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Why not just leave her at the Altar?
Honestly I think that would have been less painful and humiliating than what this jerk did to his fiancée. An American 23-year-old man named Tucker Blandford called up his lovely fiancée, Alex Lanchester, who lived in London, England, and faked being his own father. He sadly informed Lanchester that his son had taken his own life because he had been depressed. He stated that Blandfield had stepped out in front of a car. Sad day, no? Well actually, no.
Lanchester contacted Blandford's mother to offer her condolences and discovered Mrs. B had no idea what Lanchester was talking about. Blandford's purpose? He didn't want to get married after all. Lanchester had already invest about $1,200.00 American in the wedding-to-not-be, and Blandford was probably trying to get out of reimbursing her, although he has since paid his half of the expenses.
Lanchester met Blandford in August 2012 while studying in the US. She met Blandford at the campus cinema in the University of Connecticutt. It was love at first sight, or so it seemed. Lanchester told the press: 'Tucker was such a gentleman and was always buying me dinner and beautiful vintage jewellery. I'd never been in love like that before. Every Sunday he would take me out for pancakes, it was so sweet. And to celebrate the day we got together, on the 10th of each month we would go out for a posh dinner. The worst thing was the idea that one day I would have to leave him and go back to England. The thought of that was breaking my heart.'
Lanchester organized her dream wedding and set a date on August 15, 2014. She bought a handmade dress from eBay She even agreed to pay for Blandford to fly to Britain to help with the wedding: 'I went all out even though I had hardly any money. In the weeks running up to his visit I was mad with excitement."
For his part, Blandford told a reporter: 'I'm a terrible, awful person. I know I shouldn't have told her I was dead, but I didn't know what else to do. Alex is an amazing girl but I got scared and wanted to get out of the relationship. It was moving extremely fast and with us being in different countries, it was really hard."
The only really hard thing to understand is Blandford's lousy move when he ended his engagement to Lanchester. Lucky for Lanchester she didn't end up married to the jerk. I've heard of shitty break-ups before but this one tops the wedding cake.
A Sure-Fire Way to Lose Weight and Feel Great when You Are Way Past 20…For Real
Since the 1960s there has been spectacular, golden advice on how to live a healthy, gorgeous life and not put on unnecessary pounds. It's so Einstein it staggers the mind. Drumroll please…...eat less, exercise more. Ta-daaaaa. That's it. That adage is still true today. You don't need pills. You don't need a personal trainer (unless that's your thing and you just like having a trainer). You don't need to buy manuals about "secrets" to a great body that you never knew before. You don't need celebrity-endorsed b.s. about why they look so much better than you. It's all crap. Seriously. Those privileged (jerks – haha) people:
- get liposuction
- get tummy tucks
- use fat-deteriorating injections (no kidding – Britney Spears will always do it one more time)
- have enemas to empty their colons (ick – Marilyn Monroe was a fan of that one),
- take laxatives
- hire chefs who cook the most nutritional yet sinfully good-tasting meals
- have a whole team who work on keeping them fit and beautiful. They are an industry unto themselves especially if they want to keep getting movie roles. We just cannot hold up to that. Period.
Kevin Bacon of the infamous Bacon body once told an interviewer that he has to keep his body in superlative shape (those weren't his words, she was fawning over him…so shallow…I wouldn't of course because I would have passed out cold already), because he has to be ready at any time to take on a role. His living depends upon it. That puts things into perspective I should think. That and a sense of humour. Bacon isn't getting any younger either. He recently celebrated his 55th birthday. On Jimmy Kimmel Live he stated quite sincerely about the birthday celebration his family had for him, "my wife spent a lot of time in the kitchen looking for the caterer's number."
Having said that there are a few truisms that you have to accept about your life and your body if you are going to be happy:
- your body is not the same at 20 as it is at 50. That's obvious. Your system changes. Your hormones do a double-loop when you hit menopause (if you're a female, obviously). You may have sustained long-term injuries or developed an illness you didn't have when you were young.
- the amount of food you ate at 20 is probably not going to cut it when you're 50. It does for some people. I like to ignore those people. Either that or push them over a flight of stairs.
- the type of exercise you engage in may change radically over the years. Or not. It's good to have change in my opinion. It keeps boredom at bay. It's a learning experience. It's fun. However, there's nothing wrong with tried and true. Whatever has seen working for you for 20 years, God love ya. Keep at it.
- Swimming tends to be a great option for most people. It is injury-free. You cannot hurt yourself doing aquatic exercise. It's a fact. Go ahead and try it. But it doesn't count if you jump off a diving board into an empty pool. That's cheating. And stupid.
- regular exercise and a regular, healthy diet are essential. You aren't 20 anymore. There are no exceptions to this unless you're in that 10% of people who can still eat whatever you want yet not gain weight or suffer from health defects. You're in that percentage I want to push over a flight of stairs so watch your back. And your front.
Here are a few happy positives to reflect upon when you have nothing at all better to do (including reading this blog):
- you are at a stage in your life where your lifestyle change and body changes can be a thing of peace and beauty. No kidding. Accept that you are in a new zone and embrace it.
- the media is idiotic. You have my blessing to ignore it. I do and it seems to be working for me.
- embracing a healthy lifestyle means you're worth it. You are worth those hours during the week that you spend time walking, biking, running, working with that snotty personal trainer. You are worth the hours you spend preparing healthy meals and snacks. You are worth it.
- You're worth it.
- You're worth it. Is that one sinking in yet?
I hate the expression that a woman or a man looks good "for a person their age." What the hell does that mean? When a person looks good, that person looks good. For any age. Don't demean yourself or anyone else with that expression. It's rude and is in no way a compliment. Unless it's said in this manner "my God! Did you see that 40-year-old woman with the kick-ass body? I should be so lucky! Even now at 20!" I can live with that type of mentality. That is a perfectly complimentary perspective. I am sure you hear that sort of thing all the time because you likely respect your body and live a good lifestyle. I know this because you are reading this blog (don't you have anything better to do?). Am I in the best shape of my life? Ah, I am not. Do I have the best body I've ever had? Not at the moment. My tummy sags too much. It needs work. Overall, I have been more toned, but I am thrilled when I see the results of my self-discipline with my food choices and not spending all my time lounging around like a lady of leisure. I'm not ever going to be perfect, but parts of me are pretty damned sweet. Besides, fitness isn't reaching a goal. It is an ongoing process. And if it isn't ongoing then that's when you "fall off the wagon" as they say and put the weight back on.
