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Someone Please Get This Critical Message to the Trump Campaign! Before Tonight's Debate!
To the point: the whole debate format and process has been rigged against Donald. The first debate categorically demonstrated that the Democrats will cheat in every way possible to win. They clearly feel that can cheat with impunity and care not who catches them in the act. Remember all the obvious primary fraud used repeatedly against Bernie Sanders.(below you find a link that shows us why Hillary Disqualified From Being POTUS! Her Official Actions Bar Her From Holding Public Office! U.S. Code Is Clear and Forceful! )
The result of tonight's debate has already been fixed by the mainstream media (MSM), no matter how well Donald performs. The MSM also doesn't even care anymore that they are viewed as the official propaganda arm of the Clinton campaign. THEY DON'T CARE!
What to do?
Let Donald be The Donald as never before. Please excuse the analogy, but he has been the perfect wrecking ball throughout the whole campaign season. Even when he does things perfectly right he wrecks their thoroughly corrupt and cowardly system. Donald knows intuitively that before you can construct a high-rise, you have to first demolish the old, dilapidated building that sits on the building site.
Our best recommendation:
Donald has only two debates left. They stole the first one from him (read opportunity) and first impressions matter a LOT with the undecideds and youth vote. Therefore, he must take complete control of this second debate by simply being himself.
Toward that end, Donald should act as though Hillary Clinton is not even there. His responses should be directed ONLY toward two topics.
First, Donald should speak directly to how he will "Make America Great Again". In other words, how his policies and initiatives will rebuild the nation after 16 years of continual destruction from both parties.
Secondly, Donald should talk about how he will help the American people who are really suffering. There are millions of us who no longer have a 'real job'. Nearly 100,000,000 who are eligible to work are literally classified as unemployed. Hence, he would serve his candidacy quite well by telling the American people exactly how he will put them back to work.
That was Bill Clinton's clarion call, and it worked for him—BIG TIME! Except that he then went out and passed NAFTA, the biggest unspoken economic disaster in USA history … and hardly anybody really knows it. Her husband blighted the American economy with the passage of NAFTA after reaping the immediate short-term rewards.
History Shows That NAFTA Is a Disaster
Who doesn't know by now that the current Great Recession has actually been the Second Great Depression? With no end in sight!
So, please, prep Donald on his plans to get us out of this mess. Despite Obama's deliberate negligence in plunging the country into such a deplorable economic state, he should stay on this point: What Donald will do to fix it. Quickly!
Every response that he gives ought to answer the question: What will he do to alleviate the economic hardship and financial pain of the average citizen.
Do you folks get it yet?
Even though he handily won the first debate, it was actually an unmitigated disaster for him. Hopefully you folks learned a lot from that highly instructive train wreck?!
This whole debate structure has been built around her strengths and his weaknesses. The DNC owns and operates the entire presidential debate franchise, so that even when you think you've won, they really have. Donald knows this well from his casino business: The house NEVER loses … even when they appear to.
Lastly, as a contingency plan, if Donald is absolutely forced into the position, he should have his wrecking ball handy. The single best approach for him to take if he is knocked off balance is to expose the titled playing field … but he should only do this at the very end of the debate, after he has shared his GREAT vision with the electorate.
When the American people hear how completely rigged the whole process has been, they will get it. Just a short diatribe at the end, with his famous wrecking ball in hand, as to how the Democrats only know how to win by fraud and deceit, could be a wise use of a very high platform that he will only have one more time. (See attachment below)
The people of this great nation do not like cheaters (the Clinton MO and DNC central organizing principle). They especially do NOT like bullies. And what they really love is the underdog who comes from behind and wins the day. Especially an underdog who is at once fiercely patriotic, sincere to a fault and outrageously courageous.
Hillary Clinton has so much serious baggage, so many longstanding liabilities, so many critical medical conditions, and so many profound political problems that she and her tribe can only cheat to win this election. As follows: U.S. CODE: Hillary R. Clinton has disqualified herself from holding any public office in the United States
Let's get busy!
Very sincerely,
Citizens For Fair Presidential Debates
P.S. We see no reason why this same strategy would not work for the third debate as well.
Hillary Clinton Disqualified From Being POTUS! Her Official Actions Bar Her From Holding Public Office! U.S. Code Is Clear and Forceful!
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So now I'm living in Japan, the birthplace of my preferred RPG style. Technically, RPGs were invented (or at least "popularized") in the west in the mid-seventies by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson with their game Dungeons & Dragons. You could argue they were invented far earlier alongside comedy and theatre, with people pretending to be others, and perhaps even improving their own created characters. Live-action role playing, if you will (Yeah, I said it! Theatre is just LARPing with expensive outfits, well-thought-out scripts, and fewer trips to the hospital. Not that I've done either…). However, D&D gave us stats and progression systems inside largely created fantasy worlds.
But eh, D&D isn't really my style. Too much work. Gotta write down everything and read a bunch and wait for huge lengths of time for others to make decisions. I can barely wait the 5 minutes some friends take to decide where to eat dinner. And that's going to affect my stomach—the most important muscle in my body! Maybe it's not a muscle. I'm not a rocket biologist.
Japan popularized the simplified RPG formula when it came out with classics like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy on the Nintendo Famicom. You had five abilities, not four hundred and thirty-seven. Computers did all the damage calculations. You had a pretty sure idea of where to go (as compared to games like Ultima which gave little clue). Explorable areas had borders and boundaries, but the lack of data forced you to use some imagination to see the world. For me, it was the best of both worlds. A bunch of data that required no effort to keep track of.
Anywho, that's the country I live in now. The one that made the RPG elegant.
When you bring up video games and books and movies and whatever other form of "entertainment" you want, it's inevitable that it will be described as 'escapist' somewhere down the line. That's just science. Monkeys and typewriters. But it will come up sooner than if we were talking about breathing. I don't breathe to forget about the world.
I'm pretty sure the Japanese crafted the perfect escape from their own world.
You see, life in Japan is complicated. There're a lot of examples I could use. An outsider probably thinks about the Tokyo Metropolitan Railway map or the Japanese language itself. Someone who lives here probably thinks about the trash sorting and pickup systems or the Japanese language. The language isn't that complicated. I'm not sure why everyone thinks about it.
Because of that complication, having no complexity to something would be unfamiliar. Strange. Bad. When there's complexity, not understanding is fine. If there's no complexity, you must understand.
Japanese RPGs are essentially complexity layered in simplicity. The numbers in the background play with each other in confusing ways, there are hoards of enemies and weapons and armor to play around with. But at its core, a JRPG doesn't require much to understand. It will drip layers of complexity over time, never letting every element be known until late in the game. It tries to tell you that it's complex, but all you really need to do is use a few commands.
It's okay if you don't understand—the game is complex. It's familiar.
Regardless, I'm here and loving the familiar complexity. Loving it most of the time, anyways.


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Experimental investigations of social behaviour in animals: Competitive orders as measures of social dominance
Permanent Linkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/4923
Thesis DisciplinePsychology
Degree GrantorUniversity of Canterbury
Degree LevelDoctoral
Degree NameDoctor of Philosophy
Competitive orders are now in common usage as measures of social dominance in laboratory studies. Their use in this capacity is based on the premise that since dominance governs all priorities to resources within a group it is irrelevant as to which of these is chosen as its index. As a result methodological aspects of competitive measures have been neglected and most studies finding reliable orders on competitive tasks have reported these as being dominance orders; often without presenting social validations. The validity of the competitive measure is, therefore, clearly based on the assumption that dominance can be regarded as a unidimensional concept. But many of those laboratory studies which have presented relationships between aggressive and competitive orders or have used more than one competitive test have found evidence that this is not the case. This thesis investigates the validity of competitive measures of dominance in three species: the New Zealand ferret, the laboratory rat, and the domestic fowl. In general it is found that competitive orders for both ferrets and rats should not be regarded as measures of social dominance. Further work is required on the analysis of the competitive behaviour of the fowl before the concept of dominance can be meaningfully applied to the competitive behaviour of this species. The general problems of the validation of competitive orders and the use of the concept of social dominance are discussed.


