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Interrogating the Whiteness of the Asexual Community
As reported in a 2014 survey by the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) of over 10,000 ace people, 77.3% of the community identified as white and "NonHispanic," 5.2% as white and "Hispanic," 3.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.5% as Black or African American, 0.5% as American Indian or Alaskan Native, 6.8% as Mixed Race, and 3.8% as "other" or simply did not respond to the question. Despite the problematic categorizations utilized in this community report (which referenced the United States census), it concludes that the ace community is highly white racially and "NonHispanic" or Latinx ethnically. Although ace visibility is changing, whiteness still dominates the community. This may be partially attributed to the fact that "asexuality," as a contemporary identity category, originated within selective and highly white online spaces, such as email lists and blogs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, at the inception of the internet's ascension into widespread usage. As a term, "asexuality" has remained relatively elusive and esoteric, yet to be adopted within public education or by mainstream media outlets on a widespread scale.
There is therefore an intrinsic level of privilege required to even be able to self-identify as "asexual" or "ace." Those who do not possess access or awareness of these online spaces, or an internet connection in general, are far less likely to access asexuality, may largely be unable to self-identify as asexual, and will subsequently not be understood as asexual or ace in the community as a result. Exposure to these terms of "asexual" and "ace" offline can be difficult due to their relative absence in mainstream or public discourse. As such, the asexual identity may continue to be predominately afforded to white people, both due to their privilege regarding accessibility as well as the fact that, once gaining access, or possessing preexisting access (in reference to the white creators of these online spaces where asexuality as a contemporary identity originated), they may be more likely to disseminate knowledge of the identity and term within bubbles that are dominated by others like themselves.
In this sense, whiteness can become self-containing. Those who identify as asexual today may continue to perceive, whether consciously or not, asexuality as an identity predominately for white people tomorrow. This cyclical perception may continue to loop as new ace people gain access to the identity of asexuality. A looping effect may hold the consequence of ensuring that white aces, who are newly realizing their ace identity, feel more accepted in ace spaces in comparison to people of color. On the other hand, ace people of color may automatically feel excluded or invisibilized within the community and may be less likely to engage and participate in activities that concern the ace community as a result, such as the very AVEN survey that frames this article. While the results of the ace community census may appear to support the conclusion that less ace people of color exist, this fundamentally is not the case. Rather, they are less likely to self-identify as ace due to accessibility as well as the whiteness of the ace community and its relational issue of self-containment.
At the same time, visibility is also important. Representation can be powerful and often makes people feel validated in their own existence or identity. This is especially true for those of us who are only acknowledged in a very limited capacity or within selective spaces, such as ace people of color. However, existing asexuality representation, as important as it is, largely perpetuates the whiteness of the ace community. While asexuality representation within mainstream outlets has only just begun to ascend, ace people of color are largely absent from this growing trend, thus embedding within general audiences who are exposed to these representations, whether consciously or not, that whiteness and asexuality are largely entwined. Simultaneously, ace people of color, who may already not feel included within the ace community, are not seeing themselves being represented in the limited amount of asexuality representation present, and thus may also internalize ideas of asexuality as a primarily white identity.
On the most apparent of levels, it is evident that whiteness in ace spaces should be examined and dismantled so that the ace identity and community may become more accessible and inclusive to ace people of color. There are multiple solutions that can address this problem, of which the most useful is simply centering and amplifying the voices of ace people of color more actively and prominently. This can operate as a mechanism to deconstruct the perception of the ace community as predominately white and allow for ace people of color to feel more included within ace spaces. Other solutions include continued awareness of the asexual identity, particularly within offline spaces (media representation is important), so that the identity begins to enter the lexicon and consciousness of the public rather than solely remaining a predominately online self-identity within mostly white spaces, of which it originated nearly two decades ago.
Updated: 1/31/2018 in congruence with updated version published in Vol. 1, Issue 4 of The Asexual.
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Mark Morgan was the most prolific designer to take a swing at designing a secondary logo for the ECHL's new San Francisco Bulls. So I'm giving him this San Francisco Sunday all to himself. The first design features a pretty straightforward look. It incorporates the primary logo, the intertwined SF and the Golden Gate Bridge.
This next one is my personal favorite. At first glance, it looks like a weirdly-shaped SF. But look again. It's the head of a bull in profile! I didn't even know that was possible!
The last one doesn't quite use the right colors but it's still a solid and simple patch design. So which of Mark's three is your favorite?

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Etienne crafts very elegant and surprisingly long-lived Crozes that should be typical of the appellation. Unfortunately, there are many growers with extensive plantings on the plains who do not possess such a burning desire for quality and therefore often produce very lacklustre, soupy wines. Etienne vinifies plot by plot from hillside sites, the best of which are separated for some ageing in oak barriques; these are the red and white Château Curson wines. The white is a Marsanne/Roussanne blend full of sophisticated almond, dairy and stone fruit fl avours that is at its best for two to three years. Our last trip out there, however, revealed just how gracefully the red can age. We tasted a charming 1989 that was 'as fresh as a daisy', boasting aromas of violet and luscious flavours of sweet blackcurrant.
