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Writing My Wrongs by Shaka Senghor

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Convergent Books
Price: $14.00
Purchase: Amazon | BN

Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age 11, his parents’ marriage began to unravel, and the beatings from his mother worsened, sending him on a downward spiral that saw him run away from home, turn to drug dealing to survive, and end up in prison for murder at the age of 19, fuming with anger and despair.
Writing My Wrongs is the story of what came next. During his nineteen-year incarceration, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement, Senghor discovered literature, meditation, self-examination, and the kindness of others—tools he used to confront the demons of his past, forgive the people who hurt him, and begin atoning for the wrongs he had committed. Upon his release at age thirty-eight, Senghor became an activist and mentor to young men and women facing circumstances like his. His work in the community and the courage to share his story led him to fellowships at the MIT Media Lab and the Kellogg Foundation and invitations to speak at events like TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival.

In equal turns, Writing My Wrongs is a page-turning portrait of life in the shadow of poverty, violence, and fear; an unforgettable story of redemption, reminding us that our worst deeds don’t define us; and a compelling witness to our country’s need for rethinking its approach to crime, prison, and the men and women sent there.

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Writing My Wrongs is about the power of hope, change, and redemption. It sheds light on the reality and truth of mass incarceration.

I have read many books about prison, but never as poignant, gritty, and honest as this one. This memoir provoked me in ways I had not expected.

Shaka Senghor is an inspiration and a great writer. He was born with a gift which he was able to develop during his time in solitary confinement. It was through reading and writing that he was able to heal and find himself.

His story taught me that people deserve a second chance, and should not be limited or defined by their past.

Writing My Wrongs is an important and powerful book, which touched, inspired and encouraged me. I hope it gets into the hands of the youth in public schools, detention centers, and prisons across America. I highly recommend it.

In conclusion, I want to thank Convergent for sending me this complimentary book in exchange for an honest review.

Locked up for nearly nineteen years, Shaka Senghor has used his incarceration as a vehicle for change. Through years of study and self-reflection, he has transformed himself from an uncaring “thug” into a principled, progressive man who refuses to allow his circumstances to define who he is or what he’s capable of.

Once a very angry, bitter young man, it was books that saved him from self-destructing and allowed him to see beyond the barbed-wire fences that held him captive. In an environment where hopelessness and despair grow like weeds, writing became his refuge. Eventually, he began writing creatively, tapping into the growing interest in street/hip hop literature. The author of six books and countless articles and short stories, he is inspired by revolutionary prison writers like George Jackson, Malcolm X and Donald Goines.

Whether writing street lit or poetry, Shaka speaks the truth about the oppressive conditions of the ‘hood and the not-so-glamorous side of the streets. He writes in a way that compels his readers to see the hope and humanity of a discarded generation shaped by the crack epidemic, the fall of the auto industry and the rise of the prison industrial complex. He is soon to be released and is eager to begin working with youth through gun and violence prevention programs in his hometown of Detroit.

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Book Review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN-10: 074324754X
ISBN-13: 978-0743247542
Price: $17.00
Purchase: Amazon | BN

Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.” Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.

Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town — and the family — Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents’ betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home.

What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.

For two decades, Jeannette Walls hid her roots. Now she tells her own story.

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The Glass Castle is one of the best memoirs I have ever read, and I have read many.

Jeannette Walls is a beautiful writer, and her memoir reads like novel. It is moving and unforgettable. It left a lasting impression on me.

If I were to describe this memoir in one word, it would be resilience.

If you have never read a memoir before or if you love memoirs, The Glass Castle is the one to read.  I highly recommend it.

Jeannette Walls is a regular contributor to MSNBC.com, she lives in New York and Virginia and is married to the writer John Taylor.

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Help One Now

Meet Naiderson. My sons and I watched this video together.

I do not want them growing up not knowing the needs that exist around the world. I’m also trying to instill in them biblical principles.

God teaches us not to forget the poor or the orphans. (James 1:27)

I’m trying to serve in any way I can which is why I am now a Help One Now blogger.

This is all voluntary. I do not get paid to blog for any organization. I do this on my own accord as a way of giving back and helping in some small way.

God has given me the gift of writing and I want to sow it back to Him.

The Lord seems to be reminding me lately about the necessity and importance of children receiving an education.

I just finished reading and reviewing a book called Creating Room To Read by John Woods which is about the importance of education. Mostly, children living in poverty around the world who do not have access to books or schools.

Help One Now is helping children in Haiti which Unicef reports the education statistics are very bleak.

When we watched the video of Naiderson, we were very sad. After the earthquake in Haiti, it left children like Naiderson without schools.

I’ve learned by John Wood and Nick Kristof that children receiving an education is one of the ways to break the cycle of poverty.

In the days ahead, I will be blogging more about the work Help One Now is involved in and how you can get involved or help.

If you are moved to give, just click on the photo above to donate towards this cause. Any amount will be helpful and appreciated.

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It’s Not About Us

“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” James 1:27

I remember when I first read the above bible verse. It was as if the words jumped up from off the page and hit me in the face.

These words went deep into my heart, never to be forgotten.

My heart has always been for the children; the poor, the hungry, the oppressed, the abused, the neglected and the orphans.

This was even before I had children of my own.

My husband remembered my sponsoring children from Compassion International when he first met me.

My desire has been and will always be to help in some small way and make a difference to children in need.

But honestly, I can’t do it alone. I realize that no matter how much I try to help, it isn’t enough.

Recently, a sweet sister in the Lord who lives in Pakistan reached out to me. She is a young girl who has dedicated her life to feed orphans in the town where she lives. The need is so great there and the money she receives unfortunately doesn’t suffice.

I am troubled by this. I am troubled by the fact there are children who are hungry and have no family.

I personally give to the capacity I am able, but again, it’s not enough.

This grieves me and I find myself crying out to God for help.

The burden is great.

Recently, I watched a movie by Tyler Perry called “Good Deeds”. I am happy it had a Hollywood ending, but the entire time I watched, I suffered. There was this one character who was a struggling single mother.  She was evicted from her apartment in the worst way. She became homeless overnight and had to live in her car with her young daughter. It was a sad situation and it broke my heart.

I know there are countless women in the USA alone in dire straits, trying to make ends meet to feed and care for their children or are homeless and living in shelters.

The needs are great.

Which is why I became a Compassion International blogger, because I want to make a difference somehow and in some way to help children around the world.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, my dream isn’t about me, my blog isn’t about me, my writing isn’t about me. It’s all about Jesus, His dream and His heart for His children throughout the world.

