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[Solomon] was at the peak of his crime renaissance, with a complete sideline of alki-cooking, morphine, heroin, cocaine and the dandruff-like little granules which produce delirious uproar. He hogged the bail-bond market, owned a large loan shark company at usurious rates, held full partnership in the white slave industry, a cut in a growing lottery racket and drivers and such like et ceteras built on human mischief."
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Cocoanut Grove: Part II
Sunday, November 25, 2007
This Date in Fire History: Nov 28 - Cocoanut Grove
Saturday, November 28, 1942, Boston… the day of the annual grudge football game between Boston College – going into the game undefeated – and arch-rival Holy Cross from nearby Worcester. BC was favored six-to-one as the winner, having outscored their opponents in the previous four games by a whopping 168-6, but Holy Cross – with a 4-4-1 record – pulled off a stunning 55-12 [1] upset at Fenway Park in front of 40,000 fans. The Boston College team cancelled their scheduled celebratory bash at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, and went home to lick their wounds.
[See Update at end of piece... I forgot one of the most interesting pieces of trivia...]
NOTE: Due to the horrific nature of the Cocoanut Grove disaster, and the fact that survivors of this tragic fire are still alive, I want to emphasize once again that the use of quotations, excerpts, illustrations, or materials created by others in this post does not imply, and should not be construed to imply, their agreement with the opinions expressed elsewhere in 618 Rants.
Losing that game probably saved the lives of most of the Boston College team [2].
Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub was named after the famous Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, although the two clubs were not affiliated. The Boston club was owned by Barnett "Barney" Welansky, who claimed ties to the Boston Mafia as well as a close relationship with Mayor (and future Governor) Maurice Tobin. Located at 17 Piedmont Street, in what is now called the "Bay Village" neighborhood, the Grove was a mecca for Boston's modern urbanites, as well as service members either on leave or preparing to ship out to serve in World War II. The Boston Globe, described the club this way: "Lined with palm trees, it was a tropical paradise. In summer, the roof could be rolled back electrically for dancing under stars."
shows the interior of the main dining area.
The main part of the building dated from about 1916 and had been used as both a garage and motion picture film exchange, prior to its incarnation as a night club. By 1942, the club had expanded to cover much of the block bordered by Broadway and Piedmont, Shawmut and Church Streets. The club operated both on the ground floor and in the basement of one portion. The area shown as "new cocktail lounge" below was also known as the "Broadway Lounge" and was the latest expansion of the club, having been completed in the fall of 1942. The main entrance to the club was through a revolving door on the Piedmont Street side. A separate entrance to the new lounge opened onto Broadway.
The overall décor of the club has been described as a Casablanca style – paper palm trees, cloth panels on the ceilings, and imitation-leather wall coverings, among other items. This "tropical paradise" had a price, however: some of the decorations obscured emergency exits and exit signs. A number of the exits had been locked to prevent patrons from leaving without paying their bills, and the plate glass windows on the Piedmont Street side of the building had been boarded over.
That Saturday, the Cocoanut Grove was filled beyond capacity, with well over 1,000 people crammed into a club with a nominal seating capacity of about 600 [3]. Additional tables and chairs had been placed to accommodate customers. Among those customers were a young serviceman and his girlfriend; many reports indicate the serviceman unscrewed a 7.5 watt light bulb (the wattage of a nightlight) to give himself a little more "privacy' with his lady. A busboy, 16-year-old Stanley Tomaszewski, working in at the club illegally, was sent to replace the bulb.
At this point, there are conflicting stories of what happened: some people say Tomaszewski dropped the bulb and lit a match to find it, while other reports say he used the match to find the socket, which was concealed in the palm fronds. Witnesses said they saw flames spread out from the vicinity of the light socket, although others claimed seeing flames near the floor. Several survivors stated that the walls also appeared unusually warm to the touch (possibly indicating a smoldering fire within the walls). As the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) put it in their fire investigation report, "… the exact source of ignition was a factor of considerably less importance than was the inadequacy of exit facilities and the extensive use of combustible decorations." [4]
By most reports, fire had fully engulfed the Melody Lounge within five minutes, before traveling up the stairs – which acted as a chimney – and exploding into the main dining area and continuing to the Broadway Lounge. The revolving door at the main entrance quickly became jammed as panicked patrons attempted to flee; more than 200 victims were found piled up at this door. An additional one hundred or more victims were found by the Broadway Lounge exit – a door that opened into the club. More lives were probably lost as people blundered about after the lights went out.
Russell Priestley, who was in the Army Air Corps and awaiting deployment, was one of many people pressed into service that gruesome night. Excerpts from his account, which appeared in the Melrose Mirror, are repinted here with his permission.
Personally, I remember the disaster because I, with two friends, had attended a stage show at the RKO Boston. As we left the performance, sirens of fire engines and ambulances filled the crisp night air. We were compelled by the intense din to walk toward the source, a few blocks away. With my companions, John Bunker, now deceased and Ralph Pierce, now residing in Rye, New Hampshire, we edged our way close to the fire scene. We were close enough to be commanded, "Hey you, grab this stretcher!" We rushed to help. A stretcher for each victim was loaded into an ambulance, others were placed on the pavement, awaiting more vehicles ... in some cases cars, trucks and cabs were used.
I don't recall how long we stayed there to offer assistance, but I do know it was beyond the time for using public transportation. We ended our night by walking home from Boston, explaining to our parents where we had been, then going to bed for some sleep.
The final tally was 492 dead and several hundred more injured. Unlike most major conflagrations, those at the cocoanut Grove were more likely to be killed than injured; about 50% of those present died, while only 20-30% were injured. Usually, it's the other way around.
As noted above, the exact cause of the fire has never been conclusively proven, and probably never will be. The causes of the deaths, however, are all too familiar:
- Overcrowding
- Blocked, locked, and/or obstructed fire exits
- No fire sprinkler system (sprinklers had been protecting Massachusetts factories for about 75 years in 1942)
- Flammable decorations
- Delay in notifying the fire department
As is the case with other major fires, however, some good came out of the tragedy. Two local hospitals -- Massachusetts General and Boston City -- were well-prepared for a disaster of this magnitude, thanks to their war preparations. Additionally, Mass General had been experimenting with new protocols for treating severe burn victims; these new protocols, after being validated by the Grove fire, were instituted in most American hospitals. Furthermore, the Grove fire was the first wide-spread use of a new "wonder drug" -- some stuff called "penicillin."There is an apocryphal story that the city of Boston passed a law prohibiting any business within the city limits from using the Cocoanut Grove name. Several researchers have debunked this theory, but no business-owner in his right mind would choose such a "jinxed" name.
UPDATE: This is something I should have mentioned originally. The bookkeeper at the Grove, Rose Gnecco Ponzi, was the ex-wife of Charles Ponzi, who achieved fame at the inventor of the financial scam that bears his name, the "Ponzi scheme"). As Paul Harvey might say, "now you know the rest of the story."
Additional Resources
Boston Globe archives of the fire
National Fire Protection Association NFPA Journal articles on the fire
Books on the fire on Amazon.com:
The Cocoanut Grove Fire (New England Remembers), Stephanie Schorow
Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy, John C. Esposito
Fire in Boston's Cocoanut Grove: Holocaust, Paul Benzaquin
Cocoanut Grove: A Spellbinding Account of the Most Famous Fire in American History, Edward Keyes
[1] Much has been made of the "fact" that the final score, 55-12, "eerily" mirrors the jersey numbers of the BC co-captains. The cover for the game program is shown here: http://at.bc.edu/slideshows/familyfeud/5.html
[2] BC equipment manager Larry Kenney is the only person directly associated with the game who is known to have died in the fire.
[3] Various sources show differing seating capacities, ranging from 450 to over 600; most show 600.
[4] Moulton, Robert S, The Cocoanut Grove Night Club Fire. Boston, MA: National Fire Protection Association, 1962, p 5
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Comments on Some of Digby's Commenters...
I can't even recall how many psycho cops I've run into during my years as a skateboarder. Yes, technically I was tresspassing by skateboarding in the supermarket parking lot after closing time, [….]
The legal terminology for this situation is attractive nuisance: "a person who creates or permits to exist on his or her land a dangerous condition attractive to children, as an unfenced swimming pool, is liable for their resulting injuries, even though the injured are trespassers." [Emphasis added] This is probably the same mope who would sue the supermarket if he wiped out.
Tazers need a little video camera that records from the time they 'paint' wit the laser till fired, easy and cheap with new technology, this should be viewed by an independant review board after every taze! this will at least help both the cops and the tazee plead there case.
At least one county in Florida is doing just that. One result has been a decrease in the number of lawsuits being filed over Taser use. Apparently, lawyers view the video and tell their clients to "forget it."
