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The culture wars are over. They lost.
As usual, the conspiracy theories on campaign finance are undisciplined by theory or fact. Obama's 2:1 financial advantage on McCain did little to increase his majority in 2008.
There is not much evidence that big war chests make much of a difference. Millionaires have had little success at buying election for them to office.
Neoconservatism never captured the imagination of Australians as it did in the US.
Opposition to WorkChoices would never have caused the downfall of a government in the US.
The religious Right is vanishingly small in Australia.
While climate denialism grows, Australians are more accepting of mainstream science.
The Right in America is bankrolled by tycoons. Australia is experiencing a little of this, the party system still imposes discipline upon would-be political adventurers.
Here's a test for you JR.
Instead of asking clumsily disingenuous questions, try googling
Right wing tycoon funding
Then find a name and quote it here. Then I'll assess your ability to extract accurate and relevant information.
As JFK said, give a man a fish and you feed him once. Give a man a fishing pole and you feed him forever.
Precisely. As I said upthread, Obama's overwhelming victory means that we don't need to make long arguments in favour of basic, easily-established facts any more.
It's now up to conservatives to prove that they're not simply spouting convenient propaganda for the upper class, while the rest of us get on with discussing what the future should look like.
JFK also said this about the RWDBs of his day. He nails precisely the looney paranoid fantasies of the Right.
He is also optimistic about the good sense of Americans.
The victory of Obama tends to confirm JFK's optimism.
In recent months I have spoken many times about how difficult and dangerous a period it is through which we now move. I would like to take this opportunity to say a word about the American spirit in this time of trial.
In the most critical periods of our nation's history, there have always been those fringes of our society who have sought to escape their own responsibility by finding a simple solution, an appealing slogan, or a convenient scapegoat.
Financial crises could be explained by the presence of too many immigrants or too few greenbacks.
War could be attributed to munitions makers or international bankers.
Peace conferences failed because we were duped by the British or tricked by the French or deceived by the Russians.It was not the presence of Soviet troops in Eastern Europe that drove it to communism, it was the sell-out at Yalta. It was not a civil war that removed China from the free world, it was treason in high places. At times these fanatics have achieved a temporary success among those who lack the will or the vision to face unpleasant tasks or unsolved problems.
But in time the basic good sense and stability of the great American consensus has always prevailed.
Today's RWDB's should be able to perceive their 1960s counterparts.
If they have any insight and conscience, they ought to feel deep embarrassment.
Everyone should do themselves a favour and read the entire speech.
Hard to work out which is weirder, the content of this report – or the fact that a company has official "prayers" at work:
"A US coal company headed by a Mitt Romney donor has laid off more than 160 workers in response to President Obama's election victory.
Murray Energy said Friday that it had been "forced" to make the layoffs in response to the bleak prospects for the coal industry during Obama's second term.
In a prayer circulated by the company, CEO Robert Murray said Americans had voted "in favor of redistribution, national weakness and reduced standard of living and lower and lower levels of personal freedom."
"The American people have made their choice. They have decided that America must change its course, away from the principals of our Founders," Mr. Murray said in the prayer, which was delivered in a meeting with staff members earlier this week.
"Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corporation for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build."
Katz, this http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/campaign-finance/ seems to suggest that Obama was outspent by his opponents combined by $50 million, but it is late a night and there are many graphics.
"…and because 2 + 2 = 4, we know that…"
"It does not, leftist, and I will not allow this discussion to continue until you meet the absurd standard of proof I have set for a basic and well-known fact I could learn all about in half a second using Google!"
"You can't possibly be serious."
"Aha! You have no evidence!"
@Sancho Cass Sunstein defines a conspiracy theory as: "An effort to explain some event or practice by reference to the machinations of powerful people, who have also managed to conceal their role." Of course some conspiracy theories turn out to be true.
He goes on to argue that millions hold conspiracy theories – that powerful people have worked together to withhold the truth about some important practice or some terrible event.
Most conspiracy theories typically stem not from irrationality or mental illness of any kind but from a sharply limited number of relevant information sources.
Cass Sunstein also argues that many extremists fall in this category; their extremism stems not from irrationality, but from the fact that they have little (relevant) information, and their extremist views are supported by what little they know:
1. Conspiracy theories generally attribute extraordinary powers to certain agents – to plan, to control others, to maintain secrets, and so forth.
2. Conspiracy theories overestimate the competence and discretion of officials and bureaucracies, who are assumed to be able to make and carry out sophisticated secret plans, despite abundant evidence that in open societies that government action does not usually remain secret for very long.
3. Conspiracy theories also assume that the nefarious secret plans are easily detected by members of the public such as themselves without the need for special access to the key information or any investigative resources.
Sunstein also argued that a distinctive feature of conspiracy theories is their self-sealing quality. Conspiracy theorists are not likely to be persuaded by an attempt to dispel their theories; they may even characterize that very attempt as further proof of the conspiracy
You need to look around. Workers do not freely trade their time or talents. In the Third World workers are beaten and locked in their factories. If they protest against low wages they are arrested and loose employment. In the OECD, if they don't work they loose their homes and financial security. In the USA they also loose their healthcare. There is no freedom on food stamps.
You are engaging in denialism. Back in time, the original body of workers that established capitalism was created by forced expulsion of tenant farmers from their livelihoods under Enclosure Laws.
Bill Gates has not been a billion times more productive than average workers. The capital he claims as is, has been used to sweep up massive surpluses from Microsoft workers. His billions are their missing wages.
Laissez faire capitalism is only an attempt to guarantee capital freedom to force the rest of society to bow to its demands.
Laissez faire capitalism is the worst of all possible worlds. it means that the foxes are in charge of the chickens.
How do you know that people mowing lawns and etc. are not forced to do so under threat of loosing their benefits. That is what "Work for the Dole" amounts to.
You probably pass wage slaves every day.
Exactly how did the 25% unemployed in Greece or Spain, freely choose to be unemployed?
How did they freely choose to have a bank kick them from their homes?
@Chris Warren the poor and unemployed in the USA are eligible for medicaid, CHIPS and the CORBA subsidy of 65% to stay in their old scheme.
Steve Kates is the gift that keeps on giving. A taster from a slow motion head explosion in his demand for an apology from The Age:
Ten, a sexist dismisses women as a lesser breed without the competencies to manage and do the things a man can do. I, on the other hand, have always welcomed women into top jobs and think it is wonderful that women are reaching such levels. As a society we are tapping a wonderful resource other societies do not, and both men and women are the better for it. I feel I shouldn't have to explain myself, but as someone who supported to the maximum extent Margaret Thatcher (here is a Catallaxy Files post I authored on Thatcher, "The Greatest Woman of the Twentieth Century".)
I can hardly think of my political views as tainted with an anti-woman brush. Odd kind of sexism, isn't it, to support a woman while being anti-woman? Supporting Margaret Thatcher may cut no ice with the left, but if you are thinking in this case about men and women and not left and right, it is hard to pin a sexist tag on someone who would be happy to be governed by a woman and who would trust their political judgment ahead of someone else just because they were a male.
