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The Best Jewellery Stores in Toronto
The best jewellery stores in Toronto have a way of uplifting the spirit. I know that sounds hokey, and believe me--I'm not going to get all karma and moon sign on you--but truthfully, fine jewellery has a power unmatched by most tangibles known to man.
We're not talking about costume jewellery or off-the-rack accessories here, but exquisite, finely crafted pieces that have been intricately designed and meticulously formed. Using precious and semi-precious stones and metals, this jewellery is an expression of the creativity of the designer, or, if you're working with a good custom-creator, your own emotions and intentions. Some jewelers in Toronto have mastered this art perfectly.
Here are the best jewellery stores in Toronto.
Made You Look
Made You Look is a Parkdale paradise for jewellery lovers, with lots of unique pieces made by local designers. Made You Look's specialty, though, is custom jewellery, with a collective of on-site designers there to help you put an idea on your finger. Because really, is there anything better? For less hefty budgets, the store also has a costume/casual sister-location on the south side of the street. More »
Anne Sportun
You know you're crafting something special when Canada Post puts your hand on a postage stamp. That happened to Anne Sportun, whose experimetal jewellery, hand-crafted by a team in Toronto, has earned her the reputation of one of the best in the city. Started on Queen West, Anne Sportun jewellery is now available in stores internationally. More »
The Devil's Workshop
Not only can you buy your beloved something special from The Devil's Workshop, but you can also create something too. And by "create" I mean "create," not simply "design." Housed across from the Chocolate Factory Lofts near Trinity Bellwoods Park, The Devil's Workshop offers programs such as its Wedding Band Workshop and Silversmith for Beginners, as well as jewellery made by local artists. More »
Flux + Form
While its location is certainly not ostentatious, tucked away in an old space on Sherbourne Street between Queen and Richmond, Flux +Form offers stunning pieces made of precious and semi-precious stones and metals. Designers Suzanne Crudden and Kim Drosdick sell pieces from their own collections, as well as work with customers to create special one-of-a-kinds. More »
Mindham Fine Jewellery
Venerable Canadian jewellery designer Myles Mindham offers his gorgeous and often nature-inspired pieces from a new location on Hazelton Avenue. Formerly on the ground floor of the Park Hyatt, Mindham Fine Jewellery has been a Toronto spot for exquisite, classic jewellery for over 20 years. More »
Studio 1098
Gemmologists, designers and metalsmiths Tamara Kronis and Kathryn Dieroff offer a variety of collections at Studio1098, many of which are inspired by flowers and plants. Located, appropriately, at 1098 Yonge Street in Rosedale, Kronis and Dieroff also work with customers to create custom pieces, and remake old jewellery into something new. More »
Fair Trade Jewellery Co.
Not simply nice to look at, the fine jewellery from Fair Trade Jewellery Co. on Parliament north of Carleton is also totally ethical. The shop is North America's first registered operator for fair trade fair mined gold and platinum, and its diamonds are all certified Canadian. Wedding and engagement rings can be custom made. More »
Leif Benner
Operating out of the Case Goods Warehouse in the Distillery District, designer/goldsmith Leif Benner creates custom rings and exquisite accessories. His wedding bands and engagement rings have earned him quite the reputation in Toronto, working with all sorts of stones, colours, and textures. More »
Linda Penwarden Jewellery
Linda Penwarden offers her personally designed collection, as well as custom creations, out of her store on Mount Pleasant south of Eglinton. Much of Penwarden's jewellery is inspired by leaves and nature, and she works with a variety of stones and metals, and only Canadian or conflict-free diamonds. More »
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We all couldn't be happier that you got married.
This is Kate's day. You've had yours.
So nice to see them on this list.
I didn't listen when friends told me it happened to them, but then it happened to me. People should boycott this store.
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Without a doubt, I suggest you add Silverbridge on Cumberland Street to this list. http://www. silverbridge.com.
Costin Lazar's collection includes some fantastic diamond rings.
ASI Boutique in Toronto's beach area is owned and operated by the closest thing to a jewelry thief. Not only were the prices quoted for services rendered incorrect and double what they should have been, but while servicing, my engagement ring was damaged beyond repair. All that was requested was a rubber ring stopper for my new engagement ring, and instead I got a metal one, which upon being applied to the ring, did damage to the platinum band and setting. Now, I am left with a brand new but damaged engagement ring, a headache from dealing with the owner, and regret in trusting ANYTHING valuable to these "questionable" business owners.
Hopefully this posting prevents others from the same misfortune that me and my fiancee recently underwent.
Thanks for reading.
Lately I found one shop named Canadian Gold Buyer and they offered me good price of my jewelry.
Sevan designed the ring exactly how I wanted and the finished product is beautiful and my fiance loved it. I received a 3D mockup of how the ring would look in advance of Sevan making it. A very nice touch.
Please do yourself a favor and visit AST rather than a store. The service you receive will be far and above what you will experience there and you will receive much better value for your money.


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Apple VP and iCloud guru Eddy Cue recently accepted a Special Merit GRAMMY Award for the late Steve Jobs. Cue gave an acceptance speech on behalf of Apple and the Jobs family, saying that "Steve was focused on bringing music to everyone in innovative ways." Cue worked with Jobs closely for 15 years.
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Oh Double Helix, why do you tease us so with pretty things we can't have yet? During the Play XBLA livestream on the 16th January (which is archived here), the team gave away some interesting tidbits on new character Spinal and other updates and fixes coming soon to the game.
The team have promised that owners of the KI Ultra Edition will receive Spinal sooner, and that he'll bring with him 15 new achievements for a total of 150 Gamerscore. They also mentioned that he'll handle very differently to the other characters, and that when playing against Spinal you'll need to pay very close attention to all your bars. Sounds like he's a leech character, then.
Double Helix also revealed that the implementation of online lobbies has been delayed until March. You might remember that March is also when Double Helix is scheduled to release the game's much-anticipated arcade mode, as well as its second DLC character Fulgore. Got to say, I'm not hugely confident all those deadlines will be met at this point. Of the arcade mode, however, the team said that Double Helix and MS Game Studios are writing the story, and that players will find a lot of fun lore and "neat things" in keeping with the original Killer Instincts.
We also learned during the livestream that the game's free character will change weekly instead of every couple of months. There will also, apparently, be new accessory packs every week. Enough to keep you waiting until March?
Thanks to Killer Instinct Central for all the info, and to Eurogamer for passing it on.


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A Great Start
I LOVED that beginning. LOVED IT!!!! Whoever had the idea to get mothers and fathers and cousins and geometry teachers to wear jerseys and talk about a loved one. That was fabulous, the best beginning I've ever seen to a Super Bowl. Fabulous and totally heart-warming.
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Damm missed it watching Aaron Baddley win. I am sure it will be on the internet somewhere.
Posted by: Kitty | February 4, 2007 06:11 PM
As prosaic and dull and gimmicked up as that stupid introduction of the Colts was, that's how good the taped beginning with the mothers, fathers and brothers was. And to have Peyton Manning actually say, "This truly is the last game of the season" .... WHAT WAS THAT? START THE DAMN GAME.
Posted by: Tony | February 4, 2007 06:12 PM
ok who was that sideline idiot with Tony Dungy!!! Where is Suzie Kolber, where is Michelle Tofia. Get some true professionals on the sidelines PLEASE!!
