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- Quirinus Quirrell: "I knew you would be danger to me straight from the off, especially after Hallowe'en...Snape unfortunately wasn't fooled, when everyone else was running about the dungeon, he went to the third floor to head me off. He, of course, never trusted me again. He rarely left me alone. But he doesn't understand, I'm never alone. Never. Now, what does this mirror do? I see what I desire. I see myself holding the Stone. But how do I get it?"
- Lord Voldemort (Quirrell's backhead): "Use the boy!"
- — Quirinus Quirrell and a hiding Voldemort[src]
The plot to steal the Philosopher's Stone took place during the Hogwarts 1991–1992 school year, in one of Voldemort's first attempts to gain power.
The plot began with the Break-in of Gringotts Wizarding Bank (1991) and ended with the Battle in the Philosopher's Stone Chambers with just Harry , Voldemort and Quirrell . After Quirinus Quirrell failed to rob the Stone, his master possessed him at Hogwarts. There they made many attempts to steal the Stone, until 4 June, 1992, when Quirrell died.
Background information
The Stone's origin
The Philosopher's Stone was an extremely powerful magical object. It produced the Elixir of Life and would turn any metal it touched to gold. The only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone was Nicolas Flamel.[1]
Lord Voldemort's situation
In 1981 when Lord Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow seeking out the infant Harry Potter, he met his demise.[2] He remained alive because of his Horcruxes, but existed in a spectral form as his soul had been driven from his body.[3] In this form, he went into hiding in Albania. It was in Albania that he met Quirinus Quirrell, who was abroad gaining first hand experience at Defence Against the Dark Arts. Voldemort, who was still obsessed with gaining power, brought Quirrell over to his way of thinking, teaching that there is "no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it." Quirrell went into Voldemort's service after this meeting.[4]
The plot
The attempted theft at Gringotts
When Nicolas Flamel realised that the Stone may be in danger, he asked his friend Albus Dumbledore for help. The Stone was originally located in Vault 713 in Gringotts Wizarding Bank.[5] Dumbledore arranged to have it moved to a safer location. All the while, Lord Voldemort was determined to rise again. To do this, he would need a corporeal body. He realised that he would regain a physical body if he could drink the Elixir of Life produced by the Philosopher's Stone. Voldemort then planned to steal the Stone in order to make the Elixir. Seeing that a physical body would be needed, Voldemort ordered his follower Quirinus Quirrell to steal the Stone from Gringotts. While Quirrell managed to penetrate the defences of Gringotts, the vault had been emptied, and he failed to retrieve the Stone.[6]
The plot at Hogwarts
Upon arrival at Hogwarts, the Stone was placed in the Third-floor corridor] underneath a trapdoor. The professors of Hogwarts were tasked with aiding in its defence. Once Voldemort learned that the Stone had been removed to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he conspired with Quirrell to steal it from the school. As Quirrell had brought Voldemort back into England, Voldemort was on top of the situation and could give Quirrell directions. Quirrell's challenge was to break through all the magical defences the Stone had.
On Hallowe'en, he let a troll into the Dungeons of Hogwarts Castle.[7] The was a diversion so he could reconnoitre the defences around the Stone. As Dumbledore was suspicious of Quirrell, he had tasked Severus Snape with keeping an eye on the latter.[8] Fearing that the troll may be a diversion, Snape headed to the third floor corridor to head Quirrell off. During this incident Snape had an unfortunate run in with Fluffy the Three-headed dog that Hagrid had loaned Dumbledore.[7] It was also around this time that Harry Potter became suspicious of Snape thinking that Snape was after whatever Hagrid had retrieved from Vault 713.[9]
Over the Christmas holidays, the Mirror of Erised was placed under the trapdoor as a final layer of protection for the Stone. It was moved to this location after Dumbledore taught Harry how the Mirror worked.[10] Also during this time, Harry, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger began researching Nicolas Flamel. They had heard the name from Hagrid when they had informed him of their suspicions about Professor Snape.[9] It would take them a few more weeks before they discovered his name and learned of the existence of the Philosopher's Stone.[1]
While all this was happening, Quirrell was slowly learning about the defences. He found out about Fluffy on Hallowe'en. Over the proceeding months, he had figured out most of the Stone's defences. After the second Gryffindor Quidditch match, Snape met with Quirrell. He bluntly asked Quirrell about his progress. Quirrell claimed ignorance, but Snape proceeded to threaten him, saying that Quirrell better figure out "where [his] loyalties lie." Harry eavesdropped on this conversation, and it served to convince him that Snape was trying to steal the Stone.[1] Quirrell got one step closer to stealing the stone midway through spring. Hidden under a cloak, he met Hagrid in the Hog's Head. The two drank and played a game of cards; Quirrell purposely lost in order to give Hagrid a dragon's egg. During their conversation, Hagrid let slip the secret of getting past Fluffy.[11]
Later in the term, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were caught out of bed after hours. They had been helping Hagrid release Norbert, the dragon. Sentenced to detention, they, Neville Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy set out with Argus Filch to serve their detentions. Hagrid took them deep into the Forbidden Forest searching for an injured unicorn. Harry and Malfoy discovered the unicorn, but they also saw a figure drinking its blood. After speaking with Firenze the Centaur, Harry surmised that the figure in the forest was Lord Voldemort. He was drinking the Unicorn blood in order to stay alive. This encounter led Harry, Hermione, and Ron to believe that Snape was trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone for Voldemort.[12]
The attempted theft
It can be assumed that by the end of the term, Quirrell had solved all the defences, because on the final day of exams he sent a fake message to Dumbledore. After Dumbledore had left the school, Quirrell went through the trapdoor. The trio, by this time, had come to the conclusion that Professor Snape was going to steal the Stone soon. When they asked Professor McGonagall if they could speak with Dumbledore, she informed them that he had left the school.[11] This convinced Harry that the theft was to happen that night. He, Ron, and Hermione went through the trapdoor that evening as well. Quirrell had battled through the obstacles and was waiting in front of the Mirror of Erised when Harry arrived. After Quirrell explained the truth to a stunned Harry, he turned his attention back to the Mirror. Voldemort, who had been possessing Quirrell's body, told him to "use the boy." Quirrell then orders Harry in front of the Mirror. Harry looks into it and is given the Stone. When Harry attempted to escape, Lord Voldemort demanded that Quirrell let him speak to Harry directly. Voldemort used Legilimency on Harry and discovered the Stone in Harry's pocket. He ordered Quirrell to seize the Stone. When Quirrell touched Harry, his skin burned and blistered because of the sacrifice Harry's mother made. Harry realised that this was the only way to prevent Quirrell from getting the Stone. He grabbed hold of Quirrell, even though touching Quirrell was also causing him incredible pain. Dumbledore arrived in time to save Harry, but Quirrell died from his injuries when Voldemort left his body.[4]
At Dumbledore's request, the Stone was destroyed. Nicolas Flamel saved enough Elixir of Life to set his affairs in order, and then he died. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville were given 170 points overall for Gryffindor and their house won the House Cup. Lord Voldemort's return was further delayed three years.[4]
- See also: Underground Chambers
|Harry Potter
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the Stone
|Succeeded in stalling Voldemort and helped in Quirrell's death
|Severus Snape
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the Stone by using a riddle involving potions. Was thought to be behind the Robbery.
