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I first met Teryl-lynn Foxx in 1992 on a trip to new Orleans, and we became fast and enduring friends. With her 2106 reign as Miss Continental Elite coming to a close I caught up with her for a an interview. Teryl-Lynn Foxx entered the pageant circuit in her 20's, shortly after she transitioned and began working the club scene as an entertainer. Despite going back to school and becoming valedictorian of her class, she couldn't secure a job in her field as a registered nurse, being passed over by less qualified candidates.
Teryl-Lynn Foxx entered the pageant circuit in her 20's, shortly after she transitioned and began working the club scene as an entertainer. Despite going back to school and becoming valedictorian of her class, she couldn't secure a job in her field as a registered nurse, being passed over by less qualified candidates.
"Sure," she says, "it was frustrating. I thought with my transition I could have a normal girl's life."
From that first defeat however, she never quite. She jumped into the entertainment world head first as a regular at the legendary OZ nightclub in the French Quarter of her hometown of New Orleans. Simultaneously she found her outlet as a pageant contestant, winning many pageant titles. This opened new doors for her to headline shows all across the country, providing her with extensive travel opportunities. Some of her titles included Miss Gay Louisiana USA, Miss Tennessee USA, Miss Clique magazine, Miss Essence, and others.
With this heightened exposure she became more active at home in the transgender community, serving as liaison to the Governor's office on transgender and gay issues, like HIV awareness and prevention. She also became very involved in the Mardi Gras festival each year, riding the lead float one year as the parade's Grand marshall.
Yet her life wasn't solely in the gay community that she frequented, and she landed a day job at and events management company. This in turn gave her the opportunity to become a runway model for Saks 5th ave. that lasted for several years.
By the early 2000's she retired from the club and pageant circuit, and after Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed her beloved city, she was content living a low-key lifestyle, singing in her church choir and settling into a regular life.
Fast-forward ten years and the pageant life began to itch at the back of her brain. Then in 2016 she reemerged in the Continental pageant circuit for one more go around -- to complete in the Miss Continental Elite, for girls over 40. "When I entered I thought it was for girls over 50", she says, "so when I learned it was for 40 and over, it was a jolt: the competition would be more fierce than I expected as I'd be competing with girls over ten years my junior. But I was undeterred, and right then decided I was going to win it!"
And she did.
We chatted about the pageant, the preparation, and the overall experience. Here are excerpts from that interview.
Brianna: You're a veteran pageant competitor, what was the motivation after leaving the circuit 10 years prior to compete again?
Teryl-Lynn: I'm not entirely sure what the underlying motivation was, I just knew this was something I wanted to do, and committed myself to the process.
Was the Miss Continental the first circuit you had ever competed in?Actually yes, it was. And I didn't win. 20 years ago I got to top 12 after two years, but never top 5, and I stopped. I guess it wasn't my time. So I shifted to the Miss US of A circuit, and that is when I began to win titles.
How did you prepare differently this year? I no longer had my youth, so I had to work very hard, for almost a year before i entered, and I hired a trainer to help me prepare.
Being a veteran of the pageant circuit, what advice would you give those just starting a pageant career? I guess the one thing I learned early on was to stay true to who i am, and not let too many people get in my head. There will be many people telling what you should or shouldn't do, and if you don't have your own identity you can get pulled in many different directions, which can erode your focus.
Did your prepare any differently, was there new challenges this time?
yes, as I mentioned I had trained for over a year for this. And the talent part for this competition I couln't use props as we had been allowed to do in other competitions. you coud only use a hand-held propr, like a fan or something, so that was differnt. I performed a revamped Billy Holiday that I had done many times in the past and tried to make it new and compelling.
Was there a moment during this year's pageant where you thought "I could, or I'm going to win this!" I thought I could win it. I wanted to win it, with all my being. Throughout my pageant career, I often find little tokens, signs of good luck. Like finding a penny, or a nickel. This year, before going onstage one night I reached down and found a quarter, and I thought "this is it, I've got this, i'm going to win it."
Certainly I'd imagine the crowning has to be the best moment of the pageant, but after that, what was the best memory for you from this year's pageant? The moments that made the journey special were all the great people I met, the camaraderie with the other contestants. There was a shared struggle as we competed, but I think win or lose we all shared in the joy of those who won.
What was the first thought in head reign our head when you were named? Every fiber of my being wanted to win this, and I felt i was going to. Can't recall my first thought, or the first feeling. It was numing; I felt that I was going to win, so when they called my name I had the coin in my hand, and all I recall was that I looked up and thanked God whose help I prayed for.
How does Miss Continental Elite rank in you heart with other crowns you've won throughout your career? It was the best. It was returning to where it all began for me. It was the pagent that I worked hardest to achieve, and I am so proud of that win.
As your reign winds down, with the new nationals coming up in April, what's your first thought about the year that has passed? I didn't know what the responsibiltis and obligations would be. I had to attend every preliminary throughout the country all year long. I always had to look the part of the reigning queen, even when I didn't feel like it. I was there to be the face of the pagenat and guide and motivate the other contestants, and enjoyed doing that.
You've had a long and accomplished pageant career, what is the most valuable lesson you've learned? I've learned that I can achieve if I believe, and carry the weight of the responsibility. I gained administrative skills and look forward to helping others achieve their goals.
Is there more pageantry on your horizon? There is probably one more in my future, returning where I got my start at Miss US of A, but this time in their Classic devision, for girls over 40.
Thank you fr taking the time to speak with me, and as always it was a pleasure. Thank you Brinana for your ongoing support to me and the community at large.
Terly-Lynn Fox transitioned as a young person of 22, not really knowing where the journey would take her. She experienced her families acceptance, an exciting career traveling the country, gracing the covers of magazines, walking the runway, and being crowned Queen on many occations. Life doesn't seem to get any better than living one's own adventure. Let Teryl-Lynn's story be an encouragement for those unsure of their next step -- you don't have to the know the destination to begin down the road; one step at a time.
Until next time, be safe, be proud, and always think pretty thoughts!
