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|Dancing couple at the Savoy Ballroom
Harlem and the Savoy attracted dancers and an audience eager to find amusement, the house orchestra of the Savoy accordingly encouraged the public to Go Harlem
This great swing music was of course played by Chick Webb and his orchestra, Go Harlem was recorded June 2nd 1936
|Chick Webb at the drums
Chick Webb had come to NYC in 1925, he led bands in various clubs before settling in for long regular runs at the Savoy beginning in 1931.
Chick Webb and his Savoy orchestra recorded the original version of Stompin' at the Savoy on May 18 1934, a swing tune composed and arranged by Edgar Sampson and since then a standard recorded by numerous other jazz artists
Chick Webb's big band was characterized by a crisp ensemble sound and the leader's disciplined, ferociously driving drum pyrotechnics and further a series of strong compositions and charts by Edgar Sampson. Although the orchestra did not become as influential and revered in the long run as some of its contemporaries, it nevertheless was feared in its time for its battles of the bands at the Savoy Ballroom. A famous encounter with the Benny Goodman orchestra at its peak (with Gene Krupa in the drummer's chair) left the latter band drained and defeated.
Benny Goodman's signature tune at the time was Don't Be That Way (- you can listen to a recorded version by the BG orchestra with arrangement by Edgar Sampson at YouTube, here), however, here's the version by Chick Webb and his orchestra - Webb's orchestra introduced the Edgar Sampson arrangement with this version from November 1934
The Savoy often featured Battle of the Bands where Webb's orchestra would compete with other top bands from opposing bandstands. By the end of the night's battles the dancers seemed always to have voted Chick's band as the best. As a result, Webb was deemed the most worthy recipient to be crowned the first King of Swing.
Although a judge declared Webb's band the official winner in 1938 over Count Basie's, and Basie himself said he was just relieved to come away from the contest without embarrassing himself, surviving musicians continued to dispute the ruling for decades to follow.
|Chick Webb and his orchestra
Chick Webb became one of the most competitive drummers and bandleaders of the big band era, his playing technique at the drumset later inspired Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson. Below I'll insert a couple of examples featuring great work at the drumset by Chick Webb. - Here is the Chick Webb orchestra's recording of Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley from March 23 1937
Next follows Chick Webb and his orchestra with their version of Liza, recorded May 1938; the drum solo introducing the well known standard is said to be the leader's "answer" to Gene Krupa's contributions to the Benny Goodman orchestra's famous version of Sing, Sing, Sing
In 1935, Chick Webb hired the teenaged Ella Fitzgerald after she won a talent contest, he became her legal guardian and rebuilt his show around the singer.
In 1938, Chick Webb's orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald as solo vocalist had a big hit with the tune A Tisket-A-Tasket, and this was followed by another hit in 1939 with a recording of Undecided
Sadly, Chick Webb died from spinal tuberculosis on June 16, 1939. After his death, Ella Fitzgerald led the Chick Webb band until she left to focus on her solo career in 1942 and caused the band to disband.
Chick Webb and his orchestra's contributions to great big band jazz of the Swing Era will remain, although his band did not become as influential and revered in the long run as some of its contemporaries. Nevertheless, the inserted audio examples above are proof that Chick Webb's band provided us with excellent swing of lasting quality, I think.


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Gayla Earlene was raised in the small town of Inola, Oklahoma but with big dreams of becoming a successful singer/songwriter. As a child she loved listening to her dad sing and play guitar and her Mom play piano. Both had a big influence on her music and it was during those early years that she began to play guitar and write poetry that soon became songwriting. Her persistent drive and dedication to excellence in her art has proven to be one of her strong points in the industry.
Gayla Earlene began her professional singing career at the early age of 15. She met her husband, Gene Crain, while in the music business and they have spent their years together in both country and gospel music. They traveled with and performed alongside known personalities such as Mr. Roy Clark and the late Freddy Fender. They've also worked with the likes of Minnie Pearl, Johnny Russell, Willie Nelson, Carl Perkins, Carl Belew, Hank Thompson, Mel Tillis, Jack Greene, Marty Raybon, Jim Ed Brown, Porter Wagoner, Miss Norma Jean, Barbara Fairchild and have been the opening act for Gene Watson and more. They also enjoyed working with The Johnnie Lee Wills Band and traveled with the legendary Billy Parker as the KVOO Radio Big Country Band out of Tulsa, OK.
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CANNABIS CULTURE – The use of hemp was prevalent in the days of America's founding fathers. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, among others, grew hemp. Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag out of hemp. Centuries later, this Fourth of July, a hemp flag flies over America once more.
The hemp flag make its debut above the United States Capital building, in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July.
Americans may think of hemp as taboo and not a patriotic crop; however, the use of hemp was relied upon and thoroughly entwined in American history.
Hemp was once the most valuable crop in America. It was legal to pay taxes with hemp until the early 1800s. In fact, refusing to grow hemp in America during the 17th and 18th centuries was against the law! For a brief period in the late 1700s, American citizens in Virginia could be jailed for refusing to grow hemp – quite the opposite of the current political climate surrounding hemp.
In the late 1930s, after alcohol prohibition was repealed, the use of hemp began to steadily decline (around the time of anti-marijuana propaganda film Reefer Madness was released).
According to congressional testimony by the Sherman Williams Paint Company, regarding the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act, 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were utilized in 1935, for paint products in America.
In 1942, the United States Department of Agriculture produced a film entitled, Hemp for Victory.
Michael Bowman, a hemp advocate from Colorado, thinks it's high time the use of hemp was re-integrated into American society. Bowman, who brought the idea of flying a hemp flag to fruition, is also credited, according to Emily Heil of the Washington Post, with previously, albeit unsuccessfully, lobbying Congress to include pro-hemp measures in the farm bill. Hey, it sure beats planting genetically modified corn!
Bowman's plan for the hemp flag to get high was accomplished with a little help from his friend, Colorado Representative Jared Polis.
Bowman's banner is constructed from hemp that was grown in the marijuana-tolerant state of Colorado. While this hemp flag is technically THC-free (i.e. you can't smoke it), the association is a given.
For Bowman, flying a flag made entirely from hemp, streaming over the Capitol Building on Independence Day, is considered "symbolic" and poetic justice by many marijuana advocates.
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We offer you and your family a comfy log cabin Bed and Breakfast nestled at the base of Cedar Mountain, 20 miles north of Coeur d'Alene and 25 miles south of Sandpoint, Idaho. Experience down home hospitality on a 440 acre working family farm. Kids and pets welcome. We're a Bed and Breadkast that feels just like going home to Grandma's!
We settled here in 1974 at the base of Cedar Mountain. Daryl Ann makes soaps, and loves to garden. Al has selectively logged the forest land of the farm. Seven grown children call Cedar Mountain "home." We hand crafted the log cabins from timber harvested off the property with lots of help from family and friends. You might say that Cedar Mountain Farm Bed & Breakfast is a built with love from the ground up!
