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I tried ordering more Ion generators, and actually hooked 3 of them up in parallel, thinking this would drastically increase my output, however to my surprise, I saw absolutely no increase at all,
Here is a link to the ion generators I'm using http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/SW-750/IONIZER/1.html .
Thats why I was figuring 3 in parallel would work, is because they would all 3 be flooding the body with negative electrons 3 times as fast, and building voltage 3 times as fast. But apparently not.
Its my understanding that the negative ion generator, to be simplified, constantly floods the body with negative electrons. So isn't voltage constantly increasing, simply by more and more negative electrons flowing from the device onto the body, before they are discharged? Basically making the body like a capacitor.
It works pretty decent, and can allow someone to generate a pretty constant stream of 1/8 - 1/4 sparks from their fingers to any grounded metal. But I want to see if I can make it stronger.
Ion generators use corona discharge, there's not much more voltage you can get once discharge starts!QuoteIt works pretty decent, and can allow someone to generate a pretty constant stream of 1/8 - 1/4 sparks from their fingers to any grounded metal. But I want to see if I can make it stronger.Why do you want to go higher? Sounds painful. Unless the air is dry you won't get much higher anyway.To get more voltage the Van-def-Graff is the way to go, and there are _serious_ safety considerations with larger VdGG's.
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Drivetime Monday 30 September 2013
Mary Wilson presents an information packed evening news magazine with all the stories of the day
Brian Lally reports from Skerries in North Co Dublin as the memorial to those lost at sea is unveiled .
Eoin Daly Lecturer at the Sutherland School of Law UCD
Nadim Shehadi Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House
The state's auditor, the C and AG, has published his investigation of public spending for last year. Fergal Keane went through the report for Drivetime.
A follow-up interview with the woman we interviewed on Friday 27th Sept. As Rent Supplement changes begin, she was faced with eviction because of rent increases.
What happens during a Government shutdown? John Nichols of the Nation
Over the last 5 years in Ireland more than 177,000 young people have emigrated, unemployment figures have risen and the government has cut back on youth work services. In the run up to Budget 2014 Della Kilroy investigates how government cuts have affected youth unemployment in Ireland.
Olivia O'Leary asks will he stay or will he go?
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The Emery County Public Lands Council, Watersheds Subcommittee me to review a draft of the San Rafael/Muddy Creek Watersheds Study compiled by Todd Stonely from the Utah Division of Water Resources.
There were 14 people attending this meeting representing various agencies interested in the water issues of Emery County. Copies of the Draft for the San Rafael/Muddy Creek Watersheds Study are available. But keep in mind this is only a draft copy and needs several corrections. The updated version of this watersheds study will be available after November.
Chairman Sherrel Ward representing the Public Lands Council and Emery Water Conservancy District opened the meeting with the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. The minutes indicated that Commissioner Nelson would like to investigate a CIB Grant to provide additional water storage for the town of Emery.
Todd Stonely stated The Utah Division of Water Resources has identified a few sites that could store 1,000 acre feet of water near Emery. These sites could be used to store additional drinking water for Emery. Those sites will be included in the report. Also included is the reconstructed well log for two wells drilled at Emery in the past to supply drinking water.
Ward started the review of a draft copy of the San Rafael/Muddy Creek Watersheds Study by asking for comments and corrections to the draft study. This draft lists all of the reservoirs, streams and known sources of water for use in Emery County. The storage capacity of each reservoir is included in the study.
In one section of the study the various geological layers of bedrock throughout the county are listed in a chart form.
The first half of Section 2 is information on the water budget. The water budget has a limited period of record from 1989 to 2011. The second half is information about hydrological models, watersheds and evaporation from the reservoirs. If a new storage reservoir could be placed in the system the model could be used to analyze the hydrologic changes that would result.
Section 4 has missing information from Jay Humphrey of the Emery Water Conservancy District due to a family emergency. His information will be included in the final report.
Environmental water uses and water rights are discussed in this study.
The main purpose of this meeting was to see if there were additional items needing to be added to the water study and to finalize the document by November. After that electronic copies will be made available on the Emery County web page.
Roger Barton representing the Ferron Canal Irrigation Company, the Emery Water Conservancy District and works for the Conservation District reviewed the draft proposal and offered several corrections and comments.
Cody Allred from Pacifi-Corp also had some additional changes and corrections for the San Rafael Watersheds Study.
Most of the comments, histories and corrections will be included in the final document by Todd Stonely.
A final draft of this study will be available for review by the participants in this Water Sheds Subcommittee meeting before November.
The subcommittee plans to present this study to the Emery County Public Lands Council November 6th. If this study is adopted it could be appended to the Emery County General Plan.
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Some 100 junior golfers descended on Shawnee Hills Country Club late last week as part of the Fowler-Bonan Foundation 'Clothes For Kids' Junior Golf Tournament.
As of recently the event, in its ninth year, has been added to the Southern Illinois Golf Association schedule as a summer stop on the tour, but as founder Dale Fowler knows, those that showed up in Harrisburg came with better intentions.
"They were here for a great cause," Fowler said.
The Fowler-Bonan Foundation provides new clothing and shoes, at no cost, for underprivileged children based on a referral system from area schools. They assist hundreds of area children annually in eleven southern Illinois counties, according to Dale Fowler.
This year, the event combined with an earlier tournament at West Frankfort, raised $50,000.
Fowler fondly recalls the first year he had the tournament that raised $1,500 and adds that the fuel for the fire never died inside of Fowler.
