag series, the Elemental Killers series, and her standalone novels False Finder and Not Enough.
Her favourite genres are contemporary romance or romantic suspense, and with an ever growing list of ideas she is trying to keep up with the speed at which her imagination generates them. She also designs book covers on her website M Designs.
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Sara Schoen – "Fatal Attraction"
Sara Schoen is 20 years old college student studying biology and environmental science. She started writing in middle school, but didn't dedicate to it until high school. She published her wattpad book, Amber Alert, at 19 in November of 2014. She's spent years prior writing a spy series which released the first book in July, and many stand alone books, but for now school is a main priority. You can still find her on wattpad account under xxnightstripexx communicating with fans and other young authors on the site. She hopes to inspire others that dreams can come true at any age, you just have to chase after what you want.
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Soraya Naomi – "For Cesare"
I was born in South America in 1984 and raised in Europe where I presently reside with my fiancé.
I read many genres but favor intense, dark, seductive, and provocative novels where the male character loves fiercely, without remorse or boundaries. I also adore forbidden love tales and have an odd fascination with kidnapping romances. No, I don't secretly want to be kidnapped, though!
I have a passionate obsession with the written word and indulge in chocolate pastries much too often.
My debut novel For Fallon (Chicago Syndicate, #1) was released on July 26, 2014. I'm honored that For Fallon won "Best Breakout Novel 2014" in the Novel Grounds Semi Annual Literary Awards.
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## prova

Node & Browser Test runner based on [Tape](http://github.com/substack/tape) and [Browserify](http://github.com/substack/node-browserify).

Screencasts: [node.gif](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8yyepixc0bbtby3/prova-node.gif), [browser.gif](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wtzt78riv7vcp7n/prova.gif), [both.gif](https://i.cloudup.com/4jGix1WEDH.gif), [headless browser](https://i.cloudup.com/lWWplVaKta.png)

Slides: [slides.com/azer/prova](http://slides.com/azer/prova)

Features and screenshots:

* Embeds [Tape](http://github.com/substack/tape)
* Comes with a builtin web app to run tests on browser, sourcemaps are enabled.
* Outputs less when tests pass ([Node](https://i.cloudup.com/ausJApnH1v.png), [Browser](https://i.cloudup.com/OKebjyRMfU.png))
* Outputs more when tests fail ([Node](https://i.cloudup.com/R8KQ8Qwspz.png), [Browser](https://i.cloudup.com/nA08e0s60b.png))
* Browser app runs tests inside of an iframe [Screenshot](https://i.cloudup.com/5n8H9AqMrf.png)
* Uses [watchify](https://github.com/substack/watchify) to observe file changes and restart browser tests. [GIF Screenshot](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wtzt78riv7vcp7n/prova.gif)
* Lets filtering test cases (e.g node test.js -g foobar)
* Comes with [browser-launcher](https://github.com/substack/browser-launcher) for [launching browsers automatically and headless testing](#launching-browsers-and-headless-testing). ([Screenshot](https://i.cloudup.com/lWWplVaKta.png))
* Clickable error stacks on the browser: [Screenshot](https://i.cloudup.com/42iYw0WnPP.gif)
* Optional progress bar for slow tests. GIFs: [Node](https://i.cloudup.com/PJR44iZStH.gif) / [Browser](https://cldup.com/n5miJIEN2G.gif)

## Install

```bash
$ npm install -g prova
```

## Usage

Example test:

```js
var test = require('prova')

test('timing test', function (t) {
  t.plan(2)

  t.equal(typeof Date.now, 'function')
  var start = Date.now()

  setTimeout(function () {
    t.equal(Date.now() - start, 100)
  }, 100)
})
```

In Node, it will output:

```
$ node test.js
Passed 1 test.
```

Or, in case it fails:

![](https://i.cloudup.com/R8KQ8Qwspz.png)

### In Browser

To run the tests in a web browser, just pass `-b` parameter:

```bash
$ node test.js -b
Visit localhost:7559 with a browser to start running the tests.
```

Then visit `localhost:7559` in your web browser:

![](https://i.cloudup.com/OKebjyRMfU.png)

In case it fails, it'll show:

![](https://i.cloudup.com/nA08e0s60b.png)

The web app uses [watchify](http://github.com/substack/watchify) to monitor file changes.
So, you won't have to reload the page when you modify a source code.

