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When I Fell Off A Cliff
I was never an active person. I didn't exercise often. I didn't even walk more than I had to. Talking also took a lot out of me. And, I never took risks. I wouldn't even eat food that wasn't cooked in front of my face. I did not take leaps of faith that could potentially affect my life in more ways than one. Meaning, if there were too many variables, I looked for a constant, and if there was no constant, I backed out. I needed assurance. I was generally afraid of the world and most often, the victim. Very boring. Very hopeless. It was neurosis at its finest. Then I fell off a cliff in 2008 and things changed…
The intention wasn't to fall off a cliff, of course. The intention was to attempt for the first time in many months, to exercise with some friends. And, yes, I could have done this at a gym, but my friends weren't the type to do really go into large corporate establishments or any concrete buildings with equipment inside of them. They wanted to see nature while exercising, to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. And I thought "hiking" meant "walking on a very easy trail that didn't involve climbing things". I'll be honest, I just wanted to try opening up for once and hiking with three guys (one of which I had a crush on) seemed to be the way to do it.
That day, I brought a lot of water and snacks with me. I wanted to be very prepared. I even strapped on my eighth grade Jansport backpack to carry everything with me. We hiked Escondido Canyon Trail, or Winding Way, as it's known to most hikers. At the end of it, which was very easy to walk through, we saw a waterfall. Beautiful. Rare for Los Angeles. Totally worth seeing when you can't afford a ticket to Hawaii. Out of breath, I was ready to sit for half an hour, eat some snacks, then head out. But the guys wanted to climb up to the top of the waterfall and I wasn't about to be the loser that stayed back. I was trying to impress one of them, after all.
It had just rained and the climb was quite slippery. I got up the rocks just fine. I felt so accomplished, so full of pride. We sat atop the waterfall and took the fresh air in. It was incredibly relaxing and for the first time, I thought I would try exercising more often than I never did. Then, came the time to climb back down. I was wearing MOCCASINS and already, in the rain, the tread on these shoes wasn't the best. I definitely shouldn't have been wearing them, but again, I was never a hiker, and those were the shoes I cared least about. As I tried to navigate my way back down, I handed my Jansport backpack to my crush while the other two guys had already reached the bottom. I slipped slightly, from what I remember, but according to my friends, I tumbled for thirty feet, then flipped through the air three times for the other thirty feet, screaming all the way down till I landed face down in a creek.
My two friends that were down by the creek immediately lifted me out so that I wouldn't drown. One tried to pin me down to the floor because I kept trying to get up, saying I was fine when I really wasn't because my knees had split open, my two front teeth had fallen out of my face, and I was covered in blood. One guy ran all the way away from the trail to a house to call 911. And my crush had to climb back down really really carefully, after having seen me fall. I was helicoptered out and rushed to UCLA's medical center. And, I do remember the sound of the helicopter and saying "Yes" when someone asked me what my name was. But that's really all I can recall.
I woke up in the hospital, seeing my very wealthy great great aunt sleeping in a chair next to me. She's incredibly youthful at heart, but not in age exactly, so I immediately thought, "Why is she here? She never comes to anything I do…" My mother had just landed in Philadelphia for a trip, so she was frantically taking a plane back to Los Angeles. My friend walked in and told me I was on the CBS news, the online version, but still, I was on the news: "Woman falls 60 feet off a cliff. We're happy to report it wasn't a suicide attempt." As friends flooded in to bring their love and support, I started to realize I was in a neck brace. My neck was broken. My face was incredibly scarred. When I got up to go to the bathroom, I could barely walk. My feet and ankles were broken too. And, the entire time, I somehow had the most jovial attitude about my situation. I was cracking jokes. The nurse actually told me, "Any more of this Morphine stuff and you'll be a regular standup comedian."
I was on disability from my job and my great great aunt offered to let me stay in her mansion in Bel Air, so I was in an incredibly privileged, lucky situation during recovery. I had time to relax, write, and just clear my head. Despite the pain I was in, I resolved to work even more on my writing. I have to reiterate, the situation was not terrible whatsoever. I was incredibly happy to be alive in so many ways.
Friends would visit me, old, new. One of them was comedian Asterios Kokkinos (very funny). One night, he proposed that we perform a skit in Ed Galvez's Punkhouse at the Westside Comedy Theater. He even wore a neckbrace and we made up this whole spiel about how we had gotten in a car accident but we had to go to the American Girl Store to buy some American Girl dolls because we were so obsessed with them…
It wasn't the best skit, but, I suddenly got the urge to perform. For some reason, this neck brace was forcing me to come out of my shell. I started doing standup – dirty standup about guys wanting to date me while I was in my disabled condition…and it was partly true, because two guys were interested in me while I was in my state, one of them I had met on a bus. They must have thought I was desperate and would appreciate their attention, and I did, I am not ashamed to say.
I genuinely enjoyed all the attention that I got. I even attracted one weird person that secretly filmed me while asking me questions and later put the video on the internet, refusing to remove it even three years later. Case in point, this youtube wonder. Pretty creepy. Because of all the attention I was getting, I actually felt slightly empowered…but disgusting, because I had been given the chance to extend my life a little longer without being paralyzed and I wasn't actually doing anything admirable with it. Case in point…this blog I wrote where I responded to Missed Connections on Craigslist …and these slightly inane jokes that I wrote with horror writer Peter Podgursky…
And I have to say, I've done nothing extraordinary since my accident, but the fall was one step towards getting out of my shell and taking bigger risks. The risks I did take (doing standup and writing to people on Missed Connections) weren't exactly commendable, but they made me explore a side I wouldn't have even known existed before my accident. Since being out of the neck brace, I haven't gone back to doing standup. I've taken other risks that may not be risks to you, but they are to me, like starting a sketch group, doing voiceovers on the side, writing on this blog, and signing myself up for puppetry and psychology classes all while working a 9-7 job. I really should be saving the world right now, maybe starting a virtual movement like Occupy Wall Street or creating a non-profit worldwide organization. But for now, I'm taking baby steps towards becoming a more confident, well-rounded individual. The world is my oyster and I should probably take advantage of it. It certainly gave me the opportunity to, just as it gives all of us the opportunity to.


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When a house is facing directly on to a T-junction, this is like having a gun pointed at the house. Quite clearly, this has a negative impact on the energies affecting the occupants of that house.
The occupants may suffer poor health and may seem accident¬prone.
If it is possible, reposition the front door so that it opens at an angle which is not directly opposite the road, or move the door completely away from the road running up to it.
Alternatively, introduce a low fence or hedge with a gate as a barrier to the negative energies. Another alternative is to place a mirror above the door to deflect the negative energies away from the house.
