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Science is hope. I believe that whole-heartedly. After all, this discovery alone gives tons of hope to several human beings out there. Do not give hope! If single-celled organisms displayed some form of intelligence, then there's definitely yet hope for you!
According to Science Daily, a group of scientists recently decided to test out the learning abilities of a simple organism, the protist, or slime mold, and they were fascinated by the outcome. Turns out, it exhibits of form of learning known as habituation. So the scientists at the Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animal at the Universite Toulouse III, exposed 4 groups of slime mold to different situations, sort of like an obstacle course. The slime mold was surprisingly endowed with some amazing learning skills, such as solving a maze, avoiding traps, and optimizing nutrition.
So the four slime mold groups were exposed to a 9-day challenge that included obstacles from difficult but harmless substances to pass in order to reach their food. Two groups were confronted by a bridge with quinine, one group was confronted with caffeine, and the last was the control group. At first, the three groups seemed hesitant to pass through the substance; however, they gradually learned that the substance was harmless and by day 6, they were passing the substance as fast as the control group. This, according to the scientists, is habituation. Then, after 2 days without contact with the obstacle they returned to the initial state of distrust. Furthermore, the habituation of the slime mold was substance specific; meaning, the slime mold that was habituated to caffeine showed distrust to quinine, and vice versa.
This form of learning exists in all animals, but it is the first time that it is observed in non-neural organisms. Learning and memory are key skills for every animal to survive in a fluctuating and often dangerous environment. However, prior to this study, any learning skills were associated with organisms that were endowed with a brain and a nervous system. This discovery will help scientists shed some life on the origins of learning, in the times billions of years ago, when we also were brainless. Furthermore, it will help scientists figure out whether other single-celled organisms, such as viruses and bacteria, also possess the same learning ability.

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In early June of 2015, Stephen "Stepto" Toulouse fell into a coma due to an underlying medical condition. For a week it was unknown whether he would live or die, and signs pointed to the latter. Thankfully he woke up and recovered, and his first thought was "How can I make this funny?"
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I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Prabowo Subianto, a former special forces commander, kicked off his party's campaign for legislative elections with a rally last weekend that the local news media characterized as "military style." He rode into a Jakarta stadium in a jeep to greet the party faithful, mounted a horse to circle the grounds and paraded before uniformed party cadres standing at attention.
Despite widespread allegations that he took part in some of Indonesia's worst human rights abuses during his time as a military officer, Mr. Prabowo — who has announced his candidacy for president — is not playing down his military credentials in a country that many see as craving a strong leader.
But Mr. Prabowo's candidacy has raised deep concerns among rights activists in Indonesia and abroad. They note that the country's human rights commission recommended that he be prosecuted in the alleged abductions of pro-democracy activists in the late 1990s, during the final months of the military-backed government of President Suharto, his father-in-law at the time.
Mr. Prabowo's attempt to become the country's second directly elected president has also put the Obama administration in a difficult position.
Mr. Prabowo, who graduated from American military training programs in the 1980s and is an admirer of the United States, has for years made it clear that he would like to meet with high-level American officials. So far, the United States has demurred.
"The sensitivity comes from the extremely close association between the U.S. and Indonesian militaries during the atrocities the Indonesian military committed," said Jeffrey Winters, a professor of political science at Northwestern University, adding that the administration appears to be banking on Mr. Prabowo's losing or on patching up any bruised feelings if he wins.
"Indonesia is far too strategically important to the U.S. to have frosty relations between the countries," Mr. Winters said. It not only has strong economic and security ties to the United States, it also has the world's largest Muslim population.
For the moment, Mr. Prabowo, of the Great Indonesia Movement Party, has been polling behind Joko Widodo, the popular governor of Jakarta who has made his name as a squeaky-clean leader who tackles popular issues like education and Jakarta's chronic traffic. But the presidential election is still months away — in July, after next month's legislative election — and the charismatic Mr. Prabowo, 62, has many ardent supporters at the grass-roots level, as well as among powerful businessmen and retired military commanders.
Allegations against Mr. Prabowo extend back to his early career, when he was a young officer in the 1980s in East Timor, where an armed movement was fighting Indonesian occupation. Some human rights groups called for an investigation over allegations that he ordered the massacre of nearly 300 civilians. Mr. Prabowo has vehemently denied being on the scene of the massacre or having any involvement in it.
Later accusations center on his time as one of Indonesia's most powerful military men under Mr. Suharto. Human rights groups say Mr. Prabowo, then a three-star general, was responsible for the abduction and torture of 23 pro-democracy activists in 1997 and 1998, and for orchestrating riots in May 1998 — just days before Mr. Suharto resigned as president — that resulted in more than 1,000 deaths and the rapes of at least 168 women.
A government-appointed fact-finding team established by Mr. Suharto's successor reported that Mr. Prabowo had met in his office with military, government and political figures during the riots. That stoked speculation that they had plotted to use the crisis as a way for Mr. Prabowo to take over the crumbling government in a coup. Mr. Prabowo denies any such plot and, in a recent interview, said he could have "taken over if I wanted to."
A member of the fact-finding team, Marzuki Darusman, said, "To be fair, it's all circumstantial, and it's still unresolved."
In 2006, the National Commission on Human Rights released a report saying 11 people, including Mr. Prabowo, should be prosecuted in the activists' abductions. The attorney general's office, which has shied away from most investigations of Suharto-era abuses, declined that request.
The abductions case did end Mr. Prabowo's military career. He was discharged in August 1998 for "exceeding orders" by arresting the activists, some of whom, according to Mr. Prabowo, had bomb-making equipment. While he accepted responsibility as a senior officer for the torture of nine of the activists, he has said he did not order it and has denied any knowledge about the disappearances of the other 14.
"The main thing about Prabowo is, he's never been investigated, let alone prosecuted, for the long list of things he's been linked to," said Matthew Easton, a former program director for Human Rights First, an organization based in the United States. "His actual command responsibility needs to be investigated."
Mr. Prabowo argues that he has been made a scapegoat for the abuses committed by the military during Mr. Suharto's 32 years in power.
"I've never been indicted for anything; it's always innuendos, always allegations," he said, speaking fluent English in the recent interview. "My critics always say I am a threat to democracy, blah, blah, blah. I believe in democracy and in human rights."
The United States — which had worried about Indonesia's stability amid American fears of Communist takeovers in Southeast Asia — had supported Mr. Suharto, but appeared to begin to distance itself from him and figures like Mr. Prabowo after Mr. Suharto lost power.
The State Department denied Mr. Prabowo a visa in 2000 to attend his son's university graduation in Boston, although it has never explained why. And as Mr. Prabowo's political career took off over the last six years, successive American ambassadors have given him a wide berth even as other foreign diplomats have met with him and as his brother, a prominent businessman, made several trips to Washington to appeal for opening a dialogue.
Lower-level United States officials have met with members of Mr. Prabowo's circle, though not with him, according to one of his party's officials.
A State Department spokeswoman recently appeared to suggest that Mr. Prabowo was not being singled out, saying the United States ambassador, Robert O. Blake, "has no plans to meet with declared candidates." And at a recent gathering organized by the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club, Mr. Blake said, "Whoever is elected, we will gladly work with."
But the decision not to meet with Mr. Prabowo before the election stands in contrast to the American approach in India, where the ambassador broke nine years of American estrangement with Narendra Modi, whose party is leading in polls, by holding a publicized meeting with him in February. The State Department had revoked Mr. Modi's visa in 2005 over his alleged role in sectarian violence in Gujarat.
Political analysts say generational change and Mr. Prabowo's charm help explain why he is considered a strong candidate. Many of the tens of millions of young Indonesian voters do not remember much about the Suharto days, while many older voters contend that army commanders were just trying to keep the fractious archipelago intact.
Mr. Prabowo also has won fans in business, in part for his decisiveness. After he spoke at a gathering last year with Indonesian business leaders and Jakarta-based American executives, "half of them wanted to vote for him right there, even the foreigners who can't vote," said one American who attended.
As for the chances of a falling-out with Indonesia if Mr. Prabowo wins, analysts say that is unlikely. They note that Mr. Prabowo remains an American supporter despite the cold shoulder. Barry Desker, a former Singaporean ambassador to Indonesia, said he expected the United States to exercise the same pragmatism it has in India if Mr. Prabowo emerged as the front-runner.
"The State Department would re-establish direct contacts with Prabowo," Mr. Desker predicted, "and will not pursue allegations of human rights abuses."


