With only 16 achievements for 1000 gamerscore, 6180 The Moon is incredibly easy and takes no time at all to complete. Especially with the help of a guide.
Clocking in around the 20-hour mark, The ABC Murders is another easy 1000 gamerscore spread over 50 achievements. A lot of these are for simply completing the cases, however.
With way over half of the gamerscore on offer being story-related, it's highly unlikely that with the help of a guide grabbing 1000 gamerscore will take you long at all. The whole thing can be done in about five hours too.
You can get all 1000 gamerscore within the tutorial level by standing in a corner and pressing B 50 times. No… seriously.
12 achievements make up the 1000 gamerscore and with the help of a guide to know when to look out for things, you won't have any problem grabbing all of them in a single playthrough. Expect this to take no longer than 10 hours.
Child of Light is a great little RPG with 27 achievements making up the 100 gamerscore. Many of these you'll pick up naturally during a playthrough, but grab a guide for some of the side quests to help polish the list off.
To grab all 22 achievements in Contrast, simply play through the game and grab all of the collectibles as you do. There are a couple of achievements that require you to do certain actions, but it's nothing you can't finish in an evening with a guide by your side.
Taking about four to six hour to complete and having no online achievements, Costume Quest's 200 gamerscore can be earned incredibly quickly with the help of a roadmap so you don't miss any on your adventure.
With two less achievements than its predecessor and 750 more gamerscore, Costume Quest 2 only really asks that you complete the game and complete a few challenges or tasks. What's more is there are plenty of video guides and the game is generally quite easy too.
If you're not bothered about grabbing the full set, Crash Course can net you a smooth 150 gamerscore in about an hour. It's best to go through and do each level twice. Once for the gold medal on each course, and another to grab the other course-specific achievements.
With a majority of the 25 achievements being story related, and the rest requiring you to do incredibly easy tasks such as performing five "Drafting" skills, Fast and Furious is an easy 1000 gamerscore for car lovers.
Simply play through every episode of Telltale's take on the popular TV show and you'll earn all 1000 gamerscore. It's as simple as that.
You're going to need a guide for this one, but thanks to how ludicrous this game is a lot of the achievements are for doing really bizarre but simple stuff. When you know what it is that you need to do anyway.
Simply grab a friend and play through the story. Use a guide for each mission's exclusive achievement and you'll have 1000 gamerscore in no time.
#IDARB only has 12 achievements for its 1000 g's and it's all relatively easy stuff. Playing the game naturally and creating a bunch of characters will have your Gamerscore looking 1000 points healthier in no time.
With the help of a guide, you can play through Layers of Fear, grab all of the collectibles, and come out 1000 gamerscore richer in the space of about 10 hours. You'll be terrified, but that's all part of the fun, right?
Though it'll take you a few playthroughs to grab all 1000 gamerscore, Korra can be a fun and fast fighter and won't cause too many problems especially with the help of a roadmap. Just don't miss a single tutorial step or you'll have to reset your progress.
Limbo's dark aesthetics and puzzle gameplay is great fun and takes less than 10 hours to grab all 1000 gamerscore. A guide is definitely preferable for this.
All 1000 gamerscore can be grabbed in under 10 hours and requires one playthrough, a quick nip to the garage, and then clearing up two other achievements. Even if you just grab the story related ones, you'll still be 570 gamerscore better off.
Max is only a short game and will only take you less than 10 hours to grab the full 1000 gamerscore. There are 93 collectibles, however, so we do recommend using a roadmap or guide to make sure you don't miss any along the way.
Because of the open-ended nature of Minecraft, you'll often just pop these achievements as you play. You may need a guide to help you work out where to find a horse, or how to exactly your enter an End Portal, but as long as you don't mind pouring in some time, Minecraft's achievements are simple and fun to get.
Simply play through every episode of Telltale's take on the popular crafting game and you'll earn all 1000 gamerscore. It's as simple as that.
You'll need to play at least two games, but Monopoly's achievements can be boosted incredibly quickly by playing against a Very Easy AI. You'll need to play a local game with six players to dust this off, but there's an easy way to cheese that, too.
If you want the full 1000 gamerscore you'll be pleased to know that with the help of a guide so you can grab all of the evidence and collectibles in each case, you can finish Murdered in less than 10 hours. A lot of the achievements are missable though, so a guide is suggested.
With all achievements being story-related or collectible-related, Never Alone is easy to get 1000 gamerscore. Simply play through, keep an eye out for Cultural Insights, and then use a guide to pick up any you missed your first time around.
Another game you can easily grab all 1000 gamerscore from in less than 10 hours. You'll need a guide to make sure that some of the achievements you go for won't prevent you from getting the "Number 1 Dad" achievement, but other than that there isn't anything that should stump you.
While you do need to play through Oxenfree three times to get all 1000 gamerscore, a large chunk can be earned just through playing it once with the help of a guide. The second and third goes will be used to grab the mean and silent playthrough achievements.
Simply play through all levels and don't miss the Spirit, Body, and Soul puzzles and you've earned yourself an incredibly fast and easy 1000 gamerscore.
With a pretty straightforward achievement list, Quantum Break can be done and dusted in one playthrough if you use a guide and head through on the hardest difficulty. The 206 collectibles are the only thing that may take a little time.
Rare Replay is on this list not necessarily because it's easy to get all of the achievements, but because you can do very little and still come away with a huge chunk. It has 200 achievements for 4000 gamerscore. There's a few achievements for simply starting games, too.
Rocket League's achievements are easy to get simply because you'll unlock them when you're casually playing with friends and family. The season ones can be boosted relatively quickly, and the only one that may take some time can also be cheesed with the help of a few elastic bands.
A good 825 gamerscore is available for those who want an easy ride, but the final 175 may take a bit of practice and extra work. Still, the game can be perfected in less than five hours dependent on how good at it you are.
You get achievements for literally slicing different limbs and parts off zombies and for collecting coins. Yes, you need a Kinect, but if you do this is probably the simplest way of earning 1000 gamerscore.
Simply play as your favorite character, kill all enemies and destroy every wooden barrel you see. Upgrade your character, rise and repeat with another one and play it co-op multiplayer you'll get your 1000 gamerscore in no time.
Clocking in at around five hours, Stick it to the Man is a 2D puzzler but one with an incredibly easy achievement list. 'A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste' can be a little tricky, but just use a guide to make sure you don't miss any hiding characters.
Simply play through every episode of Telltale's take on the popular FPS series and you'll earn all 1000 gamerscore. It's as simple as that.
Even without a guide, Teslagrad will take you about six hours to grab all of its achievements, and you won't need to play through it twice, either. There are no missable trophies, simply explore all areas to grab all of the achievements.
There are only four missable achievements in this narrative psychological horror game, and a guide can help you make sure you grab all of these in a single playthrough. It's only a short game, too, so you'll be 1000 gamerscore richer in the space of an hour.
While all of The Swapper's achievements can be missed, the game's mechanics mean that with the help of a guide the whole 1000 gamerscore can be easily polished off in about five hours and in a single playthrough. Just keep an eye out for those terminals.
Simply play through every episode of Telltale's story of machete-wielding badass, Michonne, and you'll earn all 1000 gamerscore. It's as simple as that.
A simple game and an even simpler achievement list, all you need to do is complete the game and pick up the achievement pickups along the way. These aren't too difficult to find, but if you are struggling simply use a guide. You're looking at less than five hours to grab the full list.
Three Fourths Home is a short narrative-driven game and due to this you don't need to do much to grab the achievements. You will, however, need to play the main game twice to unlock the "20 Miles Out" achievement. This shouldn't take you much longer than a couple of hours to complete.
Though you'll need to play Tower of Guns 100 times for one of its achievements, it's still possible (with the help of a guide) to grab all 1000 gamerscore in under 10 hours. Focus on completing the game first, then unlocking perks and weapons, and then any others such as killing 350 enemies in a single level etc.
Unmechanical not only has very odd values assigned to its achievements, but a bunch of them can be missed, too. It's best to use a guide, but in a single playthrough and a couple of chapter selects to unlock the alternative ending, you'll have this done in roughly five or so hours.
With 20 achievements totaling 1000 gamerscore, Valiant Hearts' achievement list can be grabbed in one playthrough. You're likely to miss one of the 119 collectibles on your own, however, so we do recommend a guide. Otherwise the achievements are simple and may just take a couple of turns to finally crack.
Simply play through every episode of Telltale's story of Lee and Clementine, and you'll earn all 1000 gamerscore. It's as simple as that.
Just like its predecessor, all you'll need to do is follow the story of Clementine and Co. through all of the episodes and you'll be 1000 gamerscore better off.
Whispering Willows is only short and a bunch of its achievements can't be missed. However, for the ones that can be missed, simply use a guide on a second playthrough if you'd rather just see what you find on your own first. Using a guide on the first go will grab you all of them in about an hour.
Simply play through every episode of Telltale's story based on the comic book series and you'll earn all 1000 gamerscore. It's as simple as that.


