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I have sighted five UFOs:
They were "unidentified flying or stationary objects" in the sky. Such objects were sighted by many millions of people globally. One of my neighbors has sighted a huge extraterrestrial spaceship fly right above our building. Air force officers all over the world have sighted extraterrestrial spaceships up close within yards, which would hover over or remain stationary over nuclear weapon storages for hours at a time.
I have spoken to hundreds of people on the street raising awareness of the phenomenon. I'd say about 10 to 15% of the people I spoke to have sighted UFOs and a larger percentage of people know of people who have sighted UFOs. I even spoke with people who have been abducted by extraterrestrial beings.
I would like to know whether people in this forum have sighted any UFOs or have had other experiences pertaining to the phenomena.
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I thought I saw one in the early 1960's when I was a child living in Arlington, Virginia. I have been very interested in them ever since, having devoured many cheap paperbacks with grainy pictures, Hollywood movies and vague eyewitness reports. I believed that the government (and all parties and every elected official) was complicit in covering up this info including all of the stories including Area 51. I was (and continue to be) a huge fan of Whitley Strieber and his contributions to Coast to Coast overnight.
However, since the advent and popularity of the camera equipped cell phone, all of this has disappeared. You would think that if UFO's were so common, we'd have thousands of pics of them and videos on You Tube. UFO's just aren't there. There is no alien life visiting our little speck of a planet. In my opinion.
These UFOs travel unearthly fast. You'd have to be holding a camcorder/camera at the moment you sight them to be able to capture them. I certainly didn't.
Yet, there are many sightings globally, millions of sightings particularly in the past six decades.
It seems that about 1 out of 10 to 20 people have sighted them.
Many people are in denial of the phenomenon because the "spin and dirty tricks" that have been cast upon humanity have been apparently successful so far. You can see this played out already in this thread.
Nick Pope, a former British Ministry of Defense UFO Desk manager, explained the policy to ridicule UFO witnesses, in an interview. He rather felt regrettable for taking part in the policy while he was in the Ministry of Defense. In order to achieve the policy of belittling the UFO phenomenon, they would employ the method of "spin and dirty tricks." To imply that UFO witnesses are insane or to be taken as a joke, the policy makers used terms such as "UFO buffs and UFO spotters." He stated:
"Another trick would be deliberately using phrases like 'little green men.' We were trying to do two things: either to kill any media story on the subject, or if a media story ran, insure that it ran in such a way that it would make the subject seem ridiculous and that it would make people who were interested in this seem ridiculous" (Speigel)
This policy had two goals: to prevent any scientists from researching and analyzing about UFO phenomena, and at the risk of their careers and reputation; and to persecute and ridicule UFO witnesses, so that they would become unwilling to give their testimonies in public. Hence, it became exceedingly tough for ufologists to get the media to cover UFO stories. When the media do feature the phenomenon, they jeer at it.
They don't always travel unearthly fast; you said right in your first post that you saw bright lights that were stationary for about fifteen minutes. Hell, you could have bought a camera and still got back in time.
What makes you believe any of these things are extraterrestrial in origin? You don't really believe the abduction bullshit do you?
I love sci fi and hope there is intelligent life on other planets.
But I dont know if any have ever been here nor have I witnessed anything unexplainable.
And I still keep watching the night sky. I took some excellent photos of satellites that look like classic u.f.o. pics.
If by some miracle we make first contact before I croak, I will die smiling!
MM, I can't understand why you would hope there was intelligent life on other planets - we can't even get along with each other down here, and we're all of the same species. Until we learn how to do that, my advice to life on other planets, would be, "Stay home - visiting Earth can be hazardous to your health!"
As I have stated, about 5-10% of world population has purportedly sighted UFOs, and I think the percentage might be even higher, as about 10-20% of the hundreds of people I spoke to on the street have sighted UFOs. Are they all of extraterrestrial origin? I do not know. However, I urge you to try explaining my sightings above in any manners you feel logical.
Also, here is a video of air force officers, some high-ranking, in Disclosure Conference at National Press Club. They were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements while serving their duties, but decided, after their retirement, to come forward to speak about their sightings of extraterrestrial spaceships up close within a distance of yards. They did so because they felt it was too important a phenomenon to keep humanity in the dark about it. Keep in mind that these are air force officers who, more so than any of you, would be able to discern satellites and other aerial vehicles of their own or of other nations', if they saw one. Disclosure Conference at National Press Club
Often, those UFOs sighted by laymen fly by in high speeds, though some of the UFOs I sighted remained stationary and other people have sighted ones maneuvering in strange manners. Those sighted by air force officers apparently hover over nuclear weapon storages pointing beams down on them as if to warn the officers of the danger of using such weapons. Though some of these air force officers have mistakenly determined that the navigators of the UFOs were here for good of humanity, nonetheless, their sightings certainly indicate the extraterrestrial origin of the aerial vehicles because of the way these UFOs maneuvered: remaining in stationary positions for hours at a time, moving vertically up or down, navigating completely silently, making sharp turns in the air, "jumping" from one location to another, one vehicle "breaking up" into several vehicles or vice versa, attaining unimaginable speeds within seconds from a stationary position, etc.
I think it would serve you better to keep an open mind and do some searching on the internet, before you make empty statements such as those you made so far.
nonetheless, their sightings certainly indicate the extraterrestrial origin of the aerial vehicles because of the way these UFOs maneuvered: remaining in stationary positions for hours at a time, moving vertically up or down, navigating completely silently, making sharp turns in the air, "jumping" from one location to another, one vehicle "breaking up" into several vehicles or vice versa, attaining unimaginable speeds within seconds from a stationary position, etc.
Staying stationary for hours at a time, and yet no one bothered to grab a camera or camcorder?
I think it would serve you better to keep an open mind and do some searching on the internet, before you make empty statements such as those you made so far.
You're making the claim. Mind giving us some footage of the events instead of people talking about what they have seen?
There is a big difference between keeping an open mind and being a gullible fool - a line you're so far over that I'm sure you can't even see it anymore.


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DOVER— Both state Senate candidates in District 4 — comprising Barrington, Dover, Rollinsford and Somersworth — have solid political backgrounds. Squaring off in the Nov. 6 election are Democrat David H. Watters and Republican Phyllis Woods. Both are Dover residents.
Woods, 69, a city resident for more than 60 years, is a retired office manager. She is part of the House Republican Alliance, Republican National Committee representing New Hampshire and has held leadership positions with the American Cancer Society, Cooperative Extension Service Council and the Dover Friendly Soup Kitchen.
Married with two children, Woods said the biggest issue in the election this year is jobs and job security.
Her hope for the future is for "a financially sound state with a robust economy that encourages and supports business growth and development, provides job opportunities for our youth and our workforce and engenders optimism and confidence in our elected leaders."
Her opponent Watters, 61, is a state representative who has lived in Dover since 1984. He is a professor of English at the University of New Hampshire, as well as a member of the Somersworth Chamber of Commerce and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries. He is also the New Hampshire Humanities Council and a part of the New Hampshire Historical Society.
Watters has been married for 32 years and has one son. He said he is running to bring experience to the work of creating jobs, to help New Hampshire families and to improve educational opportunities.
"I am running to restore civility to Concord by putting aside divisive social issues and extreme views so we can focus on economic development. I will promote the New Hampshire advantage of low taxes, safe communities, good schools, and a beautiful natural environment," Watters said. "I will ensure that every child has the opportunity for an excellent public school education. The Legislature must provide for our elderly and for children and families in need. I am running to ensure that another generation can achieve the American dream of opportunity, equality and fairness."
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"He said he could not go on," staff member Shawn O'Neal wrote two days later in a statement ordered by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office. "I felt that he could make it this short distance and told him he could do it as I have seen many students sore, dehydrated and saying 'can't' do something only to find that they have strength beyond their conceived limits."The guides were not charged with a crime, and of course, BOSS required the campers to waive any tort liability.
O'Neal didn't inform Buschow about his emergency water.
"I wanted him to accomplish getting to the water and the cave for rest," he wrote. "He asked me to go get the water for him. I said I was not going to leave him. ... Shortly thereafter I had a bad feeling and turned to Dave and found no sign of breathing."...
[One of the campers said:] "One thing that [Boulder Outdoor Survival School] offers you is an opportunity to push yourself physically into the red zone. ... He was 200 feet from the water. Is that the point where you give it to him? Or 500 feet?"