Prova runs the tests inside of an iframe. In case you test some UI stuff, you can open the iframe
by clicking the `<` button on the right:

![](https://i.cloudup.com/5n8H9AqMrf.png)

### Multiple Tests

Prova comes with a command-line script when you install it globally;

```bash
$ npm install -g prova
```

And it allows you running multiple tests on both Node and browser;

```bash
$ prova test/foo.js test/bar.js
```

```bash
$ prova test/**/*.js -b
```

### Launching Browsers and Headless Testing

List the detected browsers;

```bash
$ prova -l
Available Browsers: safari v7.0.2, chrome v34.0.1847.116, phantom v1.9.7
```

And launch after publishing the tests:

```bash
$ prova -b -l safari
```

If your system has Xvfb, you can pass `-e` parameter to open the browser headlessly:

```bash
$ prova -b -l chrome -e
```

Or you can just run the tests on PhantomJS:

```bash
$ prova -b -l phantom
```

If you get `no matches for` errors and you think that your system has that browser, try removing [browser-launcher](https://github.com/substack/browser-launcher)'s config:

```bash
$ rm /Users/azer/.config/browser-launcher/config.json
```

### Browserify Transforms

Prova automatically applies [bunch of transforms](https://github.com/azer/prova/blob/master/lib/browserify-transforms.js#L4) by looking at the file extension. If you'd like to use a transform that doesn't exist in Prova by default, you can choose it with a parameter;

```bash
$ node test -b -t coffeeify
```

Multiple transforms can be specified using comma;

```bash
$ node test -b -t coffeeify,brfs,foo,bar
```

### Browserify Plugins

Pass Browserify plugins passing `-u` or `--plugin` parameter;

```bash
$ node test -b --plugin foo
```

Use comma to separate multiple plugins;

```bash
$ node test -b --plugin foo,bar
```

### Custom Frame Documents

When you're running the tests on the browser, Prova has an empty HTML template that loads and runs the JavaScript tests.
You can customize this HTML file with -f or --frame parameter:

```js
$ node test -b -f test.html
```

Click the arrow button on right middle to keep the frame open. You'll be seeing the HTML document and test results in the same screen.

### Manually Restarting Browser Tests

Prova watches for changes and automatically restarts the browser tests (inside in an iframe) but in case you need, there is an endpoint for restarting all the tests by hitting an endpoint;

```
$ curl localhost:7559/restart
```

### Loading Assets

You may need to load your images, web workers etc. for testing. Prova allows you to load assets from your current directory via the `/assets/in` endpoint. Let's say you'd like to load a file called "foobar.png":

```
$ curl http://localhost:7559/assets/in/foobar.png
```

Should work for you.

### HTTP Proxy

HTTP proxying is pretty useful to by-pass cross-domain issues (CORS) on the browser. You can easily point a URL to another host using `-y` / `--http-proxy` parameters:

```
$ node test -b -y "/my-api=localhost:8080"
```

Assuming that you'll be running your tests on `:7559`, any requests to `/my-api` will be streamed through `localhost:8080` in the above example.

## Command-line

```
      USAGE

          prova [filenames] [options]

      OPTIONS

          -g     --grep         Run tests matching with given pattern

          -b     --browser       Publishes the tests on 0.0.0.0:7559
          -o     --port          Publish the tests on given port number.
          -d     --hostname      Publish the tests on given hostname.
          -l     --launch        List available browsers to launch or launch specified browser.
          -e     --headless      Launch the browser headlessly. (Requires xvfb)
          -r     --proxy         Launch the browser with specified proxy configuration.
          -q     --quit          Shut down the browser server once all the tests are done.
          -f     --frame         Specify a custom document to run tests on browser. e.g node test -b -f custom.html
          -x     --exec          Execute given commmand before running the tests.
          -y     --http-proxy    Proxy requests matching with given pattern to a target. e.g -y "/images=localhost:8080"

          -t     --transform     Use given Browserify transforms. e.g node test -b -t coffeeify,brfs
          -u     --plugin        Use given Browserify plugins. e.g node test -b -u foo,bar

          -s     --progress      Show a progress bar. Useful when tests are running slow.

          -p     --tap           Output original Tap output without modifying anything.

          -C     --no-console    Disable showing browser console messages on command-line.

          -v     --version       Show version and exit
          -h     --help          Show help and exit
                 --examples      Show example commands
```

