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The Indian equities market was battered by weak global market and budget blues this week. The hike in short term capital gains tax in the 2008-09 budget did not go well with the capital market at all. The 30-share sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, fell in three out of four trading sessions in the week. The market was closed Thursday on account of Shivratri. Sensex crashed by another 566.56 points or 3.4 per cent on Friday, bringing it below the 16,000 mark to close at 15,975.52, lowest since September 18, 2007. The Nifty index also dropped 149.80, or 3 per cent, to 4,771.60.
After Friday’s fall, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s index slumped 9.1 per cent this week, its steepest weekly decline in 21 months since May 2006, with 27 out of 30 stocks falling. All 13 industry indexes on the exchange dropped by between 1.1 per cent and 6.6 per cent and eight stocks fell for each that rose.
The SBI’s assets fell to its lowest in more than four months after finance minister P Chidambaram said lenders should consider cutting rates on home loans. ICICI Bank registered its biggest losses in 10 months the banking index recorded its biggest weekly fall since May ’04.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers of shares worth Rs.17.33 billion in February. But overall in 2008, by March 4 they were net sellers worth Rs.127.03 billion. Mutual funds bought shares worth Rs.5.14 billion in February.
The selling pressure last week was unabated and right across sectors, mirroring the weakness in the global stock markets. The Sensex tumbled 900.84 points or 5.12 percent to 16,677.88 Monday, March 3 2008, registering its second biggest single day loss. It was also the Sensex's second biggest single day fall in percentage terms, with 26 out of 30 stocks that form the Sensex pack ending in the red.

IDFC acquires StanChart's Indian asset management arm for $205mn

Standard Chartered Plc, the London- based bank that gets most of its profit in Asia, agreed to sell its Indian fund-management unit to Infrastructure Development Finance Company(IDFC) for $205 million.
Based in Mumbai and best-known as Infrastructure Development Finance Company(IDFC), the buyer finances roads, ports and utilities in India. It will pay cash for the unit and plans to complete the purchase in the second quarter pending regulatory approval, Standard Chartered said in statement on march 7,2008.
"Standard Chartered will remain a distributor of asset- management products in India" Asia head Jaspal Bindra said in the statement."India is a key market"
IDFC's acquisition marks its first move into large-scale wealth management. IDFC will compete with Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd., the biggest fund manager in India, and overseas managers including Franklin Resources Inc. and Fidelity International Ltd.

TTML tower business deal

Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited(TTML) plans to divest 49% of its tower arm Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure within the next two months, reports Business Line.
The company has short listed 15 bidders which includes tower company GTL. Tata Teleservices has over 10,000 towers, while Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) has 3,500 towers. The deal is expected to be of around US$ 6 billion.
Recently Tata Teleservices received license to provide GSM services in nineteen circles from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the crossover technology policy.Tata Teleservices becomes the second company after Reliance Communications to get permission for operating GSM services under the crossover technology policy.
Shares of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) declined Rs 2.8, or 8.26%, to settle at Rs 31.1. The total volume of shares traded was 8,800,630 at the BSE. (Friday, mar 7,2008)

The board members at the Extra ordinary General Meeting (EGM) of TVS Finance & Services on Mar7,2008,they have decided to voluntarily delist the company`s equity shares from Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Madras Stock Exchange (MSE).
TVS Finance & Services was established in 1998 and is a part of TVS group company. TVS-FS`s core business includes both corporate and retail finance.The products offered to the corporate sector include leasing and hire purchase of equipment and discounting of bills. Retail financing is focused on financing products comprising TVS Suzuki two wheelers, consumer durables and other IT products.
Shares of the company declined Rs 1.05, or 4.37%, to settle at Rs 23. The total volume of shares traded was 14,040 at the BSE. (Friday)

some of the major US clients are postponing IT projects to the next quarter. This was revealed by the management of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today.The company’s Chief Operating Officer N Chandrasekaran said this was expected. "Clients are delaying their projects this quarter. It is not cancelled but it is not happening this quarter as was expected," he maintained. The statement is a clear hint from India's largest IT company that the sector will have to live with sluggish growth, at least for the near term.
TCS earns about 30 per cent of its topline from top 10 clients as of last quarter. And the impact of delayed projects will pull down any incremental growth in that percentage going forward. The company has launched a strategic business unit to tap small and medium enterprises between Rs 100-500 crore in size at home. It is also targeting over Rs 2,000 crore in revenue from domestic market alone before it replicates the model elsewhere.

Reliance Energy Ltd(REL)Buyback

Reliance Energy on Mar5th said it would spend up to $500 million to repurchase or buyback shares.

The Mumbai-based company is offering 1,600 rupees ($39.81) a share, a 9.6% premium to its closing price Wednesday on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE). The buyback is to “reduce short-term volatility in the company's share price and deter speculative activity,” the company said in a press release.

Reliance Energy was one of the best performing stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) last year, quadrupling in value on the promise of increased government spending on power generation. But it has fallen 32% this year because of huge sell-off in equities across Asia.On Wednesday, Reliance Energy fell 3% to 1,459.45 rupees ($36.31).

The buyback is expected to restore some stock market luster to companies of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group(ADAG).

Last month, Reliance Power shares went down upto 17% on their first day of trading, despite the tremendous anticipation for the $3 billion IPO, India’s largest ever.

Another Ambani company, Reliance Communications, has filed with the stock market regulator to sell shares amounting to 10% of the tower business Reliance Infratel. The sale is expected to raise $1 billion to $1.5 billion. It is also considering listing its newly formed Reliance Globalcom unit.

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According to budget Auto,Pharma,Health care,oil sectors are looking good even in this volatile one can concentrate on this sector stocks in near term view.similarly cement companies association announced that they are going to increase Rs 1 to 4 per pack.After this news came there was some bounce back happened so one can look in to this sector as medium term or long term view. Software companies such as Infosys,TCS,HCL,Sathyam, went down near to its life time low rates.and some bounce back came on particular IT stocks such as HCL Tech,Sathyam etc.. bank stocks was continuously in downside movement because of no clear picture about the waiver of Rs 60,000 cr to the farmers.

market is in negative trend

As, I told earlier the market is looking negative.see my older posts.negative movement will continue.indian stock market is in negative mood because of the global cues, i.e global markets such as US,singapore,nikkei,hangsung were down.In china they are going to take some policy decisions this is what the reason for fall in hongkong stock market these global cues adversly affecting indian stock market also.Every year some correction is happening in indian stock market after filing the budget. sensex will go upto 16000 range in near term .nifty will go upto 4750 becareful in this indian stock market.

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ICICI,India's largest private sector bank which opened a branch Thursday in Frankfurt, Germany, now has presence in 19 countries, including three wholly owned subsidiaries in Britain, Russia and Canada.
It also has an offshore banking unit in Singapore, an advisory branch in Dubai, branches in Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Belgium, Qatar, Germany and representative offices in China, UAE, Bangladesh, South Africa, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
ICICI Bank, has opened its first branch in New York,this is ICICI's first US branch. It will manage salary accounts of US employees of large Indian companies like Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) and wipro. ICICI bank listed in New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) on Friday.Under the licence granted by regulators here, the bank will initially provide services to corporate customers, but will get into general retail banking after three months only .KV Kamath, managing director and chief executive officer, and Sonjoy Chatterjee, executive director of the bank, announced Friday that the US branch will start operating from Monday
"New York has the deepest pool of capital, and by operating here, we will grow our business," Kamath said.
Mumbai-based ICICI Bank has consolidated total assets of about $115 billion (Rs.4,589.5 billion) as of Dec 31, 2007.
With over 950 branches in India, it is the country's second largest bank after State Bank of India (SBI). SBI already has branches in New York, Chicago and through its subsidiary in California, set up in 1982, six branches in the state including one in Los Angeles.

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US car-maker Ford is likely to settle down the transaction with the India-based motor company Tata for the sale of the luxury brands, Jaguar and Land Rover, by the coming week(march 1st week).
Both the companies are expected to enter a deal valued around USD 2 billion next Wednesday or shortly afterwards.
The unions of both the companies also welcomed the deal believing that there is no immediate threat to the British jobs or manufacturing.
The official statement is being timed for after the Geneva Motor Show, so that the two companies can try to encourage their products at the key European auto showcase.
Ford nominated Tata as the favored bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover on January 3.

The Department Of Telecom(DOT) Feb 27th issued Unified Access Services Licence (UASL) to three companies – Datacom Solutions, Idea Cellular and Swan Telecom – for telecom services in the country.The licence allows companies to offer mobile, basic, Internet and other telecom services.Datacom has received licence for 19 circles (out of 21),Swan Telecom for Delhi&Mumbai (out of 13) and Idea Cellular for the Punjab circle (out of 9).

