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When my wife and I went to the accountant to have our taxes done, one of my business expenses was the approximately $700 I’d spent buying feminist books from Amazon.com during 2014. This was necessary for my research into radical feminist gender theory in the book Sex Trouble.
The research continues because, as I say in the introduction to the first edition, Sex Trouble is “a work in progress,” and my current plan is to publish a revised and expanded second edition in August.
Here are the 10 most recent books I’ve purchased in the past two months:
- Modern Feminist Theory by Jennifer Rich (2014)
- The Lesbian Heresy: A Feminist Perspective on the Lesbian Sexual Revolution by Sheila Jeffreys (1993)
- Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Adrienne Rich (1986)
- On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978 by Adrienne Rich (1979)
- Daring To Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 by Alice Echols, 1989
- Personal Politics: The Roots of Women’s Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left by Sara Evans, 1979
- The Lesbian Issue: Essays from Signs, edited by Estelle B. Freedman, et al. (1985)
- Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985 by Adrienne Rich (1986)
- Lesbianism and the Women’s Movement edited by Nancy Myron and Charlotte Bunch (1975)
- Freedom Fallacy: The Limits of Liberal Feminism, edited by Miranda Kiraly and Meagan Tyler (2015)
Each of these titles was purchased for a reason. For example, Estelle Freedman is a Stanford University professor who is hugely influential in academia, being for example the editor of The Essential Feminist Reader (2007), an assigned textbook in many introductory Women’s Studies courses.
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Bristol boss hopeful of Salmon's England progress and reckons tough game pressure is on rivals
MATT BEARD thinks Ebony Salmon’s "raw talent" could see the Lionesses starlet excel on the international stage.
And the Bristol City boss reckons his relegation rivals will be feeling the heat with tricky clashes against West Ham and Aston Villa coming up.
Beard was speaking ahead of the Robins' match with Reading taking place a day after the Hammers host Arsenal, and Villa's trip to Manchester United.
And the interim Robins boss believes the result against the Royals will not be vital to City’s top-flight survival despite them being bottom.
Beard, 43, said: “We know we need to pick points up because we've only got eight games left.
“But it's not vital in the sense that if we don't get anything out of it that it puts us in a lot of trouble.
“There are a lot of tough games for the teams in and around us so we'll be in a better position, knowing what's going to happen on Sunday going into that game on Monday.
“I think for us psychologically it's a benefit. And I think if you look at the results from last weekend in some of the catch-up games, obviously everyone around us played an extra game and nobody got any points”.
Bristol City, who are 12th, have played one game more than Villa and West Ham who are tenth and eleventh.
Their clash with the Royals comes almost two weeks after Robins ace Salmon made her senior England debut in the Lionesses 6-0 drubbing of Northern Ireland.
And the former United striker, 20, who left the Red Devils for the South West in 2019, is thought to have made a good impression on England Women’s coaching staff.
Beard added: “The thing with Ebony is she's such a raw talent with her pace and power.
“[England’s staff] wanted to know whether I felt she was ready.
“And of course I let them know that she could play not just down the middle but also wide.
“We're putting a plan in place for her to make sure that she continues to be considered. But the feedback I have had is that she has done well.”
A Conti Cup final date with Chelsea is up next for his side after they host Reading.
The clash at the home of Watford will be the first league cup final for the Robins in their 23-year history.
And it is a match Salmon, who has scored five times in 14 league games, is aiming to give her all in alongside her team-mates.
Salmon said: “The results that we've got in the Conti Cup have given us the confidence and momentum that we needed to go and push on in the league which we've been doing recently.
“We've got a few results and we've picked up points. I think, for us, just the opportunity of taking part in a cup final is going to be huge.
“And I think the confidence and just the experience of that is really going to help us in our push to stay in the league.”
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Sixpack Projects is proud to participate in Long Beach Arts Month with a new exhibition curated by Jeff Rau at the brand new Cultural Alliance for Long Beach (CALB) galleries in the Bungalow Arts Building.
The exhibition entitled Trace Evidence features the work of five artists who explore and make sense of the world through systematic processes of measurement, quantification, and documentation. Whether creating sculpture based on body measurements, casting the physical marks left by performance events, allowing the wind to trace its path, or simply scanning donuts; all these artists seek to capture and permanently record the fleeting and immaterial.
Please join us at the opening reception on Friday, October 5th, 6-10pm.
curated by Jeff Rau
October 5 – October 27, 2012
Friday, October 5th, 6 – 10pm
All artists in this exhibition either presently live and work in Long Beach, or recently received a graduate degree from California State University here in Long Beach.
Sixpack Projects is a collective of six emerging contemporary artists and curators committed to providing innovative art exhibitions that bring together both emerging and mid-career artists to impel dialog on a variety of contemporary issues. For more information about this and other projects, please visit www.SixpackProjects.com
This exhibition has been made possible by support from the Arts Council for Long Beach and the Cultural Alliance for Long Beach. Please check out the hundreds of other arts events taking place during Long Beach Arts Month – www.LongBeachArtsMonth.org
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In my youth, high schools regularly required classes in world history in addition to American history and civics. These subjects didn’t thrill us, but in retrospect they had definite benefits. Today, when high school students are shown a map of Great Britain or France, many have no inkling where these places are located.
Still, most of us lack an understanding of less familiar parts of the world, especially where there is little current American involvement. That includes Eastern Europe and the Balkans, where we recently visited. Spending a week in this region certainly does not make me an expert, but it is enlightening and is a great reminder that we Americans are very fortunate.
BUDAPEST ON THE DANUBE
Visiting Hungary the second time in a decade was instructive. While the Capital, Budapest, remains a magnificent old city on the Danube River, with new buildings and an easy-to-navigate subway system, there are new ominous political concerns.
On one of our tours, our guide was answering questions about the current government and suddenly announced that he thought it was time for him to stop. Away from the group, he noted that the Hungarian president, Victor Orban, was now moving the country in an ultra right direction, causing fear and motivating educated young people to leave.
“SHOE ON THE DANUBE BANK”
Having previously passed by the Holocaust remembrance exhibit, “Shoes on the Danube Bank,” where Jewish men, women and children were told to take off their shoes and then shot into the river by Hungarian Nazis in 1944, this information was very disconcerting.
Taking a walk in a non-tourist neighborhood pointed out that cigarette smoking is frequent and constant. We may think that tobacco companies worry about the decline in American cigarette consumption, but Eastern Europe is picking up the slack. Another fascinating find was the large numbers of stores selling sewing notion, fabrics and machines. Obviously, the economy is such that homemade clothing is needed as it was here in the middle of the 20th century.
We visited Croatia and Servia, two of the six countries that once were part of Yugoslavia, a country that existed from 1942 to 1991, when the somewhat benevolent independent communist dictator, “Tito” (Josip Broz) kept those countries in line and prevented them from killing each other. This area, known as the Balkans, has always been a tinder point for wars.
Vukovar, a small attractive Croatian city, was about 85 percent obliterated in the 1990s in their war with Serbia, which extended into much of the former Yugoslavia. According to our guide, it’s peaceful now, but unemployment is 33 percent and emigration is causing a brain drain among the young educated people.
Perhaps the most amazing piece of information from our guide regarded schools. Croatian and Serbian people reside in both Croatia and Serbia and some have intermarried. But when the children of intermarried couples go to school in Croatia, they must decide if they will attend a Serbian or a Croatian school; the youngsters of these nationalities cannot mix in schools even if their parents have done so.
I wasn’t prepared to like Bucharest, Romania’s capital, as I’d heard that it was a grey boring city and a set of my grandparents emigrated from Romania over a century ago because of the dangers facing them.
A BUCHAREST CAFE
But what we found were friendly people, interesting places, great food, joy at getting rid of their Communist dictator in 1989, an amazingly modern McDonald’s and ease in getting around Bucharest with Uber.
Travel is always interesting; visiting a small part of Eastern Europe was enlightening.
[This wonderfully descriptive article first appeared in the Huntington WV Herald-Dispatch on Thursday, September 14, 2017. The author, Diane W. Mufson, a retired psychologist, and her husband Maury reside in Huntington, West Virginia. Ms. Mufson is a weekly contributor the editorial page of the Herald-Dispatch. Her e-mail is email@example.com]

