Time flies when you're having fun… and when your mind is in several places at once!
With so much going on, outgoing posts were left to pile up.
076/365 America: What happened to our VOICE?
Now, I'm off to the studio to make ART!
Banana Hat Lands in New Mexico!
That's when I realized that I'd neglected to take pics of it!
Good old David Stafford to the rescue!
When the first thoughts of a Banana Hat for David Stafford (born at IUOMA's Bananas Group and greatly encouraged by Dean Marks, Artist in Seine) were flying through my brain, I'd no idea what might come of it, if anything.
Understandably then, this went far beyond anything I ever could have imagined! David has a most amazing sense of humor which blends effortlessly with his performance-like photographs.
The word play was a particular delight!
Thank you, David! Many thanks to Rear Admiral Len Bumeister and his demented daughter, as well!
In the Mail: Brazil, Portugal and… Albuquerque?
Never, did I think I'd see a pharaoh from Brazil! Alas, Patricio, The Celestial Scribe sent just that! With a declaration which reads, "THE PHARAOH DRIVES ME BANANAS!!!" Dare I hope to find banana mail inside? And what a find! It was a dialogue between Llama and Banana! "You drive me bananas!" "You drive me Llamas!" Banana Llama ding dong! Thank you, Patricio, for the highly entertaining Pharaoh, Llama, Banana mail!
From Portugal, Eduardo Cardoso sent an envelope full of goodies! I simply loved the image of the old horse-drawn trolley on the front of the envelope!
The back was graced with rubber stamp images. Check out all the goodies inside! A most excellent print was contained within! Love me some gray scale! Overlapping strips give depth and interest in which I could easily become lost! That wasn't all… a lovely note and a trash book also made the trip! Color exploded when I opened it! Thumbing through the trash pages, I found foreign bits that were comfortingly familiar. Notice that the book is openly declared to be "Authentic DKULT Trash." Thank you ever so much, Eduardo, for the bountiful mail art!
This piece arrived anonymously from Albuquerque, New Mexico. I could only guess that it was the work of the Amazing David Stafford! It didn't take long for the confirmation to redeem my suspicions. The paint chips alone wouldn't have explained so much as they did with their color names.
The Tickled Crow will live forever in my repertoire of punny mail art! Much and heartfelt thanks for the amusement, David!
Hope you all enjoyed sharing in the delights of my recent mail box treasures!
Banana Landing Recorded in France!
One of the featured pieces I'd prepared to send to a mail art cohort in France was a paper mache banana.
It took a while to actually get this one moving through the post. In my over-zealousness, I neglected to fill out the proper customs form and was turned away.
It wasn't long before the Banana-gram had arrived in Paris! Alas, it had a short wait while the sender was notified and could make the trip to retrieve it….
The following blog post will fill in the details of the story, even going so far as to provide some great photographs of the Banana-gram in its new environment!
See, Jim? I told you it would arrive in one piece!
On My Desk: Go Bananas!
Go Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S! Go Bananas!
Some of the folks at IUOMA really are Bananas, myself included. Once a year or so we exchange banana themed mail art in celebration of one banana holiday or another. This time, we were celebrating World Banana Day on February 21st and National Banana Bread Day on February 23rd.
Can you Peel the Love?
Twelve color copies of the mandala were made for recipients far and wide. Each piece was inked by hand in yellow which created the variations in shading. The original mandala became a birthday greeting for Anna Banana, who turns 74 years young this month. Peel the Love is an original, one and only. No copies were made.
So far, I have received five pieces of return banana mail, the first of which hailed from Greece.
Hope you all had a very Happy World Banana/National Banana Bread Day!


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The Sea King
By Brad Matsen
Category: Science | Biography & Memoir
Oct 05, 2010 | ISBN 9780307275424
About Jacques Cousteau
An unprecedented and masterfully told biography of Jacques Cousteau that reveals for the first time the fascinating and compelling individual behind this famous television personality.
Inventor of the aqualung and fearless scuba diver, Jacques Cousteau opened up the ocean to a mass audience for the first time. Here, with the cooperation of many of the subjects closest confidants and family, Brad Matsen makes clear the full picture of his remarkable life, showing the father, military man, inventor, entrepreneur, and adventurer behind the public face. Vividly conveying the people, the science, and the lure of the sea that shaped Cousteau's life, Matsen paints a luminous portrait of a man who profoundly changed the way we live on our planet.
Also by Brad Matsen
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About Brad Matsen
BRAD MATSEN is the author of Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King, Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, and many other books about the sea and… More about Brad Matsen
Published by Vintage
Oct 05, 2010 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307275424
Oct 20, 2009 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780307378279
Genes, Girls, and Gamow
Magnificent Desolation
Einstein in Love
Dennis Overbye
Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
Kary Mullis
Skyfaring
Mark Vanhoenacker
Strange Beauty
George Johnson
Octopus!
Katherine Harmon Courage
Richard Rhodes
Philipp Frank
"Matsen's book is eloquently crafted by a man who clearly understands and respects the wonders of the sea." — Winston-Salem Journal
"Absolutely do not miss this book. It is both entertaining and an important slice of history."–Diver Magazine
"Cousteau owned one of the most recognizable faces on the planet. . . . Yet, as Matsen deftly demonstrates, we hardly knew him." —Seattle Times
"There are a lot of Cousteau books – bits and pieces – and many are nonsense. This one is remarkably accurate."–Jean-Michel Cousteau
"Cousteau's life was a cautionary tale, and Matsen tells it exceedingly well."–San Francisco Chronicle
"Brad Matsen reminds us that Cousteau earned his fame honestly: He invented the modern understanding of the sea."—Outside Magazine
"Revealing."—The Economist
"Matsen examines Cousteau with a sensitive eye, qualifying his astounding career and lasting legacy. . . . Environmentalists, divers, and armchair ocean lovers will all soak up this work."—Publishers Weekly
"Goes beyond the sea. . . . fills us in on Cousteau's work with the French Resistance during World War II. It also tells of family tragedy and drama."—NY Post
"Readers who dive, who are interested in ecology or the oceans, or who simply recognize the name Cousteau, will want to read this full, well-rounded portrait of one of the world's greatest explorers and conservationists."–Library Journal (Starred Review)
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Is Oregano Oil In Acne Or Pimples An Effective Remedy?
Strange, though it may seem, we always look for remedies that already form part of our daily cuisine. When oregano oil in acne pimples works so well, we go for sulfur to cure acne. Or take the case of cumin seeds, that have excellent digestive properties to cure dyspepsia and heartburn is side tracked by artificial enzymes that are used for the same purpose. However, natural compounds always provide the best remedy since they have the potential for multiple uses. They prove powerful germicides on one hand, while working as forceful antioxidants on the other. Wild oregano is one such natural wonder that is extensively used by naturopaths for curing acne symptoms.
Wild oregano has been in use since time immemorial. As far back as 3000 BC, wild oregano was used by Babylonians for heart and lung problems, while the ancient Greeks knew its utility in healing wounds and treating venomous bites.
Reference about oregano oil is amply evident in treatise on herbal medicines dating back to 1600 AD where it had been described as highly effective in treating uterine tumors and female reproductive systems, apart from its legendary effect on liver and the pancreas. Why, even in 1633, William Langham, a renowned naturopath had mentioned in one of his medicinal books the wide-ranging uses of oregano oil for ailments as diverse as stomach ache, excessive menstrual bleeding, headache, skin irritations and intestinal worms.
What really happened was that the anti-fungal, antibacterial, anti-parasitic and antioxidant properties of the oregano oil usually slowed down the degeneration of food when stored for long number of days.
The therapeutic value of oregano is immense due to its method of production which is free from any chemical or artificial agent. Besides, it is organically grown where no chemical or synthetic fertilizers are used. And the oil is extracted in a natural process from the leaves when the plant becomes rich in essential oils.
Mountain-grown oregano in its crude, wild form is enormously rich in flavonoids that provide natural antiseptic properties; carvacrols that contain strong anti-microbal activity and terpenes that are natural anti-inflammatory agents. No wonder that pure oregano oil can play an active role in suppressing the symptoms of acne to a great extent. Many believe that this is a natural cure that really works and so many acne sufferers try out the oregano oil treatment.
But the fact is, the oregano oil may not be everything you will ever need to get rid of acne. Though the symptoms of acne may be gone with the oregano oil, but the results may not be permanent. Absolute cure is possible only through a holistic approach. Unless the body's toxic elements are removed and the hormonal balance (that is the root causes of acne) restored, acne can never be eliminated for good. Holistic remedies treat acne from the inside and get rid of the root causes - and that is why such remedies are so successful.


