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Mother's Day is an important annual event when family members gather to honour a very special lady in their lives. In Thailand, the holiday falls on 12 August every year and coincides with the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit. Indeed, during days leading up to the holiday, government offices as well as many private businesses will be adorned with images of the queen surrounded with flowers and flags.
On 12 August, one way Thai families celebrate Mother's Day is by gathering for lunch or dinner, with Mum of course the meal's guest of honour. Family members often will present gifts to their mother, including a jasmine garland, of symbolic importance and a long-standing Mother's Day tradition in Thailand.
Along with a meal honouring Mum, there are other ways to celebrate Mother's Day. If you're wondering what else you can do to mark the occasion, Novotel Bangkok Ploenchit Sukhumvit presents here additional things you can do during Mother's day weekend this year.
– This special day isn't strictly for your mother, so visit your grandparents too if you can. Indeed, Mother's Day could just as easily be called 'Family Day' in Thailand.
– A great way for families to have fun together is to create DIY decorations. And it's especially exciting for kids to help out with making memorable gifts for this special day.
– Important for everyone on the special day is going to the temple. Monks usually give special sermons on the day relating to motherhood and the importance of honouring the family matriarch.
– While you may not immediately associate it with Mother's Day, travelling as a family can be a great way to be reminded of the holiday's message. Being together while seeing new places and having new experiences strengthens family bonds, while at the same time produces lasting memories for all.
There's one more thing we'd like to mention, and it's related to the above-mentioned Special Day meal. Our buffets are perfect for the occasion! The Square restaurant at Novotel Bangkok Ploenchit Sukhumvit is a terrific venue for honouring Mum on Mother's Day. Along with outstanding lunch and dinner buffets in a stylish downtown setting, The Square also features special offers just for Mother's Day.
And one more reason Mum and the family will love Mother's Day at The Square: we're conveniently located at Novotel Bangkok Ploenchit Sukhumvit hotel directly adjacent BTS SkyTrain – Ploenchit Station, exit 4.
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Date Announced: 03 Dec 2018
European commercial vehicle manufacturer evaluation marks first ever installation of QuadSight™ prototype.
NESS ZIONA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE:FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems, announced today that it has successfully delivered and installed its first QuadSight™ prototype system for evaluation by a leading European manufacturer of commercial vehicles. QuadSight™ was successfully installed on the manufacturer's truck and passed all initial performance testing. The customer will continue independent evaluation of the system's performance.
A CES 2019 Innovation Award Honoree, the QuadSight™ quad-camera vision solution targets semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles and is designed to allow near-100 percent obstacle detection with near zero false alerts, under any weather or lighting conditions.
By collaborating closely with the vehicle manufacturer at the prototype evaluation stage, Foresight collects important feedback in order to develop a commercial product that fits the exact customer's requirements. Customer satisfaction at the end of the evaluation process may lead to future orders of QuadSight™ systems by the vehicle manufacturer for mass production.
"This successful installation marks an important milestone in Foresight's roadmap," said Haim Siboni, CEO of Foresight. "We believe that in-vehicle evaluations of the QuadSight™ vision system will clearly demonstrate its advantage over competing systems by its ability to detect any obstacles under harsh weather and diverse lighting conditions. Such evaluations will increase the customer's confidence in Foresight's products."
Using a four-camera vision system based on stereoscopic technology, QuadSight addresses the real-world need for autonomous driving in all-weather and all-lighting conditions and is designed to provide an unprecedented level of obstacle detection accuracy for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicle safety. Leveraging decades of field-proven security technology and highly advanced image-processing algorithms, QuadSight™ uniquely enables visibility in complete darkness, snow, rain, fog, sandstorms and blinding glare.
Foresight will offer a live demonstration the QuadSight™ vision system at CES 2019, held from January 8–11 at the Westgate Las Vegas, booth #2206. Contact Foresight to schedule a demo.
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We arrived in Jerusalem yesterday and explored the old city in the rain. Last night it snowed at least 5 inches, maybe more, and the entire city of Jerusalem pretty much shut down. This morning there were no restaurants open in the area of central city where we are staying, near King George and Ben Yehuda, but we figured we would find something in the Old City. We headed out, and walked down the middle of Hillel street, which was partially cleared, and made it to the Jaffa Gate. We had hoped to visit the Tower of David Museum at the Citadel. Alas, it was closed, but there was a Christian church and café open adjacent to it, so we managed to find breakfast.
We then walked through the sluch to the Jewish Quarter and arrived at the Western Wall. It was busy – as today is Friday, and Shabbos begins tonight. The snow provided a very nice contrast to yesterday. When we first went to the Wall, the rain stopped; today the snow stopped and the sun even came out. Someone told us that the sun comes out at least once a day in Jerusalem. I believe it. It was there where I met two guys from Drake University in Des Moines, fellow Missouri Valley Conference schools. They were here to develop a study abroad class on diversity issues in Israel. I told them I was here to develop a peace studies class, and I suspected that was very similar. We chatted for awhile, and one of the guys was their Dean of Students. I will follow up with him when I return home.
We headed up from the Western Wall, to see if the Temple Institute was open (it wasn't), but we met a college age student from Orange County who has been studying at the Yeshiva there for more than a year. 12 hours of torah study a day, five days a week. He offered to bring us up to the roof-top of the dormitory to get a view of the wall and the Dome on the Rock. It was a spectacular view. And then we had snow-ball fights with kids on the adjacent roof-top. Fun.
From there, we stopped at a gift shop, and then headed back to the Holy Church of the Sepuchlre, because in reading last night we realized we missed a bunch. I'll admit, as someone who is interested in the historical Jesus, I find the idea that the last five "stations of the cross" occurred within the site of this couple acre church really a bit hard to believe. Everything is very close together. From the spot of the crucifixion, to the place where they prepared his body, to the burial spot. I realize that when looking at religious sites like this, it is less about the historical truth than how the communities of Christians gave truth their witness. It isn't important that THOSE are the exact spots, the fact that they have been a place of worship for centuries – even millennia – is enough. But the church itself felt much more like a museum, than a church.
We then headed east towards the Lions gate, and on the way, found the first two stations of the cross, which were in a nice set of chapels. As we were headed out, the throngs of Muslims preparing for afternoon prayer were heading in, and as a result, it was very busy. But we made it out to the Lions Gate, and set the Mount of Olives as our target. This worked out well. We went to the Garden of Gethsemane (which unlike the church described above), really seemed to fit – and be in the place where it would make sense for it to be; and the Church of All Nations. This was very nice.