|Succeeded in stalling Voldemort
|Minerva McGonagall
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the Stone by using an enchanted transfigured chess board
|Pomona Sprout
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the Stone by using Devil's Snare
|Filius Flitwick
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the Stone by enchanting flying keys
|Rubeus Hagrid
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the stone by using Fluffy to guard the trap door
|Albus Dumbledore
|Attempted to stop the robbery of the Stone by using the Mirror of Erised
|Lord Voldemort
|Was behind the robbery of the Stone
|Possessed Quirrell and left him to die
|Quirinus Quirrell
|Helped try to rob the Stone
|Failed to steal the Stone and died when Voldemort left his body
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 13 (Nicolas Flamel)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4 (The Keeper of the Keys)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 33 (The Death Eaters)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 11 (Quidditch)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 (Through the Trapdoor)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 (The Forbidden Forest)


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What is homosexuality in humans and animals?
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October 6, 2012 at 4:55 pm #16897antonymParticipant
What is homosexuality in humans and animals? Opposites philosophy. (The reduced version of an article)
All people of homosexual and transsexual orientation are "mistaken", because they don't completely understand their nature, and what the second half they need! Actually, the mankind has two natural traditional kinds of love, which are based on such science as "socioniks". The first traditional kind of love is when a strong by nature man conquers a sensitive and gentle woman. And the second traditional love is when a strong by nature woman as a predator grasps as a victim a shy and constraining man, who cannot resist her female persistence. Then, there is a question: why are there unconventional sexual relations? Before answering to this question, it would be necessary to say, that each person has the aura and the personal energy field. And when we communicate with each other, we exchange with not only words, but also the еnergetics. We can feel and remember the natural energetics of other person! Scientists quite recently started to prove the aura and the energetics of a person with the help of pictures made by "aura cameras". The aura of a person could see such known clairvoyants as Vanga and Edgar Cayce, too.
Why is there an unconventional sexual orientation among men and animal males?
That thing, which men call homosexuality – is actually a "loss of sexual orientation". The loss of sexual orientation occurs because of the communication, falling for women, accustoming to the female and female energetics. That is, those men, who since their childhood were generally brought up only by a mother, without a father, or closely communicated with the female company, were very amorous, the majority of them doesn't feel an excitement to a female organism as they got used to this female energetics, and start to feel a certain excitement to man's energetics while communicating. Certainly, there are men, who, though, were brought up in the female society, but after all grew traditional people. But if a man at youthful age, being brought up among women, couldn't get used to the man's company at least in simple communication or in any mobile sports, it is quite possible that he will have a certain unresolved in time "psychological problem", with the bigger perception of this phenomenon from outside which can develop into the unconventional sexual relations.
The excessive female energetics is the main reason too for occurrence such phenomenon as "transseksuality", when the man, because of female energetics, allegedly feels inside something natural female, and creates to himself the same modern images of fashion, as well as a woman, thereby being mistaken. From ignorance and the wrong understanding, a man often chooses a way of the unconventional sexual relations. But all these feelings are not a real manifestation of an organism, in spite of the fact, that scientists say. Because some scientists say that the reason is put in genes and sexual hormones or in any structure of our brain. But there are other scientists, which consider that the reason of this phenomenon authentically "isn't known", and the all existing opinions scientifically are not proved, but after all, homosexuality is not a norm, it is a "deviation" from the norm, and it refers to a psychosexual "frustrations" of preference (parafiliya)! There are all bases to consider, that scientists are wrong in their explanation of this phenomenon into the account of biological components of a person!
By a principle of loss of sexual orientation, this phenomenon occurs in fauna too, despite force and growth of other males. That is, in such cases, when females generally bring up their posterity without a male, this posterity gets used to the female energetics and is gathered this female energetics too and in the future they observe such homosexual phenomenon. Take lions as an example. At a male, being in the man's company, the female energetics in the organism starts to react. And that male, feeling this energetics inside, wrongly takes males for females, that is why appears a sexual activity to their sex. So, the unisex sexual phenomenon occurs rather by "mistake", but not of any special call of the nature. Sexual activity can be observed to inanimate objects too, and even to a man, and that fact tells us about the small understanding of psychology of animal beings of the sexual partners, but about a sexual function, which they wish to carry out. But the matter is that, after all, at a male of lions the orientation restores, and begins the usual natural sexual way of life! Males start to be in the sexual contact with females, and females in turn deduce the posterity. And males of lions have no any unisex sexual action. The low budget experience of supervision over males of hens proved that the bisexual relations occur only at those males, who are in the prevailing female company of females. And in purely man's company males have no homosexual behavior but only generally fight among themselves. For the same reason, such phenomenon occurs to all other polygamous and monogamous animal species, at which the unisex sexual phenomenon was observed.
Proceeding from it, it is possible to understand, that homosexuality at animals is not a prevalence under the strong being over the weak, but it is temporary a loss of sexual orientation. And the prevalence of the strong over the weak leads to leadership and often to objective management, as well as at men, but with the addition of force of "mind", in the most various human psychology that is not homosexual and doesn't lead to it. And in fauna there are no such males, who would have one, the clean homosexual direction of actions. The heterosexual relations occur more often than the homosexual. Everything says that so-called homosexual people are "mistaken" in conclusions about themselves as animals cannot adjust the psychology in such way that not to execute the main natural function of "reproduction"!
To those men, who are strongly got used to a female, it is necessary to get to any man's company, to get used to it and to find themselves in this company, thereby to be "re-educated". Or to find a strong by nature woman, who will take the lead in the relations, and thereby will take away this female energetics. And men don't need to be mistaken in what is felt in relation to their sex as it is not true love or the real sexual inclination. And it is the clearing of female energetics in the organism, and accustoming to the society. And it will slowly disappear away over time! And when the person will be mistaken nothing, he can show the real natural sincerity and naturalness that is highly appreciated in society!
Why do unconventional sexual relations at women and animal females appear?
If at men the unconventional sexual relations occur generally from a surplus of female energetics in the organism, at women, on the contrary, there can be unconventional sexual relations from lack of man's energetics in the organism, because of lack of communication and relationship with men and incorrect understanding by a woman the feelings to the person of the sex. The matter is that, when women communicate among themselves, their auras and the personal power field collapse that leads to the energetic splitting in the organism, occurring something like "tension". It is simply so arranged that at men in man's company the energetics become stronger in the organism, and at women, on the contrary, in the female company without men, the bio-energetic collapses. These feelings are not any manifestation of love, something man's, or a sexual inclination to the women. But now becomes clear, why women happened to be such honest with each other. Because of the bio-energetic destruction, occurring in the form of tension and interaction in the communication, women consider that they become in any sense as little sisters, as twins, by the organism and energetics. It is shown, for example, in sincerity, sympathy, and mutual understanding, into the account of various life experiences.
