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ROCHESTER — In spring of 2011, Dover resident and Rochester firefighter Don McCullough, enrolled in an advanced writing class facilitated by Sue Wheeler at Dover Adult Learning Center. He had a manuscript in the works for a story he'd been carrying with him since he was 12 years old. A forced period of inactivity following a motorcycle accident on Father's day of 2010 had him typing away at his laptop, turning his story into a written memoir.
Each week he would share excerpts. The feedback was encouraging enough that McCullough went on to share his manuscript with friends, neighbors, family members and eventually a Dover book club. All of the feedback helped to create the book that it is today. After a year spent pursuing traditional publishing routes, McCullough turned his search to the growing industry of self publishing.
"Receiving the first copy in the mail in early October was nothing short of surreal," says McCullough.
Danny Boy a Memoir is available in paperback from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as an e-reader for NOOK and Kindle by following the links from www.outskirtspress.com/dannyboy. It will soon be available for iPad via Apple. Locally, Danny Boy a Memoir can be found at River Run Books in Portsmouth, Barnes & Noble in Newington, Water Street Bookstore in Exeter and the Dover Public Library.
Last week McCullough received his first royalty check for $135 from Amazon book sales, which he donated to Dover Adult Learning Center to help future writing students.
"If the program can help another aspiring writer, I want to support that," McCullough said.
In addition to writing classes Dover Adult Learning Center of Strafford County has a number enrichment opportunities throughout the year, including computers, cooking and fishing just to name a few; a full schedule is online at www.Dalc-Online.org.


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Sunday Reads: Volcanic Ash, Elephant Speak and Secret Pigeons of WarPosted: November 4, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, abortion rights, Accommodation and Compromise, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Barack Obama, birth control, court rulings, fetus fetishists, Fox News, fundamentalist Christians, History, Human Rights, Injustice system, misogyny, Mitt Romney, morning reads, nature, Planned Parenthood, PLUB Pro-Life-Until-Birth, Psychopaths in charge, Religious Conscience, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, the GOP, The Right Wing, U.S. Politics, Violence against women, War on Women, Women's Healthcare, Women's Rights | Tags: ancient settlements, blackbirds, carrier pigeons, Cave Paintings, Mitt's Mendacity, Northeast weather, rape kits, Texas, vatican, War on Women 76 Comments
Good Morning
This morning's post has many items that are not about Romney, Ryan or the election. I suppose however, we should get a few of the newsy links out-of-the-way first.
The forecasters are predicting cold weather in the Northeast. U.S. disaster relief in a race against freezing cold
The power restorations relit the skyline in Lower Manhattan for the first time in nearly a week and allowed 80 percent of the New York City subway service to resume, but more than a million homes and businesses still lacked power, down from 3.5 million on Friday.
The power outages combined with a heating oil shortage meant some homes could go cold as unseasonably frigid weather sets in. Forecasters saw temperatures dipping into the upper 30s Fahrenheit (around 3 degrees Celsius) on Saturday night with freezing temperatures expected next week.
The weather forecast remains bleak. An aggressive early-season "Nor'easter" storm was expected to hit the battered New England coast next week with strong winds and heavy rain.
Another storm has been brewing over the last year, the disaster cyclone that is Romney. Over on the Maddow Blog, Steven Benen has been chronicling the Romney Lies. His latest entry can be found here: Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XLI – The Maddow Blog
In a way, I blame my friend Greg Sargent. In the first week in January, he noted, almost in passing, that Mitt Romney seemed to be making a lot of false claims, and someone "really should document them all." That struck me as a good idea, so I decided to tackle this on my own.
After all, I thought at the time, how hard could this be? Once a week, I'd let readers know about Romney's whoppers, which I assumed would total about a half-dozen a week, and maybe after the election, I'd do a top 20 list of my favorites. The project would be a nice little Friday-afternoon feature.
Little did I know at the time that Romney would become an ambitious prevaricator, whose rhetoric would come to define post-truth politics. Nearly 11 months after Greg Sargent's harmless suggestion, I've published 40 installments in this series, which, before today, featured 884 falsehoods. (If you include today's edition, the new total is 917 falsehoods for the year.)
I wish that were a typo. It's not.
I have followed this series from the beginning, and actually have linked to a few articles now and then. If you want to skim over lies upon lies, then check out the full Mendacity series here.
Previous editions of Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity: Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII,XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL
I've got several links for you on the GOP's War on Women:
Bush Appointed Judge Rules Against Obama Administration's Guarantee of Access To Birth Control
Judge Robert Cleland, a George H.W. Bush appointee and former Republican candidate for Michigan Attorney General, held yesterday that a private, for-profit outdoor power equipment company can ignore new rules requiring most employer-provided health plans to offer contraceptive coverage to womenbecause the new rules conflict with the company's owner's religious beliefs.
There's a lot to not like about Judge Cleland's opinion, which often relies on cursory reasoning or fails to apply the correct legal standard. The plaintiffs, for example, sought what is known as a "preliminary injunction" which means that they wanted their client to be held immune from following the law until the court has sufficient time to fully consider the case. Under binding Supreme Court precedent, "[a] plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits." Yet Judge Cleland never determines that this is the case. At one point, he says that it "remains uncertain" how to resolve a key prong of this case. At another point, he outright states that "[n]either Plaintiffs nor the Government have shown a strong likelihood of success on the merits." For this reason, an appeals court should reverse Cleland's order solely because he failed to apply the correct legal standard.
There are many other observations about the ruling at the link.
Do you remember that Bishop that compared Obama to Hitler, well…he is making all catholic priest read a letter at this morning's mass. Here is a good Catholic's take on the letter and The Vatican's Merger With The GOP via Andrew Sullivan
In Peoria, Illinois, Catholic Bishop Jenky, who has previously compared president Obama with Hitler and Stalin, has ordered a letter to be read at all masses next Sunday by the priest. This instruction gives you a taste of the legacy of Benedict XVI in his restoration of total clerical and episcopal obedience:
By virtue of your vow of obedience to me as your Bishop, I require that this letter be personally read by each celebrating priest at each Weekend Mass, November 3/4.
It's a screed about religious liberty, with respect to the liberty of Catholic hierarchs to prevent the 99 percent of their female parishioners who use contraception from getting it from their health insurance via Obamacare. Money quote from the unhinged letter which all but instructs Catholics to vote for Romney-Ryan:
Nearly two thousand years ago, after our Savior had been bound, beaten, scourged, mocked, and crowned with thorns, a pagan Roman Procurator displayed Jesus to a hostile crowd by sarcastically declaring: Behold your King. The mob roared back: We have no king but Caesar. Today, Catholic politicians, bureaucrats, and their electoral supporters who callously enable the destruction of innocent human life in the womb also thereby reject Jesus as their Lord. They are objectively guilty of grave sin.
For those who hope for salvation, no political loyalty can ever take precedence over loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ and to his Gospel of Life.
Democrats are the equivalent of the mob who called out to crucify Jesus. The man has lost his sense of proportion and compassion and restraint entirely. But so, alas, has the hierarchy he serves.
Here is an update on Planned Parenthood in Texas. Errors in Texas database pose barriers to health care access
Texas health commissioner Kyle Janek said Wednesday that errors in a state-crafted database intended to help women find reproductive health care providers are "a real problem."
As the state attempts to implement a rule barring Planned Parenthood clinics from participating in the government-funded Women's Health Program, the health commission has directed low-income women to use its online database to search for a new provider.
Nearly half of the women served by the program currently rely on Planned Parenthood. The commission says that more than 3,000 providers are available to serve these women, but many experts are skeptical that these facilities will be able to accommodate the women displaced by the new rule.
Read the rest of the horrible situation women in Texas must face for basic services.
