The character of the rocks, and their setting in the past geography at the time when they accumulated, diagnoses the climatic setting in which the extinct fauna lived, and climate imposes certain restraints on possible modes of life.<|endoftext|> HumbleAN, or the MiddlingAN). Americana drops both balls.

Delillo writes about image and death and it seems that most of his characters are fascinated by war and terrorism, whether it’s David Bell from Americana or Gary Harkness of End Zone. At times it’s as if Delillo is writing thru a video camera and there’s a sense of excellent cinematography in all of Delillo’s work. Americana is Don Delillo’s first novel and I loved it but felt that the third part was lacking something, it didn’t do a lot for me and felt the other three parts were much better. I liked the nine mile race track in the end of Americana and when David Bell is in his NYC high rise office in the beginning looking out the window at the Mohawk skyscraper workers working on a skeleton of a high-rise building going up, it’s at this point, a scene only Delillo can write, that you feel David Bell's need to escape. Wonderful and ruff around the edges a brilliant first novel

All of DeLillo's major themes are here: Fear of death, power of the image (image vs. reality), society vs. the individual. His signature style is here as well; pretty amazing that he nailed it in his first go-round. That said, it feels a bit like he was trying to get everything in, as if this might be his last chance to say it. Most sentences shine in typical DeLillo fashion, but more than a few fall slightly flat; if you're familiar enough with his work you'll catch 'em. Also, things tend to drag a bit when he goes off on his abstract, stylistic musings on philosophy and what have you. Parts one and two are fantastic, and the end is great. DeLillo is at his most (seemingly) personal and (possibly) autobiographical in Part II, which is a full-on flashback to the narrator's childhood. Most of the BS is disposed of, and we get, as mentioned, an uncharacteristically warm, sincere, personal, and emotional DeLillo. This would read as an excellent novella, in fact. The novel is at its worst when the characters are on the road, which is admittedly infrequent. It reads like Harrison's "A Good Day to Die," or a really bad "On the Road," but again this makes up maybe ten percent of the book, despite people calling this a "road novel." Anyway, a pretty good intro to DeLillo, though unfortunately far from flawless. Up front, it seems as if this might be his best novel, though it's not to be. Thankfully he kept at it, though.

My first book by Delillo to read. It was underwhelming to say the least.The first half of the book is a rather good shakedown of the life of an executive, with the secretaries, alcohol, and debauchery. Honestly it took me a long time to read this for being as short as it is. I found his aspirations to be more inline with french new wave in film by trying to create a disjointed narrative. All of the long somewhat stream of conscientiousness paragraphs, or Sullivan's story near the end. It felt verbose to me, if he wanted to be abstract, word economy would have been a better choice. Also his style would have dramatic changes, most notably the last forty pages reading like On the Road by Jack Kerouac, or rather a cheap imitation. I'm going to read another one of his books, probably Libra or White Noise.

Mariano Hortal

Publicado en hablé de su novela “Los nombres” , ya comenté la necesidad de establecer diferentes ritmos de lectura según los autores que se lean. En el caso de Delillo, las prisas van reñidas con la calidad de su prosa; cuanto más la paladeas, mas te dejas mecer por su verborrea inconfundible. La sorpresa es encontrarse la primera novela que perpetró el magnífico escritor en la reedición de Seix Barral, añadirla al proyecto de lecturas , empezar la lectura cronológica de lo que te queda de él y, para tu estupefacción, encontrarte con una obra de una madurez inusitada y que bebe de las fuentes de los orígenes de la literatura norteamericana.En “Americana”, David Bell, personifica el epítome del “self-made” man, ese hombre hecho a sí mismo que es el sueño americano en una sociedad fragmentada, llena de rutinas que reflejan lo contemporáneo:“Tenía la costumbre de contar a los presentes. La cuestión de cuánta gente había en un sitio determinado me parecía importante, quizá porque los informes periódicos sobre catástrofes aéreas y escaramuzas militares siempre subrayaban el número de muertos y desaparecidos; esa precisión es como una chispa de electricidad para las mentes abotargadas. Después de eso, lo más importante es averiguar el grado de hostilidad, algo relativamente sencillo. Todo cuanto hay que hacer es devolver la mirada a las personas que te miran al entrar. Una larga ojeada suele bastar para obtener una lectura más o menos precisa. Había treinta y una personas en la estancia, de las que aproximadamente tres o cuatro eran hostiles.”“Estábamos en una fiesta, y no nos apetecía charlar el uno con el otro. De lo que se trataba precisamente era de separarse durante la velada y de encontrar gente con la que resultara excitante hablar. Luego, al final, volveríamos a reunirnos y nos contaríamos qué terrible había sido todo y cuánto nos alegrábamos de estar de nuevo juntos. He ahí la esencia de la civilización occidental.”Ahogado por esa sociedad opresora Bell decidirá emprender un viaje para filmar pequeñas escenas, llenas de anónimos, que se supone que reflejarán la esencia americana; es impagable el momento en que se encuentra un indio sioux: “Y entonces le pregunté si habían cambiado mucho las cosas desde su niñez. Me respondió que aquélla era la pregunta más inteligente que alguien le había hecho nunca. Las cosas apenas habían cambiado, tan sólo lo habían hecho los materiales, las tecnologías. Vivíamos en la misma nación de ascéticos, de expertos en competitividad, de enemigos del desperdicio.”Momento que sirve para mostrarnos uno de los temas que profundizará en su obra posterior, el avance de la tecnología como elemento peligroso y deshumanizador y su aparente repulsión a ella.En una curiosa segunda parte viviremos el pasado de Bell (“Era el invierno de mi duodécimo año de vida”) y que servirá para corroborar la importancia del tiempo en lo que hacemos, la única constante (en realidad variable?):“Lo único que existe es el tiempo. El tiempo es lo único que sucede por sí mismo.”En la tercera parte se producirá la filmación propiamente dicha, fragmentada, postmodernista; cobra importancia el cine y la propia televisión; elementos comunes, como ya indiqué anteriormente, que se irán repitiendo sucesivamente:“La ilusión de movimiento apenas resultaba relevante. Quizá lo que estaba creando no era tanto una película como un rollo manuscrito. Un delicado fragmento de papiro temeroso de ser descubierto. Los veteranos de la industria cinematográfica jurarían que todo aquello se remontaba a épocas anteriores al cinetoscopio de Edison. Para ellos mi respuesta es muy simple. Se tardan siglos en inventar lo primitivo.”Su opinión de la televisión, en boca del curioso protagonista es más que profética, habida cuenta de lo que estamos presenciando:“-¿Cuál es el papel de la televisión comercial en el siglo XX y más alla?-En mis peores estados de humor, siento que nos anuncia el caos a todos.”En la caótica última parte las palabras finales de Ton Thumb Goodloe, el evangelista de la medianoche, de veintiséis años de edad y ya camino de la gloria, reúnen todo lo

 HumbleAN, or the MiddlingAN). Americana drops both balls.

Delillo writes about image and death and it seems that most of his characters are fascinated by war and terrorism, whether it’s David Bell from Americana or Gary Harkness of End Zone. At times it’s as if Delillo is writing thru a video camera and there’s a sense of excellent cinematography in all of Delillo’s work. Americana is Don Delillo’s first novel and I loved it but felt that the third part was lacking something, it didn’t do a lot for me and felt the other three parts were much better. I liked the nine mile race track in the end of Americana and when David Bell is in his NYC high rise office in the beginning looking out the window at the Mohawk skyscraper workers working on a skeleton of a high-rise building going up, it’s at this point, a scene only Delillo can write, that you feel David Bell's need to escape. Wonderful and ruff around the edges a brilliant first novel

All of DeLillo's major themes are here: Fear of death, power of the image (image vs. reality), society vs. the individual. His signature style is here as well; pretty amazing that he nailed it in his first go-round. That said, it feels a bit like he was trying to get everything in, as if this might be his last chance to say it. Most sentences shine in typical DeLillo fashion, but more than a few fall slightly flat; if you're familiar enough with his work you'll catch 'em. Also, things tend to drag a bit when he goes off on his abstract, stylistic musings on philosophy and what have you. Parts one and two are fantastic, and the end is great. DeLillo is at his most (seemingly) personal and (possibly) autobiographical in Part II, which is a full-on flashback to the narrator's childhood. Most of the BS is disposed of, and we get, as mentioned, an uncharacteristically warm, sincere, personal, and emotional DeLillo. This would read as an excellent novella, in fact. The novel is at its worst when the characters are on the road, which is admittedly infrequent. It reads like Harrison's "A Good Day to Die," or a really bad "On the Road," but again this makes up maybe ten percent of the book, despite people calling this a "road novel." Anyway, a pretty good intro to DeLillo, though unfortunately far from flawless. Up front, it seems as if this might be his best novel, though it's not to be. Thankfully he kept at it, though.