Posted by: Kitty | February 4, 2007 06:12 PM
How great is this? Urlacher's mike went out on the initial sideline interview, pregame. Nice job, technical crew!
Posted by: Tony | February 4, 2007 06:14 PM
Billy Joel doing the national anthem...please let it be good.
Posted by: Kitty | February 4, 2007 06:14 PM
ok that nfl network commercial was dumb.
Posted by: Kitty | February 4, 2007 06:16 PM
I love this! I love Chad Johnson's Super Bowl party with Martha Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and Janet Reno for the NFL Network. By the way, I know someone like me isn't supposed to say this, but I have high hopes for "Ghostrider," where it appears Nick Cage's head catches on fire.
Posted by: Tony | February 4, 2007 06:17 PM
Does this mean Tony's leaving us for the night?
Posted by: Stink | February 4, 2007 06:18 PM
Hah, that was great. David Beckham was in the ad too.
Posted by: Blackaces | February 4, 2007 06:18 PM
Mr. Tony how many people are at your house watching? You aren't trying to drop the ratings by having a bunch of people over are you?
Posted by: David Vair | February 4, 2007 06:18 PM
Hey, they got the US Open ballgirl from Seinfeld to sign the anthem
Posted by: Mike G | February 4, 2007 06:18 PM
I have to agree TK that was a great start.
Posted by: jm220 | February 4, 2007 06:19 PM
Billy Joel singing live. Marlee Matlin signing.
Billy Joel still getting it done!! Looks good too!
Posted by: kitty | February 4, 2007 06:19 PM
It shows, yet again, what a class act Tony Dungy is that he answered repetitive inanity without anger.
Billy Joel - not bad on the anthem!
Posted by: Jerry | February 4, 2007 06:19 PM
Mr.Tony - still hating on Nick Cage?
Posted by: Kitty | February 4, 2007 06:20 PM
Wouldn't Eddie Murphy be better off doing a Buckwheat movie? Or is Buckwheat still dead?
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Hester is $$. how bout that doritos comm, funny.
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Letter BATAVIA, 1 February 1949
Herewith this week's news.
Security Council Resolution [1]
As a Commission, we have so far not made progress; a decision from The Hague as to the Dutch attitude to the Resolution is still impatiently awaited. I shall be surprised if the answer is not vague and evasive. In practice the Netherlands will accept, at least in the first instance, only that part of the Resolution which fits in with their policy and programme. This programme, unless a special deal is negotiated with the Federalists, will not include the release of Republican prisoners and, in particular, will not provide for their establishment as a Government at Djokjakarta. The first main function of the Commission may therefore be to clarify the official Netherlands response, and to make sure that the facts of Netherlands non-compliance with the Resolution are clearly reported to the Security Council.
2. If we get past the first difficult stages of securing the release of the Republican leaders and their re-establishment as a Government, there will still be the problem of stopping the fighting and in this we are likely to strike bother with both sides. As indicated in my previous letter, one of the main difficulties will be the Republican Army. The armed forces are the Republic's main safeguard, perhaps its only safeguard, for the eventual transfer of sovereignty. The Republicans can, therefore, hardly agree to any solution involving the dissolution of the T.N.I., the greater portion of which is intact, before a Federal army is established under the control of a representative Federal Interim Government. The Netherlands will doubtless strongly oppose any regrouping of Republican forces and will seek to interpret the Resolution so as to eliminate the guerilla bands. Planning a new truce will certainly be tough.
Military Situation 3. There is still military confusion. Republicans are convinced that the Dutch have failed in their military action and that they will lose a war of attrition. Certainly some of the Dutch are beginning to appreciate their colossal under-estimation of the difficulties created by military action.
4. Leimena informed me yesterday that he had been speaking with a Republican civilian who had travelled from Central Java to West Java with a group of Siliwangi troops 1500 strong. This group took with them a number of families, making a total party of 2000. The journey took 36 days and only six T.N.I. soldiers were lost on the way. Republican sources confirm that their troops have now taken up their old positions in the West Java pockets and have been welcomed by the local populations.
5. Quentin Pope, of the Chicago Tribune, has just returned to Batavia after three days in East Java. The main points of his reports are:-
'(a) Before the end of December sizeable Republican forces were eluding Dutch columns and marching into East Java along coastal routes.
(b) These forces have commenced attacks on British- and Dutch- owned estates which are being raided at the rate of one every two days.
(c) As a result a number of Dutch civilians have been killed, women and children have been evacuated to Sourabaya, and several estates have been closed while others are remaining open only so long as the Dutch army can provide defence.
(d) There are reports that stronger Republican forces are at present moving along southern coastal routes towards Banjoewangi.
According to some estimates these new infiltrators will bring the total of Republican troops raiding East Java to some thousands.
(e) Reports from planters underline the fact that the whole area was peaceful before the military action of December 19 and that present guerilla activities are being conducted on strictly disciplined lines. (Raiders are careful not to antagonize local population and are paying for supplies, etc.) (f) Guerilla targets include processing plants, stockpiles and communications, to which considerable damage is being done.
(g) Roads in East Java are still unsafe and can only be used by heavily protected convoys, and then irregularly.
(h) Dutch Field Commanders described Netherlands plans as based on "herding Republicans into rough mountain areas away from food and munitions, and awaiting for weather and disease to do their work".
Pope believes that this policy is enforced by the present Dutch troop shortage and that it can only succeed if the present Republican counter invasion of East Java is frustrated.
(i) Republican scorched earth policy has blasted virtually everything of value in large areas of East Java.
(j) The Dutch claim that some operations are being carried out by Republican forces which did not withdraw to Republican territory after the Renville Agreement but, according to Pope, "all evidence is of growing infiltration by Republicans and cohesive attacks at both ends of Java".'
Other information from non-Dutch sources confirms Pope's opinions.
Press Attacks 6. Dutch stubbornness and inability to keep up with political trends both internal and external have so far proved extraordinary. Granting that Dutch natural characteristics are not conducive to an easy solution to the Indonesian problem, there are three special obstacles to a progressive Dutch policy- (a) the influence of the Army and especially of General Spoor in Indonesia, (b) the personality of the High Representative of the Crown, Dr.
Beel, who is unacceptable to the Indonesians, (c) the confusion of the local Dutch as a consequence of an irresponsible and unreliable press.
7. The third of these points is worthy of some elaboration. As I have pointed out in earlier letters the Committee has always had an unfavourable press in Batavia (and, I understand, in Holland), but since the military action, the campaign to belittle the Committee of Good Offices and its work has been intensified.
8. The Batavia daily, 'Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad' is supposed to reflect the Army point of view. Many of its attacks on the Committee would justify legal proceedings in most countries. An example of a critical article on the Good Offices Committee is attachment 1. [2] Although this article reflects the stupidity of the editorial comment in the local press, it does not properly reflect the viciousness which has marked so many articles. This is brought out more clearly in attachment 2 [3], a personal attack on Graham, a year after he has left Indonesia.
9. No better indication of the effectiveness of the Committee's reporting could be found than the bitter comment of the local press. For example, after the first flush of embarrassment which followed the Committee's Bangka report [4], the Dutch accused the Committee of bias. Attachment 3 [5] is an editorial from 'Nieuwsblad'. As the Committee had, in fact, been scrupulously careful to avoid emotional issues in its report, the criticism was readily answered, but without publicity.