The database has garnered complaints from health care providers and patients for producing what they see as inflated and "misleading" search results. It includes a number of duplicate entries, facilities that do not provide reproductive health services (such as children's clinics), and listings for clinics that are unable to see new program clients.
When confronted about the issue by The American Independent at an event hosted by The Texas Tribune, Janek insisted that the "3,000 providers" figure was accurate and that the error-prone database is "a separate list."
"When we say that we've got 3,000 providers out there ready to participate in this program, there's no duplicates," he said.
Still, Janek admitted the inaccurate database is "a real problem."
Very upsetting, please read more at the link.
More disgusting stuff about violence against women Rapists, Beware: Detroit Prosecutor IDs 21 Attackers in 'Rape Kit' Probe I realize that headline may sound promising but it is not.
Twenty-one serial rapists have been identified in a massive investigation led by Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy—and her manhunt has only just begun.
Worthy is leading a charge to investigate more than 11,000 police "rape kits"—which contain swabs of semen, saliva, and other evidence of rape—so the rapists can be brought to justice. The thousands of rape kits had piled up in a dusty police warehouse in Detroit for years, ignored, until one of Worthy's colleagues stumbled upon them in 2009. Since then, an outraged Worthy has been fighting to get the kits logged, tested for DNA, and then entered into the national DNA database.
11,000 rape kits that have yet to be worked over? WTF…
The logging of the kits alone has been a staggering project. "There were no police reports attached to the kits," she says, explaining that her colleagues "literally had to dust them off" and "physically go through and open them to get the name of the victim, the date that it happened." A federal grant for $1 million—the first of two such grants of its kind, with the other going to Houston—has helped her get all the kits logged, she says, but the grant won't cover the DNA testing of all 11,303 kits. "Unfortunately money's not falling from the sky," she says.
Rape-kit pileups aren't just a problem in Detroit. In recent years, cities across the country have reported mountains of kits—11,000 in San Antonio, 1,200 in Albuquerque, 4,000 in Houston—according to Sarah Tofte, who has studied the national debacle for the advocacy group Human Rights Watch. Experts estimate that hundreds of thousands of kits are languishing in police warehouses.
When Worthy learned of the Detroit pileup from the colleague who discovered it by chance, she says, she demanded immediate action from the police chief at the time. "No one really paid attention to what I was saying and yelling about till about four months in," she says. People finally took notice, she says, when someone in the police department leaked the news to the press.
I can't quote the rest, you have to read it for yourself. It is maddening! Women don't matter, and the treatment we receive from the right-wing assholes is sometimes more than I can bear.
For some perspective on this, check out how a typical white male GOP loving Fox News celebrity views women voters. Bill O'Reilly on single women voters: hot, good at costumes, not too smart.
Bill O'Reilly has been very concerned about the problem of degrading women lately. So concerned, in fact, that he worried out loud that Sandra Fluke had degraded women with her immodest suggestion that insurance benefits cover contraception. With Bill O'Reilly as a fierce protector of ladies, you can imagine that his show's segment on single female voters last night was a chaste, respectful affair that represented the wide diversity of this important portion of the electorate: the never-married, the divorced, the widowed, the single mothers and the non-mothers, the cohabitating but unmarried, the young and the old, and, of course, women from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Just kidding! O'Reilly sent his producer Jesse Watters out on Halloween weekend to interview sexy young white women on the street, all of them in costume and ready to party, so that Watters could leer at their single lady voter breasts and condescendingly make "can you believe they have a right to vote?!" faces at the camera in response to the women's selectively edited answers to his questions.
My favorite part is when Watters asks one woman, an Obama supporter, if she's a "radical feminist" in the same tone adults use when asking kindergartners what they want to be when they grow up. After she points out that feminism is simply a matter of believing women have equal rights, the audience is reminded that we're supposed to find that answer ridiculous with a sarcastic quick cut to a man saying, "I sure do appreciate knowing that."
Read the rest of Amanda Marcotte's article, where she touches on the Fox News audience…a bunch of dirty old men. If you missed Dak's article yesterday on the Fox Assholes...then go read it. Wow!
I've got another article for you, about Why Frightened White Men Love Romney
These are the facts you don't want to know. This is the hard data that can make you cringe, that can despoil the soul and make you wonder at the sad state of the modern world, and gender politics, and the tragically deceived hearts of (ahem) men.
All that progress! All that supposed enlightenment! All that push and desire, that evolution and that open-hearted possibility! And for what? For naught! For shame!
That is just a taste…being married to one of those white men with a fondness for Mittens, I can tell you that I still don't get why anyone would vote for Romney.
Great, now that all those terrible links are posted, let's get to the fun.
More after the jump…
I don't know where to begin…first an update, during the beginning of the year we had stories of mass bird deaths, not only in the US, but in Britain as well. Check it out, I have heard of cattle getting drunk (they eat apples which ferment as they digest them) but I've never heard of drunk birds: Mass blackbird deaths attributed to intoxication from fermented berries
bizarre spate of young blackbird deaths at a school in England was likely caused by the feathered teens getting drunk on fermented berries, crashing mid-air and falling from the sky, according to vets.
Police and animal experts were called in after more than a dozen birds were found dead at a primary school in Cumbria last August — many of them sporting serious injuries.
One of the juvenile blackbirds was found alive but appeared "drunk", pressing its wings into the ground to steady itself and trying to stay upright by leaning against the walls of the enclosure it was taken to.
Foul play was initially suspected, but post-mortem examinations ruled out a murder spree or diseases like bird flu.
Instead, the examiners found berries in the birds' stomachs that had a smell of fermentation, said a report in the BMJ Group journal Veterinary Record.
Alcohol levels were very high in blood of these birds. Most telling however was that once that one bird who was found in a stupor had a night's rest, he woke up fine.
"Some of the birds had died from traumatic injury, possibly related to in-flight collisions secondary to intoxication," wrote investigators from the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
"Unsteadiness on the feet, a tendency to fall over and losing the ability to steer is considerably more of a problem when life is normally spent in trees or in the air," added a media statement.
The lone survivor made a full recovery and was released back into the wild after sleeping off its hangover.
That bird must have had one hell of a headache.
On to a quick interview with another bird who is best known for her alcoholic benders. I should say her portrayal of drunken floozy. I am speaking of Joanna Lumley, aka Patsy Stone. My Secret Life: Joanna Lumley, 66, actress – Profiles – People – The Independent
This next story is really something, you need to hear and see the video of this elephant who speaks Korean. Elephant mimics Korean with help of his trunk Yeah, it manipulates the sound with his trunk. Cool huh?
Alright, the next few links will be a series of articles, photos and video in a timeline of Earth's history…
This first one is special to me because when I made handwoven jewelry, my shop was called Painted Bull, after the cave paintings in France.
Gorgeous Cave Paintings and Sculptures from Tens of Thousands of Years Ago
Credit: Prof saxx, Wikimedia Commons
Painted aurochs and antelopes, estimated to be around 17,300 years old, caper across the wall of a cave in Lascaux, France.
More cave paintings at the link.
Next we have one that dakinikat will like, Bulgaria archaeologists find Europe's most prehistoric town Provadia-Solnitsata
The remains of a man with a ceramic bowl Photo: AFP/GETTY
Experts believe the key to the development of the town was salt, which at the time was as valuable as gold.
Remains of the ancient settlement, including the ruins of two-storey houses, fortification walls and parts of a gate, have been unearthed near the modern-day town of Provadia, close to the Black Sea resort of Varna.
It dates back to between 4,700 and 4,200BC – more than a millennium before the start of Greece's ancient civilisation.
Jump forwards quite a bit, to Alaska…Ash from 100-year-old Novarupta volcanic eruption sweeps over Kodiak Island
Strong winds swept ash from the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century into the atmosphere Tuesday, creating a haze over Alaska's Kodiak Island and prompting the National Weather Service to issue flight warnings for the area.
