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What's Your Erotic Blueprint? with Jessie Fresh
Jessie Fresh was in her early 20s when she realized that silence had been her main sex educator. After a mid-coital wakeup call and two relationships—one with sexual chemistry, one with only emotional sparks—she sought ways to cultivate the richer relationships and sexual experiences she desired. Discovering the Erotic Blueprints changed everything for her. And they may do the same for you, too!
Learn much more in this week's Girl Boner Radio episode.
Stream it on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Spotify or below. Or read on for a lightly edited transcript.
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…And you're like, "I came here for my orgasm!" [Jessie laughs] I could see that being a challenge.
Jessie:
Yeah, that's why this information is so empowering, because it gives you the communication to say, here are some of my needs that I recognize, and how can we meet each other's needs more easily without thinking that it's just never going to work, or there's ways to meet each other's needs.
And that's truly what sexual compatibility is. But we are taught that – we're not taught a whole lot actually. I thought sexual compatibility meant that if what I like is what you like, then that means that we're sexually compatible.
But once you learn the blueprints, you're able to meet the other person's needs, they're able to then meet yours and then compatibility can just continue throughout your lifetime.
Sex and intimacy coach, Jessie Fresh, told me that silence was her main sex educator growing up.
There wasn't a lot of talk about it. There wasn't shame around it or any kind of religious background. For me, it's just that it was not talked about at all. So it was a job learned in experience.
And that experience, I think, created a lot of scary moments for me of navigating something extremely vulnerable, without any training or any skills at all.
Yeah, yeah. Do you remember the first time that you noticed that sort of disconnect that this isn't something you talk about?
Oh, yeah. That is a moment that has been, I think, etched in, in my brain as a heightened experience, because I was in my early 20s, and I was giving a partner oral sex. And that had gone on for about 45 minutes. And leading up to the length of time, my thought process was like, what's going on? Like, is everything okay? I hope I'm doing this right. Is this a good experience for them? I can't read what's going on. Therefore, I'm having all of this tension built as I'm giving to my partner. And there's just complete silence between the both of us. [soft laugh]
And that awkward tension built and built and built until the point that my body was uncomfortable because of my job being completely exhausted. I mean, giving for 45 minutes, when you're totally into it is a whole different experience.
So we kind of had this eruption happen. And this eruption was a tense moment of us, basically being like, what is going on, and that partner then said, 'What you're doing is never going to work. The style of what you're doing is never going to work. You're doing it too soft, or you're not doing it enough." And that was a moment that I just was like, "Why didn't you say anything 45 minutes ago?" And I just recognize that both of us were expecting to read each other's minds, and that silence was probably the teacher for both of us. So we just navigated in the dark. And from then on, it was like, there has to be other ways of doing this.
Jessie and that partner stayed together for a while. They shared undeniable chemistry, she said, and it was the first time in her young adult life that she felt truly in love. But the relationship also had its problems.
Looking back, it was a very toxic chemistry of highs and lows together. And I felt completely committed and in love, even if it was really unhealthy for me.
And actually, what I know now about sexual compatibility and chemistry, what was really bonding us was this feeling of not ever knowing if you're truly secure with that person, and therefore having so much anticipation built up around this anxiety of like, what are we doing? Are we together and then having these validating moments of heightened sexual experiences, that kind of were in that moment, reminding me like, Oh, yes, of course, like this is love. This is passion, when really it was instability, and insecure attachment. But that chemistry is what I now know as the energetic blueprint.
The energetic blueprint. That's one of the five Erotic Blueprints, developed by somatic sexologist Jaiya from her 20 years of clinical research and study about sex and pleasure. Jaiya noticed particular patterns in arousal and desire—so she conceptualized them into five sexual archetypes to enhance folks' sex lives.
Discovering these "blueprints" changed everything for Jessie—in her sex life and her career. That all started when the relationship we talked about ended.
Sex and intimacy coach, Jessie Fresh
I knew that I wanted the hot sex. And I wanted, in my next partnership, to be a healthy relationship where we were committed to growing and we were communicative, and really intentional.
And in some ways, Jessie got that. She and her next partner shared great emotional chemistry.
But then the actual physical chemistry, the sexual chemistry, was lost. It was not there all the time. I kind of say that it is like taking a magic eight ball. And when we wanted to get sexy, I'd metaphorically bounce around the Magic Eight Ball and be like, 'please tell me we're going to we're going to have hot sex,' and it would likely say "not tonight." It felt like I was rolling the dice that I couldn't have reliable hot sex with this person. And that was extremely frustrating because I had had that in the past but with the toxic past partner.
So I really was stuck in my head. I was redecorating the bedroom as I was trying to feel turned on, which completely did not work. And therefore I would get stuck in my head. I would then think, what's wrong with this partnership? We're so great together, but something is wrong. I'm not getting turned on. I'm completely distracted. It must be them or it must be me. And we fought a lot and those fights would be explosive because we were so vulnerable, you know? Naked together, trying to bond in this way. And it just was not working.
Jessie knew that the emotional chemistry could sustain a lifelong partnership, but she longed for that sexual spark. So she started doing research, reading all she could about sexuality.
That's when she was introduced to the Erotic Blueprints, which she now helps others discover and embrace. The archetypes provided the roadmap she needed. And I love how she described them:
They are an arousal typing system to understand how you experience pleasure, what your specific type of route is to experience pleasure.
And you can identify yourself in these five types. And by understanding what your type is, you get to know what turns you on, what are things that you could try, maybe that you've never even thought of, the things that kind of get in the way.
I asked Jessie to walk us through the five blueprints – the basics of what they are and what an ideal versus not-so-great start to sex with a partner might be for each one—starting with the energetic.
[sultry saxophone music]
The Energetic Blueprint
The energetic blueprint is not energetic in the sense of high energy. It is more so that they have an awareness of subtlety, they can feel other people's energy. When you walk in a room an energetic blueprint can sense if you're upset, if you're happy, they just have this reading of energy.
Because of being able to perceive everyone's state of being, they are queued into subtlety, and subtlety, slowness, space, spacious touch, and safety are the things that they need to feel turned on.
Safety for them is this primal sense that everything is okay. And you can sense that with eye contact with full deep breaths. And with being completely present. And if that's not there, there's a slight little red flag that goes off, where their body and their mind says something's wrong. So they cannot feel turned on unless they feel like everything is in the moment. That safety is fully unlocked.
This might be you if sex starting out lke this sounds pretty great:
You both start by first looking into each other's eyes, and really just connecting in that moment, taking some deep breaths together, maybe holding each other. Maybe doing some grounding, kind of touch of like heavy weighted, snuggling. And then beginning to do some type of light, teasing, touch. Touch that is exploratory, that has no agenda that is just to awaken that person's skin.
Starting out with a distracted partner, on the other hand, would probably not go down so well.
Yeah, so if an energetic person were to have partnered sexy time and say that one of them is thinking about how maybe the oven is still left on from dinner, or that the trash cans didn't get brought up from trash day, or they are thinking, I really just need to get off and get an orgasm in and want that immediately—that would completely throw off the energetic person, because they could sense that their partner is not in the room, that their partner is either caught up in expectations or in an agenda. And that alone would make them feel like we're not connected, therefore, my body doesn't feel safe enough to open up.
Then there's the sensual erotic blueprint—the type Jessie identified with when she first found this information.
The Sensual Blueprint
A very delicious scenario for my sensual self, when I first found this information was lighting candles, setting up the space to have beautiful music playing to have the the lights dimmed to like a romantic hue, having luxurious textures on the bed, maybe having warmed up massage oil, and having kind of a conversation of like we have all the time that we want. And we're going to explore each other's bodies from head to toe, and then playing with sensation of like massage, and then maybe some head massage, and then maybe some kind of like scratching or nibbling, maybe playing with essential oils or some kind of scent in the massage oil that would kind of activate your senses, all of that would be enough for me to relax and sense the central blueprint has to relax.
And the sensual blueprint has to relax, Jessie said, before they can get aroused.
Feeling rushed, on the other hand, can be a major buzzkill.
Like we have 10, 15 minutes to do this. Just feeling rushed is going to set them off to feel not relaxed.