By this time, about 4 hours in, my trusty gore-tex water-proof Clarks shoes were taking a beating. They had kept me dry and warm all morning, but the sun was out and the snow was melting at such a pace, that it was pretty wet. We walked around the Old City on the outside, and made it to the Damascus Gate (we tried to visit the alternate burial site (the Garden tomb), 3 blocks north of the gate, but it too, was closed. So we headed back in, and found a "WC" J and had a decent lunch at an Arab restaurant that was open. From there, we proceeded back to the Jaffa gate back to our hotel.
The shoes have been blow-dried several times, and will recover, and all in all, I will say today turned out very well. Jerusalem served us lemons, and we made lemon-aide. Now, it will be even better if we can find restaurants open tonight with Shabbat beginning.
Tomorrow… the West Bank.
PS Internet is so slow, I have given up on uploading the full library to smug mug, until I get home.


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Mònica Garriga Miret is a member of Free Knowledge Institute, where she is currently developing Teixidora.net and also contributes to transition programmes for commons-oriented initiatives (La Comunificadora), social workshops on the deployment of an IoT citizen owned and managed network (The Things Network Catalunya), or the setup of the CommonsCloud (a collectively owned cloud platform). She is also a member of the recently created cooperative FemProcomuns. Mònica co-designed, developed and implemented the CitizenSqKm project and Km2Ciutat, a research into the use of mobile and GIS technologies to foster transformation through education, local government and citizen participation. She was also a partner at media140 with projects and events, spanning science, media and technology across the globe.
Mònica is a law graduate, worked as a foreign correspondent in South East Asia, Australia and the South Pacific and later specialised in Communication and Multi-platform and Transmedia with the aim to looking into ways of using journalism/communication for the audiences to generate change themselves.
Stacco Troncoso from the P2P Foundation; Mònica Garriga Miret from the Free Knowledge Institute; Guillaume Compain from Plateformes en communs and Tiberius Brastaviceanu, Co-Founder of Sensorica discussing strategies for Growing the Commons. Stacco has worked alongside Michel Bauwens for many years and has an excellent grasp on the concepts of the commons, whilst Monica is […]


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What Is Authority Hacker?: A Way To Build Your Online Business
What Is Authority Hacker? Is it really a sound investment?
Authority Hacker Review: Summary
- Platform: Authority Hacker
- Website: www.authorityhacker.com
- Who is it for? Anyone – No previous experience or tech skills required.
- Earning Potential: N/A
- Owners: Gael Breton and Mark Webster
- Price: Authority Site System $997, Authority Hacker Pro $997, Authority Hacker Pro Platinum $1997
- My Score: 7.0/10 – Recommended (if you can afford it!)
Courses created to help entrepreneurs launch their own online business can be great or can be a full waste of money and time if you fall prey to scams. It can be really difficult to figure out which are the programs you can trust and have been designed to help you out and which are those that you need to stay away from. To help make things easier for you we shall now review one such program that has been gaining some popularity recently – Authority Hacker.
What Is Authority Hacker?
Authority Hacker is a program that was founded by Gael Breton and Mark Webster in 2014 to try and help people build a successful online business in an ethical white-hat way. Gael and Mark tried their luck in gray-hat SEO but during the Penguin update, they got hit by a Google penalty. They then decided that going the gray hat way was proving to be very risky and thus planned to follow white hat methods.
With the experience that they already had and with their great interest in internet marketing they ended up creating Health Ambition, a popular authority site. This website gets more than 500,000 visitors every month and thus enjoys a huge success. The success they enjoyed was not an accident but because of the skills they used and this is why they planned to create another site wherein they could share with the masses their insights and thus also help them enjoy online success too. The site they created is none other than Authority Hacker.
Authority Hacker is broken down into three stages and you have to begin by creating a stage 1 authority site, and cannot straightaway move to the other 2 stages.
Basically, there are three levels of membership – first is the Authority Site system that helps you create a stage 1 Site, the second is the Authority Hacker Pro and then comes the Authority Hacker Pro Platinum which takes care of the next 2 stages. We shall now get to learn about the first stage or the Authority Site System in details and, in brief, about the other two membership plans.
First Level Membership (The Authority Site System)
The Different Modules –
Basic Knowledge
If you are completely new to online business and internet marketing then this module will help you learn a lot. You will get to discover how to attract traffic and how you can monetize your site. Also, you will get to know SEO basics and what you can expect when you just start out as a blogger.
Keyword And Niche Research
In this module, you will get to understand how you can identify that niche which your online business will now enter. This stage has to be followed the right way and it shares with you quite a few strategies that you need to be aware of.
How To Get Your Site Up
In this section, you will discover strategies to find the right theme, domain name, structure, and affiliate products. Also, you will find out how to optimize your website and prepare it for the search engines.
Creating Content
This module helps you know how to create content that sells. You will learn about the various kinds of articles, and tricks and tips that are used by bloggers.
Link Building And Informational Content
This module will not prove to be of much help to the newbies though the experienced marketers may enjoy some benefits. It teaches you how you need to optimize your website so as to attract backlinks.
Second Level Membership (Authority Hacker Pro)
Adding on to the things you have learned in the first stage, the pro membership offers you the extra knowledge to boost your site. You will get 18 blueprints and enjoy access to new blueprints and updates. This membership also offers more than 200 video lessons that help you learn how to implement those blueprints.
Third Level Membership (Authority Hacker Pro Platinum)
Apart from what you get in the Pro membership, at this level you will get the question and answer webinars and monthly training. You will enjoy access to recorded webinars as well, and even strategy calls with the experts.
What Is Not So Attractive About Authority Hacker?
Even though all seems pretty attractive until now, there are some things you must consider before taking the plunge.
The price of Authority Hacker is quite high. The Authority Site System is priced at $997, the Authority Hacker Pro also costs $997, and the Authority Hacker Pro Platinum is priced at $1997. It can prove to be a little hard for certain potential buyers to invest such a huge amount and if you are really not extremely serious, and really not sure, do think twice.
Yet another problem is that white-hat link building takes some time to show results and if you are not ready to invest that much patience then this program may not be the best one for you.
Authority Hacker Review: Conclusion
So, what is Authority Hacker? It's a site that has been created to help you earn money online but for that, you have to be ready to spend a good amount first. This site is fairly new and that may be a cause of concern to some. However, if you are really serious, have enough patience, are ready to put in all your efforts, and willing to pay the price then you may give Authority Hacker a try. Just make sure you can afford it!
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CO2 laser tube has a quite extensive application in laser. It is often used in laser marking machine and laser cutting machine. Today, we're going to introduce several tips to CO2 laser tube for laser cutting machine.