My life isn’t about me, it’s about Jesus. It’s about living His Word to the best of my ability. His Word is the rulebook for our life. As Christians, we need to follow what it says and not live our lives according to ourselves, our dreams, our motivations or our desires.

We are to live our lives helping and serving others, being the hands and feet for Jesus on earth.

This is why the above verse means so much to me, because I believe this is God’s heart and dream for mankind.

For those of us who say we love Jesus, we are to love what He loves and obey His Word by caring for the widows and orphans.

We must realize that God’s dream is much bigger than our own dreams. The gifts He gives us is not to be used for ourselves, for our gain or recognition, but for His cause and His cause alone.

We all can do our part and make a difference, even if it is just donating a dollar to help a hungry child. Any little bit would help.

Won’t you join Children International by helping them fulfill God’s commission here on earth by donating any amount or sponsoring a child today?

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What Does Giving Look Like?

When I was growing up, giving looked like a table full of  home made food. My family toiled at making delicious dishes while I delighted in the aromas that filled the house.

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Now that I’m older and have a family of my own, I try to emulate my family’s tradition.

My father is a chef. He grew up in a poor fishing village. As a child he suffered terrible hunger and poverty.

He would always tell me stories about his childhood. How there was no food and many times he would go to bed hungry.

I learned about poverty through my father. I grew up privileged in the sense that I had a roof over my head, food to eat and clothing on my back.

Cooking was an act of giving in our home. My father grew up not having food, so he always made it a point to feed the homeless. He never forgot where he came from.

My father’s life and example taught me to be compassionate toward others in need. Which is why I love supporting organizations like Compassion International. They are doing a wonderful work helping children in need.

Right now, they are having a campaign to raise $20,000 for children living in poverty. If you would like to sponsor a child or donate to the Compassion International Christmas Catalog, please click here.

What does giving look like to you?

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Heart Strings

I have had the blessing of traveling a great deal in the past.  I visited several countries and have seen poverty at it’s worst.  Nothing breaks my heart more than witnessing homeless and hungry children, especially orphans.

Photograph by Chan Kwok Hung

This photo speaks a multitude, doesn’t it?  This world can be such a cruel place. How I wish something could been done to help save every child and preserve their innocence.

There are times I feel helpless and overwhelmed, like tonight for instance. I was walking crosstown on 42nd Street to catch my bus home.

As I was walking, I took in my surroundings; the rhythm, activity and energy of rush hour.

Until something caught my eye that caused me to stop in my tracks. I remained frozen, watching, pondering whether I should go do something.

This moment reminded me of an incident I read in Jeff Goins’ new book, Wrecked. I knew I had to make a choice.

Suddenly a man spoke and snapped me out of my trance. I guess he noticed my struggle. He tells me, “Your heart strings are being tugged, huh?” I said, “Yes.”  He nodded in understanding.

Right then, I decided to walk over to her. This young woman who was pregnant sitting on the hot concrete floor with a toddler. She must have been no more than twenty-five years old. I asked her if she needed help.

She didn’t speak English. She said something which sounded like Spanish.  However, when she responded again, I realized it wasn’t Spanish, but more like Portuguese or Italian.

She wanted me to give her money. I told her I didn’t want to give her money. She said she needed diapers. I said I would go buy her diapers if she wanted. She agreed for me to get her diapers.

I asked, what size, she tells me size four. For the life of me, I don’t know how we were able to understand each other, it had to have been the Holy Spirit.

She tells me she would wait for me in the same spot for only twenty minutes. So I take off in a hurry to the nearest place I could find and bought diapers. I also bought her a few other items so she could feed her child who looked dirty, hungry and tired. I especially felt compassion for her child.

The city was so hot. I’m sure this poor child was outside all day in the heat while her mother begged.

When I returned she was there waiting. I handed her the bag and she thanked me.

What was most beautiful to me was the reaction on the little girl’s face. She pointed to the bottle of water and looked up at me with a big smile. She seemed genuinely appreciative. I grabbed her little hand and smiled at her too. My heart swelled with love for that child. I so badly wanted to protect her.

I looked into the pregnant mother’s eyes and told her Jesus loved her. I also told her to be careful and to take good care of herself and the baby. I just hope she really understood what I said.

I arrived home very somber. I began thinking about all the homeless mothers and children living in the streets of New York City and around the world. My heart hurts for them.

This tug never goes away. I guess it serves as reminder to never forget.

I wonder how things would be if every Christian from around the world stopped to help and encourage one person each day?

What do you think would happen?  I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts.

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Can't wait to read

Another month and another set of books I cannot wait to get my hands on. I'm mostly focusing on 2016 releases this month ready for the new year.

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens - Out March 2016

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but nothing is the same. There's a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects - and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs.

Then, after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth is found - murdered.

Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who might have committed such foul play? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?

I  love this series. I cannot wait for this to be released.

How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss - Out January 2016

Hattie's summer isn't going as planned. Her two best friends have abandoned her: Reuben has run off to Europe to "find himself" and Kat's in Edinburgh with her new girlfriend. Meanwhile Hattie is stuck babysitting her twin siblings and dealing with endless drama around her mum's wedding.

Oh, and she's also just discovered that she's pregnant with Reuben's baby...

Then Gloria, Hattie's great-aunt who no one previously knew even existed comes crashing into her life. Gloria's fiercely independent, rather too fond of a gin sling and is in the early stages of dementia.

Together the two of them set out on a road trip of self-discovery – Gloria to finally confront the secrets of her past before they are wiped from her memory forever and Hattie to face the hard choices that will determine her future.

I loved Clare's first book. I cannot wait for this.

Never Evers by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivson - Out January 2016

Kicked out of ballet academy and straight into a school ski trip, Mouse knows certain classmates can't wait to see her fall flat on her face. Meanwhile, Jack looks forward to danger and girls, but hasn't a clue about either. That's until French teen sensation Roland arrives in the resort - who Jack's a dead ringer for. When Roland persuades Jack to be his stand-in for a day, Jack, in disguise, declares his feelings for Mouse. But what happens when he's no longer a pop star - will it be music and magic on the slopes?

Another book by authors whose previous books I loved. I am hoping it is as brilliant as Lobsters.

 After the Last Dance by Sarra Manning - Out December 2015

Two women. Two love affairs. One unforgettable story. Kings Cross station, 1943. Rose arrives in London hoping to swap the drudgery of wartime for romance, glamour and jiving with GIs at Rainbow Corner, the famous dance hall in Piccadilly Circus. As the bombs fall, Rose loses her heart to a pilot but will lose so much more before the war has done its worst. Las Vegas, present day. A beautiful woman in a wedding dress walks into a seedy bar and asks the first man she sees to marry her. When Leo slips the ring onto Jane's finger, he has no idea that his new wife will stop at nothing to get what she wants. So when Jane meets Rose, now a formidable older lady, there's no love lost between them. But with time running out, can Rose and Jane come together to make peace with the tragic secrets that have always haunted their lives? After the Last Dance is an extraordinary story of two women, separated by time but connected by fate, that will make you believe in the redemptive power of unexpected love.