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Chicken and broccoli is a simple as it gets. Served over steamed jasmine rice, this was a common weekend lunch growing up. Mom would heat some oil with ginger and garlic in her wok, then add thinly sliced chicken. Once the chicken was cooked she would remove it from the pan, and add the broccoli florets. A splash of water would deglaze the pan and steam the broccoli. Then Mom would return the chicken to the pan and add a thin slurry of corn starch to thicken the sauce.
I had a busy morning of running errands, by the time I got home, my stomach was grumbling badly. This was a satisfying meal that came together quickly. On the Atkins phase 1, there is no rice or corn starch. So instead of having dry chicken and broccoli, I added kim chee (korean pickled cabbage) and a little tamari (wheat free soy sauce) to make it more saucy. The kim chee lended a briny spicy flavor, and the tamari gave it a rich earthiness.
INGREDIENTS, single serving
1-2 Tbsp. canola, grapeseed, or other neutral oil
1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
1/2 tsp. minced ginger
6 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breast, sliced
2 cups broccoli florets
1/2 cup kim chee
up to 1 Tbsp. tamari, to taste
Add oil, garlic, and ginger to a cold wok or saute pan. Heat the pan over high heat until the garlic and ginger starts to sizzle.
Season the chicken with a little salt, and add to the pan. Cook the chicken quickly, keeping the pieces moving a wooden spoon or chopsticks so they cook evenly.
When the chicken is almost cooked through, add the broccoli and kim chee. Be careful as the liquid in the kim chee will cause the hot oil in the pan to spatter. Steam until the broccoli turns bright green and is cooked through. Add a little water to the pan if necessary to steam the vegetables.
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It is estimated that 10% of the population is affected by sensorineural or """"""""nerve"""""""" deafness that usually arises from sensory hair cell loss or damage. Sensory deficits resulting from hair cell loss have been considered irreversible because the production of human hair cells ceases before birth. In contrast, hair cells are produced postembryonically in the ears of cold-blooded and some warm-blooded vertebrates (birds), and thousands of new hair cells can be replaced through trauma-evoked regenerative proliferation. Findings showing that supporting cells can proliferate in the balance organs of mature mammals and auditory organ of neonatal mammals under certain circumstances suggest that hair cell regeneration may be inducible in the human ear someday. In order to develop clinical therapies that will bring about hair cell regeneration in the human ear, we must identify the cellular and molecular signals responsible for triggering the regenerative proliferation of inner ear supporting cells after hair cell death, and determine how these cells go on to form hair cells. The goal of the proposed research is to identify factors that regulate regenerative replacement of hair cells in the ears of warm-blooded vertebrates during postembryonic life. This application proposes to investigate the following hypotheses: 1) Members of the TGF2 superfamily regulate progenitor cell proliferation in mature inner ear sensory receptor epithelia, and 2) Robust regenerative proliferation of progenitor cells in mature inner ear sensory epithelia may require a simultaneous release from tonic negative regulation coupled with mitogenic signaling by the TGF2 pathway. These hypotheses will be tested using a combination of techniques, including cell culture, quantitative RT-PCR, cell localization, and mouse genetics.
Inner ear sensory hair cell loss in humans is permanent and cumulative, whereas non-mammalian vertebrates robustly make new hair cells to replace those that have been lost after damage. We seek to identify ways to stimulate hair cell regeneration in humans by inducing cells in the mature sensory receptor epithelia to proliferate. We are investigating the role of transforming growth factor beta (TGF2) signaling in regulating the proliferation of progenitor cells in mature inner ear sensory epithelia.
|Luo, Chuan; Omelchenko, Irina; Manson, Robert et al. (2015) Direct Intracochlear Acoustic Stimulation Using a PZT Microactuator. Trends Hear 19:
|Oesterle, Elizabeth C (2013) Changes in the adult vertebrate auditory sensory epithelium after trauma. Hear Res 297:91-8
|Oesterle, Elizabeth C; Chien, Wei-Ming; Campbell, Sean et al. (2011) p27(Kip1) is required to maintain proliferative quiescence in the adult cochlea and pituitary. Cell Cycle 10:1237-48
|Lin, Vincent; Golub, Justin S; Nguyen, Tot Bui et al. (2011) Inhibition of Notch activity promotes nonmitotic regeneration of hair cells in the adult mouse utricles. J Neurosci 31:15329-39
|McCullar, Jennifer S; Ty, Sidya; Campbell, Sean et al. (2010) Activin potentiates proliferation in mature avian auditory sensory epithelium. J Neurosci 30:478-90
|Lentz, Jennifer J; Gordon, William C; Farris, Hamilton E et al. (2010) Deafness and retinal degeneration in a novel USH1C knock-in mouse model. Dev Neurobiol 70:253-67
|McCullar, Jennifer S; Oesterle, Elizabeth C (2009) Cellular targets of estrogen signaling in regeneration of inner ear sensory epithelia. Hear Res 252:61-70
|Oesterle, Elizabeth C; Campbell, Sean (2009) Supporting cell characteristics in long-deafened aged mouse ears. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 10:525-44
|Oesterle, Elizabeth C; Campbell, Sean; Taylor, Ruth R et al. (2008) Sox2 and JAGGED1 expression in normal and drug-damaged adult mouse inner ear. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 9:65-89
|Bermingham-McDonogh, Olivia; Oesterle, Elizabeth C; Stone, Jennifer S et al. (2006) Expression of Prox1 during mouse cochlear development. J Comp Neurol 496:172-86
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Choosing a traditional bow is a personal decision, and you should answer these 4 questions before dropping the string.
Remembering your first is always easy. Your first car, first teacher, first date, first deer, or first whatever. They just have a way of sticking in your memory. It's the same with your first traditional bow. It's something you'll always remember. I can remember the first time I held a real traditional bow in my hand and the feeling I got when the arrows launched from the string. Looking back now I'm sure the salesman had better things to do for that half hour, but he cheerfully stuck around anyways and discussed archery with me.
I also remember thinking there was an awful lot the consider when choosing a traditional bow. I knew little of the differences between bows and what to be looking for. In fact a few of the questions I asked that happy salesman probably surprised the heck out of him.
If you're choosing a traditional bow, and need a bit of direction, here are a few things to consider.
The first thing you'll need to understand is the basic differences between the types of traditional bows. When browsing most retail outlets you'll likely find two main groups of traditional bows; longbows and recurves. Longbows are very simple and are a straight, and long, bow. Recurves have an obvious curvature of the limbs both when the bow is strung and unstrung. As you can imagine, this curve is what gives the bow is name.
The main difference between longbows and recurves is the power and speed of the bow. All things equal, a recurve bow will shooting faster and provide more power than a longbow. The secret is in the recurved limbs. Since the limbs naturally rest toward the back of the bow, they will store more energy than a longbow. This allows more energy to be imparted to the arrow upon the shot.
Other differences between the bows are less pronounced and seem more personal in nature. Some people argue that longbow is more forgiving than a recurve, while others believe a recurve can be more accurate. Odds are that with practice you'll become comfortable with whatever style of bow you shoot.
Before choosing a traditional bow for the first time you'll want to think about the purpose the bow will have. Will it be a hunting bow or a target bow? Are you trying to get competitive or just want to shoot one for kicks? Different trad bows out there are best suited for different purposes. Having an idea of what you want to do will make your shopping a bit easier.
If you are looking to get into target shooting you'll probably want to buy a modern target recurve bow. Recurve bows are the bows used by top target shooters in the world like US Olympic bronze medalist Brady Ellison. These bows are designed specifically for target shooters and are often dubbed as ILF bows. ILF simply means International Limb Fit, which means any ILF limbs (the parts of the bow that bend) will fit any ILF riser (the part of the bow you hold). When buying a target bow you may need to purchase a riser and limbs separately.
If you are buying a traditional bow for hunting you will probably be looking to buy a longbow, or a more simple recurve. Although you certainly can hunt with a target bow, it's not very common and not what they are designed for. Hunting bows generally don't accept as many accessories and oftentimes are made from wood while some are still made from composite materials. That being said, they are well-designed for the task of hunting animals in the field.
The next thing you'll need to consider when choosing a traditional bow is the poundage you'll want to shoot. This will once again relate to the type of shooting you will be doing. Target shooters generally shoot a lower poundage than hunters, with 50# being a high weight for target shooters. On the other hand, most hunters don't start talking about hunting with a bow unless it is 45# or greater. Some states even have laws about the minimum bow weight you can use to hunt large game with. You'll need to learn about your specific state laws if you're looking to hunt.
Generally though there is one main guideline for choosing bow weight. That is, lighter draw weights are easier to draw, hold, and aim steady. This allows you to be more accurate, especially while you are developing muscles and form. On the other hand, heavier weights give arrows a flatter trajectory. This makes aiming easier because you have to compensate less for arrow drop during the shot. People have been successful in all arenas shooting heavy and light bows, so deciding on poundage is another personal decision. In my opinion new shooters are best to start out with a lighter bow so they develop good shooting techniques.
Finally when choosing a traditional bow you'll likely want to consider your budget for the purchase. Lots of traditional bows would be great for just kicking around, beating up, and having fun with. These bows retail for very affordable prices, but won't give you a quality bow. On the other hand, some bows come with a hefty price tag, but offer some of the finest engineering, materials, and performance in the world. There are also lots of options in the middle that can provide a great shooting experience without skipping a mortgage payment.
Choosing a traditional bow is a highly personal decision. You need to consider what style you want, what you'll be using it for, the poundage you want to shoot, and fit it all into your budget. One you've got your bow in hand though you'll have an entire new world opened up to you. Archery has primal excitement and majesty whatever you decide to shoot. Your first step into this world will be one you'll always remember.


