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CONVERSATIONS THAT CASUALLY GET TO THE HEART OF IT ALL
Listen along as legendary Texan and fly fishing guide JT Van Zandt drifts through the important things in life with iconic guests. Much like the nature of a guide and client passing time on a drift boat, conversations here meander through life, the wild, personal philosophies, hardships and triumphs, and of course some fishing too.
Originally from Northern Alabama, Jason Isbell is an acclaimed writer and musician now living in Nashville – a place for which he and JT share a common connection. His current success as a solo artist is hard-earned, and comes after some time spent as the guitarist for Drive-By Truckers. In this conversation, JT and Jason discuss the current state of the music industry in the midst of a global pandemic, the ghosts and mythology of Nashville, misconceptions of The South, talk about Jason's equally talented wife - Amanda Shires.
Billy Durney is no stranger to adversity. Built during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Billy's beloved Hometown Bar-B-Que restaurant is not only everyone's favorite BBQ spot in the Northeast – it's also a symbol of hope and perseverance. Now with Covid-19 threatening not only Hometown Bar-B-Que, but the restaurant industry as a whole, Billy discusses with JT the current state of the industry and how people can navigate getting back on their feet.
JT catches up with the legendary Conrad Anker, discussing the global impact of the Coronavirus, the role of empathy, and what it means to be human.
There are several world-famous guitar players hailing from Austin, TX, but perhaps none more consistent and versatile than Charlie Sexton. From his solo success in the 80s, to his affiliation with everyone from Joe Ely, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan - Charlie discusses his rich history full of colorful characters and musical highs and lows.
A few old fishing pals get together on this episode of Drifting. JT is joined by Carter Andrews in Vero Beach, FL and Cpt. Moe Newman in Venice, Louisiana, with her husband Eric. Tune in for their discussion of the issues impacting their respective environments and the importance of education and preservation for the next generation.
JT and Grahame connect for a good conversation discussing their shared passion for Texas conservation, looking back on some of Grahame's proudest career moments before he retires, and the importance of getting kids outside.
JT heads down to Hawaii to meet Shane and Mark –two local, big wave surfers –to talk...hunting. While most people, JT included, picture Hawaii as beaches and waves, it's the axis deer and opportunities on public lands that dominate this conversation. After a day in pursuit of those axis deer, the guys talk about life on Lanai and bow hunting.
Big wave surfer, Shane Dorian came up in the simpler days of surfing. One of a group of kids on the North Shore just after the fun of surfing big waves, right when board design and surfing itself was evolving. JT and Shane catch up with a new perspective as parents and on being part of a generation unencumbered by agents, brands, coaches, and fame –just out there for the pure love of catching waves.
According to him, Dave accomplished the single greatest achievement of his life on a surfboard at just eight years old. He won his first surfing competition at 18 because it would earn him a party. Dave's broken his back and nearly lost his life surfing, on separate occasions. He's now a lifeguard by trade, but despite his ocean proficiency doesn't consider himself a waterman. Dave's one piece of surf advice? Check in with the lifeguards.
It was Flip's show, Walker's Cay Chronicles, that first turned JT on to fly fishing. Now, JT gets some quality time with a personal hero, talking with Flip about keeping traditional hunting and fly fishing alive, basic shallow-water etiquette, and the first time he saw someone catch a bonefish with a fly rod back in '56 or '57.
"Professional snowboarder" and "third-generation cattle rancher" aren't two lives lived by one person — unless you're Mark Carter. In this episode, he thinks back to the days of playing outdoors till the darkness brought him in, getting roped into snowboarding, and how being kind and workin' hard have gotten him farther than anything.
Professional surfer Chris Malloy, the oldest of the Malloy brothers, spent 10 fulfilling years living as a nomad, spinning the globe every two months to decide where to live. In this episode, Chris sets back the clock with JT to relive the days of seeking solace in the ocean, using humor to overcome adversity, and hanging with his old friend Jack Johnson, who, at the time, was just writing songs "for fun".
By his own estimate, professional fisherman and photographer David Mangum spends every hour of his waking life thinking about tarpon fishing — and for good reason. In thisepisode, David dives deep into the tale of his 3-hour fight to catch his first tarpon, the cult following of this elusive beast, and what it was like to have a 200 + lb. fish on the other end of the line.
All he wanted to do was ride bulls, and be a cowboy, and work on the ranch. But music wouldn't leave him alone. Ryan talks about the complicated relationship of the best and the worst times in his life coinciding, and how his journey through darkness led him to the liberating realization that he could survive simply by playing music for people who wanted to hear his songs.
Mark Healey is a big wave surfer and spear fisherman from Hawaii, born without traditional fear mechanisms.
Terry Allen created a compendium of work that's expansive and can't be categorized as anything but "Terry." But his legendary status is still only recognized and revered by few. Terry shares about his melancholy nights with music, his artistic influences, and growing up in the days when you couldn't find a bad song on the radio.
They say Roy is the idea man and Ryan is the outdoor consumer, but both brothers share a "never settle" attitude passed down from their entrepreneur dad and hardworking mom. It's that relentless mindset that made them lose sleep over what the ultimate cooler might look like, and finally, grab the tiger by the tail and build one the world had never seen.
Where do you go after "national champion"? Kimi talks with JT about her shift away from her successful competitive spearfishing career towards where she is now – in a position to shine a light on being in harmony with the ecosystem as both a conservationist and a hunter.
Shep Gordon is a humble Hollywood agent, producer, and talent agent who describes his life as "knee-jerk reactions". But as the creator of celebrity chef and manager of household names like Alice Cooper and Blondie, we'd say his judgment calls are one to trust. Tune in as Shep shares his intriguing life journey — from getting punched by Janis Joplin to Elvis' unexpected inspiration to his incredibly honest take on love.
From Guyana to Jackson Hole, fishing and even finance, Oliver White's unique story traverses the dilemma of "goin' all around, or just stayin' put" – a challenge familiar to fatherhood. Since the recording of this episode, Hurricane Dorian devastated parts of the Bahamas, none worse hit than the island of Abaco and the lodge there built and run by Oliver. The stories in this conversation pertain to Abaco, pre-storm.
Mike Spalding is one of two people on the planet to swim all nine channels of the Hawaiian islands, the only known human to be bitten by the cookiecutter shark, and a big advocate for human compassion. Drift along as he recounts a string of life stories with JT, uncovering advice from the Pope, the real enemy of the water, and the time his friend accidentally swallowed a jellyfish.
Jako Lucas – a renowned fly guide from South Africa – and JT, a long-time Texan, discuss the South African way, and what being a guide affords. In this episode there's a lot of talk about fish, legacies, and what the flats are for.
Fame is a strange and relative thing. After years of being the underdog and playing songs to no one, Margo shares that there's still the feeling that, at any moment, it could all disappear. According to JT, there's not a chance.
According to her, she's just there to make the boat go fast. And that she does – breaking records in Hawaiian open-ocean paddling, and qualifying for and competing in the Olympics. Lauren Spalding and JT discuss balance and being a top athlete who understands that having a beer after is what it's all about.