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Following the success of Northgate Vehicle Hire’s investment in Watford six months ago, leading used commercial vehicle retailer, Van Monster, has joined its sister company by launching a new branch within the town. The new Van Monster branch will deliver three local jobs to Watford and help meet local demand for a quality used commercial […]
Leading commercial vehicle retailer, Van Monster, has made a significant financial investment in Slough with the launch of a brand new depot in the town’s retail hub on Bath Road. Providing local tradesmen and business owners with quality used vehicles at competitive prices, the new depot became fully operational this month.
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On Wednesday, March 23, the negotiated rulemaking committee concluded its first full meeting at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in Washington, D.C. to negotiate terms of title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) regulations relating to assessments and supplement, not supplant requirements.
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The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today voted 16 to 6 in favor of the nomination of U.S. Department of Education Acting Secretary John King to become Secretary. The full Senate is expected to consider the nomination later this week. Before this morning’s vote, Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) noted that during the bill signing of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) last December, he asked President Barack Obama to nominate a candidate for education secretary to ensure its effective implementation.
The U.S. Department of Education announced negotiators today for the first round of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Negotiated Rulemaking Process. The list of negotiators is available here. Documents released today that are directly related to this first round of rulemaking are available here. Meetings are scheduled for March 21-23 and April 6-8, with an optional third session, if necessary, scheduled for April 18-19.
On Thursday, February 4, the U.S. Department of Education published a notice of intent to engage in negotiated rulemaking to implement two specific provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Department of Education will proceed in selecting a committee of negotiators to draft and negotiate regulations relating to assessments and the requirement that districts and states supplement, and not supplant (SNS) funds. SNS is the requirement that states supplement federal funds and not supplant them or use them in place of state and local education investments.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce convened a hearing with U.S. Department of Education Acting Secretary John B. King, Jr. who testified about the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request to Congress for education. The hearing covered K-12 programs, as well as early and higher education.
In light of the recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate held a number of hearings on the ESSA implementation process.
President Barack Obama released his FY 2017 budget request to Congress—the eighth and final of his presidency—which includes investments to improve academic achievement, empower students with the computer science skills needed for a 21st century economy, and expand access to high-quality preschool. View the budget summary, budget fact sheets and budget documents.
The House Education and the Workforce Committee convened a hearing this week on "Expanding Educational Opportunity Through School Choice,” during which the Committee discussed state voucher programs and other efforts to expand parental choice for students. Witnesses for the hearing provided insight about state voucher and tax credit programs, as well as research findings about charter schools, vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts (ESAs).
The U.S. Department of Education posted a notice to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations for issues related to two topical areas in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): 1) assessments, and 2) supplement/not supplant, and it can be found here: ed.gov/esea. This notice follows the Department’s December initiative to seek advice and recommendations from the public on areas for regulation and implementation of the law.
U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) held a business meeting this week where bipartisan legislation to reauthorize child nutrition programs was favorably reported out of the Agriculture Committee. The legislation –Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016 (ICNIA) – would reauthorize child nutrition programs under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.


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|Greg Poelzer of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a report Thursday arguing that the creation of so-called “sovereign wealth funds” would take money out of the hands of politicians interested in spending in the short-term and instead place it into long-term investments.
The funds are government-owned and managed, but kept separate from other reserves. They would keep generating returns on investment even after a non-renewable resources dries up.Alberta is not contributing to a decades-old fund and B.C. is the only other province to float the idea of a fund. The federal government has also dismissed creation of a sovereign wealth fund. The idea of a sovereign wealth fund — the type that has made every Norwegian a theoretical millionaire — has received renewed interest in the past few months as Canadians take in the economic damage caused by a huge slide in the price of oil...............................................Full Article: Source

