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Love Spell Prints - 1- 4
Choose one of the 'A' series Love Spell prints.
These prints are from the Love Spells for a Thief series by artist Elizabeth Marruffo.
The whole series of works can be viewed in detail at www.lovespellsforathief.wordpress.com
Each print is on high quality 308gsm Hahnemuhle smooth photo rag and printed with archival quality inks. The prints measure 297mm x 420mm (11.7 x 16.5 in).
All prints are hand finished by the artist, including foiled details on the image itself as well as a hand lettered love spell underneath the hexagon.
The love spell is also the name of the work.
The available prints in this series are -
1- 'Carry a rabbits foot for good fortune and to bring in the winnings.'
2- 'If you are part of a love triangle, look no further this is the spell for you.'
3- 'If the two of you live together for instance, washing their clothes with a sprinkling of love bath crystals in the rinse water should become as second nature to you.'
4- 'Do not disturb your candles or blow them out prematurely. Allow them to burn down completely, then gather the wax and either place it in a sachet beneath your pillow or bury it in the garden to let it grow - preferably somewhere the dog won't dig it up.'
We recommend the works be presented as in the sample images, with a ornamental brassy frame and a very pale pink mounting board.


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The Charlotte Auburn Club is a proud supporter of the Carolina Raptor Center located in Huntersville, NC! We are currently in the process of working with them to set up ways to volunteer at the center, adopt a bird and have a cage built! The Carolina Raptor Center is dedicated to environmental stewardship and the conservation of birds of prey through research, education and the rehabilitation of injured raptors. For more information about the Carolina Raptor Center, check out their website:
Thank you to those who participated in our first AU Alumni in Action Community Service Event! Those who participated in this service opportunity spent their morning working with raptors by assisting with feedings, cleaning cages, help clearing trails, and doing some landscaping around the aviaries. AUsome job everyone!
Aubie (seen above), the Mississippi Kite, is a native of Auburn, Alabama. He has lived at Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, NC, since 2008. Mississippi kites are not generally found in the Carolinas – except for in coastal areas during migration, however, there have been recent sightings in Charlotte, NC, around the SouthPark area. Aubie was named by CRC supporter and proud Auburn University alumna Jeannie Moore.

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The struggle against HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is a long battle where gradual progress and small success are to be celebrated. Development Aid from People to People in Zambia (DAPP) reports about recent developments.
Awareness and condom distribution programs are clearly showing effects in the trench war against HIV/AIDS, but the infection rate is still high, with an estimated 17% of the population in the age-group of 15-49 years in Zambia infected with the virus. DAPP runs seven HOPE Humana projects in Central and Western Zambia in cooperation with local authorities and international partners to reduce the impact and spread of the disease.
Emphasis in the HOPE Humana programs, that are being run in several African countries, is on education, awareness campaigns, prevention and care. For those who have already contracted the virus, DAPP has put several programs in place teaching people how to cope physically and psychologically with HIV-infection. Between January and June of 2011 almost all important goals of these seven projects that were set, have been met.
Some 1.300 volunteers are active within the programs,
170.000 condoms have been distributed,
over 225.000 people were given information through town meetings, school programs or leaflets and
close to 600 support groups are affiliated with HOPE.
Activists reaching out to orphans, vulnerable children and youth clubs are in place, the HOPE workplace program has reached out to 24 companies in Ndola (Copperbelt) alone and more and more volunteers and healthcare professionals are being empowered to spread information about HIV/AIDS prevention and responsable behaviour.
The Zambian authorities have acknowledged DAPP´s efforts with regard to combating HIV/AIDS and related issues, also praising the succesful completion of several community building projects.
Source: HOPE Zambia, First semester report to Humana People to People, June 2011


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89934465310167720122018-09-18T05:00:51.312-04:00Eco OceanOcean conservation, appreciation, fascinationMike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-52619614457319734442018-07-04T16:59:00.002-04:002018-07-04T16:59:25.068-04:00Scott Pruitt is the Face of America's Biggest Problem

"The puzzle here is not how Scott Pruitt could attempt to get away with these things; it is why America's days are filled with dealing with "public servants" like Pruitt — and, of course, Donald Trump, for that matter. They are cheaters, self-dealers, corner-cutters, and liars for personal or professional gain. Why does our political system fail so badly to screen them out? Why, in short, does the swamp spread so relentlessly?

The answer, of course, is that the Pruitts, the Trumps (and the Tom Prices and on and on) are people who serve interests far more powerful and nefarious than they are. Big money has taken over the political system, and hired people like Pruitt to run it on their behalf.

In 2010, the Supreme Court, in its ineffable wisdom, declared that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections — that their contributions were free speech and thus beyond limitation. What could possibly go wrong?

Even now, all is not lost. The rich may have the money but the people still have the votes. Yet time is short. November is our best hope to reclaim our democracy from the likes of Pruitt and Trump."

This was written by Jeffrey Sachs and published by CNN. Jeffrey Sachs runs Columbia University's Earth Institute among other things.

Plain and simple how big money is ruining this country via lackeys like Pruitt. The takeaway: People need to vote for things they care about, including clean air and clean water. Celebrate this great country by voting.

Full article pasted here:

The federal government's top ethics official has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to take "appropriate actions to address any violations" rising from the behavior of the agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt.

These include a $50 a night room rental agreement with a lobbyist whose husband's firm lobbies the EPA, salary raises Pruitt gave to favored aides and other employees, frequent taxpayer-funded trips back home to Oklahoma — with security entourage -- and reports in The New York Times that Pruitt took punitive action against agency staff after they raised concerns about his actions.

The puzzle here is not how Scott Pruitt could attempt to get away with these things; it is why America's days are filled with dealing with "public servants" like Pruitt — and, of course, Donald Trump, for that matter. They are cheaters, self-dealers, corner-cutters, and liars for personal or professional gain. Why does our political system fail so badly to screen them out? Why, in short, does the swamp spread so relentlessly?

The answer, of course, is that the Pruitts, the Trumps (and the Tom Prices and on and on) are people who serve interests far more powerful and nefarious than they are. Big money has taken over the political system, and hired people like Pruitt to run it on their behalf.

And the big money will triumph as long as the young, the poor, and working class do not register and vote in far greater numbers. That is why our democracy depends so urgently on voters — in the upcoming elections and again in 2020 -- beating back the billionaires who manipulate our politics for their own gain.

The current state of our politics would be risible if the stakes were not so terrifyingly high. Pruitt has made a career of trying to gut any and all environmental protection. Trump is an unprincipled hothead real estate developer and reality TV persona who lost all access to serious capital long ago and so has largely relied on foreign money to keep afloat, as even his sons have reportedly affirmed.

Yet Pruitt is now in charge of dismantling every barrier between us and environmental ruin, and Trump has the nuclear codes that could end life on the planet.

They both work for larger financial interests. Our country today, and indeed much of the world, is run by and for billionaires actively manipulating the political process. They have the means, power, influence and muscle to get their way.

Trump was elected with the backing of several, including Sheldon Adelson, Carl Icahn, Robert Mercer, John Paulson, T. Boone Pickens and Peter Thiel. And Trump has delivered for them, most importantly by signing into law last December a budget-busting $1.5 trillion tax cut that largely benefits the rich.

Scott Pruitt was backed for his post as EPA administrator by the titans of Big Oil, including billionaires David Koch and Charles Koch, and Pruitt's backer for years, Harold Hamm, chief executive of Continental Resources, an Oklahoma oil and gas company. In return, Pruitt has been systematically attempting to gut every regulatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions and leading the effort to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement (making the United Stats the only country out of 193 to declare the intention to withdraw).

As another sure sign of who has the real sway in this country, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chose to meet at last 10 billionaires on his recent whirlwind US trip: Donald Trump, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Mike Bloomberg, Stephen Schwarzman, Oprah Winfrey, Sergey Brin, Larry Page and Peter Thiel, among others. If you don't have a net worth of at least a couple billion dollars, you shouldn't be surprised that you weren't on the crown prince's dance card.

Why do the wealthy hire the likes of Pruitt to do their bidding? The main reason is that only individuals lacking a moral compass will carry out the whims and anti-social policies of the plutocrats who seek to manipulate the political and regulatory systems to their will. Suppose you had to tell mega-lies every day, such as that global warming is untrue and that air pollution is not dangerous to public health. Anyone of talent or honesty would recoil from the job. Only an ambitious toady would accept such an ugly assignment.

David and Charles Koch ($60 billion net worth each, according to Forbes) effectively control the Republican Party. Republican incumbents have the choice to take money from the extended Koch network or to face a primary opponent funded by the Koch network.

