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Christos_Yapijakis just posted this on my timeline. Takis tells me the video will be streamed from the Symposium Facebook page.
Everything is ready for the 8th Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy,
Hopefully, my good friend, you will be able to watch the event live!
This year, one of the major sessions will be:
Epicurean psychotherapy with frank criticism
Philodemus "On anger"
Lack of freedom of the dependent person and the epicurean liberation of his mind
Control of stress and Epicurean philosophy
I will cover the first topic and the last topic will be covered by internationally reknown Prof. George Chrousos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Chrousos), who has discovered most of the neurobiological mechanisms of stress.
The session and the Symposium was publicised by Greek media in health news (!):
Please feel free to send this message to our Epicurean friends all over the world.
Hopefully, in the future we will meet in an International Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy...
Friendship dances around the globe! Be prudent and live happily!


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I have been seeing so many people rocking the slashed knee jean lately. It changes the 'skinny jean' with the slash or rips on the knee, edging up the look.
Personally I think slashed knee jeans looks really good and I definitely will be wearing a pair. I would wear them with boots or chucks or even heels or heeled boots to dress up the look.
Stores that sell the jeans include ASOS, Topshop, Just Jeans and runawaybandits or save money and DIY!


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Friends are like stars, although you cannot always see them and be with you, you know they are always there.
Friends are really special!
Some people would never admit that they need someone but everyone needs a friend, a soulmate to share bad times with.
For some people the partner is that someone and for some people it's a special friend.
Sometimes there are situations where you can't talk with your family or siblings…you need an outsider who can relate to your feelings. And that's when friends come in.
It is a wondeful feeling to know that there is someone in this world who understands you and cares for you. Someone with whom you can talk about anything!
For me that special Someone is my female best friend but also my boyfriend.
But sometimes there are topics you cannot discuss that easily with your boyfriend…
Thanks to my friend I published a smal book with poems on Books on Demand.
She encouraged me to take that step and I took it.
Not many know about this collection of self written poems, only my dearest ones have a copy.
I'm really thankful for my friends and hope I can return all their favors sometime.
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One of the best gadgets to enjoy mobile games is iPhone. Toy Adventure is one of the top games for iOS and we can help you to play it without any payments! To download Toy Adventure for iPhone, we recommend you to select the model of your device, and then our system will choose the most suitable game apps. Downloading is very simple: select the desired ipa file and click "download free Toy Adventure", then select one of the ways you want to get the game. Just a few easy steps and you are enjoying Toy Adventure for iPad or iPod. And remember! We update our collection of free ipa games daily, so stay tuned!
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Thoughts From The Barn/ essays
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Big snow day on the hill
2 comments:
- Grey Horse Matters said...
Cute picture. The best place to be is inside. Still snowing here. So far it's at least a foot. Enjoy your snow day! Can't say that I am .
- February 13, 2014 at 2:36:00 PM EST
- billie said...
We have about 6 inches of snow, a half inch of sleet/ice on top of that, and now working on another few inches of wet snow. It's crazy, but we'll be warming up into the 40s tomorrow! Wow re: your foot of snow and I know you'll get more by the end of it. Stay warm and safe. It has been 36 hours of it now.
- February 13, 2014 at 2:39:00 PM EST
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Invite John Murray Stonework to provide you with a quote and enjoy all the benefits of posting a job on MyBuilder.
I have 15 years experience in stonework; I am proficient in many aspects of this trade from dry stone walling to lime mortar pointing and architectural stone repair. I build pillars and arches, freestanding and retaining walls; barn conversion stonework (see photos); and do all landscaping too.
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About John Murray Stonework
Initially worked for other companies such as Kishorn Specialist Construction as a self-employed mason; then started taking on my own contracts; now can call on up to 4 skilled masons, and the same amount of labourers if the job warrants it; but a lot of my work is just me and 1-2 others.
Professional member of Dry Stone Walling Association.
Can do: the above; lime mortar point; Lithomex repairs; renders; mortar walls; trowel mastic point; all architectural & ornamental repairs/build.


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On Friday, Oct 27 at Stan Lee's Comic Con a new series of coins was released by Legendary Precious Metals. LPM is a new project of the US Money Reserve, one of the premiere metals industry players.
The Marvel Spiderman: Homecoming coins were released in honor of the release of the first of three new Spiderman movies. These silver and gold pure coins were designed specially to celebrate Spiderman and all of his accomplishments.
The release of the new Spiderman: Homecoming coins will consist of three individual coins. All three coins will be made of .999 pure gold and silver and will be labeled, Gold Black Proof High Relief, Silver Black Proof High Relief and the 1 Kilo Silver Black Proof High Relief.
Each coin will have an imprint that shows it was issued on the first day of the series which is considered very desirable for many collectors. Learn more about US Money Reserve: https://www.usmoneyreserve.com/blog/ and https://twitter.com/usmoneyreserve
Every coin is also considered museum grade. Collector's boxes are also included for every coin with individualized artwork. Of course each coin will also come with it's own Certificate of Authenticity which will contain a unique and individual identification number.
The biggest draw at this debut event was the fact that Stan Lee opted to hand sign a certain number of PCGS labels for the high end Gold Black Label Coins. Every signed piece is considerably benefited by the fact that they bear the signature of Stan Lee- who actually co-created the Spider-Man character and universe. Since Lee only signs a limited number of items each year it is very possible this will add to the value of the piece over time.
Another notable fact about the coins is each of the silver coins were forged using a new technique: smartminting technology.
This new forging tech was created by the Lichtenstein Coin Invest Trust. Essentially the new tech enables the mint to print an ultra high definition relief on a general sized coin. After the imprint is created color is added using the same process. The smartminting creates a phenomenal image that seems to pop out of the coin.
The US Reserve is considered the gold authority for United States consumers. Almost half a million people have used their services for gold,silver, and platinum purchases. They are the only precious metals company today that has an actual former US Mint director as a leader. The US Money Reserve will help build your precious metals portfolio from the ground up.
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The human genome encodes hundreds of proteins that contain RNA-binding domains, most of which are poorly-characterized, and genomic analyses indicate widespread use of post- transcriptional gene regulation: there is high sequence conservation in 5'and 3'untranslated regions (UTRs), alternative splicing is prevalent, and there are many individual examples of subcellular transcript localization, differential regulation of translation, and regulation of transcript decay, often in a disease-relevant context. A key aspect of understanding human gene regulation will be to map post-transcriptional regulatory networks, and an essential step in mapping these networks is to obtain an accurate description of the RNA-binding activity of all of the RNA-binding proteins. We have developed a method called RNAcompete which measures, using a single binding reaction, the relative preference of an RNA-binding protein to hundreds of thousands of small RNAs (27-35 nt long) specially designed to encompass a broad range of primary sequences and secondary structures. In addition to being rapid and systematic, RNAcompete produces descriptions of binding activity that are generally superior to conventional motif models. Here, we propose to use RNAcompete to obtain a complete index of RNA-binding activities for all known and predicted human RNA-binding proteins.
Our Specific Aims are: (1) Application of the current array-based RNAcompete method to all 294 human RNA- binding proteins and all of their 470 individual RNA-binding domains. (2) Further development of the RNAcompete methodology to create more complex pools and use next-generation sequencing as an output, to facilitate more detailed analysis of proteins that have multiple RNA-binding domains, and, eventually, complexes of RNA-binding proteins. (3) Creation of a database of RNA-binding profiles, both compiled from the literature and produced by our analyses in Aims 1 and 2. A component of this aim will be to explore models for RNA-binding activities, in order to provide the most accurate predictions of potential binding sites in cellular RNAs. (4) Analysis of the determinants of sequence and structure recognition for the large RRM and KH domain classes. Deciphering (or refuting) the existence of a mapping between amino- acid sequence features of these prevalent RNA-binding domains and the types of RNAs they bind will be important for understanding their function, and also in determining how knowledge of the binding preferences can be transferred across species and among different proteins.
Virtually all human genes produce RNA, and many genes are controlled by proteins that bind to the RNA. We propose to use a new method we have developed in order to obtain a complete index of RNA-protein interactions. This work should ultimately identify regulatory mechanisms that control both normal health and disease.
|Ray, Debashish; Kazan, Hilal; Cook, Kate B et al. (2013) A compendium of RNA-binding motifs for decoding gene regulation. Nature 499:172-7
|Cook, Kate B; Kazan, Hilal; Zuberi, Khalid et al. (2011) RBPDB: a database of RNA-binding specificities. Nucleic Acids Res 39:D301-8


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This year, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the US Open, we're counting down the 50 most memorable moments in the history of America's Grand Slam. Today, we take a look back at No. 44.
On fewer than five hours of sleep and coming off what was, at the time, the longest women's match in US Open history, Justin Henin-Hardenne turned tiredness into triumph to claim a memorable 2003 US Open title.
In a whirlwind 24 hours inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, Henin-Hardenne rode a rollercoaster of emotions and pushed her body to, if not past, the limit in a highlight-laden semifinal marathon against Jennifer Capriati and a historic championship win over world No. 1 Kim Clijsters.
