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Siebren (our son, at the time I write this almost 5) sometimes – well, often actually – just takes a pair of scissors, tape and start building.
One time his 'assilo' (pre-school) teacher told us that he does not like to 'build stuff'. I looked at her blankly, not able to say anything. Was she talking about our son?
I can only imagine what happens at school, that he comes home so frustrated, exploding from energy to build and create. Not just do, but create. Realizing the vision he has in his mind.
One time, coming home in an 'I have to create' mood, he built a 'paper tie'. He started cutting, pasting, coloring. The result was beautiful. A tie with superman, against a blue background. He even added a label with his name.
When finished, he asked how he could wear it, so I attached a piece of rope and he could wear it, which he did but that was not the fun part for him.
Obviously – that was going to be the fun part for me, if only he allowed me too.
It took some persuasion. First I was not allowed to wear it. Then I was, but only in the house and certenly not somewhere outside showing it to someone else.
Luckily, he was not happy with the result. He found out that colorpen does not hold on tape. The tie was only partially blue. He started again, even went as far as throwing away his first try.
My chance! Since he wanted to trhow it away, I could have it, right? ….eh. He – reluctantly – admitted that I could wear it.
One day, I wore it to work. Received some good feedback and positive comments.
Following his lead, I created a few for you to download, build, wear and enjoy. Please do. Send me some pictures.


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Oedipus Rex illustrates the Greek concept that trying to circumvent prophets? predictions is futile. The play includes three main prophecies: the one made to Laius concerning his death by the hands of his son, a similar one directed to Oedipus, and one made by Tiresias foretelling Oedipus? discovery of the murderer?s identity. Both recipients of these oracles attempt to avoid their destinies, but both wind up following the paths which the Fates have prescribed.
Laius had received a prophesy which declares ?that doom would strike him at the hands of [his] son….? Jocasta, in an attempt to ease Oedipus? worries, endeavors to defame prophesy in general by describing Laius? apparent circumvention of the augury. When Laius? son wasn?t yet three days old, the king had the infant?s ankles fastened together, and then gave the boy to a henchman to be flung onto ?a barren, trackless mountain?; Jocasta believes her son dead. Laius had believed that by killing his only son, he would be able to avoid the oracle?s prediction. However, the shepherd entrusted with the terrible task of infanticide pitied the baby and gave him to another shepherd, who, in turn, donated the child to the King and Queen of Corinth. The boy, Oedipus, was raised as the son of King Polybus and Queen Merope, and still believes himself to be their issue even as Jocasta relates the ironic story of his own previous ?death.? Oedipus, of course, finds out that it was indeed his own, true father, Laius, that he has killed at the crossroads at Phocis. Laius? attempt at foiling fate didn?t work; Oedipus killed him because of a slight insult. Because Laius felt to shameful to kill the infant himself, he took a risk in hoping that his loyal shepherd would murder the child for him. That risk allowed Oedipus to live and, therefore, to kill his own father without knowing his true identity. Had Laius not attempted to have his newborn
killed, the boy still would have caused his father?s death somehow, because the oracles are never wrong, and most Greeks realize there?s no way to escape fate.
Oedipus also tries to avoid his fate, which he had received from Apollo?s oracle at Delphi. While Oedipus lived as Prince of Corinth, a drunken courtier shouted out that the prince was ?not his father?s son.? Oedipus, doubt gnawing at his mind, traveled to Delphi to discover whose son he truly was. Apollo, however, did not answer his questions, but rather showed the youth ?a future great with pain, terror, disaster….? The oracle foretold that Oedipus would kill his father and couple with his own mother. Oedipus sought to escape the prophecy by fleeing Corinth, since he still believed that Polybus and Merope were his parents. However, during his flight, he killed his true father, Laius, in an act of rage, thus quickly fulfilling half of the prophecy. After saving Thebes from the menace of the Sphinx, Oedipus married the Queen of Thebes, Jocasta. Oedipus still believes that his parents are living in Corinth, unaffected and invulnerable to any of his actions. However, by marrying Jocasta, his real mother, he has fulfilled the other half of the oracle?s prediction. Oedipus spends much of the play believing that he is still in danger of somehow killing his father. When a messenger comes from Corinth to give Oedipus the news that King Polybus has died, the King of Thebes at first thinks that the oracle?s prophecy meant that his father would die of longing for his son. However, Oedipus now believes himself free of the more frightening part of his supposed destiny. He even deems the oracle?s words to be ?nothing, worthless.? Upon further consideration, however, Oedipus raises his fears of the incestuous part of the prophecy. Jocasta seeks to console him by stating that ?chance rules all our lives.? It is the messenger from Corinth, however, that confirms Oedipus? deepest doubts by telling the King that
he isn?t Merope?s biological son. Oedipus? attempt at avoiding the oracle?s prophecy actually fulfills the prediction. Oedipus might as well have accepted his fate, because there was no way that he could have circumvented it.
The prophet Tiresias? prediction concerning Oedipus? discovery of the murder's identity and the Theban King?s subsequent reactions is also unavoidable. After Oedipus continues to press the reluctant prophet, at times threatening him for the murderer?s identity, Tiresias declares that Oedipus is his own ruin, his own disgrace. The prophet of Apollo continues, predicting both Oedipus? flight from Thebes and his blindness. Tiresias predicts that ?no man will ever be rooted from the earth as brutally? as Oedipus. The furious King of Thebes mocks the prophet, calling his prophecies nothing but ?riddles, murk, and darkness.? Oedipus simply discounts Tiresias? foretelling, but he does, of course, fulfill them. After the he learns the truth about his parents and his tragic past, Oedipus runs through his palace in anguish. At first he seeks a sword with which to kill himself, but he sees Jocasta?s body ?hanging by the neck,? he rips off her brooches and repeatedly stabs his own eyes. Oedipus is not considering Tiresias? prophecy, but is rather acting through a haze of anguish, shame, and guilt. Oedipus easily convinces Creon to banish him, thus completing the rest of Tiresias? prediction; the former king is now blind and in exile. Oedipus discounts Tiresias? prophecies, but, predictably enough, ends up fulfilling them himself.
Ancient Greeks watching a performance of Oedipus Rex would realize that the characters? attempts to circumvent their destinies as related by oracles were futile. Both Laius and Oedipus
seek to avoid fate, but instead act in ways which only prove the prophets correct. The irony generated by the characters seeking to avoid their destinies, however, adds to the play?s tragic suspense and conclusion.
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The message that wise choices need to be made has been reaching the homosexual community for years, but heterosexuals need to pay attention too.
Most clients at Inside Out, a HIV/AIDS outreach program, are heterosexual. Dr. Thomas Butler of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center said his clinic primarily treats gay men, but more women and heterosexuals are being treated.
The State Health Department released statistics last week that show Lubbock's STD cases are increasing. Comparing 1998 to 1999, the report shows increases in HIV, AIDS, chlamydia and gonorrhea. There was a decline in syphilis.
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|Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for June 19, 2006
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|1993 Honda Civic DX 1.5L compressor clutch VIN: 1HGEG8549P
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car came in on hook as a no start. when turning it over noticed NO check engine light and No comunication with scanner. checked fuses and all is good just wondering if anyone has seen this before and can point me in the right direction. Thanks for your time.
|1998 Honda Accord EX 2.3L coolant system VIN: 1HGCG5654W
i still have oil in coolant what is the cause of still haven oil in coolant if the head is good
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|1989 Toyota Cressida Luxury 3.0L No Start VIN: JT2MX83E7K
car came in no start.basic testing shows no spark no injector pulse. i checked the air gap in the dist pick-up and i had a .35mm gap.i also checked the coil primary side .27 and secondary side 11,400.we dont do to many cars like this at my shop but this is a b...
|1991 Toyota MR2 2.2L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: JT2SW21N8M
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|2002 Toyota Camry SE 2.4L valve train noisy VIN: 4T1BE32KX2
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|2002 Honda Accord LX 2.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: JHMCG56452
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|1998 Lexus GS400 4.0L camshaft pulley VIN: JT8BH68X6W
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|1996 Mazda MX-6 LS 2.5L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation VIN: 1YVGE31D8T
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|2002 Nissan Sentra CA 1.8L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 3N1CB51DX2
Hello everyone, This vehicle is fixed, but not by me. I drove this car for three days with no problems. Returned to owner and the fault occured within one mile of shop. So what I learned is this: 1. The crankshaft and camshaft sensors are covered under a... Trouble codes: P0335 (Crankshaft position sensor).