I love Sarra Manning. I love Historical Fiction. I cannot wait for this.

Whisper to Me by Nick Lake - Out May 2016

"I love you. I'm sorry for what I did to you. I'm going to write it all down, explain everything that happened, why I broke your heart, and then I'm going to email it to you. I will be waiting for you at 5 pm Friday by the windmill hole at the crazy golf at the Pier where we played once. If you still want me then, when you're done reading this, come and get me. OK? Consider this the most screwed up love letter ever."

So begins Nick Lake's brilliant tour de force romance which introduces readers to Cassie, a New Jersey shore teen who, over the course of one summer, experiences the exhilarating highs of new love, the frightening free-falls of personal demons and family tragedy, and the bumps along the way to forgiveness, acceptance, and self-discovery. Told entirely through flashbacks, readers will savour every moment of Cassie's relationship with a boardwalk boy and race to the last page to discover how it all ends.

I want to try some Nick Lake and this seems a perfect place to start.

When Everything feels like the Movies by Raizel Reid - Out April 2016

School is like a film set. There's The Crew who make things happen; The Extras who fill empty spaces in rows of desks; and The Movie Stars, who everyone wants to tag in their Facebook photos.

But flamboyant Jude Rothesay, who lives for Louboutins and celebrity magazines, doesn't fit into any of these categories. Jude is the boy who wants to burn the whole damn set down . . . but not until he gets Luke Morris to be his date to the Valentine's Day dance.

Inspired by a true story, When Everything Feels Like the Movies is an edgy, extravagant novel full of gender-bending teen glamour, dark mischief and melodrama. A boy who smells like Chanel Mademoiselle, calls Blair Waldorf his biggest childhood influence, and reads Old Hollywood star biographies like gospel doesn't have the easiest path to travel in life, but somehow, Jude paves his own yellow brick road and makes us all wish we could join him over the rainbow.

I know very little about this but I am really keen to get a copy asap to read.

How hard can Love be by Holly Bourne - Out February 2016

All Amber wants is a little bit of love. Her mum has never been the caring type, even before she moved to California, got remarried and had a personality transplant. But Amber's hoping that spending the summer with her can change all that.

And then there's prom king Kyle, the guy all the girls want. Can he really be interested in anti-cheerleader Amber? Even with best friends Evie and Lottie's advice, there's no escaping the fact: love is hard.

I loved loved loved Holly's last book and I cannot wait to read this too.

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson - Out May 2016

Andie had it all planned out. When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future. Important internship? Check. Amazing friends? Check.  Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks)
But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might change her whole life. Because here’s the thing - if everything's planned out, you can never find the unexpected. And where’s the fun in that?

This sounds brilliant and I always love Morgan's books.


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Onion Marmalade

Here is a quick, easy and very tasty condiment that would be great as a grilled steak or burger topping. I am going to use it to make what I hope will be a stellar appetizer, but you can use it as a ready-made alternative to sauteed or caramelized onions.

Despite the name, this is most definitely savory rather than sweet.

2 medium Yellow onions
1/2 cup Red wine vinegar
3 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp Molasses
1 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp Black pepper
1/4 tsp Ground ancho chile

Peel the onions then cut them in half from pole to pole.

Cut the halves into half-rings, keeping them together, then cut the half-rings into thirds. You should have about 3 1/2 cups.

Onion Marmalade

Melt the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat.

Add the onions and cook them, stirring frequently, until they are just translucent (about five minutes).

Reduce the heat to medium, sprinkle the onions with the sugar and continue to cook them, stirring frequently, until they are just starting to brown (about five minutes).

Onion Marmalade

Add the remaining ingredients and bring just barely to a boil.

Onion Marmalade

Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until about 3/4 of the liquid has evaporated (about 8 minutes).

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Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook another 10 minutes.

Remove from the heat, uncover and let cool.

Onion Marmalade

Put the cooled marmalade in jars and refrigerate. It should easily keep for a week or two.

(Makes about 1 1/2 cups)

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Blogger Tracey said...
Wow, this looks wonderful! I love that it keeps in the fridge so I don't have to caramelize onions every time I want them.
Blogger John Dawson said...
Tracey - Thanks for the kind words. I should mention that the vinegar makes these a sort if sweet and slightly sour version of caramelized onions. They are still a good replacement, but not exactly the same. -John
Blogger Carey said...
Those look yummy & awesome - do you think i could substitute Balsamic Vinegar for the red wine?

Thanks for the great idea for this weekend's BBQ
Blogger John Dawson said...
Carey - Yes, you can certainly use balsamic, but I would use only one tablespoon of molasses. -John
Anonymous Karen W said...
I'm confused, you put this on your hotdog cold? Cuz I love grilled onions and nothing says summer to me than a grilled dog with onions. Is it more like a relish then?
Blogger John Dawson said...
Karen - I just suggest refrigerating it for storage to preserve it longer. I warm it up in the microwave when I use it. -John
Anonymous Karen W said...
Thank you! I'll give it a try.
Blogger Kathryn said...
I made it and liked it, but it *is* vinegary. However, that is mitigated by the sugar somewhat. What I found missing was salty. I added about 1/2 tbs. of fine sea salt, which seems to make a nice trio then of salt/sweet/sour. Just my 2 cents. Really enjoy the blog!
Blogger John Dawson said...
Thanks for the feedback, Kathryn. Vinegar is a somewhat touchy thing to gauge. If you find it too much so, just add more sugar and/or molasses.
Looks like an excellent marmalade. Thanks for sharing this idea.
Blogger John Dawson said...
Uh oh... I hope you didn't notice any recipe malpractice. :-)
Blogger Kevin said...
This onion marmalade sounds so good!
You know, I love onion marmalade but to be honest, I've never made it. So glad I stumbled on your post! Sounds yummy. I bet it would also be great as an appetizer on top of sliced baguette with some goat cheese.
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A Serious Man

(from movie trailer, various voices): I’ve tried to be a serious man. We’re going to be fine. I’ve tried to do right, be a member of the community. Please just tell him I need help.

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: “A Serious Man” is a dark comedy that asks some universally serious questions.

CATHLEEN FALSANI (Author, The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers): Why do we suffer? If God is there and God is a good God, why do bad things happen to decent people? I don’t care what flavor of spiritual person you are, or if you are a person of faith or not, there is no real good satisfactory answer to that.