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The All-Bust Braves
A position-by-position list of the can't-miss prospects who did:
C: Tyler Houston. The second overall pick in the country was selected ahead of Frank Thomas, John Olerud, Mo Vaughn, Chuck Knoblauch, Jeff Bagwell, Tim Salmon and Charles Johnson, among others. He turned out to be a poor man's Eli Marrero.
1B: Not many high-profile busts at this position — Scott Thorman was a first-round pick but never really stood out as a prospect. The Braves oversold him, as is their wont. Runner-ups: A.J. Zapp, Drew Denson, Ken Smith.
2B: Glenn Williams was supposed to be Australia's first baseball star, signed by the Braves when he was 16 for $1.3 million. It took him 12 years to reach the majors, with the Twins, for whom he hit .425 in 40 AB's. He's now managing in the Australian league.
SS: Yes, Andres Thomas didn't quite pan out but he at least showed some flashes. Pat Rockett, selected 10th overall in the 1973 draft ahead of Fred Lynn and Eddie Murray, showed none. Hapless at the plate and in the field, Rockett batted .214 in 152 games as a Brave with 28 errors.
3B: Andy Marte. I was wary when the Braves dealt him for Edgar Renteria. The slick fielding third sacker had been ranked as the 9th best prospect in the game by Baseball America prior to the trade, showing solid plate discipline (.878 OPS) at Richmond in '05. But he never could figure out major league pitching, hitting .218 in 838 career AB's.
LF: George Lombard. The erstwhile Georgia Bulldog appeared on the verge of stardom following his Double-A debut in 1998 when he hit .308 with 22 homers, 35 steals and a .410 OPS. But he never could take that next step, striking out at an Adam Dunn pace without the power.
CF: Mike Kelly. It's rare when pennant contenders hold the second overall pick in the draft, as the Braves did in 1991. Kelly was viewed as being close to major league-ready, which explains why the braintrust chose him ahead of Manny Ramirez, Shawn Green, Cliff Floyd and (brace yourself, stat geeks) Scott Hatteberg. The Braves finally admitted defeat in '96, trading the free-swinging Kelly to Cincy for Chad Fox and the Burger, Ray King. Jordan Schafer ranks a close second.
RF: You say Francoeur, I say Brad Komminsk. Both were busts, but Komminsk has to rank as the biggest disappointment of them all. His lone highlight as a Brave came when he won a radio listener $100,000 with a grand slam during the Goody's HR Jackpot inning.
P: Tim Cole. With the third pick in the first round of the 1977 draft, the Milwaukee Brewers selected Paul Molitor. The Braves followed with Cole, a lefty high school hurler from New York who never made it to the majors. He lasted nearly 10 years in the Braves system, walking 706 in 883 innings with a 1.748 WHIP. Cole was drafted ahead of Ozzie Smith, Tim Raines, Bob Welch and Dave Henderson.


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Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- A fire at a Bluff Road business led to a brief evacuation Thursday morning.
Just before 8 a.m.Thursday Columbia Fire Department responded to the blaze.
According to Columbia Fire spokesperson Brick Lewis, when firefighters arrived on the scene the building's occupants had already left the building due to the fire.
Firefighters discovered the flames had already been extinguished, and the fire was caused by a piece of machinery in the building.
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Millard Fillmore
The Mormon Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
October 19, 2012
How the revelation to Joseph Smith led to Bain Capital.
What If Barbara Jordan Had Said 'Don't Retreat, Reload'?
January 10, 2011
Does anybody truly believe, even in the wake of something as hideous as what happened in Tucson last weekend, that we can do something as quixotic and indefinable as policing incendiary language on the web? I get it if calling for this is about politics. But is anybody really thinking that this debate is about something real? The object of discussion is real enough: the coarser brand of language we hear along the lines of Ms. Palin's "Don't retreat, reload" line, which is a symptom of a larger ill, the escalation of political polarization.
Half Lesson
April 12, 1975
Watchmen in the Night by Theodore C. Sorensen MIT Press; $8.95 "Watergate is like a Rorschach," Aaron Wildavsky observed at a Washington seminar last year.


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Voting Begins In Israeli General Election
An Israeli settler casts his ballot at a polling station on election... Fotografia de notíciasBoletim de Voto,Cisjordânia,Dia,Eleição,Estação,Horizontal,Imigrante,Israel,Jerusalém,Judaísmo,Local de Votação,Política,VotaçãoPhotographer Lior MizrahiCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesOFRA , WEST BANK- JANUARY 22: (ISRAEL OUT) An Israeli settler casts his ballot at a polling station on election day on January 22, 2013 in the Jewish settelment of Ofra, West Bank. Israel's general election voting has begun today as polls show Netanyahu is expected to return to office with a narrow majority. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)


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Dismantling Racism
The Strategic Plan, 2005–2010, adopted in January 2005 by the Board of Trustees, has as one of its goals dismantling racism and building cross-cultural competence: "PSR will equip leaders with the values, skills, and commitment to cross-cultural competency necessary to build anti-racist institutions and dismantle systemic racism in society, and model this commitment and work in its own campus community." The story below provides a look at where PSR stands in relation to the goal of dismantling racism. The other featured story details the contextual learning experience of three students as they work to build cross-cultural competence.
At a recent campus meeting, someone was trying to remember the story of a certain prophet, one who was reluctant to follow God's calling. Names were mentioned: "Jeremiah, Jonah, Amos...." Then someone added the name "Jesus." Everyone laughed in recognition, because they saw what was common in all of the instruments chosen by God to speak truth to humanity: They didn't want to do it. They each felt burdened and inadequate for the call. And they didn't want to lose their positions of security and comfort.
Diane Thomas, director of advancement programs at PSR, tells this story and says there is a clear echo of it in our individual and collective resistance to examining racism and the implications of white privilege — even here, at Pacific School of Religion.
Not that there hasn't been progress. In 1975, one barrier was broken when Archie Smith became the first African American appointed to the PSR faculty. The president at the time, Davie Napier, was rebuked by an older faculty member, who said: "I knew you were determined to appoint one of 'them.'" "You're wrong," Napier replied. "I was determined to appoint one of 'us.'"
Three decades later, PSR has one of the most diverse faculties at any American seminary and, boldly, it has written a commitment to dismantle racism and build cross-cultural competence into its Strategic Plan (2005–2010). The question is: How is the school doing in carrying out that commitment?
Different people have different answers to that question, but everyone would agree that while PSR is ahead of most seminaries in the United States — nearly half of Association of Theological Schools have no persons of color on their faculty — much remains to be done. Two current statistics drive that point home: Archie Smith, 32 years after his appointment, is PSR's only tenured African American faculty member. And last fall's entering class included only two African Americans, no Hispanics, and no Native Americans — despite the seminary's clearly stated goal of increasing diversity.