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Lakeland Flying Tigers embark on new era
November 13, 2006 7:40 AM
Since 1967, the Florida State League franchise had gone by the name of "Tigers," a simple reference to its parent club. On Saturday, the team unveiled their new name and new logo as part of a Veterans Day celebration at Tigertown USA, Detroit's Spring Training facility.
The name "Flying Tigers" refers to Tigertown's roots as a World War II training site for American and British pilots. Between 1940 and 1945, the Lakeland School of Aeronautics graduated more 8,000 aspiring airmen, many of whom went on to complete dangerous missions in the skies of Europe and Asia.
Specifically, the name "Flying Tigers" refers to a group of American fighter pilots who fought against the Japanese in Burma and China in 1942. This elite group of flyers painted red shark teeth on the noses of their aircraft, which even today are symbolic of the United States' success during World War II.
Accordingly, the team's new logo features the head of a fang-baring Tiger surrounded by a pilot's wings. The uniforms include a patch featuring a P-40 fighter and the words "Tigertown USA," and the color of the road uniform has been switched from the traditional gray to a military tan.
Additionally, new Manager Kevin Bradshaw will wear a special cap designating his status as "commander," while the club's pitchers will have a star added to their cap for each win they accumulate.
Lakeland's new emphasis on its aviation and World War II roots will extend to the fan experience as well. The Flying Tigers' Joker Marchant Stadium will be decorated with images of Flying Tiger planes, and the club will play big band music and honor military personnel during games. Opening Day 2007 should be one to remember, as pre-game festivities will include a dogfight over Joker Marchant Stadium featuring P-40 fighter planes.
The Flying Tigers' image makeover was the work of Plan B Branding, a San Diego-based "ideas company" which also helped overhaul the look of the FSL's Clearwater franchise prior to the 2004 season.
"Tigertown is one of the most unique destinations in all of Minor League Baseball," said Plan B's Jason Klein. "When visiting there, it really feels like you're going back in time. Focusing on World War II and the golden age of flight is a great way to connect with the team's fan base while letting everyone know about the history of Tigertown."<
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Hohe Mut viewing mountain
The Hohe Mut is considered one of the most beautiful panorama mountains in Tyrol. From the ridge you have a breathtaking view of 21 three thousand meter peaks and glaciers. The nostalgic chairlift was replaced in 2007 with a modern new 8-passenger cabin. Today you can comfortably reach the top station at 2,670 m in 9 minutes from the center of Obergurgl.
Night skiing in Obergurgl
Night skiing takes place every Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. This is a spectacular event not to be missed. The 8 kilometre floodlit slope is brightly lit and takes you directly to the Hotel Hochfirst. At 9:00 p.m. there is then a breath-taking ski show by Obergurgl ski school right outside the Festkogl Alm hut.
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An 8-seater lift linking the Obergurgl & Hochgurgl ski areas. The journey is just nine minutes on this 3.6 kilometre route. With a total of 50 8-seater gondola cabins, the new monocable gondola can deal with an hourly capacity of 1,200 people – the panorama gondola overcomes Königstal and Verwalltal. Skiers enjoy an incomparable view to the surrounding summits.


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Abstract. Plants growing in environments differing in prevailing humidity exhibit variations in traits associated with regulation of water loss, particularly cuticular and stomatal properties. Expansive growth is also typically reduced by low humidity. Nevertheless, there is little evidence in plants for a specific sensor for humidity, analogous to the blue light or phytochrome photoreceptors. The detailed mechanism of the stomatal response to humidity remains unknown. Available data suggest mediation by fluxes of water vapour, with evaporation rate assuming the role of sensor. This implies that stomata respond to the driving force for diffusional water loss, leaf‐air vapour pressure difference. Induction of metabolic stomatal response to humidity may involve signal metabolites, such as abscisic acid, that are present in the transpiration stream. These materials may accumulate in the vicinity of guard cells according to the magnitude and location of cuticular transpiration, both of which could change with humidity. Such a mechanism remains hypothetical, but is suggested to account for feedforward responses in which transpiration decreases with increasing evaporative demand, and for the apparent insensitivity of stomatal aperture in isolated epidermis to epidermal water status. Other responses of plants to humidity may involve similar indirect response mechanisms, in the absence of specific humidity sensors.
Plant Cell & Environment – Wiley
Published: Sep 1, 1990
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Genmab has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of DARZALEX (daratumumab) in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least two prior therapies.
The approval was based on the results of the Phase I study, EQUULEUS, which assessed the combination therapy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
"We are very pleased to receive the FDA's decision to approve DARZALEX in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone," said Jan van de Winkel, PhD, chief executive officer of Genmab. "This offers another alternative to patients with multiple myeloma who haven't seen lasting effects from other types of treatment."
Development of the therapy was arranged in 2012 when an exclusive worldwide license for the development and commercialisation of daratumumab was agreed upon by Genmab and Janssen Biotech. Under the terms of this previous agreement, Genmab will receive a milestone payment of $25 million from Janssen in connection with the approval and first commercial sale of the drug under the newly expanded label.


