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For about a week now, there have been plans to occupy Tompkins Square Park, led largely by East Villager John Penley, who has a Facebook page set up for the event, which was scheduled to begin on Saturday with a noontime picnic. In the wake of last night's announcement by Mayor Bloomberg that protesters at Zuccotti Park would have to move so that the park could be cleaned, we wondered if there was any change in the plans for Tompkins — an earlier start date, maybe? Penley told us there's "no change in our plans."
This may come as unpleasant news to a number of East Village locals, who, upon hearing of the planned Tompkins Square occupation, have been making their distaste for the effort known, particularly as commenters on EV Grieve's post about the event.
There are 108 comments on that post, many of them like this:
And many of them, notably, anonymous (and possibly trolls). Which is not surprising. Commenters (sorry, guys) are often looking for trouble, and they often do it under the cloak of anonymity. But we wondered what the overwhelmingly negative, and, frankly, a bit surprising, reaction implies for the greater vibe and culture of the East Village. What does it mean for the struggle against this neighborhood becoming just another Starbucks, and for the anti-establishment values that used to seem quite dear to the hearts of locals?
It bears mentioning that there are some in favor:
We talked to EV Grieve and to Rob Hollander, the man behind the blog Save the Lower East Side, both long-time East Villagers, to get their thoughts.
Why do you think people seem negative about the idea of occupying Tompkins Square Park, particularly given the history of the East Village (and the park), which, you'd imagine, would create a protest-friendly vibe?
EV Grieve: I was a little surprised at the initial lack of support and enthusiasm for Occupy Tompkins Square Park, especially at a time in which the movement seems to be picking up momentum nationwide. The Park, of course, has a long history of protests — peaceful and otherwise — dating back to 1850. So it seems like the perfect setting, especially given Occupy Wall Street's first organizing meeting took place here back in August. So what gives? Some of it could be with the organizer, longtime East Village activist John Penley. He can be a polarizing figure. I like him, and appreciate all that he does. And certainly no one else is stepping up to organize like he has in recent years. Some of the 100-plus comments (and many that I didn't approve) on my post were personal attacks on John, with wishes that this whole thing fails.
But I do think this has more to do with Occupy Wall Street in general than this specific event in Tompkins Square Park. The mainstream media coverage is predictable and knee jerky. Dirty hippies! Drums! Tie-dye shirts! It becomes easy to lampoon all this. Few mainstream reporters are giving this any legitimacy. Without clear messaging from the organizers, too many people believe this is just a channel for generalized anger and frustrations. It's like people suddenly think that Tompkins Square Park will be transformed into Altamont Speedway in 1969. "We don't want those dirty hippies drumming in our neighborhood!"
What does something like this mean for the future of the East Village, both in terms of how it's changing and where it might go?
EV Grieve: I just don't think a lot of people give a shit anymore. Now that's quite a blanket statement. But I see the apathy here and elsewhere. Some of the newer residents seem to be more interested in finding the perfect drunk brunch, tweeting about cupcakes and going out and watching, say, the Oklahoma-Texas game in sweatshirts and jerseys. Social movements are for the history books.
What's your involvement been with Occupy Wall Street? Do you plan to join them in Tompkins?
Hollander: I've been following it since mid August when the GA meetings were held in TSP, and I comment occasionally on their listserv. I will definitely attend the occupation at TSP just to check it out, but my camping out days, or nights, are past. Actually, I never liked camping out. Anyway, I'll be there, at least for a while.
They've been successful at keeping momentum and visibility by holding new events each day or so. The occupation of TSP sounds like a useful part of that program. I don't see it as unduly disruptive. If OWS has the potential to shift the balance of politics in this country, issues of noise, garbage and crowding hardly seem significant. I mean, here is an opportunity to change the voice and profile of our polity, and the news media and the local residents are worried about garbage? What happened to their values? Are they so comfortable and jaded that they can't care about anything but their own comfort?
I am not so ironic as to view every honest effort as naive, silly, childish or risible. Irony is the privilege of the abstract, the distant, the uninvolved. It suits the comfortable, the secure, the indifferent. If we all regarded our polity with irony, there'd be no place for democracy at all. The OWS process is all about participatory democracy. It is so pure and purged of irony that its principled participation cannot close on its demands. That's one reason why it hasn't gotten involved with any party or against any party, why it hasn't projected any specific solutions. It is a movement discontented with our democracy. The only campaign poster I've seen at Liberty Plaza is for Ron Paul. Now, several of Grieve's commenters seemed to think that OWS should direct itself to the government rather than Wall Street. Well, that's Paul's message, and it's there at OWS, along with many other messages. You won't see any Obama posters there, that's for sure. So I think the commenters, as most ugly commenters are, uninformed and biased loudmouths. 🙂 The content of their comments are of little merit but of revelatory sociological curiosity. I take them very seriously, but not what they think.
What does the surge in negative commenters (about an Occupation of Tompkins, in particular) mean, in your opinion?
Hollander: Says more about who reads Grieve's blog and why. The new breed of Lower East Sider comes to enjoy a sense of faux authenticity: it feels like a hip neighborhood, it imagines itself to be hip, it has lots of youth who style themselves as hip, but in reality, they are just the children of wealth seeking $700 a month more hipness and authenticity than they would get in Queens. It's that oxymoronic measured thrill, just enough for them to congratulate themselves for not living in an undistinguished neighborhood like Kips Bay, but not too much to lose sleep over the noise of a late-night drum circle. The idea of being arrested for principles arouses such unconscious fear that they respond with political and personal disdain. Note how they fail to understand the OWS movement itself, and interpret it as whatever is conveniently not what they themselves believe in so that they don't have to be bothered with it. It is, if you forgive another oxymoron, aggressive apathy. Proactive apathy, to use one of their redundant and useless epithets.
I'd say more, but I have to run out to a memorial for a neighbor who lived here for twenty-five years. Grieve's readers consider themselves East Villager old-timers if they've lived for ten years. They have no conception of the significance and uniqueness of this place, not a clue. It is beyond their capacity to imagine let alone understand.
They read Grieve because reading some local restaurant blog would show themselves in the mirror as mere gentrifiers — but Grieve is cool, Grieve is hip, Grieve is an insider, so they can feel insiders without ever getting inside anything of this place. That's who reads Grieve today. Bob [Arihood] died just in time. He'd have seen it as every good deed's punishment. Grieve is the entertainment of the gawkers of authenticity.
How do you see an Occupation of Tompkins actually going?
EV Grieve: I hope that there's a robust turnout. I think it will be good for the East Village's soul.
62 people are currently numbered as attending, via the event's Facebook page.


