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In this post I want to talk to you about stigma and discrimination. These are just words, but they carry the power to destroy lives.
Stigma is a negative attitude toward any given characteristic of a person. This is often a broad and community issue fueled by discriminatory behavior of even a few and belief in untruths about those characteristics. Stigma is considered to be a negative portion of discrimination.
Discrimination is the treatment or consideration of a group by way of class or category rather than individual merit. It is the assumption that all persons of a particular class or condition are the same whether a negative or positive idea. Discrimination follows the ideas of stereotypes created by stigma in society.
There is an assumption that all people with bipolar disorder are dangerous or "crazy". The key to recognizing discrimination for what it is, is the broad and all encompassing assumption. The key is the word "all". It could be substituted with "every" or other similar words. This is how you recognize the falsehood that is discrimination. It is an unrealistic idea and belief in it hurts innocent people.
It just isn't possible for every individual with a medical condition to be the absolute same. Just like we have had to learn for race, religion, sex and age. So when are we going to learn?
I am going to use myself as my own best example once again. I worked in a career I loved dearly. I was an Animal Control officer and I was looked to with great trust and appreciation of my work for five years, until I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Suddenly, I could do nothing right. I was written up and threatened constantly with disciplinary actions. They were even taking steps to have me put before a comittee to have me even more punished and stripped of my rank. They even decided who they were giving that rank too, long before they got there. If you don't think that's ridiculous yet, try this; on my last review, a reason for me not to get a raise was that I was suddenly afraid of dogs. Never mind the hundreds of them that I had taken in regardless of their attitude or demeanor. Never mind that I handled some of the most dangerous animals the city had to offer. Suddenly and out of the blue, being afraid of dogs (which was not any part of city policy) meant I should not get a merit raise.
They lurked over my shoulder on the job and even took complaints they never would have given a thought of, to use against me. They accused me of being sneaky and trying to cover my tracks. Tracks from what? Oh they came up with all kinds of fantastic things. Things that you might take for granted on any given day, but may have been "construable" to appear against the rules.
I went to the Equal Opportunity Commission and it took them a full year past the time I had to give up my job. Why did I quit? Because my Union attorney said I was going to be fired if I didn't. The EOC did very little to actually investigate, they barely considered any paperwork I offered and didn't question a single one of my witnessess. They gave me a right to sue letter though. Very flimsy and gave me little chance of justice. After a year of searching, I found an attorney. We filed suit and after a great deal of paperwork a judge decided he just "didn't like it" so threw it out of court. See how they all line up for the same belief? Don't think so? How about the assumption that all city offices must be honest?
Yep, every single one worked in and lived in the same city and had practically the same beliefs. I was sunk before I even began. Now it's too late. I will never see justice. I suffered an immense breakdown before the discovery that I actually had Asperger's Syndrome which quickly explained everything they thought about me. Not that they cared, they didn't want a crazy person working for them. One of my therapists called what I suffered as "loss of identity". Now, because of them making all of my conditions worse with traumatic levels of stress, I will never work a normal job again.
Did I deserve that? Maybe I deserved a write up here or there, but not permanent disability. No one deserves that. So here I am, at my home in Wisconsin because I couldn't stay in Nebraska. And I can tell you that there are plenty who are treated this way for no justifiable reason who take their own lives. I almost did.
They are in my nightmares, to this day. Do you know that the laws on discrimination for mental disabilities do not accurately cover anyone who has them? You have to show that your condition actually disables you. Otherwise it is considered perfectly legal to discriminate against you and that is what they told me directly and word for word in Nebraska.
It's a good thing they don't do it like that for any of the other categories, otherwise you might have to prove that you are black enough or jewish enough to be discriminated against. Just an example folks. Think about it.
Education, it's the answer.


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There is such a diverse and eclectic variety of things to do at Navy Pier, it's no surprise this is a place that has inspired discovery and wonder for over a century. The People's Pier offers activities and experiences that ignite the imagination, stimulate the senses and allow your spirit to soar.
From recreation to relaxation, entertainment to education, the things to do at Navy Pier celebrate our storied first century, while introducing guests to an extraordinary second one.
When, for example, you take a spin on our new Centennial Wheel, you pay homage to the city that unveiled the first Ferris wheel in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair). When you watch a performance at the Tony Award®-winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) , you participate in a cultural tradition dating back hundreds of years. And when you attend a dinner, dance or gathering under the splendor of the 1916 Aon Grand Ballroom domed ceiling, you visit a landmark that served many roles during two World Wars.
But these activities just scratch the surface of things to do at Navy Pier.
As Chicago's mission-driven cultural district, we offer arts, educational and cultural programming year-round. We are not only the home for a world-renowned theater company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, but we also created Pier stages and our Polk Bros Park Performance Lawns to showcase innovative Chicago singers, dancers and other artists. Many performances are free and accessible to all. Learn more about our free public programs.
In the summer, our Miller Lite Beer Garden is also free and open to all ages. This dynamic venue offers food, drinks, amazing views of the city and some of Chicago's most talented musicians.
Navy Pier also hosts such internationally acclaimed special events as the EXPO CHICAGO and SOFA art exhibitions; the Chicago Architecture Biennial; and the Chicago Flower and Garden Show.
Navy Pier is home to the beloved Chicago Children's Museum. It offers families with infants and children a place to create and explore through exhibits and activities that teach literacy, science, math, health and the performing and visual arts.
Children also can play in our interactive, green, front yard, which we call, Polk Bros Park. In the summer, the park's signature fountain is the place to find kids frolicking through its 150 programmable jets that mimic the natural movements of waves.
In addition to our iconic wheel, Pier Park offers other rides and attractions for guests of all ages, including climbing walls, a vintage Carousel and a swing that will gives you the sensation of flying.
If it's BIG entertainment you want, look no further than our new and improved AMC® NAVY PIER IMAX® THEATRE. This state-of-the-art theater features the largest movie screen in Illinois, with unmatched clarity and sound quality. You cannot get this movie experience anywhere else in Chicago!
Looking to take the family or a special guest on a water adventure? Navy Pier partners offer various boat rides at a price to fit any budget. Shoreline Sightseeing, Tall Ship Windy and Entertainment Cruises' Spirit of Chicago, Mystic Blue, Odyssey and Seadog are your guides for family-friendly Chicago River architectural cruises, Lake Michigan boat tours, nostalgic tall ship sails and even elegant lunch/brunch/dinner excursions. There's nothing like seeing Chicago's magnificent skyline by boat!
Of course, topping our list of things to do at Navy Pier, especially during the summer, is our Aon Fireworks Shows. Each year, from Memorial Day through Labor Day, as well as Halloween, New Year's Eve and other special occasions, our award-winning fireworks shows thrill millions of people. It's an attraction you won't want to miss!
From apparel and accessories to souvenirs, collectibles and gifts, Navy Pier has something to entice every shopper. Our dozens of Pier partners offer plenty of items.
Hungry? We have a wide choice of foods, snacks and beverages. Whether its deep-dish pizza, a Chicago hot dog or a burger chain immortalized on "NBC's Saturday Night Live," you'll find it here. In addition to nearly a dozen table-service restaurants, our Chicago Food Experience (located on level one, underneath Pier Park) offers counter-service food that showcases some of our city's finest cuisine.
Navy Pier's mission is to be a free, accessible public space that offers cultural programs, activities, theater, recreational experiences, and cuisine befitting our world-class city. We invite you to explore and sample all the things to do at Navy Pier. Have a great visit!
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Branding involves a number of design elements that can strengthen recognition, but it is easy to overwhelm a workspace with bold colors. What are the best ways to incorporate branded colors in the workspace?
If brand colors include bright primary colors, care must be taken to keep the colors to small accent pieces. It is very easy to overwhelm a space with bright primaries, and it can cause fatigue and eye strain to be in a space saturated with color for an entire work day. Small accent pieces can include picture frames, ceramic pots for indoor plants, and pillows. Larger textiles, such as window treatments and upholstered furniture, should use texture and pattern from natural materials, such as tweeds, in neutral colors.
Accent walls can use branded colors if they are on the natural and quiet end of the scale, but dark and bright can both make spaces look smaller. Gloss or semi-gloss surfaces can wear easily and show marks from furniture and traffic.
Furniture can incorporate brand colors in both upholstery and wood, but primaries in shiny materials, such as plastics and leathers, can be overdone quite easily. A workplace should, more than anything, appear functional and efficient, and the primary colors may look loud and young, like a nursery school or daycare. For bold colors and fonts, a single piece of art that reflects the branded colors and fonts can make an effective statement piece, such as a logo in neon, while the rest of the space is more traditional.
Metal accents, such as storage areas, lockers and coat racks, can be easily painted to reflect brand colors, and they can be sturdy, long lasting, and modern in appearance. If a single bright color is chosen for accent pieces, such as burnt orange, using this color on several metal and ceramic accents may give a modern vibe. Using a single color on various materials and textures can make for a cohesive and interesting design, such as a single color of deep teal on both a metal accent piece, textured linen pillows, and ceramic pots.
Branded colors should include a neutral. For most design schemes, a cool or warm neutral is needed, usually a white, ivory, cream, or various silvers and grays. The agency working on branding can recommend the tone and color for a neutral that works well with branded colors.
We would love to work with you to incorporate branded colors into your workspace! Please contact us for more information.