LAWTON: Religion columnist Cathleen Falsani is author of The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers. She says the brothers’ newest film grapples with those theological questions in unexpected—and yes, quirky—ways.

FALSANI: It’s a powerful film, but it’s a powerfully funny film as well, and in the Coens’ 25 years of filmmaking, it’s often their funniest films that are in some ways the darkest, the most serious spiritually.

postb-seriousman(from movie): Honey, I think it’s time we started talking about a divorce.

LAWTON: Set in 1967, the story centers around a Jewish physics professor, Larry Gopnick, who experiences a Job-like set of personal and professional calamities. He looks to his faith to make sense of it all.

(Larry Gopnick, from movie): Please, I need help. I’ve already talked to the other rabbis. I’ve had quite a bit of tzurus lately. Marital problems, professional, you name it. This is not a frivolous request.

LAWTON: He doesn’t find any easy answers.

(dialogue from movie): Rabbi’s secretary: The rabbi is busy. Larry Gopnick: He didn’t look busy. Secretary: He’s thinking.

FALSANI: To their credit, the rabbis in the film don’t really try to give an answer. I think they kind of encourage the wrestling out of the answer, which is, in fact, in my estimation, to continue to live your life.

LAWTON: The film is full of Jewish motifs. It’s set in a community outside Minneapolis, where the Coen brothers themselves grew up in the 1960s. They say with “A Serious Man” they wanted to explore what they call “the whole Jewish Midwestern thing.”

ETHAN COEN (filmmaker): The whole incongruity of Jews in the Midwest, Jews on the plains. It’s just—it’s odd, and that incongruity is something that we kind of wanted to get across, too. It’s its own strange subculture.

Ethan and Joel Coen

LAWTON: They acknowledge nervousness among some Jews about how the film may come across.

ETHAN COEN: People were really supportive in the Jewish community especially, but you know, occasionally people would ask, you’re not making fun of the Jews, are you? This really deep Jewish thing where, you know, is this good for the Jews or bad for the Jews?

LAWTON: Like Larry’s son, Danny, the Coen brothers went to Hebrew school and were bar mitzvahed. They’ve indicated that faith no longer plays a central role in their lives, but they are notoriously reticent to discuss their personal beliefs or the messages in their 14 films.

FALSANI: They don’t say a lot about what they believe or don’t, but their movies are filled with theological and metaphysical and existential questions.

LAWTON: Falsani admits those themes may not always be obvious in what she calls “the Coeniverse”—the enigmatic and sometimes violent worlds the Coens have created.

FALSANI: I think there is a moral order to the Coeniverse, if you will. It might not be the moral order we were hoping for, but it’s there.

LAWTON: “A Serious Man” may be more overt than other Coen films in its religious exploration, but it is no more obvious in its conclusions. Still, Falsani says, in true Coenesque fashion, meaning can come by simply raising the questions.

(Larry Gopnick, from movie): I need help.

I’m Kim Lawton reporting.


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Workshop: Ken Eugene Memorial Knot Tying Clinic

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Ken Eugene Memorial Knot Tying Clinic

Richard Izmirian will attempt to channel the Club’s late uber mentor to demonstrate and teach the Club knot – the Eugene Bend.  The eponymous Ken Eugene developed the super 100% terminal knot while in the Navy stationed in the South Pacific in the early 1940’s.  Those of us who were privileged to know and learn from Ken strive to continue his legacy.

The clinic is for those who are new to the Eugene bend, need a refresher with the knot, or use the knot all the time and want to help teach this simple and highly effective knot to others.  We will tie and test, tie and test – develop muscle memory and make it second nature.  We will also learn a couple of tying variations and demonstrate the Eugene Sling, a 100% loop knot.

Join us at 7:30 PM, June 7 at the Highland Community Center, 1665 Fernside Street, Redwood City.  Tippet and hooks will be provided.

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Trying to jump start the economy with rusty jumper cables that are too short

It was probably too much to expect that the new guy could sweep into office, hook up the jumper cables and the economy would crank right up and restart. The same deeply compromised political system, fragmented by special interests and ideology, that helped give us the mess in the first place have given us a flawed and compromised stimulus bill and a bank bailout that raised more skepticism than hope when it was announced. Paul Krugman summed it up today:
Over all, the effect was to kick the can down the road. And that’s not good enough. So far the Obama administration’s response to the economic crisis is all too reminiscent of Japan in the 1990s: a fiscal expansion large enough to avert the worst, but not enough to kick-start recovery; support for the banking system, but a reluctance to force banks to face up to their losses. It’s early days yet, but we’re falling behind the curve.

And I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach — a feeling that America just isn’t rising to the greatest economic challenge in 70 years. The best may not lack all conviction, but they seem alarmingly willing to settle for half-measures. And the worst are, as ever, full of passionate intensity, oblivious to the grotesque failure of their doctrine in practice.
Time for President Obama to buy some new jumper cables?

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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Sometimes I don't even notice my better photographs until a few days after I take them.

Mounds Not Money

A few days ago I took a lot of photos and videos of the rally at the Capitol protesting Assembly Bill 620 that would have stripped some of the protections against development from Native American effigy mounds. (For the time being, the protest seemed to stop the bill in its tracks, although with this legislature, you never know.)

Most of the photos and videos were more dramatic and colorful. But looking back a few days later, this quiet photograph is the one that haunts me.

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"The best of your Ancestors and the magic of the cosmos is in your DNA!"

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Jan Porter shares the soul wisdom, magic and insights of our Ancestors through the ancient art of storytelling and self-counsel works. With the wisdom of everyday unsung heroes and the human condition, we carve a new path. As a philosophical muse of human nature, quantum physics, spirit world and nature, she does not hold to any one particular tradition as one higher truth or one size fits all. Viva la diversity! There is still so much more to do, share, explore and discover with more self-counsel books, a handful of children’s stories and another novel in the works. Founder of Soul Works Gifting Foundation (ad hoc) and a proud member of; The Writer's Union of Canada, the Mohawk College Alumni Association and the Bancroft Spiritual Centre. Formerly published with Moose Hide Books, Canada. Articles published in: Mosaic Magazine, Owen Sound Sun Times, Wiarton Echo News, Tobermory Press, Medium online, One Thousand Trees magazine, Link magazine and co-founder of Mystical Voices Magazine.