Powerful northwest winds funneled through the mountains at the Katmai Bay, sending ash around 4,000 feet into the sky southeast toward Kodiak.
Brian Hagenbuch, general meteorologist at the National Weather Service Anchorage office, was the first to spot the ash. "When the sun came up yesterday, I noticed it looked foggy on the Larson Bay camera," one of many cameras set up by the FAA to monitor weather conditions. But as the sun continued to rise, he noted the fog looked smoggy and brown.
Around 10 a.m., Hagenbuch checked the visible satellite and found a "milky, dome-shaped plume." He then double-checked on infra-red equipment that is used specifically to spot ash even through cloud cover, which verified his findings.
Having confirmed his suspicions, Hagenbuch put together a "Significant Meterological Event" warning, called a SIGMET, to alert pilots of the hazardous conditions in the area.
Hagenbuch says that very strong winds "from time to time" will stir up the ash from Novarupta.
Flying volcanic ash that is one hundred years old? This is something I've never heard of…have you?
The Novarupta volcanic eruption of June 6, 1912, occurred in what is now the Katmai National Park and Preserve. For three days, the volcano spewed 100 times more material than the Mount St. Helens eruption, shooting plumes 20 miles into the air and burying the valley downwind in over 500 feet of ash and volcanic rock. Four years later, when botanist Robert Griggs visited the valley, steam still poured from vents across the valley, prompting the crew to name it The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
Let us move forward again, to World War II…Undercover pigeon carrying WWII secrets found in chimney
Pigeon skeleton and the coded message it was carrying during World War II. Credit: Bletchley ParkThe remains of a carrier pigeon from World War II have been found in the chimney of a house in Bletchingley, Surrey, with the top-secret coded message it was meant to deliver still attached to the bird's foot.
The pigeon could have been dispatched from Nazi-occupied France during the D-Day invasions and was thought to have been headed for Bletchley Park with the coded message.
More info at the link…
And finally, a video…a quick look at the history of the world, from the very beginning of time! Watch the entire history of the planet in under two minutes
I guess this was two big post in one, so you all can take it in bits at a time. Well…what sort of things are you doing today? What are your reading about? Comments below…have at it.
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Joanna Lumley — I loved the Brit sitcom, "Absolutely Fabulous" or Ab Fab, that she and Jennifer Saunders (the writer) starred in back in the '90s. I watched enough repeats not to want to watch those again. These comedies went on to this summer, but I never saw a listing for them. I wish Saunders and Dawn French would give us a new comedy series.
Great post, mink!
I put myself on a self imposed "mini sabbatical" for the remainder of the election but I just keep tuning in. The masochist in my just won't quit.
To think that this election featuring one of the worst candidates to ever emerge from any primary is merely a few points apart from winning this thing is astounding. You need not be an Obama supporter to truly appreciate what is at stake in this race – more so than any other time in history IMHO – and this lying sack of spoiled meat could actually pull it out is beyond comprehension.
More so when considering that few people really understand who this guy is and what he stands for. Pathetic.
It should not be this close but there you have it.
"To think that this election featuring one of the worst candidates to ever emerge from any primary is merely a few points apart from winning this thing is astounding"
Pat……It is astounding. But, as you've pointed out many times, this election for the GOP/TP is about hate, hate and hate. You nailed this months ago.
BTW….I strolled by the old ratfucker blog last night out of morbid curiosity, LO AND BEHOLD he's dropped all pretense of not being a ratfucker. Obama hate, hate, hate is all that remains there. He actually interviewed the HillBuzz blog guy, Kevin Dujon, on his internet radio show. I couldn't bring myself to even listen to it. What a spectacle those blogs have become.
Even though I believe Obama will win, I know watching the results will be a slow agonizing slog. So, I've made the decision not to stay up all night and torture myself over it. I'm going to bed at 10, when I wake up during the night, which I always do, I'll check the results. If they're good, I'll shout hooray and go back to bed, if they're not I'll still go back to bed,.It is what it is. Peace!!!
mouse, it's a nice try, but you don't fool me for one NY second. You'll be all over the results Tuesday, either getting up 25 times during the night to check or getting 25 minutes of sleep. Come on, you're a political junkie and Tuesday is the biggest night of the last 4 years!
"Come on, you're a political junkie and Tuesday is the biggest night of the last 4 years!"
Ok, so I'll go to bed at 10pm and leave the TV on. 🙂
"That blog is the edge of nowhere …it's ranking is like 4.5 million on Alexa. A pure vanity endeavor."
LOL!!!! "A pure vanity endeavor" describes that it perfectly. Thanks Dak for making my day.
Your mention of that blog rang a bell, and after a few minutes of searching I was able to find it and read it for the first time in a couple of years. Ewwww. I need a shower after reading some of the comments.
Peggy & SoCal:
Yeah, I couldn't believe the JWS Flip-flop either, although it began to come into focus for me the summer before the GOP primaries when all of the ratfuckers began to show up there. After the GOP primaries began it became apparent. I argued against it until I began repeating myself 50 times in the same thread. It was then that I decided to say goodbye and I dumped it like a bad habit.
I was so angry after Hillary lost the nomination, I allowed myself to be taken in by people I thought were libera/progressivel Hillary supporters, but who I now understand were no such thing.
The moral of that story is, Live & Learn
Thanks for the Fleetwood SoCal. Love it
Good post this morning JJ, Thank you!!
This one's for BB
Nate Silver
Chance of winning as of today
Obama 85.1%
Romney 14.9%
I've been working and have not be able to join in on the fun. But there is some good news in Florida. A judge just ruled on part Of the Democrats lawsuit.
JJ, I'm going back to look at your post now!


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Florida imam back on the witness stand in Pakistani Taliban terrorism support case
MIAMI – The imam at a South Florida mosque will take the witness stand for a second day in his trial on charges of funneling cash to the Pakistani Taliban terror organization.
Hafiz Khan is denying any connection to the Taliban or providing money for weapons or bombs. Prosecutors say the 77-year-old cleric funneled at least $50,000 to the terror organization.
Khan says the money was for the poor, for his extended family and for a religious school he owns in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Khan is imam at a downtown Miami mosque.
Khan faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on each of four terrorism support-related counts. He has been jailed since his May 2011 arrest.
Charges were previously dropped against two of Khan's sons in the U.S.


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The week in review
Worst weather for a graduation: UVA's Class of 2003 gets soaked May 18.
Best example of Democrats on the run: 50 from the Texas legislature hightail it across the border to prevent a quorum and thus foil a Republican redistricting plan.
Best report for deer hunters: The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries finds no evidence of chronic wasting disease from samples of 1,114 deer.
Worst report for sushi lovers: Ninety percent of the world's large ocean fish like cod, halibut, tuna, swordfish, and marlin have disappeared in the past few decades because of ruthlessly efficient fishing practices, according to a Canadian study reported by the Washington Post.
Worst Virginia fish warning: The state Department of Health advises people not to eat PCB-tainted fish from a 12-mile stretch of the Levisa Fork near Grundy and cautions against eating fish from Knox and Beaver creeks as well.
Worst news for water users: Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority bumps wholesale rates for water by 33 percent and sewer rates 14 percent. Charlottesville City Council declines to increase rates May 19 but will consider the issue again June 2.
Worst false arrest: When James Edward Howard is arrested and charged with failure to register as a sex offender May 5, he's fired from his job with Aramark at UVA. State police discover Howard isn't required to register, and release him from jail May 12.
Worst audit results: UVA Medical Center overstated the amount of federal funds it was owed for treating indigent patients by $4.8 million in fiscal years 1997 and 1998, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a Claudia Pinto story in the Progress, UVA officials deny any wrongdoing.
