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Spoiler Why was Spike summoned by the Dragon Lord calling?
DonMaguz posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionThis has SPOILERS from S08E11, just in case someone doesn't read or mind the tags and prefix, you've been warned. So, after watching 'Molt Down' I was really glad that Spike has finally grown wings, and after thinking about the whole molt thing I wondered: What caused Spike to be summoned by the Dragon Lord in 'Gauntlet of Fire'? - Spike hadn't gone through his molt yet. - No other wingless dragon was summoned. - Smolder was not there when she's clearly older than Spike. A hypothesis I've come up with is that the dragon migration from 'Dragon Quest' is a thing for winged dragons only, but since Spike never knew what being a dragon really was, his wonderings and curiosity led him to travel by foot and ended up with him being a part of the migration. That migration might be one of the dragon rituals that make any dragon "worthy" of the Dragon Lord's summoning and so, even though Spike didn't even have the body to really compete for the bloodstone scepter, he had been already proved worthy of the Dragon Lord's calling. So... What do you think about this? Do you have any other hypothesis about it? Why do you think Smolder was not summoned? (In universe explanation). What do you think about molts and their meaning in dragon society? I'll be glad to read your thoughts on this matter. Cheers.
Giving my theory on why this ship is teased by the show, and why IMO , they will go with it in the future. Comments are Welcomed
review Spike's Search: The Better Dragon Quest
Dark Qiviut posted a blog entry in Dark Qiviut's ColumnsA few days ago, I watched one of Mr. Enter's older videos: a countdown of his ten worst FIM episodes of the series (only the first three seasons counted). At the time, Dragon Quest was his second-worst, only behind Putting Your Hoof Down. The one thing that caught my attention when summarizing DQ's issues is how he called an episode from G1 better than this. After a quick Wiki search, I found Spike's Search, a 1987 episode from MLP & Friends, containing the following summary: Hmm…similar to DQ, ain't it? For those who are curious, here's a link to the episode: Let's quickly get a few of Search's flaws out of the way. At the time, all animation was hand-drawn, so you'll see shortcuts. A chunk of this animation is more dated than a classic Scooby Doo episode. The lip-syncing is horrible. Many times, the characters were saying one thing, yet their lips say something else. The B-Plot — Weston the Eagle looking for his parents — was dropped until the resolution. The song…not good, either. Both lyrically and vocally. The dragons are stereotypical bullies. Fortunately, this story isn't a dud, and plenty of the faults come from the standards at the time. The background is really good, and Spike is very sympathetic with a noble goal. If I tell you more, I won't be able to explain why Spike's Search is better than DQ. How better? Well, let's get crackin'! The trigger. Every story has to set the conflict somehow, and this is no exception. Two adjectives apply to DQ: sexism, xenophobia. The entire episode is prevalent in this nature, including the opening act. Spike's desire to know about his origins and family comes from their infamous conversation within the ditch: Dash laughs at (and insults) Spike for his pink apron (along with his so-called "feminine" action of baking cookies), and this: This is just one part, but it ruins the story as a whole. Spike's friends declaring how not acting like other dragons makes him better than the rest of the population. In story context, let's put it this way: Not convinced? Apply it to real life: Not funny now, is it? The xenophobia comes from the ponies mocking dragons as a whole for their supposedly brutish, tough, ugly-looking, and aggressive nature while not understanding at all who dragons as a race truly are physically, emotionally, and psychologically. For all the audience knows, they're knocking them through perception, not fact. The one thing all six are aware of about them is their migration patterns. In Spike's Search, that conversation doesn't exist. As the group played volleyball, Spike sneezes, accidentally shooting fire in the process and frightening all the ponies. Spike repeatedly apologizes, and both Megan and brother Danny continually reassure him that it wasn't his fault. Though, the fact that he nearly hurt ponies triggered his guilt, and sneezing fire multiple times afterwards doesn't help. While Spike's friends from DQ peer-pressured him into joining the dragon migration, Spike from G1 pressured himself to find his family. His quest to find his parents stems from the belief that they'll better raise him, control his accidental fire-breathing, understand manners, and so forth. In short, he feels like he belongs better with other dragons. The stereotypical bully. Both Dragon Quest and Spike's Search use the stereotypical bully. It's a big flaw in both episodes. But if you ask me which stereotypical bully is better, it's from Search. Why? DQ attaches both age-old teenage boy and teenage bully stereotypes along with the bully archetype itself. All of their mannerisms are simplified human beliefs of masculinity: overly aggressive, greedy, vocal, the "traditional" teenage boy voice, a lust for intimidation, macho, and selfish. Design-wise, each dragon is supposed to represent what a dragon looks like in their teenage phase. With each scene, the episode shames Spike for being a dragon (and to parallel it, a boy IRL for traits completely unlike a "normal" boy). Spike's Search doesn't do that. He's originally happy to take part in the group of adult dragons, but is taken aback by their rudeness, greed, and selfishness. When two dragons insulted him for his size, the older king dragon dissented and crafted colorful language to try to make him prove to the group that he belongs in their gang. Rather than initially trying to physically bully him into joining or else, the king dragon emotionally lures him via mind games. Most importantly, the metaphors of dragons = boys and ponies = girls don't exist. Not only aren't the labels of masculinity and femininity visually depicted, but the dragons don't attempt to classify ponies as female-oriented, either. Instead, the dragons use Spike's naiveté to bring them into Dream Valley to further manipulate him. The climax. Search's climax is infinitely better. DQ: Dash, Twilight, and Rarity challenge the dragons to a fight, and Spike disassociates himself from his race, literal fighting words to the dragons. So, what do they do? Run away. *sigh* Talk about a major anticlimax. Spike's Search: Spike's friends assemble a party to lure them into a trap. Their weapon of choice: rushing water that temporarily douses their fire-breathing. If they're going to bully people throughout the town and their close friend, there'll be consequences. Since they use fire, words, and size as weapons, Spike's friends using their strengths against them creates a satisfying comeuppance. The moral. This is what seals it. So, what makes this very different from DQ? How it's set up. To reiterate, Spike wants to be a grown-up dragon and initiated his quest on an accident. Dragon life isn't automatically declared to be inherently inferior to pony life at any point. Hell, the group supported him throughout, and both he and Danny walked together to find some. Additionally, it emphasizes that this is only a cluster of dragons, not an actual representation of dragons as a whole. It doesn't metaphorically differentiate boys from girls. With it absent, the sexism implications don't exist. When Spike begins to believe that the dragon life is about bullying other people, Danny quickly interrupts him and reminds him that those dragons aren't the only ones out there. There are different kinds of ponies and dragons. Rather than affirm a generalization to both him and us, he tells Spike he only ran into some bad luck. This type of moral applies as much today and can be done really well if you know what you're doing and tell a decent story in the process. Conclusion: Friendship Is Magic is a great show, but it screws up royally here and there. Dragon Quest stands as season 2's worst due to sexist stereotyping, racism implications, and botching the moral of how no one group is a monolith by generalizing a select few as the whole. Is FIM better than G1? Yes. But sometimes it can take a lesson or two from its predecessors. Albeit with worse animation, Spike's Search does DQ's same plot nearly twenty-five years prior better.
Spike's Search G1 My Little Reaction
The Second Opinion posted a blog entry in Non-Brony ReviewsIt's G1 vs G4 in this reaction to Spike's Search, the G1 counterpart to Dragon Quest. Will it be any better?