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The men’s and women’s multi-event athletes kicked off the world-class Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships on Friday at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Fabia McDonald and Mary Ashton Nall competed for the Rebels in the women’s pentathlon. In their first pentathlon of 2013, McDonald placed ninth with 3,823 points and Nall finished 12th with a personal-best 3,587.
It was a record-breaking day overall for the SEC pentathletes, highlighted by Arkansas’ Makeba Alcide setting a collegiate record with 4,569 points to win the competition.
The men completed four out of seven events in the heptathlon on Friday. After those four events, Ole Miss freshman Peyton Moss is in 10th place with 2,638 points. The heptathlon will resume Saturday at 2:10 p.m. with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000 meters.
The individual events get underway at 10 a.m. Saturday with the men’s weight throw. Other highlights of the day will include the men’s and women’s long jump finals, men’s high jump final and men’s and women’s 3,000 meter finals.
Senior Ricky Robertson will go for his fourth straight SEC indoor high jump title on Saturday. He is looking to become just the second SEC athlete in history to accomplish that feat. He is currently the SEC leader and third nationally with a school-record mark of 7-6.
The SEC Indoor Championships will air as part of a 90-minute show on ESPNU on Wednesday, March 13 beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET. ESPN3 will stream the meet live during the following times: Saturday, February 23 from 2:25-7:15 p.m. CT and Sunday, February 24 from 12:30-5 p.m. CT. The University of Arkansas will stream live the portions of the meet not on ESPN3 on its own website www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com. The ESPN commentary team includes Dwight Stones (play-by-play), Larry Rawson (color analysis) and Lewis Johnson (sideline reporter).
THE SEASON: Ole Miss Basketball (2014) - Episode 7 from Ole Miss Rebels on Vimeo.In case you missed it, here are each of the first six episodes of The Season: Ole Miss Basketball:Episode 1 (Season overview, Auburn, Mississippi State games)Episode... read more
In less than a full indoor season with the Ole Miss track & field team, Australian distance runner Daniel Bulmer has had a significant impact on the school record books and set the stage for a lot more to come... read more
What a Win tonight... Very Proud of our team #ProudCoach #Passion #Process #1MISSion-- Matt Insell (@minsell) March 6, 2014 What a great win for our program tonight! This team has come so far! Watch us take on Auburn tomorrow night... read more
Proceeding from 1995 to 1996, we will highlight moment No. 23 in head coach Billy Chadwick's career. This particular moment will accentuate a tremendous individual accomplishment. In 1996, Sweden's Johan Hede became the first Rebel in Ole Miss tennis history... read more
The Ole Miss women's basketball team looks to carry the momentum from a 73-71 overtime win over Auburn on Senior Day this past Sunday into this week's Southeastern Conference Tournament at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. The Rebels are... read more
Ole Miss and Arkansas are both looking to improve their Southeastern Conference standing and possibly play their way into a top-four seed and a double bye to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament next week in Atlanta. The Rebels are... read more
Senior Bo Wallace returns at quarterback and will go through spring drills for the first time since 2012, having missed spring practice last year recovering from offseason shoulder surgery."I feel like strength-wise, I'm a lot better than I was at... read more
Audio of Ole Miss head coach Matt Insell's time on the SEC teleconference Monday as well as audio of Arkansas head coach Tom Collen and Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy. Ole Miss is the No. 14 seed in this week's... read more
Ole Miss Athletics Week in ReviewFeb. 24-March 2, 2014Baseball- Ole Miss posted four straight walk-off wins this past week on the way to two wins over ULM and a sweep of UCF.- Junior right-handed pitcher Chris Ellis has not allowed... read more
To begin this week, we are ending 1995 for moment No. 24. This moment is another first for the Ole Miss tennis program and is the product of a true collective effort by Coach Chadwick and the Rebels.By now, you... read more
Photo GalleryA total of 25 scouts representing 22 NFL teams were on hand at Ole Miss' annual Pro Day Monday, including former Rebel Von Hutchins, now with the Oakland Raiders organization. Donte Moncrief, who participated in the 2014 NFL Combine,... read more
Highlights of Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy's time on the SEC teleconference Monday, as well as selected questions and answers from Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson and Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings. The Rebels close out the regular season... read more
The calendar turned to March, but the walk-off wins continued for Ole Miss, as Will Allen hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning. He hit it to the deepest part of Swayze Field, but it... read more


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Is Food Addiction a REAL condition? How could one deal with or even prevent it?
In today’s day and age, we live in a society that seems to become “addicted” to nearly everything. From social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to online games such as Candy Crush or offline “addictions” such as one’s car, cleaning, exercising…you name it. A simple hobby or source of enjoyment can go …Read More

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EPC: A Provably Secure Permutation Based Compression Function
Nasour BAGHERI Praveen GAURAVARAM Majid NADERI Babak SADEGHIYAN
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The security of permutation-based hash functions in the ideal permutation model has been studied when the input-length of compression function is larger than the input-length of the permutation function. In this paper, we consider permutation based compression functions that have input lengths shorter than that of the permutation. Under this assumption, we propose a permutation based compression function and prove its security with respect to collision and (second) preimage attacks in the ideal permutation model. The proposed compression function can be seen as a generalization of the compression function of MD6 hash function.


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Small Share House Units With Up to 3 Rooms
Do you want to live in a share house but not with too many people? We do have share houses of all sizes, including houses with only 2-3 private rooms sharing the common areas.
This house is located in Shibuya’s area Sendagaya, nestled between Yoyogi Park and Shinjuku Gyoen, just above Harajuku and in walking distance to Shinjuku Station.
The apartment has a total of 3 private rooms.
Located just across the river from Nakanoshimbashi Station, this house has several small share house units with just 2 private rooms sharing the common areas.
This house with 3 private rooms is located just 20 minutes walk from Shinjuku Station. Direct subway access to Shinjuku, Roppongi, Yotsuya, the Ginza, Tokyo Station & Ikebukuro.
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Share house in Akebonobashi, near Tokyo Medical University and Sophia University. The house has smaller units with 2-3 private rooms sharing the common areas and is located just 10 minutes from Shinjuku Station.
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Share house with smaller units from 2-3 private rooms near Shinagawa Station, served by the JR Yamanote line, Kehin-Tohoku line, Tokaido line, Yokosuka line & Tokaido Shinkansen — and the Keikyu line. Even closer is Sengakuji Station, served by the subway Toei Asakusa line and the new Takanawa Gateway Station, served by the JR Yamanote Line and Kehin-Tohoku line.
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The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the three teacher unions who declared a strike over the appointment of Dr. Eric Nkansah as the GES boss to call it off immediately.
The NLC directed the unions to call off their strike and continue negotiations with the government.
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations dragged the teacher unions before the NLC.
This was after the unions refused to call off their strike.
The Teacher Unions the Ghana National Association of Teachers, the National Association of Graduate Teachers and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana declared a sit-down strike on Friday, November 4, to protest the appointment of Dr Eric Nkansah as the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service.
They argued that Dr. Nkansah was a banker and not a professional teacher, hence they want his appointment revoked.