The past year revealed some of the stresses and strains that exist on campus. In April 2006, at a meeting of the Sister Circle — a support group initiated by African American and African women at PSR and the GTU — one member reported a recent incident of racism. This brought forth other voices and other incidents. The women decided to distribute a list of these racist incidents — a litany, they called it — at the following Tuesday chapel at PSR. The litany, which began "Even here" (even at the GTU and on the PSR campus), was distributed at the chapel on April 25, with many African Americans attending in clothing of their culture.
Among the incidents in the litany: "An African Catholic nun in full habit (including crucifix) can enter the CDSP refectory for dinner and be asked if she is the new cleaning lady." "An African American woman, putting bags in her car, can be approached by a white female student who says, 'I'm late for class, can you just take my keys and park my car?'"
Immediately after the chapel, PSR President William McKinney left on a ten-day trip, and there was no direct response from the administration to the litany, although the president on May 5 sent out an e-mail restating the seminary's policy of "zero tolerance" for racism. Members of the Sister Circle and the Dismantling Racism Committee called for a "Day of Mourning" on May 9. The PSR community was urged to wear mourning clothes, assemble for a silent lunch hour of prayer and meditation, and then gather on the quad, where many expressed their grief and their frustration.
"I can only speak for myself," says current MDiv/MA student Kim Brown Montenegro, "but what I was hoping for after these two events was a greater awareness and acknowledgement of what reality is here for people, and an active effort to change that reality. But that didn't happen."
After the end of the semester, in June, three of the women who helped to craft the litany sent a memo to the seminary's Dismantling Racism Committee (DRC) and to President McKinney, requesting him to meet with African and African American students and proposing a campus-wide meeting on racism in the fall.
In July, McKinney answered with an apology for not responding more quickly in the spring and agreed to the suggested meetings for the fall. On September 6, he met with African and African American students. On October 16, a community assembly was held in the chapel, led by President McKinney and Board of Trustees Chair Jerry Vallery.
During the current academic year, the Dismantling Racism Committee has been reconfigured and has produced a charter, and the administration has added funds for a half-time position to assist with dismantling racism at PSR, beginning July 1, as well as for training and consulting.
As the seminary grapples with its goal of dismantling racism, how is this effort viewed on campus? In the following, a group of PSR people — students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the president — provide their views.
Some views on racism at PSR
"Some people say that PSR is doing very well because it looks so contrary to the ATS establishment — but look at the establishment!" says Renee Williams, assistant to the faculty at PSR since 2004 (who asked that her photograph not be used). "PSR's liberal ideals and 'desire' to dismantle racism does not keep me safe from acts of racism on this campus. I bear the scars of PSR racism — imposed on me by those least expected. Further, as a woman of African descent, PSR's 'zero tolerance' policy affords me little to no comfort, and here's why: 1) the scars I bear have occurred with this 'policy' in place; and 2) what does 'zero tolerance' mean? What are the consequences for violating this policy? How does 'zero tolerance' address the entrenched legacy of institutional racism at PSR? In my experience at PSR, people do some very racist things — all the time — and nothing happens."
Williams was elected co-chair of the Dismantling Racism Committee last fall but resigned from the position and says she won't serve on the committee after this spring. Why? "Because of the way institutional racism works. If you're a person who speaks out about injustice, the systems around you can make you uncomfortable.
"A lot of what happens in this institution is that people of color are dismissed by their white counterparts. It's unfortunate, but it's true. PSR needs to genuinely engage this issue, and genuine engagement means that you start from the top down — the board, the president, and so on. Dismantling racism calls for serious people who willing to seriously stand up — and it may cost friendships, money, students, and positions — but until PSR is wiling to risk and invest to become a place that is safe for me in the fullness of my blackness as it is for you in your whiteness it will remain stymied."
She acknowledges that there are differing opinions among people of color about racism at PSR: "We are not a monolith; we come from differing perspectives, and address issues of inequity very differently. What is consistent in this country and in this institution is the legacy of racism and its ability to marginalize you, even when you are not looking."
Roy Sano, who was sent with his family to Poston Concentration Camp in Arizona during World War II, served in the 1970s and '80s as a PSR faculty member and as director of the Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies (precursor to the PANA Institute). He was elected bishop by The United Methodist Church in 1984.
"PSR is the only seminary that can claim among its graduates an African American [Roy Nichols], a Chinese American [Wilbur Choy], and a Japanese American [Roy Sano] who became bishops in The United Methodist Church. This reflects the long-standing commitment of PSR to racial inclusiveness.
"As far as Pacific and Asian North American interests are concerned, there has been a quantum leap in adding faculty and hiring staff. Thanks to Fumitaka Matsuoka's outstanding leadership, the seminary has received major foundation grants for PANA. I wish we could make more progress with African American, Native American, and Hispanic recruits for both students and faculty.
"I used to be liaison to 13 United Methodist seminaries. None of those seminaries is as far along in its commitment to inclusiveness as PSR. Nonetheless, candor and modesty lead us to say that white privilege is alive and that persons of color are still operating with the racism they have imbibed. It's currently a cliché, but there is truth in the notion that we are at best 'recovering racists.' Racism is still active in us and we need to strengthen healthier ways of interacting in the rich diversity on campus, among churches, and in the community."
Ayanna Moore, a first-year MDiv student from Seattle, has been a social worker and high school counselor and is currently a minister in training at Rock of Ages Missionary Baptist Church in Bayview-Hunter's Point, San Francisco. "From my professional experience," she says, "I think what PSR is doing is revolutionary, and I think the seminary is to be commended.
"I realize there have been incidents of racism here — we first-year students have heard about this. But to have an institution that actually has a strategic plan that addresses racism and cross-cultural competence — that's part of why I choose PSR. I see PSR as a kind of role model. I've never worked in an institution — outside of social work — which has had the courage to address such a difficult and oftentimes painful issue.
"Where I see resistance here is among the student body. I think the institution's goals are ahead of where the students are. I think somebody has to be brave and force us [students] to be culturally sensitive and competent.
"I hope that we at PSR don't get disheartened by where we need to go, or what we haven't done, or the tensions that exist. I think it helps to be reminded that PSR has the courage to sweep things out from under the rug and face some very painful issues."
Kim Brown Montenegro, who grew up in Stockton and graduated from St. Mary's College of California in Moraga, is a third-year MDiv/MA student who serves on PSR's Dismantling Racism Committee. She says that "PSR has been the place where I've experienced the most amount of racism — of unconscious, white liberal racism — where people make comments that are usually not checked or changed. And these incidents have happened throughout the years I've been a student here."