WHAT'S RIGHT OUT THE DOOR: - 440 Acres of Meadows, Woodlands, Creek and Mountain to Roam - Farm Animals to Visit - Hiking and Mt Biking Trails - Crosscountry Skiing and Sledding in the Winter - Chimnea (Think S'mores!) - BBQ Grill
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We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government during its reform of the Welsh planning system, to ensure/guarantee that planning decisions will be taken at the most local level as possible to enable sufficient community engagement and support. Moreover, it encourages the Welsh Government to examine in detail, the impact that major infrastructure schemes have on Third Parties in Wales and considers the implementation of legislation to properly protect and compensate all Third Parties suffering actual loss from the construction, commissioning and operation of major infrastructure projects.


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Writing in The Atlantic during the election campaign, @jon_rauch expressed strong opposition to the conventional view of party leadership.
The very term party leaders has become an anachronism. ... There no longer is any such thing as a party leader. There are only individual actors, pursuing their own political interests and ideological missions willy-nilly, like excited gas molecules in an overheated balloon. ...This is not only a problem of leadership and individual agency, but also a question of the nature of the political party as a viable system with collective agency and intelligence. Rauch continues
The political parties no longer have either intelligible boundaries or enforceable norms.
The relationship between the politician and the party has always been problematic - consider Winston Churchill who changed party allegiance twice before becoming party leader. But the root cause of this problem is unclear.
Political parties are what things look like when you put politicians in charge.— David Allen Green (@DavidAllenGreen) August 3, 2016
@DavidAllenGreen or they are machines for turning people into politicians— Sean Owen-Moylan (@SeanOwenMoylan) August 3, 2016
Jonathan Rauch, How American Politics Went Insane (The Atlantic, July 2016)
Wikipedia: Party Leader (retrieved 4 Feb 2017)
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The Nordic International Forum featured four speakers, one each from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. I was particularly interested in the Danish presentation by Kirsten Larsen on the Danish Library Project at www.library.dk. Not only does it facilitate interlibrary lending among all types of Danish libraries — with 1.7 million loan requests so far this year — it also offers the ability for citizens to buy books.
Even Flood, who organized the Forum, noted that 20% of delegates at the conference were from Nordic countries.
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*****--5 Stars.
September 2012, 308 pages.
Amazon Description: Unknowingly cast as the bachelorette for her town's charity event,
Taycee Emerson wants out. Especially when she discovers her old teenage
crush, Luke Carney, is one of the bachelors and it's up to the
viewers--not her--to decide which bachelors stay or go.
into participating, Taycee does what any self-preserving girl would do.
She launches a subtle attack on Luke's good name with the hope of
getting him voted off the show. Unfortunately, Luke's an eye-for-an-eye
kind of guy, and when he discovers what she's up to, it means revenge.
My Review: I absolutely LOVED this story!!! Taycee hasn't been able to
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Also from this author
Destroying Your Enemies Through the Magic of Design
Hierarchical organizations large and small are rife with politics. In fact, the smaller the stakes, the more vicious they can be. Political organizations are ones where what things look like are just as, or more, important as what you actually do.


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Went to Becca's party at A. Kinney Court. She makes really nice boots.
Dj Heidi.
Becca Moon (left)
Leica Porn.
The Jeweler.
Alexander & Gigi.
Gainor & Oraj.
Meanwhile....in Venice.
Marina Tia Leight.
Garrett Leight of A. Kinney Court & GLCO.
2WK intern, Mario....getting the shot of the night.
Newly Weds!
Good-night Venice.
Hello Tsutomu!
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My 75 year-old house is haunted and I report my encounters on this blog, but since paranormal activity is about as consistent as SD weather, I also post reviews of horror films - the good, the bad, and the zombie.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Horror Film Review
A viral outbreak has ravaged the nation. Those infected sicken and eventually turn over a period of weeks. New laws dictate that once the final symptoms appear, the afflicted must be taken to quarantine, a draconian setting in which excruciating euthanasia is the final solution. Wade (Arnold), a poor farmer, travels to the big city (I think Kansas City) to retrieve his daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin) after a two week search. Why was she there? We're not told. Unfortunately, she's been bitten and infected and therefore fucked. He takes her home for her remaining days, which aren't many. When a neighboring farmer breaks the law by keeping her turned family members locked up, Wade is forced to kill them after they escape. The local cops then take the opportunity to remind Wade he can't do that with Maggie. The family doctor advises Wade that the humane course of action is to put a bullet in her head. This is not a Disney movie, folks.
Maggie gets worse, Wade agonizes, but in the end, she takes the decision regarding her fate out of his hands. From the first act, we know she'll die. Despite this non-spoiler, the final scene is still bursting with tension and dread. You (or maybe just me) always think a they'll suddenly find a cure or some kind of miracle will prevent the inevitable. That hope never once entered my mind. I'm still not quite sure how I feel about that.
The Skinny
Acting: Arguably Schwarzenegger's best performance...ever. Seriously, the big guy is very, very good. Breslin, as usual, knocks it out of the park.
Story: The most personal zombie story I've even seen. It's got the feel of the most heartbreaking Walking Dead script.
Direction: This is not an action flick so some will bitch about the pacing. To these people I say, shut up.
Production Values: The budget was less than $10 million, ridiculously cheap given the star power involved. Not one aspect of the production was cheap, though.
Gore/FX: Folks in the final throes of the disease are pretty gross. Not much blood. No CGI to speak of.
Scares: Yes, but not what you'd expect.
Ending: What you'd expect. Couldn't end any other way.
Verdict: Should you see Maggie? You should. It's worth it for Arnold's portrayal of Wade alone.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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Mahmoud Abbas heart test results are 'normal'
The Palestinian president was taken to hospital after feeling unwell in his Ramallah office
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has undergone heart tests after being rushed to hospital suffering from chest pains and exhaustion.
Dr Mohammed Al-Batrawi, a heart specialist who treated the 81-year-old, said he went through a number of routine tests, including a cardiac catheterisation – a procedure in which a tube is inserted into a blood vessel leading to the heart.
He said Mr Abbas's arteries looked healthy and the test results were normal.
A Palestinian official close to the 81-year-old said the leader, who has a history of health issues, was taken to hospital after feeling unwell at his Ramallah office.
The health scare drew attention to the chaotic leadership situation in the Palestinian territories – which have no succession plan for the ageing leader and are torn between two rival governments.
Mr Abbas was elected president in 2005 for what was supposed to be a four-year term. But in 2007 the rival Hamas militant group seized control of the Gaza Strip, and MrAbbas has remained in power since then.
The Palestinians are now divided between two governments, Mr Abbas's Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Hamas government in Gaza. Attempts at reconciliation have repeatedly failed, and this week the Palestinians called off plans to hold municipal elections in the two territories.
Mr Abbas, who is a heavy smoker and overweight, was treated years ago for prostate cancer and has had a stent inserted to treat artery blockage.


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Action with twists
My rating: 3 out of 5
An explosive start to this thriller set, mainly, in Glasgow, sets the scene for the rest of the book.
To save his wife from drowning Mark is forced to leave their baby alone on the beach. When he gets his wife back to shore the baby is gone. Mark seeks help from private detective Charlie Cameron, as he has secrets he'd rather not share with his wife or the police.