10. Then again, an article in the 'Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant' (first published in Holland but reproduced widely in Batavia) claimed that the Good Offices Committee's report [6] of the 14th January had been criticised by a Senior Member of the G.O.C.'s board of Military Observers as being unreliable (see 'Aneta' report of the 26th January). This too could be answered effectively. The Committee's reply is attachment 4. [7]
11. 'Aneta' of January 26 included the Committee's report on the military situation in Indonesia of the 24th January, but distorted the facts. According to 'Aneta', 'the report released here today says the Netherlands Commander ordered his troops to cease hostilities in accordance with the Council Resolution...' Of course, the report said nothing of the kind. On the contrary, the Committee's reports have shown clearly that the Dutch failed to comply with the Council's Resolution [8] to cease hostilities at a time when such a Resolution could be effective. 'Aneta' of January 26 also summarises the Committee's report [9] of the previous day.
The summary states carefully that 'neither the Netherlands Government nor the Government of Indonesia has either officially or unofficially stated its position regarding the visit of the Republican leaders to the New Delhi conference. It carefully avoids, however, any mention of the statement attributed to an official spokesman which it had published a few days earlier, and which was mentioned in the report, to the effect that the Netherlands Government would grant facilities for visits of Republican leaders to New Delhi and Lake Success.
12. In last week's letter I mentioned that I would endeavour to send a translation from the Chinese Paper 'Sin Po' of a special article, 'A week with guerillas'. A translation of this article has already been sent to Canberra in the 'Press Review' numbers 105, 106, 107 and 108.
13. You will have gathered from my telegram that on January 28 the Dutch arrested the Press Officer of the Republican Delegation and an officer of the Republican Ministry of Information. The arrests were based, inter alia, on Section 171 of the Penal Code which, when translated stipulates-
'he, who purposely creates unrest amongst the population by the dissemination of an untruthful report is liable to a penalty by imprisonment of at most one year or of a fine of at most 300 guilders.'
The case is now in the hands of the district attorney. As, under Dutch-Indonesian law, the onus is on the prisoner to prove that the report is truthful, and since under a state of 'war and siege', it is only necessary for the prosecution to show that the report might create unrest, the prisoners seem to have little chance.
14. Documents and office equipment, such as typewriters and mimeograph machines, were confiscated at the time of arrest. The Republican Information Office in Batavia will, therefore, be unable to carry out its functions, which included the publication of the daily 'Press Review'. As you will realize from consideration of the copies of 'Press Review' sent to Canberra, we shall miss the English translations of articles and comments appearing in the Indonesian press and the foreign pressmen will also be deprived of an important source of information.
15. Although the Commission will have to proceed cautiously and carefully, it may be possible to make use of these arrests to initiate further enquiries into the position of political prisoners in Indonesia.
Political Prisoners 16. At the 395th meeting of the Security Council on December 28th, Col. Hodgson recalled a remark made more than a year previously by the Netherlands representative in the Security Council that 'the Netherlands Government was not in the habit of taking political prisoners, would not take political prisoners and had never imprisoned them'. (Verbatim record, page 83.) The following particulars will doubtless be of interest in this connection.
17. The facts have been supplied by George Kahin, a young American student to whom you will remember I have referred in previous letters and telegrams. Kahin has conducted considerable research into the position of political prisoners, and has obtained most of his facts from representatives of the Panitia Sosial, an Indonesian social welfare organization working among Indonesian prisoners in the gaols. Kahin himself has interviewed several people who have served periods of imprisonment as political prisoners and who have since been released.
18. In the gaols in Batavia there are at least 1000 political prisoners, most of whom are 'preventive political prisoners' who have not yet been charged by the Attorney-General's office with any offence and who are stated to be 'still under investigation'.
Most of these people have been imprisoned on this basis for a considerable time. Besides this thousand 'preventives' there is also a large number of prisoners in Batavia who are classed by the Dutch as ordinary criminals and are serving sentences, but who should really be classified as political prisoners. In addition it has been reported that some members of the T.N.I. who are captured are now being gaoled as common criminals, the Dutch view being that since the Republic no longer exists, there can be no prisoners of war and that the T.N.I. can be treated as bandits.
19. Of the political prisoners in Batavia, 352, all 'preventives' are in Glodok gaol, where they have been imprisoned for an average of ten months. At Struiweg gaol there are 24 political prisoners who are classed by the Dutch as 'political internees'. These people have been imprisoned following convictions of being 'dangerous to law and order'. The majority of political prisoners in Batavia are in Tjipinang gaol, which cannot be visited, even by members of the Panitia Sosial. Among the 'preventives' at Tjipinang, 41 are known to be former policemen.
20. It is claimed that in West Java at least 5000 political prisoners are held by the Dutch, the greater number of whom are 'preventive political prisoners' who have not been charged with any offence.
21. Conditions in at least some of those gaols which can be visited are extremely bad and 'preventive political prisoners', whatever their standing in the community, are accorded the same treatment as criminals. In the Batavia gaols, for instance, prisoners are given nothing to sleep on, but are forced to lie on bare cement floors which are usually damp and often wet. According to Kahin cases of brutal treatment and torture are frequent. Kahin himself has interviewed some former 'preventives' who had been subjected to torture.
Developments in Pasundan 22. Since the resignation of most of the members of the Pasundan cabinet following the arrest of four leading Republicans of that State (reported in my telegram K.257 [10] and mentioned again in my letter [11] to you of January 25), further information has come to hand regarding the background to these events.
23. You will remember that Adil Puradiredja's cabinet resigned on December 19 following the Dutch military action. This was in pursuance of a promise made by Adil to Hatta on December 12, that he and his cabinet would resign if and when the Dutch attacked the Republic. Following Adil's resignation, according to Republican sources, Spoor sent an emissary to the Wali Negara of Pasundan (Wiranatakusuma) to impress upon him the urgency of immediately forming a cabinet so that Pasundan could be represented at the B.F.O. conference and in discussions with Drees. At this time the Dutch were extremely embarrassed because Drees had been unable to contact responsible Federalists following the Cabinet resignations in East Indonesia and Pasundan.
24. Wiranatakusuma unsuccessfully attempted to persuade Adil to form a new cabinet. Djumhana who was next called upon, accepted.
Djumhana has a somewhat chequered political background. Early in 1948 he was prominent among the Republican supporters in opposing the formation of a State in West Java. During recent months according to Republican sources he has begun to play both sides.
While assuring the Republicans that he would oppose any Dutch military action he is suspected of having informed the Dutch that he would support such a move. Republicans, generally, regard him as an opportunist.
25. According to the U.P. correspondent's story, which I have been unable to verify, Djumhana in accepting the mandate to form a new cabinet, declared that its policy would be based primarily upon the restoration of the Republican Government. According to the same source after forming his cabinet, he presented to the Ministers the 'urgency programme' attachment 5. [12] If these reports are correct, there can be no question of the Ministers having been in ignorance of the 'urgency programme'.
26. Djumhana, of course, represented Pasundan at the B.F.O.
conference early this month, and was one of the five-man commission appointed by the B.F.O. to contact various Republican leaders, including those interned at Prapat and Bangka, with a view to establishing an interim federal government on the basis of the B.I.O. decree. [13] This apparently provoked strong opposition from Republican supporters in Pasundan. It is difficult however to escape the conclusion that the fall of the Cabinet was directly connected with the military proclamation of Engles (see last week's letter) and the arrest of leading Republican supporters.