Published Books: ~ "The Way Out" (out of action) first published self help book for survivors, way back in 1993 by Whale Publications then via The Morris Pratt Institute, U.S.A., out of print and revised, became; ~ "Sacred Space, body mind soul after sexual abuse" and ~ "Life After Abuse, a practical healing guide for survivors" ~ "Peaceful Warrior, Annish's journey" literary fiction novella first published with Moose Hide Books, Canada was revised and entitled; "Peaceful Warrior Woman", published via Amazon 2014 ~ "Soul Skin" began way back in 2001, published via Amazon 2014 ~ "SHARING: our stories, our selves, our success" - anthologies of empowerment stories that give voices to the challenges of life, as well as the transformation, hope and healing that is ours to receive, published One Thousand Trees ~ "Angel Guides, love communication", self-counsel published via Amazon online 2014. ~ "Spiritual Biz, passion and fulfillment in a changing global community" ~ "Soul Calling, your angel guided life purpose" ~ "Izzy's Ghost's", a literary fiction novel in progress

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"Soul Calling, your Angel guided life purpose" By; Jan Porter: Get your Angel groove on!

Your Soul and Angel Guides are calling you to live your inspired life purpose! Communicate and commune with your own Soul’s wisdom, Guardian Angels and Spirit Guides.

"Spiritual Biz, passion, purpose and fulfillment in a changing global community": By; Jan Porter & Daniel P. Davison

Harness the best of your Ancestors, ancient prophecies, the magic of the cosmos and practical wisdom bridging traditional and alternative resource tools. Hone your intuition and navigate your soul path with confidence.

"Peaceful Warrior Woman", fiction novella By; Jan Porter: a tale of ancestors, spirit world and nature

Young Annish dreams of an exciting Hunter-Warrior’s life rather than the traditional domestic role set out for her. A moving solo hunter’s adventure odyssey unfolds bringing Spirit World visions, Ancestor guidance, powerful mysterious forces and life defining soul challenges.

"Life After Abuse, a practical healing guide for survivors" By; Jan Porter

"Life After Abuse, is a practical healing guide for survivors and for all who seek healing, wholeness and inner peace from sexual abuse and for those who support and care for them." (Currently being used as a text book for emerging ministers and pastoral workers) Easy to read and follow.

Angel Guides, love communication: Get your Angel groove on! Someone is waiting to formally meet you!

Communicate and allow your Angels and Spirit Guides to flow comfort, love, insights and inspiration. A wonderful life path and to fulfill your soul’s purpose, is your birthright. Oodles of loving comfort, insights, support and inspiration. Easy and grow at your own pace exercises, an Angel Guides invocation prayer and a meet, talk and work with your Angel Guides mediation journey and more.

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Life overflows with problems as middle aged Navi strives to cope with; a child’s cancer, marital heartbreak, a stifling rural church community, a scandalous love affair, job loss, menopause and a haunting dark shadow nemesis. Heart broken and shamed, lost and alone with her daughter, she is comforted by her dead Grandmother and a mysterious soul skin man.

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Ellen Gray: Seeing 'Stars'

Fashion, with a heavy dash of celebrities

Jessica Simpson (left), John Varvatos (center) and Nicole Ritchie are "Fashion Star's" celeb judges. (Associated Press)

* FASHION STAR. 9:30 tonight, NBC10. Moves to 10 p.m. next week.

FAMOUS PEOPLE have always gotten to cut the line: They get the best tables, the backstage passes, the seats behind the velvet ropes.

Thanks to television, they also vie for glitter-ball trophies or the opportunity to call themselves Donald Trump's fake apprentice. They've lost weight on "Celebrity Fit Club" and gotten clean on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew."

There's nothing in "reality" television, in fact, that someone somewhere doesn't think can be improved by the addition of a celebrity. Or 12.

I've found it, though, and it's called "Fashion Star."

Premiering tonight on NBC after "The Biggest Loser," "Fashion Star" is "Project Runway" for people with short attention spans, "Shark Tank" for people more interested in clothes than inventions and yet another branding opportunity for Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie, who, along with menswear designer John Varvatos, have been tapped as "celebrity mentors" to a group of aspiring designers.

Because, as you've probably heard, Simpson and Richie have clothing lines. Which makes them, of course, fashion stars.

Simpson, at least, doesn't appear to take herself too seriously. Richie, whose original claim to fame was that she was Lionel Richie's daughter and Paris Hilton's TV sidekick, clearly considers herself an expert.

(She also has her name on the cover of two novels, so I suppose it's only a matter of time before some publicity-hungry school offers to make her a writer-in-residence.)

There's a germ of a good idea in the massively overproduced "Fashion Star," which is hosted by Elle Macpherson (who's way less scary than Heidi Klum).

Just as on "Runway," designers may receive advice from their mentors - though they'd be crazy to listen too hard to anyone but Varvatos - but it's the judges who count.

And the judges - buyers from H&M, Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue - are putting their company's money where their mouths are, each week ordering designs they've seen on the runway for immediate production.

The winning designs go on sale the next day (the shows were shot last summer and, yes, everything's made in China, according to executive producer Ben Silverman). The season's overall winner gets a deal estimated to be worth more than $6 million in orders from all three stores.

For anyone who watches a show like "Project Runway" for insight into the creative process, "Fashion Star" is likely to disappoint, the time in the workroom largely serving as an excuse to show the celebrity mentors mentoring.

Or meddling.

It's worth remembering that "Runway" mentor Tim Gunn, before he was an ubiquitous TV personality, was a longtime fashion and design educator whose solid advice and genuine charm made him a star.

That's what "reality" TV does - it makes stars of people whose names we wouldn't otherwise have known.

Even (sigh) Snooki.

Aside from the designers, who'll have to be extra-sharp to cut through the noise, there are at least three potential stars on "Fashion Star" and they're the three you've likely never heard of: judges Caprice Willard, of Macy's, Terron E. Schaefer, of Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nicole Christie.

None of them is exactly Simon Cowell, but as fashion executives, they bring the same attitude to "Fashion Star" he once did to "American Idol": Whatever happens on the show, it's only what they can sell that counts.

My advice to "Fashion Star"?

Forget the famous and follow the money.

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Psychotherapy in Manchester

Psychotherapy can be a long term commitment lasting anything from a few months to several years.

The aim of psychotherapy is to change not just one or two aspects of your life, but many.

By the end of psychotherapy many clients feel like a different person.

Still the same you, but without so many of the hang ups that hold you back in life.

Psychotherapy is suitable for clients in Manchester who need to take a hard look at themselves, and make lasting changes.

As with counselling and cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (CBT), my main concern for you in psychotherapy is your safety.

Working with a psychotherapist over a longer period needs high levels of mutual trust and integrity.

For this reason I do not take on long term psychotherapy clients unless we have already worked together in counselling or cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (CBT).

