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By Darlene Donloe
2017 is coming to an end!!! It's time to pay tribute to the lives of some extraordinary African Americans who closed their eyes for the last time in 2017. They include community leaders, activists, actors, writers, directors, musicians, politicians and sports figures. All were influential in their own way. This column pays tribute to those who passed this way.
So, as 2018 approaches, let's take a moment to reflect on the lasting memories they left behind. Let's have a moment of silence.
|Pat Means
Jan. 7 - Sylvester Potts, The Contours. He was 78.
Jan. 8 - Pat Means, Turning Point Communications, Turning Point Magazine. She was 67.
Jan. 13 - Jewel Plummer Cobb, Cal State Fullerton president. She was 92.
Jan. 15 - Bishop Eddie Long. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. He was 63.
Jan. 15 - Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. WWE Hall of Famer. He was 73.
Jan. 23 - Marvell Thomas, Stax/Memphis keyboardist/composer He was 75.
|Al Jarreau
Feb. 12 – Al Jarreau, singer/musician. He was 76.
Feb. 13 - Jeremy Geathers, a former football player with the Orlando Predators. He was 30.
Feb 13 - Tyrone Lil' Barkley, member of Detroit's 'The Undisputed Truth'.
Feb. 17 - Junie Morrison, founder of The Ohio Players. He was 62.
Feb. 17 - Clyde Stubblefield, "funky drummer" for James Brown. He was 73.
|Leon Ware
Feb. 23 - Leon Ware, artist-songwriter, composer. He was 77.
|Chuck Berry
March 8 - Dave Valentin, Bronx-born Puerto Rican flutist/composer. He was 64.
March 10 - Joni Sledge. Member of the singing group Sister Sledge. She was 60.
March 13 - Maxx Kidd, Go-Go Music Pioneer. He was 75.
March 17 - Derek Walcott, a Nobel-prize winning poet. He was 87.
March 18 - Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll pioneer, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was 90.
Apr. 4 - Brenda Jones, member of the R&B group The Jones Girls. She was 62.
|Linda Hopkins
Apr. 11 - Linda Hopkins. Tony-winning actress and singer. She was 92.
Apr. 12 - Charlie Murphy, actor/comedian. He was 57.
Apr. 13 – Scotty Miller, Instant Funk co-founder, and drummer.
Apr. 15 – Sylvia Moy, Motown songstress. She was 78.
Apr. 18 - Barkley L. Hendricks, American painter. He was 72.
Apr. 19 - Aaron Hernandez, NFL tight end. He was 28.
Apr. 20 - Cuba Gooding, Sr., lead singer of the R&B group, The Main Ingredient. He was 72.
Apr. 23 - Terri McCoy, director.
|Terri McCoy
|Christopher "Big Black" Boykin
May 9 - Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, half of MTV's "Rob & Big". He was 45.
May 21 - Morris "Butch" Stewart, Jr., musician, songwriter, singer and entrepreneur. He was 64.
May 29 - Curtis Womack, of the Womack Brothers and The Valentinos. He was 74.
|Geri Allen
June 20 - Albert 'Prodigy' Johnson, MC and Member of Mobb Deep.
June 27 - Geri Allen, pianist, composer, educator. She was 60.
June 27 - Tameka "Meechy" Monroe, natural hair blogger. She was 32.
|Nelsan Ellis
July 5 - John Blackwell, Jr., drummer best known for his work with Prince. He was 43.
July 8 - Nelsan Ellis, the actor best known for playing Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's True Blood. He was 39.
July 15 - Christopher Wong Won, rapper and founding member of 2 Live Crew. He was 53.
July 18 - Dolores Marsalis, mother of the jazz greats Ellis and Wynton Marsalis. She was 80.
|Jim Vance
July 22 - Jim Vance, TV journalist. He was 75.
July 23 - Bobby Taylor, (and the Vancouvers) Motown band leader. He was 83.
|Dick Gregory
Aug. 7 - Don Baylor, Major League baseball player. He was 68.
Aug. 14 - Benard Ighner, singer/songwriter. He was 72.
Aug. 19 - Dick Gregory, activist, comedian. He was 84.
|Novella Nelson
Sept. 1 - Novella Nelson, actress. She was 77.
Sept. 5 - Rick Stevens, former lead singer of Tower of Power. He was 77.
Sept. 20 - Bernie Casey; actor, NFL wide receiver, poet, and painter. He was 78.
Sept. 23 - Charles Bradley, soul singer. He was 68.
|Robert Guillaume
Oct. 8 - Grady Tate, jazz drummer, and singer. He was 85.
Oct. 10 - Alvin John Waples, radio legend. He was 70.
Oct. 15 - Debbie Wright, original P-Funk Femme. She was 66.
Oct. 24 - Robert Guillaume, Emmy-winning Soap actor. Also appeared in Benson and Sports Night. He was 89.
Oct. 25 - Antoine "Fats" Domino, musician, singer. He was 89.
Oct. 29 - Keith Wilder, Heatwave co-founder, and singer. He was 65.
|Della Reese
Nov. 8 - Jarvee Hutcherson, president of the Multicultural Motion Picture Association & American Society Of Young Musicians; producer and director, known for 20th Annual MMPA Night Before the Oscars: The Envelope Please (2014), The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards (1994) and The Annual Minority Motion Picture Awards (1993). He was 63.
Nov. 11 - Bobby Matos, Latin jazz percussionist, and bandleader.
Nov. 15 - David Cunningham, former L.A. City Councilman and community leader. He was 82.
Nov. 16 - Helen Borgers, Midday Jazz DJ/MD (KLON/KKJZ). She was 60.
Nov. 16 - Earle Hyman, stage, television, and film actor. Hyman is known for his role on ThunderCats as the voice of Panthro. He also appeared on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable. He was 91.
Nov. 19 - Warren "Pete" Moore, bass singer, vocal arranger and original member of The Miracles. He was 78.
Nov. 19 - Della Reese, legendary actress, singer. She was 86.
Nov. 20 - Terry Glenn, former NFL wide receiver. He was 43.
Dec. 10 - Simeon Booker, chronicler of civil rights struggle for Jet and Ebony. He was the Washington bureau chief of Jet and Ebony magazines for five decades. He was 99.
Dec. 18 - Kevin Mahogany, jazz singer. He was 59.
|Cliff Winston
Dec. 19 - Cliff Winston, Los Angeles radio personality. He worked at KJLH, MPact radio and KKBT. He was 63.


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Nokia has announced press conference on July 11th at 11AM in New York City, The event is named as "ZOOM. REINVENTED'. Most likely Nokia may launch the long rumored true PureView Windows Phone with 41 Mega Pixel camera. This conference is just two weeks after Microsoft BUILD conference, where we can see Windows 8.1 BLUE and Windows Phone 8.1 BLUE, the next chapter in Windows eco-system. The leaked & rumored Nokia Lumia EOS phone has two variants, Polycarbonate as just like Lumia 920 and Aluminum Metal variant similar to recently launched Lumia 925. As for the leaked images the devices look good, even posses mechanical shutter which is rare and good thing in smartphones. Lets see the leaked images after the break.
Nokia Lumia "EOS" – Polycarbonate Model
Nokia Lumia "EOS" – Aluminum Metal Model
We have to wait what is under the hood until July 11th, 11AM.

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Idaho continues to shed Macy's stores, with the Cincinnati retailer planning to close its Twin Falls store at the Magic Valley Mall in March.
