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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,

To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 1:27

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

In these end times, the Lord is looking for those who are ready to consecrate themselves to His use.

If you are ready to partner with God in His service, you can be sure that your reward will not only be great on earth but also in heaven.

However, for you to be a vessel unto honour in the service of the Lord, you must be ready to admit your insignificance before Him (Isaiah 40:17

You must also be ready to follow the Lord all the way, cheerfully and heartily

You should see it as a great honour for God to count you worthy of being called into the service of His kingdom.

Furthermore, God is holy, and so, for you to be a vessel in His service, you must also be holy in thought, character and conduct.

Those who want to continue in sin and also live a hypocritical lifestyle cannot be blessed in God’s service

You must surrender your life to Christ genuinely.

This is a prerequisite in offering acceptable service to the Lord

Any defiled or polluted person cannot behold the glory of God’s holiness

In the scriptures, those who offered acceptable service, such as Enoch, Daniel, Elijah and Job, made up their minds that they would not allow anything to pollute their lives

Note however that you cannot all by yourself keep yourself from the vanities of this world; neither can you live a holy life through your morality

You can only live a holy and acceptable life by yielding to the grace of God

God’s grace enables us to offer acceptable service before Him

Expounding on this grace
Titus 2:11-12 says,
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world”

Although there are several winds of false doctrine blowing across the world today, the Lord expects us to continue in the pure and undiluted word of God
(2 Peter 3:16-18)

This is the anchor that keeps us from being tossed about (Hebrews 6:18-19)

This undefiled word of God will help us keep that which is committed into our hands as we offer our service to God in these last days

We must be watchful so that our works will not be adjudged as imperfect before the throne of God

In the Body of Christ today, many people serve God amiss

They are working, but not asking themselves if their labour follows the due order of heaven (1 Chronicles 15:13)

If you fail to assess the methods you are using to achieve the mandate of the Commission, you will be shocked at the judgement seat of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15)

What are the motives behind what you do in Church?
What attitude do you display when your pastor is not there to watch over you?
How are you utilizing the resources entrusted to your care?A MEMORY VERSE

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  1. How many of you think about the hymns you sing, and make them the expression of your own feelings? How many of you fancy that you have spent the Sunday rightly when you go to church and listen more or less attentively to what your minister may have to say to you, and then go out and live a life in flat contradiction to the prayers, and the hymns, and the readings, and the preachings in which you have nominally taken part? Oh, Brethren! let us get into reality, and learn more and more than ever we have done that worship does not mean the external act, but the bowing of the spirit before God, and that amidst the many temptations to insincerity, unreality, and dead, fossil formalism, which adhere to all forms of oral and ceremonial worship, there is as much need to-day as ever there was that we should listen to him who says, ‘What hath thy God required of thee but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?’ ‘Lord! Lord! have we not prophesied in Thy name?’ ‘Depart from Me; I never knew you.’
    III. And now let me say one last word as to the only possible foundation for such a life.
    It is worship, it is the expression of religion, and only when it is the expression of religion will you find beneficence and purity in their highest and noblest forms. There are people that say, ‘I do not understand the Psalms; they are far too rapturous and emotional for me. I do not care about Paul and his metaphysical theology. I cannot make much of John and his mysticism. Give me James. That is plain common-sense; that is good practical morality. No clouds of darkness, no fine-spun theories.’ Yes, and James has for his fundamental principle that if you want morality you must begin with religion. He believes that visiting the widows and the fatherless in affliction, and keeping oneself unspotted from the world, or, in other words, the highest form of morality, is the body, of which religion is the soul.
    I am not going to enter upon that thorny question of the possibility of having an independent theory of ethics without religion, but my point is this – theory or no theory, where will you get the practical power that will work the theory and bring it out of the region of theory into the region of daily life and fact? I know it is extremely narrow, extremely old-fashioned, extremely illiberal, and I believe it is profoundly true. Begin with Jesus Christ and the wish to please Him, and there is the root out of which all these self-regarding and other’s regarding graces and beauties will most surely come. I have no doubt that you can make your model of a life without Christianity, though I fancy that a great deal of the model comes from the Christianity. But after you have got it, then one comes and says, ‘Well! it is all very pretty – a beautiful model; do you think it will work?’ If you want it to work, obtain the fire of the Holy Spirit to get up the steam and then it will work. You must begin with religion if you are to have a vigorous moral life, and your work in the world must be worship if it is to rise to the height of these two great forms of beautiful and noble life, the regard for others and the effort at purity for yourselves.
    Do not run away with the perversion of this text which says, ‘I do not frequent churches and chapels; that is not worship. The diffused worship of my life is what God wants.’ Yes, that is what God wants. And you will be most likely to render the diffused worship of a life if you have reservoirs in the life – like Sundays, like hours of private devotion and prayer – from which will flow – and without which I doubt there will not deeply and perennially flow the broad streams of devotion all through your days. ‘Work is worship’ is a monastic motto that is very frequently quoted nowadays. Well, ‘it depends; as they say. Work is worship if there is a reference to God in it, It is not worship unless there is. Brethren, begin where the New Testament begins, with faith in Jesus Christ, and you will end with a worship which harmonises the service of the lip and the service of the life. And if you do not begin so, you may flout the prayers of the Church, and look upon our gatherings together as of very little value, but I doubt extremely whether you will ever have in your life the all-present reference to God which will make common deeds worship, and I doubt whether you will ever succeed either in beneficence to others, or in keeping yourselves unspotted from the world.

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Holy Habanero

Came home last week and went outside to take down the garden. Found this instead.

Each of my four Habanero plants have probably 20 more peppers on them, and even more flowers blooming. There’s even flowers blooming on the Rutgers tomato plants!

We’re six weeks from the first frost date. Grow, little peppers and tomatoes!

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MedRisk promotes Mike Ryan to CEO / Founder Shelley Boyce continues to set the company’s vision as Executive Chairman

King of Prussia, Pa. (September 12, 2017) — Mike Ryan has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer and President of MedRisk, the leading managed care company specializing in physical rehabilitation within workers’ compensation. Founder Shelley Boyce is maintaining an active role as Executive Chairman.

“Mike’s strategic thinking and outstanding leadership have been pivotal to our record-breaking growth,” said Boyce, noting that MedRisk has experienced a 21 percent organic compound annual growth rate during Ryan’s six-year tenure.

As CEO and President, Ryan is responsible for MedRisk’s performance, overseeing strategic business initiatives and providing organization-wide leadership. Boyce is focusing on the ongoing evolution of the company’s product offerings and broader business partnerships.

Ryan has over 19 years’ experience in the insurance industry, having worked with major workers’ compensation carriers and third party administrators. He joined MedRisk in 2011 to develop and implement company-wide growth initiatives and became President in 2013.

"Advances in telehealth and value based care provide MedRisk with incredible opportunities,” Ryan said.  "We need to build for the future and Shelley has the entrepreneurial spirit and vision to drive those innovations.”

Founded in 1994 and listed as one of the Inc. 5,000 fastest growing privately held companies for 11 consecutive years, MedRisk counts over 115,000 providers in its network and serves almost 500,000 injured workers every year. MedRisk is the largest managed care organization dedicated to the physical rehabilitation of injured workers and holds direct contracts with more than 80 percent of the nation’s top workers’ compensation insurers and TPAs.

About MedRisk

Based in King of Prussia, Pa., MedRisk is the leader in physical rehabilitation solutions for the workers’ compensation industry. The company’s programs deliver savings and operational efficiencies that are significantly greater than traditional programs. MedRisk, which has successfully completed a SSAE 16 Type II examination, ensures high quality care and delivers outstanding customer service. To that end, all customer service professionals, healthcare advocates and physical therapists are based in the U.S. Customers include insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third-party administrators, state funds, and case management companies. For more information, visit or call

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90-day Hair Challenge Update #2

Hey there kinky krew 🙂

I just wanted to come on here because we have ONE MONTH left of the 90 day hair challenge! I’m so excited to see my overall growth from August to December and I know you guys are too. I recently removed my Mini-twists to end the month of November and to enjoy styling my hair over the Thanksgiving holiday. Here are just a few pictures of how I styled my coils for all the festive activities.

Although I’m excited to finish out this challenge with you ladies, I will not be mini-twisting for the last month of the challenge.(For real this time! Lol) My last take down was very scary and although I didn’t have to cut any hair, I was dealing with a lot of matting and twists that actually looked like dreads. I think because once I achieved my desired look I got lazy and didn’t refresh my twists like how I usually do. On top of that, I was saturating my hair daily with aloe vera juice, causing the hair to lock together. And with the thickness and length I gain each time I remove the twists, reinstalling would be too much. I just would hate to do all this work to have a setback while removing them. So with that being said I think it’s best I stop mini twisting for weeks at a time. (I will be following all the other rules to the challenge co-washing, no combs, oiling scalp etc).