The party begs financial largesse from the Koch brothers and parrots the idiocies of climate denial on their behalf -- despite record heatwaves, forest fires, hurricanes and this season's loopy winter weather, which scientists say is linked to an overheated Arctic. Money can't turn back the tides, but it can cause adults who know better to deny them.

The United States is not alone in this big-money corruption but perhaps has become its world leader. Democracy around the world is being undermined not by a working-class backlash or resurgent nationalism but by money, a lot of it. With the world's politics awash in money, several world leaders are currently charged with corruption, most recently France's Nicolas Sarkozy, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, and South Africa's Jacob Zuma, with two more recently convicted: Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and South Korea's Park Geun-Hye.

In 2010, the Supreme Court, in its ineffable wisdom, declared that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections — that their contributions were free speech and thus beyond limitation. What could possibly go wrong?

Even now, all is not lost. The rich may have the money but the people still have the votes. Yet time is short. November is our best hope to reclaim our democracy from the likes of Pruitt and Trump.//

See the original: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/opinions/pruitt-sums-up-americas-biggest-challenge-sachs/index.html

Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-9254154065233215592017-12-15T16:29:00.003-05:002017-12-15T16:37:03.443-05:00Apoplectic

Pruitt Don't Give a Damn

It's very difficult to watch wholesale greed and animosity running this country. Right into the ground.

It just keeps coming. The depth of it knows no limits. I thought I was surprised in the past. Now I'm just incredulous, and bitter.

The latest is the Republican tax bill stands to seriously damage the solar and wind industry by undermining or eliminating effective incentives.

It's a fast growing industry that generates millions of jobs and great innovation. It's finally upgrading something that hasn't changed in 90 years -- how we make electricity, which is the juice that runs our world.

The tax bill shoved through by grinning thugs will take that away and make steadily more affordable renewable energy unaffordable.

It's almost out of spite at this point. The fossil fuel industry has 96% of the market share of power plants' fuel yet they still rag like the hypocrites they are about fair markets.

I wonder, did Standard Oil get tax breaks to get the industry going? Did Ford Motor Co. get support from the government to get that industry going? Of course they did.

The fossil fuel industry already receives over $564 billion in subsidies annually and untold influence -- the U.S. Secretary of State is the former CEO of Exxon-Mobil -- and they want to kill renewable energy. Really?

And Pruitt EPA head snake says without a hint of sarcasm but full bore disingenuousness, "I'd let them (renewable energy) stand on their own and compete against coal and natural gas."

They're killing this country. We used to be a country that could build things, create new industries, jobs, prosperity, and overcome huge challenges. We used to do great things like send a man to the moon. Now we are forced to accept the status quo, shoved down our throats.

All because a few companies and a few shareholders want to continue to make billions the rest of the people and the climate be damned. Greed is not good Gordon Gekko, after all.

The Politicians get paid, egos stroked, coffers stuffed, and we go hurtling toward the end of a once great nation, and an eventually uninhabitable planet.

Also, the tax bill opens up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. That's just dirty. Kicking you when you're already down. Remember when we had to fight that? We just fell back decades. We know better. Leave it in the ground.

This is a disaster. The Trump Republican bomb has gone off and it's a dirty bomb, designed to rot us out slowly. Money is the only thing that matters.

The Kochs, Mobil-Exxon, Peabody Coal, and more must be giddy. This is an oligarch run by sociopaths. They don't care. They don't care one wit about this country or the beautiful masses that make it great.

Hell, when the shit hits the fan they can go live in their gated communities and gaudy towers. That's probably what they're thinking. I'm hoping for the day they are pulled out of those places and strung up by their ankles.

Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-29406965252336764632017-11-28T13:02:00.002-05:002017-11-28T13:02:49.874-05:00An Actual Price of Carbon

We've been talking about the cost of carbon on society for a long time. Turns out it's $36 a ton, according to scientists and economists.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration has already hinted at ignoring that number. It would be disastrous. It's vital that the cost is realized.

By the way -- how many tons do humans pump into the air every year? Forty billion tons. That's billion with a B.

How much are healthy oceans and ecosystems worth? Priceless.

Don't take my word of it. A recent op-ed by Michael Greenstone and Cass Susstein talks about the importance of keeping that number in the regulations and solutions to climate change.

Excerpt:

New scientific and economic evidence suggests that climate change probably poses an even greater risk than the $36 figure reflects.

For example, the West Antarctica ice sheet appears to be retreating faster than we thought, raising the specter of multimeter sea level rise in the next century.

Recent research also found that climate change will lead to shorter and sicker lives, primarily because of the harmful effect of more extremely hot days on health. Extreme heat is also projected to reduce worker productivity and increase energy consumption, while changes in temperature and precipitation globally are expected to increase food prices and violence. Thus, there is a strong case that if anything, the government's estimate of the social cost of carbon should be higher than it is.

To be sure, the exact number is uncertain, and the Trump administration will make its own judgment. But a credible assessment must be based on the best science and economics, not politics. And there is no justification for a chilling investigation of civil servants who are just doing their jobs.

Ultimately, the social cost of carbon provides a necessary guidepost in decisions about how to balance costs to our economy today with the coming climate damages. Wishing that we did not face this trade-off will not make it go away.

Read the whole piece here.

Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-81391937712857101662017-02-16T16:04:00.000-05:002017-02-16T16:04:00.160-05:00No Surrender Despite the Times

Dear Editor,

What a disappointing article "What Would You Do?" by Tatiana Schlossberg in the New York Times.

The takeaway adds to people's sense of helplessness and encourages inaction -- that climate change is so big and "complicated" that even if you choose the most earth-friendly answers, "the climate will keep changing no matter what" and that "there is no way to stop climate change."

You read that and you may as well wave the newspaper over your head like a white flag of surrender.

I say no surrender despite the times. There is hope. There are many things everyone can and should do to stop climate change.

Citizen

Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-75242144079741287552017-02-07T16:00:00.000-05:002017-02-07T16:00:27.088-05:00Bonaire Swim In Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Today I entered the easy shore break on the leeward side of a windswept island in the southern Caribbean sea. Mask and snorkel is all I needed.

I saw a smallish Hawksbill sea turtle swimming just below. It swam ever so slowly through the clear water. It was as if time underwater really moves as different as it feels.

Followed it for quite awhile. An unusual treat for undersea wildlife, often just a fleeting glimpse. I admired the colorful shell made of greens and red-browns in an Aztec-like pattern.

As the turtle passed over the undersea cliff edge, his shell and whole body was vibrant against the black-blue of the drop off into the darker depths.

But the flounder, the simple flat fish, I saw on my way back to the beach really stole my imagination. So delighted to watch it flutter like paper in the wind, a beige white fabric on the beige sand.

When it stopped moving and bits of sand settled back around it, I could barely discern the creature from the Earth. For a moment, it was one with its surroundings, easily something we've all tried to be at least once in our terrestrial lives.

At the end of a day buzzing with beauty, I've figured it out -- the tremendous draw here of Bonaire.

Everyday, the bright warm sun, the turquoise water, fantastic sights in the meditative, soundless underwater world -- it's like living on the edge of a wonderful dream that you can easily step into and out of.

Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-32778174090791731742017-01-31T12:00:00.000-05:002017-01-31T12:00:23.566-05:00How to be Heard

 Remember this line?

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

This is a good read. It's a very practical and nonpartisan "how to" guide written by former staff of members of congress. It will tell you how to make sure your member of congress knows where you stand on issues/votes, Republican or Democrat.

If you don't have time to read it, the summary is:

Calling the offices of your two Senators and congressperson is the most effective way to be heard -- aside from visiting their offices and telling them in person. And yes, you can actually call them, you'll probably get a staffer but he/she will take your message/statement.

Try to call them when there is some way they can take action or are about to take action -- "I want you to vote yes on xxx"

Members of Congress are not really interested in your opinion of the policies or your logic for why you feel this way -- they just want to know where you stand.

And believe it or not, they care what you think -- Republican or Democrat -- because you are one of their constituents. You're a voter. And members of congress are always, consistently, to the "point of obsession", focused on re election.

The telephone numbers of your members of congress are easily found online.

The Indivisible Guide is here: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/ Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-28159213960429667912017-01-03T11:00:00.000-05:002017-01-03T11:00:09.726-05:00Sing for the Unsung Hero

The world needs more people like Joe Browder. He was instrumental in saving acres of the Everglades. Here he is taking a stroll in his cathedral. Rest in peace.

