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"This is a free online novel by Catherynne M. Valente, powered by donations. Pay only what you think it's worth. New chapters update every Monday."
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"Placemaking is a multi-layered process within which citizens foster active, engaged relationships to the spaces which they inhabit, the landscapes of their lives, and shape those spaces in a way which creates a sense of communal stewardship and lived connection. This is most often accomplished through a creative reclamation of public space: projects which take the form of benches on street corners where neighbors can sit, rest and talk with each other, kiosks on sidewalks where neighbors can post information about local events, needs and resources and street paintings in the public right-of-way that demonstrate to all who pass through that this is a Place: inhabited, known and loved by its residents. In all instances, these projects are undertaken by local communities who come together to discuss what it is they want in their neighborhood – what elements are lacking in the public sphere and how the community can work together with the resources they have to create their own place."
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"The City Repair Project is group of citizen activists creating public gathering places and helping others to creatively transform the places where they live.
City Repair began in Portland, Oregon with the idea that localization – of culture, of economy, of decision-making – is a necessary foundation of sustainability. By reclaiming urban spaces to create community-oriented places, we plant the seeds for greater neighborhood communication, empower our communities and nurture our local culture." -
"Consider this a test case. If you don't see a paramedic's life-saving responsibilities as at least as pressing as the law-enforcement duties of a police officer, there probably is no limit to the authority you're willing to grant any government employee with a badge.
Because really, the answer to any sane person, is that a police officer doesn't get to behave this way."
"… they don't get to attack people — whether with their hands or with the law — who don't offer instant compliance."
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"The troubling confrontation between an Oklahoma Highway Patrol and a paramedic transporting an elderly patient to the hospital added another chapter as the EMT told his story to Fox News."
"The 31-year-emergency services veteran said that he's never before encountered a situation like this confrontation, nor has he ever been choked by a police officer. White said the choking episode was 'surrealistic' and that the trooper was 'out of control' on that day and 'in a state of rage.'"
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"For more than two weeks I've followed the bizarre story of a raging Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper who interrupted an ambulance run and assaulted the paramedic on duty while a terrified patient waited.
After reading my stories and seeing the videos, Theo Karantsalis, a Miami, FL teacher and freelance journalist decided to do something about what he perceived as a dangerous cop."
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"Recently I told you about a horrifying incident in which an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper interrupted an elderly patient's hospital run and choked the paramedic on duty in the ambulance.
Fox 23 in Tulsa had had a Freedom of Information request in for the dash cam for more than two weeks. Late last night, the OHP finally stopped stonewalling and released the trooper's video dash cam."
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"It takes a bit of practice to roll sushi perfectly, so don’t worry if you don’t get it right on the first try!"
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"Pressed sushi is made in a specially designed wooden mould called oshizushi-bako, 'pressed sushi box'. This is the oldest type of sushi, originating from the method used to preserve fish in rice."