This isn't to say that a little plastic surgery is a no-no. That's your call. Your business. I don't judge that (and who would care if I did?). If that makes you happy and takes a little stress out of your life, so be it. Sometimes there are conditions that won't ever be improved through diet and exercise and if they bother a person, then do something about it. Here's an interesting example (beginning at 14:44). I'm not talking Heidi Montag. I feel sorry for that girl. She cannot make up her mind for one thing. One minute she has "10 plastic surgeries" in one day. The next day, she regrets it. She even admitted her implants "hurt so bad I wanted to rip them off." That isn't self-improvement. That's a personality disorder. Personally I thought Montag was beautiful before the surgery. That's how she looked on the right. Not too shabby.
I will add one tidbit (pun) to the adage eat less and exercise more. Eat well along with eating less. Don't starve yourself yet eat junk and think this is what that expression means. Nuh-uh. In fact, don't starve yourself at all. You are not an Eating Disorder waiting to happen. Nope, nope, nope. You have too much sense and too much self-respect. After all, you're older now than you were at 20. You have experience. You have common sense. And you have a love and acceptance for your body and your lifestyle. No one can take that away from you. Excuse me. A woman with a God-given body just walked by. I am certain she is at least my age or older than me. I have to follow her and look for a flight of stairs….
The Black Dahlia Lives On…
Although Elizabeth Short was found dead on July 15, 1947, severed in half, drained of blood, with a Glasgow Smile carved into her once-beautiful face, today there is still no lack of interest in this woman and her tragic story. It has been 65 years since Short dominated headlines in Los Angeles and across the U.S. when her nude, severed and spread-eagled body was found on Norton Avenue, a vacant lot at the time. One of the many ironies in the case was that the lot had a number of signs posted around it stating "No Dumping." Apparently our killer had a sick sense of humour, along with his sick sadistic sexual fetishes.
Short grew up in Medford Massachusetts, one daughter of four born to Phoebe (nee Sawyer) and Cleo Short. When Elizabeth (known as Bette) was about 8 years old Cleo up and abandoned his family, making his escape appear to be a suicide. It's doubtful that Phoebe was fooled. Cleo left his wife with bankruptcy, debt and credit collectors to contend with on her own. She had to move her family of girls three times over the following two years in order to afford a house where they could live. The family depended on welfare for food, shoes and nightgowns. Elizabeth's bedroom in their last home was on a sun porch.
Elizabeth learned her father was alive when she was about 18. At the age of 19 she joined him in Vallejo, California but after only a month, the relationship soured and Elizabeth moved out. At this point, Short became somewhat of a drifter around the states. She found work at a naval base called Camp Cooke and was voted Camp Cutie. She began dyeing her mousy hair pitch black, wearing it high on her forehead and fastening a white dahlia in her hair. Although she often wore black she also wore pastels and favoured pink and light blue. Her notorious name, Black Dahlia, was not contrived from her appearance in life. It was created by the press after her murder. When the media discovered Short used to wear a dahlia in her black hair, they dubbed her the Black Dahlia as a reference to the movie The Blue Dahlia, that had been released in Hollywood the year before. In the film the Dahlia was a nightclub, not a woman.
Around this time Short met an army pilot named Matthew Michael Gordon Jr. They fell in love and for several weeks were inseparable until Gordon was sent overseas to India to test airplanes. They wrote back and forth to one another but on the night before Gordon was due to return to America, he was killed in a plane crash while testing it for the aviator unit. Short was devastated. Once more she began traveling.
Short travelled around to other cities until she finally reached Los Angeles, Hollywood, California. For about 2 years she enjoyed the night life and slept all day. She seldom held down a job and hence could barely afford to pay for a room with her roommates. Linda Rohr, a 22-year-old roommate who worked for Max Factor, remarked, "the kid was hungry and broke." In order to provide herself with a meal a day, Short went out on dinner dates with men. However, unlike the press' claims, Short wasn't promiscuous and she wasn't a prostitute. The press and some members of the LAPD smeared Short's reputation in the mud for reasons known only to themselves. Even the detective in charge of the case, Detective Harold Hansen, falsely stated years later that "she was a hooker, you know…"
Short was known to frequent celebrity-filled clubs such as The Florentine Gardens, owned by a successful businessman named Mark Hansen (no relation to the detective). Short also liked the Crown Grill, and Tom Brenamen's. It was common for movie stars, Mafia men and servicemen to frequent these bars. Since Short had a preference for men in uniform this appealed to her, however she also dated two Mafia men who were kingpin Mickey Cohen's henchmen. Clearly Short was a naive girl who had no real knowledge about her friends and boyfriends. It was this character trait that would prove to be her downfall.
On July 15, 1947, a nude corpse of a young woman was found that was so brutalized as to be unrecognizable. The Glasgow Smile carved into it's face went from the corners of the mouth to the ears. It would seem to me Short didn't have much to smile about. The smile originated in Glasgow Scotland and was used by street gangs. Eventually it became more popular in England and also became known as the Chelsea Grin. Short's body was completely drained of blood. Police surmised her lower half must have been hung upside down in order for the killer to accomplish this gruesome task. Her intestines were tucked beneath her buttocks. Most of her internal organs remained in her upper torso. Her right breast was almost completely severed. She had been burned with cigarettes and bludgeoned about the head. Experts surmised that it was exsanguination from the wounds to her head and face that caused her death.
The bisection began after Short was either in a coma, unconscious, or dead. It is theorized that her wrists were tied to a faucet in a bathtub and her feet were tied together. Although photographs show Short displayed spread-eagled with her upper torso beside the lower, it was suggested by the son of a detective who helped to work the case, that originally Short was found in a more obscene pose, as if she was performing oral sex on herself. The police supposedly re-positioned the body before the press could take pictures. A few days after the corpse's discovery the killer mailed some belongings of Short's including her purse, to the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. A note was enclosed stating there would be more information to follow but that was not to be the case. LAPD knocked on 10,000 doors and followed up on approximately 5,000 leads to find Short's killer, but to no avail. Detective Hansen claimed he was "sure we didn't encounter the killer during our investigations. He didn't slip by us…"
50 people falsely confessed to the savage murder, including a woman. None of the stories were true as they didn't match facts that only the killer could know. Several suspects were interviewed and placed on a polygraph. One suspect in particular, Red Manley, had been seen dropping off Short at the Biltmore Hotel on the night of her disappearance. He was given a polygraph test twice and both times he passed. Police compared Short's murder to that of the Cleveland Torso murders to search for clues of a possible serial killer, but no connection was made. They studied other murders in the Los Angeles area but met a dead (pun) end. For Elizabeth Short, life was long over. For the press, the public, authors, and musicians, the story was just beginning.