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|1986 Toyota Pickup 2.4L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: JT4RN63B7G
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|1994 Toyota Corolla LE 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: JT2AEOOB5R
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Down at Our Rendezvous…Friday, August 31st, 2007
An ode to Three's Company…It was December 10, 1985 when my flirtation with collecting autographs from the cast members of Three's Company first began. When sending requests through the mail, I generally steered clear of most 'high-caliber' stars of the current day. They were generally met with one form of rejection or another. However, John Ritter did not disappoint me. He signed both the photo that I sent him along with two notecards, even adding a humorous inscription on one. These were returned in an extremely timely fashion as well: on December 23, just two days before Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »


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Transform white collar departments into "professional service firms" whose sole, powerful asset is knowledge.
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Goal: Learn from the best professional service firms! Transform your unit! Today, even after re-engineering done well, the "department" doesn't look much like McKinsey, Andersen or Chiat Day. (And that's an understatement!)
Aim, in short: Cool people (call them "talent") working on cool projects with cool clients. The aim redux: A cool Finance/Purchasing, IS, HR, Sales department. Why not?
The cool professional service firm is just that: cool people/talent, a portfolio of cool projects, cool clients. Period. It's only asset -- literally -- is brains. It's only product is projects. It's only aim is truly memorable client service.
So step #1, then, is the organization (PSF) . . . transforming "departments" in which white collar folks work into way cool professional sercie firms adding way cool value by doing way cool "stuff".
Peters discusses making the most of presentations, working with outsiders on market analysis, how to imporve brainstorming meetings, how to develop relationships with clients and get the most out of them.
50 of Tom Peters's trademark insights on how to get the most our of your department.
See also the other 50List titles in the Reinventing Work series by Tom Peters -- The Brand You50 and The Project50 -- for additional information on how to make an impact in the professional world.
Tom Peters continues to be in constant demand for lectures and seminars. In addition to researching and writing his books, he travels more widely than ever to monitor and observe the business environment worldwide. The founder of the Tom Peters Group in Palo Alto, California, he lives mostly on American Airlines, or with his family on a farm in Vermont or an island off the Massachusetts coast.
The White Collar Revolution will envelop 90+ percent of us. And quickly. The commonplace, if traumatic, changes that came to the factory, the distribution center, and the London docks are now racing toward the relatively unscathed world of "purchasing," "finance," "HR," "IT," etc.
Of course, we had "re-engineering" and "downsizing" in the nineties. But truth is, work in finance today looks about the way it did decades ago. We pass "papers" -- electronically, to be sure -- but the topics are about the same. And the processing delays are maddening as ever. As are the petty tyrants who oversee the processes. (Witness Dilbert's monumental popularity; the comic strip depicts my dad's day in the Credit and Collections Dept. at the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, circa 1955, as accurately as it captures white collar world at the millennium's turn.)
But -- I repeat -- all that is about to change. So-called Enterprise Resource Planning systems from SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan, et al. will hit high gear within the next decade. Clumsy knowledge management and knowledge-sharing systems will gather a full head of steam . . . or, should I say, a light-speed flow of bits.
Those of us in jeopardy -- 90+ percent, don't forget! -- must invent a new game. A hot game that transforms "accounting" from the butt of a million jokes about "useless overhead," "purposeful obfuscators," and "petty bureaucrats" to the . . . ta da . . . scintillating center of value added through knowledge capital accumulation.
Sound too grand for you? Fine.
But . . . then . . . what's the (your) alternative?
An Answer/T-h-e Answer?
I contend there is an alternative, an answer even. And that is -- and long has been -- right under our collective noses. To wit: the "real" Professional Service Firm, or PSF. A la McKinsey & Co., Chiat/Day, Arthur Andersen. And Andersen Consulting. IDEO. And EDS. Pricewaterhouse -- Coopers. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Etc.
These firms can be tiny . . . or huge. (EDS employs well over 100,000 people.) But regardless of size, they perform pure intellectually based services, own damn little in the way of hard assets, and sometimes deposit billions of $$$$ on the bottom line. They do Good Work. Valuable Work. And, often, Important Work.
Moreover, Life in a PSF is about as far a cry from DilbertDrones in DrearyVille (a.k.a. "Departments") as one can imagine.
So why have we left these firms out in the cold for so long? Why haven't we studied them? (We haven't. Period.) I think there is an answer. In short: We didn't take them seriously! When I joined McKinsey & Co. in 1974, the consultants . . . and lawyers . . . and accountants and ad agency denizens were considered the bloodsuckers, the parasites living off the sweat of real men's -- USW, UMW, and UAW members' -- brows.
And then a funny thing happened.
We woke up one morning and discovered . . . we'd won!
The economy had taken a 180-degree turn. Bill Gates was the richest man in the world . . . and the "soft guys," the "service guys," ruled. From Hollywood to Silicon Valley . . . to a revived (branding uber Alles!) Madison Avenue.
And so we started jawing about "virtual organizations" and "knowledge capital accumulation." Exotic, new stuff. And we imagined that we had to invent a brand-new wheel.
Not so!
I'll be the first to acknowledge that there are crappy professional service firms . . . just as there are incompetent retailers and second basemen who bat .200. But the pick of the litter -- just as with retailing -- have a lot to teach us. Teach us about, say, scintillating projects that add value. I.e.: Work that Matters!
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Our model is simple. And it will be expanded upon in this book and others in this 50List series. To wit:
Point-of-impact for this millennial meteor: the white collar worker (a.k.a.: you, me!).
Those who survive -- on or off a corporate payroll -- will jettison (almost) everything they've learned and (1) adopt the attributes/attitudes of a PSF/Professional Service Firm. (The subject of this book.) They will behave as (2) de facto (if not yet de jure) independent contractors, or what I call Brand Yous. (Please see the Brand You50.) I.e., survivors will "be" a product . . . and exhibit clear-cut distinction at . . . s- o-m- e-t-h-i-n-g. And (3) the bottom line or base element for the PSF, Brand You, and the White Collar Revolution: the Project. (Please see the Project50.)
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So that's the crux of the story!
Transforming work!
Performing Work that Matters!
Becoming Brand You!
Living in a scintillating Professional Service Firm . . . a Department that Matters!
We think that this logical case for transforming work is airtight. So join us on this . . .
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What follows is a portrait. A portrait of a "Department" transforming itself into a full-fledged Professional Service Firm. The aspirations are grand. The challenges are enormous.
Even if the logic rings true and the heart is willing, can you expect to pull off "all this stuff" (among other things, some 200 "To Do's")?
What you can do:
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* Alternatively, assign priorities to each of the seven sections in the book. Choose a Discussion Leader for each section. Once every two weeks, say, schedule a session to review a selected section; perhaps invite a relevant outsider to talk about the content. Consider practical Next Steps at the end of each discussion session.
There are 100 other ways to skin this cat. My point: We don't expect you to bite off the entire challenge in one crunchy chomp. We do hope you'll consider some scheme -- of your choosing -- for walking through the content in a measured way.
