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(Finally, after annoying technical issues, here it is!)
I decided to take on the challenge of editing videos. Thanks to the support from my friends who helped me not only as actors but also for providing me with resources that gave me access to great sound and editing! I selected a few passages from "Calamus" and attempted to give a visual portrayal on those with plenty of imagery to follow up on.
So. To get into the production of the video and some thoughts.
Anthony Ghadieh. Best friend since the beginning of elementary school. He so happens to have been a Walt Whitman fan even before I heard much of the poet beyond mere mention in anthologies. He usually already even has a grizzly look going on, but still I was happy to hear that he was willing to take on the role as my subject for the project—bonus points for his experience in acting in school plays and musicals.
Sophia Sarnicola. Another best friend of mine, though we met at a later time during middle school years. In addition to being an awesome poet, she's also a great artist, musician (who plays the drums, cello, guitar, and bass), graphic designer, everything. Her experience with recording sound (not to mention her killer collection of equipment that includes a $100+ microphone) and also directing and editing videos was pretty much a beautiful package of awesome I needed to learn how to manage my own project. Plus, she makes for a great companion for my Whitmanian friend.
Myron Lam. Yet a third of my best friends whom I've had the pleasure of meeting in elementary school. Though he is away at UCI, he's taken his time to help Sophia and I fix our video issues and going over steps to not only solve the problem, but to also take part in fixing up the corrupt files. While he did not take part in the development of the project, nonetheless, he's just as much of a big help to me as my other two buddies. With his expertise in computers and experiences creating and editing videos (among his many other talents in classical music and composition) I couldn't ask for a better person to help me out.
As for myself, thanks to work experience as an intern for YBCA (in San Francisco) for the YAAW program and for the RYSE center in Richmond as a member of ArtsChange, I know how to create basic storyboards for how to plan out recording videos and set up stage directions, if you will.
The four of us have all attended the same elementary school (Ohlone Elementary in Hercules, CA) and, from time to time, we hang out in this hidden forest that hides behind our school's park. A handful of people know about it (boo to tagging on trees) but it's the perfect location to get many of the nature and isolation imagery found in "Calamus."
A lot of the detailed imagery is based on the forest—the location of isolation. Nature happens to be the main source of Whitman's imagery in all of his poems—even in his Specimen Days entries. Fortunate to have some sort of forest nearby, even though I was with friends shooting scenes, it's amazing how even then, there's only nature and it's openness—it's a world outside of time and the hustle and bustle of other human beings. There's even a sense of comfort to be beheld from Mother Nature as anything that takes place within the green and trees is practically secretive—mum's the word, I figure, and it makes me think of the "dark mother" found in "Lilacs". The primordial world revolves around the power of the female mother's of the Earth. Nature is the closest thing to pure cosmos and understanding the true world (over "seeing" to "believe), despite the fact that such knowledge is perhaps unobtainable to the human mind. Still, Whitman takes on this quest and finds it in the nearest and most available portal into the origins of Gaea. Even if the rest of the world shuns one, one typically can return to the arms of their mothers (Gaea) and feel better. But definitely, the fresh, green, aromatic, and overall natural feel of the forest imagery is not only a perfect, ideal world for Whitman, but also the fantasy realm the speaker of "Calamus" can escape into until he is ready to take on the (contrasting) industrialized, consumer-based, and conformist society. It's something interesting to me that there is definitely a lack of sensual images compared to those of nature.
I tried to get more light pouring in in later readings to signify the changing tone of the poem as the speaker rises to the occasion and learns to step out from his self-exile and back into the world where he openly expresses himself and his love for comrades—a moment of epiphanies and revelations. I found it hard to visualize the metaphors beyond the forest, and so I thought that the subtle lighting could at least present this, though, looking back, it's hard to say that the lighting was completely controlled (ain't no one tell the Sun what to do).
In the end, I really am happy to have had taken this class. As a first-year student at SFSU, it's refreshing to have gone outside of the usual classroom feel of high school and experience the hybrid of an online/in person class. I especially enjoy the fact that, rather than just writing formal responses to Whitman and turning in essays, class sessions were discussions where we can give our thoughts and feedback and overall have a full-on conversation about poetry—which I feel like is a great way to talk about something that isn't necessarily confined to one interpretation. It was also helpful to get some historical background information pertaining to the world of Walt Whitman, as that gave more dimension to his poetry (and how we read it according to his time and our own). Perhaps the title of the course should be changed to avoid garnering disappointed Frost fans. Then again, it's a cool way to have them embrace and get in contact with Whitman, despite false advertising, haha!


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Great online game for Coke zero. Reminds me a bit of the Axe campaigns but nevertheless a great game. I played it till the end…and I'm very bad at gaming!
One thing I found strange: why did the actor have to look like a drug addict?
Anyway, great campaign, excellent execution and right on target if you ask me.
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Will Shaw; a twenty-something skating his way through life, and not looking for a relationship until one finds him. André is an unlikely lover, the opposite of bold and confident Will, André is shy yet passionate but somehow a perfect match... but do opposites really attract? Can the external influences shatter the relationship Will and André have begun to forge? Grab your boots and glide along with them, but remember the ice is slippery and sometimes there isn't anyone there to hold your hand… 'Outside Edge' a love story for the modern age, a contemporary romance with some adult content, intended for an 18+ audience.
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As you all know, A couple of weeks ago, I had a bad fall and the two bones in my right leg just snapped like a twig. So I thought I'd talk about some of my personal experiences with this new… Lifestyle?