A quote from his experience:

"Look at it this way, Louise," she recalled Mr. Browder telling her. "Would you rather have some influence over deciding where the airport will be located, or would you rather decide where to plant the trees and grass around the parking lots?"

He loved nature no doubt. Read his obit here. Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-49377934328025969812016-10-02T17:42:00.000-04:002016-10-02T17:42:38.782-04:00Exxon Tries to Move the Spotlight

Classic corporate move -- Exxon is investigating the investigators.

State officials in Texas -- where else -- are investigating District Attorneys in other states who are trying to determine if Exxon Mobil knew more about climate change's causes and harms than it has said it knew.

They've got a political lap dog, a Republican from Texas named Lamar, a veritable gauntlet of lawyers, and a chorus of communications professionals without conscious. Greed runs wide and deep and long.

If they can say that the people investigating them are under investigation, they've won another small victory in the obfuscation of climate change and their culpability.

This is because Exxon Mobil is one of the dirtiest companies the world has ever seen, and they will use every angle or strategy to continue to make billions of dollars at the expense of human health and the health of the planet.

Once again, Greenpeace says it like it is:

Annie Leonard, its executive director, said "America's least respected politicians have now courageously stepped up to defend one of America's most hated corporations from scrutiny."

The 13 signers of the Smith letter (investigating the DAs), she noted, "have been paid millions in campaign contributions from coal, oil and gas companies, so this letter is more proof that the system works — for corporations."

Here's an article about it from the New York Times:

Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-42565120123549428132016-05-22T16:02:00.000-04:002016-05-22T16:02:54.352-04:00Sun Hugger

The greatest thing about solar power systems is that they make sense in the grand scheme of things.

The sun brings life to this planet. Nearly every living thing exists because the sun provides energy that creates food -- like plants and phytoplantkon -- which in turn is eaten by all sorts of critters which are in turn are eaten by all sorts of other critters.

Only in caves and two miles under the ocean, where the sun does not penetrate, does life succeed without sunlight. But those are rare instances.

Taking solar energy from the sun in the form of excited electrons in glass and silica to energize human lives has an elegance to it. I'd go as far as to say it nudges us closer to the natural world.

It sure beats the heck out of burning something we dug up and over-stuffing the atmosphere with dirty gasses.Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-39798100382901117022016-01-21T12:51:00.002-05:002016-01-21T12:59:16.026-05:00Too Tranquilo

Too Tranquilo in Guatemala

Chocolate-black sand
on this stretch of Pacific Beach
off the vast volcanic slope
that is southern Guatemala.
Spotted a bright white egret in the mangroves so far.
A lone tern wandering up and down the coast
flying just overhead while I bobbed in the swells.
And a long and curious line of pelicans,
like a wandering, dotted pencil drawing.
They gathered in one spot in the sky,
and then flew overhead single file
same distance apart one from the other, quietly organized.

Basura is on the sand and in the brush
and burning on the step-away streets.
Industrial smell of smoldering plastic.
Up in smoke may be better than in the tern's belly.
Two massive dark objects on the horizon.
Boxy, obvious right angles of man,
three distinct smoke stacks.
clear, even from my distance.
Staking a terrible claim to rake the ocean,
processing the catch on board into frozen ingots of lost wilds.

Shrimp is everywhere on the local menu,
because nearly all of the mangroves in the area
have been turned into shrimp farms.
Manatees and cranes and juvenile fish
become homeless overnight.
I can't eat the shrimp knowing this.
My silent boycott about as significant as a grain of sand.
The sole tourist boat
must charge $200 U.S. a head,
to buy gas to get out far enough,
to see big marine life.
Not sure if that's a product of anything or if it's always been that way.
But I imagine there was a time when you
could sit on the beach and see
whales and bottlenose dolphin, and maybe even a manta.

Vaunted turtle sanctuary in the ramshackle town,
just past Johnny's Saloon,
has empty pools with dry black sand in the bottom.
But also flat sand beds protected and marked off
as if growing tomatoes but nothing has sprouted yet,
not the tiny paws
or the small snout of a newborn sea turtle.
Life is brave the turtle says,
life is delicate and brief, but resilient,
to a point.
The turtles hatch and are corralled into mesh cylinders,
later they are set off into the ocean,
like seeds in a brisk wind.
Stuff whatever money I have in my pocket
into their donation box.
Someone is trying.
Lizards, birds, insects, marine life, mangroves?
All quiet. Too tranquilo. Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-71303369890110570772015-09-22T22:45:00.000-04:002015-09-22T22:45:53.782-04:00Our Natural Selection Moment

The current renewable energy revolution lead by solar power emerges less as a technological revolution and more as human evolution. Call it our next species, where we finally shake the mantle of our caveman selves.

It is the natural selection moment that may save us. Our fifteen minutes of genetic fame. Not elongated toes to support walking upright or more expansive skulls this time. This time it's cerebral.

We have the power to reason that we must change something fundamental in order to save ourselves. It is no less real than using tools for the first time so that we can improve our diet and grow our survival.

The crux is plain as day -- early man burned things to create heat and light, and we're still doing that. It has been an amazing 400,000 year run, from the warm glow of coals in a chilly cavern on an ancient winter's night to coal-fired plants running a fantastic metropolis. Outstanding, really, but it's still burning things. Time to move on.

As most evolutions, it is required and necessary for a species to undertake or the species goes away.

This fits exactly in with moving – evolving – away from fossil fuel systems and toward renewable energy systems, especially solar, while the ravages of climate change begin to fray the edges of humanity and modern civilization.

We've all heard the dire predictions. It does not bode well for us this enormous challenge called climate change. But if we continue to adopt more and more solar power, we will be reining in climate change and thereby preserving our own species.

We will be embracing the next evolution. We will have evolved as a necessity of survival. It's not a revolution as much as it's an evolution, to a better species, a smarter species.

Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-61745047514102575842015-08-13T11:46:00.001-04:002015-08-13T11:51:00.339-04:00Help Horseshoe Crabs

Happy to be chosen as a guest blogger at The Safina Center, happier still that more people will get the word about horseshoe crabs and hopefully sign the save the horseshoe crab petition.

As it is, someone with a license in New York can take up to 500 crabs per day. That's the kind of limit that represents no limit, says Carl Safina in The View from Lazy Point.

"There is something in man that hates natural abundance, and something that clings to excess," wrote Dr. Safina.

In the Northeast, horseshoe crabs are declining and current catch levels are unsustainable. Give them a chance.

Check out the post: Help Horseshoe Crabs Live Another Million Years Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-70457653425872762922015-07-27T11:11:00.001-04:002015-07-27T11:11:29.470-04:00God's Green Earth

Q: Is climate change a global challenge to humanity?

A: Is the Pope Catholic?

Yes, he is and apparently there are 1.2 billion Catholics in the world. Many of them look to him for guidance.

The Pope says it's humanity's responsibility to be good stewards of the Earth. It's a moral obligation.

That's why I'm ecstatic. Even though it was a month ago, I'm still buzzing. There's so much bad news out there around the health of ecosystems, it's sometimes hard to believe the good news.

The pontiff didn't mince words, either. "The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth," Francis said. He called for a "revolution" and he called out fossil fuels.

Can I get a Hallelujah? How about an Amen?

The great news is that the Pope is not the only revered religious leader who says we should take care of God's green Earth. In January 2013, the head of the Christian Orthodox church went as far as to call pollution a sin. The Dalai Lama himself has asked for an ethical approach to environmental protection.

Amen!

Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-89924536019668116382015-06-22T22:28:00.002-04:002015-06-22T22:28:57.508-04:00Doubt Meets a Mean Upper Cut

I just found my latest heroine in Naomi Oreskes. She is not a female boxer in the traditional sense.

Trained as a geologist and obviously smart as a whip, she has become the staunch challenger to the scientific community's career naysayers and deniers. But she does it on their terms, with research and solid data, and that's probably what makes them so incensed.

Dr. Fred Singer and the staff scientists of the George C Marshall Institute are some of the most vocal. They call her many things including a lightening rod. Her response is: "But remember, the whole purpose of a lightning rod is to keep people safe."

Her book Merchants of Doubt is a must read. She calls out the very small part of the scientific community that has strategically sowed doubt about some of the biggest issues. We're talking not only climate change but also the health impacts of tobacco and the effects of acid rain.

With her climate change work, she shows that about 97 percent of working climate scientists accept that global warming is happening, that humans are largely responsible, and that the situation poses long-term risks. She places the small minority of deniers on the wrong side of science and history.

The plot twist that gets me is that while the tobacco companies and the fossil fuel companies are motivated by greed, the merchants of doubt are in it for a different reason. Oreskes says they oppose these major findings and the necessary sea changes that follow for "a deep ideological reason: contempt for government regulation," according to the New York Times.

