Military October 02, 2019

Bob Mayer

• We’ve Let Ourselves Be Massacred And It’s Still Going On January 9, 2021
  I wrote this post before the recent coup attempt in Washington, but it’s all still true. Even more so. Time to be blunt. The official number of COVID-19 deaths today is over 336,000. 3,725 Americans died yesterday. This in a country that tore the world apart over a lesser number on a single day” 9-11. […]
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Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection (LDICP)

• Recent Research Spreadsheets November 30, 2016
  Our students have compiled research in three topic areas. Below are the links to their research tables that can be downloaded for searching and viewing.   For a state-by-state review of Mandatory Reporter laws, click here.   For a state-by-state review of Background Check laws, click...
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• 2016 Legislative Drafting Students November 15, 2016
  Our students spent the summer working on the inaugural project of the LDICP. Through their extensive research, massive databases of information on state statutes regarding the abuse of children ave been created and will be posted here as their work is finalized.   Here are...
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Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

• 6 Agents Seeking Women’s Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Memoirs, Kidlit, YA, SF/F and more – by Erica Verrillo… January 19, 2021
  on Publishing … and Other Forms of Insanity: Here are six literary agents actively seeking writers. Eve MacSweeney is interested in narrative non-fiction and literary fiction titles that speak to her interest in emotionally driven stories, singular voices, and compelling social issues, particularly as they concern the lives of women. Susana Alvarez is looking for […]
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I didn’t have my glasses on…

• nonviolence. January 18, 2021
   on this day honoring mlk, and every day — “this is the unusual thing about nonviolence – nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.” – martin luther king, jr. — image credt: philosophytalk.org
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Indian Country Media Network

• Keystone XL is out; Dakota Access next? January 19, 2021
  New administration signals a major reversal in climate change policies
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Legends of Windemere

• Music of Legends of Windemere: The Mercenary Prince January 19, 2021
  The second of the two last minute additions to the series.  Well, not really last minute, but they were added after I began writing and publishing.  Legends of Windemere: The Mercenary Prince was designed for a few reasons.  The biggest one … Continue reading →
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Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life

Bluebird of Bitterness

• Dog days of winter January 19, 2021
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Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing

• It’s Too Peopley Out There July 3, 2020
  We live in the most perfect area to have a staycation. The gulf with its white sand beaches are only five minutes away. We have the best restaurants with fresh seafood and seats with the best views. The charter fishing experience is top notch. Evidently, this is not a best kept secret anymore. The only […]
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KarmaTube

• Musicians on Kindness January 14, 2021
  "What if kindness was a form of music, with its own rhythm, its own flow, its own song?" This engaging video points out the give and take of the whole human experience through highlighting music, with its reciprocal energy which inspires both the musicians and their audiences. The featured street musicians reflect on the power […]

Positively Present

• The 10th Annual Gratitude Challenge! October 13, 2020
  It's hard to believe, but this is the TENTH year of the Positively Present Gratitude Challenge! I've been doing this for a decade (and I know many of you have too!), and I'm so excited to begin this year's challenge on November 1. There's always something special about celebrating gratitude during the month of November […]
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The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England.

• Coal Frost Mist Squirrels Aliens Diesel Wind Rain Ice Sunshine & UnFire January 16, 2021
  Yes, the walk through the image above was as cold as it looks. The towpath was frozen, the canal was … More
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Joan Reeves: Slingwords

• New Release: Her Timeless Gamble by Nancy Fraser January 19, 2021
  Bestselling Author Nancy Fraser has a new book publishing today.For a change of pace, this novel, Her Timeless Gamble, is a historical romance.Get to Know Nancy FraserJumping Across Romance Genres with Gleeful Abandon is how Nancy, an Amazon Top 100 and Award-Winning author, describes what she writes.She says she "can’t seem to decide which romance […]
  Joan Reeves

World United Music

• Prog Rock and Progressive Activism May 24, 2020
  Progressive Rock Through the AgesBy: Stewart BrennanProgressive Rock is one of several experimental genres that evolved out of Rock n Roll in mid 1960’s. It was a purely creative genre that carried at its initial core, reflections of morality, philosophies, political views and the social economic conditions of the times.The genre had a wide range […]
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WASP Final Flight

