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Study: Alcohol Sales Fall Following Cannabis LegalizationDecember 1, 2017
Sales of alcoholic beverages decline following the enactment of medical marijuana access laws, according to a working paper authored by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University.
Authors evaluated the relationship between medical marijuana laws and retail alcohol sales for more than 2,000 US counties for the years 2006 to 2015. Alcohol sales trends in medical cannabis states were compared to sales trends in states where cannabis remained illegal. Researchers determined that counties located in medical cannabis states, on average, experienced a reduction in monthly alcohol sales of 15 percent.
Researchers concluded: "We find that marijuana and alcohol are strong substitutes. … States legalizing medical marijuana use experience significant decreases in the aggregate sale of alcohol, beer and wine. Moreover, the effects are not short-lived, with significant reductions observed up to 24 months after the passage of the law."
Consumer trend data from California reports that those with legal access to cannabis frequently reduce their alcohol intake. A 2016 analysis of beer sales in Colorado, Oregon, and Washington reported that retail sales "collectively underperformed" in the years following the enactment of adult use marijuana regulation.
Full text of the study, "Helping settle the marijuana and alcohol debate: Evidence from scanner data," appears online here.
Study: Alcohol Use, But Not Cannabis, Associated With Changes In Brain StructureJuly 11, 2017
Alcohol consumption is associated with negative changes in gray matter volume and in white matter integrity, while cannabis use is not, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction.
Investigators from the University of Colorado, Boulder and the Oregon Health & Science University evaluated neuroimaging data among adults (ages 18 to 55) and adolescents (ages 14 to 18). Authors identified an association between alcohol use and negative changes in brain structure, but identified no such association with cannabis.
"Alcohol use severity is associated with widespread lower gray matter volume and white matter integrity in adults, and with lower gray matter volume in adolescents," they concluded. By contrast, "No associations were observed between structural measures and past 30-day cannabis use in adults or adolescents."
Researchers acknowledged that their findings were similar to those of prior studies "suggesting that regionally specific differences between cannabis users and non-users are often inconsistent across studies and that some of the observed associations may actually be related to comorbid alcohol use."
A 2015 brain imaging study published in The Journal of Neuroscience similarly reported that cannabis use was not positively associated with adverse changes in the brain, but that alcohol "has been unequivocally associated with deleterious effects on brain morphology and cognition in both adults and adolescents."
Longitudinal data published in June in the British Medical Journal reported, "Alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, is associated with adverse brain outcomes including hippocampal atrophy."
An abstract of the study, "Structural Neuroimaging Correlates of Alcohol and Cannabis Use in Adolescents and Adults," appears online here.
President Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like AlcoholDecember 1, 2016
In a just published "exit interview" with Rolling Stone Magazine, President Barack Obama opined that marijuana use should be treated as a public-health issue, not a criminal matter, and called the current patchwork of state and federal laws regarding the drug "untenable."
"Look, I've been very clear about my belief that we should try to discourage substance abuse," Obama said. "And I am not somebody who believes that legalization is a panacea. But I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we do with cigarettes or alcohol, is the much smarter way to deal with it."
He added, "It is untenable over the long term for the Justice Department or the DEA to be enforcing a patchwork of laws, where something that's legal in one state could get you a 20-year prison sentence in another. So this is a debate that is now ripe, much in the same way that we ended up making progress on same-sex marriage."
Although the administration, largely in its second term, has permitted states to experiment with marijuana legalization policies without federal interference, it has not pushed strongly for any permanent changes in federal law, such as amending cannabis' schedule I classification or permitting banks to work closely with state-licensed marijuana businesses. As a result, some marijuana law reform advocates believe that President Obama has not done enough to move the issue forward during his tenure. Responding to this criticism, Obama said: "Look, I am now very much in lame-duck status. And I will have the opportunity as a private citizen to describe where I think we need to go."
Why Obama believes that he will have greater opportunities to address cannabis policy as a private citizen than he did as President of the United States leaves us scratching our heads, but we certainly hope that he follows through on his pledge to focus on drug policy reform in the next phase of his political career.
You can read President Obama's exit interview with Rolling Stone in it's entirety here.
Study: Cannabis' Influence On Driving Performance Differs Significantly From That Of AlcoholMarch 10, 2016
Cannabis-influenced driving performance is significantly different from alcohol-induced driving behavior, according to driving simulator data published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology.
Investigators with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Iowa evaluated simulated driving performance in subjects following their consumption of vaporized cannabis, alcohol, or placebo.
Researchers reported that cannabis administration was associated compensatory driving behavior, such as decreased mean speed and increased mean following distance, whereas alcohol administration was associated with faster driving. Their findings are similar to those of other driving studies, like those here and here.
Investigators also reported that cannabis dosing in combination with low quantities of alcohol "mitigated drivers' tendency to drive faster with alcohol" – a finding that contrasts with prior data acknowledging that the two substances combined typically possess an additive adverse effect on psychomotor performance.
"THC concentration-dependent associations with decreased speed, increased time below the speed limit and increased following distance suggest possible awareness by drivers of potential impairment and attempts to compensate," authors concluded. "The compensatory behavior exhibited by cannabis-influenced drivers distinctly contrasts with an alcohol-induced higher risk behavior, evidenced by greater percent speed."
According to the findings of a recently published literature review of crash culpability studies, "[A]cute cannabis intoxication is related to a statistically significant risk increase of low to moderate magnitude [odds ratio between 1.2 and 1.4]." By contrast, a 2015 case-control study by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that driving with legal amounts of booze in one's system is associated with a nearly four-fold increased crash risk (odds ratio = 3.93).
An abstract of the study, "Cannabis effects on driving longitudinal control with and without alcohol," appears online here.
Study: Alcohol, Tobacco Typically Precede Marijuana UseJanuary 15, 2016
Alcohol is typically the first substance consumed by individuals who report polydrug use later in life, according to data published this month in The Journal of School Health.
Researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Florida, Gainesville evaluated drug use patterns from a nationally representative sample of 2,835 12th graders.
Authors found that youth use of alcohol most often preceded the use of tobacco or marijuana. They also reported subjects' age of alcohol initiation is the strongest predictor of later polydrug use.
"Alcohol is the most commonly used substance, and the majority of polysubstance using respondents consumed alcohol prior to tobacco or marijuana initiation," they reported. "Respondents initiating alcohol use in sixth grade reported significantly greater lifetime illicit substance use and more frequent illicit substance use than those initiating alcohol use in ninth grade or later."
They concluded, "Our results … assert that the earlier one initiates alcohol use, the more likely that they will engage in future illicit substance use."
The findings are inconsistent with recent claims made by several prominent lawmakers that cannabis is a 'gateway' to later substance abuse.
Studies conducted by the RAND Corporation and others have previously dismissed any alleged causal role of marijuana as a gateway to subsequent illicit drug abuse, finding, "There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other drugs."
An abstract of the study, "Prioritizing Alcohol Prevention: Establishing Alcohol as the Gateway Drug and Linking Age of First Drink With Illicit Drug Use," appears online here.


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So my cousin-in-law, Julie's birthday was yesterday. I asked for her card to be mailed while we were away (Hopefully it got to her). Here's what I made her!
And btw, Julie has put a kabash on people buying penguin things for her husband, since he collects penguin 'things' so you know I just couldn't resist adding one to her card :)
Oh..........and I must show you what was awaiting us when we got home from Italy:
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...I think this Jimmy Choo is cute (on pre-order at Bergdorf's):
I think the handles are very cool.
I agree very pretty
I love how the Choo ringed signature has been interpreted as part of the handle of the bag. Catches your eye, but in a subtle way.
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Because different animals grow in different places and the way to handle that meat depends on the area, sometimes tradition, sometimes climate, sometimes some other factor.
One example: prosciutto is made in many places in Italy, but the saltiness of the final product is closely tied to the climate. In warmer climates, the temperature doesn't get as cold, so more salt is added to prevent spoilage.
In some cases, the end results are different because different animals are used. A pig in Northern Germany may not taste like a pig from Tuscany because those animals are living in different places, eating different things, are different breeds, etc.
Preserving meat is one of the oldest practices for extending the usefulness of livestock. When people have been doing things for a really, really long time, it is natural for things to be different from one place to another. Look at language, music, art, architecture, fashion. This diversity is not limited to preserved meat.
Thus, the topic really can't be adequately discussed in a food Q&A forum such as the Food52 Hotline. I suggest you go to the library and check out some books on charcuterie.
This forum is more suited to handling questions about recipes or specific cooking questions.
Good luck.
and the anthropologist in me finds that so many of the same preservation methods are found in different parts of the world, developing independent of each other.
It doesn't surprise me. After all, there were only a handful of techniques available to pre-industrialization people to preserve meat: smoking, salting, drying, etc.
The more interesting inquiry would be whether or not disparate groups discovered these techniques at relatively the same moment. My guess would be no, but I'm no expert on such matters.
Perhaps it has been studied before and even documented, but as we know, some cultures have scant or missing written historical records due to various circumstances (weather, climate, conflict, etc.).
There've been a lot of hungry people for a long time, and most of them haven't had freezers. Nomadic peoples, which was all of us until relatively recently, also have portability issues. Sausages in particular have also become a practical and versatile way to create flavorful foods out of humble (and at times appalling) ingredients.


