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Where did 2014 go? I can't believe we went through 365 days so quickly, and yet every December catches us by surprise and leaves us surprised on how fast the year went by. It is an exhausting time of rushing and endless to do lists as we try to finish everything we started while celebrating the Holidays. Well, I hate to suggest one more thing on your lists, but I can't help it!
It is true, it is the end of the year, but it is also the beginning of another one filled with promise and opportunity. However, the end of the year it is not about saying farewell and reminiscing on what has passed. It is also a time to take a peak within and wonder what we wish to make of the New Year ahead. It is a time to visualize ourselves taking charge of our goals and dreams. It is a time to plan. So here are some tips when planning your publishing and publicity goals for 2015:
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Rhonda Brown, Athens, Texas, sends a version she thinks is from the 1957 bake-off.
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Pineapple Torte Recipe
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 1/4 cups crushed pineapple
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup sugar
3 egg yolks, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons coconut
Heat oven to 300°F. Grease well and lightly flour bottom only of either 12-by-8-inch or 13-by-9-inch baking pan; set aside.
For filling: In saucepan, melt butter with brown sugar. Add pineapple. Heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to a boil.
In small bowl, combine cornstarch and cold water. Add to pineapple mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice; set aside to cool.
For cake: In bowl, sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl, cream butter; gradually add sugar, creaming well. Blend in egg yolks and vanilla; beat well. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, blending thoroughly after each addition.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Spread filling over batter. Cover filling with Coconut Meringue (recipe follows) and sprinkle with coconut.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
NOTE: If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.
Coconut Meringue Recipe
3 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped shredded coconut
In bowl, beat together egg whites, salt and cream of tartar until soft mounds form. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until meringue stands in stiff, glossy peaks. Fold in vanilla and coconut.


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OK. So this is an awful picture. But it's a glorious dish. And it's an awful picture because we don't want to keep one bazillion recipes unpublished for never bothering to photograph our food anymore. So, sorry. But not sorry. You know?
Anyway, about 80% of the reason Woman will ever desire to go to a Vietnamese or Chinese restaurant is the possibility of therein consuming salt and pepper tofu. We used to love salt and pepper squid – particularly at Isarn in Islington – but since going veggie again we've found the veggie version better, with significantly reduced risk of stringy or chewy-ness.
So deal with the picture, and make the food. If you take a better picture, send it to us. Or maybe we should upgrade our camera phone.
- 400g tofu
- 1 C cornflour
- 3tsp sea salt
- 1.5 tsp cracked black pepper
- 1 spring onion
- 1 finely chopped Thai red chili (or a teaspoon of crushed chili flakes – preferably in oil)
- 1/2 lemon
- Oil for frying.
Cut tofu into cubes and press (we have it on a couple of paper towels, then weighted down with plates).
Mix the sea salt and pepper together.
Coat the tofu in cornflour, let sit for a minute or so, and shallow fry – will need a couple of minutes on either side. We don't have a deep fryer and fried these babies in about 1cm of oil. Wait for it to get a little colour but not too brown. You may need to do this in batches. Set aside cooked tofu.
In a new pan (or having removed the majority of the oil), cook down the whites of the spring onion. When soft add the chili and squeeze of lemon. You might want to grate in some lemon zest. When onions are soft, throw in the pre-fried tofu, sprinkling the salt and pepper mix over it all. Toss through, over medium heat, until tofu is warmed. Throw in the sliced green bits of the spring onion.
You could use lemongrass instead of lemon and that would be fine, but we often find we just don't go through lemongrass and so using lemon juice ends up far more economical. And ManWoman is nothing if not economical.
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Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath, Jungian analyst, will be presenting on "The Truth About Happiness" at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library, 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Young-Eisendrath addresses the questions: "What is happiness, and why is it so elusive? Is there something about being American that makes us particularly hungry for happiness?
For more information, contact Barbara Shatara at 802.865.7211.
March 5th
The C.G. Jung Society of Montreal is sponsoring a 4-week "reading seminar series" by society members on the theme of "The Child: A World of Wonder."
The evening seminars (6:30 - 8:30 p.m.) take place at the Westmount Library with topics as follows: The Child Archetype (March 9th), The Abandoned Child (March 30th), The Child's Magical World (April 6th) and Children's Dreams (April 20th). The seminar series fee is $40 or $12 for individual evenings.
For more information, go to the Montreal Jung Society's link on the Resources page of The C.G. Jung Society of Vermont's website or phone: (514) 481-8664 [Montreal, QC]
March 20th
Lessons in Letting Go: The upside of Uselessness, Irrelevance and Impermanence, Presented by Bruce C.S. Barnes, Jungian Analyst. 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Dawson College. Sponsored by The C.G. Jung Society of Montreal.
For more information, go the Montreal Jung Society's link on the Resources page of The C.G. Jung Society of Vermont's website or phone: (514) 481- 8664 [Montreal, QC]


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Saturday, November 30, 2013
just like before
Here's my handsome lil stud muffin...Jack...mmmmmmmm....I love him.
I can't believe that Thanksgiving came and went. I can't believe 2014 is right around the corner. I can't believe I started blogging again only to leave my page silent for 2 weeks. So basically, the problem is just like it was before...every intention to blog...never a spare second for me to dedicate to doing so.
There are so many items I want to talk about...how we selected a preschool for Clara, a daycare for Jack...how I am trying to finally survive in the crazy unstable world of healthcare as a newbie doctor....how we are living with my parents...how I cook several meals on the weekend to freeze and eat throughout the week....how I've gained a lot of unwelcome weight...how I'm in awe at how spectacular motherhood is...how I sometimes wonder if it really will slow down again....how there are days that go by where my husband and I are like two ships passing in the night.... how I don't sit down and watch TV during the week ... how I want more children...or that I realize I'm so deeply in love with my life in this small moment that I could cry and scream and laugh at the same time.
So not perfect...but so perfectly mine.
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Oh, I'm so happy you're back to blogging world. I've missed your sweet little family and honest posts. I feel the same way about blogging and a busy life- did life not get 500 times crazier with two kids? I can't believe you even talk of more ( I am amazed by moms who want more kids in general)...I instead am getting an IUD. Too busy. I was feeling bad about not posting henry's birth story until a month later...but then I read a refreshing post from jenloveskev- and she was talking about kind of feeling bad that she devotes too much time to blogging. I guess there is no winning. But I love that it forces me to remember and catalog our life. To do something with those photos we take and tell stories. Not everything. But something to remember this crazy busy fast paced life. Anyways. I look forward to your posts however rare or often they are :) Jack is super cute!! He looks familiar.... like oh, Clara? Crazy.ReplyDelete
I think Jack looks like his dad!ReplyDelete
Just caught up on the last few posts. Glad to hear you're settled (somewhat) in good 'ole AZ. Now that it's nice and cold here in NY I'm really jealous that you're out of residency and in a warmer place! ;) Miss you!ReplyDelete
So happy you're back!ReplyDelete
How is Arizona and living with the parents, do they help you out?