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Yes:The key idea is that the HR Dept. head is now . . . Managing Partner, HR Inc. No: We will all -- survivors! -- inhabit PSFs. We all must learn the ways of these exceptional institutions, and thence create mini-PSFs in every setting we inhabit. The PSF "mindset" is as appropriate/important to the neophyte 23-year-old professional as it is to that Department Head, age 43.
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Our "What the HEALTH?!" Topic for August.
In 2013 I started hearing the rumblings myself…
"Oh my gosh you aren't going to eat that are you? It has CANOLA OIL in it! That's so bad for you. You know whole foods is banning it from all their stores."
"Oh really?" I said.
Naturally, I got curious and started asking questions. Usually these "what the health?!" topics get started when a little bit of science gets blown out of proportion and misused. So I scoured through all of my past textbooks, food science and new research and still couldn't make sense of it. Yes it is a high GMO crop, but what else is going on here? So back in 2013 I reached out to PCC and Whole Foods to see what they had to say.
and in a recent follow up with Nick at PCC he recently wrote this article specifically on Canola Oil: http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/1404/questioning_canola.html


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PG Tips' refreshing rebrand
You can't get much more mainstream than PG Tips, which makes Jones Knowles Ritchie's clean, crisp and witty rebrand all the more welcome
You can't get much more mainstream than PG Tips, which makes Jones Knowles Ritchie's clean, crisp and witty rebrand all the more welcome
Is the Cannes Lions Design category a credible showcase of the best design work of the year? And why were so many design consultancy creative directors unhappy with this year's selection?
The Creative Review Annual is our showcase of the finest work of the year in visual communications. There's still time to enter: the deadline for this year's competition is December 10
Fuseproject's simpler, cleaner design language for Nivea is a vast improvement on many levels, but the kerning on that logo is going to annoy the heck out of a lot of you…
Yes, they did make the logo bigger. Last August we reported on limited edition Diet Coke packaging from Turner Duckworth featuring an enlarged, cropped version of the logo. Diet Coke is now to adopt the design permanently
Bill Gardner, founder of the LogoLounge website, summarises what he sees
as the major developing trends in logo design over the past 12 months
Some smart packaging design for Coca-Cola's support of the USA Olympic and Paralympic teams comes courtesy of studio Turner Duckworth
The inaugural Cheltenham Design Festival kicks off this weekend, with talks from Stefan Sagmeister, Simon Waterfall, Bruce Duckworth, Lucy Holmes, Jenny Coe, Sir John Sorrell, Stephen Bayley and the festival president, Sir John Hegarty.
Following its multi-award-winning repackaging of Coca-Cola, Turner Duckworth has created a new look for Diet Coke based on a cropped version of the brand's logo
New to this year's D&AD Awards will be two physical awards for both In Book and Nominated work: slices of a coveted Yellow Pencil
7up has had a redesign. Now with more fruit, bubbles and, of course, a big ol' number 7, we were fearing the worst but it's not half bad…
Paris-based advertising agency Havas City has given French supermarket Monoprix's own-label products a bold, bright, typographic makeover


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I mean being able to filter questions by age.
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I don't agree with ageism, so NO, I don't think so.
What is the point? I like seeing answers from a variety of ages. Surprisingly, I see some well thought out and informative answers from teenagers, where as some middle-aged adults give childish answers.20|20|0


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noun, plural tyrannies.
1. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
In a recent article in LifeNews.com on the petition to abolish abortion in Idaho, it was reported "Despite noble intentions, even if passed in 2018, this state ballot measure likely would not stand a challenge at the Supreme Court, as Roe vs. Wade currently prevails. The Supremacy Clause in Article IV of the Constitution applies when state and federal laws clash. In the case of conflicting legislation, federal legislation would supersede state law". The author, Erin Parfet, must not have read our plan very clearly that our path to ABOLITION of murder does not include attempting to comply with judicial overreach. The plan is to equip legislators, the governor, and the people of Idaho with the sound Biblical, historical and constitutional idea that judicial tyranny should be ignored or defied, and that it is in fact the obligation of the people and the magistrates to interpose themselves against tyrants, especially when the tyrants would assert that the unlawful deaths of the innocent is a supposed "right".
In a 1973 uncontested coup d'etat of the United States Supreme Court, the individual states began their protection of the slaughter of innocents known as abortion. We have just about completed a 44 year long abortion holocaust that has killed 60 million preborn Americans because of the lie that the courts hold supremacy even when they themselves butcher the rights contained in the US Constitution and upon which the country was founded.
In the article by Life News linked above, the author also asserts that "The Supremacy Clause in Article IV of the Constitution applies when state and federal laws clash. In the case of conflicting legislation, federal legislation would supersede state law". The actual article in question, part of which is called the supremacy clause, is Article VI. However, the article itself does not declare that the judiciary is supreme. In fact, it declares that the Constitution is supreme, and that all government officers, including those of the judiciary, are bound by oath to uphold the Constitution as supreme. Since humans error, including courts, it is necessary as a balance of power that we not elevate one branch of government above another, and likewise one branch's interpretation of the constitution above any other branch's interpretation. Therefore, it can legitimately be in the people's best interest that the legislative and executive branches of government act as a balance and even as a counter to the judiciary when it massively misinterprets the Constitution. It is truly a type of insanity to wait for the very judiciary that erred to correct itself, in the meantime while millions of humans are being killed based on their error.
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court of the United States does not have an exemplary record in correcting its own unjust rulings. In the 1857 case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, it took a civil war, a Presidential executive order, an Act of Congress and two amendments to the Constitution to correct the error of the Supreme Court, and the Court has never said they were wrong in that 1857 decision.
We want all of the people who want to abolish abortion to understand one basic premise. Our effort in Idaho is not meant to work within the confines of judicial precedent that would declare killing your baby a constitutional right. We ask, would the people of Idaho allow the courts to override their 2nd amendment rights in a judicial ruling that directed the state, local or federal government officials to confiscate our guns? If not, then why have we allowed them to remove the protection of innocent life in the womb and even to protect the taking of that innocent life? Should we not practice the golden rule and love our neighbors as ourselves or treat them as we would want to be treated? Are not the preborn humans our neighbors? Is not abortion, in which sterile, cold metal instruments inserted into the womb of a mother to dismember and evacuate her offspring a crime against the natural order and against the very basics of a moral society?
There is literally nothing but ignorance, cowardice, fear, or greed that compels the state of Idaho to obey the evil edicts of any court that would judge that it is a mother's right to get an abortion. Because of Idaho's compliance with judicial tyranny, mothers can literally get away with murder in Idaho (this, because Idaho already defines murder to include the killing of an embryo or fetus in Idaho Code section 18-4001, yet then prohibits prosecution for this murder when a mother gets an abortion via Idaho Code section 18-4016).
The courts are counting on the state of Idaho to believe the lie that the judiciary should be obeyed even when the judiciary has violated the very basic right to life contained in the Declaration of Independence, the 5th and 14th amendments and Article I of the Idaho constitution. Why does not Idaho assert that it has the right under the 9th amendment to protect the preborn? Or even under the 10th amendment?
Do courts administer the state of Idaho's national guard, legislative and executive acts and budgets, state police forces and prisons? No. They instead count on states to capitulate to all of their rulings and to kow tow to obvious tyranny. If Washington and Colorado can disregard federal law on the subject of recreational marijuana use, then surely Idaho can disregard the courts on the subject of infanticide, aka abortion. To help us end the abortion holocaust in Idaho, please click below and help circulate the petition.
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" Missyucki is an art and design collaborative project conceived by Kathleen Cameron and Alba Poretti. Inspired by the frenzy of downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, they have created a character called MissYucki. Employing a range of mediums from illustration to toy design they dream up scenes and themes from her mythology."
