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What will be in 2019?

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WHAT WILL BE IN 2019?

2018 was full of surprises. To better prepare for this year, I asked some local psychics their PREDICTIONS FOR 2019. (Note that these predictions cannot be backed up as fact by any science and we are not promoting them as such. However, just for fun, here are four local psychics’ predictions and advice for 2019.)

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North Carolina is home to many, and nothing says “home” quite like fried chicken, hush puppies and sweet tea out of a Styrofoam cup. BIG ED’S CHICKEN PIT surpassed its 20th anniversary in December, at 105 W. Peachtree Dr., just off of the hustle and bustle of High Point’s main road.

10 The Greensboro Children’s Museum (GCM) will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019 and they intend to kick things off with an all-day SPECIAL EVENT to honor the GCM co-founder, Jerry Hyman on Jan. 4, with a reduced cost...

11 For eye-popping big-screen thrills in the new year, GKIDS and Fathom Events have teamed up to present the U.S. debut of Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1, which will be screened at more than 400 THEATERS nationwide...

12 After beating the world into catatonic submission with one acceptable Transformers flick in 2007 and four atrocious sequels in the decade that followed, Michael Bay has relinquished the director’s chair for BUMBLEBEE, opting instead to only remain on board as one of the myriad producers.

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This week, we’re revisiting some of the WEIRDEST of the weird news we enjoyed in 2018. Happy Weird New Year!

18 President Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law, and one provision legalizes industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. HEMP has a long history, and the recent change could create a revitalization of a resource that has been used in a variety of applications for centuries.

19 In the two years since Donald Trump was elected, WOMEN across the country have staged some pretty impressive rallies to make their voices heard.

20 “I try not to waste people’s time,” said the singer/songwriter AMANDA ANNE PLATT. We were talking about her inclination to steer clear of songs that dwell on her own personal struggles, in part because she doesn’t think her problems are terribly interesting. But Platt’s attitude about not wasting time also might relate to how she thinks about the passage of the hours, days and years.

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[SPOTLIGHT]

THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SOMEWHERE ELSE TAVERN

BY LOUIS MONEY, FRONTMAN OF TRAILER PARK ORCHESTRA

The sign at the door read, “You are loved Somewhere Else” and for over half my life that has been true. I entered the Somewhere Else Tavern for the first time around 1995. I was in my early 20s, and discovered that a lot of people there were my age but most were younger.

You either got SWET or loathed it, there was no real middle ground on that.

However, in a much divided scene, city and country, SWET opened its door to you. It never lost that vibe.

Fast forward a couple of decades to closing night on New Year’s Eve. Those people that I remember being fresh out of or still in high school were all there for one last chance to say goodbye to a venue

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that has meant a lot to our community.

Some brought their teenage kids. Some brought their husbands or wives. The place that, for so long, had a reputation for having a “young crowd” was packed mostly with 30 and 40-somethings.

SWET had matured.

A lot of us never stopped coming. A lot of the “Tavern Rats” either stopped coming or could not come as often. However, the last night was special. Teary-eyed patrons and performers (myself included) enjoyed music, beer and each other’s company.

It was bittersweet, and it always felt good to be loved Somewhere Else. !

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Big Ed’s Chicken Pit calls High Point home for 20 years

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orth Carolina is home to many, and nothing says “home” quite like fried chicken, hush puppies and sweet tea out of a Styrofoam cup.

Jennifer Zeleski Big Ed’s Chicken Pit surpassed its 20th anniversary in Contributor December, at 105 W. Peachtree Dr., just off of the hustle and bustle of High Point’s main road. A small neon sign is one of the only indications that you’ve found Big Ed’s, tucked out of sight from the new Chick-fil-A, Starbucks and more.

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So what makes Big Ed’s so busy, with its small dining room, large tea urns and plastic utensils? The exact opposite of what draws many to fast food and quickserve restaurants in the area, convenience, time constraints and the like.

Instead, walking into Big Ed’s is like an extension of your family’s Southern kitchen, just with a better deep fryer, and probably a few more flat screens.

(There are six in total, each offering the same game from different angles of the restaurant.)

The servers double as fast-paced hosts and cashiers, passing plates, offering menus and navigating the small, but never cramped, dining space. I watched as one filled an entire pitcher with sugar, slowly incorporating water into it with a rubber spatula to make syrup sweeter than one could imagine, and dumping it

into a freshly brewed batch of tea.

(Home is where the tea is sweet, and the food is hot… Or did I just see that on a sign from Hobby Lobby down the road?)

The dining room has a handful of high chairs at the bar, which is offering $1.50 premium and domestic beer until Jan. 15 to honor their 20th year in business.

There are also several tables that can be used for large family get-togethers, hometown friend groups or just a simple two-person duo. The last was fitting for my boyfriend Peyton and I to settle in.

The menu’s main focus was that of its namesake, chicken of course, but many would be comforted by the Southernstyle sides and the more “famous” options, such as collard greens, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, baked beans, pinto beans, green beans, fried okra, pasta salad, potato salad, onion

rings, cole slaw and even a side salad.

If that doesn’t cover all of the food groups, I’m not sure what does.

Peyton and I contemplated our options, weighing the idea of the legendary chicken pie, which looked to have a golden top crust and stuffed with whitemeat chicken, veggies and some mouthwatering chicken gravy. There were also hot dogs, offered with complimentary toppings (or what many might consider necessary toppings) such as ketchup, mustard, onions, and chili; you get the picture.

If there was a place that I would try everything on the menu and be satisfied, this was it.

We decided to honor the overwhelming sense of “home,” as well as the 20th anniversary, by ordering the half chicken not tossed in sauce, just the way it comes,

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with hot buffalo sauce on the side. The plate came with the option of a roll or two sides. We chose hush puppies and hot chips because a place that’s been making fantastic fried chicken for 20 years is bound to know something about doing other fried items well. These sides were two that we trusted would be worth the indulgence, especially since they’re never quite as good when you try to make them yourself. We also ordered 15 of the $0.50 wings (also offered for dine-in only until Jan. 15), tossed in their homemade barbecue sauce.

Despite other tables having orders for 10 or more, our food came out promptly and steaming. We started with the wings, which were one of the main sources of the intoxicating vinegary smell found in many North Carolina barbecue restaurants, one that I have come to love over the years.

The barbecue sauce was vinegary with just a little spice, and better than the typical dark-colored, sweet and syrupy prototype from many other restaurants.

I would highly recommend it on any of the chicken, which they’ll toss for no extra cost. The wings also made it clear that they were fresh and never frozen (as claimed on the menu) based on their size, tenderness and texture. Often frozen wings are slim and lack moisture, but these were juicy and flavorful in every bite.

Even if you aren’t ordering wings, don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty. There’s no reason to back down when you order a portion of chicken that begs to be pulled off of the bone and is tender enough to pull apart with a plastic fork and knife.

We weren’t surprised that the best thing we ordered was the fried chicken itself, but we were impressed with just how good it actually was. Forget every potential bad experience you’ve had with fried chicken or the mainstream locations that serve it as nuggets, strips or in a bucket through a fast-paced drive-thru; this fried chicken was the real deal.

A crunchy golden exterior that glistened, but didn’t have a drop of grease or griminess to it. The white meat was tender enough to be pulled apart and devoured, whether or not it was dunked into the spicy, indulgent buffalo sauce, or just on its own. The dark meat was just as tender, but with the white meat done so well, holding so much flavor and structure, it was hard to go back to the dark side.

All of it was delicious, and even though there were surely familial holiday debates over who can make the best fried chicken this year, I think Big Ed’s would take home the prize.

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like my favorite childhood snack, potato glory, I would recommend trying it tradichips and French onion dip. It was what I tional style and dipping in the sauce as always craved upon arriving home. you wish. But if you’re more of a saucy, With all of that said, Big Ed’s Chicken finger-lickin’ kind, go for it tossed.

Pit isn’t just at home in High Point; it is a Be warned, the hot buffalo is spicy home in High Point. It’s the servers who enough to throw off your taste buds, are as sweet as the tea; offering hugs which leaves a bit of an afterburn despite and well wishes to regulars. It’s the meal its savory, buttery-ness. To cleanse my you can’t wait to have when your family palate, I had to suffer through some of comes bustling back down the coast for the celery that Peyton enjoyed, and it the holiday season, and it’s a place that was enough to shock my system with will stick with you, just like home. ! something green, with everything else having been fried, and still withstanding my pre-resolution holiday eating JENNIFER ZELESKI is a student contributor to YES! habits. Its crunch and lack of flavor wiped Weekly. She is originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, away most of the spice altogether and and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Comprepared me for more. munications at High Point University.