Based on the ACLU link (I'm a member by the way) the driver reacted all wrong (and unlawfully) to the situation. The officer was within his rights to arrest the driver. What were the officer's choices besides the taser? Use his gun? Beat the driver with fists or nightstick? Let the driver get back in the SUV, without really knowing anything about him or what the situation was? What if the driver had a gun hidden?
An earlier commenter posted a link to a card provided by the ACLU, "What To Do If You're Stopped By The Police." The card reinforces the points I made in my post.
I'm amazed that the second cop didn't intervene...was nowhere to be seen during the incident, and I'm also amazed that the woman did not get handcuffed as a precaution, considering how upset she was.
This commenter didn't look closely enough at the video. At time stamp -3:19, the second officer can be seen approaching the stop from directly in front of the motorist – it's the Explorer pulling off to the opposite side of the road.
In most states, an officer is obliged to arrest a person if they do not sign the citation. That has been true in the state of Maryland, for example, for nearly twenty years. The roadside is not a place to argue a traffic citation. That's what court is for. It's dangerous to have a prolonged discussion on the side of a bush highway, as plenty of "Shocking Video" television program can demonstrate quite capably.
This commenter brings up a valid point: the dangers inherent in arguing on the side of the road. The "Shocking Video" reference is 100% accurate.
Someone should just murder this cop. Seriously, as some point it has to come to that. If we don't start killing them, pretty soon they will start killing in even greater numbers.
Granted, this commenter was subsequently tagged as a troll, but it is this kind of comment – which has been made seriously by people like the Black Panthers and others – that explains why cops tend to have itchy "trigger fingers." There really are people out there who believe this is a perfectly legitimate answer to "police brutality." And yet these same people wonder why cops now approach cars with their hands on their guns (assuming the gun isn't out and down by the side of the leg).
That and a flak vest (easily available) will protect against taser needles, rubber bullets, and body strikes from a baton...even some small arms fire (handgun, not rifle).
Another reason why cops tend to be more vigilant than in years past… more and more "bad guys" are wearing body armor, so, yes, the cops have to be prepared to deal with some scrote with better firepower and the same level of protection.
I travel through Utah a lot and now I am carrying weapons at ALL times. I would've popped a fucking cap in that officer and then emptied the entire clip, grabbed his taser and his wallet and gone home to taz the fuck out of his family. […] DEATH TO ALL FUCKING COCKSUCKER POLICE LIKE THIS. Thank fucking Jeebus I'm concealed-carry and I am going to purchase that for ALL friends and family for Christmas. And they will carry at all times.
Yup, that's certainly the way to get cops to relax. I've got news for people who think this way: if you think it's perfectly all right to kill me, then don't be surprised if I make it as difficult as possible for you. My right to go home in one piece at the end of my shift outweighs your "right" to try to kill me. And if you do try to kill me, I'll kill you… without a moment's hesitation.
The cop WAS arresting him, and thus DID have to mirandize him, contrary to your statement that "this cop was not looking to [arrest him &] . . . proceed with a custodial interrogation."
Umm, WRONG. Read the Miranda decision, clown. It's amazing how many people "quote" the law, without knowing what the hell the law says. You've been watching too much Law & Order and CSI, dude.
And people wonder why the cops aren't like Andy and Barney anymore…..
Utah Tasing: Another Perspective
Here's my take, as a former police officer, on the situation. Bear in mind, I was not present at the scene. Nor, for that matter, were any of the commenters at Digby's. My comments are based on the video as posted to You Tube, Watson's article, Digby's comments, some of the responses Digby received, and my experience stretching over 14 years in law enforcement. Excerpts are from the Watson article as posted on InfoWars, unless otherwise noted.
Mr Massey tells the officer he does not understand why he has been stopped or what he is being charged with, at which point the officer orders Massey to get out of the car.
The trooper can be clearly heard telling Massey (the motorist) that he had been stopped for a speeding violation (time stamp -9:16, "You were going kinda fast"). Massey apparently refused to provide his license and registration to the trooper, which is a violation in every state (time stamps -9:15, -9:10, "license and registration, right now"... -9:01, "No..."). The driver was ordered from the vehicle after he refused to sign the speeding citation (time stamp -7:39, "I'm not signing anything"). Signing the citation is not an admission of guilt; it is an acknowledgement that the motorist has received a copy of the violation. In most states with whose laws I am familiar (and I'm not a lawyer), if a driver refuses to sign the citation, the violation moves from an infraction to a situation requiring a custodial arrest. This is a decision made by either the Legislature of the state or, more commonly, whichever Commissioner has jurisdiction over motor vehicles in a particular state; it is not left to the officer's discretion.
The officer then puts down his clipboard and immediately takes out his Taser and points it at Mr Massey without any provocation whatsoever, yelling "Turn around and put your hands behind your back" as Massey attempts to point out the speed limit sign and engage the officer in conversation.
Based on what is seen in the video, I would tend to agree that the trooper probably was not justified in drawing his Taser at this point. However, we did not see whatever the trooper may have seen when he approached the car and looked inside while dealing with Massey. There may have been indications that led the trooper -- based on his knowledge and experience -- to believe that Massey presented a potential threat.
The Plains and Western states are home to a tremendous number of militias, survivalists, "Christian Identity" followers, neo-Nazis, white supremecists, "sovereign citizens", "redemptionists", and assorted other anti-government extremists, many of whom view the police -- or any semblance of authority -- as a dictatorship to be overthrown by force (see, for instance, the Anti-Defamation League's page on extremism). There may have been indications within the vehicle -- not visible to the dash cam -- that Massey potentially subscribed to some of those beliefs. (And, yes, it is equally possible that there were no such indications; I'm simply saying that we cannot see what the trooper saw).
Insofar as Massey had already evidenced his unwillingness to cooperate, the trooper was within his rights, under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), to consider searching Massey for weapons. Additionally, if the trooper had a reasonable and articulable concern for his own safety, he would be justified in handcuffing Massey. Handcuffing, under these circumstances, does not constitute an arrest.
A shocked Massey asks "what the hell is wrong with you?" and backs away, turning around as the officer had demanded[....]
The video, as I view it, does not show Massey "turning around as the officer had demanded"; rather, it seems to me that Massey is walking away from the trooper and returning to his car (see time stamp -7:23; he is, in fact, walking away from the trooper). Again, based on what the trooper may have seen in the vehicle, he might have reasonably concluded that Massey was returning to the vehicle to retrieve a weapon.
He then asks for his rights to be read and points out that the officer cannot arrest him without doing this.Also, see time stamps -4:34 and -3:44, "You cannot arrest me until you tell me my rights..."
This is a misconception that has affected society for years. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) does not require "Miranda" warnings at the time of arrest. Miranda comes into play only during "questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody...."
In other words, the warnings are required only under these circumstances (as laid out in the Supreme Court decision):
The person in custody must, prior to interrogation, be clearly informed that he has the right to remain silent, and that anything he says will be used against him in court; he must be clearly informed that he has the right to consult with a lawyer and to have the lawyer with him during interrogation, and that, if he is indigent, a lawyer will be appointed to represent him. Pp. 467-473. [Emphasis added]
In this case, Massey was not in custody as defined by Miranda, nor was he being subjected to "custodial interrogation." On television, Miranda warnings are an integral part of the arrest process; in the real world, however, many arrests do not require the warnings as there in no intention of conducting a custodial interrogation. Certain information -- name, date of birth, address, driver's license, etc -- may be requested without triggering Miranda safeguards; refusal to provide this information is generally considered a separate offense, generally custodial in nature (if the person refuses to identify himself, the officer is usually required by statute to take the offender into custody).
The officer had no legal right to make Massey sign any document he did not understand.
Every state, and the Federal government, view driving as a privilege, not a right (despite what most teenagers claim). This is why drivers licenses may be suspended or revoked after one or more convictions for driving offenses. Part of the legal background to obtaining a license is what could be called an "implied knowledge" of driving laws and regulations -- the "ignorance is no excuse" theory. Generally, these laws and regulations include what the driver's responsibilities are in violations. Again, once Massey refused to sign the citation, the trooper probably was required to take Massey into custody.
In commenting on Watson's piece, Digby says:
Word to the wise. Do not ever question the police, no matter whether they are violating your rights, ignoring the constitution or breaking the law. It is perfectly legal for them to torture you on the spot if you do.
From viewing the video, and applying what I learned over fourteen years, I have the following comments:
"...they are violating your rights..." The operator of a motor vehicle, on a public highway, does not have the right to refuse to provide his/her drivers license, registration, and/or proof of insurance to a police officer investigating a traffic violation. The operator does have the right to refuse to sign a traffic citation, but the operator must be prepared to accept the consequences, generally laid out in state statutes or regulations, for such a refusal. As noted above, the consequences generally include being taken into custody.