Check our the previous interview from 2002


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Story by Ashley Lopez The morning after his first short film was screened at the Austin Film Festival, a showcase for both famous and indie filmmakers, Shane Ware is alert and eager to speak about his recent successes. One of the youngest short-filmmakers presented at the film fest this year, the recent University of Texas at Austin radio-television-film graduate says he is honored to be part of a group of such talented people.
Ware's short, titled "The Polterman," is a comedic horror film that he wrote and filmed his last year as an RTF student. After 12 drafts of the script, long nights editing and plenty of coffee, Ware says "The Polterman" became the film that was screened to the public on Saturday, Oct. 25. "I had a good feeling about it because I was getting a lot of good feedback," Ware says. "I was more surprised when I found out that other films that I thought were better than mine didn't get in. I don't know – maybe that's just me being modest."
A deviation from his normal tendency to write Sci-Fi scripts, Ware says that the plot for "The Polterman" evolved from an idea he had for just one scene. He explains that's what usually happens – he has an idea of a scene he likes, and the rest of the film develops from there. "I am not a horror movie person at all," Ware says. "I had been watching a lot of horror movies and have done Sci-Fi in the past, so I just decided to do something radically different. It started out as more serious and then got more light-hearted as it went along."
When he first sits down in the patio of Starbucks on 24th Street and San Antonio Street, Ware expresses his nostalgia for being a college student. He graduated in the spring and received a degree in RTF as well as finance — the latter being for practicality, he adds. Despite having been chosen for the film fest, Ware knows he could have grown more as a filmmaker within the RTF program because of all the opportunities it presents to its students. "The one thing I can say about the RTF program is that the degree is as much as you put into it. If you go into the program not wanting to work, you can probably get by, but you won't have anything to show for it," Ware says. "That being said, they give you all the resources you need. If you really want to work at it, the RTF program is awesome."
The success of Ware's short film is largely influenced by the RTF program at UT. The class where he originally presented the script required weekly critiques and edits that went on for the duration of the semester. Looking back at his undergrad career, Ware says he wishes he would have gone through with more of his ideas instead of just letting them pass by. "My advice to current RTF students is to make everything — anything and everything that pops in your head," Ware says. "Make it, write it, just do everything. Don't be lazy. Making films is the most stressful thing you'll ever do, but just bite the bullet and do it because the end product is worth it. Even if it's terrible, you learn a lot."
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Your friends and family can probably use this against you. I'm sure this has happened to every traveler: you enjoyed your trip so much that you completely forgot to buy anything to give out as a souvenir, or even to keep one for yourself. By the time you realize this, hopefully you still have a few minutes left before your flight is scheduled to depart.
This was exactly what happened to me at one time when I was at Narita Airport. Luckily, there was a shop located right beside my boarding gate! I saw several boxes of different special-flavored KitKat for sale! I didn't have much time so I just picked the flavor that I thought represented Japan the best: sakura matcha.
One box like the above one costs around 1620yen. This is expensive in comparison to the regular matcha Kitkat below, which costs an average of 300yen per pack for 12 pieces of 2 bars each.
But anyway, the sakura matcha variety contains 10 boxes containing 3 packs of 2 bars each.
Which I believe looks perfect as a souvenir / gift :)
|Melted a little bit at the bottom due to warmth, but nonetheless still delicious!
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Clint Hollingsworth, writer and illustrator of the excellent webcomic The Wandering Ones, recently completed his book on knives. Some of my work is in the book. On the cover, for instance. :D One of the chapters is an article about a couple of my knives from several years ago that Clint wrote for a magazine. Thanks, Clint!
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The Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is located in the District of Saanich, near the city of Victoria, Canada. Surrounded by a developed urban area, Swan Lake is an oasis of natural beauty only minutes from downtown Victoria.
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As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading a collaborative nationwide effort to develop a framework that U.S. communities can use to prepare for, resist, respond to, and recover from hazard events more rapidly and at a lower cost.
On July 30, NIST will host the second in a series of regional workshops devoted to developing a community-centric "disaster resilience framework" to minimize the impacts of hazards and quickly restore vital functions and services in the aftermath of disasters.
The workshop will begin with a session on resilience lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy, the 2012 "superstorm" that affected many states along the Atlantic seaboard. Sandy killed more than 150 people, caused an estimated $65 billion in damage, and left millions without power for extended periods. The devastation also underscored the complex web of interdependencies and vulnerabilities of buildings and infrastructure systems.
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- Research article
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Usefulness of event-related potentials in the assessment of mild cognitive impairment
- Vasileios Papaliagkas†1Email author,
- Vasileios Kimiskidis†2,
- Magda Tsolaki†2 and
- George Anogianakis†1
© Papaliagkas et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008
- Received: 12 February 2008
- Accepted: 05 November 2008
- Published: 05 November 2008
The aim of this study was to determine if changes in latencies and amplitudes of the major waves of Auditory Event-Related Potentials (AERP), correlate with memory status of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and conversion to Alzheimer's disease (AD).
91 patients with MCI (mean ± SD age = 66.6 ± 5.4, MMSE score = 27.7) and 30 age-matched healthy control (AMHC) subjects (mean ± SD age = 68.9 ± 9.9) were studied. 54 patients were re-examined after an average period of 14(± 5.2) months. During this time period 5 patients converted to AD. Between-group differences in latency and amplitude of the major AERP waves (N200, P300 and Slow Wave) were determined. Within each group, correlation coefficients (CC) between these characteristics of the different AERP waves were calculated. Finally, for patients, CCs were determined among each AERP wave and their age and MMSE scores. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the underlying structure of waveforms both in the control and the patient groups.
Latencies of all major AERP components were prolonged in patients compared to controls. Patients presented with significantly higher N200 amplitudes, but no significant differences were observed in P300 amplitudes. Significant differences between follow-up and baseline measurements were found for P300 latency (p = 0.009), N200 amplitude (p < 0.001) and P300 amplitude (p = 0.05). MMSE scores of patients did not correlate with latency or amplitude of the AERP components. Moreover, the establishment of a N200 latency cut-off value of 287 ms resulted in a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 91% in the prediction of MCI patients that converted to AD.