S2E21: "Dragon Quest"
PrymeStriker posted a blog entry in PrymeStriker's Episode ReviewsOh...God. ... Oh, GOD. ... OH SWEET MOTHER OF GOD!!! I can't believe it! I'm OUT OF COOKIE DOUGH!!! Motherfucker! That was my favorite MLP-watching snack, and now I have to get through this episode without it! Maybe if I down enough booze I'll make it through. Shit...I'm not old enough to drink booze. And booze tastes awful any goddamned way. *Spots the Dark Quivit Army* Oh, you guys are here? I thought y'all were done comin' 'round these parts after I shit all over "Bridle Gossip". ... .... Not the talkative type y'all are? You can watch, I don't care either way. This a spoilers review, so if you haven't seen this episode, you're likely not the Dark Qiviut army. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - So this episode opens up with Applejack and Pinkie Pie digging a huge hole in a place somewhere while Twilight and Rainbow Dash try to get Fluttershy outside to enjoy the beautiful dragon migration. However, she doesn't want to watch this because she's scared of big dragons. I'm with Fluttershy on this one, not that I'm scared of dragons, but I've got better shit to do than to fuck around with watching some boring-ass migration. I've got civilizations to destroy and human babies to turn into Chicken McNuggets, screw the migration. So what does Fluttershy do? She gats Dash in the back like a real thug and tails the hell out of there. Twilight would approve of your purple pony ways. 360noscope. After the title sequence shatters my liver and turns my mucus into pudding soup and pours itself through my naval cavities, we see that the gang is a little early to the migration. However, this is a good thing because it won't attract attention to the ponies, 'cause you know what happens when dragons get distracted by ponies. Bloodshed. Bloodshed amass. Of course, Rarity shows up attracting PLENTY of attention indeed. The bitch showed up NAKED..............I guess that slut joke doesn't work when everyone's naked. Well, she shows up in FLASHY CLOTHES. That's better.?. No sooner than you can say "puke covered crapcakes smeared on the wall of a mental hospital", the migration begins. Pinkie Pie mentions that dragons are scary AF, which pumps Spike's ego ten fold. That's when everyone does the in-character, mature thing. They laugh at him. GG, cuntfucks. Way to ruin this episode for me already. Yes, eat those cupcakes Spike baked for you while you mock him. I'm sure he didn't poison your asses. Also, Rainbow Dash is laughing at Spike for being girly. Have you seen yourself, Rainbow Dash? Half the fucking fans thought you had a dick before someone referred to you as "she". Why isn't anyone laughing at your dyke-ass? Oh, because everyone should be tolerated? Well then the FUCK are you laughing at Spike for, ya double-standardized bastard! So Spike waddles off in anger and, later that night, begins to wonder where exactly he came from. We get some cool shots of Spike having inner-turmoil before, the next morning, having him and Twilight tear through books on dragons to see where he came from. However, dragons are far too rare to have ever been studied. I sense bullshit, but screw it, we're moving swiftly forward to the point where Spike decides he must go out on his own and figure himself out. Well, he's not coming back. Time to advertise for a new slave. Of course, Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash decide to follow him. Egh, their inclusion is going to be a drag. I just know it. So we go through this travel montage and finally arrive at...the...Dragon Volcano? I guess? Spike spots the teenage dragons and decides to go mingle with them, because that's what all infant dragons do. We also see the Three Stooges, Twirly, Rarry, and Doe, in a dragon costume. See? Their inclusion is dragging this shit down already. We're gonna get some stupid-ass disguise jokes within the next five minutes. Right after some stupid-ass masculinity jokes from some poorly-drawn animation models disguising themselves as dragons. Disguises and bad character models? Holy shit! This is the 1980's Transformers cartoon! Run for the hills, the shittiness of that show will consume you all!!! Meanwhile, Spike must prove his worth to the dragons by completing a series of tasks. First, a belching contest, then a tail-wrestling thing, followed by king of the hill, and finally a lava-diving contest. After he passes/fails these tests, he is dubbed rookie dragon. Can you do that? Like, can I be dubbed rookie human? ...........Actually, I'm a bad example..... Now, Bumblebee, you are ready to lead. Spike mentions that he could hang with these hoes forever, which worries our three interruptions pony pals. However, things might change when the dragons decide Spike should help them snag some phoenix eggs. Spike is already troubled by taking part in this, but goes along anyway. Lucky Spike, he gets to lure the parents away from the nest. I remember when I lured my parents away from the nest. Seeing them get run over by a military tank in mid-training exercise was quite the hoot-and-a-half. It gave me all the freedom to mince my brother into a chili and serve him to that teacher I hated, and sold my sister to that pimp down on west avenue. I was a devilish little 6-year-old. Spike, on the other hand, has a conscience, and decides this is bullshit. The peer pressure might just get to him, but the phoenix kicks their ass. His dragon pals tempt him to destroy the last egg, but not before his pony pals show up to..........do nothing. SEE? I TOLD YOU THEY WERE A WASTE OF TIME! THEY FUCKING RUN AWAY! WHAT. WAS THE POINT. OF THEIR INCLUSION!??!??!?!?!?!? AFTER THE RETARDS RUN AWAY, THEY HAVE A NICE STUPID HUGGING SESSION, SPIKE LEARNS HIS SHIT LESSON ABOUT PEER PRESSURE AND STEREOTYPES OR SOME SHIT, AND THAT PHOENIX HATCHES AND THEY KEEP HIM AS A PET FOR THE EPILOGUE UNTIL HE'S NEVER SEEN AGAIN AND THEY COMPLETELY WRITE IT OUT OF THE SHOW IN SEASON THREE!!!!!!!!!! AND THAT WAS "DRAGON QUEST"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------!!!!--------------------------------------------- WHAT THE FUthis episode was mediocre. Look. The dragon character models are hideous. This much is true. The stereotypes are cringe-worthy and it doesn't get its morals across in the best way. This much is also true. However, the absolute worst thing in this episode are the ponies. Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash are thoroughly and utterly useless in this episode, just sitting by and watching only to do nothing. It would've been much better if Spike had just gone out on his own and the ponies were scarcely involved. Even their mocking at the beginning could've been cut and nothing would've been lost. Just one character to pursue his existential crisis and then off on his own to learn his own lessons. Then he comes back home completely on his own terms. Then this episode would've at least been decent. There's still the shitty models and stereotypes to clean up, but it still would have been decent. The ponies tired, flanderized, and pointless inclusions, however, make "Dragon Quest" a distasteful experience. It doesn't piss me off as much as "Secret of My Excess", the real shit Spike episode from season two, but it's still not good. I'm inclined to give "Dragon Quest" a 5/10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Episode 21 was not very good, was it? Especially after the streak of great episodes that preceded it, save for "It's About Time".... ... *Peaks outside for Dark Qiviut Army* ... They left? I didn't even offer them any cake. Well, their loss. ... WAIT! HOLY SHIT! WE'RE ON EPISODE 21! There's only four more episodes until the finale of season two!!!! We're almost done with this season! Holy Christ did this fly by. It feels like just yesterday I was praising Discord in that kickass premiere, but here we are. Join me, pony people, as I review these last few episodes of the second season in... ...the season two wrap-up of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! Yes, I'm doing this for every season.....except maybe the fifth, 'cause fuck that piece of shit.
What Is Up with Dragons?
Henny Penny Benny posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionWhat exactly is going on with dragons in the FIM universe? First, how do dragons age and grow? Are their aging and growing even concurrent with each other? As we saw in Secret of My Excess, dragons can grow significantly in size simply by amassing hoards of stuff, so growth doesn't seem to necessarily have anything to do with age. Dragons do seem to live for a long time, though, as the dragon from Dragonshy was about to take a hundred-year nap. I suppose it would make some sense if dragons grow exclusively by hoarding. Spike grew so quickly because he's surrounded only by ponies, who can't do a whole lot to stop him, but in the Dragon Lands, it would be much, much harder for dragons to amass sizable hoards, what with all the other dragons stealing from them to grow their own hoards. But does that mean that dragons don't grow in size due to age whatsoever? Do they even age at all? Second, where the balls were all the dragons during Gauntlet of Fire???? There appeared to be dozens, if not hundreds, of full-grown, enormous dragons taking part in the dragon migration, but the only dragons who answered the Dragon Lord's summons were "teenage" dragons, and not even all that many of them. So what happened to all the dragons? Do they live somewhere other than Equestria? After all, the Dragon Lord did address the "dragons of Equestria," not all dragons necessarily. Does the Dragon Lord only have authority over Equestrian dragons? Was there some catastrophic event that wiped out most of the dragons? Did Tirek, perhaps, destroy them in the brief time he held all the magical power? Are the full-grown dragons simply too lazy to answer the summons? Were they napping? Did they just not want to leave their hoards? What's going on??
