Nearly everyone has a few bad money habits that are causing them to lose out on money or spend more than they should. Breaking these bad money habits allow you to accumulate wealth more quickly, giving you greater financial security. Here are some of the most common bad money habits and how you can change them into good money habits.
There are so many ways to avoid paying out of network ATM fees, which now top $4 per occurrence on average, that it is amazing that banks are still making money on them. It is easy for most people to avoid ATM fees by preplanning where to get money before leaving the house. If there are no ATMs branded with your bank along your route, you can obtain cash from many grocery stores and convenience stores for free by asking for cash back when making a purchase.
Frequently buying snacks and drinks at retailers other than grocery stores is another bad money habit that you should break. Buying items at these locations often cost much more than buying similar items at a grocery store, but the increments are so small that most people do not realize just how much they are spending. To save money, buy the snack items that you like in larger quantities from grocery stores, then package them into individual portions that you can take on the go.
Failing to track your spending is a bad money habit that is very simple to break. Tracking your spending is important for knowing where your money is going and identifying areas of overspending. This might be the easiest bad money habit to correct as there are many apps now available that will automatically track your expenses for you. I like Mint myself, but there are also tracking apps available through Learnvest, at You Need A Budget, and through banking apps.
High interest debt quickly drains your wealth by charging you money every month for money you spent in the past. Eliminate these interest payments by getting rid of your high interest debt as quickly as you can. Look to cut spending in your budget to apply more money to debt reduction and focus on the debt with the highest interest first to get the biggest savings. Once that debt is eliminated, start again with the next debt on the list.
Many people do not realize that paying the minimum amount required for their credit card payments can keep them in debt for decades. That is because the minimum amount only includes the interest charges owed and about 2 percent of the balance. Instead of paying interest for your previous purchases month after month after month, pay as much as you can each month to bring down the balance quickly. Once you have eliminated the current balance, limit your spending on the card to an amount that you can afford to pay off each month.


Kumusha Takes Wiki is a project that aims at activating communities across Africa to create and contribute freely-licensed information, texts, images and media about their communities (villages, townships, suburbs, inner cities, etc). It uses community journalism to gather community-relevant information on heritage, culture, notable persons, geographical features, among other things. It gives each community an online presence that is 'owned' by the community, provide information that can be pulled into Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects or OpenStreetMap databases, and it adds immeasurably to the understanding of Africa to every human being on the planet (from the people in the village to the person in New York, Mumbai or Milan). This project gives a public voice to communities across Africa, empowering them to share their own histories and, through training, to acquire valuable and transferable skills.
The project aimed as being replicable, hence the desire of the team to share its story as well as first outcomes/successes/difficulties with the Wikimedia community. The presentation will be three folds. It will starting with a very generic presentation of the project, its goals, funding, steps, internal organization, challenges and such. It will be followed by presentations of the focus communities chosen by the team and will feature a couple of examples of what has been already be done at the local level to drive participation in those communities.
We'll have slides. The presentation will be handled by 3 people (Florence, Erina and Cyriac).
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I called to the Creator of Heaven and Earth from a tight spot, and He answered me broadly.
God is with me, I have no fear; what can people do to me? God is with me to help me, so I can confront my enemies.
It is better to depend in God than to trust people. It is better to depend on God than to trust people in power. All the nations surrounded me but I survived them in God's Name.
They surrounded and encircled me but I survived them in God's Name. Though they surrounded me like a swarm of bees, they were snuffed out like burnt thorns.
I survived them in God's Name. I was pushed to fall but God helped me.
The Creator of Heaven and Earth is my Help and my Hammer, and became my Savior.
Song and victory sound in the tents of the just.
God's Hand makes victory. God's Hand is supreme.
God's Hand makes victory! I will not die but live, and tell of the doings of the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
I thank You for answering me, You became my salvation. The stone rejected by the builders became the cornerstone. This happened because of God; it is wondrous in our eyes.
This is the day God made; let us sing and be happy with it. Please God; Save us! Please God; Make us successful! Bless those who come in God's Name; we bless you from God's House. God is The Power and gave us Light. Wave your holiday branches up to the corners of the altar. You are my Power and I thank You, My Lord and I will exalt You.


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Q: Grapher: Edit or enter data points directly in the graph with the mouse? Rookie Grapher User. I'm creating 2D piecewise linear curves using Grapher. So far I've only discovered how to enter or edit datapoints via the "Edit Points..." button at the top of the graph. Editing the points using the keyboard is tedious, is it possible to move points in the point set using the mouse, via drag-and-drop? (I'm getting the idea the answer is "no").

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Recording of Show #22 of The Bear Raid presented by Tightwad Hill – 9/5/2022 →
Recording of Show #317 – 9/2/2022
For those of you who missed out on last night's broadcast with Cpl Oaktown, no need to fret as the links to both Twitch and YouTube versions of the broadcast our just a click away down below.
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Thanks as always to all who caught the broadcast live. The next edition of the show is slated to go down on 9/7 at 8 pm PST on Twitch. Also, for you A's fans that are also Cal Athletics fans, be sure to catch the return of The Bear Raid presented by Tightwad Hill this Sunday (9/4) at 8 pm PST on Twitch.
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"Your #1 source for everything and anything on your Oakland Athletics since 2003!" A's Fan Radio is an internet sports radio talk show produced and hosted by fans of the Oakland Athletics Baseball Club. Launched in 2003 and broadcasting until 2007 from La Estrellita Café & Bar at 446 E. 12th St in Oakland, AFR made its return from a 4 year hiatus on 10/27/2011. The show features original cast members Chris Dobbins and Keith "Cpl Oaktown" Salminen along with The Bauce Man, Ballistic Bill, Dano Wolfe and Tito Soulchild. Along with covering the A's, AFR will also cover other Bay Area pro & college sports teams EXPECT the Giants, Kickin' It With Kaval, the World Famous Weather Report w/ Kristen "Kwisty" Salminen, events in & around Oakland & beyond, Ballistic Bullshit, and, as always, MORE! For more info on "A's Talk from the Fan's Point of View", visit: www.asfanradio.com www.facebook.com/asfanradio www.twitter.com/As_Fan_Radio View live show broadcasts @ www.twitch.tv/asfanradio View past shows & more @ www.youtube.com/channel/UCpI2Xb3bx2qdnl9QEtcMPJA The views and opinions of our cast, guests and listeners are in no way, shape or form affiliated with the Oakland Athletics or Major League Baseball
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Before you skip to the next recipe, thinking butternut squash is just for soup and sides, let me describe this cake to you. The butternut squash keeps the cake extremely moist while cutting down on calories. The applesauce and crunch in between the layers taste like a creamy frosting (I'm not making this up!). When I tested this on a family member, I put a plate down with four pieces on it, thinking I would get a number of opinions. Well, let's just say that it became a solitary dessert! I knew then that I had to share this with all of you.
Combine the first six ingredients in a small bowl. Stir in oil until crumbly; set aside.
In a mixing bowl, cream oil and sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in squash and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture.
Spoon half of batter into a greased 9-inch springform pan. Spread applesauce carefully over batter in pan. Sprinkle with half of the crunch. Spoon remaining batter evenly over crunch. Top with remaining crunch. Bake for 50 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool for a few minutes before removing from pan.
Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake.
This cake works well with whole wheat pastry flour. It freezes beautifully. If you want a bit more filling, use 2/3 cup applesauce instead of 1/2.