About the litany of racist incidents at the GTU and PSR, she says that some people might react by saying: "'Is this really racism? I need to judge for myself if that was a racist incident — perhaps it was misunderstood, or perhaps that person's being too sensitive, or maybe they just had a bad day.' But, as a person of color, I am aware of when racism is present. It's something I've experienced throughout my life.
"I don't think the campus culture among the student body is much better off now than it was a year ago, before the litany and Day of Mourning. The campus culture remains the same. What needs to happen is training and facilitating to dismantle racism throughout the campus, starting with the administration and including the lowest-paid employee and the newest student. This needs to be worked on systemically.
"What's also needed is a financial commitment, in an authentic way — not just throwing money at the problem but addressing it from multiple facets. Up until now, PSR has relied on the volunteer efforts of the committed people of the Dismantling Racism Committee. That is not enough, and the work comes at too high a personal cost for many people."
"I am grateful to the students and staff who raised their voices last spring to name and protest the racism that still exists at PSR and on Holy Hill," says Bill McKinney, president of PSR. "I apologize, on behalf of the PSR community, our administration and myself for the very real pain that people of color continue to experience in our midst resulting from individual acts of racial insensitivity and from structural racism that continues to plague all institutions, including PSR. Many people on campus have helped me understand my own complicity in those acts and the need to change.
"I am thankful for the work that has been done over the years, particularly by people of color in this community, to move PSR in the direction of transformation. When we hear that 'nothing has changed,' we ignore some important realities. We are not yet where we need to be, but neither are we where we once were.
"A number of constructive things have happened this year. The Dismantling Racism Committee has been reconstituted and has formal representation from faculty, support staff, students, the administration, and the board of trustees. It has direct access to the faculty, to the administration and to the board. PSR has shaped DRC's charter so it is recognized as having an important leadership role in our community. The board of trustees and administration have directed more attention and resources to our commitments.
"PSR doesn't aspire to be an institution that announces average goals just so we can boast about our progress. By adopting 'A Tradition of Boldness' as our major theme, we both raise expectations and invite criticism of our practice and performance. While boldness can imply arrogance and triumphalism, it can also imply a willingness to take on really hard, important work. I believe that is what is happening here at PSR."
David Ofumbi, a second-year MDiv student, came to the United States from Uganda in August 2005. Before then, he had studied American history and says he expected to be inundated by racism here. "I was ready to confront issues of racism," he says. "I was not willing to be a victim. I would confront, and I would affirm who I am, no matter what."
But, he says, his reception at PSR was wholly different from his expectations. "I found the place warm, and I found people reaching out to me. 'How can we help you?' This overwhelmed me; it calmed my heart. It made me feel I belonged. And it made me think: There's a lot of stereotyping by Americans on this race issue. I wouldn't today describe to others the way some people had described to me how racist America was."
Ofumbi has examined the incidents in the litany from last spring: "Some of them I don't see as racism," he says. "Some of them may have been. But I found mostly that there are stereotypes, that people already have things in their mind, and this makes them interpret the incidents that way. They encounter them as victims. And I think that is where I have a problem with how some of these issues were addressed."
In terms of his education at PSR, Ofumbi says he would like to see the curriculum broadened. "Why is it that scholars other than Euro-American scholars are not mentioned in class? Caucasians are the ones featured most. This is a debate the school needs to engage in, to broaden the base of education to include other people's experience."
Mark Wilson has been adjunct professor since 1996 at GTU and 1997 at PSR and joined the faculty here half time in 2004 as assistant professor of ministry and congregational leadership. He was born in Oakland, educated at Howard University, spent time in Germany, and received his DMin at Harvard and his PhD from the University of Michigan. Recently, while talking to a colleague in the parking lot at PSR, he was approached by a white couple and asked to park their car.
"Racism is part of the fabric of your life as a person of color," he says. "Therefore, a discussion of this should be part of the fabric of the institution.
"However, I don't know if 'dismantling' racism is the best word to use. I think I would prefer 'understanding' — understanding how to act. You can't 'dismantle' what's been the basis for our national, international, and global means of empire building without dismantling altogether some of the corporate and global capitalism in which we all participate in one way or another. But I do think one can understand one's own formation within racially oppressive systems and try to go to the roots of how one might respond to and resist what one has been taught. Then perhaps we could become aware of how we can develop trust—and fight together for better race relations.
"And I don't only mean understanding racism in "the other," but also in myself. If I walk up to an Asian staff person or faculty and call him or her the name of another Asian co-worker, how visible is that person to me? Or, to give another example, no matter how much I call myself a feminist male, I also have to admit the privilege and benefits I receive from being male in this society. The more I become aware of this, the more I can, hopefully, put some things in check about myself while engaging and working with others on projects of social change."
Diane Thomas, director of PSR's advancement programs since 2000, was a founding member her first year here of a faculty subcommittee on racism, which set up workshops and student orientations; and she helped form and co-chaired its successor, the campus-wide Dismantling Racism Committee. She and her colleagues helped bring about a "racism audit" conducted by The United Methodist Church in 2004, which paved the way for "dismantling racism and building cross-cultural competence" to be included in the school's Strategic Plan.
"There's a remarkable level of acceptance of racism in theological education, and PSR is considered in the forefront of ATS schools combating this issue," she says. "And there definitely has been improvement here in the last seven years. We now have a structural container for concerns about race, with the Strategic Plan; the Dismantling Racism Committee has a charter; and the seminary has budgeted money to hire a person to help with this effort. So there's more awareness of the problem and more space for people to speak up. We've pushed ahead. But part of what you realize after that amount of time is how hard it is.
"White liberal racism, to me, is the trap between awareness and action. Liberals know there's a problem — they may even know a lot, intellectually, about racism, but they don't necessarily risk anything or take effective action. White people are used to being liked and being comfortable, and it's hard for us to acknowledge acts of racism in other white people — or sometimes in ourselves. The question is: How much discomfort and unhappiness can we take on?
"In the end, this is a theological issue, and it's going to take theological leadership, which is what makes the issue so important to this school. Building cross-cultural competence and dismantling racism are things that need to be worked on simultaneously; one without the other is ineffective. Remember, Jesus' injunction was to speak the truth and to love. 'Dismantling racism' is speaking truth by naming the structures, calling people out on their attitudes, and creating the structures where this can happen. 'Love' comes in building cross-cultural competence — learning to listen, to understand, and to take seriously the differences all around us."


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However, when they began finding small patches of prey at certain depths and of sufficient density, the predators were there. And though the scientists know why feeding efficiency they aren't sure how.