Gaming Dragon Quest 7 and 8 3DS Remakes Headed West
Shanks posted a topic in Media DiscussionDragon Quest video game series creator Yuji Hori just let is slip that there are plans to for the 3DS re releases of Dragon Quest 7 and 8 to make it west. http://www.gamnesia.com/news/the-3ds-remakes-of-dragon-quest-vii-and-viii-are-finally-coming-to-the-west#.VZrS2_lVhBd
Why are the dragons racist?
JamesBobbyDReed posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionIm re watching all the episodes and I remembered how immature the teenage dragons were potrayed calling spike "peewee" and "shrimp" (insults are toned down to remind you that this is a kids show). But what really changes everything here is how the dragons end up putting down ponies (including princess celestia) What gets to me is, whats with the hate? In addition to this, they also thought they had the right to take the life of an egg. I mean theyre teenagers, they should have known better than that. What do you think? Whats with their discriminatory beliefs? Do you think this will be elaborated on more in the show?
Pick a flaw-Dragon Quest[Season 2, Episode 21]
Larkybird~ posted a topic in FiM Show DiscussionWell I'm not sure if it's been done yet, nor if it's really that okay for me to make a topic like this. But this one had to be done. As usual this is not a topic to discuss your hatred of this episode, just discuss flaws you had with it. Personally, I'd say either the dragons, the mane sixs attitude and the moral. If I had to pick one I'd say the moral. It tied in with my other choices in a sense I say that's the flaw. What about you guys?
My Little Pony - KickaSpike - Kickapoo PMV -EXPLICIT!-Hey everyone! This is my 4TH PMV! It is a Spike Tribute. The song is Kickapoo, by Tenacious D on the Movie Pick Of Destiny (Epic Movie). If you like it, please leave a like or subscribe! Thanks!!! http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DADN88eKSZE
Hey guys, this is my very first time doing something like this. Yes, this is a sorta Lets Play, no it will not feature recordings of my in-game exploits. Anyways, the game is Dragon Quest 9, and as I said, this is my first time doing something like this, so if there is anything you could tell me to do to help with making it neat and tidy, by all means, let me know. Anyways, the prologue will actually be in two parts as opposed to one whole part. So without further ado, here's the first half of the prologue! *********************************** PROLOGUE, PART 1 Author's Notes: The first paragraph is speaking in a third-person perspective. This is basically the intro to the story, and after said intro, it shifts into first-person where I will narrate as the main character Electrobolt. Considering that this is a story-themed Let's Play, I will just stick with the normal names already given to the NPCs, save for Apus Major, whom I will rename as Celestia for the sake of ponification. I am able, however, to name the characters I can control. And even though I will use most of the dialogue from the game, I'll edit them and add in some additional lines of my own to the mix. And considering it will be pony-themed, I WILL throw in ponified speech. Although this game features quests and the like, they are optional and I won't include them. Well, maybe I'll throw in the vocation-unlocking quests. AAAAAAANYWAYS, enough bantering... Let's get cracking!!! Oh yes, before I forget, Celestrians have wings and a halo, so think of them as angels of a sort. Ok, now that that's out of the way, let's go!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings, curious ponies. If you are reading this, you have most likely heard of the celestial beings that watch over your realm from above: beings known as Celestrians. This story is a tale of one Celestrian whom, after a series of events, had fallen from his realm and landed in yours, as a simple Earth Pony. This is the tale of Electrobolt, Guardian of Angel Falls. It all started the day before the events happened... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It all began that day as we hovered over the waterfall that poured water into Angel Falls, keeping a watchful eye on the ponies that resided in this small village. As the guardian of this town, it was my responsibility to make sure the residents were safe. However, I am not fully ready to take care of my duties on my own quite yet, so Aquila is with me, to watch over my progress. While we observed in silence, Aquila finally broke the silence, saying, "You have come far, Electrobolt. I must confess to having had my doubts when you became Guardian of the village in my stead. But its inhabitants' continued peace and safety is proof of your devotion." I didn't know he had any doubts, yet he still took me on as his apprentice and trained me. He continued, "When Celestia bade me, 'Aquila, take Electrobolt as your apprentice', I never imagined I would see you bloom so. You are worthy of your title indeed, Electrobolt, Guardian of Angel Falls." It was at that moment when Aquila noticed something wrong. As he looked out to the field past the village gates, he could see two Earth Ponies trotting towards Angel Falls. One was a young mare, while the other was an old stallion, slowly moving. The senior pony stopped for the moment as he began to catch his breath. "Hahh...hahh... Don't ever get old, my dear Erinn. You don't ever want to get old." Turning around to face her grandfather, Erinn responded, "Oh, Grandpa. It's not much further now. I'm sure you'll make it." At that very moment, a small group of monsters popped out: two small slimes and a cucumber-like creature. When they saw the girl and her grandfather slowly walking along the road, they hid behind the bush they popped out of as they waited for their chance to ambush the two. "These wicked creatures must not be allowed to ambush innocent members of your flock, Electrobolt," Aquila spoke out, having seen all of this. "Come, Guardian of Angel Falls, it is time to fulfill our duty as Celestrians!" With that, the two of us soared down to take out these creatures. It didn't take too long before they had fallen, leaving me to grab two Medicinal Herbs. After the battle, both Aquila and I saw Erinn and her grandfather trot up to the gates of Angel Falls. Erinn turned around and said, "See Grandpa! There's Angel Falls up ahead." Looking ahead at the gates, Erinn's grandfather responded, "Aaah... I honestly believed I'd never set my tired old eyes on this place again. But here we are at last. Home." At this, Erinn retaliated, "Oh, don't be so melodramatic, Grandpa! The village Guardian will have been watching over us all the way. Nothing bad could ever have happened to us." After saying that, she sat on her hind legs and put her forehooves together, closing her eyes as she said, "Benevolent Electrobolt, thank you for protecting us on our journey." After she got back on all fours, Erinn began to shine a faint light as a crystal formed from the light. Even though the two Earth Ponies did not see the light, much like how they are unable to see us, Aquila and I were able to see it as I grabbed hold of this crystal. Once I held onto this crystal tight, feeling it's warmth, Aquila spoke up, "Behold, Electrobolt. Benevolessence. The crystallisation of the mortals' gratitude towards we who watch over them. As Celestrians, our cardinal duty is the offering up of this sacred substance unto mighty Yggdrasil, the Great World Tree. Come, Electrobolt. Let us return to the Observatory, that you may make your offering." And with that, the two of us soared into the sky as we returned to our realm upon which we Celestrians reside on: The Observatory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upon returning to the Observatory, Aquila looked at me and told me, "The first task a Guardian must perform upon returning from the Protectorate is to report to Celestia. As unchanging as the North Star, you shall find her in the Great Hall. I have other matters to attend to. You must excuse me." And with that, Aquila left to let me take care of my duties. After I looked around the first floor of the Observatory to recall where everything was again, I then moved to the second floor and met up with Celestia, in the Great Hall as Aquila had told me. After giving my greetings to Celestia, she spoke, "Welcome back, Electrobolt. I trust your absence has not been so lengthy that you forget your old master, Celestia. Let me congratulate you on successfully completing your first task as a Guardian! Although it was under Aquila's watchful gaze, you have performed your duties well. But the time has come for you to spread your own wings. What do you say? Are you ready to undertake your duties on your own?" After hearing these words, I couldn't help but kneel down to Celestia and graciously accept her offer. "It would be my honor," I replied to her question, still kneeling. With a smile on her face, Celestia responded, "You may rise now, Electrobolt." As I rose, she continued, "I have faith that you will perform your duties well, young one. Now, if I am correct, you have recently acquired a crystal of Benevolessence?" At this question, I nod, replying, "Yes, I have acquired some Benevolessence." With the smile not leaving her face, Celestia resumed, "Then your next task is to go to the Great World Tree, Yggdrasil, and offer the Benevolessence unto it. It will soon bear fruit at long last. Now go, Electrobolt, and do as you have been instructed." Nodding, I then left to pay my respects to the mighty Yggdrasil. ********************************* Ok, this is only part one, and the chapter part itself, not including the author's note, surpassed 6000 characters, which I surprised myself with o.o And although I ponified it, I wasn't 100% sure if it would belong in Pony Art or Non-Pony Art, so going with my gut (and the fact this is based off a video game) I am sticking this in Non-Pony Art. Now, if it DOES belong in Pony Art, I would appreciate it if a mod moved the topic over to the appropriate sub-forum. But anyways, I shall continue the game and work on part 2 tomorrow.