"...ignoring the constitution..." The trooper did not violate Massey's Constitutional rights. As I explained above, Miranda warnings are not required at the time of arrest, but rather at the time of custodial interrogation (if any).
"...breaking the law." At no point during the video, as posted, did the trooper violate the law. It was Massey who violated not one, but many laws.
Also, there are at least three obvious breaks in the video as posted: once when the trooper is writing the citation (time stamp -8:00), and others at time stamps -2:48 and -0:48. It is entirely possible that those "breaks" showed circumstances that would tend to undermine Massey's claim (or they could just be dead space that was edited out for brevity).
One of Digby's commenters, a former police police officer calling herself Carol, had this to add:
I forced myself to watch that clip, and as a retired peace officer, =my [sic] opinion is both the trooper and motorist were at fault. [...] I've had similar incidents in my career where the subject refused to cooperate and turned to leave before we were done. In each case, I explained quickly and briefly the options and consequences of their leaving without completing the detention - warrant for arrest, incarceration, huge fines, etc. At worst, I'd have to have a warrant issued for them to be stopped farther down the road, including escalation of force. But in no case was I warranted to use deadly force in preventing them from leaving.
I agree with Carol completely. Many people are perfectly willing to refuse to cooperate with cops (which is, after all, their right), but are unwilling to accept the consequences of their actions.
I had one such situation that still sticks in my mind. Sometime back around 1979, I stopped a vehicle for speeding. The operator refused to show any documentation -- license, reg, etc. I informed him that if he persisted in his refusal, I would apply for an arrest warrant for him. He refused, so I applied for a warrant. I served the warrant on him at work, placed him under arrest, handcuffed him, and led him from his office (he was a physician). He told the judge that he did not believe a police officer had the legal authority to make a speeding arrest, based upon Biblical and "constitutional guarantees of freedom of travel." He also told the judge the "only real law enforcement officer was a duly-elected sheriff." He further claimed that Superior Court, as an "equity court," (based on the presence of a gold fringe on the American flag) did not have jurisdiction over him. These claims are all part of the sovereign citizen creed. Needless to say, the judge did not buy his finely-honed legal reasoning. The man's license was suspended for a year for the motor vehicle charges, and he was incarcerated for seven months in the county jail for resisting and interfering. He received an additional four months for contempt -- he argued with the judge at sentencing.
Is it possible the trooper acted improperly or unreasonably? Yes, of course it is. However, I am not going to make that judgment call unless and until I have access to the full video of the confrontation. Nobody else should jump to conclusions without all the facts, either.
UPDATE: There is some interesting give-and-take in the comments to this post at PoliBlog, between the post's author, Dr. Steven Taylor and a commenter calling himself Paul. In comment #3, Paul makes many of the same points I made above, but he puts a different spin on a couple of them. Also, he brings up a couple of court decisions I had forgotten about: New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454 (1981) and Atwater v. Lago Vista, 000 U.S. 99-1408 (2001).
Paul makes another interesting and valid point in comment #7:
You seem concerned here with the officer's obligation to diffuse the situation. I wonder: In your opinion, did Mr. Massey have any obligation to diffuse it? And couldn't he have done so by simply signing the ticket and then seeking his day in court? Apparently, you would have the officer coddle Mr. Massey. I would not. The officer is not Mr. Massey mommy, and Mr. Massey is not a child.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Badtux and My Missus....
Friday "I'm Really Pissed at You Guys" Pet Blogging
You know, the ones where you have to work (ah, the joys of being in emergency services and related fields), and have to deal with coworkers who don't have lives but really need to get them. Twelve fun-filled hours (during which I did additional research on the infamous Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, about which, more on the 28th).
After work, I headed down to the lovely yet talented Mrs 618's lovely yet talented mother's house for dinner. Finished dinner and dropped off some goodie bags (sandwiches, chips, mac salad, cookies) at the local police department as a "Thank You" for the rest of the folks working.
Back to the MIL's house for cheesecake (hey, gimme a break, I'm a New Yorker), pumpkin pie, and the rest of that good stuff. The lovely yet talented missus and I headed back to the spacious yet luxurious Chez618 about 11:00.
When we got home, we crawled into bed and commenced cuddling.
Until, that is, Joey and Mr Bailey both decided to attack my feet under the blankets. Then Emily decided it was "Labrador Love Time" and shoved in between us.
Mustang Bobby has the right idea.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
New "Terror Warning"
Coincidentally, this warning was released just as we head into a holiday shopping season... a season with the busheviks at incredibly low popularity ratings, and a season where bush's economic miracles -- gas and energy prices -- mean families will have less to spend on things like gifts. It's also the last shopping season before the campaigns get up to full speed. As a result, the mouth-breathin', Bible'thumpin', hooker-humpin', sister-marryin', rifle-rack-in-the-pickmup neocon wingnut idjits have to terrify us now so they can continue their efforts to gut everything the US stands for.
This is yet another attempt by the bush junta to distract attention form the administration's illegal actions. I guess LordGodKing Dick'n'George figure if we panic over swarthy A-rabs in the malls, we're less likely to worry about how they are raping the Constitution.
The warning reads:
December 2007 Al-Qa'ida Plan to Target US Shopping Malls in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
As of August 2007, al-Qa'ida planned to strike US shopping malls in Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California during the 2007 Christmas season. Al-Qa'ida hoped to disrupt the US economy and had been planning the attack for the past two years.
FBI Comment: This information was obtained through a lengthy chain of acquisition, and was provided to the source by a sub-source who spoke in confidence. The veracity of the information is uncertain but the threat is being reported due to the nature of the information.
At least this time, the Feds are saying they cannot attest to the veracity of the information. Had the warning come from the Ministry of Homeland Security, of course, it would have been much more alarmist.
This is jusy the first of many warnings, I'm sure. As we get closer to the election, especially if the rethuglicans can't drag their ratings up a bit, we'll see more and more announcements of impending doom, accompanied by the usual bullshit that voting Democratic will allow the "terrists" to win.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Season of No Reason
Let me repeat that: the day after Halloween.
K-Mart was putting up Christmas decorations before they took down the Halloween stuff. Our local Meijer (a Target clone, for those outside the upper midwest) already has their inflatable Jack Frost in front of the store.
I'm going to run for president. My platform is going to be simple and -- I hope -- a sure-fire winner:
- NO Christmas decorations or Christmas music OF ANY KIND until the day after Thanksgiving (this includes those obnoxious "Christmas in July" sales at furniture and electronics stores).
- All gas pumps, self-scan registers and ATM's must have the same card readers - all cards go in the same way, instead of having different manufacturers set up readers any way they choose.
- All automobiles must have the wiper and headlight switches in separate but standardized locations. My Explorer has the lights on the dash, the wipers on the turn signal stalk; my wife's Honda has the lights on the turn signal, the wipers on the right of the column. God only knows how many times I've turned off the lights trying to turn on the wipers.
- Tweety, Timmeh, the entire News Corp staff, and anyone showing a "W" sticker and/or yellow ribbon magnet will be immediately extraordinarily-renditioned to a heavily-fortified area in the Nevada desert, where they will be forced to listen to the Chipmunk's "Christmas Song" 24-7-365.
I was going to add a fifth plank concerning "No Child Left Behind" but thought better of it. That did, however, remind me of something I saw at Meijer's last week: a set of pet stairs (to help your senior-citizen Cocker spaniel-American climb onto the bed)... with "No Pet Left Behind" in great big letters on the box.
Between that and dubya's "I'm the decider" comment being imortalized in an Equal commercial, it's obvious that dubya and his quaint commentary will be with us foreveh.


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We finally made it back to our Kingston home, which is actually our REAL home. The Edmond home is really our offices that go with our business up there.
I wasn't home for very long when Terry texted and said her darling little granddaughter, Riley, wanted to "come see Grandma Doy". I was in great need of a hug, so I was THRILLED to have this child come over and JUMP into my arms. She brought me a picture she had drawn and 3 special rocks she picked up at a park. I WISH I had thought to make a pendant out of one of them, but I tossed them after she left. I could have given it to her next time I see her.
We talked and caught up, and I fed the starving child! She ate nuts and chex mix and a banana. I asked Terry if she EVER feeds her!
Terry knew I had a ton of clean-up to do, so they left. I put groceries away, threw some fabric in the washer and drug boxes back upstairs to my sewing room. Then I embroidered a jacket for my granddaughter. She needed her name on it for work.
Now, I am sitting on my bed RELAXING and talking to "my people"! My favorite thing to do.
Some of you probably don't see my videos on Youtube unless I put a link here, so if you want to see how I fixed the gigantic blouse, it is here:
If I do not do this, I can never find my scissors! They are very bad, and the minute I am not looking, they jump up and run away and hide! One day, I decided to tie their butts down!!! Haven't lost them since.