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Ok, my first ever participation at the Day of Archaeology, so maybe I should introduce what I am doing as an archaeologist first.
Maybe I am an example of a not-so-very-typical archaeologist – at least in my current project. I am a Prehistorian, specialized in landscape archaeology and the Early Iron Age in Middle Europe but at the moment I am leading a large European project. ArchaeoLandscapes Europe (http://www.archaeolandscapes.eu) is dealing with existing inequalities in the use and expertise of various remote sensing methods and techniques in Europe, including Aerial Archaeology, Satellite Imagery, LiDAR/Airborne Laserscanning and Geophysics (though some might argue that Geophysics is not that much 'remote').


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Dear Justin,
I have a question for you: What is your opinion about gift givers and bug chasers? I hear that there are people out there who want to spread HIV and others who are looking to get infected with HIV on purpose. I have been diagnosed with HIV for about one year now and I had to go on meds because I didn't know I had it for so long. I hate taking them, but I know I have to in order to survive. I don't know anyone who would want to go through anything that I go through or anything you go through, either. I just don't get it. Can you give me some insight?
Let me first explain what a bug chaser is. A bug chaser is slang for someone who pursues sexual intercourse with people who are HIV-infected in order to eventually contract HIV. A gift giver is an HIV-positive person who wants to infect HIV-negative participants who willingly seek to become HIV-positive.
Well, when I first heard of bug chasers, I thought they were crazy. I really didn't understand why someone would want to be infected with HIV. It is not until a close friend who is also HIV-positive talked to me about it that I understood more about it. He himself was a bug chaser at one point in time, until he was diagnosed with HIV himself.
Here is what might be one reason why people "chase" HIV. The HIV community has been through a lot since HIV/AIDS had been discovered and named. Some people who are negative view the community as one of acceptance, where one is able to be sexually free. Bug chasers, in my opinion, want to belong to a community and that need for belonging has somehow manifested itself as a need that's targeted towards the HIV community. Basically some feel that being a part of the HIV community makes them a part of something special.
Another possible reason: Some bug chasers believe that getting HIV will make safe sex a moot point, and so, therefore, in this mentality, they believe that catching HIV is getting rid of any anxiety of always having to worry about catching HIV. Obviously some of them have not contracted other viruses like hepatitis C, or they would realize that they are at risk for other infections like a different, possibly drug-resistant, strain of HIV. In my opinion, these men probably do not want HIV, but they think it will happen no matter what they do sexually.
Loneliness also may have something to do with it, as well. A lot of these men do not want to die alone or at least want to control their own destinies when it comes to death. Death comes for everyone, but with suicide, for example, a lot of people believe that at least death is on your own terms and nobody else's.
And in some countries being HIV-positive may put you in front of the line for some healthcare benefits and services.
Also, a lot of people feel that society has treated them like crap and they feel liberated about being positive because they feel that HIV has shown them how to be stronger and to find themselves as well. When someone feels like they are a part of a society so strongly, it hurts when that society shuns them. For example, religion gives a lot of people a sense of who they are and a sense of belonging. When a person is shunned for their religion they will try to look for something to fill that empty void; they will look to another community for that same sense of belonging.
All in all, when anyone is infected no matter how, it is a travesty. To have someone willing to infect another with "the gift" of HIV is just as awful. This is not a gift and, trust me, I think it sucks…Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Chanukah and Happy New Year. But, remember, some gifts are just not supposed to be opened.
Justin B. Terry-Smith has been fighting the good fight since 1999. He's garnered recognition and awards for his work, but he's more concerned about looking for new ways to transform society for the better than resting on his laurels. He started up in gay rights and HIV activism in 2005, published an HIV-themed children's book, I Have A Secret (Creative House Press) in 2011, and created his own award-winning video blog called, "Justin's HIV Journal": justinshivjournal.blogspot.com. Now, with this column, Justin has found a way to give voice to the issues that people write to him about. Visit his main Web site at www.justinbsmith.com. He welcomes your questions at [email protected]
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If you've been reading this blog, or even if it's your first time ever reading this blog (let me be brutally honest here), you're probably able to tell that I'm a bit of an idiot. Luckily, I'm a loveable idiot who does no real harm and my friends only feign impatience for comedic effect. For example, I thought today was Tuesday but it's Wednesday. I've been posting on my social media outlets about my upcoming Writer's Wednesday, trying to hype it up which has obviously been quite ineffective because today is Wednesday. Today is Writer's Wednesday. It's 11:51 pm on Writer's Wednesday, and I am now just sitting down to write.
But at least I have interesting things to share (which may or may not be thinly veiled excuses as to why I am late in updating this beloved blog AGAIN).
Yesterday was an AWESOME day. I received TWO requests for more material (the first three chapters of my completed manuscript and the entire completed manuscript) from two literary agencies! It feels SO GOOD not to be rejected outright, regardless of whether or not something comes from these requests. It's also nice to know my query letter is effective. Oh, The Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency (that I think I mentioned last time) wrote me to tell me they received my sample chapters, so hopefully I hear something from them soon. AND a perfect stranger commented on my blog with the sweetest, most inspirational, and wonderfully kind message about my writing and what it meant to her. What writer could ask for anything more?
I met some of the neighborhood kids yesterday. I was reading and writing on my back porch, and they were friendly. They kept stopping to say hello once they'd reached the top of these large mounds of dirt on their bikes right behind my house (they appeared out of nowhere, but I think there's plans to build a house on the vacant lot behind mine) and could see me properly. I went inside to eat dinner, and the kids knocked on my door. They asked for water, but I didn't have any water bottles, so I gave them cans of soda (at least they were diet, right? Unless that's worse; it's impossible to tell anymore). They were very polite and gracious and kept telling me how nice I was. From the mouths of babes, right? They came back for a third can of soda for another friend, and the one kid really wanted to ask me for a band aid – weird – but the supposedly injured kid was decidedly against it, either because he wasn't cut or he was embarrassed. Either way, it felt good to be a good person. I remember reading on Facebook one time that it's important to smile at and be kind to children because it helps them keep their faith in humanity.
I kept the good deeds rolling today; I spent five hours cleaning my grandma's house from top to bottom. She passed away on the last Monday in June, and it really knocked me on my ass. I know death and grief has that effect on most people, but I really thought I was prepared. She had Alzheimer's, so we all knew what was coming, but it's still so … sad. It's just sad. We have to liquidate all her assets to start executing the will, so we have to sell her house. All the furniture's been emptied out and given to family in need, and gone are all her personal effects. My entrance into her home was marked by a melancholy echo. Everything reverberated in the empty space and I needed a few moments to catch my breath, to blink back tears. It was so surreal to see it vacant and unlived in, like all my memories of that house could be as easily removed from existence. I dusted and wiped and vacuumed and scrubbed and swept and scoured in that small, dark space for hours, literally eliminating any trace that my grandma – or anyone for that matter – had ever been there. What a strange concept.
My grandma's home is in an adult retirement community. I feel like I should mention that to better explain why her house was small. Also, it's dark because since her death, no one's been in the home and bulbs burn out unnoticed. That's all well and good, but while I was cleaning, a wicked thunder storm rolled through and made everything darker, my mood included.
At one point, I halted what I was doing and stood to stretch. My back and arms were sore from more cleaning than I'd ever done in my life. I looked out the window in the former dining room and saw sunlight streaming in my grandma's backyard. There were splashes of sun on the formidable hill directly behind her house, visible through the window, but it was raining and I could hear the thunder in the distance as it crept closer, its growl low and menacing.
I couldn't have invented a better metaphor. I guess that admission doesn't bode well for this week's blog post, eh? Well, it's been a disaster from the start, honestly; I don't even know what day it is. I hope you read and comment and share and enjoy anyway. I should mention that this week's writing prompt proved very challenging. It tackles an exceedingly sensitive subject, and I did my best to keep that in mind throughout my writing.
WEEKLY WRITING PROMPT #5.2017: A woman is raped by her husband.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that humans do their best thinking in the shower. More than that, it's scientific; being engaged in a mindless task (like shampooing and conditioning and sudsing up) in a relaxed environment (what's more relaxing than a steamy shower?) sort of shuts down the brain's prefrontal cortex, thus allowing the brain to consider creative and unconventional solutions to problems. Unfortunately for Chloe, her fingers were grossly wrinkled and the water was turning cold, but she still hadn't been able to figure out why she was crying or why her stomach kept flipping over. She was seated on the shower floor directly under the showerhead with her knees pulled up to her chin and with her arms wrapped around her legs.