The drama first started on Friday night with Henin-Hardenne's 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 victory over Capriati that lasted three hours, three minutes and ended at 12:27 a.m. Saturday morning, still the latest-ever finish to a US Open semifinal.
Capriati was close to the finish line several times, most notably when she served for the match at 5-3 in the second set and led 5-2 in the third. In total, Henin-Hardenne, who let a 4-1 lead in the first set slip through her fingers, was two points from defeat 10 different times. But she managed to fight her way back from the brink each time with a number of timely shots, including an unbelievable half-volley drop shot with Capriati serving for the match and an equally impressive backhand lob that turned defense into attack in the blink of an eye.
Henin-Hardenne served to stay in the match three times, including twice in the second set, when she began cramping between serves, stretching her left leg behind her back and rubbing her thigh between points.
As the match surpassed the three-hour mark and a tiebreak loomed, fans remained on their feet in appreciation of the effort of both gladiators. Even though Capriati had controlled most of the match, it was Henin-Hardenne who inched toward the finish line first, opening up tiebreak leads of 5-1 and 6-2, the latter of which set up four match points, the first for either player.
Capriati saved the first two, but Henin-Hardenne finally prevailed, drawing the American into the net with a short slice and then ripping a forehand down the line that Capriati was unable to return over the net.
Henin-Hardenne dropped her racquet behind her and fell to her knees, hands on her head, to celebrate what had become an instant classic. The match had all the emotions, tension and shot-making of a final, and Henin-Hardenne, even in victory as Friday night turned into Saturday morning, was too exhausted to attend the post-match press conference.
Running on fumes and just hours removed from being on an IV drip in the hospital, Henin-Hardenne returned to Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday night to face countrywoman and top seed Clijsters, who dropped just five games to Lindsay Davenport in her semifinal.
But it was Henin-Hardenne who came out of the blocks the quickest, running out to a 3-0 lead behind consecutive breaks of serve. Clijsters converted two break points of her own, but she squandered a pair of set points with Henin-Hardenne serving to stay in the set at 4-5.
The momentum shifted immediately, and Henin-Hardenne never looked back, earning a crucial break with a blistering forehand return and holding serve to love to edge a 50-minute opener. You expected Henin-Hardenne to eventually – surely, inevitably – run out of gas, but it was Clijsters who blinked first in the second set, as Henin-Hardenne reeled off nine of the final 10 games for a remarkable 7-5, 6-1 triumph to become the first Belgian to win a US Open singles title.
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The Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA) was established in 2007 to respond to the need to better understand the Malaysian HIV epidemic, and to build local capacity in conducting HIV related research. Since its establishment, it has become the leading Centre in Malaysia conducting HIV-related research in various fields including epidemiology, social behavioural, clinical and laboratory based research.
Professor Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman
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CIC was established in February, 1999 under the Dean's Office, Faculty of Medicine. It was officially launched by Tan Sri Dato' Dr. Haji Abdullah Sanusi Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, University of Malaya on 21st August 1999. It functions as a Clinical Trial Management Organization and a "one- stop" centre designed to facilitate the conduct of safe and credible clinical research by providing a unique collaboration of academic excellence and experience.
CIC also acts as a point of contact to access an integrated network of experienced clinical investigators as well as providing a large pool of potential research subjects including healthy volunteers from the institution. The roles of CIC encompass provision of human resource, finance management, liasing with Medical Ethics Commitee and other clinical services e.g. radiography, laboratory and pharmacy. CIC aims to serve pharmaceutical and biomedical companies in providing a unique combination of academic excellence and experience to expedite safe and quality clinical trials.
Dr. Hasniza Zaman Huri
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The Julius Centre University of Malaya was borne out of the collaboration of the University of Malaya (UM) with the University Medical Centre, Utrecht (UMCU). UMCU together with the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), University of Oxford, the Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) Hospital, Jakarta and UM were earlier members of the Asia-Link project an Asia-Europe Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine project (fondly referred to as Asia-Link within JCUM) Funded by grants form the European Union. Although the project ended in December 2010 to further strengthen the ties between UMCU, CEBM, RSCM and UM, it was decided that the department would set up a centre which would further the collaboration beyond the remit of the Asia-Link project.
The strengths of the centre lie in its expertise in epidemiology and research, medical statistics and evidence-based medicine. The other main strength of the centre is its close links to its partners in the Netherlands, Australia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates. Since its inception, the centre has been active in carrying out activities both under the Asia-Link programme as well as its own activities separately from the Asia-link programme.
Professor Madya Dr. Sanjay Rampal Lekhraj Rampal
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Shimadzu-UMMC Centre for Xenobiotic Studies or better known as SUCXeS, is a well equipped and sophisticated teaching, research and service laboratory. It is a multidisciplinary laboratory which is capable of doing analysis on various types of drugs and xenobiotic compounds including poisons, adulterants, toxic compounds, pollutants and natural products. After witnessing the excellent progress and research quality of the laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation has agreed to provide the laboratory with a GCMS. With the availability of another instrument, the activity of the laboratory increased tremendously and the performance of the lab were constantly observed by Shimadzu Corporation.
Professor Dr. Mustafa Ali Mohd
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The University of Malaya Bioequivalence and Testing Centre (UBAT) started out as part of a research project in the late 1990s when the then Deputy Director of University Hospital, Professor CT Chua, realized that generics were generally sub-standard, that the number of Bioequivalence (BE) studies were steadily increasing and noted the surge in request for BE studies from 2006 onwards. In 2008, UBAT was established. Both its clinical and bioanalytical sites are located at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and the Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, respectively.
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Facilities at Analytical Site
The University of Malaya Centre for Proteomics Research (UMCPR) was formally established in 2009, adjunct to pre-existing basic proteomics facilities at the Medical Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. The centre's aims are to support and consolidate all proteomics research activities at the University of Malaya and in Malaysia, which had been ongoing for more than a decade prior to the establishment of UMCPR.
UMCPR currently supports more than five proteomic research projects in various disciplines, involving hands-on researchers who are mainly post-graduate students registered with the Faculties of Medicine and Science at the University of Malaya. As a well-equipped laboratory completed with highly competent staff, UMCPR offers charged proteomics services and training in specialized proteomics technologies within the University of Malaya as well as from other local universities and research institutions. Among the research projects that are currently ongoing at UMCPR include:
To cultivate and garner a world-class research culture, members of UMCPR have also initiated collaboration with researchers throughout Malaysia and around the globe and over the years. These joint efforts have produced an average of 10 yearly ISI-indexed publications in the last three consecutive years, as well as awards, recognition and patents.
For further information kindly contact Dr. Jaime Jacqueline Jayapalan or Puan Jumriah Hiji at 03-79677583.
Profesor Dr. Onn Haji Hashim
In the last 10 years, the resolution, speed, volume of coverage and commercial availability of non-invasive imaging methods have improved many fold and at the same time the contrast resolution for metabolic and functional imaging of the body has shifted the thrust of medical imaging from anatomy (structure) to physiology (function). Medical imaging, in addition to producing images of anatomical structure, can now make measurements of physiological function, opening new diagnostic possibilities. These recent developments depended on the innovation of medical physicists, biomedical engineers, physicians and computer scientists. Progress will depend on further such interdisciplinary collaborative efforts and research.
Establishing UMRIC would encourage new multidisciplinary research initiatives, enhance training in medical imaging sciences by providing educational infrastructure and create new opportunities and funding for collaborative research. It is envisioned that the UMRIC will facilitate creation, management and development of research with maximum commercial potential and even commercialization of research results by providing the physical environment whereby these activities can occur.
Profesor Dr. Kartini Rahmat
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The UMERC is the research arm of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malaya. It will carry out research in areas of clinical ophthalmology, basic and applied science in ophthalmology and in the epidemiology of eye diseases. The Department of Ophthalmology has 15 members of academic staff that carry out clinical work, research and teaching in all aspects of ophthalmology. The department has more than 40 postgraduate clinical master's students and is active in research and teaching.
Associate Prof. Dr. Tengku Ain Fathlun Binti Tengku Kamalden
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Shopping & Merchants
Shopping makes the world go around. No really, you'll need to buy things that you need and you need to know where to find things. This page lists various merchants that can provide everything you want.
Kristall's Restaurant
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- Website: KristallsRestaurant.com
Location Corner of Hwy 2 and Ski Hill Drive
Leavenworth Washington
Phone 509-548-5267
Kristall's Restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast includes Canadian bacon and eggs, Ger
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Los Campeneros
- Website: LosCamperos.com
Location 200 Eighth Street
Leavenworth Washington 98826
Phone 509-548-3314
Contact Pastor Anaya G
Los Camperos has an extensive menu featuring traditional Mexican dishes and many regional
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Munchen Haus
- Website: MunchenHaus.com
Location 709 Front Street
Leavenworth Washington 98826
Phone 509-548-1158
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Napeequa Vintners
- Address: 18820 Beaver Valley Road, Leavenworth, WA, 98826
- Phone: 509-763-1600
- Fax: 206-323-7126
- Hours: Saturday and Sunday. 11am to 5pm.