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We think nothing tastes like summer more than fresh plump tomatoes! Especially ones you’ve grown yourself. Make this year your healthiest, most abundant tomato yield ever with these helpful tips. Feed!– Use a fertilizer that is built to support the fruiting nature of tomatoes. While nitrogen gives you strong healthy plants in other parts of […]
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Growing your own food is a fun, rewarding experience that can directly impact your community as well as your own table. With these plants pumping out generous harvests, you will realize that there is more than enough to go around. Here are ten of the most bountiful crops to plant:
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Spring is in the air! You can’t help wanting to join the birds outside and start planting your garden. It is possible to start planting well before the last frost date, even in Colorado! There are a number of vegetables, herbs, and flowers that you can plant outside…some of which even prefer the cooler temps […]
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This week we’re cutting the cold with hot pepper seed sowing! It may seem early but hot peppers grow a bit slower, so now is the time to get them going. We’ll cover all the nitty gritty, from soil needs, to light requirements and beyond. So get out your gloves and get ready to plant […]
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So you like fresh herbs. but you realize its winter and you live in Colorado so there’s no hoping that your outdoor herb garden will suddenly sprout fresh foliage to feed your culinary needs… Fret not! You too, can eat like a Mediterranean noble even in our hibernal habitat. Join us on an herbal expedition […]
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Looking as vibrant in the cup as they do in the garden, these plants are perfect for steeping. Use them fresh in the summer or dry them for the winter season. Herbal teas, also called tisanes, are a way to infuse your life with beauty and health! Whether you have a garden bed or a […]
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Growing your own potatoes may seem daunting but it takes less space and energy than you think. Enjoy a rainbow of potatoes that you won’t find at the grocery store and as we all know, homegrown produce can’t be beat for taste! When to plant:You can begin to plant your potatoes when the ground becomes […]
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Our favorite spiky green gem of a houseplant has a history spanning myriad cultures who used the plant’s moist middle to treat many physical complaints. Ancient civilizations, among them the Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians, American Indians, and Meso-Americans, used aloe vera to treat everything from baldness and insomnia, to burns, wounds, and fever. Here are ten […]
Starting Seeds Indoors
There are many reasons to start seeds indoors, not least of which is a way to cure spring fever! As well as being an economical way to garden, you will get to witness the miracle of seed germination and it is a great teaching tool for kids. Getting Started The first thing you will need […]
A Taste of Summer Blooms
From bouquet to plate: Welcome to the delicious world of edible flowers! Many annuals, flowering herbs, and perennials produce blooms that are are safe, flavorful additions to salads, desserts, drinks, and more. Add flowers to rice spring rolls, sprinkle petals on your breakfast yogurt parfait or lunch salad, freeze blooms in ice cubes to brighten up […]
Growing Tomatoes in a Container
Your chance to have fresh tomatoes from your own plants doesn’t have to depend on your yard space! Many of us do not have gardens or raised beds available to us but with some containers and a sunny spot, we can grow veggies all summer long. Tomato Types “Determinate” tomatoes condense their harvest into a […]
November and December Garden Checklist for Northern Colorado
Download this article as a PDF Northern Colorado’s winter weather is rarely predictable. From warm sunshine, to frequent snow storms and freezes, the temperatures and the weather conditions in our area present unusual gardening challenges. In order to stay ahead of these challenges, flexibility is the key. Use the following tips to help guide your […]
September and October Garden Checklist for Northern Colorado
Download this article as a PDF We’ve wiped the sweat from our brow and now stand in a, hopefully, cooler sunshine! Yeah! Autumn has arrived. GENERAL GARDEN CARE There’s no need to fertilize any longer. It would be like having a cup of coffee just before you turned in for the night. Late season fertilizing […]
July and August Garden Checklist for Northern Colorado
Download this article as a PDF As you know, gardening can be a year-round challenge in the wild, wild west (aka the “Front Range”) so be prepared to give your plants a little extra TLC when the weather has been hot and dry for long spells. Many plants will burst with color and growth this […]
May and June Garden Checklist for Northern Colorado
Download this article as a PDF May is the month that our garden senses really start to warm up. We can hardly wait for the moment to view our garden fully planted! Of course, Mother’s Day weekend and the average last date of frost for Northern Colorado fall closely together around May 15. As we […]
March and April Garden Checklist for Northern Colorado
Download this article as a PDF Get ready for spring! The months of March and April bring much needed moisture, longer days and warmer overall temperatures to Northern Colorado. Like most gardeners, you may be itching to get outside and plant this time of year, but keep in mind that the average last date of […]
January and February Garden Checklist for Northern Colorado
Download this article as a PDF Temperatures typically dip to their lowest during the months of January and February across the front range. Average low temperatures for Northern Colorado range from 15-19F with high temperatures ranging from 43-47F. Additionally, our area is known for its ‘semi-arid’ climate. Combine low temperatures and dry conditions, and you […]
Spicy Lemon Balm Kabobs
Download this recipe as a PDF 1 clove garlic 1 large onion, sliced into chunks 1 leg of lamb, about 3 lb. boned and cut into 1 inch cubes 2 good handfuls of lemon balm leaves MARINADE 2 fl oz wine vinegar 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp. ground coriander 1 tbsp mango chutney 1 […]
Grilled Chicken with Herbs
Fresh Rosemary, Thyme and sag blend with garlic, olive oil, vinegar and salt for a herb marinade Download this recipe as a PDF Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat leaf parsley ¼ cup Olive Oil ½ cup balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, minced salt and pepper to taste 2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme 1 […]
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Common Problems When Growing a Vegetable Garden
Having insects in your plants can be frustrating. Many times you will have to create a better environment for the plant to be able to save it and get rid of the insect. Some examples are: Aphids Fungus gnats Mealybug Scale Spider Mite Thrips Whitefly Blossom End Rot Cabbage lopper Cutworms Powdery Mildew Flea Beetles […]
Tips on How to Grow Vegetables in Colorado
Planting Sun: Be sure garden receives at least 6 hours of sun every daySoil Preparation: Amend well with soil pep, organic material, compost, or peat mossFertilizers: Add superphosphate 0-18-0 or bone meal 0-10-0.Crop Rotation: Prevents disease, three year cycles are best, especially for tomatoes and cornRow Orientation: Run rows east to west with tallest crops on north rowsRoot Stimulator: Helps roots […]
There is great satisfaction when you start your garden from seed. Watching your plants grow from seedling to harvest-ready is wonderful but it can be a very frustrating period if things don’t go as planned. We have a few tips if you want to start your garden from seed so your garden turns out just […]
Rabbit Resistant Plants for Northern Colorado
Please note that all animals will eat anything and everything if they are hungry!Rabbits occasionally find the following plants less tasty: Annuals African daisy Ageratum Amethyst flower Brachycome California Poppy Cleome Dahlia Four O’clocks Gaillardia Gazania Geranium Lantana Marigold Mexican Sunflower Morning Glory Salvia Sedum Snapdragons Sunflower Verbena Vinca Wax Begonia Zinnia Bulbs Allium Crocus […]
Gardening Podcasts to Inspire, Indoors and Out!
If you’re like us, you’ve constantly got gardening on the brain. You commute while thinking about gardening, exercise while thinking about gardening, clean the house while thinking about gardening, and even GARDEN while thinking about gardening! With thousands of topics covered in podcasts (free pre-recorded audio shows) it’s no wonder that there are many excellent […]
5 Delicious Ideas for Zucchini
We know the story, it’s as old as time, of having too much zucchini! Maybe you were planning on losing a few plants to hail or rabbits and squirrels but all survived and thrived. And now you are leaving them on porches in the night, sending your child to their first day of school with […]
The Vanilla Bean Orchid
Everyone knows the scent and taste of vanilla… at the very least we smell it in perfumes and enjoy it in ice cream! But did you know that all vanilla comes from the fruit of an orchid? Of the tens of thousands of orchids known to the world, Vanilla planifolia is the only orchid to […]
Grow Your Own Lettuce at Home!
There’s nothing quite like the taste of freshly picked lettuce and with recent scares in the food industry, the thought of growing your own lettuce at home becomes even more appealing. Salad lovers, rejoice! Lettuce is easy to grow indoors all year long! As with most plants, selecting the best location for your lettuce garden […]
Growing Hop Vines in the Garden
“Hops” is a popular word these days, especially here in Colorado. As well as being at the forefront of the craft beer industry, Humulus lupulus also makes an excellent vine for the garden trellis or pergola. Historically, hop flowers were used as a sedative and in elixirs. It wasn’t until the ninth century that hops […]
Tomato Basil Soup
Kiss your can goodbye… this homemade tomato basil soup recipe is so creamy and heartwarming you won’t even need a grilled cheese! INGREDIENTS 4 cups onion, diced 2 cups carrots, peeled and diced 8 large tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped 2 cups lightly packed basil 8 cups canned diced tomatoes ½ tsp white pepper 8 […]
Lavender Devils Food Chocolate Cake
Sweet and Savory, the delicate scent of lavender enlivens food dishes with its fresh enticing flavor. Many people have experienced lavender only in the classic herbs de Province mixture, but there are many more uses for this versatile herb. Although some chefs prefer to use angustifolia, the lower camphor and resin content of ‘Provence’ makes […]
The Language of Flowers
According to the Society of American Florists, an estimated 196 million roses were produced for the 2015 Valentine’s Day holiday. With over 75% of these being red, it is obvious that most everyone knows that red roses signify romance and love. However, roses are not the only flowers that have a meaning associated with them. […]