Chloe was trying to hold herself together.
She had started falling apart, had sunk into the pathetic posture of her current state, once she noticed the pinkish hue of the water circling the drain; blood. It was evidence something bad had happened last night.
It wasn't the only evidence, either. The uneasy feeling exacerbated by the tiny rivers of previously dried blood that briefly streamed down her legs and arms had manifested when Chloe climbed from the bed exceedingly sore – even in places she didn't know could ache – and undressed to find bruises. Dark, brutal-looking spots marred the skin on her thighs, upper arms, and chest. She ran trembling fingers over them, pressing to feel the pain, to make sure they were just what she thought they were.
Something bad had happened. The question was what.
Chloe's reflection had given nothing away. Smeared makeup and puffy, swollen eyes were par for the course when she drank, and she had gotten loaded last night. She and Paul both had gotten loaded to celebrate … celebrate something Chloe couldn't exactly recall, which meant it had been Paul's affair, Paul's idea. Had he been promoted? It was something predictable and clichéd like that, but they had gone overboard, partying like the newly rich, like they were young and dumb.
Chloe remembered stumbling into a blessedly empty ladies' room in the thick of things. She staggered over to the sink, slow and stupid, and caught a glimpse of herself. She knew she needed to slow down, maybe something of a premonition of the bad thing to come. Naturally Chloe's resolve completely dissipated when she returned to Paul, to their private party.
But she remembered saying no, and doing so firmly, loudly. Chloe remembered wanting to stop. Was that at the restaurant? At any one of the many bars that followed? In the car?
Chloe gasped. She remembered a fight in the bedroom. They had been fooling around on the bed, half in the bag and half undressed, and Chloe wanted to stop. It was like that when she drank. She'd suddenly have to put herself to bed or else the room would spin and she's vomit. Chloe had tried to explain this to Paul, which was weird because her husband knew her inside and out and should be familiar with her warning signs, but Paul wouldn't listen. Paul just wanted to keep feeling good and wasn't taking no for an answer.
But that couldn't be right. With the shuddering sobs passing through her bruised body, Chloe was trying to be rational. They were drunk and things got out of hand. Paul loved her and she loved Paul, and they were husband and wife, happily married.
People don't rape the people they love. Husbands can't rape their wives.
How could Chloe even think of the r-word? That wasn't Paul; he was a good man and an amazing husband. He only got a little "handsy" when he drank.
But there was blood. And there were bruises. And Chloe had said no.
Chloe had been raped by her husband. And she was going to stay in the shower until she knew what that really meant or she drowned.
She was hoping for the latter.
OH! And you should read A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby if you need to get out of an emotional funk or want to cry happy tears or both. The movie is just as fantastic.


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Hello chefs. Today's stop on the Amazing Compassion Culinary Adventure is Italy … by way of Mexico.
My wife and I prepared Lasagna Azteca, a Mexican lasagna recipe submitted by Angelica Perez Allende, program communications manager with Compassion Mexico, and created by Angelica's mom.
I chose this recipe because it sounded relatively easy. From an ingredient standpoint, this recipe doesn't have anything too exotic in it, which gave me hope that I'd be able to pick up the ingredients at our local grocery store, or at least find something similar if I wanted to make any substitutions.
However, I was mistaken. After calling three different stores, I found that neither Whole Foods (two locations) nor Sunflower Market had any squash blossoms, so instead I just added squash — the little yellow one below. (I thought the Guatemala behemoth was just a bit more than I needed.)
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Squash doesn't achieve the same effect as squash blossoms, but I took a chance that it would still be tasty. I was right.
I grilled the squash, along with the poblanos, and the squash actually added a nice texture to the lasagna.
As with the Moqueca de Peixe, the sour cream got booted. I'm not a sour cream guy (too many calories), so Greek yogurt made another appearance. I wouldn't recommend this substitution to you, though. The consistency of the poblano sauce was off because of it, and the dish suffered as a result.
I opted for skim milk, rather than the chicken consomme, because that's what I had on hand, and used crimini mushrooms as my fungus of choice.
Next time, I'd go with the consomme or just use a simple chicken broth to add a different flavor to the dish. With the yogurt, ricotta and mozzarella, another dairy ingredient kept the flavor profile rather muted.
Don't think of not using freshly grated parmigiano. Well, you can think about it, just don't do it.
Nothing livens up pasta like freshly grated parmigiano, and I'm not talking about the stuff you buy already grated by Di Giorno. That's Parmesan. It's a sbagliato — error, wrong, faux pas. Forget that!
Go to Costco, pick up a $20 block of parmigiano reggiano, grate it yourself and enjoy pasta as it's meant to be enjoyed.
Enough of that. Let's get to cooking.
With the soffritto, I had no idea what that term meant, so I turned to Google and learned that the term comes from the Italian verb infinitive soffriggere, which means to brown or fry slightly. It sounds so much better in Italian.
Unfortunately, once I had that information I stopped reading and didn't realize the vegetables are supposed to be finely diced. This is what I was working with.
Once I had the soffritto flavoring the air in mi casa, I turned to the poblano sauce.
After roasting the poblanos, which north of Mexico are often sold, erroneously, under the name of pasilla, and assigning my wife KP duty (peeling peppers), I sliced, but didn't dice, the heat.
Then I introduced Señor Poblano to his yogurt bath and made him swim.
When it came to assembling my masterpiece, what I thought was waaay too much food didn't turn out to be enough to make four layers, let alone leave anything to be sprinkled on the top. I have this same problem when making burritos and fajitas.
My wife keeps a cooler head in times of food crisis and with her help, this:
turned into this:
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Kumiko came to Springfield when she was touring around America's saddest towns and cities. She walked past Comic Book Guy's shop, but stopped when she saw him through the window and liked him. She came into the Android's Dungeon to purchase a copy of New Radioactive Man #1 and revealed to Comic Book Guy that she liked to draw manga and was drawing her life up, showing Comic Book Guy a panel in her comic, Coming-Of-Age Sad Happy Book. Comic Book Guy then gives her flowers in a Hulk hand.
Comic Book Guy and Kumiko go on a date to Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge where Comic Book Guy can't help but insult the restaurant, and Kumiko gives her blessing for him to do so, as she likes it. After this, Comic Book Guy realizes that he is in love. They then go on several more dates and attended Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con together. Eventually, Kumiko decides to move into Comic Book Guy's basement with him.
When Homer went to take Kumiko and Comic Book Guy a housewarming gift, Homer bumped into Kumiko's father, and Homer accidentally badmouthed Comic Book Guy, resulting in Kumiko's father taking Kumiko away again. Homer went to set things straight with him, taking him out and getting drunk together on Snake Rice Wine and hallucinating. Kumiko's father has an epiphany during this time and gives his blessing for Kumiko and Comic Book Guy to be together.
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Violet Jelly
I go weak in the knees for recipes made with edible flowers…
…so when violets started popping up across my yard recently, I immediately set about gathering as many as possible.
I've had my eye on a violet syrup recipe in Healing Wise for years, but it calls for 1/2 pound of violets. If you've ever picked violets, you know that they are pretty much devoid of mass, and that unless you've got a carpet of them underfoot (or an army of helpers), it takes a good while to collect even 1 cup. So I wanted to make something that did not require quite so many.
Last summer, I was obsessed with this rose petal and lemon balm jelly, so I did some googling to see if violet jelly was something I should be considering. The moment I laid my eyes on the color of this loveliness, I was sold: I knew that my violets would meet a similar fate.
The violet jelly recipe that seems to be "the internet standard" has 4 cups of sugar, but I reduced it by half. The result is a jam with a perfectly sweet, subtly floral flavor that all but glows with an irresistible magenta hue; I could not help but bake up some fresh Greek yogurt biscuits in order to celebrate its beauty.
According to herbalist Susun Weed, all violets (cultivated and wild) are edible: this even includes pansies (just make sure to only use violets that have not been sprayed with chemicals, and which are away from where your dogs do their business). In her book Healing Wise, Ms. Weed writes that violet leaves are very high in minerals and vitamin C, and can be used as food and as medicine (they are reputed to benefit many organs in the body and early herbal literature describes them as possessing anti-cancer properties). The flowers, which are featured in this recipe, also contain vitamin C and are believed to be beneficial to the sensory organs.