I’ll miss my twists but I’m so excited to try different hairstyles with the length and thickness my hair is now. I’m finally at a comfortable curly length which allows me to experiment with heatless styles like bantu knots, flexi rods and wash n gos! (Yes, ladies I’ll be trying a wash n go, so stay tuned for a routine on that once I perfect it.) I’m excited to finally for the first time in my natural hair life to begin enjoying my hair! I hope you’ll stay tuned into my blog for everything to come!

Thanks for keeping up with my progress on this challenge, it has really turned my hair around in such a short amount of time. Please leave any comments or questions down below!

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Of vampires and miracle jam: keeping the sniffles at bay and boosting your immunity the natural way

If you think giving up dairy products is a chore, well, bite your tongue. Dairy-free and cheese-free living is pretty rad when you know how to make plant-based alternatives to things like milk, cream, and cheese. Good stuff all around – catch “Life is better without dairy and cheese” cooking class this Saturday in Alabang. On the menu: pumpkin soup ever so creamy, zucchini napoleon with soy ricotta, pasta with alfredo sauce, and a mango trifle. Bonus: homemade seitan cutlets. Sign up!

***Note: I wrote this post last night when it was still rainy and wet out. Hmmm. Seems like the sun decided to ruin bad weather. Anyway, what is written is quite timely and should prepare you for the next rainy day.***

With the weather at a breezy 25 Celsius and with damp everywhere, it’s no surprise that people are slowly succumbing to coughing fits, sore throats, high fevers and sick everything. One of my brothers is on his third sickness spell in a little less than two months. Another brother is starting to develop something and yet another one just got out of a 5-day sick weekend. Eeek! With germs and bacteria lurking about (and we all know, bacteria loves dampness), we need to reinforce our immune system with the proper tools to combat almost-sicknesses and for general health maintenance. It’s easy to slack off, eat without a health conscience, and depend on Paracetamol. But it’s downright awesome, I must say, to not get sick and be out and about.

Not to toot my own horn, but I LOVE this kind of weather where it’s rainy, windy, damp. On a rainy day, you can find me merrily making bread from scratch or baking a pie. You’ll also find me cooking up a cauldron of soup. Maybe I should’ve been British, eh?

I’ve been pretty lucky to not catch anything nasty yet. The last time I got sick was January of 2010 when I was caught by surprise by a New York winter that no Filipino should ever want to experience. EVER. Imagine bagyo-caliber wind + negative Celsius + zero humidity. This really happened. Now imagine a Pinoy, used to 95% humidity and 35 Celsius, in that situation. Yipee! Being sick, cold, and alone is fun.

Snowed in

Snow ain't all that when you're about to catch hypothermia.

Anyway, I digress. I’d like to share a few tricks on immunity protection, if you don’t mind.

1. Plants are your true friends. Not meat. For real.

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Ho hum, just another day at my cooking class. All plant-based, all good. Read more here: http://wp.me/poeTM-8O

Meat is highly acidic. Eating a highly acidic diet sets your body up for a bacteria growth-friendly environment. Animal protein – especially sourced from factory farmed animals – contain yummy goodness such as synthetic growth hormones and antibiotics. It also tends to leach nutrients from the body and wreak havoc on your liver to get rid of all the nasties. Oh yeah: making meat front and center usually translates to vegetables as an afterthought.

What to do? Eat a more alkaline diet. That means more vegetables, fruit, good oils such as olive and coconut , nuts, seeds, fermented soy (miso), coffee, and tea. Believe it or not, beans, legumes, and grains are considered acidic. But so are dairy, egg, and sugar. Balance is key.

2. Dairy, also not a good idea.

Dylan over here was rescued from a dairy factory farm. She now frolicks in the green grasses of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.

And I’m not just saying this because I personally have issues with the dairy industry. Studies have shown that dairy exacerbates mucus formation in the body. More mucus? More nasal and sinus problems, worse allergies, colds, flu, etc.

What to do? Definitely do not consume any dairy when you feel a cold coming and especially when you’re sick. Lots of plant-based alternatives about – soy, coconut, and if you have money to spend in Healthy Options – oat, hazelnut, almond, and rice.

DIY nut milks are great, too! Soak 1/2 cup unsalted cashews in water overnight; drain, rinse, place in a blender with 2 to 3 cups of water and process. Instant milk. Flavor with sweetener of your choice and vanilla, if desired.

Side note: class on the 16th of July 2011, this Saturday, will be tackling vegan dairy and cheese.

3. Greens are the new black.

Leafy green vegetables are the most nutritious of vegetables in all the land. This is one food group that’s okay to overdose on. We need to eat a ton of leafies especially with this questionable weather. They contain a magical drug called chlorophyll which is a great detoxifier  and supports the immune system by fighting off free radicals.

What to do? Salads are great, but it’s pretty hard to stomach a salad in cold weather. Also, eating a lot of salad / raw food in general actually cools the body down which is what we’re trying to avoid in the first place (on a side note: salads are a great hot weather food). Add copious amounts to soup. Steam up some greens, or if that’s not your thing, gently saute them with garlic. Vegetables should take up 50% of your plate, FYI. Oh, the darker the green, the better.

Another great way to eat more greens without even thinking is to smoothie it up. Leafy greens + fruit + water or ice. Find the right balance of green / fruit you like, although 40% greens / 60% fruit is good. You don’t want to be drinking a fruit smoothie though. I have a basic green smoothie recipe here.

If you’re lucky to have a juicer, please please make a green juice and drink this everyday. Ninety-five percent of nutrients can be found in the juice of fruit and vegetables, so concentrating the liquid and getting rid of the pulp and fiber makes for speedier consumption of said nutrients. You can consume a lot more greens this way, too.

Awesome everyday green juice: juice the following, in this order-

1 bunch pechay or other leafy green

1 bunch parsley

6 stalks celery (or cucumber)

1 cucumber, peeled

1 lime, peeled

2 to 3 slices pineapple or watermelon (or fruit of your choice)

4. Garlic, it ain’t just for keeping the vampires at bay.

Not only is this bad boy warming to the body and in Ayurveda, tonifying to the lungs, it does a hell of a job fighting off chronic diseases, acute diseases, and vampires of the sparkly persuasion. Yessir, garlic is anti-: bacterial, fungal, carcinogenic, and parasitical. Awesome at fighting the flu, amazing at removing toxins and heavy metals from the body. Since it increases body heat, it can act as an aphrodisiac. TRUE STORY, PEOPLE!

What to do: Garlic’s magic powers is potent in its raw form. So swallow your fears along with chewing a clove of garlic. Add it to your smoothie or juice. Mix it with your food, raw. If you’d rather get it over and done with, put it minced, on a teaspoon; swallow it and chase with water.

Please note: fried garlic chips on top of your adobo do not count. Two cloves daily is a good amount. Plus points if you can go up to 5 cloves in one day. Woohoo!

5. Who are we kidding? Orange and yellow are the new black.

Gosh, the plant kingdom really pwns the meat kingdom. Other great additions to your diet, from pale yellow to bright orange: ginger, chamomile, lemon, pineapple, turmeric, melon, squash, oranges, papaya. They all work at drying up the body, fighting off colds, coughs, and bronchitis, and strengthening the lungs and respiratory system.

What to do: make an intensely ginger soup, add ginger to your smoothie or juice, or brew salabat. Eat fruit raw, add them to smoothies and juices. If you come across fresh turmeric / galangal, make tea out of it. Add copious amounts of ground dry turmeric to your cooking.

6. Oh those crafty Indians and their miracle jam.

I just stumbled upon this amazing thing called Chyawanprash and y’all need to jump on the bandwagon and take this stuff, too. Chyawanprash is an ancient Ayurvedic health tonic that’s a rejuvenator, energizer, and immunity booster. This black-tinged, jam-like potion is made of 25 to 80 different herbs and has a sweet and sour taste. Tamarind-esque, actually.

The chief ingredient in Chyawanprash is amla – an Indian gooseberry that is intensely high in vitamin C and pectin. I can go on and on about this stuff or you can read the Wikipedia article here. Find it in Indian grocery stores but make sure it doesn’t contain ghee (clarified butter). I bought the Dabur brand from Assad’s Mini Mart on Jupiter St. Read about its magic ingredients here. A bottle is about P300.