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Rogue Yogi Real-Talk
Today, I ask you the question:
"Why are you rolling up 'one vertebrae at a time' from a (Standing) Forward Fold" in Yoga?
This is not a slam at all. Much love to our dance-background yoga teachers. But, this is a legit question for all of you that already sit hunched over your phone/computer/kid/cat/etc.
Where did this instruction come from? What is its intention? Because if you're already sitting sloped over for 8 hours, your spinal discs are already at high risk for herniation.
Imagine a segment of your spine is like one of those big-ass hamburgers/veggie burgers. When you try to squeeze one end to fit into your mouth, what happens to the contents at the opposite end? It squishes out.
That's kind of what you're doing to yourself when you roll up like that on the mat (and sitting like that at your desk).
Teachers, if you guide this transition differently, let's hear it! The more we know about what's up, and the more we share this knowledge, the more we can empower our students to move the way our bodies are designed to move in this modern world.
What was interesting to read were the comments other yoga teachers gave about this subject. Many agreed about this improper cue, while there were a few that simply said that rolling up felt good so it should be done (with no acknowledgement of anatomy, the high risk of disc herniation or the fact that we over-stretch our backs when we sit for lengthened periods of time).
It's crazy to see how some cues get passed onto future teachers because of "tradition". While it is respectful to honor the teachers who paved the way before us, it's also important to ask the right questions about how some things will impact our bodies, and why we would continue doing them if they cause harm. It's why Science Yoga Sundays came about. To bridge the gap between the Eastern philosophy and the Western science so we all can enjoy the practice of Yoga for a lifetime (if we want it to be).

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Island of the Strangers
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Through star filled skies on Christmas Eve Kay Harker, in a sleigh pulled by eight unicorns and driven by Herne the Hunter, returns in triumph to Tatchester. The illustration on the cover of this issue of BfK is by Faith Jaques and is taken from The Box of Delights, a newly illustrated edition of John Masefield's classic children's book, abridged by Patricia Crampton and published by Heinemann, 0 434 95052 1, £7.95. A paperback edition (without colour plates) is available from Fontana Lion (0 00 572415 9, £1.50). We are grateful to Heinemann and Fontana for help in using this illustration.
Island of the Strangers
'If you're not with us, you're against us.' If you don't go along with the crowd, then you quickly become an outcast, an isolate, yourself. Just because people are outsiders does not mean that they are enemies. From these limp cliches. Catherine Sefton has produced a rambling novel with a narrative embracing Poor Law Relief and shipwrecked Spanish witches in its convoluted strands. There is a sort-of ending eventually, the problem for most readers will be in persevering to get there.


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Sometimes you just gotta lean into it. That's right; you have to lean into the goal, the dream or the desire. Taking huge leaps can be intimidating and can activate fear – and this is the remedy to soften that vibration and still get to where you want to go.
So, what does it mean to "lean?"
Leaning into the dream might look like:
– Taking action (any action).
– Warming up to an idea (say, I love the idea of xyz!)
– Embracing a change you want to embrace.
– Choosing to feel hopeful.
– Standing in your power.
– Investing in yourself.
– Writing the first word.
– Writing your new title on your business card.
– Securing a domain name.
– Writing the outline.
– A first stab business plan.
– Exploring an opportunity.
– Allowing yourself to think outside the box.
Whatever you do – just LEAN. Just start somewhere.
Leaning is hopeful. It's trusting. It's kind. It holds a vibration that says, "this is happening, one small step at a time." It says, "I will get there. I trust myself. No matter what."
Here's what I love. Sometimes – when you lean, the energy just takes you – and you are blissfully swept up into momentum you didn't expect! It's amazing!!
Sometimes all it takes is a little learning into your dream for things happen fast. Open up to that idea – when I lean, things can happen fast. (Doesn't it feel good to lean into that idea?)
If leaning, and letting the energy that takes you feels like falling – know that you'll sprout wings and fly, because that's how this stuff works. And then we build our wings on the way down. (Future lesson!)
Today, write one way you're willing to lean into the dream. An action, a thought, a way you're willing to lean into it. And know there is no right or wrong way to lean into the dream – it all works!
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Cape Town – Imagine a reality TV show like Big Brother, but instead of a house the contestants live in an apartment block in separate apartments.
They must compete to ultimately be voted the most popular player in the game; however, they never get to meet each other in real-life.
Instead, they can only communicate via a social media app called The Circle – and online you can be whoever you want people to believe you are.
This is where things get interesting as players catfish, cheat, and scheme their way to the top and try their best to avoid being blocked from the game.
Once a player is blocked from The Circle they are replaced by a new player – Love Island style. The new players quickly play catch-up and manoeuvre their way through the game to make it into the inner-circle.
(THE HOST WITH THE MOST: Michelle Buteau from The Circle. Photo: Mitch Jenkins/Netflix)
Based on the British version of the reality show, which aired live 24/7, this Netflix original releases four new pre-recorded episodes every week for three weeks. The first four episodes dropped on 1 January, the second batch drops 8 January and the final four will be available from 15 January.
The diverse cast, unexpected plot twists, and extremely interesting social dynamic makes the show unpredictable and addictive to watch. You never know what's going to happen next and when a player is annoying you…well chances are they'll be packing their bags sooner than you think.
The show's narrator Michelle Buteau also adds a spicy dose of humour that's absolutely delightful.
Once the bug bites you'll be hooked and can easily devour the four episodes in one sitting. Just mention The Circle to anyone who has watched it and you'll see their eyes light up with excitement to discuss what they think about each player.
The show is an interesting social experience and is packed with surprises which makes it fun to watch.


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The latest human resource efforts point at a trend where companies are increasingly providing healthcare solutions as part of regular employee benefits.
When one talks about employee benefits, the thoughts often lead to monetary bonuses, holiday and entertainment packages, or even lucrative gifts in kind. However, a recent trend in the world of human resource strategies and employee benefits point at preventive healthcare policies being the latest entrant to employee benefit programs worldwide
Healthcare policies have been a part of companies for years now, but they have mostly been constrained to medical insurance packages as part of the payroll, or based around healthcare camps and packages that would be initiated once in a year. These trends are being revised gradually, and have been leading to benefits like a preventive healthcare policy, where employees get a personalized strategy, along with someone to assist and maintain a healthcare calendar for regularising checkups.