Recipe for Violet Jelly
Yield: About 2 cups (four 1/2 cup jars)
Once you've picked enough violet flowers, making this jelly could not be simpler. I got four 1/2 cup jars which I canned (plus a little extra that went straight into the refrigerator) out of this recipe.
*2 cups fresh violet flower petals (no stems)- make sure you gather them from an area which has not been sprayed with chemicals (and where your dogs don't do their business)
*2 cups water
*1/4 cup bottled lemon juice (I used organic)
*one (1.75 oz) package pectin (I used Mrs. Wages fruit pectin)
*2 cups sugar (though I rarely use white sugar, I did in this case because I wanted to make sure the jelly would have the vibrant pink color
1. Rinse and drain flower petals, and place in heat-proof glass bowl. Bring water to a boil and pour over petals. Cover and allow to steep overnight, or for up to 24 hours.
2. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh sieve: use a wooden spoon to press all the liquid from the plant material (compost or discard the flowers when you're through). The liquid will have a greenish tint at this point. If not using it right away, you can refrigerate it for up to 24 hours.
3. Combine strained liquid with lemon juice in the saucepan (notice how it turns purple!), then whisk in the pectin and the sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil, whisking to ensure the sugar and pectin dissolve thoroughly, then turn heat to medium high and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes (or until the jelly has reduced a bit and thickened).
4. Skim off any foam and then ladle into your clean, hot and sterile jars, leaving 1/8″ head space. Wipe lids and screw on the the rings, then process in a hot-water bath for 10 minutes.
5. Remove jars and allow to cool for 24 hours on the counter.
Adapted from Rhythm of the Home.
More fun with violets:
Spinach and Violet Salad with Blue Cheese
Spinach and Blood Orange Salad with Violets
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text: Winthrop W. Aldrich (1885-1974) was president and chairman of the board of Chase National Bank from 1930 to 1953. During and after World War II, he was a leading figure in the organization of relief efforts and financial aid to Europe. In 1953, Aldrich was appointed U.S. ambassador to Britain, and he remained in London until 1957. He belonged to and served on the boards of many charitable organizations. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, appointment books, clippings, and photos. Material relating to women's history can be found throughout. The papers include records of Aldrich's service, as financial, fundraising, and investment advisor on the boards of Barnard College, the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Association, the New York World's Fair, and the Girl Scout Federation of Greater New York. Especially interesting are requests for positions in the World's Fair organization and material on fundraising for the Girl Scout Federation during World War II. There is also material on British and American women active in British war relief efforts both during and after the war, which Aldrich gathered on trips in 1942, 1945, and 1946. The records of Aldrich's service as ambassador include letters and guest lists that include prominent American women abroad, especially materials relating to the American presence at the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.Aldrich's longtime secretary was Wilhelmina C. ("Minna") Frank. The collection contains some materials on her role. During Aldrich's frequent trips, she served as liaison between him and his office, consulting with the appropriate members of the Chase organization to supply him with suggestions and answers. A number of organizations, such as the Girl Scouts, seem to have corresponded with Aldrich via Frank.The collection does not contain much correspondence between Aldrich and his family. However, there are extensive records of all his trips, which do include some of these materials, including photographs. Some materials pertain to the social aspects of travel abroad with his wife, Harriet Alexander Aldrich, and several maids. There is also a list of materials related to Aldrich's sisters, Lucy T. Aldrich and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, co-founder of the Museum of Modern art.


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Announced April 25, 2012
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Los Angeles Philharmonic, $30,000
To support production and post-production costs for LA Phil Live. There will be three, two-hour programs produced. Each LA Phil Live broadcast also features behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, a post-concert question-and-answer session with music director Gustavo Dudamel, and interviews with LA Philharmonic musicians and guest artists.
New York Philharmonic, $20,000
To support the production of national radio broadcasts of performances by the New York Philharmonic during its 2012-13 season. WFMT Radio Network distributes The New York Philharmonic This Week to 336 radio stations throughout the country. Visitors to the Philharmonic's website can listen to programs via audio streaming and can access material on the featured music and artists.
From the Top, $30,000
To support the production of the public radio series From the Top. The weekly, hour-long radio program features performances by young classical musicians ages eight to 18. From the Top is distributed by National Public Radio to 226 stations nationwide and reaches a weekly audience of 600,000.
Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media, $20,000
To support the production, acquisition, and national radio broadcast of classical music programming. In 2012-13, the programs such as Performance Today, SymphonyCast, and Pipedreams will reach a cumulative audience of as many as two million listeners each week. Other programs include live radio specials featuring a partnership between American Public Media, WQXR (New York) and Carnegie Hall.
National Public Radio, $70,000
To support the website NPR Music. The website offers all genres of music and provides content to NPR and public radio member stations, including live performances, studio sessions, first listens to new albums, interviews, reviews, and blogs. The website receives 1.5 million page views per week and the NPR Music iPhone app gets more than 750,000 page views per week.
Public Radio International, $50,000
To support the production and distribution of Studio 360. The series of weekly arts and culture radio programs are designed to illuminate the role of the arts in society. Studio 360's host is journalist and novelist Kurt Andersen, who is joined through interviews and commentaries by on-air guests.


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I've been searching for the perfect balsamic vinaigrette that's easy to make at home and tastes delectable. I'm thrilled to say that I've finally perfected said recipe and am eager to share it with you all!
This salad was inspired by a trip to our local farmers market a few weeks ago. I purchased some gorgeous arugula, red & yellow tomatoes, and a dozen cute-as-a-button quail eggs. That's the thing I adore about farmers markets...I always find something new and exciting that I usually don't cook or bake with.
When I stumbled upon these quail eggs, I knew that I had to try some. This is the first time I've cooked with them, and it was a success. They taste just like a regular egg (surprise!), with a mild flavor. Just be careful not to overcook them, and you'll be good to go.
A fantastic salad is one of my favorite things to eat during the summer. The flavor combinations are endless and change with what's in season. This dressing is a wonderful staple that will taste great on countless salads!
Bon Appetit, my friends!
Fresh Arugula Salad with Bacon, Tomatoes, Feta & Quail Eggs
For the Balsamic Dressing:
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tsp. brown sugar
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup grapeseed oil
For the Salad:
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 Tbsp olive oil
4 quail eggs
4 slices bacon
4 cups baby arugula
4 cups baby arugula
2 tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
Salt & Pepper, to taste
Make the dressing:
Combine the balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, garlic powder, salt and pepper in a bowl. While whisking everything together, slowly drizzle in the grapeseed oil.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place chicken in a baking dish and drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil. Season with salt & pepper (or your favorite seasonings). Bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Allow to cool and then slice.
Add the quail eggs to a medium pot. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 4 minutes. Carefully remove the eggs from the pot and place in an ice water bath. After 5 minutes, peel the eggs and slice them in half.
Add the bacon to a large skillet (preferably cast iron) set over low-medium heat. Cook until crisp, flipping several times. Drain on paper towels. Once cool, crumble into small pieces.
In a large bowl, combine the arugula, chicken, tomatoes, bacon, quail eggs, and feta cheese. Whisk the balsamic dressing vigorously to combine well and then drizzle over the salad. Gently toss together, and season with salt and pepper to taste.


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- Rogers: Expect it. (Video)
- Ron Paul: Second Great Depression (Video)
- Bernanke: "Recession Is Over" (Depression Has Just Begun)
- Trilateral Plan to Corner World Gold Market? (H/T DrKrbyLuv)
- Next stop for Uncle Buck? (Chart)
- Some more September (1930) news:
- Ghost Fleet of the Recession = Biggest Maritime Gathering Ever
- Inflation USA Video
- Military weapons turned on civilaians at town hall meetings
- EXCLUSIVE: W.H. collects Web users' data without notice
- The I word: Gold Rises to Record Settlement Price on Inflation Concern
Ron Paul: Second Great Depression (Video)
Bernanke: "Recession Is Over" (Depression Has Just Begun)
Bernanke's gambit has failed - we must recognize the mathematical facts, force the bad debt out and clear the system.
Trilateral Plan to Corner World Gold Market? (H/T DrKrbyLuv)
If Fekete is correct, and he has seldom been wrong, then the trap is snapping shut on who will own the gold in 2009. Free-market supplies of gold are drying up, but the price is being kept low as global institutions sop up whatever crumbs are left.
