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Recipe Alert: Nutty Dark Chocolate Nourishing Squares (Healthy Treats!)

Hello Steemit! These tasty goodies have become my recent go-to. Like many of you, my husband and I have crazy schedules and are always on the go. Any convenient...

An Officer's Take: Mental Illness, Bureaucracy, and Training.

[Disclaimer: Due to my Department's restrictive internal disciplinary policies regarding their personnel's expression of personal opinion, certain details and a...

An Officer's Take: Thoughts on "No Country for Old Men", Chaos, and Human Resourcefulness.

Anton Chigurh, the main antagonist in Cormac Mcarthy's "No Country for Old Men". Order v.s. Chaos [Disclaimer: Spoilers ahead. If you haven't seen No Country fo...

Tips & Tricks: BACKBENDS (Yoga!)

Being able to do a backbend was a major goal of mine right after college. I was just starting to dabble in yoga and a proper backbend to me then was what a hand...

Using Instincts to Spot Opportunities

Yesterday I met with film and commercial director @dougkarr for what turned out to be an insanely exciting conversation. We discussed a project which doesn't ju...

An Officer's Take: Robots. Cops of the Future?

Knightscope: The Future is Now Knightscope is a robotics company that focuses on producing and maintaining autonomous security robots. While their initial model...

An Officer's Take: Thoughts on "The CSI Effect". Television v.s. Reality.

[Disclaimer: Due to my Department's restrictive internal disciplinary policies regarding their personnel's expression of personal opinion, certain details and a...

An Officer's Take: Thoughts on Libertarian Criminal Justice and Asset Forfeiture

[Disclaimer: Due to my Department's restrictive internal disciplinary policies regarding their personnel's expression of personal opinion, certain details and a...

Ghost and The Darkness: Tsavo Lions at the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History

The Lions of Tsavo While this exhibit is only one of thousands of beautiful, infinitely interesting specimens on display at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural Hi...

On top of a mountain in Mallorca - Original Content

The title is because of the photo, just sayin' that now, cause I ramble on for quite a while in this one. So I'm gonna make my goal of posting on Steemit at lea...

An Officer's Take: Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street, NYPD Executives, and Body-Cams.

[Disclaimer: Due to my Department's restrictive internal disciplinary policies regarding their personnel's expression of personal opinion, certain details and a...

Photos: Jackson Hole, WY

Given today is the Fourth of July (Happy Birthday America!). I thought it fitting to share images of one of my most favorite places in the US. Jackson Hole, WY....

Happy Fourth of July from Brooklyn!

Happy Fourth fellow Steemians- I took these pictures last year from a friend's rooftop in downtown Brooklyn, as I just couldn't help myself since we were so clo...

Recipe Alert: Fire-Roasted Eggplant Salad

I love having friends who like to eat as much as I do. Especially when they can cook. One of our favorite couples to hang with had us over recently for a BBQ. E...

An Officer's Take: Due Process, Administrative Subpoenas, and You.

[Disclaimer: Due to my Department's restrictive internal disciplinary policies regarding their personnel's expression of personal opinion, certain details and a...

Cocoa Able To Counteract Cognitive Decline Says New Study

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/12/05/05/14/cocoa-powder-18831081280.jpg According to a recent study that was published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition...

Poachers Wrecking Havoc on Zimbawe Wild life.

When Cecil the lion died at the hands of an America dentist Walter Palmer it ignited worldwide outrage, activists and high profile celebrities alike calling for...

Sharing this isn’t easy for me, and I’m not comfortable about it. But this community has become so important to @girlbeforemirror (my wife) over the past year that I think I should. I’m sharing this here as some of you have gotten to know her.

Perhaps you are aware that Marg (aka @girlbeforemirror) has been struggling with a spinal injury for about a year. For @girlbeforemirror steemit has become a sa...

An Officer's Take: Thoughts on Broken Windows Theory and Legalizing Marijuana

[Disclaimer: Due to my Department's restrictive internal disciplinary policies regarding their personnel's expression of personal opinion, certain details and a...

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This promotion works simply. This is what you have to do to get my upvote that's worth about $1: 1. Upvote this post (+50% ) 2. Resteem this post 3. Follow me p...