Crozes-Hermitage is the Northern Rhône's biggest appellation covering the rolling hills surrounding Hermitage. Most of the wine is red and made exclusively from Syrah though some very good value whites can be found from the Marsanne and Roussanne grape varieties. Curiously there are only a small band of high quality producers taking advantage of this appellation, among the best would be Graillot, Pochon, Domaine du Colombier and Belle. Jaboulet and the co-operative Cave de Tain dominate much of the land. The reds are lighter than those of Hermitage and softer than those from the vineyards planted accross the river in St Joseph. Here the rich clay limestone soils are less acidic than those of the granite slopes further west, the best wines that result are usually dark, rich, spicy, sturdy wines with reasonably round, pliable textures. The vineyard area spans over 1250ha so quality can be variable, unfortunately. However a good Crozes should drink well after 2-3 years, the best keeping well for 5-7.
The great red grape of the northern Rhône where it reaches its optimum levels in the violet-scented muscular wines of Hermitage and the graceful sappy Côte Rôties, which in the latter case is sometimes blended with Viognier. The wines of Cornas are renowned as producing Syrah-based wines very close in quality to Hermitage, while St Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage also represent some good value examples. It is also a component of many southern Rhône reds, namely Gigondas and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. As Shiraz, it is Australia's most important red variety, found in various guises from ripe fruit-forward commercial wines to intense concentrated old vine cuvees such as Grange and those of Clarendon Hills. In the best instances Syrah/Shiraz produces deep, spicy, age-worthy wines.
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Tina Belcher! Maybe you're not as impressed with this one as you were with last year's or the year before, but screw you (!) 'cause I love it. And if you're wondering, yes - that is Nathan's butt up there. He didn't even pry and ask me why I wanted to take a photo of it, he just said okay - isn't that a nice trait to have in a man? The no-questions-asked trait? I'm into it. The trait and the butt.
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From DRT Artistic Director - Yesterday I was thinking about Baba Chuck being cared for by loved ones, wishing his soul a peaceful passing, and I had the sudden thought - "Oh, no, I never saw Baba Chuck dance!"
Then I thought of how generously kind he always was to me, even when he was very ill and not quite sure who I was - making certain I felt his wide welcome - and I thought, well, yes, maybe I did see Baba Chuck dance –
Then I pictured DRT's young adult board member, Taylor Dorsey Flowers, and the sons and daughters of DRT's music director, Joy Harroll Goff, performing with Collage Dance Company, the African Dance group for children and youth, born from Baba Chuck's work. I see still their broad joy at drumming and dancing, their exuberant strength and skill, their generosity in performance – and I think, yes, I did see Baba Chuck dance -
And though I plan to go to a website somewhere and watch a video of Baba Chuck dancing - I'm already certain what I will see again is his wide generosity in skillful, creative, living motion.
Warmly, Jenny Justice
Today we learned the sad news of Baba Chuck Davis's passing. Dr. Charles R. Davis (Baba Chuck) lead the internationally recognized, Durham rooted, African American Dance Ensemble for more than 30 years. His leadership, his unquenchable spirit, his creative passion and skill changed everyone around him. We will miss our "Dancer for Peace."
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When Great Trees Fall
by Maya Angelou
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
gnaws on kind words
promised walks
never taken.
Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignoranceof
dark, cold
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
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Put feet to your faith
Our greatest desire for our junior high students is that they would make their Christian faith their own. The students enjoy not only an all-school morning chapel and a classroom-focused prayer time, but also study the Bible and the Christian faith every afternoon. Books such as Crazy Love by Francis Chan, and The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel help guide the students to a deeper faith. Additionally, an extensive study of the world's major religions help our students analyze, contrast, and examine Christianity with other popular views.
Students learn to "put feet to their faith" with their outreach projects, including working at the Unity Shoppe, providing coats and blankets for Transition House, putting together bags of food for the homeless, and taking a missions trip to San Francisco or Rosarito to share with the less fortunate.
Academics are not short-changed. The 8th grade students study algebra, while the 7th grade students are taught pre-algebra in a different room. Similarly, the 8th grade students study U.S. history, while the 7th graders are learning about world history. Physical science is the focus for 8th graders, and the 7th graders learn about general science. The 7th and 8th grades are combined during their English class, which includes components of literature, writing, and grammar. Testing scores on standardized testing demonstrate that our junior high students are academically strong.
The K-8th setting provides the opportunity for the students to mentor the younger ones, develop playground activities for them, and lead them in worship. Students who are technically minded are given the opportunity to operate the sound system and PowerPoint slides. All students also have instruction in computer skills.
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Diem Brown, a star of an MTV reality series who announced in her first appearance on the show that she had ovarian cancer, died on Friday in a New York hospital. She was 34.