"To be honest, we aren't really sure how these predators which may travel many miles locate the densest aggregations at depths well below the surface and often at night," said Scott Heppell, a fisheries ecologist at Oregon State University and co-author on the PLOS ONE paper. "You wouldn't think murres and fur seals would have that much in common, but in this case they do."
"In a way, they're looking for the same thing that commercial fishing fleets look for high-quality prey in aggregations dense enough to be economical," added Heppell, an assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife at OSU.
Benoit-Bird likened the predator-prey link to locating a box of popcorn in a darkened movie theater. You may have to search for it, she noted, but if you find the popcorn box, the payoff will be much more significant than what you might get by stumbling upon individual kernels in the dark that are spread throughout the theater even though the number of kernels is the same.
That payoff is particularly meaningful for nurturing young, the researchers point out. During their two-year study, the research group tagged and observed female fur seals from St. Paul Island and Bogoslof Island as they swam hundreds of kilometers over a period of 1-2 weeks to gorge on nutrient-rich pollock then return to their homes to nurse pups.
They also tagged and observed adult murres an
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- Just days after a new car title tax began, county officials made moves to accommodate the thousands of appeals expected to come from taxpayers.
Taking place of the annual ad valorem tax and sales taxes on vehicles, the new title tax imposes a one-time 6.5 percent title tax upon the purchase of a new car after March 1.
While the state has always assessed the value of cars, the annual rate was so low that it rarely resulted in an appeal, with about 100 to 125 filed each year in Gwinnett.
But Chief Appraiser Steve Pruitt expects that to change with the hundreds or even thousands that could charged with the title tax.
On Tuesday, commissioners approved a $175,000 contract with LMC Inc. to have the firm help with re-valuations, since the state's value is taken with an average number of miles and condition of a vehicle. The company will make a second valuation taking those factors in mind, and if the taxpayer continues to appeal that, the determination will go before the county Board of Equalizations.
"I just didn't have the staff to meet with the taxpayers," and make the determinations, Pruitt said. "We're going to make it an easy process for the taxpayers."
Because the tax can be rolled into a loan if a person buys at a car dealership, Pruitt expects most of the appeals to come from casual sales -- those made from neighbor to neighbor -- where people didn't have to deal with sales taxes before.
Plus, if a car is sold in poor condition for a cheaper amount, the state's initial valuation would not take that into account.
The appeals might come from people moving into the state, as well, as they would have to pay the 6.5 percent tax based on the value of the car to transfer their title to Georgia, he said. For a $10,000, the transfer could cost $650. For a $40,000 car, it would be $2,600.
"It's the person-to-person sales where the dealer is not involved, where this is not a loan situation, that is going to catch a few people by surprise," Pruitt said.
With 207,000 changes in title in Gwinnett between June 2011 and July 2012, about 60 percent being from casual sales, Pruitt said even a 3 to 5 percent appeal rate would bring 3,500 to 5,000 appeals a year.
Also on Tuesday, commissioners agreed to a plan to distribute the proceeds from the title tax to its 16 cities, as well as the county school board and Buford city school board.
When the new law was passed last year, legislators promised the money would continue to filter to those entities, which had previously collected ad valorem as well as a 1 percent county special sales tax and a 1 percent schools special sales tax.
The distribution is based on population, officials said.
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notblind 2 years, 7 months ago
I expect the "low information" crowd to be highly poed when they get caught by this new tax.
Why_not 2 years, 7 months ago
I see you are using Rush Limbaugh's "low information" quote.
ConcernedrReader 2 years, 7 months ago
I expect to soon see an increase in out of state tags. The values are a black box in how they are set. I can't wait to see the person walk out of the tag office having paid their last dollar on sales tax and get totaled soon after. Good luck collecting the tax from the insurance company.
MarkSmith1 2 years, 7 months ago
This tax is bad for everybody. New and used car sales will drop. Leases will be non-existent. Those who suffer will be the public and car dealers. Its not even good for the government because it only helps in the short run. The longer people keep their cars the less the state willl collect on tax. It was a stupid short sighted thing to do.
Sandykin 2 years, 7 months ago
On the flip side, I can't afford a new car and don't believe I will be in a buying position into the foreseeable future. I will therefore keep paying the birthday tax on my present vehicle, which is already 9 years old, for several more years.
HonestIngine 2 years, 7 months ago
New car sales will be taking a hit... So, if I get this straight, Person moves to GA from out of state and titles his say 3 vehicles, each valued at 20k, he has a one time tax of 3,900? All paid up front, are you kidding me? Keep your old cars running.. Nathan Deal and all the Republicians running this state are too out of touch with the real world..TOM RICE.. GET THIS tax repealed.. or were you for it?
HonestIngine 2 years, 7 months ago
Just wrote Gov.Deal's office about this...It's hard to tell the Republicians from the Democrats now a days...
Mack711 2 years, 7 months ago
First of all they spent 175K just to get someone to appraise the "fair market value" of a vehicle. This before they collect a dime in taxes.When you hire some one they will tell you what you want to hear. Car sales in Georgia between the individual will be a thing of the past. You will not know how much you must pay in taxes to get it tagged. Fair market value is what you actually paid not what the say it is worth, maybe you got a good deal. So now what do you do, you go to a car dealer and all of us know about used car dealers.
Bad law all the way around for the economy. Dumb idea should have left well enough alone. This one will be tied up in court soon for a while. Pity the ones who move to Georgia only to be faced with this tax. They may not come.
R 2 years, 7 months ago
Well one hopes the government leaves the value table on the internets up so you can determine the tax before walking in as it was in Feb.
If not, we paid 175K for services up front , maybe they will get to generate the replacement software application for values.
"Know before you buy" why I even gave them a "tag line" and didn't get any money...
Gotta work on my coninsulting skills.
Say_that_again 2 years, 7 months ago
Thank you! Love that word "coninsulting" you coined. I assume the meaning you intended is from Spanish, like con carne is with meat, then con-insulting is with insulting.
Karl 2 years, 7 months ago
I imagined it was 'con' as in conniving or convict.
MarkSmith1 2 years, 7 months ago
And those needing a new car, but considering leaving GA, will absolutely not buy a car in GA.
JamesRivers50 2 years, 7 months ago
Deal is a RINO,and this tax should be done away with like some other states that dont have it
HonestIngine 2 years, 7 months ago
So much for giving my kids the extra family car. Have to keep it in my name.so they wont have to pay $650 on a 10k car. Does anyone know if someone dies (a spouse for instance) and the surviving spouse needs to put the car in their name, do they have to pay the TAX? And if someone gets a car(like above) I give my car to my child. Do they have to pay the TAX also? Time to call our local GA REP's and the Governor on this one. This TAX STINKS. Got to love our Repocrat(Republician-Democrat) Governor(LOL).