Im sure it will all get better , just not overnight.
Merry Christmas to you & your beautiful family!


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Monday, March 28, 2011
Update on the Bunny Baskets
It is super deduper windy here today so please ignore the fact that his ears are about to fly him away. This was the best pic out of tons that is half decent. Again my sister made the baskets (Thank you Katrina!!!!) and I put his face on. And once again special thanks to Sun Scholars for posting this tutorial! And another great bunny basket I found Here at Mama Pea Pod.
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You can go visit the Happy Meal site for New Zealand, and someone can tell me if the animated Rainbow Dash running across the screen is suppose to be running or flying.
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - The conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was on track to win the most seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections but the country looked set for lengthy coalition horsetrading after voters once again declined to return a clear governing majority.
With 60 percent of votes counted, the HDZ had 61 seats, pushing the Social Democrats into second place with 54, but were still short of a majority in the 151-seat parliament even with the support of Most ("Bridge"), the likely kingmaker party.
In a sign of voter disillusionment, turnout plunged, and Zivi Zid ("Human Shield"), a populist left alliance, surged from one to eight seats with promises to be tough on banks and demands for prosecutions of unnamed corrupt officials.
The HDZ seems best placed to form a government, but it could be difficult for any party to build a coalition with a clear mandate for carrying out the painful public administration reforms being urged on the country of 4.3 million.
"I am sure that we are the party that will have the privilege of forming a stable government for the next four years," said Andrej Plenkovic, a soft-spoken diplomat and European parliamentarian who was only recently made leader.
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The European Union wants its youngest member to tame high public debt, cut the budget deficit, restructure public administration and improve the business climate to spur growth in an economy still dominated by state enterprises.
Most, which was headed for 12 seats, has said implementing its liberal reforms is its pre-condition for entering a coalition. But any governing majority may need support from other, smaller parties, including deputies of ethnic minorities.
The HDZ, which led the country through its first turbulent years of independence and war after the break-up of Yugoslavia 25 years ago, will face a fight from the SDP, whose leader Zoran Milanovic still held out hope of forming a government.
"The votes are still being counted," Milanovic said. "Croatia needs a stable government and at this moment we still don't know what that government will be."
Neither party offered much detail during the campaign on how they would deliver promised higher standards of living in one of Europe's weakest economies, where unemployment runs at 13 percent.
The previous HDZ-Most government collapsed acrimoniously after just five months amid rows over public administration reforms and government appointments.
Turnout was 10 percent down from the previous vote 10 months ago, with politicians seen as having failed to get to grips with the country's economic woes, compensating with nationalist rhetoric and gestures that have brought relations with Serbia to their lowest ebb since the 1990s Balkan wars.
Three years after joining the EU, Croatia's record on securing European funds is poor, a reflection of public administration shortcomings that contribute to macroeconomic imbalances the European Commission says must be fixed.
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Brothers In Arms #1
Jonah Carver is a Marine Staff Sergeant and veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. After one scorching night with his former Platoon Commander, Kellan Reynolds, Jonah lost touch with him and has regretted it ever since. When an investigation into government corruption and the murder of U.S. troops ends in the killing of a V.I.P. on Jonah's watch, the FBI arrive to take over and see the investigation through. With them, is Kellan Reynolds. Once more in each other's company, the sparks fly, just like they did before. Jonah begins to believe in second chances.
Nothing is very quite that easy, though. The subjects of the investigation will stop at nothing to bring it to an end. Jonah must keep everyone in his charge alive while he helps the FBI and Kellan find the proof they need to put a stop to the corruption.
When Kellan is kidnapped by the subjects of the investigation, Jonah has to find him and rescue him. If he doesn't, not only might the investigation unravel, but he'll lose Kellan for a second time...this time, for good.
Fire for Effect #2
Hired to investigate the denial of a Marine the Medal of Honor, Kellan Reynolds and Jonah Carver try to untangle a web of lies, deceit, and heroism.
Two years after the events of Brothers In Arms, Kellan Reynolds and First Sergeant Jonah Carver are struggling with their bi-coastal relationship. Following the events in Iraq, Kellan's expertise in national security is well established and he is hired to investigate the suspicious repeated denial of a KIA Marine the Medal of Honor.
Kellan brings Jonah onto his staff and into his home, but just as their relationship settles into a routine, their investigation heats up. What begins at the Pentagon, leads to Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan, and an ambush that threatens to destroy everything they've built.
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Staff Sergeant Corey Yarwood is an instructor at the Basic Reconnaissance Course. His last deployment ended in horror, but he can't remember those events. Battling severe PTSD, Corey's drinking is growing out of control.
Sean Chandler walks into a dive bar, and into Corey's life. An actor and a musician, Sean has the empathy and compassion to sooth Corey's pain, and the strength to support him as he struggles to heal.
Corey's lost memories are pivotal to a civilian murder, and a military investigation. Remembering could mean salvation, or destruction. Will the truth be too much for Sean to handle?
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Chapter One
Diyala Firm base, Diyala Province, Iraq
September 2008
The room was sweltering. Jonah sprawled on a mat, along with the rest of Bravo Company. This was what they did while in Iraq, in the heat of the day, between bursts of danger-fueled adrenaline. They slept or they sparred. They tried to eat, but the monotony of the MREs and the repressive heat did little for their appetites.
Jonah was only just aware of someone coming into the dim room that served as 2nd Platoon's barracks in their current firm base. Boots crossed the room quickly but quietly. Jonah's hope that he could pass the afternoon undisturbed faded when the boots came to a stop near his head.
"Gunnery Sergeant Carver," said a quiet voice.
He took his arm from across his eyes and looked up at the lance corporal standing rigidly beside Jonah's mat.
"Yeah," Jonah growled, voice rough from sand, heat, and yelling orders over the sounds of chaos and explosions.
"Captain Hoegerl has asked to see you," the young Marine said quietly, respectful of the dozing men around them. He stared straight ahead and refused to meet Jonah's eyes.
Sometimes, Jonah really hated his combat reputation. It worked to his advantage when he wanted to keep some distance between himself and the men. It got in the way when baby Marines rotated in and moved around in complete awe of him. The whole thing was a pain in his ass and just got worse with each ambush he detected and each firefight his men survived.
"Tell him I'll be right there," Jonah said, sitting up to tighten and secure the laces of his boots.
The Lance Corporal scampered off with a barely audible, "Yes, Gunnery Sergeant," as Jonah stood to his considerable height of six foot three, straightened his T-shirt, and pulled on his blouse. He ran a hand over his closely shorn hair.
As with most structures in Iraq, the hallways were narrow and the entryways short. Jonah's height and the broad width of his shoulders had him frequently turning sideways and ducking when he was indoors.