In the world of communicating the science of climate change and fighting the deniers, that's an eye opener. Knowing the motivation, the end game, of your enemy is half the battle to overcoming them. Course it always helps to have a Naomi in your corner.
Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-43522126741150699382015-06-09T14:36:00.003-04:002015-06-09T14:41:05.679-04:00Celebrate World Oceans Day

Today is a great day to celebrate the majesty and the life-giving power of the ocean.

One way to celebrate is to remember that climate change hits the ocean, too. It doesn't sound like much of a celebration but people save what they love, and the ocean needs saving.

So support clean energy to stem two game-changing ocean ills caused by climate change -- warming seas and ocean acidification.

Another way to celebrate is to get in the water or on the water or even near the water if you're lucky enough. But you knew that. Happy World Oceans Day. Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-86949825514392973692015-05-31T23:42:00.000-04:002015-05-31T23:42:06.176-04:00The Constant Spill

I knew it was too good to be true. For awhile there, it really seemed that the Obama administration was serious about protecting the Arctic from offshore drilling.

Even most recently optimism flickered as Secretary of State Kerry spoke in support of clean energy at the Arctic Council.

"My friends, clean energy is the solution to climate change. If we got the whole world to embrace clean energy choices rapidly, we can meet our two-degree target. But the window's closing. The extraordinary thing is all of the technologies we need – whether it's wind or solar or hydro or whatever, they're all there," said Kerry.

But it is not to be. The Obama administration just agreed to allow Shell to drill in the Arctic.

An oil spill directly into the Arctic would be horrible and that's reason enough to object to this decision. But it's bigger than that.

Every single minute of every single day we are spilling carbon and other greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. It's the constant spill.

The main objection to drilling in the Arctic should be that it's just more of the same -- drill, burn, repeat. It's what got us here in the first pace.

And now we know better. But we're still doing it.

Based on the rules of evolution, technically, we should be selected out. Maybe that's what climate change is. We cannot adapt ourselves to a clean energy future so climate change will take care of it. Even a mouse can learn to protect itself -- if it touches this thing, it gets shocked. So what does it do? The mouse stops touching it.

If we burn this thing, we ruin nature. Let's keep burning it anyway.

The move to renewable and clean power is too slow, and that's exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants. They fought (and are still fighting) the science and reality of climate change, but they've got so many other ways to hold onto their status quo.

Transition is one of those terms they've fed us. Obama even used it in his recent announcement that we can expect more of the same, even drilling in the Arctic. That we need to transition to clean fuels. It sounds so nice and calm. It really just means more time for the fossil fuel industry to make a killing while they're killing the planet.

I thought we had a moment of real inspiration, a chance for one of the biggest hogs on the planet, the U.S., to be a leader in clean energy.

"Rather than being a leader, however, the U.S. is simply following in the footsteps of Russia and Norway – two countries that have already begun or are making progress towards Arctic offshore drilling. The decision in favor of Shell's plans also puts Alaska on the pathway of dependency on oil extraction for many more years to come instead of turning it into a leader in more cutting-edge industries like clean energy," according to Cryopolitics.

Pale leadership, missed opportunities and the constant spill continues while the fat cats pop the champagne.Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-2556014508259460312015-05-05T00:22:00.001-04:002015-05-05T00:22:43.607-04:00Don't Even Speak Of It

The ultimate form of denial: don't even speak of it.

The Florida office charged with protecting the state's natural resources -- from manatees to the buccaneer palm, from elkhorn coral to gators -- was muzzled by the state's highest officials.

"Though it was not a written rule, we were told not to use the terms 'climate change,' 'global warming' or 'sustainability'. That message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors," said Christopher Byrd, a former attorney with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Office of General Counsel, according to USA Today.

What could Florida officials possibly be protecting by such a mandate? Unfortunately, it's unsurprising in a state where renewable energy is illegal.

What really boggles the mind is that Florida is almost entirely at or barely above sea level. Right now, flooding occurs with nearly every high tide in places that never flooded before including many of its famous beaches, which generate over $65 billion in tourism revenue annually.

The blatant disregard for the future of Floridians and Florida's economy by its own government is nothing short of breathtaking.Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-41954714599827866742015-04-13T14:48:00.002-04:002015-04-13T14:58:56.690-04:00Tea Party Blasts Koch Brothers

Who do you think said this?

"Americans for Prosperity (Koch brothers' nonprofit) is supposed to espouse free-market principles, but they're trying to prevent Floridians from engaging in commerce in a free-market manner. They are resorting to outright lies."

Nope, not a tree hugging environmentalist. Not some big time liberal. Not even a left-leaning journalist.

Debbie Dooley said that. She's a Georgia-based tea party leader and founder of Conservatives For Energy Freedom.

She was speaking about Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers leading mouthpiece and purveyor of doubt and denial.

In Florida, Americans for Prosperity is butting heads with the Tea Party. The Tea Party supports solar in the state, also known as the sunshine state by the way. Renewable energy is currently illegal in Florida.

Meanwhile, Americans for Prosperity make it their mission to give no quarter to renewable sources of power because that threatens the profits of their corporate patrons. They want clean energy to remain illegal in Florida.

This conservative scuffle is a stunning example of the Koch brothers' machine at work, mowing down everything in its path, even fellow conservatives.

"Proponents of the ballot measure (to make renewables legal in Florida) argue there aren't any subsidies or mandates in the measure -- just legal changes that would make it easier for people in the state to get solar if they want.

Dooley -- the Tea Party leader -- has accused Americans for Prosperity of 'hypocrisy'. Dooley accused the group of kowtowing to its corporate benefactors (Koch Brothers) rather than the will of the people," according to the Huffington Post.

'You don't throw your principles out the window to benefit your corporate benefactors,' she said.

That's her mistake right there -- she assumes Americans for Prosperity and the Koch Brothers have principles or anything resembling standards.

They seem to be willing to say anything despite how truthful it is. There is no place for reason in their money-fueled animosity. It's all to keep their status quo of making billions while the world burns, literally.

Let's not even get into the fact that renewables are illegal in Florida. What is wrong with people?

Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-65681424960435642402015-03-25T23:34:00.000-04:002015-03-25T23:37:18.373-04:00Petition: Remove the Koch Brothers

Just say no to Koch brothers. No place for fake science and denial while the world burns -- sign the petitions to remove the Koch brothers from the boards of public television and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History.

Petition: "Remove David Koch from WGBH's board of trustees and ensure that public broadcasting remains independent from the influence of radical climate change denial." Over 20,000 signatures so far.

Petition: "It's time to get science deniers out of science museums. Two of our most celebrated natural history museums have a serious Koch problem.

David Koch sits on the board and is a major donor for both the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History. This from one of the two Koch brothers, Kansas billionaires who have sent $79 million since 1997 to groups denying the science of climate change."

Thank you Greenpeace and MoveOn. Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-43121494684923330862015-03-04T20:55:00.000-05:002015-03-04T20:55:24.318-05:00Ordinary Heroes Never Give Up

Last week's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline was wonderful news but it was curious how quietly it rolled through the media and the environmental community. It was like a calm-before-the-storm moment.

This is probably because the XL pipeline may be a minor skirmish in the looming battle with the Koch brothers. Certainly their massive machine of fake scientists, shadow nonprofits, and greedy officials are going to make it a bloody one.

The Koch brothers will spend more than anyone has ever spent -- very close to a billion dollars -- to preserve their status quo, according to Koch Brothers' Budget of $889 Million for 2016 Is on Par With Both Parties' Spending in the New York Times.

Right now the majority of Americans believe climate change is caused by humans burning fossil fuels but the Koch brothers will try to change that.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on track to shut down the dirtiest coal burning power plants, and hundreds of millions of Americans acknowledge that they want clean air and water, but the Koch brothers will do everything they can to keep those plants spewing.

They've successfully rigged an already-rigged system.

"The Koch brothers funnel most of their money through specially created nonprofit groups that are not required to reveal their donors. Any outside group — with unlimited donations from corporations, labor or wealthy individuals — can make a direct pitch to voters right up until election day.

The issue is whether their influence, by virtue of their campaign spending, should be so exponentially larger than the sum interests of millions of Americans whose quest for basic health care or a modest piece of the pie would be adversely affected by the Koch-promoted policies," notes John Diaz in Koch Brothers' Hostile Takeover of Our Democracy in the San Francisco Chronicle.