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Starting the new year with creativity and fun

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s another new year starts, what better time to make an ongoing commitment that gives your children a place to express their creativity through Terry Rader play? The Greensboro Children’s Museum (GCM) will Contributor be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019 and they intend to kick things off with an all-day special event to honor the GCM co-founder, Jerry Hyman on Jan. 4, with a reduced cost of $2 admission per person for the entire day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Hyman’s imagination of having an interactive, hands-on museum dedicated to children took flight on a business trip to San Francisco in 1990 where he happened upon a brochure for the Exploratorium.

This ignited his curiosity to explore museums for several years until he finally realized his vision when the GCM doors opened on May 15, 1999. From the help of Cynthia Doyle (who put the initial team together to launch the creation process in 1994), the hiring of the first GCM Director Tim Goetz in 1997, to when P. David Brown offered the space on a 3.17-acre lot at 220 N. Church St. in 1998. The dream came together with a lot of help from his friends.

The GCM’s 37,000-square-foot building is thriving along with 400 other children’s museums across the country. The GCM encourages children and their families to touch, talk and have fun while learning in the many exhibits offered. Exhibits such as Our Town/Main Street that has a post office, theatre, pizza place, construction zone, health center , and a transportation area with a real police car, ambulance and fire truck for children to experience how it feels to be in a public service vehicle (in a safe environment).

GCM’s Reaching Greater Heights expansion program umbrellas a three-part capital campaign. Phase 1’s outdoor play plaza was completed in summer 2017 and features two 30-foot tall Neptune XXL Climbers with a connected 25-foot suspended net tunnel. Phase 2’s indoor interactive water exhibit was completed in fall 2018 and provides waterproof smocks to keep the kids dry. Phase 3’s technology exhibit will begin in 2019.

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“We have two types of programming, paid classes and pop-up programs, which are free with admission,” said GCM marketing manager Illayasah Shabazz.

“Pop-up programs are activities families can enjoy while visiting the museum.

Although our website lists them as recurring events, there isn’t a set interval in between them.”

On Jan. 5, children will be invited to start the year by unleashing their creativity in various mediums at the Art Studio pop-up program.

“We enjoy adding to the experience of an all-day trip to the museum with staff-led programming that is included with admission,” said GCM lead educator Johlynn Harrelson.

Young visitors can participate in handson early coding concepts and explore working with robots including Cubelets, Cubetto and Ozobots at the Tech Spot.

For the music lovers, Music Makers will perk up the morning with percussion instruments and sing-a-longs. The events continue with Science Lab, Busy Bees and Story Time classes every week designed to spur a child’s imagination and inspire them to create and learn while having fun.

Shabazz confirmed GCM to be the first children’s museum to open an officially licensed Edible Schoolyard in May 2010.

GCM is proud to have its program based on chef and author, Alice Waters’s original program in Berkley, California. This

outdoor classroom offers an opportunity to learn about growing, cooking and sharing fresh, locally raised food. The Edible Schoolyard’s indoor kitchen offers cooking classes for children ages 6 to 8, 8 to 11, 11 to 14, and adults ages 18 and up as well as family classes where younger children may accompany their parents.

From kids cooking and creating on Jan. 10 to adults classes including healthy eating on Jan. 14 to learning knife skills and how to prepare winter soups on Jan. 15, the joy of cooking will be explored with hands-on participation while learning about the importance of eating well beyond new year’s resolutions. The cooking school classes are listed and described online. (www.gcmuseum.com/events/ category/cooking/) Shabazz said that Science Lab is available periodically to explore the scientist that exists in every child and that these pop-up programs are designed to stretch children’s imaginations while building teamwork and problem-solving skills. The next program is on Jan. 12, where GCM will be inviting the Triad junior scientists to join together in a limited seating, paid program for a special Mission Moon Challenge, and the first LEGO League that begins on Jan. 9.

GCM summer camp registration begins on Jan. 7. The summer camp day will run from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. for ages 6 to 14, and from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. for ages

4 to 6. There will be a special event during camp hours on the last day of every camp and parents are encouraged to join.

Whether inside or out, GCM delivers fun in all facets of participatory learning. Camp schedule and prices are online. (www. gcmuseum.com/summer-camp-2019/) !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer/editorial/content/ copy, poet and songwriter, part-time co-op community outreach/wellness at Deep Roots Market, certified herbalist and flower essences practitioner and pet/house sitter, formerly an ad agency creative director, copywriter, branding strategist and Earth Harmony columnist, a storyteller on a mission to raise awareness for creative people, grassroots, sustainability, holistic wellness and underground happenings in our community.

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Animation explosion on the big screen For eye-popping big-screen thrills in the new year, GKIDS and Fathom Events have teamed up to present the U.S. debut of Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1, which Mark Burger will be screened at more than 400 Contributor theaters nationwide Thursday, Jan. 10 (in English) and Saturday, Jan. 12 (in Japanese with English subtitles), including the Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16, located in the Friendly Center in Greensboro.

The three-film showcase marks the debut of Studio Ponoc, a new Japanese animation studio founded by noted producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, who earned back-to-back Oscar nominations (Best Animated Feature) for The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Kaguyahime no monogatari) in 2015 and When Marnie Was

There (Omoide no Mani) in 2016. Studio Ponoc scored an immediate international smash with Mary and the Witch’s Flower (Meari to majo no hana), which enjoyed a successful theatrical run from Fathom Events and GKIDS last year.

Of this presentation, “Studio Ponoc is delighted to partner again with GKIDS and Fathom Events to bring our Modest Heroes to fans and new audiences in the United States,” Nishimura stated.

The trio of animated shorts being presented in this program are Kanini & Kanino, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (who earlier directed When Marnie Was There and Mary and the Witch’s Flower); Life Ain’t Gonna Lose (Samurai eggu), directed by Yoshiyuki Momose and featuring the voice of Maggie Q (star of T.V.’s “Nikita” and the Divergent trilogy); and Invisible (Tomei ningen), which marks the debut of director Akihiko Yamashita.

As a bonus for anime aficionados, audiences will also enjoy an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Modest Heroes and the state-of-the-art animation work being done by Studio

Ponoc and its talented team artists.

“Along with our friends at GKIDS, we brought some of the finest and bestloved Japanese animation to American shores in 2018,” said Ray Nutt, CEO of Fathom Events, in an official statement.

“We are proud to once again partner with GKIDS to kick off 2019 with this wonderful anthology.” !

See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2019, Mark Burger.

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Tickets are $13.34 (general admission). For advance tickets or more information, visit the official Fathom Events website (www.FathomEvents.com) or the official GKIDS website (www. gkidstickets.com/us/modestheroes/). The official Studio Ponoc website is www.ponoc.jp/works/ category/feature/#id-259 (Japanese).

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suppose after a steady diet of moldy-green, one-month-old bread, even a bite of slightly stale, one-week-old bread would taste delicious.

After beating the world into catatonic submission with one acceptable Transformers flick in 2007 and four atrocious sequels in the decade that followed, Michael Bay has relinquished the director’s chair for Bumblebee ( ), opting instead to only remain on board as one of the myriad producers. To state that the switch provides the series with a breath of fresh air is an understatement, but to state that the picture is in any way a remarkable achievement is absurd. And yet here Bumblebee sits on Rotten Tomatoes with a 93 percent Fresh score — that’s only one percentage point less than The Favourite and RBG, the same score as First Reformed and Blindspotting, and several points above A Star Is Born and Widows.

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Admittedly, this might say more about the fallibility of RT’s winner-take-all system than anything else, but be that as it may, there is little about Bumblebee that’s worthy of exalted hosannas. Travis Knight, whose major credit to date is the imaginative animated yarn Kubo and the Two Strings, and Christina Hodson, whose major credit to date is the awful Katherine Heigl thriller Unforgettable, have clearly done their homework, not only in walking back Bay’s fascistic tendencies in this franchise but also in adding the sorts of

‘80s sops that automatically cater to a viewer’s nostalgic impulses. Alas, it’s not enough to recommend this to anyone but the diehard fans who are still trying to erase memories of Skids and Mudflap.

