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Cyclones denied spot on national stage
Sweet redemption — that's what Moraine Valley College's women enjoyed on March 2.
That day, the Cyclones turned the tables on rival South Suburban College, which had administered a one-point setback to Moraine earlier this season. What made the Cyclones' payback special is that this win brought SSC's 2013-14 basketball campaign screeching to a halt while extending their own.
By virtue of its 71-70 overtime victory, Moraine advanced to the Region IV championship contest opposite No. 1-ranked Kankakee Community College. However, that's where the fun ended.
Plagued by a bout of cold shooting, as well as the numerous trips to the free-throw line granted the Cavaliers, the Cyclones fell short of their quest to reach the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II national tournament. Instead, Moraine brought the curtain down on a fine 22-11 season by absorbing a 79-56 defeat on Saturday in Elgin.
The Cyclones, who lost for only the second time in their last 12 contests, were rarely in the hunt. They trailed by only six at 24-18 in the first half, but then got buried beneath a 23-6 blitz that put the No. 10-ranked Cavaliers firmly in control.
Kankakee was ahead by 23 points at halftime and never by fewer than 17 after that. Paving the way for the Cavaliers' early getaway were a 19-of-22 showing at the charity stripe — compared to Moraine's 2-of-2 effort — and a decisive 35-14 rebounding advantage. Kankakee netted 13 second-chance points off its board work during the opening 20 minutes.
Taylor Roach (16 points) and Manuella Kanmegni (15 points, 10 rebounds) were the Cavaliers' ringleaders.
Nariman Jaber paced the Cyclones with 14 points and seven rebounds, and Jamilla Jones added an 11-point, seven-rebound stat line. However, Moraine's offense also endured a nightmarish exhibition from the floor, where the locals connected on just 22-of-74 field-goal tries.
Jones and Aileen Gorman, who finished with eight points, were both selected for the Region IV All-Tournament squad.
Jones' pair of free throws with 8.1 seconds left in the extra session provided the Cyclones with their margin of success against SSC, but she also made her presence felt earlier. Coming off the bench, Jones supplied Moraine with totals of eight points and seven rebounds in just 11 minutes of court time.
And she wasn't the Cyclones' only individual of note. Katie McGann was a game-long standout with 24 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and three assists. McGann, who played all 45 minutes, included among her scoring a school-playoff-record six 3-point baskets.
Two of McGann's long balls helped stake Moraine to a 27-20 halftime edge. Then, after the Cyclones had allowed a 19-point lead to slip away in a span of just over 11 minutes, McGann fired in another 3 to establish a 61-all tie and the need for overtime.
The OT featured brief momentum swings for both clubs until Jones decided the issue in Moraine's favor. After hitting her free throws, Jones rose up on the defensive end to block a last-ditch Bulldogs shot. Shavonne Lewis recovered the loose ball for the Cyclones, who were then able to run out the clock.
Gorman, who drilled a 3-pointer to aid Moraine's cause in the extra period, finished with 10 points and seven rebounds for the Cyclones. Also lending a big hand was All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference first-teamer Maggie Yandel, who totaled nine points, six assists and five rebounds, and also held one of SSC's top players to a below-average 11 points while guarding her.

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Someone is sure to call up a radio station today and start complaining about how the Yankees are still failing to get big hits with runners in scoring position, as if a home run isn't a big hit.
Maybe it's time to get past all that and realize the Yankees are what they are: a home-run hitting machine that isn't going to smallball you in any form or fashion. Pull out all the stats you want. It seems the only one that's going to matter with these 2012 Yankees is how many baseballs go over the fence and how many men are on when they do it.
Russell Martin will be credited with the game-winning hit and game-winning putout in last night's 6-5 come-from-behind win over the Angels. And if he can hit better than the .179 he posted in the first half the Yankees will be better for it.
But it was Mark Teixeira who offered a refresher on why the Yankees ended the first half of the season with the best record in baseball. Batting right-handed, the switch-hitter belted two home runs worth five RBIs.
His two-run blast off Angels starter C.J. Wilson in the third inning and a three-run rainbow in the eighth off reliever Scott Downs provided all the scoring as the Yankees rallied from a 5-2 deficit to tie the game 5-5 in the eighth before going ahead on Martin's two-out single that scored pinch-runner Dewayne Wise.
"It's all about the win," Teixeira said. "I don't mind hitting two home runs, but the win is the most important thing."
Remember that.
Last night's second-half opener was a carbon copy of the first half of the season where the Yankees posted a baseball best 52-33 record thanks to a major-league high 134 home runs. It's the highest total through 85 games in franchise history. Judging from last night, expect more of the same in the second half.
You can also expect more of the same struggles when the Yankees don't hit home runs. Look past Teixeira's 16th and 17th home runs of the year and the Yankees could have made things easier on themselves with some timely hitting.
If Teixeira's home runs were more of the same, so were the sixth and seventh innings. Curtis Granderson led off the sixth with a triple that nearly rolled to the wall after Mike Trout dived and missed in center field.
But the Yankees left him Granderson there as Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez grounded out and Robinson Cano hit a line shot into the glove of short stop Erick Aybar.
In the seventh Nick Swisher led off with a double, but was stranded at third when Andruw Jones, Martin and designated hitter Jayson Nix made successive outs. Count it up and the Yankees were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position before Teixeira's second blast with Derek Jeter at second and Granderson at first.
"We don't keep track during the game. I had no idea we were 0-for 8," Teixeira said. "You guys can see the stats. But C.J. Wilson was really good. He made some great pitches. Sometimes you have to give the pitcher credit."
Still, the Yankees expect more from their offense. They want to be the kind of team that hits homers and also hits with runners in scoring position. "Obviously we have to be better with runners in scoring position," Teixeira said. "That's just the fact of the matter. Offensively we haven't been up to our standards."
Certainly, the fans expect more from Rodriguez who was booed while going 0 for 4. Maybe they figure out this RISP thing as the season goes along. Maybe Martin jump-starts some of that after his clutch hit last night. But for now the Yankees appear to be just what they appear to be: Bombers.