Two long time fishing buddies do what they do best – talk about fishing. Go way back with Alvin and JT as they reminisce about punk rock, share their principles on being a jerk, and talk about the good ol' days, when real confrontation meant the threat of getting punched in the face.
JT interviews Dan Malloy, the youngest of the Malloy brothers surfing family. Dan tells of how an injury on the waves led him to redefine his passion for the sport and how being in touch with both land and sea helped him find meaning in the throes of depression.
Wyman Meinzer, the official state photographer of Texas, reminisces with JT about making the switch from shooting with a rifle to shooting with a lens, the close encounter that changed the course of his career, and how critical it is, especially now, to pull up a chair and listen to a storied neighbor tell their tale.
Actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke joins JT for an intimate conversation on art and living, on fathers, stepfathers, and becoming fathers. Ethan tells stories about directing his film Blaze, the Blaze Foley biopic.
Remi is a hunter and conservationist who's spent "an assload of time in the woods." With JT, he discusses surviving a Kodiak bear attack and the virtues of self-reliance, which are, incidentally, unrelated topics.
Eat. Sleep. Bull riding. Every day. Host JT digs into the wisdom that JB's gleaned over the years as a seasoned (and tenderized) bull rider, on raising a tough-as-hell daughter, plus an injury report that should come with a listener warning.
Hilary isn't apologetic about much – not for high-fives and raucousness on the water, or for remembering the fish her clients catch but not her own. She and JT drift from her early years as a kid at-large, to becoming a better angler, and her plans for the end of the world.
Jimmy is an outrageously accomplished climber and filmmaker who got where he is by trusting his instincts. JT and Jimmy cover the transition from Yosemite ski bum to pro photographer and filmmaker, and the risk calculus that comes with being a dad.
Dan is no stranger to an interview-style conversation. But this time it's different. He and JT are both Texans, and meet again in the great state – their first time was on a bass fishing trip down the Colorado – to talk career motivation and staying optimistic despite living in concerning times.


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Review & Track Premiere: Summoner, Beyond the Realm of Light
[Click play above to stream 'Into Oblivion' from Summoner's Beyond the Realm of Light. Album is out May 12 on Magnetic Eye Records.]
As they approach a decade of making music together, Boston four-piece Summoner bring forth the album which all that time seems to have been building toward. One can quibble on the "decade" figure depending on when they got going under their original moniker, Riff Cannon, but what's undeniable is the mindful songcraft and crisp delivery across the two sides of Beyond the Realm of Light, released on Magnetic Eye Records as their third full-length. The basic elements at play aren't all that different from what Summoner offered on 2013's Atlantian (discussed here) or even their 2012 debut, Phoenix, but from the patience they bring to the post-rock textures early in "Skies of the Unknown" to the crushing roll in the apex of their near-eight-minute title-track, there's a mature sensibility underlying this material that steers itself away from self-indulgence.
Instead, what bassist/vocalist Chris Johnson, guitarists A.J. Peters and Joe Richner and drummer Scott Smith conjure is a dynamic and efficient six-song/32-minute run that never stagnates and never overwhelms the listener with its technicality — though, as ever, Summoner tear it up; check the solo in "Into Oblivion" to confirm — at the cost of the impact either of a given track or the record as a whole. They pull together a brisk full-album flow that's not overthought or hyper-cerebral, and while some will hear the initial vocal melody of opener "New Sun" and the subsequent "The Huntress" and compare them to Elder for their locality and proggy bent, Summoner emerge from Beyond the Realm of Light as their own entity driven by their own motivations toward their own ends.
That in itself is significant, as is the fact that Beyond the Realm of Light arrives four years after Atlantian, which itself came only one year after their debut. Summoner have played shows all the while, and no doubt a good portion of "real life" happens in a four-year stretch as well, but as "New Sun" and "The Huntress" unfold the okay-are-we-all-here-good-let's-do-this-thing beginning of the album, the band displays a growth in their songwriting that simply can't be faked. At four and five minutes, respectively, the opening duo are a pivotal introduction — not to mention a third of the tracklist, which is only six songs, remember — to where Summoner are at this stage in their tenure, and though they're energetic and given to a thrust that's long been present in their sound, the band themselves don't actually sound hurried or like they're in anything but total control of their direction.
In the sphere of modern progressive heavy rock, post-Baroness–todon, that's important, but more so is the balance with which Summoner execute their prog influence, and the rocking start of "New Sun" and "The Huntress" leading into the longer, grander title-track is essential in establishing that. It affects the whole album following, so that when they do begin to unroll "Beyond the Realm of Light" itself, with its measured drum march, far-back echoing clean-sung verse and stomping largesse, the effect is that the palette is gracefully expanded rather than haphazardly thrown together. Summoner push further, and further still as "Beyond the Realm of Light" digs into a quick atmospheric midsection before resuming its roll toward a piano-topped apex and subsequent ambient epilogue, but because they've shown such mastery of their songwriting up to this point, there's no question about the listener being able to follow them on the drifting fadeout that ends the record's first half.
If there's a narrative at work in Beyond the Realm of Light, one finds it growing richer on side B along with the band's sound, a resolution perhaps in the melodic hook of "The Emptiness," the multifaceted push of "Skies of the Unknown" and aforementioned bring-it-all-full-circle closer "Into Oblivion" that complements and builds on what the band accomplished with "New Sun," "The Huntress," and the title-track. One doesn't want to speculate on their methodology in piecing the record together, but part of the front-to-back flow that proves so resonant across this still-brief span is a perceptible deepening of the exploration side A began.
To wit, "The Emptiness" is short at just over four minutes, but offers one of Beyond the Realm of Light's most engaging moments in its chorus, and the longer "Skies of the Unknown" seems to answer the title-track's purposes with the winding course of its own, led as ever by the guitars through purposeful shifts in tempo and texture through its 6:42 that draw together the nuance thus far displayed and at about 4:30 in align them toward the solo crescendo of the album as a whole, which pulls back to the NWOBHM-style gallop and hook to finish ahead of the introductory crash of "Into Oblivion," continuing the momentum with fist-raising righteousness. A last forward shove in "Into Oblivion" makes a fitting way to tie Beyond the Realm of Light together, but even this is just a part of the overarching and more complex trajectory Summoner have set for themselves.
Accordingly, when they hit into the last solo and around again through one last verse and chorus before a somewhat sudden, thudding stop, the sense of determination isn't lost. It's not that Summoner couldn't say more or couldn't keep going — Atlantian was 43 minutes, Phoenix 49 — but that they've come to know what best serves the purposes of the outing's entirety, and the length of Beyond the Realm of Light becomes another aspect emblematic of that; less immediate than the progress they've made in songwriting or honing a flow between a given song's parts and between the songs themselves, certainly, but important nonetheless. On the whole, Beyond the Realm of Light finds Summoner a more grounded, more engaging band than they've ever been, but among the most encouraging signals it sends is that even as they enter this new stage of their time together, they show no signs of slowing their creative development, and it is ultimately that will toward growth that defines them.
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The associate degree program is designed to be completed in two years of full-time course work following completion of prerequisite courses. Graduates of the program are eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (RN).