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I believe in the power of holding space for the stories that need to be shared, and for some of us even shed. When we tell our stories and they are acknowledged, this honest exchange becomes an opportunity. If we can stand back, not immediately jumping in to "fix" what's wounded, we create space for healing. And even more powerful is when we combine the willingness to sit with the whole experience and the ability to actually withstand it.
Adopted by a Polish American family, I completed my first transformation from Jeong Hwa Moon to Kristin Marie Krupa in 1986. I was 2 ½.
I earned the nickname "Kristin Kaboom" from my family for giving them plenty of grief growing up with countless explosions. The truth was as fortunate as I felt for the great life I was given, I was also hurting and pretty pissed. But I felt that if I admitted I was sad over my separation, then somehow it would take away from all that I'd received from my adoptive family*.
*I wouldn't really call them that. To me, I always had a family. No qualifier needed.
It's a pretty common pickle adoptees often find themselves in. Instead of being able to feel sad and grateful, I chose one. Somewhere in the suburbs of Chicago, where comfort and convenience are coveted, I learned that I couldn't be both. It's not all that surprising that this choice to cage what I was really feeling manifested into frustration and rage. And like humans tend to do, I took it out on the ones closest to me.
Eventually I traded my shadow side for a much brighter mask so I could play the "strong survivor". I didn't know this at the time, but in an effort to survive my truth, I began to harden myself from it.
I learned young how to tell a story that made people feel comfortable. Or perhaps I told stories that made me feel comfortable.
I had figured out a formula that seemed to work. Tell nice stories and people will stay. Tell bad stories and people will leave.
For most of my life I did what most of us do with the stuff we wish wasn't true – I stuffed the stuff that made me uncomfortable and I wished my darkness away.
I got really good at succeeding the way society defines success. But my life felt awfully inauthentic. Everything I did came from a need to prove my worth, to show that I was in fact deserving of all that I'd been given. I graduated from college and easily found work. As I ascended each rung of the corporate climb, and stuffed more money in my pockets, my heart's cries grew louder. I felt completely confused. I had done so much "right," yet I had this nagging sense that I was still wrong.
With a black Sharpie I circled the date: March 26, 2010. 2 days before my 26th birthday. I would quit my job and set off on a year of doing nothing for money and exploring what it was that my heart truly loved. I went on a yoga and meditation retreat. I volunteered as a tour guide and learned about environmental sustainability. I visited friends I hadn't seen in years and I traveled across the country. I sat silently in Nature, temples and sacred spaces and listened… I listened, kept being called, and continued to answer. I surrendered needing to know and let my life unfold. I headed East.
I thought that a trip to India would be the end of a year-long journey. Instead it was another beginning. In a small tropical village in Southern India, I met Sinduma, my spiritual mother, and I reunited with mySelf. Sinduma guided me through ancient techniques rooted in the tradition of yoga. In the traditional gurukula samprthaya method, where the student stays with the guru, she taught me yoga philosophy using the Bible, Koran, Dhamma Pada, the Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita. I studied the traditional eight-limbed path of yoga and practiced through the art of living in balance with nature.
Under the canopy of green, I understood for the first time that all I was seeking was seeking me. I had traveled thousands of miles looking for a home that had always been inside of me.
Chained to a warped sense of worth for way too long. I woke up from the nightmare of believing that if I wasn't the best then I would somehow fail as the adopted daughter. As I let go of this heavy hogwash, imagine the feeling of freedom as I accepted my truth: Right here in this moment, I am enough. In fact, I am more than enough. I am whole.
Then in 2012, Mi Amor and I sold all our belongings and took a one-way flight to India. Our intention was simple: to carry less & experience more. As we traded in "things" for experiences, we set out on a journey to Asia with loose plans built around yoga, meditation, journalism, friends, family.
We focused our energy on slowing down and helping others. In the process we found peace in nature, in others and in ourselves. After 6 months of surrendering to the unknown, trusting life & believing with our whole hearts that anything was possible it became quite clear – we were fated for Seoul.
I told myself that going to Korea was not about finding answers from my past. I never set out to search for anything more than delicious kimchi. Instead I thought I could combine my interest in environmental and social change with my desire to reconnect to my Korean roots by volunteering on organic farms. It all seemed very logical. Almost symbolic.
I'd chuckle with friends when talking about the irony of rediscovering my roots while pulling up weeds. But when the plane touched down, a rush of emotion ran through me. As unexpected tears filled my eyes, I felt overwhelmed by the dichotomy of emotions. Joy and sadness. Excitement and fear. I smiled because I was there, but my heart hurt for having left. As I tasted tears, I felt the weight of returning to the beginning.
I closed my eyes, practiced mindful breathing – taking a deep breath in and out of my nose and another one. Each breath gave me a glimpse of the freedom I could have by simply letting go of any expectation about what would or would not happen here. Strengthened by the wisdom and guidance given to me by my many teachers, I entered this experience with no cherished outcomes. I embraced the mantra, "Open to accept, ready to let go."
The thing with letting go is this – each time you let go of something you are holding on to, new space opens up for more growing, more learning, more loving. Each step I took became a release, and I began relaxing into my life. Instead of questioning, "this is it?" An acceptance and appreciation that – this is it. Insert swirling heart and prayer hands emojis.
Of course people wanted to know if I planned to look for my birth mother. I used the same response I used when facing the same question countless times as a kid: "If I had the opportunity, then I would take it. If only to thank her and let her know I was well." Of course, I was always curious to see someone who looks like me, to maybe discover from who I got my perfectly circular nostrils or who was responsible for my dry cracked heels. Aside from that, I never thought a reunion was possible and therefore I wouldn't allow myself to want it.
During the first 3 weeks taking our turn as farmers, I couldn't help but think of my, also adopted, sister Sherrie, whose urge to return to Korea was always much stronger than mine. I called home and told my parents, " Sher has to come back." I didn't know what "it" was and couldn't put my finger on it exactly, but I knew there was something very healing about finally returning to a place that had been a mystery in both of our personal narratives. It felt like untying an anchor.
Then it was time for my partner Paul and I to return to Seoul for a post-adoption meeting. I admit that I started to doubt the value of the meeting. I wondered what more I could possibly receive after already experiencing what felt like a significant healing from just returning to where I was born.
It's funny the things we tell ourselves to protect our fragile hearts. How often we don't answer the call, too afraid of the response.
I arrived at the adoption agency feeling that I had already reconciled my past, though I still remained open to whatever would come (or not come) from the meeting. I could not have imagined all that would follow.
The social worker, Mrs. Kim, facilitated our meeting with a professional equanimity. With no emotion in her voice, she stated that she had spoken to my maternal grandmother. Yesterday. The day before we sat in the conference room, Mrs. Kim and woman who helped raise me during the first 2 years of my life chatted it up on the phone.
Within moments of this stunning news, the social worker was on the phone, first calling my maternal grandmother to arrange a reunion in two days time.
"Would my birth mother be there?" I asked.
"I don't know. Let's call her," she said.
Within seconds, Mrs. Kim dialed my birth mother using the number given to her by my grandmother. And late on a Tuesday morning, Mrs. Kim blindsided my birth mother with a phone call to tell her that the daughter she had given up for adoption 26 years ago was standing by the phone.
Mrs. Kim held the nail polish red phone in her hand and extended it towards me. She commanded, "Jeong Hwa, talk to your mother."
Though there was no real common language between us, I did understand the heaviest sigh I've ever heard followed by restrained sobbing.
What followed was a 2-week reunion with my birth mom, or Omma in Korean, 2 uncles (Samchoons), 4 aunts (Emos), Halmonie or grandmother and 6 cousins. The prophecy of deep healing made by my spiritual family in India was now realized.
I would watch my birth mom's brothers dance around her chanting "1 family 1 family 1 family" and I would see it as such. Not only was I a part of this family, I was a part of my family in Chicago, and I was part of the only family there is – all of humanity.
My birth family reunion reconfirmed my reunion with everyone and everything, our inherent oneness with all. It was as if everything that was happening outside of me was mirroring what had already happened inside of me. It was as if the reunion within myself was being reflected onto the screen of my life as this fairy-tale Hollywood reunion.
I now understood – first-hand – the importance of listening & following your heart.
As much light as there was, the sun would set. It always does. That's just the other side of it. We get a sunrise and we get a sunset.
10 months after our reunion, Omma passed away at the age of 49. Under the guidance of my mentor, I would descend into the darkness and confront my shadow side. I experimented with writing and the sharing of story as spiritual practice.
This process of peeling the layers of the onion continued to reveal how much clearer and concentrated life could become. I had no idea how deep into the process of healing I would plunge.
Less than a year and a half after Omma, my Mom's time as Geri Krupa would also end.
As I am grieving the loss of my mothers, another appeared before me: Jeong Hwa. I descended deeper, feeling all the feelings, including the hurt & anger of the inner child. I unexpectedly participated in a traditional Maya Temezcal ceremony and guided through 4 more doors of healing.
I believe my time on the yoga mat and sitting in silent meditation has prepared me for my time in the trenches. The battlefields of simply living as a human being has offered me many real-world opportunities to use these tools and skills. And in turn, these tools and skills help me embrace the darkness and withstand the fear that is also a part of this human experience as is joy.
This does not mean I am healed, enlightened or done as in past tense. There's a saying that goes, "Even the Buddha is still practicing."
I'm far from an enlightened being in the way we symbolize the Buddha, and I've been in union with my Buddha Nature. I know that what the spiritual teachers say is true: All that you seek is within you.
After returning from Korea, I reflected on my yoga and adoption reunion journey. Like many seekers who discover the transformative power of the practice, there was a desire to connect to others on the path of healing and becoming. I knew I needed to share the gold I'd been given. The calling was too constant.
During this time I trained in Trauma Sensitive Yoga and learned about current scientific findings supporting new models and ways of viewing and treating trauma.
I also started to search online for connections between yoga and adoption, hoping to find others like me. I noticed that many adoption stories seemed divided. Your adoption was either a good thing or a bad thing. It brought me back to my childhood of having to choose to be grateful or wounded.
Yoga has given me an understanding that these two sides are part of the same coin. I believe we need to admit that there's a shadow side to adoption, and not in an effort to eliminate adoption. But as a necessary first step in acknowledging the stress and suffering that takes place when a child is separated from his or her mother.
Yoga teaches us that awareness is the key to transformation. Once we're aware of something we can see it, work with it, and maybe even accept it. And when we accept reality as it is, then we can begin to take the steps to let go of the stories we're stuck in that do not serve us or others. And instead of being told we should feel grateful, we're given the space and freedom to let the appreciation we feel or don't feel come from an honest place within.
Rather than denying the part of us we wish weren't there, we can begin to accept it, maybe even appreciate it and ultimately let it go. Through this process we give ourselves the greatest reunion possible – union with our true, whole selves.
The battlefield is no joke. The openness and willingness to ask for it means you have to be ready. And the good news is: We all have an inner warrior; and she's braver than you'd ever think.
Thank you {sweet brothers & sisters} for reading my story.
If you'd like to share yours, you've got my eyes, my ears, and my heart.


