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Chlorpheniramine is an antihistamine used to relieve symptoms of allergy, hay fever, and the common cold. These symptoms include rash, watery eyes, itchy eyes/nose/throat/skin, cough, runny nose, and sneezing.This medication works by blocking a certain natural substance (histamine) that your body makes during an allergic reaction. By blocking another natural substance made by your body (acetylcholine), it helps dry up some body fluids to relieve symptoms such as watery eyes and runny nose.Cough-and-cold products have not been shown to be safe or effective in children younger than 6 years. Do not use this product to treat cold symptoms in children younger than 6 years unless specifically directed by the doctor. Some products (such as long-acting tablets/capsules) are not recommended for use in children younger than 12 years. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details about using your product safely.These products do not cure or shorten the length of the common cold and may cause serious side effects. To decrease the risk for serious side effects, carefully follow all dosage directions. Do not use this product to make a child sleepy. Do not give other cough-and-cold medication that might contain the same or similar ingredients (see also Drug Interactions section). Ask the doctor or pharmacist about other ways to relieve cough and cold symptoms (such as drinking enough fluids, using a humidifier or saline nose drops/spray).
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If you are taking the over-the-counter product, read all directions on the product package before taking this medication. If you have any questions, consult your pharmacist. If your doctor has prescribed this medication, take it as directed.
Take the tablet, capsule, or liquid form by mouth with or without food. Follow the directions for dosing on the label, or take as directed by your doctor. This medication may be taken with food or milk if stomach upset occurs.
If you are taking the extended-release capsules, swallow them whole. Do not crush or chew extended-release capsules or tablets. Doing so can release all of the drug at once, increasing the risk of side effects.
If you are using the liquid form, use a medication measuring device to carefully measure the prescribed dose. Do not use a household spoon. If your liquid form is a suspension, shake the bottle well before each dose.
The dosage is based on your age, medical condition, and response to treatment. Do not increase your dose or take this medication more often than recommended by your doctor or the package instructions without your doctor's approval. Take this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same time(s) each day.
If your condition lasts or gets worse, or if you think you may have a serious medical problem, get medical help right away.
Side Effects
Drowsiness, dizziness, constipation, stomach upset, blurred vision, or dry mouth/nose/throat may occur. If any of these effects last or get worse, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
To reduce the risk of dizziness and lightheadedness, get up slowly when rising from a sitting or lying position.
To relieve dry mouth, suck (sugarless) hard candy or ice chips, chew (sugarless) gum, drink water, or use a saliva substitute.
If you are using a sustained-release product, an empty tablet shell may appear in your stool. This is harmless.
If your doctor has prescribed this medication, remember that your doctor has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: mental/mood changes (such as restlessness, confusion), trouble urinating, fast/irregular heartbeat.
Get medical help right away if you have any very serious side effects, including: seizure.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
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Before taking chlorpheniramine, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to dexchlorpheniramine; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: breathing problems (such as asthma, emphysema), glaucoma, heart problems, high blood pressure, liver disease, seizures, stomach/intestinal problems (such as ulcers, blockage), overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), trouble urinating (such as due to enlarged prostate).
This drug may make you dizzy or drowsy or blur your vision. Alcohol or marijuana (cannabis) can make you more dizzy or drowsy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs alertness or clear vision until you can do it safely. Limit alcoholic beverages. Talk to your doctor if you are using marijuana (cannabis).
Liquid products may contain aspartame, sugar and/or alcohol. Caution is advised if you have diabetes, alcohol dependence, liver disease, phenylketonuria (PKU), or any other condition that requires you to limit/avoid these substances in your diet. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about using this product safely.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, constipation, or trouble urinating. Drowsiness, dizziness, and confusion can increase the risk of falling.
Children may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug. This drug can often cause excitement in young children instead of drowsiness.
During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
Based on information from related drugs, this medication may pass into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breastfeeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug are: antihistamines applied to the skin (such as diphenhydramine cream, ointment, spray).
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking other products that cause drowsiness such as opioid pain or cough relievers (such as codeine, hydrocodone), alcohol, marijuana (cannabis), drugs for sleep or anxiety (such as alprazolam, lorazepam, zolpidem), muscle relaxants (such as carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine), or other antihistamines (such as cetirizine, diphenhydramine).
Check the labels on all your medicines (such as allergy or cough-and-cold products) because they may contain ingredients that cause drowsiness. Ask your pharmacist about using those products safely.
Chlorpheniramine is very similar to dexchlorpheniramine. Do not use medications containing dexchlorpheniramine while using chlorpheniramine.
This medication may interfere with certain lab tests (such as allergy skin testing), possibly causing false test results. Make sure lab personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call 1-844-764-7669. Symptoms of overdose may include: large pupils, flushing, fever, hallucinations, weakness, shaking (tremor), muscle twitching, loss of consciousness, seizures. In children, excitement may occur first, and may be followed by loss of coordination, drowsiness, loss of consciousness, seizures.
If your doctor has prescribed this medication, do not share it with others.
Keep all medical and lab appointments.
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of your next dose, skip the missed dose. Take your next dose at the regular time. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Store at room temperature away from moisture and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Do not freeze liquid forms of this medication. Keep all medications away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.
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Withdrawing from Hacker News - 2011/04/03essays[1] by Paul Graham[2]. I was interested in and impressed by some of the articles, but also realised that they were interconnected. To explore their interconnectedness I extracted all the links between them, graphed the connections, and computed a Google-like ranking. The results[3] weren't actually that interesting because the essays don't cross-link much, but I sent them to Graham in case he thought they were interesting or useful. Maybe he would put more cross-links in, which might make the essays more of a resource than they already were.Slightly surprisingly, I got a reply, in which he suggested that I submit the link to Hacker News[4]. I'd never heard of Hacker News, but had a look, thought it interesting, and submitted the link. Indeed, I got somewhat hooked. There was a lively and thriving community of programmers and entrepreneurs, and much of the writing was informative and engaging. I learned a great deal. In return, I submitted a few links, commented on a few items, and started to cross-link different contributions. Sometimes the same story was submitted many times, sometimes from the same source, sometimes from different sources, and commenting threads were distributed. I was trying to help reduce the redundancy. So for 865 now days I've watched HN, learned more, been diverted regularly, made some friends, no doubt made some enemies, and generally tried to add value. It's been interesting, informative, and useful. But although there are still items of interest, I'm finding it less and less so. More of the contributions seem to be either repeats, or off-topic, or vacuous, or combinations of these. There are still items of interest, of value, but not as many as I seem to remember. Maybe it has changed, maybe I'm remembering with advantages, or maybe I've just learned as much as I'm going to from the site. I'm absolutely certain there are people there who have things to teach me, and with whom I'd love to work, or talk, or otherwise interact, but the proportion has decreased over time. As the site has become popular so the population of exceptional individuals has become diluted. As has my interest. So I'm going to withdraw. I'm not going to stop reading, and I'm probably going to make the occasional contribution. But largely, I'm not going to be an active contributor. The HN experience has provoked some interesting lines of thought. I'm intrigued by semantic analysis, the possibility of automatic tagging and classification, and the idea that we can find what we want by using such automated techniques. HN is a vibrant place, but the ephemeral is mixed indiscriminately with items that should find a place in everyone's library of valuable resources. My interests are no longer aligned particularly well with HN in its current form. Thanks for everything. If you want to discuss this or anything else you can comment on HN here - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2402730 - or email me. My address is in my profile.