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An exfoliation technique that uses a diamond tip wand to slough off dead skin cells on the skin's surface. This procedure reveals a fresh new layer of skin and can treat fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, sun damage, and age spots. You will be able to see immediate improvement in your appearance and notice rejuvenated skin. These "lunch hour" treatments are often done in a series and may be done in conjunction with a chemical peel to rejuvenate your skin further.
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Chemical Peels
A chemical peel uses a chemical solution to smooth the texture of the facial skin by removing its damaged outer layer. The resurfacing technique reduces the appearance of blemishes, wrinkles, age spots, uneven skin color and acne scarring. Chemical peels are non-invasive and usually require minimal downtime. Our Aestheticians will customize a treatment plan specifically for you! A series of treatments is generally recommended to achieve desired results.
VI Chemical Peels
The Vi Peel is a revolutionary new treatment designed to tone skin, reduce discoloration and stimulate collagen production for a more youthful appearance. Containing a synergistic blend of safe, effective ingredients, Vi Peel is designed to reveal radiant, younger-looking skin in about a week. Vi Peel is appropriate for virtually any skin type and requires no preparation. This peel is painless, yet produces dramatic, visible results in just days. Each treatment includes a specially formulated post peel kit for you to take home.
PhotoRejuvenation/ IPL (Offered only at Peoria office)
PhotoRejuvenation Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) aka Photofacial is the use of intense pulsed light energy to selectively destroy freckles, sun damage and tiny blood vessels within the skin. It is also a great service for people suffering from mild Rosacea and erythema (redness) in the skin. Typically results will be seen in about 4-6 treatments with very minimal downtime.
Laser Vascular Reduction
Why suffer from unsightly veins on the face and legs? The long pulsed Nd:YAG laser will diminish the appearance of existing veins. The laser light is delivered through the skin and into the vein. The energy is absorbed and the vein walls collapse and seal shut. Eliminating veins with laser is safe, quick and effective for most individuals. Treatments work best on smaller veins.
Laser Hair Reduction
Laser hair reduction can remove your unwanted hair from all areas of the body including legs, cheeks, arms, underarms, and back as well as sensitive areas of the bikini line, chest, upper lip and nipples. Multiple treatments are required to achieve your desired results along with touch up treatments.
Clear+Brilliant laser
Safe for all skin types and tones, Clear + Brilliant works best on younger patients who want to be proactive in controlling signs of aging. That's because it encourages new collagen growth, which boosts skin tone, smooths texture, and shrinks pores. You're ideal for Clear + Brilliant if you have:
- Superficial lines around your eyes and mouth
- Fine lines on your cheeks
- Rough skin texture
- Superficial brown age spots
Clear + Brilliant may not be suitable for treating excessively saggy skin, deep wrinkles, and darker age spots.
Fraxel® ReStore Laser (Offered only at Peoria office)
Fraxel® is proven laser technology that can help reverse the visible effects of aging, naturally helping you look as young as you feel. With Fraxel, change isn't drastic or scary, it's just a younger you. There are a series of treatments that you will help treat wrinkles, acne scarring, surgical scarring, stretch marks and discoloration. Fraxel required minimal downtime with great results!
MicroNeedling Collagen Induction Therapy
MicroNeedling (also known as Collagen Induction Therapy or CIT) is a new innovation in aesthetic medicine that treats fine lines, acne scars, melasma, stretch marks and improvement of the skin's overall appearance. During this procedure, tiny needles are used to create controlled micro-injuries to the skin in order to produce collagen and elastin. The skin's natural repair process results with the appearance of softer wrinkles and scars. Microneedling also allows topical gels, creams and serums to be absorbed more effectively into the skin.
Microneedling (Collagen Induction Therapy) with PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma)
Microneedling with PRP (platelet rich plasma), also known as Collagen Induction Therapy, or the Vampire Facial, is ideal for the treatment of acne scars, surgical scars, stretch marks, wrinkles and fine lines, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, lax skin, large pores, and uneven skin texture. It can be performed either on the face or body, and is suitable for all skin types and colors.
This therapy is a minimally invasive skin rejuvenation treatment with quick recovery time, and is designed to stimulate the body's natural collagen production. The treatment actually involves the use of two procedures, micro-needling and PRP (platelet rich plasma) done consecutively. A series of treatments is recommended to achieve desires results.
TriPollar Skin Tightening (Offered at our Peoria and Avondale offices)
This energy heats the skin from within using medically proven radio-frequency energy. The internal heat causes collagen fibers to contract. This contraction results in immediate wrinkle reduction and generates collagen production. When TriPollar energy is applied to fat cells, the treatment will smooth, contour, tone and lift the targeted areas. This offers a non-surgical alternative for effective cellulite and circumferential reduction with NO DOWN TIME so you can return to normal activities immediately.
Tattoo removal (offered only at Peoria office)
Laser tattoo removal is the only clinically-proven method of removing a tattoo without causing scarring. During a tattoo removal procedure, laser light is applied to the tattooed area of the skin. The light is selectively absorbed by the tattoo ink particles, leaving the surrounding skin tissue and chromophores unharmed. The tattoo ink particles absorb the laser energy, heat up, and shatter into smaller ink particles. In the days and weeks following a laser treatment, the body's immune system flushes away the shattered ink particles, causing the tattoo to fade. Over a series of treatments, more and more of the ink shatters, leaving the skin free of ink.
Custom Airbrush Tans
Stop damaging your skin and revitalize it without exposing yourself to harmful UV rays and harsh chemicals. An airbrush tan will give you a vibrant, youthful looking glow, diminish the appearance of cellulite while also making you appear ten pounds slimmer! *Offered only at our North Phoenix location.
Elleebana Lash Lifting
You can ditch the DIY lash curler and mascara and with just one 20 minute professional treatment you'll have a sumptuous lash lift that is retained, even after a shower or swimming, that can last 6-8 and even 12 weeks. Elleebana Lash Lift technicians use a unique technique combining a lifting lotion and silicone rods or pads to lift your natural lashes, making them look longer and fuller. Lash Lift is a fantastic alternative to eyelash extensions and there's virtually no after-care required! Just wake up and get going with your beautiful lashes.
Here's what you can expect from an Elleebana Lash Lift:
- Comfortable treatment that takes approximately 20 minutes
- Makes natural lashes appear longer without the use of eyelash extensions
- Minimal after-care required! Swim, shower and play with no fuss
- Lasts about 6-8, even up to 12 weeks
- Suitable for short or long eyelashes
- Superior formulation that is nourishing and conditioning
At Arrowhead Dermatology, we also offer extractions, waxing and brow/eyelash tinting services. We have a variety of products from ZO Medical, SkinBetter, PCA and Obagi Medical Grade skin care, along with ColoreScience Mineral Sunscreens available for you.