MTV confirmed the death on its website.
Ms. Brown began competing on MTV's "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" in 2006. On the show, now known as "The Challenge," teams of contestants vie against one another on specific missions, like surviving on an island with limited supplies.
Ms. Brown surprised the show's cast and producers when she disclosed her illness in the first episode on which she appeared. She continued to appear on the show until recently and blogged about her struggle with cancer on People magazine's website.
As an advocate for cancer patients, she established Medgift, an online gift registry enabling those with medical troubles to seek financial help as well as physical and emotional support.
Ms. Brown was born on June 12, 1980, in Roswell, Ga.
In a Twitter message on Tuesday she wrote: "My doctors are seemingly giving up but I won't & can't rollover. Whatever option I have to LIVE I'm grabbing!"


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ORA is developing data systems that will give our customers the ability to store, navigate, and visualize their data. The first product we designed is a 4-component, 3D module called the protostar system, which is navigable through time and space, and of which the HALO is one component.
We released and patented the HALO as a way of getting to market faster, and learning from our early adopters about the way users perceive and interact with this new kind of dimensional data viz.
With the imminent release of our (beta) HALO SDK, it marks our move from visionary Innovators (as introduced by Everett Rogers' diffusion of innovation model), to Early Adopters:
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The 3 chasms defined by Cartezia's Triple Chasm Model cover the transition from concept to demonstrator, demonstrator to early product, and early products to volume products. In our experience, most market failures do not occur because of problems with technology, management or funding, but arise from the failure of companies to recognise where they are in this development cycle and understanding the different skills and resources required to cross each chasm.
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If you're like me, you've already packed away the winter clothes so the unseasonably cool weather in New York is a shocker. In case your dealing with the same issue, I'm sharing some ideas for stylishly keeping warm.
Add A Shirt Underneath
If your kiddo is dead set on wearing his favorite graphic t-shirt and you know he's going to totally toss his jacket as soon as he can, have them wear a woven or other long-sleeved top underneath the tee like we did in this feature. It's definitely a cool look and it gives the tee a little structure (perfect for school) and it's a win-win: your kiddo gets his tee, you keep him warm. Done and done.
Add a Fun In-Between Item
I love adding a little unexpected something. Instead of sticking with the classic shirt and jacket, try adding an unexpected layer like a unique vest, maybe leather, textured or a soft knit?
Rock A Hat
It's never the wrong time for a cool hat and I learned years back that body heat really starts with covering your head. Why not try a hat? It could be a plain knit, a baseball cap or something more flashy like a bowler or a Kangol-type that was popular in the 80s.
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Refresh Your Guest Bedroom for Holiday House Guests
With the holidays and ski season quickly approaching, our phones have started ringing with clients excited to refresh their guest rooms for their friends and family. We have a few "go to" sources and key elements we love to incorporate into our projects, which we thought would be fun to share with you.
Two sets of sheets for every bed makes changing sheets between guests a breeze. Our favorite sheets used in every design project are a blend of Bamboo and Organic Cotton which are wonderfully soft and wrinkle resistant! The bamboo sheets are available through LKW Design, but in a pinch check out the Threshold wrinkle resistant sheets from Target.
Add a touch of luxury with a warm fur throw at the foot of the bed. These are washable and a tried and true favorite of the designer's projects in the Vail Valley.
Don't forget the fluffy towels and robes for your guest's bathrooms. Put the robes on a hanger in the guest bedroom closet or the back of the bathroom door so it's obvious they are clean and meant for their use. Towels folded on the countertop or displayed on towel rods where guests don't have to hunt for them is a nice touch. Stock the shower with shaving cream, shampoo, and body wash so that guests don't have to ask to borrow what they forgot or wouldn't fit in their carry-on.
There are a few, key things every guest needs to know to be comfortable in your home. Leave information like the WiFi password and TV remote instructions in an easy-to-find spot for quick reference throughout your guest's stay.
And don't forget to freshen up! Our favorite way to revitalize guest rooms before each arrival is a small arrangement of fresh flowers and a spritz of fragrant, essential oil room spray from our favorite, NYR Organic US.
Sources (Left to Right beginning left corner going clockwise): Robes, Towels, Sheets, WiFi Art, Room Sprays, Fur Throws
We hope these few tips can help you in preparing for holiday visitors. What special touches do you add to make your guest rooms special for house guests? Share your ideas with us!
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Payoneer now does transfers to local banks in 220 countries
Payoneer, known for their prepaid Master card, launched a new service: The Payoneer Local Bank Transfer Service allows our users to receive their payments directly to their local bank accounts in their local currencies
We transfer money to 220 countries with rates starting from $5.95.