What to do: Mix 1 to 2 teaspoons in non-dairy milk or add to your green smoothie. Try spreading it on toast, too.

7. Vitamin C, your other one true friend.

Eat these guys in vast amounts and you should become a flu-fighter in no time:

Chili peppers, guava, bell peppers, green leafy vegetables, parsley, broccoli, watercress, cauliflower, papaya, oranges, cabbage, lemons, limes, calamansi, pommelo.

Relying on chemical drugs can become a thing of the past when the foundation of your diet is whole, plant-based food and when you know the right fruit and vegetables that will boost your immune system and fight infection.

Rock on with the green juice, live long, and prosper.

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"Move out of the sun!"

Interpretation by Peter Sloterdijk (Wikipedia)

According to Peter Sloterdijk, in his Critique of Cynical Reason, this is “perhaps the most well known anecdote from Greek antiquity, and not without justice”. He states that “It demonstates in one stroke what antiquity understands by philosophical wisdom — not so much a theoretical knowledge but rather an unerring sovereign spirit [… T]he wise man […] turns his back on the subjective principle of power, ambition, and the urge to be recognized. He is the first one who is uninhibited enough to say the truth to the prince. Diogenes’ answer negates not only the desire for power, but the power of desire as such”.
The sun is out today in Greece and Greeks are voting about their future. Perhaps a miracle happens and they will elect a few people of Diogenes’ measure!
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, July 12, 2010 – Nearly 80% of people with Lewy body dementias (LBD) received a diagnosis for a different cognitive, movement or psychiatric disorder before ultimately learning they had LBD, according to the Lewy Body Dementia Association’s Caregiver Burden in Lewy Body Dementias, released today.

This new report reveals people with LBD and their caregivers face barriers to obtaining an early LBD diagnosis. Caregivers rate specialists and general practitioners as inadequate in discussing disease progression. Additionally, caregivers experience moderate to severe emotional burden, and most experience a sense of isolation because so few people know about LBD.

LBD is the second-most common form of degenerative dementia in the elderly, affecting an estimated 1.3 million people in the United States. Symptoms include dementia, unpredictable variations in cognition, attention or alertness; hallucinations, Parkinson’s-like symptoms, a sleep disorder characterized by physically acting out vivid nightmares and dreams, and a potentially life-threatening sensitivity to certain medications.
“LBD is a family disease, affecting not just the person with LBD but also the caregiver,” said Angela Herron, President of LBDA’s Board of Directors. “This report underscores the challenges presented by a disease that affects cognition, movement, behavior, sleep and mood. Despite the fact that LBD is a common form of dementia many doctors and other medical professionals are unfamiliar with LBD, compounding the burden even further.”

Importance of Early Diagnosis and Physician Awareness of LBD

Half of people seeking a diagnosis saw 3 or more doctors for 10 visits over the course of a year before they were diagnosed with LBD, and diagnosis required more than two years from the onset of symptoms for 31% of cases.

Although prognosis varies among individuals, LBD is often a more rapidly progressive disease than Alzheimer’s disease, and early diagnosis provides families an opportunity to plan for expected decline in cognition, function and behavior. Given the evidence that suggests treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors may benefit patients with LBD more than those with Alzheimer’s disease, barriers to diagnosis have a negative impact on both the patients’ and caregivers’ quality of life. Especially important, early diagnosis of LBD provides physicians with an opportunity to minimize exposure to medications that may aggravate symptoms, such as antipsychotic medications. Nearly 60% of people with LBD may experience severe, potentially irreversible reactions to antipsychotic medications, and in rare cases, a life threatening condition called neuroleptic malignant syndrome may also occur.

LBD Progression Not Adequately Addressed

While neurologists made most LBD diagnoses, caregivers most often relied on primary care physicians for ongoing follow-up care and reported difficulties coordinating treatment of LBD symptoms between primary care physicians and specialists, as medication for one LBD symptom may worsen another being treated by a different physician. Caregivers rated over 40% of both generalists and specialists as inadequate in telling families what to expect in the future, and more than half of physicians as inadequate in suggesting telling the family where to find more information on LBD or community-based resources.
“The lack of information on disease progression is a serious challenge to LBD families,” stated Herron. “It’s essential that families plan in advance for the relentless progression of LBD, and not having answers on what that decline will look like or how fast it may occur, adds significant stress to an already difficult situation.”

Caregiver Burden is Physical and Emotional

Caregivers reported moderate to severe levels of disability in the person with LBD and over 90% had taken over instrumental activities of daily living, like preparing meals, managing medications, transportation, finances and appointments. Over 60% of caregivers indicated the person with LBD could not perform basic activities of daily living, such as dressing or bathing.

People with LBD had high rates of behavioral problems and mood changes and two-thirds of caregivers reported a crisis in the past year that required a hospital emergency room, emergency medical services, psychiatric care, or law enforcement.

LBD caregivers face a number of challenges: social, medical, functional and financial. LBD caregivers feel isolated and often have to respond to crises, but may not be receiving adequate support from family, friends or healthcare providers. These features have the potential to lead to adverse outcomes for the caregiver “burnout” including stress, depression and poor health.
“Poorer caregiver outcomes directly lead to increases in patient institutionalization and declines in quality of life, stated Dr. James E. Galvin, a member of LBDA’s Scientific Advisory Council and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at New York University. “This may be particularly important in LBD where patients are at an increased risk of institutionalization and mortality.”

The findings are based on data collected by the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) in an online survey of 962 LBD caregivers. Designed by Steven H. Zarit, PhD, an expert on caregiver burden in dementia and Professor of Human Development at Penn State University, the survey was conducted over a 6-month period. Dr. Galvin analyzed the survey data, which was published in the July, 2010 issue of Parkinsonism & Related Disorders and the April-June, 2010 issue of Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders.

The full text of the Lewy Body Dementia Association’s Caregiver Burden in Lewy Body Dementias can be viewed by visiting

The Lewy Body Dementia Association

The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is the leading voluntary health organization in raising awareness of Lewy body dementias (LBD), supporting patients, their families and caregivers, and promoting scientific advances. LBDA’s Scientific Advisory Council is comprised of leading experts from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan in research and clinical management of Lewy body dementias. To learn more about LBDA, visit

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

The following is extracted from the Lewy Body Dementia Association website:

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a progressive brain disease and the second leading cause of degenerative dementia in the elderly. The clinical name, “dementia with Lewy bodies” (DLB), accounts for up to 20% of all dementia cases, or 800,000 patients in the US. Over 50% of Parkinson’s disease patients develop “Parkinson’s disease dementia” (PDD), which accounts for at least 750,000 patients. (PDD is also a Lewy body dementia.)

Other names for the Lewy body dementias are:

  • Lewy body disease (LBD)
  • Diffuse lewy body disease (DLBD)
  • Cortical Lewy body disease (CLBD)
  • Lewy body Variant of Alzheimer’s (LBV)(LBVA)
  • Parkinson’s disease with dementia (PDD)

In the early 1900’s, while researching Parkinson’s disease, the scientist Friederich H. Lewy discovered abnormal protein deposits that disrupt the brain’s normal functioning. These Lewy body proteins are found in an area of the brain stem where they deplete the neurotransmitter dopamine, causing Parkinsonian symptoms. In Lewy body dementia, these abnormal proteins are diffuse throughout other areas of the brain, including the cerebral cortex. The brain chemical acetylcholine is depleted, causing disruption of perception, thinking, and behavior. Lewy body dementia exists either in pure form, or in conjunction with other brain changes, including those typically seen in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

Horn of Plenty

–Mark L. Madden

When a music student brought his French horn to my shop for repair, he complained that the instrument “felt stuffy” and he couldn’t blow air through it. It’s not unusual to find partial blockages in brass instruments if small items get lodged in the tubing, but when I tested the instrument, the horn was completely blocked. After much probing and prodding, a small tangerine dropped out of the bell. “Oh,” said the musician when I handed him the fruit. Seeing the bewildered look on my face, he explained, “My mom used the horn for a cornucopia in a Thanksgiving centerpiece.”

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How I am feeling

Ever feel like you’re on the off-beat? Like everyone is moving along perfectly and you’re the only one struggling? Caught in the ripples everyone else is making?
Like you’re doomed and there’s no hope? Like everyone is moving up exponentially and you’re just moving up at a standard rate?
Ever feel a pain in your chest for no reason? A panging sadness, like there’s a bird trapped in your ribcage?
Do you ever wish you could be that happy person you see and hear about? Who’s attractive and rich and popular and smart and on the beat?