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The names of Gustav Mahler and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are inseparable. Willem Mengelberg's pioneering work in Mahler's own guest performances with the orchestra have laid the foundation under the Dutch Mahler cult and the RCO's Mahler tradition, that flourished ever since. During the past years Daniele Gatti has conducted strong and spectacular performances of four Mahler symphonies as a guest conductor. After the Fifth, Ninth, Sixth and Third, Gatti's first Mahler symphony as chief conductor was the Second Symphony. With this recording RCO Live is beginning a new Mahler cycle with Daniele Gatti.
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (Ladder fern)
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicinae
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Lomariopsidaceae
Genus: Nephrolepis
Species: N. cordifolia
Binomial name: Nephrolepis cordifolia
Synonyms: Aspidium cordifolium, Aspidium pendulum, Aspidium tuberosum, Aspidium volubile, Nephrodium pendulum, Nephrodium tuberosum, Nephrolepis radicans, Nephrolepis tuberose, Polypodium cordifolium.
Common names: Ladder fern, Erect sword fern,Tuber ladder fern, Chinese ladder fern, tuber sword fern, Boston fern, Fishbone Fern, Herringbone fern, Sword fern.
Nephrolepis cordifolia is a tropical or perhaps pantropical fern, Its classification in the NZ National Pest Plant Accord it is that it is banned from being sold, propagated or distributed. There is a similar native ladder fern, but it has no tubers and is rare and is found only in geothermal sites and on Raoul Island.
Nephrolepis cordifoli is a terrestrial or epiphytic fern that grows to one metre in height, with rhizomes and producing many long runners. Tuber ladder ferns have round, 1-3cm hairy potato-like tubers. This is the only fern with tubers. Leaves: fronds are 40-100 x 5-8cm erect and arching when long with serrated leaflets Tuber ladder ferns spread by spores, runners and tubers. Dense, long-lived patches are formed, often spreading to cover large areas. It grows in damp or dry, on ground or trees, in the open or shady spots. It can grow in most soil types, and in hot to mid-cool temperatures. It invades disturbed bush and shrubland, fern land, tussock land, coastal forest and stream sides by crowding out groundcovers, shrubs and other ferns. It can contribute to streamside erosion. Runners and tubers quickly spread from dumped vegetation and soil, occasionally through flooding. Runners and tubers will both resprout if not disposed of carefully.
The top side of fertile frond
This is the only fern with tubers.
The underside of a fertile frond
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This is something we all already know, but like they say, a reinforcing dose once in a while does some good.
Imagine the site of a road accident, now this may vary from country to country on what might occur around such an event- but here i delve into the details on what usually happens at such situations in India. Imagine a road accident in which two vehicles collided, say, a motorcycle and a car; the motorcyclist was injured and rushed to a hospital, people soon gather around the site of the accident where the motorbike lies on the ground. People talk, as a new person joins the crowd to see what's happening, he asks his neighbor, "What happened here?" and similar question to which the neighbor replies with 'his' imagination/ understanding/ interpretation/ perspective to what might have happened.
Usually in such crowds, random strangers start talking to each other. It is these conversations which interest me, so here are some which I have heard first-hand:
- Some comment on the lose skills of the motorcyclist, that it was he who was irrational, or driving too fast, or rash, or not paying attention to the road.
- Some blame the driver of the car who did not watch the biker, or was talking on the phone or did not indicate his wish to make a turn.
- Some people pity the biker and discuss on how injured he was; this works from "poor guy, probably broke his leg" to "lucky guy, just got away with a few bruises, could have been much worse".
- Some are constantly intrigued on what might have 'actually' happened and ask the same question "What happened here?" to 5-6 different people in order to get a grip on what might have occurred. Point to be noted here, such people, after they have sufficient information, just walk away, without any comments or talking anymore.
- Some people just stand and stare. I have no idea what goes on in their heads, but they stand and stare for an hour easily, just nodding to the comments of others.
- Some come, see, say nothing and walk on.
- There are always one or two people who go near the motorbike lying on the ground, evaluate its condition vocally, giving verdicts and touching its broken parts; something like conducting a survey, then gather an audience to explain what they infer from the condition of the vehicle.
If you take some time to just notice the behavior of such a group, let it not be an accident site, let it be any gathering of people where you see some confusion, for whatever reason, you would see analogous behaviors. What I noticed from these situations is that, many people come, see and construct their opinion on what happened, whose fault was it, and how it could have been better/ avoided.
Many a times, if you walk around listening to different people in the same crowd, you would hear drastically different opinions and also drastically different narrations on what happened. The narration of the events that took place change significantly on how one interpreted the whole happening. The people who witnessed the event would also narrate the story differently, making it clear whose fault it was; and different witnesses blame different people for the event. Their narration would also support their claims of who was at fault.
What is my take from this? Given a situation, the same situation, it is the interpretation of the situation which actually matters and not the actual situation. It is the way one looks at it which makes it bad, intolerable, manageable, good, boon-in-disguise or horrible. All these adjectives can be applied to the exactly same occurrence.
This reminds me of a wise man who once said, 'Men are not influenced by things, but by their thoughts about things'. The wise man being Epictetus.
This one line summarizes the gist of what I am trying to say here. A calm and composed man sees the world as calm too, for him, every situation can be dealt with calmly, there is nothing which would create anxiety in him, every 'situation' would have a solution, some would come instantly, some would take time and thought to resolve, but every problem has a solution, and he would seek it calmly. The same is true for an anxious man, he would get anxious at the smallest of issues, everything would be confusing, the world would be in chaos for him. It is just how you look at things, it is not the reality but your perspective which makes situation good or bad. You spurting ketchup on your shirt is not the end of the world, it is not even embarrassing, could have happened to anyone. It was an accident, look up the meaning of the word, 'An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.' It wouldn't have been called an accident if it were not to happen unknowingly or to your best shirt, or right before your big presentation. Things happen, get over it. 🙂
Something I tell people quite often 'There is your perspective, there is others' perspective and there is the truth, to everything. Look for that truth'.
Hope we gained something from this short read. I gained something while writing it, maybe you gained something while reading it. 🙂


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Food demand makes up 26% of the global Ecological Footprint.
Two major issues when addressing food sufficiency, malnutrition, and hunger (UN Sustainable Development Goal 2) are:
1. Resource inefficiency in food production.
Animal calories are significantly more resource intensive than plant calories to produce. In fact, China's government is committed to reducing meat consumption by 50% by 2030. This would reduce the Ecological Footprint by more than 126 million global hectares and move the date of Overshoot Day back 1.5 days (according to China's current Ecological Footprint figures).
2. Food waste.
About one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption — 1.3 billion tonnes every year — gets lost or wasted, with high and low-income countries dissipating roughly the same quantities of food, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. That's equivalent to 9% of humanity's Ecological Footprint.
In the United States, an estimated 40% of the food goes to waste. That's the equivalent of the total Ecological Footprint of Peru and Belgium combined, or the total biocapacity of Mexico.
One target of UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 Sustainable Consumption and Production is to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030. If we cut food waste in half worldwide, we would move Overshoot Day by 11 days.


