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Insiders and Outsiders: Citizenship and Xenophobia in Contemporary Southern Africa (Africa in the New Millennium)By: Francis B. Nyamnjoh (author)Paperback
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DescriptionThis study of xenophobia and how it both exploits and excludes is an incisive commentary on a globalizing world and its consequences for ordinary people's lives. Using the examples of Sub-Saharan Africa's two most economically successful nations, it meticulously documents the fate of immigrants and the new politics of insiders and outsiders. As globalization becomes a palpable reality, citizenship, sociality and belonging are subjected to stresses to which few societies have devised a civil response beyond yet more controls.
About AuthorFrancis B. Nyamnjoh is Associate Professor and Head of Publications and Dissemination with the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).
ContentsContents Introduction: Globalisation, Mobility, Citizenship and Xenophobia in Southern Africa 1. Mobility, Citizenship and Xenophobia in South Africa 2. Citizenship, Mobility and Xenophobia in Botswana 3. Gender, Domesticity, Mobility and Citizenship 4. Maids, Mobility and Citizenship in Botswana 5. Madams and Maids: Coping with Domination and Dehumanisation 6. Conclusion: Requiem for Bounded Citizenship References
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Dato' Paul Leong has an interesting and diverse career spanning across engineering, tin mining, plantation, public service, aviation, media, and banking.
After having studied in the Chinese school for nine years, he pursued his education in the English medium. He graduated with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1963.


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Nashotah in Waukesha County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Bishop Jackson Kemper Home Built 1849
"One of Wisconsin's brightest names."
Erected 1957 by Waukesha County Historical Society. (Marker Number 20-01.)
Location. 43° 4.302′ N, 88° 25.062′ W. Marker is in Nashotah, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County. Marker is on Oakwood Drive half a mile west of North Genessee Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 153 Oakwood Drive, Nashotah WI 53058, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cushing Memorial Park (approx. ¾ mile away); St. John's Military Academy (approx. ¾ mile away); Northwestern Military and Naval Academy (approx. ¾ mile away); Nashotah Mission (approx. 0.8 miles away); Delafield Fish Hatchery Hawks Inn (approx. one mile away); Lapham Peak (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named Lapham Peak (approx. 3 miles away).
More about this marker. This is a private residence. Please respect their privacy.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.
Also see . . . Jackson Kemper - Photos and documents. (Submitted on July 19, 2010, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Additional comments.
1. Additional History
A small frame house stood on 360 acres of land, situated between the two Nemahbin lakes in Delafield, which Bishop Jackson Kemper purchased in the 1800s.
The bishop had purchased 640 acres for the Nashotah House seminary as well. The seminary was established in 1842 by Bishop Kemper before moving into the small frame house in 1846. After a time, another frame addition was put on which provided a living room, dining room, kitchen and two rooms upstairs at which time the old framehouse was removed.
In 1863 a stone addition was added to the western side of the frame house. This addition was given to th bishop's daughter. Changes have been made to the house over the years and now it looks like it all was built at the same time. As of 1970, the home was still owned by family. It is a historical landmark.
David Jackson Kemper was the son of a colonel in the Revolutionary War. He was born on Dec. 24, 1789 in Dutchess County, New York. He graduated from Columbia University in 1809 as the valedictorian of his class. He was married twice. The first marriage was in 1816 to Jerusha Lyman who only lived two years after the marriage. He married his second wife, Ann Relf, who was the love of his life, in 1821. She died in 1832 after giving him one daughter and two sons. The three children lived for several years with Ann's mother before coming to Wisconsin to live with their father.
Jackson Kemper wanted to do something different with his life other than be a bishop of an Episcopal diocese. He wanted to travel to the outlying areas of the country which were still fairly undeveloped. He was elected the first Missionary Bishop in 1835 of the Espiscopal American Church. So he left the East coast and traveled west to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin setting up dioceses wherever he went. In addition, he also began to found colleges that would teach seminarians about being missionaries to the frontier as this was not being taught in the eastern colleges. As part of his travels he founded Kemper College in Missouri in 1835.
He eventually settled in Delafield where he started the Nashotah House seminary. He was elected as the first diocesan bishop in Wisconsin in 1854 and held this title until his death in 1870. During this time he also founded Racine College. He retired when he was 70 years old in 1859. He then died at the age of 80 and was buried on the grounds of the Nashotah House.
— Submitted April 6, 2012, by Linda Hansen of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 16, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,219 times since then and 2 times this year. Last updated on June 20, 2011, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2010, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.


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Nature Spirits
The elves believe that all creatures and objects in nature has a name and a spirit. There are spirits that have existed for so long that they have no longer represent a single creature or object, but instead have taken on aspects of ideas and even people. The three most important such spirits are Kalag, Xers and Gorbe.
Gorbe is a spirit associated with hunters and wild game, as well as weather and rain. Wild and free Gorbe cannot be contained by any trap mortal or divine. Usually, Gorbe is asked by mortals to provide abundant game to hunt, offerings are also made to Gorbe to spread bad weather hindering an opponent. Gorbe takes the appearance of a particularly large lynx or other feline when appearing to mortal creatures. An appearance by Gorbe can provide omens or wisdom, however it can also mean that she has chosen to hunt and toy with mortal prey much like a cat plays with a mouse.
Kalag is the wild one; unbidden by anything the spirit of the air, sky and clouds rarely makes ground fall or interacts with mortals. When his assistance is requested offerings are made and the wily Kalag is fond of finding ways to provide the minimum amount of assistance for accepting an offering. Kalag is said to have seen everything there is to see, and hear everything there is to hear, while flying above the world and as such is a source of all manner of hidden and secret knowledge. These secrets can include lost magical knowledge, the safe path down a river, or what Duke Frithowulf said to Bishop Varban Kavka in their meeting. Befitting his beguiling nature Kalag always takes the physical form of a raven.
Xers is the protector of both mortal races as well as the wild places of the world, Xers is said to give preference to the wilds since mortal should have wisdom to avoid foolishly draw her ire. Usually supplication is given when Xers protection is desired to protect a place, but just as often offerings are made to hold back Xers protection of the wild so mortals can walk freely through dangerous places. Xers' favoured appearance is that of an enormous bear, and as such dire bears are said to be Xers' messengers.
Dominion of Kaamata | Assa | Ingstra | Kaamata | Nurok | Ontral | Unita | Uro
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The process of getting a diagnosis for some illnesses can be fairly straightforward. But for some it can take years of testing and perseverance. Some lupus patients I know went 5+ years before their doctors determined the reason for their symptoms. Some people have problems that have defied explanation, even after batteries of tests.
A lengthy period seeking answers to health problems takes not only time and resources, it takes a lot of stamina, energy, and spiritual resilience. Two things I found most helpful during the long time between when my health began to deteriorate and when I was finally diagnosed with lupus were an increased awareness of "the things going wrong," so I would be able to specifically describe to my doctors things that might help in the diagnosis process (being more specific, for example, than saying, "I'm tired all the time," and describing the feeling of the fatigue and when it occurred), and prayer. Not so much prayer for relief, but prayer for discernment, to know the right questions to ask and the people to consult. I didn't know what lupus was before my diagnosis; it was only natural that I didn't immediately know that my many "odd" health issues were related to it. So, discernment was key, and turning to God was a natural direction in which to seek at least enough wisdom to be able to articulate the questions on my heart.
More acute discernment helps not only in the initial "seeking a diagnosis" phase, but also throughout life with any illness or pain – where some answers come, other questions are bound to follow! But we can hold steady and take these with courage if we continue to nurture God's presence and ask, humbly and constantly, for the wisdom to follow His guidance.
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Islamic Finance and Development
Wednesday 15 March 2017, 07.00PM – 09.00PM CIS Auditorium, College of Islamic Studies, Education City, Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Organised by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
This lecture will tackle the importance of small and medium-size enterprises (SME's) in Qatar in terms of their role in alleviating poverty, increasing employment rate, facilitating economic growth, and encouraging national output. The lecture will then explore the suitability of Islamic finance to the development of these SME's and the Islamic sources of finance available to them.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Catholic Book Publishing - New Site
The website looks a whole lot more interesting and up to date than the previous one. It looks a lot easier to use as well.
My advice to CBP is to begin reprinting old editions. I know their policy is to publish only books approved for use by the USCCB...but they'd do a whole lot of business by reprinting their myriad editions of1962 Missals and other resources.
One of the best old books they came out with was the St. Joseph Continuous Sunday Missal. For the past couple of years I have used it during the Summer months when my choirs have off. It is so easy to use when you just want to go to Mass and not have to flip back and forth.
If you want an old St. Joseph's missal you can find them around the internet, on the freebie table at your parish, or used book stores. They are particularly nice for their larger print.
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- Rich said...
They'd do fine just to ditch the 70's clipart and replace it with something more traditional. Have you seen the pdf's of the CBP altar missal. Can you say K-U-M-B-A-Y-A?
- Thursday, March 29, 2012 5:59:00 PM
- Moonshadow said...
They may not be my first choice for Catholic books but they're kosher.
I'd been looking to replace/update my copy of their St. Joseph's Liturgical Bible which is a bible consisting only of scriptures read on Sunday. They had told me they would not be publishing a new edition even though it seems an easy thing to put out.
Thanks for the info, Matt.
- Friday, March 30, 2012 7:41:00 PM
- Sam Urfer said...
There came a moment when I was using their "Catholic Book of Prayers" edited by Maurus Fitzgerald, O.F.M., that I suddenly understood the "Hermenutic of Continuity" Pope Benedict speaks about. Catholic Book Publishing is not a traditionalist or terribly conservative organization, but a time travelling Catholic from 500 years ago picking up many of their books would not be in doubt that they are reading a Catholic book. Though they might wonder at some of the art.
- Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:54:00 PM