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Hello there! Sorry it's been pretty quiet around here this week, lots going on! My mom and I went shopping for the shoot yesterday and got some cute stuff so we're both even more excited for Saturday. I'm so proud of her and how hard she has worked to get ready for this photo shoot and can't wait for you all to see her-- she looks so great!
I know I missed WIAW yesterday, but I did realize I had a bunch of random food photos in my phone so I figured I'd share them here for a little inspiration. I have (finally) dropped my carbs a bit the last few days to drop a little water weight before the shoot but I'm happy to report my calories never reached anywhere near where they were last time yet my body fat is just about the same. Phew!
Ezekiel toast and egg white and mushroom scramble.
Crock pot chicken, green beans, and avocado
My new favorite breakfast ( I know I have a new favorite every week). This is broccoli slaw, sweet potato, egg whites, and avocado.
Chicken, brown rice, and green beans.
Crock pot buffalo chicken, rutabaga fries, and asparagus.
Stir fried veggies (in Tamari) brown rice, chicken, and peanuts.
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And just as true then as it is ... now. Now ... on y2011's ... Father's Day. Regarding, of course, those of us many, many mamas "insanely long - suffering" with various DSM - V's "Patriarchal Defiance Disorders" ...
"Sure to inspire anger, understanding and action." Gloria Steinem
"Extremely subversive. It should and will enrage, entice, incite and liberate." Kate Millett ... ... "An essential work." Erica Jong
i) "The 25th anniversary edition of Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody (with eight new chapters) is just coming out. It is the best and only book of its kind and, over the years, has been referred to as THE DEFINITIVE WORK for mothers who are faced with a custody battle.
Mothers have described underlining the entire book, taking it to court with them, begging their lawyers to read it –– and keeping it near their bedsides.
Over the years, with some very few exceptions, things have gotten worse in the court system, not better. This is one of the reasons
I decided to both update and add to this important work.
This book is now available online [ http://tinyurl.com/3o7l6an ] and in paperback. In terms of helping a book find its natural audiences, online reviews really matter.
Therefore, if you are moved to do so, please write an online review of this book wherever you buy books online. It is currently for sale at Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble, Powell's, etc.
I am attaching a June 2011 Library Journal review of the new edition of Mothers on Trial. I am also attaching selected endorsements and reviews that appeared in 1986 – 1987. Some of you may recall that I also coordinated a Congressional Press Briefing with then – Congress members, now Senators Chuck Schumer and Barbara Boxer and a large, well publicized, and well attended National Speakout about Mothers Losing Custody of Children. If you can, if it's easy, please send me your review when you have posted it or simply tell me that it is up.
All best,
ii) "Custody Disputes Now Tougher for Battered Moms by Phyllis Chesler, WeNews guest author -- Sunday, 26 June 2011
It's been 25 years since Phyllis Chesler wrote "Mothers on Trial" to help women fight their child-custody battles. In this excerpt from her revised book, she reviews what's changed, for better and worse.
(WOMENSENEWS)--Going through a custody battle is like going through
a war. One does not emerge unscathed. Yes, one may learn important lessons, but one may also be left broken and incapable of trusting others, including our so-called justice system, ever again.
Custody battles can take a very long time. They range from only several years to more than 15 or 20. They may have profound legal, economic, social, psychological and even medical consequences for years afterward, perhaps forever.
What's changed since I first started researching and writing about custody battles?
Documented domestic violence does get factored in somewhat more than before. Where real assets exist, judges have the power to award more of them to mothers and children. Fewer mothers and fathers automatically lose custody or visitation because they are gay or because they have high-powered careers.
However, certain injustices (crimes, really) that I first began tracking in the late 1970s have now gotten much worse.
For example, battered women are losing custody to their batterers in record numbers. Children are being successfully brainwashed by fathers, but many mothers are being falsely accused of brainwashing. Worse: Children with mandated reporters--physicians, nurses or teachers--who report to them that they have been sexually abused by their fathers ARE USUALLY GIVEN .TO. THOSE VERY FATHERS. The mothers of these children are almost always viewed as having "coached" or "alienated" the children and, on this basis alone, are seen as "unfit" mothers.
'Parental Alienation Syndrome'
I understand that this sounds unbelievable. But it is still true. The mothers of raped children, who are also described as "protective" mothers, are seen as guilty of "parental alienation syndrome." The fact that this concept, first pioneered by Dr. Richard Gardner and widely endorsed by fathers' rights groups, has been dismissed as junk science does not seem to matter. Most guardians ad litem, parenting counselors, mediators, lawyers, mental health professionals and judges still act as if this syndrome were real and mainly find mothers, not fathers, guilty in this regard. In 2010 the American Psychiatric Association was still fighting to include a new disorder in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders": the parental alienation disorder, to replace the debunked parental alienation syndrome.
In 2009 and 2010 more than 50 mothers from 21 U.S. states and a number of foreign countries all shared their stories with me. Their cases took place between the late 1980s and 2010. Some cases are still ongoing.
In some instances, I spoke with the mothers in person or at length on the phone. Some mothers filled out questionnaires, but many also sent additional narratives and documentation. Some mothers sent me eloquent, beautifully written, full-length memoirs. Some wrote pithy but equally heartbreaking accounts of their marriages and custody battles.
With a few exceptions, most of my 2010 mother-interviewees said that the system was "corrupt" and that lawyers and judges don't care about "justice," are "very biased," or can be "bought and sold."
Feeling Actively 'Disliked'
These mothers said that social workers, mental health professionals, guardians ad litem and parent coordinators--especially if they were women--actively "disliked" and were "cruel and hostile" to them as women. (Perhaps they expected women to be more compassionate toward other women. In this, they were sadly mistaken.)
Also, MANY mothers found that female professionals WERE OFTEN COMPLETELY TAKEN IN BY charming, sociopathic men ("parasites," "smother-fathers"), dangerously violent men and men who sexually abused their children.
Perhaps the mothers who sent me their stories were married to uniquely terrible men who used the court system to make their lives a living hell. Perhaps mothers who did not write to me had the good fortune to have been married to and divorced from far nicer men.
Good fathers definitely exist. Some fathers move heaven and earth to rescue their children from a genuinely mentally ill mother but do not try to alienate the children from her. If the mother has been the primary caretaker, some fathers give up custody, pay a decent amount of child support (and continue to do so) and work out a relationship with their children based on what's good for both the children and their mother.
These men exist. They do not launch custody battles from hell."
Phyllis Chesler is an emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at City University of New York, a psychotherapist and an expert courtroom witness. She is the cofounder of the Association for Women in Psychology and the National Women's Health Network, a charter member of the Women's Forum and the Veteran Feminists of America, a founder and board member of the International Committee for the Women of the Wall and an affiliated professor with Haifa and Bar Ilan Universities. She is the author of Women and Madness and Woman's Inhumanity to Woman. She lives in New York City.
---- June and July 2011 reviews ----
i) by (multiple - works') Author Talia Carner
Not since slavery in the USA were mothers punished by having their children taken away from them. Yet, in family courts all across America, judges and quasi-judicial officers of the court do just that: children who are abused or molested by their fathers are removed from their primary-care good mothers and are placed in the hands of their molesting fathers.
How this scandal can go on for decades with hardly any change, without any public outcry, and without any protest from human rights' activists is due to the fact that outsiders to the gutter of our family courts' justice simply refuse to believe it.
In her revised and updated milestone fact-filled book, "Mothers on Trial," Phyllis Chesler fights to save thousands of children from becoming yet another generation of victims of a court system that betrays them time and again. She points out that while adult women often recount childhood sexual molestation at home by close relatives--and these women's stories are believed--people tend to disbelieve when actually facing such cases as they happen in real time, right in front of them.
It is a documented fact that when fathers fight for custody, 70% of the time they obtain full or partial custody. People often assume that the reason these men who, in most part, have not been fully involved in their children's lives--sometimes have been absent for months or even years--now gain custody is because the mothers are unfit.
The naked truth is that IN MOST of these cases, the father is emotionally and verbally abusive or outright violent. The mother, often the product of an abusive home, often abused for years in her marriage to the father of her children, now faces battle for which she is woefully unequipped to wage. Distraught, terrified, isolated, alienated in a system that scrutinizes her with the same critical and belittling attitude she's encountered in her private lives, panicked over the fate of her sexually molested children, she seems "emotional" "unreasonable" and "difficult." Her refusal to share parenting or give access to a man who sexually molest her children is viewed as her being "rigid" and "uncooperative."
Furthermore, with limited or no financial resources, she comes to court either unrepresented by an attorney, or by an incompetent lawyer with little interest in the complexity of such a case. Or, as is often the case, she does not have the funds to keep the protracted legal battle a high-conflict custody case requires. Filing fees, transcripts, payments to evaluators and her lawyer's hourly rate quickly rise to thousands of dollars.
In the 1990s I stumbled upon the phenomenon of protective mothers losing these battles in droves, researched it for a few years, and finally published a novel about one such fictional mother in 2002. (Puppet Child.) Since then, I became an activist, trying to find ways to save thousands of children each year from family court's "justice." What amazes me is HOW LITTLE HAS CHANGED in the over decade in which I've witnessed more mothers enter the nightmare of family court, where they are discredited, disenfranchised and disbelieved.
Dr. Chesler has been at it a lot longer. Twenty-five years ago she published "Mothers on Trial," a book that starts with the history of men's ownership of their families and the lingering feudal notion of male supremacy as the head of the household. She pointed then--and continues to do so now in this excellent revised edition--that society and court hold men to much lower parenting standards than they do women.
Mothers fail at every single checklist (Does the divorced mother have sex? Is she overwrought with anxiety? Is she poor?) while men can be cold, disinterested, dysfunctional or even violent and they will be excused. In fact, fathers are given new chances time and again to foster their relationships with their children regardless of their abhorant personal histories, while mothers' contact with their children are not only curtailed or cut down to expensive supervised visitations, but ALL TOO OFTEN ARE SEVERED COMPLETELY.
If a father poisons a child's mind against the mother, it does not enter into the question of his parenting skills. But all too often, a child's fear of an abusive father is regarded as the mother's brainwashing the child, rather than the father's own doing. A judge will then chastise the mother for not encouraging enough the relationship with the father--and ACTUALLY TRANSFER CUSTODY TO THAT ABUSIVE FATHER. The notion of the best interest of the child and how much the child stands to suffer from CUTTING THE BOND WITH THE PRIME CARE-TAKING MOTHER and shuttling the child into a new life with a man the child fears, DOES NOT ENTER INTO THE EQUATION.
In this revised edition, after editing out six chapters and adding eight more while updating the available research, Dr. Chesler examines closely MANY SUCH CASES OF OUTRIGHT INJUSTICE THAT DEFY ANYTHING PEOPLE KNOW AND BELIEVE POSSIBLE IN OUR SOCIETY.
Phyllis Chesler's book is a must read for every judge, court evaluation, guardian ad litem, social worker, psychologist and lawyer. But more importantly, IT SHOULD BE READ BY ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS OR ABOUT CHILDREN, because it is time we raise our collective indignation to stop and reverse the life sentence without parole our courts inflict upon children placed in the hands of their molesters.
ii) by Paula J Caplan
Phyllis Chesler's work was brave and groundbreaking when the first edition of this book appeared many years ago and is equally brave and poignantly still much-needed, because things are no better and in some ways are worse for mothers than they used to be. Every parent going through a custody battle, every lawyer, and every judge should have to read this book. In fact, _everyone_ should read it, because I am astonished by how many people think, upon hearing a fragment of what Chesler reports in the book, and want to believe ... it cannot be true. That it is true, no one reading her book can ever doubt.
iii) by Lauren Crane
As an experienced matrimonial lawyer in Manhattan, this updated and modernized classic should be required reading in law schools. It should be in the library of every single professional who deals with custody, divorce, and children. That means judges, law guardians, mediators and mental health personnel. Child Protective Service workers should be required to read this. It is a solid piece of work about a heartbreaking situation.
iv) by Zara Feingold
As a college student and as a young feminist, I find Phyllis Chesler's Mothers on Trial to be a unique and invaluable resource. This book should be required reading for feminists, future lawyers, and all those who care about social justice. In her classic whistle-blowing fashion,
Dr. Chesler exposes America's courts as anti-mother. Chesler's thousands of interviews that span three decades tragically expose women as survivors of many different intersecting oppressions. White women, black women, American Indian women, poor women, and lesbian women are all victims of a sexist, racist, classist, and homophobic bureaucracy.
This book is not only for mothers who are going through a custody battle.
It is for young women who want to dismantle patriarchy for their generation. Chelser's interviews are heartbreaking and tragic, but can create real change within the American legal system.
Thank you, Phyllis Chesler, for your bravery and vigilance!
v) by Kerry V MacKenzie
Embroiled in a world and a system that I never knew existed, I felt lost and alone. More than lost and alone, I felt horrified. I was a fulltime mother fighting for custody from my ex who called me 'crazy, a bad mother, delusional.' The worst of it was that in family court I was presumed guilty until proven innocent. From the lawyers to the legal guardian to the judge,
I was treated as if I was invisible. If my forensic psychiatrist had not been unbiased and thoughtful, I would have lost my children to a bitter and vengeful man, and it would have been likely I would have never seen them again.
It was so bizarre that I thought I was the only person in the world to experience this institutional contempt, or worse, that I was imagining it. That is, until I read this book.
If you are going through a custody battle, your experiences need to be validated with this book. It is a dear friend during hard times.
vi) by Mordechai Stern
This book is not just for feminists and certainly not just for mothers. Anyone who cares about fighting injustice in the American legal system should read Mothers on Trial.
Reading about the pain of these mothers who have been robbed of their children, and about their courage and devotion to their children in the most trying circumstances has certainly made me a better son.
vii) by Fern Sidman
Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler does it again!! The newly released, updated version of her classic monograph, Mothers On Trial, is a powerful testament to the flagrant and continuing injustices that custodially challenged mothers face in this country and beyond. This compelling tome is a real page turner guaranteed to evoke palpable emotions as egregious facts about the patriarchal family court system are revealed in nuanced detail. Beautifully written, empathic and courageous, tremendously insightful.
For all mothers caught in the maelstrom of a child custody battle, it is strongly recommended that you run out and buy this book !! It will serve as a soothing and compassionate source of succor while simultaneously educating, enlightening and empowering women who are faced with this excruciatingly painful tribulation. A must read !!
viii) by (multiple - works') Author Trish Wilson
I read the original edition of this book many years ago and I saw how well – researched and supported it was. This new version is even better. The additional chapters show the difficulties and impossible position mothers are in these days worldwide and throughout history. This is an important book that must be required reading for all students so they know the truth about child custody and motherhood the media refuses to report.
ix) by Lorraine Tipton
Thank you, Phyllis Chesler, for being one of the voices of reason, sanity and truth with these social injustices we have faced in family court. Our time is coming....our voices are no longer silenced...we have suffered...but we have persevered and grown stronger. There is nothing stronger than the mighty Phoenix who rises through the ashes. We are beyond "survivor" label and are now warriors...and we will be victorious! Hell hath no fury like the most dangerous place to be: between a mother and her child!
Twenty years later and now the mothers have figured out what they have been doing to us. We have social networked with thanks to the internet; and now we are never going to shut up, give up or go away!
x) by Valette Clark
For those of us who have been through this nightmare, this book is hope.
It is hope for the future victim families who will be discriminated against in a system and process that mirrors our societal views promoting institutionalized sexism.
It is at the base of who we are as a society and why violence is accepted in the home and continues to rise statistically each year. Violent crime in the home has been given a separate category governed by a separate set of "domestic laws" rather than criminal laws while all violence is a crime. The politicians could and should change this but I do not believe they really want to and this attitude is not gender specific. Women and men alike hold deep seated feelings and ideas that they learned from a young age that families deserve whatever they get -- from an abusive spouse to an abusive court system. I can only hope and pray that all family court systems in the US review this book and actually take a look in the mirror. They may not like what they see!
xi) by Judy Gee
Dr. Chesler has written this very important book that should be on the reading list for every woman who is unprepared for the way the world works. This book should also be required reading for every young woman who is considering marriage. If you are involved with a man who is controlling toward you and vengeful toward others while you are still in the enchantment stage of your relationship, you might want to reconsider. These are poignant and quite terrifying cautionary tales from women who desperately try to gain custody of their children. Their courageous struggle not to be overwhelmed by the injustices of our justice system as it applies to custodial mothers is an inspiration to fight on.
xii) by Louis Santacroce
Every word of this book is true! I see these guys EVERY DAY! They are the bane of my job. Right now, I have a guy calling me daily about how the guy his ex is now living with is a registered sex offender (he's not, not even an unregistered one) and how they sleep in the same bed with his five year old daughter.
Another calls to complain that his wife has him arrested for no reason whenever he tries to see his children, neglecting to inform me (as the police have no trouble doing) that he shows up to see his kids drunk and at 3 AM, and tries to run the mother over with his pick-up when she tells him to go away.
They all want custody because their ex's are no good whores who suddenly became alcoholics, junkies and sleep-arounds without them to keep 'em in line. But when I go to interview the kids, 90% of them are terrified of the FATHERS and beg not to be returned to them.
xiii) by Jennifer Jones
Phyllis Chesler's Mothers On Trial is a remarkable contribution to contemporary feminist activism. Current liberal academia completely neglects America's anti-mother courts. This is to the detriment of the millions of good mothers who are systematically robbed of their children every day.
Chesler writes about thousands of white, American Indian, black, and lesbian mothers spanning a wide socioeconomic net. Third wave feminists will find great profundity and inspiration in Dr. Chesler's analysis of racism and homophobia within America's custody battles. Chesler's experience as a psychologist gives deep and unique analysis to these devastating custody battles.
Well researched, intellectually ambitious, and highly emotional, Mothers on Trial is a sacred friend for mothers who have experienced unjust loss of children. Chesler's work is also a frightening cautionary tale to a younger generation of activists who are blind to this hidden manifestation of patriarchy.
xiv) by Ann
How can this happen in a "good country"; what is happening to families will effect the future. Most people turn a blind eye to what is really happening to good mothers. This book highlights the belief that "mothers who lose their children must have done something awful"----is a myth.
xv) by Fern
Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler does it again!! The newly released updated version of her classic monograph, "Mothers On Trial" is a powerful testament to the flagrant and continuing injustices that custodially challenged mothers face in this country and beyond. This compelling tome is a real page turner; guaranteed to evoke palpable emotions as egregious facts about the patriarchal family court system are revealed in nuanced detail. Beautifully written; empathic and courageous; tremendously insightful. For all mothers caught in the maelstrom of a child custody battle, it is strongly recommended that you run out and buy this book !! It will serve as a soothing and compassionate source of succor, while simultaneously educating, enlightening and empowering women who are faced with this excruciatingly painful tribulation. A must read !!
xvi) by Brenda
Mothers on Trial is eye opening. Per Dr. Chesler, most people who have never experienced a custody battle believe the myth that mothers always win custody as they are believed to be inherently more nurturing. This falsity has achieved prominence because most fathers do not want custody. However, when fathers do want custody, they usually get it.
Stereotypically nurturing women are held to completely different standards than are their male counterparts. Good mothers are shunned and abusive and neglectful fathers are rewarded for their "devotion."
Others have tried to shed light on this tragic problem. However, only Phyllis Chesler has done justice to these thousands of women's stories. Mothers on Trial incorporates rigorous research, including hundreds of interviews spanning a wide ethnic and geographical net. Mothers on Trial tells all those who care about children's welfare to rise up and create change. Beyond Chesler's tragic stories and psychological analysis is a plan for progress and human rights.