With this, the employees themselves do not need to be concerned about healthcare strategies and scheduling checkups any longer. With the companies getting preventive healthcare on contract, employees get the benefit of having an assisted system, which would remind them regularly about their health status, ease the process of checkups by recommending the right doctor for the right cause, find the nearest hospital or clinic and fix appointments automatically based on a person's work calendar, and simplify the overall process by adding digital payments to the fray.
"The body and mind are intrinsically linked. Stress and anxiety are the root of many illnesses, we need to listen to our minds to prevent them." – Jayne Morris (HuffPost blogger and burnout expert)
This not only relieves an individual of their medical worries, but also ensures that no critical urgency arises. This, in turn, is leading to more satisfied employees who are steadily choosing healthcare as a tangible company benefit over the conventional choices. For instance, with OurHealthMate in the preventive healthcare space, one can simply automate the entire healthcare process via the website. With a thorough database of doctors available on site, it is not only easy for individuals, but even companies to have a reliable medical source and automate the entire process.
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(The Views expressed here are my own and shouldn't be construed as the views of any of my employers/partners, present or past)
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Cool things I've done….
Bonding with a curious whale in Antarctica.
Sitting on top of Vic Falls in a whirlpool.
Climbing Mt Kinablu in Borneo.
Trekking through the Ugandan jungle looking for mountain gorillas.
Sneaking into Burma illegally for the night.
Searching for the Lost City in Colombia
Welcoming the new millenium at Hogmany, Scotland.
Meeting the children and families I help sponsor through World Vision
Safari through the Serengeti.
Snowboarding in St Anton, Austria.
Watching the sunrise over the Egyptian desert from the top of Mt Sinai.
Dancing at a full moon party in Thailand.
Facing a rhino and it's baby on a game walk in Swaziland.
Cruising in luxury to Papua New Guinea
Mountain biking the Death Road
Breathing in the majestic air of Macchu Pichu
Meeting the women of Ras abu galum
Hanging out with an Orangutan in Borneo
Dancing in the streets at Mardi Gras, Salvadore
Tubing at Vang Vieng before the crowds discovered it.
Trekking through the Himalaya of Nepal


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The Little Top Circus & Medicine Show
Union Hall (702 Union St., Brooklyn)
10:30pm doors
This is the end of days and that rumble in the distance is the wagons of The Little Top Circus & Medicine Show, rolling into town to save your sad sinner's soul. Led by the evangelically infamous Good Reverend Doctor Professor Elucius Clay, this sideshow of cautionary tales will horrify (watch as Stitch the Geek mutilates his own flesh!), titillify (surrender to the undulant charms of Lefty Lucy and Reina Terror), all to the blood-stirring musicianing of Texas Red ("The Gypsy Fiddler") and Miz E of The Hot Sardines.
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UrbanInterns.com matches interns to jobs
For several years, Cari Sommer and Lauren Porat dreamed of starting a business together. Sommer was a trained litigator, and Porat worked for IAC in the Mergers & Acquisitions department. The two were friends and had also both done volunteer work on the board of the non-profit Step Up Women's Network. "I had long admired the way Lauren approached problem-solving as a board member of Step Up," says Sommer.
Sommer thought a personal assistant business was interesting: "I was working long hours as an associate at a law firm. I had all this stuff I needed to get done in my personal life. It would have been great to get help with that." But after writing a business plan and mulling it over, she and Porat ditched that idea.
Over coffee at Starbucks in 2008, they decided that UrbanInterns was a better idea. "We liked the idea of matching people who have a need with people who can fulfill the need. We looked at marketplace businesses. We put the pieces together," Sommer says.
The two professionals had enough in savings to move forward without seeking investment. The next step was to build the product and test the concept further. By October 2008, the duo had hired developers to build the initial product. Spending less than $20,000, they launched a rudimentary site by February 2009.
Within a few months, UrbanInterns.com, which helps employers find part-time help and interns, had 3,000 site visitors and dozens of job listings. "Yes, we launched in the middle of a recession, but that may have worked in our favor," says Sommer. "When employers can't afford full-time labor needs, they have to make do with part-timers." Today there are 250 listings, and UrbanInterns gets 50,000 visitors per month. The database of users has grown from its initial 40 people to 25,000, who receive emails from UrbanInterns. Sommer says they hope to reach break even this year.
Teaming up isn't always easy for entrepreneurs, but Sommer and Porat have learned some crucial lessons along the way. Says Sommer, "Be sure you know what you do well and what you don't do well. Then, make sure your partner has complementary skills." She also suggests spending time with the person in a work setting: "Our work for Step Up gave us both time to see one another in action." Finally, you'll want to define both your work and your relationship in a document. "We have a partnership contract that clearly outlines what happens if one partner wants to leave the business," Sommer explains.
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Deployment Day: Version 1.5.2 Is Now Available
This release of SolidShops took a bit longer as expected but it's here! We've just upgraded all stores to the latest version.
Enabled A LOT of new stuff in our template language
As most of you know, our template language is a layer on top of the Twig template language. Up till now, we only enabled a subset of Twig but from now on you can use almost all Twig filters.
We have enabled the following tags, filters and functions:
tags: do, spaceless
filters: var_dump, split, abs, batch, date_modify, default, first, last, format, join, json_encode, keys, nl2br, number_format, slice
functions: date, random
More information can be found on our updated documentation.
Added recurring billing for your SolidShops invoices
It took us a while to get this done in Belgium but from now on you can use your credit card to automatically pay for your SolidShops invoice. So no more annoying reminders or manual banktranfers! We support Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Jcb, Diners club and China Union Pay.
If you would like to start using this payment method, just update your information here.
Your invoice history right from your backend
Since we automated our invoicing flow you can find a copy of your invoices and it's current state in your SolidShops backend.
Enjoy the update everyone and let us know if you have an idea that can improve our application and our service to you. We'd love to know!


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On March 26, 1976 a group of 20 people, residents of MARANATHA VILLAGE, met in the village office to consider starting a church. The first services occurred on October 31, 1976 with a morning attendance of 33 and 38 in the evening. After the adoption of the Church Covenant, Articles of Faith and Constituton, 47 charter members officially become MARANATHA BAPTIST CHURCH on December 1, 1976. Later, a recognition council acted "...to acknowledge Maranatha Baptist Church as an independent Baptist Church". The church was subsequently received into the Sunshine Baptist Fellowship and the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (www.garbc.org).
Maranatha Baptist Church has maintained a deep love for missions and missionaries. A current annual missions budget of $183,000 supports 74 missionaries and agencies. In 1978 the church helped establish Spring Lake Baptist Church, and in 1984 helped to start the Sebring Baptist Tabernacle in Sebring (now Bethany Baptist Church of Avon Park.) Outreach continues in many other ways: Mailbox Ministries, Spanish Bible classes, services at area care centers, jail services, pulpit supply, tract writing and distribution, Sunday preaching in local communities, Spanish Literature production, musical concerts, and service on various mission boards.
In the summer of 2000, the church voted to reopen the "Sunshine Lodge" an assisted-living facility formerly operated by Maranatha Village, renaming it as "Maranatha Manor." People rallied generously with time, labor and gifts to fulfill this vision.
Today our folk represent a rich mix of backgrounds, occupations and professions. All have served the Lord with distinction either in secular jobs and through local churches or in full time Christian service. Those who have been in full time service include missionaries, pastors, pastors' wives, educators, chaplains, and mission board administrators.
A motto that reflects the personality of Maranatha Baptist Church is: "Helping one another 'til Jesus comes!" It expresses the spontaneous loving care and selfless service regularly showered upon one another, as well as the joyful anticipation of the sound of the trumpet that will accompany our entrance into the presence of the Lord!