CO2 laser tube is composed of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen and other gases. The wavelength is 10.6μm laser beam, generating more than 20 kilowatts of power and enabling the continuity of work.
In order to avoid bad consequences, we must be careful when we use the CO2 laser tube, because it belongs to gas pipe. There are some tips listed for your reference deriving from our laser. Please connect cooling water; use the principle of getting in from the below while geting out from the top; adjust the position of the outlet pipe, ensuring that the cooling tube is filled with cooling water (there will be no bubble in tube), and then turn on the power.
Secondly, use soft water (distilled water or purified water) and always pay attention to the cooling water temperature. The water temperature should be controlled in the range of 25 ℃ -30 ℃. Especially in the summer, once the water temperature is too high, replace the water or pause the cooling.
Thirdly, after laser cutting machine shuts down, the cooling water can not be allowed to kept in the laser tube in case of freezing burst.
We Nanjing Fei Yue Digital is a company specializing in thermal transfer printing equipment. We provide the best quality product in a affordable price. If you are looking for a partner and are interested in our products, please feel free to contact us.


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Party of the Dead Night Thread
Enjoy my birthday playlist. Continue reading Party of the Dead Night Thread
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This is your friendly neighborhood Leader Beans here to talk about an addendum to our policy on banning that we have been discussing among ourselves for quite some time. Going forward we are going to be experimenting with the use … Continue reading Guidelines Addendum: Temporary Bans
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TUPELO, Mississippi — Dallas-based Dickey's Barbecue Pit opens its new store at 11 a.m. Thursday in Tupelo's Barnes Shopping Center, 3946 N. Gloster St., Suite F.
"We have barbecue options in Tupelo, but not the Texas-style barbecue Dickey's Barbecue offers," said Jason Ellis, co-owner with Marty Ballard, said in a news release. "The meats are slow smoked for 14 hours which makes a real difference. We're excited to share this dining experience with the community!"
Thursday, the first 50 guests receive gift cards worth up to $50. Friday, customers have the chance to grab Dickey's Barbecue gear with all day merchandise giveaways. Saturday, radio station Wizard 106.7 is onsite from noon to 2 p.m. The new location will be serving $2 pulled pork barbecue sandwiches. Also, one lucky winner will be chosen for a $500 gift card and three winners will receive free barbecue for an entire year.
Ballard and Ellis are Mississippi natives and got their start at Pepsi in Tupelo. They then both went to work with the Little Caesars franchise. Ballard owns eight Little Caesars in Mississippi and Louisiana. Ellis owns Little Caesars in Booneville. This will be 11th Dickey's in Mississippi.
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What is Botox? Botox is the brand name and most commonly used term to refer to botulinum toxin. This protein is essentially a neurotoxin that has been used effectively for decades to reverse the signs of aging a restore a more youthful appearance to the skin and underlying structures of the head and neck.
Botulinum toxin is produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum and works at the intersection of where our nerves meet our muscles. When injected, the protein prevents the communication between the nerve and the muscle, essentially relaxing the muscle so that it is unable to contract as strongly. When the muscle cannot contract, we cannot make the strong expressions that are associated with the facial lines/expression lines that become permanently etched into our skin over time.
Did you know that botulinum toxin is available in the US as a few different brands (all of which have been FDA-approved): Botox cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA), Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA), and Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxinA). All of these products work in a similar manner but have slightly different characteristics in terms of time of onset (days to weeks) and duration of action (2-4 months).
Why has this treatment quickly skyrocketed to the most frequently performed cosmetic procedure in the United States? Quite simply, it is safe, effective, affordable, and produces significant clinical results with minimal to no downtime. In a culture where we value youth and vitality, this treatment is one way that we can slow down the aging process in a way that is natural and non-invasive. Essentially, this treatment allows many individuals to manifest on the outside the way that they feel on the inside: young, healthy, energetic, and full of life!
Are you projecting the way that you feel? I see many patients who come in because a friend or family member told them they looked "angry" or "stressed." Many of us furrow our brows when we are concentrating or deep in thought without even realizing it. This can cause us to look drawn, upset, and tired. Botox injections can help relax or soften those facial movements so that we don't create such harsh expressions.
Resting bitch face? Botox can fix that. Deep forehead lines? They can be mitigated with Botox. 11's between your brows? Botox will erase those. It can even be used to help lift and tighten the neck.
Botox is also very effectively used to treat excessive sweating and the protein also blocks the communication between nerves and sweat glands and helps halt the sweating process.
Selecting the right provider is key in achieving success with Botox. When injected properly, Botox will appear very natural. You should be able to maintain expression and movement without appearing too "frozen" or "overdone."
I give Botox significant credit for helping me maintain a complexion that is fairly wrinkle-free. And the biggest compliment is that others are often shocked when I reveal this anti-aging secret that I have used for over a decade because the results are so natural!


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Although Windows XP has been around for 15 years, but surprisingly, statistics show that it is still one of the world's most popular desktop operating system in the next few years, it is still not easy to die. Although Microsoft launched Windows 10, and so hard to promote a free upgrade for everyone, but according to statistics, compared to last year, this year Windows XP market share declined by only about 4.5%, which is a Microsoft has been unable to get any updates operating system and security patches is very valuable.
A year ago, Windows XP's market share was 14.6% in July last year was 11.72 percent market share, Microsoft also launched in July last year, Windows 10, but until last August, Windows XP's market share recovered to 12.14% last year, in September the figure was 12.21 percent, the market share of Windows XP and then start to decline until January, and then Windows XP's market share began to rise, up from 10.93 percent in December last year to January this year 11.42%.
In the past few months, Windows XP continues at a very slow rate of loss of market share, its market share in March was 10.90 percent, its market share was 10.09 percent in April, May was 10.63 percent market share.
Undoubtedly, Windows XP takes a long time to disappear completely, these statistics also show that, Windows 10 desktop operating system market is still unable to make a difference, no matter how hard Microsoft tries to promote Windows 10.
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'Indiana Joan' by Joan and Colin Dwyer
Joan Dwyer turned ninety-two in November 2018. She was a patrol officer's wife in Papua New Guinea for almost two decades—resourceful, friendly and determined, she lived in three countries, but Papua New Guinea was her favourite place. It's where she loved, had children and overcame some amazing challenges. In 1956 she met the love of her life, Patrol Officer Terry Dwyer, who was touring England whilst on leave. They married, and he convinced her to travel 12,000 kms away from family and friends to an isolated 'uncivilised' life in a tropical paradise.