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Gods' Truce
The Gods' Truce is an inn and tavern in the Leskajca neighborhood of the city of Achrida, Dassaretum Province, Empire of Makhaira.
It is owned by Theophanes and his wife, Gbemisola.
Djordj Leskanovic, the courier, uses the God's Truce as a base. He can often be found here and Theophanes has allowed him to create a drop point for surreptitious packages and messages.
From the Books: "He led us along a road under the shadow of a series of shrines and temples that ran along the top of the ridge. Few of the limestone buildings in Achrida were painted, but he led us directly to one adorned in a riot of symbols and portraits and patterns painted haphazardly all up and down the three-story building.
'Him as is ownin' the Gods' Truce is always lettin' them as willin' to be climblin' up there paint as they wish, and they's all tryin' to outdo each other. We can be placin' bets as to which godlin' will have somethin' painted next, or reachin' highest, or even which is to be bein' Gbemisola's favorite, which she's to be changin' as she's a-wishin'.'" - Where Now the Rider, p. 171.


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Topic Page: Mason, George (1725 - 1792)
1725–92, American political leader, b. Fairfax co., Va. He was one of the most affluent of the colonial Virginia planters. In his triple capacity as trustee of Alexandria (1754–79), justice of the Fairfax county court, and vestryman of Truro parish, Mason exercised great influence in local politics. In 1752 he became a member of the Ohio Company (serving as treasurer until 1773), and in 1759 he was elected to the Virginia house of burgesses. An early opponent of British colonial policy, he drafted the nonimportation resolutions adopted (1769) by the burgesses against the British and also wrote (1774) the Fairfax Resolves, which restated the constitutional position of the colonies in relation to the crown. Mason served on the Virginia committee of safety, and as a member of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1776 he drafted the well-known declaration of rights, which was extensively copied by other American states, and which was drawn on by Thomas Jefferson in the first part of the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia (1787) and took an active part in drafting the Constitution; however, he objected to provisions for the centralization of power, the compromise between the New England and the Southern states on the tariff and slave trade issues, and the failure to include a bill of rights. Mason refused to sign the Constitution, and with Patrick Henry he led the fight in Virginia against its ratification; the bill of rights he advocated was the basis for some of the first 10 amendments (the Bill of Rights) to the Constitution.
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Yogesh Panchwagh1, Sujit K Joshi2, Parag K Sancheti3
1 Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre; Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India2 Department of Pathology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Sancheti Institute for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India3 Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Background: Benign aggressive bone lesions of the femoral head and neck are mostly seen in young adults and warrant treatment for pain, impending fracture or established fracture, and disease clearance. It becomes challenging to treat them effectively while attempting salvage of the femoral head and yet achieving long term disease control with minimum complications. We describe our technique and experience in dealing with these lesions which can achieve the above-mentioned goals and can be easily replicated. Materials and Methods: We analyzed 15 cases of surgically treated, biopsy-proven benign, locally aggressive lesions affecting the femoral head and neck in skeletally mature individuals. All cases were treated with extended curettage through anterolateral modified Smith–Petersen approach along with tricortical iliac crest bone graft (combined with fibular graft in some cases) reconstruction with or without suitable internal fixation. Results: All, except one, patients were available for follow up. The age ranged from 18 to 43 years and the follow up ranged between 24 and 124 months (average 78 months). These included aneurysmal bone cysts (9), giant cell tumors (4), and fibrous dysplasia (2). The indication was pain (8), with impending (2) or established pathological neck femur fracture (5). In all cases, there was satisfactory healing of lesion and timely rehabilitation. Nonunion, avascular necrosis or local recurrences were not seen. The MSTS functional score was good or excellent in all (range 26–29, average 28). Conclusion: Benign aggressive lesions affecting femoral head and neck in young and middle-aged adults pose a treatment challenge. A sturdy, lasting reconstruct with acceptable functional outcome and minimal recurrence rate can be achieved by salvaging the femoral head and neck using curettage and reconstruction, obviating the need for replacement at such an early age.
Keywords: Benign aggressive lesion, femoral neck, treatment
MeSH terms: Femur head, femur neck, tumors, giant cell tumors, fibrous dysplasia of bone
Correspondence Address:Dr. Yogesh Panchwagh101, Vasant, Plot 29, Bharat Kunj Soc. No. 2, Erandwana, Pune - 411 038, Maharashtra IndiaSource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneCheckDOI: 10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_209_17
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_209_17