Kates appears to think that highlighting his association with the fanatics, paranoids, psychopaths and misfits on Catallaxy will somehow help to bolster his case!
The rest is an unhinged temper tantrum. Kates should be sent to the naughty corner.
Yes, Kates has a mad view of the world.
He is correct that the gender gap defeated Romney. He ascribes the disinclination of white women to vote as their male relatives did to being "damaged".
Kate's declined to consider that it is as arguable that white men failed to vote like white women because they are the damaged sex. And here is the root of Kates' deep-seated sexism (and racism). In Kates' weird universe, white men are the norm against which the world is measured. This is breathtaking cultural and sexual arrogance.
And Kates asks why these "damaged" women have not found life partners. Well, lookit, Steve, their only realistic option here is to marry a Republican-voting white man. And he is likely to be narrow, selfish, greedy, emotionally crippled and adhering to as set of values and behaviours inimical to the interests and desires of the Democratic woman. She looks at such a man and recoils. A single life is preferable to being shackled to such a monster.
And she is right.
Now there's the constructive intellectualism and reasonable spirit of enquiry that served Mitt Romney so well last week.
Oh c'mon JD, rise above your emotional inarticulacy and tell us what you really think about white women who refuse to vote the same way as their menfolk.
John Dawson :
QED. What a bunch of losers. You cling to the marxists' hatred of capitalism and regurgitate their straw white man prejudices but without their hope of utopia. Your opponents can lose, but you can never win anything but destruction.
Ugh, sometimes you think that maybe the right-wing isn't so bad, then from out of the blue they do something crazy like launch into a self-righteous hyperbolic tirade, state that women are inferior to men or compare homosexuality to bestiality.
If Obama did better with women voters than with men voters, so what? I guess if he promised to put an extra tax on igloos in order to fund zoroastrian temples his eskimo vote might go down and zoroastrian vote might go up. Independent minded eskimos and zoroastrians, however, might decide that for a government to take wealth from those who produced it and give it (less the cost of their bureaucratic waste) to those who didn't is a destructive injustice and vote for the candidate who promised to reduce taxes and handouts. I know, I know, that didn't happen, so enjoy your moment, your welcome to it.
It's not a matter of the government encouraging any gender or racial group Katz, it's a matter of the government getting out of the way so people of any gender or race can produce as much as they can and want to. The staggering life giving productivity of the US has been the result of its government doing the best job of getting out of its citizens way. It looks like a majority of Americans have decided they'd rather be like Europeans. If you consider that a victory, enjoy it while you can.
The hypothetical person you describe is selfish in a very small-minded way.
If they were to get this government service-less, dog-eat-dog, each-person-for-themself nirvana they imagine, they would quickly find themselves in a society with a lot of poor, sick, uneducated and desperate individuals who don't fully appreciate the fine nuance between being free to 'produce' as much as they want free of hindrance and the labour-intensive extractive enterprise often referred to using terms along the lines of: assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, murder, armed robbery with aggravated violence etc…
After a while that person might come to the conclusion (as people just like that did, in this country more than 100 years ago) that being surrounded by poor, sick, stupid, violent, desperate people was not only unpleasant, unhealthy, dangerous and bothersome but also ultimately quite expensive for them and their friends.
Then they might come up with the idea that it would be a far more pleasant, healthy, productive etc… place for THEM if these people could have some basics in life such as health, education and a minimum social safety net of some sort to save them from the worst desperation. They might conclude (again, it's been done before) that a reasonably healthy, disease free workforce with a functioning grasp on the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic and a desire to earn more than subsistance handouts would be of, collective, benefit to that person and their "productive" friends.
Unfortunately, both 'sides' of US, UK & Aus politics are determined to pursue the free-market fundamentalist ideology instead.
Don't know why you bother.
The Republicans managed to turn a huge number of default GOP voters against them and revealed that the developed world considers their social views anachronistic at best, and all John saw was people done goed and voted for freebies.
It's a stunningly ignorant line of reasoning even for an American conservative, let alone an Australian who no doubt goes to the polls every few years and votes for a coalition of middle-class welfare dispensers and outright rural socialists.
Meanwhile, here's something relevant which simply doesn't exist on John's planet:
John Dawson :
QED. What a bunch of losers. You cling to the marxists' hatred of capitalism and … [more twaddle deleted]
It seems you have a pathological hatred of social justice. Or is it a 'learned instinct'?
@Megan But you see Megan, contrary to your Marxist mantra, it was precisely those benighted countries like "US, UK & Aus" that raised everyones standard of living including the poorest of its citizens, while every country that decided to do away with those "exploiting" capitalist who owned factories or cows or other such means of production consigned their populations to famines, drudgery, gulags and misery. That's why semi-capitalist countries needed barbwire to keep people out while socialist countries need it to keep people in.
@Chris Warren Your diatribes are too full of nonsensical prejudice to do much with Chris, but a couple of points for the record.
When you say "Laissez faire capitalism is the worst of all possible worlds. it means that the foxes are in charge of the chickens" you are wrong in theory and historical fact. Capitalism is precisely the system that bans the initiation of force, be it by criminals or governments. Consequently it is the system that released the power of free minds to produce and trade on free markets. It worked because humans are not foxes or chickens, we don't live by instinct and force but by reason and trade. It was this that lifted the world out of medieval stagnation to the wonders of the world you take for granted.
You ask "How do you know that people mowing lawns and etc. are not forced to do so under threat of loosing their benefits." The "threat" of not giving you something is not force. You say I "probably pass wage slaves every day." Most people I pass every day are what you call "wage slaves" be they lawnmower boys or bank managers, because they trade their work for a wage. But despite what your postmodern professors may have taught you, there is a difference between an Orwellian narrative and reality. If you doubt that you can go live in a place where "wage slavery" under the lash of exploiting capitalists has been expunged: North Korea.
John Dawson,
Your #39 is indeed the case. But Capitalism is simple a method of operation, a means to an end. Capitlaism is not an end in itself. When it becomes that it is every bit the failure that International Communism is, and for all of the same reasons.
You move, in #40, to waxing lyrical and conclude with an example which is the exact opposite to your meaning. North Korea…is…the Capitalist end game where the people are the capital servicing the whims of an entirely seperated and privileged elite.
@John Dawson To be fair those that choose to use North Korea as an example of socialism should also supply an example of laissez faire capitalism. Currently the only country that fits the description is Somalia.
When will the RW noise machine learn that calling their opponents "Marxists" (like they know what that means despite the frightening aura) and repeating stale slogans asserting their morality does not an argument make?
Here is a koan for the irredeemable zealots:
Your absolute rights must necessarily be infringed by living in a society among other people. From that starting point, it's all a matter of compromise.
"JR, are you ignorant of the fact that governments both tax AND spend?