Her story is one brave woman's memory of life in a tropical paradise with some unexpected experiences:
Our time in Sydney was almost over; Terry's course at ASOPA was finished and we had made plans to travel to PNG by ship, namely on the Sinkiang, a Chinese cargo ship. I was sorry to leave Sydney—we had arrived early February 1957 and lived near Manly. Apart from studying, we found time to do things with other patrol officers. We played tennis once a week with the Goodyers and Browns, and also travelled to the Blue Mountains and Bowral with Peter Gall, Singleton and Maitland with John Cochrane, and Canberra with Darryl and Ellen Penhail. My first plane trip was over Bankstown in a Tiger Moth with Denis Faithful.
Australia had an abundance of social life, but it was time for us to leave and venture to Papua New Guinea. The Sinkiang travelled from Sydney to the Solomon Islands, Rabaul, Madang, Kavieng and Lae, where we disembarked on 2 January 1958. Two days later we boarded a single engine Otter from Lae to Goroka.
Mr WE (Bill) Tomasetti greeted us at the airport and informed us we would be travelling to Kundiawa, half way between Goroka and Mt Hagen, later that week on one of John Wells' trucks—by road! This road was a basic cutting in the side of a mountain with deep potholes, hairpin bends and in some parts strong water running across it—one false move and we would have gone over the edge. Two years later a John Wells' truck went off this road and many people were killed.
We made it to Kundiawa after a very bumpy and dangerous ride. The acting district officer (ADO), Orm Matheson, showed us to his guest house and invited us to dinner that evening. Halfway through the dinner someone said 'Guria!' Even if I had known that the word meant 'earth tremor' I wouldn't have noticed as my body was still rattling from the trip up the treacherous mountain road.
The next day I started as supervisor for the local European children—there were eight on the station at Kundiawa. They were doing their schoolwork by correspondence. Terry was away on patrol quite a lot, but my days were always occupied, and it was something I really enjoyed. August 1958 was school holidays and Terry was set to go on patrol in the Upper Chimbu region, and permission was given for me to go along.
Peter Hardy (cadet patrol officer), Terry and I spent the first night camped in Chuave—a beautiful place with dense tropical foliage and a moderate temperature. Terry organised some local people to help prepare an ablution block just for me. They dug a deep hole and surrounded it with a tent. This sort of privacy must have seemed curious to the local people.
Early the next morning we set off for Kau, a village 6,250 feet above sea level. The hike was hot and steamy. I remember seeing some amazing things like a beautiful crackle of cockatoos flying overhead and spectacular rainforest. I imagined the bleak cold weather back in England. This was a paradise. When we arrived at Kau we set up tables and the locals lined up for the census. After two days of name-taking and listening to their stories, a message came from Kundiawa that had us packing up. Terry was being transferred to Goroka. Terry would be relieving as ADO until December, then we would return to Kundiawa. Time passed quickly in Goroka, but in January 1959 Terry replaced Orm Matheson as ADO in Kundiawa.
We entertained a lot of people, including delegations from United Nations and Lord and Lady Carrington. Lord Carrington was appointed High Commissioner to Australia in 1956, was a member of Churchill's government in the 1950s, and eventually became Foreign Secretary of the UK. He and Lady Carrington were very nice people.
While at Kundiawa I helped establish the native women's club with the help of two nurses, Rita and Shirley. We would meet on a Friday afternoon (after school). The local women enjoyed these gatherings and we discussed many important issues relating to isolated women and developed solutions.
I would teach the women sewing (on my old treadle machine) and cooking, while Rita and Shirley would check the babies and provide information on hygiene. Lots of giggling and screams of delight could be heard from that hall on a Friday afternoon—and there was no alcohol involved.
July 1959 and we moved to Kerowagi, a small place with a village atmosphere, but we still had plenty of visitors. I was six-months' pregnant with my first child, and while the doctor would make occasional visits to these smaller places, we were isolated by today's standards. I remember on one occasion I needed to see a doctor. We had to travel to Goroka, over fifty kms away. Terry organised a car and we set off with some helpers. We came to the Chimbu River and the bridge was out. The river was a torrent from recent rain. Terry checked the river upstream and down but couldn't find an easy path across. He decided with the help of many local men to use a flying fox to cross the raging river. People probably wouldn't do this these days, but I was harnessed up after a test run.
Six-months pregnant, but determined to do the best for my unborn child, I started my cross-river journey. Terry went downstream in case the harness broke, and he could attempt a rescue. Really, I wasn't the best swimmer so if the flying fox had failed, I would surely have been washed away. The river below me was raging and while it seemed like a long time, I made it across and Terry followed. A huge crowd had gathered, presumably waiting to help if things went wrong. I remember thinking I would never have done this in England let alone Sydney. Still, we had to be resourceful to survive and on 1 October 1959 my first son, David, was born.
After a short amount of time in Chuave, Terry was transferred to Goroka. I took the job of librarian and loved it. Terry moved to the Local Government Department. We were happy in Goroka—I was pregnant with my second child and was only ten minutes from the hospital. But in January 1963 we were transferred to Finschhafen. Terry became the principal of a patrol officer training centre for young local men.
Finschhafen is on the coast and presented different challenges; the climate was constantly hot and humid, and being six-months pregnant added to them. I got on with life as a patrol officer's wife. We lived in a house that overlooked the Bismarck Sea with a sheer drop in one section. My adventurous three-year-old was a handful, but I had good help.
In April 1963, I hopped on the local transport/cargo boat with several other pregnant women and travelled into Lae to have our second son, Colin. So, I had two children, one a baby, isolated from my family in a humid place, and my husband's job took him away for three weeks at a time. I missed my husband but quickly established networks to help with the children and isolation.
After a stint in Goroka, Terry was transferred to Port Moresby and became the Director of the Bureau of Industrial Organisations. I was offered a position at the Ela Beach Preschool and loved the work—just as challenging as crossing a swollen river on a flying fox! My boys went to Boroko East Primary School. They have both been successful in their careers. David runs his own accounting practice outside Brisbane, while Colin prefers the tropics and is a media and economic consultant in Townsville.
Finally, all experiences, good or bad, have an ending. After self-government, Terry trained a local person to replace him and we departed for Australia on 1 May 1974. We decided Brisbane would be our next home and base to explore another beautiful country, Australia.
'Indiana Joan' overcame challenges of isolation and survived some extremely risky situations, while pregnant—even Indiana Jones couldn't do that! Seriously, Joan loved every moment of her time in Papua New Guinea. Terry and Joan were a great team (Terry died in 2011) and Joan hopes they made a small difference to the lives of Papua New Guineans, our friends and PNG colleagues.