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"The Noodle Story" is a Sesame Street audio sketch in which Big Bird demonstrates words that begin with the letter N by telling a story about nine naughty noodles, to the disgust of Oscar the Grouch.
Some releases incorrectly list this track as "The Noodle Song".
- Audio
- The Muppet Alphabet Album (1971)
- Muppet MNOP (single, 1971)
- Big Bird Sings! (1974)
- Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (1974)
- Muppet MNOP (single, 1976)
- Letters, Numbers and Signs (1977)
- Sesame Street Treasury (album) (1980)
- Just Friends (1982)
- Sing the Alphabet (1996)


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he Shaman, the Poisoner, and I arrived at Raven's Nest when the sun was at its height in the blue sky. As we set up our tents and the axe throwing targets, we quickly discovered how the camp site got its name; ravens circled with loud croaks and the flapping of their great black wings. The Poisoner croaked back, having a conversation with a particularly large grandfather raven. It was a pleasant discovery for all in attendance at the festival as Tynehead Park is in the middle of a booming, ever-expanding city. Unlike crows, ravens do not like cities or people, preferring wild places. The park is likely one of the last hideouts for all the wild creatures that once spilled out over the land where rows of suburban houses and box stores now rule. We also learned many of the park's serpent names are not coincidence either – there are plenty of snakes to be found! Tynehead is most well known for its Serpentine River full of salmon. The salmon have attracted black bears, coyotes, ravens, eagles, and all manner of smaller creatures creating a wonderful biodiversity which the city folk don't seem to appreciate as they keep trying to remove the bears.
Forest Spirit Fest kicked off with a tree walk through the park hosted by The Shaman (aka Grant) with me helping where I could. We were introduced to Alder, Hawthorn, Big Leaf Maple, Vine Maple, Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, Willow, Oak, Birch, Crab Apple, Bitter Cherry, Western Beaked Hazel, Black Cottonwood, and more. There were great old cedar stumps so big around it would've taken the group of us to hug them, logged long ago, but still intact and many were hollow so we could go inside. They would make excellent forts or fairy houses. The tops of the stumps were covered in opportunistic Western Hemlock and Red Huckleberry saplings as decaying Red Cedar is one of the best natural fertilizers in the forest.
As much as I am in love with all of the trees, there is a great English Oak hidden away in Tynehead Park and I'm glad we visited it on the tree walk. It is the biggest oak I've seen in my province as they don't do well here. The ground is bare underneath its heavy branches which touch the ground, making it perfect for ritual and its perimetre is surrounded by its much smaller children creating a ring of oaks, a mini grove. The red-berried Hawthorn trees and the Oak are not native to the Pacific Northwest. Once upon a time, a century or more ago, Tynehead was the site of vast farmer's fields. The farmer must've been from the UK or Europe as he brought Blackthorn and Hawthorn trees with him to use as traditional hedges between the fields instead of fencing. The great Oak must've been close to a house once upon a time, though it is long since gone. The forest was so cool and shady, it was a shock to come back to the hot and sunny open meadow of the camp site after the walk.
After the walk my wonderful friend and festival co-host Dianne hosted a discussion on making herbal elixirs and had quite the rapt audience, enjoying the shade and the forest. I wish I could've listened in, but I had to set up the site for the big event of the evening. There were a few surprises at Forest Spirit Fest that only close family and friends knew about. Before the feast that night, The Poisoner and I were to be handfasted surrounded by family and friends in a beautiful forest ceremony performed by my good friend Nikiah (many of you know her as the bee priestess, but she is also a professional wedding officiant at Red Moon Ceremonies). My family had flown in from Ontario and we had friends come from as far away as Vancouver Island, Washington, the Okanagan, and the Kootenays. The Poisoner and I's hearts could have burst from being surrounded by such a large crowd of people who had only love for us.
My father gave me away with a big grin on his face and the ceremony started. Heads wreathed in hawthorn, the Poisoner and I first left an offering of whiskey, bread, and cheese in the trees for the outdwellers who were not welcome inside the circle. Then we left a similar offering inside the circle for the Ancestors. A skein of red wool was passed person to person and then wound around the altar to bind the circle and us inside it. The Poisoner and I walk around the inside of the circle to our elders and gave them hugs while they bestowed blessings upon us – some with humour and some with tears. The beautiful ceremony Nikiah had written then began.
She bound our hands with the handfasting cord and revealed our second surprise to the crowd: three cords spun together – one for me, one for him, and one for our baby – a pleasant but intentional surprise we discovered after we'd planned our handfasting. If you've been wondering why I've been quiet, not crafting as much, and seemingly ill, it's because I've mostly been hiding in bed with not-so-fun morning sickness for the past few months. Surprise! Most people in attendance were!
While our hands were bound Nikiah splashed us with fresh sprigs of wild sage dipped in water. She smudged us with a bird wing. She had us light our egg-shaped hearth candle with a beeswax taper. She fed us blackberries dipped in honey and de-alcoholized mead from a traditional Scots Quaich. She spoke beautiful blessings to us both. Suddenly we heard the loud flapping of wings, and the huge grandfather raven flew low, right over The Poisoner and I, letting out a loud pleased croaked. We laughed in delight and thanked him for his blessing, a blessing from the ancestors. And then we jumped the broom (which we had forgotten, but luckily a friend had gifted us a beautiful one by chance that day). They say we jump the broom to sweep away the old and make way for the new, but really it's a phallic symbol and in old European folklore, if a woman crossed over a broom, it was believed she'd get pregnant — too late!
Still bound, The Poisoner and I walk around the circle with an offering of chocolate heart cookies and delicious mead from a bull's horn to all our guests. "May you never hunger, may you never thirst!" Many gave us their blessings and all gave us big smiles. And then it was done. "Time to feast!" I shouted to everyone's glee. And feast we did – what a potluck! And what cakes! Both Nikiah and another very good friend of ours had made us cakes – four in total! It was a lucky thing though as we ended up needing them all to feed the crowd. Chocolate beet, spiced carrot, vanilla, and sponge cake.
The tables were covered in green cloths and decorated with lanterns, canning jars full of wild flowers, and pots of every herb imaginable which my Auntie had brought. More lanterns hung from the picnic shelter, creating a soft glow at sunset. Jan lit the bonfire and we all celebrated by its warmth with food and drink and excellent company.
The next morning Nikiah hosted her honey bee workshop in a great bell tent decorated with red blankets and saris and goodies from her beehive. The tent was packed to the gills with people who wanted to learn about the unfortunate plight of the modern honey bee as well as their importance, their sacredness, and their long history of coexistence with humans. It was a wonderful workshop, full of excellent lore, a delicious honey tasting, and a simple meditation.