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Meet Neiko Flowers of Believers With Balance
Today we'd like to introduce you to Neiko Flowers.
Neiko Flowers grew up on the beaches of Wilmington, NC. He always knew he was destined to do something where he could use his natural talent to entertain. With his love for music, he fell in love with the radio and television. He has worked for several different stations in the Charlotte area including WPEG Power 98, WBAV V101.9, WHXT Hot 103.9 in Columbia, SC, and FOX 5 in Charlotte, NC (weekend entertainment host) He has worked over the years as Producer, TV Correspondent, and Radio Personality. Neiko has interviewed various celebrities and other radio shows such as Power 105's "The Breakfast Club" He's also been seen on countless red carpets delivering great interviews from some of your favorite artists. Neiko has developed a passion to inspire others to find and pursue their purpose and plans to use one of his radio shows, "Believers with Balance" as a vehicle to do so. He is also currently the Executive Producer/Host of KISS 104.1 Atlanta's R&B morning show "The Morning Groove."
Neiko's ultimate dream is to work for a company such as E! as an entertainment host correspondent and access Hollywood.
It has most definitely not been an easy road. I've experienced being part-time for ten years, low pay, overlooked due to favoritism to candidates closer to the hiring manager, lack of positions due to high demand and lack of jobs, and more. I am most proud of asking certain rappers, actors, and entertainment vets that normally would never open up about their relationship with God. It does my heart so good to see someone that has a reputation to be "hard" or "gangsta" express how important God is to them.
So, as you know, we're impressed with Believers With Balance – tell our readers more, for example what you're most proud of and what sets you apart from others.
Believers with Balance is a radio and soon to be a television show that focuses on faith-based content. We take an unusual approach to every day "gospel show" We aim for and at those individuals that maybe be in the gospel community who knows how to enjoy life and God at the same time.
Our plans are to go national! My wife and I are very open about our struggles and triumphs and would love to travel and spread not only our story but the blessings of God. For Neiko specifically getting back in front of the camera and doing television is most definitely next along with making his foundation Fathers for Flowers a national name.
Website: www.followingtheflowers.com
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Danny Care signs three-year Harlequins contract extension
From the section Rugby Union
http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/19334155
Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care has signed a three-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2016.
The 25-year-old, who has won 33 caps for England, joined the Premiership champions from Leeds in 2006.
I am looking forward to watching Danny's development over coming seasons
Conor O'Shea Harlequins director of rugby
"I'm enjoying being part of a talented squad that is playing an attractive and successful style of rugby," Care said.
"Winning trophies is why we play rugby and, having tasted some success in that regard, I would like more."
He added: "There is no other club that I want to play for.
"I believe that the best is yet to come from our players which is why I'm looking forward to another three seasons with the club."
Care, who won his first England cap against New Zealand in 2008, has made 116 appearances since his move to the Twickenham Stoop.
He has scored 28 tries for Quins, and 157 points in total in all competitions.
Care made his first appearance for England since August 2011 when he played in the third Test against South Africa in June.
The Leeds-born player had been dropped from the Six Nations squad in January after he was charged with a drink-driving offence.
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Dr. Minkoff is one the USA's foremost docs and he has some strong views. He started out as a conventional MD, and then his life took an unconventional turn. (He reveals all on the podcast). Now he's one of America's top integrative Doctors and this podcast is PACKED with great info on living more healthily.
Dr. Minkoff has strong views on supplements. He says you absolutely can't get the nutrients you need from diet alone.
Agree, disagree? Listen in and find out, and then listen to his top 3 supplement solutions for better health.
My target in this podcast - to increase your wellness and performance levels by 5%. It strikes me that's a great place to start. I really loved this chat. It was one of my favourite Zestology podcasts, so I hope you find it useful too.