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We have returned from an amazing trip to Marion and Lewis counties where we discovered pipeline construction and the Fabius River crossing. Across the border in Quincy, IL we shot the beautiful Mississippi crossing in the Chariton Public Lands area.
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Brake Parts Inc (BPI) has announced that its BPI-Haimeng brake components manufacturing facility in Longkou, Shandong, China, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. The company hosted a ceremony for employees to commemorate the occasion, titled, "Create a Great Cause with Ambition, Share the Same Destiny for a Brilliant Future."
"Our 20th anniversary ceremony was not only a chance to celebrate the success that we've achieved at the BPI-Haimeng facility over the past two decades, but also an opportunity to inspire everyone to strive for even greater accomplishments going forward," said David Overbeeke, president and CEO of Brake Parts Inc. "We are very proud of the fact that our BPI-Haimeng facility produces millions of rotors and drums each year and continues to maintain an exceptionally low warranty rate. We are steadily increasing the production of coated rotors to meet the market demand, which is growing by double-digits."
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Change O' Key Boogie; The Sheik of Araby
- Description (Brief)
- deParis Brothers Orchestra. side 1: Change O' Key Boogie; side 2: The Sheik of Araby (Commodore 567)
- 78 rpm
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- Object Name
- sound recording
- Date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Deparis Brothers Orchestra
- maker
- Commodore
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.171
- maker number
- 567
- accession number
- 1978.0670
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- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
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- Music
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text: Why is My Gas Furnace Blowing Cold Air? Posted November 13, 2018 As the seasons change, the more you feel the colder air gusting outside. And … right inside your house? If your gas furnace is blowing cold air and giving a chill to your Lodi home, it's time to contact Tokay Heating and Air Conditioning. Occasionally the loss of warm air from your gas furnace means a big repair, but often it can be a simple fix. Here are a few of the more common reasons your gas furnace could be blowing cold air instead of keeping your home toasty. Your furnace could be overheating If you haven't had regular maintenance completed on your gas furnace for some time and you've forgotten to change your air filter, each could indicate why your furnace is blowing colder air. A dirty air filter can block air from flowing freely through your furnace. If that happens, the furnace might overheat and force the burner to shut down. Your pilot light may have gone out It's probable a lack of warm air from your gas furnace can be credited to something as simple as a pilot light that's gone out. It's possible, especially with older systems, for a draft to smother a pilot light. Other reasons for an extinguished pilot light are damaged gas valves or a faulty thermocouple. Your furnace is dirty Just as a dirty air filter can cause problems for your gas furnace, so can other furnace components if they aren't appropriately cleaned. A dirty gas burner or flame sensor could cause your furnace to struggle to stay lit and reduce the warmth inside your house. Your ducts may not be properly sealed If your ducts aren't properly sealed or if they have any cracks or holes in them, you might be losing a lot of heated air before it even reaches the vents throughout the home. No matter what the root of the problem is, Tokay Heating and Air Conditioning in Lodi can help you get your gas furnace up and working at an efficient level again. We can also help keep it running with ongoing, preventive maintenance. Call our experts at 209-257-3156 or schedule an appointment with us online and we'll be there to help. Back To Blog


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Plants and wood species contain a lot of useful biomass, which we can use to develop useable plastics. Through the European BioConSepT project, VITO helps research how this can be done in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Today, biotechnological companies have already succeeded in using non-edible plant oils and wood species as biomass, purifying valuable substances, and using them to produce, among others, bioplastics. The European consortium involved in BioConSepT wants to bundle and refine this expertise, in order to create a wider spectrum of useable bio-resources and innovative production techniques. Their aim is to prove that this approach is 30% cheaper and more sustainable than traditional chemical paths.
VITO specialises in bioconversion, separation processes and the combination of both to convert biomass streams. This expertise was implemented and further enhanced to come to the most efficient way to produce organic acids. Through the BioConSepT project, VITO wants to contribute to the transition to a bio-based economy and convince companies to invest in sustainable biotechnology.
- Partner project between 31 European partners in 13 countries
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- Duration: Jan 2012 - Jan 2015
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I once had a cynical business friend (cynical even by the standards of journalism, where it is something of a professional requirement) who told me chambers of commerce were a waste of time and money, a talking shop that achieved very little. At the time, he may have been right. Not any longer.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary held its fourth annual "Business Meets Government Summit" this week (for a more detailed report, see "Everything is Connected to Everything"). The chamber went through something of a reinvention a few years back, refining its mission, its focus and how it hoped to achieve that. The summit is one of the outcomes of that process.
I suspect there is an element of "size matters" about this. AmCham and the German chamber, which has also managed the grab the ear of law makers, between them represent some of the very largest investors in Hungary. But the chambers have also become smarter at how they communicate with government, coming up with solutions as well as problems, and presenting a business case for fixing them. And they have learnt the virtue of patience. Last year Farkas Bársony, the current president of AmCham, pointed out that the chamber had first called for reforms to corporate income tax in 2004, 13 years before the government slashed it to an EU-record low of 9%. Governments, of course, have different priorities from businesses. Including the one already in power in 2004, there have been five cabinets since 2004 (six if you count the unelected caretaker government of Gordon Bajnai who was in power from 2009-10 following the resignation of Ferenc Gyurcsány). The last three have all been led by Fidesz; perhaps the two sides have simply finally found a way of working together.
It is one thing for the business world to speak, quite another for the political world to react. An event such as the summit is about building relationships, exchanging views. It genuinely is a talking shop (if not here, then when?) It was certainly refreshing to hear state secretaries talking about "joined-up thinking"; the effects one policy has on another. Too often, politicians think in isolation, looking for a box to tick, a short-term fix, a boost in the ratings. Actions need to follow words, but at least the words suggest a better direction.
The Competitiveness Council, a gathering of the grand and the wise from the business world to advise government, has made many good suggestions. Seemingly quite low down on the priority list is one of its latest ideas: doing away with dubbing over foreign TV programming in Hungary. It's important because it has a clear impact of the level to which children learn foreign languages. It is not by accident that so many Dutch children speak such good English: they watch subtitled programs, not dubbed.
One of the state secretaries made the point that there are rival voices, the dubbing lobby which claims that Hungary is a world leader at synchronization. It quite possibly is, but that's not necessarily a skill you want to lead the world in. Quite what power the dubbing lobby has I do not know, but I get the feeling the council is pushing against an open door. If so, it will be another victory for patience; I first had conversations with linguists about this back in the noughties.
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Our country is transforming in right direction, though we have number of challenges to overcome. I strongly believe that the Swayamsevaks of RSS have huge role to play in society to make our country once again strong and prosperous, said Sri VV Laxminarayana, former additional DGP, Mumabi, Maharastra and Joint Director of CBI in Hyderabad.