As one of the main sources of the energetics of an organism is "the sexual system" of the person, it becomes clear why women can wrongly consider these feelings as a certain sexual excitement on the relation to each other, that generally occurs in the childhood and teenage age, when the organism wasn't completely gathered yet with the sufficient energy, and the most important, man's energetics received out of, from men. But if women, being mistaken, will take such feelings as any manifestation of love or a sexual inclination on the relation to each other, and will begin the unconventional sexual relations, the bio-energetics in an organism and sexual system will collapse even more strongly, and the woman becomes more bitchiness to the world around and more feministic to a male, and it will be difficult to a woman to fall in love really with the man and to establish a high-grade family. And scientists on the carried-out researches proved that all women of the unconventional sexual orientation, who long time were engaged in these relations, had a much weakened immunity and, because of it, the pallor of a face and the all organism, as the aura and the bio-field – are the main parts of the immunity of a man!
If we look at fauna of females, we will see such phenomenon, when the female "jumps" on a female or a male and behaves seems like a male. This phenomenon is observed at artiodactyls, monkeys (a macaque, a chimpanzee bonobo, gorillas, etc.), and other different types of animals. But it is impossible categorically to call this phenomenon an unconventional sexual inclination! And it speaks that the female by nature feels and knows how should occur to it the satisfaction and fertilization. And it shows on an example of the next similar being what should make the male with it, and thus as though training, raising, and inducing males to sexual actions. It is impossible too to call this phenomenon as a manifestation of man's natural sexual inclination, because the female has no man's genital for similar sexual feeling! As animals don't have that psychology as people do, the female from misunderstanding, without analysis shows the sexual desire on everyone the next similar to animal, females or males. And the male, at the sight of this phenomenon, on certain surprising natural chain "reaction" right there, first of all goes to such manifestation of a female (sometimes confusing to males who are on females already) as the male understands that the female has a sexual desire and she demands a male. After pairing, and exchange of energetics and fertilization, the female often stops to make such actions as received that are necessary for it. Females of the most various animal species can have a "various" display of sexual desire and readiness for pairing, but natural "sense" of such actions, remains the same!
Women don't need to be afraid of showing true both gentle sensual, and strengths of the nature to the opposite sex. To see how it is felt, and to be natural. To take the lead and operate something or someone. It is not something unequivocal man's because in any case, it is the strong natural female! But at the same time, it is necessary to be correct, consecutive, fair to the world around, and tender with the harmless men!
More about natural human sexuality!
People of homosexual orientation often they say what they have there is a "right" to free choice of sexual partner and development of such relations in the society. But, the question arises: "and who has given them such a right, state law, natural, or of God? If state law, then it is clear, because of the state controls the "man". And, as we all know, in mankind there are a lot of "phenomenal facts", but, unfortunately, there is no reasonable answers to these facts, even from "scientists", for this reason, at all mankind can be various "delusion" and erroneous solution. But as in occasion natural and divine law? After all, we are created in the image and likeness of God. But we are created with a "one" gender, which in natural function intended for the "opposite" gender! And homosexuality – it is human "perversion", as and "zoophilia", because it is not on the natural functions of the body! Anus on nature is not intended for sexual relations! And the church not simply affirmative, saying that the homosexuality is a sin, because in mankind lived more wise people, which knew that such relations only make harm to mankind, and not give the benefit! This means, that homosexuality is not needed mankind!
There is an opinion which says, what the cause of homosexuality can be "reincarnation of the soul in another gender person's". But this view is erroneous, despite his believability. It is quite possible, it is the cause of "transsexuality ", not of this action, associated with fashion and erroneous psychology, and with feelings and memories from a past life other gender, but not homosexuality, because with reincarnation in another gender person's acquired a new natural function of the organism. Two single-pole magnets are not attracted to each other. This explains the natural law of opposites in the world. Consciousness, psychology, and feelings, may remain unchanged, but the gender, sexual functions, and bioenergy of the organism, as well as, feelings and memories from a past life, change in natural the direction of an organism in relation to the opposite gender, which can be compared with reincarnation on some other planet, on which the same way can remain consciousness, but acquired other functions of the organism according to the law of one or another planet. Research carried out with the help of regressive hypnosis prove, that the soul is often reincarnation in another gender, but people can have traditional sexual relations, full family, and their children. And Jesus Christ consciously not said about reincarnation, to prevent erroneous psychology and global acceptance of same-sex sexual relations as a norm.
There came an era of the Aquarius!
Our world changes and the mankind pass a certain stage of "evolutions" of the organism. Changes of time and sincere feelings occur "periodically", changing to several times a day. But the farther in the future, the more women start to feel to men that men, in relation to women earlier felt! And men, on the contrary, start to feel to women that women, in relation to men earlier felt too! Now women will lose a sexual orientation, because of big "accustoming" and a surplus of man's energetics, and in this regard, from not accustoming to the society, at least, in simple communication that are the feelings because of man's energetics, about what, it is necessary to take easier and not so seriously and not to perceive these feelings as it is the reaction of man's energetics in a female organism, and accustoming to the society that over time through certain feelings passes! And at men, on the contrary, the aura, the power field will collapse, and the immunity will start to be weakened, because of the unisex sexual relations or even at simple usual communication and interaction among themselves, arising from lack of female energetics and from the wrong psychological self-image about the natural sexuality, which occurs in the kind of some "tension" in the organism, that is not the manifestation of love or a sexual inclination to the man. And it is energetic feelings of all organism, including also a sexual system, when splitting bio-energetic in the communication and interaction which in the future anew will restore and become stronger!
And now it is necessary to say that the unisex love doesn't exist in general, because the unisex sexual relations don't give us the real internal sincere satisfaction. What people call the unisex love – is actually deep "psychological auto-suggestion", based on incorrect understanding of ourselves and our nature or on various human feelings, which aren't love or a sexual instinctive manifestation. And the nature can't influence a unisex sexual inclination as the nature itself consists of contrasts. In each live being the sexual inclination to an opposite sex, for reproduction and education of the posterity is put by the nature. It is such conclusive and initial natural instinct! The person should understand that if we choose a way of the unconventional sexual relations, these relations won't bring us true love, happiness and pleasure, because it is not established by the nature as a natural instinctive function. And such relations, not to mention various venereal diseases, cause bad psycho- physiological condition and a bad state of mind of an organism which bring over time the negative consequences in our life that is already proved by various scientists and psychologists!