Although we were not able to establish significant correlations between latencies and amplitudes of N200, P300 and SW and the patients' performance in MMSE, which is a psychometric test for classifying patients suffering from MCI, our results point out that the disorganization of the AERP waveform in MCI patients is a potential basis upon which a neurophysiologic methodology for identifying and "staging" MCI can be sought. We also found that delayed N200 latency not only identifies memory changes better than the MMSE, but also may be a potential predictor of the MCI patients who convert to AD.
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mini Mental State Examination
- Slow Wave
- P300 Amplitude
- N200 Amplitude
Cognitive event-related potentials (ERPs) have been widely used in the study of dementive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Of the major waves observed in the ERPs (N200, P300 and Slow Wave), P300 component corresponds to mental processes such as recognition, categorization of stimuli, expectancy or short-term memory while there are many regions in the brain, especially in the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe and the hippocampus which are thought to be responsible for its generation [1].
The numerous clinical P300 studies [1–6], strongly suggest that this ERP component, elicited by auditory, visual, olfactory or somatosensory stimuli [7], may be clinically useful as an index of cognitive function.
N200 wave, composed of N2a, known as mismatch negativity (MMN) and N2b, may represent short duration memory functions and preattentive storage taking place in sensory cortex 26 [8]. The temporal cortex, the frontal lobe as well as the thalamus and the hippocampus contribute to the generation of MMN [9], whereas the frontal and the superior temporal lobe are also involved in the generation of the N2b wave [10], which is measured in the present study. N200 wave may indicate an early cognitive elaboration concerning subject's attention orientation [11].
The Slow wave (SW) reflects a later, final stage of the stimulus' evaluation and its' relation to P300 remains unclear [12, 13]. To our knowledge, there is no published data on the use of this ERP component in the evaluation of MCI or AD.
MCI is described as the transitional stage between normal cognitive changes of aging and the cognitive decline caused by AD. The pathogenesis of MCI is currently unknown.
MCI has recently attracted clinical and research interest, primarily due to the fact that MCI patients are at increased risk for progressing to AD [14]. It is thought that the early identification of those subjects destined to convert to AD may offer the opportunity of therapeutic intervention in the initial stages of the neuropathologic processes leading to dementia, thereby substantially increasing the probability of therapeutic success. Accordingly, the need arises to diagnose and monitor cognitive decline in patients with MCI in an objective manner and to this end a number of electrophysiological techniques have been investigated, including ERPs. Bennys et al. [2] observed that N200 and P300 latencies were significantly prolonged in AD patients when compared to either MCI patients or controls and may be used for categorizing patients into one of the three groups. Golob et al. [3] also studied patients with MCI and AD over a period of 5 years and concluded that P300 latency increased with normal aging and is further prolonged in MCI patients. Except for prolonged P300 latencies, P300 amplitudes were significantly reduced in AD patients when compared to MCI patients or healthy controls [4] or when compared to just healthy age-matched controls [15].
In our own work [16] with 22 MCI patients we had observed that (a) the latencies of N200, P300 and SW increase with age (p < 0.05); (b) the latency of N200 correlates positively (p < 0.05) with that of P300; (c) the latency of the SW correlates positively with the latency (p < 0.01) and the amplitude (p < 0.05) of P300, but not with either the latency or the amplitude of N200; (d) the amplitude of P300 correlates positively (p < 0.01) with the amplitude of SW and (e) the performance of the patients in the MMSE does not correlate with the amplitudes or latencies of N200, P300 and SW.
Accordingly, the aim of the present study was 1) to determine if there are differences in latencies and amplitudes of N200, P300 and SW between patient and control group and also between different age-groups and 2) to identify ERP parameters that could help us to electrophysiologically diagnose MCI. In addition, study participants were clinically and neurophysiologically re-examined so as to explore the evolution of ERPs over time and investigate their predictive value in identifying at an early stage those particular patients that subsequently convert to AD.
Stimuli and Procedures
Auditory event-related potentials were elicited using a simple discrimination task, the so-called oddball paradigm. Event-related potentials use two different tones, an interstimulus interval of several seconds, with the target oddball stimulus presented less frequently than the non-target or standard stimulus. Briefly, a series of binaural tones at 70 dB sound pressure level (SPL) with a 10 ms rise/fall and a 100 ms, plateau time was presented to all subjects. The auditory stimuli were presented in a random sequence with target tones of 2000 Hz occurring 20% of the time and standard tones of 1000 Hz occurring 80% of the time at a rate of 0.5 Hz [17]. The subject is required to distinguish between the two tones by responding to the target (i.e. mentally counting) and not responding to the standard [18]. Patients were instructed to pay attention in distinguishing the tones, count the target tones silently and report the total number at the end of the exam.
EEG activity was recorded (filter bandpass:0.1–50 Hz, analysis time:1 sec) from scalp AgCl electrodes at Cz and Pz sites according to the 10/20 system referred to linked earlobe electrodes, with a right hand ground. Artifacts caused by ocular movements ± 50 μV were automatically rejected. Each patient was tested twice to ensure that waveform components are reproducible. The peak of the ERP components was measured as follows: if the waveform was smooth, the maximal amplitude point was taken as a peak. Otherwise, the leading and trailing slopes of the waveform were extended, and the intersection point was determined [17].
In order to reduce electrode impedance, we used a special type of paste (Elefix Nihon-Kohden, EEG paste Z-401 CE), while the auditory event-related potentials were elicited and analyzed by means of Neuropack 4 (Nihon-Kohden, Tokyo) equipment.
The study group consisted of a total of 91 patients with mild cognitive impairment and 30 age-matched control subjects. MCI was diagnosed according to the widely used criteria of Petersen et al. [14] which include: 1. Memory complaint, preferably corroborated by an informant. 2. Impaired memory function for age and education. 3. Preserved general cognitive function. 4. Intact activities of daily living and 5. Absence of dementia.