Macy's told store employees July 31 at the Magic Valley Mall that the retailer would not renew its lease in Twin Falls. The 61,000-square-foot Twin Falls store opened in 1987, the year following the opening of the Magic Valley Mall.
The Twin Falls closure was not on the list of 68 store closures that Macy's announced in January, and which resulted in the April closure of the 104,000-square-foot Macy's at Nampa Gateway Center.
"Macy's, Inc. has been reviewing its real estate portfolio across the country to see if there are opportunities to improve the use of our assets," Macy's said in a statement about the Twin Falls store.
Macy's has closed Idaho stores in downtown Boise (2010), Moscow (April 2016) and Nampa (April 2017). Macy's remains at Boise Town Square, the Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls and in Lewiston.
"I think the decision made by Macy's is less about Twin Falls and more about the global market," Twin Falls Mayor Shawn Barigar said. "It's always disappointing when a retailer has to make this kind of decision. But when these things happen, it always presents opportunity as well."
Barigar noted Twin Falls experienced a "blossoming retail sector" in recent years that tempers the loss of Macy's a bit.
Woodbury Corp. of Salt Lake City, which owns the Magic Valley Mall, limited its comments to a prepared statement.
"Magic Valley Mall has had a great partnership with Macy's for over 30 years," the statement read. "With Macy's departure, we look forward to the opportunity to introduce fresh retail, entertainment and restaurants to the community."


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J. Keys Delivers A Soulful Uplifting Hip-Hop Anthem for the New Year!! Powered by triumphant trumpets and blissful bass, Keys kicks it into high gear encouraging us to go get what it is we want. This single is available for download on iTunes, Amazon, Google Music and digital outlets worldwide.
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Keywords: proposition, false, true, logic, truth
The opposite of a truth statement. The negation of true is false and vice-versa. Logical Reasoning[ edit
(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
an abbreviation for a concept of type Proposition with an attached relation of type Neg
Keywords: denial, did, nonreality, untruthfulness, affirmation
The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation.
Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has.
a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
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A negation is the absence of a positive principle, as cruelty is the negation of mercy; justice, by contrast, is the contrary of mercy. See also shadow.
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In the past 10 years, the way we consume music has changed drastically, yet musicians are still trying to promote themselves using the exact same techniques. Whatever your role in the music industry, it's key you adapt with the times with the aim to get music placed where people are actually listening. In order for you to gain the most success in your music career, it's essential you're following the consumer statistics, watching out for new platforms and testing every new promotional technique you can. This blog post is going to break down the recent changes and explain how you can use them to your advantage, rather than complaining and feeling stuck.
Having worked in the music industry for multiple years, we've seen the major changes that have impacted musician's lives, income and success. The consumption of music is nothing like it used to be, so our promotional methods shouldn't be either.
Spotify Killed the Radiostar
The main change in the music industry, which is having huge impact, is how people are consuming their music. A recent study showed that in 2018, 55% of people listen to new music via video stream, 23% with paid subscriptions and 22% using free audio streaming. With consumption of music so different to what it was, the aim should be to focus on these new platforms where your audience will be. The Mid-Year Music Report revealed that in the first half of 2018, Americans streamed 403 billion songs, via video and audio services. That's nearly 100 billion songs more than what they streamed during the whole of 2015, when streaming accounted for as much as half of US music revenue. Statistics don't lie, and you can't get around them, so instead you should be using this to your advantage and see streaming as a greater chance of success rather than a step back.
Going Viral Without A Promotor
Alongside streaming is the growth in social media. Close to half the world's population (3.03 billion people) are on some type of social media, that means your music is able to have a potential reach of half of the world with a click of a button, and the best part is, it's free. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are free platforms for musicians to promote their music to as big an audience as they can draw in. 15 years ago, Facebook wasn't even launched, meaning artists had to push their music using traditional promotional techniques such as sending their CDs to radio stations or magazine editors. Now, there are multiple social media platforms, with many features that can help in promoting your music e.g. Instagram Stories, Facebook Live and IGTV, which we'll go into more detail later. People complain about the amount of social media platforms there are, how often they change and how sometimes you have to have a budget to get in front of the right audience but be thankful we have these free platforms in the first place, as you can't complain about something that's being given to you for free.
Making Money Unsigned
Everyone is now able to get their music out there due to low cost distribution and again social media. With distribution dirt cheap or even free, any artist can have their music uploaded to streaming services, which was never before possible. Artists that wanted their music recorded and listened to use to have to have money, which quite often meant a large label behind them. Now, anyone can have their music online, giving all artists a chance of success. With it being easier to distribute music and streaming becoming more popular, this means revenue for artists is a lot higher too, with 2017 seeing music sales rise by 8.1 percent to $17.3 billion. For example, American singer-songwriter Vérité has made a living off of Spotify streams, stating, "the ability to make a living somewhere between starving artist and international pop/rock/other star has never been more within reach." We're in an era where unsigned artists don't need to be doing stadium tours, be signed to a major label or have money constantly pumped into advertising, but instead can upload a track to multiple platforms and the money can start coming in.
Mix and Master From your Bedroom
Not only is the distribution low cost, but so is the digital production. Digital audio software such as Logic Pro, offers artists a complete professional recording studio from the comfort of their home. With time and effort, an artist can record and produce their own music, rather than needing a large budget to secure recording time, a producer, mixer etc. YouTube offers tutorials for everything an artist needs, allowing anyone to produce as much music as they can on a budget. There's a massive rise in artists showing the world that a tune created on GarageBand can be just as popular as a studio produced, high budget track so why not be the next bedroom big name?
Say Goodbye to Ticket Touts
Streaming services have not only helped with revenue, but also live music sales, with Spotify generating $40+m in ticket sales in 2017. Global concert sales have hit a record high in the first half of 2018, with so many platforms offering the opportunity for artist to list their gig dates, popular platforms such as Spotify, Facebook and Google work in favour of the artist, leading to live music sales growth. Google recently released a new list of changing rules for websites that resell tickets, transforming the way tickets are sold, improving the experience for both the musicians and the fans, and YouTube partnered with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets on artist's video pages so all these platforms are working to your advantage.
NME Didn't Stop Printing for No Reason
The transformation from paper to digital isn't just a change we've seen in music but seems to be one of the most drastic within the music industry. With NME closing their print edition after 66 years, it was clear that the music industry no longer loved print like it did. The transformation to digital was huge, for years blogs dominated the music space on the internet. This took years for business models to change, with outlets such as Complex succeeding in the digital space because they created a model that made money off the web, unlike other areas that stuck to their old model, not diverting away from print. This is a similar issue again as this digital age is forever changing but not everyone can keep up. There are endless amounts of music blogs, just search the term 'music news' or 'music reviews' on Google and you'll be there for days, but no one really knows what the next wave will be, that's why it's key you keep yourself up to date with this complicated evolution. With streaming services rocketing up, blogs have had to start creating playlists. With video streaming becoming so popular, blogs have begun to produce YouTube content to reach a larger audience. NME stated that as they are now only digital, they have to change their strategy to be profitable, with editor Charlotte Gunn saying, "As part of its strategy, NME will also look to incorporate sponsored and native content, start live events and expand their ticket offering". But not everyone is adjusting with the times and those who don't, will be left behind.
An individual that has started to hack this complicated, ever changing industry is Carl Hitchborn, CEO of High Time Records. Many of you won't know who he is, maybe because he spent his early life as a baker, but now Hitchborn is the CEO of artist management house, record company, music publisher, merchandise, branding hub and independent concert promoter, High Time, best known for their success with The Hunna.