Since her humble beginnings as random doodles, Miss Yucki has grown into a complex and multifaceted character that embodies Alba and Kat's desire to create and design. Miss Yucki serves as a vehicle for exploration the artists' own identities within the context of the New South Africa as well as of various themes evident in daily life in urban Africa.
The questions of urbanism, race, heritage, identity, positionality and new Africanism in the face of rapid urbanization are subtly and tactfully explored from Miss Yucki's perspective. Miss Yucki provides us with a valuable set of eyes through which to view the world and she provides us with a spectrum of perspectives ranging from a playful, fantastical interpretation of daily life to scathing criticism of our societal values.
The contrast between her youthful energy of childhood and strength and wisdom of adulthood is a direct result of Miss Yucki's somewhat tragic life on the streets of Johannesburg where, in spite of the hard reality of life, she manages finds all kinds of treasures that bring her joy.
"MissYucki, the character, is a professional pavement princess andapprentice witch doctor. She is a lost child and little homeless streetwanderer who, together with her guardians the muti monster tokoloshiesparade the urban landscape hawking their trash treasure and magicmedicines, adventuring through dreamscapes, city slums and suburbs."
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Mary Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Jonathan Upham Cox and Lucinda Blood Cox was born on the 15th of December, 1826 in Oswego, Tioga County, New York
My father was a miller, but the last two years of his life he was almost an invalid. There was a family of twelve children. Father died when I was a little girl three years old and my brother Jonathan, was born six months after father's death, which occurred in April, 1830. William, my oldest brother was twenty years of age and on his young shoulders devolved nearly the whole care of the family, but as he had the care of the mill so much, it was comparatively easy for him with the help of his brothers next younger than he, Charles, eighteen, and Walter, sixteen, both of whom looked to William for counsel at all times. We were all taught obedience and I never heard jars among the boys, such as one might naturally expect among a large number. Mother was never well after father died, though she lived eight years.
When I was 6 years old, William thought best to move to the northern part of Ohio so that he could get land to farm and have employment for the younger boys, and he accordingly went to Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio, and secured eighty acres of woodland covered with heavy timber of all kinds and with a thick growth of underbrush. He then came back and took mother and five small children and came on the canal to Buffalo, then across Lake Erie to Plainsville. A team met us there and we soon passed thirty miles arriving at our new home - but with a change! A log house in the center of a little clearing, most of the brush and timber being cut down and burned. Fences made of split rails laid one upon the other enclosed the place. It was many days before it seemed like home, but we children soon found delights in the new home that compensated for all we had left behind. Mother never gained in health, but grew worse until she died. Then we were left to shift for ourselves. The three oldest boys were married and homes found for Jonathan and me. The rest were at work where they had a chance and the family home was sold. After mother's expenses were taken out, the proceeds were divided among the family without a jar that I ever heard of. Walter was married to Emeline Whiting (sister of Edwin Whiting) about two years before mother died, and as the boys began to leave home about that time, we were seldom together. William married Sarah Ann Beebe before Walter was married, I went to live with a Mr. Barber in Nelson, Ohio and Jonathan with a Mr. Rate in Mindham.
Mother died December, 1838, and was buried in Nelson. Walter Cox and Edwin Whiting, with their families and Amos Cox, then 16 years old, had gone to Missouri, at that time the gathering place of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons). None of us had ever heard the Gospel only as we heard of 'old Joe Smith and his gold Bible'. Everyone thought Mormonism would soon be a thing of the past and forgotten and we were surprised to learn that Walter and Emeline, also Edwin and Elizabeth had joined the Mormon Church in Missouri, and they were soon after driven with the rest of the Saints from the state and settled in Lima, Illinois. They remained there until 1845 when the Saints were driven out. I lived with Mr. Barber two years, then went and stayed with my brother, Charles, in Garretsville, Ohio. Soon after a Mr. Davis in Akron, Ohio was looking for a girl to help take care of his two little girls, so I went home with him and stayed two years. I was never mistreated by anyone, but was often lonely, being away from all near relatives and especially sister Harriet, whom I almost worshipped. It was also a great trial being separated from my little brother, Jonathan.
I always loved books and as I learned very easily was encouraged in my efforts to get an education. As a consequence, at 14 years of ago I was far ahead of most children at that age. An occasional chance to attend a select school and one term at an academy were all the chances I ever had except the common schools. In the summer of 1841 I presented myself as a candidate for a teacher, and was given a certificate for teaching all the common branches of the English language and taught four summers in Ohio.
In 1844 I came West with my brother, WaIter, my sister and her husband Charles Jackson, to Illinois. In August, soon after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the mobbing commenced and all the Saints were compelled to go to Nauvoo, Illinois after having their homes burned and much other property destroyed. I had taught three terms in Lima, Illinois, and then went west with my brothers and their families to Nauvoo, but I had been baptized in April 1845 by father Morley in the Mississippi River in Nauvoo, being there to attend the April conference.
That winter was a busy one for the people as they had previously agreed to leave the state within a year, so as we were all unprepared, it meant business for us. In the meantime our beautiful temple was nearing completion and many were looking to receive great blessings there. It was there I entered into the celestial order of marriage with Edwin Whiting and his wives Elizabeth and Almira, Jan 27, 1846, and have never regretted it, knowing as I do that the Lord has blessed us together. We moved from Nauvoo in April of the same year and came west as far as Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, very many of the Saints having gone through the state and built up what was known as Winter Quarters where the town of Florence now stands. We were not well enough prepared for the journey so we stopped and went to plowing and planting. The Whitings and Coxes put up a chair factory and made chairs which they hauled back to Quincy, where they found ready market for them. We stayed at Pisgah two years, during which time many died with chills and fever. Among them were Father and Mother Whiting, also one of Elizabeth's little girls, Emily four years old, and two of my brother Walter's little girls. The rest of us were all sick for months. Some of the time there were not well ones enough to give the sick a drink. Those were times of trial, yet, we felt we were remembered by our Heavenly Father and had many seasons of rejoicing. I taught two terms of school in Pisgah and Albert, my oldest son was born there December 9, 1849.
In April 1949, we started on the great move of all moves toward the great Salt Lake of the then unexplored regions of Mexico. We were about three months reaching the Elkhorn and were organized in Brother George A. Smith's fifty, Brother Benson being over the one hundred and he had gone ahead for it was not thought best for more than fifty to travel together on account of firewood and other conveniences, and fifty were considered safe from Indians. Of that long and tedious journey, volumes might be written. In our camp we had one stampede of cattle. It was after about three weeks of travel and was most terrifying, happening about one o'clock in the morning and father was on guard, but no one was hurt so we were all comforted although eight or ten head of our cattle were lost. We saw many herds of cattle, but our worst and most trying experience was on the Sweetwater. After reaching the Black Hills we were snowed in for about three days and many of the best cattle in the company died. Father counted nine head in one little bunch of willows. There were only enough teams left to move the wagons to a new camp about a mile or two ahead, but in a day or two we met the teams sent out from Salt Lake to meet us.