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- Website: Napeequa.com
A wonderful wine experience awaits you at Napeequa Vintners.
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Northwestern Trailways
- Address: Highway 2 and Icicle Road
- Phone: 800-366-6975
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- Website: NorthwesternTrailways.com
Beginning October 1st there will be a Northwestern Trailways agent at the 76 Station (west end). This will be the bus stop for passengers to purchase their tickets and board the bus.
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Obertal Mall ATM
- Address: 220 9th Street Leavenworth, WA 98826
- Phone: 509-548-8989
- Fax: 509-548-7530
- Hours: 24 hours
- Website: ObertalMall.com
Just 1/2 block off front street on 9th. On the front of the Obertal Mall. Open 24 hours a day.
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Restaurant Osterreich
- Website: LeavenworthDining.com
Location 633A Front St
Leavenworth Washington 98826
Phone: 509-548-6625
Fine European dining in the heart of Leavenworth at the Bavarian Ritz Hotel. Nightly specials, fresh ingredients, plus a
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Saint Laurent Winery
- Address: 4147 Hamlin Road, Malaga, WA, 98828
- Phone: 509-888-9463
- Fax: 509-662-0256
- Hours: Thursday to Sunday. 12pm to 5pm.
- Website: SaintLlaurent.net
Please come taste luscious wines, enjoy colorful gardens and beautiful valley views. Their estate grown grapes make extraordinary wines.
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Signatours Photo Team
- Address: PO Box 21305 Seattle, WA 98111-3305 USA
- Phone: 866-765-7520
- Fax: 888-628-0839
- Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm PST
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- Website: Signatours.com
New & unique approach to lodging photography. Stills, Panos, Full Motion and Slides shows. For your website, brochures or on DVD's. Great selling tools. Affordable price. We shoot worldwide.
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Soup Cellar
- Address: 815 Front Street Leavenworth, WA 98826
- Phone: 509-548-6300
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- Website: TheSoupCellar.com
Home of White Chili. Five soups daily, salad bar, sandwiches, burgers, fries and German sausages, beer, wine and cocktails. All you can eat Prime Rib Friday and Saturday night.
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Uncle Uli's
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- Website: Uncleulis.com
902 Front Street - map
Leavenworth, WA 98826
Phone: 509.548.7262
Uncle Uli traveled across the seas from Germany to America many years ago. He was looking for the perfect pub, where he could
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Visconti's of Leavenworth
- Address: 636 Front Street, Leavenworth, WA, 98826
- Phone: 509-548-1213
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- Website: Viscontis.com
Authentic Italian cuisine with award winning wine list. Will host your romantic dinner for two or celebration for 20! Open daily at 11am. Reservations recommended.
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Wedge Mountain Winery
- Address: 9534 Saunders Road, Peshastin, WA, 98847
- Phone: 509-548-7068
- Hours: Thursday to Monday. 10am to 5pm.
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- Website: WedgeMountainWinery.com
A unique underground wine cellar...a peaceful orchard setting...a small riverside vineyard...come and enjoy their "wines and vines"!
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Vacation Rental Association
- Address: PO Box 22987 Seattle, WA 98122-0987
- Phone: 866-925-7083
- Fax: 888-628-0839
- Hours: 9am-6pm Mon-Fri
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- Website: VRIA.org
World Wide Not-For-Profit trade association of property onwers, managers, website publishers & suppliers promting use of private home short-term rentals.
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Bike, Moped, & Scooter Rentals
EuroSports Cycling
- Address: 10171 Chumstick Hwy, Leavenworth
- Phone: (509) 888-5336
- Hours: Thursday - Monday: Noon to 5 PM
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Knowledge, passion, route information & maps, unique products. Come join our "cycle of life"
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Northwest Backroads TV Show
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- Website: King5.com
Hosted by TV personality Grant Goodeve, Northwest Backroads has been traveling and promoting the Northwest United States for years. Watch for all the fun.
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Chamber of Commerce
Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce
- Address: 940 US Highway 2 Leavenworth, WA 98826
- Phone: 509-548-5807
- Fax: 509-548-1014
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- Website: Leavenworth.org
A helpful happy place full of staff and volunteers all working to make your Leavenworth stay a total treat. Come for festivals, events, shops and activities.
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Vacation Rental Angels Charity
- Address: Members Donate worldwide.
- Phone: 866-925-7083
- Fax: 888-628-0839
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- Website: VacationRentalAngels.com
Voluntary program from Vacation Rental Industry Association. VRIA Members donate vacation home use to charitable causes and display the VRIA Angel Icon.
Discover Northwest
- Address: 164 S. Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104
- Phone: 877-874-6775
- Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8am to 5 pm, Pacific Time
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- Website: DiscoverNW.org
Promotes discovery of Northwest public lands, enriches the exdperience of visitors, builds community stewartship of these special places today and for generations to come
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Outdoors for All
- Address: 6344 NE 47th St, Suite 102 Seattle, WA 98115
- Phone: 206-838-6030
- Fax: 206-838-6035
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- Website: OutdoorsForAll.org
Provides year round programs for disable adults and children such as snowboarding, skiing, rock-climbing, river rafting, cycling and more.
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Harlow Appliance Repairs
- Fast, reliable service
- Largest UK coverage
- Fully equipped vans & engineers
- One-off labour charge
Call our team on 0800 0546 326
About Glotech Repairs
We've made hundreds of happy customers in Harlow over the past week when we repair their domestic appliances because our service really is second to none. �We are a leading name when it comes to domestic appliance repairs in the UK, and can repair ALL makes and models of domestic appliances, providing you with the best:
- Washing machine repairs
- Dishwasher repairs
- Fridge-freezer repairs
- Oven, cooker and hob repairs
We are approved by (and the preferred repairers for!) many of the world's leading manufacturers. With such amazing, competitive prices on Harlow domestic appliance repairs, you know that with Glotech, you're in the best hands!
What makes Glotech Repairs in Harlow so good?
There are many reasons why our customers always come back to us when another of their domestic appliances breaks, including:
Fast same/next day appointments
We know that it is not practical for you to run around like a headless chicken trying to find a washing machine repairer before the kids go to school! To take the stress out of repairing a domestic appliance, we have local friendly engineers to come to you the same/next day.
With a 99% chance of finding a next-day booking, we try to make it as easy as possible for you and your home to have fully serviced and repaired appliances.
Cheap, one-off labour charge
With an 80% chance of getting your appliance repaired the first time we visit, it's very likely that you'll only pay a one-off, standard labour charge.
Unlike other appliance repair companies in Harlow, we don't charge silly hourly rates. The only thing you'll pay for is the standard labour cost, whether we are there for two hours or 8 hours! The only extra thing you'll pay for on top is for extra parts... It really is as simple as that!
Knowledgeable service engineers
All of Glotech's local Harlow service engineers live and work within the local area, and their local knowledge means that they can be with you within a matter of minutes!
Our engineers also have fully-stocked vans to maximise the chances of a first time fix rate. These vans are stocked full of extra spare parts that you many need to repair your domestic appliance.
FREE 6 months' guarantee
For all of the repairs that we complete, we automatically offer a FREE 6 months' guarantee for repairs and spare parts. This means that if we repair any appliance (like a washing machine for example) and the same problem returns within six months, we'll come back and repair it the second time for free.
This same guarantee also applies to any spare parts that we supply you with. If we replace a faulty fan element on an oven and it breaks within six months, we'll be back to either replace the extra part or repair the appliance completely free of charge.
Domestic Appliance Repairs in CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20 and CM92
We know that domestic appliance repairs can be difficult to manage, which is why we try to get a local friendly engineer out to you on the same day or the next day. Our domestic appliance repair service in Harlow can repair any washing machine, dishwasher, oven or fridge-freezer that you can think of, with some of the best prices around!
We repair all major brands and more
Trusted and approved by the World's leading manufacturers, here's some of the brands we repair every day:
Why Book With Glotech?
We are a leading name when it comes to domestic appliance repairs in the UK. Here are just a few reasons why hundreds of customers in book with us every week:
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Thursday, 28 April 2016
Stand-up for Palestine! Resist Colonial Bullying!
The following is a comment from Malcolm X Movement coordinator Sukant Chandan on the current crisis engulfing the Labour Party as a result of bullying from the UK state and its elements from its junior ally, Israel:
Those leading this attack are using one correct thing: that the Palestinian cause is used by anti-Jewish racists, we have a fair few nut jobs like this such as former KKK grand wizard david duke who has plenty of mates in and around pro Palestine circles. However, this correct issue is used in a underhand and incorrect manner against all those who support Palestine.
We need to UP the anti-imperialist militancy against imperialism and its allies in the region, we need leading voices who are unapologetic and can use this current witch hunting to educate and inspire greater militancy while vigilantly guarding against colonial supremacism of any kind including anti-Jewish bullshit.
