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Usually I have the self-awareness after a funeral to disappear for a few hours. I am vulnerable and tired and rarely my best self. I know that many people want the pastor to hang-out and visit after the liturgy - sometimes go back to the house and talk more deeply, too - but I can't do that. I am totally played after a funeral. Spent. Toast. And no good for anyone - myself included. I know this about my soul. I've learned to practice self-care over the years and usually slip into the darkness after such an event.
But for some reason I didn't do what I know to be best yesterday. After greeting folk on their way to coffee and refreshments, I lingered for a time in the Sanctuary. That's where I got ambushed - and while I could feel it starting to happen as I stood there listening, I was just too tired to put up a fight. So I got knocked around a bit verbally all with a smile and a sweet voice. Complaints, criticisms, triangulated snippets of gossip and other trash talk all shared in the dulcet tones of "I just want to be helpful." All offered like a knife between the eyes.
That's how soul vampires work, you know? They have a unique and well honed ability to sniff out your most vulnerable moment and then pounce when you are most defenseless. Those who aren't pastors - or church professionals - will think I am being paranoid here and I don't deny it; but for those who haven't worked in the institutional church, just ask around a bit - take a walk in your pastor's shoes, too - and you'll discover I am being overly gentle in my soul vampire description. Because, you see, there is almost nothing compassionate about a soul vampire's content or timing. Doing my own inner work, I can learn about my shadow from these vultures, but it requires an enormous amount of simultaneous translation. Left alone, their words and actions are poisonous.
Think about it: would you dare pick the first five minutes after a profound funeral to dump your accumulated criticisms on anyone? Of course not. Such an act is not only totally insensitive and inappropriate, it is cruel. Even mean-spirited. And that is the point: the style, content and timing of a soul vampire is designed to both personally hurt and then bleed a leader's insecurities. M. Craig Barnes notes that this is why leaders become lonely - you can't really lead people into new ways of living through consensus and focus groups - you often have to charge forward on your own. This leaves former power brokers in the dust, so leaders have to plan to manage their reactions. And leaders must also make certain they minimize the places where they might be ambushed.
In other words, there are very few people who know the challenges of the office and are prepared and able to stand with you in solidarity. That goes with the territory. Barnes is insightful when he writes:
Pastors often talk about their loneliness, even though in their work they're surrounded by many people. What pastors mean by loneliness is not what most people think of it as. And it's not unique to their calling. According to more than one editorialist, President Obama has given up on building a grand American consensus and is now focused on what he always wanted to do as a leader. His old slogan "Yes we can" has become "I'll figure out a way."
This makes me wonder exactly what goes on in the mind of a leader who tires of building consensus and just strives to get things done. Americans have never agreed about anything. So our greatest presidents eventually found ways to be loyal only to the still small voice that kept whispering in their ears, "You know what you need to do." This is how Washington found himself leading a revolution, how Lincoln got us through the Civil War, and how Roosevelt pulled the nation out of a depression. They were never leading a parade.
Opponents threw everything they could at them. All of these presidents had flaws that made them easy targets for gossip. And the politics of accomplishing their goals were staggering. At the end of every long day they were completely alone, but they kept moving in the right direction, haunted by a still small voice that would not let them stop.
Three thoughts have been swimming through my head since yesterday's encounter:
+ First, I am so very grateful that I have learned to NOT react immediately when I get whacked. Long ago I learned from Fr. Ed Hays that there is a wisdom to our wounds that more often than not teaches us how to grow into the Spirit of Christ. When something happens that makes me want to punch another, I must be peaceful. When I want to run away, I must pause and be present. When I feel furious, I must listen more carefully. And, of course, I must to do in a context of quiet contemplation before making any response.
+ Second, I am even more grateful that I have a life-partner - and a few colleagues on my staff - who both get the challenge of the soul vampire and trust and care for me enough to help me through the ambushes. They are true life-savers and I love them all more as each day goes by.
+ And third, I have come to see that these ambushes can be times of validation, too (after steps one and two, of course!) If we weren't making real and vibrant changes for the better, I wouldn't be getting complaints from the ancien regime. Without trying to romanticize or sentimentalize the problem, I think Barnes gets it right when he writes:
The most striking portrait of John F. Kennedy depicts him standing alone in the White House with his head bowed down, lost in a ponderous thought. I think he's arguing with the still small voice. I can hear him saying, "They will never buy it." But the voice just kept pushing him into his lonely convictions about leadership. It doesn't matter if you are leading a nation, company, congregation, school, or family—a time comes when you just have to do what you believe to be right. You give up on consensus, being admired, or even appreciated. It's the inner voice you have to serve.
This is never how the leader begins. Even the process of being chosen implies a contract to serve those who made the choice, and all leaders assume that means figuring out a way to bring everyone together around a spectacular dream. But it just doesn't work out that way in the end. We shoot our dreamers. Sometimes literally, but always metaphorically.
There is something in our ever-so-democratic, antihierarchical, big-on-transparency, questioning-the-process affections that make us resist this core of leadership. But the Bible is filled with examples of women and men who had a vision from God and knew they had to throw their lives into fulfilling it even if it meant leaving town in a shower of rocks. It's hard to find a prophet, apostle, or Jesus in search of a grand consensus.
I recently asked my current generation of church leaders to read and then re-read the "renewal document" that was fashioned as part of the process that led to my call. It is a humble and even tame collection of ideas that were fiercely resisted by many who knew the church had to change but refused to give up their small, private favorite fiefdoms. Some resisted sharing the power-making process; others refused to welcome the music of the 20th century into worship; still others were afraid to make an Open and Affirming commitment; and on and on it goes. I was called - some would say hired but the truth is I was called - to both implement this plan for renewal and then reshape it for our lived experience.
The first three years were complicated - exciting and challenging - but filled with resistance and fear. In time, trust was created, new staff brought into the mix, new lay leadership organized and the culture of the congregation began to shift. Not completely, and never all at once, but still profoundly. My ambush yesterday was a sobering reminder that we are on the right track. It is also proof that "rust never sleeps" as Neil Young sang so well. Just below the surface is an anger from some that our renewal has worked - and is working. The soul vampires among this cadre are relentless. Note to myself: NEVER forget this and NEVER (if you can help it) let yourself get sucked in the mire again.
When I was back in seminary, my mentor - Ray Swartzback - used to say to me: we want every soul to be embraced by the loving goodness of our Lord - we just want some to experience this sooner than others! He also said that in every ministry there comes a time when the pastor and his/her team have to practice "shaking the dust off our sandals" and moving on. Amen and amen. As the ancient church fathers and mothers used to say from time to time:
illegitimi non carborundum."


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Yow's Trickshot Madness – Chop Suey – Mr Massacre
This is the first trickshot movie i have made. I think its a legendary video. Please comment and tell me what you think.
This is the first trickshot movie i have made. I think its a legendary video. Please comment and tell me what you think.
this is so fake
its not fake you dumbass have you never seen someone do trickshots before??