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February 15th is Care Day, the world's biggest celebration of children and young people with care experience. Care Day 2019 is an opportunity to celebrate the rights of care experienced children and young people and is a joint initiative between five children's rights charities across the U.K. and Ireland, under the 5 Nations 1 Voice alliance. Become in England, EPIC in Ireland, VOYPIC in Northern Ireland, Voices from Care in Wales and Who Cares? Scotland. The alliance wants a world where the childhood of these children and young people allow them to thrive and achieve their dreams so that they go on to have a future that is fulfilled, and of which they are proud.
Those who care for and support these children and young people are also asked to celebrate. It is also an opportunity to illustrate how care experienced people can feel different from others and why. So, this Care Day, everyone has the chance to get vocal, get social, or help the care experienced community. Learn more about Care Day through their website: https://www.becomecharity.org.uk/
Enjoy your holiday, be thankful for the love around you and spare a thought and a few moments for those in care who may not feel so loved and empowered at this time…we can help them believe that 'Everything is Possible'.
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Aberdeen's cultural histobunk periodical "The Leopard" published a splendid and helpful article titled "Aberdeen's Stones of Time" by Aberdeen City Council's Chris Croly. Chris also published the council's "March Stones Trail" leaflet (pdf) which has been indispensable as we've sought out these sometimes enigmatic artifacts.
Part of the article in The Leopard highlights the ancient aspect of the stones, some of the older 'earth-fast' stones significantly pre-dating the later 'ABD' engraved stones. We've seen some of these more ancient stones already, notably the large glacial erratic 'earth-fast' stones at nos. 16 and 18, nos. 23 and 25 and no. 31.
Finding these more ancient stones is somehow especially satisfying - you get a feeling of achievement from researching the locations, tramping across the rough ground, jumping burns, sinking into bogs, getting snagged on barbed wire and seeing the site (and sight!) that many before over the last 500 years and longer have used as a significant marker of property, propriety, politics and populace. Indeed, stones 26 to 30 sit on the boundary of the unitary authority (Aberdeen City Council) to this day. But while the stones have long-since been supplanted as practical boundary markers by the growth of the city and improvements in surveying and cartographic technology, there they still sit, waiting for us to discover and use that discovery as a construct around which to build a psychogeographical journey.
We were aware that other towns and cities have historical stone boundary markers, and so we were delighted by Richard Miles' fascinating BBC programme "Ancient Worlds". In episode one, Miles tells us about the very first cities which developed from 5000 BC in the middle east's "fertile crescent" between the Persian Gulf and the Levant. From the very first cities of Sumer (Sumeria) these cities and their successors marked their limits with splendid boundary stones.
This one's Babylonian, about 3000 years old. The pictographic and cuniform inscription is the title deed to the land, as well as its boundary marker. "The Establisher of the Boundary Forever"
|Image courtesy of the British Museum. Many thanks.
Not as ancient or explicitly magnificent, Aberdeen's boundary stones 32 ABD and 33 ABD are found in the fold between Brimmond Hill and Elrick Hill. These retain both the more ancient 'earth-fast' stones and the more recent engraved 'ABD' numbered stone markers.
|Ancient and more recent.
|Saucer-hole and witter holes
|The saucer hole is full of water, and has a red tinge.
Stone 34 ABD is accessed by crossing one of the holes of the Craibstone Golf Centre at Greenwelltree (our thoughts about golf have been recorded elsewhere - ugh!).
The stone is quite difficult to find - follow the dry stane dyke towards Glendale. The electrified barbed wire fence is somewhat less than friendly.
Between Stones 34 ABD and 35 ABD we see other markers laden with psychogeographical significance - these mark the route of the Forties Oil Pipeline as it skirts the west of the city on its way from landfall at Cruden bay to its destination at the Kinneil plant at Grangemouth.
Just south east of the pipeline marker, we find stone 35 ABD
And further along the same dry-stane dyke - stone 36 ABD.


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The political upheaval in Thailand has claimed its first prominent victim: the Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag handed in his resignation, apparently because of his wife's health problems, but so far it has not been accepted.
Protestors demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister and his whole government continue to keep up the pressure, despite the imposition of a state of emergency in Bangkok.
The protestors called a nationwide strike to heap more pressure on the government, but it had little impact. Power and water flowed despite union threats of cuts, and road and rail links saw little disruption. But it is thought Prime Minister Samak Sunderavej will quit soon:
"Samak's position appears untenable now," said Thitinan Pongsidhirak, a political scientist at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University. "I think his time is up. We are talking about hours and days, perhaps weeks, but not months."
Critics say Samak is a mere proxy of the ousted former Premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, who fled to Britain to evade corruption charges.
The continuing unrest is having an effect: tourism numbers are down, hurting a sector which is one of Thailand's major sources of income and employment.


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Rena Barbara Gardiner was born on 4 April 1929 in Epsom, Surrey. Her parents, Robert Charles Gardiner and Ellen Caroline Devitt, had married on 18 April 1927 at St. Giles Church, Ashtead. Rena (who was named after her father's elder sister) spent her early years in Ashstead at West Hill Villa, and then the family moved to Maidenshaw Road in Epsom. Rena's younger sister, Maureen, was born in September 1933.
Her father was an electrical engineer and her maternal grandfather, who lived near the family home, was an enthusiastic and able amateur historian despite a lack of formal education. Both men had an influence on the young Rena. As an engineer, her father was fascinated by machinery and had an instinctive skill for taking things apart and mending them. He passed onto his daughter an ability to understand machinery, in her case printing presses, and how to repair and maintain them. But he also had the ability to draw – in a precise technical style rather than with artistic expression – which nonetheless inspired Rena. She was very close to her grandfather and it was probably he who instilled in her a deep love of history.