The claim that Bumblebee is the first Transformers entry to display any heart is incorrect — indeed, the reason the 2007 film was watchable was because, under the auspices of hands-on executive producer Steven Spielberg, there was a measure of emotion to be found in the relationship between Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his pet Transformer, the lovable and bumbling Bumblebee. This ‘80s-set prequel siphons that exact central dynamic. After an opening in which chief Autobot Optimus Snore — excuse me, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) — sends B-127, aka Bumblebee (Dylan O’Brien), to Earth following a disastrous battle against the Decepticons, the focus shifts to Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), a teenager still reeling from the death of her beloved father. Charlie comes across Bumblebee in his VW Beetle guise, and they quickly become besties. Unbeknownst to Charlie, though, her heavy metal friend is being hunted not only by the Decepticons Shatter and Dropkick (Angela Bassett and Justin Theroux) but also by gung-ho government guy Jack Burns (John Cena).

Bay’s approach to his female characters was best exemplified in 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, when the helmer elected to establish Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley’s character by first zooming in on her 3D-enhanced ass. Knight and Hodson

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opt to bolt in the other direction, with tremendous respect paid to Charlie and her plight. She’s a winning character, and Steinfeld’s performance nails the right mix of surliness and sensitivity.

Aside from Steinfeld, though, there’s not much here to generate ample enthusiasm — particularly not the sweaty efforts to muster that misty ‘80s ambiance.

Anytime a new film is set in that decade, out come the filmmaker quotes about how they worked hard to duplicate the magic of Spielberg and his Amblin efforts.

But it’s usually a lost cause, since capturing the look and feel of the films from that era is particularly tricky (I suppose J.J. Abrams’ 2011 Super 8 came closest).

Bumblebee does a fine job of breaking out the period songs, moving beyond the usual Madonna and Cyndi Lauper (props for employing Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer” instead of the more expected likes of “Rio” or “Hungry Like the Wolf”), and, oh, look, there’s the obligatory shout-out to John Hughes (in this case, The Breakfast Club). But despite these additions (to say nothing of the large lifts from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial), the film remains firmly rooted in 2018, from its visual palate to its dialogue (there’s a little brother, but nary a mention of a “duck’s dork”). Even Steinfeld, for all her excellence in the role, never convinces that she’s from anywhere but the here and now.

The action scenes aren’t particularly distinguished, although they do display some sense of coherency that was often missing from Bay’s mashups. In fact, there’s little in this picture that doesn’t represent a step or 12 up from the sorry sequels that followed the original 2007 Transformers. But in this case, “new and improved” isn’t the same thing as “new and worth catching.”

The new seriocomedy Vice ( ) is up for a half-dozen Golden Globes and will probably nab a handful of Academy Award nominations as well. What it doubtless won’t be snagging, however, is any sort of “Truth in Advertising” honors.

The tagline for this biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney partly reads that it’s “The Untold True Story,” but it then spends over two hours regurgitating what

was already largely known by any halfway sentient being (i.e. someone who spent the 2000s actually keeping up with news rather than just watching Survivor and Fear Factor).

Adam McKay, the director and writer of 2016’s The Big Short (for which he earned a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar alongside co-scripter Charles Randolph), borrows a similarly glib and freewheeling style for his latest movie, even if the approach doesn’t fit quite as snugly this time around. Vice breathlessly covers Cheney (played by Christian Bale) from his pre-political days through his time in the White House, paying particular attention to his marriage to Lynne (Amy Adams), his friendship with Donald Rumsfeld (Steve Carell), and his duties under (above?) President George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell). Don’t expect a straightforward dramatization, as McKay frequently breaks the fourth wall via his chatty narrator (Jesse Plemons), employs a few stylized effects, and even hilariously ends the movie mid-movie (it must be seen, not explained).

The knee-jerk reaction would be to label Vice as a “preaching to the choir” movie, as those who despise Cheney would presumably be lining up to witness McKay’s beatdown while those who adore him would steer clear of what they would deem liberal propaganda. Yet even those who harbor no love for the former VP will likely want to stay away, since the familiarity of the subject matter coupled with memories of that largely post-9/11 period hardly serves as an irresistible holiday season draw.

Still, those who responded to the groovy wavelength of The Big Short (as I did) will find some value to this new film, and many of the comedic interludes work better than expected. The main reason to see this, however, is because of the mesmerizing turn by Bale, who buries himself in the role in much the same manner as Gary Oldman disappeared into Winston Churchill in last year’s Darkest Hour. If Vice’s biggest vice is its occasionally shallow treatment of complex matters, its greatest virtue is the fearless high-wire act performed by Bale. !

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MYSTERY SOLVED

On Jan. 25, 71-year-old Alan J. Abrahamson of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, went for his regular pre-dawn walk to Starbucks.

What happened on the way stumped police investigators until March, reported The Washington Post, and on July 13 they made their findings public. Images from a surveillance camera show Abrahamson walking out of his community at 5:35 a.m. and about a half-hour later, the sound of a gunshot is heard. Just before 7 a.m., a dog found Abrahamson’s body, lying near a walking path. Police found no weapon, no signs of a struggle; he still had his wallet and phone. Investigators initially worked the case as a homicide, but as they dug deeper into the man’s computer searches and purchases over the past nine years, a theory developed: Abrahamson had tied a gun to a weather balloon filled with helium, shot himself, and then the gun drifted away to parts unknown. A thin line of blood on Abrahamson’s sweatshirt indicated to police that “something with the approximate width of a string passed through the blood on the outside of the shirt,” the final report says. As for the balloon, investigators said it would likely have ascended to about 100,000 feet and exploded somewhere north of the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean.

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PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US

Metro News reported on Feb. 20 that travelers “remained silent” for 20 minutes while a fellow passenger on a Ural Airlines flight from Antalya, Turkey, to Moscow used the air vent above her seat to dry a pair of underwear. Witnesses reported that the woman showed no shame and that “everybody was looking with interest and confusion.” Debate raged later, however, after video of the woman was posted online, with one commenter speculating that “maybe the takeoff was sort of extreme, so now she has to dry those.”

NEW WORLD ORDER

Taisei Corp., a construction company based in Tokyo, announced in December 2017 that it would use autonomous drones called T-Frends to combat karoshi, or overwork death, reported The Independent. The drones hover over desks of employees who have stayed at work too long and blast “Auld Lang Syne,” a tune commonly used in Japanese shops getting ready to close. A company statement said: “It will encourage employees who are present at the drone patrol time to leave, not only to promote employee health but also to conduct internal security management.” Experts are skeptical: Scott North, professor of sociology at Osaka University, told the BBC that “to cut overtime hours, it is necessary to reduce workloads.”

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— Ikea took advertising in a whole new direction with its print ad for a crib.

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think they might be pregnant to urinate on the paper to reveal a discounted price.

“Peeing on this ad may change your life,” the ad read at the top of the page. “If you are expecting, you will get a surprise right here in the ad.” Adweek reported that the agency behind the gimmick adapted pregnancy test technology to work on a magazine page.

— Police in Mainz, Germany, responded to an apartment building after cries were heard from within one unit early on Feb. 17, The Associated Press reported. When they arrived, officers found two men, the 58-year-old tenant and a 61-yearold visitor, “hopelessly locked up” with a mannequin dressed as a knight and a large remote-controlled car. The men were too drunk to explain how they had become entangled, and one officer remarked that “the whole thing would have remained a funny episode” if the younger man had not become “more than impolite.” He now faces a charge of insulting officers.

ARMED AND FRUSTRATED

Linda Jean Fahn, 69, of Goodyear, Arizona, finally succumbed to a frustration many wives suffer. On Dec. 30, 2017, as her husband sat on the toilet, she barged in and “shot two bullets at the wall above his head to make him listen to me,” she told Goodyear police when they were called to the scene. Fahn said her husband “would have had to be 10 feet tall to be hit by the bullets,” ABC15 in Phoenix reported, but officers estimated the bullets struck about 7 inches over the man’s head as he ducked. She was charged with aggravated assault.

NEWS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE

In Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat, drivers of black cars faced high costs to repaint their cars white or silver after President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov banned black vehicles because he thinks the color white brings good luck.

Police began seizing dark-colored vehicles in late December 2017, and owners had to apply for permission to repaint and re-register them. The average wage in Ashgabat is about $300 a month (or 1,200 manats); one Turkman told Radio Free Europe that he was quoted 7,000 manats for a paint job, but was told that the price would rise within a week to 11,000 manats. “Even if I don’t spend any money anywhere, I will be forced to hand over pretty much my entire annual salary just to repaint,” the unnamed man said, adding that his black car had already been impounded.