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Journalists in fiction… again
I'm delighted to report that the St. Louis Writer's Guild has asked me to talk to them about how to portray journalists in fiction.
This is pretty much my biggest soapbox, as you know if you've been following me for any length of time. The Thesis That Will Not Die is focused on journalists' representation in film, ranging from Spotlight to Die Hard, under the cultivation theory of media consumption. Like most academic theories, it uses convoluted language to explain that which is patently obvious: watching media that portrays a group negatively leads to negative impressions of that group. Representation matters.
I've done this kind of talk before, usually to pop culture convention panels where we discuss how the movies have mangled us. I haven't done it for a group solely comprised of writers before, and I'm quite happy for the opportunity. I've said many times at cons and writing panels: If you've got a journalist in your story, for the sake of Edward R. Murrow, talk to a journalist. You wouldn't write a brain surgeon or a police officer or a deep-sea explorer without doing research; don't assume that you know how journalism works because you've read the news.
At any rate, I'm looking forward to this opportunity, and thank the Writer's Guild for inviting me. I'm not sure if it's open to the general public or only Guild members, but I'll be sure to let y'all know.
I'm pleased (almost) beyond words to announce I have been honored with the Mimi Zanger Award for fiction writing. This is an award granted by the English Department at Southern Illinois University, where I have begun my coursework for an MFA in creative writing (in case you've missed all the other references to my MFA here and on my Patreon …. somehow).
The story I submitted for the contest's consideration was written in workshop last semester. My first inclination was to share it, of course. However, it is currently under submission to a literary magazine, and thus it would be inappropriate to publish. I sincerely hope I will be able to share it with you soon.
Near as I can tell, the award is named after the wife of Dr. Jules Zanger, a professor at SIUE before it even became the university we know it today. Dr. Zanger grew up in Brooklyn and fought in World War II, as did many of his generation. After the war, he earned his degrees and met Mary Proctor – known as Mimi – while finishing his PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. Like many academics, the Zangers bounced around from Ohio to Chicago and so on before moving to Alton, Ill. and settling at SIUE. Dr. Zanger taught at SIUE for 35 years, retiring as professor emeritus after receiving Fulbright grants to study in Brazil, France and Czechoslovakia.
Mimi died in 1991. Dr. Zanger continued with his research and extensive travels, eventually remarrying and relocating to Frankfurt, Germany, where he died in 2014. His obituary states that he was "a great lover of good books, good food, good wine, good music, and good conversation. He loved fine restaurants, but was also a skilled home chef, preparing many memorable meals for friends and family. He loved and frequently attended the opera, never understanding why everyone didn't."
When Dr. Zanger died, his survivors indicated that memorials should be made to the Mimi Zanger Award endowment, so that it could continue to support students like me who seek to explore the joys of the written word.
It sounds like the Zangers would have been terrific people to know.
As I write this, I am playing Don Giovanni, in honor of the opera lovers, and hope that I can be worthy of their legacy. I am humbled and grateful for the honor and support of my mentors in the writing program, and look forward to all I have to learn from them.
Book Birthday: Yanaguana!
I'm happy to announce that my new Blackfire novella, Yanaguana, is now unleashed on the world courtesy of Crone Girls Press.
It walks along the San Antonio river, and it carries all your fears in its grasp.
Paul Vaughn and the Blackfire team have been summoned after several mysterious deaths, because that's what they do. They face the things that lurk in shadows, and they save unknowing civilians from their grasp.
But this one will challenge Blackfire more than any they have yet faced, as they must fight not only the demon that lurks along the Riverwalk… but the things they fear the most.
A standalone novella preceding the events of The Cold Ones, Yanaguana adds another chapter to the Blackfire series and will hopefully introduce new readers to this world of ghouls and beasties. Paired with two other novellas under the Crone Girls Press collection Foul Womb of Night, Yanaguana is now available for $2.99 from Amazon or FREE for Kindle Unlimited readers.
While I've got you… I have a few people to thank. Because nobody writes a book alone, as much as we like to pretend.
Many thanks to David Szucs, officer and gentleman, who provided a sanity check for military parlance; to David Tyler, who answers my rambling messages at two in the morning; to Ian Smith, who helped me devise what's going on with new characters Juliet and Tommy; and to my husband Jim Gillentine, who always cheerleads.
As usual, many thanks to the real Parish Roberts, Jim Bell, and the late Vic Milan, who let me steal their names for characters more than a decade ago.
Thanks to the good people of the Alamo Trust, who kindly gave me permission for a photo shoot and visit to the historic site, and the staff there who answered my many questions. San Antonio is a wonderful city, and I always show my love to the places I visit by infesting them with monsters.
Special thanks to Rachel Brune, editor extraordinaire who is blessed (or burdened) with indomitable patience and grace.
Finally, thanks to the real Sara Harvey, who couldn't be more different than her fictional counterpart, except that they both kick ass.
Blackfire crew rides again!
I'm happy to report that my new novella, Yanaguana, will launch next week and preorders are open NOW.
Part of the new Midnight Bites series from Crone Girls Press, Yanaguana will be released with two other novellas under the title Foul Womb of Night, centering on horror among the military or paramilitary. A prequel to the first Blackfire novel, Yanaguana follows Sara Harvey and Paul Vaughn as they face a mysterious force killing people in San Antonio by forcing them to face their deepest, most paralyzing fears.
Also included are Goblin Hole by Adam Stemple and Frozen Meat by Gustavo Bondoni, ranging from the trenches of World War I to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic.
All this for $2.99 preorder price! Only available in ebook.
I had a wonderful time writing Yanaguana. Of course, it's always fun to ride with Sara and the gang, whether they're facing down an aswang ghoul in the Phillippines or a redcap in the British Isles or a Russian rusulka lost in Memphis or, y'know, zombies. Yanaguana takes us in some new directions with the Blackfire crew, and let me explore some aspects of the team that we haven't seen before.
If you're wondering about the previous Blackfire books… well, they're out of print. Sorry! The good news is, you absolutely do NOT have to have read the other books to understand Yanaguana. It was intentionally written as a standalone novella, so while it will certainly tie in to the events in the other books, you will not be lost if this is your first adventure with Sara and the team.
And I really loved exploring San Antonio. They make guacamole at the table, man.
I hope you enjoy Yanaguana as much as I enjoyed writing it.
July Linkspam
As I write this, I am beginning my last week of summer "vacation." That last word has to be in quotation marks, because this summer has hardly felt like a break! Between my freelance work and ducking this bloody virus and managing the circus that is my family, I've hardly felt like I was on a break.
However, next week begins an intensive two-week training course in English composition pedagogy, which is academic-speak for "teaching English comp." This being grad school, the readings actually start this week, and then for most of August I will be training heavily and preparing to start teaching in the last week of the month.
While I'm not (entirely) new to teaching, I am very new to English composition. Little-known Elizabeth fact: I never took English 101 or 102, nor a creative writing class until last year. Back in the ancient days (a.k.a. the 1990s), you could take a test called the CLEP (make your own jokes) and a high enough score let you skip straight to the literature classes. So I CLEPped out of English comp, and thus I have never taken or observed these classes. Whee!
Still, this is an exciting new challenge, compounded by the fact that all my teaching (and learning) this semester will be online, as well as my requiring tutoring for students who are struggling with writing skills. I am very grateful for the privilege to continue working entirely from home, as we all continue to ride out the pandemic and try to keep ourselves and our families safe.
In the meantime, journalism! This month was all about the news, as the folks in Highland kept me hopping. I also had a few essays, although I didn't put any of them on Medium. I'm still trying to sort out what kind of material is going to be of interest on that site, and what people would like to hear from me.
Of course, the first priority is always to the Patreon, as those good folks fork over perfectly good money every month to read my blatherings. They got a couple of essays this month, as well as a photo travelogue from San Antonio. That's the second of what will probably be four travelogues on San Antonio, and will eventually be repackaged into a travel piece. You know, in my spare time.
Essays/Blogs
The celebrity in the room (Donald Media)
Pay for it. That's how people live. (Patreon)
Freedom Day (Patreon and Donald Media)
Highland parents face choice of in-person or remote learning (Highland News-Leader)
COVID may force schools to off-campus learning (Highland News-Leader)
Highland considers allowing golf carts on city streets (Highland News-Leader)
Highland teacher dances into retirement, but keeps a toe on the stage (Highland News-Leader)
Highland issues verdict on golf carts, ATVs on streets (Highland News-Leader)
Highland city manager set to retire after 40 years (Highland News-Leader)
San Antonio: The Riverwalk (Patreon)
You can always catch my latest work at ElizabethDonaldPhotography.com, and the shop is linked to all images that are available for sale. If you would like a piece customized as a poster or other item, just ask!
We have been informed that Archon has been canceled for 2020, which was disappointing but not a surprise given the mass cancellation of just about every convention, book fair and signing this year. There are a few possibilities left for the holiday season, but odds are strong that every convention and signing will be canceled this year. I hope to see your faces again someday…
Finally, work continues on the novella of doom, which should come out later this fall. I'm delighting in the creep factor of my haunted San Antonio (hey, if I like a city, I'm gonna infest it with monsters) and looking forward to seeing it in "print." More about that next month, I hope! Many thanks to my awesome editor Rachel Brune, who has displayed uncommon patience with me…
In the meantime, have a cover!
May Linkspam
I'm not even going to pretend to summarize May. Anyone with half a working brain cell and an internet connection knows what's going on, and I've been up to my eyeballs just keeping up the butcher's bill of attacks on journalists while covering the historic protest marches taking place worldwide. If you want to know more, the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has a compilation much more comprehensive than mine and the ACLU is filing suit. If anything they're being conservative in their definition of "attacked," as I've seen far more than 54 journalists beaten, maced or otherwise assaulted in the course of doing their jobs.
Meanwhile, for the effect coronavirus is having on the journalism industry, Poynter is keeping a running tally of layoffs, furloughs, salary cuts and news organization closures as a result of the pandemic and shutdown. Please feel free to use this list against any idiot insisting that the media are overamplifying the threat of the virus because it's so bloody good for us.
Of course, the State of Journalism is not really what Linkspam is supposed to be about, because if I start on the ranting essays I want to write, I'll do literally nothing else, and I am ass-deep in alligators these days with freelance work. Here's what I have to share from May:
• "Fueling Our Heroes" makes stop in Highland, feeding truck drivers (Highland News-Leader)
• Highland High School creates virtual graduation for class of 2020 (Highland News-Leader)
• Pere Marquette under renovations for spring (Outdoor Guide Magazine – print only)
• Is Highland reopening yet or not? (Highland News-Leader)
• Mayor cautions city must follow state orders (Highland News-Leader)
• An untitled short-story experiment for the Patreon group, which originated in my fiction workshop this spring. As always, the Patreon gets the behind-the-scenes stuff and the new stuff first, so you might want to consider subscribing. Hint hint.
The bloody pandemic has really damaged my plans for regular photo shoots this summer – I had multiple trips planned, and until the damn bug goes away, I won't be able to do them.
• "Fireworks," a photo essay for Patreon detailing my efforts to shoot fireworks into abstract sky-art. My town is going to attempt a socially-distanced fireworks display on July 3, and I will attempt to shoot it if I can do so safely.
CultureGeek is currently on hiatus due to the complete shutdown of the movie industry. If it resumes, it may be in the form of book reviews – or the reviews may find their way to this space. I haven't made up my mind on that – I love CultureGeek and I've been writing it more than a decade, sometimes with others and sometimes alone. But I'm doing a lot more freelance work these days, I'm writing or managing five blogs, and the decidedly non-lucrative CG may have served its purpose. Or perhaps it has enough fans that it should keep rolling – either in its current space or in a dedicated website. I will decide that by the end of the summer, most likely.
I have recently joined the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), which appears to be the standard organization for writers in MFA programs like moi. Their conference looks to be a really nifty opportunity and it's going to be in Kansas City next spring, which is an easy drive from sunny St. Louis. Best of all, I'm just a member, so I am not in charge of ANYTHING.
SPJ's Excellence in Journalism is still scheduled for September, but damn near everything else I had scheduled between now and then is canceled, so it's flip-a-coin whether I'll be in D.C. this fall or not. I chose not to apply to Dragoncon this year before the COVID mess began – betting pools continue on whether DC will have its big party or not – but I hope to return sometime in the future when life is once again sane. Ish. The local chapter's work is also on hold due to coronavirus, but I'm hopeful for our annual fundraiser and the monthly Freelancer Coffee Hour to resume soon. (Wear masks!)
Website work continues to be borked, as both the SPJ website and Jim's website are completely fubar and I have to un-fubar them before I can attack the task of redesigning the rest of the websites. Did I mention I am not a programmer? I never get more than three steps into the recommended processes before I begin weeping and rending my clothing.
In the meantime, I'm working on magazine pieces and editing projects, still banging away at the Goddamn Thesis, and there's a nifty new fiction project I'm not yet at liberty to discuss. When the contracts are signed, you'll find out. It involves creepiness… and teeth. Muahahaha.
Stay safe out there, friends.
Elizabeth, what are you going to do when you grow up?
Since I let it slip on the radio last week, I might as well go public. Shenanigans are afoot.
Recap for those playing along at home: I left daily journalism in 2018 to pursue my masters degree in media studies while launching a freelance career.
This turned out to be quite a few eggs in the baskets I was balancing on both arms, my head and the tip of my nose. I learned quickly why I got sad smiles and headshakes from fellow freelance journalists when I said I'd be launching while doing grad school. The freelance career definitely brings in what I put into it, which I can track on my bookkeeping sheet: when I was crunching hard at school, the balance fell to a minimum; in the summer, it was soaring. Well, soaring to "subsistence living," at least.
This may or may not be an accurate depiction of my home office.
Still, as I've said several times, my worst day in Career 2.0 still has not involved calling the family of a dead child and asking for comment. My barometer for stress is scaled differently.
And to be honest, working freelance suits my personality much better than working in a newsroom ever did. I enjoy the freedom and flexibility and the right to choose my own projects, even if it isn't as lucrative as a steady paycheck. I'm still doing some local reporting as well as magazine work on a more-or-less regular basis, and writing about the things that interest me. One week I might write about balancing motherhood and an MBA program; the next about camping options along the great river road. And let's not forget how many stories I could write about legalization of pot here in sunny Illinois.
Now as I approach the end of my masters program, I have to figure out what I'm going to do next. Originally I wrote a long and really boring explanation of all the options I considered before settling on my next step, and I have deleted it because if it bores me, I can't imagine how stultifying it would be for you, Gentle Reader.
But something else has happened while I've been trundling my way through cultivation theory and media content analysis and many cans of Starbucks TripleShot: I've been able to take some writing classes.
What are you talking about, Elizabeth? You've been a professional writer since the mid-nineties!
True, but with the exception of a poetry workshop in high school, I had never taken a creative writing class in my life.
I always meant to do so – I must have signed up for fiction workshops at the University of Memphis three times, and always had to drop it because it conflicted with some other requirement for my major.
I went to untold numbers of author panels at conventions, read writing books and memoirs obsessively… but never took a creative writing class. I have had plenty of training in newswriting: undergrad included classes in story structure and investigative and feature reporting, etc. But never fiction or creative writing.
Last spring, I took a class in creative nonfiction from the English department, figuring it would help with the essays and long-form journalism I was trying to develop for my freelance work. I found it immensely enjoyable, and more importantly, my writing improved significantly.
When this last semester began, I enrolled in a graduate-level fiction workshop as kind of a trial run: could my ghosties and creepies and long-leggedy beasties translate in a literary environment? I've always had a taste for things that go chomp in the night, but the key to those critters and their ability to scare lies in characterization: characters with whom we can identify and language that evokes emotion. At its fundamental basis, writing of any genre must meet those needs to be truly impactful. So far, the workshop has been going very well, and I find I am viewing my own work and works of others in a new light.
So after long discussion with Jim, and a lot of personal contemplation, I rolled the dice and filled out the applications over the winter break.
Thus I am pleased to announce that I have been accepted into the MFA program for creative writing at SIUE, and will begin in the fall. This program involves intensive fiction workshopping and classes in literature as well as craft, along with a mid-program project involving writing and literacy in the community.
In academia, the masters of fine arts is considered a terminal degree – which sounds frighteningly fatal – and thus is given equal weight to a doctorate in most situations.
I have also been offered another teaching assistantship, so I will learn how to teach English composition at the freshman level. While I expect this will be the biggest challenge of my immediate future, it will also give me a much wider area of experience as an instructor. After I finish, I will be qualified to teach English comp, creative writing or journalism at the collegiate level, and if I cannot land a full professorship right away, it will at least give me a much wider variety of adjunct opportunities than solely teaching newswriting.
So it's practical, and practicality always has to come first in my head. As I told Jim, the worst possible outcome of this insanity is that I'll come out the other side with enough material for 1-2 more story collections, and that works fine for me.
But I am also very excited about this new venture. I've been given a warm welcome by my fellows in the MFA program and in the English department, and my short stories have already gained a good bit of success in literary magazines and anthologies after a looong dry spell. It's odd that although my primary work for the past two years has been research-based rather than creative, I feel more creatively inspired than I have in at least a decade.
And when I look at the array of classes I get to take, it feels like an amazing privilege to be allowed to study there. Buckle in for a lot of discussion on sociopolitical allegory in the writings of African-American women or comparing the works of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson or comparing and contrasting dystopian and apocalyptic fiction. Squee.
(Oh, like it's a shock to you at this point that I'm a book nerd. I mean, have you SEEN my house? We need more walls.)
The funny part of this process has been explaining to my cohort in media studies that yes, I am voluntarily and enthusiastically signing up for three more years of grad school. They think I've lost my mind (they might not be wrong). Three more years of stress and term papers, of wrangling being a student and a fledgling teacher at the same time, of wacky hours and too much caffeine and poverty – don't forget the poverty.
And that's where I really need to throw the bouquet to Jim, who is not only supportive of my insanity, but strongly encouraged me to apply for the MFA in the first place. This is not going to be easy on him, folks. Teaching two classes and taking three means that my time for freelancing will be even more limited than it is now, and that means he has to keep his second job for the foreseeable future to keep our family in milk and toilet paper (hot commodities, man). He's about to graduate with his bachelor's degree, which was supposed to be the time that he gets to relax a bit.
I hear from so many women writers who have husbands or partners far less supportive of their work, who resent the time away, who make them justify the hours and expense of developing a writing career, who dismiss their work because it doesn't bring in as much money as a "real job." I have been there before, and it kills the creative spark to such an enormous degree when your partner isn't committed to supporting your success, however you might define that. It fills me with gratitude to have a partner who so completely stands with me and cheers on my successes (and pours the drinks for my failures).
Perhaps he understands because he is a writer himself, or perhaps he's just that wonderful. I haven't dedicated a book to him yet. But really, they're all dedicated to him. It's pretty much a given that without Jim's unwavering support, sounding board, sanity check and P.S. health insurance, I could not do any of the things I've done or will do.
So this is what I'm doing for the next three years, and I thank all of you for your continued support, Gentle Readers – with extra-special thanks to my Patreon subscribers, who help make all this craziness possible by funding the water bill each month. Of course, if anyone's about to reap the benefits of my new venture, it's going to be them! You can feel free to join them, by the way, and get first looks at the stories I'll be creating in my journey through the MFA. I might also share more writing craft essays, on Patreon and on Medium, and don't forget the photos.
It's going to be a grand new adventure.
As to what I'm going to be when I grow up? Who says I have to?
Book launch today!
What timing, eh?
Well, I can't think of a better way to pass the apocalypse than new fiction, though I am personally still up to my eyeballs in Ye Olde Thesis and all the fun times of the latter half of the last semester… plus or minus the plague. I am housebound for the duration, since I tick about five boxes on the "this shit'll kill ya" list for the bug, which is probably the only way this thesis, five other papers and two fiction stories will actually get done.
We're doing okay here at Donald Smith Gillentine Inc. The menfolk are still employed for now – Jim is on leave from the university but still being paid and keeps the health insurance, which makes me happy since I like being alive. The boy is still flipping burgers at half his usual hours, but he's hanging in there. School restarts next week online, so watch for plenty of domestic squabbles over the power strip in the dining room.
I am teaching my class by remote, which will be an interesting experiment, and cranking away at the aforementioned research. Graduation has been canceled, but that doesn't mean the deadlines don't exist! I'm learning to use Zoom, which unfortunately shows the enormous mess behind my desk in my office, and guess what just moved to the top of the spring cleaning list?
I've also acquired the books for my wonderful Patrons, and they'll be going in the mail on Monday. If you join the Patreon between now and Monday, I'll make sure you get one? (It's not Coppice and Brake – it's a surprise!)
In all seriousness, I recognize the enormous privilege we have at DSG Inc., that we are able to continue doing our jobs (or at least be paid for them), and that we are (so far) healthy and well-stocked with food, toilet paper, bourbon… everything except yeast. I will seriously compensate people for yeast.
In the meantime, there's this book! I'm really happy to be working with Crone Girls Press for the second time, as they published my story "In Memoriam" in Stories We Tell After Midnight back in October as a reprint. This release, Coppice and Brake, is a little less horror and more dark fantasy, and includes a brand-new short story from me titled "Shiny People."
"Shiny People" was actually inspired by a panel at Archon 2019, in which we all shared "real-life" ghost stories. I told the stories of Isabel, the woman who was murdered in my house more than 100 years ago, and how we can always blame her when something breaks. Like the living room lamp, the boy's mattress, the spatula and measuring cup, just in time for the apocalypse. Thanks, Isabel.
But there was a man in the audience who told a story I found so creepy, so fascinating, that I asked him afterward if he would mind if I wrote it as a short story. He said that was fine, as long as I named the little girl after his daughter. I was happy to do so.
I hope you enjoy "Shiny People" and the other stories in Coppice and Brake. It's $10 from Literary Underworld for a limited time only, and if you prefer the pixel-version, you can get it for $1.99 right now on Amazon.
In the meantime, stay safe, stay home if you can, and wash those hands. Let's live to make bad jokes about this another day.
River Bluff Review release event set
I'm delighted to announce that River Bluff Review will premiere on Tuesday, March 3 with a celebration and reading at the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
This year's edition of River Bluff Review will include two of my short stories: "Dear Katrina" and "Sergeant Curious." The event is open to the public, and will include authors reading excerpts from the book.
I will be late in the program, because I am teaching at that time, but I will skedaddle across the quad as soon as my class is done. How does an author skedaddle? Come to SIUE and find out!
The event begins at 4 p.m. in the Cougar Bookstore, located in Morris University Center. Please join us!