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One of ITA's primary goal is to advocate the value of tourism in Indiana's economy. To that end, ITA has an active Government Relations Committee. The committee's goal is to not only build relationship within the general assembly but also monitor legislation that may impact the association's membership, help formulate ITA's legislative platform and assist in shaping industry-wide legislation.


SAN DIEGO - A winter storm in the southeastern United States was impacting travel on Sunday, Dec. 9, causing the cancelation of more than 1,000 flights, including some to and from San Diego.
American Airlines canceled 225 flights on Saturday and 1,100 flights on Sunday -- most of them in and out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport, where the airline has a major hub. Another 300 cancellations were expected for Monday.
The airline canceled two direct flights from Charlotte Douglas to San Diego International Airport and one direct flight from San Diego to Charlotte on Sunday, as well as multiple others with layovers, according to the American Airlines website.


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How Tule Sense Works
Tule Sense FAQ
Evapotranspiration FAQ
Water Use and Plant Stress
Monitoring Method Comparison
Tule Vision
Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Management
Learn what evapotranspiration (ET) is, why it changes, and how it can be used to inform irrigation decisions.
What is Evapotranspiration (ET)?
Evapotranspiration (ET) is the combined processes of evaporation of water from the soil and plant surfaces and transpiration of water through the plant tissues.
What Influences ET?
Any of the following with cause a change in the ET:
A change in water availability in the soil.
A change in the ability of the plants to keep up with atmospheric demand for water.
A change in the ability of the atmosphere to pull water through the plant.
In other words, a change in any component of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum will influence ET.
What is the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum?
Water is lost from a crop as the plants pull the water from the soil into their roots, the water is pulled through the plants to their leaves, and the water is vaporized in the leaves and transpired out into the atmosphere. The movement of water from the soil, through the plant, and into the atmosphere, and eventually returned to the soil as rainfall, is called the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum (SPAC).
Why is Evapotranspiration Important?
A change in any one part of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum (SPAC) will also change the requirement of when and how much to irrigate a field. Other tools, like soil moisture sensors, can inform you about only one facet of the SPAC. Evapotranspiration integrates the SPAC – and accomplishes this over a broad area of a crop field.
If there is insufficient water available in the soil, then the ET will decrease as the plants physiologically regulate their water use. If the plants are hedged, then the ET will decrease because there is less leaf area intercepting light and losing water to the atmosphere. If there is a heat spell, the ET will increase because the atmospheric demand has increased and can more strongly pull water through the plants.
What is the Actual ET?
The Actual ET (in contrast to Reference ET) is the amount of water that is vaporized and transpired from your field and lost to the atmosphere. In other words, the Actual ET is the evapotranspiration from the field being measured.
What is the Reference ET?
Reference ET describes the atmospheric demand. The Reference ET is the ET from a healthy and actively-transpiring grass field with ample water in the soil. Because there is no limitation in water availability in the soil and because the field is completely covered with actively-transpiring plant tissues (i.e., the soil and plant aspects of the SPAC are fixed), then any increase or decrease in Reference ET is due to changes in the atmospheric demand.
Reference ET tells you how hard the atmosphere can pull water through a plant.
What Can a Change in the Reference ET Tell Me?
If the Reference ET is forecasted to increase (for example, a heat spell is forecasted), then the ability of the atmosphere to pull water through the crop will increase. A forecasted increase in the Reference ET means you should consider applying more water with your next irrigation. Conversely, a forecasted decrease in the atmospheric demand means you may be able to irrigate with less water or wait longer until the next irrigation.
What is the Plant Response Index?
The Plant Response Index (PRI) describes the ability of the plants to keep up with the atmospheric demand for water. It decreases if the plants have access to less water in the soil. A decrease means it is time to consider irrigating or applying more water with the next irrigation. Conversely, the Plant Response Index will increase as the canopies develop. An increase in the PRI means the plants have grown, have more transpiring tissues, and can use more water in response to the atmospheric demand.
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A Name for a Ghost to Mutter
In her new script A Name for a Ghost to Mutter, playwright Cyndi Williams uses the fuel for great drama: colorful writing, focus on relationships, big climax, tidy resolution. But while all the hard parts are accounted for, all the right moves taken, the play stops just short of smoking.
"...four generations of a Southern family. Skillful David Jones plays B., who wants Lala, a tough character rendered with..."
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The loss of the architects for the new Blanton Museum of Art; a home for the Rude Mechanicals.
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"...that this year's VORTEX season was composed entirely of new works. It's indicative of Cullum's fervor for material on..."
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"...D.C. Siegel departs Austin this Sunday to start her new job. She's still a little stunned to have been..."
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High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest
"...and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place – the..."
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SOURCE: The Conversation
Think journalism's a tough field today?
tags: Gilded Age, journalism
by Randall S. Sumpter
Randall S. Sumpter, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
An 1899 photograph of the pressroom of the Planet, a newspaper in Richmond, Va. Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com
The internet has upended the journalism industry – and not in a good way.
Over the past decade, over 100,000 journalism jobs have been shed, while advertising revenue has fallen US$30 billion since 2004.
Sponsored content is on the rise. Reporters have been suspended for fabricating aspects of their stories. And, yes, entire stories have been made up out of thin air.
Not surprisingly, trust in the media has plummeted.
As a media historian, I see a lot of similarities to another era of soaring inequality: the Gilded Age of the late 19th century.
Back then, the media market was oversaturated; revenues were down; pay was poor; and publishers were locked in circulation battles, working to one-up one another for more subscribers – even if it meant engaging in some unsavory practices.
When I was researching my book "Before Journalism Schools: How Gilded Age Reporters Learned the Rules," I learned that if Gilded Age reporters adhered to one rule, it was to do whatever it takes to get the story – even if it meant making things up.
A booming news biz goes bust
After decades of sustained growth, many newspapers found themselves in financial trouble in the late 19th century.
The reports on printing and publishing that accompanied the 1880, 1890 and 1900 national censuses shed some light on the issue: Newspapers had saturated virtually every possible geographic market.
According to the 1900 census, 451 daily newspapers were published in the nation's 50 largest cities – about nine newspapers per city. These newspapers competed for smaller and smaller slices of advertising revenue. Even some tiny communities had more than one daily newspaper duking it out. As early as 1880, Tombstone, Arizona, for instance, had two dailies serving a population of 973.
Newspapers also were locked in expensive battles over who could acquire and deploy the latest technologies in typesetting, illustration and printing.