Charlie Cameron is a great character, gritty and down to earth with an on/off relationship with the police. He works in an unconventional style, using interesting methods to help him solve his cases. His character is very real and is a great centre focal point of the book.
Whilst the hunt is on for Mark's baby, other crimes are being committed and whilst Charlie and the police are attempting to solve these, so the reader gets to learn more about Charlie, his background and personal life.
I love this author's writing style (previously I've read, and given 5*s to, Old Friends and New Enemies). His characters are completely alive, there is a subtle humour, and the reader is always "right there" in the midst of the action. However in this book I felt there were too many other sub-plots distracting from the hunt for Mark's daughter – which had plenty of brilliant threads of its own. I appreciate that this is very true to life, but I found myself impatient to get back to what I saw as the main story. By the end the book everything tied together very well, with some clever twists.
This is the first book published by this brilliant author. I suspect if I had read this book first I might have rated it higher. As it is I enjoyed this book, loved his second book Old Friends and New Enemies, and am definitely looking forward to reading Owen Mullen's third book Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
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I'm new to the forum and I jumped right into this page after having a really fucked up dream.
I've had a handfull of lucid dreams before (Or that's what I think. In all of them I was concscience but I don't know why they were very unstable and frightening so they didn't last more than 10-15 seconds.
But I'm here to ask about another dream. I don't know if it was lucid or not...But it felt so real that I'm still kinda scared about it.
It began with me in a new house. The place was HUGE. It was made of wood like an old lake house but the size of a mansion. I remember going to the top floor that was completely exclusive for me and my brother (I have a twin brother, but we don't look alike at all). I remember going into his bedroom and I thought it was so insanily big I couldn't believe. The room was narrow and like 50mts long! Like a regular room but with a veeery long hall with nothing but free space. I didn't like it and I went out. He was not there. Then I come out of his beedroom and we have like this common area were a giant TV was and I really liked that. Then I went to his second bedroom (Yeah, we had two bedrooms. One gigantic and one small...Like a regular sized bedroom to watch TV) He was chilling there.
I immediately go to my little bedroom to catch some sleep.
Here's were the creepy realistic part kicks in.
I go to sleep and than suddenly I start to feel a little weird. My eyes were closed and I felt that I was conscience inside the dream I was having inside my dream. And that the black of me having my eyes closed atrted to turn really black. Then a voice starts to say that "The blacks are turning really dark" and that something within me was really dark and I started to feel I was inflating myself. Parts of my face and body felt they were growing and that I was trying to escape from my body. They kept growing and I was really really scared. It felt so real! When the gutsy feeling started to go away I wake up in my sleep and reached my phone to Google what the hell happened and my dream put a name to it. It was something like "psychothetic" or something like that. I don't remember and I ran out to the computer as soon I was awake. Soon as I find out I had experienced that in my phone I start to find "tutorials" on how to stop it. The dream changed and suddenly 3 asian like people were with my in my room trying to see if they could help me with "my condition" (They couldn't).
I woke up and I was really confused. It felt so real that I was really buying it! I couldn't believe I was awake. For me I was already awake but in my dream. That never happened to me before, that I had to do a reality check.
I woke up at 5:30AM and I went to bed at 02:00Am
Soon before I went to bed I thought I said to myself "It's funny. I haven't had a dream in days".
It was a lucid dream? I wanna know what that was. The feeling of me wanting to get out of my body was really intense. The blacks I saw were the sharpiest (Hahahaha techinically I didn't saw them)
I'm not sure what the hell happened. Please help.
Tell us about your first lucid dream - and your latest. We want all the juicy details. Also share results of dream challenge experiments.
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That is a class 5 dream if any.
Do a reality check
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Re: I'm not sure what the hell happened. Please help.
Goldkoron wrote:That is a class 5 dream if any.
Im sure there are some fairly well known dream classifications out there being used for dreams so we dont really need to be making up our own.
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Hi everyone,
I must apologise for the delay in posting but I am absolutely flat out and will be until after the first week in August.
So you know why if there are any more delays!! :)
Today I have some lovely layouts of our boys celebrating! Whether it be Xmas, Easter, birthdays...or even that they got an award...celebrate the boys in your life!!
Bon Johnstone shares this great layout of her son turning 5:
Kylie Bailey submitted this gorgeous layout of her nephew celebrating his graduation from pre-school:
These next three layouts feature adorable babies celebrating their very first Xmas.
Naomi Elswyk shares the first two lovely layout:
Wendy Gaskin submitted this next cute layout:
Jo Peterson has sent this stunning layout of her boys with Santa:
Christina Dean shares this beautiful layout of her Xmas elf:
This is one of my layouts of my youngest son who had written his Xmas list to Santa and had put next to the items he wanted to really receive as MOST WANTED:
Easter is also a very special time of year that we celebrate as shown in this gorgeous layout by Lisa Eaton:
We celebrate Easter in a big way in our house and heres another of my layouts with my 2nd youngest son in the Easter liturgy at school:
So again...plenty of inspiration and ideas there girls for your celebration layouts!!
Please continue to send in your work to share with us:
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My 'JUST BECAUSE...LO' today was sent in by Tina Casini.
It's a photo of her gorgeous little boy meeting his Pa in a Nursing Home for the very first time. It truly is precious Tina...thanks for sharing!!


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Hadn't seen this. I don't watch Venture Bros., but I heard he was on it.
You have to be familiar with his albums, and Bowie's, to understand why he says "Ding dong. The queen bitch is dead."
Edit: The thing I find most interesting about this is that it makes it look like Klaus Nomi, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie were chums. But after Klaus Nomi performed with Bowie on SNL they never talked again. The Nomi crew thought it was going to lead to bigger things.


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Marco Scutaro and Brandon Belt drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with opposite-field hits in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon, rallying the Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The triumph was the Giants' second in the three-game set, preventing the Rockies from claiming their first series win at AT&T Park since 2010. It also gave San Francisco a 10-9 edge in the season series, wrapping up their fifth consecutive year of head-to-head superiority over Colorado.
After they had gotten only one run out of a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the seventh inning, the Giants did one better in the eighth against Rockies reliever Matt Belisle (5-7), even after exhausting an out on a sacrifice bunt to help load the bases again.
Pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza provided the bunt, which moved Brandon Crawford and Angel Pagan, who had led off the inning with successive singles, into scoring position.
After pinch-hitter Buster Posey was walked intentionally to create a double-play possibility, Scutaro tied the game with a single to right that plated Crawford, and Belt followed with what turned out to be the difference-making hit, a single to left that scored Pagan.
Santiago Casilla, serving as closer as the Giants rested Sergio Romo following appearances in each of the first two games of the series, picked up his second save.
Giants starter Yusmeiro Petit lasted 5²⁄³ innings, allowing three earned runs. Petit was coming off a near-perfect game in which he retired the first 26 Arizona Diamondbacks he faced in a 3-0 shutout on Friday. Petit set down the first 11 Rockies he faced until walking Dickerson on a full-count pitch in the top of the fourth.