DoT has prepared a chart for signing of licence agreements based on the “first come, first served” basis, following when these companies submitted the cash and bank guarantee after receiving the Letter of Intent's.

Eight new operators, including Spice, BPL group, Shyam Telelink, S Tel among others, received the LoIs earlier. The issuing of licence will continue till March 5. On February 28, Idea Cellular got licence for eight circles, Datacom for two and Unitech for 12 circles. on 29th the government issued 22 more telecom licenses to new players for the third straight day on Friday, taking the tally to 66 so far.Unitech has received license for 10 more circles in addition to 12 it got on Feb 28th making them the pan-India telecom player.

Spice Communications has also been given licenses for three circles in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana. Spice would also get license for Delhi on Monday, they said, adding that the government will be issuing 120 new licenses among nine firms who were given Letters of Intent on January 10.


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A framework for stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons By Brian Katulis, Chairman of the NSN Board of Directors July 19, 2015 | Providence Journal The Obama administration took an important step to advance America’s security in completing the comprehensive joint plan of action, or CJPoA. The deal negotiated in Vienna represents the best of the available options for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program. It avoids both the hazards and uncertainties of military action, and provides a strong international framework for stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. One interesting aspect of the debate sparked last week by the Iran deal is that most critics are unclear about what they would propose as an alternative to the current deal – it is not clear that… Read More ›

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Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival 2015

My mom, step-dad, and a couple they are friends with went on an awesome cruise that started in Tokyo, went around to near where I live in Aomori prefecture, and then on to Hokkaido, Russia, and a few stops in Alaska before ending in Vancouver.  My sister came along with my parents and then stayed with me while they were on the cruise.  The timing of their cruise worked out perfectly for the sakura viewing at Hirosaki castle.  We drove up and picked them up at the port, headed to see Big Buddha in Aomori, and then drove down to Hirosaki.

The pictures really speak for themselves, but like most beautiful things in nature, these can't do it justice.  It was a beautiful day.  The park was packed with visitors.  There were many good foods to choose from.

Here you can really get an idea of the large crowds.

I love to see the river covered in cherry blossom petals.
Here you can see what is known as hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, which is often done with a picnic.

Here I am with Ryan, sitting in the same spot we sat in to take a picture a couple of years back.

This is one of my favorite views.

We managed to get a view of the snow capped mountain nearby.

Here is another one of us.

Since I have been to Tokyo so many times I ended up not taking many pictures while I was there with my family.  They took pictures but I passed and instead was busy playing the role of tour guide.  I wanted to really show them as much as possible during the few days they were visiting.  We managed to fit in a lot and it was a great trip.  Really glad they were able to make it over to Japan before we moved.

QUESTIONS:  Did you see the cherry blossoms this year?  If you live away from family, how often do they come visit?

Iwate Snow Festival at Koiwai Farms

To say I am behind on my posts is an understatement.  To start, I am well aware I am posting about winter when we are finishing up summer.  Additionally, I don't live in Japan anymore!  More on that to come!

I do have a few more posts left from things we did in our last few months in Japan, including my parents visit and a trip to see the cherry blossoms.  But for now, these are my pictures of the incredibly fun time we had at the Iwate Snow festival back in February.

It's significantly smaller than Sapporo, but significantly closer, and we had never been before.  It made sense to check it out.   Below are the pictures of the snow sculptures for 2015.

As usually, plenty of festival food vendors.
Ryan said this meat was amazing!
I, on the other hand, stuck to vegetarian options and went with the custard filled pancake.  Yum!
Although we didn't go for a sleigh ride, it certainly sounded like fun.

You can see that so many kids were having a blast on their sleds.
This was a show presenting the trains.  Yes, I said trains!  These are the different Shinkansens.

And they danced!

This part was very cool.  Although I don't eat meat, I still took a peek inside.  These are igloos that serve as a table for cooking your own meat and veggies.
Inside is a cooking source and table.
So cute!
At night this is lit up.
Some fun snow sculptures

This one was made from ice.
Koiwai is the name of the farm where this was held in Iwate Prefecture.

This was inside a snow maze, which was actually a lot of fun to walk through.

Another shot of the visitors enjoying the snow.

I enjoyed heading back inside for some warmth, only to cool down again with some fresh soft serve.  This is a dairy farm.
In the distance you can see the mountain. It's a little hard to make out.
Before leaving we got a steamed potato with butter.  It was excellent!  In fact, we are still talking about how good this potato with butter was!
Just before we left it was starting to get dark so the lights started to come on.
One last view with Mt. Iwate in the distance.
It was definitely worth checking out.  Although I am not a snow fan I will definitely miss the beautiful northern Japan winters.  At least looking at them...not going out and driving in them!

QUESTIONS:  Have you ever been to a snow festival?  When was the last time you built a snow man?  Ever dined in an igloo?


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A generation has been told bread, pasta and orange juice are bad. How can we use healthy carbs in out diet to our advantage in health and sport? What is the glycemic index?
It is true! Starch sugar, milk sugar, vegetable sugar and fruit sugar are part of the family of compounds called carbohydrates. Too much total carb in the diet can lead to obesity (excess body fat) and diabetes. However, too little of the right carbs can be harmful. Carbs in the diet supply our brain with glucose when we study or do any mental work. Carbs supply quick energy during exercise. Dietary fibre is also a carb in a very complex form that is indigestible in the human body. It forms the bulk in our stool and is essential for normal bowel function and evacuate of waste from our bodies.
Our body always tries to be sure we have enough carbs in our diet . We only have about 200 gms of carb total in our body. If we don't replace this everyday our body has some choices to make:
1. Borrow protein from our muscles and immune system to make more carb to keep us going.
2. Makes us binge-eat carbs until our system is reloaded. It takes 24 hours to re-load all our carbs after exercise greater than 30 minutes. Athletes will binge-eat every 3 days if they do not have enough carb in their diet.
3. We can eat some carbs at least every 4 hours every day to continuously replace the carbs we are using for daily routines and for exercise.
It is good to know what the classifications of carbohydrate are and what foods supply them. The chart below shows the difference between complex and simple carbs.

Type of Carb Definition Names on Labels Food Examples

  • Monosaccharides single carb units absorbed quickly on ingestion glucose Corn syrup, honey, fruit and vegetables, dextrose tablets, I.V. dextrose fructose High fructose corn syrup, honey, fruit and fruit juice
  • Galactose (rare) broken down milk sugar eg. yogurt, lactose-free milk
  • Disaccharides double units of carb absorbed at a medium rate on ingestion sucrose table sugar, cane or beet sugar and maple sugar, lactose milk sugar, cream and unfiltered whey
  • Maltose (rare) Malt sugar, spouting grains, partially digested starch
  • Oligosaccharides medium chains of carbs absorbed more slowly on ingestion Maltodextrin,raffinose, stachyose maltodextrins, used in sports gels and blocs, beans and legumes
  • Polysaccharides – digestible long chains of carbs absorbed more slowly on ingestion Starch (stored as glycogen in the body) breads, cereal, pasta, rice, potato, beans, flour and legumes
  • Polysaccharides - indigestible
  • Dietary fibre forms bulk in diet, allows gel formation in stools and water holding capacity Cellulose, lignin, pectin, psyillium, gums and mucilages Skins of fruit/veg/grains/nuts/legumes, citrus pulp, plantain and some tree fibres.

Glycemic Index (GI)

The glycemic index is a scale that ranks carbohydrate-rich foods by how much they raise blood glucose levels compared to a standard food such as white bread or white sugar (100 GI index) . This is a way to classify the speed with which you receive glucose in a meal or snack.
Lower GI foods raise your blood glucose slower and lower. The best times to have these foods are when you want food to stay with you for a period of time eg meals that give you energy over several hours. Before an exam that is 3 hours long.
Higher GI foods raise your blood glucose faster and higher. The best time to take high GI foods is when you are very hungry or right after a sport for quick recovery.

(55 or less)
(choose at every meal)

(good choice)

More quickly absorbed HIGH GLYCEMIC INDEX FOODS

(choose less often in general diet)
Choose for recovery after sport or if you feel your blood sugar is low
Very fast absorption
Skim milk
Plain Yogurt
Soy beverage
Sweet potato
Oat bran bread
Oatmeal (slow cook oats)
Converted or Parboiled rice
Pumpernickel bread
Al dente (firm) pasta
Lentils/kidney/baked beans
Chick peas
New potatoes
Split pea or green pea soup
Brown rice
Basmati rice
Shredded wheat cereal
Whole wheat bread
Rye bread
Frozen yogurt
Dried dates
Instant mashed potatoes
Baked white potato
Instant rice
Corn Flakes™
Rice Krispies™
Bagel, white
Soda crackers
French fries
Ice cream
Digestive cookies
Table sugar (sucrose)

For more values on glycemic index, go to the Diabetes Care site 2008 to view International Tables of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Values: 2008

How much carbohydrate do I need in my diet?