Demographic and baseline ERP characteristics of the participant groups
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91 (56–35)
χ2 = 0.27
Age Mean (SD)
t = 0.96 p = 0.34
Age range
Age ≤ 65 (female)
χ2 = 0.08
Age > 65 (female)
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P300L (mean ± SD), ms
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U = 783, p < 0.001
SWL (mean ± SD), ms
534.1 ± 60.6
495.0 ± 45.6
U = 800, p = 0.001
N200A (mean ± SD), μV
9.3 ± 0.44
7.3 ± 0.39
U = 897, p = 0.025
P300A (mean ± SD), μV
16.2 ± 0.77
13.5 ± 0.57
U = 1032, p = 0.107
The patients were recruited from the Third Neurological Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Papanikolaou General Hospital. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and it was performed according to the declaration of Helsinki. An informed consent was obtained from all patients, before they were admitted to the study. The patients and the controls were assessed with neuropsychological tests, which include the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) [19, 20] and by auditory event-related potentials. The average performance of the patients in the MMSE test was 27.7/30, whereas all control subjects scored 29.7/30.
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 15.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc) and AMOS 7.0 for the confirmatory factor analysis.
Of the measured parameters, age and the latencies of control subjects were found to be normally distributed (Shapiro-Wilk test).
Univariate ANOVA was used to determine differences in ERP parameters between MCI patients and controls. A confirmatory factor analysis was also used to examine the underlying structure of the waveform both in the control and the patient groups. Chi-square test was used to compare frequencies between groups.
Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) was computed when the variables had normal distribution, whereas Spearman's rs was used when at least one variable did not follow the normal distribution.
Unpaired Student's t-test was performed to compare the ages of patients and controls. Changes between baseline and follow-up measurements were evaluated using the Wilcoxon matched-pairs sign-rank test. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used for comparisons between patients and controls.
Probability values < 0.05 (two-tailed) were considered statistically significant.
Correlation between major ERP components at baseline exam
Comparisons were made for AERPs at baseline exam in patients and controls to evaluate the relation between age, latencies and amplitudes. The means (standard deviations) of the AERP characteristics at baseline of the two groups are shown in Table 2.
a. Patient group
In the 91 patients we studied at baseline the results reveal that:
(a) The latency of N200 correlates highly significantly (rs = 0.55, p < 0.001) with that of P300.
(c) There is a highly significant association (p < 0.001) between P300-N200 latency difference and P300 (rs = 0.69) and SW (rs = 0.50) latencies. Moreover P300-N200 latency difference is significantly correlated with P300 amplitude (rs = 0.24, p < 0.05).
(d) The difference between SW and P300 latencies is highly correlated with the difference between the latencies of SW and N200 (rs = 0.78, p < 0.001).
(e) Significant correlation was found between N200 and P300 amplitudes (rs = 0.33, p < 0.01).
b. Control group
In the 30 healthy control subjects we studied the results show that:
(a) Latencies of N200, P300 and SW increase with age (p < 0.01) (For N200 r = 0.52, for P300 r = 0.44, for SW r = 0.40).
(b) Highly significant correlations were observed between the latencies of N200 and P300 (r = 0.58, p < 0.001) and between P300 and SW latencies (r = 0.80, p < 0.001). Significant correlation is observed also between N200 and SW latencies (r = 0.40, p < 0.05)
(d) The latency difference P300-N200 is highly associated with P300 latency (r = 0.59, p < 0.001).
(e) As in patients, the difference between SW and P300 latencies is highly correlated with the difference between the latencies of SW and N200 (r = 0.88, p < 0.001). Moreover it is highly related with SW wave latency (r = 0.86, p < 0.001) and associated with P300 latency (r = 0.46, p < 0.01).
(f) Similarly to the observation made in the patients group, the amplitudes of the major waves in healthy controls decrease with age. This decrease is highly significant for P300 wave (r = -0.60, p < 0.001) but not for N200 wave (r = -0.22, p < 0.5).
(g) There seems to be a highly significant correlation between N200 and P300 amplitudes (r = 0.69, p < 0.001).
Correlation of ERP latencies and amplitudes in MCI patients with MMSE performance
No correlation was observed between latencies and amplitudes of N200, P300 and SW and the patients' performance in MMSE.
Group differences (MCI/controls)
The Mann-Whitney test was used for intergroup comparisons of the ERP characteristics. P300 and SW latency were significantly prolonged in patients compared to the control group (for P300 U = 783, p < 0.001; for SW U = 800, p = 0.001). On the other hand no difference was observed in N200 latencies (U = 1215, p = 0.367). Moreover, patients had significantly higher N200 amplitude (U = 897, p = 0.025) than controls, whereas P300 amplitude did not seem to differ between the two groups (U = 1032, p = 0.107). The statistical significances of the intergroup differences are shown in Table 2.
In order to test the AERP waveform difference in MCI patients compared to controls, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to examine the underlying structure of the waveform both in the control and the patient groups. Given that the sample size of the present study was relatively small for such an analysis, bootstrapping techniques were used. These techniques are regarded an ideal means to tackle problems in situations where the assumption of adequate sample size is not met [21].
A one-factor model was postulated and tested for the five measured variables, which were the latencies of N200, P300 and SW (N200L, P300L and SWL) and the amplitudes of N200 and P300 (N200A and P300A). All variables were transformed to z-scores to share the same scale. Initial analyses showed that P300 latency had negative error variances for both groups and thus it was excluded from the model.
As shown by the fit indices, both models had acceptable fit to the data. However, substantial differences between them can be observed. In particular, the latencies of N200 and SW had higher factor loadings for the control group (0.69 and 0.61) than the patients group (0.44 for both variables), implying that MCI reduces the contribution of these two components on the entire ERP waveform. Also there is a substantial difference in the factor loadings for the amplitudes of N200 and P300 in the two groups (0.03 and 0.27 for N200A and -0.66 and 0.71 for P300A).
