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Liver Pain: Location, Causes and Treatment
The liver is the largest internal organ of the human body, weighing about 1½ kilograms. It is situated in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen below the rib cage.
What the Liver Does
The liver serves hundreds of functions in the body. These include:
- Detoxification of hormones, drugs, toxins, and waste products
- Secretion of bile
- Production of proteins required for blood clotting
- Production of chemicals that aid in digestion
- Production of hormones
- Decomposition of red blood cells
- Production of amino acids
- Metabolism of carbohydrates: synthesis, breakdown and storage (as glycogen)
- Metabolism and synthesis of proteins
- Metabolism of fats
The liver is essential to life; although some of its functions can be replaced for a few weeks by dialysis, it is so vital that if it fails, a liver transplant may be required to save a life.
Usual Location Of Liver Pain: Upper Right Abdomen
Location of liver pain (medically known as hepatalgia), is typically felt in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen, just beneath the rib cage. The pain is often vague and dull, but it can turn sharp and severe and may occur with back ache. Although the liver itself doesn't have pain receptors, the membrane that covers it does, and if the liver swells it exerts pressure on those receptors and causes pain.
Sometimes when liver issues are causing pain, the pain seems to be coming from the right shoulder.
In addition to problems with the liver itself, there are other possible causes of pain in or near the upper right abdomen:
- Gastritis (inflammation of the stomach due to increased acidity)
- Ascites (buildup of fluid in the abdomen)
- Other abdominal issues
- Backache
- Kidney pain
- Gallstones
- Bile duct issues
- Pancreatitis
- Intestinal issues such as irritable bowel syndrome
- Pneumonia in the lower right lung
Consult a doctor for help finding out the cause of pain that seems to be in the area of the liver.
For further info on liver location.
Causes of Liver Pain
Pain in the liver could have a variety of causes:
- Hepatitis or inflammation of the liver, which can be caused by viruses or alcohol abuse.
- Fatty liver, or steatosis, the accumulation of large amounts of fat in the liver. Fatty liver may be caused by alcohol abuse, or by obesity or metabolic syndrome.
- Damage caused by toxins or drugs.
- Liver cancer. Cancer may originate in the liver as a result of cirrhosis, viral infections, or chronic alcohol abuse, or it may occur when cancer elsewhere metastasizes (relocates) to the liver.
- Cirrhosis of the liver, or replacement of much of the liver by scar tissue; this can be a long-term result of viral infections (such as hepatitis B and C) or alcohol abuse.
- Rare inherited disorders, such as hemochromatosis and Wilson's disease, which can cause hepatitis, cirrhosis and eventually liver failure.
Alcohol Abuse and Liver Pain
Alcohol abuse is a major cause of many painful liver conditions. The liver plays a pivotal role in filtering toxins, like alcohol, out of the blood. When alcohol is consumed, it first gets absorbed into the blood stream from the stomach and intestines, and then most of it gets broken down by the liver. Thus heavy drinking, by overworking the liver, can cause inflammation, fatty liver, and eventually cirrhosis or cancer.
Symptoms Often Associated With Liver Pain
Symptoms of a malfunctioning liver are varied, and may go unnoticed in the beginning. Liver disease can cause many symptoms such as:
- A yellow color to the eyes and skin
- Sharp and stabbing pain
- Excessive sweating
- Strong body odor
- Bad breath
- Reddish palms and soles, accompanied by itching and inflammation
- Loss of appetite
- Joint pain
- Weight loss
- Abdominal bloating
- Nausea and vomiting
- Dark-colored urine
- Swelling of the testicles
- High fever
- Rapid heart rate
Diagnosis of Liver Problems
It is very important to diagnose what is causing liver pain. Here are some of the tests your doctor may use to find the cause of the pain:
- Urine and blood tests are very useful: levels of bilirubin, liver enzymes (SGPT and SGOT) and alpha fetoprotein show how well the liver is functioning.
- If liver pain is associated with other symptoms, endoscopy and ultrasound are done to identify the extent of liver damage from cirrhosis or fatty liver.
- Liver biopsy (taking a tissue sample from the organ for analysis) is less common than it used to be but can still help diagnose liver problems.
Liver Pain Treatment
The treatment of liver pain depends on its cause. Appropriate and timely diagnosis will help in designing an adequate treatment plan. Drugs and surgery can treat some liver diseases. Liver transplants may be required as a last-ditch effort to save a patient with liver disease.
Liver Health
To have a healthy liver your whole life, you will want to avoid alcoholism, obesity, and exposure to hepatitis viruses. While supplements are no subsitute for medical attention—if you have pain, you should go to a doctor—there is some evidence that milk thistle extract benefits some liver diseases.
skperdon from Canada on October 28, 2015:
A very informative hub! Thank you for writing and sharing it.
I knew very little about the liver, now that I've read your hub, I'm going to take very good care of it.
becky on August 19, 2015:
Very informative article
Me on June 07, 2015:
Thank you :)
DESTINY on November 20, 2014:
I am 20 years old and have the diagnosis of "Hepatomegaly", which is enlargement of the liver. Doctors said my spleen is also slightly enlarged. I was surprised, because in Feb they diagnosed me with "PERICARDITIS" and I had a surgery that left my lovely skin with a long nasty scar.. I thought the surgery was supposed to have cured these problems. Now I am having random spurts of back pain..idk if i should be worried..
Dr Rajesh (author) from India on October 03, 2014:
thanks @ linfcor
Linda F Correa from Spring Hill Florida on October 02, 2014:
Autoimmune disorders cause liver pain as well. I have Primary Biliary Cirrhosis which is a liver disease uncommon and not related to alcohol use or abuse. It is an autoimmune disorder which causes the liver to destroy it's own cells. Eventually leads to cirrhosis. It is a slowly progressive disease. There is only one medication to slow it down. Research is continuing. Eventually, liver transplant is necessary. This was a very informative hub.
confused and concerned on August 27, 2014:
I am a mother of 6 great kids,and I'm afraid they are going to lose me,and it makes me worry in so many ways,heart wrenching! I am so sick and getting know useful help I have bad pain and burning in my upper right rib,swelling with a large lump under the edge of the rib. Fever and sweating daily cannot sleep cause of pain and stress of it all.I was in th hosp. 6 wks ago started with stomach pain then severe bleeding from rectum slept on porta potty for the first 2days had no feeling of having bowel bleeding or.one cat scan and lab work no test results but was told from cat scan that my liver was very swollen as well as my bowels and stomach.no hepatitis and never drank alcohol. My blood pressure was high as well as fever. I'm sick all the time and just want to get help! I got more info and help from you than anyone.thank you..I have a little bit more info and understanding things more :)
Satvinder S. Sihra from Queens, NY on June 29, 2014:
I like how you clearly highlighted the causes and the symptoms. Your hub has a nice structure. What other pathological hubs do you have?
Dr Rajesh (author) from India on June 25, 2014:
we can say - Skin is the largest "organ" in the body and Liver is the largest "gland" in the body.
Note: All glands are organs but not the other way!
Ole on June 25, 2014:
Internally, it is the biggest Organ, but the skin / flesh, is the biggest organ!