During the 1950s and 1960s the US Govt ran large fiscal surpluses. This state of affairs changed almost permanently in 1968″
The US government did not run budget surplus back then, they have instead behaved a bit more like Lerner's functional finance method of reducing public debt to GDP ratio.
@MG42 My absolute right MG42 is to be left free to live as I see fit provided I don't infringe others' right to do the same. There is only one way that right can be infringed, and that's by the initiation of force to damage me or steal my property. That's why a just government bans the initiation of force. In such a society nobody need infringe anyone's rights, we deal with each other as traders if and when we judge it to be in our interest to do so.
Of course, by "damage" and "steal" you mean to physically assault you specifically and take the things you have acquired over the life of a middle-class white man.
We can assume you don't mean systemic violence, in which a privileged class reserves rights and opportunities for themselves and prevents others from acquiring them.
If a woman takes your wallet, that offends your principles. If you contribute to sustaining a society which discriminates against women in high-income jobs, your principles are intact.
@BilB No Bilb, white is not black, slavery is not freedom, North Korea is not capitalism, it is the inevitable end game of 20th Century communism. In the face of failure after failure in country after country our Marxist professors denied and denied then blamed bad weather, bad leadership, the CIA, you name it. If they'd had their way the whole world would be like North Korea by now, but without the food and oil from semi capitalist countries to keep them alive. And it's those professors who passed their wisdom on to the professors and teachers who teach you lot today.


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Rajat Gupta Is Reporting To Prison, Yes, But Did You Hear About His Coveted Social Hour Time Slot?
By Bess LevinOn Tuesday, Rajat K. Gupta, the former managing director of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company who was convicted of insider trading, is scheduled to report to a minimum-security prison camp in Massachusetts, spending the next two years not far from his one-time friend and partner in crime, Raj Rajaratnam…In an interesting twist, Mr. Rajaratnam, the man to whom Mr. Gupta was convicted of giving corporate secrets on a raft of companies, including Goldman Sachs, is in FMC Devens' federal medical center. Mr. Rajaratnam, the founder of New York hedge fund Galleon Group, is a diabetic and FMC Devens' medical unit provides dialysis. His facility is next to the satellite camp where Mr. Gupta will be. One of the differences between the two prisons is that Mr. Rajaratnam has slightly longer visiting hours. On Fridays, he can mix with friends and family from 8:30 a.m. to 3 pm; Mr. Gupta can receive guests only from 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. [Dealbook]
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Shazar got roofied again.
Love the optional summer Fridays.
What time are arts and crafts? They will probably be puffing on stogies and popping bottles. What a joke
I am concerned that if they run Dealbreaker Dramatic Reading Night III like they run Opening Bell, the dramatic readings won't start at the alleged 7:30 pm but at midnight.
I imagine Shaz to be like Hank Moody's long lost son on the set of Santa Monica Cop… A chubby socially awkward youth who still lives at home with mom but was recently given a meaningless job that he is entirely unqualified for so that the director could curry favor with his hot MILF of a mom and/or his father (Hank) who is the show's only talented writer. On the set of Santa Monica Cop Hank's son proceeds to fuck up in monumental ways and commit crude and inappropriate acts that would get a normal person fired but remains employed because of his connections (ie. hot mom and important dad). So, logically, if we extend this analysis to Dealbreaker, Shaz must be related to either Lloyd Blankfein or Jamie Dimon, both of which we know Bess to have a large crush on, and/or Shaz's dad is the CEO of Breaking Media.
It is more like Dealbreaker dramatic bedtime stories I;m sure
don't even know what this is supposed to me, though possibly that we get tucked in afterward?
go on…
Is it bad that I'm fantasizing about prison?
Free room and board, free health care, far more time for socialization than I currently have chained to my desk. Toilet wine is probably better than that schlop I paid $15/glass for last night. Sounds like some great opportunities for networking/career advancement. Anyone got some hot tips they can pass my way?
I imagine you should try the decaf, or failing that, familiarize yourself with the concept of the paragraph break.

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2014 Ben-Gals Cheerleader Auditions
Registration extended and classes still open! Please contact Charlotte Simmons at firstname.lastname@example.com
General Information WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF A BEN-GAL CHEERLEADER? "Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders…" » Represent the Cincinnati Bengals organization by actively supporting the team, values and goals of the Club. The dance classes will be an opportunity to teach you skill sets, rehearse specific dance moves, and allow the staff to work with you on improving the expected necessities to make the squad. These classes are new and will be held the following dates at Paul Brown Stadium from 7-8:30 p.m. REQUIREMENTS » Must be 21 years of age by Sept 1, 2014; driver's license must be turned in for copy. CINCINNATI BEN-GAL CHEERLEADERS POSSESS THE FOLLOWING: » Maturity and responsibility |
Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions
We will be holding four audition prep classes at Paul Brown Stadium located at One Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati OH. The dates are April 5, 12, 19 and 27. Classes are $30 each or $100 for the series. Time for classes: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Doors will open at 10 a.m.
During these workshops, we will be teaching choreography, working on kicks and offering advice and tips on how best to prepare for auditions. Everyone trying out for the 2014 Ben-Gals cheerleading squad is strongly encouraged to attend these workshops; however, not mandatory.
3. If I make the squad, what is the commitment?
Ben-Gal cheerleaders appear at every home game. Tentatively, we will practice every Tuesday and Thursday night from 7-9:30 p.m. and select Saturdays for rookies. You will also be required to do a minimum of 10 community service appearances. During the months of July/August you are mandated to attend an additional Wednesday practice along with the Tuesday/Thursday schedule.
You must turn 21 by Sept 1, 2014. There is no maximum age requirement.
5. Are there any height and weight requirements?
No, but fitness is very important. You must be in good physical condition and proportioned for your height. We recommend that you maintain a regular exercise program and a healthy diet.
6. What should I wear/bring to auditions?
You should wear dance spandex shorts and a cropped spandex bra type top. No loose shirts or baggy clothing. You will also need dance shoes such as dance sneakers or tennis shoes. You may also bring water and a light snack, if needed. TRYOUTS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. NO EXCEPTIONS.
7. How should I wear my hair and makeup for auditions?
You should wear your hair and makeup in a way that flatters you best. Long hair should be worn down but not in your face. Think glamorous rather than sporty.
8. What will the judges be looking for during scoring?
The judges will be looking at appearance, dance skills, showmanship and personality.
9. Is being a Ben-Gal cheerleader a full-time job?
No. Ben-Gal cheerleaders either work a full-time job or are students.
10. Do current squad members have to re-audition?
Yes. Everyone must go through the audition process each season and no one is guaranteed a place on the squad. Veterans are exempt from the preliminary processes.
Format of Final Auditions
» Dance routine to be learned at semifinal selections on May 12-13 and performed before approximately 15 judges on May 18 at the Syndicate.
» Bathing suit modeling
» Interview, and skill set scores from semifinals will move forward and be added to your final score.
