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Some physical symptoms of anxiety are obvious, but there are others you may not be aware of. Could some of the physical symptoms you're experiencing be related to general anxiety disorder?
I lived with chronic general anxiety for many years, so I can tell you firsthand about the different symptoms of anxiety that people may experience.
There are a lot of physical symptoms that are regularly associated with anxiety, such as a rapid heartbeat, shaky hands and a churning stomach.
But there are many other physical symptoms that are created as a result of anxiety, yet they are not so obviously linked.
A lot of physical symptoms of anxiety can be very worrisome and scary at the time. You may also have trouble accepting the fact that your physical distress is actually anxiety-related.
When you begin to understand and acknowledge that you are displaying some physical anxiety symptoms, it's a relief to know that there is nothing actually physically wrong with you. It is then that you can begin to take the first steps toward healing yourself.
The following is a list of physical symptoms that may be related to a generalized anxiety disorder (as opposed to panic attacks or other types of anxiety). You may experience just a couple of these, or find you can relate to many on the list:
CAUTION: Before you assume your symptoms are anxiety related, please check with your medical doctor for the presence of any real physical disorder. It is possible some of the symptoms listed below are caused by real physical problems that require urgent medical attention.
While this is a pretty long list, it is certainly not exhaustive. And you don't need to experience all of these physical symptoms of anxiety to have a general anxiety disorder.
Remember that each person is unique, and the number of or intensity of your physical anxiety symptoms should not be compared with others.
If you find you actually experience several of the scarier symptoms all at the same time, you may actually be having a panic attack. This would include symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, dizziness, shaking, and psychological symptoms such as feeling detached and a fear of dying.
Panic attacks are outside of the scope of my experience, so if you experience panic attacks, please seek further assistance.
Anxiety also displays psychological symptoms. To read about these, please go to my page about the Psychological Signs of Anxiety. These are just as relevant as the physical signs.
If you can accept the fact that you have a general anxiety disorder, and view yourself with compassion, then this is the first step toward releasing yourself from the hold anxiety has over you and your life.
To learn the ways I healed myself from chronic anxiety, please choose from the links below to some of my other pages:
1. Acupressure for anxiety - an easy do-it-yourself finger pressure technique.
2. Alternative Nostril Breathing - a simple breathing exercise that induces calm.
3. Meditation - a regular meditation practice is of great benefit to everyone.
4. Flower Essences - safe and easy energy healing system to restore your emotional balance from deep within.
5. Emotional Healing Exercises - simple but powerful exercises to help you release emotional baggage.
6. Changing your Self Talk - adjusting your inner dialogue to change the way you feel.
7. Herbs and Supplements - for some relief from the physical symptoms of anxiety.
8. Other Self Help for Anxiety Tips
There is no shame or humiliation in having an anxiety disorder of any kind, and that includes the chronic anxiety that I myself have experienced. Having anxiety does not mean you are weak.
Once you realise you have nothing to be afraid of, you can begin to look forward to a more peaceful and content future.
And I know - I have done it for myself.
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Even billionaires need to raise money. Take Elon Musk. Each time he launches a new company, he raises outside money for it. Why? Because why should he only invest his own money? Rather, Musk and other billionaires understand the importance of leveraging other people's money.
So, what do billionaires like Elon Musk do to raise money? Below are five key tactics billionaires use, and perhaps more importantly, that you can too.
1. Leverage Relationships
Billionaires have lots of relationships that they leverage when seeking capital. They access their networks by telling them about their latest project and their funding needs.
You too have relationships. You have current and/or former bosses, co-workers, counsel (e.g., accountants, lawyers, etc.), family friends and so on. Leverage these relationships when seeking funding. Even if none of your current relationships can invest directly, some certainly know and can introduce you to others who can.
2. Get Creative on Deal Terms
A great investment makes sense for both the investor/lender and the entrepreneur. Oftentimes, in ensuring the investment works, you need to get creative on the deal terms.
For example, maybe you give the investor a small equity percentage in your business, monthly repayment of some of their investment, AND a small percentage of your venture's future sales. While most investments only include one of these funding options (e.g., debt/loan, equity, or royalty payments), there's no rule that you can't get creative and combine deal terms. And when you do, you often make your deal/company more appealing to investors.
3. Sell Investors on the Opportunity
Regardless of how good your company or investment opportunity is, you need to "sell" it to investors and lenders. Billionaires like Elon Musk must also do this. For instance, Musk constantly convinces investors why his newest venture will be a huge success.
Marketing yourself and your company to investors is a crucial part of raising capital. You must prove to investors why your company will be successful and that they will get a solid return on their investment. Importantly, when "selling" investors, get specific. For example, don't just say you will succeed because you have the best management team. Rather, explain the precise credentials of your team that make you the best.
4. Don't Take Rejection Personally
Billionaires like Elon Musk have been rejected hundreds of times in their money-raising careers. The fact is that your investment is never right for everyone.
You must accept that you will get more "no's" than "yes's" when raising money. Importantly, don't let the "no's" get to you. Remember that you only need one "yes." So, even after 10 "no's" or 25 "no's" or even 50 or 100 "no's" you need to keep going and persevere.
If you truly believe you have a great company or opportunity, and that it can provide a solid return to your investors/lenders, then never back down.
5. Strategically Incorporate Investor Feedback
When investors say "no," use the opportunity to gain feedback. Specifically, ask them why they didn't want to invest. Sometimes it has to do with your deal terms. Other times it has to do with concerns about your business or business model.
It is important for you to strategically assess this feedback. Don't blindly follow the feedback or advice, as it may or may not be correct. But particularly if you hear the same feedback from multiple investors, you must strongly consider what they are saying. If multiple investors, for example, say your management team isn't strong enough, then it's generally time to agree with them and immediately start to bolster your team.
Similarly, when billionaires like Elon Musk have trouble raising funding, they modify their project and/or deal terms to better adhere to the needs of investors and/or lenders.
In summary, raising capital is essentially a partnership between you the entrepreneur and the sources of funding you seek.
The larger your network, the more potential funders or referrals to funders you have. After that, it's about creating and selling an opportunity that funders can't resist. Never give up, but also, don't be stubborn — realize that feedback from those who say "no" can often be invaluable to your ultimate success!
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Students' Best Writing Needs Work, Study Shows
The best writing that students produce as part of their classroom work is still not very good. That's the conclusion of the first large-scale study of writing portfolios conducted on a national basis.
The portfolios were developed as part of the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress, a federally financed program that provides one of the primary barometers of student achievement in the United States.
A nationally representative sample of more than 3,000 4th and 8th graders who participated in the main 1992 NAEP writing assessment also submitted portfolios. The results were released here last week.
The students included three pieces of their writing from English or language-arts classes that represented their best work. The students were asked to give preference to pieces developed using such writing-process strategies as consulting with others and revising successive drafts.
They also were asked to select work that represented different kinds of writing--narrative, informative, and persuasive. So few examples of persuasive writing were submitted, however, that they were not analyzed in depth.