"The whole reason I started doing this was a memory I had when I was about nine years old and growing up on a country road seeing a school bus pull up and pick up two children in tattered clothes. That memory is embedded in me.
"Nine years ago, I said I wanted to do something about that and here we are now. We're able to support about 400 to 500 children. Teachers have reached out to us and told us stories about how providing these children with new shoes and clothes, many of which are receiving new items for the first time in their life, display a new found confidence and self-esteem in the classroom."
Fowler added that sentiment alone solidifies and validates what the program means to the area.
"I can't say enough about the generosity from the business that help us out as well," Fowler said. It's all just been very amazing."
Aside from some warm temperatures on Thursday and Friday, weather wasn't an issue at Shawnee Hills Country Club.
"They rolled out the red carpet for us," Fowler said of the course. "They welcomed all these kids and many of their parents. They were very accommodating in many ways. I think Shawnee Hills Country Club also realizes that this is the future of golf and what a better way to help sustain the sport by giving these juniors an opportunity to play golf."
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Popular science books have been around at least since the Middle Ages, when illustrated "bestiaries" were a big hit, highlighting the most bizarre creatures found in Nature. Many such books mixed reality with myth, but entomologist May Berenbaum, who also serves on the Exchange's advisory board. shows that truth is definitely stranger than fiction in her new book, The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-Legged Legends.
In just about every insect fear film ever made, there's an obligatory insect-eye view of a potential victim. There's a general recognition on the part of filmmakers that insects possess compound eyes with many facets and the way this anatomical feature is rendered in movies is through use of a multi-image filter lens, which, depending on film budgets, repeats an identical image tens or dozens or hundreds of times. In Empire of the Ants, director Bert I. Gordon has his giant ants, created by exposure to to toxic radioactive waste, eyeing dozens of Joan Collinses in as many wet, clingy blouses to great effect.
In reality, what insects actually see wouldn't make for a very scary (or titillating) scene in a movie. As far as entomologists can determine, the insect compound eye produces a mosaic sort of image, like the image created by thousands of dark and light dots in a black-and-white newspaper photograph. Although no one is absolutely certain, the general belief is that insect eyes can't create images with high resolution, but that the compound eye is exceedingly good at detecting motion. So those giant ants in Empire of the Ants probably didn't have a very clear picture of Joan Collins, but they could probably see with relative ease the heave of her bosom as she screamed.
Heaving bosoms aside, insects and movies have a long history of association, dating back even to the earliest days of cinema. A fly, for example, is said to have inspired the invention of animation around the turn of the 20th century by Segundo de Chomon, a Spanish filmmaker. Filming intertitles a few frames at a time for a silent movie, the filmmaker noticed the apparent jerky movements of a fly inadvertently included in the footage and realized that repositioning an object between each frame of film creates the illusion of motion when the film is played back at normal speed.
Berenbaum's fascination with the insect world goes beyond her scientific research; she's also a fan of film and TV with insects-gone-wild themes. Her favorite episode of the The X-Files, for example, is "War of the Coprophages," in which a drop-dead gorgeous USDA entomologist is named "Bambi Berenbaum" in her honor. One of her favorite recent movie scenes occurs in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, in which Indy and his son encounter scorpions in a Mayan ruin. Indy Jr. panics at first, but upon hearing the scorpion was large, his father shrugs and tells him, "It's the little ones you've got to watch out for." That happens to be correct, and now millions of movie fans know it.
Berenbaum also collects classic B movies about giant insects, human-to-bug metamorphosis, and so forth. Her favorite insect movie of all time? Bert I. Gordon's Beginning of the End. Berenbaum is at the University of Illinois, so naturally she has a soft spot for this flick. "It starts out in central Illinois and ends up on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, with giant grasshoppers heading to Lake Michigan." Buggy B movies don't really get much better than that.


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France 1896 – 1966
Mexico France United States of America (//1941) France (//1946)
Italy (Milan) 19 February 1909 – United States of America
Le Surréalisme en 1947
[also known as Prière de toucher [Please touch]]
illustrated book, multiple
edition of 999
book (closed) 25.0 (h) x 22.8 (w) cm
Orde Poynton Bequest, 2009
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
© Marcel Duchamp. Licensed by ADAGP & VISCOPY, Australia
Marcel Duchamp was a leading figure of the Surrealist and Dada art movements. His introduction of the readymade into gallery spaces negated the very definition of fine art. The display of banal, mass-produced articles such as hair combs, bicycle wheels and bottle racks, eroded the boundaries between commercial value and aesthetic worth. The genius of Duchamp's practice positioned him at the fore of the modernist avant-garde and his oeuvre exerted significant influence upon the development of Western art throughout the twentieth century.
Please touch (Prière de toucher) was designed for the cover of Le Surréalisme en 1947, the catalogue that accompanied the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme—the first post-war Surrealist art exhibition to be staged in Europe (July–August 1947). Centred upon the theme of myth, the exhibition was organised by Duchamp and André Breton. The two selected the Maeght Gallery in Paris as their venue, transforming the space (with the assistance of Austrian–American artist Frederick Keisler) into a complex labyrinth of orchestrated rooms intended to spiritually reawaken French society after the horrors of World War II. The limited edition catalogue was published by Maeght Editeur in a run of 999, with 49 books (numbered I–XLIX) signed by both Duchamp and Breton. Inset in the catalogue are 24 original prints by leading Surrealist artists including Max Ernst, Joan Miró and Yves Tanguy.[1]
Duchamp collaborated with Italian-born painter Enrico Donati on the design and production of the catalogue cover. Donati, based in New York City at the time, purchased 999 pre-fabricated foam and rubber breasts, otherwise known as 'falsies', from a warehouse in Brooklyn. Once in Paris, he and Duchamp undertook the protracted task of hand painting each readymade to more naturally resemble the female anatomy. Discussing the creative process, Donati recalled a conversation between himself and Duchamp: 'I remarked that I had never thought I would get tired of handling so many breasts, and Marcel said, 'Maybe that's the whole idea'.[2] Maria Martins, with whom Duchamp was having an intimate affair, is said to have modelled for the work. The completed breasts were adhered to a circular piece of black velvet and affixed to the cardboard slip-cover of the catalogue.