DETEL Mobiles & Accessories has announced its partnership with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Through this partnership, BSNL has signed an agreement with S.G Corporate Mobility Pvt. Ltd. (the parent company of Detel) for selling its mobile service to the consumers bundled with the most economical Feature Phone, the Detel D1. The offer started from 23rd December 2017 and is available across India.
Through this tie-up, Detel feature phone buyers would get a BSNL sim connection & the validity of the first recharge would be 365 days.
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Clams are popular all over the world as they are so versatile. When you are planning to cook for more than a couple of people, this is something that you must consider; ingredients and dishes your friends will love but are also quick to prepare, so that you don't spend the whole time at the stove.
Cook your Palourde Clams quickly, to preserve all their flavors. Ideally, cook them covered for 5 mins in a double boiler with white wine, cider or beer. Cook your Clams until they open. Ideally, cook them covered for 5 mins in a double boiler with white wine, cider or beer.


The play "Martyr" revolves around a teenager, Benjamin, who is being brought up by a single mother. Once he discovers the Bible, he finds all the answers to the questions that worry him. And he turns the Holy Script into the instrument of torture for those who surround him, because he thinks he's the only one to know what is right and what is wrong. When criticized by his mother or teachers, he snaps at them with biblical quotes. He despises the minister who teaches at school for his shaky reputation and a weak ideological position, which becomes the subject of school arguments. It is only the teacher of biology who challenges Benjamin. When she starts studying the Bible thoroughly, she faces the student's revenge... Thus a war between a teacher and a student breaks out. Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972) is a contemporary German playwright. His play "Martyr" was written in 2012. It was staged at Berlin's "Schaubühne" the same year. The play consists of 27 short and defined scenes, which remind of a film script. Through the battle of ideas, the roles of extremism and religious beliefs in the society are explored. The play unfolds in a passionate and humorous tone and reveals the discrepancies lying within the Western society. The idea of the play was born in consideration of the obviously conflicting ideas in the Bible: the Holy Script talks about love for one's neighbour and yet at the same time – about a sword that is meant for punishing. "Martyr" has been staged in many European theatres.
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Democrats seized control of the House while Republicans held the Senate on Tuesday in a national referendum on President Trump that drew record numbers of voters to the polls and opened the door to tougher oversight of the White House over the next two years.
The dramatic conclusion of the most expensive and consequential midterms in modern times fell short of delivering the sweeping repudiation of Trump wished for by Democrats and the "resistance" movement. But Democrats' win of the House still portended serious changes in Washington, as the party prepared to block Trump's agenda and investigate his personal finances and potential ties to Russia.
An immediate post-election change to Trump's Cabinet came Wednesday when Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at the president's request. The move threw the future of the special counsel's Russia investigation into uncertainty and clarified partisan battle lines after light talk of compromise following the election.
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Trump had declined to answer a question about Sessions's fate hours earlier at a combative news conference where he vowed to adopt a "warlike posture" in response to any attempt by House Democrats to investigate his administration.
Following Democratic House gains and Republican Senate gains, The Fix's Aaron Blake analyzes the winners and losers from the 2018 midterm elections.
Democrats have gained more than the 23 House seats needed to win a majority. But some other key races remained too close to call, including the Senate contests in Arizona and Florida and the gubernatorial matchup in Georgia. Republicans appeared to lead in all three as of Wednesday afternoon.
House Democrats are prepared to launch investigations of Trump and to closely scrutinize his policies on immigration, education and health care. But they are wary of immediately pursuing impeachment, concerned that such a move would undermine lawmakers who represent districts that Trump won in 2016.
Trump said that investigations launched by the House would jeopardize prospects for bipartisan deals on issues such as trade, infrastructure and prescription drug costs.
Midterm elections: Democrats flip House as GOP expands Senate majority
"They can play that game, but we can play it better, because we have a thing called the United States Senate," Trump said, referring to GOP control of the upper chamber. " . . . I think I'm better at that game than they are, actually, but we'll find out."
At her own news conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Democrats have a "responsibility for oversight" but said committees' efforts would not be "scattershot."
"We'll know what we are doing and we'll do it right," she said.
Jockeying for House leadership positions began in earnest Wednesday. Pelosi is widely considered to be the front-runner to retake the speaker's gavel, despite dozens of Democratic candidates calling for new leadership during the campaign.
Trump, who demonized Pelosi on the campaign trail, threw his support behind her bid.
"I think she deserves it," he told reporters. "She's fought long and hard. She's a very capable person."
On the Republican side, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (Ohio) said in an interview with Hill.TV that he would challenge Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) for the role of minority leader. The move, while expected, underscored conservatives' desire to expand their power within the GOP conference after a bruising election.
McCarthy announced his bid later in the day.
Republicans retain control of Senate with candidates who embraced Trump
Lawmakers will return to Capitol Hill next week, and both parties will hold leadership elections this month.
In a new talking point, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) cautioned Democrats against engaging in "presidential harassment" in the form of overly aggressive oversight.
"The Democrats in the House will have to decide just how much presidential harassment is good strategy. I'm not sure it will work for them," he told reporters Wednesday.
Trump sought to make Tuesday's elections a referendum on his presidency. Returning to his 2016 campaign playbook, he delivered fiery speeches that drew massive and enthusiastic crowds but were full of falsehoods, invective and demagoguery.
Key suburban districts rejected his pitch, along with most women.