JUST. NO. WORDS.

If you’ve been wondering whatever happened to Barney the Dinosaur, the Daily Mail had the answer for you. David Joyner, 54, romped inside the big purple suit for 10 years on the 1990s “Barney & Friends” show on PBS. Today, he’s a tantric sex guru in Los Angeles who says he can unite a client’s body, mind and spirit through tantric massage and unprotected sex. Joyner credits his tantric training with helping him endure the 120-degree temperatures inside the Barney suit.

While “surprised,” Stephen White, former head writer on the show, said he sees Joyner’s new vocation as the “’I love you, you love me’ deal, but different. I don’t judge or anything, but that’s a side of David I didn’t know.”

COMPELLING EXPLANATION

A woman claiming to be on a mission from God led a Kentucky State Police trooper on a chase at speeds up to 120 mph on Feb. 10, stopping only when another trooper pulled in front of her car.

According to the Elizabethtown (Kentucky) News-Enterprise, Connie Lynn Allen, 52, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, told officers that she was Mother Mary, en route to pick up Baby Jesus, and that God had given her permission to speed. She also said that she had died six years ago.

She was charged with several offenses and is being held in Hardin County.

WANT TO GET AWAY?

Many citizens of the world are weary of the war and strife that seem to be consuming the news, and nearly 300,000 of them have already signed up to put it all in the rear-view mirror by becoming citizens of Asgardia. This coming-soon colony on the moon is led

by Igor Ashurbeyli, a Russian engineer, computer scientist and businessman who was inaugurated as its leader on June 25 in Vienna. Asgardia’s parliament plans to set up “space arks” with artificial gravity in the next 10 to 15 years, where its projected 150 million citizens can live permanently, Reuters reported, and Ashurbeyli hopes settlement on the moon will be complete within 25 years.

Asgardia is named after Asgard, a “world in the sky” in Norse mythology. Its leaders hope to attract a population from among the “most creative” in humanity, perhaps using “IQ tests,” according to Ashurbeyli. !

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hen the clock struck midnight on Tuesday, almost everyone I knew eagerly welcomed 2019 with open arms and full glasses. The others were indifKatie Murawski ferent in celebrating the coming of yet another new year.

Editor From a change in leadership in the House of Representatives and hurricanes that tore through North Carolina; to the loss of loved ones, beloved celebrities, and creation of new artwork and the birth of new life, 2018 was full of surprises. To better prepare for this year, I asked some local psychics their predictions for 2019. (Note that these predictions cannot be backed up as fact by any science and we are not promoting them as such. However, just for fun, here are four local psychics’ predictions and advice for 2019.)

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Antonina Whaples, Shaman at Kindred Spirits Whaples describes herself as a Shaman, Winston-Salem native and graduate of Wake Forest University. She said she was born in a family lineage of Shamans, and she has been running Kindred Spirits (537 N. Trade St.) for seven years.

“My mother’s mother survived the Holocaust, and she came over to America in the 1950s,” Whaples said of her roots.

“It is very common for Shamans to be born into families that have gifts when there has been the type of trauma that has happened with my family.”

Locally, Whaples said there would be movement happening quickly in a large way for the Winston-Salem area.

“A lot of projects at higher levels within government organizations are going to speed up, and we are going to see the abundance that comes from that as an area. It looks like businesses, in general, are going to receive good news and so will any community endeavors that have been working hard over the past few years.”

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be more job opportunities, political shifts, and building expansions.

“People who have been struggling with their place in this community will find community spaces that have been created. [They will] opened up to them and discover those places and receive healing from the community,” she said. “It also looks like tensions among the community and older models of communication are going to end, and there is going to be some cohesion found between individuals on different socioeconomic levels, specifically around education.”

Whaples said there is much work that will be happening for veterans in the community, and there would be new opportunities for them to find new patterns, resources, and “put down some of the struggles they have had coming into the civilian world.”

Whaples said we will continue to be in a state of imbalance (both emotionally and financially) as a country.

She said the nation would continue to be divided among “individuals trying to figure out how to move ahead collectively and to work together, while also having incredibly different values and understanding of ideas around the financial prosperity of our nation.” Whaples said there is going to be a reset happening.

She said a victory of one of the parties will free-up financial resources for the nation and will be led by an individual who has new ideas about how things should work economically. Which, she said, would shed light on “our collective views around our cultural heritage and people’s places within the financial structure.”

“I went into a council meeting with some other medicine people over the last few weeks, and we have been talking about this,” she said of where her reading

of 2019 originated. “So, this is based on discussions amongst medicine people.

This is based on various readings that have been done over the last few months.

As the energy of 2018 leaves, we see it more clearly because it is contrasting with 2019’s energy.”

Whaples said 2019 is the preparation and intention-setting year, “for the real show;” she said [2019] is the “dress rehearsal for 2020.”

“It is an important year to set up positive energy for what you want to come in the future,” she said.

She said the significance of 2019 being a year for preparation is because “hindsight is 2020.

[2020] will be a year of illumination and clarity,” she said.

In 2019, Kindred Spirits will be offering a monthly Hochoka circle, which is a meeting of individuals “to do healing work around specific healing requests,” such as people struggling with grief, survivors of sexual assaults, and people who have post-traumatic stress disorder. For more information, visit the Kindred Spirits website at www.kindredspritsws.com.

Jaye Stevens, Psychic at Psychic on Trade Stevens said she has been a palm reader, astrologer, fortune teller, medium, and chakra healer for over 30 years and has been open at the Psychic on Trade shop (619 N. Trade St.) since Sept. 28, 2018. She said Psychic on Trade also offers various classes, metaphysical tools, and Raki treatment. Stevens said she has lived in Winston-Salem for 29 years and loves to help and give people foresight and insight into yes or no questions.

“It is not so much of what I predict and more of what I see,” she said. “The Pied-

mont is becoming more predominately open-minded, more than they have ever known.”

She said for 2019 locally; she sees people taking hold of their hometowns, and creating their own businesses. She said people would go to a “back-to-thebasics” and “homegrown” approach for 2019. She said she could see people flocking to North Carolina from all over including California and Washington. She predicts that the wine industry will expand in the Piedmont. She said she could also see the banking industry “getting their act together.” When asked about what 2019 will bring politically, she said she “will not touch that with a 10-foot pole,” because she is “not a political person.”

Stevens’s advice for 2019 is “to look for happiness and be true to yourself.”

For the new year, Stevens said she is offering 50 percent off tarot card readings for the whole month of January, and she will be doing a full and new moon tarot card reading. For more information, call Psychic on Trade at (336) 414-7448 or stop by the shop.

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Jennifer Watson, Psychic at Terra Blue Watson describes herself as a clairvoyant, tarot reader, and a practicing Hoodoo witch.

Watson said she is originally from Greensboro but left to go to college in Atlanta and just moved back three years ago. She said she went to school for psychology and ended up getting her Master’s in transpersonal psychology with a specialization in spiritual psychology. After working in sales and fundraising, Watson started her own business, Watson Wellness Group, LLC, and also does readings at Terra Blue (518 S. Elm St.).

“The whole focus of my business is to help other people not only recognize their own intuition but also to help people understand how energy works, especially in their own lives and what is going on around them.”

Watson said she realized at the age of 13 that she was psychic, and decided that she wanted to help others using her abilities. As for her predictions for 2019, she said she channeled information and did some readings with tarot cards.

“Overall, for the entire year, it is going to be really a lot of major financial transformation, not necessarily just individually but everywhere,” she said. “Many

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people are going to be forced to stop procrastinating, especially in our national government.”

She said our representatives and leaders would start honoring their promises and commitments to the people. She also said everything culminating behind the scenes would be “put out there,” and 2019 would be a time for truth for everyone, especially those in government.

Regarding the weather, she predicts that there will be more snow to come to this area in January, much like what we saw in December 2018. However, she said there would be an early spring in March.

“It will be like a rebirth period for us,” she said. “It will be a complete rebirth for a lot of people.”

She said there is a wave coming that would hit certain spots at different times during the rebirth period.

“We are going to see new kinds of initiatives [around the city] being picked up that’s almost going to spark this awakening period,” she said. “Something that is holistically-grounded and that we haven’t seen before. It is things that have actually been going on and planned in the background, but we won’t be able to see it until then.”