Harrowed Hoarders Hurt from Haunted Habits
You've seen the show Hoarders: Buried Alive. There used to be another one but I can't remember the name of it. It's astounding that these people live this way. This isn't a scripted show from what I can tell, at least I believe it. Maybe I'm naive but I don't think so. Hoarding is in the DSM-V, listed under a compulsive disorder, under OCD. It was debated whether or not it would get its own category for V but that didn't happen. Of course OCD can also be symptomatic of a larger issue, such as Bipolar Disorder or any one of a number of Anxiety Disorders. I feel for these poor souls. That cannot be an easy life and since these urges are incurable, the best hoarders et al can hope for is control of their symptoms. Usually this requires intensive, ongoing counselling and medication. Meds are actually very helpful. They don't sedate people. It requires an anti-psychotic to cause sedation (or a sedative) and the former are usually given to schizophrenics or bipolars who are in mania. These are extremes. For OCD and hoarding, anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications tend to fill the bill. Sometimes.
Hoarding has many levels – from 1 – 5, with 1 being the mildest (barely begun) and 5 being the worst and most difficult to control. Levels 4 – 5 are fire hazards, and therefore life-threatening. In the previous episode, the psychologist attending the house had to wear a respirator to avoid contracting any bacteria or viruses that could lead to a disease. Children are always removed from these households by Children's Services. These are illegal households and often the city will intervene and enforce by-law to make the hoarder clean out the household. Fires are a no-no in suburbia, because they easily spread to other houses, as do coackroaches and rodents. Hoarders bring down the value of real estate on their streets. People have the right not to tolerate this abuse of their environment. However, abuse is exactly where hoarding begins. When a hoarder is young, neglect and abuse tends to contribute to hoarding. Often this person is a victim of the foster system; constantly moving and not permitted to gather personal items. They own next to nothing. Ownership of personal items, no matter how repulsive, becomes a safeguard, a false sense of security against the cold, untrustworthy world around them. The worst possible thing done to these children is when a foster parent, or biological guardian, forces the child to dispose of their items. Some adults have been known to force children to burn their precious belongings. I can't think of anything crueller, next to sexual abuse. Now that the child has grown up into adulthood, s/he can collect and hoard as many items as desired. It becomes a cycle that spins out of control.
Another reason is in the way that people process information. Consider:
- The objects physical appeal for the hoarder's attention. This makes sense. You know how it is when you're garage-sailing of course. You might not be searching for something specific but an item suddenly catches your eye for reasons you're not even cognizant of and you have to buy it. A hoarder displays an extreme form of this behaviour. S/he pays attention to the shape, colour and texture of an object. Whereas most of us consider the usefulness of an object before we purchase it, hoarders consider the appearance of it and whether or not it can simply be added to a collection at home.
- Length of time assessing an object. The hoarder spends a great deal of time investigating an item purely for aesthetic reasons. It takes a long time for the hoarder to make the decision as to whether an item is valuable or not.
- Hoarders are highly disorganized. A lot of us think that about ourselves as disorganized but wait! This is different. When you get mail, you probably have a place where you usually place mail. A hoarder has a very different system. S/he organizes visually and spatially. They rely on memory rather than organization.
- Creativity. Some hoarders have a creative streak in that they appreciate the detail of an object. However this is taken to the extreme when almost everything the hoarder sees has an artistic bent.
- Hoarders' brains process information differently than non-hoarders. Studies have discovered differences in patterns of brain activity between the two.
This story brought my interest back to the topic (I've blogged about it before). A Connecticut woman died when the floor above her head collapsed on top of her, while she was in the basement doing god knows what. Police found the body of 66-year-old Beverly Mitchell after an alert mailman told police her mail was piling up. The building was so unsound, firefighters had to cut into the side of it. They used a backhoe to scoop up the pounds of debris that covered her corpse. If hoarding isn't a type of mental illness then I'd like to know what qualifies. Surely at this level of hoarding, there are rodents, cockroaches and other infestations, feces from insects and roaches everywhere. The woman's own toilet was probably backed up and in that case, she would have been defecating on the bathroom floor. "She just never threw anything away. Mail, packages, bottles, lots of papers, newspapers, magazines, you name it. Piled to the ceiling in most rooms. There was a waist-high layer in the room she had been living in." A police officer commented. He stated that social services offered to help her many times, but she refused. No surprise. "It's unfortunate because … we've tried all along to get her assistance, but she was a very private and solitary lady."
It would seem to me they didn't try hard enough. I'm surprised that the city didn't intervene and force the woman to accept a clean-up crew to clear out the house. Social services are all well and good, but not if they can't help the affected person. There are other channels that could have been used to help Mitchell so that her life didn't end beneath a collapsed floor. What happened here?
Nature Vs Technological Nurture
That old science debate involving ethics and knowledge applies in this case. Just because we can do something should we do something that nature would otherwise not have allowed? Example. A famous story emerged this week about Dylan Benson, his infant son Iver, and his (now deceased) wife Robyn. Dylan put it into better words than I can: Iver is healthy and is the cutest and most precious person….it will still be a bumpy ride….as he continues to grow under the care of the wonderful staff at the hospital." Therein lies the rub.
There are two issues here: Iver is healthy, and a bumpy ride ahead. How healthy is a baby who is born 28 weeks premature? That is the quivalent of 4 months, or half a pregnancy. Before we had the type of technology we now have (including life support equipment for Robyn), Iver would have most certainly died with his mother. 32-year-old Robyn suffered an irreparable cerebral hemorrhage that left her brain-dead. She was 22 weeks pregnant. 6 weeks later, doctors delivered Iver at the approximate age of 5 months. It's rather freakish if you think about it. A comatose woman who, for all intents and purposes is dead, acts as an incubator for her fetus for several weeks until doctors remove him and place him in intensive care. Nature may or may not have meant for the baby to die with his mother but it certainly made its decision about Robyn Benson.