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Well this month is easier than last....
* You weigh 21.7lbs. and your 28 inches long. (you lost a bit while you were sick)
* You weigh 21.7lbs. and your 28 inches long. (you lost a bit while you were sick)
* You no longer crawl at all.
* You have 12 teeth in and two more that I can see!
* You are still napping twice a day. They aren't long but just enough to let me get some house work done.
*You love bath time.
* Your sleeping habits have been a little....well awful lately.
* You are wearing 6-12 months clothes but most of your winter clothes are 12-18 months.
* You are wearing a size 5 or 5.5 shoes. ( I feel terrible about this)
* You love attention.!
* You wave bye bye all the time.
* You can say dada, momma, doggy, and you have now said your first unprompted word......hadog aka Hot dog. I love it! You still talk all the time but not in words that we can understand!
13 Months!
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With unemployment at an all time high and the economy tight you might be looking for ways to save money anywhere you can. One popular way to save a lot of money is by looking at your living situation and reassessing. Did you know that many landlords will offer you free or reduced rent if you act as an onsite property manager for their unit? This can be an ideal situation as you can save a lot of money and learn a new job skill while continuing your current job.?
Each property is different but there are several skills you?ll either have to have or be able to learn if you want to be a property manager.
To be a property manager you?ll have to be diplomatic with other tenants and contractors as you try to resolve disputes, schedule repairs, enforce rules and handle all daily interpersonal interactions.
Light to Heavy Maintenance?
Some landlords want onsite property managers who can do all of the landscaping and most of the repairs on their property some don?t need as much heavy lifting but most of them expect their property managers to do light maintenance such as salting icy sidewalks, changing burned out lightbulbs, cleaning up trash on the property and other similar tasks.
Onsite property managers will need to have very good organizational skills in order to organize maintenance schedules, routine inspections, apartment showings, cleaning schedules and other events throughout the year.
Before you decide to become an onsite property manager make sure you learn all that is expected from the position and the hours you?re expected to be available. Finding the right job to fit your schedule and lifestyle is key to making sure everyone is happy and satisfied.