So a broken foot/leg almost always means a cast for six weeks and a leg that from the knee down, was practically unusable. And I mean, there are only so many things your leg actually does for you from the knee up, let's be honest.
So, how has life been?
Before this accident, I hadn't really thought about how life is for disabled people in our community. When you are healthy, things like walking and seeing and hearing are just trivial. They don't even come up in your mind.
Sure, when you see someone in a wheelchair or with a cane, it might briefly flash through your head, but you can't really understand unless you take part in it.
These last three weeks, I have had a little taste of what life is like when you are one leg down and have to move around in a wheelchair. I opted for the wheelchair because I was forbidden any kind of pressure on my bad leg, so falling with crutches would probably result in a small disaster and since I have a tightly fitted cast, having my leg down for long will result in swelling, tightness, and pain. And that being said, there is only so far you can go on crutches. And for me, that would be around 50 meters before my upper body muscles start tensing up and I sweat and pant like a dog.
So the biggest eye opener for me was probably this one: your muscles are not as strong as you think they are.
I mean, am not a sports freak or a health nut. But I do cook and eat relatively healthy food, I try to walk when I go somewhere instead of taking buses, and I am watching my weight.
But I would consider myself a pretty average person when it comes to health and strength. I mean, I always thought I was pretty strong since I definitely have some muscles on my body.
But with one limb out of the running ( hahaha, running) the whole balance of your body changes. You have to use different kinds of muscles in a different combination in a different way and it just sucks.
There are muscles in my butt which I hadn't felt before now and I can tense up my boobs. I mean. Come on!
( Little update: I now have a very weird stinging pain on the muscles on the right side of my chest. Must be from my crutches or favouring my left side. But it is not pleasant…)
Life inside my house.
For the first two weeks, I stayed at my parents' house, which is probably like most of your parents' houses. Much bigger than you could ever effort now without having to pay off loans for 200 years. It has two floors and separate rooms for everything, which is a big difference from where I live. Now, I had the luck that our living room and kitchen are connected without doors and I could roll from and to the kitchen in my wheelchair. Now, I could hop this distance on my crutches, of course, but then I had no hands free.
And what do you do in a kitchen? You eat, of course.
So with my crutches, I couldn't even open the fridge or take my own plate. I couldn't help my parents with cooking or basically do anything else than hop.
That is what annoyed me most about crutches. You literally need your whole freaking body just to go somewhere. So I ditched those almost immediately and rolled around in my wheelchair and hopped around on one leg like a kid when I wanted to use my hands. Hence the flamingo.
Ridiculous? Yes.
Effective? Also yes!
But for two weeks, the second floor of my house was off limits. Not because I was forbidden to go there, no simply because I hadn't figured out how to go up the stairs. In my first week, my cast was so heavy that there was no way I could slide up our wooden stairs without my leg damaging every step. After week two, I slowly figured out how to coordinate my butt and my arms so that I could get up and down. But it was such a hassle, I just avoided it.
Going to the bathroom? Now, that was interesting. If you have to pee, you just stand up, walk to the bathroom and do your business.
When you have only one working leg, it goes a little bit different.
When you realise you have to pee, you just die a little inside and mentally go: NOOOOOO. Then you just sit a moment in pure and utter defeat contemplating on exactly how urgently you have to use the loo. So when you realise that waiting won't make it better, you have to prepare yourself to make a whole journey to the toilet. You have to jump up, I had to find my crutches or wheelchair and roll towards door number 1. Opening it was just plain awkward and if I hadn't had enough of that, I had to open door number 2 to the bathroom itself. Then you have to do weird hops and turns and kinda hope the toilet won't break overtime you plop down on that seat since with one leg, you just kinda fall down.
And if you thought it was over, it is not. Try wiping your butt when you only have one leg to lean on. Maybe it is no issue for you, but I had a freaking hard time figuring out how to balance myself so I wouldn't slip off the seat.
And this is all for your own bathroom. Imagine going out and having to use someone else's bathroom? What if there are stairs? What if you can't reach it with your crutches? What if you can't reach the toilet paper?
Going out meant checking my bladder and carefully thinking out where and when I would have to use a toilet. I mean, after all, there is no way to QUICKLY use the toilet.
After two weeks, I decided to move back to my own place.
Luckily my house is very small. ( Because life is freaking expensive.) But with only one leg, this was actually a blessing in disguise. It meant I could hop around on one leg and reach everything at the usual speed without any real problems or delays. It was awesome.
And in my tiny house, I finally felt like this cast wasn't hindering me.
But of course, being alone brought on different problems. I didn't have to use a wheelchair to go to the bathroom anymore and I positioned my couch so that I could rest on it when doing my dishes, but as I conquered the inside, the outside became harder.
If I wanted to go outside, it meant I had to go alone because I didn't have anyone of my family to help or assist. It meant getting a freaking heavy wheelchair out the door and down a couple of steps while being balanced on one foot.
And I am a person that is off balance when I am standing on both my legs. Yes, I fall and trip a lot even with two working limbs. Which is probably why I have a broken foot now.
So although it is possible, it is a hassle. You don't go anywhere fast. You can't just pop to the story for a quick errand. Everything you do has to be calculated and planned. And you need to set at least thrice as much time apart for it as before. And that is just with one working limb down. I can't even imagine how life would be when you are wheelchair bound or have another kind of disadvantage.
Also, while you are in the outside world, you will notice that it takes longer than before to get somewhere because rolling with your arms is exhausting. And what is up with all those wobbly sidewalks? Do they want me to slip into traffic?