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NYU Press, 1995 - Health & Fitness - 381 pages
In 1979, Kathleen Barry's landmark book, Female Sexual Slavery, pulled back the curtain on a world of abuse prostitution that shocked the world. Documenting in devastating detail the lives of street prostitutes and the international traffic in women, Barry's work was called powerful and compassionate by Adrienne Rich and a courageous and crusading book that should be read everywhere by Gloria Steinem. The Los Angeles Times found it a powerful work filled with disbelief, outrage, and documentation . . . sexual bondage shackles women as much today as it has for centuries.
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Prostitution, Power and Freedom
Julia O'Connell Davidson
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Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes
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I'm a 17 year old virgin. I can't seem to get over the fact that I constantly think about sex. I don't mention it to anyone, but when I get bored in class, I think about sex. In the shower, making something in the kitchen, walking over to my cousins' house to babysit. I'm starting to wonder if it's some sort of mental disorder.
17-year-old virgin.
You're fine
5/4/2010 10:50:32 pm
perfectly normal dude happens to every guy i know
Same here
5/7/2010 08:19:59 am
Thats okay, I do the same thing and I'm a 16-year-old girl.
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CLIENT: EatSleepEnjoy
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MULTAN: In a surprising turn of events, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won the NA-154 by-election in Lodhran with a sizeable margin on Monday, even though party chief Nawaz Sharif had been unable to participate in the election campaign as he was busy holding public gatherings across the country.
According to the unofficial count from 330 polling stations out of a total 338, at the time this report was filed, PML-N candidate Syed Iqbal Shah had obtained 116,590 votes, while Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Ali Khan Tareen had secured 91,230 votes.
The National Assembly seat (NA-154) seat fell vacant after the then secretary general of PTI Jahangir Tareen was disqualified for being "dishonest" by the Supreme Court in its verdict in December last year.
Celebrating the unexpected victory in the late hours of Monday, Maryam Nawaz tweeted: "This is simply majestic & sets the stage for 2018 elections. MNS message has resonated with the masses. Opponents misjudged the situation. Alhamdolillah million times. We bow our heads before The Almighty in gratitude.
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Commenting on the defeat in NA-154 by-poll, PTI chief Imran Khan said every setback was an opportunity to learn from mistakes.
In a bid to boost the morale of PTI workers, Mr Khan tweeted: "For all Insafians who are feeling dejected after NA154 result, every setback is an opportunity to analyse one's mistakes, correct them & come back stronger. Successful people, institutions & nations learn from their failures. Those who get demoralised can never achieve their potential. In my decades of political struggle for Insaf I have never been demoralised but have come back stronger after confronting adversities. The 2018 election is ours inshaAllah."
"It is a victory of the people who have rejected the politics of money and arrogance," said the elderly PML-N candidate Syed Iqbal Shah, adding that the result had proved that people had rejected those who had attempted to buy out their conscience with money.
"I do not own planes or bungalows in Lahore... I am a down-to-earth person who loves to live among the people of our area. My only strength is the people with whom I will live and die," he said.
As the results poured in, hundreds of PML-N supporters gathered at Mr Shah's camp office in Lodhran and began celebrating.
Mr Shah was the candidate fielded by the ruling PML-N, while the PTI had nominated Ali Khan Tareen, son of PTI former general secretary Jahangir Tareen. The PPP had fielded Mirza Muhammad Ali Baig and the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah had backed Muhammad Azhar Sandela, an independent candidate. Mr Baig and Mr Sandela backed 3,170 and 10,181 votes, respectively. There were 10 candidates in the run for NA-154, with a total of 431,200 registered voters.
A contingent of over 2,000 cops had been deployed at the polling stations, alongside army men. Six of the polling stations had been declared sensitive and elections were held under the army's supervision for the third time in this constituency since the 2013 general elections.
The PML-N's candidate had cast his vote at a polling station in his hometown Makhdoom Aali, while the younger Mr Tareen had cast his vote at polling station 234.
Talking to reporters, PTI's Mr Tareen said the decision to award him a ticket had been taken by the local party chapter, not his father or PTI chief Imran Khan.
PPP candidate Mr Baig said that his party had abided by the code of conduct, and demanded strict action against those who had openly flouted it.
PTI leader Jahangir Tareen arrived at his designated polling station on a helicopter. Talking to journalists, he said that his son would prove to be a more appropriate politician than he was. He promised to hold a victory rally in Lodhran city after his son won the election.
A 22-year old PML-N voter, Ali Musa of Mohallah Hafizabad (Lodhran), stopped at a polling station along with a wedding party to cast his vote before heading onwards to Shuajabad for his wedding.
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It was a rehearsal of 2018 general elections and expected results!
Corruption money well spent. Until or unless we get pre poll rigging and buying out of people nothing will change Zardari or Nawaz grand loot will continue.
Congratulations to MNS on an outstanding victory.
Point to be noted here is the original PML-N candidate withdrew from contest when MNS refused to spend any money for electioneering. The second choice candidate won without much expense compared to PTI's wealthiest candidates lavish spending.