And we came home without the boat. Bass Pro forgot to remember that the people involved were OFF on Friday and Saturday. Insane! Jerry's first boat did show up, however, and all will be finished sometime this week. Jerry will go back up and get the boat without me.
Monday is the day I finally see the surgeon about cataracts. I have no idea what to expect. After that, I am going back to work part time at our store. Terry is going with me to learn how to do the manager's job because she (the manager) is going to have to have major surgery on her back and may be out for months. I need to be prepared for that because if I have to go back to work full time, I won't be blogging or vlogging. It is a miracle that Terry is educated in office management, and she WANTS to work part time for as long as I need her. NO WONDER God sent her here!
OH! I wanted to tell you quilters about a comment I got involving a really fun quilt project. It is called "The Splendid Sampler". Here is a link.
It has to do with making ONE HUNDRED 6" quilt blocks. Each one is by a different designer. An excellent idea for new quilters to learn 100 techniques for making quilt blocks. I THINK it said 20,000 people were doing it from all over the world. If I wasn't so busy, I would probably enter in. I'm going to watch it just for fun though. THANK YOU to the nice lady who told me about it.
I've got to go. The dryer just dinged telling me my fabric needs to be removed and folded and put away. I better go get a dress and heels on!
Be back soon.
Hugs, Joy

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It's hard enough for a young actor to win over a casting agent, producer or even director to score a role.
Child star Nathan Gamble landed his biggest part to date by charming a bottlenose dolphin.
Gamble's audition for the lead in "Dolphin Tale" meant spending some quality time with Winter, the dolphin famous for her prosthetic tail.
"There so much like humans. They have to like you and be comfortable with you," Gamble tells Big Hollywood. "You have to be very respectful, and calm, and do the hand signals [the trainers] tell you."
"Dolphin Tale" casts Gamble as Sawyer, an introverted boy who strikes up a friendship with a wounded sea creature. The PG film, which co-stars Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson, proved a surprise hit earlier this year, hauling in $71 million.
Gamble, already a screen veteran with credits including "The Dark Knight," "Marley & Me," "The Mist" and "Babel," says "Tale" represented his most challenging assignment.
And he often didn't have a line of dialogue to guide him.
"The funny thing about my character is that he leads you through the whole movie, and he says nothing in the first half. He's a shy, emotional kid," he says.
Gamble didn't necessarily fudge his resume to snare the Sawyer role, but he neglected to tell the producers he had asthma before signing on. That mattered since he had to hold his breath in order to finish some underwater sequences.
He also wasn't a strong swimmer, but some pre-shoot training took care of that – even when he had to perform scenes wearing weights to make sure he sank effectively in the water.
Gamble got his start performing in his church's plays, but he says the role he gets the most attention for took only four days to shoot.
The youngster plays Commissioner Gordon's son in "The Dark Knight," a part which Gamble calls "almost like a vacation" since he flew to England for the bulk of his performance. Gamble's character mourned the loss of his father mid-film, all part of a ruse the Dark Knight orchestrated to help flush out the Joker (the late Heath Ledger).
The "Dark Knight" connection proved frustrating only when he went out to spread the word about a "Dolphin Tale" scholastic book earlier this year.
"I went to a friend's school and one kid kept asking questions about 'The Dark Knight,'" he recalls. "He had these wonderfully intricate questions about that film."
The young actor's fans can follow his career via his own web site, NathanGamble.net, a site which lets him blog his reaction to his acting career and famous co-stars.
"It's hard to communicate with actors," he says. "It's good to see what people thing so I can get better."
Some actors, like Woody Allen, famously refuse to watch themselves on screen. For Gamble, it's crucial to helping him track his professional progress.
"Some people don't like watching themselves in their movies. I watch everything [I do]," he says. "What can I do better? I want to keep on progressing. I definitely think acting is a long process to be one of the greats like Morgan Freeman or Jack Nicholson. I'm sure they started out just like this … I hope."


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Tennessee QB Jarrett Guarantano spoke to the media in a group session on Wednesday ahead of spring football practice 11.
Tennessee QB Jarrett Guarantano spoke to the media in a group session on Wednesday ahead of spring football practice 11.
UT coach wants college to mirror international game
But Williams will be harder for UT to replace
UT is best represented in the NFL by the Steelers with 4 Vols players; see top college-to-NFL matches
Does Tennessee's future non-conference schedule size-up with the rest of the league? Answers…
Cainer & Ivens recap the NBA Draft Lottery and pitch their best trade offers for the Braves & Mets.
List of UT players & ones that ended their careers elsewhere continues to grow, see full list with info
The Golden State Warriors have put together one of the best half decades in sports.
Off-the-field issues kept talented former 5-star from being drafted, still has NFL shot
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Tom Cruise Headed To US: First Time Seeing Katie Holmes Since Divorce Filing
Senior Entertainment Reporter
Tom boarded a private jet at 2am on July 3 to fly from Iceland to California — do you think he'll see Katie?
Tom Cruise is coming back to face the drama with Katie Holmes. The actor has been shooting his new movie Oblivion in Iceland but he's now back in the US.
According to US Weekly, Tom flew on his 50th birthday from Reykjavik airport to L.A. Even though Katie is in NYC, Tom reportedly went straight to his $30 million Beverly Hills mansion.
Katie filed for divorce on June 28 and requested sole and physical custody of their six-year-old daughter Suri Cruise.
— Chloe Melas
More on Tom and Katie:
- Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes Are Divorcing — It's Official
- Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes Divorce: How They Should Break The News To Suri — Expert
- Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes — Their Marriage In Photos


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Last Updated on November 14, 2011
Features & Bug Fixes in betaDataFerrett
DataFerrett now interleaves ACS 5-year Summary File Margin of Error (MOE) variables with estimate variables during extractions/tabulations. Previously, the MOE variables were displayed in the variable selection list and should have been part of the output, similar to how data flags work.
Users will now always get a GEOID variable included in their ACS 5-year SF extractions, and the extraction file is sorted on that variable.
Previously, maps did not work correctly when variances were displayed but worked when the variances were hidden. Now maps can be created while variances are displayed, but be aware that the map is being created based on the estimates and not the variances.
The user will still be able to turn on the Auto totalling in the DataFerrett tabulation window (Options menu), but the default for aggregate datasets will be OFF.
The calculations for summed estimate variables now work.
The calculations for summed estimates variances now work.
Previously, the multi-variable recode of aggregate data did not work if you added (summed) more than two variables. Two variables added (summed) worked fine, but then three or more were summed, the user would receive an error message when trying to tabulate.
When the user would place a series of variables in the columns and then try to create a formula (sum) in the next available column, the last column (immediately to the left of the formula column) would get overwritten with the data from the formula column.
When the user would attempt to create a PDF, an error message would pop up and/or the PDF would be reported corrupt and would not open.


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15 Indoor Garden Ideas for Wannabe Gardeners in Small Spaces
No patio? No problem. You can still build a lush summer garden inside your four walls, no matter how much living space you have. We've rounded up more than a dozen indoor garden projects that take shape in new and different ways – growing up, hanging down, or simply making use of otherwise unused space.
DIY Steel Mesh Vertical Garden (above and at top)
From Lana Red Studio
Bar Cart Plant Garden
From Honestly WTF
DIY Skinny Planter Stand
From A Beautiful Mess
Garment Rack Hanging Garden
From K Mart
DIY Herb Wreath
From Sweet Paul
DIY Vertical Herb Garden
From Pioneer Settler
DIY Vertical Plant Hanger
From I Heart Naptime
IKEA Terrarium Windowsill Greenhouse
From House Beautiful, using the SOCKER Greenhouse at IKEA, $19.99
IKEA Hanging Kitchen Wall Herb Garden
From Design Hunter LA, using pieces from the FINTORP series at IKEA
IKEA Cart Succulent Garden
From Succulents and Sunshine, using the RÅSKOG cart at IKEA, $29.99
Wooly Pocket Wall Garden
From Yellow Brick Home, using a Wally Five Wooly Pocket, $150
DIY Vertical Mason Jar Herb Garden
From Brit + Co
Vertical Jar Garden on a Pallet
From Style Me Pretty
Kitchen Window Jar Herb Garden
DIY Wood and Leather Trellis Plant Wall
From Vintage Revivals
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Ages and ages ago — like, 1993 — people would purchase a PC, plug it in and then stare in wonder at all the error messages. There wasn't much else to do with the things if you weren't part of the "information economy," though people gave it their best shot.
"Look!" Mom would cry. "I'm typing my recipe cards into the computer!"
"Wow," the children would say. "Mom is so smart." (Unless they were teenagers, in which case they would say, "Mom is such a dork.")