• Lucile Doll Wise, 43-7 | August 2, 2018 August 17, 2018
  "Jacqueline Cochran was looking for WASP.  They told me I would have to be interviewed and they would contact me when they came to the Wichita area.  But I didn’t wait for that.  I went down to Houston for my interview, to speed things up.  And I think that’s one of the smartest things I […]
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• Jean McCreery, 44-W-10. |. May 10, 2018 July 20, 2018
  "My first flight was with a barnstormer at the age of five.  I loved it!  I also tried to 'fly' out of the barn loft with an umbrella.  This was less than successful..."  WASP Jean Terrell McCreery, 44-10 The indomitable Marguerite Jean Terrell Moreo McCreery has "...slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on […]
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The Old Motor

• Comment on Before Cars and Coffee: Lozier Speedcar – Mystery Racing Car – Dudley Perkins HD by Steve K January 19, 2021
  In reply to Jonathan R. Yes, the closest Deperdussin got to automotive endeavors was after SPAD merged with Bleriot and the company made cyclecars along with airplanes. If I had to make a wild guess (without having looked at the book recently for details), possibly a Hispano-Suiza is the inspiration for the Gomez-Deperdussin? The company, […]
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• Comment on Bustling Childress and Houston Texas Street Scenes by Johnny Ringo January 19, 2021
  In reply to Roundfender. And a home town girl from Houston, according to Wiki. Nearly all her films were lost in a studio fire, I believe
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SassyZenGirl

• Earn $6,000/mo Passive Income with Stock Footage (no prior experience!) May 23, 2020
  Stock footage might not sound too sexy or fun, but this is an easy one to start and doesn’t require any start up funding. In fact, you can start with your smartphone camera. Ready? You Ready Are You Ready GIF from Youready GIFs   What is stock footage and how does it work? Stock footage […]
  Gundi Gabrielle

Stump the Bookseller

• 351H: Goose and Gorilla kid’s book? January 14, 2021
  We’ve got a memory of a kids book about a goose and a gorilla. It was published before 1990 for sure, but it could be quite a bit older. It had a similar feel to the recent hit “Boy Mole … Continue reading →
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Ana’s Attic

• New Kindle and Audiobook Releases Sales and Freebies | January 2021 January 6, 2021
  New Kindle and Audiobook Releases, Sales and Freebies Are you in our FB Group, Ana’s Attic After Dark? *Updated 1-2 times a week* See the full December Release Recap here 1/19: I haven’t been able to read or even listen to books lately, but then I started How To Get Lucky by Lauren Blakely and […]
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Shorpy

• Badger State Fur: 1901 January 19, 2021
  Milwaukee circa 1901. "The river from Sycamore Street." Lofty landmarks notwithstanding, our favorite building here bears the name of the Meinecke Toy Company. With Badger State Fur a close runner-up. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Photographic Co. View full size.
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• The Long, Long Factory: 1941 January 18, 2021
  October 1941. "General Motors Fisher Body Ternstedt Division manufacturing plant. West Trenton, New Jersey." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. View full size.
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Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s

• The Big Shot: 1957 January 16, 2021
  I never did get the full skinny on how it all went down that day. All I know is that it was my brother and his pal, this guy. A couple of ex-Catholic high school boys; you know the type - four years in, walk out with a fancy piece of paper, the whole nine […]
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• B Ball Champs January 5, 2021
  This is the 1932 basketball team of the Sweetser Braves. Sweetser is a small town in Grant County Indiana. This photo celebrates the team's win of the Grant County Championship. The win is significant because Sweetser was a very small school compared to the others in Grant County. The people pictured represent the entire team. […]
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Shorpy Reader Comments

• Let's meet in my office. January 18, 2021
  In reply to The Long, Long Factory: 1941: It's easy to find---the one with a window.
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• Wonder women January 18, 2021
  In reply to Little Kittens: 1941: These three girls are so charming and elegant, each in her own way. The windswept hair of the young lady in back is terribly alluring, and the kerchief with braids and leather gloves in front is so grown-up. Even little kitten girl is styling with that hand-knotted cloth belt. […]
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Kim’s Shopping

• 6 Ways to Make Money Aside from Your Job January 13, 2021
  Whether it be for a new car, retirement fund, vacation, or college tuition, sometimes, we want to earn a bit of extra cash. However, it's not always easy, especially when you may already have a full-time job. Luckily enough, there are some great income-generators that don't require a lot of your time. Want to learn […]
  Kirstin