Dr Rajesh (author) from India on June 24, 2014:
yes Wlich ! sorry about your condition ! you need to consult the doctor because its related to the ongoing treatment and your doctor will be the best person to address it ! Don't worry everything will be fine ... tc
wlich on June 23, 2014:
About 2 yrs ago, I thought I had a hiatal hernia but was diagnosed w an enlarged liver. Never gave me any problems. I began taking Neurontin for my fibromyalgia about a week ago and now, I have this terrible pressure under my rib cage on the right side for the last two days. I also have excessive sweating, fatigue, muscle pain & weakness (all of which could be related to the FM). Is it possible that the new med has irritated my liver? If so, is this something I need to see my doctor about? I also started itching like crazy for about 2 hrs after I take the med but its tolerable. If I keep taking the med, is there any danger to my liver? Thanks!
Hassan on June 14, 2014:
Very useful and simple narration to understand
nikki on May 26, 2014:
Very informative n helpful indeed
Keri Rowe on February 06, 2014:
Very useful info thank you
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ritu manhas on September 26, 2013:
a lot of thanks. it provides treasure of knowledge!
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Keri Machin from Miami Florida on August 25, 2013:
interesting hub thank you. great job on it!
Dr Rajesh (author) from India on May 27, 2013:
thanks :) a lot and I am glad you like it !
Shelley Watson on May 26, 2013:
Thank you for a very informative and interesting hub on the liver. Up, interesting and useful.


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8 days without the Internet means I have a lot of catching up to do. I am overwhelmed with all the notifications I have from blogging sites and emails plus posting my 'diary notes'. As most of you know I have kept diaries for over 70 years having many lined notebooks of all sizes and shapes.
In 199? (What year was it Chuck?) Chuck introduced me to computers and started writing my diary notes and saving them here which saves a heck of a lot of room! In any case I am going to condense the notes and go from there. Aside from restaurant and movie review while I was on 'vacation' Gateway put in a 'new' bathtub in my apartment and in the process burned my shower curtain and liner!
Not having the Internet I found myself going back to reading books! I forgot how much I enjoyed doing that! I also did something I always dread–cleaning! I went through 14 draws throwing out 'stuff' and rearranged my linen closet, cleaned off, and out, my desk though back on the Internet for 12 hours you would never know that by all the 'notes' I now have on it.
I, also, have a backlog of posts I was saving for future postings and now some are already out of date. I started to work on adding captions to the slide shows I make at youtube, actually putting what I want to say on the particular photo. I want to post the one I did about the 20 touring Broadway shows coming here to see what you think and offer any suggestions. (That will be on my songanddanceman page.)
In conjunction with "Something Rotten" coming I am going to experiment with running a contest which will be fun for theatre geeks though whenever they have that topic on Jeopardy most don't get it right. (I'll give you a little head start and practice here at the end.)
The one benefit I did get from not being able to get on the Internet was that I learned how to use the phone in ways besides taking and making calls–that doesn't mean I like it or will do it again if I don't have to but I'll write about that on another post!
How many musical references can you catch? Hint: here are a few to start–Annie, South Pacific, Evita, Guys & Dolls, Sweet Charity, A Chorus Line. There are over 30!
A vacation from the Internet–not voluntary Leave a comment
On Friday morning, March 3, 2017, I wanted to get on the Internet for my email and couldn't! I called AT&T and after 2 hours and 10 minutes I found out something was wrong–DUH! Of the 30 people who live here at least 10 were without the Internet and we immediately knew what was wrong–the lawn maintenance people had cut a wire. It took AT&T 4 days to come to the same conclusion and then 4 days to fix the wire.
I won't get into the many HOURS I was on the phone those 8 days repeating the same thing to an unaccountable amount of people. Adding insult to injury I was disconnected 4 times–yes, 4 times–from the automated 'man' who understands full sentences.
I spent a minimum of 4 hours every day waiting for a technician to come to my place to only tell me it is not my problem but on the outside–by the 3rd day, including last night, before the technician opened his mouth to say hello I answered by telling him exactly what he would find and yes that is what he found and smiling, repeated my words.
I was promised by one on Wednesday that it would be fixed by that night or the next morning and on Thursday the technician of the day (I got to meet all 8 of the team here) said that they had it fixed but since it was so late it wouldn't be til tomorrow morning (today) and guess what? Yes 8 days later I tried to get to my email but the Internet connection wasn't working!!
It is beyond my comprehension how such a large company like AT&T is so messed up! Each day it was like the whole problem was new. While everything was, supposedly, on my report of calls and what was or wasn't accomplished it was as if Susan didn't talk to Eric or anyone else talked to anyone else. Each time I called it was as if it was a new problem and , remember, there were 9 others calling from the complex with the same problem!
I did have one funny conversation with Randy who was on the esculation team. When he answered the phone (after I waited 22 minutes and was cut off by the automatic system!) I explained this was not aimed at him and I was apologizing before I started my rant.He immediately responded that he couldn't do anything but that I should go ahead and I did. He was/is the top man in his department and he said there really was no one higher on the ladder that he could refer me to because all used that automatic system in order to talk to anyone. While I am not saying that Randy was wrong or rude–he certainly was not the latter as I can say about everyone I spoke to though too many read from a script and will not stop talking to hear what you say and/or want until they have finished that particular part of the script.
I am not stopping there and will eventually get to the head of the Internet department of AT&T while meanwhile though I haven't heard much better reports about Comcast and other Internet suppliers I certainly wouldn't recommend AT&T even though I get a great rate.
I have a lot more to say about this all but I do have a lot of catching up to do. It is surprising how dependent you can become to a 'thing like the Internet, a television set, the phone, etc. (And how I learned to hate 'typing' on a phone and now admire those who do!)


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It's amazing. This is actually a Fred Olen Ray movie that had a budget. Normally his movies look like they got made with a shoestring budget and are also too often completely unwatchable, mainly because of that. I don't know who ever decided to give Fred Olen Ray some big money to work with this time and I also really don't understand why. It's not like his movies ever brought in any big money or have a good reputation. But you know what, the fact that this movie had some money behind it actually also makes it a somewhat decent watch at times. It makes you wonder if perhaps Ed Wood also wouldn't have been capable of making some decent movies if he was given some more money to work with.
But still Fred Olen Ray managed to mess things up. First off all, the build up of the movie takes way too long. I think this is because Fred Olen Ray is accustomed to and familiar with this storytelling approach. When you have a $0 budget to work with normally you have to become creative with your storytelling and stretch your story out as far and for as long as possible, without actually doing or showing something. But this is simply not the sort of approach you want from a straight-forward, tough, action-flick.
But also the story in itself is pretty bad and formulaic but told even worse by director Fred Olen Ray. It has plenty of silly and bad moments in it. I mean, those Vietnam flashbacks were all kind of awkward and didn't really add anything good to the story. I understand why it's all in there but it feels so out of place and totally unnecessary.
A reason why people still probably want to see this movie is because of its cast. It has David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako and Michael Berryman. What more could you want from a movie? I must say that without their star power this movie would had probably a way worse and more ridicules movie to watch. I had never actually seen Lee Van Cleef at such an 'old' age. You probably wont even recognize him the first time you see him in this, he looks like a real genuine, balding, gray, grandpa, even though he was only in his early 60's at the time. He also died only a couple of years after this movie. Some people just age fast I guess.
One thing that Fred Olen Ray also doesn't know to handle is its action. Most of the sequences really aren't shot too well and the editing also helps to make it look clumsily at times.