Everyone has a different need for carbohydrate. An estimated minimum is 150 gms per day for some smaller, inactive people and up to 500 gms per day for taller active people. Most people do well with 200-300 gms of carb per day. The best way to determine your carbohydrate need is to undergo a nutritional assessment by a registered dietitian who will help you define your needs. As an active student, you will find a carb level that works for you now but it will change with your weight, exercise, age and lifestyle.
Counting Carbohydrate is an easy and effective way to receive enough carbs in your diet. The website of can help you learn to count carbs in an effective way once you have done an assessment. Labels will tell you how much carbohydrate is in food. Look closely and it will tell you how much is fibre carbs and sugar carbs. The remaining carbs are starch carbs. The sugar carbs are made up of fruit sugar, milk sugar and table sugar .

Sharon Rady Rolfes, Kathryn Pinna, Ellie Whitney, Eighth Edition West, 2009. Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition


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Individuals have different life experiences and in some cases encounter a couple of hiccups along the way. However, everybody does not take care of problems the same way. Some count on alcohol for assistance, however later on down the road locate that they are in a worst scenario compared to they were at the start. Buddies and also family members commonly transform them over to therapy facilities where they usually wonder does rehab help alcohol reliance?

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Those that choose not to take this primary step are commonly lookinged at, offered dirty looks, as well as based on all type of peer stress. Sensations of being awkward usually emerge. They are commonly told that they run out control and also in denial; whereby feeling like they need to remain in rehabilitation a whole lot longer. Those that opt to embrace this control design could believe that they are out of control and also aren’t able to live their lives effectively. They consequently end up being dependent upon a program to get their lives back in order.

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For these factors, therapy facilities are doing even more injury compared to good. Take Alcoholics Anonymous for instance, it only has a three to five percent success rate. Some might state that a specific might have a better possibility for doing much better if they do not go at all.

They have worked with different addiction professionals, medical professionals, as well as teachers that believe that these programs are inefficient since they are trying to treat a disease that does not even exist. They think that a person can control it themselves.

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  • He strongly criticizes her, first behind her back and eventually to her face.
  • But the law is criticized by many for not being effective enough.
  • He later criticizes members of society for their lack of such a relationship with nature.
  • In the West he has been criticized for his poor military skills.
  • Also, he does not like the world of court and always criticizes it.
  • "Human capital" has been and is still being criticized in numerous ways.
  • In particular, the special effects of the film have been heavily criticized.
  • The songs written by Prince were criticized for being "too out of place".
  • Other schools incorporated some parts of this theory and criticized others.
  • It is known that since his own lifetime, he was already famous and criticized.
  • He has never been afraid to criticize his own party, whether in government or opposition.
  • But what made him special was that he didn't just criticize.
  • Throughout his participation in the civil rights movement, King was criticized by many groups.
  • I don't want to criticize the new rules, they are not bad.
  • The site contains articles and other information criticizing many forms of alternative medicine.
  • Throughout his long career, many of his films did poorly and were criticized as a result.
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Classic film of Rover motorcycle production

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From the Isle of Man TT official page:

Grab yourself a brew, sit back and watch this enchanting video of a Rover motorcycle being constructed back in the good old days of hand crafted machinery. From casting the cylinders to machining the crank and assembling the engine, this a wonderful insight into the vintage days of building motorcycles for the road. And keep your eye out for the test rider who hits the water feature with a little bit too much enthusiasm!

The Rover company began to develop and produced the Rover Imperial motorcycle in November 1902. This was a 3.5hp diamond-framed motorcycle with the engine in the centre and ‘springer’ front forks, an improvement ahead of its time. The first Rover motorcycle had innovative features such as a spray carburettor, a bottom-bracket engine, and mechanically operated valves. Featuring a strong frame with double front down tubes and a good quality finish, over a thousand Rover motorcycles were sold in 1904.

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Bipartisan Deal Expands Background Checks, But Doesn’t Make Them ‘Universal’

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) (L) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speak to the press about background checks for gun purchases, in the U.S. Capitol building April 10, 2013 in Washington DC.  The pair is proposing a bipartisan compromise, a proposal to be voted on as an amendment that would expand background checks to firearms sales at gun shows and on the Internet.
Toomey and Manchin this morning. Photo: Allison Shelley/Getty Images

Poll after poll has shown that about 9 out of 10 Americans support “universal” background checks — meaning, background checks on all gun sales. But it’s looking increasingly unlikely that universal background checks will be part of the gun-control legislation that will soon be debated in Congress. That’s because a bipartisan deal reached by Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Pat Toomey yesterday and announced at a press conference this morning would only expand background checks to include gun shows and Internet sales, but not, say, purchases from friends, neighbors, co-workers, the dude you met at the shooting range, or the guy advertising his gun in the local classifieds.

The question of how many gun sales would go unchecked under the Manchin-Toomey proposal is difficult to answer because, kind of surprisingly, there isn’t really any good data on how guns are purchased in America. According to a 1994 survey, 29 percent of gun owners acquired their gun from a friend, acquaintance, or family member — methods that would not be covered by the Manchin-Toomey proposal. But the survey is nearly two decades old, has a sample size of only 251 respondents, and doesn’t even include Internet purchases as an option because the Internet barely existed back then. Twenty-nine percent might be a good ballpark figure, but the real number is anyone’s guess.

Despite its limited scope, Democrats will coalesce around the Manchin-Toomey amendment because it’s vastly more viable, politically, than a “universal” system that would likely fail to attract the requisite bipartisan support. Regardless of the polls, the GOP’s interest in universal background checks just isn’t there. And the NRA, for one, is continuing to dig in its heels against any expansion of background checks, as this new statement attests:

Expanding background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting, will not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in schools. While the overwhelming rejection of President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg’s “universal” background check agenda is a positive development, we have a broken mental health system that is not going to be fixed with more background checks at gun shows.

We’d hardly call the rejection of “universal” background checks “overwhelming.” In fact, the exact opposite is true. But it was rejected by the right people.

Bipartisan Background Check Deal Not ‘Universal’


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When you have your heating equipment tuned up, it will ensure that it works as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible! If your heating oil dealer spots an issue during your tune-up that needs to be addressed, you can be sure it will be fixed right away so you are not stuck in a cold house this winter. Better yet, if your Oilheat dealer offers a service plan, that "fix" may be covered - so if you aren't enrolled in a service plan, now is the time to sign up.

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Ray Kelly’s candor

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday told the Associated Press exactly what it needed to be told: Take a long walk off a short pier.

Good for the commissioner.

No, Kelly didn’t use those precise words. Actually, he didn’t even mention the AP by name — or any other critics.

He’s too professional for that.

But his remarks at a Manhattan Institute conference on counterterrorism (excerpted on the opposite page) serve as an unmistakable — and well-warranted — rejoinder to the wire service’s recent “exposé” on post-9/11 NYPD tactics.

Kelly made no apologies for the department’s actions since the terror strikes 10 years ago Sunday. Nor should he have: They helped enormously to keep New York safe.

But the AP, in a spate of recent articles, has sought to raise fear over what it clearly thinks have been post-9/11 NYPD civil-liberties abuses.

And the cops’ longstanding critics — the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the New York Civil Liberties Union, for instance — are only too happy to take up the cause.

The department has sent undercover officers into minority neighborhoods, the AP warned. It’s monitored “bookstores, bars, cafés and nightclubs” and used “informants” in mosques. Indeed, it’s even (horrors!) kept close ties with the CIA and FBI.

Gee, sounds to us like Kelly & Co. are doing exactly what they should be doing, post-9/11. And, fortunately, they intend to keep right on doing it. Unapologetically.

After 9/11, Kelly shuffled the department to better address terror. “We could not defer this responsibility to others,” he said.

Top brass set up a formidable counter-terror unit, recruiting top-notch and diverse talent, employing a range of tactics.

It’s worked pretty well.

Now, he intends to continue to send officers “to infiltrate a terrorist cell before it has a chance to … kill New Yorkers.”

Dispatch undercover agents to Muslim bookstores? Sure, if that’s what’s needed “to defeat a homegrown terrorist like Matin Siraj from plotting to bomb Herald Square.”

Ask “informants” to shmooze a fellow New Yorker? “Yes, if that New Yorker was someone like Ahmed Ferhani, who pledged to, ‘blow up a synagogue in Manhattan and take out the whole entire building.’ ”

Obviously, civil liberties are important.