Hitchborn's story is pretty crazy, but very representative of how the music industry now works, by being creative in this digital age. In an interview with Music Business Worldwide, Carl explained how he went about promoting The Hunna: "I went to Virgin, Lloyds and Barclays, got three new credit cards – £5,000 on each one. We made a 45-second sizzle video for no money, then in September/October 2014, we literally spent the entire £15,000 in seven days on social media marketing. And then it went boom."
Basically, Hitchborn put a large budget behind Facebook advertising until you couldn't ignore The Hunna anymore. Carl took everything he learnt from the bread making business and applied it to the music industry using 3 simple rules:
- Make sure the product is better than anyone else's
- Don't scrimp on the deal you cut your supplies, or it will impact their loyalty and motivation
- Target your marketing to your key captive clientele
The Hunna are currently sat at over 80 million Spotify streams, 307k Facebook likes and 77.4k Instagram followers. You can't argue with that.
Carl Hitchborn is just one example of someone changing with the times in the music industry and proof that it's necessary for success.
Start Dominating the Industry Today
You must use these changes to your advantage. I wouldn't even call them changes, but more improvements to the music industry, offering all artists a fairer chance of success. Below is breaking down the main changes to the industry we discussed prior and looking into what you can do to take on these changes head first, pushing your music to the top.
Social Media
Let's start with social media. As we've mentioned, social media is constantly changing, and although complicated, its complexity works to your advantage if you stay up to date. With Facebook's new algorithm introduced in early 2018, which prioritises posts which create a meaningful conversation and display it to those who interact with you most, most people see Facebook as a lost cause for promoting their music – wrong. By creating a content strategy, pumping money into Facebook advertising like Carl Hitchborn and following an ongoing theme, Facebook is the perfect platform to get your music in front of the right people. The constant changes also mean that if you are on top of things, you can steam ahead of the other artists stuck in the past.
Alongside Facebook promotion is Instagram, who have recently introduced many features specifically beneficial for musicians. Firstly, we have IGTV, the new Instagram feature and app, which allows long-form videos. Tech experts are estimating IGTV to be a dominant player in the social media industry, meaning if you as an artist jump on this before others, you'll be ahead of the game. You can create content for your existing followers, have your music video uploaded directly onto the platform and also look at influencer marketing, which we will discuss further below. Another feature recently introduced that'll benefit musicians is allowing soundtracks on Instagram stories. You simply pick a song to play before you record a video and you can drag and drop the track onto your story like the sticker feature. This will allow fans to sing along to their favourite bands, have it in the background or simply promote the track as a sticker, giving artists immediate promotion.
You can read more on how to promote your music using social media here – http://www.burstimo.com/single-post/Promote-Your-Music-Using-Social-Media
Influencer Marketing
Influencer marketing was unheard of just 10 years ago, now results of a national survey show 70% of millennial consumers are influenced by recommendations they see on socials. Influencer marketing is a phenomenon of modern marketing and should be a major focus point for the music industry, like it is for every other industry currently. 74% of people trust social networks to guide them to purchase decisions, so if you're not working with influencers, you could be losing out to your competition.
Instagram currently leads as a global platform for influencer marketing, soon followed by YouTube, so these are the current focus platforms. With influencer marketing for musicians, you need to focus on what your product is, the music, and how influencers can promote it in a casual but effective manner. YouTubers are constantly on the lookout for non-copyright music, similar to Instagram stars with the new copyright rules, so simply message these influencers offering your music and whitelisting their channel. They'll be getting something out of it, as much as you are. However, many influencers will be looking for payment, so set aside a budget, as it's definitely worth it to get your music in front of a wider audience.


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Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small virus which infects humans and some other primate species. AAV is not currently known to cause disease. The virus causes a very mild immune response, lending further support to its apparent lack of pathogenicity.
It is an ideal vector for gene transduction into the central nervous system because of its safety and efficiency. While it is currently widely used for clinical trials and is expected to become more widespread, the appropriate combination of viral serotypes and promoters have not been fully investigated.
Gene therapy vectors using AAV can infect both dividing and quiescent cells and persist in an extrachromosomal state without integrating into the genome of the host cell, although in the native virus some integration of virally carried genes into the host genome does occur.
These features make AAV a very attractive candidate for creating viral vectors for gene therapy, and for the creation of isogenic human disease models.
Recent human clinical trials using AAV for gene therapy in the retina have shown promise.
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors expressing tumoricidal genes injected directly into brain tumors have shown some promise, however, invasive tumor cells are relatively unaffected.
see AAV9.
Chow et al.e developed an adeno associated virus-mediated, autochthonous genetic CRISPR screen in glioblastoma. Stereotaxic delivery of a virus library targeting genes commonly mutated in human cancers into the brains of conditional-Cas9 mice resulted in tumors that recapitulate human glioblastoma. Capture sequencing revealed diverse mutational profiles across tumors. The mutation frequencies in mice correlated with those in two independent patient cohorts. Co-mutation analysis identified co-occurring driver combinations such as B2m-Nf1, Mll3-Nf1 and Zc3h13-Rb1, which were subsequently validated using AAV minipools. Distinct from Nf1-mutant tumors, Rb1-mutant tumors are undifferentiated and aberrantly express homeobox gene clusters. The addition of Zc3h13 or Pten mutations altered the gene expression profiles of Rb1 mutants, rendering them more resistant to temozolomide. Our study provides a functional landscape of gliomagenesis suppressors in vivo 1).


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A doctor secretly filmed offering banned doping drugs has been found guilty of misconduct.
Dr Mark Bonar boasted that he had prescribed performance-enhancing drugs to as many as 150 elite athletes when he was caught in a sting operation by the Sunday Times.
He prescribed steroids and other drugs to a young athlete employed by the newspaper who went to him wanting to improve his performance – and said he had provided similar treatment programmes to a number of elite sportsmen, including Premier League footballers.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) determined Dr Bonar's fitness to practice was impaired, following a hearing in Manchester.
It said Dr Bonar was 'solely concerned' with the young athlete's performance when he prescribed drugs, which was in breach of medical guidance.
The use of a growth hormone, Thyroxine, was additionally not advisable in the patient and had put him 'at real and serious risk of harm', the report said.
Dr Bonar was also found to have advised patients on how to avoid detection and in doing so had 'failed to act with honesty and integrity'.
The MPTS concluded: 'The tribunal determined that, both individually and cumulatively, Dr Bonar's conduct (which includes dishonesty during the course of a consultation, non-clinically indicated prescribing, contraindicated prescribing, prescribing with the aim of improving a patient's athletic performance, and advising an athlete on how to actively avoid detection) amount to misconduct that is serious.'
It added: 'Dr Bonar has made no admissions at this hearing, has shown no insight into his behaviour, has actively challenged the opinion of an expert endocrinologist (whilst providing no evidence to back up his claims that he was acting within normal accepted practice) and has informed the General Medical Council that he does not intend to engage in remediation.
'Bearing this in mind, the tribunal could not be confident that Dr Bonar would not repeat his misconduct in future.
'Accordingly, it determined that Dr Bonar's fitness to practise is currently impaired by reason of his misconduct.'
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This page is dedicated to a few frequently asked questions. My lifestyle choices often create a lot of confusion in the mind of those not like me (I.E. non wanderers) so I've decided to answer the most basic questions I often get.
Q: Bryan you're insane. Why the hell do you travel this way?
A: Well, suppose the simplest answer is because I enjoy it.
