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This week, Michael Vick is expected to take the next step in his "rehabilitation." He will be released from a federal penitentiary and will serve the remaining 60 days of his 23-month prison sentence in home confinement. After that, he will be placed on probation for the next three years.
The incarceration portion of his debt will be paid. He will be a free man.
In the context of prison and its aftermath, the word "rehabilitation" is a fluid concept at best, closer to hypocritical. Over the coming months, Vick will provide a living illustration of life after Leavenworth, of just how severe the gap really might be between the ideal of having paid one's debt to society and the reality of life on the outside as an ex-convict -- even as an ex-con who once ran the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds, who once signed an NFL contract worth $130 million.
Already, the prospect of Vick's return has prompted response. Tony Dungy, he of the impeccable moral credentials -- compassionate in his religion, committed to character as much as to championships -- traveled to Kansas recently and met with the imprisoned Vick. Dungy said he made the trip to gauge the former quarterback's mindset. In today's sporting landscape, few own a more respectable Good Housekeeping seal than Dungy.
"I am going out there to really talk about life, to talk about the Lord," Dungy said as a guest on Dan Patrick's radio show last week. "I know he has made a profession that he has accepted the Lord into his life. Talk to him about what he's going to face. Most people are going to be against him. He's got to understand that."
Dungy's visit might also serve other purposes in addition to helping Vick turn a corner personally. Dungy could lend his considerable influence to aid in Vick's inevitable petition to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to get his old life back. But Dungy may also be sending a message to us, the public. America has always loved a comeback, and perhaps Dungy is reminding us that Vick falls into the category of deserving the opportunity to engineer one.
Vick's "rehabilitation" will test America's appetite for second chances, as well as address the question -- as yet unanswered in this country -- of whether a debt to society can ever be fully repaid. Two years after being sent to prison for running an illegal dogfighting operation, the scar of the public division over his conviction and prison time might have faded, replaced by the sports world's latest transgressions. But it has not completely healed, has not lost its significance. No professional athlete this side of O.J. Simpson polarized the public discussion, about how we all feel about this country, as much as Vick.
He reminded the public of its deep divisions regarding judicial fairness, race, geography, class and -- perhaps more important than those first four -- personal morality. The emotions stirred by the conversation about dogfighting, on both sides -- the side that was utterly horrified by the details of his cruelty to animals and the side that believed Vick was a high-profile fall guy, for whom the punishment far exceeded the crime -- were remarkably strong.
Inside the corporate world of the NFL, Vick is a seminal figure, for he provided the cudgel for a new commissioner, Goodell, to place additional emphasis and judgment on personal conduct, above and beyond whatever may transpire in a court of law. The Vick case gave Goodell power, and tilted the balance of power with the players. The commissioner now is a feared presence.
The question of Vick's rehabilitation itself is deeply layered. He must play professional football to satisfy the long list of people to whom he owes money. He is financially insolvent, currently in bankruptcy court. After his release, he will live in Virginia and work at a construction company for $10 per hour, but his responsibility to his creditors can only be addressed by playing for an NFL team.
And yet it is unclear whether, physically, Vick is NFL material anymore. He has not appeared in a regular-season game since Dec. 31, 2006, and Goodell has the authority to keep him out of the NFL for part or all of the 2009 season, even after his time has been served. Goodell has not likely forgotten that during the early stages of the government's case against him, Vick visited the commissioner's office and told him -- to his face -- that the allegations against him were false.
In some ways, Goodell is following the Kenesaw Mountain Landis model in his commissionership. He has the public -- weary of watching high-priced athletes walk away from trouble without accountability -- on his side. In that sense, Goodell is the anti-Bud Selig. Where Selig has been reluctant to punish players for their transgressions off the field -- Miguel Tejada, for example, pleaded guilty to lying to federal officers and received no sanction from his day job -- Goodell has shown no such hesitation, even though by adding a suspension on top of a prison sentence, Goodell would be punishing Vick twice.
A suspension during some or all of the 2009 season would make it virtually impossible for an NFL team to be enthused about signing him, especially as a quarterback. Even when he was at his best, Vick was an acquired taste at that position. He was never a prototypical quarterback who could transition easily into a prototypical system. His skills were unique, and required a nontraditional offensive approach to maximize his abilities. A continued suspension would say, in effect, that the debt has not yet been paid.
Vick might have paid his debt to society through his incarceration, but he will never be whole again. For example, as a convicted felon, according to Virginia state law, he has permanently lost his right to vote; he's one of approximately 5.3 million Americans who have lost that right due to felony conviction, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
In Virginia -- considered along with Kentucky by the ACLU to be the most difficult state for residents convicted of a felony to return to normalcy -- roughly 300,000 residents cannot vote, even though they are no longer in prison. Vick won't be able to vote for President or Congress, or state representative, or whether his town should put up a new stop sign. Only a special appeals process to the governor can restore voting rights for ex-convicts in Virginia.
But keeping Vick, even temporarily, from re-entering his career would only be consistent with life for ex-convicts -- more proof, in fact, that the debt can never be paid. The word rehabilitate, by definition, means (1) to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, etc., and (2) to restore to former rank, rights or privileges.
The combination of the stigma of being a convicted felon and the permanent loss of a basic right ensures Vick must begin this new chapter of his life by forgetting his old life. He cannot be restored to his former rank. Restoration, rehabilitation -- they are illusory words for people who have done time, especially someone whose downfall came so spectacularly and publicly. Michael Vick must build something completely new, and claim it as his own.
Vick's upcoming strategies rely heavily on being able -- at a fairly high level -- to re-enter his life. His serious financial situation essentially forces him to be an NFL-quality football player, but he has no idea whether Goodell will even give him that opportunity this year or whether he will ever find acceptance in the league, personally. If there is one certainty, it is that no one ever leaves prison the same person he was when he entered. Mike Tyson knows this firsthand; in many ways, he has never recovered from his incarceration.
The coming months will not be clean for Vick. They will teach him, and us, as much about the concept of re-entry into one's life -- and about just how real second chances truly are in this country -- as they will about the remaining level of Michael Vick's football skills.
Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He is the author of "Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston " and "Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball." He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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The Unidentified Redhead (The Redhead)
The Unidentified Redhead is an absolutely hilarious glimpse into the world of showbiz wrapped up in a steamy romance. Grace Sheridan is a recent replant to L.A. She is in her early thirties, and hoping to make it as an actress… again. Bouncing back from failure her first go around—the depression, weight gain, and self-doubt are all gone and she’s ready to take Hollywood by storm. Little does she know, not only will she find success in her career, but in love as well. Jack Hamilton is in his mid-20s and is on the verge of becoming Hollywood’s next “big thing.” Now would be the worst time to start a relationship, as he is in the public eye and the object of many young women’s obsession. This has not only gone on my bookshelf as one of my favorite books this year, but one of my favorite books, period. It should be required reading for the 30+ set, because we see Grace deal with so many of the insecurities that we all face. It is a fast, easy read. The characters are well developed and the banter between Jack and Grace is laugh out loud funny. Definitely five stars!
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This is the famous Buffalo Chicken Dip from Keto Diesel with amazing taste AND macros! Each serving has 30 grams protein, 2.5 grams of fat and only 3 grams of carbs! This recipe is the perfect dip, side dish or just eat as a full meal. Amazing! Must try.
32 oz chicken breast
16 oz low fat, 1% cottage cheese
3.5 oz fat free cheddar
2.5 oz turkey pepperoni
Hot Sauce (Frank's): Use as much as you like, 12 oz works well here
Blend/Mash up chicken with food processor to desired texture.
Add in cottage cheese and hot sauce, keep mixing
Slowly add cheese and pepperoni
Add everything to a 9x9 glass baking dish.
Bake for 20 min at in oven, pre- heated at 375-400°, take out stir everything with a fork and put back in oven for 2-3 minutes. Remove and let cool before transferring to a container.
Add as a side dish to your next meal :)
This recipe can have dozens of versions and optional ingredients. Can you use low or regular fat cottage cheese or Greek yogurt in place of cottage cheese. Use regular pepperoni use bacon, or none at all. For added flavor use full fat cheddar even though the hot sauce brings out a great taste even with such low fat and carbs. Can use canned chicken, rotisserie chicken, package pre cooked grilled chicken, etc.
The protein powder is optional but makes for a great texture especially if recipe is too watery.
Final recipe and macros all comes down to how fatty or lean you want the resulting recipes to be.
This recipe is great for all sorts of meals; use as a dip for anything, or a side dish to a meal or eat a big bowl of it as a meal. It really is that darn good and that amazingly versatile.
Calories 150, Protein 30 grams,Carbs 3 grams,Fat 2.5 grams
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“I’ve Realized How Much More Creative I Am When I Allow Myself Rest” | Adamma Ebo, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul
The last two years have prompted much contemplation and reconsideration of the reasons why we make our films as well as the ways in which we make them. What aspect of your filmmaking—whether in your creative process, the way you finance your films, your production methodology or the way you relate to your audience—did you have to reinvent in order to make and complete the film you are bringing to the festival this year?
The aspect of my filmmaking/creative process that I’ve had to reinvent during these last two years is how I reinvigorate my creative mind. I used to just barrel through any creative block I have and just crank something out even, if it ends up changing later. But within the last two years, I’ve realized how much more creative I am when I allow myself rest—even if it’s smack dab in the middle of a work day. So, since I’m working from home more often than not these days, I take naps. And it’s truly been transformative for my creative process. I greatly attribute coming up with the opening to the film (which changed a few times) to a series of naps. I was feeling stuck with it, but the rest gave me the space and energy to put the tone of the movie back into perspective.

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The human body can make most of the types of fats it needs from other fats or raw materials. That isn’t the case for omega-3 fatty acids (also called omega-3 fats and n-3 fats). These are essential fats—the body can’t make them from scratch but must get them from food. Foods high in Omega-3 include fish, vegetable oils, nuts (especially walnuts), flax seeds, flaxseed oil, and leafy vegetables.
Good for you for eating healthily! Sadly, many people do not like omega-3 containing foods such as fish, and for these people, supplementation may be a good alternative to obtain omega-3. As a clinical investigator, my research focuses on study supplements, which is what I was asked to cover in this article. I’m all for healthy eating, but not everyone can afford it or wants to eat certain foods, and this is perhaps why supplements are so popular.
56. Davidson MH, Stein EA, Bays HE, et al. COMBination of prescription Omega-3 with Simvastatin (COMBOS) Investigators. Efficacy and tolerability of adding prescription omega-3 fatty acids 4 g/d to simvastatin 40 mg/d in hypertriglyceridemic patients: an 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Clin Ther. 2007;29:1354–1367. [PubMed]
Irving, G. F., Freund-Levi, Y., Eriksdotter-Jonhagen, M., Basun, H., Brismar, K., Hjorth, E., Palmblad, J., Vessby, B., Vedin, I., Wahlund, L. O., and Cederholm, T. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation effects on weight and appetite in patients with Alzheimer's disease: the omega-3 Alzheimer's disease study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009;57(1):11-17. View abstract.
In some cases, fish oil pills may cause loose stools, nausea, diarrhea, and decreased appetite, fat in the stools, vomiting or constipation. These side effects can be minimized by taking a fish oil capsule that is coated, which is designed to help eliminate the "fish burps" many users complain about. Starting with low doses of the supplement and working up to a full dose can also help minimize side effects. You can also pair fish oil supplements with meals so that they enter your body more slowly, minimizing the risk of side effects occurring.
In our analysis, most of the included studies showed a positive Hedges g toward a beneficial effect of omega-3 PUFAs in anxiety reduction, although not all findings were statistically significant. However, after merging of these effect sizes from all of the included studies, the main result showed significant findings in our meta-analysis. Despite the significant heterogeneity, no significant publication bias was found among these 19 studies.
So why is an excess of DHA detrimental and an excess of EPA useful? DHA has a larger structure with two extra carbons and two extra double bonds, so it literally takes up more space in cell membranes than EPA. On the one hand, this is important because DHA plays a structural role in maintaining the fluidity of cell membranes ( essential for the normal function of proteins, channels and receptors that are also embedded in the membrane), but if a cell membrane becomes too saturated with DHA it can become too fluid, which can have a negative effect on cell function. EPA, on the other hand, is constantly utilised and always in demand.