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ABELL, Charles S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Principal Deputy for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. Served as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy) from 8 May 2001 to 14 November 2002.
ADAMS, Wayne T. Brigadier General. Commanding officer at El Toro AFB in 1991. Was forced into early retirement due to allegations that he abused military aircraft for personal excursions.
AGENBROAD, Jerry. Colonel. On February 24, l995, five days after "60 Minutes" did a story on the illegal C-130 acquisitions, Colonel Jerry Agenbroad was found hanging in the Bachelor Officers Quarters at El Toro. He was in charge of MWR at the time of his death and at one time headed the air museum [one aspect of Iran-Contra was the "sale" of working aircraft from air museums to the CIA or their contractors].
ALBIN, Gary, Lieutenant Colonel. Lieutenant Colonel Gary Albin was returning some flight manuals to Sabow the morning he was murdered. Getting no answer, Albin decided to wait on the porch and try again. This probably saved Sally Sabow's life as the original intent was probably to murder of Sally and "suicide" of James.
BALDWIN, Cheryl. NCIS, Crime Scene Investigator
BARBEE, Peter, Captain USMC. A Marine Corps officer. In 1985, Barbee was a Captain in the Marine Corps in Tustin, CA serving as a helicopter aircraft commander. Barbee was selected for a degree completion program, so he left the Marines for two years to obtain a BA at the University of California at Irvine. During this time, Col Sabow became aware of drugs on the base at El Toro. He and his staff decided to use undercover methods to find out how the drugs were getting there. Somebody recommended Barbee, who, had a rapport with the troops. In the latter part of 1987, Col. Sabow contacted Barbee and discussed his concern about drug trafficking within the El Toro and Tustin bases. Source: "The Strange Death of Colonel Sabow" by Gary Null, PhD.
BEDELL, John Patrick. Pentagon subway shooter obsessed with death of Col. James Sabow, USMC. From Hollster, CA
BEISSNER, James was the Orange County Coroner.
BURNETT, Bryan. Court-certified gunshot residue analyst and crime scene reconstruct. He may have been the one that discovered the doctored crime scene photo of JS in which the welt on the back of his head was photo shopped out. He may have performed a crime scene reconstruction of the event.
BUSH, George H. W. CIA Director 30 January 1976 to 20 January 1977.
CALERO, Adolfo, Contra leader alleged to be engaged in Iran-Contra drugs for guns trafficking in and out of USA with CIA proprietary company support.
CALLAHAN, Bill. Colonel. Jim Sabow's best friend. He may be able to refute all the allegations the JS was going to be formally charged with before his death.
CASEY, Bill. Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) close to Representative Bull McCollum (FL), who was implicated in the Florida-based CIA drug-running operations.
CASTILLO, Celerino. Former DEA agent Celerino Castillo, along with Dave Harmon, gave the following account in their 1994 book, Powder Burns: Cocaine, Contras and the Drug War: "… every pilot had his own preferred technique for getting his illegal payload to U.S. soil. Some liked the John Wayne approach, flashing their CIA credentials at Florida airfields and unloading the drugs in plain view. Those who wanted to maintain a lower profile shipped the kilos out in innocuous cargoes like towels, seafood, frozen vegetables or auto parts. Many landed at military bases around the United States, knowing no one would inspect a Contra plane…."
COLLINGWOOD, FNU. Congressional liaison and public affairs officer for the FBI, a man by the name of Collingwood, signed letter to Dr. Sabow stating, in essence, that the FBI had already conducted investigations into the matter in 1993, and had found absolutely no evidence of foul play. They were sorry that his brother was dead, but it was over. The FBI didn't want any part of it. (Gary Null, "The Strange Death of Colonel Sabow," Pacifica Radio Network, no date provided.)
COLLINS, Fred. FBI Special Agent, FBI Agents Bill Grode and Fred Collins of the north central FBI district in Minneapolis sent a report on the case to Washington. Sabow subsequently learned that from Washington it had been referred to the Los Angeles FBI bureau but that "it was too hot to handle" and sent back to Washington….
CRAYCRAFT, FNU. NCIS Special Agent. Approximately one week after Sabow's death, NCIS Special Agent Craycraft visited Sally. According to Sally, the agent told her, "I could swear it was Joe [Underwood]. I just can't pin it on him." "Review of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Investigation into the Death of Colonel James Emery Sabow, United States Marine Corps," Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense, 6/5/96, p. 23, copy in author's possession. According to the OIG report, Craycraft denied making this statement.
DASCHLE, Tom, Senator. [Then] Senator Tom Daschle is currently working with Sabow. His plan is to request a special Senate inquiry and a meeting with Janet Reno and Louis Free in the hopes of obtaining a federal grand jury investigation.[
DAVIS, J. K. Major General, USMC. Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 July 1983 to 31 May 1986. Had dinner with General Adams, General Davison [OIG] at Adams' residence the evening of 1/18/91. JS calls him the night before his death (1/21/91)
DAVISON, Hollis, General USMC. Inspector General for the Marine Corps arrived at ET AFB to investigate supposed misuse of military aircraft by Col. Underwood.
FACKLER, Martin L. Colonel USA (Ret). Medical Corps, he was a battlefield surgeon, and the head of the Wound Ballistics Laboratory for the US Army's Medical Training Center, Letterman Institute. Fackler examined the autopsy report of JS and concluded that:
"The position of the shotgun (under his body) and the lack of gross blood on the front of the white garments that Col. Sabow was wearing at the time of his death make suicide appear, to me, unlikely…."
"The amount of blood, and edema, found at the autopsy in Col. Sabow's lungs would seem, to me, to indicate that he took at least a dozen breaths after the shot. The structures destroyed by the shot, would seem to preclude this: the autopsy report states "No intact brainstem, including midbrain, pons, or cerebral peduncle is identified.:
"The fact that none of Col. Sabow's fingerprints were found on the shotgun seems strange to me, but the techniques of fingerprinting are out of my field of expertise. One of the reasons given, however, for the lack of fingerprints – that the barrel gets so hot that any fingerprints on it would be burned off – is simply absurd. This is within my area of expertise: I have handled many shotguns immediately after they have been fired – the barrels are not even hot to the touch."
"Since no blood went out the back of his head, I would expect more of it to blow back and be over things in the front of him. As far as I'm concerned, that's the most supportive evidence to support Dr. Sabow's beliefs."
FELDMAN, Jack PhD. Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience at UCLA. He lectures worldwide and has published over 500 treatises on how the nervous system controls breathing. Dr. Feldman reviewed the JS autopsy report and couldn't understand how blood entered the lungs as JS would've died instantly because his brain vaporized after the gunshot wound making breathing impossible. Dr. Jack Feldman writes and signs an affidavit stating,
"Colonel Sabow was rendered unconscious or immobile by a blow to the head that fractured the base of the skull, causing bleeding into the pharynx. Breathing continued after this injury, aspirating blood into the lung. Sometime later, a shotgun was placed in the mouth and triggered, causing death and obscuring any evidence of prior injury."
FIX, Ron. Colonel. According to Lt. Col. Craig Roberts, retired Army officer, former Marine and noted investigative journalist: "The Navy and Marines have a section on each base that deals with the morale, welfare and recreation of the personnel and families. It used to be called "Special Services," where you could check out sports equipment or play games, pool, etc. It has expanded and now personnel are assigned to maintain a facility, organize events, meetings, and handle all recreational or civilian related activities. The Morale Officer is a regular officer with other duties that has this as an additional duty assignment." [*] Colonel Ron Fix was in charge of this department and, among other duties, was in charge of letting all civilian contracts, including those for proprietary airlines. He also was capable of making the arrangements for acquisitions and dispersal of planes through the base air museum.
FOUQUER, FNU Captain, Deputy Provost Marshall. Several minutes after the fatal shot was fired, the Provost Marshall, Major Goodrow and his deputy, Captain Fouquer arrived on the scene. Their radio dispatch was intercepted by Sergeant Randy Robinson, an M.P. patrolling in the vicinity, who arrived a minute later.
FREEH, Louis Joseph. served as the fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from September 1993 to June 2001.
FRIEND, Bob. Major USMC. Interviewed by the Inspector General about JS misconduct. Apparently he claimed that the official transcript of the interview didn't match what he said.
GARZA, Eddie. Cousin to Rudy Garza. Like his cousin, Eddie Garza was involved in a great deal of violence and drug trafficking….
GARZA, Rudy. Drug dealer, attacked Marine Pete Barbee who killed him and was in turn sentence to one and a half years in prison by a local court and police system that appear to have been in the drug dealer's pockets. While in jail, Barbee was threatened and beaten. He was told he would be killed in jail. At one point, Barbee was moved from his cell block to another one, right next to Rudy Garza's cousin, Eddie. Like his cousin, Eddie Garza was involved in a great deal of violence and drug trafficking….
GOODROW, FNU Major, Provost Marshall, USMC. Several minutes after the fatal shot was fired, the Provost Marshall, Major Goodrow and his deputy, Captain Fouquer arrived on the scene. Their radio dispatch was intercepted by Sergeant Randy Robinson, an M.P. patrolling in the vicinity, who arrived a minute later.
GRAY, Alfred Jr., General, Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 July 1987. The memo that General Adams drafted regarding Sabow's alleged suicide was addressed to him. Gray is a veteran of the CIA-DoD assassination program in Viet-Nam, the Pheonix Program.
GRIGGS, George, Colonel. In 1987 Herndon was Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps under General Al Gray. One of Gray's immediate subordinates was Colonel George Griggs. As Grigg's wife, Kay Pollard Griggs, told the author, "Army General Carl Stiner, Marine General Jim Joy, General Charles Wilhelm, head of Marine Southern Command – part of Joint Special Operations Command, and my husband who worked under him at the State Department – they're all Al Gray's boys. They do the assassinations. Say if they've got someone who's talking too much. Gray will say, 'We've got a problem….'[*] According to Griggs, Gray is heavily involved in drug-smuggling. Herndon was stationed in Panama – a key drug transshipment point – and had a key position with Special Operations (CIA), training death squads in Central America. "They train assassins," says Griggs. "It's called the Phoenix Program, but it involves mind-control…. It's an old boy network, it's an institution, and it's run through the State Department….[*] As Griggs says, "Herndon is one of Al Gray's boys." According to Griggs, Steiner, Linda Tripp's boss, was the head of the JFK assassin school (a nickname). Joy was with the Delta Force, and according to Griggs, trained the operatives that went into Waco and were involved in abducting Panamanian President Manuel Noriega.
GRODE, Bill, FBI Special Agent. FBI Agents Bill Grode and Fred Collins of the north central FBI district in Minneapolis sent a report on the case to Washington. Sabow subsequently learned that from Washington it had been referred to the Los Angeles FBI bureau but that "it was too hot to handle" and sent back to Washington.
HANEY, Julie. NCIS Investigator took on the Sabow case in 2010.
HARRIES, Betsy, Captain, Provost Marshall. Mr. Wheaton alleged that Mr. Robinson had informed him that Col. Underwood had directed the Provost Marshal, Capt. Betsy Harries, to keep all military policemen away from the unidentified aircraft while they were on the airfield. "In our interview of Mr. Robinson, he stated that on one occasion he had gone to Col. Underwood's office to brief him on an investigation and that Capt. Harries had accompanied him. During the conversation the topic of aircraft landing late at night came up and Col. Underwood told them "Keep your ass off the airstrip at night. Leave those airplanes alone. Don't go near them. Don't worry about them…."[OIG report, p. 24.] (See Appendix) According to the OIG report, Harries would later deny this, and control tower personal, and emergency fire and rescue personnel would deny any knowledge of the landings.
HENDRICKS, Chuck, C-130 Crew. Chuck Hendricks and Bob Weldon, crew members on a C-l30, were killed in Angola when their plane crashed. The plane was registered to St. Lucia Airline which was formed by Oliver North and Ted Shackley. The cargo included small arms and other weapons. Hendricks was from Mena, Arkansas. Weldon is the nephew of Congressman Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania.
HUNTER, Duncan. Congressman that passed the HR Act to re-investigate the death of James Sabow.
JACOBS, Mike. Orange County DA, belived the JS was murdered.
LANG III, George Colonel. USMC Deputy Staff Judge Advocate in Washington. Apparently dictated a "script" stating their intention to convince Dr. Sabow that his brother's death was a suicide. The call was made on March 8, l99l, the day before Sabow was to meet with General Adams.
LICHTBLAU, Eric. Now with the New York Time, at the time with the Los Angeles Times after years of work as an investigative reporter covering the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for national reporting. He was the primary reporter on the Sabow story and evidently it was decided early on by his editors that he was not to apply his considerable investigative reporting skills to this specific case.
MCBRIDE, Paul, Captain USMC. Legal counsel for James Sabow when he was being investigated by the OIG.
MORGAN, Thomas R. General. Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1 June 1986. Got to know CIA aviation in Viet-Nam 1968-1969.
NAKASONE, Burt. NCIS, Forensic Officer
NORDBY, Jon Dr. PhD. Forensic medical specialisty hired by DoD to refute the evidence.
NULL, Gary. Dr. Radio talk show host and health author.
PLUMLEE, William "Tosh." Testified to the Kerry Commission that he flew C-130s into El Toro AFB filled with drugs and then flew back to South America with cache's of weapons.
POINDEXTER, John. Admiral, National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan in 1980's during Iran-Contra.
RICH, Wayne, Colonel. Assistant Attorney General of the United States [??] Present at a meeting between David Sabow, General Wayne Adams, General David Shuter and General J.K. Davis at El Toro AFB after it was learned that DS was going to go to the LA TIMES and complain that he was being stonewalled regarding evidence (autopsy, fingerprint etc.) of the investigation into the death of JS. U.S. Department of Agriculture program named "Screw Worm," [??]
ROBINSON, Randy, Sergeant. MP who was patrolling the area when Gen. Adams made a radio call to the provost martial Maj. Goodrow and his deputy Capt. Fouquer. He is the third person to arrive at the scene. At the scene he observed several NIS personnel handling the shotgun without gloves. May have witnessed crime scene tampering.
ROSS, Ricky. Celebrated black entrepreneur who converted Nicaguan Contra drugs from Blandon, possibly brought in by CIA via El Toro, into the crack cocaine Explosion.
RUBINSTEIN, David Dr. Radiologist, Denver's University Hospital wrote, "The depressed skull fracture… is not likely to have resulted from the shotgun blast. What caused the depressed fracture is open to speculation. It is unlikely to have occurred if the patient fell backwards and struck the ground."
SABOW, Deirdre. Daughter; was a sophomore at Mater Dei HS in 1991.
SABOW, James E. Colonel. Vietnam vet that flew over 200 sorties during the war and was awarded with a Bronze Star. Eight days before his death he was promoted to the position of Acting Chief of Staff of Marine Corps Air Operations for the Western United States.
SCHOU, Nick. Journalist for the Orange County Weekly, the most active investigative journalist pursuing the case since its inception.
SCOTT, Archibald. Friend of Jim Sabow and Underwood. Was at a meeting that took place on 1/21 at Underwoods' residence where JS told him that, "Quitters never win and winners never quit."
SHACKLEY, Ted. Christic asserts that the Secret Team is headed by defendant Theodore Shackley, who served as CIA Deputy Director in charge of worldwide covert operations under the agency's former director, George Bush.
SHEEHAN, Danny. Counsel hired by David Sabow to investigate the death of JS.
SINGHANIA, Aruna. Dr. Performed the autopsy in Orange County on JS.
SPITZ, Werner. Professor of Pathology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and one of the most well known forensic pathologist in the world.
TAYLOR, Bill
UNDERWOOD, Joseph. Colonel. 2nd in command at El Toro AFB in 1991. Was forced into early retirement due to allegations that he abused military aircraft for personal reasons. He was the next door neighbor to Col. James Sabow. He is a suspect in the death of Sabow. In 1980-1981 he was under investigation by the NIS (Naval Investigation Service) for smuggling $300-$400k worth of contraband into the US. The NIS investigation lasted for 10 months and then dropped the charges for "unknown reasons."
VERDUCCI, Anthony, Captain later Colonel. "The entire matter was bizarre, according to Captain Anthony Verducci from the JAG office," says Sabow. "The alleged victim never filed a complaint before Robinson's arrest and never testified in court against him." Colonel Lucas ordered Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Verducci to write a JAGMAN report – a non-criminal investigation, concurrent with the NCIS report. As Verducci writes in a letter to Dr. Sabow: "He (Lucas) made it clear that I was not to investigate the matters that the IG had investigated. He told me that the family had endured enough pain and that they should be spared any additional allegations and investigations. Colonel Lucas reminded me that NCIS was conducting the criminal investigation, and told me I should be able to satisfy the requirements of the JAGMAN without bothering the family or waiting for a complete NCIS investigation." Verducci added that he thought "that Colonel Sabow did not die of a self-inflicted gunshot wound." (letter of Lt. Col. Anthony J. Verducci, USMC, 3/25/99, copy in author's possession.) Colonel Verducci, a JAG officer at the time of the murder, has said on record that Colonel Sabow was murdered. He was assigned by Colonel Lucas to do the first JAGMAN (Judge Advocate General Manual) investigation in the death. Verducci stated that after he was assigned to conduct the re-investigation by the Commanding General, Drax Williams, Colonel Walker in the JAG office gave him a yellow-pad that was compiled by Colonel Lange containing a list of items which were to be the official findings of the re-investigation. Verducci refused to be a part of this scheme. Consequently, he was relieved of the responsibility of conducting the investigation. As Verducci states, "This was nothing more than me reviewing the death certificate stating the name, age and address of Colonel Sabow, much like you would quote in a newspaper obituary." He was told not to wait for any of the criminal material from NCIS.
WADE, Tom, Sergeant. On January 12, 1991, Inspector General Hollis Davison's team visited El Toro.[*] The first place they went was to Building 53 – the records department. They ordered Sergeant Felix Segovia to access the command staff computers. Segovia assigned this task to Sergeant Tom Wade, his networking specialist. When Wade accessed the MWR computers, he discovered that they were completely "purged." There was absolutely nothing in their memory, not even a program! Arriving home from church services on Christmas Day, l994, Sergeant Tom Wade was dragged from his car as his four-year old daughter watched, then shot in the head, execution style. The girl spent the night whimpering in the car.
Even though the killing occurred off-base in a civilian apartment complex, the Marines cordoned off Wade's apartment, not allowing the local police to investigate. The County Sheriff informed Gene Wheaton (who was working for Dr. Sabow) that the Marines sealed Wade's apartment before local law enforcement agencies could conduct their investigation, on the grounds of "national security." Wade's death remains a mystery.[*]
WALKER, FNU Colonel. Verducci stated that after he was assigned to conduct the re-investigation by the Commanding General, Drax Williams, Colonel Walker in the JAG office gave him a yellow-pad that was compiled by Colonel Lange containing a list of items which were to be the official findings of the re-investigation. Verducci refused to be a part of this scheme. Consequently, he was relieved of the responsibility of conducting the investigation.
WHEATON, Gene. A retired military investigator, learned about David Sabow from an LA TIMES article and offered his help.
WILHELM, Charles, General. In 1987 Herndon was Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps under General Al Gray. One of Gray's immediate subordinates was Colonel George Griggs. As Grigg's wife, Kay Pollard Griggs, told the author, "Army General Carl Stiner, Marine General Jim Joy, General Charles Wilhelm, head of Marine Southern Command – part of Joint Special Operations Command, and my husband who worked under him at the State Department – they're all Al Gray's boys. They do the assassinations. Say if they've got someone who's talking too much. Gray will say, 'We've got a problem….'[*]
WILLIAMS, Leslie, Captain. Captain Leslie Williams, who had worked for and admired Colonel Sabow, was extremely critical of the accusations against him, and made her feelings known. In spite of high ratings given her performance, she was "passed over" for promotion and forced to resign.
WILLWORTH, Jim, Journalist with TIME Magazine. Dr. Sabow informed Jim Willworth, an investigative reporter for Time magazine, about Barbee, and he subsequently interviewed him in depth several times. Willworth later told Dr. Sabow, "I've done this business for 28 years. This man is legitimate." After Jim Willworth's interview, the prosecution changed the charge against Barbee from first-degree murder to manslaughter….