Sri Laxminarayana was speaking as a chief guest at the valedictory ceremony of RSS Pratham varsha Shiksha varga held on 25 May (Friday) at Annojiguda, Medchal district.
RSS' man making mission is unique and its focus on all elements like physical, mental and intellectual strength combined with culture and spiritual will definitely help in nation building, added sri Laxminarayana.
Sri Lingam Sridhar, Sah-Pranth Pracharak of Telangana, said, before formation of RSS the society was struggling with crisis of Hindu identity, character and organization. By the tremendous work and sacrifice of Swayamsevaks in the last 92 years now we are able to make people to say proudly "we are Hindus and this is Hindu Rashtra".
It is no good to point fingers at Muslims, Christians and Britishers for the things happened in the last 1000 years. We know how dark chapter it was in our history. Now it's time to prove ourselves on the global stage on our own strength and character, Sridhar ji added.
He also appealed to the society, especially to the youth to come and join RSS and play an active role in nation building.
In this 20-day RSS Pratham Varsha, 419 Swayamsevaks, from all walks life including students, farmers, businessmen, employees and teachers were participated. They performed various skills learned in the training camp.
Maa. Sri B Dakshinaamoorty, Pranth Sanghachalak, Sri A Shyam, Dakshina-Madya khestra pracharak, Sri Kacham Ramesh, pranth karyavah and several Sangh adhikaris were present in this camp.


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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Today, Dos Equis announced an historic, multi-year agreement with ESPN to become the Official Beer Sponsor of the College Football Playoff (CFP). The sponsorship deal further establishes Dos Equis' standing in sports, giving the brand a strong platform to drive fan engagement in one of the country's most exciting and growing franchises. Through the sponsorship, Dos Equis will leverage the CFP on ESPN to bring unparalleled and interesting experiences to help fans "Stay Thirsty" throughout the college football season and Playoff.
As part of the College Football Playoff, Dos Equis will have the opportunity to leverage a year-round marketing platform inclusive of rights to CFP marks, the opportunity to execute fan engagements on-site at CFP games, and logo usage rights on-pack for Dos Equis brands, as well as other content for the College Football Playoff Semifinals, College Football Playoff National Championship and the "New Years' Six" bowl properties. In addition to extensive integration throughout ESPN's CFP coverage, Dos Equis will have a significant presence across ESPN's platforms throughout the regular season. Through the course of the deal, Dos Equis will promote a variety of "Drink Responsibly" communications for fans 21+, alongside promotion of its various products.
As the second most popular sport in the United States (ESPN Sports Poll), with a television audience which broke records as the largest cable telecast of all time (ESPN/Nielsen TV), the CFP has proven to be a key platform for reaching consumers 21+ during one of the most exciting sports events of the year.
Dos Equis has evolved over the past decade from a favorite beer amongst south-westerners, to a popular, nationally recognized brand via their irreverent advertising icon, The Most Interesting Man in the World. The premium import beer has been a staple at sporting events, with previous sponsorships of Tough Mudder and activation elements at the X Games. Given the significant brand growth over the past decade, Dos Equis is continuing this momentum by securing a multi-year sponsorship deal with the second most popular sport in America.
"Both Dos Equis and college football have seen tremendous growth over the past decade and working with the College Football Playoff and ESPN will be a bold platform for Dos Equis," said Nuno Teles, Heineken USA Chief Marketing Officer. "Millions of fans tuned in as part of last years' record-setting championship telecast, and this is a remarkable opportunity to help our consumers stay thirsty during one of the biggest sporting events in America."
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Life is full of surprises. My latest is that my email box is not overflowing with protests about consonant triads going out of style. I simply don't believe the readers of this blog are going to let that pass without protest or at least argument.
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A new non-fiction book - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir Of A Family And A Culture In Crisis has just been published. It is written by J. D. Vance, the Yale Law School graduate who grew up in the poverty and chaos of an Appalachian clan.
The book is an American classic, an extraordinary testimony to the brokenness of the white working class, but also its strengths.
It's one of the best books I've ever read. You cannot understand what's happening now without first reading J. D. Vance. This interview I just did with Vance in two parts (the final question I asked after Mr Donald Trump's convention speech) shows why.
Q. A friend who moved to West Virginia a couple of years ago tells me that she's never seen poverty and hopelessness like what's common there. And she says you can drive through the poorest parts of the state, and see nothing but TRUMP signs. Reading Hillbilly Elegy tells me why. Explain it to people who haven't yet read your book.
A. The simple answer is that these people - my people - are really struggling, and there hasn't been a single political candidate who speaks to those struggles in a long time. Donald Trump at least tries.
A big chunk of the white working class has deep roots in Appalachia, and the Scots-Irish honour culture is alive and well. We were taught to raise our fists to anyone who insulted our mother. I probably got in a half dozen fights when I was six years old. Unsurprisingly, southern, rural whites enlist in the military at a disproportionate rate. Can you imagine the humiliation these people feel at the successive failures of Bush/Obama foreign policy?
What many don't understand is how truly desperate these places are, and we're not talking about small enclaves or a few towns - we're talking about multiple states where a significant chunk of the white working class struggles to get by. Heroin addiction is rampant. In my medium-sized Ohio county last year, deaths from drug addiction outnumbered deaths from natural causes.
The average kid will live in multiple homes over the course of her life, experience a constant cycle of growing close to a "stepdad" only to see him walk out on the family, know multiple drug users personally, maybe live in a foster home for a bit (or at least in the home of an unofficial foster like an aunt or grandparent), watch friends and family get arrested, and on and on.
And on top of that is the economic struggle, from the factories shuttering their doors to the Main Streets with nothing but cash-for- gold stores and pawnshops.
The two political parties have offered essentially nothing to these people for a few decades. From the Left, they get some smug condescension, an exasperation that the white working class votes against their economic interests because of social issues. Maybe they get a few handouts, but many don't want handouts to begin with.
From the Right, they've gotten the basic Republican policy platform of tax cuts, free trade, deregulation, and paeans to the noble businessman and economic growth. Whatever the merits of better tax policy and growth (and I believe there are many), the simple fact is that these policies have done little to address a very real social crisis.
More importantly, these policies are culturally tone deaf: nobody from southern Ohio wants to hear about the nobility of the factory owner who just fired their brother.
Trump's candidacy is music to their ears. He criticises the factories shipping jobs overseas. His apocalyptic tone matches their lived experiences on the ground. He seems to love to annoy the elites, which is something a lot of people wish they could do but can't because they lack a platform.