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The four fundamental maneuvers of straight-and-level flight, turns, climbs, and descents are the foundation of basic airmanship. Effort and continued practice are required to master the fundamentals. It is important that a pilot consider the six motions of flight: bank, pitch, yaw and horizontal, vertical, and lateral displacement. In order for an airplane to fly from one location to another, it pitches, banks, and yaws while it moves over and above, in relationship to the ground, to reach its destination. The airplane must be treated as an aerodynamic vehicle that is subject to rigid aerodynamic laws. A pilot must understand and apply the principles of flight in order to control an airplane with the greatest margin of mastery and safety.
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I received an invitation to a funeral, which I didn't think would be fun to attend, but then several miniature five dollar bills fell out. It would be a Vegas-style memorial in honor of a woman named Beverly Jean. She was a cashier at a casino in Las Vegas and had passed away in the mid-'90s (according to the invite, by myocardial infarction). At the bottom of the invitation: If you're dying to attend, would it kill you to RSVP? (I thought this was funny because I had gone to a party the previous day where the host complained that people never RSVP, and she never knows how much food to make.)
I drove up Washington and knew I had found the place when I saw a skeleton sitting in a Mercedes, with the seat belt on.
M.E. Law and Pete Boneman performed dirges in the living room. Upstairs, Madame Marushka Babushka read tarot cards. Ariane had written in the program, "Please limit your reading to 10 minutes in consideration of other souls who need saving."
They wanted me to sit for a reading, and I told them I didn't believe in it. I told them I didn't want to have nightmares. A woman told me that what was said was accurate and that Madame Babushka had no way of knowing anything about her. A guy said, "We have a skeptic in our midst!" We ended up having a "spirited" debated about the accuracy of such readings.
I went to use the bathroom, but the door wouldn't shut, and the way the mirrors were angled, it looked as if the people I was just talking with could see me. I had to go so bad that I didn't care.
There were several skeletons, so as I was getting punch, I asked why there wasn't a skeleton hand floating in the punch. A guy standing next to me said, "It would sink." I asked him if he was a scientist. "No, an engineer." I said, "Close enough."
Later in the evening, I saw Ariane smoke a cigar using a skeleton hand.
As everyone smoked outside, M.E. Law, who looked like lawyer Johnnie Cochran, came outside. In his red velvet cape, he had a Screamin' Jay Hawkins vibe about him as well. Law was a retired cop and told interesting stories. We talked about female officers, Charger player Steve Foley's troubles, and Law's daughter, who recently joined the police academy. He said, "She really wanted to. We weren't thrilled about the decision."
Law performed standards -- "St. James Infirmary," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" -- and he wrote an original for the occasion -- "What Was Your Scene, Beverly Jean?": Died on the first of April/ Bet you were nobody's fool/ You learned on the streets of Vegas/ What they didn't teach in school. And later in the song he sings the lines: Inside your cardboard castle/ Hiding for so long/ Rising up from your ashes/ Sing a long forgotten song.
That line made more sense when I talked with Ariane about the event. "When I moved in here, we found Beverly Jean in this crappy box in the closet, with a typed label on it. She had been in there for ten years. We thought we would have a proper service for her. And, it's an excuse for a party."
I told her the house fit the Las Vegas, New Orleans, Day of the Dead themes that she prepared for this party. She said, "The house was built in 1913. We just decided we'd decorate the front yard, put some stuff up around the house. It was fun."
Since the party was around Halloween time, the decorations worked for that as well.
I couldn't determine what was edible from the food tables, and I wasn't as brave as the guy who was gobbling down the eyeballs. He said, "They taste like Gummy Bears." I said, "Really? Not like chicken? Well...I think I'll pass."
There was plenty of activity outside the house as well, and I talked with a woman who said she was a Charger fan. She had heard me talking about the Foley case earlier and complained about the police. We got into an argument, so we changed the subject. She talked about Chollas Lake and the memories she has: "Two different guys proposed to me there. One guy was 21 years old. The other guy was 49. And he was married at the time!"
I glanced at the program and remembered that you were supposed to bring something to be placed with the urn that Beverly Jean could use in the afterlife. I was going to bring a deck of cards, but I forgot.
The program listed upcoming events that I wasn't going to stay for -- eulogies, prayers, a candle-lighting ceremony, a sing-along to "When the Saints Go Marching In," and the evening was going to conclude with a seance.
I overheard one lady say to her husband, "Isn't this inappropriate to do when someone dies?" He responded, "No. It's putting the 'fun' in funeral. And what do you think they are doing down the streets of New Orleans when someone dies...playing all those horns and trumpets? It's like a celebration of the person's life. It's not sitting around crying over a casket that is being buried in the ground. It's singing, dancing, celebrating. And that's what we're doing here tonight."
Crash your party? Call 619-235-3000 x421 and leave an invitation for Josh Board.
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As the storm season in Australia draws to a close, low cost insurance provider Budget Direct can exclusively reveal the most hail prone areas of the country according to its award winning Hail Hero innovation.
From October 2013 through to March 2014 Budget Direct sent over 366,466 Hail Hero warning messages to its customers throughout Australia.
The top 5 Hail Hero hotspots for the 2013/2014 storm season (Oct-March) in Australia were;
1. Armidale – New South Wales
2. Port Macquarie – New South Wales
3. Southport – Queensland
4. Coffs Harbour – New South Wales
5. Forest Lake - Queensland
The results show New South Wales and Queensland are far and away Australia's hail hot spots according to the exclusive Hail Hero warning message system.
The top hail hotspots in each state as at the end of March 2014;
- New South Wales: Armidale
- Queensland: Southport
- Victoria: Richmond
- South Australia: Adelaide City
- Australian Capital Territory: Ngunnawal
- Tasmania: West Hobart
- Western Australia: Fremantle
An analysis of Budget Direct Home Insurance claims turned up some surprising figures. During the traditional storm season there were 37% less claims in the 2013/2014 season than in 2012/2013. In perhaps a sign of climate changing times, the number of storm related claims outside of the traditional season has risen dramatically, up by 108%.
Hail Hero took two years of research and development to create. The free service offers Budget Direct customers a text message warning, which alerts them to impending damaging hail at their home address, giving them at least 10 minutes notice to move their vehicles.
The technology was named in 2013 by Canstar as one of the 8 top products showing innovation in Australia, it also took out the Australian Business Awards Product Innovation category in 2012, as well as taking out a gong at the 2012 Australian Insurance Industry Awards.
Since its launch Hail Hero has tracked some 1027 unique storms, and sent a total of 942,622 text messages to its customers.
A full break-down of the top 10 hail hotspots in each state is available.
For further information or interviews please contact Jonathan Kerr, Director, Marketing & Digital, Budget Direct (Auto & General) at 07 3377 8801 or email@example.com
Budget Direct was established as an insurance provider in Australia in 2000. It is part of the international BHL Group of companies headquartered in the British Isles. The group provides more than 6.8 million policies to insurance customers and administers $2 billion in premiums annually. Budget Direct offers Motor, Home & Contents, Health, Life and Travel Insurance as well as Roadside Assistance.