The room Captain Hoegerl, the Bravo Company commander, used as an office was as dark and oppressively hot as the barracks room. The rickety table he sat behind could loosely be termed a desk. As always, Marines made do. Also inside the office was Jonah's Platoon Leader, Lieutenant Darren Stoop.
Captain Gregory Hoegerl was a few years younger than Jonah's thirty-two and didn't have anywhere near the same level of combat experience. However, he was smart, practical, and cared for the welfare of his men. Captain Hoegerl prepared methodically and reacted intuitively, and Jonah didn't think twice about serving under him. On comms, he used the call-sign Predator; a name he'd earned in boot camp. It was said he had an unnatural ability to stalk and eliminate enemy forces.
In contrast, Jonah's platoon leader, Lieutenant Stoop, call sign Hitman-Two, was unimaginative, indecisive, and as boot as the day he was born. It was an open secret that Jonah, as Stoop's platoon gunnery sergeant, was the de facto commander of 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company. He was up to the task, and, most times, things ran smoothly. Jonah was just getting too old to be taking orders from incompetent children who excelled at nearly getting him killed.
"You asked to see me, sir?" Jonah stepped in front of Hoegerl's desk and stood at ease, giving a brief nod to Stoop.
"I need you for a mission, Jonah," the captain said, looking up. "And you aren't going to like it."
Jonah allowed himself a small smile. "That must mean it's either babysitting a POG," he said, using the acronym for persons other than grunts, the combat Marine's term for support staff, "or being Command's errand boy."
"Got it right in one," Hoegerl said ruefully. "Dignitary protection."
Jonah didn't bother to hide his surprise. "Not to question the wisdom of the Marine Corps, sir," he said dryly, "but isn't that a job for the Security Contractors?"
Iraq was crawling with private security firms. They were supposed to augment the regular forces by handling all noncombat missions, freeing up troops to be actual warriors. Things didn't always go as planned, the contractors sometimes being little more than thugs, but Jonah was always happy to leave babysitting duty to them.
"The State Department asked specifically for regular troops to handle this," Hoegerl replied. "Given the importance of the mission, it was decided Recon should be assigned."
"Recon, Captain?" Jonah asked, raising one eyebrow.
Hoegerl seemed almost apologetic. "Given the high level of the dignitary in question, I feel it's wise to assign the very best of the best. That means you, Gunnery Sergeant."
"Thank you, sir." Jonah grinned slightly, acknowledging the compliment and Hoegerl's awareness of Jonah's distaste for this mission. "Still, why won't the Delta team escorting him from the Green Zone simply stay with him?" The Green Zone was the securest portion of Baghdad, out of which all US Military operations were coordinated.
"He's not coming from the Green Zone," the captain replied. "His transport is flying in straight to our airstrip."
The rarity of that type of occurrence was an answer in itself. "Understood, sir."
Hoegerl handed him a single-sheet memo. "Here's a mission overview. I'll forward the details and itinerary as they become available."
Jonah nodded as he scanned the memo. His mission was to commence at 0630 the following day. "Pick your team from the members of Second Platoon and handle your own briefings as you see fit," Hoegerl said. "Utilize the call-signs Hitman-Two-One, Two-Two, and Two-Three."
"Aye aye, sir. Is this to be in addition to our regular patrols?" Jonah asked. His team was scheduled for a tour the next day.
"You and the men you select will be out of rotation," Hoegerl explained. "First Platoon will deploy tomorrow instead, and Third Platoon will rotate in after that."
"Will do," Jonah replied.
"Dismissed," Captain Hoegerl said. "And good luck tomorrow, Gunnery Sergeant."
Jonah spun on his heel and left the room. He sighed heavily, finding humor in the absurd. Damn babysitting duty. Just what Jonah joined the Marines to do. As evening set in and temperatures dropped, or so the thermometers said, Marines began to shake off their torpor and take up various activities. Some cleaned weapons, others sparred, and still others tried to write letters home.
Jonah called some of his men over to his area of the barracks room. Steves, Garcia, and Shankman had been with Jonah during the first months of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They were better Marines now than they had been back then, especially Shankman.
Martinez, Renz, Trujillo, and Sergeant Nolan Roner were newcomers to Jonah's time in theater. Still, he'd worked with them enough to know they were good Marines and could handle this task. Trujillo, already bilingual, had picked up the language readily and had proven to be a more accurate translator than many of the locals they'd recruited.
Fire for Effect #2
Chapter One
Kellan climbed out of the Town Car and glanced around at the hotel. It was finished and landscaped like an old Spanish villa, very much in keeping with the flavor of Santa Barbara. Blossoming trees and shrubbery were in abundance all around the property. Colorful flowers were woven into trellises and iron work. Kellan inhaled deeply, his body and mind immediately recognizing the moist, salty scent of the ocean. The sun was warm on his face, the heat mitigated by the cool breeze.
It had never quite felt like home, but some of Kellan's most formative years had taken place in Southern California. Much of the training and the learning he'd done that had made him an officer, a leader and a man, had taken place on, or often right in, the Pacific Ocean. Those memories tightened Kellan's chest.
He shook himself from his reverie when a bellhop came forward, pushing a luggage cart to assist the driver with retrieving Kellan's luggage from the trunk.
"Good afternoon, sir," the handsome, tanned young man greeted him. "Checking in?"
"Yes, I am," Kellan replied, slinging the strap of his laptop case over his shoulder.
"Welcome to the Hacienda Garden Inn." The young man had a gorgeous smile.
"Thank you," Kellan replied distractedly as he tipped the car driver. He'd pre-paid for the transport when he'd booked it.
"Are you staying with us long?" The bellhop pushed the cart holding Kellan's single, large suitcase toward the hotel entrance.
"Five days." That was all the leave Jonah could get, for operational reasons.
"Business or pleasure?" The young man continued with the typical polite small talk.
"A little of both," answered Kellan. "I'm participating in a symposium at UCLA and touring some of the local Navy bases. Afterward, I'm taking a few days to relax."
"Is this your first time in California?" They crossed the lobby toward the registration desk.
"No. I was stationed at Camp Pendleton for four years." Kellan withdrew his wallet from his laptop case.
"You're a civilian now? Where did you fly in from?" The young man's interest seemed genuine.
"Yes, I'm a civilian working in D.C. now." The small pang of loss surprised him, even after all these years. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
"Well, welcome back, sir." The bellhop gestured toward the registration desk. "They'll get you checked in right over there. I'll wait here to take you up once you have your keys."
"Thank you." Kellan gave the man a small smile. He didn't need help with one fucking suitcase. But like Jonah kept telling him, he had an influential job now and should act like the VIP he was becoming.
The young woman at the registration desk was quick and efficient. She gave him a fast run down of the hotel amenities before sliding two key cards into a paper sleeve and pushing them across the counter toward Kellan.
"Enjoy your stay, Mr. Reynolds, and please don't hesitate to let us know if we can help you with anything." She was perfectly professional but her demeanor still held a note of flirtation.