This movie at times has some hints of a good and entertaining, silly '80's action flick in it but Fred Olen Ray still managed to downgrade this movie overall to a below average one. I still like to say his name a lot though, Fred Olen Ray, Fred Olen Ray, Fred Olen Ray!
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Things are finally starting to calm down after a month of moving, cleaning out the old house, setting up a new home office so I can get back into my work routine. Our house is definitely feeling like home now. It's so nice to wake up, make my coffee, and walk over to my office and have my routine back. I get all sorts of out of whack when my workday routine gets jacked. It feels good to feel normal again. This past Saturday I hosted a Lifestyle Blogging Basics workshop for the Nashville Blogging Collective. I love the girls I meet through that network so dang much. I always feel re-energized after meeting incredible like-minded Nashville bloggers. Special thanks to Tiffany of Tiff + Coco for inviting me to host the workshop! I had the best time.
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PROVO — It's been called "the show no one asked for and all of Utah deserves" and "a type of cringe I never knew I needed," and it all began as a joke between BYU students Colin Ross, Remington Butler and their friends last fall.
"Me and Colin were joking with some people in our complex," Butler told the Deseret News, "and we were talking about how he kind of looks like one of the contestants from one of the old seasons of 'The Bachelorette.'"
The group talked about what it would be like to create their own parody of ABC's hit reality show "The Bachelor" and joked about filming 20-year-old Ross going on dates.
Soon after, and without Ross's knowledge, Butler made a flyer with Ross's picture and instructions on how to apply to be on "The Bachelor of Provo."
"He came home with a stack of like 500 flyers, and I was like, 'OK, this is real,'" Ross said.
Butler and his friends distributed the flyers at freshman dorms and a few other places across the Brigham Young University campus with the hopes that they'd get a handful of applicants. According to Butler, they received close to 200 responses.
"We were very surprised," Butler said. "We were like, 'Alright, well, let's see where this goes, and I guess see if we can get Colin a girlfriend.'"
"The Bachelor of Provo" premiered on YouTube on Jan. 11 and follows Ross as he dates 22 young women living in the Utah County area in the hopes of finding "the one" — or at least someone pretty close.
Like ABC's "The Bachelor," "The Bachelor of Provo" includes group dates, individual dates, rose ceremonies and eliminations, but unlike "The Bachelor," there's less drama, no fantasy suite and no consistent release schedule for now, as producers have to juggle the schedules of nearly three dozen volunteers and participants to make the show happen. It's also not likely that there will be a proposal at the end.
'It's really exploded'
"The goal is to have fun and maybe get a girlfriend," Ross said. "I don't think I'll get married because of this."
There aren't many rules for "The Bachelor of Provo" cast to follow — for example, Ross and the girls can see each other off set and date other people if they want to — and the show is not scripted. According to contestants McKenna Wright, 23, and Annali Crandall, 19, the female participants are instead given prompts by producers and come up with their own ideas of what to say to make each episode more interesting, including lighthearted taunts.
"It's like nice, playful drama," Crandall said. "None of it is actually being rude at another girl."
Since its premiere, the show has gotten over 130,000 views and become a bit of a cultural phenomenon at BYU and beyond, inspiring "Bachelor of Provo" recap videos, parodies and watch parties. Local businesses have also been quick to offer support and sponsor dates for the show.
"We never thought it would be this big, maybe 1,000 or 2,000 views," Ross said. "It's really exploded."
The creators of the show call it "the cringe felt 'round the world," and most social media users agree: it is awkward.
I've seen a lot of cringey shows in my life, and The Bachelor of Provo is right up there with the worst of them.— Chip (@chyptocurrency) January 15, 2019
Bachelor of Provo is the most awkward thing I've ever seen. I can't stop watching. Anyone else seen this?! #bachelorofprovo #Trainwreck— Sean Moysh (@moysh13) January 16, 2019
The third worst part of Bachelor of Provo is that it exists, the second worst part is Collin's RM open-mouth smile and speaking cadence, and the worst part is that I'm watching it.— Seth (@sthmrrll) January 17, 2019
Ross admits that he's not very outgoing or comfortable on-screen, which sometimes comes across in the filming. Still, that awkwardness and discomfort are part of the charm for many viewers.
Show fan Jared Hansen, a PhD student at the University of Oregon, said that for him and his wife the show is a "fun to escape back to what it was like being in the Provo dating scene so many years ago.
"It's just so funny to us to witness their awkward flirting, made even more painful to watch because they're adjusting to the cameras," he said.
Alli Kenck, another fan of the show, considers it a train wreck that she can't look away from. "The BYU dating scene is mocked all the time, and I feel like this show is mocking it, but also doing something about it. I would love for it to be successful and become a typical thing," she said.
Others aren't so keen on "The Bachelor of Provo." Common critiques of the show are that it's too cringe-worthy to be good and reinforces negative stereotypes about the dating culture in Provo and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' young single adult wards.
"I don't really care for recreating a show based on the idea of a proposal at the end in a culture that is well-known for fast, ill-planned proposals and marriages," said show viewer Ashley Leiva, a student at Utah Valley University. "Not that I think Colin will actually get engaged at the end, but I think with this group of young people it's dangerous to put them in that position and mindset."
Although she's heard several comments similar to Leiva's, Crandall said she's not ready to get married and the show isn't really about that anyway.
"It's just trying to get know someone," Crandall said. "We're not looking for the eternal companion."
Wright agrees, adding that the show was never meant to be commentary on dating but something fun to watch. "For those people who are like, 'Oh, it could be more professional, or it could be done better,' we know that. We went into it to explore and figure it out together, and it's been really rewarding in terms of relationships and experiences."
'It's whatever you want it to be'
"The Bachelor of Provo" team has largely embraced the show's reputation for being awkward, but the question still remains: How seriously should viewers take this show?
According to Butler and Carson Bown, co-director and filmmaker for the show, their crew is serious about getting Ross a girlfriend and serious about putting the show together, but the show itself is mostly for fun.
"In my opinion, it's whatever you want it to be," Bown said. "If you want it to be serious, take it seriously. If you want to just laugh at it, then yeah. We're laughing it at it too."
Crandall said that while some of the girls on the show are just there to have fun, others have real interest in Ross, including herself.
"I honestly think I'm into him," Crandall said. "At this point I'm trying to stay on the show just because I want to get him know him better, and I want to see if he's actually interested."
Ross thinks it could go somewhere with some of the contestants, too.
"Honestly, they're all great girls," Ross said. "There definitely are a few, though, that I've had my eye on."
The third episode of "The Bachelor of Provo" is set to release on Feb. 13.
Due to the success of the "The Bachelor of Provo," Butler and Bown have begun planning "The Bachelorette of Provo," which will follow a format similar to the current show and is scheduled to start filming this summer. Information and updates can be found on the show's Instagram account.
Dating isn't the only thing on the show's creators' minds. In addition to "The Bachelorette of Provo,'" Bown's team is also working on future projects, including work with a charity to raise money for a family in need.
"When we started, we didn't think (the show) was really going to take off," Bown said, "but we thought, 'Hey, it will hopefully open up other doors for us, other projects we want to work on.'"
And for the bachelor himself, the experience, while at times even more awkward for him than for the show's viewers, is one Ross is committed to.