Several very serious implications can be drawn:
The massive amounts of gold leased to bullion banks will ultimately be seized by these same banks as collateral against worthless paper loans made to the Central Banks.
Central Banks (including the Federal Reserve) could well be left to disintegrate in order to give way to a single global central bank controlled and fueled by the bullion banks who have monopoly control over the world's gold.
These superbanks are all closely tied to the goals and membership of the Trilateral Commission, whose members have methodically carried out a monetary policy designed to bring about this eventuality.
For all practical intent, individuals will be frozen out of the gold market at any price.
Indeed, a global totalitarian state may be closer than we think; as the globalist's golden rule states, "He who has the gold, makes the rules."
Next stop for Uncle Buck? (Chart)
Some more September (1930) news:
Some more September (1930) news:
Brokers, businessmen, and even the general public more optimistic; over 75% of brokerage houses now advise buying stocks.
Offering of $334.2M in 2 3/8% one-year Treasury certificates is oversubscribed by almost 4:1.
B. Anderson, Chase Natl. Bank economist, says Fed policy of easy money will not be sustainable when business revives; suggests moderate tightening now to avoid shock of a sudden severe tightening later.
Florida Bondholder's Adjustment Committee calls on owners of defaulted local bonds to accept arbitration with principle that local govt. should "pay to the full extent of its ability to pay" when fairly determined, and no more. Says full payment in many cases impossible due to string of problems in past few years including collapse of real estate boom, bank failures, storms, and Med. fly scare; local feeling is that many bonds were voted in due to high-pressure tactics by outsiders.
Roger W. Babson (economist, made perfectly timed bearish call in fall 1929) optimistic on immediate future, sees possible "stampede of orders" due to underproduction; says it's as evident now that business is bound to improve as it was clear a year ago that it must deteriorate.
The great debate: Bears argue that past month's rally has already discounted the mild improvement in business, and that decline in steel production in past week indicates weakness. Bulls counter that steel decline was due to Labor Day, that August steel and car loading figures show more than seasonal improvement, and that recent retail figures and company outlooks have been improved. On the technical side, bulls believe the recent rally has "definitely broken" the downtrend since last Sept., indicating future support should come in well above the June bottom of 212.
"While the recovery in business will undoubtedly be gradual, and characterized by confusing uncertainties, the fact remains that all indices that have pointed to revival in the past are now existent. As the stock market is usually some months ahead of trade, observers ... think there is a good chance that Wall Street will be the outstanding bright spot of the country during the winter months."
Chariman Ben sure is a good Great Depression historian
Ghost Fleet of the Recession = Biggest Maritime Gathering Ever
Inflation USA Video
Military weapons turned on civilaians at town hall meetings
On Monday, members of the American Civil Liberties Union spoke with 10News, and they expressed outrage that local law enforcement had the device and that they had brought it to recent town hall meetings in case things got out of hand.
Kevin Keenan, of the ACLU, said, "We think that local law enforcement shouldn't be using military style weaponry like that."
EXCLUSIVE: W.H. collects Web users' data without notice
The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the consent of the site users, a failure that appears to run counter to President Obama's promise of a transparent government and his pledge to protect privacy on the Internet.
The I word: Gold Rises to Record Settlement Price on Inflation Concern
The worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has probably ended, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday. The dollar slid to its lowest level in almost a year against a basket of six major currencies as the economic outlook reduced demand for the greenback as a haven. Gold futures were 1.3 percent below a record $1,033.90 an ounce set in March 2008.


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Destiny: The Taken King
Featuring powerful new abilities, a new campaign and new activities and rewards. Includes The Dark Below and House of Wolves.
Featuring powerful new abilities, a new campaign and new activities and rewards. Includes The Dark Below and House of Wolves.
Survive the depths of the Hellmouth, and stop its dark army invading Earth. Now part of massive The Taken King pack.
Join the Awoken and hunt down the Fallen before they rise to attack. Also included in The Taken King pack.
Get your hands on the Iron Gjallahorn rocket launcher
Unleash your potential with Destiny: Rise of Iron, the next highly anticipated add-on. Featuring an all new cinematic story campaign set within the Plaguelands, a brand new location on Earth, you'll face a new faction of Fallen Devils called the Splicers – while unravelling the mystery of the Iron Lords. Launching on 20th September, Destiny: Rise of Iron includes:
• New Story Campaign & Quests.
• New Armour & Gear.
• New Weapons.
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Everything changed with the arrival of the Traveller. Long ago, it breathed new life into the solar system. Rain washed over Mars. Fresh air cleansed the skies over Venus. Huddled under of the safety of the Traveller, humanity rose up and began to explore a solar system filled with deadly foes.
Now, you are a Guardian of the last safe city on Earth, able to wield incredible power. Create your character, defend the city, defeat terrible foes and reclaim all that humanity has lost.
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Get even more from Destiny with The Taken King – an exhilarating expansion to the main game, with a wealth of additional story, Crucible, Raid and Strike missions. You'll also earn valuable new weapons, armour and gear.
Updates to The Taken King include a Light Cap increase to 335, a new quest featuring the new Blighted Chalice Strike, and time-limited PlayStation exclusive content such as the Exotic Sniper Rifle: Zen Meteor and new Sparrow Velumbra.
Go deeper into Destiny
Go deeper into Destiny
Oryx, The Taken King, has arrived in our solar system, bringing with him a corrupted army to exact revenge on the Guardians who destroyed his son Crota. Are you ready to stand against him?
Expansion I
Expansion I
Beneath the surface of the moon, a long-forgotten enemy stirs. Survive the true depths of the Hellmouth, and stop its dark army from invading Earth.
Increase your Light Level to 32 by unlocking new weapons and gear. Destroy Omnigul, found in the old Cosmodrome preparing Hive army in readiness for the arrival of her master, Crota. Then form a Fireteam of six Guardians and face Crota himself in the Hellmouth.
Expansion II
Expansion II
The Queen of the Awoken has called upon the Guardians to pursue the House of Wolves. These Fallen subjects were once loyal to the Queen before there violent rebellion. Do as she asks and earn great rewards.
As well as hunting the Fallen, take part in the Trials of Osiris, elimination-style combat where true skill claims awesome new weapons and gear. You'll also be able to prove yourself in the Prison of Elders, where true teamwork claims the best bounty the Queen's realm has to offer. And take on ruthless mercenary Taniks the Scarredin in Strike mission, The Shadow Thief.
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Since MBITA became a partner in the BAYTRADE project, beginning October 1, 1994, it has directly supported over 50 different Monterey Bay Region companies in developing new global markets. As of April 1, 1998 a total of 72 export actions totaling over $3,000,000 in export transactions has been documented.
"BAYTRADE, the unprecedented regional partnership, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Commerce-Economic Development Administration (EDA) and International Trade Administration (ITA), provides a vital service to California industry. The mission is an important one - one that creates new jobs through the dynamic expansion of exports from the Greater Bay Area."
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Week of 1/10-11 - 1/16/10
* Vacation day Monday, at the National Championship football game in Glendale Arizona. Super-fun except for the last minute of the game.
* Bar Summit with Mayor Adams
* Regular Council Session: Wednesday morning
* Drop-in meeting with Mayor Adams to discuss the upcoming Joint Terrorism Task Force Town Hall
* Phone call with Heesung Kang, Multnomah County Mental Health Call Center
* Brad Schmidt, the Oregonian
* Mary Beth Henry, Deputy Director of the Office of Cable Communications and Franchise Management, to discuss the upcoming Broadband Strategy Plan Kickoff
* Metro Policy Advisory Committee
* Janet Zeider and Kim Singer, constituents concerned about Multnomah County Animal Services
* Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton, regarding the Public Safety Systems Revitalization Project
* Ken Rust, Chief Administrative Officer
* Amalia Alarcon de Morris, Director of the Office of Neighborhood Involvement
* Lisa Turley, Director of the Bureau of Emergency Commuincations
* Joint Terrorism Task Force Town Hall
* Police Chief Mike Reese
* Bobbie Regan, constituent and member of the Portland Public School Board, regarding the upcoming ballot measures
* Mayor Adams
* Northwest Conference Against Trafficking, sponsored by Soroptomists International
Dinners with family: Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday


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8-19-13....The day I have dreaded for the last year....The day Micah Claire started Kindergarten! She was up and at em at 6:40am. She was all smiles and excited to go to Kindergarten!