Say that also, one song in the playlist is rubbing them the wrong way, or that they can feel cat hair on their body, or the sheets smell and aren't clean, or their body isn't pampered in a way like a fresh shower or a fresh shave. Whatever it is that makes them feel really good in their body. If that is off, that is really hard to navigate for them because their senses are taking in so much information that if one little thing is off, it's the alarm system that is going like wait, change this change this, this is the thing that's wrong. And so if they don't change that they are just alerted and kind of can really have tunnel vision of just seeing that.
August (narration)
The third blueprint, is known as the sexual blueprint on the "ins and outs" of sex—often literally. Sex may be all about penetration, or all about the orgasm. And being passionate, Jessie said, is the best way to start getting busy for this type.
[seductive R&B music]
The Sexual Blueprint
They would really enjoy like making out and getting juicy tongue swirling, maybe there but being grabbed and it feeling very heightened sexual from the very beginning. So that means touching erogenous zones on their body like the primary erogenous zones, their nipples, their genitals, their butt. Maybe even seeing nudity or speaking dirty talk to them, because they can drop into arousal really quickly. So those are the things that captivate them.
So I'm guessing that maybe the energetic slow beginning might be more challenging for the sexual type.
Yeah. A lot of my clients are pairings of energetic people with a sexual partner, and then just feeling like they're missing each other.
With some awareness and strategizing, though, they can start turning that around. Before that, though, an energetic blueprint paired with a sexual blueprint, can feel wonky from the start.
Say the sexual is like, oh, my gosh, I've been turned on all day because I've been thinking about this moment. Therefore I'm at full turn-on as soon as we start making out. If they're paired with someone that's energetic, and the energetic wants lots of time and space, they can get agitated, because they feel like every second that passes, why aren't we doing the heightened, passionate sexual thing? Because I'm already there, I am bubbling over.
And therefore, they can experience what I call horny rage where some anger comes out, because they feel that they're having to be very patient. And they really want to experience passion and heightened arousal, because that's what makes them able to relax, is the thing that makes life okay. They want an orgasm. And if you're like, "we really need to go slower," that they're like, 'but that's gonna take me longer to actually feel relaxed!' So they need that orgasm to feel completely validated in life and to feel completely calm in life. So the longer it takes to get there, the more agitated that they become.
Yeah, and I could see also feeling a little bit entitled, especially if you are female presenting, or you were raised as a girl, and you learned that women go slow, and they're the sensual ones. And then say, you're with a cis-man who's very sensual and taking their time. And you're like, "I came here for my orgasm!" [Jessie laughs] I could see that being a challenge.
But once you learn the blueprints, you're able to meet the other person's needs, they're able to then meet yours and then compatibility can just continue throughout your lifetime because your blueprint will likely shift and change throughout your lifetime and throughout your partnership as well.
Next up, the kinky erotic blueprint, which does not necessarily mean you're into whips, chains and spankings.
[sexy techno dance music]
The Kinky Blueprint
Being kinky is such a huge range of possibilities. So I'll give you the most—I want to say version of kinky because some people go to the extremes of BDSM when kinky can mean BDSM or it can mean anything that feels taboo for you.
So, for instance, I totally did not think that I was kinky. And what I learned is that actually a lot of things that arouse me were quite taboo. Your definition of taboo is whatever is taboo for you, not just taboo for our society or for your place of living.
So for me, giving oral sex in the car is very taboo, very edgy, exciting. And that is the part of kink that felt exciting to me. Also, maybe getting caught in a movie theater, or even having housemates and having sex on the couch and knowing that the housemates could potentially come home at any time. It's that risk that is involved in the sex that makes it feel so exciting and enthralling.
It's also playing with, what I just mentioned is that psychological component of like, Oh, my brain is so turned on because the taboo is there. There's also sensation based kink, where maybe your hair is massaged, and then tugged at which just feels a little submissive. Or your butt is grabbed in a really like aggressive way that that sensation makes you go hmm, this feels so like edgy. Or like someone took their nails and dragged them down your back to the point that you can't help but gasp because of that feeling so tingly. Those are sensations in kink that make you feel like, 'Oh, that's so hot. Why do I like that?'
What isn't so hot for kinky blueprint is the same ol' same 'ol. A sex routine, no matter the specifics.
Sex that is like routine sex that feels like, Oh, this is the same flavor that we've had for the last month or the last year. If it's always and a routine of this means this means this and then we're done. That repetition is so boring to them, and so predictable that they will completely become resentful.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, he's me. Yeah. So the, the sexual script as they say like the same thing over and over, even if it was like, with whips and chains and whatever, like it's just it's always the same, whereas the novelty wears like, the taboo-ness of it.
Okay, yeah, that's what they really enjoy. They enjoy what their specific groove of taboo is, but keeping it creative, they really thrive from being creative from opening new doors of possibility from continuous exploration.
Last, there is the shapeshifter erotic blueprint. Which sounds so magical, right?
[experimental house music]
The Shapeshifter Blueprint
Yeah, I joke that the shapeshifter is the favorite at the orgy that the shapeshifter is the person that can speak all of the different languages so they can adapt and meet you in whatever blueprint you're in. They also can shift, that's the shapeshifting quality is that they enjoy novelty and adventure and spontaneity. And sometimes what they want shifts every 30 seconds.
When I first became a shapeshifter, I realized that every 30 seconds, I wanted to change into something else. I wanted from hair tagging, to light kissing, to teasing to buck grabbing to spanking, and it was a wild ride, it makes it really fun. And the reason I joke that they can go to the origin and be the favorite is that they're very adaptable. And that's also something that can sometimes hinder them, because they can have so many different things that they enjoy that it might feel complicated to understand their own desires. So therefore, it's easier to focus outward, and on someone else.
Ah, okay, I can be this people pleasing part of like, I'm a Rubik's cube. So I know that you just have like a couple of needs, and therefore we're going to focus on you. And hopefully, your arousal will inspire my arousal. But what that does over time, is it produces like a disowning, or a disregard for your own needs, and therefore, leaves them feeling pretty empty.
If you have a partner in the shapeshifter realm, one thing you definitely do not want to do is keep your mouth shut about your own wants—while making it all about theirs.
A not great experience for the shapeshifter would be that their partner is focusing on them. And they're really enjoying what they're experiencing in that moment. And then they notice that something shifts, and they don't know how to talk about it, or they notice that they're now stuck in their head of like, why am I not turned on now? What do I want? If they don't stay curious about what they want, it can become really difficult to navigate, because shapeshifters don't always know what they desire. But they definitely want to try things to see if that's the winning arousal experience in that moment. So if they're not curious and easily flexible in terms of trying things out, then they can feel extremely stuck.
Your erotic blueprint can change for a variety of reasons, like the environment you're in, experiences you've had — whether positive or hurtful — and whether you're single or with a new partner. Tosh Patterson, another certified Erotic Blueprint Coach, told Mind Body Green that our blueprints can change with different life stages, too.
Jessie has identified with all of them at some point. And she said her shifts have been very circumstantial.
So when I had a really intense time, because of a traumatic bodily injury, it turned me into an energetic blueprint because my sense of safety was expanded and needed to be met before I could feel turned on because of my body not being well.
Or you could have a primary blueprint that stays pretty consistent.
Regardless, enhancing your sex life with your own starts with self awareness. Taking an online quiz could be a good starting point—but they're not foolproof.
When I first found out about this information, I thought, Oh, I'm for sure sensual, that is completely me. Of course, like I love I love beauty. I love decorating a space. So therefore that's me. Also, that was my main educator, I think in our society of like, what, what cis-female sexuality is like seduction, it is romance. It is putting Barry White on and putting on some silk sheets and taking a bubble bath. So I adopted that as my script for what I needed.
Now, when I would actually receive the things that the central blueprint wanted, I was not turned on. It wasn't until I started experiencing more of the heightened sensation of the central blueprint that almost verged on the kinky side of like deep scratches and heavy hair tugging and nibbling to biting that I was like, Oh my gosh, my body was so lit up. That's when I learned that actually, the kinky blueprint was just the thing that lit up my whole body like it was on fire in the hottest way.