How does daddy know the infant is healthy? Infants born even one week premature can suffer consequences although probably have few or no truly long-term problems. Those who are very premature and who have a stormy start to life often suffer serious problems. I refuse to believe that a 28-week old infant is the picture of health and I'll tell you why. Regarding infants born at 33 weeks or less:
- Hypothermia is a great risk. A premature baby is less able to shiver and to maintain homeostasis.
- Maternal death, especially in teenage mothers, is a higher risk than in babies born at term.
- Hypoglycaemia is also a risk. There may also be hypocalcaemia. Both can cause convulsions that may produce long-term brain damage.
- The more premature the baby, the greater the risk of respiratory distress syndrome. Steroids before delivery may reduce the risk. If the baby requires oxygen it must be monitored very carefully as the premature baby is susceptible to retrolental fibroplasia and blindness.
- The premature baby is more susceptible to neonatal jaundice and to kernicterus at a lower level of bilirubin than a more mature baby.
- They are susceptible to infection and to necrotising enteritis.
- They are susceptible to intraventricular brain haemorrhage with serious long-term effects.
- Severe problems such as cerebral palsy, blindness and deafness may affect as many as 10 to 15% of significantly premature babies. There is some evidence that the incidence of cerebral palsy is falling in premature babies born between 28-31 weeks
- About half of infants born at 24-28 weeks of gestation have a disability at 5 years.
- In the infants born later (29-32 weeks' gestation), about a third have a disability at 5 years.
- Over 30% had developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) compared with 6% of classmates.
- Far more very premature children do poorly in school than their healthier peers.
- The preterm children were significantly more likely be overactive, easily distractible, impulsive, disorganised and lacking in persistence. They also tended to overestimate their ability.
One important thing to keep in mind: although major disabilities have been reduced, the levels of disability tested in the quoted study did not seem lower than those found in children born 10 or 20 years earlier despite improvements in care of the newborn. I will allow for the fact that stats and percentages are generalities and not entirely precise. Still, I am grateful that my own child was born term and not at 28 weeks. Had she been that premature would I have wanted doctors to keep her alive? Absolutely. This is part of the dilemma of welcoming an extremely premature infant into one's family. The love is there long before the birth. The problems are only just beginning.
27 Useless Trendy Words and Phrases that Should be Retired in 2014
I hate these words. Most of them are rude and dismissive. They do not enhance conversation and while they are preferable to obscenities so is measles. That`s how nasty they are. And stupid.
Whatever. It`s rude. It`s a stupid way to end an argument. You don`t really win with this one. You`re just throwing up your hands in the air as if you don`t care when you actually do.
Duh. That is even ruder. Have you ever had someone say `duh`nice and loud to your face, especially with other people around. You have. Sucks to be you.
Bi-atch. This is the snotty high school girl`s way of calling someone a bitch. Just say bitch and be done with it already.
Bitch. As in saying someone is "you`re my bitch,`or saying "bitch" to a man. Stick with bastard. Bitch is just nasty and gender-confused.
Oh no she didn`t. Seriously that is so moronic. Clearly she did, so why say she didn`t.
Dude. That is so David Spade. Ick. He`s over. So is dude.
Fill your boots. This isn`t a Santa Claus expression. It means "go for it.` It`s the most hillbilly encouragement I`ve ever heard in my life.
Douche or douchebag. Most people don`t blink an eye over that one but when you think about its meaning, it`s seriously gross.
Irregardless. What! How do you regard yet irregard (no such word) a fact at the same time. If you`re regarding it then it`s a fact. if you aren`t then why are you discussing it at all.
It is what it is. No shit.
At the end of the day. Then what. It`s night time you idiot.
I don`t give a rat`s ass. Did you think this whole conversation was a big lead up to my asking, "do you have any rodent sphincters I can have?"
Do you have a dog in this fight. What if I have a cat in this fight. Is that okay.
Mines instead of mine.
Like as in So I was, like, all mad and, like,…
Goes as in so he goes, so I go…can"t you just say "he replied" and "I said."
Deal with it.
I so mean it...or any misuse of the word so, such as "you so suck at this game."
Hater. What! Hating something doesn`t define a person has a hater. And there`s no such word as hater.
from a ___ standpoint …depends on whose standpoint you mean. For instance, from a ham`s standpoint that seems like a lot of pineapple. What the hell.
willy nilly – that is so 1800s. That one should have been retired in 1914.
Paradigm. No knows what this means. That`s probably because no one knows how to use it.
Dumbass. Is there an intelligent rear end.
Awesome as in it is awesomely stupid that that word is still kicking around today.
Britney Spears.
Hater. I really hate this one (pun). A teenager walked out of my daughter's school recently wearing a baseball cap with Hater blazoned proudly on the visor. It made me feel all warm inside.
Amen. No, that`s not one of the words. It means so be it in English.
Terrible Tips to Tame Hunger and Tip the Scales at 100 lbs Maximum
Okay I'm not a fan of eating disorders. I swear. In fact I don't have one and this isn't admirable at all. I don't have the guts (pun) to purge when I eat. I hate vomiting. I like the after effect in clearing out a nauseous stomach when I'm sick, but it's the getting there that I loathe. I hate that heaving and hurling and I cannot stand seeing my own bile. I don't champion eating disorders for so many reasons, but if memory doesn't fail, I believe I have blogged about the pitiful mental state that leads one into anorexia, bulimia, or a host or other illnesses. Oh, about that. Bulimia rarely results in long-term weight loss. Most bulimics' weight fluctuates. Bulimia is also about control over the body as a means of controlling the environment around you, rather than weight loss or the influence of the media.
Having said that, I came across some of the weirdest tips imaginable if you are determined to pursue bulimia nervosa as your eating disorder of choice. Naturally, I am inclined to share them with you. Listen, this blog is entitled "faulty wiring" not "politically correct." You don't like? Don't read. Move on.
- Don't try to throw up heavy, doughy food such as bagels, untoasted bread, pancakes, perogies, and tortillas. Avoid peanut butter, cheese, chocolate candy, dried fruit or nuts, and pastries. These are difficult to get out of the digestive tract. All that effort for no reason. Use your common sense would ya? Try ice cream, small, overcooked pasta, soup, frozen waffles (not pancakes), milkshakes, cereal and milk, scrambled eggs, Kraft Dinner and Hamburger Helper. Gross.
- Begin your purging with a marker food – something bright and colorful so you know you have puked it all out.