The samples were scored on a scale of 1 through 6, with scores of 1-2 representing undeveloped writing; 3-4, the medium range; and 5-6, the most developed prose.
'The Best Is Mediocre'
At the 4th-grade level, most of the narrative papers submitted (52 percent) were descriptions or lists of events that were brief or undeveloped; 46 percent were stories with some descriptive detail but little development. Only 1 percent were developed stories. (Because of rounding, the percentages for some categories do not total 100 percent.)
The following paper, as written by a 4th grader, is an example of a simple description of an event: When I went to the zoo, the dinosaurs exhibit was on. They had diplodocus, and pterodactyls. They had like protozoa, it's like a plant. They had cavemen, and apes. They had sharks and jellyfish."
By the 8th grade, students' work had improved. Only 23 percent of the narratives were undeveloped stories; 65 percent included some descriptive detail, and 12 percent were more developed stories.
Of 4th graders' informative writing, 73 percent was at a basic level, 27 percent in the medium range, and only 1 percent represented developed discussions.
In contrast, the majority of 8th graders' papers (53 percent) presented a broad range of information and related it in a coherent way in at least one section of the piece. Still, only 4 percent of 8th graders' informative writing was rated in the top two categories.
"The moral of the story is that the writing is not very good in the nation," said Gary W. Phillips, the associate commissioner at the National Center for Education Statistics, which oversees NAEP. "Even the best is mediocre."
'Sustained Writing'
Students who used a larger number of process-writing strategies, however, wrote better. Students who spent more time writing, in school and out, also tended to perform better. Also, students who were asked to write papers of medium to long lengths (more than one page), at least once or twice a month, outperformed others.
"Sustained writing is essential to any good writing program," said Marilyn Whirry, a high school English teacher in California and a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for NAEP. "Students cannot learn to write well by jotting down a few sentences."
The study shows that writing-portfolio assessments can be conducted on a large scale. But it may disappoint people who believed that if students were asked to write in ways closer to what they do on a day-to-day basis they would perform better than on other tests. Results from the main 1992 writing assessment, released last June, also revealed lackluster performance. (See Education Week, June 15, 1994.)
But the new study found little relationship between how students did on the portfolio writing and their scores on the regular NAEP writing assessment, in which students have 25 to 50 minutes to write in response to a prompt.
Mr. Phillips said both assessments are valid but may measure different aspects of writing skill and knowledge. "A testing program in a school district or a state has to decide what it wants to measure of writing," he said.
Oral Fluency Studied
The writing-portfolio study was one of four research studies embedded in the 1992 national assessment that attempted to give a fuller picture of students' work.
As part of the Integrated Reading Performance Record, 4th graders were asked to read aloud and talk about what they had read. They were also asked about their reading activities. The two studies represent NAEP's first attempt to measure oral reading on a large scale for fluency, accuracy, and speed.
In reading aloud a portion of one narrative text that they had read silently twice before, 55 percent of 4th graders were found to be fluent. Only 13 percent consistently read with appropriate phrasing and some expressiveness.
The studies found that as students' fluency increases, their average reading proficiency also increases, suggesting that fluency is related to comprehension. An overwhelming majority of 4th graders reported reading storybooks (97 percent) and magazines (90 percent); however, fewer reported reading information books (77 percent). Reading diverse materials appeared to be related to better scores on the main NAEP reading assessment.
The fourth study focused on some of the more innovative aspects of the 1992 reading assessment. Initial results from the assessment were released in fall 1993. The framework underlying the reading assessment was overhauled substantially to reflect reading as a more dynamic, interactive, constructive process.
At all three grade levels studied--4, 8, and 12--students' average performance was highest on multiple-choice questions (63 percent to 68 percent correct), somewhat lower on questions that required a short, constructed answer (51 percent to 61 percent acceptable), and lowest on questions that required an extended response (25 percent to 38 percent essential or better).
The reason for the differences, Mr. Phillips speculated, is that the longer, open-ended questions require students to process more information and probe for deeper understanding.
"What students know is, in part, related to how you try to find out what students know," he said.
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"Marvel's Thor and Captain America were among the top 10 non-sequel releases of the year and we are pleased with the performance of both films and the true benefits of our Marvel acquisition should be quite visible in 2012. First, in May, Thor and Captain America will join Iron Man, The Hulk and Black Widow in Marvel's The Avengers, the first Marvel film to be marketed and distributed by Disney. The Avengers shows great promise with a record 10 million downloads on iTunes when the trailer debuted, and it is well on its way to being our next great franchise. Then in July, Sony Pictures will release The Amazing Spiderman. We're excited about the film and expect it will drive significant benefits for Spiderman consumer products." Division is expected to benefit next year from the release of "The Avengers" and Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man." Disney recently brokered a new deal with the studio that enables the Mouse House to collect most of the coin from Spider-Man movie products.
"To that end, we recently completed a transaction with Sony Pictures to simplify our relationship. And then in the deal, we purchased Sony Pictures' participation in Spiderman merchandising, while at the same time, Sony Pictures purchased from us our participation in Spiderman films. This transaction will allow us to control and fully benefit from all Spiderman merchandising activity, while Sony will continue to produce and distribute Spiderman films. We won't be specific about the economics of this 2-way transaction, but we expect it will drive attractive returns for Disney."


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HDCH New Ski & Snowboard Team
The Hamilton District Christian High Ski and Snowboard Team has been working out in the weight room all winter and doing on-hill gate training in preparation for our first ever outing to SOSSA Ski & Snowboard.
For the first time, we sent 7 athletes to the SOSSA Alpine Ski & Snowboard race at Blue Mountain in Feburary. Our ski and snowboarders represented HDCH well flying down the hill around the giant slalom course with ease.
Two members of our team qualified for Snowboarding OFSAA which was held in early March. Frake Eisses and Lucas Eising raced giant slalom with very respectable results in a field of 150 of the best boarders across the province. Additionally, Frake qualified to race in the OFSAA Snowboard Cross and handily won his heat each time with blistering fast runs down the Boardercross course.
A huge congratulations to these two, and all of the team members, as Hamilton District Christain High started what will hopefully be a long legacy of ski and snowboard racing.


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the bethlem psychiatric hospital is located in southhampton england
a psychiatrist walks with a hesitant woman in a black dress and a scarf and dark glasses
they are both flanked by muscular orderlies
the psychiatrist is soothing the woman with his words saying
we are so grateful that you decided to come back
you are the only one to whom he responds
he is in a most unusual state of dissociation
he resembles an extreme autistic mode
he will not speak nor will he respond to our words
you can see he just sits there and types on the word processor which we gave him
we are recording his objective histories shall we call them
he is aware of his surroundings but in a dissociative third person objective dare I say godlike awareness as evidenced by his furious writing
there is no first person in virtually any of his transcriptions nor in the fantasy narratives that he will compose of a sudden
only your name comes up in the narratives in the form of second and first person point of view over and over
caryn ashtree
caryn ashtree
we understand how difficult it is to see an old friend in such ill health but you do realize the good that you are doing yes
the woman finally turns and firmly faces skelly weaver and removes her dark glasses and then she gasps and covers her mouth and her eyes fill with tears and the woman asks of the psychiatrist
what happened to him
what happened
one of the orderlies relates as if confessing saying
he cut all the hair off of his head with a sharpened metal plate that he pried off of the toothbrush holder
the other orderly shares the confession saying
he used a grease pencil that he stole to write letters of the alphabet all over his face and body like tattoos
the woman now struggles to ask
is he typing everything that we are doing and saying
the psychiatrist affirms and points to the monitor screen where the text that skelly weaver is rapidly chipping away on his word processor also appears and is saved for diagnosis
the psychiatrist urges the woman
please talk to him
it won't matter what you say
he will weave it into a narrative that we can analyze
the woman sits down across from skelly weaver and she says
"Hello, Skelly. How are you?"