"It's definitely way bigger than I thought ever," he said. "It's just funny to see how people are responding to it — lots of good stuff, lots of bad stuff. … We're not getting bummed out by the mean comments. We're just going to keep going with it no matter what. We're kind of too far in right now to stop."


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Making Use of a Massacre
shell casings barely stopped bouncing on the floor in the second of two mosques
in Christchurch New Zealand, before the rush to politicize the massacre
began. There is no decency anymore.
"You never let a serious crisis go to waste."
-- Rahm Emanuel, Incoming Chief of White House Staff, November 21st, 2008
Back in the 1980s, there was a sort of pattern to terrorism... an attack would occur, and then the next day associated front groups would start massaging the facts. Usually it was a message along the lines of "Of course, we deplore what happened, but we understand why they did it". Then would come a sort of apologia and reiteration of whatever tedious justifications the terrorists had cited to justify what they did.
Nowadays, we don't even wait that long, and the many-voiced beast that is Social Media was baying for its various causes at once.
"This is a result of Islamophobia, an expression of white supremacy, the radical right wing, yadda, yadda, yadda." A few people cast an all-too cursory eye at the massive Manifesto that came with the appalling You-tube video shot by the gunman himself.
Sorry, folks. Stop the finger-waving, desist with the virtue signalling, put a halt to the indignation, and shut up. Everybody, please just shut up.
The first rule about terrorism is that it is political; there has to be an ideology... and if you want to understand what is going on, understand the ideology. Ideologies are collective beliefs, held and pursued by a group... as in several people, not one.
The gunman in Christchurch surrendered... and a man who broadcasts his acts live and releases a 72-page manifesto is a man who wants to talk... and talk... and talk. He wants his trial and he wants to be at the centre of attention. Please ask yourselves why.
Terrorists, repugnant as they may be, submit themselves to an ideology, to a code of beliefs held by a group. They don't invent their own.
Remember the attacker who shot all those teenagers on an island in Norway in 2011?. He surrendered too, as soon as the police turned up for the same reason. Turns out, there were two psychiatric diagnoses made on him. 1) Paranoid Schizophrenia, and 2) A Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The second fits better. He also left a huge manifesto behind. This attacker also wanted to be known... which is why one should never mention his name.
There are a lot of parallels between the two manifestos. What they really have in common are grandiose fantasies - the New Zealand attacker describes himself as a former SEAL, a sniper, and a Marine and says he went on secret raids against al-Qaeda. He also, contacting the imprisoned lunatic responsible for the attack in Norway, says he operated with the blessing of the Knights Templar... up until now a group in the mind of the Norwegian attacker.
Notwithstanding the overwhelming urge to stamp the New Zealand Gunman as a 'Right Winger', 'Neo-Nazi', or 'Islamophobic', his politics are all-over the map - so much so that they need a chart of their own.
Terrorism is a gray, murky territory, but this attack in New Zealand isn't terrorism.... it literally is the work of a lone mad-man. There isn't a group behind him, his ideology is unique, and he is a bizarre fantasist craving attention and fame. The best we can all do is to give him none!
As we have seen with many 19th Century loners who used Anarchism to justify acting out, the Incels, or Nihilistic school-shooters, our debate about the attacker's ideology will only encourage the next attack by the next loner seeking recognition and celebrity.
Instead, save for forensic psychiatry and intelligence files on precursor activities, let this attacker and his bizarre motives be forgotten.
John Thompson
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For more volunteer opportunities, visit www.handsonnortheastgeorgia.org.
UGArden Harvesting and Maintenance needs volunteers 2:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday to help harvest vegetables for Campus Kitchen and provide general maintenance at UGArden, a 3-acre student-run farm at the University of Georgia. For more, visit servicelearning.uga.edu.
Books For Keeps is seeking volunteers to help distribute books over the next two weeks at area elementary schools. Volunteers will go to the schools, help children select and count 12 books to take home and keep and record their feedback on the book selection. No special skills are required and training is provided the first 10 minutes of each shift. To sign up for a shift, email email@example.com. For more information and a list of schools, visit booksforkeeps.org/distribution-time-is-here-at-last/.
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Morton Theatre needs volunteers to act as ushers during the spring a Cappella concert featuring the Accidentals, Noteworthy, WSEM and others 5:45-9:30 p.m. May 2. For more, visit www.athensclarkecounty.com/volunteer.
Community Connection of Northeast Georgia needs volunteers to help collect donations of household items and furniture and help sort and distribute the items to seniors who live in Athens and are struggling with poverty beginning 8 a.m. May 3 at City Hall in downtown Athens. For more, visit www.CommunityConnection211.org.
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Family Counseling Service of Athens needs volunteers to help clean up the parking lot, porch and front yard. Duties include blowing leaves from the parking lot, picking up trash in the parking lot or by the blueberry bushes, trimming hedges and branches, pulling weeds and sweeping the porch. For more information, visit www.fcsathens.com.
Children First Inc. needs volunteers to be trained to become advocates for abused and/or neglected children. Volunteers will be trained through Athens-Oconee Court Appointed Special Advocate Program Inc. (CASA), a nonprofit organization that works with families, the community, and the courts to ensure safe, stable and nurturing living environments for children. Once trained, advocates will speak for the best interests of abused, neglected and abandoned children in juvenile court proceedings. For more information, www.childrenfirst-inc.org.


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After three days or so of no sleep… sleeping in the back of a truck was heaven!
Network is way spotty up here so a quick update.
My flight was ideal. No layovers and the entire row of seats to myself… also instead of peanuts there was stroopwaffle.
Got a burrito, picked up Duane's mom and sister and went waaaaay north for the wedding. Somewhere on top of a mountain, its lovely.
Slept… i feel SO much better!
Wedding is in about three hours, then we head back down on monday maybe? Then run mad errands and off to the desert on Wednesday.
It seems like my "downtime" in September is going to be pretty minimal before im back on the mountain working, and probably most of that will be in Fresno. Much less slow languid socialization than i had assumed and more ZOOOOOM!
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Wayne DuMond Case: Is Huckabee Responsible?
Yes, says the mother of Carol Sue Shields, a 17-year-old woman murdered by paroled Arkansas murderer Wayne DuMond in 2000. In this version of the story, Huckabee commuted the sentence of, and convinced the state parole board to parole DuMond; DuMond raped and murdered again; Huckabee bears some responsibility.
The emotional links are fairly solid, and it's hard to say otherwise to a grieving mother. But the logic chain suggests a more complicated, tiered regime of blame.
First, note that the state parole board -- all seven members of whom were appointed by Democrats -- agreed with Huckabee's recommendation that DuMond be freed. Some said they felt pressured, but it is hard to argue that Huckabee was responsible for nefariously swaying the minds of seven rational adults. Huckabee is persuasive, but the board's members acted of their own accord.
Clearly, Huckabee misjudged the character of DuMond. Or maybe he didn't.
DuMond claimed he had found God; he was a model prisoner; he gave the state no reason to believe that the prison experience wasn't reforming; there weren't any signs that DuMond had any intention of offending again.
What Huckabee misjudged is his ability to judge the character of a convicted murderer and rapists, a lapse out of a character for a pastor who believes in the sinful nature of an -- or a lapse in character for a pastor who believes in redemption. DuMond may have been predisposed to violence, or some external event had a triggering effect on his violent behavior. In any event, we're talking here about criminology and psychology, domains that Huckabee had no expertise in, and domains that, arguably, politicians ought to keep at brain's length.