BuzzG 2 years, 7 months ago
It is getting harder to distinguish between big spending Democrats and thrifty Republicans. They all seem to like cranking up taxes.
Don_Coyote 2 years, 7 months ago
BTW, the title tax got "fixed" yesterday. Used car dealers will pay 4% while individuals will still pay 6.5%.
MichelleCouch 2 years, 7 months ago
People will still move to Georgia. Do you really think that the majority of people check out the "title" tax laws before moving to a new state?
SC has a $300 flat rate tax on new auto sales. That's the way to do it.
Perhaps it is a small blessing that I just spent $2500 on my 2004 Envoy, rebuilding the transmission along with replacing a few other of its inside parts. It should go another 10 years now!
I'd rather put that money in the small businesses that worked on my car instead of the government that just keeps kicking my "broke" butt!
MarkSmith1 2 years, 7 months ago
If a family with 3 vehicles plans to come to GA, they need to plan to put up 1500*3=$4500 in cash to get plates. If they have 4 cars, that is $6000. That certainly will make people think twice before loading up the moving van for GA.
notblind 2 years, 7 months ago
Next they will be wanting you to pay sales tax on things you buy at yard sales.
trooper59 2 years, 7 months ago
We had a similar law in St. Louis. It lead to nobody bothering to buy new cars. When I moved down here I was baffled to see so many 1-3 year old vehicles on the road.
notblind 2 years, 7 months ago
It won't make any difference for any transaction with a dealer, whether new or used. You always pay sales tax in those situations. They are protecting the businesses since they won't be charging the sales tax. It might actually work out good for these transactions as there won't be the yearly birthday tax....................................................... The gooberment is going to make their money on the 60% of sales between individuals. KAPOW ! TAKE THAT CITIZEN !! ...................Actually, I can see it being negotiated in the deal. The seller could knock off all or some portion of the 6.5%.
R 2 years, 7 months ago
Seller's going to have to, thats why folks need to know before they shop...
As to new sales, The government is just riding on the credit of the new car buyer, since all these fees / taxes / destination charges rollup into the loan...
Even the poor folks at the "buy here pay here" shops are loaning their "credit", (whatever that may be) to the government.
Like the government Inc. doesn't borrow enough as it is...
Don_Coyote 2 years, 7 months ago
Face it. This tax was not thought out last year and the legislators simply worded it like the car dealer lobbies told them to do it. This is why it had to be "fixed" yesterday to address the issues made by rental car companies, leasing agencies and, of course, the "buy here, pay here" used car dealers. This is why I stated on a previous article that they got the legislation they deserved for trying to stick it to those of us who prefer private sales.
Another factor I would love to hear from the county on besides the additional expenses on evaluations would be the ramifications of the loss of the 2% of SPLOST money on all car sales within the county from this point forward.
Also the sponsor of the Senate bill giving the tax break to the "nobody walks" car lots is Sen. Balfour. A quick scan of his 2012 campaign contributors resulted in these four:
Committee of Automobile Retail Dealers
America's Car-Mart Georgia Auto Pawn Inc. Georgia Independent Automobile Dealers
Would you guys please remember these things when you go back and automatically vote in these incumbents every two years?
RedDawn 2 years, 7 months ago
Governor Deal is a political crap weasel. He was a Democrat before he became a Republican. He left Congress due to ethics problems, and the low information voters of Georgia voted him into office.
When will you people figure this out. It's not Republicans against Democrats. It is the political class against "we the people." American politics is a joke, and we are the punch line.
JohninSuwanee 2 years, 7 months ago
Yeah, this is exactly what we need...another thing to discourage people from going out and buying something. In other words, another thing that damages the economy. Even in this poor economy that we have today, people are still buying cars. Guess what? That will slow down now as well. With the politicians that we have now, there is no way that we will ever climb out of this mess!
Kodiak13 2 years, 5 months ago
Not only that but whoever they paid to assess the value of these vehicles is ridiculous. I expected to pay around $300 for my car since KBB, NADA, and Edmunds all had it around the same price. I paid over $400 because my vehicle was "assessed" at $6700 vs the $5100-$5300 it was actually worth... (which was where KBB etc had priced it at). I'm sorry but that's a huge difference. Especially as a single working mom going to school, it hurt me to pay the almost $500 bill once all the other taxes and fees applied on top of that ($473 bill... ouch).


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Volume One - Who Were The Silent Minority?
If the presence of dwarves and hobbits amongst the membership of The Silent Minority is surprising, the presence of elves is nothing short of astonishing. The Last Alliance, as its name suggests, appeared to mark the point at which cooperation between the elves and other peoples died.
With a few notable exceptions – trade between Mirkwood and the men of Laketown, and cooperation between the Rangers and the elves of Rivendell, to give two examples – elves generally hid themselves away from the affairs of Middle Earth during the Third Age, focusing their energies on maintaining their few remaining bastions.
Perhaps as a result of the turmoil created by the passage of the Ring through Eriador, or possibly because of the increase in the Enemy's aggression throughout Middle Earth, many elves seem to have become active in the War of the Ring. That this was happening outwith the elves' own borders is a revelation.
Amillion...The Oddly Shaped Elf by Amillion LightwhisperIt wasn't that she disliked Rivendell or the other areas that her kind come from, it just didn't feel like home to her.
All the spiritualism and the soft music and the low talking in a flowing language kind of.... bored her?
After talking to one of Rivendell spiritual inhabitants for more then five minutes she always felt she needed to do a wild dance and smoke her pipe to get her energy up again.
At the orphanage in Bree they said she was from Lindon but she had never been there.
Didn't even know where it was to be honest. And did not really care.
Even thou Bree was home to her, the small town of Michel Delving had always been the home of her heart, even since her first visit. And when the first inhabitant of MD pointed out how tall she was, she found herself surprised. She hadn't noticed any difference in her appearance and that of the locals. Perhaps that she had an unusually good view of their hats, witch some of them found utterly useful.
But sitting in the Bird and Baby, smoking her pipe and having a beer, belly full of wonderful pie, she started thinking about it more carefully.
Did she not feel like a stranger meeting other elf's?Did she not have odd feet for an elf, bigger and hairier then any other elf she's seen?Hadn't everyone looked at her extremely strange when she danced her usual wild and bouncy dance at the last celebration of seasons in Rivendell? Someone even suggesting she needed isolation and spiritual healing.And they also seemed to think she had an obsession with pies. Since pie have always taken up over 75% of Amillions thinking for as long as she can remember she found it strange to hear that the rest of the elf's did not seem to think of pie at all. Except when they wanted something from a Hobbit......And unlike all other elves she did not find her self at home in the forest. It did not speak to her besides whispering scary things to her in the dark. She wasn't graceful, at all. Falling down, stumbling and dropping things was more of a rule then a exception with her.And she was the only elf she knew who has a beer/pie-belly. And loving it.