These technologies were costly to purchase and operate. For instance, the linotype, a new mechanical typesetting device, cost $3,000. More significantly, trained technicians who belonged to unions needed to be hired to run the machines. These technicians couldn't be easily fired like young reporters, known as cubs.
To cut labor costs, publishers hired novice reporters, but didn't train them. They left it up to these raw recruits to learn basic news work on their own.
Most of these workers were not salaried employees, so during slow news periods, editors would routinely lay off reporters. Editors also paid reporters on the space system, which meant the longer the story, the more the reporters got paid.
Nellie Bly was one of the many female reporters who went undercover. Library of Congress
News executives did start hiring more women than they had in the past, but the aggregate industry data from the census reports show that these women earned about $312 a year in 1900 – half as much as men.
Editors hoped women reporters writing soft news for society pages would attract more female readers and more advertisers. They also hoped to exploit women reporters as "stunt girls" – a term used for female reporters who undertook risky reporting ventures. A popular one involved being admitted to an insane asylum and then writing about the experience, as undercover reporter Nellie Bly famously did.
Journalistic delinquency
Even with the industry struggling, men and women were still pursuing careers in the news business. One industry trade publication, The Journalist, estimated in 1889 that 100,000 people were seeking news jobs.
To survive in a Gilded Age newsroom, cubs would have to hustle to get by – even if it meant deviating from standard practice.
They might produce fakes, stage events or abandon hazardous and time-consuming assignments from their editors. They'd also share work with reporters from competing newspapers, a tactic known as "combination reporting."
In an era with few university-level courses in journalism, cubs learned how to master these strategies by observing more experienced reporters. They sometimes witnessed truly colossal fabrications.
Florence Kelly, a former Boston Globe reporter, recorded one of these fabrications by a co-worker in her 1939 memoir. After doing some research at the public library and concocting an interview with an imaginary ship captain, the co-worker produced a story about a volcanic eruption somewhere in the South Pacific. He then sold the story to the Globe, and the Globe turned around and sold it to European newspapers. Those newspapers sold the story once more to American newspapers.
Eventually, the story was discredited. But Kelly's co-worker was able to keep his job by arguing that his story was based on authentic accounts of real eruptions.
He used the money he earned to buy a train ticket.
Staging a story
Fakes became so common that an article in an 1892 issue of The Journalist estimated that the majority of stories supplied to newspapers by local news bureaus and press associations were fiction.
While some stories were made out of thin air, other practices, like staging, required deliberation and planning.
Samuel G. Blythe described the unfolding of such a story series in his 1912 autobiography, "The Making of a Newspaper Man."
At the time, Blythe worked for a Buffalo, New York, newspaper. One of the newspaper's more experienced reporters purchased a cadaver's hand and arm from a medical student. He severed some fingers and cut the arm into pieces. He then dropped fingers in a nearby canal, returned to the newsroom, and wrote a story about discovering one of the fingers.
"He speculated graphically on the problems of where the finger came from, whose finger it was, and why the police had not reported a missing man," Blythe wrote.
More appendages in local waterways followed and so did more stories until the authorities investigated. At that point, the reporter wrote a final story exposing the hoax and criticizing police for taking so long to take action.
Our 'era of error'
None of this delinquent newsroom behavior was extraordinary by 19th-century standards. Rank-and-file reporters openly discussed it with colleagues, none of whom reported it to their superiors. Newspaper economics and the advent of new technologies encouraged this behavior.
Today's news environment shares some parallels with the 19th-century news world. Digital media have changed how fast and how accurately stories are written and edited. Continuous news cycles, shrinking newsroom staffs and the multiple, simultaneous demands for content have produced what Washington Post writer Paul Farhi referred to as the "Era of Error."
The lack of formal gatekeepers on the internet has made it easier for the creators and disseminators of fake news to spread their deceptions and force out legitimate news.
Perhaps the best advice on ethical behavior for today's reporters and editors comes from a 19th-century source.
After surviving his initiation into reporting as a 14-year-old cub and later becoming an influential news executive, Moses Koenigsberg drafted his own "Newspaperman's Seven Commandments."
"At all times and in all things the editor must serve the reader to the exclusion of everyone else," Koenigsberg wrote.
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Review: Orphan #8
Orphan # 8
Kim van Alkemade
a review copy of this book was provided through TLC Book Tours
Kim van Alkemade's debut novel, Orphan #8, is an impressive achievement--and it's one of my favorite books so far in 2015.
What makes this novel so perfect? First of all, Alkemade has written a beautifully textured historical novel, rooted in fact and a fascinating, somewhat obscure corner of history. She writes so convincingly about two distinct periods of history (the early 20th century and the early 1950's) that the reader just revels in the sensory detail. And she creates a richly imagined world, peopled with compelling characters.
The novel begins in a tenement building on the Lower East Side of New York. Visha and Harry Rabinowitz are making ends meet by taking in boarders and living mostly on soup and boiled potatoes. Their two young children, Rachel and Sam, are suddenly and dramatically left alone in the world (a moment Alkemade handles masterfully). Rachel, who is only four years old, ends up in the Hebrew Infant Home, where she becomes part of a series of experiments conducted by Dr. Mildred Solomon, one of a very few female doctors working in that time period.
The chapters set in the early part of the century (beginning in 1919) alternate with chapters set in 1954; Rachel has become a nurse in the Old Hebrews Home, in the hospice wing. Dr. Solomon, now dying of bone cancer, comes into Rachel's care. As the story unfolds, the reader begins to understand the nature of Dr. Solomon's experiments, and the cost of the experiments for Rachel. At the same time, Rachel herself grows to see how Dr. Solomon has profoundly affected her life and her health.
Alkemade uses the alternating chapters to build tension, as the reader starts to put together the full story of Rachel's life. What I loved about Orphan # 8 was the moral and narrative complexity of the novel. Much of the book is firmly rooted in real historical events, and there is a section at the end of the book detailing the historical basis for the novel. The narrative takes the reader from New York to Colorado and back to New York again. The story of what happens to Rachel and her brother Sam seems almost unbelievable, but it is based on actual events and places, which adds to the sense of historical richness. I also loved the fact that Alkemade created a complex character in Rachel, a girl who has to make her way in the world without the support of parents or family. Along the way, Rachel discovers that she is deeply attracted to women, and her romantic relationships with women are depicted in a way that develops naturally out of the narrative. Orphan #8 is so nuanced, lyrical, and beautiful, and the novel manages to do so many things with grace and insight. It's really hard to believe that this is a first novel because it is so gorgeously written, fully imagined, and perfectly realized.
Orphan #8 pretty much includes every element I love to find in a work of fiction. For those who love historical fiction, you are in for a treat. I would recommend Orphan #8 for readers of literary fiction, those looking for a nuanced presentation of lesbian characters, and readers of literary fiction.
I tried to talk my book club into reading this because I really want to read it. It sounds so good!
@bermudaonion-there would be so much to talk about with this book. A perfect book club read...
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"pretty much includes every element I love to find in a work of fiction" High praise indeed! Thanks for being a part of the tour.