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When you're trying to live on a budget, or at least not spend your entire paycheck on food, you have to start making some of your favorite prepared foods at home. I'm constantly thinking of ways I can make homemade items for a fraction of the price of the store-bought versions (hello nut butters and granola).
At work the other day I saw this amazing date roll on my friend's desk. I was eyeing it, so kindly he offered me a piece and I was instantly in heaven. I detected some butter in it, and since I'm trying to eat dairy free for a couple weeks I knew I had to make this at home using coconut oil.
Of course, you want what you can't have, so I kept imagining this date roll paired with some aged gouda. Man, it would be soo good with cheese. In the meantime, though, I plan to enjoy a few slices of this as a snack or dessert. It is naturally sweet with a nice crunch from the nuts and a touch of texture from the shredded coconut. Now, this is what I call a guilt-free treat!
I think dates are one of those magical ingredients that can do anything- What are some of your favorite ways to eat dates?
- 2 cups (packed) pitted medjool dates (about 18-20 large dates)
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of sea salt
- 1/4 cup dry roasted, unsalted hazelnuts
- 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- Add the dates and coconut oil to a food processor and process until completely combined and made into a paste. Add vanilla extract and sea salt and process again until combined.
- Remove date paste and add to a bowl with nuts. Using a spoon or your hands, mix to incorporate completely.
- Once incorporated, mold into an even roll shape.
- Add shredded coconut to a shallow plate and roll the date roll in the coconut to coat.
- Place in the fridge for a minimum of an hour to firm before slicing.
- Store in the fridge in a closed plastic bag.


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Some 2000 plus years later the world continues to try to crucify Christ by killing his followers. Sadly, many Western progressives in America and Europe are observing the Middle East and East Asia and eagerly waiting for their turn to strike. We must be preparing ourselves to suffer for Him, for it is coming.
Talon's Point of the Day is meant to be concise yet thought provoking. If you are impacted feel free to share the point with others, with or without citation.


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We are Kaiho Collective. We believe that liberation must be collective if it will be at all. The connections are clear: Calls for Muslim registry invoke a history lived by over 120,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans in the 1940s. Muslims living in the United States as well as those immigrating from Muslim majority countries could be subjected to the same denial of freedom should a registry become active.
The threat to individual freedom does not end with targeting Muslims, either. We know that the incoming cabinet appointed by a minority-elected president also have their eyes on other groups: undocumented immigrants, LGBTQQIA+, people of color, disabled people, women, prisoners, and most anyone who is encouraged to speak out against the racism, xenophobia, sexism, and authoritarianism of the new government. Time and again, history challenges us to remember, to not repeat the mistakes of our past, and to work toward collective freedom.
We recognize that Japanese people in the Americas were the ones forced to endure incarceration and that this history has affected the very fabric of the United States. We therefore invite every interested person to join in our efforts.
We recognize that Japanese people in the Americas were the ones forced to endure incarceration and that this history has affected the very fabric of the United States. We therefore invite every interested person to join in our efforts.
Our Purpose
We aim to create some dissonance, a rupture in the visual field of the present day. To remain alert to the fact that justice can be won, we stand up and stand out against attempts at establishing injustice as the status quo. As a visual act of protest, on inauguration day and other events, we will dress in the clothing styles of incarcerated Japanese Americans in the 1940s. Our clothes are not the style of glamorous 1940s Hollywood; rather, it is the style of everyday people enduring subjugation during a time often celebrated as an exemplar of when "America was great". Further, as a symbol of resistance to Muslim registry and racial and religious oppression, we will wear registration tags which read "NO MUSLIM REGISTRY". The tags are reminiscent of those required by the U.S. government to identify the incarcerated Japanese Americans as "other". Our efforts to visually connect the past to the present serve as a reminder that such acts of mass repression remain possible today. [Link to DIY tags and clothing.]
Who we are
Kaiho is a collective of everyday people: artists, scholars, activists, parents, workers, animal advocates, teachers, martial artists, etc. Some of the Kaiho Collective contributors have relatives, living and passed, who were incarcerated in the United States during WWII, and we were raised on the stories told by our families of Japanese American incarceration. Although not all of us have family who endured this shameful event in history, we believe that all of society is harmed by such injustice and repression. We are therefore committed to drawing visual parallels to the current Executive Order ban on immigration and any action to create a Muslim registry.
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A well regarded national building consultancy are looking to add a Chartered Building Surveyor to one of their key offices based in Essex.
Founded over 80 years ago, this building consultancy has offices across the U.K and has seen the business go from strength to strength in recent times. As a Chartered Building Surveyor, you will be expected to have a broad knowledge and be capable of managing your core professional building surveying works, contract administration and project management between £30k to 5 million. This is a key role for the company and working under the practice partner, quick progression is expected.
Principal Accountabilities:
- To actively seek new commissions and clients including distribution of marketing material in conjunction with the Office Partner and members of the Business Development Group.
- Ensure that all projects are procured in a professional manner and ensure client satisfaction.
- Ensure that all commissions assigned are completed to the requisite timescale, within budget and to the high standards expected by the company.
- Undertake Contract Administration duties as required by each particular project ensuring that high standards of professional integrity are maintained as required by; RICS, the company and professional ethics.
- Liaise and work with other members of the design team as well as external sources (if applicable) to ensure timely delivery and design of projects.
- To act as Party Wall surveyor or project co-ordinator as directed by the office partner.
- Undertake surveys and professional work as directed.
- Undertake expert witness work as directed.
- To keep accurate records of mileage and expense claims, maintaining receipts wherever possible.
- To meet annual and monthly fee targets as directed by the office partner.
- Attend regular office meetings
- Comply with the practices IMS system
- To effectively communicate at all levels and work on own initiative.
- Is aware of and promotes the companies values and objectives to other parties.
- Demonstrates a commitment to (and promotes) equality and diversity ensuring the company is an inclusive environment in which individuals are respected and unacceptable behaviours challenged.
Salary - £40,000 - £55,000
Location - Essex