Kellan tipped the bellhop well before closing the door behind him. The young man was very solicitous and seemed eager to please. It wasn't his fault Kellan desperately wanted to be alone so that he could make a phone call.
"Are you all checked in?" Jonah asked in greeting.
"Checked in and waiting for you," Kellan replied, starting to unpack for his stay. He gave Jonah his room number and brief directions to the room, once he arrived at the hotel.
"I'm nearly there," said Jonah. "I still say I should have picked you up at the airport."
"You know how unpredictable L.A. traffic is," Kellan reminded him. "I didn't want us to be stressed out over me having to cool my heels at the airport if you got delayed."
"I wouldn't have let that happen," Jonah said firmly, and Kellan could almost believe he had control of Los Angeles freeways.
"I'll see you when you get here," Kellan said with a chuckle and they ended the call. His heart raced and his stomach knotted pleasantly.
Kellan turned on the television for the background noise and finished hanging his clothes. When he'd laid out his toiletries in the luxurious bathroom, complete with garden tub, Kellan checked his email on his phone. There was nothing that required his immediate attention, since the workday on the East Coast was over.
He smiled to himself as he admired the fireplace in the small sitting area. Kellan pushed open the French doors onto the private balcony that overlooked the swimming pool and tiled fire pit. With the exception of the symposium and base tours, he didn't expect they would be leaving the room very often in the next five days.
Especially once Jonah got a look at the four-poster Queen Anne bed that was the centerpiece of the gorgeous room.
A loud knock sounded at the door and Kellan's heart crashed against his ribs several times before he got himself back under control.
He pulled the balcony doors closed behind himself, fumbled with the TV remote, and nearly crossed the room at a run. Kellan tugged the door open and stood frozen. It had been six months since he'd seen Jonah. Six months since Jonah's TAD had been terminated and he'd been ordered to return to 1st Recon at Camp Pendleton. Six months had passed since Kellan had been able to feel Jonah's skin, smell his scent, and make love with him.
The Final Line #3
Chapter One
It was Tuesday night and Corey needed a drink. He hadn't needed a drink like this in more than two years, when he'd been deployed to Afghanistan. He sat on the foot of his narrow bed in the Bachelor's Enlisted Quarters and tried not to think of the bottle stashed in the ceiling of his room. The last time he'd needed a drink this bad was just after the cluster-fuck in Diyala, Iraq. It had damn near gotten good men killed, including Corey.
He scrubbed both hands roughly over his face and sat for a moment with his eyes closed. What Corey really needed was sleep, but sleep usually meant dreams, and he couldn't relive that shit one more time.
Fuck it. He stood up on his bed, pushed the ceiling panel upward and retrieved the black-labeled bottle he'd stashed there. He was a decorated Staff Sergeant now, he didn't have to hide his stash as well as he had when he'd been a boot PFC. Corey broke the seal and unscrewed the cap, bringing the neck of the bottle to his lips and swallowing greedily.
Whiskey always burned on the first swallow. It probably burned on the second and third swallows, but the first one always stole his breath so he couldn't think of anything else for several minutes. There was a trail of fire from Corey's mouth to his gut and it helped him not to think. If he drank the whole bottle he'd probably sleep without dreams. At least he might be too drunk to wake up from them and remember.
Corey was halfway through the bottle when the warmth began to spread. He should stop now, hide the bottle again and get some sleep. He knew he wouldn't stop. This was his ritual every night. It had been the same since he'd come back from Afghanistan and taken the instructor position at the Basic Recon Course.
Glancing at the bottle, Corey realized if he showed up on the course tomorrow with so much as bleary eyes and no record of having left base, someone might get the idea to toss his barracks room with some intent and efficiency.
Grabbing his cell phone, he called his usual cab company and arranged a pick up outside the front gate. He changed clothes, put his cell and his wallet in the pocket of his jeans, and headed out on foot.
Corey nodded at the young Marine staffing the gate and climbed into his waiting cab. He considered which bar address to give the driver. He liked that dive bar in Bonsal but that was a long drive. He wanted to still be drunk when he got back to base. Corey told the driver the address of a little place on the way to San Marcos. It was slightly more upscale than he preferred, but was usually quiet on Tuesdays.
He intended to drink and had no interest in talking. In fact, his buzz was fading so it was definitely time to pick up where he'd left off.
The bartender, Linda, he thought her name was, gave him a nod of recognition as he took a stool at the far end of the bar. He ordered a shot and a beer. A steady stream of those should dull his senses nicely.
His seat at the bar gave him a clear view of both exits and all of the occupied tables, not that there were many. Corey relaxed slightly. If things stayed like this, he could drink for several hours, make it back to base for a few hours of sleep, and be at the pool early to fish out wannabe Recon Marines before they drowned.
He was starting on his second drink, just beginning to slump over the bar, when a woman stumbled through the front door. Corey took stock of her. At first, he thought she was already drunk. When she sat heavily on a barstool and ordered a rum and coke, he realized she'd been crying.
So, not drunk, just upset and looking to drown her sorrows. Corey could respect that. He made sure to avoid eye contact, though. Usually, the thing that had a woman publicly upset was a man, and Corey had no desire to be tagged as a possible rebound fuck.
Many years ago, Corey had found himself a rebound fuck to help him forget Kathryn. Trouble was, his rebound fuck had been another man and Corey hadn't been with a woman since. There was no chance of turning back now.
Time passed, Corey drank, and some of the tables emptied out. Everyone left was getting steadily drunker. Corey knew the moment when the men around the bar realized they all only had one shot at getting laid tonight.
"Hey, what's your name, honey?" one of the men called down the bar.
The woman sat sipping her drink, spinning her cell phone on top of the bar.
"Hey, I said, what's your name?" he called a little louder.
The woman heaved a sigh. "I don't want to be rude, but I'm just here to drink. I don't want to talk."
"Only one reason a woman comes to a bar alone to drink, and it ain't to get drunk," the man growled, his tone becoming decidedly aggressive.
Corey pushed his unfinished drink away. He knew that was bullshit. He never understood why straight men had so much trouble taking no for an answer. Alcohol mixed with testosterone never helped.
The woman thumbed the screen of her phone and put it to her ear. "Are you awake? Yeah, I know that's why I called you...Can you come get me? I've been drinking...We broke up...The same reasons we always break up. He's just not the one."
As she hung up her phone, Corey hoped the woman's girlfriend hurried. All three drunken men at the bar were now trying to engage her in conversation. She glanced surreptitiously at Corey, probably trying to determine why he wasn't harassing her, too. When their eyes met, Corey recognized pain and loneliness. He'd worn that same look for a couple of years after Kathryn had dumped him. He probably still did, only now it shared space with haunting memories.
Linda tried to calm the men down but had little success. They were growing more rowdy and abusive, probably the whole group hysteria thing. Corey didn't want to have to intervene, but a good Marine wouldn't let a woman be treated with disrespect. A good man wouldn't allow it. Corey tried hard to be both.
