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Lissa Wadewitz will present "The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea," as part of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31, in Bond Hall Room 105 on Western's campus.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is cosponsored by Western's History Department.
Wadewitz recently published her first book titled, "The Nature of Borders: Salmon, Boundaries, and Bandits on the Salish Sea." The book explores the ecological effects of imposing cultural and political borders on a critical West Coast salmon fishery. Wadewitz's new research focuses on the history of Pacific whaling and the emergence of a "Pacific World" prior to the military expansion of the U.S. across the Pacific Ocean in the late 19th century.
In addition to her book, Wadewitz has published articles in The Pacific Historical Review and Environmental History, as well as chapters in anthologies published by University of Nebraska Press and Duke University Press.
Wadewitz received her doctorate from UCLA in 2004. She then spent a year as a post-doctoral fellow in Native and Newcomer relations at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. In 2005, Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the North American West awarded Wadewitz a two-year post-doctoral fellow position. The Linfield College History Department then hired Wadewitz as an assistant professor in 2007; she now teaches courses there on U.S. environmental history, Native American history and the history of the U.S. West.
Anyone interested in these topics is encouraged to come and participate. The presentation will include a question and answer period. The speaker series is held by Western's Huxley College of the Environment to bring together the environmentally minded community and other interested members of Western and Bellingham's communities. Speakers address topics of contemporary environmental concern in the region and the world.
For more information, please contact the main office of Huxley College of the Environment, at (360) 650-3520.
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By Sharon McNary
Opening arguments are expected later this week in the trial of several former council members from the city of Bell. They are accused of taking large salaries for little or no work and receiving illegal loans from the city. While the drama unfolds in court, a new group of leaders is trying to rebuild Bell, a small city in Los Angeles County.
Barber Charlie Ortiz, owner of Charlie's Chop Shop, trims the hair of a young client as he chats about the change he's seen in Bell.
He's a burly guy with tattoos covering just about every visible inch of skin. He was a stranger when he arrived a dozen years ago from a neighboring town looking for a place to open his own martial-arts themed haircutting business.
"When I first came here, I didn't know anybody here," Ortiz said. "Now it's like one of those old Western towns like you see on TV where everybody knows each other, 'Hey Mr. Henderson!'"
But Bell is no Mayberry.
A little over two years ago, Los Angeles County prosecutors accused city manager Robert Rizzo of secretly arranging a million-dollar annual salary for himself, and $100,000 salaries and illegal city loans for part-time City Council members.
"They think that the people of Bell don't know what's going on, because maybe some people are not legal or maybe because they don't speak English," Ortiz said. "And boy, were they wrong, huh?"
Six accused former council members go on trial this month in one of the most blatant cases of alleged public corruption in California's recent history. Rizzo and an assistant go to trial later this year on charges of bilking city taxpayers of some $5.5 million.
The city, now under new leadership, has racked up legal expenses nearing $2 million since the scandal broke two years ago -- about triple the amount a similar-sized city would have. It's mired in about 40 lawsuits.
But the city also opened its books, adopting an ambitious open-government policy. A new website lists every contract and city employee salary, and a list of every check the city writes is available at council meetings.
Much of the credit for that transparency goes to local businessman Ali Saleh, now in his second year as mayor. On this afternoon, Saleh is at a ribbon-cutting for a business that trains developmentally-disabled adults. He makes the pitch for Bell.
"Any businesses that you guys may know, tell them that the city of Bell is a very friendly business community and we're delighted to have the new business here in the city of Bell," Saleh said.
About 10 years ago, Saleh began attending City Council meetings. He was surprised to find they were sometimes just minutes long, free of dissent and attended by only a handful of people. It wasn't until Bell's salary scandal was uncovered by the Los Angeles Times that he fully understood how bad things had gotten under former city manager Rizzo.
"He was a disgrace to local government to the city manager's position. What he did to our community was shameless," said Saleh.
But the scandal that rocked Bell also seems to have shaken people awake. Council meetings now stretch for hours and draw dozens of residents.
Retiree Maria Arizmendi is part of this new wave of activism. She volunteers with Parents on Patrol, a new school safety group. She says life in Bell is better under new management.
"We're hanging in there, it's moving a little at a time, bueno, and we see some change," she said, adding, "Not as fast as we want it to, but it's moving."
But it's a big challenge to leave the legacy of corruption behind, Saleh said.
"I don't know if we can move on," he said. "We can move on from the scandal, but we can't move on because we still have this property tax assessed on us for many years."
Bell residents still pay one of the highest parcel tax rates in Los Angeles County, after approving bonds that Rizzo and the old council placed on the ballot. The city defaulted on bond payments and owes millions on others.
There's also debate over whether Bell can afford its police department. The police union is in negotiations with the city and Saleh says wants to keep the police department intact, but he's pressing for lower salaries and pensions.
Councilman Nestor Valencia prefers to dissolve the Bell police and outsource public safety to the county Sheriff's Department or another agency.
"Probably the biggest thing that I'd like to see is for those obligations to be mitigated, negotiated," Valencia said. "Somehow, if we have to, just say, "we can't do it. BK the whole thing."
By "BK", Valencia means declaring bankruptcy, a measure only three California cities have taken in recent years. He's willing to see Bell go bankrupt in order to restructure its mounting debts.
Valencia represents a vocal minority on the council, but he's hopeful the upcoming city council election in March ushers in yet more change.
"The good is that we still have an opportunity. Elections," Valencia said. "Finally, there are six people running in this election cycle, I'm not up for election, but there are two who are up and four who are running for those seats and that's exactly what we wanted."
In light of the recent turmoil, another debate in the city seems almost quaint; whether to rip out speed bumps installed on some of the quieter streets of town. Perhaps it's a sign that local government is finally ringing true in the city of Bell.
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Militant atheism has become a religion
Source: salon.com
Prominent non-believers have become as dogmatic as those they deride -- and become rich on the lecture circuit
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
— Jonathan Swift
One quiet Sunday morning, I stroll down the driveway of my home in Stone Mountain, Georgia, to pick up the newspaper. As I arrive at the bottom—we live on a hill—a Cadillac drives up the street and stops right before me. A big man in a suit steps out, sticking out his hand. A firm handshake follows, during which I hear him proclaim in a booming, almost happy voice, "I'm looking for lost souls!" Apart from perhaps being overly trusting, I am rather slow and had no idea what he was talking about. I turned around to look behind me, thinking that perhaps he had lost his dog, then corrected myself and mumbled something like, "I'm not very religious."