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Archie Sonic the Hedgehog Issue 103 is the one hundred third issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by Archie Comics.
Official solicitation
Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy, Part One
- A tribute to the Guardians of the Galaxy brought to readers by the team that created them, writer Mike Gallagher and artist Jim Valentino. In an alternate future, Sonic comes back to Mobius after being in space for a thousand years to find the planet in worse shape than when he left it. Teaming up with the descendants of the original Freedom Fighters, the heroes combat an evil so great, they wish the original Robotnik was back.
Myth Taken Identity, Part One
- The Return of Downunda Freedom Fighters, squaring off against the Bunyip in a tale recalling the early days of the Sonic comic series.
Featured stories
Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy - Part One
- Writer: Michael Gallagher
- Pencils: Jim Valentino
- Inks: Harvey Mercadoocasio
- Colors: Stephanie Vozzo
- Letters: Vickie Williams
- Editor & Art Director: Justin Gabrie
- Managing Editor: Victor Gorelick
- Editor-in-Chief: Richard Goldwater
Zone Cop Zonic introduces himself and takes the reader to a zone 1000 years into the future-the year 4235, where Mobius is barely habitable. A spaceship is seen crashing by a figure in shadow. From it climbs the zone's Sonic the Hedgehog, wearing a black suit. The figure in shadow and two others leap down to confront Sonic. The leader attacks, only to be blasted back by Sonic's suit, which he explains can harness his speed as a bolt of energy. The one that attacks him is a two-tailed fox. Sonic explains his history—Doctor Robotnik tricked him into a rocket that he thought held Sally Acorn. Robotnik launched him into space where he was found by aliens named "Pearlmen". They saved him and gave him his life-saving suit, then sent him on his way.
The fox knows some history and mentions how "Ivotnik" started the War of the World in 3235-the year Sonic left when the Freedom Fighters lost their champion. Robotnik won the war. The fox introduces himself as Tailon, an adapted survivor, and takes Sonic to see the other surviving people. They pass by and are attacked by a group of robot Echidnas named the "Brass Knuckles." The two of them take out the small group, but a much larger one appears. The day is saved when the rest of the Freedom Fighters appear, each based off a Freedom Fighter from Sonic's time—Bunni (Bunnie), 'Twan-Du (Antoine), Rotor-27 (Rotor), and Saleta (Sally). There is another, a human-like bird named Hawkhawk. Each of them demonstrates their powers and defeat the robots.
Saleta tells Sonic more of the War of the World. Robotnik roboticized almost every living thing and the planet imploded soon after, killing him. Four surviving Freedom Fighters went to Robotropolis and each took a rocket to a different planet in order to rebuild the population. Evolution took hold, giving each species powers. Generations later, a group called the Shark attacked (the Shark were accidentally created by the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters when they launched some of their hydrotechnology into space). The Shark attacked each planet, only leaving a single person alive on each. The warrior Hawkhawk then found each of them and formed the Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy.
Hawkhawk wants Sonic and Tailon to join them to prepare for the apocalypse he knows is coming. Sonic asks about the coming doom when it happens—the Silver Snively appears which, according to Hawkhawk, is the heralding of Robolactus, the planet glutton.
Myth Taken Identity - Part Two
- Writer: Michael Gallagher
- Pencils: Dave Manak
- Inks: Harvey Mercadoocasio
- Colors: Frank Gagliardo
- Letters: Vickie Williams
- Editor & Art Director: Justin Gabrie
The Downunda Freedom Fighters are holding auditions to replace Wombat Stu. As all the candidates are pathetic, they begin to reminisce about when the team was first formed. Investigating illegal activity, the three of them found cages with a lot of animals packed inside and papers revealing they were scheduled for testing. Wombat Stu appeared and joined them, revealing the existence of Crocbot, who was behind all of the illegal actions. Just as they're about to attack Crocbot's lair, the mercenary Barby Koala joined them and they took him by surprise. With Robotnik's help, he returned even stronger.
They're attracted to a commotion outside. They find a bird who had auditioned hurt. With his last words before falling unconscious, he blames the bunyip, a mythological creature.
Other features
- Fill-In-The-Blank Knuckles Family Tree: Two page spread of Knuckles' family tree without the names of his relatives. A word bank is given for readers to fill in the blanks in the tree.
Key Events
- The Downunda Freedom Fighters have been holding up auditions for a replacement for Wombat Stu since he left to join King Maximillian Acorn's Secret Service.
- The origin of the Downunda Freedom Fighters is told.
- A lengthy editor's note explains that The Shark were created when the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters launched a spaceship full of hydrotechnology during the War of the World.
- Originally a story planned for a Sonic Super Special before the cancellation of that series, "Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy" was used as the main story for this issue and the next issue in order to cover a schedule slip caused by Ken Penders ' poor health at the time.
- "Daredingo", one of the applicants to join the Downunda Freedom Fighters , is a reference to the Marvel Comics hero Daredevil, a blind lawyer with enhanced senses.
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Roland Esquivias was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. He finished his Bachelors of Science in General and Bachelors of Science in Psychology at the University of Santo Tomas. He has been working with the State of California for the past 20+ years and currently working with the California Public Utilities Commission as a regulatory analyst.
Roland found out that there are 3 positions opened in the council and considered this as a sign on what to do next as he has been thinking to retire in 2017. From then on, he decided to run to give back to the community his knowledge and expertise in customer protection, economic and environmental stewardship, safety and sustainability.
Roland on Safety
Roland was brought up in a closely knit family. According to him, he remembered when he was in grade school that he cannot get out of their front gates after 6pm. When he was in College, he has to call the house if he was running late and will be home after 10 pm. Roland was brought up with a strict house rules and safety that was instilled by his father. Growing up, he was trained to make sure lines of communication are open during emergencies, to look after one another, and be prepared always. These value systems instilled by his family are still applicable to the ideals of emergency response and vigilance in our communities.
Roland on Sustainability
When Roland arrived here in the United States, he was introduced in the concept of recycling which is totally new to him at that time. As he got into practice of doing recycling, it opened his eyes to the different efforts one can do to make an effort to be kind to our planet.
Roland on Service
Hercules is a beautiful city that features a clean, safe and family oriented place but lacks the amenities for fun and entertainment. It is now going through major developments that will bring economic prosperity and sustainability.
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Californians to get look back at slavery / Reparations advocates, genealogists eager to see insurers' lists
California's Department of Insurance will release a list of former slaves and slaveholders today, an unprecedented move propelling the state into the middle of the debate over reparations for slavery.
Although California never permitted slavery, it is the first state to require the release of slave-related records held by insurance companies doing business in the state.
The release could spark new lawsuits seeking reparations, while genealogy groups, civil rights attorneys and politicians differ over whether money from any settlements should be paid to descendants of slaves or to civic organizations.
The names of 600 slaves, 400 slaveholders and other records will be posted on the insurance department's Web site and made available for viewing at department offices in San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles this morning.
African American genealogy groups are eager to examine the findings. Some people may find their ancestors on the list, though some descendants may never be found.
"Everybody hopes that it's going to be one of their ancestors on that list, " said Ronald Batiste, president of the California African American Genealogical Society.
The insurance policies covered slave owners against slaves' deaths or injuries.
The law requires insurance companies that do business in California to open their records. It was championed by former state Sen. Tom Hayden, D-Los Angeles, and passed in 2000. At least eight firms have provided policy information, officials said.
The debate over reparations to minority groups elicits strong emotions. Gov.
Gray Davis drew sharp criticism last week when, during a visit to San Jose, he said: "Clearly, we want to right any wrongs and do justice to people who were taken advantage of."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of the RainbowPush Coalition, was with Davis last week and applauded the state's efforts.
"(The) report coming out of California will have broad application for our nation," Jackson said. "You must first have the research and the invoices that will establish who profited off of whom."
Supporters of reparations say records allowing people to document how an insurance company or other business profited from the labor of their ancestors strengthen claims like one filed recently in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial Group, the insurer Aetna and railroad giant CSX.
That complaint, by activist Deadria Farmer-Paellmann on behalf of 35 million slave descendants, seeks unspecified damages.
But Aetna and other insurance industry officials say it is wrong to try to force companies to pay for policies that were legal more than 100 years ago.
"Slavery is one of the greatest scars on our country's history," said Nicole Mahrt, spokeswoman for the American Insurance Association, which represents more than 400 California firms. "It was something sanctioned by our government and written into our Constitution."
Mahrt said lawsuits that would seek damages for slavery would place a "tremendous burden" on the nation's courts.
Paellmann, who was inspired to file her claim after reading about an unsuccessful reparations case in California filed against the U.S. government seven years ago, said the industry should brace itself for more lawsuits.
"Most definitely this (information) will trigger new suits," said Paellmann.
"People like myself and others that look to file reparations will know what companies can be cited as plaintiffs."
Paellmann and her attorneys plan to file another class-action claim today in New Jersey federal court against insurer New York Life, bank and investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, at least one railroad company and one of the nation's major tobacco companies, she said.
Two other groups, including one led by lawyer Johnnie Cochran and Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree, plan to sue the U.S. government and private firms. They want to establish funds for educational programs and the creation of health and economic investment centers.
But deciding how to distribute money to organizations or individuals would be a problem, said Eva Paterson, an attorney at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris.
"The high-road side of me says this should go into a fund of some kind," said Paterson. "But another side says give me my money. As the saying goes: If not 40 acres and a mule, then 40 acres and a Lexus."
Burris said a common fund probably would be more appropriate for such a large class of people because it could fund programs that everyone could take part in. "But that can cause many problems -- who's eligible, for instance," he said.
The University of California is drawing together panels of scholars to calculate the economic benefits of slavery to business in the state as part of the legislation that authorized the insurance policy review.
Claudine Michel, director of the Center of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara, said data released by the state would help scholars by detailing the stated value of slaves in the policies.
"It's going to be complicated, calculating the cost," said Michel.
Slavery records
-- The State Department of Insurance will post a report and data on its Web site -- www.insurance.ca.gov -- at 9:30 a.m. today.
-- Documents will be on display in the following locations: San Francisco, 45 Fremont St., 23rd floor. (415) 538-4010; Sacramento, 300 Capital Mall, 17th floor, (916) 492-3500; Los Angeles, 300 South Spring St. (213) 346-6464.


