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By Roger Mari
(KHNL) -- They protect us from bad weather, create a habitat for marine life, and even give us good surf.
Hawaii's coral reefs are being closely watched, just like others around the world during this year of the reef.
Unfortunately, Hawaii is in a region of the pacific where marine debris finds its way to much of our southern and eastern shores. Plastic can takes its toll on marine wildlife including reefs.
From plastic fishing gear and nets, to plastic bottle caps, strong onshore winds and ocean currents are making Hawaii beaches a plastic paradise.
"The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is just filled with trash. They call it the great pacific garbage dump," said Suzanne Frazer of Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii.
Most of the plastic debris that litters Kokololio beach in Hauula comes not from beach goers but from all over the world.
"It's really coming from all around the pacific rim people are getting rid of their garbage and it ends up in the pacific ocean and it rolls around here," said beach cleanup volunteer Miwa Tamanaha.
It can be tedious picking up these small pieces of plastic in the sand, and they can also pose a more serious threat.
The danger to humans is that when this plastic breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces it releases P.C.B.'s and other toxins," said Frazer.
Plastics, including old fishing nets have been known to strangle marine wildlife like birds. Now reefs are being affected.
Coral heads found caught in a fish net and a plastic crate died after floating to shore. And this garbage is becoming a plight on our beautiful beaches.
"It's really sad when you come out to a really beautiful place like this and it's all littered with plastic," said Tamanaha.
The Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii is supporting at least three bills currently active in the Hawaii legislature banning plastic bags and, styrofoam.


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CONCORD, Calif. --Ten bulldogs were saved Friday night from a house fire in Concord.
Firefighters were called to a home on Hillsborough Drive around 6:30 p.m.
They found a small fire, a bunch of smoke, and several bulldogs.
The flames came from a pot on the kitchen stove and were quickly put out.
Nobody was hurt and the dogs are fine.

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An Adjective of Eradication - My iDea for iDiya
With a grin on face, rambling across the road; bemused in thoughts and hands consumed with a huge pack of tea and a large tank of cooking oil. A rickshaw following me, carrying crates of sweets and fruits. It's my b'day and I'm overjoyed, not for the party, but for the celebration; celebration with the ones bereft it! I'm on my way to Goudiya Mathh, a commune comprising hundreds of hapless people living in a small enclosed area, supporting each other throughout their lives. It's the homage to those rejected by the society. Some of them are beggars, cobblers, leather workers and so on…
Long back when my dad first took me there, I was dumb enough to ask him the reason why we spend so much on the ones we don't even know. It was a question that changed my way of thinking forever…
He replied, "Life will never be what you expect of it; neither will it be convincing always. But leading a helping hand to those in need will not only render serenity and calmness, but a confidence to tackle all the hurdles that come your way. Then, you'll know what it is 'to be for others." I was left stunned by his answer. That day I realized it isn't the aesthetics of a person that resembles his status, but the ideation he possesses. Its 15yrs now and I never missed a chance to visit there; neither do I need to be reminded anymore, be it a b'day or some special occasion or even my mom's barsi.
No matter a million times I visit them, there's always a feeling of oppressiveness in my heart. Why is it that they had to pay off such a huge value to be a human? It wasn't a choice to be in a family where dreams are just dreams and they have no right to be fulfilled. They aren't the choosers. They were made to live such a life by the same God who made others a mod {modern guy} standing in front of the mirror for hours getting ready for the Saturday night discs, spending thousands on counterfeit masks (cosmetics) hiding from thyself.
Every beggar has a story. So, even in the hectic schedule of sessionals, assignments and seminars, I took some time to peer into their outworn lifestyles. So, I took a friend of mine along with me. We began our bandy conversation from some kids rolling a tyre with a stick. We just called up and started chatting with them. All was going fine until the conversation got to their studies and the future and a splendiferous reply basted me. He places his stick on the ground, stretches his hands to their maximum, "This much I want to study!!" I could see the love for studies in his gleesome eyes. He further counter-blasted, saying, "I will one day, but not now". His words seemed louder than his voice, clear and intermerate as the sky. But seized in the darkness of responsibilities, studies seemed too expensive and they lacked sizable amount of money needed for that…
While snooping around, I heard a voice, "Each day abbu gives us 12 rupees, Rs10 is the fare of where we go to beg and the remaining 2 rupees are the ones we are left with, to have our lunch. Things were getting tense and every word was a bitter pill for me to take! In a city where we won't even get a chapatti for less than Rs 5, he manages his whole day in such a small amount. "I love the toffees we get at the street corner shop, the red ones, orange, green and due to limitation of money we buy only 2 of them; one for the afternoon and the other for the evening" he included. His words were more than we could digest. So we unfroze them to get back to their play.
Getting forward heavyhearted, we went on to a jubilarian old man. He seemed to be well experienced so all we wanted to ask off him were the chores he ever tried. "We are the socially retarded ones; the societal patricians won't accept us. When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window; so we don't try." The reply had sheer reflection of the dominance of social influences in their mentality. We also found out that they drank and slept every night, for potvaliancy gave them a restful nap, free from afflictions and daily suicide thoughts. Isn't it weird? It was their 'Namaaz' time and we decided to leave now. Next was the Obeisance ceremony, we bid each other farewell and left.
It's a surprise how they've made their own colony, a world amongst themselves. Why are they not a part of the society? Who are we to prohibit their existence? What's a life worth of? Is it just the penny we give to the poor, or people eating the leftovers from garbage and junks or is it worth your million dollar business?
Sometimes, it feels a shame to be a part of this self-centered and self-seeking society where all one cares is 'my life' 'my reputation' & 'my happiness'. We talk of global unity and respect of one and for all, but within all this, lies a drear reality. They are the ones neglected and their very existence is nothing but a burden for them; a non-existent for others.
A life without adoration is a life wasted. Spending thousands on b'day parties, aesthetics and for leading a selfish luxurious life is really antipathetic to taking off a 10 rupee note that seems to be a brutal task. It's time to stop living like a selfish jerk and do what we were meant to, because the time once gone will never be back again and in the end all that will matter is the goods done here in your lifetime. It's never too late to be a savior!
Abraham Maslow and other theorists have suggested that the need for love and belongingness is a fundamental human motivation. According to Maslow, all humans, even introverts, need to be able to give and receive affection to be psychologically healthy.
Do you care?
Off your luxurious and reposeful sleeps, do you ever wake up and wonder how hard it would be when half of our life being spent in bowing and begging in front of those people who don't even give a damn shit whether others 'live or die'.. Those having acerbity of speech for these too are an accomplice in this crime. They too are the culprits!
Here's another illustration of a real life experience that happened to me few years back...
"Aw! The bag is too heavy" I uttered while getting off the bus. After a week's holiday I was back to Patiala. Suddenly, a lame rickshaw puller started wailing in front of me, begging to go further by his rickshaw. On querying, I learned that his son died of pneumonia and he needed money for his cremation. I found his wife crying and a corpse beside the rickshaw. On our way to my PG, he started howling, "It was my mistake to bring him to life even after such bad times. We suffer and made him suffer too!" The worst off was yet unto him. In a downcast voice he sounded out, "In the hospital, the door was kept open but none came to visit him while I was busy trying to earn some money for his treatment". The incident stir up my conscience.
What I feel...
Let this article be a surging wave for the people to awaken and eradicate filthiness in their thoughts as well as actions. We need to change our perspective against these people who are least responsible for situation they are in. Preaching is a nobody crowd thing, until you yourself don't act on it. Still, I'm pondering with a hope for a cure to this epidemic disease because a way can surely be penetrated through. One thing is obvious that they don't want any apologies...but a lifetime genial and the oneness of all!
Mahatma Gandhi, the father of nation, once said "Untouchability is the hate fullest expression of Caste System and it is a crime against God and man". Further he lovingly called the untouchables as Harijan means the people of God.
The basis of everyone's rights lies not in their religious identity or affiliation but in their humanity. As victims of superstition, they need exposure to rational thinking. The problem of untouchability is more than an issue of law and order - it is a deep rooted, millennia-old malady that afflicts society. Unless they have belief in themselves and are empowered to assert their own humanity, unless they themselves discover their inherent human dignity, they will continue to be where they are - on the extreme margins of society.
Emancipation is a personal achievement, and the victim needs to enact his or her own emancipation. Others, be they Humanists or Hindus or Christians or Muslims, can only help as facilitators. And the facilitators must remember that they need education, not pity, justice, not charity.
In a society comprising 1.22 billion people of which 166 million being the untouchables, lucrative thinking is prevalent in major quantity. Every day, we come across hundreds of kibitzers who have no desire of doing anything for them but to gain attention of others. Though taking them off this yawning abyss may seem irrefrangible in nature, but each riddle has a solvent for it. The example of a well-known disease Cancer which once was well known as the most deadly disease has now a cure for the self serves as an epexegesis to the preceding lines. No matter they may look like beggars, but they have feelings and a working mind just like anyone else.
Writing for iChange has been of intense pleasure and gratitude to me. First of all, I would love to thank iDiya and Indiblogger for their selfless efforts in rooting out social ills in India and giving bloggers a chance to show their potentialities and a chance to work for the well-being of all. Your effort surely deserves a salutation. Hope you carry on with such great ideas and restless efforts.
That I could say a bit more
Than everything,
By the perspective of my silence
In lieu of the put out
Panoptic of a language,
Never designed to unfold
The intangible.
For how better to indite
Than with the untouchable chill
Of a downcast weaponry against
An arched brow,
Not deceiving the
Complexity of human emotion
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However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. ~Henry David Thoreau
PS. A fact of this post: This post has been written sitting at the upper floor of the train during my journey from Ambala to Bathinda and I read atleast half of my 'pocket travel dictionary' for that!!