Best way to check out felonious physicians: www.vahealthprovider.com lists 48 Virginia-licensed docs with felony rap sheets– but you have to search by name!
Worst news for Greene County property owners: Their tax rate is going up to 79 cents per $100 of assessed value higher than Albemarle's 76 cents per $100 – while their teachers still can't get a one-percent raise.
Best news for Orange County property owners: Their tax rate has decreased from 87 to 81 cents per $100 assessed value– although assessments have gone up by an average of 20 percent.
Worst news for the Lake Monticello Association: Constantly outvoted director Wayne Schmidt sues the Association, Austin Graham reports in the Progress.
Best ally in prayers at VMI: Governor Mark Warner supports the state-supported military institute's practice of saying grace before meals. The ACLU sued VMI on behalf of two cadets.
Best endowment for biologists: The Ivy Foundation gives $3 million to endow four professorships at UVA's new Morphogenesis and Regenerative Medicine Institute. UVA will match those funds with another $3 million. The foundation uses funds from the now-closed W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center.
Best fund from another W. Alton Jones offshoot: The Oak Hill Fund announces creation of the "Something Ventured" program to empower women and girls in the southeastern United States.
Best campaign to attract upscale bus riders: Charlottesville Transit Service is launching a Very Important Passenger campaign to attract "choice" riders who don't ride the bus out of necessity, luring them with free rides on certain routes marked with red and yellow windsocks.
Best breaking of her own Guinness World Record: Angell Husted tap dances 20.7 miles in nearly 14 hours in the Fluvanna High School gym to break her previous 1999 record of 20.036 miles.
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Joe Green was Mark Zuckerberg's former roommate at Harvard. His father advised him not to join Facebook and to stay in school. In hindsight, that decision cost Green a $30 billion fortune.But that didn't keep Green from starting a company of his own. Green, who says he has no regrets about the missed Facebook opportunity, created Causes.com and NationBuilder. At least five early Facebookers invested in his startup.
But now Green is leaving NationBuilder for one of the firms that invested in it, Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z). He's becoming an Entrepreneur in Residence there.
Entrepreneur-in-residence programs are a way for venture capitalists to keep talented founders and executives close to their firm. Firms don't hire EIRs off the street; they typically come from the ranks of companies the firm has backed. EIRs typically attend meetings and advise portfolio firms while working on their ideas. Sometimes it just offers a place to hang their hat between companies; sometimes it allows for truly fruitful collaboration.
Benchmark Capital's EIR program has been particularly productive, with Bret Taylor producing FriendFeed and Paul Davison going on to launch Highlight.
Green wrote the news on his Facebook page:
As most of you know I have spent the last couple years as Co-Founder and President of NationBuilder. Today I am announcing I am stepping down as President and away from day to day operations, though I will continue supporting the company as a member of the Board of Directors along with Jim Gilliam, Sean Parker, and Ben Horowitz. I want to thank Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen and the team at Andreessen Horowitz for offering me a position as EIR at Andreesen Horowitz, where I am excited to work with the best team in venture and help fellow entrepreneurs. I also am going to be diving back into political advocacy. I have spent the last 7 years building the tools to empower political change online, now it is time for me put them to use myself. I look forward to announcing some exciting initiatives in the coming weeks.
Working with Jim, Jesse, Daniel Walmsley, Adriel Hampton, Lea, Katie Yording my brother Jacob Green and our whole team has been a dream come true for me. I am particularly proud my good friends Edward Rawlinson and Michael Moschellahave recently joined. Since I first saw Friendster as an intern in the New Hampshire primary, I have been pursuing the dream of bringing community organising online. The traditions of organising, which go back thousands of years, when combined with the broad deployment of the social graph are empowering a whole new set of leaders at a scale never thought possible. This is what led me to found and run Causes for 4 years, and when I first met Jim Gilliam I knew immediately I had met someone whose life path had also led them to this vision. It has been a privilege to spend the last couple years working to make this vision a reality. I look forward to continuing to do everything I can as a member of the board.
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And... just like that it's May.
Soon enough it will be summer, although the weather we've been having lately certainly doesn't seem like it! Apparently April's showers decided to come late this year. At the time when I'm usually deciding whether or not to bust out my sandals, I'm instead deciding if I'm ready to give up my boots! It's been cold and rainy for what seems like weeks, and now I'm just waiting for it to go from cool to blazing hot.
I hate when Mother Nature skips over Spring. Not that Spring is my favorite season, I'm much more of a Fall kinda girl. But I just like a little transition between the seasons!
On Mother's Day last weekend, we had a fabulous break in the nasty weather that seemed almost summer-like. We sat outside for a while at my brother-in-law's house, and it was darn near HOT in the sun!
I can't believe I celebrated my third Mother's Day with my Mini Smalls, and now my first with the Minion. They are getting way too big and time is going by entirely too fast.
This year, the Mini picked out my gifts from her and her brother (cupcake socks, and a stuffed rendition of the 'Kung Fu Panda', respectively). I am looking forward to many more years of 'interesting' gifts from them!
I always get a little sappy around Mother's Day because it makes me think of my own mom and how much I miss her.
This recipe would have been right up her alley, although Mini Smalls was utterly confused. When I was cleaning up the food processor, she asked if she could taste the "batter." I explained that we weren't baking this, it was done- and she was not exactly impressed. Mini's become my little baker, and she couldn't wrap her mind around a 'treat' that was just some ingredients whipped together with no oven required!
But thankfully our Mother's Day guests (my stepmom and dad) were a little more into the dessert than she was.
Unlike my husband who loves cavity-inducing sugar levels in his desserts, my stepmom is not super into sweets. But she said she really liked this dessert because it was refreshing and not sickeningly sweet. I would have to agree!
Lemon Ricotta Mousse & Raspberry Parfaits
1 C. heavy cream
1 T. powdered sugar
1 15-oz. container whole-milk ricotta
1/4 C. sugar
1 t. lemon zest
1 C. raspberries, washed & dried
In a small bowl, toss sugar & lemon zest. Use your fingers to rub the zest into the sugar until well-combined, and set aside.
In a food processor, process cream & powdered sugar for approximately 2 minutes until consistency of whipped cream. (You can also do this with a mixer if you'd prefer). Be careful not to overmix and turn the cream to butter. Place whipped cream in a medium bowl, and set aside.
Add ricotta to the now-empty food processor with sugar/zest mixture. Process until very smooth, about 2 minutes, scraping sides if necessary. In batches, adddd ricotta mixture to bowl with whipped cream, and fold together gently until well-combined.
Set out 4 (or 6) parfait cups, small mason jars, or other dessert dishes/bowls. Place a heaping spoonful of ricotta mousse into each. Top with raspberries, then another large scoop of mousse. Top with remaining raspberries. Sprinkle with additional lemon zest, if desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Recipe Adapted from Giada di Laurentiis' Raspberry Ricotta Mousse


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WELCOME to our Friday blog. Every Friday we hand over to Carl and Alex Smith – known online as simply Carl & Alex. These super keen youngsters have a passion for making a variety of fishing videos, and provide a youth dimension to our new blogging mix.
We hope you enjoy the blog, written by Carl, and share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the icons above, or by the "old skool" method of telling fellow anglers!
Feel free also to comment by using the special space at the bottom on this page.
AS an angler there are many branches of our sport to explore, and this year we have really put in the time and effort to try and become more proficient carp fishermen. We hope you enjoy reading this blog about our quest to catch a 20lb carp – and view our latest video at the bottom of the page.
If you are to reap the rewards of a fishing season, it is best to focus your efforts on a local venue which you can get to know like the back of your hand. If you are able to suss out a particular lake you will have more success than spending short sessions on several different waters.