When working as a psychotherapist, there is an emphasis on learning about the past and how this impacts on the present.

Formative childhood relationships and experiences are often relevant.

The therapeutic relationship then becomes the arena where many problematic relationship issues will be explored and resolved.

As psychotherapy treatment progresses there is a greater emphasis on looking to the future, building the life you want to lead, and equipping you with the skills and knowledge you will need in your new life.

In workning with my Manchester psychotherapy clients I draw on humanistic, person centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural techniques including schema therapy, hypnotherapymindfulness and meditation and EMDR psychotherapy.

I offer psychotherapy in Manchester for a range of common problems including:

Psychotherapy in Manchester for chronic and enduring depression.

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Psychotherapy in Manchester for sexual abuse.

Psychotherapy in Manchester for dysfunctional or abusive childhoods.

Psychotherapy in Manchester for eating disorders.

Psychotherapy in Manchester for personality disorders.

Psychotherapy in Manchester for chronic and enduring low self esteem.

If you have a diagnosed or diagnosable mental health issue of recent onset, such as an anxiety disorder or depression, then cognitive behavioural psychotherapy (CBT) should be considerred as it may help resolve your issues quickly.

However, if you need to make important decisions in your life, or need someone to talk to outside your friends and family on a short term basis, then counselling might be a better option.

If your problems are within your relationship, such as a sexual problem, or a recurring pattern to a distressing argument, then relationship counselling with your partner is the to be recommended.

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The BotMan WebDriver explained
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In this post to his site Christoph Rumpel covers a feature of the Botman chatbot library in a bit more depth: the WebDriver making interaction with the bot in a current application simpler.

The WebDriver is one of the best features about the BotMan library. Still I see a lot of people struggling with the concept and how to use it. Let's clear things up and let me show you how I already used this driver in production.

He starts off by talking about chatbots in general and how they're "more than just messengers" and can provide more real-time information to visitors to your site. In order to enhance the basic bot functionality, it needs to work with another source - in this case an API accessed via the WebDriver. He then gets into some example code showing how to use the driver to access an API and some explanation of the pieces involved.

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Link: https://christoph-rumpel.com/2018/02/the-botman-webdriver-explained

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Install Microsoft SQL Drivers for PHP 7 in Docker
Jan 19, 2018 @ 12:51:05

The Laravel News site has a tutorial posted showing the Microsoft SQL Server users out there how to install the drivers and use it in a Laravel application in a Docker environment.

I started a project recently that required that I connect a Microsoft SQL Server database with a the final result when everything is up and running.

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Link: https://laravel-news.com/install-microsoft-sql-drivers-php-7-docker

How to Create Custom Drivers in CodeIgniter
Sep 11, 2017 @ 10:36:54

On the TutsPlus.com site there's a new tutorial posted showing you how to create custom drivers in a CodeIgniter application. In this case the "drivers" are what lefts the application work with external technology or services.

The best way to understand the concept of drivers is to look at how caching is implemented in the core CodeIgniter framework. The main Cache class acts as a parent class and extends the CI_Driver_Library class. On the other hand, you'll end up finding child classes for APC, Memcached, Redis and the like, implemented as pluggable adapters. The child classes extend the CI_Driver class instead of the main driver class.

[...] Creating a custom driver in the CodeIgniter application is the aim of today's article. In the course of that, we'll go through a real-world example that creates a MediaRenderer driver used to render the media from different services like YouTube, Vimeo and similar. The different services will be implemented in the form of adapter classes.

He starts by listing the files that he'll be creating along the way and where they need to be located in the application structure. He then starts in on the configuration changes required and the contents of the files. He then walks through the code for each of them briefly explaining how they work. He starts with the drivers then moves to the adapters and, finally, how to put them together to make a functional renderer for either Vimeo our Youtube videos.

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Link: https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-custom-drivers-in-codeigniter--cms-29339

Derick Rethans:
HHVM and MongoDB
May 31, 2017 @ 11:56:50

Derick Rethans has a post on his site with an update about the MongoDB driver for HHVM - mostly that, because of feedback he received, it will no longer be maintained.

At the start of 2015 we began work on an HHVM driver for MongoDB, as part of our project to renew our PHP driver. Back then, HHVM was in its ascendancy and outperforming PHP 5.6 two to one. With such a huge performance difference it was reasonable to assume that many users would be switching over.

[...] With PHP 7 released, we saw very little use of the HHVM driver for MongoDB. Some months ago I did a twitter poll, where very few people were indicating that they were using HHVM—and even if they were, they would likely not choose to switch to HHVM given the current climate.

He includes some of the responses in his post ranging from people saying that HHVM only "masked slow code" for them. Another mentioned that, while Hack has some nice features, PHP moves on and integrates some of these ideas anyway. As a result of this disinclination towards HHVM on new development and the low adoption of the HHVM MongoDB extension, it will no longer be maintained. If you're a user and are interested in keeping development going, contact Derick for more information.

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Link: https://derickrethans.nl/mongodb-hhvm.html

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Feb 09, 2017 @ 19:21:04

On the DotDev.co blog there's a new post showing you how to create a custom queue driver for Laravel allowing you to define the logic and handling for background job processing with the framework.

Ever needed to use a queue service not supported by Laravel? No, me neither! However, recently I needed to tweak the config for the SQS driver in order to utilise a couple of the Amazon configuration settings. Unfortunately, these settings are not natively exposed by Laravel, so I decided to build my own driver. Here’s how it went.

The tutorial walks you through the creation of the queue class that extends the "Queue" interface already built into Laravel (and what methods it requires). It then mentions the custom connector class it'll require and the service provider to link it all together. There's also a section covering the configuration you'll need to define the queue properties and what changes you'll need to make.

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Link: https://dotdev.co/creating-a-custom-queue-driver-for-laravel-3ec6463fa881#.grumknpj8

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Natural Language Sorting with MongoDB 3.4
Dec 16, 2016 @ 09:28:33

Derick Rethans (of MongoDB) has posted an update to his site sharing the details about an improvement that comes with MongoDB 3.4 and is supported by the PHP driver: natural language sorting.

Arranging English words in order is simple—most of the time. You simply arrange them in alphabetical order. Sorting a set of German words, or French words with all of their accents, or Chinese with their different characters is a lot harder than it looks.

[...] Years ago I wrote about collation and MongoDB. There is an old issue in MongoDB's JIRA tracker, SERVER-1920, to implement collation so that sorting and indexing could work depending on the different sorting orders as described for each language (locale). Support for these collations have finally landed in MongoDB 3.4 and in this article we are going to have a look at how they work.