I enjoy traveling, it brings me a calm and a deep interior peace that I suspect very few in our over stressed, caffeine addicted culture ever really experience. I geneuinely enjoy exploring other cultures and traveling low-no budget. Its a life on the edge and, yeah, some days suck, but even still I consider myself to live a life of privelege (even as I dumpster dive for dinner). A life of adventure can't be bought with money; it must be bought with courage.
Money is a means not an end. To quote Henery David Thoreau,
"Men waste the best part of their lives obtaining money in order to earn a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it."
I completely agree. Money is the main goal, the chief aim of the lives and efforts of so many and for what? To pay your bills? To pay the rent to a landlord for a property that you will never have the option of owning? To pay for the insanely over priced car that you didn't really need, but bought out of vanity? To pay for brain rotting cable TV? To stuff into a checking account and 'save' for 'emergencies'. I'll pass.
I do use money. This is primarially because most of the world uses money. I care very little for money, personally. Money is only as useful as what I can do with it. If bread shoots up to $20 a loaf (that is if our dollar devalues to that level), then 20 bucks won't do me much good.
When I travel I usually start each day with enough money to get breakfast, after that I just see where the day takes me. It's worked well for me so far.
Q: But Bryan, don't you want to 'make something of yourself?
Don't you want to marry a hot girl, have 2.3 kids, and go into a massive amount of debt from student loans and a mortgage on a home that the banks don't seriously expect (nor do they want) you to pay off?
A: No thanks, I'll do things my own wrong way.
I take issue with the American attitude that one must 'make something of ones self.' Aren't I already something? Of course, this is not what is meant by the phrase. One is expected to make something important, something productive of oneself. You've got to have the right kind of career that identifys you as a man of substance, you've got to drive the right kind of car, and wear the proper attire, and associate with the proper people.
If I may again quote Thoreau, "How ever far into the forest you may go, men will pursue [you] and compel you to belong to their desperate company of odd-fellows."
Q: But surely you must finance your travels somehow.
Food and things cost money, so how do you purchase food and basic necessities? Where do you sleep? You sound homeless. How can you be homeless and consider yourself an adventurer?
A: Good question.
The answer to that is very complicated in its simplicity. The answer is simple, but to understand it, some basic assumptions about life, reality, and the world we live in will have to be deconstructed. It will require a DEorientation about the world and a REeducation about what things really mean and about whats actually possible.
Essentially, I survive and sometimes thrive, on Faith. Now, usually thats a dirty word and tends to imply a belief in some kind of a personal god looking out for you or something. This is not what I mean by the word Faith. I have Faith, that I will succeed in my endeavours. I have Faith in the generosity and the basic goodness of mankind. I Believe that I'll make it across the border, through the desert, over the mountain pass. I have an unwavering Confidence in the strength of my Will. I will not be defeated.
It is this Courage (with a capital C) and my curiosity of 'what lies beyond' that gets me moving, that inspires me to take up the backpack and start walking. However, the generosity of others is what allows me to continue. The kind lady that put me up for 3 days, the truck driver that 'lifted' me for over 300 miles, thestranger that just decided to hand me 20 bucks. It is with the generosity and the blessing of each human I meet that propels me forward.
Q: So you're a bum?
A: Oi, You're not seeing it.
Travel is more than just getting from A-B. Travel is a journey, and in my case, travel IS my spirituality. Everytime I meet a stranger, there is an exchange on a very deep spiritual level. Where you see one guy taking advantage of so many people, I see a man connecting with men and women across nations, across cultures, and more than that, with each offering of money, food, shelter, I see the whole of humanity not only condoning, but supporting this pilgrim as he journeys.
I think we all have a secret, instinctual, spiritual calling to reach out and learn about each other, but sadly most of us cannot do this. We get very involved in our own lives, so much so that traveling in this soulful way is not possible. One may jet off to different countries for business or while in the military, but just because you spent 3 days at a conference in Tel Aviv, doesn't mean you know the first thing about the culture. The only way to get to know the culture is to get to know the people. This means meeting them and interacting with them in the most spiritually intimate ways. It means breaking bread with them, sharing a drink with them, lodging with them, working along side them. This can not be done by shotgunning money during a 10 day vacation.
And the sad fact is, most people cannot take the time from their busy lives to go do this. There are careers to be tended to, children to be raised, social and finacial structures that must be maintained. I respect that not all can do this, nor does everybody even want to travel in this way, but I do think that when this type of individual is seen, the soulful traveler, that the people go out of their way to help him continue his journey; its happened to me time and time again and you would be surprised how many people support what I do.
Q: Dude, you're a nut.
Traveling as you do, based on the supposed 'generosity of others' is incredibly dangerous; you're gonna get yourself killed.
A: Not Likely.
The best thing about hitch hiking? All the assholes drive past you.
More people die from peanut allergies than from hitchhiking.
Furthermore, "Life is hard, eventually it kills you." I'm going to die anyway and there's nothing I can do to prevent that. Death is the natural and neccessary end of Life. So, in my mind, if its unavoidable anyway, lets have a blast while we're here. Safety and security are illusions. You are not safe. You never have been. Life, by and large is a crap shoot and theres no telling when you're going to die or when some random illness is going to make you bed ridden. Whether you die by the sword or the slow decay of time, rest assured, you WILL die and don't ever think that you and Death are such good friends that he'll let you know when he's coming.
In the word of Christoper Titus, "You don't get a rebate at the end of your life. Death doesn't show up one day and say, 'Hey, I was gonna take you today, but you were with that bitch for like, 3 years, so heres a coupon.'"
You've got one life (that you'll remember in the future.) Friggen enjoy it, and if you're playing a life game where you're losing all the time, I suggest you find a new game.
Q: Still sounds scary to me, haven't you ever been robbed or mugged?
A: Yes, about three different times.
It comes with the territory. The first time was at gunpoint in Nashville TN. The second I was pickpocketed in Berlin, Germany. And the third time I left a bag unattended (dumbass) and when I came back it was gone. I suppose I was robbed a fourth time if we count that high stakes Texas Hold'em game, but maybe I'm just a sore loser… hey my consolation prize was to go home with the cute brunette that brought me drinks. Had I not lost, I wouldn't have had the time to chat her up.
Look, really all a man has to do is keep his wits about him. I got robbed geing stupid. I got drunk in Nashville and wandered into the wrong dark alley (is there a rightdark alley?) In Germany, I got pickpocketed. That can happen to anyone, theres no such thing as pickpocket proof, but I made it real easy by carrying my wallet and passportin the back pocket of baggy pants. I was an idiot and left my bag unattended in Heidelberg and the poker game in Australia was the unfortunate result of charismatic locals, childhood trauma, and drinking too many shots after a certain time of day.
Don't be stupid, take a map, never trust cute Japanese girls twice and I think you'll be alright.
Q: Where do you sleep?
A: Usually? Well, by default I suppose I sleep 'wherever.'
More often than not, I stay in various homes at the stubborn insistance of random strangers, or the chance meeting of a fellow traveller. But, when the Universe does not conspire in my favor, I generally look for well hidden out of the way places on the out skirts of towns or in forests and other wooded areas. Beaches make a great place to rest ones head.
This one time… (I have so many stories that begin this way) on the outskirts of LA, I camped out along the beach about 70ft from the main highway there. I didn't want to be seen by anyone that would give me a hard time, so I didn't set up my tent and instead slept with naught but a bedroll, a sleeping bag, and the stars over head. The helicopters searching for police suspects made me a little uneasy, so I smoked a joint a ride gave me and drifted off to sleep with the sounds of the ocean waves crashing on the shore. The next morning I awoke and got breakfast… ah, good times.