I feel like the more I struggle to be that person, the farther I push myself away. I take one step forward, and two steps back and I can’t keep up.
My ambition and determination are short-lived. I have no motivation.
How am I supposed to live like this?
Not to make it seem like I’m feeling sorry for myself, but, I’m not especially good at anything. And how am I supposed to polish any skills if I can’t muster up any motivation (other than competitiveness, which is also short-lived, as I never win -_-‘ )?

I feel like I’m caught in a vicious cycle. What good is life if you can’t be the best at something? What good is life when you can’t be happy? When you constantly feel like a nuisance, a bother, an obsessed lover, an overeating worrywart?
Is it normal to be jealous of the person I used to be?

I’ve probably gone off topic, and I’m not going back to edit it. I don’t even want to re-read it, or I’ll feel like I’m being dramatic.
I just don’t know what to do.

Day 6

Day 6 — A stranger

Day 6- Favorite super hero and why

Part 1

Hello, sir or madam.

You don’t know me and you never will, but I caution you to be wary of me, for I thrive on weirding strangers out.

Part 2

My favorite superhero? Beast Boy from teen titans.

Awwww yeah.

So I haven’t exactly been loyal with this whole bloggy thingie…

I’ll make them up now! I have like, 16 to do.

Shouldn’t take long.

Day 5 — Your dreams

Day 5- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to

Part 1

My dreams… Oh, my dreams… I love them. They reveal everything about me. You could call me a psychoanalyst.

  1. The conscious mind includes everything that we are aware of. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally. A part of this includes our memory, which is not always part of consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our awareness. Freud called this ordinary memory the preconscious.
  2. The unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness. Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the unconscious continues to influence our behavior and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying influences.

Part 2

Day 4 – Your sibling (or closest relative)

Day 4- A habit that you wish you didn’t have

Part 1

Alright well, surprisingly, my brother Mike, who I’ve never gotten along with, is my closest relative at the moment.

Dear Mike,

Thank you for going out of your way for me today. I like spending time with you when you’re not teasing me or poking at me.

Love, Kortni

Part 2

I have many bad habits… I’ll doone emotional-likeone and one physical.

An emotional-like one I have is worrying. I have been told countless,COUNTLESS times that I worry too much from COUNTLESS people. So I’m guessing it’s a bad habit of mine. I wish I could NOT worry, but I cannot stop! My imagination is a curse, sometimes, and I often imagine all of the possible outcomes to a situation.

A physical one is biting the inside of my mouth. I’ll bite the skin off my lips and cheeks until they bleed. I can’t help it. The only way to stop is by chewing gum.

Day 3 – Your parents

Day – A picture of you and your friends

Part 1

Dear mom,

Thank you for being really nice to me today. I hope we can get along like this every day from now on. I’ll try hard not to start fights or make mistakes.

Dear dad,

I feel proud when people tell me I look and act like you. You’re only a phone call away. Thank you for calling me for all these years, it means a lot. I miss you.

Part 2

Day 2- The meaning behind your Tumblr  WORDPRESS name

Day 2 -Your Crush

Part 1

The meaning behind my wordpress name traces back to when the dinosaurs roamed. I met a lumpy triceratops whom I befriended rather quickly and I named him Tater Tot. One day, a group of wild cavemen ventured to my hillside and barbarically ripped apart little Tater Tot, breaking my heart. I then named myself KorTOTni in loving memory of my dino friend.

I apologize for that horrible story.

My friend Ashley nicknamed me that one day. I thought it was fitting since “Kortni” was already taken for a username.

Part 2

A letter to my crush:

Hello, Nipsy.

I don’t want to embarass you so I won’t write much.

Jag älskar dig.

Love, Kortni

Yeah so I’m gonna complete these crazy thingies for every day of the month of Spetember because it’s THE BEST MONTH *ahem*

So! Since I’ve missed the first 4 days, I’ma do all those right here.

For today:

Day 1- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Day 1 — Your Best Friend-

Day 1

Part 1.

A recent picture of me will be on the bottom since I cannot figure out how to place text after it 😀

  1. I’ve got plaaaans to put my haaaands on places I’VE NEVAH BEEEEEEN
  2. I love country music.
  3. I like being creepy
  4. I’m excited right now. Not sexually.
  7. I think cats look like cornish hens when they are sleeping
  8. Who’s your paddy?
  9. big weenuh
  10. big weenuh
  11. big weenuh
  12. If I could have anything in the world right now, it would be a banana, half peeled, wriggling like an octopus.
  13. I don’t like yellow candy. I’M SORRY.
  14. My fingernails are dirty.
  15. I think Yom Kippur is a cool holiday because it looks like Kipper

Part 2

A letter to my best friend:

I love you. You’re awesome and amazing and I love talking to you. Great minds think alike.

Love Kortni ❤

I’m back.

Guess who’s back mother chuckers.

I was reading through all my old posts, chuckling at my own creativity and naivety.

1. I watched the decapitation video alone in my room one evening. Not bad.

2. You have no idea how much better Biology was than FUCKING chemistry.

3. The badonkadonk, indeed, lives on.

More to come, friends. More to come.

I would add a picture of them, but they are so disgusting. I refuse to put such a stupid thing on my blog.
It is an honor for a picture to make it onto my blog, and fruit flies just arn’t worth it.
This one, however, is.

Aww, screw it. Here’s a little fruit fly animation.


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A desk to call your own +Â Boobs â€“ (it is safe for work)

Hey guys! I just got back from ducking in to see a good friend of mine in his new office space. He is renting a shared office in a rather eclectic building in the city, just on Burnett Lane. He shares a desk with his house-mate (and great guy) Kev, and I feel privileged having just seen it. It’s awesome. And what any young, aspiring creative should have. Basically, a bunch of Architects own the lease on the building, and they sub-lease it out to like-minded creatives who share the space for work, blogging and freelance activities. It’s genius! And you get a space to call your own, a stimulating atmosphere, you’re surrounded by interesting people, and you get to look at boobs while you’re trying to think (see below).

As you enter from Burnett Lane, you get to walk up these secure steps to the doorway – it already has an underground, creative vibe to it!

Inside the shared loft.

In Dave’s shared area. Cool windows.

Dave’s desk and bike.

And the man himself, working away at his desk, well, before I came in and distracted him.

Thanks for letting me come visit Dave – and I’ve never seen a man so appreciative of an iced coffee before. Enjoy mate!

Interior shots had bounce-flash added to bring the lighting levels up a bit, but I bounced towards the light source (windows) so the light was all coming from the same direction. Everything else was shot with the clouds making a nice soft light source today. Yay!

More to come…

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  1. This is pure awesome. I dream of working in a studio space like this one day. 🙂

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Once upon a time, UFC 137’s co-main events were matches that revolved around the Welterweight championship. In the Level B bout, Carlos Condit would square off against “The Prodigy” BJ Penn and one level up, George St. Pierre (UFC Welterweight Champion) would duke it out with Nick Diaz (Strikeforce Welterweight Champion) to unify the division titles.

Then comes September 8th, 2011…the day of the official UFC 137 Press Conference.  All the headline fighters were in tow, all except Diaz. It was learned the day of the press conference that Nick Diaz would not show up. It’s been reported that Diaz has anxiety issues, to the effect where he’s only comfortable in front of people when he’s in the cage.

As a result, Carlos Condit was promoted to the main event against GSP for a shot at the title, and rightfully so with how he’s sliced through opponents as of late.

Knowing the fighter that Diaz is and barring all embarrassment, White forgave Diaz and plugged him into the co-main event with Penn. Enter the opponent that White has struggled with all of 2011, the injury bug.

A few weeks ago, St. Pierre suffered a knee injury in training that forced out of the main event. Since Condit has earned his slot as the number one contender, White has awarded him more time to train for GSP, once he fully recovers. What does this do for the UFC 137 main card?  It elevates Penn and Diaz into the main event slot. Diaz, with anxiety issues and all, has returned to his original slot.

Now on to the fight!  Both fighters have excellent stand-up. Both are Jiu-Jitsu/submission artists. Here’s where they differ. Diaz can take punches, but the question is, “Is he on the brink of taking too many?” If so, that won’t bode well for him given that Penn is one of MMA’s top-tier punchers. Penn has his faults as well. One of particular note is his cardio. It’s been shaky throughout his career. That won’t be favorable for him, facing a cardio machine in Diaz.