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Passport and Activity Book
While at the market, stop by the Information booth at the Grand Timber Haus and pick up a Christkindlmarket Passport. Inside are activities, coloring pages, and a special at-market contest!
The Contest:
Take your passport to vendor booths that have a "Passport Stamping Station" sign, collect at least 5 stamps, and bring your passport back to the Timber Haus information window so you can be entered to win a great prize from our one of our Kinder Club Sponsors!
If the vendor you visit is busy, keep looking for other Stamping Stations. Remember to say "Bitte" and "Dankeschön!"
The Small Print:
Your last chance to enter the drawing in 2018 is December 24th at 12:00 PM. Entries must be turned in to the Information Window in the Grand Timber Haus to be included in the drawing. Entrants will remove the first page of the Passport, fill out proper contact information, and turn that in. The rest of the Passport may be taken home. Winners do not have to be present at the time of drawing, and will be contacted by e-mail or phone provided upon entry. This contact information will only be used for the purpose of contacting winners. Other activities in the Passport do not have to be completed to enter contest.
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February is a popular birthday month! My husband, aunt, and three of my close friends all have February birthdays, so I have a major birthday card session in January. I made only one design this year, with a slight variation. They're much more vibrant than last year's designs.
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Shop The World is locally owned and operated by the Long Family who has had a 35 year presence in Rockport, Texas. On April 29, 2006 we celebrated our 1 year anniversary and we are extremely grateful for the overwhelming support that we have received from Rockport and the surrounding coastal communities.
The Long Family has been traveling overseas for 15 years, and they have extensive knowledge on importing and locating quality merchandise. They like to travel to remote villages to locate small family owned factories and build long term relationships with the owners who in turn provide us with some of the best merchandise at reasonable prices and designs that are exclusive to Shop The World. You only have to open our doors to be amazed at the variety of coastal furniture, unique nautical dťcor, specialty gifts and an impressive collection of all weather PVC Furniture.
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As he faces a civil suit by the Financial Markets Authority in New Zealand, London-based former Hanover director Eric Watson saw his wealth drop on the British Sunday Times Rich List which was published at the weekend.
The Warriors co-owner was in 659th position with a fortune put at £118 million ($234 million) - down £2 million and down 76 spots from last year.
Watson is just ahead of rock star Phil Collins.
Watson retains interests in New Zealand. He breeds racehorses and has stakes in Soul Bar and Bendon.
He has estimated that the businesses he is associated with employ about 500 people in New Zealand.
But despite Watson's not-so-small fortune, he doesn't make New Zealand's top 10 richlisters.
The British-based former Lion Nathan head Sir Douglas Myers remains the wealthiest Kiwi on the list. His estimated fortune has increased £42 million to £429 million.
Banker David Richwhite, who turned 64 on Sunday, gained £26 million to £389 million and took 228th spot on the list.
He passes the Queen, whose fortune is measured at £310 million.
Alan Gibbs, who led the privatisation and restructuring of Telecom NZ and helped set up Sky TV, ranks alongside X Factor creator Simon Cowell and is estimated to be worth £225 million; Sir Colin Giltrap has lifted his fortune to £118 million.
The combined wealth of the 1000 richest men and women in Britain has risen to record levels in the past year, despite the economic slump.
Their total fortune has grown by just under 5 per cent to £414 billion.
Heading the list for the seventh year running is the steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, although his wealth has fallen £4.8 billion to £12.7 billion, placing him just £385 million aheadof Alisher Usmanov, whose Metalloinvest is Russia's biggest iron ore producer.
Third-placed Roman Abramovich, owner of soccer club Chelsea, has fallen £800 million to £9.5 billion.
The richest woman is Staffordshire-born former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli, who shares a £7.4 billion fortune with her husband, pharmaceutical magnate Ernesto, founder of the Alinghi yachting syndicate.