If you would like to get lit up in the hottest way through a similar path, you can take the Erotic Blueprint Quiz or sign up for Jessie's Pleasure Mastery workshop at jessiefresh.com.
She also offers free guides for discovering your desires and communicating about sex. Communication and pleasure are also the biggest benefits Jessie has gleaned from this work, both in her life and with clients.
This work has, for one, made me feel very confident in understanding exactly what's going on, exactly how to communicate what's on my mind or what I need. It's allowed me to have my needs met to understand my needs to be in discovery about my needs.
And this work always calls me to be practicing. I did not realize in entering this as a profession that I would continuously have to show up to exploration and recommitting to my pleasure. And that has been the best unexpected, unexpected blessing because it's pleasure is what resources us and it's what makes me feel alive. So being able to feel committed to that because half is really wonderful.
Here is to showing up for our own pleasure. I think we can all learn from that.
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Two Up, Two Down
Posted on August 11, 2011 by Killian Bundy
This is the second failed flight for the HTV-2, at $160 million per splash.
DARPA issues statement on failed flight of hypersonic aircraft
The Falcon launched at 7:45 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara, into the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere aboard an eight-story Minotaur IV rocket, made by Orbital Sciences Corp.
After reaching an undisclosed sub-orbital altitude, the aircraft jettisoned from its protective cover atop the rocket, then nose-dived back toward Earth, leveled out and began to glide above the Pacific at 20 times the speed of sound, or Mach 20.
"Here's what we know," said Air Force Maj. Chris Schulz, DARPA's program manager. "We know how to boost the aircraft to near space. We know how to insert the aircraft into atmospheric hypersonic flight. We do not yet know how to achieve the desired control during the aerodynamic phase of flight. It's vexing; I'm confident there is a solution. We have to find it."
Pentagon's hypersonic flight test cut short by anomaly
Pentagon's Mach 20 Missile Lost Over Pacific — Again
DARPA drops another HTV-2
Second Flop: DARPA Loses Contact With HTV-2
DARPA Launches and Loses Hypersonic Aircraft: Update
The Air Force Loses a Second Superfast Spaceplane
Falcon HTV-2 is lost during bid to become fastest ever plane
Falcon hypersonic vehicle test flight fails
Review Board Sets Up to Probe HTV-2 L
DARPA loses contact with hypersonic aircraft
Lost at sea. Military loses contact with hypersonic test plane
Misdirection, Always Watch What The Left Hand Is Doing
So, in order to find out what went wrong, the Air Force needs to find this tiny HTV-2 drone, that they lost contact with, somewhere in the vast Pacific ocean. Good luck with that, they never lost the first one the dunked.
/why do I get the feeling there's not going to be a third time?
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Mon Mar 6th, 2023 - Sun Mar 12th, 2023
Butchers' Week
Mar 12th, 2018 - Mar 18th, 2018
Mar 9th, 2020 - Mar 15th, 2020
What's the official website?
What's the hashtag?
#Butchers'Week
The butcher, baker, and candlestick maker have been around a lot longer than supermarkets and Wal-Mart.
Butchering may not seem like the best job in the world, but in a world that thrives off of the enjoyment of meats, it's considered a necessity and a pleasure. Family-run butchers have it cut out for them because acquiring success in a world that thrives off of fast-pace demand can be hard to develop and can hurt right down to the bone. Butchers' Week exists to remind people to support these businesses because they're the ones with the better meats.
History of Butchers' Week
Butchers have been around for the longest time and have been the oldest craft since 30 AD when the topic of butchering was mentioned in a parable in the Bible. Butchers have long since been cutting up meats, creating guilds, helping form safety guidelines for butchers, and eventually creating companies that help expand the butchering process to meet demand.
The meat-processing industry advanced further through technological developments such as better refrigeration and electricity, making the process easier to handle and allowing people to have more access to their favorite cuts than ever before.
However, once the developments of the supermarkets came around, the need for butchers became less of a necessity and more of a specialty and a niche.
While it's faster to get your cuts from places such as Walmart, butchers can create meats that are distinctly their own. Butchers' Week highlights the great work was done by these family-run businesses, including celebrating the long ling of history the craft has done for society and gives customers and meat-lovers the opportunity to suport their local businesses.
The holiday is sponsered by William Reed, an event organizing business, and Meat Trades Magazine, a magazine centralized around the craft of butchering. Each year a new theme is chosen, and butchers all over the world get to create their own celebrations for what they do for their business and their customers.
How to Celebrate Butchers' Week
Start by hosting an event. Throughout this event, you can showcase a new product that you have created for your customers. You can also use this day to advertise special deals on high-quality meats in your shop.
If you're a customer, take the time to go to a local butcher shop and see about the great deals they have to offer and say thank you to them for their services. Share this holiday on social media using the hashtag #ButchersWeek and let your friends know that this is a time to appreciate your butchers when you're wanting the best cuts.
Also on Mon Mar 6th ...
Mon Mar 6th, 2023
National Dress Day
National Oreo Cookie Day
National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
National Frozen Food Day


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June 27, 2015 by Peter T Young 1 Comment
West Maui
Maui captured "Best Island in the World" honors in the annual Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards Poll nearly twenty-years in a row. Readers rave about this "veritable paradise," calling it a "combination of tropical ambience and American comforts."
Maui is known for its beaches and water activities, and the west side boasts some of the most beautiful shores in Hawaiʻi, and it also has the distinction of having some of the most beautiful sunset views on the planet.
West Maui is the second most visited place in Maui – (behind the beaches) – a combination of natural scenic beauty, white sandy beaches, lush green uplands, and near-perfect weather, rich culture and a good serving of Hawaiian history in its sunny shores.
In West Maui, you can head to the beach, be captivated by the beauty of its natural scenes and marine life, visit the different historical attractions, and immerse yourself in the local art and culture.
West Maui has experienced six major historical eras, from its days as an ancient Hawaiian Royal Center, capital and home of the Hawaiian Monarchy, home to Missionaries, Landing/Provisioning for Whalers, the Sugar and Pineapple Plantation era and now Tourism.
All of these historical eras are still visible in West Maui today.
West Maui has played an important role in the history of Maui and the neighboring islands of Molokai, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, with West Maui serving as the Royal Center, selected for its abundance of resources and recreation opportunities, with good surfing and canoe-landing sites being favored.
Probably there is no portion of the Valley Isle, around which gathers so much historic value as West Maui. It was the former capital and favorite residence of kings and chiefs.
After serving for centuries as home to ruling chiefs, West Maui was selected by Kamehameha III and his chiefs to be the seat of government; here the first Hawaiian constitution was drafted and the first legislature was convened.
Hawai'i's whaling era began in 1819 when two New England ships became the first whaling ships to arrive in the Hawaiian Islands. Over the next two decades, the Pacific whaling fleet nearly quadrupled in size and in the record year of 1846, 736-whaling ships arrived in Hawai'i.
West Maui was the port of choice for whaling ships. Central among the islands, West Maui was a convenient spot from which to administer the affairs of both Hawaiian and foreigner.
Since the anchorage was an open roadstead, vessels could always approach or leave it with any wind that blew. No pilot was needed here. Vessels generally approached through the channel between Maui and Moloka'i, standing well over to Lanai, as far as the trade would carry them, then take the sea breeze, which would set in during the forenoon, and head for the town.
In November 1822, the 2nd Company from the New England missionaries set sail on the 'Thames' from New Haven, Connecticut for the Hawaiian Islands; they arrived on April 23, 1823 (included in this Company were missionaries Charles Stewart, William Richards and Betsey Stockton – they were the first to settle and set up a mission in West Maui.)
The Christian religion really caught on when High Chiefess Keōpūolani (widow of Kamehameha I and mother of future kings) is said to have been the first convert of the missionaries in the islands, receiving baptism from Rev. William Ellis in West Maui on September 16, 1823, just before her death.
In 1831, classes at the new Mission Seminary at Lahainaluna (later known as Lahainaluna ('Upper Lahaina')) began. The school was established by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions "to instruct young men of piety and promising talents" (training preachers and teachers.) It is the oldest high school west of the Mississippi River.
