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Cook Your Comics: Thanksgiving Spectacular, Part 1

JSA #54, Geoff Johns, Don Kramer, Keith Champagne, DC Comics 2003.

Thanksgiving is coming soon for those of us in the United States. It’s my favorite holiday. It’s both the biggest cooking holiday of the year and it’s always around my birthday — in fact, my birthday is on Thanksgiving this year, so my birthday cake will probably be a pumpkin pie. And about 10 years ago, it began to remind me of one of my favorite comic series, JSA.

JSA #54 cover, Geoff Johns, Carlos Pacheco, Jesus Merino, J.D. Mettler, DC Comics 2003The Justice Society of America first appeared in 1940, but its greatest run began in 1999 when James Robinson and David Goyer started a new volume of JSA after Robinson completed his magnum opus Starman. Starman explored the DC Universe through multiple generations of heroes: in this case, Golden Age Starman Ted Knight and his sons, David and Jack Knight, both of whom eventually took on the Starman mantle. JSA was a logical next step, opening up the world of so many legacy characters that had different iterations through the Golden Age, Silver Age, and beyond. As with most major-publisher comics, the JSA and its members have a long and convoluted history which is nicely summed up in this Wikipedia entry. Geoff Johns took over writing JSA in 2000, and his run was wonderful and lasted several years. It was through reading Starman and JSA that I truly fell in love with the whole (pre-New 52) DC Universe.

But what does this have to do with Thanksgiving? In the old days, annual team-ups between the JSA and JLA were a tradition. When Thanksgiving 2003 rolled around, Johns revived the tradition with a JSA/JLA Thanksgiving potluck dinner depicted in JSA #54. Ma Hunkel, who I talked about in a previous column, lets all the team members invade her kitchen and dining room to make the meal.

Thanksgiving dinner often is a celebration of family recipes, old and new. “Family” doesn’t only mean blood relatives, of course, and coming together for a meal is one of humanity’s oldest and best bonding rituals. In the Great Depression, people used potlucks as a way to stretch and share their limited resources and enjoy a bountiful meal that no one attendee could afford on their own. Thanksgiving often features a large number of dishes so everyone can make their favorite to share.

Since I can’t invite you all to my house for Thanksgiving, I’m going to share my favorite Thanksgiving recipes. I have a bunch of them so this is just the first installment. Look for more over the next three weeks! For extra credit, head to the comments section and tell me which member of the JLA or JSA would be most likely to bring each dish.

I’ll start with some vegetable dishes. Yes, it’s true, we’ve heard of vegetables in America! So stock up on butter and brown sugar (we wouldn’t want to accidentally taste a vegetable, after all), and let’s get started.

One of the most common Thanksgiving side dishes is green bean casserole, a classic of Middle America. Almost all of the ingredients come out of cans. Sure, there are classier recipes to make it from scratch (here’s a good one), but true green bean casserole is simple, made primarily of canned goods anyone might keep in their pantry. I add a few extra ingredients to mine to give it a little extra zip, but it’s fully recognizable as traditional GBC. And if you have a kid hanging around the kitchen who wants to help, this is an ideal recipe for that.

Green Bean Casserole

Makes 8 servings. (I usually make a double batch which fits nicely in a 2.5-quart baking dish. The leftovers keep well for up to three days, but it’ll probably be gone long before that.)

2 15-oz. can cut green beans, drained

1 10.75-oz. can condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 can diced water chestnuts, drained

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (omit for a vegetarian dish)

1 teaspoon Creole seasoning

1 can fried onions

  1. In a baking dish, pour in the condensed soup (do not dilute), the drained water chestnuts, Worcestershire sauce, and Creole seasoning. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.
  2. Add the drained green beans and gently fold them into the soup mixture, taking care not to let the beans get mushed and shredded as you coat them.
  3. Cover the dish and bake at 350F for 45 minutes or until bubbly.
  4. When it’s bubbly, pull out of the oven and spread all the fried onions over the top evenly. Put it back in the oven for 5-7 minutes until the onions are browned.
  5. Remove from oven and let stand at least 10 minutes before serving. Note: You can make this ahead of time, which is nice if you’re making a bunch of dishes. Make the soup mixture, fold in the green beans, cover the dish tightly, and store in the refrigerator for up to two days. When ready to bake, take the dish out of the fridge and let it stand on the counter until it comes to room temperature. Then bake as instructed above.
Cook Your Comics Green Bean Casserole
Those fried onions make just about anything delicious. Crispy + salty = what humans like.

And now, another easy veggie dish!

Glazed Carrots

Makes 12-16 servings.

2 lbs carrots (either baby carrots or whole carrots cut into 1.5-inch pieces)

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper (or lemon pepper)

  1. Put the carrots in a pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil.
  2. Simmer about 10 minutes until the carrots can just be pierced with a fork. Don’t let them get mushy!
  3. Remove from the heat and drain off the cooking liquid.
  4. In another pot large enough to hold the carrots, melt the butter over medium heat.
  5. Add the brown sugar, salt, and pepper, then stir until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is uniform.
  6. Add the cooked carrots, gently tossing them in the brown sugar-butter sauce until all the carrots are coated. You can serve them immediately, or you can put them in a covered, oven-safe dish and roast in the oven for 30 minutes on 350F. This will make the carrots a bit more tender, and roasting them helps bring out deeper flavors.

Cook Your Comics Glazed Carrots
Mmm, buttery shininess!

And now for one more. This one is almost tastes like a crustless pie, but it’s on the healthy end of the pie scale and not as heavy as it may seem. This sweet potato pie contains eggnog and spices commonly found in pumpkin pie. It provides a nice contrast to the many savory dishes that are likely on the table, and it makes your house smell heavenly while it’s baking.

Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole

Makes 8-10 servings. (I usually make triple this amount for a big gathering.)

For the filling:

3 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes (Approx. 2-3 lbs of raw sweet potatoes will yield the 3 cups.)

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup eggnog (with or without booze in it — your call)

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/3 teaspoon grated nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

2 egg whites

For the topping:

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)

1 Tablespoon butter, chilled

  1. Cook and mash the sweet potatoes. (You can bake them, but it’s easiest to cut the raw sweet potatoes into big chunks of roughly equal size and boil them. The skins will begin to peel away on their own this way, and it’s faster than baking because it takes approximately 157 years to bake a whole sweet potato.)
  2. Preheat the oven to 350°F and coat a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  3. Combine the mashed sweet potatoes, 1/3 cup brown sugar, eggnog, melted butter, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and egg whites.
  4. Spread mixture evenly in the prepared baking dish.
  5. To make the topping, combine the ¾ cup brown sugar and the flour. Cut in the chilled butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, similar to making a pie crust. Sprinkle the “crumbs” over the sweet potato mixture.
  6. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes, or until browned on top and bubbly around the edges. (Alternatively, you can bake the casserole without the topping and wait until it’s done. Pull the casserole out of the oven, boost the oven temp to 400F, and add the topping. Put the casserole back in the oven for 5-10 minutes. The higher heat will caramelize the brown sugar/butter topping and make a crisper crust, similar to a creme brulee.)
Cook Your Comics Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole
Pro tip: put a foil-lined baking sheet under your dish while this is baking.