I feel myself brighten and I smile, saying, "There you are Caryn. I have been looking for you."
Caryn covers her mouth and then lowers her hand and asks, "Where…, where are we, Skelly?"
I close my eyes and smile and nod and I reply, "Rue de Rêves Cassés. It's after midnight already! Can you believe it? Don't be embarrassed. It is the charm of Paris to be lost in these ancient streets. Come. The hotel is that way."
Caryn wears the short blue and white dress that I find so attractive. I say to her, "If you don't mind, can we go back to the room? The view of Paris from the balcony is so amazing at night. You are amazing, Caryn. I will have a surprise for you tonight."
Caryn whimpers and I look into her eyes, "Are you alright, Caryn? What is wrong."
And then I realize: of course, on the sidewalk ahead is a pile of butchered cow heads outside the marché de la viande, the meat market. In the yellow streetlight the blood glistens down the hilly sidewalk.
I take her arm and guide Caryn across the cobblestone street and try to laugh as I say, "Not very auspicious. We must rekindle the mood for this special night," and I turn to kiss her but she breaks my grasp and I cannot see her anymore and I say with nervous humor, "Where are you hiding, ma cherie? What game is this?"
the woman stands and nearly falls backwards over the chair in which she had been sitting across from skelly weaver
one of the orderlies is there to catch her but she regains her balance and walks quickly to the psychiatrist and whispers harshly that she does not have the strength for this, for what is coming
the psychiatrist puts his arm over her shoulders and tries to bolster her original resolve saying
yes this is hard for you we know we know but if you can just get through this you will have helped your friend as only you can
after a few minutes the woman takes a deep breath and turns and marches back to skelly weaver and she sits down once again and she says with determination
"The view from this balcony is magical. Look. Look how big the full moon appears over the city."
I reply, "This couldn't be more beautiful. More perfect. But it is you, Caryn, not the moon or the city. It is you who are illuminating this night. I want you to illuminate the rest of my life this way. And that is why…"
Caryn turns and interrupts and she points up to the full moon and says, "Isn't it wonderful? No matter where in our world we might be together or apart we can share that same moon."
I ask her, "If I have my way we will never be apart. And that brings me to this…"
I think Caryn knows what I am going to ask but she is so agitated and she excuses herself, saying, "Skelly, hold that thought. Let me freshen up first, OK?"
the woman again arises and turns away from skelly and huddles with the psychiatrist again, crying,
don't make me go through with this
he is going to ask me to marry him
the psychiatrist nods and says
and you refused him
you must find strength
that is not what broke him
we have learned that skelly has had many events in his life that have lead him to reject reality and write himself into his cocoon world where he can make everything turn out the way he wants
it is not your fault
help him
I look over the dazzling city and while I wait for Caryn to return to our balcony I take out the ring and it is blessed by the full moon. I look up again and I think to myself that I could wait forever upon this balcony for Caryn.
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Take that, Leonardo DiCaprio!
In the new ad from GoDaddy.com, which will air during the Super Bowl, supermodel and DiCaprio ex Bar Refaeli shares a, er, kiss with supernerd Walter.
Check it out!
As racer Danica Patrick (a fixture in the site's Super Bowl ads for years) explains about the 30-second spot, "There are two sides to GoDaddy. There's the sexy side represented by Bar Refaeli. And the smart side that creates a killer website for your small business, represented by Walter (Heiman). Together, they're perfect."


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InDIGenous Jazz Series: Johannes Wallmann – Love Wins
October 6, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Type: Performance
This Event:
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* May be of interest to the LGBTQ community
Dr. Johannes Wallmann is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of Music at UW-Madison's Mead Witter School of Music. Before his arrival at UW, he led jazz studies at California State University East Bay and New York University, where he was named "Music Teacher of the Year." Parallel to his career in education, Wallmann has cultivated a versatile musical legacy. He has toured three continents with performances in Carnegie Hall and the Hong Kong Coliseum and has released six records as a composer and bandleader.
Wallmann's "Love Wins Project" incorporates electronica and spoken-word into a jazz-based discussion of marriage equality. This social justice-based innovation speaks to Wallmann's community outreach and ability to connect through music.
- Date:
- October 6, 2017
- Time:
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Full Season Subscribers can enjoy a complimentary glass of Prosecco or Peroni Rosso when dining pre-show for dinner at at local restaurant, Fatto, on presentation of your Full Season Subscriber Card.
Fatto Bar & Cantina is located on the river terrace next to Hamer Hall. With spectacular views across Melbourne's city skyline and Yarra river, Fatto is an all day Italian eatery, serving up fresh, modern interpretations of the Italian classics.
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I'll leave the statistical anaylsis of this to those like my friend Cory but it appears that despite what the GOP would have us believe, cutting spending is actually bad for growth.
From the start of the Great Recession in December 2007 through the end of 2010, 24 states have cut government spending by an average of 7.5 percent after adjusting for inflation. Another 25 states have expanded government outlays by an average of 11 percent. (The analysis excludes Alabama due to data problems reported by the National Association of State Budget Offices). And the differences in these states' economic performance could not be more self-evident. Relative to national economic trends, states that increased spending enjoyed on average:
- 0.2 percentage point decrease in the unemployment rate
- 1.4 percent increase in private employment
- 0.5 percent real economic growth since the start of the recession
In contrast, states that cut spending saw on average
- 1 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate
- 2.1 percent loss of private employment
- 2.9 percent real economic contraction relative to the national economic trend


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A Christian marriage is a time of great joy with a solemn purpose, as two people meet before the altar of God, in the presence of Christian community, to pledge to each other a lifelong union of fidelity and love. Together they seek God's blessing on their life together. Marriage is an event of primary significance and celebration not just for the individual but for the whole church.
Marriage is a sacrament received by a couple within the context of church community. Christians usually enter into Holy Matrimony within the Christian community where they worship or have a connection.
The Episcopal Church defines what marriage means in the Liturgy for Marriage in the Book of Common Prayer. (external link) You may find this description helpful in your planning.
If you have questions about marriage in an Episcopal Church please contact St Paul's or the Episcopal Church closest to your home. If you are planning to be married you can learn about the traditions, customs and flow of the Episcopal Church services by reviewing St Paul's Wedding Customary.