While I think every element mentioned will show itself in this bout, I think the punching power and accuracy of Penn will take Diaz’s chin places it has yet to go. This one goes the distance, but it will do so decisively, in favor of “The Prodigy”.

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Calendar of Events

This is where you can keep up to date on Church and Civic Activities anywhere in the KVIP listening area. To submit an item, please send full details to our Public Service Director, Ted Hering . Items must be of a non-profit nature, and are subject to review prior to inclusion on air or at our web site. Listing of events does not constitute endorsement of the event by KVIP. Our mailing address is: KVIP, 1139 Hartnell Ave., Redding, California, 96002.
Take a stand for life between now and March 25th as 40 Days For Life is in need of prayer warriors in both Redding and Eureka between 7:00am and 7:00pm. Head for this link for more information.

Providence International invites you to Riverland Farm each Saturday to learn by doing, how to grow healthy plants, people, places and planet. Each Saturday from 9:00 to 5:00 you can help build a recreation park/farm of the future and learn while doing it! Call 949-4199 for more information or directions.

Quills of Faith is a Christian writer’s group meeting the second Monday of each month at neighborhood Church on Rhonda Rd. in Anderson from 7:00 to 9:00. Call 378-1410 for more information.

God’s Precious Jewels is in need of used Gospel songbooks in good condition. They will be distributed to Native American congregations. Call 530-514-3909 if you can help.

The next Eureka Rescue Mission Auxiliary Luncheon takes place February 19th at 12:00, at the Church of the Nazarene, 2039 E Street. Rich Waters of Calvary Chapel of Fortuna is speaking. Please bring a donation of $1 and a canned food item.

Simpson University’s ASPIRE degree completion program is holding an open house February 21st from 5:00 to 6:00 to show you how to earn a bachelor’s degree in as few as twelve months. RSVP at this link.

The Erwins and Joseph Habedank in concert February 23rd at First Church of God in Red Bluff, 1005 S. Jackson. This free concert begins at 6:30.

Simpson University for Seniors will sponsor an informational meeting about the Shasta County Grand Jury for those who may consider serving. Meet February 27th, 10:00am, in Room 204 of the Owen Student Services Center, Simpson University, 2211 College View Drive, in Redding.


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Tag Archives: Ghanzi

Guessing Game

26 Feb

Here in Ghanzi, there are many churches. One of the denominations, the Dutch Reformed Church, has two churches with two separate congregations. In fact, they are about a two minute walk from each other.

One of them is known as “the white church” and delivers services in Afrikaans to a predominantly white congregation. The other is known as “the black church” and delivers services in Setswana to a predominantly black congregation.

Here are their pictures. Can you guess which one is which?

Better Late than Never

26 Feb

Hey all, sorry for my lack of updates lately! I have been having a difficult time since the holidays, and have definitely been feeling a little homesick and more than a little unmotivated. There hasn’t been a lot of work for me to do at my organization which was very frustrating for me, but finally things are starting to pick up. I have a few small projects to work on and I have been able to attend a few regional forum on the organization’s behalf. A lot of what I am doing is preparing material for the organization once funding comes in. For example, I am designing a gender workshop with many different sessions (sexual health, domestic violence, alcohol and values and norms to name a few) so that when I am gone, they have all the necessary materials to facilitate the workshop.

Apart from work, I am definitely feeling a lot more at home here in Ghanzi. I have made a good group of friends and feel like I am starting to fit in better socially. It definitely makes a difference when you get invited to parties, to baby showers and other social events! I am also getting SUPER excited about my upcoming vacation with Heather and Kelsey to Namibia and Cape Town!


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For more information, watch the instruction video.

Before using the surplus/shortfall module it is important to configure curtain things properly. In case you don not do this, you can find balances that are incorrect.
Before you start with the Plus min module it is required to thoroughly keep track of your schedules and registered shifts in L1NDA.

Do the following steps for a correct balance:

  1. Make sure the timetables in L1NDA are up to date. Make sure contact details of employees that work an permanent basis are correct.
  2. Determine the date you want to start using the plus minus hours and configure this in the properties.
  3. Add a starting balance as a correction for your employees.

Below some issues are being clarified.

1.Make sure contract information of permanent employees in L1NDA is correct.

For the surplus/shortfall hours it is important that all employees with a fixed hour contract have the right type of contract as well. make sure the amount of contract hours is correctly inserted.

Check it by following the next steps:

  • Click the L1NDA icon followed by 'Staff'.
  • Click on an employee that has a fixed hour contract.
  • This brings you to the profile of the employee. Click on 'manage' to go to contract management.
  • Make corrections in the contract when required. Pay attention to the amount of contract hours and the type of contract.
  • Make corrections in the contract when required. Do this by clicking on the contract in question. Now you can apply changes.

Attention: names of contract types can differ from the image. Aim for 'fixed hours contract'.

TIP: You can download the list of employees in the main overview of your staff to check all their contracts. (small printer icon)

2. Determine the date you want to use the surplus/shortfall hours with L1NDA by using preferences.

Our advice is to pick a starting date when all schedules are kept steadily. From this date you know the surplus/shortfall balance as well. Use three steps to insert the start balance.

Set the date like this:

  • Click in the L1NDA icon, followed by 'Office'.
  • Now click on 'System settings' the in right column.
  • Click on the tab called 'Surplus/shortfall holiday'
  • Insert the correct date and press 'Save' to save adjustments.

3.  Add a starting balance as correction for your employees.

Now the contracts are set properly and L1NDA knows when balance needs to be calculated. How you can share a sign to start using L1NDA with plus.

Did you insert the 1st of January 2013 at the last step? Now you can tell your employees this as the starting date.

In case you want to know more about adding corrections, click here

After these two steps the balance will be calculated properly.

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Days of Dialogue Opens Conversation on Police-Community Relations in South L.A., Gets an Earful

"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Friends and family members of Ezell Ford shoot a music video decrying police brutality. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog LA
“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” Friends and family members of Ezell Ford shoot a music video decrying police brutality. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog LA

Dialogue was great, said a young man from Youth Justice Coalition as we left the Days of Dialogue on Police-Community Relations in the Aftermath of Ezell Ford and Michael Brown event held at Dr. Maya Angelou High School in South L.A. last night, but what he cared about was action.

It seemed to be a sentiment shared by many of the approximately 200 people that participated in the conversation hosted by 9th District City Councilmember Curren Price and Days of Dialogue, an organization founded in 1995, in the wake of the O.J. Simpson verdict.

The sentiment was particularly strong among the youth. They see themselves reflected in the cases of Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Omar Abrego (a graphic video of Abrego on the ground can be seen here) and, most recently, Clifford Alford, the young man mistakenly identified as a potential robbery suspect and brutally beaten by police while handcuffed on October 16, just two blocks from the school where the event was held. And they are tired of fearing that they could be next.

But these frustrations with law enforcement and fears of being victimized by those who feel at liberty to abuse their authority are nothing new.

When Patricia, the facilitator at the table where I sat with a dozen community members, asked us to give voice some of these concerns, she didn’t have to ask twice.

Helen, an African-American woman in her 70s and a life-long resident of South L.A., related a story about having stopped to ask the police for directions because she was lost only to have them run her plates instead.

“I didn’t ask them for that,” she said wryly.

She then went on to describe how her mother had sat her and her siblings down while they were still little kids to tell them that, because of the color of their skin, they would always have to make sure to move slowly and keep their hands visible at all times when interacting with the police.

For another young African-American mother at the table, those lessons still resonate today. During a recent routine traffic stop, she said, she had panicked and stepped out of the car with her hands up, announcing that there were babies inside.

“Kids move so fast and they’re not good at keeping still,” she explained. She had been afraid that any sudden movements the kids made might have prompted officers to open fire first and ask questions later (as happened recently in South Carolina, when a trooper shot a man after instructing him to retrieve his license).

To someone who has never experienced profiling or had a negative encounter with law enforcement, those sorts of reactions might seem like paranoia or even bias on the part of the speakers. For the participants in the dialogue, however, it was clear their apprehension and distrust might be better described as a trained response to years’ and years’ worth of, as participants put it, being “terrorized,” “pre-judged,” “abused,” “disrespected,” “harassed,” and “left unprotected” by officers.

Many of those raising concerns were people that knew officers well. Helen had worked for the Sheriffs Department for 30 years. Yet she says the things she saw — particularly the opportunistic beatings of inmates and the bragging that officers would engage in after the fact — would keep her up at night. She saw officers regularly beat people in her neighborhood, too, she continued, and harass a mentally ill young man whenever they saw him out walking, despite her repeated requests that they leave him alone.