Labour MP Naz Shah (who beat Galloway in Bradford last election) has been a total embarrassment and has sought to protect her career and money from it over and above any principles and any chance of a stiff retort to the current witch hunting. She has been hounded and apologised three times and is being used to intimidate others into similar slavish and cowering climb downs. And why? Cos Naz Shah shared a picture which said israel should be re-located to the USA; a lazy attack on israel's colonial occupation, but calling it 'anti-semitic' is stretching things very very far.
The behaviour of pro-israeli zionists and imperialists is such an important example of how many in a group of people oppressed by european colonialism and racism (Jewish people) can in response turn around and act like the assymetric (smaller mirror images) of the colonialists and imperialists themselves. Well done Ken, but you're down the river without a paddle, there is no sign that Labour and the left are willing and able to turn the tables on this, and every sign they are quivering at the knees and are buckling one person after the other. I they kept George Galloway on their team and not shut him out into the cold where he has taken all kinds of positions that are deeply problematic, maybe George could have led a real push back and he often does when we are pushed into a corner.
Like I always say: we peoples of the resistant global south deserve better, much better than all this, and one day, the global south diaspora here on this island will form united anti-imperialist decolonial organisations to fight for our peoples.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Operation Abraham Coming to USA
Knowing that America has a growing foreskin problem, not only because too many boys are left uncircumcised, but also because our fast growing immigrant population is largely foreskin afflicted, Dr. Schenker suggests: "Why not bring mass adult male circumcision to the Hispanic and African-American communities of America?" Indeed, to all Americans, I would add, because we have many whites and asians here who still are at risk to themselves and their partners because of their uncircumcised status.
Operation Abraham is not something new and novel. The altruistic doctor and his team have already perfected it in African countries. Here's what Ha'aretz reported: "The resulting abstract, which Dr. Schenker presented in Atlanta, proposes to help train American doctors in much the same way as was effective in Swaziland: by working side by side and showing them how to circumcise efficiently. The innovation creates what Schenker called an "assembly line" technique, working in a team, using only local anesthesia and perfecting a "clamp" method of foreskin removal that uses forceps. The Israeli doctors boast that they are able to perform 30 or 40 circumcisions a day."
The link between HIV, STDs, HPV, cancer, and all sorts of other pernicious diseases and the foreskin is now conclusive. Operation Abraham is a humanitarian effort to save the lives of millions of uncircumcised Americans who, through no fault of their own, were not circumcised at birth like most Americans.
So far, the U.S. government has not embraced Dr. Schenker's proposal. They should do so immediately. After all, U.S. taxpayers spend millions to circumcise Africans. Why not spend a little of that money on our own people? Readers of my blog know that I think it is hypocritical for us to circumcise the rest of the world and ignore our own. Dr. Schenker is offering a great public service.
The Ha'aretz article notes that some of the anti-circumcision foreskin lovers are trying to portray the Israeli docs as some sort of proselytizers for Judaism. That strikes me as anti-semitic. No, these docs are not mohels. No, they are not looking for Jewish converts. But, yes, they want to help restore America to its clean-cut status of the 1960s & 1970s. After all the money and support America has given Israel over the decades, I can't think of a better way for Israel to return the favor than to let its docs eliminate the foreskin from our continent.
Obviously, the expected recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics that all newborn boys be circumcised will help in the future, but Operation Abraham could be just what the doctor ordered for American males who were not so fortunate at birth. Dr. Schenker, we need you and want you!
23 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2009 at 9:15 PM
The Jews already got to my penis when I was 8 days old, and what was done is not very pretty. I have a large band of irregular scar tissue that joins an irregular suture of inner and outer skin. A short segment of the scar is hypertrophic. When I was a teenager erections would cause the skin to tear and sometimes bleed, making the scars worse. I have always known something was wrong, even when I was little boy, but I didn't find out what I was missing until I was 35, when I first saw a man with a whole penis.ReplyDelete
Almost needless to say, my son has all his penis, which takes some of the sting out of what was done to me.
Operation Abraham has nothing to do with altruism. It's a psychosexual exercise, and I for one resent it.
Anonymous, what you feel a mohel did to you in a ritual circumcision has NOTHING to do with what we are discussing -- a medically performed hospital circumcision by qualified doctors. I recognize that some males "resent" their circs and the quality of them. Many happily choose to be recircumcised. But to attack Operation Abraham as some "psychosexual exercise" is absurd. Lots of uncircumcised males who would welcome an efficient, inexpensive way to enjoy the protections of circumcision would disagree with you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2009 at 1:45 PM
You don't seem to get it, PD. There's nothing left to "recircumcise." If you had the scar tissue I have, I bet you would also "resent" what you "feel" was done to you.ReplyDelete
Uncircumcised males can already get cut anytime they want with inexpensive disposable one-time clamps. It's not a big deal, and you can decide on the cosmetic result. But those who were cut without their consent can't reverse it.
It's much different when you consent and something goes wrong. I had a splenectomy when I was 23 to rule out a number of diseases. It turns out that I have an autoimmune disease, and I didn't need to lose my spleen - it was just fine, after being frozen and turned into microscope slides. I have absolutely no anger about it: I knew the risks, was fully informed, and made a decision. I was dying, and it was the best decision I could make.
I suspect a lot of the anti-circ activity on the internet comes from people like me: tens of thousands of men whose penises were damaged from a sexual operation to which they did not consent. There's nothing wrong with circumcision, as long as it is your decision to cut your own penis. There's nothing wrong with removing your clitoral hood and labia, as long as it is your decision.
As for psychosexual motivations, your blog is a real gem, a psychiatrist's dream.
It's hard to see why Operation Abraham should want to target Blacks. Other things being equal, the African-American circumcision rate is 5% higher than the white rate in the same area. This rather makes nonsense of the supposition that "lack" of circumcision has anything to do with a high rate of HIV among Blacks.ReplyDelete
PD says: "The Ha'aretz article notes that some of the anti-circumcision foreskin lovers are trying to portray the Israeli docs as some sort of proselytizers for Judaism. That strikes me as anti-semitic." No, it seems their motivation is the same as PD's - they can't bear the thought of anyone having more in the penis department than they do.
And regarding the previous exchange, isn't it great how when something goes wrong with a ritual circumcision, people like PD can say "what you feel a mohel did to you in a ritual circumcision has NOTHING to do with what we are discussing -- a medically performed hospital circumcision by qualified doctors." and when something goes wrong with a "medical" circumcision, the mohelim can say "our way is faster and safer, because we've been doing it for 5000 years". ANYTHING but blame circumcision itself.
Hugh7 wrote:ReplyDelete
It's hard to see why Operation Abraham should want to target Blacks. Other things being equal, the African-American circumcision rate is 5% higher than the white rate in the same area. This rather makes nonsense of the supposition that "lack" of circumcision has anything to do with a high rate of HIV among Blacks.
I'm afraid you're mistaken, Hugh7. There are two main nationally-representative studies of the prevalence of circumcision among adult US males.
Laumann et al. reported: "Differences in circumcision levels across racial and ethnic groups are more revealing. In particular, whites are considerably more likely to be circumcised than are blacks or Hispanics (81% vs 65% or 54%). These differences remain significant when other variables are controlled. Net of these factors, the odds of a black being circumcised are roughly half (95% confidence interval[CI], 0.40-0.85) that of whites; the odds for Hispanics are about one third (95% CI, 0.26-0.44) that of whites." Ref: Laumann EO, et al. Circumcision in the United States. JAMA 1997;277(13):1052-7.
Xu et al. reported: "The overall prevalence of circumcision was 79% and varied by race/ethnicity (88% in non-Hispanic whites, 73% in non-Hispanic blacks, 42% in Mexican Americans, and 50% in others)" Ref: Xu F, et al. Prevalence of circumcision and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in men in the United States: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2004. Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Jul;34(7):479-84
Also, Hugh, you say: "No, it seems their motivation is the same as PD's - they can't bear the thought of anyone having more in the penis department than they do." I'd be grateful if you'd identify in which post(s) PD stated that this was his motivation. If you can't, I believe you owe him an apology.
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2009 at 8:49 PM
PD's post on Sunday, April 12, 2009 comes pretty close, Jake, to explaining his motivation. In this strange diatribe against men with foreskins, PD shows that it is not just his love of mankind that informs his opinion and feelings about circumcision. I think it's fair to say, based on his post, that he doesn't want anyone to have a foreskin and we can be pretty sure he doesn't sport one himself. Hugh7 may not have been pretty polite, but I don't think he missed the mark by much. At any rate, given the outrageous comments in PD's April post, I see no need for apologies, since he clearly meant to Provoke a reaction.ReplyDelete
It almost looks like a joke, a senior project to see how outrageous a blog can be before anyone calls it for a hoax. PD is dangerous company to keep for a guy who wants to control the Wikipedia article on circumcision, and I think you are using this forum, and ones like it, as a written record of how you don't actually promote circumcision. Strange company, Jake.