Watson said 2019 is a “Three Year,” in terms of numerology.

“The number three means people will begin their journey to personal happiness, but before happiness takes place you have to remove the clutter,” she explained.

During our phone conversation, Watson picked tarot cards from a Major Arcana deck and also channeled what each month will be like for 2019. (See sidebar) Watson also did a tarot reading for major events that will happen in 2019.

“Ironically enough, there were a couple of cards that came out,” she said, explaining that these cards dealt with the government. “One card that really stuck out was the Justice card. And then I added the card that showed me any kind of significant world event and the Justice card came out again. What that tells me is, especially as we go forward into election season for the 2020 year, the election results are going to shock us.

It reminds me almost of the same kind of energy that surrounded Obama when he came into office. It will be that type of shocking result.”

Watson’s advice for 2019 is for people to “take note of what they want.”

“Write it down, get focused,” she said.

“Take the time to do what you always wanted to do because this year is going to help support that. To get that done, you have to take the step first.”

Watson said she hosts a live broadcast every Thursday night on Facebook (www.

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Jennifer Watson, psychic and tarot reader at Terra Blue facebook.com/JenniferLesleighWatson/) called the Psychic Corner, gives virtual readings and readings in person at Terra Blue on Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. To learn more about her, visit jenniferlwatson.com/.

“Madame Melinda” Walcer, Tarot Reader at Terra Blue Walcer describes herself as a tarot reader and medium, who has been doing readings for 33 years. She said she discovered her abilities when she was 15 and has been doing readings ever since. She said she has been reading at Terra Blue for 16 years and is considered the head psychic at the shop. She said she has a 78 percent accuracy rating, and she believes in tarot readings because she has seen it work.

Walcer predicts that generally, 2019 will be uneventful besides what has been already happening since 2018. She also predicts that politically, “nothing special will be happening other than the sensationalism that has been going on.” Walcer did an over-the-phone tarot reading using The Wolf Pack Tarot Deck (created

by Robert Petro in 1995 and illustrated

by Pat Morris), which she said, is one of her more accurate decks because it tells stories. Her three-card spread for politics in 2019 was the Children card, Choices card, and Self-Reliance card.

“Everyone will be acting like children, the way they have been acting, but then again it will give us a new perspective moving forward,” she said of her political prediction. “It will open up choices presented to us as a country in leadership and what professionals we want moving forward.” She said this would foster

self-reliance because “this presidency is getting ready to end.”

Her three-card spread nationally was the Caution card, Guidance card, and Intent card. As a country, Walcer predicts that the United States will be watched more on the world’s stage. She said other countries would be offering guidance on how to move forward and reform, specifically in monetary terms.

“I don’t see any major attacks or anything like that coming up, I see a pretty boring year,” she predicted of 2019.

Globally, she drew the Cycles card, Crossroads card, and the Famine card.

“There is a saying that there is nothing new under the sun, and if you watch the global cycle you will see that what is going on has happened before,” she said. “The world is coming to a crossroads that everyone needs to be more practical rather than emotional.”

She said, “we are watching the fall of Rome again,” and that people would have to be ready to rebuild, which will not be coming in 2019.

For North Carolina, she drew the Completion card, Outcome card, and Decision card.

“There is a lot of opportunity and success coming up for North Carolina because we are going to start learning from other states,” she said. “We are going to have a feeling of self-satisfaction, we are going to start to see North Carolina get itself together.” She said there had been lessons learned concerning healthcare and education in the state. She said the results of those lessons would present rewards in 2019. For Greensboro, she drew the Turbulence card, Be Alert card, and The Well card. She said while Greensboro seems to be on a decent path, in the next eight months, “they just need to ride out the choices that they already made.” She said people need to pay attention to the details within a “jealous and dishonest” local government.

Her three-card spread for advice in 2019 was the Truth card, Danger card, and the Risk card. She advises people to be true to themselves, make more logical (rather than emotional) choices, and to not take big risks in 2019.

To learn more about Walcer, visit her Facebook page Madame Melinda Tarot (www.facebook.com/MadameMelindaTarot/)or Madame Melinda Creations.

Madame Melinda does readings at Terra Blue on Fridays from 1 until 6 p.m. (and until 9 p.m. on First Fridays) and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. !

KATIE MURAWSKI is the editor of YES! Weekly. She is from Mooresville, North Carolina and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in film studies from Appalachian State University in 2017.

JENNIFER WATSON’S 2019 TAROT READING January-Queen of Swords Watson said she predicts that January-March would be a time of transformation. January is the month to declutter and make room for happiness and the transformations to come.

February-Nine of Swords Watson said concerning world events; things would go into a downward spiral, especially since people started out the year with so much energy and optimism. “In government, we are going to see stuff happen that looks horrible to the naked eye,” she said. “I also think the economy is going to crash around that time. But many people have to understand that it is temporary, and to be prepared for it. But don’t get stuck in the chaos that goes on around it.” She said that the awakening period would start in February.

March-Knight of Swords Watson said in March, unexpected events and things would start “happening out of nowhere.” She said it would be a continuance of what is happening in February, but many are going to come to an awakening. She said they would start to understand and handle life in a different way and get back to optimism. “Interestingly enough, Italy came up as taking some kind of stand,” she said. “They are going to take a stand on something and lead the way for change, and the rest of the world will take notice.”

April-Two of Wands Watson said this month would be where the “real work” begins. She said people would start to reflect and review what has happened so far this year and re-evaluate events. She said new things would emerge and happen for the better, and that the government would change. “The vice president and president show up here,” she said. “Something is going to happen in the U.S. government.”

May-Page of Wands She said in May, there would not be too much going on “because June is when the real fun starts.” She said when channeling, she sees a woman who is in leadership (not necessarily in government) and France. “There is a French woman who is head of the International Monetary Fund,” she said. “But I don’t know if it is her or someone else that is coming up.”

June- Five of Wands In June, she said there would be a major turn of events for the world. “I almost want to say it is possibly war,” she said.

“There’s going to be some kind of international deal or the like thereof, and something going on around economic news.” She said the theme of the month is going to be financial security, defending beliefs, and emotions running high. “But at the end, it changes for the better.”

July-The Emperor Watson said there would be a change in leadership in July and August. “Not necessarily national, but it is not going to be the people that leave,” she said. “I just feel like the whole overall feel of our government is going to change. This is important because the major events will cause this change.”

August-The King of Wands She said things would become brighter and better. “The sunshine will peek in at the end of August.”

September- Two of Pentacles Watson said there would be a continuance of a world shift and the energy of change would continue. She said it would be slight, but that people who are open to it would see. She said it would be quiet this month.

October- Knight of Wands She said people would start to settle in their new selves and feel more powerful. She said people would start feeling better after everything that has gone on.

November- Strength Watson described this month as “light and airy.” She said the year would begin to release intense energy this month from all the past months.

December- Knight of Cups She said December would be emotional for people because of the events and energy of November. She said everything would calm down and settle into an understanding of what has taken place. “It’ll be a time where people can either reflect and allow themselves to really breathe, or take it and go the opposite way. It is going to be emotional, that is for sure.”

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It’s official: Industrial hemp legal with the 2018 Farm Bill President Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law, and one provision legalizes industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. Hemp has a long history, and the recent change could create a revitalizaCharles Freeman tion of a resource that has been used in Contributor a variety of applications for centuries.

First, let’s take a look back in time to see hemp’s journey and then how this legislation is a game-changer for the industrial hemp industry.

The earliest known usage of hemp is from a piece hemp cloth found in ancient Mesopotamia dating back to 8,000 B.C. China is credited with the longest usage of industrial hemp, and was the first to recognize hemp could be used in making paper in approximately 150 B.C. Hemp rope is another age-old product with samples found in Russia (600 B.C.) and Greece (200 B.C.). Interestingly, hemp was essential for sailors in the Middle Ages who used “canvas” (derived from the YES! WEEKLY

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Arabic word for cannabis) as well as rope, given its resistance to salt water.

Hemp was used throughout Europe and eventually found its way to colonial America. Farmers grew hemp from the Southern colonies through New England and Canada. Clothing, ropes, bed ticking, and sacks were the most common products. Benjamin Franklin, as well as Presidents George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson, were acknowledged hemp farmers. In 1916, the USDA published findings that show hemp produces four times more paper per acre than trees.