What an athelete.
im sure i beat him in pool…….. DAMNNNN YEEA ….:P joke
nice stuff here
the one with the tire, he didnt hit the ball and it went in the air.. half at least is fake
some of it are fake…
amazing. compete
is he using a snooker cue?
cant stop laughing at the people who say this is fake
@RyanWatchesNaruto I dunno. I agree. That second tire trick with tire, his stick never touched that ball
that is UN-NATURAL
lol 1:26 scared me
I just get sick of people that say it is fake these tricks and hard and take alot of practice to master
i cant evven make those shots normally. thats sick how he can do it jumping over things and putting spin on it
people have to realize that these shots are NOT NOT that difficult they are NOT fake. just talent required.
@Yellowness1 I hate jelous peices of shit like you…..scum!
1:06 misses the last shot GOSH DAMMIT RETAKE BITCHES
@JosiahDaAsian no he doesnt
@JosiahDaAsian I meant if it happened, hahaha
dude thats awesome
how much hours do you do this a day?
I can stop watching 2:37-2:38. Watch the ball closely when he says "Why" "Have" You". The bounce right before "right" looks really weird. Each of when these words are spoken, the ball hits a corner, then he makes it. EPIC!
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We came back from Sungei Petani in time for me to host a dinner for my siblings, cousin and nephews who were back from Australia for the CNY. The dinner coincided with another commemorative occasion.
The restaurant we picked was the Grand Kingdom at the Tropicana City Mall in SS2, PJ. Because of the festive season, we had to make our reservation 3 weeks in advance. And when we went there before the CNY to make our menu selection, we discovered that because of the same reason, they had limited ala carte selection. They recommended 4 set menus priced between RM888 to RM2188. We settled for one in the middle.
This was my first time in this restaurant. It was tucked at one corner on the 1st floor of the mall. The common dining area was not very big, but they had individual dining rooms all around. I did not have the presence of mind to ask for a room and we ended up with a table in the noisy dining hall.
The place was pleasantly furnished with a very contemporary setting. It was rather congested, and I suspected that the acoustic of the dining hall could be better as it was really very noisy with a packed house. Service was prompt and efficient. A couple of guys who appeared to be foreign workers attended to our needs. Unlike some foreign workers in other establishments, they knew exactly what to do and seemed to be very well trained.
We sipped some wine and soon the dishes began to arrive at our table.
Being the CNY season, the starter was obviously the Yee Sang (魚生). It was served in a big round tray. The ingredients were varied and colourful.
Two types of seafood came with the Yee Sang - fresh salmon and the Muki Amaebi (Japanese fresh shrimps).
We were provided with long chopsticks for the toss. I was still harping on my jackpot. If indeed it is granted, there will be another feast in this restaurant, and a lot grander. But coming back to reality, the yee sang was very good. The flavour from the sauces and spices was just right. There was nothing to complain about the freshness of the ingredients.
The soup was individually served. It was a double boiled ginseng soup with fish maw. There was a choice of fish maw or shark fin. And of course, our option was against the fin. The soup was delicious. The flavour of the ginseng was distinct. Disappointedly, there was only a single piece of fish maw in the soup. Fish maw is really not that expensive. Instead, it was filled with chunks of chicken breast that most probably contributed to the main flavour of the soup. We were in no mood to eat the bland coarse breast meat. So we collected them all and got the waiter to tar pau (打包) them for Bob and Alex.
Next was a whole roasted suckling pig. It was presented in a golden platter and served with a sweet sauce and spring onions. What we got was just the thin layer of the piglet's skin - with the head and 4 legs as adornments. It was delightfully crispy and delicious. But where was the animal's meat? There was no trace of any. Naturally we did not touch the head and the legs. And without any request from us, the waiters promptly tar pau the head and leg for us. But shouldn't they also include the meat? After all, we had paid for the whole piglet.
The fish was superbly steamed. It was a giant tiger grouper (龍虎斑). It was very very fresh. The meat was soft and succulent and broke off in flakes. The sauce was light and did not mask the sweetness and flavour of the fish.
The stir fried fresh scallops with sea cucumber (海参) in XO sauce was another delightful dish. There was also some very nice crunchy green beans. The scallops were big and thick. The sea cucumbers, which are very expensive nowadays, were likewise thick and of very good quality. I tasted a tinge of chilli in the dish. It worked perfectly.
The was probably the highlight of the meal. It was braised whole abalone with Chinese mushrooms, dried oysters, and fatt choy (髮菜- black hair moss). The abalone were of decent sizes. They were marvellous. I also liked the big dried oysters. The fatt choy were sparse; they could had been a little more generous on that. Again the sauce was light and secondary to the original flavour of the various delicacies in the dish.
The last savoury course was the claypot Hongkong lap mei rice (腊味飯 - waxed meat rice). I was looking forward to this dish. We normally eat lap mei (腊味 - assorted waxed meat) only during CNY, and I had tasted some really nice lap mei rice. But the lap mei rice was not to expectations. It wasn't bad, but it did not turn out like how I expected it to be. I was actually surprised when this large plate of lap mei showed up on our table. It comprised delicious Chinese meat sausage (腊肠), Chinese liver sausage (肝肠), waxed duck (腊鸭) and waxed pork (腊肉). I had expected all these meats in the pot of rice.
A large claypot of rice did arrive and in it were more lap mei meats. They served the rice into individual bowls. The large plate of meats were the extras. There was a lot of meats - so much so, there were leftovers to tar pau back. The rice did not taste as good as I had experienced before. It some how lacked the flavour of the lap mei. Still I enjoyed it thoroughly.
They even scrapped up the rice crusts at the bottom of the claypot. The crusts were aromatic and crispy. Hard to believe we paid so much money to eat rice crusts.
Dessert was wonderful. There was this large bowl of chilled snow fungus with aloe vera. It was deliciously refreshing.
And we also had a plate of 2 different desserts. On the left were the lemon puffs. They were absolutely gorgeous. The pastry was soft and fluffy. Inside was a lemony sweet creamy filling. It was very very good.
On the right were the Nein Kuo (年糕 - traditional CNY rice cake). It was deep fried in a yam pastry - much like Woo Kok (芋角- yam puff), only the filling was not meat but Nein Kuo. It was very innovative. This was the first time I had Nein Kuo this way, and I enjoyed both the flavour and innovation.
It was a most satisfactory quality meal. But pricey. Grand Kingdom is apparently known to be an expensive place to dine. The meal costed me a small fortune - made worse perhaps by the festive season. I would like to return to try out their ala carte. Such places need to have an occasion to be there.
Perhaps I need to wager more into 4Ds.


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Ecuador: Andes and Amazon
29 January 2016
My last day in the land of soups and fresh juices in many flavors you can only imagine. Today consisted of classes, and the two buses and a taxi to wait for my early flight at 12:30am. One of the rides was on very windy roads, so I'm glad to be stationary for a bit!