Thoroughly Reviewed

• Best Travel Makeup Bag May 23, 2020
  Travel Makeup Bag Comparison habe ROWNYEON HaloVa Relavel Rownyeon Pro MelodySusie Ac.y.c Mossio B & C Chomeiu Material Nylon OxfordFabric Nylon Oxford Fabric PU... The post Best Travel Makeup Bag first appeared on ThoroughlyReviewed.com.
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Whimpulsive

• Wordless Wednesday #539 February 12, 2020
  Signs of Spring For more Wordless Wednesday, Click here.
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Debra Lynn Dadd

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BloominThyme

• Sun Hemp Cover Crop August 12, 2020
  Sun hemp is a perfect cover crop for building the quality of your soil. And soil is everything when it comes to the garden. Soil provides nutrients for plants to be absorbed via their roots and retains moisture for the plant. Well-aerated soil is important and can be achieved by adding compost to your soil. […]
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• Successful Pineapple Harvest July 31, 2020
  At last, I have achieved a successful pineapple harvest from my backyard garden. It didn’t require much effort, but it did require patience. Years of patience. Generally pineapples take about two and a half years to harvest. On the advice of a friend, I planted these pineapple four and five years ago. He said it […]
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Word of the day

• conjecture January 19, 2021
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 19, 2021 is: conjecture • \kun-JEK-cher\  • verb 1 : to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork : guess 2 : to form a supposition or inference Examples: Some scientists have conjectured that Jupiter's moon Europa could sustain life. "He conjectured that the quick-sprouting barley would […]
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AV Club Wiki Wormhole

• The moment has arrived: It’s time to head to Everwood January 19, 2021
  Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Tuesday, January 19. All times are Eastern.Read more...
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• Katie emerges as the unlikely queen of this Bachelor episode January 19, 2021
  Whew, this Bachelor episode was a ride, wasn’t it? I didn’t think I was ever going to get over the increasingly cringeworthy stakes of the out-loud erotica reading (TIL: Chris Harrison wrote a book!), but by the end of the episode, at the end of all the Sarah drama, I barely remembered them. Plus there […]
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• Sorry, mates: Peaky Blinders to end after season 6 January 18, 2021
  According to Variety, BBC crime drama Peaky Blinders—starring Cillian Murphy as up-and-coming gangster Tommy Shelby in post-WWI England—will be coming to a somewhat surprising end after its upcoming sixth season (it’s on Netflix here in the colonies). The show just resumed production after shutting everything down…Read more...
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• So… was Matt Damon playing himself in Thor: Ragnarok? January 18, 2021
  Recently, reports came out that Matt Damon would be appearing in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love And Thunder—reports that have seemingly been confirmed by Damon’s arrival in Australia to film a “major movie.” We don’t know who Damon might be playing in Love And Thunder, but this won’t be his first appearance in the Thor …Read […]
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DamnDelicious

• Homemade Breakfast Sausage January 16, 2021
  Nothing beats homemade! These sausage patties are so so easy to make and they’re also freezer-friendly. Win-win! Not sure if it’s the New Year, or if it’s the quarantine-lockdown-stay-at-home-order, but I’ve been making A LOT of things from scratch. Pizza dough. Rosemary bread. Sourdough biscuits. Pasta. English muffins. Hamburger buns. (recipes for the latter all […]
  Chungah @ Damn Delicious
• Homemade Pizza Dough January 9, 2021
  So much easier to make than you think, and it’s such a game-changer! Perfect for pizza night and it’s freezer-friendly! If you have not tried homemade pizza dough yet, this is it for you guys. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s foolproof. And it makes two pizza balls so you can make both for pizza […]
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The Authors’ Billboard

• Moving along, very slowly January 19, 2021
  So 2020 is over, but the new year didn’t start on the right foot and the level of stress hasn’t decreased at all. Talking about stress, how do you cope and survive? How do you deal with that unbearable itching that seems to eat at your heart? Last year I locked myself at home, avoiding […]
  Mona Risk
• Can you read this? January 18, 2021
  If you can read this, be grateful for a multitude of blessings. First and foremost is you have the gift of sight. Even if you wear glasses, contacts, or had corrective surgery, you can distinguish dark and light on a very detailed level. Second, give thanks for electronics. You could break that down to the […]
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ezvid

• 8 Best iPad Kneeboards 2021 January 19, 2021
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