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Ambala (Haryana) [India], September 19 (ANI): Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Saturday hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his comments about Farm Bills 2020 being beneficial to big, corporate companies.
Cornering Kejriwal's statement, Vij said that all previous restrictions on farmers of having to sell their products to specific places under set conditions will be removed now. He added that all farmers wishing to sell their produce at such rates to such places can still do so.
"I would want Kejriwal to point out which exact provision of new agriculture bills is giving advantages to corporates. All previous restrictions on farmers of having to sell their produce to specific places under set conditions will be removed now," he told reporters.
"As made clear by the Prime Minister, MSPs and all Mandis will stay. All farmers wishing to sell their produce at such rates to such places can still do so. But others will be able to sell their produce to whomsoever and where ever they would want," added Vij.
On September 18, Kejriwal had requested all non-BJP parties to oppose the three Bills related to the agriculture sector introduced by the Centre in the Rajya Sabha.
"The three Bills of the Centre will leave the farmers for exploitation in the hands of big companies. I request all non-BJP parties to oppose the Bill unanimously in the Rajya Sabha. It must be ensured that all MPs are present and there should be no drama of walkout. The farmers of the country are watching you," he said in a tweet (Roughly translated from Hindi).
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana have been protesting against the agriculture ordinances passed by the Union Cabinet. The three Bills to replace the ordinances were introduced in the Lok Sabha in the monsoon session and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed on Tuesday. (ANI)


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Chef Craig Twohey describes the process of protecting his 49 acres in Phillipston as “a lot like marinating a steak. You’ve got to take the time to let it sit until it’s ready.”
Cooking up a Conservation Project in Phillipston
Standing on Craig and Jean Twohey’s land on Phillipston’s Ward Hill you can see the steeples of two Congregational Churches in nearby Phillipston Center and in Templeton. That’s eloquent testimony to the return of local forests. A past owner of the home noted in 1900 that he could count thirty steeples from the hilltop, and see as far as Boston.
If the Twoheys have their way, those resurgent forests are here to stay. This spring, the couple transferred a conservation restriction (CR) to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Division of Water Supply, permanently protecting 49 acres mostly within the Quabbin watershed. “We’d much rather protect the land than sell it for development,” says Craig. “The best part about the CR is we still own the land. We can get our cordwood from it and run it the way we have been.”
The couple has run Phillipston’s King Phillip Restaurant since 1983. They see their work at the restaurant and on the land as “a labor of love,” and a way to support the community and sustain local history. Craig describes working on a land conservation project as “a lot like marinating a steak. You’ve got to take the time to let it sit until it’s ready.”
Craig, an avid hunter, was able to work with a forester to create small clearings on the land to re-establish prime habitat for birds like the American woodcock and ruffed grouse. Being able to manage their land was an important factor for the Twoheys. “We looked at all the options and we talked through what we wanted to do with our land with Jay Rasku,” Craig remembers. “It’s a big decision and was kind of a moving target since we did change the plans a little bit, but Jay helped us get the land protected the way we wanted.”
The CR is part of Mount Grace’s Quabbin to Wachusett Forest Legacy Project, which, along with the Quabbin Heritage Landscape Partnership Project, involves partnerships with dozens of landowners that will permanently protect more than 4,500 acres. The projects are funded by the United States Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program and the Massachusetts Landscape Partnership Program. Additional support is provided by the Bafflin Foundation, and the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts.