This was of course a lie, because I am not religious at all. The man, a pastor, was taken aback, probably more by my accent than by my answer. He must have realized that converting a European to his brand of religion was going to be a challenge, so he walked back to his car, but not without handing me a business card in case I'd change my mind. A day that had begun so promisingly now left me feeling like I might go straight to hell.
I was raised Catholic. Not just a little bit Catholic, like my wife, Catherine. When she was young, many Catholics in France already barely went to church, except for the big three: baptism, marriage, and funeral. And only the middle one was by choice. By contrast, in the southern Netherlands—known as "below the rivers"—Catholicism was important during my youth. It defined us, setting us apart from the above-the-rivers Protestants. Every Sunday morning, we went to church in our best clothes, we received catechism at school, we sang, prayed, and confessed, and a vicar or bishop was present at every official occasion to dispense holy water (which we children happily imitated at home with a toilet brush). We were Catholic through and through.
But I am not anymore. In my interactions with religious and nonreligious people alike, I now draw a sharp line, based not on what exactly they believe but on their level of dogmatism. I consider dogmatism a far greater threat than religion per se. I am particularly curious why anyone would drop religion while retaining the blinkers sometimes associated with it. Why are the "neo-atheists" of today so obsessed with God's nonexistence that they go on media rampages, wear T-shirts proclaiming their absence of belief, or call for a militant atheism? What does atheism have to offer that's worth fighting for?
As one philosopher put it, being a militant atheist is like "sleeping furiously."
Losing My Religion
I was too restless as a boy to sit through an entire mass. It was akin to aversion training. I looked at it like a puppet show with a totally predictable story line. The only aspect I really liked was the music. I still love masses, passions, requiems, and cantatas and don't really understand why Johann Sebastian Bach ever wrote his secular cantatas, which are so obviously inferior. But other than developing an appreciation of the majestic church music of Bach, Mozart, Haydn and others, for which I remain eternally grateful, I never felt any attraction to religion and never talked to God or felt a special relationship. After I left home for the university, at the age of seventeen, I quickly lost any remnant of religiosity. No more church for me. It was hardly a conscious decision, certainly not one I recall agonizing over. I was surrounded by other ex-Catholics, but we rarely addressed religious topics except to make fun of popes, priests, processions, and the like. It was only when I moved to a northern city that I noticed the tortuous relationship some people develop with religion.
Much of postwar Dutch literature is written by ex-Protestants bitter about their severe upbringing. "Whatever is not commanded is forbidden" was the rule of the Reformed Church. Its insistence on frugality, black dress code, continuous fight against temptations of the flesh, frequent scripture readings at the family table, and its punitive God—all contributed greatly to Dutch literature. I have tried to read these books, but have never gotten very far: too depressing! The church community kept a close eye on everyone and was quick to accuse. I have heard shocking real-life accounts of weddings at which the bride and groom left in tears after a sermon about the punishment awaiting sinners. Even at funerals, fire and brimstone might be directed at the deceased in his grave so that his widow and everybody else knew exactly where he'd be going. Uplifting stuff.
In contrast, if the local priest visited our home, he could count on a cigar and a glass of jenever (a sort of gin)—everyone knew that the clergy enjoyed the good life. Religion did come with restrictions, especially reproductive ones (contraception being wrong), but hell was mentioned far less than heaven. Southerners pride themselves on their bon vivant attitude to life, claiming that there's nothing wrong with a bit of enjoyment. From the northern perspective, we must have looked positively immoral, with beer, sex, dancing, and good food being part of life. This explains a story I heard once from an Indian Hindu who married a Dutch Calvinist woman from the north. Although the woman's parents didn't have the faintest idea what a Hindu was, they were relieved that their new son-in-law was at least not Catholic. For them, belief in multiple deities was secondary to the heretic and sinful ways of their next-door religion.
The southern attitude is recognizable in Pieter Brueghel's and Bosch's paintings, some of which bring to mind Carnival, the beginning of Lent. Carnival is big in Den Bosch, when the city is known as Oeteldonk, and also celebrated in nearby Catholic Germany, in cities like Cologne and Aachen, where Bosch's family came from (his father's name, "van Aken," referred to the latter city). Bosch must have been well versed in the zany Carnival atmosphere, and its suspension of class distinctions behind anonymous masks. Just like Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Carnival is deep down a giant party of role reversal and social freedom. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" achieves the same by depicting everyone in his or her birthday suit. I am convinced that Bosch intended this as a sign of liberty rather than the debauchery some have read into it.
Possibly, the religion one leaves behind carries over into the sort of atheism one embraces. If religion has little grip on one's life, apostasy is no big deal and there will be few lingering effects. Hence the general apathy of my generation of ex-Catholics, which grew up with criticism of the Vatican by our parents' generation in a culture that diluted religious dogma with an appreciation of life's pleasures. Culture matters, because Catholics who grew up in papist enclaves above the rivers tell me that their upbringing was as strict as that of the Reformed households around them. Religion and culture interact to such a degree that a Catholic from France is really not the same as one from the southern Netherlands, who in turn is not the same as one from Mexico. Crawling on bleeding knees up the steps of the cathedral to ask the Virgin of Guadalupe for forgiveness is not something any of us would consider. I have also heard American Catholics emphasize guilt in ways that I absolutely can't relate to. It is therefore as much for cultural as religious reasons that southern ex-Catholics look back with so much less bitterness at their religious background than northern ex-Protestants.
Egbert Ribberink and Dick Houtman, two Dutch sociologists, who classify themselves, respectively, as "too much of a believer to be an atheist" and "too much of a nonbeliever to be an atheist," distinguish two kinds of atheists. Those in one group are uninterested in exploring their outlook and even less in defending it. These atheists think that both faith and its absence are private matters. They respect everyone's choice, and feel no need to bother others with theirs. Those in the other group are vehemently opposed to religion and resent its privileges in society. These atheists don't think that disbelief should be kept locked up in the closet. They speak of "coming out," a terminology borrowed from the gay movement, as if their nonreligiousness was a forbidden secret that they now want to share with the world. The difference between the two kinds boils down to the privacy of their outlook.
I like this analysis better than the usual approach to secularization, which just counts how many people believe and how many don't. It may one day help to test my thesis that activist atheism reflects trauma. The stricter one's religious background, the greater the need to go against it and to replace old securities with new ones.
Serial Dogmatism
Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap a politician running for office can have, bigger than being gay, unmarried, thrice married, or black. This is upsetting, of course, and explains why atheists have become so vocal in demanding their place at the table. They prod the elephant to see whether they can get it to make some room. But the elephant also defines them, because what would be the point of atheism in the absence of religion?