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U.S. reality TV star Nick Viall has invited Star Trek icon William Shatner to join him on Dancing With The Stars, after the actor urged fans to vote him off the show
The Bachelor hunk admits he was "heartbroken" when Shatner launched a campaign to get him booted off the news season of DWTS, which started on Monday (20Mar17).
Shatner told his Twitter followers to vote for "anyone but Nick", urging curious fans to "watch Andi (Dorfman)'s Bachelorette season where he started this Viall journey."
Nick tells Extra, "It was heartbreaking because I am his biggest fan. Who doesn't like Captain Kirk? I'm also a big T.J. Hooker fan..."
His dance partner Peta Murgatroyd adds, "The show must go on. We're gonna do our best, and it's up to William to come around or not."
The pair has invited Shatner to come to the show in the hopes he can get to know the real Nick.
"Maybe we will have a cup of coffee one day, we will hash out our differences," he says.


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Three Prisoners problem
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The Three Prisoners problem appeared in Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American in 1959.[1][2] It is mathematically equivalent to the Monty Hall problem with car and goat replaced with freedom and execution respectively, and also equivalent to, and presumably based on, Bertrand's box paradox.
Three prisoners, A, B and C, are in separate cells and sentenced to death. The governor has selected one of them at random to be pardoned. The warden knows which one is pardoned, but is not allowed to tell. Prisoner A begs the warden to let him know the identity of one of the others who are going to be executed. "If B is to be pardoned, give me C's name. If C is to be pardoned, give me B's name. And if I'm to be pardoned, flip a coin to decide whether to name B or C."
The warden tells A that B is to be executed. Prisoner A is pleased because he believes that his probability of surviving has gone up from 1/3 to 1/2, as it is now between him and C. Prisoner A secretly tells C the news, who is also pleased, because he reasons that A still has a chance of 1/3 to be the pardoned one, but his chance has gone up to 2/3. What is the correct answer?
The answer is that prisoner A did not gain any information about his own fate, since he already knew that the warden would give him the name of someone else. Prisoner A, prior to hearing from the warden, estimates his chances of being pardoned as 1/3, the same as both B and C. As the warden says B will be executed, it is either because C will be pardoned (1/3 chance), or A will be pardoned (1/3 chance) and the B/C coin the warden flipped came up B (1/2 chance; for a total of a 1/6 chance B was named because A will be pardoned). Hence, after hearing that B will be executed, the estimate of A's chance of being pardoned is half that of C. This means his chances of being pardoned, now knowing B is not, again are 1/3, but C has a 2/3 chance of being pardoned.
The explanation above may be summarised in the following table. As the warden is asked by A, he can only answer B or C to be executed.
being pardoned warden: "not B" warden: "not C" sum A 1/6 1/6 1/3 B 0 1/3 1/3 C 1/3 0 1/3
As the warden has answered that B will not be pardoned, the solution comes from the second column. It appears that the odds for A to be pardoned are 1:2.
Mathematical formulation[edit]
Call , and the events that the corresponding prisoner will be pardoned, and the event that the warden tells A that prisoner B is to be executed, then, using Bayes' theorem, the posterior probability of A being pardoned, is:
The probability of C being pardoned, on the other hand, is:
The crucial difference making A and C unequal is that but . If A will be pardoned, the warden can tell A that either B or C is to be executed, and hence ; whereas if C will be pardoned, the warden can only tell A that B is executed, so .
An intuitive explanation[edit]
Prisoner A only has a 1/3 chance of pardon. Knowing whether "B" or "C" will be executed does not change his chance. After he hears B will be executed, Prisoner A realizes that if he will not get the pardon himself it must only be going to C. That means there is a 2/3 chance for C to get a pardon. This is comparable to the Monty Hall Problem.
Enumeration of possible cases[edit]
The following scenarios may arise:
- A is pardoned and the warden mentions B to be executed: 1/3×1/2=1/6 of the cases
- A is pardoned and the warden mentions C to be executed: 1/3×1/2=1/6 of the cases
- B is pardoned and the warden mentions C to be executed: 1/3 of the cases
- C is pardoned and the warden mentions B to be executed: 1/3 of the cases
With the stipulation that the warden will choose randomly, in the 1/3 of the time that A is to be pardoned, there is a 1/2 chance he will say B and 1/2 chance he will say C. This means that taken overall, 1/6 of the time (1/3 [that A is pardoned] * 1/2 [that warden says B]), the warden will say B because A will be pardoned, and 1/6 of the time (1/3 [that A is pardoned] * 1/2 [that warden says C]) he will say C because A is being pardoned. This adds up to the total of 1/3 of the time (1/6 + 1/6) A is being pardoned, which is accurate.
It is now clear that if the warden answers B to A (which happens 1/2 of the time: case 1 & case 4), then 1/3 of the time C is pardoned and A will still be executed (case 4), and only 1/6 of the time A is pardoned (case 1). Hence C's chances are (1/3)/(1/2)=2/3 and A's are (1/6)/(1/2)=1/3.
The key to this problem is that the warden may not reveal the name of a prisoner who will be pardoned. If we eliminate this requirement, it can demonstrate the original problem in another way. The only change in this example is that prisoner A asks the warden to reveal the fate of one of the other prisoners (not specifying one that will be executed). In this case, the warden flips a coin chooses one of B and C to reveal the fate of. The cases are as follows:
- A pardoned, warden says: B executed (1/6)
- A pardoned, warden says: C executed (1/6)
- B pardoned, warden says: B pardoned (1/6)
- B pardoned, warden says: C executed (1/6)
- C pardoned, warden says: B executed (1/6)
- C pardoned, warden says: C pardoned (1/6)
Each scenario has a 1/6 probability. The original Three Prisoners problem can be seen in this light: The warden in that problem still has these six cases, each with a 1/6 probability of occurring. However, the warden in that case may not reveal the fate of a pardoned prisoner. Therefore, in the 1/6 of the time that case 3 occurs, since saying B is not an option, the warden says C instead (making it the same as case 4). Similarly, in case 6, the warden must say B instead of C (the same as case 5). That leaves cases 4 and 5 with 1/3 probability of occurring and leaves us with the same probability as above.
Why the paradox?[edit]
The tendency of people to provide the answer 1/2 neglects to take into account that the warden may have tossed a coin before he gave his answer. The warden may have answered because is to be released and he tossed a coin. Or, is to be released. But the probabilities of the two events are not equal.
Judea Pearl (1988) used a variant of this example to demonstrate that belief updates must depend not merely on the facts observed but also on the experiment (i.e., query) that led to those facts.[3]
Related problems and applications[edit]
- Bertrand's box paradox (also known as the three-cards problem)
- Boy or Girl paradox
- Monty Hall problem
- Principle of restricted choice, an application in the card game bridge
- Prisoner's dilemma, a game theory problem
- Sleeping Beauty problem
- Two envelopes problem
- ^ Gardner, Martin (October 1959). "Mathematical Games: Problems involving questions of probability and ambiguity". Scientific American. 201 (4): 174–182. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1059-174.
- ^ Gardner, Martin (1959). "Mathematical Games: How three modern mathematicians disproved a celebrated conjecture of Leonhard Euler". Scientific American. 201 (5): 188. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1159-181.
- ^ Pearl, J. (1988). Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference (First ed.). San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
- Frederick Mosteller: Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability. Dover 1987 (reprint), ISBN 0-486-65355-2, p. 28-29 (restricted online version, p. 28, at Google Books)
- Richard Isaac: Pleasures of Probability. Springer 1995, ISBN 978-0-387-94415-9, p. 24-27 (restricted online version, p. 24, at Google Books)