My first book by Delillo to read. It was underwhelming to say the least.The first half of the book is a rather good shakedown of the life of an executive, with the secretaries, alcohol, and debauchery. Honestly it took me a long time to read this for being as short as it is. I found his aspirations to be more inline with french new wave in film by trying to create a disjointed narrative. All of the long somewhat stream of conscientiousness paragraphs, or Sullivan's story near the end. It felt verbose to me, if he wanted to be abstract, word economy would have been a better choice. Also his style would have dramatic changes, most notably the last forty pages reading like On the Road by Jack Kerouac, or rather a cheap imitation. I'm going to read another one of his books, probably Libra or White Noise.

Mariano Hortal

Publicado en hablé de su novela “Los nombres” , ya comenté la necesidad de establecer diferentes ritmos de lectura según los autores que se lean. En el caso de Delillo, las prisas van reñidas con la calidad de su prosa; cuanto más la paladeas, mas te dejas mecer por su verborrea inconfundible. La sorpresa es encontrarse la primera novela que perpetró el magnífico escritor en la reedición de Seix Barral, añadirla al proyecto de lecturas , empezar la lectura cronológica de lo que te queda de él y, para tu estupefacción, encontrarte con una obra de una madurez inusitada y que bebe de las fuentes de los orígenes de la literatura norteamericana.En “Americana”, David Bell, personifica el epítome del “self-made” man, ese hombre hecho a sí mismo que es el sueño americano en una sociedad fragmentada, llena de rutinas que reflejan lo contemporáneo:“Tenía la costumbre de contar a los presentes. La cuestión de cuánta gente había en un sitio determinado me parecía importante, quizá porque los informes periódicos sobre catástrofes aéreas y escaramuzas militares siempre subrayaban el número de muertos y desaparecidos; esa precisión es como una chispa de electricidad para las mentes abotargadas. Después de eso, lo más importante es averiguar el grado de hostilidad, algo relativamente sencillo. Todo cuanto hay que hacer es devolver la mirada a las personas que te miran al entrar. Una larga ojeada suele bastar para obtener una lectura más o menos precisa. Había treinta y una personas en la estancia, de las que aproximadamente tres o cuatro eran hostiles.”“Estábamos en una fiesta, y no nos apetecía charlar el uno con el otro. De lo que se trataba precisamente era de separarse durante la velada y de encontrar gente con la que resultara excitante hablar. Luego, al final, volveríamos a reunirnos y nos contaríamos qué terrible había sido todo y cuánto nos alegrábamos de estar de nuevo juntos. He ahí la esencia de la civilización occidental.”Ahogado por esa sociedad opresora Bell decidirá emprender un viaje para filmar pequeñas escenas, llenas de anónimos, que se supone que reflejarán la esencia americana; es impagable el momento en que se encuentra un indio sioux: “Y entonces le pregunté si habían cambiado mucho las cosas desde su niñez. Me respondió que aquélla era la pregunta más inteligente que alguien le había hecho nunca. Las cosas apenas habían cambiado, tan sólo lo habían hecho los materiales, las tecnologías. Vivíamos en la misma nación de ascéticos, de expertos en competitividad, de enemigos del desperdicio.”Momento que sirve para mostrarnos uno de los temas que profundizará en su obra posterior, el avance de la tecnología como elemento peligroso y deshumanizador y su aparente repulsión a ella.En una curiosa segunda parte viviremos el pasado de Bell (“Era el invierno de mi duodécimo año de vida”) y que servirá para corroborar la importancia del tiempo en lo que hacemos, la única constante (en realidad variable?):“Lo único que existe es el tiempo. El tiempo es lo único que sucede por sí mismo.”En la tercera parte se producirá la filmación propiamente dicha, fragmentada, postmodernista; cobra importancia el cine y la propia televisión; elementos comunes, como ya indiqué anteriormente, que se irán repitiendo sucesivamente:“La ilusión de movimiento apenas resultaba relevante. Quizá lo que estaba creando no era tanto una película como un rollo manuscrito. Un delicado fragmento de papiro temeroso de ser descubierto. Los veteranos de la industria cinematográfica jurarían que todo aquello se remontaba a épocas anteriores al cinetoscopio de Edison. Para ellos mi respuesta es muy simple. Se tardan siglos en inventar lo primitivo.”Su opinión de la televisión, en boca del curioso protagonista es más que profética, habida cuenta de lo que estamos presenciando:“-¿Cuál es el papel de la televisión comercial en el siglo XX y más alla?-En mis peores estados de humor, siento que nos anuncia el caos a todos.”En la caótica última parte las palabras finales de Ton Thumb Goodloe, el evangelista de la medianoche, de veintiséis años de edad y ya camino de la gloria, reúnen todo lo que significa Delillo, para lo bueno y para lo malo,; prosa desbordante, magnífica, gloriosa, pero, al mismo tiempo, enervante para un público


 network ofattorneys that I would prefer you to work with. Bottom line is, if you've been involvedin a car crash, the best form of care is to have physiotherapy and chiropractic, and weoffer both of those here in our office in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dave Williams Back Care Chiropractic Las Vegas, Nevada.

Leave a Reply<|endoftext|>1. The "You Don't Need To Diet, But I Need To Diet." Oh my God, don't even look at the calorie count! You are so skinny I can barely see you when you turn to the side! But I really should cut out bread. And cheese. And try that diet Jessica Alba's on where you eat nothing but bouillon cubes and air. What? I can't hear you, I'm too fat.

2. The "Everyone Has HPV." Don't freak out! Everyone has it! Literally everybody, it's sooooo common. I mean, I don't. But everybody has it!

3. The "Being Single Is Awesome." Being single is awesome! Sometimes I feel so trapped by the warmth and stability of my loving relationship! You're so lucky you get to do whatever you want because nobody cares about you!

4. The "But It's Fall!" You: I really want this carby pasta/expensive sweater, but I shouldn't. Friend: But it's fall!

5. The "You Can Do Better." He's not even that hot — he has weird teeth. Also, you think his Twitter's so funny, but it's not funny-funny. It's funny-weird. And it's easy to be funny-weird. He looks so stupid in that jacket. […] Oh. You're back together? Tell him hi for me!

6. The "I've Been Meaning To Go To Yoga More." I always feel sooo much less stressed out when I do, but I'm so busy, and I work all the time, and when I'm not working I'm hanging out with you, but I really should go to yoga more. We should go to yoga together!

7. The "They Should Not Be Getting Married." You know she cheated on him last year, right? And he's soooo dumb? And they've only been dating for two seconds? And she actually had the photo they're using on their TheKnot.com photoshopped so he was better-looking? I predict divorce within five years. Anyway, I'm the maid of honor.

8. The "What Are Your Feelings On Juice Cleanses?" You tried one, right? How expensive was it? How much weight did you lose? Did you try the Gwyneth one or the Salma Hayek one? Did you feel really healthy afterwards? Did you make it all the way through? Did you get so hungry that you blacked out and woke up with the burger from a sobbing child's Happy Meal in your mouth? How expensive was it to bail you out of jail? I'm so glad we had this talk!

9. The "When Did You Stop Watching Grey's Anatomy?" After that episode with the bomb? Or when Izzie started seeing Ghost Denny? Or when Meredith hits her head in that bus accident and temporary brain damage convinces her that she's the singing Christian broccoli in Veggie Tales? Oh, you still watch it? NBD, we just have to perform a ritual killing.

10. The "What The Hell Is BB/CC/DD Cream, Really?" I am on Page 11 of Google Search results and I still don't know. You know why? Because NOBODY KNOWS.

11. The "I'm So Tired." You're tired? No, I'm tired. I'm soooo tired. I got like an hour of sleep last night. You haven't slept in a year. I don't even know what sleep is. We are both so tired. We're dead. We're ghosts.

12. The "I Lament Never Having Had A Slutty Period." I should have had sex with more guys in college, right? Just like, gotten hammered and had some strange penis in my face. Now I'm, like, an aunt.

13. The "You're Not Being Crazy." No, that's totally rational! I would feel the exact same way. He's the one that's being crazy.

14. The Bi-Weekly "Should I Get Bangs?" Like straight-across punk ones or side-swept ones? Or little pin-up Bette Page ones? Are you listening? MAYBE I'LL DO IT THIS TIME! Then you'll listen, won't you! (I'm not going to do it.)

Follow Anna on Twitter.

Image via Touchstone

What Do You Think?<|endoftext|>Their protagonists argue that the law of murder is so important socially that derogation from the principle of maximum certainty should be allowed in favour of more accurate labelling by the courts; opponents argue that the principle of maximum certainty is needed here specifically to reduce the risk of verdicts based on discriminatory or irrelevant factors, such as distaste for the defendant's background, allegiance, or other activities.<|endoftext|>Back That Month Up | Mexico City

The End…sort of

12 months in pictures

Month 12 was noticeably paradoxical for me.

As a Remote approaching your final month, there are so many thoughts and questions racing through your mind — lots of which can leave you feeling a little anxious.

Holy shit, how is it Month TWELVE already?!

How am I expected to just “go back” to my old life?

Is it going to feel like it was all a dream?