But that there was true love, it is necessary to choose the second half completely opposite to ourselves, by the organism, features, and energetics that "the natural lock" was created peculiar, it is desirable in one age with not so big difference of years. For example, if a man is strong by nature, he needs an appeasable woman, gentle and sensual. And if it is a strong by nature woman, she needs a sensitive man, soft and acute. It is those natural and instinctive relations owing to which there will be new families and will born children, as the integral and important part of true love – is the birth of children, thereby the manifestation of other natural parental instincts which bring the additional pleasant vital feelings. And the true love in such relations will slowly arise, since friendship, and desire to be together and will slowly reach the "peak", at more advanced age. Also it is not necessary to hesitate to show the arisen sympathy to the potential opposite second half as it is the natural desire and a peculiar requirement of an organism, thanks to what, the person in the course of life will find the present natural, and the sincere happiness and internal pleasure!
October 8, 2012 at 7:28 am #112631JackBeanParticipant
long and crap at the same time? You do not want many people to read that, do you?
October 9, 2012 at 3:58 pm #112659andreassiegeParticipant
I second that notion. Long and crap. Auras lol.
Homosexuality is a socializing mechanism. We can see this in animal populations. There are certain species of monkey in which this is apparent and even hyeenas engage in homosexuality in order to create social dominance and group dynamics.
Human beings are no different. Most human beings are capable of feeling sexually aroused by members of the same sex when in the right situation. Just look at prisons.
The difference between this kind of sex and heterosexual sex is that heterosexual sex is meant for procreation and socialization and homosexual sex is just meant for socialization.
Some people are more inclined to feel sexual arousal for people of the same sex than most of everyone else. These people are gay.
October 9, 2012 at 5:18 pm #112661JackBeanParticipant
Homosexuality can be found throughout whole animal kingdom. And it serves to procreation, although maybe not of their own genes.
October 9, 2012 at 6:46 pm #112662andreassiegeParticipant
Good point JackBean.
Yes we are stronger and more likely to survive as a group and in a group if the hinges of the hierarchy are well greased (lol). Homosexuality, as I have said, helps to establish social hierarchy and strong social bonds, which in turn leads to more efficiency in safeguarding our offspring.
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As well as some of our pros in Las Vegas this past week, Louis Van Amstel, Jonathan Roberts, Dimitry Chaplin, and Anna Trebunskaya traveled to Casa Dorada Los Cabos Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for some fun and relaxation in the sun. They also danced for one of the nights for some lucky guests while they hosted a Wrap Party. Above is a picture of the four with Greg Louganis and One Tree Hill actress Shantel Vansanten who were also enjoying some time at the resort. Apparently, Louis injured his calf muscle during a dance on the last day, But, he was able to get some extra spa time in and hopefully, it will heal up soon. Here is a picture Anna tweeted from her twitter account too. I love her hat! 🙂


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On July 27 2012 Miu Miu present a special accessory collection made exclusively for selected stores in London.
Chanel flew in 700 people for its 2017 cruise collection in Havana on the island of Cuba. The event itself was a first time in many aspects: the first Chanel show in Latin America, the first fashion show in Cuba, and for Karl Lagerfeld, his first time coming to the island. Paseo del Prad, one of Havana's oldest avenues, was the chosen place that had been transformed from a tree-lined boulevard into a glossy private catwalk with colorful colonial buildings along side. According to Chanel's press release, it actually symbolized the links that uniting Cuba and France: "the Prado was redesigned in 1982 by a French landscape architect."
If the choice of venue seems too implicit, Karl made it all clear to everyone on how he spun the romantic French style with Cuban motifs in a piece of clothing. First thing to notice is the vibrant colors -- yellow, pink, orange, turquoise, bright green -- inspired by the baroque facades of Havana, sparkling over every look. Then there was the Chanel version of Guayabera, a kind of open-necked men's shirt that is popular in the Caribbean regions: diaphanous blouses in black, white and mint green; sheer calf-length organza dresses in gray with big strategically placed pockets; and Chanel jackets with neat vertical pleats. On the latter, a Chanel signature bouclé jacket that was rendered in vibrant hues was paired with a souvenir T-shirt that has "Viva Coco Libre" slogan on it. The collection riffed on a casual Cuban attitude by letting models wear woven flip-flops, flat sandals, pearl-clustered slides to match dresses and suites throughout the show.
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Ravensbrück (German pronunciation: [?a?v?ns?b??k]) was a notorious women'sconcentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel).
Construction of the camp began in November 1938 by SS leader Heinrich Himmlerand was unusual in that it was a camp primarily for women. The camp opened in May 1939. In the spring of 1941, the SS authorities established a small men's camp adjacent to the main camp.
Between 1939 and 1945, over 130,000 female prisoners passed through the Ravensbrück camp system, around 26,000 were Jewish. Between 15,000 and 32,000 of the total survived. Although the inmates came from every country in German-occupied Europe, the largest single national group incarcerated in the camp consisted of Polish women.
The first prisoners at Ravensbrück were approximately 900 women. The SS had transferred these prisoners from the Lichtenburg women's concentration camp in Saxony in May 1939. By the end of 1942, the inmate population of Ravensbrück had grown to about 10,000. In January 1945, the camp had more than 45,000 women prisoners.
Hundreds of children were incarcerated in Ravensbrück. The cruelty and the sadism of the Nazis against the children had no limits, and the fate of those little victims was absolutely awful. Children and babies were in fact sentenced to death before they were born. Newborn babies were immediately separated from their mother and drowned or thrown into a sealed room until they died. Most of the time, this was done in front of the mother. There are dozen of testimonies about children thrown alive into the crematory, buried alive, poisoned, strangled, or drowned in Ravensbrück. Several children were also used for sadistic "medical" experiments. Hundreds of little girls, sometimes only 8, were sterilized by direct exposure of genitals to X-rays. In the early months of Ravensbrück, children were immediately killed. The SS doctor Rosenthal and his girlfriend Gerda Quernheim aborted by force pregnant women, and this was often done using bestial methods. Later, newborn children were sometimes allowed to survive, but due to the lack of food and the awful sanitary conditions, these babies died very soon.
Only the strongest children could survive. Those children had to work day and night with the women in the workshop and help them with the heaviest labor. Only very few of these children survived the war.There were OTHER children in the camp as well. At first, they arrived with mothers who were Gypsies orJews incarcerated in the camp or were born to imprisoned women. There were few of them at the time. There were a few Czech children from Lidice in July 1942. Later the children in the camp represented almost all nations of Europe occupied by Germany. Between April and October 1944 their number increased considerably, consisting of two groups. One group comprised Roma children with their mothers or sisters brought into the camp after the Roma camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau was closed. The other group included mostly children who were brought with Polish mothers sent to Ravensbrück after the collapse of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. With a few exceptions all these children died of starvation. Ravensbrück had 70 sub-camps used for slave labour that were spread across an area from the Baltic Sea to Bavaria.