Per the requests of the chiefs, the American Protestant missionaries began teaching the makaʻāinana (commoners.) Literacy levels exploded.
From 1820 to 1832, in which Hawaiian literacy grew by 91 percent, the literacy rate on the US continent grew by only 6 percent and did not exceed the 90 percent level until 1902 – three hundred years after the first settlers landed in Jamestown – overall European literacy rates in 1850 had not been much above 50 percent.
Centuries ago, the early Polynesian settlers to Hawaiʻi brought sugar cane with them and demonstrated that it could be grown successfully.
It was not until 1823 that several members of the West Maui Mission Station began to process sugar from native sugarcanes for their tables. By the 1840s, efforts were underway in West Maui to develop a means for making sugar as a commodity.
Starting in the 1850s, when the Hawaiian Legislature passed "An Act for the Governance of Masters and Servants," a section of which provided the legal basis for a contract-labor system, labor shortages were eased by bringing in contract workers from Asia, Europe and North America.
It is not likely anyone then foresaw the impact this would have on the cultural and social structure of the islands. The sugar industry is at the center of Hawaiʻi's modern diversity of races and ethnic cultures.
Of the nearly 385,000-workers that came, many thousands stayed to become a part of Hawai'i's unique ethnic mix. Hawai'i continues to be one of the most culturally-diverse and racially-integrated places.
Historically Maui's second largest industry, pineapple cultivation has also played a large role in forming Maui's modern day landscape. The pineapple industry began on Maui in 1890 with Dwight D. Baldwin's Haiku Fruit and Packing Company on the northeast side of the island.
One of the first hotels in West Maui was the Pioneer Hotel – founded in 1901. George Freeland arrived in the Lahaina roadstead on a ship that had just come from a long voyage through the south seas; he noted a need for a hotel.
It remained the only place for visitors to stay on Maui's west side until the early-1960s. Tourism exploded; West Maui is a full-fledged tourist destination second only to Waikīkī.
Lahaina's Front Street, offering an incredible oceanfront setting, people of diverse cultures, architecture and incredible stories of Hawaiʻi's past, was recognized as one of the American Planning Association's 2011 "Great Streets in America."
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'What Josiah Saw' Loads Too Much Southern Gothic Horror In The Mix
Posted bybobbyzane420 August 11, 2022 Posted inMovie Reviews
A movie like What Josiah Saw is an example of a movie that could've been way better. I liked parts of it, but I found the overall movie to drag at times in which it didn't need to. At about two hours including credits, it needs to be a little shorter but at the same time focus more on its characters. The movie brings up the works of Sam Shepherd and Tracy Letts as it focuses on a family with a dark history.
The movie was filmed south of the Oklahoma City area and around the Arbuckle Mountain range in the mid to late Fall of 2019. The desolate and dying foliage of south-central Oklahoma adds a tone to the movie that works all too well. The movie focuses on the Graham family, which is spread out along the region. The locations are never really mentioned, but there's a reference to Austin, Texas being far off which leads me to think it's set probably set near the Texas panhandle and even Oklahoma, itself.
Divided into four parts, the first part focuses on Josiah Graham (Robert Patrick) and his simple-minded grown son, Scott (Thomas Graham), who live out on a desolate property in the middle of nowhere on the outskirts of a unnamed town. The property is being considered to be bought out by some out-of-town businessmen, who hear rumors that the property is cursed and haunted. When Scott was a young boy as the story goes, he discovered his mother hanging by a noose from an outdoor tree.
Scott is religious, but Josiah isn't. He tries to keep the farm up by tinkering on the tractor but allows his father to partake in alcohol consumption. Their story isn't the best and there's a scene that is rather hard to watch. It's not as bad as the chicken leg fellatio scene in Killer Joe that Letts work, but it comes out of nowhere and Patrick's acting makes it difficult.
The second story focuses on Eli (Nick Stahl), Josiah's older son and Scott's older brother. When his story opens, he is having rough sex in his trailer with a heavy-set woman who pays him with heroin. Eli has tattoos on his arms and a rugged look on his face like he hasn't been getting much sleep or been hitting the bottle too much. My guess would be both. He is approached afterwards by his parole officer who informs him a young girl out of Austin has been reported missing. Eli had done time in prison for statutory rape of a 16-year-old who he claims never told him she was underage.
Eli is also indebted to the local gangster, Boone (Jake Weber) who runs the local bar and pays off the local law enforcement. Boone has a gruff voice and walks in a manner that suggests a permanent injury. Weber often plays weasels in movies like Meet Joe Black and U-571, so seeing him in this role is a nice change. Boone tells Eli that the gypsies are in town and he suspects they may have some gold from the Nazi Germany era that if Eli can obtain will settle all his debts.
This is probably the most compelling story as it also hints some things that will come later. Stahl, a former child actor who appeared in The Man With No Face and had a blink and you miss it death scene in The Thin Red Line has a rough time in the 2000s and early 2010s with substance abuse problem. He had to move away from Hollywood to his native Texas for several years to get his life together. Eli must go and deal with the gypsies where he also discovers they've kidnapped the girl his parole officer told him about.
The third story is the oddest because it really does have the arc the one with Eli had or the myterious unease the story with Josiah and Scott has. It focuses on Eli's fraternal twin sister, Mary Milner (Kelli Garner), who lives in the suburbs with her husband, Ross (Tony Hale.) They have a nice home, drive nice cars, have nice furniture and clothes and hang around with people the likes would never associate with Eli, Josiah or Scott.
Ross and Mary are wanting to adopt a child. Mary expains she had a tubal sterlization when she was younger. Her marriage is rocky as Ross works with Mary who suffers from bad dreams and has mental issues from a trauma we later find out. Eli comes to see her and explains about having the property sold. Mary doesn't want to return saying nothing good can come of the place. But Eli thinks this can help him start over.
So, they have to return and face the horrors of the home where they left. There's a few twists here that I felt the movie really never earned. One of them I kind of saw when looking back on it, but I didn't feel it was much of a shock. The other twist reminded me a lot of Shepherd's Buried Child. Also, there's an ambiguity as to what Josiah saw in the title.
While the movie doesn't bring on the horror in the traditional sense of jump scares and ominous music, it's a noble effort by director Vincent Grashaw and writer Robert Alan Dilts to go a different route like Taylor Hackford did with Delores Claiborne. Yet, I felt the movie never does offer anything fresh in the plot. We've seen this story of a dysfunctional rural family done before and way better. It seems to throw every element of Southern Gothic horror in the mix that you can probably guess the twists if you're familiar with the genre.
That's not saying, it wouldn't make a good movie to watch for a couple of horrors to see Stahl who manages a good role as Eli. I just wish the other characters were given as much depth. Stahl and Garner had appeared in the movie Bully. But Garner is very underused here. And Patrick is still an underrated and under utilized actor. But he did a better performance in the HBO DCEU series Peacemaker.
Mar-a-Lago Raid Is The Beginning Of The End Of Trump's Political Career
Winning Isn't Everything…


Dear Mr. Mulvaney...
Glenn Tucker
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Updated: Dec. 24, 2010, 5 a.m.
Congressman-elect Mick Mulvaney
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Dear Mr. Mulvaney:
Congratulations on your recent election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Unseating 14-term incumbent Rep. John Spratt was no mean feat, and you undoubtedly realize voters have sent you to Washington because they don't like what's happening there. They're ready for a change.
In the days following the race, both Republican and Democratic officeholders said they heard the voters' message and that there was going to be a new way of doing business in Washington.
For many of them, that lasted about two days.
Political rigor mortis had scarcely settled over Washington when many in the nation's capital -- including some newly elected representatives who hadn't even been sworn in -- headed straight back to business as usual.
South Dakota Republican Kristi Noem, who defeated an incumbent Democrat by tying her to lobbyists, found and hired her new chief of staff at -- you guessed it – a Washington lobbying firm. A few days later, she was the guest of honor at a meet-and-greet session hosted by a big-name lobbying conglomerate.
At least 13 other newly elected Republicans hired lobbyists to run their offices, and dozens of freshmen lawmakers already have held fundraisers to collect millions from lobbyists and special interest groups.