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- Island-wide Blackout: If all it takes is a lightning strike to take out the electricity for the entire island of O`ahu, can you imagine what a Hurricane Iniki would do to O`ahu. It would be devastating. How can an earthquake in 2006 on Hawaii island and now a lightning storm shut down the entire island? This only shows how fragile our infrastructure is.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries: Confidence in HEI is at a low point with these island-wide blackouts. It brings to question their ability to manage a regional power company. Their track record in other markets like the Philippines and China have been less than stellar. Didn't they get out of those markets to focus on this market?
- Alternative Energy: Now is the time for Hawaii to put everything it's got into establishing alternative energy as a cornerstone industry in Hawaii. We have solar, wind, geothermal, ocean and biofuel projects taking shape. Will it happen? Consensus was NO, because we are too near sighted and motivated my self interests. Hawaii does not have the will power and single minded focus. We do not have that key person with the vision and ability to execute.
- State Legislature: There are too many agendas and near sightedness to get anything done. Generalization: the Legislature is social liberal and fiscally conservative. Even though alternative energy makes sense, they won't fund it.
- Act 221: The strong survive and the weak die. Act 221 skews that dynamic and artificially props up companies that should otherwise die. With that said, Act 221 should be supported in this economic downturn to help the fledgling tech industry. It might be another question when times are good.
- Better Place: This company may be the best thing to happen to Hawaii. It would put Hawaii at the forefront of alternative energy transportation. The problem is company representatives are spending too much time with Gov. Lingle and not enough time lobbying the Legislature who appropriate the money. If that doesn't change it will just be another PR campaign.
Weekend Observations
This past weekend will be one remembered by O`ahuans for a long time. It was the second island-wide blackout in as many years. It was about 6:30pm on a Friday evening. We had just finished dinner and I was settling down to my cup of coffee when the lightning flashed, the thunder crackled and the lights went out. I walked outside and noticed the darkness extend beyond Pearl City. It was an eerie feeling. We all know what followed, 12 to 24 hours without electricity. We still do not know exactly what caused it and HECO is not saying. In the ensuring days people got together and freely expressed their feelings. These are not in any particular order. They are highlights of conversations that I was a part of with others and thought I would share them with you. I may not agree with all of them but they were certainly thought provoking.


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In 1890, Ah Jung, a clever Chinese crook hatched a scheme of tunneling beneath the First National Bank of Portland to drill into the bank vault to steal its treasures. Ah Jung recruited the aid of Chuey Gum who ran a laundry across from the bank with promises of gold for him and the laborers in Chuey Gum's laundry. Using the old laundry as the center of operations Ah Jung patiently worked for a year to dig a deep ditch under the boardwalk to arrive directly beneath the bank vault. He removed the section of the brick casing and laid bare of the steel of the vault.Then he waited patiently until after banking hours on Saturday, September 12, for the final task. He cut his way with tools, and possibly with acids, and created an opening in the bottom of the vault
A stream of gold poured out yielding $9500 and $20 gold pieces before a Bill Book slid down to block the opening in the safe preventing the theft of over $6000 in gold as well as currency, silver, and papers more valuable than what he did steal.
The robbery was not discovered until Monday morning when the bank opened. None of the authorities thought there was any remote connection with the Chinese in Portland.
Two weeks later Chuey Gum took a trunk to The Dalles Express office and prepaid to send it to San Francisco by train. Nervously waiting for the train to arrive in several hours, he made frequent trips to the office during the rest of the morning to check on the trunk. The station agent became suspicious and summoned the sheriff. They opened the trunk and found a portion of the loot wrapped in an old pair of Chinese pantaloons.
Frightened, Chuey Gum broke down and told the whole story. Ah Jung had paid him $2000 for silence from him and the workmen in his laundry. Ah Jung, had timed the crime to the last detail. By the time the robbery was made public, he was already in San Francisco and before Chuey Gum had been arrested, Ah Jung was far out to sea on a China bound steamer.
Chuey Gum was convicted and sent to the state penitentiary. After his release he went back to China but returned to the U. S. in 1910 bringing a boy of 18 who he swore was his son, Chuey Sim.
Ah Jung took his gold to Macau where he lost it in an illicit enterprise. Chuey Gum became a member of an opium trading concern and later returned to China where he became engaged in banking.
As for Chuey Gum's alleged son, Chuey Sim, his fate was worse than his father's. He would later become the President of the Suey Sing tong in Portland. However, in 1921, after more than 30 years after his father's involvement in the 1890 First National Bank theft, Chuey Sim was serving four years on McNeill Island in the penitentiary for narcotic gang activities and was facing deportation upon completion of his sentence.
The story is stranger than fiction and could make an entertaining movie plot with crime, trickery, punishment, and poetic justice.


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Cat Distasio for inhabitat: Many countries are on the brink of becoming self-sufficient in their clean energy production, thanks to advances in battery technology that allow electricity from renewable sources to be stored and used on demand. Over the years, as renewable energy generation methods have charged forward, utility companies have struggled with how to integrate that clean energy in usable ways. Now, scientists at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, the Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge labs, and other agencies are working on energy storage projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, with their sights set on what the department calls the 'holy grail' of energy policy. The department says the industry could be transformed in as little as five to ten years.
Earlier this year, Advanced Research Projects-Energy (ARPA-E), the division of the U.S. Department of Energy founded in 2009 to oversee these projects, claimed to have achieved that goal. Without pointing to a specific invention or discovery, ARPA-E insists that the solution lies amid the 75 projects the agency is funding. The breakthrough technology—the next generation of renewable energystorage—is expected to be developed for large-scale usage in as little as five to ten years. Cont'd...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Lights Out
But sometimes having this wealth of good publication fortune means having to put down one thing to focus on another. A few days ago, I got not one, but two sets of revision notes, and both have hard deadlines. So! My blog is going to go dark for a few weeks as I focus on getting stuff done for both these projects.
Happy holidays, folks, and I'll be talking to you in 2013!
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Good luck with your double revisions - yikes!ReplyDelete
Hey, even Santa stops blogging in December.ReplyDelete
Good luck with them, and Merry Christmas!
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Happy holidays and best of luck meeting your deadlines!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the writing, Sarah!ReplyDelete
Wishing you good luck with the revisions, and a wonderful Holiday Season for you and your family. :-DReplyDelete
It's the season for a blog break. Good luck with all your writing and I look forward to seeing you in the New Year.ReplyDelete
So does this mean you're working on book #3 to Sanction? He he you knew I would ask that, right?ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays, Sarah.ReplyDelete
Enjoy the Season, Sarah!! Good luck with the revisions! :)ReplyDelete
You'll be missed! Enjoy the holidays, and may your revisions proceed with smoothness and ease. :)ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays Sarah!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Three publishers, you're lucky! Happy Holidays and good luck with your revisions!ReplyDelete
Good luck to you working on those revisions and meeting deadlines! I know exactly how you feel about the pressure and trying to keep up. I was in a similar boat these last few weeks, and I just relinquished my spot to all the bloggy friends with cover reveals, etc. :DReplyDelete
Have a super holiday! See you when you're back~ <3
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The Invitation
After the basic approval of her breakout make a big appearance Girl fight and the not all that commended Eon Flux and Jennifer's Body, chief Karyn Kasuma is back on shape with outside the box repulsiveness The Invitation about a supper party gone amiss.
