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PTSD and TBI are the signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are referred to as the invisible wounds of war. However, just because something is invisible doesn't mean it isn't there. And its existence can have a profound impact on the quality of our lives.
Pain of the Shattered Dream
While he was still on active duty my husband's invisible wounds continued to whisper. After several more combat deployments, his wounds were hemorrhaging and demanding to be seen and treated. Mark was diagnosed with chronic and severe PTSD, and a few years later more tests confirmed that Mark had incurred multiple and extensive traumatic brain injuries from his combat service. In some respects, it helped to know what we were dealing with as a couple and as a family. Finding the name for a cluster of disturbing symptoms is always a relief of sorts to the one who suffers and for his closest family and friends. It gave us an initial fresh dose of hope that we could find a way to make things better. Yet the comfort of the diagnosis was bittersweet; we were still faced with shattered dream
I began to see things rightly at my first counseling appointment. Mark and I both knew that something was terribly wrong on the home front, but were not able to find the source of the problem on our own. I suggested that we go to counseling to find some answers. At the time, he was serving as the Director of Operations at Naval Special Warfare Group TWO, training, manning, and deploying and redeploying hundreds of SEALs to two war fronts between his own multiple deployments. His schedule was bursting at the seams, and he was adamant that the problem was mine, not ours, and certainly not his. I knew that if I didn't find some help soon, my own sanity and our marriage and home life would implode. I was in a dark place, faced with the greatest temptation of all, the temptation to lose hope in God. I walked into my first counseling session not sure what I would find, a bit embarrassed to have sunk so low that I needed mental health care, but desperate for any help.
I had dreaded the exhausting process of bringing a total stranger up to speed on my life. We were years deep into this mess. We had wandered so long inside this maze that I was convinced no one could ever find us. Yet somehow I knew that if I didn't allow the wounds to be reopened, irrigated, scraped, and allowed to regenerate new life that the injuries would turn gangrenous and we'd be done. I explained to my new found "best friend" that not only had my husband changed since returning from combat, but that I, too, had changed. I told her that I was worried about myself and concerned for my own sanity. I described to her my constant confusion, my jumpiness, my short fuse, my difficulty sleeping, and my bouts with uncontrollable sobbing.
With a quivering chin, I timidly whispered, "Is PTSD contagious?"
She sighed and sent a sympathetic, knowing smile in my direction. I fully expected her to find humor in my naïve question and to reassure me that PTSD was certainly not infectious.
Yes, you could say that PTSD is contagious." Her answer made me lightheaded. "Everyone who lives with a traumatized person is affected and can begin to speak and behave in ways that mirror his words and actions."
I swallowed hard.
"You are experiencing what's called acute stress, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue."
I was a doe in the headlights. "How long have I got, Doc?"
Questions for Reflection
- Have you noticed any changes in your service member's behavior or personality or habits since his/her return from war? If so, what changes have you noticed?
- Describe one or two incidents or scenarios that first alerted you to changes in your service member.
- Do you feel comfortable talking openly with your service member about his/her symptoms or struggles? If not, why?
- Has he/she sought professional medical help or counseling services for PTSD concerns? If not, why not?
- Would you describe your service member's symptoms as mild, moderate, or severe?
- In your opinion, is your service member's condition improving since his/her return? If not, please explain.
- In your own words, how does a vet's post-traumatic stress symptoms affect his/her spouse, children, and extended family members?
- What has been the most difficult aspect of this challenge for you (feeling isolated and alone, lack of reliable information or resources, anger, sadness, fear, feeling unsafe, domestic violence, self-medicating or substance abuse, addictive be- havior, helplessness, etc.)?
Adapted from Wounded Warrior, Wounded Home.
Copyright © 2013 Marshele Carter Waddell and Dr. Kelly Orr. Published by Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Used by permission. All rights to this material are reserved. Material is not to be reproduced, scanned, copied, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without written permission from Baker Publishing Group.[schemaapprating]


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Steelers vs Patriots Week 15 Preview
December 15, 2017
This week's game is a must win for either team. The Steelers are 11-2 and looking for home field advantage in the playoffs. The Patriots are coming off a crushing loss to the Dolphins in Miami. The Patriots are 10-3 and are led by Tom Brady and his consistency. The Patriots' quarterback is a solid 67% and also has 3,365 yards with 27 TD's.
The Steelers are led by powerhouse running back Le'veon Bell and 5 time Pro Bowler Antonio Brown. The Steelers are trying to bring back the Steel Curtain, but the defensive line is borderline average with 41 sacks. This statistic is one sack under last year's average. Ben Roethlisberger is a little bit behind Tom Brady with 63% and 3,744 yards with 24 TDs.
New England's running game is a lot different from Pittsburgh's. The Patriots' is average with 2 or 3 average running backs who generate between 50 to 75 yards a game. Leading the Patriots in carries and yards is Dion lewis who averages 5.1 yards a game with 3 TD's. The Steelers, however, have a superstar in Le'veon Bell and no one else to back him up. Le'veon Bell averages 3.9 yards per carry and 7 TD's. Don't let the 3.9 fool you: he is used 20 to 25 times a game, which is tough for a NFL running back.
The Patriots top receiver is Rob Gronkowski. A tight end who has 15.4 yards per catch and 7 TDs. The steelers top wide receiver is Antonio Brown who has 15.1 yards per catch with 9 TDs.
This will be a tight match with a lot of stakes. Which team will pull of the AFC clincher?

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This month Shea and Derek look at two tonally different works of manga. They begin with Yoshitoki Oima's series, A Silent Voice, the final (seventh) volume of which was released from Kodansha Comics at the end of May. It's the story of an elementary school bully, Shoya Ishida, and his attempts to atone for his past behavior after he enters high school. The object of his ridicule was Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf transfer student who was pulled out of her elementary school because of Shoya's insensitive mocking. Now teenagers, Shoyo and Shoko establish a relationship that is spottily therapeutic for both, and with the help of their former elementary school classmates with whom they reestablish contact. While the guys both enjoy this title, there are times when the narrative is worn a little thin. Derek feels that there is excessive emotional wallowing in places, and Shea is not thrilled with the series' quick ending.
A completely different kind of manga is Rokudenashiko's What Is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy (Koyama Press). And the book's subtitle says it all. Rokudenashiko -- a pen name for Megumi Igarashi, and which translates into "good-for-nothing woman" -- tells the story of her evolution as an artist, her work in manko (vagina) art (or "deco-man," as she calls it), and her two 2014 arrests for violating various obscenity laws in Japan. The core of the text is its manga, three separate stories that were originally serialized in the leftist political magazine, Weekly Friday. But about a third of the book is composed of photographs and text-only supplemental material, making this more of a hybrid chronicle of Rokudenashiko's art and legal ordeals. Both Shea and Derek love this book, filled with humor and keen observations on Japan's archaic, paternalistically mandated obscenity laws. In fact, they each want to get a little Manko-chan figurine for themselves!


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Investment in Social Protection now will prevent drain of resources in the future
Next week, when the world leaders converge in New York for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, the social upheaval in the Middle East and the world over will be on top of their agenda.
Alongside this, the High Level Political Forum under the auspices of the General Assembly will meet on September 24 to look beyond the Millennium Development goals, at the post-2015 agenda. The outcome of the deliberations at this forum could prove to be a cornerstone in the debate to decide upon the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The foundation for the discussions has already been extremely well articulated by the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda appointed by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. The final report of this High Level Panel, co-chaired by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the British Prime Minister David Cameron, has set the tone of discourse saying that "post-2015 agenda is a universal agenda. It needs to be driven by five big transformative shifts."
The most pertinent point made by the panel is "leave no one behind." This should be the basis for deciding the forthcoming SDGs. Development will not be achieved if it remains exclusive and afforded to a particular section of the society. As the panel points out in the report: "The 1.2 billion poorest people account for only 1 per cent of world consumption while the billion richest consume 72 per cent." This demonstrates the social and economic imbalance in the world that needs to be rectified through the new development goals.
Development is an inclusive, holistic process and it can be sustainable only if all sections of the society participate in achieving it. Those left behind so far have to be brought into the process of development, and that is possible only if their inclusion and empowerment becomes a priority in the post-2015 agenda. The emphasis should be on including those who have remained excluded, marginalized, and unheard.