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My First Car!Reviewing: Maruti Udyog Maruti 800 | Rating:
Maruti 800 was my first car. I bought this about 7 years back. That was before my marriage. I was working as a teacher in a school around 40 km away from my place.Traveling by bus to and fro was hectic as I had to catch two buses to reach there.So I bought an economy car which had an above average mileage.
Maruti 800 was at that time becoming common man's car. I consulted with my friends and family and they all suggested I go for this. I availed an auto loan to buy this car.
I was very comfortable driving this car. I use to get 20 to 22 km/l mileage. There was practically no or little maintenance done for the car in the initial years.
My Maruti 800 was using 0.8 L 3 cylinder engine and it had 4 speed manual gear system. The leg space was less and height of the vehicle was also less.
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- Cooking spray
- 2 large russet potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds total)
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan (3/4-ounce)
- Salt
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet withcooking spray.
Cut each of the potatoes in half lengthwise. Rest each half on its flat side and cut each half lengthwise, straight down into 4 even slices. You will have 16 slices altogether. Cut the rounded edge off of the outermost slices so each slice can lay completely flat on either side. Put the potatoes into a medium bowl and toss with the oil.
Place the potatoes on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the potatoes with cheese on their up-facing side and continue to bake for another 15 to 20 minutes, until they are crisp and golden brown. There is no need to turn them. Season with salt and serve immediately.
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Calories 200; Total Fat 6g; (Sat Fat 1.5 g, Mono Fat 2 g, Poly Fat 1 g) ; Protein 7 g; Carb 31 g; Fiber 2 g; Cholesterol 5 mg; Sodium 135 mg
Excellent source of: Vitamin B6, Potassium
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From the wooden interiors of a retro tram to the modern self-driving metro line 5 here's all you need to know about public transport in Milan.
Author: Rick
The Scottish Highlands: Into the Wild
Wild landscapes, tropical beaches, freezing weather, friendly people, a heard of deer on a football pitch. The Highlands can be surprising in many ways.
Clarksdale: the Abandoned Capital of Blues
Mention the town of Clarskdale, Mississippi, to a blues lover and you'll see their eyes brightening. I went there, to the Devil's Crossroad, to see what that all is about.
Turkish Restaurants on Green Lanes: My Top List
My favourite Turkish Restaurants in Harringay Green Lanes, your top choice to get the best Turkish food in London for a decent price!
Tips for a Visit to Rome
Some useful tips for your visit in Rome: where to sleep where to eat, how to move around and how to save money!
Machu Picchu: a cheap and sustainable way to visit
The most famous and spectacular way to reach Machu Picchu is hiking the Inca Trail: a path carved across the side of mountains that takes about four days, according to the route you choose. It recently became so popular that the maximum capacity is quickly reached and it's quite hard to find a place in […]
Lake Titicaca: a few days between Islands and Folklore
Lake Titicaca is well worth spending a few days but make sure you get the most out of it. Follow our tips and avoid our mistakes!
Night Tube in London: Finally!
The night service on the London tube is finally a reality. But will it be a blissful blessing or a puke-soaked disaster? For sure you can ask your friends from Walthamstow to stay for one more drink after 8pm.
A Week in Rome
My suggestion for a trip of 7 days in Rome, touching the basics but also exploring the city off the beaten track, including a couple of day trips to the seaside and to the charming hills, a paradise of peace and food.
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The peaceful Moorish alleys of Lisbon are invading by stinky and noisy tuk-tuks dragging a heavy load of tourists. Is it really necessary? Is it possible to promote tourism in a city without destroying it in the process?


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Blackberries,pies, and andrew
Its been blackberry season here for about a month now. The blackberries ripen in waves. They are delectable. I hadnt had the chance to pick any yet so this afternoon I set out to go to a patch nearby. I probably got a good six cups of berries picked. They were so good! I couldnt help eating a lot of the ones i came across- juicy and perfect. Mmm. One reason i wanted to pick so many is that a pie sounded just lovely. Believe it or not, i had never made a pie before! It would not have won an award for looks but the taste more than made up for that. :) we can now see jolts and pokes from andrew on my stomach as he moves. Its rather cute. :) this week is a busy one. I work all day tomorrow filling in for the lead teacher who is off. The extra hours will be lovely on the check but it will be crazy trying to get everything done by myself! The rest of the week i thankfully have my regular shift back and regular job of assistant rather than lead teacher! Wednesday will be fun. Wic appointment and day off for me and josh for our anniversary. If i can id like to look in some of the bigger stores down south to see the strollers and car seats that they have. Im moreso looking forward though to getting to spend the day with my wonderful husband :) thursday, childbirth classes start. Saturday, ill be going down with our church to a voice of the martyrs conference in olympia. We leave at 615 am. I know it will definitely be worth it though :) sunday is a friend s wedding. Busy busy busy!
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First minutes of Spring 2018 seemed like the perfect time for a little Spring cleaning on the Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad Lyndonville Subdivision. Just 20 minutes from the 'o... (more)
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As winter comes, it is easy to not want to leave your house, or your couch for that matter! We have an idea to keep you on track: Register for the 2016 Do the Bloom Color Run. If you have a goal of running the 5K on April 23, you might be more likely to stay active this winter!
We had such a great time last April and are certain that getting dusted in color, while being active, should be high on your "fun things to experience in 2016" list! You can consider Do the Bloom a public service for you AND our community since the proceeds go toward public art projects in Anacortes!
Go ahead and commit to this run, take a step toward a healthy, colorful you!