We’re off to a good start! Look for the second part of the Cook Your Comics Thanksgiving Spectacular next week. In the meantime, hit the comments to post which hero would bring each dish and tell us about your favorite Thanksgiving food.

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Green Lantern in 2020: Is There a Future Beyond the Thin Green Line?

Hal Jordan's mission statement in GL: Earth One.

Green Lantern has had a strange time in the first 20 years of the century. The ongoing comic series rose from a perennial B-list entry to DC’s pantheon of heroes to become the biggest franchise in their stable, thanks to a wildly popular and commercially successful decade-long run from writer Geoff Johns. This revamp, during which Johns partnered with several artists including Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver (now best known as the figurehead of the Comicsgate hate group), rebuilt the Green Lantern Corps into equal parts military and police force fitting of the run’s mid-2000’s America origins. A decidedly authoritarian streak ran through the various titles and gradually shifted the emerald warriors from space-faring superheroes to hard-edged soldiers in a cosmic war.

In the wake of Johns’ departure in 2014, however, the line faltered. Middling attempts to capture the para-military sci-fi infused tone of the previous era failed to attract an audience. A reliance on old mainstays like Hal Jordan kept new Lanterns such as Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz from truly carving out their own place in the mythos. As the 2010s approached their end, it became clear that a new approach was needed, and DC responded with a surprising vigor: multiple distinct explorations of what Green Lantern, as both a character and a series, needs to be in the modern-day. Or, more specifically, how a space cop can still be considered a hero in the world in which we live.

The first of these stories was 2018’s Green Lantern: Earth One, written by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman with art by Hardman, colors from Jordan Boyd, and lettering by Simon Bowland. The series is a somewhat rarity for mainstream superhero titles: a standalone graphic novel set outside of the standard DC Universe continuity. Recasting Hal Jordan as a former NASA engineer in a near-future gritty, hard sci-fi setting, the series takes as much inspiration from sci-fi films such as Alien as any previous Green Lantern story.

This direction carries through to the story’s politics, granting glimpses of Earth as a capitalist authoritarian hellscape all-too-similar to the world outside our window in 2020 America. After finding a Green Lantern ring in a long-untouched alien wreck, Hal is thrust into the galactic scene and quickly discovers that the Green Lantern Corps is long-dead. The ruthless cybernetic Manhunters have replaced them, and they control most of populated space in a stranglehold that crushes any resistance and relies on slave labor to continue its existence.

The newly formed Green Lanterns stand together.
Green Lantern: Earth One – DC Comics, March 2018 – Bechko, Hardman, Boyd, Bowland

Eventually, Hal comes across a few other ring-wielders (including re-imagined fan favorites like Kilowog and Arisia) and learns the true fate of the original Lanterns. The Guardians, the self-appointed protectors and leadership of the galaxy, who founded the Corps grew wary of their charges’ increased defiance and rejection of authority and sought to replace them. The Manhunters did so with a ruthless efficiency but quickly overrode the safeguards placed by their creators and turned on The Guardians themselves.

After Hal and the ragtag Green Lanterns save the day and wipe out the Manhunter’s stronghold, they defy expectations. Instead of re-founding the Green Lantern Corps and bringing the setting to a more traditional status quo, they reject the Guardians’ tradition and embark on their own path. Instead of a Corps of officers and soldiers, they form a mutual support network led through votes and collective agreements. Instead of arresting criminals and fighting aliens, Hal returns to Earth with his ring and a desire to enact substantive change. The sequel, unsurprisingly titled Green Lantern: Earth One Volume 2, has not been released as of this writing, so the form that change takes has yet to be seen. Even so, the degree to which Earth One Volume 1 reshapes the pillars of Green Lantern mythology remains impressive on its own merits. Green Lanterns as a force for support and change rather than a weapon to be levied at criminals was the most refreshing spin on the formula in decades…until Far Sector’s release in November 2019.

Far Sector caught the comics world by surprise when it was announced in 2019. The title was revealed to be a 12-issue (as of this writing, six of those issues have been released) series under DC’s wild Young Animal imprint starring a new rookie Green Lantern from the minds of beloved sci-fi novelist N.K. Jemisin, heavyweight rising star artist Jamal Campbell and lettering from Deron Bennet. The talented creative team and absolutely killer design of the series’ lead Sojourner “Jo” Mullein led to a good deal of buzz ahead of its debut. The near-universal critical acclaim since that debut has proven that hype justified.

Far Sector defies the standard Green Lantern formula from the very first issue. Traditionally, Lanterns are charged with policing an entire “sector” of space, regardless of whether the inhabitants of that sector consent to this protection. Jo, however, was invited to her post within The City Enduring and brought in to be an impartial third party and peacemaker amongst the city’s rival factions. Jemisin’s background in sci-fi writing pays dividends within the series as The City’s inhabitants and distinct cultures feel more fleshed out and alive than most dives into alien societies in Green Lantern history.

This nuance becomes vital as the story progresses when the clash of cultures within The City and Jo’s role as a complete outsider becomes a primary focus. The City Enduring has survived for thousands of years due to a mandatory policy known as the Emotional Exploit. This modification dulls the emotional capabilities of all citizens to curb conflict and foster easily controlled behavior. A rising outcry against the practice among citizens, partially fueled by a new drug flooding the streets that temporarily overrides the Exploit, eventually boils over into mass protest. Civilians with poster board signs and a fire in their hearts stare down a wall of the City’s Peace Officers, armed to the teeth, in a scene that feels, sadly, very familiar.

Jo Mullein argues with a Peace Officer Captain over lethal force.
Far Sector #3 – DC Comics: Young Animal, January 22, 2020 – Jemisin, Campbell, Bennet

Despite coming out months before the recent swell of protests across the U.S., Far Sector feels as timely as any comic has ever been. This feat is almost certainly due to Jemisin and Campbell being Black Americans and all-too-aware of the USA’s long history with police violence and abuse. Their perspectives provide authenticity and weight to Jo’s story that even well-regarded stories (for its time) such as Denny O’Neil’s Green Lantern/Green Arrow lack. Rather than drape any stories confronting racism and the fascist tendencies found in police forces across the world in allegory or half-heartedly gesturing at these issues, Far Sector faces them head-on and forces the reader to consider them in all their pain and horror.