27. According to Republican sources, many Indonesians believe that Engles's proclamation, which accused the Pasundan Government of not fully co-operating in maintaining law and order, was a direct order to Wiranatakusuma to keep in line, as he had already been warned to do by Spoor's emissary a few weeks previously. In any case, both Wiranatakusuma and Djumhana made appeals to the people of Pasundan, shortly after the arrests, for the restoration of 'peace and order'. An interesting sidelight on Wiranatakusuma's position is that he is believed by Indonesians in Bandung to be in contact with his son, Col. Achmid Wiranatakusuma, a member of the Republican Siliwangi Division, now carrying on guerilla activities south of Bandung.
28. The latest development is that Djumhana has succeeded in forming a new cabinet, which includes Adil Puradiredja. There are conflicting rumours as to its composition and policy.
White Australia 29. The Dutch press here are giving special prominence to reports regarding the deportation order issued by the Minister for Immigration against Mrs. Annie O'Keefe [14], an Indonesian woman married to an Australian. Reports such as this, in addition to encouraging those ill-disposed towards us, cause the utmost confusion among our friends in these parts. The O'Keefe case has already caused considerable embarrassment to those Indonesians who regard Australia as a champion of liberty and to those foreigners here, whether Asian or European, who have constantly praised Australia's realistic policy in South East Asia. A few reports of this nature, which arouse humanitarian opposition and cannot be defended by any of the stock arguments, can undo, perhaps irreparably, goodwill which has been built up by months of painstaking effort. But, then, I know you appreciate all this.


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Barack and Michelle Obama tried. The federal Corporation for National and Community Service tried. AARP and other nonprofits tried. Many corporations tried. Even Hollywood tried.
They, and many others, have tried over the past decade to boost the percentage of Americans who volunteer. But the numbers don't seem to budge much.
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At the mouth of Anduin, the rangers of Gondor have discovered a corsair fleet from Umbar. The pirates intended to rob the small coastal towns of Belfalas. Although the spies do not know where they will attack, they know it will happen soon.
With little time to prepare a proper defense plan, Prince Imrahil has decided to divide his forces amongst possible targets. Once the attack alarm is set, he expects to be on time with reinforcements from nearby areas to repel the enemy.
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Kelli Maples commented on the blog post In Response To Stating The Goal Of Trans People Is Blending In
I believe that many of those that can blend in, will indeed do so. Still, for many, it's a long, hard road to achieve that goal. Regardless of what road one takes, I do believe there is value to our community, in general, to be "out there." My own personal feeling, is that one reason that gays have made such good progress in being more accepted, is because people actually knew someone who is gay; or they knew someone who knew someone. People were able to realize that they were real people with real lives. They loved, they died, they had children, etc. Gays weren't the "perverts" they were often portrayed as. In other words they were human beings like them. While I don't think its realistic to think that the majority of trans people will become more public, we definitely need to consider the good that it would do.
Kelli Maples commented on the blog post Civil Rights, Bathrooms, And The "Bathroom Bill" Meme
We DO have to keep trying with facts and statistics, otherwise we lose by default. Of course, the sad part is that most of the people against this usually base their beliefs on emotion and/or religious grounds. It's unlikely that they will be swayed by any fact. Our fight may end up being analagous to the steady "drip-drip-drip" of rain on a boulder. Whatever it takes.
Kelli Maples commented on the blog post RuPaul Believes Trans People Should F***-Off If We Object To Being Called Tr***ies
He is feeling this way because he already has it made. He doesn't consider the effect on the average trans person. He's forgotten where he came from. How sad.
Kelli Maples commented on the blog post Human Rights Campaign's 2012 Corporate Equality Index shows gains in transgender health care coverage
While I appreciate the affect that the index has had on my employer, it (my employer) has skated around the full requirements from WPATH, though they have complied with 90% of it. Yet, they still will score 100 on the index. I am working with them to get the final 10%, but I believe it will be an uphill battle.
Kelli Maples commented on the blog post Think you have what it takes to run HRC? It's a tall order.
We are not speaking of the fundamental right to marry, or the fundamental right to serve your country. An even more fundamental right is the ability to work and not be discriminated against in daily life. This would be important to every member of the GLBT community, yet the push for this is relegated to "later" or "eventually. Neither one of those seems to have changed, I submit, due to the issues (perceived) by adding trans people to the equation. I agree, there have been some good things accomplished by the HRC. Why not achieve the most important things? This attitude is equivalent to doing the easiest jobs first and saving the harder jobs 'til later. The problem with this procrastination is that one never gets around to doing the "harder" jobs, yet there are plenty that are suffering everyday because of it. How much longer should we wait? Five years? 20 years? Oh, we'll get to it, be patient……RIGHT!!
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Concerns over workplace security and skyrocketing litigation costs have made pre-employment background checks an essential tool for many businesses – large and small. According to a 2010 survey the Society for Human Resource Management some 92% of employers use criminal-background checks for some or all job openings.
But in recent years, employer use of criminal checks and credit reports have come under increased scrutiny from federal, state, and local lawmakers. In June, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged with enforcing Title VII and other civil rights laws, filed lawsuits against two large employers – Dollar General and BMW – based on allegations that the employers' background screening amounted to discrimination against blacks.
EEOC's lawsuits serve as a good reminder that employers' scrutiny of applicants must conform with federal, state and local laws. Last year, EEOC issued new guidance on conducting criminal record checks. The guidance states that employers should consider three criteria in making a hiring decision on an applicant with a criminal history: (1) the nature and gravity of the offense or conduct, (2) the time that has passed since the offense or conduct, and (3) the nature of the position. Most importantly, blanket policies that categorically reject prospective employees with past convictions are illegal.
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When Winnipeg Braves started out in quest of the Memorial Cup in the spring of 1959 not much was expected of them. The MJHL had not won the national junior championship since 1946.
The Braves were victorious in five games over both St. Boniface Canadiens and Fort William Canadiens. They next faced the Saskatchewan champion Flin Flon Bombers. Led by Cliff Pennington and replacements Dick Meissner, Red Berenson and goalie Ken Walters, the favoured Bombers out-weighed Winnipeg by 20 pounds per man. The Bombers won the first two games in Flin Flon, 5-1 and 7-4.
In the friendlier Winnipeg Arena, the Braves tied the series with 5-2 and 6-4 wins. After a 5-1 victory played in the Olympic rink because of the Home Show, Winnipeg eliminated the Bombers with a 3-0 win in front of 9,018 fans in the Arena.
It was now time to host Peterborough Petes, coached by 25-year-old Scotty Bowman. Dennis Dejordy, a replacement from St. Catherines Teepees, was in goal. The defence was anchored by tough guy Barclay Plager and Jimmy Roberts. Wayne Connelly was their big scorer.
Allowed three more replacements, the Braves added forwards Jerry Kruk and John Rodger from St. Boniface, plus Paul Sexsmith as goaltender insurance. Leading 4-1, Peterborough hung on to win game one, 5-4. The Braves took the second game 5-2 led by the first of three consecutive two goal games by Laurie Langrell.