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Hello Kitty Themed Hotel Rooms JB
Hotel Jen Puteri Harbour is proud to house the first Hello kitty themed rooms in Southeast Asia! In collaboration with SANRIO, we offer quality, comport, and value with a Hello Kitty twist. Pick out themes to suit your mood and personality. with the nautical Hello Kitty Sailor series, magical Hello Kitty in Oz series, and the sweet Hello Kitty Pink series. There's something for everyone at Jen's Hello Kitty Themed Rooms
We can't wait to share the amazing world of Hello Kitty with you.
See you there!


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SCAR is a leading edge sports medicine and performance facility. Sports medicine is a branch of health care encompassing injury prevention, injury treatment, physical fitness, and performance enhancement.
With our highly educated and nationally certified staff, including athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, physical therapists, and nutritionists, we address the individual needs and goals of every one of our athletes. Whether you have an injury or want the edge over your competition while preventing injury, we have a sports medicine program for you!
Programs are designed for athletes ages 12 to adult at every competitive level from recreational to elite and professional athletes.


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In episode 9 we act the fool and discuss art, play and multi gendered deities on Define Werk! The quadruple threat Francesca Reid, a.k.a Brent Would and the all encompassing Jack James Baxter, a.k.a Ms Hollie Would. Leading the pair in an enlightening sermon is fabulous fool & the person behind the pulpit as the divine part of "Shesus & the Sistas", none other than Loose Baker!
We talk about Loose's time in art school fondling various fabrics and being rather bloody good at going with the flow. We touch on her festival plans for the summer & discuss what makes playing the fool such a draw for the marvellous Loose & about her time as part of the fabulous "Man Up" drag king competition as hosted by fabulous Jonny Woo & Adam All at The Glory.


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In the selection of Shalwar Kameez it is very important that you select those colors and material for clothes which should be suitable for that occasion in which you are going so if you are going in any party you should chose that type of material which will be some fancy and also have some simple touch.
In the selection of colors I think time of the function is very important if you are in day light function I think its better to wear light colors and if you are going to evening party I think you should wear bright colors with some fancy touch. So I think party wear is most common wear which we using mostly as compare to formal dresses or heavy dresses.


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Josh worked in partnership with ProSwimwear to seamlessly switch their online payment gateway to Barclaycard. This helped them save around £24,000 and grow their business by 32% in 2017. Nice one Josh.
Our experts make it easy for you to accept payments, wherever you may be. We're on hand to help solve your payment needs and keep your customers happy. So, why not see what we could do for you.
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Our experts will take the time to get to know your business inside out – so they can find the payment solution that's right for you. From guidance on taking payments online, via mobile, in-store or on the road, to understanding how to keep your business safe and secure, our experts have got it covered. With Barclaycard, people are included.
Tim explains how he helps Barclaycard customers with fraud and data security breaches
Grace tells us how fixing customer problems got her the nickname of 'The Doctor'
Nicole talks about our consultative approach to finding you the right payment gateway
Brian tells us how he's supporting over 100 vendors at Barclaycard presents British Summer Time


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More Kitties Who Need Adopting/
Uh-oh, I sense a trend. I got an e-mail from someone who said she heard I might post pics of kitties that need adopting on my blog. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a whiskered face. And you never know what person will read at the right time and give a great home to a little cat. So here's a new batch of little furry ones that need a home filled with love:
"Some one dropped off a female torti in our cul-de-sac about a month ago. Of course she was pregnant and now we have 3 kittens also. We have 1 outdoor neutered cat that we put food out for and have an igloo for him in bad weather. The female is not feral but we can't afford any more pets. The kittens appear to be about 2-3 weeks old. 2 of them have eyes that are not opening fully and need medical attention also that I can't afford There are 2 orange tabbies and 1 torti that looks like the mom. The mother took over the igloo about a week ago bringing the kittens we believe up from the woods. I have called several places and no one seems to be able to help. I hate to take them to the shelter as I am getting attached to them of course. and I believe they would make someone a great pet. I don't know what to do and this has made me very emotional. I have Multiple Sclerosis and am having a hard time knowing what to do?? Can you help? Call Michelle at 336-841-0040 (High Point, NC)."