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Results of univariate ANOVA of basic ERP components (Statistically significant differences are shown in bold)
ERP Component
≤ 65
> 65
≤ 65
< 0.001
> 65
≤ 65
< 0.001
> 65
≤ 65
> 65
≤ 65
> 65
≤ 65
(covariate N200L)
> 65
≤ 65
(covariate N200L)
> 65
≤ 65
0. 288
(covariate P300L)
> 65
≤ 65
(covariate N200A)
> 65
The effect of earlier ERP components on the later ones was studied using preceding components as covariates. When N200L was used as a covariate for the analysis of P300L, a significant difference (p = 0.003) between groups, but not between age-groups (p = 0.082) was found. In the analysis of SW latency with N200L as a covariate, only the between-groups comparison was found to be significant (p = 0.004), whereas with P300L as a covariate, no difference between groups or age-groups was found (p = 0.288 and 0.487 respectively). This indicates that P300 and SW latencies carry the same information, a finding that is in agreement with the regression lines shown in Figure 2.
In the analysis of P300 amplitude with N200 amplitude as a covariate, the significance in the difference between the two age-groups remained (p = 0.024).
Change of ERP components with time
Significant differences between follow-up and baseline measurements were found for P300L (p = 0.009), N200A (p < 0.001) and P300A (p = 0.05) (Wilcoxon matched-pairs sign-rank test).
Comparison of ERP parameters between MCI stable and AD-converting subgroups (Statistically significant differences are shown in bold)
MCI stable
N (female)
χ2 = 1.037
Age Mean (SD)
MMSE Median
N200L median
< 0.001
(IQR), ms
P300L median
(IQR), ms
SWL median
(IQR), ms
N200A median
(IQR), μV
P300A median
(IQR), μV
There was a significant difference in N200 latency medians between controls, MCI stable patients and AD-converters (Kruskal-Wallis Test, p = 0.001). The difference was significant between controls and AD-converters (Mann-Whitney test, p = 0.001), but not between controls and MCI stable patients (p = 0.632).
In this study AERPs were conducted to determine if changes in latencies and amplitudes of the major waves of AERPs, correlate with memory status of patients with MCI and conversion to AD.
As noted, patients with MCI are at high risk for developing Alzheimer's disease [22] and according to Petersen et al. [23], they convert to Alzheimer's disease at a rate of about 12% per year and by the end of the sixth year, after MCI is diagnosed, 80% of patients with MCI convert to Alzheimer's disease. In another study [22] over a period of five years, less than 50% of patients with MCI converted to AD. Therefore, early diagnosis in these patients is very important, and for this purpose ERPs have been employed in several studies. In a study involving 12 healthy elderly controls and 15 MCI patients, auditory event-related potentials following the "oddball" paradigm were used [24]. The median performance of patients with MCI in the MMSE was 27.7. P300 latency was significantly delayed in MCI patients, but N200 latency as well as the amplitudes of the two components were found not to be statistically different between the two groups. Pokryszko-Dragan et al. [25], also observed that in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease, P300 latency was significantly prolonged compared to healthy subjects. From the characteristics of the P300 wave (latency, amplitude), which we studied, P300 amplitude was also found not to be significantly different between patient and control group, whereas P300 latency was significantly delayed in patients compared to control subjects.
Our results confirm those presented by Golob et al. [5]. However, having also studied the N200 and SW characteristics, we also observed that SW latencies are significantly delayed in MCI patients when compared to healthy controls. In addition, we observed that the strong correlation which exists (a) between the N200-to-SW latency difference and the latencies of P300 or SW and (b) between the P300-to-SW latency difference and the latencies of P300 or SW, in control subjects, disappears in MCI patients. Another observation is that, both the amplitudes of P300 and N200-to-P300 latency difference correlate with the latency of SW in MCI.
We interpret this finding as a disorganization of the AERP waveform in MCI patients whereby the generators of the N200, P300 and SW of the AERP are "decoupled" in MCI. In this respect we also observed that (a) the strong correlation that exists between N200 and P300 amplitudes in our control subjects disappears in the case of MCI; (b) the P300 amplitude becomes strongly correlated with the N200-to-P300 latency difference and (c) Age stops being correlated with P300 amplitude. In our view therefore, while, in AMHC, N200 wave can be considered as the "initiator" of both the P300 and the SW, in MCI it does not influence the generation of SW. The observation that in MCI the N200-to-P300 latency difference does not correlate with either the N200-to-SW latency difference or the P300-to-SW latency difference, further underscores this point. Further evidence of the disorganization of the AERP waveforms and the "decoupling" of the wave generators in MCI patients compared to healthy controls is provided by the results of the CFA, where substantially different loading factors of the AERP parameters of the two groups were found for the two groups.
According to the ANOVA analysis of our data, the between age-groups (≥ 65 and > 65 years) difference observed in P300 latency is due to N200 latency, while the between groups difference which is observed in SW latency is due to P300 latency. This means that, P300 and SW may carry the same information and be due to the same generator, a finding that comes to agreement with Garcia- Larrea and Cezanne-Bert [31], but contrasts with the conclusions of Freidman et al [13].
Differences between patient and control group were found for P300 and SW latencies (p < 0.001) and N200 amplitude (p < 0.05), whereas differences between the two age-groups were found for all components except for N200 amplitude.
The fact that MMSE does not correlate with the amplitudes or latencies of N200, N300 and SW, indicates that the latencies of these major ERP components, when viewed as statistical functions of age, are orthogonal to the corresponding set of MMSE scores [32], which in turn, implies that these latencies can be used as measures of MCI independent of the MMSE score.
Finally, from our follow up study it is also evident, that N200 latency is capable of predicting which MCI patients will convert to AD and therefore seems to have a predictive value for AD diagnosis. The choice of a cut-off value of 287 ms resulted in a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 91%. Moreover N200 latency was significantly higher in the 5 MCI patients that converted to AD compared to MCI stable patients (p < 0.001). The mean age of these 5 AD-converters (72.6 years) was higher than that of the MCI stable patients (66.8 years), however, this difference was not significant (p = 0.096, Table 4).
It must be emphasized that the small number of the MCI patients who converted to AD does not allow for a general conclusion to be drawn. However, this finding is consistent with results presented in other studies [2, 33], regarding the usefulness of N200 latency measurements in predicting MCI conversion to AD.