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Commentary, information and resources related to green manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing and sustainability in the US and abroad. Based on information from a variety of sources (web to print) and including technical information from researchers in the field as well as researchers at the University of California in the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS - lmas.berkeley.edu).
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Innovation and Sustainability
(Or creating "new" value)
In one of my previous posts the subject of externalized costs was dealt with in some detail (see the posting of December 29th, 2012 to be specific.) The idea that we are not really paying for the true expenses associated with the products we consume. The discussion went on to muse about how we might address that.
You might also recall a posting in this blog a long time ago (July 2009) speaking about the "next leap forward" in manufacturing. The evolution of manufacturing in terms of productivity, flexibility, response time, work philosophy or business model, and market responsiveness/customer "pull" shows the evidence of tremendous changes from the earliest organized industry or manufacturing in the 1800s up to today. These changes correspond to distinct periods of production. These periods can be characterized as the craft period, mass production period, flexible production period and lean manufacturing period. The point was that, over the years in the progress of manufacturing, different individuals observed ways to increase the value of the operation by, for example, increasing machine availability, reducing errors/increasing yield, organizational improvements, etc. and then adjusted/modified the processes or systems or business models to capture that value.
On a recent trip to Europe for a conference I spent some time catching up on magazines I never get to spend enough time with. The Economist issue of January 12th had an article titled "Has the ideas machine broken down" on the loss (or apparent loss of) innovation in the world - specially the US. It showed a number of types of data purporting to show the decline in growth of GDP per capita (specifically the decline in "percent increase on previous year") in the US starting in about 1950 after several hundred years of steady increase year over year. Don't worry - the GDP/person is still increasing in the US as it is in the world, but the rate of increase is declining. The article quotes Peter Thiel, one of the founders of PayPal, an internet payment company, and the first outside investor in Facebook, a social network, who says that "innovation in America is 'somewhere between dire straits and dead'. Engineers in all sorts of areas share similar feelings of disappointment. And a small but growing group of economists reckon the economic impact of the innovations of today may pale in comparison with those of the past."
Wow. Could it be we don't need any more gadgets or apps?! Maybe we need something that generates real new wealth!
Could sustainable, or at least green, manufacturing be a way to both enhance value and real growth (meaning insure that the resources created by successful businesses and their employees go to growth and not to fix problems created by non- sustainable practices)? That is, if we are not taxed with the costs of healthcare required to "fix" the impacts on humans of pollution (air, water or land), work related problems (hearing loss, injury, etc.), disposal of waste from production and consumption, wouldn't we be able to put some of that revenue towards growing our economy and,at the same time, improve the standard of living of a lot off people?
This semester Dr. Margot Hutchins and I are teaching the Sustainable Manufacturing graduate course in Mechanical Engineering at Berkeley. We have a great group of students who are engaged in the issues, challenges and opportunities. So, a week ago I was starting a lecture on linking manufacturing to sustainability and made the statement to the effect that "there are only three means to create new value in the economy - mining, agriculture and manufacture." Everything else is just redistributing that money in some way (Wall Street/banking money changers, healthcare and education sectors, various other services -- insurance, haircuts, making frapuccinos, etc).
The reaction of the class was strong and immediate. Howls of concern were raised ranging from the inappropriateness of using GDP as a measure of value created (referring to an earlier discussion of the IPAT equation in the class) to comments that this does not value the work or contributions of service sector, psychologists, hairdressers, etc. I tried to explain that this does not create anything "new" and, in some cases, is questionable as to any value. But, the class was not convinced.
So, I resolved to prepare some more background information to prepare the discussion better and try to offer a more reasoned argument.
Although I've seen it referred to in other documents, Bob Lutz, former Chrysler executive and auto industry driver, summed it up like this in a New York Times opinion piece ("Coming Back Home," New York Times, August 4, 2011):
"From the earliest days of economic activity, it's always been recognized that there are only three ways to add value. The first is to "get it out of the ground" by mining (or drilling), thus creating a commercial commodity where none existed before. The second, of course, is "grow it": prepare the soil, fertilize, seed and harvest; again producing, through agriculture, an economically desirable product. The third, and most important, is "making it": using ingenuity, labor and capital to transform the products of mining and growing into hard tangible consumer goods. Other activities, like services, are helpful, but they do not create new wealth the way mining, agriculture and manufacturing do."
This is bolstered by data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis in their input-output tables (available at link). That data shows the economic activity generated per unit of output of a sector. Manufacturing and agriculture are the only two sectors for which one dollar of activity generates more than one dollar of broader economic activity - $1.35 and 1.20, respectively. All others generate less and sometimes significantly less, for example, transportation $0.95 and retail $0.55. Mining is not included in the data.
There is an interesting discussion on this topic on the "as green as it gets.org" website. First, they distinguish between creating wealth and getting rich. They list a few examples - I can inherit a million dollars, and I'd be rich, but I didn't create any wealth. I can convince my government that I'm a good candidate for a research fellowship, and I can get wealthy regardless of what I create. I can steal from my neighbor and make myself wealthy without making wealth. I can exploit natural resources and pull trees out of the jungle and generate income, though most of the wealth was actually generated by Mother Nature.
Turns out, economists identify four different economies:
- Primary economies - the production or extraction of raw materials such as agriculture, forestry,
mining, fishing.
- Secondary economies - manufacturing and processing.
- Tertiary economies - retail, distribution, and service.
- Quaternary economies - research and development, creating ideas and inventions that can later be used by folks in other sections to make a new or better product.
So, continuing to draw on the "asgreenasitgets.org" discussion, wealth is principally generated in manufacturing. In Primary economies, we utilize wealth from Mother Nature. In Secondary economies, we manufacture wealth. In Tertiary economies, we move wealth around. In Quaternary economies, we prepare the manufacturing sector to make more wealth. If you are going to create wealth (which should not be confused with making someone wealthy) you must manufacture. And, the more value added in manufacturing, the more wealth you create.
So, back to innovation and green manufacturing. I used what I thought would be my killer closing argument with the class by again referring to the IPAT equation. In that equation, you'll recall, one term that engineers can influence is "impact/GDP." Meaning, if we wish to offset or blunt the drive for improved standards of living by people around the world (hence consuming more of everything) and the continuous growth of population, then we need to develop manufacturing technologies that reduce the impact (environmental, social, etc.) associated with production and GDP growth.
That's where innovation needs to come in. Processes and systems in the secondary economy that convert materials into new products with substantially reduced impact.
We've actually discussed a number of these kinds of "innovative manufacturing" technologies in other postings here. And we will keep introducing them from time to time as examples of what can be accomplished. As a member of the fourth economy - this is my small contribution to creating wealth.
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Are there any good factory machinery that are good green machinery?ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment. Mori Seiki machine tools, for example, are quite "green" in that they are designed to use less energy when in standby mode and are being manufactured using facilities that are energy efficient. I'll assemble a list of examples in a future blog.ReplyDelete
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Marie Banks
Marie Banks is a USDF Certified Instructor thru Second Level. She owns and runs Blue Ribbon Farm with her sister Alice Petersen. Marie offers training board, lessons, and sales including importing horses from Europe. Marie has over 17 years experience as an instructor and focuses on a logical system of training.
She teaches students of all ages and levels, her goal is for her students to become well rounded, confident, and educated. She has a bachelor's degree in Art from Southampton College and graduated summa cum laude. As a young rider she successfully competed in everything from equitation, hunters, jumpers, to eventing, polo, and dressage. Marie has a lot of experience with handling babies, starting young horses and re-training horses. Marie has been to Germany to learn about sport horse breeding and managing/training young horses.
Marie has succesfully shown through fourth level and regularly rides with Lendon Gray. Her future plans include getting her gold medal and becoming a USDF Certified Instructor through 4th level.
Alice Petersen
Alice Petersen starting riding as a toddler, when her grandfather purchased a pony by the name of Jingle Bells for his grandchilden. She quickly fell in love with Jingles and riding, and the passion which she held as a child is still shown in her riding and training today. As Alice progressed in her riding, she rode in eventing, foxhunting, and equitation- which is where she excelled.
Alice has now been teaching for 25 years. Her teaching and training experience includes hunter jumper, eventing, pony club, and group lessons for all levels of riders. For the last 15 years, she has prioritized her focus in the art of dressage.
In 2001 the USDF certified Alice to teach and train dressage. Additional to the certification, Alice is a silver medallist rider, and herself and her students have trained and competed on horses at the FEI level. Alice's training philosophy is that students and horses can progress with correct training; and have fun doing it.
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Hey all,
Often "time" for authors can seem a little out of whack. I remember when writing Blood Coven, I was often two books ahead from what was out in bookstores. It was tough, sometimes to keep from giving away spoilers and remembering what was already in the published books and what was to come!
Same now with Scorched. While you guys haven't even read the first one yet (unless you were one of the lucky ones to score an ARC at IRA or TLA) I'm already hard at work on Scorched #2, which doesn't come out until September 2014!
So while I promise to be careful with giving out any spoilers, I can tell you we have an (at least temporary) title for book #2. Now there's no guarantee this will stay the title - the powers that be at Sourcebooks have the final say on that! But for now, we're calling book #2 .... drum roll please! ....
What do you think? I'm kind of digging these one word titles, myself. They're a lot easier to say in conversation (as opposed to, say, my first book, "A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur's Court") and, as a bonus, leave more room on the cover for dragon awesomeness. It'll probably be a while before we actually get to see the cover of Shattered - maybe not even until next year! -- but it feels good to have a title at the very least.


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Blah. So here we are, thirty days later. I really thought this post was going to be sunshine and rainbows but the truth is, it's not quite what I had envisioned. The whole patina of the New Year has worn off and old habits, like ditching workouts in favour of couch time, are threatening to make a screaming comeback.
The running is not consistent at all, and I've sunk to a low of running once a week. I don't know what it is about getting off my ass and getting out there, but to me it is ridiculously difficult. It's all good after that first step and I really do enjoy the meditative aspect but how on Earth to make it happen more often? Revised goal: Just run 3x a week. Revised reward: Weight of regret on my mind will lessen. Which counts as losing weight.
Cycling got off to a good start and it's a lot of fun, but so hard to fit in the schedule. I am writing this now instead of doing my planned bike ride. Not too worried about this one though, it's just a matter of getting back into it. Tomorrow, I swear. Revised goal: Get back in the saddle, literally. Revised reward: a) Knowing my triathlon time will be faster and b) see above
The planking challenge started off so promisingly but died at day 8 also known as 60 seconds of planking-my poor little office worker abs just couldn't hack it. I still want that 5 minute plank and so it all begins again tomorrow. With a squat challenge thrown in for extra fun times! Same goal, same reward-just to be able to say I can!
The biggest success came from the grain-free/dairy-free challenge. I really can't say enough good things about how well this is working for me. My energy is through the roof (perhaps I could channel some of the new found energy into running?), the stomach issues miraculously cured after 18 years of getting progressively worse and eczema is a thing of the past, yay! The only thing I miss is beer, although it turns out wine is really not so bad.
Despite the gloom, I am optimistic about February. No reward in the world is going to motivate me-this is the one thing January has taught me. Just gotta get out there and do it knowing I will be faster, stronger and not writing any more self-loathing posts.
Next up: The best races in North America I'm not doing (and some of the ones I am doing)!