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I was busy today getting the boat ready for winter storage. On my way to check out the mast I came across the Gimli Airport Terminal. Yes, you read right, airport terminal!
Sometimes somethings tell you that the size of your community needs a reality check. Gimli airport, home of the Gimli Glider, is a real airport. With a terminal. Beat that Heathrow, Pearson or LAX!
It has an accessibility ramp, so modern; one whole, single white plastic deck chair in the outdoor executive lounge; and lottsa grass; but no parking lot. It must be the ultimate in a nightime arrival in January. I think I'll pass on that one.
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By the by, I am so late in posting this due to the fact that I was watching a magnificent cinematic opus titled Transformers 3:Dark Side of the Moon. The point that I realized Jerry Bruckenheimer is either a movie genius or a little kid who got a huge budget and decided that he wanted to just blow a lot of things up, is when there was a whole five minutes devoted to stunt men flying through "Chicago" in squirrel suits. I don't know why they decided to do this (because I had stopped paying too much attention at this point to any kind of plot) but it happened and then all of the sudden the scene switched and everyone was hiding out on the side of a building. No showing us any kind of epic landing amongst rubble - no, just a quick scene shift and Josh Duhamel's pretty face on the screen again. So either genius or madman. I'll let you watch and decide :).
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If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. - Dwight Eisenhower
The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence." -- Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi
Liberals were right when they attacked Bush and the Republicans on egregious abuses of civil liberties. However, the very same liberals and Democrats who were so rightfully outraged over Bush and Republican assaults on civil liberties are now quiet. Actually, they are worse than quiet and have stood by silently while Obama and Gang vastly intensified draconian Bush era civil liberty abuses with NDAA (a piece of legislation signed by Obama that provides for the indefinite detention of American citizens without due process), Attorney General Eric Holders loudly proclaiming that the regime can murder American citizens anytime and anywhere without cause and numerous other pieces of legislation. However, even among liberals, Democrats and their traditional organizations, dissent is beginning to surface as they are forced to face the stone cold reality that Obama is worst than Bush on civil liberties and that his administration is just building on Bush era civil liberty infringements.
The Patriot Act that was passed by Congress within weeks after 911 is a civil liberties slashing horror that effectively negated the 4th amendment by allowing warrantless searches. The government now has the right to invade our privacy, e-mails, telecommunications, financial records, phone conservations and much more – all without obtaining a valid warrant from a judge and showing probable cause. As far as the Constitution is concerned, knowledgeable observers understand full well that the Patriot Act violates the 1, 4th, 5th and 6th amendments known as the Bill of Rights.
While Democrats and civil libertarians objected to the Patriot Act along political lines because it was a perceived as a Republican initiative, few are even willing to admit that the roots of the Patriot Act go all the way back to Bill Clinton's 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, another civil liberty slashing piece of legislation that followed the Oklahoma City bombing.
According to the website historycommons.org on April 25, 1996 "President Clinton signs the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which the New York Times calls "broad legislation that provides new tools and penalties for federal law-enforcement officials to use in fighting terrorism." The Clinton administration proposed the bill in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing…. In many ways, the original bill will be mirrored by the USA Patriot Act six years later…. Civil libertarians on both the left and right opposed the legislation. Political analyst Michael Freeman called the proposal one of the "worst assaults on civil liberties in decades," and the Houston Chronicle called it a "frightening" and "grievous" assault on domestic freedoms…". Read more here.
But Glenn Greenwald is far from the only person to chirp in on the government's civil liberties abuses and advocacy for murder of anybody the government deems a terrorist. The John Birch Society (JBS), a very conservative organization that advocates for constitutional rule, said "Surveillance, torture and detention without jury trials have long gone hand-in-hand throughout all of human history. The Soviet KGB reputedly had listening devices everywhere they could, brought people for beatings and torture to the infamous Lubyanka prison in Moscow and then "disappeared" its prisoners to the gulag. The Nazi Gestapo also had an all-pervasive intelligence network, engaged in torture, and sent millions of detainees to concentration camps without trial. That's why constitutionalists have opposed the Patriot Act from the beginning. It is a stepping stone to a far more brutal form of government than Americans have historically known."
"the United States is assembling a vast domestic intelligence apparatus to collect information about Americans, using the FBI, local police, state homeland security offices and military criminal investigators….The government's goal is to have every state and local law enforcement agency in the country feed information to Washington….This localized intelligence apparatus is part of a larger Top Secret America….Today's story, along with related material on The Post's Web site, examines how Top Secret America plays out at the local level. It describes a web of 4,058 federal, state and local organizations, each with its own counterterrorism responsibilities and jurisdictions. At least 935 of these organizations have been created since the 2001 attacks or became involved in counterterrorism for the first time after 9/11." More here.
Another civil liberty slashing horror is the emergence of "Fusion Centers", a Fedzilla initiative that merges local police departments with the military and the Feds, all in the name of national security of course. Civil libertarians have been all over the fusion center issue and grassroots groups have been formed to fight them. The fusion centers represent the emergence of a militarized police state.
Wendy McElroy explains the fusion centers, here, in an article titled An American Stasi?
What is a fusion center? The answer depends on your perspective...If you are privacy or civil-rights advocate, it is part of a powerful new domestic surveillance infrastructure that combines data from both the public and private sectors to track innocent people and so makes Americans less safe from their own government. In that respect, the fusion center is reminiscent of the East German stasi, which used tens of thousands of state police and hundreds of thousands of informers to monitor an estimated one-third of the population...
Fusion centers began in 2003 under the administration of George W. Bush as a joint project between the departments of Justice and Homeland Security. The purpose is to coordinate federal and local law enforcement by using the "800,000 plus law enforcement officers across the country" whose intimate awareness of their own communities makes them "best placed to function as the 'eyes and ears' of an extended national security community." The fusion centers are hubs for the coordination. By April 2008 there were 58.
The growth has continued under the Obama administration. Indeed, Obama has also continued Bush's concealment of domestic intelligence activity by threatening to veto legislation that authorizes broader congressional oversight or review of intelligence agencies by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). As a result of that threat, the GAO provision was removed from the Intelligence Authorization Act.."
A lot of civil liberty organizations on the left and the right have been documenting the growth and abuse of the emerging paramilitary state. Cato.org actually keeps a data base on botched police raids and the casualties resulting from such violent incursions into the homes of ordinary American citizens; the data base is available at http://www.cato.org/raidmap/. From 1985 to 2010, you can scroll through data state by state and year by year on: death of an innocent, raid on a non-violent offender, raid on an innocent suspect, other examples of paramilitary excess and even unnecessary raids on doctors and sick people. Radley Balko of Cato.org actually testified in 2007 before a House Subcommittee on Crime and his testimony was titled "Our Militarized Police Departments". His testimony is here and includes:
Since the late 1980s, Mr. Chairman, thanks to acts passed by the U.S. Congress, millions of pieces of surplus military equipment have been given to local police departments across the country.
We're not talking just about computers and office equipment. Military-grade semi-automatic weapons, armored personnel vehicles, tanks, helicopters, airplanes, and all manner of other equipment designed for use on the battlefield is now being used on American streets, against American citizens.
Academic criminologists credit these transfers with the dramatic rise in paramilitary SWAT teams over the last quarter century.
SWAT teams were originally designed to be used in violent, emergency situations like hostage takings, acts of terrorism, or bank robberies…. These violent raids on American homes, when coupled with the imperfect, often ugly methods used in drug policing, have set the stage for disturbingly frequent cases of police raiding the homes not only of recreational, nonviolent drug users, but the homes of people completely innocent of any crime at all….
800 times per week in this country, a SWAT team breaks open an American's door, and invades his home. Few turn up any weapons at all, much less high-power weapons. Less than half end with felony charges for the suspects. And only a small percentage end up doing significant time in prison.As if the fear of a Swat Team busting down your door in the middle of the night isn't bad enough, Americans are also dealing with the revoltingly intrusive TSA searches that frequently constitute outright sexual assaults. TSA horror stories emerge almost daily as government goons humiliate and degrade human beings by probing their 'junk', body cavities and even subjecting folks with colostomy bags and various prothestics to embarrassing searches.
Finally, government is never about protecting us and is always all about forcing us to live in fear of the government. That the US government has embarked on a plan to dramatically ratchet up the humiliation and degradation of citizens is a test of how much we are willing to tolerate in our emerging Nazified Police State. God help us if we fail to rise up against this evil.