Perseverance..I always thought this virtue was overrated. Much easier (and less stressful) to procrastinate, ask someone to do it for me, or simply give up. But last week, I stretched my tenacity muscle. The end result was worth the effort.
It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Nice clouds, a soft breeze, the slightest hint of fall – just perfect for watching and photographing birds. My friend Ralph and I headed north from Miami to visit our favorite Palm Beach County "hot spot".
Uh oh – detour away from the turnpike entrance; the northbound ramp was closed. Unperturbed, we headed east to jump on 1-95, only to discover that an accident had snarled northbound traffic to a virtual crawl. Determined to find a way, we headed west again, then north. The 50-minute drive had become a two hour+ road trip when we finally reached Green Cay, but our anticipation quickly turned to disappointment when we saw the locked gate. The sign said "swarming bees" were to blame.
Loxahatchee Wildlife area closed due to govt. shutdown.
Now what? We headed for another favorite birding spot about 15 minutes away – Loxahatchee Wildlife Preserve. But that, too, was closed – this time due to "government shutdown".
It was nearing sunset and the light was waning when we finally arrived at Wakodahatchee Wetlands – but what a glorious end to the day! Flocks of whistling ducks, egrets, great blue herons, and dozens of white ibises – even a roseate spoonbill – filled the orange and pink-streaked sky.
Birds were landing on trees all around us, and their beautiful chirps and songs filled the air.
And to think we almost turned around and went home! Look what we would have missed!
So hang on and don't give up – even it if takes 1,000 tries. Each failure brings you one step closer to success.
Good one Reen. Sometimes we only think we know where our final destination is. Thankfully and unexpectedly our higher natures intervene with patience and perseverance,…and show us what a really awesome day is. But we have to go along (for the ride literally) to get the elation.


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For those who follow solo acoustic instrumental guitar, Michael Gulezian (gu-LAY-ze-in) is firmly established in the genre as one of the most significant artists of our time, playing with rock attitude, imbued with a mystical, spiritual essence – all tempered and disciplined by a rigorous program of classical guitar training. Gulezian is slated to perform Sat., Oct. 22, 6:30pm at Adams State College's Leon Memorial Hall, presented by the Alamosa Live Music Assoc. (ALMA). Tickets are $10 for ALMA members, $12 for the general public, $5 for students, seniors, full-time volunteers and active duty members of the military.
Michael began playing guitar at the age of six, assimilating everything from the Hindustani raga improvisations of Ravi Shankar, to Gregorian chant, to the rock of Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. He soon discovered the early finger style guitarists of the Mississippi Delta: Son House, Rev. Gary Davis, and Robert Johnson. But the crystallizing moment occurred upon hearing the music of John Fahey – godfather of American solo acoustic guitar. Gulezian locked onto Fahey's then-radical concept of acoustic instrumental guitar as lifelong medium for composition and creative self-expression.
To this day Gulezian tours constantly, performing at concert halls, festivals, and at hundreds of colleges and universities. It is visually breathtaking to watch him play – his cutting edge virtuosity, commanding stage presence, offbeat humor, and genuine humility has won him a reputation for excellence and a steadily growing audience.


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HUGHESVILLE The East Lycoming School District is proud to announce that Cassandra Walters and Hannah Miller have been honored by being named "WVIA Artists of the Week".
Walters has been named the WVIA Performing Artist of the Week and Miller has been named the WVIA Visual Artist of the Week for the week of Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1.
This campaign is designed to call attention to high school students who have excelled in the study of the arts. The partnering high school selects two students, one visual artist and one performing artist, who are then interviewed at the WVIA Public Media studios for a digital video vignette. The "Artist of the Week" vignette showcases the student, high school, and school district and salutes them for their artistic achievement. The students will be featured across all WVIA television, radio and digital platforms for one week and the accompanying vignette will be available to watch on wvia.org and pbs.org for one year. Selected artists will then be in the running to compete for "WVIA Artist of the Year", which is announced in May.
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Do you feel overwhelmed by your wedding plans? Do you feel like forgetting about the wedding and just eloping? Wedding planning can cause a lot of stress; however, there are several strategies that you can utilize to make the process smoother and simpler. The following article offers advice on how you can take the stress out of your wedding planning.
Purchasing a wedding dress can be expensive. When you go shopping for your wedding dress, think outside the box and look at dresses that are not typically considered wedding dresses. You might even consider whether a dress designed for bridesmaids could meet your needs. Remember, the dress you chose can be altered to change the styling, and the total cost will still probably be less than the cost of purchasing an official wedding dress.
TIP! Try ethnic-themed catering to add some spice to your reception. Choose a variety of dishes to add flair and flavor to your reception.
Ethnic catering can help add spice to your wedding. Chicken and steak are nice but they are nothing special, so look for foods that are unique and have a special flavor to them. Variety is important and will make the dinner memorable.
TIP! Don't forget the small stuff when decorating. You can use the same ribbon on centerpieces, your dress or as a hair embellishment.


Blogs & Articles 2018 February What Happens to a Mortgage in a Divorce?
If you're like so many married couples, you got married, bought a house and had two or three children. You may even have two newer vehicles parked in your garage – you're probably living like the rest of the middle class. And like 50 percent of married couples in the United States, your marriage is ending in divorce. You've joined the divorce club.
Aside from a 401(k) or IRA, your house is probably your greatest asset, or at least the biggest investment of your life. Now that you're divorcing, what's going to happen to your mortgage? This is a very good question indeed.
We're not going to candy-coat it – divorce can cost couples a fortune, which is why our firm is dedicated to offering cheap, no-fault divorces for only $219. If a divorce is messy or contentious, it can damage a spouse's credit, deplete their savings, and lead to financial ruin. One of the biggest assets (and debts) a couple shares is their home's mortgage.
During your divorce, you want to handle your mortgage correctly. Since it's likely the biggest asset or debt that you have, you need to make a logical decision; one that will allow you to go your separate ways with the right financial footing.
In most divorce situations, selling the house is by far the best option for all parties involved. However, this works out when there's some equity in the house. You simply put the house on the market and when it sells, you split the profits 50/50 with your spouse. Emotionally, selling may be easier said than done. Maybe you raised your children in the home. Maybe you poured thousands into remodeling and ate out for months during kitchen renovations. But from a logical standpoint, the easiest way to deal with the mortgage is to sell the house and split the proceeds.
You or your spouse really want to keep the house. If this is the case, that spouse needs to be able to refinance the home in their name alone, without the other spouse. The question is, can this spouse qualify to refinance with their income alone? Is their FICO score good enough? Do they have too much debt?
Suppose your spouse wants to pay the mortgage payments but keep you on the loan. Sounds simple, but it's a bad idea. Even if your name is removed from the deed, the mortgage company doesn't care. As far as the lender is concerned, you and your ex are legally responsible for the loan. If your ex misses a single payment; for example, if he or she loses their job, or they fall ill, or get injured at work, you're on the hook for the mortgage.
Even if your ex is a reliable, trustworthy person who would never force you to pay the mortgage after the divorce, having your name on the loan could bar you from getting another mortgage until it's paid off or your ex sells the property, unless you earn six figures and can qualify for two mortgages without a problem. The mortgage can even prevent you from renting a house or an apartment. Potential landlords can fear that you won't have enough money to pay the rent because your first duty is to the mortgage.
If you don't have any equity in the house to sell it, this is where things can get hairy. If selling is impractical because you owe more than the house is worth, your options include: 1) renting the house out, 2) continue living together, or 3) letting the house go (foreclosure). Of course, all three of these options have their drawbacks. If you can manage to rent the house out, you'll have to continue communicating with your spouse, but this may be the best solution given your options.
To learn more about dealing with a mortgage in a Pennsylvania divorce, contact Cairns Law Offices for a free case evaluation.