Yes, Arkansans elected Huckabee to exercise his judgment. In that state, though, the governor cannot determine whether a prisoner is elgible for parole. He can, however, commute a sentence to make a prisoner eligible for parole. But Huckabee did not grand clemency to DuMond: A Democratic governor, in fact, made DuMond parole eligible.
Here is how Huckabee describes the fateful meeting he had with the parole board:
I made a visit to the parole board early in my tenure as a governor at the request of chairman, because you gotta remember, every member of that parole board had been appointed by Jim Guy Tucker or Bill Clinton. Not one of them appointed by me. I'm a new Republican governor, they'd never seen one. I think they had real concern on how to interrelate or how to relate to me. And what kind of attitude I had in general to crime, attitude, parole, etc. So at their invitation, I went to the meeting; someone brought up this case. Frankly, it was simply part of a broader discussion; I did not ask them to do anything. I did indicate it was sitting at my desk; and I was giving thought to it. But this was probably in, I'm thinking maybe September or October when that meeting was held; I can't remember exactly. The parole board, the following year, early 97 approved his parole plan after I had denied the further commutation.
Even if this account is false -- even if Huckabee bowled over the Democratically-appointed members of the parole board, it still doesn't follow that Huckabee is responsible for their decision.
The following argument might be straw-man-ic -- conservatives believe that criminals are mostly responsible for their crimes -- but conservative who criticize Huckabee might want to make sure they apportion blame properly.
Another straw-manic argument: something like this seems to have happened to every candidate in this race with executive experience ... Huckabee probably favored dozens of parole grants without further incident. None of that comforts the families of the victims, but it ought to be noted, at least.
A third straw-man-ic argument: while he awaiting trial for his original murder, two men broke into DuMond's home, raped him, beat him up, and castrated him. The police in that county didn't try to find these offenders. The county, in fact, seemed to be thrilled with the example of vigilante justice. The spectacle offended many Arkansans, including Huckabee, and including some of his political opponents.
Huckabee's version of the DuMond case leaves out one important caveat. Huckabee never commuted DuMond's sentence, it's true. But that's because the board of parole pre-empted his decision, just four days before he had to finalize it. Three months earlier, Huckabee announced his intention to commute DuMond's sentence to time served. The parole board's decision allowed him to avoid officially commuting the sentence. So technically, Huckabee never commutated squat. But he wanted to.
The story has other complexities: was Huckabee's decision to speak about the DuMond case to the parole board unusual? Did Huckabee personally lobby members of the board to parole DuMond? Did the board members fear the loss of their appointed positions if they failed to accede to the governor's wishes? Was Huckabee insensitive to the family of the original murder victim?
Unanswered, as of yet.
So is Huckabee responsible? If so, how responsible is he? What do you think?


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Legal Blog
A New Travel Ban and the Elimination of Premium Processing for H-1B visas
Following the decision of the Ninth Circuit striking down Executive Order 13769, known colloquially as the Travel Ban, President Trump signaled that a new executive order was in the works. On March 6, 2017, after nearly a month delay, a new Executive Order was issued rescinding Executive Order 13769 and reinstating portions of the travel ban, while attempting to address deficiencies which led to the prior version being struck down. The new order has an effective date of March 16, 2017.
The New Executive Order
The new order still bars entry of nationals from six predominantly Muslim countries – Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The outright ban on entry of foreign nationals from Iraq was removed from this Order, apparently largely at the behest of other agencies reviewing the draft order. It does, however, create an exception for permanent residents of the United States, as well as certain individuals with valid travel documents effective as of the date of the executive order. The bill also purports to address the lack of national security justifications for the prior Order by providing explanations as to why these nations were selected.
The new executive order still provides for a 120-day freeze on the United States Refugee Admissions Program. The stated purpose of the freeze is to allow the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to review the screening processes currently in place to ensure that refugees admitted to the United States do not pose a threat. After the Refugee Admissions Program resumes, the ceiling on the number of refugees who will be admitted to the United States is reduced to 50,000, from 110,000.
The State of Hawaii is already challenging the new Order and a hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, March 15 on its motion for a restraining order barring implementation of the new Order. We will release an updated post once the Court issues a ruling in that case. At this time, this is the most significant challenge to the new Order that is pending.
The Elimination of Premium Processing for H-1B visas
In addition to the new travel ban, USCIS announced on Friday, March 3, that it is eliminating premium processing for H-1b petitions filed as part of the new H-1b filing season. Premium processing allows employers, for a fee, to obtain expedited adjudication of H-1b petitions that are selected in the lottery, generally within 15 business days. Employers in industries dependent on H-1b visas have spoken out against this change, complaining that it hinders the hiring process and creates additional delays on their ability to make hiring decisions since they will now have to wait several more months before they would know whether they can hire certain individuals. While USCIS has stated reasons for the elimination of the program, many experienced practitioners instead suspect that the primary motivation is to discourage employers from using the H-1b visa program to hire foreign workers and instead focus their recruitment on U.S. citizens. This decision, it should be noted, does not alter the number of H-1b visas available or the lottery process.
We are closely monitoring all immigration-related executive orders, laws, and regulations which may impact employers. In the coming weeks and months, we will be providing more specific, in-depth analysis of all executive orders and regulations and how they may impact the business community. In the meantime, if you have questions or concerns about your company's compliance with immigration law, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Not worthy, but willing
Updated: Feb 24, 2019
Can you imagine the scene on that day depicted in the passage from Luke 5.1-11 when Jesus was proclaiming his message beside the Sea of Galilee (Luke calls it the lake of Gennesaret)? It is probably early in the morning on a pleasant sunny day. Jesus is quite passionate about his topic; Luke records him as saying "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God … for I was sent for this purpose." (Luke 4:43)
His preaching, teaching ministry is clearly having an impact, and his name has become a household word. People have recognised that there is something special about this prophet and teacher. They will have either personally witnessed, or heard about, his miracles. And Luke records in Chapter 5 several occasions when Jesus spoke with such power and authority.
Perhaps Luke sees these incidents as illustrations of the fulfilling of the prophecy of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah who wrote, '… my word that goes out from my mouth; shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.' (Isa 55:11)
And so, on this day, as so often occurred, crowds of people began to flock to Jesus to hear his message.
The fishermen have come in from taking their morning catch – a very unproductive and disappointing catch. They are now engaged in cleaning their nets ready to go out again later in the day.
The crowds have gathered and are pressing in upon Jesus from all sides, eager to hear his words. To escape the crush, and to be more easily seen and heard, Jesus steps into a boat and asks its owner to row him just far enough out so that the crowds can't swamp him. And then, as was the custom, the teacher sat down and taught them.
Now, we do not know the detail of his teaching that day, but we do know that after he had finished teaching, he did something very unusual. Jesus, the carpenter, turned to the fisherman who owned the boat and told him to row the boat out into deeper water and to let the nets down to catch some fish.
We might wonder at the reaction of Simon, the fisherman, to having a carpenter telling him how to do his business. What would a carpenter know about commercial fishing? Not only that but, as Simon pointed out, they had fished all night without catching any fish at all! Obviously, there were no fish around that morning!