Democrats won women's support by 19 points, the largest margin in the history of midterm exit polling, compared with their margin of four points in 2014, according to network exit surveys from CNN. Independent women voted for Democratic candidates by a 17-point margin after narrowly supporting Republicans in 2014. And white women, a reliable voting bloc for the GOP, split their votes evenly between the two parties this year, after favoring Republicans by 14 points in 2014 and by 19 points in 2010.
Voters under 30 also favored Democrats this year by a 35-point margin over Republicans, compared with an 11-point margin in 2014, the polls found.
Conservatives now wonder if transactional Trump might leave them in the cold
Democrats, who picked up at least seven governorships, performed well in several states Trump won. In Wisconsin, Democrat Tony Evers bested Gov. Scott Walker, the onetime Republican star who ran for president in 2016. Even Kansas elected a Democratic governor, rejecting Trump ally Kris Kobach.
But while the party held onto its Senate seats in West Virginia and Montana — and picked up one more in Nevada — it was disappointed elsewhere.
Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Claire McCaskill of Missouri all lost their seats to Republicans who campaigned as Trump allies. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), with his reelection in doubt, said Wednesday that his race was proceeding to a recount.
In some ways, the outcome was similar to that of 2016, with late polls overestimating Democratic enthusiasm and Republicans showing unanticipated resilience.
The liberal movement's biggest stars this election cycle struggled against the odds. Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum lost to Republican Ron DeSantis, a Trump ally. In Texas, Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) failed to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R). And in Kentucky, former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, a Democrat, was defeated by incumbent Rep. Garland "Andy" Barr (R).
Scott Walker, Wisconsin governor and former GOP presidential candidate, loses reelection bid
Some Democrats held out hope for Georgia, where gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams refused to concede her too-close-to-call race against Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp. The race might be headed for a recount.
Abrams and Gillum, both African American, confronted some of the most overt racial attacks since the civil rights era as they sought to make history as their states' first black governors.
Robo-calls in Georgia featured a voice impersonating Oprah Winfrey and calling Abrams "a poor man's Aunt Jemima." In Florida, robo-calls mimicked Gillum as jungle sounds and chimpanzee noises were heard in the background.
Trump contributed to the simmering racial tension. Describing himself as a "nationalist," he vilified a migrant caravan headed slowly toward the U.S. border with Mexico and released a television ad on immigration that was rejected as offensive by the major networks.
Trump also called Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, "not equipped," and Abrams, a leader in the Georgia state legislature, "not qualified" to be governors.
Meet the 116 women who won their midterms
The racial overtones put that explosive form of politics on the ballot, with major stakes for Republicans. The GOP is now overwhelmingly white, while Democrats have a much more multiracial coalition that represents the direction in which the country's demographics are heading.
Tuesday's results were set to transform the House in terms of gender, age and ethnicity. The new Democratic majority will be more female and more racially diverse, with several history-making members, including two Muslim women and two Native American women.
The House Republican Conference will be more white and more male as several GOP women depart.
Philip Bump, Scott Clement, Karoun Demirjian, David A. Fahrenthold, Amy Gardner, Anne Gearan, Emily Guskin, Paul Kane, Beth Reinhard and John Wagner contributed to this report.
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Plenary and executive sessions in the Chambers of the Senate will be officially put on hold when Senators of the 53rd Legislature go on a two-week Easter break. The Senators are expected to use the break to carry on a sensitization and awareness campaign on the outbreak of the Ebola virus.The Senate's break comes in the wake of decisions taken by the Upper House aimed at containing the virus that has already taken at least 10 lives.The first action by the Senate plenary during news of the outbreak was a unanimous vote requesting President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to declare a state of emergency and subsequently close Liberia's borders with neighboring countries. It is, however, not clear whether the House of Representatives will concur with the Senators.Authorities at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare had earlier informed the Government that to effectively fight and contain the virus, it needs a budget of US$1.2 million.On Thursday, the Liberian Legislature requested the Executive to re-enforce the moratorium on all hunting activities until the country is free of the deadly Ebola virus.The Legislature assured the relevant ministries and agencies of Government and international partners of its support to rapidly respond and prevent any further spread of the virus in Liberia.During a Joint Leadership meeting at the Capitol Building attended by the Chairman of the Cabinet, Internal Affairs Minister, Health authorities and the Resident Representative of the World Health Organization, the Legislature was briefed on the current situation and measures the Health Ministry is implementing to arrest the threat the Ebola virus poses to Liberians.Both House Speaker Alex Tyler and Senate Pro-Tempore Gbehzohngar Findley assured health authorities during the meeting that the Legislature would help mobilize resources to upgrade surveillance for case management, infection control and social mobilization.The Acting Chairman of the Cabinet, Internal Affairs Minister Morris Dukuly, and Health Minister, Dr. Walter Traub Gwenigale, told the Legislature that with support from their partners, they would continue to provide the necessary guidance, updates and resources to contain the outbreak.Meanwhile, in view of suggested measures to prevent the virus' outbreak in schools and congested areas, the Legislature has called on the Ministry of Education to adjust the 2014 School Calendar by announcing an early Easter Break in Schools around the country.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
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Cleaning you home's carpet is not easy. Without the proper expertise, the results can be spotty a best and, at worst, damage your carpet. Therefore, you should take the burden off your shoulders and hire a professional for your carpets. The article below has some great tips on how you can select the best carpet cleaning service for your needs.
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You can clean your carpets all day long, only to have them still look dingy. In the future, hire a pro and see the difference in your carpet. Not only does it save you time and work, you would find it extremely difficult to get the same quality of results. To learn how to find the right carpet cleaning company, read this advice.