You've got to understand, I think very differently about these kinds of things. Sleeping isn't very exciting. I mean, one is unconcious for most of it excepting any lucid dreams. Sleeping just means being unconcious for 6-8 hours before you wake up and get to go out and do things. So I simply sleep, then I wake up and I'm off. That's all I need to know.
Q: Your insane.
A: And I wouldn't have it any other way.
You have to be crazy to live a life of adventure, excitement, and purpose. You have to be different if you want these kinds of things. The key is to be crazy in a good way. Ghandi, he was crazy, but he was crazy in a good way. Same with Martin Luther King Jr. A prime example of a good crazy guy. These men were crazy in that they actually DID things that others only talked about, and the things they did flew in the face of convention.
If Rosa Parks had been 'normal' she'd have sat in the back of the bus, and then where would we be? If Chris Columbus has been 'normal' we'd have never grown. That Chris thought he could arrive East by sailing West, during his time period, says a lot about the man: he had guts and wasn't afraid of ridicule.
If want anything other than 9-5 drudgery you have to dare to be different. "If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always got." And you have to believe in yourself even when the whole world tells you you're wrong. Because they will, the world; they'll all tell you you're insane and wrong, until you start doing it, then they'll cheer you on. Most people are themselves too timid and frightened to do anything of note, and when you tell them of your ideas, if they can't do it themselves, they'll try very hard to convince you that you can't do it either. Yes, you can. But theres no way to do it, but to do it.
Q: Wow, that's a lot. Do you think you'll ever settle down?
Maybe get a wife? (As though wives were something one 'got' at market.)
A: I sure hope not.
I like Traveling and a home is really just a place to rest ones head before moving out. I grew up in Kentucky and I've observed many conversations between a man on the ground and a man on a roof that go something like this:
"Hey how you doin' roofer?' (Are you miserable too?)
"Oh, purdy goood." (How did we get to this place?)
"Weather's nice… I thought it was gonna rain, but I guess not." (What the hell happened to my life?)
"How's Susan? She's getting pretty big these days." (How did I become this shell of my former self?)
etc…etc…ad nauseum…
I'm not against being a one woman man, I'm really not, but she's got to have the adventure in her. My kinda girl is the rock climbing, cross country cyclist, covered in grease and wearing mechanics gloves. Or a girl at least willing to sail across the Atlantic in a 30ft-40ft sailboat. If you're a female and you're toting a $300 purse and can't be bothered to illegally cross international borders, well then just don't talk to me. 🙂
Q: Don't you have a family back home?
Parents? Siblings? You just say adios to them and you're off.
A: Sure do.
But in this day and age traveling abroad need not put me out of contact with them. With cellphones and the internet being more or less universal, it is easy to stay in contect via Facebook, Twitter, email, skype… etc. This blog also helps serve as an account of my travels and so my family can join in my adventures vicariously throught the written word. In way, I'm taking them with me.
Q: Surely there are better ways to do it.
I mean what about saving up money and then jetting off for a bit while saving for a retirement and what not?
A: I could do that.
But as I think you'll find throughout my writing, I have these adventures not inspite of my poverty, but because of my poverty. During soulful travel, there comes a point when you realize that money 'gets in the way' to some degree. When I was traveling in the military, we stopped in places like Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, and Africa and although I had a lot of fun most of the adventures there involved running from Singaporean police, sex ed with an Australian hooker, and venturing (against Navy regulation) into the unknown back alleys of Middle Eastern port towns; I found that the best adventures happened with out money.
In Germany, I found that my best adventures came after my money had been absconded with and I was forced to busk. That's street performing. In this case it was magic tricks using a deck of cards, a Turkish bar owner named EZ, a fake thumb, and A LOT of charm. (Hey, it charmed the pants off that Italian girl.) In Berlin, I actually covered a debt to another traveller with a glass of Southern Comfort whiskey, freely given to me by the owner of the bar.
Now, those were good times… and yet I didn't have two Euros to rub together.
Q: Wow… well this is all very entertaining, but why do you write?
A: Like most people, I write to be read.
I'm a bit of a show off and I like to have an audience. I have ALOT of opinions and philosophies of life. I have thoughts about travel, the government, economics, and the whole host of social games we play. And I really just want a sounding board to convey my thoughts and ideas and I also want to know what you think about my writing, my stories, my philosophies and such. I don't think that life is serious; rather I think it's alot like a child saying, "Won't you come and play with me?" Come play a game with me… and this is my invitation to you, to come play a game.
I think all enlightened, humane, moral individuals will admit that they're tricksters playing a variety of games. That I am playing a game with you, I am freely ready to admit this. I have cleverly tricked you into comming to my site and reading my articles and I have conned you into leaving comments and pushing the 'LIKE' button. I have ninja'ed your brain and made you 'Digg This' and Twitter it. 🙂
My site, is a trap that I have tricked you into tripping, but I like to entertain and so maybe I can make it a fun trap and we can have some fun. Enjoy the site.


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Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has appointed SI and Constable Applications are invited for recruitment on posts. All interested candidates can apply online.
This is a big opportunity for all the candidates who want to make a career in the police department as constable or sub-inspector. Haryana Staff Selection (HSSC) has issued notices for 6400 vacant posts of Constable and SI in Police Department. Out of which, the posts of 6000 constables and 400 sub-inspectors (SIs) are included.
Online application for 6400 posts notified by HSSC from tomorrow, ie from June 12, will start. Yesterday, all qualified and interested candidates can apply online from the Haryana SSC official website. Applications will be accepted till June 26, 2019.
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Important Date:
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Bulletin 436 – People's Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy
Straight from Curitiba – 5/1/2019 – 390 days of resistance – 7PM
1. At least 200,000 people came to Anhangabaú valley in downtown São Paulo to participate in the May Day demonstration and its cultural activities. The political act was reminiscent of the great struggles in Brazilian history as it united the union confederations and all of the political parties of the opposition. What they all have in common is the generalized rejection of cuts in public education spending, the persecution of social movements and the disastrous international policy, and they all reject the Bolsonaro government's proposal to destroy the retirement system, and call for freedom for former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. All hopes are now on the General Strike, which was announced for June 14th. Read more here: https://pt.org.br/em-sp-1o-de-maio-mostra-a-forca-do-povo-contra-retrocessos-de-bolsonaro/
2. On this May 1st, the Lula Institute remembers Lula's historic speech on the International Day of Workers in 1979. On this occasion, the former President spoke to 150,000 people in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, in the context of resistance to the military dictatorship and confrontation against the multinational corporations. See this speech, on its 40th anniversary, here: https://www.facebook.com/institutolula/videos/vb.298693343537904/2256627454423170/
3. Demonstrations in support of Lula took place on this May 1st in countries around the World. In Germany, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, Switzerland and Sweden among other countries, people wore t-shirts and held up signs, flags and banners in defense of the former President. In Mannheim, Germany, there was a solidarity committee set up whose members spoke with people about the situation of Lula and of Brazil under the fascist Bolsonaro government. In every Brazilian city where May 1st demonstrations took place, #LulaLivre committees participated in the protests. Read more here: https://comitelulalivre.org/category/solidariedade/
Photos from Mexico City: https://www.facebook.com/pt.brasil/posts/2256790174407345
Photos from Madrid: https://www.facebook.com/pt.brasil/posts/2256662097753486
4. The Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) promoted an act in defense of Lula on this Wednesday, May 1st. An enormous sign with the face of the ex-President and the words, "Free Lula," and "Work and Dignity", was hung from the Lapa Aqueduct, a traditional tourist point in Rio de Janeiro. The goal of this direct action was to increase visibility of the campaign for freedom for the ex-President, who has been held as a political prisoner for 390 days in Curitiba. Read more here: https://www.revistaforum.com.br/arcos-da-lapa-amanhecem-com-faixa-de-lula-livre/
5. The good morning greetings to President Lula at the Lula Livre Democratic Vigil were led by state congressman Professor Lemos, PT leader in the Paraná State Legislature. The lawmaker highlighted the importance of the fight against pension reform on this May 1st and also thanked activists from Florianopolis (Santa Catarina) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), who came by bus caravan to strengthen the Vigil. "Brazil and the World are mobilizing today and we are here one more time with President Lula. We are not lifting a foot from this place until Lula is is given a fair trial and freed," he said. Watch video here: https://www.facebook.com/liderancapt.parana/videos/320400145542751/
6. The activists from the Lula Livre Vigil held a demonstration in front of the Federal Police Headquarters to demand freedom for the ex-President and denounce Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform plan. The protesters highlighted the unity of all of the organizations on the left around the issue of freedom for Lula, which also means freedom for the Brazilian people in their struggle for rights and for a more just and democratic nation.