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For decades, working parents — and mothers in particular — have been calling for more flexibility to juggle their personal and professional responsibilities. Finally, a global pandemic forced many employers to give it to them. Office workers were sent home en masse to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, along the way testing out their companies' capacity to maintain operations with a dispersed workforce — and challenging some long-held notions about how productivity is best achieved.
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For others, the biggest challenge to work-from-anywhere has little to do with the work itself. Helen Xue, 30, a communications lead, was living in San Francisco when the pandemic hit and relocated to Portland to be near her partner's family. With the permanent policy in place, they recently moved again to Seattle. Being a digital nomad may be the dream job for those who love to travel. However, finding (and managing!) a job that fits your personality, goals, and adventurous lifestyle is no easy feat. This is how I balance working and traveling around the world.Remote work trips clearly are not the same as a vacation, but they are a great way to hack around your normal holiday limitations and to enjoy a bit more freedom.


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Sydenham Teast Edwards was a natural history illustrator. He illustrated plants, birds and importantly published an illustrated book on the breeds of dogs in Britain, Cynographia Britannica.
Edwards was born in 1768 in Usk, Monmouthshire, the son of Lloyd Pittell Edwards, a schoolmaster and organist; and his wife, Mary Reese, who had been married on 26 September 1765, at Llantilio Crossenny Church, and where Sydenham was christened in 1768. Mary Reese was a sister of the Rev. William Reece, the curate of Llantilio Crossenny who had married Ann Mackafee. Their son, Richard Reece was an eminent physician and wrote a number of works on medicine. Young Edwards had a precocious talent for draughtsmanship and when only 11 years old had copied plates from Flora Londinensis for his own enjoyment. A certain Mr. Denman visited Abergavenny in 1779 and saw some of Edwards' work. Denman, being a friend of William Curtis, the publisher of botanical works, and founder of the Curtis's Botanical Magazine, spoke to Curtis about the boy. Curtis proceeded to have Edwards trained in both botany and botanical illustration.
Edwards produced plates at a prodigious rate: between 1787 and 1815 he produced over 1,700 watercolours for the Botanical Magazine alone. He illustrated Cynographia Britannica (1800) (an encyclopaedic compendium of dog breeds in Britain), New Botanic Garden (1805-7), New Flora Britannica (1812), and The Botanical Register (1815-19). Edwards established the latter under his own editorship in 1815 after a disagreement with John Sims, who succeeded Curtis as editor. He also provided drawings for encyclopedias such as Pantologia and Rees's Cyclopædia. He completed a number of parrot illustrations between 1810 and 1812 which were acquired by Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Edwards was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1804.
Edwards' work inspired the decoration of ceramics made by a number of major potters of the time, such as Spode.
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As the story goes, Birdman and Rick Ross linked up in 2008 to record a few tracks in the studio, which subsequently led to 40 songs being created in the span of 10 days. After letting the music sit for five years (and presumably making other records that were more worthwhile), the respective head honchos of Cash Money and Maybach Music Group liberate a set of recordings from that occasion with The H: The Lost Album Vol. 1.
For perspective, Birdman was in between his 5 * Stunna and Pricele$$ albums in 2008, while Ross had just released his sophomore set Trilla. The H (short for "The Hustle") follows a similar trajectory of material, with an emphasis of luxury, women, and a bit of street talk saturating every corner of the project. They forge their best attempt with "Flashy Cars Movie Stars," a high octane record that personifies their lifestyle (with a motivational speech from Baby preceding it). "Betty Stout" finds a convincing groove too, with Ross and Birdman scheming over a soulful backdrop. In fact, production on The H is the one place where the ball is not completely dropped. "Why" admirably rides out with crisp drums and a moving melody, while "Sun Comes Up" is a smooth cut that accentuates the daily grind for Rozay and Birdman (though they ceremoniously remove Glasses Malone from his own Beach Cruiser single).
The rub comes when both rappers bury themselves with unimaginative rhymes and incessant references to a hustle that doesn't translate well in the music. Whether it's Ross' ridiculous claims on "Addicted" ("My ho was gay, now she addicted to dick," "I get them grenades, we call 'em 'Bye Byes' / It hit your Escalade, pussy nigga, bye bye…") or Baby fumbling for a clever thought on "Justice" ("Come through nigga when I came through shooting / Niggas popping off so I had to shoot him…"), The H sounds more like a demo tape from a lyrical standpoint. It doesn't help the cause either when the short list of guests are d-list rappers. With one listen to tracks like "Pop That Pussy" and "Got A Bitch," your computer's recycle bin will be 20 megabytes fuller.
Hustling is undoubtedly what got Birdman and Ross to their current positions. Their music, at least in 2008, is clearly not a strength that they can confidently allude to as a similar strength. They lack discretion on The H, and considering the fact that "Volume 1" is included in the title, this likely won't be the last compilation of music from the two.
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I had great company with these 3 guys: Keith, Stu and John. It was great to get out touring with our friend John. John has been staying at our place this week and has been fantastic company. He has a long history with Sunshine Village as he worked there from 1964 to 1982!! He started as a Lifty and left as General Manager, so the man has a few stories to tell. :)
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked through blowing snow Monday to lay tobacco on the graves of victims of a mass stabbing before listening to family members who have been grieving for nearly three months.
"I know you are still reeling and still processing what happened and what took place," Trudeau told a news conference in the James Smith Cree Nation's school gym.
"I know from the conversations that I had that members from the community are still grappling with it every single day."
The Sept. 4 stabbings left 11 dead and 18 injured on the James Smith Cree Nation, as well as in the nearby village of Weldon, Sask., northeast of Saskatoon. Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old suspect in the attacks, later died in police custody.
Trudeau mentioned each of the victims by name.
He talked about how Carol and Thomas Burns were visiting on the First Nation and got swept up in the violence. He talked about Christian and Lana Head, whose family told him their deaths have left holes in their lives. He spoke about Gloria Burns, who went to help others that day and lost her life.
"These are not just names. These are not just part of a number of people in this horrific attack," he said. "They are all individuals with stories."
Trudeau, accompanied by Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, went to Saint Stephen's Anglican Church, where seven of the victims are buried, and two other locations of graves.
Trudeau made the sign of the cross at each of the graves and took a moment of silence.
John Kelly Burns said he was overwhelmed with grief and struggled to speak with the prime minister. But, he said, it was important to tell the stories of his younger brother, Thomas, and mother, Carol.
"It was important to get comfort from a leader of our country and to have him come check on us to see how we are actually feeling," he said.
Trudeau announced the federal government is to spend more than $40 million over the next six years to help build a new wellness centre and to repurpose a lodge to "address immediate needs" on the First Nation.
He said it's also spending $2.5 million over five years to increase access in the community to treatments, including traditional and cultural supports, as well as long-term care of people with substance abuse problems.
Another $20 million over four years is to top up the Pathways to Safe Indigenous Communities Initiative, which supports community-based safety and wellness projects for Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ people in various communities, including James Smith.
Janelle Kinch, who also lost family members in the rampage, said it should not have taken such a devastating loss to make change. However, she said she feels hopeful.