She had taken the name of Lightwhisper a few years back just to make her sound more elf-like. Lightwhisper sounded like something an elf should be able to do. Her first choice was Pastrybottom, but the people of Rivendell frowned at that so she felt she'd better not.
She always thought a name should reflect who a person was, but now it seemed it should reflect who a person should be. This all puzzled her but she followed as she did long to fit in somewhere. And Rivendell was the only real town she had seen who was filled with her race.
After a short stay in Rivendell, witch felt way to long for Amillion, she left determined to find her true roots. Being alone once again, she roamed the lands, helping where she could just to make people giver her information. But she felt more lonely then ever.
Travelling within the Shire she hears tales of an Hobbit female who gives birth to a giant.
This is an old tale that she heard as a young girl at the orphanage. And for some reason it had always sounded familiar to her. Where there perhaps some truth in the story, was it perhaps more then just an old children's story?
She decided her new mission should be to find out more about this. Could the giant being born perhaps just be an hobbit with some elvenblood in it's veins?
'Go on, fuck off!' roared Annundril as he flung the Breelander out of the door. 'If I'd wanted fucking poetry I'd have fucked a hobbit.' He aimed a bare foot at the young man's equally bare arse, diverting his aim from the bullseye at the last moment. 'Maybe a good thing I threw him out when I did,' Annundril muttered to himself as the door slammed, 'that didn't look too healthy.'
Moments later he opened the door again to toss a handful of coppers at the would-be poet, who was still fumbling with his breeches in the Inn's hallway. Less chance of him babbling to anyone about the encounter if he'd been paid. The elf didn't relish the prospect of being chased out of another town – he'd barely escaped with all of his instruments the last time.
Archet suited him just fine for the moment. It was as far from other elves as he could get without leaving some semblance of civilisation, with the added bonus that hobbits and dwarves weren't too much in evidence. Men, with their weaknesses of mind, body and spirit were more to his taste. The perfect company for an elf in exile.
'Beren and Lucien!' he chuckled to himself as he lay back on the bed, 'It's a funny title, I'll give the little prick that. Shame he wasn't joking. He should've stopped there, nothing less attractive than sub-adolescent poetry, and I should know.'
Annundril had a 'gift' for music and poetry, which he'd exploited mercilessly to keep himself alive in recent years. He hated music, and he hated having to come up with the asinine gibberish that people seemed to like smeared on top of their nauseatingly winsome melodies, but it had provided him with an easy life. A long, boring, easy life.
Until he wrote 'The Lay of Lord Celeborn the Coward'.
That hadn't gone down well at all, nor had his unrepentant attitude when hauled in front of the Lord and Lady to explain himself. Why couldn't they see that their long years of inaction had all but handed victory to the Enemy on a plate? Why hadn't they done something, anything, sooner when the shadow first fell on the Greenwood? Why were they, and virtually everyone else in Lorien, content to wait within its borders for the end of days? Why wouldn't anyone fight, even if they had already left it too late? Anything was better than an eternity of whining about the fading beauty of Middle Earth. Being ostracised from his own people had almost come as a relief in the end. Over the years that relief had become anger and bitterness.
He often wondered whether there was something wrong with him, whether he'd been born lacking something. His time amongst men had shown him that members of the younger race were often born with deficiencies, whether mental or physical. Perhaps the peculiarities which marked him out from other elves were a result of something similar, but manifested in more subtle ways due to the Firstborn's differing physiology. Or maybe he was just an arsehole.
A crashing noise from outside roused him from his self pity. Sitting up, he took a swig from the jug of wine on the table next to the bed, wincing as the sour liquid hit the back of his throat, 'I swear this stuff is getting worse.' he spat, before hurling the jug at the wall. Another crash from outside answered his own effort, closely followed by the sounds of violence and panic.
Groaning, he dragged himself from the bed to the window and opened the shutters. 'Oh, that is just typical.' he muttered as he surveyed the scene below, oblivious to the fact that he was still naked. Brigands were rampaging through the town, cutting down anyone who got in their way, burning buildings as they went. The sensation of heat from the buildings already ablaze reminded Annundril that his clothes still lay where he'd thrown them earlier. Not for the first time, he dressed in a hurry and grabbed the tools of his trade.
By the time he made it through the inn to the street Archet was practically in ruins. Across the road a soldier from Gondor who had been in the common room of the Mad Badger the previous evening was being dragged from a burning building. Nearby, the strange young widow he'd seen hanging around with that insufferable Ranger, Amdir, was fighting for her life against several brigands.
His only means of escape barred by the melee in front of him, Annundril sighed and began to pluck on his lute. He'd never understood why, but whenever he played in the vicinity of battle his music seemed to inspire unlikely and heroic deeds in those who would aid him. He began to sing in Sindarin, twisting the words for his own amusement into as many filthy rhymes as he could manage, confident that no-one nearby would understand a word. Even when in mortal danger Annundril was nothing if not puerile.
'Just what do you think you're playing at, you insufferable cretin?' said a voice from the alleyway behind him. It was a familiar voice, an elven voice, and one that made Annundril's heart sink and leap simultaneously, making him feel altogether queasy. Putting on his most charming smile he turned, just in time to meet the blunt end of a spear which was swinging towards his forehead.
Maegnar was doing him a favour, he just didn't fully appreciate that as he slipped out of consciousness.
Lunethriel lay quietly in the bed that she had come to call hers. She and her brother, Tanthalionn, had been staying at the Prancing Pony for a couple of weeks now. Though, this night, he was not there. She was alone... well… as alone as she ever is.
Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, she finally sat up and stretched a bit, then slipped out of bed to sit by the fire. Perhaps some music would soothe her mind enough to let her sleep. As she picked up the harp and rested it to her shoulder, her mind wandered to her encounter with Melethron earlier in the day. He had told her that they would leave for Imladris soon. The thought made her smile. He… made her smile.
It had been many years since her husband's death. She had been so close to him. It had nearly killed her when he died in her arms that fateful day. She had held tightly to him, even in death. Her heart bound by is memory... locked away, shattered and torn. Had it not been for Tanthalionn, she would have surely wasted away to walk the Halls of Mandos, hand in hand with Faelorian when he died. Instead, she remained... a shell of who she once was. She did not speak. She did not smile. Only recently had she found her voice again after twenty years of mourning. Only recently had she found the strength to let go and live again. And it was all because of him. He... had taught her heart to sing again.
The music that flowing from her fingertips floated softly into the air around her. Her emotions turned into the magical, soothing melody of her heart's song. Her thoughts lingered on him, thinking of how things might be when she was finally free.