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The Micro Drive AF-70 LP is a compact but powerful and easy to use AC variable frequency drive. Available in both IP20 and IP66, its simple mounting with its basic parameter configuration, make this drive ideal for fans, pumps, and conveyor applications. Simple commissioning, user-friendly keypad control, AF-70 LP includes EMC (RFI) Filter class B (C1), application macros with in addition built-in Modbus-RTU and CANopen communication and built-in Brake chopper for 1.5kW and above.


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I think the most important question is who is composing the music?
I want Jeff Van Dyck. He nailed it in Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom.
And hopefully the voice acting will be in Chinese and not accented English. Even if it has errors like in Shogun 2's Japanese.


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We have, over the course of the past couple of years, read about many natural colorants that can be used in cosmetics and personal care products. Many have been around for a very long time and are quite common and familiar to us all. Annatto, beta-Carotene, Carmine, Chlorophyll and a few others have been talked about so many times. But when it comes to natural colorants this small list is all that the United States Government currently allows for use as color additives in cosmetics and beauty products.But with the industry moving more towards all natural products, this current list is certainly inefficient to produce the wide range of colors that are required for the color cosmetic market segment. So what can be done to create all natural color cosmetics with so few colors permitted for use? This problem does not exist in other markets as other markets allow many more natural colorants with a very wide range in hue for their color cosmetics.I have seen some of these colorants and it is amazing what they look like...
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How did TCJA affect the Shared Responsibility Payment?
On January 1, 2019, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repealed the Shared Responsibility Payment. This was a tax penalty created by the Affordable Care Act for taxpayers without health insurance. For tax years 2018 and prior, the penalty still applies. In 2017 and 2018, the penalty was $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, or 2.5% of your AGI – whichever is higher, with a family maximum of $2,085.
If you were uninsured for less than three months of a tax year when the penalty was in place, you were not penalized. If you were without health insurance for more than three months, but still just a portion of the year, the amount you'll owe will be pro-rated for the time you were not covered.
For tax years 2019 and newer, if you don't have health insurance coverage, you won't face a penalty on your federal tax return. However, some states have health insurance mandates that may impose a fee on your state tax return.


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Analysing a financial budget
As a starting point, let's look at a simple example to understand the concept of financial management and risk.
Imagine a family and how they might manage their income.
Mark Griffiths and his wife live with their three children in a house they own in the UK. Mark is currently working as an IT engineer, taking home a monthly income of £3000. The table below depicts their monthly budget and outgoings.
Monthly income and spending for the Griffiths family
|Total monthly income
|Monthly mortgage and household bills
|Car and other travel
|Cinema, takeaways, leisure activities
|Emergency funds
|Food and household goods
|Pension contribution
|Life insurance
|Home contents insurance
|Total monthly spending
|Money remaining
The above table represents a particular month of spending in the Griffiths household. In terms of covering the cost of unexpected life events, do you feel they are taking any risks with the distribution of their finances?
Consider what could happen to Mark's financial position if the family finds themselves in the following circumstances listed below:
- Mark's wife has an accident which leaves her unable to work
- Mark is made redundant
- The family car breaks down
Your task
Imagine you are a financial advisor. You have been asked to look at the family's finances and draw up a revised budget.
Taking into account unexpected events, is there anything you would change to their initial budget above?
Share your ideas and thoughts with your fellow learners.
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One day last month, Terry Lee found himself sitting on a hard cot in a small cell in the police lockup at Belmont and Western.
His crime? Operating a secondhand sporting goods store without a secondhand sporting goods license. "I still can't believe this happened," says Lee, who owns the Chicago Sports and Bike Exchange, at 4159 N. Western. "I'm not the kind of guy who breaks the law. I don't even get speeding tickets. Why would they come down so hard on a guy like me?"
A photographer by training, Lee says he bought the store in April 1999 hoping to make some money and have some fun. "It's capitalism in its most basic state, the essence of the market," says Lee. "It's surprising what rolls in here--skates, tennis rackets, balls, bikes, you name it. Even more surprising is that everything sells. The seduction of the business is the seduction of the deal. Let's face it, everyone wants to make a deal."
His idea wasn't so much to upscale the store (it's still wonderfully cluttered) as to organize it. He grouped items by activities, opened a Web site, and bought ads in the local papers. "The previous owner didn't have shelving--everything was on the floor," says Lee. "I price things. I group things. I've created aisles so you can walk around. It was going great. We're a small, locally owned shop in the age of sports giants. People like that. I got welcomes from almost everyone."
Everyone, that is, except the local police. "Soon after I opened, a burglary unit from the 19th District came by and wanted to see my buy records," says Lee. "They said they wanted to develop a relationship with me and that I could be unknowingly buying stolen goods. I was told that to protect myself I needed to create a record. I needed the bill of sale from everyone who sold me anything. I said 'no problem.'"
As time went by he noticed the police hovering. "I'd look out the window and there'd be two plainclothes cops in an unmarked squad car watching my shop with binoculars," says Lee. "I'm thinking, this is strange. Maybe they think we're fencing stuff out the door. But I'm not like that. I'm keeping receipts of everything. I'm showing them my books."
The surveillance intensified as the summer wore on. "We had cops from different districts coming in and flashing badges and accusing me of knowingly buying stolen goods," says Lee. "I'm not naive. I understand that there are thieves who will try to sell me stolen property. But my method of discrimination is to look at identification. I make a receipt for everything. Actually, I'm a resource for the police. Because there's a record for everything I buy or sell. If they're suspicious about people, I can lead them to the bad guys."
Apparently, some local police didn't see it that way. "It was like they didn't want to cooperate with me," says Lee. "I had some police come in here and they showed me a list of people who they said were known for selling stolen goods. I wanted to copy the list, but they wouldn't let me copy it. They said it was police records. I'm thinking, well, then why are you showing me the list? Why are you being so vague? Either we're going to work together or you're just harassing me."
In the meantime, the City Council passed an ordinance intended to crack down on the fencing of stolen sporting goods. Ironically, the law's sponsor was Alderman Eugene Schulter, in whose 47th Ward Lee resides and works. "The idea for the ordinance came from 19th District commander John Minogue," says Schulter. "He explained to me that there's a direct correlation between theft and the selling of valuable items at secondhand stores."
The ordinance requires secondhand sports shop owners to obtain a special license and to do things Lee says he's been doing almost from the start. "They have to get a copy of the seller's driver's license or some appropriate identification," says Schulter. "They have to itemize what they sell and what they buy. Our goal wasn't to penalize any one individual. It was designed to help the public and those individuals engaged in this business."
Shop owners affected by the new ordinance have been notified that they should apply for the secondhand dealer's license when the time comes to renew their general business license. On January 28 Lee went to City Hall to take care of both pieces of business. "I paid $500 for the secondhand dealer's license and $125 to renew my business license," he says. "I figured, great, I'm in business, right?"
Wrong. "February 3 rolls around and three cops from burglary, the same guys I've known now for nine months, come into my store and say, 'Where's the secondhand license?' I wasn't there. But Jeff [Babcock], who works for me, calls me. I rush in. I say, 'What's the problem? I'll show you everything. Here's my license,' and I hand them the receipt I got from City Hall showing I've paid for both licenses. Well, they look and look and look and then they tell me this is not the license. This is just a receipt. They called their lieutenant. And he comes down. By now there are six or seven cops here. I'm not kidding, we have a lieutenant in uniform hemming and hawing and discussing this like it's the biggest matter the police department's facing. I'm thinking, don't these guys have anything better to do?
"Finally they write me a ticket for not having the secondhand license. I said, 'But I'm in good faith. I've applied. I'm cooperating with the city.' I mean, you should see what they make me go through to get this license. I have to show banking statements for six months and sales statements. I've shown them everything. But the cop says 'nope' and they wrote me up."