Despite the fact that in our study we measured latencies and amplitudes of all the major waves of the AERPs (N200, P300 and SW) in the largest number of MCI patients to date, we like to point out that we were not able to establish significant correlations between latencies and amplitudes of N200, P300 and SW and the patients' performance in MMSE, which is a basic psychometric test for the assessment of patients suffering from MCI. This conclusion, we believe, is in line with the conclusions of the majority of the relevant known studies (Table 1), which also fail to demonstrate that the performance of MCI patients in MMSE correlates with ERP parameters. In addition, our results point out to the disorganization of the AERP waveform in MCI patients (whereby the generators of the N200, P300 and SW of the AERP are "decoupled" in MCI) as a potential basis upon which a neurophysiologic methodology for identifying and "staging" MCI can be sought. The significant correlations that exist between the different peaks of the AERP waveform in AMHC, which in many ways break down in MCI, can be used for this purpose. This in turn, implies that statistical descriptions of the ensemble of an individual's AERP waveforms are needed for this purpose, rather than the simple averaged AERP waveforms. We have made this the next step in our search for a neurophysiologic indicator of MCI. Valuable aid in this search gives us the observation that N200 latency might serve as a potential useful marker in the early diagnosis of AD.
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But the most terrible ordeal was to come. Elizabeth had latterly been accustomed of an afternoon to present a cup of cider or ale and bread-and-cheese to Nance Mockridge, who worked in the yard wimbling hay-bonds. Nance accepted this offering thankfully at first; afterwards as a matter of course. On a day when Henchard was on the premises he saw his step-daughter enter the hay-barn on this errand; and, as there was no clear spot on which to deposit the provisions, she at once set to work arranging two trusses of hay as a table, Mockridge meanwhile standing with her hands on her hips, easefully looking at the preparations on her behalf.
"Elizabeth, come here!" said Henchard; and she obeyed.
"Why do you lower yourself so confoundedly?" he said with suppressed passion. "Haven't I told you o't fifty times? Hey? Making yourself a drudge for a common workwoman of such a character as hers! Why, ye'll disgrace me to the dust!"
Now these words were uttered loud enough to reach Nance inside the barn door, who fired up immediately at the slur upon her personal character. Coming to the door she cried regardless of consequences, "Come to that, Mr. Henchard, I can let 'ee know she've waited on worse!"
"Then she must have had more charity than sense," said Henchard.
"O no, she hadn't. 'Twere not for charity but for hire; and at a public-house in this town!"
"It is not true!" cried Henchard indignantly.
"Just ask her," said Nance, folding her naked arms in such a manner that she could comfortably scratch her elbows.
Henchard glanced at Elizabeth-Jane, whose complexion, now pink and white from confinement, lost nearly all of the former colour. "What does this mean?" he said to her. "Anything or nothing?"
"It is true," said Elizabeth-Jane. "But it was only — "
"Did you do it, or didn't you? Where was it?"
"At the Three Mariners; one evening for a little while, when we were staying there."
Nance glanced triumphantly at Henchard, and sailed into the barn; for assuming that she was to be discharged on the instant she had resolved to make the most of her victory. Henchard, however, said nothing about discharging her. Unduly sensitive on such points by reason of his own past, he had the look of one completely ground down to the last indignity. Elizabeth followed him to the house like a culprit; but when she got inside she could not see him. Nor did she see him again that day.
Convinced of the scathing damage to his local repute and position that must have been caused by such a fact, though it had never before reached his own ears, Henchard showed a positive distaste for the presence of this girl not his own, whenever he encountered her. He mostly dined with the farmers at the market-room of one of the two chief hotels, leaving her in utter solitude. Could he have seen how she made use of those silent hours he might have found reason to reserve his judgment on her quality. She read and took notes incessantly, mastering facts with painful laboriousness, but never flinching from her self-imposed task. She began the study of Latin, incited by the Roman characteristics of the town she lived in. "If I am not well-informed it shall be by no fault of my own," she would say to herself through the tears that would occasionally glide down her peachy cheeks when she was fairly baffled by the portentous obscurity of many of these educational works.
Thus she lived on, a dumb, deep-feeling, great-eyed creature, construed by not a single contiguous being; quenching with patient fortitude her incipient interest in Farfrae, because it seemed to be one-sided, unmaidenly, and unwise. True, that for reasons best known to herself, she had, since Farfrae's dismissal, shifted her quarters from the back room affording a view of the yard (which she had occupied with such zest) to a front chamber overlooking the street; but as for the young man, whenever he passed the house he seldom or never turned his head.
Winter had almost come, and unsettled weather made her still more dependent upon indoor resources. But there were certain early winter days in Casterbridge — days of firmamental exhaustion which followed angry south-westerly tempests — when, if the sun shone, the air was like velvet. She seized on these days for her periodical visits to the spot where her mother lay buried — the still-used burial-ground of the old Roman-British city, whose curious feature was this, its continuity as a place of sepulture. Mrs. Henchard's dust mingled with the dust of women who lay ornamented with glass hair-pins and amber necklaces, and men who held in their mouths coins of Hadrian, Posthumus, and the Constantines.
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Ace of Air – Being honest with ourselves
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I don't think it matters how or where we are honest with ourselves, as long as we do it. The internet isn't such a great place to lay open what's inside yourself though, so I agree that a private journal can be a better choice. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Beautiful piece of sodalite!Delete
Yes a journal is indeed the safest place but first you have to give yourself permisson ot be honest. Often feelings like raging anger or deep hurt is too uncomfortable to deal with and then when you write about it it even gets more real. So it is tempting to shove it quicikly under the carpet again as if nothing has happenedDelete
Beautiful photo. Your creativeness shows in everything you do.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, I find myself doing the same thing most of the time. And if I am frank in one of my journals I live with fear that whomever finds it randomly and read they will not accept me and judge me. I even started a blog with a complete fake name and created a new email address for it so I can be frank, but after a couple blog posts, I couldn't do it. I felt disingenuous. I can write and mention the good happy times, but when it comes to problems and issues I still struggle to share.ReplyDeleteReplies
Fake journalers unite!! It happens to a lot of us. The fear of being caught runs deep. "What if my girls will read it after I am dead" is my greatest fear. But today I realised if I can't be free in my journal then where the can I be free?Delete
Also there is a great difference for me between blogging and journaling. Althouth I do share personal things on my blog, most of my personal thoughts end up in my journal
Thank you Veronica for stopping by and leaving this comment.