"From now on," Mom promised, "these recipes will be permanently stored in the computer until there's a hard disk crash and we lose everything. It's far superior to the old, unreliable system of index cards, some of which were handed down from your great-grandmother!"
The family would be eating dinner when suddenly the computer would announce, "You've got mail!" Everyone would bolt, racing to the monitor.
"Some generous person in China wants to sell us Viagra!" Mom would shriek excitedly.
Actually, no, that's not what the email said. Back then, most email said, "Tell me if you got this email!" The unfortunately named "spam" hadn't yet become a feature in life, so email was something of a joy. When your Uncle Fred passed along a joke someone had passed to him, you didn't write back TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST, UNCLE FRED.
One of the things that Fred was kind enough to pass along was this oddity called "The Cameron Column." Written by some guy named W. Bruce Cameron, it was an emailed, opt-in newsletter that was random both in subject and publication schedule.
I was writing the thing and sending it out over the Internet because I wanted to write humor and hadn't been successful in getting my work published any other way. At its peak, The Cameron Column had 50,000 readers in 52 countries, if you count Texas as a country.
And then people's email boxes started filling up, computers became more reliable, and Uncle Fred got indicted. The column fell from favor. Around that time, though, I wrote a column called "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter." It was extraordinarily popular, to the point that thousands of people took my name off it and sent it around as if they themselves wrote it. It even showed up on Oliver North's website as something like "Colonel North's Rules for Dating His Daughter," which led me to conclude either that he had stolen my column or that I was Oliver North.
When I wrote to the colonel, he was immediately apologetic, explaining that he had a staff who edited the website and that he would make sure they were pushed out of an airplane. No, actually he made sure I got my byline on his site and promised me he would help me get syndicated, and that's exactly what he did.
Some things happened along the way to syndication: I wrote exclusively for the (now sadly departed) Rocky Mountain News for a few years, and, most significantly for me, I was able to turn my "8 Simple Rules" into a successful book and TV show on ABC starring John Ritter. But since Creators began carrying my column, I've been appearing in somewhere around 50 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada — probably, if you are reading this, I've been in your paper.
I've had several books published subsequent to "8 Simple Rules," including my New York Times bestseller, "A Dog's Purpose." Which leads me to where I am today: fortunate enough to have a couple more books in the pipeline, but so overwhelmed with all the work those commitments entail that changing gears every week for my column has become increasingly difficult.
This is my 689th weekly column, and I'm taking a break. Some newspapers have chosen to continue to run my column as a "best of" collection, and others are taking the position that none of my columns are "the best." After a rest, I may be back, but in case I'm not: Thank you for doing me the honor of reading my work, all these years. Without you, I'd still be sending emails, wondering if anyone was reading them. I am eternally grateful for your support.
W. Bruce Cameron
To write Bruce Cameron, visit his website at www.wbrucecameron.com. To find out more about Bruce Cameron and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.


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Moon Wind Shamanic Ways - Human Healing
A human in need of healing may be a person suffering from serious mental or emotional pain, or someone who is taunted by questions such as:
♦ Where do I fit in?
♦ Why despite such abundance in my life, do I feel so incomplete, still wanting more?
♦ I should be feeling strong, powerful even, but my life is empty?
♦ Why do relationships keep going wrong?
They may have tried to fill gaps in their life with destructive behaviour patterns such as using drugs or other substances that numb the pain and anguish. Despite overcoming such behaviour, they still feel powerless in becoming 'right' or 'whole' again. This is where I can help.
Just as the Shaman knows that all life is sacred, the Shamanic Practitioner knows that today's society offers so much, but cannot prepare us for complex aspects of life such as loss, abuse, stress, accident or bereavement. Such aspects have a spiritual origin or basis; a loss of soul energy or spiritual energy is at their source. I can help to restore my clients' vital life source, bringing them to a point of balance within themselves.
I use the following Shamanic techniques
Where, using a drum or rattle to assist a shift in my own consciousness, I enter other worlds to gather wisdom or information from spirit on behalf of my client.
Power animal retrieval
A power animal offers us protection from illness, adds to our personal power, and allows us access to its deep wisdom. A person may have several power animals over their lifetime. For one of many reasons a power animal may leave, and another not come to take its place. If this happens the person is considered to have power loss, and is therefore vulnerable to illness.
Soul retrieval
Returning with the help of spirit, soul energy or essence which has been lost through trauma or loss. Assisting after in its re-integration so that the client is once more empowered, and revitalised.
Extraction work
To remove misplaced energy within the body that may be manifesting as sickness, pain, or emotional imbalance. Once removed, the 'space' left is refilled with energy, that will be of a positive benefit to the client.
Shamanic ceremony and ritual
These can be a particularly beautiful part of the healing process, and may be used in several ways to enhance or celebrate the work done.
The Michael Harner Method of Shamanic Counselling
A particular method created by Michael Harner. It is an experiential method that empowers the client to seek answers, assistance and help with daily life questions.
My work is done from the heart, with integrity and respect.
The path to healing is unique to you, so after a 'first meet' – a discussion of your needs – I offer:
One:one sessions in healing the self
Each session is as individual as the person seeking themselves. Some may find one session enough, others may need more for the work to be of benefit to them.
Shamanic Journey For Guidance
Help on a particular question that you may have.
Life After Soul Retrieval
Guidance, with the help of spirit, on integrating the newly returned soul energies.
Healing for the land
The land feels; and remembers. All that has occured since the beginning of time is held within it. By working with the spirit of place,healing can begin.
Psychopomp work
Ceremony and ritual are important aspects at key times in our lifetime. Especially so for the dying; or after death. To mindfully and respectfully be a part of this process, honouring the soul that is taking, or has taken, its greatest journey, would be a privilege.
I ask only that those who wish to work with me come freely, honestly, with an open mind, and a commitment to allow change to enter their life.
Any work is only undertaken with the express permission of the individual.


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James campaigns to evict Shelli.
After weeks of watching Clelli run the show, James decided he'd had enough. Recognizing that Shelli had always been the brains of the operation, the fearless HoH set his sights on pickling the Georgia peach and shelving her chances at winning. Now, all he had to do was convince the rest of the house to get onboard with his plan.
The visor-wearing country boy called a meeting in the HoH suite and argued his case, assuring the other Houseguests that Clay would be much easier to compete against if his
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In this poem, purity—Chasity—is the name of the game, and that figurative game has no name; the unnamed women, The Lady, enters the scene as a lost damsel, but she is hardly in distress. In fact, this is what makes her such an interesting lead. "These [impure] thoughts may startle well, but not astound / The virtuous mind, that ever walks unintended / By a strong siding champion Conscience" (Lines 210-213). And so we see that though physical disoriented in her surroundings—she is separated from her brothers—she is not in distress; one can argue, accordingly, that neither is she alone—for her champion is Conscience and walks by her side always, due to his presence being metaphysical (Christian morality) instead of carnal physicality; if we wanted to follow Augustinian Platonism, then we understand that this is a given; otherwise, The Lady would be seen as having been 'felled', or, being separated from God. Accordingly, she must remain pure. As the Elder Brother remarks "My sister is not so defenceless left / As you imagine; she has a hidden strength" (Lines 415-16).
As a character, The Lady seems at once both exciting as well as boring.
She is exciting because is almost a proto-feminist figure ("Fool, do not boast, / Thou cannot touch the freedom of my mind" (Lines 663-64)): she is daring and brave, the opposite of the fragile stereotype. And yet, she is boring precisely because of her Chasity, that which "clad(s her) in complete steel" (Line 421). If you have a protagonist which cannot be touched by any mortal power precisely because of her devotion to Christ, then there is hardly any tension to be had—the reader is merely a bystander as the narrative unfolds. If we wanted to become counterfactual and talk about the poem as a martyr narrative, then, unfortunately, the danger would remain lacking, since such danger would be divinely ordained as God's will. As it stands, though, "Comus" is a parable, not a tract on the suffering associated with God's will. To return to Augustinian Platonism, The Lady represents a particularly erudite manifestation of an Intelligible idea in the mind of God (or, those perfect ideas which have no equal in the mortal realm)—The Lady, imperfect, nonetheless disciplines her body—lives as close to God as she is able to while being mortal and an imperfect copy of something perfect— whereas Comus refuses to discipline his body, instead, falling prey to that bodily monopolization of our attention which perverts our imagination.
This is not to say that the text is not interesting, though; gender-wise, we do see at least one odd thing transpire. For instance, about three-quarters of the way through the poem, when The Lady is conversing with Comus, The Lady holds her own against the antagonist who desires to acquaint her with the pleasures of the flesh; i.e., what he wants is to educate her on matters not merely spiritual, but physical. In other words, The Lady is cast as a Jesus stand-in with the devil cast as Comus. This would be a fairly radical inversion of typical Christian dogma and so to see it in a seventeenth-century poem makes one wonder what Milton was trying to convey past the clichéd resistance to sin. In terms of ax-grinding, forcing a female Jesus parallel is poignant material; so the question becomes, why?