Darryl Burns, a brother of victim Gloria Burns, held his head and wiped away a tear. He said he has been asking for a centre for years and didn't know if there'd be change in his lifetime.
Now, he said, he sees a bright future for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
"We are going to have a building. We are going to have our own place," he said. "We are going to have a safe place for people to come and heal."
Earlier in the day, Trudeau met with James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns and council members from the First Nation, as well as leadership from the nearby Peter Chapman Band and Chakastaypasin First Nation.
The prime minister was draped in a blue, white and black star blanket and given a feather blessed by elders.
"Today, we share the celebration of life that was passed in such short notice. There's lots to learn and there's lots to grieve," Chief Burns said.
The smell from smudging, a traditional practice, wafted through the halls. Walls were covered in hearts and cards with notes of support for families of the victims.
The stabbings have amplified calls for more Indigenous-led policing and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has promised to table legislation this fall that would declare Indigenous policing an essential service.
Trudeau said Ottawa will continue to collaborate with First Nations to ensure Indigenous policing is recognized as an essential service, but it needs time to be done right.
"Our shared goal is to make sure that people feel safe," he said.
Kelly Burns said there needs to be immediate changes to have faster emergency response in communities. She said she told Trudeau how she was in a house when her sister, Carol, was attacked. She did CPR alone for an hour trying to save her sister's life.
"I should have had help."
—Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
RELATED: Victim of Saskatchewan stabbings described as "hero and true matriarch"
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It has been said there is no high ground in American politics since any politician who claims it is likely to be gunned down by those firing from the trenches. That's how the Obama team justifies its decision to endorse a super PAC that can raise and spend unlimited sums for his campaign.
Baloney. Good ends don't justify corrupt means.
I understand the White House's concerns. Obama is a proven fundraiser – he cobbled together an unprecedented $745 million for the 2008 election and has already raised $224 million for this one. But his aides figure Romney can raise almost as much, and they fear an additional $500 million or more will be funneled to Romney by a relative handful of rich individuals and corporations through right-wing super PACS like "American Crossroads."
The White House was surprised that super PACs outspent the GOP candidates themselves in several of the early primary contests, and noted how easily Romney's super PAC delivered Florida to him and pushed Newt Gingrich from first-place to fourth-place in Iowa.
Romney's friends on Wall Street and in the executive suites of the nation's biggest corporations have the deepest pockets in America. His super PAC got $18 million from just 200 donors in the second half of last year, including million-dollar checks from hedge-fund moguls, industrialists and bankers.
How many billionaires does it take to buy a presidential election? "With so much at stake" wrote Obama campaign manager Jim Messina on the Obama campaign's blog, Obama couldn't "unilaterally disarm."
But would refusing to be corrupted this way really amount to unilateral disarmament? To the contrary, I think it would have given the President a rallying cry that nearly all Americans would get behind: "More of the nation's wealth and political power is now in the hands of fewer people and large corporations than since the era of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. I will not allow our democracy to be corrupted by this! I will fight to take back our government!"
Small donations would have flooded the Obama campaign, overwhelming Romney's billionaire super PACs. The people would have been given a chance to be heard.
The sad truth is Obama has never really occupied the high ground. He refused public financing in 2008. Once president, he didn't go to bat for a system of public financing that would have made it possible for candidates to raise enough money from small donors and matching public funds they wouldn't need to rely on a few billionaires pumping unlimited sums into super PACS. He hasn't even fought for public disclosure of super PAC donations.
And now he's made a total mockery of the Court's naïve belief that super PACs would remain separate from individual campaigns, by officially endorsing his own super PAC, and allowing campaign manager Jim Messina and even cabinet officers to speak at his super PAC events. Obama will not appear but he, Michelle Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden will encourage support of the super PAC.
One Obama adviser says Obama's decision to endorse his super PAC has had an immediate effect. "Our donors get it," the official said, adding that they now want to "go fight the other side."
Exactly. So now a relative handful of super-rich Democrats want fight a relative handful of super-rich Republicans. And we call that a democracy.
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A sex-related scandal surrounded the actor in 2017, and now he is charged with groping an 18-year-old man in 2016.BOSTON — Kevin Spacey has been charged with groping the 18-year-old son of a Boston TV anchor in 2016 — the first criminal case brought against the Oscar-winning actor since his career collapsed amid a string of sexual misconduct allegations over a year ago.
Spacey, 59, is due in court Jan. 7 on the resort island of Nantucket to be arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said in a statement Monday. Spacey could get up to five years in prison if convicted.
A criminal complaint was issued by a clerk magistrate at a hearing Thursday, O'Keefe said. Shortly after the charge became public, Spacey posted a video on YouTube titled "Let Me Be Frank," breaking a public silence of more than a year.
In a monologue delivered in the voice of Frank Underwood, his character on Netflix's "House of Cards" who was killed off after the sexual misconduct allegations emerged, he said: "Of course some believed everything and have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all; they're just dying to have me declare that everything they said is true and I got what I deserved. … I'm certainly not going to pay the price for the thing I didn't do."
He added, "Soon enough, you will know the full truth." The three-minute video ended with a burst of cliffhanger music.
A spokeswoman for the actor did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Former news anchor Heather Unruh came forward in November 2017 to say the actor stuck his hand down the pants of her son, who was 18 at the time, and grabbed his genitals at the Club Car Restaurant on Nantucket in July 2016. Her son fled the restaurant when Spacey went to use the bathroom, Unruh said at the time.
Unruh said her son didn't report the assault right away because he was embarrassed.
"The complainant has shown a tremendous amount of courage in coming forward," Mitchell Garabedian, a lawyer for Unruh's son, said in a statement Monday. "Let the facts be presented, the relevant law applied and a just and fair verdict rendered."
Spacey remains under investigation on suspicion of sexual assault in Los Angeles for an incident that allegedly occurred in 2016. Prosecutors declined to file charges over a 1992 allegation because the statute of limitations had run out.
He has also faced accusations of sexual misconduct from his time as artistic director of London's Old Vic Theatre.
The two-time Oscar winner was among the earliest and biggest names to be ensnared in the #MeToo movement that was sparked by sexual assault and harassment allegations against Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein in October 2017.
His first accuser, actor Anthony Rapp, said Spacey climbed on top of him on a bed when Rapp was 14 and Spacey 26. Spacey said he did not remember such an encounter but apologized if the allegations were true. Spacey also used the statement to disclose he is gay.
Other accusers followed Rapp's lead.
Spacey was subsequently fired from "House of Cards," the political drama in which he starred for five seasons, and his performance as the oil tycoon J. Paul Getty was cut from the completed movie "All the Money in the World" and reshot with actor Christopher Plummer. Some other projects he was involved in were shelved.
The case against Spacey represents a rare criminal prosecution in the #MeToo era. Weinstein is awaiting trial in New York, but many other cases have been too old to prosecute, and some accusers have declined to cooperate with authorities.
Dalton reported from Los Angeles.
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text: bio | Nicolás Cuello is a queer archivist, writer, and also a PhD candidate affiliated with the Gino Germani Research Institute at the University of Buenos Aires. He works as an assistant professor at the National University of the Arts and as an advisor to the programme of Feminist and Sexed-Gendered Political Memories of the Center for the Documentation and Investigation of the Left Culture in Argentina. His work focuses on the intersection of artistic practices, queer politics, critical representations of negative emotions and alternative cultures in Buenos Aires. He is co-author of the book No Straight Lines. Punk Countercultures and sexual politics in Argentina (1984-2007).