We might also sense the fishermen's feelings of failure, disillusionment and disappointment. They had toiled all night and caught nothing. It is easy to become despondent when your efforts yield nothing in return.
Yet, regardless of how he might have been feeling, Simon obeyed Jesus: "If you tell me to, I will let the nets down." Simon sensed Jesus' authority, as indicated by his calling Jesus 'Master'.
Well, we know the result – after having fished all night and caught absolutely nothing, they now brought up more fish then the nets could contain. There were so many fish that he had to call assistance from the fishermen in the other boats to help him bring in the net. It was nothing less than a miracle.
Certainly, Simon recognised it as a miracle - and more importantly, recognised that he was in the presence of the Divine. His response was to fall to his knees and say, "Go away from me Lord; I am a sinful man!" (v.8)
It is interesting to reflect upon the observation that whenever people come into the presence of God, they begin to get an acute sense of their own sinfulness and unworthiness. In the Isaiah reading, Isaiah's reaction was to cry out, "I'm doomed! Everything I say is sinful …" (Isaiah 6:5) Abraham's reaction when in God's presence was to say, "I am nothing but dust and ashes." (Gen 18:27)
Simon recognised that he was in the presence of God and this knowledge gave him a great sense of unworthiness. "Go away from me Lord; I am a sinful man!" (v.8) But, notice Jesus' response: "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people." (Luke 5:10)
Jesus first reassured Simon, and then Jesus gave Simon a commission. Despite what Simon thought of himself, Jesus called Simon (and his two fellow fishermen, James and John) to serve him by taking Jesus' message of 'the good news of the kingdom of God' i.e. the way of salvation, to other men and women.
There are three lessons that we can draw from this passage:
The first is in recognising Jesus' authority. Simon recognised that Jesus has all the authority of God. Throughout his ministry on this earth Jesus demonstrated that he has authority over all things animate and inanimate, ie all things living and not living.
He demonstrated authority over sickness (The Bible has over 30 accounts of him healing the sick, the blind, the lame and lepers), over death (on three occasions he raised up dead people – even Lazarus who had been dead four days), over nature and over evil spirits.
Most significantly he has authority to forgive sins. The Jewish leaders quite rightly saw this as a claim to be equal with God, because only God can forgive the sin against him. On that day in the boat, Peter recognised that he was in the presence of the Divine and fell at his feet and obeyed Jesus' command to follow him.
And most importantly, Jesus has God given authority over people – over you and me.
But, people, Australian's in particular, are generally reluctant to submit to authority.
The reluctance to submit to authority is like the little boy who kept standing up on the pew seat when attending a church service with his mother. His mother insisted and finally the little boy sat down. But wishing to not fully submit to his mother's authority, he said, "I'm sitting down on the outside, but I'm standing up on the inside!"
A lot of us are like that with God. We may say that we believe in God - we may even attend church each Sunday; but we are not prepared to fully submit to Jesus' authority by allowing him to take control of our lives.
The second lesson is, perhaps, part of the reason why people will not accept Jesus' authority over their life – particularly in not accepting Jesus as both Saviour who died for our sins, and as Lord who has that total right of authority over every aspect of our life. It is a lesson arising from Simon's response of falling down at Jesus' knees saying, "Go away from me Lord; I am a sinful man!"
The point is that when we are far from God, we do not seem to be able to grasp that we are sinful at all – how often have you heard people who do not know Jesus say things like, "God ought to let me into heaven because I have been a good citizen. I haven't sinned – I haven't committed murder, or rape - I have helped my neighbour."
Only when we truly and fully recognise and acknowledge our utter sinfulness can we have that assurance of salvation and really know the power of God in our lives. Because it is only when we acknowledge our sinfulness that we will be prepared to humble ourselves, let go of our pride, and fully give our lives to Jesus as Lord.
If we don't have this full assurance, or don't know the power of God in our life, then perhaps we should ask ourselves, "Do I really know and feel the depth of my sinfulness?"
The third lesson is found in Jesus' telling the fishermen to again let down their nets, despite their total lack of success in their first attempt. Perhaps today you are feeling a little like the fishermen after their unsuccessful morning fishing. "We have toiled all night but have caught nothing." It is easy to become despondent when your efforts yield nothing in return.
So, maybe you are feeling a bit despondent as you look back at the negligible result from outreach activities in which you have been involved. Maybe you feel like giving up! But Jesus says, "let down your nets again", because as his church, we have been called, like Simon, James and John, to be 'fishers of men'.
And note particularly that a team of fishermen was required to pull in the net – not just Simon on his own. Jesus calls us to be part of a team called the body of Christ in which each part is indispensable. We all have a role, and we all need each other. No Christian is called to minister on his or her own.
In my letter to you two weeks ago, I invited you to become part of our Parish Ministry Team, people who accept the power and authority in Jesus word, people who will come together in prayer to seek God's direction for our Parish endeavours, people who trust in God and are willing to respond to his call to be fishers of men by telling others about Jesus's love for them and the way of salvation that he offers.
Just as Jesus needed to have his team of disciples back then to carry forward his message of 'the good news of the kingdom of God', so today he still calls us to serve him.
Simon, James and John immediately left everything to follow the man who had made them miraculously successful at what they had done their entire lives. They had no hesitation; they enthusiastically embraced their new adventure. So today, Jesus needs a team of enthusiastic people who are ready and willing to try again and again. If the nets don't yield any fish the first time, then we should be willing to trust in Jesus and try something else.
If we are willing, God will use us! And working as a team we can achieve much. Jesus recognised the disciples' need for community – the need to work together.
And Jesus also revealed his amazing power to overcome all difficulties.
Let me tell you about the impact that an enthusiastic team of disciples can have when they come together in prayerful submission to Jesus's call. It was the time when I had been posted to serve with the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, UK.
We heard about Billy Graham's Global Satellite Mission by which the evangelist's message would be beamed right around the world via satellites. Our Chaplain felt a calling to bring this message to the sailors and the people in the local city of Portsmouth – the vision was that thousands of people would hear the gospel. All that we needed was a venue large enough to accommodate the thousand or so people and a screen large enough for them to be able to see and the necessary electronic equipment to pull down the satellite signal and re-transmit it onto the screen. The problem was that we had no money with which to do any of this.
But a small team came together and prayed. Next thing we knew, someone offered to provide, at no cost, the multi screens required to link together to make one huge screen. Then someone else offered to provide the electronic equipment needed to capture the satellite signal and re-transmit it.
The only possible venue large enough was the Base Gymnasium - all we had to do was to convince the Sports Officer to dismantle the boxing ring that had sat in the middle of the gymnasium for decades – something that he initially categorically refused to do! But with concerted prayer, God moved the ring.
Then we had to convince the MOD Security Service to find a way to ensure security of the base for the hundreds of people that would come in from the community without the appropriate security clearances at a time of heightened IRA activity.
The team kept praying and the obstacles were, one-by-one, overcome. Offers of support continued to flow in. And we in the small team were continually amazed at how God answered our prayers.
The end result was that this mammoth event was successfully held, and many people gave their lives to Christ that night. But the thing that impressed us most, was the answers to prayer – to see the amazing power of Jesus to overcome all difficulties.