28 January 2016
Today we took the motorized canoe upstream to hike up to a waterfall with a swimming hole (pictured - also pictured are the plants growing in the mist of the falls) - I could only get in waste deep as I'm a wimp and the water was too cold. The ficus tree pictured is probably 300 years old. Other pictures include a cacao tree with its fruit and a colorful grasshopper on the leaf. Later we I retuned back down the Napo River. And now I have a sunburn to end my trip! :$
27 January 2016
This morning we went to a Kichwa community called Tiyu Yacu to learn about the culture. We learned how chicha is made - fermented yucca that they commonly drink. We got our faces painted with achiote (seeds used for the color are pictured). The painting will protect me from bad energy. :) We watched how ceramics are made and painted - I bought two bowls. Then we learned about blowguns, and I did quit well on my first two tries (pictured- poor parrot!). Then we watched them pan for gold - it takes two days to get about one gram, which they sell for about $24. Also pictured: Gisella my teacher getting her face painted, the motorized canoe we took to get to the community on the Napo River.
26 January 2016
We went on a guided nature walk to learn about the plants and some animals - all in Spanish so I think I understood about half! I ate some ants that taste like lime. Saw many butterflies. Did I say it was humid? I am constantly sweating. I forgot to mention that soup is very popular in Ecuador, so I've had some tasty soups - kale, eggplant, etc. Learned a lot about the many celebrations in Ecuador during my lessons. Sorry for the stream of stream of consciousness, but am typing on my phone!
25 January 2016
After dinner we watched and helped prepare chocolate. First the seeds dry for four days, then they're roasted for about 25 min, and then you peel each seed. Then you grind the seeds and mix with sugar and milk (it is very bitter plain!) Heat up again and done! Now I am watching and hearing bats on their nightly hunt. :) There is a group of about 20 French people which is messing up my Spanish!
After a noisy night in a hotel facing the main drag in Tena, I am very happy to be at our lodge (Cotococha) where it is more peaceful. I think I've seen a Roadside Hawk and a Boat-billed Flycatcher from my patio (overlooking the Napo river with a great perching tree - pictured). But it's hard to know if I am getting the right ID now that I don't have a guide to confirm it! My stomach has been unhappy for the last few days so I am not too happy to eat, but the food so far here is excellent. Already brushing up on Spanish in the Amazon heat and humidity! Enjoyed a nice evening swim and am now watching a guy fish in the river by tossing a net. We don't have electricity so I will have early nights! (Also pictured is a ginger plant.)
24 January 2016
First morning I got to sleep in, and of course I woke up at 5:30am! Luckily I was able to go back to sleep! Met my teacher, Gisella, at the bus station for our bus to Tena. After a week here I still get anxious with new things! Gisella is very nice and speaks at a pace I can comprehend so looking forward to brushing the cobwebs off my Spanish! It was a beautiful drive up up up out of Quito through the Andes to the Amazon. My bus pictures couldn't do it justice so not posting photos. We were greeted by heat and some rain. I just may have to post the rest of my trip in Spanish and have you google translate si no entiendas! :)
23 January 2016
Then we went to the famous market in Otavalo where locals and tourists go to buy all sorts of goods. They have a traditional outfit that many wear (pictured for sale and on a few folks) and the women can change how the scarf is on their shoulders to indicate marital status. We decided to check out the church and happened upon a wedding! (pictured). Then we went to Cotacachi Mountain to see Cuicocha lake (pictured).
I was so tired yesterday that I almost decided not to go on my day trip today. So glad I did it! We drove where they grow avocados, tree tomatoes, and roses. We also stopped at a monument and giant sun dial on the equator where we learned that they have used the sun track maps to search for archeological sites, and found some pre-Incan sites. We ate bizcochos - a type of biscuit known in Cayambe (pictured - folks making them). We learned that Panama hats are really from Ecuador and called Montechristi hats - where they were made.
A rabbit lives at the Hostal I am staying at in Quito.
22 January 2016
My guide met me to take the bus and a car to Pasachoa. He did not speak much English so it was a challenging day, although later found out he knew most words if I asked! Hiked up near Pasachoa peak (pictured) at about 12,500 ft which was a challenge, especially on some of the steep stretches. The slight hump on the ridge to the left of the peak right above my shoulder is where we ended. We were hoping to get a view of Cotopaxi but did not. I am happy we are coming down! I love how the clouds look alongside the mountains.
21 January 2016
My last day on the birding tour! Great morning at Refugio Paz de las Aves where the owners have trained Antpittas (very elusive birds!) to come when called for worms. It's crazy! Saw three Antpitta species - Giant, Yellow-breasted, and Chestnut-headed - plus Andean Cock-of-the-rock displaying and calling (pictured). Arrived in Quito early afternoon to workout and relax. It was a great group with lots of laughs and a great tour. Pictured: our guide Andres; a Crested Guan found as abandoned eggs and trained to ride motorcycles (kidding!), and Powerful Woodpecker with a beautiful double knock (google it!)
20 January 2016
The weather cleared after lunch so we could appreciate the view from our lunch spot (pictured). Saw some neat butterflies. I love the way the fern pictured looks! The colors on the Velvet-purple Coronet (the hummingbird pictured) were breathtaking!
We had a rainy start to our morning; we are spending this entire tour in the Choco bioregion known for its rain! So we spent much of it at hummingbird and fruit feeders (we're pictured watching the feeders). Great views of Glistening-green Tanager, Rufous-throated Tanagers, and Crimson-rumped Toucanet (pictured at a fruit feeder). This emaciated puppy followed me to the feeders - he looked so sad and hungry. We saw this tarantula wasp (pictured) fly around and land (it was as big as my palm!) We also saw a Tayra (a type of weasel, but very large!) stealthily steal the bananas off of the feeders! It was too quick to photograph!
19 January 2016
Lots of little birds today! Grass-green Tanager, Cinnamon Flycatcher (pictured), and many others! Ended the night after dusk seeing and hearing a Great Potoo and fireflies! We had tree tomato for dessert tonight (pictured).
Look whose book is at our lodge!
18 January 2016
Fantastic end to our day. Found a Club-winged Manakin displaying (heard many others). Google this for a video! Walked through the forest to find another type of manakin with no luck (forest pictured). Saw a Masked Water-tyrant displaying. Ended our day with a Golden-headed Quetzal in plain view and at dusk a Lyre-tailed Nightjar displaying! What a special day! Pictured is a Green-crowned Brilliant.
Left at 530am to Rio Silanche (view of the river from our lunch spot pictured) for more time in the cloud forest. We climbed up about a 3-story tower to birdwatch with less neck strain! We kept hearing a Barred Puffbird (brown bird pictured) calling and searched for a while then found it plainly visible on a branch. Later we found a Red-capped Manakin (pictured) sitting in plain view.
17 January 2016
We had a rainy afternoon so went to another lodge to watch about 10 hummingbird feeders and fruit feeders. It actually was exhausting to try to keep focus with the constant flitting of probably at least 50 hummingbirds, but was a great end to the day!