House GOP leaders bypassed fiscal conservatives to install as the new chairman of the Appropriations Committee Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, fondly known as the "prince of pork."
Even Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, who bills herself as a bulwark of fiscal responsibility, started backing up on her pledge to end earmarks when she couldn't find an easier way to funnel money to her district.
Doesn't sound like they were listening to voters, eh?
Democrats didn't get the message, either.
They piled pork on top of pork on top of pork in a new spending bill. Finally, at long last, enough Republicans came to their senses to put a halt to the profligate spending measure.
Members of both parties readily acknowledge we're spending our way into oblivion, with deficits so large they can't possibly be sustained. We're digging a financial grave for ourselves, yet few seem to have the commitment to balance the budget.
Democrats don't want spending touched; they just want to raise taxes, conveniently forgetting that nearly half of American families paid no income tax at all in 2009. Republicans only want to cut spending. Neither will acknowledge what every competent economic analyst has told us over and over: somewhere, somehow, spending's got to go down and tax revenue has to go up.
The bipartisan deficit reduction commission said just that, and its recommendations were immediately met with a cacophony of catcalls from members of both parties.
Though the commission gave Washington great political cover, most lawmakers have been unable to bring themselves to employ its findings as a starting point for a legitimate discussion.
Dems: "We need to raise taxes on the rich and that will solve all our problems."
Repubs: "We need to cut spending and that will solve all our problems."
So, Rep.-elect Mulvaney, you find yourself diving into this morass of incompetence that we call Congress. You have an opportunity to step up and make a difference for this country. You have a chance to bypass the failed ways of your predecessors and actually enact fiscal measures that will put this country back on solid ground.
Or you can stick with the lobbyists, forget responsibility, abdicate all common sense and quickly become a Washington insider.
Voters have a history of having short memories. That might be changing. People are going to be watching you. And if you don't change the willy-nilly ways of Washington, you might find yourself back home again in two years.


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Dr. Greene has been in private practice since 1979, and had professional affiliations with hospitals, clinics, medical and dental schools.
Dr. Greene is a clinical psychologist with interests in psychotherapy for individuals and couples. He has published in the areas of psychotherapy treatment, suicide prevention, trauma and disaster response. Active in the New York State Psychological Association, he has served as President of the Clinical Division in 2001, Chair of the Editorial Policies Committee, and represented the Division of Clinical Psychology on the Governing Council of NYSPA from 2002-2005. Currently, he is on the Clinical Division's Executive Board, and is the former editor of that division's newsletter, Clinical Perspectives. He is a member of the Westchester County Psychological Association and chairs the Disaster Relief Committee.
Dr. Greene has been affiliated with Iona College since 1979, and is Professor of Psychology in the Psychology Department. He served as Chair of the Psychology Department from 1999-2006, and again 2010-2013. Previously, he was the Director of the Masters Mental Health Counseling program. He has been the Clinical Consultant to the Iona College Counseling Center.
In 2013, The Academic Division of the New York State Psychological Association awarded him the David Mitchell Award for Outstanding Service to the New York State Psychological Association and to Academic and Community Psychology. Westchester County Psychological Association awarded him their Distinguished Service Award in 2006, and in 2003, the New York State Psychological Association awarded him the Distinguished Service Award.
He is a member of the American Psychological Association.
"Trauma and Relationships" Greene, P. & Phillips, S. Trauma and Relationships. NYSPA Notebook, (2010) 1, 12-13
"What is Clinical Psychology?" Greene, P., & Levine, E. (2008) Clinical Perspectives 9(1).
"FDNY Crisis Counseling: Innovative Responses to 9/11 Firefighters, Families, and Communities", Greene, P., Kane, D., Christ, G., Lynch, S., & Corrigan, M. Hoboken: John Willey & Sons (2006)
Book Review of "Defiant Teens", by R.A. Barley, H. Edwards, and A.L. Robin (1999) appeared in The Family Psychologist. Fall 1999
The Psychological Autopsy as a Tool in Student Development. Grieger, I. & Greene, P. The Journal of Student Development. July/August 1998, Vol. 39 No. 4
Psychological and Dental Case Studies of Patients Reporting "No Bite". with M. Gelb. American Academy of Orofacial Pain, 20th Annual Scientific Meeting on Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders. February, 1995.
Dr. Greene is a clinical psychologist with interests in psychotherapy for individuals and couples.
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In this day and age, your company's data is extremely important. Without it, your company would likely cease to exist. But, it's not just you – the entire world is this way, and the more information that's out there, the more storage and backup that is needed. Professionals are constantly looking for ways to expand the way we store data, and last month, Sony managed to discover something entirely new that may change the way that we store our information.
Known far and wide as a technology entertainment powerhouse, Sony has developed a special type of magnetic tape technology. Other technologies that utilize magnetic tape would be video reels from back in the day, or cassette tapes. However, Sony has discovered a way to record a massive amount of data per square inch on this tape "by independently developing a soft magnetic underlayer with a smooth interface using sputter deposition, it has succeeded in creating a nano-grained magnetic layer of fine magnetic particles and uniform crystalline orientation."
In plain English, this means that Sony has been able to create something that allows for about 185 terrabytes worth of storage, approximately 148 gigabytes per square inch. This is the highest areal recording density discovered at this time. Before Sony made such a huge breakthrough, the most data that could be stored on magnetic tape was around two gigabytes per square inch.
Sony used the sputter method, a form of vacuum-thin film forming technology, that generates multiple layers of crystals with a uniform orientation. Previously, the roughness of the soft magnetic underlayer of the tape would have caused displacement of the crystals. However, Sony has devised a method to minimize the roughness of the surface, allowing them to create a nano-grained magnetic layer composed of fine magnetic particles of around 7.7 nanometers.
The specifications are a bit intimidating, but the point is that Sony has made an incredible discovery that could potentially change the way that data centers back up data. Presently, many data centers use magnetic tape to store data due to its ease of use and cost-effective price. Just take a moment to imagine how much extra data could be stored by simply replacing one of the conventional magnetic tapes with this new version – just one of these holds about 74 times more data than a normal magnetic tape strip!
For small and medium-sized businesses, we still HIGHLY recommend using disk-to-disk backup solutions like our BDR, due to its much faster and more effective restore times and stability, but this new technology is still interesting and worth keeping an eye on for businesses that have their own data centers.
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Jackery makes 'portable power' the best holiday gift
Christmas is the season for family and warmth – but all that can be lost in an instant when disaster strikes. Like what is happening in 2022. Jackery, the world leader for innovative portable power and green outdoor energy solutions, has been building its reputation as a philanthropic company through its efforts to make life a little bit brighter for unfortunate families in disaster areas around the globe. When grid power goes out, a Jackery portable power unit can literally keep warmth, light and hope alive.
In fact, it was the Christmas season, December 10, 2021, when an unprecedented winter tornado hit Mayfield, Kentucky, causing catastrophic damage and killing 57 people throughout the region. Rather than gifts and warm homes, the citizens were struggling to survive. Jackery saw this opportunity to help and donated a number of power units that were used for rescue operations, hospitals and communications.
August 2020, in California's Napa Valley - a series of lightning-sparked fires steadily converged into the blaze known as the LNU Complex Fire, which collectively became ranked as the 3rd largest fire disaster in California's history. With electrical infrastructure decimated, Jackery donated many solar generators to keep emergency power available to the brave first responders.
Most recently in the United States, Hurricane Ian hit Southwest Florida this year and devastated the area leaving thousands of people in the dark. And again, Jackery responded with donations of its rugged and reliable products to help bring back a little piece of regular life. One woman recounted her tragic story. Her husband died immediately after the Hurricane just after being rescued, and after a brief time in a shelter, she returned home, alone and terrified. Looters tried to break into the house. She received a solar generator from Jackery and it changed her life, being able to be safe and also sleep without gasoline exhaust or noise from a typical generator.