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Air pollution is linked to irregular heartbeat and lung blood clots
Air pollution linked to irregular heartbeat, lung blood clot
Air pollution is linked to irregular heartbeat and lung blood clots, a large study concludes. But picture less clear for impact on heart attack and stroke risk, large study finds. But its impact on directly boosting the risk of heart attacks and stroke is rather less clear, the research indicates.
The evidence suggests that high levels of certain air pollutants are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular problems, but exactly how this association works has not been clarified.
The research team therefore set out to explore the short term biological impact of air pollution on cardiovascular disease, using data from three national collections in England and Wales for the period 2003-9.
These were the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP), which tracks hospital admissions for heart attack/stroke; hospital episode statistics (HES) on emergency admissions; and figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on recorded deaths.
Some 400,000 heart attacks recorded in MINAP; more than 2 million emergency admissions for cardiovascular problems; and 600,000 deaths from a heart attack/stroke were linked to average levels of air pollutants over a period of 5 days using data from the monitoring station nearest to the place of residence.
Air pollutants included carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), sulphur dioxide, and ozone. Information on ambient daily temperatures, recorded by the UK Meteorological Office, was also factored in.
No clear link with any air pollutant was found for cardiovascular deaths, with the exception of PM2.5 which was linked to an increased risk of irregular heart rhythms, irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) and blood clots in the lungs (pulmonary embolism).
Only nitrogen dioxide was linked to an increased risk of a hospital admission for cardiovascular problems, including heart failure, and an increased risk of a particular type of heart attack (non-ST elevation) in the MINAP data.
The findings prompt the researchers to conclude that there is no clear evidence implicating short term exposure to air pollution in boosting the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
But there does seem to be a clear link between particulate matter levels and heightened risk of atrial fibrillation and pulmonary embolism, they say.
In an accompanying linked editorial, cardiologists from the University of Edinburgh, point out that globally particulate matter is thought to be responsible for more than 3 million deaths around the globe, primarily as a result of heart attacks and stroke.
They go on to point out that patients who sustain a non-ST elevation heart attack generally tend to be older, which may implicate air pollution as being particularly harmful for elderly people.
Nevertheless, they agree that the picture is somewhat muddled and may also be affected by improving air quality, overall.
"The current lack of consistent associations with contemporary UK data may suggest that as the fog begins to clear, the adverse health effects of air pollution are starting to have less of an impact and are more difficult to delineate," they conclude.
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CHICAGO, Ill. — The home of slain Black teenager Emmett Till has been granted landmark status in Chicago.
The Chicago City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that protects the house on the South Side from demolition.
At 14 years old, Till was lynched by a mob of white men while visiting family members in Mississippi in the summer of 1955. He was accused of whistling at a white woman.
When Till's body was returned to Chicago, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, held an open-casket funeral to show the world the horrifying violence her son had suffered.
Though two men were acquitted on murder charges, Till's death became a flashpoint of the civil rights movement and the killing galvanized others to get involved.
Till's mother continued to live in a three-bedroom apartment on the home's second floor until 1962 while she worked to honor the legacy of her only child by devoting her life to eradicating racism and improving the quality of life for people of color, according the city council.
The Till home is located at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Ave. and the 2,400-square-foot was constructed in 1895.


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Alright Tit by Lisa Lynch: author • editor • blogger • breast cancer survivor
Thursday 20 October 2011
Cross purposes.
45 comments:
- MummyBarrow said...
As always with your posts. Bloody spot on. You are fucking brilliant.
The End - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Read and noted. Particularly poignant as I am currently relishing my status as an inpatient and happily posting pictures and updates on FB. But once I am home it will be nice to get back to some sort of normality again for however long until the next bit of Bullshit nonsense crops up.
Good to see you blogging away, look forward to the next one. I'd do blogs myself but can't write half as well as you so stick to my short FB updates x - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
'Twatclackers' = new favourite word.
x - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
- betwixt beauty said...
Mmmm... Bacon.
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
- Carlie said...
You tell em girl! xx
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
But Lisa, the only reason anyone reads this blog is that you ARE that "brave young woman.." The one with the Bullshit! the one that Stephen Fry suggested we follow. The one that got the book deal... I am sorry but the package comes as a whole.
Of course, I wish you well, but when strangers offer you kindness and well meant thoughts it seems churlish not to accept them as they are meant.
you have every reason for anger, frustration and disappointment, it is a tragedy..etc etc
I'm sure these comments can and will be read as cruel and unkind, they are not intended that way, I wish you and P every happiness and hope that you are fulfilled by your sense of purpose. - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
- LunaTechChick said...
*stands & applauds...loudly* EXACTLY! Brilliantly put!
xx - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Hey Lisa
What's for tea? (hope I used the apostrophe correctly)
Love yas x - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
I think you missed off 'Dave Grohl's secret girlfriend'.
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
- Susan said...
Not sure what a Ram is? But thought if you were a Ram and a Virgo you must be on some cusp or other?
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
I am officially stealing twatclackers, in return I will lend you use of both cuntweasel and sheeeetfurk (but you have to say it in an Allo Allo style French accent...)
Bob on, by the way.
X - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
- A Fighter, Cindy said...
Incredibly brilliant, and so well put - I share the same thoughts. Fucking ingenious!
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Lisa, you are the absolute best! I decided to only tell my mum about my breast cancer diagnosis a year ago. All the nurses, doctors and therapists I came across disagreed with my decision to keep it secret, but I knew that I'd be labelled 'cancer girl' (not in a mean way) for the rest of my life and any hope of forgetting about my diagnosis for a nanosecond would be practically impossible due to the the constant barrage of questions, conversations and sympathy, from well wishers. I really value the few moments when I can escape from the bullshit and I'm treated the same as everyone else. That's all I want. Love to you Lisa, you have unknowingly been with me every step of my journey, so thank you. Caroline xxx
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Here's a joke for you Lis.....
Woman answers the telephone to a heavy breathing pervert.
"Do you have a tight, hairy twat?" he said.
"Yes I do" she replied. "He's on the sofa watching TV. DO you want to talk to him?"
Whilst I'm in sweary mode - Fuck the Bullshit and drink more gin :-) - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Just LOVE your blog, hugs from all here chez-moi (and that includes the gifted-musician-one who has just gone through donor transplant)
Bacon again-and eggs? - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
- Lisa Lynch said...
Hello, everyone, how's it going? What's for tea?
Enormous thanks for the brilliant comments, as ever. It still comes as a surprise to me that anyone's interested enough to read, let alone comment – quite aside from commenting in such lovely fashion – and I hope you know how much I appreciate it.
Just felt I ought to respond personally to Anonymous (#1) and say that in no way did I take your comments as cruel and unkind. Quite the contrary – you make a fair point, and I'm as grateful for your input as I am anyone else's. I didn't mean to sound as though I'm dismissive of people's kindness, because I'm genuinely not. I really do appreciate everyone's thoughtfulness – and I'd be upset if I hadn't communicated as much. I suppose, in a nutshell, I'm just hoping to be treated – by those who knew me pre-cancer – as no different to the Lisa who once wasn't ill.