Everything was going pretty well for hemp until the 1930s. Due to its many uses, hemp became the target of a number of industries where it was a competitor of other resources. The cotton, lumber, and chemical companies all had a vested interest in eliminating hemp. Unfortunately, during that same time, Henry Anslinger had been appointed to head the newly formed Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

Anslinger was waging war against hemp’s cousin, marijuana. In a quest to outlaw marijuana use, The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was passed, which taxed all cannabis sales, including hemp. There was a slight resurgence of hemp production during

World War II, but this effort faded after the war.

In the 1970s, President Nixon worked with Congress to pass the Controlled Substances Act. Drugs were tiered according to harmfulness and potential abuse.

Interestingly, there was debate over which tier marijuana would be assigned, given studies that showed a disconnect between political opinions and research study results on the matter. Regarding hemp specifically, hemp contains less than 0.3 percent of THC (the psychotropic compound in cannabis). Therefore, it is virtually impossible to get “high” from consuming hemp. So, one could argue, hemp should not have been added to the list at all. Nevertheless, in the end, hemp was included along with marijuana on the Schedule 1 list of Controlled Substances along with heroin and LSD and has remained there ever since.

The most significant impact for hemp with the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill is that it removes industrial hemp from the Schedule 1 Controlled Substances List.

This opens the door for hemp to be used as a resource once again. Even back in 1938, Popular Mechanics wrote an article about how hemp could be used in 25,000 different products. (The times have

changed a little since then, so who knows how far the potential applications could reach.)

The most immediate and applicable use will likely be in the extraction of CBD (a non-psychotropic compound in hemp) for use in the growing “nutraceutical” industry. This is basically the over-thecounter hemp-based product you can buy for conditions ranging from insomnia to sore muscles. In addition, hemp seeds are being used in moisturizing lotions and shampoos. Companies producing these products have lived in fear of federal prosecution. While almost all states had pilot hemp programs, until the Farm Bill passed, hemp was still considered a controlled substance. This technicality made hemp producers at risk for federal prosecution. The new law abolishes that risk. CBD products are one of the fastest growing trends even with the former legislative ambiguity; now that hemp production is federally legal. I expect this trend to grow even faster.

Other provisions include interstate commerce and access to crop insurance for hemp farmers. The USDA will regulate hemp production, and producers will have to submit plans for approval either directly or through state agencies. The

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Pay level for women makes no cents In the two years since Donald Trump was elected, women across the country have staged some pretty impressive rallies to make their voices heard.

They marched on Washington, they launched the Me Jim Longworth Too Movement, and this past November Longworth they elected a record number of their at Large own gender to local, state, and federal offices. Mission accomplished, right? Not exactly. For example, last year, women’s groups spent a great deal of time shining a much-needed light on sexual harassment, and their protests netted results. Men in power who had sexually harassed or assaulted women were identified, fired, fined, tried, convicted, and otherwise disgraced for their behavior, while the rest of us guys

were schooled on what not to do or say to women, especially in the workplace.

All that’s well and good, but meanwhile, the most widespread abuse of women at work continues unabated--a systematic disparity in pay.

Late last year the Greensboro News & Record reported on a new study by the American Association of University Women, which detailed the level of pay disparities in every state. In North Carolina, women fare a bit better than the national average, but they still only earn about 84 cents for every dollar a man makes for doing the same job. Even worse, that pay gap isn’t projected to close until the year 2060. This, despite a number of laws that have been enacted over the years, should have fixed the problem by now.

In 1963, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act at a time when women were making 59 cents for every dollar a man earned. The problem is that, initially, the EPA only applied to women in blue collar jobs. In 1972, the Act was amended to cover women in white collar

jobs as well. But progress was still slow, and in 2009, President Obama signed into law the Fair Pay Act, which hasn’t made a dent in the problem either. In 2015, I wrote a column about this very topic, and at that time, women in North Carolina were making 83 cents to every dollar earned by men. Congratulations ladies, it’s nearly four years later, and you’ve closed the pay gap by a whole penny. So why aren’t we making more progress?

One reason pay disparity still exists is that none of the three Acts addressed the problem of how we calculate equal work. The original EPA was structured so that a woman with a grievance had to file a sex discrimination claim, and prove that she was making less money than a man who was doing the exact same work. But let’s say a man was asked to work overtime, and his female counterpart wasn’t. Their job descriptions may have been the same, yet she ended up making less money. It was a grievance she couldn’t win. On top of that, she may hold the same job as a man, but if he was

North Carolina Agricultural Extension has a website for industrial hemp (www. industrialhemp.ces.ncsu.edu/) as a resource for those interesting in producing the commodity. The website has a wealth of resources, and the agency is hosting a number of county events on the topic.

Further, North Carolina State University is set to offer its first industrial hemp course in 2019. Many people I have spoken with believe industrial hemp could lead to a resurgence in North Carolina agriculture.

Even though the Farm Bill has lifted huge hurdles in the hemp industry, there are still a number of factors regarding regulation. The FDA is responsible for regulating how CBD (or THC from cannabis) is used in foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. Given the legalization momentum over this year and now the Farm Bill, the FDA is developing procedures for lawful marketing of these products. While procedures at first could be cumbersome, I believe over time the process will become more efficient as the industry becomes more established.

Another investment consideration is that this new law affords hemp companies benefits that were previously prohibited such as access to banking and expense recognition for taxes. Further, general research on hemp (and marijuana) has been limited due to being listed on Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substanc-

es List. Again, the removal of hemp from Schedule 1 allows for more studies and research to be done by reputable institutions. This, of course, could be a doubleedged sword in that it could legitimize/expand the anecdotal and limited research to date or it could undermine it. Only time will tell.

The most interesting provision is that while CBD from hemp is now legal, CBD derived from cannabis is still illegal.

However, at this point (to my knowledge), there is no way to know whether or not the CBD was derived from one or the other. So how would a regulatory official, or DEA agent for that matter, know a company received its CBD extract from hemp or marijuana? So again, there remains a level of risk for hemp companies at this time.

Various cannabis companies are already talking about spinning off the hemp divisions of their companies to take advantage of the new legal status of hemp.

With the numerous uses of hemp (CBD, paper, clothing fiber, plastics, etc.), there are many investment implications and opportunities to research.

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reviewed by a male supervisor as having a higher level of productivity than the woman, then she was also out of luck.

The other reason that the gender pay gap still exists is that most companies are still run by men. According to a 2015 report by ThinkProgress.org, there are only 48 female CEOs heading up the top 1,000 corporations. That means only 4.8 percent of the top jobs in America are held by women. And even when women head up a company, chances are their board is still dominated by men. I’m not saying that male CEO’s are only hiring men, but, for the most part, a male executive isn’t going to be as sensitive to the problem of pay disparity as would a woman executive. Unless that dynamic changes or the Me Too Movement expands its mission to include salary harassment, or women take over Congress, then women in the workplace will have to endure another 41 years of “labor pains.” !

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I try not to waste people’s time,” said the singer/ songwriter Amanda Anne Platt. We were talking about her inclination to steer John Adamian clear of songs that dwell on her own @johnradamian personal struggles, in part because she Contributor doesn’t think her problems are terribly interesting. But Platt’s attitude about not wasting time also might relate to how she thinks about the passage of the hours, days and years.

I spoke to Platt last week by phone from her home in Asheville. She returns to the Muddy Creek Music Hall in WinstonSalem with her band the Honeycutters on Jan. 5. Platt was (and essentially still is) the frontwoman of the band the Honeycutters, a group that has called their music Appalachian honky tonk, a term that hinted at the mix of country, folk and rock, the non-Nashville nature of their sound.

In 2017, they released Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters, putting Platt’s name at the front, since she is the primary songwriter, singer and founding member.

The sound hasn’t changed much. (There’s less mandolin and more organ now.)

Platt’s singing is the clear centerpiece, assisted by the ache of pedal steel and the nudge of the drums.

Platt, 33, has a knack for songs about people who’ve lived life in a sort of fulltilt stupor, wringing everything out of it, maybe letting the years fly by more or less unaware, only to find that they’re standing at the last stretch of a journey, trying to make sense of where they’ve been and what they’ve done.

“Life’s too short not to get to the point,” sings Platt on “Rare Thing,” off the most recent record. It’s one of several songs Platt has about taking stock of the simple power of enduring love, the ability of people to make each other happy, to comfort one another. “All the time I thought I was wasting, I was just learning how to look into your eyes and say ‘I want you,’” she sings on “What We’ve Got.” But the love in her songs isn’t always of the abiding and rewarding kind. There are plenty of tunes about the ways that love makes us act like fools, putting up YES! WEEKLY

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with lies, neglect and worse. And there are songs about people who tell themselves that they’re done with love, only to realize that life has other plans for them.