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As I have been determinedly learning this gift of silence, I am more and more convinced that life without taking the time to be quiet and still, is missing a huge slice of life this side of heaven.
A few years ago I began the New Year by reading and writing about staying at attention and in adoration of the living God.
I purposely would look for that theme as I read through the Bible and then apply it to my life on a somewhat orderly schedule. That journey has been the beginning of a shift in how I try to live out each day.
And more recently, this journey has taken me to a place of practicing solitude and silence. I am learning to pay attention to whispers, to tears, to near tears, to joy, to songs, to silence.
As I am learning to enjoy the fruits of being quiet, I realize that this journey is an ever -learning one.
Learning to pay attention to some of the most mundane and 'seeing' God in those moments is amazing.
I recently read a poem entitled 'The Hazelnut'. Written centuries ago by Julian of Norwich.
Each time I read through this poem, I am finding more fruit. I desire to be able to hold in my hand something as simple as a hazelnut and ponder God. Just like Julian.
A hazelnut of all things! A little, hard, round piece of nut! She pondered and held and felt it rolling around in her hand and waited. Waited for the Holy to speak.
He showed me a little thing…Ahh, can I put myself in such a place where I can know that God is showing me a little thing? So attuned and so attentive that I hear Him tell me a story through such a thing as a hazelnut?
Julian goes on to say that she looked upon it with her inner eye of understanding…
In this Little Thing (writes Julian), I saw three properties. The first is that God made it, the second is that God loves it, the third, that God keeps it.
A hazelnut in her hand. Simple but profound. As Julian pondered on what the Lord showed her, she stated that only when she is fastened to Him will she completely know God as Maker, Lover and Keeper.
Wow. That's worth pausing for.
That's all. Just sit, look, wait, listen. Our inner eye of understanding is our soul. And God dwells there.
He has many treasures to share with us if we will just take the time to listen…
So I hold in my hand a mere hazelnut. What say you, God?
Might He fill my head and heart with His Presence and speak just as He did with Julian?


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TrainSpotter is designed to answer one simple question when you arrive at the train station; which train should I get and which platform is it leaving from?
Built on the notion of geofences, TrainSpotter efficiently listens for location updates to know when the user has arrived at a train station of interest. TrainSpotter then uses a custom-built, highly available API to quickly respond to requesters with data about the next suitable train departure.


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Friday Freebie: Hook Kids on Computer Science for FREE!
Today's Friday Freebie is a gold mine! Google's new CS First, is a program designed to introduce students to the wonderful world of programming in a fun and engaging way. The intro page on their website states,
"CS First is a Google program focused on increasing student access and exposure to Computer Science (CS) Education through after school, in school, and summer programs. Programs are flexible and can be tailored to fit your schedule.
The goal of CS First is to build the CS education capacity of K-12 schools. With that goal in mind, CS First is open to all grade levels. We have piloted programs primarily in grades 4-8, therefore our current curriculum and materials are mainly targeted towards students in these grades.
CS First is developed by Google, which provides teachers, schools, and volunteers with all the materials needed to lead a CS First program. Staff at local schools set up the programs and have the option to invite volunteers to lead them." (from www.cs-first.com)The idea is great. The execution is even greater. If you want to join in the fun, you create an account, select a curriculum, decide on a location, schedule your program, and find help. The best thing is that all the curriculum (videos, handouts, materials, etc.) are all ready for you to use. You can download and print your own material, or Google will send copies to you! If you need headphones for students to watch the videos, they'll even loan you those!
The CS First programs that are available all use Scratch, a graphical and easy to learn online programming tool. You can choose from four programs to use in your First program - Music & Sound, Game Design, Fashion, or Storytelling. Each themed unit comes complete with an entire curriculum for an 8 session workshop.
I've already signed up and we'll start our Middle School program in the spring. Start your club today!


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Last week a friend and colleague passed away. This was a guy who would smile no matter the circumstances. He was a very proud father to twin boys. At times he would work so late that he would sleep in the office and the next day, yup, you guessed it, he would be smiling. "It's no big deal." He would say. He was a hard worker and he was a great talker. He did not take the typical nonverbal cues that a conversation needed to end. Many conversations I ended, the only problem is now I want to continue those conversations. So many things left to talk about. We only get to go around the sun so many times. No one knows how many times we get. I have faith in the Creator who knows my span of life, but He will not tell me what that span is. I only know that I am to make the most of the time He has given me.
So my friend and colleague has me examining my life. Do I live out my faith? Do I make the most of each situation and sprinkle everything with love and compassion? Do I consider things, "No big deal"? My faith teaches that the hard times are momentary afflictions. That is how my friend appeared to treat life. I often see things not as momentary afflictions, but as troublesome times that I need to correct.
I believe each life has value. I am uncertain that I live this way. When someone wants to talk, do I give that person my time and attention? I want the answer to be yes, but all I can truly do is to ensure that is what my present self does. I cannot go back and complete those conversations, I cannot go listen to what my kid said yesterday. I must listen now. I only truly have now, and I must make the most of it, by showing love to my fellow humans.