The front door creaked open and Corey turned, expecting to see the woman's girlfriend enter. Instead, Corey's heart slammed against his ribs and his mouth fell open slightly. A tall, broad shouldered man with the sexiest ski-jump nose Corey had ever seen strode into the bar. He was lightly tanned and had pale eyes that weren't blue, like Corey's. Hazel colored, maybe? His biceps nearly burst the sleeves of his T-shirt and Corey could see every ripple of his muscles beneath the thin fabric.
"Hey, Sean, what brings you here tonight?" Linda greeted him.
Nodding toward the woman seated at the bar, Sean replied, "Picking up my friend."
"You got here just in time," Linda said. "Things were getting a little heated."
Sean's eyes darted to Corey, which made sense, given that Corey was seated closest to his friend. Corey tried to appear disinterested, but he was far from it. Women usually turned to their girlfriends after a break up. Unless one of their guy friends was gay.
Linda shook her head. "Nah, the Marine's on his best behavior." She lifted her chin toward the other end of the bar.
Sean's expression hardened. "We should go, then," he said, laying a hand gently on his friend's shoulder.
"You're here this weekend, right?" Linda asked.
"Me and my guitar, Thursday through Saturday," Sean answered. "I'll see you then."
Corey had no idea what kind of music Sean played but he suspected he'd be stopping by to find out.
"What'd ya call the fag for, honey? You know you came here lookin' for a real man," one of the drunks slurred, rising from his stool.
"Carl, sit down and finish your drink," Linda said sharply.
Sean acted as though he hadn't heard. He helped his friend to stand and started to lead her toward the door.
"Slut came in here looking to get fucked and now she's leaving with the faggot," Carl shouted, his two drunken friends grunting their agreement.
"I'm not a slut and I didn't come here to get laid," Sean's friend screeched, turning back on the men unsteadily. Sean continued to try to get her out the door.
Corey sat up straight, one foot on the floor. Things were going to shit fast and he was going to have to do something. He had no idea if Sean's muscles were for show or if he knew how to throw down.
"No other reason a woman comes to a bar alone," Carl rounded the bar, approaching Sean and his friend.
Sean turned on Carl, squaring off and putting his body between his friend and the drunk. "And what the fuck do you come here for? You sit here night after night, hoping someone will come in here, either pathetic enough or stupid enough to finally suck your dick. Why the fuck is that okay for you and not for her?"
Corey came off of his stool and crossed the room in a few strides. He pushed past Sean and slammed a hand into Carl's chest. "Back off, old man," he said, using the same tone he'd used in Afghanistan, when he'd faced an unruly crowd. "This is a nice place and you don't want to cause trouble." With his free hand, Corey made a flicking gesture behind his own back, encouraging Sean to take his friend and go.
Carl looked up at Corey, gaze blurry and expression belligerent. "This ain't your fuckin' business," Carl shouted, his breath sour with the smell of too much alcohol.
Corey realized he was seeing his own future if he didn't get himself squared away.
"Carl, you don't want to mess with him," Linda said from behind the bar. "He's twenty years younger than you and the government taught him how to kill people in foreign countries."
Carl shuffled back a few steps when Corey pushed at his chest. The creak of the door told him Sean and his friend had made their getaway. Carl retreated only as far as the corner of the bar. It was far enough.
Corey turned to Linda. "Thank you for your good service this evening, ma'am," he said, inclining his head slightly. He'd paid cash as he drank so there was no tab to settle. Corey backed his way toward the door, pulling out his cell phone as he did.
In the parking lot, Corey tried to ignore Sean's rounded ass as he helped his friend get settled in the passenger seat of a small SUV. Sean turned and saw him.
"Hey," he called, closing the door and approaching Corey. "I wanted to say thanks."
Corey paused in the act of dialing the cab company. Sean came to stand several inches away from him. He was slightly shorter than Corey's six foot one. His features were sharply angled, except for that upturned nose. He was very handsome and this close, Corey could smell his cologne. He liked it.
"No problem," Corey answered, clenching his jaw and swallowing down his sudden rush of desire. "Those guys are drunk assholes and I hate to see good people victimized. Is your friend okay?"
Sean buried his hands in the front pockets of his jeans like he didn't know what to do with them. "Aimee's fine. She just had a lot to drink and is upset over another breakup. She'll sleep it off."
"Good. Okay." Corey awkwardly glanced at his phone, his stomach knotting as he tried to think of something to say. He thumbed the screen, pulling up the cab company's phone number.
"I'm Sean, by the way." He abruptly pulled a hand from his pocket and stuck it out. "Sean Chandler."
"Corey Yarwood." When their hands touched, Corey's fingers tingled. Sean's grip was firm and confident. He met Corey's eyes steadily.
The door of the bar suddenly slammed open, crashing against the wall. Sean startled, yanking his hand from Corey's and looking past him in alarm.
With a heavy sigh of annoyance, Corey pocketed his cell phone and rolled his eyes. He turned to face their attackers, not surprised to find all three drunks staggering their direction. Back inside the bar, Linda was coming through the lifted counter of the bar, cordless phone in hand.
"He ain't no Marine, he's a faggot, too," spat one of Carl's companions.
Corey's entire body tensed. It was a reaction ingrained in him over the years. He still wasn't used to living without Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Looking from one ruddy face to the other, he realized it didn't matter anyway. It was the easiest insult these fuckers could muster in their inebriated states. They probably didn't even really think Corey was gay.
"Get in your car and get out of here," he said to Sean over his shoulder.
Corey didn't wait for the drunks to say anything else, or to make the first move. He didn't want anyone hurt and he couldn't afford having to have his Gunnery Sergeant bail him out of jail.
He strode toward the men with purpose, hands clenched at his sides. Since they were cowards, there was a chance they'd scatter in the face of a genuine threat. Too full of liquid courage, the three stood their ground. Corey kicked out with his left leg, connecting with Carl's gut and knocking him to the ground. He hooked his left arm around the neck of the man in the center and jerked him forward, off balance. Spinning the guy around easily, Corey locked his elbow around the man's throat, restricting his breathing just enough to make him focus on survival instead of combat.
"Don't even think about it," Corey said angrily, pointing a finger at the last man standing. He placed the guy in the choke hold between himself and Carl, knowing it would prevent Carl from launching a direct attack. If he could get to his feet, that was.
"You three don't make me call the Sheriff," Linda shouted from the doorway, holding up the cordless phone. "If I do, you three are gonna spend the night in Vista jail. Three drunks ganging up on a war hero isn't gonna play well with the deputies and you assholes know it!"
The one drunk who was still standing looked hesitant now, as he eyed Corey. The guy in his arms had stopped struggling. Carl slowly pulled himself to his feet, but didn't look like he was contemplating any aggression.
"Are you guys gonna play nice or does the lady have to make that phone call?" Corey asked calmly.
"You three get on down the road," Linda said, visibly shaking with anger.
Carl and his companion slowly began to walk along the outside of the building, heading toward the street. Corey shoved the third drunk away from himself, just enough to make him stumble and deny him any chance to turn and attack.