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In January 2010 I started work with York School District 1 in York, South Carolina as an Instructional Technology Coach. I held a similar position (Instructional Technology Specialist) in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for 2 1/2 years. In Charlotte much of the role was project management: coordinating installations of hardware/software, working with financial secretaries and media specialists to order equipment and software, and a small amount of training of teachers. There was essentially no work with curriculum, but I started sneaking some in during my last year in CMS.
In my new job, I get to do a great deal of what I like to do: work with teachers. In the semester I've already been in York, I've already gotten into classrooms with teachers to work side-by-side and model technology integration. I've lead training on Promethean software/hardware, wikis, and Web 2.0 skills. I get to meet with the district's executive staff weekly and get to help advocate for teachers as well as best practices in instructional technology. In short, since it's a brand-new position, I get to do a lot of what I think needs to be done.
There are, of course, downsides. The position is grant-funded, so my position is only guaranteed until the end of the 2010-11 school year. I have to administer two state technology proficiency programs within the district, neither of which I think are as strong (or easy to figure out) as they should be.
Just like I did when I created long-term goals for my classroom, I decided to write up my goals for this next school year. Some should be fairly simple, some depend on the help of other folks. I'll update the status of these goals near the Christmas break, as well as at the end of the school year.
- Setup Moodle server (version 2) for district Professional Development use.
- Create 2 self-paced or moderated PD classes for Moodle.
- Recruit and provide support to at least 2 teachers to use Moodle in their classroom.
- Continue expansion of Wikispaces Private Label service within the district. Expand use to 25 teachers with at least one class of students each.
- Implement self-hosted WordPress blogging solution for teachers and staff
- Work side-by-side with at least 8 teachers, from lesson development to implementation to review.
- Drive district to implement use of Twitter for parent and staff communication.
These are the big goals. Not included are fairly typical things like providing traditional professional development in small groups and class settings, research best practices in technology integration, and more.
What do you think? What am I leaving off? Have you done any of the above items and have advice or resources? Let me know in the comments.


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Screencasting is the recording of your on-screen activity, usually accompanied by a voiceover explanation of the action taking place on the screen. That's the simple explanation of screencasting but how a screencast looks or is used can come in many varieties and can be used for many purposes.
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Ancestral Cooking Forum
Bahamian Coconut Tart
This is the Coconut Tart that I made for my Bahamian-inspired Sunday dinner last week. I thought I'd share in case someone else has a sweet tooth and wants a taste of the islands.
It's similar to one I found in "Many Tastes of the Bahamas" by Lady Darling, though I did change several things to make it more similar to recipes in two other cookbooks I picked up in Nassau.
Bahamian Coconut Tart
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt; cut in the shortening with a pastry cutter (or use two knives) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center and mix in the milk and egg until a firm dough is formed. Roll out 3/4 of the dough into a rectangular shape on a floured surface until it is 1/4-inch thick. Transfer the dough to a greased 9x13-inch pan. Roll out the remaining dough to the same thickness and cut into strips to use as lattice top; set aside for now.
In a saucepan, combine the filling ingredients and cook over medium-high heat until water dissolves, stirring frequently. Cool.
Spoon the coconut filling onto the crust and top with strips of dough to form a lattice top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, or until crust is golden brown. Serve warm or cool.


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Birthday Pro for Facebook by thumbsoft
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May 24, 2011
Filed under App DB, Social Network, Utilities, iPhone Apps
Birthday Pro for Facebook is a reminder provides you with information about your friends' birthdays.
Birthday Pro for Facebook is a simple utility software with such functionality as to remind you about your friends' birthdays in your Facebook. It supports all of the reminding functionalities about friends' birthdays in Facebook. Besides, it supports PUSH, setting alarm time,and other practical functions.
This software will inform you in the most directviewing way about today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow are whose birthdays respectively, and how many days it takes from now on for other friends to celebrate their birthdays.
Developer Website: http://thumbsoft.blogspot.com/


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The Battle Yet To Come
While the candidates in the contentious battle for Senate wage all-out war for the Jewish vote, sparks have yet to fly in the governor's race, in which Republican George Pataki is far outpacing Democratic challenger Peter Vallone.
That could change as the race enters its home stretch. Gov. George Pataki will tour Brooklyn's chasidic communities in Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Borough Park on Sunday, and attend a fund raiser with one of his staunchest Jewish allies, Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind on Monday. Hikind's was the only Brooklyn assembly district Pataki captured from incumbent Mario Cuomo in 1994.
Vallone's itinerary includes services this weekend at Temple Israel of the Upper West Side and the New City Jewish Center in Rockland. Both candidates are expected at Sunday's annual breakfast of the Council of Jewish Organizations in Civil Service. At stake for Pataki, who is favored in every poll for re-election, is the chance to increase his share of the Jewish vote, of which he won about 25 percent in 1994 — more than other recent Republican candidates for his office, but considerably less than the share won by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1993 and 1997, and Sen. Alfonse D'Amato in 1986 and 1992.
For Vallone, the speaker of the City Council, cashing in on his ties to the Jewish community means solidifying a crucial segment of his political base. Observers do not expect Vallone to capture the three quarters of the Jewish vote incumbent Cuomo won in 1994.
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Varying polls suggest that the Jewish vote could go either way in this race. A survey by the Zogby Group found Pataki leading among likely Jewish voters with 42 percent, compared to 37 percent for Vallone, with a margin of error of 10 points. But a Marist College poll found Vallone in the lead, with 62 percent vs. 29 percent for Pataki with five point margin of error.
"Jews in New York City have learned to vote Republican thanks to [Mayor] Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Al D'Amato," says Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf. "But Jews will do what they usually do downstate — stay with the Democratic candidate."
In 1994, Pataki appealed for Jewish votes — primarily Orthodox — by making an issue of Cuomo's response to the 1991 Crown Heights riots, suggesting that the then-governor should have superceded the mayor of New York City, David Dinkins, to end the anti-Jewish violence.
In this race, Pataki has yet to raise a Jewish issue against Vallone, and would be hard put to find one.
Both candidates are strong supporters of Jewish issues. Both traveled to Israel within days of each other earlier this year and came down firmly on the side of Israelis on contentious issues such as settlement of the West Bank.
As speaker of the Council, Vallone has had the opportunity to fund Jewish social service groups and defend them from budget cuts, even restoring funds slashed by the Dinkins administration to Jewish community councils. He has also guided numerous resolutions through the City Council condemning anti-Semitism and supporting Israel.
Pataki has also aided Jewish social services, such as continuing $3 million in aid for a residence for the mentally ill in Manhattan built by the Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty. The governor also set aside $10 million for the construction of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – Living Memorial to the Holocaust in Manhattan, in addition to allocating $2 million annually for its operation. He dedicated an economic trade office in Jerusalem earlier this year and established a joint New York-Israel cultural exchange commission. Jewish leaders uniformly report that Pataki is highly accessible, and quick to respond to situations such as the devastating fire at Central Synagogue in Manhattan.
(Pataki made available a state armory for High Holy Days services.)
Despite all of Vallone's attacks on the governor and their different party affiliations, the two are not far apart on issues. Both are fiscal conservatives, pro-death penalty and pro-choice. Both favor some kind of tuition aid for private schools, support a state bias crime bill and the special chasidic school district in Kiryas Joel. One issue that separates them is campaign finance reform, which Vallone favors. Pataki views fund raising as protected by the Constitution. Vallone also opposes Pataki's position on charter schools, which he fears would undermine other public schools.
Several Jewish leaders declined to be interviewed about the race, citing close ties with both candidates and the fear of offending one. "Both these men will probably remain in power for quite some time," said one leader.
But while neither candidate can claim a lock on the Jewish vote, the race seems clearly to be Pataki's to lose. The Marist poll gives Pataki a 29 point lead. This week, the courts struck Vallone's campaign a crushing blow by refusing to force the Board of Elections to include his referendum on the future of Yankee Stadium, which might have boosted Election Day turnout. Pataki seems in no hurry to schedule a debate.But to say that Vallone's campaign has not caught fire may be an understatement. His funds are nearly depleted, he remains unrecognizable to many voters and has yet to seize on an energizing issue.
During a press conference outside City Hall last week, in which Vallone blasted state cuts to child care, a passerby with a beard and yarmulke stopped to ask what was going on. When told that Vallone was holding a press conference, the man said "Oh," and kept walking.
A few minutes later, a young woman asked, "Is he running for something?"Pataki, for his part, barely acknowledges that this is an election year. In an interview with The Jewish Week lasting nearly an hour, the governor never mentioned Vallone's name, and only once mentioned on his own that he was up for re-election.
But Vallone insists he's upbeat about his prospects. "I was 20 percent ahead of the closest pollster in the primary," he said in an interview, referring to his large margin of victory in September. "People will begin to start focusing on the debate within the next 10 days. I feel very good about the Jewish vote. People know they have a friend in me."
Pollster Lee Miringoff of Marist College would not rule out a surprise Vallone victory, but he added: "Without funds, and with people feeling the way they do about Pataki, it's more than a long shot."