Another nail in the coffin of democracy
This loss of PTI's promise and charisma is Ik's own doing.Sad
The best man won
People have rejected nepotism of PTI
RIP the politics of Dharna and Controversy! Welcome Prosperity!
A temporary setback for PTI, but it will bounce back and learn from their mistakes, as mishaps provide an excellent opportunity to review, and do better in the future.
Congrat to Shah and PMLN.
PTI should do some introspection. They deserved to win but rightly lost. PTI & Imran Khan both have started taking their voters too much for granted and think that anything he will say will be followed. Honestly Even Prophets did not do such things. So a wake up call for PTI.
Wow.what a victory . Masses have give their judgment
where is PTI,see the mirror
Jamat Islami mentality have no place in Pakistan. IK have to take new way, do something good for people and people will remember you. Hate and showing unrealistic dreams never work.
please rejected the politics of DYNASTY
Interesting turn of events
Sad public still trust PML-N !
PTI needs to work on their strategy for coming elections else these looters will come again. I'm not sure what has happened to our ppl. They know what NS has done but still voting for him. PTI should work full fledge on overseas voting to come in else it will be quite difficult for them
good bye PPP
PTI is not delivering in by-elections so far and this is not a good sign.
We should respect public's decision. PTI should give chance to new people as they were saying earlier.
People of Pakistan need to vote for the right candidates in 2018 elections to put their country and its politics on the right path with no room for experiments of the past many decades.
this helicopter business must have costed him a lot.
The Nation it seems is senseless. Why on earth they are still voting for the other dishonest?
If Imran ever wants to become PM he will have to shun negative tactics and start doing positive work for his province and Pakistan
I m very happy, PTI's supporters refused the politics of Inheritance. Imran Khan get rid of Landlords around you, otherwise Pakistanis forget Pakistan.
PTI should worry as this comes just before the national election. PTI is on the downward trajectory.
The election result shows that people still feel the party of crooks is a better option.
PML-N despite its flaws is better than PTI and certainly PPP.
Last nail in Dharna Coffin
Imran Khan's arrogance, believe in hear sayings, and persistent blame game politics has killed tehrik insaf and broken the hearts of millions of his supporters like myself
When Pakistan politics stay in families; such will be the outcome. Is there no other youth in Lodhra clean or competent enough to pickup where Tareen left?
@khan he feeds punjab's influential incompetent feudal system. It wont be wrong to say Punjab is owned by Sharif. It is clear PMLN will stay in power for the next 20 years because it controls the province with the largest voter base. The other provinces are screwed.
That's why I don't expect Pakistan to ever change since peoples mindset is poor !
Alarming bells for PTI. Come out of drawing rooms, reach poor in small towns and villages. Say how will you bring change in their life in shortest possible time. They are immune to corruption, dont depend on this slogan.Your best asset is youth in hundreds and thousands, use them to spread your message.
This contest was not between pmln or PTI .... It was Pir Iqbal, Qanjoo, Siddique blouch & other groups who set aside there differences & united against Tareen group & won
Imran Khan is turning into another Asghar Khan...
Everybody loves what he says, but due to his own follies and way of leading, he and his party is losing the common man's trust. Politics of agitation / destruction / name calling looks attractive for the Jalsa / Jaloos, but when it comes to the vote booth, people reject this negative approach.. Better stop talking and start doing something good. You may have a chance in 2023. Mr. Khan.
Wake up call for PTI. IK should dig deep and analyse what wenth wrong in one of his safest constituencies and learn from it.
Bye elections are generally won by the ruling party candidate, obviously Police & District Managent are utilised to the hilt. PTI candidate securing over 91,000 votes is no mean feat. During general elections there will be no official machinery support (hopefully) & it will be a level playing field only then the true picture will emerge.
N-League is loved by Punjabis.
People of Lodhra rejected Politics of Dharanas , And People of Pakistan will also in 2018 general elections , We want a stable Pakistan and anyone who will try politics of chaos will be rejected, Congratulations To Mr. NS and PMLN.
IK should seriously revisit his politics or be ready for worst in 2018 elections.
We still trust PMLN.
@Justice for all you are right, PTI has become another party of crooks. And People rejected it
@khan Sad people still follow PTI madness
I predict PMLN victory in 2018 elections and Imran Khan sitting on dharna for four years alleging rigged elections.
Big victory for PMLN against PTI in Lodharan. This is an eye opener for Imran Khan and second big jolt for Jehangir Tareen. In fact it was a big mistake by PTI to field an inexperienced young candidate Ali Tareen in this very important constituency. As usual money has played the decisive role in Lodharan. Unfortunately in Pakistan money speaks louder than voters conscience.
over doing of anything is not good. over cook food, no takers, over ripe fruits no takers, same applies in politics too. PTI does not listen and sane voices are shown the door. All high pitch talk, bragging about nothing, buttering the leader and seniors and unending chants, rants and pointless agitation. all comes at a heavy cost. Its about time PTI believe that people who come to their jalsa's and protests are there for everything other than vote. Wonder what will keep JKT's interest (finances) flowing in PTI now that he's nothing to bank on or hold on to. Another irony is that both Nawaz Sharif & Jahangir Khan Tareen were dismissed by Supreme court and both had nominated candidates in this bye election. JKT's was his own son whereas Nawaz Sharif had very little to no role however his candidate won by a big margin. It indicates that voters in Lodhran have accepted Jahangir Tareen's disqualification but not that of Nawaz Sharif ?? Lets see how it plays out in 2018 elections !