I understand, however, that that's how I'm known to many people who read this blog – in which case fair enough that you see me as 'the one with The Bullshit'; why wouldn't you! I suppose this post was meant more for those who see me as the mate, the Ram, the colleague, the baker… because, cancer or no cancer, I maintain that I'm those things first.
Thank you again for the kind wishes, and for taking the time to make such a pertinent point.
Big love,
Lisa x - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
If I tell people to read your blog I don't say "her story is about cancer and it's sad", I say you're a brilliant writer and your blog makes me laugh. There's more to you than The Bullshit.
Fancy skydiving?
*brews up*
Baileyjoer - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
I can forgive you a lot of things on your list of what you are. But not the Ram thing. I'll never forgive you THAT...
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
I ordered my coat today and I bought a purple dress for a party where you have to wear purple. Don't really want to go to the party as it'll be shit but have to.
Matt went to Slough today and is chuffed the Blues won and tomorrow I will desperately try and crack the art media - they're notoriously tricky.
Normal enough? I love you xx - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
twatclackers - awesome
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
I completely agree with Baileyjoer. I bought The 'C' Word because my friend was also going through the bullshit and I thought it would help me understand it better. It did, but what I also felt was that it was very funny, and a really beautiful love story. So yes, it might have been about the bullshit, but the other stuff is what stuck with me the most. It's why I'm still following you on Twitter and reading your blog.
- Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Love the bit when you say 'I am a Mac'
Keith x - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
Have to nick Twatclackers- excellent new word!!!!
You are an awesome writer no matter the subject. Fuck The Bullshit, we need to hear more about you secret love for Mr Grohl.
Wizzywoo.x - Thursday, 20 October, 2011
have you ever considered that there are alternative options out there and looking into those? also, although the docs have an idea of what could happen given your prognosis, it doesnt make them right! it feels like you have resigned yourself to dying in the near future and there is a LOT of evidence to show that your mind plays a huge role in whether you live long or not. x
- Friday, 21 October, 2011
- Nicole said...
Sgt Pepper wanted me to correct one bit in that paragraph--it's "I am owned by a cat." Not "I am a cat- owner."
x - Friday, 21 October, 2011
I can't believe you're a cat owner. Dogs are soooo much better.
Love Cxxx - Friday, 21 October, 2011
- MBNAD woman said...
I have just test-driven "twatclackers". Excellent word and the idiots in the car in front really were. Doing what you do ... the part we know about is how brilliant you are with words. Keep doing what you do.
- Friday, 21 October, 2011
- SB said...
Ummm... Hate to pull you up on this but you're already a bloody brilliant, favourite, 'Auntie', soon to be real-Auntie.
As for the rest; it's making a nice change that you're not too busy to meet me for lunch - I'm bloody well making the most of *that*.
SB xxx - Friday, 21 October, 2011
- Lisa Lynch said...
I cannot begin to tell you guys how chuffed I am that 'twatclackers' is catching on. Hooray for made-up expletives.
I thought I'd better add another personal response, this time to Anonymous #9. I'll keep it as short as I can though because, frankly, this is your place to respond and I didn't ought to be hijacking it.
As ever, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. You are completely right: the mind plays an enormous part in how long we live, cancer or no cancer. Hence, I wanted to expand on your thoughts and reassure you and everyone who reads this – but especially the likes of my husband, my parents, my family and my best mates – that where my focus is concerned, there's absolutely nothing to worry about.
As such – and at the risk of sounding a bit like a schoolteacher – I must correct you on the 'it feels like you have resigned yourself to dying in the near future' front. Because let me make this very clear: I DEFINITELY HAVE NOT.
There is no evidence to suggest that I am going to die in the near future, hence I'm certainly not assuming as much. If I believed that, I wouldn't have booked holidays for autumn 2012, opened up a savings account for Glasto 2013 or started looking into ideas for my Super Sweet 40th.
As for trusting my doctors, I do. With my life. From day one, they've instilled in me a very can-do attitude to my health and treatment, and it's one that remains despite my secondary diagnosis. I'm lucky enough to be under one of the world's most renowned oncologists – who, I have to say, is not just an expert but a total dude – at a specialist cancer hospital… a specialist cancer hospital who do not, by any means, shun the alternatives. Hence, I've been given access to many alternative therapies and perspectives – in conjunction with the more traditional treatment – which I'll be taking and, most probably, writing about.
I am absolutely confident that this is the best treatment I can be having. I am confident that it works. I am confident that I will cope with this – and anything else that's thrown at me – and I am confident that nobody – nobody – has the kick-ass strength of mind that I do. Furthermore, I am confident that I will be around much longer than anyone might have predicted. In the meantime, however, I don't want to live any differently than I would if I didn't have cancer. And THAT, I think, is the point.
Again, thanks so much for taking the time to read and to comment but, more importantly, thank you for giving me the opportunity to make this clear.
Huge love,
Lisa x - Friday, 21 October, 2011
- gemmak said...
Absolutely brilliant post, the ability you have to articulate complete honesty is very refreshing and highly amusing, perhaps even in parts you didnt intend. Oh, and imho you are spot on in your thoughts and observations :)
- Friday, 21 October, 2011
- Burly Chassis said...
Quality swearing Mrs Lynch! Gob and brain in perfect harmony, AGAIN. Time for a submission to the Profanisaurus?
- Friday, 21 October, 2011
Excellent and thought provoking writing, as usual.
Have a lovely weekend
xx - Friday, 21 October, 2011
Go for it! After my treatment yesterday, you've made my Saturday morning all the better, and filled with purpose. Will be thinking of you and hopefully using your positive approach throughout my pending operation. Thanks again for being here. S.x
- Saturday, 22 October, 2011
Dear Lisa,
I read your blog not out of casual curiosity but because I have spent the best part of this year dealing with my own 'bullshit'.
I bought your book (which I consumed within 3 days) and I'd like you to know that it made me laugh and cry in equal measure. Not cry out of pity I hasten to add (for you or for myself) but because of how open and honest your writing is. The book (and the blog) feels as though I'm present for each step in your treatment journey.
I think perhaps because of this it brings a sense of familiarity and possibly causes some to cross a line, saying things they'd never say if face to face or if they thought about what they were saying. I'm sorry that they feel they can do that.
Please don't let a few oddballs put you off. If you still gain a personal benefit from writing your blog, then please know that there are many of us who gain from reading it. Making us smile when you talk about your encounters, the names you give to the medical staff, the medical processes we can identify with, the warmth we feel when you talk about P and your family. Making us feel as if we aren't alone, and somehow even though we don't know each other, that this virtual connection makes us stronger together and as individuals. Whatever our battle it.
Take care Lisa
Jen - Saturday, 22 October, 2011
A Virgo! Blimey how does P cope? lol
xxx - Saturday, 22 October, 2011
so cleverly put as usual... i read your blog to see how you are doing but also for a laugh... i think your an amazingly funny witty lady. I'm waiting for your next book....
here's to a normal future filled with fun and mundane boring stuff (like the rest of us) that you will undoubtedly turn into something comical as usual xxx - Saturday, 22 October, 2011
Just also had diagnosis (different but crap) and way fed of people forgetting I am still me! Keep that humour and I may steal your nonsensical response idea. Oh and twatclacker - that has made me smile sooooo much!!
