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23 October 2015, Ajaoki — OIL and gas producing communities of Itsekiri extraction at Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Edo State, are embroiled in an all-consuming face-off with a cabal they accused of arm-twisting the communities and collecting mobilization fees from the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission, EDSOGPADEC, without executing the projects.
The communities (Ajaoki, Ajamimogha, Kolokolo, Ajatiton and Ikara), under the aegis of Forum of Itsekiri Oil and Gas Producing Communities, Ikpoba Okha Local Government, first raised the alarm over perceived neglect of the area by the state government in June.
They particularly pointed fingers at EDSOGPADEC, lamenting that the commission had forsaken projects awarded in the communities.
The deserted projects
Some of the projects listed by the communities included construction of a six-classroom block with VIP toilets in Ajaoki, construction of a six-classroom block with VIP toilets in Kolokolo and construction of six-classroom block with VIP toilets in Ajaminmogha.
Others are a solar-powered borehole project in Ajatiton, a borehole water project in Ajatiton, borehole water project in Ikara, among others, all of which the syndicate abandoned.
Syndicate fights back
Around the time the communities raised dust in June, they never knew that a syndicate was behind their ordeal until about a month later when a faceless group started witch-hunting and attacking their leaders for going public with the development. The outburst of the communities angered the syndicate, which tried to incite their leaders against the state government.
It described them as aggrieved community leaders and stalwarts of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, out to undermine the All Progressives Congress, APC, government in the state, led by Mr. Adams Oshiomhole. Niger Delta Voice learned that in the past few months, both sides have been at daggers drawn and many expect Governor Oshiomhole to wade into the matter and direct that the oil commission take appropriate steps for peace to reign.
Diversionary plot
The battle continued, last month, when the aggrieved villagers carried out a protest, alleging that the cabal, mainly EDSOGPADEC contractors and their sponsored agents, wanted to divert the governor's and public attention from abandonment of projects in the area, which was the real reason for their fury.
President of the forum, Mr. Samuel Ireokane, who addressed reporters, said: "We thank the Edo state government for creating EDSOGPADEC and creating a position for Itsekiri in the management for the first time since inception, but there is a cabal of dubious contractors, which specializes in collection of huge mobilization fees for projects in our communities and then abandons them."
He said the cabal spearheaded the abandonment of the projects, yet claim that Itsekiri people have benefited tremendously from Edo State and its agencies. The communities, which consider themselves as "the goose that lays the golden egg in Edo State" contended that it was morally wrong for them to suffer deprivation by government in the exploitation of natural resources in their area and at the same time face saboteur contractors, who do not mean well for them.
A peeved Ireokane said: "The notorious cabal, working against our interest and our leadership in the Itsekiri oil and gas producing communities of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, has consistently frustrated the execution and completion of infrastructural projects in our areas."
Modus operandi
"That appointment has been hijacked by the cabal through installing their stooge to the position for their selfish end, against our desire and our true leaders. "They have since kept us in the dark about the activities of EDSOPADEC and about other government projects, all of which they have abandoned in the Itsekiri communities.
"The antics of the cabal were not known to the state Governor Oshimohole, who for the first time since the existence of EDSOGPADEC, created a position for us (Itsekiri) on the management of EDSOGPADEC.
"We would not allow projects intended to make life meaningful for us to get abandoned and uncompleted by conscienceless contractors, whose only desire is the acquisition of filthy lucre from any source, without a thought as to whether the people for whom these projects are allotted by government suffer deprivation and untold hardship."
An Ajoki villager, who spoke to Niger Delta Voice, said: "We were angered that virtually all the agency's projects awarded to EDSOGPADEC contractors in the area were abandoned against media claims by the nameless group that they have benefited tremendously from government."
He urged Governor Oshiomhole to compel the affected contractors to complete all abandoned projects awarded by the interventionist agency in their locality.


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New UC Health President and CEO Richard (Rick) Lofgren, MD, spoke to a town hall meeting in the CARE/Crawley Building's atrium Dec. 18, 2013.
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As a veteran administrator in the field of health care delivery, Richard (Rick) Lofgren, MD, knows his way around an academic medical center. But he sensed something different the first time he visited the University of Cincinnati (UC) medical campus.
Lofgren, who became president and chief executive officer of UC Health Dec. 2, 2013, spoke to about 100 people at a town hall meeting Dec. 18 in the atrium of the CARE/Crawley Building, just steps from the Dean�s Suite at the UC College of Medicine.
He said he sees anxiety and "doom and gloom� at many academic health centers these days, but not at UC�s.
"When it came to UC Health and the University of Cincinnati, it was completely different,� he said. "The excitement and energy around here is incredibly palpable.�
Lofgren, who has made a series of town hall appearances since replacing the recently retired Jim Kingsbury, was introduced by College of Medicine Dean and UC Vice President for Health Affairs Thomas Boat, MD. Boat noted Lofgren�s extensive resume with such institutions as UK HealthCare, the University of Kentucky�s health system, and the University Healthsystem Consortium in Chicago, an alliance of 120 academic medical centers and 299 of their affiliated hospitals.
"We�re very, very fortunate to have Rick with us,� said Boat, who also serves as president and chairman of the board of UC Health University of Cincinnati Physicians. "He has been a consultant to a lot of academic health centers and he has really been able to see what works and what doesn�t work across the country in these settings.
"We have a lot to celebrate, but there�s nothing greater to celebrate right now than his arrival and the partnership of the College of Medicine and UC Health to move forward and do even greater things in the future.�
Lofgren paid tribute to the College of Medicine, whose roots go back to 1819, by citing its "incredibly rich� history.
"The idea that this has been an academic medical center and has been serving the community for nearly 200 years is daunting,� he said. "Through all my time and travels throughout the country, I�ve always admired what has happened here at the University of Cincinnati medical school�its commitment to education, its commitment to the community, the research that it brings forward�it�s really quite remarkable. And really, it�s exciting to be part of that whole history.�
Lofgren, who also holds a master�s of public health, said he was also impressed with UC Health�s recent history since it was formed in 2010 following the breakup of the Health Alliance. (It now includes UC Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Physicians, West Chester Hospital, the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care and the Lindner Center of HOPE, co-owned by the Lindner Family Foundation.)
"I think the moves this leadership has made in creating UC Health and positioning this organization really have led it into a place where it can make an enormous impact in the community that ensures its future success.�
Returning to UC Health�s relationship with the College of Medicine, Lofgren said, "As the only academic medical center in this region, I think we have both the opportunity and�I would argue�the obligation to provide the leadership in transforming and truly revolutionizing how we deliver care.�
Lofgren said his immediate priority would be listening, "to understand the UC community in its fullest sense,� and added that he would be working closely with Boat and UC President Santa Ono, PhD, "really leveraging what is unique about the University of Cincinnati.�
In a question-and-answer period that followed his talk, Lofgren said UC Health is "financially strong,� adding, "I think we�re extremely well positioned to generate the kinds of resources to feed all of our ambitions.� He also said he�d be taking a close look at all of UC Health�s systems of care and putting a priority on metrics to improve the quality of care.