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The Ostracon: Dispatches from Beyond Contemporary Art's Center, an arts writing site by Nicole J. Caruth and Paul Schmelzer, looks at figures and ideas outside the mainstream of contemporary art—from public policy, indigenous rights, and folklore to community organizing, historic preservation, environmental science, journalism, and food justice—that may offer insight into new forms of making art that are more responsive, relevant, and connected to the way we live now as individuals and communities. Taking its name from the pottery shards used in ancient Athens when voting to ostracize community members, the site aims to celebrate, instead of push out, voices from art's periphery.
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How on earth will we build a whole new world?
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Leah Penniman, the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black, talks about healing from generations of land-based trauma and creating a more just food system.
Leah Penniman. All images courtesy of Soul Fire Farm except where noted.
Years ago, when I just began to learn about food justice, I volunteered to help out at a youth-run farm in Brooklyn that had been devastated by a storm. As a thank you to the volunteers, we received a free workshop on garlic at the end of the day. I don't remember one iota about planting or harvesting garlic, but I've never forgotten how the workshop leader, a young white woman, responded when someone asked why the predominantly Black youth who worked there lacked access to healthy foods. "Nothing in the food system happens by accident," she replied. In other words, unequal access is by design.
Our food system is inseparable from the larger social, economic, and political institutions that place power in the hands of a privileged few while others go without.1Eric Holt-Giménez and Breeze Harper, "Dismantling Racism in the Food System," Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First/Food First Books, Number 1, Winter-Spring 2016. https://foodfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DR1Final.pdf Leah Penniman, the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, calls this "food apartheid—a human-created system of segregations, which relegates some people to food opulence and other people to food scarcity."2Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, "How Do We End 'Food Apartheid' in America? With Farms Like This One," AlterNet, June 12, 2017, https://www.alternet.org/food/how-do-we-end-food-apartheid-america-farms-one Located in upstate New York, Soul Fire Farm is a for-profit agriculture venture and nonprofit educational space widely recognized for its "commitment to ending racism and injustice in our food system." I scoffed a bit the first time I read the farm's mission statement because any system without racism is almost beyond my ability to imagine. (I acknowledge I have a deep-rooted mistrust from working for too many nonprofits that let racism stand in the way of their mission.) But then I attended Penniman's lecture at the Rhode Island School of Design last April, and I was challenged to think more deeply about the critical role of imagination in dismantling anything. To quote the cultural strategist Anasa Troutman, "If you are unable to imagine a new story . . . then how on earth are you going to have the imagination to build a whole new world?"
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Speaking to a packed house, Penniman told the history of our food system through images—John Gast's American Progress (1872), photographs of incarcerated men and migrant workers laboring in fields, portraits of Dr. Booker T. Whatley and George Washington Carver, and vintage broadsides. One of the most memorable images li/she showed was an etching depicting African women while explaining how some wove seeds into their hair before being forced to board Middle Passage slave ships. (Penniman's pronouns are li/ya/she/he. I use li in the remainder of this piece.)3Li is the Haitian Kreyol all-gender pronoun with no possessive form. To learn more, visit the Google Doc, "Pronouns for Leah" at https://docs.google.com/document/d/13e5h2YQ98P_uStshda1xcvNNcOiNvB9jSU8g1LE7HUI/edit "Stolen land and exploited labor are the DNA strands of the food system," li said. Penniman reminded us that American slavery wasn't just about labor; it was about acquiring the farming knowledge of African peoples. Li touched on the different periods in centuries of white terrorism, like the rampant lynchings that prompted "the refugee crisis we romantically call The Great Migration." Li discussed the indignities of factory farms and the invisible contributions of Spanish-language-first migrant workers who make up 85 percent of the farm labor that provides our sustenance. Penniman concluded with an invitation to the audience to reflect on our own stories and lineages in relation to the food system, encouraging us to see ourselves as more than consumers.
At the time, Penniman was on an 18-month international tour for the book Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land. I spoke with li by phone a few months ago, just after the tour was cut short by the pandemic. "I wanted the book to do three things," li explained while tending crops on the farm. "Be a practical, how-to garden guide that maybe for the first in a long time was written by not a white dude; start to rewrite the narrative of who has contributed to sustainable and regenerative agriculture in a way that uplifts the unique and precious contributions of Black, Indigenous, and people of color; and provide society as a whole, especially those with privilege, with some concrete [examples of] what you can do to create a more just food system."
Farming While Black is an easy read yet feels biblical somehow, maybe due to the spiritual tone of the stories and lessons Penniman generously shares with the reader. It feels like a family album, too, a vibrant record of the joy and sweat that Penniman and li's husband, Jonah, their children, Neshima and Emit, as well as staff, students, and volunteers have put into the land over the last ten years. In side columns throughout the book, Penniman situates Soul Fire Farm in a larger historical context through short backgrounders on agricultural practices and food justice influencers, including the Black Panthers, the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, and Karen Washington of Rise & Root Farm and Black Urban Growers, who wrote the book's forward.
Highly conscious of the hero-industrial complex (the belief that a person arrives at success all alone, driven by their own genius), Penniman actively acknowledges those who came before or work alongside li, like Washington. Revered in the food world, I've always known Washington from afar as the woman who audaciously turned an empty lot in the Bronx into a garden long before it was the hipster-gentrifier thing to do. It was Washington who taught Penniman the concept of food apartheid. As li has said in another interview, "I would not be a farmer if it were not for [Mama Karen], because when I was a young woman—I was a teenager just getting into farming—I had a lot of doubts about whether I belonged in that movement as a Black woman."4Karen Washington and Leah Penniman, "You Belong to the Land: A Conversation with Karen Washington and Leah Penniman," Center for Humans and Nature. Accessed at https://www.humansandnature.org/you-belong-to-the-land-a-conversation-with-karen-washington-and-leah-penniman Washington helped li understand that Black farmers not only "have a noble legacy thousands of years old going back to the continent, but are the stewards of the future." This resonates deeply as the COVID-19 pandemic underscores how critical farmers are to our survival and the longevity of this earth. The world as we know it is transforming and we have no idea what it will become, but the food system—how we eat, honor the land, and treat each other—is central to that transformation.
Soul Fire Farm predominantly works with African American, Indigenous, and Latinx communities. "What that means is we're working with folks who have experienced generations of land-based trauma—slavery, sharecropping, the guest worker program, convict leasing, and more," said Penniman. "That trauma is passed down and influences the way people relate not just to the land but to each other and to themselves, their own sense of purpose and worth and possibility. If we're going to be in the business of calling people back to the land, part of it is paying attention to that trauma." As much a farmer as a healer, in Farming While Black Penniman outlines the diasporic healing rituals employed at Soul Fire Farm such as dance, story circles, spiritual baths, and Haitian stone balancing. "These technologies have thrived for thousands of years because they're very effective," li says. "It's important for us to make them accessible to folks who might have been disconnected previously." Penniman's work is art adjacent, and li's healing practice extends to the collective Harriet's Apothecary, founded by the artist Adaku Utah. The Apothecary members include Penniman's sister, Naima Penniman, Soul Fire's program director and one half of the acclaimed spoken word duo Climbing PoeTree.
Soul Fire's work to heal historical and contemporary racialized traumas is deeper than the soil they till. In 2016, they worked with the Movement for Black Lives, contributing to the policy visions for economic justice and reparations. Then, they contributed to the Green New Deal through their work with various coalitions. More recently, they were tapped by both the Warren and Sanders campaigns to help develop their farming platforms. And Soul Fire continues to work with Heal Food Alliance, "a multi-sector, multi-racial coalition building collective power to transform our food and farm systems." They're also regular "rabble-rousers" around the Farm Bill. Their advocacy efforts are modeled in their own policies. For example, they've spent years developing relationships to establish a "cultural respect easement" that would allow Mohican citizens to use Soul Fire land, which was historically stewarded by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, "for ceremonies and wildcrafting in perpetuity."
The so-called food movement promoted in mainstream media is largely driven by white folks who focus on individual choice, not systemic issues or community health. "I want us to question why we're calling something a 'movement' that doesn't center the needs of those most impacted by food injustice," says Penniman. "We really have to be listening to the wisdom of frontline communities and making sure that they have the resources they need to thrive." Soul Fire's typically sold-out Farming Immersion program for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx heritage growers, and Uprooting Racism in the Food System training is where that work is most visible. The latter is not your typical diversity, equity, and inclusion training, says Penniman, because Soul Fire uses a reparations framework focused on action. As anti-racism resources are circulating online in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others, Farming While Black is frequently cited—evidence of the book's efficacy and definitely a sign of how much better our world would be if more people were working with the Soul Fire spirit.
Penniman cites feeding others during a summer internship at The Food Project in Boston as a turning point in li's life as a farmer. But I wondered about li's shift toward organizing and activism. "It's always been," said Penniman, from running li's elementary school ecology club to protesting alongside li's parents, both former members of the clergy, who were "very active" in the civil rights movement. "There are pictures of me with my crayon sign 'No More War' on my mom's shoulders. I thank my parents for being that example of social justice warriors and caring deeply about community."
Black Birth Matters
In Minneapolis's Third Precinct, a restaurateur puts justice at the heart of rebuilding plans
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La Verbandsgemeinde de Hachenburg consiste en cette liste d'Ortsgemeinden (municipalités locales) :