So this year we decided to concentrate our efforts on our local Tanyard Fishery. It is well managed, safe and clean with beautiful lakes, and holds the sort of fish we so desperately wanted to catch: long lean commons, koi and huge mirrors to over 30lb! Although the specimen lakes hold 30s we decided to aim for a 20. Alex achieved his goal on Speci 1 after four nights at the venue but I had a fair amount of waiting to do before my 20 graced my net.
A couple of months after Alex's success we returned to Tanyard but decided to fish Speci 2, the hardest lake on the fishery. Alex managed to catch a 30lb 4oz mirror, one of the biggest fish in the lake! He was doing something right it seemed.
All I had to do was try and land a fish 4lb bigger than my PB of 16lb 8oz. This was easier said than done – I frustratingly managed to net 3 different fish of that exact weight in the next few sessions!
At the end of our summer holidays we planned a three-night trip to speci 3 so that I could target my 20 whilst Alex hoped for one of the catfish. This time round I had luck on my side.
It was early afternoon and I was sat in my bivvy on Speci 3 staring at the lake looking for signs but very little was stirring. I told Alex I was going stalking but he didn't reckon it was worth it and that I should stay where I was. But for some reason, when I'm carp fishing, I have to go to the fish, especially on smaller venues with lower stock. So I picked up my float rod, threaded the eyes with 10lb low diameter line and tied on a size 8 wide gape hook.
My second cast with freelined corn was successful. It landed in front of a mirror carp slurping bugs from the weed. Almost instantly it's mouth devoured my corn and I stuck… WHIZZZZZ! My clutch struggled to keep up as the fish swam straight through a bunch of pads.
Steady pressure drew the fish back towards me and eventually I landed the mirror. It heaved the needle on the scales right round to… 16lb 8oz! Yet another carp to equal my PB. I started to wish we were on our quest for an upper double, but no, I was determined to land a 20, but how long would it take?
The next morning I strolled back up the path to Speci 2 and filmed myself showing the baits I was using. I then proceeded to film the take from a 15lb common which was a real beauty!
All of a sudden a huge common drifted into the shallow bay in front of me…. I lowered my hookbait right off the rod tip around a foot in front of the fish. It dipped down over my bait. With a shake of the head and a strike from me, the fish was hooked.
It all happened so fast. I was trembling with excitement as it looked massive. Alex came along to film me netting a carp that weighed bang on 20lb and was a perfect example of a long dark common.
As it swam away I felt incredible; my first 20, a common, and on the most exciting method of carp fishing. Stalking is the way forward!
Check out the video we made here…
- If you want to see more of the lads' videos for free, now, just browse the Carl & Alex channel in this website's new TV player.
Here's the list of all our exclusive new daily blogs and when they go live:
MONDAY: Carp crews on rotation – Korda, Fox, Nash and ACE.
TUESDAY: Steve Collett, Mail contributor and ultimate all-rounder.
WEDNESDAY: Angler's Mail HQ – yes, us!
THURSDAY: Specialists from Pike Anglers Club, Korum, Marukyu and Pallatrax, on rotation
FRIDAY: Carl & Alex, Angler's Mail juniors and video diary makers.
SATURDAY: The Angling Trust – guys at the governing body.
SUNDAY: Colin Mitchell, veteran coarse angler and top journalist


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Usher Performs a Medley of All His Hits at the 2014 BET Awardsby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Usher brought the old-school jams to the 2014 BET Awards tonight (June 29).
Performing an extensive medley of almost all of his hits, the iconic R&B star (rocking an eyebrow-raising coonskin cap) started out with his '98 smash 'Nice and Slow' before bursting into other fan favorites, including 'Confessions,' 'Yeah,' 'U Remind Me' and 'Caught Up.'
Not only was the performance totally sizzlin', it reminded viewers of just how many smash hits Usher has had in his career — way before he was a mentor for Justin Bieber (which, of course, host Chris Rock joked about before Usher's performance). And in addition to his vintage hits, Usher concluded the nostalgic number with his latest, the raunchy 'Good Kisser.'
In case you ever questioned Usher's raw talent, his BET performance tonight will leave no doubt in your mind, singing and dancing with the kind of confidence and skill that only a veteran performer has perfected.
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The Genesis G70 is an athletic and elegant luxury sedan offering a graceful and dynamic exterior, function-oriented interior and class-leading comfort and safety features. This is all complemented by a new 272kW 3.3 litre V6 twin-turbo engine which boasts an impressive 0-100 kph acceleration time of 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 270 kph. The G70 also features the latest in advanced driver assist systems including Highway Driving Assist (HDA), best-in-class safety with nine standard airbags and active hood function, and a high level of connectivity with server-based voice recognition technology, using Kakao's artificial intelligence platform.
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Friday August 27, 2010
Carole's Concoctions:
Berkshire Grown/Country Living Dinner
Boy have I been concocting!! The summer bounty brings out all my culinary creativity!! But, rather than go there right now, I wanted to spend some more time sharing the preparation, recipes and photos of the Berkshire Grown/Country Living event that was hosted at my home last Sunday, August 22nd.
The mini cooper stuffed to capacity with flowers, tomatoes
and goodies I collected around the county for the event.
What a delightful ride I had down to Salisbury CT where I picked up the short ribs from Whippoorwill Farm, my next stop was Great Barrington to pick up the generously donated Berkshire Blue Cheese for the dip and the cheese course - what a treat to see the facility where the award-winning cheese is made!!
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NRF18: Business leaders experience the value of retail analytics through customer stories, augmented reality tour
SAS spotlights omnichannel analytics at retail industry's biggest event
A retailer's data paints a technicolor picture of customers and inventory if managed properly. But some retail organizations haven't taken the right steps to clearly see their data picture yet. Omnichannel analytics from SAS can help retail professionals make in-store and online merchandise decisions while deftly juggling inventory, pricing and personalized marketing efforts. Retailers wanting to learn more about SAS will have their chance during the NRF Big Show, going on this week inside New York City's Jacob K. Javits Center.
Analytics helps blur the line between digital and physical shopping
SAS will showcase "Meet the Andersons," an augmented reality customer journey seen through a family's shopping preferences while furnishing a child's first college dorm room. While nothing quite replaces seeing, trying, smelling or tasting a product, emerging technologies are blurring the line between digital and physical shopping.
Visitors to SAS Booth 3145 can experience the hands-on augmented reality tour that illustrates how analytics drives digital relevance based on demographics, household preferences, past in-store behavior and inventory optimization. The interactive tour highlights how analytics – including SAS® Real-Time Decision Manager, SAS® Merchandise Intelligence, SAS® Event Stream Processing, SAS® Customer Intelligence 360 and SAS® Viya products - supports contemporary retailers whether they're adopting IoT sensors, beacons or RFID tags or stepping up to an even higher level with chatbots, artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand customers' needs and preferences.
Progressive customer executives also will share stories of how analytics helps their omnichannel strategy during in-booth demos throughout the show and during a Big Ideas Session, "How Omnichannel Analytics Satisfies Customers Who Can Shop Anywhere, Anytime," on Monday, Jan. 15, starting at 1:30 p.m. ET, in EXPO Hall Room 4 on Level 3 of the Javits Center.
"With hundreds of online and offline customer touchpoints, accurate data management and analytics are a fundamental necessity to modern retailers," said Dan Mitchell, SAS Global Director of Retail and CPG. "Because consumers demand relevant, timely, consistent interactions with their preferred retailers, the only way to act upon that data is to apply analytics to reveal insight and predict outcomes that enhance that lifelong relationship."
To learn more about omnichannel analytics, download the research paper Merchandising and the Omnichannel Impact.
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When Google chief executive Larry Page announced that he wouldn't be joining in every earnings call, it seemed to have an effect on Google's stock price -- it soared.