It's a travesty. Big changes in the way things are done need to happen sooner than later, especially when it comes to powering the planet and fueling vehicles. Yet 900 million dollars can be a huge roadblock in the U.S. where votes often go to the highest bidders.

I find solace and inspiration in Nebraskan Mary Pipher's words:

"Our coalition allowed us to transform our feelings of sorrow, fear, anger and helplessness into something stronger and more durable. We became a state of ordinary heroes who decided that money couldn't buy everything and that some things were sacred.

The campaign to stop the Keystone XL is not over. It won't be over until we give up, and we aren't giving up." Mike Misnerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-1742495690533662992015-02-05T18:10:00.001-05:002015-02-05T18:15:32.928-05:00Manatees Push Back

Manatees in their 'refuge'. Photo: CNN

I saw this headline Florida Manatees Crowd Out Humans, and shouted, "It's about time!"

It's about time the manatees got in a little payback after years and years of the reverse. It's not only manatees.

Habitat loss is one of the main reasons species go extinct on land and sea. A synonym for habitat loss easily could be: people crowding out ____________ (enter animal name here).

Humans love to claim territory, grab everything within reach and consume it, conquer it. Straighten its curves and bury its green gifts.

What's really happening is we're knocking healthy ecosystems out of balance, which is bad for us, and we're destroying features like wetlands and forests that are there for good reasons, which is also bad for us.

It's almost unnoticed this crowding out of our wild brethren as it often happens slowly, foot by foot, acre by acre -- like a million small cuts until we've bled the place of nature.

I swam with the manatees in the Crystal River -- the exact Florida location mentioned in the article. It's as if swimming in a suburban neighborhood where the streets are the river. Houses jut into the water and boast impossibly trim lawns, cement patios, and tar-covered bulkheads hard against the flow.

This is where we find one of the last refuges for manatees -- a small roped-off area. Signs everywhere read Do Not Cross. I saw three people slip under the rope to get closer to the huddled animals. Boats laden with tourists chugged nearby, and people fell and jumped into the water, splashing and shouting on the edge of the manatees' tiny sanctuary.

But seeing nature can be a great thing. "Swimming with manatees is a tremendous experience, and I know that when done properly, everybody benefits," said Andrew Gude, who manages Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, according to the article.

Just wish we humans could handle it better. We act as if we own everything natural so we can do whatever we want, including disrespect it and the wildlife within.

I bet somewhere, perhaps deep in their cerebral cortex, there are people who read that headline -- Florida Manatees Crowd Out Humans -- and are angry at the manatees. How can they get away with that? We need to push back!

That's right humans, keep pushing and consuming everything in sight and soon enough, we'll be standing alone, knee deep in our own waste. In many ways, we already are. Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-57309984132193954892015-01-28T09:41:00.000-05:002015-01-31T19:03:44.481-05:00Front Page News

Nice to see the ocean as front page news. Not so nice the context, but it certainly deserves the spotlight.

It's clear from the Ocean Faces Mass Extinction in the New York Times that we are killing the ocean right now. Forget Shakespeare, this is a tragedy like we've never seen before.

I would have liked the article to describe a little more about why we should care about the ocean, like it produces most of the oxygen we breathe and it feeds over a billion people daily.

Also, ocean acidification deserves more attention. Of all the ills, and there are many, changing the chemistry of the sea by pumping excess carbon into the air has the potential to undermine everything marine. Already, scientists have found that even slightly more acidic ocean waters support fewer phytoplankton, the foundation of the food web.

If tiny plankton that fuel ocean life can't survive in the more acidic waters, then it does not matter how many ocean reserves we set aside or how many fish we leave.

There are things we can do. The number one way to help the ocean – and to check ocean acidification -- is to support clean energy and any reduction in carbon.

As odd as it may sound, what we do on land impacts the entire ocean, including those vast reaches far out of sight, but hopefully, not out of mind.
Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-58675887121327611732015-01-09T09:56:00.000-05:002015-01-09T09:56:09.553-05:00Different Year, Same Bad Idea

Speaking out against the LNG Port. Photo: Sane Energy

I'm re-posting this because the Port Ambrose LNG monstrosity is back like a recurring nightmare. Public hearings are being held in New York and New Jersey as we speak but the problems with the facility have not changed from the first meeting in July 2013. The line to speak against the facility snaked out the door at that meeting. It was a bad idea then and it's a bad idea now.

If you cannot attend the most recent meetings, please post your comments online here. It takes only a few minutes. Below are listed 11 reasons to oppose the project.

July 2013

The first Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal public scoping hearing in Long Beach, NY was an eye opener not without some lively drama.

When I got off the train at Long Beach, appropriately, ocean breezes led the way. The LNG Terminal intends to receive gas imports just off the coast.

There were so many people who wanted to speak and who spoke that the hearing went way over its scheduled time. The line to speak snaked out the door.

The good news is that only two speakers of easily fifty plus favored the terminal -- two guys who have one mindset: jobs. Research expects the facility to generate only 6 jobs.

It's possible that all six of those guys were at this meeting. At one point, one of them said, "Shut up all you tree huggers!" before he was succinctly drowned out by a chorus of those nefarious huggers of trees.

My list of three reasons to oppose the terminal quickly grew to eleven as speakers young and old made thoughtful and impassioned comments.

Eleven reasons to oppose this facility; a summation of many voices:

1. I don't see how it could ever be good for healthy oceans.

2. It's more of the same old fossil fuel mindset. Support clean energy -- it's the future.

3. I don't want New Jersey's rejects. No offense New Jersey, but this is the exact same project that was recently rejected by NJ Governor Christie. Doesn't that smell fishy?

4. The public comment period is way too short.

5. There are no assurances that this will not switch to an export facility, which will greatly increase the desire to frack gas in New York. This is a genuine concern because natural gas is abundant and cheap in the US and expensive elsewhere and switching to an export facility does not require extensive review.

6. The impact on the nearby proposed wind turbine farm is unknown.

7. A highly explosive super pressurized gas facility just offshore -- seems like a viable homeland security issue.

8. What happens if there is another BP-like blowout? Is that ridiculous "junk shot" in the plan?

9. It is a huge safety issue very close to many people and viable fisheries.

10. Has sea level rise even been considered, or the facility's ability to withstand the 30-plus foot waves recorded during Sandy?

11. The guy called me a tree hugger; hurt my feelings.

Take Action:

Contact your state and city representatives.

For more information, see Sane Energy Project, Clean Ocean Action, Bayshore Watershed Council, and/or Surfrider to name a few great organizations who are all over this old-new bad idea.

Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-36566494737353333342015-01-03T10:15:00.005-05:002015-01-03T10:15:38.503-05:00Pump Nature Out of Miami

Developers in Miami, Florida, are spending $55 million to build luxury condos on an active floodplain yards from the ocean. The city itself plans to spend $300 million on a system to pump water out of areas that now flood even on sunny days.

Ideas like these might be called "bold" and "innovative" by some people but other words come to mind like "futile" and "shortsighted".

The ability of people to control nature has repeatedly been disproved. Many instances come to mind not least of which is the Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers and others have been trying to control the giant muscular snake called the Mississippi River for a century.

They even built a neighborhood, the doomed Ninth Ward, below the water level on three sides. Unfortunately, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the city it only took one levee to breach even a little for water to come pouring into the Ninth Ward, filling the streets like filling a bathtub.

Given that tragedy, it is difficult to appreciate the Miami plans.

"We're showing the world that you can fight back," said one city official in Miami. I think he meant to say we're showing the world that we have no original ideas, and yes, fast money flies.