This is just a glimpse of what is coming in the next general elections. People voted for the party that actually worked and performed.
People of Pakistan deserve to have a leader like Sharif family. If this who you vote for then this what you are going to get.
I am a voter of this constituency. This election proved local mindset which is slave to the feudal landlords. Jahangir Tareen, despite being a rich man, is not a feudal because his way of politics is quite different. One needs to visit his areas to see how he works.
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No friend people see that PPP version 2 i.e PTI is just talk, lies, hotair and a non delivering party, who only build castles in the air.Kudos to the electorate for picking prosperity over drawing room sloganeers
Learn from mistakes? No party organization whatsoever. Just by collecting lots of rich ppl in party, nothing wil change. With party organization & good candidates together, u might be able to become an opposition leader instead of khurshid shah otherwise u r doomed Mr. IK.
What's wrong with these. Why vote a party with so money leaders under trial.
@Anti-Corruption_Pakistani Strange PTI has not learn a lesson in last 5 years, this is a result of last 5 years of dharna and agitation politics. It seems he needs another 5 years to learn how to do politics and accept peoples mandate.
An observation of Pakistan politics from a outsider. PTI is an envelope but PMLN is the real content inside of envelope. If PTI is a dream then PMLN is a reality.
@QAzi rashid manzoor Your argument is invalid Tareen won by Elections on same seat under same government. Please don't spread ignorance
System failure, rigging,how could the currupt party give upset?
One must remember that govt in power will always win in bye-elections, because of the power they hold over the area & province, where all govt resources are employed. The actual result will be the 2018.
Rigging mafia at its best.
People of that area have spoken... I guess this is what they wanted and whatever happens next is what they deserve.
PTI with the mentality of Jamaat i Islami cannot win the masses as we have seen that happening with JI despite being well organized. They have to realize the ground reality and stop behaving like elite and special which does not jive with the masses. Also, they need to walk the walk rather than talk the talk which they have been doing so far. People would not vote until they see something concrete while PTI is only focused on dreams and aims without achievement to show.
PPP came fourth which is a good sign that even in South Punjab they are no more a force. Good for Pakistan as they have nothing to show of other than corruption and mismanagement.
@Gulfam Mustafa: I second that.
"Commenting on the defeat in NA-154 by-poll, PTI chief Imran Khan said every setback was an opportunity to learn from mistakes." And always keep squandering every opportunity and adding more ignorance to your stock. Enjoy the bliss and learn more for the elections to come after 2018.
I live in this constituency voted for PTI but I think loss of younger tareen is blessing in disguise for Pti the pmln candidate is very respectable person in the area its been over a century his family doing great to improve health& education in area
IK why are you breaking your back for these people. They don't deserve you. They want leaders like NS and AZ. These people will never learn. Go retire off and live a normal family life that you deserve.
The results speak loud and clear. The people of Punjab want motorways and metro buses, and not institutional strengthning which the PTI sells.
PTI supporters never showed sportsmanship.
25k is a big margin it shows people still think PMLN is better option than PTI
Pakistani People are getting things which they deserve by their own selection.
PTI deserved to win Jhangir Tareen invested heavily here but don't know how he lost
Very interesting result - I thought PTI will keep this seat but not .. it might be combination of few things - good / respectable candidate from PML-N & also some use of state machinery but I believe key factor might be IKs negative politics - excess of anything is bad and day in and day out negative propaganda about your opponents is not going well with general voters - I was kind of PTI supporter but I hate massive disruption PTI has been causing for the last 5 years - I KEPT saying - show some delete very to people rather just promises - you had 5 years in KPK but nothing changes except some cosmetic changes - perhaps time is up now for PTI - Also PTI leaders and supporters should start respecting others mandate rather than labeling everything on corruption and fraud ... And finally - have guts to learn from you mistakes in the sense - I haven't seen it so far but hopefully IK & his supporters truly start learning from their mistake ... arrogance kills ...
Bought and paid for win.
It was a mistake by Tareen and IK to issue a ticket to this young kid, after 10 years, he will be fine, but not now.
How nice would it be to see educated youngsters from all back grounds running the govt. Sadly we get the same tried, tested and failed politicians to rule over us.
50 years from now we will look back and say, "Yes we had an opportunity but we were too blind, too dumb" or perhaps we will not as we will still be blind and dumb.
In a way it is a good reaction to dynasty politics. PTI should have nominated a local party worker instead of the son of a tainted billionaire....