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Lifetime Achievement Award for Old Boy Sir Philip
Old Boy and President of the Paralympic Association, Sir Philip Craven, has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by Tower FM.
Sir Philip was especially prominent over the summer in his role as Head of the Paralympic Association. At the Opening Ceremony he escorted Her Majesty the Queen into the stadium and sat beside her whilst another Old Boy, Sir Ian McKellen, co-narrated a scientific 'journey of discovery' with Professor Stephen Hawking; McKellen taking on the role of Prospero, a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest in the spectacular ceremony.
Sir Philip, who attended the School in the 1960s, was always a keen sportsman and, after a climbing accident, he represented Great Britain in wheelchair basketball in five Paralympic Games from 1972 to 1988. He also competed in track and field events at the 1972 Games.
He won gold at the wheelchair basketball World Championships in 1973, and bronze in 1975, as well as two gold medals (1971, 1974) and a silver (1993) at the European Championships. He also won gold at the European Champions Cup in 1994, and gold at the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in 1970.
Craven was elected as the second President of the International Paralympic Committee in 2001, a position he continues to hold today. He was knighted in June 2005.
In the run-up to London 2012 Sir Philip visited the School along with his friend and colleague Lord Coe to give the Tillotson Lecture when they talked about the Games and its legacy.
Sir Philip could not attend on the night and was represented by James Roberts, who left Bolton School in the summer, and ,during his time at the School, was Captain of the England Cerebral Palsy Development Football squad. He is currently studying Medicine at the University of Liverpool.
The Local Heroes Awards Ceremony was held at the Holiday Inn in Bolton.
James Roberts picked up the award on behalf of Sir Philip Craven; he is pictured here with Director of Partnerships in the Boys' Division, Mr Trevor Pledger
Sir Philip attended the School prior to London 2012 to talk about the Games and their legacy