"I think there�s a great foundation here,� he concluded, "but still there�s always the continuous improvement process that�s a never-ending process�and that will be important.�
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Red Hot Chile Peppers
Although the days are noticeably getting longer, winter ain't over yet, and spring (the season for allergies, sinus infections, bronchitis, asthma and spring fever) is right around the corner. From the hottest to the mildest, chiles are the antidote for keeping our bodies healthy, heated and energized into the onset of summer.
Hot on the inside, chile peppers warm our internal temperature. They also have incredible healing properties. Their high content of vitamin C (higher than citrus fruits) is commonly known to aid the immune system, but recent studies show how capsaicin, the compound that gives peppers their fiery flavor, is a major player in the ability to fight cancer.
According to a release from the BBC News, capsaicin directly attacks the mitochondria within the cancer cells, causing cell death without harming the surrounding healthy cells. "As these compounds attack the very heart of the tumour cells, we believe that we have in effect discovered a fundamental 'Achilles heel' for all cancers", states Dr. Timothy Bates, lead researcher for a Nottingham University study.
Although this new development will most likely lead to new drugs that contain this specific cancer-fighting compound, those of us who want to think preventatively by eating a healthy diet of whole foods can start now by adding a daily dose of chiles (the hotter the better!) into our diets.
Can you handle the heat?
There are all kinds of chiles, and each have their own degree of heat. Here is a list of the most common peppers, provided by Whole Foods Market, ranked by their Scoville Units, a measure of the capsaicin content in the pepper which is perceived as heat by the human palate:
Bell peppers (green, red, orange and yellow) have no heat whatsoever nor any chile pepper credentials. They are, though, very high in vitamin C to boost immune health and ward off common ailments.
Anaheim peppers can range from 100 to 1,000 Scoville units. In other words, they're quite mild. Anaheims are long (up to 8 in.), smooth and tapered.
Ancho (dried) or Poblano (green) register between 1,000 and 2,000 on the Scoville scale. What an experienced chili eater would call mildly warm. Anchos are preferred because drying enhances the flavor and they're easier to work with: just reduce them to powder or reconstitute with water and add them to the pot.
Green chiles are a group of several varieties of long, tapered chile peppers that are grown and revered in New Mexico. Their heat can vary widely from variety to variety but most would fall in the 2,000 to 5,000 Scoville Unit range, perfect for the average chile-eater. Fresh green chiles are available in New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest from about mid August to mid September. Canned green chiles are on grocery shelves year round.
Jalapenos are short, tapered, dark green peppers with a Scoville Unit range of about 5,000 to 6,000. Jalapenos are the variety most used to make chipotle peppers. Chipotles, or smoked peppers, are available both dried and in powder form, as well as canned in adobo sauce.
Serrano peppers are short (2 in.), tapered and red with a heat index around 15,000 to 20,000. We're getting into "hot" territory now where only seasoned chile-eaters dwell.
Cayenne peppers are commonly used in powdered form (see below) but may also be used fresh. Long, narrow and red, cayenne peppers are in the 40,000 to 50,000 Scoville range.
Habenero chiles hover in the Scoville stratosphere at about 200,000 or higher. Habeneros are best used in the form of commercially available hot sauces or with other varieties of chiles in commercial powdered mixes. They are not for the faint of heart and should be used with a measure of trepidation.
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Picking a roommate is not always an easy task and moving in itself can be stressful enough. There are a number of things to consider when making a well informed roomie decision, but here are a few pointers to make the process a little less cumbersome.
Roommate Checklist
Begin by making a list of the qualities you'd like and also not like to find in the person you are living with. Knowing what and who you want in a roommate will save you so much trouble once you begin narrowing down the perspectives. By getting a jump start on this list you can look for and find the most viable candidates. From that list choose the qualities that are of greatest importance to you and use those when making your decision.


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Taste: Neutral, but with a sweet, grape juice flavor
Texture: Reminiscent of biting into a water chestnut
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Taste: Neutral, but with a sweet, grape juice flavor
Texture: Reminiscent of biting into a water chestnut
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Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Dumplings from Williams-Sonoma
Ingredients:For the dough:· 2 tsp. fine sea salt· 2/3 cup ice-cold water· 5 cups all-purpose flour· 1/2 tsp. baking powder· 4 sticks unsalted butter, chilled and cut into cubesFor the apples:· 4 honeycrisp apples, each 6 to 8 oz.· 1/4 cup plus 1 Tbs. firmly packed dark brown sugar· 2 tsp. ground cinnamon· 1 tsp. kosher salt· 12 Tbs. (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature· 1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tsp. water· Warmed cream for serving (optional)· Caramel sauce for serving (optional)
Directions:To make the dough, in a small bowl, dissolve the salt in the water. In a food processor, pulse together the flour and baking powder until combined. Add the chilled butter pieces and process until the butter resembles the size of small peas. Gradually drizzle in the ice water mixture, pulsing to combine. Remove the dough from the food processor. Divide the dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a disk. Wrap separately with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
Preheat an oven to 350°F.
To prepare the apples, peel and core each apple, then cut each apple in half crosswise. In a bowl, stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Rub each apple evenly with the sugar mixture. Combine the remaining sugar mix with the butter and set aside.
Remove 1 dough disk from the refrigerator and let stand for 5 minutes. Divide the disk into 4 equal pieces. Working in batches, on a floured surface, roll out a piece of dough 1/8 inch thick and about 8 inches square. Place an apple half, cut side down, in the center of the dough square and fill the core with some of the reserved butter-sugar mixture. Pull the dough around the apple to create a beggar's purse and gently tie the corners together with butcher's twine. Repeat the process with the remaining dough and apple halves.
Transfer the wrapped apples to a parchment-lined baking sheet and brush the dough with the egg mixture. Bake until the dough is golden brown and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove the apple dumplings from the oven and let cool slightly. Serve with warmed cream and caramel sauce. Serves 8.
Recipe by Chef MacGregor Mann, Amada, Philadephia.
Preheat an oven to 350°F.
To prepare the apples, peel and core each apple, then cut each apple in half crosswise. In a bowl, stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Rub each apple evenly with the sugar mixture. Combine the remaining sugar mix with the butter and set aside.