Next Step in Process
» Print and fill out application, include $25 registration fee, and mail application for prep classes (clinics) along with payment. If you are doing prep classes you may add your fees into one money order.
» Make sure application has a 5 x 7 non-returnable picture of yourself alone with no one in it (a head shot).
» REGISTRATION CONTINUES FOR PREP CLASSES. DEADLINE IS MARCH 25 FOR CLINICS, APPLICATION FEE and TRYOUT INFORMATION.


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MattApril 2000 |
Matt B, 18, from Massachusetts
I never promised you a happy ending
You never said you won't make me cry
But, summer love will keep us warm long after
Autumn goodbye, Autumn goodbye, Autumn goodbye
-Autumn Goodbye, Britney Spears
You've got the best of me
But, I just keep on coming back
Oh why did you have to run your game on me
I should've known right from the start
You go and break my heart
-Heartbreaker, Mariah Carey
Isn't love a bitch? Yup! That's right my heart has been broken. Me and my ex-boyfriend called it quits about a week or two ago. I can't even remember the date. I guess it was a mutual thing...of course in some ways it wasn't. See, I moved to Minnesota to live with my boyfriend/fiance in January. Everything was fine before that, but as soon as I moved Jason started to change. I loved him very much...so much in fact I gave up everything to move in with him...my job, my friends, my family, my happiness all for him because I thought he was going to be my happiness and my future...if only I would have known.
The day I got there I knew I would hate living there, but I wanted to give it a try and I loved Jason so much that I wanted to be with him and I felt guilty about leaving him to live alone by himself with no one. I also figured I would sacrifice my happiness to make him happy because 1) he isn't happy at all with his life and 2) I know he needs someone to be there for him since basically he does everything on his own...you can imagine the guilt I felt about telling Jason I wanted to leave.
So, I decided to stay and at the same time I was making myself unhappy and he just got worst. Jason became sick and started having this chemical inbalance thing going on and everytime I tried to talk to him he told me he couldn't understand me because he couldn't concentrate on what I was saying...so, basically if I wanted to tell him how I felt...ain't no way I could.
He told me that school and being on the computer made him forget his problems...so, he would spend all of his time after school on the computer leaving me alone in the other room to feel empty and depressed. I wanted to help him and understand him, but he would never open up to me so, it's not like I could. Which made me feel worse because I saw how unhappy he was. It made me cry.
So, basically we started drifting apart and I started questioning my own self-worth as a human being and if I should even bother living if I can't make my boyfriend happy. I just got so emotional and all my emotions were running wild. I felt guilt, anger, sadness, pain, ashamed, you name it I felt it.
I knew in my head that he had problems and he needed space to be alone, but my heart said otherwise. I felt like he ripped my heart out and stepped on it. All I wanted for him to do was just be in the same room with me that's it. Sleep in the same bed, talk to me for a second, anything...but, he didn't. I just wanted him to be happy and if that meant me not being happy I could deal with that...that's why I stayed so long with him...for 2 months there. But, I started to realize I couldn't help him and I'm making myself worse.
What good is having a suicidal depressed boyfriend around who can't even make you smile or laugh? I used to make everyone laugh or smile and I couldn't make him. I had so many questions goin through my brain and then, I finally started asking him. I asked him if he loved me and he said he didn't know...which at the moment I felt like someone shot my heart out...I loved him soooooo much I would sell my soul for him and take a bullet for him...and he didn't know if he felt the same.
I told him I deserve someone who loves me as much as I do them and that does he have any feelings for me at all. He couldn't answer. I mean I know he has a chemical inbalance, but I just wanted him to speak from his heart. What his heart felt and if he was honest and told me he doesn't want me around I would leave...no problem. I'd do anything he asked me to. And in some ways I still would. I mean why did he want me around? Why did he ask me to move in with him? Did he love me?
These are all questions I asked myself and I wanted answers to and he is the only one who could've answered them, but even he didn't know the answers which made me more depressed. I knew then that I wasn't first in his life like he was for me. I proved that time and time again. I knew it was over. I guess I just didn't want to admit it. I tried making myself look for the positives and remember how much people care for me, but the only one person I want to care for me...doesn't even know.
I loved him more than everyone in my life combined. I used to wish at night that God would take his pain away and put it on me. I wished he would be happy and if that meant me not being happy I didn't care. I was totally in love with him. And maybe I kind of am now, but I know the pain is hurting less and less.
I think moving back home was the best decision for the both of us. I couldn't stay there and watch him sink deeper away from me. It would just be too hard. I mean the week before I left it was the worst. I told him I was leaving in 2 weeks and that I would send his jacket he left at my mom's house to him and that he could have the stuff I bought for the apartment...I didn't care and I know he likes it anyways.
One night he asked me for a massage and after a few minutes I had to stop because I knew that I would want there to be more, but he said that was ok. I wanted to be with him so bad that we ended up naked and after that he left and went in the next room on the computer. At this same time we were I guess broken up. And I was still living there and I didn't know anything about where I was living. I couldn't even tell you where we were on a map. I would ask him for directions and sometimes he would snap at me for not knowing where things were.
I mean I was in a unknown state and I didn't know anything that wasn't on the bus line. And even that was limited. So, the next day he tells me that he wants to go out with this kid he knows on the computer or something and he asks me if he can go...I told him I guess because what was I supposed to say NO! I want you here or go ahead I'll wait here and wait for you to come home from some bar with another guy and we can have a chat about it when you get home.
Now, if he was a friend...I think he should've asked if I could go because a) It's common decency to ask if someone who is living with you even though you are broken up and you know who doesn't know anything about the city to go because you want to spare their feelings...I know that if I were him...no question I would have asked if he could go because I was leaving soon and I would be left alone in the apartment. And if it was a bar for over 21 or something then, I didn't mind if he went by himself because I can't go there because I'm 18...I'll be 19 in April.
But, that's not how it was at all. I asked him if it was a date and he said he doesn't know...now we just had sex last night and I was leaving in about 2 weeks and he couldn't wait to start dating especially if I'm living there at his place...now this pissed me off. I didn't tell him that, but I would never say that it might be a date to someone who was living in my apartment who happens to still love me and who knows that it would break their heart to see them out with another guy.
My mom would have slapped me til I had commom decency and respected that person's feelings. He saw how I couldn't look at him when he left...what did he think, I was going to be happy...pat him on the back and say "Good job landing someone while I'm still around". As soon as he left I called my best friend and asked her what I should do...I emailed people and they all agreed I was in the right to be pissed. I mean yes, I said I guess he could go, but after I said that I asked him if it was a date and he said he didn't know and then he asked me to make sure he was up to go out.
Hell, why not go one farther...I should've helped him get dressed and brushed his teeth. I wanted to trash that apartment and punch him in the face. The only thing I did was burn all of our letters and my pics of me and him. I couldn't burn all of them because the smoke detector would have went off so, I ripped the rest up. And I broke an alarm clock. After about a few hours I started not to care. I let go of my anger and just told myself that it's over and not to worry about this.