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As of yesterday, the world lost a visionary and a gentleman. He was 91. Silas H. Rhodes, founder and chairman of the School of Visual Arts passed peacefully in his sleep.
I have had the distinct pleasure of knowing the man personally for the past 17 years and marvelled numerous times at the institution he created. There would be no SVA without Silas and for that I am truly grateful. He also was the driving force behind the decision to allow me to curate my fashion photography show at the College and I hope to make him proud. He will be missed.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
In the Name of Fashion
So I promised that I would finally announce some major news in my life. This September, I will be curating a show entitled Click Chic: The Fine Art of Fashion Photography at the Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts. Six great photographers (all SVA alumni) will be highlighted - Roderick Angle, Guy Aroch, Maki Kawakita, Ryan Michael Kelly, Chiun-Kai Shih and Sarah Silver.
The exhibition opens on Monday, September 10th at 6pm and runs through October 6, 2007. A catalog with my curatorial statement and a new essay by Brain Paul Clamp, director of ClampArt will be available. So I would love it if you all could attend, dear readers - mark your calendars now... a fall must.
(above: image detail by Sarah Silver)
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Labels: art, Click Chic, fashion, fashion photography, SVA
Friday, June 22, 2007
Snap Desicion
So I know I promised to reveal some big exciting news about something that will happen in September, but you are just going to have to wait a few more days. Tonight, if your in town, there is a photography show opening at the Jen Bekman Gallery entitled "New American Portrait" and the show highlights one of my favorite photographers right now Amy Elkins. (Above is an example of her work, not in the show, but I don't want to ruin the images that appear - you have to see them in the flesh - it's worth it, trust me.) Head down to the space early, as the gallery isn't large and the expected crowd is... don't say I didn't warn you if you get stuck on the street.
(detail above: Amy Elkin, Charles, Brooklyn, NY, 2006)
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
I'm Back... And With a New Layout
After an extended disappearing act, I have finally returned (hopefully) to blogging on a more regular basis. With the show at ClampArt closing this Saturday (you still have time to see the piece in the flesh) and my return from the Affordable Art Fair where SVA has a booth I curated, I can start telling you about the next big project on my horizon. But I will save that for a next post... besides I have to keep you guys in a bit of suspense. Dum..dum...dah!
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Weight Training Volume
How Much Strength Training is Too Much
Ever wonde if you are doing enough, or how much weight training volume you need to make gains…
I have a great guest post today by Jason Ferruggia. He is here to talk about volume and the amount of time you spend in the gym.
For those looking to get bigger and stronger fast the notion is to work harder and spend more time in the gym. Â Do more sets and reps.
More is better… or is it?
Just like the bucket above, pouring in more water doesn't help once the bucket has reached it's limit, your body is the same way. Adding in more sets, reps, and exercise variations isn't going to help you gain muscle. Â It is wasted, just like the water overflowing from the bucket.
Why is it that almost everyone you see working out in the gym does high volume bodypart splits? Day 1 is chest and triceps, day two is back and biceps, day 3 is legs, and so on.
What is the need for all that training volume?
First you have to know that most forms of training have just been passed down for decades from one generation to the next, without the inclusion of rational thought. With the growing usage of anabolic steroids sometime in the 60's, sensible training programs started to die because steroids allowed lifter to do more.
In the days of old, men like Steve Reeves and Paul Anderson trained with far more sensible, lower volume programs but these started to disappear during the 60's. By the time Arnold got to Gold's Gym in Venice for the first time, high volume, bodypart splits were the widely accepted way for everyone to train for size and strength.
This type of training is not based on deductive reasoning but just on the fact that "it's what everyone else is doing.†The proponents of these training methods will always blindly tell you that "higher volume training is needed for hypertrophy gains.†Says who? I can tell you for a fact that the University of Chicago isn't wasting time examining the effects of Jay Cutler's marathon workouts. There are no studies saying that you need 8-12 sets per bodypart to grow. In fact there are studies that show the opposite; that one set is just as effective as three.
Those who advocate this type of training will also tell you that higher volume training is associated with higher levels of growth hormone secretion. What they don't tell you is that the level of GH increase is not enough to make any difference at all. In fact, almost anything you do elevates GH. Extreme temperatures elevate GH but I don't get bigger biceps every time I take a hot shower. The increased GH secretion from training is so minimal that it is not enough to make the slightest difference whatsoever.
For the drug free lifter who does not possess muscle building genetics quite up to par with the Austrian Oak, training this way is a huge mistake. Not only does it drain your amino acid pool and glycogen stores but it dramatically increases your recovery time between workouts.
If you do 8-12 sets for chest on Monday you can not recover from that workout and be able to train again for seven days. So you are only getting one growth stimulus per week or fifty two per year. Â That is if you never take a week off.
Now if you reduce your volume to the point where you can recover faster and more efficiently without draining your amino acid pool and glycogen stores so greatly, you can train bodyparts twice per week instead of once. Now instead of 52 growth stimulating workouts per year for each bodypart, you can now do 104. In fact, if your volume is kept low you can even get away with training bodyparts three times a week in certain situations.
Which do you think will be more effective…
156 growth stimulating workouts per year or 52?
To train more often you absolutely have to lower your weight training volume. The total sets per workout should be kept low and the total sets per exercise should be even lower. There is no need to hit four sets of incline presses, then hop on the flat bench press and decline presses for your chest workout. Doing that is a form of neuroses; you think that you need to hit every angle and do and endless amount of sets to stimulate every last muscle fiber, but this is simply not the case.
The reason these training programs remain popular is because nobody wants to be told that they are wrong. Admitting your mistakes is something many people can't do. It is why when something radically different is proposed, the high volume proponents get upset and offended. Nobody likes to have their ego bruised so they keep on doing and promoting the same old high volume workouts that they always have.
That's fine, let them continue to do what they choose; personally I have way more important things to do than spend all of my waking hours in the gym. If I can get better results in a fraction of the time I will choose that option every time.
Cut your volume down, up your weights and intensity and get ready for the "what are you on†questions to start rolling in.
Spending hours in the gym won't make you bigger and stronger.  In fact there is a good chance you will get smaller. May may make some gains at first but down the road you will burn out and start to see your size and strength disappear. What you want to do is…
- a few warm up sets for each exercise
- 1 or 2 work sets per exercise
- finish your workout in 60 minutes
- train with less volume
- train more frequently
If you want to build muscle fast do less, cut back on your weight training volume.


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Canton and Sharon local business owners and concerned residents recently unveiled a list of over 450 local businesses endorsing the Stop the Pipeline campaign from across the state.
The effort was spearheaded by a statewide coalition, Mass Power Forward, with simultaneous press conferences in Canton, Seekonk and Pittsfield.
"When the pipeline came through my hometown, I was worried about my property rights and values," said David Hazell of Sharon Optical. "Now that it is coming through the town I do business in, I am worried about the impact on my customers."
Endorsement forms signed by over 450 businesses called on Governor Baker to withdraw his support of new and expanded gas infrastructure and asked him to keep our state moving towards a path of competitive clean energy like appropriately sited wind and solar.
Monica Mancuso of Canton, a resident whose home is in what is known as "the incineration zone" spoke about her family and what the pipeline would mean for her.
"Pipelines like this not only disrupt our personal lives but they also destroy and pollute our local wetlands, our air and our climate. We can't exploit our communities this way. We have to pour our efforts into alternative technology that can create and sustain energy without these devastating impacts and risks of 'incineration,'" said Mancuso.
The last five years has seen more than $8 billion dollars of proposed pipelines to built in the commonwealth, though much of it has stagnated after a financial scheme to have a public subsidy floundered in the legislature. Gas companies appear wary to make the financial investment without a steady public subsidy.
Kevin Feeney, a member of Canton's Board of Selectmen, also voiced his concerns.
"I oppose the Spectra pipelines," said Feeney. "I see nothing but evasiveness and lack of transparency from Spectra with respect to the disruptive impacts their project will have on Canton residents and businesses. I add my voice to the voices of other elected officials in the neighboring towns who oppose the pipelines."
Spectra energy's Access Northeast project would include building new pipeline across dozens of communities from Canton to Medway to Shrewsbury, build a compressor station in Rehoboth and two large LNG tanks in Acushnet. This project was studied by Attorney General Maura Healey's office and deemed unneeded and expensive.
"Study after study has shown us that we don't need the pipeline, that we can't afford it," said Bri McAlevey, of Sharon, one of the organizers of the Canton event. "So we say, why the risks? Why should we invest in something we don't want and don't need? We are pleased so many business owners agree with us."