Investing in social protection
The High Level Panel has suggested provision of "social protection to help people build resilience to life's uncertainties."
In fact, development is rather an arduous challenge without adequate social protection. Most developed countries provide for a high level of social protection and invest heavily in maintaining it, as it goes a long way in building a strong and productive society that becomes the fulcrum of development and prosperity of any nation. In spite of the investment in social protection even the developed countries have not been able to eliminate social imbalance and exclusion.
As one of the largest network of 173 social protection organizations that work with children and young people in 141 countries, Child Helpline International has collected data on more than 126 million contacts made with its member child helplines. These contacts were made by children and young people with child helplines seeking advice, care and protection from abuse, violence, neglect, exploitation, social discrimination and psychosocial and mental health issues. These figures, although representing a fraction of the global youth population, underline the challenges young people face in the society around the world.
In the absence of adequate social protection it is likely that many young people may never be able to achieve their full potential and contribute to the society and the nation they belong to. To ensure holistic and sustainable development, it is therefore imperative to invest in policies, programs and schemes for social protection and empowerment of young people.
Young people, girls and women
In the 21st century, we are still struggling with issues of social inequality and justice, which needs to be addressed in the SDGs. The High Level Panel report has mentioned several cross cutting issues that need to be considered while deciding on the SDGs. Concerns of young people, girls and women have been mentioned as one of these issues besides peace, social inequality, climate change, urban centers or cities.
In spite of technological advancement that has shrunk the world and facilitated people to people contact through social media bringing young people from around the world closer to each other, it has done little to end discrimination, marginalization, poverty and violence they face in daily life.
Of course, abuse and violence is one of the most reasons for which young people seek support from child helplines. Child Helpline International's 10 year data shows that in the recent years there has also been an increase in the number of contacts by young people with child helplines on issues of discrimination and marginalization.
UNICEF's recently launched campaign, End Violence against children, and the enormous efforts made by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children, Ms Marta Santos Pais, are examples of the global commitment of governments, civil society and private sector to respond to and eliminate the violence faced by young people.
Our experience shows that most contacts with child helplines are made by young people in the age group of 13 to 17 and also those between 18 and 35 (see Figure 1). There are more girls than boys contacting child helplines for support, especially in the age group of 13 to 15.
The child helpline data demonstrates the vulnerability of girls and young women, as has also been mentioned by the panel. Efforts to eliminate violence against girls and women, and their social and economic empowerment should be woven into social protection programs.
All these policies, schemes and programs for social protection require investment by governments. Many developing countries do not have the wherewithal to provide for huge budgetary provisions to implement a robust social protection agenda, as it does not materialize into immediate economic gains like investing in an infrastructure or industrial project. Nevertheless, developing social infrastructure is crucial for sustainable growth.
Developed countries will have to continue their support to developing nations to invest in social protection. The current economic slowdown has become a challenge for the developed nations to maintain the quantum of overseas development aid they have been providing until now. However, in spite of this many countries have continued with their international development programs focusing on some of the issues that have been highlighted in the report of the High Level Panel.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry has been far-sighted in its approach to social protection and empowerment. It is supporting several such programs through civil society actors. Child Helpline International is part of two such programs – the Girl Power Alliance for the empowerment of girls and women in 10 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the [email protected] being implemented in five fragile countries in Africa and Latin America for empowerment of young people affected by conflicts.
Such programs are required in every nation of the world as protection and empowerment of young people is key to sustainable development.
Civil Society and Private sector
While governments are responsible for providing social protection and ensuring development in their countries, the civil society and private sector have made invaluable contributions to social empowerment. They play a crucial role in supporting such initiatives with human capital and financial support.
Civil society organizations give a voice to the marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society and also act as monitors and barometers of social development, whereas the private sector has initiatives that support such interventions and programs. High net worth individuals have pitched in with sharing of their wealth and there are several massive health and social empowerment programs the world over supported and funded by them.
Private sector has been consistently contributing towards making the voices of young people heard. There are several private telecom operators that have made it possible for children and young people to call child helplines free-of-cost, designating child helpline telephone numbers as toll-free and absorbing the costs of air time. The collection and publication of the 10-year data of child helplines for evidence-based policy change has also been generously supported by the private sector.
These investments in social protection, especially protection of children, young people, girls and women are essential to sustain development in the long run. If we do not invest in our young people now, the cost of dealing with the consequences of lack of social investment will be enormous.


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Article of December 25, 2011
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. MattithJaHuW (Matthew) 15:9
For laying aside the commandment of Elohim, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
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Power to the People: How Multichannel Banking Became Less About Channels and More About Customer Preferences
The obituaries of Eugene Polley, an inventor who died in May at the age of 96, focused on his most-famous invention — the television remote control. Most of the articles included jibes about how the remote has contributed to human laziness, obesity and marital disagreements. But reading about Polley's inspiration for the Flash-Matic device, which was released by Zenith in 1955, I saw a parallel with the evolution of multichannel banking — or more specifically, the shift to a delivery model that is dominated by customer choice and control as opposed to bank marketing and product development.
Long Live the ATM: Automated Teller Machines Are Still An Important Delivery Channel for Banks
Improving the Bank Customer Experience Through Cross-Channel Integration: Q&A With Umpqua's Colin Eccles
Life Without Channels: How to Provide a Seamless Customer Experience
As the New York Times wrote, "Flash-Matic made the TV audience less captive. … For the first time, viewers could comfortably exercise dominion over sound and image without simultaneously exercising the body."
Yes, you didn't have to get off your butt to change the channel. But more significant, with the ability to mute the volume or switch easily to a different station, viewers gained a small amount of control over the source of entertainment and information. Flash forward to today: A shrinking number of people actually watch TV shows on a television set at the scheduled date/time — preferring the on-demand model and convenience of time-shifting and viewing shows whenever they want on their computers, tablets or smartphones.
Banks find themselves in a similar situation, 57 years after the introduction of the remote control. Banking is truly multichannel today, and while established channels — mainly branches and ATMs — remain important to many customers, it's the newer digital channels — online and mobile — that are seeing big growth.
More important, multichannel increasingly is less about the channels themselves and more about customer expectations, preferences and experience. With customer loyalty more tenuous than ever — thanks to factors ranging from demographic shifts to new competitors and continuing fallout from the financial crisis — banks must be smarter about improving retention and customer value.
Just as there no longer is a specific night or network for "Must See TV," banks can't predetermine or force on customers a favored delivery channel. That approach didn't work in the late '70s when Citibank tried to steer customers to use ATMs, and it won't work with today's customers, who are even less accepting of restrictions. Call it a 21st century version of the 1950s TV show "The People's Choice."
Katherine Burger is Editorial Director of Bank Systems & Technology and Insurance & Technology, members of UBM TechWeb's InformationWeek Financial Services. She assumed leadership of Bank Systems & Technology in 2003 and of Insurance & Technology in 1991. In addition to ... View Full Bio


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Ready to Run Top Five Takeaways
Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally by. Kelly Starrett and TJ Murphy puts to rest the myth that shoes are the cause for most people's running injuries. They provide a variety of evidence from their experience, interviews from doctors and other researchers to show that weak areas of our body contribute to the running injuries we experience.
Starrett and Murphy provide a framework of 12 standards for runners to test themselves. They also provide a list of exercises to work on and build strength in the weak areas of the body to prevent or recover from a running injury.
Below are my Top 5 Takeaways:
1. Enjoy a lifetime of running -- Starrett writes "the key to enjoying running for a lifetime lies within the body itself, and your job is to pave the way." Enjoying running starts with being healthy running. Making sure to stretch and take care of your muscles, connecting tissues and more. Find the root of the pain and correct it through strengthening exercises.
2. Go barefoot as much as possible-- Being barefoot strengthens and mobilizes your feet. If you live near the beach, it's a lot easier going barefoot than if you live where there is rocky soil and clover with bees everywhere. Starrett suggests spending as much time as possible barefoot to strengthen your feet.