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COVID-19 In Scotland
A report detailing the experiences of unpaid carers and carer service support workers in Scotland, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The report makes a series of recommendations and suggestions to support carer service support workers as they move out of the crisis phase of the pandemic.
About Time Grant Evaluations
These independent evaluations review the successful delivery of the two About Time Grant programmes, Time for Change and Take Action and Support, which addressed the issues that can lead to young adult carers becoming disengaged from society.
Improving Health Outcomes for Older and Young Adult Carers
In 2011, Carers Trust was selected by People's Health Trust to coordinate the delivery of health related projects managed by Carers Trust Network Partners across England, Scotland and Wales. An evaluation, casebook of projects and research into older carer's thoughts and feelings reflecting the impact of project activities delivered.
Enabling Young Carers to Pursue their Goals in Life and Reach their Full Potential: Converting Research Findings into Policy Actions
Carers Trust is involved in a research project, 'Psychosocial support for promoting mental health and well-being among adolescent young carers in Europe'. It is also known as 'ME-WE'. It's aim is to support the mental health, wellbeing and resilience of young carers. The project runs from January 2018–June 2021. This policy brief provides an overview of year one of the project.
Invisible and in Distress: Prioritising the Mental Health of England's Young Carers
There are an estimated 700,000 young carers in the UK; people who are under 18 who help look after someone in their family, or a friend, who are ill, disabled or misuse drugs or alcohol. The report highlights recommendations based on discussions with young carers, sector leaders and young carers services in the Carers Trust network.
Engaging with Young and Young Adult Carers during the Covid 19 Pandemic in Scotland
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2020 Vision: Hear Me, See Me, Support Me and don't Forget Me.
The results of a Carers Trust Scotland survey into the impact of Coronavirus on young carers aged 12 to 17 and young adult carers aged 18 to 25 was published in July 2020. They pointed to a steep decline in the mental health and wellbeing of thousands of young people across Scotland who provide unpaid care at home for family members or friends.
My Future, My Feelings, My Family
The results of a Carers Trust survey into the impact of Coronavirus on young carers aged 12 to 17 and young adult carers aged 18 to 25 was published in July 2020. They point to a steep decline in the mental health and wellbeing of the hundreds of thousands of young people across the UK who provide unpaid care at home for family members or friends.
Support not Sympathy
The results of a Carers Trust Wales survey into the impact of Coronavirus on young carers aged 12 to 17 and young adult carers aged 18 to 25 was published in July 2020. They point to a steep decline in the mental health and wellbeing of thousands of young people across Wales who provide unpaid care at home for family members or friends.
Care Act for Carers One Year On
Carers Trust's report Care Act for carers: One Year On showed that there are some carers who are getting good support under the Care Act, as well as some examples of good practice.


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Watch: Kofi Siriboe's new documentary leads a necessary discussion about Black mental health
by Daniel Johnson
Activism, Art, Culture, Film, Race, Video
Kofi Siriboe at the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. Image Credit: Antonio White Image Source: Flickr
Kofi Siriboe, best known for his work on OWN's Queen Sugar as Ralph Angel recently released a documentary focusing on Black mental health. The short documentary, entitled "WTF is Mental Health?" functions as a primer on what mental health is and what some of the stigmas attached to it are. As Siriboe tells The Huffington Post, "I feel like with mental health, people always react negatively. We kinda have a lot of stigma in our community and in society in general." He continues, "I feel like that space wasn't really created for us."
The project was filmed in the Bronx and features seven people candidly discussing the issues they have faced in their journeys toward a good relationship with their mental health. The film is a companion piece to "Jump" a short Siriboe made following his friend's suicide.
Making 'WTF Is Mental Health?' has been a part of a healing process for me, one I'm still exploring… It's the companion piece to 'Jump,' a short film I made after a mentor and big brother figure died by suicide, just before I got the call that I'd been cast in 'Queen Sugar.' I started working on this beautiful, emotional show and felt how liberating it was to channel my fears into art. As I began to mold 'Jump,' I realized the true conversation I was craving centered on young black people who are figuring out this mental health thing, too.
Siriboe has also faced his own challenges with mental health. He told The Huffington Post that he feels that he has depression, anxiety and struggles what he calls a "general unease" and "feeling isolated," even when he got the call from Ava DuVernay and company to be on Queen Sugar.
Siriboe's documentary comes at a time when there is ongoing research into Black mental health. A recent report found that Black children aged 5-12 commit suicide at a rate twice as high as their white counterparts, and Siriboe believes that self expression is a large part of how the stigma around mental health in the Black community can be disrupted.
"I get to express, but what about those people who don't have that opportunity, they're bottling up all this emotion and being told it's not real then we wanna talk about mental health after there's a reaction to what's been bottled up… and it's not gonna stop. It's only gonna keep getting worse," Siriboe said of the suicide rates. "It creates a system that disconnects a person, disconnects a community and we're weak that way. It creates a vulnerability that isn't strength. It's not chosen. We should be vulnerable by choice cause that's all we can be. We have to acknowledge what it is and accept it."
Check out "WTF is Mental Health?" below!
Art, black community, Film, health and wellness, Kofi Siriboe, mental health, stigma


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Each month, FLVS CTE will focus on a different soft skill that is essential for today's students as they enter college or the workforce. This month's focus is communication.
My daughter received the board game Speak Out for Christmas. For those of you who haven't played, it's an entertaining game. You wear a mouthpiece, draw a card, and then you read aloud what is on the card. The other person or team will try to guess what you're saying. You can only imagine how difficult it is to communicate using a mouthpiece!
That game made me think about how important communication skills are. It's one of the top soft skills required by employers. Hiring managers say communication skills can make or break the interview process.
One of the benefits of CTE courses here at FLVS is that we put a lot of emphasis on strong communication along with technological know-how. You might think it's difficult to teach good communication skills online and in a career and technical classroom, but our students continuously have one on one conversations with the instructors. They send emails and written assessments digitally. These interactions regularly and deliberately reinforce communication skills.
Not only do students learn how to write resumes and cover letters in Digital Information Technology, they also learn how to proof-read and collaborate with their peers during exciting live lessons. Foundations of Programming is another course we offer here at FLVS. There, students learn how to develop computer programs using the programming language Python. Not only do they learn the hard skill of coding, they also learn how to analyze their product and communicate to their teacher what they learned during the process.
Think about ways you can reinforce these real world skills with your child at home.
This entry was posted in Educator Edition, Full Time Edition, Homeschool Edition, Parent Edition, Student Edition and tagged Career & Technical Education, Career and Technical Education, Coding, Communication Skills, CTE Month, Real-Life Skills on February 13, 2018 by Elizabeth Fulcher.


HARTLEPOOL four-piece Plaza entertained a crowd mixed with friends, nightclubbers and local music writers during their performance at Mixtape.
It was their first gig of 2016 – more importantly the first as a four-piece. One less member did not affect their sound majorly.
NGOD were the headline act and they watched Plaza's set from the bar.
Plaza opened with Fickle, a building alt-rock track bursting with pedaled guitars and massive drum fills.
Although this was only a 'support slot' before a club night, passion was still very much in the band. Front-man Brad Lennard lost a shoe halfway through the gig and carried one with just the one.
By the end of the set both shoes were off and he was sliding around the stage.
Totem was introduced as Plaza's next single. Coming at the end of the month it is a fantastic track full of repetitive riffs and toe-tappingly catchy drums.
After last night's performance it is clear that even though they are a member down their on-stage presence has not been affected.
"Thank you. We are not Plaza," were the final words before the band left the stage.
Be sure to catch Plaza on tour with Trash next month. Tickets here.
Listen to more of Plaza's music below and download the EP here: PLAZA BANDCAMP.