The ways that life can lead us down surprise alleyways is something that interests Platt. She found herself making music almost by accident. Platt, who grew up outside of New York City, just North of the Bronx, moved to North Carolina about a dozen years ago.

She grew up surrounded by her parents’ first-rate record collection, steeped in the

Texas troubadour tradition and country classics as well as Broadway show tunes.

In college, she pursued religious studies (the themes of which occasionally show up in her songs) but found herself uninspired by the external directives to read and write. Platt moved to Asheville to study with a luthier. She liked the way the work or instrument building focused her energies. “It’s really therapeutic to be in one place and work on one piece of wood,” she said.

As she started performing her songs out

live, Platt eventually found that she was devoting more and more time to writing and singing.

“It didn’t occur to me that I was starting a music career,” Platt said. “It took me a while to acknowledge that I had actually made the leap into pursuing one.”

Platt’s said that songwriting is something she does and has done just as a way of making sense of life. She’s called it a coping mechanism. You get the feeling she’d be jotting down lines, tinkering with melodies and chord progressions.

“At this point, I have something like 200 songs that I haven’t recorded,” Platt said.

That’s in addition to five albums’ worth of songs that she has recorded. (There’s a live album in the works, too.)

Those songs include stories of forlorn barmaids, single moms who move off the

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At times Platt’s voice makes me think of singers such as Suzanne Vega and Laura Cantrell, vocalists who convey emotion without ever fully belting or cutting loose.

There’s a reserve or restraint that’s part of the smolder. You might also find Don McLean or the Jayhawks coming to mind, both in the timbre of Platt’s voice and in her phrasing and storytelling scope.

Platt’s music walks the line between the boot-scooting, whiskey-swilling, festive vibe and the darker meditations on how life can pass us by. The ways that people behave, the way they treat each other, and the way they carry themselves all have a lot to do with their own reaction

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to the realization that their time alive is limited. Character and temperament are a reflection of how people make sense of mortality. That’s universal.

“I want to focus on what makes us all human and what brings us all together.

And a lot of those experiences involve the passing of time,” Platt said. !

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505 N. Greene St Jan 4: Brittany Davis Jan 11: Tom Warren Jan 18: Craig Baldwin Jan 25: Starstruck

the blind tiger

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Jan 4: Leadsboro - The Triad’s Premier Lead Guitar Competition Jan 5: Enrage Against The Machine w/ Smash Hat Jan 6: Wristband Jan 18: Bobaflex w/ Prowess, Scars, Remain, & more Jan 19: The Breakfast Club Jan 25: Soapbox Arson reunion show w/ Something Clever, Trailer Park Orchestra, & Through All This Time Jan 26: Carter Winter w/ Dylan McCray Jan 31: Gaelic Storm Feb 1: The John Kadlecik Band Feb 6: Fade To Black: A Metallica Tribute Feb 7: Parmalee w/ Kasey Tyndall Feb 8: Sevendust w/ Tremonti, Cane Hill, Lullwater, Kirra Feb 9: Cosmic Charlie

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Jan 3: Live Thursdays

comedy zone

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Jan 24: Hodgetwins Feb 5: T.J. Miller

common groundS 11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.3888 Jan 11: Andrew Kasab Feb 2: Andrew Kasab

cone deNIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Jan 10: Riley Green Jan 17: Badfish: Sublime Tribute Jan 26: Young Dolph Mar 15: Ben Rector Apr 9: Cradle of Filth w/ Wdnesday 13 and Raven Black Apr 10: Chris D’Elia Apr 13: Walker Hayes w/ Filmore

greene street club

113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111 Jan 25: The Invasion of City Girls

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502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Dec 28: Kenyon Adamcik and Maddie Wiener Dec 31: New Year’s Fun/Show and Countdown Jan 4: 30 First Jokes Of The New Year Jan 5: Standup 101 Jan 11: NC’s Funniest

the W BISTRO & BAR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown Jan 3: Karaoke Jan 4: Live DJ Jan 5: Live DJ

high point

ham’s new garden

after hours tavern

LEVENELEVEN BREWING

GOOFY FOOT TAPROOM

1635 New Garden Rd | 336.288.4544 hamsrestaurants.com 1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 Jan 2: Sam Bailey Jan 9: Jamie Anderson and Gavin Douglas Jan 16: Alex Culbreth Jan 23: Bobbie Needham Jan 30: Josh Watson Feb 6: John Stevens Feb 13: William Nesmith Feb 20: Doug Baker Feb 27: Tony Low

Listen Speakeasy 433 Spring Garden St

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 Jan 3: David Childers Quartet

RODY’S tavern

5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 rodystavern.com

somewhere else tavern

5713 W Friendly Ave | 336.292.5464 facebook.com/thesomewhereelsetavern

Speakeasy Tavern

1706 Battleground Ave | 336.378.0006

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the idiot box comedy club

1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net

2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Jan 12: Tyler Long

ham’s palladium 5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com

jamestown

the deck

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com Jan 4: Radio Revolver Jan 5: Gipsy Danger Jan 11: Men in Black Jan 12: Soul Central Jan 18: Cory Leutjen and The Traveling Blues Band Jan 19: The Dickens Jan 25: Jaxon Jill Jan 26: Brothers Pearl

kernersville

dance hall daze

612 Edgewood St | 336.558.7204 dancehalldaze.com Jan 4: Skyryder Jan 5: Jimmy Shirley Band Jan 11: The Delmonicos Jan 12: Silverhawk Jan 18: Skyryder Jan 19: The Delmonicos Jan 25: The Delmonicos Jan 26: Ambush

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BREathE CoCktail loungE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge Jan 5: DJ Mike lawson Jan 12: DJ Mike lawson

lewisville

olD niCk’S puB

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Jan 12: Big Bump Jan 19: Dante’s Roadhouse Jan 26: unchained

MillEnniuM CEntER 101 West 5th Street | 336.723.3700 MCenterevents.com

MilnER’S

630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Jan 6: live Jazz

MuDDY CREEk CaFE & MuSiC hall

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Jan 5: amanda anne platt & the honeycutters

Jan 6: Mean Mary “and the Beat goes on” Concert Series Jan 10: Jonathan Byrd & the pickup Cowboys Jan 11: goodfellers Jan 12: the get Right Band Jan 17: albert lee Jan 18: albert lee Jan 19: Sarah Siskind w/ BEth Wood

thE RaMkat

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Jan 11: lonesome River Jan 12: kelsey Waldon, none of the above

Jan 15: the Wood Brothers, priscilla Renea Feb 2: Who’s Bad: the ultimate Michael Jackson Experience Feb 9: Between the Buried and Me, tesseract, astronoid

WiSE Man BREWing

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 Jan 9: BadCameo Jan 19: the Freeway Revival Feb 8: the trongone Band

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CoaCh’S nEighBoRhooD gRill

1033 Randolph St. Suite 26 | 336.313.8944 coachsneighborhoodgrill.com

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SEConD & gREEn

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com Jan 7: pit Stops For hope

Bull’S tavERn

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern

CB’S tavERn

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Jan 12: pat adkins Dance party

FiDDlin’ FiSh BREWing CoMpanY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Jan 7: old time Jam Jan 11: David Childers Jan 14: old time Jam Jan 17: lisa Saint Jan 18: Souljam Jan 21: old time Jam Jan 28: old time Jam Feb 1: Circus Mutt

Finnigan’S WakE

620 Trade St | 336.723.0322 facebook.com/FinnigansWake

FoothillS BREWing

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Dec 26: the local Boys Dec 29: Big pump & the Stun gunz Jan 2: greg Wilson and Second Wind Jan 5: aBC trio Jan 6: Sunday Jazz Jan 9: David via Jan 12: Men in Black www.yesweekly.com

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BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 Regency Pkwy | 919.462.2025 www.boothamphitheatre.com

CHARLOTTE

BOJANGLES COLISEUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.bojanglescoliseum.com

CMCU AMPHITHEATRE former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com

THE FILLMORE

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.fillmorecharlottenc.com Jan 5: Face 2 Face - Tribute to Billy Joel & Elton John Jan 5: Chicago Rewired & Reo Survivor Jan 10: Lake Street Dive w/ Mikaela Davis Jan 11: Enrage Against The Machine Jan 12: Listen Local Series