A number of trials have found that omega-3 PUFAs might reduce anxiety under serious stressful situations. Case-controlled studies have shown low peripheral omega-3 PUFA levels in patients with anxiety disorders.27-31 A cohort study found that high serum EPA levels were associated with protection against posttraumatic stress disorder.32 In studies of therapeutic interventions, while a randomized clinical trial of adjunctive EPA treatment in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder revealed that EPA augmentation had no beneficial effect on symptoms of anxiety, depression, or obsessive-compulsiveness,33 a randomized clinical trial involving participants with substance abuse showed that EPA and DHA administration was accompanied by significant decreases in anger and anxiety scores compared with placebo.34 In addition, a randomized clinical trial found that omega-3 PUFAs had additional effects on decreasing depressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with acute myocardial infarction,35 and a randomized clinical trial demonstrated that omega-3 PUFAs could reduce inflammation and anxiety among healthy young adults facing a stressful major examination.36 Despite the largely positive findings of these trials, the clinical application of the findings is unfortunately limited by their small sample sizes.
3. DHA affects your child's learning and behavior. Do you want to maximize your child's intellectual potential? A study published in Plos One in June 20138 linked low levels of DHA with poorer reading, and memory and behavioral problems in healthy school-age children. In another study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in August 2013,9 children who consumed an omega-3 fat supplement as infants scored higher on rule learning, vocabulary, and intelligent testing at ages 3 to 5.
For patients without documented CAD, the American Heart Association 2006 Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations advise the consumption of at least 2 servings of fish per week, preferably fatty fish high in DHA and EPA.65 The guidelines also recommend a daily fish intake equivalent to 1 g/d of EPA and DHA for secondary prevention of CAD. Fish oil supplements containing EPA and DHA are suggested as an alternative to fatty fish consumption for secondary prevention.
In a U.K. study, children of mothers who ate more than 12 ounces a week actually scored better on tests of verbal I.Q., social behavior, and development and communication than children of mothers who ate none. In the Seychelles Islands, where people average 12 fish meals -- not ounces -- a week, there are no reports of links between mercury exposure and poor outcomes in children. These studies suggest that eating less than 12 ounces of fish each week could do more harm to a child's developing neurological system than mercury poisoning.
Of great clinical importance, EPA and DHA supplementation during pregnancy has been associated with longer gestation and increased concentrations of EPA and DHA in fetal tissues (21). In 2005, preterm births accounted for 12.7% of all births in the United States, increasing the likelihood of health complications (22). Carrying a baby to term is very important because prematurity is the cause of various infant diseases and can lead to death; preterm delivery is an underlying factor for 85% of the deaths of normally formed infants (23). One mechanism by which EPA and DHA may decrease the incidence of preterm birth is by decreasing prostaglandin E2 and prostaglandin F2α production, therefore reducing inflammation within the uterus, which could be associated with preterm labor (21, 24). Several studies investigated EPA and DHA intake during pregnancy and its correlation with longer gestation. Conclusions were that EPA+DHA supplementation during pregnancy delayed the onset of delivery to term or closer to term; however, supplementation did not delay delivery to the point of being post-term (20, 23, 25). This supports the evidence that EPA+DHA ingestion leads to optimal pregnancy length. EPA+DHA supplementation reduced the HR of preterm delivery by 44% (95% CI: 14–64%) in those who consumed relatively low amounts of fish and 39% (95% CI: 16–56%) in those who consumed medium amounts of fish; however, a level of statistical significance was not met (P = 0.10) (23). The Judge et al. (20) study found that women who had DHA supplementation from gestation week 24 until full-term delivery carried their infants significantly (P = 0.019) longer than did the women in the placebo group. One study found that DHA supplementation after gestation week 21 led to fewer preterm births (<34 wk of gestation) in the DHA group compared with the control group (1.09% vs. 2.25%; adjusted RR, 0.49; 95% CI: 0.25–0.94; P = 0.03). Also, mean birth weight was 68 g heavier (95% CI: 23–114 g; P = 0.003) and fewer infants were of low birth weight in the DHA group compared with the control group (3.41% vs. 5.27%; adjusted RR, 0.65; 95% CI: 0.44–0.96; P = 0.03) (25).
Krill oil is a source of omega−3 fatty acids. The effect of krill oil, at a lower dose of EPA + DHA (62.8%), was demonstrated to be similar to that of fish oil on blood lipid levels and markers of inflammation in healthy humans. While not an endangered species, krill are a mainstay of the diets of many ocean-based species including whales, causing environmental and scientific concerns about their sustainability.
Damage to the kidneys caused the drug cyclosporine. Cyclosporine is a medication that reduces the chance of organ rejection after an organ transplant. Taking fish oil seems to prevent kidney damage in people taking this drug. Fish oil also seems to improve kidney function during the recovery phase following the rejection of a transplanted organ in people taking cyclosporine.

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This nation owes a great deal to its elite soldiers, specifically those in Special Operations whom live by the mantra “Silent Professionals”. Among them are the men who volunteered, trained, and sacrificed to be part of the 5th Special Forces Group (SFG). And between 2009 and 2011, then COL Mark Mitchell, led the members of the 5th SFG and saw to it they maintained the time-honored traditions and tactical professionalism the Special Operations community and the 5th SFG is renowned for. Today the areas of responsibility for 5th SFG include: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Its missions include; Counterterrorism, Direct Action, Foreign Internal Defense, Special Reconnaissance, and Unconventional Warfare. Members of the 5th SFG specialize in Close Quarters Combat, Airborne, High-altitude Low-opening or HALO, SCUBA, Mobility, and Mountaineering. The challenge coins of the 5th SFG, and assigned units such as ODA 5216, exemplify Special Operations and speaks volumes why the men of the 5th SFG are known as “The Legion”.