St. Paul's will provide a copy of our Wedding Customary (guide and instructions) If you request one by calling or e-mailing (st.pauls at frontier dot com) our parish office. After reviewing the customary, you may contact us to schedule an initial meeting with our priest. We will not place any weddings on our parish calendar until our priest has personally met with you at least once.
We follow the same basic practices of all Episcopal Churches.
Because each couple has a unique situation, it is best to meet with our priest to inquire about preparation for weddings at St. Paul's which may take from 4+ to 6 months if you have not been married before and several months more if it is not the first marriage or if it is an usual situation.
Our priest will meet with you several occasions prior to the wedding. These sessions are designed to address a number of important issues:
- to give the couple and our priest time to become acquainted
- to allow for a discussion of what hopes the couple have for their life together
- to explore the wisdom handed down to us by many generations of Christians
- and to prepare the Marriage Ceremony.
Couples who are not seeking a Christian service can refer to this page to to see other options in Ohio.
Often couples married outside the church by a Justice of the Peace or other marriage facilitator who is lisenced by the state, will ask to have their marriage blessed at a later date.
If your marriage was more than six months ago, if you intend to hold your faith as a centeral tenent of your marriage, and you seek service of Christian blessing we invite you to contact us. We offer a service of blessing of Civil Marriage in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. Planning for this service will follow a similar path as the preparation for a Marriage as outlined above.
Celebrate your marriage by renewing your wedding vows at St Paul's. If you have made the marriage vows before God over 5 years ago and want to renew your vows, please contact us to discuss this possibility.
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Rev. Lowery Honored to Participate in Inauguration
Civil rights legend on giving the benediction at Obama's swearing-in ceremony.
Jan. 19, 2009 -- Reverend Joseph Lowery, who will give the benediction at President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony Tuesday, said he's excited and nervous, but mostly "humbled to have been asked to play a part."
"There are so many emotions," he told "Nightline" today. "I'm still overwhelmed by, by what has happened. Even though I watched it unfold and played a small role in it, I'm still not sure it's real. But it's not possible for everybody to have the same dream on the same night, so it must be real."
Lowery said he hopes to catch a glimpse of the Lincoln Memorial during the ceremony, and will be thinking of his friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"I think in my mind's eye, I'll see a young 34-year-old preacher calling America to move beyond the, the limitations and restrictions of color to a higher level of character," he said. "And that ceremony Tuesday will be the nation's response to Martin's call because this election is a clear and marvelous example of the nation moving beyond color."
Watch live coverage of the Inauguration all day Tuesday and go to the Inauguration Guide for all of ABC News' coverage details.
Lowery recently underwent back surgery and arrived at the interview in a wheelchair, but his enthusiasm and passion belied his 89 years. In many ways he represents a link between a painful past and a hopeful present.
Born in 1921 in Alabama, in the heart of the segregated south, Lowery still recalls being punched by a white police officer as a young man leaving his father's store. He went on to be instrumental in the creation of the Voting Rights Act, the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest advisers. He was also an early supporter of the Obama campaign.
The president-elect calls Lowery part of the Moses generation, those founders of the Civil Rights movement upon whose shoulders this generation can now stand. Lowery says he's proud of his role in the movement, but wants to keep looking toward the future.
Speaking about the famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Lowery said he's troubled that some young people view King "as just a dreamer."
"It's a powerful oration, it's a powerful message," he said. "But I think, sometimes, we may have tucked it away in sentimentality and taken away its, its tragedy, taken away its sadness. It's triumphant, but there are moments in a movement which are sad."
Lowery on Rev. Rick Warren
The election of an African American to the presidency is "a giant step, but it isn't the whole journey," Lowery said. "The election of one person to one office, even if it's the most powerful office on the planet, does not solve all the problems related to race relations."
Among the problems facing the African American community, Lowery cited the comparatively low median income and the disproportionate number of blacks in the U.S. prison population.
"We've come a long way, there's no question about it, but we've still got miles and miles to go before we sleep."
Lowery had harsh words for other members of the black community who felt Obama wasn't prepared to be president, saying that they were living with a slave mentality.
"Martin said, don't judge people by color -- he was talking to white people to not judge black people by color," he said. "He was also talking to black people not to judge white people by color. But he was also talking, again, to black people to not judge each other by color, and not be too quick to, to let the old mentality hold you back in thinking that he's not ready. That, I think, is a leftover from, from another era."
For his part, Lowery thinks Obama is "more than ready," but he also said there's "no question" a time will come when he'll be angry at and disagree with his president.
"I already have some questions about some of his appointments," he said. "But I trust his judgment. He knows more about these people than I do, so I trust him. But I'm sure that in the advocacy community, you must speak truth to power ... and we must be prepared to, to hold accountable those who hold the reins of power, no matter what their color."
Some have questioned the president-elect's judgment in choosing the other speaker at the swearing-in, evangelical preacher Rev. Rick Warren.
"I really hold [Warren] accountable for some of the nasty things he's said about gays," Lowery said. "I think it's far beneath his stature as an outstanding Christian pastor to say these things."
But despite their differences, Lowery said, "I do not object to the president trying to keep his promise to bring in people with different beliefs and, and diverse attitudes toward controversial issues. I think it's the only way we are going to get together."
Obamas Represent 'Renewal of the Dynamics of Family'
During the presidential campaign, Obama was criticized for his relationship with his former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Lowery believes that many of Wright's statements were taken out of context, and said, "I think that prophetic preaching ofttimes call the country into accountability. And some people can't deal with that."
When asked in what context any pastor would say, "God damn America," Lowery replied, "Well, what he was saying was that in the Scriptures, the word of God does condemn nations that lift up swords against other nations. And that was just a pretty graphic way of, of putting what the Bible says in, in milder terms that he who lives by the sword is going to perish by the sword, whether that's an individual or a nation. So, in a sense what he was saying was ... the word of God condemns the aggressor. So, Brother Wright put in graphic language, which became toxic to some people, but in milder terms, the same message is in the Bible. God does condemn war."
Lowery has been criticized for some of his own words at the 2006 funeral of Coretta Scott King, when he spoke out against President George Bush and the war in Iraq.
"At a black funeral, we always celebrate the life of the deceased and then challenge those who are still living," he said.
He hopes that the Obama presidency will continue to challenge people, and said that his election sends a powerful message around the world.
"The thing that moved me more than anything else was when Barack and Michelle and Sasha and Malia walked out on that stage Election Night as a family," he said. "What a grand impactful message that should send to black families, that we need a renewal of the dynamics of family in the black community. ... So, strengthening the family, I hope will become the message of change and the great impact of his election, in America, in the black community. If it does, I'll shout Hallelujah from heaven after I'm long gone."
The president-elect called on the nation to honor King today by acts of service, but Lowery said that alone is not enough.