Winnipeg won the next two, 5-2 and 5-3, to go up three games to one before heading back to Brandon when the Shrine Circus took over the Arena. With Al Baty recording a hat trick, the Braves downed the Petes 6-2 to win the Canadian championship. Besides Langrell's six goals, Wayne Larkin added five, Baty four and Bobby Leiter three in the series.
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i am planning on setting up a passive reservoir system that lets the roots sit in the nutrients and the air pump and stone oxygenates the nutrients feeding the roots.
does the depth of the plastic container holding the nutrients matter as long as it contains enough "fluid" to touch the bottom of the roots?....is shallow better? because i already have a rubbermaid storage tub that you can store stuff in...guessing it's probably a 25-30 gallon container. wasn't sure if the depth of it is too much trouble for the reservoir system. |
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Sorry for the late response, but in my experience and observations, you'll need to find a way to keep the roots damp until they reach into the reservoir. this is normally done one of three ways: using a raft, so the cups holding the plants are always in contact with the water. setting a wick into the cup so the plants get water that way until they grow down into the reservoir setting up a drip system or other means of directly watering the root base until they extend into the media. I have no experience with rafts though I understand they're not good for large heavy plants. My problem with wick is; if the wick isn't sterile, you could introduce bacterial growth into your medium and/or reservoir. I lost several plants this years to that end. That's why I use a modified aeroponic/deep water culture technique. the aero side keeps them wet until they reach the water. it keeps the upper roots damp as well. and it provides decent aeration of the nutrients. As far as deep versus shallow reservoirs go, I like deeper better. for the same volume, a deeper reservoir will have less surface area which means less area to absorb heat from the sun. Now if you're using a raft system you have to weigh the depth of the reservoir against the height of the walls. when the reservoir level is on the low side, the walls of the tanks could block some light from your plants. This of course assumes you're growing outside. under lights. . .moot point. And always remember, a larger reservoir is better. you don't have to change the nutrient as often and the larger volume will help buffer against giant pH and EC swings. Here is a link to my smaller, one or two plant DWC/Aero mutant. here is a link to My Hydroponic Tomatoes thread which shows the larger version of this system. BTW, the plants in that thread are now almost 6 feet tall. |
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- Posted by mhargraves (My Page) on Sat, Aug 9, 08 at 23:43
I have been doing what you are looking to do for quite some time now. It does not matter how deep the tank, bucket or container is. The secret is to get the air to rise directly beneath each plant. If you have a wide rubber maid one, and you have more than one plant, you will want a air stone for each plant where each plant sits directly above where the air rises. Also, the more air the better. A good rule of thumb is buy a air pump that is rated 10X more than the amount of water you are trying to oxygenate. So for a 5 gallon bucket, buy an air pump that is rated for 50 gallons. I have two 5 gallon buckets, one with a large Cucumber plant, and the other with a 5' tall tomato plant, and one 100 gallon Whisper Air pump (Dual Outlet) proving the air. Nothing else runs off that air pump. The more air the better, and I also use the 4" air stones. I get the air stones at Petco, they are cheap and work great. |
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- Posted by garysgarden (My Page) on Fri, Aug 15, 08 at 23:42
I've got a few things to add. First off, I've never liked wicks much. If they're made of synthetic fibers they don't seem to wick very well, and if they're made of natural fibers they tend to rot. Second, it's not much of a problem to keep things damp in this kind of system while the roots are developing. You just fill the reservoir to just below the cups the plants are in. The bubbles bursting on the surface throw a surprising amount of water upward. That will keep things plenty wet. Third, keep in mind the strength of the container. Many of them seem really strong until you fill them up with water. Be careful, they like to bow outward or simply collapse when completely full, so test it out either in the yard or in the bathtub first. Once your plants have decent-sized roots you want to make sure you've got some air for the roots to hang in, and plenty of water. |
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Jen Peterson, Ph.D.
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I received my Ph.D. in Psychology from Texas Christian University in 2013. My dissertation examined the sexually dimorphic nature of ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) in Long Evans rats during senescence and, more precisely, how USVs can be used as a model of human vocal aging. Overall, my research has examined animal vocalization as a model for vocal aging and social communication in songbirds and rats. Although the rat laryngeal system has been used as a model for aging in human systems, my work is unique in that it characterizes the normal developmental changes in vocalizations and correlates them to the histological changes of the laryngeal tissue. Moreover, the age-related changes that occur in laryngeal tissue are very similar in rats and humans, supporting the use of the rat model for human vocal aging.
I have successfully correlated age-related declines in the acoustic characteristics of vocalizations with histological features of the laryngeal tissue in male rats. These data are especially interesting as they show a direct relationship between laryngeal histology and acoustic declines in vocalizations, even though ultrasonic vocalizations are not produced by a vibratory mechanism. In rats, audible sounds are produced through vibration of the vocal folds, in the same manner as human speech; however, ultrasonic vocalizations are believed to be produced thorough a controlled "air jet". Because of the differences in sound production mechanism, the correlation between histological aging of the vocal folds and decreases in acoustic measures of the vocal tissue had not been previously investigated.
I was recently involved in a series of experiments examining the protective features of social support in the form of social buffering. It is known that social support networks in rodents, just as in humans, lower stress hormone levels in painful or stressful situations. My goal was to extend previous studies by using ultrasonic vocalizations as a more sensitive quantitative measure of social buffering effects in an animal model. My results indicated that animals that received physical contact from conspecifics prior to fear conditioning showed fewer signs of fear and anxiety than controls, even after a very brief buffering period. Positive correlations between social buffering and decreased fear and anxiety may lead to new ways of developing treatment plans when repeated painful processes must be used on humans or animal models. Additionally, a lowered anxiety/fearful response may lead to less perceived pain during procedures resulting in improved patient morale.
I am also interested in social memory and social attachment in laboratory rats. It has been previously demonstrated that rats can identify specific humans through approach-type behavior. Moreover, many researchers believe that ultrasonic vocalizations are an indicator of affect in rats and may actually allow us to study emotional behavior in rodents. I have shown that rats produce distinct types of vocalizations when handled by a familiar human as opposed to when they are handled by someone novel to them. Ultrasonic vocalizations in rats handled by a familiar researcher are higher in frequency than those handled by a human unknown to them. These data support the previous findings that rats can remember specific humans and that USVs are an index of social memory in laboratory rats. These studies provide interesting and important information about the rat social learning process.
Recent Publications
Peterson, J. R., Urbano, C. M., & Cooper, B. G. (In Prep). Familiar Handlers Elicit Higher Frequency Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Female Long Evans Rats.Journal of Comparative Psychology.
Urbano, C.M., Peterson, J.R., & Cooper, B.G. (2013). Exploring vocal recovery after cranial nerve injury in Bengalese finches. Neuroscience Letters, 534, 112 – 116.
Peterson, J. R., Watts, C. R., Morris, J. A., Shelton, J. M., & Cooper, B. G. (2012). Laryngeal Aging and Acoustic Changes in Ultrasonic Vocalizations in the Long Evans Male Rat. Developmental Psychobiology. DOI: 10.1002/dev.21072
Secora, K. R., Peterson, J. R., Urbano, C. M., Chung, B., Okanoya, K., & Cooper, B. G. (2012). Syringeal Specialization of Song Production in the Bengalese Finch. PLOS One, 7(3), 1-15.