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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Officially NOT a Beauty School Dropout!
After 1 LONG LONG year. I finally figured out how to work the blow dryer, roll the perms, paint the nails, and Graduate from Cosmetology school! I'll be working at Urban Bette Salon in Santaquin, and the Gym salon in Nephi! Thanks to my awesome family for all the support! and to my amazing husband for letting me vent countlessly, and NOT letting me quit. I'm super excited to check this box off my to do list, and get going with my career!
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- Jakoye said...
Being completely done with school is a great feeling!!!! Aren't you glad you hung in there and didn't quit??!?! You should be very proud of yourself Amy!!!
- February 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- The stevensons said...
I LOVE being done with school. now i have esthetician school. and going back to uvu this fall. ugh.... oh well.. one thing down
- February 18, 2010 at 2:26 PM
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Pregnancy comes with a lot of changes to all different parts of your body. Some of these changes, you probably expected from what you've learned from friends, books and movies. Other changes can be surprising or even make you worry that there's a problem with you or your baby.
What is this Clear Sticky Liquid?
The clear sticky liquid which may come out of your nipples in pregnancy is known as colostrum. It can range in color from clear through to orange or yellow or even white.
Colostrum is baby's first, extremely nutritious, food and it's produced by your body in pregnancy in preparation for your baby's eventual arrival. Some women find that they leak large amounts, while others will find that the only way to get it out is by squeezing the aereola or nipple.
How Early Will Colostrum Leak?
Many women find that colostrum will begin to leak or appear around 20-30 weeks into the pregnancy. However a minority of women notice colostrum as early as 4-12 weeks into a pregnancy.
Is it Bad if No Colostrum Leaks Before Birth?
Some women never leak colostrum in pregnancy but this is not necessarily a bad sign. Some women find that their breasts will not release colostrum until their newborn latches onto their breast after birth and begins the suckling which is especially designed to remove colostrum and milk from the breast.
Colostrum will not change into transitional milk till 2-10 days after birth and transitional milk will not change into mature milk till 10-28 days after birth. As long as you continue to breastfeed and also seek support from an IBCLC, you and your baby can start on your breastfeeding journey.


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At the association's annual gathering, held for the first time in Tuscaloosa, the three were inducted into the Alabama United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.
TUSCALOOSA | They share a decadeslong affection for their sport and a family-type bond with one another. On July 28, Bob Gambrell, Kathy Pugh and Billie Jean Smithson also shared the spotlight on their sport's highest stage in the state and a bookmark in local bowling history.
At the association's annual gathering, held for the first time in Tuscaloosa, the three were inducted into the Alabama United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame. Gambrell, who turned 59 on Sunday, was inducted in the Superior Performance category. He is the first from this area to be enshrined in that category. Pugh and Smithson, 83, were inducted in the Meritorious Service category. All three are members of Tuscaloosa's USBC Hall of Fame.
Before their enshrinement, only one other person from Tuscaloosa, Mary Lynn Baggett, was in the hall, inducted in 1992 in the Meritorious Service category, making Tuscaloosa's three 2012 inductees all the more remarkable.
"It really is outstanding," said Barbara Dozier, Alabama USBC director and Tuscaloosa board member. "I was proud because it's my association, but also because all of them deserve it. To have three from Tuscaloosa go in is just a milestone. It was phenomenal to have one, much less three go in at one time."
The Alabama USBC inducted its first men's hall of fame bowler in 1973. The Alabama Women's Hall of Fame started with Meritorious Service inductees in 1981 and added the category of Superior Performance in 1985.
Gambrell, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has bowled 21 perfect games and two more where he scored 299, one pin short of perfection. He's bowled nine 800 series, won two Alabama state championships, nine local association titles and held the state high average record at 239.44 for three consecutive years.
"I just think it's wonderful that we finally have recognition of bowlers in Tuscaloosa," said Gambrell, who started bowling with his family when he was 7 and is Tuscaloosa's association manager. "For us to be hosting the state meeting was one thing, and for us to be inducted in our city, for us to have three people from this association was really special. To go in with Billie Jean, especially, was really neat because she's been involved in bowling for so long at the state level. And I've been working with Kathy very closely since 2006 when the men's and ladies' associations merged and we were both managers.
"Bowlers are a family. You have a common bond. You like bowling because it's fun. You like it because of the competition. You like it because you can do it forever — my father bowled two months before he died at the age of 90. But the best thing about bowling is the relationships you make."
Smithson started bowling in 1950 and still bowls twice a week, in a ladies league and a mixed league with her husband. She was instrumental in getting the leagues sanctioned in 1959. She was the Tuscaloosa association's first hall of fame inductee in 1985.
"I was real excited when I found out we had three. I've known Kathy all her life. Her mother bowled with me for many years," Smithson said. "It's been such a special part of my life. Bowling keeps me active, and I think that's what keeps you going."
Pugh has been a league bowler for 37 years and league secretary for the past 26. She's been an officer on the state board, president of the local association and was key in the state and local merger of the men's, women's and youth associations in 2006.
"It was very exciting. My mother and daddy started bowling when I was 3, and I always went with them to the bowling center. It's been a part of my life my whole life," said Pugh, Tuscaloosa's association president.
"I had open-heart surgery a year ago, and one of the first things I thought of was, 'I wonder if I'll ever be able to bowl again?' Five months later, I was back."


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Day 1: Seattle, WA to Long Beach, WA. 171 mi.
When AV and I landed in Seattle to begin our roadtrip journey we quickly realized a few things:
1. We were free to do WHATEVER we wanted. Even though we're in our twenties and finished with college, the fact we were together and on an adventure just made things 'cooler'.
2. Car rentals are confusing.
3. Leaving Seattle and sneaking into Canada is apparently a really big deal. I have never before been asked, "Are you SURE you're not going to Canada?", 3 times in a row.
Once we jumped into the car I suddenly realized that AV spent the last few years in NYC, so I asked her, "Dude, when was the last time you drove a car?"
It was the first time she had driven a car in 2 months.
After the initial shock of being in a new city in a car driven by AV, we pulled out our map. Yes. A map. I bought one at the airport because I thought it would be useful and come on, maps are cool. They make for some awesome pictures.
After spazzing out about how cool Seattle was, AV and I started what we were REALLY excited about; driving along Highway 101.
Fast forward a few hours: AV and I were on Highway 101, which means beautiful forests, pleasant breezes, and ABSOLUTELY NO CELL PHONE SIGNAL. AV had made a humongous Spotify roadtrip playlist which in her words was, "Seriously the shit. It's epic."
Well, no signal = no Spotify. The remainder of the trip was listening to fuzzy radio and the 40 or so songs on my iPad. And you know what? We loved it.
The test of true friendship is being in a car with someone with music you are being forced to listen to.
Day 1 of our #HipsterHoneymoon contained one of my and AV's favorite memory of our friendship. As we drove out of Seattle and into the beautiful woods towards our next destination, AV opened the car windows because the car was getting stuffy. After a few seconds we both looked at each other and asked, "Wait. What smells so good?"
After looking around the car and realizing no one had scented lotion on, it hit us. The forests along Highway 101 smelled like heaven. Of course, AV went nuts and put her entire head out the window because she wanted "to remember this smell forever, NYC doesn't provide me with nature smells." I still laugh when I remember this moment.
As we continued on, blasting our lame music through the countryside, I stopped the car at a scenic overlook. Once I turned the car off we realized that this spot was the quietest spot we have ever encountered. I suddenly felt bad that we poisoned the forest with the sounds of "Dark Horse" and "Dog Days Are Over".
AV and I got out the car and whipped out our DSLR's, taking pictures and freaking out (as usual) about how cool the scene was. Then…the drunk guy appeared. I swear, it's a law of nature: The presence of 2 or more women causes a very drunk man to approach them. This guy stumbled out of his tent, in the middle of a scenic outlook that was along a freaking highway. A HIGHWAY. He politely asked us for some money as he sat near his tent. After denying him money and taking the pictures we wanted, we got in the car turned the music back on. This time, we didn't blast it.
Many hours later, once the olfactory overload had subsided, we stopped by at a little pizza joint near the cabins we were staying at. I don't think I've ever seen AV more excited about food. Ever. If we hadn't found that pizza place when we did I'm pretty sure AV would have come back from this trip alone…with me never being found.
FINALLY, we got to our cabins and freaked about again about how cute it was. The main thing about this cabin was the fact that THERE WERE Q-TIPS IN A JAR IN THE BATHROOM. That's when you know you're in the right place. #HighRolling
We changed our clothes, planned the next day a bit, and went to bed. Well, AV went to bed, I found a boat paddle on the wall and kept it next to my bed…you know, in case of a serial killer or if AV got hungry again.