A week later the police returned. "I was out running errands when Jeff gives me a desperate call. He's says they're going to throw him into jail. I get the police on the phone and say, 'I'll meet you at the station.' So I rushed over to Belmont and Western just as they brought Jeff in in a paddy wagon. They charged me with operating a business without a secondhand dealer's license and for not keeping records, even though I had been keeping records."
The police spent two hours booking Lee. Then they put him in jail. "To this day I still don't know why they had to jail me. But they did. They told me to empty out my pockets and take off my shoelaces. And then they put me in a cell. It was very depressing. It was a small, windowless cell with incandescent light, a metal cot, and a toilet. I sat on the bed and tried to figure out what was going on. Time just slowed down. It was very boring, actually. I asked the police, 'Do you have something to read?' They said, 'You'll find something.' Sure enough, there was all this gang graffiti on the wall. Someone must have had a cigarette lighter because they had used it to burn in their letters. I guess the police didn't do a good job of emptying that guy's pockets.
"Anyway, I read the graffiti over and over until I knew it by heart. And then I just sort of fell asleep."
He figures he was in the cell for over an hour before they let him out. "My wife had come down to the station and she was hysterical," says Lee. "The police told her that this was bigger than the license issue, that there was an ongoing investigation. But I don't know what they're talking about. No one has ever told me about an investigation. If there are charges against me, I don't know what they are. I think it's more that someone--and I don't know who--wants to impress me with their power."
On February 29 he had a hearing before an administrative law officer. The charges for not keeping records were dropped after he showed the hearing officer the records he'd been keeping all along. He was required to pay a $200 fine (plus $25 for court costs) for operating without a secondhand dealer's license.
"The only comment we have is that he was issued citations twice and was arrested once," says MariaEllena Dyess, a police spokeswoman.
But isn't it a bit excessive to jail a merchant for not having all the appropriate licenses?
"He has to comply with the law," says Dyess.
City law department spokeswoman Jennifer Hoyle says that arresting Lee is "a discretionary matter left to the police."
It's a point on which Schulter agrees, though he's a little more sympathetic. "I do know Terry and his wife and I know that they're outstanding people," says Schulter. "I feel bad about this because he's a decent guy. But I can't comment about the arrests because I don't know all the facts."
On Monday Lee finally heard the charges against him. According to a letter he received from the city, he "knowingly possessed stolen property"--two bicycles and a baby jogger. Lee says he vaguely remembers the police confiscating the items last June. "I'm surprised they're making an issue out of it seven months later when they didn't make an issue out of it then."
He will answer the charges at a March 20 hearing, after which the city will decide whether to allow him to remain in business. "This has been a nightmare," he says. "I was operating in compliance. Then they suddenly pass a new law and I'm operating in noncompliance, even though I've done everything to get in compliance and I'm doing everything the new law requires me to do. Meanwhile, I have a store filled with merchandise the city says I can't sell. I can't even sell a used golf ball. It's like they're trying to take a legitimate store and just run it out of business."
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): photo/Jon Randolph.
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By Romley Stewart of The Justinian Deception https://justiniandeception.wordpress.com/
Pay close attention to what is being said to fully comprehend the system and how it operates and relates to your life.
"Even if you're not guilty, you can only plead guilty and say I'm sorry because you have chosen to be the debtor of the state. You have no rights, so don't try to get them."


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AC Milan Will Sell Pato, WHY ??
With Carlos Tevez on his way in, and Manchester City & Paris Saint-Germain circling, AC Milan should sell Alexandre Pato.
The January introduction of the Argentine could push out the 22-year-old, but given his injury issues it may not be a bad move for the Rossoneri to let him go.
The rumours were rife in the summer of 2009. As Carlo Ancelotti set about making his mark on new club Chelsea, media outlets in both England and Italy were insistent that the former AC Milan coach would ask his new bosses to part with €35 million to sign the Rossoneri's Alexandre Pato. At one stage it seemed inevitable that the Brazilian's stint on the peninsula was over.
But more than two years later, Pato remains a Milan player, and is now a champion of Italy to boot. His 14 goals last term helped Massimiliano Allegri's side claim their first league crown in seven years, yet in so many other ways the season had brought more evidence for those who believed the striker should have been allowed to leave when Chelsea came enquiring.
With perennial hamstring pulls, strains in multiple adductor muscles, ankle trouble and latterly issues with his thigh, the 22-year-old has racked up an injury history that many players in the indian summer of their careers have managed to avoid. While this may well be no fault of Pato's, Milan would be foolish not to bear this in mind if a firm bid is made for the former Internacional man next summer.
And with the likely introduction of Carlos Tevez in January, it appears that Pato is set to undergo the most difficult period of his Milan career on the pitch too. Having been a first choice almost since the day he netted on his memorable debut in the 5-2 win over Napoli in 2008, the Manchester City man's arrival could well see the Brazilian pushed onto the bench.
In the last couple of months, there have been new reports of interest from Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, and while the English side were credited with an interest in a €65m transfer switch at the beginning of last season which never went anywhere, the latest links - suggesting that he could head for the Premier League in a quasi-swap move for Tevez - deserve a little more consideration.
Pato is undoubtedly a huge asset to the Rossoneri when his is fit and firing, and his record of 60 goals in 134 games for the club is not to be sniffed at. But his propensity to collapse in full flight is becoming a real issue. The thought of seeing the striker starting even 75 per cent of Milan fixtures remains nothing more than a distant dream. He even missed the recent trip to Genoa having made just a single start since his previous spell on the sidelines.
As he closes in on the four-year anniversary of his debut for the then-European and world champions, one must question whether he will ever reach a stage where he can run at full pace with great regularity without clutching his hamstring, his thigh, or any other leg muscle put under the pressure of his stop-start club career so far.
After each new injury blow comes another test for each muscle which has not been worked as it would be with regular football. With each spell out comes another question mark as to Pato's long-term viability as a top-level striker of blistering pace. His speed is by far and away his outstanding quality, but he's gradually losing his effectiveness in that department despite still being in the fledgling stages of his career. And he has already been missing from the starting XI in 82 of the 186 games the Rossoneri have played since his debut.
The €45m which Milan would allegedly ask for the striker - or the services of Tevez plus a hefty cash sum - may well come in more handy than a striker whose one great asset could be completely compromised by the time he reaches 25, and so far he hasn't shown the technical nor tactical intelligence which would be necessary to adjust his game and make him a more all-round forward upon the loss of his pace.
Though Tevez is five-and-a-half years older than Pato, his ability to stay fit over longer periods must not be overlooked. Of course, any player could befall a serious one-off injury at any point, but the constant issues the likes of which the Brazilian is regularly struck by can become a real drain on a club. Add to that the power and flair the former West Ham and Manchester United striker adds to the game, and you have an excellent forward option for the next few years.
So while rumours of an exit for Pato are nothing new, don't be too surprised to hear that this time Milan could be taking them seriously. Even his relationship with club director Barbara Berlusconi shouldn't stop the right decision being made, and with each new injury to the Brazilian, it appears the best choice may be to sell the player once considered the club's brightest young star.
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The article that I was working on for tonight still is not finished. Vacation is more taxing than one might think, what with all the beach sitting, ocean swimming, and food eating. But I absolutely did not want to go another night without an article to discuss so I figured that I would find something interesting out there on the blogosphere and offer it up for consumption here. I went to my trusty standby for articles that would garner interest, The Huffington Post. They, of course, did not disappoint. I had my choice of several different interesting articles over there to think about. What I decided on was the article below that discussed the Secretary of the Treasury's much maligned Op-Ed from last week. I have to admit that I was a bit stunned when I read the article when it was originally run over at the New York Times. After all, it was thoughts from Timothy Geithner under the title of "Welcome to the Recovery." I don't want to sound jaded, but I had to wonder whether Mr. Geithner had actually smoked some crack before offering up such a ludicrous statement. First the article from HuffPo and then my quick thoughts to get the discussion going…
Who Are You Going to Believe — Tim Geithner or Your Own Lying Eyes?
by Robert Kuttner
The jobs situation stinks, even as corporate profits keep rising. Another 131,000 jobs were lost to the economy in July, according to the Labor Department's latest report released Friday. The measured unemployment rate stayed stuck at 9.5 percent.