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Life is all about choices and attitude. Make the right choices, keep a positive attitude-- and you will find JOY through all of your ups and downs. Hope you enjoy my thoughts!
Welcome to JOYFUL REFLECTIONS. My Header Picture of the RHODODENDRON blossoms blooming in our yard during May a few years ago, gives me HOPE in this month of MAY. That hope (during these hard times for all of us) is that the flowers will continue to bloom ---and bring us the HOPE for an awesome future!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Our Anniversary
Tomorrow is our 8th wedding Anniversary. It has truly been the BEST eight years of my entire life. As you know, I've had a great life ---but I did not know what real LOVE was until I met George.
In order to celebrate this special day, George is taking me to North Georgia (Dillard area) to do some 'waterfalling'. On Tuesday night, we'll enjoy dinner at the Dillard House. We'll be gone until Wednesday night. I'm sure that both of us will have plenty of new pictures to post when we return. In the meantime, I will close by showing you some of our pictures together during these eight years of PURE joy!!!!!
I couldn't help myself. I just HAD to show this one!!!! Isn't he a mess??? I try my best to train him---I really do!!!!! ha ha ha
Why don't you go out to dinner on Tuesday and help us celebrate our Anniversary????? We'll be back online ---with lots to tell you, on Thursday.
Have a wonderful week.
Hugs to All,
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Regardless of how I overeat and consume more than my fill of salt and pepper shrimp when I dine out in Chinese restaurants, I always have room left for Xi mi lu. I'd be paying the bill, already stuffed to the gills, and my neck would still be craned like a giraffe, on the lookout for the waiter to bring over bowls of tapioca coconut dessert soup.
Usually served as a complimentary dessert, this sweet soup is made with coconut milk, tapioca pearls and taro. In the Xi mi lu I made today, I replaced the taro with calabasa as that was what all I had in the house and I had a massive craving to satisfy pronto. I imagine camote (Japanese yams) or ube (purple yams) would make adequate substitutes as well. Although commonly enjoyed piping hot, I find this tapioca coconut dessert soup just as delicious served cold. Give it a try and don't forget to leave me a feedback. Your lovely comments are greatly appreciated.
Tapioca Coconut Dessert Soup
- 8 cups water
- 1 cup tapioca pearls
- 3 cups coconut milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 calabasa peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- In a pot over medium heat, bring 6 cups of the water to a boil. Add tapioca pearls and cook, stirring regularly, for about 10 to 15 minutes or until translucent. Remove from pot and using a fine mesh sieve, rinse under cold, running water. Drain well. Until ready to use, keep tapioca in a bowl of cold water to keep from sticking together.
- In a pot over medium heat, combine coconut milk, sugar and the remaining 2 cups water. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
- Add calabasa. Lower heat and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 to 20 minutes or until calabasa is fork-tender. Add tapioca and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 3 to 5 minutes or until dessert is slightly thickened. Serve hot.


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The adjustable detachable and convertable mechanism lets you control the amount of water in your sink
Compair FLOW1 with any other existing sink wastes used in UK homes.
The FLOW1 converts into the FLOW2 in seconds allowing the device to be totally mobile and giving you the most advanced anti-flood plug available.
Will come in great colours to match your bathroom
Whether you want a full anti flood system or just an anti-flood plug the FLOW 1 & 2 is unmatched. Flow1 is a waste that will fit any standard UK sink and is adjustable which means you can control the amount of water you want in yor sink,when the level is exceeded the disc flips open and drains the water away. FLOW 2 Plug has the same mechanism and is also adjustable and will fit any stadard sink.
The advantages of the FLOW1&2 are clearley obvious compaired to any other sink waste & plug and with a price tag that won't break the bank you will make your home a considerably safer place.
Whether it's an elderley person with memory loss issues like ALZHEIMERS or kids messing about in the bathroom the results could be devestating causing damage to flooboards,plasterwork,wireing,insulating and anything else that gets in it's way.


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The city's department of health has released data on overall health and climate issues affecting at-risk neighborhoods.
The world is getting hotter. Climate change is a reality that we can no longer ignore. We are seeing rising sea levels, habitat destruction, and unprecedented natural disasters from New Orleans' Gulf Coast to New York's Eastern Seaboard. But another devastating consequence of climate change is the effect rising temperatures are having on the overall health of residents in cities, especially amongst at risk neighborhoods and populations.
Last week, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, (SFDPH) released a brand new dataset that will better inform residents, and city agencies about the overall health and climate issues affecting at risk neighborhoods in San Francisco. SFDPH compiled a massive amount of data, including satellite imagery, temperature data, and other data sets based on culture, behavior, and other demographic characteristics of San Francisco's different neighborhoods.
With all of this data, SFDPH created the San Francisco Heat Vulnerability Index. This valuable new tool will help city leaders understand which areas of San Francisco are the most at risk during an extreme heat event. By identifying these vulnerable areas with this newly available data, hopefully we'll be able to reduce the amount of heat related illnesses like heat stroke, and heat related deaths. Especially amongst populations in San Francisco that are more at risk the others.
This heat index is just another example of what's possible with open data. When governments make this information accessible, we can use it to predict what might happen when San Francisco is hit with its next big heat wave. And if we have this information available now, before disaster strikes, our city and its residents, equipped with this new data will be much better informed and prepared for when it matters most.
SFDPH has been a fierce advocate for open data, and the work we've done at Appallicious would not have been possible without their efforts. In June we partnered with SFDPH to launch our Neighborhood Score app at the US Conference of Mayors' annual summit. The app, using data provided by SFDPH, provides an overall health and sustainability score, block-by-block for every neighborhood in the city of San Francisco. The department's incredible leadership and work on Open Data is creating new national standards and giving companies like Appallicious the ability to innovate and create incredibly useful tools for the residents of San Francisco.
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Alice Austen (March 17, 1866 – June 9, 1952) was a self-taught photographer born on Staten Island. She used her mother's surname, Austen, because her father had left her mother before Alice was born.
Alice started her interest in photography when her uncle gave her a camera when she was 10 years old. After she began in her hobby, her camera equipment rarely left her side (though at times it weighed over 50lbs/~23kg altogether!)
Over her lifetime, Alice took thousands of photographs of all kinds of subjects. Her photographs are especially valuable as a window into daily life of the time.
Alice held onto her glass plate negatives, just thinking of her photography as a hobby. However, during the stock market crash of 1929, Alice and her family lost all their income, and she eventually had to sell off her home and all her possessions in order to survive.
In 1950, Alice's photographs were rediscovered by chance when Picture Press was looking for images for a new project on the history of American women. Oliver Jensen of Picture Press published several of Alice's photos in the book Revolt of Women, wrote an eight-page story in Life magazine, and published six pages of Alice's travel photos in Holiday magazine, raising over $4,000. With her portion of the money, Alice was able to move out of the poorhouse where she had been living.
Currently, the Alice Austen House Museum on Staten Island in New York City has a large collection of photographs. About 300 are on display in the resource room, which is open to the public.
Related: Gertrude Bell, Al Khatun: Queen of the Desert
Interview with Alice
Thanks to Sundog Theatre, who performed a musical about Alice Austen's life, I was able to do an "interview" with the amazing photographer herself (courtesy Patti Boustany of Sundog Theater)!
AmazingWomenInHistory.com [AWH]: Your passion for photography is very obvious, since you've taken literally thousands of photos in your lifetime! Though it was a fun hobby for you, did you have any idea how important your photography would be later on?
Alice Austen [AA]: I never gave it a thought. I pursued photography – as I pursued my entire life – because it interested me. I never lived or worked for others and certainly not for posterity. Why ever would one live for recognition that arrives when one is dead? That is rather like waiting at a station that no longer receives trains, is it not?
AWH: You traveled extensively in your life and took photos in many locations. What were some of your favorite places? Is there anywhere you wished you could have traveled to but never got the chance?
AA: Gertrude Tate and I traveled across all of Europe, in the remote hills of Spain, which was a grand adventure – few people went there in those days, and you should know I met His Holiness the Pope while touring Rome… What a nice man he was! Not a Quaker like us, but he is entitled to his beliefs. It was a great tragedy that few of my European photographs survive – lost with my home. My Uncle Oswald Muller was a sea captain, and he and my Aunt Minn traveled to China, Japan, the Maylay peninsula, Siam – what I believe you people now call Thailand. I would have loved to have seen Asia with Oswald and Minn – they filled our home with vases, ceramics, books and all manner of treasures from the East – but most of all they filled our lives with story, delight and interest.
AWH: What are some of your other hobbies and how did they influence your photography?
AA: I play the banjo, but that is just an amusement – like participating at the Staten Island Garden Club. I sail, most every day – the Yacht Club is next door to– I ride horses, I play golf and lawn tennis – I've played and won tennis tournaments at some of America's best clubs – I ride bicycles, I climb mountains, I enjoy motor racing – did you know that I was one of the first women who owned an automobile – and was my own mechanic – though making photographs occupies most of my time. I recorded all of these subjects in my photography. You'll see in my photos that I took some of the first photos of tennis players in America, and there's a delightful one of me playing the banjo. I recorded motor racing in Upstate New York, and have some rather lovely landscape photos of the Catskills where I enjoyed hiking and boating – images of our own Yankee pastorale. I dare say I was an American Seurat.
Image of Alice Austen courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
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Keri Lynn Engel is an autodidact and women's history buff who founded Amazing Women in History in 2011.