Remove 1 dough disk from the refrigerator and let stand for 5 minutes. Divide the disk into 4 equal pieces. Working in batches, on a floured surface, roll out a piece of dough 1/8 inch thick and about 8 inches square. Place an apple half, cut side down, in the center of the dough square and fill the core with some of the reserved butter-sugar mixture. Pull the dough around the apple to create a beggar's purse and gently tie the corners together with butcher's twine. Repeat the process with the remaining dough and apple halves.
Transfer the wrapped apples to a parchment-lined baking sheet and brush the dough with the egg mixture. Bake until the dough is golden brown and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Remove the apple dumplings from the oven and let cool slightly. Serve with warmed cream and caramel sauce. Serves 8.
Recipe by Chef MacGregor Mann, Amada, Philadephia.
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A Sister's Eulogy for Steve Jobs by Mona Simpson
I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us. Later, after I'd met my father, I tried to believe he'd changed his number and left no forwarding address because he was an idealistic revolutionary, plotting a new world for the Arab people.
Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love, who could love me. For decades, I'd thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man and he was my brother.
By then, I lived in New York, where I was trying to write my first novel. I had a job at a small magazine in an office the size of a closet, with three other aspiring writers. When one day a lawyer called me — me, the middle-class girl from California who hassled the boss to buy us health insurance — and said his client was rich and famous and was my long-lost brother, the young editors went wild. This was 1985 and we worked at a cutting-edge literary magazine, but I'd fallen into the plot of a Dickens novel and really, we all loved those best. The lawyer refused to tell me my brother's name and my colleagues started a betting pool. The leading candidate: John Travolta. I secretly hoped for a literary descendant of Henry James — someone more talented than I, someone brilliant without even trying.
When I met Steve, he was a guy my age in jeans, Arab- or Jewish-looking and handsomer than Omar Sharif.
We took a long walk — something, it happened, that we both liked to do. I don't remember much of what we said that first day, only that he felt like someone I'd pick to be a friend. He explained that he worked in computers.
I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter.
I told Steve I'd recently considered my first purchase of a computer: something called the Cromemco.
Steve told me it was a good thing I'd waited. He said he was making something that was going to be insanely beautiful.
I want to tell you a few things I learned from Steve, during three distinct periods, over the 27 years I knew him. They're not periods of years, but of states of being. His full life. His illness. His dying.
Steve worked at what he loved. He worked really hard. Every day.
That's incredibly simple, but true.
He was the opposite of absent-minded.
He was never embarrassed about working hard, even if the results were failures. If someone as smart as Steve wasn't ashamed to admit trying, maybe I didn't have to be.
When he got kicked out of Apple, things were painful. He told me about a dinner at which 500 Silicon Valley leaders met the then-sitting president. Steve hadn't been invited.
He was hurt but he still went to work at Next. Every single day.
Novelty was not Steve's highest value. Beauty was.
For an innovator, Steve was remarkably loyal. If he loved a shirt, he'd order 10 or 100 of them. In the Palo Alto house, there are probably enough black cotton turtlenecks for everyone in this church.
He didn't favor trends or gimmicks. He liked people his own age.
His philosophy of aesthetics reminds me of a quote that went something like this: "Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later."
Steve always aspired to make beautiful later.
He was willing to be misunderstood.
Uninvited to the ball, he drove the third or fourth iteration of his same black sports car to Next, where he and his team were quietly inventing the platform on which Tim Berners-Lee would write the program for the World Wide Web.
Steve was like a girl in the amount of time he spent talking about love. Love was his supreme virtue, his god of gods. He tracked and worried about the romantic lives of the people working with him.
Whenever he saw a man he thought a woman might find dashing, he called out, "Hey are you single? Do you wanna come to dinner with my sister?"
I remember when he phoned the day he met Laurene. "There's this beautiful woman and she's really smart and she has this dog and I'm going to marry her."
When Reed was born, he began gushing and never stopped. He was a physical dad, with each of his children. He fretted over Lisa's boyfriends and Erin's travel and skirt lengths and Eve's safety around the horses she adored.
None of us who attended Reed's graduation party will ever forget the scene of Reed and Steve slow dancing.
His abiding love for Laurene sustained him. He believed that love happened all the time, everywhere. In that most important way, Steve was never ironic, never cynical, never pessimistic. I try to learn from that, still.
Steve had been successful at a young age, and he felt that had isolated him. Most of the choices he made from the time I knew him were designed to dissolve the walls around him. A middle-class boy from Los Altos, he fell in love with a middle-class girl from New Jersey. It was important to both of them to raise Lisa, Reed, Erin and Eve as grounded, normal children. Their house didn't intimidate with art or polish; in fact, for many of the first years I knew Steve and Lo together, dinner was served on the grass, and sometimes consisted of just one vegetable. Lots of that one vegetable. But one. Broccoli. In season. Simply prepared. With just the right, recently snipped, herb.
Even as a young millionaire, Steve always picked me up at the airport. He'd be standing there in his jeans.
When a family member called him at work, his secretary Linetta answered, "Your dad's in a meeting. Would you like me to interrupt him?"
When Reed insisted on dressing up as a witch every Halloween, Steve, Laurene, Erin and Eve all went wiccan.
They once embarked on a kitchen remodel; it took years. They cooked on a hotplate in the garage. The Pixar building, under construction during the same period, finished in half the time. And that was it for the Palo Alto house. The bathrooms stayed old. But — and this was a crucial distinction — it had been a great house to start with; Steve saw to that.
This is not to say that he didn't enjoy his success: he enjoyed his success a lot, just minus a few zeros. He told me how much he loved going to the Palo Alto bike store and gleefully realizing he could afford to buy the best bike there.
And he did.
Steve was humble. Steve liked to keep learning.
Once, he told me if he'd grown up differently, he might have become a mathematician. He spoke reverently about colleges and loved walking around the Stanford campus. In the last year of his life, he studied a book of paintings by Mark Rothko, an artist he hadn't known about before, thinking of what could inspire people on the walls of a future Apple campus.
Steve cultivated whimsy. What other C.E.O. knows the history of English and Chinese tea roses and has a favorite David Austin rose?
He had surprises tucked in all his pockets. I'll venture that Laurene will discover treats — songs he loved, a poem he cut out and put in a drawer — even after 20 years of an exceptionally close marriage. I spoke to him every other day or so, but when I opened The New York Times and saw a feature on the company's patents, I was still surprised and delighted to see a sketch for a perfect staircase.
With his four children, with his wife, with all of us, Steve had a lot of fun.
He treasured happiness.
Then, Steve became ill and we watched his life compress into a smaller circle. Once, he'd loved walking through Paris. He'd discovered a small handmade soba shop in Kyoto. He downhill skied gracefully. He cross-country skied clumsily. No more.
Eventually, even ordinary pleasures, like a good peach, no longer appealed to him.