And the NYPD must follow the law — though there’s no credible reason to believe that it hasn’t. Or that it doesn’t.

What the AP and NYCLU forget is that the world — and, critically, the law itself — changed after 9/11. New Yorkers understand that counterterror folks need to be aggressive about pre-empting attacks to protect them.

Survival comes first.

Kelly said he’ll speak today with the families of the 23 cops killed on 9/11: “I’ll tell them that the NYPD is in this fight for the long haul” and will “do everything lawfully in our power” to keep the city safe.

Who’s to doubt it?


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Friday, April 4, 2014

It's Time to STAND UP Taller!

Dear Members,
Over the past several months, NYSPTA members have fought the good fight to let our elected officials know how to prioritize our concerns for public education. In just the past three weeks, you have sent more than 6,200 messages to legislators through our website, as well as made innumerable phone calls to communicate our message.

It has made a difference, but there is still more to do. Let’s take a look:

Good News
State aid was increased by more than 5%, the largest jump in the past 6 years. We are incredibly grateful that our legislators realized that in a tax cap environment increases in state aid are critical! Tell them ‘thank you!’

Needs Work
While partially restored, the GEA (Gap Elimination Adjustment) is still taking more than $1 billion away from our schools. This ‘loan’ to our state government – the one that professes to have a $2 billion surplus – must end! Tell them to pay debt first, ‘eliminate the GEA!’

Needs (a lot more) Work
Common Core ‘reform’ trumpeted by the Governor does NOT address any of NYSPTA’s five points of concern, and certainly does not help our students. The moratorium on use of students’ test scores is contradictory: if the value of test outcomes is questionable for use in making student decisions, the same must apply for determining educator effectiveness. Tell them to temporarily ‘suspend links to BOTH student and educator high stakes decisions!’

Ill-conceived testing related to Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) has not been addressed. The concessions that have been made to date are simply distractions from real reform. SED has been charged with providing information and training to educators and parents, but has been provided with zero dollars in support. Tell them to create ‘real Common Core reform!’

Must be Rejected
Not included in the budget but still on the table for discussion this spring is the ‘education scholarship tax credit,’ which is really a wolf in sheep’s clothing and represents ‘politics over public good.’ It seems warm and fuzzy on the outside but would devour public school funding via quasi-vouchers. Tell them NO!

There is a lot of time left in this legislative session. Don’t be distracted by the fact that the budget is done. Legislators are aware of what they are doing and are strategizing the best way to market their plans to make it sound like they benefit everyone. Change can still happen. We must be vigilant in our mission.

I urge you all to continue emailing and calling the legislators to Hear Our VOICE.
Thank you for your continued support!

Lana Ajemian, President
Reflect the past, Transform today, Inspire tomorrow!


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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Star-Spangled Settings

This year’s Independence Day table setting centered around a new table runner with red and white stripes and blue stars outlined in gold.

Also on the table is a ceramic tray in a flag-inspired design

At the opposite corner is a flag design napkin holder containing extra paper napkins with flag motif.

The Napkin rings are Red Wood Stars holding “Porcelain Blue” cloth napkins.

The dinner plates are “Liberty Blue,” a Staffordshire transferware pattern made in England for the U.S. Bicentennial. Each item has a different historical illustration. (See the list of Illustrations at the end below.*)
The plates are set on white lacquer chargers. The goblets are Fostoria “Virginia” in dark blue:

As centerpiece I used two milk glass candlesticks with red taper candles on either side of a “Liberty Blue” covered bowl. Nearby are matching salt and pepper shakers.

The Sideboard or Buffet continues the star-spangled theme.
On a round woven placemat, a large hurricane globe holds a white pillar candle on ruby red pressed glass candleholder surrounded with wood flag motif stars. Sprinkled outside on the mat are larger wood stars. Behind it all is a large “Liberty Blue” oval platter in front of a much larger porcelain tray from Portugal. A spray of stars and flags is placed between the two platters.

The tea service includes the “Liberty Blue” teapot, sugar and creamer. On the teacup stand four “Liberty Blue” teacups feature Paul Revere’s Ride. Red ceramic strawberries add a touch of color to the saucers.

*FYI – The illustrations on the Liberty Blue dishware are as follows:
Dinner plates – Independence Hall
Oval Vegetable Dish - Minute Men
Round Vegetable Dish - Fraunces Tavern
Covered Vegetable Bowl – Boston Tea Party
Gravy Boat – Lafayette’s Landing at West Point
Gravy Stand – Governor’s House, Williamsburg

Teapot and Lid – Minute Men
Creamer – Paul Revere’s Ride
Covered Sugar – Betsy Ross
Cups – Paul Revere’s Ride
Saucers – Old North Church
Large Platter – George Washington Crossing the Delaware

I am joining the following blog events:

Susan at Between Naps on the Porch where we can enjoy more Tablescape Thursday posts.

Suzanne with Vintage Thingies Thursday at Coloradolady.
Cindy’s Show and Tell Friday at
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Mission Accomplished!

During my vacation leave, food tripping is one of the things I love to do. Yup! you got it right! It's eating....Eating is very important in our body. When you feel week, dizzy and irritated it means you are already hungry. When you're hungry, it is the time to eat your meal in order to help your mind calm and restore lost energy in your body. When you eat, your body will function well. To complete my vacation leave and satisfy my hunger,  Sam and I dined at Army Navy, located at Abreeza Mall, Davao City. Their main dish are the Bully Boy Burger and Burrito. But we ordered only classic burger and burrito. All their buggers come from natural beef patties, top with fresh and crispy lettuce, tomato slice, onions, mayo and ketchup plus toasted sesame seed. While their burrito is filled with meat  Spanish rice, beans, onions, lettuce, cilantro served with salsa and a slice of lime. To give you idea how it looks like, here are the photos taken during that day.

Classic Burger @ P155 and Freedom Fries @ P65

Steak Burrito @ P175
My date (Sam)
Army Navy satisfied our hunger! Mission Accomplished!
I will end up this post with outfit details:

Top: Mango
Bottom: Black Sheep
Sandals: San Pedro Tiange
Bag: From Sister

Don't skip your meal from your blogger friend.
Have a great day! =)

Tag: Mission Accomplished, Food Trip,
Army Navy Abreeza Mall Davao City Philippines,

  1. I love Army Navy. Sometimes it's just too oily but still worth the prize.

    By the way add me up: www.keezandmakeup.blogspot.com

    1. Thanks for dropping by Keeza! I will visit your blog..

  2. Oh gosh, your photos made me drool and crave for Army Navy! I love your blog, it has a lot of photos that tell a story, and I just love that in a blog :) Are you from Davao? I used to work in Davao, about 10 years ago I worked for Marco Polo Davao in the Manila Sales Office, but we would travel to Davao a lot ;) Beautiful city!

    Anyway, I just followed you! Hope you can visit my site too and maybe follow back? Thank you and more power to you!

    www.MusingsofaMakeupMaven.com (http://sabshernandez.blogspot.com)

    1. Hi Sabs, there are lots of new dine here in Davao. I can give you options if you want.. Just email me.. Thanks for following.. I"ll check your blog too.. =)

    2. That would be great! At least the next time I visit Davao I'll know where to eat :) Hehehe... Do you know Art Boncato? :)

    3. His the Regional Director at Dept.of Tourism right?

  3. You have also accomplished making us drool :)


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How public banking can help address climate change @ Oakland City Hall
Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

.Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan are sponsoring a great event, organized by us and Local Clean Energy Alliance.

Wolfram Morales, Chief Economist for Sparkasse, the association of local public banks in Germany, will explain the role of these institutions in speeding the development of local renewable resources such as solar and wind, at this panel discussion in City Hall.

Joining Wolfram will be: Nicolas Chaset, CEO of East Bay Community Energy (Alameda County’s soon-to-launch Community Choice energy program), Greg Rosen, Founder and Principal of High Noon Advisors (member of the East Bay Community Shared Solar Collaborative), and Jessica Tovar, Organizer for East Bay Clean Power Alliance. Pennie Opal Plant of Idle No More SF Bay, will lead an opening ceremony.

Occupy Forum: Field Trip: Public Banking @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor
Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

How Germany’s Public Banks Help Transition to Renewables

Wolfram Morales, Chief Economist for Sparkasse, the association of local public banks in Germany, will explain the role of these institutions in speeding the development of local renewable resources such as solar and wind, at this panel discussion in City Hall.