Our guide got really excited when we thought we found a Fork-tailed Flycatcher flying around, but upon a closer look found it was a swallow with moss trailing from it. We all had a great laugh!
Started at 545am with a 5-minute walk to a blind on Tandayapa Bird Lodge property (where we are staying) to wait for dawn activity. Got predawn glimpses of Scaled Antpitta eating worms left for them. A Strong-billed Woodcreeper flew in (about the size of a flicker!) and feasted on the bugs by catching them and smacking them against the trees, and even climbed up the screen right next to me pulling on it like it wanted to come in.
Hummingbirds at our lodge; we've seen many of them! Birds pictured are: Toucan Barbet, Violet-tailed Sylph (with the long iridescent tail), and Buff-tailed Coronet.
This butterfly hitched a ride for quite awhile, and had its proboscis out feeling the backpack. (Wish I could post videos here!) Then it flew away and landed on two others for a shorter ride.
16 January 2016
Taking small bird pics with my phone is hard but see my first digi scope of a Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant! Highlights today were: Violet-tailed Sylph, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Toucan Barbet, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Streak-headed Antbird, White-capped Dipper, and Black-chested Mountain-Tanager...and many more! The number of species are overwhelming and difficult to keep track of!
I got distracted by the many flowers, bugs (check out the blue one in the photo!) and fungi. Photos 3, 6, and 9 are orchids and the rest I'll have to look up later.
530am start to get to Yanacocha. Beautiful Andes scenery along the way and in the park. The last picture is Pichincha mountain and on the other side is Quito. We're a group of 6 and everyone is really fun and interesting. And one is the spitting image of my fried Rod which is really strange!
15 January 2016
Andes sunrise. The texture and greens of the Andes have a hypnotic effect on me. Hope to capture an image to do it some justice soon!
14 January 2016
You have to wonder if everyone could actually get out in an emergency!
It's always odd to me how much I love to travel, yet I always get really anxious a few hours before my flight!


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The only No. 1-ranked wrestler we have yet to see this season has been Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State's three-time All-American and former 125lb NCAA champ.
Buckeyes coach Tom Ryan recently went on Steelwood Radio to discuss several topics but kicked off the show by revealing the date for Tomasello's return from injury. NaTo will be making his season debut this Friday when OSU travels east to take on Maryland at the Xfinity Center in College Park, MD — you can watch that match LIVE on Flo.
"The most ideal situation would be a tournament this weekend, but there's really nothing to go to that we want him at," Ryan said. "So he'll wrestle Maryland, and then he will wrestle, likely, against Minnesota based on just how he feels in that dual."
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Two days later, the Buckeyes head to Rutgers for a dual in Piscataway, NJ, but Ryan said Tomasello will not be in the lineup for that meet.
Ryan immediately recognized that there would be questions about why we won't see Tomasello against No. 2-ranked Nick Suriano, a Scarlet Knights sophomore. However, the Ohio State coach, now in his 12th year in Columbus, said it "makes no sense" for Tomasello to compete on Sunday from a "health and preparation" standpoint.
"I coach the student-athletes that are in the room," Ryan said. "We always try to make decisions on what's best for them and the team and never about the press, and unfortunately sometimes, you know, the fans are going to sacrifice seeing a great match, which we're looking forward to. I mean, Suriano has had a great year. We know he's really tough. We're excited about wrestling him, but it won't happen this weekend."


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Maintaining Health
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The meaning of a "healthy person" has way more to do with than just looking skinny. There's mental, physical, and emotional aspects of health that can tell you much more than just the number represented on a scale. Many teens and preteens are suffering common situations like depression and obesity, two common risks of your health, as said by,
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Mental health is a huge part of who you are and how to get on track with your body if that's what you choose to work on. "20-30% of young adults have at least one major depressive episode before adulthood" ymadvocasy states. If you are looking for a job or have one, make sure you have time to balance out the rest of your daily needs. You will also want to do the best you can in your school career because no one is in your life completely except for you. Times will be tough but everyone goes through those times. If you get your years of school done and go to college (if that's what you choose), your life will have a lot less stress. Also maintaining a good relationship with your family will be good.
There are many ways for a teenager to maintain good physical help just by making slight changes within your daily life. This includes exercising which teens should be doing an hour a day family doctor notes. This can include aerobics, strength training,Swimming, or hiking are very few ideas. Teenagers should also be getting nine to nine and a half hours of sleep every night. If you are planning on having sex at a young age, make sure to use any protection possible to avoid becoming pregnant or getting a disease. And make sure this is what you really want because it can hurt your physical and mental health.
Mental and physical health can go one in one with each other as well. The Mental Health Foundation states, "People with mental health conditions are less likely to receive the physical healthcare they are entitled to." This shows that individuals who are trying to lose weight will have an easier time if their mental health high, and it goes the other way as well.


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In 2014, Job Seekers Expect a Hiring Surge
Americans are still waiting for a big turnaround in the job market, four years after the last recession officially ended. Many people thinks that, the jobs they are being offered aren't as good as ones they lost.
Most job market analysts want to see some more months of improvement before they can give unqualified words of cheer to the unemployed and underemployed, even as the official job market report for November 2013 found better-than-expected job creation and a drop in the unemployment rate.
At present, there's no sign the hiring spigots will flow in 2014, except for workers in high need jobs, some information technology jobs and engineering to name a few. In 2014, many job hunters, and mainly the long time unemployed, can again anticipate sustained challenges.
Frank Lenk, senior economist at the Mid-America Regional Council, who reports twice a year on the Kansas City job market, said "We can't say happy days are here again for the less-educated or entry-level."
On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the most recent national measure of job creation and joblessness, suggested the slog is easing. The unemployment rate sank to its lowest in five years, 7 percent and payroll employment grew by about 203,000 jobs.
Economist Heidi Shierholz at the Economic Policy Institute calculated that at the recent average job creation rate of 175,000 jobs a month, it will be 2020 before the nation returns to the labor market health it had before December 2007.
The experts say, don't expect private employers to suddenly pour accumulated profits into expanded payrolls, if you're looking for a job next year. Don't expect their fears about the costs of the Affordable Care Act to disappear or payroll paring to end.
Don't plan on the Federal Reserve or Uncle Sam launching big labor-reviving programs. And don't hope for the dysfunction in Congress to vanish. The severe partisanship in Washington and the ongoing effects of sequester will impede, not foster, job growth, even if there's not another budget impasse and partial government shutdown.
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Angela Rummans and Rachel Swindler check out their tans, and Angela says her darker skin color looks "ghetto."
The live feeds for "Big Brother" haven't even been up for a full week yet, and already the racism has begun. Sadly, that's par for the course on the long-running reality show, and so is the social media outrage that will have no affect whatsoever.
It all went down on Monday when Season 20 Houseguests Rachel Swindler and Angela Rummans were sharing a hammock in the backyard. The two young women started comparing their tans, as you do, when things started to get a little sketchy, as detailed by TMZ.
Based on the online response to this exchange, there are many people who are struggling to ascertain exactly when things took a racist turn, but we think it's pretty clear. But don't worry, if you're not sure, we'll break it down in parentheses to help you out.