The 5th SFG (Airborne) derives its lineage from the 1st Special Service Force (SSF), a combined Canadian-American regiment during the Second World War. The SSF was constituted on July 5th, 1942, in the United States Army, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD), 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 1st SSF. (US Army 2012)
Activated on July 9th, 1942, the unit trained at Fort William-Henry Harrison, in Montana. The SSF participated in the Italian Campaign, and saw action in Southern France before being inactivated on February 6th, 1945. But this wasn’t to be the only chapter of the 5th SFG, and the unit was constituted on 15 April 1960 in the Regular Army and designated Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 5th SFG (Airborne), 1st Special Forces.
On September 21st, 1961, the 5th SFG (Airborne) was officially activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Just one year later, elements of the 5th SFG began serving temporary tours of duty in the Republic of South Vietnam, with the full deployment of the group later by February 1965. From its base at Nha Trang, the 5th SFG deployed throughout the four military regions within South Vietnam. It was during this time period that the unit’s nickname of “Legion” was first recorded to describe the close bond of the members in the 5th SFG, sharing in harsh living conditions, intense combat, and mutual experience. The Group’s Operational Detachment Alphas (ODAs) established camps at 270 locations throughout South Vietnam, training and leading the indigenous forces of the Civilian Irregular Defense Groups. Additionally, soldiers from the Group led units of other indigenous forces conducting reconnaissance, and direct-action missions throughout Southeast Asia. (The History Channel n.d.)
Although one of the smallest units in Vietnam, the 5th SFG Colors fly 27 campaign streamers from that conflict, and its soldiers are among the most decorated in the history of our nation. Eighteen Medals of Honor were awarded to soldiers of the 5th SFG (nine posthumously). The SFG was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, two Valorous Unit Citations, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (with palm) and the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class.
On March 5th, 1971, the colors of the 5th SFG were returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina; where the group remained until June 10th, 1988 when the colors were cased at a ceremony marking its departure from Fort Bragg. The colors were later officially uncased on June 16th, 1988 at the unit’s new home at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The 5th SFG added to its rich history during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The 5th SFG was called upon to conduct operations in response to the Iraqi 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The Group deployed in August 1990, and returned a year later in April 1991. During this time, the Group conducted Foreign Internal Defense operations in support of the Saudi Arabian land forces, and provided Coalition Support Teams to every allied contingent among the Coalition; becoming what General H. Norman Schwarzkopf would call “the glue that held the coalition together.” The 5th SFG also conducted Special Reconnaissance, Direct Action and Combat Search and Rescue Missions. For their service during Operation Desert Storm the Group was awarded the Valorous Unit Citation on June 11th, 1993.
Following Operation Desert Storm, the 5th SFG also conducted extensive security and humanitarian missions in Somalia, and was called to support operations in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo.
In the wake of September 11th, 2001, the 5th SFG was called upon to play a major role in the Global War on Terror. From October 2001 through April 2002, Special Forces ODAs, or A- teams, from the 5th SFG (A) were one of the first American units deployed into Afghanistan for Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). These ODA’s of the 5th SFG conducted Unconventional Warfare against Taliban and al Qaeda (AQ) forces crippling their Command and Control and delivering devastating enemy losses. Individuals from these A-teams have been recognized in Doug Stanton’s Horse Soldier’s due to the unit’s unique requirement to advise and assist their Afghan counterparts while riding horseback, a form of transport not used in the U.S. military since the early 19th century. (Stanton 2010)
Within a six months time period the 5th SFG, now a regimental-sized force, effectively destroyed the popular base of the Taliban government and toppled the terrorist-sponsoring state of Afghanistan. The 5th SFG was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for its extraordinary accomplishments during OEF.
In honor of the victims of the 9/11 attacks each ODA carried with them pieces of steel recovered from the rubble that was the World Trade Center. At the site where each team completed its mission, they respectively buried a piece of the World Trade Center steel and a properly folded American flag. As the first unit to invade Afghanistan and take the fight to those responsible, the ceremonies would forever bond the Green Berets of the 5th SFG (A) to the New York City first responders. It was a bond formed from an understanding and an ability to relate to those first responders who risked their lives to go to the aid of others, who ran to the World Trade Center, not away, and who were climbing up stairwells, not down them.
To commemorate these small ceremonies, the Legion has presented the respective New York emergency response agencies and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum with prints depicting the locations where each piece of steel was buried.
Immediately after redeploying from OEF I to Fort Campbell, the 5th SFG began preparations for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)… and within another six months, returned back into the CENTCOM theater of operations by January 2003. Upon the commencement of combat operations, the Group conducted the full array of Special Operation missions from; Theater Ballistic Defense in the Western Desert, to Unconventional Warfare in Southern and Central Iraq. These efforts facilitated the defeat of Saddam Hussein’s Regime.
From the opening days of OIF and the fall of the Baath Regime in 2003, through the final withdrawal of US Forces and to the end of Operation NEW DAWN in 2011, 5th SFG has provided the full spectrum of Special Operations in support of Coalition Forces and the Iraqi Government. The pinnacle of these
achievements were evident in the thousands of successful operations that targeted terrorist and insurgent networks while training and developing a capable and effective Iraqi Military, Police, and Special Operations Force. Special Forces soldiers have proven again to be our Nation’s ultimate combat multipliers, building skills and capabilities with multiple partnered nation security forces across the CENTCOM area of operations, always prepared to execute the most hazardous and sensitive special operations when and where directed.
On August 14, 2009 in a small ceremony on Gabriel Field in Fort Campbell, COL Mark Mitchell assumed command of the 5th SFG. (MAJ Olson 2009) Previously serving as the Executive Officer to then Commander COL Christopher Conner, COL Mitchell came up in rank from within the Group, including serving as COL Conner’s J-3 at the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, and the ODA Company and Battalion Commander before assuming command of the 5th SFG. Prior to assuming command, COL Mitchell had also served a short tenure at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government as a National Security Fellow from the US Army War College. COL Mitchell would continue on to serve as the 5th SFG Commander until August 17th, 2011 when he himself was succeeded by COL Scott E. Brower in another ceremony at Gabriel Field. In his farewell remarks, COL Mitchell said,
In these men (5th SFG soldiers serving overseas), we have found the military equivalent of a philosopher’s stone, the elusive element sought by alchemists to turn base metals into precious metals. Time and time again, they have taken the rough, raw base materials of our foreign counterparts and, with skills that would make any alchemist jealous, turn those raw materials into pure gold.