Prometheus star Logan Marshall-Green plays lamenting father Will who alongside his new sweetheart and companions is welcome to a supper party facilitated by his ex Eden and her new spouse David who he hasn't seen since the deplorable passing of Will and Eden's child two years prior. As though that set up wasn't sufficiently uncomfortable as of now it soon comes to pass that Eden and David's soiree might be less wine and cheddar, additionally mentally programming religion fest.
It's a stewing, extreme mental ghastliness that represents some intriguing circumstances about misfortune, distress and most profound sense of being and gloats a moderate blaze pace that is paid off with a severe, touchy finale. A commendable expansion to the 'supper party from damnation' loathsomeness sub-genre.
Green Room
A number of the best motion pictures on this rundown are moderate burners, yet ghastliness fans who lean toward their movies to get to the instinctive, rough point in a more convenient way ought to look no more distant than Green Room.
The film stars the late Anton Yelchin as the bassist of a down on their fortunes punk band who reluctantly take a gig at a boondocks Oregon setting. Lamentably for them, the club ends up being controlled by neo-Nazi skinheads who have quite recently dedicated crime and will remain absolutely determined to conceal the murder, regardless of the possibility that it implies dispatching the band who have quite recently unearthed it.
While the old 'adolescents helpless before dangerous lunatics' plot is in no way, shape or form another idea, chief Jeremy Saulnier refreshes that old topic with his enthusiastic taping style and violently brutal minutes. The cast is fabulous as well. Yelchin is great in one of his last parts before his unfavorable genuine demise, as are co-stars Imogen Poots and Alia Shawkat, however it's Patrick Stewart's chillingly stifled turn as the neo-Nazi club proprietor that is the film's actual champion execution.
Don't Breathe
In a comparative vein as Hush, Don't Breathe is a home attack repulsiveness in which one of its principle characters needs one of the five crucial faculties, for this situation locate. In any case, in chief Fede Alvarez's motion picture the tables are turned when the attacked turns into the predator and the trespassers turn into his prey.
A trio of high school villains choose to break into the home of a visually impaired Iraq War veteran living in a summary Detroit neighborhood to take a substantial aggregate of cash that they've heard he got as a settlement taking after the demise of his little girl. Sadly for the youthful criminals the blend of being visually impaired, living in America's previous murder capital and probably having seen some sh*t go down in Iraq has left the veteran with an arrangement of one of a kind and savage aptitudes and sensitivities switch between the visually impaired man and teenagers as the seekers turn into the chased.
Ideal for frightfulness fans who like their plots loaded with keen winds and turns, it's no big surprise that Don't Breathe wound up transforming its moderately little spending plan of $10 million into a $152 million film industry benefit.
10 Cloverfield Lane
Named a 'profound successor' to the 2008 discovered footage creature flick Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane is a strained and grasping mental repulsiveness that like a considerable lot of the current year's best offerings concentrates on cerebral terrifies and character-driven plot lines instead of scenes of unnecessary gut and savagery.
John Goodman is on shape as a potentially silly survivalist named Howard Stambler who salvages (or maybe grabs) Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character Michelle and whisks her off to his atomic dugout recounting to her stories of an outsider intrusion assuming control over the planet. They are soon joined by puzzling jack of all trades Emmett (John Gallagher Jr) who amps up the suspicion when he advises Michelle that Howard may really be a deadly maniac instead of her deliverer.
Its nearby setting bears 10 Cloverfield Lane a viably neurotic and claustrophobic climate keeping in mind there are unpretentious gestures to its forerunner for the more included Cloverfield fan, it entirely fills in as a standalone motion picture. With everything taken into account, it's a noteworthy component make a big appearance from chief Dan Trachtenberg and a guaranteed expansion to the 'Cloververse'.
The Witch
Robert Eggers' directorial make a big appearance The Witch earned across the board recognition for its strained, crawling story of a Puritan family in seventeenth century New England disentangling as they experience dark enchantment and evil powers in their remote forest home in the wake of being expelled from their province.
The accentuation is more on chills than rushes, however with the assistance of Jarin Blaschke's frightfully wonderful cinematography and a gifted cast Eggers all things considered artworks a claustrophobic, fate loaded air that feels much more unsettling than films that depend absolutely on stun strategies and unwarranted gut.
Obviously, some ghastliness fans weren't excessively brought with the motion picture's moderate smoldering pace and relative absence of gut and reproved it as un-startling and exhausting. Be that as it may, for the individuals who make the most of their loathsomeness unobtrusive and mental, The Witch's mounting strain and snapshots of bona fide, if downplayed, frightfulness – a considerable lot of which come politeness of scene-taking had goat Black Phillip, entertainingly enough – are a treat.
The late awfulness compilation recovery has delivered some fluctuated outcomes. While we've been dealt with to incredible compilations like V/H/S and widely praised faction flick Trick 'r Treat, there's likewise the average motion picture that was The ABCs of Death. Fortunately, it would seem that the awfulness treasury kind is back on shape with its most recent offering Southbound.
It reunites a significant number of the people behind V/H/S including maker Brad Miska, producer Roxanne Benjamin, executive David Bruckner and movie making trio Radio Silence and components five entwined vignettes associated by the same desolate extend of leave interstate.
It isn't exactly the realistic gut fest that was V/H/S however that attempts to the film's leverage with a tone that is more dreadful and Twilight Zone-esque than its ancestor, with cunning gestures to correspondingly themed blood and guts films Carnival of Souls and In the Mouth of Madness.
Under The Shadow
We've seen the ascent of J-Horror and K-Horror as of late and ideally Tehran-conceived chief Babak Anvari's first-time highlight Under the Shadow could introduce a radical new sub-class of frightening Iranian detestations, or 'I-Horror' maybe. Set in war-torn 1980s Tehran the film concentrates on Sideh, a mother and previous political dissident, and her girl Dorsa as they manage the steady, approaching nearness of war as well as an alarming noxious soul known as a Djinn.
Compared to the widely praised 2014 Australian ghastliness The Babadook for its women's activist edge and concentrate on a mother-tyke relationship, Under the Shadow has in like manner been showered with acclaim for both its really chilling tone and intriguing socio-political topics.
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Hey Everyone! Hope you enjoyed the long Holiday weekend (if you had one). I'm up on the Noel Mignon Blog today with another Project Life page using this month's "Falloween" Daily Diary Kit. There are a few of these kits left in the shop and the kits are GREAT for Fall and Halloween themed projects. This week the Noel Mignon Design Team is scraplifting either another DT member or a Noel Mignon member. I scrap lifted a Noel Mignon member and used her layout as inspiration for my title card. Here's my whole page.
To see who I scrap lifted and LOTS more close ups of my page, stop by the Noel Mignon Blog.
Thanks for stopping by today and I'll be back later this week with info on an upcoming local Craft Fair that I'll be participating with!!