"I don't want us to stop there," he said. "We do a disservice to Martin if we simply see him as an agent of social service. He was that, but he was also an agent of social change. And it's nice to help old ladies cross the street in memory of Martin, but to complete the task let's see if the streets are paved where she lives, in the poor neighborhood. Martin would be very concerned about that, to see if her Social Security and her health care are in order and adequate.
"I think social change must not be left out of celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday. He was not a glorified social worker. He was a non-violent militant, a Christian activist. Martin would not be happy if we honor the missionary and dishonor the mission."
Lowery is only allotted two minutes to speak at the swearing-in, and said that he's thrown out a few drafts of his remarks already. "Hopefully, the Lord will give me the edited verse," he said.
"I think I want to call people to move from ceremony to sacrament. Ceremonies end with the benediction; sacraments begin with the benediction. And I'd like to see America take that spirit of solidarity that I think would be so prevalent at the ceremony, just take it back to our homes and our churches and our workplace and our mosque and our temples, and translate it into behavior and attitudes and values and support the president in a very difficult time.
"And I'm going to ask God to help restore our stability and to work through our leadership, to mend our brokenness and heal our wounds. I think that's my job. I hope I can do it in two minutes."


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Yeah, when you're that pale, your costuming options are pretty much limited to Uncle Fester and Kratos crossplay from God of War.
Oh, or as a vampire from Twilight, but that's a sure way to get a pen in your eye at Comic-Con.
Personally, I'm offended by sexy ladies taking all the good cosplay jobs from sweaty fat guys.
Ironically, the only known cure for a bad case of my being offended is a flash of lady-thigh and some cleavage.
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Our practice specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachments, macular holes, macular pucker and vascular occlusive diseases that affect the eye. We have highly skilled and well-trained physicians committed to excellence in providing you with the best care available with state-of-the-art facilities, diagnostic equipment, treatment plans and surgery options. Retina Associates is also committed to continuous improvement in our practice and will continue to be actively involved in research that will further the treatment of the retina, macula and vitreous.
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Can you capture a community which sums up Norfolk?
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There is still time to enter the Norfolk Community Foundation's photo challenge in celebration community life in Norfolk.
Photo entries need to be focused around the idea of communities in Norfolk and the charity hopes to received lots of photos from community and charity groups.
The Norfolk Community Foundation works with charities and voluntary groups around Norfolk with the photo challenge a chance to showcase what these groups do.
The aim is to encourage charities and voluntary groups to take a snapshot of the people, activities and places at the heart of different communities.
The foundation hopes to announce the three winners of the photo competition on Norfolk Day on Friday, July 27.
People can send in their photos in until May 31 to the Norfolk Community Foundation, all of which will go to a public vote in June.
The photo must include people, entrants must live in Norfolk and the photo must be taken in Norfolk.
The 12 photos with the most votes will be shortlisted and the photo with the most votes will be named People's Choice Winner with the winning photographer winning a £500 grant.
Judges will then choose the remaining two competition winners, who will win cash prizes of £300 and £200 respectively to support the work of their organisation.
Norfolk Day is taking place for the first time ever this summer.
It offers communities, groups, individuals and businesses an opportunity to celebrate what they love best about our county in whatever way they want to.
David Powles, editor of the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News - the main backers of Norfolk Day, said: "This competition is the perfect opportunity to celebrate community life at its best and I'm excited the winners will be announced on Norfolk Day.
"Norfolk is such a beautiful place. It has so many amazing people, communities and groups which make it a great county to live in."
Norfolk Day is also being backed by BBC Radio Norfolk and is being sponsored by Woodforde's Brewery and Richardson's Hemsby Beach Holiday Park with Norfolk Wildlife Trust the official charity partner.
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In the past decade there has been a massive effort exerted toward the understanding of how properties of hadrons change in medium and toward determining the transport coefficients of strongly interacting matter. The former could yield important signatures of deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration at high temperatures and densities, while the later are crucial for understanding the dynamics of ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions.
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Aspen, Colorado is a special place. And you need a lot of money to live here. There are 88 homes listed on the market for $20 million or more. Those are just the ones officially listed. But even here, the economic slowdown is starting to affect prices. They're falling, by one estimate 5 percent, helped, in part, by foreign lookie-loos coming in to take advantage of the cheap dollar.
But price is almost secondary now to size. During the '90s, there was a McMansion boom in this town. One home is 55,000 square feet! (Prince Bandar's, and he's been trying to sell it forever—for $135 million). The county grew concerned and began limiting the size of new homes. The size limit keeps coming down, and currently, no new home can be built bigger than 5,750 square feet, including the basement and garage.
As long-time realtor Rich Wagar told me, "For the majority of my clientele, people who fly in private planes, I mean 5,750 is a caretaker unit, it's not big enough for a house."
At the same time, the county wanted to set aside more open space. So it came up with a unique, free market idea: Transferable Development Rights, or TDR's. It allows some property owners—those, for example, who own land near forests—to sell some of their development rights to others, who use those rights to make houses larger than the 5,750 limit. One TDR equals an extra 2,500 square feet extra you can add to your house. TDR's have tripled in value in the last few years and are now running over $300,000 apiece. That's just for the RIGHT to add square footage.
Homeowner Daryl Snadon bought two TDR's so he could add 5,000 square feet to the house he built (You should see this house—wow! A total now of 25,000 square feet, built in large part with recycled wood—one of the best parts of this job is checking out really nice houses). Snadon has another piece of property for which he has bought four TDR's.
He's not sure he needs all four, but as the county keeps bringing down the limits to square footage, TDR's are a commodity worth having. Even if you don't use them, you can resell them. "You really don't know how many there are, you don't know how many have been created," Snadon said.
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The mindset required to be an entrepreneur online is essentially the same as that required to an entrepreneur off-line. The mindset of an entrepreneur is composed of specific beliefs, values, thoughts and idea. His mindset helps him succeed, by taking actions that are congruent to it. Here is a general outline of what an entrepreneur thinks like: An entrepreneur is responsible for his life and business. He does not blame his family, his neighbors, his dog, his circumstances or God for what's going on in his life and business.
An Entrepreneur begins with the end in mind. He is very clear about what he wants. He plans his work and works his plan.
An entrepreneur plays on the court rather than sits on the side line watching others play.
An entrepreneur is disciplined enough to not let unjust criticisms and temporary setbacks upset him (God knows he receive a lot of it). They are pretty thick skinned to what their family, neighbors, or friends have to say. At the same time he is not arrogant. He gives people a patient listening and takes in constructive criticism, discarding the rest.
An entrepreneur does not wait for all signals to turn green. He deals with the red ones, when he reaches them and never before. He takes one step at a time.
An entrepreneur plays to win. He does not play to try, or to not fail, like most people do.
An entrepreneur is persistent. He might fall and get bruised several times. He just gets back up, thinks "That was interesting", dusts himself clean and move on with his head held high. He will never give up. If he doesn't get the result one way, he will try another way.
An entrepreneur is willing to lose. This doesn't mean that he wants to lose, but just that he is willing to take calculated gamble. Most people don't even start, just out of fear of losing.