- Water – Heavy, dense foods of any sort, including meat and dried fruit, are tough to clean out of one's digestive tract, so the ideal way to know if you've succeeded is to drink plenty of water. When all that's coming out anymore is clear liquid, you know it's all outta there. n.b. This one is especially dangerous. Practice with caution.
- Watch For the Love of Nancy – it worked for a ninth-grader. – blogger Jessica (happens to be my daughter's name, but no, she isn't my daughter)
Here's a Jessica quote about the Nancy movie:
Around me, in the semi-darkness of the classroom all of the girls watched, rapt, as she demonstrated how important it was for her to be skinny and to feel in control of her weight. When the movie showed people reacting in horror to Tracy's thin frame we surreptitiously poked at our own stomachs and were for the first time disturbed by what we found there.
On the one hand, I can comprehend the girls' perspectives. Nancy becomes thinner and in her mind more victorious. It's people around her who are critical and worried about her health. When the support group counselor asks Nancy what recovery means to her she blurts, "fat!" Ouch. On the other hand, this movie was so entirely heart-wrenching and darkly disturbing, I couldn't in the slightest comprehend the girls' perspectives. Bulimia and anorexia are such complicated illnesses.
On with the litany of gross ways to disappear into yourself:
1. Wear baggy clothes so no one can see how thin you are and thereby railroad your attempt at weight loss.
2. Exercise compulsively. Go, girl (to the point of exhaustion).
3. Avoid social activities that include food.
4. Learn tricky ways to appear as though you are eating in front of others when you aren't: push your food around on your plate; when someone is watching, scoop food onto your fork, bring it to your mouth, then put it down again when the nosy observer is distracted.
5. Insist you've just eaten and are full when people try to feed you. Always have a menu in your head to be able to rattle off
when they demand "oh yeah? What did you eat?"Make sure the menu has an appetizer, an entrée, a side dish, and a dessert.
6. Talk a lot while pretending to eat with others. Spend a lot of time rapidly cutting up all of your food, including weird stuff like french fries and cookies.
7. Always carry a toothbrush in your purse in case you give into temptation and eat something.
8. Eat lightly before every purge if you can….bulimics this advice isn't for you. The idea with bulimia is to stuff yourself to the brim and then puke. Good times. n.b. triggering: (Watch the preceding video link and mute the sound).
9. Take it from Matthew McConaughey as he starved himself for his most recent movie role: the first two weeks of starvation are the hardest. Then it gets easier. You can't buy memories like that.
10. Join the cult of the Breatharians. Those whack-jobs claim they neither eat nor drink for years on end yet they live healthy, long lives. If you consider 2 weeks to be a long life, then sure. Go for it.
Alright those are some general and hopefully helpful tips as you starve or puke yourself to death. I would be remiss if i didn't include some of the more severe consequences of any current, designer eating disorder.
1. Your dental work will cost a fortune if you are a puker. Your tooth enamel will erode. You will develop wicked chancres too and they will hurt. Don't forget gum disease.
2. Have a friend who knows CPR on hand when you vomit in case your heart stops. No kidding. You get an electrolyte imbalance in your stomach from all the vomiting. It's been known to happen.
3. Invest in extensions or a wig. Your hair will eventually fall out in wads.
4. Prepare for gastric anguish. Vomiting on a regular basis is somewhat hard on the stomach lining. All organs involved in the digestion of food will be damaged by your vomit.
5. Prepare for major heartburn in the esophagus. Same reason as number 4. Your skin may also be damaged by acid in your vomit. Your face will also bloat. Pretty.
6. You will become anxious, irritable and in general be a bi-atch. You will lose friends. Meh. Who needs em'? Prepare to become very depressed and experience mood swings. This isn't that fun, you know. If you're truly into it, you will become suicidal.
7. Your grades will drop severely. Forget about applying for that scholarship.
8. Learn to habitually lie, cheat and sneak. Especially with people you love.
9. Develop a lifelong guilt complex every time you put food in your mouth.
10. Draft a living will in the event that you die. You probably will (pun). Don't say I didn't warn you in my caring, sarcastic way.
If you think I am trying to guilt trip you about your ED, you are right. I am trying to guilt trip you into getting help. Now. You're worth it.
God bless and be well.
Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy were Gorgeous Rivals for JFK's Affections
Poor JFK. What a hard life. Two of the world's most beautiful women battled it out over him whenever he wasn't busy acting as the charismatic and dashing President of the United States, not to mention reign as King Arthur over Camelot. Jackie's Camelot was seated in Washington D.C., the White House, to be precise. She was certainly an appropriate Lady Guinevere, conducting herself with grace and a unique style that was unprecedented in fashion. When she made her "coming out" appearance, she was dubbed debutante of the year by Hearst columnist, Igor Cassini. Jackie made as strong an impact for her beauty and style, as did Marilyn. Ironically, Jackie and Marilyn shared Irish roots. yet the comparison ends there.
One is the story of a woman and her survival in a world where she was orphaned and exploited by people for her entire career. The other is a woman besieged by nearly impossible and highly constricting social expectations. The one thing these incredibly different women shared was a love for an emotionally void man who cared far more for himself than either of them, or anyone else for that matter. Although she began her iconic life as Jacqueline Bouvier, then Kennedy, the First Lady eventually became known in pop culture as Jackie O, the wife of billionaire shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Although Onassis proved to be another womanizer, the unlikely pair remained married until Onassis' death in 1975. Jackie was a traditional, stalwart, religious woman who didn't believe in divorce, even when she suffered the humiliation and loneliness brought upon her by a wayward husband. Somehow Jackie emerged with her dignity intact, too revered in elite, socialite circles to become the target of gossip.
The 1960s Jackie carved out an iconic niche for herself in political and fashion history, inspiring millions of women to wear her box-shaped jacket and skirt sets, jaunty hats perched smartly to one side and short, ladylike gloves. Fashion at that time was in a transition from that of the 1950s housewife in commercial ads: puffy-sleeved dresses and swirling skirts, emphasizing a tiny waistline and accentuated with sensible, two-inch heels. Jackie's look was fresh and innovative, embracing the trendy 60's with a dose of finesse. Designers worldwide stole her look and brought it to the catwalks. She is remembered for her contributions to the arts and preservation of historic architecture, her style, elegance, and grace. Her famous pink Chanel suit and pillbox hat became symbols of her husband's assassination and one of the lasting images of the 1960s.