So, my friends, I want to encourage you to recognise that God calls ordinary, sinful people to do his work on earth. And he calls us not because of our worthiness; but base upon our willingness to humble ourselves, to accept Jesus' power and authority in our life, and to trust him.


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Rahul Mehta attended International Down Fair and International Fur Conference in China
IAF's new Vice President, Rahul Mehta, visited the International Down Fair and the International Fur Conference, both held in China. Mr. Mehta was a key note speaker at the Down Fair. He highlighted the healthy growth of the worldwide market for down feathers and stressed the importance of investing in an industry on the economic upswing. The CFNA is well placed to take collective action to help ensure a lasting prosperity for the down sector, including action in the field of GR (global responsiblity). In many markets, it is crucial for an industry's succes to be seen by consumers as a modern industry, investing in innovation and in global responsibility. Consumers demand greater transparency and this clearly affects the suppliers of raw materials to the apparel industry as well.
The IAF will work with both the CFNA and with the IFTF (International Fur Trade Federation) to support the flow of information and contacts between the apparel industry and these two important representatives of major upstream industries. If you have any questions about down and fur products, please let us know!


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Is E-commerce Advertising a Sea of Sameness?
By Alpana Parida
Over the last five years, e-commerce has consistently clocked double digit growth. With 300 million active internet users (and growing), e-commerce in India is still at an approximate 1.7% of the total retail sales (by revenue). The opportunity is massive and investors are betting big on the category and are pouring in money on marketing and customer acquisition. E-commerce is one of the biggest spenders on advertising today.
With Snapdeal spending upwards of Rs 200cr, and Amazon spending Rs 250cr for the advertising of their annual Diwali sales, you would imagine their brands would benefit – and that they would acquire new consumers, create a preference for their brands and thus cause retention of these consumers for the future.
Actually, this high-spending category is still unable to create brand loyalists. The problem lies with the medium. At brick and mortar establishments, a customer, once in the store, finds store-hopping painful as he/she needs to walk or find transport and physically go to the next destination. E-commerce, however, allows infidelity with a click as choice has no cost and a better deal is just a click away. The entire category has largely played on deals and discounts – a strategy that is inherently at odds with online shopping. When Big Bazaar says "Is se sasta kahin nahinâ€, the consumer finds loss-leaders that are cheap such as sugar, atta and other staples and the store benefits because not everything is discounted. The consumer buys into the store and then proceeds to buy discounted AND full-price products. In contrast, for e-commerce, every product can be compared across stores and the lowest price means just that. Lowest price. The entire industry has abetted in creating this unfaithful consumer who only seeks the lowest price.
The communication strategy of the key players, thus far, has largely been about a deal or choice. Both have been category promises and have done little to build the brand. While Snapdeal, Amazon, eBay, Flipkart, Myntra and Jabong became household names, they did little to distinguish themselves uniquely. With the notable exception of Flipkart, who while also making category promises of genuineness, easy returns, lowest prices etc, broke through the category clutter with its masterful use of kids to subliminally register 'child's play' to the initiates into the category.
When all promise the same thing, the brand that is the most differentiated benefits the most. Memorable advertising does not translate into long-term brand loyalty. Rather, creation of a distinctive brand that has a distinctive promise and a unique selling proposition requires consistent reinforcement and manifestation of the brand visually and experientially. They have to engage, provoke and delight.
Thus, the recent move away from mere category promises to create a deeper connection with the consumer emotionally by all the key players was a much needed shift away from the pure deal/ choice/ exchange based undifferentiated communication.
But the scourge of undifferentiated communication continues. The eBay ad has an old woman skipping rope, the Amazon ad has a badminton racquet send to a young mother and the Snapdeal ad sends ghungroos to an older lady to help them rediscover their passion. Jabong goes a step ahead, urging consumers to be comfortable in their skins, and boldly expressing themselves. While each one is visualized differently with Snapdeal calling it 'Unbox Zindagi', eBay claiming that products do not judge and Amazon exhorting mothers to be a girl again – each is playing on the same theme of rediscovering yourself being true to yourselves and reliving old dreams. Web only ads of Myntra also ran a series of 4 ads that cover homosexuality, single motherhood, career and notions of character. These were cast in the same mould. The exception is their current TV campaign using theuber cool couple – AbhayDeol and Ira Dubey as Myntra shoppers raising the fashion quotient of the brand. Myntra would do well to use them for a longer term – much as Idea telecom had created an association with Abhishek Bachchan.
What is remarkable in each of these stories is the power that is vested in the self.  Over time, similar ads show a blurring of recall and do not attach clearly to a single brand unless a brand stands out. The red Snapdeal box is clearly distinctive – and if the idea of 'Unbox Zindagi' comes alive not just with an evocative box but across all consumer touchpoints – then the brand gains traction. The others, well, will have the satisfaction of creating the category and see some of that growth attaching to themselves.
The ecommerce space is becoming increasingly cluttered and similar consumer insights have led to similar advertising. When the brand proposition is the same and not differentiated, brands need to stand apart through a clearer definition of their personality and tone of voice. In another category – Axe remains a funny pied piper every single time or an Indigo celebrates the joy of flying in a tongue in cheek way. They tell you that consistency is important and it need not be boring. Ecommerce brands need to learn that before burning more cash. Fast.
Alpana Parida is Managing Director, DY Works. A graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and St Stephen's College, Delhi, she has spent over 30 years across various marketing functions in the United States and India. As part of the steering team at DY Works, she espouses the use semiotics to both decode consumer and category and encode the solutions in design. Brand Matters is a new column by Alpana Parida for MxMIndia. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of her organisation.
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Fill your Saturday with holiday shopping, ugly sweater bar crawl, more
The Midnight Hour at Come and Take It Live. Hip-hop super producer, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and composer Adrian Younge have been collaborated several times over the last five years, most notably on the soundtrack for Netflix's "Luke Cage." Earlier this year, they dropped their first album, "The Midnight Hour," a rich and atmospheric collection of sultry R&B and smoky basement jazz. $20-$45. 8 p.m. Saturday. 2015 E. Riverside Drive. comeandtakeitproductions.com. — Deborah Sengupta Stith
"A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Music of Vince Guaraldi." Austin Chamber Music Center presents its annual holiday concert celebrating the tunes from one of our favorite animated TV specials. You'll hear the music center's artistic director, Michelle Schumann, on piano, as well as Utah Hamrick on bass, Scott Laningham on drums and special guests such as singer Savannah Sepulveda. Music includes "O Tannenbaum," "What Child Is This?" and Vince Guaraldi's most famous piece, "Christmastime is Here." 3:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday. $22-$37. Stateside at the Paramount, 719 Congress Ave. austinchambermusic.org.
Cherrywood Art Fair 2018. Want to find one-of-a-kind handmade gifts this holiday season? The Cherrywood Art Fair returns as a two-day shopping extravaganza showcasing local artists, live music, kids' activities and great food in a family-friendly atmosphere. Artists will offer a range of goods, from skincare products to ceramics to jewelry and more. Proceeds from the weekend benefit the Chula League's free after-school arts mentorship program in six East Austin elementary schools. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Free. Maplewood Elementary, 3808 Maplewood Ave. chulaleague.org/cherrywood-art-fair/home/.