Yet, what amazed me, and what I learned from his illness, was how much was still left after so much had been taken away.
I remember my brother learning to walk again, with a chair. After his liver transplant, once a day he would get up on legs that seemed too thin to bear him, arms pitched to the chair back. He'd push that chair down the Memphis hospital corridor towards the nursing station and then he'd sit down on the chair, rest, turn around and walk back again. He counted his steps and, each day, pressed a little farther.
Laurene got down on her knees and looked into his eyes.
"You can do this, Steve," she said. His eyes widened. His lips pressed into each other.
He tried. He always, always tried, and always with love at the core of that effort. He was an intensely emotional man.
I realized during that terrifying time that Steve was not enduring the pain for himself. He set destinations: his son Reed's graduation from high school, his daughter Erin's trip to Kyoto, the launching of a boat he was building on which he planned to take his family around the world and where he hoped he and Laurene would someday retire.
Even ill, his taste, his discrimination and his judgment held. He went through 67 nurses before finding kindred spirits and then he completely trusted the three who stayed with him to the end. Tracy. Arturo. Elham.
One time when Steve had contracted a tenacious pneumonia his doctor forbid everything — even ice. We were in a standard I.C.U. unit. Steve, who generally disliked cutting in line or dropping his own name, confessed that this once, he'd like to be treated a little specially.
I told him: Steve, this is special treatment.
He leaned over to me, and said: "I want it to be a little more special."
Intubated, when he couldn't talk, he asked for a notepad. He sketched devices to hold an iPad in a hospital bed. He designed new fluid monitors and x-ray equipment. He redrew that not-quite-special-enough hospital unit. And every time his wife walked into the room, I watched his smile remake itself on his face.
For the really big, big things, you have to trust me, he wrote on his sketchpad. He looked up. You have to.
By that, he meant that we should disobey the doctors and give him a piece of ice.
None of us knows for certain how long we'll be here. On Steve's better days, even in the last year, he embarked upon projects and elicited promises from his friends at Apple to finish them. Some boat builders in the Netherlands have a gorgeous stainless steel hull ready to be covered with the finishing wood. His three daughters remain unmarried, his two youngest still girls, and he'd wanted to walk them down the aisle as he'd walked me the day of my wedding.
We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many stories.
I suppose it's not quite accurate to call the death of someone who lived with cancer for years unexpected, but Steve's death was unexpected for us.
What I learned from my brother's death was that character is essential: What he was, was how he died.
Tuesday morning, he called me to ask me to hurry up to Palo Alto. His tone was affectionate, dear, loving, but like someone whose luggage was already strapped onto the vehicle, who was already on the beginning of his journey, even as he was sorry, truly deeply sorry, to be leaving us.
He started his farewell and I stopped him. I said, "Wait. I'm coming. I'm in a taxi to the airport. I'll be there."
"I'm telling you now because I'm afraid you won't make it on time, honey."
When I arrived, he and his Laurene were joking together like partners who'd lived and worked together every day of their lives. He looked into his children's eyes as if he couldn't unlock his gaze.
Until about 2 in the afternoon, his wife could rouse him, to talk to his friends from Apple.
Then, after awhile, it was clear that he would no longer wake to us.
His breathing changed. It became severe, deliberate, purposeful. I could feel him counting his steps again, pushing farther than before.
This is what I learned: he was working at this, too. Death didn't happen to Steve, he achieved it.
He told me, when he was saying goodbye and telling me he was sorry, so sorry we wouldn't be able to be old together as we'd always planned, that he was going to a better place.
Dr. Fischer gave him a 50/50 chance of making it through the night.
He made it through the night, Laurene next to him on the bed sometimes jerked up when there was a longer pause between his breaths. She and I looked at each other, then he would heave a deep breath and begin again.
This had to be done. Even now, he had a stern, still handsome profile, the profile of an absolutist, a romantic. His breath indicated an arduous journey, some steep path, altitude.
He seemed to be climbing.
But with that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve's capacity for wonderment, the artist's belief in the ideal, the still more beautiful later.
Steve's final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.
Before embarking, he'd looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life's partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Legislature to take up tax credit bills
The Assembly and Senate will each take up two of Gov. Scott Walker's special session bills today.
The Assembly's calendar includes the special session bills to require a supermajority to approve a tax hike, along with a tax deduction for those companies that create jobs.
The Senate will take up the bills to create a tax credit for those companies that relocate to Wisconsin and an expansion of the available economic development tax credits.
The Senate also plans to vote on the appointment of Dennis Smith as secretary of Health Services, which Dems may use the vote to raise questions about the Walker administration's commitment to BadgerCare.
Dems argue Smith was part of the Bush administration's effort to end the program and switch Wisconsin seniors the Medicare part D.


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I've been thinking a lot about how much I love my job. Who else can say that they get paid to do what they love? Granted I don't write as much fiction as I would like to, but I do write every day and write many different styles of work.
Working for myself, from home, has become the best thing I can imagine doing. I still have time to be with my family, to cook meals, to clean (most of the time, haha), and to write and promote for myself as well.
But then I also think about how most of the writing I do is sales- and business-oriented. Very professional, there are some other guidelines to follow as well, and it can become a little dry sometimes. I mean I love writing, but sometimes I need to write more for myself.
So this is a note to myself and to any other writers who work freelance: There are pros and cons to everything. Just get what you need to finished and don't forget to work on something for fun, too. Something that you want to work on, not that a client wants you to.
I still love my job =).
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Volume 16 Issue 52 | May 21 - 27, 2004
A festival runs through it
By Jess Wisloski
Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert
Some of the people who help organize Downtowns River to River Festival take a break near the Hudson (Left to right): Leslie Schiftic of American Express, a sponsor of the event, Valerie Lewis of the Downtown Alliance, Matthew Albanese of Seaport Marketplace, and Debra Simon of the World Financial Centers Arts & Events program.
It has been unbelievable, said one of the organizers of the River to River Festival, sounding more like she was talking about a sleepover party than the mecca of music, art and dance that has drawn over a million people a year to Lower Manhattan since May 2002. Valerie Lewis, who is the vice president of marketing for the Downtown Alliance (one of the organizations that first launched the festival), bubbled excitedly as she talked, whether she was discussing its inception, the different artists who have performed over the years, or even the financial strain of putting on the festival since the outpouring of support for Downtown had dried up.
Maybe slumber-party thrill is due for a festival that takes a year of planning and grew in crowds and events last year despite a recession. It managed to bring an estimated $32 million to Lower Manhattan by its mere presence in 2003, the festivals second year.
Indeed, every person interviewed shared, if not Lewis extremes of emotion, at least a squeak of the same excitement, when talking about the festivals opening.