Before arriving in The City Enduring and picking up a power ring, Jo was a cop. After ending a post-9/11 tour in the Army, she joined the force with the intent to help and protect, making the world a better place. That dream shattered the night Jo watched her partner beat a man half to death. Of course, she reported her partner but quickly found herself on the wrong side of the thin blue line and was (after a hasty excuse revolving around being tagged in a Black Lives Matter Facebook post) quickly fired. While furious over her ousting, Jo is equally guilt-wracked over her silence when witnessing the beating, an accomplice through inaction.

Jo’s righteous fury over assaults on protestors and fear of unwittingly stepping on a cultural landmine when dealing with The City’s complex and alien cultures and escalating volatile situations cut to the question at the heart of Far Sector. Can there be a good cop? Does a police officer, in any form, have any place in a healthy society? The question remains open half-way through the series. The third title in this wave of attempted relaunches, in contrast, is more than happy to provide an emphatic answer.

Before diving into that series, however, it is worth mentioning a title that doesn’t quite fit the purview of this piece but should be acknowledged. Green Lantern: Legacy released in early 2020 as an entry into DC’s growing line of Young Adult graphic novels. The book, written by Minh Lê with art by Andie Tong, colors from Sarah Stern and Ariana Maher‘s lettering, follows 13-year old Vietnamese-American Green Lantern Tai Tran. The OGN does very little to address the Lanterns’ role as a police force (referring to them as “space cops” several times with no pushback) but does place an emphasis on community and history that is unique for the franchise. It is not a perfect story, but it provides a voice to a culture severely under-represented in superhero comics and showcases how superheroes, even Green Lanterns, can be more than just glorified warriors.

The Green Lantern, the most recent attempt to re-vitalize the mainline DC ongoing series, debuted in late 2018 with the high-profile creative team of Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp with Steve Orliff on colors and Tom Orzechowski lettering. Morrison’s decades-spanning career needs little introduction, his role as one of comics’ most widely beloved and respected storytellers having long since established itself. Sharp, on the other hand, had fallen out of view for most American comic fans for some time until a return to DC in 2016 brought him back under the spotlight. The duo promised their run The Green Lantern would return a central focus to Hal Jordan as an “intergalactic lawman”, balancing both the high concept imaginative plots Morrison had become famous for with a police procedural formula. The results, unfortunately, have left much to be desired.

The first handful of issues of The Green Lantern are rife with police procedural tropes. Good Cop/Bad Cop interrogations, threatening suspects and ignoring their request for a lawyer, casual bigotry among officers, to name a few. These quickly come to a head with the end of The Green Lantern #3, when Hal Jordan executes a suspect while in custody and asks his fellow Lanterns to say it was self-defense. He is quickly thrown out of the Corps (given messages of support and solidarity from his fellow officers on the way out) before joining a rival, more outright fascist, cosmic police force in the form of the Blackstars. In a not-so-surprising turn, Hal’s ousting is later revealed to be a ruse by the Guardians to have a man on the inside of the Blackstars. His rash behavior and attempts to cover up what he did? All an act. The murder? That happened. But it’s okay, because the Guardians authorized him to use lethal force.

Hal Jordan murders a suspect in custody in The Green Lantern #3.
The Green Lantern #3 – DC Comics, January 2019 – Morrison, Sharp, Orliff, Orzechowski

This reveal is where The Green Lantern falls apart. The Blackstars are outright fascist monsters, seeking to control every inch of the universe under their leadership. Yet, the Green Lanterns are more than happy to deal in dirty policing and outright murder but are painted as the noble heroes of the tale. Hal Jordan will intimidate suspects, wield an all-powerful weapon as a threat and ignore fundamental civil rights, but the series doesn’t take issue with this behavior because he’s The Good Cop. The waters become even more muddied when the Blackstars’ tactics include redistributing wealth and property among their conquered worlds. It is presented as a tool by which they manipulate the populace but leaves a sour taste in my mouth, given our current economic inequality and the millions of people in poverty.

These occurrences, presenting real-world problems and difficulties, in either misguided or outright irresponsible lights, continue throughout the series up through its current issue. Green Lanterns pledging to serve the law above all else, galactic law enforcement conferences played as acceptable and full of sight gags and cameos, women routinely drawn as walking sex objects with visible ribs and gravity-defying breasts. The entire run is permeated with a sense that the (middle-aged, white male) creators have long since lost the pulse of the cultural conversation, which is only exacerbated by these hard-edged real-world issues being blended in with gonzo Morrison adventures leading to a comic that feels painfully unaware and confused at a time when its audience is more aware than ever. The Green Lantern is still ongoing, with a handful of issues left before its run ends, so the chance remains that Morrison and Sharp could address the glaring mistakes, but with the most recent stories going further into wacky silver age infused antics, it seems very unlikely.

I can’t say whether these titles represent the potential future of Green Lantern, as a franchise. Two of them aren’t yet finished, and the third has a sequel on the horizon that could quickly knock down the achievements its predecessor built. Whitebread smiling space cop Hal Jordan could be the face of the character for another 20 years. Or, radical, young heroes like Jo Mullein or Jessica Cruz could explore how to be a Green Lantern when you know modern policing, as many have learned this year, is an inherently broken system. The fact the question has been raised at all, after 15 years of DC embracing the oo-rah excessive force happy Lantern Corps of the Johns era, is a sign that something in the air has changed, and that’s a feat readers should consider worth paying attention to.

Jo executes a show of force to intimidate Peace Officers.
Far Sector #4 – DC Comics: Young Animal, February 26, 2020 – Jemisin, Campbell, Bennet
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2 thoughts on “Green Lantern in 2020: Is There a Future Beyond the Thin Green Line?

  1. Pretty comprehensive article. It’s interesting how Far Sector set out to tell a story that just so happened to be super topical in a great way, compared to The Green Lantern does the same thing, but in the complete opposite direction.

    Some great Green Lantern stories in the past 30 years have come from the interpersonal relationships the Lanterns have, with friends, families and communities. That has been noticeably absent in recent years, with the exception of Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, whom as you point out, were not given a great chance to carve out their own legacy.

    1. I do genuinely like both Simon and Jess, but somehow despite sharing an ongoing and being featured as members of the JL, neither one ever felt like the Primary Green Lantern. It didn’t help that they were consistently treated like the designated Heroes in Training by their peers.