3. Bring all pain and problems to the surface-- When you hurt or become injured, don't mask the injury and continue running. If it hurts, STOP! Runners should know their bodies enough to know whether the pain is from pushing yourself or their is an issue causing the pain. Analyze the pain and if it's caused by a possible injury stop. I know this all too well. I continued to run with an injury and I'm just now beginning to build mileage after a few months of short 1 mile runs.
4. Sit as little as possible...find ways to stand--This can be difficult for me at times since I do a lot of computer work. Take time every hour to stand. If possible, raise your computer to a level where it is possible to stand. Lots and lots of research exists and tells us that sitting is killing us.
5. You can improve-- Starrett says it's important to "celebrate the opportunity to improve. It is performance just lying there waiting for you to grab it." It starts with the attitude it is possible to get better. Knowing it's possible to improve is the driving force behind making lifestyle changes. Start today!
Jeremy Rinkel
is an English Teacher, Registered Yoga Teacher, writer, journalist, former Scholastic Inc. Blogger, aspiring entrepreneur, and founder of The Writers App.
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Just hours after President Trump signed an executive order blacklisting Huawei and 70 affiliates from doing business in the US, Chinese authorities announced that a Canadian businessman and a former Canadian diplomat have been formally charged with spying – a crime that could carry a death sentence in China.
Michael Spavor, a businessman who organized trips to North Korea for foreigners, and Michael Kovrig, a consultant and former diplomat, were detained in December and held as Chinese police carried out an investigation into charges relating to "state secrets". Five months later, the two men have finally been formally charged, according to CBC.
Michael Spavor, Michael Kovrig
Many suspect that the arrests of the two men was retaliation against Ottawa For the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Vancouver late last year at the behest of federal prosecutors in New York, who are seeking to extradite her over allegations that she misled banks about Huawei's relationship with a sanctions-violating subsidiary. Canadian diplomats have said there's 'no doubt' the detentions of the two men were retaliation for Meng, who was released on $10 million bail in December and must wear an ankle monitoring bracelet.
The decision – which comes amid an unprecedented US crackdown on Huawei and the most tense period of negotiations since the trade-war truce was declared in December – will almost certainly escalate tensions between the US, Ottawa and Canada.
Chinese officials said they hoped Canada would refrain from criticizing their legal system.
"According to Chinese prosecutors' approval, Michael Kovrig, due to being suspected of crimes of gathering state secrets and intelligence for foreign (forces), and Michael Spavor, for being suspected of crimes of stealing and illegally providing state secrets for foreign (forces), have in recent days been approved for arrest according to law," foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told a daily news briefing.
"We always act in accordance with the law, and we hope that Canada will not make irresponsible remarks on China's legal construction and judicial handling," Geng said at a regularly scheduled news conference.
The two men have been held in undisclosed detention facilities for months and have been denied access to lawyers, though they have been allowed visits from Canadian consular officials.


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District heating and cooling systems using the fluorocarbon refrigerants HFCs and HFOs can contribute to improved energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions.
District heating and cooling can significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption compared to alternative heating and cooling approaches. District cooling can be an important solution to more sustainably meet this demand. The technology can be more than twice as efficient as traditional decentralized chillers like air-conditioning units, and its use can lower peak-period power consumption including through the deployment of thermal energy storage1. District cooling systems can be 200 MW or larger. Installed capacity of district cooling is estimated at over 12 GW in the Middle East, with many systems using HFC refrigerants. District cooling systems are also used in other parts of the world such as in the USA and Europe for business districts, hospitals and university campuses.2 More recently HFO based next-generation, low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants are being used for district cooling systems, with HFO-1234ze(E) centrifugal chillers being used for some systems.
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Very large heat pumps are used for district heating systems, with many examples in Scandinavia. Most installations use HFC-134a in centrifugal compressors. The largest is in Stockholm, with a total capacity of 180 MW using HFC-134a in centrifugal compressors. This system takes heat from sea water to provide the thermal source; other similar installations have used waste water from the sewage system. A trial system using unsaturated HFO-1234ze(E) as an alternative to HFC-134a in district heating has been tested in Norway 2 .
The IEA Energy Efficiency 2018 report states that "Our study shows that the right efficiency policies could alone enable the world to achieve more than 40% of the emissions cuts needed to reach its climate goals without requiring new technology. Thanks to the critical importance of energy efficiency in building a secure and sustainable future, the IEA considers it the 'first fuel' and facilitates the exchange of best practices among advanced and emerging economies."
1 District Energy Magazine Q4 2018, From Dubai to Hong Kong: District cooling a strategy for sustainable development, Systems in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific help high-growth cities reduce emissions and conserve resources. Kathryn Ramsted, Editorial Associate, District Energy
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What is the Full Form of PFA ?
PFA - Please Find Attached
"Please find attached" is an Internet slang, used frequently while drafting an email. The full form of the same signifies the reader to view an attachment of the mail.
For example:
Dear Sir,
As per our telephonic conversation, i have collected all the documents that you have requested and compressed them using winzip. PFA the copy of requested documents along with this mail.


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Welcome to Shade's Grove!
This is the space I use as a collection of all my ideas related to D&D, including everything i've been doing for the last ~14 years on redesigning the system entirely. It's something I pretty much just enjoy doing instead of for any real end goal, especially since it's something that's not likely to ever be finished (especially when I have a habit of doing and then redoing things). Just a warning: my workflow is a little haphazard, with things being half finished while I start something else entirely and so on.
A little background on all this: my "system" was originally based around the edition I came to D&D at, that being 3.5, but has since grown to be more of an edition unto itself. It's still very much based on the structure of 3.5 edition but now takes its cues from all over the place (including 4th and 5th editions, as well as Pathfinder) and smashes everything together with ideas from myself and others. It basically started as my attempt to "fix" D&D but turned into something much more.
I also have my own settings, lore and all that good stuff. These can be found at my secondary site "Shade's Worlds", which is linked at the top left in the navigation bar, purposely separated from the system stuff just to keep everything a little more tidy. This is something that's even more unfinished than the system-related parts, but worldbuilding is something else I enjoy doing and have been messing around with for even longer than the system rework.


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No matter how you choose to explore the water surrounding Museum BroekerVeiling, you are guaranteed a unique experience and lovely day out for the whole family. For those wanting to explore the area surrounding the Oosterplas, our electrical prams are ideal. Bring a picnic basket or order one in advance from our restaurant, and don't forget to bring your swimwear! Along your sailing route you will come across an area designated for swimming.
The area surrounding the Noorderplas is protected, you are not allowed to sail in there with an electrical pram. No worries though, canoes and SUP's are perfect for exploring the area! If you want to sail a bit further, for example to see Alkmaar from the water instead of the road, you can rent a fieldboat* for a day or half a day. These charming, rustic boats can seat up to 10 people. We have a limited number of boats and canoes available and advice you to book them in advance. If you have any questions or want to book a boat or canoe, please use the contact form below.
Want to learn more about the interesting history of this unique area? Visit Museum BroekerVeiling!
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BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Today, the Florida Blueberry Growers Association (FBGA) and Georgia Blueberry Growers Association (GBGA) sent a joint letter to their Congressmen asking that provisions to protect the blueberry industry of Florida and Georiga be included in North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations (NAFTA). "The Florida & Georgia Blueberry industries have experienced growth and stability in the recent past, however the competitive disadvantage with the large volumes of low priced fruit have resulted in a collapsing market, and continual and rapid decline in pricing. It is impossible for our blueberry growers to compete."
In 2015, combined Florida & Georgia blueberry industry was estimated to be an $186 million industry which translated to an economic impact of approximately twice that. Among the other challenges the industry is facing this spring, the massive importation of Mexican blueberries is crippling. So far this season, Mexico has imported 43.5 million pounds of fresh blueberries while Florida and Georgia growers have produced about half of that. "While our industry has experienced growth and stability in the recent past, the competitive disadvantage with large volumes of low priced fruit have resulted in a collapsing market, and continual and rapid decline in pricing" Brittany Lee, President of the Florida Blueberry Growers Association. "We applaud the Administration's commitment to renegotiating with Mexico and Canada, and hope that considerations will be made that will help protect our blueberry industry in the Southeast – the viability of our industry is at stake."
–Florida Blueberry Growers Association
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Talk:Prop tic tac toe panel
From Valve Developer Community
Use in Coop
I've removed this statement from the introduction:
- It is used in Co-op for the calibrating test for ping tool.