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The Golden Age of Rock and Roll, Volume 1 (1955-1959)
About the Anthology
Go back in time with five delightful stories spanning the first half of the Golden Age of Rock and Roll series from 1955-1959. For more information on each novella included in this collection or to read an excerpt, click on the title below.
Love is a Many Splendored Thing – 1955: Will an army widow find love with another military man? Or, will their romance crash and burn?
Love Me Tender – 1956: Can a lady lawyer break the glass ceiling before a younger co-worker breaks her heart?
Wake Up Little Susie – 1957: Will a modern day woman be able to navigate the past, the man she's fallen for, and a younger version of her grandmother?
April Love – 1958: Can the perfect secretary run interference between her boss' family and the many women who want to bed and wed him without losing her heart in the process?
Dream Lover – 1959: What's so special about Nanny #5? Will the bright lights of Paris be her ultimate downfall or the answer to her steamiest dreams?
Play it Again is available in paperback through Amazon or The Wild Rose Press. Digital copies are also available on through Barnes and Noble, Amazon and The Wild Rose Press.
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Canada-Mexico air travel accord set to boost tourism and business links
Canada and Mexico are putting new air travel measures in place that should boost tourism and business opportunities between the two countries, Mexico?s ambassador says.
Francisco Suarez said the change is among the initiatives that could come up when Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meet in Mexico next week. The two leaders will be joined by U.S. President Barack Obama on February 19 for a trilateral summit that is expected to focus on economic co-operation.
In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Suarez said easing restrictions on air travel should increase the number of direct flights between Mexican and Canadian cities, benefiting both tourists and business travellers. Canada and Mexico initially reached an expanded agreement on the issue in 2011 but have not yet ratified the deal.
The ambassador said he is particularly hopeful that direct flights will open up between Mexico City and Calgary because he expects the Canadian city to become an important hub for Mexican energy companies seeking outside expertise. Mexico, which has significant shale-gas deposits and a strong potential for deep-water oil production, recently opened its energy sector to foreign investment after decades of state control.
But Mr. Suarez added that as long as a visa requirement remains in place for Mexican travellers, any increase in flight traffic will be disproportionately in Mexico?s favour. Mexicans have needed visas to travel to Canada since 2009, a restriction that has been criticized as a roadblock to advancing relations between the two countries.
?If we?re going to have a new aviation agreement that liberalizes airplane movement between Canada and Mexico, it?s theoretically so we increase the movement of people both ways,? Mr. Suarez said. ?What?s going to happen is we?re going to have it one way [to Mexico]. So that benefits us.?
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text: User Rating: 5 / 5 Please Rate Vote 1 Vote 2 Vote 3 Vote 4 Vote 5 Safari Tours Safari Tours - No Malaria Pills required South Africa is home to many game parks and safaris, which gives us an opportunity to offer you the best safari tours on offer. The beautiful sceneries and animals give guests an opportunity to cuddle and feed some animals. Please note some parks are situated 30 minutes to an 1 hour away from Johannesburg depending on the park you choose. Please enquire beforehand. Lion And Safari Park A 45 minute drive from Johannesburg is the Lion And Safari Park. Enjoy the scenic drive to the outskirts of the city and appreciate the big cats. We drive in our own vehicle to see the lions in their natural environment. In addition to the famous white lion there are also cheetah and wild dog. Other animals include giraffe, wildebeest, zebra and a variety of antelope: springbok, impala, blesbok, & gemsbok. At the end of our drive, you will have the opportunity to have your photograph taken holding a lion cub and there is often the opportunity to feed members of the local giraffe family. Refreshments and gifts are sold on the premises. PICK-UP TIME: 9:00 to 17:00 / 13:00 to 17:00 COST: R1200 per person (Includes Entrance fees, Meals are not included) Cheetah Centre The cheetah centre is about 1,5 hours north-west of Jo'burg. The Ann Van Dyk Cheetah Centre was established in 1971, initially as a cheetah breeding project but wild dog and other animals are now also bred. Guided tours give fascinating insights into breeding programmes and wildlife conservation. You will have the opportunity of seeing the rare king cheetah. You can have your photograph taken with a cheetah. There is a gift shop available on the premises. PICK-UP TIME: 8:30 to 13:00 / 13:00 to 17:00 COST: R1000 per person (Includes Entrance fees, Meals are not included) The Rhino And Lion Nature Reserve A visit to the Rhino And Lion Nature Reserve offers the opportunity to see many of Africa's wild animals within an hour's drive of Johannesburg. Located in the Cradle of Humankind this nature reserve is home to over 600 head of game. You can see over 30 species of game, including 3 of the big 5, cheetah, wild dog, hippo, crocodile and more than 20 species of antelope. There is also a vulture hide which provides excellent photo opportunities. Should you be interested you can have your photograph taken with a lion cub. Nearby are the Wonder Caves which are but one of the many fossil-bearing cave series in the Cradle of Humankind. The dolomitic hills in this area are 2.6bn years old – more than half the age of the Earth itself. PICK-UP TIME: 8:30 to 13:00 / 13:00 to 17:00 COST: R1000 per person (Includes Entrance fees, Meals are not included) Krugersdorp Game Reserve The Krugerdorp Game Reserve is a little more than 40 minutes drive from central Johannesburg. The Krugerdorp Game Reserve, is relatively small, but it boasts enough wildlife to satisfy any tourist's hankering for an African experience. The Krugerdorp Game Reserve has several different habitats including grasslands, rocky outcrops and forests, which allow it to sustain a variety of game including zebra, giraffe and numerous antelope. There are also some lions in a separate enclosure. PICK-UP TIME: 8:30 to 13:00 / 13:00 to 17:00 COST: R1000 per person (Includes Entrance fees, Meals are not included) The Elephant Sanctuary At The Elephant Sanctuary a sanctuary guide will takes us on an educational tour and talks to us about elephant life in the park. You will be able to touch and walk with one of these magnificent giants. You will also have the opportunity to feed them. Elephants have a remarkable connection with people providing great opportunities for taking pictures. Many clients have commented on what a life-time experience this is. Refreshments and gifts are available at the gift shops on the premises. PICK-UP TIME: 8:00 to 15:00 COST: R1500 per person (includes Lunch, Entrance fees & afternoon Tea break) The Pilanesberg Game Reserve A visit to The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is a must. It is approximately two and half hours drive from Jo'burg, it is the fourth largest game park in South Africa, is malaria-free and is home to the big 5 as well as giraffe, zebra, hippos and crocodiles and many antelope species. There are excellent bird watching opportunities with over 300 species having been recorded in the area PICK-UP TIME: 7:30 to 17:00 COST: R2000 per person minimum 6 – 10 people (includes Lunch, Entrance fees.) or COST:R2500 per person minimum 3 – 5 people (includes Lunch, Entrance fees.) or COST:R3000 per person minimum 2 people (includes Lunch, Entrance fees.) or Kruger National Park Tours We offer transfers and 3 - 5 star Accommodation for 3 or 4 Days. Please contact us for Pricing. Book now


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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0b; Windows NT 5.0)
Description of problem:
All programs using "import rpm" python call, such as up2date* and
rhn_register* segfault on a 7.1 install on my 486 router - the same
packages work fine on a PPro-166 with a similar setup.
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. run up2date
2. Segfault
3. Single Stepping the python code revelas segfault after importing
module "rpm" in rhnreg.py
Actual Results: unable to run up2date and related programs
Expected Results: updating the system
Additional info:
if you need the curefile i can send it.
the core file might be useful if you could attach it.
also, what versions of:
do you have installed? (ie, output of...)
rpm -q rpm rpm-devel rpm-python up2date
installed versions:
also when trying to attach the corefile to this bug report, i geht the
following oracle error:
DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: ORA-01691: unable to extend lob segment
BUGZILLA.SYS_LOB0000003839C00008$$ by 715 in tablespace ENG_DATA02 (DBD ERROR:
OCILobTrim/OCILobWrite/LOB refetch)
at /mnt/raid0/bugzilla/bugzilla/createattachment.cgi line 124.
is this still an issue with current versions?
same system, after upgrade to redhat 7.2 is working again. So the Bug is gone


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E – egzaminujący, Z – zdający
E: Describe the picture, please.
Po upływie 30 sekund.
E: Can you start now?
Z: Yes, of course.
I'm looking at a picture of a street in a big city, there are many buildings and shop signs. I can see a couple of people, a man and a woman. They are walking down the street and the man is walking two bikes, a yellow and a green one. They aren't riding their bikes, just strolling and looking in the same direction, as if they saw something interesting. It must be quite cold because both of them are wearing jackets, scarves and gloves.
E: Thank you. I will now ask you three questions.
Why aren't the people riding their bikes?
Z: Hmm, let me think… I suppose they might have covered a distance of a few kilometres and got tired. So now they decided to take a break and walk. Or they felt it was too cold to ride.
E: And do you like cycling?
Z: Oh yes, I do. I love it. I like outdoor activities, but cycling is definitely my favourite one. It's more than just exercise because you can get wherever you want and you feel free. You can visit many interesting places or visit someone. And if you ride your bike, you've got beautiful views around you. Cycling is also much more fun than taking crowded trams or buses.
E: Could you tell me about a cycling trip or any other trip you made?
Z: Ok. It was last summer. I went to my family cottage with my friends. It's not very far, about fifty kilometres from here. The place is really beautiful because the cottage is situated at the lake. One day we got up quite early, took a map, some sandwiches, a few bottles of water, and we set off. We cycled through the forest, so it wasn't too hot and the views of the lake were great. After three hours we stopped at the lake, had a swim, and ate our sandwiches. Then we continued and finally got to a small restaurant in a lovely village, where we had dinner. We were starving and the food was delicious. The trip was tiring but exciting. We enjoyed it very much.
E: Thank you. Let's move on to Task three.