As if eager to provide comic relief from this mismatched battle, American television occasionally summarizes it in its own you-can't-make-this-stuff-up way. "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News invited David Silverman, president of the American Atheist Group, to discuss billboards proclaiming religion a "scam." Throughout the interview, Silverman kept up a congenial face, claiming that there was absolutely no reason to be troubled, since all that his billboards do is tell the truth: "Everybody knows religion is a scam!" Bill O'Reilly, a Catholic, expressed his disagreement and clarified why religion is not a scam: "Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that." This was the first time I had heard the tides being used as proof of God. It looked like a comedy sketch with one smiling actor telling believers that they are too stupid to see that religion is a fraud, but that it would be silly for them to take offense, while the other proposes the rise and fall of the oceans as evidence for a supernatural power, as if gravity and planetary rotation can't handle the job.
All I get out of such exchanges is the confirmation that believers will say anything to defend their faith and that some atheists have turned evangelical. Nothing new about the first, but atheists' zeal keeps surprising me. Why "sleep furiously" unless there are inner demons to be kept at bay? In the same way that firefighters are sometimes stealth arsonists and homophobes closet homosexuals, do some atheists secretly long for the certitude of religion? Take Christopher Hitchens, the late British author of "God Is Not Great." Hitchens was outraged by the dogmatism of religion, yet he himself had moved from Marxism (he was a Trotskyist) to Greek Orthodox Christianity, then to American Neo-Conservatism, followed by an "antitheist" stance that blamed all of the world's troubles on religion. Hitchens thus swung from the left to the right, from anti–Vietnam War to cheerleader of the Iraq War, and from pro to contra God. He ended up favoring Dick Cheney over Mother Teresa.
Some people crave dogma, yet have trouble deciding on its contents. They become serial dogmatists. Hitchens admitted, "There are days when I miss my old convictions as if they were an amputated limb," thus implying that he had entered a new life stage marked by doubt and reflection. Yet, all he seemed to have done was sprout a fresh dogmatic limb.
Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners.
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The Londoner recently revealed that she and husband David have been listening to the same Gillian Welch CD for the past 10 years since a guy with a purple mohawk persuaded Sam to buy Welch's Time (The Revelator) album in a Notting Hill record shop.
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"Mama always said, 'Eat your greens,' so start brunch off with a simple salad. The warm vinaigrette melts the goat cheese, creating a magical creamy dressing."
- 4 bacon slices
- 1 shallot, minced
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 (5-oz.) package arugula or mixed greens
- 1/3 cup crumbled goat cheese
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Cook bacon in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat 6 minutes or until crisp. Remove bacon, reserving drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon. Sauté shallot in drippings 2 minutes or just until tender.
Transfer shallot and drippings to a small bowl. Whisk in oil and next 3 ingredients. Toss arugula with vinaigrette on a platter. Top with goat cheese and bacon.


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Poor parking is causing problems in Weston Rhyn
POOR parking is causing problems at a popular beauty spot.
Residents lobbied Weston Rhyn Parish Council with concerns about cars parking dangerously on Trap Bank in Lower Chirk Bank and on the nearby canal towpath.
Roger Dyke, clerk to the council, told PC Katie Le'Clere: "The vehicles are making the road very narrow by parking there and they are also reversing from the towpath on to the road by the canal bridge creating a serious potential traffic hazard."
Councillor Maggie Rowlands claimed there would be "quite dangerous" if an ambulance ever needed to travel down the road and suggested putting up signs asking people to be considerate when parking and pointing visitors in the direction of the car park further up the canal near The Poachers pub.
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true tears 12
I'm… still crying now.
Shinichiro watches Noe from afar, who just sets down Jibeta and urges him to fly, but of course, Jibeta won't fly. Noe tells herself that if she doesn't decide it by herself, she won't be happy or crying or flying, and unlike Jibeta, who decides NOT to fly, but to live facing forward instead, which is the same as flying.
Reassured, Shin returns home, calls Hiromi to tell her that Noe will be fine and she'll be coming back home, and to tell Jun about that. Shin thinks back about Noe's words, realizing that he himself, hasn't decided on anything yet, whether if it's his dancing, his picture books or even Hiromi and Noe. He gazes strongly at his somewhat-finished picture book, and flashbacks of his moments with the 3 girls of the series play back.
Back at the Isurugi household, Noe has just returned and Jun has just finished preparing her dinner, and Noe hugs him, saying "Thank you" repeatedly. In the trashcan, a brown document enveloped addressed to Jun can be seen.
The next day, the Mugiha Festival finally starts. The Nakagami household is a hive of activity. Hiromi helps Shinichiro put on his outfit and they exchange banter about the incident yesterday, and about where best to watch Shin's dance. It brings back memories of Noe to Shin, and he comments to Hiromi that she shouldn't force herself to find the best spot, since it's crowded.
Noe is cramped up at home, clutching the chicken-tissuebox Shin gave her, while deciding whether or not to go for the festival.
The festival finally begins with the dance procession lead. Ai-chan arrives late to the Nakagami residence to help out, and exchanges greetings with Hiromi. Both of them notice Noe peeking at the tent area and she runs after she notices them, and Ai carelessly comments that Noe came to watch as Shin's girlfriend. Hiromi sharply replies that "I'm the girlfriend" and runs after Noe, leaving Ai to comment that she doesn't know many things herself.
Hiromi chases after Noe, catching up to her and she faces off with Noe, asking her not to jump in between them, now that they've finally been able to be honest to each other about their feelings. Hiromi sheds tears and Noe comments that her tears are beautiful, running off after that.
Yes, her tears are beautiful…
Noe returns home again, trying to shut out the sounds of the festival. A phone call interrupts her, and she rushes to see Jun after that, telling him that a Tokyo printing company called. Noe asks him about his change of plans. Jun starts to tell her about the past, after Noe started to shut herself upon her grandmother's death and Jun decided to protect her… but his feelings blossomed beyond that.
Jun tells Noe that he likes her, and Noe replies she likes him too, but Jun likes her beyond that. Jun asks Noe for a kiss, and Noe agrees. Jun starts by kissing her on the forehead, then the cheek and then he aims for her lips… surprising Noe. Jun finally makes Noe understand about his feelings, saying that it's painful for him to stay with her already. Noe is surprised at this development and takes off for the cape again, in soliloquy that she doesn't notice onii-chan's nor Shin's and nor Hiromi's true feelings.
The final dance of the day is being performed at the shrine. While dancing, Shin thinks of his picture book's new ending, and the reason he drew the book was because of the person who believed that he could fly. Hiromi is watching Shin's dance, and notices Noe also watching Shin, but she disappears as soon as the dance ends.