In the typically mischievous manner of Surrealism, Duchamp exploited the sexual tension of his erotically charged object. A blue-bordered label on the back of the catalogue playfully reads 'please touch'; counter-intuitively inviting the viewer to experience the tactility of the work. While conventional art museums insisted upon a safe distance between object and viewer, the Surrealists implored their audience to actively engage with works of art presented in exhibition spaces. In the case of Please touch readers were literally forced to fondle the artificial breast adorning the cover before accessing the pages of the manuscript.
The brilliant daring of Please touch was to have a lasting impact upon European tastes and aesthetics. A year after the conclusion of the exhibition the Galerie Maeght was informed that a copy of the catalogue, which was posted to Geneva, had been seized by the Procureur Général of the Confederation, not because of its contents but because its cover was found to be 'immoral'.[3] Duchamp's wicked humour ensured that long after its production, controversy regarding the catalogue would reign.
Lisa McDonald
International Art
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
[1] The catalogue contains 24 original illustrations, including five colour lithographs by Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wilfredo Lam and Joan Miró; five etchings (with one in colour) by Hans Bellmer, Marcel Jean, Maria Martins, Yves Tanguy and Dorothea Tanning; two woodcuts by Hans Arp; and 12 lithographs by Serge Brignoni, Alexander Calder, Bruno Capacci, Elizabeth van Damme, Julio de Diego, Enrico Donati, David Hare, Jacqueline Lamba, Roberto Matta, Kay Sage, Yves Tanguy and Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
[2] Jennifer Gough-Cooper and Jacques Caumont, '17 May 1947', Ephemerides on and about Marcel Duchamp and Rrose Sélavy 1887–1968, in Pontus Hulten (ed.), Marcel Duchamp, exhibition catalogue, Thames & Hudson, London, 1993, unpaginated
[3] Jennifer Gough-Cooper and Jacques Caumont, 1993, unpaginated 25/5/1948


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We have an 18-hole course with four tee boxes on each hole. No matter your skill level, you'll enjoy our links.
Cache River State Natural Area
Renowned for its ancient cypress-tupelo swamp, this natural area has been named one of America's 10 Most Beautiful Hidden Gems by Budget Travel. This sprawling area contains 100 threatened or endangered plant and animal species, and 11 state champion trees that have stood for centuries. Visitors enjoy birding, hunting, wildlife watching, canoeing and hiking. Bikers can access the Cache River via the Tunnel Hill State Trail.
Scuba dive at this unique spring-fed stone quarry and marvel at underwater treasures such as a submerged airplane (actually used in the movie U.S. Marshals) and a cement petting zoo. Mermet Springs offers on-site instruction and equipment rental.
Vertical Heartland Climbing School at Draper's Bluff
Vertical Heartland Climbing School offers you an amazing opportunity to see Illinois from new heights. Perfect for rock climbing novices and experienced enthusiasts, Vertical Heartland offers hand-on instruction that's provided by experienced guides with climbs tailored to suit your needs. Climbing services are available year round, seven days a week. Personal and group outings are scheduled by reservation. Reservations are preferred at least two weeks in advance.
On the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, Rustle Hill winery features an amphitheater bandstand for live music, great wines and beers, restaurant and cabins for rent.
Egyptian Hills Resort is your passport to the Ultimate outdoor family vacation. Whether you are into waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, sport fishing, or pleasure boating; the Lake of Egypt is a boater's paradise. All within a stone's throw of your cabin. Our cabins and chalets sit next to soothing, running streams and waterfalls – with breathtaking lake front views. Each cabin/chalet features a full kitchen, living room, large deck, full bedroom, 2 loft bedrooms and full bath.
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Eastern side of Lake of Egypt. Facility offers full service, boat rentals, restaurants, bait, tackle, guide service, launching and RV rentals.
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Offers private lessons on gaited horses, indoor and outdoor facilities, lessons for all ages and skill levels and lesson packages available. Beginners, refreshers, pleasure or show. Home of several world champion walking horses. Call for reservations.
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Duck and goose hunting, 1 blind, waterfront, decoys available. Lunch provided.
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Egyptian Hills Resort is your passport to the Ultimate outdoor family vacation. Whether you are into waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, sport fishing, or pleasure boating; the Lake of Egypt is a boater's paradise. All within a stone's throw of your cabin. Within minutes of your cabin, your family can enjoy guided expeditions such as; horseback riding, rock climbing, mountain biking, kayaking, geo-caching, wildlife photography and many other outdoor activities. Whether planning a single activity or multiple activities for your group, we at Egyptian Hills are your personal concierge in planning your ultimate outdoor family vacation. Whether onsite or through one of our partner guides, all activities are tailored for all ages and experience levels.