Joining Wolfram will be  Nicolas Chaset, CEO of East Bay Community Energy, (Alameda County’s soon-to- launch Community Choice energy program), Greg Rosen, Founder and Principal of High Noon Advisors, (member of the East Bay Community Shared Solar Collaborative), and Jessica Tovar, Organizer for East Bay Clean Power Alliance. Pennie Opal Plant of Idle No More SF Bay, will lead an opening ceremony.

Find out how a public bank in Oakland could help fund local renewable energy for our new Community Choice program, and bring jobs and economic benefits to communities throughout Alameda County.

The event is hosted by Oakland City Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan, and organized by Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland and Local Clean Energy Alliance.

OccupyForum will meet the following week at 474 Valencia Street, San Francisco, from 6:45 – 9 pm (doors open at 6 pm) for a report back

on The People’s Congress of Resistance:

Protest Oakland Tenants – Close the Loopholes! @ Oscar Grant Plaza
Sep 26 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

We’re teaming up with Centro Legal de la Raza in solidarity with their clients the JDW Tenants’ Association. Members occupy 13 buildings which their owner, JDW Enterprises, is attempting to exempt from rent control.  There are many loopholes in rent control, but JDW’s weapon of choice here is Substantial Rehabilitation. Normally reserved for decrepit buildings that have been fully refurbished, JDW is claiming this exemption despite the fact that they haven’t done the quantity of upgrades required to qualify. While tenants are hopeful for their upcoming hearing at the Rent Board, we all feel that this loophole should be forever banished from our Rent Adjustment Ordinance.  More details in the recent East Bay Express article.

Here are the joint Oakland Warehouse Coalition / Centro Legal de la Raza demands for City Council in this legislative season, which we will breeze through at the rally, then march right in to the Community & Economic Development Committee at 1:30pm and do the same!  Grab any of these for talking points and make your voice heard in Committee by signing up to speak at Open Forum.

  1. Close the Substantial Rehabilitation loophole that allows landlords to exempt units from rent control with minor repairs;
  2. End the owner-occupied duplex/triplex exemption from rent control and Just Cause;
  3. Require landlords to pay relocation funds for all no-fault evictions, including owner move-in evictions;
  4. Require landlords to pay relocation funds when they raise rent above 10 percent and tenants are forced to move out;
  5. Pass protections for tenants facing unfair buyout offers;
  6. Add tenant protection plans to the Building Department’s permitting process, including all non-conforming residential properties. Require immediate notification by the City to all occupants of a property when a permit application has been filed, an inspection has been scheduled, or a notice of violation has been sent;
  7. Create a routine code inspection program that prioritizes health and safety while guaranteeing no loss of housing
  8. Change Code Enforcement policy to protect existing tenants: Stop issuing notices that call for discontinuance of residential use when there is no immediate life safety concern;
  9. Prohibit discrimination based on source of income or Section 8 status; and
  10. Increase funding for proactive universal enforcement of all Oakland tenant protection laws.

Tasers Hearing – SF Board of Supervisors @ SF City Hall
Sep 26 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

The Village – Round 2 @ Oakland City Hall
Sep 26 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

We are very pleased to be supporting the Village in their work to acquire a City-owned parcel for an encampment.  At Council on September 19th we passed the first reading of the Shelter Crisis Ordinance, which will receive its second reading October 3rd.  In the meantime, we’re going to urge this Council Committee to lock in an address!

You can sign up for both Open Forum and Agenda Item 3, which is the first item of the day.  We’d suggest keeping Open Forum comments general, concerning the need to assign City-owned land to unsheltered communities.  Then on Agenda Item 3, please speak specifically about the Village’s contributions to West and North Oakland, and how they should be allowed to do their thing so that not-yet-housed folks can have a place to stabilize and flourish while they look for jobs and permanent housing.  Here’s the City Administrator’s report for our Agenda Item.

Housing Not Bulldozers – Stand With ‘The Village.’ @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza
Sep 26 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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Indigenous Voices, Resisting Oil Extraction in Colombia @ Intertribal Friendship House
Sep 26 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

You are invited to spend an evening with Aura Tegría Cristancho, U’wa indigenous woman lawyer, who is an integral force in the protections of indigenous rights and forests in Colombia.

The U’wa consider themselves the guardians of their sacred ancestral homeland. In accordance with their natural laws, for centuries they have successfully defended their territory high in the Andean cloud forests. The U’wa have resisted conquistadors, missionaries, colonists, and, more recently, the oil industry, guerrillas, the military and paramilitary groups active in the region. A testament to the strength of their traditional leaders, the U’wa have survived these aggressions with their language, culture and a large area of their ancestral territories still intact.

Aura Tegría Cristancho is a young indigenous lawyer from Colombia’s U’wa Nation. Since late 2013, she has served as the legal advisor to the U’wa Association of Traditional Authorities and Councils (ASOU’WA). During her tenure, Aura has been central to a number of important advances made by the U’wa people in the defense of their ancestral territory, like their successful shutdown of a natural gas exploration platform, called Magallanes, which was constructed within their ancestral territory in early 2014. Through nonviolent protest, international advocacy, media campaigns, and direct negotiations with the government, the U’wa were able to stop the project in its tracks and by early 2015 the platform had been dismantled. Throughout this process, Aura served as a liaison with Colombian and international allies, and a spokesperson before international media outlets and the government. Aura has served as an international ambassador for the U’wa, participating in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2014 and 2016 and traveling to Washington, DC to meet with human rights lawyers at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which formally admitted the U’wa case in late 2015 in large part due to Aura’s diligent work. Aura is a leading voice in the growing movement for indigenous-led conservation and the protection of sacred natural areas, including Mt. Zizuma, the Uwa’s sacred mountain threatened by tourism.

Doors will be opening at 6pm to WOMEN of the community only. This is an opportunity for our women to connect with, be empowered by and listen to the wisdom of Aura on perseverance through these times, as women warriors.

At 7pm doors will then open to the general public to hear Aura speak from a panel to share their work and accomplishments, and also to let us be inspired to see ways that both men and women can empower each other, as we are all needed to create a strong front in the many ways we resist. Questions for our guest will be open after the panel.

For any indigenous women attending there will be an opportunity for treaty signing of the Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty. For more information on the treaty and what it means to be a treaty signer please visit or for recent events and updates the Facebook page is Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty

We also appreciate any volunteers who would be willing and able to help us clean up the tables and put away chairs after this event! We’re very excited to share this delegation with the Bay Area community and look forward to seeing you on September 26!!

Where: Intertribal Friendship House, International Blvd, Oakland
When: 6pm for women 7pm open to everyone

Co-Sponsored by Idle No More SF Bay, Intertribal Friendship House and Amazon Watch. Photo by Amazon Watch.

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DSA – External Organizing Committee Meeting
Sep 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

This public working meeting of the External Organizing Committee is a chance for members to do the work of running our outward-facing campaigns, building our district canvassing program, and recruiting new members. Everyone is welcome regardless of skills or experience!

Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Sierra Club
Sep 26 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm

Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. You’ll also hear about SURJ’s new pathways for entering the work, including Study and Action groups as well as committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice.

Getting Into the Lobby:
The doors for the Sierra Club building lock right at 7pm, so please do your best to arrive prior to 7pm. We will have someone stationed at the Webster entrance to the building until 7:15 for late arrivals. If you arrive after 7pm, please use the Webster entrance.

Building Accessibility: There are two entrances to Sierra Club Office building on Webster and 21st both of which are accessible for mobility devices. The building has an elevator, and the kitchen space, conference room, and restrooms can also all accommodate mobility devices.

Scents: The Sierra Club’s space endeavors to offer a scent free environment; however as the Club is currently transitioning towards the use of only scent free products, we cannot guarantee an entirely scent free space. We ask everyone to please arrive at meetings fragrance free to support access for folks who experience multiple chemical sensitivities and allergies. This means using only body products and laundry detergent that say “fragrance free” or “unscented” on the label and do not have scented ingredients.

Restrooms: Restrooms are currently labeled in a gender-binary way. The Sierra Club is working on changing this and has an office policy that all restrooms are available to anyone, regardless of lived or perceived gender identity. We ask that folks choose the restroom that is right for them, and that no one question a person’s chosen restroom.

Community Wireless Mesh Network Creation @ Omni Commons, Sudo Room
Sep 26 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
 A wireless mesh network is a network where each computer acts as a relay to other computers, such that a network can stretch to cover entire cities.

Last Tuesdays of the month are general orientation meetings for new volunteers. (The first three Tuesdays of the month are open hacknights – we stay focused! )

Our goal is to create a wireless mesh network that is owned and operated by the community.

Want to help create an alternate means of digital communication that isn’t governed by for-profit internet service providers? We need people with both technical and non-technical backgrounds to help with everything from local community involvement and crowdfunding to mounting wifi routers on buildings and developing software!