It might be a better idea to learn to work with nature. Cede the Miami floodplain to the ocean; it's there for a reason. Keep intact important natural features such as coral reefs, wetlands, and dunes. We might see that they not only enrich us but also protect us.Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993446531016772012.post-35025109445778620682014-12-25T09:21:00.001-05:002014-12-25T09:21:18.824-05:00Happy Holidays

Hope your holidays are filled with natural beauty and wonder.Mike Misnerhttp://email@example.com


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ENUM, a numbering system aimed at bringing together the internet and the public switched telephone network, is likely to come under considerable official scrutiny before any decision is made on adopting it in this country.
The government will probably wish to have some measure of control over the way Enum is managed, says MED IT specialist Frank March, speaking at the InternetNZ Festival of Technology earlier this month. It's unlikely to control the assignment of numbers itself, but may reserve the right to approve the body that does so.
ENUM was developed to enable users and "network elements" to find services on the internet using only a telephone number. Telephones, with only 12 keys, can be used to access internet services. Because it unifies aspects of the technology of circuit-switched telephone services and packet-switched internet services, it promises smoother running of voice over IP technology. Another obvious — if relatively trivial — benefit has been noted by the working group organising it, a division of the Internet Engineering Taskforce: saving space on business cards.
To make an ENUM address, the phone number, for example, 64-9-377-9902, is reversed. Dots are placed between each digit, and the master ENUM domain e164.arpa, added to the end. So the ENUM address for Computerworld would be 22.214.171.124.126.96.36.199.4.6.e164arpa. The number must be reversed, as telephone numbers are ordered from the general to the particular (country-area-number), while internet addresses run the opposite way (name-domain-country).
In an email response to Computerworld, March says any application for the local ENUM space is likely to come to the Ministry of Economic Development, though he emphasises he would not be the appropriate official.
"In the absence of government policy my advice to the minister would certainly be to enter an objection as is provided for by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) and ... the preparation of a public discussion document."
March remarked at the festival event that our government, like others, had moved rather slowly on the internet, and control of domain-name registration and service provision had "got out of the gate" before government realised the potential of the medium.
However, he later told Computerworld this did not mean the government regrets not controlling the internet directly or indirectly. A paper prepared in 1999 by MED officials expresses confidence in the IsocNZ (now InternetNZ) domain administration system, though some concern was expressed that registration was a monopoly. That position has now been remedied, with the Shared Registry System (SRS).
Concern about possible government-imposed restrictions on the management of the internet have arisen with the proposal, in the government administration select committee's report on censorship legislation, that if ISPs cannot agree on a code of practice (see story page 7), a licensing system may be introduced.
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Hey babes, since its been such a hot & amazing summer for the beach, I thought I'd share some of my favourite beach reads & some I look forward to reading! 🌴🌊☀📖 Please share some of your faves in the comments, I always love finding new books since I read so much all year while traveling for work & play (hockey). ✈
1. One True Loves
What its about:
In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure.
On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever.
Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling in love again. When Emma and Sam get engaged, it feels like Emma's second chance at happiness.
That is, until Jesse is found. He's alive, and he's been trying all these years to come home to her. With a husband and a fiancé, Emma has to now figure out who she is and what she wants, while trying to protect the ones she loves.
Who is her one true love? What does it mean to love truly?
Emma knows she has to listen to her heart. She's just not sure what it's saying.
2. The Rumor
What its about:
Madeline King and Grace Pancik are best friends and the envy of Nantucket for their perfect marriages, their beautiful kids, their Sunday night double dates with their devoted husbands. But this summer, something's changed, and if there's anything Nantucket likes better than cocktails on the beach at sunset, it's a good rumor. And rumor has it… that Madeline, a novelist, is battling writer's block, with a deadline looming, bills piling up, and blank pages driving her to desperation–and a desperately bad decision;
…that Grace, hard at work to transform her backyard into a garden paradise, has been collaborating a bit more closely than necessary with her ruggedly handsome landscape architect;
…that Grace's husband, successful island real estate developer "Fast Eddie" Pancik, has embarked on quite an unusual side project;
…that the storybook romance between Madeline's son, Brick, and Grace's daughter Allegra is on the rocks, heading for disaster.
As the gossip escalates, and they face the possible loss of the happy lives they've worked so hard to create, Grace and Madeline try mightily to set the record straight–but the truth might be even worse than rumor has it.
3. The Wedding Sisters
What its about:
Meryl Becker is living a mother's dream. The oldest of her three beautiful daughters, Meg, is engaged to a wonderful man from one of the country's most prominent families. Of course, Meryl wants to give Meg the perfect wedding. Who wouldn't? But when her two younger daughters, Amy and Jo, also become engaged to celebrated bachelors, Meryl has to admit that three weddings is more than she and her husband, Hugh, can realistically afford.
The solution? A triple wedding! At first, it's a tough sell to the girls, and juggling three sets of future in-laws is a logistical nightmare. But when Hugh loses his teaching job, and Meryl's aging mother suddenly moves in with them, a triple wedding is the only way to get all three sisters down the aisle. When the grand plan becomes public, the onslaught of media attention adds to Meryl's mounting pressure. Suddenly, appearances are everything – and she will do whatever it takes to keep the wedding on track as money gets tight, her mother starts acting nutty, and her own thirty year marriage starts to unravel.
In the weeks leading up to the nuptials, secrets are revealed, passions ignite, and surprising revelations show Meryl and her daughters the true meaning of love, marriage and family. Jamie Brenner's The Wedding Sisters invites readers to the most unpredictable wedding of the year.
4. The Weekend Wives
What its about:
Weekend wife n. 1 a wife whose husband works away and only comes home at the weekends. 2 a wife who misses her husband when he's gone, but wants him gone when he's at home.
Emily's vision of country life was building dens with the children, walking a glossy hound and cozy nights in by the fire. But her kids are more interested in their smartphones, the family dog has 'issues' and she's permanently freezing. And when husband Matt is home, he still seems worryingly distant.
Sasha and her husband Ned used to have a great connection, but nowadays the only connection between them is via Skype. And when a woman from Ned's past comes with news that threatens the perfect life she's built for her children, Sasha feels further from her husband than ever before.
Tamsin's husband might be away during the week, but he's never truly gone. He seems to know her every move, which is fine, sort of – until her first love reappears in the most mysterious of ways..
5. The Regulars
What its about:
Best friends Evie, Krista, and Willow are just trying to make it through their mid-twenties in New York. They're regular girls, with average looks and typical quarter-life crises: making it up the corporate ladder, making sense of online dating, and making rent.
Until they come across Pretty, a magic tincture that makes them, well…gorgeous. Like, supermodel gorgeous. And it's certainly not their fault if the sudden gift of beauty causes unexpected doors to open for them.
But there's a dark side to Pretty, too, and as the gloss fades for these modern-day Cinderellas, there's just one question left:
What would you sacrifice to be Pretty?
6. The Nest
What its about:
Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of tension finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs joint trust fund, "The Nest," which they are months away from finally receiving. Meant by their deceased father to be a modest mid-life supplement, the Plumb siblings have watched The Nest's value soar along with the stock market and have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems. This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down.
7. The Singles Game
What its about:
Charlotte "Charlie" Silver has always been a good girl. She excelled at tennis early, coached by her father, a former player himself, and soon became one of the top juniors in the world. When she leaves UCLA—and breaks her boyfriend's heart—to turn pro, Charlie joins the world's best athletes who travel eleven months a year, competing without mercy for Grand Slam titles and Page Six headlines.
After Charlie suffers a disastrous loss and injury on Wimbledon's Centre Court, she fires her longtime coach and hires Todd Feltner, a legend of the men's tour, who is famous for grooming champions. Charlie is his first-ever female player, and he will not let her forget it. He is determined to change her good-girl image—both on the court and off—and transform her into a ruthless competitor who will not only win matches and climb the rankings, but also score magazine covers and seven-figure endorsement deals. Her not-so-secret affair with the hottest male player in the world, sexy Spaniard Marco Vallejo, has people whispering, and it seems like only a matter of time before the tabloids and gossip blogs close in on all the juicy details. Charlie's ascension to the social throne parallels her rising rank on the women's tour—but at a major price.
8. Modern Lovers
What its about:
Friends and former college bandmates Elizabeth and Andrew and Zoe have watched one another marry, buy real estate, and start businesses and families, all while trying to hold on to the identities of their youth. But nothing ages them like having to suddenly pass the torch (of sexuality, independence, and the ineffable alchemy of cool) to their own offspring.
Back in the band's heyday, Elizabeth put on a snarl over her Midwestern smile, Andrew let his unwashed hair grow past his chin, and Zoe was the lesbian all the straight women wanted to sleep with. Now nearing fifty, they all live within shouting distance in the same neighborhood deep in gentrified Brooklyn, and the trappings of the adult world seem to have arrived with ease. But the summer that their children reach maturity (and start sleeping together), the fabric of the adults' lives suddenly begins to unravel, and the secrets and revelations that are finally let loose—about themselves, and about the famous fourth band member who soared and fell without them—can never be reclaimed.
9. Here's To Us
What its about:
Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things; a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe–a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life–and a passionate dislike of one another. All three are remarkable, spirited women, but they couldn't be more different. Laurel: Deacon's high school sweetheart and an effortlessly beautiful social worker; Belinda: a high-maintenance Hollywood diva; and Scarlett: a sexy southern belle floating by on her family money and her fabulous looks. They've established a delicate understanding over the years–they avoid each other at all costs.
But their fragile detente threatens to come crashing down after Deacon's tragic death on his favorite place on earth: a ramshackle Nantucket summer cottage. Deacon's final wish was for his makeshift family to assemble on his beloved Nantucket to say good-bye. Begrudgingly, Laurel, Belinda, and Scarlett gather on the island as once again, as in each of their marriages, they're left to pick up Deacon's mess. Now they're trapped in the crowded cottage where they all made their own memories–a house that they now share in more ways than one–along with the children they raised with Deacon, and his best friend. Laurel, Belinda, and Scarlett each had an unbreakable bond with Deacon–and they all have secrets to hide.
Before the weekend is over, there are enough accusations, lies, tears, and drama to turn even the best of friends–let alone three women who married the same man–into adversaries. As his unlikely family says good-bye to the man who brought them together–for better or worse–will they be able to put aside their differences long enough to raise a glass in Deacon's honor?
10. Mystic Summer
What its about:
Since finishing graduate school, Maggie Griffin has worked hard to build an enviable life in Boston. She's an elementary school teacher in a beautiful Boston suburb, a devoted sister, and a loving aunt. With her childhood best friend's wedding quickly approaching and her own relationship blossoming, this is the summer she has been waiting for.
But when Maggie's career is suddenly in jeopardy, her life begins to unravel. Stricken, Maggie returns home to seaside Mystic, Connecticut, where she expects to find comfort in family and familiarity. Instead, she runs into Cameron Wilder, a young man from her past who has also returned home, and whose life has taken a turn that puts Maggie's city struggles in harsh perspective. When tragedy strikes for Cameron, Maggie is faced with big decisions as she weighs what matters most and strives to stay true to the person she's become.
I hope you enjoy these books, and I always love hearing your suggestions, so if you have any books you love, leave them in the comments! 📖