We arrived in the city October 28, 1849 and it was one of the prettiest places I ever saw. The young shade trees on the sidewalk were yet green and many young orchards all quite green made a picture of loveliness to us weary travelers never to be forgotten. But we were soon to leave as we were chosen by Father Morley to go and help form a settlement in Sanpete County, which had been located at Manti and it was thought best to go so as to be ready to start work in the spring. It took us three weeks to reach Manti and it was the first of December and there were so many discouragements. My husband and brother Orville Cox, went to Salt Lake on snowshoes to report starving conditions of the Saints. About half of our little company returned to the city and the long snowy dreary winter was endured by those who remained with the help of the Lord. We had many seasons of enjoyment in various ways and our prayer meetings were held every week. Sunday evenings and Thursdays were well attended. Father put up a foot lathe and he and William, now 15 years old, hauled timber from the canyon on a handsled and he made one hundred chairs with rush bottoms, and in April took them to the city and sold them for grain and other things for the family's use. The long cold winter had consumed all our supplies and most of our cattle had died of cold and exposure. Those that lived were saved by digging off the snow near the warm spring south of Manti so they could get the grass. It was hard work, but faith and perseverance saved some. We had two old oxen and a three year old heifer. Our firewood that winter was drawn on a handsled and our bread was mostly of grain ground in a coffee mill. The Indians were with us all the time and our scanty food supply was shared with them always. The first trial to raise our crops by irrigation was watched with the greatest anxiety, something entirely new to some of us and very little known of by any, but the Lord helped us and we raised enough for our sustenance though the alkali killed some as soon as the water was turned on. The Indians were always to be watched and would steal whenever they could get a chance or kill on very little provocation, but we were on their land and did our best to keep peace with them. I taught school in Manti every year more or less, so long as we stayed there which was 12 years. We had the grasshopper war in 1856. Everything green was eaten by them in Sanpete Valley. My brother, Walter, had moved to the valley in 1853 and was so blessed as to have plenty of wheat in store and helped greatly to feed those not so favored. In 1854, father and brother Elisha Edwards were called on a mission to Ohio and were gone two years. While they were gone, the grasshoppers again took our crops and again we were short of bread, but no one starved. When father came back from his mission, he brought a variety of choice fruit trees with him, some from his father's old orchard which he himself had grafted when a boy, and he also had a few plants which he brought on the side of the wagons when we crossed the plains in 1849. The first few years at Manti were so frosty the trees froze down to the ground every winter. He succeeded in raising only two peaches and one bushel of apples in all the twelve years we lived there, so brother Brigham told him to move some of his trees to another valley and try them, so in 1861 he bought a lot of Stephen Perry in Springville and moved most of his trees over there, then moved his family later. His nursery business was a success and he was the first to bring those large gooseberries from Ohio which were raised so successfully in Utah for so many years.
We prospered in Springville until 1876 when two of my boys, Albert and Charles were called to go and help colonize Arizona. Accordingly they fitted themselves out with wagons and teams and started in February, and settled on the Little Colorado near Sunset Crossing. Albert returned to Springville the same summer, but Charles stayed until 1878 when he came and spent the summer, returning in the fall to Arizona. In the meantime, May's (her daughter) health was so poor and it was thought that a journey might do her good, so with the encouragement of her father we fitted out and went with Charles. May was benefitted by the move, but never entirely recovered her health and when in the spring of 1883 she wanted to return to Springville, we again commenced the homeward journey. But alas, the sands of life were too nearly exhausted and when we reached the Houserock Springs we stopped with brother Jedediah Adair who lived there at the time. They were so kind, and though she lived only two or three days, it was a great comfort to be with friends. That was the one great trial of my life, but must acknowledge the hand of the Lord who doeth all things well. She was buried there at Houserock. The loved earthly form is still resting there in the lonely grave. We reached Springville in June, weary and sorrowing, but comforted greatly by the sympathy of loving friends. Albert and Oscar came to meet us with supplies and dainties for May. We stopped at Mapleton and made our home there and Fred and John built quite a nice log house there on some land they bought from Oscar.
NOTE by Harriet Whiting Jensen (daughter of Albert)) This is the sketch as I received it, but I would like to add just a little. I see the picture of a tiny, white-haired grandmother sitting by the fireside, always ready with a beautiful song or story, sympathy or counsel, to advise or cheer whomever came, either young or old. Ever a peacemaker, finding only good where others were telling bad qualities. She was never too tired to stay up till the crowd left, her laugh ringing out clear as a silver bell over our foolish nonsense. She always kept young people around her and took Clara Curtis (granddaughter) when she was five years old to live with her. Clara was one of her daughter's younger girls, and they were never long separated. Her home was Clara's until Clara married Joseph Burke, then grandmother went to live with them and spent the remainder of her life there. She lived for about 20 years in Mapleton and Hobble Creek Canyon, but in August 1901 four of her boys decided to go to Arizona. I think it was the thought of seeing again the "lonely grave" of her daughter May at Houserock Springs, that induced her to once more make the long trip in a wagon, as there is no railroad on that route, and the remainder of her life was spent in sunny Arizona. She was the mother of nine children and today there is a host of children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren to revere her memory. She began teaching school at fifteen years of age, since which time she taught forty-two years. Her hair was snow-white while she was still teaching. Few people were ever blessed with more friends who loved her for her amiable disposition, her sterling integrity and devotion to her family. She was an energetic church worker for many years until her health failed. She was the first secretary of the Mapleton Relief Society and her handwriting in those record books is as clear and plain as print. She was the first school teacher of Mapleton and taught in the kitchen of her home just north of her son, Albert's place. Her mind was bright until her death.
Letter written by Granddaughter Clara Curtis Burke, March 13, 1955 at Mesa, Arizona. Clara was raised by Mary Elizabeth Whiting.
I will be happy to give you any information I have concerning grandpa and grandma. (Edwin and Mary E. Cox Whiting) I lived with grandma 19 years, so I should be able to give you a few truths concerning her. Her hair was white so far back as I knew her, but those who knew her in her youth say her hair was slightly auburn. The Cox and Blood families were tall and large in stature and light complected. She was medium height, not heavy set. I should say a good guess at her weight might be 130 pounds. Her eyes were blue, skin clear and pretty and her movements brisk. She was very even tempered, extremely loving, kind and considerate. Generous and tactful, never given to faultfinding or criticism, very humble and sincere. Was of a literary turn. Taught school when only 14 years of age. She was adept with her needle. My oldest daughter has a dress grandma made for her to be blessed in, with a lovely drawn work in it. All her (Esther's) youngsters were blessed in it, as were all of mine. I have a bed spread she knit of string yarn. She made a cape of turkey feathers (strippings) and sold it for $50 at the Chicago fair. She was honesty itself and very orderly in her work, clean and neat about all her work, not too robust, but very industrious and good looking. She loved music and had a sweet, clear true voice. Your mother and I used to have books with some of grandma's songs in them, such as "Phoebe" and "James Bird" 20 verse songs. She wrote verse, of which I have a few samples. There is nothing good she lacked, so far as I am concerned. 100% dependable. Her spine was curved in later years, so she walked stooped. Always with a cane. She kept records always and did a lot of work in the Manti Temple. My first impressions of genealogy and temple work were given me by grandma. I was never so intimately acquainted with grandpa. I loved him very much and can just see how he used to walk and stand with his hands behind him and always when he came to see us he would reach down in his pockets and bring out some animal crackers or candy. I remember him as rather tall and dignified, dark eyes, dark hair and quick of movement. He was short spoken and blunt, and I heard Uncle Fred say he was somewhat afraid of his father until a grown man. I think he must have been hasty tempered but very kind hearted, honest and dependable and very likeable, humble and sincere. I guess your mother has told you all the funny stories concerning grandpa and the family, if she hasn't I'll write them for you. For instance, he always awoke early. One morning he called your grandpa, and said, "Albert, go get a rake and go up the loft where the boys are sleeping and rake out enough boys to help you in the field all day." One other incident my mother told me, when she was a little girl - she was out in the yard playing and here came grandpa with an empty swillpail. (He had fed the pigs). Something had angered him and be bumped her with the bucket for no reason she knew of. There are many others of which I remember some and suppose you have them too, but if you don't I will be glad to write them for you. As to grand- father's type of work, he loved best, it was horticulture and he was highly successful especially after he moved to Springville. I remember his Apiary too. His financial ability was good. You have his history so you will know of the different civic and church positions he held, and of his mission to Ohio in 1854. I have the original copy of the blessing given him at that time. I sent a copy of it to Verl. I think grandfather was always neat clean and quiet. I remember when I was six years old he made some little brooms and gave to each of us cousins who were six. They were the nicest cutest things, but when we came to Arizona I lost mine. I wonder if by any chance one might still be around. I am so proud of our worthy ancestors and I never tire of hearing about them, but of course I knew more about grandma than any of them. She was my ideal of real womanhood. I've never seen a person I thought was nearer perfection here than she.