Learn more at:

Berkeley Gray Panthers – A talk with Phil Hutchings @ North Berkeley Senior Center
Sep 27 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

ECONOMICS AND HOUSING – The Bay Area crisis and beyond.

A talk with Phil Hutchings, Lifelong Human Rights Activist.

Refreshments servied. All ages welcome.

Diversity Film: ‘And Then They Came For Us’ @ Ellen Driscoll Playhouse
Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Members of the Trump administration have raised the specter of a Muslim registry and instituted an immigration ban against people from Muslim majority countries, citing the unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as precedent for its actions. (Social Action Media.) The Appreciating Diversity Film Series will present the powerful 2017 documentary “And Then They Came for Us” – a film by Bay area filmmakers Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider which demonstrates that the registration and incarceration of Japanese American was one of the worst violations of constitutional rights in American History, and features Japanese Americans who survived that experience speaking out today.

As a result of President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1942 Executive Order 9066, approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were evicted from their homes son the West Coast of of the United States and held in American internment camps and other confinement sites across the country.

Over two-thirds of the people of Japanese ethnicity that were incarcerated were American citizens. Many of the rest had lived in the country 20 to 40 years. Most Japanese Americans, particularly the first generation born in the United States (the nisei), considered themselves loyal to the United States. No Japanese American citizen or Japanese national residing in the United States was ever found guilty of sabotage or espionage. The film features interviews with George Takei and others who were incarcerated, and stunning photos by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams. It’s a moving film you won’t soon forget.

Following the screening in Piedmont, there will be a panel discussion features Dianne Fukami, an award-winning documentary and television producer and a member of the U.S. – Japan Council, and Piedmont resident Don Tamaki, who served on the pro bono legal team that reopened the landmark Supreme Court case of “Korematsu v. the United States”.

Free; no need to RSVP.

Oil Money Out Training Webinar @ Your computer
Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

On Wednesday night, Oil Money Out is hosting an O$O Advocacy Training Webinar for environmental leaders throughout California who are determined to get oil money out of politics.  Learn how to make your voice heard in Sacramento and conduct effective meetings with legislators.   Sign up for the Webinar here.

Over the next few months, Oil Money Out will be working with communities throughout the state to set up meetings with legislators and demand that all of our elected officials stop taking money from Big Oil and start prioritizing public health over industry profits.  Let’s make this campaign a success!

Please help spread the word about the Training Webinar and share our livestream of the training on Facebook. Here’s what you can do to help:

RSVP for the Facebook event and invite your friends and colleagues.   And please share our Facebook Livestream to your Facebook page and in your Facebook Groups as soon as we go live.

Sudo Room: Five Minutes of Fame @ Omni Commons, Ballroom
Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

A series of 5 minute presentations of hackery and radical projects from the bay and beyond, followed by socializing and hacking!

Non-Violent Vigil for Peace and Justice – SF @ Corner of Larkin and Golden Gate
Sep 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

American Friends Service Committee, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and San Francisco Friends Meeting and suppporters observed the occasion with their weekly 12-1pm vigil rain or shine every Thursday at 450 Golden Gate, the Federal Building.

Why We Vigil

For five years we have stood on this corner every Thursday from noon to 1:00. We come because we believe that what our government is doing is wrong. The so-called war on terror is a disaster, doing more to stimulate the growth of terrorism around the world than to keep our country safe.

We believe justice is the way to a terror-free world. We urge the United States to devote our resources to things that help humanity. Rather than investing in armaments, destruction and death, this country should be working to see that nobody in the world is starving or without shelter, clothing, education and medical care.

We say: Stop the war
Stop the torture
Bring the troops home now
Defend civil liberties

We believe in the American dream. We believe that the only way to live the American dream is with nonviolence. Please join us to stand against all war and to pray for all victims of war.

Please stand with us.

We have stood on this corner every Thursday since October 2001. We come to say NO to war and to speak up for nonviolence. All in agreement are invited to vigil with us.

This vigil was started by two Quaker groups–American Friends Service Committee and San Francisco Friends Meeting. They have been joined by Buddhist Peace Fellowship and Episcopal Peace Fellowship. Participants come from a range of backgrounds. Some of us are silent, praying or meditating. Others do not keep silence and are happy to speak with you.

Please vigil with us every Thursday.

Contact information: American Friends Service Committee
65 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA 94103
415 565-0201

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
P.O. Box 3470, Berkeley, CA 94703

Episcopal Peace Fellowship
415 824-0288

San Francisco Friends Meeting
65 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA 94103
415 431-7440
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Sin Pais / Beyond Recognition / Women’s March – Dinner & Short Films!
Sep 28 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us for Closing Night of Temescal Street Flicks 2017! Presented by Community Bank of the Bay, our series closes with three thought provoking and insightful short films that are relevant to our current times.

**Please Note: All filmmakers & a few film participants will be in attendance for a short Q&A immediately following the viewing of all short films. Please join us for this engaging & thoughtful discussion!**

SIN PAIS (Without Country) by Theo Rigby. 19 min. With intimate access and striking imagery, Sin País (Without Country) is a short film about a family as they are fractured by deportation. Sin País begins two weeks before Sam and Elida’s scheduled deportation date. After a passionate fight to keep the family together, Sam and Elida are deported and take Dulce with them back to Guatemala. Sin País explores the complexities of the Mejia’s new reality of a separated family–parents without their children, and children without their parents.

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BEYOND RECOGNITION by Michelle Grace Steinberg. 24 min. After decades struggling to protect her ancestors’ burial places, now engulfed by San Francisco’s sprawl, a Native woman from a non-federally recognized Ohlone tribe and her allies occupy a sacred site to prevent its desecration. When this life-altering event fails to stop the development, they vow to follow a new path- to establish the first women-led urban Indigenous land trust. Beyond Recognition explores the quest to preserve one’s culture and homeland in a society bent on erasing them.

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WOMEN’S MARCH by Mischa Hedges. 30 min. WOMEN’S MARCH is a story about democracy, human rights, and what it means to stand up for your values in America today. On January 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands of women marched on Washington, DC. That same day, hundreds of sister marches took place across the country and around the world. On location in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, and Washington D.C., this short film explores several women’s motivation to march. For some people, it was their first time marching. For others, it was the continuation of a decades-long fight for human rights, dignity, and justice. For all, it was an opportunity to make their voices heard.
It grew into the largest one-day protest in American history.

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Dinner opens at 5pm, Shorts begins at 7:30pm.
Food Booths include:
*Tamales La Oaxaquena
*The GrilledCheezeGuy
*No Worries Vegan Filipino Food
*Tara’s Organic Ice Cream

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A Night for the Buffalo: Buffalo Field Campaign @ BFUU
Sep 28 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Marking 2 decades of front line action for the wild buffalo, the Buffalo Field Campaign 2017 Roadshow is coming to the Bay Area with a special 20th anniversary presentation. Co-founder Mike Mease brings engaging stories and films straight from the field, in the land of the buffalo, with music by Native American flutist Mignon Geli and special guests. This event benefits BFC.

The mission of BFC is to stop the harassment and slaughter of Yellowstone’s last wild buffalo herds; protect the natural habitat of wild, free-roaming buffalo and other native wildlife; and work with all people—especially Indigenous Nations—to honor and protect the sacredness of the wild buffalo.

Volunteers from around the world spend every day, sunrise to sunset, monitoring and documenting threats to the buffalo, running patrols on skis and snowshoes to defend buffalo in their traditional habitat. BFC is the only group working in the field, every day, to stop the slaughter and harassment of the last wild buffalo.

“We envision a world in which buffalo and all other native wildlife are allowed to exist for their own sake, are given priority on public lands, and herds are allowed to maintain self-regulating, sustainable populations.” says BFC. For more info: 510-548-3113; bach [at]

Sponsored by BFUU SJC, Earth First! and the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters

Wheelchair accessible.

For occasional email notices of peace/eco/social justice alerts and related events at BFUU, send any email to:
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Banned Books Week: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up @ Laurel Book Store
Sep 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

For Banned Books Week (Sep. 24-30, 2017), the ACLU of Northern California is organizing a series of free events reflecting on the life and work of Fred Korematsu and the importance of speaking out against forces that would seek to silence and censor you.

Fred Korematsu defied the government’s WWII orders that Japanese Americans be forcibly relocated from their homes and incarcerated in camps. The ACLU-NC represented Korematsu in his battle for justice all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today, the lessons of Fred Korematsu’s life are all the more important. Over the next week, Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi will hold a series of events for their new children’s book, Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, which tells the story of Fred Korematsu and the imprisonment of Japanese Americans, and links his fight against injustice to other groups who also spoke out against those who threatened their rights.