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The Wetlands Center provides a one-stop shop for information about the Cache River Wetlands and its recreational and educational opportunities. The center has an extensive natural and cultural history exhibit, wildlife viewing, trails and a video.
This 20-year-old herb and perennial plant nursery offers more than 200 varieties of common and uncommon plants. Sip a glass of lemonade as you view the gardens, feed the catfish in the pond and shop for garden items.
Hayes Canyon Campground and Cabins
We specialize in catering to campers with horses who want to enjoy trail riding on the many scenic trails in the Shawnee National Forest. Other campers, backpackers, hikers, bikers, and hunters are always welcome.
Lake Glendale Beach & Campground
Beautiful beach located on the shore of an 80 acres lake in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest. Beach open Memorial Day-Labor Day, 7 days a week. Concessions available
Dixon Springs State Park is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. Park visitors may enjoy the varied wildlife, take a swim in the outdoor pool or simply soak up the relaxing atmosphere of the moss-covered boulders, craggy overhangs, and rushing brook.
One of the finest fishing and boating areas in the nation, this marina is the gateway to the Ohio River's Smithland Pool, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 619-acre full-service boat marina has more than 200 slips.
Trail ride in beautiful Southern Illinois. Hourly to full-day rates. Over night pack trips and lunch or dinner outings. Group rates and boarding available. Great horses for all riders, experienced or not. Professional guides, cool wooded trails. Rustic Loft Lodging available
War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Nestled in the uplands of the Shawnee National Forest, supports mature oak-hickory woods, river bottom forests, young forests and old field habitats. More than 530 types of plants, including a rich variety of wildflowers and 20 types of ferns. 10 walking paths give access to the area.
The lush vegetation of the 2,430-acre Ferne Clyffe State Park, located near the small town of Goreville, hides the fact that directly below the soil, a vast area of rock formations exists. The two main areas for rock climbing include Big Rocky Hollow and the Cedar Bluff areas. Cedar Bluff offers both traditional and sport climbing, including several short, but difficult, routes in the class 12 to 13 range that appeal to experienced climbers. Other routes include top-rope access and solid anchors that appeal to new climbers.
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Site of one of the historic Lincoln-Douglas Debates, this park features picnic shelters, walking paths and hiking trails.
Set among the rugged slopes of the Ozark Hills in Southern Illinois, this site offers picnic shelters with roadside fireplaces throughout the forest. Features a network of trails for hiking and horseback riding enthusiasts.
Union County State Fish & Wildlife Area
This area currently winters nearly 100,000 of the 850,000 Canadian geese that spend the cold-weather months in Illinois. Numerous shallow sloughs and other water areas are scattered throughout its 6,202 acres.
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Advent Devotional
Each Tuesday in Advent, we look at the story behind a beloved Christmas song.
When you sing this carol from a hymnal, notice that the title of the tune is "St. Louis." It's not named for a city or a saint, but for the composer of the music, Lewis H. Redner (born December 15, 1830). Here's what happened: In 1865, Phillips Brooks, the famed Boston pastor, visited the Holy Land and stopped in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. He was so moved that, returning home, he wrote this hymn for the children in his Sunday school. He handed the words to his organist, Lewis Redner, asking him to compose the melody. "If it's a good tune," added Brooks, "I'll name it 'St. Lewis' after you." Lewis couldn't come up with a suitable tune until the evening before the song was to be performed; but it was an instant hit, and Brooks did name if for the organist, changing the spelling to avoid embarrassing him.
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above,While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love.O morning stars together, proclaim the holy birth, And praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on earth.How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is giv'n;So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of His heav'n.No ear may his His coming, but in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in.O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray;Cast out our sin, and enter in, be born to us today.We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell;O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel!
Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king. -- Matthew 2:1


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Posted on 08/26/2009 4:34:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
I finally had to sit down with my 11-year-old daughter for the talk. Despite my best efforts to preserve her innocence and protect her from growing up too quickly, I simply had to tell her some important facts of life.
No, we didnt have a talk about how babies are born. This talk was about Americas assault on girlhood. The time finally came for me to explain to my daughter the relationship between media and marketing and money, and why some people think nothing of exploiting girls if it increases their ratings, sells advertising and beefs up the bottom line.
Its a conversation I wish I could have avoided, but unfortunately Miley Cyrus recent performance at the Teen Choice Awards forced my parental hand. And anyway, Im not one to waste a teachable moment.
If you dont know, Ms. Cyrus made headlines for her performance of a poll dance during the telecast of the Teen Choice Awards, one of those faux awards shows designed to sell commercials to corporate sponsors who want more opportunities to reach Americas children. The awards themselves are simply popularity contests to determine teenagers favorite singers, movie stars, athletes, deranged, drug-addicted celebrities you get the drift.
So with her mom and dad proudly smiling from the first row, Ms. Cyrus slithered and slinked her way onto the stage followed by a gyrating band of back-up dancers and then bumped and grinded her way through a forgettable pop tune.
Ah, Miley Cyrus poster child for the assault on American girlhood.
Sadly, Ms. Cyrus thinks she was exerting her adulthood and simply exuding the natural sexuality that emerges when one reaches the ripe old age of 16.
In truth, Ms. Cyrus is a pawn in a high stakes game of manipulation in which a bunch of rich, middle-aged men (read: Disney) reap the financial rewards of exploitation. After all, its her Disney job starring in the hit series Hannah Montana that creates the platform for the rest of her burgeoning career.