The sterling reputation of this group is a tribute to their professionalism and dedication they present to you as soldiers. The accomplishments of this group are the direct result of their extraordinary efforts. From the bottom of my heart, to each and every one of you, thank you for all that you are, all that you do and all that you continue to do.
The future that we face today is more complex with more unknowns and more demands than we have seen in years. I welcome that environment, because it is the soldiers who stand before you and the Legionnaires that are already deployed around the world that thrive in this environment. I am confident that these soldiers will meet each and every challenge that they face. (Snow 2011) (Gresham 2012)
On Sept. 21, 2011, the 50th anniversary of the activation of the 5th SFG (A), the Group unveiled two World Trade Center structural steel columns that were recovered from Ground Zero. These columns were presented to the Group on May 27, 2011, and erected as a 9/11 Memorial on Gabriel Field on Sept. 11, 2011. The words engraved on the Memorial plaque read:
The twin steel columns, shaped in a Roman numeral V, symbolize the 5th SFG (Airborne) and are displayed to pay homage to the 2977 innocent lives lost at the hands of terrorists on September 11, 2001. Recovered from the remnants of the World Trade Center the columns were gifted from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to honor and pay tribute to the “Legion”.
Within days after the terrorist attack on September 11th, Green Berets deployed to conduct offensive operations against those responsible for the attack, from 2001, 5th SFG remained at the forefront in the Global War on Terror and stands ready to defend liberty and free the oppressed.
WE WILL NOT TIRE, WE WILL NOT FALTER, WE WILL NOT FAIL
The Commander’s Challenge Coin for the 5th SFG between 2009 and 2011 was designed to celebrate the unit’s unique heritage as “Legionnaires” and COL Mitchell’s tenure. Although the average rotation of a SFG Commander is only two years, little was changed to COL Mitchell’s challenge coin between versions 1 and 2 reflecting his value on the coin’s symbolism. Measuring approximately 2.25” tall and 1.5” wide, the rectangular design of the coin is angled to represent the scutum shield, commonly carried by Roman Legionnaires around 200 AD. A special note: an anti-counterfeit feature was added to the challenge coin along the outer edge in a series of laser-etched phrases which represent the ethos of COL Mitchell while serving as the unit Commander. For the purposes of maintaining this unique feature the actual wording has been excluded.
Against a field of all black gloss, the Obverse of the 5th SFG Commander’s Challenge Coin alludes to a number of both historical and current symbols associated to the 5th SFG. Centered on the Obverse is a small rectangular jeweled box inside which is the Special Forces crest adopted in 1960 and approved as the regimental designator in 1984. (United States Army Special Operations Command n.d.) Behind the jeweled box and centered on the Obverse are two sets of silver “wings” meant to draw correlation to designs frequently found on the scutum shields of Roman Legionaries. Echoing the depiction of the Special Forces crest is a gold-laced V-42 dagger symbolic with the design in the SF crest, and two crossed golden arrows that represent the asymmetric nature of Special Operations. Along the top, in raised silver lettering, is written “Legio V” which is Latin for 5th “Legion” representing the unit. Along the bottom of the Obverse is written “De Oppresso Liber” the Latin motto of Special Forces meaning, “To Liberate the Oppressed” although the actual translation varies.
Against a textured silver field, and centered on the top half is a .3/4” epoxy-coated representation of the Special Forces crest against a black beret flash. Below the crest and in the honorific position is the raised silver rank-representation of an O-6 full Colonel symbolizing the 5th Special Forces Commander. To the right is golden chevron rank of the 5th SFG’s senior enlisted Command Sergeant Major. At the top, and written in black lettering is “For Excellence” while along the bottom and below the representative ranks is the phrase “5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) ‘The Quiet Professionals’ Strength and Honor”. It should be noted the only variant between the first and second versions of these coins, which represent COL Mitchell’s tenure, is a slight variation in the coloring for the senior enlisted with the first version having no color and of the same raised silver texture as the Colonel. The latter version, representing the second half of the Commanders time with the unit, changed the senior enlisted rank to gold.
Gresham, John D. USASOC Year in Review: 2011-2012. July 7, 2012. http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/usasoc-year-in-review-2011-2012/2/ (accessed June 23, 2013).
MAJ Olson, April N. 5th Special Forces Group welcomes new commander. August 17, 2009. http://www.army.mil/article/26147/5th_Special_Forces_Group_welcomes_new_commander/ (accessed June 23, 2013).
Snow, David B. Mitchell relinquishes command to Brower. August 17, 2011. http://www.theeaglepost.us/news/article_a3398bb2-c8df-11e0-bce2-001cc4c03286.html?mode=print (accessed June 23, 2013).
Stanton, Doug. Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan. New York, NY: Scribner Publishing, 2010.
The History Channel. 5th SPecial Forces Group is activated at Ft. Bragg. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/5th-special-forces-group-is-activated-at-fort-bragg (accessed August 23, 2013).
TIOH. 1st Special Forces: Coat of Arms. http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4351&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services (accessed July 14, 2014).
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US Army. 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). August 14, 2012. http://www.campbell.army.mil/units/5thSFG/Pages/5thGroup.aspx (accessed June 23, 2013).
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Construction of a nearby residential housing development is already under way by Stewart Milne.
Planning applicants Asteer Planning, submitting the application on behalf of Seddon Developments Ltd, say the principle of a care home being built on the site had already been approved in 2018, but a fresh application had been submitted as there were changes to the layout and appearance of the site from that originally proposed.
The proposed 70-bed care home would feature amenity gardens, ground floor bedrooms with access to private external patios, with a shared community space to include a café, garden room, pub/sports bar, hair salon, activity room, family room and cinema .
Support facilities within each resident unit include a nurse station, medication store, assisted bathroom, wheelchair store, sluice and assisted WC.
All bedrooms would come with en-suite shower/wet rooms, while other facilities include a kitchen and associated accommodation, laundry, staff room, staff changing room and WCs and office space.