"I wanted to let you know that going forward, I won't be joining every earnings call," Page said in last week's earning call, according to Wired. "I know you all would love to have me on," he said, "but you are also depending on me to ruthlessly prioritize my time for the benefit of the business."
The announcement could have been taken as Page was stepping down from being the face of Google, or lessening his responsibilities, but it didn't seem to panic Wall Street. Instead, Google's stock climbed to $1,000, perhaps showing again that Wall Street doesn't have much of an affinity for Page. (And that Google had an excellent third quarter.)
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Previously we wrote about how Wall Street analysts disliked Page's personality and "token appearance" at his first earnings call two years ago. It seems now that he may shed some responsibility or step down from the CEO position at Google, they seem delighted. Previously, Page had told investors he suffered from vocal cord paralysis, which made him miss several earnings calls.


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Founded in 1647... blogging 360 years later. The first public school district in America, Boston Public Schools proudly serves more than 56,000 pre-k through 12th graders in 125 schools.
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Japanese for all at the Timilty
The Timilty Middle School won a $30,000 grant from the Japan Foundation to initiate a school-wide Japanese language program. The grant will allow the school to hire a new full-time Japanese language teacher. Timothy Nagaoka, a teacher at the Timilty Middle School, has taught Japanese to sixth grade Advanced Work Class (AWC) for the past ten years and is very excited about this opportunity.
Nagaoka says, "With the money from the grant, the school will be able to offer Japanese language to all Timilty students. Dr. Yu-lan Lin, the Director of World Languages, Ms. Valerie Lowe-Barehmi, the Principal of the Timilty and I have worked very hard to get this grant, and we are all delighted that our hard work paid off."
Nagaoka points out that the Timilty Middle School is the third BPS school to have a school-wide program along with Boston Latin Academy and Snowden International, and the only middle school in Boston to offer Japanese to ALL students!
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In girls tennis: Falcons take match, Rangers put up stiff competition
by Richard Creaser
copyright the Chronicle 5-21-2014
ORLEANS — The North Country Falcons claimed a 5-2 win against the host Lake Region Rangers in girls varsity tennis play on Monday afternoon. The victory marked the Falcons' first of the season but continued Lake Region's losing streak.
Although the Rangers are still looking for their first team win, Monday's match proved that the two sides are not so far apart. Ranger Sydney Whipple came out on top of an epic duel against Falcon Danielle Therrien in the number two doubles match 8-6.
"I'd say it was my long shots that made the difference," Whipple said after the match. "When I placed them well it cut off the angles. It's something I've been working on, and today it just worked really well for me."
Whipple commended Therrien on her ability to drop short, shallow shots throughout the contest. It forced Whipple to scramble and dig deep in order to return the shots.
"I've had some problems chipping this year," Whipple said. "Usually I would chip short and hit the net. Today I was getting more of them to drop in."
Nora Muhonen would secure Lake Region's other match win, defeating Falcon Kristina Gauvin 8-4 in the number three singles contest.
Falcon India Bluett bested Ranger Alyssa Lawson in the number one singles match 8-2, and Falcon Brianna Grimm bested Lake Region's Karina Cimbarová 8-1 in the girls number four singles. North Country's Emily Dobler bested Alora Rowell 8-2 in the number five singles match.
The doubles matches proved among the more competitive contests on the day. The North Country number two doubles team of Erica Tweed and Samantha Stanhope were challenged by the Lake Region pair of Juelia Bollens-Lund and Olivia McKenna, emerging on top 8-4. In the number one doubles match, Falcons Meira Buck and Hailie Lyons came out on top 8-4 against the Rangers duo of Rachelle Cotnoir and Jade Piette.
Lake Region Coach Greg Hennemuth said that he has been impressed by the strides made by the team over the season. He gave credit to former coach Laura Laramee for reviving a Ranger tennis program that never quite seemed to get off the ground in the past.
"She really got the girls interested and excited about tennis," Coach Hennemuth said. "I had tried to get something going years ago, and it just never seemed to take hold."
He said that the addition of a third court at the high school last year has allowed Lake Region to host matches after several years of playing home games at the Derby municipal courts in Derby Center.
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With just the stroke of a pen - Florida Law gives the Attorney General the right, AND the responsibility, to reschedule a drug in light of new evidence. This is an issue having serious consequences for public health and the quality of life for many, many Florida individuals who are afflicted with severely debilitating symptoms that are far better controlled with cannabis than other drugs or substances. Sign the petition here : *******takeaction.realreformact****/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8248 The fact that 17 states endorse the use of cannabis as medicine clearly shows that cannabis does currently have medical use in the United States and that it is safe under medical supervision. Both are elements that indicate that cannabis does not meet the criteria; therefore, does not belong in Florida Schedule 1. Please support this important step - Sign NOW! Read and Sign the petition here : *******takeaction.realreformact****/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8248 Copy/
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You're (CC Breeze) so thoughtful to provide a venue for the local residents to convene and discuss the issues "honestly." Social media has the potential to replace the public square, and god knows our nation and humanity is in dire straits. Pardon me going on from the Soap Box, but, there doesn't seem to be anyone clamoring for the mic. The need for such a free forum (proximate to news and opinion page) cannot be over stated. We know money is not speech and corporations are not people. There's no equal representation by talk radio, TV or news papers that demand payment, beyond exposure to commercial ads. Of course someone must pay the bills… The trend of news papers to demand subscription for access to their "news reporting" screams bias toward the relatively well off. Such a forum can be an off ramp of the masses to your door CC Breeze. Even the most bereft of us can walk into a public library and have his say.
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LUBBOCK, Texas � Texas Tech men�s basketball coach Billy Gillispie has resigned because of health reasons.
The school announced the move on Thursday. Gillispie�s departure comes less than a month after Texas Tech said it was looking into allegations of player mistreatment by the veteran coach and that it had reported practice-time violations to the NCAA.
Athletic director Kirby Hocutt had already told Gillispie he could no longer handle day-to-day decisions about the program so he could focus on his health. Hocutt put associate head coach Chris Walker in charge.
Gillispie spent six days in a Lubbock hospital, and doctors later ordered him to avoid stress for 30 days.
He coached one year at Texas Tech, finishing the 2011-12 season with an 8-23 record and one Big 12 victory.


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"The lonely I ecstatically dissolving into the we ... It's the common denominator of every form of bliss -- romantic, sexual, political, religious, mystical. Everyone wants and welcomes this blissful merger."
Irvin D. Yalom, Love's Executioner
Can we talk about "barebacking"? You know, unprotected anal sex between men. Sex without a condom. "Raw" sex. Or, if you prefer the almost comically clinical language of early safer sex education, sex during which "bodily fluids" may be "exchanged."
We all know how risky barebacking is, and we all know it goes on all the time. You might think that by now, thirty years into this horrible epidemic, barebacking would be a thing of the past. But it isn't. Far from disappearing, I'd bet that despite valiant efforts at HIV prevention, barebacking is on the rise. If I'm right about that, then we have to put aside any discomfort the topic may cause and try to understand why guys bareback.
A few clarifications before we start. First, I know gay men aren't the only ones who bareback. Straight people bareback all the time, of course, but unlike us, they don't make up titillating names for it. They just call it "having sex." Second, I don't want anyone to think I'm here to pass some kind of moral judgment on barebacking because, frankly, I'm in no position to do so. Finally, let me clarify what I'm not talking about here. I'm not talking about guys who bareback because they believe, rightly or wrongly, that they are not putting themselves at risk for HIV in a given sexual encounter. I'm speaking only about men who voluntarily assume the risk of transmission by barebacking.
With those preliminaries out of the way, I thought I'd look at a few of the possible explanations for why gay men might choose to bareback, even when they know the risks. I'd then like to offer my own view of what motivates barebacking. That's a lot of ground to cover, so I apologize in advance for the length of this post.