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Fiction: Low Roller by Harlan Yarbrough
By Harlan Yarbrough
Brad borrowed a pickup with a homemade camper—nice, smelled like cedar, but weighed a ton by itself—from a former lover. He thought about making the trip in his old Econoline, but he wasn't sure the van could make it there and back. Penny had joined the Army—otherwise he'd've prob'ly still been with her—and left the old pickup at his place. She'd said he could use it whenever he wanted to, but this was the first time he'd driven it since she reported for military duty six months earlier.
Two long days driving in each direction seemed a small price to pay for eight weeks of badly needed work. While house-sitting a shack for an absent friend, Brad had begun building a house for himself, and eight weeks in a casino would pay for almost all the remaining materials he needed. Extensions of his contract for a second and third eight weeks, hinted at by the casino management, could leave Brad a good, finished house by the end of the coming summer.
Brad spent a cold Sunday night in the camper beside the highway at the top of the Warner Canyon grade. Brad knew he couldn't drive much further without falling asleep, so he pulled off into a wide gravelled area and climbed in the back. At 5,800 feet in February, he felt grateful he'd remembered to bring his Gerry Himalayan sleeping bag. In the morning, he cleaned a light dusting of snow off the windshield and carried on east.
The gig didn't begin until Wednesday night, so Brad took his time. A light snow resumed falling before he pulled into the big casino parking lot Monday evening. Rather than confuse the management by presenting himself too early, he spent another night in the camper. His contract included a motel room, but he could wait and the camper was pretty comfortable. When he fronted up to the casino's manager the next day, the man arranged for him to move into a luxurious room in the casino's motel.
Ed, the fiddler, and Leon, the bass player, both lived nearby, but they came in to avail themselves of the free dinner the casino provided as part of their contract. Because Brad's two sidemen were locals, the group opened to a larger than normal crowd for a Wednesday. The show went well—the audience was happy, the management was happy, the band was happy. No stars, the band comprised competent journeymen musicians and a top-notch singer. They did their job to the satisfaction of all concerned.
At the end of the band's first week, the management assigned Brad a room at an older and somewhat run-down motel a couple of blocks away. Despite the torn carpet and dingy curtains and furniture, Brad preferred his new quarters—the old motel was a good deal quieter than the flashy one by the casino, further from the main highway and closer to the edge of town. Brad liked to clear his head by taking long walks though the sagebrush most days, and he could begin those walks by walking across the road. Brad liked the environment of the Steptoe Valley and enjoyed his walks in its open spaces and in the adjacent Ruby Mountains, important perquisites of these casino gigs.
The pay was good; the music was good; and the casino environment was OK, at least better than an ordinary bar. By the end of their first week, though, Brad noticed something that disturbed him: the managers, the bartenders, the dealers, and the front desk staff were all lily-white. All the other employees—excepting the band—were Hispanic.
Unlike some of his friends, Brad did not take four years of Spanish in high school—he didn't even take one. Most of his friends had urged him to—"It's easy," they said. "You can get an 'A' in it with hardly any work, and then you can put time into your other subjects if you want to"—but he declined, because it was what "everybody" was doing. Two years out of high school, Brad decided he wanted to learn Spanish. He didn't have a Latin American girlfriend at the time, but he liked languages and liked the idea of being able to communicate effectively with the many Spanish-speaking people in the communities where he lived and worked. He bought records; he bought tapes—they didn't have CDs then—he bought books, and he used them all. He practised at home and on the street; he asked for help from Hispanic friends and acquaintances—and even from strangers, Hispanic women and men running cash registers in stores, restaurants, and similar places.
Ten years later, he didn't think of himself as fluent, but he could carry on a rudimentary conversation in Spanish. He chatted freely with the casino's Hispanic employees—a practice that earned him frowns from the management. Ed and Leon did their best to discourage their singer from engaging in such gaffes, but he ignored their advice. In truth, most of Brad's conversations with his new Latino acquaintances were largely in English, because their English was much better than his Spanish, but he made a point of conversing in Spanish whenever he could.
In the course of getting to know his fellow workers, Brad discovered an amazing cultural diversity. Leon referred to all the Hispanic employees as "Mexicans", but more of them were Guatemalan. Brad also became acquainted with several Hondureños, a few Salvadoreños, and a Cubano. Brad had difficulty understanding Guillermo, his new Cuban friend, in Spanish, but that was no problem, since Guillermo spoke excellent English. When Brad mentioned his difficulty to two of the Guatemalans, they said, "Oh, we do, too. His pronunciation is good—better than any of us—but he talks so fast," which made Brad feel a little better.
Brad made more than four times what the highest paid Hispanic employee received, but none of them seemed to resent that. Even so, Brad felt uncomfortable about the discrepancy. Sure, he'd driven nearly thirteen hundred miles for a few weeks' work—the gas alone cost him more than a hundred dollars one-way—and he was a highly skilled musician and entertainer. Nevertheless, he didn't feel right seeing people working hard for a quarter of what he was making—and being treated like dirt for their pains. The Latino workers must have sensed Brad's feelings, because he met nothing but friendly acceptance from the people the other Anglos referred to as "the menials".
Leon, particularly, spoke ill of the Hispanic workers and considered them all thieves. Brad later cherished the memory of an incident he hoped might've provided an educational moment for his bass player. Because Brad didn't like the feeling of something on his wrist, he carried a pocketwatch. To structure the band's sets, Brad kept his pocketwatch sitting on top of his amp, while they performed, and glanced at it between songs to see how much time remained in each set. One night, Brad absent-mindedly left his watch sitting on top of the amp, after the band finished their show and went off to their respective beds.
When they returned the next evening, Brad looked for his watch but couldn't find it.
"One of them Mexicans will've got it," Leon said.
Brad accepted the possibility but thought it unlikely. When they finished their first set and left the bandstand, Brad and Leon headed into the restaurant for their break. As the two left the bar area, Guillermo approached Brad, handed him the pocketwatch and said, "Señor, you forgot your watch last night." After thanking his Cuban friend, Brad turned and gave Leon a meaningful look but said nothing.
In the seventh week of the band's second eight-week contract, they experienced a couple of strange nights in a row. The first one—it might've been the Thursday—they played to only two or three occupied tables for nearly two hours. Brad had begun to worry, when, about ten-thirty, people began pouring in, and the band played to a packed house for four hours.
The second night, the place was packed until about eleven. People began drifting out, and, by half-past, customers occupied only three tables. Between sets, Brad bumped into one of the managers and started to say something apologetic about the almost empty room.
"Don't worry about it. We made plenty in your first two hours. It just happens. Let's see what tomorrow night looks like."
Brad thanked the man for the reassurance and headed back to the bandstand. During that next set, another couple left. With an audience of four, Brad summoned his reserves and put on the same show he would have for four thousand. At least one of the couples really listened and enjoyed his songs, which afforded Brad some consolation.
Mid-way through the last set, two men walked in and sat at the bar, while Brad sang a slow ballad. Brad saw the bartender, usually very professional and attentive, continue washing glasses and pay no attention to the two customers. As Brad sang the last verse, he watched the bartender stand directly in front of the two men and scan the room behind them, including the band and the four patrons, as if the men were not there.
Eventually, at the end of the next song, the two men stood up and walked out. Only then did Brad notice that they were Hispanic. When he realized what had occurred, Brad almost walked off the stage. He fought down his temper to keep from cursing at the bartender and packing up his instruments. The casino displayed no signs saying, "Hispanics will not be served," but the policy was painfully, disgustingly obvious.
Brad felt almost physically ill and needed to marshal all his reserves of professionalism to finish the night's show. He felt torn: on one hand, he wanted to stand up to the bartender and the management and berate them for their attitudes and their treatment of their Latino employees; on the other hand, he had made a commitment to do a job and felt obligated to do it. On one hand, he wanted to be brave and stand up to the bigots; on the other hand, nightclub and casino gigs provided the best income available to a good journeyman entertainer.
The next two evenings brought packed houses both nights, and Brad performed with skill and his usual flair—but his heart wasn't in it. The audiences never noticed; Leon never noticed; but Ed asked, "What's eatin' you?"
Counting Ed as a friend as well as a colleague, Brad told him before they headed off to their respective beds Friday night—actually early Saturday morning. Ed responded, "Yeah, it's too bad, but that's just the way it is around here. Y'learn to ignore it."
"You might, Ed, but I don't. I don't think I ever could."
"Y'couldn't live around here, if ya didn't," Ed replied.
"Yeah. I guess that's why I don't."
"Yeah," Ed said, and nodded as he headed toward the restaurant. As Brad turned to walk back to his motel room, Ed looked back and said, "Don't let it get to ya."
"Thanks." But Brad did let it get to him, even though he didn't reveal that onstage. He woke with sore jaws, which made him aware he'd been grinding his teeth. He spent an hour on the 'phone Saturday, chased up another bass player he knew, mentioned he was available, and lined up a last minute gig in southeastern Idaho.
Over the next few days, Brad talked about Thursday night's scene with several of his Hispanic acquaintances and friends. Consistently, they said, "Sí, Brad, it's like that everywhere here. Pasamos el rato juntos—we hang out with each other."
Brad felt like weeping when Laura, a woman from Guatemala, said, "They don't mean to be bad. They just don't know any better."
That next week, Brad again had to muster all his professionalism to perform up to his standard. Even Ed, who knew Brad pretty well, didn't realize what his friend and workmate was going through. Leon, as usual, was totally oblivious.
Management must've liked Brad's sound, 'cause they offered to extend his contract for another eight weeks. Despite the good money and the good music, Brad felt uncomfortable working for such people and in such an environment. He berated himself for not saying that out loud, but he couldn't afford to become a pariah to the casinos. Instead, he told the manager, "I'd love to, Bill, but I'm already committed up in Idaho for the next couple of weeks."
The manager persisted. "These young fellas we have coming in, we've only booked 'em for a week, but we could extend that to two weeks and you could come back after that."
Uncomfortable but determined, Brad paltered. "I'm really booked pretty solid for the rest of the year," he said. "Maybe next year, eh?"
"Yeah, that'd be fine, Brad. Let us know when you're available," the manager said, as he handed Brad the check for his last week's work.
"Will do," Brad replied, although he had no intention of doing so. He shook the manager's hand, walked to the bank and cashed the check, then packed instruments, clothes, books, and his other stuff into the pickup and checked out of the motel. Before heading north, Brad drove back to the casino and said his farewells to each of his Hispanic acquaintances and friends—or at least all he could find—and to Leon.
Lynne Tatum
Excellent! I can't help wondering if it's based on a real person.
Pradap Chaudry
Beautiful story. I wish I could write like that -- in English or Hindi.