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It should come as absolutely no surprise to learn that no, Facebook isn't launching a 'Drugs Task Force' to catch you in the act of taking illegal substances.
READ MORE: Facebook Is Testing A New 'Satire' Tag For Its Posts
The news went viral after it was originally posted by the National Report, a satirical website which posts theoretically funny stories on current affairs.
Having promptly missed the 'satire' element of the story the article was shared over 150,000 times with anxious drug users rushing to Twitter to exclaim their concern over what would surely be their inevitable incarceration.
be warned if you were doing this. download TOR and don't talk about drugs on FB. #marijuana #facebook— potstuck (@potstuck) August 20, 2014
"As the world's #1 social networking site... it is our job to protect our users from such deadly things as drugs." http://t.co/jmpJZgkK6H— NZ Drug Foundation (@nzdrug) August 20, 2014
#Facebook to be monitored for people using it to sell drugs....they aren't they doing that ALREADY? http://t.co/5tgxLTlE29 #slowtocatchon— Harry Haslam (@TheHaslam) August 20, 2014
For those concerned about Facebook tracking them down the article also listed a 24-hour hotline for the 'Task Force', however the number was actually that of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church.
Thankfully the article was eventually spotted as a hoax and normality has slowly started to be restored to social media.


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Cannonballs,Sails, or Swords
Canonballs, Sails or Swords is foremost a classroom game designed to make learning fun. It is pirate themed, 'coz everyone loves pirates, but content non-specific, so can be used in any subject especially to review work in a more interactive fun way than straightforward question and answer. Question and answer, get gold, steal gold and shoot up the other teams fleets. Who doesn't think that learning should be more fun?
It does work (and is a lot of fun) as a desktop game, but it is firstly and foremostly a game to be a tool for adding creativity to the classroom environment.


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Saturday, August 30, 2008
The ups and downs of living in New York City
Then, you wait for the subway and see the operator in the front wearing a skeleton glove on his hand to drive the train, and this excites you to the point of joy that totally redeems what just happened.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Bathroom etiquette
I'm finally going in there again, but there is this girl who always uses the middle stall to go number 2, which makes it very uncomfortable in a three-stall bathroom. I'd imagine, for boys, it's similar to what happens when someone stands right next to you at the urinal.
I know it's the same girl because she has the WORST taste in footwear: all her shoes look rather hooker-ish (except for her Baby Phat shoes, I loves Baby Phat footwear). Of course, every time I go into the bathroom and there's someone in the middle stall I have to peek at the feet. It's her EVERY TIME. I quietly grimace and shake my fist and the pee anxiety sets in.
Without water running or someone else peeing I totally freeze up. I need encouragement. It becomes even more of a problem with someone is sitting right next to me probably going through the same anxiety as me - only, she's trying not to fart, probably.
So, my message is, don't use the middle stall if you're in a three-stall situation. Give your fellow pee-mate some privacy in an already uncomfortable situation. Oh, and also, stop wearing hooker shoes to work.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Jack Donaghy
Calling all babies!
I've seen ads for roommates needed, shopping promotions and some great passive aggressive notes, but this one is by far the worst.
The headline? Calling all babies!
For what? An uncompensated photo shoot where they dress your baby up to define Yiddish words. They want babies of ALL shapes, sizes, races and dispositions.
If anyone would like the information to sign your baby up, please let me know.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Green thumbs
We've always had a beautiful garden full of flowers, and when there was the room, vegetables.
A few years ago, when my parents were starting to become real, actual people, not just boring old parents, we went out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. The conversation switched to drugs, naturally. My dad said, "Well, there's a reason I don't order mushrooms on pizza."
That was funny, but I wanted more. What other drugs had they tried? How old were they when they first smoked pot? Did they smoke when we were asleep? I shared my experiences and learned a few doozies about them, but this was the best one of all:
When I was in high school, they thought my brother was a major stoner. So, doing what parents do, they started snooping through his bureau. They found what they thought were pot seeds. You'd think they'd react how you're supposed to, right?
No. My parents decided to put their green thumbs to use and try to harvest their own supply of marijuana in our backyard. Much to their chagrin, weeks later beautiful marigolds popped up instead. My brother had gotten the seeds from an insurance company's promotion and they had probably spilled out in his drawer.
As of two nights ago my dad won't confirm nor deny the story to my brother (who, in high school, was just shy - not a druggie). But, would you really trust anyone who got stoned halfway through his wedding and is featured wearing sunglasses in half the photos?
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Keeping tradition alive
Here is a small list of medical ailments/unfortunate events that have happened on or around my birthday over the years:
- The aforementioned fainting on a subway platform/relationship break-up/grandfather passing
- On my eighth birthday, I set up our MINI-trampoline right next to the swimming pool in our backyard so I could jump up higher and right into the pool. I attempted the jump and my feet got stuck under the cloth covering the springs. My body went up and got yanked down with my knees hitting the pavement full force.
- I wanted to see the latest Woody Allen movie on my birthday, when my mother discovered - as we walked towards the theater - what she thought were SCABIES on my arm. She thought I could have picked them up at the retirement home where I was a waitress. I spent the rest of the day with the doctor. (in retrospect this was a good thing as Curse of the Jade Scorpion was TERRIBLE)
- I had lice. I still went to my birthday party, but endured the most violent and rigorous of RID treatments before and after. My friends commented on how shiny and beautiful my hair was; they had no clue I'd been raked over for the past week.
- My mother scheduled a dentist appointment on my birthday (at least it wasn't a lady doctor appointment - she liked to book those on Christmas Eve)
There are more honorable mentions, but it's certainly a proud tradition. In fact, one year my sister got very ill on her birthday and said, "But, [my sister] is the one who's supposed to have the terrible birthdays!"
Despite being sick, I'm planning on making the best of it tomorrow. I'm driving back to New York after a very relaxing weekend in Northern Massachusetts (I can actually hear frogs outside right now). Then I'm going out for Mexican food with some of my favorite people.
p.s. Happy Birthday Brooklyn Sea Hag!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Stick it to me
It wasn't your typical acupuncture treatment with needles, she used an electronic acupuncture tool that shot electricity into my "trouble spots" to "open up my vessels". Essentially, I was being electrocuted. When she was applying the tool all over my upper back, I would spontaneously spasm and my arm would move and I'd get goose bumps, then I lost feeling in my hands. They've been a little tingly ever since.
While giving me the treatment, she said I had a lot of tension in my shoulders. I explained it was probably because the night before I had carried four laptops over five avenues from the Javits Center to my office. Now, since getting the treatment I keep getting a sharp pain in my right shoulder blade.
This isn't the first time I've experienced adverse effects post-acupuncture. Last summer, I tried it because my doctor - whose waiting room has a serenity waterfall - suggested it. She said it wouldn't hurt (it did) and it would alleviate my stress (it didn't). I was in her office because a few weeks prior I had fainted on a subway platform at Astor Place. I was taken to the hospital and they recorded an irregular heartbeat. Apparently, my irregular heartbeat is likely to be activated by stress, which at the time I had plenty of: the same weekend my boyfriend of five years was moving out of our apartment, my grandfather died.
When she put a few needles in my ears, I was immediately uncomfortable and lost sensation in my hands. Then, she put a needle in my calf and I instantly burst into tears. I wasn't in physical pain, but she hit something that all I could do was cry. Buried emotions? Hitting a nerve? I have no idea, but I immediately asked her to turn off the Pure Moods CD and let me go home with a prescription for Prozac.
If I have to find a silver lining in all of this, it's that now my back feels extra sensitive. So sensitive, I finally have found that stray hair that I know has been growing on my back that I couldn't feel until now. I have one over-active hair follicle and my ex-boyfriend used to groom me and it hadn't been found since we broke up. So, you can imagine my excitement of extracting a two-inch hair from my back while in the car today.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Mob Mentality
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Pop Quiz
A) I am halfway through completing my "Love Can Wait" Su Doku book.
B) The only boys I've interacted with lately have been on cross-country flights and proclaim their UNDYING LOVE for Dane Cook.
C) I haven't gotten a pedicure in so long that my toe nails have been cutting my other toes when they're crammed into one of my many pairs of pointy-toed shoes.
D) All of the above
Saturday, August 9, 2008
I don't fit in at my gym.
I hope they're playing my favorite House music re-mixed by DJ Clue.
There better be at least five guys who can bench press double my weight who will stare at me as I mount the treadmill.
I hope the booty shorts I decided to run in don't cover up my Playboy Bunny tattoo I had strategically placed on my lower back for such occasions.
The shirt I decided to wear looks really great on me, but you know, it looks better off of me and hanging on my treadmill.
Here are a few things I thought about at the gym:
Doesn't my iPod volume go up any higher to drain out this awful music?
Good lord, why couldn't every guy decide to skip the gym today, I'm sweating too much.
It's best to wear two sports bras at once to create the best pancake boob effect I can.
My droopy sweatpants and extra large Loveburger shirt are perfect to exercise in because you can't see any of my parts moving.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
What I learned in Cincinnati
On the short flight from LaGuardia to Ohio, I sat next to a very friendly actor from New York who used to be in the Blue Man Group. We talked about all sorts of things: Sigur Ros, Dr. Wayne Dyer and our parents' and grandparents' relationship when it came to war.
I told him that my grandfather gave my dad a hard time for not enlisting during the Vietnam War and how he thought my dad would miss out on a great deal of camaraderie. Of course our conversation shifted to the current conflict, and if we knew anyone over there, etc. I said I felt so far removed from the war and didn't understand how it affects families whatsoever. That was, until I had a few hours before my connecting flight to Los Angeles.
I was sitting in the terminal - people-watching - as a gate was emptying. I noticed a few families with balloons and signs waiting at the gate exit, which was bizarre to see because that's not generally allowed. As passengers were filing into the terminal, they weren't rushing to their next gate or the baggage claim. They were gathering around the families with the balloons and signs to wait with them. People walking by stopped to watch, and the whole terminal was captivated by who was coming off the plane.
Then, a woman who was milling around the gate screamed at the top of her lungs, "Bobby!" She ran toward a man in an Army uniform and jumped on him, wrapping her legs around him. She couldn't stop screaming and crying, and soon tears were streaming down my face as well. I looked around self-consciously, but it didn't matter because EVERYONE was crying. The terminal erupted in applause, which made me sob more.
Later, another soldier exited to more applause. And then another.
While I still can't fully comprehend what it's like to send a child, husband or brother off to war (whether you agree with it or not); I'm glad I got to witness what it's like to see them come home.