Recent Conference Presentations
Peterson, J. R., & Cooper, B. G. (2012). A longitudinal analysis of age-related acoustic alterations of ultrasonic vocalizations in male Long Evans rats. Poster presentation at the 2012 meeting of Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans, LA.
Peterson, J. R., Urbano, C. M., Slaughter, C., & Cooper B. G. (2011). Long-term heterospecific social memory in female Long Evans rats. Poster presentation at the 2011 meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D.C.
Urbano, C. M., Peterson, J. R., & Cooper, B. G. (2011). Lateralized constraints guide, but do not limit, song restructuring in Bengalese finches. Poster presentation at the 2011 meeting of Society for Neuroscience in Washington, D. C.
Peterson, J. R., Watts, C., & Cooper, B. G. (2010). Acoustic and temporal changes of ultrasonic vocalizations in aged Long Evans Rats. Presented at the 2010 meeting of Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California.
Secora, K. R., Peterson, J. R., Chung, B., & Cooper, B.G. (2010). Syringeal lateralization of song production in the Bengalese finch. Presented at the 2010 meeting of Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, California.
Peterson, J. R., Loris, C., Russo, S., & Cooper, B. (2010). Ultrasonic vocalizations: An index of social interest and frustration in aged rats? Presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Dallas, TX.


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Thug Love*A Roc Royal Love Story(Types of rated R stuff) Chapter 1*
Chresanto August (Roc a.k.a daddy or papa):29 Bubba(Bonnie a.k.a You):27 What You Looked Like: Your brazilian,dominican,cuban Nd black,your gorgeous you have honey blonde eyes,big,poofy,fluffy eyelashes, your lips were small Nd plumped big dimples(front Nd back),you have a beatiful brazilian hour glass framed body,your hair was golden brown having a niggacan be duh most comforting feeling in duh world when your not safe think again his arms will always make you feel safe no matter what happens.Duh relationship ain't always easy mostly because dere mean as attitude duh aggression always pays off dough....in duh bedroom *** I was a home chillen Nd laying down on duh me Nd Chresanto's couch we had just got into a fight over some stupid shit 2 him it was no biggy but if yo ass was dere you would've been pissed duh fuck off 2 *** Me Nd Chresanto just got back from duh club 2 hours ago so his stupid ass niggas thought it would be funny 2 throw one of dey fucking bitches green dirty ass underwear at our table and belive me duh shit was really stupid but you know i was good my ass done kept quiet dough but duh thing dat set me off was when Chresanto grabbed it and shoved it in his mouth and started swinging it around duh shit smelled liked damn wetness Nd c*m i swear 2 god den he took it out his mouth Nd passed it 2 me i looked at dis nigga like"bitch i know yo ass didn't"shit i picked it up and flunged it to his nigga's lil hoeish ass bitch and drank my scotch like a lil boss you are SHIT IS BOUT TO GO DOWN...... *** As we got out of duh club Nd said bye 2 his nigga's Nd dere hoes i smacked duh shit outta duh back of his head Nd whisperd"puta(bitch)" he looked down at me Nd whisperd back in my ear"you 2"i stuck up duh middle finger and walked to duh car swaying my hips Nd with the responded of my hips"bitch youain't get none if dis body"he rubbed his hands Nd got in duh car Nd sped of home soon as we got home went in duh house shit i went off on dis nigga Nd things were thrown things were said Chres grabbed his keys Nd left ha ha BITCH *** I sat down Nd started to watch t.v while playing with my nails Chres knows i hate fighting i ain't dat type of person i layed down and closed my eyes while listening to Erika beating duh shit out of Julie off duh Bgc Reunion 5 hours later Chres came back nd i was knocked duh fuck out dead sleep Chres sighed under his breath he picked me up and cared me to our bedroom nd tucked me in bed"i told you not 2 come back Chres"i mumbled while turning duh other way around still having my eyes closed he slightly smiled and layed on my stomach playing wit my hands"welp my names on duh lease so i can come whenever i want"you rolled ur eyes and played with his curls"mmh whatever"you responded duh room became tense and quite the only sound you would be able to actually hear was me nd chres' breathing a few minutes later Chres interupted the silence and said"i'm sorry BB"before you could respond he continued"i know itwas stupid of me to do shit like dat really duh shit smelled liked piss nd other shit and i ain't really mean to disrespect you like dat sometimes i know i take you for advantage but i just wantedto see if you was gone take it like a damn thug not no lil bitch and not only do i appreciate it i'm sorry i was an asshole"i swear i blushed alittle if you ain't bout dat thug life dis nigga was basicly saying"baby i ain't really mean what i did i'm sorry i was an asshhole about please forgive me"i kissed his forehead Nd mumbled in his ear"it's iight daddy"he smiled Nd continued to rub my hands while pecking it here Nd dere oh nd by duh way he isn't mah father or shit i just call him dat really i don't know why"can i make it up to you"he asked ramdomly interupting my thoughts"mhm can you"i responded while twirling my finger in my hair he chuckled alittle"i think i can" *** Me Nd Chres have been straight fucking position after position dere is a time for sex and a time for fucking but dis time it is a time for straight fucking Chres started pushing his hips inside of me going at a deep pace"Chres...."i moaned out throwing my head back he put all of his force inside of me sweat beads started forming from his forehead dripping on my stomach and face"you still mad at me bae"he grunted while thrusting forward pushing me against the head board"ahhh.....noooo"i cried out......we switched postions and i was ontop meaning i'm in charge i leaned forward alittle and arched my back i started to bounce quickly my hair falling to duh sides tickling Chres' skin"Yea,just like dat"Chres' groaned squeezing my ass tighter I moaned loudly as his Roczilla hit everyone of my spots deeply my ass started to come down on him hard but i quickly started to bounce right back up my knees started going week my body trembling, Chres stoped me from bouncing and held me against his Roczilla suddenly he rammed his his forward and kept it at a still pace his balls claping my ass he rammmed in me so deep my stomach had started to cramp"AHHH"we both had moaned Chres' kept going at his pace"Chres"i cried again digging my nails into his skin i put my head into his neck as an organism flushed through my body *** I was laying flat on my stomach with my legs spreaded far apart Chres' legs between dem.my back arched,but Chres had his hands pressed to my back making sure i ain't lifted my back He was ramming himself inside of me,the bed shook form the force"Damn"Chres' groaned,going harder my moans started to sound more like cries i could feel Chres' was getting ready to explode his Roczilla started to twitch inside me it was swollen but it only made me hotter"Oh Shit"Chres moaned under his beath as he rammed himself inside me a couple more times before he pulled out"fuck"he mumbled i felt a sudden warm sensation against my ass making my body more hot i turned my head slighty,Chris jerked himself slowly,squeezing his hand as more dripped out onto my ass he sighed in relif and glanced at me"love you"he whisperd while grinning i mouthed duh words"Love You To"and fell straight down Chre's layed beside me and we both fell into deep sleep......... So Do You Like It???? My Bad It's A Lil Tense I Was Bored And It Popped In My Head Hope You Enjoy It!!!!!!!!!!! Do You Think I Should Continue??? Yes:D Or NoD:???? |
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This essay was written about 12-15 years ago, when Evolutionary Psychology was just beginning to emerge as a credible discipline, and before Game really appeared on anyone's radar. Back in the mid-1990s, the culture was still lurching along in fits and starts trying to work out new roles and new expectations for the sexes which fit the changed social conditions from 3-4 decades before. The Hookup Culture had not yet really arrived, divorce was ripping through marriage like a virulent pandemic, the marriage rate was falling, and men and women in general were having a hell of a time figuring out what was going on with each other. Hundreds of "self-help" books came out claiming to address the problem, but mostly all they did was dispense bad advice from people who didn't have a clue what they were talking about, confuse people and the issues even further, and enrich people like John Gray who were dispensing "marital and relationship advice" despite his own multiple failed marriages.