Sue, also in her 70s and whose daughter was a detective, described how she could not get officers to respond when a neighbor — someone she recognized — was attempting to break into her home, with the apparent intent to assault her (as he had waited for her to arrive at home before attempting to break in). At the time they told her they couldn’t send any officers because no one was available to assist her. It was only after she called her daughter that the incident was taken seriously and officers were dispatched to her home to take fingerprints and follow up.

It was unacceptable, she said, that people should not be taken seriously unless they are seen as somebody important.

Whoever calls,” she said, “you should come see about us!”

And when they arrive, they need to be respectful, Helen chimed in, recounting an incident when officers had shown up at her home (incidentally, the wrong house), took one look at her 16-year-old grandson, and asked him what gang he was from (he was not affiliated with any gang).

There is no way they can feel safe moving through their streets if they know they are being seen as having so little value.

Or be seen as criminals, added Cookie Partansky, recalling having been accosted by officers for walking alongside a woman she didn’t know in Pasadena. Her point was echoed by others at the table who were tired of seeing youth of color be targeted for harassment for simply walking down the street or be assumed to be part of a gang because they were walking with a friend.

Youth are so afraid they’re going to be beaten by officers that it can prompt them to behave in counter-intuitive ways, said Oscar Murcia III, a gang interventionist who regularly works with officers. In the case of one youth he knew that had been stopped for tagging, the youth was so fearful of what was going to happen that he took off, while handcuffed, and threw himself under a car to hide. The officers, contend Murcia, dragged the unarmed handcuffed youth out from underneath the car and shot him.

You want to be able to trust law enforcement, he said, but “time and time again they disappoint you.”

“It speaks to a pattern of behavior,” agreed Francisco Ortega of the city’s Human Relations Commission, who remembered having his own run-ins with law enforcement as a youth in the area.

Looking to move the conversation forward toward solutions, he noted that, “A lot of the issues in our neighborhoods are not about emergencies. They’re about relationships.”

Relationships within families, within communities, with institutions, with the city, and with agencies like law enforcement. A community policing approach could help, but healing those relationships was something everyone — including those that had been wronged by or distrusted law enforcement — had to participate in in order for people to “feel confident to take back our streets.”

Having unarmed civilians working within the police department and alongside officers might be one approach, he suggested. Murcia — who often acts as a first responder, arriving at the scene of gang-related incidents to help calm tensions — agreed, adding that he felt that officers needed to be subjected to due process (not just handed desk duty) when they behaved badly for trust in the force to be rebuilt.

But trusting law enforcement seems quite a ways off yet. Of the 200-plus participants present last night, 90% felt that people of color were treated less fairly by law enforcement at least some of the time (62% felt it was the status quo). And 66% were unsure that we would ever have a true accounting of what happened in officer-involved shootings like those of Brown and Ford.

And while the consensus in the room seemed to be in agreement that dialogue was the way forward, the question I was left with was, “Dialogue with whom and to what end?”

Fewer than a dozen officers were on hand to listen to the conversations and address concerns last night. And while they gamely joined the discussion tables and did their best, the truth is that they were not the officers that needed to hear the concerns that were raised. As is generally typical at dialogues I’ve attended in the past, these were experienced officers that already seemed to be dedicated to a more community-centric approach to policing.

And their presence wasn’t necessarily enough to ensure dialogue actually happened, despite their best efforts. When a kind white officer sat down at our table, instead of engaging him on the wider concerns we had just spent two hours discussing (i.e. fear, lack of trust, the culture of the department, profiling, etc.), participants immediately began grilling him about why they had gotten a ticket for this or that infraction several years ago or why a particular ticket was handed out in a particular way. Things he obviously couldn’t answer.

When I tried steering the discussion toward the bigger picture issues — particularly the culture within the department and the problem of it being data-driven rather than taking a preventative approach to policing — it was clear the officer couldn’t answer those, either. He could answer from his experience and approach to the job (which entailed having to fight assumptions some members of the communities he policed had that he was racist because of their past experience with white officers) but that was all he could offer.

For true and productive dialogue to happen, it seemed, conversations would need to be more focused, structured, ongoing, and community-specific, including both those officers responsible for setting the tone within their divisions and some of those who are known to have a poor reputation in the community, as well as some of the community members (particularly young men) who have had the most trouble with law enforcement, including those involved in gangs.

That said, the best remedy still seems to be thoughtful, meaningful, and deliberate action — more training for officers addressing culture, diversity, mental illness, and de-escalation, more foot patrols, more community policing, more accountability, and more community partnerships that could support officers and help them engage in prevention-oriented work.

Because clearly a greater show of force is not the way to go. When asked about police forces around the country getting access to military-grade weapons, participants were adamant that coming into communities with that level of aggression would serve no positive purpose.

“They look like they’re fighting a war with ISIS,” said Sue, disgustedly, “not helping a community.”

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Days of Dialogue will hold a second dialogue on Saturday, November 1, at Augustus Hawkins High School at 9 a.m.

  • bryan

    i just wanted to say this is another interesting piece by sahra suleiman, since it seems to have attracted no comments.

  • sahra

    Thanks, Bryan!

  • dorit

    I agree that the dialogue must be more structured and directed between community members and police officers. Difficult conversations are absolutely necessary to get through to police administration that their strategies of non critical aggression creates many more problems than it seeks to solve. The LAPD’s institutional answer that it’s only a handful of officers who need to be weeded out from the “good” majority is a cop out. The LAPD has the largest initiative in the nation of undercover officers surveilling other officers generating an internal climate of fear, paranoia, frustration and anger that guess what – is easily triggered to shoot to kill, fed by unconscious bias against people of color. Bad combo that has to change! Police need training and reward in bias awareness, relationship development, conflict engagement and transformation to truly protect and serve the community and be appreciated. The community wants to trust the police, and too must look at bias and expectation that every cop is a bad cop. What are we waiting for?

  • No3Luis

    South Central can be broken down into three main groups pursuing the American Dream.

    I live in 90011.

    The section 8 renter: This family gets up to 70% of their housing costs covered by the government. They get to live 15 mins. from DTLA and they can only have to cover 30% of the housing costs. This group is entitled. They can decide to drink a bottle of Hennessey and invite all their friends over and cause nuisance until the late night hours…They can decide to work on their cars on the grass all week because they don’t have to worry about paying the real cost of living 15 mins. from DTLA. The concentration of Section 8 housing in South Central is astounding. These households live the American Dream, sleep all day, and party all night.

    The regular renter: Rents are high anywhere near DTLA. This group has to work to make full rent. They usually hold low income jobs and will join up with other family members (high density) to help cover the cost of living in Los Angeles. They are not concerned with maintenance of the property, getting involved with the community or making sure that theirs have enough space and time to do homework. The regular renter is main concern is making
    rent!! This group is usually recent immigrants and they too are pursing the American Dream.

    The homeowner: There are two types of homeowners, The ones who have been in South Central for 20-40 years and are now approaching their
    60-80’s retirement years. They have grown kids but some still have the role of “parents” for grandbabies from loser kids. This group is very proud and will talk your head off of “how it was before…” But my question to them is “what is the neighborhood now? “

    Newer homeowner: They move here in the last 5 years. They look around and see great potential. Great homes in need of cosmetic repair, 15
    mins from DTLA. But they also see the problems and the issues and the lack of resources and the need to get involved.

    This group is making a difference by calling 3-1-1 and requesting bulk item pickup or attends neighborhood council meetings. The process is slow but it is working.

    As a side note: I have seen places like Echo Park where the gangbangers have been “priced out” of the neighborhood. This will happen in South Central too. This area is due for gentrification. . The new Northgate on the corner of Slauson and Central is a great start. This helps both new or older homeowners by increasing property values and increase job opportunities for all.

    We look to a better time when South Central has priced out some of the bad elements from the community and City officials can grow some courage to revoke Section 8 entitlements from recipient’s who are not productive members of society.

    I would challenge our elected Officials to use the “Does policy XYZ increase property values for my district?” as a guiding light.

    o Does fighting gangs with the full extent of the law increase property values? Yes! Then do it.

    o Does issuing tickets and demanding proper licenses from street vendors increase property values? Yes! Then do it.

    o Does demanding proper City Services for trash pickup
    and alley clean up increase property values? Yes! Then pursue it.

    o Do enforcing Building Permit violations increase overall property values? Yes! Then do it.