With politicians citing the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans as a precedent for a Muslim registry, Fred Korematsu’s story of defiance is particularly relevant for all people in America, especially youth, to understand.

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Co-presented by the Alameda County Paul Robeson and Berkeley North East Bay ACLU of Northern California Chapters

Book Discussion: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up @ Laurel Book Store
Sep 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi Authors of Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

Laurel Book Store and two ACLU of Northern California Chapter Boards present Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi to share from Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, a timely read.

Fred Korematsu defied the government’s WWII orders that all Japanese Americans leave the west coast to be incarcerated. The ACLU of Northern California represented Korematsu all the way to the Supreme Court.

Now, when the lessons of Fred Korematsu’s life are even more important to remember, Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi will speak about their new book for children, Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, which tells the story of Fred Korematsu and the imprisonment of Japanese Americans, linking that injustice to the struggles of other groups.

With politicians citing the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans as a precedent for a Muslim registry, Fred Korematsu’s story of defiance is especially relevant now for all people in America, especially young ones, to understand.

The Alameda County Paul Robeson Chapter and the Berkeley/North East Bay Chapter of the ACLU-NC are proud to co-sponsor this event! Chapter Board members will lead the event with a 10-minutes overview and Q&A of current ACLU-NC activities.

Laura Atkins is a children’s book author and editor who grew up in an activist family and participated in social justice work herself, with a focus on diversity and equity in children’s books. She taught creative writing at the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL) in London, where she also received her M.A. in children’s literature. She received an M.F.A. in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Stan Yogi is the coauthor, with Elaine Elinson, of Wherever There’s a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California. He managed development programs for the ACLU of Northern California for fourteen years.

1st Annual East Oakland Community Assembly @ International Community
Sep 30 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm

FED UP with trash, potholes, and a City government that doesn’t care?
CONCERNED about the sex trade, homelessness, rising rents and home prices that people can’t afford?
READY to make East Oakland neighborhoods and schools better for your family and your neighbors?
Come join neighbors from all over East Oakland to work for the changes WE want!


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Study Materials

Special software is required to use some of the files in this section: .zip.

Sample Exams

Test 1 (PDF)

Test 3 (PDF)

Test 4 (PDF)

Assistance in internalizing lesson material is provided by way of a computer program called flashCube, developed by Jordan Gilliland while a graduate student at MIT. As the name suggests, flashCube delivers through the medium of the computer what has traditionally been provided by the folk-method of the flashcard, the vocabulary or phrase notebook, and the tape recorder. Ultimately, flashCube will store, in a compact and convenient format, much of the Chinese material presented in Learning Chinese, and allow students to test themselves into and out of the spoken or written language. At present, flashCube contains material and sound files that have not been updated to match the current version of Learning Chinese I. We may be able to manage the updates as we progress through the course, but even as is, it remains a useful source of listening and other material.

Preliminary instructions for the use of flashCube (PDF)

Download Windows® XP version of flashCube (ZIP - 45.0 MB)

Download Mac OS® X version of flashCube (ZIP - 46.1 MB)

UPDATED flashCube.jar file.  If you previously downloaded the software and it has expired, you can download a new one (flashCube.jar).

Please note that is program does not come with technical support and may not work on some operating systems. The following documents are provided to support flashCube.

Installation instructions for Windows® (TXT) and Mac OS® X (TXT)
Font - Windows® only (TTF - 23.0 MB)
Java Runtime Environment 5 Update 5 (EXE - 15.6 MB)

Stroke Order

Lesson 1 Character Stroke Order (PDF)

Lesson 2 Character Stroke Order (PDF)

Lesson 3 Character Stroke Order (PDF)


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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Wormhole by Richard Phillips (REVIEW)

Wormhole (Rho Agenda #3)

Author: Richard Phillips
Category: Sci Fi
Suitable for: 18+
My Rating: 5 Stars
Format Read for Review: Kindle
Pages: 539

Description: In this action packed conclusion to the Rho Agenda series a black hole threatens to destroy the world. Our brave heroes plan their mission while the evil Dr. Stephenson attempts to finalize his mysterious master plan.

In Short: This is the best book of the Rho Agenda triology and an amazing conclusion to an awesome series. This deep, involved story has elements of not only Sci Fi but also mystery and romance. I was thoroughly engrossed in this book from page one and never wanted to put it down.

Pros: As you read this book you start to see how well planned out the whole story is as all the pieces fall into place. This book also stands alone better than the 2nd book in the series. In one chapter the events leading up to this point are expertly summarized as an NSA agent puts the pieces together of her own investigation. If you haven’t read the first 2 books or have forgotten what happened that summary will get you caught up. The characters in this trilogy are well developed and the heroes likeable. Throughout this book series you see their unique personalities and abilities grow and evolve. I was especially thrilled when the alien back story was revealed. For the last 100 pages nothing could have gotten me to put the book down. I really didn’t know how it was going to end and there were so many possibilities that left me on the edge of my seat until the very end. This book is intelligently written like the previous two and the science elements are so well described that they are easily understandable and believable. I also appreciated that this book is much less gory and violent than the previous two.

Cons: I found no issues with this book.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Bright Stripes + Cute cat

Hi loves!

Quick post to show you my latest favourite mani:  Bright freehand stripes using mostly Color Club poptastic polishes that I just found at Winner's.

The base I used was CC Pucci-licious, this gorgeous and unique to my collection blue toned mauvey purple.  I then added random free hand stripes in CC - Twiggie (green), Poptastic (pink), Cold Metal (dark blue foil) and Lumen-Icent (light blue foil), and a black nail striper polish.

It's so pretty :)

And now, this is what happens EVERY single time I take photos of my manis.  Maybe I'll start posting these photos because they make me smile.  This is my cat Swift.  He's extremely curious and follows me everywhere, and always sits there and talks to me or gets in my way when I'm trying to take pics of my nails.

Thanks for looking!

  1. Love the nails, and your cats so cute!

  2. Haha your cat is adorable. Mine does the same thing. Whenever I take a picture of a product, her tail is in the shot. Love the mani - very original!

  3. Love the bright stripes!! Sorry to hear you don't have Zoya near you! Can't you order online? They are having a great promotion right now where you can get a free bottle all you have to do is pay shipping and if you add another bottle no shipping! :)

  4. Aww, your kitty is so cute! I used to do my nails on our living room floor and my cat Sally would always sit by me and watch. So cute. Love those stripes, too. The colors you chose look great together.

  5. Oh wow, at first glance I thought it was a chrome holo, I was like "where did she find this polish?????" lol ! anyways cool manicure! I found your post on the Polish Aholic group on FB. My blog is Have a great week end!

  6. Aw, cute kitty!! I like these stripes too!

  7. Aw cute cat!! I love you mani! It's so full of fun! :D

  8. very bright and cheerful - love it :)

I read every single one of your comments, and LOVE receiving them. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, I try to reply to all comments left on my blog :)


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Friday, September 9, 2016

Back in the Day

by Jean Roberta

What are the chances? In March 2016, the prolific Sarah Schulman got a big novel published. In October 2016, the slightly-less prolific but also well-known novelist and science writer Lucy Jane Bledsoe will have a work of historical fiction published, based on the life of her aunt, after whom she was named. Both books are set in the 1950s, and both are at least partly set in Greenwich Village when it was really “bohemian.” Both authors are major lesbian writers who were born in the postwar America they describe, and both writers discuss their personal connections to their subject-matter. I was lucky enough to get review copies of both books from The Gay & Lesbian Review.

The Cosmopolitans
(New York: the Feminist Press)

This thick paperback by Sarah Schulman is loosely based on a nineteenth-century French novel, Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac, and it occupies the same social space as James Baldwin’s Another Country (1962), which broke new ground by showing black and white, gay and straight characters interacting as approximate equals. Schulman’s two major characters, Bette and Earl, are social outsiders who live in exile from their original families and who have little in common aside from being tenants in the same building. Bette was disowned by her family in the 1920s after being jilted by a dishonest lover, and Earl, as a man-loving actor and a “Negro” from the South, can’t find a safe space anywhere. Their friendship (“for life,” as Bette points out to an interloper) is a type of relationship rarely seen in current fiction, now that “community” no longer refers to physical space. The purity of this bond shines against the grit of working-class urban life.

Despite the grit, the late-fifties arrival of television advertising, in the form of an ad-woman who dresses like Jayne Mansfield and speaks in snappy one-liners, introduces a note of social satire. Bette is dazzled but not fooled by this character, who inspires her to manipulate new circumstances to secure what she wants, which is simply the return of her friendship with Earl. To get him back in her life, Bette must arrange the breakup of his disastrous affair with a naïve young wannabe actress from Bette’s well-heeled family who can’t understand why Earl “loses” sexual interest in her, or why he would be desperate enough to regard her as a social life-raft.