It's not completely fair to put people's gullibility entirely down to there being a sucker born every minute. People's relationships were failing, their families were falling apart, and they did not understand why and were looking for answers. It is a huge shame that they did not get better ones.
The foundation of the problem is that sexuality and mating cannot be understood starting from a social perspective, and almost everything up to that time dealt almost entirely with the social values governing mating. However, these social values were not a consistent and comprehensive set based on generations of tradition, but were instead a useless mish-mash of old values, new values, and mostly wishful thinking.
Here is a brief overview of the biological context of sex and mating. Some of the source material and perspectives may be a bit dated, but in general it falls mostly in line with the Evolutionary Psychology perspectives which form the foundation of Game.
We'll get the exposition out of the way in a hurry.
1) Nothing exists in the animal world without a purpose. All behavior is purposeful.
2) This purpose is to survive. Life LIVES. Survival of the species is an imperative that drives all living things.
3) The biological purpose of sex is survival of the species. Reproduce (be fruitful and multiply) to assure that there is another generation of little whatevers to continue the species.
4) The mechanisms which control this are buried deep in the brain, in the section that is called the "old" or reptile brain. Lizards understand all they need to know about sex in order to make a new generation of lizards. This is the same part of the brain that governs hunger. …Survival stuff.
5) Humans are among the distinct minority among animal species in several respects including:
a) They can be sexually active whether or not there is a possibility of conception. Most animals will not copulate unless the female is in her fertile phase.
b) When we assumed the upright bipedal posture, from the four-legged stance used by most of our animal brethren, the entrance to the vagina was pulled up and forward. The only other animals which have sex face to face are the Bonobo chimpanzees. All others use the rear entry position. That is why it is called "doggy-style." Face to face sex is more "social." This is where most of our relationship problems come from.
6) There is a secondary purpose to coitus among mammals. It seems to be very bonding. Animals with a very low fertility, such as lions, tend to have a high frequency of coitus which serves the social purpose of strengthening the emotional ties within the social unit.
7) Behavioral or personality traits can be inherited in the same way as physical ones. The emerging field of evolutionary psychology shows how certain behavioral traits enhance the survival potential of the individual and the process of natural selection makes it more likely that the genetics which contribute to that behavioral trait will be transmitted to future generations. Sexual behavior is more prone to this effect than any other because it directly affects the fertility rate. Selection has favored the most aggressive males because they are the ones who have dispersed the most genetic material, just as it has favored the least sexually active females because had they been out seeking new males to mate with they might not have invested sufficient time to make sure that the offspring survived.
8 ) Sexual interest is only useful to nature when sexual activity coincides with fertility in the female. Thus a very complex "notification" system has developed to notify the males that the female is fertile. In most animals this also means receptive, but human females have learned to fake the signs of receptivity in order to capture the attentions of males, and to capture the males themselves into a committed relationship.
9) Gee, what if someone gave a horny and no one showed up? The cues of the notification system begin a complex set of reactions in the reptile brain of the male which excites him to seek gratification of his sexual hunger. There ain't no thinking involved. It's pure Stimulus -> Response of the type studied by Pavlov.
10) Next begins the "mating dance". This serves several purposes. First, it raises the overall level of arousal, which in turn stimulates the production of sperm and increases the chances that copulation will result in fertilization. Second, the female, having signaled her receptivity through a variety of cues: scent, sound, visual, and behavioral, lets her potential mates pursue her until the biggest, strongest, smartest (i.e. most survival potential) prevails. A bunch of new little whatevers get started and the whole cycle begins again.
11) Generally males "signal" by pursuing. Sure they want to attract the female's attention as a potential mate, but they don't want to waste their biological resources pursuing a non-receptive mate.
12) We humans should take a clue.
13) As sex has moved away from its biological purpose and assumed more of a social significance, those receptivity cues have been co-opted. They are now practiced intentionally to gain attention and favors from men and no longer have anything to do with receptivity. This is where so much of the crap in gender relations comes from. Women signal receptivity when it doesn't exist, men respond at an instinctual level from the lizard brain without even knowing that they are responding or why, and everybody wonders "what the hell happened?"
14) Regardless of all this, there still ain't nothin' happening unless the female is receptive (except maybe a rape charge when the male reacts in the way nature intended to the cues which are being sent dishonestly).
15) All this adds up to the fact that the female controls the sexual interaction. Research done in singles bars and other meat markets has shown that "high" signaling females get approached 4 times as often as "low" signaling females even when they are significantly less "beautiful" than the low signaling females.
The often mouthed male bash cliché, "Men think with their penises, not with their heads" is closer to the truth than men wish it was. In reality they are "thinking" with their brainstem, spinal cord, and limbic system (hormones, neural transmitters, and enzymes). They unfortunately have no conscious control over these responses, just as they have no conscious control over hunger, the fight/flight response, or muscular reflexes.
There are a large number of stimuli which function as "releasers" and pump into the male bloodstream all the neurochemicals which create sexual arousal. Female chimpanzees' genital areas will swell and become bright pink when in estrus (heat). Jane Goodall, the renowned anthropologist who made a life work of studying chimps, described this phenomenon as being like "… a bright pink flower which could be seen by males all over the valley, who immediately set off in search of the female…" The human female rump has a similar effect on human males. Some of the lower animals who have little more than a brain stem, such as certain fishes, can befooled into a mating frenzy by a block of wood painted the same color as a female full of unfertilized eggs.
Despite the many and huge variations between cultures in almost every aspect imaginable, there is a remarkable agreement on what constitutes female beauty, which has become a polite euphemism for sexual attractiveness. In a study of 1159 cultures, the physical characteristics deemed beautiful were more consistent than any other characteristic. And in all cultures these characteristics corresponded to the physical attributes of a woman in her peak child bearing years, 15 – 25. These are the women that men will respond to from a purely biological perspective.
This is not to say that men do not, will not, or cannot find an older woman attractive, they certainly do, but the attraction is based on other characteristics than pure sexual attraction, a point which very few women understand. Most women become addicted to the sexual power that adolescent women have over adolescent men and, like the dinosaurs, do not realize that environmental conditions are changing and adapt to them before it's too late. The power of a woman to provoke a purely instinctive sexual response in men diminishes rapidly after the late 20s, both because women are no longer as effective a vehicle for transporting a man's genes to the future, and because males of that age have generally already done their reproductive duty and turned their attention to other matters, such as supporting and providing for the progeny they have already sired. Women who are arrested adolescents expect men to continue to respond in the same way that 15 – 25 year old males respond to 15 – 25 year old females. The frequency and intensity of this type of reaction progressively diminishes as a man matures and, when it is present, guess what? It tends to be toward a woman between the age of consent and the late 20s.