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India Gets Access To Key Omani Port; Chabahar And Gwadar In Sight
India and Oman signed a key pact that extends dry docking and other facilities to Indian naval ships in the strategically located Gulf country. It can be seen as a move that bolsters India's strategy to counter Beijing in the Indian Ocean region where it is increasingly making inroads. The two countries have also agreed to hold joint military exercises to shore up their defence partnership, a day after India announced its first naval exercises with another Gulf partner, the United Arab Emirates.


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The EPA has signaled that it will soon pass regulations that will make electricity more expensive for data centers across the nation. In July, this GIGaom article predicted rising electricity costs in California Data Centers due to cap-and-trade regulations imposed on organizations that produce a lot of carbon dioxide. In August, Network World voiced similar concerns regarding new laws reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This trend is not something that can be ignored; it is inevitable which makes it a compelling event for our customers and prospects.
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There you have it, folks. Six easy steps that will send you on your way towards becoming a much-needed energy management solution provider and customer partner. Now go sell and help change the world!


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Now, S1 just ate all the CC data for expression from every instrument in this piece. I've never seen anything like it.
Yes, it's true if I don't have the automation lane open on an instrument that I get the behavior. My understanding from those on here though was the instruments were supposed to retain the state of the automation lanes last used in editing the instrument. That is evidently not the case...
The second thing is that some of my Spitfire instruments (especially those using the Spitfire sample player) evidently don't use the regular MIDI CCs. In any case the parameters available in the automation lane chooser are different and "expression" for the Spitfire player is not the same as "expression" for most instruments. The upshot is that it is impossible to get the set of automation lanes under the music editor to be the same for, say, Spitfire Chamber Strings and Hans Zimmer Strings. This means that when I move from one to the other the automation configuration is always broken with S1 returning to something like a default state (generally but not always showing velocity or modulation in all lanes except modulation). In any case it just doesn't work for that combination of instruments.
Now the problem if you are working on a large template like an orchestra piece is that every instrument has to be able to be configured the same with the automation lanes if the automation configuration is going to be retained. If any instrument can't do this you are kind of screwed and condemned to having to reset the automation any time you jump to an instrument that can't be configured in that fashion. This does not make for efficient work and it's one way the editing and programming of MIDI remains a chore in S1. The program still has a long way to go...
I'll add one cautionary tale, and that is as I was working last night at some point the expression data on all tracks just disappeared. (I was not able to reproduce the problem so I don't know what happened.) In any case I was able to go back to a fairly recent version and recover it but that kind of bug is worrisome, and good thing I wasn't working on deadline. Related, when I went to restore an earlier version S1 hung on closing the previous project (as it often does for any project contains a Kontakt instance—a king standing bug that I've reported to support and Presonus hasn't deemed important enough to fix). It took several attempts to restore because S1 could not close the current project to open a previous one.
I love much about S1 and it's workflow generally suits me better than Logic but the issues I've had the past couple of days as I've been working intensely with it remind me why I always end up going back to Logic for big projects involving lots of VIs.
One final question. Is there a way to open the automation envelopes created under the music editor as automation tracks in the main window. Whenever I open the automation parameter in the main window the automation envelope created in the music editor does not show up so I can't figure out how to edit it there.
yes it seems like its does not save the state of each track's automation windows, as much as it just seems to try and retain the same view for every track. I'm honestly not sure which is better. maybe this needs to be an option in the future. For me personally, when I'm doing automation, I'm normally doing the same kind of automation for multiple tracks, so it showing the same pages all the time is helpful. However, i can see the reasoning behind wanting it to retain the same view you had it on previously.
as for automation in the main window, I never actually noticed that the two windows are not linked when you open up the automation. that must be a bug.