After lunch Dianne, Seb, and I hosted a Pacific Northwest native plant walk also covering wild herbalism 101. We had quite the turnout! It wasn't a short walk, but they were all troopers and we had them identifying plants on their own by the end. It was sad to see that many areas of the park had been allowed to be overrun by invasives like Himalayan blackberry and jewelweed, but it could've been worse. Even though it had been a very dry season and most flowers and fruits were now gone, we lucked out finding bolete mushrooms, nettles, herb robert, false lily of the valley, false solomon's seal, skunk cabbage, some seriously prolific wild comfrey, as well as covering tree medicine and many edibles. Dianne's forté is wild medicines, Seb is a pro when it comes to edibles, and I know a lot about traditional magico-religious uses of native plants. Between the three of us, we managed to fill in the gaps in each other's knowledge resulting in well-rounded teachings.
When we returned from our plant walk we received another surprise. Catamara, the host of the Esoteric Book Conference had come to visit with a good friend of hers as she just happened to be in town that weekend DJing. It was lovely to meet more fellow occultists and we had some lively discussions before they had to run off to the gig. If you're a bibliophile within driving distance to Seattle I highly recommend the conference. It's affordable and entrance to the esoteric art show and book fair is free.
In the afternoon there was a discussion on home brewing, and distilling to make essential oils and hydrosols. At the same time was an informal fire-starting workshop. Jan taught the adults how to start a fire with a bow and drill and the Shaman taught the kids how to start a fire with flint and steel. No matter what age you are, I don't think one ever tires of lighting things on fire.
That evening we had a truly impressive forager's feast – a potluck of wild and local foods everyone had brought. There were moose burgers, venison and herb sausages on buns with mustard, fire roasted quails in black currant sauce, elk and juniper salami, wild boar salami, duck proscuitto, and a local cheese platter. There were homemade wild jams and pickles, salal berry muffins, piles of tiny wild plums, Seb's amazing from scratch blackberry jello, homemade wild fruit syrups we made sodas with, and so much more. We ate until we were so full of meat we resembled a pack of wolves with fat bellies after having gorged on a deer. We socialized, drummed, and danced around the fire that night, the children cooking us marshmallows and delicious smores for desert.
In the morning, we woke up, ate bacon, and then began the take down and clean up of the site. It went faster than we could've hoped with all the campers pitching in. Seb and I took the wildflowers from my handfasting, a bottle of mead, and a pile of wild seed biscuits to a hidden, mossy and old Hawthorn grove Dianne had discovered and left them there as an offering of thanks to the genius loci of the forest for letting us share their land for the weekend. We all hugged and made our farewells and hit the road home. I was very sad to leave the forest and all the wonderful people at the festival, old friends and new. We had such a good time and received such good feedback that Dianne and I will host another Forest Spirit Fest next year, either in the same form, or at a bigger site with cabins and showers. The big difference will be that next year the Poisoner and I will be coming with a tiny new baby.


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The pecking order hypothesis
Corporate Finance
Write an analysis in which you address the following:
• Select two publicly-traded companies within the same industry and present the DuPont analysis for each of these companies. Explain how the debt has served to influence the ROE DuPont performance results for each, and then describe how volatility plays a role in the debt choices in the context of this DuPont analysis.
• Consider each of the following capital structure theories: the tradeoff theory, the signaling theory, the debt financing to constrain the manager's argument, and the pecking order hypothesis. Briefly describe each of these, and then order them in terms of which theory you believe to be most persuasive down to which you believe to be least persuasive. Form arguments defending your rankings and reference and discuss related academic studies to support your position.
• Use the NCU library to identify an academic article that tests or provides insight into one of the above theories (note the trade-off theory maybe be discussed as an extension to the M&M proposition). Explain the nature of that study that discusses the research questions, the data, the methodology, and the results. Form what you believe would be an important additional research question that would extend the results within that area of study. Thoroughly explain your proposed research question.
Support your assignment with at least five resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
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• Faccio, M., & Xu, J. (2015). Taxes and capital structure. Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, 50(3), 277-300.
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Though the words that most frequently escape my mouth when I refer to Los Angeles' 405 Freeway are "torture," "hellscape," and perhaps some variant of "sodomy," my morning commute on the evil expressway is actually relatively painless as far as L.A. journeys go; typically, I can accomplish my eight-mile drive in about 25 minutes. (I long ago abandoned any delusions about taking the freeway during the evening -- there are only so many 90-minute bumper-to-bumper morasses a man can tolerate before the desire to simply drive his car off an embankment and end it all becomes disturbingly palpable.)
Occasionally, a stalled car or accident doubles the duration of my drive; I assumed this to be the case yesterday morning, when it took me 25 minutes to even make it down the on-ramp onto the freeway proper. It took another 25 minutes to progress about a mile, at which point the presence of several wailing police cars and one of those giant trucks equipped with a blinking "----->" sign in the left-most lane indicated that I was approaching the scene of the accident. Plodding my way through the gridlock, I stole a quick glance to my left as I passed the cacophony, idly pondering the severity of the accident that had resulted in the doubling of my commute.
My glance did not reveal a stalled-out semi truck or a totaled SUV, nor even a beleaguered motorist hurriedly changing a flat tire. Instead, I saw that multiple police cars and a giant "----->" sign had shut down the fast lane of one of the most congested freeways in the country at one of its absolute busiest times of day...so that a solitary orange jumpsuit-clad worker wielding a weed-whacker could clear away the light sprinkling of weeds emanating from the crack between the freeway and the center divider.
I'll let that sink in for a moment.
Better yet, I'll close this browser window and go about the rest of my day, lest I begin jabbering nonsensically about exacting revenge upon the City of Los Angeles before realizing that I don't even know to which agency I would address an angry letter that would assuredly be ignored.
At least I can comfort myself with the knowledge that the city has finally devoted ample resources to combating the most pressing obstacle facing commuters each day.