- Saturday, 22 October, 2011
Hi Lisa,
I'm new to your blog and also think it's completely fabulous, again because it's hilarious and I love your frank attitude not because of why it's written. (I'd say Awesome but I hate the word and have a personal rule that it can only be used 3 times in your lifetime!)
The thing I most like about this post is that if anyone I know is unfortunate enough to have to deal with the bullshit then I will endevour not to treat them differently as I can only begin to imagine how irritating it must be.
Oh and also stealing Twatclackers and Shituation. Thanks Much for those!
Sx - Sunday, 23 October, 2011
We are all too important and useful to be martyrs and victims. We shouldn't gradually die from the moment of dx there is too much living to be done before the dying part. Some people love the gothic horror of plotting someones demise, well bugger them and the gory details. You are not a soap opera (a sit com perhaps, hmmm playing you would be... ) And living is all about small things.
- Monday, 24 October, 2011
- Freda said...
I love your paragraph about "I am........" and want to encourage you to keep writing and keep challenging us, your readers. Thank you.
- Wednesday, 26 October, 2011
Hey, you will never have a better excuse to spend a huge amount of money on a pair of Laboutins!
My personal swear favourite is cunting ninga cuntfuck. We all love you because you speak our minds. Much love from a Toffee xx - Wednesday, 26 October, 2011
- lilianavonk said...
I felt the exact same way when I got sick--I am not my fucking disease, this fucking disease does not define me, I was a fucking big bunch of other fucking things before this crap descended on me, and I bloody well AM STILL THOSE THINGS.
Knowing that you probably felt this way was the reason why I deliberately refrained from telling you when another of my Twitter friends got cancer, cos I immediately thought to myself, "Why the fuck is this relevant to Lisa? It's not like she's Cancer Girl or something! Jeezus, why not talk about Dave Grohl or Louboutins or the transplanted Derby fan I just met or ANYTHING except cancer?"
But in terms of your purpose...there are so many things you're already doing quite spectacularly well (please ignore my slight flash of annoyance at all this competence), but unquestionably, you are an exceptional role model, my dear; IMO, you absolutely should embrace that jewel-encrusted crown and ermine-trimmed mantle, because quite frankly, it does look SPECTACULAR on you. ♥ - Tuesday, 01 November, 2011
I bet your Dad is LOVING all this descriptive language ... hehe
I most certainly am :]
cheers Lisa and P
Donna - Thursday, 03 November, 2011
Are you STILL going on about this cancer stuff?
- Thursday, 03 November, 2011
- Lisa Lynch said...
Oh Leakyloolah, if I weren't such I good mate I'd leave that comment as it is and watch as you to were torn limb from limb by all the people who'd not realised that was an in-joke. As it happens though, I wont (you bitch).
- Thursday, 03 November, 2011


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How The Founding Fathers Dealt With Those Who Engaged in Sodomy
I have made no bones about the fact that the ultimate authority on the issue of sodomy is the Bible and it is crystal clear in condemning it. If others want to cite polls and commentaries and "experts" to attempt to bolster their claim in favor of sodomy, they are welcome to do so. However, what I find a bit disingenuous are those that will talk about rights within the context of the Constitution, which was written by men, not God as though the men who wrote it and backed it would have sided with practicing sodomites today on the issue of marriage. I can tell you that the issue of marriage would have never been addressed as it is today, simply because the view of homosexuality was addressed first, thus making the point of same-sex "marriage" a ridiculous notion.
First, note that our founding fathers would have been outraged that sodomites would be out in the open. They knew that such perversion would both undermine and erode the moral foundations of civilization. Under the British common law, the term sodomy was used to identify same-sex relations and was a capital crime. Understand that the founders referenced Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England extensively. He was a British attorney, jurist, law professor, author, and political philosopher.
Blackstone's commentaries were the premiere legal source used by the Founding Fathers in America. So this should carry some weight with those who claim they know what the Founding Fathers knew and wanted concerning the issue of sodomy, but I'm guessing they will dismiss it. In Blackstone's Book the Fourth of Public Wrongs: Of Offences against the Persons of Individuals, Chapter Fifteen, he writes the following on pages 215-216 (emphasis added):
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IV. WHAT has been here observed…, which ought to be the more clear in proportion as the crime is the more detestable, may be applied to another offence, of a still deeper malignity; the infamous crime against nature, committed either with man or beast…. But it is an offence of so dark a nature…that the accusation should be clearly made out….
I WILL not act so disagreeable part, to my readers as well as myself, as to dwell any longer upon a subject, the very mention of which is a disgrace to human nature. It will be more eligible to imitate in this respect the delicacy of our English law, which treats it, in it's very indictments, as a crime not fit to be named; peccatum illud horribile, inter chriftianos non nominandum ["that horrible sin not to be named among Christians"—DM]. A taciturnity observed likewise by the edict of Constantius and Constans: ubi fcelus eft id, quod non proficit fcire, jubemus infurgere leges, armari jura gladio ultore, ut exquifitis poenis fubdantur infames, qui funt, vel qui futuri funt, rei ["When that crime is found, which is not profitable to know, we order the law to bring forth, to provide justice by force of arms with an avenging sword, that the infamous men be subjected to the due punishment, those who are found, or those who future will be found, in the deed"—DM]. Which leads me to add a word concerning its punishment.
THIS the voice of nature and of reason, and the express law of God, determine to be capital. Of which we have a signal instance, long before the Jewish dispensation, by the destruction of two cities by fire from heaven: so that this is an universal, not merely a provincial, precept. And our ancient law in some degree imitated this punishment, by commanding such miscreants to be burnt to death; though Fleta
says they should be buried alive: either of which punishments was indifferently used for this crime among the ancient Goths. But now the general punishment of all felonies is the fame, namely, by hanging: and this offence (being in the times of popery only subject to ecclesiastical censures) was made single felony by the statute 25 Hen. VIII. c. 6. and felony without benefit of clergy by statute 5 Eliz. c. 17. And the rule of law herein is, that, if both are arrived at years of discretion, agentes et confentientes pari poena plectantur.
Most Americans are completely unaware that the "Father of our country," George Washington, who would also be considered this country's first "Commander-in-Chief" approved the dismissal from the service at Valley Forge in 1778 of Lt. Frederick Gotthold Enslin. Why did he do this? According to the orders, which are held at the Library of Congress, Enslin was "attempting to commit sodomy" with another soldier. Under the title of "Head Quarters, V. Forge, Saturday, March 14, 1778" there is the following entry:
At a General Court Martial whereof Colo. Tupper was President (10th March 1778) Lieutt. Enslin of Colo. Malcom's Regiment tried for attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier; Secondly, For Perjury in swearing to false Accounts, found guilty of the charges exhibited against him, being breaches of 5th. Article 18th. Section of the Articles of War and do sentence him to be dismiss'd the service with Infamy. His Excellency the Commander in Chief approves the sentence and with Abhorrence and Detestation of such Infamous Crimes orders Lieutt. Enslin to be drummed out of Camp tomorrow morning by all the Drummers and Fifers in the Army never to return; The Drummers and Fifers to attend on the Grand Parade at Guard mounting for that Purpose.