After the dance ends, Shin heads off to look for Noe, and bumps in to Hiromi, who tells him that she told Noe to leave them alone. Shin takes off after hearing that, heading straight for the school, where Noe is climbing the tree, wondering how does the sky look like. Shin finally reaches the tree, only to witness Noe jumping down from it…
First off… Hiromi!!! QQ
Sigh… victory declaration was just so near, but yet so far.. har har….. TT.TT
Despite all that has been said about Hiromi, I will still continue to stick with her to the very end… damn, what am I saying. My screen is kinda blurry somewhat….
*wipes tears*
So anyways, much dramatic developments again in true tears, and Shin's choice is made clear. I did feel disappointed, but I'm not mad at all for him choosing Noe, as she has her own merits.
Noe, on the other hand, has perhaps suffered the most emotional impacts in this episode, with her realization of her own shortcomings, Hiromi's declaration of her true feelings, and most shocking of all, Jun's revelation that he loves her more than just a sibling. In fact, it's pushed her far enough to actually make her to uh, try to "fly" off from the tree. I really didn't expect that at all. She looks set to be in the hospital. A running joke now is that we'll see Noe running around, stealing Imagawayaki and giving out Raigomaru wood sculptures…
As for Hiromi… she's done all that's she's capable of doing, and if Shin decides not to choose her, I can just only hope she'll live past the pain, and that the creators don't turn her in to a yandere or something. PLEASE. But damn, she looks so damn beautiful in her kimono. Especially in this shot…
…. so beautiful, it makes me cry… TT_TT.


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Jason Hernandez ledges (Los Angeles, CA):
Shiloh Greathouse's First Love part. The ledges can be seen at 2:36. Watch here.
Finally, outside the tranny skater's domain, DIY ledge spots were pretty much invented after Jason Hernandez set the precedent with his widely documented ledge line lot outside Los Angeles. The spot also brought the world Gino's back lip to kickflip.
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In this adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau," Edward Parker (Richard Arlen) is shipwrecked on a remote island presided over by the mysterious Dr. Moreau (Charles Laughton). Edward discovers his host is conducting genetic experiments, and presiding over a race of half-human, half-animal hybrids, including the alluring Panther Woman and the sage Sayer of the Law (Bela Lugosi). The island has become its own society, with Moreau as its god.
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Well, despite both being Moths, their design is vastly different. Besides, Moffias is clearly based on Jenny's character, Mias, which already has a romantic involvement (with a character who was also drawn as a moth in anotehr illustration). So I'd say things point out to them being two different insects.
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I definitely thought the title was a play on "moth" and "mafias," and I was confused when I didn't see a gangster moth/moff. (I get it now, though.)
<3 awe its so cute!
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I didn't realize how much I needed this in my life until now.
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To Be Well Used: Melissa Green's Magpiety
J. Mae Barizo reviews Melissa Green's Magpiety: New and Selected Poems, published by Arrowsmith Press this past fall. At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Barizo recalls Marie Howe's blurb for Magpiety, in which she writes, "These are poems written by a survivor, a poet, a woman pulled back to life by 'savior language.'" How so:
After undergoing electroshock therapy for persistent depression, Green found that she had, in her words, "lost language." There were perforations in her memories that left Green unable to write. In her LARB interview with Sumita Chakraborty, Green said, "But I realized I still have whatever it is inside a person that makes it absolutely necessary to create something, and makes it so compelling that you have to do it." According to Green, each of her books came into being because "I loved something in the language I wanted to explore, as I was becoming my full self." Often she was too ill to work regularly. However, the disparity of and disjunction between voices in Magpiety display not only an evolution of language but a complex and original model of selfhood. Language impels Green to render brokenness — whether it takes the form of illness or grief — into a poetry of emotional persistence. Green's gift is in taking classical forms — eclogue, epic, and pastoral, to name a few — and reinventing them, employing their rhetoric and structure to shed light on the troubled mind. Under the guise of these older forms, her lyric poems are able to diverge from dominant introspection; she examines her own mental restraints from a distance, often utilizing characters such as Leda, Mad Maud, and Heloise and Abelard to convey her story.
"To survive, you must tell stories," writes Umberto Eco. "I still have no way to survive but to keep writing one more line, one more line…" said Yukio Mishima. The will to write acts as a tool for survival, the savior language that Howe alluded to. In Green's poetry, especially the early works, it is the natural world that tests her endurance. The river becomes metaphor for the poet's internal turbulence, but also a respite from it. "The river dwellers claimed her," Green writes. "Who is the river's daughter," she asks, "How simply she leans/ Into understanding, baptized by light." In Green's poetry, there is the sense that she is at the mercy of forces beyond control. The speaker in the poems observes and grieves, powerless to the losses that infuse the work, whether they be the deaths of loved ones (including Brodsky, Green's mentor and friend) or the deterioration of a mind suffering from bipolar disorder. "I heard the apples softly letting go," Green writes, "And when some worm deranged itself in me, I thought I couldn't live to watch the light/inevitably yield."
Green attains a sober focus toward her subject, whether it be nature, Greek myth, the trappings of her own body, or the tenuous mind. Many of her poems engage with the pastoral tradition, observing with an almost painful clarity the ravages of the seasons juxtaposed with a sometimes awful awareness of the body, alive in its despair and fragility:
To be well used. To endure.
To make or be made the beautiful.
Buffeted at the edge of the known world,
over a river riven with ice —
(from "A Sparrow Fostered Elsewhere")
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What is a good eco-friendly cat litter?
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World's Best Cat Litter is made from ground corn and works really well. It clumps great and controls odors. You can even get it at Target now. However, my cats are not terribly fond of it. When given a choice, they will use the other boxes with clay in then instead. I have one box with that in it now because my new kitten's breeder sent it home with her and even she prefers using the regular boxes with Arm & Hammer in them. I recommend trying it (or any new substance that you introduce) along with your cat's normal litter in an extra box at first so that they can get used to it.
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World's Best Cat Litter is corn based as the other poster mentioned. My cats didn't like it though.
Swheat Scoop is wheat based. We've never tried it though.
Feline Pine is compressed pellets of wood shavings. My cats didn't like that either.
Yesterdays News is compressed pellets of recycled newspaper. We've never tried it.
My cats have a strong preference for clumping clay litter and our favorite brand is Dr. Elsey's Precious Cat Ultra. You can certainly try some eco-friendly options, but your cats might not like them. Have a box of your usual litter available just in case.