Mor Z, Kent CK, Kohn RP, Klausner JD (2007) Benefit. PLoS ONE 2(9) found the African-American circumcision rate surpassed the white about 1965 and has not dipped below it since:ReplyDelete
"Male circumcision varied significantly by ... race/ethnicity (Black: 62.2%, 95% CI 61.2–63.2, White: 60.0%, 95% CI 59.46– 60.5, Asian Pacific Islander: 48.2%, 46.9–49.5 95% CI, and Hispanic: 42.2%, 95% CI 41.3–43.1), and sexual orientation (gay/ bisexual: 73.0%, 95% CI 72.6–73.4; heterosexual: 66.0%, 65.5–66.5)."
The last finding is curious. Does circumcision help make men gay?
The CDC's own fact sheet titled "Male
Circumcision and Risk for HIV Transmission and Other Health Conditions: Implications for the United States"
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/circumcision.htm states "In another survey, the National Inpatient Sample
(NIS) [...] circumcision was more common among newborns who were
born to families of higher socioeconomic status, born in the
Northeast or Midwest, and who were black."
Hugh7 wrote:ReplyDelete
Mor Z, Kent CK, Kohn RP, Klausner JD (2007) Benefit. PLoS ONE 2(9) found the African-American circumcision rate surpassed the white about 1965 and has not dipped below it since
I assume this is a reference to Mor's figure 1 (and that "1965" is a typo for "1955"). They did find what you say, but the study was not of a nationally representative population. Instead it was of "males attending the San Francisco municipal STD clinic between 1996 and 2005".
The last finding is curious. Does circumcision help make men gay?
Mildly interesting, but not the only hypothesis. It could be that gay men take more care of their penes, and are more likely to seek treatment for conditions requiring circumcision. Or it could be a bias associated with STD clinic populations.
The CDC's own fact sheet titled "Male
Circumcision and Risk for HIV Transmission and Other Health Conditions: Implications for the United States"
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/circumcision.htm states "In another survey, the National Inpatient Sample
(NIS) [...] circumcision was more common among newborns who were
born to families of higher socioeconomic status, born in the
Northeast or Midwest, and who were black."
Which may well suggest that, in 18 years time, the ratios in the adult population will be different. But it doesn't tell us much about the present-day situation among adults, does it?
To reply to Anon:ReplyDelete
PD's post on Sunday, April 12, 2009 comes pretty close, Jake, to explaining his motivation. In this strange diatribe against men with foreskins, PD shows that it is not just his love of mankind that informs his opinion and feelings about circumcision. I think it's fair to say, based on his post, that he doesn't want anyone to have a foreskin and we can be pretty sure he doesn't sport one himself. Hugh7 may not have been pretty polite, but I don't think he missed the mark by much.
Assuming you mean the following, I can't find anything remotely similar to "can't bear the thought of anyone having more in the penis department than [PD does]" in that.
At any rate, given the outrageous comments in PD's April post, I see no need for apologies, since he clearly meant to Provoke a reaction
I wouldn't describe PD's comments as outrageous. I do see strong and sincere words outlining PD's support for circumcision and belief that the foreskin poses a risk to the individual and to others. I don't agree with all of those words, but I don't think that they're outrageous, and they are about the subject, rather than personal attacks against individuals. Are they provocative? Sure - but I'm struggling to think of a remark sufficiently provocative as to justify making false claims about someone's motivation. Making false claims about anything is bad enough, but worse when those claims involve a living, breathing person.
My motivation behind this blog is hardly a deep dark secret. I began this exercise in the blogosphere because I strongly believe that male circumcision is a positive, healthy procedure for all men and their sexual partners. In a perfect world, the foreskin would be banned at birth. But I have repeatedly allowed for an exception in the rare medical case (e.g., hemophilia) or a strong religious or conscientious objection. The higher number of males who are circumcised in any society, the greater the protection for all of us.ReplyDelete
If that is a provocative statement, so be it. I welcome intelligent debate on universal circumcision, a primary purpose of this blog.
The psychobabbling notion that I want everyone circumcised because I am circumcised and can't bear the thought of someone having something I don't have is so preposterous as to be ludicrous. I may have brown hair or blue eyes or be tall or thin, that does not mean I want everyone to "look" like me. There are lots of good reasons to circumcise, "like father like son" makes sense to many Americans, but MY goal has always been HEALTH-focused. A foreskin-free society will be a healthier society.
The strange assertion by the last Anon that this is a hoax is rather confusing to me. On what possible basis can you suggest that I don't want to promote circumcision? I've sure wasted a lot of time and words if that were true, and so has Hugh7 and other foreskin lovers in their responses. If you think I'm some secret foreskin lover, you obviously haven't been reading my blog.
Finally, another important motivation behind this blog has been the lack of pro-circumcision blogs in the blogosphere. The anti-circ fanatics do a much better job of "overwhelming" the internet, IMHO, so I felt it was time for America's "silent majority" to speak out. I want the Jakes of the world to have a place to rebut (as Jake and many others so ably do) the anti-circ crap that gets spewed. I think the fanaticism of the anti-circs has finally awoken the vast majority of us (in America, at least) to protect our right to a clean-cut and healthy society.
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Sure looks like a hoax. Where was Jake with his research when our host saidReplyDelete
"Could male circumcision reduce the chance of getting H1N1, better known as the swine flu? It's not as far-fetched as some anti-circumcision fanatics might wish."
Simply hilarious.
I did find, however, that Jake does not actually support mandatory circumcision. He knows just how far he can go. PD is just unhinged. PD, my man, if this is not a joke, you need some professional help, viz
"Most Americans have never seen a foreskin in person, and that's obviously a good thing."
"Is there anything quite as worthless -- or dangerous to public health -- as a foreskin?"
". . . discarding this ugly piece of skin . . ."
". . . disease-attracting piece of tissue . . ."
" . . . America has a growing foreskin problem . . ."
". . . a society where the foreskin can no longer pose a threat . . ."
". . . a clean-cut penis was the only penis to have . . ."
". . . the problem centers on the hysterical intactivists . . ."
". . . medically desirable to have every newborn boy leave the filthy foreskin behind in the hospital . . ."
". . . it [circumcision] ought to be required for all . . ."
". . . The United States was once a truly clean-cut country . . ."
". . . to be uncircumcised is to be un-American . . ."
". . . the worst fathers are those circumcised dads who have been so manipulated by the anti-circ foreskin lovers that they mistakenly impose a filthy foreskin on their sons . . ."
". . . If you're circumcised like me, . . ."
". . . There's no real way to measure pain in an infant anyways . . ."
". . . Turns out the Brits have found at least one good use for the otherwise disgusting foreskin -- grind it up and use it in skin treatments."
". . . The foreskin is a filthy, diseased cover that collects smegma and harmful germs in close proximity to an otherwise healthy penis."
A reader comment to an interesting column in US News & World Report:ReplyDelete
Circumcision does not reduce pleasure
If the only thing you ever heard about circumcision was from the comments on this board, you would be left with the distinct impression that circumcision was a bad thing for everybody. That, of course, is far from the truth. The vast majority of circumcised men and boys are perfectly happy with their circumcised penises and rarely, if ever, give their circumcisions a second thought. Those men (and their female partners) are unlikely to post on Internet message boards, so we rarely hear from this silent majority. Others, who were circumcised by their own choosing at a later age, usually report positive results from their circumcisions. I belong in this latter category.
Having experienced sex both before and following my circumcision 15 years ago at age 29, I can report that while the sensations are quite different, the overall pleasure is about the same. Nevertheless, a small minority of men circumcised in infancy get obsessed with the idea that sex would be so much better if only they had not been cut. Certainly, reading many of the anti-circumcision sites on the Internet, one would be lead further down that unfortunate path. This is simply not true, at least not in my experience.
Circumcised men do in fact enjoy sexual pleasure, but it's just not in the same places as uncircumcised men. Much of the pleasurable sexual sensations for circumcised men are felt at the circumcision scar (yes, all circumcised males have a scar around their penis). As one would expect, the head of the penis loses some of its sensitivity from the constant exposure to clothing and it is dried out from exposure to the air. This is, after all, the simple goal of circumcision: to constantly and permanently expose the head of the penis. This is what makes cleanliness and overall hygiene easier to achieve in the circumcised male. But it's not like the circumcised glans has calluses on it – it can still feel plenty of very nice sensations.
Parents who choose to circumcise their sons should not be made to feel bad or guilty, and think they've "mutilated" their boys. Rather, they should be proud of their courageous decision – it's never easy to know your baby is in pain, but these brave folks recognize that some things in life are painful. Similarly, men who may be questioning their own infant circumcision should rest assured that they're not "missing out" – fact is, they continue to experience all the good feelings they rightfully deserve from their penises, while getting the health and hygiene benefits from their circumcisions.