RACHEL: My stomach is as dark as Bay's. (Our first red flag that this conversation is heading nowhere good. Bayleigh Dayton is a fellow Houseguest who happens to be black. Not racist yet, but the potential is there.)
ANGELA: I know, I look ghetto here with the skin coloration. (There it is! And if you don't see why associating skin tone with ghetto is racist, then you just might be a racist. No, seriously.)
ANGELA (cont'd): And If we have nothing to do tomorrow or the next day, I'm gonna look--
RACHEL: I can't be in the sun for two days straight.
ANGELA: We're gonna look--
RACHEL: I'll look like a frikk-- I will look-- (It sounds like Rachel is either struggling to find the word she's looking for, or maybe struggling to find a different word than the one in her head because she knows it's totally racist.)
ANGELA: Leather. (That's not it, but also not racist ... god job, Angela!)
RACHEL: I will, legit, I will change ethnicities. I mean, I already have, basically. (Okay, this one is borderline, but not necessarily racist because different ethnicities often have different skin tones, so Rachel is still hanging in there.)
ANGELA: But it looks good.
RACHEL: I can't be changing ethnicities two days in a row. I mean, two more days in the sun, I will be-- not be good. Not be good for me. (Well, we're not sure what she means by "not be good for me," but if changing ethnicities would not be good, then that's some grade A racism, right there, meaning Angela and Rachel are two peas in a pod ... or hammock, as the case may be)
The response on social media was near universal condemnation, with many patiently explaining to their defenders why "ghetto" and "not be good for me" as comments are institutional or systemic racism at best. The young ladies may not be malicious racists, but that doesn't mean there isn't racism in their words.
And while many were calling for CBS to condemn the comments, or even eject them both from the game, a very small minority disagreed. While agreeing that the comments were problematic, they are also representative of the systemic racism in America, and isn't that what a show like "Big Brother" is supposed to expose? We don't have to be comfortable with it, but it is real.
And based on the social media response, we are most definitely not comfortable with it. Check out video of their conversation, taken from the show's live feeds, and those responses below:
Rachel: My stomach is as dark as Bay.— gιяℓ_ѕмєg (@girlsmeg) July 3, 2018
Angela: I know. I'm looking ghetto here with the skin coloration.
Rachel: I can't be in the sun for two days straight. I will change ethnicities. pic.twitter.com/mfm4V36Vdd
Angela equates being dark as ghetto pic.twitter.com/aenM6pxBk4— lemon (@prejuryflop) July 3, 2018
Big Brother casting blatant racists as houseguests yet again #BB20 pic.twitter.com/GMU7jGdMTP— MICAH 🌹 (@RealGrayM) July 3, 2018
"leave race out of big brother" racism is a part of this show by design. It's a social experiment. CBS profits off of the opinions and views of the hgs. Some of you have the privilege of it not being at the expense of people who look like you every year. This is America #BB20 pic.twitter.com/uSVq6GEo8m— Zaddy Les (@ZaddyLes) June 30, 2018
Look, I get it. Having racism on season after season sucks. But can we stop with asking CBS to interfere every. single. season. The only time they should be interfering only if somebody's health or safety is at stake. Big Brother is supposed to be watching, not scolding. #bb20— Just Me (@buckeye_chica) July 3, 2018
I've had time to sit on the comments Angela and Rachel made. Stuff like that is more than a game, it's real life. Having dark skin does not make you ghetto. If you're defending them, you're also part of the problem. #BB20— 💚 Sonni (@sonnileeann) July 3, 2018
One thing I hate about #BigBrother #bb20 is that when you call white contestants out for being racist trash, white people on Twitter get SO Upset. You're more mad about being called a racist than actually exhibiting racist behavior?! pic.twitter.com/I106Gr7V4V— "I'm Good Luv, Enjoy" (@Mndspeak88) July 3, 2018
The racism is jumping out on big brother live feeds already I see pic.twitter.com/bcjvMAkhBD— dani ☁ (@clcpinks) July 3, 2018
Angela probably meant her uneven tan looked ghetto, but it's Twitter in 2018 so I'm not surprised everyone is screaming "RACIST!" #BB20— BB (@EnigmaUnknown) July 3, 2018
Y'all ain't gotta look hard to find racism on Big Brother. For 20 seasons CBS has funded a reality tv series with a PREDOMINATELY WHITE cast. Using your economic prowess to promote white people, esp. white people w/ prejudiced views, is racism. The proof is in the mayo!!! #BB20 pic.twitter.com/mIpCrpChAQ— Jake 👁 #BB20 (@bigbrother_2K18) July 3, 2018
Girl... all this racism on Big Brother... what's going on here.— Jennifer Sheena (@JennMUA) July 3, 2018
Angela described her skin getting darker as "ghetto"..... pic.twitter.com/SdxPZ2ta7j— faysal's baby muva (@_Reality_Addict) July 3, 2018
So Angela actually called a skin tone "ghetto"?!?!?!?!?! #BB20 #BBLF— Bails // #BB20 (@BBBaileyBails) July 3, 2018
Not at all surprised by the racist stuff. Big Brother pulled the curtain back on these yt folks a long time ago. #bb20— beyAngelo (@astazers) July 3, 2018
The whole color thing was taken out of context on big brother. Angela shouldnt have said ghetto after Bayleigh's name was put out on there. but sooooo out of context— Ozzy (@OzTheBanana) July 3, 2018
Let's get 1 thing straight, her saying she was dark was not the racist part, it was Angela saying she was looking ghetto by her skin coloration. Like someone's skin color defines if they are ghetto or not! Don't defend foolishness! pic.twitter.com/JlgYi1U4b7— Ladij78 (@Ladij78) July 3, 2018
I love @CBSBigBrother but yall really do nothing about blatant racism on your show, It happens EVERY single year.— 🌙 (@TheRightOne126) July 3, 2018
Can everyone please @ TMZ/Shaderoom/BallerAlert/WorldStar so this story can be picked. We need production to start taking racism seriously. If we get a lot of noise going we could really change how this show is cast. I'm sick of seeing the black houseguests treated like this.— analsomali (@somaliforever) July 3, 2018
No black person has ever won Big Brother. Nothing will change this season. In one way or another, BB is just as racist as America is. #bb20— MJ ✊ #CorruptionIsExpensive (@ItsMJ254) June 29, 2018
I guess racism isn't apart of the background checks— 🍓ᴀᴅʀɪᴀɴ (@Oceans8_) July 3, 2018
@CBSBigBrother stop cutting the feeds to hide the racist trolls! 👏 EXPOSE THEM! #BB20— Joey (@OMFGRealityTV) July 3, 2018
The MAGA alliance is truly getting on my last nerve. It's only been 4 days since the live feeds have been on & the racism has already jumped out like tf— hannah (@Hannah_Solomon) July 3, 2018
Saying she's looking ghetto is racist when comparing yourself to a black person and saying that changing ethnicities "won't be good" is also racist 🙄they are saying looking like Bayleigh is a bad thing— Nicole Walsh (@nic_r_walsh) July 3, 2018
I was actually starting to warm up to Angela but the comment she was made was very ignorant. When does being black equal to someone being ghetto ? #BB20 pic.twitter.com/ohxwk7k8k8— աҽ ҍɑlliղ, i Տɑվ, ՏաiՏհ, ՏաiՏհ (@exhosion) July 3, 2018