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– post-cacao care
– crafting a cacao root elixir: step by step walk through
– cacao recipes & alchemical concoctions
Establishing Your Personal Practice
– creating container for solo practice
– personal practice alchemical chocolate™ ceremony: medicine quest theme
– personal practice alchemical chocolate™ ceremony: heart fire theme
– personal practice alchemical chocolate™ ceremony: womb puja theme
– deepening personal practice
– entering a cacao dieta: immersion practice & retreat work
Working With Others
– inspirations for containers, practices & journeys
– finding your partnership with cacao
– closing our circle
Finishing Up + Continuing Your Journey
– appendix: example of pre-ceremony preparation letter to participants
– reference
– cacao suppliers, resources & links
– chocolate feedback + word ups
– about annu tara
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• Please Note: You are welcome to purchase individual Skype sessions with me at any point should you feel the need to enter in with me directly for further support or coaching.
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This includes all of the materials and resources mentioned above to support your own Sacred Chocolate practice and learn how to create beautiful Cacao Ceremonies for others.
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Some Feedback on Alchemical Chocolate™ Practitioner Training…
"It's of the heart, from the heart and for the heart, the Alchemical Chocolate™ Practitioner Training. Expertly delivered by the luscious Being that is Annu Tara, I have been truly honoured to receive this ancient knowledge and to be so gently tutored in how to reclaim and wield its wild and powerful magic. This program confidently guides you through the absolute essentials of combining the sensuous, sacred cacao with ceremonial practice for both your own Being and in group format. When you've drunk of the essence of the chocolate goddess Herself, Ixcacao, then you will know She has called upon you to receive the wisdom you need to enter into regular practice for deep self discovery and sharing with others. After you hear the call, Annu's Alchemical Chocolate™ Practitioner Training is the next step you'll need to take."Julie Gibbons, Scotland
"This training programme is alchemy of the most delicious, powerful and potent kind. Annu's ability to share such incredible in-depth knowledge and wisdom spoke directly to my soul – she is the divine feminine incarnate – and she held an exquisite safe and supportive space that allowed the teachings of the sacred cacao to unfold. Whether you plan on using this programme for solo ceremonies or to be able to share this deeply sacred experience with others, know that the power of the chocolate combined with the power of Annu and her teachings make this a feel-it-deep-in-your-lady-bones immensely powerful practice."Lisa Lister, England
"The PDF manual is excellent! Thorough, accessible, intelligent, and complete. You cover so many things I would never have considered, and it has given me a wonder and a respect for the medicine I am thankful for. After reading it I truly felt I had a solid foundation to beginning my cacao exploration and experience. The cacao preparation video was also very, very helpful. It took the mystery away. It was clear and beautifully done."Sandi Davis, USA
"Annu, I want to thank you profoundly for creating such an incredibly magical and hugely comprehensive offering. As I explore more and more of all you've given us, I'm just astounded. What a gift.The program literally opens a whole new world. The music, videos, movement suggestions, readings – add cacao and you have a full on multi sensory experience!"
"I've been working with Annu exploring Alchemical Chocolate™ and getting to know the magic of IxCacao for the last 18 months, and I have felt so blessed to have experienced the way she has brought this work into, what is truly, an exceptional online program. The wisdom, the devotion, the integrity that Annu brings to this work sings throughout every part of it – the recipes, the practices, the playlists, the resources. Extensive, rich, invitational, and yes, profoundly delicious. Cannot recommend this program highly enough!"Amy Palko, Scotland
"I love everything about the course: every single word resonates within me with such strong energy, the playlists are powerful and take me on incredible journeys while stirring my cauldron. And I have fun! I feel like I'm in my sweet spot and can explore the archetypes of the witch, the sorceress, the shamana, the high priestess, the sacred prostitute. I have always loved herbs and I use them a lot as a naturopath but now I can finally allow myself to do sacred work with it and my patients feel deeply called by it. It is wonderful! I have never had that many clients. One last, but oh so important, element to mention is Tantra. I was so afraid of it but I knew it held the medicine I need to move forward. Especially since my Plutonian wounds all gravitate around sexuality, creativity and all things Mother. I think I am finally ready and the right teacher came to me."Aline Verheyen, Belgium
"Wow, I am so in love with MamiloCacao! …I am filled with a deep Gratitude and Strength! Thank you, thank you, thank you – I know I have found an ally for life, and She walks with me whether I ingest her or not."Lauren Amy Hofmeyr, South Africa
"I was reunited with myself last weekend. The Cacao Deva tasted so right, she snaked down my throat, into my blood… She discovered the box that I had locked myself in long ago. Deep inside my womb. She prized open the lid, held my hand and gently encouraged me as I climbed out… We then set fire to the fucker and danced on the ashes until they turned to diamonds… Such a blessing to have been reunited with myself as well as with the Deva, because I do know her… always have… My heart is positively glowing with happiness to be here…What a blessing."Tallulah Fry, Scotland
"It has been two days since my initiation with Her. I am just now able to find words, words that want to be laid here. The calling towards Cacao was so deep and outside of logic/words that my mind tried to minimize it. Told me I can't be that drawn in by something I had not experienced. So a bit of me was worried that nothing would happen. But, the moment I sipped the first taste, I could feel a part of me come alive, rising up to meet this new essence.
She took me, like an expert lover who already knew the terrain of my soul and body. Took me to the primal part of me, the part that has been hidden and pushed inside a very small space, almost completely cut off from air and light. The part that needs to move and slither and writhe in the earth. The part that needs to track and know her body is always right. The part that needs to become instinct again.
It was so intimate, so erotic, so embodied and holy, waves of pleasure and energy rolling through me, the words are not enough to express. I can still feel the energy turning, flowing, rising, twisting with in me. My mind is clear and peaceful, in awe, thrown off by the clear influx of love and acceptance. I feel tender and braver. Vulnerable and stronger. Vaguely disoriented and utterly grounded.