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We've tried World's Best Cat Litter, Feline Pine, and Swheat Scoop. My cats really hated Feline Pine - I think the pellets were uncomfortable, and one cat refused to use the box when we used World's Best Cat Litter (although the others seemed to like it - and it clumps great!) Now we're trying Swheat Scoop, and so far, so good, even for my finicky-litter cat! :-)
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My cat seems to prefer the crystal type of litter from fresh step... and I kind of like it, since it doesn't clump and instead simply dessicates the feces, meaning I can just scoop them out and toss them in the toilet and flush rather than having to put the clumps of litter in a bag...
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It's Demolition Time: Say Bye-Bye To Massive, Text-Heavy Requirements Documentation
Posted by Mary Gerush on April 13, 2010
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A couple of days ago, Texas Stadium was reduced to a pile of rubble. Wow. The former home of my Dallas Cowboys, the site of victories and record-setting performances — gone in a matter of minutes. Was I sad? Yeah. But also a bit relieved. The Cowboys have moved to their new, super-duper (and quite ostentatious) stadium, Texas Stadium memorabilia has been auctioned off, and the poor, neglected building had become quite an eyesore.
Sometimes destroying something unusable is the best way to move forward.
Run that statement past your approach to documenting software requirements. When was the last time you took a step back to evaluate how your organization represents requirements? If it's been awhile and your business analysts are still delivering massive, text-heavy, all-encompassing business requirements documents (BRDs), it's time for some demolition of your own.
Why? Compelling forces have converged, drastically changing the way application development teams author software requirements. Organizations are recognizing the connection between software failure and poor requirements, and authoring better requirements has become a major initiative in many firms. At the same time, Lean and Agile are front and center, so right-sizing requirements documentation is on everyone's radar. Bottom line, you need to do more with less: author stronger requirements while minimizing waste and being as lean as possible.
That begs a question: Assuming you accept the fact that the massive BRD needs to go bye-bye, what do you replace it with? Lean and Agile proponents will tell you to create "just enough" documentation to communicate requirements. But how much requirements documentation is "just enough"? I've been asked this more than once, so I'm doing research for an upcoming Forrester report. Here are a few of my initial thoughts:
- Documentation doesn't imply Microsoft Word. I've struggled with the word "documentation" for a while, because to me it implies text-centric artifacts. But the Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines a document as "something that serves as evidence or proof" and elaborates that the "something" could be writing, photographs, recordings, or objects. It's not all about the words, and we need to get past associating "documentation" with "text" and begin to view it as an artifact or collection of artifacts — text, pictures, audio, and video — that helps convey information.
- Business analysts (BAs) need to focus on the documentation's intent. Requirements documentation helps teams collaborate, helps business analysts analyze, and communicates meaning to business stakeholders, developers, and quality assurance pros to help them understand what software the team is trying to build. It also documents a system for those who will interact with that software later. By understanding the purpose of the documentation, you can better hone its focus.
- Requirements authors need to understand their audience . . . Many people — not just business stakeholders — consume software requirements, and all have different preferences. Developers may prefer use cases and wireframes. Quality assurance (QA) pros might benefit from receiving requirements in a data-oriented format. And, yes, your business stakeholders may be most comfortable with Word — but they need a pared-down version to digest requirements efficiently.
- . . . And they need to consider the documentation's life span. If you need to document requirements formally to prove compliance, do it. But don't spend hours creating formal, perfectly formatted documentation for something that will never be referenced again. This is where the "just enough" test is most critical when you're trying to become Lean.
A recent BA Times.com article clearly calls out: "The Big Freakin' Requirements Document Must Die. Here's Why." I agree — and love the title! How have you moved from massive, text-heavy requirements documentation to something leaner and more efficient? I invite your comments on our blog site, or feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. How do you know how much requirements documentation is "just enough"? I look forward to your feedback!
Comment from null on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 16:50
Sometimes all it takes to define the job is a hastily drawn scribble on a restaurant napkin. And sometimes it is a detailed description. Almost always pictures shorten the documentation.
Have you got any suggestions for tools to help produce / collect the necessary stuff without collecting a lot of "fluff?" As a free-lancer, the less expensive the better.
Desktop wireframing tools
Comment from null on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 09:51
Hi Nancy. Thanks for the comment. You would enjoy seeing my collection of napkins, sticky notes, and notepad pages with scribblings of all sorts. I even keep a sketch pad and fun markers handy to capture ideas. We have a market overview of requirements tools in editing right now - it should be published in the next week or so. During my research for that report, I came across a list of lightweight prototyping and wireframing tools. I'm not sure what types of projects you work on, but this may be helpful: http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/15-desktop-online-wireframing-tools/. If you're looking for other types of tools, let me know, and I can send additional information. Thanks!
I've seen it
Comment from null on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 16:43
I've seen that pile - right here on my desk! Thanks for that list, I will review it carefully.
Recently all my projects have been websites, from very simple to fairly complex. As a matter of fact, this blog site is one of them. (yes, I am the one to blame.)
One of the things that so often makes me stumble is not outlining data flow because I mostly work in MySql these days and I haven't seen any (affordable) tools that will model that data. Paper and pencil only works if you can remember where you put them and what has changed since the last time you saw them.
If not Word...
Comment from null on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 01:35
I really appreciate your take on Requirements Documents. In my world, we call them PRD (Product Requirements Documents). Over the years, I was proud to have the most meta-data to convey the context as much as possible without deviating from the JED doctrine (Just Enough Documentation). That being said, traditional text documents are indeed a pain to version effectively, to track, and to roll into the next iteration...
I was toying with the idea of leveraging wikis for requirements, allowing stakeholders to visualize the upcoming capabilities "in context". This needs instrumentation and/or methodology for tracking, etc. but it seems quite appealing for Agile development.
Have you seen any experimentation along those lines? Success? Failure?
Requirements Wiki's
Comment from null on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 11:22
Wow. That sounds fascinating.... Would love to see some follow up thinking on this....
Requirements Wikis
Comment from null on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 09:42
Thanks for the input. We have seen an increase in the use of Wikis for requirements definition with a fair amount of success, and some of the tool vendors are incorporating Wiki-like functionality into their products. We'll be running a survey of business analysts this summer with the IIBA, and I plan to explore this further. So stay tuned!
Texas Stadium style reworking of requirements process
Comment from null on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 11:21
Great observations, Mary. As a Packers fan, I can't say I was sorry to see Texas Stadium go (Was that eighth field goal oh so many years ago REALLY necessary?), but the idea of taking a hard look at how requirements get generated/documented etc. is one who's time has come. I'm hoping for marginally less smoke and noise than the stadium demolition, but not counting on it.