By Mary Elizabeth Cox Whiting Sent to Frances Cox, October 1907 from St. Johns, Arizona
Because no child of Joseph Smith's age could, or would have thought of such a thing.
Because the Lord revealed to an innocent boy his plans.
The fufilling of the prophecy is in regard to his own name being had for good and evil by the whole world.
Also the promised persecution which all should receive who believed in his name and testimony
Because of the testimony of those witnesses to the Book of Mormon and though they apostatized, they never denied their testimony.
Because of the fulfillment of the prophecy in regards to the war between the North and the South given before it came to pass.
Because of the many testimonies given me at different times by our dear Father and which I never could doubt.
Because of the settling of these mountain vales.
Because Joseph Smith died a martyr's death.
Because "Mormonism" is consistent. It gives every soul eternal life through obedience.
By John Clarence Whiting, son
Some great man has said that every man is justified in saying, "I have the best wife and the best mother in the world." I heartily agree with him. When memory takes me back to my childhood days, I wonder what I could have accomplished without my mother, with her loving care, wise counsel and advice. She had three titles: Mother to a favored few - Grandma to a large number - and Aunt Mary to a host of loving friends. She spoke no evil. She was patient and uncomplaining in sorrow and adversity. She loved young people and children, joining in their games and amusements until the day of her death. She was never idle; could knit, read and rock the cradle at the same time. Mother loved to play the quiet home games of her day. About the only time I ever heard her swear was when I was able in a game of checkers to maneuver around and take three or four of her men. Then she would exclaim, "0 the devil." Perhaps meaning me. Mother was a devout Latter-day Saint and came as near living a perfect life as mortals ever attain.
Source: Copied from the book, Edwin Whiting and His Family by Marie J. Whiting and Marcus L. Smith, 1999, pg 110-114. Spelling and punctuation are original, except that I have broken long paragraphs into shorter. James W. Whiting


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19 Jan 2018 17:02:31 With the win at the weekend the team showed it can compete with Europe's..
19 Jan 2018 12:04:33 WARNING, RANT ALERT. People are always moaning about how the kids don't get..
20 Jan 2018 10:22:06 Hi Ed's any Interest from Liverpool for Lucas Moura? Do you think he would..
20 Jan 2018 02:20:47 Dont know what everyones issue is with the new keeper. We had Steven Gerrard..
19 Jan 2018 19:19:16 Gareth Bale 😂😂 it is wacky..
19 Jan 2018 12:35:21 Oblak again speculated at 100 mil euro - media talk but would be a hell of an..
18 Jan 2018 21:54:27 Hi eds. Just wondering if there is any truth to the story of a..
19 Jan 2018 17:57:23 Will we look to sign Quincy promes from Southampton in season 2019/..
19 Jan 2018 21:06:16 So Salah is being linked to Real for £60m to £70m in the summer haha!..
16 Jan 2018 09:50:07 Simon Mignolet is conisdering his future after Jurgen Klopp made it clear..
18 Jan 2018 11:50:02 Woodburn not going out on loan as Klopp wants to keep him following the sale..
14 Jan 2018 18:02:09 Hi eds, are we looking at any keepers? Do you know of any that klopp rates..
17 Jan 2018 13:03:47 Anyone think Firmino could be our captain or vice captain within the next 6..
15 Jan 2018 21:56:38 Ed, can we have a poll 'do you want to sign a new keeper this January or..
19 Jan 2018 15:40:41 Leading on from another post in a What if scenario, who is the most talented..
17 Jan 2018 09:16:24 Eds do we have an interested in Donnaruma and considering the financial mess..
14 Jan 2018 09:22:41 My daughter plays semi pro golf. she buys a lot of equipment from a certain..
14 Jan 2018 21:53:29 So. Next 4 games we have Swansea Huddersfield spurs southampton. Spurs next..
19 Jan 2018 17:05:15 Eds keep seeing posts on here praising karius? Imo migs is better and he's..
17 Jan 2018 15:57:09 Never rated Can, and suspect the resurgence in his game is due to a need to..
14 Jan 2018 22:30:30 Gini. Superb. That's..
16 Jan 2018 14:51:41 Hey Eds, now that Bobby's scoring goals I assume we no longer looking at 'big..
14 Jan 2018 13:16:18 Keita deal is..
16 Jan 2018 10:20:22 Can't understand why Goretzka would rather move to Bayern where he will be..
18 Jan 2018 15:27:14 Paul Merson thinks Liverpool have no chance winning the champions league...
16 Jan 2018 09:01:57 Looks like Can maybe staying then, personally I'd rather let Hendo go and..
14 Jan 2018 20:49:31 Just on the goal keeper topic i also think we really need to go and get a new..
17 Jan 2018 15:53:16 Danny Ings loan or cup..
16 Jan 2018 17:43:10 Hi Eds and Reds, any news on the Suso rumour coming out of Sky Sports today?..
14 Jan 2018 11:52:25 VVD set to miss today's game apparently due to a tight..
18 Jan 2018 08:26:48 Talking about the loan system, it would seem even Chelsea have got their act..
19 Jan 2018 07:02:06 I remember this excerpt circulating from Fergies last book where he said he..
19 Jan 2018 14:35:56 One for ed001 or mks to write about when they have time. Roy Evans. Would..
14 Jan 2018 19:05:34 Listen lads. Ireland here. Mate of mine has a rental cottage on the west..
19 Jan 2018 12:04:33 WARNING, RANT ALERT. People are always moaning about how the kids don't get..
19 Jan 2018 12:20:36 I hear a lot of people saying we should go out and buy a world class GK but i..
15 Jan 2018 09:10:36{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Liverpool v Manchester City..
14 Jan 2018 23:20:53 It's probably time to give Danny Ward a..
15 Jan 2018 18:42:29 How the Xmas lights holding out Ed's..
09 Jan 2018 23:08:12 Question for ed01 if I may. I've seen you mentioning you expect one more..
12 Jan 2018 15:37:27 Ed002. I appreciate you are probably getting far to many posts on the subject..
11 Jan 2018 14:01:21 A couple of things missed in the Macca furore. 1) Matthew Virtue has..
12 Jan 2018 14:38:39 What's happened to the transfer prices for players it is getting out of hand..
09 Jan 2018 14:09:32 Hi Eds, to break up the transfer horror I was just wondering if there were..
11 Jan 2018 19:15:25 Dear ED's and members. Do you feel a new keeper can take as long as a year to..
09 Jan 2018 00:21:12 So according to barcas vice president, they can't reveal the figures but..
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07 Jan 2018 18:35:27 Don't care what sky say or anybody else for that matter Liverpool have bid..
12 Jan 2018 10:14:33 Griezmann? Forget it! While i can see us being able to afford his..
10 Jan 2018 18:23:51 I believe Firmino could make a perfect No10, he's a great tackler, has vision..
12 Jan 2018 22:44:42 Lots of reports tonight saying that Keita will be joining on Sunday. Do any..
12 Jan 2018 18:07:48 Whilst Sanchez is 28, he's one hell of a player with a couple of seasons left..
12 Jan 2018 10:49:28 On Twitter people seem to think Ox is a deity. We cannot win the premier..
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10 Jan 2018 04:25:10 No one has won anything with a defense that's a liability. Liverpool has had..