Jacqueline Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929, to Janet Lee Bouvier and John (Jack) Vernon Bouvier III. Janet and Jack had a troubled marriage resulting from his womanizing ways. The pair were divorced in 1940, an event that devastated the young Jackie who was close to her father. It is possible Jackie was able to tolerate Jack and Aristotle's philandering because her first male role model demonstrated this very behaviour. Jackie grew up believing men could never be faithful. Jackie lived with her mother, who in 1942 remarried Hugh Dubley Auchincloss, Jr., a lawyer from a wealthy old family. Jackie's mother's remarriage created conflict in the family. Although Jackie adored her father she saw less and less of him, especially after her mother and stepfather moved their family to Washington, D.C.
Marilyn Monroe, aka Norma Jean Mortenson or Baker, was an icon unto her own right. She couldn't have been more opposite to Jackie if she'd worked at it. She was the best-known Hollywood actress in history, a buxom, voluptuous, platinum blonde, with candy apple red lipstick and a penchant for tight dresses and high heels. Marilyn hailed from humble roots and relative poverty. Like Jackie, her childhood was fraught with conflict within her family. She was one of two daughters born to Gladys Pearl Baker Mortenson, a pretty, brunette Irish woman who worked as a film cutter in Los Angeles. Norma Jeane's uncle, Otis Elmer Monroe, died when syphillis invaded his brain as an infant. Gladys was a divorcee and single mother when Marilyn was born. Her first two children, Norma Jeane's half-siblings, were Berniece Baker and Robert Kermit Baker. They were kidnapped by her estranged husband. Jasper Baker. Gladys later located them in Kentucky, but soon returned to Los Angeles without them.
Gladys was a paranoid schizophrenic who was hospitalized for many years. Unable to care for Marilyn, Gladys placed her child into the foster system. Norma Jeane's exit from the foster system was a la marriage at 16 years old to her 20-year-old neighbour, Jim Doughtery. Many years after Marilyn's death Dougherty would state in an interview, "I wasn't married to Marilyn Monroe. I was married to Norma Jean Dougherty. I didn't know Marilyn Monroe. She was a movie star. She was a stranger to me." According to Monroe, Gladys' second brother, Marion, committed suicide via hanging upon his release from an asylum, and Marilyn's great-grand-father did the same in a fit of depression. It would appear that Marilyn Monroe's life was littered with mental illness and suicide, a grim foreshadowing of her own future fate.
Marilyn was divorced from her third husband, Arthur Miller, when she became involved in a passionate affair with the President. They had met many years before but for both young hopefuls, their careers were foremost in their minds and they'd parted ways. Now it was a decade later and opportunity presented itself for both celebrities. JFK was smitten with the celebrity scene. He enjoyed the company of the Rat Pack, specifically Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra. It was through this circle that JFK became re-acquainted with Marilyn. For JFK, the attraction was obvious. Marilyn was a sexy, glamorous movie star. For her part, Marilyn had been an illegitimate child and never knew her father's identity. JFK's power made him appear as a handsome and protective lover, almost a father figure. JFK, on the other hand, regarded Marilyn in the same way he regarded all of his extramarital liaisons: she was a temporary sexual fling, nothing more, even with her celebrity status. Her sex appeal was all that very briefly lured him into her bed. He might have seen her eight times at most but somehow Marilyn made it into something much bigger in her own mind. In spite of her being the world's sex goddess it mattered little to her that JFK had the unmanly reputation as a "2-minute man". Marilyn wasn't seeking sex from the President. She used sex to get close to him. She needed him for a sense of personal identity and security.
So delusional was Marilyn, she often told friends she was going to replace Jackie Kennedy as the First Lady of the United States, going so far as to contact Jackie herself on the telephone to tell her JFK was about to file for divorce. Jackie's cool reserve never faltered. She assured Marilyn she had no problem allowing the actress to wed Jack but added that the movie star would have to travel to India, live in the White House, care for their children, and conduct many unglamorous duties. Gobsmacked, Marilyn had no retort. Jackie hung up, triumphant. Strangely, Jackie was more affected by the telephone call and by Marilyn Monroe than anyone knew. She was furious with Marilyn's audacity and humiliated by Jack's behaviour. Of all JFK's affairs, the one with Marilyn worried her the most mainly because of the type of behaviour that led Marilyn to contact her on the phone. Marilyn was a loose cannon and seemed capable of anything including revealing details of her affair with the president, bringing public ridicule to the Kennedy family. Yet Marilyn was something of an obsession. Jackie adopted her voice and some of her mannerisms. In fact, to listen to Jackie without knowing it was her, you might think it was Marilyn speaking.
After the telephone call all hell broke loose in the Kennedy household. , Mrs. Kennedy put her foot down squarely on Jack's head and told him to break off all contact with Marilyn Monroe. Meekly Jack agreed and indeed Marilyn was never able to reach the President on his private line again. Where once she'd spoken to him several times a week now Marilyn found JFK's line disconnected. She contacted the main White House line and was told Jack was permanently indisposed. Flummoxed, Marilyn managed to contact his brother Robert and ask him to intervene for her. Although intrigued with his brother`s mistress Robert did nothing of the kind, pleased that Jack had come to his senses about the controversial film star. After this dual rejection Marilyn became despondent. She was suffering many losses at that time. Her career was faltering. She worried that she was losing her celebrity as she aged. Ultimately Marilyn took her own life on August 4, 1962. She was 36 years old.
The battle between Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe aka Norma Jeane Baker-Mortensen was over, with Jackie as usual, the victor.
Eye Spy with My Little Russian Eye
Have you ever wondered why anyone would become involved in espionage? That didn't really cross my mind until I read about the glamorous red-headed Russian spy Anna Chapman (her married surname). Chapman is the stuff of James Bond films: goddess body, pretty face, Breck Girl hair. She's the type of spy that makes you believe espionage must indeed be a life of glamour and sex, since clearly both were a part of her espionage repertoire. Lest you think Chapman is merely a prop however, she speaks five languages, has a master's degree in economics from Moscow University, and her father, Vasily Kushchenko, may be a senior KGB official, although this is unsubstantiated.