The COVID crisis of 2020 was an active time for Jackery, which demonstrated its humanitarian concern by donating significant amount of solar generators and power units to overtaxed hospitals and traveling health professionals. Jackery donated many Jackery portable power stations, brought over a hundred of USB adapters and Apple lightning cables for patients at the Coney Island hospital, and made the same efforts at ground zero of the pandemic, in Wuhan, China, where they provided power units to keep the overwhelmed hospitals functioning.
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10 New Releases this week 7/18-7/24 plus TWO Giveaways
Hey everyone, hope you're having a great July! Up for grabs this week are two awesome books: A WORLD WITHOUT YOU and LITTLE BLACK DRESSES, LITTLE WHITE LIES. Don't forget to check out all the cool releases.
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YA BOOK GIVEAWAYS THIS WEEK
A World Without You
by Beth Revis
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Released 7/19/2016
Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he's actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."
At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofia, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Sofia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofia, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age.
But even the strength of their love isn't enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she's not actually dead. He believes that she's stuck somewhere in time — that he somehow left her in the past, and now it's his job to save her.
Author Question: What is your favorite thing about A World Without You?
This is the truest book I've ever written. It's still fiction, yes, but it's true--at least to me. It's the story of a boy who thinks he can travel through time and must save his girlfriend stuck in the past...but then discovers that the school for superheroes he thinks he's attending is actually a mental asylum. But it's also the story of family, and my hero's family ended up paralleling my own family in many ways. Like the sister in the book, I had a brother with mental issues, and like the family in the story, my own family had to learn how to remain whole despite the cracks and strain of a sick member whose illness wasn't visible. This story became a story of truth, and that, to me, is my favorite thing.
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Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies
by Laura Stampler
Harper Anderson always believed she belonged somewhere more glamorous than her sleepy Northern California suburb. After all, how many water polo matches and lame parties in Bobby McKittrick's backyard can one girl take? That's why Harper is beyond ecstatic when she lands her dream internship as a dating blogger at the elite teen magazine Shift. Getting to spend the summer in New York City to live her dream of becoming a writer? Harper's totally in.
There's just one teeny, tiny, infinitesimal problem: Apart from some dance floor make-outs, Harper doesn't have a lot of - or, really, any - dating expertise. In fact, she might have sort of stolen her best friend's experiences as her own on her Shift application. But she can learn on the job...right?
From awkward run-ins with the cute neighborhood dog-walker to terrifying encounters with her crazed editor, from Brooklyn gallery openings to weekends in the Hamptons, Harper finds out what it takes to make it in the Big City--and as the writer of her own destiny.
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MORE YOUNG ADULT NOVELS NEW IN STORES NEXT WEEK
by Helen Douglas
A love story that spans generations and time continues in this captivating tale that's perfect for fans of A Thousand Pieces of You.
Hunted down by a ruthless "cleaner" from the future, star-crossed lovers Eden and Ryan have been forced to travel a hundred years forward to 2123. Ryan has broken fundamental laws of time for them to be together, and now they face his trial and permanent imprisonment . . . and a life without each other.
Eden knows that she must save Ryan, but he's under tight security--and getting caught would mean life imprisonment for the both of them. All Eden wants is Ryan, but is it possible to be together when it seems the whole universe is against them?
Fans of Claudia Gray, Amie Kaufman, and Meagan Spooner will be captivated by this epic cross-century romance where love bends the laws of time and reason.
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by Carrie Jones
Tor Teen
New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones introduces sassy alien-hunting cheerleader Mana in Flying, the launch of a sparkling new YA SF series.
People have always treated seventeen-year-old Mana as someone in need of protection. She's used to being coddled, being an only child, but it's hard to imagine anything could ever happen in her small-town, normal life. As her mother's babying gets more stifling than ever, she's looking forward to cheering at the big game and getting out of the house for a while.
But that night, Mana's life goes haywire.
First, the hot guy she's been crushing on at school randomly flips out and starts spitting acid during the game. Then they get into a knockdown, drag-out fight in the locker room, during which Mana finds herself leaping around like a kangaroo on steroids. As a flyer on the cheerleading squad, she's always been a good jumper, but this is a bit much. By the time she gets home and finds her house trashed and an alien in the garage, Mana starts to wonder if her mother had her reasons for being overprotective.
It turns out, Mana's frumpy, timid mom is actually an alien hunter, and now she's missing--taking a piece of technology with her that everyone wants their hands on, both human and alien. Now her supposed partner, a guy that Mana has never met or heard of (and who seems way too young and way too arrogant to be hunting aliens), has shown up, ordering Mana to come with him. Now, on her own for the first time, Mana will have to find a way to save her mother--and maybe the world--and hope she's up to the challenge.
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Smash & Grab
by Amy Christine Parker
Ocean's Eleven meets the star-crossed lovers of West Side Story. Grab some popcorn and get ready for an adrenaline-filled heist!
LEXI is a rich girl who loves a good rush. Whether it's motorcycle racing or BASE jumping off a building in downtown Los Angeles, the only times she feels alive are when she and her friends are executing one of their dares. After her father's arrest, Lexi doesn't think twice about going undercover at his bank to steal the evidence that might clear his name. She enlists her hacker brother and her daredevil friends to plan a clever heist.
CHRISTIAN is a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. The local gang has blackmailed him and his friends into robbing banks, and he is desperate for a way out. When the boss promises that one really big job will be the last he ever has to do, Christian jumps at the chance for freedom. In fact, he's just met a girl at the bank who might even prove useful. . . .
Two heists. One score. The only thing standing in their way is each other.
Told in alternating points of view, this caper is full of romance and fast-paced fun. Hand to fans of Perfect Chemistry, The Conspiracy of Us, and Heist Society.
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Jenn July 18, 2016 at 2:29 PM
looks like some good books coming out.
Natalie Aguirre July 18, 2016 at 3:37 PM
So excited for Beth Revis' new book.
Danielle H. July 18, 2016 at 8:02 PM
Smash and Grab sounds like a book to take me away for hours of fun!
bn100 July 18, 2016 at 8:52 PM
Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight July 18, 2016 at 9:45 PM
Oh Smash and Grab and A World Without You both sound fantastic, and I have heard great things! Thanks so much for the chance :)
Stephanie July 18, 2016 at 10:11 PM
A World Without You is in my most anticipated top 5 reads for 2016. Can't wait for this!!
I got to read Smash and Grab and I loved it! I am also super excited for Flying as well!!
Taffy July 19, 2016 at 10:56 PM
UGH! So many books, so little time. I need to learn to read faster.
NovelKnight July 24, 2016 at 1:53 PM
I love Revis's Across the Universe series and can't wait to read A World Without You!!
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An evolving debate continues over the future of the death penalty in Kentucky. (Morguefile)
EDGEWOOD, Ky. – Over the past 10 years, eight states have abolished or overturned their death penalties, while governors in four other states have issued moratoriums.
So, is the tide turning in Kentucky, one of 30 states that still allows capital punishment?
It has for Amy Carrino, who says she was pro-death penalty for a long time. A criminal justice professor at Gateway Community and Technical College, Carrino says too many mistakes are made.
"The thought of putting someone to death that is innocent just really got me thinking, and eventually I have come completely to the other side," she states.
A 2011 report from the American Bar Association exposed a myriad of problems with Kentucky's death penalty system, including its cost and length.
Carrino has organized a panel discussion on the issue for Wednesday night, which she says is an offshoot of a community-wide reading project in eight Northern Kentucky counties.
Carrino says people across the region, including students in her criminal courtroom procedures class, have been reading "A Lesson Before Dying," a novel about the execution of an innocent man.
Bennett Nelson, a sophomore at Gateway, says it has him rethinking his position in support of the death penalty.
"I didn't realize how many people are wrongfully convicted and could possibly die for a reason that they didn't do anything," he states.
Earlier this year, a poll found that when Kentuckians are informed of problems with the state's death penalty, 72 percent were concerned about executing an innocent person and 64 percent favored making life without parole the maximum sentence.
Nelson says he now is leaning in that direction.
Gateway sophomore Shelby Carelock says she enjoyed the book, but she remains opposed to abolition of the death penalty.
"I still believe that it should be an option," she states. "They should get an ample amount time to defend their case with appeals, but I don't believe in providing three meals a day to some of these people that do deserve it."