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Martin Blackburn
Guess where this goes
Mostly rants
Side projects
Stuff in my spare time
Things I do at work
Moving on
25th August 2014
I have been at Label almost 5 years, originally employed to be a junior PHP dev, but found my place in the world as a front end dev.
Today I made the hardest decision of my life, to leave Label Media.
View of a speaker
13th May 2014
I have wanted to do a talk at an event for a while. Thanks to Forefront I got my chance. It was a perfect place to give public speaking a try, with a not to large of an audience (around 60), interested in front end development…perfect.
Here is how I prepared, and how I think it went.
Resize event when on scrolling on a mobile?
17th December 2013
Ever notice a resize event sometimes fires when scrolling on a mobile?
Faking the Twitter button count
9th October 2013
Can the little counter of shares on a twitter button be trusted?
Open external links in a new window
26th September 2013
Ever wanted to open all the external links in a new window and forgotten which ones were external? This little jQuery snippet will help.
How easy are you to find online?
19th August 2013
If you gave your name to someone, how much could they find out about you?
Is it time to stop IE8 support?
28th July 2013
Legacy browsers are a constant pain - all web designers know it. Internet Explorer 6 support disappeared a while ago, even its creators, Microsoft, don't support it any more. A while ago I stopped supporting IE7, is it now time to drop support for IE8 as well?
CSS & HTML style guide
1st July 2013
There are plenty of style guides out there for writing code. Here is how I like to write my CSS.
Creating a custom twitter feed
13th June 2013
As twitter updated their API, my old twitter feed no longer works. Here is a solution to custom twitter feeds.
Pixel escape website
27th May 2013
My brother has been busy making a game called pixel escape, and wanted something for people to see before the game was finished.


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Culture, Memory, and Space on Stage: The Construction of Female Hakka Contemporary Theatre in Taiwan
Hu, Tzu-Yun
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University of Exeter
Theatre is a location of cultures, the reflection of our daily lives, the present moment we are living. This thesis focuses on studying performances of the Hakka Contemporary Theatre created by female directors (Hakka and Non-Hakka) in Taiwan to observe how they combine western modern theatre forms with Hakka traditional and cultural elements and further transformed the specifics of Hakka culture on stage and represented various images of Hakka women. Through applying theories in relation to diaspora discourse, the hybridity of post-colonialism and postcolonial feminism and theatre study as the foundation of academic research, I attempted to critically examine the hybrid forms and development of the Hakka Contemporary Theatre to explore in depth the meaning of Hakka culture represented in theatre. In this thesis, I firstly offer performance analysis and draw on hybridity discourse and feminism in relation to post-colonial study to discuss three elements: the interaction and negotiated relationship between Hakka women (including female directors and the Hakka actresses), Hakka culture, and modern theatre forms. Furthermore, as part of my research, I critically reflect upon a practical performance project I have undertaken to illustrate how Hakka culture could be presented as subject and be constructed as the subjectivity of the Hakka ethnic group in post-colonial Taiwan. I hope that this thesis may encourage more Taiwanese to appreciate the value of Hakka culture and offer Taiwanese theatrical practitioners a practice of critical hybridity in associating ethnic and cultural issues of Taiwan in the future.
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We come forward; we bring with us the energies of unconditional love and healing, for the world that you live upon at this moment in time is a world that is in the throes of extreme and great changes and we say to you as you experience these energies that are in flux, that soon the energies will be coming forth that are enabling energies, energies that will help to support and assist all the people of the world to work through, transmute and release all that no longer serves the ascension path.
Even if humanity as a whole does not know this, it will be taking place, for this is the area of assistance that is being provided for by the higher dimensional realms in order that this ascension process allows the greatest number of souls to continue on into the ascension of the planet. I, Anambriel, say to you on behalf of the Venusian Collective that it is important that you look to self first. We keep saying these words but many of you listen and do not take heed or take action. It is a very simple thing to look to self first, make yourself the priority during these times.
Look after your physical, mental, and emotional health and well being. It is important to also ensure that your energetic body be nourished and cleared each day; for it is your energy field that ultimately has the last say within your physical body so it is important to pay attention to these areas and to this process in order to be attuned always to the energies as they continue to increase in intensity. You have many beings waiting in line to be of assistance to you – all it requires is your awareness that we exist, all it requires is your simple asking for our assistance, and we will help you and guide you, each of you who call. There are legions of angelic beings who work with us.
We desire to be of greater assistance to humanity during these times, this is why we have come forward to many people who are an integral part of our celestial being. There are many people upon the planet who are receiving information from us and through us and they are continuing to bring in our energies, for our energies are of the highest, purest love energy that is available to be distributed to the Earth and all of her inhabitants. We hold great love – we know how to wield this great energy and power and if some of you will listen, we will instruct you on how to utilize our great energy for the highest good of all.
We work primarily on the pink ray of divine feminine, divine love energy. We surround each person with this pink ray. We direct golden pink energy to each person's heart chakra in order to help and assist with the wider opening and awakening of this chakra, for this is crucial in the days ahead. One must have an open heart in order to utilize and make the greatest possible acceleration into the higher realms, the higher space that the Earth and all her inhabitants are quickly moving into.
We ask also that those who are alert, awake and aware that you hold this energy of love within your hearts. Let it abide, let it grow each day that it may serve as a catalyst and as a balance for energies that are not of this vibration in order to keep that balance, in order that the Earth and each being upon the Earth stay in equilibrium. Stay in the energies of joy, happiness, excellent health and well being and the blissful energies of unity consciousness. This is so very important and this is the message we wish to impart during this discourse.
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|GRUSSENHEIM: (Haut-Rhin département, Alsace région): 68320.
48° 08′ 50″ N 07° 29′ 18″ E. http://www.grussenheim.fr is the town's web site. Grussenheim is a village on the north border of the department of the Haut-Rhin about fifteen kilometers from Colmar. The village counts 768 inhabitants on March 8th, 1999. More than 80% of the working population work outside of the village. Traces of human occupation go back to the prehistory. In Roman times, a very tiny town was established along the Roman way "Heidenstraessel" and an important villa on the west of the village was where they discovered a mosaic. The village is named for the first time in 737 CE. From 770 CE, the abbey of Ebersmunster owned the property in the village. From 1361 to the French Revolution of 1789, the family of Rathsamhausen managed the village. The village developed thanks to a rich agriculture. From 1605, a fair took place. By 1850, a tradition of pottery gave birth to the annual market, every May 1st: Hafalamarik (the market in pots). At the beginning of the 20th century, more than third of the population was Jewish. But in June 1940, the Germans occupied the village and caused the exodus of the Jewish community. Battles of the pocket of Colmar were felt in the village, liberated on January 29th, 1945. The first synagogue dated from the last quarter of the 18th century. It was sold in 1866 and demolished. The new synagogue, constructed in 1850, was destroyed in 1940 on orders of the Germans. As long as the community was numerous and flourishing, Jewish life of the village meant all submitted to religious laws and traditional. Quietly, they led a clean life as the previous generations had always lived. Shabbat was the queen, but visits to inns especially to Schlomès also had their place. With deafening noise, they played dominoes, card games excluded for religious reasons. Fights between young peoples sometimes followed this inoffensive entertainment, fights that resembled a bit the "wrestling", so popular at present. They lived a typical village life. On the eve of Passover, students gathered wood to light ' "Hômetzfeier" in the courtyard of Jeddehof. They burned hômetz found the day before, and reddened iron saucepans brought by the housewives to kosher them for Passover. It was innocent and free entertainment. Thus, all of the holidays passed with traditional observation. Everything seemed natural but with the reduction of the population, technical progress, and the materialism of our age, religious feeling weakened. http://judaisme.sdv.fr/synagog/hautrhin/g-p/grussenh.htm has more information in French. [January 2008] http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grussenheim/gru001.html has history from the Yizkor book. [January 2008]
CEMETERY: This cemetery also served Reichshoffen. Grussenheim had signed a purchase agreement for a burying ground to enlarge the Jewish graveyard of Mackenheim, where the Community of Grussenheim buried its dead until 1810. 600 graves at least currently. [January 2008]
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During a recent episode of "The View," Barbara Walters grilled Kim Kardashian on her future with beau Kanye West, asking the not-at-all-awkward question, "Do you want his child?" Kardashian demurred, noting her pending divorce from Kris Humphries.But now Kim has another kind of "new baby," a Teacup Persian kitten, and she wasn't at all shy about introducing the little white furball to her Twitter followers this weekend.
My new baby Mercy! #TeacupPersian instagr.am/p/PpQuYtuS3w/
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) September 16, 2012
Kim also showed off her adorable new feline companion at her sisters' Dash boutique in Miami Sunday.
"Mercy" is presumably a nod to the lead single off Kanye's new album, Cruel Summer. The track itself is named for the Lamborghini Murcielago, which, in case you were wondering, was not the set of wheels Kim dropped $750,000 on for Kanye's birthday in June. That would be the Lamborghini Aventador.
In any case, we can only hope this naming method isn't setting a trend for Kimye's potential offspring (although "Otis West" has a nice ring to it).