How tf does getting darker mean "you look ghetto"? I haven't even caught up on big brother but this right here...I don't like them.— Tj 🌻 (@tjsiren) July 3, 2018
If you're Caucasian & you're not sure what systematic racism looks like... watch @CBSBigBrother #BB20— Director (@DiggzWorld) June 29, 2018
Don't get it twisted, Angela was racist with her comment. Not everyone associates the word ghetto to POC. I personally associate it to low income housing. But Angela said it right after a comment about Bayleigh so she clearly linked ghetto to being black. #BB20 pic.twitter.com/Q5Aee3Y7UZ— Katie 🇧🇪 (@gallymero) July 3, 2018
Angela said she would look ghetto if she gets more sun on her stomach... The racist jumped out. Thanks for confirming that I was right to think you were trash! #BB20— Di (@didiah17) July 3, 2018
every season of big brother i wait for our first racist houseguest bc it is inevitably going to happen— sad bec is sad (@haetopia) July 3, 2018
it took less than a week since premiere this time #BB20
Disappointed to hear what Angela said. I didn't know getting a tan made you "ghetto" I've been tanning my whole life & never turned "ghetto" oh yeah that's right, I'm not closed minded. 🙄🤦🏻♀ & Rachel was close to saying something too #BB20— Kim Napier (@kimpsble) July 3, 2018
Rachel and Angela, the remarks you made tonight shows how ignorant and prejudice you are. Having dark skin is not ghetto or bad. I know you two think that you're pretty, but your beliefs regarding skin color makes you so ugly. The truth is brown skin is beautiful! #BB20 pic.twitter.com/Ymcw890EDF— lovebeauty (@BBvetoqueen) July 3, 2018
PSA: Having dark skin doesn't make you ghetto. Angela and Rachel are trash. And If you don't see anything wrong with what they said, then you're trash too. #BB20 pic.twitter.com/PYx8IFuE5e— Tenia Bullock (@TeniaBullock) July 3, 2018


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CAREERIllustration: railway goods porter, Leicester 1968 (written-up in my 'Railway Poems')More than an inkling of my life is in my poems. Here are career details. I was born in 1940 in London, and except for two spells of wartime evacuation to Northamptonshire grew up in suburban London, in Woodford and Croydon. SchoolingIn 1951 the 11-plus exam took me from primary school to the Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon, where most pupils were fee-payers, and which required attendance on Saturdays and membership of its Cadet Corps. Aside from such annoyances, I enjoyed fooling around, and cross-country running and middle-distance track athletics. I read voraciously, sometimes even books on the syllabus. Early in the second year of my sixth-form course, resistant to feeling on a conveyor-belt to Oxbridge, I summarily left school. Life studies From 1957 to 1963 I worked as a junior library-assistant in Woolwich, a kitchen porter in Jersey in the Channel Islands, a bank clerk in London's City Road, in two London bookshops, and in two jobs as an accounts clerk. Throughout, I read literature avidly, and wrote successive drafts of novels, some lengthy, all abandoned as I felt I had outgrown what I was trying to do. Also during these years I wrote my earliest poems.University educationIn 1963, having obtained A-levels through solitary study, I began reading English at Leicester University, graduating with first-class honours in 1966. This had not resolved the question of a 'career'. I was, as during the previous summers of my undergraduate years, working as a porter in the railway goods yard in Leicester when as the result of a chance meeting between George (G.S.) Fraser of the Leicester English staff and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, I was invited for interview to that College, and offered a Martin Senior Scholarship to read for a higher degree. From 1966 to 1968 I enjoyed Oxford, while continuing to work each summer in the Leicester railway goodsyard. I was researching for a D.Phil thesis on the writings of the poet Edward Thomas. In August 1967 I first visited Ireland. Later that year I for the first time sent verse to a magazine, and it was taken for publication. My Oxford funding extended until 1969; but in Spring 1968 I applied for, and after interview was offered, a post, from 1 September, on the English staff of the just-founded New University of Ulster. Shortly after taking up this position, by now getting more poems accepted by magazines, and wishing to concentrate on this, I disenrolled myself from my Oxford D.Phil.. University teachingFrom 1968 until 1997 I was a member of the English staff at the University of Ulster (as its name became after, in the 1980s, its merger with the former Ulster Polytechnic). I taught mainly, though not exclusively, nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, and from the 1980s ran the M.A. in Modern Literature. In 1979 I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in English. From 1980 I was for four years External Examiner in English at the University of Surrey. In 1968-69 I was located at the Magee College campus in Derry, as in that city the thirty years of Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' began, with demonstrations, conflict, destruction and in August 1969 gunfire and the British army on the streets. That October I was moved to the main campus at Coleraine. During three decades in Ireland I was often (sometimes on study leaves) back in England, mostly in London and Manchester, and from 1984 regularly in Lincoln visiting my son, also holidaying with him elsewhere. In 1997, when government cutbacks throughout the UK constrained universities to devise schemes for shedding staff in terms advantageous to the individuals, I took the opportunity for early retirement from my university career. Writing, like reading, need have no retirement age. Present situationIn 1998 I moved from Ireland to Norfolk, first to Cromer on the north coast, then in 2000 into the city of Norwich, where I now live. Since 1998 I have learnt Italian and been reading that language's glorious literature. I frequently visit Italy, and in particular since 2001 have annually spent much time in Sicily, including renting an apartment for several weeks each year in Lipari in the Aeolian Islands. I am a member of the Italian Cultural Institute, and of East Anglian Writers. Literary awards and honoursMy first collection of poems, Living Room (1974) was a Poetry Book Society Choice (the judges at the time being Philip Larkin and Dannie Abse). Out For the Elements (1981) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Selected Poems (1986) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. 'Out for the Elements', the long title-poem of the collection to which it gives its name, won the £1000 prize in the Observer/Arvon Poetry Competition in 1981 (the judges were Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney). In 1997 I was shortlisted for one of the £15,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards to Artists (the only year these have been for poets). I am a recipient of the Cholmondeley Award to Poets.