I'm finding that the term "requirements" through long usage and little maintenance has become something of a catch all phrase in our organization. Yeah we have BRD/PRD equivelants, but that's not the only context in which the word is used. Sometimes regulatory constraints get called requirements (well they are in the most abstract sense of the word). Technical spec's get called requirements (particularly mischevious because it invites folks in the business to be authorities on how stuff gets implemented whether they have any expertise in the area or not). So it not just the doc that needs revisiting, but the way our org talks and thinks about requirements.
Really looking forward to the early May workshop!
- Byron
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Techpaths Lecture Series: Dan Albanese
Posted on October 9, 2013
The Techpaths Lecture Series, in partnership with Arthive and the Haas Visiting Artists Program, welcomed photographer Daniel Albanese to campus in mid-September. Albanese works for a non-profit during the day, but in his spare time he can be found on the streets of New York City with his camera, tracking down the latest street art installations or managing his website: thedustyrebel.com.
Albanese spent two days on campus, culminating in a lecture open to the entire Wheaton community. He spoke about his photography, his use of technology and social media, and his work as a documentarian of the political, socially-relevant , or otherwise notable art that populates New York City.
Albanese documents the art he comes across, legal or illegal, whether it take the form of posters, stickers, murals, chalk pieces, yarn weavings, sculptures, and even street performers. Why? Because he is, in his own words, "simplydocumenting a cultural event." With a degree in anthropology and long interest in photography, he explained his current work as an extension of an earlier passion. By drawing attention to street art with his website and crediting the artists, he can "reach this audience that is around the world."
During his lecture Albanese showed several dozen slides of his photographs. He spoke about his documentation of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and how he tracked down the protesters at Zuccotti park to photograph what was actually happening. He laughed saying, "Sometimes people would get mad if you were taking their picture which I always thought was funny...I'd say: 'you know, the reason the world knows you're here is because people like me are taking your picture...if you want this to be seen outside of this camp you need people like me to come through and photography you." His photos of the movement went viral, appearing in publications such as The Atlantic Wire, Buzzfeed, and Gothamist.
Before the lecture, Albanese had dinner with the student Techpaths Fellows, a select group of students nominated for the honor by faculty, who had the opportunity to talk with Albanese in a more intimate setting. Albanese also spent some time visiting Professor McCormack's sociology course Community in the Digital Age and Professor Niederstadt's First Year Seminar Gift or Loot. He was well-received on campus and offered much insight into the world of art and technology. He explained how the two can benefit one another, penetrating cultures that have been in the past mysterious or unknowable to the outside observer.
- Montana Rogers '14


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Crime rate continues to slide
By Allan Dowd
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada's crime rate fell last year to its lowest rate in 30 years, continuing a trend that began in the early 1990s, figures released on Thursday show.
The overall crime rate in 2007 was down 7 percent from the year before with fewer serious violent crimes, such as murder, and a lower rate of "high volume" crimes such as minor property thefts, Statistics Canada reported.
It was the third consecutive year in which the national crime rate dropped, according to the federal statistical agency, which collected the data from police reports.
An aging population and changing attitudes towards violence are likely part of the reason the crime rate has continued to improve on a percentage basis since its peak in 1991, according to Simon Fraser University criminologist Neil Boyd.
"We are less tolerant of violence," he said.
Canada recorded 594 homicides in 2007, or about two for every 100,000 people, a 3 percent decline from 2006, according to the report.
Boyd cautioned that the figures also indicate that while there may be fewer people committing crimes, a "harder core" of individuals is committing more crime.
Police in some cities such as Toronto and Vancouver have complained of increasing gun use by gang members. Both of those cities have suffered several high-profile shooting incidents in recent years. Continued...


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Did some test fitting yesterday and made some very simple 3/8" angle iron mounts that I will need to gusset and clearance in some areas.
The truck has been treated to new floors and rockers, a rebuilt 6.2 Turbo diesel(which I haven't even started yet). Then I pushed it aside for a year+. I threw the 6.2 back on the engine stand this week in favor of my newly aquired 'Wonder' Bread engine.
Here is the chassis with the 6.2
Now with the Wonder engine. I Wonder if it has any compression. I Wonder how much blow-by it will have. I wonder if it will start at all.


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Assemblyman George Latimer says he's "interested" in running for the state Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, D-Mamaroneck, but will take some time to make a final decision.
Latimer, a Democrat from Rye, Westchester County, said he's been contacted by a deluge of reporters and party officials since Oppenheimer announced her decision this morning, and will make up his mind "in a reasonable amount of time."
"At this stage of the game, I'm certainly interested in the seat," Latimer said in a phone interview. "But today is really about Suzi's decision, and a focus on her and the work that she's done over an extended period of time."
Every seat in the state Legislature is up for election in 2012, though a legislative task force is currently redrawing district maps to account for the 2010 Census. Senate Republicans have already announced plans to add a 63rd seat in the upper house, and Latimer said he wants to see what his district will look like.
"We're obviously waiting for district lines, and we don't know what they're going to look like," Latimer said. "We hear that it's going to be a district that is stronger for the Republicans. We're not stupid."
If he were to run, Latimer would likely face Republican Bob Cohen, a Scarsdale businessman who narrowly lost to Oppenheimer in 2010.
"We know that Bob Cohen is an estimable candidate," Latimer said. "He ran a well-funded and very energetic race and he's going to do it again. So all of those things are a part of the mix, and it's such a complicated amalgam that goes into your final decision to run or not to run."


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108|Contemporary is a 501(c)(3) community arts organization whose mission is to Encourage the Art of Craft. Our goal is to create a strong craft community that will facilitate partnerships with artists, collectors, curators, museums and educators alike, and furnish educational opportunities for public awareness of contemporary fine craft.
108|Contemporary showcases the work of Oklahoma artists who use glass paper, fiber, metals, mixed media or wood as their primary medium. In addition, we support newer forms of craft expressions such as installation, video and performance art. Gallery exhibitions include work by internationally renowned craft artists in order to broaden the experience and enhance the education of visitors, artists and students alike.
Located at 108 East M. B. Brady in the beautifully renovated Mathews Warehouse Building, 108|Contemporary sits directly in the center of the re-energized Brady Arts District in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It houses a 3,500 sq. ft. state-of-the-art exhibition gallery as well as a juried retail gift shop. The shop sells artwork throughout the year made by its Oklahoma artist members.
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Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday – Sunday: 12-5 PM
108|Contemporary will be closed January 14th, 2017 and will reopen the 15th. Thank you.