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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/568/6991
From The Socialist newspaper, 25 February 2009
Greenwich: "Hands off my school"
ABOUT 100 angry parents, school students and education workers crammed into the main hall of Charlotte Turner primary school in Deptford to demand that Greenwich council drop its plans to close the school. The meeting, organised by the council, was part of their sham consultation exercise.
Chris Newby
The council's opening presentation, and their remarks throughout the meeting, made it clear that they are offering no alternative to closing the school. When local parents and Onay Kasab, Greenwich Unison branch secretary and Socialist Party member, questioned them about where the plan is to keep the school open, the council's silence was deafening.
One of the parents reported that Greenwich council's deputy leader had told them that the council had already made their decision and that it was a 'done deal' that Charlotte Turner school would close.
When one of the council's officers, trying to justify the plans to close the school, spoke of the numbers of spare places available in both Greenwich and Lewisham, one of the parents immediately undermined his argument. She said that she had spoken to a school about taking her child if Charlotte Turner was to close. This was one of the schools that supposedly had 'spare capacity'. The school had refused her request.
The parents tore shreds out of the council officials there, for how the council is treating their children. Some comments summed up the parents' mood: "You are playing god with our children", "You are messing up 238 children's lives". A retired governor echoed the sentiments of many there when she described the school as being at the heart of the community. Learning support assistants also spoke in the meeting, arguing to keep the school open.
At the end of the meeting and to loud applause one school student got up and said: "The teachers are my second family. Get your hands off my school".
Thanks to parent and campaign organiser Kim Bozek's article in The Socialist, 19 copies of the paper were snatched up, with Kim directly selling seven of them. Campaigners are determined to fight the council's plans and will be having a public meeting at Woolwich Town Hall on 26 February to discuss the next steps.
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In The Socialist 25 February 2009:
No Job Cuts
Car industry in crisis: Death of jobs by a thousand cuts
Workers march for jobs in Cardiff
Campaign for a New Workers Party
What do union members get from Labour link?
International socialist news and analysis
Ireland: workers say 'We won't pay for your crisis'
General strike movement grips island of Guadeloupe
Kashmir: Health workers take strike action
Marxist analysis: history
Iran 1979: A revolution that was taken from the working class
Socialist Party campaigns
Defend Yahya Al Faifi campaign
BNP bigots retreat under pressure
Greenwich: "Hands off my school"
Devon residents against incinerators
Socialist Party workplace news
Leeds journalists strike against job cuts
Successful launch for United Left
Manchester Unison: Good vote for left
Protest at the Unison witch-hunt - date change
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For many of us Americans, packing on pounds over the winter holidays is typical. Would you rather lose weight this December? Or, simply not gain any? Is this possible while still enjoying the season?
Yes it is! If you make ONE simple change for the month of December, you'll either lose weight or at least not gain any.
so what's the one simple change?
Get carb savvy. Not carb rigid, not carb phobic, but simply carb savvy.
Let's dig into this more. Many women aren't clear what carbohydrates are. In a nutshell, all foods that break down into simple sugars are carbohydrates. All plant foods contain carbohydrates. In addition, milk sugars are carbohydrates. These are in yogurt, half and half, milk, and ice cream.
Plant foods may contain protein as well (like beans), and they may also contain fat (think avocados or flaxseeds), but for this simple purpose we are only paying attention to the carbohydrate component.
Carbs are NOT evil. But, there's good ones and bad ones
The GOOD ones are nutrient-dense, diverse, whole-plant foods that provide a plethora of nutrients and feed a robust gut microbiome. These include all vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, beans, and grains – of course if tolerated.
The BAD ones are refined flours and sugars. They are "empty calories," meaning calories with no nutrition. If you consume too much you eventually suffer repercussions (think weight gain, diabetes and PCOS). These empty carbs can also cause energy swings and crashes, depression and anxiety, brain fog, dysbiosis, and nutrient deficiencies.
Think about it. It's been a very short time in our history that we have had access to refined carbs, and now there's an infinite supply, available 24/7. So it's up to us to become carb savvy.
so are you game to get carb savvy?
If so, identify yourself here on this chart:
These carb amounts refer to "net carbohydrates," meaning after fiber is subtracted. Fiber doesn't count, because it's food for your gut bacteria. Just to be clear, this is the amount of net carbs to eat over a given day, in order to have stable blood sugar, a lean body, and good gut microbes.
Getting carb savvy is easier than you may think
- Pick where you fall on the above chart.
- Then, do not count calories, protein, or fat. Just count carbohydrates.
- Subtract the fiber, which gives you the net carb amount.
- Measure to begin with, then graduate to eyeballing, which is much more relaxed.
How do you "count" net carbs?
Use the labels on packaged foods to determine net carb amounts. Look at the carb grams per serving, subtract the fiber grams, and you get your total net carb amount.
For whole foods, there's easy-peasy apps. The most widely-used is My Fitness Pal which has literally every food (packaged and whole) on it. Carb Manager is another good one.
More and more restaurants have nutrient facts on their menus and you can see the carbs right there.
And, to make it easier, read on to see net carb amounts for a good range of whole foods, and download my handout at the end. I've done the fiber-math for you.
Don't even bother counting these carbs:
Why? They are low-carbohydrate (usually less than 5 g of net carb per cup) and have lots of great fiber!
Arugula, asparagus, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, beet greens, bell peppers (red, green, yellow), broccoli, brussels sprouts, butterbur, cabbage, carrots (raw), cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chives, collard greens, cucumber, dandelion greens, eggplant, endive, fennel, garlic, ginger root, green beans, hearts of palm, jicama, jalapeno peppers, kale, kohlrabi, lamb's quarter, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, onions, parsley, peppers (sweet green, red and yellow), radishes, radicchio, snap peas, snow peas, shallots, spinach, summer squash (crookneck, scallop, straight neck, zucchini), swiss chard, taro (leaves or shoots), turnip greens, watercress. There are more, but this list covers the most common.
Nature's dessert: fresh fruit, 15 gram net carb amounts:
1 small apple, 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, 2 medium apricots, 1 avocado, 1/2 banana, 1 cup berries, cherries, or cranberries, 2 figs, 1/2 grapefruit, 15 grapes, 1 large kiwi, 3 lemons, 2 limes, 1/2 mango, 1 cup melon, 1 nectarine, 1 orange, 1 peach, 2 tangerines, 1/2 papaya, 1/2 large pear, 2 persimmons, 3/4 cup pineapple, 2 plums, 1/3 cup cooked plantains, 1/2 cup pomegranate, 1 tomato.
Slow and low with dried fruit, 15 grams per portion:
3 rings dried apple, 7 halves dried apricots, 1 TBS dehydrated banana, 2 TBS zante currants, 2 dates, 1 fig, 2 halves peaches, 1/2 dried pear, 2 TBS raisons, 1/6 oz sun-dried tomato
Cooked starchy veggies, 15 grams per portion:
- 1/2 cup acorn squash, cassava, corn, green peas, lima beans, lotus root, turnips, yucca
- 2/3 cup butternut squash, parsnip, pumpkin
- 1 cup beets, carrots, leeks, okra, pumpkin, spaghetti squash
- 1/2 medium potato, sweet potato, yam
- 1/4 rutabaga
Whole beans and grains, 15 grams per serving:
Most whole beans (legumes) and grains contain 15 grams of carbs in a 1/3 cup serving. Just think of these more as a condiment amount rather than a whole-plate amount. Exceptions:
- 1/2 cup wild rice
- 2/3 cup whole oats
- 2.5 cups popcorn
- 1/4 cup miso
- 1/2 cup natto
- 1 cup soymilk, unsweetened
- 1/2 cup tempeh
- 1 cup tofu
Milk (dairy) foods, 15 grams per serving:
- 1.25 cups milk (whole, 2%, or fat-free)
- 1.25 cups whole milk yogurt
- 3/4 cup reduced fat yogurt (reduced fat yogurt has more carbs compared to whole milk)!
Nuts, seeds, and their butters, 5 gram portions:
While nuts and seeds are high in fat and protein, they are plants, and they still contain carbohydrates. These portions contain about five grams of net carbs:
- Between 1/4 – 1/3 cup of nuts or seeds
- About 2 TBS of nut or seed butter
but alcohol, added sugars, bread, and restaurants!
These are the first "buts" you may think of. You'll notice pretty quickly that these all shoot up your carb content real fast. Here's some suggestions to mitigate these in a relaxed manner:
- At a restaurant, immediately put 1/2 of your food aside in a carryout container (or at least the carbs). Portions are almost always too carby and too caloric.
- Choose protein, a salad and a couple servings of veggies. Special order!
Added sugars:
What are added sugars? Here's an extensive list of 56 names for sugar.
- Explore alternative sweeteners, like the sugar alcohols (xylitol) or stevia or monk fruit – or a combination. These won't mess up your blood sugar or your carb amounts like all types of regular sugar will.
- Google "keto" desserts for the holidays. One thing I love about food movements getting trendy is that there's more recipes to choose from! There's a plethora of keto or low-carb recipes that use alternative sweeteners, or applesauce, fruit, or pumpkin puree. Many are also flourless, and use seed and nuts in creative ways.
- If you want your favorite holiday ooey-gooey-carby thing, plan it and have one serving. Eat it slowly and enjoy.
- Explore diabetic candy sweetened with sugar alcohols.
I do not recommend the chemical artificial sweeteners like aspartame (Nutrasweet), sucralose (Splenda) or saccharin (Sweet n Low). There's problems with all of these, yes including Splenda.
- Think less bread. If you are fine with flour (gluten or gluten free), and you want your muffin, bread, pancake, etc. . . just have a little bit.
- There's low carb bread! You can buy it or make it.
- Nut and seed bread is a good option.
If you don't care for it, you're good. If you do, consider:
- Pick special occasions for it, and choose "skinny drinks," which essentially means low-carb. And um, if special occasions fall every single day, you may want to examine that habit.
- Dry wines and light beers are lower-carb.
- One option is to just drink on the weekend. If so, you can take out an equivalent carb out of your day. So the remaining carbs for your day are still nutrient-dense.
testing can be rewarding
If you've had your blood work done recently, and your fasting blood sugar is over 95, hemoglobin A1C over 5.4, LDL cholesterol over 225, HDL cholesterol under 50, triglycerides over 75, this is for YOU! Do this for December and get your tests done in January and see if you've improved. Most of these markers are quick to change.
Get on the scale December 1, and then once a week throughout the month, and see how you're doing.
You may also want to read 11 Ways To Break Up With Sugar.
There is also the fasting mimicking diet . . .
Many of my patients, friends and colleagues committed to 3 months (5-day rounds) of the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) this fall, once per month, as another strategy to lose weight or not gain weight this time of year. Learn more here.
Happy holidays! I welcome input and questions below…


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"Wenger" Break Silence On Signing Classy Midfielder In Coming Day
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he does not think the Gunners will be able to complete a deal for Bordeaux's Brazilian attacker Malcom.
Arsenal have been negotiating with the French club for the signature of the 20-year-old as a replacement for Theo Walcott, who joined Everton earlier this week.
The Gunners boss did hint that the deal may be reignited in the summer, telling his Thursday press conference, "No, I don't think that will be done in January."
With Arsenal set to get Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Manchester United in a swap deal for Alexis Sanchez and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre Aubameyang also set to join, Malcom is not seen as a priority in this window.
Earlier in the week, Bordeaux president Stephane Martin said Arsenal could expect a hard time negotiating a transfer for a player they are set on keeping until the end of the season.
Bordeaux are currently three points above the relegation zone and Malcom is their star player. There is some suggestion that a deal could be done if Arsenal were prepared to loan the 20-year-old back to Bordeaux until the summer.