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - The man accused of shooting and killing a popular Mount Vernon nightclub owner on Christmas Day is due back in court this week to face murder charges.
On Thursday, 40-year-old "career" criminal Errol Hillary is expected back in court after being indicted earlier this month on murder charges after being accused of killing club owner O'Neil Bandoo and injuring several others in a holiday shooting spree at The Mansion on Third Avenue.
According to police, gunshots were fired at around 4:26 a.m. Christmas morning after the club's owner, the 36-year-old Bandoo and security kicked out Hillary, who subsequently opened fire in the lobby. Security guards, with an assist from Mount Vernon police officers who were on patrol in the area, tackled and apprehended him as he attempted to flee.
In total, five people at the party suffered gunshot wounds and required medical treatment, while Bandoo lost his life.
Hillary stands charged with felony counts of second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, several counts of second-degree attempted murder and assault charges. He's been held without bail at the Westchester County Jail since being arrested on Christmas.
Hillary had been arrested twice in the past for a pair of shooting incidents, and was reportedly out on $200,000 bond while facing attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting a man in the Bronx last May when he allegedly committed the Mount Vernon shooting.
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There were so many more celebs who attended Elle's Women In Hollywood Celebration in LA last night. Here is a quick look at what they wore.
Uma Thurman: The actress wore a head-to-toe Calvin Klein Spring 2013 all-black look with slicked-back hair and David Yurman jewels.
Kiernan Shipka: The adorable teen actress wore a Moschino ivory-and-black dress with a pleated striped skirt, black collar and peplum detail. An Olympia Le-Tan book clutch and black Jimmy Choo 'Mara' kitten heels accessorized her look.
Jayma Mays: The 'Glee' actress brightened up the red carpet wearing an electric-blue Alexandra Vidal peplum dress with tri-colour Brian Atwood sandals with matching Rebecca Minkoff lizard embossed 'Fling' minaudiere and David Yurman jewels.
Naya Rivera: The 'Glee' actress is one of those hit-and-miss stars, but she scored a hit wearing this lovely pale yellow Moschino dress. The sleeveless fitted dress with a tulip-shaped skirt was styled with burgundy Tory Burch peep-toes and a matching Jimmy Choo clutch. Tumbling curls, diamond earrings and a pink lip shade finished Naya's look.