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The collection contains the papers of Robert M. Veatch. It includes material created while employed at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) at Georgetown University (1979-2019) and at the Hastings Center (1970-1979). It also documents his work as an advisor and lecturer at a wide variety of universities, hospitals, healthcare organizations, and governmental bodies. The records document the development and administration of the KIE, particularly during his directorship from 1989-1996. On...
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George Enescu FestivalGeorge Enescu Festival is an international competitive music festival that is held biennial (odd years) since 1958. On other years, a talented youth artists competition is held under the festival patronage. This is a classic music festival dedicated to the Romanian composer George Enescu.
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So Alfred went to the vet today and thoroughly enjoyed himself.
Alfred really likes treats and figured out pretty quickly where the 'treat drawer' was in the exam room. He sat and stared at the treat drawer, trying to use the Jedi Mind Trick to get it to open.
He didn't flinch for his AVID and was very tolerant for the whole examination. The rundown:
His heart is good and his coat is starting to look better. The vet thinks probably flea allergy dermatitis at some point. She also thinks he's probably not as old as we thought...most likely between 5 and 7 years old. He's still very swollen from his neuter and she suspects that will take another couple of weeks to resolve. Teeth are good and she said he was 'goofy'. And he WAS acting goofy. Pawing at her leg and then rolling over onto his back while laying on her foot so she could give him tummy scratches.
I wanted to do lab work because he's drinking a lot of water but she said to wait and that he could still be detoxing from his neuter. He's got roundworms but I pretty much expect that. His kennel cough is completely resolved.
Now the 'not so good' stuff. He needs to lost weight, lots of it.....like ten pounds. I knew he was fat I guess I didn't realize HOW fat. The vets exact words, "Well, he's not morbidly
So he's on a diet. I cut some of his kibble out and added green beans so he doesn't feel like he's starving. I'll start taking him to work and exercising him. I've been holding off on pushing him too hard as he had such a rough neuter and there's the hip thing.
So.....as far as his hip goes, the vet thinks most likely a hit by car hip or pelvis injury that went untreated. His back leg is pretty much useless and sometimes even crosses over the other back leg. It never seems to bother him but he's also a pretty tough old dog that doesn't really gump at all. He still enjoys chasing the ball and knows he has to wait to be lifted into the car. And at 63lbs I'm getting a work out too!
She wants to re-assess him once he loses some weight. I'm going to supplement him with some MSM and Cosequin. Does anyone have supplements that they really like? I don't mind paying more for high quality supplements.
That's about it. He's happily crashed in his crate, snoring away.