There is no way I’m going to be able to handle all of those goodbyes.

It’s the…end?

I have to go back to working in [dry heaves] an office?!

You’d expect it to be a reflective, emotional, and draining four weeks as everyone scrambles to figure out wtf they’re doing with their lives and say their goodbye-for-nows.

And while, yes, March was full of all of the above in some shape or form, it was overshadowed, in my opinion, by the paradoxical sense of balance that I was able to find.

[Alright, tbh I can’t tell if I’m using it correctly anymore, but imma...<|endoftext|>Whether or Not You Are at Fault, You Need an Accident Attorney

Car accidents are a primary source of injuries and property damage in various parts of the world. In many situations, they are typically caused by the carelessness of others and this creates a platform for claims such as personal injury and property damage. The law outlines that anyone injured as a result of another person’s carelessness should be paid for their suffering.

Whether or not you are at fault, you need a lawyer to protect your rights throughout the claim process. There are federal laws outlining the rights of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians, and accident attorneys are familiar with them like the back of their hands. If you are affected by an accident because the other party was careless, a lawyer will help you claim your compensation. If you are at fault, you will need an attorney to ensure that you are not taken advantage of by the claimant.

Whether or not you are at fault, you will have to deal with insurance companies and you will need a lawyer’s negotiation skills. Some insurance companies are stubborn and can take you for a ride to avoid paying you. Having an attorney on your side is a catalyst for making them act responsibly because they know they would lose more if they were to be taken to court for not complying with rules and regulations. When you are on the wrong, you are likely to face increased premium by your insurance company. An attorney can help you either prevent the rise in premium or have it reduced to a lesser amount.

Therefore, when choosing an accident attorney to work with you should ensure that he or she understands the laws in your state. They must be fully aware of all laws to ensure that they make their judgment correctly. Building a case from a wrong perspective can make you lose once it is challenged by the other parties.

Next, you must select an accident lawyer who is experienced in the field. A lawyer develops expertise which gives him or her clarity in their work after practicing law for many years. An experienced attorney knows all the steps to take with your case from the moment you request for their services because they do this regularly. Their experience with other cases like yours guide them to make a strong case for you void of errors made in previous cases.

To locate the best accident lawyer in Suffolk to work with, you can either ask for recommendations from friends and other lawyers or search through the Internet. Note that, many attorneys do not advertise because they rely on recommendations, but nowadays a lot of them are now putting up websites for their firms or personal use. Thus, you should use all means to find them.

Smart Tips For Finding Attorneys

6 Facts About Attorneys Everyone Thinks Are True

Categories: Financial<|endoftext|>Prev Next

My Girlfriend is a Zombie Chapter 195 Part 1 – You Can Have a Kid as Long as You Work Hard

The fighting in floor B3 was so fierce, even Ling Mo and his group could hear it all the way in B2.

It seems that Zhao Zhi was actually pretty powerful, the Mo Da Hai and Chang Teng should also be good as well…

, we have a great

referral network. If somebody needs to see,heaven forbid, an attorney to represent their interest, we do have a referral network ofattorneys that I would prefer you to work with. Bottom line is, if you've been involvedin a car crash, the best form of care is to have physiotherapy and chiropractic, and weoffer both of those here in our office in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dave Williams Back Care Chiropractic Las Vegas, Nevada.

Leave a Reply<|endoftext|>1. The "You Don't Need To Diet, But I Need To Diet." Oh my God, don't even look at the calorie count! You are so skinny I can barely see you when you turn to the side! But I really should cut out bread. And cheese. And try that diet Jessica Alba's on where you eat nothing but bouillon cubes and air. What? I can't hear you, I'm too fat.

2. The "Everyone Has HPV." Don't freak out! Everyone has it! Literally everybody, it's sooooo common. I mean, I don't. But everybody has it!

3. The "Being Single Is Awesome." Being single is awesome! Sometimes I feel so trapped by the warmth and stability of my loving relationship! You're so lucky you get to do whatever you want because nobody cares about you!

4. The "But It's Fall!" You: I really want this carby pasta/expensive sweater, but I shouldn't. Friend: But it's fall!

5. The "You Can Do Better." He's not even that hot — he has weird teeth. Also, you think his Twitter's so funny, but it's not funny-funny. It's funny-weird. And it's easy to be funny-weird. He looks so stupid in that jacket. […] Oh. You're back together? Tell him hi for me!

6. The "I've Been Meaning To Go To Yoga More." I always feel sooo much less stressed out when I do, but I'm so busy, and I work all the time, and when I'm not working I'm hanging out with you, but I really should go to yoga more. We should go to yoga together!

7. The "They Should Not Be Getting Married." You know she cheated on him last year, right? And he's soooo dumb? And they've only been dating for two seconds? And she actually had the photo they're using on their TheKnot.com photoshopped so he was better-looking? I predict divorce within five years. Anyway, I'm the maid of honor.

8. The "What Are Your Feelings On Juice Cleanses?" You tried one, right? How expensive was it? How much weight did you lose? Did you try the Gwyneth one or the Salma Hayek one? Did you feel really healthy afterwards? Did you make it all the way through? Did you get so hungry that you blacked out and woke up with the burger from a sobbing child's Happy Meal in your mouth? How expensive was it to bail you out of jail? I'm so glad we had this talk!

9. The "When Did You Stop Watching Grey's Anatomy?" After that episode with the bomb? Or when Izzie started seeing Ghost Denny? Or when Meredith hits her head in that bus accident and temporary brain damage convinces her that she's the singing Christian broccoli in Veggie Tales? Oh, you still watch it? NBD, we just have to perform a ritual killing.

10. The "What The Hell Is BB/CC/DD Cream, Really?" I am on Page 11 of Google Search results and I still don't know. You know why? Because NOBODY KNOWS.

11. The "I'm So Tired." You're tired? No, I'm tired. I'm soooo tired. I got like an hour of sleep last night. You haven't slept in a year. I don't even know what sleep is. We are both so tired. We're dead. We're ghosts.

12. The "I Lament Never Having Had A Slutty Period." I should have had sex with more guys in college, right? Just like, gotten hammered and had some strange penis in my face. Now I'm, like, an aunt.

13. The "You're Not Being Crazy." No, that's totally rational! I would feel the exact same way. He's the one that's being crazy.

14. The Bi-Weekly "Should I Get Bangs?" Like straight-across punk ones or side-swept ones? Or little pin-up Bette Page ones? Are you listening? MAYBE I'LL DO IT THIS TIME! Then you'll listen, won't you! (I'm not going to do it.)

Follow Anna on Twitter.

Image via Touchstone

What Do You Think?<|endoftext|>Back That Month Up | Mexico City

The End…sort of

12 months in pictures

Month 12 was noticeably paradoxical for me.

As a Remote approaching your final month, there are so many thoughts and questions racing through your mind — lots of which can leave you feeling a little anxious.

Holy shit, how is it Month TWELVE already?!

How am I expected to just “go back” to my old life?

Is it going to feel like it was all a dream?

There is no way I’m going to be able to handle all of those goodbyes.

It’s the…end?

I have to go back to working in [dry heaves] an office?!

You’d expect it to be a reflective, emotional, and draining four weeks as everyone scrambles to figure out wtf they’re doing with their lives and say their goodbye-for-nows.

And while, yes, March was full of all of the above in some shape or form, it was overshadowed, in my opinion, by the paradoxical sense of balance that I was able to find.

[Alright, tbh I can’t tell if I’m using it correctly anymore, but imma...<|endoftext|>Whether or Not You Are at Fault, You Need an Accident Attorney

Car accidents are a primary source of injuries and property damage in various parts of the world. In many situations, they are typically caused by the carelessness of others and this creates a platform for claims such as personal injury and property damage. The law outlines that anyone injured as a result of another person’s carelessness should be paid for their suffering.

Whether or not you are at fault, you need a lawyer to protect your rights throughout the claim process. There are federal laws outlining the rights of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians, and accident attorneys are familiar with them like the back of their hands. If you are affected by an accident because the other party was careless, a lawyer will help you claim your compensation. If you are at fault, you will need an attorney to ensure that you are not taken advantage of by the claimant.

Whether or not you are at fault, you will have to deal with insurance companies and you will need a lawyer’s negotiation skills. Some insurance companies are stubborn and can take you for a ride to avoid paying you. Having an attorney on your side is a catalyst for making them act responsibly because they know they would lose more if they were to be taken to court for not complying with rules and regulations. When you are on the wrong, you are likely to face increased premium by your insurance company. An attorney can help you either prevent the rise in premium or have it reduced to a lesser amount.

Therefore, when choosing an accident attorney to work with you should ensure that he or she understands the laws in your state. They must be fully aware of all laws to ensure that they make their judgment correctly. Building a case from a wrong perspective can make you lose once it is challenged by the other parties.