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I will be using the funds of this loan to cover the cost of AAT level 2, 3 and 4 and all the exams associated with each qualification. I will be studying with Kaplan financial who are a very reputable training provider. The total cost for the courses including discounts for buying the courses in full is £2421. The total cost for the 20 exams over the 3 qualifications is approximately £1200 inclusive of exam center fees.
This opportunity will open several different career opportunities within a finance environment and have a positive effect on my income increasing it significantly within the 3 year duration of this loan.
Loan repayment will be roughly £132 ( $200 ) a month on this amount. This is 12% of my total monthly income.
I would appreciate your help in opening up new career prospects and ultimately a better future.
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This page provides an overview of the Estonian Collections, illustrated by specific examples. We acquire material across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences.
In the following text, codes which appear in brackets after references ([Ac.9089/2]) indicate British Library shelfmarks.
The exact size of the Estonian holdings is not known, since, like other country/language holdings, they have no separate catalogue and are dispersed within the rest of the collections.
The Estonian collections are the only Baltic collections to have been analysed and listed (see Salme Pruuden's Catalogue of books and periodicals on Estonia in the British Library Reference Division, (London: British Library, 1981). The catalogue, which excludes belles-lettres, lists 2771 items (as held in 1980). For the earlier periods, most are in German or Russian, but for the post-1945 period the majority are in Estonian. Overall, there are 1461 titles in Estonian, 744 in German, 295 in English, 147 in Russian, 35 in Scandinavian languages and 89 in other languages.
The collection is particularly strong in material on the history of Estonia and the Baltic region, in literature, language and folklore. Many series of the important learned societies are held complete, e.g. Beiträge zur Kunde Ehst-, Liv- und Kurlands (1868-1937) [Ac.9089/2], Eesti Kirjandus (1906-1939) [Ac.9076]. There are also several early rare grammars and chronicles, e.g. H. Goeschen's Manuductio ad linguam Oesthonicam (1660) [829.a.10], and Henricus de Ymera's Origines Livoniae sacrae et civilis, seu Chronicon Livonicum vetus (1740) [150.h.5].
Unfortunately, the period of Estonian independence coincided with a time the Library's foreign acquisitions budgets were rather lean, but there are a number of interesting publications from this period, some of them reflecting Baltic-British trade. Statistical and other official material of the independence period, e.g. Riigi teataja (1918-1939) [O.G.E.50], and Eesti statistika kuurikuri (1922-1940) [S.C.40], are also held. Currently, some 100 monographs in Estonian are acquired per year, mostly from our exchange partners. We have been trying to acquire the most important newspapers and journals.
Émigré material is also purchased, mainly published in Sweden and Canada.
Catalogues and printed guides
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- Salme Pruuden, Catalogue of books and periodicals on Estonia in the British Library Reference Division, (London: British Library, 1981) [2725.c.62]
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Estonian material available elsewhere in the British Library
- Manuscripts are held by the Manuscript Collections
- Newspaper holdings are held at British Library Newspaper Collections
- Official publications, social science and scientific serials and conference proceedings are available from the Document Supply service, under Russian and East European material
- Scientific monographs are held by the Science, technology and Medicine Collections (STM)
- Audio materials are held by the Sound Archive
- Other East European material is held in the Map Collections, the Music Collections and the Philatelic Collections.
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|1976 Equal Treatment Directive
Mr. David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): Notwithstanding my hon. Friend's comments, does he agree that the Government have introduced legislation that extends the rights of employees in the workplace to be represented by trade unions?
Mr. Hopkins: Indeed. My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I have supported that legislation very strongly. There has been strong negotiation between the Governmentand our party when in oppositionand the trade union movement; an example of successful negotiation between Parliament and the interested parties outside it. That has led to some welcome progressive legislation. However, we must accept that there has been tension, with disappointments on some sides and some reluctance from the Government to be pushed too far on worker protection.
There will always be tensions there, and I want to ensure that we as a party, and as a Government, do not go too far in the direction of liberalising markets by undermining or weakening workers' rights with the objective of making business more competitive.
Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): Opposition Members have mentioned small businesses. Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a danger in having different rules for small and for large businesses? Obviously, we see the problem for a firm with only two employees, one of whom is on maternity leave or off work for another reason. However, if we make distinctions, we get a problem analogous to the poverty trap, where people could not afford to be paid more because they would actually be worse off. We do not want a situation in which small businesses cannot afford to grow in case they lose extra protections.
Mr. Hopkins: My hon. Friend is right. In the legislation that has been introduced, there are provisions for company size. We all appreciate the need for that. Although it is the Government's duty to ensure that employees have reasonable protection even in small companies, it is clearly unreasonable for a small company to disappear because it has three women employees, all of whom become pregnant and have maternity leave at the same time. It is necessary to take account of company size, but we also need careful legislation to give reasonable protection to employees in all companies. I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister is not suggesting that we should let off small companies and say that nothing shall apply to them. Small companies still employ people, and there should be reasonable protection for them, even if it is not as rigorous and burdensome as it would be for a large company that can more easily afford it.
Mrs. Roche: It may help the Committee if I mention that there is not a small firm exemption under present legislation and has not been since 1983.
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The Chairman: Order. I have been listening extremely carefully to the hon. Member for Luton, North (Mr. Hopkins). I remind him that the subject of debate is the amendments. His comments have ranged widely. He quoted from the amendments, which brought him into order on occasion, and I would like him to do that a bit more.
Mr. Hopkins: Thank you, Mr. O'Hara. I was just about to come to amendment No. 14, article 1.7, as an example of my point. It proposes that
Some years ago, there was great resistance among local authorities and companies to ethnic monitoring. However, some of us pushed very hard for it, and it is now accepted that there must be monitoring to ensure that people are fairly treated and that there is a balance between ethnic minority and majority employees. To ensure that women are protected in the workplace, some sort of monitoring, or statistics, surely will be in order. That is just one example; perhaps there are others. Without knowing the law in detail, the issue is rather impenetrable, but that example came to mind.
I hope and trust that my hon. Friend the Minister will ensure that we do not weaken too much proposals that will give better protection to women in the work force, and that she will take full account of any proposals and recommendations made to her and to the Government by the Equal Opportunities Commission and by the TUC, if and when they decide to make them. I am speaking up for employee interests. I do not think that there is anything wrong with that, because the talk these days tends to focus constantly on burdens on business and flexible labour markets. I wish to ensure that we retain the advances that have been made by employees in the past several decades.
5.38 pm
Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden): Thank you, Mr. O'Hara, for calling me in this section of the debate. I shall make a short speech and try to stick to the amendments or their context, although I understand that our comments can be more general in this part of the proceedings.
The Chairman: Order. That is as long as the generalities are related to the amendments.
Mrs. Spelman: Yes, Mr. O'Hara, I assure you that they will be.
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We believe that legislation can be used to encourage equal treatment of the sexes, but that true equality only comes about organically as attitudes change in society. The stimulus for changing attitudes needs to be credible. We welcome the Commission's rejection of a number of proposed amendments to the European directive that would, in our opinion, prove inoperable or undermine the credibility of some good aspects of the legislation. The Government have come to a balanced view in that respect. We cannot estimate the benefits of the European directive in isolation from the regulatory climate in which we have to operate. It seems to us that business is already groaning under the weight of regulation.
Although the hon. Member for Luton, North (Mr. Hopkins) has just spoken on behalf of the employee, for the balance to be right in both the debate and the Standing Committee, it is right to place on the record a few objective assessments of the regulatory climate in which the European directive, with or without those amendments, is going to fall.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's report on the United Kingdom economy highlighted the
Conservatives realise that ending discrimination against women involves more than stricter legislation against employers. We need to look at why women are discriminated against and how that affects their professional success. We have shown practical awareness of that issue by giving our support to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, to which we have referred. It enables political parties to take positive action of the kind referred to in the directive. As part of choosing what type of positive action we will use, we must consider the factors in our selection process that limit the capacity of female candidates to achieve their full potential. The prescriptive nature of some aspects of the directive and of the amendments, had they been accepted, may not get to the bottom of the full range of factors that cause discrimination in the workplace.
By comparison, some aspects of the equal treatment directive and the proposed amendments seem to us to be unnecessarily burdensome. The unwieldy definitions of the type to which I referred in the question section and the lack of balance between the rights of employers and employees can cause those who are going to have to work with them a sense of despair. If we have difficulty comprehending what the
Column Number: 18legislation means, what hope is there for busy people who do not have the time to crawl through lengthy explanatory notes to new rules and regulations?
When the final text is agreed after a lengthy process of conciliation among the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, I urge the Government to get somebody to put it in plain English to allow those who will have to work with it to understand it. Unworkable definitions will undermine the confidence of those who have to use them. There will be a temptation to avoid the risks altogether by simply not employing women who might, in time, create a headache for the employer, who must try to absorb the cost of new entitlements. Unless the text is clear, simple and doable, employers may try to avoid the issue.
Many enlightened employers are responding beyond the prescription of the equal treatment directive. Given the increasing feminisation of the workplaceespecially in the growth sector of the service industry, in which greater emphasis is placed on good listening and communication skillswomen are increasingly seen as assets. Good employers recognise that only women can have babies, and they will bend over backwards to encourage a woman's return to work on her preferred terms after she has had a baby. The increasing recognition of the benefits of retaining valuable female employees has had a knock-on effect on male employees with family responsibilities who are now seizing the new opportunities to ask for what they need to support their family life. The underlying question is whether to use a carrot or a stick to disseminate best practice in the treatment of different genders in the workplace; I know which my party would prefer.
The bundle of documents that I collected from the Vote Office concerning the Standing Committee contains an explanatory memorandum. Under the section on financial implications, it states that the cost will depend on the final text. I urge the Government to make the financial implication assessment available as soon as possible because there is considerable sensitivity in the business community about additional costs and regulations. I am sure that I am not the only hon. Member particularly, in my case, with the proximity of manufacturing in the west midlandsto have business men visiting my surgery to complain bitterly about the regulatory burden that they face.
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|Prepared 13 February 2002


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Amazon Prime Teams Up With the Studio Behind Lucy and Taken for Its Very Special Set of Skills
To stream its action films.
Despite sounding like a front for a Bond villain's secret plan to seize control of the world's zinc supply, EuropaCorp is actually an action-oriented movie studio, and Amazon Prime's newest partner. The studio, co-founded by Lucy director Luc Besson, has signed a multi-year distribution deal with the site, granting Amazon Prime the rights to stream EuropaCorp's films during their post-theater pay-TV window. The studio has produced over 80 films and distributed 500. Their movies include the Taken and Transporter series, all of which could potentially include the name EuropaCorp as an evil syndicate. Do you think that's intentional? Was International Murder, LLC too on the nose?


text: Double bill of Japanese films sharing a common theme. Producer Shinya Kawai set the two directors a challenge to each make a film with two main characters who confront each other in a particular setting. In '2LDK' (2003) Lana (Maho Nonami) and Nozomi (Eiko Koike) are two actresses auditioning for the same role. In addition to the role, the girls also share an apartment, which causes friction, and ultimately violent conflict, as they wait for the verdict. In 'Aragami' (2003) two wounded samurai seek shelter in a remote temple. On waking, one of the warriors finds his wounds healed, with his comrade having apparently died in the night. The mysterious resident of the temple relates the legend of the 'Tengu', a goblin-like creature that feeds off the flesh of men. When the stranger eventually reveals himself to be the 'Tengu', the samurai realises the only way to leave the temple is by destroying the creature.


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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir and Sjón at PassaPorta Parcours
The Icelandic authors Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir and Sjón are a part of this year's PassaPorta Literary festival. The authors are a part of The PassaPorta Parcours 24.03 at the KBC Grand Place from 15:30.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir who is born in Reykjavík has published works both in Iceland and abroad. Her book Rosa Candida (Afleggjarinn) has been translated to critical acclaim in French, English, Dutch, Danish Spanish and German. Her novel L'Embellie (Rigning í nóvember) and her latest novel The Exception - de arte poetica (Undantekningin) has also been translated to French.
Sjón's work consists of poetry, novels and works for theater. Sjón has strong ties to the Icelandic music scene and has collaborated extensively with the artist Björk but they ware founding members of the artist collective Smekkleysa. His works have been published in over 16 languages and he was the recipient of the Nordic Council's literary prize 2005.
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Get to know a few standout athletes
Learn some unusual things about your favorite players
Alyssa Pyros | Princeton (Division I) | Sr. | M
• Favorite topping on a pizza? BBQ Chicken
What makes a good teammate?
A good teammate is not necessarily the best player on the field, but she is someone who is constantly working to make herself and those around her better. She gives 100 percent of herself everyday and holds her teammates to the same expectations.
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• Favorite athlete: Hines Ward
What do you want to do when you graduate?After I graduate from East Stroudsburg University with my bachelor degree of science in speech pathology and audiology, I wish to continue my education. I plan to pursue a four year doctoral degree in Audiology at Bloomsburg University, Salus University or Towson University. Eventually I would love to open my own private practice and aid to the geriatric population.
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• Country or city? Country
What is one game you'll never forget and why?I'll never forget our game at Scranton in 2009. It rained so hard, and there was standing water all over the field. The game was delayed for over an hour because the turf was unplayable -- the ball just would not go. Lifting the ball was the only way to pass, and that didn't work too well. Despite the playing conditions, we had to laugh off the frustration and play our game and have a good time. Sometimes you just have to laugh -- and my teammates can always help me with that.