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The financially strapped city says it has already rehired the formerly disgraced cop, but shouldn't have to shell out tens of thousands for lost overtime and off-duty pay — especially since the city's budget is still under state oversight.
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Horn's arrest on May 14, 2016, made local headlines at a time when Opa-
When prosecutors charged the cop with two felony counts of aggravated battery, plus another felony for carrying a concealed firearm without a license, he knew his law enforcement career was probably over.
"I'm sure I'll be terminated this morning," Horn told Miami-Dade County Judge Mindy Glazer at his bond hearing.
But the criminal case didn't hold up due to Horn's girlfriend, who isn't identified by name in court documents obtained by New Times. Prosecutors spent months trying to subpoena the woman to appear, delaying Horn's trial three times.
And on June 6, 2017, they threw in the towel and dropped the charges because the "victim failed to appear when subpoenaed mandatory for the trial," according to a close-out memo. (Victims of domestic violence routinely refuse to testify at trial, often for fear of retaliation, though it's not clear why Horn's girlfriend backed out.)
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Do Caucasian women find middle eastern men attractive?
I know Caucasian women like black/mixed race men but how about middle eastern men. I'm middle eastern and I was born and raised in Britain. I don't want to seem conceited but I have dated very very attractive Caucasian women. I am also a male model which may have helped considering I am fairly good looking.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
its the person that prefers their mate not the race.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Well if you are a male model I wouldn't worry about it. Most women are smart enough to know hot comes in every color. I'm American and I find good looking middle eastern men attractive. But you said you've dated very very attractive white women so you know they find you attractive, don't you? Looking for an ego stroke? LOL
- Orange County CaLv 71 decade ago
Why are you asking? You have the answer - those ladies would not have accepted your request for a date if they weren't attracted. Physical attraction is first.
If they're dumping you afterwards then its something else.
Don't be offended I'm assuming there is some reason for your question.
- CharleneLv 44 years ago
kind of yes, but my weak point is latinas. I've never had a pakistani or indian girlfriend but there was one hot girl that I lusted over desperately - she was Sikh and my boss's wife. Ooooooooeeeeeeeeeahaahhhhhgggg
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- 1 decade ago
Um they dont' like just black or mixed guys. I think most would be willing to date you as long as your pretty attractive, nice, and there aren't any culture clashes lol
- 1 decade ago
Some do, some don't. I wish people would stop being so insecure on here. The fishing for compliments is getting old.
- 1 decade ago
Nope I'm more of the guys that are Irish or Italian type of girl.
- The Coffee BeanLv 41 decade ago
Yeah, seems to have worked out for my mum and pop. Lmao. (Father was Iranian mum was American.)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They'll date whoever they find is best for them.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
who cares. i'm sure there is a perfect white woman out there for you
- mxxoxoxoLv 71 decade ago
Ask them


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The castle San Pedro de Alcantara is the main strength of the defensive complex the Spanish Crown built at the mouth of Valdivia River in the seventeenth century. The construction of this military complex responded to the need to confront the threat posed to the security of the Spanish Empire raids by pirates, and dispatches from foreign powers, Britain and France. The strategic nature of the place, halfway on route between Europe and American ports in the Pacific, made him a focal point of the South Pacific.
In 1635 it began implementing an ambitious project of fortification, which began mapping the area. In 1643 the project received a final boost, since that year an expedition landed on the coast Holland adjacent to the mouth of the Valdivia and occupied it temporarily. Thus in 1645 the Viceroy of Peru sent an army, equipped with a contingent of 900 men and large quantities of building materials, with two missions: to recreate the city of Valdivia, desolate after the Indian uprising of 1598, and building fortifications in place.
The main bulwark of the defense complex was Constantine Island, named after Mancera, in honor of the Viceroy, who held the title of Marquis of Mancera. The island is located in the middle of the bay where the river Valdivia, and she built the Castillo de San Pedro de Alcantara, according to plans designed by the senior engineer of the Navy, Don Constantino Vasconcelos. The castle, stone, was armed with fifteen pieces of artillery, and had a moat and two towers. Inside, among other facilities housed a church and two convents: one Augustinian, Franciscan and other.
During the eighteenth century, the Crown decided to reinforce this set of strengths, including Fort Mancera Island. The castle eventually had twenty guns and a large number of other pieces of artillery. Inside, it housed about eight and thirteen stone buildings of wood, including a hospital and a powder magazine, a sawmill, a foundry, a blacksmith and a petty where they built boats and carts. Castle Mancera Island was protected from the mainland by the forts of Corral and Niebla.


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Time on Ice: Florida Officials Torture Prisoners With Freezing Strip Cells (2018)
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When I first arrived in the Florida prison system on June 22, 2017, and was thrown in solitary confinement in the latest of numerous retaliatory interstate transfers for publicizing and resisting prison abuses, I questioned and discussed with numerous other prisoners our being forced to live in sweltering cells without air-conditioning, or fans, or any other protections against the severe Florida heat.
Many responded that in Florida Department of corruption (FDOC), officials deliberately use extreme temperatures to torture prisoners, especially targeting those of color and the mentally ill, and that many have died as a result. And it wasn't just with the heat.
They forecasted that as soon as outside temperatures began to drop, I'd witness—and likely also experience, on account of my propensity to challenge abuses—the constant abuse of strip cells (namely the…
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Kas Stuart was born in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands in 1947. Kas Stuart currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and Design in Den Bosch and the St. Joost Academy in Breda, the Netherlands
Kas Stuart teached spatial forms at the School of Expression worked in Roosendaal, the Netherlands.
Kas Stuart works as a sculptor on the creation of objects and wall objects. "Always discovering" has been his lifelong theme. He uses all kinds of materials within his works. Lately he used and processed for instance recycled steel table objects and wood from fishermans boxes from Greece in sculptural wall objects.
In his gallery Stuart loft in Antwerp, he exhibits regularly his own work as well as changing exhibitions with selected Belgian and Dutch artists. Stuart loft in Antwerp is an initiative by Hanneke and Kas Stuart. From 1992, they are experienced with exhibiting contemporary art with their Stuart gallery in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands. In 2010 they made a fresh and new start in Antwerp with the Stuart loft gallery concept for contemporary art. Stuart Loft annually presents four double exhibitions plus works by Kas Stuart.