"Are they going to be okay walking home like that?" Corey asked Linda.
"They do it every night," she replied with disdain. "They all live in apartment complexes nearby, which is why they come here."
Again, Corey realized, with a sick feeling, that he was looking at his own future if he wasn't careful.
"Thank you for everything," Linda said suddenly. "I hope they don't put you off coming back in. They probably won't remember any of this in the morning."
Corey shrugged. "We'll see what happens this weekend." His desire to see Sean again would probably overpower any reluctance.
"Hope to see you then." Linda smiled and tugged the door closed.
Corey pulled out his cell phone again and turned, expecting to see an empty parking lot. He stopped short at the sight of Sean standing in front of his SUV, watching. He could just make out Aimee's riveted expression through the tinted passenger window.
He told himself that Sean was just making sure Corey didn't get hurt. There was no reason for Corey to be pleased Sean hadn't fled when he'd told him to.
"I thought I told you to take Aimee and go home," Corey called as he started across the parking lot again. He wanted more contact with Sean despite himself.
"I couldn't just leave you here to deal with that," Sean said mockingly. "I'm not a selfish asshole."
"I had it under control." Corey stopped several feet from Sean, not daring to get closer.
"Yeah, I saw that," Sean replied enthusiastically. "You could have seriously hurt those guys, but you didn't. Did you really learn that in the Marines?"
"Yeah," Corey answered. "And there was no need to hurt them. They surrendered."
"That's really impressive." Sean smiled wide, showing off perfectly straight, white teeth.
Corey stood staring at him stupidly. Shit. He hadn't been this tongue-tied by a man since Jonah Carver. "They were drunk. There was nothing to it."
"I'd have just thrown punches and ended up with a bruised face, which I can't afford to have happen," Sean replied hastily. "Where's your car?" he asked, glancing around the otherwise empty parking lot.
Corey held up his phone. "I'm just going to call a taxi."
"Let me give you a ride home," said Sean eagerly. "I can't leave you here to wait for a cab after you helped us."
Corey waved him off. "No, that's okay. I take cabs all the time."
"It's the least I can do. You can't live far." Sean's persistence was having an effect on Corey.
"I live on base," he told Sean, frighteningly close to caving in.
"That's fine." Sean walked around Corey to the passenger side of the SUV. He opened the door and reached for Aimee's seat belt. "Crawl into the back seat."
"Why me?" she demanded petulantly.
"Because you're just going to pass out anyway and you're two feet shorter than he is," he retorted, bundling her into the back seat.
"I don't want to be an inconvenience," Corey protested.
Sean rolled his eyes. "She really is going to pass out as soon as we start driving. This isn't the first time I've been through this. Get in."
Almost as soon as Sean pulled onto the street, Aimee's head lolled back and she was sound asleep.
"She lives closest so I'll drop her off first," Sean said quietly.
"I appreciate this." Corey really did like being this close to Sean rather than by himself in a taxi.
"It's the least I can do, for you putting your body between us and three violent drunks." Sean glanced at him with a small smile.
"I didn't know if you could handle it on your own or not, but I knew I could," was the only thing Corey could think to say.
"I probably could have gotten us out of there but not unscathed." Sean still spoke softly and it felt intimate.
They were silent until Sean pulled into Aimee's apartment complex. When Sean opened the car door and shook her awake, Aimee seemed groggy. She stumbled out of the SUV, falling up against Sean.
Corey unfastened his seatbelt and climbed out. Sean might need some help getting her safely into her apartment. With him on one side and Sean on the other, Aimee stumbled her way toward a set of metal steps.
As she slowly took one step at a time, Corey heard her say, "Sorry to have to make you do this, Sean."
"You called me because you knew I'd still be awake," he replied with the weariness of a frequently inconvenienced friend who had heard all the apologies before.
"I just don't know why I can't find a guy who loves me," Aimee whined sadly.
"They do love you. They just don't love you in the exact way you think they should so you're never satisfied." Sean sounded like they'd had this conversation several times before. Drunk and sober.
Corey's stomach lurched as Sean's words hit particularly close to home.
They reached the second floor and turned right. Aimee rummaged in her purse, probably for her keys. "You always say that to me," she mumbled.
Sean slid a key from his own ring into a deadbolt and opened the apartment door. "You expect men to behave in a certain, precise way and you reject them when they don't." He pushed the door open for Aimee to enter. "You have unrealistic expectations and no man is ever going to live up to them."
Corey immediately thought of Jonah, and how no man he'd met since seemed to measure up. He breathed through the sudden tightening in his chest.
Aimee leaned in and pressed a kiss to Sean's mouth. "You would."
"And I'm emotionally unavailable to you," he replied calmly, giving her a gentle shove to get her moving into the apartment. "Are you okay to get yourself into bed?"
"Yes, dad," Aimee answered, words heavily laced with sarcasm.
Sean secured the doorknob lock, closed the door and used the key to secure the deadbolt. He met Corey's eyes with a shake of his head and a heavy sigh. "Come on, let's get you back to base."
When they were back on the road, Corey's curiosity got the better of him. "Did I hear you tell Linda you were going to be in the bar this weekend with a guitar?"
"Yeah," Sean answered quickly. "I play there on weekends a lot. It supplements my income and gives me a chance to try out new material on a live audience."
Corey was intrigued. "New material? You write songs?"
"Among other things. I'm usually up until three or four a.m. writing, which is why Aimee calls me to come get her," Sean said ruefully.
Why Corey was glad to know Sean hadn't been awake with another man, he wasn't sure.
"What about you?" Sean asked suddenly. "Have you been a Marine long?"
"Since I was twenty-one," Corey answered. "So yeah, almost seven years."
"That means you've been deployed a couple of times, doesn't it?" Sean's tone was careful.
"Twice," Corey said tightly, swallowing against the lump in his throat.
"It's good you made it home safe both times," Sean said quietly, letting the topic drop.
Corey resisted the urge to tell him that he hadn't made it home safely either time. He'd just met this guy and confessing the kind of damage Corey had sustained; the nightly anguish he endured, would be crazy.
Not that Corey didn't sometimes suspect that he was.
A silence settled over them that wasn't entirely uncomfortable. Corey liked that Sean didn't feel the need for constant chatter.
"You know what impressed me the most tonight?" Sean asked after many long minutes. "That you didn't react at all when those guys called you a fag."
Corey had to admit that was the smoothest introduction of that topic he'd ever witnessed. "It wasn't personal." Corey shrugged. "They were just throwing out a general use, one size fits all insult."
"Still, I've seen guys lose their shit over that general use insult," Sean said dourly.
"Even if it wasn't true, those guys weren't worth my career." He waited to see what Sean would do with the information he'd just been given.
"Are you..." Sean hesitated, as if selecting his words carefully. "Did you come out after the repeal?"