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LA CRESCENTA — Local dog owners could soon have an off-leash area for their furry friends if the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, as expected Tuesday, approve a dog park here after years of community rallying.
Supervisors are expected to approve $300,000 for a proposed 1.5 acre dog park in at the existing 32-acre Crescenta Valley Park.
The approval would be a victory for Glendale and Crescenta Valley residents who have long lobbied Supervisor Mike Antonovich for a local dog park, citing that most other large communities have similar facilities.


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Stroke medicine
Stroke medicine involves the management of all forms of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and whole patient pathway( which include diagnosis, investigation, acute treatment, rehabilitation and re-integration, secondary prevention and long-term complications). stroke isl the most common cause of severe and acquired disability in adult life, therefore new and emerging interventions can reduce the personal and societal impact of the condition. stroke is a medical emergency,it can cause permanent damage to the nervous system and If it is not promptly diagnosed and treated, it may lead to death
In the majority of patients blockage of an artery in the brain due to clot (thrombosis) is the most common cause of a stroke. The part of the brain that is supplied by the clotted blood vessel is then deprived of blood and oxygen. As a result of the deprived blood and oxygen, the cells of that part of the brain die and the part of the body that it controls stops working. Typically, a cholesterol plaque in a small blood vessel within the brain that has gradually caused blood vessel narrowing ruptures and starts the process of forming a small blood clot.the stroke or TIA will be a manifestation of atherosclerotic disease, and coexisting conditions such as ischaemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, diabetes and hyperlipidaemia are common. However, in younger patients, there may be unusual causes of stroke such as arterial dissection, migraine, thrombophilic and vasculitic disorders.
Drug therapy is a relatively recent approach to the treatment of stroke, that will minimize the effects of the stroke Much of the damage caused by a thrombotic or embolic stroke occurs in the first six hours. The development of new clot-dissolving drugs and medications make the brain more resistant to stroke commonly called as neuroprotective agents. medications for the stroke include
Antiplatelet medicines
- Aspirin is most often used to prevent TIAs and strokes.
- Aspirin combined with dipyridamole is a safe and effective alternative to aspirin.
- clopidogrel may be used for people who cannot take aspirin.
Anticogulants prevent the formation of blood clots and keep existing blood clots from getting bigger. If there is atrial fibrillation,then we will probably take an anticoagulant.
statins lower cholesterol level. It can greatly reduce the risk of stroke in people who have had a TIA. Statins even protect against stroke in people who do not have heart disease or high cholesterol.
blood pressure medicines
If high blood pressure is there then we have to take medicines that lower it. Blood pressure medicines include:
- .Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)
- . Angiotensin- converting enzyme(ACE) inhibitors
- . Beta blockers
- . Calcium channel blockers
- . Diuretics
Drugs that dissolve clots are known as thrombolytic agents. if these drugs should be given within the first few hours after stroke, they minimize stroke damage.
- Thrombolytic Agents (tissue plasminogen activator [tPA]), widely used to dissolve clots that cause heart attacks, are also effective for dissolving artery-blocking clots in the brain during the critical early stages of stroke. Early administration of tPA after a stroke can reduce neurological damage.
- Neuroprotective Agents – Medications that make the brain less susceptible to the damaging effects of a stroke are called neuroprotective agents.


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December 12, 2016 - This afternoon, Mayor Tom Henry and the Division of Public Works celebrated the 2016 construction season that saw $25 million invested in neighborhoods throughout the City of Fort Wayne. Nearly 500 projects in more than 140 neighborhoods saw improvements to streets, sidewalks, new trails, ADA ramps, lighting and street landscaping.
Projects ranged from arterial street improvements including the realignment, streetscape and safety improvements on Maumee Avenue, the addition of trails, new lighting and street reconstruction of McKinnie Avenue, and the resurfacing Stellhorn Road and North Clinton Street.
Major improvements including streets, sidewalks and ADA ramps were made in the neighborhoods of Eagle Lake, Eagle Creek, Arlington Park, Hoevelwood, Hickory Grove, Casselwood Terrace, Tower Heights and Village Green. Trails were completed this year on Hanna Street, Liberty Mills Road and Covington Road.
"The continuation of our commitment to neighborhood street, road, and sidewalk improvements is having a lasting impact," said Mayor Henry. "The infrastructure enhancements we're making positions our community as a leader in economic development opportunities, job growth, stronger neighborhoods, increased property values and quality of life amenities that make Fort Wayne a point of destination."
2016 highlights:
9 Miles of Concrete Street Repair
54 Miles of Resurfacing
47,000 Feet of Sidewalk Repair
400 New ADA Ramps
"Whether you walk, bike or drive, the men and women of Public Works keep you moving. We invest in neighborhoods in a way that strengthens them," said Bob Kennedy, Director of the Division of Public Works.
In the past three years, Mayor Henry has committed more than $75 million in neighborhood Public Works enhancements. Similar improvements will be made in 2017 and while several locations are still being evaluated.
Plans for 2017
Street Improvements:
Coldwater Road – Washington Center Road to Coliseum Boulevard
Hobson Road Phase I – State to Coliseum boulevards
North Anthony Boulevard – Crescent Avenue to Coliseum Boulevard
Arlington Park Phase II neighborhood improvements
Pine Valley Phase II neighborhood improvements
Lima Valley neighborhood improvements
Memorial Way
Pointe Inverness Way
Fairfield Avenue Streetscape – Jefferson Boulevard to Main Street
Maplecrest Road Median Improvements – Rothman Road to I-469
State Boulevard Realignment Phase I – Spy Run Avenue to Clinton Street
Dupont Road– Lima to Coldwater roads
Hanna Street: Burns Boulevard to U.S. 27
Hanna Street: Pontiac Street to Rudisill Boulevard
Pufferbelly Trail: State Boulevard to Fernhill Avenue and Franke Park
Bluffton Road Trail and Sidewalk Project
St Joe Center Road Sidewalk - Completing connections from Maplecrest to Reed roads
Pemberton Levee Trail
Southtown Centre Trail, Phase 2
St Joe Center Road Trail from Meijer Drive to Chiswell Run


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Marcia M. Burrell Ph.D., professor and chair of curriculum and instruction at SUNY Oswego, was selected to attend the 2016 Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Bryn Mawr Summer Institute in July. Burrell was also invited to join the HERS Luce Program for Women in STEM Leadership.
Burrell joined a group of 64 women leaders from across the United States as part of the HERS Institute at Bryn Mawr College, 21 of whom were a part of the HERS Luce Program. She was supported for participation by the SUNY Oswego President's Office and School of Education.