    Regarding the police, there was a huge party several Sunday’s ago that ended at 3:30 am. The party ended in a street brawl and shots fired. We had been calling since 930pm asking for a squad car to come and make them lower the music. We called at 9:30, 11:30, 12:30 finally we just plugged our ears and forced ourselves to sleep. Why? Because we have to go to work at 630am the next morning in seek out and live the American Dream. South
    Central is where I pursue my American Dream. Thank you for reading.

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The Future Mr. Lady Andrea is a Sweetheart. Again.

I love Tony Romo.  Last year in the Ladies… Fantasy Football league we drafted our starting quarterbacks on the basis of hotness and I drafted Romo.  I find him charming and adorable and sexy.  The night of the season opener, he stopped on his way home to help change the tire of a couple by the side of the road.  And now yesterday he paid for a Dallas homeless man to get into a movie and then invited him to sit with Romo and his friend. LOVE.  HIM.  If only he would get rid of that no-talent dumbass who follows him around in her pink jersey and stilettos.

Look at that butt!

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  1. I sent the story about Romo taking the homeless guy to a movie and said something about how “I should follow Romo’s example.” But Mom had a good point – if *I* invited a homeless gentleman to watch a movie with me, he might get the wrong idea, so perhaps I should pick a different awesome thing to do if I want to be like Romo.

    But in a word…AWWWWWWWWWWWW!

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  3. I’m really coming around on him. I was pissed when I had to draft him in my other league but he is so hot in that “guy next door who rescues puppies” type of hot. And I second the ditching of pink jersey.

  4. Andrea, you know I love you, but Im not with you on this one! I dont know what it is, but he doesn’t do it for me.

    What movie were they seeing, High School Musical 3? It was pretty good afterall.

  5. Maybe I’m a smart aleck, but if I’m homeless, I would prefer going to a shelter or getting a meal compared to sitting in a movie theater for a couple hours.

  6. Even as an Eagles fan, I heart Tony Romo so very much. Even with the taint of the talentless blond bimbo and her slimy father who’s just WAITING to sell a reality series about their (God, no) wedding clinging to him. Those dimples just kill me.

  7. sportslady – I’m in the opposite boat. I absolutely hate the Cowboys, but I both recognize Romo’s considerable skill (though I wonder if certain other QBs would have come back sooner from the pinkie thing) AND think he’s a cutie-patootie. But despite those things, I hate his team.

    Well, except Jason Witten.

  8. Minda – oh trust me, I question the pinkie thing…I’ve questioned it since day one. But hey, it is what it is. Him being out showed us we have major holes. I love having him as my QB, LOVE IT, but I don’t know…just Romo the dude, does nothing for me. I think it’s because I’m a weirdo and don’t like the guys who everyone else does! :)

    Witten saves our ass more than anyone else on the team. He’s a good man.

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The 2nd Annual Playoff Beard Awards

Just because this picture is hilarious, I had to include it in this post.

The Stanley Cup Finals are set, and Lord Stanley’s Cup is about to be awarded to either the Chicago Blackhawks or Philadelphia Flyers.  We here at Ladies… are in the mood to award another kind of hardware.  That’s right, it’s time for the 2nd Annual Playoff Beard Awards!

Follow us after the jump to see if your favorite hockey hottie was a big winner or not.

This year, we’re going to mix things up.  New awards have been created, and we hope you enjoy them.

First up…

Best Lumberjack Beard

Patrick Marleau, San Jose Sharks

Patrick is definitely a manly man.  Just look at that beard!  I’m glad he keeps it under wraps during the season because he’s a pretty hunky guy without it.

Best Creepy Twin Beards

Henrik & Daniel Sedin, Vancouver Canucks

These boys could cover a plethora of categories, but “creepy twins” is a good description of them. I was thinking about using them for the “Fire Beard” category, but I found a better (read: hotter) choice.

Best Fire Beard

Brooks Laich, Washington Capitals

Brooks didn’t get out of the first round, but he still managed to grow a nice, red beard.  While not a natural red-head, his beard grows in that color.  That’s kinda hot, and convenient, actually.  I had to manage to sneak a Cap in here somewhere.

Best Scruff Turned Beard

Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks

It’s no secret how much I love Ryan Kesler, so you pretty much figured I would find some award to give him.  Ryan never seems to have a clean shaven face, and I thought he transitioned his scruff to a nice beard for the playoffs.

Best Playoff Mullet

Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

Maybe Patrick saw us ripping his non-existent beard last year, or maybe he just realized what everyone else already knew. Patrick Kane cannot grow a beard.  This year Kaner decided to embrace his inner redneck and grow a mullet, instead.

Best Goalie Beard

Antti Neimi, Chicago Blackhawks

So apparently, Niemi was the only goalie who chose to really grow a beard this postseason.  Michael Leighton’s was so-so.  Evgeni Nabokov and Roberto Luongo didn’t even have one.  So Antti wins this award by default.  I much preferred last year’s winner.

Best Creepy Beard

Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins

Looks like we have our first repeat offender, I mean winner.  I guess Sid didn’t get our multiple memos last year.  Sid, the beard is CREEPY!!!  Granted it’s not as creepy as last year, but still! Either use some face Rogaine or go beardless.  You seem harmless normally, but that beard/mustache combo just makes you look like a creeper.  Seriously.  It’s gross.

Alright, so there you have it.  I’m sure there are many great – or gross – beards we missed, so nominate your own player for your own award in the comments!

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    • That’s totally a mennonite thing. I don’t know for sure if he is mennonite but with a name like Toews it’s a pretty good bet, since most of them are.

    • I’ve been saying the exact same thing! Every time I see him I’m looking for the hat and suspenders. Still hot, though!

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  2. Buffalita – I totally forgot about Toews’ mutton chops!

    I also thought about including Patrick Kane’s creepy Spencer Pratt beard, but decided the mullet was more fun. And I apologize to any Crosby lover for giving him the creepy beard award for the second year in a row. I just came across a picture of Daniel Briere from the other night, and he has the same exact look going on!! Gross!!

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The first split of the East Zone of the 2017-18 Louisiana duck season is over halfway through and for the most part, hunting results have been mixed at best. In fact, it has been downright tough. Unless you have a spot where water was pumped up early, you probably haven’t had much luck except a little pass shooting.

Even some of the top areas have been up and down. It seems like one group will kill ducks one day, then another group the next. But only a handful of folks we’ve talked to have killed ducks consistently.

The main problem is water. Everywhere there is water, it has been pumped up for a while. And everywhere that is, there are also duck blinds, so the ducks are getting shot at every time they come to the spots. There is literally no “lay up” water for the ducks to rest in. There are no flooded woods and the public areas haven’t been pumped up for the most part this year. I’m not sure why.

But tough conditions don’t deter duck hunters. If they did, they wouldn’t be duck hunters. You can keep up with local duck hunting reports all through the season by going to the home page and scrolling down to the Duck Report with Jeff Simmons at  http://www.simmonssportinggoods.com/

Stay after them. And stay safe. There has already been one serious accident in our area involving a duck hunter riding to hunting grounds at Wham Brake. Here’s that story:

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A morning of duck hunting on Wham Brake last Monday left one man seriously injured following a two-boat accident in the perimeter canal. The accident happened about 4:30 a.m. Monday morning, according to a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries statement.

According to witnesses, hunters in two 17-foot mud boats were on their way to their duck blind when one of the vessels collided with and ran over the other vessel. Thorne McKee was in Wham Brake when the collision happened. As his boat turned a corner where visibility was reduced by grasses, he saw the end of the accident with one boat airborne.

The operator of the boat that was underneath was hit by the second boat and launched over the top of the vessel. The operator was then ejected into the water. There were four people in the boat that was hit and two people in the other boat.

“We rode up to it, and there was a man laying in the water,” McKee said. “So we reacted and threw him in my boat and took him to the boat ramp.”

McKee said on the ride to the boat ramp the injured man’s brother held his hand.

“When we pulled up, he laid there, and we prayed over him, and his brother prayed over him, and we waited for first responders,” McKee said.

The operator was transported to St. Francis Medical Center for treatment. McKee said the boat that collided with the operator’s boat passed him speeding before the accident. He said it was a repeat of an incident the week before where McKee followed the driver, who he said was a 14-year-old, to discuss the speeding and attempt to locate the teen’s parents. He believes a second 14-year-old was a passenger in the boat.

“The accident, it could have been so easily avoided,” McKee said. “The whole time this was happening it was so foggy out there in certain places, certain spots on the water, it was so foggy you couldn’t see the front of your boat. When it’s foggy like that you should be required to reduce down to an idling speed.”