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I've got a new obsession. Let's be clear. I have a new obsession every few weeks, but this one is cracking me up. It's called a podcast. And they're funny, people. Hilarious.
Let me stop here for a minute. I know that many of you are already familiar with such things as a podcast. But if you don't know, I'll explain. A podcast is similar to a radio broadcast. It's just broadcast across the internet instead of across the airwaves. Just as with regular radio shows, these podcasts have themes and regular hosts. They don't have to be funny, but why would you listed to a podcast if it wasn't entertaining?
My favorite podcast these days is hosted by Joy The Baker. And even though it's called the Joy The Baker podcast, Joy is actually having a discussion with Tracy from the Shutterbean blog. They talk about everything that you care about, everything that you don't care about, and sometimes they even talk about food. They have the most hilarious commentary ever and it's totally worth listening to every week.
What does this have to do with infusing vodka? I'll tell you. In one of these podcasts, Tracy mentioned that she likes to infuse strawberries into vodka. I'm not mad at her. I love this idea and ran out to purchase mason jars to do the exact same thing myself.
Strawberry Infused Vodka
recipe from the Shutterbean blog
- 1lb strawberries, hulled and chopped roughly
- 750mL vodka (I used Skyy but any kind is fine)
1) Fill a mason jar or other sealable container with the strawberries.
2) Add the vodka almost to the top of the container.
3) Seal the container and store in a cool, dark place for 7 days.
4) Agitate the container daily. (Try to do it twice each day, but if you forget it's fine.) DO NOT open the container before the 7 days are up.
5) When the vodka is ready, use a sieve to separate the strawberries from the liquid. You can also choose to strain using a coffee filter if you don't want to have small dregs of strawberry seeds in your vodka. (I didn't care so I just strained the vodka once using a sieve.)
6) Store the vodka in the refrigerator so that it's well chilled.
There are so many things you can do with this vodka. Some of my personal faves include adding the vodka to cupcake frostings, drinking it chilled by itself, and including it in a mixed drink. My favorite strawberry-infused vodka mixed drink? A Strawberry G&T. Yeah, get that strawberry gin and tonic. I like my drink with a splash of lemon juice as well to make it a little tart. And if I'm being super creative (also known as a super lush), I also add in a splash of tequila. Do you see where this is going? So versatile. Love it.
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The real world…
"When I have the chance, I will kill you…" He shouted with anger.
Aunty Vicky later found out I was fvcking another woman in the neighborhood and things went sore. She invited me to the house and asked me to come back to her, or else she will do something I never wished for.
"You don't make me scared okay?" I said to her before her very eyes with much boldness that made her wonder
"Why don't you want me again" She asked in a low tone
"How many of us are fvcking you"? I asked her with anger
"Just two" She replied
"Me and who"? I asked again
"Just you and my fiance" She said with a smile. Well, I wasn't in the mood for some smiles and I knew she actually deserved some slap but I was too young to give her one for being such a foolish girl.
"You left your future husband to fvck someone else" I asked her in anger "What is wrong with you for Christ sake"?
"Nothing" she said while smiling. I couldn't believe I was fvcking someone else's wife to be and lots of thought were running through my head at the same time.
"Tell me you don't enjoy me" She asked in a mild angry tone
"I don't" I replied. She gave a smile before giving me another shocker of my life.
"Do you know the girl you are sleeping with now"? She asked me rhetorically, "She is married and I will just inform the husband and give him your phone number". I laughed it off and tagged her desperate. While I was about leaving the room, I slapped her bum and was bout running when she held me back.
"Before you leave, please fvck me one last time" She pleaded. I was a young boy then, but I was fully aware of something they call the last bite that always trap a fish. I quickly removed her cloth, kissed her badly and was fingering her. When I knew it was becoming pleasure for her and she was already naked, I acted like I wanted to remove my cloth and I ran out of the house.
That evening, while I was browsing waptrick.com, I got a call.
"Hello who is this" I spoke with accent
"When I have the chance, I will kill you…" The caller shouted with anger.
"Who are you"? I asked with a little fear.
"I heard you sleep with my wife all the time" The man said with mixed emotions "If I catch you, I will strangle you"
"Wrong number" I shouted back. He was still trying to say some other things, I quickly terminated the call. The truth is that the wife was too young to have a husband. I saw her as a good lonely girl that always attend church services. Because of her, I attended one of their Catholic association meetings. I became a member so as to have a meeting point with her. After we became friends and started talking, things moved faster than I expected.
While returning from the meeting one evening, along a lonely bush path I held her hand. She grabbed mine in return and I quickly stared at her and I could see fire in her eyes. I moved my face slowly towards her own and she remained calm. I quickly reached for her lips and did what I know how to do best. Because of the open location, we quickly located the nearest un-completed building and did something I loved doing. She was putting in a skirt and that allowed easy access to where I wanted. I know a lot of sex styles and I knew the one that would be okay for this our situation. He quickly touched her toe and kept her bible one side, while I destroyed her from behind. I covered her mouth to avoid unnecessary shoutings as the act continued. We kept doing this for days till Aunty Vicky informed me of fvcking someone's wife.
"Is it my fault" I explained to another friend of mine while telling him the story
"If that near you or touch you, halla me make I show am pepper" He said in our local dialect
"When you go begin smoke" He asked me
"No, I can't smoke weed and I don't drink" I said with firm resolution "I am a Christian". I didn't actually finish the statement before he gave out a loud laugh. I quickly thanked him and went my way. I became conscious of my movements and people trailing me from behind. I always walked with a small dagger a friend gave to me in case of any surprised attack, and that was the life of fear that I lived till after sometime and I felt the dust had settled.
It was no longer news that I failed Jamb on my first attempt. I actually scored 210 and I wrote the post ume exams of two schools and none of them admitted me into their system. I felt bad because I felt I needed to explore the university world. I have heard a lot about what happens in the university but unfortunately, I couldn't experience it that year; meaning I had to wait.another year. I stayed at home and became one of the most known people in the neighborhood. My name alone could make an average guy run for help.
The truth was that I was always approached by cultists who needed my reputation to strike terror, but why should I belong when I was already a one-man squad. I knew all the cult leaders because money answers all things. I stayed at home for like two months and money became a serious problem for me. I could barely buy things I wanted and daddy never wanted to know how I fared. I had to resort to other things to make money.
First of all, I discussed with some street guys about what we needed to do to put money in our pockets for a while.
"We go hustle" Ugochukwu said with a smile. While we were there, an old man came out and asked us if we can help him find some metals, that he needed so many of them.
"Wetin you wan use am for" We asked him.
"Na big money o…" He shouted "If you people can find plenty metals, there are places you can sell it for plenty money" The man said in the local dialect. It was the best speech I ever heard from someone and I decided to put it into full practice. I started by selling of most of our valuables at home ranging from our old stabilizer to the compressor of our old fridge and any metallic thing I could lay my hands on. Few weeks later I ran out of metals at home and I needed to replenish.
"You know where we fit see Iron"? I asked my friend in the street.
"Look" He said pointing towards somebody's house. It was a public compound and a battery was lying on the floor beside an abandoned motorcycle. We quickly arranged and sold off the battery and despite the plenty cry from the man that owns the battery, we wouldn't bring it back for him. It wasn't that we stole, just that we helped people sold off their scraps. We extended our terror down to the next neighborhood, and when we couldn't see any metal to sell, we complemented with another scarce resource.
We stayed in a neighborhood where Fowls were rampant and moved around freely; whenever I felt I didn't want to do something bad again, somebody somewhere puts up a brilliant idea.
"Instead of make we waste money dey buy food, make we chop chicken na" Chijioke said.
"You buy chicken"? One guy asked him while we were in an uncompleted building. There was a general laughter because everyone knew that he couldn't afford the cheapest thing available apart from weed. He gave us a brilliant Idea which we decided to put into practice for a while.
"If we dey hungry, we fit just roast any fowl wey we see, instead of waste money dey buy food up and down" He said with confidence. He barely finished the speech, when we saw a hen incubating her eggs she newly laid. The speed at which he dived and killed the hen without much sound was something I couldn't comprehend. He quickly cut of the Hen's neck with his bare hands and even packed some eggs along. While we were still looking around to avoid gossips, he had already set up fire and the hen was being roasted. Have you ever tasted roasted chicken and fried egg? Try it and see.
Terror upon terror, picking and selling, taking and eating became something we did for fun. But trust me, all this didn't equal to the amount of free sex we got in a day. At a point, it seems like we were acting pornography.
At a point, I decided to leave the other guys, after having good money in my pocket and I finally met another guy in the street called Chinedu. He is well older than I am but we were in the same class at school. He stayed with family in a public compound a stone throw away from my house. He is a tall, fair, handsome guy and I went to familiarize myself with him to help me achieve my lustful aim. We became friends and I started learning from him. I visited him most often every morning when people were off to school and as expected he was always busy. Not with something reasonable but always having sex. It was like a morning ritual and his partners ranged from House-helps to married women.
"Teach me how you dey use get this girls na" I asked in a very humble tone
"You wan learn bad things shea" He asked me while laughing so hard. I just smiled because probably he didn't actually know me too well. I must confess that I have slept with girls but on the score sheet of the achievements, he was leading me too well. I needed to catch-up and he had to help.
"You gats repackage" He told me in a humble tone "Girls like when you are presentable and handsome also. Even if you don't have lots of money, merely being handsome, neat and presentable, most of them will accept you that way"
"How do I repackage now" I asked with keen interest.
"You are already handsome, but other features like hairstyle, clothing, wrist watch, perfume and shoes has to be up to standard" He said while showing me his collection. The truth is that he was from a below average family but yet he invested so much in all these. He wasn't even through with me, when he picked up a call and directed someone on phone to his house. Few hours later, we heard a knock on the door and when it was opened, I saw Aunty Vicky.
To Be Continued
We stood there staring at each other for a while and I was having weird thoughts about what was about to happen.
"You sabi am"? Chinedu asked me
"Nooo…, I am just admiring how beautiful she is" I said as I winked for her. While she entered, Chinedu introduced me to her, and we shaked hands.
"It's so nice meeting you, I have heard a lot about you" I said to her with a smile. After few minutes, I left the room after a signal from Chinedu for me to leave. I waited nearby while I kept imagining what would be happening inside that room. After few hours, I came back to the house and she had left.
"How was it" I asked Edu
"Mehn the babe sabi fvck ooo" He replied with so much smile on his face "You wan follow taste the girl" He asked me
"Emm… no, I won't and I can't" I replied him. After that day, I started hanging out with Edu and was undergoing repackaging. First of all he showed me how to curl my hair using a Relaxer and to color it dark using a dye. I wanted to go buy some new cloths and he escorted me to the market and helped me with the selections I needed. I started undergoing some mild body building programs to help make my body structure lovely, and also coached me on the new method of wooing girls by talking to them.
"They must gree" Edu exclaimed anytime I finish any task successfully. It was a moment of pain and pleasure and not before long; the results were becoming visible in all aspect and the way I wanted it. He took me to some of the ceremonies he attended and I was given a task whereby he points at a girl and I am expected to go talk to her. Some gave me the highest snub someone can give to somebody while one of them almost gave me a life changing slap as a take away gift. Any of my failure resulted to serious laughing from Edu and I was almost discouraged till a the help I needed came forth
"I saw you from afar and I wanted to know if you are among the people doing the wake-keep" I said to a girl I saw sitting alone few distance away from my seat
"Seriously" She replied with a grin on her face.
"Yea sorry, I didn't know what to say and I decided to use that line. I know its whack but I really wanted to talk to you" I replied with a sincere face. The truth was that I had nothing else to say and I had to come out clean. I have already wasted the night, using stupid lines I thought were cool. She gave out a loud laughter while I watched keenly.
"Who taught you to use that line you used the first time" She asked jokingly
"My friend over there" I said while pointing at Edu that was spying from a distance
"He must be an armature" She said while laughing
"Yea, He is really an armature" I replied jokingly but with a mean face.
"What your name"? She asked me, and I told her my name and we started chatting. We joked about lots of thing and talked at length that she even invited her friends to join the discussion. Within few minutes, I transformed from a joker to a Casanova. I held them sway with my jokes and discussion that one of them started coming close and touching my hands frequently. I feel that Nk noticed that she quickly asked me to escort her to buy something somewhere down the road that night. We ended up not buying anything tangible that I became forced to ask.
"Why did you make me leave the company of your friends"? I asked with an unserious face
"Don't you see that they were beginning to like you and I don't want to share what belongs to me" She said plainly
"Do I belong to you"? I asked while laughing
"Go away joor big head" She said with a emotionless face. I already knew the interpretation of "go away" and "Big head" and I quickly utilized my opportunity. I held her hand firmly that she hit me on the back, and I knew that was a sign of good things to come.
"Why is this part of your lip very red"? I asked with a serious face
"Show me where" She said. I quickly held her hands while I advanced further and she was standing still while holding my hands tighter while I advance forward again with my own lips. We stood very close to a road, exchanging lips and kissing. Even while I was about letting go, she interlocked her lips with mine so badly that I felt my dicck standing at attention. Only the loud sound of a horn was able to disengage us and we laughed over it.
"I want you bad" I whispered into her ear. She gave me a seductive smile which I assumed was a go ahead.
"Have you ever had sex in an awkward place before" I whisphered.
"No, teach me" She said with a romantic smile. I could feel my dicck bulging out of my trouser and it was becoming so restless. I quickly took her along, and we found a cool car pack where we settled down to have fun. Nk was wearing a very long pink gown that could sweep a whole compound if not handled with care. The gown was never an obstacle because she quickly raised it up with her hands, while revealing the most seductive pink pant I have ever seen in my life. I gently pulled down her pant while I went down on my kneed to appreciate what she had below with my tongue and lips. She tried shouting but held it within so as not to attract
attention, and I continued in my service to her pvssy. There was no time to waste so I didn't allow her do same for me, so I had to quickly insert my dicck while she was touching her toes behind the back of a well-packed car. Under the shadow of darkness, I had an unimaginable fun that I never thought of. I banged her with all the frustration that other girls gave to me and it turned out for good. We returned back to meet with her friends after our exploit and we were warmly greeted.
"This buying of something was actually long ooo" One of the friends shouted and the others gave out a loud laugh. They joked over it even though I felt they actually knew what happened.
"Both of you went to buy something and didn't hold hands, and you came back holding hands like lover. Oya tell us what happened" One of the friends queried jokingly. We laughed over it and it was actually a night to remember before we exchanged numbers and went our various ways the next morning. My other sexual exploits with Nk might be recorded as the diary continues because she was really good at it. I reunited with Edu who congratulated me for a night well-spent.
Few months later, I enlisted to join a Jamb lesson and it was another avenue to learn more about what life without school uniform had to offer. I met with lots of people and made friends in a slow manner. My nature is taking time to observe an environment before making any move. I realized and noticed that we had different categories of people in that lesson center. Some came to show off their clothes, intelligence, beauty, others came to because they wanted to hook-up, some came because they were bored and home and needed where to go while others like me came because we needed to pass Jamb that year.
During our lecture periods, I was always a gentle boy in class and was practically un-noticed. I knew I needed to pass Jamb and gain admission that year, but it was becoming too boring for me as per my type of person. I managed to remain gentle because I had a target on my mind.
"Seems like you love chemistry" I said to my seat mate for the day. She was a quiet cute looking girl with her glasses like someone who discovered river Niger.
"Yea, Chemistry is my best" She replied with a smile "You like Chemistry" She asked me
"I so much hate it with passion and I don't know what to do" I said with a sad face. The fact was that I knew chemistry more than her if we were to have a test of knowledge but knowing what I had in mind, I had to become a dunce.
"Would you mind me helping you out with it" She asked with a lovely tone. I have never heard such a sweet voice in my life before and she was sounding just like an Angel singing.
"Wow… you are really a lovely person." I said with so much smile "People like you are difficult to come-by" I continued. While I was saying all this, she kept smiling like someone who was getting mouth action for the first time in her life.
"Thank you so much, I really appreciate your compliments" She said with a melodious voice. "Hope you are not like other guys who make noise and are very rough"? She asked me calmly.
"Noooo… Since I was born, I don't think I have said up to 350 words I replied with a wink" She smiled and laughed while tapping my arm
"You sef, you are very funny" she said while still smiling. We talked and talked that we actually left the Chemistry subject and started discussing personal issues. I later found out that her father was a commissioner in my state of residence, meaning that money was no longer a problem. Because of her, I thought about every word I said before saying it out. I had to impress. She was using a Symbian Nokia phone, while I was stuck with my Sony Erricsson Old model phone. During lunch periods, I was sitting comfortably in a Mr Biggs Eatery while my mates where hustling Mama-put food. We became center of attraction of the whole lesson and they knew both of us. I protected her from intruders that were hell bent on snatching her from me. But there was a problem; she never had chance on her own. After lessons, their driver would always come to pick her up.
"I think I am getting emotionally attached to you" I told her one night during the regular mid-night call
"Me too… I can't believe I always think of you when I get home" She said clearly
"Have you had sex before" I asked her after series of questions and answer. She was reluctant to answer at first, but after much pressure, she gave in.
"No, but I always feel like doing it when I am with you" She said with a shy voice. Immediately she said that, my thinking and brain faculty got triggered sexually immediately. I wasn't thinking straight again. I pushed her on phone till we started the phone –sex stuff.
"How can we do it, when you don't always have chance" I asked her on phone
"I will plan it, just trust me baby" She said with confidence. Most times during lecture periods, we spent more time exchanging love letters and knowing whose own was more sweet and romantic. We continued all this till one day.
"I haven't seen your driver today" I asked her after much waiting at the lesson
"He is not coming today" She replied with a smile
"How, Why, What happened" I asked all at once
"Because I want you to have me" She said with some shy shy movement. I gave out my legendary seductive smile and eyes movement that I quickly gave her a big hug.
"But there is a problem baby" I said with a sad face
"Tell me darling" She said
"I don't have money" I said plainly.
"How much" she asked
"It will cost us one thousand naira to get a room in a guest house and stay for a while" I said to her.
"Don't worry, let's go" She gave a commanding order. I couldn't believe it, and I utilized the opportunity real bad. We arrived at the guest house very close to the lesson center and we headed straight to our room. She was shy at first but after much motivation, she became more active than I was. I gave her no space to settle before I started with our kissing and romance. She was putting on a trouser, so I took my time to undress her gently while the kissing was actually going on. She was already crying or moaning whichever she did, but I was focused on the job at hand. After undressing her, I took my time to romance all the parts of her body. She was well receptive while touching other places but as soon as I decide to go down, she held my hands firmly; meaning I start the whole process all again. I was becoming frustrated but I had to keep my cool.
"It is painful" She said with a sad face
"Believe me, It will pain just for a milli-second and after that comes everlasting joy. Even if you have never trusted me before, just trust me now" I said to her in a low romantic voice. I applied something around her pvssy region and in-fact; she was already wet before I gently and carefully found the desired break-through. She gave out a loud cry and shout that I had to cover her mouth before they assume I am killing a human inside the room. She shouted for a while before she became responsive and was beginning to feel that prophesy I made to her. We dug each other till we became tired and had to leave. It became a sex lesson for us almost on daily basis and I was just so equal to the task. She always wanted it, and I was always at her service to render it to her. We stayed together during the Jamb lesson and fvcked together after the lesson. All these continued for a long time before she broke news to me…
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Anon Nation put together this terrific tribute to all the enturbulators in the Big Apple.
I wish I could have joined you for your epic year!
Anon Nation put together this terrific tribute to all the enturbulators in the Big Apple.
I wish I could have joined you for your epic year!
James Cowan has written an article for Canada's National Post on the Orwellian Power of Anonymity. I was pleased to be interviewed for the piece. It is only partly about Anonymous and the Scientology organization but well worth reading.
Despite the lack of a leadership structure, membership list or other organizational accoutrements, Anonymous — which draws its name from the pseudonym used by most 4chan members — quickly established a Web site and plan of attack. On Jan. 21, a message was posted on several Web sites announcing Anonymous' intentions. "Anonymous has decided that your organization should be destroyed," a robotic voice intoned over images of clouds. "For the good of your followers, for the good of mankind and for our own enjoyment, we shall proceed to expel you from the Internet and systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology."
"The initial impression is Anonymous must be a lot of kids," said Mark Bunker, an Emmy-winning journalist and Scientology critic who has been adopted as a self-described "Obi-wan Kenobi" to Anonymous. "But I've met hundreds and hundreds of these people at protests and, yeah, there are a lot of students, but there are doctors and police officers and military and teachers and strippers — a wide range of people."
The Anonymous campaign against Scientology amounted to guerrilla warfare, with protestors sniping at the Church while protected behind a wall of secrecy.
The article also talks about the artist Banksy. I got to see a piece he painted on a London building when I was out for dinner with a group of Anonymous in July.
Not DM?!?!
I just got an email from someone who claims he attended the Scientology New Year's Event and David Miscavige was missing in action. Here's the report:
I went to the New Year's Event this past Saturday and I have a piece of info for you if you haven't already heard – Tommy Davis was the MC for the whole event and COB was not there!!! This is extremely unusual as DM normally runs the whole thing every year. This is a first since he became COB and it was the most talked about thing after the event was over. There is a buzz going on amongst Scientologists trying to figure out why he wasn't there to host the most important event of the year.
Most of the other usual speakers were there to brief about specific areas of the usual cult activities (WISE, ABLE, Narconon, etc.) but again, everyone was a little shocked not to see little Davey there at all. One of my other ex-scientologist friends said he might be doing a tag-along with Tom Cruise during his film promotion but this is not likley… my guess is he is either sick, incapacitated or handling a huge monstrous flap that only he can deal with. It would take something HUGE for him to miss an event like this!
The only other time this has happened was during one of the Maiden Voyage weeks on the Freewinds. After the 2nd day, he just left mid week and Ray Mithoff had to be the MC for the rest of the weeks events. We were told by ship staff that he had to go handle a flap, and it was really hush-hush… We later found out that right around the same time, the criminal charges from the murder of Lisa McPhearson came up.
Anyway, I wanted to let you know so you can pass it on if you wish. I'm not on any message boards or blogs, etc. so you were the first person I thought of to pass it along to. Thanks!
I haven't seen any word about this elsewhere. Palace coup? Bad case of the BT's?
Let me say first off, I don't condone barging into a Dianetics center and annoying the staff. They're cogs in the machine and their lives are miserable enough as it is. However — the song they get to hear in this video is pretty snappy. It's got a good beat and the lyrics are terrific.
I don't know what the laws are like elsewhere, but trespassing like this in the U.S. could get you into some serious trouble. My advice? The public would enjoy hearing that song sung in front if the center. The staff would still be enturbulated but only because you were educating the raw meat that would get diverted from entering.
My only other advice (and of course no one has to listen to me) is filming sideways or upside down doesn't add a lot to a video. A rakish angle can be nice. Sideways, not so much.
And if you wanted to listen to me, Jeff Jacobsen and I are doing a year in review internet radio show for an hour this afternoon starting at 3pm California time.
Merry Christmas!
San Diego Anon was at cause over the local Org. The Scientologists were so afraid to be exposed to entheta that they put up a very primitive Romulan cloaking device.
A classic tune for the holidays.