## Example Commands

```
    EXAMPLES

        1. Run the tests on NodeJS.

           $ node test.js
           $ node test
           $ prova test/index.js
           $ prova

           All the above example commands will work same way. Prova assumes the filename of your test is either `test.js` or `test/index.js`

       2. Publish the tests on localhost:7559, so you can run the tests on a web browser.

          $ node test.js -b
          $ prova test -b
          $ prova -b

       3. Publish the tests on given host and port.

          $ node test.js -o 8080 -d foobar.net
          $ prova test.js -p 8080 -d foobar.net

       4. Publish the tests and launch a browser to automatically run the tests.

          $ node test.js -b -l chrome
          $ prova test.js -b -l chrome

       5. List the browsers that can be launched automatically.

          $ prova -l
          $ node test.js -l

       6. Run the tests with PhantomJS.

          $ node test.js -b -l phantom
          $ prova test.js -b -l phantom

       7. Run only specified tests with PhantomJS.

          $ node test.js -b -l phantom -g pattern
          $ prova test.js -b -l phantom -g pattern

       8. Launch Chrome headlessly using xvfb:

          $ node test -b -l chrome -e
          $ prova test -b -l chrome -e
```


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McMillen and Wife Steelers Message Board » Classic Steelers Game Broadcasts » 2006 Steelers Season Game Threads » 2006 Steelers 27 vs Browns 7 TNF
2006 Steelers 27 vs Browns 7 TNF
In a game I attended on a cold, snowy, windy, nasty Thursday night in Pittsburgh, Willie Parker runs wild for a team-record 223 yds on 32 carries, besting Frenchy Fuqua's previous mark of 218 yds and needing just north of 3 quarters to do it. The Steelers out-rush the Browns 303-18 and Big Ben throws for 225 including a 49-yd bomb to Nate Washington to open the scoring on the way to 528 yds of offense. Cleveland never knew what hit 'em. Video includes the halftime show and about 30 minutes of postgame material.
SteelCity343
Special Teamer
Are you going to be uploading Oilers at Steelers in Week 9 1998 and converting Dolphins at Steelers in Week 1 2006 soon?
ECboy
Starting Lineup
I think the 1993 and 2006 Steeler teams are mirror images of one another.
Lots of talent on both teams but they both lacked a sense of urgency and played very sloppy and undisciplined football in their respective years.
(02-27-2018, 12:17 PM)SteelCity343 Wrote: Hi Tim!
The wk 9 Oilers at Steelers will be coming reasonably soon (within next 2 weeks). The '06 game is packed away until after we complete our move back to Ohio.
(02-27-2018, 12:50 PM)ECboy Wrote: I think the 1993 and 2006 Steeler teams are mirror images of one another.
I agree to a point in terms of two teams not reaching their potential. But I think the clubs were radically different.
2006 was very much about Ben's injuries, accidents and ailments. I also believe Super Bowl hangovers are real, and to your point, the '06 team had one helluva hangover as evidenced by a 2-6 start.
In addition, a future Hall of Famer head coach was coaching his last season. That "may" have been at least part of the reason behind the turnaround from a 2-6 start to a 6-2 finish... perhaps players rallied behind their coach? Those ass-whippings at the hands of the Ravens during that stretch are baffling, though. That rarely happens to a focused team, especially twice.
1993 was a young, unproven team with a young, still unproven head coach and I think they were prematurely feeling a little cocky after their '92 revival. They got a pretty good wake up call from the Niners and Rams, then started kicking ass again, got cocky again, and got schooled by the Broncos and Oilers.
Barry Foster -- who had the potential to be a great back behind those early-to-mid '90s O-lines -- proved his heart wasn't in it in'93. A young coach was still testing the waters in terms of style, discipline, and personnel/talent management. Neil O'Donnell proved he was Neil O'Donnell... boring, unimaginative and not a guy capable of putting a team on his shoulders in clutch moments. The defense was on the verge of greatness... Super Bowl-worthy, for sure. But the '93 team had some of the worst special teams in Steeler history and it cost them multiple games, including the playoff loss to the Montana-led Chiefs. The '93 special teams were so bad that I still have a warm spot in my heart for Bobby April, who cleaned that mess up in '94-'95. I was really bummed when he left the team.
I do agree that both teams were talented and underachieved... but I don't view them as mirror images.
Garrett Garlits
In addition to highlights, the postgame show has a portion of Bill Cowher's postgame news conference.
After that, NFL Total Access has comments from Browns coach Romeo Crennel, plus news and notes from around the league.
At halftime, highlights of the first half plus a preview of the upcoming Sunday games that week, including an Adam Schefter feature on the upcoming Saints-Cowboys game. (The Saints won, 42-17.)
Before the game, Jon Secada sings the national anthem.
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2018, 09:19 AM by Garrett Garlits.)