This is not an anti-corporate rant. I dont believe morality in capitalism is the responsibility of the seller. In a free society, it is we buyers who hold the power of our purse strings. The only reason Miley and her ilk make money and headlines is because were out there as a culture buying all the Hannah Montana hype we can fit into a shopping cart full of school supplies.
Still, its a only determined parent who can preserve her daughters innocence in a media saturated world where people like Ms. Cyrus are idolized. If only she were the only issue.
Sadly, girls hear a drumbeat of vapid, shallow, hyper-sexual messages at every turn. Worse, marketers are skilled at finding ways to instill these values in our young girls because face it, insecurity sells product.
For example, this fall Nintendo will release a new game for its DS system called The Clique: Diss and Make Up based on the pathetically popular Clique books by Lisi Harrison. According to a press release for the game, players assume the role of the new girl at school, taking on the challenges of climbing the social ladder to join the ultimate clique, the Pretty Committee [it] is a game of social maneuvering where the player attempts to survive in one of the most harsh and unforgiving environments on Earth - Octavian Country Day School (OCD).
From stiletto crib shoes to padded trainer bras, our culture is steadily eliminating a wholesome, innocent girlhood in favor of a perpetual state of tween -- a term that refers to the years between 8 and 13 (a period of time formerly known as childhood.)
Americas girls deserve better.
you should have made it into an anti-media, anti-hollywood, anti-celebrity rant, not anti-corporate
Jeez Marybeth, what took you so long? I am teaching my seven and four year old sons the evils of advertising now so they don't fall into the trap.
Uh, maybe it's because the corporations are behind the advertising and product development that she refers to.
Yes, but are you making sure she never sees anyone smoking?!
Well said, very well said. My daughter is now 16. I had to have similar talks with her at age 9 or 10. I feel for these kids. Between vulgar rap lyrics, MTV and the ever earlier sexualization of our children via the Britneys, Lindseys and now Mileys, having an innocent childhood becomes a greater and greater challenge.
I do recall a ouple years ago seeing the 'fashions' that were supposed to be the latst schoolwear. Trampy, cheap duds. I also remember most parents boycotting these and putting pressure on the schools to enforce dress codes. This is a fight we can't afford to lose.
blame the media and corporations all you want, crappy parenting is the problem. Saying "NO" to children won't damage them.
Homeschool and chuck the tv out. Get them involved in your churches youth group. Provide good information for them to read, like lives of the saints, and founding fathers, as well as info about their heritage. Do this from a very young age and it becomes the norm.
It will take an entire generation of a boatload of conservatives to right the ship, don't squander the opportunity. If my kids were little today, this is the path I would choose.
I did ok with mine, youngest is homeschooled (15), oldest is a conservative practicing catholic, and middle is going to seminary next fall, but I don't know if I would have had the same result in todays school system with the influences in society that are out there now. Dont take chances folks, homeschool those kids, and make sure they get the information needed to make good decisions. The schools and society are battling for the hearts and minds of your kids, it is up to YOU to keep them.......
Uh, "poll dance?"
I saw a girl in the super market the other night in total hooker wear. I know, it's old news by now, but it still amazes me. I mean, it might as well have been a streetwalker halloween costume. Extreme short skirt, boots, belly shirt. I did a double take. And yep, the girl looked to be 11 or 12.
OTOH, B.O. will need to perform one of these for the state media if his numbers keeping trending south.
LOL! I was about to post that she meant "pole dance" then it occurred to me that perhaps poll dance worked almost as well. Sigh.
"blame the media and corporations all you want, crappy parenting is the problem. Saying NO to children wont damage them."
Your attitude is non-traditional. Shepherds are responsible for the sheep but it is easier to watch the sheep in a field that is not so crowded with wolves. Shepherds should band together to chase off the wolves.
My DD and I had the same discussion. She's building a "time capsule" had already decided to ditch the Miley posters on her wall. "She's not a good role model for my kids"..LOL!
Have you had them watch Veggie Tales' "Madam Blueberry"?
It's a great lesson on not coveting and the way that advertisers and marketers prey on that sin.
Be sure to watch it with them and talk to them afterwards.
LOL! Help yourself to a Guinness!
The discussion on this issue made me think of Pope Benedict's recent encyclical. Yes, people have the legal and moral freedom to sell and buy, to advertise and entertain. No system other than a free market is as successful at meeting people's legitimate needs and reasonable wants.
However, the better, more moral, choice by sellers would to NOT sell sex to children, or use "sexy" children to sell products. The better, more moral, choice by consumers would be to reject this type of commercial activity. The better choice by parents would be to practice virtue themselves and train their children to do the same.
We love "Veggie Tales". "Lyle the Kindly Viking" is one of our favorites. I'll have to see if we have "Madam Blueberry". Thanks.
We should have listened to our mothers, and married more judiciously ...
that's all well and good, but I see too many households run by children. Not a week goes by that I am not astounded by what a parent will let a child get away with. Maybe it's different raising girls, I wouldn't know. The sheep are not in charge of my pasture (to continue the metaphor).
Even more than boys, girls are powerfully influenced by what they think "everybody" is doing. Keeping daughters pure as they grow older requires striking the balance of militant watchfulness without going overboard to provoke rebellion. Strong religious faith, parental unity, and setting a good example are essential. Strengths and weaknesses of individual children vary greatly, even within the same family.
"We should have listened to our mothers, and married more judiciously ..."
Parents should prepare daughters to attract the best prospects by encouraging them to be feminine, well-mannered, chaste, and skinny (but not too glamorous).