"No, but not because I'm hiding it," Corey explained. "I'm just private by nature. Most of the guys I work with don't know anything about my personal life at all." Making friends just meant more chances that someone would uncover his demons.
They neared the main gate at Camp Pendleton and Sean slowed the vehicle. "You should come out this weekend, let me buy you a drink."
"The ride home is thanks enough," Corey said, forcing a smile. He was disappointed their time together was at an end. "You don't have to buy me a drink, too."
"I didn't say I wanted to buy you a drink to say thanks," Sean said levelly. He met Corey's eyes, expression inscrutable.
Corey wanted to. He wanted to see Sean again. He nodded. "Yeah, maybe I will."
Sean's smile lit up the dark interior of the vehicle as he pulled to a stop near the gate to let Corey out. "Good. See you this weekend."
Corey showed his I.D. to the kid now on duty and slipped back on base virtually unnoticed. He slid quietly into his room and retrieved his hidden bottle from the ceiling. He knew he shouldn't, but Corey swallowed down the last of the contents. Afterward, he stood alone in the center of his room, breathing heavy.
He stripped down to his skivvies and shut out the light. Crawling beneath the scratchy covers, Corey lay in the dark. He closed his eyes, feeling the room tumble around him slightly. He sighed in relief; probably no nightmare tonight.
Sean's face drifted across the back of his closed lids. Corey slid his hand beneath the waist band of his skivvy shorts as he remembered light brown hair, hazel eyes, and a brilliant smile. He squeezed his dick, stroked himself several times. No joy. He was too fucking drunk to get hard.
Corey threw his arm over his eyes and waited until the blackness overtook him.
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I do not despise American women. Quite to the contrary, I very much admire those who possess the courage, the character and the feminine spirit to reject the poisoned propaganda of the self-destructive Sisterhood and be women. It requires far more genuine strength and independence for a young American woman to become a lady today than it does for her to devolve into a faux male – those who manage the feat are princesses for whom a man might well wish to slay a dragon or three.It is hard, very hard, for American girls to go against the tsunami of equalitarian propaganda and social pressure to which they are subjected. And yet, some of them manage it all the same. They are not only to be praised and celebrated, they are to be emulated.
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Datoga Foundation
Is a non-profit and neither governmental nor commercial organization aiming at improving education for Datoga community and other surrounding communities sharing similar economic, social and cultural challenges with Datoga.
Project activities
We conduct our project activities in collaboration with worldwide organizations leading in living standard enhancement where priorities are nomad's pastoralist, hunters and gatherers.
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Main vision is ensure that Datoga society receive a better education that enable them to ask the right questions, get the right answers and to make appropriate decisions beneficial to their community and the public of Tanzania at large.
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Our mission is to use the resources we have by employing high professionalism to facilitate access to quality education among Datoga community and those having similar challenges to Datoga's.
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By conducting fundamental project activities in collaboration with worldwide organizations leading in living standard enhancement where priorities are nomad's pastoralist, hunters and gatherers.
Since the Datoga Community value cows than anything, this foundation desires them to value education similar to the way they value herds of cattle.
Datoga is one of nomadic pastoralists' communities in Tanzania, where only 1% of its community members are said to have received formal education and only 5% of the community speaks Swahili (a national language). Also, their system of life and culture have made the areas they live being regarded as "Open Spaces" which leads to their areas being taken by the government for other economic activities rather than their livestock activities. This situation has contributed to create a notion among the community that their own government and some elites in their community are depriving their rights hence the creation of enemity instead of considering them as their friends and development partners.
Datoga is made up by 13 nomadic tribes with a population of around 1 million people. Due to some historic and nature and life style, Datoga communities found themselves left behind on major social economic developments.
Although majority still have herds of cows, Datoga quality of life is way below average in comparison with other global communities. It is therefore our aim to use education as a vehicle of transforming mindset of the community through modern trends such as health, better ways to take care cows, use of science and technology in processing cow related products


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I've been doing Torchlight marathons every weekend and my YouTube "Torchlight Alchemist Gameplay" series has reached the 90-clip mark (as of this date). The 2- to 5-hour runs have given me a new perspective of this game (which I erroneously thought to be another simple Diablo clone). While the plot is typical action RPG fare, the action and the various gameplay nuances are varied and different enough from Blizzard's ARPG juggernaut. Torchlight might not win any awards that run along "Best Game of All Time" lines, but it certainly provides an experience that's unique enough to make it stand out on its own and familiar enough that ARPG PC players will find it endearing.
The various mods and tips and strategies I use after the jump.
- Torchlight has a Tab feature that lets you quickly alternate between two skills. While you can still---needless to say---click on a skill's hotkey to activate it, the Tab feature is very helpful. Assigning a survivability skill/spell with the Tab hotkey will enable you to quickly call on that skill if your health hits critical.
- Provided that you've done the above tip, make it a habit to press Tab again after you've activated your defensive skill. This way you can get back into the fight after without having to scramble to hit the appropriate hotkey to change your current active spell/skill. This will save you several microseconds---microseconds that might save your life. (Ex. I usually have Ember Lightning bound to my Right Mouse Button. When I get focused fire by enemies, I run away, press Tab (binding Ember Shield to the Right Mouse Button), activate it, then press Tab again, rebinding Ember Lightning. I then go back into the fray.)
- Not comfortable with mods that might disrupt gameplay balance? I use the following as they don't tinker with the game's balance and what changes they bring only rectify what I view as flaws in the game:
- Bee Swarm Mod - made by Runic Games so this is, for the lack of a better term, an "official mod." This enables your pet to vomit a swarm of bees, wreaking havoc on enemy morale. I've never bought the spell but I installed it just the same as Runic Games made it.
- Bigger Gems Mod - tired of squinting at gems every time you sort though your inventory? This mod makes the gem icons larger, allowing you to more easily gauge at a glance which gem is what.
- Brighter Map Mod - this is a godsend; makes the automap more opaque.
- More Maps - makes the vendors sell maps for higher level characters.
- Better Balanced Sale Prices Mod - this tinkers with the gameplay a bit but I fully agree with the mod's creator opining that vendors in the game are penny pinchers, selling even unique items for less than a third of their prices and selling them for triple or more than what they shelled out for the said items.
- Better Quest Rewards Mod - like the creator, I found it odd that quest givers typically give out rewards that only serve as useless baubles fit only to be sold.
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Horse and Dog statues
When I was a kid, my friends and I used to have collections of cheap china animal figurines from the drugstore (or as Grandma called it, the "Dime Store"). Sometimes dogs, sometimes horses. In my little crowd, you were either a dog or horse person, and your statues reflected your preference. It seems the girly-girls were all horse people, and the tomboys were dog people. I was a dog person, Kelly was a horse person, Anne a dog person, and boy was Jeannie a horse person. The figurines sometimes sat on a shelf, but mostly they were trotted around on the floor, horses and dogs rearing up and saying hello. Consequently, their legs and tails were always being broken off. But we were handy with our Elmer's, so most recovered nicely!