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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something askew. That's today's twist on bridal style.
"Mismatched elegance is the name of the game," said Abby Larson, editor and founder of the bridal site StyleMePretty.com. "(Think) bridesmaids in a variety of hues or cuts; a rich layered look where different but cohesive centerpieces grace tables; food is innovative; details are unique and handcrafted; and the entire wedding really feels like an extension of the personality of the couple."
That desire for texture translates to bridal attire, Larson said.
"Simple silhouettes are updated with stunning fabric work, layers of soft,...


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TransHackFeminist Report
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The TransHackFeminist convergence was first organized in Calafou, an eco-industrial post-capitalist colony, located 60 km from Barcelona, Catalonia. For seven days, from the 4th to the 11th of August 2014, intersectional feminists, queer and trans people of all genders met to better understand, use and ultimately develop free and liberating technologies for social dissent. The participants of the THF! understand technologies and hacking practices in the broadest sense; this includes hacking the body, gynecology and gender hacking, as well as academia, parenthood, and also computer systems, (distributed) networks, autonomous servers, "pirate", community based and/or independent radio/tv, hardware and electronics. Around 90 people came to the convergence, where discussions, panels, hands-on workshops and performances on a variety of subjects unfolded.
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Cumberland County Public Safety Building
The Cumberland County Public Safety Center, including the 911 call and dispatch center were located within the basement of the County Prison. In 2007, the County contracted with Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates to design a new facility that would meet their growing needs. The new facility would be a state-of-the-art complex, incorporating the existing communications…Read More
Harrisburg Area Community College – Senator Jeffrey E. Piccola Law Enforcement Training Complex
Following the successful completion of the Senator John J. Shumaker Public Safety Center Master Plan, Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates was selected to continue through to the first phase of architectural work. As part of phase 1, the construction of the new 50,000-sf Senator Jeffrey E. Piccola Law Enforcement Training Complex (LET) Building relocated the HACC…Read More
National Guard Combined Readiness Center
Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates designed a new Combined Readiness Center for the National Guard. This building will house a National Guard Unit and will be primarily be used for weekend drills. The building's 5,400 SF assembly hall and kitchen facilities were designed so the facility can also be rented for public events. The building will…Read More
Northern Precinct Headquarters & Sheriff's Office
This 2,000 SF addition and 10,000 SF renovation project involved the creative use of an existing building. The structure, built as speculative grocery retail space, was vacant for several years before it was purchased for use as a precinct office for the Harford County Sheriff's Office. In addition, it was discovered that the building was…Read More
Southern Precinct Headquarters & Sheriff's Office
The new facility is a two-story structure of a combination of masonry load-bearing and structural steel frame with a brick veneer. The building was built on a reused, brownfield site which could have presented unique challenges but our project manager was well versed and experienced in this type of site. The building contains a regional…Read More
Swatara Township Fire Company Station No. 1
Two community volunteer fire companies merge in this new facility to address the growing needs of Swatara Township and facilitate the future development of a full time professional fire company. The durable, cost-effective design incorporates integrated building controls, improved reaction time and modern vehicle exhaust. The existing building was renovated to include offices, training rooms and…Read More


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The global textile industry is accountable for massive water pollution. Research cited by the World Bank indicates that nearly 20% of all water pollution world wide is related to the process of dyeing textiles.
It is only a matter of time before more rivers run dry, ground water levels plummet – leaving us all in a tight spot! But the fact is that is it not needed! It is time to put water out of business, and put focus into colors.
Using our scientific and precise color system, we can introduce the color early in the manufacturing sequence. With this method, the exact color is integrated into the material from the beginning, without the use of water or toxins.
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Countdown: 124 days. I have found PnPs to be immensely useful, and I now start projects with them in mind. Here are my tips for creating them.
During the game design and publication process, I have found many cases where I need to send a prototype of a game to someone so they can play it. A print-and-play ("PnP" for short) is a version of a game that can be sent to to someone electronically that that they can print and assemble. I have found PnPs to be immensely useful (for collaborating remotely, for playtesting, and for reviewers), and I now plan out each new project from the beginning with one in mind.
A game designer recently asked about format and other tips for a PnP. I had just finished a major revision to PnP for World's Fair 1893, and these tips were fresh on my mind:
1. Straight Lines With Guides: Line up your files so that people have to cut in straight lines and in as few cuts as possible. No circles. (Even if your artwork is circle, you can still put them on rectangular tokens.) Give guide lines out to the edge of the file to make it easier to cut with a paper trimmer.
2. Double-Sided Tokens: Most of the time, components for a PnP can just be printed on one side and have a blank back. With World's Fair 1893, I found that the game is much less fiddly if the approved exhibit tokens are double-sided. These can be created easily enough by printing the artwork on one side, folding, and taping the token closed. (I used solid lines for cuts and dotted lines for folds.)
3. Borrow Components: Try to make as many components as possible components that people can borrow from other games. (We intentionally chose colors for our Lanterns: The Harvest Festival PnP so that it could work with Ticket to Ride train cards.)
4. ZIP File: I recommend creating multiple files and then packaging them all up into one ZIP file. Whether you upload it to BGG, attach it to an email, or share a link to the file publicly, testers will only have to download one file.
(I use Dropbox to host and backup all my PnP files. I store the individual files in a public folder, and then use my operating system's "Send To Compressed Folder" feature to generate the ZIP file. Dropbox uploads them automatically, and I send testers a link directly to the ZIP file.)
5. Create PDF Files: Whatever you use to create your files (Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word, etc.), remember that not everyone has access to those proprietary programs. PDF, on the other hand, is an open standard that can be viewed and printed from a wide range of applications.
6. Assembly Instructions: Include a file with the PnP that describes the components and provides instructions for how to assemble the components. I create these files in Microsoft Word but export them as PDFs. (I usually name the file _Start_Here.pdf. I put the underscore at the beginning so that it will appear first in an alphabetical list of the files.)
7. Separate Materials: I recommend putting components that could be printed on different materials in separate PDFs. The three materials I often use for printing PnP files are paper (for cards that I will put in sleeves), thicker card stock (for tiles, tokens, and boards), and sticker paper (for dice stickers).
Here's a link to the final PnP for Lanterns: The Harvest Festival, if you'd like to see these tips in practice (note the Dropbox link):
Have you found PnPs useful? If so, in what cases? What other tips do you have to add for creating them?


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Book Titled: Not a Blueprint / It's the Shoe Prints that Matter
Subtitle: A Journey Through Toxic Relationships
Have you read the story about my journey? Well, it's inside the pages of my book. Yep, that my personalized journey! And we all will take a journey ride in this lifetime. Some of us may take that ride and never come back. But when you can make it, though, that speaks to volume!
No, it wasn't easy writing the message and telling the story so you may readily follow my shoe prints. There were many areas that were so very painful and depressing, to revisit. Yet, I went there, just to let you (the reader) know life can be a total mess.
I see it as: "Life is so full of stuff (the good, the bad, and the ugly). Guess thou, it's what LIFE throws at us . . . obstacles, challenges, hardships, struggles, and achievements through the journey (particularly, those of us that make it through).
If you're read the story, I hope you've gained an insight into what life can throw at you. Now, I hope you will take the time to give your online review(s). Even if it's a one-liner, that too means a lot. Truly, I appreciate and thank you so much for purchasing and reading.
For those that have not gotten a chance to purchase (or read) the story, please do! I think you too may find it interesting and enlightening. You, yourself, may not have experienced the journey. But, someone you know may have walked those shoe prints. It'll give an insight to where life can take a person.
Remember, Life can be so full of stuff, with its goodness, its badness, and its ugliness!
And did you know? This book is ready for "Book Club" readings. There is well over twenty questions that can make for a heck of a discussion. If you're interested in those questions, for a particular Book Club, just contact me or my publisher.
Here's another piece of great news: In speaking with my publisher, this book will soon be converted into an audio format. How sweet is that?
Stay beautiful my Readers! And thanks for stopping by to see what's buzzing . . .


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