[Luke Combs] Feb 2 Greensboro Coliseum Jan 12: Cherub Jan 15: Silverstein Jan 16: The Amity Affliction & Senses Fail Jan 17: Jesse McCartney Jan 18: Scotty McCreery Jan 19: Badfish Jan 19: B.simone Jan 20: Dave East Jan 21: Comethazine Jan 25: Space Jesus Jan 26: Greensky Bluegrass Jan 26: Pop Evil

Jan 27: Young Dolph Jan 30: Locash Feb 4: Kongos Feb 8: Walk The Moon Feb 9: Bryce Vine Feb 10: Yung Gravy Feb 12: St. Paul & The Broken Bones Feb 19: Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals Feb 20: Alan Walker Feb 22: Mike Stud Feb 22: Who’s Bad Feb 23: Dylan Scott Feb 23: Off With Your Radiohead Feb 26: Gin Blossoms Feb 28: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

PNC MUSIC PAVILION 707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com

OVENS AUDITORIUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.ovensauditorium.com Mar 15: Experience Hendrix

TWC ARENA

333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.timewarnercablearena.com Jan 8: Justin Timberlake

DURHAM

CAROLINA THEATRE

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Jan 11: Gregory All Isakov Jan 27: Ladysmith Black Mambazo Feb 9: The Fab Four Feb 15: Susana Baca Feb 21: Johnny Cash at San Quentin: Johnny Folsom 4 & Friends Feb 28: Aaron Lewis Mar 3: Justin Hayward

DPAC

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com Jan 19: Chris Thile Jan 31: Toni Braxton Feb 1: Mandolin Orange Feb 20: Alan Parsons Feb 21: The Piano Guys Feb 22 & 23: Rock of Ages Mar 5: James Bay

GREENSBORO

CAROLINA THEATRE

310 S Greene St | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Jan 12: The Glenn Miller Orchestra Jan 12: Dr. Bacon w/ Viva La Muerte YES! WEEKLY

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Jan 19: NuBlue & Sideline Jan 20: The Drifters, The Platters, & Cornell Gunter’s Coasters Jan 22: Postmodern Jukebox Feb 1: Arlo Guthrie Feb 1: Vagabond Saints’ Society Feb 3: Chatham Rabbits Feb 7: Drew & Ellie Holcomb Feb 16: Seth Walker Mar 6: Travis Greene Mar 7: The Chieftains Mar 8: Puddles Pity Party

GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Feb 2: Luke Combs Feb 23: Winter Jam Mar 15 & 16: Eric Church

WHITE OAK AMPITHEATRE

1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com

HIGH POINT

HIGH POINT THEATRE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Jan 27: Christian Howes Feb 14: Branford Marsalis Quartet Mar 8: Gina Chavez Mar 10: The Queen’s Cartoonists

RALEIGH

CCU MUSIC PARK AT WALNUT CREEK

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.831.6400 www.livenation.com

RED HAT AMPHITHEATER 500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com

PNC ARENA

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Jan 6: Justin Timberlake Jan 27: Cher Jan 28: Metallica Mar 12: Elton John

WINSTON-SALEM

WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUND 421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236 www.wsfairgrounds.com

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[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Investigate carefully before agreeing to assist a friend or colleague with a personal problem.

There might be hidden factors that could emerge later that will create problems for you.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Avoid creating unnecessary fuss over a situation you don’t approve of. If it’s going to work, it will do so despite your objections. If it fails, it will do so without a push from you.

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Your decision to work with an associate rather than go it alone, as you first proposed, brings an unexpected bonus.

Be careful not to be judgmental. Allow for free and open discussion.

ary 19) Working with a trusted colleague could open your mind to exploring some considerations you previously dismissed out of hand. The weekend brings news from a loved one.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)

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A loved one’s health problem could, once again, make demands on your time and attention. But this time, make some demands of your own, and insist that others pitch in and help.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November

21) This is a good time for the traditionally staid Scorpion to plan adjustments in your day-to-day schedules. Be more flexible and allow for more impromptu, off-thecuff actions.

18) Resolving a recent problem leaves you in a good position to strengthen your influence on how things get done. But continue to encourage ideas and suggestions from others.

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new friend suggests an interesting opportunity. But check it out before you snap at it. It might be a good deal for some people, but it might not work in helping you reach your goals.

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[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This week favors what Taureans dote on — namely, love and money. Look for more meaningful relationships for both singles and pairs, as well as an improved financial outlook.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) All lingering shreds of that recent bout with boredom are dissipated as you eagerly accept a challenging offer. Your positive mood persuades others to join you in this venture.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might need validation for a possible solution to a situation involving someone close to you. Consider asking a trusted friend or relative to help you with this problem. © 2019 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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I’m the female author of a funny memoir about sex addiction and relationships.

Unfortunately, I now have male readers asking me on dates Amy Alkon via email, even if they don’t live in this Advice country! To put it Goddess politely, few are men I’d ever be interested in. Also, it feels creepy to be asked out because somebody read all about my sex life. How do I kindly turn them down? — Disturbed Some will say you should be flattered that these men are showing interest.

These people don’t quite get that men hitting on you because they read your sex addiction memoir are appealing on the level of a barista who hits on you by drawing a penis and a question mark in your latte.

As for your observation that most of these guys are attempting to date out of their league, men actually seem to have evolved to try to do that — to be all “As I see it, those Victoria’s Secret Angels just haven’t met the right chronically unemployed, creatively hygienic neckbeard who still lives with his mother.”

This seemingly delusional overconfidence in men on the prowl aligns with how evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss observe that

both men and women seem to have evolved to sometimes perceive the world inaccurately — seeing our opportunities or potential danger in beneficially distorted ways. This sometimes involves over-perception — erring on the side of seeing more than what’s actually there — and it sometimes involves under-perception, seeing less than what’s actually there.

Because, for a woman, having sex can lead to nine months of soccer ball-like ankles and other pregnancy fun, plus (eventually) a child to feed, women seem to have evolved a protective bias toward underperceiving men’s level of commitment. Men, on the other hand, have a chance to pass on their genes every time they have sex. So they tend to have a sexual-overperception bias — seeing signs of mere friendliness or even utter apathy as “This babe wants me! Yepperoo. Hot for bridge troll!”

That’s probably what’s going on here — men erring on the side of “ya never know!” Let them down with dignity. Treat them as if they have value as men and human beings, with something like “I wish I could, but I’m sorry to say, I have a firm policy that I never date readers.”

But perhaps a better first option would be to answer only the part of the email about the book, totally ignoring the part where they gracefully ask you out: “I really enjoyed your book, and now I’d like to enjoy you!”

sometimes says my apologies don’t count because of the tone of voice I use when I say “I’m sorry.” She said I sound “resentful instead of apologetic.” Shouldn’t she just accept the apology and not split hairs like this? — Man In Apology Doghouse Ideally, your tone of voice in apologizing simply communicates “I’m sorry” and not “I’m sorry you’re such a total idiot about this.”

Whenever you speak, the emotional packaging — your tone and attitude — is an integral part of the message. That’s because, as evolutionary psychologist Laith Al-Shawaf and his colleagues explain, one function of human emotions is to act as signals, broadcasting our feelings, perceptions, and intentions. Accordingly, an apology in a snarly package — words of regret delivered in a resentful tone — reads not as an apology but as an evasion of responsibility in an apology suit.

For an apology to count for us psychologically — allow us to let go of our hurt and anger and move on — it needs to be backed with sincere remorse. This isn’t to say you have to throw yourself weeping

at a person’s feet because you left the toothpaste cap-free for the 500 millionth time. Your tone just needs to translate to a sort of pledge to try to do better — which suggests that you value the person and the relationship, which allows them to trust you going forward.

But let’s say you’re snarling “sorry!” because you feel whatever was expected of you (that you fell short of) was ultimately unfair. In that case, it’s better to instead say, “I see you’re feeling upset” or “hurt” — “...and I think there’s a misunderstanding here that we need to discuss.” If things are too heated in the moment, you can ask to talk in a few minutes or an hour or whatever. This tack is sure to have a far better outcome than the classic unapologetic apology — “I insincerely apologize for the thing you say I did” — which tends to be met with “I’m so sorry you’ll be taking this mildewy army blanket and going out and sleeping on the lawn chair...indefinitely.” !

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