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Smithsonian Websites
To preserve your V-Mail materials and family letters, consult the National Postal Museum pdf: Preserving Your Letters.
For additional information on preservation, consult the National Postal Museum website: Preserving Your Letters and Documents.
For articles on V-Mail in the National Postal Museum collection, see the archive for the "Object Spotlight".
Search keywords in the SI Library online catalog.
Government Sources
"An Official United States Government Information Program: Overseas Mail;" File E-NC-148-57/181; OWI Intelligence Digests, Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
Adjutant General's Office. FM-12-105 Field Manual: Army Postal Service. May 7, 1943.
Advertising Council Archives at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Annual Report of the Postmaster General for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1942. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1942.
United States Army Service Forces. Adjutant General's Office. Army Postal Service During World War II. December 31, 1945.
United States Post Office Department. A Wartime History of the Post Office Department: World War II 1939-1945. Washington, DC: Post Office Department, 1951.
"Use of V-Mail Service for Transmission of Photographs." The Postal Bulletin Vol. 64 No. 18615 (July 2, 1943): 1.
Walker, Frank S. "Mail Service for Our Armed Forces." The Postal Bulletin Vol. 63 No. 18450 (June 15, 1942): 1-5.
War Department. FM-11-150 Field Manual: Photomail Operation. April 1945.
"Advertising News." New York Times, March 21, 1944, 23.
"Drive to Popularize Use of V-Mail Is Due Shortly by Army and Navy." Christian Science Monitor, December 28, 1994, 12.
McDonagh, Edward and Louise "War Anxieties of Soldiers and Their Wives." Social Forces Vol.24, No.2, Dec. 1945, 195-200.
"Roosevelt Gets Two Messages Opening Overseas Service V-Mail." New York Times, June 13, 1942, 17.
"Sabotage Women of America" by Rosemary Ames; File E-NC-148-57/181; OWI Intelligence Digests, Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
"Stamp News." Washington Post, October 18, 1942, L7.
"Tribune Offer: Free V-Mail Photos for Dads." Chicago Daily Tribune, April 11, 1943, W1.
"Tons of V-Mail Swell Chicago Paper Salvage." Chicago Daily Tribune, February 24, 1994, 26.
"V-Mail Babies Make New Bows." Chicago Daily Tribune, April 1, 1945, N1.
"V-Mail Pictures Honor Mothers Who Carry On." Chicago Daily Tribune, May 13, 1945, SW2.
Boyle, Jr., Thomas H. Airmail Operations During World War II. New York: American Air Mail Society, 1998.
Cosentini, George. "Modern Commentary: V-Mail Notes." The United States Post Office in World War II: The U.S. Government's Classic 'A Wartime History of the Post Office Department' in a New Illustrated Edition with Modern Commentaries. Ed. Lawrence Sherman. Chicago: The Collectors Club of Chicago, 2002.
Dawson, Victoria. "V-as in Victory Mail." Smithsonian. May 2004.
Hay, Ian. The Post Office Went to War. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1946.
Hayhurst O.B.E., J.D. "The Pigeon Post into Paris 1870-1871," Copyright 1970, John Hayhurst: http://www.cix.co.uk/~mhayhurst/jdhayhurst/pigeon/pigeon.html (Accessed June 20, 2007).
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Resizing Lifelines-Planning V-Mail
How Did V-Mail Stack Up?
Accelerated Service-Shipping V-Mail
Was V-Mail a Victory?
Microfilm Models-Precursors of V-Mail
Operating V-mail
V-Mail Service in Action Booklet
Using V-Mail
To Pay or Not to Pay?
V-Mail's Limitations
Delivering Letters
Letter Writing in WWII
Letter Do's and Dont's
Better Letters
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package moontime.droid;

import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.List;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.TableLayout;
import android.widget.TableRow;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.google.inject.internal.Lists;

public class CalendarView extends TableLayout implements OnClickListener {

  private List<DayView> _dayViews = Lists.newArrayList();
  private OnDayClickListener _onDayClickListener;
  private Calendar _currentMonthYearToView;
  private DayView _selectedDay;