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Whoops Brad, you experience couldn't be right, because it contradicts findings that there's no significant change in sexual sensation. Your glans couldn't lose any sensitivity: there's a study to prove it. Also, this stuff about sensitive scar tissue couldn't be right, because there's a study that says there's no difference in sensation anywhere along the shaft no matter how much skin was cut off. You know, Bonferoni corrections and all that.ReplyDelete
I'm always amazed at these guys who got cut as adults to their own specs, like you and Jake, who then extrapolate to everyone. Let's slice your penis like mine, with some really impressive scar tissue formation, and then run those medical tests to prove it's just the same as being uncut.
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Interesting that Brad & Jake are willing to post names in making the case for circumcision, while (except for Hugh7) most of the anti-circs hide behind Anonymous. Just saying...... Anyways, back to main topic, I think Operation Abraham is long overdue, especially for Latinos here whose parents didn't know about the advantages of circumcision.ReplyDelete
We may have gotten off track a bit in the comments to this posting on Operation Abraham. But I appreciate Brad's comments that parents who do the right thing and circumcise their sons should be proud, not labeled "mutilators" by the anti-circumcision fanatics. I once posted here that the father I respect the most is the uncircumcised dad who chooses circumcision for his sons. Fortunately, we have a lot of them.ReplyDelete
The last Anon raises an interesting point, too. Many Latinos in the USA are foreskin-afflicted because their parents were so new to America and just not familiar with the procedure. Operation Abraham could be a big help to that ethnic group.
Second, because some states (like California) stopped paying for newborn circumcision under their medicaid program, lots of poor Americans, especially in the Black community, are sadly uncircumcised. Again, Operation Abraham could be a life-saver for this group. Once again, Jake is right on in pointing this out to Hugh7.
Does anybody know the status of Operation Abraham right now?
Thanks, Anonymous for the collection of PD-isms. I'm keeping those (filed under "psychopathology") for future reference.ReplyDelete
"Interesting that Brad & Jake are willing to post names in making the case for circumcision, while (except for Hugh7) most of the anti-circs hide behind Anonymous." But so does Provoking Debate himself. How about that?
To reply to Hugh7:ReplyDelete
"Interesting that Brad & Jake are willing to post names in making the case for circumcision, while (except for Hugh7) most of the anti-circs hide behind Anonymous." But so does Provoking Debate himself. How about that?
Not so. He doesn't use his given name (at least I assume that no parent would name their child 'Provoking'), but he is not anonymous. Instead, he adopts a "name" that identifies all of his posts, allowing them (for example) to be cross-referenced as Anonymous has chosen to do. If PD actually chose to be entirely anonymous, it would not be possible to distinguish between his posts and those of other anonymous posters.
Anyway, can I suggest that we return to the subject?
Re: First post at the top.ReplyDelete
It sounds like the Mohel did a lousy job. I'm sorry, and I'd love to see rules in place to ensure that doesn't happen again.
We don't discard automobiles because of bad drivers, and we shouldn't discard circumcision because of bad doctors.
Instead, every circumcision should be carried out by a physician who is conscious at every step during the procedure that there are cosmetic and sexual issues he can cause by not doing his absolute best work.
Anesthetics should be used for every circumcision, ritual or routine. Period.
You describe a legitimate case, though rare, of actual damage by circumcision. Curse the doctor who was hung over from that morning's golf game; don't curse circumcision for the fact trained monkeys are sometimes allowed to do it.
Lawrence Wade
- AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Kill Operation AbrahamReplyDelete
I love Jews but circumcision is one area that religion holds no place. In my opinion circumcision began as a completely religiously-motivated practice, and needs to come to an end. Sorry but the studies are not conclusive to show one is better than the other. In fact, many of the benefits of being uncircumsized are overlooked (probably because there aren't religious nuts set out to prove how great it is). The most obvious and important benefit is that the foreskin is a natural protective sheath of the penis, which protects it from damage, shaffing, reduction in sensitivity, etc. You wouldn't cut off your eyelids, why would you cut off your foreskin? It takes a minimal amount of education to show someone how to clean effectively. At that point the uncircumsized penis is just as good if not better than circumsized, because it can be cleaned just as easily, and offers added protection and sensitivity. Not to mention it is the natural way, as mother nature intended.
- AnonymousDecember 14, 2009 at 7:56 PM
it may be anti-semetic to say so but jews have openly stated that the more males they can get circumcised the better it will be for judism and in fact they run a propaganda unit purely to acheive this aim .ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Only education, hygiene and condoms will protect one from disease, there is NOTHING humanitarian about offering circumcision instead, in fact I would hold these people accountable for getting infected after they received the procedure.ReplyDelete
- ricardoDMay 29, 2012 at 8:45 PM
Whenever any form of the adjective "happy" is juxtaposed with the non-word "recircumcised" in a sentence, there is a loud and clear signal that one is encountering a fetishist with an abnormal interest in promoting circumcision for any reason whatsoever, merely because that pervert enjoys knowing someone, anyone, is suffering at any given moment from a knife being applied to his foreskin. If PD believes Jewish circumcision cannot be conflated with USA type pseudo-circumcision, then why on Earth is he here pushing for Operation Abraham to take its battalion of mohelim to the US to do . . . well, whatever type of circumcision it might turn out to be. A Judeo-Medical one? Yes. It sounds like something US religious fundamentalists would invent, if they haven't already.ReplyDelete


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Hundreds of Nationalists sent yesterday a resonant message of support for the Christian Orthodox Faith and our Church, arriving at the event of National Memory Commission with the following subject: "The persecutions against Orthodoxy on the era of Globalization".
The Consultant of the Periphery of Attica, Comrade Pericles Moulianakis opened the rigorous event and noted that as long as there are Greek Christians, there will be a Greek and Orthodox Homeland!
The Secretary General of People's Association - Golden Dawn made the first speech in the event. At first, Nikolaos G., Michaloliakos gave the right answers to all those accusations against Golden Dawn, aiming to connect Golden Dawn with mystic satanic organizations. Afterwards, he referred to all the sacred figures of Orthodoxy, to the proud priests of Hellenism, who offered their life to the Homeland and the Faith.
The Archbishop of Christian Orthodox in Athens and Greece, Mr. Makarios, praised the Greek Nationalists for their fights and noted that the most difficult thing today is the loyalty of the people towards their Faith, since Orthodoxy is attacked from every side.
The Doctoral of the Theological University of Antioquia, Archbishop Maluf Antonios, referred to the persecution of Christian by the islamists, stressing that Greece is the capital of Orthodoxy!
Comrade Nikolaos Papadimitiou, professor and former administrator of Mount Athos, expressed his concern regarding the anti-Christianity of the western societies, which abandon the ethical values, and denounced the "democratic" interventions of an atheist state in our Orthodoxy.
The event ended with the speech of the MP of Piraeus, Giannis Lagos. Lagos stressed that in era where everything is distorted, where ministers and prime-ministers state that they are atheist and build mosques in Athens, only Golden Dawn Fights for our Homeland and our Faith.
The event ended with everyone chanting the National Anthem and the Akathist Hymn.


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Disney will have a special place in most people's hearts, whether you prefer princesses, princes or the 'toons, there's no doubt that the Disney theme parks are constantly crowded with visitors from generations X to millennial. However with this large demographic comes a lot of shenanigans, accidents and a high risk of unwanted behaviour and since Disney are strict in maintaining their fantastical world, all issues will be labelled (PG-appropriately) within its walls.
Be rude and/or disruptive and you'll be referred to as a "treasured guest".
Thrown up your burger and coke from that last rollercoaster ride? You've just caused a "protein spill" at which point staff would be called onsite for a "code V".
Not limited to rollercoasters, should someone accidentally 'go number 1' in the pool, they've initiated a "Code Winnie".
"Signal 70" is used for a lost child without the 'lost' to avoid causing the child to panic.
"Signal 25" is for a fire, once again, to avoid the potential guest stampede.
"The Kiss Goodnight" this is reserved for guests who happen to linger half an hour after the park's closing time. This is a recorded Magic Kingdom dedication speech is played, accompanied with the special lighting effects on the Castle which is, quite possibly, the more polite way to tell guests to kindly get the hell out of there because the cast members need to go home too!
And for our final code word, a question for you dear reader, how many ash scattering attempts does it take before Disney has a "White Powder Alert" code set up to stop any ride and clear the dead's remains? I would personally like an answer for that one Disney because, although Disney Land/World is a fantastical, sentimental place, I don't see spreading ashes as a particularly sentimental thing to do, after all I would not want my remains to land in some poor kid's ice cream or hair.


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By TED CARTER Call them the four Amerigos. A partnership formed at Amerigo years ago has led David Conn, Doug Hogrefe, Ben Brock and Paul Schramkowski to create a casual dining enterprise on track to reach sales of $30 million annually, pay off its debt and open two additional restaurants in the fall. They seek simplicity over complex market analyses, preferring ...Read More »
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By TED CARTER Based on distress their independent counterparts nationally are enduring, the partners who own Amerigo, Char and several other casual dining restaurants in metro Jackson as well as Memphis and Nashville should be looking around for lifeboats. Instead, the partners are seeing double-digit revenue growth and preparing to expand their restaurant holdings in Jackson and Nashville. They are doing ...Read More »


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Seriously. I want to give you my money for this upcoming fantasy game you've got in the works, even though it may only be on the drawing board at the moment. I love Master of Magic, Dominions 3, Warlords, Age of Wonder(s) ... and I want it. Everything I've heard about it in interviews makes me drool. I want it more than Spore. More than Fallout 3. More than any MMO.