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text: Peter H. Hassrick Peter was born in Philadelphia, raised in Denver and holds degrees in history (Bachelors, University of Colorado), art history (Masters, University of Denver) and humane letters (Honorary Doctorate, University of Wyoming). He moved to Cody in 1976, and has lived here with a few hiatuses, since then. Peter was director of the Buffalo Bill Center from 1976 to 1996. He went on to be founding director of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, the Founding director of the Charles M. Russell Center for Western Art Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman and the director of the Petrie Institute of Western Art at the Denver Art Museum. He and his wife Buzzy retired to Cody in 2011. Peter is an art historian and has, over the course of his career, written or co-authored over 25 books on western American art. Peter has served on many boards including these local/regional ones: the Cody Chamber, the Park County Arts Council, the Yellowstone Institute, the Wyoming Arts Council and the Wyoming Humanities Council. The Hassricks raised two children in Cody: son Philip is a medical doctor in Seattle and son Charles is a museum design and content specialist in Philadelphia.


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Your cortices, like muscles, grow with use. So if you use your limbic brain to function mostly–in fear and threat–you strengthen that part of the brain so it dominates. If you use your prefrontal cortex mostly–for higher level thought like compassion, empathy and learning–that part of the brain gains dominance. What muscle are you exercising?


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(Gluten-free/vegan peppermint iced sugar cookies, recipe in post)
Forgive the poor photo quality. You'll just have to trust me when I say these were some tasty cookies.
I realized the other day that I couldn't let the holidays pass without at least giving a mention to the most common of treats: the cookie. Everywhere I look people are sharing their recipes and ideas about how to festivize the dessert tray this season, and while I'm not one to conform, I'd be amiss not to join in.
And yet, with the blogosphere already an overflow of holiday treats and goodies, it's hard not to feel awash in the sea of already amazing recipes. In looking for some inspiration, I was quickly overwhelmed — where could I find the ground to stand on to share my own ideas?
First, I decided to abandon the internet. *Gasp*
My cookie-making know-how is decent enough, so recipes be damned!
Second, I decided that rather than (just) share with you another recipe for sugar cookies, I would make them vegan and gluten-free. As I've said before, the holidays can get a little tricky for those with allergies or dietary concerns, and while I don't have a restricted diet myself (read: food? I'll eat it!) I know and respect many who do.
Now that I had a plan in mind, I went ahead and got started.
In making the cookies gluten-free, it was important to me that I make the flour mix myself. You can buy 'all-purpose' gluten-free flour mixes in the store, which there's nothing wrong with and, in fact, may be more economical than making your own… but I still wanted to do it from scratch to have a better understanding of the ratio of the different flours, and to be able to play with them once I have a little more experience.
I used some notes I had taken awhile back from this book for inspiration in making my mix, plus I looked up a few tips about using xanthan or guar gum. In wheat flour, gluten helps to bind and hold things together – it's what makes chewiness possible, and the holes in bread. Xanthan gum or guar gum are often used as thickening agents, but also work very well in replicating glutens.
This is what I came up with:
Gluten-Free 'All-Purpose' Flour Mix
(Loosely adapted from The Food Allergy News Cookbook)
1 cup white or brown rice flour
1 cup quinoa flour ( or coconut, amaranth, oat, millet, almond, garbanzo bean, or buckwheat flour)*
1 1/2 cups potato starch (this is a fine powder like corn starch, not flour)
1/2 cup corn starch
2 tsp. xanthan or guar gum (or 1/2 tsp. per cup of flour mix. If using flour to make yeasted recipes such as bread, add 1/2 tsp. more to the recipe per cup of flour used)
*all of these will yield slightly different results in terms of flavor, and you can experiment to find what you prefer. Garbanzo bean and buckwheat flour have a more savory taste, while coconut and almond have a sweeter taste. The other flours mentioned are fairly neutral in flavor. Keep this in mind when deciding what recipes you plan to use your flour in.
The method in which you measure your ingredients matters greatly and I am sorry to say I didn't take the time to measure in grams or ounces to be more precise. (See update below)*
Rather than scooping your flours with a cup measure and packing the top flat, I suggest pouring (or lightly scooping) the flour into a large glass measuring cup and shaking/tapping it to level the surface and read the amount. Once all the ingredients are combined they may settle or tamp down to being up to a half cup less than originally measured, so note that while this recipe calls for four cups of powder, the final amount when measured for recipes may only be 3 1/2 cups.
Thoroughly sift or whisk together all ingredients. Store in an airtight container for up to one year.
Note: The Food Allergy's book recommends baking the flour at 25f. below the called for oven temperature. I followed this advice with good results.
*Update, 10/25/12: After making this mix over and over again (yes, it's that good!) I finally got around to measuring the flours by weight.
1 cup brown rice flour = ~ 130g.
1 cup quinoa flour= ~ 130g. (I often substitute this with other gluten-free flours, most of which also come in around 130g. per cup)
1 1/2 cups potato starch ~ 195g.
1/2 cup corn starch = ~ 65g.
2 tsp. xanthan gum = ~ 5g.
(For this batch in the photo I used almond flour, hence the almonds, but you can easily swap this for another gluten-free flour to avoid any nut allergies)
Not only is this mix great for personal use, but it would make an incredible gift for anyone you know with a gluten-free diet!
In making the cookies, the mix of flours worked flawlessly. It acted exactly as I would expect had I used regular wheat flour, rising slightly but not too much, and spreading very little.
The finished result was tender in the middle with lightly crispy edges, and no one would ever have guessed they were not only gluten-free, but vegan.
Peppermint Iced Sugar Cookies
Vegan and gluten-free
3 Cups gluten-free flour mix (homemade or store-bought)
1 tsp. baking powder
1/8th tsp. salt
1 cup lactose-free margarine
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 flax egg (1 TBSP flax seed meal and 3 TBSP water, combined and set aside to thicken for five minutes) or other egg substitute
1 TBSP "milk" (soy, almond, rice…)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract (or other extract, or more vanilla)
For the icing:
2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 – 1 tsp. peppermint extract, according to taste (or other flavor extract)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (omit for a whiter frosting)
3-4 TBSP "milk" (as needed to get the consistency you want)
Food coloring as desired
(Note: of course, you could throw in a little cocoa powder to the cookies and or the icing, if you were feeling naughty.)
Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. Add the flax egg, "milk" and extracts. With the mixer on low speed, pour in the flour and mix until all dry spots are gone.