In addition, men are fully aware that women typically use sex as a means to jump-start a romantic fantasy which will be entirely to her benefit and at his expense. In addition, women have learned that men are perfectly capable of controlling their sexual impulses when they realize that the woman is looking for something totally different than they are and that to proceed is going to get somebody hurt. If a man is not ready to dive headfirst into trying to build a long-term relationship with a particular woman, he is not likely to dive into bed with her either. Women's strategy to deal with this for the past several years has been to lie about their expectations and indicate that they are only interested in immediate sexual gratification and that the man need feel no obligation to pay for it with a committed relationship. "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me." It generally only takes one occurrence of finding out that he has been lied to, and has just incurred an emotional debt he could spend the rest of his life paying off, for a man to learn that he cannot believe a woman who says this.
The normal reaction by these women is to escalate their cues and begin to beat on the neural responses of men to try to get a rise (literally) out of them. In other words, they DO sometimes ask for it. Some women are unaware that they are doing this, seeking only the attention of males and having successfully deluded themselves into thinking that the attention is based on something other than a purely instinctive response to sexual cues of receptivity. They are terribly surprised when they get an unexpected response out of a man. On the other hand, many are fully aware and are pissed as hell when they DON'T get the desired response out of a man and can get really ugly about it. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Either way the man is the loser. If he responds and the woman decides he is not what she is looking for in a mate and shuts him down, he is confused, hurt and more than a little bit angry. Camile Paglia makes some very interesting statements about this aspect of male/female interactions. She says first that ―"Rape is male power fighting female power." Women, on the one hand, love the power they can exert over men to make them perform for love and affection; while on the other hand they fear, detest, and criminalize it getting beyond their control. She also said that what used to be called "unbridled passion" is now called "date rape."
Men have come to bitterly resent being manipulated by using their sexual needs against them, a process that many women regard as pathetically easy. I know that many women will want to crucify me for this next statement. Many rapes are the result of a man experiencing just one too many times the anger and humiliation of being led on, used, manipulated, and exploited based on the promise of having his sexual needs met, only to have the woman change her mind or raise the price at the last minute. In two celebrated rape trials of a few years ago, those of Mike Tyson and William Kennedy Smith, both instances were rich and powerful men who invited beautiful young women to their quarters and provided them with expensive entertainment with the predictable expectation that they would be rewarded with sex. When they called the debt, the women cried "foul."
On the other hand, if the man does NOT respond, women often respond in an escalating pattern that begins with trying to argue the man into bed and often ends with vicious verbal abuse and sometimes even physical violence. Often men will avoid the issue by giving the expected responses to avoid the emotional violence, or will end up avoiding that woman.
A particularly distressing aspect of this occurs due to the mistaken notion that love and sex is the same thing. Many men have had the experience of having a friendship with a woman destroyed when she would not take no for an answer and persisted in trying to coerce him into a sexual/romantic relationship he did not want, based on the mistaken belief that if he cared for her he would express that sexually.
The futility of trying to argue a man into bed is driven home to them if they succeed in wearing down the man's resistance and he gives in. It is pretty much guaranteed that the experience will be miserably unsatisfying and humiliating to them both. Men may sometimes think with their dicks, but they sure as hell cannot dick with their think. If men could will their erections to come and go on command, both men and women would be a lot happier, but then they would cease to be men and become flesh and blood vibrators. Sadly it seems that is what women want men to be these days.
Men, for their part, do not think that much differently although they respond and act very differently. Men are often bewildered and upset by their own reactions and cannot understand why they are so at odds with the values they believe to hold. They buy into the romantic nonsense much as women do and are often angry at themselves for not reacting the way they "should" according to society's script. Men are just as culturally indoctrinated as women and often just as unaware of the foundation mechanisms of their responses. They try to do what they "should" but, like the dinner guests served a dish they detest but gag down out of politeness and a desire to not offend the hostess, if their own needs are not being met the best they can do is to mechanically go through the motions.
Like driving, passion is a privilege, NOT a right. Men respond passionately to women who are willing to understand, honor, and help them meet their real needs. Men respond mechanically, if at all, to women who demand that the man meet her needs while denying his and attempting to shame him into changing them to fit her bullshit notions of what he "should" be.
Both men and women need to understand that the sexual force of a mature man comes not from having a penis, but rather from an "adventurous juncture of ego and courage" as Norman Mailer puts it. To this I would add optimism. Deep within the heart of every man I know resides the persistent belief that sexual joy IS a great gift, that shared sexuality represents the union of the highest aspects of men and women, their finest moral products, the God and the Goddess, and the fervent hope than he will one day meet a woman who will regard it that way also. All the men I know are still waiting. Most of them are not very optimistic.
Women who have a sincere desire for a sexual relationship with a mature man had better start waking the fuck up and realizing that building his ego is going to get them somewhere, while continuing to indulge themselves in their infantile man bashing tantrums and doing everything they can to destroy it is going to get them a lot of lonely nights. Feminism is murdering men's desire for women, and women are its willing, nay enthusiastic, accomplices. Contempt for men, denial and negation of their needs and abdication of responsibility for their own actions is, for some unknown reason, very satisfying to women, but the only men who fall for it are the ones who are arrested in their own adolescence. I hope you bitches are having fun playing with these emotionally deformed children.
Sex is the most bonding activity between 2 human beings that there is. Certainly it is fraught with anxieties, confusion, and risk, but only the most pathological males can have even marginally satisfying sex with a woman and not experience deep warm and tender feelings toward her which will persist for the remainder of his life, unless the woman does something to destroy them, which all too many women do. Alex Comfort, M.B., PhD, in a book written 25 years ago put it this way regarding men's turn-ons: "he will love you more the more skillfully you sense and use it." A woman who understands a man's releasers and incorporates them into lovemaking with anything resembling subtlety will have the man eating out of her hand for life.
This relationship between sexual satisfaction and emotional bonding holds equally true in reverse. Unsatisfying sex will breed deep and subtle resentment. The worse the sex, the greater the resentment. There is only one thing more bewildering and upsetting to a man than a woman who thinks her part of sex is done when she shows up, and that he both owes her satisfaction from the experience and after the fact owes her for the opportunity to provide her satisfaction. This one thing is the woman who shows remarkable skill and subtlety in finding and using a man's turn-OFFS, offending and disgusting his every sensibility, then blames his lack of response on some defect within him. There is a special kind of hatred that men reserve for such women.
It is evidence of the power and persistence of the male sex drive that men will return to such women just to get their rocks off, and in fact this is less due to sexual desire than to an inability to believe that anyone could possibly be THAT stupid and insensitive. Many men are also so confused and conflicted about their own sexuality, and have so much shame tied up with it, that they do not realize how pathological the experience was. Men who are clearer about it simply never call back. Only now, since the 1990s, this has become a criminal act.
Male sexuality is extremely undervalued, just as female sexuality is extremely overvalued. In this culture men are conditioned to believe that their only source of intimacy and love is the woman who is their mate and the only means they have to get female sexuality, intimacy, and love is to purchase it with their performance and their economic assets. This impoverishes both men and woman because it destroys the trust and faith in each other that is essential to intimacy. Men need to reclaim the value of their sexuality, if necessary by refusing to have sex with any woman who does not value his as highly as he values hers and by making it an absolute condition that she respects and honors his needs, rather that telling him what they "should" be.