From 2014 to 2016, Houston-based Kinder Morgan had proposed to build a 250-mile new pipeline that would cut a 50-foot path across over 30 municipalities from the Berkshires east to Dracut. The company canceled their proposal last May. Kinder Morgan is still pursuing its expansion in Sandisfield of the lower Berkshires.
"We've been out talking to business owners, and they get it," said Claire Miller from Toxics Action Center. "Obviously this list is just the tip of the iceberg of opposition to the new gas pipelines. From farms to realtors to auto-shops and more- I hope the governor hears these small business owner voices and stop supporting gas."
Sharon business owners endorse Stop the Pipeline campaign
Canton and Sharon local business owners and concerned residents recently unveiled a list of over 450 local businesses endorsing the Stop the Pipeline campaign from across the state.


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If you're a fan of sprinting (and who isn't), this should get you excited. While on tour at the 2017 FINA World Cup Series at the Singapore stop, American junior star Michael Andrew, along with Australian sister Cate and Bronte Campbell got together to host a swim camp at the Nexus International School.
The 18-year old Andrew is the holder of 6 World Junior Records, including the long course 50s in freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly (and formerly held the 50 breaststroke as well). He also won World Junior titles in the 50 free, back, and fly this summer.
The Campbell sisters are among the most successful swimming siblings in history. Between the two of them, they own 6 Olympic medals (3 gold) and 17 World Championships medals. Cate, the older of the two sisters, is the current World Record holder in the 100 short course meters freestyle, and for 1 year and 3 weeks, until July 2017, was the World Record holder in the 100 long course meters freestyle as well.
While Cate and Bronte instructed from the deck, Andrew spent time watching from in the water as the trio worked with junior swimmers of all ages.
Below, Andrew chronicled the clinic in a YouTube video:


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Woe to you who are rich
June 16, 2010
This is the second in a short series of entries on Jesus' attitude toward riches and the rich, prompted by a June 13 article in Huffington Post by Les Leopold entitled "Is there a Global War Between Financial Theocracy and Democracy?", in which he describes the culture surrounding the financial sector of our economy and its governmental proxies as one of quasi-religious faith in markets, a worldview generally embraced by conservatives of all stripes, including the Christian right. Jesus would call this culture idolatry.
The gospels abound with eschatological sayings, curses and judgment oracles in which Jesus consigns the rich to a harsh judgment and condemns the amassment of wealth as a morally mortal folly. He often combines these utterances with blessings of the poor and oppressed (the Hebrew word ani can be translated either way), saying in effect, the last shall be first and the first shall be last. The most striking of these combinations is Luke's presentation of the Beatitudes with a corresponding list of 'anti-Beatitudes':
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. (Luke 6:24-25):
There are several other passages that single out the rich in this way (many of these have parallels in other gospels):
Mark 10:17-30 The story of the rich young man: "how hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Luke 12:13-21 The parable of the rich fool: "God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be? So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."
Luke 16:19-31 The rich man and Lazarus: "now he is comforted here and you are in agony"
We will look at some of these in more detail in the next post, and later we will see that it's not all doom and gloom for the rich: all they need do is sell everything they own and give it to the poor. And we'll look at two matching case studies of people who did just that—and those who didn't.
You cannot serve God and Mammon
June 13, 2010
The June 13 Huffington Post features an article by Les Leopold entitled "Is there a Global War Between Financial Theocracy and Democracy?" Leopold writes that, after gains on behalf of working people against financial interests during the New Deal, those interests went on the counter-offensive beginning in the 1970s:
The Deregulatory Counter-Offensive: By the late 1970s, bankers regained the advantage through the spread of a new faith in self-regulated markets. The economic apostles of unfettered markets lobbied against progressive taxes, unions, and social welfare programs. The new orthodoxy was: Let the elites collect the money—they'll invest wisely (instead of consuming), and all boats will rise. This near-religious revolution rapidly spread through the economic and policy establishment. Regulations were dismantled right and left, and the revolving door between government and Wall Street started spinning. The American financial catechism ruled the world. And on Wall Street, the money tap was open. It did not trickle down.
Then, suddenly, in 2008, the market gods destroyed themselves as the unregulated financial casinos crashed and burned, just like they did in 1929. . . This was the perfect moment for democracy to reassert democratic control on financial markets, just as we did during the New Deal. We blew it.
The article made me think right away of Walter Wink's analysis of the Powers in his brilliant series of books on the Powers, the spiritual reality behind the various structures and institutions of oppression in modern civilization, as seen through the lens of Christian scripture's 'angelology'—the ways that Christian scripture names and describes the Principalities, Powers and other angelic entities in its worldview and how we might understand them in our own social science worldview.
Jesus focused a great deal of attention on the specific Power at work in the current financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession. He even game him a name: Mammon.
The parable of the dishonest manager in Luke (16:1-14) speaks directly to the situation Leopold describes, of financial theocracy, of making a god of the market and trusting the priest-managers who benefit from and manage it. Here's how it ends:
Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth (mammon), who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.
This calls for a brief series on the considerable number of passages in the gospels in which Jesus warns—or curses—the rich and the lust for wealth. The various forces that fetishize deregulation, the hypocrites who pretend to be populists while punishing the poor, who claim to love Christ and actually love the 'free market'—beware! Your Jesus envisions some gnashing of teeth.
Usury, interest rates and the poor
June 8, 2010
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:12.
When asked once what the most powerful force in the universe was, Albert Einstein is said to have answered: compound interest. Certainly, a modern, capitalist financial system could not exist without lending at interest. No interest, no credit. No credit, no productive economic activity.
The laws of ancient Greece, Rome and Israel, however, prohibited usury, or lending at interest, and so did those of medieval Europe. Eventually, though, the potential for creating wealth through investment rather than through land-based agriculture demanded the legalization of lending at interest, and capitalism and modernity itself were born. Nevertheless, throughout most of modern history, laws have set limits on the rates that could be charged.
The inflationary recession of the 1970s, however, began squeezing lenders (especially credit card lenders) against these limits, and they challenged these laws in court. Eventually, a 1978 Supreme Court decision pegged usury rates to the laws of a lender's home state and states began competing for these companies; Delaware and South Dakota won. (See the excellent review article by Steven Mercatante in South Dakota Law Review for a history: "The deregulation of usury ceilings, rise of easy credit, and increasing consumer debt".) The United States has been steadily deregulating the financial services industry ever since. There now exist virtually no limits on the interest rates a lender can charge, beyond those set by the market. The result of deregulation and of easy credit has been two banking crises (remember the savings and loans in the 1980s?), the last—well, you know.
Of course, high interest rates hurt the poor the most, and perversely, the people who most need the loan are those who pay the highest rates and are least able to pay them. A constellation of businesses exists to make money off of the poor's desperate need for short-term cash—to keep the lights on, meet a rent payment, hold onto their car, keep their cable or phone. On Monday's show (June 7, 2010), Terry Gross, host of NPR's fine show Fresh Air, interviewed Gary Rivlin, author of Broke, USA, about these financial industries that make their profit from lending to the poor at very high interest rates. Oy.
I said above that the Bible prohibits usury (see this website for a list of the passages concerning interest rates on loans). The lending envisioned in the Bible differs from investment lending, but is exactly the kind of lending discussed by Rivlin: it is lending to the poor. Usually, that meant a free peasant subsistence farmer who's experienced a productivity shortfall or some disaster (his ox dies) and needs either food to tide his family over or seed to plant next year's crops, or both. The Bible defines who bears the responsibility for making such loans (family) and sets the terms, but predatory lending by bankers in the cities was a problem in ancient Israel as it is now. (See Isaiah 5:8)
As Congress revisits financial regulation in the aftermath of the catastrophes that deregulation have brought, we can expect 'Christian' Republicans (and Democrats, for that matter) to fight it on behalf of the banks. They should remember that Jesus literally defined his mission as the Christ in terms of relief for the poor:
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because he has anointed me (Christed me, messiah-ed me) to bring good news to the poor. Luke 4:18.
They should set very strict limits on the interest rates that these institutions can charge the poor. It would be better to eliminate the interest rates altogether, but that would probably eliminate the lending itself, the last option available to the poor to meet these pressing short-term needs. Instead, churches should get into the short-term loan business and use the very modest profits they might make from low interest rates to help fund other relief efforts, like soup kitchens, and put these predatory lenders out of business with competition.


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Anyone in sales will know what it is like to have to put up with the all of the forms and systems that your company insists that you complete. I recall a sales person in a successful Telco telling me that he had to enter the same data in seven different forms each week and couldn't understand why. I admit that it doesn't make sense to me. This was a bureaucracy that had to produce reports and they didn't care that they were taking time away from revenue generation to obtain the data. At worst you should only have to enter the data once.