An entrepreneur does not fear failure. He understands that failure is a part of life. He learns from them, rather than sits and brood about it.
An entrepreneur promotes and markets his-self and his ideas at every opportunity he get, where as most people hate selling or marketing.
An entrepreneur is an excellent receiver. He is willing to receive success, compliment, good publicity, good news, profit, and happiness and is just as much willing to receive failure, criticism, bad publicity, bad news, lose and sadness. He understands that you cannot have one without the other.
An entrepreneur is willing to get paid based on his results, rather than on the time he spent to achieve it. Most people won't be willing to work for months without pay, but an entrepreneur will.
An entrepreneur has a 'both' mentality rather than an 'either/or' mentality. You have people who say that you can either have fun or make money, but in his world, it is possible to have both.
An entrepreneur values his, and other's time more than anything else in the world. He understands that his time on this planet is limited, and does not delude himself into ideas that, he has all the time in the world.
An entrepreneur is just a normal man/woman like you and me. He has fears and worries too. What separates him from the rest is that, he acts despite the fear, where as most people are paralyzed into inaction.
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Jr Team Golf – April 22, 2017 Results
Team Shamble Format played on a cool cloudy April day. Training theme this week was "Sportsmanship" – respect for one's opponent, the game, and graciousness in winning or losing. During training we discussed various examples of sportsmanship including care for the course, speed of play, score-keeping, safety, how to act on the course with your fellow players.
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Get stadium-quality candied walnuts in minutes at home with just a few everyday ingredients!
Football season is here! There is nothing that my husband and I love more than hot candied walnuts when we attend a sporting event. Heck, even when we go to the theater to watch an off-broadway show the minute we smell the brown sugar glazed walnuts we have to buy a pouch. I recently needed candied walnuts for a recipe and as a scoured the store I couldn't find any. Then it hit me… duh these are probably so easy to make. So I heated up a sauté pan and melted butter and brown sugar and then add the walnuts to the pan. I continued to mix the walnuts until all the brown sugar had coated the nuts.
My home smelled like a sports arena in minutes (minus the smelly players and people). These are the ideal snack for watching a game or even a movie or television show. If your kids don't have a nut allergy and like nuts these would be perfect in a bento box lunch. Give them a few of the sweet sugary easy-to-make candied walnuts in their lunch box and I'm sure they will eat them all. Who wouldn't eat brown sugar glazed nuts?
Easy Candied Walnuts
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cups walnuts
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- In a large saute pan, melt the butter on medium-high heat. Then add the walnuts, white granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Mix until all the sugar has coated the walnuts. Continue cooking and stirring for 5 minutes on medium-high heat until all sugar has dissolved on walnuts.
- Remove the candied walnuts off the heat and pour the candied walnuts on a sheet of parchment paper. Spread the candied walnuts out and allow to cool and harden for at least 10 minutes. Store candied walnuts in a sealed container for up to one week.


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I know that the holidays are a hard time for people to find the time to workout. Most of you are working full time and then going to social events and to the MALL. What a disaster that is! I mean don't get me wrong, I love to shop, but not during this time. The malls are full of people that are cranky and tired, and they are not nice. So my advice to you is to commit to 3 times per week to do your workout programs. Try doing them first thing in the morning because as the day progresses you will be less likely to make it in to the gym. I also know you must be pressed for time so I'm going to give you a quick workout program that you can do until the holidays are over. All you have to do is commit to it!
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You will do this workout program 3 times per week with a day in between of rest.
Perform each circuit 3 times. For example: Perform A1, A2, and the 30 seconds jump rope and core movement, rest for 30 seconds and repeat 2 more times. Then move on to Circuit B.
A1. 20 Dumbbell Squats
A2. 20 Push-ups
30 seconds jump rope & 30 seconds Stability ball crunches
Rest 30 seconds
B1. 20 Stability ball leg curls
B2. 20 Dumbbell rows
30 seconds jump rope & 30 seconds reverse crunches
Rest 30 seconds
C1. 20 Lateral raises
C2. 20 Dumbbell rear delt extensions
30 seconds jump rope & 30 seconds plank
Rest 30 seconds
It should take you about 35 minutes to complete this workout. I think you can dedicate 105 minutes a week to your body, health, and sanity. I hope that you will begin this workout program tomorrow. You will feel good, and most importantly if you are moderate with your nutrition, you will not gain any fat during the holiday's, maybe even LOSE WEIGHT.
If you want to receive a new workout program every month click on the following link and start losing weight and getting fit, 30-Minute Workout Express.
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They stock pashminas in every color and scarves like the ones you can find from the street vendors in NYC, lots of Yurman inspired pieces, crystal encrusted phone cases and reading glasses, chunky statement rings, fascinators, hats, belts, hair accessories, Kade Spate and Channell purses and much, much more! If you are looking to complete an 80s look for a costume party, check out the wall of colorful earrings and bangles. If you're going as a flapper, they have strands of pearls in every length imaginable. Tiaras, neon sunglasses…you name it, they've got you covered! Costumes aside though, I really have found some great pieces over the years and will continue to check out Jun Lee when the urge strikes, although sadly not this Thanksgiving Day.
3421 Summer Ave
Speaking of their coats, I picked up a mini North Face for my little girl at 70 percent off! I mean, the child has about 10 coats and it might be a 4T ( she wears a 2T), but that was a bargain that I could not pass up. Bottom line… if you are in need of anything Outdoors related, I would recommend giving this little store a try and I can almost promise you will not leave empty handed. Great place to find the perfect Christmas gift or stocking stuffer for the Outdoors lover in your family without breaking the bank!
She only purchased 1 purse…. a big sigh of relief from her husband, she left with a long list of Christmas ideas and a plan to return very soon! Speaking of, not only do they have great fashions and home goods but their gift department is pretty strong. I recently picked up some of these great Melissa and Doug puzzle sets for under $10 just to have on hand.
5004 Summer Avenue
Hours: Monday- Saturday 10:30 am to 6:00 pm
From strollers, cribs, bouncy seats and toys to clothes in all sizes, Summer Kids certainly is my dirty little secret on Summer Avenue. The clothes are gently worn, and honestly, most still have tags on them, and they carry everyone from Gap to Carriage Boutique. As far as the consignment shop goes, they could not make it easier to sell the clothes or baby items that you no longer need. You can drop off your items at any time during store hours, they will review your items by the next day and you have 3 days to decide if you want to take the offer. Simple as that. So, if you like a good bargain, or just need to clean out that attic of yours that is overflowing with bins of kids items, give Summer Kids a try….I think you will be pleasantly surprised!


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Cosy, historical, picturesque town 5 km from the lake, 27 km from Leeuwarden, 27 km from Heerenveen. In the resort: shopping centre, supermarket, shops, bakery, post office, bank, restaurant, museum.