Among the thousands executed by the Germans at Ravensbrück were four female members of the British World War II organization Special Operations Executive: Denise Bloch, Cecily Lefort, Lilian Rolfe and Violette Szabo. Other victims included the Roman Catholic nun Élise Rivet, Elisabeth de Rothschild (the only member of the Rothschild family to die in the Holocaust), Russian Orthodox nun St. Maria Skobtsova, the 25-year-old French Princess Anne de Bauffremont-Courtenay andOlga Benário, wife of the Brazilian Communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. The largest group of executed women at the Ravensbrück camp was composed of 200 young Polish patriots who were members of the Home Army.
Among the survivors of the Ravensbrück camp was Christian author and speaker Corrie ten Boom. Corrie ten Boom and her family were arrested by the Nazis for harbouring Jews in their home in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The ordeal of Corrie and her sister Betsie ten Boom in the camp is documented in her book The Hiding Place which was eventually produced as a motion picture. Countess Karolina Lanckoronska, a Polish art historian and author of Michelangelo in Ravensbruck also was imprisoned in the camp from 1943–1945. Eileen Nearne, a member of the Special Operations Executive was a prisoner in 1944 before being transferred to another work camp and escaping.
In 1945, just prior to liberation, the poet, playwright and author of "The Green Goose", Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski, managed to save one of the Ravensbruck inmates from certain death. Her name was Lucyna Wolanowska. They began living together, and in January 1946 their son was born, also named Konstanty Ildefons Ga?czy?ski. Later that same year Lucyana Wolanowska and her son emigrated to Australia.
Will Lammert, Memorial Tragende (Woman with Burden) for the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp memorial site, 1959


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- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger; set aside.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the sugar and butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl halfway through. Beat in the egg and molasses until combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low and gradually add the flour mixture, beating until combined. Transfer the dough to a clean bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour (and up to 24 hours).
- Arrange the oven rack in the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick silicone baking mats; set aside. Place the extra sugar for rolling on a plate; set aside.
- Use a 1 1/2-inch ice cream scoop to scoop out the dough, and roll into balls between your hands. Roll the balls in the sugar to coat, and place about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Bake one sheet at a time, rotating the sheet two-thirds of the way through the baking time, until the cookies are deep golden brown and the centers are firm, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Transfer the sheet to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the rack, and let cool completely. Continue to roll and bake the remaining cookies in the same way.
Per serving: 50.0 calories, 15.0 calories from fat, 1.5g total fat, 1.0g saturated fat, 4.0mg cholesterol, 55.0mg sodium, 8.0g total carbs, 0.0g dietary fiber, 4.0g sugars, 0.5g protein
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Less than half of the province's eligible voters turned up to exercise their right, according to an early count.
Initial reports indicated that just 48 per cent of eligible British Columbians voted in the 2013 election.
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OHIO, US - The number of cases of mumps in central Ohio in a rare outbreak has jumped to 212, from 116 early this month, mostly affecting students and others connected to The Ohio State University, public health officials said on Monday.
At least 132 cases of the contagious disease, which causes painful swelling of the salivary glands, have been linked to the university outbreak to date, Columbus Public Health said on Monday. The number of people hospitalized was not immediately known.
The outbreak had initially been limited to the university and those connected to it, but health officials said in late March it had spread to other parts of the Columbus, Ohio, area.
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(From left to right, Barbara Williams-Winford, William's sister, Doris Williams, his mother, Sandra Williams, sister, and Cheryl Braz, fiancée)
Lawrence Williams, 58, contacted the Black Star News in July and alerted us that he was facing deportation to his birthplace – Guyana. He has been detained since August 8, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) formerly INS, and is being held in the Monmouth, New Jersey prison.
In the late 1960's, Lawrence Williams legally entered the United States under the sponsorship of his mother, Doris Williams, who worked in New York as a certified nurse and midwife. Today his mother is very sick and Williams is in a fight for his life.Â
Williams' quest to become a U.S. Citizen led him to an Army campaign drive that targeted people wanting to become U.S. Citizens. "Join the Army; serve the country in Vietnam and your citizenship would be expedited,� he remembers being told. Was this a boldface lie? "When he wanted to go into the Army I asked him why? His words were, 'Mommy, it's not fair to live in this country and don't serve.' That is all he would talk about. Now the country he served is treating him like he is a criminal or something,� his mother, Doris, tells The Black Star.
In 1970, Williams reported to the Army, completed basic training and became a Medic, earned the rank of Private and then was shipped off with Company B, 75th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division based in Quang Tri, Vietnam. He would witness war up close and had to medically attend to countless bloodied servicemen who were injured while engaged in ongoing Viet Cong soldiers' onslaughts. Many of his comrades wouldn't come home alive.
One year in Vietnam would become a never-ending mental reoccurrence for Williams. When he returned, going absent without leave (AWOL) was his only way out. Not being debriefed, not given any medical or mental treatment – Williams would be the first to tell you, "War is hell.� The U.S. Army did not care about any soldier's stress level or if they coped.
The Army top brass were more concerned with making soldiers Human killing machines. Williams had a few brushes with the law, one of them leading to dire consequences. "This guy pulled his gun on me. We struggled and the gun went off killing him,� Williams tells this newspaper, shortly before he's hauled to his current prison. He claimed self-defense to the1983 killing, pled guilty to a manslaughter charge and served two years in a Florida jail. There were several marijuana arrests after 1997, and because of the U.S. Army's broken promise – INS got involved and began to treat him as an immigrant and applied the 1996 law, which was passed by congress to deport any immigrant who commits "aggravated felonies,� back to their birth country.
So what if they fought in our wars, lived here in the United States for over 10, 15, 30 years? When they break the law send 'em all back. The true mindset of an American who never been in any war. After Williams left the U.S. Army he received an, "Under other than honorable conditions,� discharge, but not his U.S. citizenship as promised.
Why is Williams being treated differently? Joe Van Eeten, a Dutch citizen who served in the U.S. Marine Corps claimed to have become a U.S. citizen in a naturalization ceremony before he was shipped out to Vietnam. As a Veteran activist, Van Eeten faced deportation after being convicted in 1995 for selling marijuana and serving 28 months in an Oregon prison, being charged with aggravated felonies under the 1996, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) law.Â
A judge sitting on Van Eeten's case listened to other Vietnam War Veterans who testified about similar naturalization ceremonies and instances of the military losing crucial records. The judge did not rule to deport. What about Williams' case? Why can't the judge handling his case take a hard look? Someone in the U.S. Army did not do their job – should Williams pay for that too?
Williams is a decorated Vietnam War Veteran who sought medical treatment from the VA Hospital complaining about numerous ailments such as depression, liver damage and upper and lower back pain. Two different doctors have diagnosed him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Guyana does not have the same types of medical facilities that could provide the treatment Williams is required to have. Deporting him would surely serve as a death sentence.