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Gaza massacres must spur us to action
Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada 27 December 2008
Palestinians carry the body of a victim of an Israeli air strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 27 December 2008. (Hatem Omar/MaanImages)
"I will play music and celebrate what the Israeli air force is doing." Those were the words, spoken on Al Jazeera today by Ofer Shmerling, an Israeli civil defense official in the Sderot area adjacent to Gaza, as images of Israel's latest massacres were broadcast around the world.
A short time earlier, US-supplied Israeli F-16 warplanes and Apache helicopters dropped over 100 bombs on dozens of locations in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip killing at least 195 persons and injuring hundreds more. Many of these locations were police stations located, like police stations the world over, in the middle of civilian areas. The US government was one of the first to offer its support for Israel's attacks, and others will follow.
Reports said that many of the dead were Palestinian police officers. Among those Israel labels "terrorists" were more than a dozen traffic police officers undergoing training. An as yet unknown number of civilians were killed and injured; Al Jazeera showed images of several dead children, and the Israeli attacks came at the time thousands of Palestinian children were in the streets on their way home from school.
Shmerling's joy has been echoed by Israelis and their supporters around the world; their violence is righteous violence. It is "self-defense" against "terrorists" and therefore justified. Israeli bombing — like American and NATO bombing in Iraq and Afghanistan — is bombing for freedom, peace and democracy.
The rationalization for Israel's massacres, already being faithfully transmitted by the English-language media, is that Israel is acting in "retaliation" for Palestinian rockets fired with increasing intensity ever since the six-month truce expired on 19 December (until today, no Israeli had been killed or injured by these recent rocket attacks).
But today's horrific attacks mark only a change in Israel's method of killing Palestinians recently. In recent months they died mostly silent deaths, the elderly and sick especially, deprived of food and necessary medicine by the two year-old Israeli blockade calculated and intended to cause suffering and deprivation to 1.5 million Palestinians, the vast majority refugees and children, caged into the Gaza Strip. In Gaza, Palestinians died silently, for want of basic medications: insulin, cancer treatment, products for dialysis prohibited from reaching them by Israel.
What the media never question is Israel's idea of a truce. It is very simple. Under an Israeli-style truce, Palestinians have the right to remain silent while Israel starves them, kills them and continues to violently colonize their land. Israel has not only banned food and medicine to sustain Palestinian bodies in Gaza but it is also intent on starving minds: due to the blockade, there is not even ink, paper and glue to print textbooks for schoolchildren.
As John Ging, the head of operations of the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), told The Electronic Intifada in November: "there was five months of a ceasefire in the last couple of months, where the people of Gaza did not benefit; they did not have any restoration of a dignified existence. We in fact at the UN, our supplies were also restricted during the period of the ceasefire, to the point where we were left in a very vulnerable and precarious position and with a few days of closure we ran out of food."
That is an Israeli truce. Any response to Israeli attacks — whether peaceful protests against the apartheid wall in Bilin and Nilin in the West Bank is met with bullets and bombs. There are no rockets launched at Israel from the West Bank, and yet Israel's attacks, killings, land theft, settler pogroms and kidnappings never ceased for one single day during the truce. The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has acceded to all of Israel's demands, even assembling "security forces" to fight the resistance on Israel's behalf. None of that has spared a single Palestinian or her property or livelihood from Israel's relentless violent colonization. It did not save, for instance, the al-Kurd family from seeing their home of 50 years in occupied East Jerusalem demolished on 9 November, so the land it sits on could be taken by settlers.
Once again we are watching massacres in Gaza, as we did last March when 110 Palestinians, including dozens of children, were killed by Israel in just a few days. Once again people everywhere feel rage, anger and despair that this outlaw state carries out such crimes with impunity.
But all over the Arab media and internet today the rage being expressed is not directed solely at Israel. Notably, it is directed more sharply than ever at Arab states. The images that stick are of Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni in Cairo on Christmas day. There she sat smiling with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Then there are the pictures of Livni and Egypt's foreign minister smiling and slapping their palms together.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported today that last wednesday the Israeli "cabinet authorized the prime minister, the defense minister, and the foreign minister to determine the timing and the method" of Israel's attacks on Gaza. Everywhere people ask, what did Livni tell the Egyptians and more importantly what did they tell her? Did Israel get a green light to turn Gaza's streets red once again? Few are ready to give Egypt the benefit of the doubt after it has helped Israel besiege Gaza by keeping the Rafah border crossing closed for more than a year.