The proposals would be supported by a total of 24 car parking spaces, including two spaces for the mobility impaired and two EV charging points.
The applicants added Seddon developments have, in the past, been responsible for such developments as Telford Court in Crewe and Sutton Grange in Southport.
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What’s the best song to sing during your 20-second hand-washing to avoid coronavirus?
South Florida Sun Sentinel - 3/6/2020
Long before the new coronavirus turned many people into obsessive hand washers, maybe you’d heard that a good hand-washing takes about as long as it takes to sing “Happy Birthday" twice. The old advice has even been incorporated into the Centers for Disease Control’s explanation of how to properly wash your hands.
But now that we’re all washing our hands 20 times a day, that birthday song is starting to get a little stale.
That’s probably why suggestions for other 20-second hand-washing songs have been popping up on Facebook and Twitter.
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Another offers hand-washing tips along with the suggestion that washers sing Rick Astley’s ’80s hit “Never Gonna Give You Up,” though we’re fairly certain that this is just the latest iteration of the classic Internet prank, rickrolling, in which one promises to deliver a shocking or amazing video but then links to the music video for that song.
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After a weird licensing deal with Rare transformed Dinosaur Planet into 'Star Fox Adventures', an odd blend of strategy and combat on DS and the mediocre 'Star Fox: Assault' on Gamecube, things have been suspiciously quiet on the Starfox front.
The series managed to drift farther and farther away from what made the original title – and the sublime N64 sequel – so enjoyable. Now that the 3DS is on the verge of release and the Wii has reached market saturation, now might finally be the time to give fans what they want and bring Fox and friends back to their shooter roots.
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Resident Evil may have convincingly wrenched survival horror's mantle from Alone in the Dark, but it'll never be the trendsetting survival horror series. Yes, the last Alone in the Dark title was, in a word, testicles, but there's a lot to love about the simplicity of intimate survival horror. The PSX 'The New Nightmare' instalment was the last truly excellent AITD entry – and sadly Hollywood 'director' Uwe Boll did his best to sully the franchise's good standing with abortive moviemaking.
We still think Alone in the Dark could be done right – particularly since Resident Evil seems to have abandoned dark, quiet corridors in favour of bright lights and big guns. Atmosphere is key in survival horror—and that's something we've been sorely missing. Maybe it's time to reset this series (and fix the genre in the process) and embrace the Lovecraftian lore once again.
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The Dreamcast had a number of fantastic games that spawned mediocre sequels – and the original Power Stone still stands head-and-shoulders above the sequel. A multiplayer, single-screen brawler at heart, Power Stone took elements from Capcom fighting games, frantic shoot-em-ups and even Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series to craft a game of exceptional fun.
Of course, even though the Dreamcast may have met an early demise, we think this series deserved a longer tail. The PSP-only 'Power Stone Collection' might have been a subtle test of the waters for Capcom –perhaps unwilling to commit the dough to bring out a new game without first gauging interest levels. To them we say: we're interested. Just make sure it's modelled after the first game!
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In recent days, the Borough of Poole’s new cycle lanes have been labelled a ‘recipe for disaster’ by Cycling UK. They claim that many of the new lanes around Bournemouth University and the surrounding area have either directed cyclists into oncoming traffic or in the way of pedestrians. Angela Pooley, secretary of Bournemouth Cycling […]
With new investment for nurseries announced today (January 19), choosing a place for your children to begin their education is a daunting task. Parents should be encouraged – and are expected to be worried – about lack of qualified staff, resources, pupil intake, supervision and nurseries being drastically understaffed. Nurseries are the groundwork of your […]
How does quality of surgery affect ACL rehabilitation? A Swedish study, conducted by the Linkoping University in 2015, found that 35% of professional footballers fail to maintain the standard of football played before their injury just three years after suffering the initial ACL rupture/tear. Orthopedic surgeon Charles Willis-Owen describes how the quality of ACL surgery […]
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Ok so I just finished week 2! Wahoo! I found the run ok but the breathing technique I can not get for some strange reason! Also Laura keeps telling me to land on the ball of my foot. I try too but I mostly land on the side of my foot. If I do try and land on the ball it hurts my legs.
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The following notes and images were part of a talk that I delivered on behalf of Works Progress Studio at the Con/verge event put on by Impact Hub MSP on November 17th, 2015.
Thank you to the organizers and sponsors of tonight’s #ConvergeMN event for inviting me here. It’s always a privilege to share thoughts and ideas in a space like this, with a group of people actively working to improve lives and communities.
I want to start by saying a few things about the concept of innovation & social impact. Sometimes we assume when we gather around innovation orsocial entrepreneurship or changemaking that we’re all on the same page about what these things mean, or why they’re important. We might assume that we all see the world and the value of creative and entrepreneurial work through the same or similar lenses.
But it’s not that simple, right? Especially when we’re talking across disciplines and communities. We come to these ideas with points of view that are not just based on our professional roles and achievements, but also informed by our life experiences, our formal and informal educations, and the ways we identify as individuals, communities, and cultures.
In other words, our subjectivity matters. Our unique experiences and perspectives are an important consideration when talking about the work we do in the world, and especially about why and how we do it.
I tend to be most interested in where someone is coming from. I want to know what that means about how they see the world, and what they believe, more than I want to know about their big ideas or what they think other people need.
And I think this is an ethic that I’m trying to bring forward through the projects I create. Our differences and commonalities matter. Bringing those differences and commonalities to the surface is where our potential to collaborate really exists.
To Change Everything, Start Anywhere. I like this quote. I first heard it from an artist and activist I know who is part of the Million Artist Movement. Million Artist Movement is group of artists and activists working to dismantle oppressive racist systems against Black, Brown, Indigenous and disenfranchised peoples.
And since we’re here to talk about innovation, I want to recognize the innovative activists, artists, community residents, and especially the young leaders with Black Lives Matter and other social justice groups, who right now are occupying the 4th Precinct headquarters of the Minneapolis Police Department, demanding footage taken in the recent Police murder of Jamar Clark. These innovators are using direct action to change systems now. I can’t come into rooms like this anymore without acknowledging the transformative things happening just outside these walls.