You have to get used to the stares because people WILL look at you and ask you what happened, so be prepared for some additional socialising.
Bending down or reaching up in a grocery store requires a balance check and a safety net. A crutch really close by, a wheelchair you can fall into, a bar you can grab, …
So far, I think that if I hadn't had a store 50m from my house, doing groceries would be a day trip. And that is not even a joke. Just getting to the store would be so time consuming.
So we had some practical things. What about going out for fun?
Well, for now, partying is out of the question. I mean, I can't dance, so there is no use in that. Plus all the drunk people around my broken foot would just be asking for trouble.
I can really only move around in a radius of 1km around my house because asking my friends to push me farther makes me feel embarrassed. Especially since I can only roll myself for about a couple of 100 meters.
So living in a city really does help since everything is closer in proximity. But still.
Public transportation would be a real struggle on my own. But neither I nor my friends have dared to get on a bus or tram because we just aren't comfortable enough with this lumpy piece of metal they call a wheelchair.
And if you think hopping around on crutches is already difficult, try it on a moving vehicle. No thanks.
There are practically no restaurants, bars, stores, movie theaters, … that have broad isles or lifts or are wheelchair proof. Most of them are cramped, have steps everywhere and are just impossible for me to visit.
So if I didn't have such good friends that don't mind tethering to my needs, I would probably just end up decomposing on my couch since there are only so many places you can go.
That being said, there are some positive things to this broken leg.
1. I am training all sorts of muscles that I usually wouldn't.
2. There are more helpful and friendly people out there than you would think. Everyone is always willing to lend a hand or move a table or get an extra chair.
3. I get a glimpse into a life I couldn't have possibly understood before this experience. I can only imagine how life would be if you have no working legs. It already changes so much with one leg down, but I can still stand up and jump over a step or get down stairs on my bum. And in three weeks, I will be back to having two feet. But if you are confined to a wheelchair the whole time? Our society isn't build for that. At all.
And it is a shame because when you are in a wheelchair a little step could literally be Mount Everest. Either way, you are not getting over it. You aren't going out that much because there are so many places you can't reach. And with that, I mean restrooms. The dread of not being able to pee whenever you want is enough to keep you home.
So I now have a newfound respect for stores that include lifts and make broad isles and have handicapped toilets, because those really are a game changer. Even a simple ramp can make all the difference.
While I can not change how this society works, I will carry this experience with me and maybe one day, when I can influence something of importance, I will try to keep in mind that our planet is filled with all sorts of people that need all sorts of things. And I sincerely hope that you will too.
Oh, and to end this all, I have something funny for you. To the ironic bastard who called my wheelchair "delight"? I hope you burn in hell.


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Pregnancy is a natural condition and should be no more difficult than any other phase of life. There is no need to believe that backaches, headaches, leg pains, morning sickness, etc. are normal inconveniences you must bear during your pregnancy. Many pregnant women receive regular chiropractic adjustments, lower back traction, etc. throughout their entire pregnancy to alleviate most if not all the discomforts mentioned above without drugs that can have a harmful effect on the fetus.
Obstetrics is a required course of study for all chiropractors in the U.S. and even though we do not deliver babies in most states, mothers turn to chiropractic care for their prenatal care. As a chiropractor, we are specialists trained in the biomechanical and physical aspects of what may be causing unnecessary pain and or discomfort during your pregnancy. Correcting the spinal stress and postural distortions irritating spinal nerves cannot be overemphasized. Removing the spinal irritation will allow for more restful sleep and less hip, leg and lower back pain. Some mothers comment that because of regular chiropractic care during their pregnancy the delivery was easier.
Specific chiropractic treatments could be gentle flexion-distraction on specially designed tables (e.g., Cox Tables) that allow pregnant women to lie face down, pregnancy massage, applied Kinesiology, and/or gentle mobilization to remove spinal pressure on the lower back and hips, activator technique and or applied trigger point therapy. The treatment best for you will be decided by Dr. Karr after he examines you, at which time he may discuss with your OB/GYN various plans that would be best for you. We offer Pregnancy Chiropractic care.
The safety of chiropractic can be addressed in some of the following websites listed. Chiropractic is safer than medications and or drugs in dealing with pain as a general rule.
by Dr. Michael Karr, D.C.
So much controversy exists surrounding vaccinations. For example, our pediatrician only recommended 3 vaccines total for our children. After much research and discussion with other health care professionals, my wife and I made the personal decision NOT to vaccinate. I am not promoting one idea or another, nor am I suggesting one pediatrician over the other. I am just presenting you with alternative options over the direction of your children's health care. You have rights and everything is not automatic. It is important that you understand what direction you are taking your children's health care and not just go ahead with everything offered. A good place to do research is the homeschooling websites. They are well-organized and offer plenty of material to read through.
Our country has one of the highest infant deaths in the world. The constant rise of autism, learning disabilities, hyperactivity, allergies, and more is reason enough to educate yourself as to where this is coming from.
Because this is a personal decision, you should have a good dialogue with your pediatrician and go over various issues. Find a doctor who you trust and who shares similar views and beliefs.


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Welcome to Laura's Crafty Life! My focus here is to inspire others how to craft a creative and well-lived life. I create simple craft projects and themed party ideas. I also share organizing tips and tricks plus our adventures in renovating a home.
About Me
I am a stay at home mom of two kids – a boy and a girl. I started this blog as a personal blog but realized a lot of what I was sharing was craft projects. I decided to focus on crafts and DIY to share with all of you what I love to do most – create! I am hoping to inspire you. You CAN make beautiful things for your home, family, and friends.