As the thought passed through her mind, a hollow whisper reached her ear. "You still belong to me." She could feel the warmth of breath on her neck as the words lingered and echoed around her. It made the hair on the back of her neck prick and a shiver run down her spine. Her fingers faltered on the strings as her heart's song came to an abrupt ending.
There was no need to turn and see who was there. She knew the voice and knew it well. It was Faelorian, her lost love. When he had died, his spirit did not pass on as it should have. Perhaps he remained because he clung to her just as she did to him. He had been with her in spirit since the day that his he drew his last breath.
At first had been a comfort to her to have him still near her even if it was just in spirit. But, time has a way of affecting things... twisting the mind of those who linger past their time, no matter the reason. A once kind and gentle soul had turned bitter and confused in time's grasp. She could feel his anger… his unwillingness to let go even though she was trying to move on.
The voice came again as the air around her began to chill even in the warmth of the firelight she had been basking in. "Your place is beside me, Lunethriel. Your love... your devoted.. Take your place by my side once more." She began to tremble, her breath turning mist now from the cold. Her eyes focused on the fire. "Come to me, Lunethriel. We will be together again as we once were."
She swallowed hard, gathering her courage. Melethron's face flashed in her mind, seeming to give her the strength she needed to speak. Her voice was but a whisper. "I can not join you, Faelorian. I will always love you, but our time has passed. Please release me. Take your place within the Halls of Mandos as you should have so long ago. Do not linger here for me. You harm yourself by doing so..." She could feel the tears welling in her eyes as she spoke. It tore her heart to know that she'd had a part in making him what he had become. She was frightened of him now.
For a long moment, save for the sound of her quivering breath and chattering teeth, there was no sound in the room. Even the crackle of the flames within the fireplace went silent. Frost began to form on the chair she was sitting in… the harp that had belonged to her once devoted... her clothes... her hair. Her cheeks began to sting with the bite of it as a thin layer of ice crystals kissed her skin. His voice came again, filling her with terror. It hissed and grated at her mind like stone grinding steel. "You will join me!"
She stood, raising her voice in fear. "No! I will not! My heart no longer belongs to you!" With that, she threw the harp that she had cherished for so long into the flames. As the strings popped and the wood began to char, the spirit shrieked and spoke again. "Fool girl! You are mine! If you will not join me willingly, I will take you myself!"
Suddenly, the chill of icy fingers closed around her throat. She struggled with the hands that were not there, gasping for air. The room began to spin and fade, the crushing grip bringing her to her knees. She gasped and attempt at a scream, but it only came out as a whimper. Stars filled her vision and she could no longer struggle. As she fell to the floor, blackness consumed her. A barely audible whisper was heard by only an empty room as she slipped into nothingness. "I am sorry Melethron."
Lunethriel awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside her window, as the morning sun crept in. She was still in bed. Blinking sleep away, her eyes regained their focus and took the room in. All was as it should be. It was a dream... wasn't it?
She rolled to her side to find a single white flower lying on the pillow beside her. Her eyes widening, she backed away. It was the same kind that Faelorian would bring to her when they had argued or disagreed. She stared at it for a long moment as though it were a deadly serpent waiting to strike. Her hand moved to her throat, causing her to wince with pain as hoarse whisper escaped her lips. "But it was only a dream…" Her eyes moved to the fireplace. The remains of Faelorian's harp lay there, still smoldering on a bed of glowing embers.
Cerridwen, a Music Anthropologist by Mintjelly
Sitting at a roughly crafted table close to the hearth of the Bird and Baby, Cerridwen tapped her quill on the side of the page. If she continued to be distracted by these day dreams she would never complete this thesis, concentrating on her work she started to write the next sentence, then stopped.
Once again her mind drifted to the day she elected her topic. Gwrtheyrn had given them all a week to decide where to complete their music history field work study. Most had already decided upon the various masters within the Elven kingdoms, a few more adventurous types had opted for study with Men and Dwarves.
Dwarves were an uncomfortable choice due to their preference for underground accommodation, but many overcame this inconvenience to gain insight into their music, they had preserved a long history of music culture meticulously across generations.
Similarly, though for very different reasons, only a few would select to work alongside Men. Their unpredictable, often volatile nature being as it was, Men also retained a wealth of musical history despite much having been sadly lost through the various wars they appeared prone to occupying themselves with.
Cerridwen had taken a long walk that day outside the city to visit her favourite thinking space, a beautiful and delightfully remote forest glade. She sat amid a sea of tiny white flowers, gently swaying to a silent rhythm. None of the obvious choices seemed terribly exciting to her, she desperately needed a topic that would re-ignite the fire of learning within her. Since her close friend went missing she had felt little motivation to study, numb to everything, even her great passion for healing music.
She had recalled her friends skilfully crafted, yet wholly inappropriate, tall tales. They had become a constant irritation to their tutors, one had even involved Hobbits. Elves did not frown upon Hobbits per se, but they took little interest in them, seeing them as being essentially inconsequential. Hobbits were known to seldom leave their small farming communities, so to write a song about an adventuring Hobbit heroine was seen as a mockery of the tutors instruction.
Always a well behaved, unremarkable student herself, Cerridwen had taken a secret delight in her friends antics and the subsequent uproar that often ensued. Now lessons seemed quite dull in comparison.
Perhaps she needed to get away from her peers for a while, the problem was she really didn't like the idea of spending time in the draughty halls of the Dwarves or in the rowdy company of Men. It was then the notion came to her, she smiled to herself, they would be shocked and no doubt blame it on undue stress. Of course it was nothing to do with stress, it would be a tribute to a great friendship. 'One day my friend, you will hear tell of this and smile widely' she spoke into the empty glade.
Later that day clutching her submission for her proposed fieldwork study she strode into Gwrtheyrn's library. He sat pouring over the other student submissions piled upon his desk.
'Good evening, Cerridwen' he said without looking up, whilst holding out a hand for her paper.
'It is a fine evening isn't it.' She said cheerfully, watching him closely as he began to read her proposal. She did not have long to wait.
'Hobbit's?' He boomed at her, which was quite a shock, given his usual mild demeanour.


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Book Club Choices: April 2012
April is National Poetry Month, if you haven't already, maybe it's time your group considered reading and discussing poetry. Choose a poet and let members select 2 or 3 poems from the poet's collected worksto read. Members can discuss their reactions to the poems or maybe to poetry as a whole.
The complete poems by Walt Whitman ; edited with an introduction and notes by Francis Murphy
How to read a poem: and fall in love with poetry by Edward Hirsch
How to read a poem— and start a poetry circle by Molly Peacock
Migration: new & selected poems by W.S. Merwin
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