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This started as a comment, but then it grew into a post. Aren't you lucky.
I know some of my readers find it pleasing to feel superior, but many of them couldn't have more completely misunderstood what I said. And by the way, Caca, rolling out tired "communist" BS is about as far from cracking skulls as a My Little Pony movie. I didn't mean "pass out ice cream" to be some Medicare/Welfare program on steroids. If you read what I wrote, you'll find that I was speaking of the HOW, not the WHAT. I didn't mean to actually hand out ice cream. Or hand out anything for that matter. The idea was to make your policy proposal, ANY policy proposal (even a cut!), feel like the greatest thing in the world to voters. The GOP used this exact technique to bamboozle everyone into Iraq. You know, greeted as liberators, oil pays for everything, cakewalk, all that crap. They made it seem like to oppose their idea was akin to opposing a Fourth of July parade. They believed it, they talked it up, they sold it, and you bought it. This is precisely what Democrats never do. And it's also precisely what Democrats must start to do. "Passing out ice cream cones" is the outlook that Democrats must have on their own ideas to make anything happen. No matter what policy is, they have to be resolute in thinking a) it's the greatest policy of all time and b) anyone who opposes it is an idiot. This kind of thinking is basically how the GOP wins elections. I'm just trying to photocopy their playbook. Some liberal policies might make you cringe, like Guaranteed Health Care For All Americans (even though I'm still not sure why that one does), and some others might not, like election reform and immigration reform. But my point is, no matter what position the Dems take, they have got to stop apologizing for taking it. Instead of acting like a guilty mother trying to get her unwilling child to take his medicine, Dems have got to believe that they're behind the wheel of the neighborhood ice cream truck.
And pleeeeeaaase cut it out with the crap about liberalism being somehow anti-capitalist. I am as capitalist as they come. Where there is a functioning market (that part is important by the way), that market should be allowed to function. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most competition squelching subsidies have found their genesis on the right side of the aisle. From where I sit, the chump change that gets handed out via welfare (to guvmint-hating Red State folks mostly) pales in comparison to the billions in handouts given to industry each year. And what's so capitalist about our propping up the freeloading American sugar industry? Has it ever occurred to you guys that competition is a consumer oriented phenomenon? Don't you realize that when businesses are allowed to draft their own laws, like the oil companies did Cheney's energy bill, that this is inescapably and by its very nature anti-competition? But then again, why should you? "Penny wise and pound foolish" has been the mark of the right wing for about 25 years now.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
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Despite loss, gymnastics team keeps improving scores
The scores keep getting better for the Hastings gymnastics team. Last week, the Raiders lost to Mounds View, but the team score turned in by Hastings is moving up - the team finished with 127.225 points.
"We did not win, but all of the girls, both varsity and JV, had their best meet of the season on almost every event," coach Jeanne Kasel said. "We were short a varsity girl, so we only competed four girls on three of our four events. We were also missing a few of our JV girls as well."
Taylor Engstrom led the team on vault with an 8.5. Jordyn Hollar and Morgan Johnson each had 8.4s.
On bars, Ali Kromer led the team with a 7.6. Hollar had a 7.4.
Kromer finished with a team-high on beam, too, with an 8.55. Hollar had an 8.25 and Engstrom had an 8.15.
"(They) all struck their routines nicely," Kasel said.
On floor, Engstrom had a season-high score of 8.675 and Kromer had an 8.45.
Engstrom placed third on floor and Kromer was second on beam and third in the all-around with a score of 32.95.
Engstrom was fourth in the all-around and Hollar was fifth.
Dani Walz moved up to varsity to compete on vault and scored an 8.15 with "a very impressive vault," Kasel said.
Madison Hynnek had a 7.6, her season high.
"Our JV team is building and working hard to achieve a full roster of gymnasts for each event," Kasel said. "Our goal is compete on all four events with a full roster, with is six to eight girls on each event. The goal has been met on beam, and we are getting close on vault and floor as well."


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Sanofi vs Novartis: Paul Sorvino vs. Paula DeenIt is rumored that celebrity southern-style chef Paula Deen will soon announce that she has diabetes (surprise) and that she is a spokesperson for Novartis's diabetes franchise (see "Rumors Say Paula Deen Has Diabetes, Will Work for Novartis"). She will compete with Paul Sorvino and daughter who are currently the diabetes spokespeople for Sanofi (see "Diabetes Costars").
How Novartis plans to position Deen as a spokesperson for diabetes awareness should really be interesting. She's not much of a proponent for healthy lifestyle changes, which PhRMA recommends should be part of every direct-to-consumer advertising campaign.
According to the article cited above, "Deen has faced withering criticism for the high amounts of fat, salt and sugar in her dishes. When Deen's cookbook for kids, 'Lunch-Box Set,' was published in 2009, Barbara Walters asked her, 'You tell kids to have cheesecake for breakfast. You tell them to have chocolate cake and meatloaf for lunch. And french fries. Doesn't it bother you that you're adding to this?'"
In 2009, I took a road trip down south with my son (see photos here). A highlight was when we had lunch at "The Lady & Sons" — the restaurant Deen owns in Savannah, Ga. We ate the "fried chicken, ribs, cheesy meatloaf and sweet potatoes" for which the restaurant is famous. Here's the scene that day outside the restaurant (TIP: you may not have to wait for a table if you are willing to eat upstairs in the bar; of course, you have to be thin enough to fit on the stools, which may not work for most of these people waiting on line):
While it's a good idea to have an overweight person as a diabetes spokesperson, it's quite another to have an UNAPOLOGETIC overweight person who recommends cheesecake for kids' breakfasts! It's sort of like having a "vulture capitalist" claim he creates jobs!
"The rumors that Novartis has signed a multi-million dollar spokesperson deal with Paula Deen for a diabetes treatment are not true," a Novartis rep told CBSNews.com. "Novartis is not working with Ms. Deen." See "Novartis rep: There's no deal with Paula Deen."
[See "My Bad! Paula Dean Shills for Novo Nordisk, Not Novartis" for a followup to this post.]