As the author explains in an afterword on style, this novel was influenced by the “kitchen-sink” realism of the 1950s, yet the dialogue sometimes suggests vintage Hollywood and grand opera. (Schulman has explained that this novel was originally conceived as a play, and it has an “intermission.”) Characters express their emotional truth with startling eloquence, much as the author does in her non-fiction on moral issues. The reader is reminded that art, “realistic” or otherwise, is usually better-organized than life, which is why both fiction and advertising can hold our attention.

A Thin Bright Line (Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press)

This novel takes place in some of the same territory, but its realist style has a harder edge. This is a fictional reconstruction of the last decade in the life of the author’s lesbian aunt, for whom she was named: Lucybelle Bledsoe from small-town Arkansas. In a lengthy postscript, the author outlines her methods of discovering as much evidence as she could about a remarkable science editor and possible novelist (although her novel was never found) who died in a house fire at age forty-three, in 1966.

The possibility that the original Lucy Bledsoe was murdered is troubling and not completely beyond reason, considering contemporary government policy regarding “homosexuals” (not to mention women with access to classified information) as security risks in the “Cold War” of the United States vs. the Soviet Union. However, the author Lucy Bledsoe has chosen to accept the official verdict, that the fire was an accident, and that the only smokescreen might have come from a smoldering cigarette. This approach allows her to focus on her aunt’s life rather than her death. It seems likely that the original Lucy Bledsoe would prefer to be remembered that way.

The result is a tightly-plotted, suspenseful novel which would be absorbing even if all the characters were completely fictional. This is the stuff of the lesbian paperbacks of yesteryear, complete with coded conversations, blackmail, and love that is all the sweeter because it comes with such a high price. There are convincing cameo appearances by actual writers of the time, including Valerie Taylor and Lorraine Hansberry, and references to Lucy’s idols: fiction-writer Willa Cather and science-writer Rachel Carson.

The story is told in a no-nonsense third-person voice, but Lucy’s personality comes through in her words and her actions. She appears thin and pale, straightforward and logical, with diverse skills: she earned a Masters Degree in Literature from Columbia University, dropped out of a Ph.D. program, and spent much of her working life editing reports by geologists and other scientists.

As an independent person and a closeted member of an outlawed community, the original Lucy Bledsoe has no qualms about spending time in Chicago with an appealing black ("colored," "negro") woman who runs her own taxi company (thanks to her training as a mechanic during the War) and who loves to take photos. However, when Lucy shows up at a bar in Stella’s neighborhood, looking for her, the presence of a white woman attracts a degree of attention that makes Stella uncomfortable. Police harassment is a fact of life that makes it necessary for Stella to pay regular bribes just to stay in business.

Aside from de facto segregation, does Stella have any other reason for running hot-and-cold with Lucy? Well, yes, and to make things more complicated, there is a spy in Lucy’s workplace who gets paid to report on her. Fun times.

The thin bright line of the title is a glow on the horizon which promises future discoveries about the nature of the earth, as well as a future in which lesbians like her niece could live openly, without fear. The semi-transparent brilliance of ice is a kind of motif in this novel, in which Lucy’s work on a project in the Arctic foreshadows the author’s repeated trips to Antarctica, and her use of that continent as a setting for fiction.

In both novels, a dazzlingly clear light is shone into dark corners. Queer life in the pre-Stonewall era has rarely been presented this movingly or well.

  1. These sound like great works, Jean. I like the 40's-50's beat era memoirs although the beat novels themselves can go either way for me. Have enjoyed reading Anais Nin's Diary as well as a huge biography of William Burroughs.

  2. I agree. Thanks for shining the light on these.

  3. Thanks for commenting, Daddy X and Lisabet. I remember seeing a review of that big bio of William Burroughs - something else I need to read, since I read Naked Lunch many years ago, and then watched the movie version (which some said could never be made) for the Saskatchewan Film Classification Board. It's interesting to compare actual fiction written in a certain era and modern work that is set back then. no matter how much period flavour a current author throws in, or how diligently researched the work is, no one can really go back to the past, so there is always a kind of double perspective in historical fiction. My mother's stories about hanging out with her artsy high school friends (all Jewish)in New York in the 1930s seemed to have a kind of heartbreaking innocence because none of them could predict WW2, let alone the Holocaust. Nowadays, we know what happened next.

  4. These both do sound fascinating. The Village in the 50s has a strong hold on my imagination. By the time I got there in the late 60s (only sporadically, pretty much as a tourist) it was interesting times, to say the least, but I felt a nostalgia for the earlier times that I never actually knew.

  5. Awesome reviews, Jean. Thanks so much. The Thin Bright Line appeals to me a lot more, but I think that's because the way you describe the style matches my taste better. Great recommendations!


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Homemade Yogurt

I think it is fair to say that yogurt is a staple in many homes.  I grew up eating it and now I make it for my family.  People eat yogurt is not only because it’s delicious, but because it offers the benefit of probiotics.  Yogurt contains live cultures (or, ‘probiotics’) that populate the human gut (or intestinal tract) with good bacteria.  We all know that eating live foods or taking a probiotic supplement is good for our gut health, but do we know why?  What do those bugs in our belly actually do?

Oh Lardy had the opportunity to contribute and article and recipe to Nature's Path Organic Foods.  Head on over there to learn how healthy probiotics can make your breakfast better.

Did you know that making your own yogurt at home is incredibly simple – not to mention super affordable?  Read more over at Nature's Path to find my super simple recipe for homemade yogurt.

My family has been enjoying this yogurt plain and topped with Pumpkin Flax Granola from Nature’s Path.  Slightly sweet with the perfect crunch – a breakfast (and snack!) my children ask for!

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I am sure you have seen milk kefir at the store.  Maybe you have even wondered what it is.  I think the best way to describe it is drinkable yogurt.  Most of them are flavored (loaded with sugars no doubt), some plain, but ALL store versions I have found are made with low fat milk.  BUT!  It isn't yogurt.  It is a fermented dairy similar to yogurt, but the benefits of kefir are so much more!

Kefir is incredibly nutrient dense

As I said, kefir is a fermented drink traditional made from cow's milk.  Kefir grains, cultures of yeast and lactobacillus, turn the milk into kefir!  After fermentation, the grains can be removed and used to ferment more milk.  It is delightful, really.

A serving of milk kefir is packed with protein, calcium, phosphorus, B12, riboflavin, magnesium, and Vitamin D!

Powerful Probiotic Punch

When most people think of probiotics, they think of yogurt.  But did you know that kefir is actually a more potent source of diverse probiotics, containing about 30 strains of bacteria and yeasts.  A few of these strains even contain antibacterial properties.  Sweet!!

Protect your bones AND your digestion

We all know that milk is a good source of calcium.  But did you know that milk kefir is also rich in Vitamin K2?  This nutrient plays a central role in metabolizing calcium, which is great for your bones!!

As mentioned before, those powerful probiotics are fantastic for gut health!  Milk kefir fills the gut with plentiful friendly bacteria that can be helpful for those with digestive problems.  Plus, restoring a healthy balance of good bacteria is essential for a healthy immune system.

So easy to make at home

Milk kefir is my favorite fermented dairy to make at home!  It is so easy to make and it is ready to drink sooner than you can fill your freezer with ready-made smoothie freezer packs!

Homemade milk kefir is my favorite base for smoothies.  It is easy to make, very inexpensive, and incredibly good for the gut.  There are so many great benefits of kefir!  Which is your favorite?

Want to learn how to make kefir at home?  It is easy!

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Saturday, January 08, 2011

I am engrossed in all things Ted Williams right now.

and I am in awe. Smiling. Watching his reuniting w/his mother, working the circuit full of grace & charm. So articulate and gracious, recounting his bountiful opportunities. I'm praying for him. Let no one take advantage of him or the fortune that has come his way. Let his children and... mother will benefit from his return. Let him remain steadfast with his relationship with God... Let him remain substance free. Let him have peace of mind once all of the hype and sensation dies down. Let him live another fifty years reaping the reward of this new chance at life. Let him be an inspiration to others. Let him NOT be the ...only one this may happen to. Let any haters or folks who will try to deter him or be a stumbling block or be a hindrance, be kept away from him. Let him be surrounded by a group of trustworthy, caring, business minded individuals who will look out for him and help him to grow spiritually, socially and mentally. Let him be responsible. Let him be the love and receive the love that he appears to be in the videos. I'm praying all of that in the Lord's name. Amen.

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