Thank you, Cacao. Thank you, Annu, for the way you have put this training together. I felt you with me in spirit through your holding of space and though your exquisite and loving guide and videos. I had absolutely everything I need. I am fully on the path."Sandi Davis, USA
"I have always had a relationship with chocolate but finally I have found a way in which it actually nourishes me. No longer do I see that dark bean as a temptress or beacon of false hope. Now I see cacao for the true gift it is, as a healer, a guide and a friend. Working in ceremony with cacao has changed my life. This is not a deliberately dramatic statement – just an honest truth. I have been blessed with the insight and support to start unravelling my pain and finding hope for the future. The support I have received from cacao medicine and the ceremonial group has been inspirational, transformational, bloody difficult and great fun all wrapped into one amazing journey. I will never look back and am always keen for more."Jenny Macdonald, Scotland
"When I started the training I had some previous experience with cacao in a group setting yet I had no idea what journey I was embarking on. The group ceremonies were great, yet it is through the intensive and intimate one to one cacao work received through this training that I can explore the most subtle of flavors of this connection. Also being able to tune in and create my own recipes precisely as needed on the day is a great thing.. Each drink is a medicine. It's been a few intense weeks since we started the training and cacao has been as loving as demanding a teacher, always giving precisely what I needed to receive. It has enriched my practice in so many ways, especially through deepening into the body and the heart. It helped me to release and heal a long forgotten trauma – something I was completely unaware of, despite it underlying my whole relationship to the world. Cacao has given me strength where I needed it, softness where it was necessary, and loving support when I was falling into pieces due to the intense processes I go through these days. I would sincerely recommend this work to anyone looking to deepen their opening to the realms of the heart, and perhaps especially to men who could safely, in their own pace and without anyone looking warm up to the matters of the heart (the same stands for those women who are more grounded in the male principle)."Ola Devi, Spain
"I cried all the way through reading the PDF Guidebook! It felt like such a coming Home…"Julie Gibbons, Scotland
"This program puts you in touch with what is sitting within. Not only are you able to deepen your personal practice but you become more in tune with your own energy and are always asked to step up to meet your authentic self with Cacao. The instructions given in the manual allow you to explore what this means for you in a very clear way along with the videos and suggested ceremony practices. The support is very much in place should you choose to offer this sacred medicine for others. Everything needed for you to begin is held within the pages and videos/mp3's…and it all feels like playtime…with Chocolate!"Michelle Hastie, Scotland
"I have been working with Annu since she started holding Cacao Ceremonies, which has been mind blowing on occasions, and also heart breaking. I have found plant medicine different to any other work I've done. I've been able to connect in with my feminine energy, which I was not aware of before or how strong it could feel. I wanted to be able to connect with this medicine on a more regular time scale, but this could not happen. I had no idea how to proceed with this and wanted to ask Annu where I could go… So when she said this training was going ahead I knew I had to do it. I know I will grow in many ways and look forward to sharing it with the people that want to connect with Cacao."Karen Baker, Scotland
"I've been working with Annu and Cacao in beautiful, enriching feminine circle for a little while and it's been part of a massive transformational journey for me. Ritual and ceremony are a very important part of the process and I have been exploring my own personal practice with this sacred plant medicine. The material provided in this training is really well presented and easy to follow – I loved the instruction video so I could really visually connect with how to prepare my Cacao… it will easily get you started on your own delicious exploration. I would Highly Wildly recommend saying a Great big juicy YES to this exciting opportunity and diving in to play full out. Have FUN!!!"Lokantina, Scotland
"Annu, the multitude of resources you created and divined have provided such deep, nourishing guidance that all I needed to bring to the experience was my own curiosity for learning. Each of the offerings from the guidebook with its ceremonial instructions and recipes, the breathing exercises and music program were profound. With each step and every deepening, I felt fully supported. And what has emerged is a deep commitment to my own daily ritual with cacao and to sharing the inner transformation that cacao ceremony allows."Nicole Gnutzman
Further Reading + Exploration…
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All content presented in the Alchemical Chocolate™ Practitioner E-Training PDFs, MP3s and videos is for information purposes only. It is not intended as medical advice or to diagnose and treat any disease or serious health condition. I am not a doctor or a trained nutritionist and I advise you strongly to consult with those properly trained in these field if applicable. Responsibility is very much required when working with plant medicines and ceremonial cacao (including any accompanying tonics, herbs, tinctures and superfoods), so I gratefully hand the responsibility fully back to readers in their use and metabolism of the information contained.


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On November, 8 2014, two researchers from La Salle R&D attended the annual meeting of the Spanish Thematic Network on Advanced Dialog Systems (RTSDA) in Madrid representing the Research Group on Media Technologies (GTM).
Dr. Francesc Alías introduced to the audience the advances of the research conducted within the group related to speech and voice production, describing CreaVeu and EUNISON projects. Dr. David Miralles presented several projects developed within the seamless interaction reasearch line, such as Flexo, Qbox and Avatoys, among others.
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Here at Carless In OKC, it's probably fairly obvious that we are not fans of suburban sprawl. The suburbs themselves are not inherently harmful or offensive; it's what they represent, the circumstances from which they grow and thrive, that are problematic. The history of U.S. suburbs is quite insidious, and it's good for everyone to know why they developed in the first place. Other factors contributed to suburbanization, such as the rise of the automobile, the post-WW2 economic boom, and the growth of the U.S. interstate highway system, but it is undeniable that racism and classism played a considerable role in how our current urban/suburban model of living has developed.
You've probably heard the term white flight before, but in case you're unfamiliar with it, I'll define it here. White flight is a term that is used to describe the vast migration of mostly middle- and upper-class whites from increasingly racially mixed urban regions to racially homogeneous suburban areas. The term "white flight" is somewhat of a misnomer because it implies that whites left the area immediately upon the arrival of minorities into their neighborhoods, but that's not exactly how it went. Yes, there were some who packed up and got out of Dodge the moment they saw (or thought they saw) a non-white person move in on their street, but there were many more who stayed, at least for awhile, and defended "their turf" using various unsavory and unethical methods.
Over the following years during this post-WW2 period there were many practices and institutions in place that served the purpose of preserving the homogeneity of the white urban neighborhoods. Redlining, named for the lines on a map that denoted unfavorable (read: predominantly non-white) areas, involved denying or charging more for services like banking and insurance for residents or businesses within those areas. Institutionalized mortgage discrimination enabled its sinister companion, contract sellers, who preyed on would-be black homeowners by collecting payments on a home and not relinquishing the deed until the contract was paid in full. This effectively stripped the "homeowner" of the ability to build equity while simultaneously saddling him with all the responsibilities of home ownership, along with the looming possibility of being put out on the street in the case of a single late payment.
These practices, along with racially restrictive covenants and violence and intimidation, disenfranchised and discouraged minorities from owning homes or living in certain areas. This cycle went on for at least a couple of decades, most notably in cities like Detroit, Chicago, and St. Louis, until they fell (or were legally forced) out of practice. The damage, however, had already been done throughout the years of quasi-segregational practices, and when the smoke cleared, by the 1980s, urban and suburban areas were, for the most part, heavily divided along racial lines. (To read more about this time in American history and how it still affects us today, I highly recommend this incredible piece by Ta'Nahisi Coates.)
Since then, there are many metropolitan areas where the public transit situation has deteriorated and consequently reinforced these racial and socioeconomic divisions. In Atlanta, for example, proposed extensions of the local rail system (MARTA) into the surrounding counties have been defeated again and again, despite the fact that Atlanta suffers from notorious traffic congestion and would greatly benefit from expanded public transit for commuters. Why would these municipalities knowingly reject a plan that would relieve one of the biggest problems of the region? Many say - and there's considerable evidence to support this idea - that it's the same old white flight song and dance; namely, that affluent whites who live in the suburban counties don't want to extend public transit to their areas for fear of poor minorities from the inner city gaining access to their precious exclusive neighborhoods. Fearmongering around this idea is widespread; for years, opponents of public transit have spread lies about increased crime and decreased property values that are sure to follow the expansion of service into the Metro Atlanta suburbs, and unfortunately, many have bought into these lies.