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Protestant Irish nationalists
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Protestant Irish nationalists are adherents of Protestantism in Ireland who also support Irish nationalism. Protestants have played a large role in the development of Irish nationalism since the eighteenth century, despite most Irish nationalists historically being from the Irish Catholic majority, as well as most Irish Protestants usually tending toward unionism in Ireland. Protestant nationalists (or patriots, particularly before the mid-19th century)[citation needed] have consistently been influential supporters and leaders of various movements for the political independence of Ireland from Great Britain. Historically, these movements ranged from supporting the legislative independence of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland, to a form of home rule within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to complete independence in an Irish Republic and (since the partition of Ireland) a United Ireland.
Despite their relatively small numbers, individual Protestants have made important contributions to key events in Irish nationalist history, such as Wolfe Tone during the 1798 rebellion, Charles Stewart Parnell and the Home Rule movement, and Erskine Childers and the 1916 Easter Rising.
Today the relationship between Protestants and Irish nationalism differs sharply between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In the Republic, the vast majority of Protestants accept and support the independence of Ireland, even if there have been tensions over the central role of the Catholic Church in independent Ireland.[1] The only explicitly unionist political movement of any significance is The Reform Group, a pressure group which advocates that the Republic of Ireland should rejoin the Commonwealth, but does not contest any elections. In Northern Ireland, however, the vast majority of Ulster Protestants are unionist and vote for unionist parties. In 2008, only 4% of Protestants in Northern Ireland thought the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be unification with the Republic of Ireland, whereas 89% said it should be to remain in the United Kingdom.[2]
All the various denominations of Protestantism in Ireland have had members involved in nationalism. Historically the Anglican Church of Ireland and the Presbyterian Church of Ireland have been the largest Protestant churches, and this remains the situation across the island of Ireland. The largest Protestant denomination is the Church of Ireland (having roughly 365,000 members,[3] making up around 3% of the population of the Republic of Ireland, 15% of Northern Ireland, and 6.3% of the whole of Ireland), followed by the Presbyterian Church, with a membership of around 300,000,[4] accounting for 0.6% of people in the Republic and 20% in Northern Ireland (6.1% of Ireland's population).
Pre-Union backgroundEdit
In the eighteenth century the first attempt towards a form of greater Irish home rule under the British Crown was led by the Irish Patriot Party in the 1770s and 1780s, inspired by Henry Grattan.
The Age of Revolution inspired Protestants such as Wolfe Tone, Thomas Russell, Henry Joy McCracken, William Orr, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the brothers Sheares, Archibald Hamilton Rowan, Valentine Lawless, and others who led the United Irishmen movement. At its first meeting on 14 October 1791, almost all attendees were Presbyterians, apart from Tone and Russell who were both Anglicans. Presbyterians, led by McCracken, James Napper Tandy, and Neilson would later go on to lead Ulster Protestant and Catholic Irish rebels in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Tone did manage to unite if only for a short time, at least, some Anglicans, Catholics and Dissenters into the "common name of Irishmen", and would later go on to try to get French support for a rising, first manifested in the failed French Bantry Bay landing of 1796.
At that time, the French republicans were opposed to all churches. Such people were inspired by Thomas Paine of the American Revolution, who disapproved of organised religions in The Age of Reason (1794–1795) and preferred a deist belief. Although the United Irish movement was supported by individual priests, the Roman Catholic hierarchy was opposed to it, because of a growing rapprochement between Rome and London (one example of which was the funding of the new seminary in Maynooth by the British government in 1795).
During the 1798 rebellion the military leaders were also largely Anglicans. After the initial battles in County Kildare the rebels holding out in the Bog of Allen were led by William Aylmer. In Antrim and Down the rebels were almost all Presbyterians, and at the Battle of Ballynahinch the local Catholic Defenders decided not to take part. In County Wexford, which remained out of British control for a month, the main planners were Bagenal Harvey and Anthony Perry. Joseph Holt led the rebels in County Wicklow, and Sir Edward Crosbie was hanged for leading a rebel force in County Carlow. Only in County Mayo, where there were few Protestants, was the rebellion led entirely by Catholics, and it only developed there because of the landing by a French force under General Humbert. The disarming of Ulster saw several hundred Protestants tortured, executed and imprisoned for their United Irish sympathies. The rebellion became the main reason for the Acts of Union, which passed in 1800.
1803 and 1848Edit
In 1803 there was another Irish rebellion led by Robert Emmet, brother of Thomas Addis Emmet. He was joined by other Protestants such as James Hope and was later executed for his part in the rising. In the 1840s Thomas Davis, the revolutionary writer and poet, and John Mitchel were involved in the radical politics of their day, and William Smith O'Brien led the rebellion in 1848.
The democratic and non-violent Repeal Association led by Daniel O'Connell in the 1830s and 1840s was supported by a number of Protestants; the most eminent being Sir John Gray, who later supported Butt and Parnell (see below), and others such as James Haughton.
Home Rule era (1870–1914)Edit
The new Home Government Association was founded by Isaac Butt in 1870, who died in 1879. William Shaw presided over the convention held to found its successor, the Home Rule League, of which he was chairman. He was followed by Charles Stewart Parnell, the founder of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP). H. H. Asquith called Parnell one of the most important men of the nineteenth century and Lord Haldane called him the most powerful man that the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had seen in 150 years. Parnell led the Gladstonian constitutionalist Home Rule movement and for a time dominated Irish and British affairs. However, at the height of his power he was to be dethroned by the O'Shea divorce affair and died soon afterwards.
Other Protestant Nationalist members of parliament were: Sir John Gray, Stephen Gwynn, Henry Harrison, Jeremiah Jordan, William McDonald, J. G. Swift MacNeill, James Maguire, Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony, Isaac Nelson, John Pinkerton, Horace Plunkett and Samuel Young.
Several Protestant figures in the early Northern Ireland Labour Party were nationalists. These included MPs Jack Beattie, Sam Kyle and William McMullen and labour leaders James Baird and John Hanna.[5] Meanwhile, trade unionist Victor Halley was a member of the Socialist Republican Party.
While not active nationalist supporters, authors who wrote about Irish life and history, such as William Wilde, Whitley Stokes, Standish James O'Grady and Samuel Ferguson helped to develop nationalist sentiment.
From 1897 the artist and mystic George Russell (also known as "Æ") helped Horace Plunkett to run the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society.[6] The IAOS rapidly grew into the main Irish rural co-operative body through which Irish farmers could buy and sell goods at the best price. Plunkett was also a cousin of George Noble Plunkett, father of Joseph Mary Plunkett. Horace Plunkett's home in County Dublin was later burned down in 1922 by anti-treaty Irish republicans during the Irish Civil War, as he had been appointed a Senator in the first Irish Free State Senate.