The last execution in Kentucky was eight years ago this month.
Greg Stotelmyer , Public News Service - KY


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Memo to Mike McCarthy: 'Become O'Connell'
Lordy. Talk about timing. Obviously there's never a good time for the premier lock in Europe to get injured, but coming just after Ireland appeared to get their season in motion, already without Brian O'Driscoll, captain and all round supremo Paul O'Connell is ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations through injury. Just three games into his tenure, playing some of his best rugby ever, it's desperately unlucky on a personal level, but worse still for Ireland. Conor Murray will also miss the remainder of the campaign. Again, it's bad news, and awful for him personally, but it's one position where we do have an able replacement, who was knocking hard for selection in any case.
Two vs. Four
Donnacha Ryan, already not so much knocking on the selectorial door as smashing his way through it, finally gets his chance, right? Wrong! Himself and Donncha O'Callaghan surely cannot be paired together, despite what Gerry says. Both are front-jumpers (jumping at '2') and neither has any real experience running the lineout. The only time they were paired at Munster saw London Irish decimate the set piece and win the game. In fact, if anything, the luckless Ryan is even more likely to miss out on a test start, because Deccie will baulk at having to change two second rows when he already has to change one. Stakhanov O'Callaghan's incredible fortune looks set to continue.
For this reason, the clamour to see Ulster's impressive Dan Tuohy called up is misplaced (though he should be in the squad already). He, like Ryan, is a front-jumping tighthead-lock, and it's Muller that runs the lineout up north.
Ireland need a middle of the lineout jumper (jumping at '4') who has experience calling the lineout. It's one position we just don't have that much depth. Stalwart squad men Leo Cullen and Mick O'Driscoll are either injured and/or winding down towards retirement. The only two options are Connacht's Mike McCarthy and Leinster's skyscraping Devin Toner. Deccie has opted for McCarthy, and he's a fine player enjoying another good season. Athletic and full of aggression, all he has to do now is simply take the step up to becoming Paul O'Connell – easy! He'll have O'Callaghan alongside him, who could make anything up to eight tackles to help him out.
There's always Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig Bob Casey, who at least has the same physique as Big Jim Hamilton, but its hardly fair to deny Mike Ross the title of heaviest forward, and anyway, Big Bob struggles to get in to the London Samoa team these days.
Personally, we would have plumped for Big Dev, given his towering presence in the lineout, vastly improved performances this season, and how he has outperformed Richie Gray on both occasions when they went head-to-head against Glasgow in the HEC this year – but it's much of a muchness, and every time we've seen McCarthy (not enough, perhaps) he has impressed us. Plus, he'll up the handsome quotient in the pack.
Verdict: in spite of the morning's papers anticipating an all-Donn(a)cha, second row, we're anticipating O'Callaghan and McCarthy starting together, Ryan once again on the bench.
Knock-on Effects .. for the Paddys and the Jocks
If Ryan's chances of starting have taken a dent, Peter O'Mahony's have increased. POM is a light, tall fellow that's easily thrown in the air, and has done well at the tail of Munster's lineout this season. Already probably deserving of a start in this game, Deccie may well see him as a good option to share the lineout burden. It's worth noting that Scotland have perhaps the best (maybe second to France) defensive lineout in the tournament, with Richie Gray a phenomenal ball-thief at the front, and Big Jim Hamilton adept in the middle. A dedicated aerial specialist in the backrow would do no harm.
This would give the Irish pack a very French look, with 2 lumps in the second row and atheletic and talented lineout-enabled forwards in the backrow. Scotland picked 2 genuine opensides (TM) and nullified the French backrow well 2 weeks ago, but Robbo might be tempted to pick a lump at 6 (Kelly Brown and Alasdair strokosh would be ideal, but are injured) to really target the raw Irish lineout.
Verdict: Peter O'Mahony to start. A somewhat out of form Sean O'Brien to miss out. Robbo to stick with 2 groundhogs, to the delight of Gormless George.
Oh Captain My Captain
The obvious choice here is Rory Best. Already a longstanding member of the team-leaders panel, he emerged during the World Cup as a key figure in the pack (and a great player). The only thing that might persuade Deccie to overlook him is the sheer weight already on his shoulders. He will have the responsibility of throwing to an already struggling lineout now without its main man. Maybe it'd be asking too much of him. If that line of thinking did prevail, the armband would fall to one of Rob Kearney, Stephen Ferris or Jamie Heaslip. Heaslip is usually the most talkative in huddles, but he rarely wears the armband at Leinster, and its unlikely he'll wear it for Ireland.
Ferris and Kearney's outstanding form alone makes them compelling, but its our old mate Bob would strikes us as the better option. 'Twas a 10-cap Kearney who famously spoke up at the Enfield meeting, and by all accounts he is held in high regard by his colleagues.
In truth, any of the group would appear built for the role, and Deccie would do well to empower this group, and probably Sexton as well (like ROG, too cranky for the captaincy, but clearly a leader) with the role of leading the team.
Verdict: Best to captain, with Kearney his able lieutenant
Scrum Half
Little doubt that Reddan will now be the starting nine, but the call-up of Tomas O'Leary raised more than a few eyebrows. Isaac Boss surely would have got the call, but is in New Zealand for personal reasons. The folly of not calling up Paul Marshall in the first place has now come back to bite – this is classic stubborn Kidney.
Anyone who has watched Tomas and Paul in action this season will see two players at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Marshall has been a key figure for Ulster, often coming off the bench, and has pushed his way into the starting line-up in recent weeks. O'Leary meanwhile, had some reasonable cameos early on, but has reverted to his pre-World Cup form. He is nowhere near operating at test level. This is a terrible call by Kidney, which sees him, once again, playing favourites.
Ulster will be delighted that the Marshall-Pienaar axis can continue to develop; at least someone benefits from this deeply wrong-headed decision by Deccie.
Verdict: Unthinkably, O'Leary will be in an Irish matchday 22. Wowsers.
by whiffofcordite on March 6, 2012 • Permalink
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To be fair, Tuohy is currently calling the lineout at Ulster in the absence of Muller. In about 10 games this season Tuohy has jumped at 4 and called the lineout for Ulster.
Palla Ovale
He did Andy, but not in any big games, and he didn't look terribly comfortable doing it. His season didn't really kick off until Muller came back from the RWC and he went back to the front. We're big fans here and think he should have a part to play in the national team, but not in the middle of the lineout.
ummm,
So if Boss wasn't unavailable doesn't that mean any accusations of DK playing favourites wouldn't need to be made?When you're talking about the difference between your forth and fifth choice scrum halves favouritism isn't really as bad a word as it could be.This is, of course, the same TOL who was left at home for the RWC. I'm sure if you asked him what it's like to be on of Deccie's favourites you'd need to be wearing protective gear.
Paul Marshall is unquestionably in better form than TOL, deccie is picking an out of form player which is of no benefit to either Ireland or TOL; just look at last years 6N. He is going with the tried and trusted once more instead of looking to the future.
Why should he look to the future? He's contracted to the end of next years tournament.
JL Pagano
Re : captain, the main reason I'd go for Best is that this is a temporary appointment, he's done it before for Ireland plus he's a provincial capt. When BOD and/or POC return, the armband will need to be handed back. I'm actually for "Bob" long-term simply because he has stepped forward and said he wants it (is it too harsh to say I'm not sure Jamie's that pushed?), but personally I'd like a new long-term appointment to be announced before a November series so he can ease into the role.
@ummm TOL has always been something of a favoured son of Deccie's, and they had plenty of success together in 2008 and 2009. Sure, he ditched him on the eve of the World Cup, but only because he absolutely had to after the France game when TOL played himself off the plane (if he'd woken up with a cold that day and been excused he'd have travelled). Deccie rung every inch to get this guy into his team, repeatedly trying to play him into form in test games when he was really struggling badly at Munster. It's a real digging-your-heels-in call. Deccie took some flak for not picking Marshall for the Wolfhounds game, and he sure ain't rowing back on that decision now. @Gerry – I'd say he's going with the tried and can't be trusted, because O'Leary is just not at the required level these days. To hell with looking to the future, I just want the best team on the pitch, and Marshall is a better player right now.