Thank you! I will make the effort to pour my heart out and be as real and as authentic I can be in my journal. I would like to make that promise to myself today. Even if I start with one sentence a day to say how I'm doing today, or how I feel today. I'm inspired. And I have a couple of sodalite hearts that I can use too. 😀 Thanks for the inspiration Ellen!ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful post which really resonated. I have had similar thoughts I don't have an abswer but I send you love ❤ReplyDelete
Ellen any one who journals has the same fear of being found out and exposed! I know I find myself writing something off the wall and I think oh my God if some one ever read this! But I think I've reached the point of having so many long hand journals, I really couldn't care less. If someone is that curious to bother to read them, pages and pages of endlessly boring gobbledygook, they'd be just as foolish as what I sometimes write! They deserve what they get! So there!ReplyDelete
Great combination of your card feather and Sodalite, perfect!
We have a number Gem and Mineral shops here and what's called the Rock Hound Round up in Parrsboro Nova Scotia. People came for all over. You can comb the cliffs in Nova Scotia and find Amethyst, my very favourite! I've never been the the Round-up but certainly want to go!Replies
I agree that reading some one else's journal is your own responsibility but still I cringe when I think about it.Delete
It must be an amazing experience to find crystals yourself. I sjust watched a YouTube video of tis Round-up. You definitely should go, it is amazing.
Beautiful Stone. Great post and comments. I don't have much trouble letting it out and pour all over the page. My problem is actually keeping the page, but I guess that isn't that much of a problem. Getting it out is the main objective. My privacy was invaded when I was a teen by an ex-boyfriend. He read my diary and then had the nerve to question me about some of the entries. I burned it and never really had another diary/journal after that. Now that I'm thinking on it all of my writing ended that day. I never even connected the two. I didn't pick it back up until I was in my thirties. I'm fine with sharing my fiction. But when it comes to personal journaling, I end up throwing the pages in the trash weeks or months later - destroying the evidence. It's not really about what I wrote though, it's about the fact that I wrote it for me and would be deeply hurt if my privacy was invaded again. Thanks for the post! You've helped me dig a little deeper than usual.ReplyDeleteReplies
My dear Cher,I am so sorry this has happened to you. I can't imagine how much this must have hurt your feelings and your sense of safety. I would strongly suggest you give this journaling another go. Perhaps with something password protected or a special email account where you can email your entries to yourself. Besides writing in a journal, it can also be very beneficial to reread your entries, to see where you've come from, what themes a reoccuring etc.Delete
I hope you wil be able to let go of this fear someday and permit youself the freedom to write what down what ever you feel like.
Nice post, something to reflect on.ReplyDelete
This was really interesting for me to read, as it made me realise that I do this, too. Not writing some of my deepest, hardest emotions on paper. Not sure if it's the fear of someone else reading them, or of 'making it real'. I do express them, out loud, in a particular release meditation I do... in the privacy of an otherwise empty room 😄ReplyDelete


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CASTLETON — Local players and coaches were honored on May 1 at the annual National Football Foundation Vermont Chapter Awards Dinner on the Castleton State University campus.
Otter Valley Union High School senior Carson Leary earned the PRIDE of Vermont Award presented to the state's premier football player. Leary was earlier named the Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year after leading OV to the Division III title, the Otters' second-ever title and the first in a decade.


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July 20, 2016
Meeting to be held at the Tremonton City Library
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1. Welcome
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a. Vote on New Board Member Positions
7. Board Reports
a. Library Director's Report
b. Business Topics for the Next Board Meeting
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a. Next Library Board Meeting will be held on October 19, 2016.
b. Advanced Computer Class on Tuesdays from 9 – 11 a.m. (Senior Center)
c. Computer Help Class on Wednesdays from 9 – 11 a.m. (Senior Center)
d. Beginning Computer Class on Tuesdays from 9 – 11 a.m. (Senior Center)
e. Needlecraft Class on Thursdays from 4 – 6 p.m.
f. Children's Story Hour on Fridays at 10 a.m.
g. Drawing Class with Gary Brantner on 1st Friday from 5-7 p.m.
h. Children's Pioneer Games and Toy Crafts on July 22 at 10 a.m. in the park
i. Harry Potter Birthday Party for Families on July 30 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. in park
j. Children's Summer Reading End Party on August 13 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
k. Teen Summer Reading End Party on August 13 from 1 – 3 p.m.
l. Adult Summer Reading End Party on August 13 at 3:30 p.m.
m. Observe the Moon Night Activity to be announced
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Amazing looking guy but why does everything go wrong for me.
Posted over 2 years ago | London, green park
Such amazing life i had when i was under 25.
i lived day to day thinking of nothing.
Yes i had bad problems deep at home but life would of been suicidal if i gave thought to this ,but i never did till now, and yes i try to kill myself but never wanted to go out like that.
i would party and sleep only few hours life was crazy.
But this did good as i forget my issues.
little did i know that had i thought of my problems my gf would of saved me from them and we would of moved to dubai or newyork to start our new life, she had always planned this.
i had million the big house ,had so many cars that i can't list the names had lots of friends but being young i thought they were my friends,
but they were so jealous of me that my heart bleeds now when i think back.
I had looks, trained my body to look good , my personality is gold could pull any girl i wanted with my looks. Jealous people kept increasing.
my girlfriend then was so beautiful inside and out she made supermodels look average.
My posh gf cared and loved me but was also selfish at times and said i have my own life can't keep eye on you always and she loved money and her career, yes she admitted she was a gold digger but that was fine with me as she was worth it and i knew she loved me so much.