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Sarasota Music Club's change of schedule from their usual third Friday, due to Eicher Auditorium availability, may have contributed to a smaller crowd for the November program. The little pecan Danishes and sesame muffins were good, as usual. The program, not as usual, was less than wonderful.
The Sarasota Music Club started its 90th Year off with a bang on October 11. Ninety years of sponsoring concerts, giving scholarships to deserving young musicians, and helping to shape the Sarasota area into the musical Mecca that it has become!
Sarasota Music Club's 90th Anniversary season begins on October 11, 2019.
In its fourth annual competition, Suncoast Music Scholarships awarded $20,000 to eight talented young musicians from Sarasota and Manatee counties to be used for music education expenses. The scholarship program is funded and organized through a partnership between Sarasota Music Club and Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota.
Katherine Siochi, new harpist with the Sarasota Orchestra, looks youthful enough to still be in high school, but she plays like the seasoned pro she is. With two degrees from Juilliard and experience playing on a fill-in basis with major US orchestras, she can definitely be called seasoned. In February, she brought her beautiful Lyon and Healy concert harp to the very appreciative full house in Eicher Auditorium.
He was supposed to sing for us a year ago, but came down with the Skrog and could not even croak on pitch, so instead we got a lovely last-minute program from Amy Connours and Lee Dougherty Ross. This season, he came, in good voice, and it was well worth the wait.
One advantage of being a long-time member of the Sarasota Music Club is that it allows for a long view of the club and its activities. The membership of the SMC is about the same in number, from year to year, as new members come in, replacing those who have gone on to sing in the Heavenly Choir. Due to a healthy bequest quite a while ago coupled with their annual dues, the SMC has been able to provide concerts every third Friday in 'the season' for our members and any others who wish to come, and to give many scholarships to help young musicians continue their education at colleges and music schools across the country. These activities are exactly what the Music Club founders intended.
Sarasota Music Club's 2018-2019 performance season begins on October 19, with monthly music performances scheduled through April.
The Herald Tribune ran a great article on a 2018 Suncoast Music Scholarship 11th grade scholarship winner, Luca Stine.
So, there we were – the culmination of the season's activities, the Scholarship Awards Luncheon of 2018. The Sarasota Music Club has been doing this since its founding in 1930, and the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota since its founding in 1996. This is the third year of the two organizations' partnership, and they -we- combined organizational and financial resources to award $20,000 in scholarships to eight very talented young area musicians. They, their parents, teachers, accompanists, and many members of the two sponsoring organizations were gathered to celebrate. As a bonus to us, the four 12th grade winners performed at the luncheon.
The small-ish crowd at Sarasota Music Club's March meeting/program was treated to a cabaret show given by a lady who really knows how to give a cabaret show. Seventeen of her favorite songs, strung together by a script that gave brief introductions to the songs by telling us a little bit about the origin of the song, or its writers/composers, or the whys behind its inclusion in this group. Plus occasional bits about her life...yes, her husband of 26 years was, in fact, in a hospital in Cleveland at that moment, and she did, in fact, leave his bedside to fly back to Sarasota for this show. Such is the dedication, the Credo of a committed professional...'I said I'd be there, and dammit, the show will go on!'
The third annual Suncoast Music Scholarships program will offer up to $20,000 in music scholarships through a competition open to Sarasota and Manatee county high school students. The scholarship program is funded through a Sarasota Music Club and Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota partnership.
Performing in January 2018 for the Sarasota Music Club, the Ohio University Lyric Duo is composed of two outstanding musicians - Gail Berenson, Piano, and Alison Sincoff, Flute/Piccolo. Both are extrememly talented and have awards and accolades too numerous to mention on the performance program. We hope you enjoy reading the following information from the musicians about their careers and accomplishments.
PHOTO 04: Joy McIntyre (judge) , Andrea Guaita (10th grade, home schooled), Gayle Williams (judge), Rich Ridenour(judge), Graeme Sugden (12th grade, Braden River High School), Joshua Guaita (12th grade, home schooled), Daphne Waggener (12th grade, Riverview High School), Ryan Schmidt (12th grade, Manatee School for the Arts), Daniel Solowey (10th grade, Pine View High School). Photo by Rod Millington.
Suncoast Music Scholarships, a Sarasota Music Club and Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota partnership, awarded $22,000 to eight talented young musicians from Sarasota and Manatee counties to be used for music education expenses.
Lucas Coura, Stephen Runner-Up, on the right
Sarasota Music Club ended its 2015-2016 season with the 85h Anniversary Awards & Recognition Luncheon held on May 2 at Michael's on East.


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July 16, 2015
The long-serving gaffer – about to begin his 15th consecutive term in the hotseat – admitted to going through agonies as his players diced with the drop before securing their safety at the expense of derby rivals Benburb.
The neighbours were involved in a tense basement battle which went down to the wire and was settled when defeats in their final league matches against Dunipace and Larkhall consigned the Bens to third-bottom spot, a point worse off than the Ants.
Such a close shave left "Cotter" vowing to avoid a repeat, and he has begun beefing up his squad through the summer.
He revealed: "Our difficulties can be traced back to events that saw six players depart through work commitments last time out and left us working with a core of just 12 guys from Christmas onwards.
"Having to throw in trialists who were out of their depth saw results suffer with confidence taking a dip, and I was fearing the worst right up until Ronnie McDonald netted a 93rd-minute winner in a 2-1 away win over Lesmahagow in one of our closing matches.
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"I remember coming away from Craighead Park thinking those three points could save us, however it was still particularly nervy stuff waiting to see if Benburb could then overtake us.
"Thankfully they came up short and we maintained our proud record as the only First Division side never to be relegated, however we simply must look to improve this time out even if that may be easier said than done given the strength and quality of the five new clubs coming into the First Division.
"Neilston and Thorniewood will be looking to go straight back up again, while the promoted trio of Rossvale, Johnstone Burgh and St Roch's are all teams on the rise and will fancy they can emulate what Blantyre Vics achieved last time."
Retaining his key players – with the exception of Kieron Maxwell, who has signed for Arthurlie – made for a good start to rebuilding plans and McKenna is also delighted to have snapped up Ross Loughran (Dalry), Paul O'Brien (Postal Amateurs), Mark McQuade (Airdrie AFC) and Chris Barr (Petershill) on top of ex-Newburgh pair James Ross and Craig Houston who came on to his radar after moving down to work in Glasgow.
His hard work is showing signs of paying off, but he has been left disappointed on a number of other signing bids.
He said: "A lot of people in the game reckon St Anthony's are blessed to have such a good catchment area on our doorstep, but that only rings true if you can then get the players on board.
"Unfortunately, it tends to be the case more often than not that players I have earmarked as signing targets are likewise on the shopping lists of other Junior clubs and only last week I was feeling extremely confident about landing four of Harmony Row's latest crop of promising youngsters only for them to move to Clydebank.
"On top of that, two players who had been looking the part in our pre-season sessions – Paul Gordon and Mark McCarry – decided their futures lay elsewhere.
"Bellshill enticed Paul, while Mark returning to Glencairn was a real kick in the teeth as we had hoped he would forge a partnership alongside Willie Duncan, who did exceptionally well to bag 16 goals in his first season as a Junior last time out.
"Finding a striker to share the scoring burden remains a priority, and hopefully we can unearth someone during our pre-season friendlies which get underway on Saturday when Cumnock come to McKenna Park."
Meanwhile, former centre-back Stevie Milligan has replaced Danny Taylor on the coaching team, the former striker having stepped down because of work commitments.
Elsewhere, goalkeeper Ryan Mailey is on the lookout for a new club after featuring as Arthurlie No.1 Mikey White's understudy for the majority of last season.
Mailey, 21, who hails from East Kilbride and previously turned out for Lanark and Vale of Clyde, can be contacted on 07914 531356.
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