I thought she was joking. But no.
If a man thinks "skinny" is important, he's not good enough for my daughters, irrespective of what my daughters actually look like.
Good point. She stressed the corporate. But not the driving forces behind the corporate movement. It seems lost on her, but without Hollywood driving it, no amount of marketing could make Miley so lucrative if Hollywood celebrity weren't part of it, if she were just Miley, ordinary girl.
"The answer is simple. Don't allow cultural sewage into your house. Have only one TV"
Better to have no TV but human society does not operate in such a way that cultural sewage can be kept out of one's house. The best you can do is try to filter and wash off what inevitably seeps in. That is why parents are obligated to expose and resist the intentional pollution of our culture with sewage.
"If a man thinks skinny is important, hes not good enough for my daughters, irrespective of what my daughters actually look like."
"Well proportioned" is a better expression. All men are wired that way just as all women are attracted to certain qualities in men, whether they choose to be or not.
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"Achieving a reasonably attractive appearance given what she naturally has to work with."
A woman's physical appearance is, indeed, a key quality in attracting men. However, a man who focuses on this quality to excess is demonstrating a shallow character. Note the adverbial phrase, "to excess." An attractive hairstyle, flattering and appropriate clothes, and a healthy form can reasonably be expected of anyone trying to appeal to a potential spouse.
What is a Miley?
which ought to tell you volumes about money.
Yup. Just because they "can", doesn't mean they should.
Some of the student interns wore that kind of thing,
even some leather(ette). The old lefties who are
in the administration didn't know what to do.
I thought it was what you re-name your daughter when you realize her given name of Destiny was too stripperella. But I see now that they have no objection to the stripper scene, so I must be mistaken.
At least they spelled "Destiny" right. My daughter (Eleanor) had a "Destanee" in her dance class one year.
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This is my first day on DhammaWheel. Sorry for the long post but I thought its best to give some context.
My husband and I have been Buddhist practitioners and mediators. My husband more so than me and he is also a meditation teacher in our local community. As you may know people have certain expectations of meditation teachers and how they should behave. Other than that we have been an "normal family" – if there is ever such a thing – progressing in our careers, mortgage, baby etc etc. My husband has several sides to him. His knowledge in the Dhamma is very impressive. He is also skilled in meditation – jhana/vipassana etc. However he also has strong sensual desires, desires which have also led to him breaking the third precept more than once. He also had a bad family history of mental illness and has suffered with depression. Last year he had a psychotic episode where he had a delusion that he was the Matteya Buddha, a great teacher with psychic powers and was on a mission to save the world. He nearly took some drastic action but the delusion subsided after a while. This year following the use of anti-depressants he relapsed again. His behaviour was so aggressive and out of character and has now been diagnosed with bipolar. He showed a lot of typical bipolar manic symptoms which don't really go hand in hand with his image as a meditation teacher. These include the aggressiveness, ego and sexual indiscretions (this time aimed at the baby's nanny!). The delusion of a Buddha was not so present this year, but it was more that "I am meant for bigger things" "I can unite all religions" "I should help thousands of people attain enlightenment" etc.
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Here are my questions to which I am hoping you can provide some guidance based on your practice.
(1) Is it advisable for someone with a serious mental illness and on medication to ordain as a monk? Specially if the aim is to ordain in a country like Sri Lanka in a forest setting?
(2) If someone has a mental illness/mood instability and a mania of Buddha/world teacher etc, what type of meditation will be useful? He clearly wants to practice. Vipassana seem to make him depressed and want to run away more. Metta seem to help so far but not sure if that works for manic and elated mood!
(3) Is there any meditation/dhamma teacher who may be skilled at advising someone with mental illness? Preferably available over email/phone call. I think my husband could use a good mentor at this point - all thins time it was only one sided him being a mentor to others.
Your thoughts and advice would be invaluable and much appreciated! Needless to say all this is hugely stressful to me and may have a lasting impact on our baby's life. May the good karma of your dhamma dana help you in your path to enlightenment!
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The reader (Portrait of K.X. Roussel)
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Vuillard and the subject of this portrait—his future brother-in-law Roussel—met at the Lycée Condorcet and were lifelong friends. In 1889 both joined the Nabis group under the influence of Denis, a fellow student at the Académie Julian. By all accounts, the friendship that existed between Roussel and Vuillard was a case of opposites-attract. Vuillard, a reserved and exceedingly polite man, never married and lived with his mother until her death. He wore a perfectly manicured beard that made him appear old beyond his years, and his regimental appearance earned him the nickname 'the Nabi Zouave' (a reference to the North-Africa-based soldiers of the French Foreign Legion). Roussel, on the other hand, was a gregarious character. Attractive, intelligent and outspoken he read widely, and had a reputation as a ladies' man. He married Vuillard's sister Marie in 1893. The marriage, which produced two children, was evidently not a happy one.1
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Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
- For a more thorough examination of the relationship between Roussel and Vuillard, and Roussel's marriage to Vuillard's sister, see Guy Cogeval, Vuillard, Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Art; Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art 2003, cats 8, 9 and 87, pp. 63 and 145.


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Gold has been consolidating since reaching a high near $1,800 per ounce in early October, and MoneyShow's Tom Aspray goes prospecting for buying opportunities should the yellow metal finally break out of its current rut.
As gold prices have grinded lower from the early October highs and stocks have skyrocketed, the interest in gold has continued to decline. The flurry of bullish recommendations in late September was in sharp contrast to the high bearish sentiment evident last summer.