Santa Lounge & Market at the W Austin. Shop while you rock out. Enjoy holiday music from KP and the Boom Boom and Drew Davis while sipping holiday cocktails and browsing holiday pop-up shops. Participating stores include Esperos, Luxe Apothetique, ModCloth and Nina Berenato Jewelry. The first 100 guests will receive a complimentary holiday cocktail. Winners from the Eighth Annual Holiday Window Walk, along the Second Street District, will also be announced at 4 p.m. 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Free. 200 Lavaca St. 2ndstreetdistrict.com/events-2/2018/12.
Austin Eastciders' Pup-A-Palooza. What won't this pet-friendly event have? Education and on-site adoption by Austin Pets Alive? Yes. How about a costume contest, raffle and Pupsicool eating contest? Check. How about a picture of your pup with Santa? Got it. Or a watercolor done on-site of your pup? Austin Eastciders will have that, too. Plus, the Collaboratory will have lots of cider, of course. 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Free. 979 Springdale Road. facebook.com/events/356098355151258/.
Bevo's Birthday. Austin's favorite longhorn is turning 102. Celebrate the University of Texas' mascot's milestone birthday with free cupcakes, games, cookie decorating and a photo op with Bevo the birthday boy himself. The parking lot behind the University Co-Op will transform for this festive occasion; it'll be a come-and-go birthday party. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Free. The University Co-op, 2246 Guadalupe St. universityunions.utexas.edu/events/133.
Third Annual Ugly Sweater Crawl. Grab that Goodwill sweater, find those tacky holiday pants and get ready to jingle bell rock at this holiday bar crawl. The $20 ticket includes a decorative Santa hat, themed discounted drink specials at the participating bars, DJs playing holiday music at multiple stops and more. Bar partners include Vulcan Gas Company, Bat Bar Austin, San Jac Saloon, Burnside's Tavern and more. VIP tickets are also available. 6 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday. $20. Multiple locations. eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-ugly-sweater-crawl-austin-tickets-44990111635.
Seven Things I've Learned: An Evening with Ira Glass. Watch a master at work. Ira Glass is the creator, producer and host of "This American Life," the iconic weekly public radio program that has millions of listeners around the world. He returns to the Paramount stage for a new talk that relies on audio clips, music and video to tell the story. He'll share lessons from his life and career of producing well-paced thought-provoking stories, offering a glimpse into the creative process of one of America's most beloved storytellers. 8 p.m. Saturday. $35-$65. Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave. austintheatre.org.


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You can't miss them. Do any kind of life insurance search and you will find them right at the top of the page because they have the money to get there. Whether it is Selectquote, Reliaquote or Insweb, they got their by grinding out hundreds of thousands of life insurance policies.
Is it easy? Sure it is. Is it easier than purchasing through an independent agent? No! Is it the best place to buy your life insurance. No!
Call me old fashioned, but I like service. I hate scripted sales and I hate it when someone tries to get me to buy. I want to be comfortable that who I am talking with has the knowledge and concern for my situation that will drive them to do what is right for me.
While the "big boys" I mentioned above will show you all of the companies they represent on their website, they will generally steer you toward one company. That would be the company that has offered the largest bonus to get business pushed their way. They will simply tell you that, for instance, American General is the best fit for you. Actually American General puts more money in their pocket than say Prudential does.
A lot of the big shops are using American General these days, and it would be baffling if you didn't understand the contracts the big shops get to be somewhat exclusively selling American General products. Why would it be baffling? Because American General is simply not competitive and hasn't been for some time. Truth is that Prudential stomps them pretty routinely. They just don't pay big bonuses.
A guy could go on and on, but suffice it to say that just like the home town agents of old, honesty, integrity and service are found with independent life insurance agents in the 21st century. Like their predecessors, they have to build relationships with every customer in order to grow and stay in business.
One last thing. Can you get better rates by going to Selectquote or any of the other big agencies? Absolutely not. Prices are controlled by state agencies and any agent licensed with a company will get the same price for their customer as any large agency can. No breaks for the big guys.
Think before you click on the life insurance shops that can afford to pay to be on top. It may not be in your best interest.
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Few places can boast the magnificent scenery and unspoiled wilderness. Northwest Ontario's is home to many amazing wilderness parks.
Kakabeka Falls
|Known as Niagara of the North, Kakabeka Falls drops 40 metres over rock cliffs and some of the oldest fossils in the world. Check out the view from platforms and trails along the gorge or trace voyageur routes around the falls in this history-rich park. Features walking and nature trails in summer and groomed cross-country ski trails in winter.
Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area
|Lake Superior has always been referred to as an inland sea and once you see it for yourself, you'll understand why. The Big Lake is famous for its furious storms but can also be as smooth as glass. The Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area is one of the largest protected areas of fresh water in the world.
Ouimet Canyon
|Ouimet Canyon features panoramic views of a 150-metre-wide gorge and sheer cliffs that drop 100 metres straight down to the canyon floor. A trail and boardwalk connect two lookout platforms with spectacular views of the canyon. Arctic plants, usually found 1,000 km north, survive in the unique environment at the bottom of the canyon.
|Pukaskwa National Park's exceptional beauty is revealed in its vistas of Lake Superior and in the rugged, ancient landscape of the Canadian Shield and northern forest. The spirit of the wilderness envelopes those who explore this special place. The only wilderness national park in Ontario, Pukaskwa protects 1878 square kilometres of an ecosystem that features boreal forest and Lake Superior shoreline.
|Quetico Provincial Park is a paddler's paradise. Come for a breath-taking eco-tour of Canadian wildlife and forestry preserve or fish for smallmouth bass. Visit ancient pictographs near Atikokan. A world-famous destination for backcountry canoeing with over 2,000 lakes in rugged wilderness. Great family camping at the Dawson Trail Campground with facilities for all types of camping, equipment and 35km of hiking trails.
Sleeping Giant
|On the southern tip of this rugged peninsula near Thunder Bay lies the legendary Sleeping Giant. Venture deep into its boreal forests to experience the backcountry or follow its rugged trails to the top of the giant for unbeatable views of Lake Superior. Look for deer, moose and other large mammals in the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park's vast forests and lowlands. Whether you are hiking along lush green paths or gliding over snowy trails, the beauty of this park will leave you spellbound. The park has more than 100km of trails, nature walks, group campfires, boating, fishing and cycling. There are more than 240 camp sites at Sleeping Giant.
|Wabikimi Provincial Park is a world-class wilderness canoeing destination, including over 2,000 km of lake and river routes and some excellent whitewater. The park features a pristine wilderness with opportunities for wildlife viewing as well as sport fishing and hunting. There is also excellent Walleye and Northern Pike fishing, and several fly-in backcountry lodges and resorts. Situated on the traditional lands of several First Nation and Aboriginal communities, the park has a long and storied cultural history.
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Gore Verbinski directs Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in this pirate adventure romp where a desperate Jack Sparrow tries to outwit and outrun a curse with the East India Trading Company also plotting his downfall.
Not as boring as I remember in the cinema. It goes on for way too long but Depp's Jack is still fine value and the set-pieces he is actively involved in have a cartoonish physics to them. A threeway sword duel on a runaway miller's wheel is particularly inventive. Every fifth or sixth scene seems to be a forced recap of the plot… almost as if Disney was already well aware the drooling masses who embraced this franchise were too dull eyed to keep up with all the triple crosses and mystic macguffins.
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