Next, you must select an accident lawyer who is experienced in the field. A lawyer develops expertise which gives him or her clarity in their work after practicing law for many years. An experienced attorney knows all the steps to take with your case from the moment you request for their services because they do this regularly. Their experience with other cases like yours guide them to make a strong case for you void of errors made in previous cases.

To locate the best accident lawyer in Suffolk to work with, you can either ask for recommendations from friends and other lawyers or search through the Internet. Note that, many attorneys do not advertise because they rely on recommendations, but nowadays a lot of them are now putting up websites for their firms or personal use. Thus, you should use all means to find them.

Smart Tips For Finding Attorneys

6 Facts About Attorneys Everyone Thinks Are True

Categories: Financial<|endoftext|>Prev Next

My Girlfriend is a Zombie Chapter 195 Part 1 – You Can Have a Kid as Long as You Work Hard

The fighting in floor B3 was so fierce, even Ling Mo and his group could hear it all the way in B2.

It seems that Zhao Zhi was actually pretty powerful, the Mo Da Hai and Chang Teng should also be good as well…

Stella leaned on the wall and stared blankly at the elevator door.

Whenever Ling Mo tried to ask her something, she would just shake her head and space out.

After asking several times, Ling Mo


 doctors are sick themselves. Doctors interestingly as a group have one of the shortest life expectancy and highest disease rates in society. Knowledge of how to prevent a disease is not needed to administer its cure.

Sometimes after interminable searching, frustration and increasing fear that their disease will be the end of them, a person becomes disillusioned and gives up hope for a diagnosis/cure. This is a sad, lonely and isolated place full of anger, resentment and an overwhelming sense of betrayal. Some feel betrayed by modern medicine others have sunken to the point of feeling betrayed by god. Sadly it is all too common in our system of advanced scientific medicine. It is a place many of us stop first on our way to our graves. I pray for you the reader you never have to experience this space in life.

To heal is to restore to the state of health. Health is not merely the absence of disease. Health is the state of wellbeing and full functionality that enables the individual/family/community to fulfill their life purpose and enjoy life to its fullest.
To heal is something you do for yourself. Healing is something your body or your mind does. Healing is active for the person that does it. Healing does not require a diagnosis. It is even not always necessary for a person to go to a doctor at all to heal.

Healing is a natural process that occurs automatically, given the right conditions — the body and mind restoring its own functioning. Healing is a consequence of right living. The person who heals is responsible for his or her own healing. Healing occurs when and only when the cause of the disease is removed. Healing occurs only when the person cooperates with nature and properly cares for him/herself. Healing requires an expenditure of energy on the part of the person who is in the process of healing. No other person can heal you.

The process of healing is not a war. A person healing is not at war with their disease. A person who is healing or has healed has made peace with their disease. They have come to view their disease as their temporary ally. A person who heals has come to realize that their symptoms are in fact a sign of health. They have come to view their disease as their guide for changing their behavior. The changes needed are those that will if assiduously followed will restore health. Their symptoms are the normal messages from their body that they are not taking proper care of themselves. Or they are the signs that their body is in the process of healing and are notices that behavior change is needed to cooperate with this process.

Healing requires not a faith in others but a faith in oneself. Healing is a spiritual act. It requires a faith in the goodness of God. It requires obedience to right action the laws of nature represent. Healing occurs in the nexus of the person healing and God.

A person who is a healer is someone who helps the person realize that it is they themselves who does the healing. A healer has the skill and wisdom to help a person become aware of the messages their body is giving them — not just the pain, bodily/mental dysfunction or the disability, but also more subtle messages that are leading them to change their behavior. These behavioral changes lead them to live in harmony with nature. A healer can at best help nudge a person in the direction of health. They cannot drag a person to health although they may lead them.

Healing is ultimately peace. Peace with oneself and with nature. Healing is acceptance of what is here and now as in harmony and in right order. Healing is surrender. Surrender of the ego centric, childish and selfish attitude that one is entitled to do whatever one pleases without consequences that can later be erased with a check, health insurance or credit card. Healing is an act of love — love of life itself.

Healers are not sick people. Anyone can heal yet only a wise person who has healed or is healing himself or herself can be a healer. Healers rarely claim to be healers, because they know it is not they that heal but the person that is sick in cooperation with the divine. God does the healing. You have to cooperate with God to be healed.

You have everything you need to heal anything — in you right now.

Healing requires a person to follow their Rule Book And User Guide For Healthy Living. In my book of the same name I outline in easy to use rules the necessary ingredients for optimum health. I give a framework and conceptualization to enable to see yourself and your life holistically in order to guide yourself on your path of healing.

Are you ready to heal?

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The Rule Book And User Guide For Healthy Living
Sickness doesn't have to be part of your life

Dr. Opare’s wise advice reminds us that we have an amazing ability to heal ourselves and that “you have everything you need to heal anything in you right now.”

A must read for anyone who takes their health seriously!

Get your copy today

Nana Kwaku Opare, MD, MPH, CA

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<|endoftext|>Delaney took risks, plummeting feet first through the hatchways, and partly breaking his descent with the handrails, falling like a parachutist, rolling instantly deploying his Uzi against …<|endoftext|>Much has been written about the habits and characteristics of high-achieving adults, and how they differ from everyone else. But if you're a parent, a more compelling question may be: "What can I do to make sure my kids succeed in life?" According to researchers, one attribute that certainly helps: resilience. Instead of being victims, resilient people see themselves as being in control of their destinies. As a result, they tend grow and get better when bad things happen, instead of crumpling.

There are things you can do to build the resilience muscle in your kids. That's according to Stephanie Marston, psychotherapist, stress and work-life expert, five-time author, corporate consultant and co-author of Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World. Here are her words on how to help children build what she calls Transformative Resilience (TR)--or a "Type R" personality--to not only survive but thrive in a turbulent and rapidly changing world.

1. Let your kids see you be an agent of change rather than a passive complainer.

Parents are the architects of the family--they set the tone, particularly when children are young. Children, especially young children learn by example. To paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson, who we are and what we do speaks louder to our kids than anything we say. Increasing Transformative Resilience in children requires showing them that the adults in their lives are consistently able to pick themselves up in the face of setbacks. That's an attitude and behavior they're going to adopt.

2. Help kids manage their emotions.

Learning to respond empathically to our children's emotions is critical in helping raise Type R kids. When children are upset they need a place to vent their feelings. Feelings which are denied come out later as temper tantrums, hitting or bad dreams. Conversely, when children express emotions, adult empathy helps them not only to feel understood, but to feel as if they have an ally who respects them. For it to work, though, you need be fully present and give your undivided attention.

3. Let them make mistakes.

Experimentation and learning are essential as kids build their skills. Making mistakes is an integral part of the process.  If your child fails at something it doesn't mean that they are a failure, it gives them information about what not to do in the future.

4. Help them develop their "struggle muscle" by taking responsibility for their choices.

Teaching children to confront challenges and find solutions sets important precedents and cultivates skills that they will call upon throughout their lives. To do it, help them understand connections between choices they make and the outcomes. Then, help them be accountable. While they may struggle with the consequences of not studying for a test in time, teach them they have the ability to take responsibility and make different choices in the future. When they feel they have the physical and psychological resources to face challenges, they are more likely to participate, assume responsibilities and contribute rather than being avoidant. A rule of thumb is:  Don't do for your kids what they can do for themselves.

5. Foster compassion and social justice.

Demonstrate to children how they can stand up for themselves as well as others, how to express empathy and understanding, how to take caring actions, and how to integrate service into their everyday lives. This is now more important than ever in a world of income inequality, increasing prejudice, and a coarsening of cultural values. As Gandhi said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." If the significant adults in children's lives follow this notion, and act with kindness, thoughtfulness, and caring, kids will be more likely to follow the example.

Published on: Jan 12, 2018<|endoftext|>Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Work = Tired

I am definitely not used to working yet.

I get up at 6am (okay, today I got up at 7am and let my hair hang curly so I could sleep the extra hour), drive to work (it is so glorious driving the opposite way of traffic), work (I am still orienting and school doesn't start for kids until Monday so it's pretty uneventful), drive home from work, take Kona out, decompress (i.e. sit on the couch), make dinner/

 in modern occidental society ever operate outside of this paradigm.

It is not necessary for the person administering the cure to be healthy. Often doctors are sick themselves. Doctors interestingly as a group have one of the shortest life expectancy and highest disease rates in society. Knowledge of how to prevent a disease is not needed to administer its cure.

Sometimes after interminable searching, frustration and increasing fear that their disease will be the end of them, a person becomes disillusioned and gives up hope for a diagnosis/cure. This is a sad, lonely and isolated place full of anger, resentment and an overwhelming sense of betrayal. Some feel betrayed by modern medicine others have sunken to the point of feeling betrayed by god. Sadly it is all too common in our system of advanced scientific medicine. It is a place many of us stop first on our way to our graves. I pray for you the reader you never have to experience this space in life.