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To: President Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, D.C.
From: Frank D. Roylance
Evening Sun Staff
Dear Mr. President:
I had just stepped out of the shower after mowing the lawn the other night when I heard on the television that you had gone to Bethesda Naval Hospital to get your ticker tuned after a spell of atrial fibrillation.
Since this was your first encounter with atrial fib, Mr. President, I thought I had better drop you a line and reassure you and the White House press corps that it's not such a big deal.
You see, I've been pestered by the same darn thing for the past seven years.
And here's the bottom line: Although it can be very spooky when your heart starts flipping around inside your chest like a bag of gerbils, it's not life-threatening. In fact, the doctors tell me they vTC see lots of healthy people -- even some professional athletes -- with the same problem.
You see, it's some sort of defect in the electrical pathways that control the heart's rhythm.
Normally, the heartbeat starts with an electrical signal to the upper chambers -- the atria. They contract first and send blood to the lower chambers, or ventricles.
Then the electrical impulse is transmitted to the ventricles, causing them to contract and send the blood to the lungs and body.
In atrial fibrillation, for some reason -- doctors don't seem to know why -- the signals get confused and the upper chamber starts fibrillating, or quivering and twitching chaotically.
As long as the ventricles keep beating normally, though, there's enough blood getting to them from the atria so that the heart and body get enough blood and oxygen, so the situation isn't particularly dangerous. Although, as you found out, your heart doesn't work very efficiently like that, and jogging while in atrial fib is too much to ask of it. You need to get it under control.
The biggest risk, my doctors tell me, is that while the atria are in fibrillation, the blood in them isn't moving very much, and there's an increased risk of clotting. And that means a slightly increased risk of stroke. Your cardiologist, like mine did, may want to have you start taking an aspirin or two every day or so; researchers have found it markedly reduces the risk of stroke in atrial fib patients.
The only people who seriously worry about atrial fib patients like you and me, Mr. President, seem to be insurance underwriters, as I've learned this year. You'll find they'll write you a policy, but you'll pay more for it.
Or am I paying for your life insurance, too? Never mind.
As I was saying, the doctors say atrial fib is really pretty common. Some 2 million Americans have it. In fact, they tell me a lot of people have atrial fibrillation all the time and don't even know it.
That's not true in my case. I've been in and out of atrial fib dozens of times in the last seven years and I certainly can feel it. There's a fluttery sensation high in the chest, accompanied by an irregular thumping lower down, from the heart's ventricles, as they try to make sense of the confused signals they're getting from the atria. Sometimes I think people in the next room must feel it. But in truth, the worst thing that's happened is that they made me cut out caffeine.
In fact, that's the first piece of advice I'd pass along to you, Mr. President -- stay away from coffee, tea, and soft drinks that contain caffeine.
And chocolate. It's full of caffeine. I had a big bowl of chocolate macadamia nut crunch ice cream one night back in 1988 and it set my heart going so crazy I finally drove myself to St. Joseph Hospital emergency room to get straightened out. That, as you've found, can take days, although the longest I've gone was six hours.
Most of the time, you'll find your heart is perfectly normal. The digoxin your doctors prescribed for you Saturday night should keep it slow and steady most days. When that's not enough, there are other drugs your doctors will add, though none you'll like as well. You had one of them, Procainamide, over the weekend.
And if your doctors are like mine, you can count on being on digoxin for the rest of your life. Not to worry though -- it's just a tiny little pill you'll take once a day probably, and when it's properly monitored, there are no side effects at all. It's one of mankind's oldest and most-prescribed drugs, derived from the foxglove plant, and you'll never know you're on it.
But you may experience more episodes of atrial fib, even with the digoxin. For me, the digoxin kept things under control for about four years. Then I went to lunch with the boss and had coffee. Bad move.
Since then, there have been other episodes from time to time. When they don't stop on their own after an hour or so, I head for St. Joe's, but Bethesda Naval Hospital will do fine. The docs there will straighten you out again with intravenous drugs.
Then they'll send you home with few if any restrictions on your activities.
I got my ticker tuned at St. Joe's one afternoon last September, then drove to Virginia the next day and climbed Old Rag Mountain with my family.
Marlin Fitzwater told the press Saturday night that fatigue and stress, too, can touch off a bout of atrial fib. And he was right.
I was covering the Hubble Space Telescope last year in Cape Canaveral and they kept delaying the launch. It was also Spring Break and my motel was full of college kids, partying all night long in the next room. I hardly slept a wink. By the time they finally canceled the launch, I was beat. I went into atrial fib during dinner and wound up in Cape Canaveral Hospital over night.
So you may want to ease up on your schedule a little. Make time to relax at home with the wife and kids. Get plenty of sleep and try not to take the job too seriously. Give Dan some work to do. I'll understand.
Warmest regards, Frank


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Hot Topic" among the Michigan fans and allow them to express their opinions. Topics cover everything from rivalry games to team and fan apparel. Writers have their own opinion and readers are welcome to comment or contact them via Twitter with their thoughts.
Kyle Curtiss - Representing Those That Believe Michigan Should Get A Mascot
1) Should Michigan try to develop a mascot? The way I figure it is, why not? Sparty has their iconic figure, as well as Notre Dame. Georgia has their bulldog, Uga the IV (I believe it's the fourth but don't hold me to it). Now, I don't think it's feasible to have a live wolverine. Not only are they rare to find in the wild and once a while in a zoo, but when was the last time someone saw a live wolverine other than the zoo? Doesn't mean someone out there with a much more creative mind than mine couldn't come up with some sort of costume or outfit to wear that isn't so...obnoxious to the eyes. One thought is since we give homage to the wings on our helmets, why not develop something from that?
2) Yes, the tradition of Michigan is a non-mascot way. We will have gone 133 seasons worth without a mascot, and it probably won't change anytime soon. Michigan is one of few college teams out there steeped in tradition. Traditions shouldn't be broken but they can be created. Truth of the matter is, other schools have it easier. Whether you're a Bronco, Buckeye, Spartan, Yellow Jacket, Blue Devil, Trojan, or Duck...those are things that fans identify mascots to! Let's get a Wolverine mascot on the field!
Thomas Beindit - Representing Those That Believe Michigan Should Not Get A Mascot
1) Michigan is one of the few schools, and sports team for that matter, that do not have a team mascot. Adding a team mascot would remove one of the last pieces of uniqueness Wolverine fans can claim. To me, I like holding this unique role, even if it's something that society generally supports. To me, not having a mascot is as important to the Wolverine image as the winged helmets. If we had somebody walking up and down the sidelines in some stupid costume it would remove all the focus on the team and accomplishments and just turn it into a giant gimmick. Isn't it nice to have real people as the fan favorites? Take a look at a place like Ohio State. The hero is always going to be that obnoxious guy in the nut costume. I don't want everyone's hero to be a guy in a wolverine costume, I would rather have it be people like Brady Hoke, Desmond Howard, and Denard Robinson.
2) When you hear the name wolverine, what do you imagine? I bet it's not a guy in a fluffy costume. The only way to effectively make a mascot for Michigan is to have a live wolverine at the games. However, this has already been attempted by the university. It was a massive failure and they opted not to try it again. To me, the only mascots that are cool are the live animals or the real people (Notre Dame Leprachaun, USC Trojan, Florida St Seminole). These types of mascots add an extra element to the games. However, having a guy in a costume, which is the only legitimate option (unless we somehow get Hugh Jackman to be the Wolverine from X-Men on the side?) would just remove all the intensity from the games and Big House. It's literally like having a clown run up and down the sidelines, it will never be cool.
Final Points
Kyle - As a society, we cheer our favorite teams. We cheer for the hometown team and the one we grew up on. We loathe the common enemies and cheer them when they fail. From pros to the amateurs--most have a mascot. Even the morobound Lions have one. Granted, their team is on the upswing so I can't knock that, but they do have Roary. Cool nickname? Not really. Yet it seems to work for them. How is that so different from a wolverine (besides opposite species I know)? We know the football department makes gobs of money off of merchandise, so they could and would and should make money off of having a mascot. I love Michigan tradition. I do. I identify with it, and I agree with all of it. I honestly don't think a mascot will happen as Dave Brandon has suggested, but it's worth giving more effort into.
Thomas - I agree that a ton of other teams and schools have built some rich traditions from mascots. However, a lot of other stadiums have advertisements in their stadium as well, and that is not something I want in the Big House. To me, it turns what is a classic game into one big gimmick. Having some guy in a costume replicating a clown is not something that I think is going to add anymore tradition or experience to the game. In fact, if anything I think it takes away from the actual game and will put much of the focus on side characters. Would I sing The Victors louder with a guy in a costume? No. Would it be nice for kids? Probably, but I think it would be a lot cooler to have them look up to real heroes like Bo Schembechler, Brady Hoke, and Denard Robinson before a made up guy in a costume.
All writers are entitled to their own opinion and those may or may not represent the held beliefs of Hoke's Mad Magicians as an entity. Readers are welcome to comment below or contact the writers via Twitter with their thoughts
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I try to wear my heart on my sleeve here, and since this is a highly emotional day, it wouldn't be fair not to talk about it.
Ishy has an aggression problem. He will snap and bark at people and dogs for no good reason. It may be getting worse, I'm not sure. And it's entirely my fault has his caretaker. I think I may have indulged it a little too much since he would bark at the really scary people that live on the streets near my home, and would protect Jayne.
Unfortunately, he did this for a second time at work yesterday (and at a high powered recruiter no less). So he was fired.
Now I have to figure out what to do. While I do get a whole helluva lot more work done from home, and haven't really been loving the 40 minutes of driving each way (sans traffic), there's a lot that I get from spending the day with them peninsula folks. I almost went crazy that week I worked from home (and I would have if not for Jayne. I'm so glad she's there to comfort me and make me sane).
So now I need to figure out what the fuck comes next.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Ishy was fired
I try to wear my heart on my sleeve here, and since this is a highly emotional day, it wouldn't be fair not to talk about it.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Xbox live works
With Jayne sewing away for burning man I found myself with many free hours this weekend. So to pass the time I picked up a 360. 3 days later and many hairs fewer I've beaten my firewall into submission enough to let me play on xbox live.
Here's my gamer tag.
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Friday, August 11, 2006
Thank you Lexi
There's a blessing and a curse in being best friends with a googler. Especially one that works on blogger. Sometimes your blog gets used for internal debugging purposes. Apparently when she was asked for a regularly updated blog that doesn't do picture uploading or use a bunch of the other blog features she thought of me. And then they broke my login for a few weeks.
Ah well. It's fixed now, and I can start the Ecuador tales.
Thank you Lexi.