Let's start with the most obvious explanation for barebacking. Sex without a condom just feels better. Anyone who's ever fucked (or been fucked) without a condom knows just how much sensation is lost when you suit up. This loss of sensation can do more than just diminish sexual pleasure. Many guys can't reach orgasm if they're wearing a condom. Worse yet, many can't stay hard wearing one, so using protection may create or feed performance anxiety.
Another explanation I've heard is that gay men bareback out of a need for transgression, from a desire to flout societal norms and rules. Historically, gay men were seen as sexual outlaws, and part of our identity revolved around our outsider status, a status that even conferred a certain "cool." Today, with gay marriage making its halting march to legality and gay couples adopting children, being gay may seem kind of ordinary, and some men may need to find ways to hang on to our old outlaw status. (This might explain, for example, why some gay men continue to seek out sex in parks and restrooms, even though such furtive public coupling is no longer necessary when the Internet offers us sites like adam4adam and dudesnude.) And if transgression is what guys are after, what could be more transgressive than violating the first commandment of safer sex education by refusing to use a condom?
Maybe gay men bareback out of a sense of fatalism or exhaustion. Perhaps they feel it's more or less inevitable they'll eventually become infected, so they might as well just get it over with. Some men may find the effort of trying to stay HIV-negative too stressful. They may bareback so that they can stop worrying about the possibility of contracting HIV. These men may experience seroconversion as a kind of relief. Others may simply be suffering from "condom fatigue" after decades of having to practice safer sex.
I don't doubt the validity of these explanations, but I think the answer must lie deeper within the psyche. The emotional need that drives men to bareback must be so powerful that they will literally risk their lives to satisfy it. If you ask me, barebacking is an attempt to escape from the awful sense of isolation that we all experience as human beings. That isolation is perhaps an inevitable consequence of our separate existence as individuals. But it's particularly acute for us gay men, who have grown up in a society hostile to our identity. Having spent so much of our lives on the outside, alienated from members of the majority (straight) culture, we gay men have an intense need to feel truly connected to others like ourselves.
To me, the urge that I think motivates barebacking is perfectly understandable. It is, after all, just a deeply felt desire for the most profound form of intimacy, a desire that goes beyond merely wanting to be close to someone else and crosses over into a need for union -- for the "blissful merger" that Irvin Yalom describes. Barebacking can be seen as the ultimate attempt to remove all barriers between ourselves and our partners, to literally become one. It's an effort to escape the loneliness that haunts our separate existences, and to be freed, if only momentarily, from the solitary confinement of our individuality. Men who bareback may be seeking what James I. Martin calls "transcendent sexual experiences." (Martin, 9 Sexualities 214-235 (2006).) That is, sexual experience in which they feel a dissolution of their separate selves and a fusion with the object of their desire.
If what barebackers are looking for is merger, then it's easier to see why they wouldn't want to use a condom. In the search for merger, a condom is not only a physical barrier but an emotional and psychological one. Just as it prevents transmission of pathogens, it also stands in the way of what we all crave -- that sense of union. Using a condom conveys a message of rejection and mistrust. It tells our partners that we are not willing to share ourselves completely. The failure to use a condom is obviously problematic, but that is because of the existence of HIV, not because of the existence of the desire for transcendence and merger. Perhaps rather than seeing the desire itself as a problem, we should understand it as normal. If we were to do so, perhaps we could explore ways to fulfill this desire that don't involve risky sex.
I don't know whether learning the motivations of men who choose to bareback will help us design better HIV prevention programs. I am fairly sure, though, that if we don't identify what makes men have unprotected sex and at least try to understand and address their underlying emotional needs, we are unlikely to develop effective strategies for curbing the practice. And I am firmly convinced that no understanding is possible so long as we refuse to discuss the topic openly. I'd therefore urge us to listen without judgment to men who bareback. Let's hear their reasons for engaging in unprotected anal sex. Then let's see if we can't acknowledge their needs as legitimate and help them find ways of satisfying them without barebacking.
The language of the discussion I propose will have to be brutally frank, open, and I dare say, raw. This is an instance in which nothing less than complete honesty will do. But for those of us concerned with stopping the spread of HIV, this is a discussion we need to have, and have soon.
(Acknowledgement: I am indebted to UCSF researcher Alberto Curotto for sharing with me a wealth of background material for this post and for giving an amateur the benefit of his professional experience in the field of behavioral research.)


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Recently I've been a car passenger quite often, and I'd like to use these periods of time to practise some kind of mindfulness or contemplation.
As it is, I tend to do one of two things: either (a) practise mindfulness of the motion of the car and its effects on my body, while trying to maintain awareness of my breathing; or (b) visualize a crash in which I die, using this as an opportunity to relax and be at ease with my own impermanence. I generally visualize this from my own perspective first, with all the accompanying sensations, and afterwards from a more objective overhead perspective, or as an onlooker would see it.
—Thanks for bearing with this!—
I'd like to know, do any of you practise similar (or different) exercises in the car, either as a passenger or while driving?
And for bonus points, please rate my morbidity on a scale from "one" to "concerning"
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10 out of 10 for dumb visualisation
Do you think so? I find it oddly comforting (call me a weirdo). I think I took the idea from Thich Nhat Hanh.
I practice varying things quite often when I drive or ride. Different things in each case. I started doing it several years ago when I got tired of zoning out while driving and realizing I missed my turn. I teach my kids mindful driving as well. Being a passenger is hard for me, as I am a very aware driver and it drives me nuts to ride in a car with people who are still zoning out. My husband does that a lot and it makes me a wreck. We'll be driving in winter traffic and he'll be staring out the window oblivious that the 15 cars ahead of us all have their brake lights on. I'm the worst backseat driver on the planet, LOL.
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And for bonus points, please rate my morbidity on a scale from "one" to "concerning"
I think it reflection on death and how quickly and unexpectedly it can come lead to a greater appreciation of being alive. I often think when out for a walk about how a car behind me could accidentally swerve and take me out or something like that.
I suppose whether it is healthy reflection or concerning probably has to do with the effect it has on you. Whether it is causing lots of anxiety and worry about possible but unlikely scenarios or gratitude for life and acceptance of uncertainty.
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I'd like to know, do any of you practise similar (or different) exercises in the car, either as a passenger or while driving?
And for bonus points, please rate my morbidity on a scale from "one" to "concerning"
I've practice mindfulness of car accidents since I started driving. Decades later, I'm very mindful of my attention while driving and my distance from other cars. Accidents happen, but some "accidents" are lapses. When your hands are on the wheel, you should be mindful of accidents. When they're not, it's really, really hard not to be. Driving or riding, I keep my eyes well ahead, which makes all drivers appear to have unbelievably slow reflexes. So, when riding, I practice mindfulness of keeping my mouth shut. Mostly. Sometimes I just have to ask, "You do see that, right? Ok, sorry. Just checking."
@Snakeskin said, " So, when riding, I practice mindfulness of keeping my mouth shut. Mostly. Sometimes I just have to ask, "You do see that, right? Ok, sorry. Just checking."
Well, at least you're a very polite back seat driver.
I once attended, together with other people from my community, a 'Better Driving Course' run by our local constabulary. The first thing the officer said to us was "The people who really should be sitting here - aren't sitting here, because they mistakenly believe they don't need this course, they're all ready brilliant drivers....!" (Sarcastic look). "The people sitting here probably don't need to be sitting here - although I'm glad you are - because you're already conscious of the fact that there's no such thing as a 'perfect driver' and we could all do with a refresher course. So good on you, I hope what you learn this week and next, will be useful to you."
There, I learnt a little Poem about distance-keeping:
"Only a fool breaks the two-second rule.
When it starts to pour, increase it to four.