To heal is to restore to the state of health. Health is not merely the absence of disease. Health is the state of wellbeing and full functionality that enables the individual/family/community to fulfill their life purpose and enjoy life to its fullest.
To heal is something you do for yourself. Healing is something your body or your mind does. Healing is active for the person that does it. Healing does not require a diagnosis. It is even not always necessary for a person to go to a doctor at all to heal.

Healing is a natural process that occurs automatically, given the right conditions — the body and mind restoring its own functioning. Healing is a consequence of right living. The person who heals is responsible for his or her own healing. Healing occurs when and only when the cause of the disease is removed. Healing occurs only when the person cooperates with nature and properly cares for him/herself. Healing requires an expenditure of energy on the part of the person who is in the process of healing. No other person can heal you.

The process of healing is not a war. A person healing is not at war with their disease. A person who is healing or has healed has made peace with their disease. They have come to view their disease as their temporary ally. A person who heals has come to realize that their symptoms are in fact a sign of health. They have come to view their disease as their guide for changing their behavior. The changes needed are those that will if assiduously followed will restore health. Their symptoms are the normal messages from their body that they are not taking proper care of themselves. Or they are the signs that their body is in the process of healing and are notices that behavior change is needed to cooperate with this process.

Healing requires not a faith in others but a faith in oneself. Healing is a spiritual act. It requires a faith in the goodness of God. It requires obedience to right action the laws of nature represent. Healing occurs in the nexus of the person healing and God.

A person who is a healer is someone who helps the person realize that it is they themselves who does the healing. A healer has the skill and wisdom to help a person become aware of the messages their body is giving them — not just the pain, bodily/mental dysfunction or the disability, but also more subtle messages that are leading them to change their behavior. These behavioral changes lead them to live in harmony with nature. A healer can at best help nudge a person in the direction of health. They cannot drag a person to health although they may lead them.

Healing is ultimately peace. Peace with oneself and with nature. Healing is acceptance of what is here and now as in harmony and in right order. Healing is surrender. Surrender of the ego centric, childish and selfish attitude that one is entitled to do whatever one pleases without consequences that can later be erased with a check, health insurance or credit card. Healing is an act of love — love of life itself.

Healers are not sick people. Anyone can heal yet only a wise person who has healed or is healing himself or herself can be a healer. Healers rarely claim to be healers, because they know it is not they that heal but the person that is sick in cooperation with the divine. God does the healing. You have to cooperate with God to be healed.

You have everything you need to heal anything — in you right now.

Healing requires a person to follow their Rule Book And User Guide For Healthy Living. In my book of the same name I outline in easy to use rules the necessary ingredients for optimum health. I give a framework and conceptualization to enable to see yourself and your life holistically in order to guide yourself on your path of healing.

Are you ready to heal?

Opt In Image
The Rule Book And User Guide For Healthy Living
Sickness doesn't have to be part of your life

Dr. Opare’s wise advice reminds us that we have an amazing ability to heal ourselves and that “you have everything you need to heal anything in you right now.”

A must read for anyone who takes their health seriously!

Get your copy today

Nana Kwaku Opare, MD, MPH, CA

Leave a Reply
<|endoftext|>Much has been written about the habits and characteristics of high-achieving adults, and how they differ from everyone else. But if you're a parent, a more compelling question may be: "What can I do to make sure my kids succeed in life?" According to researchers, one attribute that certainly helps: resilience. Instead of being victims, resilient people see themselves as being in control of their destinies. As a result, they tend grow and get better when bad things happen, instead of crumpling.

There are things you can do to build the resilience muscle in your kids. That's according to Stephanie Marston, psychotherapist, stress and work-life expert, five-time author, corporate consultant and co-author of Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World. Here are her words on how to help children build what she calls Transformative Resilience (TR)--or a "Type R" personality--to not only survive but thrive in a turbulent and rapidly changing world.

1. Let your kids see you be an agent of change rather than a passive complainer.

Parents are the architects of the family--they set the tone, particularly when children are young. Children, especially young children learn by example. To paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson, who we are and what we do speaks louder to our kids than anything we say. Increasing Transformative Resilience in children requires showing them that the adults in their lives are consistently able to pick themselves up in the face of setbacks. That's an attitude and behavior they're going to adopt.

2. Help kids manage their emotions.

Learning to respond empathically to our children's emotions is critical in helping raise Type R kids. When children are upset they need a place to vent their feelings. Feelings which are denied come out later as temper tantrums, hitting or bad dreams. Conversely, when children express emotions, adult empathy helps them not only to feel understood, but to feel as if they have an ally who respects them. For it to work, though, you need be fully present and give your undivided attention.

3. Let them make mistakes.

Experimentation and learning are essential as kids build their skills. Making mistakes is an integral part of the process.  If your child fails at something it doesn't mean that they are a failure, it gives them information about what not to do in the future.

4. Help them develop their "struggle muscle" by taking responsibility for their choices.

Teaching children to confront challenges and find solutions sets important precedents and cultivates skills that they will call upon throughout their lives. To do it, help them understand connections between choices they make and the outcomes. Then, help them be accountable. While they may struggle with the consequences of not studying for a test in time, teach them they have the ability to take responsibility and make different choices in the future. When they feel they have the physical and psychological resources to face challenges, they are more likely to participate, assume responsibilities and contribute rather than being avoidant. A rule of thumb is:  Don't do for your kids what they can do for themselves.

5. Foster compassion and social justice.

Demonstrate to children how they can stand up for themselves as well as others, how to express empathy and understanding, how to take caring actions, and how to integrate service into their everyday lives. This is now more important than ever in a world of income inequality, increasing prejudice, and a coarsening of cultural values. As Gandhi said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." If the significant adults in children's lives follow this notion, and act with kindness, thoughtfulness, and caring, kids will be more likely to follow the example.

Published on: Jan 12, 2018<|endoftext|>Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Work = Tired

I am definitely not used to working yet.

I get up at 6am (okay, today I got up at 7am and let my hair hang curly so I could sleep the extra hour), drive to work (it is so glorious driving the opposite way of traffic), work (I am still orienting and school doesn't start for kids until Monday so it's pretty uneventful), drive home from work, take Kona out, decompress (i.e. sit on the couch), make dinner/get take out, think about how tired I am while watching


From 1940 to 1954 he wrote regularly for the New York Herald Tribune and four volumes of his notices have appeared in book form.<|endoftext|> shook his head. "No. No, it's not."
"Yes it is. I've seen it!"
"You've seen it?"
"You haven't seen it!"
"Yes, I have."
Jack and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes. Definitely like Pintel and Ragetti, I decided.
"No." Tubby repeated, and turned back to us. Skinny wasn't finished yet, though.
"But I have seen a ship with black sails."
"Oh. And no ship that's not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails…"
I stopped listening here, as Jack nudged me and indicated towards the ship, the Interceptor, with his head. I nodded, and we walked away quietly, leaving the men to their debate.

We were on board the ship and standing by the helm by the time Tubby and Skinny realised.
"Hey! You two! Get away from there! You don't have permission to be aboard there, mates." Tubby called as he and Skinny climbed up to the helm, pointing their weapons at us.
"I'm sorry, it's just such a pretty boat."
"Ship." I corrected, quickly.
"What are your names?" Skinny asked.
"Smith! Or Smithy, if you like. And this is my wife." Jack introduced us.
"What's your purpose in Port Royal, 'Mr Smith'?" Tubby asked.
"Yeah, and no lies!" Skinny put in.
"All right then. I confess." Jack stepped away from the helm. "It is our intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out." I bit back a smirk as he used my tried-and-tested method of lying by telling the truth.
"I said no lies!" Skinny moaned.
"I think he's telling the truth." Tubby muttered to him.
"If he were telling the truth, he wouldn't have told us." Skinny pointed out.
"Unless of course he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you." I suggested, smirking. They both frowned, and my smirk grew. Oh how I loved confusing people!
"If that be true, it is our duty to escort you to the prison for attempted piracy." Skinny informed us.
"Aye, but how do you know if it's true or not?" Jack grinned.
"Well… you look like pirates." Skinny began.
"And you're not from around here." Tubby put in quickly.
"And no one who is not from around here could possibly be anything other than a pirate?" I asked, still smirking. They both hesitated.
"Well… when you put it that way…" Skinny stuttered at last.<|endoftext|>Surreal Estate

Hanging at MoCA with Essenhigh and Artschwager

TUE 12/9

In the mid-1990s, art people swooned over Inka Essenhigh and her fantastic use of high-gloss enamel paints, touting her as an innovator who would help revitalize painting. The young artist had a curious response to the critical adoration: She switched to oils. In doing so, Essenhigh proved that her success has nothing to do with gimmicks. Regardless of the medium, her swooping lines, bold but controlled color palette, and magical characters hijack viewers' eyeballs to a surreal and faraway planet where Francis Bacon, Salvador Dal, and a crew of Japanimators seem to have left some footprints.