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Projection, based on Rejection, posed as Dimension
The majority of those asked chose option 2. However, the probability of two events occurring together (in "conjunction") is always less than or equal to the probability of either one occurring alone—formally, for two events A and B this inequality could be written as {\displaystyle \Pr(A\land B)\leq \Pr(A)} and {\displaystyle \Pr(A\land B)\leq \Pr(B)}.
(related: fundamental attribution error — " the tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics of the agent (character or intention), rather than external factors, in explaining another person's behavior in a given situation.")
The Incompetent Miscalibration
the cognitive bias of illusory superiority results from an internal illusion in people of low ability and from an external misperception in people of high ability; that is, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."[1]
she screamed
running out the door
like some sort of
bus riding passenger
with tourettes
yelling: The conclusion might be true, and might be thought probably true, yet it can be false.
Controversy continued, however, with Popper's putative solution not generally accepted.[13]
By now, inductive inference has been shown to exist, but is found rarely, as in programs of machine learning in Artificial Intelligence (AI).[14]
Popper's stance on induction is strictly falsified—enumerative induction exists—but is overwhelmingly absent from science.[14]
Although much talked of nowadays by philosophers, abduction or IBE lacks rules of inference and the discussants provide nothing resembling such, as the process proceeds by humans' imaginations and perhaps creativity.[14]
- a method of reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion. While the conclusion of a deductive argument is certain, the truth of the conclusion of an inductive argument may be probable, based upon the evidence given.[1]
- Enumerative induction or, as the basic form of inductive inference, simply induction, reasons from particular instances to all instances, thus an unrestricted generalization.[1] If one observes 100 swans, and all 100 were white, one might infer a universal categorical proposition of the form All swans are white. As this reasoning form's premises, even if true, do not entail the conclusion's truth, this is a form of inductive inference.
- The conclusion might be true, and might be thought probably true, yet it can be false. Questions regarding the justification and form of enumerative inductions have been central in philosophy of science, as enumerative induction has a pivotal role in the traditional model of the scientific method.
How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments
He stated: "If you're incompetent, you can't know you're incompetent … The skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the skills you need to recognize what a right answer is."[6][7]
Although much talked of nowadays by philosophers, abduction or IBE lacks rules of inference and the discussants provide nothing resembling such, as the process proceeds by humans' imaginations and perhaps creativity.[14]
These predicates are unusual because their application is time-dependent; others have argued such time-dependency depends on the language adopted, and in some languages it is equally true for natural-sounding predicates such as "green."
they illustrate the problem of projectible predicates and ultimately, which empirical generalizations are law-like and which are not.[1][2]
Goodman's construction and use of grue and bleen illustrates how philosophers use simple examples in conceptual analysis.
which empirical generalizations are law-like and which are not.[1][2]
"Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence"
enumerative induction is not an autonomous phenomenon, but is simply a masked consequence of inference to the best explanation (IBE).[6]
Having highlighted Hume's problem of induction, John Maynard Keynes posed logical probability as its answer—but then figured not quite.[7] Bertrand Russell found Keynes's Treatise on Probability the best examination of induction, and if read with Jean Nicod's Le Probleme logique de l'induction as well as R B Braithwaite's review of it in the October 1925 issue of Mind, to provide "most of what is known about induction", although the "subject is technical and difficult, involving a good deal of mathematics".[8] Two decades later, Russell proposed enumerative induction as an "independent logical principle".[9][10] Russell found,
inference based on many observations, is a myth
"Induction, i.e. inference based on many observations, is a myth. It is neither a psychological fact, nor a fact of ordinary life, nor one of scientific procedure".[12]Popper's 1972 book Objective Knowledge—whose first chapter is devoted to the problem of induction—opens, "I think I have solved a major philosophical problem: the problem of induction".[12]