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Q: How to pass ModelList(ArrayList) from Adapter to Activity I have create A RecyclerView of Product List. To show All Varient of Product when I click on Weight it will be open an Dialog in which other RecyclerView open and Display the varient of the Product(Here I'm Done).
But the problem is that I want to set the Dialog data into Product List RecyclerView(From dialog to Activity) with the same position of that Product.

A: You can create the interface callback and method to pass the list from adapter to activity, you just need to pass the callback reference in adapter class from activity and then you can call method from adapter using this callback reference

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The slippery slope of red flag gun laws
Posted by LTP Support | Jun 29, 2022 | More News, Political |
By William Haupt III | The Center Square contributor
"No free man shall ever be barred from using arms to guard public liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
The gun control debate began in the 1920s in Germany's Weimar Republic. They mandated the registration of all firearms and the authority to confiscate them "if it was necessary for the pubic good." They convinced gun owners these records would be confidential for the nation's security.
The prime minister said these records would forever be protected from militant groups. Yet in 1933, when Adolf Hitler seized power, he used these "secret gun records" to identify, disarm, and attack and imprison opponents of the regime. It also enabled Hitler to murder 6 million defenseless Jews.
Weimar's ill-conceived gun edict showed little insight and had one major flaw. It's most loquacious oversight was that Werner Best crafted it, a suspected conspirator and future Gestapo henchman.
"How fortunate it is for governments that the people they administer don't think." – Adolf Hitler
In 1938, Hitler signed The Gun Control Act to deprive Jews from owning guns. Since the Jews had registered their guns they were easily disarmed. With no weapons to fight back, they were sent to death camps and burned alive. Hitler relied on gun control to cleanse Germany with his Holocaust.
When France fell to the Nazis in 1940, it was a walk in the park for Hitler since it was illegal to own a gun in France and they couldn't fight back. In reaction to this, days before Pearl Harbor in 1941, Congress no only affirmed our 2nd Amendment rights, it also outlawed federal gun registration.
Although America's military might defends world liberty, gun ownership has been under attack for years. Gun control advocates say the U.S. should mimic the European nations that have strict gun control laws. But it was the well-trained army of U.S. gun owners that led the allied victory in WWII.
In Germany, to purchase a gun, you must pass a government psychiatric evaluation. In Finland, to own a gun you must prove you're a member of an approved gun club and pass a police review. In Italy, one must prove they need a gun and pass a criminal and mental background investigation.
In France, applicants must pass a mental health exam. In the UK and Japan it is a felony to own a handgun. In Red China, anyone caught owning gun powder will be jailed. On the other hand, 75% of all citizens in Switzerland own guns. And they have the lowest gun-related crimes in the world.
Every nation with strict guns laws has been taken over by a tyrannical rogue leader; Adolf Hitler of Germany; Benito Mussolini of Italy; and Hirohito of Japan; or they've been invaded by one. But in the U.S. where it is a constitutional right to own and use guns, we are the defender of world freedom.
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."– General George Patton
In America, the colonies demanded free speech and gun ownership was protected before ratifying the Constitution. They demanded that those two amendments be added to the Constitution.
James Madison drafted and passed the Bill of Rights during the first U.S. Congress in NY in 1789.
In 1999, Connecticut passed the first "red flag law." Today 18 states have followed. Red flag laws allow law enforcement, with a court order, to seize guns from anyone that a person considers a danger to themselves or others. Almost anyone can file a red flag request for almost any reason.
President Joe Biden has urged Congress to pass additional gun control laws including a red flag law. With a 224 to 202 vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi passed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order last week. This allows courts to issue extreme risk orders that ban individuals deemed dangerous from buying or owning a gun. But for this to become law, the 2nd amendment must be amended.
This is the most dangerous attack on the 2nd amendment by the federal government in history.
Within the context of red flag laws, anyone may attempt to have someone's firearms seized with the slightest suspicion that a gun owner may pose a danger to them or to themselves. Only after proving their "innocence" before a court can a law-abiding citizen possibly retrieve their property.
A study by the RAND Corporation on states with red flag laws found that there is zero conclusive evidence that red flag laws prevent acts of gun violence. In fact, a report by CNN shows homicides across the U.S. have risen an alarming 6.2% since Biden was elected and after the George Floyd protests, riots and looting.
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." – Aldous Huxley
According to NBC, Illinois passed its red flag law in 2018 and gun crimes and homicides escalated throughout the state. In 2021, in the city of Chicago there were 797 homicides and 3,561 shooting incidents despite Illinois' extremely tough gun laws. Obviously "red flag" gun control doesn't work.
Some states allow medical professionals, school officials and coworkers also to petition the courts. Other states only allow law enforcement and relatives to petition the courts to have guns removed from anyone they wish. In red flag states, you are guilty until proven innocent to get your guns back.
"You're guilty until proven innocent. Perception is reality, that's the way that it is." – Chris Webber
The powers of the federal government are clearly defined and enumerated in the Constitution and disarming citizens is not one. In fact, the 2nd Amendment forbids the government from doing so. It specifically designates that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall never be infringed."
James Hanstein wrote, "Our past are our lessons learned." Our constitutional rights are not just a source of patriotic pride but the lifeblood of democracy. Our founders knew that the right of citizens to bear arms was essential to preserving their liberty. The 2nd Amendment ensures that. We need to remind our Congressmen that it was Hitler's genocide of the Jews that led to the 2nd Great War.
The Senate has now passed the onus of "gun control" on to the states. They expand background checks, and fund school safety programs. They will also incentivize states to pass more red flag laws. Since states have almost "innumerable powers" they will pressure each state to pass stricter gun laws.
All government is local, and all liberty is too. The rubber meets the road in every state legislature. Politicians are addicted to money and easily swayed by federal gratuities. But what happens in our states ends up in DC. As states trade our gun rights for abusive "red flag laws," citizens that do not challenge them don't covet their freedom. They will be crying and moaning when progressives win their campaign to repeal their 2nd amendment.
"To preserve liberty, it is essential the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, how to use them." – Richard Henry Lee
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-the-slippery-slope-of-red-flag-gun-laws/article_606ca022-f60e-11ec-9dfc-d3feec977173.html
Clarence Thomas vs. the Fictional Progressive Narrative
His writings from the bench frequently bust popular left-wing myths about race and justice.
Jason L. Riley | The Wall Street Journal |
Justice Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021.
PHOTO: ERIN SCHAFF/ZUMA PRESS
Justice Clarence Thomas served up a twofer last week: a Supreme Court decision, in Terry v. U.S., that's noteworthy for its judicial restraint as well as for pushing back at another false racial narrative that has gained popularity in this Age of Wokeness.