The high-volume selling last November was a sign that the bears were back in charge and that the correction from the September 2011 highs was not over yet. As I noted in a look at the yearly charts, the Spyder Trust (GLD) did close up 6.84% in 2012 but still it was a disappointing year for gold investors.
Regular readers are likely aware that my long-term outlook for gold prices and the Spyder Gold Trust (GLD) has been positive for many years. Even though there are currently no gold positions in the Charts in Play portfolio, I see no change in the long-term trend.
A look at the monthly chart of gold prices and the weekly/daily charts of the Spyder Trust (GLD) suggests that there will be opportunities for gold investors in 2013 but further patience may be required. Going back to 1976, the seasonal tendency is for gold prices to top in February and then bottom in July.
Chart Analysis: The monthly chart of the Comex gold contract that goes back to 2011, uses the continuous contract that includes volume from all open contracts. The expanded view of the 2001-2002 period highlights the important low in 2001-2002.
- At the end of June 2001, the on-balance volume (OBV) moved above its 21-period WMA for the first time since October of 1996.
- The following month, it pulled back to its WMA before it again turned higher (see circle a) and by the start of 2002, it was in a clear uptrend, line 1. The bull market was underway.
- As the vertical lines illustrate, this has been in the cast for the past ten years but in some instances the monthly OBV made a new high the month before prices peaked.
- The confirmation of each new high in gold prices (lines 2-5) was a sign that the bull market was intact.
- Often times the OBV has led prices higher as in September 2007 when the OBV surpassed the high from early 2007 as it closed at $681. This was a good leading signal.
- By early 2008, gold made a new high of $1,033 that was again confirmed by the OBV.
- The new highs in November 2009 (line 7) were also confirmed by the OBV.
- From March 2010 until August 2011 (line 8), the monthly OBV made a series of higher highs, but in August, gold had traded above the monthly starc+ band for three consecutive months, which was a strong warning sign.
- The monthly OBV confirmed the 2011 highs consistent with a positive major trend as has developed a 13-month trading range and is currently below its WMA.
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Posted on 04/06/2013 11:58:37 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
After noticing that most of the lifeguards at the public pools used by Latino and African-American kids were white, the Phoenix aquatics department decided to try to recruit minorities.
More than 90 percent of the students at Alhambra High are black, Latino or Asian. On a recruiting effort there over the winter, the city's Melissa Boyle tells students she's not looking for strong swimmers. Like many under-resourced schools, Alhambra doesn't have a swim team.
"We will work with you in your swimming abilities," Boyle says.
Boyle's colleague Kelly Martinez takes on the delicate task of explaining the scenario the city is trying to correct.
"The kids in the pool are all either Hispanic or black or whatever, and every lifeguard is white," she says, "and we don't like that. The kids don't relate; there's language issues."
Martinez turns to a Latina student to her. "Do you speak Spanish?" she asks. "We need more lifeguards who can speak Spanish."
Competitive swimming still has a reputation as a white sport. And a national study released in 2010 found African-Americans and Latinos reported much lower swimming proficiency compared to whites.
"It's that catch-22," says Becky Hulett, who oversees Phoenix's public pools. "If the kids don't learn how to swim, as adults they are not going to swim, [and] they aren't going to take their own kids to swim."
So two years ago, Hulett began rethinking lifeguard . Traditionally, Phoenix's 500 lifeguards came from more affluent parts of town, most of which are farther from the public pools.
"It really populated from schools that had swim teams, and so that was our feeder into our lifeguarding programs," she says.
To help diversify its lifeguard ranks, the city raised about $15,000 over the past two years in scholarships to offset the cost of lifeguard-certification . Recruits who pass a swim test at the end can apply to be city lifeguards.
As the teens swim laps at Alhambra, it's clear many haven't had much formal training. But the coaches of the course aren't fazed and are prepared to put in the time to teach.
"Honestly, I have a little bit a fear of the water, and I wanted to overcome that fear," says high school junior Jesus Jimenez. He didn't grow up going to pools with his family but likes the idea of lifeguarding.
"It is nice to have the satisfaction of knowing that if somebody is in trouble you can save them at any time," he says.
If he is selected to be a lifeguard, other pool staff will work with him on his swimming skills all summer.
Liberals have been and will continue to be responsible for countless deaths.
They are abject scum.
Aside from college, no school I ever went to had a swim team; hell, thet didn't even have a pool.
Funny thing, though, that almost everyone still learned how to swim.
I know a very sweet elderly white woman who's parents didn't bother to teach her how to swim when she was a child - and to this day she's afraid of water. It wasn't very nice of her parents...adults can learn to swim but it's one of those things best learned when young. Like riding a bike... critical periods...
Most cities - mine included - offer free swimming lessons for low income children. It's a good idea. Problem is low income parents aren't bothering to bring their kids in to learn.
This issue has NOTHING to do with 'swim teams' at schools...or slavery or anything but parents not bothering.
It's tiresome listening to guilty white liberals treating blacks like they're retarded children who must be given an excuse and a pass for selfish choices... Really, there's nothing wrong with a culture having an expectation that parents meet minimum standards... not laws making people teach their kids to swim - just a small amount of social pressure.
its communism...rewarding the "party" people...not the ones who deserve it...
Could NPR have picked up the story not knowing it was satire? I can't believe anybody could be this stupid.