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TLDR: I published my first Chrome Extension in Chrome Web Store! It's a free download!
I have been watching web tutorials and Youtube videos on 1.5x-2x speed to save tons of time. It's frustrating that the same speed controls aren't available on Facebook videos.
So I created one that suits my needs.
It's a small app that allows you to slow down or speed up videos on Facebook. For a tiny app, I sure learned a lot!


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Baloda Bazar (Chhattisgarh), Jan 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today paid a surprise visit to Khera village to attend Lok Suraj Abhiyan's applications collection programme. While addressing the gathering, CM Singh said that the programme should be taken seriously. He was especially delighted to see flower buds on the roadside in the village. He promised to give them 100 plants each of night-blooming jasmine and Jasmine. The CM has also announced to allot Rs 40 Lakh for mini stadium and Rs 20 lakh for Atal Samarsata Bhawan. Under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, electricity will be provided to 378 houses in the village.
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You've heard it said a million times that diets don't work, and that statement is entirely true – BUT your diet does play a major role in your ability and the rate at which you lose weight. For example, starving yourself on some fad diet will provide you with temporary weight loss, but the second you eat normal food again, you blow up like a balloon and end up larger than you were when you started. However, if you make your diet a lifestyle eating plan instead of some crazy fad, your chances of success increase exponentially.
According to Mediterranean Diet experts, the meal plan is consists of a tasty combination of Mediterranean dishes and fat-burning, belly-flattening phytochemicals. Of course, as with any lifestyle change, a moderate amount of exercise is desirable. If you can manage to walk 20 minutes a day, you'll see dramatic results in no time! You should also make it a point to consult your physician before embarking on this or any new diet and exercise program. In this case, we can almost guarantee your doctor will approve!


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Human Waste
Please use the toilets located near most crags. If you can't, follow these guidelines:
- Urinate on rocks, not plants, because animals will defoliate plants and dig up soil to get to the salt deposited with your urine.
- Bury the brown stuff in a 4-6-inch hole dug in a sunny place at least 200 feet from water, washes, rock shelters, climbing routes, and bouldering problems. Wildlife will dig up soiled toilet tissue, so bring a bag and pack it out.
Trash: Pack it out, even if it isn't yours.
It's easy to carry an extra bag for trash. A quick visual sweep of an area is a good way to ensure that you are not forgetting anything.
It can take up to 18 years for a cigarette to decompose in the desert. Orange peels, apple cores, pistachio shells, tape, fruit stickers, and the sock you sacrificed are all trash.


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Happy Halloween!
I have to share these Halloween pictures of years ago. Many, many years ago. A couple of years in a row, my dad and I would dress up - in some of my mom's things - and trick or treat at the Sherstan's. We would laugh so much - and we were so ridiculous - but we had so much fun. Looking back at these pictures, I not only know that I am so blessed to have the actual photos, but to have the memories too. I was very fortunate to just be able to have a lot of fun with my dad.
I am anticipating the trick or treaters to start arriving shortly. The pumpkins have been carved, orange lights have been hung, pumpkin seeds roasted, pasta dinner simmering on the stove and trying to keep the pups calm with the loud fireworks in the distance.
I have been laying low this weekend. :( I have shingles. Gah!!! Shingles! I thought only older people got shingles. Not the case. So, they are unpleasant. If you have never had them, I wish that you never do. Not only is the area on your skin extremely painful, but the nerve pain. Oh my. It's excruciating and so hard to describe. Oh well. Bring it - I am eager to know what I will get next. :) Actually - this is it. I can feel it.
My friend, Jocelyn, was down just around Thanksgiving and she brought me some of their smoked salmon. I love smoked salmon - and hers was so delicious. Joc and I were roommates during college. I am not sure if she remembers, but one of our 'appetizers' that we used to make up from time to time, were crackers with cream cheese and smoked salmon. With this smoked salmon, I had to make these for us to snack on. They are easy - try them - just don't miss a step.
Cream cheese
Smoked salmon
Place some cream cheese - herb or plain - on a cracker. Then crumble some smoked salmon on top.
The smoked salmon was so moist and so sweet. Yumma. I served these with sliced apple as well - and it was a great snack.
A Geisha, a fairy and two others just came to the door. The trick or treating has started.
Happy Halloween.


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Thank you. Your comment pleases me. Surely, you can use patterns with a link to my blog. Good luck with tatting :-)Vymazat
sounds great I hope more people see your wonderful work and great pictures. I realize that tatting is one skill, and suddenly you got to take pictures for a blog. I am getting better a picture taking, looks like you are good at that too!Vymazat
Jejda to je hezounké:-)OdpovědětVymazat
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Blame the Fashion District for the following meandering through the synapses half-firing in the murky slime of my brain where the writing happens.
It's currently about 8 p.m., a few hours shy of my deadline. Procrastination is a wonderful tool employed by writers who want a justification for a late-night sugar fix.
"What? It's getting close to deadline — I have to make that coffee to fuel the creative fires!"
In a rare departure from tradition, I settle on a couple bottles of cream soda purchased at Pavilions, a grocery store where many of the same cashiers have worked for 10 years or more, according to their name tags.


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Written by Gary Janetti, the Emmy nominated writer/producer behind hit shows Family Guy and Will & Grace, Vicious tells the story of ageing partners, Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi) who have lived together in a Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. In their prime, budding actor Freddie met bartender Stuart, but now as the golden years have crept up upon them they do little else besides reading, walking their dog and bickering. Feisty best friend Violet (Frances De La Tour) is always on hand to help calm their quarrels, entertaining the pair with her outlandish love affairs. Shes young at heart with a delicious sense of humour.
Resigned to the familiar comforts of their life together, the arrival of a new neighbour, young, handsome and endearingly green their world is turned upside down.
Series 1 has now been recorded and on Wednesday 3rd April, the cast are back together for one special extra episode - The Vicious Christmas Special!
If you would like to join us for this rather special evening, then apply now!