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James Evan Stephens joined Kelly, Rode & Kelly, LLP as an associate in 2017. Mr. Stephens handles cases involving all aspects of civil litigation from inception to trial, including civil litigation, general negligence, torts and personal injury. Mr. Stephens worked as an associate at Bruno, Gerbino & Soriano, LLP before joining Kelly, Rode & Kelly, LLP.
Mr. Stephens obtained his Bachelor's Degree at Indiana University- Bloomington in 2010 with a major in Public Affairs and a double minor in Business and Music Theory. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in 2014. While in law school, he interned for the Honorable Judge Karen Murphy in the Supreme Court of Nassau County. He is admitted to the New York State Bar and United States Eastern District of New York.
Mr. Stephens serves on the Board of Directors for the Hellenic Lawyers Association and is a member of the Nassau Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association, Nassau County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association.


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Wilsonian Proof for Renormalizability of N=1/2 Supersymmetric Field Theories
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- Aug 14, 2003
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- Aug 07, 2003
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- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.121701
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- arXiv
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We provide Wilsonian proof for renormalizability of four-dimensional quantum field theories with ${\cal N}=1/2$ supersymmetry. We argue that the non-hermiticity inherent to these theories permits assigning noncanonical scaling dimension both for the Grassman coordinates and superfields. This reassignment can be done in such a way that the non(anti)commutativity parameter is dimensionless, and then the rest of the proof ammounts to power counting. The renormalizability is also stable against adding standard four-dimensional soft-breaking terms to the theory. However, with the new scaling dimension assignments, some of these terms are not just relevant deformations of the theory but become marginal.


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Luxury safari Lake Manyara, Tanzania - private safari package
Top reasons to choose a Lake Manyara luxury safari
Scenic settings
View abundant wildlife against the backdrops of Lake Manyara - seasonally colored pink by thousands of migratory flamingos, and the eastern edge of the Great Rift Valley escarpment.
Huge flocks of large birds
Thousands of pink flamingos on their perpetual migration in Tanzania, pelicans, storks, sacred ibis, cormorants, grey crowned cranes, ducks and geese congregate along the alkaline shores of Lake Manyara.
Slow Safari
Only available at Chem Chem lodge. The perfect ending to an East Africa luxury safari. Connect sensually and tangibly with nature - see, feel, touch and smell, outside the confines of a vehicle. Slow down and recharge your batteries: walk in the wilderness; picnic in the bush; sit for a while surrounded by natural splendor; read a book on the terrace of your tented suite while giraffe and zebra slowly wander by; enjoy a drink in complete solitude at the edge of Lake Manyara; watch the sun set in spectacular surroundings; dine under the stars.... Africa moves slowly - take your time to appreciate it.
Authentic local community interactions
Only available on a luxury Chem Chem slow safari. Learn bush skills and track animals with a Maasai warrior; or accompany him on a leisurely jog as the sun rises. Visit the local village, see community projects and interact with the school children.
Up close game viewing
Maasai giraffe, large troops of olive baboon, family groups of elephant, herds of buffalo, zebra, hippo, wildebeest, and a good variety of smaller animals are all present in Lake Manyara National Park and adjacent Chem Chem private reserve. Tree climbing lions are occasionally seen on a Lake Manyara luxury safari, relaxing in the branches of acacia trees, as high as seven meters from the ground.
Superb birding
More than 400 bird species have been recorded in Lake Manyara National Park and adjacent Chem Chem private concession, and serious birders often see upwards of a hundred bird species in a single day. The seasonal courtship dance of the beautiful grey crowned crane is a highlight.
Interesting and varied landscapes
A variety of habitats occur - lush forests, grassy floodplains, acacia woodlands, swamps, striking white soda lake shores in the dry season, and the watery expanse of the lake. Lake Manyara National Park is one of the smallest but most diverse national parks in Tanzania.
Our preferred Lake Manyara luxury accommodation
On request your personal safari itinerary could include alternative Lake Manyara lodges or safari camps.
Make a difference in an African community - book a Lake Manyara luxury safari
Your luxury safari trip to Lake Manyara has a positive impact on the people, landscape and wildlife. Chem Chem is the main partner organisation of the LiveWildlife Foundation, an organisation that works to promote and facilitate the protection of rural Tanzania's natural heritage in a way that also benefits the community. LiveWildlife aims to achieve this through targeted environmental projects that bring the interests of the residents and the environment together; and by supporting the state education system through infrastructure development and environmental education. There are various ways in which you could contribute to their projects. Chem Chem Safaris is also a member of Pack for a Purpose and you are invited to view the list of supplies that are needed in the communities surrounding Chem Chem.
Support conservation efforts near Lake Manyara
The community-owned Burunge Wildlife Management Area where Chem Chem safaris are located, is an effort to rescue a last wildlife migratory corridor between the tranquil shores of Lake Manyara National Park and the ancient landscape of Tarangire National Park. The significance of the area for conservation is high. Large buffalo herds use this corridor to move in and out of Tarangire and the area attracts thousands of migratory water birds. Chem Chem safaris provide work to villagers in the corridor, train game wardens, and generate tourism revenue for the community, thus relieving the pressure on the wildlife populations. The natural vegetation in Burunge is recuperating, and wildlife numbers are growing well.
Best time of year for a luxury safari at Lake Manyara
The Lake Manyara area has a warm temperate climate year round. Maximum day temperatures range from 25 to 30°C (77 to 86°F) and minimum night temperatures range from 14 to 18°C (59 to 63°F). June is the coolest month. The hottest months are November to March. The dry season usually runs from June to October. This is an excellent time for big game viewing as the vegetation is sparse, and the animals tend to gather at the waterholes. Migrant birds start arriving from October onward. The wetter months are best for birding. In November the dusty savanna gets transformed into a lush green landscape by the 'short rains' - light rain showers that usually continue into December. Occasional light rain may occur during the green season, from December to March. This is calving season and a fantastic time to see all the young animals, as well as the thousands of flamingos that usually migrate to Lake Manyara at this time of year. But be warned - it is more difficult to accurately predict the movements of the flamingo migration than it is to predict the movement of the Great wildebeest migration! Rainfall peaks in April and May with heavy showers falling, and many lodges and camps are closed over this period.
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The Longest 170 Miles in the World
I like to drive. I cover a lot of ground running Gigspots: following bands, checking out venues, finding cool destinations. With family and friends spread from Philly to Pittsburgh, from the Poconos to the Potomac, I log many miles staying in touch. This week I revisited the longest 170 miles I know.
We live in Lancaster, PA and vacation annually in Ocean City, MD. Most 170 mile drives I know can be covered in 2.5-3.0 hours. This trek is a solid four. There are basically two ways to get there: coastal or inland once you get south of Wilmington, DE. As two million people make the drive in or out on Saturday, you discover the folly of just two routes. From Lewes, DE to OCMD becomes the coast's biggest parking lot.
Of course, what makes the drive seem even longer is the fact that the in-route is what's between you and vacation and the out-bound path leads you back to reality. Both are enough to make a mellow man bitch.
I'm lucky enough to love my reality. I reflected on this on the long drive home. I have a home. My family loves me. We found the time and funds to vacation again this year. Everyone got home safely. And now I get to start chasing the music again.
Many of my friends don't have what I have. Some are struggling with health and happiness issues you wouldn't wish on anyone. And millions of people I don't know deal with harsh realities every day. I remember these things as I try to build my business. To me, it's all about paying it forward.
These bands need a chance. These club owners employ people. Everyone needs a little more joy in their life. Support live music and make the world a better place. Treat yourself to a mini-vacation by letting the music take you away.