On top of the intense anger and sadness so many people feel at Israel's renewed mass killings in Gaza is a sense of frustration that there seem to be so few ways to channel it into a political response that can change the course of events, end the suffering, and bring justice.
But there are ways, and this is a moment to focus on them. Already I have received notices of demonstrations and solidarity actions being planned in cities all over the world. That is important. But what will happen after the demonstrations disperse and the anger dies down? Will we continue to let Palestinians in Gaza die in silence?
Palestinians everywhere are asking for solidarity, real solidarity, in the form of sustained, determined political action. The Gaza-based One Democratic State Group reaffirmed this today as it "called upon all civil society organizations and freedom loving people to act immediately in any possible way to put pressure on their governments to end diplomatic ties with Apartheid Israel and institute sanctions against it."
The global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement for Palestine (http://www.bdsmovement.net/) provides the framework for this. Now is the time to channel our raw emotions into a long-term commitment to make sure we do not wake up to "another Gaza" ever again.
Co-founder of The Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah is author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse (Metropolitan Books, 2006).
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ProPublica's Emily Hopkins encourages students to consider careers in data journalism
November 19, 2021 November 22, 2021 Delaney Murray Insights
The way journalists tell stories is constantly evolving, with data increasingly becoming an integral tool for reporting daily news.
That's something journalist Emily Hopkins learned as a graduate student at Northeastern University School of Journalism in Boston. She now works as an Abram Reporting Fellow at ProPublica and she said her data journalism skills are in great demand in the investigative news organization's Chicago-based Midwest office.
Hopkins returned virtually to her alma mater on Oct. 21 for a discussion at "Pizza, Press & Politics," a speaker series hosted by the journalism school, where she discussed her career and the changing landscape of journalism.
After earning an English degree from Boston University in 2013, Hopkins joined the Media Innovation graduate program at Northeastern two years later and dove full-speed into what she described as her "last chance" at crafting a hireable journalism background.
She credited the data journalism skills she learned for much of her career accomplishments and encouraged students to create portfolios to showcase their work.
"You just have to find creative ways to get your work out there. If you're interested in data reporting like I am, I think this is one place where I would say start a blog," Hopkins advised students who attended the event..
"If you can do a special niche thing with data or with photography — something where most editors can't really do it themselves — then you have something to point to."
Hopkins said she took full advantage of Northeastern's cooperative, or co-op, education program that allows students to gain work experience. During her co-op, she worked in local newsrooms and magazines. She also contributed to larger endeavors at the Marshall Project and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. Just before graduating in 2017, Hopkins was hired as a Google Newslab Fellow.
That same year she attended the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Conference, where she lined up five interviews in one day with media companies from across the United States. Though exhausting, the strategy paid off. She was hired as a data reporter for The Indianapolis Star soon after.
"Brute force your way into showing people that you can do something really cool," Hopkins told students.
Since joining ProPublica in July, Hopkins has been working on a long-term project examining Chicago's disproportionate enforcement of traffic laws by automated systems, which critics argue are often focused on communities of color. It's one example of how data and social justice reporting can be married together for impactful stories.
As for what she will do next, Hopkins said, "I am focusing on the next two years of my fellowship — nothing else."
Delaney Murray
Delaney Murray is a first-generation student at Northeastern University majoring in journalism and political science with a minor in data science. Delaney has published works with the Scope Boston on her passion for the intersection between local government and the public it serves. Delaney will be returning to her home of the west coast as a press intern at the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office in spring 2022. You can view her work at https://delaneymurray.wordpress.com/.
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