I knew then I had to leave sooner. My sister made me leave that next day so, I called up the airlines, the shuttle bus to the airport, a taxi cab and made sure I left before I really got angry or did something I would have regretted. I left half of my stuff and let him keep the stuff I bought there. I forgave him and let him know I would miss him and I dont hate him or wish him harm.
In fact I wish him all the happiness in the world and that his next boyfriend could make him happier than I did because I still think of him as the boy I fell in love with before this all happened. He deserves happiness and someone who can love him and understand him. I still want to be his friend and even though sometimes I was angry at him...I come back to my senses and realize that he has problems he needs to work out alone and that I can't change him...no matter how hard I try. I still love him and get depressed because I miss him so much. Sometimes it just gets too overwhelming, but my friends and family help me through this.
It's really hard to love someone and know they don't feel the same way. I think I'm stronger now than I was before and I take this as a learning experience. I don't regret anytime I spent with Jason. I admit that it is partly my fault too. I take my responsibilties. I guess I should have told him right away how I felt about moving and I should have told him how much his isolation hurt me, but I didn't want to put more stress on him. It's funny, but now after all this heartache and pain I felt...I know how strong I am and that I'm a better person for not giving into my anger.
I know I have a big heart and that someday someone will love me as much if not more than I do them. I'm not giving up on love and if I get my heartbroken a thousand times...it's worth it to know that I care for people. If Jason should read this...I want him to know he is such a strong boy and that even though things didn't work out...he'll find someone who understands him someday. I don't hate him...I don't think I can hate anyone. Everyone makes mistakes and learning from your mistakes makes you stronger. I know I have made my share so, who am I to judge people. Anyways, thanks for reading this rant about my love life...I hope yours is better than my is right now.
PS. Never lower your standards for anyone and know you can't change anyone who doesn't want to change. Feeling guilt over someone isn't healthy for you or them. You'll know when you meet the right person and what does not kill you makes you stronger. Life's to short to feel sorry for yourself. You should stand up and take care of yourself. Love is a compromise. And even though you feel like you mean nothing to a lot of people...meaning something to just one makes it count. And we all mean something to someone.


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Do It in the Dark (DIITD) is an energy competition run by the Sustainability Interns. Each semester, one woodframe and one program house that has used the least energy will win a great prize! Since 2013, in partnership with Wes to Wes, all residential energy savings go directly to financial aid. In February 2014, Sustainability Interns led a new DIITD contest: "28 Days, 28 Ways to Save" to challenge the campus to save energy. |
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OK that seems like an odd point to bring up. I am having so much fun in the forum. I read every post, stare at every picture, take notes and read more. I am not saying I don't retain a whole lot, which is why I take notes.
Now I hear/see there is a lot of mention of the eye of the fig. So what is the deal PlEASE ie. The eye is open, the eye is red, the eye is closed. Does there happen to be any significance to the eye? thanks |
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- Posted by fatnsassytexan Zn9 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 5, 09 at 10:37
Hi Smittee, in your climate, you might want to stay away from large open eyed figs. They spoil and split easily in our wet & humid climate. They also seem to have more insects that enter the fruit and can cause spoilage also. Some have a drop of resin(honey) that seals the eye and helps prevent problems. I'm trying to stick to tight or closed eye varieties. I ordered some of the wrong types at first, not knowing any better. The red eye usually indicates a red or strawberry pulp. Hope this helps. I'm sure others will chime in. Tim |
The eye of the fig is an opening at the apex. It is a natural doorway for the tiny fig-wasp to exit/enter, wherever it (wasp) exists and/or is required. A small/closed eye is preferred for 2 reasons: (a) it is harder for "other" insects to enter (and do damage). (b) less water gets in when it rains (spoiling the fruit). A red eye usually is an indicator that the ripe pulp color is dark (e.g., red). |
- Posted by smittee central florida (email@example.com) on Sat, Dec 5, 09 at 11:07
So I need to know what kind of eye my 5 little "children" (cuttings) have. I have a BROWN TURKEY, WHTIE GREEK, CELESE, BLACK GREEK and a GREEN ISCHIA. Thanks for the information. I am sorry if I ask too many basic questions. I read and read all the posts I can. I feel I am reading from the experts but I hope I ASK questions that might interest other growers that have been bitten the "fig bug". The good one. I can see where this could get REALLY ADDITIVE. I guess I need to find a web site that gives this kind of informative information on each variety. I found some information on Figs4fun. Ah I need a good book any recommendations? |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 5, 09 at 11:41
The eye of the fig is located at the apex of the fig. Its size has nothing to do with it being "open" or "closed". The size of an eye is determined by it's outward appearance on the fig's skin surface. It can be a small, medium, or large eye. "Open or closed' is a reference to the condition of the eye's outside opening leading to the interior pulp of the fig. Both water and/or insects can move through a fig's opening and do some damage. Insects carry yeast organisms to the interior of a fig making it ferment and turn sour. Water that enters it will dilute the flavor of a fig and make it easier to ferment and/or split. Some fig eyes are sealed with Resin (Alma). Honey and resin are not the same thing. Resin is not soluble in rain or water while honey is very soluble. So........resin sealed eyes block both water and insect entrance to the fig's sweet pulp. Some fig eyes are sealed with thick honey (Italian Honey). Honey will block the entrance of fig souring insects and a tiny bit of water. Thick honey that blocks the entrance hole is so high in sugar content that it will not allow fermentation if visited by insects carrying yeast organisms. However, honey is very soluble in water and once rain dilutes the honey it can then be attached by yeast, fermented and turn sour. So..........open eyed honey sealed figs cannot take HEAVY rains. Heavy rains will dissolve the honey and make the opening available to those insects and further water entrance. Honey sealed open eyed figs do very well in dry climates and can take some light to medium rains in wetter areas. A completely closed eyed fig is a very desirable characteristic for any fig growing in a hot, humid, rainy climate. However, resin and honey eye sealed figs can do quite well too....like LSU Gold for instance. Dan |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 5, 09 at 21:39
FYI only...........Figs also have a "neck" and a "stem".....and they are not the same. The "neck" of a fig is the part between the main body of a fig and it's stem. Fig necks can be described as thick, long, tapering, no-neck, etc. A fig that is perfectly round will have "no-neck" to it. The "stem" of a fig is the part between the fig's neck and where it attaches to the branch of the tree. Some stems can as long as 1 1/2 inches long and others are very very short. So............when reading descriptions and certain characteristics of fig stems and necks by knowledgable fig growers it is good to know they are describing two different parts of a fig. Dan |
smittee, Re: Your last question: BT and GI have an open eye and Celeste has a closed eye. No info on the W/B Greek figs. On the F4F/FF, there is a thread showing data on (quite) a few figs. Unfortunately, another list is required to translate the accession-numbers from the English-names, |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 6, 09 at 17:37