What's even more interesting is that Enslin's dismissal came less than two weeks after another soldier, Ensign Anthony Maxwell, was acquitted of the charge of "propagating a scandalous report prejudicial to the character of Lieutt. Enslin" on Feb. 27, 1778. Penny Star cites the transcription of the court martial dated March 3, 1778: "At a Brigade Court Martial whereof Colo. Burr was President (Feby. 27th. 1778,) Ensign Maxwell of Colo. Malcom's Regiment tried for propagating a scandalous report prejudicial to the character of Lieutt. Enslin. The Court after maturely deliberating upon the Evidence produced could not find that Ensign Maxwell had published any report prejudicial to the Character of Lieutt. Enslin further than the strict line of his duty required and do therefore acquit him of the Charge."
Note that our first President viewed "sodomy" or homosexual relations with "Abhorrence and Detestation." He was not a spineless, wishy washy, panty waisted man like the current occupant of the White House, who claims his views have "evolved." He was a man that recognized perverse behavior for what it was, perversion. He was not alone either. In all thirteen colonies, sodomy was treated as a criminal offense and eventually that grew to encompass each and every one of the fifty states. By the way, that fell under "equal treatment under the law."
The law was based upon Leviticus 20:13:
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death."
This verse was "adopted into legislation and enforced by the colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut." Oh the irony that 2012's GOP Mormon nominee for President Mitt Romney was the one to "legalize" homosexual "marriage" in Massachusetts. Here are just a few of the states and the punishments they executed for sodomy.
That the detestable and abominable vice of buggery [sodomy] . . . shall be from henceforth adjudged felony . . . and that every person being thereof convicted by verdict, confession, or outlawry [unlawful flight to avoid prosecution], shall be hanged by the neck until he or she shall be dead. NEW YORK
That if any man shall lie with mankind as he lieth with womankind, both of them have committed abomination; they both shall be put to death. CONNECTICUT
Sodomy . . . shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labour in the penitentiary during the natural life or lives of the person or persons convicted of th[is] detestable crime. GEORGIA
That if any man shall commit the crime against nature with a man or male child . . . every such offender, being duly convicted thereof in the Supreme Judicial Court, shall be punished by solitary imprisonment for such term not exceeding one year and by confinement afterwards to hard labor for such term not exceeding ten years. MAINE
That if any person or persons shall commit sodomy . . . he or they so offending or committing any of the said crimes within this province, their counsellors, aiders, comforters, and abettors, being convicted thereof as above said, shall suffer as felons. 13 [And] shall forfeit to the Commonwealth all and singular the lands and tenements, goods and chattels, whereof he or she was seized or possessed at the time . . . at the discretion of the court passing the sentence, not exceeding ten years, in the public gaol or house of correction of the county or city in which the offence shall have been committed and be kept at such labor. PENNSYLVANIA
[T]he detestable and abominable vice of buggery [sodomy] . . . be from henceforth adjudged felony . . . and that the offenders being hereof convicted by verdict, confession, or outlawry [unlawful flight to avoid prosecution], shall suffer such pains of death and losses and penalties of their goods. SOUTH CAROLINA
That if any man lieth with mankind as he lieth with a woman, they both shall suffer death. VERMONT
Ah, but some will say, "Thomas Jefferson would have never stood for this. He wanted liberty and equal rights for homosexuals to get married." Not according to the record he didn't. In Notes on the State of Virginia by Matthew Carey (1794) Jefferson indicated that in his home state of Virginia, "dismemberment" of the offensive organ was the penalty for sodomy. I'm guessing there weren't too many sodomites wanting that to take place. You might say that is Jefferson's home state, but not Jefferson's thoughts on the issue. Not so fast. Jefferson actually authored a bill penalizing sodomy by castration (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew A. Lipscomb, editor (Washington, D. C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), Vol. I, pp. 226-227, from Jefferson's "For Proportioning Crimes and Punishments)). The below capture of Jefferson's legislation is courtesy of The Library of Congress and Apologeticspress.org.
I'll conclude by stating that the founders understood the role that morality plays in a culture. Washington in his famous "Farewell Address," which used to be memorized by high school students in America said:
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity [happiness]. Let it simply be asked, "Where is the security for property, for reputation for life, if the sense of religious obligations desert … ?"
And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. 'Tis substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it [free government] can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?
Now understand this. I don't believe that all the founders were Christian. Obviously there were Unitarians, at least one Jew, Christians, atheists and deists, and many that belonged to the Masonic Lodge. While morality apart from Jesus Christ results in moralism, there is no doubt that the morals that were taught in the Bible were taken to heart in regards to sodomy. In other words, if we take Washington's words seriously, then he not only has referenced disordered sodomite behavior as 'abhorrent and detestable,' but he has also said that proponents of this particular sin cannot rightly call themselves patriots.
It is unpatriotic, to say the least, to propagate as a 'constitutional right,' that which our founders called an 'infamous crime against nature,' punishable by death or dismemberment.
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Rome wasn't built in a day but Faustina Maxima, antithesis of the passive Roman matron, can screw herself out of a threatening situation quicker than you can say, "Veni, vidi, vici!" This statuesque beauty, descendant of a famous emperor is a one-woman sexual killing machine that eats savage Goths and Saxons for breakfast—and is also partial to a Pict or two—while lunch, dinner and supper is any Roman who takes her fancy. Like any great general she's blessed with imagination, and open to every possibility for maximising pleasure. For, as she writes to her daughter-in-law Flavia, the lucky recipient of her mother-in-law's unblushing exploits among the barbarians, "what is life without ever fresh adventures?"
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To: Flavia Maxima, Rome
From: Faustina Maxima, Amorgos, August 410
My darling daughter-in-law, what thrilling news! The Barbarians at the gates of Rome, at last. You and your friends are in for the time of your lives. I'm green with envy, exiled as ever on this barren Grecian rock with nothing but goats and wizened goat herders for company; not to mention that boring, obnoxious bag-of-bones, your father-in-law Flaccus. As soon as you hear Alaric's Gothic cavalry pounding down the street, get outside and scream for attention.
I know you won't do that, of course, but I hope this letter of mine will persuade you to stop being such a shrinking violet and have some fun with the gorgeous Goths before they're completely Romanised. You really must make the most of them, my dear. All disrespect to my darling son, but you must be bored stiff in the bedroom. He's just like his wimpish father; prefers a blowjob from a eunuch to fulfilling his conjugal duties.
Darling, in all earnestness, the Goths are just the influx of virility the women of Rome are crying out for. I speak, as always, from experience.
Twenty years ago, when the Goths first began seriously troubling our northern borders, Flaccus, appointed Legate by the Emperor Valentinian, was sent to keep an eye on them. I, of course, having the ear—and more vital organs—of His Imperial Majesty, was allowed to accompany him. I was a very excited twenty-year-old, who couldn't wait to feast her eyes upon those blond giants from the far north.