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We are at SMACC in Dublin – thanks to the Rosh Review, an excellent board review question bank.
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Dr. Mervyn Singer "Is Survival Predetermined in the Critically Ill?"
- Many critical care studies are negative, but in some cases this may be because critically ill patients don't have a uniform prognosis.
- Dr. Singer argues that some people may be "destined to die" and some may be "destined to live." Interventions may be harmful or futile in one group but beneficial in the other. For example, Dr. Singer references the CORTICUS trial of steroids in septic shock [1]. This was a negative trial. Dr. Singer asserts that some evidence (of not great quality), purports that the sickest patients could benefit from steroids, while this same intervention could be deleterious in the healthier ones.
- Problem: many of the studies that go back and re-analyze these groups looking at the sickest or least sick patients? They perform subgroup analyses, a form of data dredging that must be taken with a huge grain of salt.
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Dr. Suzanne Mason – "Acute Care of the Elderly"
- Hospital admission may not benefit geriatric patients – interdisciplinary interventions involving nurses, consultants, pharmacists, physical therapy may be best.
- If there is a single, free intervention that providers can do it's assessing for polypharmacy. Polypharmacy in the elderly is a huge problem. Check the patient's medication list and beware adding new medications that may not be absolutely necessary.
Dr. Victoria Brazil – "So You Think You're a Resuscitationist?"
- The Dunning-Kruger effect is real in medicine and this is why we MUST have and provide feedback. A review of the Dunning-Kruger effect can be found here. Essentially, people tend to overestimate what they know (i.e. overly confident in their knowledge). The exception? Masters tend to underestimate their knowledge.
- Our perception of reality is very skewed so, again, feedback is crucial. For example, Cemalovic and colleagues found that intubators underestimated the time they took to intubate: they estimated 23.5 seconds on average vs the 45.5 seconds intubation actually took. Additionally, they thought 13% of their patients desaturated during intubation but 23% actually desaturated [2].
Also, there was an excellent tribute to the late Dr. John Hinds, a reminder that by living profoundly, you can impact people across the world.
- Sprung CL, Annane D, Keh D et al. Hydrocortisone Therapy for Patients with Septic Shock. N Engl J Med. 358(2):111-124. 2008. [article]
- Cemalovic N, Scoccimarro A, Arslan A, Fraser R, Kanter M, Caputo N. Human factors in the emergency department: Is physician perception of time to intubation and desaturation rate accurate? Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA. 28(3):295-9. 2016. [pubmed]
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Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued "the Democratic Party supports illegal immigration" on Tuesday's "On the Record" on the Fox News Channel.
Cruz said that sanctuary cities were a "persistent problem" where "you've got, often Democratic, mayors who are elected from the far left and who decline enforce the law. Now, it varies in terms of how brazen it is. It's not always as brazen as San Francisco is, but it's a problem when you have cities that are in the control of the Democrats and don't want to follow the law." And "they disagree with the law, and so they're ignoring it." Before touting legislation to cut off federal funding with sanctuary cities.
Cruz was then asked why the federal government has not passed legislation to force compliance with the law, he responded, "Well, it's because the Democratic Party supports illegal immigration. … They don't even call it illegal immigration. They've come up with this 'undocumented' term because they don't acknowledge — I'm reminded of a famous exchange where Sonny Bono, years ago — remember the former congressman? Was asked, 'What's your view on illegal immigration?' He said [paraphrasing] 'Well, It's illegal, isn't it?' In 2013, the Obama administration released 36,000 criminals, people with criminal convictions who were illegal aliens. They released them publicly, 116 of them were murderers, they had homicide convictions. Over 15,000 of the criminal aliens the Obama administration released had convictions for drunk driving. These are Democrats that are endangering the security of this country by refusing to follow our laws, and it's wrong."
He also commented on the Iran deal, stating, "It is catastrophic. If it goes through, it will result in funding terrorism. It will endanger the lives of Americans. It will endanger Israel." And vowed to "repudiate it on day one" if elected president.
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Re: Threat Level Yellow and National Capital Region ADIZ
Dear Admiral Shkor:
Now that the federal government has decreased the National Threat Level Alert status to Yellow, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) anticipates that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will suspend the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) around Washington.
As you advised us in advance, by conference call on Saturday, February 8, and at a hastily called General Aviation Coalition meeting Monday, Feb 10, the TSA in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other agencies created the ADIZ on February 8. This encompassed airspace under 18,000 feet in roughly a 15 to 30-mile radius around Washington, which served to extend security measures outside of the pre-existing 15-mile no-fly zone around Washington. At the time, the TSA and FAA in a press statement announced, "...enhanced airspace control measures in the National Capital Region (NCR) to a level consistent with a heightened National Threat Level Orange."
Our members are now asking, "with the rollback of the threat level shouldn't the ADIZ be rescinded, and the pre-February 8 conditions be re-instated?"
Under Secretary Loy was quoted in the previously mentioned press release as saying, "We appreciate the cooperation of the general aviation community as we implement sound security measures and tighten our defenses during this period of heightened alert." This leads us to request that the TSA cancel Notams 3/1104, 3/1105, and 3/1244, that implemented these restrictions.
At our meeting with you on February 10, we all emphasized the concerns over using the elevated threat condition as a way to impose airspace restrictions that are not eliminated after the threat conditions are lowered. We know that the TSA and the FAA had designed the ADIZ restrictions to increase security while still allowing local general aviation airports to remain in operation. Unfortunately, the current ADIZ restrictions place significant financial and operational hardships on the general aviation businesses and operators who are based within the airspace.
Experiencing operations under the ADIZ over the last three weeks it is clear that the air traffic control system does not have the resources in place to effectively manage, for extended periods of time, the volume of general aviation traffic requiring access. Continuing the ADIZ will require significant dollar investment for infrastructure improvements. These would include at least five air traffic control towers, as well as 13 additional remote communication outlets.
Even with the bad weather that has dominated the region since the ADIZ was put into place, the requirements that general aviation pilots maintain two-way radio communications, use a transponder and discrete beacon code, file IFR/VFR flight plans, and follow standard air traffic procedures before entering the ADIZ have overloaded the ATC system. Pilots have had extreme difficulties in gaining access to the airspace.
On behalf of the nearly 400,000 members of AOPA, under this reduced threat level, I urge you to rescind the ADIZ restrictions immediately. As always, the Association stands ready to communicate these airspace changes to our membership, to avoid any misunderstanding created by the changing conditions.
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"Is This the Smoking Gun" PAY TO PLAY with the Clintons!
Don't you wish you had a dollar every time someone asked that about the Clintons over the last 30 years!
THIS is worth the read....
Jacquelyn Lopez from Perkins Cole law firm sent the email to DNC officials.
"Can we set up a time for a very brief call to go over our process for handling donations from donors who have given us pay to play letters? Want to make sure we have a robust process in place to make sure that donations that come in from those donors, in any form, get put into the operating account.
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