No one in the second boat was injured. according to the LDWF. The LDWF Enforcement Division is the lead investigative agency for this boating incident. No citations have been issued, though charges could be pending as the investigation remains ongoing.

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Influence surfaces extend the notion of an influence line onto a 2D surface and are used for plate-deck models. In LARSA 4D, influence lines & surfaces include algorithms to automatically find the worst-case live load scenarios by positioning vehicles and uniform lane loads to maximize the effect.

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Special algorithms for vehicle loading produce faster and more accurate results when more than two vehicles are placed on a lane or deck surface.

Influence surface design lanes can include UDL without vehicle loading to promote flexibility in creating load combinations.

Centrifugal force factors adjusts vehicle wheel magnitudes, and multiple factors can apply on different segments of a single influence surface.

Supports curved bridges and skewed bridge decks.

Variable axle spacing, variable wheel spacing.

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LARSA 4D provides tools that can be applied to any live load design code, including AASHTO LRFD, AASHTO LFD, BS5400, and Indian Roads Congress. The vehicle load patterns for these codes come preloaded in LARSA 4D, and additional as well as custom vehicle load patterns can be entered.


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Wyoming’s Data Collection Trespass Statute Violates the First Amendment of the Constitution

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This post is not legal advice.

Recently, a federal court of appeals reversed a lower court decision involving a data trespass law passed by Wyoming in 2015. This new trespass law created criminal and civil penalties when a person trespassed to collect resource data on private property. The court of appeals concluded that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protected the collection of data and the new trespass law was unconstitutional. Wyoming’s new trespass law did not directly speak to protecting agricultural operations; many have viewed this law as a form of an ag-gag law. As we have discussed before, although it is unconstitutional for states to adopt these laws, producers still have options to protect their operations.

Wyoming’s New Data Trespass Law

In 2015, Wyoming enacted new criminal and civil penalties for the collection of resource data when the person crosses private property to access adjacent or proximate land (§ 6-3-414). The issue with the law was (c) that made it trespass to access adjacent lands by crossing private land to collect the resource data. Under this new law, Wyoming passed heightened criminal penalties for violating the law. Fines for first offenses were a maximum of $1,000 and for repeat offenders up to a $5,000 fine or up to a year in prison. At the time the law was passed, Wyoming had a traditional trespass law on the books. The Wyoming law provided for no more than six months in prison and a $750 fine.

Tenth Circuit’s Decision

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The district court had granted Wyoming’s motion to dismiss finding that the new law did not regulate speech protected under the First Amendment. On appeal, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with this view. According to the court of appeals, the new law regulated speech on public land when the public land was adjacent or proximate to private land.

The collection of resource data was protected by the First Amendment and deserved protection. In this case, the plaintiffs were groups who participated in the formation of public policy. One group collected water samples with GPS location data that is provided to Wyoming to help in determining pollutants in the state’s waterways. Another group submitted geo-tagged photographs to the Fish and Wildlife Service to support petitions listing species on the endangered species list. To the court, this resource data collection was protected speech. The First Amendment protects the creation of speech such as what the groups are doing here. The government cannot bypass the First Amendment by making creation speech illegal. To the court of appeals, what the plaintiffs were doing, in this case, was similar to cases where groups were allowed to record public officials when in public.

Once created this resource data is used to further public debate. To the court, there is universal agreement that a major purpose of the First Amendment was to protect the free discussion of public affairs. Wyoming points to a case that found the ban on traveling to Cuba did not violate the First Amendment to show that courts have allowed some laws to restrict access to information gathering incidentally. The court disagreed that the situations were similar. In the case of the Cuba ban, the restriction did not implicate the First Amendment. If the Cuba ban had made it a crime to travel to Cuba to collect data on conditions in Cuba, then the cases would have been similar. To the court, if the plaintiffs had challenged the general trespass statute then it would have been similar to the Cuba ban.

To the court, the new law prohibited a person from engaging in free speech on public land potentially. The court disagreed with the state that the law only regulates conduct on public land if the person trespasses first on private land. Because the new law could potentially limit the creation of protected speech on public lands, the new trespass law violated the First Amendment.

Cattle in Wyoming image on Flickr from USDA and Image by Donny Marincic, Wyoming Stock Growers Association.

Why Care?

As I have discussed earlier, and Ashley Ellixson discussed before me, courts have not looked favorably on these ag-gag laws. In many cases, these laws limit protected speech in violation of the First Amendment. Based on the current outcomes in federal court, groups are considering challenging more of these laws in federal court.

What can you do? You have options to protect your operation if you are concerned about data and images of your operation being used to present your operation in a bad light. Consider hanging no trespassing signs. Plant trees to obstruct the view of the operation. With employees, consider doing background checks on all applicants to determine that they are who they are, check references, and use employment contracts, employee handbooks, etc. to limit employees ability to capture photos of the operation, limit cell phone use, etc.

At the same time, make sure that employees have the proper training to do their jobs. Give them opportunities to attend meetings to learn the latest livestock handling techniques or techniques associated with crop production. Also, make sure employees have access to the latest equipment to do their jobs. Considering these will help protect the operation more than any ag-gag law could.

Western Watersheds Project v. Michael, 2017 WL 3908875 (10th Cir. 2017).

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-414 (2017).

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Even if you’re not already familiar with Lindsey Stirling’s unique performance abilities and style, even if you’re unaware of her chart-topping musical success, you will still feel deeply moved by her story after watching her latest performance on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

She and pro dance partner Mark Ballas performed a waltz to honor Lindsey’s father who passed away from cancer earlier this year. Tears fill her eyes (and will probably fill yours too) as she describes how her father who always hoped to be a writer “shelved his dreams to pay for her violin lessons.” That is just one of the many reasons that Lindsey says, “I am the woman I am today because of [him].”

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Prosecution of Former Oil Minister, Alison-Madueke, Purge Of Corrupt Judges Dominate Buhari’s Meeting With US Officials

SaharaReporters has learned that President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting on Monday with the United States Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, focused on a strategy to prosecute Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, for her role in several billion dollar corrupt deals in the oil industry. Mr. Buhari’s meeting also touched on fighting terrorism as well as strategies for identifying and purging corrupt judges from the Nigerian judicial system. The Nigerian president went to the Monday meeting with a delegation that included Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State.

High on the agenda was to discuss American support for a vast investigation of racketeering schemes spearheaded by Ms. Alison-Madueke and several of her cohorts in the oil sector who conspired to deprive the Nigerian treasury of billions of dollars that went to private interests.

A source with authoritative information on the meeting told SaharaReporters that the US Justice Department provided President Buhari with a dossier listing numerous participants in the theft of several billions of dollars. US authorities also pledged to offer further documents on condition that Nigerian prosecutors demonstrate a focused and determined effort to pursue ethical and serious prosecution.

Our source revealed that the documents submitted and promised by the US disclose how Mrs. Alison-Madueke and her cohorts used several offshore accounts to move money between Switzerland and Germany.

According to our source, the name of Kola Aluko featured prominently in the discussion and documents. Mr. Aluko, a player in the oil sector who was picked by Ms. Alison-Madueke as a front for some of her more egregious deals, emerged in the last five years from relative obscurity to become one of Africa’s richest people.

Mr. Aluko, who fell out with the former Petroleum Minister after he reportedly started dating former superstar model Naomi Campbell, has acquired a stunningly expensive yacht, a retinue of Rolls Royce cars, other expensive cars well as multi-million homes and apartments in such locations as London, New York, and Dubai.

Our source explained that US law enforcement agents, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), spent more than two years on the investigation that uncovered a pattern of obscene theft of billions of dollars of Nigeria’s oil revenues. An FBI field officer in Abuja reportedly played a key role in the investigation of Ms. Alison-Madueke and her self-chosen collaborators, including Mr. Aluko.

Our source disclosed that the US Justice Department officials at the meeting indicated that they would be reluctant to sustain their collaboration with Nigerian authorities unless the Buhari administration set some process in place to identify and fire corrupt judges from the Nigerian judiciary.

A confidante of Mr. Buhari told SaharaReporters that, after leaving the meeting with the US Attorney General, at the Blair House guest house of Mr. Buhari, the Nigerian president vowed that he would take decisive steps to rid Nigeria of corrupt judges to ensure the success of his anti-corruption agenda.

Last week, during his US visit, Mr. Buhari publicly accused unnamed former ministers of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of stealing up to one million barrels of crude oil per day from the Nigerian people. In official speeches and media interviews, the Nigerian president also restated his determination to go after corrupt officials, regardless of their political affiliation.

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