Million Artist Movement pointed me toward an essay, “To Change Everything: An anarchist appeal” that you can download from the link in the bottom right of the screen. It resonates with me, because when people ask me why I’m an artist, or why I work in the ways that I do, I always want to say, “To change everything!”
That seems like an impossible goal, but I really do mean it. Whatever I’m doing, in my own small way, I hope I am supporting larger collective efforts to change the very paradigms and systems that influence so much of our public and our private lives.
To me, that’s what innovation means. It doesn’t mean just coming up with cool new products or ideas or programs or organizations, and marketing those to funders or investors or customers, if those “innovations” only shore up the systems that are failing us — those social hierarchies, inequitable economic systems, and the environmental thinking that treats every thing and person as a resource toward endless growth and consumption.
To really innovate, I think we need to change those systems, and also imagine entirely new ones. And the good news is we can start anywhere.
We can start with ourselves. I’m an artist and designer and arts organizer. That’s the creative realm I live and work in, the anywhere to my everything. I work most often as Collaborative Director of Works Progress Studio.
This image is a collage from some of our projects. Specifically, Works Progress collaborates with other individuals and organizations to create social spaces — as well as public art, design, and media projects — usually at the edges and intersections of disciplines, places, and communities.
Most of the time I work in partnership with my husband and Works Progress Co-Director Colin Kloecker, though I also collaborate with lots of other artists and creative folks. A lot of our work concerns social and environmental ecology. Most of the time my role is to convene, to connect the dots, and to catalyze new collaborations. I‘m also an advocate for the creative thinkers and makers and doers all around me.
This slide is the result of an exercise we did trying to map our creative process. As you can see, it’s pretty messy, but what I learned in trying to see it as a whole is that we spend a lot more time and energy on “Research & Development” than anything else.
Collaborative Public Art and Design, Rooted in Place and Purpose. This is one way we describe what we do. Not placemaking, which is a term I don’t like very much, but collaborative public art and design that is rooted in place, and purpose. What purpose? I’ll get to that.
But first, I mentioned that we spend a lot of time on R&D. This is something that folks outside of the arts might not realize is a critical part of any artist’s creative process. We need space for questioning, experimentation, making connections, and making sense of what we learn and experience in the process.
When we talk about working across disciplines — for example, artists working with scientists or environmental organizations or Cities — this questioning and experimenting space is even more critical, because there’s a lot we don’t know about each other and the world as we see it through the prism of our practices. And we may need some help with translation.
City Art Collaboratory is a research & development fellowship for public artists and science professionals to build relationships and explore collaborative possibilities around place and environment.
The Collaboratory program grew out of the visionary art and environment programming of the non-profit organization Public Art Saint Paul, and is formally a project of PASP and partners. My role as the Director of the Collaboratory has been to help shape our collective experiences, and to be a matchmaker and champion of other people’s projects.
Collaboratory artists and scientists are supported with a modest stipend, given access to new cross-disciplinary connections through a series of field trips and workshops, introduced to City systems and the environmental issues that those systems touch, and then asked to imagine possibilities, including publicly-facing art and engagement projects. Over time, the group builds relationships and collaborations organically, and these spin out into the world through new and existing work.
Here we are at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, learning about Dakota places and place names, as well as their meaning, and discussing the ecological restoration and future of this former industrial site.
And here at the City of Saint Paul’s Street Maintenance division, learning about snow plowing, salt and sand, and how the City deals with weather and Climate Change.
And at District Energy, a sustainable heating and cooling plant on the river bluff in Downtown Saint Paul.
This is also District Energy, two years after our Collaboratory Field Trip.A group of artists have been working with the utility to create a public project that will help people see and understand our energy system in a different way. That project — The Plume Project — actually kicks off tonight and will feature multimedia artistic projects and projections on the steam plume through January, though there is already interest in replicating the project in other places around the globe.
Can We Drink the Mississippi River? Another project that really stems from this Collaboratory way of thinking is one I’m involved with as an artist. It began when a field trip led me to ask this question, in all earnestness: What would happen if we drank the water that flows through our Twin Cities? I started talking to the other artists and scientists and environmental advocates I know about this, and realized how fortunate I was to have access to their expertise in a social one-to-one way. I wanted more people to be able to have that experience
Can we drink the river? One answer is that we already drink the river every day. If you live in the Minneapolis or Saint Paul, your tap water comes from the Mississippi. As you can imagine, that system has a really great story, and touches on many others.
We started this project called “Water Bar” to introduce people to their water system, and to some of the researchers, public employees, policymakers, and environmental activists who are working to maintain — and also to transform — this particular system in light of some of the issues that we’re facing as a society. Rather than tell you what that is like, I’ll show you a quick video.
LINK TO VIDEO: TV Takeover Water Bar
Early on in the project, we looked for ways to help Water Bar visitors think more deeply about this everyday experience of drinking water.We created these flight trays that folks could use to write down tasting notes to compare with friends, which is fun and a bit silly. All of this lent itself to a social atmosphere where people felt at ease, where they could really question their own experiences and assumptions, asking the scientists and policy makers and activists about their work too. In other words, they could start to see a really complex system and their place in it, and could begin to imagine other possibilities.
We’re all probably familiar with the Hydrologic cycle? To us, the idea of a “Hydrosocial Cycle” became a touchstone. Water, like oil or energy, doesn’t exist separate from our social and political systems, but rather, these systems make and remake one another — and us — over time. Can we change the ways that this happens, and maybe also change the impact we have on our environment, and vice versa?
Here’s a graphic that illustrates one instance of that in agriculture, how water doesn’t just move in the direction of gravity or evaporation, it actually flows toward money.
Not long after this first iteration of Water Bar we were invited by an art museum in Arkansas to install a version of the project as part of a national art survey exhibition called State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now. We had our hesitations (which I wrote about here) about participating in this project, but we ended up collaborating with the museum because they were able to link us up with the Illinois River Watershed Partnership, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group.