Cover with a sheet of plastic wrap and refrigerate for one hour, or overnight.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350f.
Roll dough to 1/4-1/2 inch thickness, and cut into desired shapes. Space about 1/2 inch apart on a parchment lined baking sheet, and bake on the middle rack for 8-10 minutes, rotating half way through.
Let set 3-4 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
For the icing:
Stir together all ingredients, adding "milk" slowly until the desired consistency is reached. Keep in mind that any food colorings will thin the mixture, so keep it on the thick side if you plan on adding any.
Stir in food coloring, leaving swirls if you wish.
Once cookies are completely cool, decorate however you like with icing, sprinkles, and the like.
These cookies turned out so good I was eating them as they came out of the oven. Did I care that the icing was melting all over the hot cookies? No. By the time I had finished making them, I had eaten so many that I felt like Santa Clause. And let me tell you, it was no 'bowl full of jelly', either.
Fortunately, passing out into a sugar-coma cures all. I imagine that's what Santa is doing the rest of the year – recovering. It just wouldn't be a good ol' American holiday without over-indulgence, would it?
The only thing I might change, next time, would be to replace the 'flax egg' with a different egg substitute, such as a few TBSP of applesauce, or apricot jam. Flax is my go-to substitute, and works wonderfully without altering the flavor much, but in the case of something as delicate as sugar cookies I would opt for something sweeter in the future.
Still – what could be sweeter than cookies that anyone can enjoy?


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Hello. Today, I am so excited to share this gorgeous card from one of my very talented guest designers, for Aloha this month, Janice Whiting! I just love the way she colored the toucan. The colors are so vibrant, I was sure it was Copics, but she told me she used Prismacolor pencils! I love the beautiful floral background she created, along with the CB embossed card base.
I asked Janice a few questions to get to know her better...
How long have you been stamping and how did you get started? I dabbled in acrylic stamping a little bit when I was scrapbooking, but I've been officially stamping for about about 9 months now. I discovered StampTV at about that time and after getting my first GinaK Designs stamp set, I was hooked!
What are your favorite kinds of projects/techniques? I love card making! It is just such a great way to share my art and thankfulness for the people in my life. My favorite technique is paper piercing. I into details so the more intricate the design or the more cutting that I have to do that more I enjoy creating it!
|I just love this party favor that Janice made for her son's tropical themed birthday party!
Do you enjoy challenges and, if so, what are your favorites and why? I do enjoy challenges! I love all the StampTV challenges, especially the Color Challenges. Those Challenge Hostesses are super talented and are always coming up with great inspiration for us. I also enjoy participating in the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenges. I love being built up in my faith though their challenges and creating projects that encourage others in God. The other challenge I like to participate in is the Moxie Fab World: Trigger Tuesday challenges. Cath comes up with the greatest triggers that are just so inspiring.
|Isn't this card fabulous with the burlap background and brightly color flowers?
What are your "go to" tools? Hmm, I almost always use my kraft knife in some form or fashion! Of course, my Copic markers are a MUST!
What or who inspires you in your crafting? I am inspired by many things: beautiful images, certain color combinations, pretty embellishments or designer paper, anything vintage or shabby chic-ish.
Thank you, Janice! I loved reading all about you and seeing all your fabulous projects! A huge thanks to both Janice and Vicki for a wonderful month of tropical inspiration!
Now let's head over to Janice's blog to see another gorgeous toucan card!
Thanks for the visit. I hope your day is wonderful!


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"You're either a high-net worth sophisticated investor, or a complete idiot and you need the state to hold your hand" – that's how most people view securities law, says Jeff Lynn, co-founder and CEO of the equity-based crowdfunding platform Seedrs.
Having secured Financial Services Authority (FSA) approval, new crowdfunding player Seedrs is stepping out into the market. Despite not having launched yet, having FSA approval makes Seedrs stand out of the crowd. Lynn believes it's time to challenge the "wealthy versus idiot" perception.
Seedrs was the winner of the London Web Summit start-up competition, which Lynn says has been more important for him than seeing crowdfunding become legal in the US, under the JOBS Act.
As a qualified lawyer himself – with experience ranging from corporate law to early-stage businesses in London and New York – Lynn always keeps an eye on regulatory changes in the US: "What's going on in the US is very interesting, but it isn't necessarily a good thing."
According to Lynn, just because the amounts involved through crowdfunding are small, financial laws should not disappear altogether: "In the US, it seems that people have forgotten that investor protections were there for a reason. And it's not just protecting the investors; it's protecting the integrity of the market. If it's too much of a Wild West, if there is a feeling that the providers, the people operating the space, aren't sufficiently supervised and act like cowboys, there will be fraud. But more importantly, investors will just stay away."
The "crowd funding bill" that President Barack Obama signed on April 5 is significantly better than the original proposal by the House, comments Lynn. The Securities and Exchange Commission is drafting further regulations, which will determine not only whether or not Seedrs will enter the American market, but also the success of crowdfunding in general. "The US passage is great publicity. It's a great focus on the news, but we're substantially concerned with what's in there," says Lynn.
Innovative laws
European laws are more open to innovation, believes Lynn: "One of the great things about the British and European systems in general is that it's actually quite flexible. It took a lot of work to figure out how to use it correctly, but it's designed to be flexible, to accommodate new forms of financial services and so that's very much what we have done. We built a system that complies with the Financial Services and Capital Markets framework and complies with FSA regulations. We think that adds tremendous value to the overall market place by protecting investors and by encouraging investors to know that while it is a high risk investment, it is safe in a sense that we are not going to run off with their money or being stupid to lose it."
It took two years for Lynn and his team to build a regulatory framework before they went to the FSA. "We did a lot of pioneering work," he says. "While the law works, it doesn't mean it's obvious." It then took another year for the FSA to finish the application.
Lynn says there are three key aspects on how Seedrs is going to work: "One is that we review the entrepreneurs' disclosures before they are made available to the investors, when we come to the conclusion that they're fair, clear and not misleading.
"The second thing that we do is structure the investment agreement. It's boring stuff, but it's actually very important. If you think that you're buying 20 per cent of shares of the company, I don't believe that you have to do a heck of a lot of detailed technical business due diligence, but you need to know that the company has been properly formed, that it actually owns the business, that there isn't another separate company on the side that runs the business, that the shares are what you think they are. We come in and do the due diligence and enter into a contract with the underlined business.
"The third part is that we monitor investor rights under the contract, right through to the exit. We hold the shares as nominee investor and we make sure that we receive information that the business has promised to provide and that the business complies with the other governance that is undertaken to comply with."
Having Seedrs involved in these three ways has been essential to getting FSA approval, he adds: "You're still fully exposed to the risk of the business. That's absolutely fine, that's what investing in a start-up is. But what you're not exposed to is some legal nicety where you lose your entire investment because it wasn't properly structured."
Sensible investors
However, in scenarios where you lose your investment, it isn't just the entrepreneurs fault. An investor needs to be smart enough not to bet on a bad business. Hence why, until now, in the US it was illegal for unsophisticated investors to invest in ventures.
To reduce the risk, Seedrs does due-diligence on start-ups, but it also screens the crowd using a quiz. "When investors come onto the platform they have to do two things. One is to answer the questions about their professional educational background; we're looking at whether they have a degree, whether they have some form of managerial or professional experience, or if they've worked with start-ups before. Most importantly, we have a quiz asking about the risks of investing in start-ups and you have to show that you actually understand that most start-ups fail. That was an important part for the FSA, of how we insure that this is a sensible grown-up category that invests," explains Lynn.