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Tim Peake is going to run the London Marathon in space.

The British astronaut, who is about to blast off to the orbiting platform, will complete 26.2 miles on a treadmill – at the same time as athletes are pounding the streets of the UK capital.

Running is routine on the station, as the astronauts look to maintain body condition in the weightless environment 250 miles above Earth.

Nasa’s Sunita Williams ran the Boston Marathon on the ISS in 2007.

Mr Peake has run the London event before – in 1999, finishing with a time of 3 hours and 18 minutes.

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Mr Peake will have a digital video of London’s streets in front of him, so he can get a better feel for what is happening down below.

“The London Marathon is a worldwide event. Let’s take it out of this world,” he said.

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Faced with off-ramp, Calgary continues on road to potential 2026 Olympic bid

Last Updated Apr 16, 2018 at 8:34 pm MDT

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By all indications, it appeared the path to a potential 2026 Calgary Olympic bid was about to end.

But when it came down to stopping the process or continuing, those who were considered key votes in the discussion opted not to change course.

“It’s a valid question,” Ward 1 Cllr. Ward Sutherland said after voting along with eight of his colleagues in reaffirming support for a possible bid.

The vote came after he had said publicly that he would be voting the other way around.

“I got some additional financial information that I’m more confident in,” he said.

Sutherland and colleague Diane Colley-Urquhart were two of the eight councillors who voted yes to forming the Olympic bid corporation, which would be responsible for forming a bid book should Calgary eventually move forward on 2026.

Both councillors had signalled however that they were changing their minds, with Colley-Urquhart saying in recent weeks, it may be time to “put the brakes on” for various reasons, including the possible timeline for a plebiscite.

“The whole thing sounds crazy to me the way it’s unfolded,” she said earlier this month. “It’s almost untenable, it’s almost as if we’re being backed into a corner with our own money.”

Sutherland said when he heard that more financial details of a possible bid would be coming roughly six weeks from now at a $1 million cost, as opposed to the $30 million BidCo. budget, that was a major factor.

“If it’s not financially a smart thing to do, let’s end it in June, then we give the money back, it didn’t cost the $30 million,” he said. “If it makes sense, let’s go ahead with the plebiscite.”

The vote came on the heels of some heated debate at City Hall, with accusations of favouritism and bias against the mayor and city administration, a lack of skeptical analysis, fear of cost overruns and massive distrust in going into business with the International Olympic Committee.

But Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Monday’s meeting was a positive signal.

“I’m really happy that councillors, including the two you mentioned, but all of them really spent a ton of time over the weekend, considering their position, analyzing themselves, asking themselves questions,” he said. “It’s really easy to get caught on the daily irritations or the little things.

“I was really encouraging my council colleagues to think about the big picture, about what we’d be giving up if we stopped now, about what the opportunity cost was and that’s really what I heard in the debate today.”

On Friday, both the Calgary Olympic community and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce urged council to vote yes on continuing the process, fearing the potential end.

After the vote, summer and winter Olympian Seyi Smith admitted he was nervous going in.

“Each one (councillor) of them has their constituents they’re looking out for, and I think as long as we do it right, they’re all reasonable people and the right decision will be made,” he said.

“The hat we’re wearing is that of citizens,” he added. “We want to make our city the best possible city it can, so like I said, the onus is on us to do this right.”

The six councillors who voted no to the BidCo. were the same six who voted no on Monday, with Cllr. Jeromy Farkas reading out a number of IOC scandals as one of his reasons to vote no, as published by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

CTF Alberta Director Colin Craig said he’s not convinced Calgary’s approach to an ethically-driven bid is the point in dealing with the IOC.

“We could spend $30 million, have the best bid in the world and then lose out because our guys haven’t bribed people like other countries may have done,” he said, adding cost is the other factor.

“There’s no business case to continue proceeding with an Olympics,” Craig said, adding he likely won’t believe the June numbers and questioned the Chamber’s endorsement.

“I’m not sure whether or not they actually did a survey,” he said. “We have a lot of small businesses that donate to us, and they’re supporters, and they’re very concerned.”

Council also voted to form a new oversight subcommittee made up of four councillors and the mayor, which will be discussed next Monday, along with public engagement and plebiscite operations.


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Now, let’s go to the glass with the Icicles butt plug! Yes, this is the continuation of the series of butt plug reviews that we have set up with our partner to offer you a large number of reviews that will end in a comparative article to help you choose your butt plug! We have already reviewed two models lately to start this series. There was the Hidden Eden anal dream butt plug (in French) and then the Fun Factory Bootie. But this time, it’s a glass butt plug that we’re going to review! Once again, it will be Kitty or myself who will test this butt plug, but we’ll see that a little further down!

Kitty recently reviewed the Lovehoney realistic glass dildo, will she try the anal butt plug? Even if Kitty is not a big fan of butt plugs, I will still try to convert her! Along with vaginal penetration, it adds extra stimulation that can make sparks fly! Anyway, let’s continue this series of reviews with the Icicles butt plug No 78! Why 78? Because Pipedream offers a large collection of glass sex toys which all have different numbers! I have already reviewed the Icicles n°29 dildo and the Icicles n°13 (on French website), now it’s the turn of the number 78!

Icicles butt plug No 78

To start correctly, here’s the box! No surprises, as it is a box from the Icicles range from Pipedream! As I have already reviewed some Pipedream sex-toys, I already know this one. So we have a black and white cardboard box with on the front, the butt plug in picture and some information. Then, on the side and behind, even more information about this butt plug. Before opening the box, we can open the flap so that we can see the butt plug before opening it, using the windowed area.

To open the box, you have to go through the top to remove the foam wedge that contains the butt plug inside. You also have a small piece of paper, which by the way is very cheap, to inform you to register your product on the Internet in case of a problem. Unfortunately, there is no small storage pouch, which is a bit of a shame.

Icicles butt plug No 78 physical details

Visually, it’s a pretty nice butt plug! With its rather conical and nice shape, it consists of a jewel-shaped brake. Here, the jewel part is directly integrated into the body of the butt plug. There’s not really a jewel in reality, it’s rather the way the butt plug is sculpted that gives this impression of having a jewel, as on many butt plugs. It’s all black, shines a little bit and doesn’t have any extra embellishments. It’s basic and that’s fine. Note that the shape of the butt plug is not totally symmetrical at the bulb level. Finally, the jewel is flat enough, to give you an idea, it can stand vertically on it, without falling or moving.