Lawrence Williams' case is unique and racism for sure has played a large part. Williams doesn't need to be deported, he needs to be respected, properly debriefed and medically monitored. Deporting this Vietnam War Veteran to Guyana would be seen as a crime against humanity and the U.S. along with INS will be committing a great crime.
"We want to ensure that the 1996 immigration law will not have an unduly harsh effect on those individuals who have made vital contributions to their local communities here in the United States, while putting down deep roots in our nation and abiding by our laws,� Janet Reno once said. Williams passes that test.
Williams took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and put his life on the line by going into war zone with the U.S. Army – this type of patriotism should never go unrewarded or unnoticed. Consider also the case of Malachy McAllister. McAllister was no U.S. Veteran.
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Is this just about BDSM fantasy, or is he paying for a dominatrix?
Heather Corinna replies:I recently stumbled upon some disturbing web sites that my boyfriend had been looking at on the internet. Mostly they were in regards to BDSM and submission. I am not a prude, and porn does not bother me, the thing that bothered me the most was that the most frequently visited sites were for dominatrixes in our area who perform these acts for money. There was not much about sex, but I am worried that my boyfriend is engaged in these activities. I am not a prude, and would love to act out fantasies with him, but I would be heartbroken to discover he had or is currently visiting any of these people. Especially since he would be paying for it. I don't know how to go about discussing this with him. We have a healthy sex life, but he never wants to try anything new. Had he discussed this with me I would be open into role playing these fantasies. I don't know what to do...any advice PLEASE!!
It seems to me that we have four likely possibilities here when it comes to the pro-domme websites.
1) Your boyfriend is simply curious about and/or turned on by BDSM. Pro-domme sites are often free, and tend to have photos as well as information about BDSM. Some even have some bonafide, all-out education when it comes to BDSM, which is one reason why someone curious but uneducated about it may be cruising there. They also will often detail what a scene with that particular dominatrix is like, which, for obvious reasons, is a turn-on for someone fantasizing about being in a scene themselves, but which also can let someone in on what a scene is all about if they're unfamiliar. He may even just like how pro-domme's look or dress: again, most of these sites are free, and many other visual BDSM sites are not.
2) Your boyfriend is considering hiring a pro-domme, or curious about what that entails.
3) Your boyfriend does already engage the services of local pro-dommes.
4) Your boyfriend once did use pro-domme services, and is engaging in a bit of nostalgia.
Obviously, I have no way of knowing which of those things -- and it may be more than one -- is the case. But your boyfriend will, and clearly, you need to talk with him because this is obviously, and understandably, distressing for you. Whether he's paying for it or not, every partner who is within an agreement or shared understanding that they are in an exclusive partnership is entitled to know if a partner is not honoring that agreement. You need to know that when it comes to safeguarding your health, to consent to taking extra risks multiple partnership presents, and to consent to being in a relationship if there is more than one partner involved/which is nonexclusive. If you share finances, and a partner is using those shared finances to purchase sexual services, you obviously should get a say about if money that may also be yours is being spent in a certain way without your agreement.
Not knowing how you fell upon this, it's hard for me to tell you how to bring it up, other than to tell you not to jump to conclusions. I also don't know what your individual communication dynamics are like. But since you don't know what is actually going on here, and since you're obviously pretty freaked, I'd suggest first letting him know you found this -- and if you snooped in something private to do that, you're going to have to fess up about that -- and letting him know that whatever is going on, your issue isn't with his interest in BDSM, but with your concern that he's possibly having other sexual partnership. By all means, if you also just have personal opposition to sex work and a partner you're with engaging in it, you get to have that, and that's something you may also want to discuss if it's not something you've both discussed before. I'd suggest you try and be calm, and I'd also suggest you give him room to talk, and do some listening. Lastly, if this is about nothing but his fantasy, I'd encourage you not to try and claim any ownership of his internal sexual life by insisting he explores this with you if that isn't something he wants or wants right now.
Obviously, if this has been actuality, not fantasy, and involves him going outside the bounds of the exclusivity you've agreed upon, you're going to have some choices to make about what you do with the relationship, and what you are and are not open to.
When it comes to him not wanting to try anything new, even though it seems like he has some interest, or at least a curiosity, in BDSM, it may be that this is simply private for him right now, something he wants to keep for himself in his solo sex life, separate from you, or it may be that it just isn't something he feels comfortable asking you about. Do understand that even if he is not taking other partners for BDSM -- not engaging the services of a pro-domme -- that sometimes we simply have a facet or two of our sexuality that we prefer to keep for ourselves. Sexual partners are never obliged to engage their partner in every aspect of their sexuality, after all, and even with a partner, we still do have our own, separate sexuality. We simply choose to share parts of it with our partners. If a partner doesn't share every single aspect or fantasy, that doesn't mean there is necessarily something wrong with the relationship, nor that they are hiding sexual activity with someone else. So, it may be that this is about his own sexual fantasy, and it's not something he's ready to share, not something he wants to share, or not something he has interest in making a part of your relationship. He gets to have any of those preferences, and that gets to be okay.
I want to bring up one last thing here. Twice, in one short paragraph, you've told me you aren't a prude. I hope that you know that however a given person feels about sex, whatever their limits and boundaries are, whatever they are or are not comfortable with is perfectly okay. It'd be okay if you were bothered by porn, for instance, and it'd be okay if you did not want to act out BDSM fantasies with him, and neither of those issues would make you a "prude." That term is about as useful as the opposite side of its coin, slut. They're both arbitrary, and both also tend to put a judgment or a social status on a given person's sexuality or sexual choices, which is never helpful, not to me, and not for you. I encourage people to consider just dropping that whole dichotomy from the way they think about sex and sexuality, because I think it tends to stand in the way of really seeing and understanding human sexuality and sexual behavior as individual, and respecting the fact that we're just all different -- and none of us better than another in this way -- which is completely alright.
Here are a couple extra links for you, dealing with communication as well as some address of BDSM:


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New Bloodlines Found For The Aidogs
Posted 03 January 2008 - 01:04 PM
By Kim La Flamme ~
June 2006
I first heard of these dogs about 3 years ago, when a Lady named Jeannie Johnson called me & asked if I had any idea what they were. She told me she had gotten them from a 90 year old fellow that had originally purchased them from an immigrant family years ago. The immigrant family he got them from, had traded them for food and blankets many years before, from people that the government were relocating to a reservation. After checking out the date and area, it was clear that this was the Trail of Tears, and it was the Cherokee being relocated with their dogs. A horrible travesty that I believe we all know about, even though it is not covered in our American history books from school.
I have seen paintings and drawings of the Trail of Tears . and the dogs in the paintings match these dogs perfectly. Plus I have old pictures from a Mohican reservation in Main from the 1930s that are the spitting image of these dogs.