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Top 3 Tuesday – I should have stayed home edition
Wow, I haven't done a Top 3 in sometime… you guys are slackers for not keeping me in check on this. This week's Top 3 was inspired by the fact that I should have stayed home today. Although there was hardly any traffic this morning (I think most people were scared to come out of their homes because of the ice) the day hasn't been going as it should. For one I'm really, really sleepy. I was in bed early, but I guess I should have slept for longer. Anyway, for the Top 3 this week, what are your top 3 excuses for missing/leaving early from work?
- I'm have stomach issues
- My kids have a 2-hour delay/day off from school
- I'm having a bad reaction to my medication
Top 3 Tuesday – Happy New Year's edition
Well the holidays are over. The feasts have been devoured, the tinsel is falling of the tree (if the tree is even still up), and it's time to pack up the outside lights and wreaths. It is also the time for resolutions and new starts to begin the new year. It's the beginning of the year unknown.
To celebrate these new beginnings I wanted to see what resolutions folk are making this year (if any), or what they would be making if they did resolutions. Personally I don't do resolutions per se, but there are a few things I want to work on/stick too. So here are mine:
- Keep going to the gym. My weight loss/fitness goals aren't tied to a New Year's resolution, so I think I have a better chance of accomplishing my goals.
- Blog more. I was doing a really good job earlier this year with my Top 3's and my Shower Thoughts, so I need to get back on the horse and make it happen.
- Stay on budget. I do my budget up two years in advance so I can plan out for big purchases, travel and savings. The problem is that sometimes I let us get off track. But this year I can't do that because we are saving up for a dream vacation next Christmas to the Animal Kingdom down at Disney World… needless to say I can't wait.
Related Articles
- 5 Secrets to Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions (self.com)
- Three Tips to Help You Stick to Your 2011 New Year's Resolutions (walletpop.com)
Top Three Tuesday: After christmas edition
The turkey has been choked and the gifts unwrapped. So what are the to the gifts you got this year?
1. A Galaxy Tab
2. A new watch
3. A George Forman grill
Top 3 Tuesday: New Job Edition
So you've interviewed and gotten that final offer. You signed it and given your current company your notice that you are going to be leaving. Scary time for sure, but then it comes time for the "going away" lunch. In this edition of Top 3, what are the top 3 things you shouldn't say at your going away? I'm not going to share this week, I want to see what kinds of interesting and creative responses you have for me.
Top 3 Tuesday – Fall back edition
If you living the US, most of us turned our clocks back this past weekend. So this is the time of year we "fall back" and get an extra hour of sleep (that is if you went to bed before the time change). I know I look forward to getting an extra hour of sleep. But that's not the only great thing about the fall. What are the top 3 things you like about fall?
- Cooking smells (Thanksgiving in particular, but all the pumpkin and apples)
- Getting ready for Christmas (The kids give us their lists and we start shopping)
- The cooler weather. Getting a break from the summer heat is awesome.
Top 3 Tuesday: Better late than never edition
Normally I would post the top 3 earlier in the day, but I've got so much going on that I completely forgot that it was Tuesday. So to honor my procrastination, I'm asking you out there to share what top 3 things are "Better late than never…"
- The Top 3 for Tuesday
- Getting to work
- Voting
Top 3 Tuesday: Chair dancing edition
What is "chair dancing" you ask? It's when you hear a song with such an irresistible pull you can't help but dance in your seat. Want to see what it looks like? The Top 3 will be after the break.
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So this week's top 3 wants to know what songs really make you want to do the chair dance? It can be in the car, or at home, it doesn't matter where you do it.
Here's mine:
- The Black Eyed Peas, Boom Boom Pow
- David Guetta featuring Fergie, Gettin' Over You
- Far East Movement, Like a G6
Top 3 Tuesday: Bucket List Edition
I was sitting here trying to think of things I could get Jason for Christmas that would surprise him. We talked about how hard it was for me to get things he wanted and how easy it was from him to get things for me. He argued that in fact it wasn't. Then I listed some things that I would like, and realized that some of the entries would be good for my bucket list. So that gave me the idea for this weeks Top 3….
What are the top 3 things on your bucket list? Here are mine:
- Drive a race car
- Travel to all 50 states
- Go on a cruise
(Yes I know that these are not very ambitious, but they all seem like they would be fun.)
Top 3 Tuesday: Fall TV Edition
It's the fall. The season for football and falling leaves. It's also when the networks premier new shows. In this edition of the Top 3, I want to know what three new series you think have the most potential.
- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
- Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC)
- Outsourced (NBC)
Related Articles
- HBO Renews Boardwalk Empire (seattlepi.com)
Top 3 Tuesday: Lunch Edition
What are you're top 3 places to go for lunch? Is there someplace special that is a treat that you look forward to sneaking off to once a week? Or is it that perfect burger and fries… How about a local diner or dive? Here are mine (although I don't get them that often anymore)
Related Articles
- Burger Battle Brewing? (huffingtonpost.com)


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Michael Rady and Kelly McCreary have landed roles in The CW's pilot First Cut.
The medical drama focuses on a socially awkward new doctor called Emily who discovers that life at the hospital she joins is no different from her high school.
Rady has now joined the cast as surgical resident Micah, TV Line says.
Meanwhile, McCreary will play Emily's fellow medical intern Tyra.
Rady's previous credits include Swingtown, Greek, Melrose Place and The Mentalist, while McCreary has appeared on shows like Rubicon and White Collar.
First Cut has been penned by Jennie Snyder Urman, who has written for Gilmore Girls and 90210.
Other pilots currently in development at The CW include superhero drama Arrow, Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries and crime thriller Cult.