07 Jan 2018 20:08:55 I've no inside knowledge but I would be amazed if there was no replacement..
07 Jan 2018 22:15:08 Just want to hear people's opinions. Would you rather we spent the..
10 Jan 2018 08:46:48 A good video on BBC from a french journalist of how its very unlikely that..
10 Jan 2018 09:28:37 The Echo reads "Liverpool are unlikely to make Lemar bid despite his lower..
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13 Jan 2018 12:10:49 I remember the story shankly told about Ron Yeats joining the club. An how he..
11 Jan 2018 00:54:40 Am I the only who who feels our midfield is lacking in quality at present..
05 Jan 2018 10:06:18 File under "that was expected" but sky are now reporting Can has agreed terms..
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27 Dec 2017 08:37:19 Ed 001, can't understand your criticism of Robertson. He's head and shoulders..
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30 Dec 2017 17:35:13 I thought Robertson had a decent game today I like him. He needs to work on..
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Two groups, Food Not Bombs and Everybody's Kitchen, served a dinner of lentil, stir-fry veggies, brown rice, coffee and water to dozens of protesters about 7 p.m. Sunday in the park across the street from the state Capitol.
One of the organizers from Everybody's Kitchen, who declined to give his name, estimated the two groups fed more than 1,000 people, counting breakfast and dinner.
They plan to continue doing so through the week, he said.
Ceraphin Coble, 45, said she was impressed with the organization of the protesters, and with the support groups such as Everybody's Kitchen.
"I love to see the young people getting involved in things," said Coble, whose protesting career spans decades, including a time when she said she locked herself to the White House gates in 1998.


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Parents of children with eating disorders face an extraordinarily difficult challenge; the work that they put into caring for their loved ones cannot be discounted. This can be especially challenging in the face of a social environment that tends toward parent-blaming for disorders. Further, the kinds of behaviors caregivers are obliged to encourage in the individual with an eating disorder (for example, eating calorically-dense foods in order to gain weight) are frowned upon, to say the least, in our "anti-obesity" oriented society.
There is a rich body of literature exploring caregiver well-being, including studies suggesting that increasing the availability of support in various forms from social to practical may help caregivers to navigate a complicated path toward supporting a loved one with an eating disorder. Researchers are asking key questions around what we can do to better support parents and other caregivers.
Along these lines, Goodier et al. (2014) talked to parents who had participated in a skills-based training intervention. They were interested in finding out more about whether this intervention helped to bolster against the potential negative impacts of providing care for an individual with an eating disorder.
By all accounts, giving care in general is no easy task. A number of studies (e.g. Haigh & Treasure, 2003; Zabala, Macdonald & Treasure, 2009; Perkins et al., 2009 and many others) highlight the challenges that providing care for an individual with an eating disorder can pose. This experience can lead to negative mental and physical health outcomes, including anxiety, hopelessness, role confusion, and stress, among other impacts.
Family-based treatment (FBT) is one popular choice for treating children and adolescents with eating disorders. This form of treatment has a high degree of parent involvement, leveraging parents' support in guiding the child or adolescent through recovery (to read more about FBT, see this, from F.E.A.S.T., and Tetyana's post here). Though not without controversy (there was a lively debate at ICED about FBT), many parents have embraced this approach, which allows for deep family involvement in the process of eating disorder treatment.
In the family-involved treatment vein, the New Maudsley Method (based on Schmidt & Treasure's "cognitive-interpersonal model") focuses on how family processes, including but not limited to carer distress and expressed emotion, can impact the course of anorexia nervosa, and accordingly includes an element of caregiver training.
The PSTT was designed by Treasure et al. (2007) and is delivered in workshop format. As Goodier et al. describe, parents prepare by reading 2 chapters from the "Skills Based Training for Carers of People with Eating Disorders" manual; these chapters focus on interpersonal relationships and communication. The workshop itself is two days long, adapted from a 14-hour group treatment designed for caregivers. It is designed to build skills, such as:
- Open questions
- Reflective listening
- Affirmations
- Summarizing
- Change talk
- "Rolling with resistance"
- Externalization
- Functional analysis
- Behaviour modification
- Boundary setting
- Problem solving
(These skills are listed on page 370 in the article, and I would imagine they are described in greater detail in the book, though I have not read the book)
These skills are taught through a combination of more traditional information-provision style teaching and interactive exercises, such as reflection and discussion, therapist skill modeling, and role-playing.
To find out how participants responded to the treatment, Goodier et al. conducted semi-structured interviews with parents two weeks after the workshop.
11 caregivers participated:
- 6 mothers
- 1 step-mother
- 4 fathers
Caregivers ranged in age from 41-51, with a mean age of 44.5. Their children ranged in age from 11-14, with an average age of 13.3. 3 children had been diagnosed with AN-R, 3 with EDNOS ("AN-like") and 2 EDNOS (unspecified). They had a relatively short illness duration, with an average of 5.8 months.
The researchers analyzed the interview data using thematic analysis, and two researchers coded the data separately and then compared results to bolster the rigour of the analysis.
Goodier et al. present their results around 3 main thematic areas:
- Intervention effectiveness and acceptability
- Interpersonal experience
- Feedback on content of intervention
Effectiveness and Acceptability
The parents in this study noted feelings of support and increased confidence stemming from the intervention; the authors note that parents used words like useful, helpful, beneficial, positive, and encouraging to describe their experiences in the workshop. Though some parents reported continuing difficulties following the workshop, parents also found that the intervention:
- Improved communication with their child
- Improved family dynamics
- Increased their feelings of efficacy (i.e. their sense of being able to manage the illness)
- Increased feelings of being able to cope
- Improved boundary-setting abilities
- Increased ability to externalize the eating disorder
The authors present quotes to illustrate each of these outcomes; I found this quote, relating to communication improvements, to be among the most compelling, as it speaks to a specific skill taught in the workshop and how a parent is using this in interaction with their child:
I find myself, particularly with the open-ended questioning…'how do you feel about that etcetera', that I'm using those sorts of statements more often right now and I think about my response before I say anything. So I've found it really helpful.
Interpersonal Experience
In speaking about the workshop itself, participants reported feeling supported within the group and so were able to discuss experiences that they had in common. Though the authors note that this was not a universal sentiment amongst group members, in general the workshop environment provided a safe space in which parents could openly share:
I think everyone was really open and frank. I think that really fostered that kind of atmosphere of sharing and caring for each other.
Feedback on Content of Intervention
Feedback on the actual content of the workshop was somewhat mixed. For example, while some parents perceived interactive activities to be enjoyable, others found that activities like role-plays provoked anxiety or uncertainty. Some suggested that there was too much theory and not enough about how to put theory into practice.
Parents were mixed in how they experienced the amount of content: some desired more detail, while others thought there was too much information. The following quote illustrates how the workshop might be experienced as partially helpful, particularly because what most parents are likely hoping for (what this parent described as "a miracle cure") is not possible:
You're still hoping you're going to get a miracle cure, but yeah, it met expectations. It made me realise that education and understanding is everything you need, and it's a long slow process of love and caring.
This study offers a first look at the use of a parent skills training program adapted from the New Maudsely Method. I'm always an advocate of talking to the people you are trying to reach, so I found it very encouraging that the researchers used a qualitative approach to get parents' perspectives on the workshop.
Keeping in mind that you can't please everyone (unfortunately!) it did seem as though parents were satisfied with the workshop. Encouragingly, the authors look to parents' suggestions to modify future iterations of the workshop, for example by offering more opportunities to practice skills and integrating other members of the family, such as siblings. Parents also suggested that the workshop would be most effective early on in the child's eating disorder, and that further developing the "safe space" for the workshop would enhance their ability to share openly and honestly.
I'm hopeful that this type of study also indicates movement toward increased engagement of parent perspectives in guiding family-based treatment, whether that is Maudsley or "New Maudsley"; if there was one thing that stood out to me in the debates around FBT at ICED, it was that parents want their voices heard and their opinions counted, especially in guiding forms of treatment that explicitly involve the family.