Who believes the claim that Ali Tareen got the ticket without any influence from JKT or IK? Only blind PTI supporters.
What happened to the party that was supposed to end dynasty politics?


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Thursday, October 16, 2014
The Government Wants the Sermons of Pastors that Criticize Homosexuality
---Houston we have a problem---What is happening in Houston is coming to a city near you. As we approach the end of the church age- in post-Christian America-more and more harassment will be happening to believers as time goes on. This is just the tip of the iceberg of a movement that is gaining momentum day by day. There is a rising backlash against anything that resembles orthodox Christianity. And soon an overt hatred of Christians will be actively practiced and tolerated by the masses. But isn't this what Jesus said over 2000 years ago?"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. - (John 15:18,19)
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Yahoo Inc. will offer a simpler way for users to manage all their information across Yahoo sites and share with friends. At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco on Thursday, April 24, Yahoo announced plans to rewire the large nu
mber of services it offers across its site to allow users an easier process for managing all their information in one location and also sharing it with friends across the Web.
Indicating they are not trying to compete with social networking sites, Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh explained "We are not building another social network." The intention, rather, is incorporating the idea of social into all their services.
By reworking the framework of their services and creating an easier login and information sharing process for its users, Yahoo expects to remain on par with social networks like Facebook and Myspace.
"Unified user profiles and the effort to make it easier for users to share information with their friends is part of Yahoo's broader "Y!OS" strategy due out later this year," Balogh said.
The news follows in the heels of an announcement Yahoo made in January to adopt OpenID. OpenID allows users to choose one login provider and use the same login across different websites. Users no longer need multiple usernames resulting in a simpler online user experience. Furthermore, businesses spend less time and money on password and account management, while still attracting new web traffic.
Other companies such as AOL, Microsoft, and Google are in the process of implementing and providing OpenID. The success of OpenID largely depends on acceptance by all major Web entities before users can reap the benefits of one user login across the Internet.
In the meantime, the single location user login on Yahoo is sure to improve the experience of those using many of Yahoo's services. In addition, Yahoo will be better able to track the behavior of users on their various properties and provide specific data requests from advertisers.
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The library card: a reading list for fans
Amid the handful of outstanding and legendary encounters still cited breathlessly by fans, pundits and former players, the history of football is littered with thousands of dull, forgettable games. The same could be said of its literature.
Over the years, there have been many ill-advised attempts to cash in on football's popularity by rushing out books that are all hype and no content.


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A Real Summer (2007)
Written and Directed by Stephen Poliakoff.
It is 1958 in London and the final debutante 'season'. Mary, a brilliant young writer and critic, is befriended by Geraldine, a seemingly friendly young debutante of a similar age with a very different background. What starts as a friendship becomes something altogether more unsettling. This companion drama to Capturing Mary, charts Mary's progress before she enters the dangerous world of Mr. Graham's house and Greville White's sphere of influence.
Ruth Wilson gives a remarkable performance playing both Mary and the aristocratic Geraldine.
Featuring archive footage of the Queen Charlotte's ball and the presentation of debutantes to the queen, this intimate story paints a picture of life in the fading world of aristocratic England.


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Making deliveries, I'd decided, was a fine way to get in a lot of sailing and improve my skills. Even better, it was an excuse to avoid my real work of writing technical manuals. There were ads for delivery companies in Cruising World so I made some replies. My first job was as mate on a new Moorings 352 from South Carolina to Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. This was a pleasant voyage with no particular disasters. Nothing broke, fell off, or otherwise disturbed the tranquillity of what amounted to a pleasure cruise. The water in the tanks did become undrinkable due to outgassing from the new fiberglass, but we had other drinkables on board so were not really in distress.
My next delivery was the total opposite. Really opposite, as we were going from Tortola to Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Nor was it a pleasure cruise, but that was last week's story .
Now that there were some serious ocean deliveries under my safety harness, I decided to advertise my services. Being a technical person, I instinctively turned to my computer. A couple of ads on the Internet and a listing with some on-line crew services should do the trick. Sure enough, on July 12, there was an e-mail reading:
"We are sailing a new 77' ULDB from the west coast to Hong Kong. The boat should be ready to go in Nov. If interested let me know. "
Was I interested? Does a wild bear read magazines in the woods? I e-mailed my response and a sailing resume. There had to be a thousand people vying for this crew position, all of them better qualified than I, so my expectations were of the, "Sorry, we've found someone better suited," variety.
A week or two later an evening phone call turned out to be Al, the Captain of the venture. We talked for nearly an hour about my experience and other deliveries. He told me that the boat owner was a gentleman in Hong Kong who was having the boat built for racing in that area. Because the rules were different there, length restrictions didn't exist, so 77 feet was picked as a reasonable step up from previous boats. There were to be water ballast tanks in the sides, similar to the BOC single-handers. Finally, I asked where he was. It turned out that he was in Taiwan. It was pretty obvious that he wasn't calling on his nickel. After the call, I was fairly confident that I'd made the cut. Still, there hadn't been those magic words, "Jim, I want you on the crew."