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I have been riding on Vespa since I was in university, 20 years ago. I do not know why I feel so intact with this sexy type of motorcycle and, up to the time being, I always ride on vespa and not other motorcycle. The older the running age of it with the line of time, the more exclusive I feel on the road. I do feel riding in 'a difference' among the Japanese cycles crowding in every inch of roads.
You may afford to buy expensive and modern motorcycle in any motor dealer now, but it might not always be with vespa. How much money you may have, you cannot always find a classic vespa in any motor dealers. It is now no longer on sale in any motor shop.
I have two vespas, both of them were manufactured in 60's. The older was built in 1964 and the younger was born in 1967. Both of them have been accompanying me to work everyday alternately. But do not think that they are dirty and worn out motors, you will see how charming they are on the roads. They are so classics, smooth and unique good-looking scooter of 60's, ones of few that now are rarely roaming on the road.
It is such a proud of course to ride on old vespa. That is why some riders are still loyal on vespas. Those scooter manias are not only old-aged riders, but also young motorists who do not feel old-fashioned with their old vespa. On the other hand, we, the community of old vespa lovers, have classified these scooters are more than just a means of transportation but vespas are manifestation of arts.
Not only a unique motor, vespa had been a symbol of the coming up of Europe after the Word War II. For Italian, vespa had been the lifestyle at that time and they had been taken role in many films. In Indonesia vespas have been the most popular motor for many decades, despite the fact that now people are less interested in this Italian vehicles.
It was around 100 years ago when Rinaldo Piaggio commencing his business in the aircraft industry. It started with his factory in Genoa in 1884 before it was then extended to other factory in Pisa (1927) and in Pontedera (1924). This business was growing up rapidly when his son, Enrico Piaggio, was in charge of the business.
Surprisingly, when this aircraft industry was growing up fantastically, Enrico Piaggio decided to resign from this industry. Based on his strong intuition, he took another business of common and affordable means of transportation: vespa.
It was D'Ascanio who was then entitled to be responsible to design vespa. His background as the chief of research in the helicopter industry might have influenced the design of vespa. More than just a type of simple, powerful and economic motor, the rear of vespa looks likes a helicopter's cabin.
In April 1946, 15 units of vespa were on trial. At the end of 1949, a number of 35,000 units were launched and, until 10 years later, Italia had been producing a million of vespas. In 50's, Piaggio had extended his new factory in Europe, like: Germany, England, French, Belgium and Spain. The great demands of vespas in the world had also encouraged expanding business in Asia, especially in India and Indonesia.
Although now vespas have fewer users in Indonesia, but for us who have been the fanatic lovers, vespas will always accompany us wherever we go. It seems that population of old vespa has been coming fewer and fewer. It has been a suspect that many old vespas were exported abroad due to its high prices. We, the vespas lovers, will absolutely condemn any effort to send old vespas to collectors outside Indonesia.
We do not want the vespas are getting extinct from the country. We will commit to make Vespa, which means as a bee in Italian, always roam the road in the country.
Viva vespa!
Ride On Vespa
I have been riding on Vespa since I was in university, 20 years ago. I do not know why I feel so intact with this sexy type of motorcycle and, up to the time being, I always ride on vespa and not other motorcycle. The older the running age of it with the line of time, the more exclusive I feel on the road. I do feel riding in 'a difference' among the Japanese cycles crowding in every inch of roads.
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The long awaited return of HATW is now here with an exceptionally diverse episode featuring jazz, soul, and Latin sounds coupled with explosive tech house and Balearic beats. Track of the week is All My Life by DBN and Jason Caesar.
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The sixth House Around the World is back after a three week break with some banging tunes. A few truly deep tracks to start it up, a couple of Indian entries for the first time here, and loads of ethnic goodness. Starting now, the audio files will be 320kbps mp3s. Track of the week is Hot As Hell by Drop the Lime.
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The fifth House Around the World comes around the corner as Tech House is topping Beatport once again! Track of the week is Vlada Asanin's Balkan Boy.
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The fourth House Around the World is here, albeit a bit late. This week we have plenty of African, Progressive, a little European, and even Disco. The track of the week is Tube & Berger's Free Tribe.
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This is the first installment of House Around the World, a podcast featuring house tracks selected and mixed by Bobsan every Friday. Tracks are picked either for their ethnic and multicultural samples and rhythms, or to showcase house producers from all corners of the globe. Much will be offered to the fans of Tribal sounds. The author will also include other tracks that he finds musically compelling.


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Trash to Treasure
Here's a quick little makeover that I am very excited about. For the past three years we've had a little plastic trashcan that fulfills its purpose wonderfully, but adds nothing aesthetically to the kitchen. I've occasionally contemplated purchasing a nicer, metal trashcan, especially when we were dog-sitting and that blasted dog got into the garbage at every opportunity.


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My work is building up. It's not fun. I have been leaving home early and coming home really late. It is a miracle that I always get in the office on time every morning. This is considered my greatest achievement in life because, um-hum, I had always been punctually late for everything in the past. Anyway, that's another story.
Although having a real job is great, I do constantly worry about not having quality time for myself any more. The dole I bring home is not fantastic compared to the quality time I used to enjoy. (I value time more than money nowadays because … … I am running out of time.) Every night, while on my way home, I ponder about this issue seriously. For a job that requires me to clock in twelve to fourteen hours a day and doesn't promise me that I would become rich soon or would allow me to retire early, I am not sure if it is worth it. Whenever I look at my zombie-like colleagues, I pray to God inside my heart to not let me become one of them. (I know some of you must be thinking that I should be grateful that I have a job because there are many jobless people floating about.) Anyway, I am sorry I disgress again.
Back to my main point. I have been thinking what could be done to get out of the rat race. Is there nothing we could do about it? Striking TOTO jackpot prize is surely one of the ways to get us out of the mad race but I reckon I am on the long wait-list with millions of my fellow citizens and the "foreign talents". *sigh*
A father spoke to me last week telling me that he wanted his son to major in Banking and Finance although his son has indicated another interest. I advised him to respect his son's choice. But the father rationalized that since almost every job demands long working hours and hard work, we might as well go for one that rewards us handsomely. According to him, the choice is clear. It is just a matter of simple logic and mathematical calculation.


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Situated at 1000 meters of height, the Vallée de Joux is a real natural jewel set by lakes, pastures and forests. An authentic valley in a haven of peace open to the infinite spaces of mountains adorned with spruces. Alone, in family or between friends, here, in the cradle of the high watchmaking, you will want to stay or to come back…
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This blog is for people who are a little bit less well organised than they'd like to be. The good news is, the year is still young enough to take yourself in hand and get organised. To that end, I've got seven short suggestions to help you out.
- Get a routine. In my grandmother's day, Mondays were for washing, Tuesdays for ironing and so on. Routines mean you don't need to continually make routine decisions. They give you a default–something to swing straight into without wasting time wondering what to do.
- Organise your emails, favourite websites, word documents and so on into well-named folders so you don't waste time searching for information when you need it.
- Love lists. When you write down what you want to do (your 'To do' list), it's easier to organise all your jobs into groups of similar activities and do them together, saving your brain manically switching from phone mode to read mode to write mode… For recurring activities, make a checklist template to use every time.
- Get your ducks in an even straighter row by gathering everything you need before starting a job. That makes it much easier and faster to finish.
- Become a neat freak. When you're surrounded by clutter, your mind gets cluttered too, and doesn't function as efficiently. Have a place for everything and put everything in its place as soon as you've finished with it. No more time and energy wasted searching for something that's 'right here … somewhere …'
- Follow through and follow up. When you promise to do something, note it down and transfer it to your calendar, 'To do' list, a notes app or whatever you use for your reminders. This means you honour your commitments and wins you applause.
- Speaking of reminders: Have either a list of important events like birthdays and anniversaries in an obvious place like your address book or, better still, on your computer or smart phone and schedule automatic reminders. More applause.
All easy to do, right? Some may take a bit of time (but not much) to set up but truly, it's time well spent.