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Announcement Last day to order for Christmas without express shipping is December 10!
The Teatime Baker was born from a love of baking, reading, and a lifelong dependency on tea! I am creating a range of gifts and products for tea lovers, bookworms and bakers to complement the recipes and content on my website The Teatime Baker.
I will be adding new items throughout the year. Gifts for the modern Teatime.
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Last day to order for Christmas without express shipping is December 10!
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Loved it so much bought another set. Perfect gift for the Kenyon graduate or alumni. Received it fast, Erin was responsive to my emails and made a change for the second set. Highly recommend her!
I started my blog/website The Teatime Baker in 2017 to celebrate baking, tea and the concept of Teatime. To me Teatime is the concept of taking a break to enjoy quality face to face time with the people we love. Even better if that time is accompanied by tea and some delicious homemade baked goods!
On my website I offer recipes and baking tips for all seasons. Here I am offering fun and unique products for bakers, bookworms and tea lovers!
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Potsdam, the regional capital of (state) Brandenburg, is like an island surrounded by the river Havel, canals and lakes. The town is extremely interesting, not least because of its proximity to Berlin and its colourful history, which stretches back 1,000 years and is reflected in famous palaces and museums such as Sanssouci Palace, Belvedere Palace and Charlottenhof Palace .
The former summer palace of Frederick the Great, Sanssouci Palace and the surrounding park with its numerous attractions are not the only the places worth a visit.
The town's historical districts – the Russian colony of Alexandrowka, the Dutch quarter and the former Bohemian weavers' quarter – also give an insight into the special atmosphere of this charming town. It is simply the place for anyone with an interest in the past.
No other palace has such close links to Frederick the Great as Sanssouci. This legendary building is regarded as a masterpiece of the Frederician rococo style. King Friedrich II wanted a place where he could spend some time "sans souci" (without a care). Based on sketches and designs by G. W. von Knobelsdorff, the palace was built between 1745 and 1747 overlooking the famous vineyard terraces. The attachment that Friedrich II felt for Sanssouci Palace was also demonstrated by his desire to be buried in a vault beneath the highest vineyard. Various guided tours of the palaces are available all year round in Potsdam.