Russell was also involved in the "Irish Literary Revival" (or Celtic Twilight) artistic movement, that provided an intellectual and artistic aspect supportive of Irish nationalism. This was also largely started and run by Protestants such as WB Yeats, Lady Gregory, Seán O'Casey, Alice Milligan, and JM Synge, who also founded the influential but controversial Abbey Theatre that opened in 1904. "An Túr Gloine" (The Glass Tower) had a similar membership.
The archetypal work of art that commemorated the 1916 Rising, though sculpted five years before the rising, is the statue of the dying mythical warrior Cuchullain, sculpted by Oliver Sheppard, a Protestant art lecturer in Dublin who had been a moderate nationalist for decades. Cast in bronze, it was unveiled at the GPO in 1935.
Independence era (1916–1922)Edit
Sam Maguire inducted Michael Collins into the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) in 1909. From 1928 the main prize for Irish football awarded by the Gaelic Athletic Association has been the Sam Maguire Cup.
In 1908 Bulmer Hobson and Constance Markievicz founded the Fianna Éireann, intended as a nationalist Boy Scout movement. The Irish Volunteers were a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by Irish Nationalists and separatists including Roger Casement, Bulmer Hobson and Erskine Childers, all Protestant Irish nationalists (although Casement, who had been secretly baptised a Catholic by his mother, officially converted to Catholicism just before he was hanged in 1916). The Irish Volunteers were formed in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers by Edward Carson and James Craig. The Ulster Volunteers were a Unionist paramilitary movement who feared a Dublin-centric, anti-Protestant Home Rule parliament in Dublin.
The Irish Citizen Army existed from 1913–1947 and one of its creators was Jack White from Ulster, son of General George White. On Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, 220 of the group (including 28 women) took part in the Easter Rising. Most of the rifles and ammunition used in the Rising had been imported from Germany in July 1914 by Erskine Childers on his yacht Asgard along with Conor O'Brien, Alice Stopford Green, Mary Spring Rice, Darrell Figgis and the former Quaker Bulmer Hobson. The rest of the rifles were shipped by Sir Thomas Myles, at the suggestion of the barrister James Meredith, and were landed at Kilcoole. In 1913 Hobson had sworn Patrick Pearse into the IRB; Pearse was one of leaders of the Rising. A prominent signatory to the Anglo-Irish Treaty in late 1921 that followed the Anglo-Irish war was Robert Barton, a cousin of Childers. A cousin of both, David Lubbock Robinson, was in the IRA and interned. He later became a Fianna Fáil Senator.[7]
In the subsequent Irish Free State governments Ernest Blythe, a former member of the Irish Volunteers, held various ministerial posts. Seán Lester was a League of Nations diplomat. The founder of the Gaelic League and first President of Ireland was Douglas Hyde. Dorothy Macardle opposed the 1921 Treaty and was a lifelong supporter of Éamon de Valera, writing his view of history in The Irish Republic (1937), but also refusing his suggestion to convert to Catholicism on her deathbed in 1958. Some like the Revd. Robert Hilliard fought in the Spanish Civil War in 1936–1939.
Following independence, southern Protestant unionists accepted the new reality and worked with the new Free State from its difficult start in 1922–23. These included judges such as Lord Glenavy, whose suggestions for a new law courts system was enacted as the Courts Act 1924, and twenty accepted nominations to the new Senate, such as Lord Mayo.
Protestant nationalist converts to Roman CatholicismEdit
A number of Protestant nationalists also converted to Catholicism, for a variety of reasons:
- William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne
- Ada Beesley, the second wife of John Redmond
- Thomas Bennett
- Charles Bewley
- Joseph Biggar MP
- Aodh de Blácam (né Harold Blackham)[8]
- Hon. Albinia Broderick (Gobnait Ní Bhruadair, sister of the Southern Unionist leader Lord Midleton)
- Roger Casement
- Oscar Wilde
- Lillie Connolly, widow of James Connolly[9]
- Charlotte Despard, sister of Viscount French (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1918–21)
- Hugh Law MP and TD
- Mary Hutton (author of The Tain, 1907)
- Sir Shane Leslie
- Grace Gifford, sister of Muriel, wife of Joseph Plunkett
- Muriel Gifford, sister of Grace, wife of Thomas MacDonagh
- Maud Gonne
- Mabel McConnell, wife of Desmond FitzGerald and mother of Garret FitzGerald
- Countess Markievicz MP and TD
- Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony MP
- Gertrude Parry (cousin of Roger Casement)
- Herbert Moore Pim (who returned to unionism in 1918)
- William Stockley
- Francis Stuart
- Edmund Dwyer Gray, son of Protestant nationalist, Sir John Gray
John Graham, George Gilmore, and George Plant were amongst a handful of Protestants who joined the minority Republican Congress and the Irish Republican Army in the 1930s and 1940s.[5] Plant was executed in 1942 by the Irish government for the murder of a suspected informer.[10]
Later figures included Ronnie Bunting of the Irish National Liberation Army and John Turnley of the Irish Independence Party, who were assassinated by the Ulster Defence Association. Bunting was the son of Ronald Bunting, a close associate of Ian Paisley.[11] John Turnley, also killed in 1980, was the Protestant Chairman of the Irish Independence Party and an Anti H-Block campaigner. David Russell was a Protestant Provisional IRA volunteer originally from Ramelton in Donegal and a Presbyterian. He was killed due to a premature bomb explosion in 1974 at a supermarket in Derry.[12] Tom Berry was an Official IRA volunteer with Protestant background. He was killed by the Provisional IRA in east Belfast during the intra-republican feud in 1975.[13][14][15]
Since partition, the majority of Ulster Protestants oppose the unification of Ireland, traditionally supporting continued union with Great Britain. In the past, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has had Protestant representatives, the most famous being Ivan Cooper. Billy Leonard, a former lay-preacher and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) reservist, was an MLA for Sinn Féin in Stormont. Martin Mansergh a member of the Church of Ireland was a TD for the nationalist party Fianna Fáil.
Republic of IrelandEdit
Martin Mansergh, a member of the Church of Ireland, has been influential in formulating Fianna Fáil's policy on Northern Ireland since the peace process began in the 1990s.
See alsoEdit
- O'Broin, Leon; Protestant Nationalists in Revolutionary Ireland, Barnes & Noble 1985, ISBN 978-0-389-20569-2
- ^ Ruane, Joseph. "Southern Irish Protestants:an example of de-ethnicisation?" University College Cork.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2008". Ark.ac.uk. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ "World Council of Churches". Oikoumene.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ "Presbyterian Church of Ireland". Presbyterianireland.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ a b Michael Farrell, Northern Ireland: The Orange State
- ^ *Plunkett Foundation history Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Directory of Members - 1919 - 2018 - Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais". www.oireachtas.ie.
- ^ "Aodh de Blacam notes". Ricorso. 15 September 1991. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ Gone But Not Forgotten – Fiona Connolly Archived 16 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Moroney, Michael (1988). "George Plant & The Rule of Law: The Devereux Affair (1940–42)". Tipperary Historical Journal: 1–12. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ "Beginning of the End". Irishdemocrat.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ Sutton, Malcolm. "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". cain.ulst.ac.uk.
- ^ "Two Are Shot Dead in Belfast As Factions in the I.R.A. Feud". nytimes.com.
- ^ "The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party by Brian Hanley and Scott Millar".
- ^ "INLA: Deadly Divisions by Jack Holland and Henry McDonald".