Graduates of the program interested in advancing their education can apply for CMU's RN-BSN online program and earn a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Detailed information about the course work for the associate degree program and how to apply for admission is available on the CMU Health Sciences website at coloradomesa.edu/health-sciences.
The Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program is approved by the Colorado State Board of Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The four-year program provides educational experiences to prepare a professional nurse generalist to practice in a variety of health care settings.
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Small Town Sinners Tackles Unexpected Bullying
By Melissa Walker Jul 20, 2011
Small Town Sinners
Bullying is all over the news right now, and it's good that there's a light being shined upon such a dark corner of the world. I've noticed that most bullying stories focus on and incidents at school, but bullying doesn't always take place in high school hallways.
My new book, Small Town Sinners (in bookstores now!), is about sixteen-year-old Lacey Byers, who lives in a small town where her father is the children's pastor of their evangelical Christian church. Each year, the youth group puts on a haunted house of sin, called a Hell House, where they act out many of the things they've been taught are evil—gay marriage, domestic abuse, abortion, suicide.
Lacey grows up with a strict Christian belief system, but when one of her best friends gets picked on by other youth group members, she realizes, "Even in church-especially in church-there's a social hierarchy."
In the book, it was important to me to show how bullying can take place in lots of areas of life-from school to home to church, and after graduation it can happen even in workplaces. The truth is, everyone has a bullying story, and talking about it is one way to start to change things.
As for Lacey, her parents seem to have black-and-white responses to her questions and always tell her to return to the Bible for answers. But instead, she starts getting to know Ty Davis, the new guy who's moved to town, and the questions pour out of her as she begins to see her world-and her faith-in shades of gray. As she and Ty grow closer, she wonders if falling in love means falling out of faith.
Have you ever dealt with a bullying in a surprising place? Sound off in the comments!
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Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah interviewed
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Sharif Abdel Kouddous interviews prominent dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah about the terrible state Egypt is in, 31 March 2014.
ALAA ABD EL-FATTAH IN ABDEL KOUDDOUS INTERVIEW
Introduction. 31 March 2014. Today the Egyptian-American Nation writer and journalist based in his home town of Cairo, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, interviewed the prominent Egyptian blogger and political activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah. The interview was broadcast on Democracy Now, which provides a transcript. Alaa Abd al-Fattah, from a family with a number of dissidents and activists, is known for his blog aggregator site maintained with his wife Manal, Manalaa.net, mostly in Arabic but with occasional rare but sometimes important entries in English. (For a prominent English language Egyptian political blog see The Arabist.) The interview provides a report on the state of affairs in Egypt three years after the 25 January 2011 revolution from the viewpoint of one of its leaders who was recently released from prison. It was conducted in English, in which both are fluent, though both are also Arabic speakers. Alaa's son Khalid was born when he was in jail in 2011, on a previous occasion, after the resignation of Mubarak. At times he refers to his son and what his son has to look forward to. There is an earlier Democracy Now interview with him after release at that time, in December 2011.
The interview: arrest and imprisonment of a dissident. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has had determination and hope in the past, expresses a real sense of defeat, a feeling that the revolution is not happening, and that his imprisonment, which had a purpose on previous occasions, this time has no meaning. First of all Alaa tells Sharif about his (latest) arrest, how his files were gone through and seized and he was beaten for protesting because the police had an arrest warrant and no search warrant. Before he was blindfolded he saw there were dozens of "heavily armed policemen" holding the entire neighborhood at gunpoint. He was taken from room to room, outside in between to confuse him, and left for 12 hours with a dirty rag over his eyes that left him with an eye infection.
Alaa notes that the boundaries between the police and judiciary are broken. Judges come to prisons for trials and sentencing. "So the whole justice system now is explicitly, you know, not even in a secret way, but explicitly and overtly controlled by the police." But with persistence his lawyers were brought in. He was accused of protesting without a permit but also of armed robbery. The cell was relatively decent and clean and he was allowed visitors and to see his lawyers, but he was kept in solitary confinement for the first month.
Solitary: "You go crazy." What was that like? Sharif asks. "You go crazy. You sleep a lot. So, you know, it certainly feels like clinical depression, which it might also be, clinical depression. But you try to fill the time, so reading, writing." He had one hour out of the cell a day. He explained about talking to Al Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste, who had been in Egypt very briefly before being arrested, so needed a lot of "explaining" of the situation; but they talked about literature and their times in Africa too.
Later, Alaa says his being arrested and imprisoned again is quite likely. There are special terrorism courts, though there's a pretense that they are not special, with special circuits. Alaas says his is "a big case," though it "has no purpose except...serving the regime." He already has a suspended sentence that "was based on a very colorful case that was started by the military prior to Morsi's election and then was dropped." The suspended sentence is of one year, so if he is charged with "even the smallest misdemeanor," he can go back to jail for that year and whatever is added to it.
"A war on a whole generation." He must fight this, but "these are not real courtrooms, this is not true justice, so you have to exert political pressures via protesting, via exposing the irregularities in the process and so on." Alaa knows that while his previous arrests just used his temporary detention to punish him, to keep him quiet for a while, without actual sentencing, this time it's different. Activists from Alexandria and student groups have been sentenced, for one year to five, for two years. Longer, "crazy" sentences on students, 11 years, 14 years, 17 years, have been issued. "They are on a sentencing frenzy," and "I mean," Alaa says, "this is not just about me. And it's almost as if it's a war on a whole generation."
There has been "a massive counter-revolutionary wave that has compromised a lot of individuals and parties and political groups, deeply compromised them." More disconcertingly, Alaa reports that even back in the protests against Morsi, the military was manipulating them, and calling out throngs of people "who were saying yes to the military, yes to the police." So last year he participated in protests in which his group could not be heard. He and his friends tried to tell the Muslim Brotherhood people that they were "walking a path that's going to just lead to the military taking over." The Brotherhood saw him and his dissidents as the threat, and did not recognize that the military was the greater threat. The military coup was being planned, and Morsi's personal prosecutor was pursuing only a few cases against dissidents like him.
Sharif then addresses Alaa about the tradition of dissent in his family -- his sisters, his cousin, and his parents, all activists --and Alaa speaks of conflicts inherited from previous generations, from between the Wars, all of which "is completely crazy..... It's like most of this country has been born after the end of the Cold War, and none of this makes any sense to any of us. But you have these people talking about Nasserism and neo-Nasserism, and you have these people talking about reversing the mistake of dissolving the Ottoman Empire."
When Alaa speaks of successive generations in his family and those of other dissidents inheriting prison cells, it almost seems as if the cream of the Egyptian intellectual crop are like poor African Americans in the United States. There, as here, few of those in prison represent a "danger to society" in any sense. Only in Egypt, the country is not functioning. Hospitals are "empty shells." Universities are not providing education but are hotbeds of protest and hence regarded as "a problem that we need to control," and Al Azhar University, perhaps the oldest university in the world, which has more Islamic students, have been massively killed in protests and "are regarded as a security threat," surrounded by "an apartheid wall," with armed guards around waiting to move in. Finally, Egypt "has become a completely dysfunctional state with coercion and oppression as its one and only tool."