Paintings by Richard Artschwager are similar in their dreamy effect but radically different in their execution. Alternately classified as a minimalist, photorealist, and a pop and conceptual artist, Artschwager (who turns 80 in December) starts with a photograph -- sometimes of recognizable figures like Timothy McVeigh, other times of anonymous people like "Lady with a Beach Ball." He then enlarges them on Celotex, a surface that magnifies the grain of newsprint photos, and works from there. The black-and-white results resemble pencil drawings -- frozen, stylized, and ethereal.

Beat feet to the Museum of Contemporary Art (770 NE 125th St., North Miami) and check out "Inka Essenhigh: Recent Paintings" and "Richard Artschwager: Painting Then and Now" through February 15. Call 305-893-6211. -- Deirdra FuncheonCho 'Nuff

Bright lights, creepy city

FRI 12/5A horror movie's success usually lies in the suspenseful buildup to "the monster," some sort of beast that's all latex, makeup, and carefully generated techno-wank. But what most people won't admit is that the "unseen" is more disturbing. Video artist Seoungho Cho plays on this psychological curiosity in his new exhibit at the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth). The urban landscapes that Cho often depicts on film veer dreamily from simple images to unsettling abstractions of figures, cars, trains, light, and the city itself. Particularly intriguing is his 12-minute piece titled Orange Factory,in which the viewer travels the Korean countryside at twilight, accompanied by an unsettling soundtrack and reflections of light. Check it out through February 29. Call 561-582-0006. -- Audra Schroeder

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Sort: Newest | Oldest<|endoftext|>Investing: Smart Global Infrastructure Plays

Investors in infrastructure are taking a broader view of the kinds of stocks they want to own these days. That's partly in response to the slow pace at which U.S. government stimulus money is being funneled into public projects. It's also attributable to fund managers' hunger for stocks with more predictable cash flow and earnings prospects that are less tied to the strength of the economy overall—in other words, companies that enjoy a monopoly on facilities and services that get paid no matter how poorly the economy is doing.

Rapid economic growth and rising standards of living in developing countries such as China, India, and Brazil, and the accelerating trend toward urban living are driving the need to invest in core infrastructure systems such as water, electric power, and telecommunications.

There would seem to be more than enough money that needs to be spent on fortifying, if not rebuilding, America's bridges, highways, and water treatment systems—$2.2 trillion in investment over the next five years, by the American Society of Civil Engineers' calculations. The general condition of these essential assets is horrifying: The highest grade earned on the ASCE's 2009 infrastructure report card was a C+ for solid waste treatment, while nearly three-quarters of the categories rated a D, including roads, dams, and levees.

U.S. Global Diversifies The $787 billion stimulus package that U.S. lawmakers passed in February includes roughly $81 billion earmarked for public infrastructure. Of the $27.5 billion allocated for highway and bridge construction, only $2.8 billion in reimbursements has been applied so far by recipients, which suggests that just a little more than that has been spent in total, says Josh Duitz, who co-manages the Alpine Global Infrastructure Fund (AIFRX). He expects an additional $15 billion of the $27.5 billion to be spent in 2010.

In January 2008, sensing the economy was about to or had already entered a downturn, Jacek Dzierwa, an investment strategist who helps manage the U.S. Global Investors Global MegaTrends Fund (MEGAX), began to diversify away from construction and engineering (C&E) stocks into a broader range of companies, focused on alternative energy, water treatment, wireless communications towers, and steel production. He has also embraced companies in emerging markets such as Brazil and China, which he says have boosted the fund's performance this year. Year-to-date as of Oct. 15, the fund was up 27.5%.

One reason that he favors Canadian C&E stocks such as SNC Lavalin Group (SNC.TO) is that there are comparatively few large global companies in smaller markets to satisfy investor demand. Also, in Canada, provincial and federal money is flowing to projects faster than anticipated, especially in the second half of this year. The fact that SNC Lavalin employs French-speaking managers has helped it win contracts in French-speaking North Africa. Algeria is especially busy building desalination plants, liquefied natural gas plants, and roads, says Dzierwa.

Cohen & Steers Bets on Monopolies Robert Becker, director of infrastructure investment and research at Cohen & Steers Capital Management (CNS) and co-manager of the Global Infrastructure Fund (CSUAX), tries to keep his exposure to such cyclical plays to a minimum. Instead, he concentrates on companies that own and operate assets with monopoly-like characteristics that make it hard for would-be competitors to take away market share. Roughly one-third of the Cohen & Steers fund's portfolio was in utilities as of Sept. 30, and the regulatory climate is generally supportive of attractive returns on investment because policymakers understand how important these facilities are in aiding economic stability and growth. In the near term, however, the weak

 shook his head. "No. No, it's not."
"Yes it is. I've seen it!"
"You've seen it?"
"You haven't seen it!"
"Yes, I have."
Jack and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes. Definitely like Pintel and Ragetti, I decided.
"No." Tubby repeated, and turned back to us. Skinny wasn't finished yet, though.
"But I have seen a ship with black sails."
"Oh. And no ship that's not crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out could possibly have black sails…"
I stopped listening here, as Jack nudged me and indicated towards the ship, the Interceptor, with his head. I nodded, and we walked away quietly, leaving the men to their debate.

We were on board the ship and standing by the helm by the time Tubby and Skinny realised.
"Hey! You two! Get away from there! You don't have permission to be aboard there, mates." Tubby called as he and Skinny climbed up to the helm, pointing their weapons at us.
"I'm sorry, it's just such a pretty boat."
"Ship." I corrected, quickly.
"What are your names?" Skinny asked.
"Smith! Or Smithy, if you like. And this is my wife." Jack introduced us.
"What's your purpose in Port Royal, 'Mr Smith'?" Tubby asked.
"Yeah, and no lies!" Skinny put in.
"All right then. I confess." Jack stepped away from the helm. "It is our intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out." I bit back a smirk as he used my tried-and-tested method of lying by telling the truth.
"I said no lies!" Skinny moaned.
"I think he's telling the truth." Tubby muttered to him.
"If he were telling the truth, he wouldn't have told us." Skinny pointed out.
"Unless of course he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you." I suggested, smirking. They both frowned, and my smirk grew. Oh how I loved confusing people!
"If that be true, it is our duty to escort you to the prison for attempted piracy." Skinny informed us.
"Aye, but how do you know if it's true or not?" Jack grinned.
"Well… you look like pirates." Skinny began.
"And you're not from around here." Tubby put in quickly.
"And no one who is not from around here could possibly be anything other than a pirate?" I asked, still smirking. They both hesitated.
"Well… when you put it that way…" Skinny stuttered at last.<|endoftext|>Surreal Estate

Hanging at MoCA with Essenhigh and Artschwager

TUE 12/9

In the mid-1990s, art people swooned over Inka Essenhigh and her fantastic use of high-gloss enamel paints, touting her as an innovator who would help revitalize painting. The young artist had a curious response to the critical adoration: She switched to oils. In doing so, Essenhigh proved that her success has nothing to do with gimmicks. Regardless of the medium, her swooping lines, bold but controlled color palette, and magical characters hijack viewers' eyeballs to a surreal and faraway planet where Francis Bacon, Salvador Dal, and a crew of Japanimators seem to have left some footprints.

Paintings by Richard Artschwager are similar in their dreamy effect but radically different in their execution. Alternately classified as a minimalist, photorealist, and a pop and conceptual artist, Artschwager (who turns 80 in December) starts with a photograph -- sometimes of recognizable figures like Timothy McVeigh, other times of anonymous people like "Lady with a Beach Ball." He then enlarges them on Celotex, a surface that magnifies the grain of newsprint photos, and works from there. The black-and-white results resemble pencil drawings -- frozen, stylized, and ethereal.

Beat feet to the Museum of Contemporary Art (770 NE 125th St., North Miami) and check out "Inka Essenhigh: Recent Paintings" and "Richard Artschwager: Painting Then and Now" through February 15. Call 305-893-6211. -- Deirdra FuncheonCho 'Nuff

Bright lights, creepy city

FRI 12/5A horror movie's success usually lies in the suspenseful buildup to "the monster," some sort of beast that's all latex, makeup, and carefully generated techno-wank. But what most people won't admit is that the "unseen" is more disturbing. Video artist Seoungho Cho plays on this psychological curiosity in his new exhibit at the Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art (601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth). The urban landscapes that Cho often depicts on film veer dreamily from simple images to unsettling abstractions of figures, cars, trains, light, and the city itself. Particularly intriguing is his 12-minute piece titled Orange Factory,in which the viewer travels the Korean countryside at twilight, accompanied by an unsettling soundtrack and reflections of light. Check it out through February 29. Call 561-582-0006. -- Audra Schroeder

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Sort: Newest | Oldest<|endoftext|>Investing: Smart Global Infrastructure Plays

Investors in infrastructure are taking a broader view of the kinds of stocks they want to own these days. That's partly in response to the slow pace at which U.S. government stimulus money is being funneled into public projects. It's also attributable to fund managers' hunger for stocks with more predictable cash flow and earnings prospects that are less tied to the strength of the economy overall—in other words, companies that enjoy a monopoly on facilities and services that get paid no matter how poorly the economy is doing.