Shawn and I walked MC into class and she got very nervous but seemed okay. We got maybe a 1/2 mile away from school and I remembered I left her Epi pen in her back pack and didn't turn it into the office. So I dropped Shawn off and head back to the school. When I walked in she was sitting on their rug listening to Mrs. Carter but had big ole tears rolling down her face and it crushed me! When she saw me she started crying harder and ran to me and hugged me tighter than I think she ever has! It was so hard to have to leave her after that. But I calmed her down and she sat down with her class and I had to leave.....probably one the hardest mommy moments yet! I had hoped that would be it and after the excitement of the new day started she would be okay, but that was not the case. She cried several times through out the day and had a tummy ache by lunch time from being so upset! When I picked her up that afternoon I was crushed to hear all this. I so had hoped she would LOVE kindergarten! She said she didn't want to go back and wanted to be home schooled or just go back to Ms. Mae's.....uhhhh!
Heading in on Day Two....... she was brave till we headed down the long hallway to her class. She let go of my hand, tucked her hands into her back pack and dropped her head. I noticed her nose turning red and I knew she was crying. I have never felt so helpless for her. I tired to make small talk but she would not respond. As we walked into her room she would not look up or even say hi to her teacher. I walked her over and put her back pack on her desk and her lunch box on the table. I went to give her a hug and she had a death grip on my leg. It took me several attempts to loosen her arms and hug her. She was just crying and begged me not to leave. The bell rang and her teacher started having the class put their books up and get ready for the day and I had to walk her to the carpet. She sat down and just cried. I told her I loved her and hoped she had a great day and she wouldn't even look at me. I cried all the way down the hall, all the way back to my car and called Shawn sobbing. WHAT ARE GONNA DO?!??!? Of course my calm husband said it will be okay, give it some time it's only day two. When I picked her up that afternoon she was excited to tell me she only cried twice that day. TWICE.... such a dagger to my heart! But she was all smiles when she saw the surprise she got!!!!
So glad to see this smile!
Friday night we head to Badger Fest! The kids had a blast jumping and sliding. I LOVE this picture of KB and GK sliding down on their bellies!!!
Saturday was a kindergarten meet and greet party! 2026......YIKES!
I am so thankful that we made it through the first week. And I am VERY thankful for all my friends and family who called, texted and prayed daily for my baby girl! We could not have made through this week without your support and prayers. I pray all our children have a wonderful and peaceful year school year!


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I hate using the word "dump" for this, but that's what it is. I'll be posting images from various series/animes/video games here. Enjoy them if you like them, ignore if you don't.
First up: Battle Angel Alita or "Gunnm" as the Japanese call it. A series I highly recommend for anyone. James Cameron is looking to make a series out of it.


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Required by every Power Base module, plugs into base
Select the control voltage, motor power and class
Provides motor protection against overloads, short circuits, phase failure and phase imbalance
Test button
For use with, refers to a power base with the relevant capacity.
The TeSys U is a modular system for motor control; it enables the user to create a customised solution for their control requirements, from a series of standard modules. The plug-in modules allow the assembly and wiring before the selection of motor protection parameters and control voltages, they can be created or changed in seconds by changing the plug-in modules. A host of DOL starting applications can be catered for.
Faster design with fewer components needed
Quicker panel build with faster assembly time and fewer wires per starter
Space saving 45mm width up to 32A (even for reversing) allowing smaller panels
Flexible and upgradeable with plug-and-play function modules
Voltage and protection parameters can be determined after assembly and wiring
Broad band electronic control unit provides improved overload protection with fewer components
Expandable plug-and–play diagnostics
Total co-ordination for fast return to service after a short circuit fault
First choose a Power Base- 12A or 32A, direct on line or reversing. The power base includes 2 auxiliary contacts.
Then choose the plug-in protection module by motor full load current and control voltage required.
Additional plug in functions can be selected and added at any time.
The plug-in bases can use any LU9 type blocks see stock no. 493-8779 for base option
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We bring you excerpts from the latest book of Penguin India's Metro Reads series.
Ravinder Singh is the author of I Too Had a Love Story. After working as a computer engineer for several years at some of India's prominent IT companies, Singh is now pursuing his MBA at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.
His next book Can Love Happen Twice? is all set to hit the bookstores.
On Valentine's Day, a radio station in Chandigarh hosts a special romantic chat show. Ravin and his three best friends are invited as guests to talk about Ravin's love story. But surprisingly everyone apart from Ravin turns up. As the show goes live, there is only one question in every listener's mind: what has happened to Ravin?
To answer this question the three friends begin reading from a handwritten copy of Ravin's incomplete second book.
Here is an excerpt from the book
Dusk had fallen when Amardeep walked out of the exit gate of the busy Chandigarh airport. A chilly winter welcomed him for the very first time to The City Beautiful. The evening was even more beautiful for it was Valentine's Day. Love was in the air and red was the colour everywhere. The temperature must have been close to 4 degrees. Adding to the winter chill was the cool breeze which was blowing that evening, compelling the just-arrived passengers to pull out their jackets.
Enjoying the initial few moments, Amardeep let his body feel and embrace the cold surrounding him, but he could not bear it for long. Soon he pulled out his jacket and zipped it up till his neck. The foggy breath that he exhaled was visible. It was that cold.
At the exit door, the constant announcements, the honking taxis, the crazy relatives and the masses of passengers all made the place chaotically noisy. A few taxi drivers had besieged Amardeep, offering him a paid ride. Amid the hustle-bustle of getting a passenger one of the drivers almost lifted his bag and asked,
'Kithey jaana hai, paaji?'
Amardeep quickly retaliated by snatching his luggage back from him. With this gesture he signalled his disagreement to take a cab.
He then made his way out of the gathering. In one hand he had his favourite Economic Times and a half-filled water bottle while in the other he held the handle of his wheeled bag which he rolled in tandem with his walk. He walked up till the parking lot where there was not much of a crowd. The place was calm. Underneath a row of tall lamp posts, there stood scores of cars. Amardeep perched his back against the bonnet of the first car in the series. By then the exposed parts of his body had turned cold. He placed the newspaper on the bonnet and put the water bottle over it to prevent it from flying off with the wind. Looking here and there in search of someone, he rubbed his cold palms against each other and breathed out a puff of warm air to warm them up.
Seconds later, he pulled out his cellphone from the pocket of his jeans and switched it on to make a call.
'Yes, I am at the parking lot,' he said and kept describing the whereabouts of the place he was at, until a black Santro stopped right in front of him.
'Raam j-i-i-i-i-i-i!' shouted someone as the door of the car opened.
It was the nickname with which Amardeep had been baptized during his college days, and it still hadn't left him.
His friends Happy and Manpreet had come out of the car to embrace Amardeep. A round of warm greetings and smiles occupied the next few minutes. It was nostalgic for them to meet each other after so long. The last time they had been together was during their first reunion, which had happened almost five years back. Maybe that's why they couldn't help themselves from celebrating this moment with a long, melodramatic hug. It might have been bizarre for others to watch the three guys hugging each other on a Valentine's Day evening!
The headline on the fluttering Economic Times under the half-filled bottle over the bonnet of the car behind them read, 'Supreme Court finally does away with Section 377; Homosexuality now legal in India.'
Moments later, while Happy dumped Amardeep's luggage in the rear of the car, Amardeep took the back seat and relaxed. Happy started the vehicle
After a drive of some fifteen kilometres, Happy stopped the car in front of a local Internet cafe. 'What happened, dude?' probed Manpreet.
'Nothing muchjust a quick email!' Happy answered undoing his seat belt. 'Give me ten minutes and I will be back.' Amardeep tried to understand the criticality but then stepped back from asking any question. He knew Happy's strange nature of giving preference to little things.
In Happy's absence, Manpreet and Amardeep chatted for a while.
Happy returned quickly. He didn't even take ten full minutes.
'That was fast,' Amardeep acknowledged.
'I told you it's going to be quick.' Happy chuckled.
Without revealing much detail, he started the engine again. Some time passed and gradually they became silent. Happy kept driving. Each of them had the same thought running in his mind. But Happy was first to speak.
'I am missing him.'