That's not all. Due to the collapse of housing, people are finding their own "informal" solutions, and police are moving in to destroy them -- exactly like the Israelis with Palestinian houses. In quelling insurrections around the country's borders, " it's almost as if they're copying from the Israelis." Alaa has reached the point where he feels it is necessary to "dismantle the state" and rebuild it from scratch, an idea that, of course, terrifies people. The young are alienated and failed to show up for the last referendum, showing this. Healthcare and education are in collapse. For staples the country is dependent on imports, therefore on hard currency, on borrowing from the Saudis and the Emirates, but this cannot last.
And when all this collapses, it will be "scary." When Mubarak collapsed, it was "beautiful." The fear engendered by the coming collapse, Alaa suggests, will be an increase of the polarization that occurred with the fear engendered by Morsi's collapse, and the instability that threatened. While the immediate post-revolution period in 2011 was safe, without police or military control, now, with heavy military control, there is no safety: people are scared and paranoid, and there is chaos.
SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: You've said the word "defeat" a couple of times. Do you think the revolution is over?
No, Alaa replies, you can't know that, or observe the revolution while you are in it. But he observes that there are strikes going on by workers who supported the overthrow of Morsi and the takeover of El-Sisi. The youth may have to survive by their wits, but they will not disappear, and may continue to protest. But at the present time it is hard to espouse a "narrative" of unity of forces and of hope. Hence, the occurrence of the word "defeat." But he hopes that is temporary.
And so must we all.
(Alaa Abd El-Fattah and his wife Manal's blogsite Manalaa.net has been offline since October 2013, when Alaa published his discussion of what a new Egyptian constitution should be. A snapshot of the site can be surfed via CloudFlare Always Online™ technology with the promise that "as soon as the site comes back, you will automatically be served the live version.")
12 October 2014 update: Alaa Abd El-Fattah has now been sentenced along with 24 others to 15 years in prison for participating in a demonstration which Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who covered it, has called "100 percent peaceful."
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Groton — An enlisted sailor at the Naval Submarine Base turned himself in to state police Tuesday on a warrant on charges of risk of injury and enticing a minor by computer, police said.
State police troopers and Eastern District Major Crimes detectives began an investigation after an individual reported in December that her juvenile child, while home sick from school the day before, had sexual relations with a 27-year-old man, according to the police report.
Chazzman Chung, the sailor, confessed on Feb. 14 to cultivating a relationship with the juvenile victim using the Grindr social media app, police said in the report.
Police said Chung admitted to picking up the juvenile in Griswold without permission from the juvenile's parents, and to having sexual contact with the juvenile in Chung's barracks room. Chung then brought the juvenile back to the juvenile's home.
State police troopers, along with Eastern District Major Crimes detectives, prepared the warrant and a New London Superior Court judge signed the warrant, and it was decided that the Naval Criminal Investigative Services would investigate the incident, according to the report.
Chung, now 28, of 65 Ohio Ave. was released on a $100,000 surety bond and is due to appear in Norwich Superior Court on April 18, according to police.


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It was previously approved for use in 1974, but its approval was put on hold due to objections filed by neuroscientist Aspartame is a compound consisting of 3 chemicals: methanol, and the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine. It is a non-nutritional food additive (European Food Safety Authority [EFSA] additive code E951), which means that it has no nutritional value and is regulated by EFSA. Aspartame was approved by the Federal Drug Agency (FDA) for use in dry goods in 1981 and in carbonated beverages in 1983.Dr John W. Olney (who found aspartame caused holes in the brains of mice) and consumer attorney James Turner (who believed aspartame could cause brain damage), and investigations into the research practices of G.D. Searle, who did not inform the FDA of one study in which an infant monkey died after 300 days' consumption of milk sweetened with aspartame.  Following aspartame's approval in the US, it quickly also gained approval in the UK in 1982, after a review of its safety by the UK's Committee on Toxicity, Consumer Products and the Environment. This then led to European-wide approval of aspartame with the universal adoption of the EU Sweetener Regulations (94/35/EC) in 1994. Today aspartame is widely used as a non-nutritive sweetener, as a replacement for sugar. As excessive sugar is linked to numerous health conditions including diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome, substituting with an artificial sweetener would seem to be beneficial for health. However this may not necessarily be the case. Aspartic acid (also known as aspartate), one of the components of aspartame, acts as neurotransmitter in the brain, facilitating the transmission of information from neuron to neuron. The excess of aspartate in the blood shortly after ingesting aspartame could therefore lead to a high level of these neurotransmitters in certain areas of the brain. This surplus of neurotransmitters in the brain can kill neurons by allowing an influx of too much calcium into the cells. This influx triggers the production of excessive amounts of free radicals, which destroy the cells. These chemicals are known as "excitotoxins" because they "excite" or stimulate the cell to death. Disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The behaviourFurthermore, exposure to non-nutritional food additives during the critical developmental window during childhood has been implicated in the induction and severity of blood brain barrier (BBB), which protects the brain from excess glutamate (a breakdown product of aspartate), aspartate and other toxins, is not completely developed until after birth. The brains of unborn and young children are therefore not fully protected from toxin exposure, such as that caused by excessive aspartame ingestion. In adults the efficacy of the BBB can also be reduced as a consequence of chronic and acute conditions. However, even when intact, the BBB permits seepage of excess aspartate and glutamate into the brain, which slowly destroys neurons through excitotoxicity as described above.  Whilst the quantities of non-nutritional food additives in single servings may be considered "safe", the cumulative effect of several ingested together is, at the very least, questionable. Aspartame is known to have the potential to cause adverse effects, which can be serious, including seizures. The severity of these reactions can be the result of unnoticed cell death within the brain, which is highly plastic in its ability to cope with widespread cell death. In the light of what evidence is available, it is therefore perhaps advisable to limit aspartame intake.  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Sweet-tasting "soft" drinks are any beverage to which sugar or other low calorie sweeteners have been added. These include: Sodas Colas Fruit punch Lemonade and other fruit-flavoured carbonated drinks Sports drinks Energy drinks Sweetened, powdered drinks Fruit or veg juice It is widely accepted that soft drinks are a major contributor to the current obesity epidemic. Levels of obesity are increasing in tandem with consumption of calorie- laden drinks, which has increased five-fold since 1950. In addition to the other negative aspects related to weight gain, increased sugar consumption may also be associated with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is the term for a cluster of risk factors including obesity, high blood pressure, elevated fasting plasma glucose, high serum triglycerides and low high-density lipoprotein. This syndrome is dangerous to health, as it is linked with the development cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The calorific value of an average can of soda, cola or fruit punch is 150 calories. Most of these calories are derived from sugar, usually high-fructose corn syrup. This is the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of table sugar, which, when consumed regularly, can contribute to weight gain. Drinking just one can of a sugary drink per day can potentially result in a weight gain of 5 pounds in a year, assuming other calorie intake is not reduced. And it isn't just the effects on weight and metabolism that are concerning, the inherent acids and sugars in soft drinks result