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Jingle doesn't like to ask permission.
It's fine for your Elf to help himself when you have a bowl of fruit set out for guests, or a candy jar teeming with peppermints for the taking.
It's not fine when he starts swiping your A.M. Life Blood.
To add insult to injury, he skips the formality of drinking the coffee from a cup.
Now that's just gross.
Not ones to give up their caffeine addiction over a few stray Elf hairs on their Keurig machine, the Fordevilles let Jingle get away with this behavior.
They were lax.
They lost their focus.
They forgot about the booze in the fridge.
Now it's Fancy Coffee Cocktails every day for Jingle. All day long.
So each morning, the Fordevilles find him passed out in a new spot. Which isn't very magical, if you really think about it.
At this rate, Jingle is headed either for eBay at a very deep discount, or rehab.
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The picture is amazingly good ! I bet it's as good as the day the set was made. Mind you as I hinted at before this set is definitely a "low mileage" in fact I think it's only just "run in"
As for the potential soldering issues with these sets I think what I intend to do (once the IC socket arrives) is to systematically take out each panel and thoroughly inspect and re-solder as necessary as I have already done with the RGB panel.
I'm looking forward to using the Pye with all the 70s & 80s sitcom DVD's we have, they look so much better viewed on a CRT set rather than the modern flat panel we have in the room.


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Photos : Man discovers maggots in his bowl of Quaker oats after eating it half-way
It is always wise to look through your food before eating and a man had to learn this lesson the hard-way after discovering live maggots in his oats after consuming almost a bowl full.
Aaron Peters got the shock of his life after spotting the larva wriggling on his spoon. Peters said he ate a 'good portion' of the maggots before noticing them towards the end of his meal. He says he was almost finishing his Quaker Oats with water and frozen raspberries when he noticed some strange looking shapes in his food. He immediately searched through the raspberries and then the oats. In his words, "The culprits were clearly identifiable alive and moving in the oats".
Quaker Oats has released a statement on the issue. They wrote;
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U.K. set to sign aircraft carrier contract
Britain's Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced today, Tuesday 20 May 2008, that it was ready to go ahead with the contract signature for two 65,000 tonne Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF).
The contract will be placed with a joint venture to be formed by to be formed by BAE Systems and VT Group. Today, both companies welcomed the MOD announcement and said that they will now finalize arrangements for the joint venture, to be named BVT Surface Fleet, which will combine their shipbuilding and naval support businesses. They said they expect transaction documentation to be signed shortly; the agreement will then be subject to VT shareholder approval.
BVT Surface Fleet, will be a key member of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance of companies that will construct and assemble the new carriers at shipyards in Portsmouth, Barrow-in-Furness, Glasgow and Rosyth.
MOD will contract the two carriers at an initial target cost of UKP 3.9 billion (almost US$8 billion), including capitalized expenditure to date, with various incentives that are hoped to drive the cost below this figure. The ships are expected to enter service in 2014 and 2016.
U.K. Defense Secretary Des Browne said: "The two aircraft carriers will provide our front line forces with the modern, world-class capabilities they will need over the coming decades. They will support peace-keeping and conflict prevention as well as our strategic operational priorities."
The Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF) will deploy offensive air power in support of the full spectrum of future operations. This will be provided by a Joint Force Air Group (JFAG) which primarily consists of a combination of the Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) and the Maritime Airborne Surveillance and Control (MASC) system. JCA/MASC will be capable of operating in all weathers, day and night, to provide carrier strike, as well as air defence for the carrier and offensive support for ground forces ashore. The JFAG will also operate helicopters and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from all three Services in a variety of roles that could include anti-submarine/anti-surface warfare, attack and support. The Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) remains the optimum solution to meet the UK's JCA requirement. The carriers will also be able to operate GR9 Harriers.
To maximize the flexibility that CVF can offer over its service life, the carriers will be built to an adaptable design. Though they will be built with a ramp and associated equipment to operate the STOVL F35 aircraft, they are, essentially, a Carrier Variant (CV) aircraft based design. If required, post-JSF, the design means that they are able to be modified (in refit) to operate aircraft requiring a catapult launch and arrested recovery.


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Having a pond where you live may be advantageous but, to truly have a beneficial kind of waterhole, you have to make sure that the one that you have is maintained. Of course, no creature or plant life would be able to survive in a dirty pool of water. Likewise, it's unhealthy and unappealing to have a pond that is filled with animals, insects, vegetations or things like bacteria. If you have still water in your property, instead of just leaving it as is, you should do something about it. Shell out some money and improve it. In this day and age, there are many stores selling pond supplies. So what exactly should you purchase for your fishpond, you ask? To really have a water garden of your own that you could be proud of and really use, you should proceed below for the suggestions on what to buy that you may be interested in.
For your water garden, it would be best for you to have the best kasco fountain or any type of device that can receive and shoot out water. When you'd have such in your fishpond, it would be possible for you to not only make your water garden look sophisticated but also literally move the water in your waterhole so that it doesn't stay stagnant. After all, insects like mosquitoes and others that can be considered to be pests can multiply in waters that are still. On the other hand, you can't really depend on a fountain alone since such a pond accessory can only be installed in a specific area and may not be able to cover a whole fishpond. With that in mind, for you to have unwanted creatures eradicated from your pond, you should purchase a couple of fishes that could swim and eat up insects. You could get catfishes, goldfishes or even those carps. On the other hand, besides getting some fishes, you should also purchase fish food and some water treatment solution since fishes still have to be attended to. Take note that you still have to feed fishes since pests may transfer to another place or be gone and you have to understand that the water where fresh water fishes swim must be oxygenated and also free of things like bacteria and algae.
For you to really have a beautiful pond, you should purchase some aquatic plants that could grow and add design to your fishpond. Take note that having plants in your pool can also give you the opportunity to improve the quality of the water of your pond. Basically, there are different kinds that are available so you should purchase some underwater and floating plants so that you would be able to have some vegetation that fishes could enjoy and snails could attach to. Of course, when you'd have pond plants, you also have to purchase supplies for them so that you could assist them with their growth and really protect them from pests that may destroy them.


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Tri Pie Recipe
From episode 4 (season 1) of The Fabulous Baker Brothers.
This week I went to war with this suet crust pie. It has layers of slow cooked beef, mashed potato and zesty spring greens.
Serves 6
For the pastry
500g plain flour
Good pinch of salt
250g beef suet
250ml cold milk
For the first layer (beef and ale)
1kg shin of beef, diced
Knob of butter
1 stick of celery, diced
2 sprigs rosemary
1 bay leaf
250ml ale
Good pinch of plain flour
1 carrot, diced
5 peeled shallots
2 sprigs thyme
250ml beef stock
For the second layer (mashed potato and turnip)
3 medium potatoes, cut into chunks
Knob of butter
3 turnips, peeled and cut into chunks
Pinch of thyme
For the third layer (wilted spring greens and lemon)
Knob of butter
Zest of 1 lemon
2 heads of spring greens, shredded
To finish
1 egg, beaten
Pinch of fresh thyme leaves
Put the flour, suet and salt into a bowl. Add the cold milk, mixing all the ingredients together. Once it's all come together, wrap it up in cling film and chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes before using.
For your filling, start by making the first layer. Dust the shin of beef with the salt, pepper and plain flour. Put the butter into a hot pan and add the diced carrot, diced celery and the shallots. Then add the rosemary, thyme and the bay leaf and fry until soft. Add the seasoned meat and fry until brown, then add the beef stock and the ale. Season with salt and pepper, then put the lid on and leave it to simmer gently for 2 hours.
For the second layer, boil the potatoes and turnips until soft. Drain really well then add the butter, salt and pepper and the thyme and give them a really good mash.
To make the third and final layer, melt the butter in a frying pan. Add the shredded greens to the pan and grate the lemon zest over. Season with the salt and pepper and wilt for 5 minutes until soft.
Heat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6. Roll out the suet crust pastry and tease it into a cake tin. Now layer the pie up: beef, potato and then the greens. Fold pastry in on top, brush with a beaten egg and sprinkle with thyme. Bake for 1 hour until golden.