The last point I'll make about Trump is this: these people, his voters, are proud. A big chunk of the white working class has deep roots in Appalachia, and the Scots-Irish honour culture is alive and well.
We were taught to raise our fists to anyone who insulted our mother. I probably got in a half dozen fights when I was six years old. Unsurprisingly, southern, rural whites enlist in the military at a disproportionate rate. Can you imagine the humiliation these people feel at the successive failures of Bush/Obama foreign policy? My military service is the thing I'm most proud of, but when I think of everything happening in the Middle East, I can't help but tell myself: I wish we would have achieved some sort of lasting victory. No one touched that subject before Trump, especially not in the Republican Party.
Q. I come from poor rural white people in the South. I have spent most of my life and career living among professional-class urbanites, most of them on the East Coast, and the barely-banked contempt they - the professional-class whites, I mean - have for poor white people is visceral, and obvious to me. Yet it is invisible to them. Why is that? And what does it have to do with our politics today?
A. I know exactly what you mean. My grandma (Mamaw) recognised this instinctively. She said that most people were probably prejudiced, but they had to be secretive about it. "We" - meaning hillbillies - "are the only group of people you don't have to be ashamed to look down upon."
During my final year at Yale Law, I took a small class with a professor I really admired (and still do). I was the only veteran in the class, and when this came up somehow in conversation, a young woman looked at me and said, "I can't believe you were in the Marines. You just seem so nice. I thought that people in the military had to act a certain way." It was incredibly insulting, and it was my first real introduction to the idea that this institution that was so important among my neighbours was looked down upon in such a personal way. To this lady, to be in the military meant that you had to be some sort of barbarian. I bit my tongue, but it's one of those comments I'll never forget.
The "why" is really difficult, but I have a few thoughts. The first is that humans appear to have some need to look down on someone; there's just a basic tribalistic impulse in all of us. And if you're an elite white professional, working-class whites are an easy target: You don't have to feel guilty for being a racist or a xenophobe. By looking down on the hillbilly, you can get that high of self-righteousness and superiority without violating any of the moral norms of your own tribe. So your own prejudice is never revealed for what it is.
A lot of it is pure disconnect - many elites just don't know a member of the white working class. A professor once told me that Yale Law shouldn't accept students who attended state universities for their undergraduate studies. (A bit of background: Yale Law takes well over half of its student body from very elite private schools.) "We don't do remedial education here," he said. Keep in mind that this guy was very progressive and cared a lot about income inequality and opportunity. But he just didn't realise that for a kid like me, Ohio State was my only chance - the one opportunity I had to do well in a good school. If you removed that path from my life, there was nothing else to give me a shot at Yale. When I explained that to him, he was actually really receptive. He may have even changed his mind.
What does it mean for our politics? To me, this condescension is a big part of Trump's appeal. He's the one politician who actively fights elite sensibilities, whether they're good or bad. I remember when Hillary Clinton casually talked about putting coal miners out of work, or when Obama years ago discussed working-class whites clinging to their guns and religion. Each time someone talks like this, I'm reminded of Mamaw's feeling that hillbillies are the one group you don't have to be ashamed to look down upon. The people back home carry that condescension like a badge of honour, but it also hurts, and they've been looking for someone for a while who will declare war on the condescenders. If nothing else, Trump does that.
Q. On the other hand, as Hillbilly Elegy says so well, that reflexive reverse-snobbery of the hillbillies and those like them is a real thing too, and something that undermines their prospects in life. Is there any way for it to be overcome, other than getting out of the bubble, as you did?
A. I'm not sure we can overcome it entirely. Nearly everyone in my family who has achieved some financial success for themselves, from Mamaw to me, has been told that they've become "too big for their britches". I don't think this value is all bad. It forces us to stay grounded, reminds us that money and education are no substitute for common sense and humility. But, it does create a lot of pressure not to make a better life for yourself, and let's face it: when you grow up in a dying steel town with very few middle-class job prospects, making a better life for yourself is often a binary proposition: if you don't get a good job, you may be stuck on welfare for the rest of your life.
I'm a big believer in the power to change social norms. To take an obvious recent example, I see the decline of smoking as not just an economic or regulatory matter, but something our culture really flipped on. So there's value in all of us - whether we have a relatively large platform or if our platform is just the people who live with us - trying to be a little kinder to the kids who want to make a better future for themselves.
That's a big part of the reason I wrote the book: it's meant not just for elites, but for people from my own clan, in the hopes that they'll better appreciate the ways they can help (or hurt) their own kin.
At the same time, the hostility between the working class and the elites is so great that there will always be some wariness towards those who go to the other side. And can you blame them? A lot of these people know nothing but judgment and condescension from those with financial and political power, and the thought of their children acquiring that same hostility is noxious. It may just be the sort of value we have to live with.
The odd thing is, the deeper I get into elite culture, the more I see value in this reverse snobbery. It's the great privilege of my life that I'm deep enough into the American elite that I can indulge a little anti- elitism. Like I said, it keeps you grounded, if nothing else! But it would have been incredibly destructive to indulge too much of it when I was 18.
Q. I live in the rural South now, where I was born, and I see the same kind of social pathologies among some poor whites that you write about in Hillbilly Elegy. I also see the same thing among poor blacks, and have heard from a few black friends who made it out as you did the same kind of stories about how their own people turned on them and accused them of being traitors to their family and class - this, only for getting an education and building stable lives for themselves. The thing that so few of us either understand or want to talk about is that nobody who lives the way these poor black and white people do is ever going to amount to anything. There's never going to be an economy rich enough or a government programme strong enough to compensate for the lack of a stable family and the absence of self-discipline. Are Americans even capable of hearing that anymore?
A. Judging by the current political conversation, no: Americans are not capable of hearing that anymore.
I was speaking with a friend the other night, and I made the point that the meta-narrative of the 2016 election is learned helplessness as a political value. We're no longer a country that believes in human agency and, as a formerly poor person, I find it incredibly insulting.
To hear Trump or Clinton talk about the poor, one would draw the conclusion that they have no power to affect their own lives.
Things have been done to them, from bad trade deals to Chinese labour competition, and they need help.
And without that help, they're doomed to lives of misery they didn't choose.
Obviously, the idea that there aren't structural barriers facing both the white and black poor is ridiculous. Mamaw recognised that our lives were harder than rich white people's, but she always tempered her recognition of the barriers with a hard-nosed wilfulness: "never be like those a-holes who think the deck is stacked against them". In hindsight, she was this incredibly perceptive woman. She recognised the message my environment had for me, and she actively fought against it.