It will become obvious to anyone who cares to examine the sales process that it is better to spend money on a system than reduce sales time. So you still need to collect the data but make sure that any system is helping sales and is not designed to penalise the sales person for not wanting to spend time entering data into a system that will not help the sales process.
So where does the Art of Sales come into play? I've realised that the Art in a sale is the part of me that enjoys winning a deal. The Art of me in a sales process only needs to be engaged once I have a qualified opportunity. It is the sales process, or sales production system, that delivers the opportunity to me. And don't confuse an opportunity with a lead.
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Common Study Mistakes That All Freshmen Make
Freshmen tend to enter college with study habits that might have worked in high school - college is a different ballgame, though. These common study mistakes should be avoided.
Common Study Mistakes of the Uninitiated
You may think any studying is good studying, but you're wrong. Whether you're overly ambitious or just concerned with your social life, studying incorrectly can cost you time, grades and your sanity.
Highlighting Nothing
When you go to the bookstore and buy your books, there are two kinds that you'll find: new and used. Used are cheaper, but new are crisp and clean. Either way, it's your book now. Even if you sell your book back to the bookstore, they know it's used. So, use it!
Make notes in the margin, star vocab terms, highlight key points - this is the benefit of owning your book. Highlighting requires your mind to stop and think. Is this important? How much of this sentence do you need to highlight? You'll likely re-read the sentence as you highlight it, so it won't get lost as your eyes scan over the rest of the paragraph. In the end, this will save you time when you go to write your paper.
Highlighting Everything
The opposite of not highlighting is, of course, highlighting everything. Many used college texts have entire paragraphs highlighted. Sure, it's an important paragraph, but is the whole thing essential? Not likely.
Highlight dates, names and sentences you find essential, but don't bother highlighting the fluff. If you wouldn't quote it in a paper, don't highlight it. If you highlight everything, you'll have to re-read all of it, and it'll take twice as long to get through that book.
Not Taking Notes
You have the notebook in front of you; why not put it to good use? Don't just jot down a name or a date here and there. Write down what the professor puts on the board, it's likely important enough for them to do that extra movement. Also, jot down what he or she says in class and any ideas you may have during discussion (yes, some schools are not just lecture halls).
In fact, if you have a computer, take it with you - you can likely type faster than you write, so you'll get more on the page per minute. Just don't check your Facebook status!
And like highlighting, pay attention in class so you'll know what's important and what isn't. When your Italian history professor tells an anecdote about his trip to Rome and a delicious meal he had - take your fingers off the keyboard. This filler will only waste your time when you go to write a paper.
Studying with Friends
Unless they're in your class, this isn't a good idea. Someone always goes off topic and begins to chat. Plus, if a group of friends are sitting together, it's just an invitation for additional friends (who don't have homework on the brain) to come over and distract you.
Also, everyone has different studying styles and yours might clash with theirs (maybe they listen to music and you don't).
Even if you have friends in class, it may not be a good idea to study with them. Find other people who would like to study. Maybe you'll make a new friend.
Not Outlining
While a lengthy and tiring step, outlining is essential to creating any good paper or presentation. It likely wasn't something you did in high school, because secondary school is all about rushing through work to get to teenage things. Don't make that mistake as a college freshman!
Outlining can help align your thinking in ways you didn't initially realize. You may have one idea for a paper and then find your notes move you in a completely different direction. It will also guide your paper so that you don't go off topic, help you keep to your thesis and prevent you from forgetting an important fact that you wanted to include. It may be a lengthy step, but it can save you from a bad grade or from a complete rewrite.
Waiting Until the Last Minute
Cram sessions are a thing of legend. Everyone has a story about it, but don't fall prey to this nasty study mistake.
If you have an exam at eight a.m., don't crack your textbook at 11 the night before. You may feel like you're saving time, but you'll find that 15 minutes here and there is better than five hours in one evening.
Make sure you space out your study time so you can retain information. With available time, you can make flashcards, test yourself and have a good sleep the night before the exam. You'll feel refreshed and your mind will thank you for it. The reduced stress on your mind will also help you think more clearly in class.
Now that you know what not to do, find some helpful reading tips that will save you time!
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10 Best // Packing and Moving Tips
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Is it weird that it drives my nuts to wrap things in towels? I like everything to stay together, including the towels, and then I feel like I have to wash all the towels if they were used to cushion things. Yeah, it's probably weird.ReplyDelete
This is so helpful. I wish I had it a month or so ago when I started packing and moving everything. I have it for next move, though!ReplyDelete
This is very helpful!ReplyDelete
Great tips! I've never hired a mover, but I've gotten pretty good at getting as many things moved as quickly as possible. I love getting wine case boxes with the bottle dividers from wine stores and using them to move all of my glassware. Brilliant, right? ;)ReplyDelete
Decluttering is the best tip. I eliminate at least a third of my crap that way.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2014 at 7:15 AM
My FAVORITE thing about moving is getting rid of stuff.ReplyDelete
I'm going to be moving soon (I hope) and the decluttering has begun! I want to try to move as many little things as I can to avoid a huge bill from movers. I will be lucky if I can get things somewhat labeled and packed on time, though!ReplyDelete
I have moved several times, but when we moved into our house from our apartment, I made my husband throw away about half the stuff he had (most of his clothing hadn't been worn since high school!) because I didn't want to move anything that we would be throwing away eventually anyways.ReplyDelete
I would also suggest that if you are doing a big move and know that there will be a lot of stuff you don't want to take with, call Purple Heart (it's an organization that helps military veterans) ahead of time to arrange a pick-up of whatever you don't want OR for the ladies, local women's shelters are always happy to take things off your hands!
All good ones - especially do not move something you don't care enough to unpack and place in your new home!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
You are moving the weekend we'll be there I think!
I'm finishing moving today and these are EXTREMELY accurate tips. I don't even know how I'm going to move my cat yet. It's going to be interesting. He's not a fan of all the boxes that have been going in and out the last week or two. What are your best pet-calming tips?ReplyDelete
All of these tips are great!!! I moved a TON after I graduated from high school up until I got married. I sort of felt like a pro because there are so many things you learn each time!ReplyDelete
My poor cat freaks out whenever I rearrange the furniture. He's going to HATE it when we move next spring (probably 9 hours away), so I've definitely got to start figuring out what I can do to keep him as unstressed as possible. Probably some sedatives from the vet and leaving him at a friend's house until the moving van is packed up. It's the main reason I don't want to move. hahaReplyDelete
I'm moving in a couple of weeks and I've already done a few of these things to prep! Good tipsReplyDelete
Decluttering is the best. I had a lot of books and movies and i got rid of a lot of them because I didn't want to move them especially since they are so heavy.ReplyDelete
decluttering is #1 when it comes to moving...you'll be amazing how much crap you accumulate, no matter how big or small your place is. when we moved my mom out her house (that she's lived in since 1986), we rented a 25cubic foot bin and FILLED IT TO THE TOP; that's how much crap her and my dad had collected over the years. i'm talking about shizz they somehow kept from the 60s!ReplyDelete
after that, packing was so easy as we only kept the stuff that she really needed.
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I HATE MOVING. I HATE PACKING. Yuck. Yuck! Perhaps this is why I have lived in my current place for the past 2.5 years... I do not want to move, even if my rent keeps on getting more expensive, lol! I have accumulated so much CRAP too - I am a pack rat, a hoarder. I even have tons of CRAP in my car that I really just need to TOSS - because I haven't looked at it for 3 years - AH HA - clearly I DO NOT NEED IT!ReplyDelete
Going to check Pinterest right now for tips on living in a house while simultaneously performing remodeling/demolition. It's chaotic and messy as hell, and I keep losing stuff! Lol.ReplyDelete
great adviceReplyDelete
these are such great tips - especially the declutter, i wish we had gotten rid of more stuff before we moved because now we just have a room full of junk - and the using what you have, i wrap almost all my breakables in towels or clothes lol.ReplyDelete
Great tips Steph! I am loving #6 because you're right those stupid wires always throw me off. Ha, I love that John's mom's dog is named Thor - outstanding! I'm not looking forward to moving anytime soon but when the time comes I'll be sure to stalk you for tips and tricks. :) Happy Monday Stephanie! -IvaReplyDelete
Great tips! I HATE moving, so I love anything that would make it easier. Hopefully I won't be moving for a while but these are good to keep stashed away for next time!ReplyDelete
fab tips!ReplyDelete
Great list!! I'm in the middle of this myself. I still have over 2 weeks but I'm getting very serious about packing...mostly to avoid packing items we don't actually need b/c we didn't take the time to go through them. Thank goodness we have the guest bedroom so I have a large staging area (we already took down the bed).ReplyDelete