When we arrived it was high summer, and the forests of Germania were steaming, and not just with fires from Barbarian encampments. Disguised as an officer, I rode with my valiant husband into the centre of the Chief's camp to parlay. Darling, I simply couldn't see what threat the Goths posed, for all their energy seemed to be spent in fucking their buxom-arsed women, and often each other, senseless. As we rode in, my saddle was damp with the sights we saw. They were fucking against trees, on the ground, and, one couple I remember, were shafting each other precariously balanced in the boughs of an oak. And what beauties they were! As Flaccus did his 'fearsome Roman' bit with Chief Athalaric, I let my eyes take in the tall blonds who surrounded our mounted embassy. Long blond hair turned to gold in the slanting rays of the sun, gemstone eyes set above rich, red mouths sculpted for kissing. And do you know, as I sat, looking as martial as I could, one of them met my eye and made a very provocative gesture with his closed fist. That night I lay in our tent stroking myself and feeling those strong fingers probing inside me.
I was well on the way to coming when I heard Delicia, my hand-maiden, scream. The curtains around my bed were torn back and there stood a gang of young Goths laughing, swords unsheathed.
"Oh Aphrodite, don't let me wake up now," I prayed as they gathered close, their eyes bulging with lust in the lamplight.
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John McKeown is a British writer based in Dublin. He lived in Prague where he was a teacher and freelance journalist and part of the ex-pat literary scene in the 1990s, then moved to Ireland in 2000 becoming a columnist for the Irish Examiner, and arts feature writer for the Irish Times. He was theatre critic for the Irish Daily Mail from 2006 to 2008 and is currently reviewing theatre for the Irish Independent and UK online theatre magazine Exeunt while raising his daughter Julia. His erotic short stories have been published by Xcite Books in the UK, who have also recently published his first novella Gooseflesh Abbey. JMS Books in the US is publishing two other erotic novellas, also in 2013, Prague Memoir and The Time Sex Machine. In addition to erotica John has four collections of poetry in print, the last, Night Walk published by Salmon Press in Ireland (available from Dufour Editions in the US). He has also collaborated with Leo O'Kelly of Irish folk-rock duo Tir Na nOg, on an album of songs entitled Will released in 2011 on Life and Living Records in the UK.


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Interview with Valerie Maczak - Runner Up in the WOW! 2006 Flash Fiction Contest
From talking with Valerie, we've learned that she's a free spirit, an extraordinary person, and a dedicated writer with tons of talent. Over the years, Valerie has worked many jobs, yet, throughout each one of them, she still finds time to write. When we first read her short story, Rolling Along, we wondered if she actually spoke the way she writes! After receiving our first e-mail from her, we immediately deduced that it wasn't the way she speaks; it was a true manifestation of her writing voice.
WOW: One thing that impressed us most about your story, Rolling Along, was your ability to stay true to your characters' voices. How important is voice to you?
Valerie: Extremely. I have a frightening gift for finding a character's voice. In my professional life, I work for a financial publishing company that represents investing "celebrities," so every day I become a 50-year-old, white male who is worth $4 billion. I get to "say" things like, "McDonald's posted a phenomenal 37% earnings surprise in the third quarter, and the currency tailwind we saw in the fourth quarter means another stellar report is ahead." It's VERY exciting.
WOW: Sounds like it! So tell us, what inspired you to write a story about a roller derby girl? (What an original take!)
Valerie: Jim Croce's "Roller Derby Queen," and quite honestly, I figured you would be overwhelmed with cheerleader pom-pom stories, so I hoped it would make me stand out.
WOW: I know that song! In fact, down here in San Diego there's a restaurant I go to every once and a while. It's called Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar. It's owned by Ingrid Croce, and is a tribute to the memory of her late husband Jim -- and the place has excellent food and a great music scene... it's also a fabulous place for drinks.
In your bio you said that you're 'a recovering bartendress, a reformed flight attendant, and a beauty school drop out.' What a colorful resume! While working these jobs did you still manage to find time to write?
Valerie: Always -- my professional life is the best fodder for my work. In fact, while I was flying the friendly skies, I was also attending college. I would work trips Friday through Monday then take classes on Tuesday and Thursdays. It worked well -- I'd pack my text books along with my underpants and polyester frock, so I did a lot of writing on the road, though much of it was academic. I did that for about 2 years, but I eventually had to take classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and the fallout from the September 11 sadness became more intense, so I quit in 2003, but I have missed it ever since.
WOW: Yeah, the September 11th issue has been coming up a lot lately in our interviews. Check out what Amy Tan told us about where she was at the time... it's too strange...
In your bio, you also said that you take on freelance writing in your spare time. What kinds of projects do you get involved in?
Valerie: Oh, good Lord, what kind of projects DON'T I get involved in? I've written product reviews and "how to" articles for an adult Web site. I've ghost written freelance articles about chandeliers, Chinese real estate and home improvement loans. I also transcribe Congressional hearings. Earning a living from writing, even when you're writing about money, simply isn't very lucrative. I've accepted that I will probably always have a side job, which is alright because it keeps me out of trouble and out of the bars.
WOW: Val, that's quite a diverse selection! Do you have a day job now?
Valerie: Indeed, I work for a financial publisher. I'm low on the totem pole but high in spirit.
WOW: The photo of you with the guitar is great. What type of music do you like to play?
Valerie: Anything with easy chords. I do write my own songs, but I'm very private with them, so I tend to perform unusual cover songs -- things that probably shouldn't be played acoustically, such as A-Ha's "Take on Me" and a lot of Air Supply songs. Outside of that, I love Bob Dylan, Ray Lamontagne, James Taylor, Paul Simon -- I could go on an on.
WOW: (laughs) I grew up in the 80's so I'm all too familiar with A-Ha's song and their infamous video/cartoon. That must be very hard to play acoustically, I'd imagine!
Speaking of childhood, your article about Walt Disney was published in The Daily Jeffersonian when you were in the third-grade. Is that what encouraged you to take your writing seriously?
Valerie: I'm still struggling with taking my writing seriously. It seems very pretentious to me to refer to myself as a writer. I tend to tell people that I "like words," but each time I get something published, whether it's an article on caring for older horses or a very generous mention on your Web site, my confidence builds.
But, it was actually a high school English teacher, Carlene Jackson, who told me, point blank, "You write very well." That sentiment was later reiterated by several college professors whom I respected very much and my friend Sean P. K, who acts as my editor. It's a bit Lifetime movie-ish, but they inspired me with those simple words. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for compliments, but either way, I will always appreciate
WOW: I think encouragement is definitely needed for all of us to grow as writers -- it seems to be a theme; actually, in the answers we're receiving. Someone somewhere in school or life has been encouraging, providing a catalyst for talent. So, do you have any writing goals for the New Year?
Valerie: To master hyphen usage. I always get tripped up on the hyphens.
WOW: Even the Fowler brothers (the first editors of the Concise Oxford Dictionary) had trouble with that one. Check out their explanation HERE.
So, how has entering the WOW! Fall 2006 Flash Fiction Contest been for you?
Valerie: Fantastic -- I love prizes! I'm currently working on my submission for the next contest.
WOW: That's great to hear. We can't wait to read it! Thank you Valerie for inspiring us and sharing your unique outlook on life.
If you missed Valerie's story Rolling Along, you can read it HERE. Enjoy!


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"Japan has always been on the forefront of cutting edge robotics. Its roots can be traced back 200-300 years during the Edo period when skilled craftsmen created automata (self-operating machines). Using nothing more than pulleys and weights they were able to make the Karakuri (Japanese automata) perform amazing tasks.
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