A bit more on other fig charcteristics........... Another important characteristic of a fig is whether or not it has a void or "hollow" section inside of the fig. Open eyed figs which have a hollow section inside of the fig pulp, can and will house those nasty fruit souring insects.....this will cause fruit spoilage. Take a look at a cut Brunswick fig and you will see a classic example of an open eye, hollow pulp fig. Brunswick is notorious for not handling rain very well and/or going sour. Brunswick can be a real winner in drier climates yet perform poorly in wetter climates. An open eye fig with "Full" pulp is usually less prone to souring than a fig with "hollow" pulp. So.........whether or not a fig has a hollow section or not in its pulp can play into how resistant a particular variety is to both rain (lost of flavor or splitting) and insects (souring). Just so you know......a fig's pulp can be anywhere from very juicy (LSU Gold) to very dry (my strain of Hardy Chicago) and anywhere in between. Some people like juicy figs while others prefer their fig's pulp to be on the dry side. Flavor.......flavor is not the same thing as sweetness. Sweetness is solely related to the sugar content of a fig. "Flavor", however, is related to the sugar to acid ratio of the fig juice and to the trace organic compounds contained in its pulp. These two parameters can give the fig a flavor similar to that of other fruit......strawberry, raspberry, mango, concord grape, peach, etc. Taste is a very personal thing and individual taste ratings will vary according to one's particular preference.......just like with wine preference. Some figs have lots of seeds in them (Adriatics) while other have no noticeable seeds (Maryland Seedless). The seeds will not be fertile if taken from figs grown anywhere in the US but a certain area in California where the fig wasp lives. Fig wasps are those tiny insects that fertilize the female fig thus producing viable seeds. Some seeds add much flavor to a fig (Yellow Marseilles) while others add only a pleasant crunch with no added flavor from the seeds (Sal's,Dark Portuguese, Adriatic). The meat of a fig is the part of a fig that lies between the outer skin of a fig and its internal pulp. The meat of a fig can be from thin to thick and its texture can vary quite a bit. The characteristics of a fig's meat seems to be what determines whether or not a fig will split under certain conditions. Fig varieties that "color stain" the meat of its fig seem to be the better tasting cultivars......I will closely watch this latter fruiting characteristic in my fig trials next year..... Dan |
smittee, Regarding your fig "book" question; buy the Also, thanks to google, there exist 3 "oldie" books (on the web) about |
- Posted by danab_z9_la 9 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 6, 09 at 22:10
Be sure to keep reading all of the posts on this forum and you will learn some stuff about figs that you will not find in any book past or present. Ray knows his figs.....but a lot of his experience was with pot culture. Many of us grow our figs in the ground. Dan |
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Check my trade list! If u have a colocasia, alocasia or xanthosoma, that I do not have, I will trade 3 plants or mine for one of yours... It's a heck of a deal! I'm also VERY interested in other aroids too, mainly bulb producing ones, such as amorphophallus! I'm perfectly happy to wait til the right time if year to swap, it's so hot right now it will cook all but the hardiest of plants, but I'm not going anywhere, neither is my interest in aroids |
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I have Colocasia Illustris if you are interested in that. I overwinter them inside and let them go dormant as I am in zone 4 and we had a very cold spring so they are just now starting to sprout their leaves and the leaves seem small so far this time so the bulbs may have suffered a bit in the house this winter. Anyway, let me know if you are interested as I would be interested in your Alocasia Cuculatta Yellowtail or your Xanthosoma Lime Zinger. Deb |
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I am interested in your black elephant ears, but all I have to trade are hibiscus. New to trading so if your interested you will have to let me know how it works |
I have a few you might be interested in and I'm very interested in a trade. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com |
I know I have some beautiful potted alocasia hypnosa if you would be interested, right off the top of my head. |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Fri, Jul 5, 13 at 11:15
Got my attention... |
I just sent you an email about working out a trade for my tropicals. Seeing this post I realized you might also be interested in my gonatopus boivinii aka girafe's knee. |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Sat, Jul 6, 13 at 17:16
You bet I am! I've emailed you! |
Have mickey mouse,thai giant, black runner, diamond head,illustrious, mojito,persian palm, lutea,black magic, black coral, metalica,coffe cups,elanea, several others also rice paper tree. tapacio plants,other plants as well |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Mon, Aug 5, 13 at 16:26
These are still available! I have alot! |
Interested in a couple of black elephant ears. I have no idea whats what with the names. I dont have any to trade but have other things. please take a look. |
I emailed you concering trade if you did not recive it post a coment on this site LOL Hoitider |
- Posted by toadlilylover7 7b (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Aug 7, 13 at 15:21
I have alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment, Amorphophallus Konjac and Sauromatum venosum (also known under Typhonium giganteum). Would be interested in elephant ears only good for Zone 7b. I have Coffee cups, Elena, Mojito, Illustris, and portodora. Thanks |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Thu, Aug 8, 13 at 16:19
You bet! I'd love shock treatment! Please email me and we can work it out! Thanks |
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ok my email is firstname.lastname@example.com Sherry |
Hi i emailed you back at the email you sent me the same day and havent heard back. did you get it? |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Sat, Aug 10, 13 at 17:11
Sherry I emailed you. Cinnie0 I'm pretty sure I emailed back and was waiting for you to respond, I'll double check |
Check for my email too...I know I've been hard to get ahold of, but I'm totally ready to ship. |
- Posted by toadlilylover7 7b (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Aug 11, 13 at 13:26
Since I posted my email I have gotten several emails from several people. I am not sure who is who. I would like to trade with the person who has elephant ears that I agreed to trade Shocker with. Usually I can email the trader back privately once they email me but I must be missing something here. Let me know. |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 12:34
I had been wondering what happened to ya sherry! Ill email u directly in just moment! Thank u so much for waiting! |
- Posted by grabmebymyhandle 6 Kentucky (My Page) on Wed, Aug 14, 13 at 13:44
I'm not sure what's goin on sherry, I've emailed you several times and still no response! Have you tryied emailing me? My email is linked, I've never had a problem with it before... I would LOVE to have shocker, there's a few more things on your list I might like too! I'm really over run with colocasias right now! I'm offering even more generous trades than before! Especially for EE that aren't really on the market! |
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President Obama's silver lining in the Benghazi, NSA, and IRS scandals cloud is that he's sneaking through a budget plan that could negatively affect American gas prices and jobs, without having to defend it to the public.
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Our companies won't be able to compete on that unfair basis, and we will lose jobs as foreign producers gain the advantage.
Also we risk becoming even more dependent on the same foreign oil interests who are free to participate in oil cartels, which drive up gas prices.
If that's not enough, Obama still plans to waste taxpayer dollars to prop up more embarrassing "Solyndras." Green energy is important, but we will benefit most when we let capital markets choose viable businesses to back.
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Amanda Palmer Postpones Tour Dates to Help Sick Best Friend in Boston
Amanda Palmer has made the decision to postone/cancel upcoming tour dates to spend time with a friend in Boston who is suffering from cancer. In a blog post earlier today, Palmer apologized to fans for the sudden announcement and explained the details of the situation that brought her to the decision.