There's good research on this stuff. Believing you have no control is incredibly destructive, and that may be especially true when you face unique barriers. The first time I encountered this idea was in my exposure to addiction subculture, which is quite supportive and admirable in its own way, but is full of literature that speaks about addiction as a disease. If you spend a day in these circles, you'll hear someone say something to the effect of, "You wouldn't judge a cancer patient for a tumour, so why judge an addict for drug use."
This view is a perfect microcosm of the problem among poor Americans. On the one hand, the research is clear that there are biological elements to addiction - in that way, it does mimic a disease. On the other hand, the research is also clear that people who believe their addiction is a biologically mandated disease show less ability to resist it.
It's this awful catch-22, where recognising the true nature of the problem actually hinders the ability to overcome it.
Interestingly, both in my conversations with poor blacks and whites, there's a recognition of the role of better choices in addressing these problems...
But let's just think about what culture really means, to borrow an example from my life. One of the things I mention in the book is that domestic strife and family violence are cultural traits - they're just there, and everyone experiences them in one form or another.
I learnt domestic strife from the moment I was born, from more than 15 stepdads and boyfriends I encountered, to the domestic violence case that nearly tore my family apart (I was the primary victim).
So predictably, by the time I got married, I wasn't a great spouse. I had to learn, with the help of my aunt and sister (both of whom had successful marriages), but especially with the help of my wife, how not to turn every small disagreement into a shouting match or a public scene.
Too many conservatives look at that situation, say "well that's a cultural problem, nothing we can do", and then move on. They're right that it's a cultural problem: I learnt domestic strife from my mother, and she learnt it from her parents.
But to speak "culture" and then move on is a total copout, and there are public-policy solutions to draw from experiences like this: How could my school have better prepared me for domestic life? How could child welfare services have given me more opportunities to spend time with my Mamaw and my aunt, rather than threatening me - as they did - with the promise of foster care if I kept talking?
These are tough, tough problems, but they're not totally immune to policy interventions. Neither are they entirely addressable by government. It's just complicated.
Q. Finally, what did watching Donald Trump's speech (at the Republican convention) make you think about this fall campaign, and the future of the country?
A. Well, I think the speech itself was a perfect microcosm of why I love and am terrified of Donald Trump. On the one hand, he criticised the elites and actually acknowledge the hurt of so many working-class voters. After so many years of Republican politicians refusing to even talk about factory closures, Trump's message is an oasis in the desert. But, of course, he spent way too much time appealing to people's fears, and he offered zero substance for how to improve their lives. It was Trump at his best and worst.
My biggest fear with Trump is that, because of the failures of the Republican and Democratic elites, the bar for the white working class is too low. They're willing to listen to Trump about rapist immigrants and banning all Muslims because other parts of his message are clearly legitimate. A lot of people think Trump is just the first to appeal to the racism and xenophobia that were already there, but I think he's making the problem worse.
The other big problem I have with Trump is that he has dragged down our entire political conversation. It's not just that he inflames the tribalism of the Right; it's that he encourages the worst impulses of the Left. In the past few weeks, I've heard from so many of my elite friends some version of, "Trump is the racist leader all of these racist white people deserve."
These comments almost always come from white progressives who know literally zero culturally working-class Americans. And I'm always left thinking: If this is the quality of thought of a Harvard Law graduate, then our society is truly doomed.
In a world of Trump, we've abandoned the pretence of persuasion. The November election strikes me as little more than a referendum on whose tribe is bigger.
But I remain incredibly optimistic about the future. Maybe that's the hillbilly resilience in me. Or maybe I'm just an idiot. But if writing this book, and talking with friends and strangers about its message, has taught me anything, it's that most people are trying incredibly hard to make it, even in this more complicated and scary world. The short view of our country is that we're doomed. The long view, inherited from my grandparents' 1930s upbringing in coal country, is that all of us can still control some part of our fate. Even if we are doomed, there's reason to pretend otherwise.
- This excerpt is reprinted from a longer article in www.TheAmericanConservative.com.


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2009 was the last large event that changed everything. A reconciling. Of family. Of identity. Of various origins. I realise it is always in progress but I felt more a sense of a base. More stability to work from. A home.
Now this year it is the loss of Aaron. I can look at how I thought and acted before this event. My petty worries and anxieties. I don't want to go back to that. I know things will normalise. I know things will happen and the loss of Aaron will hit me again. I know I will have to work to see things in perspective and those petty worries and anxieties will return. I will have to work at it. I want to put things into perspective.
It is not a one time thing. But I don't want a tragedy or living in a state of emotional emergency to be the only things that wake me up.
If everything is constantly changing (including language) and there was nothing else . . what could we talk about? How could we communicate anything? Or is constantly changing different from chaos? We live our lives with the idea of some predictability and non-change. How could we do anything without some of this?
But I guess the trouble comes with clinging to those ideas of stability and predictability.
My suffering has come as a result of trying to anticipate the change. I have had a lot of change and radical adjustments. To various countries. To isolation. To loss in various forms. To radically changing my identity and world views. Etc. etc. So now when I find any kind of life resembling some stability I have a fear of getting too comfortable. I fear I am not prepared enough for the worst.
I have been trying to work through this for the last seven years. For one year with counselling and cognitive therapy (among dealing with other issues).
How to allow for happiness without anticipating the suffering?
A lot of contemporary American Zen Buddhism makes sense to me in a practical way. Suffering will come whether or not I anticipate it. Clinging to either suffering or happiness can lead to problems.
I have to bend. Rigid things snap in the wind.
A sense of the spiritual in a larger sense also seems necessary to my well-being. A sense of purpose as well. Guess we all need that sense of purpose right? Even in the face of the absurdity of death. It's the fella that rolls the rock up the hill only to have slide it down the other side. He rolls it back up again and again and again. Forever. Good old sisyphus.
But unlike a lot of the existentialists the Buddhist idea is not cling to the suffering and anxiety. Contemporary American Zen Buddhism seems to be existentialism without the angst.
Also learning to be and to take delight in the everyday. Those things have helped a lot. And not being detached (clinging or attachment seems to be the opposite). But rather being fully engaged in everything happening right now in mind, body, environment.
Delighting in the mysteries can lead to awe. Awe can lead to being more fully present and awake.
Taking it all with a light touch. A playful seriousness. That helps a lot.
Again not being detached but fully engaged with how the mind works. The mind is the source of suffering and happiness and all else.
Not knowing can be terrifying. Or it can be liberating.
Maybe all things are changing, including the chatter of our minds. But that something that doesn't change is the mystery. The thing we work with to notice the chatter of our mind. The awareness/consciousness. Consciousness in both a larger collective sense and an individual sense. The thing that can be fully present.


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