in dental caries and potential enamel erosion if consumed regularly. Furthermore, drinking sugary beverages does not satisfy the appetite or reduce solid food consumption, despite their high calorific value. This is because fluids do not give the same satisfaction or feeling of "fullness" as solid food and the body doesn't "register" liquid calories as it does those from solid food. It is also possible that sweet-tasting drinks (whether sweetened with sugar or a low calorie substitute) actually stimulate the appetite for sweet, high carbohydrate foods. A 2014 study highlighted that consumers of sweetened drinks, even if low calorie, tended to have a generally poor diet, with increased consumption of high carbohydrate foods. Surprisingly, replacing sugary drinks with natural fruit juice is not necessarily a healthy option as although fruit juice is more nutritious, it can contains just as many calories as sugary drinks in the form of naturally occurring fruit sugars, such as fructose. Studies in both adults and children have shown that reducing sugary drink intake (including fruit juice) can lead to better weight control among those who are initially overweight, and that simply replacing sugary drinks or fruit juice with water is also associated with lower long term weight gain, as a result of reduced calorie intake. As well as weight control, a reduction of sugary drink intake can also result in metabolic improvements. Substituting sugary drinks for diet versions may also not be as beneficial as might be expected. Non- nutritive sweeteners (very low or zero calorie substances) used in diet versions of soft drinks are associated with numerous health risks. They are, surprisingly, known to be linked to metabolic changes and obesity, and it has previously been speculated that they may increase the risk of certain types of cancer, although this theory has been discredited. Studies have shown that people who drink 1 or more 'diet' drinks per day are 67% more likely to develop diabetes than those who don't drink any. The established links between soft drinks and obesity, poor dental health and metabolic syndrome make a definite case for reducing intake, which could result in an improvement of overall health. The healthiest option of all? 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What is healthy diet Sweeteners, used as sugar replacements, are compounds that are so intensely sweet that only a little is needed to replace a larger amount of sugar. They are available in two forms: natural sweeteners of plant origin and synthetic, artificial sweeteners. Natural sweeteners include glycyrrhizin, thaumatins, rabaudioside, stevioside, monellin, perillaldehyde and osladin. Another natural product, miraculin, is not actually sweet, but transforms our perception of sour taste into sweet taste. Artificial, or synthesised, sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, acesulfame K and sucralose. Among all sweeteners, artificial sweeteners are consider the worst for us, as they are thought to impact on our health, despite artificially sweetened products often being advertised as "diet" alternatives thanks to their reduced calorie content. This 'diet' label comes from old studies that showed artificially sweetened products can assist in weight loss and weight maintenance. However, although sweeteners provide intense sweetness with minimal or no calories, studies suggest that they may actually increase appetite. This can actually lead to increased carbohydrate cravings, boosting the inclination to overindulge.  Some studies have also showed that artificially sweetened drinks are linked with an increased incidence of Type 2 Diabetes, although no causal link was identified. One study of 3,682 individuals examined the long-term (7-8 year) relationship between 'diet' drink consumption and body weight. Even after adjusting for other weight-gain risk factors (such as exercise and diet), results showed that those who regularly consumed 'diet' drinks had a 47% higher BMI increase across the follow-up period than those who did not. Another recent study that followed 474 diet soda drinkers for nearly 10 years, found that their waists grew 70% more than the waists of non-diet soda drinkers. In addition, those who drank two or more diet sodas per day had, on average, nearly 4 times the increase in waist size during the 10 year study period compared to non-diet soda drinkers. These effects are thought to potentially stem from the way that artificial sweeteners and sugar affect the brain. By providing sweetness without any calories, it is thought that consumption of artificial sweeteners can cause us to crave other sweet foods and drinks, which can contribute to excess calorie consumption. This is because artificial sweeteners provide less 'sweetness satisfaction', and actually reduce the 'reward' obtained when going on to consume actual sugar. This means that, not only does the artificial sweetener not fully satisfy sweetness cravings, it also reduces how rewarding actual sugar is, and thus more is ingested. This is further supported by results from a study at the University of California, San Diego, in which volunteers underwent functional MRI scans as they took small sips of water sweetened with sugar or sucralose. Sugar activated regions of the brain involved in food reward, while sucralose didn't. In addition to these effects on carbohydrate cravings and weight gain, reports also suggest an association between the consumption of aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, and neurological and behavioural reactions. Furthermore, aspartame has also been shown to have the potential to induce serious adverse reactions, including seizures. Thus when trying to be healthy, opting for 'diet' options may not be the quick fix it first seems. Not only can artificial sweeteners cause numerous health problems, they can also actively contribute to weight gain, increased BMI and the development of type 2 diabetes. These sweeteners are therefore perhaps not so sweet after all.  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Spring Training Thoughts on Five Players
Travis Shaw
The way the talk radio folks and writers are clamoring for Travis Shaw to start over one of Hanley Ramirez or Pablo Sandoval – over the winter it was the former, after Sandoval's showing in camp he's now the target – you'd think he was the second coming, a can't miss prospect. The problem is that as a prospect, he's mostly missed.
Shaw is about to turn 26, and in basically a full season's worth of at bats at AAA he's gotten on base at a .319 clip and slugged under .400. Some have openly wondered why it took so long for him to get playing time at Napoli's expense last year. The answer is that he was putting up a .249/.318/.356 at Pawtucket. Those aren't great numbers for a centerfielder. They're abysmal for a first baseman.
Based in part on his surprising performance at the major league level last year over 65 games – 13 home runs and a workable .327 on base percentage – there's something of a media campaign to start Shaw somewhere, anywhere. And granted, both Ramirez and Sandoval were so dismal last year it would be hard to be worse. But there are two problems with the Shaw campaign.
First, his minor league track record suggests that last year's major league numbers are unsustainable. It's possible to be a better player in the majors than you were in the minors – Trot Nixon was, for the most part. But it's not common.
Second, just as with Jackie Bradley Jr a few years back, writers who should know better are making the case based on not only Shaw's spring training at bats, but a tiny sample of them. As Peter Abraham – one of the writers who led the charge for JBJ based on his Ruthian spring training – writes, "A 1.430 OPS demands attention, even if it's for eight games in spring training."
Well no, it doesn't actually. Not only is it spring training, it is eight games. Fortunately, Abraham's colleague Alex Speier dismantled that argument efficiently, saying: "The recent history of extraordinary Red Sox spring performances suggests that what transpires in March does very little to illuminate what a player might do when the curtain lifts on the season."
We'd all love to see Shaw succeed, both because we want the Red Sox to have more great players not less and because it's a nice story. But we need to pump the brakes on the "Free Travis Shaw" campaign.
Heading into spring training, most of the negative attention of last year's free agent disasters was on Ramirez. Which made sense to anyone who saw him play in the field. Fans and media alike convinced themselves that based on his implosion in the undemanding position of left field, he was certain to be unplayable at first.
This always seemed unlikely. Most obviously, because he at least had experience playing the infield. But the more important reason, in my view, was the offense factor. Simply put, if Ramirez hit the way he did last April, his defense wouldn't be the same topic. Instead of asking can he play the position, it would be something closer to "he can't be as bad as he was in left, right?"