Because the crowdfunding business model is so new, it's quite a challenge to define what a potential investor looks like. In the US, there were some attempts in the media to promote crowdfunding as a great opportunity for mom-and-pop investors, but Lynn isn't overly excited about that: "I'm not a big fan of the mom and pop thing. Traditionally, the way people view the law is just to have two categories of people. You're either a high-net worth sophisticated investor, or a complete idiot and you need the state to hold your hand. But we think there's another group: sensible grown-up adults. Call it mass affluence: from young professionals to small business owners, middle managers, academics, civil servants even some very skilled tradesman."
Seedrs, therefore, expects to offer a wide variety of investment opportunities for a wide range of crowd investors: from tech to retail start-ups, from restaurants to trade businesses. "We're focused on any pre-revenue businesses, seeking £100 000 or less to take their first step. We'd be thrilled to have any business that needs such money to do something meaningful. I think we'll be less useful to capital intensive business, like oil exploration, mining or even bio-tech."
The European crowd
Crowdfunding is more than screening and matching business ideas with investors. To work, it needs a crowd. Seedrs thinks internationally: "We would like to be Europe-wide. We're in the very early stage of looking into the regulatory framework of each country. Broadly speaking, we should be able to get an FSA passport which, in principle, allows us to do business throughout Europe. What we shouldn't do, unless things go very wrong, is to need to be regulated by the IMF or various local regulators. Hopefully, we'll continue to be supervised and regulated solely by the FSA."
Does it really matter that any sensible grown-up in the UK can invest in a viable business idea; is it really worth trying to make equity crowdfunding work in Europe? Maybe the majority of Europeans don't have the right mindset to get involved in ventures.
Jeff Lynn is optimistic: "I do think that there's a bit more of a tradition of investing in America. But I actually think that Brits in particular – Europeans maybe a little bit less – understand start-ups and entrepreneurship. Napoleon referred to Britain as a nation of small shopkeepers. It's something Britain is proud of. We have a tradition here of a small business creation and I think that people get what it means to back a small business."


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Oxy looks to sell some assets in Wyoming, Colorado: Report
Occidental Petroleum is looking to sell about 200,000 acres of a select position in the DJ Basin that's mostly in Wyoming, but also extends into Colorado, according to a Reuters report.
Houston-based Oxy looks to keep selling assets to lighten its massive debt load after paying $38 billion to acquire Anadarko Petroleum and also taking on its debt.
This potential sale of non-core assets would bring in well less than $1 billion because it does not include Oxy's top DJ Basin acreage in Colorado nor its prime position in Wyoming in the Powder River Basin.
Oxy declined comment, saying it doesn't not discuss rumors about potential asset sales.
Oxy is exploring a number of potential asset sales, especially since its plans to sell a portion of Anadarko's pipeline business, Western Midstream, are on hold for now because Western's stock value has plunged of late.
Oxy is of course dealing with its own stock woes. Oxy's stock has plummeted 40 percent since its bidding war with Chevron for Anadarko first became public in April. And Oxy's Wall Street value is now below $35 billion - well less than what it paid for Anadarko.
RELATED: Icahn reduces Oxy stake, vows to carry on proxy war
Oxy is working hard to avoid having to reduce its hefty dividend payouts to investors. The fear is that any dividend cuts could trigger a larger sell-off of the stock.
The Houston producer is planning to cut its 2020 capital spending by nearly 40 percent from the combined 2019 spending of Oxy and Anadarko. Oxy reported a nearly $1 billion loss in the third quarter, primarily from merger-related expenses.
The biggest portion of Oxy's debt reduction is coming from its $8.8 billion sale of Anadarko's Africa assets to the French energy major Total. But more deals are needed.
Oxy recently agreed to sell its remaining stake in the Houston pipeline firm Plains All American Pipeline for $650 million and, previously, Oxy and the Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol agreed to a Permian joint venture that would pay Oxy $750 million up front with another $750 million in investments to come.
Oxy also plans to sell the former headquarters of ConocoPhillips that Oxy bought in Houston's Energy Corridor prior to the Anadarko deal. Oxy also will sell its Permian regional office in Midland, moving its workers into Anadarko's brand-new Midland campus. Oxy is delaying for now any long-term decision on its corporate headquarters, splitting activities between its current Houston headquarters in Greenway Plaza and the former Anadarko headquarters in The Woodlands.


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If you were alive in 1999, you'll almost undoubtedly remember The Blair Witch Project. It was a phenomenon, earning $250 million on a $60,000 budget, and spawned a whole genre of found footage horror movies.…
Horror that doesn't overstay its welcome.
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SOE doing little to halt murder of St James residents, says Hylton
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Opposition People's National Party (PNP) caretaker/candidate for Central St James, Andre Hylton says the ongoing State of Emergency recently declared for the parish is doing little to halt the latest spate of murders gripping the parish.
Hylton in a statement this afternoon said the brutal slaying of residents in broad daylight and under increased security presence has locked the parish into a normalcy of fear and trepidation; and it is now urgent that more resources are brought in to address this new crime wave before absolute mayhem reigns.
"The security forces need the support to properly investigate and bring charges against perpetrators. He said spot checks alone without detailed investigation and social intervention will not change the trajectory of rising crime in some sections of the parish," Hylton said.
Hylton is expressing grave concern, especially for residents of Green Pond, where two people were brutally murdered within a week.
"There was a murder on Sunday and this morning, and even though the entire St James is currently under SOE, the residents who continue to give up their Constitutional rights and freedoms in exchange for peace and security, but the crime situation continues unabated," Hylton said.
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Some hedge fund managers are experiencing their worst losses since the financial crisis of 2008, even though the economy is performing well now.
Hedge fund managers David Einhorn and Michael Novogratz have seen losses of about 17% so far this year. The fund of fellow manager Bill Ackman declined in value by 13%. The firms of Sean Fahey and Michael Platt have lost billions of dollars, as they are now managing less than one-third of what the possessed at their peaks.
There are many reasons why some hedge fund managers are struggling. September was a rough month for Ackman in particular, as six of the most critical stocks to his fund fell by at least 20% during the month. Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings lost 12.6% of its value last month.
The year has been full of surprises so far, including the unexpected rise of the Swiss franc, the rally of European bonds, and the decline of the Chinese yuan.
Chief research officer at Novus Stan Altshuller wrote, "Hedge funds are reeling from a relentless rout that has all but killed a year's worth of alpha in a matter of two weeks."
Most hedge funds have not performed all that badly, declining by just 3% on average. But clearly some have not been as fortunate.
Greenlight Capital, which is managed by David Einhorn, fell by 3.6% last month. Einhorn stated that current markets are acutely unfavorable to his preferred style of investing. Greenlight Capital lost money in the sectors of energy and technology. The decline of Gold also hurt Einhorn.
Michael Novogratz's Fortress Investment Group LLC declined by 4.3% through the 25th of last month. This represents the second time in three months that the fund has declined in value.
Stocks have declined 10% since this peak in May earlier this year. The result has been tough for managers of hedge funds that do not rely on short selling.
Managers say that they are able to weather the storm for the time being because they are focused on long-term investing. However, this hasn't stopped some funds from shutting down, such as Cargill Inc.'s Black River Asset Management and Carlyle Group LP's Vermillion Asset Management.
As for now, the lackluster performance could continue for hedge fund managers in the near future, as they continue to rely on declining stocks. However, one would expect the hedge fund market to stabilize once stocks bounce back.


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