Anna is a Russian national who was residing in New York City when she was arrested, along with nine others, on June 27, 2010 on suspicion of working for the Illegalas Program spy ring under the Russian Federation's external intelligence agency for the SVR (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki). Chapman pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General (how sneaky) and was deported back to Russia on July 8, 2010, as part of a prisoner swap (must have swapped her with a Playboy Bunny). She met Alex Chapman at a London Docklands Rave Party in 2001 and they married in Moscow. As a result she gained dual Russian–British citizenship, and a British passport. How convenient. one block from Wall Street in Manhattan. Her LinkedIn site profile identified her as CEO of PropertyFinder LLC, a website selling real estate internationally. Anna told him the enterprise was continually in debt for the first couple of years, and then suddenly in 2009, she had as many as 50 employees and a successful business. In late December 2010 Chapman was appointed to the public council of Young Guard of United Russia. According to the organization, she "will be engaged in educating young people," (in what, they didn't say).
On January 21, 2011, Chapman began hosting a weekly TV show in Russia called Secrets of the World for REN TV (I swear I'm not making this stuff up). She testified to the closed trial in absentia of Col. Alexander Poteyev that took place in Moscow in May and June 2011 that it was only Poteyev who could have provided the U.S. authorities with the information that led to her arrest in 2010. She alleged she was arrested after an undercover U.S. agent contacted her using a code that only Poteyev and her personal handler could know. The jerk.
Chapman wrote a column for Komsomolskaya Pravda. In October 2011 she was accused of plagiarising material on Alexander Pushkin. The Guardian reported that this added to a negative trend toward her and in September 2011, she had been "heckled during a speech on leadership at a St. Petersburg University". Students displayed signs stating: "Chapman, get out of the university!" and "The Kremlin and the porn studio are in the other direction!" Chapman's foundation supported the second International Сonference "The Genetics of Aging and Longevity" in Moscow, where top world aging scientists present their speeches, including researchers who presented the results of experiments using anti-aging drugs on animals. Anna must have picked up that stuff, judging by the look of her body. In 2012 it was reported that Chapman almost caught a senior member of U.S. President Obama's cabinet in a honeytrap operation wherein the bisexual Chapman plan would have seduced her target before extracting information from him or her.
Officials claimed Chapman worked with a network of others, until an undercover FBI agent attempted to draw her into a trap at a Manhattan Coffee Shop. The FBI agent offered Chapman a fake passport at Starbucks, with the instructions to forward it to another spy. He asked, "are you ready for this step?", to which Chapman unequivocally replied, "Of course". She accepted the passport. However, after making a series of phone calls to her father Chapman handed the passport in at a local police station, but was arrested shortly after. After being formally charged, Chapman and nine other detainees became part of a spy swap deal between the United States and Russia, the biggest of its kind since 1986. The ten Russian agents returned to Russia via a chartered jet that landed at Vienna International Airport, where the swap occurred on the morning of July 8. After her deportation to Russia, it was revealed that Chapman wished to stay in the UK and was "particularly upset" by the revocation of her UK citizenship and exclusion from the country. Poor baby. I'm sure she will find someone to take her in.
Actually I think Chapman is pretty cool. She's too good to believe yet she is real. After her disgraced deportation, she wasn't jailed or jeered. She tweeted a marriage proposal to Edward Snowden. She became a sexy model in Moscow and the U.S. She was featured on the cover of Maxim, has been interviewed by countless reporters and ended up with her own TV show. "I never pictured myself as a TV star," she admitted in an interview. Yet she envisioned herself as an international spy. Love it.
Who knows how any human being is fodder for international espionage? Let's say you're intrigued enough with Anna Chapman that you are seriously considering a career in espionage. There are interesting steps you may wish to pursue in order to join, say, the CIA:
- You need a university degree in your area of specialization. The CIA seldom recruits actual spies. They tend to need people in many other, far less glamorous occupations.
- You must be able to pass all background checks.
- you must be a U,S. citizen.
- don't abuse drugs
- don't gamble
- associate with squeaky clean people
- be physically and mentally fit to the nth degree
- it wouldn't hurt to have military experience
- You are expected to work for the CIA for the duration of your career.
- The CIA sees itself as one big happy family. You will be placing your work ahead of your real family and will be expected to work in teams.
- The Agency has its own community. The George Bush Center has its own food court, gym, walking paths, clothing stores, recreational clubs and more. (In other words, they want you with them as much as possible…are you starting to feel owned? You should).
- having studies with emphases on international relations, law, technology, political science, history, security studies, economics or finance, mathematics, journalism, and anything requiring analytical skills, are advantageous.
- Learn at least one other language. Languages in high demand include Mandarin,Farsi (Persian), Pashto, Dari, Russian (Anna Chapman offers private lessons if you're interested), and Arabic.
- learn people skills including how to make people like you. Arrogance, egoism and inflated self-importance will get you fired.
- If you see life in absolutes ("he is wrong, I am right"), then it's likely you're not going to be a good choice.
- Be physically fit. You will be put through rigorous physical testing.
- Be mentally fit. You will be tested to your limits in training to see how you handle emotional pressure. In addition, you might be captured and tortured. You never pictured James Bond in that predicament, did you?
- Be prepared to relocate. Often.
- you'll never be a millionaire…your salary will be a lot lower than people with similar qualifications in the corporate sector.
If you still want to be James Bond (or Anna Chapman) I salute you.
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[NEW YORK] New York will soon ban cars from its beloved Central Park, the city's mayor announced Friday, citing a commitment to reducing pollution and "prioritising people over cars."
Automobile traffic was already prohibited in the north of Manhattan's iconic green space, which will celebrate its 160th birthday next year. Vehicles could still circulate, however, on three concrete lanes in the south: West Drive, Terrace Drive and Center Drive.
The traffic ban on those thruways will go into effect June 27, the day after the city's public schools close for the summer.
The measure does not concern, however, four dedicated below-grade roads that cross the park's width and are separated from the rest of the park by walls.
"Our parks are for people, not cars. For more than a century, cars have turned parts of the world's most iconic park into a highway," Mayor Bill de Blasio said in announcing the move. "Today we take it back." "We are prioritising the safety and the health of the millions of parents, children and visitors who flock to Central Park."
The mayor's decision follows his January decision to designate the loop drive in Brooklyn's sprawling Prospect Park car-free.
"Central Park is one of New York City's most iconic open spaces and is used by millions of New Yorkers and visitors," said Daniel Zarrilli, the city's Senior Director of Climate Policy and Programs.