He starts off by explaining a bit about how Unicode collation works and PHP's support through the intl extension in the Collator class. He provides a code example using the class, showing the difference in sorting them first as English words then as Norwegian words. He moves into the MongoDB world and shows how the queries using this new collation support would be structured before moving back to PHP and using the MongoDB client to make the same requests. He also includes examples showing how to set the default locale, the "strength" (for the level of comparison), sorting and some interesting quirks with certain locales.

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Link: https://derickrethans.nl/mongodb-collation-revised.html

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Dec 01, 2016 @ 09:58:22

In this new post to his site Derick Rethans about an issue that was discovered with the newer version of the PHP MongoDB driver dealing a JSON encoding/decoding error.

Yesterday we released the new version of the MongoDB Driver for PHP, to coincide with the release of MongoDB 3.4. Not long after that, we received an issue through GitHub titled "Undefined Symbol php_json_serializable_ce in Unknown on Line 0".

The driver makes use of the JSON extension's "JsonSerializable" interface to handle some of the BSON types (like binary data). They were surprised that, despite running their tests on a wide range of builds they never came up with this same issue, compiling them from source. The key here is that the JSON extension is bundled along with the binary when compiled this way however some linux distributions do things differently. They ship it as a separate module and, because this could potentially be missing, a JSON error like the one reported could occur. He goes on to talk about some specific examples from various distributions and the simple fix - ensure the JSON extension is loaded before the MongoDB driver is loaded in your installation. This prevents the JSON handling from being missing and the JSON-related error message from popping up.

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Link: https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html

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Learn how to use the TNTSearch driver with Laravel Scout
Oct 19, 2016 @ 11:52:50

On the Laravel News site there's a new tutorial posted showing you how to hook in the TNTSearch package with the Laravel Scout functionality replacing the default Algolia driver.

Laravel Scout provides a simple, driver-based solution for adding full-text search to your Eloquent models.

Out of the box, Laravel 5.3 ships with Algolia driver. However, we can easily write custom drivers; that’s exactly what TeamTnt has done by providing a TNTSearch driver for Laravel Scout.

The tutorial then walks you through getting the TNTSearch driver installed and integrated into your Laravel application (via Composer). They they show it in use on a sample database of film information and creating the related models. They show how to add in the "Searchable" trait for Scout, indexing the data and using the "search" method to locate matching results.

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Link: https://laravel-news.com/2016/10/tntsearch-with-laravel-scout/

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Mail Logging in Laravel 5.3: Extending the Mail Driver
Sep 26, 2016 @ 11:54:40

On the SitePoint PHP blog there's a new tutorial posted by Younes Rafie looking at logging of mail handling in Laravel by extending the already included driver with your own updates.

One of the many goodies Laravel offers is mailing. You can easily configure and send emails through multiple popular services, and it even includes a logging helper for development.

[...] Laravel also provides a good starting point for sending mails during the development phase using the log driver, and in production using smtp, sparkpost, mailgun, etc. This seems fine in most cases, but it can’t cover all the available services! In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to extend the existing mail driver system to add our own.

They start by helping you create the service provider used to log the mail information to a database table (the DBMailProvider). The extend the existing mail provider class and set it up to register the Swift Mailer provider if the configuration for the mailer is not set to "db". The the tutorial shows how to update the provider to override the swift.mailer instance in the application dependency injection container and include the code to override the "send" method. A migration is created to hold the mail data and a matching Emails model is used to save the mail results.

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Link: https://www.sitepoint.com/mail-logging-in-laravel-5-3-extending-the-mail-driver/

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Multiple authentication guard drivers (including API) in Laravel 5.2
Jan 25, 2016 @ 09:24:31

Matt Stauffer has a new post in his series looking at the features in the latest version of the Laravel framework (v5.2) with this look at guard drivers and how 5.2 allows you to use more than one at once.

Let's get back to Laravel 5.2 features, shall we? 5.2 introduced a significant boost to the power of the entire authentication system, including making it much simpler to have multiple "guards" running at once. The default authentication guard in Laravel prior to 5.2 (now named the web guard) is your traditional web-based application authentication layer: username and password post to a controller. [...] But what if you want to have an API running in the same app, and it uses JSON web tokens (or some other stateless, non-session authentication mechanism)? In the past you'd have to jump through a lot of hoops to have multiple authentication drivers running at the same time.

He shows how to edit the auth.php configuration file to add in more "guard" instances to the default request handling. He also talks about the new driver that backends the "api" guard: the token driver. He briefly introduces the driver and talks about how it works with the current authentication setup. He also looks at changes you can make to use non-default drivers in your auth requests and how to set up your own custom drivers.

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Oral cancer affects thousands of people every year. It is a category that includes cancer that affects any area of the mouth, including the tongue, cheeks, roof and floor of the mouth, gums and the entrance to the throat.

If not caught early and treated promptly, oral cancer can be fatal. While cancer can strike anyone, your lifestyle can greatly increase your risk.

Tobacco Products

Smoking, or the use of any tobacco containing product (chewing tobacco or snuff), has a number of effects on your overall health, and oral cancer is one that often goes undiscussed. Tobacco products contain numerous harmful ingredients, including many carcinogenic chemicals.

These chemicals come into contact with the delicate tissues of your mouth and can alter their chemistry, turning the cells cancerous. Smokers are up to 6 times more likely to develop oral cancer than nonsmokers.

Many people partake in the occasional drink. This in and of itself does not increase your cancer risk. What does is excessive drinking. Alcohol interferes with your body's natural processes, including its ability to heal itself.

Approximately 70% or oral cancer patients were heavy drinkers. And your risk increases exponentially if you use tobacco products and drink excessively.

A poor diet has an extremely negative impact on your body. You gain weight, heart problems increase, and you increase your risk for developing cancer, including oral cancer. Fast foods, foods high in saturated fat, fried foods, all can be detrimental to your health, especially when eaten frequently and not balanced with other foods.

On the other hand, healthy foods, including fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains provide your body with essential vitamins and minerals and protein to rebuild.

Human papilloma virus, or HPV, encompasses several different strains of virus. While many of them are connected to cancer (specifically cervical cancer), a few are linked to oral cancer. Having several partners, especially unprotected, will greatly increase your risk for HPV, and therefore oral cancer.

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A few times a year, our friends Mia and Paul and their dog Teddy fly down to the surf capital of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico. After hearing the two of them rave about these epic surf trips, Anthony and I finally decided to tag along. We booked our tickets and before we knew it, we were on a midnight flight to Aguadilla. The plane was nearly vacant, so we spent the 3 hour 50 minute flight stretched out across our own rows. We touched down at 3AM, and hopped into a Charlie's shuttle van to Charlie Rent A Car located 5 minutes away from the airport. Seeing as it was 4AM and we couldn't check into our place until 11AM, we threw our bags into our oh so spacious Hyundai Hatchback and followed Mia and Paul through dark tropical streets to their Airbnb.