I'll even pay for it before it has a title. You can bill me for "Nameless Fantasy Game" and I won't care. Just give me access to the beta (like you always do for pre-pay customers) once it gets started. How much will it be? $29? $39? $50? $69? I don't care. I want it, sight-unseen.
Tell me it'll be fairly easy for users to add additional 3D assets, races, spells, scenarios and so on and I'll probably explode from all the awesome just thinking about the modding possibilities. I want to see some magical Klingons shoving spears at dragons and casting massive earth-shattering pwnage spells. Or some Lovecraftian stuff coming out of the water.
Failing that, I'll still send you my money as soon as you let me. I've been dying for a new Master of Magic or a Dominions 3 with a bit more 3D and a bunch more tactical combat.
My money is yours, Stardock, just tell me how much you want. After Galciv 2, I trust you guys to do anything (ToA was the best expansion ever, thank you for that).
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We nonetheless have lengthy-sleeve tee shirts, hoodies, polos and sweaters of all sizes in restricted quantities on the college from where we will probably be promoting them until the stock is depleted. The Department of Space/ Indian Space Research Organisation (DOS/ISRO) and Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the subject of exploration and use of outer area. ASTC's Office of Government and Public Relations is your voice on policy issues of priority interest to the science center and museum field, regionally, nationally, and globally.
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Scottish Landlords and Tenants to Adopt New Private Residential Tenancy Regime
The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 ("the Act") was given Royal Assent on 22 April 2016 and is due to come into force on 1 December 2017.
In introducing the Act the Scottish government's aim is to improve security of tenure for tenants and put appropriate safeguards in place for landlords, lenders and investors.
The introduction of this Act will see a complete overhaul for private residential tenancies in Scotland with the demise of the current assured and short assured tenancies and the introduction of a brand new form of tenancy agreement known as the Private Residential Tenancy (PRT). Short assured and assured tenancies will continue to be used until the Act comes into force and these should be ended using the current procedures in place.
Key changes in the Act will include:
Subscribed Terms - The terms of the PRT will be set out as part of regulations relating to the Act and will contain compulsory clauses to form part of all PRTs. There will be no minimum period of let, no pre-tenancy notices will be needed and the "notice to quit" will be replaced by a "notice to leave" served by the landlord.
No end date - The PRT will continue indefinitely and will only come to an end if the tenant wishes to leave (by giving the required notice) or if the landlord ends the tenancy (by giving the required notice) based on a prescribed ground for repossession.
Rent review – the landlord cannot increase the rent more than once every year and must give the tenant 3 months' notice of the rent increase. The landlord can increase the rent by issuing a "rent increase notice" in the form prescribed by Part 4, Chapter 2 of the Act. If the revised rent is above market rate, the tenant will be allowed to challenge the rental increase by referring matters to a rent officer. If the parties fail to agree with the rent officer's decision either the landlord or the tenant can appeal the decision to the First-tier tribunal ("the FTT") – a tribunal introduced to Scotland in December 2016.
Rent Controls – Subject to the government consulting with landlords and tenants, Local Authorities will be able make an application to the Scottish Ministers to nominate certain areas to be designated as "rent pressure zones". This will allow for a cap to be placed on any rent increases within these zones.
New Termination Notice Periods
Tenant to Landlord - The period agreed in writing between the parties or 28 days written notice. The notice must be given "freely and without coercion of any kind".
Landlord to Tenant - The landlord may end the tenancy at any point by service of a "notice to leave" subject to one of the grounds for termination being met.
If the property has been occupied for less than 6 months or if the grounds for eviction under Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Act apply (i.e if the tenant breaches the lease or the eviction is due to the tenant's behaviour) then 28 days' notice is required.
If the property has been occupied for over 6 months (and the eviction is due to a ground other than that noted in Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Act) then 84 days' notice is required.
The full grounds for eviction are noted below.
What if the tenant fails to vacate?
The landlord can apply to the FTT for an eviction order. If the FTT is satisfied that one of the grounds for eviction applies then the FTT can issue an eviction order against the tenant. The landlord must notify the local authority that they are applying for an eviction notice through the FTT. If the tenant fails to vacate after being served with an eviction notice then court proceedings would need to be raised.
What if an eviction order is wrongly served on the tenant?
The FTT can (by application by the tenant) issue a 'wrongful termination order' against the landlord. If granted, the order would require the landlord to pay the equivalent of six months' rent to the tenant. As the local authorities need to be notified of such order, the order would be flagged up in any subsequent landlord registration process.
What are the prescribed grounds for landlords to repossess?
A landlord can only terminate a lease if one or more of the 18 grounds are met, including:
- The landlord intends to sell or carry out refurbishment works;
- The landlord intends to live in the property;
- The Tenant breaches the tenancy agreement;
- Rent arrears - the arrears (from the day on which the FTT considers the application) must be an amount:
a) equal to or greater than one month's rent; and
b) the tenant has been in arrears (by any amount) for a continuous period of 3 or more consecutive
months; and
c) the tenant's arrears are not as a consequence of a delay or failure in the payment of a relevant
The full grounds under Schedule 3 of the Act can be viewed here
All grounds under Part 3 Schedule 3 of the Act require the landlord to give 28 days' notice and the remaining grounds under Schedule 3 of the Act require 84 days' notice. Some grounds are mandatory (i.e the FTT must, based on the criteria, facts and circumstances, find that the ground applies and grant an eviction order) and others are discretionary (whereby the FTT may or may not find that the ground applies).
Transfer of ownership – under the new Act if the heritable property is transferred the landlord's interest will automatically pass to the new owner.
Death of a tenant - if certain conditions are met, partners, resident carers and family members (aged 16 and over) may become the tenant under the PRT on the death of the tenant.
Tenancies excluded from the Act:
A number of tenancies have been excluded from the Act, including:
• agricultural tenancies of more than two acres
• social housing tenancies
• holiday lets
• (with certain criteria being met) purpose built student accommodation
• tenancies with a low rent of less than £6 per week
We await the Model Tenancy Agreement which is currently being created under secondary legislation.
For more information, please contact Shabnam Hanif.
This article is for general guidance only. We are not, under any circumstances, providing advice or accepting any liability for any party who may seek to rely on the terms of this article.


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by Annette Lyon
One of the most common problems I see in beginning writers' work is that the story is reported factually. "He said this. She replied this. He did this. She did that."
By this point, I'm reaching for a chocolate donut, because I've lost interest—even if the plot line itself has a great premise and I want to know more.
Why? Because I don't care about the characters or even know enough about what they're doing, thinking, and feeling to care.
This is where point of view becomes crucial. In any given scene, the reader should be firmly entrenched in one person's head. That means we're not just observing the scene from the outside, but from their eyes. We know what they're thinking. We feel what they feel. We react the way they react.
But just choosing a POV character isn't enough. You can pick one and still be a newspaper reporter about the events unless you show what the character is experiencing.
That can't happen with a laundry list of events, no matter how exciting those events are. If Joe says something shocking, Jane needs to react to it. Is she feeling hurt? Afraid? Angry? Does she laugh out loud?
Great. Show the reader. (Remember: don't TELL us that she's hurt/afraid/laughing. SHOW us.)
Do Joe and Jane have a romantic doorstep moment? Then don't rush through it, saying that he kissed her and then she went inside. That's cheating the reader. Instead, explain what she felt as he kissed her (assuming she's the POV character), what she felt when it ended, and what's going on in her head, heart, and body as she goes into the house.
Print out a chapter of your work in progress and read it aloud. After each line of dialogue and each action, pause and ask yourself if the "movie" that's in your head has really made it onto the page, or if there's more you can add to flesh out the characters, the scene, the feelings within the story. Mark each spot that needs more. Then go back and flesh it out.
This can be a fun revision if you consider your first draft to be the bones of your story and then go back and to add the body to it—the muscles, the skin, the hair, the fine lines and details that make an okay piece stand out and come alive.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Actions and Reactions
Posted by Annette Lyon at 4:24 PM
Labels: Annette Lyon, Characters, POV, revision, show don't tell, Writing instruction
2 comments:
- Janette Rallison said...
Great blog, Annette. I used it in my presidency message about using POV in our ANWA newsletter. (with your byline and a plug for writersinheels).
Thanks so much.
You rock!
- August 24, 2007 at 11:28 AM
- Heather B. Moore said...
I like your analogy at the end, Annette. My first drafts are definately just bones.
- August 24, 2007 at 6:09 PM
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I don't care what anyone says. Fading in daily fantasy sports is a total art. And it also can be a curse. Last week I faded Antonio Brown, seemingly wisely, because Ben Roethlisberger was out. When Big Ben didn't play this year, Brown was far from elite. When he did, he was awesome. I went with that logic and the powers that be decided to flip the script.