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(all photography by Scot Meacham Wood, for The Adventures of Tartanscot)
Scot the trip sounds amazing, the architecture, the pastries!! I love NYC!
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Beautiful job on the photos Scot. Looking forward to hearing about your NY adventure. Shiree'
Scot, what type of camera do you shoot with? You have such an interesting approach in the composition of your photos. They're beautiful!
I'm bummed that I had to cancel my trip for Blogfest. It would have been great to see you! Looking forward to hearing more about it.
Love seeing things through your eyes! Ruthie
Wondered when you were going to "check in." Your camera was "on fire!" franki
Beautiful pics, I love NY!
It's really just a simple little Canon PowerShot 1200. Sorry you we're able to be in NY for the event - you were certainly missed!
It was so wonderful to meet you in person and share some laughs behind the scenes! You are a joy!!!
Love these photos and seeing the Big Apple through a fresh lens. The photo of the bright green tables and chairs - cheerful even on a dreary day.
And, guess what. It's STILL raining here!
~ Elizabeth
FANTASTIC photos Scot! I especially love the fire escapes -- a very avant-garde shot!
I mentioned SMW Design in my All-Things-Ralph post today - because I love your work! http://consideryourselfathome.blogspot.com/2011/05/rl-you-listening.html
Cheers - Whitney


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"It behooves you to develop a thicker skin." Toastmaster Rosalind Scantlebury
Ms. Scantlebury did not mince words at a recent Table Topics Contest. Responding to the prompt—Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me—she focused on an individual's responsibility not to take things so personally. She peppered her impromptu talk with provocative comments, among them, "What other people think of you is none of your business."
Definitely inspiring, especially for writers.
Thirty-one years of teaching adolescents thickened my skin considerably, but I faced different challenges when I embarked on a writing career. I had to learn how to deal effectively with critiques and rejection letters from agents, publishers, and book reviewers. And, most important of all, I had to acquire that coveted rhino skin.
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