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Today is the second of my spotlight series of the Patchwork-Press books! I wanted to start the series spotlights with Ignite which is the first series I have read by them! Ignite and Entice are fantastic reads that I highly recommend regardless of whether you like angel/demon books or not.
Day 1 Post: Publisher Spotlight
Day 1 Post: Publisher Spotlight
Patchwork-Press's 1 year anniversary is one week from today. Erica Crouch the author of the Ignite series has also revealed the cover for the last book in the duology!
Patchwork-Press Links
Series: Ignite #1
Author: Erica Crouch
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Pages: 346
Published: June 11th 2013 by Patchwork - Press
Book Description:
Penemuel (Pen) fell from grace over a millennium ago, yet there are still times she questions her decision to follow her twin brother, Azael, to Hell. Now that the archangel Michael has returned, threatening Lucifer's vie for the throne, she begins questioning everything she has always believed.
As Hell prepares for war - spreading a demonic virus and pilfering innocent souls to build an army - the lines separating the worlds blur. Fates erase and the future is left unwritten. Azael is determined that he and his sister will continue to serve as demons together, but for the first time in her life, Pen is not ruled by destiny. She has the freedom of choice.
With choice comes sacrifice, and Pen must decide which side she's willing to risk everything fighting for: the light, or the dark.
You can read my 5 Star review of Ignite HERE
Title: Entice
Series: Ignite #1.5
Author: Erica Crouch
Genre: YA Paranormal
Published: November 19th 2013 by Patchwork-Press
Author: Erica Crouch
Genre: YA Paranormal
Published: November 19th 2013 by Patchwork-Press
Book Description:
With the aftertaste of Heaven still strong, Pen and Azael cloak themselves in their new demonic destinies, fighting for Lucifer against the angels. Pen, warring against former friends turned vengeful enemies, still struggles with defecting to Hell. But in one short battle, they go from forgotten to famous, thrust into the spotlight where she has no room for uncertainty.
Suddenly top-tiered demons, they're tasked with seeing through hell's new agenda: corrupting man. But tarnishing Eden isn't as simple as they thought it would be, especially when they're forced to work with another team of demons who are trying to claw their way up the ladder of power.
You can read my 4 Star review of Entice HERE
Cover Reveal: Read the original cover reveal HERE which contains information about the book and an epic giveaway!
Cover Reveal: Read the original cover reveal HERE which contains information about the book and an epic giveaway!
Incite by Erica Crouch
Series: Ignite #2
Published by Patchwork Press Published Summer 2014
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal,Young Adult
In this thrilling conclusion to the Ignite series, Pen and Azael return to finish what they started. The earth is in ruins, and the war of Heaven and Hell has spilled over into the mortal world.In the frozen wasteland of the apocalypse, Azael and his band of cohorts search for Pen and Michael with orders to kill. Little does he know that his sister has incited a rebel army of her own. Angels and demons alike stand side by side, ready and willing to fight for a future they didn't realize they could have.
Erica Crouch is a young adult author from the colorful city of Baltimore, Maryland. Her debut
novel, Ignite, was published June 2013, and its e-novella sequel, Entice, was released Nov. 2013.
The final book in the Ignite series, Incite, is expected 2014. A compilation of the series will be released winter 2014.
Erica is the cofounder of Patchwork Press, an author-powered publisher of MG, YA, and NA
titles. She is the head of editorial services and design, with more than ten projects to her name.
Currently, she is studying English and Creative Writing with a specialization in Fiction at
Southern New Hampshire University. She is a vlogger for the YAWordNerds with over 400
subscribers. When Erica isn't writing, she's reading an overwhelming stack of books, watching an obscene amount of Netflix, and procrastinating.


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Red Velvet cake pops! Ever since Alison showed me Bakerella I haven't been able to get my eyes off those sexy looking cake pops. Bakerella makes it look at lot easier than it really is. She does. I had no idea dipping cake balls was so messy. The crumbs turned the melted candy pink =\ Maybe I am just noob at it. But it was fun and definitely cool! I used red velvet cake mix this time. Hooray for mixes! I like red velvet because it's not overly sweet like other mixes. Used white almond bark to dip. Basically just melted the candy and rolled the balls around. I tried taking pictures of every step this time! (No studio lighting but who cares :\) So here's sort of how I made the pops:
1. Made cake according to box instructions. Let it cool and then crumbled the cake into a bowl. Threw in some whipped cream cheese frosting.
2. Mix, mix, mix well until its mold-able!3. Dip in melted almond bark


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Once entering my freshman year I declared my major as "general business". With a general business degree you have the ability to receive a taste of everything. Some simple examples include marketing, management, accounting, or even entrepreneurship. The downside was not being able specialized in one single aspect. But within this major I found my true self. I found entrepreneurship. This aspect fit my lifestyle, ideas, and hopefully future! Ever since I was younger I always wanted to part take in having my own business, but my family wasn't about the entrepreneur life. My family always took a more conservative route or the plan route. This route was declaring a major, going four years, and getting a job. I was the youngest of my family and both my sisters did "the plan". Over the past years I had a list of ideas that were possible entrepreneur quality but with school and athletics I was too busy. My final year in school I finally took a step forward with just one of my ideas. This idea is called AdFinder. AdFinder is all about connecting advertising sellers and advertising buyers. How cool would it be to know the availability or price of advertising space at the cinema down the street? There is currently no marketplace in the US for companies to find ad space. Many businesses don't even know how to advertise other than using Facebook or junk emails. These days you are able to buy anything on a marketplace, whether its plane tickets, cars, or shoes. Finding Advertising space is done by calling, research, sales reps, more calling, and even more research, So what does AdFinder bring? AdFinder will bring every advertising opportunity available near you. With our searchability and filters it allows you to find the perfect ad space. Filter by location, price, target market, statistics, or more. Our company is set to save time for advertising sellers yet increase the chances of their ad space being filled, ultimately generating them revenue. We also save time for the buyer with an easy to use interface, all the research, and a possible online connection to promote their company. There are many more features to cover but this is just the gist of AdFinder. We are already in contact with advertising companies! Luckily I'm fortunate enough to have my roommate major in computer science. He loved the idea so much he wanted to join. We are planning to have the website launched within months! If you own a business, work at an ad agency, or if you're marketer then AdFinder will be very beneficial to you.
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College Must Haves
When coming into college there are hundreds of concerning questions on what to bring, what to buy, and what to have. This post will cover everything and anything you need as a new incoming college student. These are many questions high school students often wonder or even parents! So we will start off by what are the essentials you MUST bring! As easy as this question may seem hearing it from a 3.5 year experienced college student may surprise you. There are five core essentials that you will need. The first essential is clothes of course. This may seem obvious but you will need every single one of your shirts, shorts, pants, socks, shoes, sweatshirt, WINTERCOAT, boots, gloves, belts, hats, and most importantly dress clothes. I believe the number one forgotten item here is the dress clothes. There are too many students missing opportunities on campus because they don't have the correct apparel to attend! Do not miss these opportunities! The second essential is money. You must always have a credit card, cash, or debit card to pay for many surprising things. These "surprising things" are snacks, meals, fees, school events, rent, house maintenance, laundry, books, notes, parking, transportation, car maintenance, printing etc. This list can go on forever but the main focus is that you must have some sort of revenue stream. Some people are lucky to have already built up savings and many students work on campus to receive that stream. The third essential is having the correct materials. So what are the "correct" materials? These materials are strictly pencils, pens, calculators, notebook, class book, and laptop. I'm telling you this is all you need! It isn't like high school where you need the ruler, protractor, markers, coloring pencils, etc. out of my 3.5 years here I have only used these six materials. Now your class may be unique and may require you to get something else but that's when we go back to the #2 essential (always having money for the surprise things). The fourth essential is free and up to you. It is trying your hardest to have the right state of mind. This statement will result in having your college experience fun, exciting, and comfortable. You will gain more friends, go out at times, and have a great place to crash. The last essential is cleaning! This contains, showering, brushing teeth, home cleaning, and washing your clothes! If you follow these 5 must haves then college will go by quickly and effectively.
5 Core Essentials List
- Clothes
- Cash Money
- Class Materials
- Right State of Mind
- Cleaning
What Is Your Major?
Once you begin your junior year of high school most begin to think about college. Although picking your college is difficult (blog post 1) picking what your major is even more problematic. Why? Because picking your major is ultimately indicating what you are doing for your life! It is unbelievable to think that many people in college choose their major as juniors or seniors in high school. At that young age you are selecting what you want to do in life?! Yes, many people change their major during college, which is a hassle, but it is a vital part of your life! With hundreds of majors out there how do you know which one is for you? You must ask yourself what do you enjoy in life the most? Is it helping people? Is it cars? Is it video games? Science? Or is it inventing something? Throughout high school I was always into cars and business. So my dream was to own my own exotic car dealership. I ended up majoring in general business because I enjoyed all areas of business. With this major I can ultimately own my car dealership if wanted to. Now that I am a senior in college do I still want that exotic car dealership? No, but I wouldn't mind owning one! The point I am bringing across is that choosing a major is a very important detail in your life. It takes years to discover what you truly want to do and it takes college time to understand who you are. Many students just pick a major to pick and get it over with. Take time because that major that you "just picked" costs around or more than $100,000. The best way to determine your major is by first picking your likes and dislikes. (Those likes that will change over the year can be dismissed!) Next you will want to picture who you are in the future and what you want! These are some great points I wish I had focused on when I was younger.