This is an image of the Illinois River Watershed, and on the left, the Illinois River Money-shed. To me, this image really represents a hydrosocial cycle. All the logos on the left are of corporations that have headquarters in and around Bentonville, most notably Wal-Mart. These corporations give money to IRWP and other environmental and community programs. They also have a disproportionate — and many would say negative — impact on the ecological and social health and well-being of that place.
We installed the project at Crystal Bridges Museum, which is an art museum created by Alice Walton, heiress to Sam Walton of Wal-Mart. Alice is the 13th richest person in the world, and also loves to collect and share American Art.
This is the installation that we designed and artist/fabricator Aaron Dysart built.We used the opportunity of this exhibition to highlight watershed issues, to promote watershed thinking, and also, to uncover what we now think of as watershed paradox.
We worked with our partners at IRWP to hire a group of college students with backgrounds in environmental science, business, policy, and architecture. Not one of them identified as a public artist when we began the project, but by the end of it, I think they all saw themselves as public artists — many of them even came up with their own new public art ideas.
These students were paid to tend the Water Bar for the duration of the exhibition, which meant collecting water every few days from surrounding communities and serving it to museum visitors. In the process, they also collected stories about those communities and the people who live there.
One of the people they met was Sherman, the water manager of a small town called Sulpher Springs, a rural community outside of Bentonville. Sherman had the job of water manager just like his father had the job, and although the water from this community was some of the best we served (it was from a deep artesian well that some say has healing properties) their public infrastructure was literally crumbling. Here we are investigating the broken wellhead housing.
We trained these students to be bartenders — inviting a real bartender and poet to teach them to pour flights and to make conversation. A poet because who better to help them listen for imagery and stories that would convey both the present and future? We also encouraged them to bring those stories about Sherman and the broken wellhead cover back to the visitors of Crystal Bridges museum. As they did, they started to ask questions.
Some said they felt uncomfortable taking the water for free from the community in Sulpher Springs and giving it to the visitors of the museum, many of whom came from other places and social class backgrounds. We encouraged them to make those questions part of their conversation at the bar, and also, to find a way to do something about it. For example, could they fix the broken wellhead cover?
To change everything, start anywhere.
Over the course of 6 months they served over 20,000 visitors, and the conversations they had were wide-ranging and rich, illuminating the state of our hydrosocial landscape in an era of Climate Change, growing inequity, water shortages, and environmental precarity. The students kept journals, reflecting on their own growth and learning, and also asked visitors to leave behind their own water stories for the project archive, which we have since incorporated into a Water Bar reader. If you ask them, ordinary people have a lot to say about how water shapes their lives.
As do some not-so-ordinary people. Here we are serving President Bill Clinton at the Water Bar. He told us about the role of water in the Middle-east Peace Process. He also cracked a few jokes with the man next to him, Archie Schafer, former executive of Tyson corporation. When he tried the water from Illinois River, Bill said, “So this is the water you polluted, Archie?” I laughed, and we’re laughing now, but it’s not really funny, right?
Side note, President Clinton also pardoned Archie while he was in office, keeping him out of prison for making illegal gifts.
In the bottom corner is Jim Walton and his wife, who we were surprised to learn drink their local tap water. Meeting them was wild, they are such down-to-earth people, and rely on the same water as everyone else. The Walton family gives a lot of money to environmental organizations, but at the same time, Walmart continues to expand their unsustainable project of outsourcing our pollution and exporting American consumer habits worldwide. Through campaign contributions and advocacy, both intervene in political process to make this system work easier for them… Water paradox, right?
For the students working behind the bar, this up-close glimpse of such complex systems intersecting was really a profound education. It was for us too. And while the Water Bar didn’t directly change any of those systems, it helped to educate and connect visitors to information and resources that are otherwise pretty obscure, and it did this by engaging body, mind, and emotion.
It was also a development opportunity for the student Water Tenders, young people just beginning their careers in business, policy, environmental management, and design. They learned new ways of talking to public audiences, and could begin to see the person-to-person connections that actually sustain our (broken) systems. They could also see themselves in the whole. That’s one step in changing everything.
Click here for a short video about the Water Bar project in Arkansas.
I could say a lot more about what we learned at Crystal Bridges, but unfortunately, I’m running out of time.
So I’ll just tell you that like a lot of our work, the research and development phase continues. We opened a Water Bar at the Northern Spark Art Festival this past summer, and 30 volunteers from local water utilities and non-profits served 2,000 people in one night.
We also created and distributed a newspaper and print encouraging people to consider the source of their water and how they can work to sustain its health and accessibility. I’ve brought some with me if anyone is interested.
Earlier this month, Works Progress Co-Director Colin Kloecker opened a Water Bar in Greensboro, North Carolina as part of Elsewhere’s South Elm Projects.
Colin collaborated with the City of Greensboro’s Water Resources Department and students from nearby Guilford College to serve water from these man-made reservoirs to the quickly developing South Elm Neighborhood. These groups and others will now use it as a launchpad for future water-related public engagement projects.
And later this spring we’ll be heading to San Antonio, Texas, to open a Water Bar that will bring together the issues and actors affecting Climate Change, Hydrofracking and Water Rights, exploring those systems through a history of ice and ice houses.
Meanwhile, we’re working on plans to hopefully open a more permanent Water Bar in a storefront in Northeast Minneapolis — a taproom for tap water — that would also be a collaborative public art and design studio, artist and scientist research residency, and exhibition space for collaborative art projects around local and global water issues.
As we continue to move this project out into the world through collaborations, we trust that it is helping people to see our water system as simultaneously complex, and comprehensible; As critical to their lives, and as something they can understand and impact. And at the same time, we are learning a ton about water.
I look forward to connecting with anyone here who might be interested in getting involved with these projects, or sharing their own ideas and resources.
Million Artist Movement | https://millionartistmovement.wordpress.com/
Works Progress Studio | http://www.worksprogress.org/
To Change Everything, an anarchist appeal | http://www.crimethinc.com/tce/
Public Art Saint Paul | http://publicartstpaul.org/
Water Bar | http://www.water-bar.org/
Video of Water Bar Prototype | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0vTSHOm1lQ
Video About Water Bar in Arkansas | https://vimeo.com/113154274

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