We pulled up to a little purple house on a tiny hill. Inside was some interesting yet charming decor: a bobblehead here and some plastic flowers over there. But our exhaustion quickly took over so we all hit the sheets. Well, Anthony and I hit the four foot black velvet couch in the living room, but we could tell that we were already off to a great adventure. During the next three hours of shut eye, we listened to dogs, chickens, crickets, and many more unidentifiable wildlife. At last the sun rose, and we swiftly headed out for some breakfast. We wound up at El Carey Cafe which became the every morning pit stop. It's located on route 4466 between Shack's Beach and Jobos Beach. Diana Vasquez not only owns the place, but she also sells her paintings there too. You might even catch the world's tiniest Chihuahua in her arms, Shaggy. They also make kick ass homemade hot sauce that you can purchase as well.

"I felt the most relaxed that I'd felt in so many months listening to the grumblings of the waves crashing on the Earth's floor..."

We still had some time to kill before our check in, so Mia and Paul led us to Surfer's Beach for a quick surf session. Our surroundings quickly changed from residential to wild and tropical. We were on a dirt road with trees intertwining overhead until we reached the sand. Paul paddled out in the 5 foot waves while we laid down in the sand. I felt the most relaxed that I'd felt in so many months listening to the grumblings of the waves crashing on the Earth's floor and feeling the light breeze waft across my cheeks. That was only the beginning. We would have a week of this. A week of pure fun and relaxation.

On the road again, we travelled back east about a 10 minute drive to our little palm tree covered bungalow. It was located only a 7 minute walk from the sand at Shack's Beach. As we made the turn onto the property we saw that we were staying on what looked like a tiny farm. There were horses corralled in handmade fences, and chickens running about. There was a handful of dogs on the property as well - all friendly. We couldn't have been more excited to stay there. We tossed our suitcases in and scoped out our little spot.

"The rain felt so warm on our skin, that we sat there a little while longer to enjoy the sensation of rain drops dancing on our bodies."

The next few days, were spent jumping between different beaches. Mia and Paul knew all the sweet spots. We covered the Northwest coast: everything from Jobos to Surfer's to Wilderness to Maria's . Mia and Paul did all the surfing while Anthony and I swam, snorkeled, and hiked through the cliff sides. The water was as warm as a bath. I felt like I could float in there forever. Running to and from all of these surf spots definitely struck up some hunger. On a day trip down to Rincon, we found a dilapidated seafood restaurant right on the shore. We walked in, with only one group of locals sitting at single table. A little girl, maybe 12 years old sat us down at a plastic table outside near the dock, where we watched the crabs do their line dance along the water. We ordered a round of piña coladas, and not even 5 minutes later, it began to sprinkle. The rain felt so warm on our skin, that we sat there a little while longer to enjoy the sensation of rain drops dancing on our bodies. Eventually we ordered some lobster empanadas and conch. Everything was served on styrofoam plates and cups which didn't even phase us as we were too distracted by the fresh seafood in our mouths from that morning's catch. We found little gems like these all over. You just have to be brave enough to walk in.

Beach Comparisons and Artwork: Mia Woolrich, Paul Schmidt

Later that same night we planned to go to Diana's art show in Rincon. But as if we weren't full enough from our seafood luncheon, we put all our efforts in to seeking out a secret thai food "restaurant." This isn't really quite a restaurant. It's actually an apartment complex, and a couple who resides there converted their outdoor balcony to a cozy surf-style seating area. Only about 8 people can fit, so if it's full, you're out of luck. We indulged upon chicken pad thai and a stupendous grouper dish that they'd just caught that morning. Oddly enough, the best thai food I'd ever had was right here in Puerto Rico thanks to the hands of this lovely thai lady and her husband. I couldn't even begin to tell you how to get there. It's a maze of a way, but if you search hard enough and ask around, someone may be able to point you into the right direction.

Some other friends of ours had told us that we should go down to Cabo Rojo for a day trip. It's about an hour and a half drive South from Isabela. The first beach we sought out was a private beach with paid parking. We tried to get in, but Paul and Mia were denied by the parking attendant because they did not allow dogs. Luckily he gave us directions to a local spot, a tiny little cove with houses right up to the edge of the water. They were of several colors: brights and pastels alike. Some on stilts with the water so calm and pale blue. Our own little oasis for the afternoon. On our way back up to Isabela the sun began to set and we found ourselves cruising through a little main street in Aguada. There was an ice cream shop open and we decided that it would be the perfect end not only to our day, but to our entire trip.

We woke up at 3AM and returned our little vehicle that had driven us so many miles all over the island. Then it was back to the airport to catch our flight home to New York City. What a discovery. Puerto Rico will always be at our finger tips and a short flight away. I know we will be returning soon. Perhaps this time to San Juan...

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"Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" film producers Peter Schneider, Laurence Mark and Barry Kemp are currently tuning up a musical based on the 1997 comedy that starred Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow.

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"Romy and Michele" screenwriter Robin Schiff authored the book for the musical, which had a private reading in New York late last week with Tony Award nominee Christopher Ashley (Memphis, Xanadu) at the helm. Lynne Shankel (Company, Altar Boyz) was the musical director.

Schneider, Mark and Kemp have been developing the musical for the past two years. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion received a preliminary reading at the La Jolla Playhouse in January 2011. The plot centers on two single L.A. party girls in their late 20's who scramble to find boyfriends and cook up fabulous careers in time for their 10-year high school reunion – but not before they have a falling out over inventing Post-it notes.

The recent New York reading featured Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Zorro) as Romy and Tony nominee Kerry Butler (Xanadu, Catch Me If You Can) as Michele. Also among the cast were Mara Davi as Christy and Adam Kantor as Sandy.

Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay, who provide the original music featured on Showtime's "Weeds," have written the score for Romy and Michele. "We picked them because we thought they were special, and we were looking for an 80's-90's rock sound," producer Kemp told Playbill.com.

The producing team is currently determining the next step for Romy and Michele, which is aiming for a New York bow sometime within the next 18 months. Kemp said that while Broadway is a goal, the team is committed to allowing the creative elements of the show dictate its ultimate New York venue. "It's a nurturing process," Kemp said. "We don't want to do a re-creation of the movie. We wanted to do a reimagining of the movie. There are some things that are familiar and some things that were not in the film. It's a matter of balancing the moments you musicalize and the moments that you just let play. We don't want to blow the show up just to get it into a large theatre."

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