Justice Thomas has done this before. His concurrence in McDonald v. Chicago, a 2010 case about handgun restrictions, offered a succinct tutorial on gun-control measures put in place after the Civil War to suppress blacks and leave them more vulnerable to domestic terror groups like the Ku Klux Klan. In Box v. Planned Parenthood, a 2019 case that concerned the legality of "selective" abortions based on race and sex, his concurring opinion included a history of the eugenics movement in the U.S. and how it made common cause with abortion-rights activists.
Liberals today are eager to highlight how the filibuster was used in the past to block civil-rights legislation. They don't want to talk about the racist history of gun control or minimum-wage laws or abortion advocacy, let alone how this history still affects blacks today. Eight decades after Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger established a birth-control clinic in Harlem, Justice Thomas wrote, "there are areas of New York City in which black children are more likely to be aborted than they are to be born alive—and are up to eight times more likely to be aborted than white children in the same area."
Democratic opposition to the filibuster is based less on principle than on political expediency. The Senate is split evenly, and the filibuster stands in the way of a far-reaching progressive agenda. Part of that agenda involves so-called criminal-justice reform, which to liberals means defunding the police, prosecuting fewer crimes, and reducing the size of the prison population by releasing inmates early.
Activists allege that today's "mass incarceration" resulted from policies motivated by racism. Justice Thomas's opinion last week in Terry undercuts that claim by providing a more accurate history of sentencing laws than the fictions being peddled of late by Democrats and progressive activists. The court unanimously rejected a petition, from a convicted crack-cocaine dealer named Tarahrick Terry, to be resentenced under the First Step Act, a 2018 federal law that reduced sentences for certain drug offenders. In his opinion, Justice Thomas wrote that the text of the law made this a "straightforward" case. Mr. Terry had been sentenced as a "career criminal" for an offense that fell outside the scope of the First Step Act and thus was ineligible for a sentence reduction.
Justice Thomas's ruling didn't stop there. The stiffer sentencing guidelines for crack-cocaine offenses, versus those for powder cocaine, date to the mid-1980s. The thinking in Washington at the time was that because crack was cheaper than powder, more addictive and more closely associated with violent crime, offenders should face tougher penalties. Like everything else these days, such attitudes are viewed almost exclusively through a racial lens, but as Justice Thomas points out, the sentiment at the time transcended both race and party affiliation.
"In response to these concerns, Congress quickly passed a bill with near unanimity," Justice Thomas writes. "The new law created mandatory-minimum penalties for various drug offenses, and it set much lower trigger thresholds for crack offenses." The 1986 bill passed the Democrat-controlled House 392-16 and the Republican Senate 97-2. "A majority of the Congressional Black Caucus cosponsored and voted for the bill," he adds in a footnote. Many black leaders at the time were motivated by two major worries. "First, crack was fueling crime against residents of inner cities, who were predominantly black." Second, "there were concerns that prosecutors were not taking these kinds of crimes seriously enough because the victims were disproportionately black."
Various efforts would be made in ensuing decades to determine if Congress had overreached and how to reduce the sentencing disparity between crack and powder offenses. But what drove the initial effort was bipartisan, cross-racial concern for what was going on in poor black communities. And although today's woke left is at pains to deny it, that effort was led by black lawmakers responding to their constituents, as Justice Thomas's opinion reminds us.
Current efforts to reduce resources for law enforcement in the name of "social justice" for blacks ignore that blacks have long complained about underpolicing of their communities. In a 1993 Gallup poll, 75% of black respondents said they wanted more cops on the streets, and 82% said that the court system goes too easy on offenders. Blacks today continue to express overwhelming support for the presence of more police in their neighborhoods, which suggests that, unlike the progressive politicians and activists who claim to speak on their behalf, most blacks are more interested in safe communities than they are in the racial composition of the inmate population.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/clarence-thomas-vs-the-fictional-progressive-narrative-11624399074?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
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Jun 22, 2019 - Politics & Policy
Buttigieg returns to South Bend after fatal police shooting of a black man
Rashaan Ayesh
Pete Buttigieg. Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Mayor Pete Buttigieg returned home to Indiana on Friday from the 2020 campaign trail in an effort to "promote healing" after a white police officer fatally shot a black man on June 16, reports NBC News.
Why it matters: Some critics have suggested Buttigieg has a history of alienating minorities in South Bend. In 2011, Newsweek described the Midwestern community as a "dying city," after the population dropped by 3.9% two years prior. Buttigieg ran for mayor on a platform to revitalize his hometown, but some of those progressive plans have since been characterized as gentrification.
Driving the news: At a march on Friday, community members gathered to memorialize the death of Eric Logan, 54, and protest the police shooting. One activist said black voters would not support Buttigieg for president. The South Bend mayor responded: "I'm not asking for your vote... I will promise that there will be a review to make sure that there is no racism [in] this department." The protestor challenged Buttigieg, arguing that racism is deeply rooted within the local police force.
A lawyer for Logan's family said Buttigieg is at fault for the shooting for failing to stop police misconduct, reports ABC.
Area residents are particularly upset about the shooting because South Bend Police Sgt. Ryan O'Neill did not have his body camera or dashboard camera turned on during the confrontation, says ABC.
Other criticisms of Buttigieg's record in South Bend:
Firing a police chief
Details: Buttigieg fired Police Chief Darryl Boykins in 2012 for allegedly taping his white senior officers' phone calls, reports the New York Times. Boykins was attempting to catch his colleagues using racist language. Since terminating Boykins, Buttigieg appointed 2 white chiefs.
The impact: Minority residents were reportedly upset that the new mayor sided with white police officers instead of Boykin, per Times. South Bend City Council and residents have asked for the recordings to be released, but Buttigieg refused without a court order, says New York Times. They also pushed for a citizens' review board to evaluate police operations.
What he's saying: In his political memoir, Buttigieg said the police tapes "affected my relationship with the African-American community in particular for years to come."
Demolishing abandoned homes
The plan: In an effort to attract businesses and people back to downtown South Bend, Buttigieg targeted "1,000 Houses in 1,000 Days," in a 2011 plan that sought to demolish and rehabilitate abandoned and vacant homes.
The impact: While the development initiative was championed by some, other residents were critical that "...the benefits have not flowed equally to South Bend's large minority communities," the New York Times wrote.
Why it matters: In his 2020 run for the White House, Buttigieg is using his record of revitalizing parts of South Bend to, in part, illustrate why he'd make a good president.
"I'm not sure we got that completely right. If there's one thing that I would encourage people to look at in the future, [it] is to really find a fair way to fine tune that enforcement because a lot of it almost inevitably falls to the discretion of the code enforcement personnel."
— Buttigieg to the Christian Science Monitor
Other critiques: During a 2015 speech about racial reconciliation between black citizens and the police, Buttigieg used the phrase "all lives matter." He addressed the statement at the 2019 convention for the National Action Network, and said at the time he didn't understand the phrase was "coming to be viewed as a sort of counter-slogan to Black Lives Matter," reports CNBC.
Go deeper: Pete Buttigieg: Everything you need to know about the 2020 candidate