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The Rotary Club of Amelia Island Sunrise was chartered November 6, 2007.
The charter members (most of whom are still very active & engaged in Rotary were:
Doc Burgess
Deb Cottle
John Drew
Claudette Drummond
Patti Duncan
Alex Evers
Christal Fish
Stan Fishburn
Brian Flick
Ron Flick
Nick Gillette
Ann Hays
Jack Heard
Myers Kurtz
Danny Leeper
Jim Mayo
Ashley McIntyre
Suzanne McLeod
Jason Mudd
Mike Mullin
John Myers
Larry Ogilvie
Jake Posey
Shandra Riffey
Pat Rogensk
Art Shuster
Rachel Sutton
Chip Townsend
Melvin Usery
Donna Lynne VanPuymbrouck
Rob Weeks
Our Club...
was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fernandina Beach. As part of Rotary International, we support causes around the world to bring better quality of life and lasting joy to many people. One of the most important efforts we support is the worldwide eradication of polio.
We celebrated our 10th anniversary in 2017
In 2013 our club celebrated it's 5th year.
Rotary International has helped reduce polio in the world by 97% and we are proud to have been a part of that effort with our annual financial contributions, promotional and educational efforts and in addition, we are proud to mention that past president Katey Breen was a part of a Rotary trip to India a few years ago and personally administered the polio vaccine to countless children.
Signature Event
We started our annual Wine & Food Tasting Event in 2013 and it has become our major fund raising activity for our club. Originally held at the Amelia Island Museum of History the event has benefited a series of great organizations. In total, the club raised and donated over $100,000, receiving grants from the Rotary District to supplement the clubs' contributions.
Here is a brief look at our successes:
|Use of Proceeds
Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County
Raised money to purchase a bus to transport students to the clubs after school.
FOFA - Friends of Fernandina Aviation
Raised money for student scholarship to attend the National Flight Academy
Nassau County
Raising money to complete the tech room to assist seniors without access to internet or computes
Enhancing Eagan's Creek
Fernandina Beach
CPR training equipment
FOFA - Friends of Fernandina Aviation
Sent two middle school students to the Pensacola Aviation Simulation Camp for a week.
|Friends of the
Fernandina Library
|Build out of Tech room
|Arts Alive!
|Annual Operating Expense
|Wolfson's Children Hospital
|Purchase of two defibrillators
|Wolfson's Children Hospital
|Purchased a child hospital bed
Beneficiaries of the Wine & Food Tasting are organizations that were selected because of their involvement in our community, their alignment with the Rotary areas of focus, and their willingness to participate and support this event.
District 6970
The Rotary Club of Amelia Island Sunrise is part of District 6970 – referred to as "Florida's Crown District" where Rotary has served for more than 100 years.
Today there are 62 clubs and 1 satellite club serving 31 Northeast Florida communities in 12 counties.
Our District's more than 3,200 Rotary members are active, involved and accomplishing service and humanitarian goals on behalf of our neighborhoods, towns, and cities as well as being involved in international service. We are proud of the national and international Rotary leaders who have come from our ranks.
For more than a century Rotary's presence and involvement in our region have been positive forces to improve the well-being of the people in our communities.
The Rotary Club of Amelia Island Sunrise and District 6970 look forward to the next 100 years of service and living up to our commitment to all that Rotary stands for by placing Service Above Self.


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Vestibular rehabilitation is an exercise-based program, designed by a specialized physical therapist, to improve balance and reduce dizziness-related problems.
At your appointment, a physical therapist will evaluate your symptoms and review your medical history. He or she will identify any problems with your balance, your gait (how you walk), neck motion, visual stability, as well as examine other potential problem areas. Based on the findings, a plan of care is developed.


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In this world there are more than 250 countries and many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in the world of sins and woes. No one in this world can pretend that Democracy is all wise or ÃÂjust what the doctor orderedÃÂ.
Indeed it has been said from Aristotle that Democracy is the not the ideal form of government and therefore it is corrupt and just not perfect. Then if Democracy is not a right form of government, than why so many countries in these world including Iran, Iraq and Nigeria are trying to fight through many years towards freedom and democratization?!The recurring demands for human rights, political liberalization, economical development, freedom and democracy in countries such as Iran, Iraq and Nigeria have actually capitulated contested presidential and parliamentary elections, disprove a uniform antagonism toward democracy. It is apparent that Iran has some signs of movement toward a stable constitutional designation of governmental powers and progression.
I think it seems more pertinent to see the glass of freedom in Iran as half full rather than half empty, after all, the glass started empty when the Shah came to power in 1953.
The venture to democratize Iran is not just a recent idea but it has been and idea for more than a hundred years old. In the past decades there were three powerful political upheavals that trembled the country. For my opinion I would say it was firstly ÃÂThe Constitutional Revolution of 1906ÃÂ, secondly The Nationalist Revolt of 1951-53, and lastly ÃÂThe Islamic Revolution of 1978-79ÃÂ. All these three movements stand as parallel movements driven by the same nucleus: opposition too corrupt, unjust king, umbrage against the intrusion of foreign powers, and a sky-scraping desire for freedom and democracy. The Constitutional Revolution of 1906 took place...