(Camp Dogs from the 1930s on a Mohican reservation in Main)
Years ago, I managed to get some of the more Cur dogs that looked like this male, from the southeast, that were the old Seminole dogs , and these were gray and black, but mostly black. I also tracked some of the Mohican dogs down on a reservation, that an Indian family had, that were pretty inbred .but before I could get some pups from this pair some town boys came out, and threw the pups in a river, where they drowned, and the adults were too old to have more pups. What a loss that was, but now Im so glad to be getting some of these lines back again, through this females lines, as well as the southeast lines from the male.
We now have a female we call Abby, short for Abyssinian, and a male called Luka. These are the old silver/gray colors with dark black noses, from 17 to 19 tall & weighing from 30 to 40lbs.
The 90 year old fellow had been calling them Blue Mountain Shepherds, and selling them as squirrel hunting dogs. They had several unrelated bloodlines when he first got them, and by now there are just 2 unrelated lines, and only a few dogs left. Jeannie bought all of the 30 or so dogs that the old gentleman had. She fixed most of the pet quality ones, kept the best intact, sold some to squirrel and bird hunters, and small livestock breeders that used them for herding . they worked out very well for them. Some where bred to other hunting dogs to help bring down the size of their larger Cur hunting dog breeds, that hunters where complaining were getting too big for forest hunting & small game.
In all of these experimental breedings even though crossed with reds and other colors . the progeny that were produced were always silver/grays, the only color of these dogs, lucky for us the other colors have been selectively bred out for many years now, and is now a dominant factor in these dogs, along with the dark black nose. These are qualities I am very excited about, as we have been slowly loosing the silver/gray color and some black nose pads, from saving more of the rare dilute colors in our breed. But as Ive explained . beginning to get it back through the new northern lines, and now definitely with these added, two new separate genetic lines.
As with, all the other types of Indian Dogs from there respective areas, there are now only 6 of these dogs left, and we now have a male from one of the bloodlines, and a female from the other. Being that they are down to just two separate lines now and only 6 of the best breeding dogs, this type or breed can not be continued any longer. So it feels right to both save them, and help to add yet another unrelated gene pool to our mix or add a little needed salt to our stew, that helps to balance out our AIDog breed. Plus we can give them another gene pool to add to theirs.
Since Jeannie has had them she has done DNA testing and checked them for any health problems, as she worked for a vet., at the time. They fell into the same DNA grouped markers as our AIDogs . and have no known inherited genetic problems. After researching there faults and qualities, Ive decided to bring them into our breeding program. As with all the slightly differing types Ive found in the past, they all do have there good traits and bad traits, and as in the past we can selectively breed them in or out. I would like to commend Jeannie for recognizing and saving these old primitive bloodlines, for calling me and asking my advise as to what they may be, and what to do with them. Plus commend, also, the old fellow for recognizing the unique qualities of these rare dogs, and his expertise in genetics and keeping them as close as he could to the old bloodlines, all these years.
As Ive tried to explain with the last Northern bloodlines brought into the breeding program,
(Most recent Northern Lines)
I will attempt to explain these dogs traits; both faults and qualities, and how they will help in the future balance of our breed. The most important quality is the fact that they give us many new genetic traits and genetic variables within our breed. This is becoming very important as time is making it harder to find new bloodlines of our primitive aboriginal village and camp dogs.
They seem to be a combination of the Hare Indian Dog & the Tahltan Indian Dog, with the hair length and texture in-between both. Very much like the small Nordic Vikings dogs that the Vikings brought to the New World two thousand years ago. This is very logical as they were found geologically, in-between these old tribal dogs. Very smart and loyal, small and quick, these dogs are able to change their variable gaits easily, from pacing, 4 beat (or fast walk) to a trot. Used mainly for herding and hunting game in heavily thick treed or forested areas. Both bloodlines are the slightly smaller type common Indian Dogs found originally from Iceland through Canada and Nova Scotia down into the north eastern coastal tribes, Mikmaq, Cree, Mohican, Ottawa, Innu, etc . The female even resembles the Icelandic sheep dog, that is a modern off shoot of this primitive type. There has been possible sightings of some of these old dogs on Islands off of Nova Scotia --- seen recently, that my relatives on the Mikmaq rez are checking out for me. The body type slightly changed as you came down into the central and south eastern coastal tribes, Iroquois, Narragansett, Delaware, Powhatan, and all the way down into the Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole & Catahoola.
The Catahoola Leopard dogs are a modern off shoot of the male Lukas type , just as many modern breeds --- for instance, the modern Australian Shepherds are offshoots to the Old Pueblo Dogs. Of coarse, the Catahoolas, (as Aussies have with the Basque sheep dogs), have been diluted with the bloodlines from the Spanish war dogs and modern hounds. Now, just a very small amount of the old Indian dog is left in them, .but you can still see a slight resemblance in there, if you know the old personalities and traits, like the flatter forehead, and longer muzzle. He (Luka) has that long bodied, long muzzle look of an old primitive Collie. A very good example is on the cover of Bill Pferds book Dogs of the American Indians this shows the smaller size and the longer flatter muzzle traits of those southeastern coastal Iroquois/Seminole types.
Their size, I consider a very positive and much sought after quality, as we can not find many of the smaller Common, Pueblo, Tahltan, or Hare dogs around much any more. The silver/gray color & separation on the facial mask is also disappearing. So that will be nice to see more of again, within our breed, especially combined with the northern silver/grays that are slightly larger in size .bringing that size down more, plus bringing out the half horizontal facial mask of both. A good example of this mask is with Shappa, one of the latest keepers out of Feather X Coydo offspring.
(Shappa with the Horizontal Face Mask)
The personalities of both these dogs are pretty much like our breed; smart, self thinking, happy, wanting to please, and non aggressive towards people and other pets. The negatives are hardly worth mentioning, as selective breeding can take that out with even just one generation. Like the northern lines, the eyes have been bred darker than the original dogs from 500 and more years ago. But when you look close you can see they are more amber brown than the black or dark brown of most modern breeds. This, as Ive learned from the past, shows me that the yellow eye is just there under the surface, like many other hidden traits, and waiting to re-appear. It comes out with selective breeding in just one cross to a yellow eyed dog, just like the northern bloodlines have. This is one way we can tell from test breedings what % is left in them of the primitive breed. This, including the DNA chemical markers, helps put them into groupings of Modern, Re-created" or "Primitive" breeds. The male has a much lighter eye than the female, but slightly longer tail than most Ive seen now or from the past, although this is a trait of those Old Dogs from there respective areas. This is another trait that will disappear with just one cross, along with the longer muzzle and flatter forehead. However, these arent necessarily negatives as this was there originally within these types, and disappeared when the Plains Indians crossed them into the melting pot, of Plains Indian Dogs, as we are doing now.
Many of the past bloodlines have also had there negative traits, but through selective breeding, and knowing that the quality or trait we are looking for is hiding just under the surface --- knowing it was there before, so it can come out very quickly again, with what I like to call breeding backwards-- I have bred out the negative traits, while confirming the good and historical traits, just as it was done in the "Old Ways", by our Elders, long ago.