Rapid economic growth and rising standards of living in developing countries such as China, India, and Brazil, and the accelerating trend toward urban living are driving the need to invest in core infrastructure systems such as water, electric power, and telecommunications.

There would seem to be more than enough money that needs to be spent on fortifying, if not rebuilding, America's bridges, highways, and water treatment systems—$2.2 trillion in investment over the next five years, by the American Society of Civil Engineers' calculations. The general condition of these essential assets is horrifying: The highest grade earned on the ASCE's 2009 infrastructure report card was a C+ for solid waste treatment, while nearly three-quarters of the categories rated a D, including roads, dams, and levees.

U.S. Global Diversifies The $787 billion stimulus package that U.S. lawmakers passed in February includes roughly $81 billion earmarked for public infrastructure. Of the $27.5 billion allocated for highway and bridge construction, only $2.8 billion in reimbursements has been applied so far by recipients, which suggests that just a little more than that has been spent in total, says Josh Duitz, who co-manages the Alpine Global Infrastructure Fund (AIFRX). He expects an additional $15 billion of the $27.5 billion to be spent in 2010.

In January 2008, sensing the economy was about to or had already entered a downturn, Jacek Dzierwa, an investment strategist who helps manage the U.S. Global Investors Global MegaTrends Fund (MEGAX), began to diversify away from construction and engineering (C&E) stocks into a broader range of companies, focused on alternative energy, water treatment, wireless communications towers, and steel production. He has also embraced companies in emerging markets such as Brazil and China, which he says have boosted the fund's performance this year. Year-to-date as of Oct. 15, the fund was up 27.5%.

One reason that he favors Canadian C&E stocks such as SNC Lavalin Group (SNC.TO) is that there are comparatively few large global companies in smaller markets to satisfy investor demand. Also, in Canada, provincial and federal money is flowing to projects faster than anticipated, especially in the second half of this year. The fact that SNC Lavalin employs French-speaking managers has helped it win contracts in French-speaking North Africa. Algeria is especially busy building desalination plants, liquefied natural gas plants, and roads, says Dzierwa.

Cohen & Steers Bets on Monopolies Robert Becker, director of infrastructure investment and research at Cohen & Steers Capital Management (CNS) and co-manager of the Global Infrastructure Fund (CSUAX), tries to keep his exposure to such cyclical plays to a minimum. Instead, he concentrates on companies that own and operate assets with monopoly-like characteristics that make it hard for would-be competitors to take away market share. Roughly one-third of the Cohen & Steers fund's portfolio was in utilities as of Sept. 30, and the regulatory climate is generally supportive of attractive returns on investment because policymakers understand how important these facilities are in aiding economic stability and growth. In the near term, however, the weak economy will make it more challenging for utilities to get approval to raise rates, despite the money some are spending on smart-metering


Hill expresses the way time has cheated them: his daughter was born while he was remanded in custody, and is now 14: ‘She would change dramatically and I didn't feel a change in myself mentally.<|endoftext|>, much of the smoke settling in the trees outside is coming from a wildfire burning in steep terrain and heavy timber near Pemberton. Tripling in size overnight, this 2,000-hectare fire “is displaying a vigorous and aggressive rate of spread, with periods of organized crown fire,” the BC Wildfire Management Branch reports. Crown fires spread flames from exploding tree top to tree top, igniting “spot fires” ahead of their advance. [CBC July 6/15]

Pemberton is 299 kilometers away.

Closer across the water, one firefighter has died fire-fighting in Sechelt, where the Shishalh Nation reports a spike in respiratory distress calls to emergency services. The 38-bed St. Mary’s Hospital is filled to capacity with health complications from smoke inhalation. [Global News July 5/15; Vancouver Sun July 5/15]

“It’s unusual for this time of year; there’s no relief in sight in the weather forecast. We’re expecting temperatures in the mid-30s [C], and absolutely no rain forecast in the near future. That’s definitely cause for concern,” worries Provincial Fire Information Officer, Kevin Skrepnek.

How about freaking out?

Knock Knock. Who's There? Carbon Karma Collectors

And how about mentioning the perils of gung-ho carbon burning? In a deluge of news reports on BC's Big Burning, repeated mentions are being made of this record dastardly drought. But not it's cause. While industrial stacks belch greenhouse gases, and holiday-makers everywhere race crazily around in cars, boats and planes – total mentions of “climate change”, “global warming” and “record-high carbon emissions” in press stories relating to major fires now burning in three provinces, Alaska and Siberia… ?

High And Dry

So go ahead and guess the number of corporate-media references to ongoing geoengineering aerosols sponging up the remaining moisture over North America's gasping western seaboard…

“With temperatures 12–18 degrees [C] hotter than they normally are this time of year,” the Canadian Press suggests, “a massive ridge of high pressure will remain anchored over the Pacific Northwest [with] ongoing dry conditions and warmer than normal” temperatures.

Canada's national wire service neglected to mention how this “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” is being created by a flatlined jetstream, no longer driven by the usual north-south temperature differentials wiped out by human-induced warming… and daily maintained by an ongoing aerosol assault clearly visible to anyone looking up at those telltale white plumes who understands they should be seeing no icy contrails at this time of year.

Atmospheric-heating gases at 350 parts per million are optimistically considered possibly/maybe/wait-and-see “safe”.

Right now, on this freakish morning during Earth's careening Sixth Mass Extinction, carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gases (CO2e) are nudging past 478 ppm… [MIT]

Misha phoned next. “Nobody's gets it,” she said in a voice verging on despair. Indeed, frantic denialists are blaming The Big Drying on:

1. Bad luck
2. The pope
3. A vindictive sky god
4. “Cyclical” global extinction events
5. Just one of those things

A poll of 20 countries shows the United States comfortably leading the world in climate denial. Just four out of 10 Americans think climate change is a serious threat to their carbon-belching, weather-wracked nation.

More than half of USers agree with the statement: “The climate change we are currently seeing is a natural phenomenon that happens from time to time.”

But 74% of South Koreans and 78% of Japanese disagree.

The populations of France, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Argentina have also totally flunked climate denial, with 80% or more of those surveyed telling pollsters that human activity is driving climate change. While more than 60% of surveyed Spaniards and Italians and more than 70% of Japanese consider climate change a serious threat, in China 91% of those polled say we're doomed if we don't change our ways. [Think Progress July 22/14]

You Think?

Just 10 days ago, a NASA/MODIS satellite shot showed much of Baked Alaska shrouded under a 3,000+ mile cloud of smoke. Now enmeshed in the high-altitude jetstream, “it blankets much of the Northern Hemisphere in a brown-carbon haze.” [Robert Scribbler June 26/15]

Meanwhile, as the hot Pacific Ocean turns anoxic and acidic beneath the keel of my solar-electric outrigger canoe… throughout Siberia, Alaska and the high Arctic, no-longer-frozen permafrost continues to burn in vast underground peat fires. Hundreds of billions of tons of peat drying in record-high winter, spring and summer temperatures “creates an understory fuel that can keep blazes burning for weeks, months, and sometimes years,” Robert Scribbler warns, “pushing blazes to explosive size and dumping massive plumes of smoke into an atmosphere already heavily laden with Alaska’s brown carbon pulse.” [Electra Finds Some WindRobert Scribbler June 29/15]

Back in the White House, someone must be smelling smoke. Earlier last month at the National Hurricane Center, Obama dared suggest that climate change is fuelling extreme weather. “This is the only planet we’ve got,” came the predictable presidential sound-bite. “And years from now, I want to be able to look our children and grandchildren in the eye and tell them that we did everything we could to protect it.”

He'll be lucky if they don't whack him upside the head. This is the same guy who just green-lighted offshore Arctic oil drilling and promised to open vast tracts of public land to heavily-subsidized coal mining. [OtherWords June 7/15]

Reality 10, Denial 0

Here's the real deal:

On June 18, 2015, some 320,000 square kilometers of reflective Arctic sea ice melted into dark, heat-absorbing waters in a single day. That’s an ice cube the size of New Mexico gone in 24 hours. [Robert Scribbler June 18/15]

In Alaska, on that same day, close to a half-million more forest acres burned. The 314 wildfires raging throughout the state brought the 2015 total to 1,912,000 acres incinerated by human-powered climate shift and abetted by geoengineering madmen. (At some near-future Eco-Nuremberg trial, we're going to ask them why.)

Also in a recent single day, 138 new fires erupting throughout northwest Canada propelled that burn pile to more than 2,250,000 acres since the start of 2015. Some of those fire fronts among the 30 blazes burning near Great Slave Lake were more than 15 miles long.

Oh, Oh, Canada

Nearly eight out of every 10 Canadians say that Earth’s climate is changing and the federal government is failing to address this growing “problem”. More than half of all Canadians (56%) are convinced climate change is the result of human activities. [National Post May 18/15]

But thinking isn't doing.

With geoengineering aerosols and smoke plumes alternately obscuring our skies, the most pertinent question is:

What are you doing about it?