I cannot find any evidence that this is the case. info_player_ping_detector is used plenty of times during the coop calibration but I see no evidence of prop_tic_tac_toe_panel. --Nacimota Talk | Contributions 16:13, 8 June 2012 (PDT)


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This season was quite chaotic for me out in the real world yet despite that I still managed to watch 16 shows to completion, with another 3 shows that continued on to the Spring season on top of that. Now to be sure, a big part of that is thanks to Netflix's massive anime push this year. I didn't manage to see all the titles they put out, with a couple of their later March releases being held back for judgment in the Spring season, along with Violet Evergarden(because I'm a filthy American and we didn't get the show here this season), but even taking that into account Netflix's titles managed to represent 1/4 of the shows I finished this season.
Before I get to awarding the shows their medals, I'd like to start with my usual production awards for the season, sharing my favorites in things like the opening and endings, visuals, writing, etc.
Winner: "Deal with the Devil" by Tia (Kakegurui)
In a season with an incredible amount of impressive OPs, it became an insanely close and difficult race, with the ultimate winner...being an OP from last year...bwuh? Ok, so full disclosure, if I was going with strictly OPs from this year, my winner here would be "Shiny Days" by Asaka from Laid-Back Camp, because week in and week out that OP made me bounce around in sync with the rhythm.
However, I knew this would be a situation I would have to eventually face when I decided to expand my seasonal favorites articles to include non-Crunchyroll legal sources, which means dealing with Netflix and sometimes when they grab a show from the Summer and especially Fall seasons of one year, they won't be released until the following year given their usual timetable. The simple fact is I only watch legal releases and Kakegurui wasn't legally released until this season, and it is perfectly eligible for every other production award, so it should also be fair game for its OP and ED, and as such, there's no question, the beautifully animated, often extremely horny visuals combined with its accompanying jazz-infused track made this OP a damn treat. Now I know why people last year were so damn in love with it.
Winner: "I AM STANDING" by RUANN (March comes in like a lion Season 2)
Unlike the case with the OPs for this season, this was a much easier time deciding for me. Now don't get me wrong, there were several EDs I enjoyed, and the EDs for School Babysitters and How to Keep a Mummy literally had me (badly) dancing along with the characters on the screen, but while those were enjoyable additions to enjoyable shows, this ED actually made me look forward to one of my favorite shows in the entire season ending each week. It is part of the reason I went into March comes in like a lion withdrawal during the 3 week break the show had to take due to the Olympics. And that is why this is my favorite overall theme for the season. I greatly look forward to hearing more OPs and EDs from RUANN in the future because she is only 14 god damn years old and is putting out songs like these already.
Winner: Hellshake Yano (Pop Team Epic)
While some shows certainly had what I felt were better moments, they weren't exactly "favorite" moments of mine (*waves at Devilman Crybaby*). Pop Team Epic, on the other hand, was home to several of the individual moments from this season that I enjoyed seeing, chief among them being the now somewhat legendary sketchbook/live-action hybrid skit from the studio AC-bu, who also contributed the bizarrely entertaining Bob Epic Team segments, about the concert that gave birth to the man, the myth, Hellshake Yano. It is an absolutely hilarious skit that still has me wondering just how long it takes you to plan something like this out, let alone how many takes they had to do to get a complete run where one of them doesn't crack up laughing at the absurdity.
Winner: Devilman Crybaby
So, it is one thing for me to listen to an anime soundtrack again and get hyped up because of the badass songs. It is another thing entirely when an anime soundtrack stabs me in the feels hard enough that it just drains me and takes me a bit to recover. That is exactly what Devilman Crybaby's soundtrack does to me. That song up there in particular, "Crybaby", is a song I have to listen to carefully, because it just absolutely wrecks me whenever I listen to it. This song is so strongly tied to two of the most powerful, incredible scenes from not just Devilman Crybaby, but the entire season, and I can guaran-damn-tee you the entire year, that I can't not think of them when I hear this song, and it just brings the tears and sorrow flooding out. The same thing goes for its similar, but not exactly identical, sister track, "Pathetique".
This soundtrack has given me an experience I usually don't get with anime. Most of the time I remember soundtrack songs because they are just flat out great pieces of music, or it is one or two songs that played during very specific key scenes in the show. I don't often get a soundtrack like this where nearly every song has me instantly recall at least one scene that stood out to me in some form or another. Usually I could divorce a soundtrack from the show itself, but I just can't do that with Devilman Crybaby. This soundtrack is just that integral to the experience.
Winner: Devilman Crybaby
This season had a lot of visually impressive shows. Series like A Place Further Than the Universe, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Laid-Back Camp had incredible backgrounds supplemented with some pretty great character animations. March comes in like a lion was just a visual treat all around and a testament to why Shaft is so beloved when it comes to visuals. Even several of Netflix's offerings had a high polish to their animation and backgrounds and even in some of the more flawed shows they had on display, their visuals remained a strong positive. However, despite the spectacularly strong competition, there was little doubt as to which series would take this award for me in a season that features a new series from the legendary Masaaki Yuasa. His visual style as always was quite divisive with this show, but I am firmly in the camp that loves everything he touches, and Devilman Crybaby is no exception.
Winner: March comes in like a lion Season 2
How do they keep doing it? Just how do they fucking keep doing it?! March comes in like a lion has this weird ass formula down where they'll introduce a new side character, usually someone involved in the shogi side of the show(because let's be honest, that is the easiest way to pull them into the story, via tournaments and whatnot), they seem like a fun, but rather one-note character, then they finally are granted character development, and all of a sudden you find yourself wishing they had an entire damn show to themselves.
The show pulled this off last year with the introduction of Shimada. This year it is with Shimada's opponent in the Kishou Championship, Yanagihara. Now Yanagihara was around for quite a few episodes, but he would appear so infrequently that it was actually easy to confuse him with the shogi chairman, a fellow elderly man who also appeared infrequently. Then, we got the Kishou Championship episodes.
If I had a Favorite Episode category, I honestly don't know which of these two episodes I'd pick, but suffice to say, these were my two favorite episodes of both this show and this season. These two episodes skyrocketed Yanagihara up the favorite characters chart, and by the end of them made me wish he had a Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju-style spin-off series.
The thing is, it isn't just characters like Yanagihara. Truth be told this entire season was mostly about furthering the development of the support cast in general. Now that's not to say Rei remained static this season, he still definitely had character development of his own, but the majority of his development was in the first season. I have to say this decision worked out phenomenally, because everyone that received development just vastly improved as characters. I will admit though that, because this is a second season, it does have some massive advantages over the many of the other shows I loved from this season, because it didn't have to lay all this ground work that those shows had to. But even accounting for that, I was so purely enthralled by what was happening that I often forgot that the main character of the show was playing second fiddle, which in and of itself an impressive feat.
Now, time to award the medals to the show. First up, this season had no black medal shows, so we'll start with the bronze medal shows for this season instead.
B: The Beginning
Man, what a clusterfuck. Ok, so this is a promising, and honestly entertaining, series that is bogged down by some rather questionable decisions. B: The Beginning is a series with two completely different stories, from completely different genres at that, on a collision course with each other. On one hand we have a very intriguing and enthralling police thriller about chasing down serial killers and how they keep managing to maintain a step ahead of the cops.
On the other hand we have an Edgy McEdgerton chuunibyou action series plucked right from the halcyon days of the mid-2000's that, while incompetent from a narrative standpoint, features some gorgeous fight scene animations. And the two halves just don't mesh. I wish I could say the show tries its hardest to make them mesh, but instead it ultimately picks the laziest way to tie all the major plot threads together. However, despite all that, I was never once bored with the show. This is genuinely entertaining, just a complete mess at the same time.
Junji Ito Collection
So we got Tomie in the main series after all. That's one of the few big name Junji Ito tales you'll get in this series, though. The same complaints I had with the show during the Winter season's progress report article holds up even stronger now. The show was just completely at the mercy of whatever Junji Ito stories they selected to use for a given episode. This results with an inconsistent as all hell show, with some halves of episodes being flat out boring, because they picked a weaker tale to tell. Also, as expected, the visual quality of the show degraded further and further as it went. It wasn't a strong looking show to begin with, but by the end it got pretty bad, especially when comparing it to the corresponding images from Ito's work.