A little more about me:
I am 39 years old and live in Northern Arizona. I graduated from Indiana University Bloomington and obtained a Bachelor of Science in biology. I have been married to my husband for 13 years. We met at a local bar, of all places!
We have two beautiful kids. We also have three cats and some fish. Recently we have started raising chickens, and now a couple of ducks. I share much of our silly farm antics over on my personal Instagram page.
I am so grateful and blessed that my husband's job allows me to be a stay at home mom. I definitely thought life would slow down a little bit with both kids in school, but we seem to be busier than ever. I am loving this stage in life!
Feel free to contact me at any time!
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I totally overdo it with the exclamation marks!!! He he ;) I'm a stay at home mom too :) visiting from the linky party at everything etsy blog ;)
Hi Laura! I'm here from the SITS Girls to check out your awesome "About Me" page and I think it's just lovely. You have beautiful family photos and I love how you've shared some interesting little tidbits about your life here. I'm not far from you – I'm in Las Vegas, NV – so that desert landscape looks awfully familiar! ;)
I look forward to following your blog! I hope you'll come visit me over at Desert Momma too.
Just retired from 35 years of teaching and art and music galore with children of all ages…came across you projects and was immediately enamored with your creativity…will follow your blog for inspiration!


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Seventeen years after Irene Morgan refused to sit in the back of the bus in Hayes Store, Virginia and six years after Rosa Parks' refusal set off the Montgomery bus boycott bringing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to national attention, a racially integrated group quietly boarded a Trailways and a Greyhound bus in Washington, DC in 1961.
Morgan's earlier defiance led the NAACP to successfully challenge the State of Virginia's ban on integrated interstate transportation before the Supreme Court in 1946 (Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia) - but by 1961, little had changed. Interstate buses remained segregated as southern officials refused to accept the Court's verdict citing Interstate Commerce Commission guidelines. By 1961, lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina and even the Court's 1955 'with all deliberate speed' decision on Brown v. Board of Education desegregating the nation's public schools had met with little long-term success.
By 1961, one hundred years after the Civil War, America was still a country divided by its racial history; a country still at war with its own hopes and ideals and, as it was soon to discover, the American people were ready to move toward a new era of tolerance and reconciliation. But that progress would come through bitter struggle.
Immediately after the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was embedded in Constitutional law in 1865 with adoption of the 13th Amendment banning slavery. In 1868, the 14th Amendment established the concepts of due process and equal protection; and in 1870, the 15th Amendment guaranteed voting rights regardless of race (but not gender). In 1883, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 that guaranteed all citizens fair and equal treatment was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
As black southerners began to assume the mantle of full citizenship after the Civil War, white Democrats, still dominating the south's political landscape, remained intent on depriving blacks of their constitutional rights. Adopting Jim Crow laws that mandated racial segregation as 'separate but equal,' southern blacks who attempted to vote or participate economically or politically were met with swift and brutal retaliation. Living in daily terror amidst a system that condoned lawlessness and assassination in the belief that blacks were less human than whites, Tuckegee Institute's last Lynch Report estimated 4,733 lynchings of southern blacks between 1882 and 1959 with an average of 150 lynchings annually across the South between 1882 and 1901.
Even after Morgan and President Harry Truman created the Presidential Commission on Civil Rights and introduced anti-lynching legislation which southern Democrats blocked, American blacks were still second-class citizens trapped in a caste system of racial bigotry.
In 1942, the American affiliate of the London-based Fellowship of Reconciliation branched off to form the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) embracing Gandhian principles of pacifism with its mission to 'abolish the color line through direct non-violent action." As repeated attempts at bus integration met with fierce resistance and no institutional vehicle to force compliance with Morgan, CORE's trio of Bayard Rustin, James Farmer and Jim Peck conceived of a Journey of Reconciliation to challenge the continued segregation of the south's transit system. While philosophical and strategic differences emerged between CORE, impatient for progress and the national NAACP which preferred a more cautious approach through the Courts, two events in the summer of 1946 sparked CORE's Journey: a WW II combat veteran of the Pacific was severely beaten riding home to North Carolina and lost sight of both eyes by gouging from a police billy club while another WWII combat veteran's successful trip from Atlanta to Washington, DC encouraged further acts of defiance.
In April, 1947, sixteen volunteers including three ministers, a biologist and a jazz musician traveled a 'safe' route through preselected areas of Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. By the end of their two week Journey, the value of direct action in exposing the country's hypocrisy to democratic ideals had proved successful with only 12 arrests and one violent confrontation but the larger goal of a fully integrated transit system south of Mason-Dixon remained illusive.
By the early 1950's, as Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy's attacks took their toll on liberal causes, CORE's funds and enthusiasm waned as a unanimous 1956 Supreme Court decision (Gayle v Browder) desegregated local city-wide bus transit ending the Montgomery bus boycott. In 1957, the Eisenhower Administration's federalizing the National Guard to protect nine black high school students in Little Rock, Arkansas was its last effort to enforce Brown. As each sit-in or march became an individual victory, no one single achievement broke the back of decades of vigilante terror and discrimination.
By the 1960's, as the country's consciousness shifted with the ascendancy of rock 'n roll, the early desegregation of professional sports and entertainment and continued black migration north, CORE recognized it was time to renew its challenge with a bold initiative to end segregated transportation in the deep South. With the newly formed Southern Christian Leadership Conference as cautious as the NAACP, a new militancy in the civil rights movement was about to burst onto the national scene.