But of course he didn't hit for the season the way he did in April. Far from it, in fact. In March and April, he got on base at a .341 clip and slugged an eye popping .659. In the second half last year, those numbers fell to .211 and .239.
Which is the real Hanley? Likely neither. He's not going to slug better than .600 for a season, but it seems equally improbable that he'd be below .300 again. The thing that supports the optimistic view of his offense this year is the injury. On May 4th, Ramirez ran into the left field wall hard. Up until that point, he was putting up a .283/.340/.609 line. From May 9th when he came back through the end of his season, he hit .239/.275/.372.
If his shoulder is healed, and by all accounts it is, I'll take the skeptics' bets and say that because he'll hit, Ramirez will be playable at first. Not good, but good enough to stick around until the DH spot opens up.
Surprisingly, Sandoval seemed to take a lot less heat this offseason than Ramirez. Maybe it's because he showed flashes at least that he could play a position on the field, unlike his free agent counterpart, but while he took flak, most seemed to believe that he'd rebound to some extent.
Allow me to take the under. Sandoval will start the season as the third baseman, as he should given his track record and Shaw's lack of one, but my bet is that he doesn't survive the season. He didn't look good when he reported to camp, didn't tell the media what they wanted to hear, and as a result the writers are smelling blood in the water. For a player coming off a career worst year, this season could not have started worse, and it's difficult to see how he recovers when literally every miscue, every small slump is going to be scrutinized like the Zapruder tape. Every ground ball that gets through is going to be a referendum on his conditioning, every strikeout a reminder that his offensive numbes had been in decline even before he put the ink to his current contract.
In a fair, just world, Sandoval would be given a mulligan on an undefendable first year and a fresh start to try and prove he's worth some fraction of the money he's being paid. The Boston writers are not big believers in a fair, just world however. They're believers in deadlines, and a camp short on real positional battles and thus stories.
If he lasts through the first half, it will be a surprise, and given the stated urgency it would not be a shock if they didn't even bother to trade him for another bad contract but simply released him.
As I write this, there is a battle for the fifth spot in the rotation – the opening unfortunately created when Eduardo Rodriguez caught a spike and – temporarily, apparently? – dislocated his kneecap. Wright's chances of making the club appear to be excellent, both because he's pitched reasonably well and because none of the other potential candidates in Elias, Johnson or Owens have particularly. The hope here is that he sticks around, both because he would certainly be lost to waivers as he's out of options and the return in a trade would probably not equal his value to the club. Knuckleballers have their limitations, obviously, but it's not that much of a stretch to see Wright playing a role similar to an Adam Warren: capable spot starter and can give you multiple innings out of the bullpen. That has value.
Christian Vazquez
What you think of Christian Vazquez is dependent, in most cases, on what you think of Blake Swihart. If you think the latter will be as advertised with the bat – i.e. the player that draws comps to Buster Posey, the answer is, as Chad Finn said here, obvious.
Nine innings: Swihart vs. Vazquez is a good problem to have, but the answer is obvious https://t.co/BDwkFEHktN
— Chad Finn (@GlobeChadFinn) February 16, 2016
It's less obvious to me. Count me as one who puts a premium on catcher defense. No one doubts – the Tommy John surgery notwithstanding – that Vazquez is transcendent defensively. Which is that much more important because our pitching staff is anything but reliable, with a few notable exceptions like recent imports Kimbrel and Price.
The question I would be asking myself if I'm Dombrowski is whether Swihart can become Vazquez to a greater degree than Vazquez can become Swihart. Swihart may be, or become, an elite offensive catcher. Vazquez already is an elite defensive catcher. Can Vazquez offer sixty or seventy percent of Swihart's offense, then? Conversely, can Swihart do the same for Vazquez' defense?
I have no idea, but as enormous as it would be to have a standout offensive performer at the catching position, I'm biased towards current performance over future potential – particularly when Vazquez' defense can be a multiplier that makes the entire pitching staff better.
All of that being said, this is the proverbial good problem to have. If they stick with Swihart and he fulfills his potential, that's an amazing asset. And this isn't an issue, in my opinion, that needs to be forced. I'd be fine starting Vazquez in the minors to bring him back from his injury slowly. The only reason to do otherwise, in fact, would have been to trade Hanigan early in spring training to give him time to get know his new staff, but that ship has sailed.
If you had to bet, Swihart should be your horse. In other years, the wild card that is Vazquez' offense would be less of an issue. With third base, left field and center field, to name but three examples, currently occupied by players who may or may not be able to hit at the major league level, Vazquez may be one risk too many.
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An Odyssey in Steam
This book is a eulogy that captures the skills, sounds and smells of the great days of steam travel and one which will be coveted by rail enthusiasts, modellers and artists alike; a beautiful and evocative collection of drawings and paintings from the end of steam on our railways in the late sixties to the many well established heritage centres of today.
An Odyssey in Steam is renowned artist David Bell's fifth book which features his beautiful and complex paintings of steam engines and locomotives with captivating technical accuracy. It is a unique look at the railways during the age of steam featuring many of the engines currently at The National Railway Museum in York including the Rocket; the Flying Scotsman; the Evening Star; the Duke of Gloucester and the Mallard.
Representing David's personal recollections and time with steam engines, stations, sheds and railways past and present, it links factual text with atmospheric yet accurate portrayals of some of the many locomotives that once were alive and seen every day and is an aesthetically stunning combination of words and pictures.
Beautifully illustrated and annotated by David C Bell, a railway and maritime artist of note
A unique history on the steam age from 'Rocket' to 'Mallard'
With an introduction from Ross Morrell
Presents numerous engines from the resident collection at The National Railway Museum of York
Features the Flying Scotsman, NYMR, coronations, Carr Loco Doncaster and any more
David Bell paints many subjects, including railways, architecture and aviation but he is primarily known as a marine artist, most notably for the Sir Walter Raleigh painting for H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Humber Heritage, now in the collection of H.M. The Queen.
David has worked in the Falklands for the Armed Forces producing a number of commemorative paintings. He has also written and illustrated a book Britain's Maritime History, each picture individually painted. His second book A Coastal Passage was another finely illustrated collection of paintings and drawings of England's maritime coast.
He manages to combine great technical skill with imagination and vision to produce paintings of lasting value. His style is evocative and atmospheric, of both past and present scenes. His work has been exhibited throughout Britain and is in collections all over the world.
'Rocket' to 'Evening Star'
David C Bell
112 pages, 260 x 300mm
"A visually surprising and well executed book that should find favour from those who appreciate good railway art" - Steam World Magazine
"This is a quality publication and I can highly recommend adding it to your collection whether you are a railway enthusiast or lover of art." - Railwayblogger.com
'...a beautifully evocative collection of paintings and drawings of classic steam engines and locomotives- most notably the Flying Scotsman. Capturing the sounds and smells of the great days of steam travel, this book proudly celebrates the nation's favourite locomotive.' - Scottish Field Magazine
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Before you read any actual blogs or interact with the page. I wanted you to know the why. This is to honor the people who were "bridges" in my life. I want to hold on to being a bridge in the life of someone else. I want to highlight those who are bridges, those who get walked on without notice, and without even charging a fee. 😂 I'm just saying. Yes, bridges get walked on, and can go unmentioned. Bridges only have one concern, getting to the other side!