In an e-mail sent to fans, Palmer said:
dear comrades-
this is the hardest text i've ever had to send to this email list, because i'm usually brimming with awesome, exciting news.
this is not exciting news.
i have decided to postpone/cancel my upcoming tours so that i can stay in boston with my best friend anthony, who has cancer and just started treatment. we don't know what the outcome will be.
i just posted a longer blog about everything HERE.
please read it, so you can understand what's going on.this is really hard to do.
In the actual blog post, Amanda Palmer went further to say:
so, you may have seen this coming if you've been following the blog.
i'm canceling the upcoming year of touring so that i can stay with my friend anthony while he faces cancer treatment and whatever else is about to happen.
i've talked a lot about anthony and my relationship with him in recent blogs, but if you're new to the story, go read this one: http://bit.ly/blog110612
it explains things and has an excerpt from the introduction i wrote for his book of short stories.
in a nutshell: he's one of my biggest relationships, my life-long mentor. my best friend.this is really, really hard for me to tell you. i feel like i'm letting a lot of people down.
if you know me, you'll know that in 13 years of touring, i've almost never canceled a single engagement.
it's not my style.
i take my professional commitments really seriously. even if i'm sick, i play.
but i also take my friendships really seriously.
this situation calls for no other solution.
my best friend is really sick and his future is uncertain.
so i am going to stay with him while he goes through this.i know it's going to affect so many people – my band, my crew, all of you, especially those of you who have already made travel plans, booked hotels, bought plane tickets. all i can do is ask for your forgiveness and understanding…and ask you to wait. i will come.
this was an agonizing decision to make, but it was also…an easy decision, if you know what i mean. he's my best friend.
it's not enough, when this happens, to be "on call" to be a flight away at any moment. it is only enough to stay close, to join the story in real time.
it's funny, timing and life.
about a week ago, fiona apple (whose music i love, especially her new incredible album) sent a letter to her fanbase announcing that she was canceling a whole run of dates to south america, because one of the biggest relationships in her life needed tending. in her case: it's her beloved dog, janet, who's nearing the end of her dog-ness. if you read fiona's letter, you get that this isn't just any dog, this is a core relationship in her life. that's the way i feel about anthony. he's always been there for me, and now it's time for me to be there with him.
here's fiona's letter: http://huff.to/SEEz4M
and here's the part that really hit me, because i feel like she was literally writing from the depths of my heart:
"I just can't leave her now, please understand.
If I go away again, I'm afraid she'll die and I won't have the honor of singing her to sleep, of escorting her out. Sometimes it takes me 20 minutes to pick which socks to wear to bed. But this decision is instant. These are the choices we make, which define us.I will not be the woman who puts her career ahead of love and friendship."
this.these are the choices we make, which define us.
i spent a few months struggling with this whole decision. i wanted to believe that i could do everything, make it work, somehow juggle being a really good friend and also somehow go to australia and new zealand and europe and play shows every night.
i thought about maybe doing one tour, or shaving off a few dates here and a few dates there and keeping the momentum of my album, my band, and my career going.
this is my moment. my record got stellar reviews. ticket sales are soaring. everybody is excited. this is the time.
but honestly, when i came home from thanksgiving and sat down with anthony and felt the true weight of what he's about to go through….twelve weeks of treatment with no guarantees…it was obvious. i just had to stay and be here. running around would be the worst thing i could do. i need to just….abide.
because no matter what happens with him, no matter what the outcome is, this is when he needs me.
now, during this. at this time. not later.
right now.
it's also funny (funny weird, not funny haha) how becca's sudden death has entwined into all of this.
she left, on the first day of our fall tour in the UK, with no warning.she was there, we were emailing, we were sending each other links to songs, and then the next moment….the phone rang and she was dead.
i didn't have the luxury of saying goodbye. it was just the end. bam, like that.
and the one thing i've found we all feel, me and all of her other friends, was a pang of regret that we didn't do more, spend more time, connect more.
one of the first and heaviest emotions that hit me when she died was remembering an email she wrote me a few months ago saying "when are we REALLY going to spend some time together? i feel like we haven't really talked in ages. when when when??" and the response from me, which was probably along the typical lines of "fuck man, things are so crazy right now with tour and this record and everything…i swear it'll clam down and we'll grab a drink when i get home to boston. sorry i've been so busy…."
we didn't grab our drink.
she left.
we all know, you never know. and you can't live your life in service of some morbid philosophy.
but i consider it a blessing, even if it's a morbid one, that i have the luxury of canceling this tour and being with my best friend.i'm imagining a world in which he left like becca, suddenly, in the middle of the night.
and imagining what i would give to be able to be with him one last time, to abide by him, to be present with him as he faced the music.
and i know, i'd give anything. any forward momentum in my career, any number of record sales, any amount of success. anything.
because if i wasn't willing to do that: what is my life even worth? why bother to be successful?
if i can't throw it away and sit by my friend when he's this sick…who the fuck would i be? really….who?so i'm canceling.
i know how disappointing it will be to so many of you, to thousands of you who have bought tickets and were waiting to see me and my amazing band…and i assure you, they are amazing. not just amazing musicians and performers and touring mates, but amazing human beings. chad, michael, and jherek…my brothers, they've been right there with me and this decision. my crew, too. jaron my tour manager, dave my soundguy, dave my lighting guy, and sarah at the merch desk….this is affecting all of their futures, their lives. they've all been incredible….they didn't blink an eye. they know this road of life and rock is long and we're all in it together, and this is where the story is taking us right now.
the story won't stop.
i said, at the beginning of this, that i felt like i'm letting a lot of people down.
having written this….i actually don't believe that.i believe that you know me. i believe that you trust me.
and i believe that actually, i'd be letting you down if i decided to leave my best friend hanging and leave on tour anyway.because that's not who you'd want me to be.
i fucking love you.
you all – every one of you – have helped MAKE ME into a person who can decide to do this.
i don't feel like i'm letting you down. i feel like i'm being the person you'd want me to be.
i want to be the person who would cancel this tour. the person who would tell the whole truth, share the story, ask for forgiveness, and sit by her friend's side, hold his hand in the hospital bed and fetch him hot water bottles to ease the chills while a bag of chemicals drips slowly into an IV in his arm. i know, if i were in that bed, he'd be by my side doing the same thing. about that, i have no doubt.
and whatever i'm learning, i'll share it, eventually, in some way, with all of you. that is the way i work, and the way art works, and i need you to allow me to make this choice. to send me on my way with your permission…into wherever this adventure is taking me.
i'll tell you man, it's a new kind of tour. into somewhere, instead of out to somewhere. i need to know that you want me to go. you've always been so good to me.
thank you, every single one of you who is reading this, for making me so strong….you all affect me more than you can ever know.
onwards, all of us, forever….
love from cafe pamplona,
Palmer will play her Purple Rain cover show at Terminal 5 in NYC on New Year's Eve but take a look at cancelled dates below.