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Join us on a journey to the center of a labyrinth. Group walks are held on the 4th Saturday of each month at 4:00 p.m. Walking with a group is a different experience from walking alone. Participants gather to share an opening ritual at 4:00 p.m., followed by walking the labyrinth, and then a closing ritual.
It's been said that labyrinths are not a place to lose yourself, but rather a place to find yourself, through meditation, reflection and/or prayer. A labyrinth is universal and we are fortunate to have one in our back yard!


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DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Backstopped by 16 saves from senior goalkeeper Matt LaFond (Bridgewater, Mass.), the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth used a three-goal third quarter to break the tie and eventually edge out an 8-6 victory over Massachusetts Maritime at Cressy Field on Wednesday.
The Basics
Score: UMass Dartmouth 8, Mass. Maritime 6
Records: UMass Dartmouth (3-7) | Mass. Maritime (4-4)
How it Happened
LaFond turned aside seven shots in the second quarter and added five more in the third en route to his total, keeping the Corsairs in contention throughout. Offensively, junior Jordan Torres (New Bedford, Mass.) tallied a game-high three points with a pair of goals and an assist, and senior Sean Peters (Medway, Mass.) also found the cage twice.
MMA's Kenny Parnell (Marshfield, Mass.) potted two goals to lead the Buccaneer attack. Freshman Benjamin Avakian (Bourne, Mass.) was one of four Buccaneers to score once while adding an assist. Goalkeeper Michael Dolan (McLean, Va.) put forth an 11-save effort in between the pipes.
The opening quarter featured traded goals, with Torres opening scoring at 12:40 before Parnell drew MMA even in the sixth minute after a long dry spell. With three minutes remaining, junior DJ Miller (Ashland, Mass.) converted on the give from freshman Donovan Prozinski (Ashland, Mass.), with Parnell again responding before the end of the frame.
Keaghan Bartley (Richmond, Va.) gave the Buccaneers their first lead with the first goal of the second quarter, but the advantage was short-lived as Peters and senior Anthony Gallo (Bridgewater, Mass.) strung together back-to-back scores to bump the Corsairs back up 4-3. MMA would draw even once more before halftime off the stick of Ryan McNeill (Burlington, Mass.).
After Akavian made the score 5-4 to start the third, the Corsairs finally were able to build momentum with help from LaFond. Gallo found a cutting Prozinski for a quick goal to kick off four unanswered for the hosts, capped by an unassisted rocket from Peters to start the fourth. MMA's Franklin Ragge (Scituate, Mass.) cut the deficit to two at 6:30, but the Corsair defense held strong thereafter to preserve the narrow advantage.
Inside the Numbers
- Both teams were nearly perfect on clear attempts for the evening, with MMA going 20-21 and UMass Dartmouth a season-best 22-24 to keep possession.
- Six goals is the lowest total the Corsair defense has allowed from an opponent since last season's 20-6 victory over Western Connecticut on April 26, 2016.
- The Corsairs' starting defensive trio of Matt Daly (Chelmsford, Mass.), Jack O'Brien (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Patrick Lucas (Brookfield, Mass.) combined to cause four turnovers and collect seven ground balls in a physical battle with the Bucs' offense.
- Wednesday's win marks eight straight for the Corsairs over the Buccaneers dating back to the 2010 season. All-time, UMass Dartmouth is 13-3 against MMA.
Up Next
UMass Dartmouth will wrap up its three-game home stand on Saturday, hosting Southern Maine at 1 p.m. in Little East Conference competition. Mass. Maritime returns to NEWMAC competition Saturday at 3 p.m. at Babson.


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Typography assignment. Header font based on the God of War (2018) logo.
For Global Game Jam 2018 I helped make the fake advertisements, building textures, and UI for jet.hack. You can view the game here.
I made a card game about players pitching movie ideas by combining a celebrity, a setting, and a plot point to fit a specific movie genre.
I created the UI, level design, font, and the itch.io page for the game Handgun Hoedown.
I designed an art catalog with 7 other college students for the Fitchburg Art Museum featuring one of their past exhibits "People Watching: Then and Now".
For 6 months I was a contractor for Zephyr Workshop and made many assets for their tabletop game AEGIS. Including the instruction booklet cover, various advertisements, Kickstarter assets, and convention assets.
CD Design for when I had to burn my designs from my Typography class onto a disk.
T-Shirt design based on the Rooster Teeth anime RWBY.
Fake Baskin Robbins Advertisement Poster made for my Intermediate Graphic Design class.
For Intermediate Graphic Design I had to rebrand an energy drink. So I chose Venom Energy, modeled/lit the can in Maya, and made the design itself in Adobe Illustrator.
I had to study the structure of letter forms for Typography and this book helped me remember it. I was also graded on how well I designed this booklet.
When I was president of the Fitchburg State Anime Club I made a few designs for the club including posters, and their logo.
Back in high school, my graphic design class had a yearbook cover contest. My design didn't win but the teachers liked my design enough to make it the first page of the yearbook instead.


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