You cannot be an effective or even a SAFE lifeguard if you are not an excellent swimmer, completely at home in the water. When you go in after somebody (and even with reach-row-throw-go, eventually you will have to), you are going to be working for two, the victim is going to be in a panic and probably trying his best to drown you. You can't be thinking about swimming, all your brain power and strength will be needed to talk the victim into letting you help him or in a worst case overpowering him.
You can't turn poor swimmers into lifeguard-capable swimmers during the course of one summer. I was always happy to get them drownproofed and moving effectively through the water on their own.
- WSI, Red Cross and BSA Lifeguard certified.
"Boyle's colleague Kelly Martinez takes on the delicate task of explaining the scenario the city is trying to correct.
"The kids in the pool are all either Hispanic or black or whatever, and every lifeguard is white," she says, "and we don't like that. The kids don't relate; there's language issues."
Where in hell does Martinez get off saying that she doesn't like it because the lifeguards are white and the kids in the pool are minority? Racist jackass! Might she have phrased it a little better? Perhaps she could have said something like she has noticed that all the lifeguards are white and the kids in the pool are minority. Her goal is to try to get minority children into programs so that they too can be lifeguards. But no, she injected RACE and RACE RESENTMENT into the subject. I give her an "F" for her performance in taking on the delicate task of explaining the scenario the city is trying to correct.
And she should have been the one to point out that it is the responsibility of the parents to make sure their kids can swim and become lifeguards. It is NOT her responsibility to be a racist.
I thought the plan was to stop "resegregation". Isn't this an example? Why do black kids need a black lifeguard and mexican kids need a spanish lifeguard? What if the pool has some of both? Do they get 1 of each and each only watches over their own kind? Are they "separate but equal"? This is idiocy of a new and different kind, sort of a sense-resistant strain of idiocy that will continue to grow until we get the lead idiot away from the steering wheel.
"Why would you want lifeguards to be strong swimmers? That is so old school..."
I imagine that many folks in distress tend to grab upon anything and everything to stay afloat. That includes the folk your trying to save.
When I was in boy-scouts we were taught to avoid getting into the water and to take special precautions to avoid being taken under ourselves if we had to.
Of course it never hurts to be a strong swimmer
I suppose its possible that some racial groups tend to be drawn more towards sports than others. It could be a cultural or genetic difference.
Might it be said that swimming was more important in Europe than running?
Hey, if some hack who knows how to bend a coat hanger just so... can perform an abortion to take a life, how much expertise does it take to save one.......
Now the not speaking Spanish or Ebonics part really worries me - if someone is taking on water and thrashing around, how is a lifeguard to understand that they are drowning if there's a language barrier like that???????
In stead of adding the "/s" tag, I'll see if it flies as satire....
The differences in bone density between blacks and whites has something to do with ease of floating.
The left's fantacy of KKK members everywhere is nuts. It's led to good party members attempting to prove themselves by 'defending' blacks more than the next liberal. Climbing over each other to 'spot' victimhood... Reminds me of Biden claiming credit for saving blacks from being in chains. Big fat insane ego trip - and insulting to blacks at the same time. Seems liberal elite think of themselves as Grand Protectors of the savages or something. I'm amazed blacks keep these people in office.
Very interesting, I've always known that women could float better i assumed it was just because of their distribution of fat. But it seems bone density also has something to do with it.
Women tend to have more fat, plus lower bone density. It makes them better able to float.
"Women tend to have more fat, plus lower bone density. It makes them better able to float."
I suppose the question of why we don't have more female life guards(only about 10% according to this aricle: http://peninsulademocrat.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/san-diego-lifeguards-michael-russell-raises-questions-concerning-gender-diversity-and-salaries/ ) is maybe the uper-body strength issue with carrying the dead weight of unconscious victims, or otherwise pulling them to shore.
Beyond that women are better long distant swimmers because they spend less energy staying afloat. But that doesn't really help them if they have to keep someone else afloat as well, nor does it disadvantage men with the assistance of life jackets.
BUT - I think it's primarily cultural, not bone density. Most guys tend to sink, as do women who are thin or have fairly heavy frames.
I was a champion sinker as a VERY skinny youngster and teenager, in fact I preferred to swim underwater because it was easier. I'm short with very broad shoulders and a lot of bone, sort of like a mountain pony. Even with the middle-aged spread of a 50ish matron, I still don't float well enough to keep my face free, unless I cram my lungs full of air and adopt the "drownproofing" posture.
But I had my Red Cross Lifeguard cert. by age 15, WSI by 18, just got my BSA cert a few years ago along with my daughter (who is also a natural sinker). It's because our family were always swimmers, boaters, water skiers, etc. and grew up on the water. I don't remember when I first learned to swim.
My daughter's roommate in college was a Latina from San Antonio. There was no culture of swimming where she grew up. She couldn't swim, had never swum, only learned because the college required it for graduation (a good idea in my opinion - GA Tech has had that requirement for years and so did my undergraduate college).
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Jordie and I got stuck at the Outlet Mall yesterday afternoon shortly after 5:00PM when the worst flash flood (t-storm) in 12 years hit this city, so we cooled our heels by eating at the Sushi Place until it passed. Little did we imagine that our power at the house we be out upon arriving home. Only 620 homes lost power. Our neighbors told us, our power lines looked like firework sparklers.
Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. It was one miserable night with nothing to do, but fortunately, not very hot, thanks to the rain. Almost 24 hours without power, but luckily, by leaving the doors to the freezer and refrigerator shut, nothing spoiled, not even the ice in the ice maker. We count our small blessings. Both are filled with food.
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