BOOKS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS This illustration shows 4th-century BC Greek comedy theatre masks from Lipari in the Aeolian Islands.Here I list my collections of poetry, a reviewer's comment after each title, an anthology I edited, a few of the more significant anthologies including my poetry, and some general information about my pubished prose. As well as their book publication, my poems have appeared in a huge range of magazines, within and beyond the UK, and been broadcast on radio and television.Collections of Poetry Bitter-Sweet (a pamphlet of seveninterrelated poems, ShoestringPress, 2017) By the River Wensum (Shoestring Press, 2014)The Captain's Swallow (Carcanet, 2007)Andrew Waterman's latest volume is set among the coves and furrowed headlands of Sicily's spectacular Aeolian archipelago. But Waterman eschews picture-postcard prettiness for a volatile, elemental beauty... Fishing boats and patron saints form just one aspect of a picture that also includes provincial elections, Juventus matches, mopeds and mobiles - and the poetry is the richer and more convincing for it. Nevertheless, there is a timelessness to the islanders' lives that derives from the way their experiences are shaped by their unique environment. There is a continuity here that seduces both poet and reader. The Guardian.Collected Poems 1959-1999 (Carcanet, 2000)'The "story" that emerges through these poems is moving and inspiring and the craftsmanship in its telling is superb. Even as it explores the darkest themes of the arbitrariness of human existence and the innate violence of the human species, brims wth a vitality and an in-spite-of-itself optimism born of a keen eye and ear for what is beautiful. Thirty years in Northern Ireland observing and sometimes embroiled in conflict is I imagine symptomatic rather than generative of Waterman's commitment to understanding suffering… His diversely ranging tones which swoop between moments of elevation and conversational idiom are actually a hallmark that makes for exciting contrast. Some recent poems probe difficult questions of a religious/spiritual nature' Marita Over, Ambit. The End of the Pier Show (Carcanet, 1995)'Waterman's generous, amused sense of disproportion, while not flinching from the pathos of events, directs the reader to iconic compensations or causes for celebration. The considerable force of these poems derives from the recurring tension between a Keatsian desire to freeze the perfect moment in ecstatic lyricism and Hardyesque fidelity to everyday bathos.' Tim Dooley, Times Literary Supplement.In the Planetarium Carcanet, 1990)'His sequence about fatherhood and separation continually rings true; in "Access Again" he catches visits to see his child with painful accuracy.' Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times. Selected Poems (Carcanet, 1986, Poetry Book Society Recommendation) 'Waterman takes an even greater delight than Larkin in things…His evocations of London and Ulster life are vivid and invigorating. His imagination teems with the kind of detail one expects from a novelist; to find it coupled to such metrical dexterity is rare indeed… If anybody could write a contemporary "Don Juan", it appears that Andrew Waterman could. Like Byron, he is a great entertainer. For sheer witty perceptiveness, I recommend "The Interviews"… But also like Byron Waterman is essentially a serious poet.' John Greening, Poetry Review. Out for the Elements (Carcanet, 1981, Poetry Book Society Recommendation) '"Out for the Elements" is a rare thing: a long poem which is highly readable, as well as thoroughly contemporary in its techniques and mode of intelligence. It also goes with sensitivity to the heart of several problems that beset modern Britain… If someone in a century or so would like to know what it was like to live in Britain in the 1980s, he could do worse than turn to "Out for the Elements".' Grevel Lindop, Times Literary Supplement. 'It strikes me as one of the central poems of our time.' Neil Powell, 'Waterman and the Elements', Helix (Australia). Over the Wall (Carcanet, 1980)'His third and best collection to date… One of the most skilful and moving of the poems, "Pictures from Donegal", underlines both his love of Irish landscape and his deep concern for people. Waterman is an incisive observer of others, and his use of dialogue is always accomplished and convincing.' Dennis O'Driscoll, Hibernia. From the Other Country (Carcanet, 1977)To find room among the drab facts of the matter for a delicate lyricism is a fine refutation of those who "…find / bestial or brutal our banalities, / and do not see the detail beneath stark outlines" ("From the Other Country"),. It makes Waterman's book a splendid and brave piece of work.' Christopher Hope, London Magazine.Living Room (Marvell Press, 1974, Poetry Book Society Choice) 'The strength comes from Waterman's skill in dramatising the collision of human poterntial and waste… Such variety, held together by consistent seriousness, is rare at the best of times.' John Mole, Phoenix. Anthology editedThe Poetry of Chess (Anvil Press, 1981) 'Most persistent of all is the analogy between concepts of chess praxis and the characteristic traps and agonies of life itself, especially in its moral, erotic and dialectical aspects: the fork, the pin, the skewer, the opposition, the stalemate, the poisoned pawn, the discovered check, the Zugzwang. (Zugzwang is a position in which whoever is to move has a grave disadvantage. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?)… Andrew Waterman has chosen his material sensibly, and contributes a very creditable introductory essay.' Martin Amis, Observer. Some salient poetry anthologies including my workModern Poets Five, ed. Jim Hunter (Faber, 1981) This the fifth in Faber's series of anthologies each featuring five or six post-1900 British or American poets, showcases a substantial sample of my work, along with that of C.H. Sisson, Craig Raine, Robert Wells, Tom Paulin and Andrew Motion.)Some Contermporary Poets of Britain and Ireland, ed. Michael Schmidt (Carcanet, 1983)Post-War British Poets, ed. Dannie Abse (Hutchinson 1989)The Wearing of the Black, ed. Padraic Fiacc (Blacstaff Press, 1974) Poems in Focus, ed. Christopher Martin (Oxford University Press, 1985)London Magazine 1961-1985, a selection from 25 years of the magazine, ed. Alan Ross (Chatto & Windus, 1986) Elected Friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas, ed. Anne Harvey (Enitharmon Press, 1991)A Rage for Order: poetry of the Northern Ireland Troubles, ed. Frank Ormsby (Blackstaff Press, 1992) Earth Songs: an anthology of contemporary eco-poetry, ed. Peter Abbs (Green Books/Resurgence, 2002) Published ProseI have published much prose, mostly literary-critical but also a few purely personal pieces, in the form of book reviews, many longer articles for magazines and periodicals, and chapters contributed to books. Among many other journals, I have written prose for Critical Quarterly, The Iowa Review (USA), London Magazine, PN Review, Poetry Review, the Spectator, The Thomas Hardy Journal, Times Literary Supplement, Visible Language (USA). Books I have contributed chapters to include On the Novel, ed. B.S. Benedikz (Dent, 1971), British Poetry Since 1970, ed. Peter Jones and Michael Schmidt (Carcanet, 1980), Living Out of London, ed. 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Distribution and Abundance of Scombrid Larvae in Southern Brazilian Waters
Distribution and abundance of scombrid larvae in southern Brazilian waters (23°S–29°S) are reported from plankton samples taken during the period between November 1975 and October 1976. Five species were identified: Auxis sp., Euthynnus alletteratus, Scomber japonicus, Katsuwonus pelamis and Thunnus alalunga. Among them Scomber japonicus spawned in winter and spring, especially in January, while the other four species spawned in spring and summer. The most abundant larvae were Auxis sp., which were collected from the entire study area. The distribution of Euthynnus alletteratus larvae was mainly coastal. Auxis larvae less than 12 mm standard length showed no catch ratio difference in day and night hauls.
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Council 82 president on paid leave pending 'investigation'
Allegations against police union's James Lyman under review
James Lyman is on paid leave from his post leading Council 82, one of the state's largest police unions, pending an investigation of several unspecified allegations by the union's executive board, according to an email sent Tuesday to Albany police officers.