Roethslisberger was actually made active for the game as Pittsburgh's main backup quarterback and when starter Landry Jones got hurt, he came in and put up almost 400 passing yards. Brown was naturally one of his favorite targets, as he piled on over 100 yards and two scores.
Ouch, right? Yeah, but fading can still work out beautifully. Like two weeks ago if you faded Rob Gronkowski's $8k salary at DraftKings, you didn't have to sit though his weak 8.7 fantasy point dud. Or if you faded Aaron Rodgers three weeks ago against an at the time brutal Broncos defense – that also worked out.
For whatever reason, every week there are guys you at least have to consider shying away from completely. Here are 6 guys I'm probably avoiding at all costs in DFS in week 11:
Note: All pricing from DraftKings.com.
Matt Ryan, QB, Atlanta Falcons ($7.1k)
The Colts at home should be a decent enough matchup, but I'm not finding Ryan to be a guy who is very good at taking advantage of matchups lately. He had a pretty nice week eight performance (25 fantasy points), but hasn't topped 20 fantasy points in any other game since week three. That certainly isn't encouraging. He's not insanely expensive and I'm not sure people will be overly drawn to him anyways, but I'm not into paying for his lethargic production. He's capable of making me look like a fool, but with 19 or fewer fantasy points in five of his last six games, he's the one that has been looking rather silly.
Andy Dalton, QB, Cincinnati Bengals ($6.6k)
Dalton tanked last week and we probably should have seen it coming. For one, he had been ablaze and the Bengals of all teams were undefeated. Then he gets a huge game against the Texans, a team he's beaten once in his last five tries. Now he's on the road against a good Cardinals defense. I don't like what I saw last week and I certainly don't like the matchup. I'm also suddenly thinking of the old Andy Dalton. It's amazing how quickly my confidence in Dalton was destroyed, but I'm still aware this game could turn into a lethal shootout. And he's not too expensive to test that theory. But with so much value at quarterback, I'm just not interested in pulling the trigger on the Red Rifle this week.
Devonta Freeman, RB, Atlanta Falcons ($8.4k)
I have nothing against Freeman. He's awesome, in fact. The dude just finds a way to produce. His last game, for instance, he got totally shut down (12 rushing yards on 12 carries) but made up for it with a 8-67-1 line as a receiver. You can probably rely on that, too, if you really wanted to. A matchup with the Colts' weak defense certainly doesn't thwart the "start Devonta" logic, either. But the price, my friends, THE PRICE. I'm not into paying that much for what we've been getting lately, which has been 18-21 fantasy points. That's not bad at all, but there is insane value at the position and I'd much rather spend all of the money at another position. Adrian Peterson is just $6.8k and Charcandrick West is somehow $4.5k. I'm not paying for Freeman.
Todd Gurley, RB, St. Louis Rams ($7.6k)
Okay, so Gurley is human. He's now had two games below 100 rushing yards and suddenly I'm bailing on him. Not really. There's very good reason to shy away from him and it's as simple as these three annoying tidbits: quarterback change, price and matchup. His mild regression is there for all to see, but the Rams don't have a quarterback (or a passing game, for that matter), Gurley has seen a price spike and he faces a pretty good Ravens run defense on the road. I don't like any of that, and as I said, there is pretty good value at running back in week 11.
DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Houston Texans ($8.8k)
Nuk is just too pricey. I'm game for Julio Jones at $9.3k, but he's the only elite wide receiver I'm paying for. A few reasons: Brian Hoyer is out, Hopkins disappeared for an entire half last week and this week he draws Darrelle Revis and the Jets. I don't think Gang Green is unbeatable or anything and Nuk can probably destroy anyone, but there's no hiding that none of this creates an ideal situation. Like running back, there is a ton of value at wide receiver this week. I don't really need to pay up for Nuk to feel good about the position.
Tyler Eifert, TE, Cincinnati Bengals ($5.9k)
Running back and wide receiver are loaded with value. You know what isn't? Tight end. A lot of the tight ends are hurt, have bad matchups or have just been total turds. Eifert was of the turd variety last week, as he dropped three catchable passes and Andy Dalton missed him on a streak route that probably would have gone for a long touchdown. As a guy who had an awesome team and just needed Eifert to not suck to make bank last week – FRICKITY, FRICK, FRICK.
Eifert is an exceptional talent and a major red-zone threat. But he sucked last week and is now on the road against a good Arizona defense. Said AZ defense is specifically a big bowl of annoying when it comes to their allowance of fantasy points to the tight end position, too. I don't really like Bengals options in general this week and I definitely don't like Eifert. I'm probably paying up for Gronk and finding value elsewhere – you know, where it EXISTS.
Hopefully my insight sheds some light on some plays you may not want to use. If it ever has or currently does and you haven't jumped into the daily fantasy football scene yet, feel free to sign up at DraftKings and ball out in week 11. If it's your first time and you make a deposit, we both get a FREE entry into their Millionaire Maker game.


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A year ago someone mentioned there may be a bear in the area (a small one). We giggled and said "sure". My husband caught this on his field camera. Unfortunatly, the camera dosen't have a very fast shutter speed (sorry for the blur). Click on the "read more" button below to see the "Rated-R" one! I just couldn't believe it!
We couldn't have caught this if we were trying. My hub and I laughed till we cried!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Field Shot
13 comments:
- Marsha said...
And I'm worried about a little ol' snake (skin)! I don't know about the bear but I know what I would be doing in the woods if I met this fella!
Of course from the next set of photos, he may be more of a lover than a fighter!
Thanks for stopping by!
- July 31, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- Gabrielle said...
And then three, four five or even six.
Great shots!
- July 31, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Randall said...
I'm too young for this site.
Unfortunately it reminds me of a scene in "The Bear". I didn't envy the parents of the child beside me who had questions.
- July 31, 2008 at 6:27 PM
@_@ Bear!!! Not sure if I should say cool or not. To see a bear roaming around like that :P
- July 31, 2008 at 9:23 PM
- Pardon My French said...
Yeah, I'm with Gabrielle. How many bears you think you got in that there holler? I cannot, cannot believe that you got the second shot. Hilarious.
- August 1, 2008 at 3:13 AM
- SandyCarlson said...
What a capture!
- August 1, 2008 at 4:25 PM
- system operator said...
Oh my, what a candied camera shot you have taken! Quite interesting actually. Happy week end!
- August 2, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- system operator said...
Oh my, what a candied camera shot you have taken! Quite interesting actually. Happy week end!
- August 2, 2008 at 1:07 PM
OMG, that is incredible!!!!! You guys must have died when you saw that.K wants to know where you got your field camera.
- August 5, 2008 at 9:00 AM
- Tommy V said...
Holy Cow Batman... What a catch,
- August 7, 2008 at 12:13 PM
- 2sweetnsaxy said...
I'm don't live anywhere where I would see a bear. I don't know what I'd do. I don't know if that other pic should be rated "R" or "X". LOL!
- August 8, 2008 at 11:31 PM
- The Urban Buddha said...
Wow! Wonderful shots. I'd probably be real scared but I'd love to see a bear in the wild too - as long it is a nice teddy, ;o)
Happy weekend!
- August 9, 2008 at 8:47 AM
- Arija said...
What a shot! Wish you'd had a video camera. A rare sight indeed.
At their Vt. week-ender my parents in law had a black bear trail through their garden and up the ravine, you were always a little wary when mushrooming there or berrying. If you respect each other it is possible to co-habit peacefully.
- October 14, 2008 at 8:12 PM


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Wellbeing Naturally
I've lost four stone in the last six months since getting involved with this activity and love it so much I asked the Estate Manager if I could come up in between our weekly group sessions on my own!
HealthWORKS Newcastle is working in partnership with Minsteracres to improve people's health and the environment at the same time.
Our Exercise on Referral assessor's signpost interested clients to the service but they can also self refer.
Individuals try a range of practical projects and are given opportunities to learn new skills.
Tasks include:
- planting
- growing
- clearing
- fence building
- building bird boxes
- stone walling
- tree felling
- day trips
- conservation work and much more.
Everyone is free to work at their own pace and getting out and about helps people to increase their physical and mental wellbeing as well as increasing their self esteem through learning new skills.
Volunteers in the group are encouraged to be proactive and find new activities that the group can take part in. Volunteers can also work towards becoming volunteer leaders, helping to provide support for the group and hopefully helping the group to become self-sustainable.
Transport is provided free of charge by volunteers, with pick ups from The Lemington Centre and The Health Resource Centre.
The group, currently, consists of 14 – 16 regular volunteers that visit Minsteracres every Friday.
The volunteers have given fantastic feedback, showing improvements in their confidence and mental wellbeing.
Of the regular attenders:
69% Male,31% Female,77% from 30% most deprived areas,62% suffering from mental health problems
Please note this project has ended and is for information only