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Remember Grenada? No, it’s not a car, and it’s not a syrup made from pomegranates. Perhaps vague memories come to mind? A breezy, tropical island..American medical students..commies running rampant. That’s it – the rescue mission! Whatever happened to that place?
After briefly rocketing into the media spotlight in the early 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan labeled the tiny Caribbean island a dire threat, Grenada has plummeted from the news horizon like a stricken SCUD missile.
Press treatment of the country is typical of the media’s approach to the Third World. The guidelines are simple. Rule No. 1: Third World nations are largely ignored until the White House, almost always for reasons of national security, puts one on the map. Rule No. 2: Once the perceived national security threat fades, the country in question falls back into irrelevance and obscurity.
At a panel discussion hosted by the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center last March, Robert MacNeil of the “MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” endorsed this approach to foreign news. The president, he said, “is like the chief passenger on the cruise ship. When he goes to the rail and points at something, that’s interesting for the rest of the passengers.” Editors generally agree that it makes sense to follow the president’s lead, though they say the press also pursues foreign stories on its own.
The exceptions to the chief passenger rule are the whimsical “letter from” style stories on the curious natives, such as the dispatches filed earlier this year on the aspirations of navy officials in land-locked Bolivia, or the traditional “time appears to have bypassed the remote backlands of [fill-in-the-blank], where residents still churn their own butter.” However, barring presidential finger-pointing, a Third World nation is likely to receive U.S. media attention only if it is the site of a natural disaster, a civil war, massacre or some other major act of violence; if its leader visits Washington; or if it refuses to pay its debts to U.S. banks.
I wrote that back in 1993 for American Journalism Review, and nothing’s really changed much since. If the U.S. government takes an interest in the Caribbean, the press tags along (i.e. briefly following Hurricane Irma), otherwise it’s off the country’s news radar (especially once you get to the small islands that lie east of Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
So what’s been going on over there? Well, over the past few decades much of the region has fallen deeper into misery. High-end tourism generates a bit of income, with very little trickle down for the impoverished natives. But the islands are desperate to raise cash and the emerging boom industry has become selling diplomatic and economic passports.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, countries are slashing prices, so you can pick up citizenship at bargain rates. The problem is that there doesn’t appear to be much vetting of applicants — in some countries you can buy your passport abroad without ever stepping foot in your new home nation — so it appears that passports have been purchased by corrupt foreign government officials, business officials, criminals and terrorists.
The great advantage of a Caribbean passport is that most of them allow you to travel to dozens of countries without a visa, so once you’ve got one you can trot the globe freely, making then highly attractive to shady businessman and foreign officials. The names of recipients are generally not released, so there’s usually no way to know who’s getting the passports but there have reportedly been a number of buyers from Russia, China, the Middle East and the United States. They can be purchased by making a contribution directly to the government or by investing in real estate above a certain (generally quite low) threshold.
Consider Grenada, where Keith Mitchell was just reelected as prime minister and has held power 17 of the last 23 years. It introduced its citizenship by investment program in 2013 and, according to this story, just dropped the price by 25 percent, to $150,000. “Within the last year, the number of applicants for Grenada’s investment citizenship has skyrocketed by 300%, while the rejection rate was at an all-time low of just 8%,” the story said. “In the first half of 2017, 449 persons have becоme nationals of Grenada.”
Antigua and Barbuda, where prime minister Gaston Browne appears set to win reelection in a few days, also has a thriving passport sales program, which has been hit with charges of corruption. Originally the government was supposed to releasee the names of the people who bought passports but that practice was stopped. Now it just makes available the number of total passports sold and what countries buyers come from.
With an Antigua passport, you can travel to more than 100 countries visa free. The website for the law firm of Henley & Partners, one of a number of well connected firms and players that broker passport sales, recently announced a special by which a family of 4 can all get visas in exchange for a $100,000.contribution to the National Development Fund. You don’t need to go to the country to get a passport nor own a residence there, and can reportedly renew it by spending five days there over a period of the next five years.
Here’s an excerpt from a 60 Minutes program last year which looked at the Caribbean programs, one of the few media outlets that has examined them:
[Programs are] multiplying across the Caribbean…Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Antigua are all competing with St. Kitts now for customers and badly needed cash.
Gaston Browne: So what are we supposed to do? Sit back and do nothing? You tell me.
Gaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, says the revenue from its four-year-old program has kept the government from defaulting on its international loans and has turned the economy around. Antigua also claims to have among the strictest programs in the Caribbean. You actually have to show up here to get citizenship, albeit very briefly.
Gaston Browne: Our law provides them to spend at least five days here.
Steve Kroft: That sounds like a vacation.
Gaston Browne: Yes. I understand. But however, we have made sure that at least there must be some face-to-face contact so we know who these people are.
Steve Kroft: For five days.
Gaston Browne: Minimum.
Steve Kroft: What kinda people are you looking for?
Gaston Browne: We’re lookin’ for high net worth individuals. People who are established business people. Who are well-known. And to make sure that we get the crème de la crème.
If so, they are recruiting them in some odd places. Last summer, Antigua announced it was opening an embassy in Baghdad hoping to sell passports to Iraqis. It didn’t work out. But it’s doing better next door in Syria after hiring a relative of President Bashar Al-Assad to represent them….
Prime Minister Browne told us instability breeds opportunity. Besides Syria, Antigua has sold citizenship to Iranians, Libyans, Pakistanis, and the people who brought condos in this half-built complex in the desert outside Dubai, 7,300 miles away from Antigua. Its website advertised, “Buy a villa in the UAE and get citizenship of Antigua.”
As stated above, Antigua doesn’t release the names of passport buyers but the local press has reported that a Chinese businessman named Xiao Jianhua — who has been described as ” a kind of banker to the [Chinese] ruling class” — obtained a large number of passports after investing in the West Indies Oil Company, a historically corrupt firm long owned by a Swiss financier named Bruce Rappaport (deceased since 2010).
What’s especially curious is that no one knows where Xiao is. He was picked up by Chinese authorities during a visit to Hong Kong over a year ago and hasn’t been seen since. Another wealthy Chinese businessman reportedly received Antigua passports after promising to make massive investments in the country — originally announced right before the previous election won by Browne and used to good PR advantage — including a resort project. The investor’s company was also given its own Special Economic Zone, where it has extraordinary power to run its operations unfettered.
Overall, more than half of applicants for Antigua passports have come from China, according to this story, and the program reportedly brings in about 25 percent of the government’s budget.
Dominica is also heavily implicated in the passport sales program, but it has allegedly sold diplomatic passports (as opposed to economic passports, or the citizenship by investment programs in most of the countries). Among those who have been found with Dominica passports are a suspected Italian money launderer and a former Nigerian oil minister implicated in a bribery scandal.
I asked a former U.S. official why Washington hasn’t done much about the passport sales scandals. This person, who spoke off the record, said that it’s basically U.S. policy to ignore problems in the Caribbean, and to turn a blind eye to corruption, for fear of creating instability in a friendly region and because the U.S. has received so much political cooperation from local leaders in Caribbean that it let’s a lot of things slide.
U.S. law enforcement had found multiple cases of Caribbean political figures carrying large sums of cash into Miami but were directly told not to make arrests in those cases. Instead, this person said, officials were told to inform the figures not to do it again but otherwise take no action.


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“Iran” brings up a very specific image in the minds of most Westerners: Chadors, morality police, nuclear weapons, and other unsavory things. “Persia,” on the other hand, is redolent of some far-off, ancient Oriental exoticism. Mary Jane Walker’s contemporary account of her recent trek through Iran is thus a welcome corrective to both those images. It’s not that they don’t have some basis in facts, but real-life modern-day Iran includes that and so much more. Walker’s story of traveling around Iran as a woman on her own gives Iran a much more human and welcoming face.
First of all, it’s heartening to hear that it is not only possible but even reasonably safe and easy for women to travel around Iran by themselves. Although women are expected to wear hijabs in public, and even chadors in certain areas, Walker had little trouble in following those rules, and even went bareheaded in many situations with little or no blowback (although there were a few moments of concern). She was able to move freely around the country, and enter numerous cultural and historic sights.
And what sights! The book comes with lots of photos (I read it on my iPad in order to see the photos in color) of the incredibly beautiful buildings and artwork all over Iran. Looking at them will inspire even the most hardened stay-at-home non-traveler to want to visit Iran. I know I am now thirsting to go.
The book is a mixture of travel story and travel advice, so we get Walker’s adventures, which are quite entertaining, and her recommendations if you want to go to Iran, such as getting a debit card in the local currency. So it will be useful to “real” travelers planning a trip to Iran, as well as armchair travelers wanting to get in a vicarious visit to a country banned to most Americans. The writing style is simple and straightforward but gets the point across and puts the reader there on the scene. Overall, recommended for anyone interested in going to Iran or finding out what is going on there right now.
My thanks to the author for providing a review copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
Buy on Amazon here.