By May, 1961, the Freedom Rides would step in with a courage and commitment to non-violent civil disobedience that would accelerate the campaign for social justice and touch the conscience of the Nation. After advance scouts reconnoitered a proposed route to New Orleans, eighteen specially chosen black and white Americans ranging in age from 18 to 61 years were trained and ready to take the long ride into history.
Separated on two buses, their ride continued for more than a week through Virginia, North and South Carolina and even most of Georgia without major incident. During their stop in Atlanta, Dr. King declined the opportunity to join the Ride and warned 'you will never make it through Alabama."
As the Riders traveled through the Deep South, CORE's earlier communique to government authorities was transmitted to the infamous Bull Connor, Commissioner of Public Safety for the City of Birmingham, Alabama. Unbeknownst to the Riders, a southern-style Ku Klux Klan welcome of vigilante justice was awaiting their arrival. The Greyhound bus left Atlanta an hour earlier and headed west to Anniston, Alabama with two undercover agents from the Alabama Highway Patrol on board. Approaching Anniston, the bus driver received a warning that an angry mob had gathered and as the Greyhound arrived at the bus terminal, a crowd of white men screaming 'sieg heil' and armed with assorted chains, crowbars, pipes, bats and brass knuckles surrounded the bus, broke its windows, dented its body and punctured its tires. Local police escorted the bus to the city limits as a long line of vehicles filled with hysterical hoodlums followed until two flat tires ground the bus to a halt. Thereupon, without police protection, all hell broke loose. With its passengers still inside, the crazed mob continued to rock the bus until burning rags thrown in filled the interior with dense black smoke, setting its seats aflame. Three Riders squeezed out through open windows while several passengers escaped out the front door. As one of the Highway Patrolman pried open a door to allow the remaining passengers to escape, shouts of "fry the niggers' and 'burn them alive" were drowned out as both gas tanks exploded. Warning shots in the air from the Patrolman ultimately drove the maddened throng away. In the aftermath of the attack, ambulance service was denied until the same Patrolman intervened. Upon arrival at the nearest hospital, the Klan attempted to block access to medical treatment and maintained a vocal presence threatening to set the hospital on fire. Evicted from the hospital before nightfall as the Klan crowd continued to jeer, the Riders were rescued by a caravan of church Deacons flaunting rifles as their wounded passengers sought refuge.
Faring only slightly better than the Greyhound, the Trailways bus with the remaining Riders had taken a different route. Several beefy Klansmen had boarded in Atlanta and began to beat the male Riders as they crossed into Alabama. When the bus arrived at the Birmingham terminal, the Riders exited as a new contingent continued the beatings with several Riders rendered unconscious. Coincidentally, CBS reporter Howard K. Smith was in Birmingham and reported eyewitness attacks to the nation as several photographers were assaulted, their cameras later retrieved to ultimately share images of the Klan in action.
Once the Riders of both buses were reunited, the decision was made to complete the Ride to New Orleans but access out of Birmingham was blocked by bomb threats. Meanwhile a group of seasoned civil rights students from Tennessee State organized a second Freedom Ride which left Nashville less than 48 hours later headed to Birmingham.
Sixty three Freedom Rides continued for the remainder of 1961 with over 400 participants including Riders who went on to national prominence such as two current Members of the House of Representatives John Lewis and Robert Filner, James Forman, Percy Sutton, Mark Lane, Stokely Carmichael, William Sloane Coffin, Jr., Tom Hayden, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, Bayard Rustin and current Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the often violent struggle for full citizenship brought a new generation of young people into the civil rights movement, more willing to take risk and less willing to wait for justice.
Now, fifty years later with the envisioned Promised Land still on the horizon, the time has come to honor the 350 surviving Freedom Riders for their sacrifices and their glorious achievement which changed the country forever and made it a better place for all Americans.


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Murphy Bed Central Brooklyn NYC
Murphy Bed Express is the solution if you are interested in installing a wall bed in New York City. If you've ever thought about how you could make more room in your small New York studio or bedroom, you're in luck. Your new Murphy bed doesn't have to be the kind of uncomfortable, stereotypical bed you frequently think of when you think of wall beds. For all those who are looking to maximize their incredibly precious New York floor space with a bed which doesn't take up all of their room, we provide solutions that are comfortable and specialized. For high quality Murphy beds in New York City visit Murphy Bed Express.
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The fact that many individuals assume that wall beds in NYC are going to be difficult to use or uncomfortable is why many people have hesitations about putting them in. This could not be further from the truth however when you trust Murphy beds from Murphy Bed Express. Available in a range of different sizes to satisfy your specific requirements, you can choose from different kinds of Murphy beds that are comfy and simple to use. Each year mini homes and micro apartments are growing in popularity. This means that renters and homeowners are being force to discover solutions to save space. Whereas they once were perceived as the territory of college students and those living in efficiency housing, Murphy beds are something everyone else can take advantage of. Murphy Bed Express is helping to bring fold-up and pull-out beds into the future.
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As a top wall bed company in NYC you will find Murphy beds available in almost any size you could want. If you visit our website or contact us, you'll discover that your alternatives when it comes to Murphy beds might be much more various and fashionable than you believed. Lots of people are worried about safety which makes them reluctant to purchase a Murphy bed installation. A fold-down bed, to some, might appear dangerous or unstable. We ensure extensive testing and checking for each and every one of our models because we're very concerned in regards to the safety of our customers. If you use one of our high quality Murphy beds in New York City, you aren't going to have to worry about the bed dislodging or lifting in the middle of the night, or falling to the floor in the middle of the day. Safety latches and other safety measures ensure that your new wall bed stays perfectly where it's supposed to be.