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it has been nearly two years since the release of appleworks 6.2 for os x. apple has hinted of an apple productivity suite by releasing keynote to compete with powerpoint, but what are the plans for the rest of an integrated suite of office-like applications? think secret is reporting that appleworks might be replaced by iworks later this year. iworks would have a word processing app called document, along with keynote and spreadsheet and database apps. it will be interesting to see what develops with openoffice for the mac. until it runs native on os x, i think many casual users might shy away from trying to run it on xfree86 or apple's x11.
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|good for them (11:05am est tue mar 18 2003)
if the other apps are as good as keynote in comparison to ms office then they'll have a hit on their hands (in the mac platform). why? because of the tight integration with the os 9something, ironically, ms was lambasted for) and the interoperability with ms office. – by truthhz
|dude! keynote is awful! (11:49am est tue mar 18 2003)
but iworks could be good, cause appleworks has always rocked. – by imkwheet
|iworks (12:11pm est tue mar 18 2003)
note to apple-enough of the i… already!
i'm all for an upgraded productivity suite, but the appleworks name is a good one and should be kept. if apple wants to continue to sell the old & new, they could call the new program appleworks pro edition or something like it.
ps: if they really want to make a statement they should release a linux & windoze version. – by davgreg
|iworks will dilute their already fragmented market (1:03pm est tue mar 18 2003)
i like keynote, though it doesn't export to ppt well enough to make it "compatible" so i question the intelligence of developing a whole suite of nice products that are incompatible with office. yeah, keynote imports okay but the exports are worthless. if apple's development of its own office suite degrades the relationship with office then the users will suffer. i can use pcs and macs side by side at work becuase of office. if i had to use keynote on a mac and ppt on windows at work then my company would ditch apple altogether.
there's a word of warning in there apple….. – by ps1l0cyb1n
|iwerk (1:43pm est tue mar 18 2003)
doubleclick is like the point the origin to discover normally in the first place. why it does not form simply the end to support the hybrid with doubleclick?
– by d0minique
|open software (2:08pm est tue mar 18 2003)
my guess is that apple will go the opend software route like it did with its new browser.
openoffice is a superb office suite – for windows (with office 97 type functunality, awsome stability, but with a slightly cluttered visual look) and the mac version is still in beta…my guess is that soon after it goes to v 1.00 we will see an apple version…it's got to happen.
nb: apple – many creative writers (scriptwriters and so forth use apple computers), such people need a decent word processor! it must have a flexable word count feature which does more than just total document word count (like openoffice) it needs word count for highlighted text too!
get a decent word processor on an ibook and i'll buy one for sure, but without that i'll stick with my sony notebook and microsoft word. – by plspls
|video on tv (2:13pm est tue mar 18 2003)
i agree with mister "hard-on" smashy. imagine being able to record directly off the assfucking tv at home and then bring it with you to bullsh*t your friends. "i have a crotch for playing dvd's and movie files on a ballbusting 15″ screen." seems silly – by softy
|good! cus appleworks 6.2 sucks! (2:41pm est tue mar 18 2003)
i would welcome a stable, productive "productivity suite". i hate ms office, but recent versions of appleworks lack compatibility, stability, usefulness. (i really just wish adobe would get their act together and offer an indesign upgrade from pagemaker at a reasonable price, as in $149, instead of $299! lord knows, we waited long enough for them to get out a mac os x native package!) – by bad, bad leroy brown
|not for free (5:01pm est tue mar 18 2003)
i think it will not be free. keynote currently costs 99 bux. and i think if you buy a new mac it will be free. for download/cd…it's 99 bux for the whole suite is what i think it will be.
i could careless about the name….it has nothing to do with whether it works or not…..and they will make sure it works, works well that is. – by michael
|who cares what it costs (5:17am est wed mar 19 2003)
like all smart people, i get my software for free off p2p.
like i will pay for a bunch of 1s and 0s…get bent. – by softwaresniper
|silly question… (7:46am est wed mar 19 2003)
i dont know much about pcs, so i want to ask, if i have a game on a pc, can it run on an apple? – by beginner!
|smart sniper? (9:33am est wed mar 19 2003)
> like all smart people, i get my software for free off p2p.
ha ha ha ha ha
|xml (i hope) (9:35am est wed mar 19 2003)
here's hoping the new new fresh 'n' clean appleworks will be based on xml (as keynote is) and be able –
– to read ms office docs
– to import and export standard xml dtd's such as tei, docbook, openebook pubs, etc.
– to interoperate with the openofficeorg xml formats
– to interoperate with the new microsoft office xml formats.
… if it does, it could be killer.
– by sanjuro
|re: silly question (9:38am est wed mar 19 2003)
> i dont know much about pcs, so i want to ask, if i have a game on a pc, can it run on an apple?
typically the answer is no, at least not well, if the game is not cross-platform off the cd (a number of titles have both pc and mac versions on same cd)
– by somebody
|180 (3:01pm est wed mar 19 2003)
>i like keynote, though it doesn't export to ppt well enough to make it "compatible" so i question the intelligence of developing a whole suite of nice products that are incompatible with office. yeah, keynote imports okay but the exports are worthless.
the fault is not on keynote ability to export… its office that can not process the files…this was discovered over at mac achaia – by me
|re: d0minique (3:10pm est wed mar 19 2003)
what gives? you're posting all over the place and no one can make any sense of it–are you running your posts from your native language through some translator software or what? – by ziwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwiwi
|but the programmers and musicians (4:04pm est wed mar 19 2003)
already get paid by the software and recording companies for producing the software or music. i am merely foregoing paying these giant corporations who market their products to use it who are already making many times over their initial investment just on the diehards that will buy anything.
maybe you ought to get a brain scarecrow. – by softwaresniper
|ps (4:40pm est wed mar 19 2003)
openoffice format = xml – by pah
|and the industry (7:55pm est wed mar 19 2003)
paying the musicians (i happen to be one, and you could hardly call me rich) and programmers gets paid by you, the consumer! nice circle, isn't it? – by johan-olof
|and the industry already making too much money (8:15pm est wed mar 19 2003)
will be enough to pay all of them again.
you don't understand…if i couldn't get it for free, i wouldn't buy it anyway. so the loss is both ways, you tard. – by softwaresniper
|musicians (8:20pm est wed mar 19 2003)
don't own the soundwaves coming into my ear. ok, you may be able to stop others from playing your music commercially to earn money, but now you think you can force me to pay for soundwaves…fuck you buddy. get a real job if you don't like it. if your music ain't big enough that it doesn't matter who hears it, you pretty much suck as a musician. so keep dreaming cause that is all you will ever do. – by forkrug
|are we agressive, or what? (10:28am est thu mar 20 2003)
i'm not a complete retard, and do realise the industry is making ludicrous amounts of money on mediocre products. i live in europe myself, and a new album from any artist contracted by a large record company costs about the equivalent of $25,- overhere! which is of course ridiculous for a single-user license. my points were simply that:
1. when you want to use something which has been copyrighted, expect to pay something (a lot less than the present day $2/single copy of a song would be very reasonable)
2. the musicians are in general not the ones getting very rich with their jobs. again this points to us actually agreeing with one another. it's the 'industry' getting rich by overcharging somebody elses products.
3. the conception that only the music that is being appreciated by the masses counts as 'real music' is of course completely retarded. as much as a lot of music has been corrupted by the industry, music is still a form of art. many great artists en composers didn't/won't recieve proper recognition untill late in their lives, or even after their death. even with present global public media, it is still possible the create something which is ahead of it's time.
|i miss the old days (7:56pm est sun apr 27 2003)
i miss the old days, when i could write high quality software with a command line interface, so dumbasses like softwaresniper or whatever he calls himself couldnt figure out how to use software. fuck you. – by stfu