The dimensions of the butt plug

The Icicles butt plug No 78 is rather a small model! With a length of 9.1 cm (3.58′), it can be inserted up to 7.4 cm (2.91′). In terms of diameter, the largest part of the plug is 2.5 cm (0.98′), while the jewelry is 3.5 cm (1.37′). As you can read, it is rather a small butt plug, moreover, you will see it on the comparative photos.

Other details

As for the rest, I don’t have much more to tell you! The last thing I have left to talk about is the weight of the butt plug. I don’t really know how much it weighs, but I can tell you that it’s very light! It really looks like a featherweight, and I’ll tell you more about that later.

Icicles butt plug No 78 materials

This Icicles butt plug No 78 is made of glass! With its black color, one could have doubts! Notably, it was a little bit the case with the Laid B1 butt plug, we could be mistaken. But here, it is indeed a hand-blown glass butt plug! If you’ve never seen how the hand-blown glass operation works, I invite you to find out more about it! I think it’s really beautiful and it’s a real art!

Although glass can be scary, rest assured, it is borosilicate glass, a glass that is very resistant to temperatures. In addition, glass is healthy for the body, non-porous and contains no phthalates or latex. In short, it is a material you can count on when it comes to sex toys!

Icicles butt plug No 78 use

To use this Icicles butt plug No 78, I’m not going to lie to you, it’s not my style, there’s nothing complicated. In fact, you have to be careful with it, because if it falls on the ground, there is a chance that a small crack will be created. If this is the case, it should no longer be used as a precaution. But that’s not all you need to know! Here are some elements that will surely help you to use such a butt plug!

What can we do with it?

As with every butt plug on the market, the goal here will be to stick it in your butt! This may be to prepare you for a sodomy or for a vaginal penetration in order to have the butt plug that moves to stimulate your anus. It can also be used to add stimulation during a vaginal or anal penetration. Here, I am talking about a butt plug that will end up in the buttocks of the person penetrating. Since it’s a glass butt plug, you can also have fun heating or cooling it to vary the sensations! You can also wear it alone, to stimulate and excite yourself while doing something else! And it is also very sexy to wear to please your partner.

Which lubricant to choose with?

With glass sex toys, the good news is that you have a choice in the type of lubricant! Indeed, whether oil, silicone or water based, you can use them all with this butt plug. If it’s for a preparation for a sodomy, I advise you to choose a silicone based lubricant! The Pjur Woman Body Glide, the Pjur Body Glide or the Pjur Back Door for example. If it is to play with another sex toy afterwards, a water-based lubricant will be more interesting, like the Sliquid Sassy, the Pjur Back Door Aqua or the YES BUT! The choice is yours!

How to clean it?

With the glass, I’m pretty careful. I use mild soap and warm water, that’s what I do most of the time with all sex toys. Here I can also use it in the PureSan sterilizer, but I haven’t found any information on how to boil it. So I recommend to use water and to dry it. Do not use an abrasive cloth!

Icicles butt plug No 78 efficiency

Now let’s move on to more serious and above all more pleasant things! It’s once again my buttocks that got acquainted with this butt plug! Maybe next time, Kitty will want to try a butt plug too, like she did with the Lovehoney Jewelled metal butt plug! So I’ll tell you what I think of this Icicles glass butt plug!

The insertion of the Icicles butt plug No 78

With its small size and flat surface, we can’t say that the Icicles butt plug No 78 is complicated to insert in the buttocks! In addition to being able to choose the type of lubricant you want (water, silicone, oil, …), its glass surface slides easily into the anus and fits perfectly. It’s a small butt plug, so you won’t have to worry about this step.

Comfort and wearing the butt plug

Once the butt plug is in place, I must say it’s really light! This changes from stainless steel butt plugs which are usually heavier. Here, I found that you can barely feel the weight of the butt plug. Standing up, the butt plug holds perfectly, it’s even very good. Sitting down, it’s more complicated! I must confess that I did not try it because as it is a glass butt plug, I prefer not to sit with it.

I tried wearing boxers, sitting on the couch and the butt plug was not disturbing. It must be said that the jewel that acts as a brake is flat and therefore stands upright. But when I had my ass out, I preferred to avoid sitting on a harder surface, which could damage the glass (scratches for example). Anyway, it’s a comfortable butt plug, I didn’t really feel any discomfort while it was in my butt.

Stimulation of the butt plug

I must admit that the shape of the butt plug is not bad at all, the warhead shape is not completely symmetrical and you can feel a slight difference in curves. The butt plug apply a little pressure on the prostate, but clearly I find it lacks pressure. The glass being lighter, I find it less easy to put pressure on my prostate by squeezing my buttocks.

For my part, I find that this butt plug offers a rather quiet stimulation, which gently tickles the prostate. But if I want more, I know I’ll have to go for a bigger butt plug with a different material. For those who are just starting out and want to try a small glass butt plug, you might be under its charm!

Icicles butt plug No 78 final thoughts

For once, I’m quite satisfied with this Pipedream sex toy! Indeed, their glass and steel sex toys are rather good, while the rest can leave bad taste in your mouth, if you know what i mean. Here, we have a black glass butt plug, which is quite rare! Visually, this butt plug is quite nice, in any case, I like its aspect and its color. Certainly, the stimulation it offers is light, too light for me, but for a beginner who wants to try a glass butt plug, this is a model that could suit you! Don’t miss the review of the next butt plug in the series! As a reminder, this is the third butt plug out of the 16 butt plugs in total!

  • A small glass butt plug
  • Its black appearance
  • Its shape
  • Its lightness
  • Easy to insert
  • Compatible with any type of lubricant

  • No storage pouch
  • Too light for some people (like me)
  • Sitting without clothes it’s complicated (it’s glass)
  • Slight pressure on the prostate (for those who like pressure on it)
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Coronavirus: Sydney school to re-open after virus scare

The government will release thousands of surgical masks from its stockpile to assist medical professionals with the spread of coronavirus.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Paul Kelly this afternoon announced 260,000 masks have been distributed to primary medical networks.
The Australian Government will release thousands of surgical masks from its emergency stockpile. (Getty)
"The masks are on the move now," Dr Kelly said.
"We've done a ring around of primary networks….GPs and others just need to ask if they need masks and they'll be provided."
There are now 70 confirmed cases coronavirus in Australia, and two people have died from the illness.
It comes as a Victorian doctor treated more than 70 patients after falling ill, and NSW announced an additional six cases of COVID-19 have been discovered.