Kaiju Girls Season 2
Once again, there's nothing really wrong with Kaiju Girls. It's just really slowly drawn out for a short. I'd like to see them give the show a couple more minutes per episode if/when there is another season. Other than that it is a harmless, if a tiny bit forgettable, series with solid visuals and some catchy themes.
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-
This is a very consistent series. It is entertaining, an easy watch, and it looked great. I had a good time watching this, even with the...less than stellar dub. The only real complaints I have about this show are as follows. The show is insanely straight forward, the overwhelming bulk of the show is just getting the main characters from point A to point B. For what is apparently supposed to be a thriller, or at least I keep seeing people call it a thriller, it is incredibly predictable as well. Lastly, there is almost nothing to the characters. Barely anyone gets any real development at all. They are ultimately less characters and more like action figures being moved around, if that makes sense. But, again, I still really enjoyed watching this, because of how laid back of an investment it is. It is a great kick back and chill kind of series to watch.
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Now I know I had this on track to be a gold medal series back in the progress report, but, well, upon further reflection, especially aided by what the show did after that report came out, the roller coaster of liking and being indifferent or even disliking the main characters, Chise and Elias, is a pretty decent blow to the series. Like I don't think I've ever seen another show where I've been so much in love with everything...except the main characters. The world building is great, the visuals are just stunning, the soundtrack is a perfect fit for the series, the support characters are amazing and well developed for the amount of screen time they get, and I am just all in on the Celtic and British Isles folklore and mythology on display here.
It is just, I legitimately go back and forth on liking Chise depending on the arc, and as the show goes on I just end up disliking Elias. The only thing I had a bigger issue with than these two was the incredibly bad choices made with the visuals for the show's OPs and EDs. Great songs, but the visuals sucked. There were several points where I was wishing this show was a Mushi-Shi or Kino's Journey-type anthology series, rather than one big narrative comprised of several smaller arcs. So yeah, an otherwise phenomenal series that for me was dragged down by its main characters.
How to Keep a Mummy
So the show didn't really do too much with the themes it was seemingly building up. Which is a bit of a shame, but nevertheless How to Keep a Mummy remained an adorable little show all the way through. Not really much else to say about this show. It is consistent, cute, sometimes funny, sometimes emotional. A fun little show that I don't regret watching.
RWBY Vol. 5
Aside from the overall improved visuals that came from the switch in animation programs being used, I have to say I've just not been that impressed with either Vol. 4 or 5 of RWBY. I mean it is still a show I enjoy watching, and I get that these two volumes have been mostly set up, so it isn't fair to compare them with the juggernaut that was Vol. 3, but even comparing them to the other set up volumes, 1 and 2, these are lacking. As time goes on, just how much of a factor the late great Monty Oum was with this series only becomes more and more evident, and I am worried that RWBY will ultimately be a solid series that just never could reach its full potential due to the untimely passing of its creator.
School Babysitters
So this was an interesting little case. In the weeks after the progress report, where this was on track to being a gold medal series for me, the show slowly, if not outright, stopped doing both the things I criticized and praised the show for. Tomoya Yagi, the pretty boy with a weird character trait where he constantly gets nosebleeds from cute things, particularly adorable children, barely appears at all, maybe like once or twice. Usaida drastically pulls back on being a dumbass as well. Now he still does some dumb things from time to time, but not to the extremes as before.
On the flip side of things, the show eases up on its emotional jabs too. In some of the cases that it does attempt to prod you in the feels, it ends up just repeating earlier attempts. This doesn't make the show bad of course, and I still recommend people to see it. It just, kinda mellowed out after a really strong first half.
GARO: Vanishing Line
GARO is back baby! After the misstep of Crimson Moon left a bad taste in the mouths of many GARO fans, I am pleased to say that the anime side of the franchise is back on the right path and fittingly the latest journey of the Golden Knight gets a gold medal. The shift into a road trip adventure was a brilliantly unexpected move. While the overall visual quality may have taken some dips as the show went along, the fight scenes remained stellar. Most importantly, the cast was entertaining, and the core group grew over the course of the show, though Sword, the main character, had the least amount of growth. Despite that, Sword was always entertaining in his cheesy, over the top manime way. I personally still prefer GARO: The Animation just a bit more, but this was nevertheless a great success.
This show is excessive, over the top, horny as all hell, and I just love it. This is one of those shows where the tension isn't in whether or not the heroes can win or get out of a sticky situation, but instead it is about how they do it(basically the kind of thing that was fueling No Game No life). The whole show has a ridiculously silly premise and it just goes all in with it. Yumeko easily steals the show, but she isn't the only entertaining character in the cast. I love several of the support characters, with my favorite easily being Midari, who is just so extra that I can't really put it into proper words. Midari is actually a prime example of why I love this show. It is just unapologetically fun. It may have taken quite some time for this show to appear on Netflix, but it was well worth the wait, and I am glad I got to see such a blast of a series.
Mr. Osomatsu Season 2
As I said in the progress report, this season of Mr. Osomatsu wasn't as consistently funny to me as the first season was, and that is ultimately what the end result is. Now I still greatly enjoyed this season, especially since it traded in being consistently funny for more character development for our little shit heel sextuplets and those around them. There are more "serious" episodes in this season of Osomatsu, and they were all great, with the last of the serious episodes being one I really wished had stuck, because it was some incredible growth for them, not just as characters, but as people. Nevertheless, I'm still on board for future adventures in this show, should it come to pass.
Pop Team Epic
Ah, we're finally here. The most divisive show of the season. The show with absolutely no middle ground. You either loved the hell out of this show or you hated it, and depending on how much of a dick you are, hated those who liked it. As you can probably tell, I fall into the former camp. To me this was a hilarious little show where I never knew what to expect next. Not only was several of the skits funny, but the show is also surprisingly visually creative as well.
There was the Hellshake Yano skit I mentioned earlier in the article. There were several skits involving puppets of Popuko and Pipimi, often set to musical numbers, with the crown jewel of these segments being the completely out of left field "Let's Pop Together!" homage of the Earth, Wind & Fire song, "Let's Groove". The show doesn't stop there, though, as there is a few skits involving sand art animation of all things. And that's why I love Pop Team Epic so much. It wasn't just funny to me. As a massive fan of the art of animation in and of itself I greatly appreciated the effort put into making the individuals skits.
A Place Further Than the Universe
This show was simply phenomenal. Every now and then we get an original anime production that just...nails it. The visuals, the writing, the music, the characters, just everything works. The devil is in the details, such as practically any conversation the members of the main cast have with each other. It is just so organic feeling. The characters work off of each other insanely well. It took them quite a long time to finally actually reach Antarctica, but it was worth the wait in spades. I knew from the very first episode that we had something special on our hands, but I didn't know just how special it was really going to end up being. This show was a fantastic tale of friendship, loss, and just trying to do something with one's life. This is going to be a show I will remember for a long, long time to come.
Devilman Crybaby
Where do I even begin with Devilman Crybaby? This show is just a pure force of nature that swept in across the anime scene like a tornado sweeps across the plains. While A Place Further Than the Universe got the year started off on the right foot, Devilman Crybaby took that foot and kicked down the door to the year and proclaimed loudly, clearly, and extremely violently, "I'M HERE, BITCHES!". In a season otherwise mostly dominated by cute, calming slice of life shows, or character studies, Devilman Crybaby was a visceral and guttural change of pace.
Go Nagai's classic series was massively influential on the landscape of Japanese pop culture, with it influencing new creators to this very day, and it was rather refreshing to see in the wake of this show's release the amount of people realizing just how vast the scope of his influence really is. Masaaki Yuasa did a simply impeccable job of adapting Nagai's work here, and the rest of the year has its damn work cut out for it, because I can't remember the last time an anime series evoked this kind of reaction in me.