  public CalendarView(Context context) {
    super(context);
  }

  public CalendarView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    TypedArray styleAttributes = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.CalendarView);

    createHeaderRow(context, styleAttributes);
    createWeekRows(context, styleAttributes, generateLayoutParams(attrs));
  }

  public void setOnDayClickListener(OnDayClickListener onDayClickListener) {
    _onDayClickListener = onDayClickListener;
  }

  public void update(Calendar monthYearToView) {
    _currentMonthYearToView = monthYearToView;
    int lastDay = monthYearToView.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    int currentMonthDay = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i < _dayViews.size(); i++) {
      DayView dayView = _dayViews.get(i);
      dayView.clear();
      if (currentMonthDay == 1 && i + 1 < monthYearToView.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)) {
        // before the month starts
      } else if (currentMonthDay > lastDay) {
        // after the month ends
      } else {
        dayView.setDay(currentMonthDay);
        currentMonthDay++;
      }
    }
  }

  private void createHeaderRow(Context context, TypedArray styleAttributes) {
    int textSize = styleAttributes.getColor(R.styleable.CalendarView_text_size, 18);
    int backgroundColor = styleAttributes.getColor(R.styleable.CalendarView_background_header, Color.BLACK);
    String[] shortWeekdays = new DateFormatSymbols().getShortWeekdays();
    TableRow headerRow = createTableRow(context);
    for (int i = 1; i < shortWeekdays.length; i++) {
      TextView textView = createHeaderView(context, textSize, backgroundColor);
      textView.setText(shortWeekdays[i]);
      headerRow.addView(textView);
    }
    addView(headerRow);
  }

  public TextView getDayView(int day) {
    for (int i = day - 1; i < _dayViews.size(); i++) {
      if (_dayViews.get(i).getDay() == day) {
        return _dayViews.get(i);
      }
    }
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("no day '" + day + "' found in calendar for " + _currentMonthYearToView);
  }

  private void createWeekRows(Context context, TypedArray styleAttributes, LayoutParams layoutParams) {
    layoutParams.setMargins(3, 3, 3, 3);
    int backgroundColor = styleAttributes.getColor(R.styleable.CalendarView_background_rows, Color.BLACK);
    int textSize = styleAttributes.getColor(R.styleable.CalendarView_text_size, 18);
    System.out.println("CalendarView.createWeekRows()" + textSize);
    int backgroundSelectedColor = styleAttributes
        .getColor(R.styleable.CalendarView_background_selectedDay, Color.BLACK);
    for (int week = 0; week < 6; week++) {
      TableRow tableRow = createTableRow(context);
      for (int weekDay = 0; weekDay < 7; weekDay++) {
        DayView textView = createDayView(context, textSize, backgroundColor, backgroundSelectedColor);
        tableRow.addView(textView);
        _dayViews.add(textView);
      }
      addView(tableRow);
    }
  }

  private TableRow createTableRow(Context context) {
    TableRow row = new TableRow(context);
    row.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
    LayoutParams layoutParams = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    layoutParams.setMargins(0, 1, 0, 0);
    row.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
    return row;
  }

  private TextView createHeaderView(Context context, int textSize, int backgroundColor) {
    TextView textView = new TextView(context);
    textView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
    textView.setTextSize(textSize);
    textView.setBackgroundColor(backgroundColor);
    return textView;
  }

  private DayView createDayView(Context context, int textSize, int backgroundColor, int backgroundSelectedColor) {
    DayView dayView = new DayView(context, backgroundColor, backgroundSelectedColor);
    dayView.setTextSize(textSize);
    dayView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
    dayView.setOnClickListener(this);
    return dayView;
  }

  @Override
  public void onClick(View v) {
    DayView dayView = (DayView) v;
    if (dayView.getDay() < 1) {
      return;
    }
    if (_selectedDay != null) {
      _selectedDay.deselect();
    }
    _selectedDay = dayView;
    _selectedDay.select();
    if (_onDayClickListener != null) {
      _onDayClickListener.onClick(dayView, dayView.getDay());
    }
  }

  public static interface OnDayClickListener {
    public void onClick(TextView view, int day);
  }

  private static class DayView extends TextView {

    private final int _backgroundDefaultColor;
    private final int _backgroundSelectedColor;
    private Drawable _backgroundBeforeSelected;;
    private int _day;

    public DayView(Context context, int backgroundColor, int selectedColor) {
      super(context);
      _backgroundDefaultColor = backgroundColor;
      _backgroundSelectedColor = selectedColor;
      setBackgroundColor(backgroundColor);
    }

    public void clear() {
      setDay(-1);
      setText(" ");
      setBackgroundColor(_backgroundDefaultColor);
    }

    public int getDay() {
      return _day;
    }

    public void setDay(int day) {
      _day = day;
      setText(Integer.toString(day));
    }

    public void select() {
      _backgroundBeforeSelected = getBackground();
      setBackgroundColor(_backgroundSelectedColor);
    }

    public void deselect() {
      setBackgroundDrawable(_backgroundBeforeSelected);
      _backgroundBeforeSelected = null;
    }

  }
}

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Chiro One CEO inducted into Chicago area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
Chiropractic Economics April 2, 2011
April 2, 2011 — Dr. Stuart Bernsen was recently inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame at its 26th Anniversary Gala Celebration.
Bernsen was recognized for his entrepreneurial achievements and making a lasting impact on Chicago's business landscape. The Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago hosted the event at the Chicago Hilton and Towers.
"I am incredibly honored to have received this award by the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame and the Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, however, I am humbled even more," said Bernsen, CEO Chiro One Wellness Centers. "Though I serve as the leader of this company, nothing of great value is ever accomplished alone. This award is an acknowledgement of the Executive Team, Clinic Directors and entire staff of Chiro One Wellness Centers. It is on their behalf that I sincerely accept this recognition. Our Vision, 'that every human being discovers their full potential' will not be accomplished singularly but by a unified team."
Bernsen founded Lifeline Chiropractic Wellness Center in Evanston, Ill. In 2004, he founded LifeWorks Health Centers, which expanded to seven clinics. Joining forces with Chiropractic One in the spring of 2006, Bernsen led the merger, which created Chiro One Wellness Centers.
Currently, Chiro One has 60 centers throughout the greater Chicago area, Kentucky, and Texas and was ranked eighth on Crain's Chicago Business 2010 Fast Fifty list for the fastest growing businesses in 2010. Bernsen is the author of World's Greatest Health Secrets Revealed.
Source: Chiro One Wellness Centers, www.chiroone.net
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