Amanda Palmer & the GTO Cancelled Tour Dates
Jan 27: Auckland, NZ – Q Theatre
Jan 30: Wellington, NZ – San Francisco Bath House
Feb 1: Melbourne, AU – Forum Theatre
Feb 7: Sydney, AU – Enmore Theatre
Feb 9: Byron Bay, AU – The Northern
Feb 10: Brisbane, AU – The Tivoli
Feb 14: Perth, AU Astor Theatre, Perth
Feb 17: Adelaide, AU – Thebarton Theatre
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im just starting out on a herbal medicine course and already im confused. can someone explain to me what the abbreviations after the latin names mean, for example Anathemis nobilis (L) what does the (L) stand for. also is there any reason why plants should not be put into a sick room overnight. many thanks in advance happy days |
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The "L" stands for Linnaeus, the botanist who first named the plant. It's good to specify the Latin name (Anthemis nobilis) to make sure you're referring to this specific plant, as there are something like a half-dozen different plants commonly referred to as chamomile. Using the "L" is not necessary. Some people are allergic to A. nobilis and related plants, which would be a reason for susceptible people to avoid them. |
- Posted by christina7 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 15, 07 at 14:43
thank you eric_oh thats helped me loads. another question for you if you're up for it is, in lichen, what benefits would a fungus deive from its algal partner, what does this mean. i feel such a dummy but this is a completely new subject for me. thanks again |
Yes... with some plants having several common names, I think they should always go by their latin names... no mistakes there, and it helps with confusion if the plant has a 'officinalis" in it's name. I don't know which medicinal path you are taking, the only thing I can think of to answer your second question is maybe lichen has half a chemical that will mate with another to form another chemical? Like hydrogen getting together with oxygen makes water? I don't have a specific on the fungi/algae partnership. |
Is the lichen question part of your homework? If so, you really should be reading your material and finding the answers. Not being mean, but you will remember the things you search out yourself and will not remember the answers you are given. Anyway, a lichen is essentially a fungus that contains algae in its tissues. Fungus can't photosynthesize, algae can, so the fungal cells get food from the algae and the algae cells get water and minerals from the fungus. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Lichen
oh wow... learn something new everyday! I am glad you said that Judy... now I know. :D |
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This weekend, many churches in Charlotte will welcome a menagerie of special guests: furry four-leggers, feathery singers, scaly swimmers and slitherers, and, of course, a large contingent of Mans Best Friend.
The animal kingdom, in other words.
Its early October time again to bless cats, birds, fish, snakes, dogs and whatever other critters show up on the church grounds.
After all, they were all created by God, say the people who care for them and the ministers who will pray or sprinkle holy water over them.
These annual events called Blessing of the Animals are as popular as ever, drawing big crowds of people and their pets to Protestant and Catholic churches across the globe.
Though the mood is always festive, this is serious business, not just a cutesy thing, says the Rev. Paul Winton, rector at St. Johns Episcopal Church, which is expected to have one of the biggest Blessings of the Animals in Charlotte on Saturday.
They are not our animals, Winton says. These are creatures that belong to God. Theyve been entrusted to us, and we take very seriously our stewardship. We are continuing Adams work.
Thats Adam from the Garden of Eden, who was created, along with Eve, after God made swarms of (other) living creatures, according to the Book of Genesis.
Bible readings are the norm at many of these church services on the front lawn. Theres Genesis, the first book in the Bible, which recounts how God created the first animals winged birds flying above the earth, great sea monsters lurking in the deep, and cattle and creeping things and beasts grazing on the land and then gave Adam, Eve and their descendents dominion over them.
Also popular is Proverbs 12:10. The righteous, it says, care for the needs of their animals.
Were with you, Francis
But many churches also point to another religious inspiration: St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian friar who referred to animals as his brothers and sisters, and, as legend has it, preached to birds and tamed a wolf.
Francis feast day is Oct. 4 hence, the timing for the annual Blessings of the Animals.
Named the patron saint of the environment by Pope John Paul II, Francis was also the author of a prayer, Canticle of the Creatures, and a hymn, All Creatures of Our God and King, that have become part of many of the church blessing services.
At Charlottes St. Francis United Methodist Church, which will bless animals Saturday, the annual event is probably the key event we do, says David Judge, the churchs evangelism and missions chairperson.
By continuing to honor, care for and bless their pets, those who bring their Fidos and Friskies to church are carrying on the Franciscan tradition, says the Rev. Martin Schratz. Hes a Capuchin Franciscan who pastors Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hendersonville.
At the blessings, Schratz says, these pet owners are saying, Were with you, Francis. We love our animals, too.
Praying for Bumble
Joan Brennan, a counselor whos attended St. Johns Episcopal for more than 20 years, will attend the churchs Saturday blessing along with Bumble, her 5-year-old terrier-Shih Tzu mix.
Hell be the dog wearing that plastic cone-like collar that keeps canines from licking or chewing after surgery. Bumble had a tumor removed this week.
I certainly believe in the healing power of prayer and not just for creatures with two legs, says Brennan.
Her other dog, Lily, a golden retriever-Britanny spaniel mix, will be staying home Saturday because shes set for knee surgery Monday. But a priest from the church who lives in her neighborhood has agreed to come by Brennans house and bless the pooch.
Sermons at animal blessings often center on the spiritual lessons pets can teach their owners. About living in the moment, for example.
And from dogs, we can learn a lot about the unconditional love of God, says the Rev. Nancy Kraft, pastor of Charlottes Holy Trinity Lutheran, a pet owner a pug named Pooky and a cat called Guido who will also bless animals on Saturday.
Opinions differ on whether animals have souls or go to heaven. But these creatures especially trusting, dependent pets appear to be part of Gods plan to make us better people, says the Rev. Josh Bowron, senior assistant to the rector at St. Johns Episcopal.
It certainly seems that God has given us the companionship of animals to enliven our humanity and call us to deeper and deeper compassion, he says.
Hedgehogs welcome
The animal blessings have, among other things, been a spur to ecumenism. Two Charlotte churches St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic and Advent Lutheran have partnered on a joint service for more than 15 years.
Deacon Mark Nash, a Catholic who will preside over the Sunday blessing at St. Thomas, says he hopes to remind people that humans are called not to be oppressors or abusers of animals, but to treat them as fellow inhabitants of the planet.
They must be part of Gods creation, he says. Otherwise, they would have been left off Noahs boat.
Though dogs dominate most Blessings of the Animals, the events draw more exotic creatures, too.
Organizers at St. Francis United Methodist have heard that somebody may bring a tarantula this year. And members of the Charlotte Zoological Park will be at the church with a 16-foot python.
Rector Winton at St. Johns Episcopal says he was once asked to bless a hedgehog that was transported to the church in a sock.
He did it, but Winton says he has a rule about snakes: He lets his assistants bless them.
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