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Splendid Tires Website
Many people assume that a tire is simply a standard round piece of rubber that is inflated by a tube. In the retail industry there are thousands of different versions of tire depending on the maker and the usage that it will be put to. Off-the-road tires or, OTR tires, are developed to take a huge amount of weight and roll through conditions that would stop most cars dead.
Bias-- A Prejudice tire means that it is of cross ply building. A bead is a bunch of high tensile steel wire that ties the tire to the rim. The main benefit of a tire with this construction is that it permits for the entire body of the tire to bend.
Belted Bias-- An OTR tire of this type starts with similar construction to the predisposition. It will typically have 2 or more of the crisscross layers that we pointed out before however it then has actually corded or steel stabilizing belts that are connected below the tread. Those belts and crisscross layers are at differing angles just like the Bias tire noted above. This building really improves the tires efficiency when put up against non-belted predisposition tires. Belted Bias is an enhancement on the predisposition because it keeps the comfy trip however the increased stiffness of the building decreases the rolling resistance at high speeds.
Radial-- A radial tire is in some methods the reverse of a prejudice tire and in others it is combination of Bias and Belted Bias. All of those things come together to reinforce the tire and supply a longer life for the tire, better control at high speeds and lower rolling resistance.
One of the most common applications for strong tires is for material handling devices (forklifts). Such tires are installed by methods of a hydraulic tire press.
Semi-pneumatic tires have a hollow center, but they are not pressurized. These tires frequently come as a complete assembly with the wheel and even integral ball bearings.
Tires that are hollow however are not pressurized have actually likewise been created for automotive use, such as the Tweel (a portmanteau of tire and wheel), which is an experimental tire design being developed at Michelin. The impossibility of going flat, the tires are meant to integrate the convenience provided by higher-profile tires (with high sidewalls) with the resistance to cornering forces provided by low profile tires.
Tires are defined by the lorry manufacturer with a recommended inflation pressure, which permits safe operation within the specified load rating and car loading. Many tires are stamped with a maximum pressure rating. Tires ought to not typically be inflated to the pressure on the sidewall; this is the optimal pressure, instead of the recommended pressure.
Inflated tires naturally lose pressure in time. Not all tire-to-rim seals, valve-stem-to-rim seals, and valve seals themselves are perfect. Tires are not totally impermeable to air, and so lose pressure over time naturally due to diffusion of particles through the rubber.
A lot of modern tires will use evenly at high tire pressures, however will degrade too soon if underinflated. An enhanced tire pressure may reduce rolling resistance, and may likewise result in shorter stopping ranges If tire pressure is too low, the tire contact patch is significantly enhanced. This enhances rolling resistance, tire flexing, and friction in between the roadway and tire.
The OTR product portfolio includes tires for the whole spectrum of OTR machines click here for info like loaders, graders, bulldozers, stiff dump trucks, articulated dump trucks, straddle carriers, empty container handlers and reach stackers, agricultural devices, ATV, RTV, UTV machines, earthmover devices, backhoes, industrial equipment, Lawn, garden, and turf machines, material handlers, military type automobiles, off-road flotation type devices, building, mining, skid guide, rough surface telehandlers, Manlifts, telehandler and telescopic lifts. Most importantly off the roadway tires are crafted to last long and offer efficient service.
The OTR tire industry is enhancing the usage of radial tire designs due to the enhanced performance of radial tire designs. Companies reliant upon OTR tires need to stroll away from tire products not covered by a warranty that assures a fast response to any breakdown pertaining to their items.
According to the Tire and Rim Association, Integrated (TRA), there are three basic classifications of tread density for Off-the-Road tires: regular, deep and extra-deep. The thicker treads have higher cut and wear resistance.
Extra-Deep Tread: L-5, L-5S Deep Tread: E-4, L-4 and L-4S Routine Tread: E-2, E-3, G-2, G-3, L-2 and L-3
Deep and extra-deep tread tires have almost the exact same overall size, which is bigger than regular tread tires. When replacing routine tread tires with deep or extra-deep tread tires, the larger general diameters of the thicker tread tires ought to be taken into consideration.
Tire Spec Code. It is most vital that Off-the-Road tires are appropriately matched to the task and road conditions anticipated. Accordingly, Off-the-Road tires are categorized by 3 types: routine tire, cut-resistant tire and heat-resistant tire.
These categories only represent the basic building of OTR tires. There are lots of more OTR tire ranges offered that are developed for special environments and conditions. Such as:
Agricultural tires
ATV, RTV, UTV tires
Grader tires
Heavy equipment tires
Earthmover tires
Backhoe tires
Industrial tires
Lawn, garden, and turf tires
Loader tires
Material handling tires
Military type tires
Off-road flotation tires
Off-the-road earthmoving, construction and mining tires
Skidsteer tires
Skid steer solid tires
Rough terrain telehandler tires
Manlift tires
Special tires like non-marking tires
Telehandler tires
Foam filled tires
Solid rubber tires
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The Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2016 was "post truth" in a shocking reflection on the way the internet has changed from an information platform into a war machine spouting disinformation and misdirection. It is indeed a sign of the times when a dictionary is validating the concept that truth is a thing of the past.
How does this affect the world? One might think that we are all capable of deciding the relevance of information in its' context, be it in regards to facts as found on wikipedia.org or in relation to politics but it is in the latter area that the use of "fake news" to misdirect a voting public, that the word "post truth" has gained notoriety and an avid audience.