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Герб Елизовского муниципального района Камчатского края Российской Федерации.

Описание герба
«В пересечённом зелёном и лазоревом поле острозубчато изломанный пояс, пересечённый серебром и червленью. Поверх всего — золотой восстающий медведь, держащий в лапах над головой серебряную с червлёными плавниками рыбу в пояс. Щит увенчан муниципальной короной соответствующего образца».

Обоснование символики
Герб Елизовского района языком символов и аллегорий отражает исторические, культурные и экономические особенности края. Территория, входящая в современный район, имеет богатую интересную историю. В гербе использованы цвета условной геральдической палитры: зелень, лазурь (все оттенки синего и голубого), червлень (красный, алый), а также металлы — серебро и золото, изображённые светло-серым или белым цветом и золотисто-жёлтым, соответственно.

— Зелёный цвет символизирует надежду, изобилие, свободу; в гербе указывает на обилие лесов, девственную природу, плодородность земли района и развитое сельское хозяйство.

— Лазоревый (сине-голубой) символизирует величие, красоту; в контексте данного герба это — цвет воды, которой так богата земля района: реки, озера, и побережье Тихого океана вдоль всей его восточной границы.

— Изломанный острозубчатый серебряно-червлёный пояс символизирует покрытую снегами гряду камчатских гор и вулканов и раскалённые земные недра.

— Серебро — символ чистоты, добра, справедливости, благородства, светлых помыслов и намерений.

— Червлёный — цвет жизни, милосердия и любви, символизирует красоту, здоровье, мужество, силу, огонь камчатских недр и тепло земли.

Основная фигура гербовой композиции — золотой медведь. Эта фигура олицетворяет земную мощь человеческую, которая подчиняя себе стихию, но не уничтожая её, берёт для себя оттуда хлеб насущный, стремясь при этом и к духовным, высшим сферам. В данном случае медведь использован совершенно оправданно — трудно найти на земле уголок, так населённый медведями, как Камчатка. В геральдике обозначает необоримую силу, но одновременно и предусмотрительность, осторожность.

— Золото — символ могущества, богатства, надежды и солнечного света, указывает на богатство природы и недр Елизовского района.

— Высунутый язык медведя в геральдике — непременный элемент изображений активных (по большей части хищных) животных. Высунутый язык символически указывает на свирепость или рычание. Будучи окрашен иным нежели фигура цветом служит указанием на её (фигуры) яростный характер. Отсутствие у изображения активного животного языка (за исключением натурных изображений) означает немотность, лишённость «права голоса», подчинённость. Таким образом, медведь в гербе Елизовского района — активный, самостоятельный, «гласный» — имеющий собственный голос.

— Серебряный лосось указывает на главное богатство и основу экономики Елизовского района — красную рыбу.

— Корона, венчающая герб — указывает, на статус владельца герба, как муниципального района.

Герб Елизовского муниципального района в соответствии с Методическими рекомендациями по разработке и использованию официальных символов муниципальных образований (Раздел 2, Глава VIII, п.п. 45-46), утверждёнными геральдическим Советом при Президенте Российской Федерации 28 июня 2006 года может воспроизводиться со статусной короной установленного образца.

Автор герба района — Максим Черников.

Герб утвержден решением Думы Елизовского муниципального района № 1037 от 3 марта 2010 года и 23 апреля 2010 года внесён в Государственный геральдический регистр Российской Федерации с присвоением регистрационного номера 5973.

Елизовский район имел более ранний герб, утверждённый Постановлением Елизовской районной Думы № 136 от 26 сентября 1997 года

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 Гербы районов Камчатского края

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 Герб г. Елизово, Елизовский район

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Гербы с муниципальными коронами
Гербы с изображением медведей
Гербы с изображением рыбы


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Ernest Hemingway and Fidel
That historical encounter between Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro took place on Sunday, May 15th, 1960. A hands-shaking united these two people who already admired one another before they met. It was the tenth occasion in which a marlin fishing tournament was carried out with the famous American writer's name and the ones in charge of the contest made the pertinent coordinations to make possible such significant moment. Hemingway went to the appointment with his Pilar; Fidel made it on board of 'El Cristal' and he was accompanied by Ernesto Che Guevara. The pretext could not be better, because it consisted in having both participating in the chasing after marlins, 'casteros', and golden. Eight hours of competition were enough so that the Chief of the Cuban Revolution, without putting away his fishing -rod and spool, was erected as the maximum individual accumulator. Somebody close to the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" commented that Ernest, when giving the trophy to Fidel told him: "Perhaps you are a beginner in the fishing, but he is already a lucky fisherman." The man that used to dress a 'guayabera' (a pleated, buttoned men's shirt) with short pants never hid his admiration for the process that began to forge in Cuba during the first years of the 60's oin the last century. "After so much time in this country, I consider myself a true Cuban", he said. "I never saw something as wonderful as "The Old man and the Sea", Fidel has commented, a man for whom Hemingway's plays were like sources of historical and geographical knowledge. He also asserted that "For Whom the Bells tolls?" had a great influence in one stage of his life as he looked for a way out to the complicated situation in the Island. He sentenced that Cuba doesn't deserve any gratefulness for the work carried out in the preservation of the existent documentation in 'La Vigía' (Museo Hemingway- Hemingway Museum); because not having done it would be a lack of culture.
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The literature for suicide survivors tells us to lower our expectations of other people's response to our pain and accept that what they say or do is what they are able to offer. We are told that if we can accept this, we will not be so easily disappointed. Everyone, including family members, grieves in his or her own way. I see the truth in this. But head and heart are on different tracks after a visit with relatives.
A friend advised me to have zero expectations for the visit, and I tried. I enjoyed seeing everyone and the usual family banter. Later, I realized the strain I had been under. No one asked how I was feeling four months after our son's suicide, unless questions about work are code for that. No one shared any memory of Noah, even in passing, although my husband and I signaled it was okay to talk about him by mentioning him several times. When we made a toast at dinner to Noah, "who should have been here with us and who we all love and miss," there was awkward, shocked silence.
It felt as if our 21-year-old son had never lived and as if the tragedy of his death had never happened. This made me furious. I know I'm supposed to understand people's need to keep sorrow and discomfort at bay and have empathy for their not knowing what to say. But we parents of the child who is gone are the chief mourners. Why should we have to worry about other people's needs? Why don't they show more concern with our needs?
Of course, my needs continue to change, so how can I expect others to understand? In the early weeks, I needed someone around every day who could listen and provide comfort. I needed to unburden myself at least twice a week with major, 25-tissue crying fits, followed by a need to hold someone. Gradually, I realized I didn't need so many people around; too many people trying to have coffee or take walks with me became draining.
After about six months, I learned that as long as I can freely express my grief with a small number of friends and family, in therapy, and in my SAS support group, I do not need to talk about it with everyone I see. I do not need to talk about our son and our loss at every social encounter. I am grateful for the precious few people who can talk about it, but I do not resent those who cannot.
I know my relatives are hurting, too. Yet, instead of having zero expectations of others, I ended up with zero tolerance during our visit. Maybe zero expectations are too much to expect of suicide survivors. We need to own all the conflicted feelings that come with this unpredictable journey, and hopefully have a safe space, like a support group, to vent and explore them.
Susan Auerbach completed an SAS support group in August 2013. This article is adapted from her blog, http://afterachildssuicide.blogspot.com.


Tuesday February 4 1908 I went down town this forenoon. did a lot of errands and went over home for dinner. It snowed terribly I got back at 4.28 and made tatting after the evening work was done Will sold the hogs today. Wednesday February 5 1908 I fried down the sausage and as I worked at that till noon I was most of the afternoon doing other work. Will went to town this morning to bank the money for the hogs $437.88 I worked at my tatting in evening. weather some warmer. Thursday February 6 1908 I made mincemeat in the forenoon and did house-work most of the afternoon I tried to fix my white waist that was made in the fall. I made tatting in the evening George Stevens had a sale today. Friday February 7 1908 I did washing and got the other work done Will went to town in afternoon. I rested awhile and folded the clothes which I ironed after supper. I baked both bread and cake today. Saturday February 8 1908 It was a cold raw day I was busy with sweeping and other work all forenoon. I did some mending in afternoon and sewed and read in evening. Will to town in afternoon. Billy hauling ice for Ed [Kover?].