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Defending champion PV Sindhu has decided to pull out of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here, starting on Tuesday.
The Rio Olympics silver medallist was originally scheduled to take on China's Yue Han in the opening match of the tournament on Wednesday. Sindhu lost in the final of the Hong Kong Open on Sunday.
But the Hyderabadi shuttler has withdrawn after paying back-to-back China Open and Hong Kong Open tournaments.
"No, she will not be playing in the Macau Open because she has played two back-to-back tournaments recently. So she needs rest before the BWF Superseries Final in Dubai," her father PV Ramana said.
The Dubai Superseries final will be played from December 14-18 where only the world's top eight players make the cut.
In Sindhu's absence her compatriot Saina Nehwal, who recovered from a knee surgery which affected her Olympic campaign three months back, will be the main Indian challenge in the women's singles.
She also participated in recent Hong Kong Open in which she went till the quarter final stage, showing a steady improvement in her fitness.
The Hyderabadi shuttler will face Indonesia's Hanna Ramadini in the opening round.
In the men's singles category, Sameer Verma, who was in spotlight after reaching the finals at Hong Kong, is also participating in the tournament.
He will take on Milan Ludik of Czech in the opening round.
Making a comeback after a long break, Parupalli Kashyap will also hope to shrug off the disappointment when he will take on Malaysia's Guo Zheng Sim.
Among other Indians in the fray, third seeds Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will face Hong Kong's Chan Alan Yun Lung and Li Kuen Hon in the men's doubles categories.
Jwala Gutta with Manu Attri will take on Satrya Aditha and Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella of Indonesia the mixed doubles category.


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Working with emerging playwrights in Gloucester.
These are monthly sessions where writers can explore aspects of playwriting through exercises, activities and discussion, and then share pieces of work for supportive feedback. I'm also creating development opportunities for writers where they will be able to show their work in city centre venues, working in collaboration with local professional theatre companies with funding from the Arts Council England.
The Scriptorium now has its own website www.gloucesterscriptorium.com where you can find out about our most recent project 'Tapestry' which was performed at Gloucester Cathedral in May 2017
I was awarded the Theatre Encouragement award for my work with the Scriptorium by the Writer's Guild of Great Britain.
Click HERE for further information about the award.
Scriptorium Writers
Any writers interested in taking part in the Scriptorium should contact me for further details.


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The Blueprints We Need For Love
What's funny to me about the house I live is this: it's currently falling apart. The hardwood floors need refinishing. I need a couple of new vinyl windows for better insulation. The bathroom needs to be re-tiled. The yard needs to be better landscaped so it looks pretty again. But that's because this house is over 60 years old. It's older than my own mother, gasp! (and that's really, really old, huh Grandma?) So after all the years of wear and tear, you'd expect that by now it would need some work. That's just life. Without maintenance, things don't stay perfect forever.
But what about when the house was first built? Can you imagine the architect standing on the plot, looking around, with a vision in his mind of what he was about to create. He works hours and hours and hours to design his vision with precision. He rolls out the blueprints on the table and with his pencil and eraser, he sketches and erases, and then sketches again and again. He has to get the house "square", he has to place the doors and windows just so, and the support beams need to be in exactly the right places. And even beyond the mechanics of it, there is a certain feel, an ambiance, that he is striving to create. So he continues to work…and work…taking that feeling from a 2-D idea all the way to a 3-dimensional realistic structure. He buries himself in the task of creating a place where a family can live. Forever if they take good care of it.
How much more complicated are human relationships than one dumb stick-built house? How much harder is it to get our relationships "square"? Putting all the support beams in just the right place, creating a "feeling" and a structure that is safe and secure?
The thing is, building a house is similar to building a relationship. Much more complicated, but still the the same. Relationships, like houses, require the right "blueprint". A foundation upon which to begin laying the stones. The blueprints we have for these relationships come from our experiences in our lives. Did we have a mother that held us a lot and took our feelings into account? Was our dad supportive and gentle, or was he stoic and strict? These are the foundations upon which we begin to lay our parenting stones with our own children. Think back to your past relationships. What kind of "blueprints" have you been given? What kind of foundation did they lay for you to build on?
For many of us, looking back at our blueprints is confusing. It's confusing to be asked to build something that you don't have the blueprints for. What do we need when our own blueprints are not ideal? We need support. We need to find a person or a group that can "reparent" us. We need them to teach us what it feels like to be heard and cared for. We need to have an experience of unconditional acceptance and the safety to express ourselves. It is only when we have these blueprints, that we are finally able to pass that on to our own kids.
Sometimes I work with parents who have been torturing themselves, trying to parent their children in this love-based parenting model. But after years of trying, they still aren't getting very far. The relationship continues to collapse and crumble all around them. Sometimes they paint the outside, but underneath that paint, it's still that same old, deteriorating relationship.
To these parents, my heart goes out. I feel their struggle. I have lived it.
There are many places out there where we can go to acquire the blueprint we need to parent these children. There are instructors and therapists that know exactly what support beams you need and where to put them in your life. So reach out to one of the support groups listed in the side bar. Post to the Consciously Parenting forums or to the Daily Parenting Reflections group and allow the other parents there to hear your voice and to tell you they love you. Allow them to support you, right where you are. Stay in it, soak it all up. Put your fears to the side and just take in that support. Because each time you experience that, you build a little more of the blueprints your kids need from you.
Because that's just what they need too. They need to be heard and made to feel safe enough to express those big, big feelings. They need to be unconditionally supported. They need to be loved. And so do we. I have to say, I'm only alive today because somebody loved me. And not because they had to. But just because they chose to. Thank you for that.
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Here is the President's new energy policy which makes sensible reading. It includes "eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan" and "take advantage of the estimated $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves", "reviving America's coal industry" and "refocus the EPA on its essential mission of protecting our air and water". How refreshing to see such a common sense policy.
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
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|Market Microstructure of the Pink Sheets
|Nicolas P.B. Bollen and Bill Christie
|We study the microstructure of the Pink Sheets and assess the ability of existing theory to capture salient features of this relatively unstructured and unregulated market. Clustering patterns in quotes, quoted spreads, and trade prices indicate that market participants have endogenously selected price-dependent tick sizes for different stocks. Clustering intensity varies across stocks as a function of proxies for information availability. Similarly, the bid-ask spread varies as a function of volatility and liquidity. We design a tick size schedule for the Pink Sheets that conforms to the clustering present in quotes, and track measures of market quality after the market adopted the schedule in 2006. No evidence of deterioration is found, suggesting that the market's endogenously selected tick sizes are robust.


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Bill's online shenanigans
Well, I'm William T. I started williamt.com in 1997 (I think). More than 20 years now. Yow! It's just for fun, mostly.
Email me at email@example.com.
thanks... yow, bill
Here we go. I guess this is more a list than a map. Whatever. (snort) At least it's alphabetized.
Christmas, Facebook stinks, Fantasy sports index, Flickr photos, Goodreads book reviews, Gram Krieger memorial, Holly n Da doodles, John Sullivan memorial, LetsPlay3 fantasy baseball, Letterboxd movie reviews, LinkedIn, Payton34 fantasy football, Prof Bill at North Central College, Old stuff, @williamt777, Websites++, Yelp reviews
Mostly fun.
flickr.com/photos/williamt for photos;
goodreads.com/williamt777 for book reviews;
williamt777.yelp.com for business reviews;
facebook.com/william.t.krieger for (following my daughter on) social media;
@williamt777 on Twitter; and
linkedin.com/in/william-t-krieger for (not) networking
And thanks for the spider background, dude: www.sibagraphics.com/backs/images/spiderwebs/s6.jpg
Well, that's it. The end.
Pretty fun. I learned a lot. OK results. (shrug)
I'll wrap with my memorial pages for two very special people.
John Sullivan was killed in Iraq in 2003: www.williamt.com/johnsullivan/
My all-time fave... Gram Krieger passed away at age 94: www.williamt.com/gram/head_examined.html
"You need your head examined."
—Gram Krieger
he he... yow, bill