You might ask does post truth have to do with wikipedia? Surely this site is being used as an online encyclopaedia for the purposes of information gathering and could be relied upon for facts? But in truth, this is not the case, as further investigation into the mechanics of the website reveal that any user can add content into the online pages and alter the information on the topic thus being able to change the validity of the information searched for.
Human error can account for many things in information processing and well-meaning "fans" of certain topics zealously updating pages on their favourite topics can enter dates of events in error, but it is when these errors are the deliberate, a "hacking" of a site can occur. This hacking is more common than would be expected with determined individuals deliberately hacking the sites to blur the lines of what is truly to be regarded as fact and what requires further investigation to validate.
Truth and "post truth" are rapidly becoming blurred reflections of each other and as social media proliferates into our daily lives sites like facebook.com have created a space where our "friends" are reccommending content and articles (led by advertisers and focus groups for our attention) but from which the source of the truth behind them is increasingly blurred. The unreliable content is inserted into our social media streams through friends we value and have an established relationship of honesty and trust.
The dangers of social media and its' subversive influence quickly becomes apparent to the informed person as they will ever increasingly look to shared content coming form social posts as unreliable one is now shifting from a position "trust" to "post trust" in relation to how social media informs us.


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Square receives New York BitLicense
Cryptocurrency firm Square has secured a virtual currency license from the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Square fully launched the ability to buy and sell Bitcoin in its Cash app in January but has so far not been able to offer the feature in New York.
That now changes, as it becomes the ninth firm to be granted a BitLicense.
"We are thrilled to now provide New Yorkers with Cash App's quick and simple way to buy and sell Bitcoin" says Square VP, Brian Grassadonia.
Emergency alert startup Watch Out! acquires Bitcoin payment app BitWall
BitWall, the FinTech firm known for introducing the concept of a Twitter-powered Bitcoin Paywall for online publications, has been acquired by Watch Out! Inc.
Watch Out! Inc. is currently developing its flagship product, a self titled app that sends out real time, critical information to users in times of danger.
According to Michael Lucas, chief executive at Watch Out!, the deal enables Watch Out! to incorporate a sophisticated mechanism for crypto enabled payment.
Benjamin Katz painting sells through online gallery for 150 BTC
Bitcoin is making its way into the art world, a Benjamin Katz painting just sold for 150 bitcoins ($1.25M.)
The painting was sold by Ato Gallery, an online gallery, and the entire deal was carried out through messaging apps, such as Instagram, Signal, and Postmates.
The buyer contacted the owner of the gallery, asking about the price of Chasing Hearts/Northern Lights by Benjamin Katz. The prospective buyer talked to both Katz and Eldridge via the social media apps before making an offer of 150 bitcoins, which was accepted.
Italian authorities seize bitcoins from hacked BitGrail exchange
BitGrail, the Italian cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that bitcoins stored in the firm's wallet were seized by Italian authorities.
The seizure follows a petition that was filed by 3,000 victims of the BitGrail hack.
The CEO of BitGrail, Francesco Firano had stated that it would be impossible to return the stolen funds.
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Log Format
I came across a brilliant example of formatting logs, and posting it here not only for my future reference, but hopefully useful for others too.
The log format has a few specific goals:
- Be human readable.
- Be machine parsable.
- Be easy for sleepy ops folks to figure out why things are pear-shaped at 3:30AM using standard UNIXy tools like tail and grep.
The logging output looks like this:
TRACE [2010-04-06 06:42:35,271] com.example.dw.Thing: Contemplating doing a thing.
DEBUG [2010-04-06 06:42:35,274] com.example.dw.Thing: About to do a thing.
INFO [2010-04-06 06:42:35,274] com.example.dw.Thing: Doing a thing
WARN [2010-04-06 06:42:35,275] com.example.dw.Thing: Doing a thing
ERROR [2010-04-06 06:42:35,275] com.example.dw.Thing: This may get ugly.
! java.lang.RuntimeException: oh noes!
! at com.example.dw.Thing.run(Thing.java:16)
A few items of note:
All timestamps are in UTC and ISO 8601 format.
You can grep for messages of a specific level really easily:
tail -f dw.log | grep '^WARN'
You can grep for messages from a specific class or package really easily:
tail -f dw.log | grep 'com.example.dw.Thing'
You can even pull out full exception stack traces, plus the accompanying log message:
tail -f dw.log | grep -B 1 '^!'
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Census Bureau Guard killed is identified…
The Census Bureau Security Guard shot and killed yesterday after walking up to a vehicle with a man and woman arguing inside of it has been identified as 59 year old Lawrence Buckner. The gunman and accused kidnapper then fled and led police on a high speed chase from Maryland to DC. It ended with a shoot out with police at "H" and 11th Streets in N.E.. The suspect was injured and is currently at an area hospital under guard.
Funeral Services have been made for Walter Scott in North Charleston…
Funeral services for 50 year old Walter Scott shot and killed by a North Charleston Police Officer following a traffic stop is set for tomorrow. The former officer's mother has issued and apology to the family but says she will stand by her son. Her son Michael Slager who faces murder charges has yet to enter a plea. Seven other officers who responded to the scene are also under investigation for thief actions at the scene.
Prince George's County Liquor stores will soon be able to sell liquor on Sunday…
Prince George's County liquor stores will soon be able to compete for licenses to sell liquor on Sunday. Lawmakers approved a bill that would allow that to become a reality. The measure now heads to the Governor for his final approval.