The doctor's diagnosis has prompted concern for those he treated at The Toorak Clinic in Melbourne, who, along with staff, are required to self-isolate.
Two patients he visited in Malvern's Mecwacare nursing home are also being isolated in their rooms.
The doctor saw up to 70 patients at a medical clinic in Toorak, Melbourne. (Supplied/9News)
"I'm absolutely flabbergasted that a doctor who has experienced flu-like symptoms has presented to work," Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said.
"I understand it was very mild symptoms - perhaps he didn't make the potential link - but we've now got 70 patients that have been contacted so it is incredibly important that all healthcare workers take this matter very seriously."
The doctor in his 70s is believed to have contracted COVID-19 in the US state of Colorado. He began to show symptoms while returning to Melbourne via San Francisco on February 29.

New South Wales

In NSW, Health authorities are seeking to track down passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha after a man in his 70s was among six new cases of the deadly virus diagnosed in the state.
The state government today announced the six new cases of coronavirus, bringing the NSW total number to 34.
Coronavirus fatality rates by age, gender and health status. (9News / Tara Blancato)
All of the new cases were close contacts or family members of previously confirmed cases except for a male who contracted the virus after visiting Italy.
In Sydney, Epping Boys High School was shut down yesterday after a 16-year-old male student tested positive.
The education department today said the school will re-open on Monday after it is "thoroughly cleaned".
"The NSW Department of Education and NSW Health are working closely to ensure the health and safety of all students and staff is maintained," the school said in a statement.
"This work has included identifying close contacts of the confirmed case and communicating directly with them regarding their requirement to self-isolate.
"The students and staff identified as close contacts will be asked to self-isolate for 14 days and not return to school until this time has elapsed.
"A close contact is a person who has spent significant time either face-to-face (15 mins) or in an enclosed space (two hours or more)."
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Epping Boys High School will re-open on Monday. (Facebook)
In Sydney's west today, police were called to a Woolworths supermarket in Chullora after three women got into a heated confrontation over toilet paper.
Authorities have stressed that people should not panic and stockpile goods as supermarket shelves are stripped bare of toilet paper, hand sanitiser, canned goods, pasta and rice.
Coles and Woolworths have both enforced buying restrictions permitting a maximum of four toilet paper packs per customer to cope with the demand.

Queensland's disaster management authorities have gone into war mode to prepare for a potential outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.
Sessions involving multiple government departments have covered all scenarios, as 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Queensland so far.
A second man who recently returned from Iran has become the state's latest case. The 28-year-old Brisbane man has been taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital.
How to protect yourself and others from coronavirus
How to protect yourself and others from coronavirus (9News)
An 81-year-old man who returned from Thailand and a 29-year-old woman who travelled from London with a stopover in Singapore were also confirmed to have COVID-19 on Thursday.
"The way in which we prepare for natural disasters is exactly what we're doing in preparation for a potential coronavirus outbreak," Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said.
"It was a Brisbane-based scenario, a regional based scenario, and we also had a tropical cyclone scenario as well.
"We tested everything today and we have procedures and plans in place just as we would for bushfires and cyclones."

South Australia

Thirteen people in South Australia are currently awaiting test results for COVID-19, SA Health said today.
There have been seven confirmed cases in the state, including an eight-month-old baby boy, the youngest case in the country.

Western Australia, Northern Territory, ACT

Three cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in Western Australia, with the state recording the country's first death last week.
There is one case in the Northern Territory, and no cases in the ACT.

The coronavirus outbreak has hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it gets woven deeper into the daily lives of millions.

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Water Heater Problems

Water heater problems can literally be nightmares unless treated in time. The importance of a water heater is often overlooked. But when it finally gives away and you are left with icy cold water in the taps for all your needs and chores – that is when you begin to understand how much you needed the water heater.

Now like every other appliance of your household, your water heater too will be facing occasional troubles and problems. Instead of getting caught by surprise by these problems, you can take necessary precautions in time if you are careful enough.

Early signs of water heater problems

- Fluctuation in the temperature of the water is a very prominent signal that things might be wrong in your heater. When you see that the heater is not heating the water as much as it should or is heating it too much, and if the problem persists for more than a couple of days, check whether the temperature regulator is set right. Also check the power source. If there are no external problems, it is time to call a plumbing technician to solve the problem.

- Check whether there is water on the external body of the heater or accumulated in the ground near the heater. If yes, then it means that your water heater is leaking substantially. This is not a problem you should leave for later, as it will affect the pressure and temperature of the heater, as well as cause water wastage and stagnation of water.

Noticing water heater problems

Water heaters do not usually go defunct one fine morning, unless there is some sort of an accident. There will be signs of water heater problems, and you will need to keep an eye at any possible glitch and call the plumber as soon as you notice something wrong.


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Thursday, May 10, 2018

5 Historic Roads You Can No Longer Drive On

I decided to take things off the rails with this blog and talk about roads. While all infrastructure needs to be updated over time, roads are rarely abandoned, unlike railroads. When a railroad line's existence can no longer be justified by its traffic volume, as a privately owned piece of infrastructure, it is sold off or liquidated, or abandoned.

If the Main Street in your town is bypassed by a brand new six-lane freeway on the outskirts, it still serves a purpose to the townsfolk, and more importantly, is continuously funded by them. However, roads are not immune to abandonment either. Here are five roads you can no longer drive on today.

 1) Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike (East of Breezewood, PA)
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. Photo: Jgera5
Breezewood, PA is a strange little town when it comes to roads. It's home to one of the very few traffic lights on an Interstate Highway, as to continue east on I-70 requires you to do a loop in Breezewood. East of there lies a 13 mile former stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. This stretch of road was abandoned to ease congestion in the two tunnels it crosses, which were formerly railroad tunnels for a line never built, and couldn't be expanded to fit the needs of a 4 lane tollway, reducing traffic to one lane in each direction in the tunnels.

Abandoned in 1968, the road today is slated to become a bike trail. It is officially closed to the public, but that hasn't stopped people from using it. The road and tunnels are covered in graffiti, and there are many pictures of the road online. PennDOT has used the road for pavement marking tests, movie scenes have been filmed on it, and the military has stored weapons on it as well, so even if this road is abandoned, it still serves some niche purposes.

2) PA-61 in Centralia, PA (40.795917, -76.344272)

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Centralia is a ghost town, and below its almost entirely abandoned streets, a coal fire that started in the 1960's continues to burn, and will do so for several hundred more years. I could blog on and on about Centralia, but others have better than I ever could. The video I found on Centralia is lengthy, but its a story worth hearing.