"Zomertaling 6p", 4-room house 130 m2 on 2 levels. Spacious, comfortable furnishings: entrance hall with separate WC. Living/dining room with dining table and TV (flat screen). Exit to the terrace. 1 room with 2 beds. Open kitchen (4 hot plates, dishwasher, electric coffee machine, combination microwave). Shower. Upper floor: with sloping ceilings, 1 room with 2 beds. 1 room with 1 x 2 bunk beds. Shower/WC. Terrace. Terrace furniture. View of the river. Facilities: Internet (WiFi, free). Reserved parking at the house.House/Residence
Child friendly resort "RCN De Potten". Outside the resort, 5 km from the centre of Sneek, in a quiet position, on the lake, in the countryside. For shared use: property. Tennis (extra), table tennis, children's playground. In the complex: reception, restaurant, bar, WiFi, trampoline, kiosk, laundry, bicycle rental. Available: canoe, boat (extra). Public parking. Shop 5 km, supermarket 5 km, railway station "Sneek" 6 km, natural swimming pond 100 m. Sports harbour, minigolf 100 m. Well-known lakes can easily be reached: Sneekermeer. Please note: car recommended. Reception open 09:00-17:00 hrs. Entertainment in the season. Baby equipment on request (extra). Please note: the photograph shows a typical example. There are more similar properties for rent in this same residence. Available: sailingschool, motorboats and pedaloes for rent. Please note: workmen not allowed. From end of October untill end of March the facilities are limited opened. Preference costs €20,- (to be paid on spot). Youngsters on request.
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Cosy, historical, picturesque town 5 km from the lake, 27 km from Leeuwarden, 27 km from Heerenveen. In the resort: shopping centre, supermarket, shops, bakery, post office, bank, restaurant, museum.
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Celebrated broadcaster, Fiifi Banson has professed his love for the two top dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.
Speaking with Bola Ray on Starr Fm's Starr Chat show, Wednesday, the veteran media personality disclosed that he has no copy of songs by the new crop of artistes.
The Dynamite, as he is affectionately called, said he hardly listens to songs from the present-day artistes.
Banson said he loved how the 'Ayoo' hitmaker rebranded himself from Bandana to Shatta Wale. He also disclosed that he likes Stonebwoy for his humbleness.
"I've never kept any song by the contemporary artistes. I don't have one copy of any song by Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and others. I really love Shatta not for his lyrical content but I love him for his ability, his brand. When he was Banadana and the way he metamorphosed to Shatta, I love the change and how he branded himself but as for his lyrical content, sometimes he goes overboard. I love Stonebwoy for his humility.
"My all time best artiste in Ghana will be Daddy Lumba." Fiifi Banson said on Starr Chat.
Mr. Banson, known for his high sense of humour and unique baritone voice was Morning show host for Kasapa 102.5 FM since its inception three years ago.
Kwaku Owusu Adjei, popularly known as Patoo now takes over as the host of the Kasapa FM morning show.
Fiifi Banson had previously worked with Radio Gold and Peace FM all in the nation's capital.


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I took a pinch of MSG from a jar and sprinkled it into the hollow of my palm, licked it with the very tip of my tongue, firing off the taste-bud nerve clusters, impulses shooting through the brain layers and triggering an electrifying buzz—as if savoring the vast ocean refined and purified, that sensory experience called "umami"! I gradually increased the dosage, the high continuing to rise, until the umami taste completely faded. Finally, I just dumped the half-filled jar of MSG into my mouth, causing the signals in my cerebral cortex to misfire or short-circuit, leading to dizziness and nausea; I collapsed headfirst onto my bed. I suppose this must have been similar to a drug trip.
"Who spilled all the MSG?" Father and Mother complained.
The inner roar of puberty: during that torturous period as my body matured and transformed, I secretly started to eat anything in our house, from the chlorella algae in the fishbowl to the viscous lecithin doled out by my parents, from calcium tablets to dried wolfberry, from mustard tubers to soybean paste, from dried shrimp to scallions. My parents tried to 'fortify the walls and raze the fields,' but couldn't hinder my appetite, which expanded with each passing day. Cod liver oil turned into a kind of candy for me—the antipathy disappeared. I'd first bite open the capsule, wait for the oil to leak out, and then delicately chew the gel, which had the texture of Cowhide Sesame Candy.
Whatever I ate, I devoured with MSG. Much later in life, after settling for a period in America, whenever I dined at a Chinese restaurant with non-Chinese, they usually said, "Please, no MSG." Each time this happened, with their words ringing in my ears, my heart would become so motherfucking vexed.
The turning point came when the white yams on the balcony started to rot. The smell of rotting yams transformed into one word: dropsy.
From an interview with my mother:
I remember a three-year period of hardship when there wasn't much food to eat; the children cried out from hunger and I told them not to run around outside and play but to lie down in bed and rest more. I bought two chickens with the hopes of raising them for the whole family to eventually feast on. I asked Zhenkai to go downstairs to let the chickens out for a bit, never expecting that someone would steal them. Ji Nian got so angry, and even beat his own son. Once, I felt so hungry my hands trembled and my body broke out in a cold sweat; it was truly agonizing, and so I stopped by a Sichuan restaurant on my way home and ordered a bowl of soup. Back at the apartment, I saw how the rest of my family was starving, too—my heart sank with anguish; Ji Nian tried to console me, saying I shouldn't be too hard on myself. He said that even in our suffering we should try to enjoy ourselves. And so the following Sunday we went to Purple Bamboo Park together for an outing. I remember Ji Nian and I seeing the malnourished condition of our children that day; we gritted our teeth, and at a fresh-fish house in Purple Bamboo Park, spent twenty-six kuai on a meal of fish….
The fresh-fish house stood just inside the east gate of Purple Bamboo Park, with an aquarium in front where they kept their catch, ready to net and cook. So-called hongshao yu ("red-braised fish") is just simmered in soy sauce, with a dab of oil that blooms onto the surface. Compared to the wages at the time, the cost of the one dish was shockingly expensive. Finally, only bones remained on the plate, the three of us siblings still licking our lips, eyes widening, blinking, staring at each other in blank silence.
Chao bing, doughy noodle-strips fried with cabbage and garlic, proved to be a much better deal than red-braised fish. Every Sunday our family visited a small restaurant on Xi'anmen Street to eat chao bing. This establishment used more generous amounts of oil than other places.
From my father's notebook:
From 1960 to 1961 I worked at the Socialist Institute…. Those were really difficult times, the three siblings coming to the Institute to eat the better meals there. We looked at our children and felt wretched; sometimes we'd buy them some fancy candy, which they devoured with glee, and that comforted us a little.
As the eldest son, I felt obligated to help my parents maintain the ecological balance of our family, looking after my little sister and brother, making sure they received at least the minimum intake of calories. My brother and I ate lunch in one of the communal canteens that had been popping up everywhere, our stomachs still constantly rumbling with hunger; our little sister attended the July First Kindergarten, where the food wasn't so bad and on occasion she could even bring home half a steamed bun. The tricky meal was dinner, which demanded meticulous planning and calculation, each person allocated no more than two taels (less than half a cup) of rice. Though Qian Ayi possessed divine skills, she couldn't conjure miracles. She went through a spell of making vegetable steamed buns day after day, the outer bun a thin skin with lots of filling within. I tried to set an example, facing my little siblings and preaching the benefits of eating one less steamed bun, but I couldn't fool them.