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Yobel Market Entrepreneur Training Program
We love our collaborators and we particularly love Mattea who writes our "Make It New" column. Mattea works for Yobel Market and recently went to Africa to do entrepreneurship training with small business owners there. I so enjoyed seeing how this brand gives back in a really neat, practical and useful way to the men and women in the communities they work with. Follow the link to read all about her trip and the awesome work they got to do on Mattea's Yobel blog.


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However, setting goals is something I want to become better at, and even better still at achieving them. At the moment the things I want to work towards this year are all really vague. I will aim to clarify and quantify them so I can measure them over the next few weeks.
In a very un-Virgo like slip up I forgot to get myself a diary before 2011 started. I thought I would have an iphone by now (yes I am the last person in the world to get one) and I'm feeling a bit lost organisation-wise. The Moleksine one I always get I couldn't find in stores, but I bought it from Fishpond with free shipping and 57% off. Hopefully it is delivered fast.
My goals this year are pretty standard. What I want to do though is think about how I'm going to do them and what that will mean. Here is a start:
- exercise more. I am not playing netball any more because of my knee and I can really feel the difference. I want to run! Boring I know, but I'm not even really concerned about my weight. I want to feel better and feel like I did when I was exercising with Nicole (my old PT) and motivated to do more myself
- Finish the 'Couch to 5k' running plan. Using this podcast from Spod I want to get through the whole 9 weeks. Last time I got to week 5 before my knee bunged it, so I will take it easier at the start this time
- Do a yoga class weekly. Flexibility! Mix in some Bikram with this outside of the gym
- eat better. As above, boring! We majorly overindulged in the weeks up to Christmas and boy can I feel it!
- make food at home, eat out less
- be organised and shop for what we need
- meal plan
- finish my Diploma finally! I have my last exam coming up in about 6 weeks and I just want to pass the thing to get it over and done with. Actually, I would like a Credit, minimum. Better get reading!
- invest more in the sharemarket. My portfolio has been waaaay down, GFC stlyez, but things are really great at the moment.
- read more and learn more
- keep the profits in my account and grow, grow, grow them
- buy another investment property. I really don't now how achievable this one is in 2011 but at the very least I want to start working towards it
- get my Bronze Medallion. Again, not sure if this will happen but work towards it at least
- complete the City 2 Surf. I thought 2010 would be the year but my knee stopped all that. I will keep up the physio and see what I can do
- see more movies, especially at the Dendy
- do more crosswords and work on not forgetting words!
- lastly but definitely not least, invest in my marriage. Things are amazing with Mr CB and I. We are beyond lucky to have each other. We love coming home to each other. We are each others best friend. I want to keep it all that way.


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Jimin swears he has excellent balance. Like, he's a champion at beam. You have to have balance for that. But every time he tries to even walk in front of Yoongi, that balance leaves him and his face meets the pavement. It had been 2 days, 3 hours, and 27 minutes since the last time Jimin fell. Even tripped really. The only reason he hadn't was because classes ended on Friday and he didn't see Yoongi all weekend. Who is Yoongi? Yoongi is the absolutely gorgeous man Jimin fell hard for during freshman year. As soon as he walked into his Chem 201 class, Jimin felt his knees go weak. Somehow, the powers that be wanted to torture Jimin by making Yoongi his lab partner. Just last week he had managed to trip and spill hydrogen peroxide all over the workbench when Yoongi had smiled at him. Carefully Jimin made his way to his seat. Yoongi wasn't there yet. "Good" Jimin mumbled to himself. "Maybe he won't show and I can have an embarrassment free day." Just as he had settled in, placing his notebook and pencil in front of him, the devil himself walked in. Jimin swore he must have drooled a little watching the elder walk to his seat. "Why does he have to wear those jeans?" Jimin groaned internally. The jeans in question were obviously the porcelain god's favorite seeing as he wears them so often. Ripped at the knees and tight enough to highlight everything Yoongi had to work with, Jimin viewed them as his personal nemesis. "Earth to Jimin!" Yoongi said, waving his hand in front of Jimin's now pink face. "Sorry hyung. I uh....uh...didn't sleep too well." "It's okay. I was up all night working on homework as well. Let's just survive this chem lesson, okay?" Yoongi said laying out his things. Jimin swallowed thickly when Yoongi's hand brushed against his own. He simply nodded in return and tried to focus on what the professor was saying. To Jimin's glee, the class went well without any major catastrophes. Well almost none, Jimin and Yoongi had both reached for a beaker at the same time. Causing Jimin to turn a darling shade of red. As they walked out of the classroom, Jimin breathed out a sigh of relief. "At least Yoongi won't have stained notes from today." Jimin thought. "PARK JIMIN!" Turning around to see who was yelling, Jimin damn near body checked Yoongi into next Tuesday. Thankfully, he caught Yoongi before he hit the ground. "I'm so so sorry!" Jimin said growing flustered "I didn't know you were behind me and I was just trying to see who was calling my name and did I mention I was sorry?" Yoongi laughed which finally got Jimin to take a deep breath. "I swear it's fine. I was probably walking too close anyway." A breathless Taehyung ran up to the pair. "Sorry guys. I didn't expect Jimin to whip around like that." Taehyung said between breaths. "Now, if you two are done cuddling, we have practice to get to." Jimin hadn't realized he was still holding Yoongi. He quickly dropped his arms mumbling a sorry before sprinting to practice with Taehyung. Leaving Yoongi alone and a little breathless.
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