So all in all, they will both be the salt and pepper necessary to keep those needed variable traits and new genes within our breed. Im very much looking forward to seeing the result of adding these to our perfect ultimate mutt dog stew, affectionately called AIDogs. We will be giving Jeannie some crossed pups back to help her keep her lines going longer also, just as Ive given the Tahltan reservation some of my lines to help them get there dogs back , as our dogs give to both of them what their dogs have given us, a more varied and healthy gene pool.
A big THANK YOU to Jeannie for finding and saving these dogs, and her help sending us these new bloodlines. Also to Jan Hall (an AIDog owner in Florida) for her help in putting together the details of communication and shipping. Last, but certainly not least, thanks to Allison Bond for her help editing this article.
Kim La Flamme ~
founder of the AIDog breed for over 40 years ~ Presedent of the (AIDog breed club) IIDOBA & AIDog registry & creator of the standard & stud book ~ www.indiandogs.com ~ www.americanindiandogs.com ~ www.iidoba.org ~ forum = www.iidoba.org/forums
Posted 28 May 2008 - 03:23 PM
Can you please ask Kim who the artist is that did the wagon picture on the Trail of Tears please?
Judy in Michigan
Posted 28 May 2008 - 06:13 PM
--David Dunning
Posted 29 May 2008 - 11:27 AM
Posted 11 December 2008 - 08:17 AM
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So are these northern blood lines now in the recipe? Looks like the one on the right is the same guy in the village/common section of the song dog site.
I don't know why but I'm smitten w/ these types. Are these the ones that are gettin closer to the 40lb mark? They are beautiful. Especially like the silver grey one on the song dog site he or she is my screen saver now.
Posted 11 December 2008 - 08:51 AM
--David Dunning
Posted 12 December 2008 - 08:17 PM
Josanne and Bart
in the Netherlands
Is he a AIDog? He looks huge compared to the others? He looks like a husky or eskimo dog. But the difference in the ears snout and tail has me wanting to double check. At 1st glance I thought he was a american eskimo or husky but as I looked more just now w/ my son I was stumped. He's gorgeous my son was like "I want one like that or the other one" I think he wants what I want except when it comes to the name....hahaha...cause he's wanted to name all our animals zac.
Now pretending like I'm learning something here he looks like he has the Old Village/Common confirmation. Just bigger than any of the other AIDogs I've seen.
Anywho josanne and bart your dog is beautiful.
Posted 12 December 2008 - 08:26 PM
For a similar looking AIDog, look at this one. Scroll down to the sled dogs:
sled dogs
I see you are leaning toward the Northern Lines.
--David Dunning
Posted 12 December 2008 - 08:38 PM
I'm sure Kim will lead you to some local owners. Once you meet one of our dogs, it will be the personality that you want, and the "look" will come second.
I just came back from visiting my father and his new wife. She remarked how when Coyo looks at you, it is like looking at a person. There is that much intelligence in the gaze. He looks into your eyes and tries to communicate.
Personality and intelligence..... That is what you really want.
Colors, fur....it's just fluff. <grin>
--David Dunning
Posted 12 December 2008 - 09:17 PM
this is the one my son wants....or like it.
Posted 13 December 2008 - 09:57 AM
--David Dunning
Posted 26 June 2010 - 03:09 PM
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
~Author Unknown, Ancient Indian Proverb
Posted 26 June 2010 - 05:18 PM
Still, when the time is right, you will know.
I hope you will write to Kim, and tell him your story. He is a very nice man, and always eager to hear tales of the past, and of people who knew "The Dogs".
So are we. Feel free to talk to us, anytime.
--David Dunning
Posted 28 June 2010 - 01:04 PM
Hello. I'm new to this forum but have came to it many times over the years. I just love these beautiful souls. I came across learning about the American Indian Dog about 10 yrs ago. I'm not sure but I think it was in a magazine article. I immediately fell in love with them once I found Kim's website concerning their temperament and the pictures of all of them were absolutely gorgeous!!! I've wanted one for a very long time. But until now, did not have the space for one due to living in an apartment Not exactly the place for ANY dog much less one that I feel needs running room. Now it's a matter of getting approved and saving up for one. The whole reason I posted was concerning the Trail of Tears. I found out a few months ago from my grand mother that we had family die on The Trail of Tears. How they were related to us, I'm uncertain. I'm fascinated by my family's past so that conversation will be left to another Sunday afternoon with grandma. Funny how in High School 20+ yrs ago, I hated history & now I enjoy it :Bwahahaha:
Posted 29 June 2010 - 05:23 AM
Hey, you could post a "Sunday Afternoon with Grandma" with your history of the Trail of Tears. I'm sure we would all be really interested, and tie it in with the AID's. Looking forward to your posts.
Posted 30 June 2010 - 04:27 PM
Don't wait, these dogs are the most amazing creatures!!! I lost a yellow lab (she was the best...I was pretty down and out) couldn't settle on anything till I found Song Dog Kennels website...Kim is great and so is everyone on the forum. I have been so happy since Chhaya came into our lives....there is none other like the AIDog!!!!
Can't wait to hear more on your Grandma and her experiences!!!
Welcome aboard Tammy. You are in for the ride of a life time. These dogs are sensational. I waited 19 years, now that was dumb, but alas, there is the right time to have one of these dogs in your life. As Allison said, you will know when that time comes. Then you'll wonder why you waited so long .....Talk to Kim, get on the list, and when the time is right for you, you're ready to go. Jump in with both feet, get wet and I bet you will completely fall for these magical animals like the rest of us.
Hey, you could post a "Sunday Afternoon with Grandma" with your history of the Trail of Tears. I'm sure we would all be really interested, and tie it in with the AID's. Looking forward to your posts.
-Ancient Indian Proverb-
Posted 07 January 2012 - 08:23 PM
I noticed while I read that Kim spoke/wrote a lot about breeding backwards as it related to bringing back the old 'physical traits' but is there any record of their actual working traits? Is it a safe assumption that the old ways of breeding or 'the melting pot' Kim referred to in the above article was breeding for purpose according to the peoples/region/purpose i.e. Herding, guarding as it would relate to alerting and I guess warding off dangerous animals as it would apply to family and livestock, etc. Did the old ways of breeding or pairing of specific dogs allow for sturdier dogs less prone to injury from the physical demands of their roles within the tribe/family?
I hope this makes sense. Again I ask out of curiosity and not out of any type of judgement.
Posted 09 January 2012 - 06:23 PM
my tribal homecoming in NC I was very proud especially when the Chief gave him free access to run the tribal center he did not but it was an honor I actually started cring when I found out that Luka's Bloodline was from the trail of tears I told Snake Im taking u home he loves it there when we go back like he knows this is where our ancesters are from .
Posted 09 January 2012 - 06:27 PM
Posted 09 January 2012 - 09:09 PM
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