The first events to usher in the celebrations include Blue Moon which opens on Friday, when O + A (the artsy pseudonym for Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger) turn the noise of the waterfront into music with a sound installation at the World Financial Center Plaza, and Breath by Shirazeh Houshiary and Pip Horne, another sound sculpture piece at Ritz Carlton in Battery Park City at 2 West St.
Though the River to River festival so far has remained somewhat under the radar of the press and larger body of New Yorkers, last years crowds of 1.25 million aint bad, and the groups survey revealed that 46% of audience members had not been to a cultural event Downtown prior to attending River to River, and that 95% of them came from outside of Lower Manhattan. The festival, in case you missed the subway ads, tourist kiosks, and program brochures that have proliferated over the past two years, spans over five months, and offers over 500 events from wine tasting, art exhibits, and classical concerts to rock shows, movie screenings, and a tomato festival. It transforms the parks, waterfronts, and plazas of Lower Manhattan into major venues that host free events all summer long. And it brings people who, as Lewis mentioned, havent been to the area in 10 or 15 years in as tourists, stimulating the economy and providing for grinning audiences that amble the streets long after the shows over.
This years festival includes some of the most diverse, and biggest, acts yet. The first large event takes place June 3rd, when the world-touring violinist Joshua Bell makes a stop in Battery Park Lawn for an open air concert at 7 p.m. and performs with St. Lukes Orchestra. Lyle Lovett, who plays July 4th in the Battery Park, will usher in the Macys fireworks. He was apparently one of the first acts booked (Lewis said his people had heard the buzz). Castle Clinton, the restored concert site and National Monument, will be hosting shows from up and comers like Beulah and The Stills to oldies and goodies like Mavis Staples and Cecil Taylor. And the Seaport serves up salsa with Hector Tricoche and Bahia, the Bloomberg Blues Jam (in its third year) and a childrens festival sponsored by Target. (These are only a few of the main events, all within the first two months).
Originally, the group of what are now called presenting partners came together to combine what still go by separately titled series, among the larger ones, The Seaport Music Festival (which housed events that used to take place at the World Trade Center and is held by the Seaport Marketplace), The Hudson River Festival (lead by the World Financial Center Arts & Events Program and Battery Park City Authority), Music at Castle Clinton (presented by the Downtown Alliance), and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Presents. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which was one of the founding members, helps in marketing, coordination, provides the space for the headquarters, and contributes several hundred thousand dollars worth of advertising.
At the behest of the chairperson of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Cherrie Nanninga, who is also the C.E.O. of CB Richard Ellis, a Downtown properties firm, the groups collectively devised a strategy in the wake of Sept. 11 to bring people Downtown: continue offering free events, just market the heck out of them.
Nanninga recalled she had been to a performance of Evening Stars on Sept. 10, 2001. After 9/11 it became clear that we had to bring people back Downtown, she said. So we all got together and talked about it.
At the time, she was director of real estate for the Port Authority and with her position at L.M.C.C., attracting crowds to arts events was forefront in her mind. We got behind this festival that we were going to put together for this whole summer by pooling our resources. It was the first time wed really partnered Downtown wed all kind of done our own thing for many years, and it was a pretty powerful concept.
For years the Downtown Alliance, under then-V.P. of marketing Debra Simons watch, had pulled together a summer brochure which encompassed all the organizations events, but the move to come up with an umbrella name for the festival, River to River really evolved in the months following Sept. 11.
I think its been a remarkable Downtown-wide event where partners have come together and created something much bigger than what any one partner could have done on their own, said Simon. Now, as the executive director of the Arts & Events program at the World Financial Center, she maintains her vigil over many of the events, and said she believes, The festival just keeps getting bigger and better.
By the time the festival was conceptualized in February 2002, it was time to seek out sponsors.
American Express came on as our sponsor, God bless em, said Lewis, and they have remained the title sponsor through the years, even when in 2003 the organizers found it more difficult to cull resources.
Theyve been our fairy godmother, basically, in terms of supporting the festival and brining in other sponsors, added Nanninga.
We were able to pull off a multi-million dollar arts festival that lasted the full summer, she said.
But who does the actual pulling off? As Lewis said, the Downtown Alliance does much of the marketing and administration, but what about the glamorous work of organizing the big names, like Lovett?
The executive producer of River to River, Bill Schreiber, has his hands full.
Its this time in the festival where were cooking with gas, as they say. Hes busy getting ready for the launch event on June 3rd. Schreibers duties include advertising for that, planning promotions with the advertising agency and public relations group, making sure the Parks Department is up to speed, and wrangling all the other bits and pieces that come together for this first show, and those to come after it. Think of him as the Mad Curator. The staff for such events, though hired individually by each organization, number fully in the hundreds throughout the summer, and his job is to make sure every show is fully coordinated before its big day comes.
We do a lot of coordination among the partners to be sure theyre not trying to book the same artists, and try and help them curate their series in a way that, so the festival produces a very diverse, exciting product that will bring lots of different people from families to individuals to jazz fans to classical music fans to modern dance fans to classical dance fans Downtown to participate in the festival. We do whatever we can to help them improve the quality of the production.
Though hes hired every year for the gig as a freelancer on contract, he said, Its like a full-time job. Not that there isnt the occasional opportunity to get out and enjoy what all his hard work results in.
Its very exhilarating, he admits. What I love about what I do is that every show is different, so its like taking a different job each time. His favorite part about it is being able to go to one of the venues, see the show, and watch the audience enjoying themselves. Im a music person at heart, so for me, relaxing is going to see a band that Ive either never seen before or Im looking forward to seeing, thats relaxation for us. When we have shows at 7:00, thats a good thing for us, because it sort of gets us out of the office to go see one of the events, which is great. And its fun.
While a whirlwind of action now, Valerie Lewis never stops thinking about the potential for future summers. Though she said the model they work with now is great and functional, shes interested in housing the festival some way, but hasnt seen a successful model comparable to the scope of festival they have. I see it going on for many many years, and I see it growing and evolving, she said, but isnt sure what the future holds for the festival. And as far as Downtown goes, shes got a very specific view.
Everybodys talking about Downtown and where it will be in five or six years, whats going to be built, she said, but doing this kind of festival and being concerned with the current arts situation sets the brick and mortar for tomorrows cultural development, she explained.
Im very excited to see what the future holds, but my concern is right now, what are we doing to stimulate the cultural community and develop one right now. And the answer is River to River.
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About This Video: Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Artists Against Fracking Present: "Don't Frack My Mother." Our aim is for the world to embrace sustainable living and develop renewable energies through economically-viable alternatives to fossil fuel.