No one said anything for a few moments. Then Amardeep put his hand on Happy's shoulder. 'We all are missing him. And this reunion is for Ravin,' said Amardeep.
'He is right,' said Manpreet in response. 'We are here for good. We are here for Ravin. Let us cheer for this reason instead of being sad.' A ray of hope passed across their faces, giving way to a euphoric smile in addition to a steely resolve that they would help their friend.
Happy pressed the accelerator, signalling that he was doing well. Manpreet increased the volume of the music system in the car.
A little later Happy shouted against the volume of the song being played, encouraging everyone's mood.
'Has anyone of us been on a radio channel ever?'
'No!' came the responses in unison.
'Has anyone ever seen what a radio station looks like from inside?' Happy's voice roared further.
'Hahaha . . . No . . . no . . .' followed the answers again in unison, this time accompanied with laughter.
'Doesn't matter, as long as we are clear about what we are going to do. This one is for Ravin hu-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u . . .hu-u-u-u-u-u!' completed Raamji.
Happy then pointed his finger towards the glove compartment beneath the dashboard of the car and asked Manpreet to open it and look for an envelope. Manpreet found it and picked it up. It was a nicely packed white envelope with the logo of a prominent radio station embossed on the top left corner: Superhits 93.5 RED FM . . . Bajaate Raho! Inside was an invitation letter, which Manpreet opened with twinkling eyes. He lit the roof light of the car and began reading the letter out loud for everyone's sake.
'This Valentine's Day evening Superhits 93.5 RED FM is delighted to host the talk show with the real-life characters of the bestselling and heart-touching true romantic tale of this decade -- I Too Had a Love Story. We at Superhits 93.5 RED FM truly consider this love story to be the equivalent of a modern-day Taj Mahal, written by a lover in the memory of his beloved. On this Valentine's Day we are proud to have on our show Ravin, who wrote and shared his love story with us, along with his good friends Happy, Amardeep and Manpreet who are again the real-life characters in the book as our guests. So tune into this Valentine's Day's special show Raat Baaki, Baat Baaki, only on Superhits 93.5 RED FM, the number-one FM station, at 9 p.m., to talk to Ravin and his friends, to listen to the unsaid stories behind the making of I Too Had a Love Story and to know what more happened in Ravin's and his friends' lives after this book got launched.'
At the same moment, somewhere in the silence of a barely visible, foggy night in Shimla, someone is sitting on the staircase in front of his room. There is a row of rooms and in front of those rooms is a huge lawn. He is wearing a heavy blanket to protect himself from the cold. He has long hair and a beard which he hasn't shaved for months. It appears he is not doing well. He sits still and his gaze is fixed on something he is holding in his hands. There is no one around him. A dead silence persists and the only audible sound is the sound of the night. Just above his head there is a dimly lit yellow bulb under which hangs a board: 'Rehabilitation Centre -- Ward no. 4'.


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Lyles unable to make early lead stand vs. Red Sox
Righty gives up eight runs as bullpen also struggles vs. AL East leaders
HOUSTON -- No lead is safe for the Houston Astros.
After a road trip featuring numerous bullpen woes, starter Jordan Lyles never let it get that far on Tuesday night.
The righty squandered an early lead, surrendering eight runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings and Jacoby Ellsbury popped two home runs to lead the Red Sox past the Astros, 15-10, during a typical American League slugfest at Minute Maid Park.
"The beginning was very pretty," manager Bo Porter said of his team's early 5-0 lead. "It was almost like the tale of two games. They did a good job of swinging the bat and we didn't do a good job of minimizing the damage."
Lyles has now allowed nine or more hits in each of his last three starts. That is tied for the second-longest run in franchise history, and he is the first Houston hurler to be that hittable since Wandy Rodriguez gave up that many hits between May 28-June 8, 2012.
"My bad outings have been bad, real bad," Lyles lamented. "Offense came out tonight and put up some big numbers. I let it go, made the bullpen throw a lot of innings. It was a tough game to watch.
"I didn't do my part. When I got those bad outings, I have to limit teams to three or four runs instead of letting it get out of hand."
Lyles has given up 39 runs in his last eight starts, making for an abysmal 8.49 ERA during that span. Houston has lost all of those games, with Lyles getting the decision in five of them.
The Red Sox scored five runs in back-to-back innings, tallied 15 hits and became the ninth team this season to post double-digit runs against Houston, nullifying dismal efforts by its own pair of de facto starters.
There was no shortage of firepower from the Astros, though it was aided by some curious happenings early on.
Boston knuckleballer Steven Wright got his first career start and gave up three runs in the first inning due to four passed balls and one wild pitch as he and catcher Ryan Lavarnway were out of sync.
"Whenever you get a knuckleball pitcher, you'll have situations where the ball may be put on the ground," Porter said. "It's not an easy pitch to catch. We were able to take advantage of the fact their catcher was having a little bit of trouble."
Those four passed balls in one frame tied the Major League record, last recorded on Aug. 22, 1987, with knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound.
Houston extended its early lead with Robbie Grossman's two-run homer off Boston's Brandon Workman, a spot starter and long reliever who took over for Wright.
Troublesome signs started brewing in the third, as Ellsbury hit a two-run shot and David Ortiz added an RBI single for the Red Sox.
"We still had seven at-bats," said Boston manager John Farrell of falling behind. "Once we put three on the board, little by little we thought we could get something done."
Lyles pointed to that frame for chipping away at the armor his offense built for him with an early lead.
"The inning where I gave up a couple of runs, fell behind to Ellsbury and I throw a fastball and he put a good swing on a pitch," Lyles said. "It was the whirlwind effect after that."
Though a demise was imminent, Brett Wallace's solo dinger in the third and Jonathan Villar's RBI single in the fifth boosted the lead back to 7-3.
Wallace has become a formidable bat in the Astros' order, booming nine home runs and 23 RBIs over 35 games since returning from Triple-A Oklahoma City in late June.
The floodgates couldn't stay shut for long. Off Lyles and relievers Dallas Keuchel and Jose Cisnero, the Sox put up a 10-spot over the next two innings. Jonny Gomes' three-run, pinch-hit blast off Cisnero was the backbreaker, doubling Boston's lead to six at 13-7 to finish the sixth.
"If you're able to turn either one of those innings into two or three runs, it's a whole different ballgame," Porter said. "Let's remember, there's a reason why Boston's a really good team. They have disciplined hitters, they work counts, they get themselves into predictable counts until they get their pitch."
To make matters worse, Villar left the game with a sprained left thumb after diving for a ball up the middle during the sixth, potentially halting the rookie's impressive two-week debut run in the Majors.
However, Porter and Villar said he injured the thumb when the speedy shortstop was caught stealing at third during the fourth inning.
"I hit the bag, and the finger just bent a little," Villar said. "Take two days off and see how it feels. It feels fine in some ways, but it's sore."
The Astros responded to that adversity by loading the bases with one out in the sixth, pushing across two runs to get back within striking distance at 13-9.
"The offense did a tremendous job," Porter said. "We were able to put runs up early and continued to battle late. No complaints there really."
Meanwhile, Boston wasn't letting up.
Ellsbury took Cisnero well into the right-field upper deck for a seventh-inning solo shot and Gomes tacked on another RBI with a single to make it 15-9.
Villar's replacement, Jake Elmore, crushed his second homer of the season with a massive blast to left field in the eighth.
The Astros have now failed to win consecutive games for more than a month and a half, stretching back to June 15-16 against the White Sox. Houston hasn't won a series since that same homestand (June 18-20 vs. Milwaukee), a streak of 12 sets that the Astros still have a chance to snap with a win over the Sox on Wednesday.


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E Volo Love (read it backwards), the first major release by Fránçois & the Atlas Mountains since signing to Domino Records, is a gorgeously pretty concoction: an album full of nostalgic, wide-eyed innocence and windows-open, late night road trip escapism. Essentially the creative outlet of Fránçois Marry from near La Rochelle in France (who divides up his songs between both English and French tongues), he and his band eschew the general stereotype that our nearest overseas neighbour is generally excellent at anything electronic-tinged and generally dreadful at anything guitar-inflected. E Volo Love is evidence of work that remains in progress, but also evidence of a band who can craft some delicate and wistful melodies, swishes of vivid colour and a genuine air of romantic charm without ever crossing that dreaded boundary line into schmaltz and overbearing twee.