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I hate a thief
Went to retrieve my stands today from my favorite spot and someone had stolen one of my ladder stands. Scumbags! Man that makes me mad as a hornet. I always new it might happen but I guess I was in denial.
that sucks. never had it happen. did you have it chained to the tree? i chain and lock everything.
i chain everything and never use tacks or ribbons always GPS.anyone who steals a stand aint no hunter:ranting:
I hate hearing things like this, makes you wonder just who hit ya.
Thats sorry.. Hard to track a tree stand too..
Ive been telling myself here lately that I need to put my 4-wheeler in the basement instead of in the barn. You know how folks get when they lose a job or think that their going to. They tend to start picking up stuff thats not theirs.
I don't ever wish bad things on anyone but I kinda hope the jerk that took it falls out of it and breaks a couple fingers, or at Least his trigger finger. :w00t:
I agree with you all, stealing represents someone near the bottom of life's value system. It's opposite the big three, honesty, credibility, and integrity. A theif possesses none of these qualities. Maybe their actions will catch up to them sometime somewhere!
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Kelly Rowland Appears to be a Morning Person as she Heads to the "Today Show"
Looking energized for an early start, Kelly Rowland arrived at NBC Studios for an appearance on "The Today Show" in New York City on Wednesday (December 4).
The "Talk a Good Game" singer wore a tan overcoat, matching earth toned scarf, and black leather pants as she smiled brightly on her way inside.
Keeping her hands hidden in her pocket, the "X Factor" judge is doing nothing to squash rumors that she's secretly engaged to manager Tim Witherspoon.
Recently, Kelly has been spotted with a tattoo on her left ring finger, which her alleged fiancée allegedly also sports. Additionally, a diamond sparkler worn on that finger is fueling the gossip.


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I arrived in Vancouver last week and thankfully with my nose, ears and throat functioning as they should, I could enjoy all the delights that Vancouver offered – and wow, did it deliver!
Vancouver is an amazing city and by far my favorite destination on this trip so far. As I demonstrated in a recent video, I rented an inner city apartment on coal harbor, complete with Internet, cable TV, full sized kitchen, great views and close access to everything I could want from Vancouver.
I'm not the kind of guy to spend money on many frivolous things. I don't drink and I'm not really into clothes or cars or gadgets (I've had the same laptop for over three years now – a good old trusty Asus), however there are two areas I will spend good money on with no regret – food and shelter…err, accommodation.
In Australia I shop organic as much as I can. New organic shops open up regularly in Brisbane, but nothing compares to the full blown grocery store called Capers in Vancouver – devoted entirely to organic produce.
I spent the early part of my first day in Vancouver walking around Capers with wide eyes, shopping for food. This turned out to be the beginning of a trend and I have to say with no hesitation – Vancouver is the best city for good healthy and tasty food I've ever been to.
Maybe it's because of where I was staying (in the West End of Vancouver – strangely enough my favorite suburb in Brisbane is West End too), but I had a lot of trouble finding many overweight people, quite the contrast to Brisbane. Vancouver, the land of healthy eating and healthy living it seems!
One guilty pleasure for me is chocolate and again, Vancouver spoiled me for choice. Australia just doesn't do dessert the way North America does, which is a good and bad thing.
My favorite place for chocolate in Vancouver is a boutique shop called Mink, where I am presently sitting typing this article (Vancouver has to be one of the best cities for Wi-Fi net access – even laundromats have it!). I just finished consuming a rich dark chocolate Fondue, with cake and fruit pieces. They also have the most amazing rich dark drinking chocolate here that frankly, is better than sex – honestly!
Vancouver is a truly beautiful city in terms of pure natural wonders. Just down the road from my apartment is Stanley Park. Since I'm here in May, Spring is in full bloom and nature is putting on an amazing show. Tulips are everywhere, the grass is a rich green that nowhere in Australia can match and the mountain peaks that lie across the sea passage are wondrous to look at.
One day I went for a bike ride around the perimeter of Stanley Park and another day I went for a rollerblade around the lost lagoon and aquarium area. The centre of the park is full of wildlife like squirrels (which are very cool to see if you come from Australia since we don't have them – too cute!), geese, ducks, swans – and even a raccoon came out to greet people once. Spring has had an impact on the animals too and I came across several goslings and ducklings with protective parents circling near by.
On a clear day I caught the boat across to North Vancouver and then rode the bus up to the Capilano suspension bridge, which frankly is a bit overrated and overpriced. The bridge itself is great, but the tree and cliff walk are not nearly as exciting as they sound and I didn't see any wildlife the entire time besides a dead fish. At $27.50 I felt a bit cheated, so decided to leave and head up to Grouse mountain.
Grouse Mountain is at the top of North Vancouver and during winter, offers a basic ski area. It's no Whistler, but since you can get there via public transport there's no excuse for Vancouverites to not know how to ski. I caught the gondola ride up to the top and then trampled snow with my street shoes (one Asian tourist did it in high heels!) and visited the newly awakened from hibernation grizzly bears.
The bears were clearly not "morning bears" and despite no longer hibernating were still having trouble getting out of bed – they preferred to sleep while us tourists captured photos.
After visiting the bears I captured some shots of the amazing views of the surrounding mountains, the snow and the man-made dam. The mountain area is truly spectacular and an interesting contrast to the Australian mountains around Brisbane.
The trees are very different in Canada, even the smell in the air is different, it's an interesting comparison to make if you enjoy forests. Around my house in Brisbane is a wonderful forest that is very peaceful and you get a sense of timelessness there. Vancouver's forest is colder (obviously) with a crisp feel. There's more water in Vancouver too, not surprisingly since it rains the entire winter (they need to ship some of that water to Australia).
When I announced I was making my way to Vancouver, several locals emailed me interested in getting together for a chat. I arranged a meet-up for Tuesday night at a gourmet burger bar in the city and enjoyed meeting several of my blog readers. Big hellos to David, Doug, Vera and Leo, Haffiz and his dad, and Jimson (Jimson covered the meet-up here).
I twittered John Chow and informed him that I was in town and that I hoped to make it to his next Dot Com Pho meet-up. John gave me the details and wrote on his blog that I was attending the next event. From there things seemed to have spiraled and it appears that the Dot Com Pho may turn out to be the biggest one yet. I can't take responsibility for that though – it's all about the free pens!
John and his wife also made it out to my meet-up on Tuesday night and it was great to meet one of Vancouver's most famous bloggers. John in person is so much like he comes across in his blog – he loves his technology, the Internet and clearly enjoys the lifestyle it allows him to lead (amen to that!).