Bayside Resort Golf Club, Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club and The Bay Club are award-winning golf courses located near the Delaware and Maryland beaches. Bayside Resort Golf Club is Delaware's first Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course and is located off Rt. 54 near Fenwick Island. Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club offers 27 scenic holes located in Ocean View, DE, just 3 miles west of Bethany Beach. The Bay Club offers 36 championship holes and is located just 8 miles west of Ocean City, Maryland.


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Podcast #170 Dr. Mark Hyman on The Latest Nutritional Research
Mark Hyman, MD, believes that we all deserve a life of vitality—and that we have the potential to create it for ourselves. That's why he is dedicated to tackling the root causes of chronic disease by harnessing the power of Functional Medicine to transform healthcare. He is a practicing family physician, a nine-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, and an internationally recognized leader, speaker, educator, and advocate in his field. He is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He is also the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, a medical editor of The Huffington Post, and has been a regular medical contributor on many television shows including CBS This Morning, the Today Show, CNN, The View, the Katie Couric show and The Dr. Oz Show. Today we discuss the latest research in nutritional medicine and talk about why Mark feels better than ever without cravings or other side effects commonly experienced by a poor diet!
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Podcast #94 Dr. Mark Hyman On Pinpointing Stressors And The Future Of Health And Food
Dr. Mark Hyman, is an American physician, scholar and New York Times bestselling author. He is the founder and medical director of the UltraWellness Center and a columnist for The Huffington Post. Hyman is a regular contributor to the Katie Couric Show and has a website available to view here.
Can you do everything right with diet and health and still get disease?
Is Wi-Fi going to be the next toxin like cigarettes?
Can we blame one thing stressing us?
Disconnection from society and disease
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Knitting was something I never thought I'd take up; for some reason it just never really interested me. My mom was the knitter - I am a crocheter. It seemed to me that knitting was something that took one eons to build any skill at...and there was that dreaded dropped stitch...a problem you didn't have to deal with in crochet.
Every once-in-awhile I'd see a lovely something knit by a friend and think to myself that maybe it was time to give it a try. The thought never really lasted for long. About two years ago I purchased Simple Knitting: A Complete How-to-Knit Workshop, by Erika Knight when I had a great Joann Fabric coupon. It sat in my sewing room pretty much untouched.
Two things made me jump on the knitting bandwagon. 1) The older I get the more my body stresses out when asked to do repetitive motions. It is becoming harder to crochet for long periods of time for weeks on end. 2) As we prepare to move I am making a serious attempt to clear out "stuff" and my yarn drawer was in need of a good purge. Over the years I'd amassed several balls of Sugar & Cream / Peaches & Cream cotton yarn. I've learned from past experience that I do not like to crochet with this cotton yarn and wondered how it would be to knit with it.
At some point in time my mom must have taught me a little knitting because when I was attempting to learn how to cast on stitches I discovered I already knew how to do it. I am always amazed by muscle memory. I also think we must have had some knitting lessons because I found these needles mixed in with my craft supplies - they show signs of wear on the tips. I honestly don't remember ever completing a knitting project, so maybe I never got much further than casting on, knit, and purl.