Pennsylvania Route 61 entered the town from the south and turned west through the center of Centralia. The coal fire underground, however, made the road impossible to maintain, as chunks of earth were burned from the fires below. PennDOT made the decision to abandon the road and upgrade a smaller road to the east to be used as the new PA-61. While the old 61 is officially off limits, just as with the Turnpike, that hasn't stopped people from exploring it, despite the many warnings that the area is extremely dangerous.
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 3) Lincoln Highway through the Dugway Proving Ground (40.091718, -113.701513)
The Lincoln Highway is one of the oldest transcontinental roads in existence, and as every major road of its size, it has undergone many revisions to its route over the century it has existed. One of the most major revisions occurred in Utah west of Salt Lake City. The Lincoln Highway Association has painstakingly mapped the entire route, and its historic routes, here.

Government Creek Bridge: 40.182778, -112.923056 Image: SLC History
The State of Utah preferred moving the Lincoln Highway to a more northerly alignment from its original more southerly alignment in the Great Salt Lake Desert. The Beehive State got its wish when Dugway Proving Grounds was opened in 1941, and the US Army took over a parcel of the desert the size of Rhode Island, including where the Lincoln Highway originally ran through. These pre-1941 alignments of the road still exist, but are closed off to the public.

More information and photos of the Lincoln Highway

The northern route that Utah preferred would eventually become a Frontage Road for Interstate 80.

4) Chain of Rocks Bridge (US-66) (38.760556, -90.176389)
Image: Chris Yunker
Much like the Lincoln Highway, The Mother Road (or US-66) has been constantly upgraded and bypassed over its lifespan. While US 66 has been decommissioned, its Chicago to Los Angeles Route, and the towns it passed through, live on as American icons of a bygone era.

Also like the Lincoln Highway, it has a number of enthusiasts willing to put the time and effort into mapping the entire route.

The Chain of Rocks Bridge was built in 1929 as a private toll bridge over the Mississippi River, and was incorporated into US-66 in 1936, allowing long distance travelers to bypass downtown St. Louis. The bridge was especially unique for its 22 degree turn in the center, which was put in place to allow riverboats to align with the current of the Mississippi.

The bridge, much like the rest of US-66, became a victim of the Interstate Highway System, as a free (and much larger) bridge was built to the north along I-270, becoming functionally obsolete. It was slated to be demolished in the 1970's, but was thankfully saved. Cars can no longer drive on it, but it is still in service as a bike trail from Illinois to Missouri.

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5) Park East Freeway, Milwaukee, WI (43.04897, -87.90613)
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The Park East Freeway in Milwaukee, WI was built in the 1970's, much later than the other four roads on this list. And while the former roads were all part of much larger systems, the Park East Freeway was only a mile long.
In 1948, freeways and expressways were the way of the future, and cities all across the United States began to envision their freeway networks. Milwaukee was no exception, and began plans to build all of their freeways that run through the city today, as well as few that don't. Enter the Park East Freeway.

The Park East was a spur from today's I-43 to the north side of Downtown Milwaukee at Jefferson St. It was intended to head south from there and join the Lake Freeway (which was built and is I-794 today). See the map below for the entire route.

Only the route from I-43 to Jefferson St was built, leaving it as sort of a freeway to nowhere. The late 60's and early 70's began a period of transition in regards to beliefs about freeways, and as such, people were no longer supportive of large elevated structures carrying traffic above them. The fact that it wasn't built in its entirety meant traffic volumes were very low, and in 1999 it was voted to be demolished, returning the downtown blocks it occupied to retail and housing developments over the next 15 years. This was part of the Freeway Revolts of Milwaukee, and other cities, which resulted in many freeways getting cancelled. What makes this unique is that this was actually built, at least partially.

Another example of a demolished highway is soon to come in New York City. The Sheridan Expressway, once I-895, is slated to be rebuilt as a parkway in the coming years, and is now State Route 895 as a result.

The road network is in a constant state of flux, and while it is rare for parts of it to be abandoned, there are many examples of roads which are no longer driveable. Know of any that you'd like to share? Let us know in the comments!

  1. Also, another example of an abandoned roadway was the road on the upper deck of the Manufacturers' Bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis. Sections of the roadway remain, and its railroad tracks are still very active. The roadway function was supplanted by the Poplar Street Bridge, which now carries Interstates 55, 64, and 70 across the river.

    1. Dave,

      Thanks for your comment. I have to check the Manufacturers' Bridge out the next time I'm in St. Louis, thanks again for mentioning it.

      I also adjusted the "it's" you mentioned in a previous comment.

  2. There is an old section of US 13 that has been abandoned, near New Castle/Bear DelaWHERE. After the completion of State Route 1, a small stretch was abandoned. One side of it still exists as a two lane road, but the original North Bound lanes of Route 13 have been left to nature.

  3. There’s also a highway west of Devil’s Lake ND, which has been relocated west several miles. The old road has been overtaken by rising waters but is still visible from a raised crossroad and leaving a town that has a dike built around it.


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Living with scleroderma: The disease that turns you into stone

Trish Rainbow Noack with her family wearing scleroderma awareness t-shirts
Trish Rainbow-Noack (centre) and her family are walking 470km to raise awareness about scleroderma.(Facebook: 500,000 steps for scleroderma)

Trish Rainbow-Noack knew something was seriously wrong when the skin on her hands started peeling off "like bricks".

She was initially told she had lupus, then told she didn't.

"I was so frustrated that these changes were happening, I thought I was a hypochondriac," Ms Rainbow-Noack said.

"Walking, everything I did, it was so hard. I couldn't clean my teeth without having to sit down.

The 57-year-old slowly lost control of her hands which had started to stiffen, her fingers curled inwards and ulcers developed on her fingertips.

She also lost the muscles in her legs; her skin turned hard and lumpy.

Trish Rainbow-Noack with a Mother of the bride sash
Ms Rainbow-Noack works part-time as a government servant in customer relations.(Supplied: Noack family.)

After 12 months of tests, she was diagnosed in June last year with scleroderma, an autoimmune and musculoskeletal illness that is known as "the disease that turns you into stone".

"I had never heard about it, neither had my GP," Ms Rainbow-Noack said.

"When I first read up about it, I got very teary because it's basically described what I was going through ... what I thought I had been imagining.

"I'm scared because there's a mortality rate, but I've got hope [too]."

Trish Rainbow-Noack's hands which can't be closed due to scleroderma
It took doctors 12 months to diagnose Ms Rainbow-Noack with scleroderma.(Supplied: Noack family)

That hope resides in a stem cell therapy program that Ms Rainbow-Noack will begin next week at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney.

Without treatment she said she only had another three to five years to live.

What is scleroderma?

Scleroderma is a rare disease that affects between 5,000 and 7,000 people in Australia and has no known cure.