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Distance from Chisholm, MN to Burnsville, MN
Driving distance between Chisholm, MN and Burnsville, MN is 227.96 miles (or 366.87 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Chisholm, MN you would reach Burnsville, MN in about 3 hours 43 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Sunday, 29 January 2017
Saturday, 28 January 2017
Coco and Lea....BFFs
I visited Coco a couple of times this week
On Thursday with my Mam, the owner, Ruby the dog and Lea
And today just me and Lea
Coco and Lea are fast becoming besties
Coco loves her
And follows her around the field
Today they were running and frolicking
It was just adorable
I brought a flask of tea
And Coco thought this was fascinating!
As I drank my tea
Lea lay down beside me
And Coco came over and started to groom her
I just love how well they are getting on
After Lea's spinal diagnosis
We were worried for her future
But she seems to have found a new lease of life with her new buddy Coco
After a bit of investigating
I have finally found out who owns the little white pony down the road
I have a phone number for him
It's a work number
So I will try ringing on Monday
I bought my first pair of 'country boots' this week
They are brown and are really a glorified welly
But they do the job out in the fields and in the yard
So yes
The city girl in me is well and truly dead
I am now a country girl
And proud of it!
In other news
I weighed myself this week
I don't know why
But I was curious
Seeing the number
I was indifferent
It meant nothing
It wasn't good
It wasn't bad
It was what it was
A number that holds no pleasure or pain for me anymore
I think that is good
I now appreciate my body a lot more
It's strong
It's capable
It's able
It allows me to go so much
I'm no longer a physically weak girl
Now I walk
I run
I ride horses
I lift
I carry
I fill out my clothes
And I love it
But it isn't that long ago that I was in a bad place
I know how it feels to have no hope
No belief
No faith
No reason to go on never mind recover
In my that place it is incredibly difficult to take that first step in to recovery
It's terrifying
And the disorder that was a comfort zone
Has now become a hiding place
Anything beyond it I'd too much
And too scary
But I have to tell you
If you do manage to take that first step
The rewards are instant and massive
Bigger and better than you could ever believe
Your physical health will improve
You will feel better
You will think clearer
You will make more sense
Life will make more sense
You will begin to see that there is life beyond the disorder
No matter how deep you are in
It's just a matter of having the courage to shut your eyes
Clench your fists
Lift one foot
And take that first step
You won't regret
I promise you that
I am now pretty sure that I did the right thing leaving my course
I have no regrets
And I am involved with horses more than ever now
I am content
I have moments of happiness
I am ok
I am ok
Saturday, 21 January 2017
I got a few photos posted on my last post
But it won't seem to let me post the most recent Ines
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All the photos of Coco and the last month are there....
But it won't seem to let me post the most recent Ines
If you want to add me on Facebook
Email me or leave a comment
All the photos of Coco and the last month are there....
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Coco meets Lea...
My goodness
It's only the early afternoon
And it's already been an eventful day!
Lea had an appointment with the vet first thing this morning
It was pretty good news
Lea isn't in pain
And the meds seem to be working
She recommended a food supplement
And possible pet physiotherapist
But I know swimming is good for it to
So I'd rather do that with Lea
The vet did say that Lea losing some weight would help joints
It's always a blow to hear that
As I don't want to be the reason my dog is struggling
I don't think Lea gets fed a massive amount
But when she is getting treats and tidbits from so many people
It all adds up I guess
So we just need to keep an eye on her
And be mindful with food
She is a trooper though
She's a good girl
After a quick cuppa at home
Myself, Mam and Lea headed off to meet Coco and his owner
Honey elected to stay in her bed
The drive over takes about 20 minutes
Cocos owner lives at the edge of a lake
And on a bright day like today
It was just glorious
We drove up the lane
And found Coco, his owner and Ruby the three legged dog waiting for us
We changed in to our wellies
Which are a must
Thanks wasn't sure how Lea was going to behave around Coco and Ruby
Ruby was so full of beans
And Coco seemed to be delighted to have so many visitors and playmates
We headed in to the field
Cocos owner has a bucket of feed for him
And Coco danced around him as we walked over to a walled area of the field
Lea was a gentle giant as ever
I sat down
And Coco tucked in to his feed
When he was finished
He came over to me
And I had a juicy carrot for him
He thoroughly investigated me
My hair
My hands
My jacket
My hood
My hair was in a bun
And at one point he had it in his mouth which was funny!
But even though he is so big
He is so gentle with it
So there I was
Sat in the middle of a field
On a beautiful winters morning
Lea on one side
Coco on the other
Pure bliss!
I couldn't have been happier
I shit you not
Cocos owner and Ruby left us then
And got the boat back to his house
So myself and Mam decided to bring all the animals on a little walk
We walked around the field
Coco followed us
He was so interested in Lea
And kept trotting over to her
Then a couple of times
He broke into a canter which was just adorable
I too lots of photos
And a video
Which I can seem to post
I will try and figure it out
It was a lovely way to spend a morning
Coco is slowly but surely melting my heart
I can see so much potential in him
And it's obvious he loves company and attention
As I type this
I can get the scent of him on my hands
It's such a lovely smell
A real country and earthy smell
I guess now that I live in the country
I am a country girl
I've probably always been at heart
As I never felt comfortable in towns or cities
It just goes to show
That I made the right decision about my course
I now know I did the right thing
I guess I thought that if I gave up the course
Then I gave up horses
But that's not the case at all
In fact
I've been spending more time with horses now than I did when I was doing my course
Monday I visited the white pony
Tuesday I had a riding lesson
Wednesday I had horse therapy
And today I visited Coco
I am happy out
No stress
No pressure
Just a relaxed pace
And I'm doing it on my terms
A reader left a comment on my last post that it's a shame I don't post anymore
I know I don't post as much as I used to
But I do still post at least once a week
So please do check in as I am still writing
I suppose I don't rely on my blog as much as I used to
And I definitely don't read as many blogs as I used to
But I really want to keep this blog going
As it means so much to me
It saved my life countless times
As did my lovely readers
You have been there over the last five years
Five. Years!
Has it really been that long?
It has gone by so very quickly
And I am so glad I have a written account of the last few years
My journey from scared, suicidal, emaciates girl
To healthy and happy woman
It's been a hell of a ride so far
And I'm excited to see what life has in store for me
If nothing it will be interesting
And that always keeps things fun
Now that things are going well for me
I desperately want to help others who are in a similar situation to what I was
Whether they be eating disordered
Drug addicted
Addicted to anything really
One thing I have learned over the last year
Is that when you take away the drug
Or the drink
Or the restricting or purging
A massive hole is left
And something needs to fill it
For me
I took away the purging
And I quickly filled the hole with shopping
That was also utter madness
And thankfully I have stopped the mindless spending
But when I stopped
Again there was a hole left
And this time
I have filled it with my love for animals
This is a much healthier hobby/addiction
One that's actually good for me
So really I guess filling the hole can go either way
You can fill it with something unhealthy and damaging
Or you can fill it with good things and healthy things
That's just my experience
Ha ha
I just realised I spent the last paragraph writing about filling your hole
But you know what I mean
I off to make a cuppa and relax for a while
See you on the next post....
Friday, 13 January 2017
When one door closes....
....another window opens
And it's so true!
I went in to school on Tuesday to officially sign off of my course
I wasn't looking forward to going in
And seeing everyone
But as luck would have it
I only ran in to a couple of the girls
And they were lovely
I had to go to one of my tutors
He asked how things were going
I told him I was struggling
And needed to take some time off
He said the door is always open
And that I had been doing really well with my course work
Pity he didn't tell me that at the time
I could have done with some positive feedback
I am now off the course
And I have to tell you
It's like a weight lifted off my shoulders
And I'm not the only one
Three other girls have left too
But I'll get back to that
I went home feeling relieved
If a little sad about what to do next
I got home
Later on
My sister came in from work
And said she needed to speak to me
There is a guy she works with
Who has a pony
And needs help looking after him
My interest was instantly peaked
The horse is a piebald cob
He used to belong to travellers
Who used him to pull vehicles
And generally didn't treat him well
His present owner has him about a year
And up until recently he had a horsey companion who unfortunately died
So the owner thinks the pony is lonely
I immediately emailed the owner
Who sent me information and pictures
The pony has been renamed Coco
And needs help to be caught
And fed
So I am going to visit Coco and his owner tomorrow
And I don't need to tell you
I am super excited!
I am going to show that pony so much love he won't know what hit him
But first things first
We need to be introduced
We need to build a relationship and trust
And I have I doubt it will take time
Patience is not a virtue I possess
Being a greedy addict
I want everything now!
I just know this pony is going to teach me so much
I haven't even met him and I love him already!
Now I know I made the right decision about my course
This is what I want to be doing
Helping animals that have had a bad start in life