Bridges allow for, no, promote fluid interaction. They provide the access for transportation where a chasm was once before. Bridges are often unnoticed. Yet the destination would not be possible without them. I'm creating this blog to allow the interaction of people with ideas. Ideas allow us to bridge today's reality with tomorrow's dreams. The hopeless dreamer in me intends to galvanize movement toward spiritual formation. I dream about connecting communities to the other that is our one another. Finally, I intend to grow myself as I cross from bridge to bridge.
I am both a bridge and a bridge builder. This means I'm concerned with personal growth, which for me is spiritual growth. I am concerned with life goals and achievements for they can be benchmarks of personal/spiritual growth. I believe as we grow as human beings, we improve our ability to achieve goals while improving our overall experience on the way.
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my sweet old etcetera: How Novel, She's Reading Again.
Have you ever loved a book as a child, and then returned to it years later, as an adult, and found that it didn't live up to your memories of it?
This has happened to me with more than one book. Now, I have always been what you'd call a voracious reader. I know that not everything is going to live up to my expectation OR my memories, but I'll read anything for the pleasure of it -- well, almost anything. Mind you, I do stop short at mathematics textbooks and instruction manuals. But I will read mystery, nonfiction, romance, Twilight (yes, I went there), you name it. Just not math and instruction manuals, 'K?
True story -- I don't leave the house without at least one novel tucked into my purse. Perhaps one of the reasons why I love the show "Gilmore Girls" so much is that I can identify with the character Rory -- she, too, always carried a book with her wherever she went.
So as a child, I viewed libraries as hallowed places. Even the humble one in my parochial school growing up, with its tattered books yellowed with age and smelling of dust, even this library was special for me. It was in this library that I came across a book written in the 1950's, which to a little girl at the time (imagine now) felt like it was centuries old. I recognized the title, 101 Dalmatians. The author had a funny name I'd never heard before: Dodie Smith. I'd seen the Disney film adaptation and was familiar with the premise -- two dalmatians must rescue their puppy children from Cruella de Vil, who kidnapped them and plans on killing them for their skins. Something about the book made me pick it up -- I remember it was a beigey, light orange color, hard-covered, and there was an illustration on the cover in pastel watercolor-like colors, of two dalmatians running down a country road. Curious, I picked the book up and thumbed my way to the first page.
Something about the author's phrasing, the way she referred to Mr. and Mrs. Dearly as being "owned" by their dalmatians, tickled my interest. I decided to check it out. Why not?
And I was eternally grateful that I did. The book was a perfect blend of humor, culture (it takes place in England), and suspense. It was the perfect book for a child. I remember curling up in bed under the covers after everyone else had gone to sleep and just reading reading reading, dying to know what would happen next, whether that devilish Cruella de Vil would get her way or whether Pongo and Missis would arrive in time and be able to escape with the puppies. It was an almost magical time, reading that book.
I'm sure you've seen the film. I have and think it's OK. As with most film adaptations, the book is leagues better. At least, it was in my memory.
Flash forward 20-something years. (Gah, I'm old. Woe.) I see the book online, at Amazon.com. I begin to wonder if the book I loved so much as a child will live up to my memories of it. I add it to my Wish List, thinking why not, and lo and behold, it arrives for Christmas from the boyf.
I read it again this week, putting it off almost an entire month. I think I was secretly scared of being disappointed. But I wasn't. If anything, I love it more now. I think it's because I get more of the humor now, which is surprisingly high-brow for a children's book. And the chase is just as exciting, the end just as thrilling, as it was the first time I read it all those years ago.
I am such a fan of the author now, Dodie Smith, that I bought another book of hers yesterday at Barnes & Nobles. It's called I Capture the Castle. They made a small, independent (I think) film version of it, which I saw on TV and liked. I'm only a few chapters in, but so far it's marvelous.
What a very good writer you are. I admire that so much. When I read this, it took me back to my own childhood and the thrill of walking through that library door. The smell of books to this day is my favorite smell. To me, that scent says adventure, romance, culture, basically a whole other world I could and can escape to for free.
In fact, just tonight when I just couldn't stand to look at the computer screen any longer, up I went, grabbed my purse and off to the bookstore for late night browsing, two hours before closing. Bliss.
My childhood books were Where the Red Fern Grows and A wrinkle in Time. I always go back to them and yes, it just keeps getting better.
Tierra: I love Where the Red Fern Grows! When I taught elementary school, I assigned that book to my sixth graders, who all loved that book.
''but I'll read anything for the pleasure of it -- well, almost anything. Mind you, I do stop short at mathematics textbooks and instruction manuals.''lol!ME TOO!
I carry a book with me, everywhere I go too. We need to meet and be real life friends.


BRODER-Adele Kittredge Broder. Of Short Hills, N.J., on Monday, March 16, 1998, beloved wife of Robert H. Broder, loving mother of Michael K. and Mary Lee Broder of Dallas, Texas, Thomas K. Broder of Hoboken and James K. Broder of NYC, adoring grandmother of Katherine K. and Brian H. Broder. She is survived by her seven devoted brothers, Ralph G. Webber, Charles Kittredge, George Kittredge and Barry Kittredge, all of Longmeadow, MA, Sidney Kittredge of Enfield, CT, Edward Kittredge of NYC, Dr. Robert L. Kittredge of Cummaquid, MA. She was also the sister of the late Alfred H. Webber and John Robinson. Funeral Service Wednesday, March 18, 11 AM in Congregation B'Nai Jeshurun, 1025 South Orange Ave., Short Hills, NJ. Interment B'Nai Jeshurun Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Jewish Communal Fund for the Adele Kittredge Memorial Fund, 130 East 59 St, Suite 1204, New York, NY 10022. A native of Longmeadow, MA., and long time resident of Short Hills, New Jersey, Adele was active in local and state democratic politics, The League of Women Voters, The American Jewish Committee and many other civic and philanthropic organizations.


Jack Valentine and Phoebe Honeycutt hate each other on sight when they run into one another by accident on the vast Texas plain. To Jack, who fought for four years in the Union Army against the secessionist South, Phoebe is just another worthless, simpering southern belle. Phoebe, whose life in Atlanta was ravaged by the Union Army Jack so admires, considers Jack a particularly despiable member of a species she detests, yankees.


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St Mark the Ascetic, Writer was born on 5th Century in Egypt, Asia. Worked in Ancyra. Died: 451 AD in Egypt, Asia. Feast Day is celebrated on March 5.
St Mark the Ascetic was a fifth-century monk who may have been a disciple of Saint John Chrysostom. He was a friend of Saint Nilus the Ascetic although this is questionable. St Mark wrote over 200 texts on spiritual law, baptism, grace and holy works, repentance and other topics.