Females are more likely to be affected with the disease compared to males at a ratio of five to one.

It occurs when there is an overproduction of collagen in the body affecting connective tissues and leading to a thickening of the skin.

Instead of the collagen trigger switching off as the person ages, the body continues producing collagen in scleroderma patients and scar tissue multiplies rapidly and hardens.

There are two forms of the disease: localised scleroderma that is more common in children which only affects the skin, causing hard and shiny patches; and systemic scleroderma that affects the joints, skin and organs.

Symptoms may include shiny and thickened patches of skin, tightness in joints, swollen fingers and hands, spider veins and gut problems such as difficulty digesting food.

Scarring of the lungs, heart and kidneys can also occur and lead to other complicated health problems.

Dr Maline Squance, chief executive of the Autoimmune Resource and Research Centre (ARRC) and former vice-president of Scleroderma Australia, said it could take a long time to diagnose the illness.

"There are some pathology markers but they aren't entirely specific to the illness ... you really have to have those medical symptoms come forward to confirm the diagnosis."

Treatment of the disease

With the right management Dr Squance said she had known patients to live with the disease for up to 40 years compared to old data where life expectancy was reported as being very low.

Some management practices include using moisturising creams to relieve the hardening of the skin and immune-suppressing medications such as methotrexate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids to reduce inflammation and pain.

Current research includes investigations into skin-softening agents like intravenous antibodies, treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension and ways to reduce gut inflammations, which is a common association with the disease.

The ARRC has also been researching capillaroscopy, an emerging field that looks at capillaries near the cuticle of the nail to identify patients who have Raynaud's phenomenon, which is a symptom of scleroderma and other autoimmune illnesses.

Stem cell therapy was a fairly new field and on the "extreme" end of treatment, Dr Squance said.

Raising awareness

Ms Rainbow-Noack's diagnosis was the first time she and her family had heard of scleroderma and it galvanised them to raise awareness about the disease.

On May 26 her husband Steve and father-in-law, their daughter and son-in-law and Steve's barber, a close friend of the family, set out from their home in Campbelltown in south-west Sydney in an attempt to walk 500,000 steps, or 470 kilometres, to Ariah Park in the New South Wales Riverina region.

They expect to arrive at the finishing point on Wednesday.

Ms Rainbow-Noack has accompanied the family by riding along in a travelling motor home.

"We felt so helpless, and given we've gone to hospital a few times and for the people at the hospital to not even know about scleroderma, there was obviously not enough awareness about it," Steve Noack said.

The family so far has raised more than $12,000 via a crowdfunding website and other donations which will go towards research by Scleroderma Australia.

Ms Rainbow-Noack said she would not have been able to cope if it wasn't for her family.

"I am so proud, so humbled," she said.

"If all goes well it would be great, but if anything happens I will know that I've had the best family — a father-in-law who looks after me, a husband who has been with me since I was 16 and two amazing daughters.

"Once upon a time cancer had no cure, now there's a huge success rate with cancer, so I'm hoping this disease will one day have a cure."

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Principle 9: Use small and slow solutions
Article published in the North Central Review, May 22nd 2012
I find it really interesting when other people write about our project here, looking at it from different angles and giving a broad overview to inform their own audience. While this article will be seen as infotainment for most the ideas are gradually getting out there to our local community that there are ways that we can prepare for an energy descent future, and improve our lifestyle in the process.
This article was written as a bit of a 'good news story' in the wake of the pasting that Seymour got from the TV program 'Two on the Great Divide'. While there are plenty of errors in it and some artistic license with my quotes, I feel that it it give a good impression of what we have been up to.
The local papers were full of letters to the editors for weeks after the first episode of the aforementioned program appeared, I thought that I'd include this one, which was the precursor to the article written above.

Letter appearing in the Seymour Nagambie Advertiser (and North Central Review) from Dave Palmer, 8th May 2012

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It was great to see the article about your place! They should have more stories about the myriad of things people CAN do, because people would be inspired to do more in their own homes. Wouldn't it be great if the paper could do report like this one on a regular basis. Congratulations on always speaking up.

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While ‘vulnerability’ has become a regularly used notion in human rights law, as a legal concept it remains ambiguous and contested. It is now necessary to take a critical look at the vulnerability reasoning as a structural element in human rights law. Is the expansion of vulnerability reasoning indicative of a trend towards particularisation of human rights?

The aim of the project Vulnerability as Particularity — Towards Relativizing the Universality of Human Rights? is to unpack the notion of vulnerability in order to analyse its function in the interpretation of law and to problematize its use as an operative principle in the implementation of policies and laws. Drawing on discourse analysis and interviews, the project addresses vulnerability from three angles: particularity, exclusion and inclusion, and power. The project contributes to an analytically critical understanding and operationalisation of the notion of vulnerability.

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The HR in HE Community is a forum for all staff working in HR, from the most experienced professionals to those looking to increase, expand or develop their institution’s HR function.

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I would like to introduce to the melodious voice of, Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole, singing  Somewhere over the Rainbow. I discovered his voice on this video “Free Hugs In Hollywood.” After hearing his voice, I wanted to learn more  about him and I did some research and discovered he had left the physical world.

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All employers have a duty to keep you safe at work and take proper care to remove or minimise the risks of an accident. The risk of burns and scalding should be eliminated wherever possible and if not possible your employer should provide appropriate safety wear, known as Personal Protective Equipment or PPE. An employer must also ensure staff have undergone appropriate Health and Safety training on how to keep themselves safe, the proper safety procedures and dangerous practices to avoid. The employer must have carried out a proper risk assessment. In addition to the general legislation covering safe work practices, the employer must have acted upon the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002.

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�Play� is central to the ideas of George Herbert Mead and fundamental to the emergence of all social behavior. It is formative in the genesis of self-consciousness and a pathway connecting intersubjectivity and emotions. The child's play calls out the parental attitude, and this relationship becomes a model for the community and society. Mead's ideas emerged from an interacting circle of scholars and activists in Chicago including John Dewey, Jane Addams, and Mary McDowell.


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FOUR FROGS, FOUR KISSES, ONE TRU LOVE.  Valentine's Day with a twist in this clever novelty. When Princess Polly wishes for the perfect Valentine's Day prince, four frogs rise to the challenge.  Will any of them prove the frog of her dreams?  As each hops up for a smooch, he is indeed turned into a prince--just not the right one.  When the princess puckers up for the fourth time, however, the frog remains a frog--but it's the princess who begins to change.  Die-cut pages really change frogs into princes and back again in this ingenious novelty book.


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