That being said, I think it is also important that, as both I and Tetyana have mentioned in prior posts, FBT/Maudsley/New Maudsley be presented as one treatment option among several… it bears repeating, as always that one size definitely does not fit all in eating disorder treatment! It might also be interesting to see whether a similar training workshop could help "chosen families" and other caregivers of individuals with eating disorders, or whether it could be adapted to fit the needs of those giving care to individuals with longer course disorders or to older individuals (i.e. beyond adolescence).
Goodier, G.H., McCormack, J., Egan, S.J., Watson, H.J., Hoiles, K.J., Todd, G., & Treasure, J.L. (2014). Parent skills training treatment for parents of children and adolescents with eating disorders: a qualitative study. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47 (4), 368-75 PMID: 24843891


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Of Tudor Thai and Swiss Siam
By WILLIAM WARREN; WILLIAM WARREN is a freelance writer based in Bangkok.
Published: August 28, 1988
THE large billboard first appeared about six months ago on Sukhumvit Road, one of Bangkok's major arteries, and advertised in glowing colors a new housing project. This in itself was hardly unusual. Such signs -enormous, handpainted and displaying a good deal of pop-art imagination (lakes and tranquil tree-lined streets supposedly available in the city center) - are just as common as the outsize movie billboards that once inspired a French connoisseur to write a learned monograph about them.
What intrigued me about this poster was the name of the project and the painting of what it offered. ''Chi Cha Castle,'' it proclaimed, and the houses were to be just that - miniature castles replete with standard fairy-tale features, down to the turrets, moat and a drawbridge leading into the estate. Chi Cha Castle may represent a new level in whimsical construction, but it will, in fact, fit in harmoniously with the eclectic, surreal styles that characterize much of Bangkok's contemporary architecture - a mixture that some serious-minded builders deplore but others, myself included, regard as an important part of the city's peculiar charm.
On almost any drive, especially to Bangkok's newer suburbs, I get a vivid sense of being in some vast Disneyland, with glimpses of Tudor England, the Swiss Alps, the chateau country of France and dozens of other locales, including several that defy classification. Even mundane banks, office buildings and shops display some antic decorative or structural flourish that makes me look again in delighted surprise.
Contrary to what its detractors claim, Thailand's architectural eccentricity has a long and distinguished history. King Mongkut, the 19th-century ruler who brought the famous Anna to teach his children, was particularly fond of the then-novel Western-style buildings. Among those he added to the Grand Palace - and now, alas, gone - was one modeled after the Big Ben clock tower in London. He also supplied to one of his favorite artists some scenic photographs sent to him by President Franklin Pierce as a gift, with the result that startling glimpses of Mount Vernon and Monticello turn up in otherwise traditional murals on the walls of the temple Wat Bovorn-nives.
Mongkut's son, King Chulalongkorn, went much further. The first Thai king to travel abroad, he came back from British Singapore, Dutch Indonesia and the leading capitals of Europe with all sorts of new ideas, many of which can still be seen. Within the Grand Palace compound, for instance, there is the Chakri Maha Prasad Throne Hall, which started out as an Italianate structure but halfway through construction acquired three glittering Thai-style towers instead of the planned domes - a fanciful pastiche that, in the cautious words of one European writer, is ''not lacking in charm.'' Wat Rajabopitr, built by Chulalongkorn in 1863, has two Italian Gothic chapels, while Wat Benchamabopit features marble from Carrara, stained-glass windows and a colonnaded Renaissance courtyard.
Perhaps the most notable reflection of Chulalongkorn's varied tastes is Bang Pa-in, a summer retreat on the Chao Phraya River near the old capital of Ayutthaya. In addition to a large Italian-style palace, it boasts one of purely Chinese inspiration, as well as a Victorian pavilion festooned with gingerbread fretwork, a Thai pavilion in a reflecting pond, neo-classical gates, a Gothic observation tower and a neo-Gothic Buddhist temple containing a stained-glass portrait of the King. The next ruler, King Vajiravudh, who perhaps acquired his taste during his education abroad, was responsible for a number of arresting structures that still survive, including the mass of lacy stonework, vaulted ceilings and marble courtyards where the Prime Minister's offices are located.
There was thus a solid tradition of eccentric architecture when Bangkok embarked on a construction boom in the late 1950's, which still shows no sign of letting up. A good 60 percent of the city has risen in the past 30 years, which may account for the profusion of featureless, boxy, Western-style buildings and the almost total disappearance of the traditional Thai wooden house. (This new construction, incidentally, is one reason why no reliable map exists to guide either residents or visitors.) When I came here to live, at the beginning of the boom, the predominant architectural form was the humble row shop, in its simplest manifestation nothing more than a flimsy concrete box with living quarters above and shop at street level. On many of these, though, a playful sense of ingenuity and esthetics was in evidence. There were flamingo pink row shops with pistachio trimmings or extraordinary roof gardens that belied the drab appearance downstairs. Among the latter was one graced by a Chinese pagoda rising from a bower of bougainvillea, while another had a huge aviary filled with white peacocks whose piercing shrieks could be heard for blocks every evening. Most of these upper-floor creations remained hidden from nonresidents until the city began to acquire overpasses and elevated expressways, which now look straight into them.


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text: Aden - Suspected al-Qaeda militants have kidnapped a Swiss woman and are holding her in the south-eastern province of Shabwa, a provincial chief and a security official in Yemen told AFP on Friday."A Swiss woman was abducted in Hodeida (on the Red Sea coast) by armed men who moved her to Shabwa province," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity."According to our information, al-Qaeda is responsible for the abduction," he added.According to the official, the kidnappers are "demanding the release of two al-Qaeda militants detained in Hodeida." He gave no further details.Hallmarks of al-QaedaA security official also blamed al-Qaeda for the abduction."The kidnapping bears the hallmark of al-Qaeda," he told AFP.According to him only a well-organised group like al-Qaeda could have undertaken such an operation, which involved abducting the woman in Hodeida and then moving her across three provinces to Shabwa.Shabwa is a stronghold of loyalists of the jihadists' local affiliate al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, whose militants fight under the banner of Partisans of Sharia (Islamic law).Last May, the militants took control of Zinjibar, capital of neighbouring Abyan province, and several other southern towns, triggering months of deadly fighting with government troops.Bargaining chipsMore than 200 people have been abducted in Yemen over the past 15 years, many of them by members of the Arabian Peninsula's powerful tribes who use them as bargaining chips with the authorities.Almost all of those kidnapped were later freed unharmed.On February 1 four aid workers - a Colombian, a German, a Palestinian and an Iraqi - were freed a day after being abducted by armed men northeast of the capital Sana'a. The Palestinian and Iraqi were women.A Norwegian UN employee, who was abducted by tribesmen in Sana'a on January 14, was released unharmed almost 10 days later.


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WWE sent out a press release via BusinessWire that talks about "WWE RAW Interactive," a WWE.com special that will perfectly synchronize with happenings on WWE RAW. The program will last until 1/17/2005.
"Our fans are so passionate about WWE that they actively seek new ways to interact with the brand and its Superstars," said Kurt Schneider, WWE Executive Vice President, Marketing. "We know many of them watch RAW while emailing their friends or participating in web chats about the show. This interactive experience puts them right in the middle of the action."
For those unaware, using GoldPocket Interactive, the same company that provides interactive TV-web software for clients like GSN, fans will get to take part in opinion polls, predict the winners of matches, have access to exclusive information and participate in RAW trivia. Participants will collect points for the chance to win weekly prizes, as well as a grand prize trip to WrestleMania.
Results of polls and the scoreboard will be displayed on the RAW telecast as well.
There will also be live chat about the show in the ITV console.
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