In amongst the grandiose sweep of sound and the lushly decorated curtains, E Volo Love reveals itself as a pointedly anglophile album at times, full of nods towards Nineties Britpop acts (the guitars hint at Blur, the starry-eyed whispers of Fránçois recalls some of Brett Anderson's softer moments and there are hints of Pulp scattered about here and there) as well as elements of late Eighties chime and jangle. But it moves far beyond that, displaying an impressive musical vocabulary from several different sources, genres and even continents. Opener 'Les Plus Beaux' is full of afrocentric shimmer and joyous tumbling vocals, as is the terrifically elastic souk-soul of 'Edge of Town'; displaying a profound understanding of how to combine Arabian and African influences while keeping everything sounding instinctive and natural. 'Cherchant Des Ponts' on the other hand, is a contented sigh of stirring strings, heartfelt vocals and a glorious disregard for anything other than its own inherent prettiness. And the atmospheric 'Buried Treasure' manages to recall the very best of the early/mid Nineties London guitar scene but with the lager replaced by Côtes du Rhône and the Marlboro replaced by the Gauloise. But best of all are the beautifully restrained 'Bail Eternel' and the glorious 'City Kiss'; a song which sits somewhere between We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed era Los Campesinos! and British Sea Power's more pop-orientated flirtations. 'When they hit their mark, Francois & the Atlas Mountains prove a tremendously effective musical force. The closing 'Do You Want To Dance' effectively returns us back to the north of Africa, but this time winding down at the very end of the evening; the band choosing to sit in soft introspection while the other participants spin away; the colours and lights gradually spiralling out of view.
If there's a light frost of criticism to be spread over E Volo Love, it is that it is occasionally too concerned with making droopy-lidded eyes at the listener to notice that the tracks begin to drift along without particular purpose. 'Azrou Tune' is sweet, but ends up meandering rather than striking for anything particularly memorable. Similarly, the soft squelch-funk of 'Slow Love', though full of delicate and subtle touches, is never quite strong or varied enough to rise above the level of endearing lounge music. And despite being an interesting and well-constructed track in its own right, lead single 'Piscine' is horribly miscast and out of place in the scheme of the record – it simply does not seem to belong where it appears and dissipates a lot of the subtly nostalgic tension that has been steadily gathering throughout the second half of the album. But the hits certainly outnumber the misses and for a foreign-language band attempting to break waves across the channel, it's an impressive and surprisingly strong album with a broad and intelligent set of influences that span across the continents: from the shores of Africa to the West Coast of the USA; the scratchy underbelly of UK indie-pop to the sunnier climes of France.
It will surprise no-one that they sound more natural and free when they sing in their native French tongue, but the tracks sung in English are far, far beyond any vowel-rolling cliché and are actually rather sweet and touching. There is a considerable amount within Fránçois & the Atlas Mountains expansive scope and vision to admire and if the general public are willing to accept French language into their world, their warm musical charms could comfortably find a place close to the hearts of music fans with a love for such sweetly poignant and intelligent pieces of songcraft.
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On "Goodbye Christ"
Christopher C. DeSantis
With Hughes's disgust at the generally bleak state of life in America came a profound mistrust of religion, particularly directed at those people who used Christianity as a cloak behind which to hide their oppressive actions. "Goodbye, Christ" most explicitly conveys Hughes's attitude at the time. Where the call for revolution was softened by imagery in "Tired," here Hughes unleashes words of anger and bitterness which make clear his political posture:
Listen, Christ,
You did alright in your day, I reckon
But that day's gone now.
They ghosted you up a swell story, too,
Called it Bible--
But it's dead now.
The popes and the preachersve
Made too much money from it.
They've sold you to too many.
In the poem Hughes examines, or rather obliterates, the tenets set forth in a supposedly Christian country. If a majority of Americans do indeed call themselves Christians, why then do we witness so much suffering, so much oppression? During the time in which the poem was written Hughes made a journey to the Soviet Union and saw Socialism working, whereas in America, Christianity had failed. Though resources in the Soviet Union were meager, Hughes notes the fact that "white and black, Asiatic and European, Jew and Gentile stood alike as citizens on an equal footing protected from racial inequalities by the law" (Good Morning Revolution). Hughes thus called for a rethinking of dominant American beliefs and an acceptance of the tenets of Marxism:
Christ Jesus Lord God Jehovah,
Beat it on away from here now.
Make way for a new guy with no religion at all
A real guy named
Marx Communist Lenin Peasant Stalin worker ME . . . .
From "Rage, Repudiation, and Endurance: Langston Hughess Radical Writings." The Langston Hughes Review (1993).
Faith Berry
. . . a poem The Saturday Evening Post reprinted on December 21, without his permission:"Goodbye Christ.
Already that November 15,during a Book and Author Luncheon at the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel in Pasadena, he had been met by a picketing delegation. Sent from the temple of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, the picketers distributed copies of the poem while a sound truck played "God Bless America." They then marched into the luncheon, waving a poster of "Goodbye Christ," to denounce Hughes and the presiding host, George Palmer Putnam, in front of over five hundred guests. The stunt was arranged by Aimee's publicity man, who was quickly arrested. Meanwhile, to avoid further embarrassment to the hotel management and luncheon officials, Hughes politely withdrew from the program. Outside the hotel, where a few well-wishers tried to shake his hand as he entered a waiting car, one of Aimee's Four Square Gospel supporters shouted, "Down where I come from, we don't shake hands with niggers." Blaring in the background, the sound truck continued with "God Bless America."
It was not the first time he had been hounded for "Goodbye Christ." Seven years before, a black clergyman attacked him in The Pittsburgh Courier while he was in Russia. A vigorous response had followed from Hughes's fellow poet and Lincoln alumnus, Melvin B. Tolson, who defended Hughes and the poem as a challenge to the contradictions of Christianity. After the poem was reprinted in 1938 in Benjamin Mays's anthology, The Negro's God, various detractors had surfaced here and there, but Hughes had tried to ignore them. Then The Saturday Evening Post got into the act. That 1940, he spent part of his Christmas holiday at Hollow Hills Farm writing a "press statement" to the editors. Signed and dated New Year's Day 1941, copies went to Alfred A. Knopf's lawyers, as well as to his own lawyer, Arthur Spingarn, and to his agent, Maxim Lieber. His statement explained, as truthfully and tersely as it could, his entry into American radicalism during the 1930s, his long trip through the South, his journey to Russia, where he wrote the poem which "contrasted. . . those, who, on the religious side in America ... had said to Christ and the Christian principles, Goodbye.... " Having attacked The Saturday Evening Post in the poem, he did not retreat in his statement from attacking it as a "magazine whose columns, like the doors of many of our churches, has been until recently entirely closed to Negroes."
From Berry, Faith. Langston Hughes: Before and Beyond Harlem. Lawrence Hill & Company, 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Faith Berry.
James A. Emanuel
An example of a miscarriage of poetic point is Hughes's controversial "Goodbye Christ," a poem which, in the 1930's and 1940's especially, attracted gusts of misinterpretation and calumny. Such repercussions bore upon the refusal of the Los Angeles Civic League in August, 1935, to let Hughes speak in a local YMCA building, and upon the picketing and circularizing by Gerald L. K. Smith's America First Party in April, 1943, at Wayne State University when the Student Council invited the poet to speak there. Hughes defense of the tough-guy poem as not anti-Christ but as "an ironic protest against racketeering in the churches" and as "anti-misuse of religion" implies that the gist of the poem is in these lines about the New Testament:
But it's dead now.
The popes and the preachers've
Made too much money from it.
They've sold you [Christ] to too many
Kings, generals, robbers, and killers--
Even to the Tzar and the Cossacks. . . .
The fact that the poem also excoriates "big black Saint Becton/Of the Consecrated Dime," the Harlem preacher shown as a charlatan in The Big Sea, has not redeemed features disliked by detractors. Redemption was not needed in the eyes of other readers, such as the Reverend Charles C. Hill, Chairman of the Citizens Committee of Detroit, who answered a letter from Gerald L. K. Smith by saying that Hughes "was expressing the feeling of most Negroes toward white Christianity as displayed every day." Emphasizing that a distortion of Christianity was the poet's point of attack, he added: "I can join Langston Hughes with teeming others in saying 'Goodbye Christ'--the Christ as held up by the white supremacists. . . .
From Langston Hughes (Twayne, 1967).
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