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"I hate it when I think I'm buying organic vegetables and when I get home they're just regular donuts."
In the last post about cast iron skillets I mentioned serving roasted veggies. If you're not a fan it's probably because you haven't made and/or tried them. Or maybe you just don't like veggies. Give these a try. Veggies do so many good things for your body, and roasted veggies are easy to make.
It's difficult to give a precise recipe for roasted veggies because there are so many veggies that are delicious roasted. To name a few:
onions – thick slices
peppers- I prefer the red
broccoli – which I prefer steamed
sweet potatoes
brussel sprouts
almost any root veggie
Select 3 or 4 veggies for your dish. Cut the veggies into mouth-sized pieces. Place on a baking pan or in a roasting pan. Make sure there's plenty of room so they're not piled on top of each other. It's OK to place parchment paper on the pan for easy cleanup. I am so into easy cleanup!
Toss the veggies with a bit of olive oil, enough so they're lightly coated. Salt lightly. Roast at about 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Check them and toss them. Give them another 10 to 15 minutes. Check and toss again. I generally pull them out of the oven when the sweet potato pieces are tender. I hope that by then the other veggies have browned a bit.
These need nothing but a fork.
Leftover roasted veggies are easy to re-heat and taste just as good the next day. I like to make a big batch so I always have veggies at the ready when I'm putting lunch together for myself. They're a great side dish with leftover quiche. Yes, I'm into easy!
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Verdant greenery captures more than the eye and enhance more than the beautiful scenery around town. Trees are also good for public health because they absorb harmful pollutants, keeping the air we breathe cleaner. By cooling hot urban neighborhoods during the summer and blunting rainwater runoff, trees bring a multitude of benefits for the environment, climate, and family pocketbook as well. On the other side of the world, the planting of a "Great Green Wall" across the African continent is even bringing different nations together on shared priorities like climate change. As Vox summarizes, a new report concludes that the potential gains for local communities are considerable:
The new Nature Conservancy report sifts through all this research and lays out some global scenarios. At the high end, a massive new tree-planting campaign in the world's 245 largest cities, costing around $3.2 billion in all, could save between 11,000 and 36,000 lives per year worldwide from lower pollution. Those trees would also prevent between 200 and 700 heat-wave deaths per year — with that number presumably going up over time as global warming unfolds.
That's not all: Because the trees would cool neighborhoods significantly, many households could end up using less energy for air-conditioning — reducing electricity use by between 0.9 and 4.8 percent in some cities and helping slow the pace of global warming. They can also retain storm water, boost real estate values, and may even have important mental-health benefits. Plus, they'd just look nice.
Given these times, the authority of American cities to plant trees without approval from Congress is especially significant. That's why local governments should go ahead and do just that: initiate an ambitious tree planting campaign as a matter of bolstering our public health infrastructure. For more information, see "Why planting more trees is one of the best things a hot, polluted city can do," Vox (2016); also see the proposal "2020 Cities By 2020 Leading On Climate Change" (2016).


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At my baby shower myself, Tommy and Freddie were so spoilt by all our family and friends. It's amazing the different kind of presents that people buy you, we got all sorts that I would never think to buy.
My friend Fiona bought us a lovely baby imprint set which I though was a great idea as it will be so nice to look back on when Freddie's hands have grown and are huge like his dad's.
The pack included clay and a frame with two sides, one for a picture and one for the impression. The clay in this set is the best idea as it is just so easy. We have another imprints kit but you have to hold the hand/foot in more of a liquid for 2-3 minutes, which i just don't think will happen with Freddie yet.
You have to lay the clay in a rectangle base that is supplied and once you have done that all you have left to do is put your child's hand or foot into the clay and apply a little bit of pressure. Freddie was so good while I was doing this but he looked so confused bless him.
I'm not sure where our imprint set was from although there are so many out there. If you have a baby I would highlyrecommend that you give one of these a go. It is such a cute frame and memory to have for life.
If you you want this spacific set either as a gift or to use yourself, then leave me a comment and I'll ask Fiona.
Get creative
Much loveage Loz x


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Websites for Realtors
We are a team of business strategy, branding, marketing, and digital experience architects.
Our experience and expertise have been acquired from helping build and grow hundreds of companies across multiple industries, as well as from building our own portfolio brands. Our main focus is always to empower our clients and brands with effective solutions, know-how, improved processes, training and tools that immediately generate measurable results.
Place yourself in good Kompani and success follows.
How we create sites that sell
Plenty of resources exist for designing a website – agencies, freelancers, and even online services promising a quick, simple, and inexpensive experience. But there's a big difference between "designing" a site and delivering an online sales tool for your business.
We realized that real estate professionals in particular were being oversold on the design aspect while also being underserved in terms of functionality and performance.
So we did something about it… we built RealtorWebstar.com a full featured web development tool created specifically for real estate pros, backed and supported by real estate industry experts who know what really works and what kind of resources have the biggest impact on the bottom line.
An online answer to real world challenges
In creating RealtorWebstar.com we knew the right solution would lie in reinventing the entire web design platform for realtors. Understanding just how to do that, however, took some investigation.
We looked at what realtors were currently working with – and it wasn't much. A pretty design and a nice front end, sure… but little else. If anyone could appreciate you can't sell something on curb appeal alone, it was the realtor audience.
Just like features sell a home, we saw that realtor websites needed to sell knowledge, expertise, insight. So we developed a number of tools to get important data out of an agent's head and on to a page where clients could see it and use it.
- Unique Branding: no more cookie cutter templates
- Custom Listing Directories
- Smarter User Search Criteria
- DataRich Pages: maps, area info, statistics, trends, and more –pushed direct from multiple online sources
- IDX Plugin: no more manual entry of MLS listings – sites stay up to date automatically!
- Mobile Site Compatibility with easy, intuitive interface
We tested our idea against an advisory team made up of current and former real estate agents that had worked at all ends of the real estate spectrum in multiple nationwide and international markets. They liked what they saw and challenged us to do even more
- Smart Forms for Clients, Requested Showings, and More
- Seamless Social Media Integration – syndicated info across realtor blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other online portals
- Content Optimized for Search Engines
- RealTime Web Analytics
- Available Marketing and Advertising Support
Armed with a completely different approach to using the web to support sales, a North Carolina based agent took her business to the next level. The lead realtor not only has seen a jump in traffic, but now also has a reliable tool for making client presentations, capturing specific target audiences, and managing multiple aspects of her business with less time.
The increased efficiency is already producing more solid leads and more time making deals, which definitely shows in her bottom line profitability.
How to know when it just "clicks"
|Hours spent entering recent listings
|Hours spent showing properties
|Clients asking for multiple custom listing profiles
|Clients creating their own "hot lists" on your site themselves
|Guessing at the next neighborhood that will be hot in your area
|Being ahead of the curve on other agents thanks to search analytics from your site
|Being tied to an office
|Being connected to your clients with mobile simplicity
|Late nights "catching up" on everything that needs to make it to your social media feeds
|Practicing the ultimate sales pitch or perfecting the finest detail on an upcoming closing


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- VistaPrint's vprt initial public offering of 10 million shares priced at $12 each late Thursday, according to Thomson Financial, raising $120 million. The pricing came in above the expected range of $9 to $11. Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns led the deal's offering. Shares of Bermuda-based VistaPoint, an online supplier of graphic design and printing services to small businesses, are due to start trading on the Nasdaq Friday.
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Location5200 Mogadouro, Portugal
Architect in ChargeFátima Fernandes And Michele Cannatà
Design TeamAndré Lira, Bruno Marques, Filipe Afonso, João Moura, Marta Lemos, Miguel Meirinhos, Nuno Castro
Project Year2006
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To ensure the functioning of the square with the bus nave and the cemetery along with the surrounding streets essential to the dynamics of any public space intended to be an driving force of collective activity, our proposal provides the agglutination of the nave through a garden hedge which by their ambivalence allow the size of the square to be so important to its function.