My Uncle Da Gufu got his doctorate in Germany; after Liberation in 1949 he became one of the esteemed "first-class" engineers in the country and enjoyed special perks from the state. It was during this time of the Great Famine that he re-gifted his Chunghwa and Peony cigarettes to my father. My pangs of hunger intertwined with the clouds of smoke pouring from my father's mouth, as if a fantastic hallucination swirled around me.
Toward the end of the month one evening, my father gave me a one mao coin plus a couple of almost-expired ration coupons to treat myself to a bowl of wonton soup. There was an outdoor wonton shop on Dingzi Street in the Xinjiekou district. Even as I waited to be seated, the clock neared eleven, leaving only an hour before the coupons turned to worthless scraps. I handed over the coin plus the crumpled pieces of paper to the shop assistant who verified the coupons, then smoothly pinched some tiny dried shrimp, scattered them into a bowl, rinsed five or six wontons in a bamboo strainer, and ladled out the pork-bone broth from a huge pot, the generous steam rushing past my face. My stomach rumbled with hunger, and yet I didn't immediately pick up my chopsticks; this being my first time dining out alone, I wanted to prolong the pleasure for as long as possible.
Yifan and I wanted to buy two juicy tomatoes, so we pooled all the coins in our pockets, gulped down our drool, and rushed off with our booty. Later, stomachs rumbling like a windlass, we decided to go pick some sour pears to ease our hunger. The pear tree wasn't tall and grew in a corner where two walls met—three to five little dusty gray pomes drooped down from the highest branches. After climbing onto Yifan's shoulders I shimmied up the middle of the tree and headed up. Just as I spied a pear and reached for it, the back of my hand felt a sharp jab—a "foreign stabber," one of those spiky slug-moth caterpillars, had ambushed me.
I climbed down from the tree and sucked the stinging red welt, though I felt no relief, the stinging refusing to ease. I fished out a few little pears from my pocket, wiped one on my pants, and took a bite, the taste as sour as tart could be, my mouth swelling with mush that was hard to swallow.
The lunchroom bell rings out—a savory whiff of pork cabbage stew wafts over.
Right outside the walls of the playground at my primary school stood a peddler who always tried to lure innocent souls with his hawking shouts. Like a magician, he would conjure all sorts of candy and snacks from his knapsack. From a classmate's recommendation, I fell in love with cinnamon bark. Cinnamon bark, commonly used in herbal remedies, comes from the inner bark of the cassia tree, its spicy flavor suffused with a delicious sweetness. Two fen could purchase several pieces, which lasted longer than candy. I'd wrap the bark up in a handkerchief and, during class from time to time, sneak in a lick. Truthfully, besides the taste of cinnamon bark, the rest of my education in those days made no lasting impression on me.
The taste of White Rabbit Milk Candy—surely the King of Candy, foremost for its semitransparent rice-paper wrapper that dissolves on the tongue, triggering delight's anticipation. White Rabbit Milk is extremely potent: they say that seven pieces equals one glass of milk, and so all malnourished children thirst for it. Some years later in Paris, a French friend of mine reunited me with the White Rabbit, offering me a piece; my heart skipped a beat, deep emotions stirred within me, and from then on I would always carry a few pieces with me.
Bei Dao, the pseudonym of Zhenkai Zhao, was born in 1949, in Beijing. One of the original "Misty Poets," he was exiled from China in 1989 for his perceived role in the protests of Tiananmen Square. He is the author of numerous works of poetry, essays, and fiction. This essay is adapted from City Gate, Open Up, a memoir of his childhood, forthcoming from New Directions in April 2017.
Jeffrey Yang is an editor at New Directions.
"A Street in Northern Beijing," 1966 © Solange Brand. Courtesy the artist and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
"Really what I wanted to find was a palindrome but they're all taken up by anti-depressants. Xanax and Xodox. Xodox was really what I wanted. They're either anti-depressants or video gamers."
In Sanko's family—an old, established one in Osaka—it was customary to give a maid a new name for service, since using her real name was considered an insult to the girl's parents. When this new girl arrived, everyone discussed what to call her and decided "'Hatsu' will do."


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Make Content Your First Priority in a Digital Workplace Launch
Eloquor Consulting, Inc.
It was just four weeks before their scheduled launch and our client's project lead hadn't made any progress on wrangling thousands of pieces of content for a new HR site on their digital workplace. How would they be ready for launch?
It's a classic example of why you should never leave content until the last. Particularly HR content, which has legal requirements. If you remember nothing else from the story I'm about to tell, remember this: start your content work in earnest at least 6 months prior to launch.
Our client's new HR site involved more than 20 countries and HR content from areas such as benefits, retirement, payroll, learning and development, and policy. Across the many HR sites we've worked on, most come out with about 300 web pages and several thousand documents, and this site would be no exception. Organizations that prefer pages to documents will have more pages. In the case of our recent project, some of the content was provided in multiple languages.
To further complicate the situation, the client was working to integrate a recent acquisition, however many of the HR elements hadn't been integrated. This meant multiple plans.
HR content doesn't typically change but once a year, so it's the type of content that can be worked on early to prepare for a launch. Here are the steps we recommend taking to prepare:
- Figure out what you have: Inventory everything already posted. Delete or archive what you can. Develop a list of everything that must migrate and determine which of those require improvement (e.g., rewritten, edited). Identify pieces of content that are missing. Lean on content owners to make these decisions as they know best.
- Prioritize and make assignments: You won't be able to work on everything at once, so prioritize the content list and determine who is responsible for improvements.
- Make the improvements: This is where most organizations get bogged down. It's difficult for a small communication team to take on this type of project on top of their regular commitments. It's even harder to get content owners in HR to clean up their content. It requires a really well organized project manager to chase and keep track of the many different pieces and parts. See my thoughts on the project manager – along with some other tips – in a related post on my blog.
- Plan ahead to deploy a quality user experience: Think through the best way to post different types of content. See my related blog post with more details.
- Migrate and post: If you cannot do this with an automation tool, you'll have significant hours in posting and linking everything manually.
- Quality assurance and approvals: Have content owners and a QA team or small user team review prior to launch to make sure everything is working correctly.
Why It's Bad to Leave Content Until the End
If you leave content until right before launch:
- You're more likely to post old, outdated, or inaccurate content
- You're less likely to take proper advantage of your technology to deliver a great user experience
When it comes to HR sites, content is definitely king. Do it right by starting early.
Learn more at February's Transitioning Your Intranet to a Digital Workplace conference in Atlanta.
Stacy Wilson, ABC, Eloquor Consulting, helps companies communicate more effectively with employees in the digital workplace. Her specialty is supporting governance, usability, content and adoption for digital workplaces/intranets, along with change communication for technology change such as ERP implementations. Connect with Stacy at LinkedIn or on Twitter, or with Eloquor on Facebook.
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