The Times Union reported Friday that Lyman, a retired Albany detective, appeared to have been sidelined from his job as executive director of Council 82, an umbrella union that represents about 3,800 state and local law enforcement and correction officers across New York.
Top union officials last week declined to discuss whether Lyman was still in the job he's held since 2008 and which paid $185,000 in gross salary last year, according to a filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.
But the email sent Tuesday by Albany Police Officers Union President Kevin Flynn to roughly 350 Council 82 members in the city confirms that Lyman was put on administrative leave May 17 and "relieved of his duties and authority as Executive Director while an investigation into several allegations against him is conducted."
Lyman has hired Albany attorney Michael Koenig to represent him in the matter, but Koenig said Lyman hasn't been told the nature of the union's inquiry.
"Jim will happily meet with Council 82 if and when they tell him what they're looking into," Koenig said.
Flynn, who is also treasurer of Council 82's executive board, declined to elaborate on the email Tuesday or describe the nature of the allegations.
Ennio Corsi, the Colvin Avenue-based union's top in-house lawyer, also declined to comment on Lyman's situation.
Lyman, who also serves on the executive council of the state AFL-CIO, previously served as Council 82's elected statewide president.
In February, a new insurance brokerage geared toward law enforcement, National Public Safety Professionals, was incorporated at the address of a Loudonville home owned by Lyman.
On his LinkedIn page, Lyman lists himself as a partner in the venture — though another of the firm's principals, Saratoga Springs insurance agent David Daignault, told the Times Union last week that Lyman's role in the business has so far been "minimal."
Lyman has also held the liquor license for Duffy's Lucky Charm bar on Clinton Avenue since 2013.
Council 82 is also known as the New York State Law Enforcement Officers Union and is affiliated with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
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Schooner FORWARDER (C), ashore at the foot of Lake Ontario.
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OSWEGO, Nov. 7. - It is estimated that the loss of property on Lake Ontario by the recent gale, will reach $150,000. Twenty or thirty vessels received more or less damage. Brig SAMPSON and schooner FORWARDER, are ashore below Fort Ontario, and a Lake Huron schooner at Wolf Island.
Buffalo Daily Republic
Friday, November 7, 1856
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Further Effects Of The Gale - The schooner C. HARRISON is ashore at Milwaukee. The UNDINE is also ashore at Muskegon. The schooner YOUNG AMERICA is at Beaver Harbor, leaking badly. The schooner PEORIA, had her rigging and stanchions carried away by collision at Maitland. The brig SAMPSON is ashore at Fort Ontario, with a cargo of coal. The schooner FORWARDER is ashore at the same place. The schooner GEORGIANA, of Montreal, with lumber, is ashore at Port Colborne. The schooner CAROLINE is ashore near Whitby. The schooner TEMPEST is sunk inside
the river at Oswego.
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Saturday, November 8, 1856
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It has been one month since I have returned from my first VOSH Mission Trip. I have spent part of every day reflecting on my experience and trying to find the words to convey to family, friends and co-workers exactly how much this experience has enriched my life. I have yet to find the appropriate message to express the range of emotions I experienced during my travels and upon my return. I can only say that you have to live it to realize it. I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to encounter another country and its people in this fashion. Would I do it again? Definitely!
When I first joined the Fairhaven Lions in 2000 I was lucky to listen to a presentation from a fellow Lion member Carol Bohannon about her attendance at many VOSH missions to regions of countries where people are not fortunate to have vision care available. Upon listening to her, little did I know that I also would be privileged to have this experience.
[Author's Note: Carol and I both planned to go on the May 2009 VOSH trip to Portoviejo, Ecuador, but unfortunately Carol was destined to have surgery shortly before the trips departure so she reluctantly had to decline going on the mission.]
I began the process of learning and working towards the mission by sorting glasses obtained by the Lions and other groups that are donated to VOSH in Crystal, MN. Glasses are sorted, classified and packed bi-monthly by volunteers, some who have been on previous VOSH missions and are eager to share their experiences. As upcoming trips become closer the excitement escalates.
Besides packing used glasses to dispense, those of us who were destined to go on the mission trip had meetings and e-mail exchanges that conveyed information on the flight, country, weather, packing, shots, etc., etc. It was all very exhilarating. Soon, all the orientation was over and we were ready to go. But, believe me no groundwork what-so-ever can prepare a person for the actual event. As I said before, you have to live it to realize it.
The initial flight to Miami, Florida and the consequent flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador were really uneventful with the exception of the 6 hour layover in Miami. Upon arriving at customs with our suitcases plus the 11 boxes of glasses, cases and gifts we were further detained for 2 hours while waiting for "paperwork" to clear. We then had a bus ride to our hotel. It was early morning before we all got to sleep. The next day after breakfast, we again boarded the bus and drove the 3 hour trip to Portoviejo, stopping along the way at the eye clinic of the President of VOSH, Ecuador, Daniel Valverde, O.D. Upon our arrival in Portoviejo we were warmly greeted by our host families, taken to their homes to settle in and then back to the Civil Engineers Bldg. where we would set up the hall for the dispensing area.
The team consisted of 12 members from the US, led by VOSH, Minnesota President Bob Boeding and included 2 doctors. In addition there were 6 students from Canada, doctors and students from Ecuador plus Portoviejo Rotary Club members and exchange students who translated for us. The Rotary Club provided wonderful nourishing meals and beverages. We dispensed 2,025 pairs of glasses in 4 days of 10-12 hour shifts. The team was well organized and worked smoothly together during the hot, humid days. Since, I do not have an optometry background I found it to be a very challenging, rewarding, educational experience. After the doctors wrote the prescriptions, I along with others attempted to match the RX to the glasses we had brought along. Many times, this was a very difficult procedure, but our goal was to get as close as we could.
The reward of the patient's ability to see more clearly was overwhelming at times.
There were many exclamations of, "muchas gracias" and ever so many hugs of thanks. The heat, the constant challenging work, the stress of having to communicate in a language that I was not familiar with, thus having to use a translator the majority of the time in addition to the rewards, plus the long hours and foreign foods led to an inconsistent roller coaster of emotions that my body had to deal with.
The evenings were spent with our host families who took us into their homes and hearts as part of their family. This was truly the way to learn about another country including its people and customs.
We had a day of R&R half-way between the work days and spent the time as tourists in a seaside community. The work culminated with a "thank-you" dinner and dance. Tears of sadness at leaving and happiness of knowing all the wonderful, warm new friends that we had made in Portoviejo flowed freely at the dinner and also at the bus departure the next morning.
We then journeyed along the coast, as on vacation for 2 days before our exit from Ecuador.
I have had corrected vision for the majority of my life and I have taken the fact for granted that I could easily obtain this treatment. How humbling it makes me feel to know that I have been so fortunate to be able to help others. I treasure the pictures I took and the fond memories I have will last forever.
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