He's looked comfortable doing it Palle. I understand the logic of not entrusting him to do it at test level, but our lineout has been pretty much working like clockwork in the last few weeks.
@PO, I'm not in favour of the TOL call, but this whole "Deccie's favourites" thing is lazy. If Deccie sticks to what he knows, and we know from the RWC selection is doesn't fully trust TOL, then he's accused of favouritism, even if the evidence doesn't support that. And as it stands it's not obvious Marshall is any better than TOL.If Deccie wanted to play favourites there's a certain scrum half who has given a decade of service to Ireland just waiting for the chance to finally break 100 caps. This is the same Deccie that didn't give his forwards coach a HEC final swansong.If Deccie drops someone there's always a handy excuse why it should be discounted and in no way shows why he doesn't play favourites, it's like arguing with a Creationist. No evidence and constantly changing goalposts.
Egg Chaser
@Andy fair point. We think Tuohy is a 4 primarily, but its obviously a boon that he can call it as well – I think its pretty clear he brings much more to the table than Stakhanov@ummm I think we'll have to agree to disagree here, especially on Marshall not playing at a higher level than TOL. Granted, Deccie didn't bring Tomas to the RWC, but that was after years of favouritism and a complete melt-down.We should state for the record we think TOL has some really good qualities – but he is assuredly not a scrum-half of international quality on his form of the last 2 years. He made his HEC debut for Munster at 13, and we're of the opinion he could do a job there for Munster.Re Strings, we wrote a piece after he moved to Sarries about how coaches (including Deccie) never fully trusted him. We're not saying Deccie isn't ruthless, but we are saying he inordinately favours particular players – TOL is one. Stakhanov is another actually.
RADGE FAN
Don't think Marshall (or Boss) had much of a game when playing for the wolfhounds against the saxons. O'Leary looked the best SH and scored a try. Marsahll generally looks good with Pienaar beside him which reminds me, has Paul Marshall even met Sexton/ROG or Heaslip, let alone play with them? there is enough experience missing in the backs with BOD out.
JL Pagano – For the record, Muller is the Ulster captain. Not Best.
Thanks @Radgefan good to hear an alternative view. What province did you say you followed again? Only messing…I'm not sure if personal familiarity is a pre-requisite for a successful partnership – Bakkies and Victor famously dislike each other for example.Re Marshall, he was indeeed singularly unimpressive against the Saxons … mostly because he wasn't playing!
@Radgefan – O'Leary did indeed impress in that game but I have to ask, do you really and truly believe the one off low-intensity Wolfhounds v Saxons game to be the main selection criteria, as opposed to, say Heineken Cup games or meaningful league matches? Or is it just that it's the only possible line of argument that leads to the opinion you want to form…As for the experience argument, fair enough, but there aren't too many rookies in the backline either; Earls and Sexton are in the 25+ cap club now, and they're the least experienced there. Also, I assume you're applying the same logic to the pack now that Paulie is out, and are in similar disagreement about our argument for O'Mahony to start.
Looks like Deccie is going to go into the game on Saturday without Toner (and possibly without a middle jumper) and with TOL on the bench. That would surely have to go down as the worst selection of all time. It's hard not to like the man but boy is he trying hard to make it so.
egg chaser – nothing to do with whether they like each other or not – it just takes time to build up a bit of a partnership – you know like the way stringer never had to look up to see where O'Gara was, he just knew where he would be.re Marshall – yea he didn't make saxons squad, but would you not agree that O'Leary looked better than Boss if you are basing it on anything.Marshall started against the Ospreys and he had a very poor game, certainly nothing to suggest he was an international standard scrumhalf. At lease with O'Leary you knew what its about anyway, even if his form is poor.Palla Ovale – no, I don't think the saxons are the b all of everything – but its the only game that both Boss and O'Leary were up against the same opposition so it will give you an indication of their form and game temperement.As for the experience thing – Earls is in a new position which you'd have to expect that he finds challenging. Which Sexton is going to turn up – the confident one or the one whose kicking is all over the shop? I do think the same logic does apply to the pack. I'd be inclinded to leave O'Mahony on the bench with POC missing for this one (though I think O'Mahoney is in a different class to Marshall, who isn't a Heineken Cup starter for Ulster for a start).
Cheers Radge – I understand your argument better now its fleshed out.I just can't agree on Marshall – to me he looks the most dangerous Irish 9 on form – as a bench option you have little to lose. His defence is solid although that isn't a huge concern facing Mike Blair and Wee Greig Laidlaw.To me its not experience that is Sextons issue but belief in the gameplan. In fact the whole team played the third quarter vs France extremely unsure. But Sexton looks uncomfortable in a green shirt – no point in denying it. That said he gave an excellent defensive performance.Re POM, I'd throw him in but you make a point on experience – if Best misses out too you might think twice about having a third player in the pack making their 6N debut…
JammyDodger
As much as there is much valid debate over selection for both the matchday team and extended squads, the biggest issue with the Ireland team at the moment is the gameplan, if it can be called such.I can't remember the last time we successfully executed any backline move worthy of the name and our primary attacking weapon seems to be the Garryowen!This lack of direction, and with the largely held opinion that the Irish team is performing less than the sum of its parts, is entirely down to the coaching team.Selection issues are of secondary importance.
@JammyDodger we're with you 100% there Jammy, and I've lost count of the number of posts and tweets where we've said it. But this week, two personnel changes are enforced, and one leaves us in a bit of a quandry so it made sense to put a bit of focus on them.
@RADGEFAN – I think you're reading WAY too much into the Wolfhounds game. It's a meaningless one-off with precisely nothing at stake. Heineken Cup and league games are a far better gauge of 'form and game termperament'. It's all immaterial anyway, Boss is in New Zealand. It was between O'Leary and Marshall, and having not picked Marshall in the initial squad he was nevr going to get the nod – just shows the folly of not picking him in the first place.
Dear Whiff of Cordite: Lads, I think your blog is generally excellent but I'm a little perplexed at this Deccie-bashing mentality that is seeping into your commentary. Please resist the urges to join the modern Irish rugby media (some of whom are simply band-wagon-jumping former football reporters) who are desperate for headlines and column space. I am simply perplexed at how Kidney, with a robust record in both historic and absolute terms, is getting labled with having favourites and "sons of deccie etc". This is not objective, but emotional and hyperbolic stuff that just ignores history. As someone above pointed out (but diluted shortly after), Kidney stopped TOL going to the WC. This was a massive call to make on a player who had played numerous high-quality games for Ireland. Kidney has also stuck with players not because he is "stubborn" but because WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY to drop experienced players who will produce X, and replace them with "the next generation" who will produce unknown value now but hopefully, X in the future. We have a small pool of professional players (4 teams, as you know), where there are probably only 15-18 world class players. Contrast this with England. They can drop their entire first 15 and struggle for a couple of seasons, but still produce a fight. If we did the same, we'd be utterly destroyed.Double D
@Double D – thanks for the feedback, we appreciate it.Just to clarify our line on the 'favourites' issue – we're not accusing Deccie of being unprofessional, picking his mates or anything (we have never bought into the perceived Munster bias theory). ALL coaches have their favourites, players they seem to rate a bit higher than everyone else does, and also players they never quite trust – think of Eddie's gra for Simon Eastery and how Jamie Heaslip's face never quite seemed to fit.Deccie has obviously had a huge amount of success with O'Callaghan and O'Leary, and it always seems like we wants these guys in his team. O'Leary's form became so poor that he left Kidney with no choice before the WC. For all Reddan's good days in green, we just get the impression Deccie would prefer to have O'Leary or Murray in the team. I do find it mystifying that O'Leary not only made the squad but was given almost half an hour off the bench when Reddan was having a good game (box kicking aside!).We would argue that he's been excessively loyal to DOC and O'Leary. We haven't called for mass changes at any point, but we did call for Ryan to make the team with O'Callaghan moved aside, and we stand by that.Anyhow, there's plenty of good stuff happening in the team, and we talk about some of it in today's post, which hopefully will redress the balance for you.


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