Hyundai Samoa has donated $3,000tala to help out with the development and also for uniforms of the Samoa International Cricket yesterday morning at Vaitele.
Hyundai Samoa has been a major supporter of cricket since 2012 and they have provided total sponsorship of $39,550 to date.
This includes the use of the community vehicles up to ten days a month, 50 percent discount for servicing of office vehicles, staff apparel and cash sponsorship.
This support by Hyundai Samoa has helped Samoa International Cricket expand the development and growth of the game in the villages and the community.
In 2015, cricket had an outreach of just 20,000 junior players both in Upolu and Savaii between the ages of 5-18 years old.
Their newly-established junior domestic competition on Saturdays at Tuanaimato cricket grounds saw another milestone achieved through the assistance of Hyundai Samoa.
This is through building and engaging the communities with an U15 Junior Development competition which started with 20 children right up to 150 boys and girls from as far as Fasitoo-tai in the west and Luatuanuu in the east. The young boys and girls in the U15 competition from the ages of 10-14 years old play hard ball cricket where as those below that age category use the plastic gear. General Manager of Samoa International Cricket, Salā Stella Vaea Tagitau accepted the cheque and gratefully acknowledged the support of Hyundai Samoa. "This money will go into the development of the Samoa International Cricket and also for some uniforms," she said.


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Q: View pdf file in a new window via javascript I have the following php code:
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and the Javascript function for onclick event:

The problem is when i clicked the img the pdf file open normally in the initial page and then opens a new window as I set in my Javascript code but the new window is blank...No url, no pdf, nothing..
How I can fix it?
Thanks a lot for your effort?

A: Ordinarily, the simplest way to achieve this would be to use target="_blank" in the a tag. But as was pointed out here, that's not guaranteed to work. It depends on the user's browser settings.