Adrian Grenier, Alexa Chung. Ben Lee, Carrie Fisher, Daniel Pinchbeck, Devendra Banhart, Fred Armisen, Ione Skye, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Fox, Liv Tyler, Lindsey Wixson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mark Ronson, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Michael Skolnik, Natasha Lyonne, Penn Badgley, Reggie Watts, Sean Lennon, Susan Sarandon, Yoko Ono, Zoë Kravitz
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The class action lawsuit accusing Apple of antitrust violations for locking the iPod to the iTunes Store is claiming the company intentionally deleted competitor's music from the media player and didn't tell users. Apple's response: it was a necessary security measure.
Class action lawsuit says Apple deleted rival's music from iPods
iPod owners could load music from the iTunes Store, or from their own CDs, but music from other services, such as Rhapsody, would trigger an alert telling users they needed to restore their device. The restore process would remove songs from competing services, but there wasn't any warning about the lost music.
Apple security director Augustin Farrugia testified that the dialogs were intentionally vague. "We don't need to give users too much information," he said. "We don't want to confuse users."
The reasoning behind deleting unapproved songs, he added, was over security concerns. Getting the songs onto an iPod involved various workarounds — some of which users might not have even been aware of — and that posed a big security problem.
"The system was totally hacked," Mr. Farrugia said, adding that Apple was "very paranoid" about iTunes security.
Patrick Coughlin, the attorney representing the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, didn't agree with Mr. Farrugia's interpretation. "You guys decided to give [users] the worst possible experience and blow up," he said, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The lawsuit started in 2005 over complaints that Apple refused to open its FairPlay copy protection scheme to other companies. Apple used FairPlay as a digital rights management system to keep people from stealing music as part of its licensing contract with record labels.
Apple didn't want to use copy protection, and even went so far as to publicly say so. The company was obligated to maintain FairPlay and release updates whenever hackers found new workarounds, and routinely released software updates to block the latest hacks.
The plaintiffs contend that by refusing to open FairPlay to other music services, Apple was blocking competitors from entering into the market.
Apple's iPod was hugely successful in the portable media player market, but it was hardly the only option for consumers. Other companies failed to match Apple's overall iPod and iTunes experience, and the plaintiffs in this case claim that's because the iPod was a closed system.
Plaintiffs in the case are seeking US$350 million in damages. Video testimony from former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was recorded several months before his death and has been played at the trial. Testimony from other Apple executives will be coming over the next few days.
Apple was finally able to convince record labels that DRM wasn't needed and started selling songs without copy protection. Songs customers had already purchased were to non-copy protected versions.
The fact that iPod updates intentionally deleted music will no doubt be a big part of the case against Apple. The question now is whether or not the court will see the move as a legit security move, or a strategy to keep competitors out of the market.


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Blotter o' the Week: Someone still feeling the effects of the most recent presidential election has repeatedly spray painted "Fuck Hillary" on a woman's home.
A father called police after he found his son's vehicle had been wrapped in plastic and toilet paper and doused in syrup. This manner of prank is also known as an "Awful Waffle."
Police responded to reports of a fight outside of a downtown bar late one evening. Officers told an intoxicated young man to call an Uber to escort him home. The man showed his phone to an officer to prove that he was securing a ride, but instead of the Uber app, the screen displayed the man's alarm settings.
One spring breaker had a bit too much to drink and fell asleep on a busy street. The man later told police that his friends had abandoned him downtown and he was headed back to Folly Beach when he decided to grab some rest near a busy on-ramp.
A woman wired $1,250 to a man posing as her son-in-law, but the hustle didn't stop there. The conman then convinced the woman to hide almost $10,000 in cash among the pages of several magazines and mail the money to New Jersey. The woman also sent along a check for $8,500, but authorities managed to track down the envelope before it reached the Garden State charlatan.
An intoxicated man attempted to enter what he believed to be his home late one evening. Questioned by a Charleston police officer, the man explained that they were in the city of Cheraw where he lives.
A restaurant employee was finishing his shift at work when he found a stranger with a bloody nose seated in his vehicle. Upon opening the car door, the intoxicated man fell out of the car onto the pavement.
Someone stole a turkey decoy out of a man's truck. Who or why someone would commit such a fowl act remains unknown, but chances are the thief's story won't fly with police.
A woman reported AWOL from the United States Air Force was tracked to a local hotel. A manager told police that he had attempted to enter the woman's room, but the woman forced him out as she foamed at the mouth.
A suspect set several pieces of paper on fire inside of a vehicle before keying what appeared to be the word "DICK" on the hood of the car.
An intoxicated man approached an officer on the street one evening to converse. When the man failed to arrange a safe ride home, he was taken into custody. During his ride to jail, the man broke into tears several times and said he was afraid that a group of guys he met earlier in the evening were going to attack him for dancing with one of their girlfriends.
A man found passed out in an elevator responded to officers' questions about how much he had to drink that night by saying, "Not enough." As with any elevator-related bender, the man's night had its ups and downs.
A man called police after he found that his roommate had pawned his diamond ring.
An intoxicated man urinated on the floor of a fast food restaurant, giving new meaning to the term "Golden Arches."
A woman who entered a store to ask for armadillos was later questioned by police after a concerned shopkeep contacted authorities. The woman told the officer that she didn't work or drive because of her "intellegence test, which was being conducted by the government using telepathy." The woman then handed the officer a jacket and stated that he would know what to do with it.
When asked how long he had been drinking, an intoxicated driver informed police, "For about three weeks." Maybe keep your binges to under a fortnight.
A woman looking for her can opener instead discovered a bag containing marijuana and a pipe that she believes her son and daughter-in-law left behind.
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Reading, learning, waiting, and now it's finally time to begin collecting bee pollen from our hives. Last year we invested in a pollen trap however, owing to the non-stop rainy summer, we never attempted to use it. We wanted our honeybees to keep all the pollen that they gathered during the short summer season because pollen is key to their winter survival; thus, delayed gratification for me.
Yes, as I've said, my waiting is over! Last week we collected our first batch of pollen—3 ounces of this incredibly rich "complete food". It's like taking your daily food pyramid requirement and squeezing it into a handful of bee pollen granules. These yellow, orange, white, green, and tan granules gathered on the hind legs of the worker bees (looks like they're wearing orange booties – see photo) are packed with vitamins such as C, E and B-complex, (yippee more stamina for me), minerals, amino acids, enzymes, etc. It is composed of 55% carbohydrates, 35% protein, 3% vitamins and minerals, 2% fatty acids, and 5% other substances. Basically, it's one of the most nutritionally complete natural substances we can consume.
I enjoy one-tablespoon of pollen granules daily. I find it somewhat sweet, and perhaps a tad earthy in flavor. The granules are soft and moist, and I just toss them into my mouth and savor. However, I have recently read that my fresh granules should be soaked for up to 12 hours in water or OJ to help increase (by a huge percentage) the pollen absorption in the digestive system. So I will further investigate this.