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On March 9, I received the following invitation:
- The Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Middle East Forum
of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center
present (sic)
A Conversation
with Moshe Yaalon
Vice Premier, Minister of Strategic Affairs and Likud Knesset Member
Moderated by
Aaron David Miller
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
In the aftermath of the political change sweeping the Arab world, Minister Yaalon will share his perspective on how those events have shaped Israeli attitudes and policies on security, peacemaking, and relations with its Arab neighbors.
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson Center…
I was never able to go to the event. But today, I learned that it is now being described as "off the record". Why?
Possibly because Moshe Ya'alon has been credibly accused of having committed war crimes in Gaza– most notably during the 2002 assassination of senior Hamas figure Salah Shehadeh– an act committed when Mr. Shehadeh was eating dinner in his own home and thus in no sense a valid target under the laws of war? (Eight children and six other family members were killed alongside him during that meal.)
There are many countries in the world that Gen. Ya'alon can't visit right now, because of the criminal charges that have been filed against him in connection with that killing as well as the shelling of the village of Qana in Lebanon in 1996, in which 120 mainly older people who had taken refuge there were killed. Here in the U.S. no such criminal charges have yet been filed, so he comes and goes as he pleases. But really, is there any need for a federally funded institution like the Wilson Center to grace him with an invitation?
Or possibly, the Wilson Center event is off the record because Ya'alon's views on "relations with Israel's Arab neighbors" are still extremely hawkish, and to have any reporting of those views– as delivered in the U.S.-funded Wilson Center– could prove an embarrassment to the Obama administration as it is running around trying to make nice with so many Arab leaders?
On "hawkish": Ya'alon has said that Israeli settlers should be freely allowed to colonize any parts of the occupied West Bank that they please, and has described the mildly pro-peace people of the Israeli Peace Now movement as a "virus".
Anyway, as a U.S. taxpayer I find it very unseemly that this war-mongering, racist guy, against whom there are credible accusations that he has committed war crimes, be welcomed into a place supported by my tax dollars and there allowed to hold forth to a select group of invitees who are not even allowed to report openly on what he says.
What on earth is the Wilson Center turning into, under its new President, the unquestioningly pro-Israel former
senator congresswoman, Jane Harman?


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(This sketch is from www.gotsketch.blogspot.com April 2012)
There are several places online that you can go and find sketches for cards and scrapbook layouts. Millions, actually! So, this month and next we are going to do a new sketch each week. This month, the sketches will be on Mondays. A list of places to look for sketches are at the end of this post.
We start with this sketch which I actually saw on Pinterest and tracked it down to the original website for you guys. With the Chevron pattern being so "in" right now, I thought this would be a fun one to start out with. As you look at my card below, it is obvious that I did not copy it exactly but you can see the general layout in my card. That is the point of sketches....to get your brain working and make something original.
Hope you enjoy the sketches to come and remember it is always homemade.
Here are a few places to go to for inspiration through sketches.


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Texas Poets Podcast Creator
Terry Jude Miller
Texas Poets Podcast Producer
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Dr. Stephen Souris
Texas Poets Podcast Creative Advisor
Karla K. Morton
Created by poet Terry Jude Miller, literature professor Dr. Stephen Souris, poet Anne McCrady and Texas Poet Laureate Karla Morton and produced by InSpiritry, this monthly series of audio interview programs is a first in Texas! Each 20-30 minute podcast features a conversation with a well-known Texas poet about the poetry landscape of Texas and about a selected poem written by another Texas poet. Guests also share a poem of their own. Host for the podcasts is Texas Woman's University English professor Dr. Stephen Souris. Our sessions are recorded at Texas Christian University in the KTCU radio station studio as well as in other Texas public radio studios. Texas Poets Podcast sessions are posted here at InSpiritry, at the Texas Poets Podcast website, on SoundCloud and on iTunes!
Texas Poets Podcast began in the fall of 2010. Guests have include Texas Poets Laureate, professors, singer-songwriters, internationally known poets and Texas icons.
The first podcast featured Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton and her selection of a poem by University of Houston professor and award-winning poet, Tony Hoagland. Since then guests have included 2005 Texas Poet Laureate Alan Birkelbach, 2008 Texas Poet Laureate, Larry D. Thomas, Lone Star College professor and 2011 Texas Poet Laureate Dave Parsons, Texas State University professor and internationally known poet Cyrus Cassells, Oklahoma Poet Laureate and Texas native Nathan Brown, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley instructor and Texas Institute of Letters honoree Katherine Hoerth, retired Midwestern State University professor and 2000 Texas Poet Laureate, James Hoggard, University of Houston Downtown professor and Houston Poet Laureate, Robin Davidson, and Writers Garrett founder, Thea Temple.
Guest poets have chosen a wide range of poems to discuss, including those written by poets from across the Texas landscape: 1982 Texas Poet Laureate, the late William Barney, Lamar University professor Jerry Bradley, former University of Houston poet Edward Hirsh, celebrated Latina writer and poet Sandra Cisneros, whose poem was read by Houston poet, Laura Pena, South Texas poet Alan Berecka, 2012 Texas Poet Laureate, Jan Epton Seale, former University of Texas professor Dave Oliphant, 2016 Texas Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla, 2003 Texas Poet Laureate Jack Myers and poet Ronald E. Moore.
We are excited to announce that in 2017, the Texas Poets Podcast advisory committee, which includes published poets, professors, teachers and experienced workshop presenters, will be creating lesson plans and curriculum guides for our podcasts. These enrichment offerings will include literary insights, poetry vocabulary, close reading topics, and background information on TPP guest and featured poets, as well as ideas for writing assignments based on the featured poems. Watch here for more details!
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David Goodwillie claim girl's court fight
A MOTHER who claims to have been raped by Scotland striker David Goodwillie has waived anonymity to fight for answers in her case.
Denise Clair, who says she can remember "virtually nothing" of the alleged sex crime, has stepped up her legal battle to find out what happened on the night in January 2011.
Dundee United star Goodwillie, who denies the accusation, was investigated by police and the Crown Office dropped charges five months later but the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority awarded Ms Clair £11,000 – the highest award possible – after accepting she was raped.
The 27-year-old has now lodged a court action to recover evidence gathered during the inquiry and is taking civil action against Goodwillie for damages.
She said: "I've spent three years in the shadows being a target for people who don't know me. I've decided enough is enough.
"I'm determined to see the evidence myself and will deal with it no matter what it reveals.
"I'm waiving anonymity because I want people to know I'm an ordinary mum from an ordinary family.
"I want to know why the criminal justice system did not proceed with the case."
Ms Clair, from Livingston, West Lothian, told police she met St Johnstone player David Robertson, an old school friend, and Goodwillie in a pub on a night out in Bathgate.
She says she woke naked and alone in a "strange" house the next day, believing she had been given drugs and raped.
She continued: "I remember virtually nothing after accepting a drink. My next memory is of waking up.
"I didn't know where I was, how I'd got there or where my clothes were. I've never been a big drinker and don't have anything to do with drugs.
"I don't think anyone can imagine the horror of being in that situation."
I'm waiving anonymity because I want people to know I'm an ordinary mum from an ordinary family.
Ms Clair, a former prison worker, established she was in Armadale, West Lothian, and her brother collected her.
She was examined at a specialist sex crimes unit and claims she was "shocked" to learn that Goodwillie had been charged.
The initial police investigation suggested Ms Clair had three different "drugs of misuse" in her system, despite her denying taking them, but she was later told that the results were a mistake.
Their report also said she was almost four times over the drink-driving limit – a potentially fatal level of alcohol.
Her lawyer, Cameron Fyfe of Drummond Miller, said: "We have a team of experts standing by to examine everything, including the dress Denise was wearing that night."
David Goodwillie's lawyer, Liam O'Donnell, said: "David will vigorously defend any court action."