A: The problem occurs because of the code snippet used for the onlick handler:
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This string compiles into a function used to set the link's onclick property:
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which calls pdfOpen without a this value set to the anchor element.  Try
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1930s → 1932 → December 1932 → 22 December 1932 → Commons Sitting → ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
HOUSING (SLUM CLEARANCE).
HC Deb 22 December 1932 vol 273 cc1226-9 1226
§ 17. Mr. BUCHANAN
asked the Minister of Health the number of slum clearance and re-housing schemes approved under the Housing and Slum Clearance Act, 1930, up to the most recent date at which such information is available; the number of houses and 1227 tenements, respectively, completed, together with the number of persons removed from houses condemned; and the number of persons for whom new houses or tenements have been provided under the 1930 Act up to the same date?
Sir H. YOUNG
Up to the 30th November last, I had received resolutions declaring 580 areas in England and Wales to be clearance areas. 6,451 dwellings had then been completed. I am not able to say how many of these dwellings were houses, flats or tenements respectively. Up to the 30th September last, 23,829 persons had been removed from houses demolished or closed. The houses completed provide, according to the standard laid down by Section 37 of the Act, accommodation for 30,928 persons.
§ Sir FRANCIS FREMANTLE
Do the 580 cases to which the Minister has referred include those which have been completed, those which are now in process of taking effect, and those which are prospective; or do they include only those which have been completed?
I think I must ask my hon. Friend to put down a, question on that matter, as I should like to give him the exact particulars. My impression is that the figure includes them all.
§ Mr. THORNE
Do I understand that the Minister is aware that all these houses in slum clearance areas are unfit for human accommodation; and will he give every encouragement to the local authorities to apply this slum clearance policy?
Undoubtedly, when an area is declared to be a clearance area, it means that the houses are unfit for human habitation, and every possible encouragement will be given to local authorities to pursue an active policy of clearance in such cases.
§ Sir F. FREMANTLE
Is it the case that the 580 schemes will not include improvement schemes but only slum clearance schemes?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of slum clearance and re-housing schemes approved under the Housing and Slum Clearance Act, 1930, up to the most recent date at which such information 1228 is available; the number of houses and tenements, respectively, completed, together with the number of persons removed from houses condemned; and the number of persons for whom new houses or tenements have been provided under the 1930 Act up to the same date?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)
Up to the 20th December proposals have been approved by the Department of Health for Scotland for the provision of 13,765 houses with assistance under the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1930. At 30th November, the latest date for which information is available, 3,950 houses, including 604 in tenements, had been completed and 6,983 houses including 2,698 in tenements were under construction. At 30th September 24,329 persons had, in consequence of action taken under the Act, been removed from condemned houses. As regards the last part of the question, I regret that I have no information as to the number of persons accommodated in the new houses built to replace those condemned.
§ Mr. BUCHANAN
Can the hon. Gentleman say the reason for the serious difference between the number approved and the number actually built or under construction, as there seems to be a rather serious difference?
§ Mr. SKELTON
I think I may safely say that the reason is that the Act is a comparatively recent one, and that most of the schemes are still in the early stages. The Act was only passed in 1930, and it has taken some time for local authorities to make use of it.
Cannot the hon. Gentleman, between now and the resumption of the House, see if there is not any further way of speeding up this matter, the delay of which is due to the long-drawn-out inquiries which have to be held. Can he not take some steps to see that the whole procedure is speeded up?
I think that that is a question with which I shall have an opportunity of dealing soon after the House rises.
§ Sir S. CRIPPS
Can the hon. Gentleman tell us whether the limitation which was announced by the Minister of Health 1229 upon the number of slum clearance schemes which were to go forward from the financial point of view applies to Scotland as well, or only to England?
I cannot speak for my right hon. Friend, but I should not accept the word "limitation."
Do the figures given of the extra £75,000 cover Scotland as well as England?
Oh no, Sir, those figures are purely English.
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SEOUL, Jun. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean exports in dollar value decreased 10.9 percent in May from the same period last year, due to the weakening Yen, slowing economies in the U.S. and China, a loss of competitiveness for Korean companies, and low oil prices.
Korean exports have decreased for five months in a row, and their rate of decline is the highest in 6 years since August 2009, right after the global recession.
While the first quarter GDP growth rate in the U.S. decreased, China's GDP growth rate in the first quarter was 7.0 percent, which was a new 6-year low. China's industrial output, consumption and investment do not appear to be trending positively in the second quarter either.
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An Interview with Eli Brocias
Great Bend local Eli Brocias is best known as the local deputy. A man more complex than society seems to think, he works hard alongside John Henry Hoyle to make sure life is a little more peaceful for the citizens of the small Kansas town. It is our pleasure to offer him a chance to speak his mind in a way that is seldom seen.
What was it like growing up in Great Bend, Kansas? Did you always want to be a lawman?
Well…Growing up here was nice, mostly. Really pleasant. I have a bunch of nice memories from childhood. When I was four I found a frog that I kept inside a wood box until my mother told me she needed the wood box in order to keep the ashes of Uncle Hester, who died of the plague. Still, I had the frog for four days or so and I remember those four days as really nice. I called him 'jumper' because he jumped a lot. There was a drought that summer though, so once the box was gone he died I think. Still, he was a nice frog.
Sometimes Ephraim Younger would come by – the Youngers lived down the road a ways – when we were kids. We used to play a game called 'hit the wasps' where you took an old broom handle and then tried to hit the wasp's nest out back as many times as you could. Usually it was once. I guess that I decided to go into being a lawman after my father died. This was just a few weeks before my mother drowned in the bathtub. My dad died losing a duel with himself – or at least that's what uncle Jesse said –though, actually, I'm not sure how you do that. Uncle Jesse, by the way, died of horse trampling shortly after mother. It's like Aunt Arvilla said: "Sometimes life gives you oranges and gravy. Sometimes it gives you bedsores." Of course Aunt Arvilla died of bedsores. She was a terrible cook. Then there were uncle Hebron, Uncle Erwin, Aunt Valentine, Uncle Sorghum, cousin Juniper, cousin Phil, and cousin Alton who passed after a family dispute grew violent. That was a real tragedy. This was all before that big tornado that came through and took cousin Leena, cousin Jefferson, cousin Fontelroy, uncle Jesper, aunt Selena, uncle John, aunt Alice, the deaf boy Stewart, who was visiting at the time, Leroy the mute, aunt Lyla, uncle Jepsom, aunt Forsythe and uncle Tucker. Oh, and all of their children. So at that point I didn't have any family obligations, and it turned out the Sheriff was hiring. Pretty standard childhood, actually.
How did you come to outlive the first five sheriffs of Great Bend?
I try to stand behind them.
I know you like to pass your time on peyote now and then, what do you enjoy most about that? How else do you like spend your time in such a small town?
Well, Peyote expands your horizons. You learn things. If you want an example of that, I learned not to take Peyote anywhere near a bear because you discover that even though you think the bear is a friend, the bear does not think you are a friend, which explains the scarring on my legs. Sometimes, when I'm off, I'll try to find games for myself. One game involves seeing how long I can just stand on one foot. Or stare at things without blinking. Or throw rocks at things. Mostly I just get really, really drunk. I may make up other games then, but I tend not to remember them.
What is it like to work with John Henry Hoyle? What would you say is the most important thing you have learned from the whole experience?
Working with Hoyle is a little like eating rattlesnake pancakes. Half of the time they're delicious, especially if they are covered in syrup. But then, sometimes, they are poisonous or alive. And then sometimes people look at you and tell you "stop eating rattlesnake pancakes". Those kill people." (My second cousin Thurston actually died eating rattlesnake pancakes.) Anyway, one of the things I've learned from him is to stop eating snakes, which has actually made life better. Less exciting, but better.
It is not every day you see a deputy drag a lady into a gunfight. How did all of that ordeal come about? Did you ever imagine at the time you would become as close to Pearl as you have? What are you personal feelings on her chosen profession?
Yeah. I'd appreciate it if you didn't actually bring up the gun fight near her. She was just sorta in the bank and it seemed way easier to threaten to shoot her than to actually shoot Frank James. I'd personally prefer if she did pretty much anything else, but she's sort of insistent. She likes the hours I guess.
How did you come to be somewhat of medicine man when dealing with the evils of the morning after a night filled with alcohol?
Oh there's a long family tradition of purging the system in times when beset with alcohol's lingering demons. I've only tried the first round of treatments on Hoyle, but I also recommend chewing on an old sock, touching a finger to your eye, and eating sour milk.
How did you feel when you realized you had been duped and paid in confederate currency when Frank James was sprung the county jail? Do you feel Hoyle is responsible for that particular escape?
Well, obviously that was Hoyle's fault. I think the evidence speaks for itself.
What are some of the most daunting challenges you face as a single man living in the west? Is it hard to find love under such circumstances?
Well there aren't really any women. Except for whores, obviously. And I don't really have anything against whores, but they do tend to avoid marrying. And it's important to settle down. My father always told me, "Son, it's important to keep the Brocias line going." This was before that duel with himself. So, yeah, I ordered a woman…Do you think a duel with himself means he shot himself?
What was it like when your mail order bride showed up murdered by the Benders? Is it true she was in fact a man? How did that whole ordeal affect you personally?
Well, that was the worst moment of my life. It's not often that you experience a deep and true love such as the one that Carlotta and I shared…Roberta. Roberta. Her name was Roberta. Sorry.
Anyway, we shared something special. And I won't even address the notion that she was mannish. Her pristine face will live in my memory forever.
Did you feel any guilt about giving those blankets to the Indians when you mistakenly thought them responsible for her death? Did you ever happen to apologize to them doing what you did?
Well, I never actually got the blankets to the Indians. I did my best, but I actually mostly just got the town infected. But yeah, I guess I'm sorry about that. Great Bend lost about thirty people and there are some who would blame me.
How did the town of Great Bend get over the outbreak of Smallpox you inflicted on them? Where any of the citizens of the town angry at you for making them so very sick?
Mostly the relatives of the people who died got mad. And we got over plague the usual way: just getting sick and then dying or, sometimes, surviving.
Did it feel a little…satisfying to get to kick Hoyle around after the argument over your plans to do that?
It's rare that I really get to punch Hoyle hard. He has the weak skin of an eastern lady and the constitution of an invalid. So, yeah, it felt great to kick the hell out of him.
Were you scared when Ma Bender had you tied up and gagged in your underwear? Was that the first time you had ever faced such a terrifying experience?
Well, I was pretty scared when I was younger and Ephraim and I played "Bathtub full of scorpions." But that was mostly in fun. So, yeah, I guess the Bender's were worse.
What was it like around town when the Temperance Movement hit Great Bend? Were you glad to see it pass as quickly as it came?
It was really, really dull. I mean dull. Staring at ants dull. Dull like a dull knife. Or a dull scythe. Or some other dull thing. Dull. So yeah. It was good to have it pass.
How is Eli's Rubberband Emporium(or Rubberbands International)coming along? Why are they so expensive anyhow?
Well, you have to understand that they are bands that are made of rubber. That doesn't come cheap. Have you ever looked at one? I mean, they are a circle. But it stretches. I don't know how you might manufacture something like that, but I assume it requires diamonds. Or gold or something. Maybe magic. And, since you are asking, I am willing to offer you four brand new rubber bands at a price of $120. Though there's a bulk discount if you buy more than a thousand.
What does it take to make a good salesman?
Persistence. And I'm very persistent. I am willing to lower that previously quoted price to $100 to get you to walk out with some new rubber bands today… Once I almost beat a snake in a staring contest. But it turned out it was a dead snake so it actually won out eventually.
It seems like you are always looking for something to do other than your deputy work. What would you most like to do when you are finally able to leave law enforcement? Or have your recent experiences there helped you develop more of a taste for that line of work?
Well, I'd prefer to do something that's less bullet heavy. And maybe something that plays to my natural talents. I'm really good at eating things. And I have a good solid recipe for rattlesnake pancakes, so maybe I could cook?
What did you enjoy most during your brief stay in Nicodemus? Was nice to get a break from Great Bend?
Nicodemus is really nice. But it would be uncouth to mention what it was that I enjoyed most about my stay.
You have also been to Dodge City. What would you say was the most amazing thing you saw in your travels there?
Well, they have streets paved with street. Buildings made of stone. A place where you can pay a dime and see an elephapotomus…That's an elephant mixed with a hippopotamus. Of course, it wasn't so much the creature as a picture of one. And it was dark. And the picture was blurry. But I think it was worth it.
Ephraim ever forgive you for what went on during the raid on Cole Younger?
Ephraim and I are on the outs for a while. But we've been on the outs before. Sometimes we'll get mad at one another because one of us dresses like a lady, or gets stung a whole lot by wasps or scorpions. But at the end of the day we usually make up. We see the world similarly. That means a lot.
Where do you see yourself years from now when you are old and grey?
Well, the Brocias family doesn't really have a tradition of living that long. So I don't usually picture myself that way. I tend to imagine a young, violent death, possibly by tornado, through guns, and snakes are also likely. Or knives. Or plague. Or syphilis.
Is there anything you'd like to add before you go?
Yeah, well, I am willing to pass along the recipe for Eli's famous pancakes:
1 snake (rattle)
1 cup flower
1/2 cup water.
As many rubber bands as you can afford. Directions: Club snake to make sure it is dead. If snake is not dead, wait for snake to die. When snake has died, mix with other ingredients. Fry. Add molasses to taste. Keep rubber bands for display and other purposes.
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judiwth says:
Bless his heart, Eli's drinking has caused him to forget that his dad died of a major conniption fit, so awful he probably just blocked it out! Or maybe the loss of the duel caused the fit?