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October 25, 2005
Dancing Jake
Some of you have seen this, some of you want to see this, and yet some of you may see it and wish you never had. Keith - this one's for you. A short clip of Jake and Emily "dancing" at Jason and Kelly's wedding. Enjoy! https://webfiles.colorado.edu/elliott/Jake%20Shortened.avi?uniq=ict02a
3 comments:
- Keith said...
Jake- What the hell are you doing?
- November 2, 2005 at 2:31 AM
- Jason and Kelly said...
that was the funniest thing I have seen in a while! Nice work Jake, you should start teaching classes
- November 3, 2005 at 3:10 PM
- Ian said...
that boy can move!
- November 10, 2005 at 5:25 PM
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By Chidi Nkwopara
OWERRI—Angered by non-payment of their salaries and allowances for eight months, the workers of Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State have shut the gates of the Council Headquarters, Dikenafai.
Some of the angry workers told Vanguard that their current action would have been executed a long time ago but for the intervention and plea of some sons of the council.
Those who intervened on behalf of the state government, according to the workers included Chief Eze Duruiheoma (SAN), the Special Adviser to the Governor on Inter Party Affairs, Chief Bonny Ebili and the member representing the local council in the State House of Assembly, Chief Larry Ajaero.
Vanguard gathered that the Transition Committee Chairman, Mr. C.O. Duru, tried in vain at meetings called at the instance of the chairman to explain the situation of things to the workers, but the aggrieved workers called him unprintable names.
It was also gathered that the workers organised a peaceful demonstration after locking the gates but were confronted by the police in the area.
The situation became rowdy, when the protesting workers learnt that the chairman and some members of Ideato South branch of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) had been arrested by the police.


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Bridal Devotional
Ephesians 5:21-24
I. Read Passage
II. Christ First
· Read vs. 21-22
· Our relationships are all in connection to our relationship with Christ. He is what is most important. To love your husband, you must first and continually love and build your relationship with Christ. It is through that relationship that we learn how to love and treat our husbands. When I am not in constant communion with the Lord, it is impossible for me to be in proper communion and relationship with my husband. If we don't put into practice our relationship with the one who loves us unconditionally, is always there for us and never lets us down, how can we possibly show our husbands the respect and submission they deserve and treat them the way Christ tells us to?
III. Foundation
· Vs. 21 "out of reverence for Christ"
· Our actions and love towards our husband is not based on or reliant on how they treat us first, but are a reflection of our relationship with Christ. Husbands will frustrate us and let us down at times, as we will them, but Christ never will. So, if our marriage is anchored on Him, it will never sink, no matter what storms hit us.
IV. Submit
· These versus mention the word "submit" often.
· Today, many people think of submission as weak. On the contrary, it is a beautiful and strong word. We get the honor of supporting our husbands and being their helper. Submission is kind of a taboo word in regards to our modern American roles. It does not equal doormat. Look at all these strong, beautiful, Godly women around you. They have grown strong through their submission to the Lord and their husbands. Through our submission we not only get strength, but we honor our husbands and push them up, giving them room to be the head you desire. This also helps to increase their self-esteem and feelings of being loved, without making them feel like they are in this alone or fighting against you. God didn't create woman (Eve) so that man (Adam) would have someone to boss around, but for companionship. Just like in those cooking shows I like to watch, the sous-chef can make or break the head chef.
V. Good or Evil
· This all reminds me of that scene in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". The mom says, "The man may be the head, but the woman is the neck and she can turn the head anyway she wants." This is so true. We do have a lot of influence and power. We could manipulate our submission to be deceptive, like they did in the movie to get what they wanted, or we can use it to glorify the Lord, lift our husbands up and help spur them on towards Christ. My high school swim coach once told me, "Behind every successful man is a strong woman." This is another reason why our relationship with Christ needs to be first and continual. In Christ, we will want the best for our husbands and will reflect His love. Apart from Christ, we will begin to manipulate the head away from Christ. We saw this in the Garden of Eden between Adam and Eve. Sometimes I think women have a bigger role than men, because without that strong, Godly support at home, it would be a lot harder to keep their eyes on Christ.
VI. Give It Your All
· Vs. 24 "submit to their husbands in everything"
· Not just when he does things the way you say or like, but in everything. This can be hard, but we have to be careful not to emasculate our husbands (society has already emasculated their role). We need to lift our husbands up in prayer and allow them to be the man God created them to be. I've met several women who are believers but their husbands are not. My friend, Janet, in Korea had this situation in her marriage, yet she didn't put her husband down or try to step over him. She focused on strengthening her own personal walk with the Lord and prayed for him. Whether our husbands are believers or not, this is the most important thing we can do for them to demonstrate our love.
Ø Recommended books: "Love Dare" and "The Power of a Praying Wife"
After giving the above devotional I ended with an object lesson, which was also my gift.
- Cookbook
Put in the right ingredients for your marriage. Make your home a godly home. Fill it with compassion, devotion, submission, joy, respect, and above all, love.
- Strainer.
Work at keeping the bad stuff out of your own personal life so that it doesn't affect your marriage. Don't let any bad thoughts and deeds slip in that could potentially harm your marriage. Keep in God's Word. Dedicate yourself to prayer.
- Kitchen Timer (or egg timer).
Make time for your spouse, even if you have to schedule it in on your calendar. Don't be ships passing in the night. You don't grow healthy relationships that way as husband and wife.
- Rolling Pin.
Keep the dough of your marriage and family life rolled out and smooth. When things come up that cause some lumps in the dough, take care of it right away. Don't let things fester.
- Meat Baster.
Add that extra juice in to keep your marriage moist. Don't let your marriage dry out. Make a habit of telling your husband you love him. Kiss him hello and goodbye. Write him notes. Do anything you can to keep that relationship fresh with your spouse.
- Meat Mallet.
It takes work to keep your marriage tender. Marriage is giving 100% from both the wife and the husband. Be determined to work at your marriage and relationship with your husband everyday by the words you say, the deeds you do, and by the thoughts you think. Just keep pounding away to give your marriage your best.
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Julie Rogers and Gene Berson met in 2011 at City Lights, the night of David Meltzer's launch for his book, "When I Was A Poet", #60 in the Pocket Poet Series. It was a big deal. Julie read too, first up. Afterward, Gene stood in line to get his book signed. He approached and congratulated David on his magnificent reading, turned to Julie and said, "you weren't too shabby either." They've been friends ever since.
Julie says, "I just can't imagine staying planted on this crazy boulder cycling through space without writing. I must have stuff to learn, and I need rocks, trees, people, open hearted transparency, words, poems, artworks, books, music, and love to do this. Since life keeps displaying its insane splendor, there's always something to say. Several books have spilled out, most recently House of the Unexpected and Street Warp, and the CD 'Two-Tone Poetry & Jazz', with David Meltzer and Zan Stewart. I can't seem to contain myself, the world's beauty and heartbreak, or my pen's tendency to rant on about it, and then later to read this out loud."