Laid-Back Camp
Why is this show so good? Just, why? Laid-Back Camp on paper is a pretty simple show. It's cute girls going camping. That's it. That should have been all there is to the series, but it isn't. This is the only one of the gold shows from the progress report to actually be moved up to platinum, rather than stay level or be moved down to silver, because unlike those other shows it continued to improve as it went on, rather than regressing or just staying course. Like most high quality slice of life shows, the cast carries this show. Thankfully it is a really enjoyable cast. While the characters do spend a lot of time camping, what makes this a special slice of life show is how the characters grow as friends.
At the start of the season Rin is firmly in the camp(I'm sorry) of being an isolationist camper, allowing Nadeshiko to camp with her notwithstanding. By the end of the show, she's softened up a bit and, while not exactly hanging out all the time with the other girls, she's at least open to the idea of group camping sessions. Nadeshiko herself goes from being a novice about everything regarding camping to being competent enough to at least attempt solo camping.
This is just a super chill show that was a great way to relax, and occasionally laugh my ass off whenever the show did attempt to throw in some simple, but highly effective jokes(I can watch the loop of Rin chasing after various objects being blown away by the wind for longer than one probably should). I'm a massive fan of these kind of laid back relaxing shows, so I headed into this season excited to see this, and was happy not to be let down.
March comes in like a lion Season 2
As I said in the progress report, I don't often get to see a show that just continuously improves like this show does. This season of March comes in like a lion has been a masterclass work of animation and writing. It was an incredibly smart move for this series to focus on more than just Rei, because it got to show that he's not the only one with massive mental health issues. The way this show manages to handle touchy subjects surrounding mental illnesses and anxieties is just...honestly I'm having difficulty finding the correct word to use here. If this is for whatever reason the end of the March comes in like a lion anime, then it ends on a massive high note, but screw that! I want more of this show!
So there you have it, the 16 shows I saw to completion this season. Funnily enough, Netflix managed to land a show into each one of the medal tiers. Which, by the way, was not intentional. I didn't get around to finishing any of the Amazon shows this season because well I simply was just too damn busy to help fit them in. I only managed to get 4 Netflix shows in due to their binge release model. Interestingly enough, I am noticing more and more that, unless it is really god damn weak, the Winter season tends to be my favorite of the year. I mean I get why it usually isn't the favorite for many others, because there usually isn't that many hype shows released in this season.
But for the kind of shows I tend to love, the Winter is usually full of them. And last year's Winter season was one of my favorites ever! Yet somehow this one managed to even top that! Last Winter produced 6 gold medal shows and 2 platinum medal shows(easily the biggest chunk of the shows I included in my end of the year favorites article), while this year's Winter resulted in 4 golds and 4 platinums, same number of shows, yes, but the two additional platinum shows is a big deal. Keep in mind I only had 5 total for all of last year, and yet I almost matched that amount already for this year. This keeps up and 2018 will easily surpass 2017 for me, and 2017 was one of my favorite years in anime! Anyways, the Winter 2018 season has thrown down the gauntlet and now it is time to see how the other seasons respond. First up is the Spring season, which we'll be checking back in on the progress of in about 6-7 weeks. So until next time!


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I hope everyone reading this post had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and a relaxing and enjoyable weekend.
Now, down to business; I recently wrote about how important it is for local artists to support local artists. I wrote about my good friend Melanie who is realizing her dream of making music for the masses to enjoy. For this post, I am pleased and honored to introduce you to The MiCKS.
I met Sam, the drummer, during my junior year of college. We were both taking a literature class dealing in the genre of Science Fiction/Fantasy. One day, while I was gorging myself at a bake sale, we got to talking and he revealed that him and his brother were in this band and he said that I should check out their MySpace (did I just date myself?). Well, I did check out the band and I have never looked back.
The MiCKS are incredible. They are unlike anything out there right now and are so genuine and passionate about what they do and how they perform that it is almost frightening. I am almost embarrassed to admit that I am abnormally obsessed with their song, "Dry Splash." The lyrics, written by Sam's brother Matt, are outstanding. Sometimes when I listen to the song, I become infuriated that I didn't write it. The talent and energy cannot be denied, and The MiCKS are definitely worth checking out.
Melanie and I recently traveled to Hoboken to watch the band perform and celebrate the release of their first album. Not only was the show incredibly entertaining and totally rocking, but proceeds from the show went to The HOBOKEN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS (http://www.hobokenems.com/page10.html; http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/in_hoboken_volunteers_scramble.html). Local artists should support their locality as well as other local artists, and the MiCKS did just that. It was a pleasure to be a part of such entertainment, but it was an honor to be a part of so worthy an endeavor.
Melanie gave them a signed copy of her CD, and I gave them a signed copy of my book. So they signed our copies of the CD. It was a cosmic kind of experience, to witness those that you know achieving their dreams and believing that you were there to support from some form of the beginning. I felt so wonderful and awesome inside, and I want all of you to experience that emotion.
Please check out The MiCKS on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/themicks
And you can listen to their awesome songs here: http://www.reverbnation.com/themicks#!/themicks/songs
Remember: local artists need to support local artists.
Also, people need to support other people when people discover their passions.
Keep on dreaming, even if it breaks your heart …. And yes, I did steal that from a country song. Oh well.


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Jennifer Lawrence has had her nude photos taken from what looks like Apple Cloud storage. Other celebrities have had their naughty bits exposed on the internet. While the FBI is on the most recent case, the reality is, we are not shocked.
by Hannah Jay
The advent of the internet has meant that nude photos, sex photos and grainy night vision sex tapes have been circulating for years. But compared to those, the sheer amount of video and still pornography available—pretty much for free—has altered how people, and especially men, look at sex.
For the escort this creates a host of problems and opportunities. If she puts naughty photos in her ads she needs to know that those pictures are almost certainly going to end up on Tumblr. A saucy video tape on the "members only" section of her escorting web site will find its way to XHamster before the pixels have had a chance to cool.
But it is not just the fact that an escort's marketing may become something of an internet sensation, it is also the fact that the internet never forgets. Once a picture is out on the net, it is pretty much out there forever.
The other side of the net is that it has made any number of sexual practices and techniques which used to be fairly rare very much mainstream. The sexual acrobatics of the Reverse Cowgirl or Monkey "action" are largely the artifacts of the need of pornographers to capture all the activity. The so called "money shot" and "facials" are driven by the need of porn directors to insert a visible climax into their productions. Heterosexual anal sex was a fairly rare occurrence pre-Internet. It happened but it was deeply taboo; now it is just another variation. Strap-ons, watersports and the erotics of spanking were out of bounds for any but the most dedicated sexual adventurers. Now you can find endless, free websites specializing in these and many other recherché endeavors.
All of which puts an escort on the spot.
Reading a few of the review sites, you can't help but notice that the hobbyists take it as a given that the girls they see will be open to all or some of the activities listed above and, looking at the escort ads, there are plenty of girls who are ticking all the boxes and, so long as a condom is used, seem perfectly willing to bring pornstar sex to the hotel rooms of the nation.
There is no question that there is money to be made offering the PSE – Porn Star Experience – and for some girls that money is better than they can make with more basic offerings. However, I am going to suggest that cutting right to the PSE chase may, in fact, be leaving money on the nightstand. A lot of money.
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Ask yourself this question: which of these two women makes more money: Jennifer Lawrence or Tasha Reign? Taking nothing away from Miss Reign but I have to bet that Miss Lawrence earns orders of magnitude more money.
There are tons of reasons for this but a few will resonate when an escort is deciding what she is putting on the internet and what she is willing to do inspired by the internet.
First, the reason why there is such a hullabaloo about the nude picture hack of Miss Lawrence is that there were either very few or no nude pictures of her on the net. Miss Reign, as a porn actress is rather easier to find in the all together. Lawrence has played some very sexy roles and she told Conan O'Brian she certainly is no enemy to sex toys. But her persona is about much more than her physical assets or sexual appetites.
At various price points escorts are pretty much categorized: from service provider to courtesan, an escort puts herself into the world with a particular persona. At the bottom end of the market pink thong shots of an escort's bottom and the promise of a PSE with extra helpings of A will attract a certain sort of client. Like Miss Reign, girls working this end of the market are pretty explicit about what they are selling.
At the top end of the market it is often difficult to tell if a girl is escorting or not. No thong shots, no acronyms, no explicit language or jolly chest and cup size brags. These girls are offering something much less basic, much more mysterious and making much more money.