John covered my meet-up in a blog post here.
With all the talk of making money from blogging there's an intrinsic benefit that isn't talked about as much – it can help you make friends too. Without my blog I couldn't enter a foreign city and instantaneously have a connection with some of the locals like I've experienced in Vancouver.
My "holiday" is almost over as I head to Toronto next week, my destination point for the coming months. I have family there who I will stay with initially, until I locate a sub-let somewhere near the downtown area (I'm aiming for the annexe or high park).
Toronto is my second home as I have stayed there for months several times in recent years, although this will be the first summer in Toronto in a long time. Since I will be settling for longer, my focus returns to work and I won't be traveling quite as much, except to go to conferences that take my interest.
This month I hope to open the doors to Blog Mastermind, though it might spill over to early June. I also have a new project planned with Gideon Shalwick that extends what we offered at BecomeABlogger.com and my long awaited Membership Site Mastermind program will debut later in the year too, which is currently running in BETA with a small group of Blog Mastermind graduates.
I'm itching to get back to work. While I love seeing all the sites and sounds that traveling offers, I do enjoy knuckling down and getting great content out to the world. There's not much more satisfying than helping others with your work, and I hope I can do that many times in the coming months.
My experiment traveling, working and living for a few weeks in different places shows that it's a real possibility to have the lifestyle of a wandering Internet entrepreneur without needing to spend excessive amounts of money. If you intend to follow in my footsteps, I suggest you do it now rather than later, before the price of oil makes air travel prohibitive for all but the wealthy.
Bye from Vancouver.
Yaro Starak
Wandering Entrepreneur
What a good motive for all the bloggers. My biggest dream is to earn my life from blogging. I wish I could travel around the world like you Yaro. Enjoy!
Glad to hear that you're having a good time in our city. It's always interesting to hear the perspective of a non-Vancouverite on our city, because we tend to take things for granted: organic food, crisp air, abundant wildlife, etc.
I think you exaggerated a bit with "better than sex" comment, but anyway I can't wait to see your future projects come to life!
Hey Son.
Good to see you enjoying the cityn where I did my uni studies! UBC
Vancouver was and still is the city I really love in all of Canada.
Looks like you are having great fun Yaro…Laundromats have wi-fi net access…Now thats something…Look forward to reading more about your stay at Toronto…
if the chocolate is better than sex you might be doing it wrong 😉 lol
Glad you enjoyed our fair city. I guess we do tend to take things for granted. I gotta try the chocolate place.
Nice to have met you at DotCom Pho.
Safe travelling.
Hey Yaro,
Gee that looks like fun… I can see the fire in your eyes whilst eating that chocolate. Who knew you were such a chocolate aficionado?
You make me want to visit Canadia, too. Enjoy "the rest" of your holiday – you deserve to live it up a little sometimes. Keep us in the loop.
yep … I hope I can follow yours as Entrepreneur, look so interesting 🙂
Here's a picture from Yaro's visit to the weekly Dot Com Pho here in Vancouver (well actually Richmond), BC.
It was good to meet you in person Yaro.
I am glad to see you enjoyed your trip to Vancouver. Too bad you didn't get better weather. The sun does shine here sometimes. Have fun in Toronto!
I like the picture of the rocks… the right rocks looks great hehehe that's all. I also see John Chow and you.
It seems like a good fun wandering and working on the Net at the same time 🙂
I really want to follow your footsteps, and currently working on it 😉
Cheers Yaro!
Hey Yaro,
It was great to finally meet you face to face, but you seem like an old friend from watching your videos and listening to your podcasts. The Blog world sure connects people.
But I still **think** you should have hiked up Grouse Grind instead of taking the tram both ways!
Maybe next time!
Hey Yaro – this is my first visit to your site and there you are talking about Vancouver. I am headed over to that beautiful city in August for the second time – this time as a base for a couple of side trips – to Alaska and into the Rockies.
Enjoy the rest of your trip in Canada.
Better than sex? Yaro…please stick to topics you are familiar with.
He is joking, I hope))
Hey Yaro, it was really great to meet you and it was a lovely dinner. I'll be posting our picture shortly and will send you the link. My husband even left with some ideas of his own, exciting! 🙂
Hi, i really like your site layout. I will continue reading here, so i subscribed! Maybe you could check out my site, and even subscribe if you like. Thanks, Zach.
Wow, I thought that you are tall.
But as I can see John Chow is much taller???
Hey Yaro
Sounds like you are having a lot of fun… a bloggers dream!
Hey Yaro!
Are you thinking about having another Vancouver meet-up? If so, drop me a line. I've been reading your blog for some time and would love to meet you in person while you're in my hometown.
Take it easy…
Vancouver sounds great, it's a place I've always wanted to visit, I'll get there one day!
Sounds like your making the most of it Yaro!
Hey Yaro,
Here is the link to our picture at the meet up, thanks for letting me edit it before it went live on the internet for the world to see. lol.
Thanks! Vera.
I haven't been to Vancouver but from what I hear, it is a beautiful and fantastic place! Looks like you had a great time with your other blogger friends! Just wanted to say hello, and I am reading your blog on a daily basis. Keep up the good work! I, too, have a blog – http://ventureblogster.com. This blog basically shares with others about people who are entrepreneurs. Just like you, many people want to succeed as entrepreneurs. Your website is fantastic!!! 🙂
I didn't notice anything mentioning my personal favorite among organic foods: COFFEE! (Los Angeles has the best organic coffee shops in America (Urth Cafe)- and I'd know from traveling to San Francisco to the East Coast and finding nothing better than, cough! Starbucks everywhere else where I ply my computer networking trade.
[…] hopping around on the globe while still raking in the dough. His most recent stop was right here, wandering in Vancouver. He has since moved on to […]
It's interesting that you say you had the "most amazing rich dark
drinking chocolate here that frankly, is better than sex – honestly!"
One of history's most famous lovers, Casanova…
believed that dark chocolate was an aphrodisiac.
Dark Chocolate contains phenyl-ethylamine which is known
to stimulate the release of dopamine into the pleasure centers
of the brain.
It has been shown that not only does dark chocolate
increase the sexual appetite but also produces…
…A sense of elation similar to an orgasm.
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Best Wishes!
I discovered your site while searching for more reads about organic food and am I glad!
Loved the writing style-I only eat organic, grow it in my backyard mostly but love to splurge on healthy food as well and chociolate is my biggest weakness-mink is amazing, should plan another trip!
Your comment about the overrated over charged Capilano suspension bridge is RIGHT ON. I were forced to go in because my wife what am I going to do? Great article by the way.
Stupid Canadian.