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Walters Art Museum unveils St. Francis missal
Nora Hamerman | For the Catholic Herald
An illumination is shown from the St. Francis Missal, which dates to the 12th century. The missal will be on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore until May 31. COURTESY WALTERS ART MUSEUM | CNS
The restored St. Francis Missal, a 12th-century manuscript that St. Francis of Assisi consulted as he was discerning his spiritual life, will be on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore until May 31. COURTESY WALTERS ART MUSEUM | CNS
"Stewardship" is the watchword St. Francis of Assisi has been known for since he founded his brotherhood in the early 13th century — stewardship of God's nature and of our fellow human beings. In that spirit of stewardship, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore has undertaken a two-year restoration of one of the most important relics of St. Francis, the missal that is believed to have inspired his unique commitment to the imitation of Christ.
The missal is on view for the first time in four decades, and open to pages with words of Jesus that inspired Francis. Surrounding the missal, curator Lynley Herbert arranged manuscripts, paintings, ivories and other works honoring the life of Francis and his two closest disciples, Sts. Anthony of Padua and Clare of Assisi. Visitors to the display may take home holy cards honoring these three saints.
St. Francis is not only beloved to Catholics — the poet Dante described him as a great "athlete" who saved the church in the crisis of the 13th century — but revered around the world as a model of humility, kindness, peace-making and protection of nature.
A relic of touch
The book in the Walters collection dates from around 1180. It was dedicated to the church of San Nicolo in Assisi, which puts it in the right place at the right time to have inspired Francis' decision to renounce worldly goods.
In 1208, Francis, the son of a wealthy cloth merchant, was asked by two friends what he felt God's plan for them might be. They talked all night and the next morning went to Mass at the nearby church of San Nicolo. After Mass, the young men opened the missal on the altar three times at a random place.
The first choice landed on Mark 10:21, where Christ advises a rich young man:
"Go and sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me." The second fell on Luke 9:3 when Christ admonishes his disciples as they set out to preach and heal: "Take nothing with you for the trip; no walking stick, no beggar's bag, no food, no money, not even an extra shirt."
The third took the three men to Matthew 16:24, when Jesus tells Peter: "If anyone wants to come with me, he must forget himself, carry his cross and follow me."
Responding to these Gospel passages, Francis changed his life to one of service, establishing the Franciscan order, whose friars, with no possessions except their habit, walk from place to place to preach the Gospel. Soon after his death, the church canonized Francis in 1228.
Abigail Quandt, left, head of book and paper conservation at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and Cathie Magee, an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, were part of a major conservation effort that preserved a 12th century manuscript known as the St. Francis Missal. JOHN DEAN COURTESY WALTERS ART MUSEUM | CNS
The St. Francis missal is considered a hallowed "relic of touch" by Franciscans around the world, and has often inspired pilgrimages to Baltimore. But it has been too fragile for public view for four decades. Techniques borrowed from sculpture conservation allowed the museum conservators to rebuild the wood of the cover boards riddled with insect holes. The entire book was then taken apart, an unusual step for such a historic object, before the parchment pages were sewn back in with linen thread. The museum has also digitized it for online access.
On display near the missal is an Italian Renaissance portrait of St. Clare, not normally on view, and a magnificently gilded manuscript page with 20 scenes from her life that was made for a nun entering the Order of Poor Clares. A small 16th-century panel depicts St. Anthony when he decided to leave the Augustinian order and become a Franciscan. A poignant life-size painting of St Francis in prayer (c. 1600) is by the workshop of Annibale Carracci. An exquisite ivory statuette of St. Francis comes from the Philippines.
Baltimore's Walters Art Museum is the ideal place to view beautiful objects from the Christian tradition. Visitors can see the largest collection of Ethiopian Coptic icons in the United States. Rooms with stained-glass windows and stone statues evoke the French Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals. A unique Madonna and Child by Raphael and an Annunciation by a Florentine 15th-century artist still in its original frame with the original smaller scenes across the bottom — a rarity in any museum — are among the treasures of the Italian Renaissance.
Just outside the St. Francis Missal exhibit are some of the earliest surviving testaments of Christian worship in Syria: a marble altar bearing silver liturgical vessels from the sixth century.
Hamerman writes from Reston.
Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is open to the public free of charge Tuesday through Sunday. The St. Francis missal exhibit continues through May 31.
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The a four-year programme will train experts on trade policy and negotiations, trade finance and logistics, small business development, trade facilitation, and the scoping of non-oil trade opportunities.
Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the European Union are set to launch a four-year training programme designed to enhance Angola's trade capacity.
The programme, called the EU-UNCTAD Joint Programme for Angola, aims to train national experts in Angola's Ministry of Trade on trade policy and negotiations, trade finance and logistics, small business development, trade facilitation, and the scoping of non-oil trade opportunities. The project is valued at €5.5 million ($6.1 million) and is set to launch early next year.
"Trade is a core ingredient of growth and jobs, and falling oil prices mean oil-rich countries such as Angola need support to diversify away from oil," said Joakim Reiter, the UNCTAD's Deputy Secretary-General, shortly after meeting with Nils Behrndt, the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development. "We're delighted to support Angola and are in close contact with the European Commission as regards their support to the forthcoming project, which ultimately will help many in Angola to trade their way out of poverty."
According to the World Bank, Angola's oil exports accounted for 97 per cent of the country's total exports over the past ten years. With the slump in global oil prices, Angola has witnessed a significant decline in revenues. In 2014, for instance, Angola's oil exports stood at $60.2 billion. But in 2015, the country received $33.4 billion – a 44.5 per cent decline.
Given that enhancing international trade is one of the key mechanisms for implementing the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the EU-UNCTAD Joint Programme will leverage the growing role of multilateral trade agreements, regional trading blocs, and the private sector.
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With housing costs ballooning and an alarming shortage of rental units available, city officials in Toronto are eyeing alleys (or laneways, as they're called in the Canadian city) as a source of "gentle density" for neighborhoods with standalone homes. Last week, Toronto city staff were directed to report on an initiative that would make laneway residents more feasible, BlogTO reports.
"The directive awaits City Council approval in early July, which would put a staff report on the table in early 2018, but this is as close as Toronto has ever been to taking advantage of its roughly 250 kilometres [about 155 miles] of laneways as a viable housing alternative," according to the site.
In 2006, the city began subjecting building permits to regulation that discouraged laneway homes. But its housing climate has changed since then. As Next City reported last year, Toronto is experiencing unprecedented development, and planners worry that they lack the resources to keep up. And the dearth of affordable housing is a countrywide problem, with local governments still straining from the cutoff of federal subsidies in the '90s. In 2017, Toronto's government is more open to creative housing solutions.
"It's like putting a basement apartment on top of your garage," Alex Sharpe of the organization Lanescape told BlogTO, adding the "gentle density" descriptor.
Alleys and laneways have made something of a comeback over the last few years, but mostly as sources of park or green space. Last year, a pilot project brought foosball, basketball and other play spaces to Vancouver laneways. Phoenix and Los Angeles have also launched alley makeovers. Common to all the projects is the realization that alleys are an underused asset in cities, with a good deal of space — and potential.


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