And show them love and care and trust
I just know me and Coco are going to be besties...
In other news
I went back to horse therapy this week
Back with my friends
And my buddy Star
It was amazing
I loved every second
I would post pictures but this app won't let me for some reason
By the way
If anyone wants to be friends on Facebook
Email me and I'll give you my name
I also met one of the girls from my course for tea yesterday
She also has left the course
We had a great chat
And compared notes about our experience
We are a similar age
And we both found the classroom difficult
The gossip
Discussing everyone's business
We came to the conclusion that our horsemanship tutor was great
But our horse riding instructor was really tough going
The atmosphere in that stables was tense
We were shouted at
I was a nervous wreck going to the stables each week
To the point that I was dreading going in
I also had to question where I was going after the course
And what kind of job I wanted to get
I now know that my heart lies in the rescue of animals
I'm not really interested in competing or anything like it
I want to help horses and donkeys
That is my calling I think
And of course horse riding is a great hobby
For both physical and mental exercise
All I know is that animals make me so happy
My own dogs are two life savers
I can't even begin to tell you how much they mean to me
Which is why I was so upset over Leas recent diagnosis
She is doing well though
She gets her meds every morning
She's eating and drinking well
Her form is good
She is on rest thoughts
So no walkers for her
Which I think she is finding tough
The vet recommended swimming though
So when the weather improves I will bring her to the natural pool down at the beach
She is going back to the vet next week
So hopefully she continues up stay well
As for me?
I am doing pretty good
I feel stable
My body feels strong and able
Purging is a rarity
And I'm not restricting or weighing
I look ok
I don't love it
But I don't hate it either
I was speaking with my Dad this morning
We were in the supermarket
And he asked me if I needed Anything
I said no
I didn't need anything
He reminded me of the days I used up but bags of shopping every day
Spending a fortune on food that would eventually be flushed down the drain
It. Was. Bat shit crazy!
I was a woman possessed
I spent my days eating and purging
Weighing myself multiple times a day
My mood as well as my weight was like a yo-yo
Very unstable
Very out of control
It was pretty scary
To feel like I just couldn't stop
I used to wake up in the night
And eat a packet of biscuits no bother to me
Now the thought of purging makes me come out in a cold sweat
Now I eat little abs often
I don't binge
I don't restrict
At this point
I must stress
That things are by no means perfect
They never will be
And that's ok
I am doing my level best
And I am as close to happy as I have ever been
But I must admit
Like a typical addict
I tend to look for replacements for the issue that I have under control
And for the last couple of years
That addiction has bounced to my spending money
Namely on clothes
Last year
When I was working
I was earning a nice little wage
I saved nothing
Not a red cent
I spent all my money on Fatface and Superdry and Roxy
My room is bursting at the seams with hoodies and jeans and shoes and boots
It's ridiculous
More madness
I see something in line
And I think to myself
'If I had that jacket, my life would be complete!'
I buy it
I get the parcel in the post
I feel excited opening it
Trying it on
And the novelty soon wears off
I'm straight back on the web looking at more clothes
Make of that what you will
I gave an addictive personality
When I become interested in something
I am so enthusiastic
So eager to learn and do and help
Now that I have realised the madness of my internet shopping
That issue had to be replaced
And it has been replaced
By horses
Which is pretty healthy compared to some of my own past addictions and obsessions
At least I can't harm myself or anyone around me
This is just me.
When I like something
I love it and just want to be around it all the time
And will do anything to do so
This is why I made a good addict
Single minded and stubborn to the bitter end
Even though I go from zero to sixty in jig time
It can be a good thing
I get things done quickly and efficiently
But it also means I tend not to pace myself
And jump in feet first without thinking things through
I guess it's both a blessing and a curse
I think that is all the news from my world
Lots of positive things happening
I feel good about the future
I feel positive that everything will be ok
I will be ok
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
A new year friends
Where is the time going?
This year I am five years blogging
It's been an amazing few years
So many highs and lows
Ups and downs
Relapses and slips
Trying to recover
Trying to fight for a better life
I can't lie and say I enjoyed Christmas
I found it pretty stressful and boring all at the same time
My appetite is non existent at the moment
I don't know why
But I can't even look at food
Never mind eat the stuff
I guess they could be stress related too
Also still have diarrhoea on a regular basis
Which makes no sense at all
But that's an anxious, recovering body for you
Over the break
I was supposed to make a decision about my course
To continue or not to continue
This is the major cause of my stress
Not being able to make a decision
Fearing I'll make the wrong decision
And changing my mind ten times a day
I decided to look at my other options
And booked a lesson at a stables near my house
Which I've never been to before
It was a private lesson yesterday
It was an outdoor arena
And damn was it cold!
But I learned so much
And was given some great advice that really helped my technique
So I booked a lesson for next week
And the lady told me that I can go an hour early and help get the horses ready
As well as staying after for a while too
This is all great
The downside is the cost
It was €40 for an hour long private lesson
That is almost a quarter of my weekly budget
But another argument is that I smoked and drank and used that money and more away for years
At least this is something worthwhile
I guess I will see how I manage
If I can't afford it
I can't afford it
Then today
I met my friend Fintan
And went back to horse therapy
Where I started my horse riding journey
I didn't get to ride
But it was so nice to see everyone
I missed them
I had a chat with the lady
And she said I can always go back there
As well as doing the six week course they are running
So that's another option
I just need to make a decision
I contacted our course tutor today
And made an appointment to see her on Friday
I just feel so torn
The thoughts of continuing my course makes me feel beyond anxious
But the thoughts of leaving make me feel so sad
I think I know what I need to do though
There's no point hanging on to something that is making me feel so bad
Still though
It's another thing I've started and not finished
I wonder if people will feel disappointed
Let down
But despite that
I think it's the right thing to do
There are other things to consider
My recovery
Before Christmas
My meds were all over the place
I was misusing them
Using them to knock myself out
I came clean to my doctor
He increased my methadone and anti anxiety meds
And has me on supervised daily visits to the chemist
It's a pain in the buttocks
But it is helping keep me on the straight and narrow
So yea
There is a lot going on
But that's life isn't it?
There's always something
Bumps in the road
It's just a matter that of keeping going
Despite what life throws at you
And look
Whatever happens
I'll be around horses
In one way or another
I still visit my little white pony friend down the road
She is a total pet
I've started bringing the dogs to see her too
And she is very curious to see the
Now when she sees me coming
She greets me with a nicker
And comes running over
After three months of visiting her
She has started to let me pet her
Which is huge progress I think
I had been given advice
That I should ask the owners permission before I feed her anything
So I decided to leave a note for the owner
I carefully wrote a friendly letter with my favourite purple pen
And sellotaped it to the gate
I went back the next day to check if it was gone
And I found the pony eating it
Go figure...
That's all that's happening in my little world
Hopefully now I have more time
I will get to blog and read more then I currently am
I wish you all a very happy new year
And I hope all your hopes and dreams come true in 2017
By the way
Is anyone else massively triggered by all the diet/weight loss talk at the moment?
Me too
Until the next post....
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Lesson for Living: Know Your Resource No#1: Wood
Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney.
Developed over a 10 week timeframe as part of the Firstdraft Emerging Artist's Residency Program. After acquiring antique hand tools from my grandfather, I taught myself how to build a chair using mortise and tenon joints using unmilled recycled Eucalyptus Pilularis (Blackbutt) timber. Installation and detail views. Catalogue essay by Chloé Wolifson.


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She studied English at Lougborough University, then did her teaching qualification at Keele University, then received her Masters degree in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Following university, Ms Kessler lived on a narrowboat on a canal for about 10 years, then moved to a house in Manchester for two years, then rented that house out for another year while she traveled around Europe in a campervan. (You can read about her traveling adventures on her blog: Liz Kessler's Blog.) Her newest adventure is to sell that Manchester house and move, possibly, to Cornwall.
She has been a teacher of English, and of Media Studies, and has run Creative Writing courses. She has been a journalist in local and regional newspapers in Manchester and York, in England. And of course, she writes novels for kids. Her Emily Windsnap series - about a seventh-grade girl who discovers she is a mermaid - now numbers four titles, and she has written two books in the Philippa Fisher series - about an 11-year-old girl and her fairy godsister.
Born in 1966, Liz Kessler grew up in Southport, England, the youngest of three siblings. She has a Dalmatian named Poppy, and enjoys sailing, playing guitar, surfing, and practicing one of her favorite hobbies: poi. (You can catch a glimpse of Ms Kessler and her poi skills here.)