Gene Berson writes, "Can a poet retire? Can homeless people fall off the earth? Think like a drop of water, an old contractor advised me, as we were building a roof. Are the rivers of refugees now streaming the earth, fleeing bewildering wars, doing our dreaming for us? Is that fair? Do we fall asleep to turn away from the nightmare? Dream through the lens of water. We may be exiled above asphalt but our exile is temporary. Dig your fingers into the sidewalk (Amiri Baraka). Plant your feet. (Gene Berson)."
Below is a poem by Gene from a collection due out in December from Open Book Press,
and then some of his further thoughts…
raveling travel
he was talking about how it was
that a spider
found on different islands
separated by infinite water
could get around
(undaunted by doubt)
a silk thread
swept up by wind
maybe like a song
past understanding catches the ear
as if we could hear
filaments of ourselves on the air
a strand of dying sunlight
pulling thread out of a star
a more rational creature
would not dare
such a survival strategy —
silk — unraveling
oneself — a form
of travel
The spider that travels from island to island by letting out a strand of silk, to be picked up by wind, the central metaphor in the title poem of this book, stands for the poet's voice. It is a vehicle by which to travel an uncertain road—spun from within, compelled by the need of a species even as the individual is motivated by its own survival. For the individual it's a reckless, heroic, sacrificial approach, with no guarantee of success. It's playing the odds by doing the only thing it knows to do. Nevertheless, all of its species' hopes are riding on its journey, for only the individual can see the turn to be made and only he can make it. He's the one alive in the moment.
A poet undertakes to realize his personal voice hoping it will convey social implications. He sings to be conscious. The metaphor is a memory from junior college, a biology class, the instructor describing how a species of spider populated South Sea islands widely separated by water. It seems memory and imagination are always on the lookout for what might help an individual go on. One can't help but wonder that we dream, and by implication, sing, given that evolution drops what the body no longer needs. We sing because we have to. –Gene Berson
And from Julie:
The Country as a Toilet for the President
Politics. Tissue on a bathroom floor
used and tossed, the intended function
fleeting as a flush.
Not to insult but
the pipes are clogged
the deodorizer spent.
No claims to deciphering the news
or how to fix the way it is
continually running on
but here I am
in the sewer system
with the classes sinking
into lower economics
in the swirl of the drain
that starts in a full tank
and fills to empty us.


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JOHN FORD CLYMER (American, 1907-1989) The Raiding Party Oil on masonite 24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm) Signed lowe...
Auction amount: $194,500
Sold: Nov 10, 2012
John Ford Clymer
Nationality: American
John Ford Clymer fully immersed himself in the historic details that would accurately convey western narratives. Throughout his career as a highly successful illustrator for publications like the Saturday Evening Post, and later as an acclaimed member of the Cowboy Artists of America. Clymer developed an effective process for portraying the history of the American West accurately. First, he and his wife would painstakingly research the subject of the painting, down to the smallest details of setting, climate, and historic period. After completing their research, they would then travel to the proposed site for the painting to get a firsthand feeling of the area. That attention to historic detail and first hand observation of the actual environment is what gives paintings like The Raiding Party such power and believability.
Clymer's career in many ways parallels the development of the Art of the American West in the twentieth century. Born in the Pacific Northwest, he showed a natural talent for drawing at an early age and sold his first illustrations when he was only sixteen. Later he studied with some of the true luminaries of the great age of American illustration, including Harvey Dunn. At that time, most artists who depicted the history of the West did so in the employ of magazines and book publishers. Clymer became one of the most sought after in that field. By the early 1960s, western art collectors increasingly began to branch out from buying works by historic artists to seeking paintings by living artists. Encouraged by this emerging market for western art, Clymer left his career as an illustrator and turned his attention towards painting the history of the West on a full-time basis. He was asked to join the Cowboy Artists of America early in that organization's development and became one of its most celebrated members.
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JOHN FORD CLYMER (American, 1907-1989) The Raiding Party Oil on masonite 24 x 36 inches (61.0 x 91.4 cm) Signed lowe...
Lot 76051
Auction 5116
Saturday, November 10, 2012
JOHN FORD CLYMER (American, 1907-1989) Glacier National Park, Saturday Evening Post cover, July 30, 1960 Oil on board...
Lot 96062
Auction 7016
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
JOHN FORD CLYMER (American 1907 - 1989) Saturday Evening Post cover, August 29, 1959 Oil on board 33.5 x 26.5 in. Si...
Lot 87011
Auction 7005
Friday, March 13, 2009
John Ford Clymer (American, 1907-1989) Cavaliers at Table Oil on canvas 20 x 36 in. Signed lower right Property...
Lot 71039
Auction 5327
Friday, October 13, 2017
John Ford Clymer (American, 1907-1989) Drying Nets, Mont Saint Pierre Oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. Signed lower right ...
Lot 71059
Auction 5291
Friday, May 12, 2017
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Winemaker: Marcus Wright/Rebecca Wiffen
Alcohol: 13.5% pH: 3.52 RS: nil
TA: 5.9g/L Brix: 23.8 – 24.5
Our 2016 Pinot Noir is produced from carefully nurtured vines at our Chaytors Road and Waihopai vineyards where the combination of clones, climate and soils produce something special. Small batch fermentation, hand-plunging and aging in French oak has helped to produce an expressive wine with intense berry fruit, lovely texture, great concentration and gentle tannins.
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A mid-sized tree native to Southeast Asia that is popularly cultivated here for its cherry-sized fruits that vary from pink to yellow or brown in color. The sweet or slightly acidic fruit pulp can be eaten raw or made into jam or an alcoholic beverage.
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After a successful six-year run, MMORPG Shadowbane will shut down on May 1 according to publisher Ubisoft.
Shadowbane is known to MMO devotees as a bastion of player-versus-player gameplay. I seem to remember sieges also being a big draw to bloodthirsty gamers. Ubisoft bought the game's developer, Wolfpack Studios, back in 2004 and closed the studio two years later – making Shadowbane a free-to-play game thereafter.
Here's part of the blurb posted to the game's site by Ubisoft:
We come to you now with regret and sadness, but also happiness and pride.. Regret and sadness that it has finally come to this, and as of May 1, 2009 the Shadowbane servers will be powered down once and for all. Yet happiness that it lasted so very long, and pride to be able to stand before such a passionate community to thank you for your undying support and unwavering loyalty to Shadowbane.
MMORPG Shadowbane to Shutter After Six Years [Gamasutra]