But my head was going deep into depression over home issues and i hid it well,
she said leave all your friends they not real but i laughed it off, my crew was their for me not her and it hurt her that i would not leave them, she left me to it because i won't ready for a relationship but always cared for her only then she came running back but my ego lead me to walk away from her , i won't into girls much and wanted be single but my heart loved her so much for some reason.
I put her back my mind and forgot her as she wanted a career and i wanted enjoy life. i am young and care free future never mattered to me , she searched everywhere after knowing the end of me is near and felt bad for walking away from me but me i forgotten her, her name met nothing to me despite people mention her i forgot her.
I moved far away when my problems deepen at home and then i left everyone, i lead a boring lonely life but was ok at first was alone and was waiting for my dream wifey in hope that i will meet her. it kept me going.
i wanted a business minded girl with stunning looks to come and sweep me of my feet but that never happen and i got more depressed over the years and i have no1 then when thought of past and losing all this money , sitting in a hotel at earls court i thought lets end this bullshit and kill myself , no1 cares about me, won't be missed and life is going nowhere.
I was alone with no one , i liked no girl as all were not my type. plz Just show me 1 good looking girl but it won't happening, my dreams were crushed.
i then thought am good looking guy and never thought it will be this hard for me, and thought of past
I always image my dream girl that i seek to marry, for few years i waited for her but she was always their looking for me and i had her always in my heart but my brain forgot her as she hurt me once and i made myself forget her , my ex gf was the 1 i seek she loved me and truthfully it was all my fault when i think of it , she did nothing wrong ouch! so now i lost her , great.
So i lost her my fake hangout friends , money too now that is gone too.
so now am in my house with nothing but a roof at least with no income coming in, i go to normal job but i can't survive on normal wages when i used to earn 4000 pound a week. My head don't give me peace working as bar staff or delivery driver, this is not going to work .
i can't work!!!
Am still under 30 so can change my life now == but how do i get my millions back and meet another girl like my ex when my going old looks are fading soon. How do i bring back the real friends who wanted to give me things but i threw them away.
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A Postwar Childhood: 1945-55
In the summer of 2014, The Rockfield Centre oral history project, Memories Matter: A Time To Tell Our Stories, recorded former pupils who were at school during the postwar period 1945-1955.
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We welcomed over 150 people to our final exhibition in November and received very positive feedback. A display from this exhibition will be housed permanently at The Rockfield Centre Community Hut.
Going forward, we will be working with local schools on the Singing Playground project, which will teach songs, rhymes and games collected from our oral history contributors to primary school children in and around Oban today. We are also working with a local children's group to pair the Oban Memory Map created as part of our project with a Children's Map of Oban for the present day.
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What a year in TV it's been. Mad Men finally returned to us. Leslie Knope and Liz Lemon found their great loves. And GIRLS changed our lives.
But now it's time to look ahead to 2013. And what better way to prep for a brand new programming year than to sit very still on the couch in your favorite sweats and continuously hit "play next episode" on a series you've always heard is great but never quite gotten around to?
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Maybe you fell off last year, feeling tired of the Carell-less schtick. But much like an old friend, this show deserves to be sent off right, and I like the vibe they've had going in this final season. It's worth catching up on, and since you already know everybody, the occasional interruption (always bound to happen in holiday households) won't throw you off-track.
3) Whatever you sacrificed to DVR Tuesday mayhem.
Happy Endings is zanier than ever. Apt. 23 has really hit its stride. And don't get me started on Ben and Kate again. Whatever got edged off your recordings schedule is on demand and ready to rock your world.
4) Veep
Perfect for watching with anyone: your mom who loves Julia Louis-Dreyfus, your political-wonk cousin, your comedy-nerd brother. This was my favorite new comedy of the year.
5) The Inbetweeners (UK version)
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The worldbuilding was really impressive,from a country that was very fanciful and pretty to a country that was almost medieval.
One thing I did like was the fact that we spent a lot of time on the seas.There was even some sea battles.
Probably one of the better of the four books.You basically have three MCs and a lot of time was spent on each.And there are probably two or three minor characters,and every one of these people are fleshed out well.This is done in previous books and they kind of scattered to different areas.This book ties everyone together and brings it to a good ending.


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And Here We Go!
October 26, 2013
All it took was a few days of cold weather to set the stage for the start of the ice climbing season. October ice is so sweet!
Alfonzo, Katie Ives and I figured the best bet for ice would be King Ravine. The aspect is perfect for early season ice. We were right. Not a lot of ice, but real ice climbing. Courtney and Joel also found good ice to climb in King Ravine.
Climbike and partner climbed Odell's Gully with "Psychological pro only". They reported climbers on Yale as well.
The Black dike was climbed Saturday by Max Lurie and Helon Hoffer under very marginal conditions.
Pinnacle gully was climbed Saturday by Gaddshady and partner, they found "tenuous ice and dry tooling".
A few photos of The Great Gully, King Ravine.
Photos: Doug Millen
Lets hope things keep going. The forecast is for cold temps this week which will add to the ice conditions. Next weekend we bring in November. The ice is right on schedule and no warm weather in sight. YES!
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CZ, i suggest you save your most important articles in archive.is or the wayback machine site, because from what i hear on /pol/ many far right sites are under various forms of attack. It is never too late to start planning for the worst. You should be ready for a situation where this place goes down too and have a contingency plan in place.
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I make backups regularly and made another one a few days ago when this drama started. With these backups, I should theoretically be able to recreate the entire content of the blog on another Blogger site or on Wordpress.Delete
If you like, I can send you a copy of the backup file by email so you could reproduce the content if anything happened to me. It's about 20 Mb though.
The "far right" is coming under the spotlight, Congress will hold hearings on the "white supremacist" issue. Lots of jews got angry of the way Trump handled the Charlottesville event, so we and everybody like us are on the radar. I see signs of intensive Antifa/Hacker cyberactivity targeting the alt right too.Delete
I do not believe that something will happen to you because i do not think that God will take away such a great person like you anytime soon. You and your work are needed here, so you should stay on this Earth as long as possible.
Still, if you think it is a good idea you can send me your backup. I will make sure that it is not lost.


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