Furthermore, a stigma has grown around public transit in many cities, not just the ones with firmly defined urban/suburban racial and socioeconomic regions. Public transit such as commuter rails and buses were once viable transportation options for everyone, but as negative ideas about public transit have spread in some areas, ridership has decreased among those who have the choice to drive. As a result, those left on the buses and trains are the groups who don't have the choice. As this ridership demographic shifts, so does the opinion of what it means to take public transit. This is why, in certain cities, those who utilize public transit are pitied or labeled as less fortunate, regardless of their actual circumstances, and this discourages many people from taking public transportation. Using public transit has become a stigmatized activity in places like Oklahoma City, and as long as this is the case, problems with racial diversity and transportation will, at best, remain stagnant, if not worsen.
I am not trying to say that everyone who lives in the suburbs is racist, just like pointing out that white people benefit from privilege and institutionalized racism isn't the same thing as saying that every white person is a racist. This is a commentary on the societal systems that have been in place for many years and how they have informed our current state. The way to move forward is to raise awareness and to be open to ways that we can mitigate these conditions for the betterment of everyone's way of life. The first step, to me, is to approach city planning with an open mind - as far as I'm concerned, that's an entirely reasonable order, with the potential for revolutionary effects.


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The country is gearing up to show its support for Armed Forces personnel, families and veterans.
And Falmouth is playing a key role having been chosen as the host town for Armed Forces Day Cornwall which will take place on Sat 22 June 2013.
What a day in store! Fly-bys, search and rescue demos out on the water, naval ships to look around, armoured vehicles on display, military parades, a fantastic interactive day for all the family is planned.
All daytime events, displays and activities at each venue run between 10.00am and 17.00hrs. There will be road closures in place in the town centre from 09.30am to 17.00hrs. Royal Marines Band Concert starts at 7pm.
11.00am – Veterans parade
Parade of Veterans and Standards led by the Culdrose Band. Follow the parade to Events Square to witness the Opening Ceremony at 11.30am.
Venue: starts Church St Car Park, finishing at Events Square
Time: 11am start
11.00am-12.00pm - Military Wives Choir
RNAS Culdrose Military Wives Choir will be performing between11am and 12pm.
Venue: Events Square
Time: 11am start
11.30am – Opening ceremony
The Lord Lieutenant Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE officially opening Armed Forces day Cornwall 2013
Venue: Events Square
Time: 11.30am
12.00pm - Venom Display
Designed to replace the Vampire, the Venom was developed by deHavilland in 1948.
Venue: over the inner harbour
Duration – 8 mins
13.00hrs - ATC & ACF Composite Band
Pipes, bugles and drums mini-concert taking place at Events Square.
Venue: Events Square
Duration: approx. 15mins
14.00hrs - Avro Anson Display
An historic aircraft that first went into operation in 1936. With only a handful still flying today, she is indeed a unique piece of aviation history.
Venue: over the inner harbour
Duration: 6 mins
14.10pm - Beat The Retreat
Royal Marines Band will perform Beat the Retreat on Events Square immediately after the Avro Anson aerial display.
Venue: Events Square
Duration: approx 10 mins
15.00hrs - Search & Rescue Display
An inshore and Severn Class all-weather lifeboat from Falmouth RNLI Station will undertake a mock rescue in the inner harbour accompanied by a Sea King helicopter from RNAS Culdrose 771 Air Sea Rescue Squadron.
Venue: inner harbour
Duration: approx. 15mins
16.00hrs - Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
A Spitfire and Lancaster, two of the most iconic and historic aeroplanes ever built will take to the skies over Falmouth for a 10-12 minute display.
Venue: over the inner harbour
Duration: 10-12 mins
19.00hrs - Royal Marines Band Concert
The Royal Marines Band Service is renowned as one of the finest musical organisations in the world. Join us at the FREE performance in Falmouth.
Venue: Events Square (tiered seating)
Price: FREE
Duration: approx. 2hrs
RFA and Royal Navy Ships
Your chance to look around two fascinating ships that will be berthed alongside Queen's Wharf in Falmouth Docks. FREE ferries will run throughout the day (10am-5pm) from Prince of Wales Pier.
Venue: Falmouth Docks
Price: FREE
Venue: FREE ferries from Prince of Wales Pier


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Remember the highly touted policy requiring every high-school student in Florida to choose a major? It's about to be canned.
The state Department of Education's plan to establish a parent-response center? That's out, too.
On Thursday, state House and Senate took steps toward repealing more than two dozen outdated, overlooked or just plain unpopular education laws.
State education officials say the move will tighten up Florida's schools statute, and put an end to some superfluous programs. But the action also shines a light on the ever-changing state of education reform in Florida, where headline-grabbing policies come and go, and teachers complain about the constant state of flux.
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"It's been reform on top of reform on top of reform," said Georgia Slack, who lobbies for the Broward school district. "We drown in education laws."
Among the education laws headed to the grave this year:
• A 2007 law creating the High School to Business Career Enhancement Program. The program let school boards adopt high-school internship policies, and established the criteria for students to receive credit. According to the state education department, no districts have participated in recent years.
• A 2006 law requiring high-school students to declare a major in order to earn a standard high school diploma. Lawmakers took some of the language off the books in 2010, but never fully removed the program from statute.
• A 2003 law known as the Family and School Partnership for Student Achievement Act, which required the state education department to establish a "parent-response center." No parent-response center exists.
• A 1997 law requiring incoming high-school freshman and their parents to develop four-year academic and career plans. Another law came along requiring middle-school students to complete a course in career and education planning.
Some higher education laws are also likely to be axed, including the 2011 legislation requiring students to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid to be eligible for a Bright Futures scholarship. University financial aid officers said the law led to "a significant increase in the workload due to the need to process approximately 30,000 additional student FAFSA applications," according to a Senate analysis.
Of all of the laws on the chopping block this year, the legislation requiring high-school students to choose a major was the most celebrated; the program made national headlines in 2006 when former Gov. Jeb Bush signed it into law. But school districts found the mandate burdensome, and state education officials could find little evidence of its value.
On Thursday, Rep. Janet Adkins, R-Fernandina Beach, called the proposed repeals "the result of a coordinated effort to reduce regulation of public education institutions." Late last year, Gov. Rick Scott asked seven school superintendents to recommend changes to outdated statutes and State Board of Education rules.
Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, said circling back to previous legislation is part of the process.
"In all policy areas, in order to make reforms that lead to a paradigm shift, you have to re-analyze earlier decisions to see if they can be tweaked or perfected," he said.
But some observers say the repeals are evidence that Florida lawmakers are taking a less-than-comprehensive approach to public-school policy.
"People go to Tallahassee and they make themselves experts on education," said Miami-Dade School Board member Raquel Regalado.
Recent changes have come on quickly. Just three years ago, the state adopted new standards and a new set of FCAT, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests. But even that won't last long. The state is moving toward new, national standards known as the Common Core and their accompanying exams.
Miami-Dade teacher Antonio White called the onslaught of new education laws "frustrating."
"As soon as you think you've figured it out, the state changes to something different," said White, who teaches business technology at Jose Marti Math and Science Technology Academy in Hialeah. "It's constantly changing and nothing is proven to work."
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