Think for a moment of Miss Lawrence's Oscar winning performance in American Hustle. Sexy? Absolutely. As she put it herself, "I wouldn't say that it's ever exciting to see yourself without a bra in a dress that's three sizes too small for you." It may not have been exciting for her but men in the audience were no doubt stirred by the glorious Lawrence bounce.
Part of the challenge posed by porn for escorts is that everything has become in-your-face explicit. So some girls are sure that to compete they need to hike their dress up to here and down to there right from the get go. For these escorts advertising serves the same function as the boxes porn videos used to come in. Show as much as possible, promise that anything goes, bring in the fans.
The downside of this approach for an escort is that by playing to the explicit porn-driven market she makes her dates all about sex. Leave aside the legal issues – and selling sex is illegal in almost every US jurisdiction – a girl who is selling sex is just selling sex. There is no value add, there is nothing to charge extra for, there is no market differentiation. Worse, if all an escort is selling is sex her competition is every other girl selling the same thing – which means there will always be a service provider willing to provide for less money.
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"I've been escorting for the last five years." Jill told us, "I guess I was lucky because, originally, I had one of those 'indecent proposals' that you hear about but never think is real. But there I was in a nice hotel with an older man and a lot of money in my purse. I said to myself, 'I could get used to this.'"
"I looked around for information and there is lots out there. I understood that escorting was all about safety and screening and advertising but it also seemed to be about showing pictures and offering services that I was not comfortable with at all. Can you be a prude and an escort? For me the answer has been yes!"
"Here's the thing, talking to my clients I often ask about what they have enjoyed in our encounter. Two things come up all the time – I come across like a lady and I am eager in bed. While I discourage reviews, if someone was going to review my performance those two things really define me as an escort."
Jill's advertising is minimal and discreet. "All I ever put in is my name (not my real name, of course) and these words "Discreet Encounters for Gentlemen; At my Home, or to Finer Hotels" and my escort phone and email. That's it. I will post a picture or two but they are sexy, not revealing. My ad absolutely stands out on the page. And it is a dog whistle for the older, better off, clientele I want to see."
"When a potential client calls to book there are certain things which are absolute no go's for me. Bad language is a huge issue. Just because I escort does not mean I expect to be treated as anything other than a lady. Men who want me to describe what will occur during our time together are either cops or pervs and are not, in any case, the sort of escort date I am looking for."
"In that first call I make it clear that my encounters are expensive. The expense itself creates expectations in the right sort of client and keeps the wrong sort away."
We asked Jill who the wrong sort of client was. "Obviously the cheapskates and the idiots who are comparison shopping for bare back blow jobs. I tell all of them to look for someone else. But it is not just money. In this business there are plenty of clients with money and a horrible attitude."
We asked Jill if she thought that attitude came from Internet porn. "Maybe. Partly. Escorting gives you a window into the male mind which you don't get just dating. Men are a lot more honest with an escort than they usually are with a regular date. What always strikes me is how limited and often ignorant many men are about bedroom basics. If they have seen something in a porn movie they will think that it is both possible and pleasurable to recreate it in real life."
"What a lot of men don't realize is that porn sex is sex arranged for the camera. Is it fun for the actors? Doesn't matter, the video is being shot for the guy watching it at home. While the visual is a wonderful part of real life sex, giving my client a clear view is hardly the most important thing I am doing when I am offering him my oral attentions."
"Most of my clients come back and I have a fair number of regulars. While I am every inch a lady in the living room, after adult activities, I always like to take a few minutes to talk about the experience. While I don't like online reviews – they really are sordid – I love hearing my clients talk. For some of them, lying in bed with me, is the first time they have ever been encouraged to talk about sex with a woman. A lot of them are not very good about actually saying what they enjoyed and, even more difficult, what they were disappointed in. But, with a good sense of humour, and my hand gently stroking them, they'll often open up."
"Biggest thing – enthusiasm. Actually wanting to have sex. I think this is where the escort experience differs so basically from what these men get, or don't get, at home. Their wives are reluctant at best to even think about a blow job or a quicky, much less spending an hour seducing and making love to their husbands. And here is where there is an intersection between escorting and porn – porn stars and escorts, in their own ways, are selling the idea that sex is something they really, really want."
"Sure, 90% of the time that is not quite true. It is a performance and some days, it is worthy of an Oscar. But for the escort client, one of the best parts about an escort date is the near certainty that he'll be spending some consenting adult time with a girl who will be really eager to please and (sometimes) be pleased."
"Which is the second thing I learned about the escorting business very early on. The sorts of clients you want are not all about what you can do for them, they want the illusion at least that they can do for you."
"Men have a terrific ability to compartmentalize. They know that they are with an escort. They know they have paid me. They know that for me this is a business transaction. But somehow they are convinced that they have had a much better time with me if I have had or appear to have had an equally good time."
"And yes, Meg Ryan is an inspiration to us all."
"If you look at the really popular porn, no matter what is going on, the women always appear to be having the time of their life. Though I have to say the guys look as if they are concentrating really hard on a math problem. The porn business knows what its customers want and the porn movies give it to them good and hard. There are a few niche producers like Andrew Blake who make beautiful, sensual films with a lot of sex – but they are really rare in that world."
"All that said, my objective as an escort is to ensure that my clients have a wonderful time during my encounters. There is no question that when it comes to those consenting adult activities I am a bit bolder than I might be if it wasn't an escort encounter."
We asked Jill how that translated in actual practice. "It's actually funny – I can sum it up pretty easily, in real life I like to be made love to, in escorting, I take the lead. Right from that first booking phone call I am very much in charge. At the same time, it is pretty subtle. I bet this doesn't really register with half my clients. But from the point they arrive through to chatting, hors d'ouves and a glass of wine, all the way to the bedroom where I tell them what to do and when to change what they are doing, I control the date. And the key thing is that I am very enthusiastic about all of it. Not in the "Oh, Baby, do me all night long" sense of that; instead what I try to convey is just how pleased I am to have a man to be with."
"Most, if not all of my clients, at some point will tell me, "I've never been with a girl like you." I suspect some of them are referring to other escorts, but I am pretty sure that most of them are talking about their encounters with women in general. And, of course, that is why so many of them return and so many become regulars. I offer an experience which, without a lot of sexual acrobatics or doubtful activity, is completely different."
"Look, we do live in a pornified world. The girls on the red carpets are wearing things I can't imagine wearing out the door. Girls are posting naked selfies to their boyfriends who are sharing them with all their friends. Nice married couples are making porn tapes for fun on the weekend and uploading them."
"In my escorting, I want to be different, very different. I want to be the girl my clients have always dreamed of having, but have never found. I don't have triple "D" breasts, thank Heavens, and I have strawberry blonde not platinum blonde hair. I don't look like a porn star and I am delighted not to. So are my clients."
"It is a truism that the most erogenous zone is between the ears. I have a successful, safe, escorting business because I offer something which very few girls ever think of: a genuinely erotic experience. A lot of my clients, especially my older clients, tell me that their previous escort encounters were unsatisfying because the girl, beautiful and athletic as she may have been, never really connected with them. She went through the motions."
"The best part of playing a bit of the prude as an escort is that you leave all sorts of things out there as possibilities. Being able to say to a client when he is leaving, "I noticed that you are wonderful with your tongue, I hope we can take that a lot further when you are here next," plants a wonderful question in his mind. For my sort of escort encounter, the anticipation is as erotic as the reality."
"I do the same thing with my escorting regulars but here I try to give them something to achieve when next they visit. I won't go into detail but suffice to say men are remarkably goal oriented. Give them a goal and they will spend the week between visits wondering how best they can achieve it."
Ironically, Jill has turned the association of escorts with the sex-on-demand notion on its head, and in doing something so unexpected she has created the perfect antidote to a pornified culture. She has put back the mystery, the anticipation, the tease, that is truly sexy. No camera tricks necessary.


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Snow Running in Sapporo
Let's get this out in the open straight away; you are not going to run any of your best times in the snow. You are doing it simply to keep in shape, and that should be your goal. The only records you are going to beat are your "jumping in knee deep snow to avoid an old lady who suddenly stopped", "running while being blinded by a blizzard" and "running with cold, wet feet" records.