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The Farmer's Wife Boutique began in 2014. Samantha and her husband live on his family farm, located about an hour outside of Aberdeen, SD. Samantha just left her job as an occupational therapist to become a stay-at-home mother to her young daughter. At this time, she began looking for a creative outlet that would allow her to enjoy doing something for herself, as well as interact with others. She noticed a lot of boutiques popping up on Facebook. She had always loved fashion and the extra confidence it can bring out in people. With her husband on board, they took their savings, invested into some pieces of clothing, and started a Facebook page to see how selling the items would go. Within a week she had a web site (www.thefarmerswifeboutique.com). That fall Samantha and her husband began traveling to vendor fairs in throughout South Dakota and North Dakota. They did 33 vendor shows in three months. Some weekends they did three in a row with a show on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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Local lawmakers focused on dealing with Illinois' financial problems and creating jobs in their reactions to Gov. Pat Quinn's State of the State address on Wednesday.
Local lawmakers focused on dealing with Illinois' financial problems and creating jobs in their reactions to Gov. Pat Quinn's State of the State address on Wednesday.
Democrat Sen. Andy Manar of Bunker Hill called the speech "upbeat" and said the state is headed in the right direction, but added — as Quinn repeatedly did — that more needs to be done.
"We clearly have more work to do, certainly with the budget and school funding in particular," Manar said, adding that in order for the state to get on firm financial ground, it needs to prioritize its spending and address "structural problems" in the budget.
Sen. John Sullivan, D-Rushville, said the governor's remarks were appropriate for the occasion, but he's more interested in Quinn's next major speech.
"The next step is the most important, and that's going to be the budget address and how we're going to fund some of these initiatives," Sullivan said.
The governor will deliver his budget address Feb. 19.
Among Quinn's wide range of initiatives were increased funding for health-care programs and early-childhood education, as well as a doubling of the state's contribution to the MAP grant program for college students.
Petersburg Republican Rep. Rich Brauer is concerned about the governor's agenda.
"It's frustrating to hear about more and more programs instead of maybe how we can control some of our costs," Brauer said.
Sen. Sam McCann, R-Carlinville, questioned the need for some of the governor's proposals.
"I don't know if we would need the programs if we would stop stifling free markets and allow hardworking people to go to work," he said. "We have to create an environment that allows job creators to invest."
McCann said in reference to the governor's call for a minimum-wage increase that lawmakers should direct their efforts to creating jobs that pay $50,000 to $100,000 a year.
"That's how you grow the middle class. Then the $10-an-hour jobs take care of themselves," he said.
McCann noted that he agreed with the governor when he said during his speech, "A sound infrastructure is critical to a strong economy."
Quinn also touted the successes of small businesses statewide.
Rep. Raymond Poe, R-Springfield, agreed with the governor that small businesses are the foundation of Illinois' economy, but said he's concerned because Quinn didn't mention the fracking and coal industries.
"I think Illinois needs to take some leadership there," he said. "That's a whole lot of jobs."
While the governor spoke on such themes as "getting the job done" and "Illinois is on a comeback," Poe didn't express the same optimism Quinn did, saying simply, "We're slipping."
"[The governor] painted a pretty rosy picture about something that is a little less than rosy," Jacksonville Republican Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer said, adding that he thought Quinn's vision for the future is "not realistic."
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When it comes to athletics, there is only so much a coaching staff can do to prepare a team to go out on the field and win the ball game. While the fundamentals of the sport and mental approach can be passed down to the player, that doesn't always add up to wins on the field of play. There's an aspect of pretty much every sport out there called "finishing," and that's what separates the winners from the rest of the pack.
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With just over seven minutes remaining in the match, lightning struck for the T-Birds.
A hard foul took place on the edge of the goal box. After conferring with the side judge, the referee deemed it worthy of a penalty kick for Mt. Tahoma. Raul Ramirez lined up a shot and sent a blast into the upper-left portion of the net. Now with just minutes remaining in the match, Mt. Tahoma actually had a chance to win a game that Lincoln had owned for most of the night.
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These look like two very hungry teams with more talent than they may have had in decades.
Up next for Lincoln (2-2-2 3A Pierce County League, 2-3-3 overall) is a Tuesday, April 10, road match against a Wilson Rams (3-1-1, 4-2-1) squad that looks like it has started to find its groove. Mt. Tahoma (3-1-2, 5-1-2) will host Spanaway Lake (2-4-0, 2-5-0) on Tuesday, April 10. The Abes and T-Birds will have their rematch on Monday, April 30, at Mt. Tahoma Stadium.


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elective office (both tribal and non tribal) will be recognized.
On August 30 2017, Honorable Judge Thomas Hogan ruled in favor of Cherokee freedmen tribal member treaty rights to citizenship. He held the tribal constitutional amendment which removed freedmen from tribal membership to be unenforceable due to the 1866 treaty. The tribe did not challenge the ruling and sent the Federal court order to the tribal court which voided the tribal constitutional amendments which removed the freedmen from tribal membership and blocked freedmen from holding office. The preliminary order of August 30 2017 against the tribe was finalized in 2018 with issues between the US and the freedmen remaining to be finalized (dealing primarily with protection of the freedmen) as of early September 2018. The court decision as well as various news articles and earlier filed briefs can be read as follows:
We welcome you to join the Descendants of Freedmen Association of the Five Tribes Civilized Tribes Association as a member (ie a person who has provided documentation to us to show you are a Descendant of a Dawes enrolled freedmen of the Five Tribes) or as an official supporter – an individual of any ethnic or racial background. Cost is $40 per year. Cost to be come a lifetime supporter or member is $300. See our application online.
For those who wish to make tax deductible donation , we welcome you to donate funds of any size to the African Indians of the 5 Civilized Tribes Foundation (Box 42452, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73123). See our link for more information.
You may donate by credit card to African Indians Foundation to assist our litigation fund to combat racial discrimination thru the Gofundme link below:
Almost all funds raised by both Descendants of Freedmen Association and African Indians of the 5 Tribes Foundation have been used for litigation fees.
If you prefer, funds can be send directly to our legal team at Velie Law Firm, 401 W Main, Suite 310, Norman, Oklahoma 73069 405-310-4333 or www.velielaw.com
The latest articles, Briefs and rulings filed in the Federal cases Cherokee Nation V Nash and Vann V Jewell lawsuits can be obtained at the Turtle Talk Blog :
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