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I have once again found myself in a place of longing. I’ve also found myself battling a faint feeling of nostalgia of late. Maybe they are related. The other day, while mulling over the current global climate, I found myself longing for simpler times. I was taken back to the 90s when I first heard U2, and the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” was ringing in my ears. At that same moment the song was ringing in my ears, I felt an intense pain of nostalgia in my chest - so much so that I physically turned as if turning from the feeling itself. The words are haunting to me. I still struggle with feeling like I have yet to fully live. I spent much of my teens, twenties, and into my thirties longing for life instead of living life. I had dreams of grandeur, of being someone, but I was never actually present to life itself. I believe my nostalgia to be a sense of longing for those lost years; The years spent dreaming instead of living. Now with my toe in the water of my forties, I find myself present, but still not fully living.
I’ve learned over the last few years that my response in trauma was to freeze. My nervous system was trained to mentally, emotionally and quasi physically freeze when any harm came across my path. The years in an abusive marriage left my body trained to react in this way as a result of trauma and abuse. I’ve also since learned that the emotion behind freezing is terror.
I say all that to say; I may be present, but I am still frozen at times. I still feel like I am stuck, unable to fully engage in life. So if freezing is a result of terror, the conclusion would be that I must somehow be terrified to be alive, or to fully plunge in to the water, instead, my toe is dipped in tentatively.
It’s a wrestle between my soul and what fear has constructed. My soul is longing to paint all the colours of the rainbow, to dance through life, through the pain, through the laughter, to sing songs of joy and sorrow…. But the construct is like an invisible force that holds me back. At least I am aware of the force, of the fear. For when there is awareness, there can be faith in the movement; awareness is movement.
I'm reminded of an experience I had during a time of meditation recently; I felt the spirit of Jesus showing me what he meant by inviting people to leave everything behind and follow the path of love. Jesus was speaking out against what the religious groups had constructed; what fear, power and control had constructed. He was inviting people to rethink everything they knew, he was inviting people to let go and leave behind the systems, institutions, families, and traditions they had known; the forces that were holding them back. This is the invitation into the water; to leave behind the constructs of fear and relearn the way of Love.
May we ever be aware of the things that hold us back, so that we may shake them off and dive in to the invitation of Love.


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Welcome to the April 1, 2013 edition of tips and tricks for writers and authors. We have a great mix of tips on writing, self-publishing and book publicity this week. Thank you to all of the contributors!
Carol Wiley presents 35+ Writing Websites and Resources For Freelance Writers Serious About Making a Professional Income While Still Having a Life posted at Musings from Carol.
Jon Rhodes presents Let People Know What You Really Think posted at Affiliate Help!, saying, “Really speaking your mind is a great way to generate some self-perpetuating publicity. Here’s how to do it.”
Nick Daws presents How to Set Up Google Authorship (and Why You Really Should) posted at Nick Daws’ Writing Blog.
Sarah Bolme presents Book Discoverability posted at Marketing Christian Books.
Jack Sarlo presents Quickly & Easily Become a Book Author! posted at Jack Sarlo’s Blog: Random Ramblings of a Marketing Maniac!.
Jessica Clark presents 10 Reasons Poems Don’t Always Need to Rhyme posted at Kenney Myers, saying, “Free verse has become so widely accepted by publishers of modern poetry, in fact, that some won’t even entertain submissions of formal poetry. These are ten of the reasons why it’s okay to break the traditional mold in your own poetry, opting instead for something a bit less rigid.”
Chrys Fey presents How To Create Mystery posted at Write With Fey.
David Leonhardt presents Are You Ready for a Ghostwriter for Your Book? posted at A Ghost Writers Blog, saying, “The more you have prepared in advance, the lower the cost will be for you. Ideally, the writer does not have to do any outside research, because you have done it all. If you provide your information in a complete and organized fashion, it saves time and money.”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of tips and tricks for writers and authors using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.


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The Army’s school for terrorism
reports from the annual protest against the U.S. Army's torture-training institute known as the School of the Americas.
MORE THAN 20,000 people traveled to Georgia on November 23 to commemorate the thousands who have died as a result of violence in Latin America at the hands of forces trained by the U.S. Army's School of the Americas (SOA).
"We are here once again to say, 'Basta. No mas. No More,'" said Father Roy Bourgeois, who started the organization School of the Americas Watch in 1989 after six Jesuit priests, their co-worker and her teenage daughter were massacred in El Salvador by soldiers trained at the SOA (since renamed the "Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation"). The vigil at the gates of Fort Benning has been an annual event ever since.
"The problem is that most Americans don't know it exists, or don't know the terrors that have resulted because of it," Bourgeois said.
Father Jon Sobrino, one of the only survivors of the Jesuit community in El Salvador where the 1989 massacre took place, explained his reason for being at the demonstration: "Any school in which violence and torture is being taught should be closed. Any school in which lies are being taught, should be closed. Any school in which the accumulation of wealth as the main joy of life is being taught, should be closed."
The vigil consisted of a funeral procession, with the singing of the names and ages of those who had died as result of SOA violence, alternating Spanish and English. Following each name, a sea of voices solemnly sang back "Presente," with people holding up a white cross to represent an individual who had been killed. A single drumbeat followed every name.
"It feels really powerful to remember the names of the dead and to bring that to the doors of the people that murdered them," said Zeph Fishlyn, an artist who was attending the event for the first time.
EARLIER THAT morning, six people crossed the border onto the military base in an attempt to bring the protest to the Army through non-violent civil disobedience. They were arrested and face up to six months in federal prison.
The night before the protest, Brian Derouen, who served four months in jail for crossing the line in 2006, addressed a crowd regarding why this protest is important.
"This weekend is not what matters," said Derouen. "If everyone goes home and tells one person and writes one letter to Congress, the school could be shut down in a year. People can't just be here and then go home and feel good about themselves."
After putting their crosses on the fence as the culmination of the procession, people stood crying, hugging and simply staring at the scene in silence. On a patch of grass near the fence, dozens of actors with white face paint lay in black clothes splattered with red paint to represent the dead, as police loudspeakers proceeded to blare their recorded message: "Anyone who crosses the line is subject to fine and imprisonment. The sole purpose of this institution is to provide military training of soldiers. It is a non-partisan operation. As a democratic institution it is upholding the constitution."
Luckily, the weekend's events, which consisted of many speakers and educational panels, had taught the crowd what a lie this was.
Said Derouen, "In the end, change happens when good people break bad laws and accept the consequences."