When ice plays its tricks, increase it to six -
And if fog makes you late? Yous should increase it to 8."
My wonderful driving instructor also gave me two invaluable little snippets to remember:
1: 'Never perform a manoeuvre that would necessitate another road user to take evasive action.'
This, he added, is always assuming you're not at the back of the queue, and the guy behind you hits you at breakneck speed....
Motorway pile-ups can usually be prevented if people adopt the little poem rules, and pay attention....
First and foremost, don't get too close to the car in front of you when stalled. Your poor brain cells don't really need those poisons. And if you can find it in you, don't write off those who do come right up to your tailpipes; being judgmental is not spiritual. Time for metta —they're not hurting you, only themselves...
The second thing that comes to my mind is overly impatient and unrealistic drivers —something bordering on road rage sometimes. One should consider the thought of those people abiding the 35 mph limit on a curve when someone coming around behind them at 50 mph blurts out some obscenity: He might try to cultivate the thought, "How lovely it is for these nice people to be able to get out of the house this evening and take in some of the town."
It's possible - though unlikely - that @IronRabbit is actually my husband.
Either that, or they had the same instructor...
Over-an-hour-each-way-commuter here. I sometimes use the drive to practice compassion, because traffic makes me feel the opposite of compassion... I guess hatred. Irritation. Impatience. Lots of unskillful stuff. So when someone cuts me off without checking their blind spot, I try to turn my unskillful thoughts about them around and wish them metta. May that dumbass driver be free from aversion and attachment. May that dumbass driver be filled with loving kindness. Etc.
im ok safe driver.yes i do get annoyed if traffic is clog.but for the most part ,heighten awareness with dao luck.there was close call ones,like passing a red light,no accident happen when i wasnt paying attention--i dont know who to thank but dao.for the most part zen driving even though im not zen.
Who knows what as happened in the lives of others (including other drivers)....
Some food for mindful thought...
"The Cab Ride" ~Kent Nerburn~
Plus this...
Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson, in the back of a New York City taxi cab.
I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded,
and missed the other car by mere inches! The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was actually friendly!
So, I asked him, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and could've sent us to the hospital!"
And this is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call, "The Law of Garbage Trucks."
"Many people are like Garbage Trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it, and if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. Instead, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happier because you did."
Wow. That really got me thinking about how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? AND, how often do I then take their garbage and spread it onto other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I resolved, "I'm not going to do it anymore."
Since then, I have started to see Garbage Trucks everywhere. Just as the kid in the Sixth Sense movie said, "I see dead people," I can now say, "I see Garbage Trucks."
I see the load they're carrying ... I see them coming to drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
~Original story, by David J. Pollay~


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Osama's Secret Weapon
By Neal Brandvik
Several times a year Osama Bin Laden emerges from seclusion to taunt America. There is always a quiet confidence about him as he proclaims that victory for Islam and God over America is inevitable. In addition to promising more attacks on us, Osama says he is patient and willing to wait for our demise as long as it takes. Is he crazy? Where does he get the idea that a group of rag tag thugs who live in caves is going to defeat the greatest superpower nation in history? After all, as horrendous as the 9-11attacks were, our economy rebounded quickly.
To find out where Osama gets his mojo, go to your computer and Google "Peak Oil." One of the websites that will come up is www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net . This meticulously documented site is authored by Matt Savinar, a recent law school graduate. It begins with the statement: "Dear Reader, civilization as we know it is about to come to an end." Mr. Savinar is not referring to Osama's vision of civilization but our modern, petroleum based civilization that Dick Cheney refers to as "The American Way of Life" that is not negotiable according to Mr. Cheney.
I'm betting Osama has visited this site and read it thoroughly. He's smug and confident about the demise of America because he knows you will dismiss Mr. Savinar as a "chicken little" or "environmentalist wacko." If you decide to defy Osama and read Mr. Savinar's website carefully, you'll find out many of the folks warning us about Peak Oil are very rational and conservative. One is Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett who has quoted the ominous warnings from www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net and read them into the congressional record during several Peak Oil speeches in Congress. Another is Mathew Simmons, an energy investment banker and member of Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force. Need more reason to take Peak Oil seriously? How about the CEO of Chevron Texaco who started a marketing campaign to address the challenges of Peak Oil with their website www.willyoujoinus.com .
Bin Laden's strategy is clear. He learned from another Muslim – Muhammed Ali – in his fight with George Foreman. Remember the rope-a-dope? While we exhaust our resources "taking the fight to the terrorists" instead of massively investing in alternative energy, Osama's army will grow because Arabs know our military presence in the Middle East is all about the oil. The world knows this except for Americans, especially Iraqis who chased the British out of Iraq during the 1920s for doing the same thing. As global oil depletion squeezes the American economy, Osama's troops will continue to assault our "Way of Life" by bombing pipelines and killing oil workers. Unfortunately, in the long run there aren't enough tax dollars and willing young Americans to protect the Middle East's vast oil infrastructure. Since 60% of the oil remaining on the planet is in Muslim countries, Osama's minions never have to go far to make increasingly scarce, expensive oil more scarce and more expensive.
Geography, geology and time are on Osama's side not ours. The Peak Oil wolf is at our door and he knows it. Osama also knows we won't confront our petroleum demon any time soon. No politician who is interested in keeping his or her job will stop the continual building, maintaining and accessorizing of suburban sprawl that makes us utterly dependent on cheap oil. The Bush Administration can't talk about Peak Oil because acknowledging it makes America's oil grab in Iraq look obvious to all. They know killing for a resource that will run out some day is not palatable to a Christian nation. So Bush and Bin Laden have one thing in common. They don't want you to know about Osama's secret weapon -- Peak Oil.
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Earlier last week I was looking through my past "Welcome" files for the recipe for mini-chocolate cupcake brownies. Despite quite a bit of time searching, I never found that elusive recipe. However I did realize how many great recipes that I had completely forgotten about and would like to make and taste again.
Quite a few years ago our bridge club vowed to stop serving snacks when we played bridge. Even though bowls of salted nuts or snack mix do find their way to the bridge tables, we stuck to our vow to avoid those decadent appetizers filled with calories. Therefore, I've had no reason (excuse?) for indulging in trying new recipes.
While those that appear below have appeared in columns from years past, I believe that they are worth remembering and re-sharing with you. My sister-in-law Lynda entertains a lot of visitors on their porch in Cape May and Lynda always brings out delicious and tempting treats. These are her recipes and I am grateful that she is such a great hostess and creative cook.
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1 pound lean ground beef
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 (16-ounce) can refried beans
1 1/2 to 2 cups thick and chunky salsa
1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef in skillet; if necessary, drain off any grease. Mix browned ground beef with remaining ingredients. Place in a lightly greased baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. If desired garnish with any or all of the following: additional shredded Cheddar cheese, sour cream, more chopped green onion, sliced ripe olives. Serve warm with tortilla chips.
1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon crushed, dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
1/2 cup pizza sauce
1/2 cup chopped pepperoni (save calories and grease by using turkey pepperoni)
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped green onion
1/2 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-inch pie or quiche pan. Cream together cream cheese, sour cream, oregano, garlic powder and red pepper flakes and spread onto bottom of prepared dish. Spread pizza sauce over the top of this. Sprinkle pepperoni, green pepper and green onions over pizza sauce. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes until bubbly. Remove from oven and sprinkle on the cheese. Return to oven and bake for 5 minutes more to melt cheese. Serve with crackers, chips or vegetable sticks.
12-inch Boboli pizza crust
1 (16-ounce) can refried beans
1 cup salsa
1/2 cup cooked corn
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 cup sliced black olives, drained
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 450-degrees. Layer ingredients onto the pizza crust in the order listed. Bake for 12 minutes. Cut and serve. (You'll be sorry if you only make one of these.)