I started running about five years ago and I try to run most days. I have a number of routes around Sapporo that take me along rivers, through mountains, past temples and along busy main roads. However, this is Hokkaido, and it snows from December to March.
If you intend to run year round in Sapporo you have two basic choices: you can either not run for four months, or you can try to run in the snow. I choose the latter. So, what do we need?
First, feet. You will need a good pair of spikes. I use Yaktrax, available from Amazon or most sports shops.
You are going to be running on many different types of snow. When it's fresh powder you won't slip but once the snow is packed down and freezes you are going to be all over the place. A good pair of spikes will save you from a broken leg. Waterproof running shoes would be good but I use the same pair all year round; I'm not made of money. You will get wet feet. The Japanese style, tabi, socks that have five toes will reduce blistering.
Second, legs. A good pair of waterproof trousers for when you're jumping through deep snow, or when the snow melts, or when it starts to rain, are invaluable. There are professional brands but I use a cheap pair bought from my local supermarket for 1,000 yen.
Third, body. On top we need layers. A running shirt, a jogging top and a fleece. You are going to be running in temperatures from -15℃ to 5℃ so you need to be adaptable. As you run you will warm up but even a good sprint won't warm you at really cold temperatures. You also need to be careful about sweat freezing when you stop.
Fourth, hands. Gloves are the most important part of your ensemble. You can run in a t-shirt and shorts, but without gloves you are coming home early. I have running gloves with a fold over windshield. They don't keep my hands totally warm on the coldest days but I can use them for longer through the season as they are adjustable.
On very long runs or very cold days you are just going to have to accept "the claw" and the pain when you jump in the shower.
Fifth, face. For your neck and chin a thin running scarf that can roll down. On the worst days you will need to cover your nose against blizzards but that will be rare. Then sunglasses. Without them you will be running blind, literally. On sunny days the sun bounces off the snow and everywhere you look is blinding. On snowy days they will be good eye protection.
Sixth, head. A hat. Again, something that you can remove when you get hot. You won't need it every day but when you have horizontal ice rain you are going to want something to stop the brain freeze. I have had to run the second half of a 20k with both hands over my forehead because I forgot my hat and the ice cream headache was crippling.
You are also going to need to adapt your style. You are basically going to be running on four different surfaces: deep snow, cleared snow, packed and frozen snow, melting snow. For deep snow you need to develop the "light hop". This pulls your feet out as quickly as possible to avoid getting snow in the shoes. It is actually extremely good training but exhausting if continued for too long. For cleared snow you can run easily but, depending on how wide the cleared space is, you may have to run with one foot in front of the other.
Packed and frozen snow is the easiest to run on, assuming you have spikes. You will be able to run almost normally. Your feet will slide ever so slightly each time you kick off, so you won't get much speed, but you will be fastish. And, last, melting snow is the worst. Resign yourself to wet, cold feet before you start and just try to jump over as many puddles as you can. Some of them will be too wide to jump and here the "light hop" comes back into play.
With a bit of preparation and some 我慢 "ganman" (perseverance) you can keep in shape, and boy does getting back from a run in the snow feel good.


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Immigrant admission policy examined
Becky Hogan | Tuesday, April 1, 2008
After last fall's campus-wide forum on immigration, senior Michael Kozak was left with questions about the University's role in the debate.
Kozak, who had completed a four-credit field study course on Mexican immigration last semester, was inspired to research the University admissions process for undocumented students. He wanted to find out if Notre Dame allowed undocumented citizens – a genteel euphemism for illegal immigrants – to apply and enroll.
"Once we began researching we started finding that it is entirely possible for undocumented students to be admitted [to the University]," Kozak said.
Assistant Provost for Enrollment Dan Saracino said while the University does not prohibit undocumented students from applying to Notre Dame, it does require that they apply as international students.
"We have no policy against admitting an undocumented student if the student is academically qualified," Saracino said.
However, few apply, and few are admitted. Saracino said he wasn't certain the University had any undocumented students enroll in the past 10 years.
The applicant pool is so small in part because a limited amount of financial aid is available for international students.
According to the Office Of Undergraduate Admissions Web site, the University "meets 100 percent of every student's demonstrated need," though it also requires international student applicants to submit a Certificate of Finances proving they can pick up the costs for their education.
Because undocumented students are treated like international students, they must "be able to show the University that they have the funds to pay for a four year experience at Notre Dame," Saracino said.
"A U.S. citizen and or a permanent resident is eligible for federal grant money and federal loans, and then we are capable of meeting the difference of what the federal programs provide," Saracino said. "We cannot afford to offer admission to undocumented students who can't afford to pick up the tab for the full four years."
Kozak is not satisfied with the University's claim that undocumented students are a financial burden.
"We're not talking about droves of undocumented students," Kozak said. "We're not dealing with huge numbers. Personally, I don't think that it's the burden [the University] is making it out be."
He thinks the University's policy of meeting 100 percent of students' demonstrated need unfairly prevents undocumented students from enrolling due to lack of financial aid.
Saracino said it's critical for students to have permanent residency, since that status makes them eligible for federal aid.
"But if an undocumented student applies to us and won't be a permanent resident, we can't offer them admission unless they have someone who can sponsor them [to help offset tuition costs]," he said.
Saracino mentioned a female applicant from California who is in the process of attaining permanent residency prior to joining the Class of 2012.
"We just sent a letter to California Senator [Dianne] Feinstein on behalf of the student asking her do her best to expedite this process. … We want that student to be able to start here in the fall," he said.
Saracino said there has been no discussion about changing the University's current policy toward undocumented immigrant applicants.
Kozak, however, said the policy should be changed to simplify the process of applying as an undocumented student or to receive a student visa.
"Undocumented immigrants have to physically go back their country [of origin] to get a visa … getting an international student visa is extremely difficult in and of itself," Kozak said.
Kozak said reevaluating the current policy is part of the University's duty as part of its Catholic mission.
"In the same way that the University does not deny admission to poor people because of the additional burden they will place on financial aid, it ought not deny admission to undocumented immigrants based on financial ease alone," Kozak said. "This is a moral decision and one that ought to reflect our Catholic sense of morality."
Kozak said it is imperative for the University to reevaluate the policy because there are public and private non-Catholic colleges and universities that admit undocumented students and offer them aid to finance their education.
He said Harvard University and Princeton University are two of the non-Catholic, highly visible institutions that accept undocumented students and provide them with financial aid. Harvard had 10 undocumented students and Princeton had at least one in 2006, the most recent year for which figures are available.
Kozak said there are local institutions that accept undocumented students, like Saint Mary's.
Dan Meyer, vice president of enrollment management at Saint Mary's, said the College evaluates undocumented immigrants just as they would any other applicant.
"We accept undocumented students because when we go through the admissions process we may or may not know if a student is undocumented," Meyer said. "The decision is just based on academic qualification. We do not want to penalize a student if she is undocumented."
When an undocumented student applies for financial aid at Saint Mary's, she is not guaranteed to receive full financial aid from the College since Saint Mary's does not guarantee meeting 100 percent of students' demonstrated need, Meyer said.
"She has to rely on her family and her extended family to finance her education," he said.
Unlike the University's policy, however, undocumented students are considered for scholarships from the College in the same way any other student would be considered.
"We also make a decision on the level of academic scholarship she qualifies for," Meyer said. "We apply the same standards across the entire applicant pool."
Saint Mary's did change the way undocumented students apply for aid this year. They are now required to complete a paper version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The College uses this application to assess a student's eligibility for aid.
"This year the change in policy was carefully analyzed and reviewed. We feel it's consistent with our mission as a Catholic institution," Meyer said.
Although Meyer could not give an exact number, he said that there were less than a dozen undocumented students admitted last year.


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Taxpayers and Their Integrity
By: Rick Boxx
April 15, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service sponsored a poll to discover people's views on cheating on their taxes. Their findings were surprising. According to the Huffington Post, 87% of the people surveyed claim that no level of cheating on tax returns is acceptable in their opinion!
What I found interesting was the reasons they felt that way: 95% claimed that they held this view due to their personal integrity, while 63% feared being audited. Although flawed, our tax system works because of the integrity of the taxpayers.
Proverbs 10:9 teaches, "Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out."
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