He may have been the abbot at Ancyra, but he later became a desert hermit. St Mark opposed the Messalian heresy; its teachings are that each person has a personal demon that even baptism cannot conquer.
St Mark also wrote against the Nestorians. He said to have known the scriptures by heart. Legend says Mark once cured a hyena that had been born blind though not sure why.
From his youth, St Marks's fondest pursuit was reading the Holy Scripture. It is then said that he knows the entire Bible by heart.
Nine of St Mark's discourses have come down to us. 3 of them are in Volume 1 of the English PHILOKALIA. The Byzantines had very high regard for his writings that they said, "sell everything else and buy Mark".
St Mark was noted for his gentleness and purity of soul. Mark was known as "the ascetic" because of his soul to God when he was 120 years old.
God acknowledges in each commandment by His gracious power. "God is concealed in His commandments", utters St. Mark the Ascetic. God helps everyone who aspires to keep His commandments. And that God abides in us we know by the Spirit, which He has given us. This means that a Christian is never alone, but he lives and works together with the Thrice-Holy God.


"What's next?" Besides how do you pay for it, and what do your parents think, after I explain my multi year journey to people "what's next" is often the next question in line. And I get it, at only twenty years old I'm already doing the sort of expedition most people would never even dream of, so what will I be able to accomplish by thirty, or fifty? Well, as much as a life of perpetual expeditions and travels sounds amazing, there are other things in life I want, and Kevin and I have recently decided that after South America we will put a little pause in our traveling lifestyle in order to establish some roots as well.
So what's next for Kevin and I? Taking advantage of the amazing place we are both lucky to call home, Oregon. We want a garden to eat from, a community to call our own, and eventually, a family. We want to fish every evening in the summer, hunt for deer in the fall, and ski throughout the winter. We want to host cyclists in our home, like so many people have hosted us, and give back to our wonderful community by encouraging children to lead healthy and active lives. We want to road trip around the USA, cycle through Europe, live in New Zealand, cycle across Yemen and Oman, and make our way (motorcycle, bicycle, horseback…?) across Mongolia too, but what we have come to realize throughout our travels is that some of the things that we most enjoy about our lifestyle – living outdoors, the simplicity, and adventure – are things that we can incorporate into our lives in the next, slightly more sedentary, chapter of our lives as well.
Because of our travels Kevin and I have both vowed to put time before money, and adventures before material objects. We have realized how important it is to stay out of the American rat race for the newest phone or fanciest purse, because as we have seen by living so simply, excessive material goods do not bring happiness. We have seen how important it is to eat healthy, grow our own food, and make our own bread, just as well have realized that spending time with family really is as important as all of those cheesy quotes want you to believe. We have decided that we still don't want smart phones, and we aren't even sure if we want internet in our home either (and if we do, we will limit when we turn it on, think of all of those evenings you could have been running or fishing instead of being on Facebook!). We have also been left with a debt to the universe; a debt of kindness from all of the families who have taken us in or helped us out. Thankfully, unlike a monetary debt, this is a debt we are excited to pay back in whatever way we see fit (trust me, Kevin and I have had way too many hours on the bike to discuss our million and one non-profit ideas from giving women in India mooncups to taking American children on their first multi week cycling/backpacking adventure). So what's next for Kevin and I? Learning to incorporate everything we have learned, and everything we have seen, into a fulfilling and happy life back home.
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Love love love this. I feel so in harming with all that you said. Beautiful. My dreams as well.
At the age of 20 you understand what thers even doesn't know on twice your age … love you for what both of you are.
Don't be too scared of leading that 'sedentary life' Shirine. I've spent the last 22 years raising 3 kids in a house with all those things you've described and they have been the some of the happiest and most rewarding times of my life. My kids are now young adults and leaving home. This has given us the opportunity to start bike touring and exploring that amazing world out there that I've been dreaming of for many, many years.
This will be another chapter of your life and it can be just as rewarding as travelling the globe living out of panniers. Good luck young lady, you are wise beyond your years and you will do well in whatever you choose.
Exactly! That's how I see it as well. Though it will be an adjustment after about five years of cycling, backpacking, and living in different countries, I know I'll love it as well!
Your way of living your life and being yourselves in such a raw way, makes me want to be myself and live my life in my own way.
Good luck with every other step you take!
Yes! It's incredibly important to be you and live your life how you choose.
I second Ingelong's comment. While I never biked-about except through the streets of Kyoto when I lived there, I did get up to some adventures and thought all I wanted was to travel — yet the happiest I've been is raising my kiddo, puttering in the garden, having a dog. And like her, now that my daughter is almost launched, I'm starting to imagine next adventures. At 55. You'll never lose that itch!
Yup! That's what I'm expecting to happen to me as well!
Funny how everybody who travels or experiences life in the style you described comes up with mostly the same conclusions. I've been on a RTW trip a few years ago and, before, lived in Mozambique. I made many, many friends along the way from all religions, races and beliefs and their (as well as mine) values seem to be essentially the same: happiness really does come from within and your choices make your life a good one. Family does matter over almost anything and, once you get money out of #1 in your list, amazing things happen.
And if Brazil ever slips into that list of yours, let me know!
Yes! It's so true, many cyclists we meet in fact almost every single one of them agree completely as well. I'm so thankful to have realized all of this now since it will give me the chance to create the best life possible for myself even after travel.
Great Shirine !. That's the best possible dream a 20 year old could have ever dreamt of. I read your articles about your Indian trip. I think you visited just the northern part of India. Please do visit south india too. Then you will understand much more about the cultural diversity of India.


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Visiting Ireland just became easier for GCC Nationals
From 01 July 2011 it is now easier for GCC nationals to travel to Ireland. The Irish government has chosen GCC nationals to participate in Ireland's new visa-waiver programme. Under the terms of the programme, GCC nationals who visit the UK can now travel to Ireland from the UK without the need to obtain a visa prior to travel.
Ambassador of Ireland to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Niall Holohan , commented "This initiative which improves the ease of access of visitors to the island of Ireland travelling via the UK will encourage even greater numbers of visitors to travel to Ireland from the Gulf region."
Ambassador of Ireland to the UAE, H.E. Ciarán Madden, welcomed the new programme saying "The new programme will make it significantly easier for GCC nationals to visit Ireland. Ireland is continually being named among the best places in the world to visit and this new programme will make it easier for UAE nationals to visit Ireland and experience everything that Ireland has to offer."
Amanda Burns, General Manager Tourism Ireland, Middle East and Asia, said: "Ireland's tourist visa waiver programme offers exciting possibilities for tourism to the island of Ireland from the GCC markets. The programme reinforces Ireland's commitment to tourism by making it even easier for tourists from the GCC to holiday in Ireland following a visit to the UK, giving them the opportunity to experience the spectacular scenery and the wide variety of unique things to see and do on the island of Ireland. As the world's friendliest country, we look forward to offering our famous Irish welcome to even more visitors from the GCC markets."
As of 01 July 2011 nationals from the GCC and ten other countries, who travel to the UK for tourism or business on a valid UK visa, will be able to travel on from the UK to Ireland without an Irish visa under the new Short-stay Visa Waiver Programme.
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