The only reason it wasn't worse was because more workers gave up looking for nonexistent jobs, leaving a smaller labor force to measure against the meager supply of work. Small comfort.
Meanwhile, another important government report, by the Social Security Trustees, showed only a trivial improvement in the gap between what Social Security owes the next generation of retirees and the tax receipts that it can expect.
There is, of course, a direct connection between rising unemployment, declining wages, and the condition of Social Security. That's because Social Security is funded by payroll taxes.
If wages had continued to rise with the growth of the economy's productivity, instead of profits and bonuses taking an ever larger share, Social Security would be enjoying an endless surplus.
Based on recent trends and a dismally pessimistic projection of our economic future, Social Security's Trustees assume wage growth of just 1.2 percent a year. But that can be changed by better policies.
According to Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute, if wage growth were 2.3 percent, which is the actual long-term trend in the growth of labor productivity, then Social Security would be in clover. Here is EPI's most recent full report on this, from 2005. (Since then, the screwing of workers has only intensified. An update is coming.)
The story is even more dramatic if you imagine a different history of the past two decades. If wages had risen with productivity, instead of nearly all the gains going to the top, Social Security's surplus would be huge and we'd be talking about lowering the retirement age, not raising it.
Note the outrageous injustice of the current debate. The Wall Street crowd, led by Peter G. Peterson and his billion-dollar foundation, is clamoring for deep cuts in workers' Social Security.
This crowd is the same people who have been making off with the lions' share of the economy's productivity gains for the past three decades instead of allowing ordinary people their traditional share; the same crowd that opposes a more progressive distribution of taxes and decent social spending.
Now this gang wants to whack workers a second time. You didn't get your fair share of wages, goes the story, so there isn't quite enough money in the Social Security accounts. And now you must take less money in retirement.
The alternative, obviously, is to get unemployment down and wages back up. And speaking of Wall Street and policy alternatives, what is the Obama Administration doing to alter this perverse trend? We need to look no further than the recent op-ed piece in the New York Times by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.
Now, you can be sure that this op-ed piece did not spring full grown from the pen of Secretary Geithner. It must have gone through the White House messaging machine several times. That makes it even more appalling.
The piece is titled, with no intended irony, "Welcome to the Recovery."
Geithner's story is essentially this: Don't believe what you experience in your own life; believe us. The economy is really a lot better than it looks (true on Wall Street, but not on Main Street.) Geithner had the bad timing to write this just before the economy lost another 131,000 jobs.
This is Geithner's variation on Marxist economics — in this case Groucho, who famously said in the movie Duck Soup, "Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"
Here are choice extracts from Geithner's op-ed:
- "Private job growth has returned — not as fast as we would like, but at an earlier stage of this recovery than in the last two recoveries. Manufacturing has generated 136,000 new jobs in the past six months."
- "Businesses have repaired their balance sheets and are now in a strong financial position to reinvest and grow."
- "American families are saving more, paying down their debt and borrowing more responsibly. This has been a necessary adjustment because the borrow-and-spend path we were on wasn't sustainable."
- "The auto industry is coming back, and the Big Three — Chrysler, Ford and General Motors — are now leaner, generating profits despite lower annual sales."
- "Major banks, forced by the stress tests to raise capital and open their books, are stronger and more competitive. Now, as businesses expand again, our banks are better positioned to finance growth."
But take these one at a time:
Private sector job growth, in fact, is stuck. And without a massive stimulus of the economy, it will stay stuck.
Business may be "in a strong position to grow," but without growth of jobs and wages, nobody will buy their products.
Yes, American families are saving more — because they are scared stiff that they economy will get even worse. That private savings behavior, in a recession, deepens the deflationary spiral unless it is offset by more public spending.
The auto industry has added something like 50,000 jobs after recently losing several hundred thousand; Detroit's market-share remains basically stuck compared to imports; and GM's "Volt" is about to get its clock cleaned by better Japanese electric cars.
Banks are still in precarious shape. That's why small businesses are having such a hard time getting credit.
Geithner concludes thus:
"These are considerable challenges, but we are in a much stronger position to face them today than when President Obama took office. By taking aggressive action to fix the financial system, reduce growth in health care costs and improve education, we have put the American economy on a firmer foundation for future growth.
And as the president said last week, no one should bet against the American worker, American business and American ingenuity.
We suffered a terrible blow, but we are coming back."
Sorry, but this issue is not whether anybody is betting "against the American worker," which is a lame metaphor. The issue is whether the Obama administration and Geithner have credibility as instruments of economic recovery going into a midterm election.
For Geithner to insist that things are actually better than working Americans experience their own lives is both insulting and guaranteed to backfire as politics. If the administration wants to bet on the American worker, both as a much abused contributor to the economy and as a voter, Geithner and his president need to do more to bring back jobs and wages.
You can read this article at its original posting at the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/who-are-you-going-to-beli_b_675296.html
I have to tell you, fair readers, the pure cajones of the Obama administration in particular, although applicable in the case of both parties, stuns me. The way that they have fallen into the false belief that they can say whatever the hell they like, regardless of whether there is even a grain of truth to it or not, has gotten to the point of absurdity. I understand that politicians believe they can sway public opinion, but to just completely spout the opposite of reality and expect it to be believed is bold. What is even more bold in this case is the fact that he is telling the American public that everything is getting better despite the fact that those he is lying to are actually the ones experiencing the issue.
It's like telling someone with a hot poker pressed against their arm that it isn't a hot piece of metal.
I don't know how everyone else is feeling, but I still feel the economic hardships. I don't see anything that makes me even begin to think that we are beginning a recovery. In fact, everything around me tells me that we are heading for much tougher economic times in the future than we are facing right now. Heck, just the impending health care legislation enactment and the ridiculous rate of increase of American national debt is enough to give us at least a 50/50 chance of complete economic meltdown if we aren't careful.
So I am wondering what the mood is among the readers. I know that some of you are really feeling that economic collapse is imminent and unavoidable. But I know not everyone believes that. I am personally still on the fence as to whether it is going to happen in this particular cycle or whether we will have some form of recovery and continue down the path for a while longer. I know that the doomsday folks say this is it. But we have heard that before. So what does everyone here think? I offer a few questions for thought:
- Are we at the beginning of the recovery from the recession that we have been going through for the last couple of years?
- As a follow up, if you think the answer to #1 is yes, do you think it is getting better because of Obama's policies?
- How many of you believe that a complete meltdown is going to happen?
- Of those, how many think it is within the next 5 years? 10 years? 100 years?
- Back on the topic of this article, how do people feel about the completely fantasy based declarations of recovery from Geithner?


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Resource Subtopic: Leadership, Enabling Services (ES), Human Resources, Patient-Centered Health Outcomes.
Year Developed: 2019
Resource Type: Archived Webinar
Primary Audience: Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc) Health Center Staff
Language: English
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Resource Summary: How do you know if your health center is ready to participate in a clinically integrated network? Health centers first need to be to assess their strategy, goals, staff, tools, and operational capacity needed for success in a value-based care environment. Next, the health center must identify an approach to value based care that clearly identifies who and how the work will be accomplished along with appropriate business tools to operationalize and measure impact and patient outcomes of those efforts.
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