Stop The Geoengineers [Geoengineering Watch]

Stop Climate Change [Greenpeace]

We're Building A Global Climate Movement [350.org]

Center For Climate And Energy Solutions

WorldWatch Institute

Your Carbon Footprint Calculator

Be Part Of The Solution [EPA]

How Millions of People Can Help Solve Climate Change [PBS]

Scorched Earth, Climate Engineering Continues To Fuel Planetary Meltdown

Alaska fire

Around the globe record numbers of wildfires have continued to rage in 2015. Of all the sources of anthropogenic damage to the planet (and there are countless sources) the greatest single factor fueling the wildfire increase is climate engineering. Fires are currently raging all over the US West, all the way north to Alaska where record levels of acreage are going up in flames. Further east into Canada the story is the same. There was an extremely early start to the now record fire season in Siberia where vast sections of boreal forest are incinerating. In Russia, many recent fires in the Chernobyl "exclusion zone" pose radiation dangers in addition to the fire threat. Southern California is ablaze yet again. Portugal is one of many more countries battling wildfires. How about the southern hemisphere? The story has been the same. Brazil is burning to the ground, so is Chile. In Australia, the fires have been relentless and horrific.

south west fire

As the forests burn, the feedback loop of continued burning is fed. All the while, the decimating affects of climate engineering are feeding the planetary meltdown. Below is the latest update from Alaska where fires are continuing to devour

, much of the smoke settling in the trees outside is coming from a wildfire burning in steep terrain and heavy timber near Pemberton. Tripling in size overnight, this 2,000-hectare fire “is displaying a vigorous and aggressive rate of spread, with periods of organized crown fire,” the BC Wildfire Management Branch reports. Crown fires spread flames from exploding tree top to tree top, igniting “spot fires” ahead of their advance. [CBC July 6/15]

Pemberton is 299 kilometers away.

Closer across the water, one firefighter has died fire-fighting in Sechelt, where the Shishalh Nation reports a spike in respiratory distress calls to emergency services. The 38-bed St. Mary’s Hospital is filled to capacity with health complications from smoke inhalation. [Global News July 5/15; Vancouver Sun July 5/15]

“It’s unusual for this time of year; there’s no relief in sight in the weather forecast. We’re expecting temperatures in the mid-30s [C], and absolutely no rain forecast in the near future. That’s definitely cause for concern,” worries Provincial Fire Information Officer, Kevin Skrepnek.

How about freaking out?

Knock Knock. Who's There? Carbon Karma Collectors

And how about mentioning the perils of gung-ho carbon burning? In a deluge of news reports on BC's Big Burning, repeated mentions are being made of this record dastardly drought. But not it's cause. While industrial stacks belch greenhouse gases, and holiday-makers everywhere race crazily around in cars, boats and planes – total mentions of “climate change”, “global warming” and “record-high carbon emissions” in press stories relating to major fires now burning in three provinces, Alaska and Siberia… ?

High And Dry

So go ahead and guess the number of corporate-media references to ongoing geoengineering aerosols sponging up the remaining moisture over North America's gasping western seaboard…

“With temperatures 12–18 degrees [C] hotter than they normally are this time of year,” the Canadian Press suggests, “a massive ridge of high pressure will remain anchored over the Pacific Northwest [with] ongoing dry conditions and warmer than normal” temperatures.

Canada's national wire service neglected to mention how this “Ridiculously Resilient Ridge” is being created by a flatlined jetstream, no longer driven by the usual north-south temperature differentials wiped out by human-induced warming… and daily maintained by an ongoing aerosol assault clearly visible to anyone looking up at those telltale white plumes who understands they should be seeing no icy contrails at this time of year.

Atmospheric-heating gases at 350 parts per million are optimistically considered possibly/maybe/wait-and-see “safe”.

Right now, on this freakish morning during Earth's careening Sixth Mass Extinction, carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gases (CO2e) are nudging past 478 ppm… [MIT]

Misha phoned next. “Nobody's gets it,” she said in a voice verging on despair. Indeed, frantic denialists are blaming The Big Drying on:

1. Bad luck
2. The pope
3. A vindictive sky god
4. “Cyclical” global extinction events
5. Just one of those things

A poll of 20 countries shows the United States comfortably leading the world in climate denial. Just four out of 10 Americans think climate change is a serious threat to their carbon-belching, weather-wracked nation.

More than half of USers agree with the statement: “The climate change we are currently seeing is a natural phenomenon that happens from time to time.”

But 74% of South Koreans and 78% of Japanese disagree.

The populations of France, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Argentina have also totally flunked climate denial, with 80% or more of those surveyed telling pollsters that human activity is driving climate change. While more than 60% of surveyed Spaniards and Italians and more than 70% of Japanese consider climate change a serious threat, in China 91% of those polled say we're doomed if we don't change our ways. [Think Progress July 22/14]

You Think?

Just 10 days ago, a NASA/MODIS satellite shot showed much of Baked Alaska shrouded under a 3,000+ mile cloud of smoke. Now enmeshed in the high-altitude jetstream, “it blankets much of the Northern Hemisphere in a brown-carbon haze.” [Robert Scribbler June 26/15]

Meanwhile, as the hot Pacific Ocean turns anoxic and acidic beneath the keel of my solar-electric outrigger canoe… throughout Siberia, Alaska and the high Arctic, no-longer-frozen permafrost continues to burn in vast underground peat fires. Hundreds of billions of tons of peat drying in record-high winter, spring and summer temperatures “creates an understory fuel that can keep blazes burning for weeks, months, and sometimes years,” Robert Scribbler warns, “pushing blazes to explosive size and dumping massive plumes of smoke into an atmosphere already heavily laden with Alaska’s brown carbon pulse.” [Electra Finds Some WindRobert Scribbler June 29/15]

Back in the White House, someone must be smelling smoke. Earlier last month at the National Hurricane Center, Obama dared suggest that climate change is fuelling extreme weather. “This is the only planet we’ve got,” came the predictable presidential sound-bite. “And years from now, I want to be able to look our children and grandchildren in the eye and tell them that we did everything we could to protect it.”

He'll be lucky if they don't whack him upside the head. This is the same guy who just green-lighted offshore Arctic oil drilling and promised to open vast tracts of public land to heavily-subsidized coal mining. [OtherWords June 7/15]

Reality 10, Denial 0

Here's the real deal:

On June 18, 2015, some 320,000 square kilometers of reflective Arctic sea ice melted into dark, heat-absorbing waters in a single day. That’s an ice cube the size of New Mexico gone in 24 hours. [Robert Scribbler June 18/15]

In Alaska, on that same day, close to a half-million more forest acres burned. The 314 wildfires raging throughout the state brought the 2015 total to 1,912,000 acres incinerated by human-powered climate shift and abetted by geoengineering madmen. (At some near-future Eco-Nuremberg trial, we're going to ask them why.)

Also in a recent single day, 138 new fires erupting throughout northwest Canada propelled that burn pile to more than 2,250,000 acres since the start of 2015. Some of those fire fronts among the 30 blazes burning near Great Slave Lake were more than 15 miles long.

Oh, Oh, Canada

Nearly eight out of every 10 Canadians say that Earth’s climate is changing and the federal government is failing to address this growing “problem”. More than half of all Canadians (56%) are convinced climate change is the result of human activities. [National Post May 18/15]

But thinking isn't doing.

With geoengineering aerosols and smoke plumes alternately obscuring our skies, the most pertinent question is:

What are you doing about it?

Stop The Geoengineers [Geoengineering Watch]

Stop Climate Change [Greenpeace]

We're Building A Global Climate Movement [350.org]

Center For Climate And Energy Solutions

WorldWatch Institute

Your Carbon Footprint Calculator

Be Part Of The Solution [EPA]

How Millions of People Can Help Solve Climate Change [PBS]

Scorched Earth, Climate Engineering Continues To Fuel Planetary Meltdown

Alaska fire

Around the globe record numbers of wildfires have continued to rage in 2015. Of all the sources of anthropogenic damage to the planet (and there are countless sources) the greatest single factor fueling the wildfire increase is climate engineering. Fires are currently raging all over the US West, all the way north to Alaska where record levels of acreage are going up in flames. Further east into Canada the story is the same. There was an extremely early start to the now record fire season in Siberia where vast sections of boreal forest are incinerating. In Russia, many recent fires in the Chernobyl "exclusion zone" pose radiation dangers in addition to the fire threat. Southern California is ablaze yet again. Portugal is one of many more countries battling wildfires. How about the southern hemisphere? The story has been the same. Brazil is burning to the ground, so is Chile. In Australia, the fires have been relentless and horrific.

south west fire

As the forests burn, the feedback loop of continued burning is fed. All the while, the decimating affects of climate engineering are feeding the planetary meltdown. Below is the latest update from Alaska where fires are continuing to devour the landscape at a record pace.
Dane Wigington

Climate Engineering And Weather Extremes Causing Societal Disruption and Mass Mortality

Climate engineering is weather warfare and