After another couple of weeks with no word, I started to get concerned. Did my eagerness to go make me read acceptance into what was only a preliminary interview? I sent another e-mail asking am I in or out? If I was out, I'd have to look for serious work. If I was in, I'd forget about working and concentrate on teaching sailing and working on my own skills. On August 4th, the answer came:
"Yes, I very much want you aboard. I will try to call Monday morning your time with an up-date."
Maybe I'd better order some extra gear!
As the weeks went by, I continued to sail every chance I got. Temperatures in Phoenix were still the triple-digit range, so there were plenty of students that decided now was a good time to spend a weekend in San Diego learning to sail larger boats. In addition to the students, I had friends that were also eager to spend a weekend sailing in temperatures that wouldn't roast their brains. I was sailing two to three weekends a month all summer.
One thing any instructor learns pretty quickly is that you learn more from your students than they learn from you. For example, a few years ago a student asked me if it was possible to sail Sirius, the O'Day 34 we were on, into the slip. The winds were light and we would be heading into the wind in the slip so I said, "Let's find out."
Ignoring their looks of trepidation, I prepared the boat for a sail-only docking. With the jib furled, I held the mainsheet in my hand and sailed the O'Day like a dinghy. I placed the largest student on the side deck and told him he might have to push the boom forward to make the sail act like a brake. The fenders were in place and the dock lines ready when we turned into the row of slips. When we were about a boat length away, I spilled the main to let our momentum carry us into the slip. Sirius slid neatly into place. As we gently bumped the starboard fenders, I leaped over the side onto the dock with a line in my hand. As I cleated the line, another student got the idea and did the same to the other stern line. In a minute we had all four lines secured. The student on the boat called out, "Should I push the boom forward now?" Maybe he wasn't the tightest knot in the line.
Needing a little vacation myself, I decided to go to Portland over Labor Day and have a look at the boat. It was a good excuse to spend some time there, eat some seafood, and play tourist. If the weather was good, maybe I'd take a riverboat tour up the Columbia. It'd be nice to be on the water with someone else responsible for everything.
I got to the boat yard after lunch on Saturday. The owner had graciously consented to give me a tour of the yard and the boat. When I arrived, he was applying glass cloth and resin to a frame. Not in the boat, but in the shop. The boat was in the shed next door. The hull was completed, but nothing else. No frames were in place, much less a deck, interior fittings, etc. I'd flown 600 miles to look at a 77-foot bathtub. Still, it was impressive and I was given the VIP tour. Every possible component was explained and samples of the hull material were trotted out so that the details of this construction technique would be clear. I left the yard impressed with the quality of workmanship and attention to detail I saw. There were also some major doubts about the schedule. Here it was Labor Day and it looked as though months of work were to be done to complete the boat, to be named "Outrage."
My concerns were well-founded and I eventually received an e-mail titled "Major Delay." The departure was now set for February.
I got the call to go to Portland on February 1st. I finished my local obligations, and attended a couple of "Bon Voyage" parties. At the last one, my entertainment was a video of the movie "White Squall." With friends like these, enemies are truly superfluous.
After I arrived in Portland on Sunday, I learned that the boat was still not quite finished. In fact, the mast hadn't been stepped nor the steering connected. These are fairly essential items on most boats, so we spent a couple of days sorting charts, provisioning, and buying last-minute gear.
A personal crisis arose on Tuesday when we had almost everything ready to go. It was serious enough that I had to leave the crew. After months of planning and preparation, it was not to be. Aside from the personal problem, I was waterlogged with disappointment over missing what had to be the trip of a lifetime. It was a doubly-depressed trip back to Phoenix.
They say that good things happen if you lead a clean life and think good thoughts. This is probably true, but I got a break anyway. In my e-mail, there was an opportunity to crew on a 40-footer for a month in the Bahamas. I started the exchange of e-mails again. This time at a furious pace as the boat owner wanted to leave almost immediately. We negotiated a date that would permit me to handle my personal affairs and give us a month to go gunkholing in the Islands. All my gear had to be unpacked and repacked for a different kind of trip. By now, packing for sea was getting to be a reflex, so this only took a couple of hours.
The plan is to meet the owner, Bob, in Ft. Lauderdale on February 14th. We'll sail in the upper keys for a few days as a shake down cruise, then head for the Bahamas. The plan, if you can call it that, is to sail around the islands and try some of the more remote anchorages and end up in Georgetown with the rest of the tourists. By starting from the keys, we'll be going more or less with the Gulf Stream on the way over. Coming back we'll just have to tough it out if conditions are less than favorable. I've made several other crossings of the stream and only one was bad enough to be noteworthy. With a more modern boat, maybe these will be nice.
Stay tuned for the Bahama Mama of all cruises .