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Chasing the Shadows
Nikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend, Jake. The wife of an old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her—whatever the cost. The authorities believe the kidnappings to be the work of a sick mind, but Nikki knows that the truth is something much worse—especially since she seems to have an unexpected psychic link to the killer. But as always, she is more than willing to risk her own life to save another's.
For Michael Kelly, Nikki's bravado is a source of endless terror. He wants nothing more than to make Nikki a permanent part of his life, but he knows that her quest is sure to get her killed. As they chase through the sewers and tunnels of San Francisco and the body count begins to rise, Michael badgers her to stay off the case, but Nikki has no intention of complying. She wants him to realize that she's either a full partner in his life or she's out. But nothing prepares her for the price she has to pay for her stubbornness—the life of someone she loves.
Kiss the Night Goodbye
Nikki James is just an ordinary, risk-taking, psychically inclined private eye until she hooks up with Michael Kelly. Now she is something more: one of the few, the chosen, the magic-wielding undercover operatives of the Damask Circle, an organization protecting humanity from a rising tide of evil. She wants nothing more than to pass the Circle's strict entry exams so she can get on with the business of planning her wedding to Michael. But she quickly realizes that buying a wedding dress is the least of her worries.
One hundred years ago, Michael Kelly hunted down and killed the sorcerer responsible for murdering his lover. Now the brother of that man is out for revenge, and he intends to destroy all that Michael holds dear in the process. When Michael is kidnapped, the trail leads Nikki to a dusty ghost town surrounded by a potent magical barrier, leaving her to battle a madman alone with only her wits, strength, and the one psychic gift she cannot fully control. And to make matters even worse, Michael no longer seems to remember who she is.
About The Author
Keri Arthur, author of the New York Times bestselling Riley Jenson Guardian series, has now written more than twenty-eight novels. She's received several nominations in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards and has won RT's Career Achievement Award for urban fantasy. She lives with her daughter in Melbourne, Australia.
Past day jobs
Clerk at the Bureau of Meteorology, Cook at the MCG, Function and Desert cook at the Essendon Football Club
Current Job
Full time writer and mum.
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What I Think
I was lucky enough to get these two books as ARCs from NetGalley for a honest review, and honesty these books are amazing the author takes you into the story and doesn't let you out until its finished.
Keri Arthur is now one of my favorite authors i love how she writes and i will be going to buy all her books as soon as im finished here. if you aren't sure about paranormal romances give this series a go as you will love it after you have read it.


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Date: 02/17/2010
Writer: Jane Moorman, 505-249-0527, firstname.lastname@example.com
CLOVIS, N.M. -- How does a grower take advantage of direct marketing at a farmers' market? That question and many more will be answered at a free workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at 818 Main Street, Clovis.
The event is sponsored by the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service, the New Mexico Farmers' Market Association and Farm to Table.
"With 58 farmers' markets now in New Mexico, there is more demand than ever for locally grown food. Gross sales have been on the rise, but in many cases farmers can use some outside assistance to help make their operations more profitable. These workshops connect farmers to new ideas and good resources for working into the future," said Denise Miller, executive director of the New Mexico Farmers' Marketing Association.
With the increased opportunities to market their produce through farmers' markets, growers can get help from NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service to increase their profits through the sale of high-value crops and value-added products.
"Farmers' markets are a growing direct-marketing arena where the business transaction occurs between the grower and the consumer. Through these workshops we want to help producers reduce their risk and increase their profits," said Michael Patrick, NMSU Extension community resource and economic development specialist and coordinator of the program, which is funded by a Western Center for Risk Management Education grant.
Growers attending the workshop will learn from NMSU Extension specialists Stephanie Walker and Ron Walser about specialty crops such as tomatoes, greens, potatoes, strawberries, apples, peaches and melons. Glenda Belcher, Curry County Extension home economist, will show attendees how to create value-added products, such as jams and jellies.
The business side of direct marketing - producing for profit by selecting specialty crops and products, evaluating costs and returns, developing a business plan, and merchandizing and marketing - will be presented by Patrick, Carlos Mayen Solorzano, assistant professor of agricultural economics and agricultural business; and Margie Plummer, Portales Farmers' Market manager.
The program will also feature presentations on the following topics:
?Understanding state regulations regarding producing value-added products in home kitchens and commercial kitchens will be presented by Nancy Flores, Extension food technology specialist.
?Organic production and certification.
While the workshop is free, registration before Feb. 24 would be appreciated. To register call the Curry County Extension Office at (575) 763-6505.
© 2013 New Mexico State University Board of Regents
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Thursday, August 18, 2016
I continue on in this funk that I thought would have lifted by now. I'm never down for long. I have my moments, then I move on. I am, in general, a pretty happy person.
In actual fact, I thought that by last Sunday, I had almost fully recovered and things were looking up. That's where writing about your feelings can help. Getting it out, admitting things aren't okay and 'talking' about it can clear the cobwebs, you know?
But I found myself on a particular low yesterday.
I think it mostly has to do with my dear Mum. I have been thinking and talking about her a lot this past week, and after talking about her death again yesterday morning with someone (without getting upset at the time, I might add), I found myself driving home afterwards from the conversation and spontaneously bursting in to tears.
In particular, I can't get the image of my Mum dying out of my head at the moment. It's the first thing I wake up thinking about, and as much as I try to shake it off, I just can't. Although I'm so glad I was there for my Mum, watching her die was the hardest thing I have ever done, and not an experience I'd like to repeat any time soon. (Or ever thank-you-very-much.) The memory of it stays with me, and partly, I want it to. I don't want to completely forget it, but I don't want to remember it with great clarity either. In fact, I'm glad that after the first 48 hours had passed following her death, the memory of her final minutes wasn't as painfully vivid as it had been immediately afterwards. I think the brain is great at protecting you from the things that really hurt. I have a friend who had quite a bad car accident; she drove in to a back of a truck. Doesn't remember a thing about it. At the time, the doctors told her it was her brain's way of protecting her from those, no doubt, incredibly horrifying final seconds leading up to the impact.
Grief really sucks. Just when you think you're feeling better, it draws you back in. I know, from experience, this first year will be the hardest. All the 'firsts' are the hardest, and there's just one month and ten days to go before all the 'firsts' are finally done.
I think I'll sigh in relief come October. I hope so anyway.
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